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Debate Tainted

OH-Fest Rapper

Given 2010 Gang-Rape Allegations,

Ought Sean Kingston Be Disinvited?

At a SUNY Oneonta student gathering this evening to air concerns about gang-rape allegations surrounding OH-Fest headline Sean Kingston, sophomore Sophia Monsalve declares: "This isn't about the money. This is about dealing with this issue that is making a lot of people uncomfortable." (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)

By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

Zach Peterson, a member of the  Student Association's Activities Council, which selected Kingston, says he and other organizers are receiving personal attacks, some being accused on social media of being "pro-rape."

ONEONTA – After learning last week that the OH-Fest headliner, rapper Sean Kingston, and his bodyguard were accused of gang rape in 2010, SUNY Oneonta students and staff – some said they were sexual assault survivors – met this evening in the college’s Center for Multicultural Experiences to discuss whether to push for canceling Kingston’s performance.

Leaders of the college’s Know Violence Committee – its stated goal it to educate the campus on “issues of sexual assault and relationship violence” – organized the “Open Community Dialogue” meeting after word of the allegations against Kingston spread.

About 60 people attended, many of them voicing opposition to allowing Kingston to perform and anger at “the lack of response” from SUNY Oneonta administrators, who have not yet issued a statement about the controversy.

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