African-American Male Student Seeks Relief for Racial and Sex Discrimination against The University of Notre Dame and Former Employee

By Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Professor, Sport Management, Drexel University   In John Doe v. University of Notre Dame du Lac and Jane Roe,filed on October 30, 2015, an anonymous African-American male student accused a white female administrator and academic coach of coercing him into engaging in a sexual relationship with the woman’s daughter and facilitating sexual encounters between her daughter and members of the football and basketball teams. In an October 16th letter regarding the