Collegiate Times

"likelier" ?... seriosuly?

Likely is one of the adjectives that has two acceptable forms of comparison. Likelier and more likely. Good try though.

"You can't enter a civil contract while you're intoxicated. Consent while a person is intoxicated isn't valid," said Geof Allen, community outreach officer for Virginia Tech Police Department. " --So you're saying every time someone has sex when they are drunk, both parties are being raped? I think this article fails to bring lite to the fact that men can be victims as well...Yea I know, just like the 16 year old boys getting "raped" by their hot female teachers...

As a guy, I feel I have been taken advantage of sexually a few times in the past when drunk. If a fat chick gets a guy drunk enough to the point where he is willing to have sex with her, is that a case of sexual assault? He would not have sex with her sober, but with beer goggles on his judgment is impaired. If so, Can I go to the office of judicial affairs and try to get a fatty kicked out of school because I feel she sexually assaulted me? I feel this type of abuse goes the most under reported.

Kudos to the CT for writing this article. Double kudos to Officer Allen of the VTPD for noting that it would be better for all sexual assaults to be reported to the police instead of just going to the judicial system, which is mostly a farce that does not actually serve justice. Remember, if you are the victim of a sexual assault, and you take it only to the judicial system and not the criminal system, your assailant's crimes if convicted will be kept secret and he/she will likely receive a slap on the wrist, which could be a semester suspension for example. Then he/she will be sitting next to you in class, on the BT or in the dining halls once again and there's nothing you can do about it. The judicial system should be abolished. It is only a way for the university to keep the prevalence of crimes a secret and for students who commit crimes to escape real responsibility for their actions.

Officer Allen is absolutely right, you can't make a decision when you are drunk. So when you get drunk and ram a school bus with your car, you won't be charged because you were incapable of making that decision. If you are drunk when you register for classes, an F won't count against your grade because you weren't capable of making a decision about taking that class. It's just common sense, so Kudos to you, Officer Alan, and Kudos to all the brave women who ruin peoples' lives over this. And I wonder what other social interactions are now going to be governed by contract law? Will Jimmy John's have to stop selling sandwiches to drunk people? Will it be illegal to add a facebook friend while drunk? I'm all ears, Officer Allen. Or we could just accept responsibility for what we do. We all make mistakes and we don't get to go to court and make other people pay for them. Geof Allen is a moron. Our legal system is full of morons. God help us.

Wow, you should like a really caring, sensitive, mature person, hokienomics.

Male-on-male sex needs more attention....

The prevalence of male-on-male sexual victimization requires greater attention from college/university and law enforcement authorities. It is no secret that MSM sex is common among male students across the countey, evem by self-identified "straight" males. But the sexual victimization of males by other males, either by force, coercion, intimidation, or through diminished capacity is virtually unrecognized and very under-reported. Greater focus by authorities is required so that these very real crime victims will feel free to come forward and report these crimes.

Yea, I think we should all have to breathalize test our dates, and if they score over something on it then your not allowed to have sex with them....then they rape you and its all good because they were drunk and you were sober....and now the sober one is the one in jail for raping the poor drunk person. and if you are gay...what if you don't know if the other person is or not..I think if you are even contemplaiting being gay or bi then you should have to wear a start of David or something right? or we can just send all those ppl to camps, that sounds even better.

I find it sad and scary that so many cynical comments are being posted in response to this article. I wonder if these people have mothers, sisters, aunts, or girlfriends and if they would be as cynical if someone took advantage of their loved one. Obviously, being taken advantage of sexually has been and is currently a problem on college campuses nationwide, but not until recent years have governing bodies attentively listened to victims. We should appreciate that the Collegiate Times has run this article and is trying to raise awareness. Consider your motives and thoughts and think twice!

If your roofied then you can go to the police, if you drank too much and just didn't know when to stop....there's a good life lesson, take less drinks from fat chicks.

Well, it sounds like concealed carry is the answer here too.

hokienomics, you are exactly the type of male who insures that men will always be assumed wrong in any case of sexual conduct. You have to have sex with girls to prove to yourself that you actually are straight and it is sad.