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SigEp see-SAAWs against assault ABBI COBB
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IRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan
Tanner Westberg, finance and real estate major, and Nick Roudabush, sophomore accounting major see-SAAW back and forth to draw students to awareness.
With a seesaw and a few dedicated students, Sigma Phi Epsilon kicked off their Sexual Assault Awareness Week Monday outside Maucker Union. This week marks Sig Ep’s third year of taking part in Sexual Assault Awareness Month through their SAAW, a five-day marathon of events on campus. “It needs to be prevented, and that’s why we started this,” said Ryan Biegger, junior accounting major and executive member of SAAW. Black and white headshots of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity members can be seen around campus, on computer screens in computer labs and bulletin boards in dining cen-
ters and hallways, reading, “I stand against sexual assault,” with the depicted member’s signature. Biegger said there was strategy in this method. The familiar faces were intended to attract attention and further spread awareness of the issue at hand. “The last couple years, we haven’t had the best campaigning. Dustin Toll came to me with this idea and I loved it,” Biegger said. “A lot of the guys on the flyers are guys that helped me in the committee getting this all together. The others are highly involved on campus that would be recognized.” Along with the headshot tactic to spread the word, Sigma Phi Epsilon has been using social media
as a campaign method since SAAW’s beginning. #BeTheDifference is the campaign slogan that can be seen in tweets and on the event Facebook page. “I think the difference in standing out is being the active bystander that can step in at any time when you see something,” Biegger said when asked about SAAW’s #BeTheDifference campaign slogan. To ensure that Sigma Phi Epsilon members #BeTheDifference, members are educated on how to properly intervene in situations where sexual assault is present through Mentors in Violence Prevention training. See SAAW, page 2
Students of uni Inspired by Humans of New York. University of Northern Iowa, one student at a time.
JAY D MORALES
Students of UNI
“Back home in Afghanistan the
could have the freedom guys have
study abroad. When the University
security situation isn’t very good,
and for war to go away. I decided
of Northern Iowa sent me the
especially for girls. If you’re a girl,
I want to be a female lawyer,
email that I was accepted, I cried
you have to face a lot of difficul-
change my legal system, and fight
because I was so happy. Getting
ties. A boy can do anything in my
for women’s rights in Afghanistan.
accepted to UNI was the first big
country, but a girl can’t. My child-
Female lawyers are much needed
step of achieving my goals. When I
hood was all about the war. When I
in my country. I wanted to study in
came here to Iowa, it was snowing
was a little girl I wanted to be rock
a safe environment where no one
and I loved it. There was no one to
singer. I love singing. As I grew
would force me to do anything. I
tell me to stop laughing in public.
older and went to school I realized
wanted to live how I wanted to.,
Back home, women are expected
the situation my country was in
in a country without any war and
to be quiet, but it’s OK for guys to
and what life was supposed to be
where I can be safe without any
laugh in public.
for a woman. I always wished girls
stress. I was always trying to
See STUDENTS, page 2
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