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December 10, 2020 In November 2017, President Pollack asked the University Assembly (UA) to take a holistic look at the Campus Code of Conduct. The president encouraged the UA to work with her Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate to examine specific substantive concerns, such as the definition of harassment, and to address the overriding concerns that the Code is too legalistic, punitive, unreadable and, in some cases, even inconsistent. The following spring (of 2018), a set of recommendat...

Dec. 9 virtual Town Hall discussion archived, available for online viewing During a virtual town hall event on Dec. 9, the co-chairs of the Select Presidential Commission on Racism, Bias, and Community Safety and the Student Code of Conduct Task Force discussed their recently released draft reports and recommendations. Image: Patrick Mansell Dec. 9 virtual Town Hall discussion archived, available for online viewing December 10, 2020 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Dec. 9 virtual Town Hall event  ...

IMAGE: Patrick Mansell Next, Seymour provided context for the commission’s recommendation for a truth and reconciliation process, explaining “In order to identify a pathway toward healing, restoration and rehabilitation, we must acknowledge where we have been and where we are today and, to do this, it’s important for us to look at the past, as well as the present.” Through dialogue in these areas, the commission hopes such a process might help establish increased engagement from the Pen...

Theyve identified two of the students that are in the photo. remember, there are three. and of the two, they say one is currently a junior at the university of mississippi. the other, they say, is not currently enrolled. the third, we dont know yet. this photo came to light back in march, actually, when it was posted on instagram, but it became nationally known this week thanks to the work of an investigative journalist well known here in mississippi working with propublica and he published a st...

Attorney, executive at the -- lets start with you here. tell me about this case at uc davis. this young man turns out was innocent. >> right. >> laura: but he ends up spending 12 grand to clear his name? isnt title ix rigged against men? >> two and a half months of facing possible suspension from the school. what was so scary about this case is the woman who filed the complaint did not even allege any type of violation of the uc davis student code. she admitted she engaged in consensual relation...

Law fair project, and hussein who is a feminist and columnist. -- lets start with you here. tell me about this case at uc davis. this young man turns out was innocent. >> right. >> laura: but he ends up spending 12 grand to clear his name? isnt title ix rigged against men? >> two and a half months of facing possible suspension from the school. what was so scary about this case is the woman who filed the complaint did not even allege any type of violation of the uc davis student code. she admitte...

Do that. >> reporter: in campus hearings guilt has a lower bar. its not beyond a reasonable doubt but for most universities the standard is weather the accused is more likely than not responsible. in thus case, the ucsd hearing panel found the accuser was credible in her assertion he tried to digitally penetrate her and he ignored her objections. they ruled that, more likely than not, he violated the student code for sexual misconduct. every time he appealed his punishment was increased, with no...

Officer. >> i remember going into the first hearing, even my like attorney was like, it will be all right. like this isnt that big of a deal. >> reporter: on august 4th, 2014 the adjudicator came to her decision. she found that what happened that night was not sexual assault, noteing that both students had acted irresponsibly. it looked like corey was free and clear. but 17 days later the school asked the adjudicator to reconsider her decision. and sure enough even though there was no new eviden...

Trained as a hearing officer. >> i remember my attorney said you will be all right. it is not that big of a deal. >> august 4th. the adjudicator found that what happen was not sexual assault and noting that both students had acted irresponsibly, and 17 days later, the school asked her to reconsider her decision and sure enough, even though there was no new evidence, the decision was reversed and the now finding, corey had violated the student code and would be expelled. and i called the attorney...