Rape
Something Everyone shoud be aware of :
I learned today that a freshman girl in my appartment building was raped last night. . . . She went to bed thinking she was safe locked up in her dorm, and in the middle of the night a man came into her room and raped her. I didnt sleep last night. Maybe thats why. I have a great sense of when things are happeneing around me. She lives on the 4th floor of my building. Im on the 2nd.
You hear things like this all the time on tv and in the paper but it never really does anything to you. Today I was sitting in health class and we were having a heated discussion about religion and how it teaches hate towards groups of people. My teacher asked who lived in Bartlett Hall.... Since Bartlett is a freshman dorm and i am one of the only freshman in the class ... i was the only female to raise my hand... she then told the class what had happened. I cant even begin to explain the feeling that came over me. .... I guess I never really thought rape would be a part of my reality or be something I personally had to worry about.
I used to go to bed here and feel safe, I used to sit outside alone on the bench and talk to brian on the phone. Im pretty sure it is going to take me a long time to feel safe sleeping at night and walking around in the dark.