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Umaine Needs Rape Kits: Improving Sexual Assault Resources On Campus, Emma Vannorsdall
Umaine Needs Rape Kits: Improving Sexual Assault Resources On Campus, Emma Vannorsdall
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
One in four undergraduate women are sexually assaulted in college. While perpetrators rarely serve prison time, victims are left with emotional and physical trauma. Only 20-percent of women aged 18-24 report sexual assault to law enforcement. As highlighted by the Association for American Universities, many women do not report cases because they do not think it’s serious enough, they feel ashamed or they think they can take care of it on their own. The unfortunate reality is that there is not a sufficient support system for sexual assault victims, and we need to streamline the process for helping victims seek …
Sexual Assault Awareness Writing Showcase, Lgbtq Services, Office Of Sexual Assault & Violence Prevention
Sexual Assault Awareness Writing Showcase, Lgbtq Services, Office Of Sexual Assault & Violence Prevention
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Poster promoting the Sexual Assault Awareness Writing Showcase in 2017.
No Easy Answers, Liz Cash
No Easy Answers, Liz Cash
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Searching for a method to effectively punish sex crime offenders, at least three judges have recently ordered convicted rapists and child molesters to take a drug that causes chemical castration in lieu of regular prison sentences.
Rapes Seldom Reported, Suzanna Mitchell, Ron Gabriel
Rapes Seldom Reported, Suzanna Mitchell, Ron Gabriel
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Statistics from the Rape Crisis Center in Bangor suggest that for every rape reported at UMO each year, 10 others have probably occurred, said UMO's assistant director of police services William Prosser. The Rape Crisis Center bases unreported rape figures "on calls [it] gets for assistance compared to the number of police reports generated due to rape," Prosser said.
Name Disclosure Destroys Reputation, Lindsey Durnbaugh
Name Disclosure Destroys Reputation, Lindsey Durnbaugh
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Last year we voted to pay a communications fee to support WMEB and the Maine Campus. I assume, perhaps mistakenly, that this is part of the reason there are more articles, more comics, and more national news items in the Maine Campus than there were last year. There is one thing, however, which far outweighs any of the services the Maine Campus may provide. This is the fact that the Campus effectively destroyed the reputation of one of the students here, a friend of everyone who knows him.
Names Aren't Real News, Virginia Wallace-Whitaker
Names Aren't Real News, Virginia Wallace-Whitaker
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
I would like to comment on the recent coverage of reported rape at UMO…"Names make the news" is an old, old concept—almost as old as "she must have been asking for it."
Superior Court Dismisses Rape Case, Nancy Kaplan
Superior Court Dismisses Rape Case, Nancy Kaplan
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The Penobscot County Superior Court Monday dismissed a charge of rape against a UMO student when a grand jury established there is insufficient cause to prosecute the case.
Sympathize For Both, Paul Pickering
Sympathize For Both, Paul Pickering
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Rape is an ugly concept. Yet day after day I see articles in the Maine Campus of which the topic is none other than rape. I don't mean to discount the importance of addressing such an issue, but why can't we let the two involved in that unfortunate episode deal with the consequences by themselves?
Accused By Origin, Barney Berube
Accused By Origin, Barney Berube
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The subject of rape for the lead story in the Maine Campus makes for titillating talk and gossip. That seems universal. Why shouldn't the Maine Campus cash in on this human frailty? Other papers indulge in this kind of reportage gratuitously. That's only one of the curiously sad aspects of the Maine Campus indulgences.
Gannett Hall Resident Charged With Rape, Mike Harman
Gannett Hall Resident Charged With Rape, Mike Harman
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A 20-year-old Gannett Hall resident was arrested in his room Tuesday on a charge of Class A rape by UMO police.
Rape At Umo: A Shattered Victim Describes Her Experience, Michael Harman
Rape At Umo: A Shattered Victim Describes Her Experience, Michael Harman
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Kathy is a petite 22-year-old senior this year, a popular woman who is doing well academically and has enjoyed most of her life at UMO. She lived in the dormitories for two years before moving off campus. But Kathy hasn't had the typical college career. In April of 1981, her sophomore year, she had an experience most women don't even joke about. She was raped in her dorm room.