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   Teach your little liberal whores to wear clothing and keep their   
   fucking legs closed, Kirsten.   
      
   Don't send uncivilized illegal aliens or blacks to American   
   colleges and there won't be as many rapes.   
      
   We don't need another paperwork burden heaped on us by a   
   clueless government.   
      
   WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday   
   introduced legislation designed to curb the striking number of   
   sexual assaults on college campuses. The measure would require   
   schools to make public the result of anonymous surveys   
   concerning assault on campuses, and impose significant financial   
   burdens on universities that fail to comply with some of the   
   law’s requirements.   
      
   The legislation comes as the White House is putting increased   
   pressure on colleges and universities. The administration formed   
   a task force in January to address the issue, and the group   
   found that one in five female college students in the United   
   States has been assaulted.   
      
   “Very rarely does a bill become a truly collaborative process,   
   and this bill has been truly collaborative and bipartisan,” said   
   Senator Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri, who has spent   
   the last several months studying the problem of sexual assault   
   on campus.   
      
   Earlier this year, the Department of Education released the   
   names of 55 colleges and universities that are under   
   investigation for their handling of sexual assault complaints.   
   It was the first time a comprehensive list of colleges under   
   investigation for potential violations of federal   
   antidiscrimination law under Title IX of the Education   
   Amendments of 1972 was made public, further pressuring Congress   
   to act.   
      
   The new measure would require every university in the United   
   States to conduct anonymous surveys of students about their   
   experience with sexual violence on campus, with the results   
   published online. The survey, which had been pushed for by   
   sexual assault victims, is similar to one conducted by the   
   military, and would allow parents and high school students to   
   make comparative choices.   
      
   The bill would also increase the financial risk for schools that   
   do not comply with certain requirements of the bill, like   
   conducting the surveys. Schools would face possible penalties of   
   up to 1 percent of their operating budget; previously,   
   universities that violated student rights in sexual assault   
   cases risked the loss of federal funding, but the punishment was   
   never been applied and lawmakers said it was impractical.   
      
   The bill increases penalties under the Clery Act — a federal law   
   requiring all colleges and universities receiving federal   
   financial aid to disclose information about campus crimes — to   
   up to $150,000 per violation, from $35,000. Last year, the   
   Department of Education fined Yale University $165,000 for   
   failing to disclose four sexual offenses involving force that   
   had occurred over several years, and other schools have also   
   been fined.   
      
   The proposed legislation would also require colleges and   
   universities to provide confidential advisers to help victims   
   report their crime and receive services. Schools would be   
   prohibited from punishing a student for things like underage   
   drinking if they are reporting a sexual violence claim.   
      
   The bill attracted a diverse group of co-sponsors, including Ms.   
   McCaskill, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York,   
   Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, and Senator   
   Kelly Ayotte, Republican of New Hampshire, as well as other   
   members of both parties.   
      
   The bill, “aims to codify much of what the Department of   
   Education is already encouraging or requiring universities to do   
   as part of their obligations under Title IX,” said Erin Buzuvis,   
   a professor at the Western New England University School of Law   
   and expert on Title IX. “However, it makes a big difference to   
   have these requirements spelled out in a statute versus a policy   
   interpretation issued by the agency, because a statute is more   
   permanent.”   
      
   The provisions of this legislation that would create financial   
   penalties for noncompliance “is a real game-changer,” Ms.   
   Buzuvis added, “because it creates, for the first time, an   
   incentive for universities to address campus sexual assault in a   
   proactive manner.”   
      
       
      
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