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It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact number of rapes and sexual assaults at Harvard because the victims often stay silent; but with 32 cases reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) and 50 student victims seeking assistance from the OSAPR last year—the OSAPR’s first—it’s clear that rape and sexual assault permeate even the Harvard bubble...
Doesn’t look like your image of Harvard-Yale? Unfortunately, you’re not alone. Although some students take steps to keep themselves safe, too many don’t—probably because they don’t realize the prevalence of sexual assault and rape on campus...
...study by the National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that 20 to 25 percent of college women will be the victims of rape during their time at college. According to Heather Wilson, Education Specialist at the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (OSAPR), the vast majority of rapes and sexual assaults are linked to alcohol. Sometimes used deliberately to facilitate rape, alcohol also has the unintended consequences of making people more aggressive and less able to recognize and respect signs of resistance...
Since alcohol is involved in the majority of rapes and sexual assaults, it’s not surprising that OSAPR saw an increase in rape and sexual assault reports last year after the alcohol-fueled parties at Harvard-Yale. This year will bring more of the same, unless we—both women and men—make a concerted effort to reduce the risk of sexual assault and rape. Our hope is that by following a few simple guidelines, students will make risk-reduction a Harvard tradition...
...well as serious alcohol dependence. In this report the term dangerous drinking includes a broad range of drinking behaviors from sporadic binge drinking to chronic alcohol dependence. As the committee notes, dangerous drinking can lead not only to alcohol poisoning and death, but also contributes to sexual assault, rape, violence and serious accidents. Surveys conducted at Harvard in the past support this observation—40 percent of students report doing something while drinking that they later regretted...