Word: gills
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Most importantly, the staff editorial, "Investigate Charges," which appeared in Wednesday's paper, is inaccurate in one respect. It claims that Margot N. Gill, the GSAS's dean of student affairs who is responsible for handling cases of sexual misconduct, has "not even launched a perfunctory investigation into the allegations against van der Merwe...
...Gill has refused to discuss the issues with them, and other people could not know for certain whether or not she has investigated the allegations...
...original article was remarkable for the degree to which it relied on anonymous sources and heresay, A said that B said, and even, in the case of one statement attributed to Dean Gill, A said that B said that C said. Particularly egregious is the attitude that such heresay reporting is justified if the purported ultimate source declines comment...
Those, like Dean Gill, who accept the responsibility of upholding that confidentiality should not be pilloried for their faithfulness, nor should their silence be viewed as license to fill the void with gossip and heresay...
...also clear: the charges, which have been investigated by The Crimson since December--and many of which involve several years of alleged inappropriate behavior--have not been properly handled by those responsible for resolving them. In the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, that responsibility rests with Margot N. Gill, the school's dean for student affairs. To date, Gill has not launched even a perfunctory investigation into the allegations, against van der Merwe. And she has refused to discuss the charges with reporters. Meanwhile, the wing suffers. The alleged victims suffer. And van der Merwe suffers. At this point...