WOMEN ON CAMPUS

The panel discusses issues what they and their classmates face on campus as women. From access to menstrual products to the way women reporters are treated by college athletes, the trio of student journalists explore some of the challenges faced by living on campus, commuting to/from campus, and the fears some face by doing simple everyday tasks like laundry or going to the gym. They also weigh-in on sexual assault and date rape. Our panel for this special edition includes Kaia Mann from Los Angeles Valley College, Nico Sapphire from California Lutheran University, and Olivia Madera from California Lutheran University.
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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, it's Steve Gregory. Thank you for joining us for
this episode of Studio six forty on demand. This week's
panel on Studio six forty.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
Hello, I'm Kaya Mann from Los Angeles Valley College.

Speaker 3 (00:12):
I'm Nico Sapphire from California Lutheran University.

Speaker 4 (00:15):
And I'm Olivia Madera from California and Lutheran University.

Speaker 1 (00:19):
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(00:41):
I'm Steve Gregory. In this special edition of the program,
we are dedicating the next two hours to focusing on
the issues women are facing on campus. Our panelists are
going to discuss those. Let's get started now with Olivia Madera. Olivia,
what are some of the issues And let's start out
with maybe one topic that you think is really hortant
for your campus.

Speaker 4 (01:01):
Well, this has been a topic I've seen throughout other
than colleges, just I've seen in public. But it's women's
access to free mental products and out of my all
my four years at California Lutheran University, Like, I have
not really been made aware that we've had access to
mential products there, especially in the bathroom they've seen broken.

(01:24):
I have never even used one of those like dial
thingies to get like a pattern tampon. Yeah, Nico, do
you know if do you remember if they're like.

Speaker 3 (01:34):
I don't even in the I don't remember seeing any.
I mean for me personally, I was I was kind
of prepared and you know, my own stuff, But yeah,
I never remember noticing that is.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
This is this something that is supposed to be stocked
and supposed to be available or is this still just
a kind of a courtesy.

Speaker 4 (01:52):
I think women want it to be stocked. I want
it to be and I know a lot of other.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
You want it to be stocked, or you want to
be available.

Speaker 4 (02:01):
I want it to be stocked and readily available whenever
I need it or I forget something. And I know
a lot of friends when I'm in class and stuff
like they'll be like, oh, do you have a pad?
Do you have a tampon? And I do or it's
not what they prefer or something, or sometimes I don't
because like Nico said, like you know, I'm prepared or
I'm not on it whatever, So I don't know. I

(02:23):
think we I think just across all college campuses, there
needs to be better advocation for free mental products, but
also like dispensers around campus that advertise that it's there.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
You know, Dad, I got to be honest with you.
I thought that was something that was already is that
there is.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
A Mental Equality Act that did mandate that all csus
and community colleges do have free mental products available. My
specific college does. We have fully stopped dispensers for pads
and tampons and every women and gender neutral room, and
I think they're they're pretty on it, although I've had

(03:04):
many experiences where they're not stocked, they're broken, they cost money.
In my specific college, they keep it up, which is
really important to not only provide them, but to keep
the upkeep restock.

Speaker 1 (03:17):
I was going to say, who's responsibility.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
Is that, I think administration. I think it's something that
they If they're having these policies in place, it's up
to them to make sure that they're always available. So
you know, it's simple as having the janitors who who
clean the bathrooms at night make sure that they're stocked
or even throughout the day.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
Make sure so if this is an issue and you're
in Kanye, you're saying that this is legislatively mandated it,
where's the enforcement, who is in who's looking out for
these things? And why aren't people doing something about it?

Speaker 4 (03:54):
Question One thing? I looked at the man the Mentroid
Equity for All Act and that was in twenty twenty
one that was passed by Governor Newsom. And what Kaya
was saying it was for community colleges like public schools
and stuff. But like where are the private schools California
and Lutheran University is a private school, and I know

(04:18):
are wellness resources in the student union. They do have
baskets with like pads, tampons, pregnancy tests, et cetera. And
that's you know, you can go get it for free,
no no judgment, free zone.

Speaker 1 (04:30):
From where.

Speaker 4 (04:32):
From wellness resources they stock and providing.

Speaker 1 (04:34):
It's like one building on.

Speaker 3 (04:37):
Like one place. Yeah.

Speaker 4 (04:38):
I don't even know if health services like where we
go and do like checkups and stuff and they offer
like visits. I don't even know if they stalk any
like provide any I have.

Speaker 2 (04:50):
Heard of teachers as well, keeping a stock for their
students cool.

Speaker 3 (04:55):
Yeah, yeah, it was really cute. I feel like I
had to bring up I had just a few times
ago that I was here and I went to the
bathroom here and there was a sign in the bathroom,
you know, on the counter, and it's set with with
you know, a handful of pads, tampons, all those products,
and it said, ladies, no one should have to pay
even a quarter for feminine items. So here you go.

(05:16):
I don't know if you guys knew that, but that's here.

Speaker 1 (05:18):
Why we know that?

Speaker 3 (05:20):
Well oh okay.

Speaker 1 (05:21):
Why would I know?

Speaker 3 (05:22):
Yeah, okay, well now you know, now you know. But
I mean that's like so cool. I mean yeah, I
think that should should be the kind of message that
you know, places and buildings, institutions should be should be.

Speaker 1 (05:33):
Well, so I have to ask, then, what about birth control?
Is that still an issue on campus? Is that something
readily available? And get you talked about pregnancy tests also?
So are all of those items readily available?

Speaker 2 (05:46):
In my experience, not as readily available as pads and tampons.
But I do believe that we have censers on campus
that are able to give students those resources, or at
least direct them to places where they can for free.

Speaker 1 (06:00):
Yes, yeah, So what's the solution then, Olivia.

Speaker 4 (06:06):
I think administration should take into that into consideration that
women need free access to mental products, and they need
to at least update those dispensaries. Are they called dispenser dispensers,
cannabis episode dispensers, dispensaries, Yes, dispensers, But I feel like

(06:29):
they need to make their students aware of it, especially
the women population. But if it's I would hope that
it's free because the ones that I've seen on other campuses,
when I visited other schools or community colleges, some have
been like, you still have to pay, like the twenty
five cents.

Speaker 3 (06:46):
Yeah, I've just seen in random places, you know, a
bathroom like a movie theater, let's say, and it's rare,
you know, that's one of the only places I've really
seen that in public, and yeah, you got to pay,
I don't know, put a couple quarters in there or something.
Almost every time all the ones that I've seen.

Speaker 1 (07:00):
Have you done any stories on this?

Speaker 3 (07:02):
No?

