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Right now, professors have taken over Harvard, plotting a continuing assault of papers, projects and problem sets. The NBA and NHL playoffs are heating up. Baseball and spring have finally decided to coincide. My name is Brenda Lee, and today is the longest day of my life?...
...federal investigation on civil rights grounds, and calls for reform of the entire campus judicial system. That “minor” change was the now-infamous “corroboration rule,” which allowed the University to require any student bringing a complaint of sexual assault before the College’s Ad Board to provide “independent corroborating evidence” before a full investigation could be launched...
This year, a very different picture has emerged for the Faculty’s May agenda. At the next meeting on May 6, the report of the Committee to Address Sexual Assault at Harvard (CASAH) will present its reccommendations to create a new Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (OSAPR) and to vastly expand training and education; at the next meeting, they will consider a new change in the Handbook that would repeal last May’s corroboration rule...
...Sexual Harassment Hearing Officer.” But it is unclear which official will fill that role. It could be a staff member in OSAPR, or it could remain the responsibility of the College’s Assistant Dean for Coeducation (who, incidentally, does not have any sexual assault training) or it could even be the CASAH-recommended “Single Fact Finder.” The Faculty must take a critical eye to these potentially confusing aspects of the proposal before it, and press for clarity on behalf of the student body...
...University’s response to sexual assault is becoming even more critical, especially with the mounting pressure that off-campus rape crisis centers are enduring at the hands of state budget-slashers. Massachusetts’ state leaders have found it acceptable to leave rape victims without the support they deserve. By giving due consideration to the measures proposed by CASAH and giving close scrutiny to the corroboration rule repeal, Harvard can become a better model of how to deal with sexual assault, and support student’s safety...