With colleges and universities starting classes soon this story is not only timely but relevant. It discusses the effects alcohol has on young women as it relates to sexual assault on campus and offers some tips to stay safe in what most people don't realize is not a safe environment-a college campus. Nearly 25% of all women on campus are victims of...

click for more info This is a story about sexual assault specifically on college campuses. It points out that "About three-quarters of reported sexual assaults and rape are alcohol-related. Consumption of alcohol or other drugs is not an excuse for rape; it does not matter if you drank or used drugs or if your attacker did." You can read the rest of...

Here's a newspaper article about a police officer named Cynthia Flores who is speaking to college freshmen about resources available to them to keep them safe on campus. She pointed out that "Sexual assaults are a particular problem for college women. Flores said that one in four women will be sexually assaulted during their college years and that in about 90 percent...

Here's an article from the National Domestic Violence Hotline on 10 things you may not know about sexual assault. Some of them may surprise you. They surprised me!! You can read the whole story HERE. Here's something else you may not know about sexual assault. Almost all of them can be prevented by using some kind of self defense product. Mace Pepper...

The University of Montana has had an unusual number of sexual assaults involving university students. So the Justice Department has decided to do their own investigation. You can read the whole story HERE. The story goes on to say "The Justice Department investigation will look not just at whether the university has adequately addressed the problem of sexual assault, but how local...