Hundreds of students, faculty and community members march down Alder Street for Take Back the Night on Thurs., April 25, 2013. The 34th annual march and rally raises awareness for sexual assaults and prevention. (Mason Trinca/Emerald)

Hundreds of students, faculty and community members march towards downtown for Take Back the Night. (Mason Trinca/Emerald).

Hundreds of students, faculty and community members march down Alder Street for Take Back the Night. (Mason Trinca/Emerald)

Students call, “We want safer streets, and we want them now!” during Take Back the Night on Thurs., April 25, 2013. (Mason Trinca/Emerald)

The band joins in near East 15th Avenue and Alder Street for Take Back the Night. (Mason Trinca/Emerald)

Eugene Police Department Officer Tony Peterman holds back the traffic on University Street near the Student Rec Center as students, faculty and concerned community members walk through campus for the Take Back the Night. (Mason Trinca/Emerald)

Hundreds of students, faculty and community members march down Franklin Boulevard for Take Back the Night. Students stand near the opposite side of the EMX to allow for the bus service to continue to run. (Mason Trinca/Emerald)

Spectators watch from their balconies as the march continued down Alder Street for Take Back the Night. (Mason Trinca/Emerald)

At the end of the march, students gathered at Cosmic Pizza for ‘The Speak Out,’ where survivors would be able to tell their stories off campus to keep their autonomy — hosting ‘The Speak Out’ off campus allowed for students to speak out without impeding on the current mandatory reporting policy, which allows for any University of Oregon employee to report sexual assault if heard on campus. (Mason Trinca/Emerald)

The march continues down Franklin Boulevard as policemen control the intersection for the oncoming traffic. (Mason Trinca/Emerald)