“The policy, which is effective immediately, is an outgrowth of dialogue that has been taking place among students, faculty and staff since March, when President John Hennessy and Provost John Etchemendy wrote to students and called on the community to generate solutions that meaningfully change the campus culture around alcohol”, the release said. The new policy on alcohol, coupled with the lack of complimentary or previous new policy on sexual assault protocol, implies, fairly or not, that the university sides with the sentiments in Turner’s statement that alcohol is at the core of such problems.
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“It’s hard to look at this policy with respect to fraternities and be very optimistic”, said Douglas Fierberg, a Washington, D.C., lawyer.
Containers of alcohol larger than 750ml, as well as any drink stronger than 20 per cent alcohol, are also now prohibited.
Dartmouth College announced a similar policy in 2015.
The case of a former MA high school star athlete sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting two classmates is drawing parallels to the case of former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner, who got just six months for a sexual assault conviction. Therefore, the outlet density of establishments that sell hard alcohol around campus will be greatly reduced. “Also, the costs associated with purchasing smaller containers of hard alcohol are higher than the cost per volume of larger containers, which may serve as a deterrent”.
During the case, Turner blamed his behavior on drinking.
In a letter that went viral, the woman Turner assaulted repeatedly pointed out that drinking was not Turner’s crime: It was assault.
“You were not wrong for drinking”. She described the assault in graphic detail and said her “independence, natural joy, gentleness, and steady lifestyle I had been enjoying became distorted beyond recognition”. “Why am I still explaining this”. The two had been drinking heavily. Some say Stanford needs to focus more on rape culture than drinking culture.
Turner was banned from stepping foot on Stanford’s campus, losing his scholarship and standing as a student, but critics urged the university to take more steps to address sexual assault on campus in the wake of national discussion about rape culture on college campuses. Now another judge will hear the case.
According to the Mercury News, which first reported Persky’s recusal, the judge was to decide whether to reduce the conviction for Robert Chain, a plumber who was convicted for possession of child pornography, from a felony to a misdemeanor.
Judge Aaron Persky, who came under fire for what many saw as a light sentence for former Standford University swimmer Brock Turner, recently disqualified himself from another sex case.
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