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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Thursday, March 24, 2016 &ROOHJHVIDFHOHJDOEDFNODVKIURPPHQDFFXVHGRIVH[FULPHV Two suspended Oregon basketball players sue for $10M each or campus even before a disciplinary hearing is held so that the accuser does not By MICHELLE R. SMITH sity of Oregon basketball 173 schools. Associated Press players suspended over 2014 Known as the “Dear have to cross paths with her rape accusations sued for $10 Colleague Letter,” it has been alleged attacker. Disciplinary After years of complaints million each after prosecutors hailed by advocates who proceedings can take months, say many schools are now meaning the accused can that they weren’t taking declined to bring charges. A federal judge in Rhode moving in the right direction miss a year of school before sexual assault reports seri- RXVO\ FROOHJHV DUH ¿QDOO\ Island last month allowed a to address campus sexual the case is decided. Advocates for both GRLQJ VR ² DQG ¿QGLQJ case to move forward by a assaults. “For a very long time, accusers and the accused themselves slammed with Brown University student lawsuits from men who say suspended for 2 1/2 years there was no due process for say college disciplinary they were unfairly suspended over a sexual assault accusa- victims. Victims were told processes are often vague tion. to withdraw from school. and applied inconsistently. or otherwise punished. The get-tough approach Victims were told to take the Some schools have a single The schools are feeling by colleges is attributed semester off,” said Colby investigator; others have a caught in the middle. “We’re trying to walk the largely to a 2011 letter from %UXQRRIWKHQRQSUR¿W9LFWLP panel with faculty members. razor’s edge between being the U.S. Department of Rights Law Center. Now, Some include students. Some more attentive to the issue (GXFDWLRQ¶V 2I¿FH IRU &LYLO “yes, there are more deci- allow lawyers, others don’t. Some critics have said but still being fair to all our Rights. The letter told schools sions against perpetrators. students,” said Dana Scaduto, they must promptly inves- Yes, perpetrators are being that universities should not general counsel at Dickinson tigate allegations of sexual held accountable. And that is be handling such cases at all and that sex crimes should College in Carlisle, Penn- assault and harassment, even going to bother people.” Advocates for the accused instead be reported to police. V\OYDQLD ZKR KDV WHVWL¿HG if the accuser does not make But victims’ advocates before Congress on the issue. a complaint to the institution. say that school disciplinary It instructed schools to rely panels are unequipped to and many schools oppose At least 75 men have sued their schools since on the preponderance-of-evi- handle such serious allega- that, saying it would 2013, complaining largely dence standard used in civil tions and that colleges have discourage women from of reverse discrimination and cases, instead of the beyond- gone so far to accommodate coming forward. Also, police unfair disciplinary proceed- a-reasonable-doubt standard alleged victims that they are investigations can take ings. Most were never employed in criminal trials. trampling on the rights of the months, and prosecutions longer, meaning some cases charged with a crime because That means a student can accused. Under the federal guid- might not be resolved before the accuser didn’t go to police be disciplined if the college or authorities decided there ¿QGV LW PRUH OLNHO\ WKDQ QRW ance, when a school learns of graduation. Andrew Miltenberg, who that an assault occurred. allegations of sexual assault wasn’t enough evidence. represents the Brown student Schools that do not comply or harassment, it must take This month, former Yale University basketball player can face an investigation and immediate steps to ensure and close to 100 other male Jack Montague said he a cutoff of federal money. As the victim’s learning environ- students accused of campus sexual assaults, said schools planned to sue after he was RIPLG0DUFKWKH2I¿FHIRU ment is free of hostility. The accused can be have become “hyper-ag- expelled over a sexual assault Civil Rights was conducting allegation, and two Univer- 219 such investigations at removed from a class, dorm gressive” since the Dear Colleague Letter. A common thread in his cases, Miltenberg said, is that they had some element of a consensual encounter, in which the two were dating or knew each other. Alcohol is often involved, sometimes a year or more has elapsed, and there are rarely witnesses. “Part of the problem LV WKH\¶UH UHGH¿QLQJ ZKDW consent means,” he said. “Now all of that adds up to more cases, more allegations and more hearings, and this is where the schools are in a tough spot and can and should be doing better.” Such accusations can brand a student for life or put his education on hold for years, Miltenberg said. “I even have Ivy league students who’ve been suspended who can’t get into a local community college during their suspension,” he said. Miltenberg represents Paul Nungesser, who sued Columbia University, saying it violated his rights when it allowed