Never. Serial rape is the norm on college campuses. Each offender had 14 victims on average. A minute she walked through the door, i was on her. They know what they are doing, they are targetting fresh many, they are grooming them a america tonight investigation, sex crimes on campus. Thanks for being with us, im joie chen. Its called an epidemic, its not getting better. America tonight aired a groundbreaking report on campus Sexual Assault, a problem that gained attention all the way up to the white house. We begin with the story of two young women who blazed a path with other victims, and launched a movement to shine a light on a problem in the shadows too long. It happened so quickly, it was within 2 minutes that my head was slammed into a bathroom door and again next to the toilet and the assault proceeded. I remember putting my hands on the sink, looking at myself in the mirror, and not even being able to fully comprehend what had just happened. It was just like i need to get out of here. These women say they were raped at a place most of us assume will be a haven of learning and safety. College. Annie was a freshman, and andrea sophomore attending u. N. C. , the university of North Carolina at chapel hill. Each said the university failed to protect them in the first place, or give them the support they needed to cope with the experience afterward. I know when i did report, because i did, i was blamed for my own experience. Reporter what does that mean blamed . I was told rape was like a football game, i should look back, and what would i have done differently to avoid the situation. Reporter one in 20 College Women in the United States will be the victim of a completed or attempted rape in a college year. According to the National Violence against womens survey in 2000. The most recent figure available. That means over a College Career as many as 2025 can be victims. Today many of these victims refer to themselves as survivors. Theres depression, cutting, blame, and a lot is placed on the victim to change your lifestyle, its your fault, you have to get over it, figure out what you need to do to get better. Reporter was the school blind to sexual violence. The interesting thing is its treated as a compliance issue, something that can be solved with a policy. Its been it did not really happen or it wasnt bad or pr stuff. I want to see someone stand up and take ownership. We have to leash from the mistakes and have the best practices in the country because of it. I want to see them say we are sorry and make it better, not we didnt do anything wrong. This is the easier thing to do, to put a blue light on campus and have a security guard. This will not be the effective method to end sexual violence. Reporter since 1972 the u. S. Department of education under title 9 said institutions receiving federal fund must ensure education free of sexual connotations. Many colleges and universities say they were unaware of legal obligations under title 9 to protect students from Sexual Assault. Im here to talk about you about talk with you about physical abuse and Sexual Assault on college campuses, and what we can and must do about it. In april 2011, Vice President joe biden announced what is known as the Dear Colleague alert. A document articulated guidelines with how colleges should deal with Sexual Assault, leaving no doubt that protecting students is the schools responsibility. Though annie graduated in 2012, she and andrea found each other through the u. N. C. Community. They began to talk about the issue of rape in the juste of North Carolina issue of rape in North Carolina. This is not a u. N. C. Problem, because someone messed up. We said u. N. C. Is not a bad place, its a representation of a larger cultural problem. Reporter the women researched title 9, interviewing other victims of rape, utilizing social media and in january 2013, along with former u. N. C. Administration, Melinda Manning and two others, filed a complaint against the university of North Carolina, at the department of education. I think it is a microcosm of what is happening across the country, these crimes are committed. Universities sweep them under the rug. The dont of education is not holding them accountable and students saying this is not okay. When you have 18 and 19yearold men and Women Holding the government accountable for rape, it just it boggles my mind. The department of education has made an effort. Yes, but they never really have done anything. Theres no teeth behind it that we have seen. Has any university had its federal funds withdrawn. Never. No. No. The federal complaint against u. N. C. Received considerable Media Attention and social media has given a voice to a network of survivors, many with the informal help of annie and andrea filed their own complaints. Finally, there is a sense of a turning point. Its maybe easier to talk about plainliurism. We have to change that, switch the dynamic, we have to talk about violence, sexual violence. Ewcombia is one of three fulltime title 9 administrators hired since the complaint was lodged against the school. Have we done it as well as we could . Colleges and universities, generally speaking, we need to do better, more. Despite the guideline outlined the right way forward is still not clear to many universities. Part of my frustration as an administrator was along with the document. We are trying, but sometimes we are stumbling because we are not getting the guidance we need with the new expectations. Annie and andrea believe Sexual Assaults are underreported. Any time i look at a Sexual Assault report and see zero, zero, zero, its a red flag. It doesnt mean the Sexual Assault is not happening, but people are uncomfortable reporting about it. Or they are not given accurate