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TRIGGER WARNING: This content deals with an account of sexual assault and may be triggering to some people.
When you're being raped time does not stop. Time does not speed up and jump ahead like it does when you are with friends. Instead, time becomes your nemesis; it slows to such an excruciating pace that every second becomes an hour, every minute a year, and the rape becomes a lifetime.
On May 25, 2011, I was raped by an acquaintance in Crossett Dormitory on Amherst College campus.
Some nights I can still hear the sounds of his roommates on the other side of the door, unknowingly talking and joking as I was held down; it is far from a pleasant wakeup call.
I had always fancied myself a strong, no-nonsense woman, whose intense independence was cultivated by seventeen harrowing years of emotional abuse in my backwoods home. May 25th temporarily shattered that self-image and left me feeling like the broken victim that I had never wanted to be.
Everything I had believed myself to be was gone in 30 minutes.
I did not report the rape after it occurred. Almost immediately after the rape I flew off to California, got lost in the beauty of the redwoods, the phenomenal art, and meeting the most unique people I'd ever beheld.
I blocked the rape from my mind and tried to convince myself that it hadn't happened; that it couldn't have happened. But there was no denying the facts.
One week before I was supposed to fly back East, everything rushed over and consumed me. My memory had been restored and I wasn't sure how I would be able to hold myself together for that year, let alone for the upcoming three years.
When I returned to Amherst for my sophomore year, I designed a simple plan of attack for surviving: Business as usual combined with a new mantra I will NOT cry.
First semester passed relatively well, there were rocky times, but I kept it together. I masked fear with smiles. I mastered the art of avoiding prying questions. I drowned myself in work and extracurricular activities in order to hide my personal pain. I was unnervingly good at playing the role of well-adjusted sophomore.
It was inevitable though that this masquerade would become too overwhelming and that my façade would shatter.
In February twisted fate decided that I had to work with him on a fundraiser. E-mails. Stopping me in the gym and at the dining hall. Smirks. Winks. Pats on my back. It was all too much.
My masquerade was over.
I broke down and for the next several months, he won.
I spent most of my spring semester an emotional wreck. I saw his face everywhere I went. I heard his voice mocking me in my own head. I imagined new rapists hiding behind every shower curtain and potted plant. I bandaged the situation by throwing myself into more work and by resolutely refusing to acknowledge that I was anything but well adjusted.
Eventually I reached a dangerously low point, and, in my despondency, began going to the campus' sexual assault counselor. In short I was told: No you can't change dorms, there are too many students right now. Pressing charges would be useless, he's about to graduate, there's not much we can do. Are you SURE it was rape? It might have just been a bad hookup…You should forgive and forget.
How are you supposed to forget the worst night of your life?
I didn't know what to do any more. For four months I continued wandering around campus, distancing from my friends, and going to counseling center. I was continuously told that I had to forgive him, that I was crazy for being scared on campus, and that there was nothing that could be done. They told me: We can report your rape as a statistic, you know for records, but I don't recommend that you go through a disciplinary hearing. It would be you, a faculty advisor of your choice, him, and a faculty advisor of his choice in a room where you would be trying to prove that he raped you. You have no physical evidence, it wouldn't get you very far to do this.
Hours locked in a room with him and being called a liar about being raped? No thank you, I could barely handle seeing him from the opposite end of campus; I knew I couldn't handle that level of negativity.
When May rolled around, everything finally came to a head. My "Anniversary" was coming up and all of the terror that I had intermittently felt that year became one giant ball of horror that filled my life. He was still out there. He could get to me again. If I told anyone he would find out and do it again. No, no, no, no, no.
For my independent studies photography course I produced a series of 20 self-portraits representing myself before, during, and after the rape.
I showed them to my classmates. Their words stung like hornets: You look funny…I don't get it, why are you so upset?
I went to the counseling center, as they always tell you to do, and spoke about how genuinely sad I was at Amherst, how much I wanted to leave, and how scared I was on a daily basis. "I should just drink darkroom developer or something…"
Twenty minutes later campus police was escorting me into an ambulance. They were even less understanding: There's something seriously wrong with you; you're not healthy and normal right now. No, you can't say no. You HAVE to go, but don't worry, you won't have to be there too long. This is for your own good. Amherst cares about you and wants you to get better.
On May 5th I entered Cooley Dickinson Hospital's Emergency Room. Three hours after sitting curled up and terrified on a hospital bed I was admitted into the Psychiatric Ward for depression and suicidal thoughts. The doctor was skeptical to say the least: I really don't think that a school like Amherst would allow you to be raped. And why didn't you tell anybody? That just doesn't make any sense...Your anger and sadness right now seem unfounded and irrational, someone your age should not be this sad—it's not normal. We'll be admitting you in a few minutes, they'll take good care of you. They'll get you some drugs and they'll make you feel happy again…If you don't willingly enter we'll have a judge issue a court order legally forcing you to stay there. Trust us, this is for your own good.
So much for not having to stay.
The Psychiatric Ward was a lovely place: the top floor of the hospital, bare white walls, Spartan furnishings, and two stainless steel locked doors at either end of the corridor making sure that anyone who goes in, stays in. Doctors and Nurse Practitioners wondered around the bare hallways checking in on myself and my fellow patients—every fifteen minutes they recorded where we were, what we were doing, and whether we looked happy. In the morning we were given our drugs; if you didn't take them you would have to be there longer. It was in our best interest to take them, so they told us.
During the day we discussed our thoughts and feelings, our inhibitions, our strengths, but more often than not we did nothing.
When you're forced to sit and think about yourself for hours on end, you go through four stages of existence.
Stage 1: Hysteria—Characterized by denying that anything is wrong, "I'm perfectly fine" and "I don't belong here," are common phrases during this stage.
Stage 2: Numb and Ornery—You have finally realized that something is wrong with you, but you are overwhelmed and confused about how to go about fixing your problem. You therefore decide not to do anything.
Stage 3: Determination—You realize that the only way you're allowed to leave the Ward is if you "get better" and "solve your problems." Every fiber of your being thus goes into these two tasks.
Stage 4: Enlightenment—Everything falls into place. Your mind is no longer an oppressive hell and it begins to function again. The outside world no longer seems so daunting.
You are then permitted to leave.
My Enlightenment occurred when I least expected it. Four days into the Ward, I was sitting in on an introductory Substance Abuse and Mental Health Rehabilitation meeting since there was absolutely nothing better to do. To start us off, the meeting leader decided to have everyone go around and talk about why we were on the Ward. We went around the circle: hours in rehab, drug relapses, alcoholism, abusive boyfriends, being an abusive boyfriend, and escapism from the stresses of daily life. The stories weren't the superficial accounts that you read in a person's medical file; they were real life. Every problem, every ounce of frustration, every personal tick was laid bare that evening. And everyone was open, not proud, just blunt and sincere; the desire to improve their lives was palpable.
Over the past four days, I had yet to touch upon "what I was in for," my story was a mystery to everyone around me.
As my fellow patients went around the circle it all suddenly clicked. I realized why I never spoke about the rape, why I had refused to tell my school friends, why I had totally broken down, why I had steadily degenerated over the past few months. I was ashamed, and because of this shame I could not begin healing.
