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DAVID: Hey, don't touch that dial.

It's time to stop the violence

towards women and Take Back The Night.

This is KXCU, and we'll be here with you for the lectures,

the workshops and the rallies, all week long.

MAN (in movie): Every animal species

has its own set of dating rules, (lion snarling)

and if you break the rules, you'd better watch out,

even if you are king of the jungle.

(snarling)

For the giraffe, a nuzzle is a sure sign of affection.

(giraffe squeals)

What's this?

The koala has its own unique way of saying "I love you."

I really hope that David is paying attention to this.

Why, you see this, and you think of David?

You have to admit, there is a certain resemblance.

(laughing)

The dance of the diamondback rattler.

DONNA: Isn't that...?

Why, yes it is-- it's John Sears.

You know, I would recognize those shifty moves anywhere.

Believe it or not, he's actually being very sweet.

Almost old-fashioned.

Man has evolved mating rituals as mysterious as any

in the animal kingdom.

It's our own way of saying, "yes," or "no."

(cheering)

(cheering and whistling)

Welcome, all of you.

And thanks for being part of Take Back The Night Week.

Well, we've just seen that, uh, birds do it,

and bees do it, and believe me, Charlie Chaplin did it.

(scattered laughter)

But let's go back and ask ourselves why they do it.

Because we'll start to look at differences

between men and women,

that I think are at the heart of the war between the sexes

we're all fighting today.

Doesn't the husband of the lecturer

rate a better seat than this?

I didn't want to make her nervous,

and apparently my wife really knows how to play a room.

Yeah. Lucinda's a player all right.

So, are you coming over at our place

for supper around 8:00?

That's tonight?

Hey, come on,

your favorite basketball star is gonna be there.

Shouldn't D'Shawn really be cramming

for his midterms about now?

All right, look, I'll give D'Shawn a pep talk.

I'm afraid it's gonna take a lot more than a pep talk, Cory.

We are way behind.

Okay, fine, we'll double-team him.

Whatever it takes to keep him eligible

because the thought of another losing basketball season

is just too much to bear.

You know what I've got here?

A royal flush?

Uh, five of a kind.

Five phone messages for you,

all from a certain Laura Kingman.

All in the last 24 hours.

Yeah, well, I don't want to talk to her.

Well, if you want to keep the good times rolling,

you've got to throw the girl a bone.

Dude, I don't want to keep the ball rolling, okay?

I went out with her once,

and it was a mistake.

SEARS: Then blow her off,

so we don't get stuck being your answering machine.

Or pass her on to someone else.

Yes, experience the gift of giving.

(phone ringing) You guys are bent.

"Yello"?

I'll see if he's in.

(with British accent): Sanders, are you in?

It's, uh, Laura.

Why did I take poetry? I am doomed.

Ah, come on, Bren, the exam's only, what, half your grade.

Don't worry about it.

Dr. Pettey could have been speaking Martian just now

for all I know.

Like Biographia Literaria.

What is that?

(with German accent): It is a condition which develops when you spend

the entire semester running around with Stuart Carson.

Dylan, you know I just never connected

with this romantic poetry stuff.

Bren, obviously you do.

You ran off to Las Vegas to elope with some guy

you'd only known for five minutes.

It was five weeks. Whatever.

And I'm telling you, it's all just words to me.

What are you saying?

You want me to help you study for this exam?

Is that your way of offering to?

I asked you first.

Yes.

♪ You know I'd swim the deepest sea ♪

(indistinct conversations)

♪ I'd give you ♪

(sighs)

♪ Everything you wanted ♪

(laughing)

Ah, speak of the devil.

It's about time you showed up.

I was just telling your friend Laura

how you once worked here for three days

on a bet with Brandon.

I don't remember it being that funny.

Mm-hmm. It was.

Come on, let's get a booth.

Sure. It was nice to meet you.

The pleasure was mine, sweetheart.

I'm gonna kill you later.

I'm sorry about all the phone calls.

I just kept thinking about you.

It's no big deal, really.

