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A former University School of Music student is set to stand trial on charges of aggravated sexual battery and criminal restraint following an off-campus incident involving another music student.
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stupid, this wouldn't have happened," Frish said. "But ... if they had known each other and it was a very easy, chill, 'Hey come to my apartment, we'll get it done and we'll still get credit' kind of thing, that doesn't sound stupid to me."
The 22-year-old alleged respondent withdrew from the University on Feb. 3, four days after being bound over in court. On Jan. 30, Douglas County Judge Sally Pokorny ruled the man would stand trial after hearing probable cause from the alleged victim and Lawrence police officer Tim Froese.
The former student was also employed by the University's Public Safety Office as an hourly employee from Sept. 16,2011, until May 12,2012, said Alo Faucher, director of Human Resources for the
University.
The former student declined to comment on his trial or the accusations made against him. His lawyer was unavailable for comment. The Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, the office of the University that investigates sexual assaults, would not confirm whether it is currently investigating the case.
Gabby Olivarez, a senior from Olathe majoring in music education, was no stranger to the former student accused of the crime. She said she and her boyfriend were friends with the man.
confused as to why they were distancing themselves from him. He didn't understand why things couldn't be the same; at least that's what I perceived. He just seemed angry and hurt by us, I guess."
"I tried to explain to him that it was difficult for me to try to understand the situation or feel comfortable with it," Olivarez said. "I think he felt betrayed by his peers and
Olivarez said after the incident, he came back to school and was upset with her when she wouldn't sit by him in class.
Olivarez said she didn't feel scared to be near the man, but it was the idea that she could have misjudged him that was scary to her.
She also said she was bothered by a couple of issues surrounding the incident. First, she was bothered that the victim and the alleged predator were allowed to be in class together after the alleged crime. Second, Olivarez said she felt that the school should have said something to the students regarding the alleged crime.
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"I always felt that [sexual assault] was terrible, but I think it really scared me that I was so close to him and he was capable of doing that and I had no idea or had no foresight," Olivarze said.
"I feel like the school of music should have at least said something." Olivarez said. "I was confiding in my bassoon professor and he knew about it so the faculty had definitely discussed it, but nothing was said to the students on behalf of the faculty."
Dean Robert Walzel of the School of Music said he wasn't sure exactly when he learned of the incident, but the day after reading about the Jan. 30 court appearance in the newspaper, he sent an email out to all of his faculty and staff, urging them to report any strange behavior by students and consider safety of all assignments and activities students might find themselves a part of.
"I do know that our faculty is very much concerned for the safety of our students and we don't want to subject them unfairly, but at the same time you know the behavior of the student, this is something
that I think caught all of us by surprise," Walzel said. "Even the ones who knew him, they were surprised by this."
Walzel also said he and his leadership team have began discussions stemming from the incident and they are still trying to decide what approach would be best to further the conversation.
As for his thoughts on the vocal lesson assignment that played a part in this crime, Walzel said he and the faculty don't believe the assignment caused the crime.
"This was an individual who was a predator who had obviously or seemingly thought about how he could do what he did, and you know the fact that it was in a school context..." he said. "But at the same time, you know, we can't shut down the activities that we ask students to do."
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College students wakesup every morning with two options: to go to class or not to go to class. However, they should know that they could be losing more than just a learning opportunity by skipping a lecture.
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According to the estimation of tuition and fees on the University's financial aid and scholarships website, a first-time freshman who is a Kansas resident pays $318.25 per credit hour. A student taking the suggested 15 credit hours per semester is paying more than $9,500 a year in tuition alone.
Every time students skip a class, they are essentially wasting the money that went into paying for that specific credit hour.
Campus fees are also charged by the credit hour, unless a student is taking more than six. So while campus fees are an additional $75.01 per credit hour, students taking six or more hours just pay a flat rate of $450.04 per semester.
Once these numbers are added, divided and broken
Joseph Erba, a Strategic Communications professor who comes from the Mediterranean island of Corsica, has a fairly strict policy on his students attending class. He did his undergraduate at the University of Corsica, which is open access and free of tuition, meaning that any student who graduates from high school automatically holds a spot at the university.
"So then I came here and I realized, first of all entering a university is not that simple.
down, it turns out that every class a student sits in can cost from $25 to $35. This is an estimate and varies based on the number of credits being taken and the additional costs of certain majors.
"Clearly engineering or business classes are going to be more expensive than an English class," said Brian McDow, senior associate director of KU's Enrollment Systems Integration. "There's a lot of moving parts in our tuition."
The general idea is that students are losing more than just a missed class when they don't show up.
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could not have happened in another setting of life. Other learning moments can happen outside of class, and most of them do, but for that particular instance, it's gone. Even if you write another $30 check, and we recreate another class, it will still be different dynamics."
"What you cannot put a price on is that discussion that you will never be able to recreate." Erba said. "Those learning moments that
Erba said he also believes the money wasted by skipping a class isn't the only price a student pays.
under those circumstances, attendance should be mandatory," Erba said.
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