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Andrew  Muwonge  will  graduate  WKLV VSULQJ ZLWK D EDFKHORU RI Âż QH arts  degree  in  theatre,  which  would  be  impressive  to  many. What  may  be  even  more  im- pressing  is  that  he  was  able  to  com- plete  his  degree  in  four  years.   He  has  been  a  part  of  11  differ- ent  shows  during  his  time  and  spent  more  than  180  hours  making  sets  and  costumes.  De- spite  his  involve- ment,  Muwonge  said  graduating  on  time  is  less  about  the  school  and  more  about  the  person. Muwonge “I  started  as  a  freshman  taking  eighteen  credits  a  semester,â€?  Mu- wonge  said.  “It  just  became  normal  to  have  that  type  of  course  load.   I  believe  if  you  want  to  graduate  in  four  years,  you  can.â€? Four  years.  Eight  semesters.  15  credits  per.   120  credits  total.   That  is  the  basic  goal  Muwonge  and  other  UW-ÂWhitewater  students  are  ex- pected  to  achieve.  But  is  graduating  in  four  years  realistic? According  to  the  UW  System’s  retention  and  graduation  rates,  one  in  four  students  graduate  in  four  years  at  UW-ÂWhitewater.   Since  2000,  over  20  percent  of  incoming  full-Âtime  fresh- men  graduate  in  four  years.    In  the  past  couple  years,  that  number  has  increased  to  al- most  30  percent.    The  amount  of  Aschenbrener students  graduat- LQJ LQ Âż YH WR VL[ \HDUV LV EHWZHHQ to  50  percent.  The  government  tracks  these  numbers  by  tracking  a  group  of  ¿ UVW \HDU VWXGHQWV HYHU\ VH mester  for  the  next  six  years.   Matt  Aschenbrener,  assistant  vice  chancellor  of  enrollment  and  UHWHQWLRQ RYHUVHHV DGPLVVLRQV Âż nancial  aid,  and  academic  advising.   $VFKHQEUHQHUÂśV RIÂż FH LV DOVR LQ
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If  you  wear  skinny  jeans,  you  cannot  be  raped. That  is  the  message  that  was  sent  by  Australian  courts  in  2010  and  South  Korean  courts  in  2008.  In  both  countries,  two  men  were  not  charged  with  rape,  on  the  ba- sis  that  the  women  involved  were  wearing  skinny  jeans  that  were  impossible  to  remove  without  the  wearer’s  help  and  consent.  In  honor  of  these  women  and  the  millions  who  have  been  sexu- ally  assaulted,  UW-ÂWhitewater  Henley is  participat- ing  in  Sexual  Assault  Awareness  Month. Wellness  Coordinator  Whit- ney  Henley  said  the  purpose  of  SAAM  is  to  “raise  awareness  about  sexual  violence  and  to  edu- cate  communities  and  individuals  on  how  to  prevent  sexual  vio- lence.â€? In  the  U.S.,  one  in  three  wom- en  and  one  in  six  men  will  be  sex- ually  assaulted  in  their  lifetime.  In  a  survey  conducted  by  Wellness  Services,  12  percent  of  UW-ÂW Â
students  experienced  a  sexual  as- sault  during  their  college  years. Alan  Jones,  an  assistant  com- plex  director  on  campus,  said  85  percent  of  sexual  assaults  are  between  people  that  have  known  one  another  for  at  least  a  year. “We  have  this  myth  in  our  head  that  people  who  are  going  to  sexu- ally  assault  others  are  creepy  and  that  we  can  tell  who  they  are,  but  that’s  just  not  the  case,â€?  Henley  said.  “The  ‘Nice  Guy’  is  going  to  be  more  success- ful  at  sexually  assaulting  people  because  people  trust  him  or  her  if  they  are  a  char- Jones ismatic  person.â€? In  2010,  four  sexual  assaults  were  reported  on  the  UW-ÂWhite- water  campus,  and  they  were  all  between  acquaintances.  Ten  sexual  assaults  were  reported  that  occurred  off-Âcampus,  three  were  between  acquaintances,  two  were  EHWZHHQ VWUDQJHUV DQG Âż YH ZHUH unknown. Jones  said  only  5  percent  of  sexual  assaults  are  reported,  so  the  number  of  assaults  that  were  not  reported  could  possibly  be  higher. Â
“Imagine  the  worst  experience  of  your  life,  and  having  to  tell  that  story  over  and  over  and  over  again,â€?  Jones  said. As  an  undergraduate,  Jones  joined  a  Sexual  Aggression  Peer  Advocacy  committee  at  his  school.  He  was  part  of  24-Âhour  advocacy  services  for  survivors  of  sexual  assault  and  other  forms  of  harassment.  He  has  traveled  around  the  world  talking  about  VH[XDO DVVDXOW VSHFLÂż FDOO\ PDV culinity  and  bystander  interven- tion. “I  don’t  like  to  use  the  word  prevention,  because  there  is  no  such  thing,â€?  Jones  said.  “This  isn’t  something  that  you  are  able  to  prevent.  That  is  why  I  talk  a  lot  about  ‘bystander  interven- tion,’  which  is  you  stepping  up  for  somebody  else  when  you  see  something  happening.  A  lot  of  times  when  this  crime  happens,  people  know.â€? Jones  said  another  big  factor  of  sexual  assaults  are  that  people  do  not  know  what  sexual  assault  is.  “For  example,  somebody  can- not  give  consent  if  they  are  under  WKH LQĂ€ XHQFH RI DOFRKRO RU GUXJV
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