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Gonzaga University’s office of sexual assault and harm prevention will sponsor a panel discussion titled, “Hooking Up: Liberating or Desensitizing, Empowering or Devaluing — A Penetrating Look at Contemporary Campus Culture,” at 7 p.m., April 24 in the Foley Center Teleconference Room. Although the discussion targets the Gonzaga community, it is free and open to the public.

The panel discussion of contemporary “hook-up” culture will include representatives of the following perspectives regarding contemporary hook-up culture: student, feminist, victim’s advocate, theological, and medical. Panelists include GU students, faculty, staff and representatives from the Spokane community.
So far, the panelists include:

• Rev. Michael Maher, S.J., chair and associate professor of history, and director of Catholic Studies at Gonzaga;
• Laura Brunell, Gonzaga associate professor of political science;
• Adam Shipman, director of advocacy and education for Lutheran Community Services in Spokane;
• Jeff Conner, Gonzaga Law School Bar Association president;
• Ben Folger, president of the Gonzaga Student Body Association;
• Kassi Kain, chief judicial officer for GU undergraduate students;
• Mary Sue Gorski, chair and assistant professor in Gonzaga’s nursing department.

For more information, contact Sina Schmidt, communication specialist and trainer for the GU office of sexual assault and harm prevention, at (509) 323-5567or via e-mail.