Title IX Peer Prevention Advisor provides a refresher on the irrefutable characteristics of consent By HANNAH CASSELL For the UAS Whalesong With National Campus Safety Awareness Month coming to a close, and Domestic Violence Awareness month on the horizon, now is a great time to talk about consent. Consent is an important topic on college…
BY LORI KLEIN Title IX Coordinator For the UAS Whalesong Let’s say you’re concerned about a friend. Maybe he’s in an unhealthy dating relationship that seems to be turning violent. Maybe you worry that she’s been sexually assaulted. You watch your friend withdraw socially, and you see them struggle academically. You want to help…above and…
BY ADELLE LaBRECQUE Staff Writer, UAS Whalesong Tue 12/1/2015, 12:40 a.m. I can’t believe I’m actually saying this, but today marks the second suicide within one semester. I don’t even know what to do with all of this, right now … I’m writing you to let you know two things: 1. I want to apologize…
BY Suhiedy Reyes For the UAS Whalesong I had seen that this film was on Netflix, I even added it to my watch list but never came around to it. So when I saw that our school was showing this film, I knew that I had to see it. I walked into the Egan lecture…
BY LORI KLEIN For the UAS Whalesong In 1986, a young woman by the name of Jeanne Clery started her freshman year at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. Jeanne and her parents were looking for a small and safe campus for Jeanne to start her college career, and Lehigh seemd to fit the bill. At…
BY MARGIE THOMSON For the UAS Whalesong As a member of the UAS Community, you may have been impacted by tragic news of recent deaths and loss. Our most recent passing of student, Reed McWilliams, who suddenly passed away last weekend, can bring a host of grief and loss feelings including, shock and disbelief, sadness,…
Dear Editor, Our legislature will be allowing concealed guns on UA campuses soon. Everything that can help Alaska’s students to get A’s in college needs to be done right now. In our down turned economy, jobs are going to get harder and harder to get. Students that get A’s will be able to get the…
