"This is why we need to reform campus sexual assault policies. It simply isn't sufficient to outsource the hearing process to a system that's equally — if not more — unsympathetic to survivors."

We need to address the problem for all people who suffer sexual assault. Which means reforming the criminal justice system - not working around it.

Serious question. If the consensus is that both schools and the police do an inadequate job of handling sexual assault incidents, why not focus on reforming the police (a group who's job is to investigate and enforce laws) as opposed to universities (who's job it is to educate students)?

Just curious - why would a student report to the university before reporting to the police? Does the university even do a rape kit? Aren't rape kits often the primary *physical* evidence needed to prove a rape occurred? And then if the rapist is found guilty by the actual law, wouldn't the college react accordingly…

The position taken in this article makes me profoundly uncomfortable. It promotes the creation of a two tier justice system. The assaulted are supposed to settle for something less than criminal justice as meted out by school officials, the accused are expected to submit without the legal protections of the court…

I feel like, in a college setting especially, the "college kid" stereotype plays a huge, unfortunate role in the way law enforcement handles these cases. With alcohol and drugs often being involved, at least in some capacity, it becomes a "he-said, she-said" kind of thing, and law enforcement ultimately ends up paying…

The kids he threatened, as far as any account of this story that I've seen says, don't exist. They can't see the police taking this seriously because they're not real.

no doubt, counseling and a lot of community service. jail would do more harm than good.

Shoot him over a tweet?

It seems to me like a fine would be more likely to affect his parents than the kid himself. Jail time and/or an extensive amount of community service seems like a punishment more likely to affect the perpetrator of the crime.

i may never stop laughing

But he's loved Christ since before Pre-K!

and was this last year?

the New York Times "T" tattooed on her back

Chet Haze is a treasure.

Yeah I would say for me personally I would not mind a lesbian hitting on me because that would have a very different context for me. I wouldn't feel threatened or creeped out. However I have felt threatened and creeped out by men hitting on me quite a lot. I'm a woman for those playing along at home. I don't think it…

Does it really make boyfriend in #3 homophobic if he just doesn't like being hit on by people he's not attracted to? If he didn't like smokers, he shouldn't feel guilty not going if the party was at a cigar bar.

Because if it turns out that he loves going to clubs where women hit on him, maybe he's got a little homophobia going on – albeit a mild case.

Not For Slut Shaming. Serious question...If you are a defense lawyer and you do not go the "slut shaming" route, are you not representing your client to the best of your abilities? If history has proven that this route can exonerate or lessen your clients chances of "doing time" are you required by some oath to take…

That's a bunch of semantic bullshit. If it was gathered to preserve evidence, then it was gathered so that the defense and prosecution could review it and make their arguments based on what was found.