On Wednesday November, 24 just before 11 a.m., students received a “campus advisory” email from Director of Safety and Security, Don Marsala, reporting an incidence of sexual assault on campus. According to Marsala, a female student was accosted within a residence house computer cluster between the hours 8 a.m and 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning. The suspect, identified as a 5’10” student-aged male with no facial hair, entered the cluster and began to physically accost the female student. He then blocked her exit from the room and began to masturbate in front of her. The female student was able to escape and sought the help of a fellow student.
According to Marsala’s email, “Vassar College Safety and Security is pursuing several leads” on the identification of the suspect. Safety and Security has not yet released the name of the residence hall in which the assault occurred.
In the conclusion of the campus advisory Marsala asks anyone with additional information to come forth. “Please feel free to report any persons or activities that you feel might be suspicious to the Campus Response Center (CRC) @ 845 437 5221 and we’ll investigate immediately,” he wrote.
