The issue of sexual assault on college campuses is in the spotlight. Brown University is under fire for allowing a student who allegedly raped and strangled a classmate to return to campus after what amounted to a one-semester suspension. The victim, Lena Sclove, said her assailant was found responsible for sexual misconduct by a university panel, but will still be allowed back in the fall. Surrounded by supporters, Sclove described her injuries.

Lena Sclove: “It turned out I had a cervical spine injury in my neck from being strangled. It’s very common for trauma injuries like this to take several months to surface. I could not walk for about two months, from January and February. I was bedridden and was forced to take a medical leave. So I lost my one semester of freedom, and now my next opportunity to come back as a student, to matriculate here at Brown, is the same semester that the rapist is allowed to come back and matriculate here at Brown. … I feel like I should have been thanked by the administration for keeping this campus safe. Instead, they kept him safe.”

Brown is not the only Ivy League school facing scrutiny for its handling of sexual assault. Students at Columbia and Harvard universities have filed complaints accusing their schools of violating federal law by failing to adequately protect survivors and punish perpetrators. Last month, a Harvard student published an open letter titled, “Dear Harvard: You Win,” detailing her unsuccessful battle to have her accused assailant moved out of her residential house.