Word: peering
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...April 15 article entitled "Four Cases of Peer Harassment Prompt Div School Security Increase, Worries" may have implied that the cases of harassment were committed by students at the Divinity School. No such students are suspected...
Eating Problems Outreach, a three-year-old peer counseling group under the auspices of UHS, is located as a drop-in center in the basement of Memorial Hall from Sunday through Wednesday and is accessible every night through a hot-line from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. Room 13, in the Stoughton basement, also handles calls and visits from people with eating problems...
After four incidents of peer sexual harassment at the Divinity School this month, students and administrators are working this week to tighten security and increase student alertness...
First, the story suggested that we place troubled students in organizatonal and administrative positions withing the group. This is not the case. EPO and the other peer counseling groups are made up of concerned and capable students, never students "not sufficiently in control to help others" as was quoted in The Crimson article. Our counselors are open-minded and sensitive to issues related to eating and body image. Moreover, members of both the outreach and counseling comittees do not represent an atypical population. Recent studies show that a large percentage of men and women on college campuses share these concerns...
Finally, we would like to thank the other Harvard peer counseling groups (Peer Contraceptive Counseling, Response, Contact, and Room 13) for participating in the conference, a fact opverlooked by the article. The peer counseling groups are considering a future conference which would deal with peer counseling generally, not just with sexual issues, as was indicated in The Crimson. Louisa A. Smith '88 Co-Director...