Absolutely. Any other Corps that had these incidents with rape ( either gender too ), sexual harrassment, sex with underage minors, etc needs to have this completely aired out, and if these people are still involved in DCI, they need to be shown the door too. This goes without saying. DCI should not be immune either from having a 3rd party investigation on what policies and procedures they had in place to prevent these things from occuring. Above all else, its the safety of everyone first and foremost that transends any musical. dance, percussion instructiion. I think we can all agree on this.
There should be some type of reporting mechanism to which the corps are accountable. Yet, that being said, putting the accountability components into the hands of DCI is the same as top-down government control. It simply will not be efficient. Especially when each corps in as independent entity. Consequences of violations can certainly come from DCI. But, given that DCI does not know how to run their organization efficiently, I don't have confidence in their ability to manage complicated accountability procedures.
The Cadets and GH history of sexual abuse (news article)
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There should be some type of reporting mechanism to which the corps are accountable. Yet, that being said, putting the accountability components into the hands of DCI is the same as top-down government control. It simply will not be efficient. Especially when each corps in as independent entity. Consequences of violations can certainly come from DCI. But, given that DCI does not know how to run their organization efficiently, I don't have confidence in their ability to manage complicated accountability procedures.