UD Student Holds Silent Protest After DE Attorney General's Office Rejects
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DAVE RUBIN NEWS Page 7 LETTERS FROM THE NEW EDITORS EDITORIAL Page 8 PLAYBOI CARTI CONCERT lVIEY' MOSAIC Page 9 The University of Delaware’s Independent Student Newspaper Since 1882 ® @udreview TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2019 VOLUME 145, ISSUE 26 udreview.com UD student holds silent protest after DE Attorney General’s office rejects her sexual assault case RACHEL SAWICKI did not ask for valid consent and Senior Reporter acted too aggressively. Pauzer said that, in addition ast week, about 50 students to pursuing a criminal case with gathered on the North Green the Department of Justice, she for a silent protest in support decided to file a report through the Lof a university student who claims university's Office of Equity and she was sexually assaulted on Inclusion. Pauzer said that in late campus on Jan. 26. Alyvia Pauzer, February a university investigator a sophomore psychology major had reached out to her to put from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is together a report, but has yet to looking to bring attention to her follow up. She said that she does alleged sexual assault and raise not expect to hear back from awareness for sexual assault them until as late as June. If the prevention. Pauzer told the university's investigator finds that Review that the State Attorney the person accused by Pauzer is General's office (AG) informed responsible, that ruling would not her last Monday, which was the have the backing of the law but it 100th day since her case was would likely have significant and opened, that they did not have long-lasting effects on the lives enough evidence to pursue her and reputations of the accused case in court. and the accuser. Pauzer expressed severe "I want the university to disappointment in how her case punish him in some way that will has been handled by the AG and RACHEL SAWICKI/THE REVIEW teach him a lesson," Pauzer said. the Title IX office. Pauzer and Last week, approximately 50 students gathered on the North Green for a silent protest in support of a "I don't just want a slap on the her father met with the AG the university student who claims to have been sexually assaulted on campus on Jan. 26. wrist. I want him to live with this night of the protest to discuss the for the rest of his life because I closing of her case. Pauzer said they didn't know if they could She said she remembers her University of Delaware Police have to now." that they issued an apology for convince a jury if he did or did not body being whipped around, Department (UDPD) to report Adam Cantley, Deputy Title how her case was handled. ask for consent due to Pauzer's knowing something was not right the alleged incident, and said IX Coordinator for undergraduate Usually, the AG would have an inebriation. and somehow making it to the that officers came to her dorm students, said that a student has in-person conversation with the "Title IX has been rough," bathroom to call some friends room and took her clothing, as the option to pursue litigation victim, but Pauzer said that she Pauzer said at the protest. "I wish and bring them to the room to well as a belt left by the alleged through the criminal justice had only received a phone call I had never reported it to them. get the alleged perpetrator out of perpetrator for evidence. She system and/or the university's from a social worker to inform her I'm very upset with them." her bed. also claimed that she provided system for handling student that her case was closed. Pauzer Pauzer told The Review Pauzer said that she decided screenshots of text messages misconduct. said that the social worker told that on the night of her alleged to go to the Christiana Hospital to UDPD from the supposed The university's administrative her that it came down to a "he- assault, she was "very drunk" the next day to have a rape perpetrator which purportedly process for handling sexual said-she-said" situation and that and ended up "blacking out." kit done. She then called the contained a confession that he CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 The trials and tribulations of off- What DSS campus-focused curricula does and hopes to do ERIC MUNSON leading to much schedule-related participate in a student-teaching ERIC MUNSON Senior Reporter uncertainty beforehand. experience. Senior Reporter "We all have to get on there Khan, as a student s this spring semester and rush to get in the good times," specializing in special education, he Office of Disability slowly, or quickly, McVey said. "So, we never really has to take 12 credits of normal Support Services (DSS) is depending on who you know what our schedule is going courses on top of her student an organization on campus Aask, grinds to a