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DIVERSITY
AND
COLLEGE
ACCESS
NEWSVolume 20, Issue 3
Spring Semester
A pril 2015
THE DIVERSITY AND COLLEGE ACCESS DEPARTMENT INCLUDES
Diversity and College Access Main Office // ESL Summer Programs
Gender and Sexuality Outreach // Multicultural Resource Center
Native American Center // Precollege Programs // Tutoriing
in Math and Science // Upward Bound // Solid Foundations
Newsletter Staff
Editor: Kaya Gravitter
Editor Assistants: Jonathan Strege
Layout Designer: Kristine Thull
The University of__Wisconsin-Stevens Point is an Equal
Opportunity Affirmative Action Institution.The University
ofWisconsin-Stevens Point is aTobacco Free campus.
www.uwsp.edu/dca
Phone: 715-346-3829
Facebook: DCA UWSP

Collage Created by:
Diversity and College Access Student Project Manager
Kaya Gravitter
kgrav332@uwsp.edu
Spring is here!
No season is as beautiful as spring. I love
the different shades of green that come
to life in new plants and leaves. Spring
brings hope and renewal to our little
corner of Wisconsin.
With the recent bad news of budget cuts
there is a palpable sense of hopelessness
around UW - Stevens Point. It’s kind of a
tough place to work right now. But Spring
reminds me that things are not completely
bleak, and as I look around the university
my ‘spring’ are my UW - Stevens Point
colleagues and students. We have such
quality people here...respectful...funny...
and intelligent. Everyday I am impacted in
a positive way by you. Thank you.
I have hope in the people at UW - Stevens
Point. I believe in us and our community.
We will get through this
From
The Director
Diversity and College Access
Director Ron Strege
715-346-3829
rstrege@uwsp.edu
Hello all! I am the student manager for the
Diversity and college Access! I would like
to start off by saying this has been a crazy
but fascinating year! This year went by
really fast. I love this job, my hard working
staff, and making and spreading diversity.
In addition, I am very passionate about
the Middle East and everything it inhabits.
I would like to take the opportunity to
write about a little 4-year old Syrian girl.
Adi Hudea is a resident of the Atmen
refugee camp in Syria. This picture was
originally posted on Reddit, fostering
the heartbreaking pictures, BBC pursued
photographer Osman Sağırlı, who took the
photo last December.
“I was using a telephoto lens,
and she thought it was a
weapon,” Sağırlı told BBC.
“I realized she was terrified
after I took it, and looked at
the picture, because she bit
her lips and raised her hands.
Normally kids run away, hide
their faces or smile when they
see a camera.”
- Osman Sağırlı
Student Project Manager
Kaya Gravitter
kgrav332@uwsp.edu
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A Turkish newspaper says, “Her face
tightens immediately. She bites her
lower lip and slowly raises her hands. She
stands still without a word. It isn’t easy
to console the child who thinks that the
camera looking at her is a gun”.
She is only four-years-old. She lost her
dad in the bombing of the city of Hama.
She took refuge at the Atmen camp at
the Turkish border with her mom and
[two] siblings.
The United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR) says that since
the Syrian civil war began in March 2011,
around 10 million Syrians are seeking
asylum, are refugees or displaced.
Editor's note

That red dot Norwegian Recipes
Student Assistant
Lindsey Wogsland
lwogs890@uwsp.edu
Student Assistant
Divya Patel
dpate070@uwsp.edu
4 5
“Everyone wears them.
It’s just decoration, like
makeup or jewelry.”
The Indian bindi is a traditional symbol
that is commonly misunderstood. It is a
colorful dot that is placed on the forehead
between the eyebrows. It originates from
ancient times but has lost significance and
is now commonly used as an accessory all
over the world.
In Indian tradition the bindi holds a special
role. In old times different colors held
different meanings representing various
occasions and stages throughout life.
Different colored and shaped bindi’s can
represent different meanings. Formally,
for Hindu women the bindi represented
marriage status. A married woman
traditionally wears a red colored bindi,
which shows true love and prosperity and
is believed to protect women and their
husbands. Widows usually don’t wear a
bindi but in some parts of India a black
one can be used to show their loss.Young
girls are free to wear whatever color they
wish. However, that system has faded
and the bindi has turned more into a
decorative accessory. In a spiritual sense,
the bindi is seen as a “third eye” and is
worn to remind you of the purpose of life
and that all the things you are doing are
dedicated towards the achievement of
self-realization.
