In a 250-word paragraph, give a brief synopsis of your student's situation as described in your case study (choose from one of the four below). Then, research the Butler website and introduce at least THREE resources offered at Butler (or in the surrounding community - El Dorado) that address the student's problem given in your case study.
Case Study #1: ‘An Unplanned Pregnancy’
Jessica is an 18 year old freshman at Butler. At the end of the summer, her boyfriend said that he wanted to date other people when he left for a college out-of-state. She was devastated. They had dated all through their junior and senior years of high school.
That summer, she’d really believed that they had a future together and imagined the fun that it would be to drive down on the weekends to see him at college. Now, she imagines him dating and going to parties where he’d meet other girls. It is tearing her up inside. Every day, she plays CD’s of songs – ‘their’ songs. She drives around the lake outside of town, tormenting herself recalling happy memories of being together. On top of everything, her parents recently informed her on the phone that they are getting a divorce.
About 2 weeks ago, she woke up feeling like she had the flu. The thought of eating anything makes her feel more nauseous. Every morning, she grabs her backpack and skips the cafeteria. Even the smell of her roomate’s perfume is overpowering and she can’t stand to study in their room. So, she has started to study in the campus library. One night, while researching a paper for her Marriage & Family class, she ranacross an article about pregnancy. Suddenly, many of the fears she’s been denying and pushing to the back of her mind came bursting forth. She feels an overwhelming panic at the thought that she might be facing the unimaginable.
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Case Study #2: ‘Sexual Orientation
Jordan is an 18 year old student attending Butler on a cross country scholarship. Tall and good-looking, he never lacked for attention from girls or dates when he attended a large high school in a city about 3 hours away. Nonetheless, he never could keep interested in a girl, despite how much attention and affection she’d send his way. In fact, he rarely thought about girls. Running was his life and the other interests that he had, along with keeping up with schoolwork, occupied his time.
Jordan’s hometown – actually a huge metropolitan area – was very liberal and open to diverse lifestyles and cultures. The spring of his graduation, a new Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual student support group had formed on his high school campus. As a student council officer, he had read their brochure when he was stocking the information rack outside the school office. It did not come as a surprise to him that the open-minded nature of his high school would encourage such a support group.
However, attending school in this small midwestern town is a totally different experience. There is absolutely no acceptance of differences in sexual orientation. In fact, he feels extremely intimidated by the conservative atmosphere. His family had always attended a Unitarian Universalist church and his congregation openly welcome people of different cultures, viewpoints, and sexual orientation. On the contrary, life in the dorm and in the male locker room at his college is full of gay-bashing jokes and innuendo. As the semester goes by, he feels himself retreating more and more into himself and spends little time with his teammates. Life is getting lonelier for him with each passing day.
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Case Study #3: ‘Online Sexual Harassment
Stacey is an 18 year old college freshman attending Butler. She is from a small town in an adjoining state.
The other day, while checking her email, she noticed a message with sexual overtones. Since she had no idea who sent it, she dismissed it from her mind as one of the many irritating emails like that which are generated online. However, last night, she received one from the same address and it truly alarmed her. It indicated specifics about her – the car she drove, the building she came out of when she left her night class, etc.
Ironically, she is enrolled in an online women’s studies course and they have been discussing sexual harassment. She has really enjoyed the openness and dialogue between her instructor and classmates. One afternoon, she is in the computer lab and overhears two other girls complaining about receiving emails of a similar distressing and sexual nature. A male student in the lab begins to laugh and tells them to ‘lighten up’ – and tells them that they should be flattered that they have ‘secret admirers’.
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Case Study #4 – ‘Failing Classes’
Brook is an 18 year old freshman at Butler. At his high school, he had been an average student. When he did’t do as well in a class, he usually knew that it was his own fault for not studying and turning in his assignments. He always felt like he was a lot more capable than he was able to demonstrate.
Nonetheless, his first year of college was proving to be more and more challenging. He made it a point to get to every class and tried to take notes, but he never was sure if what he was writing down were the most important point. What made it even more frustrating was watching his roomate – who rarely cracked a book in their dorm room – gloat over the A’s and B’s that he was making in some of the same courses that Brook was taking.
Despite all that, Brook woud make an attempt to read his assignments – particularly the night before a test. However, he couldn’t seem to concentrate and he’d find his mind wondering to plans for the weekend and imagining the fun he’d have at parties. Actually, the drinking and partying was coming close to being the only positive at Butler.
Halfway through the second month of school, he had mostly D’s in all his classes. He was in danger of losing his work study job on campus, which was paying for most of the costs of going to college. If he lost this source of financial aid, that would force him to confess to his parents that he was close to flunking out of school. His dad, a successful attorney, and his mom, and elementary teacher, had always told him that not going to college was not an option. They were convinced that a business degree would serve him well and had planned for years that he would attend their alma mater. However, Brook was failing so miserably in school that he couldn’t even imagine making it through 2 years at Butler, let alone tranferring to a university.
On top of everything, he was stopped last night for a DUI after he’d left an off-campus party. Staring disbelievingly at the ticket and court summons, he realized that conversation with his parents was going to come sooner than he’d planned.
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