sexual consent
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No, intoxication is still not an excuse for sexual assault, despite how many petitions you’ve seen
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Recently, as I browse daily through my various social media timelines to see what’s happening outside my little quarantine bubble, I’ve noticed a crucial flaw in our current world of chaos: misinformation. One of the biggest problems in media providing such easy access to the news all over the world is the danger of constant…
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Creating a dialogue about consent for first-year students
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On Sept. 6, in the heart of Orientation Week, Wilfrid Laurier University hosted Mike Domitrz, founder of the Date Safe Project, author of Can I Kiss You and public speaker. Domitrz gave an informative presentation on consent and its concomitants. Date Safe Project is an organization which has the mission statement to prevent sexual assault…
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Lutheran seminary will undergo its first renovation in 50 years
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The Waterloo Lutheran Seminary on the Wilfrid Laurier University Campus is receiving a nine million dollar renovation in the upcoming months. The renovation consists of several new features and an update of the entire building, minus the chapel. The Seminary is a community space as well as a federal institution on the Laurier campus, which…
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Consent is Cool event to be held at Turret
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On April 1 at the Turret, a nightclub event will be hosted by local DJ and undergraduate at Wilfrid Laurier University, Garrett Large. The event is a club-night dubbed Consent is Cool and will raise proceeds to donate to the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region (SASC). SASC works with Laurier directly and acts…
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