#7- Campus News- "5 rapes reported on SLU campus in 8 weeks"

  Since August 9th there have been five separate reports of rape concurring on the Saint Luis University. Four of the occurrences happened in university housing and one happened near Herman Stadium. A quote from a student interviewed said "It's really sad that it's that many in such a short amount of time,".

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  By decision of the victims none of the rapes are being investigated by the St. Louis police. Instead the incidents are being handled by the Title IX office. Coordinator Anna Kratky had an interesting view on the situation, "I would be very worried if our numbers were zero, right, because we know these things are happening. And if they are happening, we need to know about it so we can help our students"

Anna Kratky, Title IX Coordinator 

  It is interesting to note that Washington University and UMLS have had zero reports of rape. Also a university twice the size of St. Louis University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, has the same number. Kratky feels like there aren't more incidents at SLU but that students are more comfortable reporting them. "When you say the number five what that means to me is that students here at SLU know how to report, they know where my office is and who I am, and they know how to get the support and resources that they may need after something like this happens,”.

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Based on statistics showing that an estimated 20-25% of female students will encounter some sort of sexual assault on campus then Kratky's stance makes perfect sense. Sadly preventing these crimes completely is nearly impossible but at least on campuses like SLU victims will have a safe place to turn to so they can get the help they need.

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