The elephant in the room next to the triumph of the Yale men's basketball team is the murky circumstances of possible sexual misconduct by the just-expelled team captain. No matter what ultimately occurred between the player and the female student, Yale University seems to have done a poor job of handling the matter, similar to the Columbia mattress case bungling of last year. The NY Times said...
"According to the statement released by Montague’s lawyer, Max Stern, through a public-relations firm, an independent investigator found that Montague and a female student had consensual sex in an earlier encounter. “The sole dispute is as to the sexual intercourse in the fourth episode,” the statement said. “She stated that she did not consent to it. He said that she did.”
Fourth episode? Honestly, if I were a college administrator today I wouldn't be sure as to how to go forward with any adjudication. There needs to be a bright line at college (and in life). Was there consent or wasn't there?
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