Volume 128 Issue 118
Monday, May 4, 2015
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Developing an on-campus sexual assault response team and a center for prevention and education were among top recommendations presented by the Chancellor's Sexual Assault Task Force to the Chancellor and Provost on Friday afternoon.
The task force of 11 students, staff and faculty members has been reviewing the University's current processes, procedures and policies since September, when Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little created the group.
Gray-Little thanked the task force for the many hours of work and thought they put into the recommendations and said they will all be taken into consideration.
"It's not something that we would solve next year or the year after and then it's not an issue," Gray-Little said.
The recommendations are divided into four sections: policy and process improvement; prevention and practices; support and advocacy for student victims of crime; and evaluation of the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities.
The 43-page final report has an executive summary at the beginning that outlines eight recommendations under policy and process improvements, 11 recommendations under prevention practices, six recommendations under the support and advocacy for student victims of the crime and two recommendations under evaluation of Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities.
Other specific recommendations noted
SEE TASK FORCE PAGE 2
In 2011, a student accused Zamir Bavel, a professor of Information Processing Studies at the University, of groping her during a study session at a restaurant. Bavel sued the University in 2012, claiming he was not provided due process before the Faculty Rights Board made its decision in the case. Bavel has not been proven guilty, and the Faculty Rights Board cannot make that charge.
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Bavel took the case to a district court, arguing the burden of proof should be on the University, not on himself. The district court said the University had upheld its own policies and procedures and had not violated Bavel's rights.
accused of sexual harassment in 2011.
CURTIS BARNHILL
Zamir Bavel's attourney
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SPORTS 10
"We are heartened by the strong dissenting opinion, however, and we are considering our options what they may be — at this point."
— what they may be — at this point," Barnhill said. "[...] We feel that there are a number of issues, very troubling issues, that are still out there in this case."
"We are heartened by the strong dissenting opinion, however, and we are considering our options
Curtis Barnhill, Bavel's attorney, said he and his client were disappointed by the court's decision.
The Faculty Rights Board concluded there had been no procedural violations and denied Bavel an evidentiary hearing. In March 2012, he was sanctioned for alleged sexual harassment, including being suspended for
Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, a spokesperson for the University, said in an email Thursday, "The court's ruling speaks for itself."
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sanctions against Bavel, including suspension without pay, constitute deprivation of property, and Bavel was not given due process.
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