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"  It looks like the women who came forward to expose their college campuses for not taking their rape allegations seriously are finally getting some due justice, in California at least. After a committee listened to testimony from some of the ladies in question, California lawmakers decided to authorized a priority status audit to investigate how certain UC and California State University campuses handle sexual assault reporting. About. Damn. Time. Before the decision was made, the women told a committee about how they were treated after reporting rape\u2014one said she never heard back when she filed a complaint while another was asked to justify her story with just exactly how many times she said &amp;quot;no.&amp;quot; Thankfully, lawmakers realized that this was totally, completely messed up. &amp;quot;As a state, we should not stand for this,&amp;quot; said Assemblyman Anthony Rendon, who requested the audit. &amp;quot;People who wish to further their education should not be worried that sexual assault stands in the way.&amp;quot; The audit will look into how the universities report sexual assaults, how they aim to prevent them, and what happens when students report rape and assault, among other things. And, luckily, the admins at the colleges are being cooperative, if not supportive, of the students affected and the upcoming audit. (As they should be.) Linda Williams, an associate chancellor of UC Berkeley, said: &amp;quot;As a woman, as a mother who has a daughter who attended college and had a stalker herself, to listen to what happened, this is an important matter.&amp;quot; Eff yeah it is. Hopefully this audit will put pressure on other schools to follow suit so that, collectively, everyone can all figure out the proper (i.e. non-ignoring and non-slut-shaming) way to deal with on-campus rape.  Want more from Natasha? Follow her on Twitter or find her on Facebook. Photo: Berkeley.edu "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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