Dickinsonian

Third Annual Rape Awareness Week
Dickinsonian Rape Awareness Week article

In the October 22, 1992 edition of The Dickinsonian, Vikram
Dhawer reports on the coming events of the third annual Rape Awareness
Week as well as rape statistics for the world and Dickinson College.

Date: October 22, 1992
All terms: 1990-1999, Activism, Amnesty International, Bosler Hall, Campus safety, Dhawer, Vikram, Dickinsonian, Dickinsonian, Freeman, Amy, Holland Union Building, Interfraternity Council, Loshinkohl, Crindi, McKenney Field, Panhellenic Association, Panhellenic Council, Parnoy, Alicia, RAPE Awareness Week, Sawyer, Robin, Sexual assault, Sexual behavior, Sexual harassment, Sexuality Resource Group, Student Senate, Take Back the Night, Weiss Center for the Arts, Wise, Julie, Women's Center (student run)
Julie Wise '94 on Ineffective Communication and Rape
Wise letter to editor

In a letter to the Editor in the October 29, 1992 edition of The Dickinsonian, Julie Wise of the Women's Center  addresses the need for better communication and clearer consent in sexual relationships to avoid rape.

Date: October 29, 1992
All terms: 1990-1999, Alcohol, Campus, Campus safety, Dickinsonian, RAPE Awareness Week, Sexual assault, Sexual behavior, Wise, Julie, Women's Center (student run)
Dickinsonian Article on Affirmative Action Panel Debate
Bilderback and Bunder Article

In this article, Pete Bilderback and Mike Bunder report in the October 1, 1987 edition of the Dickinsonian on a panel
debate that took place in Memorial Hall on September 20, 1987 about
affirmative action at Dickinson and education nationally.

Date: October 1, 1987
All terms: 1980-1989, Allan, George, Bilderback, Pete, Bunder, Mike, Center for Judicial Studies, Dickinsonian, Dickinsonian, Fullinwider, Robert, Hartman, Heidi, Manne, Henry, McClellan, James, Memorial Hall, Withers, Claudia
The Dickinsonian Reports on Condom Distribution at Dickinson
Lukacs and Simmons Article

Liz Lukacs and L. J. Simmons reported in the October 1, 1987 edition of the Dickinsonian on the decision of the Health Center to distribute condoms, free of charge, describing how the Health Center, Sexuality Resource Group and Women's Center were all involved.

Date: October 1, 1987
All terms: 1980-1989, Birth control, Board of Trustees, Chris, Dickinsonian, Dickinsonian, Health and hygiene, Health Center, Health services, Lukacs, Liz, Sex Education Week, Sexual behavior, Sexual health, Sexuality Resource Group, Sexually transmitted diseases, Simmons, L.Z.
Article on "Take Back the Night" March and Rally
"March against violence resisted in Quad" Article

On Sunday, April 10, 1988, students participated in "Take Back the Night"
rally and march, sponsored by the Women's Center, to protest and raise
awareness of rape.  Mike Dever reported on the event, describing the march route and some opposition the
marchers experienced in the Quad in the April 14, 1988 edition of the Dickinsonian.

Date: April 14, 1988
All terms: 1980-1989, Activism, Burlington, Jen, Dever, Mike, Dickinsonian, Dickinsonian, Domestic violence, Fulham-Winston, Deborah, Kwon, Helen, Lowe, Melanie, Old West, Quad, Romano, Mary, Sexual assault, Take Back the Night, Women's Center (student run), Women's rights movement
1984 Women's Center Grand Opening Announcement
Women's Center Advertisement

This advertisement in the March 1, 1984 edition of the Dickinsonian
announces the grand opening of the student run Women's Center at
Dickinson with speakers Jo Banks and Ellen Rosenman on March 5th, as
well as a reading of original poetry by Sonia Sanchez at the Center on March 7th.

Date: March 1, 1984
All terms: 1980-1989, Banks, Jo, Dickinsonian, Firsts, Rosenman, Ellen, Sanchez, Sonia, Women's Center, Women's Center (student run), Women's Center Opening
Article on "A Room of One's Own" Discussion and the Opening of the Women's Center
Women's Center article

In an article published in the Dickinsonian in March 1984, Daphne
Moritz reports on the grand opening of the Women's Center and the
discussion of Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" given at the event
by Professor Ellen Rosenman and Jo Banks.

Date: March 1984
All terms: 1980-1989, Banks, Jo, Dickinsonian, Firsts, Moritz, Daphne, President's Commission on the Status of Women, Rosenman, Ellen, Women's Center, Women's Center (student run), Women's Center Opening, Woolf, Virginia
Esther Chambers Becomes First Known Female Editor of the Dickinsonian
Chambers Named Editor of Dickinsonian

This article in the Dickinsonian names Esther Chambers '32 as the new editor of the student newspaper.  Although the article describes her as the "first woman to hold the editorship for many years," earlier female editors have yet to be identified.  The other woman on the newspaper staff at the time was Marie Formad '34.  According to this article, Chambers was to hold a meeting on February 19, 1931 at which she would announce who she had chosen to serve as sports editor, associate editor, and desk editor.  A banquet for the members of the staff was also planned for March 6 at the

Date: February 19, 1931
All terms: 1930-1939, Dickinsonian, Esther Chambers, Firsts, Leadership, Marie Formad, Molly Pitcher Hotel