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TBTN Week promotes assault awareness on cam - us

By Hannah Larson
ASSISTANT EDITOR

For the second year in a row, HT
Feminists United (EU) is sponsoring their Take
Back the Night Week, this week, November 6
through Friday, November 11:

Take Back the Night is an international
movement that usually consists of a march and
rally in support of those who have become
victims of assault, usuallydomestic and sexual,
according to the official website of TBTN,
takebackthenightorg:

EU has taken this tradition, that dates
back to 1975 in Philadelphia, and stretched it
to a week ﬁlled with speakers, workshops and
discussions focused on how to bring about
assault awareness to IIT’s campus, as well as
prevention measures

The week kicked off with a self-
defense workshop in the MTCC Ballroom,
where attendees were able to learn defensive
moves to protect themselves if an assault were
to be waged on them: In order for this event to
take place, FU partnered with Teresa Helena
Moreno, Women’s Programming Coordinator
at IIT:

Today’s ﬁrst event is a lunch discussion
event, hostedby Shimer College, called Proceed
with Caution: Consent on Campus in the QLC
at 12:50 pm, with lunch provided courtesy of
Shimer College:

Later tonight, there will be another
speaker and discussion event called Sexual
Assault & Reproductive Justice with Benita
Ulisano in the Life Sciences Auditorium at 8:15
pm:

Wednesday, November 9 will be a healthy
relationship workshop called Between Friends
in the Brown Room in the MTCC at 12:50 pm:

Wednesday will also be the day of the
keynote speaker, Dear Lisa:

In 1994 Lisa Santoro became a victim
of domestic violence when her ex-boyfriend
murdered her: Since them, her father, Tom
Santoro, has been speaking on behalf of his late
daughter on the topic of dating violence, and
its prevention: This speaking engagement will
start at 8:30 pm: in the Wishnick Auditorium:

FU invites everyone interested in
participating in the TBTN rally to attend the
po ster-making session on Thursday in Perlstein
Hall at 7 pm: to decorate posters and decide
what slogans will be chanted during the march,
as well as discuss the week’s previous events,
with any concerns, criticisms, or ideas of how
to further awareness on campus:

Friday, November 11 willbe the rally
where interested parties will march around
campus, symbolicly “taking the night back” If
interested, meetby the MTCC at 33rd and State
Street to join in the noisemaking: The march
will end in the Quad, where there willbe a vigil
for those who have suffered from domestic and
sexual assault: There will be a bonﬁre, as well as
free food after the event!

EU will be on the MTCC Bridge
on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to take
pledges in support of TBTN and hand out
pins to those that sign the pledges, as well as
distributing literature about our events, and
topics they cover:

For more information on TBTN
events thisweek, ﬁnd EU on Facebookor email
bstrombe@hawk:iit:edu:

 

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Registration holds

By Office of Financial Aid

Registration for Spring 2012 begins
this week! Students are encouraged to check the
Finances Tab on the MyIIT Portal to determine
if they have any holds preventing registration:
There are speciﬁc reasons why a hold may exist
on a student account and these can be identiﬁed
easily on MyIIT:

Outstanding Balance

Any outstanding balance on a student
account will prevent a student from registering
for classes: To determine if there is a balance on a
student account, please complete the following:

Login to MyIIT, select the Finances
Tab, and select Manage My Account under
Manage Account in the middle column:

Select the Manage My Account
button and view your Current Account Status
on TouchNet:

Students with an outstanding balance
need to pay the balance to register: Payments can
be submitted on the TouchNet system directly,
following the steps above, or in person at the
Cashier’s Oiﬁce located in Main Building, Room
104: If you have questions about your balance,
please contact the Bursar’s Oiﬁce at bursar@iit:
edu or 312-567-3794:

Outstanding Financial Aid
Requirements

Any outstanding financial aid

requirements on a student account will delay
disbursement of federal funds: If federal funds
did not disburse, please complete the following:
Login to MyIIT, select the Finances
Tab, and select holds under Financial Aid
Requirements in the middle column:
Unsatisfied requirements must be
submitted to the Oiﬁce of Financial Aid directly
via e-mail at ﬁnaid@iit:edu, fax 312-567-3982,
or in person at Main Building Room 104:
Once a student submits documents,
the Oiﬁce of Financial Aid will review these
within 7- 10 business days: Once all outstanding
requirements are satisﬁed on MyIIT, federal
funds will disburse to the student’s account:
Immunization Compliance
Students are required by Illinois State
Law to provide proof of proper vaccine history
to the Student Health and Wellness Center:
If a student has outstanding immunization
requirements, spring registration will be
prevented: Any questions should be directed
to Celia Mayora at cmayora@iit:edu:
International Students
International students may have
outstanding requirements to keep their student
status at IIT: Students with a hold due to
a status-based issue should resolve it with
the International Center: Questions can be
answered by contacting their oiﬁce at icenter@
iitedu or 312-567-3680:

