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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 28 May 2019

Dartmouth, women Analysis: Thousands in Illinois

want mediation in sexual may have guns without permit

misconduct lawsuit CHICAGO (AP) — Tens of

thousands of Illinois resi-
By KATHY McCORMACK ity would prejudice Dart- dents whose gun licenses
Associated Press mouth’s ability to defend have been revoked could
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — itself. The original lawsuit still be in possession of fire-
Dartmouth College and alleges that professors Wil- arms, according to an
nine women who accuse liam Kelley, Paul Whalen analysis of state records
the school of ignoring and Todd Heatherton ha- by the Chicago Tribune.
years of sexual misconduct rassed women and groped The failure of the system
by three professors have them. It also accuses Kelley was underscored in Feb-
agreed to try to settle a and Whalen each of rap- ruary when a man killed
lawsuit out of court. ing a student after a night five former colleagues
In a joint motion filed Fri- of drinking, attempting to and wounded five police
day in U.S. District Court in seduce women under their officers in Aurora, Illinois,
Concord, New Hampshire, supervision and punishing using a gun he kept de- In this Wednesday, May 22, 2019 photo, family members of
the school and the women those who rebuffed their spite the revocation of his Vicente Juarez, including from left to right, his granddaughter
asked a judge for a stay of advances. All three have Firearm Owner’s Identifi- Dyani (cq), 12, daughter Diana, wife Leticia and son Christian,
all deadlines and rulings un- since left Dartmouth. cation card in 2014. pose for a photograph with a portrait of Juarez at their home in
til three days after agreed- Whalen and Kelley have Local police departments Oswego, Ill. Associated Press
to mediation or July 31, not commented on the al- are supposed to ensure
whichever comes first. The legations, and it is unclear that those whose licenses good, the bad and the military; or being found to
judge hasn’t responded whether they have attor- have been revoked sur- ugly.” be in the country illegally.
yet.“The parties have been neys to speak for them. render their permits within FOID cards can be revoked Local police departments
in discussion about partici- Heatherton apologized 48 hours and fill out a form for a number of reasons: are informed by state
pating in mediation in an for acting inappropriately stating their guns have felony convictions or indict- police when a card has
attempt to resolve this mat- at conferences but said, been passed to a legal ments; convictions involv- been rescinded, but most
ter without further litiga- through a lawyer, that he gun owner or the police. ing domestic abuse; being don’t prioritize checking
tion,” the motion said. never socialized or had sex- But since 2015, nearly subject to an order of pro- on the status of remaining
The parties said they re- ual relations with students. 27,000 Illinois residents tection; being deemed a weapons due to a lack of
cently selected a retired Dartmouth’s original re- whose FOID cards have mental health risk; dishon- resources, officers or back-
state superior court judge sponse said there was an been revoked haven’t orable discharge from the ground information.q
who is now a professional “unacceptable environ- updated authorities on
mediator and are working ment involving excess al- what they have done
on setting a date to meet. cohol consumption, an with their firearms, the
The November lawsuit ac- inappropriate level of frat- Tribune reported. That
cuses Dartmouth of failing ernization, and inappropri- means authorities do not
to take action to address ate personal comments know whether 78% of
years of sexual harassment, and contact” between the those revoked cardhold-
assault and other miscon- three professors and some ers still own guns.
duct suffered by students students. It also said it has “I will say the depth and
at the hands of three De- evidence the professors breadth of the problem
partment of Psychological inappropriately touched did take me back just a
and Brain Science profes- students and texted them bit,” said acting Illinois
sors. It was initially filed by but said it lacked evidence State Police Director Bren-
seven women, one of them to support the more seri- dan Kelly, who has made
anonymously. Two more ous assault allegations and FOID revocation compli-
joined anonymously ear- denied that the behavior ance a priority since he
lier this month. Dartmouth affected all women in the took office this year. “The
challenged the use of department. It also de- only way we are going
“Jane Doe” pseudonyms nied that the department to be able to take a bite
for three of the nine plain- as a whole had a “party out of this problem is just
tiffs, saying the anonym- culture.”q laying it all out there: the