BU needs to make a constant commitment to the cause, actively work to ensure students’ safety, dismantle the prevalent rape culture on its campus and establish trust so students will be willing to speak up and report assailants in the first place. It will never be as easy as one quick, overnight policy change.

As part of an initiative to encourage students to vote in the upcoming midterms, Boston University’s College of General Studies Student Government Association held a voter registration drive in the CGS lobby Monday and Tuesday.