Editing University of Minnesota (section)

====Sexual assaults====
Minnesota Gophers football player [[Dominic Jones]] was convicted of sexual assault in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.startribune.com/local/west/26011539.html |title=Ex-Gopher Dominic Jones: 'My name now is Inmate' |author-first1=Rochelle |author-last1=Olson |date=July 29, 2008 |publisher=The Star Tribune |work=www.startribune.com |access-date=September 14, 2020 |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129031947/http://www.startribune.com/local/west/26011539.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2009, an appeals court upheld Jones' conviction, but reduced his four-year prison sentence to one year.<ref name=sentence>{{cite news |url=https://www.twincities.com/2009/07/08/ex-gopher-dominic-jones-sex-crime-conviction-upheld-by-appeals-court/#:~:text=Dominic%20Jones%2C%20once%20a%20defensive,in%20guidelines%20for%20the%20felony. |title=her Dominic Jones' sex crime conviction upheld by appeals court |first=Maricella |last=Miranda |publisher=Pioneer Press |date=July 8, 2009 |access-date=September 14, 2020}}</ref> More than 1,000 sexual assaults on campus were reported between 2010 and 2015.<ref name=Tribune>{{cite web |title=After Authorities Did Not Charge her Rapist U Student Fought Back |url=http://www.startribune.com/after-authorities-did-not-charge-her-rapist-u-student-fought-back/398051931/ |work=Minneapolis Star Tribune |date=October 23, 2016 |access-date=October 23, 2016 |archive-date=October 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024221226/http://www.startribune.com/after-authorities-did-not-charge-her-rapist-u-student-fought-back/398051931/ |url-status=live}}</ref> No prosecutions for rape occurred, according to Katie Eichele of the Aurora Center,<ref name=Tribune/> until the conviction of [[2014 University of Minnesota rape case|Daniel Drill-Mellum]] in 2016, for the rapes of two fellow students.<ref name=2016conviction>{{cite web |title=Former University of Minnesota Frat Brother Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Rape |url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/news/a63590/university-of-minnesota-daniel-drill-mellum-rape-sentenced-prison/ |work=Cosmopolitan |access-date=October 23, 2016 |date=September 2016 |archive-date=October 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024225955/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/news/a63590/university-of-minnesota-daniel-drill-mellum-rape-sentenced-prison/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Drill-Mellum received a six-year prison sentence.<ref name=2016conviction />

It has been alleged that few sexual assaults on campus are reported to University police.<ref name=Fox9>{{cite web |title=1 in 10 rape cases on University of Minnesota campus lead to arrest |url=http://www.fox9.com/news/investigators/12385885-story |work=Fox 9 News |access-date=October 23, 2016 |archive-date=October 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024223125/http://www.fox9.com/news/investigators/12385885-story |url-status=dead}}</ref> Six resulted in arrest from 2010 to 2015; one was determined to be unfounded.<ref name=Fox9/> In a study by campus police, in the years between 2005 and 2015, sexual assaults at the university remained the same or increased<ref>{{cite web |title=10 Year Part I Crime Statistics |url=https://police.umn.edu/10yearcrime |work=University of Minnesota Public Safety |access-date=October 23, 2016 |date=August 7, 2015 |archive-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025045101/https://police.umn.edu/10yearcrime |url-status=dead}}</ref> despite six sexual assault resources and many anti-crime programs on campus.<ref>{{cite magazine |title='Universities and Fraternities Must Tell the Whole Truth' About Sexual Violence |url=https://time.com/100084/campus-sexual-assault-fraternities/ |magazine=Time |access-date=October 26, 2016 |archive-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025055436/http://time.com/100084/campus-sexual-assault-fraternities/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Working Together to Address Campus Sexual Violence |url=https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/ojp/forms-documents/Documents/2015%20Conference%20on%20Crime%20and%20Victimization/Presentations/Sexual%20Violence%20on%20College%20Campuses.pdf |work=University of Minnesota |access-date=October 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210042625/https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/ojp/forms-documents/Documents/2015%20Conference%20on%20Crime%20and%20Victimization/Presentations/Sexual%20Violence%20on%20College%20Campuses.pdf |archive-date=February 10, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Here's What's Missing From the Stats on Campus Rape |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/10/campus-crime-statistics-undercount-sexual-assaults |work=MotherJones |access-date=October 23, 2016 |archive-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025111100/http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/10/campus-crime-statistics-undercount-sexual-assaults |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=How the University of Minnesota handles sexual assault |url=http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/04/01/bcst-sexual-assault-university-of-minnesota |work=Minnesota Public Radio |date=April 2015 |access-date=October 23, 2016 |archive-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025063511/http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/04/01/bcst-sexual-assault-university-of-minnesota |url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2020, the University of Minnesota agreed to pay $500,000 to a woman who in the fall of 2016, accused several Gophers football players of sexually assaulting her.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.startribune.com/university-of-minnesota-paid-500-000-to-woman-who-accused-gophers-football-players-of-rape/572257372/#:~:text=The%20University%20of%20Minnesota%20paid,sexual%20assault%20in%20fall%202016.&text=But%20a%20source%20confirmed%20the,the%20St.%20Paul%20Pioneer%20Press. |author-first1=Ryan|author-last1=Faircloth|author-first2=Rochelle|author-last2=Olson|title=University of Minnesota paid $500,000 to woman who accused Gophers football players of rape |website=[[Star Tribune]] |date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=September 15, 2020 |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829085034/https://www.startribune.com/university-of-minnesota-paid-500-000-to-woman-who-accused-gophers-football-players-of-rape/572257372/#:~:text=The%20University%20of%20Minnesota%20paid,sexual%20assault%20in%20fall%202016.&text=But%20a%20source%20confirmed%20the,the%20St.%20Paul%20Pioneer%20Press. |url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2017, a University of Minnesota panel cleared four of the 10 Gopher football players the woman accused and agreed with investigators' recommendation that four other players be expelled and the other two players should be suspended for a year.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-sports/reports-panel-clears-4-gopher-football-players-expels-4-others |title=Reports: Panel clears 4 Gopher football players, expels 4 others |first=William |last=Wilcoxen |website=Bring Me The News |date=March 8, 2018 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-date=October 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017035923/https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-sports/reports-panel-clears-4-gopher-football-players-expels-4-others |url-status=live}}</ref>