"Silence has the rusty taste of shame," a fellow survivor once wrote.
I had been far too silent, far too ashamed.
That night I told them everything.
For the first time I told my story and I was not ashamed.
Later that night, as I lay in bed—still in an adrenaline induced state of wakefulness—I heard my roommate whisper my name, and then, a question.
"Are you still awake?"
"Thought so…"
A long pause. She'd been in the meeting.
What was she thinking? What would she say?
"I just wanted to tell you, I…I know how it feels. My uncle raped me when I was 15. The police never arrested him. Rape "wasn't their top priority." It still hurts…You're incredibly brave to talk about it…I rarely do."
She was 42 years old.
I did not sleep. That night I realized that from then on I could not stay silent—if not for myself, then for my roommate.
I had reached the apex of Stage 4.
I decided that once I was released I would continue with my plans to study abroad that upcoming semester; I would be rejuvenated when I returned to campus in the winter, ready to take on the world and fight for survivor rights.
I would be strong again.
From the moment I woke, this plan hit one pitfall after another; a domino effect of roadblocks that continued for the next three months.
I sat at breakfast in bright spirits, attempting to carry on a conversation with a manic depressive woman who rarely talked. I was so genuinely happy that her lack of responses didn't even bother me—I just talked at her.
In the middle of my stimulating conversation my harried looking social worker suddenly strode into the dining room and headed purposefully over to me.
She looked grim and angry. "They're trying to prevent you from going back."
I was shocked.
She began rattling off the Administration's policy regarding students released from psychiatric care. In order for students to be allowed back they had to have parental supervision while on campus in order to make sure that the student did not relapse into substance abuse again (the most common reason for student admittance into the Ward). This meant that a parent would stay in a hotel near campus and would then follow their child around for two weeks until the "all clear" period was reached. "And since you don't have parents…"
She trailed off awkwardly and began to resolutely examine the upper left-hand corner of the dining room.
I must have been speechless for a good minute as a bizarre series of emotions plowed me over.
Shock to incredulity, back to shock, to sadness to anger, back to shock again, then back to sadness, and then an overwhelming amount of shame and embarrassment settled over me. I'm not worthy of even going back; that's how disgusting I am. I can't even step foot on campus…
Panic welled up inside of me.
Did this mean I was trapped on the Ward forever? God, no, I couldn't handle that. I wasn't crazy!
Claustrophobia and paranoia dropped on top of me and I wildly scanned the room. I met my roommate's eyes. She was looking at me with worry: What's wrong?
The room stopped spinning, the walls went back to their normal locations, I could breathe again, and now I was angry. I told her flat out: Let me get this straight. I was raped on their campus. I had an emotional breakdown because I didn't feel safe and felt harassed on their campus. I went to their counseling center, like they told me to, and I told them how I was feeling. They decided that I should be sent to the hospital. And now they won't allow me back on their campus? They allow rapists back on campus, but they won't allow the girl who was raped back? The girl who did nothing wrong.
She told me: Well, when you put it that way…
The maniacal grin on my social worker's face as she walked off was wonderful.
Needless to say, Amherst let me back on campus later that evening. Five days after being admitted, I was finally released from the Ward.
The car ride back to campus with my dean was, also needless to say, the most awkward car ride of my life. I looked at her: You know, I'm really glad that y'all let me back on campus, for a while there I was pretty worried and I was actually preparing an argument for why I should be allowed back…
Her response: No, no, no! That's not what happened, you must have just misunderstood the situation! We're so happy to have you back! Amherst is just such a wonderful place, we know you'll be happy to be back!
A big misunderstanding, I was skeptical.
In the following days I decided that my best policy when dealing with Amherst at the moment would be "let's let bygones be bygones." I quickly forgave the Administration and focused on just being happy to be out. On the inside though I was still dripping with anger, shame, and embarrassment.
Several days after my release I had to defend my chance to study abroad. My chance to leave campus for the first time in 8 months, my chance to relax and heal in a new environment, my biggest chance to revive my love of Amherst, and my chance to move on in life by studying what I truly love. The prospect had gotten me through the most frigid hours on the Ward and I was convinced that it would be the perfect way to continue my healing process.
I half-heartedly murmured, Your actions were understandable. I understand your policy when dealing with depression and students coming out of the Psychiatric Ward…during the meeting that included my dean and several of the campus counselors. Relief instantly flashed across all of their faces and the atmosphere rose in friendliness.
Then: The Ward was the best thing that could have happened to me. I have re-found my love of life and my desire to heal. I will never be 100% better, but I no longer feel like a victim. I'm a survivor, I'm strong, and I think that studying abroad will help me continue healing. When I return in the winter I'll have a greater understanding of myself and a greater appreciation of Amherst.
They responded with enthusiasm: Of course! Very coherent explanation. You seem much happier, which is wonderful! We agree that going abroad and getting off campus will do you good.
Study abroad here I come!
I felt genuinely happy for the first time in a year, and I could not wait to head out.
At Amherst though, things are never that easy.
A few weeks after my release from the Ward I had a routine check-in with my dean to make sure that I was still doing well. I was excited to be leaving soon, and I must have looked quite content, sitting in her office with a million watt smile and bright eyes. I began to rattle on about how nice the warm weather was, how beautiful commencement had been, how great life was, on and on. She seemed distracted: Nod, nod…Mhmmm…Well, excellent! I'm so glad to hear that you're excited about the upcoming summer here. I know how much you wanted to study abroad and how much work you must've put into it, but really, it's for the best. Africa is quite traumatizing, what with those horrible third-world conditions: disease…huts…lions! You'll be much better off here at Amherst where we can watch over you. It will give you some time to think about…you know…that…unfortunate incident…
My face was blank. "I'm supposed to go to Cape Town, South Africa…" Her response broke me down: Yes dear, I know. You were supposed to study in Africa. It's all for the best that you aren't though.
No one ever told me flat out that I would no longer be studying abroad. Not even the study abroad dean told me. I scheduled a meeting with her for two days after the meeting with my dean.
A few minutes after exchanging pleasantries she asked: What are your plans for the summer now that you're on campus?
For the month of June I was decrepit, nothing could perk me up. I returned to feeling the embarrassment and shame that had consumed me before going onto the Ward. If I hadn't told anyone about what happened I'd be abroad…If I had been stronger…If I wasn't such a failure…This is all my fault, I really am just a broken, polluted piece of shit…
Living was difficult. Each day I woke up and wandered around in a daze. At night I stared blank faced at a wall and curled up in my chair in a fetal position. I couldn't talk with people. If I talk with them they might become infected with my dirtiness.
I stopped eating. I stopped sleeping. I secretly hoped that one day on a run my heart would just stop and no one would have to see me again. I wasn't worth anything anyway.
