Title IX
Editorial: Report Crimes That Happen on Campus
Since the beginning of the school year, USD has issued three timely warnings about sexual assaults that occurred on or near campus property. Currently, we as a school average one sexual assault per week. Based upon past crime data, that is not a good track record. Thanks to the Clery Act, the University Police Department […]
Title IX Office: A Free Resource for On-campus Assaults
Many students don’t know that USD has an office dedicated to ensuring that every student is protected against discrimination on campus. Title IX is a section of U.S. law that protects students on college campuses from discrimination based upon race, sex, religion and other factors. In particular, Title IX extends the discrimination upon sex to […]
Sexual assault reported at the dorms
An email was sent this morning at 11:23 to the USD community stating that a sexual assault incident occurred on campus in a residence hall on the north side of campus. The incident was reported early in the morning to the Title IX office. The email also stated the assault was perpetrated by an acquaintance. […]
SB 55 Task Force meets, gets questioned on Opportunity Center initiative
The South Dakota Board of Regents’ (SDBOR) Senate Bill 55 (SB 55) Task Force came to USD Oct. 14 to present the BOR’s strategies for addressing the bill’s charges to students and faculty. SB 55 is “An Act to require the Board of Regents to assemble a task force to study the operations and functions […]
Anti-Trans bill delayed in South Dakota
South Dakota legislators introduced House Bill (H.B.) 1217 Feb. 2021, also known as the trans sports bill, which would ban transgender women from competing in women’s athletics. Transgender advocates marched at the capitol in Pierre, South Dakota March 11 in protest of the bill. Later that day, Gov. Kristi Noem amended her earlier statement that […]
Title IX changed women’s sports forever
The New York Times reported that before Title IX was passed in 1972, there were only 310,000 women competing in high school and college sports. By 2012 that number was at 3,373,000. Title IX could be the single biggest landmark in the history of women’s sports. The passing of Title IX has given more women […]
Challenges of Title IX compliance at USD
USD’s athletic department has 11 women’s and seven men’s sports, and Title IX is the driving force behind the increased number of women’s sports on campus. USD and other NCAA institutions have had to abide by Title IX regulations since 1972, when Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 was passed and implemented to […]