MONDAY,AUG.20,2001
NEWS
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Women's resource center develops men's education program
Forum will include masculinity, roles sexual assault
By Brandy Straw Kansan staff writer
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center isn't just for women.
The center is creating a new men's education program. The program will teach men how to support women in their fight against violence, show men what they can do to help diminish violence, and help them understand their masculinity and become role models to young men, said Marshall Jackson, associate director of the Student Development Center.
"If we can educate our men about violence against women, what they can do to prevent it and how to be an advocate for women in this arena, it's a win-win situation," said Jackson, who serves on the men's education program committee.
He said the program would define men's roles in society and help dispel myths about how men should behave.
Kathy Rose-Mockry, program director for the women's resource center, said the program would be a forum for men to discuss issues such as gender roles, defining
masculinity, sexual assault and expectations men have in dating situations.
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"I think more and more campuses are feeling the need to shift the focus and look to men to create solutions to the problems," Rose-Mockry said.
She said it was important for men to begin talking about issues such as taking "no" for an answer and stalking, because men were stalked too.
According to the Florida International University Web site, between 26.6 percent and 35.2 percent of female students are stalked, and between 14.7 percent and 18.4 percent of male students are stalked. Because of these statistics and others, the resource center has decided to help students take action against stalkers.
Laura Montgomery, sexual assault prevention and education program coordinator for the center, said the center had developed stalking assistance kits designed to help individuals document their stalker's behavior.
The kit, which includes information on assistance programs and campus resources, was designed to help victims get the documentation necessary for filing a report with police, Montgomerysaid.
Rose-Mockyr said some of the warning signs of stalking
"If we can educate our men about violence against women, what they do to prevent it and how to be an advocate for women in this arena. it's a win-win situation."
Marshall Jackson Student Development Center associate director
"I think stalking is terrifying, dangerous, intrusive and disturbing," Rose-Mockery said. "It may have a serious impact on what the student came here to do."
included the victim repeatedly receiving unwanted gifts, phone calls, or visitors in class or at the workplace.
She said she encouraged students who thought they were being stalked to talk to someone and get a kit. The kits are free, confidential and available at several locations on campus.
Straw can be reached at 864-4810 or writer@kansan.com
Stalking assistance kits:
On campus:
Ku Public Safety Office, 302 Carruth-O'Leary Hall
Counseling and Psychological Services, 2100 Watkins Health Center
Student Legal Servicesl, 148 Burge Union
Watkins Health Center, from physicians
Student Housing Department, Corbin Hall
University Ombudsman, 104 Smith Hall
Office of the Registrar, 121 Strong Hall
Off Campus:
District Attorney's Office, 111 E. 11th St.
Rape Victim-Survivor Service, 1419 Massachusetts St.
Women's Transitional Care Services, 843-3333
On-campus jobs convenient for students' busy schedules
Flexible hours contact with staff among benefits
She said students could find many different types of jobs on campus. Many of the offices on campus have student assistants
Ann Hartley, associate director for University Career & Employment Services, said one of the advantages of working on campus was that employers worked around class schedules, final schedules and vacations.
By Brandy Straw
Kansan staff writer
Jon Davis worked at a local golf course during his freshman year at the University of Kansas.
She said students also learned to manage their time. A job forces students to organize their time between work and studying.
The following year, Davis,
Newton senior, worked in his residence hall as a desk assistant security manager because his schedule at the golf course was no longer flexible enough for his school schedule.
who answer phones, file or enter data. Students can work maintenance for Facilities Operations or make deliveries for Printing Services as well.
Davis worked his way up to resident assistant in Ellsworth Hall and spent this summer as a resident assistant in Hashinger Hall for the Freshman Summer Institute.
"I just had to go downstairs and go to work." Davis said of the convenience of working on campus.
Another advantage to working on campus, Hartley said, was that students were able to network with faculty and staff.
Davis, said he started working on campus because he could earn more than minimum wage.
Hartley said the pay for oncampus jobs ranged from $5.25 to $8.00 an hour. The higher paying jobs were usually computer-related.
Students can start in entrylevel positions and work their way up to better paying jobs or ones with more responsibilities, she said.
"I had a great RA, so I thought I
would help people the same way that RA helped me," Davis said.
Straw can be reached at 864-4810 or writer@kansan.com
He said he enjoyed being a resident assistant and a role model to the freshman on his floor.
Hartley encouraged students who were interested in working on campus to visit the University Career and Employment Services Web site, www.ku.edu/~uces, for jobs. She said the job listings were updated every day.
"It's been a rewarding experience," Davis said.
What: Student Employment Fair
When: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
STUDENT
EMPLOYMENT FAIR
Where: Kansas Union, fourth-floor lobby
Teen-ager battles blood disease
The Associated Press
STAFFORD — Chelsea Dick starred high school last week.
She has a typical freshman schedule: geometry, world history, English, physical science, computer and band.
But when she goes home at night, things aren't so typical. Chelsea has to sleep with a needle in her abdomen for nine hours while dangerous excess iron, built up by transfusions, is removed from her blood.
Chelsea, 14, has autoimmune red cell aplasia, or aplastic anemia, which means that her body is killing itself.
The only cure is a bone marrow transplant. No one in her immediate family is a donor match.
At home in Stafford, Chelsea's parents stay up late talking things out.
Months of motel bills, food, gas, paying 20 percent of the cost of a shelf of prescription drugs and replacing the transmission in their van have wiped out their savings.
It saddens Chelsea to see the anguished looks that flash across the faces of her family.
"It's always there," her father says. "She's not the energetic girl she once was, but I have to
believe she'll be OK. Otherwise,
I'd "oo crazy."
Blood transfusions every seven to nine days provide the red cells her body no longer produces. This summer, her white blood cell production has begun to falter.
She tries to keep negative thoughts out of her head. She missed half of eighth grade but still got promoted while keeping her spot on the cheerleading squad.
Donations can be made to the Chelsea Dick Medical Expense Fund at Prairie State Bank, P.O. Box 250, Maize, KS 67101.
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