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		<title>Wesleyan Community Demands a Staff Position Dedicated to Sexual Violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 12:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is also published as a Wespeak in today&#8217;s Argus. Keep an eye out for a response from the administration:
The one-year anniversary of Johanna Justin-Jinich’s murder is fast approaching. This Thursday, May 6th will mark for the Wesleyan community one year that has passed since we lost Johanna in what was undeniably one of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following is also published as a Wespeak in today&#8217;s Argus. Keep an eye out for a response from the administration:</p>
<blockquote><p>The one-year anniversary of Johanna Justin-Jinich’s murder is fast approaching. This Thursday, May 6th will mark for the Wesleyan community one year that has passed since we lost Johanna in what was undeniably one of the most horrific acts of violence this campus has, and ever will, experience. Her murder was a hate crime, a ruthless act of gender violence and anti-Semitism.</p>
<p><strong>Gender violence is a persistent problem on this campus, as was once again brought to the fore by the recent Wespeaks written by students who have been sexually assaulted at Wesleyan, as well as those written by staff and students calling for greater administrative accountability to issues of gender violence prevention and response.</strong> Additionally, at the forum on campus violence on Tuesday, April 27th, students, staff, and alumni came together to discuss possible improvements to Wesleyan resources.</p>
<p>Students have been working with the university for years to improve University policy, response, and prevention around issues of sexual and gender violence on campus but still have found little sustained administrative support. <strong>The only way more effective resources, policies, and prevention efforts can be put into place is to establish a full-time staff position that would be responsible for advocating on behalf of survivors of sexual and gender violence, heading sustained prevention efforts, and helping all members of the Wesleyan community work together to build a campus that is safe for everyone.</strong> Safety means a community in which everyone is accountable for creating an environment that promotes respect, consent, critical thinking, and sex-positivity.</p>
<p><strong>Persistent student pressure on the administration resulted in the creation of the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Intern, but this position alone cannot adequately address a campus climate of gender violence.</strong> The intense responsibilities of the position are too demanding for any one student to carry out effectively. Although there are various support systems in place for students (i.e. the faculty/staff on SART &amp; OBHS), it is unfair and unsustainable that the only person on campus who is paid to be specifically knowledgeable about sexual assault and gender violence is a ten hour per week student position that isn&#8217;t even written into a specific departmental budget. The Intern position currently gets its funding through the SBC.</p>
<p><strong>The University has a responsibility to invest in a staff position which would allow us to address this pervasive violence.  This isn’t a question of available funding, but a question of priorities.</strong> Comparable schools such as Barnard, Amherst, Trinity, Bates, Bard, Skidmore, Bowdoin, Colorado College, Lewis and Clark, Whitman, and Brown have invested in at least one staff position, and it’s time for Wesleyan to follow suit.</p></blockquote>
