On the weekend of April 27-28, 111 white and 23 red flags waved in the wind on a freshly mown portion of the Quad in front of the Yates-Gill College Union. The flags were a visual representation of the statistical amount of victims of sexual assault on William Jewell College’s…
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Opinion: How to handle the Virginia scandals
Over the course of the last month, the commonwealth of Virginia has been wracked by a series of scandals among their elected officials. As the situation currently stands, all three statewide officials – governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general – all members of the Democratic Party, are embroiled in scandal.…
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Opinion: Sports and sexual assault: a problem
Sexual assault is treated as a taboo in our society and is pushed aside even more when it involves people of influence. One group that benefits from this is college athletes. In order to protect the institution’s name and keep the athlete in the game victims are often silenced and…
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Jewell raises awareness with a sexual assault awareness month
April is sexual assault awareness month (SAAM). The Title IX Office and the Office of Counseling Services at William Jewell College are working to raise awareness and host programming during this month. Every Friday this month, members from the two offices have hosted a table in the Yates-Gill Union during…
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Weinstein Accusations Unveil a Disturbing Pattern of Institutionalized Sexual Abuse
On Oct. 5, the New York Times published an investigatory article by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey that revealed accusations of sexual assault, harassment and rape perpetrated by world-renowned film producer Harvey Weinstein. Upon its release, several more women came forward to detail their own experiences with Weinstein, including such…
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Trump’s Words May Bury Him Before His Sexual Misconduct Does
An alleged victim of Donald Trump’s sexual misconduct has built a strong case in a lawsuit against him, but it’s not for sexual assault. Summer Zervos has claimed the president sexually assaulted her multiple times in the past. Since then, she has sued Trump not for those actions, but for…
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Donald Trump accused of multiple sexual assaults
In the midst of numerous campaign controversies surrounding both Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, the “Washington Post” released a video detailing Trump’s views on women. The conversation, recorded in 2005, includes Trump calling his attraction to beautiful women “a magnet” and saying that he “just starts…
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Sexual Assault Awareness at William Jewell
On April 1, 2001, the United States first established the month of April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), a program that many schools, including William Jewell College, have adopted into their schedules. While it was set up in the midst of feminist protests meant to “Take Back the Night”…
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An in-depth look at sexual assault at Jewell in light of recent allegations
On May 3, a former student, identified only by her initials, A.P., filed a lawsuit against William Jewell College regarding a sexual assault that occurred during Homecoming week of 2017. In the suit, A.P. claims that she was sexually assaulted and raped by a fellow Jewell student identified only as…
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