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Friday August 20th and Saturday August 21st were busy days for New Beginnings here at WSC. Todd Denny provided an informative, humorous, sometimes musical, interactive presentation of issues related to violence, sexism, racism and homophobia at New Student Orientation.

Todd focused on the issue of non-stranger rape(sometimes referred to as acquaintance, or date rape) Todd really framed this as an issue where guys are a key part of the solution, especially in moving towards a rape free environment here at Wayne State College. Todd’s 90 minute presentation Friday evening called on our new students to take a proactive stance to alleviate violence on our campus, to watch out for themselves but more importantly to watch out for each other and to speak up or step in to prevent assaults and violence from happening.

Todd also provided Endless Opportunities on Saturday for our RA’s and other campus counselors and student services providers to learn more on how to deliver this message to all sectors of campus life, and also how to more effectively respond to persons negatively impacted by these behaviors and incidents.

One of the cool things Todd did Friday evening was solicit responses from the male and female audience members. Everyone had the opportunity to write down on index cards, blue for males and yellow for females, what they would tell or want members of the other gender to know about the issue of relationships, sexuality and sexual assault. The evening ended with one of our Peer Educators and one of the Ambassadors sharing some of the messages. Time didn’t allow for everyone’s to be read, so we are including them here for you to read.

Read the Male Responses | Female Responses

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Ron Vick, MA, LPC
Counselor / Academic Advisor
Int'l Student Advisor