By The Daily Beast on 02/03/2015 “…Paul Nunhesser was cleared of a rape charge but faced a harsh trial-by-media. Now, as new details come to light, he’s speaking out and fighting back. …” Read the entire article: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/03/columbia-student-i-didn-t-rape-her.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
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Vanderbilt Campus Investigation Cleared Football Players of Rape Charges A Year Before They Were Convicted By Court
By Daily Mail 02/01/2015“…A year before two Vanderbilt football players were convicted in a 2013 gang rape, campus officials concluded there was a lack of evidence that ‘nonconsensual sexual intercourse’ had occurred. …” Read the entire article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2935302/Vanderbilt-campus-investigation-cleared-football-players-rape-charges-year-convicted-court.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Call to action: Kermit Elementary suspends boy for having an imagination. Here’s what to do.
By A Voice for Male Students 02/02/2015 “…Call to action: give Kermit Elementary School a negative one-star rating at Great Schools.com. Kermit Elementary has a “bully report form.” Use that form to report principal Roxanne Greer as the bully of Aiden Steward…” Read the entire article: http://www.avoiceformalestudents.com/kermit-elementary-suspends-nine-year-boy-ring-roxanne-greer-aiden-steward/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
“It’s just one night!” Sorority leaders baffled at U-Va. response to frat party ban
By The Washington Post 01/30/2015 “…The letter from 16 national sorority presidents — members of the National Panhellenic Conference — sparked an outcry on campus from students who said it was sexist and didactic to order women to stay home for their own safety. …” Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/01/30/its-just-one-night-sorority-leaders-baffled-at-u-va-response-to-frat-party-ban/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
U.Va. President Admits Rape Story Was False; Keeps Restrictions on Fraternities
By Washington Examiner 01/30/2015 “…University of Virginia president Teresa Sullivan finally admitted that she knows the Rolling Stone article detailing a brutal gang rape at the university was discredited. …” Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/u.va.-president-admits-rape-story-was-false-keeps-restrictions-on-fraternities/article/2559584/comments The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
D.C. schools to invest $20 million in efforts to help black and Latino male students
By The Washington Post 01/21/2015 “…The $20 million program includes opening a college prep all-boys high school east of the Anacostia River. …” Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-schools-to-invest-20-million-in-efforts-to-help-black-and-latino-male-students/2015/01/21/27450ca8-a19d-11e4-903f-9f2faf7cd9fe_story.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Amherst College settles suit filed after diploma withheld over rape allegation
By Mass Live 01/24/2015 “…A lawsuit filed by an Amherst College student who argued the school unfairly held up his academic career over an old, unproven allegation of an on-campus rape has quietly settled. …” Read the enitre article:http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/01/amherst_college_settles_with_j.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Children in Single-Parent Families Perform Worse on Achievement Tests than Their Two-Parent Peers
By National Center for Policy Analysis 01/28/2015 “…In the United States, the average achievement difference in math between children from single- and two-parent families is 26.6 points — roughly equivalent to one. …” Read the entire article: http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=25300&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DPD The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Is Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Grandstanding At The Expense of Due Process?
By The Daily Caller 01/27/2015 “… By inviting Ms Sulkowicz to accompany her, Senator Gillibrand undoubtedly wanted to send Congress the message that passage of her proposed Campus Accountability and Safety Act is necessary to protect students in their college environments. However, in her effort to push through the bill, Senator Gillibrand not only is READ MORE
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Issues Bulletin on Campus Sexual Assault and Safety
By Highland Community News 01/27/2015 “….SB 967 requires California postsecondary institutions – in order to receive state funds for financial assistance – to adopt comprehensive, victim-centered policies and disciplinary procedures concerning sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking. Under the law, an institution’s policy governing its campus disciplinary process must use an affirmative consent READ MORE