I continued having to meet with my dean; she blamed my sadness on not being allowed to study abroad, but I knew that it wasn't that simple. I could live with not being allowed to go to South Africa at the moment, the country would be there for a while, but being forced to stay on campus in a dorm populated with men I did not know, that was the real psychological issue. Every time I told my dean that I didn't feel safe on campus, that I wanted to be allowed to leave , or at least be put in a different dorm, I received the same unhelpful responses that I had received in February. They told me: You were lucky to be given a room here this summer in the first place, housing is tight right now and you really shouldn't complain. All of your fear is ungrounded, Amherst is one of the safest places imaginable…If we let you leave campus we won't know what mental and emotional place you'll exist in when you return in September; you could become completely unstable! At Amherst we can monitor you, and, if need be, strongly suggest time off when the school year rolls around…
I felt like a prisoner, or, more accurately, like a harem girl. My jail was luxurious and openair, I was free to move about, the ruling power judged my worth on a weekly basis, and I was constantly reminded how lucky I was to be there.
One night, after a particularly rough meeting with my dean (I just don't understand why you've been so angry throughout all of this. You have no reason to be angry about anything.), I was curled up on my floor—I wasn't thinking, I didn't feel anything.
I went over to the mirror on the back of my door and stared. What had happened to the girl who had come off of the Ward so empowered and strong; the girl who decided to no longer be silent and feel shamed? Where had she gone?
I went over to my desk and picked up a brochure I had been given about a survivor center at UMass Amherst. I gave an exaggerated sigh. Might as well…I called the number and made an appointment for the next day.
I went back to the mirror and stared at myself again.
For the next 15 minutes I repeated: "Silence has the rusty taste of shame."
I walked over to my computer, typed up an email, hesitated for a second, and then pressed send.
I had just sent my entire sports team an email-rant about my rape and subsequent breakdown at the end of spring.
It was about time people began to realize that Amherst wasn't just majestic dorms and world-class professors.
It was about time I resumed the silent pact that I had made to my roommate on the Ward.
I will not be quiet.
The next few weeks were a blur of unending days spent resolutely working to feel better (A friend told me: You can't help other people if you feel like shit).
I was able to sleep again. I ate more. I went to free therapy sessions. I wrote and mindlessly colored in order to ground myself. I obsessively made lists of all the things imaginable. I joined a survivor group. I cried less and smiled a bit more.
I started healing.
It took a month of hard work until I was noticeably doing better. My friends, my therapist, my coworkers, and my fellow survivor group members all started commenting on how much healthier and happier I looked. I still felt uncomfortable and oppressed while surrounded by men on campus, but I was no longer afraid to leave my room after 7 p.m. I was determined to love Amherst again.
Life was tolerable.
Early July and I had another meeting with my dean: You look like you're doing better today. Well done, I'm so glad to see this kind of improvement! I think it's safe to assume that you can come back next semester, and in that regard I think that it's time that we talk about your time at Amherst over the next two years…I know you want to do African Studies through the Five Colleges, but I don't think I can support that decision. Africa is very traumatizing and I think that studying Africa is just a way for you to relive your real-life traumas; it's just not a good place to be studying.
Over the next thirty minutes several more restrictions were laid out: no Five College classes this upcoming year, no study abroad in the spring, definitely no senior year thesis, I would have to meet with a counselor twice a week, and friends off campus would have to be pushed to the wayside. She told me: Amherst is the only place that matters, and, really, you don't have a family, so where else would you go? Amherst is the only place that you can be.
At the end of our conversation I grunted out a vapid response and headed straight to my room. I sat on my bed, million-mile-gazed at the wall, and thought.
What was the point of staying at Amherst? I had been stuck on campus for eleven months straight; each day had been more challenging and emotionally draining than the previous one. I had been feeling better recently, but each time I met with my dean I felt more emotionally distraught than I had beforehand. Her comments reminded me that in the Administration's eyes I was the most base individual: a poor and parentless humanities major who was the school's token-Deep-Southerner. I was sullied, blameworthy, and possibly insane.
I made a Pros and Cons of Amherst List.
The Pro List had seven items.
The Con List had twenty-three items.
On July 14th I made one of the hardest decisions of my life.
I was going to withdraw from Amherst.
That next week I threw myself into finding a way out. Plans were made, plans were broken, Plan B was made, and finally Plan B was successful!
I did not tell the Administration for fear that they would somehow sabotage me. It was probably paranoid, but after being prevented from leaving campus multiple times I was not going to take any chances. The conversation went similarly to this:
"I'm withdrawing from Amherst."
That was my greeting to my dean when I met with her in late July.
The look of complete shock on her face was priceless. When she recovered: So you're taking a semester off? That's perfectly ok, many survivors do, I think it's best that you do what you…
No, I'm withdrawing, permanently. I ain't planning on ever coming back. I'm going to transfer to another school after taking a semester off to travel around.
You can't…You…Nobody withdraws. Where are you going to go? You don't have parents. What are you going to do?
I'm working on a Dude Ranch in Wyoming.
…I didn't think you'd be able to figure out a plan…Well, we technically won't withdraw you from the school until three years have passed. After three years we'll double-check to make sure that you really want to withdraw and then we'll remove you from our current-students system.
No, I just want you to withdraw me. I don't want to come back, I don't want to be affiliated with your school anymore. I'm sick of this place.
I think you need to meet with our sexual assault counselor again, you're way too angry right now and not thinking clearly. I have a feeling you'll change your mind and come back. Amherst is one of the best schools out there, it will be a transfer down unless you go to an Ivy…
You know, I have I feeling that I won't want to come back, but that's just a hunch.
As my dean suggested, I met with our sexual assault counselor a few days later. The meeting was uncharacterizeable by one word, but bizarre might be the closest description: This is a bad idea, you're not thinking straight.
I didn't understand this. I'd been thinking about this for quite a while; I was unhappy at Amherst and I didn't understand why I should stay at a place where I was absolutely miserable. There are other places in the world.
The next two hours was a hodgepodge of topics: Your lack of parental support makes you emotionally volatile and prevents you from following through with decisions that you make.
Apparently I had decided not to study abroad. Then there was bizarre 'concern:'You don't look very healthy. Have you been eating? I think you might have an eating disorder. You know there's a great clinic in Northhampton where we can send you for in-patient eating disorder treatment.
I don't have an eating disorder; I used to have one, I know what they're like. I don't eat a lot because I can't afford to buy food.
Then the ranch came up: Do you realize how difficult working on a Dude Ranch will be? The people in Wyoming are different from the people at Amherst, they won't be well-educated, and they won't understand you. You're going to a backwards place. Do you realize how bad it will be?
Yes, because the rest of the US is filled with ignorant savages who haven't been saved by the light of Amherst. How would I ever survive?
To the counselor's great surprise, these stellar arguments did not convince me to stay at Amherst. I became even more resolute about my decision to leave, and decided to talk with the Victim Rights Law Center, a pro-bono law firm based in Boston that my survivor group had recommended to me several weeks earlier. My preliminary intake with the VRLC was quite eye-opening: Oh Amherst? Yeah, unfortunately I know Amherst all too well. I've been down there many times to deal with the administration and their constant mistreatment of survivors. Our law firm keeps trying to force them to change but they just don't seem to understand, they keep doing the same old thing.
