"Drunk Sex or Date Rape"

Like Natalie, I too attended the presentation called "Drunk Sex or Date Rape: Can you tell the difference?". All athletes were required to attend and there was also a strong presence from other organizations on campus. The speaker, surprisingly enough, was Dominican's attorney, Brett Sokolow. Sokolow described a case between two college aged individuals and their night or partying and sexual intimacy. The audience was able to ask questions about the case and eventaully vote on whether or not we thought it was rape or consentual sex.

I thought that the event had a great turn out and the audience was very involved. It brought up a lot of tricky questions about the topic and made students realize that there is a lot at stake in a situation like that. Sokolow was an engaging speaker with good points that made us think.

A topic like this can be sticky in an institution like Dominican. I'm glad that the school decided to bring this speaker in because it is something that needs to be disscussed and not hidden.