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| https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/latest-headlines/truman-state-sororities-among-many-opposing-safe-campus-act | Truman State sororities among many opposing "Safe Campus Act" | 2015-11-27 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Democrat | House | MO | Claire McCaskill | M001170 | www.mccaskill.senate.gov | legacy | Truman State sororities among many opposing "Safe Campus Act" Friday, November 27, 2015 By: Geoffery Woehlk KIRKSVILLE, Mo. After losing support from dozens of local and national chaptersincluding at Truman State University in Kirksvillethe National Panhellenic Conference announced last week that it had reversed its position in favor of the Safe Campus Act, a Congressional bill that would set up more stringent standards for sexual assault reporting. The NPC, which is the national umbrella organization for 26 sororities across the country representing more than 4 million collegiate women, had faced significant pressure from its member groups after throwing its lobbying support behind the legislation. Last month, sororities began to break with their national representatives on the bill. Of particular concern, they said, were sections of the bill that would prevent sexual assault survivors from reporting incidents without immediately involving police, and raising the burden of proof for colleges and universities to be able to take action in any reported cases. Right now, higher education institutions use a "preponderance of evidence" standard rather than the "beyond a reasonable doubt" model required in a judicial proceeding. "The process of seeing results is a lot faster because there's a significantly lesser burden of proof that the university usually needs to take action," said Truman State Women's Resource Center Director Danielle Fritz. The Safe Campus Act stands in stark contrast to a bill sponsored by Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill which does not force students to initiate legal proceedings in order to report a sexual assault. Instead, The Safe Campus Act was intended to provide more protection for students accused of sexual assaults, but Fritz says that's the biggest problem facing institutions right now. "You're statistically more likely, as a young woman in particular, to be sexually assaulted on a college campus than anywhere else or at any other point in life," Fritz told KTVO. "It is more dangerous for young women to come to college in the United States than it is to just be out in the world." As for The Safe Campus Act, before the NPC reversed course, Truman's Greek organizations came together in opposition to their national group's endorsement of the bill. "It's forcing students to go through a much longer, more difficult, potentially traumatic process than they might be willing to endure," Fritz said. Print Email Tweet | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |