About 200 people turned out on the steps in front of the entrance to Burruss Hall Tuesday evening to again take Virginia Tech to task over its handling of sexual assaults on campus.

Activists call for changes to address sexual violence at Virginia Tech
About 200 people turned out on the steps in front of the entrance to Burruss Hall Tuesday evening to again take Virginia Tech to task over its handling of sexual
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Activists call for changes to address sexual violence at Virginia Tech

BY YANN RANAIVO The Roanoke Times

BLACKSBURG — Well over 100 people turned out on the steps in front of the entrance to Burruss Hall on Tuesday evening to again take Virginia Tech to task over its handling of sexual assaults on campus.

Many held signs, some of which included messages such as “Stop the violence” and “Accountability now” and more elaborate ones such as “Why are more people expelled for plagiarism than sexual assault?”

The protest was organized by members of the United Feminist Movement at Tech, who argued that the university’s responses to cases of assault over the years have ranged from being insufficient to dismissive.



More than 200 gathered on the front steps of Burruss Hall at Virginia Tech Tuesday to protest acts of sexual violence. Those in attendance Tuesday criticized the practice of current Title IX policies and demanded more sweeping systemic changes.

MATT GENTRY, The Roanoke Times

It was similar to a protest of about the same size on campus in 2019.

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