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When the Leaning Committee’s report came out in 2003, it offered a solution: an increased reliance on independent fact-finders. Since then, fact-finders—often attorneys who are hired on a case-by-case basis—have routinely been brought in to deal with...
The Faculty’s definition of sexual misconduct, as laid out in the undergraduate student handbook, mandates that sexual assault must “take place against a person’s will or [be] accompanied by physical force or the threat of bodily injury.”
Boes says that in her experience, the Ad Board often takes examples of the victim being able to carry out a task, such as sending a text message, as evidence that he or she was capable of providing consent.
Ellison is also quick to point out that the Ad Board does not allocate consequences with the same severity as a court of law.
“It can’t be the case that we lower standards for finding out the truth and due process,” Losick says. “This is a university, of all places. Truth has to come first.”