Amherst has almost 1800 students; last year alone there were a minimum of 10 sexual assaults on campus. In the past 15 years there have been multiple serial rapists, men who raped more than five girls, according to the sexual assault counselor. Rapists are given less punishment than students caught stealing. Survivors are often forced to take time off, while rapists are allowed to stay on campus. If a rapist is about to graduate, their punishment is often that they receive their diploma two years late.
I eventually reported my rapist.
He graduated with honors.
I will not graduate from Amherst.
The stories and statistics are miles long in regards to sexual assault on campus. My story is far from unique, and, compared to some of the stories I have heard, is tame.
The more that I learn about Amherst's policy toward sexual assault and survivors in general, the more relief I feel in deciding to transfer. How could I stay at a school who had made my healing process not just difficult, but impossible? How could I stand knowing that the Administration promotes silence? How could I spend the next two years made to feel dirty and at fault?
I could not.
At one point I hated Amherst with an indescribable amount of fury, but I do not hate the school anymore. Amherst took a lot from me, but they gave me some of the greatest gifts imaginable: self-confidence, my closest friends, intellectual curiosity, and endless personal strength. For these things I am forever grateful. For everything else, I stand back and behold the college with a feeling of melancholia.
The fact that such a prestigious institution could have such a noxious interior fills me with intense remorse mixed with sour distaste. I am sickened by the Administration's attempts to cover up survivors' stories, cook their books to discount rapes, pretend that withdrawals never occur, quell attempts at change, and sweep sexual assaults under a rug. When politicians cover up affairs or scandals the masses often rise up in angry protestations and call for a more transparent government. What is the difference between a government and the Amherst College campus? Why can't we know what is really happening on campus? Why should we be quiet about sexual assault?
"Silence has the rusty taste of shame."
There is no reason shame should be a school's policy.
UPDATE: President Carolyn "Biddy" Martin has released a statement concerning this article and the follow-up steps being taken by the administration regarding sexual assault: https://www.amherst.edu/campuslife/letters_president/node/436469
You are amazing.
Recent Alumni, I can assure you that guidance counselors and parents (let alone prospective students) are eagerly awaiting to hear from Amherst's administration. Given that the college admissions season is well underway, Amherst's administrators need to explain their actions in this case as well as the changes they have instituted in both personnel and policy to address recurring criminal activity on the campus.
also got sent over an email list at mit.
while i knew some institutions defended rapists instead of supporting victims, this story is so appalling. It makes me really want to go to Amherst's administration and ask them what is wrong with them. I'm sure they wouldn't be doing the same thing if their kid was the victim. How disgusting, vile, and corrupt. Not sure how to express my anger.
For Angie, I'm so glad you were able to heal and come out with this story after so long struggling. Hope you know that the many people out there reading this right now is supporting you.
Thank you for bravely sharing your story. It has reminded me to be thankful for my own administration's openness and zero tolerance of sexual assault, though I'm sure it has room for improvement. Solidarity from Vassar. Your story and its message are spreading.
Mount Holyoke loves and supports you!
Angie - thank you so much for your bravery and for sharing your story. If you're interested in posting this piece on additional blogs, etc., please reach out to me. We'd love to cross-post your piece. Thanks, Abigail - (firstname.lastname@example.com)
This is rage inducing. I am so sorry for what you went through. I hope that this article inspires some real change.
This is rage inducing. I am so sorry for what you went through. I hope that this article inspires some real change.
Thank you for your courage in sharing your story of this sexual assault and the Amherst administration's response to you. Since just being posted yesterday, this story is getting a lot of attention across the blogosphere. I hope it gets picked up by the mainstream media as well.
The administrators in question, not Angie, should be ashamed of themselves. That's where the shame rightfully lies. Angie: Thank you for your bravery in sharing your story.
Angie- Thank you so much for sharing. Your story needs to be heard, because so many want to pretend that this and other stories like it aren't true. They pretend that rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment doesn't happen because they are afraid—afraid of having to re-examine their own actions, afraid that somehow their lives and liberties will be taken away if our culture becomes sensitive to these issues. You are helping us all move forward towards healing, towards a future that embraces humanity. Your life is just beginning, and everything that you are is going to lead you to do great things. Thank you for not only contributing to a discussion, but inspiring me and others to go out and work. Don't let haters get you down! - Caroline
im a student in wales and just want you to know that you are getting international support too. Stay strong and all the best in your future.
I can't even imagine what you've been through. You are incredibly brave for sharing your story. Thank you. Wonderfully well-written.
What an incredible story; I am at another college, but I sympathize with the administrative challenges you have dealt with.
Thank you for sharing your story. Your bravery will most certainly improve the climate for sexual assault survivors at Amherst and other colleges across the nation.
Thank you for your courage in sharing this. Your bravery and strength in the face of these challenges is inspiring. I hope in a different environment you can begin to find peace.
Thank you for your courage in sharing this. Your bravery and strength in the face of these challenges is inspiring. I hope in a different environment you can begin to find peace.
Despite the trigger warning, I read through this. Thank you for being brave and breaking your silence. I was a victim of sexual assault in college (not at Amherst, though I've admired the institution). Although that was over 9 years ago, reading your story today sparked something in me- maybe the visceral reaction to the phrase "Silence has the rusty taste of shame"- and I took the first step to joining a support group to help continue to heal from my experience. I never told anyone in authority what happened. I made no report and called no crisis line (well, once, but I hung up). I've shared the fact with friends and lovers but do not consider myself "out" about the assault. My family does not know. I never processed through it with a counselor. But staying silent gives the event and my assaulter more power than I need to. Thank you for helping spark the courage in me to reach out.
I just wanted to let you know that your story has power. Thank you, again.
Dear Angie,
First, thank you for posting this. You are so, so brave. I want to let you know that you are not alone. I was raped by my boyfriend halfway through my sophomore year. I tried to put on a brave face, but around half a year later I was a complete mess. No one understood how I had gone from being cheerful and outgoing to cynical and fearful, and when I told some of my friends what had happened, several of them stopped talking to me. I met with a counselor to discuss the impact this had had on my life, and was also told to sign into a psychiatric ward. When I protested at the hospital, the doctor told me that "Princeton probably will not allow you back unless you sign in." While I was there, I was told that "Princeton has to consider whether we will allow you back, considering that you signed into a psychiatric ward."
The next year I became an RA (they call them RCA's here), and after a meeting with my director of student life in which she expressed concern for me, I confided in her what had happened to me. She immediately told me that she had to relieve me of my position, saying that I was, and I quote, "clearly too fragile" for the job. I asked her, if I had been an RCA before being raped, and had then been raped while being an RCA and confided in her then, would she still be firing me? She said, "No, no, of course not. And for the record, we're not firing you. But unfortunately, I am forced to accept your resignation."