Didn't you think about me a little bit, too?

Yeah.

And, Laura, I have something I need to tell you.

Oh...

Something good, I hope.

Laura, I have a girlfriend.

Her name is Celeste.

And I know I should have told you this

before we went out...

Hey, come on.

Come on, try not to take it so hard.

What do you expect?

You pressured me

into sleeping with you, and now you're dumping me.

Look, I know this won't come out the way I mean it,

but couldn't we just be friends?

The other night you didn't want to just be friends.

There are other guys at the KEG House

I could introduce you to.

I don't want other guys.

Look, I'm sorry.

I wish there was something I could say,

something I could do.

You can go to hell.

♪ Don't care how long... ♪

(shop bell jingles)

♪ To make you mine. ♪

(music fades out)

I have to say, this feels like old times.

Yeah, only it used to be Brenda helping me with my homework

and not vice versa.

Oh, so that means you owe me.

Honey, you look very nice.

Thank you, Mom.

You know, everyone else is going crazy over midterms

and Brandon is going to his professor's for dinner.

Does he know something that we don't?

I'd rather be studying, believe me.

Geez, back in our time,

dinner with a professor was a major perk.

It meant, you had arrived.

Still does. Well, if any of you

would like to "arrive" in my place, please...

Oh, I would love to, if I could meet your professor's wife.

Donna said she gave the most amazing talk

to kick off Take Back The Night Week.

It was on courtship rituals.

It's kind of a hobby of hers.

Well, are you two going to the date rape seminar tomorrow?

Yeah, and have some woman in a crew cut

label me a potential rapist?

I don't think so.

CINDY: Whoa.

A little male backlash here.

What are you talking about?

I mean, they didn't even allow men

to take part in this thing until last year.

Bro, you should really consider going.

There were a lot of babes there.

Brandon. Brandon.

Sorry.

Good night.

STEVE: Wow, what a nice surprise.

Isn't it great?

It just came in today.

Oh...

Hey, what is this made out of?

It's cloth, Sanders.

It's cashmere,

and it's 40% off with my employee discount.

It's beautiful.

Oh, look, how cute.

They can't keep their hands off each other.

You should take a lesson from her.

(Celeste laughs)

Hey.

What do you guys think, huh?

Well, I think that Celeste has very good taste.

Mm-hmm. You need me.

I never said I didn't.

I'm gonna go to the bathroom.

Mm... wait for me.

Hurry back.

Mm...

I'd give anything to be a fly on the wall of that bathroom.

That's quite an ambition.

I'll tell you what you'd hear.

Kelly would be saying how tonight she closes the deal.

She was giving me vibe all through dinner.

Man, why don't you cut her a break?

Is that all you think about?

Hey, I know you used to have a thing for her, Sanders,

but come on, she's into me now.

Oh, of course.

But does she know about that bunch of girls

you have on the side?

Oh, like, uh,

you told Celeste about, uh, what's her name?

Love bunny?

No, I didn't.

But I did tell Laura about Celeste and believe me,

it would've been an education for both of you

to see how hurt she was.

Oh, I get it-- you hurt Laura so I shouldn't sleep with Kelly.

Oh, that makes a lot of sense.

Sears, this is not a game.

People do get bruised, you know.

Thank you for sharing, Mr. Sensitive.

Shall we?

Okay.

BRANDON: Malone can take Barkley any day.

RANDALL: That's crazy talk.

Nobody can guard Barkley, one-on-one that long.

I'm not talking about... Oh, please, no more basketball.

I have done my requisite job time this week.

We went to the Clipper game last night.

You know, I'd think

as an anthropologist

you'd find the ritual of basketball a fascinating one.

Well, as an anthropologist,

I do find guys running around in gym shorts

an interesting public display.

(Lucinda and D'Shawn laughing)

You should study the game, Lucinda, you'd enjoy it more.

Stop the presses, you're telling somebody to study?

Well, that must be your influence.

How is he?

As a teacher?

Difficult, man.

Brandon is hard.

