A proposed sit-in by a student organization in the building housing OU President David Boren’s office became a celebration on the North Oval after administrators agreed to propose a change to the university’s sexual-assault policies.
OU students gathered outside Evans Hall to celebrate a proposed increase in the statute of limitations for student-filed claims of sexual assault and the prospect of increased campus education regarding the issue, according to Daily archives.
Event attendees said Jordan Ward, social sciences and women’s and gender studies sophomore, was largely responsible for the change in policy after she reported being raped at a January 2010 fraternity party in a Feb. 21 Daily column.
Following the column, Ward said she submitted a proposal to the university administration March 23 outlining possible revisions to OU’s sexual-assault policies, according to Daily archives.
Boren expects to increase the statute of limitations on the reporting of sexual assault from 30 days to a year at the next meeting of the OU regents on Thursday and Friday, he said.
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