<p>As a long-ago member of the Bi-Co community, I find it hard to believe that Hford students are substantially more likely to engage in sexual assault than at other schools. I suspect that the culture created through the Honor Code encourages a willingness to challenge conduct that may cross lines, subjective or objective. As I read the original post, the statistics related to forcible sexual acts – perhaps I am reading this too finely, but to me, that is broader than the criminal definition of rape. Without knowing more about how reports are categorized, it seems that one could include non-consensual touching within that definition – but to understand what those numbers mean, you would need to go much deeper into the report. The Honor Code creates a culture of accountability and self-critique, which could well lead to higher reporting of incidents which would not necessarily be reported on other campuses.</p>