U.S. Department of Education bolsters rights of accused with new, final Title IX guidelines
Ella Lee and Emma Oxnevad
May 7, 2020
After over two years and much speculation, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Wednesday new — and final — regulations on sexual misconduct in education. The changes, made to the Education Amendments of 1972’s Title IX, will go into effect in August. Title IX is a federal civil rights law th...
How DePaul’s Title IX office plays into new lawsuit against university
Ella Lee and Emma Oxnevad
April 16, 2020
A lawsuit was filed against DePaul University on Thursday alleging that former DePaul softball coach Eugene Lenti was verbally and physically abusive to players and assistant coaches. But the accusations went beyond that of one person’s actions. Jenny Conviser — a sports psychologist who couns...
Take Back the Night extends support to sexual violence survivors, highlights institutional shortcomings
April 22, 2019
Technicolored shirts displaying personal narratives and messages of support for survivors of sexual assault covered the Schmitt Academic Center as a part of the Clothesline Project, just one component of DePaul’s Take Back the Night. Charlotte Byrd, one of the event’s organizers and member of Students for Reprodu...
Joy is Coming: Take Back the Night gives platform to survivors of sexual violence
Yazmin Dominguez, Online Editor
April 30, 2018
On Wednesday evening, in room 302 of the Arts and Letters Hall, an intimate moment was taking place. Sitting in a circle gathered around bunches of white flowers, a heart shaped stone with the word “healing” engraved on its face and a glass figurine of a pink swan, fellow graduate students Fabiola Rosiles ...
Highest number of sexual assaults reported
Rachel Hinton
October 10, 2016
Sexual assault on DePaul’s campus has been a topic of conversation in the past, and that trend will continue this year despite initiatives by the school focusing on sexual and relationship violence prevention. In the 2016 Safety and Security Information Report and Fire Safety Report, which prov...
DePaul, other universities make strides, still struggle to fight sexual assault
April 26, 2015
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n an unseasonably warm evening in mid-April, about 20 students — a few alumni as well — met in a lecture hall in McGowan South. They weren’t there for a chemistry lecture, but instead for a lesson on consent, why the phrase “Consent is Sexy” is “problematic,” what the “pizza model” of consent is, and ...
Joe Biden on campus sexual assault: ‘No means no and no exceptions’
April 23, 2015
URBANA, Ill. – Vice President Joe Biden visited the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus Thursday to applaud the efforts of the university’s “It’s On Us” campaign. Read More »...
Letter to the Editor: What individual citizens can do to combat campus sexual assault
Megan Greeson
October 7, 2014
Educate yourself about the dynamics of sexual assault Hold you and your peers accountable Know how to respond to a friend Continue working with the university response to these issue Don’t rape people In last week’s DePaulia, students raised issues surrounding how the DePaul community is dea...
