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In the first day of meetings held in Sacramento on Wednesday, the UC Board of Regents reviewed a report presenting improvements to the transfer student pathway as well as other presentations regarding the Richmond Bay Campus and sexual assault across the University of California.
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UC Berkeley and three other California schools join 51 others across the nation in a new list of higher education institutions under investigation for possible violations of federal law regarding the handling of sexual violence cases.
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The federal government is engaged in an ongoing investigation, which began in late March, into how UC Berkeley handles sexual violence complaints and whether that could lead to a hostile environment on campus.
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Two U.S. congresswomen visited UC Berkeley on Tuesday to meet with Chancellor Nicholas Dirks and a group of student survivors of sexual assault who have been advocating for improved sexual harassment and violence policies on campus.
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A coalition of over 420 student representatives from across the UC system, including about 35 UC Berkeley students, met with senators and assemblymembers at the state capitol on Monday, lobbying about issues important to UC students.
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You never think it’s going to happen to you; I certainly didn’t think it could happen to me.
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Thirty-one current and former UC Berkeley students filed federal complaints against the campus on Wednesday for allegedly mishandling sexual assault and harassment cases.
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Exacerbated by notions of assumed consent in modern ‘hookup culture,’ abundant drug and alcohol use, misunderstandings and malevolence, sexual assault — and university and government authorities’ failure to properly respond to it — has become an epidemic.
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In spite of a growing epidemic of sexual violence, discourse about these issues is disturbingly scarce.
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Spurred by the student complaints, California’s state auditor is examining how UC Berkeley and three other public universities in California handle sexual harassment and sexual violence incidents within their campus communities.
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