Oregon State University is dedicated to promoting and fostering a safe environment for all students, staff and faculty. OSU is a campus community that does not condone sexual or gender-based violence in any form. The University provides resources for prevention, awareness, and response. OSU honors survivors of sexual violence by having policies that emphasize confidentiality to the highest level possible. OSU is dedicated to due process and appropriate response to each case of sexual violence.
Sexual violence is sexual or gender-based behavior that is unwanted and/or nonconsensual, and has the purpose or effect of producing harm. It includes behavior along a continuum of severity, from offensive talk to physical violence, including but not limited to rape. Underlying the continuum are the sexist beliefs and attitudes about the inferiority or lesser value of another, and a sense of entitlement and the right to impose the behavior on another. Such actions do violence to the liberty and freedom of another being. The policies below are designed to address such problem behavior.
While it is critically important that we take action against such problem behavior, it is equally important that we promote the best antidote, namely, attitudes, beliefs and behavior that honor and respect the personal liberty, freedom and equality of all.
The Sexual Assault Response And Prevention Alliance (SARPA) website is a collaborative effort between the many OSU programs that are concerned with interpersonal violence, especially sexual assault. On this site you will find information on what violence is, how to get help if you or someone you know has experienced violence, what you can do to help prevent violence, and resources and links for information on violence and prevention.
Interpersonal violence, such as rape and partner abuse, can happen to anyone regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, class, age, etc. Information on this site is pertinent to everyone, however we also offer specific information and resources for LGBTQ and male survivors, and people with disabilities.
OSU
Sexual
Assault Support Services: (8-5, M-F):
737-7604
SASS is a team of trained and experienced counselors who provide support for female and male
survivors of unwanted sexual contact and interpersonal violence.
Services are confidential and free
for OSU students. SASS counselors can help you explore options concerning what to do if you are a
survivor of violence. We can provide information regarding support services on campus and in
Corvallis, offer individual or group on-going counseling services, and provide consultation for
friends, family, facutly, or staff members seeking information about how to help a survivor. SASS
team members can also assist in providing advocacy services on campus for students who choose to
involve the police, OSU Student Conduct, the criminal justice system, or other services. SASS is part
of
University Counseling and Psychological
Services.
Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence
(CARDV) (24 hrs): 754-0110
or 1-800-927-0197
Trained advocates are available 24 hours a day to take calls, provide support, and extend their
services to survivors of rape, sexual assault, or domestic violence. They can assist survivors in
finding other resources they may need.
Sexual Assault Nurse Examine (8-5, M-F): 737-WELL (9355) or go to Student Health Services in the Plageman Building SHS now offers a fully integrated Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program to support any female or male students who are survivors of sexual assault. By offering exams at the campus health center, sexual assault survivors can be in familiar surroundings with caring clinicians and do not have to be concerned about arranging transportation to the hospital. For more information please refer to SHS website
