University must continue to look for better Assault Education

University must continue to look for better Assault Education

comprehensive assault education to students. This petition follows recent allegations against Penn State’s chapter of the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity of operating a Facebook page where 144 members shared photos of hazing, nude, unconscious women and evidence of drug sales.

The petition calls for Penn State President Eric Barron and university administrators to implement an education program about assault, similar to the alcohol education freshman are required to take. These assault education modules actually do already exist, in an online form, and are unsuccessful in helping to educate students.

Regardless of the fact there are currently modules, it’s clear enough proper education isn’t being fulfilled and so we applaud the alumni petition.

We support more education about assault and harassment and see it as a main factor in combating this issue plaguing college campuses.

The petition calls for more education not only about assault, but focusing in on consent, bystander intervention, survivor support, Title IX and the Clery Act. These specific points are important idea to include in the education, because they’re not always something students are truly informed about.

University must continue to look for better Assault Education

It is impressive and phenomenal alumni are caring about this issue, because often there seems to be a disconnect between what students see as issues and what former Penn Staters are concerned about.

Hopefully this support from alumni bleeds into support as well from the Penn State Board of Trustees.

assault and harassment are clearly importance for Barron with the the task force’s report and his acceptance of the recommendations.

We urge him and the rest of the administration to pay attention to this petition and keep these issues at the forefront.