This August, students in the United States and around the world will be embarking on a new journey of learning as they go off to college for the fall. However, they may find that their new home is not as safe a place as they may like. Even the elite universities still have dangers associated with them.

This week at Stanford University, Brock Turner was found guilty for sexually assaulting a young girl who remains unnamed. When California judge Aaron Persky sentenced the perpetrator to a mere six months in prison, the public was irate and held nothing back when expressing their fury all over the media.

Class of 2018’s Andrew Adams expresses his frustration with “the complete failure of our justice system to protect those who are vulnerable. In this particular case, Brock Turner was portrayed as the victim.”

Because the court was flooded with letters and personal accounts from family and friends, Judge Persky paid more attention to preserving the boy’s livelihood than he did to bringing justice with the victim. It was decided that the predator’s future was more important than the victim’s security, and this is where people get the most upset.

The judge did not recognize the emotional toll it would take on the victim and Turner basically got off with a slap on the wrist. The judge claims to understand the devastation of the traumas the victim dealt with.  However he made the decision in regards to the severe impact jail time would have on Turner.

Rising junior Sophie Droster is outraged, stating, “How would he feel if his own daughter had the exact same thing happen to he?! She would be broken, scarred and she would feel so unsafe to know that her rapist is still out there.”

What people can not comprehend is how a judge, someone who is supposed to be on the side of what’s right legally and morally, has taken favor over the sexual predator than the victim. It truly seems as if the case didn’t take the victim into account at all.

Campus rape is not new news. It happens frequently and young men, especially at the collegiate or upper class social levels, seem to receive preferential treatment when it comes to punishments that other predators do not. People need to remember that rape is rape-even when the rapist is a good looking, intelligent, ivy league student.