PROF Files TitleIX Complaint Against Syracuse for ‘Sham’ Proceeding Against Fraternity
It may be too late for Theta Tau to get a fair disciplinary proceeding at Syracuse University for its “satirical skits,” but the “faculty procedural advisor” for three of the 18 accused students wants to make sure the U.S. DoED is hovering like a hawk over the university. Law Prof. Gregory Germain accuses Syracuse of anti-male discrimination, using Title IX for “political purposes” and violating the students’ “fundamental rights to due process.”
The Title IX office that is administering the proceeding is the sole complainant, the prosecutor (a trained lawyer in the department will be making the University’s Title IX argument even though the students must defend themselves without counsel able to speak), and has complete control over the appointment of the hearing panel with administrators beholden to the Chancellor [Kent Syverud] for the jobs, and the conduct of the proceeding.
Germain told DoED that Syracuse University is wrongly using a Title IX hearing panel to judge both Title IX and Code of Student Conduct claims, the latter of which requires an “independent student panel.” It’s the only way to ensure the accused students get a “fair proceeding as opposed to a complete sham proceeding,” the law professor said.
thecollegefix.com By Greg Piper
