<p>The article says she got medical attention, at home. We don’t know what that included. And that her parents (I’d presume she was there, too) consulted an attorney who advised against pressing charges. Not the college. “After a couple of weeks, Lexie returned…met with two deans who, she says, persuaded her to file a complaint in the college’s disciplinary system against her alleged assailant. Originally, she says, she had refused.” Then there was, unfortunately, the issue of witnesses supposedly stacked against her. </p>
<p>I don’t know where she took all the right steps versus where the college ignored its responsibilities to students. We’re all told, IRL, that time matters, the right medical detail matters, the right reporting. I understand a young gal’s confusion and reluctance. But if you want a case, you build one. (Please don’t confuse that with lack of empathy.)</p>
<p>The deans should have been able to steer her to the right campus support- and should have known there is a procedure that includes her feelings her housing is safe. I don’t know where her initial reluctance swung her wide of the systems that should be in place. Which deans, did she work with women’s support? For all the publicity, there are still gaps in what we know.</p>
<p>The campus is not a criminal court. That does leave the issues of security on campus and their official responses and actions. The measure for admin actions is “preponderance of evidence,” but did they have ‘evidence?’ In a more recent report, her father says, "One of the main problems with their policies is they tell students not to go to the police, not to file criminal charges,” But we see this <a href=“http://dean.williams.edu/policies/sexual-misconduct/reporting-an-assault-for-disciplinary-action-at-williams/”>http://dean.williams.edu/policies/sexual-misconduct/reporting-an-assault-for-disciplinary-action-at-williams/</a> (Also folllow the kink about half down the page, to the Disciplinary Process.) And this <a href=“http://dean.williams.edu/policies/sexual-misconduct/reporting-an-assault-to-the-police/”>http://dean.williams.edu/policies/sexual-misconduct/reporting-an-assault-to-the-police/</a> </p>