Tag: Sexual Assault: Page 2

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Audit: Ohio State Center Didn’t Report 57 Possible Felonies

An audit has found that an Ohio State University center that supported sexual-assault victims failed to report 57 potential felonies to law enforcement as legally required during the three years it was open, KTAR News has reported. After finding workers didn’t properly document and report students’ sexual assault complaints, the university closed its Sexual Civility […]

July 31, 2019

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UK Study Finds Over Half of Students Experienced Unwanted Advances, Assault

Over half of students at UK universities have reported experiencing unwanted advances and assault, ranging from explicit messages to rape, according to a recent survey. Charity organization Brook and the student database Dig-In conducted a survey of 5,649 UK students and determined that a small portion of students who experienced sexual harassment report the incidents […]

February 27, 2019

Women

R. Kelly: We All Knew That He Was Coming to the Other Side of the Tracks

For most of us women, R. Kelly is not and will never be our perpetrator. Our perpetrators are police officers, soldiers, politicians, doctors, clergy, coaches, schoolteachers, counselors and even our own brothers, uncles, grandfathers and fathers. Men who claimed to love us. Men we trusted. We, African-American and Black women, want the same thorough, unrelenting and ruthless pursuit of justice that R. Kelly currently faces from the media and public for those of our perpetrators who are not as famous, rich and Black.

February 25, 2019

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Professor Who Accused Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of Sexual Assault Releases Public Statement

A couple days after Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax  denied a sexual assault allegation from 2004 that emerged on a conservative website, his accuser came forward, publicly identifying herself and describing the encounter in detail. “What began as consensual kissing quickly turned into a sexual assault,” said Fairfax’s accuser, Dr. Vanessa Tyson, a fellow at […]

February 7, 2019

African-American

Solange, Black Women & Politics

Several years ago, when my political science colleagues and I were revising our curriculum, I made the argument that we needed to add to our required courses a class that focused on women and politics. Philander Smith College mission is centered on social justice, so it made sense that in our program that we would focus on communities that are often overlooked or understudied in the academy. Therefore we adopted this course along with Black politics and African politics as part of our core curriculum.

December 17, 2018

News Roundup

UT Dallas Bans Student Accused of Rape from Campus

Jacob Anderson, a  former fraternity president at Baylor University who was accused of rape, has been banned from the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas). where he is currently a student. On Wednesday, university president Dr. Richard Benson published a statement on Twitter stating that Anderson is not allowed on campus as a student or […]

December 13, 2018

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Michigan State Applications Decline After Larry Nassar Scandal

The number of undergraduate applications to Michigan State University (MSU) has declined by 8.3 percent in the past year as a result of the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal and its handling of sexual assault allegations involving student athletes. Before the public heard about the sexual assault allegations involving Nassar in 2016, undergraduate applications to […]

December 5, 2018

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Brown University to Evaluate new Proposed Revisions to Title IX Regulations

In the wake of the release of the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed revisions to Title IX regulations, Brown University has announced that it will assess the proposal and provide feedback to the Department on the revisions. The Department of Education’s proposed changes would alter how higher education institutions and public schools investigate sexual misconduct […]

November 26, 2018

News Roundup

Former MSU President Charged with Lying to Police About Larry Nassar Investigation

Dr. Lou Anna Simon, former president of Michigan State University (MSU), has been criminally charged with lying to police about the sexual abuse investigation involving former MSU and USA Gymnastics trainer Larry Nassar. She is the third person who has been charged with making false statements in connection to the investigation. Simon was charged with two felony counts and two […]

November 20, 2018

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Proposed Title IX Regulations Prompts New Concerns

On Friday, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released proposed regulations for Title IX and campus assault, the federal law that prohibits sex and gender-based discrimination in public schools around the country.

November 18, 2018

Opinion

The Kavanaugh Lesson: Integrity over Influence

It’s a teachable moment if ever I saw one. During a public job interview for a lifetime position on the highest court in the land, Judge Brett Kavanaugh had to take an uncomfortable walk down memory lane to explain the drunken, misguided behavior of his youth.

October 2, 2018

Asian American Pacific Islander

Is Higher Ed Responsible for Brett Kavanaugh?

We know Brett Kavanaugh was at the White House days before his hearing on the Dr. Christine Blasey Ford matter. He was prepping for senators’ questions like it was a final exam. And we all saw how he did. How would you grade him?

October 1, 2018