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You are strongly urged to read this entire document.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU OBSERVE AN INSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF THE
BELOW
Please see Jim as soon as possible. You can also see Cindy Waring in Mem. We need to know so
we can take action to stop the behavior from happening again.
AVOID ANY STAFF ON STUDENT BEHAVIOR THAT COULD BE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT
Avoid discussing sexual and romantic issues. Speak about
these issues in response to comments students make ONLY. Do NOT initiate any discussion
about the student’s romantic relations with other students or people.
OBVIOUSLY, DO NOT IN ANY WAY suggest or positively
respond to suggestions of a relationship between you and a student.
1. Do no
ask students about their sexual/romantic experiences, past, present or future.
2. No
playing any games involving questions about student or your sexual experiences;
please remove yourself from these games immediately (e.g. "31,"
"i never," "purity" etc.).
3. No
backrubs, NO touching of students.
4. Sexual
activity with students is absolutely not permitted.
5. No
showing nude pictures unless it is directly relevant to your instruction about
a debate argument AND EVEN THEN please avoid it and do it ONLY when there are
several students there.
6. Offering
favors to students for any kind of romantic/sexual behavior is absolutely not
permitted; punishing students for not engaging in romantic/sexual behaviors is
also absolutely not permitted.
7. Leering at students is not permitted. Control your eyes—do
NOT look at a student for long periods of time unless it is when you are
judging a debate.
8. No
being in rooms with students alone PERIOD.
9. IF you
ABSOLUTELY MUST be in a student room, YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE another staff
member with you in the room and preferably also several other students.
Students ARE NEVER to be in your residence room.
10. Do not
speak/interact with one particular student repeatedly alone nor pay extra
amounts of attention on any one student.
11.
There's a balance in there, please keep well to the side of less personal
interaction that could in any way be perceived by a student or by other
students to be more than a regular staff-student relationship.
AVOID ANY STAFF ON STAFF BEHAVIOR THAT COULD BE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT
Please think about your behaviors toward other staff
members.
1. Avoid
physical touching of other staff unless it is asked for.
2. If
someone says no—STOP immediately.
3. Please
show respect for other’s personal/sexual lives. Taunting
other staff members for crushes, etc. IS NOT
PERMITTED.
4. If you
are being harassed-tell the harasser(s) to stop it. Tell Jim. Please help us
make this a comfortable environment for you.
STUDENT ON STAFF SEXUAL HARASSMENT?
Leave the area immediately and see Jim or Cindy
immediately.
NO GAMBLING OR MONEY MAKING OFF OF STUDENTS
During the camp, you may not gamble with students for
money/valuables or engage in any activities for the purpose of profiting
monetarily or in material goods from the students. Any exceptions to this require
the permission of Jim.
STOP—THINK ABOUT HOW YOU TALK ABOUT RACE, CLASS AND GENDER
This means YOU need to think about how you talk. Think
about the following:
1. HOW MANY WOMEN/NON-WHITES are you holding up as good examples of debaters
versus whites/males?
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In
your lectures, are you including examples of great debaters who are Asians,
South Asians, Hispanics, Blacks, Whites, Women, Men, Effeminate, Masculine,
Radical, Conservative? I encourage you to do your best to do so. Show kids
there’s someone successful like themselves but also others who succeed who do
it differently.
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I
strongly encourage you to include women and men as examples in your
lectures. “In this one debate, Laura Parcher ran this
incredible Malthus . . .”
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Think
about who you are speaking positively about. “One of
the best debaters I ever saw was Naveen Ramanchandrappa. I watched him debate national champion
Stacey Nathan at the NDT and . . .”
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Should
you highlight the gender/ethnicity/etc. of a debater in one of your examples?
(for example, “Ned Levine, an African American debater, has often told me . . .
) In general, no—that is gratuitous. Do so only if it is directly important to
a point you are making.
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Think
about who you are speaking derogatorily about “I hate debaters that . . .” what
is going to follow that? Is it possible you are speaking to kids that are like
that? “She spoke in this high pitched voice—derogatory voice imitation follows.
