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August 29, 2005
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The administration's decision to make safety sessions offered at orientation voluntary brings into question the sincerity of the UA's claim that student safety is a top priority.
After failing to renew a program grant, these informative sessions, which can be seen as an extension of student safety, were for the first time made voluntary. As a result, attendance dropped by 85 percent.
Further consequences of this decision are potentially dangerous, and will likely put the well-being of the student body at risk. Even while the meetings were mandatory, false impressions floated around campus. Just look at the notorious "rape whistles" students know so little about.
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