More than a week after a Wittenberg professor was arrested for multiple accounts of rape and kidnapping, there's no doubt that the entire campus (and probably much of Springfield, Ohio) knows about the incident. Whether it was from Facebook, the Springfield News Sun, or the word of mouth, students found out. And with no help from the Administration at all.
So say that you were some Hobbit of a student who had access to none of those sources. You'd still be receiving the (two) emails that the school sent out, but with the bare minimal amount of information to go off of, you'd feel left in the dark. All you'd know was that a Wittenberg professor had been arrested and put on permanent leave. But for what?
It's highly likely that the Administration knows that we know about it. They probably assume that not everyone is a Hobbit and that news spread relatively fast the day after their first lack-luster email was sent out. But would it really be that difficult for them to be brutally honest with the student body? Despite knowing the details of the incident, I've overheard that most students would generally feel more comfortable if the school was frank with them about what happened. Even just one detailed email about the professor and his crimes would be enough but it seems as though the Admin would rather just cover things up.
Needless to say, their decisions seem to be causing more unrest and distrust from the students than anything, which really reflects poorly on them as a whole.
-Fran
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