I feel betrayed in retrospect for having been told about Kalkavage's (and some other tutors') reputation as though it were a feature of College history and an attraction of the place. It started when I was a prospective student, down to the ubiquitous nickname of "Sneaky Pete," and it groomed me to expect such things of, for instance, future workplaces where I was assaulted and harassed and never thought to fight against it until years later. It went hand in hand with a million little in-class jokes about how Aristotle just dismissed the ability of women to lead, say, which pushed a sense of feminine inferiority and an expectation of being less and being used on every woman at the College.

And I don't think it's accidental to the very core of the College: all this underscores the need to add social sciences to the curriculum - to add voices that rose in the 20th century to demand rights and fair treatment for all groups who have been abused and underprivileged. Make THAT your statement. Reform and overhaul a take on the canon that tacitly enables mistreatment by leaving out major developments in Western thought and scholarship. The New Program as it stands makes it look as though the rights and fair treatment of the abused and underprivileged aren't important and don't merit thinking about. Make it part of the College's next several years' plan.

And make right Kalkavage's use of the school's own virtual letterhead to lie - he opened the door to you naming him and revealing detail when he lied to his students and shared his personal contact information under SJC's auspices. You are abettors of any abuse that may follow if you don't. The absolute least the College should have done some time ago, now, is to release a statement without names that condemns this kind of abuse and vows to do better in the future.

For decades the College allowed an environment in which tutors routinely sexually harassed students. The College must now be transparent, accept responsibility, and take significant action to change its culture. I take this stance despite having been friends with Peter K.

I graduated SJC Annapolis in ‘01 and my daughter is currently a sophomore in Annapolis; she had Kalkavage for music this year until his abrupt departure. I am furious at the college’s lack of transparency, not only in communication with alumnus and the polity at large, but with his current students. Unconscionable.

Kalkavage is one of many.

Alumni '84 horrified by an ongoing culture of misogyny. It's why I transferred out 41 years ago and I'm upset that it hasn't improved.

After years of abuse and the College’s decision to look the other way, transparency is absolutely necessary to right the wrongs done and begin to move forward.

I worked closely with Kalkavage during my time at St. John's (AN'17), and I look back on my interactions with him with regret and disgust. The College has a responsibility to create a safe environment and to work to undo decades of Kalkavage's and others' abuses of power. Justice for all victims, and transparency for a safer, more just future.

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I have vivid memories of tutor seduction of classmates in my years at SJC-Annapolis (from Fall 1977-Spring 1982). One resulted in pregnancy, with no professional impact on the tutor in question. Should have been addressed decades ago, Title IX or no Title IX.

Current students are actively unsafe if they don’t have this information. That’s not acceptable. This is also not the first time the College has covered up sexual assault and misconduct from faculty and I want to express that this policy of burying predation under the rug is not and has not ever been appropriate.

Annapolis alum 2014. I agree that the college has a real interest in making a public statement regarding the dismissal of any tutor for any reason, especially in a case such as this, where that tutor may be able to misrepresent their association with the college in the future.The particular details of this situation require even more urgent action on behalf of the college, for the obvious reason that without direct clarification from those who made the decision to either grant extended leave or dismiss a longstanding faculty member, speculation cedes the bulk of the discussion to those who are solely concerned with persuing "culture war" conversations--whether those conversations serve to obfuscate the complicity of the administration or simply to promote trendy, reactionary political preferences, the college should find either motive not just unseemly but an unacceptable position to fall into.

St John's was a very important, formative place to me. I became familiar with its self-insistence as a bastion of deeply held, idiosyncratically conservative beliefs. I truly hope that the institution can survive in its mission as a place for real discussion and engagement, but that will not possible without real self-examination and change. The college will die if it refuses to engage seriously with its students--not just going through Title IX processes, but preventing silence (and bad faith) around assualt. Taking real responibility here--not just administering an endowment, but developing student-led programs to help govern the school, in outreach, in reporting, in hiring and faculty evaluation--would be a good sign that the management class at St John's takes its polis as seriously as it claims it does in its marketing. They have done a pretty terrible job up to now. Godbless.

My education and experience at St. John's, and the education and experiences of many of my peers, were deeply impacted by the College's lack of accountability, transparency, and investment in student safety. I would lend my support to any action which compels the school to honor the humanity and dignity of the students under her care.

