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RUSA passes mandatory intervention training bill Nikhilesh De news editor
The Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) passed a bill ordering every member of the governing body to attend six bystander intervention training program sessions in the coming weeks. School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Natalie Settimo, one of the authors of the bill, said its purpose is to teach RUSA members how to handle any given situation that may lead to another student being harmed. She sees this program as being a continuation of the governing body’s sexual assault prevention program. “When we created the Sexual Assault Prevention Committee, we made a promise to combat sexual assault on this campus and I think this is a step in the right direction,” she said.
The training consists of six different hour-long sessions, two of which would occur on the first day and the remaining one on the second day, she said. The first day would work in conjunction with Students Challenging Realities and Educating Against Myths (SCREAM) Theater. It would be a performance by the improvisation group, followed by an interactive show with the audience. The second day would focus more on traditional training over the course of four hours, Settimo said. After the participants in the training find a way to apply their knowledge outside of the training session, perhaps through a social media campaign or similar program, they would receive a certificate, she said. “I think (this program is) absolutely necessary, because we all See bill on Page 4
The Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) passed a bill to mandate bystander intervention training for every member of the body during their weekly meeting on Thursday night in the Rutgers Student Activities Center. Nikhilesh De / news editor
Women’s basketball team hosts bone marrow drive for Rutgers alumna Chloe Dopico
utmost importance to the success of our teams. Everyone wants to give back to Gianna because she gave so much to us. When something The Rutgers women’s basketlike this happens to a member of ball team will host a bone marrow our family, everyone is devastated drive on Sunday to show support about it,” said women’s basketball for a Rutgers alumna who is fighthead coach Vivian C. Stringer in an ing cancer. interview with Scarlet Knights. The drive will operate from The registration process for 1:30 to 4 p.m. immediately bethe bone marrow drive consists of fore the Scarlet Knights’ game swabbing the inside of a person’s against Nor thwestern, according cheek. The inforto their website. mation is then The nonprofit uploaded to the organization Kimarrow er’s Kidz is oper“Everyone wants to give back to Gianna because she bone agency, where ating the drive to gave so much to us. When something like this happens it is kept until a support Gianna match is found. DeVietro, who to a member of our family, everyone is devastated “I really hope graduated in May about it.” we have a great 2016. DeVietro turnout. All a perreceived a bone C. Vivian Stringer son has to do at marrow transHead Women’s Basketball Coach first is get their plant two months cheek swabbed ago after being and fill out a diagnosed with leukemia, according to the Scarlet DeVietro mentioned the bone mar- form. It takes (two minutes). It is row drive because she had previ- extremely important because there Knights’ website. We Delete Blood Cancer ously held a smaller drive in her are people who die or have to go an alternate not as safe route to find a (DKMS), an international non-prof- neighborhood, she said. The team put DeVietro in touch cure. I want to save others (lives) it organization, will be at the event to register potential donors, accord- with Larry Perfetti, who has since like my 30-year-old donor saved been the middle man between mine,” DeVietro said. ing to the website. DeVietro said participants in “I got sick after graduation on DKMS and the team, she said. PerJuly 18 and the only thing that kept fetti’s daughter died a few years ago drives like this one can mean the me strong was the idea that I would and he kept her foundation, Kier’s difference between life and death. “I hope this will bring awareness be able to somehow turn this ex- Kids, running in her honor. “Our managers are the back- that you have the power to save perience for the better. I failed my first chemo and had to get two more bone of our team that largely go a life and that’s a decision that before I was eligible to get a bone unrecognized, but do so many of should at least be talked about and the everyday tasks (that) are of the considered,” she said. marrow transplant,” DeVietro said. staff writer
Alumna Gianna DeVietro (right) was diagnosed with Leukemia last July. C. Vivian Stringer (left) and the women’s basketball team is hosting a bone marrow drive on Sunday. FACEBOOK
RUPD prepares for active shooter scenario with drill Stephen Weiss correspondent
The Rutgers University Police Department (RUPD) held a live-action drill last week at the Rutgers University Counseling, Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program and Psychiatric Ser vices (CAPS) on the College Avenue campus to prepare faculty in the case of an active shooter on campus. “The main goal was really to expose employees to some of the sights and sounds that they may
experience during an active shooter incident,” said RUPD Lt. Matthew Gulsby. A similar training session had been conducted several months before it was introduced to faculty, teaching them to run and hide, as well as fight tactics to defend themselves against threats like gunmen, he said. At this event RUPD scheduled a date for some additional training where they planned to include community service officers and volunteers. See drill on Page 4
DeVietro said she asked the women’s basketball team for help planning the drive because they were a second family to her during her time as team manager. Out of the 20 million people worldwide who are potential matches, she said only 250 matches are found each year, which represents a 1 in 80,000 chance. When the women’s basketball team asked how they could help,
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