In honor of Stalking Awareness Month, the NU Women’s Center sponsored two days of seminars on both the Evanston and Chicago campuses. Tuesday’s program, titled “Stalking: Name it. Know it. Stop it,” was presented in Evanston by Michelle Garcia, director of the Stalking Resource Center in Washington.
In her presentation, Garcia emphasized campus awareness and appropriate use of technology as two key factors in protecting stalking victims.
Four lectures were given throughout the day on various topics related to stalking, including how to work with stalking victims, proper law enforcement protocol and student awareness.
The first portion of the day was primarily attended by officials from departments including the NU Police, Residential Life and the Office of Health Promotion and Wellness.
“This teaches us what it means to advocate,” said Ellen Herion, assistant director of the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution.
Students involved in Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators attended a similar evening seminar.
Garcia specifically discussed how cell phones could easily be used as a stalking device and the dangers of privacy settings on the Internet, especially on social networking sites.
“I learned a lot,” said Weinberg sophomore Alex Finkelstein. “I knew that technology could do some of this, but it was eye-opening to see how it was really used.”
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