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...deeper meaning was not lost on the Army, though, when it announced it was filing rape, assault and sexual harassment charges against three male officers responsible for training new recruits at Aberdeen, and investigating at least 17 others. The most far-reaching scandal to hit the armed forces since the Navy's 1991 Tailhook incident threatens to undermine the thing that many in the military hold sacred: the chain of command. It has also teased out an alarming number of similar allegations at other bases around the country. But hoping to avoid a repeat of Tailhook--in which...
...documents, he told a trainee, "If anyone finds out about me having sex with you, I'll kill you." In the wake of such threats, the Army decided to jail Simpson two months ago, pending a court-martial. Simpson now faces an array of charges, including nine counts of rape involving three women and several counts of forcible sodomy and assault. One female private alleged she was abused by Captain Derrick Robertson, Simpson's commander in the 143rd's Alpha Company. Robertson, who has been charged with rape and assault, has admitted to a relationship with a recruit, though...
...making students members of the Administrative Board: more openness about cases, more legitimacy for the board in students' eyes, more input by students in judging their peers. Yet the disadvantages outweigh these admitted advantages. No matter how much student members were sworn to secrecy about sensitive issues such as rape or academic dishonesty, there is a good chance that some details would get out to roommates or friends and thus to the student body as a whole, needlessly embarrassing the people involved...
...traumatic emotional and physical cases such as rape, I could see removing student members from the case. However, most cases are not of this sort. And to say, as The Crimson has, that students are any less trustworthy with confidential proceedings than faculty is an insult to the intelligence and integrity of the College's 6600 undergraduates...
Such cases of male advantage certainly exist. Date rape, the most predominant form of sexual harassment on campus, involves a claim to a type of dominance which requires redress. While such an advantage is not derivative of any corporate hierarchy, it is nevertheless apparent and therefore requires special laws to protect women...