Our in-depth reporting on the cases, conditions, and events that led to student movements at Carleton College. These include gender discrimination, leniency toward serial predators, and lawsuits brought by survivors.
Speak Up 2011
Carletonian, May 27, 2011
“Jane Doe” has sued Carleton College, accusing them of negligence after she was assaulted by an instructor. Her complaint provides a look at what she went through before administrators finally took action.
Carleton's system for dealing with assaults still isn’t working, and a lawsuit after two rapes reveals the limits of Title IX.
Leniency toward rapists fuels student outrage, with activists unwittingly repeating the demands of earlier cohorts.
Nine sexual misconduct complaints about anthro professor Jay Levi aren’t enough to take him out.
Student mag: "At least four perpetrators of sexual assault known to the administration currently attend Carleton. At least two are serial offenders."
Resistance grows after four survivors sue Carleton for failing to protect them from serial offenders, President Lewis intercedes in official SPC sexual assault policy review, and yet another repeat rapist is allowed to remain on campus.
Antioch College students develop the language of consent
Students grapple with the realization that campus rapists aren’t intruders or bogeymen: they’re fellow students.
A new approach to researching sexual violence reveals the true prevalence of rape on campus.
The Women’s Caucus and a famous alum get it done
The ERA, Title IX, and Roe v. Wade begin to improve the outlook for equality.
How fed-up residents from a women’s dorm reject Carleton’s sexist rules on dating and curfews.
Young women in Chicago risk their own liberty to provide reproductive health care to strangers when doctors won’t.