Yeah, so I've noticed.

I-I think I'll, uh, clear the table now.

I'll give you a hand.

I believe you two have some business to discuss.

D'Shawn...

Here it is.

Sociology.

(whispering): You were flirting with me right in front of your husband.

Was I? Weren't you?

Good God, Brandon, grow up.

It was only flirting, it's meaningless.

And stop whispering.

Am I acting like a hick here?

Yes, and it's boring.

(sighs)

But, uh...

you want know how you can make it up to me?

I can't wait to hear.

Have you ever done it on a kitchen table?

You're dangerous.

Don't you think it's time we moved on

to the main event?

Mmm.

I thought you said you'd wait 50 years for me.

It feels like it's already been that long.

Um...

John, I don't want to do this, okay?

What, have you been talking to Sanders or something?

No. It's not a conspiracy that I don't want to sleep with you.

Well, something's going on.

I'm a senior. I'm in KEG House.

I've got girls lined up in the hallway taking numbers

and you make me feel like I've got the plague.

What do you want me to do?

It just doesn't feel right, okay?

"Feel right"?

Geez, what's with the Snow White act?

Come on, I was there.

I know what you're really about.

What, do you think I'm hanging around with you

for your brilliant Freshman repartee?

You haven't changed a bit, have you?

Kelly... You do not know

the first thing about what it's like to care for somebody.

I can't believe I was actually falling for you.

If this is how you fall for someone,

you've got a lot to learn.

Why don't you find somebody else to teach it to.

Dylan, I did not tell you this

so you would run over there and punch him out.

Come on, Kelly, somebody's got to.

But not by you, okay?

Whatever.

As long as you're okay.

You are okay?

Yes, I'm okay.

I'm better than okay.

That's what I came here to tell you.

You know,

if this had happened three years ago,

I probably would have stayed with him

even after what he said.

Well, I'm glad it's not three years ago.

You're getting it together.

Hmm, I hope so.

And if I am starting

to get more... inner strength,

or whatever, I think

maybe it's because you were the first guy

whoever took me seriously.

Kel...

No, you were.

(sighs)

I just can't believe I got so caught up with him.

What happened to us, Dylan?

I don't know.

(sighs)

We must have gotten lost somewhere.

You sure you don't want me to whack him?

'Cause I will.

No.

I think that for Sears,

having a girl tell him to get lost

is cruel and unusual punishment enough.

Yeah.

No macho guy stuff, okay?

Okay.

No guy stuff.

I will walk you to your car.

That's guy stuff.

(speaking French)

Has he gotten to the point where he'll wait, uh, 50 years yet?

That's the good stuff.

Give me a sec.

I'll be right back, okay?

What's your problem, McKay?

No problem.

Just my way of saying enough's enough.

Yeah, well, maybe I haven't decided

when enough is enough.

And Kelly can make her own decisions, don't you think?

Yeah, she's decided you make her sick.

Well, she'll change her mind.

They always do.

Not this time.

Well, then you don't have anything

to worry about, do you, partner?

Leave her alone.

I mean it.

STEVE: Kelly!

Well, well, well,

what an enlightened time we live in.

A KEG man going to a seminar on date rape.

Yeah, right.

No, I just came here to find you.

Well, here I am. What's up?

Kelly, I know you're sleeping with John Sears and I...

I am not!

And I'm not going to, either.

Not after last night.

You mean you already know he's like the state reptile?

Yes, and it should be stamped on his forehead.

Did you come here to warn me about him?

Yeah.

I should've told you sooner, I'm sorry.

Well, it looks like I'm not the only one

getting their act together.

Thank you.

Donna.

This is Laura Kingman.

We're in Organic Chem together.

Hi. Hi. Oh, another genius, huh?

Oh, there's Kelly.

Hey, guys.

Hi, I'm Kelly. Hi, Laura.

LESLIE: Hello, everyone.

Uh, I'm Leslie Sumner from Alpha House

and the Pan Hellenic Council.

