College urged to hire 'case manager' for sexual misconduct complaints

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'An advisory group is urging St. Olaf College to hire a full-time case manager just to handle complaints of sexual misconduct on the campus of 3,000 students.

That is one of the key recommendations in a lengthy report released Thursday in response to campus protests this spring.

St. Olaf commissioned the report in April after a group of students accused the liberal arts college in Northfield of mishandling allegations of campus rape, which has become a growing nationwide issue.

Thursday’s report, by a group of students, faculty, staff and outside experts, concluded that the college needs someone to devote full time to managing complaints filed by or against students.

Over the past school year, St. Olaf received 14 reports of sexual misconduct, which can range from unwanted fondling to stalking to rape, according to Carl Lehmann, the college’s attorney and a member of the advisory group.
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But the advisory group declined to embrace some of the changes demanded by student protesters, including a proposal to require “verbal affirmative consent” to prove that a sexual encounter was not sexual assault. The report concluded that verbal consent is preferable, but that such a definition “would be problematic and lead to a host of unintended and negative consequences.”'