Former LSU President F. King Alexander is facing potential disciplinary action this week in his role as Oregon State University president after the Husch Blackwell investigation detailed how he handled
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Two University of Kansas employees lost their jobs this week in connection with sexual misconduct allegations at a campus 800 miles and three states away. Meanwhile, many in Louisiana wonder when they’ll see such accountability from their state’s own flagship university.
Louisiana State University on Friday released a report detailing a years-long, systemic failure to properly report and investigate allegations of sexual misconduct at the school. It has fired no one for their roles in the scandal.
Instead, it chose to suspend two people.
Verge Ausberry and Miriam Segar, longtime and high-ranking athletic department administrators with extensive, documented histories of skirting the school’s sexual misconduct policies by keeping allegations against athletes in house, were placed on unpaid suspension.
Gov. John Bel Edwards, former LSU President F. King Alexander and legislators all addressed the Husch Blackwell investigation into LSU s mishandling of sexual assault reports on campus in the days following the reportâs release Friday.
In a Louisiana Select Committee on Women and Children meeting, legislators heard testimonies from survivors, current students, a representative from Husch Blackwell and Interim President Thomas Galligan regarding the Husch Blackwell investigation. The investigation was released Friday and detailed instances of mishandling of sexual assault reports by the University.
Rep. Paula Davis, an LSU alumna, said she is âdisheartened.â
âIâm dumbfounded. Iâm sad. Iâm disgusted,â Davis said. âIâm so disappointed in LSU. My heart is beating really quickly and Iâm shaking, because itâs just not enough.â
Gov. John Bel Edwards and former LSU President F. King Alexander addressed the Husch Blackwell investigation into LSU s mishandling of sexual assault reports on campus.
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.