Kristin Smart, the long-missing Stockton student, was 19 years old when she disappeared after attending an on-campus party at Cal Poly during her freshman year.
Jeanne Clery was 19 years old when she was raped and murdered in her dorm room by another student while a freshman at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1986.
The similar cases, a decade apart, sparked national conversation and shaped legislation that changed universities’ obligations to report crimes, coordinate with off-campus authorities and disclose campus safety data. But have those steps amounted to greater safety for students? And are they enough?
In the weeks after prosecutors formally charged Flores, The Record reached out to schools, students and organizations involved with student safety and assault. Those who agreed to address specific crimes and cases said the answer to both questions is no.
Op-ed: While we have been fortunate to not have experienced violence towards Asian and Asian-Americans at Lehigh University, we know that we are not immune to prejudice and xenophobic attitudes.
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Raphael Cassimere Jr., a trailblazing academic and civil rights leader, will serve as the principal speaker at the University of New Orleans’ spring 2021 commencement ceremonies. Cassimere, an emeritus professor of history, taught at UNO for nearly four decades and helped lead boycotts as president of the New Orleans NAACP Youth Council during the civil rights movement. The University will also award him an honorary doctoral degree.
“Dr. Raphael Cassimere is quite simply one of the most influential people in the history of our institution,” said President John Nicklow. “During his remarkable life, he has positively affected so many, both inside and outside of the classroom, through his teaching, scholarship, mentorship and activism. Our city and our world are more enriched and equitable because of him, and I am thrilled that he will share his wisdom with our graduates.”