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The affirmative effect

Education at all levels about sex and consent will hopefully break down that barrier and make it easier for people to practice affirmative consent.


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Embracing a second chance

Taking responsibility should be a minimum requirement to be given a second chance, and if the majority of students accept that principle for Honor, perhaps it makes sense that it apply to fraternities as well.


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Polishing policies

The inventors have said their product “empower[s] women to protect themselves,” and though a woman may feel empowered by averting an attack, we still need to ask why she needs to avert one in the first place.


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The more you know

Though Visitors are not elected officials, they still owe a duty to the public — to be open and honest about the issues the Board discusses.


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Fighting the good fight

Boster’s method of defense did not set a good example for the students he attempted to protect, and created an environment not conducive to healthy debate.


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Don’t assess with tests

To assess programs based on their graduates’ employment and satisfaction would be an effective way of identifying weaknesses, but examining new teachers’ students’ test scores would likely not give an accurate picture.


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Of body and mind

As human beings, there is no reason to treat people with mental health disorders differently than we treat people with physical disorders. Universities, when thinking about the services they provide, need to be in accordance with this mindset.


Opinion

Get SMART

The SMART Resolution is evidence that student leaders understand the problems of the community and can work to fix them


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United we educate

Graduate students, though, are a vital component of undergraduates’ education, and since their compensation, hours and working conditions greatly impact the undergraduate students whom they teach, unionization will improve the quality of that education.


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Examining 'his'tory

What is our default image of a man? White, heterosexual, sexually experienced, able-bodied — when you account for all these different sections of identity, only a minority of the world’s men fall into all of those categories at once.


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A new culture of support

As a supporter, you can speak up and make a correction whenever a rape joke is made in casual conversation. You can speak up and say it is not okay to declare someone deserved to be raped.


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Violence not welcome

Professors should not give speakers who hold hurtful, extremist viewpoints the opportunity to direct their vitriol at students. The face-to-face interaction has the potential to disturb or even traumatize students unnecessarily.

Latest Podcast

The University’s Associate Vice Provost for Enrollment and Undergraduate Admission, Greg Roberts, provides listeners with an insight into how the University conducts admissions and the legal subtleties regarding the possible end to the consideration of legacy status.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/02ZWcF1RlqBj7CXLfA49xt