Sexual assault is an important issue across the country and the world. I think it is really important for students to know that it is a reality at our university as well. And Take Back the Night is the perfect way to acknowledge this reality.

We are not a legislative branch where we vote on items but rather a forum where students can voice their concerns.

I think [the election] is a good process to go through. I think it is needed so that students have a choice, and that is how they can exercise their right to vote.

One thing we are forgetting about 'The Vagina Monologues' is that it's a piece that was chosen by the students.

Everyone who talks does it because it is their own choice. And that's what makes the whole night such a good healing process for them and gives the listeners such a good understanding of the issue.

We are living in a culture of silence. Even though [some form of sexual assault] occurs 23 times in an hour in our country, even though it happens that often, we don't yet live in a society where survivors can comfortably talk about what they have been through.