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Category: Crime and safety

Know the Facts Bed Post: How to safely navigate the first weekend on campus

The Post

Noted: Staying safe is much more important than getting caught doing drugs or drinking, so rather than fearing potential consequences of drinking underage or doing drugs, focus on calling for help if it means helping someone else or saving a life. Some police departments and colleges, like the University of Wisconsin-Madison, even have a system where if someone is underage drinking, but call to report a crime, they will be safe from any consequences because they were responsible by reporting.

‘I understand why the decision was made’: Advocate responds to Cephus reinstatement at UW

The Capital Times

“I understand why the decision was made,” said Erin Thornley Parisi, executive director of the Rape Crisis Center, noting that Cephus was acquitted in criminal court. “But that doesn’t change the impact that it might have on the survivors of the alleged crimes as well as other survivors on campus. It is painful for those who still believe that these women were sexually assaulted by him.”

UW-Madison officials refute Title IX criticism from defense attorney over Cephus case

WISC-TV 3

UW-Madison officials dispute that characterization of how Title IX investigations are run, saying in a statement to News 3 Now that “if a complainant provides any information during the hearing, they are subject to cross-examination.” They also note that in 2017, “11 complaints of sexual assault against students were investigated and the university found students responsible in 4.”

Uncertainty reigns as to Wisconsin bringing Quintez Cephus back

NBC Sports

Cephus’ attorney, Steve Meyer, created quite the stir on Monday by claiming that the University of Wisconsin-Madison had “sent us a clear message they do not want… Cephus to be a student at the university this semester.” Not long after, the university released a statement in which it very stridently pushed back against the attorney’s contention: