Diverse Sources - Davis

Kaci Floyd, 21, Business Marketing

1.) What is your class standing here at Texas State? - Junior

2.) What Gender do you most identify as? - Female

3.) Have you experienced or witnessed any form of sexual assault? - Yes

4.) Do you feel Sexual Assault is a problem here at Texas State? - Yes

5.) Do you believe Texas State does a well enough job of preventing future sexual assault? - They could do more

6.) What is your full name, major and age? - Kaci Floyd, 21, Business Marketing

7.) How would you define sexual assault? - Someone who is giving any unwanted sexual attention towards others

8.) Have you previously experienced or witnessed sexual assault? If so, please explain - Yes, my friend was at 6th street and some guys continued to follow her when she asked them not to. Then we got away, were in a another bar and he was there trying to grind on her. We just left and called it a night, but we should have reported him
9.) What can you do, personally, to prevent sexual assault? - Just stand my ground and don't let anyone near me who I don't want close to me.

10.) What should Texas State University do to discourage/condemn sexual assault, and how can they better help the victims on campus? - Give a more strict punishment and expel those who are charged with sexual assault. Also you can put together groups of students that have experienced sexual assault and let them know they're not alone and provide a group for them to share their feelings with. 

Connor Swain, 21, Business Management

1.) What is your class standing here at Texas State? - Junior

2.) What Gender do you most identify as? - Male

3.) Have you experienced or witnessed any form of sexual assault? - Yes

4.) Do you feel Sexual Assault is a problem here at Texas State? - No

5.) Do you believe Texas State does a well enough job of preventing future sexual assault? - They can do more

6.) What is your full name, major and age? - Connor Swain, 21, Business Management

7.) How would you define sexual assault? - Anytime you have sex with a woman that is unwanted or not given permission

8.) Have you previously experienced or witnessed sexual assault? If so, please explain - Yes, I was at the Square with my friends, and my buddy's girlfriend was at the bar and got her [ass] slapped. She obviously did not give permission and my buddy hit him with a hard right hand. 

9.) What can you do, personally, to prevent sexual assault?- Me personally, I don't believe that I alone can do that much to prevent it. Other people are gonna do uncontrollable acts, all I can control is myself. 

10.) What should Texas State University do to discourage/condemn sexual assault, and how can they better help the victims on campus? - They can make a sexual assault case a red flag on their application, meaning they need further background check and maybe an review to give explanation and weigh out the cost benefit of accepting this student. 

Emily, 21, Digital Media

1.) What is your class standing here at Texas State? - Senior

2.) What Gender do you most identify as? - Female

3.) Have you experienced or witnessed any form of sexual assault? - Yes

4.) Do you feel Sexual Assault is a problem here at Texas State? - No

5.) Do you believe Texas State does a well enough job of preventing future sexual assault? - Yes

6.) What is your full name, major and age? -Emily Ferris, 21, Digital Media

7.) How would you define sexual assault? - Anytime a girl does not give permission to a guy to touch her. People have different opinion on what's sexual so it's best not to touch without consent

8.) Have you previously experienced or witnessed sexual assault? If so, please explain - Yes,  during spring break of 2013.  My friend and I were on top of our friends shoulders down on the beach, we were in the middle of a crowd and music was playing. Before I knew it, a random guy from the crowd ripped my top off  and then my friends top off and we were sitting there stuck on shoulders, without a top and I couldn't get off because the crowd was too rough

9.) What can you do, personally, to prevent sexual assault? - Take mace with you, or something that allows you to stand up to a man.

10.) What should Texas State University do to discourage/condemn sexual assault, and how can they better help the victims on campus? - I feel like Texas State has done a great job with making me feel safe. I see officers on campus riding around in golf carts and never have I once felt threatened while on campus.

Wesley Higgins, 22, Journalism

1.) What is your class standing here at Texas State? - Senior

2.) What Gender do you most identify as? - Male

3.) Have you experienced or witnessed any form of sexual assault? - No

4.) Do you feel Sexual Assault is a problem here at Texas State? - No

5.) Do you believe Texas State does a well enough job of preventing future sexual assault? - They could do more

6.) What is your full name, major and age? - Wesley Higgins, 22, Journalism

7.) How would you define sexual assault? - Having sex with a woman without gaining her permission/consent.

8.) Have you previously experienced or witnessed sexual assault? If so, please explain - There was this one time when I went to Vegas and I saw a random guy grab a showgirls butt, but its Vegas so I don't know if that constitutes sexual assault. 

9.) What can you do, personally, to prevent sexual assault? - If I see it happening, I can step in and stop the assaulter. 

10.) What should Texas State University do to discourage/condemn sexual assault, and how can they better help the victims on campus? - They can make students who have a sexual assault record report to a database, kind of like how there's a database for child sex offenders. That way other students can get on it and look at the people and be aware and feel safer by spotting sexual assaulters.