![Ricardo Vergara will spend six years in prison and five on probation.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/HELLVERGARA-1200x900.jpg)
Former first-year sentenced to six years in prison
Ricardo Vergara, formerly ’26, was sentenced Monday in Rockbridge Circuit Court after pleading guilty to a rape charge
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Former first-year pleads guilty to rape
Ricardo Vergara's sentencing hearing is set for April 8
![Ricardo Vergara will spend six years in prison and five on probation.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/HELLVERGARA-1200x900.jpg)
Grand jury indicts former Washington and Lee first-year on rape charges
Lexington police arrested Ricardo Vergara in February for allegedly sexually assaulting a fellow student a month earlier
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Editorial: W&L needs to reconsider its relationship with the press
Administrators don’t respond. Students only respond after a piece is published. And us? Well, we respond with this.
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The other side of sexual misconduct programming
Audrey Blumenstock, '22, says being on the SPEAK executive team made her feel "muzzled" by the administration
W&L’s culture of misogyny and assault
Ramsey unleashes a polemic on the school’s response to recent infractions by male students
![Vergara direct messaged one of his victims and apologized after he assaulted her Oct. 1. (Screenshots shared by victim)](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Image-1.jpeg)
First-year student arrested on sexual assault charges
One victim said she reported Ricardo Vergara, ’26, to the Title IX office in October for a separate offense of sexual assault—but he faced no disciplinary action
New advocate position addresses sexual misconduct
Janet Boller guides students who file reports through the Title IX process
![SPEAK members read stories submitted by student survivors.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_3280.jpg)
SPEAK event provides forum for W&L students to share their stories
Survivors of sexual assault find support at annual event
![Organizer Mansi Tripathi, ’22, gave opening remarks about the prevalence of sexual assault at Washington and Lee in front of a banner signed by students to show support for survivors. Photo by Shauna Muckle, ’24.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-02-01-at-8.04.59-PM-900x558.png)
SPEAK hosts sexual assault awareness event
Anonymous stories written by survivors described a culture of self-blame, doubt and social stigma surrounding speaking out about sexual violence
![Washington Hall. Photo by Hannah Denham.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DSC_0019-900x600.jpg)
Washington and Lee denies it acted with anti-male bias in 2017 sexual misconduct case
The former male student is suing the university after he was suspended for non-consensual sexual penetration of a female student, denied readmission