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SEXUAL ASSAULT
VOLUME 93 I ISSUE 34
First-person feature: parents of
a rape survivor tell their story
before returning to campus to drop off some friends and
decide where the night should take them. The girls decided to
head out to an off-campus SAE party they had heard about.
When they arrived at the party at 12:10 a.m., fewer than 50
people were there. They decided to make it a brief visit.
She felt safe. After all, she knew a lot of the people, and it
seemed like everyone there was an LMU student. There was
a sign on the garage announcing that the house was equipped
with security cameras. Thirty minutes later, when she got up
to use the restroom, the first one she found was locked. Testing
another door, she walked into a dimly lit room, only to find
out it was a garage, and that a much larger man had followed
her in. He was white, in his early 20s, with brown shoulder-
length hair. He was wearing a white top hat, white shirt and
dark pants. She did not know this person, and he would not let
her turn around. She noticed four other people in the garage,
two guys and two girls, who quickly dispersed, walking out
and leaving her alone with the stranger. She tried to leave. He
wouldn ’t let her. In feet, he physically forced her to stay. That’s
when she was raped.
See Parents' story | Page 2
About this issue:
Please be aware that this issue contains descriptions of sexual assault that some may find disturbing or triggering.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. In light of that, we have dedicated a five-page special section to explore the topic,
as well as stories relating to the issue in the context of Sports, Life+Arts and Opinion. Sexual assault and rape on college
campuses is a big problem across the country, and the Loyolan believes it deserves the amount of coverage we have
included, and more.
We have taken care to approach this topic from a diversity of perspectives. These pages contain the voices of a sexual
assault survivor, the parents of another survivor and a perpetrator of sexual assault. This breadth of voices serves to shed
light on this issue from multiple angles.
Multiple sources for today's issue, you will notice, have been kept anonymous. Loyolan policy states that anonymity will
only be granted in special circumstances, including when divulging the source's identity would put him or her in "a perilous
situation.'This policy is written in accord with the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics, which encourages us to
“show compassion for those who may be affected by news coverage."
The Loyolan believes these accounts to be reliable based on public records, personal interviews, supporting evidence and
sources with knowledge of the situations who were not authorized to discuss them publicly. We commend those who have
come forward with their experiences for their courage. We urge you to read the following pages as part of the ongoing
dialogue required to effectively address this problem, both at LMU and across the country.
Graphics: Shelby Albrecht | Loyolan
The parents of an LMU student who
survived a rape last semester tell her story
with the hope that the case will be solved.
Parents of an LMU Student
Guest Columnists
@laloyolan
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story was written by the
parents of the survivor of the alleged rape in the early morning
hours of Nov. 1, 2014 on the 8700 block of Yorktown Avenue.
The case is still unsolved. The parents asked the Loyolan to
share their daughter’s story in the hopes that by telling it, the
perpetrator will be found. They hope other students will learn
from their daughter’s experience.
On Halloween night of 2014, our daughter dressed up and
went out with her girlfriends, like so many other LMU
students were doing that night. She and her group had
been to a couple of parties throughout the course of the evening
Departments
address sexual
assault policies
One year after the launch of LMU
CARES, campus leaders discuss the
program’s gains and future goals.
Zaneta Pereira
Senior Editor
@zanyzaneta
About a year ago , on April 28, 2014, the Loyolan published
“Campus combats sexual assault" by Zaneta Pereira. The
article below includes sections from that article that have
been reprinted as well as updates on the information that has
changed since last April.
Sexual assault on university campuses is an issue that is not
going away.
Over 100 universities are currently under investigation
for violating federal laws on the handling of sexual violence
reports. Campus sexual assault reports continue to dominate
the headlines , and Rolling Stone magazine ’s mishandling of its
discredited campus rape story has been atopic of conversation
around the country.
Here at LMU, this year has seen an increase in sexual assault
reports on campus, an ongoing investigation into an alleged
rape at an off- campus Halloween party as well as the first
full year of the LMU Campus Awareness Resource Education
Services (CARES) program.
See LMU CARES | Page 2
An update on the alleged sexual Board editorial about Rolling
assault on Yorktown Avenue Stone's mishandling of its
(PG.2) discredited campus rape story
(PG.8)
Sexual assault facts, trends and _ . , . . .
statistics IPG.5) The Hunting Ground shedshght
on the prevalence of sexual
assault on college campuses
Sexual assault from a perpetra¬
tor's perspective (PG.4)
m
d Firsthand account from a sexual
m assault survivor (PG.5)
Athletes’ need to utilize their
position to promote awareness
of sexual assault (PG.24)
