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Penn State Students Launch The #BeMyBuddy Campaign

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Adrea Cope Student Contributor, Pennsylvania State University
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Rachael David Student Contributor, Pennsylvania State University
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at PSU chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

During their time enrolled in college, 1 in 4 women will be the victims of sexual assault.

Of these assaults, 89% will occur when the victim is incapacitated due to the use of alcohol.

Taking initiative to insure your own safety is so important, and the #BeMyBuddy campaign aims to promote exactly that.

Penn State provides a safe walk escort service, where students can be accompanied to their destination by an auxiliary police officer at any time. The sad reality is most students don’t take advantage of this opportunity.

Designed to promote the Penn State escort service while raising awareness about the alarming statistics of sexual assault on campus, the #BeMyBuddy campaign plans to conquer social media to help keep students safe.

If you support the effort to end sexual assault on college campuses and increase students’ awareness to heighten safety, post the campaign’s slogan on all forms of social media to share with your family and friends:

“I’m stepping up to end sexual assault and asking a friend to #BeMyBuddy so no one walks home alone.” www.facebook.com/bemybuddypennstate.

By sharing the post, you’re sharing your voice and making sure that everyone knows about the resources available to ensure that they never have to walk home alone.

Stop by the HUB tomorrow from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. to learn more about the campaign and get free giveaways like coupons to Chipotle and Jersey Mike’s as well as t-shirts, candy, and gift cards. 

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Adrea Cope

PSU

Adrea is a senior at Penn State and serves as the Campus Correspondent for Her Campus Penn State. She is majoring in Public Relations and minoring in Business, Women's Studies, and International Studies. She also served as a Chapter Advisor for 8 international chapters during her time studying abroad in Florence, Italy. In addition to Her Campus, Adrea is a senior reporter for Penn State's student newspaper, The Daily Collegian, and a contributing writer for Thought Catalog. She is the social media intern for Penn State's Office of Strategic Communications. In the rare time that she's doing something other than writing, she's probably Googling pictures of pugs or consuming an excessive amount of caffeine. Follow her on Twitter: @adreacope
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Rachael David

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Rachael David is currently a senior at Penn State University and serves as the Campus Correspondent for Her Campus Penn State. She is majoring in public relations and minoring in psychology. Her love of creative writing and all things Penn State is what inspired her to become a member of the HC team in the fall of 2013. Her background experience includes working for the Undergraduate Admissions Office at Penn State as a social media intern in the spring of 2014 and is currently working as a social media intern for an internet marketing company in Harrisburg called WebpageFX. This past summer she also served as a PR intern for Tierney Communications. Rachael enjoys anything media related especially catching up on her favorite shows, including Saturday Night Live and any show on Food Network. She has a passion for food but also loves being active and spending her free time running or hiking. She hopes to gain more experience in all aspects of the media industry during college and plans on pursuing a career writing for a life & style publication in the future.