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Not the Word, It’s the Culture,” she wanted to have students
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Open Mic Night March 6 // 7-9 p.m. // UGCH // Free Every Tuesday you have the opportunity to show off your unique set of talents at this Open Mic Night in the Underground
Slime with SIRC March 15 // 3-5 p.m.// Miller Hall collab space // Free Join the Social Issues Resource Committee in destressing before finals week and making some good oldfashioned slime!
Winter Concert
Coffeehouse, hosted by AS Productions.
March 13 // 6-7:30 p.m.// Arntzen 100 // Free
Last Lesson of Winter Quarter
This concert is put on by the A Cappella Club. The event will include three different a capella groups: All Aboard, Major Treble and Rebel Clef.
March 12 // 7-9 p.m. // VU 464 // Free WWU Salsa and Bachata Dance Club is holding their last dance lesson of the quarter. Dance your end of the quarter stress away with this free event.
Connection Recovery Support Group March 13 // 5:30-7 p.m. // VU 714 // Free NAMI on campus hosts this weekly support group for people living with mental illness. This group is open to anyone dealing with mental illness between the ages of 18 and 30.
Muddy Mountain Bike March 15 // 3-6 p.m. // VU 150 // $10 Don’t let the winter weather keep you from exercising!
Community Care Debrief March 16 // 4-6 // VU 714 // Free This is a space to come and de-stress from the long week of classes and work. Every Friday, this space is reserved for students to practice self-care in whatever form works best for them. Everything from painting to yoga is accepted. Come, and take a deep breath!
Couch scam exposed
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BY HAILEY MURPHY
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Taking prioritizing sleep to the next level
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n a shocking turn of events, the of spring quarter.” couch on the west side of WilThe sophisticated design, feason’s Library 5th floor is not actually turing graduation clipart and a reserved, as confirmed by a library soft blue gradient, was likely part employee. of a ploy to keep away suspicion. Tucked back in a corner, on the It appears to have worked because library’s quietest floor, this purple not one, not two, but three library couch is undeniably a supreme employees knew nothing about the place to take a nap. Due to its proxsign. imity to Zoe’s and it’s beautiful view According to a manager at the of the VU construction, it may even circulation desk, all signs posted take precedence over other prime by students, without permission, nap locations. are taken down. Had any staff been It appears that one innovative aware, it would have been removed. student noticed this themselves and “At least it’s not vandalism,” said decided to take action. For at least the manager after seeing the sign. three weeks, according to my eye While the identity of the perpewitness account, a sign has loomed trator remains unknown, the AS over the couch, professing false inReview will not cease in it’s hunt for formation to students of all majors. The fraudulent sign. Hailey the truth. The sign claims that the couch is Hoffman//AS Review For now, thanks to our local hereserved, each day, from 2:00 to 3:30 roes, the sign has been removed. pm. (Please don’t get any ideas. Library students and “Thank you for your cooperation,” reads the sign. staff are inconvenienced by hijinx everyday.) “Couch will become available to all starting beginning
Suicide prevention committee splits over tensions BY HAILEY MURPHY
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s a result of distrust between the Counseling Center and mental health advocates on campus, two student leaders in mental health are stepping away from the Suicide Prevention Advisory Committee. However, disagreements remain between the students involved. Sarah Cederberg, president of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) chapter on campus, sent out an email on Friday, February 23 announcing NAMI’s departure from the Suicide Prevention Advisory Committee. This email, which outlined a number of grievances with the Counseling Center, was sent to Shari Robinson, director of the Counseling Center, and KaSandra Church, Western’s suicide prevention coordinator. These grievances included students feeling voiceless on the Suicide Prevention Advisory Committee, a student feeling misled by Robison after pitching a suicide prevention training program and To Write Love on Her Arms being left to fund and plan the Walk of Hope event on their own. “I feel very regretful and very grieved that three student leaders, that I thought we had a really good working rela-
tionship with, feel this kind of way,” Robinson said. “And I feel very grieved that the first time I heard about it was in this public email… I did not appreciate hearing it the first time this way. I don’t think that’s professional. I don’t think that’s respectful.” The three students leaders are Cederberg, Douglas Van Druff, president of To Write Love on Her Arms, and Mary, a student advocate. Mary declined to comment and wished to only use her first name, but said in an email that Cederberg’s statement is “correct and truthful.” Yet Van Druff, on behalf of himself and To Write Love On Her Arms, didn’t offer complete support to the email. While he agreed with Sarah’s statement regarding student voices being snuffed on the committee, he felt the statement came from a “privileged” point of view, as the Counseling Center is underfunded. Additionally, he disagrees with Cederberg’s choice to voice her grievances over email, as well as the tone used in that email. “Even if there are problems on our campus, Sarah’s way CONTINUED PG. 5
