One in four college women has survived a rape or a rape attempt since age 14.

That is the statistic that drew more than 100 people into 111 Forum to watch the debut presentation of a new group on campus called One in Four, a local branch of the National Organization of Men's Outreach for Rape Education.

The group held its first and only co-ed presentation entitled "How to Help a Sexual Assault Survivor: What Men Can Do" in an attempt to raise awareness about their organization on campus. Now One in Four aims to become an all-male group dedicated to educating men and making Penn State safer when it comes to sexual violence.

"The name One in Four comes from a statistic that first came out in the 80s," Ryan Tritch (junior-classics and ancient Mediterranean studies), One in Four President, said.

However, statistics weren't the only motivating factor that led to the formation of the group.

"It's become more personal to me," said Tritch. "My girlfriend is a rape survivor -- two years this April."

The four other men who helped build the group say they have been motivated by female friends who have been assaulted, by feminist thought and even Women's Studies classes.

One in Four's presentation featured a film used to train police about rape. The rape survivor in the film was actually a male police officer. Jonathan Kroberger (junior-film and video), the group's publicity chair, said that it is sometimes hard for men to understand what it's like to be frequent targets of sexual assault.

"One of the reasons we use this film about male on male rape is because it's more effective and takes men out of their normal way of thinking about rape," Kroberger said.

The group also used facts and examples to get its point across.

"One hundred and five out of 107 reported rapes on campus last year were acquaintance rapes, with victims knowing the rapist for a year or more," Tritch said.

Tritch believes sexual assault and rape are huge problems on campus and frequently not reported.

"The first time I realized it was a problem I was walking through the HUB and there was a map where people could write down where they had been sexually assaulted on or near campus," Tritch said. "There were marks everywhere."

Tritch believes women particularly are targets of sexual assault.

"At some campuses, I know girls who can't go out a lot, or go out late, and feel safe," Tritch said. "It think it's completely unfair and we hold women to a different set of standards."

Dallas Garner (graduate-psychology) is the only female founder of the group. After coming from The College of William and Mary, where she worked with the founder of national chapters of One in Four, she felt Penn State should have a branch of the group.

"This is such an enormous campus and I saw a need for a program presented by men to an all male audience," Garner said.

One in Four hopes to provide their educational presentations to other males on campus.

"Any organization can benefit from this. We will present to all-male audiences like frats, sport teams, residence halls," Kroberger said.

Kroberger said One if Four was different from most other rape prevention programs.

"We focus on victim empathy, viewing the audience as collaborators and allies in the fight against rape, rather than potential rapists," Kroberger said.

Ladi Okunuga (freshman-earth and mineral sciences) found the presentation informative.

"It was enlightening and totally made me realize what it's like for women who this happens to. I will do all that I can to help them," said Okunuga.

As the hour-long presentation came to a close, group leaders reminded the audience that 26 women are raped every hour, in the amount of time they had just sat in 111 Forum.

"Men have a lot of power to stop sexual assault and it doesn't make you less of a man," Tritch said.