Student activism against sexual violence is coming to a head at the University of Michigan.
Under the new policy, which began in December 2018, all Title IX cases require peer-to-peer cross examinations. This means that survivors and perpetrators would face one another in court, rather than deal with cross-examinations through an attorney or advisor.. On campus, sophomore and Public Policy major Emma Sandberg has been leading the charge against the policy since she learned of it last year.
“Administrators are equating [Title IX cases] to roommate conflicts,” Sandberg said, “rather than serious crimes that will have lifelong consequences on the victim.” By organizing demonstrations and protests on campus, Sandberg aims to make her voice heard to the administration and hopes that they listen to the concerns of many students at the University of Michigan.
Indeed, University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel was heard in a University fireside chat earlier in the year saying he supported the peer-to-peer cross examination policy. “We thought…it might be less traumatizing,” he claimed, “to have a peer ask questions of another peer.”
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