Rice University has apologized for not pursuing consequences for a student accused of sexual assault after a survivor called out the university in a recently published op-ed in the student newspaper. The anonymous op-ed outlined how a student had reported a sexual assault to authorities and then watched as the male perpetrator graduated in fall 2018 without any repercussions, reports The Houston Chronicle. Late Friday evening Rice president David Leebron and the dean of undergraduates, Bridget Gorman, sent out an apology for the handling of the case. Gorman also told the staff of the student newspaper that the administrators had not accurately told the student who filed the sexual assault complaint of the full outcome of the investigation.
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