Uh, we'll be splitting up

into smaller groups a little later on, on the lawn,

but first I would like to introduce Angela Rhodes

from the student senate

just so we're all in sync.

Angela?

(applause)

Thank you.

Let me ask you a few questions.

How many of you have ever been burglarized?

Uh, raise your hands.

In a dorm room or your home.

Does having your purse stolen count?

Sure. Welcome to the club.

Take a look; you're, uh, you're not alone.

Okay.

How many of you have ever been held up at gunpoint?

Wow, if only Dylan were here to see this.

ANGELA: Okay, I know this is a sensitive question,

but how many of you have ever been a victim of date rape?

High school, it was practically a weekend ritual.

If you look at the hands going up and down,

you realize that date rape is a little different.

See, if someone holds a gun to your head, you know it.

But if you're date raped, maybe you're not sure.

So let's talk about that today.

120 pounds.

That's more than I weigh.

Just think.

You could grab me in your hands,

right here and here...

...press me up, and press me up.

It would be fun.

Don't you have

a Take Back The Night workshop to go to?

I already did my bit for humanity.

Today I am a free woman.

Well, if you're just going to stand there,

the least you could do is spot my weight for me, huh?

Hey, don't you push down on that.

See how much easier life is when we work as a team?

You just don't give up, do you?

It's a cliché, I know.

Younger man, bolder woman.

No, it's gonna be a lot more than a cliché

if your husband finds out what's going on.

Nothing is going on,

or we'd both be sweating.

Don't look at me that way.

LUCINDA: Admit it,

you love the attention.

My boyfriend wants to have sex and I don't,

but I know that if he begged and pleaded and pushed,

that I'd probably eventually give in.

And I know

that's not rape, but it's,

it's not with my consent either.

Does that make any sense?

ALL: Yeah.

It was on Halloween, a couple of years ago.

At first I felt responsible,

because I was looking to meet someone.

(softly clears throat)

In a costume that was four sizes too small.

But he threw me down on a bed,

and I was yelling, no.

If it hadn't been

for my friends bursting in, then,

well, I guess I know what would've happened.

I-I don't want anybody to take this the wrong way,

but I-I'm worried

that we're assigning women a very outdated,

very passive role here.

Well, it doesn't take a genius to figure out

that men rape women, not the other way around.

I know that, but... you know what?

It's like if I get drunk and I run somebody over,

that's my fault.

But if I get drunk and I decide to have sex with some guy,

and wish later I hadn't, we're saying that it's his fault.

Really, Andrea, men do get women drunk.

Excuse me, Phil Donahue,

but women can decide what they will

and will not drink. (sighs)

For a guy who claims to be a feminist,

you sure put me in my place, didn't you?

I was arguing the feminist point of view.

No, I was arguing the feminist point of view.

You were trying to make me look stupid.

Okay, I'm sorry.

I'll never contradict you again.

I gotta go study.

When did you figure out the guy was a rapist?

Not soon enough.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone upstairs with him.

Right.

You wouldn't have.

You know, Laura, sometimes it helps

to talk to somebody.

I mean, I know most people aren't as lucky as I was.

Oh, no, I'm okay.

Really.

And you're probably swamped with stuff.

No, I'm not.

Do you want to go somewhere and talk?

Okay.

"Had we but world enough, and time,

This coyness, Lady, were no crime."

Well, a miracle of paradox.

Obviously a meditation on desire.

Yeah, his desire.

Miss Walsh,

are you finally joining us after half a semester?

Well, I read it last night,

and it's pretty one-sided.

I mean, she keeps on

saying "no", and he won't take no for an answer.

It's like, uh, date rape.

That's ridiculous, come on.

Well, class,

She says it's date rape.

He says it's not.

DYLAN: It's not even close.

I mean, it's not.

The girl in the poem, I mean, she obviously knows

how difficult it is to open your heart to another human being.

That's why she's skittish.

How do you know that one day

your girlfriend, she's not gonna tell you

that she loves you and then you turn around the next day

and she's running around with some geek from the KEG House?

