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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Board. But while Deans Jewett and Wolcowitz may not be sufficiently sympathetic to students confronted by unwanted sexual advances, the policies and standards of the Ad Board pose a far larger hurdle for victims to overcome. Under the College's present disciplinary system, a finding that a date rape took place will always be a rare occurence...
Like other crimes committed by students, most cases of date rape commit happen while one or both of the people involved are under the influence of alcohol. This clouds both judgement and memories. When recollections are clear, they are often in conflict. And rarely are there any witnesses to corroborate either side...
...basis of such a record, it is difficult to see how any impartial board that gives the accused the benefit of the doubt could find a student responsible for an acquaintance rape. The presumption of innocence has a very real cost, and perhaps in the case of date and acquaintance rape, it is one the Harvard community is not willing to bear...
...every four female college students will be raped by somebody she knows at school. Harvard deans and peer counselors say there is no reason to think that fewer date rapes occur on this campus. So why does the Administrative Board hear only 2 percent of the estimated 180 date rape cases that occur on this campus each year...
...DATE rape isn't limited to blatant cases of violence; it is any case where an acquaintance ignores the protests of a woman and forces her to have sex. "Articulate" or not, "forceful" or not, a "no" means "no." Wolcowitz and Jewett's remarks are unfortunate coming from any University officers--but completely unacceptable from the administrators who judge date rape cases. Jewett and Wolcowitz should immediately recuse themselves from any pending date rape cases...