Editor’s Note: This editorial was written by Maggie Degnan, with contributions from other editorial board members.
Every year, the University of Wisconsin Police Department releases its Annual Security...
University of Wisconsin recently took steps to improve the ability of survivors of sexual assault to access an appointment with a forensic nurse on campus. But, the work to strive for a campus climate...
Editor’s note: One of the panelists, Alice Vagun, is the editor-in-chief for The Badger Herald. Her views are strictly her own and do not represent the Herald.
A panel of student leaders agreed...
On Thursday, protesters gathered for the "Take Back the Night" march to the Capitol in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Take Back the Night is an international movement aimed at raising awareness...
In America, one in five women and one in 51 men will be raped during their lifetime. This compares with the 44 percent of women and 23 percent of men who have already experienced sexual assault. Out of...
As part of a series of events during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Promoting Awareness and Victim Empowerment welcomed their keynote speaker, feminist writer, Kamillah Willingham to address rape culture...
As a society in general, it seems as though we often look to high-profile, public figures for guidance. These people have the power to make waves that reverberate through our culture and have undeniably...
I recently read in the news that Liberty University has hired Ian McCaw as its new athletic director. I vaguely recognized the name, so I did some further research. It didn’t take me long to remember...
There are a lot of issues the University of Wisconsin campus community has been able to ignore. Up until mid-October, sexual assault was one of them.
Since news of 20-year-old UW student Alec Cook’s...
At some point in her life, nearly every woman you know has been told by a man who is either a stranger or relatively distant acquaintance to “just smile.”
Female celebrities are scrutinized for...
The recent University of Wisconsin crime warning issued Thursday didn’t surprise me. It didn’t surprise a lot of people, I’d imagine.
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Reports...
There are many heartbreaking, infuriating and otherwise deeply upsetting aspects about the case of the recently convicted rapist Brock Turner. Among them is the fact that he and those close to him have...
