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DORM DRINKING DAZE
TYLER ROSTE/KANSAN
Ellsworth Residence Hall is home to 560 students. It recorded the second-highest rate of reported alcohol infractions among student housing complexes in 2011.
Dorm drinking and drug use decreased over past year
RACHEL SALYER
rsalyer@kansan.com
Dorm drinking might not be dwindling, but the number of residents getting caught with alcohol is.
The averages of alcohol and drug referrals in on-campus housing decreased in 2011 compared to five-year averages.
According to The Clery Annual Security Report, in 2011, KU Student Housing referred 836 unique individuals for suspected alcohol violations, down 6.4 percent from the five-year average of 893.
KU Student Housing provided The University Daily Kansan with the number of individual, not unique, 2011 numbers of alcohol and drug referrals per residence hall.
Similarly, 186 unique individuals were referred on suspected drug violations, down 10.2 percent from the 186 five year-average.
Jennifer Wamelink, associate director of housing, said it's not unusual to see numbers fluctuate despite university policies and resident assistants' training being stagnant.
When the alcohol and drug policy is broken, anyone in the room is subject to disciplinary action, regardless of participation.
Wamelink said this is probably why Lewis Hall, which is broken into four-person suites, had the
"We always tell them to do their searches using all their senses," Wamelink said. "We want them listening, looking and smelling for anything that might be out of place."
According to the policy, alcohol or alcoholic beverage containers or paraphernalia, in which the policy lists beer bongs as an example, are not allowed in residence halls, scholarship halls, or Jayhawk Towers.
The second highest compared to the occupancy number was Ellsworth Hall, with 178 referrals and 560 occupants. Oliver Hall was third with 614 students and 184 referrals. It was also second for drug referrals, with 50. Hashinger
"I transferred from another school where the alcohol was worse in the dorm," Hadnot said. "It doesn't seem like there's really that much of it here."
Lewis Hall had 106 violations compared to its 273 occupants, which reflects the occupancy on the 20th day of the fall semester.
Though a referral only means the resident is referred to a staff member to determine if action is necessary, D'Arius Hadnot, a sophomore from Dallas and Lewis resident, said he was surprised Lewis' numbers were so high.
highest number of individual referrals when compared to the number of residents for 2011.
Hall had the most drug referrals comparatively, with 36 referrals and 356 occupants.
Anytime the drug policy, which prohibits any use of illegal drugs, paraphernalia or drug activity, is determined broken, parents are notified on the first offense. If a student is under 21, their parents will be notified on the second alcohol offense.
Jane Tuttle, the assistant vice provost for student affairs, said the policy is in place because students violating the policies often struggle academically.
"We started tracking the GPAs of the students who we send out parental notifications for," Tuttle said. "What we've found is those students' GPAs are on average 25 to 30 percent lower than our average KU GPA."
Edited by Hannah Wise
TYLER ROSTE/KANSAN
Oliver Residence Hall is home to 614 students. It recorded the third-highest rate of reported alcohol and drug infractions among student housing complexes in 2011.
The University's scholarship halls, including the Margaret Amini Scholarship Hall, left, and the KK Amini Scholarship Hall, right, are home to 578 students. Scholarship halls record some of the lowest rates of alcohol and drug reports on campus.
TYI FR ROSTF/KANSAN
Community Fall 2011 Occupancy Alcohol reports Community Fall 2011 Occupancy Drug reports
1. Lewis 273 106 1. Hashinger 356 36
2. Ellsworth 560 178 2. Oliver 614 50
3. Oliver 614 184 3. McCollum 716 37
4. Corbin 282 71 4. Lewis 273 11
5. McCollum 716 163 5. Jayhawk Towers 732 27
CAREER
Don't get duped by unpaid internships
NIKKI WENTLING
nwentling@kansan.com
On the road to gaining full-time employment, a paid internship is now a key pit stop.
According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) 2012 Student Survey, 60 percent of 2012 graduates who previously had paid internships received job offers, 37 percent of graduates who had unpaid internships received offers, as well as 35 percent of graduates with no internship experience.
Erin Wolfram, assistant director at the University Career Center, said having hands-on experience is crucial at this point in time.
The study reads that nearly all employers expect to pay their interns.
And, there may now be more of an opportunity for paid internship positions. The number of internship hires increased by 8.5 percent this summer, according to a NACE Internship Survey.
A study done by Intern Bridge, Inc. two years ago found that unpaid internships were outpacing paid positions. But, as the number of lawsuits filed by unpaid interns goes up, companies may be taking a more cautious route.