Much like you, I then decided to study abroad. When the dean of my college (a different woman) found out, she asked me to meet with her to discuss whether I was "strong enough" to go abroad. She said the phrase, "We're not judging you" so many times in that meeting that eventually I interrupted her and said, "Look, let's both acknowledge that you are judging me. I'm fine with it, but let's accept that we would not be having this meeting if you weren't wondering whether I am 'strong enough,' to use your words." To her credit, she acknowledged that this was correct, and then discussed the special requirements for my case if I were to study abroad. Unlike the people at Amherst who sound like horrible people, let alone administrators, she ultimately did support my going, and explained that the measures she was suggesting were solely to support me during my time abroad. But the meeting itself shook me. The message that everyone took every opportunity to communicate to me -- "you're a mess; you've been raped, and therefore are unstable; you're crazy for still being this emotional about something that happened a year ago" sunk in. I decided that they were right, that I had no business going abroad, or doing anything adventurous, for that matter.
Strictly speaking, no one actively prevented me from study abroad, or from other plans and adventures I wanted to pursue. But when people spend literally years telling you that you're a volatile, crazy mess, it starts to sink in. And they so clearly, so sincerely believe it, and being aware of that from this end makes it all the more painful, makes you doubt yourself even more. In their own way, the reactions of the people who were supposed to support me were worse than the rape itself.
Anyway, the reason I went over that in such lengthy detail is because, truly, you are NOT alone. You ARE strong, you ARE intelligent, you ARE enormously capable. You have already done something I never dared to do -- telling your story with your name attached -- and you will go on to do so many incredible things. Yes, life might feel shaky at times, but it's not because of something "wrong" with you -- it's because life hit you with an earthquake that would shake anyone to their core. You yourself are amazing, beautiful, worthy of respect and happiness and love, and a most wonderful example for everyone who has gone through this. My sincerest gratitude.
I struggled with depression at Amherst as well, and I sympathize with your fury at the counseling/administration services there. I've graduated, though, and I'm undergoing real therapy and receiving medication for my depression. Thank you for putting into words the frustration and sense of hopelessness that many of us couldn't. I trust that you WILL find happiness elsewhere.
i'll first admit that i know little of biddy martin's current role at amherst, but, where she formerly served at UW-Madison, she was widely respected, at least by me. for such a thoughtful administrator and scholar with a background in feminism, i was surprised that amherst would reflect on her in such a way. granted, she cannot be responsible for every policy on campus, but surely for a school of 1800 she would have to at least know the dean in question, if not this woman's particular story.
Fire the dean, there is clearly and institutional problem at amherst and multiple rapes have gone unreportedand possibly covered up. There should be am inveatigation and firings/prosecutions
Angie - you are truly an inspiration. I grew up in Amherst, where AC was always seen as the shining jewel in our progressive, forward-thinking crown. Thank you so much for sharing this story, and I hope you know that people all over the map are hearing your story and feeling your pain. It's a story lived by too many and told by too few, but here's hoping that more victims have the courage like you to show the world that rape is NOT dismissible. You are an incredibly strong woman, and I wish you absolutely the best of luck.
Thank you so much for sharing your story.
Thank you for sharing your story with us, it must have taken an immeasurable amount of courage. Continue standing up for yourself like you have and I know only bright things await you. Please know that you have support from Smith College, and I wish you all the best, at the dude ranch and beyond!
Hi Angie,
Just wanted you to know your story has made it to the west coast. My fellow graduates of Claremont McKenna College have been sharing your article, and it's made it through graduate circles at the Claremont Colleges, as well as at the University of Washington and other institutions.
Thank you for telling your story. Our school has also taken a lax stance against violence against women. It creates an environment of fear where people are unafraid of the consequences of assault - because there are none - and feel like it's okay to respond with violence and an assault in any situation.
THANK YOU. I wish I were as brave as you.
Dear Angie,
Thank you for sharing your story with us, it must have taken an immeasurable amount of courage. Continue standing up for yourself like you have and I know only bright things await you. Please know that you have support from Smith College, and I wish you all the best, at the dude ranch and beyond!
I'm so glad you gathered up the courage to tell your story, knowing that you will get disbelieving and throw away comments like some here.
At the end of the day, it only really matters what you think and what you feel, because it's your life and no one else walks in your shoes. And yes when there are times where everything seems to be blocking you from moving forward, i hope you remember that there is ALWAYS A WAY. sometimes you just have to look harder to find it, but there will always be a way.
On another note, I'm so glad I read this before meeting up with Amherst administration - they are out here reaching out to alums, probably trying to get money.
I'm going to raise this, sit back and enjoy the show.
Thank you for your courage. Your account sheds a light on the longstanding culture of patriarchy in our schools; a culture that squints and frowns at strong women who tell the whole truth. As someone entering the world of counseling and trauma-focused therapy, I am ashamed by the poor listening skills, neglect, and general ass-holery of your dean, counselors, and therapists. I will pray that you keep finding peace! And keep fighting the good fight!
I'm so glad you gathered up the courage to tell your story, knowing that you will get disbelieving and throw away comments like some here.
At the end of the day, it only really matters what you think and what you feel, because it's your life and no one else walks in your shoes. And yes when there are times where everything seems to be blocking you from moving forward, i hope you remember that there is ALWAYS A WAY. sometimes you just have to look harder to find it, but there will always be a way.
On another note, I'm so glad I read this before meeting up with Amherst administration - they are out here reaching out to alums, probably trying to get money.
I'm going to raise this, sit back and enjoy the show.
You are not alone.
Thank you for speaking out - for so long there have been so many institutions with lax responses to violence against women. It creates an environment of fear with no consequences for people who respond to a situation with violence.
You are incredibly strong. As you are healing, please know that you have the good thoughts and wishes of hundreds of thousands of women who are behind you.
Angie, I hope you will consider starting a petition through Change.org to ask Amherst College to change their policies. I am confident that such a petition would gain wide support, and it might be the next step beyond this article toward putting pressure on the admin there to make some crucial changes. You'd have to put some thought into exactly what response you want to ask for, and what measures they should change, but I'm willing to bet that wouldn't be too hard.
Angie, I'm disgusted by Amherst college and everything they put you through, and I am determined to ensure that my kids or family friends or anyone within my rather large social network attends that college, and instead aims for a place that is safer, more pleasant, and overall more supportive. My thoughts and prayers are with you. This is a very powerful story, and I am glad that you have been brave enough to share it with all of us. This article has been ALL over the facebooks of all my campus friends as well, so your story is definitely making it out there, and there are lots of people all over the country supporting you.
Thank you for sharing your story. As one studying/hoping to go into Counseling, hearing what they did to you made my physically sick. It was a disgusting that they silenced you the way they did. Honestly, you'd think they know better now!
Echoing everyone above--You're extremely brave.
Thank you for sharing your story. As one studying/hoping to go into Counseling, hearing what they did to you made my physically sick. It was a disgusting that they silenced you the way they did. Honestly, you'd think they know better now!
Echoing everyone above--You're extremely brave.
Angie, your story is profound and brave because it is an experience common among female college students at universities all over the country. However, it's still considered taboo to discuss sexual assault openly. You just knocked down that taboo in an eloquent, admirable way. When I was sexually assaulted, my prestigious catholic university acted in a similar way to Amherst. I regretted involving the administration after speaking to a helpful non-profit that advocates for assault victims. My school was more concerned about students being mugged off-campus than they were about my assault.
You may never read this and we will never meet, but I have so much love and admiration for you.
