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“The Hunting Ground,” directed by Kirby Dick, is a documentary that opens with videos of high school seniors excitedly opening their acceptance letters to universities. Screams and shouts of joy are soon paired with videos of move-in days and administrative speeches at convocation ceremonies.

The California State Senate last week unanimously approved a bill to require the state’s colleges and universities to implement an “affirmative consent” standard for dealing with sexual assault cases.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 73 percent of sexual assaults are perpetrated by a non-stranger, 38 percent of rapists are friends or acquaintances and 28 percent are intimate partners.

After weeks of heartbreak, petitioning and meetings, the women’s tennis team was reinstated Tuesday.

The president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Myles Brand, recently announced the implementation of Title IX, the 30-year-old federal law that prohibits discrimination against girls and women in education and has particularly strong implications for female athletes.

While more than half of the University of La Verne student body is female, women here account for only 36 percent of the competitive athletes, according to the University's 2002 Gender Equity Survey.