Lawsuit Against Colby Challenges Sexual Assault Procedures
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Lawsuit against Colby challenges sexual assault procedures By JON SILBERSTEIN-LOEB A Dean's Hearing Board had Appeals Board, composed of two the Bunche program, Millien was no the charges expunged from his disci explained verbally, and that the way 2DITOR IN CHIEF originally found Millien not respon- students and three faculty members, longer able to attend Colby. Vice plinary record. his case was adjudica ted was unjust. sible in September 2002. The female found Millien responsible ori Oct. 19, President for Student Professional schools, Millien also claims that the Student A pending lawsuit brought student appealed the decision 2002. Affairs and Dean of particularly law schools Handbook does not explicitly afford igainst Colby College calls into because the board was not properly Millien was subsequently prohib- Students Janice Kassman and medical schools, the complainant the right to appeal a juestion the efficacy of campus judi- constructed, she claimed. Although ited from living on campus, staying instructed the Office of often request college Dean's Hearing Board decision, cal hearings in sexual assault cases. Student Handbook procedure on campus past 11 p.m. and from Financial Aid to find disciplinary records. If Murphy said. Kevin Millien '03 filed a lawsuit requires the hearing board be com- interacting further with the com- funds to meet Millien's the charge is not The Student Handbook does out- igainst the College after the Appeals posed of three deans and one faculty plainant. Millien was suspended need, but not before removed it may prevent line the procedures for the Judicial Soard found him responsible for member, there were no faculty mem- during Jan Plan, but was allowed to Millien filed a suit for a Millien's acceptance to Hearing Board, but does not explicit- ;exually assaulting a female student bers on the board that heard the case finish his final semester, Colby preliminary injunction. graduate school or ly mention whether the accused or \ug. 17, 2002. Millien is suing to against Millien. College lawyer Jerry Crouter said. Colby found the funds future employment, the complainant can file for an lave the sexual assault charge strick- The complainant also claimed The Bunche Scholar program, an to support Millien for Murphy said. appeal after a Dean's Hearing Board Millien claims that decision. en from his disciplinary record. He that she had an audiotape that con- external aid source, dropped Millien spring semester and to Kevin Millien '03 :laims he was not afforded due tained a confession from Millien, when he was found responsible cover his room and board the procedures for the According to Crouter, while the >rocess by the College and that Millien's lawyer M. Michaela because the charges violated the pro- expenses off campus, making the Dean's Hearing Board are not explic- right to appeal a Dean's Hearing jroper procedure was not followed Murphy said. gram's good citizen clause, Crouter request for a preliminary injunction itly outlined in the Student vhen his case was heard. A retrial was granted, and the said. Without the $4,900 in aid from moot. Millien is now seeking to have Handbook, although they are Continued on Page 3 CBB Diversity Conference back at Colby and scheduled early By LIZ BOMZE Las FEATURES EDITOR ^¦w* t year' s \- \ Colby will host the Colby-Bates- conference : Bowdoin Diversity Conference for didn ' t go so well at ] the second time in three years the first weekend of spring semester. Bates. Bowdoin did- : The conference should have been at any Bowdoin this year, after being at n't show iniiia- \ \ Bates last year, but poor attendance tive_. and we f eltthat at Bates and a lack of initiative from Bowdoin convinced Colby to accom- we could do a good \ modate again. j obwith it The first weekend of spring «« semester is typically reserved for this year. JPJr the winter carnival and other Loudness events, and the conference — Lee Rankin '03 has typically been held in March, but Student Peb, 7 and 8 were the only days that all three schools could agree on, con- WWW.MSMAGAZINE.COM said. "It should be good though. ference organizer Lee Rankin '03 Sarah Jones will be the keynote She's well-heard. She's been written said. Rankin helped organize the performer at the conference. up in Time, Neiosweek and Rolling conference in 2001. which was a suc- Stone, among others." ; -. cess. the situations we find ourselves in "I have heard amazing things "Last year's conference didn't go everyday outside of the classroom," about Sarah Jones from a number of so well at Bates. Bowdoin