Well, I think you might be reading too much

into the text, Mr. McKay.

(clears throat)

He made me have sex with him,

and all I can think about is

what I should have done differently.

It's not your fault.

It really isn't.

I hate him so much now.

So it's somebody you know?

You know, Laura, it is a crime.

You can tell the police.

It happened more than a week ago.

And-and I didn't go to a doctor.

Nobody would believe me.

I believe you.

And I will stand by you.

You will?

Yes.

And if you can't go to the police,

then maybe you can stand up at the Take Back

The Night rally tomorrow

and tell every girl on this campus

exactly who to watch out for.

No, I don't think I could do that.

Yes, you can.

Come on, there's some people I want you to talk to.

BRANDON: So when you get

right down to it,

classic sociological theory is basically ways

of stating and restating the obvious.

It's not that obvious, Walsh.

D'Shawn, don't do it, man,

or I'm out of here.

SPORTS COMMENTATOR: Reejay looking to get the ball inside...

See you later, man.

I got better things to do.

Don't I know it.

I saw you two at the gym today aching to get busy.

SPORTS COMMENTATOR: He's going to be out the next six games

with this ankle injury.

He keeps nagging, "I'm coming back..."

What are you talking about?

You and Lucinda.

I saw her moving on you at dinner last night, too.

(laughs)

I don't know what you think you saw.

Oh, man!

That look in her eye said

you two are doing the sweet thing.

I'll have to ask the professor if he saw it, too.

No, just kidding.

D'Shawn, you'd better start spending

a little more time studying and a lot less time fantasizing

if you're going to pass this test.

(laughs) That's okay.

We both know you're going to pass it for me.

You're dreaming.

Well, in my dream, you get me a big fat B.

You said you were kidding, right?

Do I look like I'm kidding?

How are you doing?

Better. Oh, thanks.

ANGELA: Are you sure you don't want to tell us his name?

Laura, I guarantee

you'll feel a whole lot better.

I do want to tell you.

It's just...

He's from KEG House.

That's where it happened.

He poured some vodka or something.

It was the last thing that I wanted.

Anyway, we were making out, which was nice.

I mean, 'cause I really like this guy.

Before. I mean, I liked him before.

Somehow my dress got unbuttoned,

and before I knew it,

he had pulled my dress down completely,

and he pushed me back onto the bed.

I tried to get him to stop, but he wouldn't.

And I-I tried to push him off, but he... he was too heavy.

I begged him to stop.

Finally, I just said,

"If you're going to do this, please at least use a condom."

Is that date rape?

That's exactly what it is.

But don't be afraid to call it that.

Look, Laura,

if this guy is from KEG House,

then we all know other people that he can hurt.

Yeah, you know guys like that-- they don't do this just once.

It's... it's a pattern.

I just need more time.

ANGELA: Look,

we have some time before the rally.

I'm sure you'll be ready to say his name by then.

Okay?

KELLY: Leslie's right, you know.

He's just going to do this again.

Maybe he won't.

If it's who I think it is, you can count on it.

Look, you don't have to protect him anymore.

I know it was John Sears.

I don't even know John.

It was this guy.

His name is Steve Sanders.

Steve?

Wait, this has got to be a mistake.

You heard them.

It was rape.

No, but I know him, and he's not like that.

He did everything exactly like I said he did.

Laura, I am begging.

You cannot go to that march

and tell everybody that Steve raped you.

I can't believe you.

You promised me that you would stick by me

through thick and thin, and now you're trying to tell me

that it didn't even happen.

Look, at least let me talk to him first.

You're doing exactly what men have always done

when a woman finds the strength to come forward.

You're as bad as he is.

(birds singing, indistinct chatter)

How could you do that to Laura?

Uh, all right, it was sleazy, and I'm sorry,

but people get dumped all the time, Kel.

No. I mean, how could you rape her?

Rape?

Did you say rape?

She says rape.

She's out of her mind.

She's not saying that you

held a gun to her head or anything.

She's saying that you pushed and pushed until she had no choice.

