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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Philip Vukelich | Argonaut

Three-year-old Lindy Dahlinger sits on her dad, Patrick Dahlinger’s shoulders at the 2013 Homecoming Bonfire in the ASUI Kibbie Dome parking lot Friday night. Despite the wet weather, the bonfire saw a decent turnout of students, staff, faculty, alumni and community members.

Green Dots for change Interpersonal violence prevention program makes its way to the University of Idaho Kaitlin Moroney Argonaut

It was a fairly typical night for Monica Sherman and Chris Clement until they heard someone mention a woman had hit her head and was bleeding at a nearby fraternity. “We both decided to go look for her,” said Sherman, a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. “So we climbed through a window (at the fraternity) and we found her.” Clement called the paramedics and both of them talked to the police before taking the girl home and getting her into bed. “The girl ended up going to the hospital (the next day) and she turned out to be okay,” Sherman said. That incident is what prompted Vandal Green Dot to recognize Sherman as Green Dot of the day on Sept. 21. “(Sherman) is the epitome of a Green Dot,” ASUI Director of Safety and Violence Prevention Sara Spritzer said. “She was just doing all these amazing things to help people she doesn’t even know and she was following up with them and helping them and telling them she cared.” Green Dot is an interpersonal violence prevention program that focuses on providing basic edu-

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Sarah Spritzer, ASUI director of safety and violence prevention, and Virginia Solan, Violence Prevention Programs coordinator, meet in Solan’s office. Spritzer said Green Dot is a way for people to learn practical skills to help prevent interpersonal violence and described it as a social movement. cation that will equip people to integrate moments of prevention within their personal relationships and daily activities. “Green Dot is a continuum, it’s not just one thing that happens,” Spritzer said. Virginia Solan, Violence Prevention Programs coordinator, said the continuum is a way to describe the range of interpersonal

violence that occurs daily. “Addressing language that can be problematic, all the way through to preventing person-onperson fights,” Solan said. “I mean there’s a whole spectrum but ultimately we are looking at preventing sexual assaults and homicide.” The Green Dot program at the University of Idaho is relatively new. It launched this semester

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Within the first week of the academic year, seven students were transported to Gritman Medical Center due to their intoxication level, said Denise Carl, student involvement coordinator. She said since 2009, alcohol has been a major factor in six student deaths, 12 serious injuries, and 123 students who have been transported to the hospital for alcohol overdose. “Those are some pretty big numbers,” Carl said. “I think students sometimes have a totally different perspective on what’s going on. They’re living it — they’re challenged by people partying or they’re a part of the

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partying scene — and I think they have perspective that is invaluable to how we can slowly change our culture to a healthier one.” In honor of 2013 Fall Leadership Week, the Department of Student Involvement is hosting the first-ever Case Study Competition. The Case Study Competition is where students will have the opportunity to weigh in on how to improve the drinking culture at the University of Idaho. Students could also win a $300 scholarship doing it. Carl said she got the idea of a case study competition from other universities— such as Arizona State University and the University of British Columbia— who use it as way to include students on

as a collaborative effort between various student affairs offices and the Dean of Students Office. Solan, Spritzer and other student leaders have provided Green Dot training for the intramural recreation staff, resident assistants, as well as many one-on-one talks with people. SEE change, PAGE 5

Students have chance to influence campus policy, earn $300 scholarship

solving university-wide problems. Students are encouraged to form groups of two to four people to create a realistic plan to help establish a responsible drinking culture at UI. Carl said the plan should be representative of most living groups on campus and appeal to students who may or may not be actively involved in student organizations. The case study competition has two components. First, there will be a poster session Oct. 8, where groups will showcase their plan using words, numbers and graphics outlining the plan’s main ideas on a poster. Students and faculty alike will view the posters while judges also look them over — three

More info

To find out more information about the Case Study Competition, visit the Department of Student Involvement on the third floor of the Idaho Commons.

teams will be selected to move on to the next round. On Oct. 10, the three teams will present their full plan to a small panel of judges and each team will have 20 minutes to present their solution followed by a short question and answer session. SEE plan, PAGE 4

The University of Idaho hopes to select its next president by the end of the semester, after announcing the finalists for the position earlier this week. Don Soltman, Idaho State Board of Education president and member of the search committee said a final candidate will be chosen by midNovember, and could start anytime between Jan 1, and July 1 depending on contractual obligations. The five finalists were chosen from a pool of 70 applicants and will be on every UI campus in the state for open forums throughout October. Laurie StenbergNichols — Provost and vice president for academic Laurie StenbergNichols affairs at South Dakota State University • Serves as chief academic officer for South Dakota State University — the flagship and land-grant university of South Dakota. • Duties include providing leadership to academic programs, developing curricula and academic policies. Faculty affairs, student success, campus operations and the academic budget are also included. • B.S. in Home Economics Education, M.A. in Vocational and Adult Education, Ph.D. in Family and Consumer Sciences Education • Open forum date TBD James Applegate — Consultant for higher education and James Applegate philanthropy • Advises national, state, and regional education and philanthropic organizations to increase effectiveness of programs to improve college access and success • Former vice president for strategic SEE candidate, PAGE 5

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