<p>The above document circulated via the internet for only three days and, in that time, received formal support from 536 members of the Wesleyan community: <strong>405 students, 47 alum, 37 parents/family members, and 27 members of the Wesleyan faculty/staff.</strong></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Current Students</span>:</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Liz Krushnic `10, Arielle Tolman `10, Sarah Abbott `10, Camara Awkward-Rich  `11, Monica Vitti  `12, Joanna Bourain `12, Brenna Galvin `11, Monica Fuhrmann `12, Michelle Garcia `10, Anne deBoer `12, Stephanie Hucker `11, Darien Combs `11, Eliza Jane Gordon `11, Jeanne McPhee `13, Jane Petzoldt `13, Zak Kirwood `12, Mica Taliaferro `11, Emilia Levitas `11, Stephanie Quainoo `10, Caitlin MacLeod-Bluver `11, Elizabeth Spergel `12, Lauren Wynn `12, Genelle Faulkner `13, Toni Zosherafatain `10, Aaron Khandros `13, Carolyn Cohen `12, Melody Oliphant `13, Jourdan Hussein `11, Stephanie Huezo `13, Dana Pellegrino `12, Adrienne Russman `10, Mikhail Firer `13, Julissa Peña `12, Eric Stephen `13, Cristine Khan `13, Dan Ping He `13,  Cheryl Walker `12, Kerry Klemmer `13, Barbaralynn Moseman `13, Alexandra Ketchum `12, Noah Heau `12, Katherine Eyster `10 Sarah Gokhale `13, Julia Black `13, Franz Spillenger `13, Hannah Berkman `12, Bryce Hollingsworth `13, Frank Fineis `13, Martha L. Liskow `11, Melanie Hsu `13, Michael Cifuentes `10, Evelina Pierce `10, Angela Ei Hay Mann `13, Marjorie Dodson `13, Anna Susman `13, Hannah Cressy `13, Deena Godfrey `12, Cara Tratner `12, Hannah Marqusee `10, Samuel Roth `13, Evan Jay Baum `13, Adina Teibloom `10, Katherine Marcus `13, David Shor `13, Katherine Kitfield Bascom `10, Nicholas Davenport `10, Paulie Lowther `13, Marsha Jean-Charles `11, Abigail Major `11, Paolo Speirn `10, Meyer H Meyer `10, Katie DiBona `11, Julia Christie `13, Noa Wotton `10, Kelsey Townsend `11, Rudisang Motshubi `11, Olivia Postell `10, Elizabeth Damaskos `12, Charlotte Christopher `12, Susanna Myrseth `10, Margo Tercek `13, Janine Wiley `13, Menherit Goodwyn `11, Kerry Klemmer `13, Trevor Michelson `13, BJ Lillis `12, Meggie McGuire `12, Peter Myers `13, Nicholas Orvis `13, Arielle Berrick `10, Peter Hull `10, Ariel Schwartz `12, Julianne Edwards `13, James Gardner `13, Emma Leonard `13, Charlotte Heyrman `13, Ro Seidelman `10, Elizabeth Reagan `13, David J. Thompson `11, Katherine Yagle `12, Lex Horan `10, Ellika Healy `10, Kayla Rodriguez `11, Ariana La Porte `10, Miriam Berger `12, Charlie Kurose `10, Indee Mitchell `10, Jake Schofield `12, Meera Bhardwaj `10, Emily Caffery `10, Allegra Stout `12, Alexandra Patrick `13, Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn `13, Sarah Brown `10, Sara Shor `10, Ellika Healy `10, Asa Horvitz `10, Sylvie Stein `12, Jessica Steinke `10, Sierra Bintliff  `12, Jessica Steinke `10, Leslie Pyne `12, Leah Aronowsky `10, Kira Akerman `10, Franni Paley `10, Emma Burrows `10, Shauna Pratt `13, Dan Schniedewind `12, Susannah Young `11, Nellie Triedman `13, Caitlin Colasacco `11, Julianne Hall `10, Deepti Sood `10, Kaitlin Ashley `11, Nora Christiani `11, Lesley Faulkner `11, Mary Lauran Hall `10, Meredith Holmes `10, Taylor Morales `13, Emily Iversen `11, Emily I. Kianka `13, Daniel Mendelsohn `11, Kiah McAndrew-Davis `10, Rayna Edwards `10, Eli Timm `13, Joseph O&#8217;Donnell `13, Kate Finley `13, Antoine Cadot-Wood `10, Cara Colker-Eybel `13, Nick Petrie `12, Sarah Tracy-Wanck `10, Guy Geyer `13, Alex Pfeifer-Rosenblum `10, Rebecca Lange `13, Jelisa Adair `13, Benjamin Abravanel `13, Samantha Melvin `13, Laura Scholten `10, Marjorie Rivera `12, Elizabeth Waugh `13, Madeline Caldwell `10, Sabine Vilsaint `10, Kelly Morgan `11, Alexandra Wang `12, David Barach `12, Joseph Cribb `13, Matias Seijas `12, Sydney J Berkman `10., Jordana Hoyt `11, Jennifer Corcoran `12, Samantha Santaniello `13, Emma Kravet `09, Lydia Kring `13, Benjamin Firke `12, Hannah Monk `12, Matthew Carney `13, Rebecca Koppel `13, Dorisol Inoa `13, Ryan Sheldon `13, Eliana Theodorou `12, Miriam Leshin `10, Katherine McDonald `11, Hilary Burke `10, Kim Segall `10, Rachel Miller-Howard `10, Emily Pontecorvo `11, Eduardo Gomez `13, Sophia Duncan `13, Nicholas Fesenko `10, Emily Brown `12, Alyssa Bogdanow `11, Sam Bernhardt  `10, Rachel Merzel `12, Charlotte Cef  `11, Gianna Palmer `10, Miriam Rosenau `11, Emily Hoffman `10, Elizabeth Malkin `11, Anthony Hinds `12, Vernie Chia `11, L. Mamut `13, Jaimie Huntly `10, Matthew Fox Larkin `11, Melina Aguilar `10, Liz Wojnar `12, Jiun Kimm `10, Ravy Uong `13, Janine Zaltsman `11, David Markowitz `11, Graham Richman `11, Estee Rubien-Thomas `13, Anna McKinsey `12, Miriam Kwietniewska `13, Max Perel-Slater `11, Kaylin Berger `13, Emma Drew `10, Jennifer Cheng `11, Eugenie Carabatsos `10, Miles Tokunow `10, Mandela Kazi `12, Danielle Mor `10, Kenny Feder `12, Liam Stansen `10, Kaitlin DeWilde `13, Sena Ito `11, Rebecca A. Snelling `12, Wendy Jacqueline Escobar `12, Jake Nussbaum `10, Liza Goodstein `13, Alix Haber `11, Reiss Clauson-Wolf `13, Austin Cotant `13, Hyo Jeong Lee `13, Linnea Damer `10, Shamar Chin `13, Alexandra Ellerbeck `13, Alanna Badgley `13, Matthew P Motta `13, Micah Geurin Weiss `10, Matthew Perry `11, Greer Dent `12, Claire Tradewell `11, KaYa Lee `13, Guangshuo Yang `11, Naakai Addy `12, Linda Mondschein `12, Hannah Bailenson `13, Carolyn Sinclair McCalla `10, Leigh Stewart `13, Katherine Wolf `12, Katherine Scahill `11, Kathryn McConnell `13, Sherry Cho `10, Danielle Adam `13, Zuleikha Hester `11, Laura Heath `11, Katherine Rodriguez `10, Joyce Wong `12, Steven Scarborough `11, Daniel O&#8217;Sullivan `11, Grace Kredell `10, Phillip Ross `12, Greta Hartenstein `11, Lotus Thomas `13, Susanna Banks `13, Ruby B. Hernandez `11, Leah Shesler `11, Ellen Bartolini `11, Samuel Cohen `10, Samantha Pop `11, Evelyn Israel `10, Nora Hansel `11, Aileen Rowan `11, Laura Yim `13, Erin O&#8217;Donnell `12, Emily Kossow `11, Scott James `10, Gus Seixas `10, Yelena Niayzan `11, Meghan Twible `12, Alexandra Bean `11, Nichola Samponaro `11, Michele Markowitz `10, Sarah Ann Shackleton `13, Ned Bean `11, Elizabeth Fossel `11, Ravenna Neville `10, Kimberly T. Prosise `11, Emilie M. Knight `10, April Trovillion `10, , Jared Blake `10, Lucas Guilkey `10, Adeneiki Williams `10, Alexander Hoyle `13, Joseph Chadwick `10, Nomi Teutsch `11, Jon Myers `11, Elissa Martel `10, Alex Ray `13, Andrew Pfeiffer `13, Valerie Pucilowski `13, Kristen Salustro `13, Rachel Santiago `12, Molly Friedemann `11, Jadeene Gabay `10, Nicole Bonneau `13, Eli Meixler `13, Chalmers Morgan Hamill `11, Tess Parker `10, Amelia Tatarian `13, Elizabeth Busch `10, Sara Quinn `11, Ashleigh Corvi `13, Alexandra Beatty `13, Drew Flanagan `10, Anna Cash `11, Pushpa Neupane `10, Hannah Barber `10, Carina Kaufman `10, Sara Thomas `11, Lila Murphy `13, Todd C. Keats `11, Ann Wheeler `12, Sarah Chrystler `13, Juliet Nebolon `11, Navpreet Sidhu `11, Stephanie Lee `11, Michael Yu `11, Allana Kembabazi `11, Samara Ressler `13, Sarice Greenstein `10, Eleanore Pankow `12, Sarah Hoefle `10, Jean Pierre Valette `10, Eliza Fisher `13, Zoe Jick `11, Adrian Hernandez `11, Jeremy Keim-Shenk `12, Jonna Humphries `10, Kevin Walters `12, Stephanie Clemente `11, Averill Roberto `13, Margaret R. Cohen `12, Mariel Matze `10, Matt Nestler `10, Inslee Coddington `10, Gideon Finck `11, Charles Baron `12, Catie Steidl `11, Margaret Aldredge `11, Teju Adisa-Farrar `13, Bonnie Quach-Wong `12, Sophia Hussain `13, Aaron Greenberg `11, Maia Weiss `11, Eric Sherman `10, James Gardella `12, Madelaine Jane Woolfrey Harrington `11, Kalen Flynn `10, Miles Bukiet  `11, Graham Richman `11, Michael Gaines `11, Miranda Becker `11, Carley Russell `12, Patrick O&#8217;Brien `12, Zachary J. Libresco `13, Madeline B Holland `13, Jorge G. Delgado `10, Hanh Le `12, Frank Melendez `12, Erwin Dwi Saputra `11, Mairead Maguire `10, James Wong `11, Claire Randall `12, Leslie Tan `11, Oluwayimika Taiwo-Peters `12, Emma Daniels `13, Michelle Kae `12, Jiaxin Xu `12, Christina Boyd `10, Gloria Fanchiang `10, Zachary Rosen `11, Craig Ewer `10, Justin Schwartz `11, Alessandra Stachowski `11, Chantal Ferguson `13, Rachel Levenson `12, Hortencia Rodriguez `10, Aaron Freedman `10, Nicholas Wenpin Quah `12, Sarah Stein `12, Maren K. Ellingboe `10, Priscilla Bustamante `10, E. Rose Agger  `10, Louis Russo `11, Bryan Marsh `13, Andrea DePetris `10, Katherine Shervais `13, Ariana Todd `13, Ari Fishman `13, Melody Chang	 `12, Zachary Rebich `11, Melody Wang `10, Emily Wenzel `10, Caitlin Kent `10, Jeffrey Bizinkauskas `10, Catherine Reed `12</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Alumni:</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Emily Avener `09, JM Jaffe `09, Lindsay Kukona `07, William C. Franklin III `09, Thea De Armond  `09, Arielle Edelman `06, Elaine Lauriat `09, Michele Nichols `09, Priya Ghosh `09, Erik Underwood &#8216;09, Samantha Hurley `09, A. Sofia C. Warner `09, Claire Greenwood `09, Elana Baurer `09, Hannah Jackson `09, Ross Heinemann`09/Grad`11, Alex Sirois `09, Isaac Maddow-Zimet `09, Lisa Zweigenhaft `09, Elizabeth Kolod `08, Aviva Tevah `09, David Altabef `08, Deirdre Salsich `07, Jennie Ehrenhalt `09, Kate Ottaviano `09, Ruby-Beth Buitekant `09, Miller Nuttle `09, Lauren Cruz `09, Daniel Latzman `09, Jessica French Smith `09, Jeff Clewell `06, Madeline Thomson `08, Jessica Houghton `08, Katie Bofshever `09, Jacqueline Cruz `07, Erin Clark `09, Stephanie Sheehan `08, Mairead Salsich `04,  Nina Roma Agvanian `06, Andy Zack `09, Jessica Young, Esq. `03, Emily Rothman `94, Aram Sinnreich `94, , Vicki Cohen`80, Becky Peters-Combs `75, Tristan Taormino `93, Jaclyn Friedman `93</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Parents/Family:</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Nina Davis-Millis `76 &amp; P&#8217;12, Sophia deBoer P &#8216;12, Monica Valenti P&#8217;12, Luellen Lucid P&#8217;10, Marcia Bourain P`12, Linda Hertzberg P &#8216;12, Steven Price P &#8216;10, Naomi Koller Fishman P&#8217;13, Patricia Sidman P `14, Susan Fishman P &#8216;12, Margie Bogdanow P `11, Joan Tedeschi P &#8216;12, Melanie Melia P&#8217;12, Dan Bogdanow: Family `11, Stephanie Fins P&#8217;11, Susan Patrick: Parent, Susan Markowitz P` 10, Karen Peterson P `12, Alice Dub P`12, Laurie Steinke P`10, Rosalind Wolf P &#8216;12, Kate Ramdin: Parent, Betty Phuong Quach P`12, Sandy Clark P &#8216;09, Deborah Fox: Parent, Lauren Rich P`11, Robin Grossman P &#8216;10, Ilene Schwartz  P `12, Randi Kaplan P&#8217;06, Susan L. Halper: Parent, Eda Spielman P`10, Barbara Harris P`11, Wendi Gordon P &#8216;11, Lisa DiBona P&#8217;11, Frank Gordon P `11, Donna Weinberger P &#8216;07/ &#8216;10,  Richard Krushnic P&#8217;10</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Faculty/Staff:</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Patricia Beaman, Joseph Drury, Matthew Garrett, Alex Dupuy, Elizabeth Willis, Margot Weiss, Melanye Price, Marc Hertzman, Natasha Korda, Susanna Fusso, Gillian Goslinga, Mary Ann Clawson, Anu Sharma, Lina Meruane, Marianna L. Litovich, Henry Abelove, Manju Hingorani, Elizabeth Traube, Ishita Mukerji, Amy MacQueen, Tushar Irani, Octavio Flores, Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Erika A. Taylor, Clare Rogan, Patricia R. Hill, Ann Wightman</strong></span></p>
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		<title>The Person You Think You Know: Signs and Solutions of Campus Violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 27, 2010; 6:00 AM; ] This should be interesting. FOX News comes to Wesleyan in the form of a corporate-sponsored forum on relationship violence.

