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These student-written stories demonstrate watchdog journalism happening on college campuses across the United States. One hundred and fifty students from 30 different colleges participated in Campus Coverage Project over the last two years, and these articles represent some of their work. Follow the links and read the stories to find out what’s happening and to glean ideas for research and writing on your own campus.
by Lindsey Hobbs
Otterbein University
This is the second in a two-part series about the newly minted Otterbein University police department's handling of criminal records. Read the first story, "Exploring an alternative justice system," also by Lindsey Hobbs, here.
Once readily available, public records dealing with safety issues have become sparse since Otterbein...
by Andrew Averill
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Records show that 50 patients filed complaints against University Health Services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison between February 2011 and February 2012, an increase compared to last year’s numbers.
According to records obtained by The Badger Herald, the main grievances included professional attitude among staff and issues with scheduling appointments online.
The complaints increased from the...
by Daniel Moore
Kent State University
This fall, Ohio public universities could allow voting by students serving on their boards of trustees.
Voting rights for student trustees would not be mandatory, however. Currently in Ohio, each 11-member public university board has two nonvoting students who also aren’t allowed in executive session.
As originally proposed, House Bill 377, introduced Nov. 15 by Reps. Mike Stinziano (D-Columbus) and Mike...
by Christopher Whitten
University of Memphis
A registered sex offender who may have been living in a University of Memphis dormitory was arrested March 26 for allegedly raping a student on campus.
University police held 23-year-old Cortney Adkins, who has been a registered sex offender since 2010, on a $100,000 bond.
Memphis police said the alleged rape occurred within the Thomas G. Carpenter Student Housing Complex, apartment-style dorms adjacent...
by Chelsea Boozer
University of Memphis
A student who lives in Carpenter Complex at the University of Memphis typically pays about $3,000 for a room per semester, but some are getting the same lodging for free.
Since August 2011, three incidents of an unauthorized person using a vacant room in a residence hall have been documented on campus, according to Director of Residence Life Peter Groenendyk. Two of those took place in Carpenter Complex, the apartment-style...
by Christopher Whitten
edited by Chelsea Boozer
The Daily Helmsman
Although University of Memphis football player Derek Howard was suspended after his arrest for assault in January, the defensive back never missed a scheduled team workout, practice or scrimmage. His appeal of the suspension, through a policy for athletes arrested for a crime, was granted.
“It is not about whether or not he was guilty, but rather is a process much more designed to decide...
by Christopher Whitten
University of Memphis
Though suspended following an arrest on assault charges in January, football defensive back Derek Howard never missed a scheduled team workout, practice or scrimmage and was granted his appeal to the suspension through a policy for athletes who are arrested for a crime.
He appealed to the designated committee under the Student-Athletes Conduct and the Criminal Justice System policy that was designed in 2007. ...
By Chelsea Boozer
University of Memphis
Kaile Pippin never thought it would happen to her.
She was a sophomore at the University of Mississippi two years ago, working as a resident assistant, when she was raped. After months of dealing with campus police, the Office of Judicial Affairs and state prosecutors, the charges were dropped and Pippin was left feeling campus officials knew there were rapes but didn’t care and wouldn’t help the victims.
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