East Carolinian

First of all, there is no campus security, it is campus POLICE, with full arrest powers, and they are not students. The campus safety students call the campus police if they observe something. Otherwise, good article.

Ok first off ECU doesnt have "dorms" we live in residence halls. and before you ask, yes there is a difference. In a dorm you don't have community building activities and no community bonding, its just a place to sleep. Here at ecu we have many great RA's who work hard to build a community with residents to make their hall more of a home. ECU has RESIDENCE HALLS not DORMS.

Dear Samantha,

As an adult woman who has fought forty-two years for equality, I am angry, and saddened by your article. I can't believe that your generation is still buying the "asking for it" alibi. You've taken women back fifty years in one stupid comment. If inebriation means that you "ask for it" than thousands of male students on our campus would get raped on a regular basis. But that's not the case, is it? Please take some time to reflect on this.

I am a recent graduate of ECU, but have not lived on campus since 2003.

Allie - I don't believe a girl "asks for it" when she's intoxicated, but she isn't really aware of her surroundings and makes decisions she otherwise wouldn't had she been sober. This does support the fact that drunk girls (and guys) are more likely to get into really bad situations, leading to a misunderstanding of "asking for it".

Please refrain from blowing up at responsible women.

Thanks for your post Megan. I regret that my post was interpreted as "blowing up at responsible women". Of course people make bad decisions when they are intoxicated, but that still doesn't justify the "misunderstanding" of asking for it. How many rapists do you honestly think truly believe that an intoxicated female is "asking for it"? It's an excuse. The rapists know it, and they know that they can get away with it because of the shame women face after a rape. Would you feel the same way if your best friend cut your hair while you were intoxicated? Would you feel that their was a misunderstanding that you were asking for a haircut?