How can anyone help others stay safe, without sounding like any incident would be their fault because you have warned them? All college campuses have a responsibility to protect their students. The White House released a report that one in five college students have had some type of sexual assault happen to them during their time spent at college. The American Civil Liberties Union reported that “95% of the US campus rapes go unreported.” (Ito 2010) It is important for all campuses to address all students on how to be aware and not be a target. The campus also has a responsibility to encourage all students to step in when they believe someone is in trouble and as well as understanding what giving consent means. A person safety begins with them and students still need to be reminded of this, even though it is difficult to talk with students and they feel they are being offended.
The University of NC at
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As an employee of the organization, I would like to give some suggestions to add to the policy for sexual assault at the University of NC at Pembroke.
• The policy of the University is that assisting someone is need of help is encouraged not expected. It should be expected of all students to take action when they see another fellow student in need of help. This will have to be made clear with the orientation of the campus rules and regulations as well as enforced.
• The policy of the University expresses that sexual assault may be reported to the local authorities, not that it must be reported. It is important to report such assault to the local authorities, the students are not locked down to the campus only; they leave campus. These assaults need to be addressed in the local communities to protect the citizens from encountering the same types of assaults or worse criminal