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Editor's Note: The article has been updated to accurately describe ways to contact the confidential resources available to survivors of sexual violence.
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Editor's Note: The article has been updated to accurately describe ways to contact the confidential resources available to survivors of sexual violence.
On Tuesday, April 11, I attended the University of Richmond’s annual Take Back the Night event. A recurring theme in the stories of the survivors who were moved to speak was that of virginity.
University of Richmond's annual sexual assault awareness program Take Back the Night has been rescheduled to next Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. because of cold weather, according to an email sent on behalf of Kerry Albright Fankhauser, the interim dean of Westhampton College.
Update: University of Richmond's annual sexual assault awareness program Take Back the Night has been rescheduled to next Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m., due to cold weather, according to an email sent on behalf of Kerry Albright Fankhauser, the interim dean of Westhampton College.
A five minute silence fell over a crowd of more than 200 at Take Back the Night last night before one woman approached the microphone to tell her story, followed by over 15 more.
We live in a culture that is grotesquely focused on "hooking up." Couples rarely date anymore, and the days of nice dinners and chivalry are long gone. Instead it's become widely accepted to consistently have sex with someone, forego the romantic gestures and still consider the relationship mildly legitimate.
More than 200 students sat on the stone ground of the University Forum Tuesday night to share and listen to one another's experiences involving sexual violence.
SAVE, a new organization on campus committed to educating the community about sexual violence, will be hosting Take Back the Night on Tuesday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the University Forum where students, faculty and staff are encouraged to speak out, tell their stories and take back the night.
Take Back The Night, the University of Richmond's annual event to raise awareness for sexual violence, garnered its largest crowd of student supporters and speakers since 2009.
It could not have been a more beautiful night on Monday, April 4, 2011. Around 300 students and faculty gathered in the Forum for Take Back the Night, a place free from sexual assault and abuse where men and women "shatter the silence."
University of Richmond students shared stories about sexual violence during the annual Take Back the Night event held Tuesday night in the Forum.
"I don't want to be scared. And I don't like that I am."
A female student reported being raped on campus on Jan. 12 and is choosing not to press charges, University of Richmond police said.
The student stepped timidly forward to the microphone after the crowd stood silent for about 30 seconds. He held a letter written from a boyfriend to his girlfriend's rapist.