xubrew
01-27-2014, 11:54 AM
I'm not picking on Mizzou specifically. It just so happens to be the most recent example in a long list of examples.....
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/10323102/university-missouri-officials-did-not-pursue-rape-case-lines-investigation-finds
My feelings on this are very simple. If an incident of a felonious nature occurs on campus, and the administration does not go to the police with it, they should be charged with a crime. Period. End of story.
Full disclosure, my own experiences with student affairs and university administrations are probably making me prejudice on this.
Generally speaking (not talking about one specific university, but just in general), Student Affairs, or deans of students, or university judicial review boards, or whatever the hell you want to call them, are sufficient for handling underage drinking, or vandalism, or quiet hours violations, or parties that get out of control, or anything that would be associated with typical college shenanigans.
They are NOT qualified to handle situations of a felonious nature. They are so grossly unqualified that it is not even funny. Yet, just about all of those people seem to think that they are, and they proceed as if they are the authority, and should be the authority, when in reality they are anything but.
To me, that's a crime. If something of a felonious nature happens (IE: rape, or sexual assault, or selling firearms illegally, or anything where basic common sense tells you that it is a police matter and not a student affairs matter, and the people responsible do not call the police, then they should be charged with a crime.
More often than not (and by that I mean pretty much 100% of the time) situations like this are grossly mishandled. The only reason this particular case is in the news is because it involved football players from a high profile program. This happens all the time, though. It happens way more than what most people realize because most of the time it does not involve players from high profile athletic programs.
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/10323102/university-missouri-officials-did-not-pursue-rape-case-lines-investigation-finds
My feelings on this are very simple. If an incident of a felonious nature occurs on campus, and the administration does not go to the police with it, they should be charged with a crime. Period. End of story.
Full disclosure, my own experiences with student affairs and university administrations are probably making me prejudice on this.
Generally speaking (not talking about one specific university, but just in general), Student Affairs, or deans of students, or university judicial review boards, or whatever the hell you want to call them, are sufficient for handling underage drinking, or vandalism, or quiet hours violations, or parties that get out of control, or anything that would be associated with typical college shenanigans.
They are NOT qualified to handle situations of a felonious nature. They are so grossly unqualified that it is not even funny. Yet, just about all of those people seem to think that they are, and they proceed as if they are the authority, and should be the authority, when in reality they are anything but.
To me, that's a crime. If something of a felonious nature happens (IE: rape, or sexual assault, or selling firearms illegally, or anything where basic common sense tells you that it is a police matter and not a student affairs matter, and the people responsible do not call the police, then they should be charged with a crime.
More often than not (and by that I mean pretty much 100% of the time) situations like this are grossly mishandled. The only reason this particular case is in the news is because it involved football players from a high profile program. This happens all the time, though. It happens way more than what most people realize because most of the time it does not involve players from high profile athletic programs.