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The U.S. Department of Education will be visiting the campus next week as part of an investigation to review the campus’ work in responding to and preventing cases of sexual violence, assault and harassment.
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A new poster series designed to educate the public about sexual assault will be distributed around campus this week as part of the Cal Consent Campaign.
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In an attempt to solve the dilemma of where the Cal field hockey team will play in 2015, Cal Athletics has proposed that Underhill Field be converted into a Division I facility. According to a statement from Cal Athletics, this facility could be ready for the team in time for
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With the future of Cal field hockey’s home turf in question, three members of the team have considered filing a Title IX lawsuit against UC Berkeley in order to address the team’s lack of a home field for next season. Title IX is a federal civil rights law stating that
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SACRAMENTO — About 10 UC students rallied at the state capitol Tuesday to push Gov. Jerry Brown to sign Senate Bill 967 — legislation that would create an affirmative consent standard in California colleges — before the end of the legislative session.
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Students from four universities filed federal complaints against their campuses Wednesday for the alleged mishandling of sexual assault cases, joining those from dozens of other campuses, including UC Berkeley.
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At its annual conference this weekend, the University of California Student Association, a coalition of UC student leaders, selected UConsent as its newest campaign to support student survivors of sexual assault.
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Two bills introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday aim to raise the standard of how administrators at all federally-funded colleges and universities respond to sexual assault cases.
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Survivors of assault and people who have been following this story as it unfolds at 55 campuses across the country were likely not surprised to learn that the process of reporting and processing these cases is very flawed. The report found that people in authority who were in a position to receive the first notice that an assault had taken place, including athletic staff personnel and resident advisers, were not properly trained on how to get that information to the right people. What can be extrapolated from this data is that more training is needed at many levels of the university system, as well as transparency on the workings and timeline of a sexual assault accusation.
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In the wake of a 113-page sexual assault report released Tuesday by the state auditor’s office, a new pathway for comprehensive reform is laid out for university officials and legislators, although some survivors say its recommendations and findings did not go far enough.
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