Very irritating.” Do you say that about a lot of women debaters? Male debaters?
“I just think men only think with their gonads.” That doesn’t sound good except
maybe if made clearly as a joke.
2. Are you singling
out a non-white or woman in your lab as being representative of that group?
STOP IT.
Example: “Let’s talk about Gender IR. Okay, Susie, you
should know about this. What do you have to say about this?” STOP IT.
3. Are you assuming
everyone in your lab is white/middle class? STOP IT.
Example “We don’t experience poverty the way these people
have.” YOU DON’T KNOW THAT. STOP IT.
4. Stop assuming
students are straight/gay or whatever sexuality. STOP IT.
Example: “Oh, I bet you like those boys.” NO WAY—This violates the harassment rules AND it is SEX ORIENTATION
JACKETING. STOP IT.
5.
Let students self-identify their gender, class, race, sexuality, etc.
RESPOND POSITIVELY TO THEIR SELF-IDENTIFICATION.
STOP VERBAL HARASSMENT
If you notice a student being harassed
(and I mean sexually, racially, or just being picked on), you must immediately
speak to the harassers and put an end to it. You are also required to inform me
immediately. I AM VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. THERE IS ZERO TOLERANCE OF STUDENTS
MAKING FUN OF, BEING DEROGATORY OF, AND HARASSING OTHER STUDENTS. YOU ARE
ABSOLUTELY EXPECTED TO STAND UP TO IT. Suggestions:
1) Pull the harassing students aside and
tell them to stop
2) Turn the “joke” on the harassers in a
way that points out their harassment and ends it. Humor can be a great way to silence
harassment while not calling too much attention to what makes it so bad:
serious hurting.
3) Out loud tell the harasser to stop
their specific behavior. E.g. “Stop it.” Then, have a private talk with the
harasser and make it clear what you expect—no more harassment.
4) Contact Jim if the behavior does not
improve. I AM SERIOUS—I WILL BE VERY PISSED IF I HEAR that a student is
suffering because of taunting and you haven’t talked to me about it.
STOP THE POLITICAL BASHING
Yep, I’m asking you to show some
sensitivity toward students who don’t share your left-wing views (yea, I’m
generalizing but you get the point). You can definitely express your views. You
can even emphatically state those views. BUT YOU SHOULD NEVER CREATE A
SITUATION WHERE students would feel “stupid” to disagree with what you are
saying. You should also really think before saying such lines as “Bush was a facist” and most particularly “Republicans are fucks.”
GUESS WHAT? You WILL have republicans in your labs. Show EVERYONE in your lab
respect—that is good old school liberal tolerance--no leftist kritiks of that permitted. J Try something more
like “Bush was wrong because . . .” and “I don’t think Republican policies are
good for these reasons . . .”
TONE DOWN/AVOID THE SWEARING
These kids look up to you. They are
going to follow your speech patterns—they will literally mimic you. If you are
cussing left and right, so will they. That’s not good when they return home and
start talking that way with their parents. STOP THE SWEARING. Thank you.
KEEPING YOURSELF IN SHAPE FOR EDUCATING AND CARING FOR THE
STUDENTS
I hate to be the nag but please keep yourself in good shape at all times during the camp. It is
for the sake of the institute’s reputation, for the quality of instruction you
provide, and for the safety of the kids especially if an emergency occurs.
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Excessive drinking of alcohol is not appropriate.
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You may not drink alcohol within 8 hours before you work
with students.
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If you do drink, you MUST stay hydrated to avoid any problems
the next day that would interfere with your work.
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You may not drink nor have alcoholic beverages in the
Residence Hall lounges. You are NOT to drink at any point in the day until you
have finished all of your work for that day.
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Use of illegal substances is not appropriate.
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You need to be well rested. Please get your sleep. Kids
should not have to deal with a cranky lab leader because you chose to stay up
until 4 in the morning. Further, when you don’t get rest, you get sick and then
you can’t do your job.
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DRIVERS MUST get rest and may not drink alcohol for 24
hours prior to transporting students.
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