Commodity Model vs. Performance Model of Sexuality (and why the Performance Model is infinitely better)

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COMMENTARY BY: SHEENA OZAKI Jaclyn Friedman, author of Yes Means Yes and What You Really Really Want, gave the keynote presentation on March 18th to kick off the Carolina Women’s Center’s Gender Week. In her speech, she discussed two models of sexuality – the commodity model and the performance model. The Commodity Model of Sexuality … Read more

Sexual Assault Policy at UNC: An Ongoing Process

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BY: GRACE TATTER The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced today that they are investigating the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s handling of sexual assault cases. The Department isn’t the only one concerned; many students and community members are too. The complaint filed in February against Landen Gambill by her … Read more

Gambill Honor Court Hearing Likely

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BY: GRACE TATTER Despite the rally today at 1 p.m., UNC’s student attorney general said Honor System procedure is unlikely to be altered. Sophomore Landen Gambill will probably go to Honor Court to face the charge that she created an intimidating environment for her ex-boyfriend. Student attorney general Amanda Claire Grayson, a senior, joined junior … Read more

Misunderstandings Surround Gambill Case

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BY: GRACE TATTER AND KYLE ANN SEBASTIAN Last week, UNC sophomore Landen Gambill, who has been in the national press since filing a complaint against the University about the handling of sexual assault, was charged with a conduct violation of the University’s Honor Code. The charge claims Gambill engaged in disruptive or intimidating behavior against … Read more

I Stand with Landen Gambill

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COMMENTARY BY: CAREY HANLIN Three days ago, my good friend Landen Gambill received an email from the UNC-Chapel Hill Honor Court informing her that she had been charged with “disruptive or intimidating behavior” toward the student who raped her. When Landen first told me this past fall about her sexual assault, she talked about the … Read more

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