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Endowment gives Western more sculptures, woods BY JOSH HUGHES
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alking in 15 acres of forest in the northern corner of Lummi Island, you may stumble upon a circle of dancing figures dressed in classical Grecian and Roman garb. Walk closer amongst the trees and into a patch of grass and you’ll find the figures embellished with glistening leaves and seaweed, frozen in eternal bronze. The piece is Ann Morris’ “Double Dream,” one of her 16 bronze sculptures in the mystical Sculpture Woods. Western has just acquired the property by Morris and her family’s donation. Morris founded her outdoor artist’s haven in 1995, according to the Western Foundation’s announcement, and she’s been instilling her spirit into the property ever since. Located just above the Rosario Strait on Lummi Island, Sculpture Woods has become Morris’ foundry, gallery, studio, yoga space and sculpture garden in her 22 years with the property. Her and her family’s decision to donate the property to Western provides immense opportunity for the school in the coming decades. The place itself came to fruition through private donors over the years; any contributions to a separate endowment through Western are encouraged, and those with questions can email Sonja Sather, the Fine and Performing Arts department’s director of development, at Sonja.Sather@wwu.edu. The endowment, which totals over $1 million, will ensure that the property continues to be upheld throughout the years. Morris will now lease the property from Western until she wants to leave, at which point the College of Fine & Performing Arts will take over. This means that the transition may be long, but that eventually Sculpture Woods will be a space that Western can use for various purposes. So, what does that mean for the average Western student? First and foremost, it means that Western may become known not only for its on-campus sculpture garden, but also its off-campus one. But more importantly, it means that a beautifully and (largely) untapped area of forest will become a collaborative, educational environment
that students will be able to utilize. Western currently hopes to use the space as a means to “collect, exhibit and preserve visual arts”, as the donation’s announcement reads. The Western Gallery will be able to extend their reach to Sculpture Woods to achieve this goal of emphasizing the visual arts. According to the WWU Foundation website, the studio will become a place for visiting artists to hold residence, with possibilities for student use over the years. While much remains up in the air about logistics of its future uses, in the announcement Western promised to retain the spirit and heart of Ann Morris in extending the use of her creation. The space itself is home to the previously mentioned figurative bronze sculptures, as well as an array of Morris’ “bone vessels”— boat sculptures made from (you guessed it) assorted bones and plants. These pieces, while much smaller than the bronze pieces, sit in Morris’ studio, and will continue to do so once Western totally has the property. Of the various sculptures scattered around the forest, some names are “Backbone of the Universe,” “Acceptance of Sorrow,” and “Life-Death-Life.” Between their titles and their mythical appearance, it’s easy to get a feel for the vibe that Morris has delicately instilled in the place over her years as an artist. All of the bronze pieces also come with accompanying text that add depth to Morris’ various mechanisms of symbolism. The text for “Will There Be a Place For Me?”, for instance, reads: “The Goddess of the Cycles is reborn as a Virgin. She is growth, anticipation, and youthfulness about to spring from between the young horns of Nature itself, bringing her fruitfulness, a body filled with flowers to the world. Has our consciousness made a place of welcome for her? She brings creative possibility and answers to living in a meaningful relationship to Nature. She can teach us if we will ask the right questions and listen. Will there be a place for her?” You get the point. Each piece can be read in regards to Morris’ own intended
meaning, but the artwork also stands on its own. The figure of “Will There Be a Place For Me” crouches around a pair of unworldly antlers, as intricate flowers lace down her spine. The face itself appears to be nothing more than a horned mask, with an empty space where the skull should be. It’s all quite evocative, and exemplifies a passion for nature and the strange power it holds over us. Perfect for a 15-acre property that mostly consists of Western
Red Cedars. Once Western begins utilizing the property, all these sculptures will become more accessible to students than they’ve ever been. While Sculpture Woods is open to the public every first Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Western will open the doors (literally) for students and community members to reap the benefits of such a mysterious and tranquil place.
