Center. Students we talked to say they are shocked by the report and alarmed that the attack happened in the middle of the school day. Classes are in session at the media and Learning Center building, but students here are distracted by a campus wide email detailing a reported Sexual Assault in the womens bathroom. I was horrified obviously. Its scary to think Something Like that could happen. Reporter police say a 19yearold student reported yesterday she was raped in the bathroom between 1 00 and 2 00 in the afternoon by a male student she knows. The victim first told a faculty member about the assault. She was hesitant to report and the faculty member told her it was in the best interest to file a report. Reporter the Sheriffs Department is now investigating. Police say they know who the suspect is, and they dont know believe other students are in danger. We did not activate our Emergency Alert system because we believe this to be an isolated incident. The victim and suspect are fami
What makes America America? An answer available to most of us is our shared dedication to the principles of liberty and equality. We are ‘the land of the free’. Or at least we were until five minutes ago. Our freedom these days seems a little shaky. And in the world of higher education, those simple declarations are especially faint. By the time they arrive as freshmen (or ‘first years’ in today’s man-phobic argot) students are generally well-versed in all the ways we aren’t ‘free’ and most of the reasons why ‘liberty’ and ‘equality’ are doubtful propositions. ‘America’ is increasingly defined for this generation as a place where some really bad things happened and continue to happen.