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HEY DAN, WE STARTED LOOKING
INTO THIS NEXT STORY FRANKLY
BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOUR EMAILS
AND TWEETS.
AND TWEETS. IT IS COMPLEX.
IT'S GOT SEVERAL LAYERS.
BUT TO SUM UP YOU WANTED TO
KNOW SIMPLY WHAT IS GOING ON AT
LINFIELD UNIVERSITY.
LINFIELD UNIVERSITY. LINFIELD IS A SMALL PRIVATE
UNIVERSITY IN MCMINNEVILLE.
IT WAS ACTUALLY FOUNDED AS A
BAPTIST COLLEGE MORE THAN A
CENTURY AGO.
CENTURY AGO. FAST FORWARD TO NOW TWENTY
TWENTY ONE WHERE IT'S HOME TO
LESS THAN TWO THOUSAND STUDENTS
A RELATIVELY SMALL COLLEGE
AND RECENTLY ACCOMPANIED BY A
SLEW OF DISTURBING HEADLINES
STUDENTS AND FACULTY THERE ARE
ALLEGING INSTANCES OF SEXUAL
HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT BY
MULTIPLE LYNNFIELD TRUSTEES
AND ONE ADMINISTRATOR SOME
OF THOSE ACCUSATIONS HAVE
SPARKED CRIMINAL CHARGES.
>> THERE'S ALSO THE FIRING OF A
TENURED PROFESSOR WHO SAYS HE
TRIED TO SHINE A LIGHT ON ALL
OF THIS AND AS IF THAT'S NOT
ENOUGH, THERE ARE ALSO
ALLEGATIONS OF RACISM MIXED IN
THERE TOO.
THERE TOO. >> IN SHORT, THINGS ARE NOT
GREAT AT LINFIELD RIGHT NOW
AND SOME THERE TOLD OUR MAGGIE
HFPA CHANGE HAS TO COME FROM
THE TOP DOWN NOW WE SHOULD WARN
YOU SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THIS
STORY ARE KIND OF HARD TO HEAR
AND I JUST THINK THIS IS THIS
IS AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS NOT
SAFE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS
MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT
ALLEGATIONS OF HARASSMENT
AND ASSAULT AGAINST TRUSTIES
AND ONE HIGH RANKING
ADMINISTRATOR AT LINFIELD
UNIVERSITY IN MCMINNEVILLE, DR
JAMIE FRIEDMAN IS ONE OF THE
ACCUSERS.
ACCUSERS.
ACCUSERS. KEEP IN MIND SHE STILL WORKS AT
LINFIELD.
LINFIELD.
LINFIELD. >> IT IS SO DISHEARTENING.
ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. >> DR. FRIEDMAN SAYS SHE
REPORTED TWO INSTANCES TO THE
UNIVERSITY.
UNIVERSITY. THE FIRST ONE HAPPENED IN
TWENTY EIGHTEEN AT AN EVENT FOR
FACULTY AND STUDENTS AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN I FEEL SOMEWHAT
COME BEHIND ME AND RUB MY ARMS
WITH BOTH OF THEIR HANDS
AND THEN AN EAR A WHISPER IN MY
EAR THAT HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD
TO MEETING ME AGAIN.
>> THE MAN WHO SHE SAYS
APPROACHED HER LINFIELD
PRESIDENT DR MILES DAVIS
PICTURED HERE ON THE SCHOOL'S
WEBSITE.
WEBSITE.
WEBSITE. DR. FREEDMAN SAYS SHE WENT TO
H.R. I WAS TOLD EXPLICITLY THAT
THAT'S JUST HOW MEN ARE ON THAT
SPECIFIC COMMENT.
SPECIFIC COMMENT. A LINFIELD SPOKESMAN SAYS DR.
FRIEDMAN'S ACCOUNT IS NOT
CONSISTENT WITH THE INFORMATION
THEY HAVE.
THEY HAVE. THE SECOND INSTANCE HAPPENED IN
TWENTY NINETEEN AT A DINNER FOR
LYNN FIELDS BOARD OF TRUSTEES,
ONE OF WHOM WAS SEATED NEXT TO
DR. FRIEDMAN.