“Acceptance of Sorrow”(top), and “Will There Be a Place For Me?” (bottom) are two of Ann Morris’s works on the property she is donating to Western. Board of Trustees documents
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of addressing them is problematic and unhelpful,” Van Druff said in an email. “She doesn’t offer a silver-lining or any action plan moving forward, which makes the whole statement which she is criticizing the counseling center for seem very hypocritical. Her actions only further bridge the gap between students and the paraprofessional staff both in the Counseling Center, and on the Suicide Prevention Committee.” Cederberg had this to say in response to Van Druff’s comment: “Yes, the start of this was aggressive, but I didn’t want to get blown off or for these issues to be forgotten about by the Counseling Center...I’m not critiquing their services. I just want them to make their inner workings more transparent, and work towards offering more opportunities for student leaders and students in general to contribute to their conversations Cederberg said that Mary and Van Druff worked with her on the statement. Van Druff’s recollection is that Cederberg sent them the statement “out of the blue” the same afternoon it was sent out, saying, “I’m being stupid, but tbh I’ve got 3 months left, so I would love to stir the shit a little.” Van Druff said that Mary and him didn’t personally contribute to the statement. One grievance discussed in the statement was that NAMI’s relationship with the Counseling Center felt one-sided. NAMI and other student leaders would advocate for them, but the Counseling Center wouldn’t return the favor. This often became apparent during Suicide Prevention Advisory Committee meetings. “We were basically… token student voices,” Cederberg said. “Frequently in meetings they would say, ‘Let’s hear from our student leaders,’ pointing us out, putting us on the spot whereas in the rest of the meetings, we couldn’t get a word in edgewise. In general, I don’t feel like anything I ever said had much of an impact on anyone’s thoughts.” Van Druff also expressed that the voices of students were less impactful than those of professional staff. Additionally, due to conflicting class schedules, Van Druff has been unable to attend a single meeting this year. “If the committee ‘valued’ the student voices as much as they say, it seems like they could make a priority of trying to schedule the meetings for times that work with us instead of professional staff, just my opinion,” Van Druff said. This also became apparent for Cederberg when she tried to get the Counseling Center’s
assistance in promoting NAMI’s Connection Recovery support group. According to Cederberg, it’s the only confidential drop in group on campus. Exclusive to students diagnosed with a mental illness, the group is run by a trained facilitator. Robinson said couldn’t post the group directly on the Counseling Center webpage, as that would be endorsing the group and would put her license at risk. Cederberg did ask, however, that they refer students. “In all honesty, I don’t think they’re doing that,” Cederberg said. “I don’t have proof of that, but just looking at the numbers for that support group, I don’t think they are. And looking at our survey we sent out, most people don’t know about it.” Robinson disagrees. “We have the big poster in our waiting room, we have some handbills, our counselors would refer students that they thought would be a good fit,” said Robinson. “We were promoting and supporting it that way which we would do for ADCAS groups, which we would do for other groups, but groups that we are not directly involved in providing treatment, we will not– and any counselor or attorney general would tell you– you can not take on that vicarious liability for it.” Yet Cederberg doesn’t accept this a solid explanation. “Let me point out that there is a community referral website run by the Counseling Center at Western, and at the top of it, it states: ‘We are also unable to endorse any particular provider that is listed,’” Cederberg said on the NAMI Facebook page, in response to a Western Front quote. “While I don’t believe local support groups should be coupled in with Counseling Center support groups, I think it would be worthwhile for the Counseling Center to have resources to community support groups, given that those support groups are drop-in friendly, where their groups are not.” Another grievance mentioned in the email was a result of breakdowns in communication. In September 2016, according to Cederberg, Mary approached Robinson asking if she could facilitate LEARN training program on campus. Developed by the University of Washington’s Forefront, LEARN is a suicide prevention training program, which Mary has trained to facilitate. Prior to the hiring of the suicide prevention CONTINUED PG. 7
Prof-ile
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BY GWEN FROST
Name: Ed Love Position: Professor of Marketing, and Department Chair Education background: MBA in Finance and Management Information Systems, University of Arizona (Beta Gamma Sigma) Bachelors Degree in History, The Evergreen State College. Hometown: Seattle, WA Claim to fame: Several articles published in cool places, return Peace Corp volunteer, in Undergrad he threw boomerangs competitively. Love also used to own a chain of coffee houses called Cafe Northwest in the Washington, D.C. area. QUESTIONS: 1. What did you want to be when you grew up (as a kid)? A professor. At one point I thought I was going to be a History Professor, but I think just the idea of being in academia was appealing to me from a very, very young age. Something about creating knowledge, and learning, and being in that kind of environment where that is the focus. There’s something very pure and wonderful