Speaker 4 (07:03):
Actually, when I was researching the topic, there was a
lot of newspaper stories from like other colleges and other
like student reporters. So I thought of doing something on
that because in my almost four years of being at
California Louthen University, like nothing's being done, only Wellness Resources

(07:25):
putting out that basket.

Speaker 1 (07:26):
Now, do you have the ability to just come up
with your own topic to do a story with or
do you have to get clearance to an editor.

Speaker 4 (07:34):
We can definitely do like a letter to the editor,
letter to the editor, send in ideas to the editor
in chief, but I also know the editor in chief,
so not that I would get like leeway, but that
it would kind of have to be like you know, who, what, when, where? Why?
How is this you know relate to the college campus.

(07:56):
But I feel like this story would be ran in
the newspaper or at least one of our reporters could
cover it.

Speaker 1 (08:03):
If you were to approach this story, what would be
your approach? I mean, what would be the thing that
you would be most What would do your first plan
of attack on doing this story?

Speaker 4 (08:16):
I would want to ask both health services and administration
is like why aren't they working together if we already
get like free you know it's not free, but other
services discounted with health services and stuff like why is
wellness resources which is separate from health services like our

(08:38):
kind of nurse quarters in the sense like doctor's office.
Why are they providing those things and making it known
and stuff, and like health services.

Speaker 1 (08:48):
Is not sounds like the disconnect here for me is
that in public universities, Kaya, it sounds like it's covered
for the most part. I was going to say, maintenance
is the key there, and in private it looks like
they have a ways to go. Welcome back to Studio
six forty. I'm Steve Gregory. Thank you for joining us.
We are doing a special edition of Studio six forty.

(09:11):
We're addressing the issues that women are facing on campus.
In our panelist Kaya Mannnco Sapphire Olivia Madera have been
tackling the topics and I wanted to go back to you,
Kaya now to talk about some issues you're facing. You're
at La Valley College. What are some things you're noticing?

Speaker 2 (09:27):
Well, I think being a part of the newspaper, we're
able to tell stories and tell people's stories, and there
is a realm and that where we're telling people's stories
who don't get told. I mean giving voices to people
who don't often and certainly for women, that's true. I
mean we're always looking at what's going on in the world.
What you know, if it's Black History Month, Women's History Month,

(09:50):
or just if there is big pushes in government or
protests or whatnot that have to do with minority groups
and women are the same. We're always looking to see
notable figures on campus, the first women to be a
vice president of this club or you know, whatever it
may be, and tell their stories.

Speaker 1 (10:11):
Now the platform to do that, though, is that only
through your student publications or student digital platforms.

Speaker 2 (10:18):
I mean, that's what I have access to. That's what
I know. We have online and in print newspaper that
we can tell those stories, tell profiles, opinions. But you know,
we don't really work with the broadcasting, but they certainly
they can as well.

Speaker 1 (10:36):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (10:36):
For us, it's mainly writing stories, finding those stories, and highlighting, yeah,
those women.

Speaker 1 (10:42):
So do you feel like that women aren't being highlighted
enough on your campus or on campuses in general.

Speaker 2 (10:49):
I think it's just always important to see who historically
hasn't been and historically have been minority groups and then
highlight them and do your job to kind of break
out of that and focus on them specifically. I think
love like sports women's sports don't get covered nationally as
much as men's, and so we try to do that

(11:11):
a lot here as well.

Speaker 1 (11:13):
I was going to ask, because there is a school
of thought too, there's another angle to this that people
feel like when we start to recognize a particular segment
of a population that contributes to the fracture of that population,
and meaning that instead of always saying this is the

(11:33):
first fill in the blank to do this, why aren't
we just recognizing people for accomplishments. Why does it always
have to be broken out into gender, race, ethnicity. What
are your thoughts on that?

Speaker 2 (11:45):
You know, I understand that thought, but I also think
that because it is often harder for women to get
to those positions of power, it is an important piece
of information to include. You know, it's maybe not the
entire story, but it is notable and it is a
jumping off point.

Speaker 1 (12:03):
Yeah, do you have an example of some one a
woman on campus or I mean a story that either
you can give us an example or something you would
like to do that hasn't been done.

Speaker 2 (12:16):
I know we have a women's empowerment group on campus
who go to protests advocate, and I would love to
run a story on them. I know, we have some
powerful people in the board, and I think there's a
room for stories on them as well. I mean, I
think the stories kind of pop up as you move

(12:37):
throughout the semester.

Speaker 1 (12:40):
So to the other two women in the group, do
you find that that's a problem you see on campus?

Speaker 3 (12:48):
Well, so we actually have in addition to the newspaper,
we have a women's magazine, which is a publication specifically
this is a cal Lutheran yes, yes, and it's a
publication written by women and for women. So we do
have that to kind of share as you were mentioning kaya,
you know, stories again by women, form of women, right,
that we can all relate to. And it's a little different,

(13:09):
but it's fun. I think liv and I were just
talking about. You know, it's kind of the closest thing
that our school I think has to a sorority because
our calu we don't have any Greek life, and so
what it is, it's you know, we're all working towards
the magazine and so there's kind of two different sections
of it. There's the marketing side, which is what I
did in the writing side, so you know, what I
was doing was managing like some of the social media

(13:31):
and putting on like Women in Powered events. We would
do stuff every year for International Women's Day in March
and so things like that, and it's very you know,
women empowered. And then on the writing side too, all
the girls who wanted to do that, they could write
articles on really whatever they wanted, but a lot of
it did kind of have to do with, you know,
just issues that a lot of women could relate to

(13:52):
write and similar interests, so whether it was like lifestyle stuff,
relationships or college life. And then we also we do
have a big a big part of the club is
like their sisterhood aspect, and so you know, just a
great place to get to know everybody and you know
we have like bondings and just a place to to
create community.

Speaker 1 (14:11):
So so how how does that so when you're working
together to sort of support each other in that world?
How do you get from that point to what Kaya
was talking about? How do you get other people on
campus to see what I assume is your what's the

(14:33):
word I'm looking for here? Your your effort to prop
women up, for lack of a better term, to prop
women up to to give them their just due. How
do you take it from what you're doing as a
group uh committed to advancing women's issues. How do you
get it from that point to what Kaya is talking about,
to getting the public to seeing what you're doing.

Speaker 3 (14:55):
I mean, I think just being there and existing, having
this group club exist, I think that is our main
way of kind of spreading you know, that awareness And
just like we're here, we're proud to be women and
proud to you know, support each other too, And I
think that's really what we promote. And it's just I
think it's a community for a lot of female students

(15:18):
to kind of come together, you know, And I'll work
towards that, I think. And again, just like being there,
I think other students and other clubs, regardless of gender
can see that that's that's what we're doing. I think
that's our main message.