DR. FRIEDMAN. >> HE PUT HIS HAND ON MY
SHOULDER, MY BACK ON MY ARM ON
MY THIGH AND ASKED ME IF THERE
WAS A MR. FRIEDMAN SUGGESTED
THAT WE SHOULD GO OUT
AFTERWARDS.
AFTERWARDS. >> THIS TIME LYNNFIELD HIRED AN
OUTSIDE INVESTIGATOR WHO THE
SCHOOL CONFIRMS FOUND THE
INCIDENTS DR. FRIEDMAN
DESCRIBED HAPPENED BUT DID NOT
VIOLATE THE SCHOOL'S POLICIES
ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR
ASSAULT.
ASSAULT.
ASSAULT. DR. FRIEDMAN'S TAKE THAT THAT
ACTUALLY DOESN'T MAKE IT
BETTER.
BETTER.
BETTER. >> THAT MAKES IT WORSE.
>> WE NEED NEW POLICIES.
STILL, SHE MOVED ON UNTIL LATER
THAT YEAR WHEN A STUDENT WENT
PUBLIC WITH AN ACCUSATION
OF HER OWN AS FIRST REPORTED BY
THE OREGONIAN IN LATE TWENTY
NINETEEN, A LINFIELD STUDENT
FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST
THE UNIVERSITY AND AGAINST
LONGTIME TRUSTEE DAVID JOB.
THAT STUDENT THROUGH HER
ATTORNEY DECLINED OUR REQUEST
FOR AN INTERVIEW AND KGW ISN'T
USING HER NAME SINCE SHE IS A
VICTIM OF AN ALLEGED SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
ASSAULT.
ASSAULT. THE SUIT ALLEGES JOB, WHO HAS
SINCE RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD,
ASSAULTED THE STUDENT AT A
TRUSTEE DINNER IN FEBRUARY
TWENTY NINETEEN BY REACHING HIS
HAND UNDER HER DRESS
AND TOUCHING HER GENITALS IN
THE WAKE OF THAT SUITS FILING
MORE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST A
JOBES SURFACED AND CRIMINAL
CHARGES FOLLOWED.
CHARGES FOLLOWED. DAVID JOB NOW FACES EIGHT
COUNTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AGAINST
FOUR DIFFERENT VICTIMS.
THE ALLEGATIONS DATE BACK TO
TWENTY SEVENTEEN.
TWENTY SEVENTEEN. THAT'S KEY BECAUSE IN THAT
FEDERAL LAWSUIT THE STUDENT
ALLEGES LYNNFIELD WAS AWARE
OF JOBES CONDUCT AND DIDN'T DO
ENOUGH TO STOP HIM.
LINFIELD SAYS IN SOME OF THOSE
EARLIER CASES THE SCHOOL
COULDN'T MAKE CONTACT WITH THE
COMPLAINANTS.
COMPLAINANTS. IN OTHERS, A SPOKESMAN SAYS
COMPLAINANTS ASKED THE SCHOOL
NOT TO INVESTIGATE THE
UNIVERSITY AD'S JOB WAS
INSTRUCTED NOT TO ATTEND A
FUTURE STUDENT TRUSTEE EVENTS
JOB
HIS
HIS ATTORNEY DECLINED TO COMMENT AHEAD
OF HIS TRIAL IN NOVEMBER.
IT'S WORTH NOTING MORE
ALLEGATIONS OF HARASSMENT HAVE
CONTINUED TO SURFACE AT
LINFIELD LAST WEEK THE
OREGONIAN REPORTED FOUR
LINFIELD TRUSTEES HAVE NOW BEEN
ACCUSED BY STUDENTS AND FACULTY
OF INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING OR
COMMENTS LYNNFIELD REPORTEDLY
MAINTAINS IN EVERY CASE BUT
JOBS TRUSTEES DID NOT VIOLATE
UNIVERSITY POLICY.
UNIVERSITY POLICY. A LOT OF THIS HAS BEEN KIND
OF BUBBLING UP UNDER THE
SURFACE AT LINFIELD BUT
RECENTLY IT BECAME A NATIONAL
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. >>
STORY. >> WHY?
>> WHY?
