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Texas Tech students team up with bars to prevent sexual assault Texas Tech students team up with bars to prevent sexual assault By Brittany Michaleson | May 3, 2021 at 9:57 PM CDT - Updated May 3 at 10:22 PM LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Student Government Association at Texas Tech is teaming up with bars to combat sexual assault for its “Safe Night Out” initiative. “Because of the ties to alcohol and sexual assault, we wanted to go into these spaces and create safer environments in order to change the culture around sexual assault,” Student Body President Emeritus Hunt...

The Texas Tech Student Government Association kicked off its Safe Night Out initiative at 12:30 p.m. on April 26 at Two Docs Brewing Co. by hosting a conversation with staff members regarding sexual assault at bars. The event was live-streamed on the SGA Instagram page (@ttu_sga). Members from SGA, Risk Intervention & Safety Education (RISE) and staff from Two Docs started the commencement by sharing what the staff hopes to learn and explaining the Safe Night Out initiative. Eric Washington, Two Docs manager, said it will be useful for the staff to learn intervention techniques and how to pro...

To help prevent sexual assault from occurring to Texas Tech students, as well as Lubbockites in general, the Student Government Association launched an initiative called the Safe Night Out initiative with hopes to help better assist people against threats of an assault. The goal of the Safe Night Out initiative, previously known as the Safe Bar initiative, is to train bouncers and barkeeps to become more aware and proactive towards signs of sexual assaults in popular bars around Lubbock. Ryleigh Carson, SGA’s Chief of Staff and a member of the initiative, said this training is more aimed...

On Feb. 11, the Texas Tech Student Government Association held Legislation for meeting eight.  To start the meeting, Student Body President Hunter Heck discussed updates from what the executive branch has been working on this semester. There will be events on campus throughout Black History Month and this month also includes the first wellness day, which occurs on Feb.26. Additionally, SGA will be hosting a wellness week for students the week of Feb. 22-26. There will be giveaways, food discounts at certain restaurants, student musicians on campus and Instagram Live events throughout the w...