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Participant 1: I haven’t seen this policy and I think it’s important for all students, girls and boys, to know this information; because sometimes when someone suffers this, they don’t know what to do […].…

Something I think also happens in the Latin community is that sometimes we can be a little bit too nosy, like, we want to know what happened just for our sake, but we should be,…

Well, I have two things to say. One is that we all came to the conclusion that it is important for the policy to be visible, not only for new students but old students, faculty,…

I think the person that’s gonna help someone that has suffered sexual assault has got to be trustworthy and they have to be compassionate, like, someone who puts themselves in other people’s shoes, that are…

Participant 1: I wanted to ask a question about the outcomes or the punishments for respondents. We have a couple of items here, like, you could have to go through education and training, no-contact order,…

When I first went to CBU, I moved away, and I know my mom […] was always like, “Don’t walk in the dark,” like – so I know she was happy for the safe walk…

My first one is, who creates the policy? Um, there’s been a lot of debate at Saint Mary’s about who should actually be creating the policy and like, is this group pre-made? Does it pop…

In terms of an informal resolution- if that was the victim’s route, and everything was resolved this way, how would the university see the accused person? Like, would they still be seen as a risk…

I think with both my mom and dad there is a disconnect in their understanding of sexual assault. You know, when there is cases and stuff like that on TV, you know, they say stuff…

Participant 1: I think it definitely reflects more of an institutional concern, like we discussed before, the policy is not really great for accessibility or understanding for students, especially a student in crisis. Just in…

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