Providing a voice for Washburn students since 1897 Volume 144, Issue 26
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April 25, 2018
Opinion Page 4 End of semester, now what?
Sports Pages 5-6 Softball takes MIAA titles
Features Pages 7-12 ‘Amalgamation’ art exhibit
Bods make impact at Big Event
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Denim Day: Stand with survivors Autumn Lamp Washburn Review autumn.lamp@washburn.edu
Becca Nyman, Freshman, and Allee Iverson, Sophomore, examine a discarded book page retrieved from the street.
Dozens of Washburn students congregate at the Student Recreation & Wellness Center in preparation for The Big Event.
Alpha Phi members represent their sorority during The Big Event. Photos by John Burns
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Denim-clad advocates will celebrate Denim Day around the Crisis hotline globe Wednesday, April 800-656-4673 25. Denim Day first YWCA Center for Safety and Empowerment came about in 1999 fol785-354-7927 lowing a court case in Italy centered around On average, there are 321,500 victims an 18-year-old wom(age 12 or older) of rape and sexual an who was raped by assault each year in the United States. her driving instructor. (every 98 sec) The 45-year-old man was convicted, but the Among undergraduate students, appealed his sentence 23.1% of females and 5.4% of males experiand the ruling was ence rape or sexual assault through physioverturned by the Italcal force, violence, or incapacitation ian Supreme Court on Information courtesy of https://rainn.org/ account of the victim’s Graphic by Cody Dannar jeans being too tight. It was decided that she would have had to help Bearman, project coordinator for Sexual the attacker get the jeans off, implying con- Assault Education and Prevention, has sent. In a stand against this ruling, women started getting students around campus to in the Italian parliament came to work the decorate pennants of denim that will be next day sporting denim jeans. put into a mural to be displayed on camDenim Day is now globally recognized pus. It might be hard for someone who and people wear denim or teal on Denhas experienced sexual assault, to come im Day to stand in solidarity with sexual out and speak about it, but it’s much less assault victims. More information about difficult to throw on a pair of jeans. the case and history of Denim Day can be “It’s a really easy, yet impacting way for found at denimdayinfo.org. people to show support. I would hope that “It’s devastating that this was the outif you are someone that has unfortunately come in that case, but it’s amazing that had to experience any kind of harassment from that, this movement has been creator sexual violence, that if you were a part ed,” said Molly Steffes-Herman, campus of a community where you saw a lot of advocate of counseling services. people taking part in a thing like Denim Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Delta Day that you would feel supported”, said Gamma sorority are doing a Live Your Joel Bluml, associate vice president for stuOath day on Denim Day as well, and will dent life. “There are so many things that have various different events going on happen to students over the course of their throughout the day leading up to Tarana time in college that happen outside of the Burke’s visit to campus. classroom that can affect college success, Tarana Burke, civil rights activist and and certainly sexual assault is definitely founder of the #MeToo movement, will one of those things that can have a very speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, in the negative impact on someone getting back Georgia Neese Grey Theater. on track to where they were going before There will be a Denim Day photo conthat happened to them. We are aware of test opportunity in which any Washburn that here at Washburn, we have a lot of student organization can send a picture resources, policies, and people in place of their members wearing teal and denim to try to help people find that power and to standtogether@washburn.edu, to win come back strong from it,and Denim Day lunch for up to 10 people. is one way we can show that support,” To creatively raise awareness, Shelly Said Bluml.
#MeToo Founder to speak at WU Charles Rankin Washburn Review charles.rankin@washburn.edu
Tarana Burke, an activist for more than twenty years and the woman who started the #MeToo, is speaking at Washburn at 7 p.m. April 25. During the height of the sexual assault and harassment scandals that shook Hollywood last year, which began with allegations against Harvey Weinstein, Alyssa Milano sent a tweet that made Burke’s phrase “Me too,” go viral. The
#MeToo movement encourages people all over the world who are victims of sexual assault and harrassment to speak out. The phrase, and the movement began much earlier than October 2017 however. Burke had begun using the phrase after talking with a young girl who was a survivor at a youth camp hosted by her organization, Just Be Inc. According to the Just Be Inc. website, Burke was able to listen to the girl, but in what she described as “the deepest, darkest place in [her] soul,”
she stopped the girl in the middle of her sharing and sent her to another counselor. Burke regretted not sharing her own story of abuse and pain to the girl. She regretted not telling the girl “Me too.” Burke will speak at 7 p.m. in the Georgia Neese Gray Theatre. The talk is free to the public, but a ticket is required to attend. As of Tuesday, tickets are limited but still available in the Student Activities and Greek Life office, located in the Union Underground.
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