“The student who was charged with violating conduct rules for speaking out about
her rape and the way her allegations were handled at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill has been exonerated, Chancellor Holden Thorp announced
in a letter to campus Thursday”.
“The student-run Honor Court charged Gambill in February under an
Honor Code provision prohibiting “disruptive or intimidating behavior” that
affects someone’s education. Gambill responded by filing a federal complaint
with the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights. A couple of
months later, OCR sent a letter to colleges warning them not to retaliate
against students who make civil rights complaints with either an individual
institution or the federal government. (An outside review, Thorp also said
Thursday, found no evidence that UNC retaliated against Gambill.)”
“UNC is undergoing a broad review and revision of its sexual assault policies,
after Gambill and others filed a separate OCR complaint in January alleging
that the university underreports and mishandles sexual assaults. Thorp said all
other student charges under the intimidation rule will also be thrown out, and
future charges under the provision must be reviewed by UNC’s Committee on
Student Conduct before moving forward”.
“This action is not a challenge to the important role of students
in our Honor System, Thorp wrote, but is intended to protect the free speech
rights of our students”.
This is good…I guess, but how does a serious issue like this get
skewed so far? How does a rape victim initially get put on trial?
Dr Flavius A b Akerele III
The ETeam
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