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It’s a movement that was born at UNC — and in spite of UNC.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this article misstated the aim of the One Act program at UNC. The program is focused on educating the community about the role of bystanders in preventing interpersonal violence. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
Last month, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education released its list of the 10 worst universities for free speech — and UNC-CH and Appalachian State University both made the list.
Since three federal investigations were launched into the University’s handling of sexual assault last year, UNC’s full-time Title IX office has gone from nonexistent to five positions.
The UNC Sexual Assault Task Force held a meeting on Jan. 7, 2014 at the Friday Center.
Under UNC’s current sexual assault policy, “consent” is defined in four sentences.
2013 was a year of change for the UNC administration. The transition began with the arrival of Carol Folt, UNC’s first female chancellor, in July. In addition, former Kenan-Flagler Business School Dean Jim Dean stepped up as Provost. The University also created five positions geared toward handling sexual assault on campus.
In the year since multiple federal complaints have thrown UNC into the national spotlight for its handling of sexual assault cases, the University has taken tangible steps toward repairing its policies.
A member of a student government committee that handles tens of thousands of student fee dollars says that the group has broken open meeting laws and lacks transparency.
Officials of the UNC system invited the public to offer policy recommendations on Monday in the latest step to improve systemwide campus safety.
TO THE EDITOR:
The Sexual Assault Task Force’s unanimous decision to recommend the removal of students from the adjudication panels that would hear sexual assault cases is an appropriate strategy.
In its last meeting of the year, UNC’s Sexual Assault Task Force made recommendations on adjudication — a subject it has worked on for the better part of the semester.
The Executive Branch of student government recently released its October report, an account of the progress on the goals and projects of the administration thus far.
The woman balancing two top administrative posts will leave at the end of the semester — leaving the leadership of two important offices up in the air.
"This semester I am traveling across the country visiting different schools and talking to sexual assault survivors… What happened at UNC has kind of spiraled a national movement." "This started off as a personal journey for me and has become so much bigger than what I thought I would ever encounter… it's definitely become something a lot bigger than I ever planned." -Andrea Pino
UNC convened a task force dedicated to fixing the system that adjudicates sexual assault on this campus. A new Title IX coordinator has been appointed, but the school has yet to announce who will be UNC’s second Title IX investigator.
When the U.S. Department of Education offered Andrea Pino an early resolution option for her federal complaint against UNC’s handling of sexual assault, she was confused.
Several Connecticut state legislators are calling for a public hearing on a university’s sexual assault policies — but despite pending federal investigations at UNC-CH, the issue has not yet been raised in the N.C. General Assembly.
George Cianciolo
