MCSR's Consulting & Training Coordinator, Joe Vess, was featured on the cover of BOSTON UNIVERSITY student newspaper, The Daily Free Press, in relation to his Strength Workshop presentation to students on October 11, 2007. The workshop was sponsored by BU gender-equality group, Every Person Counts.

Here's a snippet taken from the article, "Group looks to men for help in preventing rape":

Vess also showed pictures of men and said a man's self-image can make him think less of women. He talked about men's essential machismo qualities and said male power perceptions make women more prone to sexual assaults.

"[The workshop] made me realize how much in society harms women," said Every Person Counts Secretary Emily Ortuso.

Ortuso, a School of Education junior, said she agreed with Alderfer's observation that the issue is especially important to BU students - not only because college campuses have high rates of sexual assault, but because of the school's urban atmosphere.

College of Arts and Sciences senior Ryan Moore said discussing about men's roles in preventing rape is especially relevant in light of a female visitor to Warren Towers reporting she was sexually assaulted in a bathroom early Sept. 30.

"The biggest part is a lot of guys don't know what sexual assault is," Moore said. "We don't talk about it enough."