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...statistics, compiled from a survey of 905 undergraduates this past spring, also indicate that just over 2 percent of undergraduates say they experienced attempted rape in the last academic year...
Shaer accused the school of unfairly disciplining him in 1996 after he was accused of date rape by a female undergraduate. Shaer, who claims the intercourse was consensual, asserted in court that Brandeis had breached its "contract" with him by disregarding the disciplinary procedures that it set forth in its own student handbook...
...more serious offenses, it is not necessarily the place of universities to act as legal tribunals. Serious allegations such as rape deserve to be considered by courts with the expertise, impartiality, fairness and fact-finding ability that a university disciplinary body may lack. A defendant against such a serious claim deserves an unbiased hearing that is guaranteed to be fair, where both sides of the story will be heard and the rights of both parties will be respected...
...Michael Dukakis's mechanical reply to a debate question about how he would react to his wife's rape and murder crystallized his reputation as an automaton...
David A. Schaer, a former Brandeis University student who accused the school of unfairly disciplining him for alleged date rape in 1996, lost his appeal in a decision by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts yesterday...