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‘The survivor movement’ Former Amherst College student, rape survivor talks Title IX By LAN NGUYEN
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The former Amherst College student whose account of her rape went viral last year had a clear message for Northwestern students Tuesday night: There are no blurred lines between sexual assault and consensual sex. “You will not have nightmares about consensual sex,” Angie Epifano said. Epifano discussed measures to combat sexual violence at the McCormick Tribune Center on Tuesday in a talk sponsored by Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault. The speech marked MARS’ first solo event without another student group, organizers said. Epifano was raped in 2011 at Amherst. More than a year later, she published the story, “An Account of Sexual Assault at Amherst College,” in The Amherst Student, the school’s independent newspaper. The account describes her experience with the rape and her struggles with school authorities afterward. The piece went viral last year as people read and related to her story, even causing the Student’s website to crash for a period of time. Epifano said she received hundreds of emails and messages from people who had similar experiences. “My story had an impact because if you took my name and the place names
out, it would relate to hundreds of thousands of people,” Epifano said. After Epifano’s story was published, dozens of students from other universities were inspired to share their experiences with sexual violence. One such student was then-Weinberg senior Lauren Buxbaum, who spoke about her own rape to The Daily in November 2012. “It was seriously like reading my story,” Buxbaum told The Daily at the time, referring to Epifano’s account. Epifano noted in her talk the importance of students realizing how many people are affected by sexual violence. One out of four college-aged women and one out of every seven college-aged men report being sexually assaulted. However, 54 percent of sexual violence victims don’t report it, Epifano said. Epifano suggested that the large number of unreported incidents is due to unsupportive school administrators. “When I reported my rape, I wasn’t asked about my rapist,” Epifano said. “I was asked what I could have done differently to prevent the situation, which caused a lot of self-blame.” Epifano said Amherst administrators did not allow her to switch dorms, even though her living space reminded her of the room in which she was raped. She later found that this was illegal and that Title IX grants students rights to be accommodated in order to feel safe. She also spoke of the Dear Colleague Letter, which lays out steps for schools to be fully compliant with Title IX. “It was really interesting to hear about Title IX and all the resources available for survivors,” said SESP senior Emily Rivest, who attended the » See ANGIE EPIFANO, page 7
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NUTV successor still undecided By DANNY KELLEHER
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Four weeks into the school year, Northwestern is still unsure as to how it will replace NUTV after deciding in May to stop funding it. NU Information Technology phased out NUTV, an online cablestreaming option available to NU students and paid for by the University, in July. NUIT said it would look into a new way of offering a free online entertainment service to students living on campus, such as Netflix, Hulu Plus or Amazon Prime Instant Video. “We ended the NUTV program just because students weren’t using the service,” said Paul Riel, executive
director of Residential Services. “It was falling way below expectations in terms of students using it at all.” Although students this school year do not have a replacement online entertainment option, on-campus housing rental prices haven’t been adjusted. Riel said the University has been allocating the leftover funds that had previously paid for NUTV toward upgrading the wireless infrastructure around campus. Riel named Willard Residential College, Bobb Hall, McCulloch Hall, International Studies Residential College, Communications Residential College, Hobart House and Chapin Hall as some residential buildings whose wireless systems have already been renovated. “We’re trying to improve the infrastructure first so that when we provide
a deliverable entertainment package, it will be sustainable across the campus network,” Riel said. “If someone is streaming a movie on their laptop, someone else could also be doing their homework and not see an interruption of service.” Erik Zorn, president of the Residential College Board, agreed that upgrades to NU’s wireless technology are necessary before an alternate student entertainment package can be provided successfully. He also said he was glad when the University decided to replace NUTV. “For me the problem with NUTV was the fact that you always needed an ethernet cable to connect to it,” the Weinberg junior said. “And even with an ethernet cable, it almost never » See NUTV, page 7
E-cigarettes ban vote postponed NU to host first peanutfree football game By PATRICK SVITEK
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Evanston City Council on Monday night heard at times emotional pleas against banning electronic cigarettes from all places where other types of smoking are outlawed. “You’re taking away the motivation
of the people who want to get off of tobacco, and it’s very difficult,” said Michael Cozzi, a Lincolnwood, Ill., resident who represented the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association. “Even with an electronic cigarette, it’s very difficult.” At their weekly meeting, aldermen postponed a decision on amending the city’s tobacco ordinance to address “vaping,” the common term
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SMOKE SCREEN A Northwestern student smokes an electronic cigarette. Evanston City Council is considering banning the batterypowered devices from where other types of smoking are prohibited.
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for smoking electronic cigarettes. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz told the council the ordinance was not complete and requested they wait two weeks to vote on it. The battery-powered devices, also known as “e-cigarettes,” heat a liquid solution to simulate tobacco smoking. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to release proposed regulations for the products by the end of the month. The World Health Organization says the safety of electronic cigarettes has not been “scientifically demonstrated,” though some studies have concluded they pose fewer health risks than regular cigarettes. Cozzi’s group cites a research paper published in March that found the level of toxic substances in e-cigarette vapors to be nine to 450 times lower than those in regular cigarette smoke. Last month, a city memo acknowledged few studies have been done on the health risks of electronic cigarettes. However, the memo argued they should be banned because they look like regular cigarettes and “may lead people to believe that it is okay to smoke in areas that are smoke-free.”
» See COUNCIL, page 7
By MICHELE CORRISTON daily senior staffer @mcorriston
Wildcats fans can tailgate with burgers and beer as usual Saturday, but they’ll need to leave peanut products at home. Northwestern will face Minnesota at Ryan Field’s first-ever Peanut Free Day — possibly the first time any college has held an allergy-conscious game day. Peanuts will neither be sold nor permitted inside Ryan Field during the Family Weekend game. About 2 percent of Americans suffer from peanut allergies, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. The city has thrown its support behind the effort, praising NU for making the stadium safe for spectators with allergies. “The Evanston Health Department applauds Northwestern University’s efforts to create a safe and comfortable environment for all fans to enjoy, and sees this game as an important opportunity to educate the community about the prevalence of food allergies among children,” city spokeswoman Erika Storlie said in a news release Monday.
NU’s athletic department broke the news last week, but spokesman Dan Yopchick said the plan has been in the works for a while. The Cats’ away game Saturday gave the cleaning staff enough time to remove all peanut residue from Ryan Field. “It was just kind of looking at the schedule,” Yopchick said. “We wanted to do it for a Big Ten game.” Although Wildside was not involved in planning Peanut Free Day, Gram Bowsher, the group’s president, said the event is just as helpful to NU students as it is to Evanston children with allergies. “I know the original purpose was geared toward the younger kids who have peanut allergies, who typically wouldn’t be able to go to sporting events,” the SESP junior said. “But I think you can extend that to undergraduate students that have peanut allergies. This allows them to deal with it more carefree, to not worry about what people around them are eating and fully enjoy the game.” Both Storlie and Yopchick suggested Saturday marks the first time any college » See PEANUT FREE DAY, page 7
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