Eliana P. Kaimowitz '01 also said that students are sometimes hesitant to approach busy tutors, and advisors whose duties include discipline.
Lisa C. Lightbody '03 asked Rudenstine and Illingworth to address sexual assault issues, saying she felt that Harvard lacks adequate mandatory preparation on the subject.
Illingworth prefaced his response by apologizing for the absence at last night's rape/sexual assault discussion of Assistant Dean Karen E. Avery '87, who deals with sexual assault issues.
"It was not her fault," Illingworth said. "She was invited very late."
Illingworth said the College deals very well with students who report assault. The problem, he added, is with those who do not.
He said he would back to his colleagues take Lightbody's suggestion--and those of others, including a proposal to incorporate education into the prefect program.
When David B. Orr '01 proposed an "impartial student advocate," Rudenstine noted that a similar position existed at his previous university, Princeton, and called it "a good idea."
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