Kevin Koestler, Texas Tech ’15, and Alex DeRossi, Texas Tech ’16, are taking the White House’s sexual assault prevention campaign “It’s On Us” to a new level. As the semester came to a close, the two decided to end the year by brining awareness to the issue of sexual assault and challenging others to do the same. So, at their last chapter meeting of the semester, they had every member of their chapter sign a flyer showing their support for the It’s On Us campain. Next, they posted a photo on Facebook and challenged others to follow their lead.
“We really wanted to make an impact,” said Koestler. “Everyone of us took the pledge and we wanted to spread awareness through our Greek system and throughout SigEp as well.”
Since then, other SigEp chapters have followed suit, including the brothers of American, Florida International, Rider, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Utah.
“As guys who have moms, sisters and female friends, it was a no-brainer to have our chapter take the pledge,” said American Chapter president Glenn Holmes, ‘15.
Outgoing Utah Chapter president Maxwell Kilcoyne, ’15, said it was only fitting for SigEp to spearhead the cause. “Sexual assault is a major issue on college campuses, and our chapter wanted to tackle something that would be in line with our first and most difficult cardinal principal: virtue.”
Koestler believes helping spread an awareness campaign is just one piece of the sexual assault prevention puzzle. “The bottom line is, we need to do more than just raise awareness,” he said. “Ultimately, it’s on us to learn how to identify and prevent sexual assault on our campuses. That’s what this effort is all about.”
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