Brought to you by the Hartford Courant, FOX News CT, and Wesleyan University:

"The Person You Think You Know: Signs and Solutions of Campus Violence"
Almost half of college students have  experienced abuse in a relationship, according to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This should be interesting. FOX News comes to Wesleyan in the form of a corporate-sponsored forum on relationship violence.</p>
<p><strong>Brought to you by the Hartford Courant, FOX News CT, and Wesleyan University:</strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>&#8220;The Person You Think You Know: Signs and Solutions of Campus Violence&#8221;</strong></span></p>
<blockquote><p>Almost half of college students have  experienced abuse in a relationship, according to a 2008 study. Abuse  can range from cyber-stalking to beatings and rape. Four experts  will look at relationship violence on campuses, how to recognize danger  signs and get help.</p>
<p>The four panelists will be:</p>
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<li><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Jaclyn Friedman &#8216;93</strong></span>, a performer and co-editor of <em>Yes Means Yes! Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without  Rape</em> (check out her recent <a href="http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/hc-freidman-college-rapists.artapr25,0,87848.story">article on the topic</a> and the <a href="http://yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/"><em>Yes Means Yes</em> blog</a>)</li>
<li><strong>Connie J. Kirkland</strong>, director of sexual assault  services at George Mason University in Virginia and a national expert on  campus stalking</li>
<li><strong>Janet Peckinpaugh, </strong>a broadcast  journalist who has been a victim of  stalking and domestic violence</li>
<li><span style="color: #800000"><strong>Claire Potter</strong></span>, professor of  American studies here at Wesleyan University, whose research includes the study of violence against women</li>
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<p>The panel will be moderated by <strong>Laurie Perez</strong>, of FOX News CT.</p></blockquote>
<p>Don&#8217;t let the scare tactics in the title throw you off. <strong>I think this is going to be a really interesting opportunity to hear different perspectives on violence on college campuses, of which there are, unfortunately, far too many examples.</strong> The effectiveness of our university&#8217;s sexual assault prevention and response policies have been <a href="http://wesleyanargus.com/2010/04/16/wesleyan%E2%80%99s-great-unless-you-get-raped/">called into question</a> by students and alumni <a href="http://wesleyanargus.com/2010/04/23/in-response-to-bourain-%E2%80%9912%E2%80%99s-wespeak/">as of late</a>, and it&#8217;s worth it as members of this community to weigh in. Changes in administrative policy would affect huge numbers of our campus&#8217; population. That&#8217;s just my two cents.</p>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> TOMORROW, Tuesday April 27<br />
<strong>Time:</strong> 6 &#8211; 7:15 pm<br />
<strong>Place:</strong> Beckham Hall</p>
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		<title>Poet Fly Etaghene comes to Wes</title>
		<link>http://wesleying.org/2010/04/23/poet-fly-etaghene-comes-to-wes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 24, 2010; 8:00 PM; ] Poet Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene is doing a set tomorrow night at 200 Church. Lizzie Busch '10 has the scoop:
 

Etaghene is an Ijaw and Urhobo Nigerian dyke performance activist, poet, dancer, essayist, playwright and actress who was born with a mouth full of dynamite and sugarcane. She uses her poetry to chisel a verbal [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Poet <strong>Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene</strong> is doing a set tomorrow night at 200 Church. <span style="color: #800000"><strong>Lizzie Busch &#8216;10</strong></span> has the scoop:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://wesleying.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/etagheneopenmouth.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-38664" src="http://wesleying.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/etagheneopenmouth.jpg" alt="" width="165" height="220" /></a><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Etaghene is an Ijaw and Urhobo Nigerian dyke performance activist, poet, dancer, essayist, playwright and actress who was born with a mouth full of dynamite and sugarcane.</strong> She uses her poetry to chisel a verbal sculpture of her soul for listeners while addressing issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, war, imperialism, love, self-esteem and family. Etaghene has self-published three collections of poetry, toured nationally and performed in over 25 u.s. cities. Her one woman show, Volcano&#8217;s Birthright{s}, debuted in May 2009 in New York City.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> TOMORROW, Saturday, 4/24<br />
<strong>Time:</strong> 7 pm<br />
<strong>Place:</strong> 200 Church</p>
<p>[<strong>EDIT:</strong> changed time to 7 pm]</p>
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		<title>BODY HEAT: Femme Porn Tour Comes to Wes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 15, 2010; 3:00 PM; April 16, 2010; 10:00 PM; ] 

Body Heat is a collective of fierce, sassy, irreverent Femme artists
setting ablaze performance art communities and smashing open Femme
stereotypes.

