I recently wrote Chancellor Carol Folt of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill about an issue I think is very dangerous for male students as it relates to Title IX, sexual assault, and rape on campus. In my email, I asked her to consider a form that all male students and their parents must sign before attending classes at UNC which would inform them of the definition of rape and sexual assault on campus and how any investigation of alleged rape would take place.
This is important because in the high school setting, students are taught that if they are accused of a serious crime in our country, they have the ability of have legal representation, the ability to cross examine any evidence presented at trial and the accuser, and to have competent professionals involved in the process.
My fear is that male students are entering the University of North Carolina university system thinking they have these protections and they do not. I also figured that Chancellor Carol Folt would want male students to be advised that the definition of rape and sexual assault and any investigations related to it differ while on campus compared to how it is defined and prosecuted off campus.
But apparently I was wrong because the Chancellor never returned my email. Here is the email in it’s entirety:
Chancellor Carol Folt,
As you are well aware, given the recent “Dear Colleague” letter issued by the U.S. Department of Education that sets a framework down in how universities deal with rape and sexual assault cases, I think the University of North Carolina system is setting male students up for failure.
In my contact to you, I am asking that you consider the following document be a mandatory form all students and parents must sign before attending class so that they are made aware of the internal working of Title IX as it relates to rape and sexual assault.
Here is my fear: prior to entering college, students are under the belief that if they are accused of rape or sexual assault, they will be given due process under the law, be able to be represented by competent lawyers, see evidence presented and have that evidence questioned, have the ability to testify to innocence, and see and dispute any DNA / forensic data pertaining to the case. After all, this is what high school students are taught in classes and I suspect it is something you would want if alleged to have committed a crime.
I believe that students entering the UNC system (specifically male students) are operating under the idea that if they are accused, they will have a right to legal due process.
So with this in mind, is it possible to develop a form students and parents sign that informs them that if they are accused of rape or sexual assault, even when the accuser does not want to involve law enforcement, that he/she is still subject to university tribunals that allows for:
1) No ability to have legal representation in tribunals.
2) No ability to question or refute evidence to the matter.
3) That the college can withhold any exculpatory evidence or not even present any evidence supporting the allegation.
4) The accused has no ability to see who his/her accuser is to ascertain if the accuser is even known to the accused.
I believe that by allowing male students to enter the UNC system with the understanding that they have constitutional rights as taught in high school, but not telling them how rape and sexual assault tribunals operate is dangerous to these students and their families.
By not informing new students and their families about Title IX definitions of rape and sexual assault that differs dramatically from the legal definition of rape and sexual assault in our courts, combined with the four points above it appears that the University is allowing male students to enter a system where he thinks he has certain legal protections and doesn’t which seems a bit underhanded and sneaky.
And underhanded and sneaky it is.
It is possible that Chancellor Folt does not want male students and their parents to realize that their sons are in a dangerous setting where anyone can anonymously accuse them of a crime and that the allegation alone is enough to expel him from school and be ridiculed in the media?
Does Chancellor Folt not want a mass exodus of male students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill so that the University has students on campus that can be used to meet the quota of male students who are raping and committing sexual assault as defined by the Department of Education?
Does Chancellor Carol Folt not want mothers to learn that their sons can be found guilty of rape and sexual assault by a 20 year old communications major rather than experienced law enforcement?
Why would the Chancellor not want her male students to be informed on how to be successful while attending UNC?
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I recently wrote Chancellor Carol Folt of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill about an issue I think is very dangerous for male students as it relates to Title IX, sexual assault, and rape on campus. In my email, I asked her to consider a form that all male students and their parents must sign before attending classes at UNC which would inform them of the definition of rape and sexual assault on campus and how any investigation of alleged rape would take place.
This is important because in the high school setting, students are taught that if they are accused of a serious crime in our country, they have the ability of have legal representation, the ability to cross examine any evidence presented at trial and the accuser, and to have competent professionals involved in the process.
My fear is that male students are entering the University of North Carolina university system thinking they have these protections and they do not. I also figured that Chancellor Carol Folt would want male students to be advised that the definition of rape and sexual assault and any investigations related to it differ while on campus compared to how it is defined and prosecuted off campus.
