George Will's appearance at Miami University draws protests over sexual assault opinion
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An appearance by columnist George F. Will has drawn protests on a southwest Ohio campus over his commentary on sexual assault reporting at colleges.
The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports (http://bit.ly/1pE7PpQ ) more than 100 people turned out Wednesday for the protest outside his Miami University lecture. There were also online petitions against Will's talk.
The protests against the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist were over a June column about federal pressure on college reporting of sexual assaults. Will questioned statistics cited by the Barack Obama administration and suggested that federal authorities were making "victimhood a coveted status."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Will explained Wednesday he was criticizing loss of due process for those accused of the serious crime.
The school said he was paid $48,000 from a gift fund for a university lecture series.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Information from: The JournalNews of Hamilton, http://www.journal-news.com/cgi-bin/liveique.acgi$sch=jnfront?jnfront