Script - Sexual Assault on Chapman Campus

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Sophie v/o THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC AMONG

0:00 - 0:16 COLLEGE CAMPUSES THAT HAS FOUND
NO CURE FOR DECADES. THOUSANDS
OF STUDENTS ARE SEXUALLY
● Dark college streets ASSAULTED EACH YEAR ON COLLEGE
● Normal college daytime footage CAMPUSES. ONLY ABOUT 20% OF THE
● College crowds CASES ARE REPORTED, AND ONLY 2.5%
● College parties OF PREDATORS ARE INCARCERATED.

Sophie v/o Sophie-

0:16 - 0:46
Graphics from reports. Broll of Chapman
campus, Chapman dorms and public safety
cars.
ACCORDING TO CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY’S
ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT OF 2021,
ONE CASE OF FONDLING AND ONE RAPE
CASE WERE REPORTED AND HAPPENED
ON CAMPUS. A RELATIVELY LOW
NUMBER THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE
SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES OFF CAMPUS.
THESE NUMBERS STAND IN SHARP
CONTRAST TO OTHER SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS, SUCH AS USC
WHERE ROUGHLY 1 IN 3 UNDERGRAD
FEMALES REPORT THEY WERE
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE IS 1 IN 4 SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED IN UNDERGRAD.

Jerry Price, Chapman University Dean of 00;21;30;03 - 00;21;51;03

Students - Talking Head I struggle with the issue of numbers because
0:47 - 1:06
numbers like if you look at our Cleary report
numbers, they're like ridiculously low. We
know there's many more sexual assaults now,
so I almost worry about relying on the
numbers. Relying on the numbers can give
us a false narrative. It's much better
reflection of matter of fact, in some ways
 numbers going up could be a good thing.

Sophie v/o SO HOW ARE CHAPMAN’S NUMBERS SO

Chapman broll, maybe even a talking head of LOW? MANY UNIVERSITIES REPORT
anchor on Chapman campus asking the NUMBERS THAT DO NOT ALIGN WITH
question.
NATIONAL AVERAGES BECAUSE SEXUAL
1:07 - 1:37
ASSAULT CASES MUST BE REPORTED
TO UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS.

STILL SOME SCHOOLS LIKE BAYLOR AND

MONTANA STATE WHERE CAUGHT WITH
MISREPORTED NUMBERS OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT CASES AND WERE FINED
ACCORDING TO THE BIG 12
INVESTIGATION. THERE ARE MANY
INCENTIVES FOR UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS
TO WITHHOLD HIGH RATES OF RAPE,
SUCH AS MAINTAINING A SAFE IMAGE
AND NOT DETERRING APPLICANTS OR
ALUMNI DONATIONS.

Jerry Price, Chapman University Dean of Today we have close line signs out there and
Students we have all these things about cares and
1:37 - 2:06 sexual assault and clothesline project with all
these tours coming in and people say, why
are you putting that out there when you have
all these admissions people, it's going to turn
them off. And first of all, I say we don't do it
that way.
We let students do what students want to do.
But secondly, I can assure you, for every
student who would be turned off by that,
there's ten who are saying, I'm glad this
university is openly dealing with this instead
of hiding it.

Sophie VO CHAPMAN STRUGGLES LIKE OTHER

2:07 - 2:34
Party shots, broll of chapman campuses and
graphics of senate bill 493. Also include aerial
maps of Chapman campus.
UNIVERSITIES TO REPORT INCIDENTS
THAT HAPPEN OFF CAMPUS.
ACCORDING TO RAPE ASSAULT INCEST
NATIONAL NETWORK, ALSO KNOWN AS
RAINN, 90% OF INCIDENTS GO
 UNREPORTED, WITH 80% OF SURVIVORS
KNOWING THEIR ATTACKER. CASES OFF
CAMPUS HAVE GONE LARGELY
UNREPORTED. UNDER RECENT
LEGISLATION PASSED IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, THE UNIVERSITY CAN
INVESTIGATE OFF-CAMPUS INCIDENTS
INVOLVING STUDENTS WHEN A REPORT
IS MADE.

Colleen Wood, Chapman University associate “California approved senate bill 493 saying
Vice President of Student Affairs schools in california have to do that, but i
2:34 - 2:45 want to be clear chapman already was doing
that.

Sophie- THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT

2:45 - 3:13
Scrolling through these resources on website
SUPPORTIVE MEASURES FOR
SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AT
CHAPMAN, ONE BEING THE
CONFIDENTIAL RESOURCES THAT ARE
THERE FOR STUDENTS TO TALK TO.

