TO THE EDITOR:
In response to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Winston Crisp’s Monday letter to the editor, please allow me to respond as the parent of one of the UNC students who is at the center of this issue.
My letter will not be lengthy, and I will not try to convince anyone of anything. Instead, please let me pose some questions that have never been answered by Mr. Crisp or anyone at the University, which I list as follows:
First, why did the University house our daughter’s abuser in the residence hall directly across the street from her only after she had chosen in early December to speak out about the University’s treatment of sexual abuse victims?
Second, why did no one from the University contact our daughter to let her know (a) that our daughter’s abuser had returned to campus after voluntarily withdrawing when she made her complaint and (b) that he was being housed directly across the street from her?
Third, why did it take a public records request from me to get the information that her abuser was being housed across the street from her?
Fourth, why has Mr. Crisp refused to answer our questions on the circumstances surrounding the readmission to the University of our daughter’s abuser?
Let us as parents remember that this is not an issue solely about students. This is an issue that faces every parent who sends their child to this University. As parents, we cannot — we must not — let these students fight this battle alone.
Parents, I beg you to get involved, and I pray that you will never have to be asking the questions that I am so desperately trying to get answers to now.
