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...yestersday’s column “Violence and Valentine’s,” Stephen E. Sachs ’02 raises some important issues but ultimately misses the point of V-day and the Coalition Against Sexual Violence (CASV) poster campaign. To be fair, Sachs is correct about many things in his column. First, he is right to suggest that awareness about sexual assault should not be limited to Valentine’s Day. The reason Valentine’s Day is “uniquely suited” for remembering sexual assault is precisely because...
Sachs is also correct that as part of the fight against rape and sexual assault we need to find “real solutions.” CASV advocates changing both Harvard’s sexual assault policy and laws in nations around the world. However, the purpose of our V-day campaign was not to highlight those efforts, but to raise awareness about the prevalence of sexual assault, both on Harvard’s campus and around the world. We also hoped to show that many victims never report their assaults to the police, that many more people...
...applaud individuals like Sachs who already practice this mindset of respect and speak out against individuals who commit these actions. But until every individual adopts this mindset, rape will still exist in society, no matter what the laws say. And as long as people continue to commit sexual assault, CASV will continue its fight to raise awareness about sexual violence—in the hopes that some day, our work will finally be complete...
...CASV, along with several students and student groups, also feels that changes in resources are important in order to create a “community of support.” CASV’s highest priority is to establish a trained “impartial advocate” as a centralized name to call directly after an incident of sexual violence. This impartial advocate would inform the victim of her options, explain the Ad Board procedure, suggest other campus resources and provide counseling. Currently, CASV argues, Harvard provides several resources for students looking for guidance on issues of sexual violence...
...CASV also calls for reforms in the way in which cases of sexual violence move through the Ad Board. The current procedure, according to Levit-Shore, is somewhat inefficient and overly difficult. A major conflict of interests arises when a victim’s senior tutor or dean is involved in the process. “It’s not fair that academics and this very personal situation crash into one another. Someone who will write letters of recommendation for you later in life shouldn’t be so closely involved in a situation like this...