Porn, Kink, Smut, Erotica -Body Heat is not reclaiming
our sex so much as OWNING it. We will turn you on. We will challenge
all of your Gender, Sex, Feminist, Social, &#38; Political boundaries  &#38;
assumptions. We will entertain [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Body Heat is a collective of fierce, sassy, irreverent Femme artists<br />
setting ablaze performance art communities and smashing open Femme<br />
stereotypes.</strong></p>
<p>Porn, Kink, Smut, Erotica -Body Heat is not reclaiming<br />
our sex so much as OWNING it. We will turn you on. We will challenge<br />
all of your Gender, Sex, Feminist, Social, &amp; Political boundaries  &amp;<br />
assumptions. <strong>We will entertain the hell out of you. Mostly we will<br />
leave you panting, begging, dripping for more.</strong></p>
<p>NOTE: This event is <strong>18+</strong>, so <strong>bring ID with you</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> TOMORROW, Friday, 4/16<br />
<strong>Time:</strong> 10 pm<br />
<strong>Place:</strong> WestCo Café<br />
<strong>Cost:</strong> $0, BRING ID (18+)</p>
<p>Body Heat is also leading an erotic writing workshop:</p>
<p>Ever read through a sexy short story and thought, &#8220;I could do that!&#8221;  <strong>This writing workshop is for anyone who&#8217;s ever considered writing erotic stories or writing about sex, or who&#8217;d like to get more comfortable doing so!</strong> No previous writing experience is necessary.</p>
<p>In this 3-hour class, you&#8217;ll have the chance to try your hand at some explicit erotic writing. We’ll write in response to exercises designed to tap into different aspects of our sexual selves: memory, fantasy, experience, relationship with the body, and more. Previous participants have found writing about desire to be transformative, feeling that the work they&#8217;ve done has opened up and changed not only their relationship with their erotic selves, but with many other aspects of their lives as well. <strong>Don&#8217;t be surprised if you find, as have previous participants, that you&#8217;re more comfortable discussing your own sexual desires after practicing writing about fictional sex! Bring your notebooks or laptops and your most open mind.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> TOMORROW, Friday 4/16<br />
<strong>Time:</strong> 3 pm<br />
<strong>Place:</strong> Allbritton 311</p>
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		<title>Sexual Assault Response Team Intern has office hours</title>
		<link>http://wesleying.org/2010/03/26/sexual-assault-response-team-intern-has-office-hours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have any questions about sexual assault on this campus? Wondering what to do if you&#8217;ve experienced any kind of sexual violence? What to do if your friend has experienced sexual violence?
Liz Krushnic &#8216;10, the SART (Sexual Assault Response Team) intern, acts as a liaison between students and on- and off-campus resources for sexual violence, advocates [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have any questions about sexual assault on this campus? <strong>Wondering what to do if you&#8217;ve experienced any kind of sexual violence?</strong> What to do if your friend has experienced sexual violence?</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000"><strong><a href="http://wesleying.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/holding-hands.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-36792" src="http://wesleying.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/holding-hands-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a>Liz Krushnic &#8216;10</strong></span>, the SART (Sexual Assault Response Team) intern, acts as a liaison between students and on- and off-campus resources for sexual violence, advocates for campus sexual violence resources, and creates space for campus dialogue, education, and awareness around issues of sexual violence. <strong>The SART intern can help you or a friend navigate a room change, OBHS, the Health Center, reporting, the SJB process, difficulties completing coursework, and any other services you may want or need.</strong> The intern also convenes the SART student group that is working on improving Wesleyan&#8217;s sexual violence resources and programming.</p>
<p>For any questions, you can contact Liz at <strong>ekrushnic[at]wesleyan[dot]edu or come to her office hours</strong> as posted below.  If you would like to be involved in the student group or have an idea for the group to work on, please feel free to contact Liz.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Office Hours</span></p>
<p>190 High St. (University Organizing Center, between Beta and Eclectic), Room 104</p>
<p>-Mondays 4-6<br />
-Tuesdays 1:30-6<br />
-Thursdays 4:30-6</p>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> now until the end of the year<br />
<strong>Time:</strong> Mondays 4 &#8211; 6 pm, Tuesdays 1:30 &#8211; 6 pm, Thursdays 4:30 &#8211; 6 pm<br />
<strong>Place: </strong>190 High/UOC, Room 104</p>
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		<title>Queer Art part two!</title>
		<link>http://wesleying.org/2010/03/25/queer-art-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The queer art/lit magazine that was published in the fall is doing an ice creamier, foss hillier, sunnier edition this semester. Which just means it&#8217;ll be published this spring. Check it out!
