Irene Stevens, dean of student life, said she never thought she would have ended up working in student affairs on a college campus.

Now, after 15 years of work at Butler University, Stevens is reflecting on her time before she retires at the end of the academic year.

Stevens originally went to Boise State University to teach and coach basketball, softball, and volleyball for junior high and high school students.

“I just fell into student affairs,” Stevens said. “I love it.  It’s a great career.  I had no idea that people did this for a living.  It never occurred to me.”

Stevens taught and coached for two years in a small district in Star, Idaho, her hometown of about 700 people.

She decided she didn’t like the pressure of coaching and went to get her master’s in counseling with the intent of being a high school guidance counselor.

Stevens worked as a hall director while getting her master’s degree in Idaho.

Afterward, she went to Ohio University, and then finished her doctoral degree while working at the University of Florida for 10 years.

When Stevens heard of a job opening at Butler University, she became interested in the small school located so close to downtown Indianapolis.

Coming from Florida, which had 35,000 students, Stevens said she was ready for a smaller environment.

“There’s something special about Butler,” Stevens said. “I’ve been lucky enough to work on four different campuses.  I’ve enjoyed every campus I’ve worked on, but Butler is just a wonderful environment.”

Throughout her time here, Stevens supervised the residence life department,  PuLSE Office, Greek life and spirit programs.

She also acted as the primary hearing officer for conduct-related issues.

“I hate suspending students,” Stevens said.  “I have to do it sometimes.  It’s a difficult decision for me, but sometimes it’s what they need to get themselves back on track.  I do have their best interest in mind.”

Stevens said she will miss her co-workers in student affairs.

“My colleagues are fabulous,” Stevens said.  “They are people who have lots of fun, care about what they do and care about the students.  They’re wonderful people who live life to the fullest.”

Becky Druetzler, director of Greek life, has directly reported to Stevens the entire time she has worked here.

Druetzler said Stevens helped facilitate the environment for fraternities Delta Tau Delta, Sigma Nu and Phi Delta Theta to reorganize and reestablish Butler chapters during her time here.

She did the same for sorority Delta Delta Delta.

“She is extremely student-focused and really an advocate for the students,” Druetzler said. “She’s truly been a friend to students, particularly for those who maybe were underrepresented on campus.”

Stevens has a passion for diversity and community service.

“It’s important to try to help others,” Stevens said. “For those of us who are blessed to be able to help others, I think we have some responsibility to do that.”

She helped to start a sophomore committee that helps sophomores with their developmental needs, as well as well as a first-generation college students committee, which offers support to students who are the first in their family to come to college.

Stevens said this is relevant to Butler, as 9 to 10 percent of students are first-generation students.

Along with these organizations, Stevens also worked closely with the Butler Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender organization.

When she first got to Butler, the association was off campus. She worked with students to get the group a space on campus and to strengthen it.

“I hoped that I could bring to the campus a sense of openness to diversity and a sense of respect to help people see the importance of respecting community,” Stevens said.   “That way I could help people develop into the best person that they could be.”

Sally Click, dean of student services, worked with Stevens for five years and said Stevens’ absence will be felt for a long time.

“It creates a hole,” Click said. “We’ll be able to fill the hole, but she really has a lot of threads to the fabric of this place.”

Click said Stevens was invaluable to her and her transition to working at Butler.

“She’s been my rock,” Click said. “When I have a question or need some perspective about something, she’s there. She listens and gives great advice.”

Stevens said she is looking forward to what the future holds for her.

“It will be hard to leave,” she said. “I’m anxious and excited for this next phase, but it’s going to be difficult.”

Click said student affairs will be looking to fill the position for next year.

Depending on how busy the rest of the semester becomes, Click said the search may start before the semester ends or in the summer.

After Stevens retires, she plans on traveling and living life to the fullest, although she is anxious about leaving the Butler community.

“I’m a big believer in change,” Stevens said.  “I think change is important.  If you get into a rut with your life, you’re not really living life.  It’s important that we all make the most of our life and live every day to not regret what we didn’t do in life.”

Stevens will start her traveling with a motorcycle ride to a different state, which she does every year.

She also wants to travel to Africa and Asia.

“My goal is to visit all seven continents,” Stevens said. “I believe that there is a time for everything, and, for me, you do things while you still want to do them.”

