Content Warning: Sexual assault
On Wednesday, Mar. 10, University President Rev. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A., Ph.D. and the Universityâs Student Government Association hosted a Town Hall to address the sexual misconduct that has recently occurred on campus. Panel guests included Ryan Rost, Title IX Coordinator, Chief David Tedjeske, Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police, Stacey Andes, Director of Health Promotion and a Sexual Assault Resource Coordinator (SARC) and Amanda Rappa, Student Body President. The event was specifically in response to backlash after an email was sent to students on Mar. 3 notifying the community about various reports of sexual misconduct. Students and faculty voiced disappointment in the language and timing of the email. The event took place via Zoom in a webinar format, which only allowed the panel guests to speak. Questions were asked through a chat setting on Zoom and Rappa selected the questions that were asked most frequently.
Analyzing the Husch Blackwell Report - Part One
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The Husch Blackwell Title IX report is a daunting document. It’s 262 pages, though only 150 pages of that is the nine-part factual and legal analysis. Attached to the end are fourteen different exhibits. It’s a comprehensive documentation of multiple failures at nearly every level at LSU.
While this is exactly the sort of public accounting LSU needs, it makes the whole thing a difficult read. The more popular part is a review of the
USA Today case files, but the report is about more than that: it’s about boring things like the failure of policies and procedures lead to more fundamental breakdowns.
The Harvard Crimson
âThe Achilles Heel of Title IXâ
Students pursuing complaints of sexual misconduct at institutions other than their own said they faced both logistical and psychological hurdles while seeking restitution through Title IX offices. Experts said such inter-institutional cases can fall through the cracks of Title IX legislation.
Harvard s campus bubble is permeable â students in the Boston area frequently attend events and functions at other colleges and universities. If they are sexually assaulted or harassed by members of other institutions and they choose to raise concerns, it can force them to navigate byzantine complaint processes in unfamiliar places.
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