THOSE INCLUDE DANI SMITH, THE RAPE

CRISIS COUNSELOR, THE COUNSELING
CENTER, THE CLERGY IN THE
INTERFAITH CENTER, AND THE FRANCES
SMITH CENTER

Graphic that says the different options that
are available for students in terms of
accommodations
STUDENTS CAN ALSO REQUEST TO
CHANGE HOUSING, CHANGE CLASS
SECTIONS, WITHDRAW FROM CLASSES
WITH NO PENALTY, HAVE THE TITLE IX
OFFICE REACH OUT TO FACULTY, AND
EVEN BE PROVIDED WITH PUBLIC
SAFETY ESCORTS

Jerry Price, Chapman University Dean of “We can help them with all kinds of things.
Students But that doesn't mean that we have found in
3:13 - 3:24 their favor. That just means you're a student
in need of help. You don't have to prove
anything for that. And we help them”
3:24 - 3:30 Sophie-
THESE MEASURES ARE THERE TO
SUPPORT STUDENTS. BUT FOR SOME
STUDENTS THEY DON’T ALWAYS FEEL
THAT SUPPORT.

Colleen Wood, Chapman University associate

Vice President of Student Affairs
3:30 - 3:58
“There’s definitely areas where I feel like we
can certainly improve. It’s hard work. Can I
think back to some certain cases and wish
there are things we can do better? Sure. and
ways that I wish we could support certain
students better? Yes.

Jerry Price, Chapman University Dean of “in some ways it's understandably confusing
Students because they can come to us for help with
3:59 - 4:19 classes, but they can't come to us in terms of
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like be on our side, in terms of going to police
and things like that. Because once we start
doing that, then the outcome is compromised
and there. So I would like to still find a way to
be more effective at that.”

Graphics showcasing title IX verbiage and a UNIVERSITIES TRY TO PROVIDE JUSTICE

talking head for a brief transition to Katie. RATHER THAN LEAVING SURVIVORS IN
TRT: 26 seconds MONTHS LONG INVESTIGATIONS.
4:19 - 4:45 CHAPMANS TITLE IX POLICY STATES
THAT CASES TYPICALLY TAKE 90 DAYS
AND CAN BE EXTENDED. THESE
INVESTIGATIONS TAKE SURVIVORS
THROUGH TRAUMA AND FORCE THEM
TO RELIVE AND RESTATE THE EVENTS
OF THEIR ASSAULT WITH A SMALL
CHANCE THAT THEIR PREDATORS WILL
BE INCARCERATED AND HAVE JUSTICE
SERVED. FOR MANY STUDENTS THE
PROCESS CAN BE TOO MUCH.

Dani Smith, Chapman University, Sexual
Assault Crisis Counselor and Advocate PEER
& Health Education CARES Coordinator
4:45 - 5:24
“The sexual violence, the rape was bad, but
how it was handled was far worse. All I
wanted was someone to listen and believe
me. And so that’s my role here at this
university is that I am one of the advocates. I
think students need to be heard, they need to
tell their story, they need to be validated, and
the process needs to be explained to them.
 And then, they will make the choice of what
they want to do.

Jerry Price, Chapman University Dean of “you rarely walk away from a report or a
Students hearing or whatever feeling, oh, it's really
5:24 - 5:53
clear what happened. It's always incredibly
murky. And you know that peoples have a lot
invested in the outcome. And it's just it
doesn't it leaves my confidence rattled a little
bit that you're making important decisions
based upon really murky information. And
that's and that's tough.”

Sophie v/o SO UNIVERSITIES SUCH AS CHAPMAN

5:53 - 5:58 LOOKS TO PREVENTION AND TO
PEOPLE…

SOPHIE: CARES STANDS FOR CREATING A RAPE

5:58 - 6:10 FREE ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS ON
CAMPUS, THEY HOLD MULTIPLE EVENTS
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR DEDICATED TO
SPREADING EDUCATION AND
AWARENESS ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE
ON CAMPUS.

Katie Albright, Student Activist One thing specifically, I would say Take Back
TRT: 23 Seconds the Night is one night where people really are
6:10 - 6:43 able to have a direct line of impact on our
message, and being able to help directly.

I think talking about hard subjects is

something that can kind of hinder the overall
perfect image of what Chapman is trying to
create- so I think CARES brings up hard
topics that people don't WANT to talk about,
but people NEED to talk about. And I think
CARES is able to that where Chapman is
kind of lacking as a whole

Dani Smith, Chapman Sexual Assault Crisis “Silence and fear are the enemies in my
Counselor opinion, so I think we do need to speak out.
6:45 - 7:00 just all of us collectively, we need to speak
out against this, we need to educate each
other. We need to call out our friends when
they’re being inappropriate.
Talking Head, Katie Albright, Student and Even if you havent personally experienced
CARES member something like sexual violence, its going on
7:00 - 7:23 around you whether you like it or not.
Pretending it doesn’t exist and not talking
about it wont change the fact that it’s
happening,

I think that putting yourself into a situation

where you talk about things that you don’t
necessarily want to talk about is the first step
to actually stopping things from happening.