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By Pacific Standard 05/22/2015 “Finally, Drummond had everything he’d ever dreamed of. He’d come a long way since he was a little boy, upset at his failure to get into the grammar school. That had been a great disappointment to his mother, and to his father, who was an engineer at a pharmaceutical company. His…

By MedLine Plus 05/20/2015 “WEDNESDAY, May 20, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Adults who were bullied in childhood may be at an increased risk for obesity, heart disease and diabetes, a new British study suggests. “Our research has already shown a link between childhood bullying and risk of mental health disorders in children, adolescents and adults,…

By The Washington Post 05/20/2015 “There was the time when, 19 and naive, I was guilt-tripped into entirely unwanted physical intimacies with a much older married man. And the time, three or four years later, when I went to visit an on-and-off long-distance boyfriend and quickly realized that it was over for me — but…

By Reason.com 05/20/2015 “This week’s graduation at Columbia University caps the bizarre, often sordid saga involving the two most famous members of the Class of 2015: Emma Sulkowicz, the activist who protested the school’s alleged mishandling of her alleged rape by carrying a mattress around campus, and Jean-Paul Nungesser, the German scholarship student she accuses…

By MedLine Plus 05/06/2015 “WEDNESDAY, May 6, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Bullying starts as early as elementary and middle school, and occurs more frequently for students who later identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual, a new study suggests. The study found that from fifth through 10th grade, children who later identified as lesbian, gay or…

By Cape Breton Post 05/05/2015 “SYDNEY — Persuading male victims of sexual abuse to talk about their experiences is one of the keys to ending the cycle of sexual assault, says a Halifax social worker and expert on victimization. But that may be easier said than done, according to Robert Wright, who spoke about the…

By Inside Higher ED 05/01/2015 “He described the night as a consensual, Ecstasy-fueled threesome. She described it as a sexual assault. Reed College agreed with the female student’s version of the events, in which she said she was coerced into having the encounter, and kicked the male student off campus. Now he’s suing the college, alleging that…

By mlive.com 04/28/2015 “GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, MI – The wife of the political director for a GOP presidential contender will not go to jail after pleading to domestic violence against her husband as part of a diversionary program. Erica Yob was in Kent County District Court Tuesday, April 28, where she pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor…