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UTEP is affected by these bills which were passed during the Texas legislative session earlier this year.

New Texas law on Title IX takes effect

Bryan Mena, Entertainment Editor October 8, 2019

Texas Senate Bill 212 relating to Title IX, the 1972 federal statute on sex discrimination and sexual harassment, enhances reporting requirements for Title IX violations.    Considered one of the tightest campus safety measures in the nation by...

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UTEP receives grant to combat sexual violence

UTEP receives grant to combat sexual violence

Catherine Ramirez, Contributor September 11, 2018

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded UTEP a grant to help the university respond to sexual assaults and other violent crimes affecting college students on and off campus. In a press release on Wednesday, Aug. 29, the justice department’s Office of...

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Many individuals have voiced their opinions against the revocation of Obama-era regulations surrounding Title IX.

Obama-era Title IX policies dealing with sexual assault officially rescinded

Christian Vasquez, Web Editor September 22, 2017

The Trump administration has officially rescinded Obama-era Title IX rules that dealt with sexual assaults on campus grounds on Friday, September 22. The controversial new directions come in a Q&A format. Betsy DeVos, the Secretary of Education,...

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Many individuals have voiced their opinions against the revocation of Obama-era regulations surrounding Title IX.

Loosened Title IX laws cause national uproar

Christian Vasquez, Web Editor September 18, 2017

Last week, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced that the Department of Education would revoke the Obama-era regulations around sexual assault found in Title IX, and pivot from protecting the victims to protecting the accused. “The truth is...

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On campuses, sexual assault reports come faster than answers

On campuses, sexual assault reports come faster than answers

Allison Kite, Scripps Howard Foundation Wire Reporter April 15, 2015

The number of sexual assaults reported on college campuses is rising. But officials and advocates agree that the increase means more students are coming forward, not a growing number of assaults. Amid a national conversation about sexual assault prevention...

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Maryland women’s basketball coach Brenda Frese stands with her players during Monday’s NCAA Tournament game against Princeton. Frese, a national championship-winning coach, makes less than half of men’s coach Mark Turgeon

College coaching: Where women still make pennies on the dollar

Joe Mussatto, Scripps Howard Foundation Wire Reporter March 27, 2015

WASHINGTON – One university athletic department is the richest in the nation, while the other, a school spokesman said, is struggling to pay its light bill. The University of Texas and Vanderbilt University have little in common in the college sports...

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Nash would have been UTEP women’s basketball’s senior leader on the court in 2017, instead, she found herself in federal court.

Once on the back burner, now at the forefront

Maria Esquinca, Staff Reporter September 9, 2014

When Monica Lopez, senior kinesiology major and a member of the track team, practices on the track, she does so without the fear of persecution. She doesn’t have to worry about jumping the chain link metal fence that surrounds the track with the shadow...

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Jocelyn Samuels, Department of Justice assistant attorney general for civil rights, says each university should create a separate policy on sexual conduct that fits the campus community.

Equal playing fields –Title IX and campus safety

Ricardo Guillaume, SHFWire reporter June 5, 2014

WASHINGTON - Title IX is about more than giving women a fair shot on the playing field – it’s about making sure the environment is safe and equal off of it as well. But when it comes to enforcing Title IX, the law forbidding gender discrimination...

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