CARES drafts open letter to administrators
Dear President Hill, Dean Roellke, and Dean Chenette, CARES is writing with concern about the hiring process for the new Title IX Coordinator. Julian Williams had a strong relationship with…
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Third-annual art show raises awareness of sexual assault
Art is a medium that taps into the emotional and mental and has the ability to create connections between one’s self and another’s. Art is also a medium that allows…
New CARES policy detailed to student body
Since 1989, CARES has served Vassar as a confidential peer-listening resource for students affected by any type of personal violation issue. Personal violation includes sexual assault, relationship abuse, domestic violence,…
Vassar community implicated in serial sexual violence
TRIGGER WARNING: the following piece discusses sexual assault and rape on Vassar’s campus. “Since we all came from a woman. Got our name from a woman and our game from…
Women are forced to reckon with sexual assault realities
TRIGGER WARNING: This article discusses sexual assault. I knew what rape was before I knew what sex was. It wasn’t violent stranger rape that my mother told me about. That…
CARES resources for Vassar campus plentiful, available for students to utilize
CARES is a student-run, nonjudgmental, confidential, 24/7 peer-listening service. We originally formed as a response to the increasing recognition of climates of rape, sexual and gender based violence, stalking, and…