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(16:33):
six forty. Welcome back to Studio six forty. I'm Steve Gregory.
Thank you for joining us. We've been talking with Kaya Mann,
Nico Sapphire, Olivia Madera our panel this week, talking about
issues women are facing on campus. And before the break, Olivia,
we were talking about the magazine that Nico was mentioning

(16:54):
on your campus there at Kyle Lutheran, her campus campus.
And is that a digital or is that a printed magazine?

Speaker 4 (17:01):
It's an online magazine online.

Speaker 1 (17:03):
Okay, So how do we get from what you what
you're talking about in And I keep saying bubble, and
I don't want to come off a fenceive, but I
mean in your world where you're doing this effort to
bring women together, empower women, how do you get what
you do outside of that bubble? Or do you even
want people outside of the bubble to know what you're doing?

Speaker 4 (17:25):
We want people outside to know. And I think it's
just word of mouth, especially on our campus. But I
work in marketing communication. I work on social media, website designing,
content production, et cetera. And there have been just an
influx of really great women that we know that we
are spotlighting from different majors, backgrounds, whatever they're involved in,

(17:46):
whether it be some club or something like that. And
you know, I just think that's really cool. And so
this is going on our social media websites from for
Cal Lutheran, and you know, people are knowing about these women,
and I think to get it outside of that bubble,
like you were saying it's you know, I would love

(18:07):
to see like social media spotlights newsletters like from different
departments or different Uh. I know there's department newsletters and stuff,
or even like college social media's or maybe like the
newsletters at the not the president, but the person who's
the person in charge of the college.

Speaker 1 (18:25):
It's a president.

Speaker 3 (18:28):
Yeah, yeah, you got a new one now. It's like
it says, been a lot of a lot of changes recently.

Speaker 4 (18:33):
Yeah. So basically, like you know, those communications to kind
of spotlight these groups of women on campus. We have
a lot of other great women led like women empowerment
clubs on campus, such as like Sister Circle her campus.
There's like Pride Club, et cetera. Like there's so many

(18:54):
different ones. But I think it's just about like administration
departments and even like student led media groups on campus
highlighting these and showing what they're doing, spotlighting members, et cetera,
like to the public and not just like in that club.

Speaker 1 (19:12):
How many women are on campus students?

Speaker 3 (19:16):
I know our population is a good amount of way.

Speaker 4 (19:18):
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (19:19):
Also, what's a total student populations.

Speaker 3 (19:22):
It's in there for the whole entire school.

Speaker 4 (19:26):
It's below for no I think it's four thousand, five
hundred like around that cap or something like.

Speaker 1 (19:32):
And then what percentage of that is women?

Speaker 4 (19:35):
I'm not sure, but I know definitely my classes women
outrank men.

Speaker 3 (19:39):
Yeah, I do feel like there might be more women. Yeah,
there's got to be at the school just in general.

Speaker 1 (19:45):
Kaya La Valley College is an apologize. It's been a
long time since I've been in college, so I'm going
to come off probably very ignorant here, But I have
to ask the question is there a need for so
many women organizations on campus? Is there is there a
disconnect with women? Are they facing issues of bonding and

(20:09):
being together? Is there a lack of empowerment for women
on campus?

Speaker 2 (20:13):
You know, I think we have a really wide diversity
in our campus, even just in like age because it
is a community college, so we do have a lot
of women with children, a lot of women coming back
to school taking night classes. You know, even in the
newspaper we are a majority female run and we have

(20:34):
older women, And I think there is a need. I
think this it's a community that, you know, even if
it's not a traditional college where people are going for
four years living on campus in that you know, greek
life or whatever it may be, it is still a
place where people come together and they share similar goals

(20:56):
and they're working towards something together. And I think anywhere
that things like that happen, community is being built.

Speaker 1 (21:03):
Do you find that, you know, you bring up a
really good point. It's that the non traditional student. It
could be a single mom, it could be, you know,
is someone in their forties trying to find a second career,
a retired person that wants to go back and try
to do something new. So do you find that that

(21:25):
younger population mingles well with the older population or the
non traditional You know, it's.

Speaker 2 (21:30):
Definitely a learning curve sometimes. I mean, in my experience,
it's very odd. I'm nineteen years old and I am
the boss over people like three times my age and
who have already gone to school, have whole jobs, whole
families outside of the newsroom, And it was a learning

(21:51):
curve going in. I had to kind of learn how
to be the boss without feeling like I was being
disrespectful because that's always just been what I was taught.
But you know what, I think it's a really interesting
dynamic in community colleges. I think there's a lot of
jokes people make things people say about how you know
you go to an art class and you've got a

(22:13):
teenage mom and a divorced woman, and you know, all
these different groups of people coming together in certain exactly
and you know, certainly in the we're in the middle
of the valley. We have great diversity in our school,
and I forget a lot of times that not every
college does.

Speaker 1 (22:33):
But how many women's centric groups are there on your campus.

Speaker 2 (22:38):
I don't know the exact number, but I know that
there are Women Empowerment Club, and I know that there
are of FMIST Club as well.

Speaker 1 (22:49):
What is that FMS?

Speaker 2 (22:51):
I'm sure in the acronym oh okay, but yeah, I
think in terms of the clubs, there is more of
an emphasis I find in these clubs because it isn't traditional.
People aren't living on campus, they're not all in the
same age group. And so when you find people that

(23:14):
you know, even in like a film club or an
art club, that they're going and working.

Speaker 3 (23:19):
Towards the same goal shared interests exactly. Yeah, I think,
you know, it's so cool with her campus. There's always
a pattern of alumni.

Speaker 1 (23:27):
I found her campus. But the magazine, yes, yes, make
sure that yes for.

Speaker 3 (23:32):
People who don't know. Yeah, there was always you know,
people that were older than me and students that were older,
you know, that had graduated. Like I just remember everybody
always saying that that was really where they found their
people in their place on campus. And I think, you know,
I can also say that for like incoming freshmen too,
who don't really maybe they don't know that many people
coming in and they have here's this community and is

(23:52):
very welcoming, like it's you know, here you go and
you can meet a lot of great women. And I
think to your point too, Hi, you know, I think
at the end of the day, like age, it doesn't
matter because we're all you know, we're all women, and
we all have so many shared experiences, even if we've
had completely different lives. I think there's always things you
can find in common with another woman, and so that
was always very heartwarming.

Speaker 1 (24:13):
Yeah, excellent, Well we'll continue the conversation. Welcome back to
Studio six forty M Steve Gregory, thank you for joining us.
We've been talking about issues that women are facing on
campus and joining us on our panel this week, Kaya Man,
Nico Sapphire, Olivia Madera and they represent cal Lutheran and

(24:35):
La Valley College. You know, in the last break, we
were talking a lot about sort of a sisterhood that
you were experiencing on your campuses and kaya representing community college.
I'm really glad you brought that up about the diversity
and the age and the backgrounds and whatnot, because that
is a completely different life than a campus where people

(24:56):
are living on campus. And what it was going to
add is that women empowerment groups. You both have them, right, Okay,
walk me through what one of those meetings would be like.

