RAPE: A victim?s mother speaks out
Emma DejongManaging Editor It does not take much to trigger a mother’s protective nature. Drugs, murder, rape and other extremes may not always seem realistic, but they definitely cross her mind once a child leaves her safety. For one SDSU student’s mother, rape became more than an unrealistic possibility. “You worry about those things as [...]
False rape report results in $500 fine for former student
Emma DejongManaging Editor Rebecca Diamond, a former SDSU student, pleaded guilty to false reporting and was sentenced with a $500 fine. In December, she reported to the SDSU Police Department that she was sexually assaulted, and then later repealed the report. She appeared in court Jan. 10 and was sentenced with a $500 dollar fine. [...]
Assault?
Emma DejongManaging Editor Four days after filing a sexual assault report on Dec. 2, an SDSU student told a university police officer that the assault did not occur. The student’s name has not been released, and whether or not she will be charged is currently unknown. “Any time that you give false information [to the [...]
University police close investigation into reported assault
Press Releases BROOKINGS, S.D. 8212; South Dakota State University officials this morning notified students and employees that the University Police Department has closed its investigation of a reported sexual assault made last Thursday night, Dec. 2. At the conclusion of an interview with a university police investigator on Monday afternoon, the student who filed the [...]
Rapist sentenced to 80 years
Ruth BrownOpinion Editor Christopher L. Jones, the man responsible for three violent sexual assaults, was sentenced Nov. 9 to 80 concurrent years in state penitentiary for three second-degree rapes and one kidnapping that occurred in Brookings last spring. The 202 days Jones served in the Brookings County Jail will count toward his sentence. He will [...]
Aramark?s monkey is missing
Shelli WhiteReporter If you see a monkey suit anywhere, let Aramark know. Their’s is missing. Aramark’s Jam program lost its mascot during an early orientation session this past summer, and it has not been seen since. Jam Rewards is a program implemented on college campuses to rewards students for eating on campus. As students use [...]
Organization sheds light and provides resources on abuse
Kinsey GustafsonNews Reporter Domestic Violence Awareness Month is being focused on at SDSU throughout October. Campus Women’s Coalition is hosting various events for it. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the SDSU Campus Women’s Coalition is setting up an event in hopes to bring awareness across campus. The project will feature 13 mannequins, or [...]
Accused rapist goes to court on Monday
After five months, the Brookings and SDSU community will know the fate of the Nebraska native Chris Jones. The criminal charges he faces occured last spring on and near SDSU’s campus.
Assaults
Ruth BrownAmy Poppinga After three violent sexual assaults occurred in Brookings last spring, two on campus and one off, students breathe a sigh of relief after an arrest was made but remain cautious. Lindsey Reid, a senior math major said after hearing of the assaults she now thinks twice before walking alone at night. “I [...]
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