So sad this things happen, maybe giving his name would really be beneficial or play a part in saving other girls from the same fate. Let everyone know who the bastard is.
So sad this things happen, maybe giving his name would really be beneficial or play a part in saving other girls from the same fate. Let everyone know who the bastard is.
Angie, I am so sorry that you have had to experience this, and it looks like you are not alone. It makes me sick. I hope that Amherst does not get away with treating you and other students this way and that they suffer for this, but moreover I hope that they change. Change their leadership AND their policies. You deserve that much. You are very brave to share this. Please please remember that sexual assault is no reflection of you or your worth. I pray that you come out stronger for this and that you are able to leave the feelings of shame and loneliness behind you. You are a person of worth and you are so loved.
Love and support from a Brigham Young University student,
I cannot imagine the journey you have gone through. Thank you so much for speaking up and sharing your story. It ignited an anger in me at the deplorable acts fellow humans are able to mindlessly commit, and your spirit and commitment to taking action at such despicable injustice are incredibly inspirational. I truly hope that your writing and your story serve as a gateway for more victims to speak up and unite to stop this. I wish you the greatest luck in all of your future endeavors, and hope that you are brought to peace. Please continue to spread your story and inspire others to do so-you have certainly inspired me to never sit in silence again. Thank you.
A Haverford student reconfirming the messages of support, admiration, and love already voiced by several elite liberal arts students. A fair number of us have learned by now that this is a pattern of behavior characteristic of not just large universities, but also these small liberal arts college which are keen to tout how much they care about each of their student's well-being. I'm not going to say that they don't often have our best interest at heart, but when it comes to sexual assault, there is a nation wide failure to respond to these issues in ways that are acceptable. Amherst is being made a bit of scapegoat here because they are personally responsible for this incident (and also because the thinly-veiled Amherst Administration decided to defend their conduct by blaming alcohol and the student again). The truth of the matter is that all students who see this should pressure their administrations to make changes to their sexual misconduct policies, because I can almost guarantee you that there have been cases like this at your school where the survivor hasn't had the courage to write an article for his or her school newspaper.
Thank you for sharing your story. I understand how you feel and how hard it is to rebuild your self-esteem after an incident like this. It is unfortunate how people always think that women "put themselves into these situations" and allow this to happen to them - no one wants to feel this way. This may be true for some, but not everyone. And the ones that have been raped take years to share their story. These incidents are rarely reported by women because of the fear of how this can be perceived by society, how it will affect their family, and loved ones. My heart goes out to you and I pray for your strength. The best thing is to forgive him and forgive yourself because he will get what he deserves once you let it go and allow a higher power to take control. The guy who did it to me currently lives down a street in my hometown with my name on every sign leading to his home. He was forced to marry a woman who purposely got pregnant - a woman he did not love - and the last I heard is that he is addicted to pain pills and now divorced.
Thank you for sharing your story. Sadly, it is one that resonates around the country, and specifically within other NESCAC institutions. Though I did not personally suffer at the hands of any administration, I know of several women who have dealt with similar attitudes at their schools. I hope this leads to change not only at Amherst, but at all of the other NESCAC schools as well. It seems to be a recurring theme at these "progressive" institutions and there is no justification for it at Amherst, Wesleyan, Williams or anywhere else.
Thank you for sharing your story. Sadly, it is one that resonates around the country, and specifically within other NESCAC institutions. Though I did not personally suffer at the hands of any administration, I know of several women who have dealt with similar attitudes at their schools. I hope this leads to change not only at Amherst, but at all of the other NESCAC schools as well. It seems to be a recurring theme at these "progressive" institutions and there is no justification for it at Amherst, Wesleyan, Williams or anywhere else.
Angie- Thank you so much for sharing. Your story needs to be heard, because so many want to pretend that this and other stories like it aren't true. They pretend that rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment doesn't happen because they are afraid—afraid of having to re-examine their own actions, afraid that somehow their lives and liberties will be taken away if our culture becomes sensitive to these issues. You are helping us all move forward towards healing, towards a future that embraces humanity. Your life is just beginning, and everything that you are is going to lead you to do great things. Thank you for not only contributing to a discussion, but inspiring me and others to go out and work. Don't let haters get you down!
Sounds like the peanut gallery wants an Amherst where anyone accused of anything is assumed guilty and punished accordingly. It may have been humiliating for Angie to submit a complaint for internal investigation that was essentially a he said/she said, but that's how due process works. Shouldn't the accused be able to say SOMETHING, anything, in his defense when there's no physical evidence? And Amherst makes accommodations in the trial phase so that the accuser doesn't have to be in the same room as the accused (Skype etc.). What the deans did wrong is not directing Angie to a REAL court of law and instead trying to sweep it under the rug. In a democracy such as ours, if you are wronged, you have to be willing to go through a fair trial system, even if you are a rape victim.


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Leaving A Major Record Label... And Seeing How The Music Business Is Thriving
from the it's-all-good dept
However, as we wait, he's written a fascinating blog post about his view on the music industry, now that he's out of a major record label and seeing what else is there. The whole thing is so worth reading, I'm having trouble picking a part to excerpt, so here's a tidbit, but you really should read the whole thing:
A lot of the sentiment I've been living under for the past few years has been based on fear. Things slipping through fingers never to be returned. What I found leaving however is that while things slipped through fingers, they didn't fall to the ground. A whole other ecosystem of hands was there to catch it.As I said, there's a lot more in the post, including why he's optimistic and excited about the new ecosystem that's evolving. While we sometimes (if you count the comments, quite frequently) have "music industry" insiders stop by to tell us that we're crazy for saying the music industry is thriving and there's more opportunity than ever before, it's always nice to see someone who's deeply involved on the inside making the same point. I have no idea what Ethan will be doing next, but I'm sure it will be worth paying attention to.
The music business didn't die. And it isn't dying. I argue that the human race will have to die before an industry around music fully succumbs. It is changing. Shrinking, contracting and expanding. It is also diversifying and competing for attention and dollars with ecosystems and markets that weren't even imaginable five years ago. Where one dollar might have gone toward a record before, it is now split between entertainment bills, ad-hoc entertainment, subscriptions and the increased cost of providing us the unencumbered connectivity and freedom brought by devices like iPhones.

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The McDonough Choral Society will hold its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 8, at the Wesley United Methodist Church, 1212 W. Calhoun St.
Charles Francis Gounod's "Requiem in C" (1892) will be preformed the chorus and an accompanying orchestra.
Soloists include Mary McMurtery, soprano; Terry Chasteen, tenor; Saul Nache, bass; and Laurie Griswold, contralto.
Susan Shoemaker, conductor of the McDonough Choral Society, said "Requiem in C" is Gounod's last work and is rarely performed.
"It's inspired by his grandson's death," she said. "It's rarely heard but very beautiful and very intimate."
Following the performance of "Requiem in C," a selection of American folk songs, will be performed. The chorus will be accompanied by Lynne Thompson on piano and Karen Martin on violin.
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Tobacco Free
Washington Health System has a tobacco-free policy at all facilities.
"We eliminated tobacco use on our properties to provide a healthy and safe environment for employees, patients and visitors and to promote positive health behaviors," said Gary B. Weinstein, health system president and CEO.
