Security On Campus Update Dec. 9, 2005
In This Issue

1. Dateline NBC Sunday Will Question Whether Colleges & Universities Respond Quickly Or Strongly Enough To Campus Rape

2. Campus Crime In The News


Dateline NBC Sunday Will Question Whether Colleges & Universities Respond Quickly Or Strongly Enough To Campus Rape

Serious charges about problems with how colleges and universities handle sexual assaults will be explored in a Dateline NBC segment scheduled to be broadcast this Sunday night, December 11th, at 7 p.m. eastern time (please consult your local listings for the exact time and channel in your area, and note that broadcasts may be rescheduled if there is breaking news). In this segment correspondent Hoda Kotb reports on five students who say they were sexually assaulted on campus and how their schools handled their cases, "questioning if they acted quickly or strongly enough," according to the Dateline web site.

Dateline NBCTwo former Ohio State University students, including Stacy Bogart who was awarded this year's Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Award by Security On Campus, Inc. (SOC), both reported that they were raped by the same student, yet he was allowed to remain on campus for another year and a half. Kate Dieringer, a 2003 recipient of the Clery Award, and Samantha Collins were both told by their schools, Georgetown University and the College of William and Mary respectively, that they had to remain silent with concerns about brief suspensions imposed on the students accused of raping them but spoke out anyway. And Annie Hylton from the University of Virginia successfully sued her alleged rapist, receiving a $150,000 award, after he was not even suspended by the school. S. Daniel Carter, SOC's Senior Vice President, is also interviewed (pictured above with, left to right, Annie Hylton, Kate Dieringer, and Samantha Collins).

SOC applauds each of these brave sexual assault survivors for their courage in speaking out publicly about these issues which are all too often shrouded in silence. They all have taken steps to secure justice not only for themselves but for countless other students as well.


Campus Crime In The News

Missing crimes added to records (The Channels; 12/07/05)

After another reported rape, W&M to review sexual assault programs (Daily Press; 12/07/05)

Even rape barely disrupts college cocoon (Richmond Times-Dispatch; 12/03/05)

New report ignores off-campus sex crimes (Ohio State Lantern; 12/02/05)

Student receives advocacy award (Daily Kent Stater; 11/30/05)

A Fraternity Hazing Gone Wrong (NPR; 11/14/05)

Crimson takes crime report case to SJC (Cambridge Chronicle; 11/10/05)

Students attacked, but DSU issues no alerts (The News Journal; 11/05/05)

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