Speaker 3 (25:09):
Well, I think for ours, because I think all of
them are. They're different and there's some of them are
more specific. Yeah, if you want to listen.

Speaker 4 (25:17):
To women in business, women in STEM, we have sisters
circle her campus and I lost Delight. Uh, Delight is
more like faith focused, but it's it's more towards towards women.

Speaker 3 (25:33):
Yes, you know, for ours, for example, you know, her
campus live and I had both worked on and we're
working you know, towards the magazine. So we're all doing that.
We all have our different roles, and so I think
a meeting, you know, what one of ours looked like
is we would kind of go through what each team
is doing, what's coming up or you know, we always

(25:53):
would love to get input from the girls and how
they're feeling about their work and what they're doing, and
you know, we talk. We always want to ask them
for like if they have ideas how to improve our marketing,
our writing, any of that. So, because I think since
ours is focused on that, it's focused on the magazine,
that's kind of what we talk about and just other
ways to promote.

Speaker 1 (26:11):
So it's like a peer support peer support, peer mentor somewhat.

Speaker 3 (26:15):
I mean, because we in it is like a lot
of like brainstorming, like we work together for the magazine
and so there's that, but there's also like we do it.
We would always do like icebreakers, fun icebreakers at the
beginning of every meeting, so that's really fun just to
kind of get it flow and and like get to
know each other better, especially in the beginning of the semester.

Speaker 1 (26:30):
So so just so I understand, So when I see
what are all those groups you listed off, Olivia, those
are all part of an women empowerment group or or
is there a club called women empowerment?

Speaker 4 (26:43):
We don't know. Yeah, they're all different. So do not
have a designated women empowerment like feminist club, got it,
We do not have that. It's separate women like making
their own Oh we also have like a fitness girls.

Speaker 3 (26:56):
Yeah, as you were, like.

Speaker 4 (26:58):
Women go to the gym and do like differently ties
and stuff together.

Speaker 3 (27:01):
That's really sure.

Speaker 1 (27:02):
Client women empowerment groups on your campus. Is that the
title of it too, or is it like a subset
of different groups.

Speaker 3 (27:11):
No, we have a.

Speaker 2 (27:11):
Group named Women Empowerment Group, and I know they've gone
to protests in the past for reproductive rights. But I
know a lot of these groups too. They don't just
focus on women all the time. A lot of it
is just that community and finding friends, finding people who
share your interests, and so I think a lot of

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those meetings, although I've never been to one, I know
that they focus too on just making friends and keeping
up with each other.

Speaker 1 (27:41):
Well, we'll wrap up that topic and before we move on,
I know we also are going to be discussing sexual
assault on campus personal safety on campus. But first I
want people to get to know who you are. Olivia Madera,
tell us a little bit about yourself, what your goals are,
your major, the whole nine yards.

Speaker 4 (27:56):
I'm a communication major with a journalism emphasis and a
minor in film and television. Right now, I'm kind of
just I have a podcast or no, it's a radio show.
I'm so sorry you.

Speaker 1 (28:08):
Don't know the difference.

Speaker 4 (28:10):
Clearly. Well, I have a radio show at cal Lutheran
as Studio six forty. I'm doing this panelist. I'm really
interested in writing. I'm I love creative writing, news journalism
like radio. Like I'm kind of all in between. I
love film. So that's what I'm doing. I'm also if

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you're freelancing for an Oxtar newspaper right now?

Speaker 1 (28:33):
Very good?

Speaker 3 (28:35):
Yes, yes, thank you very much. I just graduated from
KLOU this year and so call it right, okay, that's
right right live, yes exactly. See. So yeah, so I studied.
I got my degree in CALM and I was doing
a PR and advertising emphasis, so I was focusing on
that for a while, and then you know, I got

(28:56):
really involved in all the production classes and so I
started with I start my own podcast, Sapphire Sessions, which
I still do now, and then I also started a
radio show as well for the campus station, I Seel
You Radio, and that one is Nico and Anthony Live.
So you know, so they're both a bit different. The
podcast is more interview style. It's just kind of things
I'm interested from entertainment, lifestyle, politics, all that, and then

(29:19):
the radio show is much more music based. We talk
about the entertainment world, so all different things. I love
it all, but that's certainly what I want to get
into later and then continue pursuing that.

Speaker 1 (29:28):
Excellent Kaya, also, welcome back. I am always fascinated in
your particular role in college because you are a nineteen
year old who's bossing around people my age, So I
always wonder what it would be like if I had
you as my news director. Yeah, but tell us all
about yourself.

Speaker 2 (29:46):
Oh well, I am currently serving as the editor in
chief on my campus newspaper, which.

Speaker 1 (29:52):
Is called The Valley Star. Valley Star.

Speaker 2 (29:54):
Yeah, we're running, getting a new website up, very exciting
for us. Yeah, but we're really just chugging away getting
those papers out, printing them, handing them out. It seems
like a race to the finish line every every couple
of weeks. So but it's it's great fun.

Speaker 1 (30:11):
Wait until there's millions of dollars at stake, right right,
and your deadlines all of a sudden become a little
more important exactly how many pages than the newspaper.

Speaker 2 (30:19):
We've been We've been doing four pages recently. We tend
to put everything online and then do best of in
the paper. We have a small team. It's mostly me
when it comes to designing the pages, so we we
tend to do a little bit shorter. But I think
we're toying. We go between four and six to eight.

Speaker 1 (30:40):
Actually, yeah, very good. And I was going to ask
all three of you if you've ever done a story
on either of your shows or in the paper that's
pissed off administration. Oh yeah, oh yeah, really yeah, tell
me what one.

Speaker 4 (30:55):
It was when I was talking about our past president
and basically like all the lawsuits and stuff like with that,
remember not lawsuits, but basically we did an opinion poll
about her and what she has been doing, like and just.

Speaker 1 (31:10):
Spit it out. I feel like, I feel like you
want to tell us the whole story, but you're afraid
to tell us the whole story.

Speaker 3 (31:17):
Safe space.

Speaker 4 (31:17):
This is at this point, it's been like a year
or so so that it's very like something to.

Speaker 3 (31:22):
Do with No. There was there was some drama there
I remember, and then now there's a new right there's
there's a new president again.

Speaker 4 (31:29):
But basically the other story was about like was the
past president like during her time? Like is she are?
Is what she's doing effective? Is helping us to body
et cetera, et cetera, And her opinion rate like favor
people favoring I forgot, but it was like not even
four percent.

