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Wednesday, April 27,2011
Arts & Life
Page 3
Katie Grivna, Editor-in-Chief
kgrivna@ntdaily.com
Pro lessor supports young women
Lea Dopson
makes time
for others
By Clinton Lynch
Contributing Writer
Sitting behind piles of
stacked paperwork seems
routine for a department
chair at UNT, but for the last
10 years, dignified feminist
chanting has encompassed
Lea Dopson.
Since 2001, Dopson has
been involved with the Vagina
Monologues at UNT, and over
the years has spent time as a
performer, behind the scenes
assistant and role model for
young and mature feminists
alike.
"I've seen it develop from
its infancy to where it is now.
It has really evolved over the
years," she said. "We've had
students, women from Denton
and Fort Worth, and women
from TWU."
Interacting with students
Being involved with the play
for many years, Dopson has
bonded with several people.
"I've been able to meet over
500 different women over
the last 10 years who have
participated in V-Day and the
Monologues specifically" she
said. "It's been quite a variety
of people."
All the work dedicated to
the feminist movement culmi-
nates for V-Day, a global move-
ment to end violence against
women and girls.
Dopson said she has seen
many people take part in the
Monologues at UNT, and the
important time they spent
with the performance has
contributed to their aware-
ness of women's issues.
"The things that really
stand out mostly in my mind
are watching young women
become feminists," she said.
Balancing duties
Dopson said the V-Day
movement has kept her
coming back.
luggling the responsibili-
ties as the hospitality manage-
ment department chair, being
Photo by Clinton Lynch/Contributing Writer
Lea Dopson, the chair of the hospitality management department, has volunteered for the Vagina Monologues play for
more than 10 years.
a member of the play and
having a personal life, Dopson
has handled everything like a
true professional.
As chair, her duties include
being in charge of faculty,
curriculum, students, sched-
uling, courses and labora-
tory work.
Though this was her last
year performing in the play,
Dopson isn't necessarily
finished with it.
"I'm not stopping. I plan
to continue to be involved
in the movement and I plan
to continue supporting the
Vagina Monologues," she
said. "lust performing in the
play itself I'm not going to
do anymore, because I just
think I can contribute in
other ways."
The play
All the monologues you see
in the play are real stories of
real women being spoken by
members of the play.
The Vagina Monologues
are sponsored by the
Feminist Majority Leadership
Alliance.
The group's goals are
"equality between women
and men and boys and girls,
and supporting constitutional
and statutory measures to
gain full equality locally,
statewide, nationally, and
globally," according to its
Facebook page.
Influenced
Brit Schulte, an art history
and English literature senior,
spent time with Dopson as
a member of the Vagina
Monologues.
"This woman will drop
everything for you," Schulte
said. "She is so open and so
incredibly giving of herself to
other people."
When Schulte first joined
the play, she was taken by
surprise when she saw
someone who was not a
student performing.
"This is somebody in the
faculty who is completely
behind us and supports us,
and that absolutely blew my
mind," she said.
Outside of school and the
play, Dopson creates friend-
ships with the monologue
members and is the same role
model day in and day out,
Schulte said.
"She is somebody that
during the production and
outside the production, her
interactions with you don't
change. You have a bond with
Lea," Schulte said. "She is the
exact same warm, caring and
loving person who is generally
interested in you."
Ashley Hardinger, who
directed the Monologues in
2008, and had been involved
with the play for five years,
said she has had many
wonderful experiences with
Dopson.
"She puts everyone else
above her, her family above
her and her own healing,"
she said.
Program to bring
out leadership skills
By Kaylah Baca
Intern
This summer, more than
60 UNT students will attend
a six-day intensive program
called LeaderShape, which will
use team-building activities to
teach leadership skills.
The program will be held
at the Bridgeport Camp and
Conference Center May 15
to May 20, and various UNT
sponsors will pay for the
expenses.
"I'm excited about
connecting with people who
are a lot like me," said Lehia
Hill, a social work junior and
the vice-presidentforthe UNT
Nonprofit Leadership Student
Association.
ideas and passion to campus,"
said Amy Simon, the center's
director. "LeaderShape
helps those goals out and
it's extremely beneficial for
everyone."
