DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) Many college students returned to in-person learning this past fall and for some sophomores, it was their first time on campus since the pandemic began. This situation is concerning for groups like It's On Us, an organization dedicated to preventing sexual assaults on college campuses and providing support for assault survivors. "We have students who are academically sophomores, but socially and culturally freshmen coming to campus. When campuses reopened for the first time to in-person living and learning since March 2020 without strict COVID restrictions, we saw a surge of sexual assaults take place," Tracey Vitchers, the executive director of It's On Us, told Good Morning America. According to It's On Us, one in four college women will be sexually assaulted during their time on campus and for students of color, with disabilities, undocumented or those who identify as LGBTQ+, those rates are higher. To help comba
Nonprofit It's On Us is raising awareness of a new Snapchat location sharing feature that may keep college students safe on campus and prevent sexual assaults.
The Pittsburgh jazz family is somber today. One of its own, Hill Jordan, 50, died Wednesday of unknown causes. Jordan, known to many as “Hilly,” was a trombonist and leader of Hill Jordan & Slide Worldwide. He regularly played clubs and festivals throughout Pittsburgh and the region. Many knew him