Campus Weighs in on Stress Culture Kosher Assault Dining Policy Graces Changes Campus Anna Walsh Joseph White Contributing Editor Junior Staffwriter
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CMU should promote Ravens defeat 49ers in Students put personal spin mythical mascots • A6 Super Bowl XLVII • A8 on fashion trends • B10 FORUM SPORTS PILLBOX thetartan.org @thetartan February 4, 2013 Volume 107, Issue 16 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 Sexual Campus weighs in on stress culture Kosher assault dining policy graces changes campus ANNA WALSH JOSEPH WHITE Contributing Editor Junior Staffwriter Gina Casalegno, Dean of Carnegie Mellon’s new- Student Affairs, presented est dining establishment, a draft of Carnegie Mel- the Pomegranate, is an at- lon’s revised sexual harass- tempt to accommodate stu- ment and assault policy at dents with religious dietary a Town Hall meeting last restrictions. Tuesday. She reviewed the However, the push for history of these policies and diet-specific food predates explained some of the more this semester. For years, significant changes to the the different communities policy, including the new at Carnegie Mellon have evidentiary standard for pushed for eateries on the sexual assault and changes Carnegie Mellon meal plan in the rules for confidential- that meet specific dietary ity. requirements, leading As Casalegno explained many to see the Pomegran- at the beginning of the ate as the first step. Town Hall, there are cur- Kate Groschner/Photo Editor Despite the university’s rently two separate policies Vice Provost for Education Amy Burkert discussed how the university has been trying to curb student stress in the past year. past records of a high Jew- for sexual assault and sex- ish student population — ual harassment. The sexual BRIAN TRIMBOLI vided discussion prompts, ask- double major who graduated cope with their heavy work- 1999’s Hillel Guide to a harassment policy was cre- Assistant News Editor ing questions such as, “We are in December. loads, Chironis wrote, “A more Jewish Life advertises the ated in 1981, and the sexual in the midst of a presidential In her editorial, Chiro- serious question, then, is why joint undergraduate and assault policy was created Dean of Student Affairs transition, which allows for a nis wrote about the bravado is the university ignoring the graduate Jewish popula- in 1991; neither policy has Gina Casalegno, Vice Provost unique opportunity to reflect that Carnegie Mellon stu- elephant in the room?” tion at 16 percent — some undergone any revisions for Education Amy Burkert, upon who we are and who we dents often use to disguise In an email sent out on Jan. of today’s students, includ- since their creation, save for and leaders in the student wish to become as a university their personal struggles and 21 to notify students of the up- ing sophomore mathemat- an addendum to the sexual government hosted a Town community. How would you heavy workloads: “The terri- coming Town Hall, Casalegno ics major and orthodox assault policy in 2011. Hall on Carnegie Mellon cul- describe our culture to the in- fying thing is that emotional wrote, “Many of you have al- Jew Nathan Oshlag, see a Since the sexual harass- ture last Monday. coming president?” and mental suffering doesn’t ready read the editorial pub- dearth of these numbers. ment policy is so old, Ca- The meeting, held in Ran- The Town Hall came part- show on the skin. It’s often the lished by The Tartan, which “CMU doesn’t have a large salegno explained, it is not gos 1 in the University Center, ly as a result of the death of happiest students, the ones has sparked an important Jewish population for a uni- geared as much toward con- was highly attended — the Henry Armero on Dec. 7 and who chuckle at their work- campus dialogue about our versity,” Oshlag said. temporary concerns: “[It] is auditorium was filled to ca- an editorial published five load, who feel that pain most culture and its impact on our The Pomegranate opens constructed very much to pacity. days later by The Tartan, “The keenly. And it’s those students well-being. In the days and an avenue for students, spe- think about the workplace At the door, every partici- happy mask: Carnegie Mellon who need help. Clearly not all weeks following the article’s cifically first-years, to get environment, and while pant was handed a sheet of must address stress culture,” of them are getting it or feel publication, I have heard from food they otherwise could one could think about ap- paper that reminded them to written by Katie Chironis, a comfortable seeking it.” many students, faculty, and not obtain at Carnegie Mel- plying it in other contexts, respect their peers’ opinions senior creative writing and Referring to this “happy like in the classroom ... and right to speak, and pro- human-computer interaction mask” that