Butler University has reached a deal with Securitas, which will work security at large-scale events where alcohol is served on campus.

Sally Click, dean of student services, said Butler enforced a hiatus on Greek or large-scale events due to the lack of  a security company able to cover the alcohol-related risk.

In years past, student groups could hire off-duty security from Marion County law enforcement to work as the required security at their events.

Last summer, Marion County decided it no longer wanted to work these types of events.  The decision was not due to any incident but made in terms of general liability, said Becky Druetzler, director of Greek life.

Now that Securitas is willing to provide services, groups can register their events and request to serve alcohol if they so choose.

Groups must be approved before they serve alcohol and follow certain criteria as listed in the student handbook.

If a group requests to serve alcohol, stipulations include presence of security, approval at least two weeks in advance, good standing of the group and no alcohol purchases made with university funds.

“For the most part, it deals with how to manage our risk to provide fun and safe activities for everybody that fit within the parameters of the law and university policies,” Click said.

Along with risk management, Click said the task force wants to work on educating students on alcohol policy and the consequences for breaking it.

“Our primary concern is that students are making healthy choices and choices that will allow them to be healthy and successful Butler students,” said Sarah Barnes Diaz, health education and outreach programs coordinator.

Throughout the year, Diaz said a lot of conversation about the alcohol policy goes on to make sure students are educated on the topic.

New this year, incoming students must complete an online educational module before they come to campus. Named My Student Body, the class educates incoming students on alcohol, drugs and sexual assault.

Diaz said this helps make sure every student comes in with baseline knowledge of those critical issues and how they relate to Butler’s policies.

The task force is recommending taking out the pages in the handbook refering to the rule of requesting to have an event.  Even if taken out of the handbook, the rule will still remain in the policy.

“We just need the essential things that everybody needs to know (in the handbook), then link to it for people that are party planners,” Click said.

Druetzler said the committee that chose this company—which included herself, fraternity leadership, Assistant Police Chief Bill Weber and Dean of Student Life Irene Stevens—is professional and will work well with students while being proactive if issues occur at events.

The company has not been used yet because no event this semester has required its services.

Freshman Kathryn Cleary  started Dawgs for a Cause two weeks ago to show Butler University’s dining services what students really have a taste for.

Cleary said she immediately saw the food offered by dining services was not up to par.

After starting the group, Cleary tried boycotting dining services for eight days. During her boycott, she said she ate bagels, cereal, Easy Mac and food from Starbucks instead.

After eight days, she went back to eating in the dining halls because relying on other options became too difficult.

To meet its goals, the group has made a Facebook page, gone to the presidential student forum and had a meeting with faculty. The meeting was attended by student affairs staff, members of the dining services and Student Government Association.

The Facebook page discusses “Issues At Hand,” which include dining options being open later, healthier and more diverse food and greater emphasis on cleanliness and proper handling of food by employees.

The Facebook group has 568 members.

Sophomore Sara Doverspike is on the Dawgs for a Cause committee and joined after seeing her fellow students’ enthusiasm.

“Kathryn was really passionate about it, and it made me realize that if students have passion about something and if we can stand together for a common cause, we can see the changes that we want to see in the school,” Doverspike said.

Freshman Amanda Mansard, who is also on the committee, said there is room for improvement in the food, and the group can be a form of communication.

“It’s just a great source for feedback, especially for the SGA so they can see where the people’s thoughts are about the food on campus,” Mansard said.

Mansard also has personal reasons for joining the group.

“I’m gluten-free and soy- and dairy-free as well, so I know how hard it is to find different options to eat here,” Mansard said.

Scott Nemeth, SGA vice president of administration, was in attendance at the presidential student forum.

Nemeth took an interest in the group and connected Cleary to the Council on Presidential Affairs.

“I think that Dawgs for a Cause is going to produce a lot of student leaders on campus,” Nemeth said.

Sally Click, dean of student services, said dining services has existing ways for students to provide opinions, one of them being the Butler Cuisine Bureau, and there is a possibility of the two  groups working together.

Cleary said the group hopes to expand in numbers and to promote student awareness.

More information on the group can be found on its Facebook and Twitter pages.

Butler University had more crimes in five of the 17 crime sub-categories listed in Butler’s recently released Comprehensive Combined Annual Security Report and Annual Fire Safety Report for 2011.

