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Easy. Here are Erin’s expert tips to help keep you and your friends safe.

Look out for your friends. Make a pact to check in with each other.
Whoever goes out together, goes home together!
Watch your drink and take it with you wherever you go.
Don’t rely on someone else to keep an eye on it, even those […]

Jealousy issues, excessive text messaging and calling, controlling what you wear or who you hang out with…
When dating turns to out-of-line behavior, it’s easy to ignore the red flags and assume that he’s just really into you or totally has your best interests at heart.
So often we think of dating violence and abuse as:
A.) Something […]

Spring Break is all about sun, sand, care-free parties and friends, right? Well… yeah, mostly, but when you’re in new situations in far-off destinations and your ‘rents are hundreds of miles away, you’ve gotta know how to be smart and keep you and your friends safe.
Nothing is more of a downer than trying to deal […]

At the University of Maryland this fall, an annual demonstration against sexual assault suddenly gave way to a fierce debate about freedom of speech.
The issue was a knotty one: Should demonstrators be allowed to display T-shirts with the names of men accused of sexual assault, even if those men had not been convicted of any […]

Identity Theft.  The phrase itself sounds like something distant, something that emits the response “It couldn’t happen to me”. 
Unfortunately, that is the attitude of a lot of young women, and it’s a big mistake.  Identity theft can happen you. 
Take the story of Karen Lodrick who lost thousands of dollars due to relentless thief who was […]

What do you think of when you think of rape? Walking down a dark city street alone late at night, a strange man assaulting a young girl? A drug slipped in a cocktail and a girl waking up a few hours later unsure of why her clothes have been pulled off?
What about when you get […]

Do you know that feeling when your heart stops and you forget that you’re supposed to breathe?  Panic.
That was definitely the feeling I felt when I came home alone to my house in the city at about 6pm on a Monday after work…to find my back door wide open.  There was no way my roommates […]

If you knew you could do something to keep someone you loved from getting hurt, would you?
We would, too.
That’s why we’ve teamed up with some of the country’s leading experts and real women to get their expert advice and stay-safe strategies.
We want to help spread the word about the dangers of date rape drugs […]

When someone says “pepper spray” what comes to mind?  The Bounty Hunter, the police, something that could be useful, but ugly, un-feminine, and bulky? 
Well think again: behold http://www.pepperface.com.  Pepperface will change your view of personal self defense forever.  Their chic, lightweight, and stylish, yes, stylish, aluminum container can be customized  to entice even most prissy […]

(KUTV) PROVO - Brigham Young University opened a new school year Tuesday while police and students searched for a 22-year-old missing senior.
Download a poster created to help find Camille.
Students and staff received an e-mail alerting them to the disappearance of Camille Cleverley, who hasn’t been seen since Aug. 30. Her bike is missing.
“BYU is obviously […]