NY Times: Reporting Rape, and Wishing She Hadn’t
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 1:52 pm
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/ho ... ottom-well
Reporting Rape, and Wishing She Hadn’t
How One College Handled a Sexual Assault Complaint
If you're the parent of a college man or woman or of soon to be college men or women, consider this a must read for you and them! It's an eye-opener for all of the above!
GENEVA, N.Y. — She was 18 years old, a freshman, and had been on campus for just two weeks when one Saturday night last September her friends grew worried because she had been drinking and suddenly disappeared.
Around midnight, the missing girl texted a friend, saying she was frightened by a student she had met that evening. “Idk what to do,” she wrote. “I’m scared.” When she did not answer a call, the friend began searching for her.
In the early-morning hours on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in central New York, the friend said, he found her — bent over a pool table as a football player appeared to be sexually assaulting her from behind in a darkened dance hall with six or seven people watching and laughing. Some had their cellphones out, apparently taking pictures, he said.
Continue reading the main story. It's too long and involved to post in this limited space...use the link below for the story and related coverage. Be prepared to be deeply troubled.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/ho ... ottom-well
Reporting Rape, and Wishing She Hadn’t
How One College Handled a Sexual Assault Complaint
If you're the parent of a college man or woman or of soon to be college men or women, consider this a must read for you and them! It's an eye-opener for all of the above!
GENEVA, N.Y. — She was 18 years old, a freshman, and had been on campus for just two weeks when one Saturday night last September her friends grew worried because she had been drinking and suddenly disappeared.
Around midnight, the missing girl texted a friend, saying she was frightened by a student she had met that evening. “Idk what to do,” she wrote. “I’m scared.” When she did not answer a call, the friend began searching for her.
In the early-morning hours on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in central New York, the friend said, he found her — bent over a pool table as a football player appeared to be sexually assaulting her from behind in a darkened dance hall with six or seven people watching and laughing. Some had their cellphones out, apparently taking pictures, he said.
Continue reading the main story. It's too long and involved to post in this limited space...use the link below for the story and related coverage. Be prepared to be deeply troubled.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/ho ... ottom-well