DOE to investigate Yale for "hostile sexual environment"

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>As a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl that just finished freshman year at Yale, I can say emphatically that Yale does not have a hostile sexual environment and that the school provides ample resources to their students through DUH, the SHARE center, the Women’s Center, Walden and the Peer Health Educators, just to name a few. </p>

<p>Furthermore, kudos to Yale to tackling problems that are endemic to all universities (especially universities with a Greek system). If the investigation finds any issues, I’m sure Yale will spare no effort or expense to correct them.</p>

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<p>I graduated from Yale in 1982. As an African American female, I can say that there were some instances of insensitivity, both racial and gender based. I do not feel the need to speak of specific instances since they are ancient history, but I will say that the school dealt with them to the students’ satisfaction. We were very vocal back then - the civil rights era was just ending - so I agree that a vocal group of students to advocate is a good thing. I know of other schools (only from talking to other friends who attended them), where there were instances of issues that the school purposely covered up. Fraternity and Sorority hazing and other practices are also out of control some places and only come to the forefront when a student is seriously hurt or dies.
Yale is far from perfect, but where in the world is a perfect place. These kinds of issues have to be dealt with in the real world. I agree that the advocates should keep monitoring the situation on campus to keep Yale “honest”.</p>

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<p>FWIW,
Wont’ this mean the frat will go “dark”…meaning they won’t be able to recruit new pledge classes and after 5 years will have to start over with alumni coming in to help build the chapter again. Five years from now all of the current brothers will have graduated so the big brothers, ceremony and history of the group will largely be impacted…</p>

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<p>They just can’t recruit on campus.</p>

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<p>ok, got it…:rolleyes: quite the technicality huh…doesn’t that miss the spirit of the penalty. I thought they couldn’t recruit Yale students at all.</p>

<p>I feel for the alumni who must be peeved at what the current brothers/pledge committee etc has done…</p>

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<p>Yale has essentially no power over DKE, because it’s an off-campus organization. If they tried to prohibit Yale students from joining it, that would create a whole new set of issues.</p>

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<p>[DKE</a> will continue to operate, Executive Director of DKE International says | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/jun/25/dke-will-continue-operate-executive-director-dke-i/]DKE”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/jun/25/dke-will-continue-operate-executive-director-dke-i/)</p>

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<p>Update: Title IX case is over:
[Department</a> of Education ends Title IX investigation | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2012/jun/15/department-education-ends-title-ix-investigation/]Department”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2012/jun/15/department-education-ends-title-ix-investigation/)
Essentially, the settlement provides that Yale promises to continue what it’s doing now, without expressly admitting that what it used to do didn’t comply with Title IX.</p>