Handling of Date-Rape Case Leaves Brown U. Policies in Dispute

The accused student faced suspension even though no one refuted his claim that the woman had initiated sex

By Ben Gose

Providence, R.I. -- When Adam Lack was a freshman at Brown University in 1993, he attended a student-led session about date rape. A female panelist said with a straight face that the only way a man could be sure he had a woman's consent...

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