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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.
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?
"There She Is:" A Change For The Worse, Tom St. Amand
"There She Is:" A Change For The Worse, Tom St. Amand
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
I suppose change in our culture is a must, else social critics soon would label ours a stagnant society. Ideals will change, attitudes should change and people change to adequately approach the problems and events of the future. Until Saturday the argument for change had my full support. My advocacy ebbed that weekend evening when I watched 45 minutes of the 57th Miss America Pageant and witnessed unimagined change.
Feminist Poet Kicks Off Lecture Series, Chris Bradley
Feminist Poet Kicks Off Lecture Series, Chris Bradley
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The Distinguished Lecture Series began the year Tuesday night when 330 packed into 101 English/Math to hear feminist poet Adrienne Rich.
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.
The Price Of Promiscuity?, Bob Danielson
The Price Of Promiscuity?, Bob Danielson
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Rolling Stone called it "Sexual Cancer, America's deadliest epidemic." The New York Times Magazine said it is as relentless as leukemia and as contagious as hepatitis. And Science 83 called it a killer. The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta calls it AIDS: Acquired Immunity Deficiency Syndrome...which breaks down the body's immune system, leaving it open to a rash of rare and merciless diseases.
Beer Is The Answer, Thomas Spofford
Beer Is The Answer, Thomas Spofford
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The article in Tuesday's Campus, "Stein Club's Banning Stirs Controversy," contained some classic lines from one Greg Stone.
Stein Club's Banning Stirs Controversy, Tom St. Amand
Stein Club's Banning Stirs Controversy, Tom St. Amand
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A decision by Director of York Complex Greg Stone forbidding gay dances in the Ram's Horn resulted Monday in a meeting of the Wilde Stein officers, Director of Residential Life Ross Moriarty, and Vice President for Student Affairs Thomas Aceto.