I went to St. John's and most of the women I know from my time there have experienced sexual violence at some point or another. The fact that a tutor was allowed to get away with this behavior for so long, with many alumni stating that the tutor had a known reputation for it, is repugnant and unacceptable.

I am a graduate (1961) of the Annapolis campus and served as the Annapolis director of admissions 1971-74. The College has in the past believed in open discussion and reasoned argument. I think that is still important.

Annapolis class of 2017. The college has a history of fumbling matters of sexual misconduct in the past. In this instance, the right thing was done, so I don't see the need for the lack of transparency. Say it with your chest.

As an alumna and former Music Assistant, I have very fond memories of the college but also memories of tutor and student misconduct that went unchallenged and the ostracism that came with reporting

People in power shouldn’t take advantage of people who look to them for guidance.
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SJC has a real problem with misogyny and sexual misconduct, and it is embarrassing that the administration has not gotten better at dealing with it in 40 years (or more). The college owes it to alumnae/i to at least be honest about this.

I love the College so deeply and the way it has protected and shielded predatory tutors for so long - it breaks my heart. The college must do better.

The College fails everyone in our community by failing to protect its students from this situation. By not making a statement, the College remains complicit in the actions of this tutor.

I believe that the college has a responsibility to protect its students more than its reputation or the reputation of a rapist.

Because it is the right and legal and responsible thing to do both for victims and the college so no other predator can carryon their activities for more than 30 years with the passive backing of the college.

Annapolis class of 01, did not graduate. My daughter is a current student at St. John’s. Even with my previous issues with hypocrisy at the school, I recommended it to her because I believe in the program. Finding out that the college not only did not inform students of a predator in a position of power, but also actively supported disinformation is appalling. Any administration that was a part of this should removed. Tell the truth.

I think that transparency is the least that a college community could do. If an email immediately went out, then we would not be in this situation.

Students have a right to study in safety and comfort, with the knowledge that their tutors respect them as scholars and human beings, and will not abuse, exploit, or manipulate them.

A'13 graduate who worked closely with Peter Kalkavage. St John's has a bad reputation for its handling of sexual misconduct. If they are seeking to change that and ensure safety and justice where it has been missing before, nothing less than a full, transparent, and public statement can be satisfactory. It seems to me that such a statement (which, "never resting, seizes and drives the spirits before it") would be a fitting contrapasso.

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The truth will set you free.

As s survivor of sexual assault, transparency and honesty from those in power is crucial for trust and healing.

I know someone personally impacted by this situation and I am appalled that it took so long to address Mr. Kalkavage's behavior in such a way that he faced real consequences. Despite the circumstances of his departure, he has continued to attempt to stay in touch with current students who have a right to make an informed decision about whether to remain in contact with him.

Annapolis Class of 2019. No more sexual misconduct at St. John's College. No more looking the other way. No more protecting predators.

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Kalkavage was my Freshman seminar tutor, Freshman chorus instructor, someone I looked forward to talking to, wrote recommendation letters for graduate school, and sat on my Senior Oral panel. I heard the nickname and rumors, but assumed (naively) 'if he'd done something wrong or hurtful, there's no way they'd keep him around." Absolutely devastating to learn the details surrounding his departure and its dragged up so many unpleasant memories. This is but another pattern of Tutor to Student inappropriate conduct amidst a campus of indifference. A tutor left or was dismissed while I was a student for unwanted advances and attention to a student (as I recall, details are fuzzy now). A tutor emeritus invited me to his home and made multiple invitations to me that I might be a homosexual given me literary interests. He even tried to point out that how I spoke suggested I was gay - after sharing with me his own sexual proclivities and remarking on my "stature". I developed a deep friendship with another tutor, encouraged her to sleep with me, and was devastated when she cut off contact after. I was 21, poorly medicated, and falling apart. It took me a decade to realize how different choices and consequences are for someone in their 30s-40s. A college in isolation, that can't identify and treat mental illness, and has poor boundaries and expectations from those in power, is going to generate mountains of harm and create more predation. I live in regret of my own untreated mental health while there and the harm it caused, but with an even bigger resentment that a school with so much to say on virtue, justice, circumspection, and community isn't terribly different than any other institution scrambling to cover its tracks. Release the !@#$! statement.