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BU to establish campus sexual assault crisis center

Decision follows assaults, hazing

By Matt Rocheleau

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 01, 2012

Boston University said it will create a campus crisis center to focus on rape and sexual assault prevention and provide support for victims of other forms of physical abuse, such as hazing. The announcement followed two alleged sexual assaults involving hockey players, two reported hazing episodes, and several dormitory shower peeping incidents the past several months. President Robert A. Brown said the series of events “have lent a focus to our discussions’’ about establishing the center, “but they are not solely responsible for it.’’

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