Generally the bindi is seen to be worn by
married Hindi women. However, as you
can see from these examples, it depends
on the occasion, the color of the bindi and
its shape that determines what it denotes.
In the last article I wrote, I talked a little
bit about the food that my grandma
makes and how great it is. So for this
segment I thought I would share with
you some of my favorites! I picked my
top three and I came up with Norwegian
pancakes, rosettes and sandbakkels.
Norwegian Pancakes
1 pint milk
4 eggs
2 tsp. sugar
½ tsp. salt
1 ¼ cups flour
Beat the eggs well and then add the other
ingredients to it. Heat and oil a frying pan.
Pour enough batter in the pan to make
one thin pancake. Turn the pancake over
when it is browned and do the same for
the other side.
These pancakes are similar to crepes,
so we roll them up before we eat them.
The majority of my family eats them
with butter and syrup just like a normal
pancake. They’re delicious!
Rosettes
1 cup sifted flour
tsp. salt
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1 T sugar
Sift dry ingredients. Gradually stir in
slightly beaten eggs and milk. Let stand
for one hour.You will need rosette irons,
a deep frying pan and oil. What you need
to do is dip your hot iron (dip it in the oil
a few times to heat it up) in the batter
not to cover the top of the iron, and then
plunge it into the hot oil to fry. Keep it in
the oil until golden brown. When you’re
done frying the rosette, tap it out on a
plate with a paper towel on it and sprinkle
it with sugar. The first one might come
out a little funky and that’s ok, it takes
practice to get good at making these!
Having an iron that’s hot but not too hot
is the trick to this pastry.
Sandbakkels
1 ¾ cups butter
1 ½ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
4 ½ cups flour
Mix all the ingredients together and
form dough into small balls and press
into greased sandbakkel tins (similar to
a tart tin). Place all the tins on a cookie
sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes at 350
degrees. When they are done and cooled
enough to handle, tap them out of tins. I
flip over the tin and use the big end of a
butter knife to tap on the bottom to get it
out and it works really well!

Article By:
Student Project Manager
Kaya Gravitter
kgrav332@uwsp.edu
Rachel Adrian Dye
6 7
Rachel is an undecided major and this
is her first time at college. She is openly
transgender, doing her best to show the
world who she is without fear. She says she
is from Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., but she is
from Babcock, Wis., originally.
Rachel said she knew at around ages
12-14 that something wasn’t right. Being
in puberty felt wrong; the things that were
happening to her body did not feel right to
her. In her words, “It was a confusing time,
and it led to anger. Sadly this anger ended
up getting me kicked out of the only school
in my area. I had to grow up from this point
with only my grandparents to talk to and
interact with… My grandfather had always
showed anti-LGBT signs so I had no one to
help me understand what was happening to
me, except for my stepsister. Without her
as a sounding board I would have withered
away in depression.”
When she was 18, she found a social outlet
again in her first job. In the three years at
this job she had found friends, something
that was missing in those years after her
expulsion. However, in the third year she had
decided to leave this job. After contacting a
friend about a new job market, she found
her way to Port Washington, Wisconsin.
On the day of her move something, in
her words, “terrible but wonderful” had
happened. Her grandfather had passed
away. “I was sad when I got the call, but
also happy.There was no one whose
opinion I had to worry about left. I could
finally pursue myself,” Rachel tells.
Her pursuit led her to a specialized facility
in Chicago, Illinois. “It was a wonderful
place.They didn’t require a ‘Carry Letter’
to prescribe me hormones, so it seemed
StudentSpotlight:
Rachel Adrian Dye
like everything was laid before me. Life was
officially beginning,” she says. 8 months
later she finds herself here, in Stevens Point,
Wisconsin, attending UW - Stevens Point.
Rachel has no fear in sharing who she is. In
her words, “I won’t be afraid to talk about
who I am, who I see myself as or who I want
the world to see.Those who would hate me
because of this and no other reason are the
ones I do not need to interact with in my
college life.”