statistics. In 2014 more guide lines are on the way, educating students, and convening when they see a problem. As for annie and andrea they turned their ordeals into a mission, to bring light into part of campus life that has been too long in shadow when sex crimes on campus returns, a Campus Culture that is a breeding ground for Sexual Assault. When laura went to college, she never thought that she, like one in five College Students would become a victim of Sexual Assault. What made her vulnerable was the College Party culture fuelled by alcohol that some say made the campus a breeding ground for assault. We explore the roots of that problem and how young women become victims. Reporter it never occurred to laura that a campus party could be dangerous. I was at a partying drinking, my second time drinking ever in my life. I was in with people from crew, trying to get to know them. There was free shots. I had a lot of shots, over seven, and was cut off from the bar, i was getting very, very drunk. It was about that time two men from my team paid more attention to me. Reporter laura was a student at University Wisconsin madison. Two men left the fraternity to head to the next party. She thought she was safe, because they were fellow students, fellow rowers, friends of friends. They started to walk me the wrong way. I remember saying thats not the direction of the party. They said we are stopping by the apartment, its fine. I was stumbling, i had a few more shots that they had given me before i left. I was leaning on one. We were trying to walk. They walked me into an apartment that was close. I fell face first on the stairs, and they picked me up and carried me up. Reporter alcohol is the fuel in 50 of Sexual Assaults, including rape, according to a study by the National Institute of alcohol abuse. The victim or the perpetrator or both are drinking, intensifying behaviours and risks. Its almost like it wasnt happening to my body. And at 1. 1 of them got on top of me and started pressing himself into me. And i remember putting my hands up and saying no, im a virgin, please stop. Reporter the attack destroyed lauras sense of trust. The a student text rarely lost focus. A Longtime Love relationship ended and she quit the rowing team. I had nightmares, couldnt sleep, lost weight. Was anxious. And had problems. Laura dunn was a victim of rape, but a Campus Culture that many feel is unhealthy for women and men. Social researcher and professor Lynn Phillips studies this. Is there a hookup culture . People are less apologetic about it. People see it as the norm, whereas, you know, when i was in college, people we called it one night stands or sleeping around. You were supposed to be a little shire about it. Now, not so much. People talk about it as a fact of college. Add to that huge pressure to drink and overdrink. And so that makes things complicated as well. If you really, really drunk, you cant consent. We dont do enough to teach young men about that, that you cant have sex with someone who is incapacitated. Thats rape. Reporter phillips interviewed hundreds of College Students about their experiences. She says it doesnt help that women and men are bombarded with sexual images from childhood on. People take in the scripts from the time they are little. Everything from music videos, billboards, victorias secret adds, cosmo. Everywhere in the culture. Theres erotizizing and naturalizing of Sexual Assaultee mixed with physical force. It focuses on male entitlement to sexuality. Where do you stop once you start. Then you become a terrible teen, if you dont continue to please them. Phillips made the film flirting with danger, to reflect what women are saying. I basically gave him a blow job to satisfy him so i wouldnt have to have sex with him. Film ims says in phillips says in research, looking up and alcohol go together. When they talk about hooking up i say, does alcohol have anything to do with this . And they look at me aniesic adig aniesicly quizicly to say hello, of course it does. It doesnt mean it causes rape. Someone choosing to take advantage of someone that is drunk causes rape. They these to do that. They could choose not to. Laura struggled emotionally. A professor in class talked about rape on campus, and it changed her life. She said 2030 of victims report, which means 7080 are silent. I realised in that class i was the silent group. Here i was sitting and realising my silence was part of this problem. So the moment the glass got up i walked across the strap and reported awkwardly that i was sexually assaulted. Reporter the dean office sent her to the campus police, and they sent her to the maddison police. She told her family what happened, and at first her parents blamed her. I remember walking into the kitchen, mum was in the living room and i said mum, ive been assaulted. And she just went into shock and walked out the house, didnt have a reaction, she just left. I forget how my dad came in. I told him. He sat on the couch and the first thing he said was what were you wearing . I couldnt believe my father asked me that. Every reaction they had made everything worse, because it wasnt are you okay . We still love you. Reporter her parents became supportive, encouraging her to go to the media to get her story out. The university of wisconsin said there was no way to determine what happened, since both parties were drinking. Consent was moot. They said its absurd. I was pre law. Its not moot, its an issue. We need to create a movement. Lauras experience led her to a path in life. She was working to keep others safe. I realised what happened was not by fault. She is speaking out in public. Sometimes we are not believed. We cannot let that stand. She is in the right place at the rite time. The