The application claims that, every year, rapists victimize as many as 700 UC Davis students. That amounts to more than two rapes per day during the school year, a claim that would surprise the police, students, and even federal officials.
Federal law requires universities to report crime statistics.
But their grant claimed 700. Both claims cannot be true and UC Davis provided some entertaining responses. Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef, doubtless scraping the egg off his face and perhaps checking the balance in his retirement account, declined all comment. He surely knows the 700 figure is complete nonsense. Steven Drown, counsel for UC Davis, said the 700 figure was only an estimate, and blamed the discrepancy on victims' reluctance to report crime.