School assembly addresses consent, sexual assault, healthy relationships

Olivia Rounsaville, Reporter

April 5, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE Students organized and performed in a coed assembly centered around consent and healthy relationships. “Consent and healthy relationships are topics that are vital to all of us, but particularly teenagers who are starting out in the world of relationships and exploring their sexuali...

Digging deeper

Gabriella Vulakh, Web Editor

April 4, 2019

As victims of sexual harassment and assault come forward in the wake of the #MeToo movement, third-party organizations should be brought on to college campuses to help schools thoroughly and unbiasedly investigate each new case. Almost two-thirds of college students reported that they had experienced sexu...

‘No’ means no

Cece Giarman, Editor-in-Chief

April 3, 2019

The increase of individuals speaking up about recent and previously undisclosed sexual assaults is bringing attention to how both men and women have a range of understanding about consent. An individual gives consent by explicit verbal agreement or by a clear statement of “Yes.” Any sexual contact...

College sexual misconduct ignored

Mason Cooney and Laura Mogannam

April 3, 2019

This story includes information about a sexual assault. The Broadview has chosen not to use the survivor’s name and has omitted certain details due to ongoing litigation. What started out to be a friendly college get-together turned into a sexual assault for a female in her early 20s. After reportin...

Sweeping it under the rug

April 3, 2019

Sophomores learn about healthy relationships

Sophia Aeby, Reporter

November 3, 2017

WEB EXCLUSIVE The sophomore class learned about healthy relationships and the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault during Class Meetings this morning. The Youth Program manager Zephira Derblich-Milea at Shalom Bayit, has been teaching for over 13 years and has brought awareness to d...

Sexual assault and cyberbullying laws presented in assembly

Anna Doggett and Cece Giarman

October 28, 2016

Assembly today honed in on teaching the audience about sexual and social media misconduct, and included details of legal rights as well as state and federal laws. Matt Kramer spoke on behalf of the international law firm Skadden and Arps  about connections between sexual assault and cyberbullying. Kramer described possible consequ...

Universities scrutinized for sexual assault policies

May 27, 2014

The day the federal government released a list of 55 colleges and universities under investigation for failing to respond to sexual assault on campus coincided with the deadline for seniors to formally accept offers of admissions from colleges and put down deposits, surprising many new enrollees that thei...