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UNC-Chapel Hill Faces Backlash Over Sexual Assault Victim Landen Gambill's Honor Court Charge
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UNC-Chapel Hill Faces Backlash Over Sexual Assault Victim Landen
Gambill's Honor Court Charge
The Huffington Post By Tyler Kingkade 03/06/2013
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is under intense
community backlash after news broke that Landen Gambill, a sexual
assault survivor, faces possible expulsion for "intimidating" her
alleged abuser.
Gambill was part of a group that filed a federal complaint against UNC
over the way the institution treats sexual assault victims. Though
Gambill has never publicly identified her abuser, other than to say
he's an ex-boyfriend and a current UNC student, her alleged attacker
filed an Honor Court charge against her last week.
The American Association of University Professors' Committee on Women
stood by Gambill and urged the university to drop the charges in a
letter to UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp.
"Charging a plaintiff in a sexual assault case with an Honor Court
violation appears very much like retaliation for raising the issue of
sexual assault," wrote professors Ann Green and Donna Potts, of St.
Joseph's University and Kansas State University, respectively. "Such
action by UNC can only serve to silence survivors of sexual violence
and to contribute to the chilly campus climate delineated by the
recent 'Dear Colleague' letter issued by the Office for Civil Rights
of the Department of Education."
The university has insisted it has nothing to do with the Honor Code
charge, but the AAUP noted the administration does have oversight of
the Honor Court system. Indeed, the Committee on Student Conduct,
comprised of students, faculty and administrators, "oversees the
implementation of the Honor Code and the workings of the Honor System
at UNC," according to its website.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/unc-chapel-hill-sexual-assault_n_2814090.html
Gambill's Honor Court Charge
The Huffington Post By Tyler Kingkade 03/06/2013
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is under intense
community backlash after news broke that Landen Gambill, a sexual
assault survivor, faces possible expulsion for "intimidating" her
alleged abuser.
Gambill was part of a group that filed a federal complaint against UNC
over the way the institution treats sexual assault victims. Though
Gambill has never publicly identified her abuser, other than to say
he's an ex-boyfriend and a current UNC student, her alleged attacker
filed an Honor Court charge against her last week.
The American Association of University Professors' Committee on Women
stood by Gambill and urged the university to drop the charges in a
letter to UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp.
"Charging a plaintiff in a sexual assault case with an Honor Court
violation appears very much like retaliation for raising the issue of
sexual assault," wrote professors Ann Green and Donna Potts, of St.
Joseph's University and Kansas State University, respectively. "Such
action by UNC can only serve to silence survivors of sexual violence
and to contribute to the chilly campus climate delineated by the
recent 'Dear Colleague' letter issued by the Office for Civil Rights
of the Department of Education."
The university has insisted it has nothing to do with the Honor Code
charge, but the AAUP noted the administration does have oversight of
the Honor Court system. Indeed, the Committee on Student Conduct,
comprised of students, faculty and administrators, "oversees the
implementation of the Honor Code and the workings of the Honor System
at UNC," according to its website.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/unc-chapel-hill-sexual-assault_n_2814090.html
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