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Headline: Maryland Works to Combat Sexual Assault on College Campuses

Background Information: Between 20% and 25% of women will experience a completed and/or attempted rape during their college career, yet more than half of raped college women tell no one that they are a victim. This past month Delegate Jon D. Cardin proposed a bill in the Maryland state Senate that aims to help universities get a better picture of just how many sexual assault crimes are occurring on college campuses. The new bill would require all Maryland colleges and universities to hand out anonymous surveys to students asking them if they have ever been sexually assaulted.

T-shirts hanging at Prince George's hospital as part of UMD's sexual assault 

awareness program the Clothes Line Project. Source: The Diamondback

Subheads:

1. University sexual assault reporting and prevention programs aren’t accomplishing what they should

2. A more universal requirement that creates clearer numbers on sexual assault crimes will help campuses better tackle the issue

Focused questions for Stephanie Rivero, Assistant Coordinator of CARE program at UMD:

1. Why do you think campus sexual assault reporting and prevention methods have not worked as well as they should?

2. How do you think this new bill will change the way sexual assault is dealt with on campus and what kind of impact do you think it will make?