fellow student Emma Sulkowicz to obtain class credit for her “Mattress Project,” in which she carried around the mattress on which she said he raped her. Nungesser denied the accusation and was found not responsible by the school disciplinary process. Nungesser said in his lawsuit that he was branded a “serial rapist” and forced to return to his native Germany because he couldn’t get a job in the U.S. A judge this month dismissed the lawsuit EXWVDLG1XQJHVVHUPD\UH¿OH some claims. Sulkowicz went to police with her allegation against Nungesser, but they did not bring charges. She has said the campus disciplinary process was badly mishan- dled. In a 2014 essay in Time magazine titled “My Rapist Is Still on Campus,” she wrote of crying and hyper- ventilating when she learned he had asked permission to work in the darkroom during a photography class she was taking. “As long as he’s on campus with me, he can continue to harass me,” she wrote. Scaduto, of Dickinson College, questioned whether colleges are equipped to handle such matters. “I don’t want to step away from the issues,” she said, “but I don’t know that we have the training the skill the resources to do it in-house anymore.” BRIEFLY Water supply improved for Owyhee farms ONTARIO (AP) — Farms that rely on water from the Owyhee Reservoir will be getting a larger allotment this year. The Capital Press reports that the Owyhee Irrigation District board of directors has set the 2016 allotment at 3 acre-feet for now, and the amount is expected to increase as water from WKHVQRZSDFNÀRZVLQWRWKHUHVHUYRLU Even if stays at 3 acre-feet, that’s a big increase over the past two years. Because of drought, irrigators only got 1.7 acre-feet last year and 1.6 acre-feet in 2014. The reservoir provides irrigation water for 1,800 farms and 118,000 acres in Malheur County in Eastern Oregon and around Homedale and Marsing in southwestern Idaho. announced on Wednesday that he will hold a rally in Portland on Friday at the Moda Center, home of the Portland Trail Blazers. Sanders has campaigned in Washington state and Idaho during the past week. Last Saturday he drew a crowd of about 7,500 at a rally across the river in Vancouver, Washington. Sanders’ Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, and her husband Bill have been campaigning in the region ahead of Saturday’s caucuses in Washington state. Bill Clinton stopped in Portland for a surprise visit on Monday. Sanders is popular in the Northwest. He packed the Moda Center during a rally there last August. Over that same period, the amount of processed marijuana seized dropped from 3,126 pounds of product to 635 pounds, less WKDQDTXDUWHURIZKDWDJHQFLHVKDGIRXQG¿YH years ago. The Yakima Herald-Republic says the Washington State Patrol attributes the drop to increased air reconnaissance and joint cooperation between state, local and federal law enforcement. California consistently leads the nation in illegal marijuana production, with more than 2.6 million plants seized in 2014. Rescuers searching for skipper RIFDSVL]HG2UH¿VKLQJERDW Production of illegal marijuana drops in Washington COOS BAY (AP) — A boat returning WRSRUWZLWKDORDGRI¿VKRYHUWXUQHGDQG rescuers were searching for the missing skipper. Coast Guard spokeswoman Rachel Steiner said the Patty AJ capsized Wednesday while making a turn in the channel of Coos Bay. Three of the four people aboard the vessel reached safety while a Coast Guard helicopter, WZRERDWVDQGDGLYHVTXDGVFUDPEOHGWR¿QG the captain. YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A new report says the production of illegal marijuana has dropped dramatically in recent years in Washington state. 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Hi 52 45 45 56 45 40 56 50 58 45 51 46 43 59 52 55 53 60 52 55 48 56 51 44 54 53 61 Lo 40 20 23 43 22 21 36 29 31 29 25 28 21 34 42 42 29 33 30 39 22 38 32 25 39 33 31 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W c sn c pc sn s c sn sh sn pc sn sn pc sh c sn pc sn sh sn c pc sn sh sh pc WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 58 62 78 53 79 29 52 60 53 79 48 Lo 31 53 55 45 50 21 43 40 31 63 41 W s sh pc r pc sn c sh pc pc r Fri. Hi 59 58 76 57 80 33 54 60 52 78 51 Lo 34 55 61 44 53 26 42 47 32 65 41 W s r pc pc pc s r s s pc pc WINDS Medford 61/37 (in mph) Klamath Falls 54/26 Boardman Pendleton REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: Some sun today; showers around across the south, near the Idaho border and in the mountains. Cascades: A bit of snow in central parts to- day; a bit of morning snow, then a little rain across the north. A shower in the south. Northern California: Partial sunshine today. Mainly clear tonight. Partly sunny tomorrow. Friday WNW 6-12 W 7-14 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Mostly cloudy today; periods of rain across the north. A little rain tonight. Eastern and Central Oregon: Clouds and sunshine today with a shower, except dry near the Cascades. Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today with a brief shower or two. A touch of rain tonight. Today WSW 12-25 WSW 12-25 0 2 4 4 2 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 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