New Title IX Regulations Don’t Protect Sexual Assault Victims On Campus
Elizabeth McCann/Staff Writer Last week, United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced new regulations to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. These…
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FIUPD Can Do More To Make Our Campus Safe
Jocelyn Carrasquillo/Contributing Writer Here I am, a third-year student at FIU, just now learning that, since 2016, FIU has had an increase in reported cases…
11 More Rapes Were Reported On Campus Compared To Last Year
By: Tamica Jean-Charles / Asst. Entertainment Director Eleven more rapes were reported in FIU campuses in 2018 in comparison to 2017, according to FIUPD’s…
FIUPD Releases New Crime Reports, Rape Reports Rise
Gerard Albert III and Tamica Jean-Charles / PantherNOW Staff 17 rapes were reported on FIU property last year according to the University’s 2018 security…
“It’s On Us” to report sexual assault cases
Approximately 23 percent of females and 5.5 percent of males experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence or incapacitation, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.
Fame not an excuse for victim-blaming
Caroline Lozano/ Contributing Writer I’ve always admired Johnny Depp for his acting ability and the films he starred in. Some of his films like “Edward…
Victim Empowerment Program seeks to ‘promote recovery’
Ninety percent of all campus rapes occur when alcohol was used by either the victim or the assailant; most victims, both male and female, are raped by an acquaintance or a romantic partner, not a stranger.
Society needs to confront rape culture’s toxicity
Maytinee Kramer/ Assistant Opinion Director According to a 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, “sexual violence, stalking and intimate partner violence are major…
Women are not objects
Fabienne Fleurantin/ Staff Writer They just wanted to get from point A to point B. If only things were that simple. Grocery shopping should be a…
‘Playing hard to get’ a symptom of rape culture
The idea that a woman who doesn’t pander to a man’s request for attention and his romantic advances is “playing hard to get” is taking away the strength and power of a woman’s “no.”