President Chopp Announces Independent Review of Sexual Assault Procedures

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<p>Prof. Timothy Burke has produced yet another thought-provoking blog post; this one is about the Clery Act complaint. One may agree or disagree with what he writes, but it is easy to see why the History Department is held in such high regard. </p>

<p><a href=“http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2013/04/26/on-the-clery-act-complaint/[/url]”>http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2013/04/26/on-the-clery-act-complaint/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Another article has some information from the Swarthmore police chief: </p>

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In the last couple of years, he told me Friday, his department has investigated about five cases of sexual assault on campus, including one actual rape that was successfully prosecuted.</p>

<p>Once a month for the last five years, Swarthmore police have been meeting with college officials and students to discuss issues of campus safety, including sexual assault issues.</p>

<p>The very idea that any Swarthmore professor, counselor or administrator would take any claim of sexual violence lightly, “would be totally contrary to my experience with them,” said the police chief.

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<p>[Gil</a> Spencer: Swarthmore College finds itself in crosshairs - delcotimes.com](<a href=“http://delcotimes.com/articles/2013/04/28/news/doc517c84ff79a63852530227.txt]Gil”>http://delcotimes.com/articles/2013/04/28/news/doc517c84ff79a63852530227.txt)</p>