The topic of sexual assault is a paramount issue on college campuses nationwide. This question interests me because I find it relevant to my life as a female college student. The subject not only affects me but my female peers as well. Although I have never been assaulted my self, the subject hits close to home as both my mother and grandmother have been victims. As a result I have been taught how to avoid placing myself in many situations that may result in vulnerability.  I don't feel that anyone should be forced to be cognizant of the possibility of sexual assault at all times. All individuals with a passion to change these statistics of violence against women on college campuses should voice their concern and advocate for victims. 

One of my sources is an article written in Times Magazine that goes on to explain campus administrators and police have to come together to end campus sexual assault. However, many of these attacks on students go unreported. Victims of sexual assault most often do not come forward because of four reasons; They don't want anyone to know, they don't understand what constitutes rape, they are afraid the police wont believe them, and they don't know how much control they'll have after they report it. Times magazine is a credible source as it is one of the leading news magazines in the country. It has a readership of about 25 million World wide. Covers a variety of news from politics, health, science, entertainment. As for the editor Eliza Grey, a staff writer for time magazine who went to Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

In the Article "Standford Provost to Students" Elena Kadvany utilizes specific statistics and personal opinion of students on campus to prove College and University's are sweeping sexual assault cases under the rug by not acknowledging the severity of these attacks. Evidence of this start with a press release with misleading low numbers of sexual assault of women and men attending Stanford university. Students feel campus administrators do not stress the issue of sexual assault and are labeling unwanted sexual acts as sexual misconduct when they are actual criminal acts. The Palo alto weekly is a weekly community newspaper in Palo Alto, California. The writers of Paloaltononline are comprised of bloggers of all different age groups and backgrounds. The author of this article Elena Kadvany, is an education reporter at Palo Alto weekly and attended University of Southern California.

 I used an article from CNN as one of my sources, making a claim that sexual assault on college campuses is a prevailing issue. It has been found that administrators and counselors overlook cases of sexual assault to save face for their University. Victims are not getting the proper treatment and respect they deserve, therefore many female students are reluctant to report incidents. This is illustrated in the article by the production of statistics taken at a variety of prominent Universities, statements provided by support organizations, advocacy groups, and government issued laws. Obtaining justice is rare when attempting to prosecute these predators because of the lack of evidence and witnesses willing to come forward. A lot of reputable universities and Ivy league schools discourage victims from filing reports in order to save the school's reputation. Although, many advocacy groups and organizations do their best to inform the public and promote social awareness. Additional measures within major university policy's need to be taken. Kelly Wallace is CNN's digital correspondent and editor-at-large covering family, career, and life. CNN hires credible editors because they pride themselves on being a news source that searches for the truth. 

This research question is arguable because everyone does not feel like victims are discouraged from speaking out. Among my sources I found that some people believe that many victims are at fault in these situations by drawing attention to what they were wearing, who they were with or where they were at when it occurred.  Others find that the victim should never be blamed for acts of sexual assault against them. I find this to be completely true because no matter what anybody is wearing or doing I think everyone deserves respect. When you infringe on the basic rights of others, you are no longer respecting them. I do not believe administrators and campus police are doing enough to stop sexual assault and keep students safe on campus. I would revise my research question to say, Do victims of sexual assault have the resources they need available to them and are they aware of these resource?
