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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SART demands changes from Board of Trustees and administration
To members of the Vassar community: We write as members of the Vassar College Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), a group of community members striving to support students who are…
Letter to the Editor: “We do not accept the status quo,” alums assert
Dear President Hill, Dean Roellke, Vice President Baer, and the Administration and Staff of Vassar College, We are writing as a group of concerned alumnae/i to whom you made certain…
No urgency surrounding SAVP vacancy
As an institution, Vassar has prided itself on its sensitivity and victim-centered approach to sexual assault. However, when Elizabeth Schrock, the former Sexual Assault and Violence Prevention (SAVP) Coordinator, left…
New programming addresses issues of violence on campus
Though many students dedicate their time to studying theory and discussing violence, silencing and oppression, it can be hard to address or even recognize when it actually happens. And yet,…
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…
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…
SAVP identifies warning signs of unhealthy relationships
On Friday, Oct. 25, the Sexual Assault and Violence Prevention Program (SAVP) held a seminar entitled “How Healthy is Your Relationship?” The seminar focused on the signs of an unhealthy…