This policy bans the use of all tobacco products on all properties owned, leased or occupied by Washington Health System. This includes parking lots, hospital vehicles and employees' personal vehicles parked on the premises, as well as surrounding streets and sidewalks. This ban includes cigarettes, cigars, pipes, smokeless tobacco, and the use of simulated smoking products such as E-cigarettes and other vapor emitting devices. Employees are prohibited from using tobacco products during working hours.
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Why did we do this?
As an institution dedicated to improving the health of our patients and community, we must "walk the talk" and show our commitment and leadership in tangible ways. Tobacco-free property is the standard for many health care institutions, including most of those in western Pennsylvania. While we know this may not be easy, it is central to continuing Washington Health System Washington Hospital's mission of "Providing Great Patient Care."
What does it mean to be tobacco-free?
Tobacco-free means all tobacco products are prohibited in Washington Hospital facilities and on its properties. This includes cigars, cigarettes, pipe smoking, smokeless (chewing) tobacco and all other tobacco products.
Don't we have a right to smoke?
There is no legal right to smoke. On the other hand, companies have a right to create a tobacco-free environment within their properties and facilities. This initiative is consistent with our goals of supporting good health and wellness.
Can I smoke or use chewing tobacco inside my car?
If your car is parked in a Washington Hospital owned or leased parking lot, you cannot smoke or use tobacco because the lot is part of our tobacco-free zone.
How will patients who use tobacco seek help?
Upon admission, patients will be encouraged to tell staff members if they would like help with tobacco alternatives to get them through their hospitalization without tobacco use. They will be offered resources to assist them.
Can patients go off campus to smoke or use other tobacco products?
Patients will not be granted permission to leave for this purpose. Instead, they should make known their desire for assistance with not smoking.
Why shouldn't smokers continue to be allowed to smoke in designated areas?
We have learned that designated areas do not protect non-smokers from the effects of secondhand smoke. In addition to increasing the risk of premature death among nonsmokers, secondhand smoke can worsen pulmonary symptoms in people with asthma and chronic bronchitis, as well as increase eye irritation, sore throats and nausea.
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Set dancing is a form of social dancing which has been popular in Ireland for over 150 years. Sets are danced by four couples in a square, and usually consist of three to six figures with a short pause between each. Note that set dancing is not the same as step dancing. Step dancing is the competitive solo form of Irish dancing now very popular because of Riverdance and Lord of the Dance.
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5 User Reviews of Wind Surf Cruise Ship
To Whomever it may concern,
I was not going to send this email but after calling to try to get my rehearsal dinner dress back that I left in the ship and I was put on hold for 15 min and then transferred to a voicemail of who NEVER Called back. I am extremely upset that it has been 2 weeks and no one has even attempted to return my call. Not to mention we never got a call after the trip asking us why we chose to get off the ship- the only reason I can think this courtesy call never happened is because windstar must get unhappy people getting off the ship all the time.
My husband arranged our honeymoon with a travel agent and by looking at the windstar website, They told us it is a "high-end" special way of traveling with beautiful wind sails, special treatment of guests, and wonderful food, not to mention stopping at wonderful ports in Italy and Croatia. From the moment we stepped on this boat, we were dissatisfied (this is an understatement) They were working on the ship fixing it when wegot on the boat- we could not even see out our window for the first day, the wind sails were NEVER put up as described in the website, and it was an old rusty ship. as We walked in, we signed up for a free treatment head-massage and continued on to our room, of which the TV was broken and the guy just told us that he couldn't fix it.
We then went to have a bite to eat. I have never been so disgusted by food in my life, it was like pre-heated convolecent home food. I ate bread and butter for the first two days. A complete disappointment because we came to Italy to eat food! Then we come to find out that we can only eat in the "nice" restaurants only once or twice the entire trip.
That night we went to a raffle in the spa and I won a free head massage. I made an appointment for the next night. Our friends had also purchased a massage for us which I scheduled at the same time. The next day I was excited to get off the boat and see Italy and eat REAL food, we ordered breakfast- completely un edible once again. We went upstairs to meet our tour guide and the cheesy announcer says that because there is a union problem we would be circling the island of Capri all day long.
I was soo depressed I went back and slept all day and eat the most disgusting cheeseburger of my life- I don't understand how someone could even mess up something that simple.
We got our "free" 2 limit DVD's and watched scratched old movies. I was excited for a free scalp treatment- so I went. The guy was soo creepy and he put you in front of a mirror and told you to close your eyes. I was soo creeped out after this 15 minute treatment that I gave my free massage that I won at the raffle back and told them to give it to someone else at this point I cancelled my massage that our friends had purchased for us.
That night we ate one more disappointing meal at the supposed "nice" restaurant. Totally depressed, we went back to bed- in which our ship mate walked in on us 3 times the final walk in was at almost 10p.m. I can't believe that it would even be acceptable to any hotel to just barge in at that time.
The next day we watched pure Kaos waiting to get off the boat in Taoromina, the tour guides were yelling into their phones trying to find more tour guides, they were loading people onto the wrong places, and it was a complete mess. We met another couple who had had a similar experience and we decided to get off the boat, Our final experience was arguing to get our passport back without signing some poor form to not get your refund back, which makes us think this is a thing that is not out of the ordinary.
This experience is honestly nothing of what it portrays on the website and I am completely and utterly dissatisfied, with the whole experience even afterwards when I called to get a special dress back. We could have been on a much nicer ship for less with the best food and entertainment for less than half the price. working in an industry with membership and treating people with the best customer service- I am shocked that your company would not have a policy that gives people who get off the ship early a courtesy call to see how you can improve or ratify the situation- especially since it was so bad that people would let that much money be at risk.
With this email I am requesting it to be sent to the managers of your company and for someone to send my BCBG white Rehearsal dinner dress back to us- as well as to indemnify our ruined honeymoon.At this point in time, I would not reccomend WindStar to anyone who asked me- in fact I am so un-happy I would go out of my way to make sure someone I know did not get on any of their ships.
Our family of five (two parents, three teenagers) just finished a week of cruising the Southern Caribbean on Windsurf and found the experience deeply disappointing. The ship is certainly presentable enough, but one has to question the five star rating. There is peeling paint and varnish all over, the teak is in serious need of attention, and the boat looks just a bit shabby.
As other reviewers (and even the cruise line) will tell you, nobody in his right mind boards the Windsurf for traditional entertainment. The only show is a once-a-week very hokey review put on by the cabin and mess stewards -- most high school talent shows are better staged.
The main activity unique to the Windsurf is its connection to the sea and the water through its sail propulsion and its watersports marina. At least last week, however, the boat wasn't sailing much of anywhere. In fact, only three of the ship's sails were in any semblance of operation and the crew was apparently ignorant of how to trim them. This ship was built with the world's most advanced computerized masts and booms by Club Med. Unfortunately, under the newmanagement, nobody knows how to use them, rendering Windsurf just another steamship.
