The report of two rapes, which took place between August and October 2015 and appeared in the Feb. 4 Public Safety Log, has brought increased attention to Ithaca College’s policies for victims of sexual assault and harassment.
The number of reported rape cases and drug abuse violations increased from 2013 to 2014, while reported liquor law violations decreased,
according to the 2015 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report released by the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management on
Oct. 1.
All too often, sexual assault takes place when it could be stopped if a friend or bystander knew how to stop it.
The Advocacy Center of Tompkins County and the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management are collaborating to bring the national sexual assault–prevention program “Bringing in the Bystander” back to Ithaca College this semester with peer education–based training, beginning next week.
Rape and sexual assault are campus issues that affect students. We demand to be part of these conversations and these decisions.
It was problematic that very few community leaders were present at Take Back the Night.
On an unseasonably cold April night, more than 50 Ithaca College students participated in a march from the college into downtown Ithaca to take part in Ithaca Take Back the Night 2015.
Trigger Warning: Discussion of Campus Sexual Assault
When I was at NYFLC, I attended a panel on campus sexual assault, Title IX, and activism around the issue.
Over 300 students from more than 50 student organizations at Syracuse University have joined together to protest a range of administrative actions.
At Ithaca College and across the country, sexual assault is a constant topic of conversation.
New federal regulations call for colleges to increase their transparency on campus crimes, saying they are protecting student privacy.
Sexual violence is an ongoing issue on college campuses nationwide, as well as in other institutions on a global scale.