Student Assistant
Triston King
tking432@uwsp.edu
From the moment I arrived at UWSP, I
was working as a Diversity Ambassador in
Smith Hall. I had no idea, but my position
in Smith would serve as a gateway to
who I would become over the course
of the next four years. Being heavily
involved in the world of diversity, activism
and intersectionality has given me the
opportunity to allow me to change into
a better person. While all of that may
sound kind of mushy, educating myself on
what it means to be culturally aware and
responsible made me go so far as to add
a minor in Women and Gender Studies, in
order to better improve my understanding
of feminism and to learn more about my
privilege as a man. Being biracial and
bisexual, I felt an obligation to the culture
of our campus to do what I could in order
to tell others about my experience and
that of others. Learning what diversity
is can be difficult and hard for many to
grasp as it is an experience that requires
humility and understanding. It also
requires you to observe when you have
privilege in any given situation, and to use
it wisely. These traits have helped shape
how I communicate with others. I am
always surrounded by people of diverse
cultures all day, from the Diversity and
College Access office, to the Multicultural
Resource Center, along with the Gender-
Sexuality Alliance Resource Center. There
are so many diverse people at Point that I
have the chance to interact with and meet
every day, which excites me to know that
I am part of a movement to help bring as
many as over 300 diversity students in the
fall. But this movement must continue
on. I encourage everyone to increase their
openness to learn about diversity and to
continue helping us celebrate our unique
differences. As someone who will be
moving on to the next chapter come May,
I can say it is one story you will always
treasure.
Defining Diversity

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In our society, attractiveness and how we
view others is largely based on the idea of
masculinity and femininity. How a person
carries one’s self and the persona they
project is derived from many different
aspects. If I were to wear a dress or skirt,
then people might start to think that I want
to be seen in a more feminine way. If I only
order fruity mixed drinks at the bar, people
might think I’m gay or not man enough for
straight whiskey or beer. Maybe if I were
to grow a long thick beard people would
think that I’m more butch and masculine.
The way you dress, the style of your hair,
the way you talk, what foods and drinks
you consume, your sexuality, and so many
other variables affect how people view
you. Some of these aspects are personal
choice and preference, which could be
changed in order to make people view
you differently. I could change my diet
or wardrobe just to be seen as a more
masculine person. However, others can’t
be changed and it’s solely the way you
were born. I identify myself as a gay man
and have been publicly out for about
five years. I have always struggled with
wanting to be viewed as a more masculine
person because I thought people would
think I was girly and feminine for being
gay. This reason is why I chose to almost
stay in the closet almost all throughout
high school. I thought I would be bullied
because I didn’t fit the classic definition of
a male. I thought that people would only
want to be friends with me because they
could take me shopping so I could give
them advice on which purse would match
their dress. The idea that being a gay man
means I’m inherently less manly than other
men is something about our society that
has perpetuated throughout history. It’s
all too familiar, someone only wanting to
date another man if he’s straight acting,
“no fems, masc only.” These are common
phrases, among others that can be found
on gay dating apps and websites. Is it
because people are afraid of being seen
with the stereotypical, media portrayed
gay man? Or is it because the stigma of
being gay and being seen as feminine is too
much and they try to surround themselves
with masculinity? We all have our reasons
for wanting to be seen differently by our
peers, colleagues, significant others and
even random strangers. It is not my place
to judge because I would be lying if I said I
never tried to change myself. All we want
as people is to be accepted and loved, so
it makes sense we try to be chameleons
when it comes to how we portray
ourselves.Yet there are people who are
comfortable in their own skin, not caring
what people think. This is the goal that I
want to achieve someday. It is also the goal
that I wish, we, as a society could achieve.
General Assistant
Jonathan Strege
jstre662@uwsp.edu
PErception Meet the Design Intern
Graphic Design Intern
Kristine Thull
katthull@hotmail.com
Hey everyone! I’m Kristine, and I’m the
mastermind behind all the graphic design
needs the Diversity and College Access
Office has needed for the past year! While
interning for DCA I’ve learned a ton about
diversity and what I can do to help make
everyone feel more included in my life.
I’ll be graduating with a graphic design
major this coming May, and it’s been a
crazy semester trying to get all of my
work completed for my Senior Show
on May 8 in the Noel Fine Arts Center.
If you’re free that afternoon I highly
recommend you stop by! My class of 24
graduates have worked very hard these
past four years and I can say for a fact
that I have been in the presence of very
talented people my entire time here at
UW-Stevens Point.
If you’d like to keep updated with what I’m
up to during this graduation process, you
can check out my work on
www.kristineannthull.com
or go ahead and like my Facebook page!