didn't Student Government Association different sources, including students show any initiative, and we felt that president and co-organizer Gretchen on campus as well as articles in pub- we could do a good job with it this Groggel '03 said. lications," Groggel said. "It is nice'to year," Rankin said. The format of the conference will have someone young that students The theme of this year's confer- not include a keynote speaker, feel like they are better able to relate BRAD SEYMOUR/ THE COLBY ECHO ence will be "bridging the gap" Rankin said. When Colby last hosted to." Billie Jean Young spoke on Monday,Jan. 20 in Cotter Union to commemorate Martin Luther King between the classroom and social the conference, actor Danny Glover The "dragapella" group Kinsey Jr. Day. Young impersonated civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.See story on Page 2. life. spoke. This year playwright, poet, Sicks will kick off the event in Page "Too often there is a break actor and activist Sarah Jones will Commons Friday at 9 p.m. In the;fall r55 ¦ . between the ideas we hear and dis- perform Saturday at 9 p.m. in Page they performed in Provincetown, === cuss in the classroom and the actions Commons. Jones has performed at Mass. and released their album, we take in our social and living envi- the Kennedy Center and been fea- "Sicks in the City." The New York I \ What's Liquor inspectors spot ronments. The conference provides tured on HBO's Def Poetry Slam. Times rated the group as "the hottest us with the opportunity to apply the "It won't be musical," Rankin ticket in town" and The Advocate has : somewhat abstract and intangible said of Jones' performance, but he is called them "gut-wrenchingly A- 'Inside - check Colby party topics that are constantly part of the uncertain what exactly she plans to academic discourse to our lives and do, "Maybe it'll be theatrical," he Continued on Page 3 By SUZANNE SKINNER cated studen ts, she said. MANAGING EDITOR The inspectors only cited two students due to "lack of man Liquor inspectors attended power on our part, and the event Loudness at the end of last semes- had closed, everybody left," Loose floor tiles a sticky mess for Foss ter. They gave two Colby students Lyman said, citations for underage drinking The Champions management By KAITLIN MCCAFFERTY something that we didn 't have expe- lions," said Johnston. Because so and wrote up Champions for serv- met with the liquor inspectors NEWS EDITOR rien ce with. It didn't work as well. It much effort was put into flooring the ing alcohol to underage students. Dec. 31 about the fate of their seems lo make sense to put the floor- dining hall in 1999, it was decided Liquor i nspectors a rrived a t li quor license. No decision has The old floor in Foss dining hall ing in that we havo had good experi- that the now floor would bo a replica Cha mpions for a routine spot- been mado, but Carpj enito is con- just would not stick. ences with," Associate Dean of of tho old one. ¦ chock Saturday Dec. fident the club During renovations to the dining Students for Housing Paul Johnston "We based tho floor on what had ' ' ' " ' 7, 2002. jf »M *The state of wi ll simply hall in 1999, a new floor made from said, boon there before because much time SEEN: . " . ' . ; . Est ablishments get a written marmoleum, a special type of envi- When the floor design was decid- was spent by students and staff on with , a l i quor Maine has a warning. ronmentally friendly linoleum, was ed on in 1999, more time was invest- the color and pattern previously. Wo Everyone Is jealous of l i cense arc checked ** ' "I can't laid down. The adhesive used to fix ed in aesthetics than function. did not want lo stray from that; we f n Peter Newberry's win two or three li mes a drinking age of 21.21 even specu- the til es to the floor was also envi- "Thoro was research into the orig- wanted to replicate what was there," campus architect Fcely said. "?* [on "The Price is Right." month, Li quor Peop le need to late on that," ronmentally friendly, but apparently inal flooring of the dining hall. I'm Joe ver ° Inspector • Jim Lyma n said not such a quality adhesive, Tiles not sure whether it was the color The project took two and a half ¦ rmri - " " " ¦ ' "' .' ' ¦ ' ¦ Lyman sa id, That understand there' s about the sta- kept coming lose, creating a hazard. scheme or the pattern, but I know weeks to complete. Foss will reopen Colby had decided tus of the "It created a safety issue, Wc had there wns a lot of consideration at tho start of second semester. to rent out no shelter club's li quor done some fixes, but it was not given to the floor during tho renova- Champions that fromthe law.