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Even though this meeting and the Sexual Assault/Sexual Harassment (SASH) Advisor program are an important beginning step, Harvard needs to address the needs of its female students with more direct action. Harvard presents an attitude that each student must "find her own way." This attitude neglects the needs of both first-years and women in post-traumatic stress situations. Women who have been sexually assaulted are not in the position to read through a pamphlet for help or seek out a SASH tutor. Harvard needs a stronger support network of counseling, outreach and sexual violence education to prevent sexual violence...
When I spoke with several of the women in my dorm about their understanding of the resources available for women at Harvard, I received discouraging responses. My roommate knew that the SASH tutor for our yard is actually our proctor who lives downstairs, but she was unsure of what exactly that meant. Two of my friends who live upstairs knew who the contact person was but could not envision themselves talking to her. Although in my dorm we live with our SASH advisor, the students in most first-year dorms have never met the person they are supposed to turn...
...best in the world, has no clear dedication to the serious issues affecting women undergraduates. Harvard University needs to take sexual violence seriously and address this problem by improving the education during first-year orientation week, increasing student awareness of the availability of Sexual Assault/ Sexual Harassment (SASH) Advisors and ensuring that all students know where to go if they are victims of sexual violence...
...coalition says they have already had some success lobbying the College. Some changes will be made to the first-year orientation meeting on safety to better accommodate concerns about sexual violence. SASH advisers will have longer training periods...
...begun to respond to the issue because of the coalition's work this semester, according to Milikowsky. "Many more Faculty members have expressed interest in forming committees with students," and the administration recently met two of the coalition's eight demands by agreeing to improve Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment (SASH) training and to make minor reforms to firstyear orientation to sexual assault and rape issues...