But apparently I was wrong because the Chancellor never returned my email. Here is the email in it’s entirety:
Chancellor Carol Folt,
As you are well aware, given the recent “Dear Colleague” letter issued by the U.S. Department of Education that sets a framework down in how universities deal with rape and sexual assault cases, I think the University of North Carolina system is setting male students up for failure.
In my contact to you, I am asking that you consider the following document be a mandatory form all students and parents must sign before attending class so that they are made aware of the internal working of Title IX as it relates to rape and sexual assault.
Here is my fear: prior to entering college, students are under the belief that if they are accused of rape or sexual assault, they will be given due process under the law, be able to be represented by competent lawyers, see evidence presented and have that evidence questioned, have the ability to testify to innocence, and see and dispute any DNA / forensic data pertaining to the case. After all, this is what high school students are taught in classes and I suspect it is something you would want if alleged to have committed a crime.
I believe that students entering the UNC system (specifically male students) are operating under the idea that if they are accused, they will have a right to legal due process.
So with this in mind, is it possible to develop a form students and parents sign that informs them that if they are accused of rape or sexual assault, even when the accuser does not want to involve law enforcement, that he/she is still subject to university tribunals that allows for:
1) No ability to have legal representation in tribunals.
2) No ability to question or refute evidence to the matter.
3) That the college can withhold any exculpatory evidence or not even present any evidence supporting the allegation.
4) The accused has no ability to see who his/her accuser is to ascertain if the accuser is even known to the accused.
I believe that by allowing male students to enter the UNC system with the understanding that they have constitutional rights as taught in high school, but not telling them how rape and sexual assault tribunals operate is dangerous to these students and their families.
By not informing new students and their families about Title IX definitions of rape and sexual assault that differs dramatically from the legal definition of rape and sexual assault in our courts, combined with the four points above it appears that the University is allowing male students to enter a system where he thinks he has certain legal protections and doesn’t which seems a bit underhanded and sneaky.
And underhanded and sneaky it is.
It is possible that Chancellor Folt does not want male students and their parents to realize that their sons are in a dangerous setting where anyone can anonymously accuse them of a crime and that the allegation alone is enough to expel him from school and be ridiculed in the media?
Does Chancellor Folt not want a mass exodus of male students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill so that the University has students on campus that can be used to meet the quota of male students who are raping and committing sexual assault as defined by the Department of Education?
Does Chancellor Carol Folt not want mothers to learn that their sons can be found guilty of rape and sexual assault by a 20 year old communications major rather than experienced law enforcement?
Why would the Chancellor not want her male students to be informed on how to be successful while attending UNC?
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Contact vice chancellor General counsel Lesleigh Strohm. And for the record , NC allows attorneys in kangaroo courts, due to thefire.org. First in the nation.
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gg, per your comment I did email Lesleigh Strohm and she too refused to return my email. At this point I have no other information to go on other than to say that the University of North Carolina system does not want families of male students to know they they are entering a system that is vastly different than what they were taught in high school as it relates to being accused of a serious crime.
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Thank you Jonathan for letting me write this article. When emailing Chancellor Folt I knew that she would not engage with me on the merits of Title IX but felt sure she would agree that male students needed to be told that the definition of rape and sexual assault on campus is much different than state statutes and that the process for investigations is dramatically different. The Chancellor’s lack of attention to this matter leads me to believe that she either does not want families of male students to become enraged and start talking with legislators or she wants these male students to blindly walk into campus knowing that an anonymous form can be filled out from an angry female and his education plans be cute short.
I hope anyone reading this who shares my concerns will help me reach the families of male students to educate them on matters that the University of North Carolina system refuses to address.
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Thank You MR sharron!!
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Can you imagine the parents of male students learning that their sons have no due process on campus grounds if they are accused of sexual assault but do in the real world? I think you are right, parents would revolt in massive form and UNC at Chapel Hill would have a public relations nightmare on their hands. Equally evil is the notion that these students got into the University of NC because they did well in high school classes where they learned due process and constitutional protections only to have that used against them if someone fills out an anonymous form.
Imagine is there was an anonymous form made available on campus where people could report sororities for various infractions and the sorority sisters were called into administrative offices and not allowed to confront what the anonymous accusers put in a form and were expelled. Dear god, the gender studies department would be in a uproar!
