Word: sexuality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While students who are concerned about sexual violence on campus cite many reasons for their activism, all agree that the University’s response to student' complaints should be focused on improving resources for victims of sexual violence, not on particular incidents...
...rape cases discussed in the Perspective article were a crucial jumpstart on this issue," says Nancy D. Meakem '99 a member of Coalition Against sexual Violence (CASV). "But really, the issue was powder keg dying for some of jumpstart. Rape, sexual assault, counseling and student health resources need to be discussed beyond these two cases...
...according to some students, the media focus still remains on the question of dismissals, which they feel is peripheral to large concerns about sexual violence on campus...
Many students trace their interest in such issues of sexual violence beyond recent events at Harvard or say the cases are bringing long-standing feelings to the surface...
Meakem's sense of frustration with the University's resources available to victims of sexual violence is a sentiment echoed by many coalition members. For some, this has lead to a broader disillusionment with Harvard’s response to student complaints...