Speaker 3 (31:47):
That like, yeah, nobody really liked her. Yeah, there was
a lot of from no the students and a lot
of the staff too.

Speaker 4 (31:54):
Everybody was trying.

Speaker 3 (31:55):
To vote her out. And then I think it was
the border regions. They were the one that made the decision,
so they wanted to keep her for a little longer.
But then something happened, and yeah, what do you got
real quick?

Speaker 2 (32:03):
Well, I credit myself with improving all the on campus
vending machines.

Speaker 1 (32:08):
Oh, because I.

Speaker 2 (32:09):
Did a whole story about important to lackluster food options
on campus and then came back this semester and we
got a whole new frozen.

Speaker 3 (32:17):
Stuff making a difference.

Speaker 2 (32:20):
Yeah, I got myself.

Speaker 1 (32:24):
Good stuff. When we come back, we'll jump into our
next topic. Welcome back to Studio six forty. I'm Steve Gregory.
Thank you for joining us. We are talking with our
three panelists today about issues women are facing on campus,
and we have already run the gamut of a lot

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of different issues, from the accessibility of menstrual products on
campus to recognizing the achievements of women on campus, and
most recently we talked about basically the sister hood that
happens on campus and the groups and organizations that are
helping to advance women's issues. Now, Olivia, I want to

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also ask you what other things are going on with campus?
With your campus.

Speaker 4 (33:11):
Yeah, another thing I noticed was that there weren't enough
safe and designated areas and like access to gym equipment
and spaces in gyms for women. And Calutheran's gym is
very small, and when you're going on your free time,

(33:32):
you're either met with all the sports teams lifting weights,
all the football guys like Buken up next to you,
and upstairs we have like a little like cardio roof
little area, but that's it doesn't even have like five
treadmills and like five bicycles and stuff.

Speaker 1 (33:48):
So your sports teams also train in the same gym
that the campus trains in. Yes, And is that by
design or is that just resource of you know, inaccessibility
to resources because a lot of sports and a lot
of campuses have their own sports training areas, just.

Speaker 4 (34:04):
An accessibility because that's our only gym.

Speaker 1 (34:07):
So I'm going to ask the ignorant question as a guy.
So it is the issue more that they take up
all the time and hog up all the equipment, or
you just don't like training around men.

Speaker 4 (34:20):
They take up all the equipment, and there's not when
I think it's when I'm able to go to the gym.
It's usually early in the morning. It's when these practices
are so they're all in the weight room. They're all
with the dumbbells like covering the first floor, so I
can only unfortunately use the bikes, use the cardio area.

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And it's like, well what if I want to get
in the lifting weights, you know, then it's like, okay,
I'll just go to cardio. Oh they're still there because
it's like an hour whatever hour and a half long practice. Yeah,
I can go walk, do whatever, But like I want
to lift too, I want other areas for women for myself,
for even commuters. Commuters have the same problem too that

(35:03):
they're like when I go on like during my classes,
like in between I don't have as much access as
these sports teams do, as other men do.

Speaker 1 (35:13):
Kaya is that an issue you face at La Valley?

Speaker 2 (35:17):
Well, our gym is interesting. It's not really open to students.
There are classes that you you take and use it for,
so I think the story would more lie within. Maybe
there should be women only classes because I think a
big issue with the gym conversation too, is that some
women feel unsafe.

Speaker 1 (35:35):
Right in a gym.

Speaker 3 (35:36):
Some don't want to exactly.

Speaker 2 (35:39):
It's you are in a vulnerable space state just due
to clothing and just working out. And I think that
that is something that women face as well.

Speaker 1 (35:51):
You know the last time I was in a gym
and don't laugh, Jacob, but yeah, I mean these co
ed gyms. I you always hear these stories about how
women usually feel a little unsafe in these and maybe
not unsafe for their own personal safety, but just it's

(36:12):
just uncomfortable. Uncomfortable, thank you guess it's uncomfortable because of
all the issues you were just listening. Is that? But
that I would think with all the sensitivities of today
that that would not be an issue, but it sounds
like it still is.

Speaker 2 (36:25):
I mean, at least in like just gym's past campus gyms.
I know that that's still very much an issue, I know,
taking pictures guys kind of secretly, you know.

Speaker 1 (36:37):
Secretly though exactly right.

Speaker 2 (36:39):
That pops up a lot as well, you know.

Speaker 1 (36:41):
And the thing is, I cover crime on my day job,
and it's just amazing to me that guys are that
stupid still do stuff like that, and how they even
are continuing to try that because we're constantly doing stories
about guys that are doing stuff like that.

Speaker 2 (36:54):
All the time, and unfortunately a lot of times it's
almost scarier to confront or to make a big deal
out of it. You know what they're gonna do exactly
get out.

Speaker 1 (37:04):
There along those lines. Then, kaya, I know that there
is an issue that you wanted to talk about as
well that's happening on your campus.

Speaker 2 (37:12):
Yeah. Well, we have our main sports editor and our
main sports photographers photo editor. They're both young women and
they cover all of the sports on campus, and I
know just from talking to them and that they deal
with a lot of disrespect from specifically the boys that

(37:34):
they're covering. And I know they've been cat called, been
followed on Instagram. You know, they show up sometimes at
the newsroom and it's unfortunate because it makes them not
want to the reporters not want to cover the sports
as much, even though that is their main passion what
they're going after, And it also just makes their job

(37:56):
harder and something men wouldn't face.

Speaker 1 (37:58):
Women in the locker room has always been a huge challenge.
It's always been a huge uphill battle. Now, what teams?
What kind of teams do you have at Valley?

Speaker 2 (38:08):
We have football, basketball, baseball was in season last Yeah,
we got.

Speaker 1 (38:14):
All of them. And then the coaches for these teams
all men primarily.

Speaker 2 (38:19):
I think there may be a few. I'm not completely sure.
I know the women's team have women coach coaches, but yeah,
athletic directors.

Speaker 1 (38:28):
I was just curious if there were any women involved
in leadership.

Speaker 2 (38:32):
I think very few.

Speaker 1 (38:33):
Yeah. And then so have you done stories on this?

Speaker 2 (38:37):
We haven't. Yeah, these are our kind of new reporters there.
I think this is their second semester. But I think
there is room, especially if it continues, and you know,
it's it's hard because you don't want to single out
one team if not everyone is participating in the disrespectful behavior.

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But at the same time, you do want to punish
those that are making it harder for them and as
hard as the boss to see it happen as well.

Speaker 1 (39:07):
And have you then complained to anybody or lodged a
formal complaint.

Speaker 2 (39:13):
I'm not completely sure if they have. I don't think
they have, but I think a lot of it lies
within just communication and setting boundaries with those players.

