1. Georgetown University's Policy Of Silencing Campus Rape Victims Scrutinized By Feds 2. NCAA Asked To Investigate Penn State's Allowing Student Expelled For Alleged Rape To Play In Bowl Game 3. Campus Crime In The News
	Georgetown University's Policy Of Silencing Campus Rape Victims Scrutinized By Feds DOE Letter To Georgetown (April 18, 2003) Feds enter non-disclosure debate (Georgetown Voice; 04/24/03) Campus Injustice: A Story of Predatory Rape at Georgetown University by Kate Dieringer (March 2003) Washington, DC-Georgetown University's policy of not allowing campus rape victims to discuss the outcomes of disciplinary action taken against their assailants may violate federal law according to the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). The questionable policy has come under scrutiny in response to complaints filed by a student and Security On Campus. The Jeanne Clery Act's Campus Sexual Assault Victims' Bill of Rights guarantees the basic rights of sexual assault victims on university campuses and requires that they unconditionally be told the results of campus court proceedings in their cases, among other things. Georgetown, however, will only tell them if they agree to remain silent about the outcome, and sign a confidentiality agreement according to the complaints. In a letter sent to Georgetown's president Dr. John DeGioia April 18th, John Loreng, a DOE official, wrote "a plain reading of the Federal Regulations...does not seem to indicate that an institution may impose conditions on re-disclosure" of information by campus rape victims. The school has been given 15 days to respond, and offer legal justification for their policy. More... NCAA Asked To Investigate Penn State's Allowing Student Expelled For Alleged Rape To Play In Bowl Game SOC Letter To NCAA (April 14, 2003) PSU ignores group's criticism (Centre Daily Times; 04/25/03) Looking for answers from PSU, Paterno (Centre Daily Times; 04/25/03) Spanier says decision to play Phillips was wrong (Centre Daily Times; 04/11/03) University Park, PA-The National Collegiate Athletic Association has been asked by Security On Campus to investigate whether any of their rules were broken when Penn State allowed Anwar Phillips to play football in the Capital One Bowl this year after having been expelled for allegedly raping another student. "In addition to being an outrageous slap in the face of the victim, and sending the message that NCAA institutions tolerate criminal behavior by their student-athletes, we believe that an NCAA rules violation may have occurred," wrote Howard K. Clery, III SOC's Executive Director in an April 14th letter to NCAA president Myles Brand. NCAA rules require that institutions withhold from competition any athlete who is not currently a student in good standing at the school. Phillips was allowed to finish the fall semester which ended on December 21, 2002 before his two semester expulsion took effect, but the bowl game wasn't played until January 1, 2003 more than a week later. More... Campus Crime In The News Fearing a Serial Killer, Louisiana State Campus Halts Public Access to an Online Directory (Chronicle of Higher Education; 04/25/03) Panel on sexual misconduct at Harvard recommends preventive education (AP; 04/17/03) Ohio State Fire Deaths Ruled Homicides (AP; 04/15/03) Students not reporting crime (BBC; 04/15/03) Penn State could learn from St. Bonaventure (Centre Daily Times; 04/14/03)
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