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Rape education is often geared toward, and...
Have you been thinking about sitting down to watch 365 Days? My advice: don’t.
The Polish film, released on Netflix earlier this summer, has become a viral sensation. It’s not difficult to see exactly how 365 Days has managed to stand out so significantly from other ‘romance’ movies on the streaming...
The actions following the insensitive tip jars at Clark Hall were reasonable and quick — it’s just disappointing that these actions were needed in the first place.
During Friday Ritual at Clark Hall on Nov. 11, two tip jars were set up at the bar. One was labeled “grabbing her by the pussy” while...
It’s easy to publicly condemn something once you’ve been caught doing it — but uOttawa’s Science Students’ Association (SSA) shouldn’t have needed such a public wakeup call.
An editor of the University of Ottawa’s French student newspaper, Yasmine Mehdi, recently reported details about an invitation-only...
The Sunday after Homecoming, a video surfaced on YouTube and various Queen’s Facebook groups entitled “Drunk Times with College Girls: Queen’s Homecoming”, featuring a male in his twenties interviewing intoxicated students, particularly women.
Questions included “do you have sex on the first date”...
With a few glowing lines on a reference letter, a York professor lent strength to one of the most harmful attitudes faced by survivors of sexual assault.
Political science professor Stephan Newman drafted a character reference for recently convicted rapist Mustafa Ururyar’s sentencing, which describes...
Margaret Wente’s recent column about alcohol and sexual assault had its reasonable moments, but unfortunately, these were overshadowed by the column’s many flaws.
Wente argues that the easiest way to attack rape culture on university campuses is to address what she calls “booze culture” and, in particular,...