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Sexual assault has been leading the news in Minnesota this week.

Several University of Minnesota football players continue to miss games because of a restraining order against them by a student who alleges they sexually assaulted her.  

Two other men from the University of Minnesota 

 from their fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon for their involvement trying to cover up a sexual assault.  

And there's the 20-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student from Edina who was arrested on multiple charges of sexual assault. 

 a senior research scientist at North Carolina-based think tank RTI international, about the prevalence of sexual assault on college campuses. He also co-authored of a study on sexual assault ordered by the Department of Justice.

Click on the audio player above to hear their conversation.

Schools that have high rates of sexual assault also have high rates of sexual harassment, a national researcher tells MPR News.

Sexual assault has been leading the news in Minnesota this week. Several University of Minnesota football players continue to miss games because of a restraining order against them by a student who alleges they sexually assaulted her.  Two other men from the University of Minnesota were expelled from their fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon yesterday for their involvement trying to cover up a sexual assault.  And there's the 20-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student from Edina who was arrested on multiple charges of sexual assault.

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