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Scott Rheinheimer, coordinator for University LGBTQ student services, said such legislation is based on false conceptions of the transgender community. “There is really no evidence around any type of aggression or sexual violence by a trans person in a bathroom,” he said. “There’ve been times when a trans person has been attacked and sexually assaulted, but a trans person [is almost never] the perpetrator.”
This past summer, the University significantly changed its summer orientation schedule, incorporating programs focused on safety and community values. While the University has taken on an admirable amount of initiatives to address issues facing our community with incoming students, it should consider emphasizing sex education and healthy sexual practices as well.
Jesse Matthew was given three life sentences by a Fairfax judge for an attempted sexual assault on a Fairfax woman in 2005.
An ex-girlfriend of Jesse Matthew wrote a letter to a Fairfax judge alleging that Matthew was subject to repeated childhood sexual abuse. The letter was made public Tuesday.
Charlottesville resident Jesse Matthew, charged with the murder of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington and University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, appeared Wednesday before the Albemarle County Circuit Court. Gil Harrington commented on the release of a letter claiming Matthew was sexually assaulted as a child.
Now that we are at the end of September, public schools are in full swing. Children all over the United States are attending classes to learn lessons that will hopefully prepare them to eventually enter universities and the workforce, and to become responsible and well-informed citizens. Unfortunately, one of these lessons seems to be that girls’ bodies are tempting by nature, and that, as a result, objectifying and harassing them is predictable, and possibly unavoidable. This perspective comes as a result of dress codes and the ways in which they are enforced.
3: The University’s rank on U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of public universities.
The nation's top public and private universities are once again under public scrutiny for being home to rampant alleged sexual misdeeds, thanks to survey results released Monday by the Association of American Universities. The study, which considered students at 27 universities, including U.Va., found that over 20 percent of female undergraduates at those schools said they had been victims of sexual assault.
Student Council recently discussed the possibility of making Grounds smoke-free. To do so would be a massive infringement on personal rights and liberties.
Last week the Marine Corps published a study reporting that all-male ground combat units outperformed units that included females. Teams in the study were either all-male or gender-integrated. All teams were given a series of tasks (134 in total), and researchers found the all-male teams did better in 69 percent of tasks, while the groups including females did better on only two of the tasks.
Student groups are moving to respond to the Monday release of a campus climate survey on sexual assault and the Office for Civil Rights' review on the University's Title IX compliance.
The way the University’s cases of sexual assault has been handled in the media — namely Rolling Stone’s A Rape on Campus article — may contribute to students’ skepticism towards University administration, SVPC said in their statement.
Yesterday, the Association of American Universities, in cooperation with the University, released the results of a campus climate survey on sexual misconduct. Additionally, the Office for Civil Rights released the findings of its four-year compliance investigation of the University, finding that the University was not compliant with Title IX regulations during the 2011-12 year.
Lady Gaga released a music video directed by Catherine Hardwicke for her new single “Til It Happens To You,” co-written by the lady herself and Diane Warren. The song was produced for the documentary “The Hunting Ground,” which focuses on sexual assault on college campuses. The video is nothing like the usual avant-garde, hyper stylized Lady Gaga music video. Nonetheless, Gaga channels her usual shock-value through the heinous images and subject material in the video itself.
The Office for Civil Rights has found that new University policies regarding sexual assault are in compliance with Title IX requirements after a four year compliance investigation.
The results of a campus climate survey released Monday on sexual misconduct at the University of Virginia shows nearly one in four undergraduate women has experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct since enrolling, and that more than two-thirds of University students do not believe the University would take action against an offender if an assault were reported.
In July, members of Congress introduced the Safe Campus Act, which aims to provide students with due process protections and bring campus sexual misconduct boards up to par with the criminal justice system. Among other changes, the act would require survivors to report their assaults to the police in addition to their universities; if a survivor does not wish to involve law enforcement, her school cannot pursue disciplinary action against the accused.
The popular CBS program “48 Hours” released on Wednesday the third of five podcasts recounting the disappearance and murder of late University student Hannah Graham in September 2014.
The Center for Global Health and Sustained Dialogue addressed issues of women’s health and safety at the University Tuesday at a discussion titled “A Provocative Dialogue on Women’s Health: College and Beyond.”
Student Council heard a proposal for a new CIO at their Tuesday meeting.