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struggle4progress

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Tue Mar 26, 2013, 03:04 PM Mar 2013

UNC-Chapel Hill suspends Honor Court proceeding against student who spoke out about sexual assault [View all]

March 26, 2013 1:27 PM
By Julia Dahl

... The prestigious university has been under fire in recent months after three students, a former dean and an alumna filed a complaint with the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights about how the university handles sexual assault reports by students.

On March 8, the DOE announced it was launching an investigation into the merits of the complaint, and the university has agreed to cooperate.

One complainant, sophomore Landen Gambill, made news earlier this month when she went public with the fact that she was being brought up on Honor Court charges for engaging in what the student newspaper called "disruptive and intimidating behavior" against the man she accused of raping her.

Gambill denied the charges, arguing that she had never publicly named her alleged rapist ...


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57576355-504083/unc-chapel-hill-suspends-honor-court-proceeding-against-student-who-spoke-out-about-sexual-assault/
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