Author: Taylor Stevens & McCall Mash
Westminster faces lawsuit alleging it violated a protective order
A former student filed a lawsuit against Westminster College in the U.S. District Court in Utah on Feb. 28, alleging sex and disability discrimination in violation of federal law and a hostile educational environment that forced her to withdraw from the college. Kennedy Flavin, who was a first-year student and an elite-level player on Westminster’s lacrosse team, claimed in the lawsuit that the co...
Former Westminster College student says Title IX system “failed” her, led her to transfer
Madison Mansfield thought the night her ex-boyfriend shattered her nose and attempted to strangle her would be the one of the worst experiences of her life. But, she said, the ensuing months-long Title IX investigation at Westminster College — which fell far outside guidelines for resolving complaints from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) — may have come close. “It’...