Erfan Vaezpour, Science and Environment Writer
• December 12, 2024
Sexual violence transcends geographic, cultural and institutional boundaries and its impact is deeply felt within the Whitman community. To address this issue, Whitman relies heavily on the student-led...
Kaitlyn Salazar, Science and Environment Editor
• December 12, 2024
Photo by Chloe Collins
Passed in 1972, Title IX formally prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex within institutions that receive federal funding. Title IX has been incredibly successful at increasing...
On Sept. 16 in Cordiner Hall, a speaker with SHIFT consulting delivered an hour-long consent and sexual health training for this year’s incoming students. The event comes just weeks after Whitman’s...
September 1, 2024 – Student leaders for Sexual Violence Prevention (SVP), accused Whitman’s administration of abandoning their work towards a safe campus. What was billed as a two-hour consent...
Whitman College has joined the two-year program Culture of Respect, a National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) initiative that brings together colleges nationwide to end sexual...
Amelia Leach, Campus Life Reporter
• February 16, 2023
On Feb. 4, Sexual Violence Prevention (SVP) leadership members, representatives from Whitman Greek Life organizations (excluding Phi Delta Theta and Tau Kappa Epsilon) and Residence Life participated in...
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,...
Green Dot was not perfect, but the consent education-sized hole left in the wake of its removal is yet to be filled.
Consent and bystander intervention used to be much more common words in the...
Sophomore Paris Fox and senior Jack Anderson will fill the two vacant seats in the Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) senate. Last week a special election was held to determine who would become...
