Can Colleges be Hate-Free?

The Isla Vista murder rampage is agonizing enough, but more deeply painful when we consider how long it has taken for universities to grapple with the daily threats to women's basic security from sexual harassment and violence. As one example, see the legislation I introduced in 1987, twenty-seven years ago, requiring public universities to actively investigate and bring penalties against individuals and fraternities engaged in "an epidemic" of campus rapes. Even at that time, campuses were accused of being slow to respond.