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# The Debate: How Should College Campuses Handle Sexual Assault?

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## TIME Staff


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Recent research revealed that one in five women report being assaulted on college campuses. That shocking number has students, parents and politicians questioning the way schools protect students and adjudicate the cases of sexual assault. Read more in this week’s [cover story](http://time.com/100542/the-sexual-assault-crisis-on-american-campuses/) about the sexual assault crisis on American college campuses.

[**VIDEO: My Rapist Is Still on Campus**](http://ti.me/1qATBLx)

[**Step Up. It’s Time**](http://ti.me/1nJjjsu) by Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States

[**Rape Culture Is a Panic Where Paranoia, Censorship, and False Accusations Flourish**](http://ti.me/1oQdEB1) by Christina Hoff Sommers, scholar

[**We Will Not Allow These Crimes to Be Swept Under the Rug Any Longer**](http://ti.me/1oQiz4L)by Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator

[**Society Continues to Misplace Blame on Survivors**](http://ti.me/1lqpPke) by Mariska Hargitay, founder of Joyful Heart Foundation and star of _Law & Order: SVU_

[Sexual Assault Prevention and Bystander Intervention](http://ti.me/1gFjYpQ) by Philip J. Hanlon, President of Dartmouth College

[**The Battle Over Sexual Assault Is the Civil Rights Movement of Our Time**](http://ti.me/1g6uk7p)by Gloria Allred, attorney and activist

[**He Was Turned On by My Distress**](http://ti.me/1goIQHQ)by Emma Sulkowicz, student survivor

[**Some Rules About Consent Are Unfair to Male Students**](http://ti.me/1qDPezg)by Matthew Kaiser, attorney

[**We Need Transparency On the Issue of Fraternity Rape**](http://ti.me/RS6kdf) by Caitlin Flanagan, journalist

[**Violating Student Victims’ Rights Is Expensive** ](http://time.com/99697/campus-sexual-assault-nancy-chi-cantalupo)by Nancy Chi Cantalupo, law professor

[**Overbroad Definitions of Sexual Assault are Deeply Counter-Productive**](http://ti.me/T3MooJ)by Jed Rubenfeld, law professor

[**Consent Must Be Created, Not Given** ](http://ti.me/1nKg1HW)by Jonathan Kalin, student activist

[**Universities and Fraternities Must Tell the Whole Truth**](http://ti.me/1stSvNd) by Douglas E. Fierberg, attorney

[**We Must Look at How We Teach Our Boys What It Means to Be a Man**](http://ti.me/1mW8G8M)by Neil Irvin, executive director of Men Can Stop Rape

[**‘I’m Proud’ to See My Alma Mater Investigated For Mishandling Rape**](http://ti.me/1jvbod6)by Jaclyn Friedman, activist and author

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