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(10/21/16 10:15am)
In January of this year, Donald Trump paid a visit to Liberty University in an attempt to rally Republican evangelicals to his campaign. He started his speech by incorrectly reciting a verse from the Bible, saying “Two Corinthians” in an attempt to refer to “Second Corinthians.” The crowd responded with muddled laughter. The university’s president, Jerry Falwell Jr., gave a rather embellished introduction to the Republican nominee, praising him and all his endeavors as a businessman and donor. He even related Trump to his father. While he mentioned this praise should not be interpreted as an endorsement, it is hard to see it as anything else. Furthermore, Falwell has continued to show his support despite the leaked video of Trump’s alleged sexual assaults on women in the past years. Falwell should not use his national platform as a means to vocalize his support of candidate Trump, as he is misrepresenting Liberty University and miscommunicating the mission of the school.
(10/21/16 6:10am)
Reporter Sabrina Erdely answered questions on the stand for over eight hours Thursday in the fourth day of former Associate Dean Nicole Eramo’s defamation suit against Rolling Stone magazine.
(10/20/16 5:41am)
The cross-examination of former University Associate Dean Nicole Eramo continued Wednesday, as part of her $7.85 million defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine, Sabrina Rubin Erdely and Wenner Media, Inc.
(10/19/16 4:10am)
My fellow Americans, the time is nearly upon us. Every four years, our nation comes together to elect our next president. For some, the day is a celebration of liberty, a bastion of that funny little thing called democracy. For others, it is a time to reflect and think, “Wait, we still have class on Election Day? We totally got the day off for that in elementary school. Man, I miss elementary school.” Me too, my friends, me too. But here we are.
(10/20/16 4:21am)
Last Tuesday, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, or RAINN, issued a statement condemning Donald Trump’s claim that a recorded conversation he had with Billy Bush on Access Hollywood was just “locker room talk.” In the statement, RAINN said the weekend after the tapes were released, the National Sexual Assault Hotline had 33 percent more online sessions than it had the previous weekend.
(10/19/16 4:52am)
Former University Dean Nicole Eramo took the stand Tuesday as the first witness in her $7.85 million defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine, Sabrina Rubin Erdely and Wenner Media, Inc. Erdely was present in court, but is not yet slated to speak before the jury.
(10/18/16 3:00am)
The trial of Former Associate Dean of Students Nicole Eramo’s $7.5 million defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine, Sabrina Rubin Erdely and Wenner Media, Inc. began Monday with jury selection.
(10/17/16 2:56am)
ABC aired an exclusive interview with former Associate Dean Nicole Eramo on Friday, three days before the $7.85 million lawsuit she filed against Rolling Stone magazine, Sabrina Rubin Erdely and Wenner Media, Inc. begins trial.
(10/17/16 1:03am)
After the release of the 2005 Access Hollywood tapes, the National Sexual Assault Hotline saw a 33 percent increase in online sessions.
(10/17/16 1:10am)
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and students in many different organizations across Grounds are working to combat such an extensive problem. This past week, the Maxine Platzer Women’s Center sponsored both the Red Flag Campaign and the Clothesline Project on the South Lawn.
(10/16/16 4:38pm)
Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” opens around a fire. Around the fire sits a group of slaves cloaked in a thick blue light and spectral dust. The elder of the circle exhorts the slaves to follow young Nat Turner, who carried a birthmark deemed auspicious by ancient African tradition.
(10/11/16 8:10pm)
After the release of a controversial video of Donald Trump commenting on women and sexual assault, the University chapter of College Republicans voted to revoke its endorsement of the Republican nominee.
(10/10/16 4:47am)
With less than a month until America goes to the polls to choose the 45th president, uncertainty continues over the candidacy of Republican nominee Donald Trump and the future of the Republican Party — including here at the University.
(10/05/16 12:59am)
After last week’s record-breaking presidential debate, with more than 84 million views, the eyes will now be on the vice presidential candidates. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) will debate Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) in a format that will include nine segments that will be 10 minutes each.
(09/30/16 5:25am)
Former Associate Dean Nicole Eramo’s lawsuit against Rolling Stone, Wenner Media Inc. and Sabrina Rubin Erdely saw new developments as lawyers from both sides filed motions on Sept. 16 to prevent the jury from seeing certain pieces of evidence.
(09/28/16 12:41pm)
As part of the information first-years receive about sexual assault, the John Paul Jones arena jumbotron depicted a harrowing sequence of events, demonstrating the possible roles bystanders can play in preventing a sexual assault. Sitting in the crowd, I had to stop myself from screaming at the bystanders, who simply sat back as a potential sexual assault was plainly occurring right in front of their eyes. Therein lies the fundamental failure of the program put on by the University — the reliance on overworn tropes of sexual assault and an accompanying failure to address the ambiguity which all too often surrounds sexual assault. When sexual assault prevention programs rely on the overworn cliche of the predatory strange man taking advantage of the intoxicated woman, they fail to prepare students for the murky reality of sexual assault on Grounds.
(09/22/16 2:35pm)
A federal judge recently decided University administrator Nicole Eramo, who seeks $7.85 million in defamation charges against Rolling Stone Magazine, is a “limited purpose public figure.” This ruling raises the bar for Eramo’s attorneys, who now have to prove that the Rolling Stone article — which detailed a now-discredited gang rape at Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and painted a negative picture of Eramo in the process — contains “actual malice” instead of merely a negligently published “defamatory falsehood.”
(09/20/16 2:32am)
Last week, College Republicans Events Chair Ali Hiestand defended the process that resulted in her organization voting to endorse Donald Trump. Although I am disappointed with this outcome, I agree it would be unreasonable to overturn the results of this vote simply because the outcome is unsatisfying. I implore my fellow liberals to respect this decision and attempt to understand what circumstances would motivate likely voters to support the Republican presidential nominee this November, though I can understand why some would be disappointed by the latter’s decision to do so. Regardless, while many Trump supporters are justifiably upset over the direction the country is headed, this should not justify supporting an individual who threatens the safety and civil liberties of our fellow citizens.
(09/19/16 2:41am)
Bright blue t-shirts graced the Lawn this past Tuesday as members of Hoos Got Your Back invited students to sign a pledge. This pledge asked students to be bystanders in potential sexual assault scenarios.
(09/16/16 3:30am)
A federal judge issued several rulings in former University Dean Nicole Eramo’s $7.85 million defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone in U.S. District Court Thursday.
