Temple University investigating off-campus reported rape

Temple University says it's investigating a reported rape at an off-campus apartment building near the campus in North Philadelphia. And Shanette, this all comes at a time when sexual assault allegations at colleges are in the national spotlight. Yeah, Jason, it is concerning to students who say it could happen on any college campus anywhere and they want more awareness. This is the off-campus housing where a rape is reported to have happened. Temple University's Department of Public Safety daily crime log states that a report was made yesterday about a rape that happened over the weekend at 2:30 Saturday morning the report says it happened inside the University Village residential facility at 1701 North 10th Street Temple said in a statement that we reached out to get Temple takes all reports of sexual assault seriously whether they occur on or off campus it goes on to say because this incident occurred at a private off-campus residence it is being addressed through Temple student conduct code this process allows the university to investigate allegations and hold students accountable under university policy tonight we talked to students about the report of a sex assault some were aware others were not but all we talked to are concerned including students from another nearby university it's very scary to know that somebody in the building is you know going against somebody's consent i think it's scary for me as a woman a young woman at that my mom found out on Facebook and then called me today about it um but i didn't see anything from the school any emails or anything um and it definitely is really worrying because i mean a lot of people live here we have security guards for a reason and she was definitely worried about it Adi Patel and Krish Patel are freshmen at Drexel and say they heard about the reported sex assault i think it's a problem on all campuses it could happen anywhere whether you're in the city you're not in the city we just heard about the the big Cornell case that just came out and there's a lot going on behind that so like I just feel like we should be more aware of this as a community. A Temple spokesperson says the university recently created a sexual assault advisory group after recent national headlines raised important questions involving the process of supporting victims and responding to incidents. And back here live Temple says that it issues a TU alerts for incidents or emergencies that pose a hazard or immediate threat on campus or within the University's patrol zone. Sheba, Seanette, thank you.