If you have ever driven through a college campus during Fall Move-In, College Game Day, or Homecoming weekend, you probably have had the "pleasure" of experiencing the craziness firsthand. For a couple colleges, the craziness was brought to the attention college officials. Old Dominion University, SUNY Cortland, and Ohio State were three of probably many colleges that displayed banners suggesting that fathers drop off their daughters and even their wives for a good time.

As parents drove in with their daughters, they were greeted by three banners at an off-campus house at Old Dominion University. The three banners were draped from the balcony of a house during the Fall Move-In weekend; they stated, "Rowdy And Fun. Hope your baby girl is ready for a good time..." "Freshman Daughter Drop Off" and "Go ahead and drop Mom off too..." ODU recently suspended the Sigma Nu chapter from the University while they further investigate more about the involvement of its members. (Brad Beacham, the executive director of Sigma Nu's national headquarters stated, "Any fraternity member found to be responsible for this reprehensible display will be held accountable by the fraternity.")

SUNY Cortland also sparked attention when just days after the Old Dominion controversy surfaced, students raised a banner that said "Freshman Daughter Drop Off" at an off-campus house. The sign was brought to the college's attention, which was then taken care of by immediately by the Cortland Police. Frederic Pierce, the SUNY Cortland director of Public Relations, said that the college will investigate if the actions violate the Code of Conduct.

Like Old Dominion and SUNY Cortland, Ohio State was also outraged by the suggestive banners their students displayed. Disciplinary action was also taken.

But what about the after-effects on the campus, the daughters, and the parents? Many took to social media to express their feelings about the situation. Although some believed that this was harmless. "boys being boys" humor, many were outraged by the "humor" that degraded women, suggesting sexual harassment and college rape.

According to One in Four, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention of rape, the statistics of college rape are alarming. One in four college women report surviving rape or attempted rape, 673,000 women currently attending U.S. colleges and universities have experienced rape at some point in their life, and only 11 percent of college women who experience rape will report it to the police. (Information taken from: http://www.oneinfourusa.org/statistics.php.) Those statistics alone are eye opening and it is not surprising that many people do not take the suggestive banners and "joke" lightly.

Although Ohio State senior quoted, "My dad, he is a good Christian man, I am a good Christian man, but we just do this for fun. We are not trying to cause any havoc or stir up any trouble, we are just trying to have some fun.” I think it is important to go back to those 673,000 women who have been affected by rape and re-evaluate why suggestive signs are not funny to them.

I guess all I have to say about this topic is that, just like everything in your life- the students who are at fault should have thought about their actions and how they could have possibly affected them or the people involved.

Also, the men (not just only at ODU, SUNY Cortland, and OSU) who have ever been involved with actions like such should think about their future/current daughters, girlfriends, and wives. I'd hope you'd want to kick the crud out of anyone who has the intention taking advantage of someone you love for the measly approval of a "bro."