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Seven Days: Elizabeth Dunn Profile
This is the Seven Days profile on Elizabeth Dunn. The article discusses Dunn's life before and at Middlebury, as well as their experience of posting the list and their perspective on it's fallout. Despite all of the news coverage of The List, Seven…
(1990) Special Committee on Attitudes Toward Gender Report
The DU mannequin incident sparked controversy over the status of women at Middlebury at the end of the 1987-1988. In the aftermath, Middlebury President Olin Robinson appointed a Special Committee on Attitudes towards Gender in the spring of 1988.…
(2008) Report of the Task Force on
the Status of Women at Middlebury College
This is the 2008 report from the Task Force, which was appointed in April of 2007. As part of their research, the Task Force engaged the Middlebury campus community through open meetings, small focus groups, one-on-one interviews, surveys, etc. The…
(2000) Sexual Assault Report to the Trustees
One of the things discussed in the Task Force on The Status of Women reports is the Title IX process and the college's response to reports of sexual assault. One concern is that students will not report their assaults or seek help due to the negative…
The Campus: "No Rape at Middlebury?" Op/Ed
This Op/Ed came in response to a poster campaign (posters put up with sexist quotes overheard on campus), the college's official sexual violence reporting numbers, and the designation of a new Task Force on the Status of Women in 2007. In a scathing…
The Campus: "New task force debates gender issues"
This Campus article discusses the 2007/2008 Task Force on the Status of Women, and a town hall meeting that they held to collect information for their report. The meeting covered workplace issues of gender equality for faculty and staff, such as…
The Campus: "Sexual harassment hearing creates questions of responsibility"
This is The Campus' first news article about the 1988 Paul Cubeta sexual harassment hearing, and the college's subsequent actions. The Campus editors had been investigating rumors of the hearing (which had been over a year prior) throughout the fall…
Boston Magazine: School for Scandal
This in depth article describes in detail the allegations and testimony of all four students who came forward in the Paul Cubeta hearing with testimony about sexual harassment and assault. It tells the story of their lives, their relationships with…
The Campus: "Middlebury students march to take back the night"
This Campus article describes the annual Take Back The Night march in 1992, which included a candlelight march, music, a speaker, and an open microphone session. The article includes information about how Take Back The Night began, speaker Susan…
The Campus: "Middlebury lacks rape awareness"
In this Campus opinion piece, Landis reflects on recent racial issues on campus, and asks members of the Middlebury community to examine another issue that has been swept under the rug, sexual assault. Landis discusses the fact that sexual assault is…