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Reading between the lines: Why administrative jargon is failing us

From the embarrassingly marketing-laden websites to the contrived allusions to a commitment to diversity, the expectation that we students should treat the administration as an external, distant entity is very quickly and clearly communicated to us freshmen. Is it any wonder that we treat brochures as punchlines? 

| Contributing Writer

The fight for visibility: Legacy Wall celebrates LGBTQIA* history on campus

The Legacy Wall, a travelling installation created by The Legacy Project (TLP), stopped in Hillman Hall Oct. 1, giving Washington University students the opportunity to visualize and learn about the past and present of the LGBTQIA* community. TLP is a national foundation dedicated to preserving and celebrating LGBTQIA* culture and history. The wall accompanies a permanent installation at an outdoor museum in the Boystown neighborhood in Chicago, IL.

Marc Ridgell | Contributing Reporter

‘Sex in the Dark’ educates students on practicing safe sex

Peer Health Educators held a conversation on safe sex for undergraduate students during their Sex in the Dark event in Ursa’s Fireside Sept. 26.

Noah Slaughter | Staff Reporter

Here’s an idea: Let’s talk to each other

On Tuesday, Washington University released the much-anticipated report responding to recommendations made by organizers of the Title Mine rally, a call to action demanding reform to the Title IX reporting process for sexual violence. While reading the University’s report, I felt that the school is moving in the right direction and working to equip the Title IX Office with the resources to improve the process for everyone involved.

Megha Uberoi | Contributing Writer

Op-ed: A reminder

Content warning: This article contains sensitive language regarding sexual assault and alcohol. This afternoon we will gather as a community to demand an important change from our administration. Title Mine’s […]

Julia Zigman | Class of 2019

Op-ed: The process is not ideal, an open letter to Jessica Kennedy

I am writing to you today not as a member of Leaders in Interpersonal Violence Education (LIVE), nor as a facilitator for the Date, but as a student who has been consistently disappointed with Washington University’s response to sexual assault accusations

Thomas Van Horn | Class of 2018

Op-ed: The key to a culture of consent

Each August, Washington University welcomes approximately 1,700 students onto their campus for the next four years of their lives.

Sarah Perlin | Class of 2020

‘The Date’ generates valuable thought, discourse

This year’s Bear Beginnings, or freshman orientation, was loaded with programming to help first-year students like me adapt to college life. One feature definitely spoke to me the most—a skit called “The Date,” which educates students about rape and sexual assault.

Gavin Rackoff | Contributing Writer

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