MVP course offers annual SAVP training
April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) and the 2015 campaign was built around the slogan “It’s time to act.” While SAAM’s campaign emphasizes something different each year, two of…
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Survey strengthens voices from survivors of assault
Trigger warning: This article depicts sexual assault. Disclaimer: The opinions are expressed in this article as a student, not as the official stance of the Campus Climate Survey Group. The…
BIRT releases bias incident records
According to the Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT), amid the tensions regarding racial profiling, sexual violence and gender and sexual discrimination that inspired open forums and protests, last semester a…
College should do more for sexual assualt survivors
This past week, N.Y. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand wrote an article for the Huffington Post addressing sexual assault on college campuses. In her article, Gillibrand condemned colleges and universities across the…
Hundreds surround, occupy Main to demand administrative changes
“We have far too many survivors in our community of sexual and racial violence, and we have had far too many survivors for far too long,” said Professor of Women’s…
“I’ve never felt so demoralized at this institution:” one professor’s plea for meaningful action
I write as a faculty member extremely troubled by the institutional failures brought to light by the Margolis Healy report, the on-going testimonials by students and faculty of color over racial…
Injustice in legal system to be addressed
Trigger warning: This piece talks about different aspects of sexual assault and sexual violence. 400,000. Does that number have meaning to you? 400,000. When you see that number what…
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…
Carry That Weight comes to VC
Over two months ago, Columbia University senior Emma Sulkowicz began carrying her dorm mattress across campus in protest of the University’s failure to bring justice to her and other students…