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Show vt.aArosi..0,11Karith 19, ZOli WEDNESDAY, APRIL Victim of Is 19, 2017 the next academic year. Until then, UC agreed to provide him up to $10,000 for travel each school year and $97,210 in research funds. TNS 10,1wa.- 1, 1 University of California, Berkeley is under fire again over the issue of sexual mis- ....,,ii I California regents had reached legal settlement with Sujit Choudhry, a former law school dean who admita ted in a campus investigat- ion that he inappropriately touched and hugged his former assistant, Tyann Sorrell. Under the settlement, UC agreed to drop a disciplinary action against Choudhry, withdraw all charges and allow him to remain a tenured faculty member until his voluntary resignation "in good standing" at the end of kissed, :le Sun in playirr. II. Its Lon ndividuzl compare to Dixie Fest. I think DSUSA1 is going to make it fun as possible. I believe it's going to be fun, but not as fun as an actual concert." ye to get ," Meal: Even though Dixie Fest isn't happening this year, DSUSA as better s, we've vill Do you stall September, the lawsuit states. BuzzFeed also reported that campus documents indicate other students had made simi- group fighting sexual miscon- Signatures on a petition urging university officials to fire John R. Searle, a professor emeritus who is being sued by a former researcher on charges of sexually harassing her. The petition by Care2 also demands that Berkeley remove Searles name from a campus center. The civil lawsuit filed in March by Joanna that Ong alleges university officials failed to respond properly to complaints that Searle, 84, a renowned philosophy professor, had sexually assaulted her last July and cut her pay when she rejected his advances, according to BuzzFeed News. Ong was fired by a Searle associate in has no plans on discarding Dixie Fest in the future. "We know that concerts have a different atmosphere, and we want our students to be able to experience that," Syrett said. "So there are no plans on replacing Dixie Fest as far as concerts go. We just might change the date from a kick-oto spring break to a kick-of- f to summer." 1 Berkeley law school dean criticizes settlement duct announced last week that it had gathered nearly 2,000 light-hand- ed FEST continued from page UC ment was disclosed Friday. In another UC Berkeley case, an online advocacy Choudhry agreed to pay $50,000 to a charity of Sorrell's choosing and $50,000 to her attorneys. But the settlement has incensed Sorrell, who said Monday that UC was effectively giving Choudhry a "soft landing" because he was a prominent faculty member. "It's privilege helping privilege," she said in an interview. "For all of the work done around this issue and all of the pleas for change, its an insult to people who have suffered through (sexual harassment)." Sorrell said she was moved to speak out in part because Choudhry's attorneys "touted around that he got treatment" after the settle conduct. The university announced last week that University of , DIXIESUNNEWS.COM - 3 sexual misconduct by TERESA WATAN BE BY rs Sept Regarding Choudhry, Mogulof said the professor will not resume teaching at the law school. In addition, he said, Sorrell has received payment for her claimed injury. "While no one is compla- grievance and a federal lawsuit. Under the settlement, the two sides agreed to drop all legal action. cent and everyone understands that cultural change doesn't happen overnight, our policies and practices are a far cry from what they were," Mogulof said. In a university investigation last year, Choudhry admit Despite her disappointment with the settlement, Sorrell, who still works at the law school, said she was ready to move on. (c)2017 Tribune News Service. 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But after Sorrell's civil suit came to light, UC President Janet 6g message us on 1 "rigorous investigation" into the allegations against Searle and removed him from classroom teaching as an interim measure. policies: famed astronomer Geoff Marcy and vice chancellor of research Graham Fleming. But Dan Mogulof, a campus spokesman, said in an email that such perceptions are unfounded. He said the campus has made "meaningful, substantive changes" to improve its handling of sexual mis FT Email conduct cases. They include beefing up education, training, funding and staff to prevent sexual misconduct, handle cases and support victims. Mogulof also said the university has launched a lar allegations against Searle. Such actions feed the perception that UC Berkeley continues to protect powerful faculty at the expense of victims, Sorrell and advocates said. 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