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MADem

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1. How could Northeastern have prevented the student from transferring?
Wed May 7, 2014, 03:24 PM
May 2014

Lock him in his room, throw away the key, put a gun to the head of his parents to force them to pay for tuition/fees, room and board?

One can argue about how the school "handled" the case (and perhaps the best bet would have been for the victim to go to a hospital and called the BPD, not the NE rent-a-cops) but I don't understand the headline.

It's not up to the university to "allow" the student to transfer. The student can do that if he wants, and the school he transfers to can accept him if they want.

There is a lesson here--don't rely on the "campus police" for anything beyond busting a keg party. If you are the victim of a crime, go to the city or town police, and if you are a victim of rape, head for the hospital. I'm quite serious when I tell you there are a half dozen hospitals within a short walking distance of NE.

I would urge "End Rape On Campus" to push for outreach to victims that says "cut out the campus cop/administration middleman" and go straight to the police to preserve their rights in the legal system. All using a university arbitration process does is delay the search for justice.

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