<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0I1GT5_0zgIcd2x00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0I1GT5_0zgIcd2x00" width="1200" height="600" >HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - More than two dozen students held a protest on the University of Southern Mississippi’s campus on Thursday.According to the student organizer Kaitlyn Gooch, the protest is to urge the university to implement a zero tolerance policy for students who have been found responsible by the Title IX office that investigates claims of discrimination and sexual harassment.“Basically [we want to] enforce a zero tolerance policy amendment through Title IX, which would prevent perpetrators who have been found responsible by Title IX for sex crimes from being able to continue to go to this school,” said Gooch. “It’s something we feel passionate about because a lot of us consider this campus a second home. We want to be able to feel safe and secure.”WDAM 7 spoke with a Southern Miss Communications representative at the protest.WDAM 7 was told USM representatives can’t talk about the Title IX issue.Want more WDAM 7 news in your inbox? Click here to subscribe to our newsletter.</div></body>

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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - More than two dozen students held a protest on the University of Southern Mississippi’s campus on Thursday. According to the student organizer Kaitlyn Gooch, the protest is to urge the university to implement a zero tolerance policy for students who have been found responsible by the Title IX office that investigates claims of discrimination and sexual harassment.

USM students protest for a zero-tolerance policy

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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - More than two dozen students held a protest on the University of Southern Mississippi’s campus on Thursday. According to the st

USM students protest for a zero-tolerance policy

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