UNCC Musters Up Concern When Rape Case Involves Student-Athlete Kevin Olsen

University officials finally scrambled together Sunday afternoon to release an official statement
on the arrest of UNC Charlottes quarterback, Kevin Olsen, once the story went viral:

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Besides the disgust of yet another rape case for UNCC, the immediate response of university

officials to this case royally pissed off the campus, when just last week a rape occurred in a dorm

between two students without any notification or university statement. The lack of response from

university officials outraged students continually being left in the dark on important news

regarding campus safety.

When a rape happens on-campus, in a dorm, between two students, we dont see the need to

inform the student body, the campus police defended. We only had, like, 12 rapes on campus

in 2015, with all but one occurring on in a residential dorm. Theres no need to be concerned or

notify students.

University officials apparently didnt get the memo, distracted by the thoughts of the fledgling

football team receiving inconvenient news coverage. The statement came out yesterday

afternoon, soon after the arrest of Olsen on charges for second-degree forcible rape,

cyberstalking, assault on a female, and second-degree forced sex.

It was just sexual assault in an existing relationship, the report makes sure to describe. Not as

bad as you thought at first, right?

Students, however, werent so easily satiated.

Yeah, I dont get it, freshman Ian Reynolds lamented. I was placed on a waiting list to get into

UNCC, even though I had a 3.5 GPA in high school and extracurriculars. Olsen had a criminal
record before getting signed and gets to be quarterback with his tuition paid for? F**k me,

right?

We ask though, did the university learn their lesson from the uproar last week when students

werent notified about a rape taking place in a dorm, involving students? Is this why were seeing

a statement released immediately about a athlete case taking place off-campus?

Definitely not, a Title IX investigator said. Student-athletes and the football program are top

priority at our school. In this situation, we have to release a statement to avoid national backlash

this has nothing to do with how we normally handle cases of sexual assault at our university.

The initial coverage of Kevin Olsen, brother of Panthers tight-end and all-around decent human

being, Greg Olsen, coming to UNCCs football team received great feedback. However, Kevin

Olsen seemed to be going downhill earlier than this present arrest, where he only appeared in six

games this past season.

We just dont want a bad name for our football program. I had to look past his incredibly

troubled background for the good of the team, head football coach, Brad Lambert said

sympathetically. Its been difficult enough getting us started and funneling all the universitys

funds directly into a losing team. Olsens been suspended what more can we do or say?

Junior Emily Dunkin was quick to offer a suggestion. Maybe we should, oh, I dont know, not

bring on criminals to our football team? Did you see Olsens record? Why is anyone surprised

this happened? How desperate are we to have a winning team?

If it lessens the concerns of the student body, rest-assured that the Title IX office will likely only

take a minimum 6 months to actually address the case, maybe longer considering the number of

sexual misconduct cases on our campus. You cant rush justice, right?