By 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 […]
Read MoreLauren Rives, Student Staff Member I have a confession to make: I’m a recovering perfectionist. I overthink things, trying to analyze every possible outcome to maximize my chances of success. I’m not great at delegating, since I want to make sure every detail of what I’m working on is going smoothly. I spend hours making […]
Read MoreBy Tillie Powell, Student Staff Member My Utah story is a dime a dozen. I was raised in a big, devoutly religious family in the suburbs of Salt Lake, and when I came to the University of Utah, I ended up leaving my religion of origin. All this to say, for the majority of my […]
Read MoreBy Whitney Hills, Associate Director of Education At the McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention, we use education and research as a means of primary prevention in ending sexual violence among college students. Primary prevention means stopping harm before it happens in the first place. Through education, we know that all forms of violence, including sexual […]
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