Colleges investigated for Title IX Sexual Assault Complaints

by **RyanSMU98** » Thu May 01, 2014 2:32 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/01/us/colleges-sex-complaint-investigations/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

55 colleges being investigated; SMU one of only two in TX

by **StallionsModelT** » Thu May 01, 2014 2:50 pm

Emory and Harvard on that list as well.

by **smustatesman** » Thu May 01, 2014 4:01 pm

SMU being investigated because of the male on male rape two years ago at the Moody Coliseum garage ?

by **PonySnob** » Thu May 01, 2014 5:24 pm

smustatesman wrote:SMU being investigated because of the male on male rape two years ago at the Moody Coliseum garage ?

Involved a Sig Ep...................

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by **smusic 00** » Thu May 01, 2014 6:36 pm

smustatesman wrote:SMU being investigated because of the male on male rape two years ago at the Moody Coliseum garage ?

Grand Jury failed to indict, so no. Charges dropped.

by **DanFreibergerForHeisman** » Thu May 01, 2014 6:41 pm

It is always interesting to see Title IX applied in a non-athletic application.

by **NY Pony** » Thu May 01, 2014 9:05 pm

smusic 00 wrote:
smustatesman wrote:SMU being investigated because of the male on male rape two years ago at the Moody Coliseum garage ?

Grand Jury failed to indict, so no. Charges dropped.

No, it could be. At issue are cases where a party feels that the case was mishandled or treated differently based on gender. Title IX broadly prohibits gender based discrimination.

In a large number of these cases outside of SMU (or maybe including, under FERPA, and a variety of other guideline, records are private and schools can't disclose why they're being investigated), the argument is that women were silenced.

This whole thing nationwide is a mess. The policies need to be fixed, students need to be better informed and kids need to behave and be careful.

by **Treadway21** » Thu May 01, 2014 10:03 pm

It is cause we got too good on basketball too fast.

by **gostangs** » Fri May 02, 2014 12:53 am

And people need to take responsibility for their decisions and not blame others for their own decisions after the fact.

by **PonySnob** » Fri May 02, 2014 8:42 am

We made the front page of the DMN..........

by **friarwolf** » Fri May 02, 2014 8:52 am

Of course we did - they love trumpeting bad news about us. Anybody see the Fox 4 report yesterday where they went out of their way to find unflattering shots from campus? A peeling sign, a window frame that was peeling and needed painting, a shot of a parking lot, and the entrance to one of the old dorms.............

by **tristatecoog** » Mon May 05, 2014 10:09 am

Maybe it's because SMU is actively working on this area and more people feel comfortable reporting the assaults.

by **EastStang** » Mon May 05, 2014 4:26 pm

Title IX is being used to investigate SMU for a sexual assault on a male? That is stretching the statute a bit, I think. We put in the Bush Library and now we're on Holder's hit list.

by **smusic 00** » Mon May 05, 2014 4:34 pm

NY Pony wrote:
smusic 00 wrote:
smustatesman wrote:SMU being investigated because of the male on male rape two years ago at the Moody Coliseum garage ?

Grand Jury failed to indict, so no. Charges dropped.

No, it could be. At issue are cases where a party feels that the case was mishandled or treated differently based on gender. Title IX broadly prohibits gender based discrimination.

In a large number of these cases outside of SMU (or maybe including, under FERPA, and a variety of other guideline, records are private and schools can't disclose why they're being investigated), the argument is that women were silenced.

This whole thing nationwide is a mess. The policies need to be fixed, students need to be better informed and kids need to behave and be careful.

This was man on man, so explain gender disparity in this case or where the woman felt silenced.

by **Big12Mustang** » Wed May 07, 2014 10:23 pm

EastStang wrote:Title IX is being used to investigate SMU for a sexual assault on a male? That is stretching the statute a bit, I think. We put in the Bush Library and now we're on Holder's hit list.

I would not be surprised. The WH mob is on search and destroy mode. No red organizations are safe.