That's just crazy.

She's saying that you plied her with drinks.

I didn't ply her with anything.

Wait a second. How do you even know about this?

Laura told me.

And you believe her?

Not like this girl could lie, Kelly?

Or maybe she forgot to tell you

about her major party personality.

Man, everything out of her mouth was a come-on.

She wore this sexed up lingerie.

It was hot.

We got close.

We danced over to the bed; you know how it works.

But the insane thing about it is,

I didn't even think we were going to go all the way

until she pulls a condom out of her own purse.

What is that?

She was into it.

Believe me, she was into it.

Has she been telling this crap to everybody?

She's been vague. (sighs)

But Steve, she's going to name you publicly at the rally.

At the rally?!

She can't do that.

She can do that, and she's going to.

And people are going to believe her.

Do you believe me, Kelly?

Yes, I do, but....

I'm dead.

(sighs) You're probably going

to get kicked out of your fraternity

and the university.

I mean, Celeste.

I'm going to lose Celeste.

You really outdid yourself this time.

DAVID: Howard,

it's not like I ask for that many favors.

I'm sure Donna can handle

the Take Back The Night broadcast by herself.

Right?

Yeah, I guess... if I have to.

Did you hear that?

She's thrilled.

Huh?!

Oh, great. He put me on hold.

So, how come you don't want to cover the rally?

Because all I've been hearing all week

is how men are just slobbering sex fiends,

and I'm tired of it.

Look, David,

I know some of the girls may not have that much objectivity,

but what they're talking about is real.

Yeah, it's real.

Remember that woman who talked to us

about having AIDS in high school?

She's dead now. That's real.

I have a father who keeps ruining his life and mine

because he can't keep his pants on. That's real.

David... I just don't

need any more reminders of how horrible things are.

I haven't even told you the worst part yet.

What?

My girlfriend won't sleep with me.

(chuckles) Brutal.

(scoffs) Yeah.

Laura!

I didn't do anything.

You're just lucky I'm not pressing criminal charges.

You can't press criminal charges

because there was no rape.

It was sex, that's all it was.

Listen to me. What are you going

to do now, throw me down? You want to beat me up?

You're handing me over to a lynch mob just because

you got dumped? Lynch mob? What do you think it was like with you?

Oh, was it so horrible?

Is that why you agreed

to meet me at the Peach Pit, Laura?

Laura!

God.

Hey, any last tips before the midterm?

Oh, you seem to have your own ideas.

Well, you were right about that poem.

It's called romantic poetry for a reason.

Well, I don't know, Bren.

Maybe it's all a bad joke, you know?

Like Kelly and John Sears-- that's a bad joke.

Kelly said she called it quits.

Well, I don't think he'll give up that easy.

Well, I don't believe that I'm about to encourage you

to give Kelly a second chance,

but if that's

what you want,

Dylan, don't let stupid stuff stand in your way.

Stupid stuff?

Like maybe, uh, he apologizes, she goes out with him again.

I think that'd be pretty stupid.

And like you said, that's the risk we take.

I don't know.

I don't know if it's worth it.

Dylan, maybe it's different,

but even after you went off with Kelly,

I would have taken you back in a second.

No questions asked.

You know, I bet Kelly will be

at the rally tonight.

Well, it looks like you two have come to some agreement.

So what do you think the poem is about?

I'd say it's personal.

Let's go.

♪ Baby... ♪

(clears throat)

If you, uh...

If you need anything else, just, uh...

♪ I'm asking you to show me your heart... ♪

Well, did you do it?

Of course not.

I just wanted you to hear it from me first.

I know you wouldn't rape anybody.

But did you sleep with her?

♪ If you love me so... ♪

I would like to be able to say no,

because it really didn't matter to me,

but, yes, I did.

(voice breaking): What should I expect

from some guy I met on a TV game show?

Hey, come on.

You know how much I care about you.

Even that first night, you didn't really want

to be with me.

And ever since then,

you've made me feel like I wasn't enough.

