St. Cloud State sees decrease in sexual assault reports

The number of reported fall semester sexual assaults at St. Cloud State University has dropped from 16 last faull to nine this past semester according to data kept by the university's Women’s Center.

The University Chronicle student paper writes that the statistics for reported assault were lower than most colleges with the same program, but that a Woman's Center official wasn't sure why -- or even whether the stats represented a true decrease in sexual assault.

Read the full report here.

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