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"Vice President Joe Biden, Seth Meyers, Steve Carrell and other stars all have the same message in a White House public service announcement: stop sexual assault across America.\nThe PSA, uploaded to YouTube Tuesday, is part of the White House's new website, NotAlone.gov, a sexual assault resource page and just one of the recommendations from the First Report of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, also released Tuesday. \nSee also: Petition Demands Dartmouth 'Take Action' Against Sexual Violence\nThe task force was launched in January by President Obama, with a mandate that within 90 days, the group should release steps for colleges to take in response to sexual assault across the U.S, particularly in colleges and universities. \nThat mandate was met on Monday, when the task force released its recommendations for U.S. colleges and universities. They include: requiring colleges to offer confidential counseling for sexual assault victims, asking schools to conduct a \"climate survey\" to assess sexual assault occurrences on campus and providing special support and training for school officials in handling sexual assault cases. \nPart of the recommendations included the creation of NotAlone.gov, a website that allows sexual assault victims like search for services nearby, helping them understand legal terms in \u201Cplain English\u201D and other types of information that can be misunderstood or hard to find. \nThe task force report also called for the PSA released Tuesday, aimed at \u201Cenlisting men as allies.\u201D The video, which includes the actors mentioned above as well as Benicio del Toro, Daniel Craig, Dul\u00E9 Hill and President Obama, says in no uncertain terms: if \"she doesn\u2019t consent or can\u2019t,\" it's sexual assault and a crime. \n\nAt an event announcing the release of the First Report of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, Vice President Joe Biden listens as Madeleine Smith recounts her story of being raped while a student at Harvard University.Image: Uncredited/Associated PressSexual assault cases across the U.S. are consistently reported as being mishandled, like the recent cases at Dartmouth College, Brown University, Florida State University and other schools. \nOne in five women is sexually assaulted while in college, according to a White House press release. \n\"Colleges and universities need to face the facts about sexual assault,\" said Vice President Joe Biden in a statement. \"No more turning a blind eye or pretending it doesn't exist.\"\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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