Nothing does more to encourage student belief that campus life is regulated "by men and not by law" than the University's handling of cases of date rape. Rape by acquaintance is serious physical assault. It is a crime difficult to prosecute in county courts because rules of criminal procedure combine with victims' natural desire to avoid revictimization to reduce the likelihood of conviction in all but the most flagrant circumstances. But if du Lac can't be rewritten to enable the expulsion of date rapists, why do we have a code of student conduct at all?

I hope everyone understands that this is not a rhetorical question.

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