Students protest UT's handling of faculty misconduct during 3rd Sit-In for Student Safety
More than 30 students chanted, hung signs and called University officials outside the provost’s office Wednesday while protesting the University’s handling of faculty sexual misconduct.
Sit-In for Student Safety 3.0 is the third student-organized protest against the University’s employment of two professors found in violation of misconduct policies: English associate professor Coleman Hutchison and Sahotra Sarkar, integrated biology and philosophy professor.
Protest organizer Simone Harry said today’s protest was specifically against the University’s lack of response to student concerns.
The organizers demanded the University release reports naming professors found guilty of misconduct and host a town hall led by the provost. The organizers also requested long-term solutions, such as an increased investment in interpersonal violence prevention and the formation of a program similar to New York University’s restorative justice program by 2021.
“This is more in response to the lack of tangible action, immediate solutions,” said Harry, an English and black studies junior. “Everything seems very delayed. A delay is a disservice to the students.”
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