By Tillie Powell, Graduate Assistant Are you a virgin? The answer to this question shouldn’t really matter. It’s personal and private, and hopefully, whether or not someone has had sex is far from the most interesting thing about them. Yet, while all this is true, the ways that we think about and even experience virginity […]
Read MoreUnpacking harm within queer relationships and communities By Tillie Powell, Graduate Assistant When I tell other women that I’m a lesbian, I often get responses that fall in the box of, “You’re so lucky!” “I wish I was gay!” “If it weren’t for my boyfriend, I’d be a lesbian too.” “Being a lesbian must be […]
Read MoreBy Tillie Powell, Graduate Assistant You might’ve seen that Sigma Nu was recently kicked off the row at the U for hazing and violating university policies. Greek life is often a topic in conversations surrounding violence, including sexual violence. Most of the time, though, that conversation focuses on what happens at parties—alcohol, drugs, women looking […]
Read MoreBy Kaley Kavanaugh, Student Staff Member Everyone said I had to go. It was my first semester of freshman year, and the message was clear… frat parties were how you made friends, how you “did” college, how you proved you weren’t lame. People promised me I’d regret it if I stayed home, that the parties […]
Read MoreBy Tillie Powell, Graduate Assistant Stalking is the word to describe the activities of the Joe Goldbergs (the protagonist of Netflix’s You, whose behaviors include egregiously and maliciously intruding upon the lives of multiple individuals, often ending in their demise. And probably more, I stopped watching after the third season.) of the world, right? Well… […]
Read MoreBy Dr. Chris Linder, MCVP Director (Center origin – May 2025) On October 22, 2018, Lauren McCluskey was tragically murdered on campus by a man she had briefly dated. It was my first fall as a faculty member at the University of Utah, though I was no stranger to intimate partner violence. I will always […]
Read MoreBy Tillie Powell, Graduate Assistant “Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.” – Bryan Stevenson Outside of my time at the MCVP, I am a graduate student in social work and an intern at a community mental health clinic. My experiences in the mental health world, most often […]
Read MoreBy Jilly Mcbane, student staff member “Don’t you ever take a break?” For many of us college students, taking a break can seem like the last thing we want to do. It can feel like we can’t take a break before we’ve registered for classes, gotten an A on our exam, written our thesis, and […]
Read MoreMCVP Staff One of the number one questions we get asked while doing educational workshops with college students on campus is “What about false accusations?”. It has always made my head spin to hear that this is a main concern for some college students. Unsurprisingly, the question is almost always asked by men to challenge […]
Read MoreJilly Mcbane, Student Staff Member From one student to another, happy back-to-school season. For new and returning students on campus, I wish you nothing but amazing experiences and endless opportunities to learn as we start a new year at the University of Utah. Although I love the beginning of fall semester, I can’t help but […]
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