She said the students chosen
are highly recommended by
faculty and staff, and makes
up a d iverse group that repre -
sents various campus orga-
nizations and clubs at UNT,
she said.
Simon said she hopes
LeaderShape helps the
students learn more about
their own leadership abili-
ties so that their roles in
the community can become
stronger.
Since LeaderShape is one
"We want our UNT student
leaders to bring back their ideas
and passion to campus"
—Amy Simon,
Director of the Center
for Leadership and Service
She said she heard about
the opportunity through her
advisers and thought it was a
good chance to enhance her
leadership skills.
The application for a spot
in the program required
personal essays and proving
leadership involvement on
campus.
Hill said she doesn't know
the itinerary yet, but she said
she is going to the intense
program with an open
mind.
"Everyonehas to be aleader
at some point in his or her life-
time," she said. "Even if they
don't realize it at the time."
Many universities will send
students to the program, and
UNT is always on the lookout
for how to enhance its student
leaders, said Kirsten Bishop,
the leadership coordinator in
the Center for Leadership and
Service and public adminis-
tration graduate student.
"We want our UNT student
leaders to bring back their
of the biggest programs of its
kind in the nation, the Center
for Leadership & Service is
excited to see how UNT's first
year participating will turn
out, she said.
"The program really helped
me to de-construct all those
false perceptions about lead-
ership that get in the way of
achieving my goals," said
Zoe Spangler, a radio, tele-
vision and film senior who
attended a national session
of LeaderShape last year.
"LeaderShape showed me that
I can be a better leader if I
truly lead by example."
She said there were themes
for each day of the program
that focused on topics such
as interpersonal effective-
ness, living with integrity
and setting goals for realistic
results.
Spangler said LeaderShape
helped her identify the
different types of leadership
styles and how she should
realistically adapt to them.
Workshop to teach social networking dos and donts today
By Daisy Silos
Staff Writer
Today, UNT will host a work-
shop to teach students, faculty
and staff about using social
networks.
The workshop "Friend or
Foe?" will start at 10:30 a.m.
in Marquis Hall 118 and show
the consequences of postings
online and provide tips on
how to be careful with posts,
said Amber Llallberg, a UNT
human resources represen-
tative.
"Social networking is a
tool that a lot of people don't
realize can be used for busi-
ness and personal use," she
said. "We want to make sure
that employees are aware of
some of the ramifications if
they use social networking
sites for personal use, and be
aware of things that can get
you in trouble and making
sure individuals are using it
appropriately."
Maja Nalzaro, an interna-
tional studies senior, works at
the UNT Bookstore and said
regardless if she has a job, she
is always careful of what she
posts on Facebook.
" I don't want people to judge
me based on what I post there.
I just use it to keep connected
with friends," she said.
Hallberg said even if
students don't have a job
now, they should be careful
on what they post because
future employers could even-
tually see it.
"They need to be aware that
what they post can be tracked,
and if [students are] applying
for a new job, [it] can have
serious ramifications and cost
you a job," she said.
Nalzaro said she thinks
many people don't think
before they post and could
benefit from the workshop.
"I see a lot of people who
post some really inappropriate
statuses and sometimes even
pictures," she said. "I make
sure I don't post anything I
wouldn't want my family to
see, because I wouldn't want
"I don't want
people to judge
me based on what
I post there,"
—Maja Nalzaro,
International studies senior
people to have a bad image
of me."
Llallberg said in addition
to teaching employers what
to be wary about online, the
workshop will also discuss the
highlights of social networking
sites.
"[Social networking] is
so relative this day and age
that it can highlight different
ways for different depart-
ments on campus to use social
networking to their advantage
by advertising their activities,
conferences and events," she
said.
If students want to talk
to an adviser about social
networking in the workplace
and can't attend the workshop,
the Career Center also offers
student advising on social
networking in the workplace
and what future employers are
looking for in an employee.
April Kuykendall, the asso-
ciate director of the Career
Center, advises students about
social networking in the work-
place and teaches them what is
appropriate to post online.
To schedule a personal
meeting, students can visit
the Career Center in Chestnut
Hall 103.
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