Photo courtesy of PepperdineThe University has responded to the increased reports of sexual misconduct on campus, connecting the increase to the national conversation around the #MeToo movement and education efforts on campus.During the spring semester, there have been seven reported sexual misconduct incidents, including "forcible rape, including date rape and sexual battery" … [Read more...] about University Discusses Increased Sexual Crime Reports
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After the Investigation: A Look at Sexual Assault and Title IX
Written by Cassandra Stephenson Jane Doe is a student who said she feels like she fell through the cracks in the system. An older student who was supposed to be acting as her mentor sexually assaulted her at a Pepperdine orientation event for a graduate campus program. She was part of a group of incoming students mingling with second-year mentors at a bar when he pulled … [Read more...] about After the Investigation: A Look at Sexual Assault and Title IX
Staff Editorial: Continue the Conversation about Sexual Assault
Art by Sybil ZhangIn early October, The New York Times broke the story of Hollywood powerhouse Harvey Weinstein's alleged decades of sexual assault against multiple women of Hollywood, including A-list celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie. The Hollywood heroines who spoke about Weinstein’s advances all had one thing in common: They feared Weinstein's … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Continue the Conversation about Sexual Assault
End Sexual Harassment Permanently
Art by Sybil ZhangEarlier this month, The New York Times and the New Yorker both released in-depth reports detailing the long history of sexual assault and harassment perpetrated by one man: Harvey Weinstein. Since then the floodgates, which apparently were held shut until now by a thin veil of willful ignorance and millions of dollars in hush money, have burst wide open. … [Read more...] about End Sexual Harassment Permanently
DPS Reports Sexual Misconduct
Graphic by Cassandra Stephenson Two of three DPS reports of sex crimes on the Malibu campus in the past two weeks are no longer classified as sexual battery. The reports were originally posted on the Pepperdine Department of Public Safety’s Campus Crime and Fire Log and appeared in the Oct. 27 print edition of the Graphic. Pepperdine is “required to provide a timely … [Read more...] about DPS Reports Sexual Misconduct