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The Iowa Board of Regents held a special meeting Friday at which members criticized Sally Mason, president of the University of Iowa, for a recent comment she made about sexual assault, The Gazette reported. In an interview with The Daily Iowan, the student newspaper, Mason said that completely eliminating sexual assaults is “probably not a realistic goal, just given human nature." The comment angered many at Iowa, which is among the universities being criticized for not doing enough about sexual assault, and Mason has apologized for her comment. Regent President Pro-tem Katie Mulholland said at the meeting Friday that Mason's comment had been “inappropriate," and that board members remain "very concerned" that women on campus were hurt by the comment and don't feel enough is being done. Mulholland said that Mason needed to do a better job of communicating on the issue.