Forcible sex offenses, liquor law arrests, drug law arrests, drug law violations referred for Student Conduct Actions and forcible burglary at Butler all increased from 2010 to 2011.

The report, which consists of crime statistics from 2009 through 2011, was sent out to the Butler community on Sept. 26.

Crime decreased in five categories and stayed the same in the seven remaining categories.

The most notable decrease was found in the number of liquor law violations referred for SCA, which dropped from 288 to 175.

Sally Click, dean of student services, said she is not very impressed with the decrease in liquor law violations because it changes each year by about 100 cases.

“Unless the drop was really significant, I am not surprised,” Click said. “We just try to be consistent each year in how we handle the violations.”

Ben Hunter, executive director of public safety, said he was pleased with most of the report, except for the rise in forcible sex offenses.

“When it comes to sex offenses, one is too many,” Hunter said. “But one of the reasons there is an increase in the numbers is because in the past the instances wouldn’t always be reported by victim’s choice, but now they must (due to the Clery Act).”

Forcible burglaries rose from 11 to 17 incidences, but Bill Weber, assistant police chief, said that individual cases could distort the statistics.

“If a burglar entered four close rooms while trespassing in an apartment, that is technically five burglaries,” Weber said, “one for the apartment and one for each room.”

“Overall, I am not pleased with the report because any police department would want to see all categories decrease,” Weber said, ”but that’s just not the case.“

“We are also being much more transparent in our reporting because the coverage and classification of crimes (were) broadened by the state of Indiana,” Hunter said. “We now include larcenies in the categories of burglary.”

“That wider net of crimes covered could be the reason for the increase in numbers,” Hunter said, “but crimes are still happening regardless of the change in coverage.”

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Butler University’s long-standing relationship with Aramark limits what students eat and when they can eat.

Aramark began providing food service at Butler in 1998, and outside vendors have had little opportunity to make inroads on campus since then.

When Jimmy John’s passed out free sandwiches on campus earlier this semester and the local food trucks arrived on campus last fall, they violated the university’s ban on solicitation and an Aramark stipulation.

John Ban, owner of The NY Slice food truck, was turned away last year despite long lines of students and faculty. He said he has not had any problems at other college campuses in Indianapolis.

“It’s just business,” Ban said. “Aramark is a massive company.  They’ve solidified their place.”

Sally Click, dean of student services, said outside vendors must be invited to campus because of a solicitation ban that exists for campus safety reasons, but they are welcome to operate in the public space that surrounds campus.

“(Students) can go to Broad Ripple, and you can go downtown, and you can get that if you want it somewhere else, but I think we have an academic environment we’re trying to protect,” Click said.

Some students cannot travel or afford to go buy food somewhere else, and freshmen and sophomores living in residence halls must purchase a campus meal plan.

Freshman Mike Mueller said he likes the convenience of having a meal plan but said it can get boring having to eat the same food over and over again.

Students who eat the food Aramark provides may not be satisfied.

“We don’t hear a whole lot of the positives,” said Nathan Haugh, special projects manager for Aramark at Butler, “but that’s typical in any restaurant. You hear the negative things because people want them to change, but the positive things

—people typically don’t think about expressing those.”

Despite their lack of satisfaction, many students are required to eat whatever Aramark chooses to provide.

Campus meals are convenient for busy students, and the students may not be mature enough to feed themselves, Click said.

“We don’t want to keep you on (a meal plan) any longer when you’re able to and are certainly ready to have more independent living,” Click said. “It used to be that you would come to campus and we would be your parents, your surrogate

parents. We don’t want to be overly parental, but we want to support you.”

Students do have some new options. The new addition, which expanded seating and food options, to the Atherton Union Marketplace opened Friday, when the Board of Trustees got a first look.

“The oohs and ahs looked promising,” said Jeremy Cline, district manager at Aramark, who observed the opening. “This is a game changer.”

Along with the Mongolian grill and 120-seat section now available, Click said students now also have access to sushi every day in the Campus Club.

Published Sept. 5, 2012

Sanctions and penalties resulting from alcohol violations are now in the spotlight, with Butler University changing how it handles alcohol consumption and problem drinking by its students.

Fines have been replaced with community restoration activities, which will allow students to work toward decreasing the negative effects of alcohol consumption on campus, said Sally Click, dean of student services.

Being on conduct probation now prohibits students from participating in Greek recruitment and holding any major leadership positions on campus.

