Article: Prevalence of date rape at Brown U. unknown

Mary-catherine Lader
University Wire
02-10-2005
(Brown Daily Herald) (U-WIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Most date rape situations go unreported, according to University officials, though the report of a sexual assault this past weekend may have raised student awareness.

An e-mail crime alert sent out Sunday notified the University community that a female student had been subject to a "sexual assault."

The Providence Journal reported Wednesday morning that the student had been raped. This has not been confirmed to The Herald by the Providence Police Department.

According to Director of Health Education Frances Mantak '88, Health Services receives about two or three reports of date rape each year.

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