One in four college women have either survived rape or attempted rape‚ according to OneinFourUSA.org. How many more girls should go through this trauma before something is done? College is supposed to be a safe place to learn and grow. It shouldn’t be a place where women live in constant fear of being assaulted. College campuses should provide a course in bystander intervention and support groups to help lower the rates of sexual assault on campus. There are many college campuses that are quite large
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b. Eliminates the presence of peer pressure to try and fit in III. Preview of Main Points: 1. Effects of Secondhand Smoke. 2. Relevance of Peer Pressure. 3. College Campuses are already going smoke free. IV. Transition: There are several reasons why college campuses should go to being smoke free and the first one is. 1. Cleaner air for students allows students to be limited to the effects of secondhand smoke. “The American Cancer Society says that secondhand smoke has
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Rape is a problem on college campuses. Not just the public colleges even the elite of the elite. Colleges are getting a ton of criticism from the media and people around the country. Colleges are all taking different approaches to the problem‚ some choose to try to ignore it while others are taking steps to fix it. The University of Montana in Missoula is unfortunately nicknamed the “Rape Capital of America” by the press. However‚ if you dig deeper it is actually below the average number of sexual
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hot topic over the last several years. Violence on college campuses has been around as long as colleges have‚ but it took the massacre at Virginia Tech to open people’s eyes to try to fix the problem. Violence may never be eliminated on campuses‚ but believing that it can be reduced by allowing teachers and students to carry concealed weapons is not the answer. There is a chance that allowing them to carry concealed weapons on college campuses will increase the violence. It would make it a lot
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attending college every day and walking through clouds of smoke to get from class to class really begins to put my health into perspective. Should a public place such as a college campus receive more rights than a facility such as a restaurant‚ department or grocery store? With an individuals health rights‚ the cleanliness around campus‚ and overall irritation of some of the students at risk‚ I believe college campus’ should become America’s new target against smoking and become smoke free. When something
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carried on campus. This entire predicament could have been averted had Collins been allowed to carry her gun onto campus to defend herself when the need arose. So what needs to change in order to prevent crimes like this on other college campuses? I believe that college campuses would be safer and better prepared to prevent crimes by allowing students‚ faculty and administration to carry concealed weapons. By allowing concealed weapons onto campus‚ it will provide a way for students to defend themselves
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The stance on the prevention of firearms on college campuses is being questioned due to recent school shootings. Colleges in Arkansas‚ Colorado‚ Kansas‚ Mississippi‚ Oregon‚ Utah‚ Texas‚ and Wisconsin allow students to carry firearms on their campuses. Ninety-three percent of crimes that involve college students as victims happen off campus (armedcampuses.org)(citation). However‚ these off-campus incidences may occur while the students are walking back to wherever they live. If they aren’t allowed
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debate concerning the laws of concealed carry on college campuses has been going strong since the Virginia Tech tragedy on April 16‚ 2007. Concealed carry should be allowed on college campuses. On one side‚ people oppose the right of concealed carry on campus stating reasons such as this one presented by Concealed Campus‚ “It’s unlikely that allowing concealed carry on college campuses could help prevent a Virginia Tech-style massacre because most college students are too young to obtain a concealed
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norm on college campuses across the United States; so much so that college women are 3x more likely to be a victim of a sex crime Rainn (2017). It does not have to be this way‚ their are clear ways sexual assault in a college setting can be prevented. Unfortunately‚ colleges and universities are not taking the right steps in developing programs and safe spaces for sexual assault victims and prevention. Sexual assault prevention on college campuses is especially important for incoming college freshmen
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assault is a prominent issue on college campuses all over the country and it affects everyone that is involved. The government is putting a lot of pressure on college administrations to help prevent the chance that one of their students may be drugged and/or sexually assaulted. People are afraid that colleges and administrators are not doing their best to prevent sexual assault on students nor are they fully providing the support to the victims. As a girl in college‚ I know that sexual assault is
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