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‘...shared their frustration and disappointment...’ ‘...several training programs are uncoordinated...’
‘...Title IX staffing was woefully behind peer institutions...’
‘...the approach was too passive...’ ‘...several employees have failed to take the ‘mandatory’ [sexual] harassment training...’
‘We failed.’
Husch Blackwell’s report reveals the full scope of LSU’s Title IX shortcomings. ‘...this was an error...’ ‘...policy language was poorly crafted and confusing...’
‘...not equipped to handle a case this complicated...’
‘...inadequate response to sexual misconduct...’ ‘...lack of coordination with and oversight by the Title IX Office...’ Read on
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‘...the University never did anything about it...’ QUOTATIONS PULLED FROM THE HUSCH BLACKWELL REPORT
NEWS
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Tuition in Louisiana rose by 96.8% from 2008 to 2019, the largest percentage increase of any state.
ENTERTAINMENT
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Bela Peixoto, a mass communication freshman, has fun playing virtual shows with friends during the pandemic.
SPORTS
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Husch Blackwell and USA Today reveal further information regarding the LSU women’s tennis scandal.
OPINION
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“Galligan says failure to report will result in ‘discipline’ moving forward. I implore the University to go a step further.”