Speaker 1 (39:23):
Interesting, Well, let's talk about it a little bit more
because they do have a few more questions about that topic.
To learn how to become a student panelist, go to
KFIAM six forty dot com slash studio. That's k f
I AM six forty dot com slash studio. Welcome back

(39:48):
to Studio six forty. I'm Steve Gregory. Thank you for
joining us. We're talking with our panel today, Kaya Man,
Nico Sapphire, Olivia Madera. Before the break, Kaya was talking
about a topic that she's been facing on her campus
at La Valley College, and that is young women sports
journalists who have been disrespected, have been mistreated on trying

(40:09):
to cover the official games with the official teams of
the college and talking about it, Kaya about lodging formal
complaints and I don't know, and the reason I asked
you that in the last break was I didn't know
if that is something that you have to do or
is that somebody that you're like, your what would be
your college, your professor. Is there a professor that oversees

(40:31):
the paper?

Speaker 2 (40:32):
Yeah, we do. We have two advisors.

Speaker 1 (40:34):
Advisors, So it would it be that level that lodges
the complaint or is that something you're enabled to do?

Speaker 2 (40:40):
I think I think it always is. Just the way
we operate is a group conversation. I think officially it's
students that go to administration or students and the professor
that that kind of bring it to attention. But yeah,
I think luckily, I don't think the issue has been

(41:00):
enough that they have felt the need to take it further.
But I I it's just upsetting when you see these
these journalists want to cover football or baseball and then
be weary of it or want to just maybe you know.

Speaker 3 (41:16):
It's unfortunately, it really is. You know.

Speaker 1 (41:18):
My recommendation is try not cover in their sports for
a little while.

Speaker 2 (41:21):
Right right, don't give them as don't give them their picture.

Speaker 1 (41:24):
Yeah yeah, don't do any of it, or better yet,
cover their opponents. Do that a couple of times and
see what will happens.

Speaker 2 (41:33):
We're given them a fair amount of the.

Speaker 1 (41:35):
First thing they'll do is a complain. They'll complain that
you're not covering.

Speaker 2 (41:40):
Their and then we can, you know, bring it to
their attention.

Speaker 1 (41:45):
Why you know, I'm at that age now where I
can tell you to do those But now to you too,
Nico and Olivia cal Lutheran. I am so sorry, but
do you have well, you do have sports teams. You
were just talking about that, right, Yeah, sports teams. You
got all the football, baseball, basketball, Yes, and so do

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you find the same issues.

Speaker 4 (42:09):
As experience, like working on the newspaper and like being
editor in chief. I haven't.

Speaker 1 (42:14):
We haven't really ran into have sports reporters on your publication.

Speaker 4 (42:18):
We so our reporters take a story every week, so
it just rotates and depends. We do not have specific
sports reporters. We do have a sports editor. And what
is kind of interesting when that reporter, whoever takes on
the story, who can make it to that game, they
are supposed to email the athletics director, and the athletics

(42:38):
director at least sets them up with like one to
two interviews before after the game with a player, coach,
et cetera. Someone like on the team when I was reporting,
I never had any issues of like cat calling, et cetera.

Speaker 3 (42:54):
Discrimination, No discrimination.

Speaker 4 (42:56):
It maybe they were like a little.

Speaker 1 (42:58):
Like and where did the interviews happen? You didn't go
to locker room? Locker rooms?

Speaker 4 (43:01):
Did you know? We were not allowed in the locker room.
It was either like on the field like football field,
in the basketball court, et cetera, or like a zoom
email interview or something like on their own time if
you didn't get enough interviews, like and they had to leave.

Speaker 1 (43:17):
Are there similar protocols for you?

Speaker 2 (43:21):
No, we we typically we do have beats in the paper,
so people do kind of cover they cover everything, but
they do kind of cover their specific beat, and then
when it comes to interviews, we typically they do correspond
with like the athletic director and coaches, but it's typically
on on site that they grab those players after the game,
grab the coaches.

Speaker 1 (43:41):
I assume it's always in a public space with people around. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Okay,
Then what about the relationship you have with the sports department.
Do you haven't any kind of a relationship or you
just or you just don't even deal with it unless
you need an interview or you're covering something.

Speaker 2 (44:00):
Oh sorry, Kaya, Oh no, I know that those reporters,
my sports editor does have a really really great relationship
with the athletic director and the coaches as well. I
mean they're they're reporting on them and writing about them
every week, and so I think that's that's natural for them.

Speaker 1 (44:18):
But yeah, they do.

Speaker 2 (44:18):
They do have a good rapport and a good relationship.

Speaker 3 (44:20):
Good.

Speaker 1 (44:21):
So, then, Olivia, as an editor of your school paper,
if you were to face the issues that Kaya illustrated
in the last segment, what would be your move What
would you do on behalf of your reporters if your
female reporters were being hassled harassed by male athletes.

Speaker 4 (44:42):
I would talk to the coach, like directly, you know,
because they're in charge of the players, no matter that
be like soccer, football, et cetera. And I know that, like,
you know, sometimes we stereotype men in sports, you know,
and not all men are like, oh, I'm a big job,
you know, Oh yeah, I like women. Yeah, it's like
that's not true. But I would definitely talk to the

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coach and explain, like, hey, like my women reporters who
are covering your games are facing these experiences from your players.
You know, the these school players who like pledged not pledged,
but you know they agreed to kind of take on
the school name and be like assador to the scheme
exactly exactly, And basically I just talk to them and say,

(45:29):
like other than just like saying like a regular like speech,
like hey, you guys got to respect these women. They're
in the football field. You gotta do it. No, like
I want some check yeah, but I want some basic
training or etiquette. And I'd say like, hey, can we
like team up together and say like these are the
things that we're going to ask you. You know, it's

(45:50):
good for my journalists to have like etiquette and everything,
but I need your players to do that too, So
let's somehow work together and figure that out.

Speaker 1 (45:59):
I guess no one's experienced being hassled by female athletes,
as we had one come to.

Speaker 2 (46:06):
The newsroom just to see how the story was coming.

Speaker 1 (46:09):
But other than that as a as a as an
act of intimidation, you know, I'm not sure, but.

Speaker 2 (46:16):
She was looking for the soccer story and we gave
her a.

Speaker 3 (46:19):
Little sna.

Speaker 1 (46:21):
Listen. It's fascinating. But remember the power of the press
is very powerful, So I always remember that and then
I mean, if you can get new vending machines and
new further products on campus, an you can shut down
the aggression of athletes when it comes to women reporters.
So listen, we'll wrap up that topic when we come back.
One of the more probably prolific issues on campus, and

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that is the safety of women on campus, including sexual assault.
Welcome back to Studio six forty. I'm Steve Gregory. We're
talking with three of our panelists, KaiA Mann from La
Valley College, Nico Sapphire from California Lutheran University, and Olivia
Madeira from the same university. We have wrapped up a
number of topics and Nico, I want to do We're

(47:08):
wrapping up the show in our next couple of segments here,
but this next topic is something that you wanted to
talk about. It's something that has it's existed on every
college campus at one point or another, especially when there's
co ed And what's the topic.