"I do think that more recently with the economy being not so great, they have become even more important," Wolfram said. "Students are not only competing with each other, they're competing with other people who have been in the workforce for several years."
This past July, a group of interns were granted class-action status in a lawsuit against Hearst Corporation. The interns worked for 19 different Hearst magazines.
As of Oct. 10, the lawsuit against Fox Searchlight that began with two interns who worked on Black Swan has expanded to include all interns in the Fox Entertainment Group internship program.
Both internship programs are accused of not following criteria put forth by the U.S. Department of Labor in the Fair Labor Standards Act, which includes the stipulation that an unpaid intern should be given an educational environment, and there should be no immediate advantage for the employer.
Hannah Sitz, a junior from Andover who interned with Coro Kansas City this summer, said she considered only paid internships. The idea of working for free seemed irrational to her.
"Undoubtedly, internships can be a great learning and career advancement opportunity," Sitz said. "But I also think many companies abuse this, and I would personally be hesitant to participate in an unpaid internship or one without a living stipend, especially considering living costs if you intern in an urban city."
What is an unpaid internship?
This may seem obvious, but don't get duned, to be designated as an unpaid internship, the job must meet each of these criteria, which were put forth by the U.S. Department of Labor in the Fair Labor Standards Act. If it doesn't meet these points, you should be getting
paid.
1. The internship, even though it includes actual operation of the facilities of the employer, is similar to training which would be given in an educational environment;
2. The internship experience is for the benefit of the intern;
3. The intern does not displace regular employees, but works under
4. The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern; and on occasion its operations may actually be impeded;
5. The intern is not necessarily entitled to a job at the conclusion of the internship, the employer and the interm understand that the intern is not entitled to wages for the time spent in the internship.
However, Wolfram said to not be
weary, that an unpaid internship is still a viable way to spend the summer.
"You have to look at it like a long-term investment," Wolfram said. "You could potentially get hired on full-time from that company."
About half of the internships that the career center posts are unpaid, and Wolfram thinks it is feasible for students to work an unpaid position into their fall, spring or summer schedules.
"Employers do understand that students are students first. They are pretty flexible with hours, so students can juggle the internship, their course load and potentially a part-time job as well," she said.
RJ Zeiler, a junior from Olathe, was an intern at Kansas City Power and Light this summer. He evaluated performance-monitoring software for the company, getting the opportunity to see what an actual engineering job would be like.
Though Zeiler thinks that the internship will stand out to potential employers and increase his chances of getting a job after graduating, he is not sure if he would have taken it if this were an unpaid position.
"I think an unpaid internship is okay for an entry-level job, maybe for younger students to get experience," Zeiler said. "But, with older students who have had previous experiences, I think it's a little bit unfair to not pay up for that time. If they're giving you real work, they should be giving you real money."
Public safety reports campus crime decrease
Edited by Whitney Bolden
CAMPUS
According to KU Office of Public Safety crime report numbers, 46 crimes were reported from Aug. 20 to Sept. 19, down 41 percent from the 78 crimes reported during the first 30 days of fall 2011.
University crime numbers for 2012 are down in the first 30 days of the fall semester compared to 2011.
Captain Schuyler Bailey, a KUPD
In 2001, 890 criminal offenses were reported to KUPD on campus, compared to the 660 reported in 2011.
spokesman, said it is reflective of a general downward crime trend over the past decade.
"There are many factors involved in place." Bailey said. "From the students themselves, our education efforts and the technology that has been implemented."
Theft remained the most commonly occurring crime reported on campus in
the first 30 days, with 26 reported in 2011 and 15 reported in 2012.
Bailey said the numbers and of
fences aren't necessarily set in stone.
Driving or operating under the influence numbers were up so far this year with seven compared to three last year.
"Sometimes the numbers change," Bailey said, "but usually, if we see something change, it's the offenses."
CLASSIFIEDS 9
CROSSWORD 5
— Rachel Salyer
CRYPTOQUIPS 5
OPINION 6
Crimes reported to KU Office of Public Safety for the first 30 days of fall 2012:
Theft/Burglar - 15
DUI/OUI - 7
Assault - 4
Breaking and entering - 5
Quality of Life Disorder - 1
Drug Violation - 2
Liquor Law Violation - 4
Property Crime - 7
Robbery - 1
Total = 46
2011:
Theft/Burglar - 34
DUI/OUI - 3
Drug Violation - 7
Liquor Law Violation - 20
Property Crime - 11
Battery - 1
Traffic violation - 1
Other - 1
Total = 78
Source: KU Office of Public Safety
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