Tag Archives: campus activism
University of North Carolina student could be expelled for “intimidating” her rapist by talking about her assault
TweetAlexandra has written before about this ongoing saga at the University of North Carolina. Student survivors and a former assistant dean, who says the administration urged her to intentionally under-report cases of sexual assault, have filed a Title IX lawsuit accusing UNC of mishandling their cases and violating their rights. The heart of complaint is that the school “facilitated a hostile environment” for students reporting [...]
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Amherst student debunks all the rape myths in the school’s “sexual misconduct” report
TweetIn response to former student Angie Epifano’s account of Amherst’s shockingly cruel and inept response to her sexual assault, the school called together a Special Oversight Committee on Sexual Misconduct to conduct an investigation of campus policy and practice. Last week the Committee released its 55-page report. While the document does criticize Amherst’s approach to sexual [...]
Also tagged Amherst, Angie Epifano, campus safety, Dana Bolger, It Happens Here, Rape, Sexual Assault, sexual violence Comments closed
Snapped at CLPP: Fashion at the 2012 conference
TweetAs you all know, Eesha and I were blogging from this year’s Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program Conference, “From Abortion Rights to Social Justice” at Hampshire College. So far, we’ve covered lots of Important Issues like colonization and colonialism. Follow the CLPP2012 tag to view all our posts. But while I was struck by the high-quality [...]
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The radical potential and great disappointment of school sexual misconduct boards