The (NOT SO) Skinny Girl

Student protesters take over UC Santa Cruz administration building w/ these demands:  1- Guarantee four-year housing for black students at the Rosa Parks building, which is marketed as a 'housing option for students interested in "historical, present-day, and future experiences of predominately Black/African American peoples,"' per the school. 2- They want that building/house to be painted red, green and black, the colors of black liberation. The house, in the middle of the Stevenson College ** -which is a predominantly white-serving college- is to become a matter of symbolism and visibility, because there are black students are on the campus who pay to go there just like anyone else and they feel they do deserve to be seen on the campus. 3- And lastly, they want the university to offer diversity competency training to incoming students. Let's start here: ** UC Santa Cruz has a distinctive residential college system in which all undergraduate students, whether ...

I have been catching up on this topic of a young woman who got drunk, and while drunk, was sexually assaulted by another drunk person-- who turns out to be a an outstanding student athlete at Stanford.  That being said. Let me tell you about a young woman who was sexually assaulted at a D 3 school.... That didn't make any headlines. In 2005 an 18 year old woman was drinking in the freshman dorms on campus.  She and a few friends went to a party in a 6-man suite. At some point, someone forcibly poured vodka down her throat from a handle. That's when things got out of control. (Now some may ask "How was she forced to drink??" Have you ever had someone bigger and stronger and taller than you make you do something? Even if it was the stupidest thing, other people can MAKE YOU do things. They can force you to do things. That is a reality. You didn't want to jump in the water- but it was a better alternative than being hit by that train/bus/car/person running at yo...