Dr. Cathy Akens, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students opinion@fiusm.com FIU’s “It’s on Us” Campaign is not just a banner, a t-shirt, a flyer or an online pledge. The campaign reflects our commitment to engage in efforts to raise awareness about campus sexual assaults. Addressing the issue of sexual assaults […]
Image by Eduardo Merille via Flickr Marilyn Figueroa | Contributing Writer opinion@fiusm.com “It’s on Us” hangs on a banner between Blue Garage and Gold Garage, on shirts and flyers throughout campus, and has initiated numerous sexual assault awareness events at our university. Just one day after the Slut Walk was held here at FIU, […]
Lauren Bana/Contributing Writer Some of us might have heard about the Steubenville, Ohio rape cases involving two of the local high school’s star football players, Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond. There have been numerous accounts where newscasts have portrayed these underage rapists as the victims of bad timing, and personally, I am completely enraged […]