Queer Art is up and running and hungry for your submissions. We&#8217;ll publish at least one piece from every person who submits (within reason), [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The queer art/lit magazine that was published in the fall is doing an ice creamier, foss hillier, sunnier edition this semester.</strong> Which just means it&#8217;ll be published this spring. Check it out!</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://wesleying.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rupaul.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-36731" src="http://wesleying.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rupaul-121x300.jpg" alt="" width="121" height="300" /></a>Queer Art is up and running and hungry for your submissions. <strong>We&#8217;ll publish at least one piece from every person who submits (within reason), promise.</strong> Things we accept include:<br />
-Poetry<br />
-Prose<br />
-Short Fiction (under 5 pages)<br />
-Comics<br />
-Photos<br />
-Ideas for a real name for this publication<br />
-Sheet music<br />
-Collages<br />
-Coloring book pages<br />
-Doodles<br />
-Drawings generally<br />
-Anything that can be reproduced in 2-D, black and white</p>
<p><strong>so submit your work, whether you identify with the endless acronym or if your art&#8217;s just real fucking queer, we don&#8217;t care.</strong> The best thing to do is give us some things to choose from (3-5 items a person) but that&#8217;s not a requirement.</p>
<p>send submissions to:</p>
<p><strong>openhouselit[at]gmail[dot]com</strong></p>
<p>or</p>
<p><strong>wesbox#90027</strong></p>
<p><strong>BY APRIL 1st!</strong></p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> submissions due April 1st<br />
<strong>Price:</strong> artistic immortality<br />
<strong>Place:</strong> your brain, or wherever your art comes from</p>
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		<title>Apply to Open House</title>
		<link>http://wesleying.org/2010/02/26/apply-to-open-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Tyler Wuthmann &#8216;11:
Don&#8217;t like your double or triple? Want another guaranteed single? Love everything queer, 5 minute dance parties, and tea? Then Open House is the perfect place for you! As a program house with seven, spacious singles, Open House is committed to fun and interesting programing for larger community. If you have ideas [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <strong><span style="color: #800000">Ty</span><span style="color: #ff6600">ler</span> <span style="color: #ffcc00">Wu</span><span style="color: #008000">th</span><span style="color: #333399">ma</span><span style="color: #800080">nn</span> &#8216;11</strong>:</p>
<p><a href="http://wesleying.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/CutePuppy.jpeg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-36072 alignleft" src="http://wesleying.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/CutePuppy-280x300.jpg" alt="" width="280" height="300" /></a>Don&#8217;t like your double or triple? Want another guaranteed single? Love everything queer, 5 minute dance parties, and tea? Then Open House is the perfect place for you! <strong>As a program house with seven, spacious singles, Open House is committed to fun and interesting programing for larger community.</strong> If you have ideas for exciting programs next year or just want to live with six other really cool people then make sure your application into Open House is submitted by tonight at midnight! (Don&#8217;t forget to preference Open House as your number one choice).</p>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> TODAY<br />
<strong>Why:</strong> &#8217;cause you wanna</p>
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		<title>Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Student Working Group Forming</title>
		<link>http://wesleying.org/2010/02/25/sexual-assault-response-team-sart-student-working-group-forming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 28, 2010; 5:00 PM; ] From Liz Krushnic '10:

Want to be involved in getting Wes the sexual violence prevention and response resources it needs?

