DeKALB — No one can understand another person’s experience until they’ve walked a mile in their shoes, and Safe Passage is urging men and women to do just that with their third annual Walk A Mile in Her Shoes event to raise awareness for sexual...

DeKALB | NIU graduate student Karli Johnson will give an interactive presentation called "Asking for It."The event will run from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight in the Holmes Student Center, Capitol Room.This will kick off a series of events created for Sexual Assault...

Further education and increased awareness on sexual assault, and language that promotes it, is needed to end this unacceptable and illegal behavior many individuals continue to be victims of.In 2005, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spoke...

A sexual assault allegation made Aug. 16 against an NIU Greek Organization/Social Fraternity brings to light an important campus issue — sexual assault education must be provided in order to prevent these unfortunate situations.Beyond this, students...

The Student Association’s Week of Action, a part of the It’s On Us campaign to stop campus sexual assault, featured events about self-defense and post-sexual assault resources, but it didn’t cover consent and male education enough.SA members will...

Alumna Karli Johnson, 25, a sexual assault survivor, has dedicated her life to working with other sexual assault survivors.A communication major during her time at NIU, Johnson is now a public speaker who travels to schools to talk about sexual assault...

Raquel Chavez, Student Association vice president, is spearheading a sexual assault prevention campaign using her research and experience in the area.The SA announced its involvement with It’s On Us, a presidential task force that aims to work with...

The university's newly launched sexual assault prevention task force will put NIU on the "leading edge" of preventing and handling violence against women and will change the way police disclose offenses to the public, NIU President Doug Baker said.Calling...

As the number of sexual assault cases continues to rise, NIU must improve how it makes students aware of sexual assault prevention on campus.A Thursday address from President Barack Obama illustrated a White House task force that spreads awareness of...