Reading Time: < 1 minute Laura Carlson has accepted the position as UVU’s new Title IX coordinator and EEO/Affirmative Action director effective Feb. 1. Carlson has received nationally recognized training in Title IX and has extensive experience working within employee relations with Senior Professional in Human Resources recognition, according to an email announcement made by Linda Makin, UVU’s vice president […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute University officials confirmed Jan. 23 that Melissa Frost, UVU’s former Title IX director, is no longer employed at UVU. This comes months after being placed on an unspecified extended leave in June 2017. “Melissa Frost, UVU’s equal opportunity and Affirmative Action director and Title IX coordinator, is no longer employed at Utah Valley University,” senior […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Harassment Dec. 20 — 3:14 p.m. An officer arrived to the Fulton Library to respond to reports of a student being harassed by someone she knows. The officer met with the complainant who said she was uneasy because she knows that he is not a UVU student. The man agreed to meet with the officer, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Narcotics Arrest Dec. 11 — 8:36 p.m. While patrolling in the area of Geneva Road, an officer stopped a vehicle with an improperly lighted license plate. The officer found that one of the passengers had two warrants out for his arrest and also found LSD (or acid) on him. The passenger was booked into Utah […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Readers, The reason we do not have the police blotter this week is because school policies have changed. Over the years, the UVU Review, along with the public, have been allowed access to the school police department’s initial incident reports just by asking for them. The initial incident reports contain a police officer’s narrative of the crime that occurred and how it was handled. As of two weeks ago, we no longer get the reports and all we get is the time, location and a one word description of the crime that occurred. While the absence of a narrative is legal, the university has chosen to give us the legal minimum amount of information for every crime that occurs on or around this campus. Without a narrative, we don’t know how crimes are handled at the university or any outcome of the situation. We were told that the reasoning behind the institution’s decision to format police logs this way is so that it protects survivors of assault. The UVU Review has never published the name of a victim of a crime, and it would go against our ethical standards to do so. Institutional indifference grows in darkness and this change to the police reports does not allow any sunlight to the crimes that occur on this campus. The absence of a narrative on the police logs gives a false sense of security to students if we aren’t given the information of a situation such as an assault, theft, drug crime or. With UVU’s Title IX Office facing a federal investigation by the Department of Education’s Civil Rights Office, this move does not promote institutional transparency. Fortunately, initial incident reports are public information and the Government Records Access and Management Act allows us to request the information. This process can take days compared to how it used to take us 20 minutes to walk to the police station to look at the reports. The police blotter section of our newspaper is the most read and the most telling of our campus environment. The UVU Review will continue to investigate by sending multiple GRAMA requests to the university in order to inform our readers about the crimes that occur on campus. The late veteran reporter Helen Thomas once said, “we don’t go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.” Staff of the UVU Review
Reading Time: 3 minutes The following police reports were reported over the 2017 Fall semester Sept. 8 Library Disturbance An officer was called to the Fulton Library after two people were reportedly arguing. It was believed that one student was part of the DACA protest taking place that day. However, the officer found it was a student having a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Smoke and Matches Nov. 1 — 2:26 p.m. An officer was called to The Zone regarding someone smoking in the building. Upon arrival, the officer did not find a smoker. Instead, the person was using lit matches for their craft project. Early Morning Nap Nov. 2 — 2:47 a.m. An officer saw a suspicious […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Illustration by Tyler Carpenter Additional Reporting by Lincoln Op’t Hof Title IX coordinator and Equal Employment Opportunity director Melissa Frost, has been on extended leave for months, and university officials will not disclose complete details about her employment status. As of Aug. 10, UVU’s Title IX office has been under investigation by the U.S. Department […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes According to this year’s Campus Climate Survey, 82 of those who completed the survey, or 17 percent, reported experiencing sexual misconduct on campus. Of the more than 600 survey respondents, 121 — including the 82 previously mentioned — reported experiencing sexual misconduct since attending UVU. Sexual misconduct is an umbrella term for a variety of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Found Wallet Sept. 26 — 7:52 a.m. While on a traffic stop, an officer was approached by a personcitizen who wanted to turn in a found wallet. The officer discovered an ID card in the wallet and attempted to contact the owner. Nothing further to report. Unlocked Gate Sept. 26 — 11:23 p.m. While […]