about that. 2. What would you sing at a karaoke night? I wouldn’t. No. I would reluctantly attend if I had to. AS Review: I would sing Carol King’s “It’s Too Late.” Ed Love: Actually the last and only time I think I have done karaoke, a friend of mine and I sang “Should I Stay or Should I Go.” And then we left. 3. What are you reading right now/most recently? What’s it about? I just finished “Everybody Lies,” which was great. It is about the application of day-today answers to social questions. Figuring out what we can learn from how people use the internet, the kinds of questions they ask the internet, what we can learn about the impact of going to a prestigious school versus a less prestigious school on a person’s success. There’s a lot to it, it’s an interesting book. 4. Aside from necessities what are three things you couldn’t go a day without? My kindle, tea… I mean go a day? It’s always hard to be away from my family. It’s very hard to be away from my family. I find that I have to go days without them, but… I would rather not. 5. What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done in the name of love? EL: Oh lord. The craziest thing I’ve ever done in the name of love… Do you ask this of everyone, or only ask it of people whose last name is Love? Because it sort of changes the whole dynamic AR: No, I ask everybody I promise EL: I proposed to my wife by creating a cypher that she had to solve using a book. Like a code, a series of numbers I had printed on a card. She had to solve that puzzle. AR: Is her job related to that? EL: No, but she’s very clever. 6. What advice would you have given your college-undergrad self? Believe in yourself. 7. What is your favorite restaurant-prepared breakfast dish? At home, I like steel-cut oats. That’s my favorite breakfast. I’m so boring, I’m incredibly boring. 8. What job would you be terrible at? So many jobs. I’ve had a lot of different jobs. Human resource manager. I’d be terrible at that. I’d be terrible as a dancer, comically bad. I’d say a male exotic dancer, would be uniquely bad.
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AS Board of Directors meeting: March 7, 2018 BY GABRIELLE VAILENCOUR
The AS board meeting on March 7, 2018 commenced at 3:13 p.m. and adjourned at 5:01 p.m. ROP Restructure This restructure entails changing the name of the Research and Outreach Programs to the Student Advocacy and Identity Resource Centers, as well as increasing the budget by $4,000 to create new job positions. Being under review for a couple weeks and due to the lack of student feedback regarding the name change, AS VP for Diversity Erick Yanzon remarked, “I’m assuming everyone’s okay with it.” The budget component of the restructure would mean that funding for the ROP Restructure would come from a $4,000 decrease from a different AS fund. The board decided that they would wait another week before approval in case more student feedback emerges. Travel Task Force Charge and Charger The board reviewed the Travel Task Force Charge and Charter document, which explains the Travel Task Force’s aims of making travel easier for AS members. This is not a committee, rather a task force which will make recommendations to the AS Board of Directors concerning any time an AS member travels for conferences or trainings. This task force will most likely form in Fall 2018. AS Video Office Equipment Request Jeff Bates, Western’s publicity center coordinator, attended the board meeting to explain the objectives behind the AS Communications Office’s requests for recording equipment. The first proposal was for the AS to purchase video recording equipment totaling $1,691.44. The second proposition was the purchase of the newest version of a Surface Pro, which would cost either $2,199 or $1,099. After considering prices and budget, the board voted unanimously to pass the first proposal. KUGS Radio Job descriptions have undergone changes for all eight positions for KUGS radio. Po-
sitions are now for three academic quarters instead of four quarters, and these include KUGS Maintenance Engineer, KUGS News and Public Affairs and KUGS Marketing and Development. The KUGS Office assistant will now be a temporary summer quarter position. The AS board passed each motion regarding job descriptions for all eight positions. Sustainability, Equity and Justice Fund Referendum This referendum proposes an increase in fees due to the decrease in funds, as well as changing the name of the Sustainability Action Fund to the Sustainability, Equity and Justice Fund. After weeks of review, AS VP for Student Life Annie Gordon, said that “no one has expressed wanting a different name,” and although she’s open to student feedback, the proposal should be decided upon sooner rather than later. The board passed the motion with majority. Miscellaneous Reports • Yanzon appointed themself as chair for Management Council and the board approved this motion. • Chhabra appointed herself as Legislative Affairs Council chair • The Legislative Affairs Council will be tabling on Monday, March 12 • Washington Student Association will hold their General Assembly on April 22 in Olympia. • The board reviewed pages 1-28 of the AS Personnel Employment Policy and will continue at the next board meeting. • The AS board was informed by Yanzon of the position changes within the Ethnic Student Center Restructure, that the Program Support Coordinator and Marketing and Outreach Coordinator will be changed to the Internal Coordinator and Cultural Education Coordinator. • A number of job description changes for AS positions were passed by the board, including changing the ASP Logistics Coordinator position to Assistant Director for Logistics and correcting grammatical errors within the description for both the AS Communications Coordinator and the VU Gallery Director.