I really appreciate the support the DCA
Office has shown me this past year, and I
know that the intern who comes after me
will do an amazing job as well.
Hugs,
Kristine

Student Assistant
Mikaela Skalmoski
mskal400@uwsp.edu
10 11
One resource for being held accountable
for the recovery of this illness is a
helpful support group called Overeaters’
Anonymous (OA), which focuses on the
twelve steps of recovery of a variety of
eating disorders. OA meets once a week
and meeting times are available online.
No one should ever feel that he or she
needs to face this illness alone. You
and those around you deserve to feel
ultimate body peace and assurance!
Because eating disorders do not
develop overnight, they do not have a
short recovery time either. However,
with proper support and counseling,
recovery is possible and help is
available to make it happen.
For any further questions or concerns
regarding eating disorders, please contact
the UW-Stevens Point Counseling Center
or the websites listed below for more
information:
www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
www.theprojectheal.org
www.oa.org
Did you know that eating disorders have
the highest mortality rate of any mental
illness? Did you also know that about
30 million people in the United States
suffer from an eating disorder? These
men and women are our family, friends,
co-workers and classmates. They have
a variety of body types, and they may
be bigger, average or smaller in build.
They may struggle with binge eating
issues, binge/purge, food restriction or a
part of each. They may be fighting their
illness silently or may be approaching
a milestone in recovery. Whatever the
case, it is vital to be attentive to early
signs of this disease, spread awareness
and reach out for support.
Like many mental illnesses, there is a
lot of stigma and stereotypes attached
to eating disorders. Stigma and
stereotypes can prevent people from
seeking help, coming to terms with
their disordered eating, and even result
in death. Most people who suffer from
eating disorders are of average weight.
The stereotype that eating disorders
only strike if a person is ninety-some
pounds, young, white and female is
a common misconception. Like other
mental illnesses, eating disorders do not
discriminate based on race, ethnicity,
age, gender or social class. They are
not a “superficial woman’s disease,” but
reveal something much more deep and
complex beneath the surface of someone
who suffers from this aggressive illness.
Many times, people who develop eating
disorders feel their lives are spinning out
of control or have the constant need to
please others, provoking them to take
their frustration and stress out on their
bodies as a result.
Among the many ways eating disorders
present themselves, signs and symptoms
may not always be easy to detect in a
person. The following may be warning
signs of someone with an eating disorder:

- Constant talk about weight
and body image and a distorted
view of themselves.
- A lot of time spent in the
bathroom after meals.
- Food restriction and refusal to
consume a variety of foods.
- Excessive exercise (more than
an hour a day working out,
without a day off at least once
a week)
- Consuming a large amount of
food in a short amount of time.
If you notice any of these signs of
symptoms in a person or even yourself,
an eating disorder may beginning to
develop or has already begun taking
its toll. It’s important to let someone,
who may be struggling, know that you
care about him or her, and it’s crucial
that he or she speak with a counselor or
therapist as soon as possible. If you feel
you are struggling with an eating disorder,
address the issue with someone you trust
and consider counseling resources at
your school or nearby. The first step of
recovery is admitting to having an issue.
Eating Disorders:
Who They Affect and What You Can Do to Help
upCoMING EvENTS
APRIL
14th to 16th // SIEO American Red Cross
Blood Drive, DUC Laird Room 230 //
10 a.m.- 4 p.m.230
18th // UWSP International Dinner, DUC Laird
Room 230 // 5:45 -9:30 p.m.
19th // Festival of the Arts, NFAC 160
Courtyard // 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
23rd // Centertainment Productions presents
Juicy J, Quandt Gymnasium // 7:30 - 10 p.m.
24th // Relay for Life, HEC // 5:15 p.m. - 6 a.m.
25th // SIEO Be the Change, Lower DeBot
Lounge // 8 - 10 a.m.
25th // Maa Vue, DUC Encore // 8 p.m.
29th // Coffee and Culture - Different Tribes,
Different Cultures; DUC Laird Room 230 //
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
29th // CARO - University Leadership Awards,
DUC Alumni Room // 7 - 8 p.m.
30th // Centertainment Productions presents
BLAX, DUC Encore // 8 - 10 p.m.
MAY
2nd // Annual AIRO Pow-Wow, Berg Gym
6th // Chancellor’s Leadership Award, DUC
Laird Room 230 // 6 - 8 p.m.
