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Gartner, who deserves much of the credit for inculcating the sense of community that has made "Rad-Rugby" so special over the years, recently announced her resignation. Gartner has guided Radcliffe teams for 11 years...
Among other items on the list were improvementof Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment (SASH)advising, including mandatory training andguidelines; mandatory workshops for first-yearsabout sexual violence, increase of Rape AggressionDefense (RAD) courses, commitment to academicstudy of sexual violence especially through thewomen's studies department and the addition ofquestions about sexual violence to first-year andsenior year surveys...
...RAD course brought about 20 female undergraduates out from the depths of Quincy to bone up on our awareness and self-defense. Over the 12 hours we spent together, I listened as we laughed our way through demonstrations that were teaching us how to throw off attempted rapists--because, really, what else can you do with a subject all too real and close? I watched as women whom you couldn't picture harming a kitten giggled nervously, fidgeted in their dress shoes, talked themselves down--and then proceeded to kick ass again and again, loving it all the while...
...hardly surprising that all of us loved the RAD class. It was suddenly, joyously appropriate--no, expected--for us to throw our weight, stretch our vocal cords around "NO," assert our physical presence against large men in Darth Vader-esque uniforms. We didn't even want them to let us win; one woman made sure to ask that they not let her get away so easily again. I personally wished for another round...
...point we turn over and over, finding no simple answers. Having experienced RAD, however, I cannot help but feel that I have done myself a service by taking this class. At its most effective, the course imparts a new sense of confidence in one's physical being; it reminds me that I can take care of myself. This is one small step towards a society that believes the same of all women...