Date rape is a concern at colleges across the nation, and one survivor will be on the ISU campus to share her experience with students and the Ames community.

Sexual assault prevention activist Katie Koestner will give a presentation titled “He Said, She Said” at 7 tonight in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.

“Her presentation will focus on date rape, what constitutes date rape, how to prevent [it] and protect yourself,” said Dustin Kralik, member of Theta Chi fraternity, 219 Ash Ave.

Kralik, junior in exercise and sport science, was one of three members who attended Koestner and activist Brett Sokolow’s lecture last summer at the chapter’s leadership conference in Denver.

“We were impressed that the presentation was so versatile that it could keep hundreds of guys interested for an hour and a half, so we thought it would be great to bring them here,” he said.

The fraternity initiated a partnership with the Margaret Sloss Women’s Center to sponsor the lecture at Iowa State.

Koestner went public with her date-rape story after an inadequate response from William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Va. She appeared on the June 3, 1991 cover of Time Magazine in an article about date rape on college campuses.

In 1993, she completed a project with Lifestories Docudrama titled “No Visible Bruises: The Katie Koestner Story,” which was broadcast on HBO.

Andrea Conner, graduate assistant for educational programs at the Sloss House, said Koestner’s presentation style will appeal to the audience.

“She engages the audience with her emotional testimony of her own experience with date rape,” Conner said. “She talks about prevention through respect and responsible use of alcohol and other drugs.”

The program will be co-facilitated by Sokolow, specialist on sexual assault policy and law. After Koestner’s lecture, he will lead interactive scenarios on sexual assault where the audience acts as a jury.

“Brett discusses prevention through communication with special attention being paid to the issue of content,” Conner said. “He uses humor to make everyone feel comfortable and able to share their opinions.”

Kralik said this program is aimed at everyone, including men.

“[The program is] different because of the way guys are included in the discussion, which is something that is often overlooked in rape prevention,” he said.

Date rape is a problem on all college campuses, including Iowa State, Conner said.

“It may be easy to look at our crime reports and think that date rape is not a problem on ISU campus, but the truth is that more than 85 percent of all assaults go unreported,” she said. “If we prevent one rape from happening with this program, it will be worth it.”

The sponsors for the lecture are the Inter-Residence Hall Association, the Student Affairs Office, the Department of Public Safety, the Interfraternity Council, Pi Beta Phi sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, the College of Education, the College of Engineering, the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, North American Forum, women’s studies program, Program for Women in Science and Engineering and the Committee on Lectures.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, 140 Lynn Ave., will be hosting a reception at the house after the presentation.