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Sex in the Mid-Size University Dear Love Column, I’m in a relationship with this really cool dude, and things are going well. I’m not super in love with him, but we definitely are in a honeymoon-ey phase (it’s been two months.) But regardless, I keep having really strong fits of jealousy and anger about him spending time around other girls? Even if they’re his friends, I feel really fucking controlling and horrible but I can’t shake this feeling. It’s been kinda like this in past relationships for me too, but it was usually with people I cared more about. I don’t know if something is wrong with me in how possessive I am. How much jealousy is just “to be expected” in a relationship, and when do you know when it’s unnatural, or going too far? Sincerely, Green Dear Green, Jealousy gets a bad rap in relationships, and kind of demonized in society overall. Feeling envious of somebody because they are getting what you want makes sense. They are receiving a pleasure you wish you had, and negative feelings will obviously result towards the thing that keeps you from getting what you want. Monogamous relationships are supposedly
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meant to shield you from jealousy in a way that polyamorous relationships are unable, but monogamy is dense in jealousy. In what ways you act on this jealousy can be a good indicator of whether jealousy is overtaking your relationship. Acting in ways that make your partner feel guilty for spending time with people that aren’t you, or taking out the anger on them in other ways are both unhealthy ways to cope with an envious feeling. Jealousy can be a natural feeling, but it can manifest and be poisonous if people aren’t honest about it. Sometimes, just being honest and saying an insecurity out loud is all it takes for you to hear how ridiculous it sounds, or to simply deflate the tension that has built over you keeping this secret. Other times, our partners will be totally responsive, (because hey, maybe they get jealous too,) and then they can adjust their behavior to a place where you’re both comfortable. For Freshman Loren Peterson, a lot of the problems in their last relationship were due to jealousy. He said that for him, jealousy comes from insecurity, because “we’re pretty insecure about ourselves and need other people to validate us, especially in relationships.” Maybe there is some extent to which the jealousy you may be feeling has more to do with you than it does with your partner. These issues are your responsibility to
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coordinator, the only suicide prevention on campus was the online program Kognito. “Immediately [LEARN] became of interest to Shari as it could potentially accompany the failing Kognito training modules,” Cederberg said in her statement. “This ultimately was just a run around between the Counseling Center and Mary, though. Instead of telling her outright that [Robinson] didn’t intend to utilize her training, [Robinson] asked for her to help with working on Healthy Minds Fair and other efforts, and when questioned about this, would brush it off.” According to Cederberg’s account, it wasn’t until Spring 2017 that Mary was informed that she wouldn’t be facilitating LEARN training. She was informed not by Robinson, but by Church, the suicide prevention coordinator. However, Robinson’s account is different than Mary’s. “Mary was never informed that we were going with LEARN. Mary was informed that LEARN would be one of the programs that we would consider… I’m not sure what I said or did that led her to believe that,” Robinson said. She also said that she was sorry Mary felt misled, and that Mary wasn’t informed sooner that Western would be offering an alternate prevention program, QPR. In response to the Western Front’s article on the situation, Mary commented on Facebook, “Shari told me that she was definitely using the LEARN training as a supplement to Kognito, but of course that was
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a meeting between me and her so there is no way for me to provide proof… I’d also like to point out that I just wanted to present my training, like, one time in an empty classroom after school hours. Shari was the one who hyped it up. All that being said, I’m not surprised that Shari has an excuse for every single claim. Everyone is to blame but her (according to her).” The final issue outlined in Cederberg’s statement was that, after the Counseling Center funded and planned the Walk of Hope event for a number of years, To Write Love on Her Arms was suddenly left to do that themselves. According to Cederberg, To Write Love on Her Arms had previously planned
work out with yourself, it shouldn’t be anyone’s job to isolate themselves due to the reason that you can’t stand comparing your image of yourself to anyone. Looking at the naturality of jealousy, Senior Sam Fox believes there is an evolutionary rooting, like people protecting their means of reproduction from other people. “When you see a person looking at someone with the same eyes that you think they only look at you, it makes your reality with them seem less special and intimate,” said Fox. “Which hurts.” So is some of the jealousy we face just, natural? I think so. It’s even normal to have irrational jealousies, because it’s a particularly irrational emotion. Talk about your insecurities to your friends, and if they don’t go away and it’s causing you distress or hindering your relationship, bring it up to your partner. If you’re with somebody who is worth being in a relationship for, then they should be the kind of person who doesn’t want to cause you emotional stress, especially unknowingly. You’re not crazy for feeling jealous, but you’re right to monitor if a possessive feeling is in check, because being over-possessive can escalate to abuse, where controlling someones life and emotional manipulation play in. Talk it out, talk yourself down, and call yourself out.
