Title IX
University president speaks on new Title IX regulations
By Mia Brounstein Editor-in-Chief In an email sent to the Franciscan University community on April 25, Franciscan’s president reaffirmed the university’s loyalty to Catholic Church teaching in response to the U.S. Department of Education’s new Title IX regulations. In the email, the Rev. Dave Pivonka, TOR, stated, “as a passionately Catholic institution, we believe in and […]
Title IX, Res Life sponsor talk on dating
By Peter Baugher Staff Writer Title IX Coordinator and Youth Protection Officer Ann Booth, Confidential Advocate Katherine Holler and Residence Director Thomas Costello headed up an event on forming healthy romantic relationships and friendships on April 18. The event, which took place in the lobby of Sts. Louis and Elizabeth Hall, began with Costello asking […]
New advocates provide confidential help for victims of sexual assault
MYA RILEY STAFF WRITER As part of its latest initiative to ensure a safe campus, Franciscan University of Steubenville has expanded its office of Campus Safety and Compliance to include two confidential advocates, located in 1410 Assisi Heights, who are able to assist not only students but faculty and staff as well with Title IX concerns. In today’s world, sexual assault and harassment […]
Students respond with questions to sexual abuse report
ALLEGRA THATCHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF An article posted in the popular Facebook group “Frannies Talk to Each Other” led to the chat being archived and launched many questions from the students to the administration as well as each other. The post, originally published on the evening of Oct. 9, 2018, was an article written by a Franciscan […]
Conservative Column: The Title IX effect
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST Most on this campus probably saw the article published by the National Catholic Reporter last week on the university’s alleged disdain for Title IX. Those people probably saw the distasteful and unconstructive tirades that took over social media afterwards, especially the problematic “Frannies Talk to Each Other” Facebook group. In the […]
Franciscan’s Sexual Misconduct (Title IX) Training aims to decrease abuse, uphold human dignity
BY JOHN GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER As the Oct. 31 deadline for completing the mandatory Sexual Misconduct (Title IX) Training video course on Blackboard swiftly approaches, members of Franciscan University’s administration and staff provided comments on the purpose for this initiative. “We recognize that it’s an inconvenience,” said Brenan Pergi, vice president of Human Resources. “We […]