KU did not protect me. And I was not able to be a student or an athlete there. I hope the KU community understands why I had to do this. KU cannot be allowed to operate under the status quo.

What is Title IX?

Title IX is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex at colleges and universities. Title IX, in part, forces colleges and universities to create offices to investigate complaints of sexual assault and harassment that occur on campus.

It has been widely cited that in the past two years roughly 165 colleges and universities, including KU, have come under investigation by the Office of Civil Rights, within the U.S. Department of Education, for how they handle sexual assault cases.

In fall 2014, students protested the University’s handling of sexual assault after one student’s story of her mishandled case was published in a Huffington Post article.