The Title IX framework does not suit the needs of all survivors. There need to be more ways to access sexual violence support at Whitman that don’t involve Title IX.
This might sound surprising,...
CW: Sexual, physical, racial, ableist and gender-based violence.
Approximately one in five women in the United States experience sexual assault at some point in their lives. Although, this number...
The Student Life Committee conducted an external review of Greek Life at Whitman from Feb. 10-11, following through on pre-pandemic plans to bring reviewers to Whitman in the spring of 2020.
The...
CONTENT WARNING: This article contains a detailed discussion of rape and sexual assault.
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Malia Lewis, Whitman’s Sexual Assault Victims Advocate (not a mandatory...
On Sept. 30, 2021, Whitman College released its Annual Security Report detailing several different statics on rape, forced fondling, homicide and hate crimes that have happened on campus or in the vicinity...
Content Warning: This article describes sexual assault in detail.
According to the Whitman Security Report, there have been zero instances of rape on campus since 2018. That is a blatant lie; I was...
On Feb. 24, 2020, Harvey Weinstein became a convicted rapist in what is undoubtedly an important milestone for the #MeToo movement. Weinstein was convicted of a criminal sex act and rape, but acquitted...
In the haze of the impeachment trials and never-ending onslaught of criminal accusations, I think it can sometimes slip our minds that our president is a rapist. Despite the rise of the #MeToo movement,...
Not many people have heard about the atrocities against women that have been going on for decades in India. If they have, they do not seem to care. This disregard is partially because feminist media continues...
Hailey Powers, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Campus Advocate
• March 1, 2018
A few weeks ago, there was a Whitman Wire article in which I responded to questions about campus sexual assault statistics.
While the article didn’t include the full context of the conversation,...
Aziz Ansari has faced a lot of criticism regarding his alleged sexual misconduct, and new reports from the night of the event that have sparked a lot of conversation in the media about the extent to which...
While many of Whitman's varsity sports teams continue to see outstanding success on the field, concerning off-field behavior has been brought to light as the school continues to see high rates of sexual...
