Student Judicial Services found last year's Student Association President Lamar Thorpe guilty of disorderly conduct for "lewd and indecent behavior," and not guilty of sexual harassment and alcohol charges, according to SJS documents given to The Hatchet.
Thorpe declined to comment on the outcome of his case. In an interview last month, he said he has not "had any judicial proceedings going on" and called accounts to the contrary "great stories" generated by his enemies.
A female sophomore accused Thorpe and then-Vice President of Student Activities Richard Fowler of forcing her to perform oral sex and drink excessively in September 2006, a University Police Department Incident Report states. The report, which was filed on April 22, classifies the alleged offense as first-degree sexual abuse. Both Thorpe and Fowler have repeatedly said they are unaware of the alleged incident and of a case before SJS.
Thorpe, who is a Presidential Administrative Fellow starting a master's program this fall, lost an appeal to overturn the disorderly conduct charge, according to SJS records. A sanction letter states that his punishment is one year of disciplinary probation until May 2008.
Senior Vice President for Student and Academic Support Services Robert Chernak, whose department oversees the fellowship program, said that a student being on disciplinary probation is "not in conflict with being a PAF."
As a fellow, Thorpe will attend graduate school for women's studies for free, get a stipend for living expenses and be paid to work in a high-level University office.
When asked if there were any qualms about Thorpe serving in a prestigious role given his alleged disciplinary record, Chernak said, "If we had a concern, he wouldn't be in the program. Obviously, we don't have a concern."
Jason Scheinthal, a sophomore who recently transferred to the University of Texas and was Thorpe's senior counsel last spring, confirmed that the former SA president was cleared of the sexual harassment charge but said it is not his place to discuss the outcome of the disorderly conduct violation.
Thorpe declined to comment on the outcome of his case. In an interview last month, he said he has not "had any judicial proceedings going on" and called accounts to the contrary "great stories" generated by his enemies.
A female sophomore accused Thorpe and then-Vice President of Student Activities Richard Fowler of forcing her to perform oral sex and drink excessively in September 2006, a University Police Department Incident Report states. The report, which was filed on April 22, classifies the alleged offense as first-degree sexual abuse. Both Thorpe and Fowler have repeatedly said they are unaware of the alleged incident and of a case before SJS.
Thorpe, who is a Presidential Administrative Fellow starting a master's program this fall, lost an appeal to overturn the disorderly conduct charge, according to SJS records. A sanction letter states that his punishment is one year of disciplinary probation until May 2008.
Senior Vice President for Student and Academic Support Services Robert Chernak, whose department oversees the fellowship program, said that a student being on disciplinary probation is "not in conflict with being a PAF."
As a fellow, Thorpe will attend graduate school for women's studies for free, get a stipend for living expenses and be paid to work in a high-level University office.
When asked if there were any qualms about Thorpe serving in a prestigious role given his alleged disciplinary record, Chernak said, "If we had a concern, he wouldn't be in the program. Obviously, we don't have a concern."
Jason Scheinthal, a sophomore who recently transferred to the University of Texas and was Thorpe's senior counsel last spring, confirmed that the former SA president was cleared of the sexual harassment charge but said it is not his place to discuss the outcome of the disorderly conduct violation.
