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...mail, which was first sent by the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response to Sexual Assault (OSAPR) and Sexual Harassment (SASH) tutors, said the Office knows of two students who sought medical treatment after becoming sick at parties and received toxicology test results indicating the presence of Rohypnol or a related drug in their blood streams...
...talk with Harvard students every week who think/believe they have been drugged, but very few ever seek medical attention and even fewer actually get tested for these substances,” OSAPR Director Susan B. Marine wrote in an e-mail. “I am thankful that these students and their friends took the situation seriously, sought medical help, and were tested. This is the only way we have to know for sure if these substances are being used, intentionally or otherwise, at social events attended by Harvard students...
...have to say, though, I was rather surprised to read in the sidebar accompanying the article that, according to The Crimson, OSAPR came about as a result of one short year of student activism...
...short-sighted and misleading to imply that the OSAPR came from only one year’s labor. Even before 1998, students, faculty and community members committed endless hours to build the foundations for the progress we’ve made. The Crimson’s timeline obscures the hard work and dedication of all those who pushed for changes to Harvard’s policies before May 2002, and makes invisible the amazing amount of bureaucratic red tape and institutional obstacles they encountered...
...mandate). Still, CASAH’s very existence was a big step forward for the University. Institutional change doesn’t come easily, and it certainly does not come quickly or without a fight. In describing the “foundations” of the OSAPR, let’s start at the very beginning. It’s a very good place to start...