Students, including Tafari Robertson (center), gather around the Fighting Stallions during the March on Clegg, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, on the Quad. Star file photo
Editorâs Note: For the remainder of the school year, The University Star will take on âThe 11% Projectâ, an examination of Black students at Texas State through History, Election, Hometowns, Activism, Creatives and 10 years from now.
It took Tafari Robertson two years post-graduation to process the trauma he endured as a student at Texas State.
âIn the year [following] everything that happened on campus.I had graduated, but I was still in San Marcos,â Robertson says. âThat was just, like, a really rough year for me because it was leaving the activist space. You know, it s hard to look back on and feel like you really did everything you could have.â
A 5-foot-11-inches tall Black male with a beard, mustache, medium length hair and unknown clothing.
We are certain there are dozens of Black men on Texas Stateâs campus who fit such a description. Some are breadwinners. Some are on the academic Deanâs List viewable in the LBJ Student Center. Others are leaders on this campus actively working toward change for the better.
But this past weekend, Texas State contributed to a different narrative when it sent out a Timely Warning, Your Right to Know alert to the university community about a sexual assault suspect for an alleged incident that took place in a residence hall.
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Texas Stateâs Clery Act Annual Security and Fire Safety Report for 2020 was published Dec. 7, revealing an increase in reported rapes and burglaries on campus among other crime data.
The Clery Act requires institutions participating in the Federal Student Aid program to disclose campus security policies and crime statistics over the previous three years in a document called the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report.
The report shows rapes reported in 2019 were double the amount of 2018âs numbers for a total of 28. Contextually, that number is the same as 2017 and 2018âs numbers combined. The burglaries reported for 2019 show 40 burglaries, an increase of 26 from 2018âs numbers. There were zero reported crimes on the Round Rock campus.Â