More to the point, we learned to our horror that we were sailing to some of the world's prettiest islands and beaches, but our ship would take us only into some of the world's ugliest container ports. That's right -- no beaches, no anchorages, no watersports, unless you want to buy overpriced and poorly designed shore excursions. Try two hours in a bus and one hour of kayaking for $100/person. It would have been easy for the ship to lower some boats and take us to those gorgeous beaches we passed, but that was not on the agenda. In other words, we spent day after day tied to a dead ship in HORRIBLE commercial ports.
Since I know the islands pretty well, I got good at hiring a cab to take us to great resorts, where for the price of lunch we could actually take advantage of those gorgeous beaches. However, that's not what we paid Windsurf's prices for.
This cruise line clearly has little regard and less respect for its customers. They own a magnificent ship (with decent food and cabins), cruise through paradise, and drop their passengers in the middle of hell.
Our cruise on the Windsurf was wonderful. Were there one or two things I could pick at? Sure - nothing's ever perfect but I have to say we all left the ship thrilled with our cruise and wanting to go back. The experience was great and we were very well satisfied.
We were a group of friends made up of 3 couples traveling together and all agreed that:service was excellent, with very friendly and attentive staff who remembered all our first names after our first interaction. food was excellent a lot of the time and at least good all the time. cabins were roomy and well - designed; we had room to easily store everything (and we packed heavily). NOTE: the bed linens and towels were great - they had recently done an upgrade in that respect and it definitely showed (I'm picky about sheets). the itinerary was excellent with no lame stops. We did a shore excursion through the boat and also did a few on our own...all were fun. the relaxed dress and free-style dining was a really nice feature...we enjoyed the restaurant but felt like the service in the Bistro was a little better and preferred it. One other small positive point: one of the couples in our group was a gay couple and we never experienced any taint of oddness or discrimination on the part of anyone on board at all, I'm glad to say.
We were very pleased with just about everything but there were minor things they could do to make a great thing slightly better. I did not think the couple who performed in the Compass Rose bar at night were any good at all (they sang cheesy songs to recorded tracks) until I was there at the cocktail hour - they sang relaxing songs with an acoustic guitar and were wonderful. I say DROP the tracks and stick what you're good at. I HIGHLY recommend Windstar.
My wife and I just returned from 2 weeks on Wind Surf, sailing from Venice to Nice with stops at Rab and Dubrovnik in Croatia, Corfu in Greece, Taormina in Sicily, Sorento, Civitacecchia in Italy, Banifacio in Corsica, Portovenere and Portofino in Italy, St. Tropez, and Monte Carlo in France.
Having sailed on two of Windstar's smaller ships, the Wind Song in Tahiti and Wind Star in Costa Rica, we were familiar with their program of open seating and informal dress in the dining room , as well as the open bridge and no tipping policies. We were deligjhted to find all of these characeteristics in place on Wind Surf as well as a very friendly and communicative captain who gave informative talks throughout the cruise. Andres, the host, (Wind Star does not employ cruise directors) was especially helpful as he was well informed about alternatives to the excursions at each port of call.
The food program on Wind Surf was creative with many unexpected treats such as crepes for breakfast prepared to order on deck, lobster barbecue at lunch on deck, and a sushi bar at cocktail time.
With 300 passengers and 15,000tons, Wind Surf has amenities not available on the smaller ships, which include a very well equipped fitness bar, a third dining area, The Bistro for dinner by reservation, two pools and two hot tubs.
We were delighted with the ship, the very friendly and accommodating crew, and the outstanding itinerary.
A Solid 8.5 - 9.0
Just returned from the Wind Surf, traveling from Cozumel to Honduras and Belize. A good mix of mostly US passengers, where average age was around 55 or so. This was a very good mid-level to semi-luxury cruise, with exceptional food and service from a continually smiling crew. With two restaurants, they served excellent tasting food (A solid 10), with a flair for presentation and options. The Bistro offers a nice alternative, although somewhat difficult to get a reservation there since some passengers book there every night on their first day, leaving few daily openings per the posted regulations. Also, it seemed to us and others that starting dinner service at 7:30 was a little late since it took about 2 hours to complete.
Rooms were larger than expected, with plenty of closet and bathroom space, and well appointed. The bed was fairly hard, although we slept well most nights. The hot tubs were great, but the pools were small and rarely used. Exercise room was very functional and the spa was nice. Several bars to choose from and great food during happy hour.
Main complaints were around the shoreexcursions, as the ship enjoys charging about double what you can book them for on your own. Also, choices were limited in Honduras, or very expensive ($400 pp for one tour to see some Mayan ruins that included air). Diving was $120 for most 2-tank dives ($200 for some specialty dives), although local operators typically charged $50-60. Some pasengers seemed irked by traveling to a 3rd world country like Honduras, but we thought it to be interesting. Also, if you are not on one of their pricey shore excursions, you are not allowed on the first tender to shore each day, even if you are waiting first in line. Also, we left port each day around 5:00, meaning we had limited time to visit a port after an excursion, and were contantly looking at the watch.
Drinks were also fairly pricey ($5 for a US beer), small and some tasted watered down. Room service was very fast with same great food as the restaurants. The Internet service only worked for one day, which presented other inconveniences.
A nicely laid out ship with two elevators for the elderly or tired. Casino was nice but not used much. Some of the senior level crew seemed to have an attitude to passengers, but others were truly great and made it clear they enjoyed their job.
Made lots of new friends, and did enjoy our vacation, but will likely try their smaller ships or Star Clippers as that is more our style.


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The Vancouver Art Gallery is pleased to present Cabin Fever, a new exhibition tracing the history of the North American cabin as an architectural form and a cultural construct, on view June 9 to September 30, 2018. Assembling renderings, artworks and commercial products as well as architectural models, plans and full-scale interventions, Cabin Fever surveys this iconic yet humble lodging?s utility, adulation and prevalence in Canada and the US.
Intended as a repeatable prototype, Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple's Cliff House (2010) is a modest steel framed cabin perched precariously on a bedrock cliff. Photo by Greg Richardson
From rustic sanctuary of the kind Henry David Thoreau wrote about in his book Walden (1854), to minimalist homesteads popularized by coffee table books Rock the Shack, Hide and Seek, and websites such as Cabin Porn, the cabin and its connotations have evolved over centuries. Cabin Fever explores this evolution through three key themes: ?Shelter?, which introduces the cabin as a practical solution to patterns of westward expansion and emergency relief; ?Utopia?, which examines the cabin as the ideal locale to practice introspection or to escape the conventions of society; and ?Porn,? which positions the cabin as an idea fully integrated into popular culture. Spanning the second floor of the Gallery, Cabin Fever features architectural models, drawings and plans, photography, historical documents, literature, video and ephemera. As the centerpiece of this ...
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However, the really stunning thing is that Jones doesn't even seem to understand the bill that she's supporting. Specifically, she doesn't seem to recognize not just the compliance costs it puts on GoDaddy (or maybe she's hoping, as a large player, that GoDaddy is better to withstand the costs, while smaller competitors may go out of business -- but that's a particularly cynical viewpoint). She also doesn't seem to realize that under the bill's broad definitions GoDaddy itself is a "site dedicated to the theft of US property".
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