The most recent assault allegedly happened at the Alpha Epsilon Pi house on Saturday, Oct. 10, where a woman reported being assaulted in a bathroom.
Chicago police later identified a person of interest who is not a student and that person was banned from campus, but has not been criminally charged.
One week later, a woman referred to as “Jane Doe” filed a lawsuit alleging she was sexually assaulted at Alpha Delta Phi back in February.
The lawsuit claims the university was aware of similar incidents and did nothing about them.
“For my first two years of college, I was the chair of the Sexual Assault and Awareness Committee here in student government. I was definitely not surprised. I know these things happen across our campus for many years,” University of Chicago student Destiney Samare said.
According to Samare, five rapes were reported on campus last year.
Rally organizers laid out disturbing details from the university’s own public disciplinary action records of previous sexual assault perpetrators.
“The university committee found a student responsible for sexual assault and abuse. The perpetrator was allowed to return to school after a three-quarter suspension. The university found the perpetrator responsible for two additional instances of sexual assault after allowing them to return to school,” University of Chicago student Jadyn Lewis said.
Ahead of Wednesday’s protest, organizers held a sit-in session at 4 p.m. with members of the Crown School of Social Work to air out frustrations and brainstorm demands.
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