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Alex Knepper, American University

March 2010
American University (Private college or university)
Washington, D.C., United States

Identity of Speakers

  • Alex Knepper
    Student
    Other

    Alex Knepper was a student at American University.

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Additional Information

  • Incident Nature:
    Other
  • Incident Political Orientation:
    Neither
  • Incident Responses:
    Rally or Protests
  • Incident Status:
    No litigation
  • Did not involve Speech Codes

Summary

Alex Knepper was a student at American University. In March 2010, Knepper penned an opinion piece in the university’s student newspaper entitled “Dealing With AU’s Anti-Sex Brigade.” In it, he wrote that “any woman who heads to an EI [fraternity] party as an anonymous onlooker, drinks five cups of the jungle juice, and walks back to a boy’s room with him is indicating that she wants sex, OK?” The column sparked a massive backlash and garnered nearly 300 online comments on the newspaper’s website. The newspaper then apologized.