For the last two months, an average day in the life of 20-year-old, Molly Alcorn, has been vastly unlike that of most college students. Each weekday morning she wakes up, makes a short commute from Virginia to Washington, D.C. and at 9 a.m. sharp reports to work on Capitol Hill.

In early August freshman Melody Forsell and two friends took a trip to Hollywood to be part of the live studio audience of the longtime-aired game show, “The Price is Right.” What she didn’t realize beforehand was the possibility of being one of 300 audience members interviewed that day as potential contestants.

In a packed lecture hall Rob Diaz asked a group of students, “How many of you have heard of the term ‘rape culture?’” A majority of hands shot up. Then he asked, “How many of you can give me a definition?” The hands dropped discouragingly and the room fell quiet. Only one brave girl kept her hand raised to fancy an educated guess.