In the Washington Post today is a lengthy profile about Families Advocating for Campus Equality, or FACE, a group founded by a Fargo mom after her son was falsely accused of sexual misconduct at the University of North Dakota. The mom is Sherry Warner-Seefeld, and her son is Caleb Warner. I’ve written quite a bit about Warner over…
Kudos To Students For Wanting Controversial Topic In Curriculum, But Cover All Sides Of The Issue
In Grand Forks, students at Red River High School want to include in their curriculum a book about the supposed “rape culture” on college campuses, and not just at their school but all of the high schools in their city. The book in question is “Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town” by…
Would You Send Your Daughter To College If She Had A 25% Chance Of Being Sexually Assaulted?
For some time now campus rape alarmists have been touting polling which claims that one in five women are sexually assaulted on campus. This statistic has been used endlessly, including to justify a lot of dubious policy related to campus adjudication of sexual assault accusations and sexual consent policies. But that data has also received…
We Are Living In An Upside Down World
It can be easy, when we are all zeroed in on the day-to-day minutiae of current events in our always turbulent democracy, to lose sight of the larger picture at times. Last night I got to thinking about some recent controversies in our society over ideas I never would have thought would be controversial. Like,…
Here's An Idea: Maybe We Should Stop Trying Students In Campus Kangaroo Courts
Today the State Board of Higher Education will consider new policy to comply with legislation passed earlier this year requiring that students be afforded the full participation of legal counsel in serious campus proceedings against them. The move is a grudging one, judging by the tone of this article, and indeed the universities fought long…
More Problems With UND Campus Rape Junk Science Emerge
Yesterday I wrote about University of North Dakota researcher Sarah Edwards claiming that her tiny sample of students from an anonymous campus is representative of any college campus anywhere in America. That’s significant, because Edwards’ research claims that one in three college men would rape if they thought they could get away with it. Washington…
UND Researcher Peddles Campus Rape Junk Science
A couple of days ago I wrote about a study released by the University of North Dakota claiming that roughly a third of college males would sexually assault a woman if they thought they could get away with it. But there were some problems. The sample size was tiny – just 72 participants – and…
One In Three Male College Students Would Rape A Woman?
UPDATE: The ThinkProgress story erred in stating that the study was of UND students. It was not. No UND students took part per UND spokesman Peter Johnson. The original ThinkProgress story linked above had this headline: “1 In 3 University Of North Dakota Men Surveyed Would Rape A Woman If They Could Get Away With…
Wow: University System Initially Opposes Due Process Rights For Students
It’s a rare moment when the miasma of smug, self-serving rhetoric which surrounds our university system parts for a moment to let the truth shine through. We had a moment like that this evening. SB2150 is legislation introduced by Senators Ray Holmberg (a Republican) and Lois Delmore (a Democrat) both of Grand Forks. It aims to…
Rolling Stone Apologizes For Phony-Baloney UVA Rape Story
I’ve long felt that the campus rape issue in America, supposedly an epidemic according to certain demagogues, is the product of political exaggeration. An offshoot of the Democrats’ “war on women” strategy. It’s gotten so out of hand that even here in North Dakota some claim that one in five women who attend North Dakota…