Speaker 3 (47:24):
Yeah, Well, I think something very pressing is just campus
safety just in general. And you know, I think it's
it's common and I think it's safe to say that
women feel much less safe than men on campuses. I
mean in the world in general too. But you know,
I do think it is a very unique experience for women,
and you know, time and time again, I think you
can find examples of things like sexual assault on college

(47:46):
campuses and sometimes also unfortunately a lack of support if
that does happen. And you know, so I think it's
very important for schools to have enough resources and experts
to deal with cases like this, to believe women, find
appropriate consequences for the perpetrator, and protect a woman's right
to privacy and recovery too, you know, in instances like this,

(48:07):
And I know, like education is something that's that's I
think always important, right, and about what consent looks like.
I'd heard something one time like if it's not a
heck yes, then it's probably a heck no or something
along those lines, right, And you know, I think there's
still there's always going to be people who do bad things.
But then I think that's where a recovery of the
victim and prosecution becomes number one.

Speaker 1 (48:30):
So let's go to your particular campus. Then at cal
Lutheran it's a private university, are there issues there?

Speaker 3 (48:39):
From what I have heard? I do remember, not necessarily
people that I've known you know that that have had
experiences with this. But there was one time and our
club I think live who was before you joined her campus. Yeah,
but there was one time we did meet with the
former president of the school and it was one of

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the girls that was in this meeting and it was
like a friend for me. It was a friend of
a friend, so it was one of her friends. And
the girl you know, who was part of our executive team,
had brought up to the president because she was asking
us about you know, issues that were facing and things
like that, and she had brought up her friend, who
I guess dealt with something you know, some assault experience

(49:23):
and you know, had this trauma and she didn't feel
like enough was being done. And we were just talking
earlier about kind of you know, the drama with the
former president and a lot with that, but you know,
and people not feeling she was really receptive to students' concerns,
and you know, you could include this one because it
didn't seem like in the meeting, and that's what my
friend had told me that she was very this didn't

(49:46):
really seem very sympathetic, I think, to the situation. And
so you know, I'm sure there are more instances. I'm
sure that's happened on our campus. I haven't heard of
a lot, you know, as far as the people that
I was surrounded by, but it's certainly an issue, I think.

Speaker 1 (50:02):
So the reason I'm asking is, then, so when you're
talking about the safety issues on campus, then are you
talking about it anecdotally or do you have any specific
stats or data to talk about issues and incidents on campus.

Speaker 3 (50:16):
I'm not sure about statistics, but I do know, you know,
and again, as far as like my peers and stuff
like that, I think just in general women, we we do.
We have more of fears and just more of a
feeling of unsafety. And it's like especially at night. You know,
you could say walking to class if you're around and
I do think I will say from experience, like it

(50:37):
is different because I was a commuter, and so I
do think, you know, you probably a different experience for
someone who lives on campus. If there's people, you know
that students were uncomfortable around another student and then they
both live on campus, let's say you know, things like that,
But I think it's it's you know, it's different.

Speaker 1 (50:54):
Well, what it's going to ask is, do you you're
a graduating senior now, so you've spent your four years there.
Is it safer in your fourth year than it was
in your first year? Is it no different because you're
talking about how it seems like it's worse. Is there

(51:15):
a feeling overall that it's worse or is it something
that you just think is traditionally there? Oh?

Speaker 3 (51:22):
Yeah, I think it might just be traditionally there A
ways I don't know.

Speaker 1 (51:31):
And when we say personal safety and security, are we
talking about the fear of being jumped and attacked like
walking from building to building? Are we talking about people
breaking into the dorm, what kind of things? Yeah?

Speaker 3 (51:43):
Sure, that is certainly like physical safety is definitely one.
I think Also what we were just talking about before,
what Kay was mentioning, like being cat called things like that.
You know, I'm not sure it's a harassment, Yeah, just
harassment in general. Yeah, yeah, And so I think there is.
I think most if you ask any woman, they probably
have that in the back of their mind that you know,
this could happen. And so I think that's why it's important.

(52:05):
Like in our school, does have you know, like escort services?
And I think at night too, if you don't feel
safe necessarily walking from one place to another you can
call so things like that. I think it's really important
to have that.

Speaker 1 (52:16):
And so do you know happened or do you happen
to know what the safety ranking or rating is of
your campus?

Speaker 4 (52:25):
No, but I know a thousand Oaks in general is
like one of the safest cities like in the United States.
I remember hearing that personally as someone who lives on
campus and who has lived there for like four years,
and that's crazy. Four years.

Speaker 1 (52:38):
It just seemed like yesterday exactly.

Speaker 4 (52:42):
I feel very safe, especially when I like have to
go to Trader Jows like real quick before they close
and I'm walking back to my dorm. My one issue
is there's not enough light like lamp posts on our campus.
And that's the thing just in general in thousands there's
just not that good like lamp post lighted. But I

(53:05):
would like a lot more, especially like where the dorms
are and stuff, and not just like along the area
where the classes are. For So, I feel very safe
on my campus. But like Nico was saying, we do
have campus safety. Driving around twenty four to seven in
a truck you can call, so is.

Speaker 1 (53:22):
That is that a civilian thing or are those sworn officers.

Speaker 4 (53:25):
Sworn officers for Caluthri like Calutheran College.

Speaker 1 (53:30):
Or university police.

Speaker 4 (53:31):
Yeah, okay, yes exactly. And I know as a past
peer advisor for incoming freshmen, we have campus safety come
in and do like a little spiel. They're very nice.
I've met a couple of the officers who do like
the twenty four seven like correspondence and stuff. They're very great,
super nice. But I also kind of see where it's

(53:52):
like if you do call them like, hey, I'm at
the gym, can you pick me up drop me off
at such and such hall? Maybe other people don't really
know who these officers are, and they're predominantly men, So
I can see where it's kind of like intimidating because
women to reach out to have that and they just

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walk the ten minutes back to their dorm.

Speaker 1 (54:14):
Interesting. Yeah, I guess I hadn't thought of that because
some people might look at them a man saying that
they're more secure. But then I can understand it some
people might see that the other way. Yeah, welcome back
to Studio six forty. I'm Steve Gregory. Thank you for
joining us. Before the break, we were talking to our
panel about public safety on campus Olivia. You were sort

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of breaking down how KALU has sworn officers as escorts,
and you say you lived on campus. Nko said you commuted,
so you didn't really have the same experiences, but you
did overall feel pretty safe on campus. Have you known
of any attacks or any you know, issues on campus before,

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at least in your four years.

