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Will Biden Bring Back the Campus Star Chambers? The new rules on campus sexual-assault charges are working. So why change them? In April, the University of Arkansas became the first school in the country to admit the obvious: Procedures promulgated in 2020 by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos might have prevented an unjust finding of guilt in a campus sexual-assault case. In a letter to a student identified only as John Doe, the university’s coordinator for Title IX—the 1972 law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any educational institution that receives federal money—ackn...

After the student found responsible by a UA Title IX panel for sexually assaulting her received a $20,000 settlement from the university, a former UA student has started a petition demanding changes to the way university officials respond to sexual assault. Gillian Gullett, who graduated in spring 2020, was raped while a student in 2017. After an initial finding of not responsible by the then-coordinator of the Title IX office, a three-person panel found the student she accused of the assault responsible and sentenced him to ten hours of community service. The student, who was permitted to re...

On a rainy Friday afternoon, chants of "No more emails! No more show! ‘Boys will be boys’ has got to go!" rang out on the UA campus. Around 50 UA students and community members gathered on the grassy hill in front of the John Tyson Center for Excellence in Poultry Science to stand in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault, before lining the street to face the Administration Building. The protest came a day after confusion and outrage erupted online over a $20,000 settlement paid by the UofA to a former student. The student had accused the university of mishandling a 2017 sexual...

Two-time U.S. Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman reflected on her time as an elite athlete, her role as a sexual abuse advocate and her life after retirement Tuesday at the Distinguished Lectures Committee’s first hybrid event since the pandemic began. As captain of both the 2012 “Fierce Five” and 2016 “Final Five” U.S. women’s gymnastics teams, Raisman won three gold medals, two silver and one bronze. Robyn Starling-Ledbetter, UA director of student media, moderated Tuesday’s discussion, which covered the passion, pressure and success that comprised Raisman’s...