From the Ithaca College student paper:

Erika said Mike Leary, assistant director of judicial affairs, told her they found her assailant guilty and placed him on disciplinary probation, but they could not remove him from his position as an RA.

When reached by e-mail, the alleged attacker confirmed that he was accused of sexually assaulting Erika and that he was not terminated from his position as an RA after the incident occurred.

“I know what I did was wrong,” he said in the e-mail. “I’ve learned a great deal from the whole situation.”

Leary confirmed he spoke with Erika regarding her assailant’s judicial case but could not comment further because of privacy reasons.

Erika said she was devastated when she found out her alleged assailant was keeping his job.

When asked why the alleged attacker was allowed to remain as an RA, Bonnie Solt Prunty, director of the Office of Residential Life, said she could not comment on personnel issues.

Prunty said the circumstances under which an RA could be removed vary.

“It is a case by case review … depending on what the violation was and a determination of what the appropriate outcome is for the staff member,” she said.

Prunty said sometimes there is a one-strike removal policy because the violation is so significant.

“For instance, if we had an RA who was dealing drugs, they’d be terminated,” Prunty said. “If they were possessing drugs, smoking pot in the residence halls, those would be the kinds of things that would result in termination.”

All I can say is, I am so thankful Ithaca College has an active feminist organization, the IC Feminists, who are already working on this issue. Because really, words don’t express how wrong I think the Ithaca College administration is.