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KANSAN.COM/NEWS | MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2016
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Is campus prepared for an active shooter?
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@Chandler_Boese
imagine a person with a gun walked into your 100-person lecture hall.
What would you do? What would your professor do? What would the police car driving by outside do?
The University's online policy library offers some resources when it comes to being prepared for active shooter situations. The library has tips from the Office of Public Safety on what to do in such an event, including being aware of your surroundings, keeping under cover and calling 911 once it's safe.
Photo illustration by Alex Robinson
We just want good training to be available universally."
Pam Keller Faculty Senate president
The official 144-page Emergency Management Plan, however, is largely unavailable to the public, including building evacuation plans and emergency phone numbers.
At other Universities,
this is not the case. For example, The University of Missouri holds a presentation on active shooter situations at the beginning of every semester that is open to everyone.
Even the University of Kansas' Medical Center offers more information on dealing with an active shooter. The police office there holds monthly training on active shooting response.
Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, the University's director of news and media relations, said the University offers presentations and trainings on all sorts of emergencies, but they have to be requested by individual departments.
"They provided more than 20 sessions to various departments last year, and also did a couple of tabletop exercises on strategies in the event of an active shooter," she said.
At Kansas State University, all employees have a chance to be trained on active shooter protocol, according to their website.
Here at the University, faculty members are pushing for something closer to this, Faculty
Senate President Pam Keller said. She said the Senate has expressed concern that few faculty members know what they should do in case if an active shooter.
Keller said many faculty members feel like the trainings are sporadic and not readily available for everyone. Some departments have even brought in an outside expert on active shooter situations to conduct the training, which means
"I think that a lot of people [want this training], especially if guns are going to be allowed on campus. Faculty will want to feel like they have more control if they were to be in a situation like that," she said.
it's not necessarily in line with the University's procedures and protocols in the case of an active shooter.
Keller did say that the faculty senate spoke with Provost Neeli Bendapudi last week about the issue and she seemed receptive to the idea of hosting more trainings, though no official action has been taken.
"We just want good training to be available universally," Keller said.
- Edited by Ilana Karp
Increasing work hours may hurt student academics,experts say
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As college tuition rates inch up. students are working more hours to offset the financial burden, and experts say that has benefits and drawbacks.
A 2015 study released by Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce found that, as college enrollment has increased from 2 million students to 20 million students over 60 years,the tuition fees increased,as did the number of students working through college.
"If you are so concerned with trying to finance your education, or make sure that you have enough money to live, then it takes away from your collegiate experience, it takes away from your time to study," Gaston said.
David Gaston, the executive director of the University Career Center, explained that there are several reasons that students choose to work through college, but a main reason is finances.
Connor Sipe, a ju-
"A lot of it has to do with needing to support themselves while they're in school," Gaston said. "They may not be getting help from their parents... They have to do it on their own."
While Gaston thinks that there are many benefits to working in college, he points out that working too much can negatively affect a student's academic goals.
norior from Paola, works an estimated 25 hours a week between three jobs. He thinks that a benefit of working in college is that it creates productive days, but a drawback is that free time is minimal.
"You're always busy, you never have a day that things didn't get done," Sipe said. "It can get exhausting. For instance, I work Thursday and Friday nights, so I can't really hang out with the guys... which can be frustrating."
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Zhiya Tian works the register at The Underground. Tian is a first year graduate student from Xi'an City, China.
Gaston highlighted that planning is a crucial part of managing work and school.
"It all comes down to planning, what you're going to do from day to day, but then even farther out, how are you going to plan your course of study and what you want to do when you get out?" Gaston said.
"I actually find it helps me manage my time better, since I'm so busy." Overton said. "It forces me to write out my schedule two weeks in advance, to make sure I know exactly what I'm going to be doing everyday."
Alex Overton, a junior from Kansas City, works 20 hours a week as an intern in Kansas City. He says that working while in school makes him plan ahead.
If students feel overwhelmed balancing work and study, Gaston said that the University can help students manage their time.
"Whether it be financial aid, the University Career Center or Student Money Management, there are all kinds of services that are here and really want to help KU
students be successful," Gaston said.
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