students put on to See STRESS, A3 See JEWISH, A3 it doesn’t really resonate with today’s rhetoric about how we think about sexual harassment.” An impetus to revise the Reports reveal allocation of university spending policies came in April 2011, when the U.S. Department BRENT HEARD Carnegie Mellon recorded versity’s 2013 Institutional graduate Total Estimated Cost “benefits” at 12 percent. of Education Office for Civil News Co-Editor giving scholarships to 5,393 Research and Analysis Fact- of Attendance is stated to be The university’s endow- Rights issued a Dear Col- ANNA WALSH recipients at approximately book, a total of $79,301,315 $59,710, which is part of a ment currently stands at a league Letter (DCL) to uni- Contributing Editor $17,911.20 per person. was given in donations to the trend of $1,000 to $3,000 in- market value of $987,054,000, versities regarding the re- In 2010, the university university in 2012 from a com- creases in total cost of atten- a decrease from 2011’s value quirements of Title IX of the Since last week’s an- declared a total revenue bination of alumni, founda- dance over the past 10 years. of $1,017,338,000. Education Amendments. nouncement from the univer- of $1,153,711,410, with tions, corporations, and other Carnegie Mellon’s operat- Carnegie Mellon also re- Although most people asso- sity regarding an increase in $441,715,065 coming from individuals. ing expenses totaled $966,321 ported that the majority of ciate Title IX with providing tuition for the next academic “contributions and grants.” This figure is similar to in 2012, part of a steady trend its federal research funding is equal access to athletics for year, questions were prompt- The recorded total ex- the amounts given in 2010 of increasing costs. provided by the National Sci- university women, it more ed by the student body over penses were $1,009,517,543, and 2011, but is a significant The majority of 2012’s op- ence Foundation at $75,536. broadly advocates gender the university’s current spend- with $573,072,018 going to increase from the donated erating expenses were devot- This is closely followed by equity in education through ing and revenues. “salaries, other compensaton, $57,929,733 in 2009. ed to salaries, at 52.7 percent, the funding from the Depart- increased access to math The tuition increases were [and] employee benefits.” For the 2012 — 13 school followed by “supplies and ment of Defense, which totals and science fields for wom- announced last Thursday in As recorded in the uni- year, the First Year Under- services” at 16.4 percent, and $71,220. en; protecting the rights of an email from Vice President pregnant and parenting stu- for Campus Affairs Michael dents; and preventing and Murphy. addressing sexual harass- There will be a 4 percent ment. increase in new undergradu- The DCL focused specifi- ate tuition rates and a 3 per- cally on sexual harassment: cent increase in tuition for cur- It clarified that sexual vio- rent students in the upcoming lence — including sexual 2013–14 academic year. assault and sexual coer- Using publicly available cion — are forms of sexual 2010 tax data and Carnegie harassment covered under Mellon’s own figures released Title IX, and it outlined through the Institutional Re- the obligations of univer- search and Analysis Factbook, sities to respond to sexual The Tartan compiled calcula- violence. tions of where the university’s “The statistics on sexual main sources of funding are, violence are both deeply and of the most notable sourc- troubling and a call to ac- es of spending. tion for the nation,” the As per the university’s letter says, citing a report 2010 tax returns of Carnegie prepared for the National Mellon’s revenue, tuition is Institute of Justice that calculated to account for ap- said about 1 in 5 women proximately 43 percent, while and about 6 percent of men government grants and con- are victims of completed or tributions are the second big- attempted sexual assault gest contributor at around 28 while in college. percent. Carnegie Mellon added With respect to the univer- short-term fixes to its sex- sity’s expenditures, the largest ual assault and sexual ha- portion goes towards wages, rassment policies in spring accounting for approximately 2012, with a note saying, 46 percent of spending. “the University recognizes Carnegie Mellon employs that it must adjust certain 12,539 people, meaning that substantive and procedural the average amount spent per provisions in its current year, per employee — on sala- policy statements to comply ries, benefits, taxes, and other with particular mandates,” items — is calculated to be and promised to fully up- $45,703.17. In terms of monetary con- Annette Ko/Art Editor See ASSAULT, A1 tributions to its students, Data according to Carnegie Mellon’s own figures and the Institutional Research and Analysis Factbook.