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Widower promotes safety
Social worker's murder prompts husband's advocacy in field
BY AMANDA O'TOOLE
aotole@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
The sound of asplause filled the auditorium at U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kansas) introduced Matt Zenner last night at the Social Worker's Safety Forum at Regnier Hall on the Edwards Campus.
Zenner was almost brought to tears as he took the lectern before about 300 people. He was there to talk about Teri Zenner, his wife and KU graduate student who was murdered in August while visiting a client for the Johnson County Mental Health.
He said he was overwhelmed by the number of people who came. He expected to fill maybe half of the 270-person capacity room. There wasn't an empty chair and people overflowed into aisles and sat on the floor.
"I think a lot of people saw
tonight what a problem safety is," he said. "I'm glad that many people were there. It's just more people who are aware of the problem."
Zenner has become a safety advocate since his wife's murder.
The purpose of the forum, he said, was to make more people aware that Teri's murder was not an isolated incident.
Violence in the social work field is more prevalent than people know, he said.
Sara Nelson-Johns, Prairie Village graduate student, knows about the dangers of being a social worker.
She attended the meeting to support Zenner and to learn more about safety in her profession.
"Our practicum can be an unsafe place." she said.
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Practicums are comprised of field work that is required of graduate students to graduate.
Catherine Crisp, assistant
social welfare professor, said the violence social workers face is not well known because not a lot of people report it.
Many social workers don't report incidents because they don't feel the violence is severe enough and also because they think it's a part of their job, she said.
Crisp was attacked during a patient visit, and was one of the few who reported the incident.
She said certain studies needed to be done to compare the violence levels of social workers to other professions, but the statistics showed that chances for violence are high.
About one of every four social workers will encounter violence in the work place, she said.
David Wiebe, executive director of Johnson County Mental Health Center, said technology may make the workplace safer.
The center is testing Nextel
phones that include Global Positioning Systems and onebutton direct communication.
Zenner said he would not stop pushing safety until he could sleep at night knowing social workers would be safe doing their jobs.
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Cindy Yeo/KANSAN
Matt Zenner, husband of the late Tori Zenner, holds back tears at a social worker safety forum at the Edwards Campus, U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kan) hosted the event last night and introduced Zenner, whose wife was murdered while working as a social worker.
his wife's murder are the driving forces that keep him going.
Zenner was invited to speak to Congress as part of a mental health caucus in Washington, D.C., in December or January. Despite his dislike for public speaking, he accepted.
He asked the social workers
in last night's audience to share their experiences with him so he could be their voices, too.
Moore called the choked-up Zenner a hero as the audience gave the widower a standing ovation.
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- Edited by Janette Crawford
Ginny Weatherman/KANSAN
CAMPUS
European orchestra performstonight
The Prague Philharmonia will perform at 7:30 tonight at the Lied Center.
The orchestra, conducted by Bohumil Kulinsky, will perform Dvorák's Concerto in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 53, Mozart's Marriage of Figaro Overture and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92.
The concert will feature Ivan Zenaty as the violin soloist.
The Prague Post named the Prague Philharmonia "one of the most lauded small orchestras in Central Europe."
Lawrence is one of six cities where the orchestra will perform, and the only one between New York and California.
Tickets range from $18.50 to $42. They are available through the Lied Center Ticket Office at (785) 864-ARTS, the University
Theatre Ticket Office at 864-3982, SUA Box Office in the Kansas Union at 864-SHOW or online at TicketMaster.com.
Workshop addresses homophobia in America
Austin Caster
Homophobia is ingrained into American culture so much that it has become like a part of the air people breathe, said Thad Holcombe, campus minister of Ecumenical Christian Ministries.
To combat homophobia and stereotypes the Sexual Education Committee is presenting Scared Straight: How Homophobia Hurts Us All at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave., from 6:30 to 10 p.m. tonight.
The Sexual Education Committee promotes education of sexual awareness with ecu伦育 and interfaith programs.
The workshop will be facilitated by Robert Minor, professor of religious studies.
Minor is the author of Scared Straight: Why It's So Hard to Accept Gay People and Why It's So Hard to be Human.
The workshop will be interactive, and participants will talk about their experiences and observations of homophobia in their lives, Holcombe said.
Among topics covered, the workshop will address the relationship between homosexuality and religion.
"It will challenge faith traditions that say homosexuality is evil or sinful." Holcombe said.
The workshop costs $5 for students and $8 for non-students.
The workshop is a two-part series.
Part one will be tonight and part two will be Oct. 29 at the same time and place.
The admission fee covers the cost of both workshops.
Sponsors of the workshop include the Lutheran Campus Ministry, Canterbury House.
United Methodist Campus Ministry, Hilliell Foundation and Ecumenical Christian Ministries.
Laura Francouginia
KUJH-TV switches cable channel again
The student television station, KUJH-TV, cable channel changed yesterday from channel 32 to channel 31, said Dick Nelson, newsroom coordinator for KUJH.
Nelson said this is the third channel the station has been on in the last five years.
Sunflower Broadband had moved them from channel 66 to 32 and now to 31.
He said the move is a slight improvement for the station, because lower numbers are considered to be more desirable, but he just wants a stable channel for the station.
The station's over-the-air channel,channel 14,will remain the same.
- Andy Hyland
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS OCTOBER 19,2004 PRESENTED BY STUDENT SENATE
Homophobia hurts us all.
Dr. Robert N. Minor, Professor of Religious Studies and author of "Scared Straight" will be exploring the issues of homophobia and how they impair not only faith, but also the quality of each person's life, regardless of sexual orientation.
Two-part Seminar Tuesday, Oct.19 and Tuesday, Oct.26 6:30-10:00 pm ECM Center Basement $5 Students/$8 Non-students
Dennis Daily, KU Professor of Social Welfare
Oct.21 7-9pm
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