Shame on your Chancellor Folt and I hope that Mr. Sharron puts this information into the hands of more male students and their families.
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You should forward that letter to the university Ombudsman’s office and see if you get a reply from them about it.
Just a thought.
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Post the email and possibly an abridged version ALL over campus.
The main tactic of the influential is to keep things quite. Disrupt this tactic.
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… use the very manual these used by the rule makers ie, “Rules for Radicals” by Saul Alinsky. The book is a classic and standard reading for the political elites.
eg Rule 13: – “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_for_Radicals
I also recommend “Propaganda” by Edward Bernays.
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Right on Michael. Methinks they want to set up innocent and unsuspecting men and boys.
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These new campus rape courts run by the gender-studies community are like a Klan who get more and more empowered from every lynching.
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Do you think petition can be a good route ? I believe it is very important to do activism in this area. It makes me very uncomfortable. What can be done ?
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Sen, I think contacting senator Mcains office, and asking for a fallow up to His “letter of clarification” that he sent to the Dept of education, would be an excellent answer to yer question “what can we do”??
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Attorneys Directory
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A good letter. Put simply, most higher ed administrators do not want male students to know where they stand in terms of due process. Knowledge of one’s lack of rights is the natural prerequisite to demanding change.
That change, of course, would put those admins in the hot seat. They know this. Which is why they prefer to keep students in the dark.
Contact vice chancellor General counsel Lesleigh Strohm. And for the record , NC allows attorneys in kangaroo courts, due to thefire.org. First in the nation.
You’re exactly right, good memory. Here’s the link, for those interested:
http://thefire.org/case/929.html
gg, per your comment I did email Lesleigh Strohm and she too refused to return my email. At this point I have no other information to go on other than to say that the University of North Carolina system does not want families of male students to know they they are entering a system that is vastly different than what they were taught in high school as it relates to being accused of a serious crime.
Thank you Jonathan for letting me write this article. When emailing Chancellor Folt I knew that she would not engage with me on the merits of Title IX but felt sure she would agree that male students needed to be told that the definition of rape and sexual assault on campus is much different than state statutes and that the process for investigations is dramatically different. The Chancellor’s lack of attention to this matter leads me to believe that she either does not want families of male students to become enraged and start talking with legislators or she wants these male students to blindly walk into campus knowing that an anonymous form can be filled out from an angry female and his education plans be cute short.
I hope anyone reading this who shares my concerns will help me reach the families of male students to educate them on matters that the University of North Carolina system refuses to address.
Thank You MR sharron!!
Can you imagine the parents of male students learning that their sons have no due process on campus grounds if they are accused of sexual assault but do in the real world? I think you are right, parents would revolt in massive form and UNC at Chapel Hill would have a public relations nightmare on their hands. Equally evil is the notion that these students got into the University of NC because they did well in high school classes where they learned due process and constitutional protections only to have that used against them if someone fills out an anonymous form.
Imagine is there was an anonymous form made available on campus where people could report sororities for various infractions and the sorority sisters were called into administrative offices and not allowed to confront what the anonymous accusers put in a form and were expelled. Dear god, the gender studies department would be in a uproar!
Shame on your Chancellor Folt and I hope that Mr. Sharron puts this information into the hands of more male students and their families.
You should forward that letter to the university Ombudsman’s office and see if you get a reply from them about it.
Just a thought.
Post the email and possibly an abridged version ALL over campus.
The main tactic of the influential is to keep things quite. Disrupt this tactic.
… use the very manual these used by the rule makers ie, “Rules for Radicals” by Saul Alinsky. The book is a classic and standard reading for the political elites.
eg Rule 13: – “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_for_Radicals
I also recommend “Propaganda” by Edward Bernays.
http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/bernprop.html
Right on Michael. Methinks they want to set up innocent and unsuspecting men and boys.
These new campus rape courts run by the gender-studies community are like a Klan who get more and more empowered from every lynching.
Do you think petition can be a good route ? I believe it is very important to do activism in this area. It makes me very uncomfortable. What can be done ?
Sen, I think contacting senator Mcains office, and asking for a fallow up to His “letter of clarification” that he sent to the Dept of education, would be an excellent answer to yer question “what can we do”??