Iowa State Daily: Sexual Assault is OUR Problem

[cyberswede]

Wow - quite the front page.

http://www.iowastatedaily.com/opinion/editorials/article_6cd73e9e-d7f8-11e4-a171-5bfb4697fe63.html

[niyad]

1. k and r

Sexual assault is wrong. So why don’t college students seem to get it? Why is there a culture of sexual assault that surrounds many of our nation’s college campuses?

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and it is a perfect time to not only reflect on the problems our campus and many others have faced, but also look toward the future, rededicate ourselves and create attainable goals for improving the safety and correcting the culture of our campuses. This editorial board is taking the opportunity on the first day of this month to plead for continued awareness of and action against sexual assaults from our fellow students and administrators both at Iowa State University and all other universities across the country.

There is not one clear solution to this culture of sexual assault on college campuses. If there was, wouldn’t the countless activists, politicians and school administrators who are so passionate about the issue already have solved it? But any time awareness, education or activism is improved or becomes more frequent — or even if a simple conversation is started about th

[rurallib]

2. sadly, some will claim that arming everyone to the teeth is

the answer to this problem. Heck, it is the answer to every problem.