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Sarah Hochman, junior in ACES, promoting the “It’s on Us” campaign to Paulina Bautista, visiting scholar from Spain, at Quad on Wednesday.
‘It’s On Us’ speaks to all BY ELYSSA KAUFMAN STAFF WRITER
In an effort to raise awareness about sexual assault, the Illinois Student Senate recently launched an “It’s On Us” campaign to encourage students to sign a pledge to take action against sexual assaults on campus. “It’s On Us” is a national campaign launched on Sept. 19 by the Obama Administration and The Center for American Progress to change conversation regarding sexual assaults on college campuses. The campaign focuses on bystander intervention rather than victim blaming, which shifts the responsibility onto the community to be aware of sexual assaults and take action. The national campaign promotes student governments and leaders to spread awareness on its local campuses. The student senate approved a resolution at its last meeting Wednesday, allocating $2,960 for
promotional items that will raise awareness, such as t-shirts, video campaigns, flyers, wristbands and posters that they plan to pass out to students over the next few weeks. To kickoff the campaign, ISS held a booth on the Quad where students could sign a pledge aiming to encourage students to refrain from acting as a bystander and intervene in the event of an assault. Matt Hill, vice president-external of ISS, said at least 275 University students signed the pledge. “This campaign is making it aware that eight in 10 victims of sexual assault know their attacker. When you look at that statistic it’s important to realize it’s literally on all of us to say something and do something if we see an assault,” Hill said. Starting Nov. 17, ISS will partner with The Center for American Progress to support a national week of action. The senate will lead up to the week by engag-
ing students and parents in discussion of the issue on Dads Weekend, which is the weekend before. A PSA video will premiere on the video board in Memorial Stadium at the Dads Weekend football game. “‘It’s On Us’ announcements at Dads Weekend gives parents and students an opportunity to talk about sexual assault together,” Hill said. “This is breaking down the barriers between parents and their students through having the conversation about sexual assault.” ISS hopes to partner with other University groups in order to spread the message throughout campus. Hill said video PSAs will feature athletes, clubs, sororities, fraternities and registered student organizations. “As a Big Ten student government, we feel we have the responsibility to work with the University to bring sexual assault prevention and awareness to our campus,” Hill said.
“It’s On Us” Campaign Statistics
Q One in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted in college Q 40 percent of survivors fear reprisal by their attacker Q Only 2 percent of incapacitated rape survivors report assault Q Only 13 percent of rape survivors report assault Q It is estimated that between 2 percent and 8 percent of sexual assault reports are false. SOURCE: IT’S ON US
“I really think this is an issue that every student, no matter what organization you are involved in, no matter if you are a fresh-
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DKE re-establishes chapter on campus BY ISABELLA JACKSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) has a chapter on campus for the first time since 1986. When Gabriel Gonzalez, sophomore in Media, came to campus last year, he quickly became close friends with some of the students on his floor in Scott Hall. They went through the rush process together, but did not find a place to pledge. “There are a lot of great houses, and a lot of cool guys at those houses, but we didn’t feel like anything was the perfect fit,” he said. While hanging out in one of the dorm rooms, their RA told them that the group seemed like their own fraternity. On a whim, Gonzalez started researching national organizations without active chapters on campus. “We wanted a challenge, you know. We wanted to leave our own legacy here,” Gonzalez said. He was fascinated by the number of leaders who have come from the national DKE organization, including five presidents and count-
less senators and business executives. “I’m honestly just proud to be a member of such an elite organization,” he said. Gonzalez started the application process last spring, and the chapter became active in the fall semester. Being a new fraternity on a campus with a very established Greek system has its challenges. According to Gonzalez, recruiting new members and getting the word out there can be difficult when they haven’t had a house on campus in 28 years. “People’s dads know us, but the (students) don’t know us.” Gonzalez said. However, three pledges were recruited this year to join the 15-member Delta Pi chapter of DKE. Beau Pieper, freshman in LAS, heard about DKE through some of the existing members that were living in Scott Hall with him. Although he did look into pledging with other fraternities on campus, he liked DKE best. “When I came to the University, I wasn’t sure if Greek life was for me. I was going
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With 18 total members, Delta Kappa Epsilon has reopened their UI Chapter after not being active for years. to just shop around a little bit and see where I fit in and turns out that was with Delta Kappa Epsilon,” he said. For him, the fact that DKE is back after such a long break was one of the major appeals of the house. He said that he likes that DKE does not have an existing reputation on campus. “All we really have right now is our brotherhood, and we’re going to build off of that,” he said. One of the biggest steps that the group will be taking is moving into a house next fall, which will be a 14-room senior house on Nevada Street in Urbana. Gonzalez said having a main location for the group will be helpful,
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A Brief History of DKE 1904: The Delta Pi
chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon officially begins after a long activation effort since 1898. 1964: After 60 years, the chapter closes due to its inability to financially support its house. 1969: The chapter is reactivated with eight new pledges. 1986: The DKE chapter closes once again due to lack of funds. 2014: The Delta Pi Chapter is reactivated once more.
