Michelle de Sousa will take on the role of the College’s Sexual Abuse Awareness Program coordinator on July 1, Xenia Markowitt, director of the Center for Women and Gender, and Mark Reed, director of counseling and health resources at Dick’s House, said in an e-mail on Wednesday. Interim SAAP coordinator Rebel Roberts, a crime prevention specialist with Safety and Security and an instructor in the Rape Aggression and Defense Program, has served in the position since January, following the departure of the College’s previous coordinator, Leah Prescott, in September 2007.
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A Colorado court sentenced Derrick Begaye on Monday to 48 years to life in prison, the maximum penalty, for the sexual assault of Nicole Redhorse ‘95. Redhorse died following the assault, which occurred on June 6 and 7, 2007.
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American academics have both lauded and condemned the social policies put in place by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s regime, Francisco Rodriguez, a professor of economics and Latin American studies at Wesleyan University, said in a lecture at the Rockefeller Center on Wednesday. Rodriguez said his own research has led him to take a critical view of these policies.
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A stroll through the halls of the Kendal at Hanover retirement community reveals residents working in hobby shops or checking out books from the library, signs that its residents are dedicated to preserving their mental and physical health for as long as possible. Approximately 75 percent of Kendal residents, all of whom are 65 and older, are completely self-sufficient, according to Kendal nurse practitioner Joanne Sandberg-Cook.
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May 7, 3:02 a.m.
West Wheelock Street
Emergency services received a call from a female who said she believed there was a prowler in her apartment. She said she heard footsteps in her residence and locked herself in her bedroom. When Hanover Police arrived, they found nothing unusual. The police were unable to determine what the subject heard.
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