Outlining the policies that govern college responses to misconduct, Brinkman Schooler draws a connection from Cornell University to the 5Cs, including recent 2019 and 2025 allegations of misconduct within the CMS swim and dive team.
Tag: Sexual Assault
7C community rallies against sexual assault in solidarity with Cornell’s Jane Doe
About 150 community members across the 7Cs gathered at Scripps College’s Elm Tree Lawn Thursday at 1 p.m. and marched to Pomona College’s Walker Beach to rally against sexual violence in the wake of drugging and sexual assault allegations at Cornell University. Co-organizers Don James (DJ) Posillico PO ’27 and Stephanie Li PZ ’28 brought together several student organizations, advocacy groups and Title IX Coordinators to spread awareness about sexual violence on college campuses and to protest the Cornell Administration. Li said she organized the rally to stand with the Cornell plaintiff, referred to as Jane Doe in a lawsuit filed last month, and every survivor of sexual violence.
Sexual Assault Campus Climate: A summary of student demographics
On Jan. 24, students at the 5Cs received an email from their respective college presidents announcing the results of the Higher Education Data Sharing (HEDS) Consortium’s 2023 Sexual Assault Campus Climate Survey (SACCS). These results were presented alongside an analysis of the results by the 5C HEDS SACCS working group,
Despite less time on campus, 2021 reports show uptick in sexual misconduct cases
Instances of sexual violence at the 5Cs were reported in 2021 at similar levels to previous years on campus, although students were only on campus for the fall semester.
Scripps Advocates, first-years speak out about ‘needlessly traumatizing’ orientation content
Several Scripps College students walked out of an Aug. 22 orientation session held for first year students, citing graphic stories during a presentation that covered sexual assault and consent.
Pomona Advocates hold town hall to discuss Title IX and support for survivors
Survivors of sexual assault and allies gathered on Pomona College’s Walker Beach Thursday afternoon to discuss their experiences across the 5Cs, as well as to voice the changes they would like to see regarding campus culture and the role administrators play when responding to Title IX reports.
OPINION: Walker Wall is right. Pomona protects assaulters
Pomona College continues to fail survivors of sexual assault by upholding the outdated belief that perpetrators’ punishment should be proportional to victims’ visible suffering, argues guest columnist Nanea Haynes PO ‘22.
OPINION: Survivors deserve a place at the Athenaeum
A CMC student writes of how they are still unable to enter the Athenaeum due to the triggering effect that Laura Kipnis’ event last October had on them as a survivor of sexual assault.
Revelations of harassment and assault at Pitzer bring outpouring of calls for accountability
Following multiple allegations of abusive behavior against a Pitzer College student, 5C student groups came together in support of survivors and demanded more effective action from administration regarding cases of sexual assault and harassment.
OPINION: Embrace cancel culture, especially in the case of sexual misconduct
OPINION: Cancel culture serves to benefit the marginalized groups of society in the case of sexual misconduct, writes Abby Loiselle PO ‘23.