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Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 13, 2019 20:58:38 GMT -5
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Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 13, 2019 21:00:58 GMT -5
For those scoring at home, it took 12 days from the original allegation before Chancellor Martin finally made an official statement about this issue.
In my opinion, 12 days was way too long.
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Post by Freeze on Feb 13, 2019 21:29:35 GMT -5
This is low hanging fruit. For the thousands of young women who attend our campus, they at bare minimum deserve an immediate statement assuring them that the university takes their concerns seriously. The more that this is allowed to fester the worse it gets. If they have not yet done so, the administration needs to aggressively declare in public: 1. that sexual violence and rape culture will not be tolerated on campus. 2. that the incident that sparked this outcry is being thoroughly investigated and announce when the investigation will conclude 3. that weekly forums will be held with all interested student groups until EVERYONE has had their say 4. and that the university will pledge to LISTEN and RESPOND to their concerns This should have been done on day one. I would love to see some serious movement on this before the week is out. Our students deserve answers and apparently they aren't satisfied with what they have been getting. I agree with all stated above but 2. that the incident that sparked this outcry is being thoroughly investigated and announce when the investigation will conclude
If and investigation is done properly you can not but a time limit of conclusion on it . Remember the DUKE case . I don't care if it takes a year as long as all the facts are in . As I have consistently stated throughout....I am not talking about the criminal investigation into rape. I want an investigation into whether coaches or whomever this was reported to failed to IMMEDIATELY report this to the Title IX office. That investigation could have wrapped up yesterday. It doesn't take long for an email trail to be produced, interview the coaches and find out what they knew and who they talked to about it AND when they talked to them about it. Once again....it is FEDERAL law. If there were missteps taken in reporting this then somebody needs to answer for it and that's an investigation that shouldn't take long at all.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 13, 2019 21:51:24 GMT -5
History has shown that one of Martin's few blind spots is PR crisis management. I think back to how he handled the Gucci Mane concert issue several years ago.
As a trained engineer he is naturally a very analytical man, but sometimes I believe that a leader must have the instincts to know when you need to get ahead of a story immediately before it becomes viral.
In the 12 days since this allegation hit twitter there has been dozens of news reports on every type of media outlet and the PR crisis continued to grow, mainly because there was ZERO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION coming from our leadership.
If you have a communication void during a burgeoning crisis like this, then that void will ultimately be filled by speculation and gossip. A lot of the bad press and social media criticism that the university is now witnessing could have been avoided if Martin would have just made a statement much sooner.
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Post by Freeze on Feb 13, 2019 22:09:06 GMT -5
That's a very strong and well written letter from President Martin and he has excellent ideas about how to tackle this going forward. I also agree with you Thrilla. In the social media era (love it or hate it) we have to be more cognizant that the ability to control the narrative can be quickly and easily wrestled away. However I hope that the campus community can heal, that the investigation into what happened in the cheerleading incident can be fully resolved, and that women on our campus unequivocally know that A&T is a place that they can feel safe and their womanhood and humanity will be defended.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 14, 2019 6:49:38 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 8:08:40 GMT -5
Well something has to be done with 15 open investigations currently into sexual assault allegations on canpus. That number came from officials during the student sexual assault forum on campus this week. The students aren’t happy how that event went down.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 14, 2019 11:45:41 GMT -5
This issue has now made it to Essence magazine: North Carolina A&T Students Fight Back Against Sexual Assault NYLAH BURTON Feb, 14, 2019Over the past few weeks, North Carolina A&T State Univerisity (NCAT) has been grappling with a burst of online and offline discussion regarding the frequent occurrence of sexual assault and the toxic rape culture that many students say permeates the campus. According to its students and alumni, NCAT has long struggled with these issues, but a culture of silence and stigma has caused them to largely remain unaddressed. But recently, several survivors have been incredibly outspoken about their experiences on Twitter, naming the perpetrators who assaulted them and using their social media platforms to urge the university to take action. Some of the most visible NCAT survivors are Kylah Guion, Raina Matthews, and Raina Gee. All three of these women have stressed the need for increased accountability for perpetrators, trauma-informed campus resources for survivors, and more effective sexual assault prevention education for NCAT students. 19-year-old Raina Matthews is a Journalism and Mass Communications major who told ESSENCE that she was assaulted by a band member only two months into her freshman year. After reporting the alleged assault and being provided with university counseling services, Matthews was diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety, and depression. However, the alleged perpetrator was not removed from campus, and Matthews often sees him. Almost every time, she is overcome by anxiety, which impacted her ability to attend class and her social life. Raina Gee, a Freshman Marketing major and former NCAT cheerleader, was allegedly sexually assaulted by a drum major in the band. After the incident, Gee wasn’t able to return to her classes until finals week, and even now, she’s still having trouble attending class consistently. Gee, who said that NCAT was her “dream school”, wants to stay where she is, even though every day is re-traumatizing and feels like an uphill battle. Gee said that NCAT was “where she belonged”, telling ESSENCE that, “If I transferred, I would feel like I’m quitting. I started something and now I want to finish.” Read more: www.essence.com/news/north-carolina-at-students-fight-back-against-sexual-assault/
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Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 14, 2019 11:47:59 GMT -5
This is why you cant just put your head in the sand and handle investigations in private. In 2019 you must have an immediate and clear public response.
I really hope Chancellor Martin and our university's leadership team learn from this.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 12:51:57 GMT -5
Anybody ready to say that men on campus have a really huge problem keeping their hands to themselves, yet?
It’s definitely a HUGE perception problem when national media outlets are putting their libel necks on the line saying the school’s is protecting men accused of sexual assaults because are members of the band.
This isn’t good. We gotta get these men up off the campus and enact zero-tolerance policies for those in the band, fraternities and play for our sports teams on this.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 13:05:56 GMT -5
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Post by ohsixrain on Feb 14, 2019 15:12:05 GMT -5
She's name dropping and everything. But, it's seems to be more to this than meets the eye. I get the coaches part of it...that's a different issue all together. But, the criminal investigation has not yielded any type of punishment IE. arrest, expulsion. That makes me wonder...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 15:53:06 GMT -5
She's name dropping and everything. But, it's seems to be more to this than meets the eye. I get the coaches part of it...that's a different issue all together. But, the criminal investigation has not yielded any type of punishment IE. arrest, expulsion. That makes me wonder... The one that just dropped the KKY member’s name isn’t a Cheerleader. He also apparently kept marching despite the investigation into the Allegations of this woman. And a police report was filed in this situation. In fact, police reports were filed in all three of the women in the Essence article. The water ain’t clean no mater how you look at it. All of them ain’t just making this stuff up. Officials aren’t doing all they can due to federal laws and fears of lawsuits and bad publicity for the Band and school.
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Post by AggiePride on Feb 14, 2019 17:21:33 GMT -5
We are talking about 3 different incidents now, correct?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 17:32:01 GMT -5
We are talking about 3 different incidents now, correct? Yes. 3 separate incidents involving 3 different women. 2 of the incidents involved members of the Band.
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