14th // Mid-State Technical College
Graduation, DUC Laird Room 23o // 7 - 9 p.m.
15th // ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, DUC
Laird Room 230 // 5 - 7 p.m.
16th // Morning Commencement: Letters &
Science; Associates, and CNR Degrees; MAC //
9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
16th // Afternoon Commencement: COFAC
and CPS Degrees; MAC // 2 - 4:30 a.m.

AIRO/AISES
Meets: Thursday 2 p.m. SSC 220 Native
American Center
Adviser: Andrew Gokee 715-346-3576
AIRO
President: Andrew Topping
Vice President: Rainer Miller
Secretary: Salena Lemieux
Treasurer: Andre Virden
AISES
President: BriAnne Goss
Vice President: Weeta Montelongo
Secretary: Andrew Topping
Treasurer: Brandon Reiter
BSU Black Student Union
Meets: Wednesdays 8 p.m. DUC 378
Adviser: Beverley David 715-346-4535
President: Rika Calvin
Vice President: Jennifer Johnson
Treasurer: Jordan King
Secretary Khiera Almanza
PR: Jerron “Bubba” Baldwin
HaSEAAC
Hmong and Southeast Asian
American Club
Wednesdays 6 p.m. DUC 374
9-10, 9-24, 10-8, 10-22, 11-5, 11-19, 12-3
Adviser: Sue Kubley: skubley@uwsp.edu
Co Adviser: Ka Lia Smith 715-346-4771
President: Cheefeng Lee
Vice President: Charles Vang
Treasurer: Anna Janda
Secretary: Mai Lee
ISA Islamic Student Association
President: Mona Abdulmohsen Alhalal
Vice President: Mussa Konneh
Treasurer: Kaya B Gravitter
South Asia Society
Meets: TBA
Advisers: Jyoti Chander 715-341-1538,
Palash Banerjee 715-346-4187
Multicultural Student Coalition
Chairs: TBA
International Club
Third Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m.,
221 NFAC
Advisers: Melissa Murray 715-346-2226,
Marcia Mace 715-346-4906,
Remya Sarma Traynor 715-346-2518
President: Mostafa Alabed
Vice President:YukiYoshida
Secretary:Yuliya Golovasheva
Co-Treasurers: Ngoc Luu Bao “Sarah” Phan
and Tianni Huang
PR: Ryan Petro
LSA Latino Student Alliance
Meets Mondays 7:30-8:30 p.m. DUC 378
Advisers: Anna Runnion 715-346-3665,
Elia Armacanqui-Tipacti 715-346-2308
President: Brigitte Benitez Vargas
Vice President: Solimar Garcia
Secretary: Daniela Izaguirre
Treasurer: Efren Mauricio Rios Todakee
PR: Paulette Salazar
MANRRS
Minorities in Agriculture,
Natural Resources and
Related Sciences
Meets: Alternating Thursdays, 6 to 7 p.m.
TNR 240
Advisers: Kristen Floress 715-346-4135,
Virginia Freire 715-346-4252
President: Joe Paoletti
Treasurer: Erika Klefstad
Chinese Club
Co-advisers Qiang Sun 715-346-2737,
Cuiting Li 715-346-4082
Meets: Tuesdays 6 p.m. CCC 104
President:Yuchen Zhu
GSA Gender and Sexuality Alliance
Meets Thursdays 7 p.m. 070B DUC
Adviser: Andrew Stoner 715-346-4123,
Alyssa Oltmanns 715-346-2596
President: Triston King
Vice President: Courtney Zamzow
Secretary: Haley Bodoh
Treasurer: Hannah Williams
Student Director: Carlui Pimental
Vet’s Club
Meets: Alternating Thursdays at 5:15 p.m.
Brewhaus
President: Joshua Fager
Vice President: Stevens McKay
Treasurer: Cody Jochimsen
Secretary: Richard Balaka
Women’s Resource Center
Meets: Wednesdays 065 DUC
Women’s Resource Center
Advisers: Kristin Floress 715-346-4135,
Alyssa Oltmannns 715-346-2596
Coordinators: Kimberly Lizan, Bri O’Dell, and
Jamie Langenfeld
Jewish Student Cultural
Organization
Advisers: Ed Miller 715-346-3130
Multicultural Student
organizations
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