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[Laura Anne Stuart <>]

Hi all, 

Thanks for your thoughts. We have actually been given more time, not less 
time, to address sexual assault and alcohol use during orientation and have 
also been allowed to build in small-group, peer-led discussions, which we 
never had before (formerly just "big speakers"). The changes are that we have 
one longer session instead of two shorter ones and a ginormous audience. I 
have only been here one quarter and thus have little input right now into how 
orientation is scheduled, but I think that we can work with this situation 
over time to get a good program. I will share your thoughts with our 
orientation director. 

Take care,
Laura

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> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:48:47 -0600
> From: "Wantland, Ross A" 
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> Subject: RE: Orientation programs addressing sexual
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> Hi Laura,
>   I'm not sure if you'll be able to find something to
> fit the bill for all of that - alcohol safety, sexual
> violence AND sexual health are quite a broad set of
> subjects. On our campus, I worked (as the sexual assault
> educator) with our sexual health educator to create a
> workshop we called "Wasted Sex: An Exploration of the Drunk
> Hook-Up" that talked about alcohol, sex, and sexual
> violence. I think there's a lot more to say about all of
> those subjects, but we looked at what good sex was, how
> alcohol was used to obtain "good sex", how that could be
> problematic, etc. If you're interested, I'd be happy to talk
> to my co-facilitator and see if she'd be cool with us
> sharing that outline with you. (It's not an all-student
> assembly sort of program, tho) Again, though, my caution
> would be against feeling like you can talk about all three
> of those topics unless you have some way of linking them up
> together, and even then, this would be a very specific
> program - or waaay to broad. That's
>   my thought at least. Good luck!
> Peace,
> Ross
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> __________________________________________________________
> ****Note New Address and Phone Starting January 6,
> 2010****
> Ross Wantland
> Assistant Director, Office of Inclusion and Intercultural
> Relations
> Diversity & Social Justice Education
> 410 Student Services Building (MC-306)
> 610 E. John St.
> Champaign, IL 61820
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> On Behalf Of Laura Anne Stuart
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 8:49 AM
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> Subject: Orientation programs addressing sexual violence
> and alcohol
> 
> Our orientation director is re-tooling Wildcat Welcome here
> at Northwestern. Previously, we had two separate sessions on
> sexual violence and alcohol. She would like to combine these
> topics into one session and also add sexual health
> information. 
>  
> Our long-range plan is to develop a peer theater program,
> but this will probably not be in place for fall 2010, so we
> are searching for a speaker or program who might be able to
> address these issues. We've previously had Sex Signals
> address the sexual violence piece, and they were very
> well-received, but won't work in our re-designed format. 
>  
> Does anyone have a speaker or program to recommend for this
> fall that addresses sexual violence, alcohol, and sexual
> health in a comprehensive way?
>  
> Thanks,
> Laura
> 
> Laura Anne Stuart, MPH
> Coordinator
> Sexual Health Education and Violence Prevention
> Northwestern University Health Service
> 633 Emerson Street, Room 218
> Evanston, IL 60208-4000
> (847) 491-4618
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> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:58:28 -0600
> From: "Foubert, John" 
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> Subject: combining topics
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> Laura,
> 
> The comments Ross made, I believe, are right on
> target.  I'll say more on the points he raised. 
> In my view, the Orientation Director is making an
> irresponsible suggestion that, if implemented, would be
> making a decision to say it is OK for more sexual assault to
> occur at Northwestern and to be satisfied with less
> impactful alcohol prevention programming.  Length of
> programming correlates with impact.  Indeed there is a
> connection between sexual assault and alcohol; however, it
> is ill advised to focus only on the connections between
> these two topics in an orientation session. They have unique
> dynamics and unique characteristics.  They require
> unique educational approaches and their own focus.  I
> recommend you go back to the Orientation Director and
> suggest that the person consider whether in a 168
> Orientation week (if it is 7 days, if not 24 x however many
> days) it is possible to give 1 hour to each topic.  I
> believe it is advisable to give far more than an hour to
> each.  Sch
>  ools now giving 20 hours to sexual assault (like the U.S.
> Naval Academy) still could do more but that is a good
> start.  Combining sexual assault into an alcohol
> presentation is pathetic and sends a strong message to
> students that the University does not care about this
> issue.
> 
> John Foubert
> 
> **************************************
> John D. Foubert, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor; Anderson, Farris, and Halligan
> Professor
> Program Coordinator, College Student Development Master's
> Degree Program
> Oklahoma State University School of Educational Studies
> 314 Willard Hall
> Stillwater, OK 74078
> (405) 744-1480
> (405) 744-7758 fax
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> http://www.okstate.edu/education/ses/edle/csd/csd.html
