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Resolution condemns University policy
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Emma Halling, interim student body president, holds back tears as she addresses Student Senate. On Wednesday, the Senate passed a resolution condemning the University for its handling of sexual assault cases.
Student Senate unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday that condemns the University for its handling of reported sexual assaults. It was written and presented by Emma Halling, interim student body president.
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"If you are a victim of rape at this University, you are treated like a liability and not a human being," Halling said.
In the middle of her speech about the resolution, Halling, a senior from Elkhart, Ind., held back tears as she told senators and present administrators of her own sexual assault story.
She said she was sexually assaulted in high school, but coping as a survivor has been difficult for her on campus.
"For people who don't think sexual assault and rape are traumatizing, let me tell you what it looks like," Hal-
ling said. "It looks like walking down the boulevard and thinking you see someone who looks like your assailant, and being immediately transported back to that situation."
Halling has been vocal in her condemnation of the University since The Huffington Post article detailing how the University handled one sexual assault case was published. On Wednesday she was not only one of the loudest critics of the University, but spoke as a survivor.
She said she wants people to realize the breadth and depth of the subject. Halling said she knows it can really impede a student's ability to succeed at the University, and it's something she can speak to personally.
"It is traumatic," Halling said. "It inhibits your ability to pursue an education, and we are not doing a damn thing about it."
It was clear that those who spoke about the sexual assault situation were ready for a change. Halling and Angela Murphy, Student Senate graduate affairs director, have been serving on the Title IX Roundtable since its creation last fall.
Murphy, who is the treasurer and development director for the roundtable, said she hasn't felt like student policy change suggestions have been taken seriously.
Halling, Murphy and Interim Student Body Vice President Tyler Childress sat down Friday afternoon with the Chancellor and the provost.
Halling said she was inspired by the conversations at the meeting. She said the Chancellor was interested in every detail of the process and that the three students were able to provide a lot of input.
Murphy said she is optimistic and believes that this is the right climate for the
McQueeny: Sexual assault sanctions differ by case
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The University recommends sexual assault sanctions case by case, however, there are currently no specific sanctions laid out for sexual misconduct.
The two pictures on Jane McQueeny's iPad showed a dozen deep red and purple bruises looped around the neck and shoulders of a young woman who had been restrained and sexually assaulted by a male student.
The photos were evidence in a May 2012 investigation by McQueeny, the executive director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, who used the photos to describe the type of case she said would warrant an expulsion. However, unlike other schools, the University doesn't have written guidelines outlining specific punishments for perpetrators of sexual assault.
"The cases that have warranted expulsion have been cases where there has been some bruising, some strangulation marks," McQueeny said. "So any kind of sexual assault, we're probably going to recommend expulsion."
As a result of the case described above, the male student was banned from student housing.
But because the case was reported about a week before graduation, McQueeny said he had already graduated by the time the investigation completed. McQueeny said she recommend that he be banned from campus in the future.
"Well, it was too late," McQueen said. "He was graduating."
Some universities, as recommended by a White House task force issued in April, have adopted separate and comprehensive sexual misconduct policies that outline specific sanctions.
Ohio University's policy requires a minimum of one-semester suspension for a sexual misconduct violation, a minimum one-year suspension if there was any physical contact, and students can expect expulsion if there was any form of penetration.
At the University of Iowa, for example, the sanctioning guidelines for sexual assault state that, "Sanctions for non-consensual sexual intercourse will normally range from multi-semester suspension to expulsion from the university, with expulsion being the most likely sanction. Aggravating factors — such as the use of force, intentional incapacitation (using alcohol, drugs, or by other means), or intimidation — will lead to the most severe sanctions, according to the policy."
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At the University of Kansas, however, there are currently no specific sanctions laid out for sexual misconduct. Sexual assault falls under a sexual harassment policy. Sexual assault cases follow the Discrimination Complaint Resolution Process, along with 16 other forms of discrimination such as age, religion, and veteran status.
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At Mississippi State University, the sanctions for students found guilty of sexual assault range from a minimum of suspension for one year to a maximum of permanent expulsion. Any student suspended under this policy must, as a condition of returning to the university, submit to the Dean of Students proof of successful completion of counseling by a licensed mental health professional and the results of a psychological evaluation.
For any type of discrimination, the process states, under a heading labeled "consequences," that "Members of the University community who are found to have violated the University Nondiscrimination Policy are subject to disciplinary actions appropriate to their status as faculty, staff, or student employees or as students."
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Grow KU wins re-election
Grow KU presidential candidate Morgan Said and vice presidential candidate Miranda Wagner won Tuesday and Wednesday's re-election. They will resume office after joint senate next Wednesday.
The Elections Commission released the results Wednesday night. Said, a senior from Kansas City, Mo., and Wagner, a senior from Shawnee, received 552 votes. Crimson and True's Kevin Hundelt, a senior from St. Louis, Mo., and Sara Anees, a senior from Wichita, received 307 votes.
The results will be certified by the Elections Commission on Monday, which allows joint senate, where the previous senate turns over power to the new senate, to happen next Wednesday before committees begin that night.
Said said she is ready to get back in the office and continue work the administration
had already started. Said, Wagner and their executive staff had been in office since May and were removed when the Appeals Panel of the University Judicial Board ordered a new election.
"We are so ready to get back to work," Said said.
"This sexual assault policy change is absolutely something we will continue working on..."
"This sexual assault policy change is absolutely something we will continue working on throughout the duration of the year," Said said.
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Her main goal once back in office is to continue the conversation about the University's policies on sexual assault.
She also said that before the re-election was ordered, she
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