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(11/02/14 11:10pm)
Economics junior James Malone (left) and political science junior Tatiana Jenkins pose for a portrait, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014 at the Memorial Union in Tempe. Malone and Jenkins were sworn in as USG Supreme Court justices. (Photo by Ben Moffat)
(10/31/14 12:30am)
State representative Juan Mendez (center) speaks to students on the last day of Sparking Democracy, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014 on Hayden Lawn in Tempe. Undergraduate Student Government sponsored the event to give students a chance to learn about the candidates in the upcoming state election. (Photo by Ben Moffat)
(10/29/14 1:15am)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Ducey speaks with attendees at Sparking Democracy, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014 at Old Main in Tempe. The event was sponsored by Undergraduate Student Government to give students a chance to learn about the candidates in the upcoming state election. (Photo by Ben Moffat)
(10/27/14 9:57pm)
(Photo Courtesy of Undergraduate Student Government)
(10/24/14 9:39pm)
Former Tempe Undergraduate Senate Government Sen. Isabelle Murray speaks during a floor debate on her impeachment, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. Sen. Murray was impeached for breaking guidelines on speaking to media and for communication issues. (Photo by Ben Moffat)
(10/23/14 10:30pm)
ASU associate professor David Garcia poses next to one of his billboards promoting his running for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction at the Terry Goddard Law Office in downtown Phoenix on Aug. 21, 2014. Before coming to ASU, Garcia worked as Arizona's Associate Superintendent of Public Instruction for Standards. (Photo by Fabian Ardaya)
(10/20/14 11:30pm)
(Photo Courtesy of Tempe Undergraduate Student Government)
(10/20/14 9:30pm)
Senator John Oyas uses his clicker to vote for a bill at a USG meeting on Oct. 7, 2014. (Photo by Alexis Macklin)
(10/18/14 2:36pm)
The Black African Coalition thanked the University for urging fans not to paint their faces during football games, in a statement issued by BAC President Kyle Denman on Friday.
(10/15/14 11:58pm)
A view of Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. (Photo by Kyle Burton)
(10/09/14 1:40am)
Gubernatorial candidates Fred DuVal (left) and Barry Hess greet each other before taking part in a forum on veterans’ affairs sponsored by the Downtown Student Veterans Association in Phoenix on Oct. 8, 2014. Republican candidate Doug Ducey did not attend. (Photo by Ben Moffat)
(10/03/14 8:09pm)
President Crow answered student questions in his address, Oct. 3. He was prompted to talk about ASU's future where he shares about new improvements and growth in graduates. (Photo by Tynin Fries)
ASU President Michael Crow addressed student's concerns and answered questions during a University town hall this afternoon at ASU's downtown campus.
Questions from students varied, but the overall issue students wanted addressed involved on campus safety and sexual safety.
The issue of sexual safety was brought up by Nick Wicksman, chief of staff for Undergraduate Student Government Downtown, and Crow addressed how the University is looking to respond situations that may arise.
"An all-University task force is being put together to reshape our policies and come up with better tools and better mechanisms as well as hold people accountable, and hope that the law will catch up with what we are doing as a university," Crow said.
Crow said what students need is education on sexual assault and how to stay safe.
"How about if people took responsibility for others," he said. "If they help protect other people who they see may be being taken advantage of. We are trying to get everyone educated and everyone involved to cut down on these situations."
When the University becomes aware of these incidents there is a student judicial justice process involved, Crow said.
"Students have been and are expelled from the institution and suspended from the institution for their behaviors and that is not uncommon," he said. "It is also the case that we hold everyone accountable for their actions and we want to greatly reduce these incidents of very traumatic events."
Informing students on who to contact and how to address sexual safety issues was brought up by Masai Hunter a freshman communications major who was concerned about sexual safety.
Hunter said she wanted to know how the University is informing students on who to contact if a sexual safety issue arises.
Crow gave Hunter a list of different contacts who would be best for students who have safety issues to contact in order to receive immediate responses.
"There is anyone in the ASU counseling services, the police, and faculty members, the dean and a person you can always call is Jennifer Hightower who is the dean of students on the downtown campus," Crow said. "The dean of students is the perfect person to contact because they have access to all of the other services, and they can speak to the police for you, they can speak to your professors for you and whatever you need they can work with."
Further information regarding safety concerns and who to contact will be sent out through a mass email, Crow said.
After the meeting Hunter said she really liked what she heard from Crow.
"I feel that if this conversation keeps coming up and people's minds keep getting sparked with being interested in this I feel that there will be action taken," Hunter said. "It's going to take a lot of collaboration and critical thinking into coming up with solutions for this since it isn't an easy topic to solve right away."
After the town hall, Crow said safety concerns are being looked into as quickly as possible.
"Everything is happening in real time and we are already implementing different ideas to address these problems," he said.
USGD President Frank Smith III said he agreed with Crow's statements from the town hall.
"Dr. Crow showed that the University isn't about who you exclude, but who you include," Smith said.
Along with the University efforts to combat sexual assault on all campuses, Smith said an initiative has been started to connect all Pac-12 schools together to fight sexual assault.
"The Pac-12 initiative has just started and UA is now on board and we will start to reach out soon to other universities," Smith said.
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(09/28/14 10:48pm)
The safety trolley is a new system put in place by USGD, which transports students to various parking lots during the night. The trolley runs every 15 minutes and is available to any student with their ID present. (Photo by Tynin Fries)
(09/25/14 10:34pm)
The Arizona Board of Regents approved the Sun Devil Stadium renovation project at its meeting Thursday at NAU.
(09/24/14 11:37pm)
ASU students began camping outside of Wells Fargo Arena as early as Sunday Sept. 21 for tickets to the ASU vs UCLA game on Sept. 25. (Photo by Andrew Ybanez)
(09/22/14 11:27pm)
Former GPSA President Megan Fisk poses with the current GPSA President German Cadenas at the Graduate Student Center in Tempe on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. They both were influential in passing the pay-raise approved for teacher assistants at ASU. (Photo by Shiva Balasubramanian)
(09/21/14 10:42pm)
Tempe USG President Cassidy Possehl says her opening address at the second regular session at the Tempe USG meeting on Aug. 26, 2014. (Photo by Shiva Balasubramanian)
(09/21/14 10:22pm)
Tempe Police reported the following incidents Sunday:
(09/19/14 12:08am)
Tempe Police reported the following incidents on Thursday:
(09/18/14 9:31pm)
UPDATE: The investigation is still active and the man who was shot is still in critical condition, Tempe Assistant Chief of Police Angel Carbajal said at a press conference at Sky Harbor International Airport.