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Officer Kristi Hosea
empowers female
students with self-
defense, confidence and
peace of mind.
SHARPening their skills and senses
Course aims to arm
women with techniques
By Jennifer Reiley
Ten to 15 seconds of
adrenaline can help
someone escape an attacker,
and A&M has a class to teach
women how to utilize those
invaluable moments.
Sexual Harassment and
Rape Prevention, SHARP,
is hosted by the Women’s
Resource Center through
out the semester to prepare
women, both students and
faculty, for potentially dan
gerous situations.
Each of the four classes
during the spring semester
host about 18 students, and
Sonia Mahabir, assistant co
ordinator in the Women’s
Resource Center, said there
is a waiting list of 119.
Mahabir said, for her, the
most important aspect of
SHARP is its ability to raise
confidence.
“I think a lot of people,
they don’t recognize the
personal inner strength they
have and the things that they
can do when stressed out,”
Mahabir said. “That just
makes everyone a lot more
aware of what they can do as
well as the dangers that they
may face.”
The class is taught by of
ficers from the University
Police Department. Officer
Kristi Hosea, who instructs
some of the courses, said the
small size of the class gives
participants more one-on-
one attention and space to
move during training.
“We give each student
the instructional attention to
perform the techniques cor
rectly,” Hosea said. “Practice
doesn’t make perfect. Perfect
practice makes perfect.”
Mahabir said she keeps
in touch with students who
cannot make it into a class so
they can apply again the next
semester. The WCR has to
be aware of UPD officers’
schedules, and with three or
four classes a semester, Ma
habir said the center is hesi
tant to add more.
“We don’t always add
more classes because we’re
not always sure we’ll fill
them,” Mahabir said.
Groups that can gather 10
or more participants can also
schedule a customized class,
Mahabir said.
The classes are split into
two nights. The first is
mainly lecture to teach par
ticipants how the body re
acts under stress. Mahabir
said both nights help par
ticipants form a plan to keep
themselves safe and escape a
predator.
“On the second night we
practice a lot of maneuvers
related to escaping, dealing
with sexual harassment and
defending yourself,” Ma
habir said.
Mahabir said the class is
only for women, which was
a decision made by the larger
SHARP organization. Men
interested in learning more
about personal safety are able
"Practice
doesn't make
perfect.
Perfect
practice makes
perfect."
Kristi Hosea,
UPD officer
to meet with Mahabir by ap
pointment.
“Some of the maneuvers
that we teach, we want to
keep women safe, and if
someone can’t anticipate
the moves that are going to
move against them for de
fense,” Mahabir said.
Sarah Genzer, third-year
veterinary medicine student,
said she wanted to take the
course to prepare for life
after graduation, when she
plans to work as a vet mak
ing house calls
“Soon I will be going
on farm calls, doing visits
at home by myself, and I
wanted to feel able to handle
anything,” Genzer said.
Genzer said she had not
expected the amount of in-
depth maneuvers taught over
the two days. After having
heard a number of cases of
women stalked on campus or
Northgate, Genzer said she
feels more confident dealing
with a potentially dangerous
situation.
“You’ll be surprised at
the end in how much confi
dence you have in yourself,”
Genzer said. “It’s a very sup
portive envirorunent. It’s all
encouragement and trying
to help each other, pushing
each other to do better.”
Hosea said she encourages
women from across cam
pus to attend the training
courses.
“It’s a great idea to learn
specific techniques to bet
ter protect yourself,” Hosea
said. “Besides, where else do
you get the opportunity to
try your newly learned tech
niques using full force on a
police officer?”
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