A Rape On Campus A Brutal Assault And Struggle For Justice

Savannah Schulte Psychology 1010 Professor Slatcher 4 December 2014 Extra Credit Research Paper Recently while reading Rolling Stone and looking for an article for this paper, and came across an article called â€Å"A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA.† In summary, a freshman at the University of Virginia was at a frat party and her date was a member of that certain frat. She chose against drinking which is uncommon in most rape cases that occur on campuses. He later asks her to join him upstairs, and being an innocent naà ¯ve girl she decided to follow him. As soon as she entered the dark room and he did not turn on the lights she knew that something was wrong. Soon after she heard many different voices in the room and after seven different frat boys did horrid things to her she understood that this was something that some of these boys were doing this as an initiation into that frat. Of course, her friends who were so-called ‘loyal’ to their college urged her to keep quiet for fear that â€Å"she may never be allowed in a f rat again† or â€Å"put a bad light on the university.† Furthermore, the UVA is under a federal investigation to try to determine if there have been other cases of rape that may have been ‘swept under the rug.’ In this essay I want to investigate the psychology of rape and the rapist, why it happens largely in college campuses and specifically fraternities, and also to understand the â€Å"rape culture.† First, theShow MoreRelatedInformation Technology Does More Goods Than Harms5156 Words   |  21 Pagesdominant in the midst of social disorder. Some even serve as socialization groups that initiate men and women into adulthood as in Poro and Mende societies in Sierra Leone and the Oviaosese in Ogori land.      Origin of Campus Cults    What is known as secret cult in tertiary institutions started at University College, Ibadan in 1953. it was formed by nigeria’s only nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Aig-Imoukhuede, Pius Oleghe, Ralph Opara, Nat Oyelola and Prof. MuyiwaRead MoreLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 Pagestold the police that Mayfield ran up his apartments steps sometime around 2 a.m. that night. What else do we know that can be considered as evidence against Mayfield? Let’s see. Mayfield has no record of robbery, but he was convicted of minor assault against a neighbor six years ago. Well, thats about it. Does that make the case for the prosecution? 16 Dr. White: Yes, hes guilty; theres no other explanation for the evidence. I say we vote right now. Jones: Hold it, Doc. There is another