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For Bethel students, employees, community members, and all others subject to this policy located in California, the following definitions based on California Statutes are substituted for the Minnesota Statutes referenced in the policy. California contact information is also included.
Definitions
Consent
Consent means positive cooperation in act or attitude pursuant to an exercise of free will. The person must act freely and voluntarily and have clear knowledge of the nature of the act or transaction involved. A person must be of legal age to give consent. A person who is incapacitated cannot give consent. A current or previous dating or marital relationship shall not be sufficient to constitute consent. Consent to a prior sexual act does not imply ongoing future consent. Consent to engage in sexual activity with one person does not imply consent to engage in sexual activity with another. Silence, absence of resistance, or the failure to give a negative response does not imply consent. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.The use of coercion, threat, or force takes away a person’s ability to give consent. Sexual coercion is the act of using pressure, alcohol, medications, drugs or force to have sexual contact against an another person’s will or with another person who already refused. Force is the use of physical violence to gain sexual access, including threats, intimidation, and actual physical imposition. See Cal. Code Section 261.6.
Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is felony or misdemeanor violence of abuse perpetrated against a spouse or former spouse, cohabitant or former cohabitant, person with whom the respondent is having or has had a dating or engagement relationship, a person with whom the respondent has had a child, a child of a party or a child who is the subject of an action under the Uniform Parentage Act, or any other person related by consanguinity or affinity within the second degree. See Cal. Fam. Code Section 6211; Cal. Code Section 273.5.
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Stalking means any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or willfully and maliciously harasses another person and who makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear for his or her safety. Stalking behavior includes, but is not limited to a person who (1) makes repeated, unwanted, intrusive, and frightening communications by phone, mail, or email; (2) repeatedly leaves or sends the victim unwanted items, presents, or flowers; or (3) follows or waits for the victim at places. See Cal. Code Section 646.9. This should generally be examined under a reasonable person standard in which a reasonable person under similar circumstances and with similar identities to the person affected suffers mental suffering or anguish that may, but does not necessarily, require medical or other professional treatment or counseling.
Contact Information
24-Hour Emergency
911 (dial 9 first if using on-campus phone)
24-Hour Emergency On-Campus
Office of Security and Safety
651.638.6400
Office location HC103
Cara Wald, Director of Human Resources and Title IX Coordinator/Compliance Officer
c-wald@bethel.edu
Office: 651.635.8657
Cell: 612.709.4783
Office location: RC311
Deb Sullivan-Trainor, VP/Dean of CAS
d-sullivan@bethel.edu
Office: 651.638.6367
Office location: Townhouse I206
Dick Crombie, VP/Dean of CAPS/GS
r-crombie@bethel.edu
Office: 651.635.8041
Office location: BOC248
David Clark, VP/Dean of Bethel Seminary
d-clark@bethel.edu
Office: 651.638.6659
Office location: SEM A104
William Washington, VP for Student Life
w-washington@bethel.edu
Office: 651.638.6554
Office location: BC260
Bethel Counseling Services
651.635.8540
Campus Ministries
651.638.6372
San Diego County
Sexual Assault Response Team (SART)
Center for Community Solutions (CCS) Rape Crisis Hotline: 888.385.4657
Women's Resource Center (WRC): 760.757.3500
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