In the Crimson, Lucy Caldwell writes about the "sensationalizing" of sexual violence in the Duke rape case and elsewhere.

So many facets of society have become so hypersensitive to such matters that we seem to be losing our ability to discern between legitimate issues of sexual violence and overblown or exaggerated circumstances... We’d do well to keep that in mind at Harvard this week, as the annual Take Back the Night events kick off. Take Back the Night, which began in the seventies, consists of candlelight vigils, rallies, and informational events aimed at promoting awareness of sexual crimes. This all sounds fine enough—preventing sexual violence is a laudable goal. The trouble is that much of the dialogue of events such as Take Back the Night ignores the fact that in many cases, preventing sexual violence hinges on sexual responsibility.

Hoo, boy. Prepare to get flamed, Lucy. (Not by me—I give you credit for guts, though I think your column lets men off the hook too easily.)

Now, this is an interesting idea:

As for Take Back the Night at Harvard, I suggest that at their closing candlelight vigil, they light a candle for the other victims of sexual violence politics—the ones who find themselves unfairly accused of serious sexual misjudgment. To acknowledge those victims—now that would be seizing the night.

There's about as much chance of that happening as there is of Al Sharpton apologizing for his role in the Tawana Brawley fiasco...but I think Caldwell is on to something.