Lawsuit Casts Harsh Light on Due Process at College

Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2014-10-07 04:47

Article here. Excerpt:

'Under ordinary circumstances, the facts alleged by Abrar Faiaz in the legal complaint he filed last spring in U.S. District Court in New York against Colgate University [link added] would strain credulity [sic]. But because Faiaz’s allegations are consistent with the organized offensive against due process perpetrated by universities in recent years, they should be considered with an open mind.

The lawsuit accuses Colgate and several members of the university's administration, faculty, and staff -- including President Jeffrey Herbst, Provost Douglas Hicks, and Dean of the College Suzy Nelson -- of multiple civil rights violations as well as false imprisonment, breach of contract, and failure to substantially observe the school’s established procedures. The court is currently weighing Colgate’s motion to dismiss the suit.'

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While I can't condone his shoving his 2 ex-gfs as they claim he did, I sure can't condone the way Colgate dealt with it. In fact, the police should have been contacted.

First, why did the one ex-gf suddenly decide to lodge a complaint with the school over it well after the statute of limitations on such an act (if it wasn't deemed a violation instead of, say, a misdemeanor) had expired? And handing the guy an ultimatum re staying in some kind of surreal, East Berlin-esque classroom-turned-holding cell vs. flying back to his home country for a ludicrously short period before making him return for a star chamber hearing? Pretty obvious what they were doing.

When I was in college, I had a gf who, if we got into some kind of argument, would take to trying to hit or shove me. While she wasn't more than around 60% of my size, that's not the point. She was immature and probably a little nuts, though I'd like to think she "outgrew" this behavior. After she did this to me a few times, I finally split up with her. (Predictably, she also became violent then, too.) At the time, I was pretty ignorant of the matter of DV, particularly the idea that men ought to take DV vs. men (incl. myself) too seriously unless it was "severe". If I had had the chance to complain abt her behavior to the administration (assuming they'd've taken it seriously), I wouldn't've wanted her expelled as a result of her behavior; I'd've wanted her to get professional help w/ her problems w/ impulse control and pretty obvious dbl-standards around DV, in addition to just plain not being my gf anymore.

Of course, I doubt my college's admin'n would've done anything. Neither, esp. at the time, would've the police had I reported it to them, simply b/c I'm a he and she was a she. But even if our sexes in this scenario had been reversed, the point is if I'd wanted the admin'n to do something about my ex, I should've said something long before a year *after* we'd split up. It would've made a lot more sense to mention it during our still being tog. or right after I'd split up w/ her.

Back to the item: There's so much wrong with what this story reveals, it's hard to know where to begin. I just hope some semblance of justice gets done.

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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2014-10-07 05:12

It says so right here on page 1 of my WS 101 textbook.

:)

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Submitted by el cid on Tue, 2014-10-07 14:35

The index in mine actually reads as follows:

"Violence, female-on-male, never happening: 1, 3, 5 ,6, 8, 11, {etc.}"

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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2014-10-08 03:15