A group of female University students who organized the “No More Curfews On Campus” rally three weeks ago will hold a second rally and march against sexual assault today.
Graduate student Monica Matthews said the rally and march are being held in response to a number of sexual assault incidents, both reported and unreported, that have occurred on campus recently.
The rally begins at noon in the EMU amphitheater and will be followed by a march at 12:30 p.m. to the Walton residence hall complex, where two female students reported a man masturbating outside their windows about a week ago.
Police are still searching for the suspect, who is believed to be the same man seen masturbating in front of another female student’s residence hall window January 31. Police arrested two men Feb. 23 in Spiller Hall after one entered a female student’s room and made unwelcome sexual advances.
Matthews said rally organizers have heard of other, unreported incidents of sexual assault on campus recently that they are trying to verify.
Junior Lezlie Frye will speak at the rally, and a group of women known as the “radical cheerleaders” will perform.
The goal of the rally is to raise awareness about sexual violence on campus and to urge administrators to take steps toward improving campus safety, she said.
“The more people that show up … the more the administration will pay attention to this and do more to increase the safety of women on campus,” she said.