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The rally, says RUS Secretary Annabella C. Pitkin '90, was a strong way to quiet the community fears. Pitkin, who co-founded the Women's Alliance, an umbrella organization that addresses gender issues on campus, says today that the rally's purpose was three-fold: to demonstrate solidarity with the...
"[We wanted to] say, "This space is ours and we have a right to be safe here,'" Pitkin says.
Holly R. Zellweger '90, co-president of RUS, says she thought the rape was such a strong rallying point because it took place in the middle of the day, and was so well-publicized.
"It was very obvious that the woman wasn't quote, 'asking for it,' and the man had a criminal record, and the wasn't a Harvard student--he was an outsider," Zellweger says.
And Lucy H. Deakins '92, a Radcliffe undergraduate who says she was particularly affected by the rape, remembers hearing the news and being "shocked" and "horrified." She says she thinks the rally played an important role in making women feel they could be safe in their community.