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> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:10:40 -0600
> From: Michael Domitrz 
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> Subject: Re: combining topics
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> While I agree with Ross and John, what if Laura Anne has no
> choice?   
> She stated this is what her Orientation Director
> wants.  What Laura  
> Anne is facing is not uncommon.  I continually hear
> from professionals  
> on campus being given less and less time with students for
> important  
> educational programming.  You can't give up. You have
> to do the best  
> with what you are given - UNTIL you can get more.
> 
> While each topic deserves LOTS of time with students, what
> can we do  
> to help those who are not being given sufficient
> time?  For example,  
> maybe Laura Anne is able to open the door to these
> conversations  
> through a program at Orientation and then incorporate more
> extensive  
> training programs with the students throughout the year on
> the  
> individual subject matters.
> 
> Mike Domitrz
> Founder of The Date Safe Project, Inc.
> Author of "May I Kiss You?" and "Help! My Teen Is Dating"
> "Providing parents, educators, students, and our military
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> sexual  
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> On Jan 25, 2010, at 2:58 PM, Foubert, John wrote:
> 
> Laura,
> 
> The comments Ross made, I believe, are right on
> target.  I'll say more  
> on the points he raised.  In my view, the Orientation
> Director is  
> making an irresponsible suggestion that, if implemented,
> would be  
> making a decision to say it is OK for more sexual assault
> to occur at  
> Northwestern and to be satisfied with less impactful
> alcohol  
> prevention programming.  Length of programming
> correlates with  
> impact.  Indeed there is a connection between sexual
> assault and  
> alcohol; however, it is ill advised to focus only on the
> connections  
> between these two topics in an orientation session. They
> have unique  
> dynamics and unique characteristics.  They require
> unique educational  
> approaches and their own focus.  I recommend you go
> back to the  
> Orientation Director and suggest that the person consider
> whether in a  
> 168 Orientation week (if it is 7 days, if not 24 x however
> many days)  
> it is possible to give 1 hour to each topic.  I
> believe it is  
> advisable to give far more than an hour to each.  Sch
> ools now giving 20 hours to sexual assault (like the U.S.
> Naval  
> Academy) still could do more but that is a good
> start.  Combining  
> sexual assault into an alcohol presentation is pathetic and
> sends a  
> strong message to students that the University does not
> care about  
> this issue.
> 
> John Foubert
> 
> **************************************
> John D. Foubert, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor; Anderson, Farris, and Halligan
> Professor
> Program Coordinator, College Student Development Master's
> Degree Program
> Oklahoma State University School of Educational Studies
> 314 Willard Hall
> Stillwater, OK 74078
> (405) 744-1480
> (405) 744-7758 fax
> 
> http://okstate.academia.edu/JohnFoubert
> http://www.okstate.edu/education/ses/edle/csd/csd.html
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> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:17:48 -0600
> From: "Foubert, John" 
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> Subject: no choice
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> I agree that we should take every opportunity to make
> presentations that we have.  Having been a student
> affairs administrator for 10 years and having sat on
> scheduling committees for Orientation, I can assure you that
> Northwestern has a choice.  I also think that we as a
> field need to be advocates for our issue and speak truth to
> power when needed.  I also respect the fact that in
> this case, Laura may have already done so and/or could be in
> the kind of situation where she might not be in the kind of
> position where she is politically able to advocate for more
> time.  Either way, I do think we as a movement need to
> do a much better job of advocating for a more reasonable
> opportunity to educate students about sexual assault.
> 
> John
> 
> **************************************
> John D. Foubert, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor; Anderson, Farris, and Halligan
> Professor
> Program Coordinator, College Student Development Master's
> Degree Program
> Oklahoma State University School of Educational Studies
> 314 Willard Hall
> Stillwater, OK 74078
> (405) 744-1480
> (405) 744-7758 fax
> 
> http://okstate.academia.edu/JohnFoubert
> http://www.okstate.edu/education/ses/edle/csd/csd.html
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:23:19 -0800
> From: "Anderson, Linda" 
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> Subject: required sexual violence education
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> Dear list members,
> We are currently looking at our strategies for offering
> educational programming for students, and are wondering if
> you would be willing to share the following information:
> 
> 1)      Does your institution provide sexual
> violence education/prevention programming for incoming
> students?
> 2)      How long is your program, and is
> attendance required?
> 3)      If so, what are your methods for
> requiring attendance? What is your rationale for requiring
> attendance?
> 
> This information will be very helpful for us as we continue
> to enhance our own programming.
> Thanks so much for your help,
> Linda
> 
> Linda Anderson, Ph.D.
> Coordinator, Sexual Assault Support Services
> Licensed Psychologist
> Oregon State University
> Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS)
> 500 Snell Hall
> Corvallis, OR 97331
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