NewsLetter
October 2022
Order Your GloveBOX TODAY!
Halloween Edition
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SHaW offers students boxes of condoms and other safe sex supplies that are delivered to your residence hall mailroom. If you live off campus, you can pick one up from their office! Students are able to order a GloveBOX up to three times a semester, which totals in over 60 condoms.
The Rainbow Center also has free condoms, lube, and dental dams outside their office on the 4th floor of the Student Union.
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Reporting Resources
NewsLetter UCONN Center for Fraternity and Sorority Life Development CONSENT IS MANDATORY! For more information please check out our website https://greeklife.uconn.edu/nhpw/ or follow us on social media @uconncfsd October 2022 The Center of Fraternity and Sorority Development wants you all to have a FUN and SAFE Halloween Weekend, so in this newsletter we will be sharing some of the safety tips that we think might be helpful to review before Homecoming/Halloween Weekend is here!
At any point if you feel as though you need to report an incident that has occurred, please find all incident reports on the home page of the CFSD website by looking for the INFORM button. WE as the CFSD staff are also here to assist if anyone needs to talk through what these processes look like. INFORM.UCONN.EDU
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Sober Monitors
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Make sure to start having conversations with your chapter about Sober Monitors. Make sure that they understand the responsibilities that come with taking on these jobs. They are important to member and guest safety. Sober Monitor programs are a component of the chapter risk mitigation process. If you have questions about how to set this up for your chapter, please make sure to bring those questions to your Risk Management Meetings that are due by October 31st. Contact your Chapter Coach for more information.
INTERACTING WITH A SOBER MONITOR?!
Make sure you know who you are getting in a car with and that they have been fulfilling their sober monitor duties. If you get any sense that they have not been fulfilling those duties, DO NOT GET IN THE CAR! Please report that to the president or risk manager of the sober monitor's chapter.
If a sober monitor is removing you from situation, please know that they should be doing it for your safety and the safety of the chapter. Please do not be rude to the sober monitors as they are trying to help keep your and their chapter safe as others are enjoying the full experience of the festivities.
UCONN Center for Fraternity and Sorority Life Development For more information please check out our website https://greeklife.uconn.edu/nhpw/ or follow us on social media @uconncfsd October 2022
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RIDE SHARE SAFETY!
Request your ride from indoors
Avoid Linggering outside alone while looking down at your phone.
Check your driver's rating
Be sure that your driver has prior experience and a good rating.
Share your trip with a trusted friend or family member
Share your whereabouts with someone other than who you're with so they know when your make it home safely.
Sit in the back seat and wear a seat belt!
Sitting in the front seat increases your proximity and chance of contact with the driver. Seatbelts are there to protect you in the event of an accident. Buckle up.
Confirm the vehicle, license plate and driver before getting in. Tip: Ask "What's my name?" or "Who is this for?" before entering the vehicle.
Be sure the information on your rideshare app about your driver matches the vehicle you get into.
Keep your information Kconfidential now your surroundings
When you’re in an unfamiliar area, track your route on your own map to be sure the driver is taking you to the correct place.
There’s nothing wrong with conversing with your driver, just plan to leave your personal information out of the conversation.
UCONN Center for Fraternity and Sorority Life Development For more information please check out our website https://greeklife.uconn.edu/nhpw/ or follow us on social media @uconncfsd October 2022
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ALCOHOL & DRUG SAFETY RESOURCES
ALCOHOL SAFETY RESOURCES
Utilize Standard Drink Sizes
Pour standard drinks, so each drink really is only one drink.
Set Limits You Think Will Work for You
Students who have 4 or more drinks in one sitting are at increased risk for alcohol related harm. Aiming for a drink limit below that number is great place to start!
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Consider your timing
Eat Before Drinking Pace Yourself
Eating prior to drinking will help help slow the absorption of alcohol and keep you feeling your best.
Sip and savor to both reduce your risk and enjoy yourself more. For more on how to pace yourself, see our guide to pacing below.
Hydrate
Drinking water before, during and after drinking alcohol goes a long way. You should alternate alcoholic beverages with water or other non-alcoholic drinks.
Avoid consuming cannabis before doing homework, taking exams, or going to class. Cannabis impacts your cognition, and it's important to have a clear mind so you can do your best academically!
Avoid Sharing
Cold and flu viruses can pass from person to person from sharing joints, blunts, bongs, pipes, or vape pens. Sometimes caring means not sharing! Avoid mixing cannabis with tobacco, alcohol, or other drugs. Multiple substances in the body complicates things, and can have some unpleasant effects.
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For more information please check out our website https://greeklife.uconn.edu/nhpw/ or follow us on social media @uconncfsd October 2022
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AVOID CULTURAL APPROPRIATION THIS HALLOWEEN SEASON!
As Halloween weekend approaches, we ask that you intentionally think about what you dress up as part of your costume. Cultural appropriation gets mentioned during this time and we would like to remind our students what this may entail. During Halloween, cultural appropriation manifests itself in many ways and it usually appears as a costume that perpetuate stereotypes of people of color or cultures. Some may say that their costume was not intended to offend but instead “honor” certain people or cultures and that is what they were doing in that moment. This Halloween think about what you want to dress up as. If the costume is clearly playing on a stereotype, we recommend that you avoid it. If you are unsure or it feels like if could be interpreted that way, again, avoid it and choose another costume. This applies to other costumes as well. Overall, if the costume can be interpreted as bringing an individual or group of people down... just avoid it and don’t dress up as that.
We ask that you think what your organization truly values and what may happen if one of your costumes may be perceived as cultural appropriation whether intentional or not. In general, make smart decisions and if you are truly having trouble finding a costume, keep it simple. There is nothing wrong with dressing up as a pumpkin. Have fun on Halloween!
UCONN Center for Fraternity and Sorority Life Development
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Stay away from costumes that mock or stereotypes: Culturalorreligiousfiguresandsymbols Racesandculturesasawhole Peoplewithdisabilities Peoplewhoaretransgenderpeople Never seek to imitate a character, individual, or group of people's ethnicity through the painting on of someone else's skin color (Blackface, Redface, etc.) Do not dress as an individual who belongs to a group of people who were victims of colonialism, opression, genocide,etc.
