Students criticize University at newly unaffiliated ‘Take Back the Night’ rally

Content warning: This article discusses sexual assault and harassment. For the past six years, Stanford’s Title IX and Title VI Office has organized the annual Take Back the Night (TBTN) rally against sexual violence. On Sunday, students voiced their criticism of the University’s sexual assault policies as they were left to run the event by themselves. Students gathered in White Plaza to listen to speeches before marching through campus silently to the Chanel Miller Contemplative Garden. Speakers criticized the Title IX and Title VI Office for rolling back sexual violence prevention programs and faulted the University for the delayed processing of a Title IX case referenced in a recent Daily op-ed. “The fact that it took Stanford two years to follow through on the Stanford Jane Doe investigation is not okay,” event organizer Nini Khanna ’28 said about the delayed Title IX case in an interview with The Daily.

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