for “failing to respond appropriately”
received more than 20 complaints
by failing to respond appropriately
MSU is failing to provide a safe environment for LGBTQ+ students and other minority students
the “conservative fervor” in Montana and the MSU administration’s quiet deference to it supports a political climate on campus that led to the complaints.
Office for Civil Rights may open additional related investigations
MSU “completely failed” to address threats
leadership stayed quiet for weeks
the message the president finally sent fell far short
left students in the dark
protecting the student’s identity and gender because the student is on an MSU scholarship and fears retaliation.
university administration as “indifferent … at best”
“One of my friends refuses to go out without wearing a belt and laced shoes, so that they can improvise a tourniquet
MSU removed a mutual no-contact order it had put in place to protect two students
deliberate indifference for which the University may be held liable in damages
q ueer had their head slammed
Nazi imagery and eugenics propaganda
posters plastered
other student was a plaintiff in a politically charged lawsuit
settlement to release MSU of charges on condition MSU dissolve the no-contact order
received numerous death threats, graphic images of Asian porn, and racist messages, such as an email telling her to “Kill yourself, ch–k.” She provided screenshots of the harassing messages
threats are horrific, but the actions of our university administration are worse
MSU administration has failed to protect students
left MSU in part because he no longer wanted to face white supremacism, he said. He was called the “n” word at MSU, saw Nazi propaganda in trash cans on campus, and heard Bobcats at a football game “screaming racial slurs to members of the other team.”
MSU’s lack of swift public acknowledgement that LGBTQ+ students had received threats, including the death threat, is one subject of several complaints the university is failing minority students.
harassing emails, including one that said people who planned to attend the queer-friendly dance party downtown would meet an early death
The subject line from the Feb. 16 email said “killing all the groomers and f—ts” (the email spelled out the slur). The message said sinners needed to turn away from “isis terrorists” and Sharia law to the “white god of Christianity.” A second email Feb. 23 said “true Montanans” would “expel” “colored people” from campus and the state.
MSU administration did not publicly address the death threat and ensuing hate mail until Sunday, March 26, more than four weeks after
deemed the response too little, too late.
MSU does not track the reasons students decide to leave
