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Sexual Misconduct / 1993
93.136 Model stalking law recommended, 128
93.148 The Antioch "ask and tell" policy, 141
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Sexual Misconduct / 1994
94.4 Sexual harassment, the media, and cultural diversity at Swarthmore, 172
94.35 Rape shield statutes and the right to testify, 217
94.36 Physical examinations and "sexual battery", 218
94.41 Employing Japanese police techniques on campus, 224
94.42 Resolving sexual misconduct complaints in the 1990s, 226
94.50 Forcible rape and "lack of resistance", 241
94.53 New rape law for Pennsylvania [rape conviction possible without having to prove force], 245
94.63 Dismissed professor awarded $500,000 [wrongful dismissal for alleged sexual assault;inadequate due process], 262
94.65 "Unladylike" behavior and "invited" harassment [vulgar words and "unladylike" behavior do notpreclude winning a sexual harassment suit], 268
94.67 Professor reinstated in sexual harassment case [Silva v. University of New Hampshire; WilliamKaplin on academic freedom and "hostile environment" sexual harassment; sexual innuendo andprofessional competency; Nadine Strossen on feminism and the First Amendment], 271
94.68 E-mail and sexual harassment, B274
94.69 Silva v. University of New Hampshire [case excerpt; AAUP on academic freedom; Silva casecompared with isolated incident of bad judgment], 275
94.71 Gender motivated violence act adopted, 278
94.73 Gender discrimination against men in college disciplinary cases [Yusuf v. Vassar College], 280
94.75 Evidence of similar acts in sexual misconduct cases, [new rule 413 of the Federal Rules ofEvidence; Nash v. Auburn University], 284
94.77 Court encourages informal resolution of disciplinary cases [guidelines for informal resolution andmediation in student disciplinary cases], 286
94.80 Ban on sexually oriented magazines unconstitutional [Excerpt: Captain Steven W. Johnson v.County of Los Angeles Fire Department; Title VII does not call for punishment of bad thoughts;danger of group stereotypes], 293
94.84 National sexual assault study [1994 crime bill provision on campus sexual assaults], 299
94.92 Silva case settled, 311
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Sexual Misconduct / 1995
95.3 Disciplinary records remain confidential--for now [value of confidentiality; initial FERPA effort tolimit "values" education; media hypocrisy; public distrust of higher education], 315
95.10 Sexual ethics [young people need guidance on forming relationships; neglecting the emotionaldimension of sex; the impact of exploitative sex on men; Walter Lippman on self-restraint;students seek self-restraint], 328.
95.14 "Fantasies" on the Internet [University of Michigan sophomore arrested for sending threat onInternet; distinguishing threats from fantasies; Internet "addiction"; Saul Bellow on "the distractedpublic"; Alexander Solzhenitsyn on silent reflection], 336.
95.42 Scholarships for sex offenders--and their victims [George Washington University considersbasketball scholarship for high school basketball player convicted of sexual assault; GWU alsooffered scholarship to the young woman he assaulted], 379.
95.46 GWU recruitment effort ended [possible scholarship offer to convicted sex offender withdrawn],384.
95.67 Sexual harassment and e-mail [expulsion for e-mail sexual harassment at Caltech; communitycensure (not formal punishment) for offensive e-mail at Cornell; hormones and electrons don'tmix], 423.
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Sexual Misconduct / 1996
96.11 Campus justice and student privacy [first civil suit under "Violence against Women Act" filedagainst Virginia Tech in aftermath of sexual assault; renewed debate about secrecy in campusjudicial proceedings], 456.
96.21 Advocacy journalism and campus crime, [outline of and response to New York Times series oncampus sexual assault; colleges have a responsibility to enforce their own rules, Nzuve v.Castleton State College; significant due process protections must be accorded to the accused;complainants also desire confidentiality; example of St. John's University case; not every sexualassault is a rape; many complainants seek mediation and moderate penalties], 480.
96.22 Resolving sexual assault allegations [Campus Security Act regulations; suggestions forinformation to be given complainants; notification to parents and law enforcement authorities; theimportance of hearing cases before deciding them], 483.
96.36 b [in Nabozny v. Podlesny the U.S. Court ofAppeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a school district and school officials could be held liablefor violating a student's Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection by failing to protect himfrom peers who harassed him because he was openly gay; ending the "boys will be boys"stereotype; the role of fathers in promoting self-restraint and empathy], 524.
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Sexual Misconduct / 1997
97.12 Sexual misconduct cases in the news [reducing the number of sexual assaults; adjudicatingcases], 584.
97.19 Resolving academic dishonesty allegations [due process standards recommended], 604.
97.24 The value of privacy in sexual assault cases [in People v. Ramirez, a California appellate courtupheld the constitutionality of a California law allowing sexual assault victims to be identified as"Jane Doe" at trial], 617.
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Sexual Misconduct / 1998
98.11 A reflection on sexual harassment after Jones v. Clinton [federal court held that Clinton's alleged"actions as shown by the record do not constitute the kind of sustained and nontrivial conductnecessary for a claim of hostile work environment"], 713.
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Sexual Misconduct / 1999
99.9 Peer harassment and the "Violence Against Women Act" [in Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that the "Violence Against Women Act" exceeds Congress' power], 830.
99.22 Limited liability for sexual harassment by students, part I [in Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education the Supreme Court held that Title IX authorizes a private cause of action for student-on-student sexual harassment; deliberate indifference to "known acts" of such harassment is required.], 859.
99.23 Limited liability for sexual harassment by students, part II [an interview with Catholic University Law Professor William Kaplan], 862.
99.40 "Due process" at private colleges [decision of the Massachusetts Appeals Court in Schaer v. Brandeis, holding that the University was obligated to "substantially" follow procedures specified in its disciplinary code], 904.
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