Don't Let The Muggles Get You Down

Graduates use red tape to silently protest mishandling of sexual assault by colleges

This year, more than 50 schools have been rocked by Title IX investigations, responding to students’ complaints that these schools have not been adequately addressing on-campus sexual assault. While the issue has garnered widespread media coverage, student activists have also been working hard to express their frustration and pressure their schools to respond better to sexual crimes. For seniors, their commencement ceremonies became their final opportunity to stand up publicly for victims of sexual assault by donning the “red tape” that surrounds many of these investigations.

Minerva McGonagall never had children, but she helped first years find their way.