Sexual Assault is something that happens much too often on college campuses. Too many people close to us have been sexually assaulted while in a learning environment. Openly talking about this major issue and bringing awareness to it is the least the media should do. Staying silent on something so violating brushes it under the […]
Jesse Fraga / News Director FIU Police arrested a Miami FC soccer player on Tuesday, Sept. 28 for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at the Modesto Maidique Campus (MMC), according to an FIUPD crime report. A custodian rescued her, police say. Jahshaun Anglin, 20, was charged with a felony on the account of sexual battery […]
Damielys Duarte/Assistant Opinion Director Joel Franco was a common name on South Florida social media feeds just a few weeks ago for his popular approach to tweeting local news. Today, he is on them for all the wrong reasons. Rape allegations against Franco arose after his arrest on May 31. Franco had been arrested during […]
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 new changes will affect how colleges and K-12 schools handle sexual assault allegations, investigations and cases. However, there are too many stipulations in the proposal that excuse universities of the […]
Asim Nabi/Contributing Writer Despite efforts to improve rider safety, students should be concerned after Uber released their first sexual assault report this year. Popular ride-sharing app Uber, amidst growing safety concerns, released an astonishing and anticipated 84-page safety report on counts of sexual assault and rape. An unimaginable 5,981 reports of sexual assault (includes 464 […]
Damielys Duarte/Staff Writer After the recent robbery in Parking Garage 6, the issue of safety is at an all time high at FIU. This is in addition to the rise of sexual assault incidents being reported on campus this year. Now more than ever, the FIU Police Department and the University as a whole has […]
Between 2017 and 2018, the number of reported rape cases on the Modesto Maidique Campus have increased by 11, according to the University’s 2018 Security and Fire Report. While the data doesn’t show whether these reports were confirmed, it suggests that programs such as the Victim Empowerment Program and the It’s On Us campaign are […]
Brea Jones/ Staff Writer Societies’ lack of care and empathy for victims of sexual assault not only shocks me, but also disgusts me. Case after case it is proven that the judges and the lawmakers have chosen a side, and they would rather not be on the side of the victim. Jacob Walter Anderson was […]
By Kristen Torres On Tuesday, April 10, several organizations came together to host a HeForShe event to discuss sexism and gender discrimination and how to address it. UN Women at FIU joined with Change Is Ours and Poderosa Is Her Power to create this #CountOnMe event. In this event, FIU students were encouraged to discuss […]
By Lanna Exilus We’ve all heard the saying, “don’t judge me til you’ve walked a mile in my shoes or lived a day in my life.” The Interfraternity Council of FIU conducted their “Walk A Mile In Their Shoes” event on April 11 to support sexual assault awareness month. Described as a men’s march against sexual […]
