By 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 […]
Read MoreIn the second episode of The New Consent Narrative, Jilly Mcbane and U student Oliver Liston talk about some of the nuances of navigating dating and sexual relationships as well as how college students understand consent and communication. The New Consent Narrative is a podcast from the McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education about […]
Read MoreThis is Episode 1 of The New Consent Narrative, a podcast from the McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education about consent and breaking down myths and misconceptions about relationship and sexual violence and what you can do about it. In this episode, host Jilly Mcbane is joined by Tillie Powell for a conversation […]
Read MoreBy Jilly Mcbane “Hello and welcome to The New Consent Narrative. My name is Jilly Mcbane.” I hope you get used to hearing that as it is my honor to introduce to you our very own podcast from the MCVP! As you can probably tell by the introduction, the podcast is titled, “The New Consent […]
Read MoreBy Lauren Rives The McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education officially implemented our poster campaign, “You Might Be Causing Harm If…” on January 17. The student staff members came up with this idea almost a year ago, so it’s been in the works for quite a while. We wanted to be very intentional […]
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