Lauren Rives, Student Staff Member I have a confession to make: I’m a recovering perfectionist. I overthink things, trying to analyze every possible outcome to maximize my chances of success. I’m not great at delegating, since I want to make sure every detail of what I’m working on is going smoothly. I spend hours making […]
Read MoreBy Tillie Powell, Student Staff Member My Utah story is a dime a dozen. I was raised in a big, devoutly religious family in the suburbs of Salt Lake, and when I came to the University of Utah, I ended up leaving my religion of origin. All this to say, for the majority of my […]
Read MoreBy Whitney Hills, Associate Director of Education At the McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention, we use education and research as a means of primary prevention in ending sexual violence among college students. Primary prevention means stopping harm before it happens in the first place. Through education, we know that all forms of violence, including sexual […]
Read MoreBy Addie Huff, Student Staff Member Awkward, uneasy, confused, All things I felt as sex was discussed in my early childhood. As I got older and began to think back on my sex education, I realized these discussions barely scratched the surface. These conversations in my personal life and school mostly revolved around anatomical terms […]
Read MoreBy Terry Kim, Student Staff Member When you are asked, “how is your love life?” what would your response be? One might say, “pff, non-existent,” another might share, “urgh, boring – the dating pool is contaminated,” some others might share, “Been interesting, I’ve been on a bunch of dates,” and the other might say, “It’s […]
Read MoreBy Lauren Rives, Student Staff Member In April 2023, I applied for a position as the Director of Student Resources in the University of Utah student government, ASUU. The position is designed to “advance legislation related to campus safety initiatives” and more. When applying, I said I fit the requirements for the role because of […]
Read MoreBy Jilly McBane and Lauren RivesOn Saturday, October 21st, the second annual Lauren McCluskey Race for Campus Safety took place on the University of Utah campus, marking five years since Lauren McCluskey was murdered by a former dating partner. The 5K race was a collaboration between the Lauren McCluskey Foundation, the U of U Department […]
Read MoreBy Allie Moore and Whitney Hills Recently well-intended student groups at the University of Utah carried out an initiative to supply the campus community with Nightcaps. Nightcaps are scrunchies that have drink covers tucked inside them. The drink covers are intended to be used to prevent drugs from being put into unsuspecting humans’ drinks at […]
Read MoreBy Brenda Payan Relationships are hard. There’s a million books, articles and podcasts focused on what red flags to look out for in a partner, what is okay, what’s not okay, what boundaries are, how boundaries are not for other people but for yourself…and the list goes on. While some resources can be useful, there […]
Read MoreIn the third episode of The New Consent Narrative, host Jilly Mcbane and guest Allie Moore, the graduate assistant at the McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, discuss how violence prevention work has impacted their own lives and how they’ve changed as people, as well as the ways in which they hope to […]
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