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Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: The BUPD — Part 6

Bini Ollivier-Yamin September 21, 2020
Her story is one of many incidents of the administration refusing to take survivors seriously and properly punish rapists and predators. This negligence extends to the BUPD. 
Boston University is in the process of reviewing changes to Title IX regulations on college campuses that were finalized by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on May 6. COURTESY OF GAGE SKIDMORE VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

BU to begin reviewing federal changes to how colleges handle sexual assault cases

Ellie Yeo May 11, 2020
Colleges across the U.S. must overhaul their procedures for managing allegations of sexual assault on campus by Aug. 14 or risk losing federal funding. New rules from the Education Department lay out a mandatory process, at the same time bolstering protections for the accused.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: Victoria’s Secret is built on abuse and body shaming

Meredith Varner February 6, 2020
Decades of harming women are over as well as abusive men’s domination of the market. Do not give your money to these misogynistic men who treat women as objects for their own pleasure. Give it to companies that encourage body positivity and make you feel beautiful. 
The geology department in CAS. PHOTO BY VIVIAN MYRON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU rejects professor’s termination appeal after finding him guilty of sexual harassment

Mike Reddy March 12, 2018

Boston University denied researcher David Marchant’s appeal to keep his job late last month after previously concluding that he sexually harassed a young female graduate student around two decades...

GAMADES: President Obama starts fight on gender pay gap

GAMADES: President Obama starts fight on gender pay gap

Lucy Gamades February 2, 2016

The Obama administration rolled out new plans for easing the gender wage gap Friday. They proposed executive action, announced on the seventh anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, would require...

Boston University released a survey on sexual misconduct to students in an email March 19. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DALY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students, administration differ on impact of sexual misconduct survey

J.D. Capelouto March 26, 2015

When the Boston University administration released a sexual misconduct climate survey on March 19, students were given the opportunity to share what they know about ways the university addresses sexual...

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