A female student reported last Monday that she was raped by a male student at Shocker Hall, according to a report on the Wichita State University police department crime log and confirmed by chief of university police, Sara Morris.

According to the crime log, the incident occurred at 11 p.m. Aug. 31 and was reported to university police at 4 a.m. the following morning, on Labor Day.

The alleged victim and suspect were known to each other, Morris said.

By law, the Clery Act requires “timely warnings” to university students and employees if an incident — such as sex offenses — represents a “serious or continuing threat to students and employees” according to Wichita State’s 2012 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report.

“This didn’t meet the requirement,” Morris said. “Because both individuals were known and it was an isolated incident, we were able to speak with both parties immediately.

“It wasn’t an ongoing threat to the community, but it is under investigation.”

Possible charges won’t come to the alleged suspect until university police completes its investigation and presents the case to the Sedgwick County district attorney, Morris said.

“It depends on how quickly we can tie stuff up and get questions answered,” she said. “Hopefully by the end of this week.”

The last reported sexual assault on WSU’s campus was a sexual battery case at Wheatshocker Apartments in May 2013, according to the crime log, and its disposition is listed as “under investigation.”

According to the university’s student code of conduct — which was updated in July of 2013 — once the university learns of an alleged sexual misconduct, it is obligated to investigate the occurrence and proceed with the conduct process.

“Committing acts of sexual misconduct is prohibited,” according to the code of conduct, and that sexual misconduct “will not be tolerated.”

A victim of sexual assault is encouraged to report the information to Wichita State’s police department or to the Office of Human Resources and to seek medical attention, according to section 3.07 of university policies and procedures.

It is important that evidence be persevered for the investigation of the incident, the policy states.

Sanctions for those responsible for rape, according to section 3.06 of WSU’s policies and procedures, will be “reviewed and considered using existing policies and procedures.”

Meanwhile, section 8.16 states that sanctions “will be determined to suit each individual case,” and could include expulsion from WSU.

University sanctions are separate from actions taken by criminal and civil courts, the section states, and double jeopardy does not apply.

The university offers several services to victims of sexual assault, such as housing room changes, and offices on campus provide counseling services.

Last week’s reported alleged rape comes at a time when the University of Kansas is under fire after a Huffington Post article circulated online about a male student who didn’t receive community service as a punishment for raping a female student because it was considered too “punitive.”

According to the article, the man was punished with probation and a ban from university housing. The university also ordered him to write a four-page “reflection paper” and to seek counseling.

A statement from the male student’s attorney revealed that the woman took a birth control pill the night of the incident and that there had been an existing relationship between the two students, according to the article, which led many KU students to speculate if that’s why the student didn’t receive community service.

The hashtag “#aGreatPlaceToBeUnsafe” hit Twitter — a play on words on the university’s motto.

KU is now one of 76 higher education institutions under investigation for how it handles sexual violence on campus, the article says, a list that also includes Kansas State University and Washburn University.

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