USC freshman Blake Walters, 18, right, marches out in front of a group of USC faculty, students and area residents as they chant slogans and carry signs during a demonstration on the USC campus on Friday. The demonstration comes one week after sexual misconduct allegations against Sigma Nu fraternity members surfaced. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)USC acknowledged Friday a “troubling delay” in warning the campus community about allegations of drugging and sexual assault by a fraternity last month as a rare faculty protest added to mounting criticism about the university’s handling of the crisis. In a message to the campus community Friday night, USC President Carol Folt said that a university confidential reporting program received five to seven disclosures of possible drugging and possible sexual assault at a fraternity in late September. In addition, a student reported Oct. 16 that she was sexually assaulted at Sigma Nu.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 30, 2021 18:31 UTC