Rape cases roil University of Memphis campus with protests, town hall meeting planned [View all]

University of Memphis students held a protest on campus for a second day on Thursday over reports of an alleged off-campus rape of a female student. Next week, school leaders plan to give all students a chance to address sexual assault during an "open conversation" event.

In an email Thursday, the school announced that U of M president David Rudd and other school leaders are hosting a two-hour event from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Oct. 18 that will address rape on college campuses and sexual harassment.

The focus of the event will be "ridding our campus of this abhorrent behavior, prevention, and how we can improve our response during active investigations," according to an email about the event.

The university is holding the town hall meeting after a student said that she was raped twice in 20 days earlier this year in separate off-campus incidents.

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