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Ever wish the young men on your campus were more accountable for their actions? AIM Trainings Inc. offers a cost-effective, tested and proven, non-sectarian training program, enthusiastically received by university administration, coaches, and participants. The college where we ran our initial pilot training (Southern Oregon University in Ashland, OR) was very concerned about a number of reported date rapes in the previous term, plus binge drinking and violence. Officials knew the futility of both laissez-faire and "zero-tolerance" approaches. An assault by a student athlete on a local woman led to a community dialogue that created the belief that we could do something different. A university administrator, the head football coach, representatives from the Ashland Police Department, members of the Women's Resource Center, the Dean of Students, and, finally, the University Provost - all participated in this dialogue. In January 2005, the University Provost approved the pilot program. His concerns:
"As a man, my inherent nature is to be curious, gentle, intimate, responsible, enthusiastic, sensual, tolerant, courageous, honest, vulnerable, affectionate, proud, playful, spiritual, committed, wild, nurturing, peaceful, helpful, intense, compassionate, joyful, direct, active, and to fully and safely express all these emotions." |
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