Speaker 4 (55:05):
With like a tax, it's always like hush hush, so
like I just hear it from someone who hears it
from someone, but it's never like I never know if
it's like this sounds so bad, but I never know
if it's like true to an extent. You know, there
have been a not a lot, but I a frequent
thing of like stalkers. I've heard especially of like residents

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at cal Lutheran, you know, and the guy like stalking the.

Speaker 1 (55:29):
Girl fellow students or outsiders fellow students.

Speaker 4 (55:32):
There also was at one time in the freshman gorm
halls where a homeless person came in.

Speaker 3 (55:39):
I think we're worrying about those.

Speaker 4 (55:41):
Yeah, where I live, it's a it's like a global
leaders community, but we aren't in a typical hall, so
it's kind of like think of like a little apartment
complex and you can just walk up to my door
and knock on it. And personally, I've lived there for
like three years. I love it. It's great, a lot
of atter perks than the other residents may add. But

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I don't feel safe because, like I have to go
outside into this little like area to do laundry. And
I was kind of thinking the other day passing by
Guacina Class, I'm like, anyone can just do their laundry
here for free in my area.

Speaker 3 (56:18):
You know, it's not right on the campus.

Speaker 4 (56:19):
And you don't need to wipe access whereas the other
residence halls do.

Speaker 1 (56:24):
Okay, Yeah, Kaya La Valley College. Now, I know the
Valley has some crime issues.

Speaker 2 (56:29):
Yeah, it's certainly different on a community college. We do
have our own sheriff's apartment as well as escort services.
But a big thing for us to is we are
a big commuter college and a lot of people take
the metro to get to our school. There's a metro
stoff right outside, and so I know there's a lot

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of hesitancy when it comes to women, especially at night,
taking public transportation throughout the city when they have to
leave class. If they do have night class, and we
have had specific instances, not since I've been at school,
but we have had instances of women getting assaulted, I

(57:12):
think by a professor. A few years ago there was
an instance and then someone was threatened with a knife,
and you know, we'll yell.

Speaker 1 (57:20):
Then let's talk a little bit about the most heinous
of all issues on campus when it comes to attacks
and assaults, and that's the sexual assault. That's one of those, sadly, sadly,
one of those most prolific and long standing issues on campus.
Is it still a problem that you hear about and
face or that you have any knowledge of it? It's

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still an issue?

Speaker 3 (57:44):
Yeah, I'd say it's still an issue.

Speaker 4 (57:47):
I still hear discourse and sometimes like then again I
don't know them personally, but you hear it from a
person who hears it from another person or especially amongst
like resident assistants too, and what they have to deal with.
I don't know of any like huge break in the case,
like maybe school. But one time when I was a

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peer advisor, like I said, for incoming freshmen, there was
I don't remember if it was another peer advisor or
a freshman that that advisor was advising that they did
come to them with something like this happened to me
on this campus and then things escalated. But I it
was totally like like private from the whole group in general,

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Like I didn't even know who it was, and I
didn't want to go ask.

Speaker 1 (58:34):
Are you finding or hearing that these instances are happening
more on campus or off campus? Are they happening at
parties off campus? Are they happening at people's private residences
off campus, or is all of the stuff that you're
hearing happening on campus.

Speaker 3 (58:51):
I probably be both.

Speaker 4 (58:54):
I want to say it's both, but I've definitely heard
some things that have gone down at parties, especially like
how is like a couple of minutes away or the
ball I.

Speaker 1 (59:03):
Was just gonna say, do you have you have Greek life?

Speaker 4 (59:06):
No, we don't.

Speaker 1 (59:07):
You don't have a Greek row or anything like that.
I know it was a big problem when I was
working in Arizona. Arizona State had that issue, and they've
eventually the campus absorbed the Greek Road and put the
all of the frat houses on campus, so now they
are part of the campus life. And so that completely

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changed the dynamic because that they were having a number
of issues with fraternities, a number of issues. So but
on the community college side, kaya are you noticing any
of these issues? Is it prevalent there?

Speaker 2 (59:44):
I think, I mean, not super super prevalent. I know
there have been instances both in faculty experiencing it and students,
but yeah, we don't we don't have that kind of community.
But I I know it's something that every woman has experienced,
at least in some some regard, So it does affect

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our students in that way.

Speaker 1 (01:00:07):
When I was going to college many years ago, date
rape is something that was I gotta be honest, that
was the term that just started to come around and
we were like we it was of a shocking term,
so we didn't know what that. You know, we're kind
of learning and what that meant. But and now everyone
knows what, you know, date rape is. That was a

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big problem in the you know, in the years after
I got out of school, that's all you heard about
was date rape. And I don't know if that's something
that you know, we're talking about sexual assaults and whatnot,
but date rape and specific, is that something that's still
an issue.

Speaker 4 (01:00:44):
I would have no clue.

Speaker 2 (01:00:46):
I think it comes in so many ways. You know,
there's not just one way that someone can get sexually assaulted,
you know, even in just not enthusiastic consent. So yeah,
I'm sure it is.

Speaker 1 (01:01:02):
Well, the Elli County District Attorney announced a campaign. They
have a campaign about consent, and consent is something that
that that term never really existed when I was in
college because it was you know, back then everyone was
kind of on their own.

Speaker 3 (01:01:15):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:01:16):
Sure, and then it became such a problem that we
had to come up with consent, We had to come
up with protocols to engage. Is that I mean it's
your youth at your age. Is that something that you
just grew up learning about consent and how to engage?

Speaker 3 (01:01:32):
So I think there's a lot more awareness Yeah, absolutely, Yeah,
just over time.

Speaker 4 (01:01:37):
Yeah, I agree.

Speaker 1 (01:01:38):
And is everyone getting the message? I mean, do you
find that, you know, all the genders are are complying
with this?

Speaker 2 (01:01:46):
I mean there's always going to be the people who don't.
I don't think there's any escaping that.

Speaker 3 (01:01:51):
Yeah, But I think the.

Speaker 2 (01:01:52):
More people learn about how consent looks in practice, and
it's not just asking do you want to do this?
Do you want to do that? And how it can
be so varied and changed throughout. You know, it's the
more knowledge people have, I think a safer.

Speaker 1 (01:02:12):
Well, we're out of time, and believe it or not,
we've done a complete show, a fascinating subject, and I
appreciate all of you bringing these topics to the table
and voicing your concerns. I just think it's great that
you're able to do that. Next we're going to go offline.
We're going to go to the podcast where we discuss
reproductive rights. So thank you all for being here. Appreciate it,

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