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FYI - see info below about a Dateline program about campus rape that
will be on this Sunday night.



Dateline NBC Sunday Will Question Whether Colleges & Universities
Respond Quickly Or Strongly Enough To Campus Rape


Serious charges about problems with how colleges and universities handle
sexual assaults will be explored in a Dateline NBC segment scheduled to
be broadcast this Sunday night, December 11th, at 7 p.m. eastern time
(please consult your local listings for the exact time and channel in
your area, and note that broadcasts may be rescheduled if there is
breaking news). In this segment correspondent Hoda Kotb reports on five
students who say they were sexually assaulted on campus and how their
schools handled their cases, "questioning if they acted quickly or
strongly enough," according to the Dateline web site. 
Two former Ohio State University students, including Stacy Bogart who
was awarded this year's Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Award by Security On
Campus, Inc. (SOC), both reported that they were raped by the same
student, yet he was allowed to remain on campus for another year and a
half. Kate Dieringer, a 2003 recipient of the Clery Award, and Samantha
Collins were both told by their schools, Georgetown University and the
College of William and Mary respectively, that they had to remain silent
with concerns about brief suspensions imposed on the students accused of
raping them but spoke out anyway. And Annie Hylton from the University
of Virginia successfully sued her alleged rapist, receiving a $150,000
award, after he was not even suspended by the school. S. Daniel Carter,
SOC's Senior Vice President, is also interviewed.  SOC applauds each of
these brave sexual assault survivors for their courage in speaking out
publicly about these issues which are all too often shrouded in silence.
They all have taken steps to secure justice not only for themselves but
for countless other students as well.