<p><a href=“http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/09/ap_usnasexualharassment_070924/[/url] ”>http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/09/ap_usnasexualharassment_070924/</a></p> ;
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The first midshipmen to take part in a new sexual harassment prevention program involving peer training at the Naval Academy responded positively to the program, an academy official said Monday.</p>
<p>The initiative is called the Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Education Program (SHAPE). It was designed to incorporate midshipmen into the teaching process, because peers have been found to communicate better with people their own age on the subject.</p>
<p>Cmdr. Ricks Polk, the academys sexual assault response coordinator, said 32 midshipmen have been trained to teach the program. About 900 of 1,200 first-year students, also known as plebes, have been gone through the first session of the initiative. The other 300 will get the training in the next two weeks…
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<p>I wonder what Cmdr. Polk thinks of his assignment?</p>
<p>^^^^^
<p>Cmdr Polk presented at the recent board of visitors meeting… a bit nervous, but the message was right on target. He seens genuinely encouraged by the response of those that have gone through the training… apparently the “younger goats” “get it”…</p>