“Domestic Violence Awareness Month Will Soon Pass, But The Problem Remains”

During my sophomore year of college, I had a dorm-mate who returned to campus after visiting her boyfriend, often sporting a black eye and bruises. My friends and I tried to probe about how her injuries had occurred. She denied her boyfriend was responsible, instead blaming her own clumsiness. Looking back, I regret that I did not press my friend to seek help through the Student Health Center. A couple