Class ‘bullies’ get treatment
By Sarah Clark
I Woytm CXvty t msrM)
The second-grader wu kicking and shoving the
other kids again at recess He bit them and called
them names as they tried to play.
Then his attention turned to the kindergarten girl
She was about two-thirds his si/.e, but he pic ked
n fight with her any way As the lx>y held the little
girl down and choked her. tew hers, counselors and
the school principal came running to the rev ue.
Hill Walker a
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This is the second slory in in
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University s|m>
cial education
professor, hud
bmm watching
the boy He
walked over to
him and asked
vv h y he
attui ked the
girl The boy
looked at him
incredulously
and replied.
"Well. il vvas recess "
Walker has s|Hinl (lit* past 'l~ years stunts mg i hil
dren lik** tin* second-grader i hildn*n with anti
sih ial liehavior who disrupt t lass and bully other
students.
I've round aggressive i hililren absolutely las
i imiliti^ in terms o! how they view themselves and
the world.1' said Walker, who is also director of the
University's ( enter on Human Development
They're like these little Attila the Hulls, and llun
think they're i.ompletely normal They victimize
others like i ra/y and then they turn around anil
whine ahoul being rejei led and treated badly by
their peers
Ihrough his researi h. Walker has developed
methiKls fur leai hers to identify and treat tiles** i hll*
dren leifore they head diiysn the aggressive l)ohnv
ior path, vs lin h Walker said eventually leads to
t rime.
Because of liis work, whir h ini hides more than
100 articles anti uigni booKs, walker m.tmiiv won
the I'M) Research Award from the Council for
Exceptional Children, an organization that is to spe
cial education what tin* American Medical Asso
ciation is to medicine
Walker's research has led to programs that teac h*
ers and sc bool counselors c an use to lent h disrup
tive c hildren proper soc ial behavior The programs
teac h children how to play hy the- rules at roc ess
and to listen to the teac her in class
But changing i hildren's Iwhavior takes time and
energy. Walker said, and sc hools are often unwill
ing to spend extra time on disruptive students
"Tile litany you get from sc hool people constantly
is. 1 don't have time to do this This kid should
he behaving appropriately on Ins or her own."'
Walker said. "So what we see is more and more
of these kids i oming to sc bool, not getting the* ser
c ic es that they need, and then disrupting the school,
failing sc hoot and getting into drugs and crime."
Children who are taught behavior skills have lat
er called Walker to toil him what a tremendous
inipai i his program had on their lives. Teachers
have told Walker they ve wale bed aggressive chil
dren Im-c onto normal after his programs
Hut not every child has I men a sue c ess story
Intervention programs are usually too short to
|>errnanently change a c Inlet s Icchavior, Walker said
And solving behavior problems in the classroom
doesn’t get to the* root of the problem the c hllel s
home life
Volatile- tempers stem from problems at home.
Walker said, which can include poverty, abuse,
divon ml parents and drugs.
Walker is i urrently researc lung how parents,
sc hools and community service organizations
sue h as the < '.hildren’s Serv ic es Division — c an work
together to solve these grass-roots problems
"We need to i hange the way we view this
l*ehavior pattern. Walker said If the child is ever
going to change, you’ve got to meet them halfway
at least
Amendment focuses on stalkers
A proposed amendment to il»*
t!iiivursilv N Student C.undent
Code dial would punish stalkers
would i los<> llu* Itt^id loopholes
that stalkers hav« slipped
through, several people testified
Monday nl .1 public hearing on
tlu* amendment.
About It) people* testified 111
favor of tin* amendment, whic h
defines stalking as repeatedl>
1 ontac linj* another person in a
was ilwii ''inturferes with their
aliililv in |*itf«»rin the activities
ol daily lilt*" or makes the per
son li'.tr lor Ins or lu*r safety
No oiu* spoke against the
amendment However, ASUC)
President Hotilis l.ee said hi* v\as
concerned ilia! faculty and Uni
varsity employees could not be
punished lor stalking, ba< ause
tin* Student Conduct Code
doesn't apply to them.
Several lulls that would out
lavs stalking m Oregon are pond
ing in tliir stall' laigislature. Peter
Swan, legal counsel for the Uni
versity. said those hills would
apply to faculty and University
employees
The amendment will come
before the University Senate
May I t
Six students run for
EMU board positions
By Beth Hege
Ckogon Daily (
Six students have d«i hired their t nndidot v (or EMI ’ Board
of Directors, the 15-member body responsible (or the develop
ment and maintenance of the EMU.
Two students will be ele< ted for one-year seats in the race
between S VV Conser. Keith Kutz. and Matt Hasek
Three candidates are on the ballot for three open seats
Deirdre Johnson, Margaret Chat field and Stephanie Dixon an*
candidates for the two-year positions.
Contested-race candidates Conser and Hasek offered their
opinions on iho roll* of the I\MI' (ward
and their aspirations should they hi*
elected Kutz was unavailable (or com
ment.
The EMU hoard and the Inc idental
Fee Committee often find themselves
at odds over money and programming,
and Hnsek. a sophomore in political
science, said he is* critic al of the* con
flicts he has seen between the two
bodies
"Then* hasn't been a c lenr focus on
w hose needs (elec ted officials) repre
sent The IFC needs to recognize its
responsibilities to the student body
anti put personal agendas aside." he
said
(amser. a senior independent studies
ma|or. called for a new structure. "Stu
dent interests need to be protected.
There needs to lie a written structure
for how the KMU can exert power over
individual programs." he said
Ilasek currently serves on the Stu
dent Senate. He said his greatest
strength is patience
“I am phvsicalh disabled, and I've
always had to he patient." he said.
"That includes being a good listener
and communicator Main people don’t
realize what I go through every day "
In Ins mission statement, ilasek said.
When you vote for Matthew Ilasek.
you vote for yourself, loo."
Matt Hasek
S.W. Conser
Conser considers lus "absurdity his greatest strength
"I'm not afraid of anybodybe said This whole t orporate
stnn lure is absurd, and I am an absurd person I can work well
in d."
Conser said he is familiar w ith EMU programs because he
has worked for the EMU Cultural Forum
In terms of a mission statement, he said. "I'm anti lmd things
Both llasek and Conser listed multicultural issues high on
their list of priorities
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