The Teaching Resource Center and the Sexual Assault Resource Agency are other resources. Teaching assistants, you are not excluded from this. Many classes are taught by TA's and you need to be aware of your students' concerns. I would like every instructor and student reading this article to realize the potential you have for improving someone's life. It's a power we don't readily acknowledge, but it's there.
People can see right through empty words.
Remember, I could be your student, lover, colleague, roommate, friend, or enemy. I could be of any race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, class, physical ability, civilian or military. If you need information, call the Sexual Assault Education Coordinator at 982-2774. This article was written by a third year student who was a victim of sexual abuse. Statistics tell us that one in every four girls and one in every ten boys is a victim of sexual abuse.