The Butler University Police Department has also answered the call to be more consistent with policy enforcement and to hand out summons arrests when necessary.

“I suspect what may occur is, for those that aren’t aware (of the changes), that they will quickly become aware and curb their behavior,” vice president for student affairs Levester Johnson said.

Irene Stevens, dean of student life, said students within the Alcohol Task Force, which was assembled during the last school year, felt previous sanctions for alcohol violations were too lenient and that the university needed to get tougher.

This sentiment is reflected in the student conduct case statistics compiled by Click.

Click said that approximately 75 to 80 percent of all conduct cases over the past several years have involved alcohol or drugs.

According to the statistics, there were 321 total conduct cases recorded in 2002. That number has steadily increased in most years since, culminating in a total of 513 conduct cases last year.

Click added that the number of recorded conduct cases does not represent the number of individuals who were held responsible for offenses or crimes.

According to the 2011-12 conduct report, 33 students were required to receive alcohol or drug assessments from a licensed clinician, and 12 students attended Butler’s in-house alcohol seminar.

Click said the alcohol assessments are mandated for individuals who demonstrate poor choices around alcohol or seem to have addiction issues.

“We have this opportunity to at least intervene,” Click said. “When we see that pattern developing, we ask for an assessment.”

The in-house seminar is conducted by Michael Denton, a program director and chemical dependency specialist with Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

Denton is on campus every Friday for a three-hour session with students who have been recommended to attend the event and students who have decided on their own to hear him speak.

“He’s really entertaining and engaging,” Click said. “He tells some compelling stories and talks about the continuum of addiction.”

A description of the sanctions Butler can hand out must also be made available to students, according to parts of Section 120 of Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

This is necessary in order for an institution like Butler to receive funds and financial assistance under any federal program. This includes funding in the form of student loans.

Also required under this act is a biennial review of an institution’s drug and alcohol abuse prevention program. This review must determine the effectiveness of the program and implement any changes that are deemed necessary.

Click said the last review was completed in 2010, and she is working to prepare another one by Dec. 31 of this year.

In addition, the act requires that the number of drug- and alcohol-related violations and the resulting sanctions be reported to the Department of Education.

The Financial Aid Office reviews policy and programming, but BUPD Assistant Chief of Police Andrew Ryan keeps statistics of arrests and referrals related to alcohol and drugs.

The number of alcohol-related arrests by BUPD in 2011 tallied 24 while the number of referrals totaled 167.

Ryan said arrest numbers have increased in 2012, while referral numbers have fallen.

While these statistics are undergoing change, so are Butler’s attempts to prepare students for alcohol-related situations in college.

Butler released a new online module called MyStudentBody, and all first-year students are asked to take the survey in the module. The survey addresses alcohol and drug use and sexual assault.

Click said the module will be tested for a three-year period before the university can assess its impact.

“(The module) is going to provide us information to direct our educational efforts and programs,” Click said. “It’s one of those things where other campuses are doing it and we haven’t done it up to this point, and we just thought it would be worth an effort.”

The MyStudentBody module will be used in conjunction with the Indiana Collegiate Action Network survey, which gathers information on students and their choices regarding alcohol, Click said.

The benefit of the alterations to alcohol-related sanctions and penalties cannot be determined so soon, but Click said she felt the changes were necessary.

“We have to have some response,” Click said. “It’s our duty, it’s our obligation and it’s the right thing to do if our mission is education of the whole person.”

