Vol. 127, No. 122 Tuesday, April 10, 2018
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HOMELESSNESS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE
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Conference for marginalized youth funded by RHA By Jorge Espinoza @jorgespinoza14
A group of students discuss skills they have and can put to use to advocate for sexual assault survivors and victims during a discussion on men and the #MeToo movement hosted by CSU ROTC and the Women and Gender Advocacy Center’s Men in the Movement.
Men as #MeToo allies Men on campus discuss their role in a new movement
PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN
By Nate Day @NateMDay
#MeToo is a historic movement for women, but some men may struggle with how to be allies in relation to this moment in time. To address men’s relationship with #MeToo, Colorado State University’s Men in the Movement and ROTC hosted an Open Event to discuss the topic, called “#MeToo and Men.”
“There’s confusion among men who want to do better,” said Carl Olsen, the coordinator of men’s programming and violence prevention with the Women and Gender Advocacy Center. “They’re confused by the power of #MeToo movement, and this is a space for men to grapple with what’s hard for men to discuss.” The Open Events are hosted once a month by Men in the Movement. Previous
topics have included “WTF is the friend zone” and “Men and Depression.” Monday’s event began with Olsen leading the audience in a discussion of what #MeToo meant to them. Students discussed #MeToo’s status as a campaign against sexual violence, with one individual referring to it as “a movement to bring sexual violence to light and show how common it is.” The group then discussed
their reactions to the movement. Some felt that it was largely dominated by a concept known as white feminism—an ignorance of women of color within feminist ideals—and also “men covering their asses.” Olsen discussed how #MeToo created a stereotype for men, something they may not have faced before. see #METOO on page 13 >>
Undocumented and marginalized students will get an inclusive idea of what attending college is like as part of a youth leadership conference, after the Colorado State Residence Hall Association passed a bill to fund the event Monday night. The bill, sponsored by Beta Gamma Nu Fraternity, passed with a 17-6-0 Monday evening. The conference will have a variety of different workshops intended to allow prospective students to make connections while also providing a good understanding of how to navigate college, Matthew Mason, bill author and Beta Gamma Nu member, said. The conference will bring students from the Mapleton Public School District in Denver, a district that many members of the Beta Gamma Nu Fraternity attended, as a way to give back to the community at large. Quentin Heuvel, an RHA senator, said funding this conference is important as it allows prospective students to envision themselves in college when they may have never done so before. “I have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and I was always told that because of that I would never be able to focus enough to get into a good college,” Heuvel said. “Through a program called Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), I got to go to conferences like these, see RHAon page 5 >>