A federal complaint was filed last Thursday against Brown University, accusing the school of failing to expel a student found guilty of raping a fellow student. Lena Sclove of Amherst, M.A. was attacked during the summer following her first semester as a transfer student from Tufts University. She filed complaints accusing the school of violating the Title IX gender equity law and the Clery Act campus security law. Eight months later, and after three months of hearings, the university found Sclove’s assailant, whose name has not been made public, guilty of four code of conduct charges, including sexual violence involving physical force and injury, according to a report by the Huffington Post. A university disciplinary panel recommended a two-year suspension. However, J. Allen Ward, Brown’s senior associate dean of student life, reduced the suspension to one year.
Now, university administrators are permitting the student Sclove identified as her rapist to return to campus as early as this August.
I think this is an interesting story, and I would be interested to hear Brown's reasoning for considering allowing the student to return to campus. As a victim of rape, Sclove will be well supported in her struggle by activist groups and other trauma related organizations. Also, considering Brown is one of my top schools I hope to attend, I will be very interested to hear the results of this case.
And with that, current events are over.
http://college.usatoday.com/2014/06/02/brown-university-allows-rapist-back-on-campus-faces-federal-complaint/
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