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Activists accuse colleges of not responding to sexual assault complaints
A UC Berkeley student said she was sexually assaulted her freshman year by a student “leader” who she alleged also assaulted four of her peers. Seven months after she filed a report with a campus group, she said she was notified there had been an investigation and that the case had been solved through “an early resolution” process. His graduation two weeks after she received the email removed the case from the university’s jurisdiction.
UC Berkeley spokeswoman Janet Gilmore said the school had not had the opportunity to review the complaint, however, she said the campus “takes sexual assault very seriously and we are constantly working to strengthen our efforts to prevent such acts from occurring and to thoroughly report and investigate such matters when they arise.”
This case is really important to me and many of the wonderfully strong women in my life. The mishandling of sexual assault cases on college campuses NEEDS to stop so that progress can be made and students can feel safe in their schools.
I love these amazing womyn so much and it makes me so ANGRY that my university does not take sexual assault seriously
Cleaning my whole apartment alone is fun!
I have worth as a person
My feet are swollen and sad.
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Simon Pegg, about Star Trek.Star Trek is nearly 50 years old now and it’s been around for so long because I think it offers hope for us as a species. The thing people have always been attracted to (with Star Trek) is the idea that we might live beyond this age of conflict and uncertainty. And it’s not only that, but it’s also the ability to work together and live in a world where everyone is accepted no matter who you are.
The original series with Gene Roddenberry was incredibly progressive. It started barely 20 years after the end of World War II, with a Japanese officer aboard the Enterprise, a black woman in charge of an entire division, and a Russian on board—albeit in subordinate roles, but it was an incredibly progressive move. It offered this utopian idea of cooperation and that’s always going to be something to strive toward until we actually achieve it. In that respect, Star Trek will never go out of fashion.
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I’m really glad no one has a fit when someone gets breast implants but it’s a big motherfuckin’ deal when a preventative mastectomy happens.
Today was one of those days where I came to the conclusion that I’m stupid and don’t deserve nice things or people.
How was your day?
Dear Chicago,
You’ll never guess.
You know the girl you said I’d meet someday?
Well, I’ve got something to confess.
She picked me up on Friday.
Asked me if she reminded me of you.
I just laughed and lit a cigarette,
Said “that’s impossible to do.”
