Word: assaulted
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...often identified with this extremist wing of the NRA, and therefore many Americans view him as a reactionary who wants unlimited access to weapons for all individuals. In reality, Bush supports an expansion of the instant check system which is tied in to the Brady Bill, a juvenile assault weapons ban, child safety locks for all handguns and a ban on importation of high-capacity ammunition clips. While some people inexplicably believe that Bush's plans have not accounted for children's safety (especially in light of the recent school shootings), they should note that he supports Project Childsafe...
...Some victims of date rape, however, still opt to persecute their sexual offenders through the Ad Board. Granted, there are reasons that justify such a decision: First, the Ad Board is a surefire way to keep any information about the sexual assault from the newspapers and the public eye. The Ad Board mystique, by far its most frustrating and enigmatic aspect, ensures an anonymity to all parties involved in a sexual assault. Addressing the rape through the Ad Board is also a means of keeping a tender, sensitive issue within the Harvard-extended family. Recognizing the positive results that arise...
...Harvard community is left to guess at how many other sexual assaults have taken place within the Houses and Yard dormitories that will never be named or investigated, and will forever remain an unspoken unjustified wrong. These other rapes did not have to be violent, dramatic, or to have taken place under unfamiliar, uncomfortable circumstances. They merely had to have been an involuntary penetration of any orifice, by a person the victim knew beforehand. Date rape, in fact, a phenomena only first most common type of sexual assault. A court of law, however, makes no distinction between rape and date...
...reporting of them does not. Many victims respond with denial, self-hate, utter shock and chagrin or, most destructive, self-blame. Their last instinct is to phone the authorities and seek immediate justice and reconciliation. As such, the College and HUPD understandably feel relieved when victims of sexual assault come forward and bravely report their experience. This is, after all, the only mode through which such criminal transgressions can be pursued, accounted for, analyzed and hopefully prevented...
...entire day grappling with the overcrowded Houses and then shut down his computer and rush off to a 4 p.m. meeting at Hilles where he promptly votes to dismiss a rapist from school. HUPD is in a position to devote as much attention and care to a sexual assault investigation as necessary for the uninterrupted, undisturbed benefit of the victim...