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 The issue we wanted to address with our project is the lack of condensed, concise resources for reporting sexual harassment in Illinois. Sure, there are reports and papers that exist, but many times they are quite exhaustive and occasionally convoluted in nature. Our intention was to create something that would be useful for somebody who is a victim of harassment or assault, and wants to know how to proceed. Overall, our project went well, and I think we did a good job at untangling some of the messier legal definitions and breaking them down into more concise language. Our main challenge was actually that of communication: We needed approval from the SSO to distribute our material, and they didn't get back to us in time for the last project day. However, I do hope that when the project does eventually get distributed, that it does serve as a helpful resource for some people who want to know their rights in certain institutions. If we had the chance to do this project again, I wou...

 As we've done our various bits of community service and volunteering, I've started to realize a lot of things about community service in general that I never really pieced together. First of all, it's not very hard, especially if you're in a group. We're something like 6, 7 people, but we still managed to clean up an entire park pretty well, and finish a lot of tasks at the food pantry, both in under 2 hours. One would think that something so simple, easy to accomplish, and rewarding to both the community and the individual would be something that's a lot more common in adult society. However, according to a nonprofit organization website, only about 25% of Americans volunteer their time to community service, and that includes people who are doing it as a court sentence. Even though it's such a simple request, and something that can be a big help even when done in small quantities, the turnout is still quite low. I think that the reason people don't per...