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Take Back the Night strives to initiate conversation about sexual assault and provide a chance for the community to coalesce and brighten the lives of survivors.
English poet and novelist Sarah Williams once said, “Though my soul may be set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”
Former Assoc. Dean of Students Nicole Eramo has reached a settlement with Rolling Stone magazine, writer Sabrina Rubin Erdely and Wenner Media Inc., BuzzFeed News reported early Tuesday evening.
Netflix released its new drama “13 Reasons Why” March 31, offering a raw, addicting view of the darker aspects of high school life. Based on Jay Asher’s 2007 novel, the show addresses and expands on the same bleak themes, with a cast of characters even more complicated and enigmatic than their written counterparts.
Members from all four University Class Councils are partnering with several mental health awareness organizations to host Fight the Stigma Week 2017, which is dedicated to fighting the stigma around mental health and wellness.
The Minority Rights Coalition presented their Unpacking Privilege, Understanding Perspective program to the United Nations Women at U.Va. organization Tuesday night. The Unpacking Privilege program aims to increase multicultural sensitivity among University students and bring awareness to issues students may not have encountered. It focuses on topics surrounding sexuality, disability, religion and gender.
The special prosecutor in the court case considering whether Charlottesville’s Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy should be removed from office has determined that the petition filed against Bellamy did not receive enough signatures for it to be considered by the court. As a result, a Charlottesville Circuit Court judge dismissed the petition on March 8.
President Trump ordered the Departments of Education and Justice last Wednesday evening to withdraw important protections for transgender students in public schools. Removing these protections, which let transgender students use bathrooms and other facilities corresponding to their gender identity, signals a strong disregard for the civil rights of thousands of students across the country. Given the potentially detrimental effects of this decision, the University needs to take the necessary steps to reassure the transgender community on Grounds of its unconditional support.
Student Council presidential candidates Sarah Kenny and Kelsey Kilgore answered questions about a variety of topics, from diversity to campaign funding to sexual assault in a Tuesday night debate hosted by the Minority Rights Coalition.
Four Charlottesville-based women’s groups organized a “One Billion Rising” event at IX Art Park Tuesday to advocate against the exploitation of women worldwide. The Women’s Initiative, the Sexual Assault Resource Agency, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and Shelter for Help in Emergency both planned and sponsored the event, which featured performances from a number of local musical acts, including the Charlottesville Women’s Choir and Erin and the Wildfire.
The Sexual Assault Resource Agency has been working in Charlottesville for over 40 years to provide support to victims of sexual assault and eliminate sexual violence altogether.
Attorneys for Rolling Stone Magazine, Wenner Media Inc. and writer Sabrina Erdely have filed a claim in federal court disputing the cost of the defamation trial that found them liable of actual malice and awarded $3 million in damages to former Assoc. Dean Nicole Eramo.
Through the final week of January, Green Dot spread awareness about its organization and its mission to reduce violence pertaining to sexual assault, stalking and dating. Tabling across Grounds at locations like Newcomb Dining Hall and Observatory Hill Dining Room, Green Dot volunteers encouraged University students to get involved in the Green Dot movement.
With the fallout from the Muslim ban, the nation has begun to grapple with the consequences of empowering a right-wing extremist to a position of unimaginable power. I’m not referring to our Breitbart-addled chief executive but rather to one of his greatest supporters — House Speaker Paul Ryan. Liberals have rightly focused on the danger President Trump poses to their priorities, but in different ways, Ryan’s agenda is just as great an affront to basic decency as Trump’s. Ryan may avoid some of Trump’s more insensitive and divisive rhetorical moves, but as the president steals headlines with Twitter feuds and alternative facts, the Speaker is quietly moving to undo the very fabric of the American social contract.
Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos has revealed little about her policies regarding higher education during her confirmation hearings, and several University members have weighed on the potential implications of her nomination.
Anita Hill delivered the keynote address Thursday evening for the Community MLK Celebration, an annual commemoration of the civil rights leader’s life. Hill gave the address to a packed audience at the Paramount Theater, discussing intersectionality, legal activism and social change.
The Virginia House of Delegates passed House Bill 1842 Wednesday allowing the proof of grain alcohol permitted to be sold in government stores to be raised from 101 to 151. Eighty-three members of the House voted in favor of the bill while only 14 members cast opposing votes.
The University has seen a large number of protests over the past three years, responding to topics ranging from sexual assault to divestment to the presidential election. Next week, protests will continue as the Inter-Sorority Council hosts the University March for Women, related to this weekend’s Women’s March on Washington. But protest at our school is not new: student activism has played a prominent role on Grounds throughout the University’s history.
Attorneys for Rolling Stone magazine, Sabrina Rubin Erdely and Wenner Media, Inc. filed a motion for judgment Monday, asking a federal judge to overrule a jury’s recent decision that found the magazine, writer and publisher liable for defaming former Associate Dean Nicole Eramo.
2: The number of years the Rotunda was closed before reopening this semester