halt, universityto be like until we can actually teaching too, in the evening after Tthat provides accommodations students are racing to complete pick those lab periods." the normal school day ends. and services to students with end-of-semester projects, essays The major's curriculum Though she was unsure of the psychological conditions, medical and exams, and that is not to culminates in clinical experiences exact credit amounts of required conditions and temporary injuries. mention final exams which are during senior year. That includes of students of her age with other DSS works closely with the next week. It is objectively a spending full days at hospitals concentrations, she said that she Division of Student Life, but all hectic time of the academic year and seeing patients. believes that they also are doing of their reports are given to Carol for students, but for some majors, Shamael Khan is a junior the same. Henderson, the vice provost of a massive workload is just the elementary education major The time when a student is diversity, whose job is to make status quo. who is specializing in special student-teaching and taking their diversity a priority in all facets of Everyone knows that the education. She described her own classes is objectively a lot to the university. engineering departments here at major's off-campus curriculum as handle. According to April Howarth, the university, while prestigious mostly divided into two halves. "Not only are you teaching, one of the accommodation and well-preparing for a future For the first two years of a but you also are doing the lesson coordinators for DSS, there are career, assign a notoriously student's time at the university, plans consistently, and keeping currently 1,923 students enrolled large course workload for their along with normal classes, they up with the deadlines and then through DSS in some way. students during their time are taking practicum classes in you have your courses which "Our office provides as an undergraduate. Other which they tour local schools have their own work and exams," academic accommodations as university majors, like nursing and tutor local students. For Khan said. well as housing accomodations," and elementary education, assign the second two years, students Howarth said. their major workloads in the form Some of the housing of off-campus, hands-on field accommodations that DSS experience. provides for students include On top of their course proximity to an elevator in their curriculum, nursing majors dorm, room assignment on have three requirements to fill, the first floor, handicap access according to Maddie McVey, a buttons near exits and access to junior nursing student. a refrigerator for certain types of She said that before their medication. senior year, students must When registering for DSS, participate in field experiences in students use an online form that which they go to an off-campus asks for information regarding medical facility and shadow their needs, such as specification medical professionals to see how of their diagnosis and what they carry out their daily duties. accommodations they might "Every time I have gone to the need. field experiences, it's been good However, the list is not experience actually witnessing exhaustive and new conditions stuff in practice, not just in a come up every once in a while. classroom," McVey said. "A student can provide us She also said that they also with documentation from a have to participate in skills labs, medical doctor, a neurologist, in which they learn and hone psychologist, a counselor." their skills at nursing tasks like Ia/ORK Howarth said. "Basically any safely giving injections. The labs, third-party professional qualified though have to be signed up for to make a diagnosis." separately from normal courses, CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 i i MAY 14, 2019 2 udreview.com PENCIL IT IN TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY, MAY 14 MAY 15 MAY 16 MAY 17 MAY 18 MAY 19 MAY 20 Health Hens Kiosk, “First Comes Love” Center for Global #BlueHenFridays, 7 Yard Show, 12 p.m., Opera Theatre, 3 Last Day of 4 p.m., Perkins LGBTQ+ Exhibit, and Area Studies p.m., Perkins Info Desk Independence Turf p.m., Thompson Classes! and Christiana Perkins Spring Lecture, Theatre Com m ons 12:30 p.m., Purnell Accounting & MIS University of Jewish Studies Hall Rm 116 Distinguished Speaker Delaware Baseball Quizzo, 7 p.m., Spring Lecture Series: Dr. Wynne Chin, vs. College of Perkins West Series, 12:20 p.m., Blue Hen Global 10 a.m., Lerner Hall Rm Charleston, 1 p.m., Lounge Sharp Lab Rm 118 Connection, 6 p.m., 231 Newark Purnell Hall Rm 231 USC Celebrates Kurt Wohl Memorial Lavender Asian Pacific Heritage University of Lecture: Susannah Graduation Month, 3 p.m., Delaware Baseball Scott, 10 a.m., Colburn Celebration, 6 p.m., Perkins Concourse vs.