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November 24
Trump’s plan to eliminate the Department of Education causes fear among students
Trump's proposal to dismantle the Department of Education sparks student concerns over potential impacts on federal aid and state-level education funding.
Lily Niebrugge
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April 17
Southeast student raped on campus, assailant graduates without trial
Last 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...
Katelyn Mary Skaggs
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April 17
Student recalls childhood sexual assault
Seth 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...
Katelyn Mary Skaggs
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April 17
Victim of sexual assault blamed after being raped
Thursday 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...
Katelyn Mary Skaggs
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April 17
Southeast student raped at age 13, still haunted
Rachel 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...
Katelyn Mary Skaggs
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April 17
Statistics: Sexual assault and misconduct data from Southeast clouds issue
The 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...
Kara Hartnett
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April 17
Student: My two rapists allowed to walk on campus
Two 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...
Katelyn Mary Skaggs
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April 17
Mistrust in the system discourages victims from reporting
While 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...
Breanne Bleichroth
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April 17
Process: Complexities arise with adjudicating sexual assault
There 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...
Kara Hartnett
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April 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...
Kara Hartnett
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