VOLUME 104, ISSUE NO. 8 | STUDENT-RUN SINCE 1916 | RICETHRESHER.ORG | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2019
42.3%
(2,806)
22.6%
5.2% of men reported some type of nonconsensual contact
of women reported some type of nonconsensual contact
said they took some type of action
witnessed a situation that they believed could have led to sexual assault at Rice
80.9% undergraduate men indicated so
54.2%
prevalence rate of nonconsensual sexual contact for non-heterosexual students
16.3%
for students who indicated a disability
5.5%
for heterosexual students
of undergraduate women
70.4%
4.2%
28.9%
90.2%
of undergraduate women at Rice said their offender was faculty or an instructor
of graduate women at Rice said their offender was faculty or an instructor
of students overall at Rice reported their offender was another student
Reported penetration by physical force (being held down) or without consent (while passed out, asleep or incapacitated due to drugs or alcohol):
8.2%
58.7%
transgender, genderqueer, questioning, nonbinary, or not listed students indicated so
undergraduate women indicated so
said they directly intervened in the situation
16.6%
79%
of all respondents thought it would be “very or extremely likely” that campus officials would take a report of sexual assault or misconduct seriously
81.4% 10.1%
of survey respondents identified as women
1.2%
of undergraduate men
13.0%
of TGQN students reported some type of nonconsensual contact
56.4%
1.3%
(3,379)
of survey respondents identified as men
(84)
of survey respondents identifed as “other” INFOGRAPHIC BY TINA LIU
SA RESPONDS TO SURVEY ON SEXUAL MISCONDUCT SAVANNAH KUCHAR ASST NEWS EDITOR
In response to the release of the results from the Association of American Universities Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Misconduct last week, the Student Association Senate held a town hall in Farnsworth Pavilion on Monday to discuss the findings of the survey as well as steps the university should take going forward in response. At the town hall, members of the
Interpersonal Violence Policy committee presented data from the AAU survey along with their conclusions, followed by a discussion open to all students and administration in attendance. “Our main conclusion that we came to was that while the reported incidents of sexual misconduct at Rice are below national averages, they still indicate a need for improvement in campus culture, policy and support,” Ashley Fitzpatrick, a member of the IVP committee, said.
Baker 13 restrictions revised BRIAN LIN THRESHER STAFF
With shaving cream for a costume, Baker 13 run participants will once again leave their mark on college windows this coming Halloween, as contact with glass and defenses have been reallowed under new official rules. The official rules, which were approved Oct. 11, began as a proposal
from Baker 13 leaders after contact with glass was banned last fall amid concerns of student injury, according to Dean of Undergraduates Bridget Gorman. “I am impressed with how Baker 13 has responded to my concerns,” Gorman said. “I am optimistic that the new rules will facilitate a run that reduces the potential for injury to runners or damage to property.” Although rear-ended slams onto glass
Findings from the data Among the 33 peer institutions that took this survey, Rice had the highest response rate at 71.6 percent of all undergraduate students participating. In 2015, students at Rice completed the Survey on Unwanted Sexual Experiences, similar to the AAU survey and with a similar response rate of 72.3 percent. At that time, the SUSE found that 18.5 percent of female students and 4.9 percent of male students had experienced some form of unwanted sexual contact while at Rice.
are still prohibited, runners can express their comic potential by “fingerpainting” college windows, according to a summary of the new rules provided by former Baker 13 captain Michael Price. Price also noted that runners still cannot enter college buildings, and that defenses must be mounted from the ground floor. “Our vision for defenses from now on is basically something like the Beer Bike water balloon fight, where we just go to the academic quad in front of Lovett Hall and throw water balloons at each other,” Price, a Baker College junior, said. “When
Results from the AAU survey saw a slight increase in these numbers, with 22.6 percent of female students and 5.2 percent of male students having experienced some form of unwanted sexual contact while at Rice. Laney Baker, the executive director of Students Transforming Rice Into a Violence-Free Environment, said she attributes the increase in the reporting of sexual misconduct outside Rice to broad cultural changes. SEE AAU PAGE 4
runners come up, the defenders can launch water balloons, get garden hoses to spray, get pails of water to chuck at them.” These defense stipulations would disqualify several college defenses — the free-flowing water cascaded down Sid Richardson College’s upper-floor balconies for the several past years, the pickle-juice and chocolate syrup whisking by runners at Hanszen College last Halloween and the firehoses spraying down intruders at Wiess College — according to Baker 13 captain and Baker junior Nicholas Lester. SEE BAKER PAGE 4