men that harm me will never be locked away for what they did. Theyll live their lives without knowing what they have done. I can change the laws, and they hold others accountable. And i think thats justice. When we return, predators on campus. The serial rapists responsible for the lions share of campus rapes. Its a common belief that many assault cases are murky, the result of miscommunication. Allegations that amount to he said she said. That assumption is wrong. The latest Research Found that most campus rapes are perpetrated by a small number of determined predators, serial rapists who carefully plan their attacks. Here is america tonights chris brewery Occidental College in los angeles, private, pricey, with a postcard perfect campus known for social justice. Its striking that this campus is ridden with reports of rape and Sexual Assault. Much committed by repeat offenders. I ended up walking back to his place with him. Once we were there, he raped me. Reporter in the shadows two students who asked us to mid their faces tole us they were raped not by strangers, but men hiding in plain site. Their fellow students. Reporter you clearly said no. Yes. Reporter he kept forcing himself on you. Yes. Reporter this woman, a junior, said she was raped in her first year. Her outrage grew upon finding out he was sanctioned. Months before he raped me he was sanctioned by the college for Sexual Assault. It was not serious enough that he was removed. Reporter what was the sanction . I think it involved writing a paper of some kind. Some research reflection. He wasnt suspended. No. Reporter and wasnt expelled. No. Serial rape is the norm on college campuses. Here at oxidantal college we have numerous cases with three or four women coming forward and alleging the same man raped pore sexually assaulted them associate professor caroline held man had been teaching for seven years, along with daniel durks, they have become activists for Sexual Assault victims, saying they did not intend to do so, but students came to them, pouring their hearts out. I have been here since 2011. Over that time i have talked with dozens of men and women who have been raped, sexually assaulted, battered. All of these things. Last April Helmand and dirks filed a federal complaint. In it 42 oxidantal students alleged they were raped for assaulted since 2009. Another woman also a junior told us she was raped last year by a repeat offender after a campus dance. There was drinking involved, and i ended up being taken home by someone that i actually dont remember being taken home by. And ended up having sexual relations with him, without my knowing. I didnt remember it in the morning. Reporter did you report this . I didnt report it for two month. Reporter did this guy assault other women . Yes, we know that he has been found guilty of sexually assaulting another woman. The vast majority of Sexual Assaults, over 90 , are perpetrated by serial offenders. Each on average had 14 victims. Clinical psychologist travels the country training prosecutors and police on sex offenders. In his study published in 2002 he asked 2,000 male students at a college about their sex lives. 6 . Men described their scpuble en sexual encounters in a way that met the Legal Definition of rape, meaning they had sexual intercourse without the support of the woman, using alcohol or force. A majority assaulted multiple women. They were prolific. The average number of rapes was six. Serial rapists peraffected techniques and ways of identifying who on campus, for example, are vulnerable. Who are the individuals to target as they call it, to pray on. To prove his point. A video was shown, based on an interview at duke university, here, an actor speaks the words of a student, describing how he invited a freshman girl to a party. The minute she walked in the door of the party, i was on her. She is good looking. We started to drink together. I could tell she was nervous, because she was drinking so fast. What was she drinking . Some punch we made, the unusual thing. What does the exchange tell you. Its clear cut. They know what they are doing, they are targetting in this case freshmen, they are grooming them by inviting them to this special Party Invitation only. Its a setup. And then they have things prepared at this party. Reporter there has been a million College Parties like that, it doesnt mean its rape. Not when you give someone a drink, but when you give someone a drink and they are intoxicated and you bring another drink over and give them that and they are more intoxicated and you say listen, why dont we go upstairs. They are so intoxicated they can barely stand up and you support them up the stairs. She was woozy, i brought up another drink, sat her on the beds, i didnt expect her to get into it. Maybe thats why she was pushing on me. I learnt on her, pulling off her clothes. At some point she stopped confirming, maybe she passed out. Her eyes were closed. Reporter what happened. I [ beeping ] her. Reporter did you have to lean on her . I had my arm across my chest. Reporter when you hear this, what does it tell you . Hes describing a rape that involves in many ways more overt violence than you see in many nonstranger rapes. Reporter calculating waves are common refrain among the students who claim to have been assaulted. Reporter when you look back, do you feel youve been set up or plied with liquor. Absolutely. He probably scanned the room, saw someone who was clearly intoxicated and started to strike up a conversation and continued to provide me with drinks. The president of oxidantal college declined our request for an on camera interview, but officials site changes in policy, including a 24 hour Sexual Assault hot line and a professional advocate to help student