Sexual misconduct incidents now must be investigated with or without the involvement of a victim, per new policy changes at a national and university level.
The 2012-13 edition of the Butler University student handbook contains updates due to new obligations from the U.S. Department of Education released in April.
The harassment and sexual misconduct parts of the “Rights and Responsibilities” section now have clearer definitions of what those acts involve, as well as how the university should handle them.
Sally Click, dean of student services, worked with the student affairs department over the summer to train and learn how to update these sections under the new regulations.
“We’ve got to think about this differently,” Click said.
Click said the major change came with how the university will handle violations dealing with gender and sex.
These regulations spur from the “Dear Colleague” letter released from the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education.
The department issued the letter to remind schools of their responsibilities after finding that universities all over the country are not able to address issues of sexual assault and uphold the provisions of Title IX, a law passed in 1972 to remedy gender discrimination.
The letter indicated universities need to treat sexual assault more like a civil rights violation, not a code of conduct issue, Click said.
The result is that instead of a student conduct hearing, there will first be a preliminary investigation and then, potentially, an administrative review.
“The ‘Dear Colleague’ letter made it clear that we can not go on with business as usual,” Vice President for Student Affairs Levester Johnson said. “We can’t just rely on the Butler Way.”
Click said in the past, the investigation of sexual misconduct was “victim-centered.” Student affairs let the victim decide how far and how fast to investigate.
Now, if the office becomes aware of an issue, a minimal investigation is required with or without the victim’s involvement.
If it is determined that a code of conduct was violated, the investigation will move to an administrative review, where either Click or Irene Stevens, dean of student life, will question the accused person, any witnesses and the victim.
In the past, the accused person was allowed to question the victim. The new requirements do not allow that to happen.
Click and Stevens will act as “fact finders” and make the ultimate decision if it was “more likely than not” the offense happened.
If the facts are inconclusive, the case will be dismissed, Click said.
If it is determined that a sexual misconduct guideline has been violated, the alleged offender has the right to appeal. But if found guilty, sanctions including suspension and dismissal from the university can be imposed. Alleged offenders may also be prosecuted under local or federal law.
Along with an administrative review, allegations of sexual misconduct are reportable under the Clery Act, a law that requires universities to keep records of crime statistics.
All reported incidents of sexual assault will be investigated in coordination with the Office of Student Affairs, said Ben Hunter, chief of staff and executive director of public safety.
Click said she thinks if more people know an investigation might take off in a way a student is not comfortable with, the new process may work against the desire to address sexual misconduct situations.
“We’re really trying to balance what we need to do to be compliant, what we need to do to support our students and how we help everybody involved in a situation,” Click said.
Students can keep themselves and their friends safe by reading the updated handbook and knowing their rights before a situation happens, Johnson said.
“We all need to step up our game as far as knowing what those rules, policies and compliance issues are,” Johnson said. “If you see something, you need to tell someone.”

Butler students may be seeing a change next school year based on student feedback about meal plans and dining services.

A proposed meal plan would allow for unlimited entry into the residential dining halls during the meal blocks. There would be no restriction on the number of swipes during the meal block.

The meal exchange program would also be eliminated under the proposal, and there would be an increase in flex dollars.

Student affairs and the Butler Cuisine Bureau have proposed this new “all-access” meal plan to the Student Government Association and are waiting for responses and opinions before the plan can become official.

Sally Click, dean of student services, who acts as a liaison between student affairs and Aramark, said that in order to make the meal plan official for next year, they must hear back from students.

One of the main issues addressed was student feedback detailing how students want more flexibility when it comes to dining services and meal plans.

The current meal plan, which was established in 2006, offers four different block plans with varying numbers of meals per semester, with increasing numbers of flex dollars as the meal number decreases.

Click said that this change would accommodate students’ needs based on all the feedback that has been given.

“Why wouldn’t we want to give you guys what you want?” Click said.

This new plan would help spread out the traffic during the typical lunch and dinner rushes. It would also allow students to come and go when they want.

Kyle Frantz, chair of the Butler Cuisine Bureau, said they looked at the current meal plan and asked if they should keep it the same or change it.

The Butler Cuisine Bureau traveled to other schools to see what works the best there.

The Butler Cuisine Bureau then took the most common feedback issues and came up with the proposed plan.

“The overall goal [for this change] is convenience for the students,” Frantz said.

Some students have voiced concerns about the proposed plan.

Colleen Quilty, a sophomore gender, women and sexuality studies major, said that she would end up using all her flex dollars.

She said she is also afraid she wouldn’t use all of the meal swipes.

Maggie Rybarczyk, a sophomore communication sciences and disorders major, said she thinks this change is a good idea.

She said it will increase mealtime convenience.

“For students that don’t eat during the lunch rush, like [my roommate] and I, it’s more convenient,” she said. “It will give students more flexibility with what they want to eat.”

In response to an increased number of alcohol-related hospital visits, the Butler Alcohol Taskforce is gathering information and plans to present recommendations to administration about potential changes to Butler University’s alcohol policy by the end of the semester.

During last week’s Homecoming, some students worried that Butler would be cracking down on the festivities, often alcohol-related.

