Court Rules for Oregon State and Its Head Football Coach in Case Involving Sexual Assault

A federal judge from the District of Oregon has dismissed the claim of a student athlete, who was raped at an off-campus party and subsequently sued Oregon State University (OSU) and Head Football Coach Mike Riley, alleging violations of Title IX and 42 U.S.C. § 1983.   Central to the court’s ruling was the fact that Kristen Samuelson was raped at an off-campus party by “an assailant who was neither a student nor an associate of the university.   “... Because OSU lacked meaningf