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| University of Warwick suspends 11 students over rape jokes | University of Warwick suspends 11 students over rape jokes |
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| Eleven students have been suspended from the University of Warwick after rape jokes made in a group chat emerged. | Eleven students have been suspended from the University of Warwick after rape jokes made in a group chat emerged. |
| Student online papers The Boar and The Tab obtained screenshots from a group message, with one talking about raping "100 girls". | |
| The Boar says 98 screenshots have been submitted as evidence. | The Boar says 98 screenshots have been submitted as evidence. |
| The university said it is "actively" investigating and would not comment further. | The university said it is "actively" investigating and would not comment further. |
| The students that have been suspended are all men and are facing "disciplinary processes". | The students that have been suspended are all men and are facing "disciplinary processes". |
| One message said: "Sometimes it's fun to just go wild and rape 100 girls." | One message said: "Sometimes it's fun to just go wild and rape 100 girls." |
| While another said: "Rape the whole flat to teach them all [a] lesson." | While another said: "Rape the whole flat to teach them all [a] lesson." |
| Further racist remarks included "love Hitler, hate... Jews and Corbyn." | Further racist remarks included "love Hitler, hate... Jews and Corbyn." |
| The messages came to light after three formal complaints were made to the university. | The messages came to light after three formal complaints were made to the university. |
| At one point, a user wrote: "Rape her in the street while everybody watches," with another responding it "wouldn't even be unfair". | At one point, a user wrote: "Rape her in the street while everybody watches," with another responding it "wouldn't even be unfair". |
| Warwick Editor of The Tab Rohini Jaswal, 18, said her "tummy turned" when she read the messages. | Warwick Editor of The Tab Rohini Jaswal, 18, said her "tummy turned" when she read the messages. |
| "We were confronted with pages of vile language. There's no sense of what's appropriate." | "We were confronted with pages of vile language. There's no sense of what's appropriate." |
| The first year history and politics student said the initial reaction from the university "wasn't intense enough". | The first year history and politics student said the initial reaction from the university "wasn't intense enough". |
| Miss Jaswal said the complainant went to student newspapers to share the messages because the university was being "lenient". | |
| A spokeswoman for the university's student union [SU] said it "condemns the content" of the messages and hopes to see a conclusion "as swiftly as possible." | |
| "The SU has been supporting the victims and will continue to do so," she added. | "The SU has been supporting the victims and will continue to do so," she added. |
| The Boar tweeted advice to students and the university's student's union is holding a sexual violence awareness event after the messages came to light. | The Boar tweeted advice to students and the university's student's union is holding a sexual violence awareness event after the messages came to light. |
| West Midlands Police said it is "investigating to see if any police action needs to be taken." | |
| A University of Warwick spokesman said: "A possible student disciplinary incident is currently being actively investigated. | A University of Warwick spokesman said: "A possible student disciplinary incident is currently being actively investigated. |
| "We cannot comment further on this matter until those investigations, and any subsequent disciplinary processes, are concluded." | "We cannot comment further on this matter until those investigations, and any subsequent disciplinary processes, are concluded." |
| A member of the elite Russell Group, the university is ranked 11th in the UK, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018. | A member of the elite Russell Group, the university is ranked 11th in the UK, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018. |