(Note: We sent this letter to the Occidental administration on May 10, 2013.

You can still support our efforts by signing our new public petition at Change.org. It's open to anyone concerned about the sexual assault epidemic at colleges around the country.) Open Letter to the Occidental Community from Alumni and Parents May 10, 2013 We, the undersigned Occidental College alumni and parents, are dismayed at the abhorrent climate around sexual assault at our beloved institution. At the same time, we realize this is not a new problem, but one that has long needed remedy. While we are heartened by recent steps to change policies and practices regarding sexual misconduct, we remain deeply disturbed that the administration displayed a lack of concern until students and faculty filed two federal complaints. We join with the faculty (Open Letter to the Occidental Community, May 1, 2013) in reaffirming the right of all students to live, work, and study on a safe campus where equity prevails. Along with the faculty, we recognize and commend the courageous efforts of the members of the Occidental community who are working to ensure that sexual harassment, sexual battery, sexual assault and rape have no place in our community. We agree with the Occidental Sexual Assault Coalition (OSAC) that there must be changes to the sexual assault policies, there must be procedural integrity in hearing board cases, there must be additional resources for sexual assault and rape survivors, and there must be significant, on-going sexual harassment, battery, assault, and rape education for all students, administration, staff, faculty, parents, and alumni. Specifically, we support OSAC's recommendation that survivors should be encouraged to report incidents of sexual assault to campus authorities and the local police. We expect when such a report is made that the Oxy administration will respond seriously, sensitively, and expeditiously, and that the manner of this response will be spelled out in policy. Furthermore, we expect that appropriate steps will be taken to protect the person making the report from any perceived and/or real threats related to the reported incident. As alumni and parents, we also expect that Oxy's administration will work cooperatively with any police investigation of a sexual assault on campus. We support OSAC's recommendation that Oxy establish a set list of adjudication options. We additionally request that the policy match specific violations to specific adjudication options. In the past, administrators have exercised too much discretion as to what types of actions constitute a threat to the campus community. Most important, to ensure the safety and well-being of assault survivors and the general student body, we demand that any student found to have violated the school's policy against rape be expelled and not allowed to graduate.

We recommend that Oxy's sexual assault policies make clear that they apply to all students who are currently enrolled, suspended, on a leave of absence, on probation, on study abroad, or on exchange to or from another institution. We support OSAC's recommendation for a regular report on sexual assaults both onand off-campus, and request that this report also be distributed to alumni and parents. To ensure that Oxy rapidly addresses its sexual assault problem, we request that the President of the College make regular progress reports on the above actions to alumni and parents via the following venues: The Occidental Magazine The Occidental College website's For Parents and Alumni pages, not just the President's page Alumni letter distributed to the alumni email list Parent letter distributed to the parent email list

Finally, as alumni and parents, we are deeply disappointed in the leadership shown by the current college administration. Care for the safety and well-being of all Oxy students should be the administration's top priority. It is unacceptable to us that it took so many years of requests from faculty and students and finally two federal complaints to make this issue a top priority for college officials. Many students have been harmed at Occidental College. While nothing will change that fact, we expect this administration to issue a formal and public apology to everyone who has suffered because of its inaction. We vow to work constructively and tirelessly to transform the policies and underlying culture of Occidental College toward the elimination of sexual harassment, sexual battery, sexual assault and rape and hold the Occidental administration accountable in achieving these goals. Sincerely,

Cheryl Allain-Mee Parent, '10 and '13 Dr. Lisa Allen, '83 Chris and Karen Baer Parents, '13 Mac Bakewell Parent, '15

Christina Bauman, '83 Diana Birney, '11 Zina Bleck, '82 Jennifer Brainerd, 92 Kristin Brown, '08 Lourdes Olivas Brown, '97 John and Pat Bringenberg Parents, '14 Jerven Carter, '92 Christine Chang, '86 Dennis and Amy Clayton Parents, 2014 Sydney Coleman, '12 Kathy Cooper-Ledesma, '82 Dennis Dauber Parent, '14 Kate Dauber Parent, '14 Emily Dion, '84 Nina Dooley, '79 Tom Dougherty, '83 Lauren and John Doyel Parents, '14 Barry Drake, '85 Chelsea Duncan, '12

