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The student newspaper of Washington and Lee University

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The other side of sexual misconduct programming

Jenny Hellwig, News Editor March 28, 2023

Content Warning: This coverage includes references to rape, sexual assault and violence. Candles illuminated the colonnade as sexual assault survivors and supporters gathered last Thursday during Take...

Update: Selby faces new Title IX report

Shauna Muckle, Editor-in-Chief March 13, 2023

Content Warning: This coverage includes references to sexual assault. A Washington and Lee student filed a Title IX report against former sophomore Daniel Selby three days after he was convicted of sexual...

Behind W&L’s sexual misconduct processes

Bri Hatch, Jenny Hellwig, and Shauna Muckle March 13, 2023

Students are questioning the sexual misconduct procedures at Washington and Lee after two students were arrested on charges of sexual misconduct in the last month. Former first-year Ricardo Vergara was...

W&L’s culture of misogyny and assault

Blake Ramsey, Staff Writer March 13, 2023

Content Warning: This article contains references to sexual assault and rape. Correction: A previous version of this piece included rumors about a campus fraternity that were stated as fact. The Phi...

Vergara direct messaged one of his victims and apologized after he assaulted her Oct. 1. (Screenshots shared by victim)

First-year student arrested on sexual assault charges

Bri Hatch, Jenny Hellwig, and Shauna Muckle March 2, 2023

Content warning: This coverage includes references to rape, sexual assault and violence.  UPDATE:  Ricardo Vergara, a former first-year student, secured a $20,000 bond after a second hearing...

Remembering Title IX’s influence on W&L

Abby Kim, Staff Writer November 15, 2022

The Washington and Lee community celebrates the 50th anniversary of Title IX, a momentous step towards gender equality in the United States. Title IX, passed in 1972, is a federal civil rights law that...

The virtual panel was held by SPEAK on Aug. 25.

New Title IX policy narrows definition for sexual assualt and misconduct

Grace Mamon September 10, 2020
The university’s interim policy will address misconduct that Title IX will not
Washington Hall. Photo by Hannah Denham.

Washington and Lee denies it acted with anti-male bias in 2017 sexual misconduct case

Hannah Denham and Maya Lora July 18, 2019
The former male student is suing the university after he was suspended for non-consensual sexual penetration of a female student, denied readmission
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