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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Serving the University of Toledo since 1919
www.IndependentCollegian.com 91st year Issue 53
CSA turns up the HEAT By Jaimee Hilton IC Staff Writer
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From left to right, Sarah Scheid, a sophomore majoring in paralegal studies, and LeeAnn Harrer, a sophomore majoring in recreational therapy, help make pizzas Tuesday for the homeless.
Roughly 150 students gathered in the Student Union Building Auditorium to create a pizza assembly line to feed the homeless Tuesday evening. Campus H.E.A.T, Hunger Elimination Amongst Toledoans, is an annual event organized by the University of Toledo’s Catholic Student Association. The goal of the event is to prevent every Toledoan from going hungry for an entire day. This year, students made 700 pizzas in the Student Union Building Auditorium, which was set up using more than 20 tables with ingredients lined up on them. At one end was the bread, which was passed down the table allowing students to add ingredients like cheese, sauce and pepperoni along the way. “They are going to nine shelters around the area,” said Amanda Clark, co-chair of the Sojourner Committee of CSA.
Some of these shelters included the Cherry Street Mission, FOCUS and Aurora House. Most of these places provide food, shelter, clothing and any other basic necessity for those in need. The Sojourner Committee focuses on issues that affect the campus, city, state and world and brings awareness to UT students about these concerns and how they can help. The pizzas were delivered yesterday morning to the shelters and were stored in freezers at Ottawa East for the night. “It’s been a long tradition for the Catholic Student Association. We’re trying to reach out and get more events on campus, get us more well-known. This is just a tradition that we’re carrying on,” Clark said. The event is a long-standing tradition with CSA, and according to Co-Chair of the Sojourner Committee Mary Paige Dalrymple, it’s past its 20th anniversary. For students participating
in the event, helping out those in need was what was most important while also being able to make new friends. “I think it’s definitely important because it reminds us that it’s not just us here on a little college campus. There’s a city around us, there are a lot of people who are in need, and there are people that don’t have what we take for granted every day,” said Chelsea Rosfield, a freshman nursing major and member of CSA. Rosfield also said “it was powerful to see how many people have shown up” and it was really impressive. For senior Kevin Horning, a double major in marketing and sales, it was his first time participating in the event. He said it was “more or less to give back to the community.” He not only hoped to help out the community but to meet new people as well. “Not only do you get to help out the community but it brings groups together,” Horning said.
UT holds seminar about preventing sexual assault By Vincent J. Curkov IC Staff Writer
A woman walks to her car with her keys ready and her mace out, ready to fight off any assailant. Though this is the strategy so many anti-rape seminars preach, it is not an effective tactic according to Diane Docis, coordinator of UT’s sexual assault education and prevention program. “A woman is more likely to be assaulted, raped, molested, killed by a male acquaintance than any other type of assailant,” Docis said. Docis gave a presentation about sexual assault and its prevention Tuesday at the Mulford Library, located on the Health Science Campus. According to the National Center for Victims of Crime, 77 percent of rape is “acquaintance rape,” which is when someone is sexually assaulted by someone they know.
“We spent money on all these campus safety measures none of which prevent acquaintance rape,” Docis said. These safety measures include the blue pylons with an emergency button on them located all around campus. Docis is trying to dispel myths about rape such as the usefulness of rape whistles and planting defensive shrubbery. She also wants to move the campus away from traditional prevention methods and toward primary prevention. Primary prevention is stopping something at its source; in this case, preventing perpetrators from committing sexual assault. This is done by changing perceptions and rewriting the culture that fosters this kind of behavior. At the core of this issue are a small number of core sex offenders who are
surrounded by a larger number of facilitators. Facilitators allow or subconsciously encourage this behavior and the perpetrators generally are those who hit on someone who is drunk. Then there are the bystanders who are not guilty of anything but also don’t do anything to help. The idea for primary prevention comes from the Center for Disease Control which has started to fund and standardize gender violence prevention measures. These programs are engaging men to help with prevention. Primary prevention has been used in campaigns to promote use of seatbelts and anti-smoking campaigns. “There is something we can all do to help,” said Nancy Collins, chair of the women’s programs initiative, the organization that hosted Docis’ presentation.
Docis has been working with UTPD to reword timely warnings so they protect the victim and don’t victim-blame. People have a tendency to fall back to the Just World Theory as a way of justifying these acts, Docis said. “I’m interested in how [timely warnings] are perceived,” Docis said, “[I’m worried students think] I read that and what do I do with it?” UT’s Counseling Center offers counseling to all UT students. In the case of sexual assault they can help with what comes next. According to Docis, despite the enormous push toward reporting, the conviction rate for rape has changed less than two percent since the 1970s. If you believe that you have been a victim of sexual assault please contact UT’s Counseling Center at 419-530-2426.
File photo by Jason Mack / IC
University of Toledo President Lloyd Jacobs is giving his annual address at 11 a.m. today in the Henry J. Doermann Theatre.
Jacobs to deliver annual address By IC Staff
File illustration by Nick Kneer / IC
According to Diane Docis, coordinator of the University of Toledo’s sexual assault education and prevention program, mace and rape whistles are not as effective as many think when it comes to preventing sexual assault.
Much like last year, University of Toledo President Lloyd Jacobs will talk about how UT will stay a “relevant university” in his annual address this morning. Jacobs will outline his plan and vision for UT for the next five years today at 11 a.m. in the Henry J. Doermann Theatre. This will be Jacobs’ fifth annual address to the community. “While the fifth anniversary of the merged institution is an important milestone, it is also a time to reflect on the direction we are headed and how we can ensure our relevance for the future,” Jacobs told UT News. “While this is most certainly a challenging
time fiscally across the nation and in higher education, this university is uniquely positioned to continue to excel in the future, given the intellectual power and passion of its faculty, the enthusiasm and drive of our students and the dedication of our staff. We’ll spend this important time together looking forward more than looking back.” In last year’s address, Jacobs discussed a vision in which UT would focus on several “themes” including sustainable energy. Jacobs’ tradition of giving the address began in 2006 after UT’s Main Campus and Health Science Campus, formerly the Medical University of Ohio, merged.