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"   The recent rash of sexual assault allegations have rocked colleges around the country. Two Boston University hockey players were hit with criminal charges from separate alleged incidents in December 2011 and February 2012. In March, two fraternity brothers at the University of Arizona were arraigned on charges stemming from a rape that reportedly occurred during a party at their frat house. And a spate of alleged sexual assaults have shocked the University of Montana, including reports that student athletes were the perpetrators. These allegations are pretty distressing, and they show that campus sex crimes are as big a problem as ever. What is encouraging, though, is that at least officials are finally taking rape accusations seriously. Boston University just announced that they plan to open a sexual assault counseling center by next fall, and University of Montana administrators have fired their athletic director and football coach, who came under fire for the way they handled rape charges against athletes. The U.S. Department of Justice is also currently investigating several colleges for the way they have responded to sexual assaults, including the University of Montana. &amp;quot;Colleges seem to be taking more responsibility when it comes to creating safer campuses and investigating sex-related charges,&amp;quot; explains Colby Bruno, managing attorney at the Victim Rights Law Center in Boston. &amp;quot;The pressure the Obama administration put on college administrators last April may be making a huge difference. Hopefully, charges will no longer swept under the rug, as they routinely were in years past.&amp;quot; Click here for more information on how to fight campus rape. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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