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WOLVE RINE OF THE WE E K
AARON BAKER/Daily
If you founded a CSG party
what would you name it?
“Majestically M”
LSA Freshman Justin
Cadarette
FLOWERS
puzzle by sudokusyndication.com
“We want to have integrity
in holding people accountable,
and we need a time frame that
allows for that,” Harper said.
“Sometimes
in
reactions
to
horrific experiences, people are
much more interested in doing
something rather than being
effective … I think we sometimes
see
that
in
the
legislative
process … really what it does is
compromise institutions’ real
ability to be effective.”
At the University, Harper said
decision-making has revolved
around
considerations
that
would support survivors and
keep
resources
confidential
to allow for maximum choice
for
survivors.
Harper
also
emphasized the importance of
clarifying who the mandatory
reporters include.
According
to
Harper,
the University has hired a
consultant to observe reporting
mechanisms
and
provide
feedback to administrators on
what might be done differently.
University
President
Mark
Schlissel
has
also
brought
together a team, which includes
senior leaders, to look at current
training objectives and work to
make improvements.
“This is not an environment
that is going to hide or condone
or not hold people accountable
for their behavior,” Harper said.
“We are using the expertise
here, and there’s tons of it,
being clear about expectations,
providing the training, making
sure
that
people
who
are
mandatory reporters know that,
encouraging others to report,
and making sure that there are
some confidential sources like
SAPAC, like CAPS, for the rest of
our community.”
Gun safety
Harper then moved on to
discuss issues of gun safety and
the University’s measures to
ensure the safety of everyone on
campus in the case of an attack.
Last week, students across the
country participated in walkouts
in response to the deadly school
shooting at Marjory Stoneman
Douglas
High
School
in
Parkland, Fla. On campus and
in Washtenaw County, various
students
havevoiced
their
concern for the preparedness
and prevention of mass shootings
at their respective schools.
Harper emphasized guns are
not allowed on the University’s
campus
and
explained
the
administration has completed
many trainings in collaboration
with the Department of Public
Safety and Security to prepare
themselves for a variety of
dangerous situations.
“The leadership team has
done active shooter planning,
planning for bombs, so we do
a pre-planning,” Harper said.
“We have gone down to, what I
call Central Control, but a place
called
Emergency
Operation
Center, again to figure out who
would be calling, what would
you be saying, to make sure the
people you ought to be calling
you actually have their phone
numbers — prior preparation
really to prevent a tragedy.”
She also praised DPSS
Executive Director Eddie
L. Washington Jr. for his
preventative
mindset
in
regard to campus safety.
“We have a phenomenal
director of the Department
of Public Safety and he
has a mantra that has been
enormously helpful: ‘Prevent
the preventable.’”
Harper mentioned the
University’s
collaboration
with other schools to ensure
DPSS is up to date with
trainings. Additionally, she
feels the University has
prepared itself in the best
possible ways it can if an
attack were to happen.
“Our
department
of
public safety talks to other
schools, gets training from
other schools. We’ve gone
to training around this,”
Harper said. “I feel in the
ways you can be prepared, or
the things you can do to be
prepared, we’ve been doing
a lot.”
Though
she
said
she
feels the University is well-
prepared, Harper acknowledged
the severity of the situation and
explained the security systems
implemented in various campus
buildings. She also pointed out
complete prevention is unlikely,
but the administration and DPSS
continue to ensure the likelihood
is lessened.
“It is a constant issue that
we’re thinking about, I know
the department has gone out
to classes, and has gone out to
departments. I know they look
at buildings to secure them. We
certainly have a system where
we can lock buildings down
pretty quickly. All of those kinds
of things are designed to help
us reduce the likelihood that
someone would be harmed. You
and I know you can’t prevent it,
there is not enough preparation
to prevent it, but you can reduce
the likelihood.”
Greek life winter rush process
Wednesday, the University
announced
recruitment
for
Greek life would be moved to the
winter term starting in January
2020, rather than the current
fall rush process. Despite the
previous Interfraternity Council
social
ban,
Harper
stated
this decision is not related to
current work to improve risk
management issues.
“This is not about hazing.
This is not about alcohol. This
is not about sexual misconduct.
This is about making sure that
the students that are in the 11th
grade now, when they come,
that they have a really good
experience, a fabulous first-year
experience, and the research
tells us that winter recruitment
has
a
positive
impact
on
academic success,” Harper said.
With specific emphasis on the
first-year experience, Harper
explained the goals of this
decision are to allow for students
to establish a pattern of academic
success, develop strong and
healthy relationships and give
students a chance to participate
in a diverse community with
others who are different from
themselves.
She
also
hopes
first-year students will have the
opportunity to explore Greek
life, which she considers a
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