Here are some questions we’re trying to keep in mind, and this is why we want you: What needs do you have with regard to sexual violence? What holes to you see in Wesleyan policy, resources, awareness, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <strong><span style="color: #800000">Liz Krushnic &#8216;10</span></strong>:</p>
<p><strong>Want to be involved in getting Wes the sexual violence prevention and response resources it needs?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Here are some questions we’re trying to keep in mind, and this is why we want you:</strong> What needs do you have with regard to sexual violence? What holes to you see in Wesleyan policy, resources, awareness, etc? What programs, initiatives, speakers, etc. do we want to see? Do as many voices as possible have a say in what changes we are trying to make? Who is being talked about when we talk about sexual violence? Do you want to see more attention paid around these issues to queer folks? People with disabilities? People of color? Trans folks? Men? etc? etc?</p>
<p><strong>If you’d like to be a part of ongoing efforts to create and maintain the necessary prevention, education, and response resources for sexual violence at Wesleyan, then come to Usdan 108 on Monday 3/1 at 5:00pm.</strong> Meetings will be monthly, and the regular time will be determined by those who come. Hope to see you there! There will be tasty snacks!!!</p>
<p>Please feel free to contact Liz at <strong>ekrushnic</strong> <strong>at wes</strong> with any questions, or if you’d like to be involved but can’t make this meeting.</p>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> Monday, March 1<br />
<strong>Time: </strong>5 pm<br />
<strong>Place:</strong> Usdan 108</p>
<p>Read more after the jump&#8230;<span id="more-36001"></span>Over the past few months, a group of students have informally come together to address the gaps we see in the way Wesleyan deals with issues of sexual violence. Currently there is no administrator who can serve as the “go-to” person if someone has an issue, concern, or need with regard to sexual violence. While certain staff members have varying degrees of training, sexual violence prevention and response is by no means their primary role, and should a student need to access support resources, they might need to fend for themselves unless they happen to know the inner-workings of the administration. Currently the only position on campus dedicated to these issues is the student (SART) intern. So the small group of students who have gotten together around these issues is seeking more student voices, so that we can make sure that as we try to fill these gaps, as many needs are being met as possible. As student turn-over is so great in the university setting, we want to make sure that we create changes that will serve Wesleyan students for years to come, even after we graduate!!!</p>
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		<title>Return of the Queer (Café)</title>
		<link>http://wesleying.org/2010/02/22/return-of-the-queer-cafe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 24, 2010; 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM. ] Open House, in conjunction with the Queer Resource Center, is sponsoring Queer Cafe again this Wednesday!! Queer Cafe is a fun, open space to meet new people, enjoy baked goods and tea, and showcase your talents! It was great last time, don't miss out.

There will be crafting (including face painting!) starting from 7pm and an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Open House, in conjunction with the Queer Resource Center, is sponsoring Queer Cafe again this Wednesday!!</strong> Queer Cafe is a fun, open space to meet new people, enjoy baked goods and tea, and showcase your talents! It was great last time, don&#8217;t miss out.</p>
<p>There will be crafting (including face painting!) starting from 7pm and an <strong>open mic starting at 8:45.</strong></p>
<p>If you would like to sign up ahead of time for the open mic, please email Camara at cawkwardrich@wesleyan.edu. Also if you are a visual artist and want a place to show off your work we&#8217;d love to see it, just give us a heads up at the same address.</p>
<p><a href="http://wesleying.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/neil-patrick-harris-rides.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-35774" src="http://wesleying.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/neil-patrick-harris-rides-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>Tea (i.e. tea bags and hot water) will be provided. We might have some cups, but it&#8217;d be great if you brought your own. Better for the planet.</p>
<p><strong>What:</strong> Queer Café<br />
<strong>When:</strong> this Wed. February 24<br />
<strong>Time: </strong>7 pm &#8211; 10 pm (come and go as you please), open mic at 8:45 pm<br />
<strong>Where:</strong> Albritton 311, at the very top<br />
<strong>Who: </strong>You<br />
<strong>How Much:</strong> Free, but bring some dollars because baked goods and FtoEmbody/JD Samson tickets will be on sale</p>
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		<title>Queer Community Meeting</title>
		<link>http://wesleying.org/2010/02/16/queer-community-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ February 17, 2010; 6:15 PM; ] There will be an informal queer community meeting tomorrow to discuss upcoming events this semester like the month of April.  There will be snacks...



Date: Wed 2/17 (TOMORROW)
Time: 6:15 - 7 pm
Place: UOC 190 High St.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>There will be an informal queer community meeting tomorrow</strong> to discuss upcoming events this semester like the month of April.  There will be snacks&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://wesleying.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/PrideFlag.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-30148" src="http://wesleying.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/PrideFlag-300x187.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="187" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> Wed 2/17 (TOMORROW)<br />
<strong>Time:</strong> 6:15 &#8211; 7 pm<br />
<strong>Place:</strong> UOC 190 High St.</p>
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