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FILE PHOTO: MICHELLE XU/THE HOYA Student activists, including author Zoe Dobkin (SFS '16), back left, carry a mattress during October's Carry the Weight event, a day of sexual assault awareness at college campuses across the country.

I Stand With Willa, I Stand With Survivors

In the spring of 2013, Willa Murphy was violently raped by a fellow Georgetown student. It was such a traumatic experience that it took over a year after her rape before she was able to tell anyone, not uncommon for survivors. It was only in June 2014, after she had[Read More…]

by — July 21, 2015 — 115 comments — Commentary, Opinion, Opinion - Top
The Invisible Patient

The Invisible Patient

In a GUSA campaign cycle enlivened by satire, only two things remained sacred: sexual assault and mental health reform. In a conversation with GUSA President Joe Luther, he told me they refused to satirize these two issues because both have true victims and radical consequences in students’ lives. I’ve experienced[Read More…]

by — March 27, 2015 — 2 comments — Opinion, Opinion - Top

Joining the Academy

For those of you entering the gates of Georgetown for the first time, the university can feel like a world away from anything previously known. It is, in fact, a refuge – a place of contemplative thought and serious scholarship, one of the great repositories of heritage and tradition in[Read More…]

by — August 27, 2010 — 0 comments — Opinion