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Webster U. Faces Federal Investigation Into Sexual Harassment Allegations

By • Jul 1, 2019
Webster University, shown in this July 1, 2019 photograph of its Webster Groves campus, is the subject of a federal civil rights investigation.
Kae Petrin | St. Louis Public Radio

A federal civil rights office has opened an investigation into whether Webster University mishandled complaints of sexual harassment.

Lengthy Webster U. Harassment Investigation Spurs Student Outcry, University Audit

By • May 21, 2019
Tamsen Reed in front of the Webster University communications department building. May 17, 2019.
Kae Petrin | St. Louis Public Radio

Updated 10:45 a.m., May 21, to reflect new witness statements — The first time Tamsen Reed heard the rumors was over a text message from a soon-to-be roommate. Almost immediately, she began to feel trapped.

The rumors kept piling on. She’d hear them in her university classrooms. Once, a stranger shared them with one of Reed’s housemates, not realizing they lived together. Another time, a date brought them up to Reed.

Despite Suspension, St. Louis County NAACP Backs John Gaskin III

By • May 7, 2019
After only five months as the president of the St. Louis County NAACP, the national association suspended him for violating its bylaws.
Ashley Lisenby | St. Louis Public Radio

The St. Louis County NAACP is throwing its support behind the group’s suspended president even as the national association presses on with an investigation into the leader’s behavior.

“It is my hope that after John has his opportunity to prove the type of work he was doing, which was really good work, he can get made whole again and made president again,” interim president John Bowman said.

Missouri House Committee Approves Changes To How Colleges Handle Sexual Assault Reports

By • Mar 12, 2019
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File Photo| Jason Rosenbaum | St. Louis Public Radio

A Missouri House committee gave the green light Tuesday to legislation that would alter how colleges and universities deal with accusations of sexual assault or harassment.

The initial passage of Rep. Dean Dohrman’s bill comes amid a heightened effort to overhaul what’s known as the Title IX process.

Area universities grapple with increased attention to Title IX in light of Michigan State, #MeToo

By • Jul 18, 2018
UMSL’s Title IX coordinator and chief equity officer, Dana Beteet Daniels (at left), and local attorney Nicole Gorovsky, an advocate for victims of sexual abuse, participated in Wednesday’s discussion.
Evie Hemphill | St. Louis Public Radio

While the U.S. Department of Education’s Title IX statute has been around since 1972, there’s renewed societal focus on issues related to sexual assault and discrimination – and evolving guidance at the federal level when it comes to addressing them.

“Colleges are kind of on edge right now with respect to these issues,” Chronicle of Higher Education senior reporter Sarah Brown said on Wednesday’s St. Louis on the Air.

Crowded sports landscape caters to nation's attention span, panelists say

By • Nov 30, 2010

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 30, 2010 - How is today's sports scene like a steady diet of Ted Drewes frozen custard?

Both can be too much of a good thing.

That's one of the conclusions about the present and future of sports drawn by an expert panel convened by Washington University Monday night that discussed a wide range of topics, from Title IX to the future of boxing to how to speed up baseball to the prospects for lacrosse.