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My name is Tina Fuchs and I'm the Dean of Students and Director

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of University Housing. I also serve as the Chief Conduct Officer

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here at Western Oregon University and I'm here to talk

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to you today about the student conduct process as it relates

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to sexual assault reports. There are five

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steps involved in this process. The first step is

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the reporting process. Generally the report comes

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to the Office of Student Conduct in a variety of ways.

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Either it's self-reported by the survivor

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or the Office of Student Conduct may receive an anonymous report

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and in fact the Office of Student Conduct

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may receive a formal report that was filed with Campus

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Public Safety or the Monmouth Police Department.

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Once the Office of Student Conduct receives this report, we

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meet with the survivor and talk with the survivor about the options

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available to them. Once we have information from the

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survivor, we meet with the student who

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we identify as our alleged offender. The offending student

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is charged with allegations of misconduct

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and becomes what we call the charged student.

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Interim sanctions are generally assigned at this point to

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the charged student pending a hearing. Interim sanctions can include

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a no contact order, where the charged student may not contact

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the survivor, removal from the residence hall

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if the charged student lives on campus, a change in course schedule

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if the charged student and the survivor share

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a class together, or a change in work schedule

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if they work together on campus, or

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they may be removed from campus altogether. Then the Office

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of Student Conduct interviews any witnesses that might be

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involved in the process. Once the investigation

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is completed, the Student Conduct Office will coordinate

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a hearing. The charged student, the survivor, and

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any witnesses, if applicable, are notified of the hearing date,

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time, and location. Student Conduct will make accomodations

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for the survivor to participate in the hearing at a level

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where the survivor feels safe. The hearing is help with

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the Student Conduct Committee. The charged student and

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the survivor may present their case to the hearing committee.

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The hearing committee with hear all of the information that is presented

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at the hearing and then the hearing committee will make a decision

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as to whether or not the allegations should be upheld or dropped.

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If any of the allegations or charges are upheld,

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the charged student is assigned sanctions.

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The purpose of the sanctions, or the goals I should say of

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the sanctions, is to one, stop the behavior. Make sure

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that the behavior no longer occurs and then prevent

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any recurrence from that behavior happening again.

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The other goal of sanctioning is to create

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a process that can help the survivor heal from the experience.

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The central sanctions that can be assigned if

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the charges are upheld include disciplinary probation,

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which is a formal warning to the charged student.

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A sanction of restraint or a no contact order may remain in place

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following the hearing. A change in class schedule, again

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if the students share the same class or class schedule,

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removal from the residence halls if the student is

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an on campus student, suspension from the university,

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or expulsion from the university. All of these sanctions

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vary depending upon the allegations that were made against the student

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and those allegations that were upheld. After

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the hearing, the charged student has the option to appeal the decision.

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The survivor as well has the option to appeal

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the decision reached by the committee. Once the appeal

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process has completed, all sanctions are put in place

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and the case is closed. The Office of Student Conduct

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then follows up with the survivor to ensure that the survivor has

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support. If you have any other questions

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related to the student conduct process, you can reach us

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by contacting us at our office, located at Ackerman Hall #173,

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you can call us at (503) 838-8930,

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or email us at judicial@wou.edu.

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You're welcome to visit our

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website at www.wou.edu/student/judicial. Thank you.

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