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Talia Berkwits

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Berkwits ’29: Consent doesn’t have to be scary

“No” has been a full sentence my entire life. For almost as long as I can remember, I have undergone consent training. This education began informally in elementary school, where I learned bodily autonomy and the basic tenet of keeping one’s hands to themselves. In fifth grade, these discussions ...

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Berkwits ’29: The downfall of good advice

Two weeks ago, as I sat on a rickety folding chair under the Main Green’s blue September sky, President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 gave me and the rest of the incoming first-year class a piece of advice: Risk failure. It was amid this guidance that she herself, through the small, brave act ...

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