Former USF student Ryan Caskey was arrested last spring on four accounts of rape and assault against four other USF students.

During the last rush to finish classes, write papers and study for exams, it is easy to forget what happened way back in September. Here are a few of the News section’s most important events from the 2008-2009 school year (in no specific order).

This past Saturday afternoon, students received a Public Safety Crime Bulletin through their USF Connect email which informed them that a male USF student was “accused of raping a non-USF female, which allegedly occurred Friday night at an off-campus location.” After turning the case over to the San Francisco Police Department, Dan Lawson, director of public safety, said on Monday afternoon that there was a chance that “This case may not be charged.”

In the semester ensuing four alleged counts of rape by and against USF students, the wounded community took a moment to heal last week with a series of events aimed at sexual violence awareness and prevention. Major events in the series included an evening event called Create Against Rape, the Take Back the Night march, the Clothesline Project, an art display in the Crossroads Gallery, and a display called These Hands Don’t Hurt outside of the Health Promotion Services office.

A group of USF students roll out a list of recommendations for ROTC.

Columnist Christopher Hall fires back at a previous Foghorn column. Chistopher Hall is a junior English major.

The Rape Is Not an Isolated Incident forum decided to create a space for the USF community to come together in an open dialogue and talk about the issue of sexual violence on campus. The intention of the forum was to allow concerned citizens to speak on whatever they wanted to and in whatever format. One of the main topics of discussion was concerning the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at USF which has received a lot of criticism.

University of San Francisco students have made their outcry about the recent allegations of rape and assault on campus heard. A group of student activists have organized and released a clear message: rape is not an isolated incident. In other words, this most recent and highly publicized case of a USF senior Ryan Caskey being charged with four counts of rape and aggravated assault is not the first incident of this nature that has occurred at USF.

The Foghorn takes a stand on placing blame on ROTC for the allegations against Ryan Caskey.

Allegations of assault and rape made by four female University of San Francisco students prompted the arrest of 21-year-old USF senior Ryan Caskey last Thursday. Caskey was arrested by the San Francisco Police Department on campus in the early evening and is currently incarcerated at the SF County Jail awaiting arraignment.