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Southeast student raped on campus, assailant graduates without trialLast year Mahala Landeros made the decision to attend her first party. It was a Friday night, and final exams were just around the corner. “It was the first party I’d ever been to, like high school, college, everything,” she said. A sophomore at the time, Mahala at...
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Student recalls childhood sexual assaultSeth Sievers was around the age of 3 or 4 years old when he started being sexually assaulted at a day care in Jackson, Missouri. Seth’s assailants were the day care owner’s daughter and her friend, who were around the ages of 10 or 12 years old at the time...
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Victim of sexual assault blamed after being rapedThursday nights for Julie Watson typically meant going to a local bar with her friends. But for one Thursday in January 2016, it wasn’t a typical night out. One of her friends had stepped outside to smoke, fell and hurt herself. Julie tried to get her friend to lea...
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Southeast student raped at age 13, still hauntedRachel Fox was 13 years old when she was sexually assaulted on a routine walk to a friend’s house. “I walked there a million times and as I was walking there one day a man was walking across the street from me on the sidewalk, and he was looking at me and I kind of...
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Statistics: Sexual assault and misconduct data from Southeast clouds issueThe complexities of sexual assault statistics at Southeast Missouri State University obscure the prevalence of sexual assaults on campus. On Oct. 18, the Arrow submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the Office of Student Conduct asking for information un...
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Student: My two rapists allowed to walk on campusTwo days before move-in day of her freshman year, Grace Whiteside said she was sexually assaulted by a former boyfriend who also was moving on campus. On move-in day her former boyfriend tried to say “hi” and Grace ignored him. He texted her asking why she would no...
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Mistrust in the system discourages victims from reportingWhile rape and sexual assault are two of the most common types of crimes that occur on a college campus, they are also two of the most underreported. According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, or RAINN, on average, only 20 percent of college-age wome...newsApril 17
Process: Complexities arise with adjudicating sexual assaultThere are many variables that come into play when adjudicating sexual assault cases, making it difficult to standardize. This makes every sexual assault case unique. “These cases are very situational,” Capt. Kenny Mayberry, assistant director of police operations i...newsApril 17
Sanctions: What happens to those who are found guilty of sexual assault?Expulsion and suspension are the “automatic” and “likely” sanctions according to Southeast Missouri State University’s sexual assault guidelines. For students found guilty in the past five years for sexual assault, however, those sanctions were rare...
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Southeast takes new measures to decrease sexual violence on campusSoutheast Missouri State University is taking new measures to decrease sexual violence on campus. According the the Rape, Assault and Incest National Network, on average, 23 percent of college-age women and 5 percent of college-age men are victims of sexual assault...Advertisement
