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...office has material and symbolic importance because Harvard is committing resources, paying three staff members and giving it physical space,” said Alexandra Neuhaus-Follini ’04-’06, a member of the Coalition Against Sexual Violence (CASV). “Hopefully it will really translate into people having better experiences, and be part of a larger cultural shift...
...members of the Coalition Against Sexual Violence (CASV), we are encouraged that OCR’s investigation pushed Harvard to backtrack from and clarify its policy. We hope that Harvard’s successive revisions from requiring “sufficient independent corroboration” to “corroborating information” to “supporting information” represent more than semantic attempts at appeasement. Harvard’s note on the Ad Board’s website that “supporting information” can be nearly anything, including evidence of having told just...
Traditionally, institutions like universities are slow to change, particularly when the change required is one of culture, not just rules. Harvard must work to create an environment where sexual violence is absolutely unacceptable and survivors feel confident in the justness of the system that will be hearing their cases. CASV has strenuously pursued this goal for the five years since its founding, and we will continue to press for change until we are confident that Harvard is dedicated to maintaining the safety of all its students...
Alisha C. Johnson ’04 is a sociology concentrator in Cabot House. She is a board member of CASV. Alexandra Neuhaus-Follini ’04 is a biochemical sciences concentrator in Mather House. A past board member of CASV, she is currently on leave...
...University hasn’t yielded. Still, CASV and other student advocacy groups plan to continue their media strategy. As Johnson says, "Harvard has this pattern of not working to change things until it gets to the media and they get bad press coverage...