Slate.com 8.30.16 | Nora Caplan-Bricker Brock Turner, the former Stanford swimmer who was sentenced to six months in prison for raping an unconscious woman, is scheduled to be released for good behavior on Friday, after serving half his allotted jail time. There’s a
The Alligator 8.23.16 | Melissa Gomez UF students and faculty are taking action against sexual assault on campus by clarifying one word: consent. UF’s Sexual Trauma/Interpersonal Violence Education, in collaboration with GatorWell, launched a sexual consent health communication campaign Monday, said Rita Lawrence,
New York Daily News 8.22.16 | Toby Salk & Laura Bult The alleged 2011 attack not only left her feeling alone and confused, but she was condemned to seeing her assailant on campus while she struggled to focus on finishing school. Peterson, now
Slate 8.1.16 | Christina Cauterucci In the wake of a recent sexual assault scandal that led to the ouster of its football coach and president, Baylor University is coming under fire for a conduct code that critics say may shame sexual assault victims
Huffington Post 6.24.16 | Lydia O’Connor For many people, reading the Stanford University sexual assault victim’s powerful letter to her assailant was an entry point into the complicated, unjust realities of reporting and punishing sexual assault. While the attention the case — and similar
Huffington Post 2.4.16 | Jess Davidson The Call for Uniform Affirmative Consent Policies on All College Campuses I recently had an unpleasant surprise when a friend asked me, “How was it hooking up with ___________?” Feeling the familiar gut punch at the name
Livescience.com 7.5.16 | Laura Geggel, The recent Stanford sexual assault case is just one of tens of thousands of such assaults that happen every year on American college campuses, which raises the question: What can men and women do to stop rape at
The Atlantic 6.28.16 | Conor Friedersdorf Due to pressure applied by student activists and the Department of Justice, colleges all over the United States are trying to reduce the incidence of sexual assault on campus, or at least trying to avoid bad publicity