“I think the message we are most comfortable with is if you choose to consume, do so responsibly,” Dean of Student Services Sally Click said. “It’s a perpetual topic of concern.”

Chaired by Dean of Student Life Irene Stevens and Sarah Barnes-Diaz, coordinator for health education and outreach programs, the taskforce is comprised of a variety of representatives from the campus community, including Greek chapter presidents, residence life staff, Butler University Police Department, Council on Presidential Affairs, Peers Advocating Wellness for Students and faculty who have expertise in the area.

“Right now the taskforce is in the phase of examining our campus policy,” Barnes-Diaz said. “And from that, we’ll make recommendations as a taskforce about potential policy changes or amendments on campus.

“Our goal is by the end of the semester to have recommendations to send to our vice president of student affairs, Levester Johnson, with the understanding that he will be consulting with the president.”

She said Johnson and President Jim Danko will have the ability to agree or disagree with the taskforce’s recommendation.

As its name suggests, the taskforce, which was formed last March, has a clear goal in mind.

“The university wants students to be part of a safe and responsible community,” senior Josh Ruff, a student on the taskforce, said via email. “The taskforce came about as a response to the trend of increased levels of binge drinking. We’re looking at what can be done to create a safer student community here at Butler.”

In order to achieve this goal, the taskforce began gathering information this January in four primary areas: alcohol education, student culture, alcohol policy and enforcement.

But, issues with alcohol are not strictly limited to Butler.

Stevens said a majority of the data comes from surveys and research that helps to compare campus data to national and state data.

Barnes-Diaz said there seems to be a strong misconception about the taskforce.

“It was clear to me that there is a real misconception that this is a group that is coming in and frowning upon drinking and looking to crack down on campus,” Barnes-Diaz said. “I would love for that misconception to be corrected, because this is a group of faculty, staff and students representing a lot of different organizations or areas of campus which are really involved in this issue in one way or another. There are a lot of different students with a lot of different perspectives; it’s certainly not a group that is looking to make Butler a completely dry campus.”

Stevens said the addition of the taskforce raised some concerns that the campus would move toward a greater crackdown on alcohol policies or even a change in policy to a dry campus.

“Are we going to be a dry campus? I don’t think so,” she said. “That’s just not in our frame of reference at this point.”

Barnes-Diaz said the taskforce is trying to take everything into account.

“That’s the way I love to see things operate on our campus, when we really talk to students about their thoughts and feelings,” she said. “I hope that’s clear that this has been a huge part of what we’ve done, and it’s not any sort of outside entity coming in and saying, ‘I don’t care what this campus thinks or needs.’”

In the end, taskforce members said they have the best interests of students at heart and want to develop suggestions in a way that is fair, reasonable and promotes safety and healthful decisions on campus.

“As a student on the taskforce, we’re there to give the university a viewpoint that they might not otherwise see,” senior Melanie Clark said. “We’re trying to get a feel for the alcohol environment.”

Stevens agreed.

“We’re just trying to help students be safer and make better choices so they don’t end up in the hospital,” she said.

University warnings have been in the campus consciousness following last Wednesday’s email from Butler University Police Department regarding an alleged sexual assault by an undisclosed individual that occurred at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house.

Andrew Ryan, assistant chief of police at BUPD, said what is alleged to have happened at Phi Kappa Psi suggested a continuing danger, which is why university officials decided to send out a warning.

That judgment was formed in a meeting last Wednesday morning. Attendees included Ryan, police chief Ben Hunter, vice president for student affairs Levester Johnson, dean of student life Irene Stevens and dean of student services Sally Click, along with university counsel.

Ryan said none present opposed alerting the campus with a timely warning. After BUPD first learned of the assault report Sept. 13, an email was sent at 11:45 a.m. the following day.

“If we don’t tell anybody,” Ryan said, “and a similar incident happens, we’re not serving our community. Transparency is to benefit everyone involved. We hope it can generate some leads.”

Hunter said he takes the matter of sexual assault very personally at Tuesday’s faculty senate meeting.

“The issue of sexual assault keeps me up at night,” he said. It is underreported.”

With the current situation, Hunter said BUPD and the administration was working diligently to keep campus safe.

“Right now we’re investigating one, and we’re going to do our best to present that case to prosecution,” he said. “We’re doing our best.”

He said the university could be fined $27,000 if someone from the university is made aware of an assault does not report it.