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LadyHawkAZ

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5. I have never understood the school disciplinary thing

Reply to polly7 (Original post)

Tue Oct 23, 2012, 09:29 PM

Oct 2012

This isn't the first story I've heard where the college was allowed to handle the matter themselves. Wouldn't this be a matter for the police and state prosecutors? When did colleges stop being subject to state sexual assault laws? What am I missing here? I never attended so maybe someone who did can clue me in?

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College Rape Survivor Told Not to Report Her Rapist, Drops Out While Alleged Rapist Graduates With H [View all] polly7 Oct 2012 OP

Wow. nt Deep13 Oct 2012 #1

I know this sounds weird. Neoma Oct 2012 #2

I've met a few really good, really caring psychiatrists FloridaJudy Oct 2012 #4

Dear GOD! get the red out Oct 2012 #3

I have never understood the school disciplinary thing LadyHawkAZ Oct 2012 #5

In principal it's about keeping a prank from becoming a lasting legal record One_Life_To_Give Oct 2012 #6

For citations and minor misdemeanors, I could maybe see that LadyHawkAZ Oct 2012 #7

Wow Lugia Dec 2012 #8

It's a long article but every word is important. yardwork Dec 2012 #9

Colleges should be forced to report every violent crime to real police. Every assault, sexual or stevenleser Dec 2012 #10

I thought they were obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #11

I think they sweep a LOT of them, particularly sexual assaults, under the rug with suggestions that stevenleser Dec 2012 #12