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Students learn how to stay safe with 'Step Up' bystander awareness program
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This week, students in University 101 classes — a freshmen seminar — are learning how to respond to the over-consumption of alcohol, cheating in a class or when someone might be in danger.
It's all part of the Step Up bystander awareness program the University uses to encourage student involvement to keep the community safe, said Andrea Kleekamp, executive director in the Emily Taylor Center. It's one of a couple programs that address bystander intervention on campus.
The Step Up program addresses issues like alcohol, hazing, cheating, sexual assault and domestic violence. The program is given to the University 101 classes, which is happening this week and next week, as well as housing and student groups by request.
"We know that these things are happening where you all are at, not necessarily in a classroom space, so I think knowing the variety of environments you are in and giving you the tools to offer help and seek resources as needed is important," Kleekamp said. "I think it's a way to make everyone part of the solution."
Kleekamp said the programs are important because they empower students to call out dangerous behaviors and bystanders can help prevent unsafe situations.
Kleekamp said the bystander intervention programs were like a "grassroots effort" to addressing issues like sexual assault and alcohol use.
"The end goal is to help people understand that this is what the Jayhawk community does. Even if I might not have a personal relationship with you, if I see something wrong, then I'm going to say something and get you the help that you
Lance Watson, the director of student conduct and community standards in the Office of Student Affairs, said the program gives students the ability to address behaviors through peer-to-peer interventions, which he said is the most effective way to change them.
need," Kleekamp said.
"It starts to get [students] confident, so when they are in their peer group they're going to do that intervention piece and keep their fellow jayhawks safe." Watson said.
The University also offers the SpeaK Up program through the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, which promotes the reporting of sexual harassment, including sexual assault.
In 2015, 85.6 percent of students at the University said they had witnessed an incident of sexual harassment and didn't report it to the University, according to the climate survey.
Executive director at IOA, Jane McQueeny, said the Speak Up program contributes to addressing sexual assault because it creates a sense of responsibility among students to take care of one another, and that may help stop behaviors from happening.
"We need to help victims speak up and if others get involved then it will help all gain a voice," McQueeny said.
The bystander intervention programs include information about campus resources and use videos and dialogue to show examples of situations where students should get involved.
Not only do they help students learn how to intervene, but also how to feel comfortable doing so.
"I think it's helping students understand that bystanders look different in different situations and for different individuals," Kleekamp said.
How to intervene in a situation: The 4 Ds
Direct - insert yourself directly into the situation
Delegate - ask a friend or someone else to help handle the situation
Distract - create a distraction to interrupt a situation
Delay - wait until you can help the person one-on-one and then address it
Source: Student Affairs
SUICIDE FROM PAGE 1
tention to their emotional state. "You have an extra layer of separation from the person that needs help and the counselor," Maxwell said. "You want to make sure that person is in a safe place at the time they're talking to you, just like on the phone."
"But you have the ability to do that fairly quickly while still validating their emotions. You can do that all in like three or four sentences rather than overloading them over the
phone and talking over them."
"I think when you have anxiety issues it's difficult to express what you're feeling," Kalisz said. "But when you're talking to somebody over chat you have time to process what to say and what the other person is saying.
"Suicide is not the enemy, silence is and transparency is our only ally in stopping suicide."
only in stopping suicide.
If you or someone you know would like to speak with a counselor, call 785-841-2345 for the local Suicide Prevention Lifeline or chat online at the Headquarters Counseling Center website.
Ladybird Diner owner Meg Heriford — also known as "Mama Meg" or self-proclaimed "pie lady" — was the recipient of the top prize in Guy Fieri's Food Network Show "Grocery Games."
Ladybird Diner's 'pie lady' wins Food Network challenge
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This prize comes two
Katie Treadwell, associate director of orientation in the Office of First Year Experience, said students who live on campus are more engaged in their education, which means they go to
months after Ladybird Diner reopened. Nearly seven months ago, on March 3, a fire almost put the restaurant out of business. Heriford beat three other chefs in a grocery shopping and a cooking competition in an episode that aired Monday.
"Being in an environment that [is] exclusively a student environment is going to be more beneficial to helping a student be more successful in their first year," Hamelink said. "I think a lot of it goes back you feeling like you belong."
moon... and Mama Meg just won Guy's #GroceryGames. Happy Sunday, LFK!!
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There was $20,000 in total prize money and "Mama Meg" won $14,000 that she said would go toward braces for her children.
"I think it makes a more vibrant, educational environment when students have a place to live on the college campus," Wamelink said.
Freshmen can live off campus despite a recommendation
She also said living on campus is convenient and offers perks like access to buses and a meal plan.
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Jennifer Wamelink, associate director of residence life, said the 78 percent that live on campus do so because it's beneficial to their college experience. It can make the transition to college easier because there is a residential community and built-in support, like residential advisers.
Although the University doesn't require students to live on campus, roughly 78 percent of first-year students do. The Chancellor's Sexual Assault Task Force recommended the University require all freshmen to live in campus housing, including fraternity members who usually live in their fraternity houses as freshmen. Ultimately, the University decided not to implement the recommendation.
The University is one of four Big 12 Schools that doesn't require freshmen to live on campus. Kansas State, Texas and Iowa State don't require first-year students to live on campus. The other Big 12 schools offer exemptions but generally require it.
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class more often and utilize the resources offered on campus.
"Our goal is to help students earn a degree and graduate on time, and this helps facilitate that goal and create a life at the University," Treadwell said.
Despite the advantages of living on campus, Wamelink said the University doesn't require on-campus living because there's not enough space for all freshmen.
She also said students should have the ability to choose what living situation is best for them, including off-campus living, living at home or living in a Greek house.
"We have a great fraternity and sorority system, and the men go straight into their fraternity chapter houses, and [we don't]
Oswald Hall on Daisy Hill.
"It would ruin the experience," Simmons said. "We have a system that fosters strong friendships and brotherships."
want to disrupt that," Wamelink said.
- Edited by Abby Stuke
The task force recommended the University require first-year students to live on campus because it would give students the opportunity to learn KU's core values, how to navigate KU and what resources are offered.
Joe Simmons, director of public relations for the Interfraternity Council, said fraternities are specifically designed to house freshmen members and would be hurt financially if freshmen
weren't allowed to live in the houses.
Simmons said freshmen living in fraternity houses benefit from having the community within the house.
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