We have updated our Title IX policies to comply with new federal guidelines and to incorporate recommendations made by the President’s Sexual Assault Task Force. The new Title IX policy can be found here.

An important part of this process has been the creation of a Title IX working group consisting of students, faculty members and staff members to gather feedback, ensure our policies are clear and address the most pressing concerns of all university stakeholders. This group met during the summer with an outside consultant who specializes in Title IX and Oregon Sexual Misconduct Law. Continue reading →

Dear Linfield community,

We have closely watched the unrest among some students and faculty in recent months over alleged misconduct by members of the Linfield University Board of Trustees. We understand this has caused anxiety within our community and led to division and suspicion during a summer in which we can’t gather easily for discussion.

Given the information that has been circulated to date, students have every right to feel upset. However, we have grave concerns about the amount of misinformation that has been sown throughout the community in recent months. Continue reading →

Linfield College administrators, faculty and staff have been working diligently to develop plans to address the impact of the coronavirus on our campuses. We are working closely with our local Public Health Department and taking guidance from the Oregon Health Authority and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Rusty Rae / News-Register

Reprinted with permission of the News-Register. By Tom Henderson, March 14, 2019. 

A teenage girl named May finds herself in an abusive and dysfunctional marriage to a lecherous old lowlife.

She married him because she grew up feeling powerless and isolated. He offered her social standing and financial security. Her vain, lustful and immoral husband instead leaves her even more powerless than before.

Yet in a surprise twist, she … oops. Spoilers. Continue reading →