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After longing for winter break, many students find themselves bored with their month-long vacation. Starting this winter, students can earn a few credits by taking newly-offered winter break classes. The University will launch its online winter session pilot program during the 2014-2015 winter break. Students can enroll in one of eight different courses and earn up to four credit hours in four weeks. The University has never offered winter break courses, despite offering a summer session both online and on campus. However, Adam Fein, associate director of The Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, said the University noticed other institutions were offering a similar program and there was an interest from students. “We have a lot of students on our campus who do want to continue studying,” Fein said. “This provides an opportunity for some high-demand courses that are sometimes hard to get in the fall or the spring.” Fein added that students’ desire to stay on track to graduate also played a part in implementing a winter session. The winter session allows students to continue working toward their degree while traditional classes are not in session. However, these classes are paced much faster than normal courses since the winter session only allows a quarter of the time a normal semester does to learn the same amount of material. Professor Eric Snodgrass, whose Severe and Hazardous Weather course will be offered during the session, said the shorter time frame will not impact the courses or the students’ education. His course, which has been a popular online, summer course, has been adjusted to fit the four-week period. He said there will be one exam during the winter session, as opposed to three during the regular fall and spring semester courses. Snodgrass said the course material will remain the same. “Students in the winter session have no advantage over students in a 16-week version of the class, other than getting it done faster,” Snodgrass said. He said students will
Severe and Hazardous Weather (ATMS 120) Enrollment capacity: 500
The Legal Environment of Business (BADM 300) Enrollment capacity: 30
Management and Organizational Behavior (BADM 310) Enrollment capacity: 30
IT for Networked Organizations (BADM 350) Enrollment capacity: 30
International Business (BADM 380) Enrollment capacity: 30
Microeconomic Principles (ECON 102) Enrollment capacity: 150
Economic Statistics II (ECON 203)
Enrollment capacity: 100
Introduction to Sociology (SOC 100)
Enrollment capacity: 25 have to be conscious of their time, but he said he believes taking a class over break is manageable since students would have more time to devote to the class. Dan Steward, visiting professor in Sociology, will teach a course titled “Introduction to Sociology” during the winter session. He said he believes the winter session is a good way for students to really focus on one class at a time. “We all today, but certainly today’s students, are juggling so much — multi-tasking constantly,” Steward said. “When do we have time to think the big thoughts, read the provocative texts, have a serious heart-to-heart with the stranger who helps us to see the world anew?” The eight classes were selected based on their popularity, success in an online platform or ability to satisfy general education requirements. Fein said if this session goes well, more classes may be added in the future. “ Ever yone i nvolved seems very positive about this as an option,” Fein said.
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Committee narrows list of UI presidential candidates BY FARAZ MIRZA STAFF WRITER
The Presidential Search Committee met in a closed session Monday to continue narrowing down the number of candidates being considered for the next president of the University of Illinois. Members of the Urbana campus committee met at the Henry Administration Building and spoke with other committee members from the University’s Springfield and Chicago campuses through video conference. Pam Strobel, co-chair of the committee, opened the meeting by thanking the committee for its continuous service to the University of Illinois. Following roll call, the committee went into exec-
utive session, which lasted from 9:05 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. University spokesperson Thomas Hardy was unable to disclose the current number of candidates under consideration. While the committee has not yet set a date for when it will forward its recommendations to the Board of Trustees for final approval, Douglas Beck, co-chair of the committee, estimated the committee will compile a list of its top picks by the end of November. Current president, Robert Easter will retire at the end of next year, and the new president will take effect on July 1, 2015.
Faraz can be reached at famirza2@dailyillini.
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