 

 

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ISO prepares for IFest 2011

By Prachi Chachondia
TECHNEWS WRITER

The International Students
Organization has revamped itself this year
and is back with a bang this semester, with
a new board and lots of fun events in tow A
group geared towards promoting the culture
and diversityof the international studentbody
at IIT, where it makes up almost 43% of the
total student body - the highest percentage in
the country They are here to give international
students a platform to showcase their cultures
and to give domestic students a chance to
take part in some of their awesome festivals
and events: ISO brought to you the Zombie
Hunt, Ski Trip, movie nights and lots more,
and now it is time for the year’s biggest event:
International Festival!

The 36th Annual International
Festival will happen on the 11th of November
2011 (Friday): The two-part event starts with

the Taste of HT, where student organizations
rally around to face their greatest challenge
yet: cooking! Each group will have their food
booth, and they’ll be bringing their aprons
to make prepare some of the best foods from
all over the world for IIT to savor: You’ll get
to sample exquisite foods from indigenous
cuisines of different countries, and a lot of
snacks to pick up before that 13:50 lecture!

Taste of IIT will be followed by the
cultural event: the Evening Showcase, where
we’ll have students bringing to you some
amazing performances: There’ll be singing,
dancing, acting, trivia and tons of prizes to be
won! We’re even having a fashion show, where
you’ll get to see your friends dress up in their
traditional attire and show it off on the catwalk!
Did we also mention the evening event is free?
It’s also open to all IIT, Shimer, Vandercook
students, alumni, faculty and staff:

Save the date! This Friday! We look
forward to seeing you there on 11-11-11!

UT evaluates NCAA move

By IIT Office of Media Relations

Last spring, TechNews ran multiple
articles about IIT’s potential move from the
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
(CCAC) to Division III of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA): Not only did the
newspaper conduct an interview with President
Anderson, but received feedback on the decision
from the student body, including student athletes:
The process has moved forward, as the following
press release discusses: TechNews welcomes any
and all student feedback on the NCAA move: To
weigh in on the process, please e-mail our Opinion
Editor, Ryan Hynes, at opinion@technewsiit:com:

Chicago, November 4,2011 , Illinois
Institute of Technology (HT) is currently
evaluating a new association for its athletic
pro grams: At the present time, IIT is a member
of the National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics (NAIA) and the Chicagoland
Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC):
A move to the National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) Division III is under
consideration, and discussions are now taking
place to determine the beneﬁts to the University
of such a transition:

The proposed plan, which would
have IIT becoming a full member of NCAA
Division III by 2018, would provide expanded
opportunities for more student-athletes as
well as add to the vibrancy of campus life: The
number of sports in the IIT athletics program
would increase from 10 to fourteeniand the
move would allow IIT to compete against
universities with similar academic proﬁles and
institutional missions:

“For IIT, which is one of Chicago’s
top research universities, the beneﬁts of NCAA

Division III membership go far beyond the
athletics program,” says Enzley Mitchell IV,
IIT’s Director of Athletics: “In addition to being
able to attract a larger number of students who
can compete in the classroom, as well as on the
playing ﬁeld, more postgraduate scholarship
opportunities will be available to IIT student-
athletes who want to continue their education
after earning their undergraduate degree”

“The time is right to explore the
possibility of NCAA Division III membership,”
says John Anderson, President of HT: “Sports
play an important role in campus life and
leadership developmentiand we want to
explore which aiﬁliation is best for IIT’s athletics
program in the years ahead”

For more than 50 years, IIT has
ﬁelded highly competitive teams at its main
campus on the South Side of Chicago: Today,
more than 130 men and women compete for the
Scarlet Hawks in 10 sports: men’s and women’s
swimming and diving, cro ss-country, track and
ﬁeld, and soccer, as well as men’s baseball and
women’s volleyball:

IIT is known throughout the world
for its undergraduate and graduate education
in engineering, architecture, design, applied
technology, law, business, psychology, and
sciences and letters: The university is also
recognized for its world-class research in such
areas as smart grid technology, sustainable
energy, and medical imaging ias well as its
innovative, interdisciplinary curricula that
emphasize entrepreneurship and teamwork:
Membership in the NCAA would would allow
IIT to compete at the varsity level against
universities that share some of these education
and research interests with us, thereby bringing
more attention and visibility to the university