Columbia Students Are Writing The Names Of Accused Rapists On Bathroom Walls

[LanternWaste]

Frustrated with the lack of action from school administrators on the issue of sexual assault, some students at Columbia University are taking matters into their own hands. Over the past week, someone has started publicizing the names of alleged sexual predators on campus, warning other students to stay away from them.

The list first appeared on the wall of a women’s bathroom in the academic building Hamilton Hall. According to the Columbia Lion, someone wrote the names of four “sexual assault violators on campus” on the side of the stalls. The names appeared to be written in different handwriting, suggesting that more than one student had participated in the effort. After the school’s maintenance staff quickly scrubbed off the list, it reappeared in several other bathrooms on campus.

On Tuesday afternoon, students took it a step further. They printed the list onto fliers and distributed them to the most widely used bathrooms on campus. The fliers list the same four men, asserting that three of them remain on campus even though the university found them “responsible” of sexual assault. The fourth is identified as a “serial rapist.” The hand-outs urge the campus community to “stay safe”:


http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/05/14/3437670/columbia-students-bathroom-lists/





And before we hear the cries of righteous indignation due to the "innocent before proven guilty" or the "mob justice" fallacies, bear in mind, " three of them remain on campus even though the university found them “responsible” of sexual assault..."