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by Gabe Gutierrez / KHOU 11 News
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 3:06 PM
Updated Thursday, May 5 at 3:41 PM

She said that guilt was why she waited two days to report the rape to campus police. Seven months later, she claims university officials have done little to punish her alleged attacker.

"The police department and the student conduct board on campus (aren’t) doing anything about it," Hawkins said.

At campuses across the country, many students share that complaint -- a complaint the Obama administration acknowledged a few weeks ago when it sent a letter to colleges nationwide. The letter urged them to strengthen their policies on sexual assault and make it easier for victims to report the crime.

"Many college campuses -- not all, and it does vary from campus to campus -- but many of them turn a blind eye, look the other way, ‘Oh well, boys will be boys.' And they treat it as a conduct issue,” said Rebecca White, the CEO of the Houston Area Women's Shelter.
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A federal study in 2007 estimated that one in five women would be sexually assaulted while on campus.
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She said those figures are just the beginning. So she covers her office door with student essays -- stories of rape. She has more than a hundred so far.
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The UT-Austin police department said campus sexual assaults rarely result in criminal charges.

Of course not, if criminal charges were filed, it would look bad for the campus and make their Cleary reports look worse and people might want to protect themselves.

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If I recall correctly it really doesn't matter if criminal charges are filed, it is if an offense report is filed.

A big problem for this case is the two lapse between the attack and the report. Is there still physical evidence of the sexual assault? If not, then the prosecutor, in most cases, will not file charges.

It is important for any woman that is sexually assaulted to as soon as possible contact the police and file a report. Go to the hospital and report it there, the Emergency Department should have rape kits available and there are normally counselors to help the victim through the process.

Sad situation, but parents should warn their children that when they go off to college there are predators out there.