One in six American women has been the victim of rape or an attempted rape, and 10 percent of sexual assault victims are men, according to the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network.

To raise campus and community awareness, West Virginia University’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Education program is staging a series of informative events to mark Sexual Assault Awareness Week April 3-6.

On Monday, April 3, the movieSpin the BottleSex, Lies&Alcoholwill be shown at 8 p.m. in White Hall Room 21. The film addresses the connection between alcohol and drug abuse and high-risk behavior by exploring the college late-night scene. A discussion will follow.

For more information, go towww.mediaed.org/videos/MediaAndHealth/SpinTheBottle.

On Tuesday, April 4, and Wednesday, April 5, the Clothesline Project (www.clothesline.org/) will be on display from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. along the Mountainlair grand staircase. Started in 1990 as a way to air society’sdirty laundry,the project allows domestic violence survivors to use their creativity and passion to create poignant personal accounts of their struggles and healing on T-shirts.

Also on Tuesday, Daleen Berry, an award-winning journalist and editor, will tell her personal story,The Psychology of Domestic Violence: How One Journalist Survived,at 8 p.m. in the’Lair Rhododendron Room.

Finally, on Thursday, April 6the Day to End Sexual Violence, a national event WVU ’s Female Equality Movement will gather at 7 p.m. on the’Lair green for the Take Back the Night Rally, unifying people who want to take a stand against violence. The event will include speakers and a march down High Street to the Monongalia County Courthouse for a candlelight vigil and poetry reading.

For more information about these events or WVU ’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Education program, contact Deb Strouse, sexual assault prevention educator, at 304-293-1377 or dstrouse@hsc.wvu.edu .

On the Net:http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/shs/sexualassault/