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Lucy Peterson / The Lawrence Times
Education December 1, 2021 - 5:49 pm

Title IX town hall at KU canceled after low attendance; spring plans TBA

by Lucy Peterson

A University of Kansas Student Senate town hall about Title IX practices was canceled Tuesday night because of low attendance, but another opportunity is in the works for the spring semester.

August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
Education October 5, 2021 - 10:26 pm

KU administrators engage in conversation on sexual assault with student protesters

by Lucy Peterson

What was planned to be a protest against ongoing complaints of sexual assault on college campuses turned into a closed-door conversation between University of Kansas students and administrators Tuesday night.

Lucy Peterson / The Lawrence Times
Education September 21, 2021 - 7:18 pm

KU quietly reorganizes office that investigates sexual violence; longest-serving director left a month ago

by Lucy Peterson

In less than four months, the office at the University of Kansas that receives and investigates reports of sexual and gender-based violence has undergone a rebranding and replaced all but one of its staff members — including the former director — unbeknownst to most of the KU community.

Lucy Peterson / The Lawrence Times
Education September 17, 2021 - 4:06 pm

Protests at KU continue with sit-in outside chancellor’s office

by Lucy Peterson

University of Kansas students, continuing calls for justice for a student who said she was drugged and sexually assaulted at a fraternity house last weekend, held a sit-in Friday afternoon at Strong Hall.

Crime & Courts September 17, 2021 - 8:59 am

Protests at University of Kansas show culture shift on campus sexual violence

by Miranda Davis, Kansas Reflector

For two nights this week, hundreds of outraged students showed up at a University of Kansas fraternity house, demanding answers. The scene, filled with palpable anger and frustration, demonstrated a shift in how students think about and respond to sexual violence that organizers say was a long time in the making.

August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
Crime & Courts September 14, 2021 - 9:59 pm

KU students call for Phi Kappa Psi fraternity to be banned from campus in second night of protests

by Lawrence Times

Easily several hundred protesters gathered again in front of Phi Kappa Psi at the University of Kansas Tuesday night in response to reports of a sexual assault.

August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
Lawrence news September 13, 2021 - 10:18 pm

Protesters gather on KU frat lawn over sex assault allegations

by Lawrence Times

Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of a University of Kansas fraternity Monday night after a student reported that they had been the victim of a sexual assault there recently.

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