First off, awesome screen name. Second, I have been sued—it’s terrifying, and you cold-sweat over every single decision, which is why I tell my staff members that every single decision we make needs to be documented: why did we make this call, what was our thinking, where in our process can we point to to inform our…

Yeah, and when my disciplinary systems have kicked out students for academic misconduct—you know, labeling them as dishonest cheaters and putting EXPELLED on their transcript for all time—using that same preponderance standard, that doesn’t ruin their lives in the same way at all...because that’s somehow an expulsion…

Esteban v. Central Missouri State College (277 F.Supp. 649, 1967) makes explicit that institutions of higher education have a right to set up disciplinary systems to deal with student misconduct, a right that has been affirmed by the Supreme Court. What you erroneously call a “pseudo court tribunal” is really our…

I have criminal training, can get evidence, and knowledge on how to conduct a trial—and am a Title IX administrator. So...what’s your argument against me doing this work now? (Former attorney, masters in education, by the way.). It isn’t that this is solely criminal or solely administrative: it’s both.

This is a brilliant piece, Diana, as are all of your pieces on this topic. However, as a Title IX Coordinator (at a D-1 school), there were moments where I wish someone like me had been given an opportunity to add information (a few places I saw some misinformation from outsiders on the student judicial process). Very…

Savannah Guthrie is a Georgetown-educated attorney, so let’s not dismiss the woman just because she’s also conventionally attractive.

So, here’s the thing: most likely, that was sent to his public email address, which, yes, gets a million emails a day and the president doesn’t see them all. There’s some admin who plods through it on his behalf.

Our college will do personal checks, too. MIT and Cornell really led the way for the rest of us in higher Ed, though.

Our reports are routed to a team of people, which includes members of our threat assessment team and case managers (social workers in our Dean of Students office who specifically deal with students who are in crisis or victims of crime). The scary thing is, even with a really strong reporting system, a really strong…

Our school has an online reporting form, and we encourage folks to report about students (and employees) of concern. The faculty in particular use it a lot, but students report on other students who are worrying them. You’d be shocked at how many reports we receive about folks—

I’m a Title IX Coordinator, and my school has work to do—we ALL do—but when I pull back the curtain on things that need attention, my boss doesn’t shove me aside or silence me. He says, “Do what’s right. Get it done.”

A buffet of Asian hot, damn it!

When I give presentations on Title IX, I walk the students through some hypotheticals about consent—basically, it’s five minutes for me to spin out scenarios of me getting to be amorous with John Cho. With his face on the screen behind me. It’s heavenly.

Yes! I can’t even watch that movie now, with all of the homophobic and sexist crap in there. Which is a damn national tragedy, since to this day, I say, “Strange things are afoot at the Circle K,” when things are getting wonky.

I think she looks great for 45. I think she looks like hell for being with Woody Allen.

Aaaaand saving that image for when I do trainings on sexual assault and I get a metric ton’s worth of questions about false reporting. Fabulous.

Can you share any information on what other states have similar outdated criminal codes? Is that known?

Ellie, their campus climate survey isn’t the same as the AAU survey—the science behind the HEDS survey won’t get you the strongest results. The HEDS survey asked if you are “sexually assaulted” versus asking behavioral based questions (e.g., Has anyone penetrated your vagina with their fingers, penis, or an object…

I'm not.

There was a nasty rumor circulating on the blind gossip sites that Prince was a lot sicker than just the flu; I assumed it was, you know, nasty gossip sites being nasty. This is just so heartbreaking.