>> WHY? >> WELL, IT STARTED WITH
TWITTER IN MARCH.
DANIEL PAWLAK PELZNER TWEETED A
THREAD ABOUT WHY HE A TENURED
PROFESSOR WAS FIRED FROM
LINFIELD.
LINFIELD.
LINFIELD. HE SAID HE TRIED TO HELP
STUDENTS REPORT INSTANCES
OF ABUSE BY TRUSTEES TWEETING
QUOTE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHAIR ACCUSED ME A JEWISH
TRUSTEE OF HARBORING A SECRET
AGENDA TO GRAB POWER.
HE WROTE LINFIELD PRESIDENT
MILES DAVIS SAID PEOPLE LIKE
HIM WERE DESTROYING LYNNFIELD,
ADDING DAVIS HAD PREVIOUSLY
MADE COMMENTS ABOUT MEASURING
THE SIZE OF JEWISH NOSES.
THE ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE
COLUMN FOR PRESIDENT DAVIS TO
RESIGN THE NAACP ALLEGED RACIAL
BIAS AGAINST DAVIS AND CAME TO
LINFIELD DEFENSE DAVIS IS SEEN
HERE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES
WHICH COVERED THE WHOLE ORDEAL.
PAULA PELZNER DECLINED OUR
REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW
LINFIELD HAS FOR ITS PART
CATEGORICALLY DENIED PAUL
PELLZNER STORY, ADDING THEY
HIRED AN OUTSIDE LAW FIRM TO
INVESTIGATE THOSE ALLEGATIONS
OF RACIST COMMENTS.
THE LAW FIRM FOUND NO WAY TO
PROVE THAT ANY SUCH REMARKS
WERE MADE.
WERE MADE. >> IN A LETTER PRESIDENT DAVIS
CALLED PAUL PELLZNER
ACCUSATIONS A SMEAR CAMPAIGN
AND THE SCHOOL TOLD THE
NEW YORK TIMES THE PROFESSOR
WAS FIRED FOR CAUSE THEY
WOULDN'T ELABORATE TO US.
>> A SPOKESMAN FOR LINFIELD
EMAILED KGW AN ONLINE FACT
SHEET ABOUT ALL THE
ALLEGATIONS.
ALLEGATIONS. IT READS QUOTE A SMALL BUT
VOCAL GROUP OF FACULTY
MAINTAINED THAT LINFIELD
UNIVERSITY IS AN UNSAFE PLACE
THAT IS UNTRUE.
IT GOES ON TO SAY LINFIELD IS
DEDICATED TO ENSURING THAT ALL
OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITIES
INCLUDING STUDENTS, FACULTY,
STAFF AND TRUSTEES UNDERSTAND
LYNNFIELD POLICIES AND ABIDE BY
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. THE
THEM. THE FACTSHEET ALSO SAID LAST
YEAR LINFIELD LAUNCHED DISTRICT
WIDE TASK FORCES TO INVESTIGATE
ITS POLICIES RELATED TO
STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES.
OK, WOW, WHAT A MESS.
>> SO LET'S LET'S TOUCH BASE
WITH MAGGIE FOR JUST A SECOND.
>> WHERE DOES THIS SCHOOL GO
FROM HERE?
FROM HERE? DEFINITELY WELL WHAT WE KNOW AT
THIS POINT IS THAT DESPITE
CALLS PRESIDENT DAVIS, THE
PRESIDENT OF UNTIL THE
UNIVERSITY HAS SAID HE WILL NOT
RESIGN AND IN FACT AMID ALL
OF THIS NO ONE KIND OF IN
POSITIONS OF POWER HAS RESIGNED
EXCEPT FOR DAVID JOBBIES, THE
NOW FORMER TRUSTEE WHO'S FACING
THOSE CRIMINAL CHARGES.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE SCHOOL'S
POLICIES GO AGAIN THEY TOLD US
THAT THEIR CURRENT POLICIES ARE
IN LINE WITH TITLE NINE
AND FEDERAL LAW AS WELL AS THAT
OF OTHER COMPARABLE
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES.
BUT AGAIN, AMID ALL OF THESE
ALLEGATIONS THEY