Ann Dusenberry, '74 Julie (McKenzie) Eby-McKenzie, '83 Tim Eby-McKenzie, LMFT, '86 John and Laurie Egbert Parents, '04 Sarah Farahat, '01 Kaycee Felton-Lui, '12 Kristina Filipovich, '97 Erica Fishman, '84 Maxine Fookson Parent, '13 Christina (Tappan) Forst, '97 Jane Freudenberger, '83 Elizabeth Furth, '11 Athena Galanis Parent, '15 Lou and Heather Galanis Grandparents, '15 Natalya Gibbs, '12 Monica Girgenti Parent, '15 Veronica Goldstein, '12 Elias Gonzalez, Jr., '84 Larkin Grant, '12

Kirk Graves, '86 Michael Greenslade Parent, '15 Nancy Griffin Parent, '10 and '12 Beatriz A. Gronert & Brian Gronert, M.D. Parents, '13 Sarah (McDowell) Groshell, '02 Joanne Guarnieri, '83 Margaret Haase Former UEPI Staff Eliza Hall and Mark Mrohs Parents, '14 Laura Hardyman, '84 Michael and Jacquelyn Hartney Parents, '13 Sandra (Schmitz) Hay, '81 Allegra (Kramer) Heidelinde, '93 Larry Hogue, '83 Deevy Holcomb, '92 Shannon Hurley, '10 Karlene Johnson, '87 Kathleen Jures Parent, '14 Michael Brennan Kane, '83 Eric Kessel

Parent, 2015 Joan Kessel Grandparent, '04 and '15 Sezin Rajandran Koehler, '01 Katharine Kroeber, '86 Joe Krovoza, '85, and Janet Krovoza Parents, '13 and '15 Liz Landon Parent, '17 Lee Lashway Parent, '14 Rodrigo Lazo, '86 Lisa Lee Parent, '15 Therese Lentz, '84 Joo Ae Lippe-Klein, '06 Carrie Liston, '01 Bret Logan Parent, '13 Christine Ludwiszewski, '72 Kathleen (Horton) Mahan, '83 Melissa (Lostaunau) Mann, '88 Parent, '15 Julia McDermott, '81 Beth McEldowney, '83 Brian McGrane, '06

Alex McNear, '83 David Mee Parent, '10 and '13 Chris Melendez, '83 Robyn Miranda and Adrian Rosenthal Parents, '14 Rebecca Montgomery, '94 Brannon Naito, '10 Caitlin Nass, '89 Doug O'Connor Oxy Summer Drama Festival member, '80, '84, '85 Patrick O'Connor, '78 Summer Ogata, '08 Mark Ong, '76 Alison Pentland, '11 Eric S. Perlman, '89 Clayton Perry, '05 Claire Petersky, '83 Benjamin Potash, '98 Theresa & William Resch Parents, '15 Molly Rhodes, '88 Beth Riley, Parent, '11 & '14

Loren Roberts, '91 Rob & Diane Rodriguez Parents, '15 Ned Rosch Parent, '13 Marina Rosenthal, '12 Laurie and Mark Roth Parents, '13 Giovanni Saarman, '12 Jose Salcedo, '82 Alexander W. Salter, '10 Gwen Gray Schwarts, '90 Amanda Shaffer, '02 Monique (Wolff) Simmer, '81 Suzy Simon, '11 Suzanne (Baker) Sotelo, '93 Mary L. (Clanton) Sten-Clanton, '81 Alice Tejada, '93 Norena Thompson Parent, '14 Stephanie (Fulks) Westerman, '80 Anita Whang, '92 Diane E. Willcox, '83 Cindy Wolf, '89

Ellen Woolfson Parent, '12 Kenda Woolfson, '12 Carl Zack and Andrea Cohen Parents, '14 Leslie Zane and Larry Crosby Parents, '13

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Board of Trustees Jonathan Veitch, President Tyler Reich, Assistant Vice President for Alumni Engagement Carl Botterud, General Counsel/Former Executive Director of Alumni Relations Barbara Avery, Vice President of Student Affairs Jorge Gonzalez, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dean of the College Erica O'Neal Howard, Senior Associate Dean of Student Affairs Jeff Dennis, '94, President, Alumni Board of Governors Associated Students of Occidental College Occidental Sexual Assault Task Force Oxy Sexual Assault Coalition Occidental Weekly Gina Maisto Smith & Leslie Gomez; Pepper Hamilton, LLP