the event, but once Western received a grant to help further prevent suicide, they took over themselves. After the grant was up, fundraising and planning was back into the hands of To Write Love on Her Arms. “[TWLOHA] weren’t expecting tons of help, but given that [the Counseling Center] basically had been taken over the year before they didn’t expect that getting funding would be so difficult,” said Cederberg. Cederberg was not directly involved with the Walk of Hope. She heard about the situation from Van Druff “Last year, BRAVE rebranded and the grant timeline was up so things did fall on myself and my other club officers to plan an event,” said Van Druff. “So to me, yes that wasn’t okay by any means but I quickly got over that and once [Church] was hired she was so supportive in planning the Walk of Hope this past fall.” What Cederberg hopes is that her comments won’t be swept under the rug, and instead they’ll be a catalyst for change. “I wanted them to have to confront it, and with Western’s behavior this far this year, it only seems to acknowledge it’s wrong doings when people have publicly ‘stirred up shit,’ or in general terms, ‘gotten it out to the public,’” said Cederberg. Robinson said she will meet with Cederberg and leadership from the Suicide Prevention Advisory Committee next week to discuss the issues raised by Cederberg. With the departures, Annie Gordon, ASVP for student life, is the only student currently serving on the committee.
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Could You Do What This Huxley Prof Did and Keep Your Job? We Asked 8 Students. PICTURES AND INTERVIEWS BY GWEN FROST CW: Sexual Harassment
Spring. We decided to ask students what would happen if they did the same.
After the university found he sexually harassed two students, Huxley Associate Professor Paul Stangl was barred from teaching courses this summer, as well as teaching any field courses until summer 2020. The student who reported Stangl said he poured her wine although he knew she was only 20 years old, and told her and another student that he wanted to “lick their thighs,” among other inappropriate behavior. Despite this, he sits on the Faculty Senate committee for Huxley, and is teaching classes this
Will Roth, Sophomore Job: Greencoat Answer: “I would be fired. Because it’s a police position I would probably be arrested. I would probably be suspended from working with them ever again.”
Ashley Bennett, Junior Job: Papa John’s Answer: “I would be fired, for sure fired.”
Andrew Kennedy, Junior Job: Bob’s Burgers Answer: “Would I still have my job? No. I’d get fired, and probably beat up.” AR: “What do you think happened to Stangl?” AK: “Probably nothing, I’m guessing.”
Schuyler Shelloner, Junior Job: Rudy’s Pizzeria, The Up & Up Answer: “Since I’m a bartender if I served liquor to a minor I would be fired. I would also possibly face charges, even if I didn’t intend to...I don’t know if I’d go to jail or get fired for that. But, even if it’s not explicit, it’s still fucked up. Keep your sexual exploits with people on the same power level.”
If you served alcohol to a minor and then told them you wanted to “lick their thighs,” like the students said Stangl did, would you still have your job? Some quotes condensed for the sake of brevity.
Leslie Cogley, Junior Job: Student Staff at Teaching and Learning Academy in the Western Library Answer: “Um, I would be fired immediately. That’s pretty awful, good lord.” AR: Do you think Stangl still has his job? LC: “I would hope not.”
Jackie Cain, Junior Job: Nanny Answer: “I mean if the people I nanny for found out they would obviously like, fire me.”
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