Yale Students File Title IX Suit Against The University

The Yale Herald:

The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today it will open an investigation to review Yale's policies for dealing with sexual harassment and sexual assault. The investigation comes in response to a Title IX complaint filed against the University on Tues. Mar. 15.

Read the whole story: The Yale Herald

Comments

[Billy Taramasco]

10:51 AM on 04/05/2011

This forum is FAIL. Removing comments that are valid. No wonder no body comes to this site.

[rmt99]

12:46 AM on 04/01/2011

They should make a firm when they graduate dedicating lawsuits towards universities. I have some ideas.

[MJH28]

09:53 PM on 03/31/2011

Obviously, this type of conduct is condoned since it is done so openly. Yale should be leading by example since the school is upheld as a bastion of the best of the best. Maybe that is the problem...these young men feel so entitled that when they enter the "real" world, they feel empowered to take what they want without worry of consequences. Could this explain Wall Street?

[Bat Wrangler]

09:52 PM on 03/31/2011

It looks like an assylum.

[Boobuzuela]

09:17 PM on 03/31/2011

What building is that?

I've never visited Yale.

[insidious]

09:38 PM on 03/31/2011

Judging from your avatar, you'd probably fit right in...

[trek15]

09:45 PM on 03/31/2011

Don't know, but it's certainly not the most flattering view of any university, let allow the hallowed halls of Yale.

[bccmeteorites]

08:18 PM on 03/31/2011

Discrimination can creep into scientific misconduct and fraud and must be curtailed.

http://www.bccmeteorites.com/misconduct-planetary.html

[SoutheastBeast]

07:07 PM on 03/31/2011

As a Yale alum, this makes me very sad.

[Parade Keegan]

07:02 PM on 03/31/2011

Experience has taught me, campuses can not police themselves. Criminal behavior should be reported to authorities who do not have a vested interest in the reputation of a specific entity.

[lj9283]

06:44 PM on 03/31/2011

What Yale building is in that picture?

[SoutheastBeast]

07:07 PM on 03/31/2011

This is one of the math buildings as you begin ascending Science Hill. I think it's across the street from Silliman.

[summer glau]

09:39 PM on 03/31/2011

i think it's sterling chem lab, right?

[Rudy Wright]

05:10 PM on 04/08/2011

The photo is Osborne Memorial Laboratory at the corner of Science Hill. The top of Kline Biology Tower can be seen behind it. Not adjacent to Silliman College, by the way, but across from the college hockey arena, Ingalls Rink. Using that photo may be the strangest representation of Yale I've ever seen. Usually the gothic Harkness Tower or the main entry gate to the Old Campus called Phelps Gate is shown.

[cgeorgan]

06:41 PM on 03/31/2011

Free speech vs. Title IX:  I know which one is more important.

[SoutheastBeast]

07:09 PM on 03/31/2011

From what I read in the article, the crux of the suit deals with allegations of sexual assault and rape, which have nothing to do with free speech. Also, chants directed at female students that may insinuate a desire to commit rape, are not necessarily protected by the First Amendment.

[cgeorgan]

09:23 AM on 04/01/2011

From what I read in the article, the crux of the suit deals with allegation­s of sexual assault and rape,

No, the lawsuit has to do with individuals commenting on allegations of sexual assault and rape.   Read the article starting from the 7th paragraph from the bottom.

[xlntcat]

07:58 PM on 03/31/2011

I am not sure how "quid pro Quo" with professors demanding sexual favors for grades falls under the first amendment.

[cgeorgan]

09:21 AM on 04/01/2011

I see you're arguing the 1977 case, when we're here in 2011 arguing the current case.  Join us here, today.

[SitandStay]

06:17 PM on 03/31/2011

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