Whether it was the way you talked about Kelly

or Jill, or whatever other girl you happened to be

obsessing on at the moment.

I tried to convince myself,

he's looking at them, but he really loves me.

I really do love you.

Not if you slept with somebody else.

♪ Now's the time... ♪

Celeste, please don't leave me.

I have to.

♪ I can see it's all in your eyes... ♪

STEVE: Man,

I am such an idiot.

Celeste is the first girl who ever really loves me,

and I go and throw it away.

You stray, you pay, my brother.

But telling her the truth was the right thing to do.

I'm not so sure about that.

It was.

If you want to turn your life around,

you got to start doing the right thing, which you did.

So now what are you going to do?

Go to the rally, I guess.

Sounds kind of suicidal.

I can't hide. I got to face them.

Then I get to go shop for a new college.

(sighs): Well, you're not the only fugitive around here.

You know how you're in deep for sleeping with someone?

I'm in deep for not sleeping with someone.

What's that mean?

I'll tell you later.

There's something I got to take care.

Now? No, no, no, no.

You got to come to this rally with me, man.

I need reinforcements for this.

I'll meet you there, okay?

I got to do this first.

(knock at door)

SPORTS ANNOUNCER: Pete Myers pushes the ball up the floor,

cuts past to Williams, going away,

and another block for the Bulls.

They are just walking away with this...

Hey, cuz.

What's on your mind?

By the way, Bulls have it locked.

Last time I was in here,

things got a little confusing, at least for me.

I don't want there to be any misunderstanding.

Who does?

Straight ahead, then.

I want to wish you luck on your midterm.

Straight ahead?

I meant it, Walsh.

You take my test or I'll tell Randall you doing his wife.

There's nothing going on.

I saw what I saw.

Don't insult me.

Okay... something started,

but when I found out she was married to Randall, it stopped.

No harm, no foul.

You want to tell Randall, go ahead.

The worst he can do is flunk me.

You don't understand, man.

I can't do the test.

If you fail, I'll keep working with you, man.

You might miss a few games, but you can still pass the semester.

I can't miss games.

Coach said he'll lose me from the squad.

You're fooling with my life, man.

I can't take the test for you.

And even if I could,

this academic stuff isn't going to go away.

You got to deal with it.

No, you got to deal with it!

You got to help me out, man.

What can I do if I can't play ball?

Tell me that, huh?

I'm sorry.

I got to go.

I'll talk.

I'll mess you up.

You're buying yourself a world of hurt.

(chanting): No more silence, no more lies.

We will not be victimized.

No more silence, no more lies.

We will not be victimized.

No more silence, no more lies.

We will not be victimized.

No more silence, no more lies.

We will not be victimized.

No more silence, no more lies.

We will not be victimized.

No more silence, no more lies.

We will not...

...no more lies.

We will not be victimized.

No more silence, no more lies.

We will not be victimized.

No more silence, no more lies.

We will not be victimized.

No more silence, no more lies.

Take Back The Night!

CU unite! Wow, this is really quite a spectacle.

Take Back The Night! I hate to admit it, but, uh, I'm honestly moved.

CU unite! Take Back The Night! Well, then there's hope yet.

CU unite!

Take Back The Night!

Well, the silence has certainly been broken, huh?

(applause and cheering)

Welcome, everybody, welcome.

At last the night belongs to us.

CROWD: Yes!

And the truly amazing thing is that all over the country,

rallies like this are saying

that women have lived in fear too long,

and we will not stand for it anymore. Okay?

(applause and cheering)

I'm really glad you came.

Well, you know,

when push comes to shove, I love a parade.

(chuckles)

(all cheering) Yes!

Yeah, well, so do John Sears and his clones.

I still want to deck that guy.

Well, by the time the rally finishes,

you might have to wait in line. ANGELA: One in every four women

has had an experience that equals the legal definition

of rape or attempted rape. Andrea.

(sighing): I'm sorry about yesterday.

It's all right. No,

no, it's not.

I was talking to hear myself talk.

Well, teachers do that sometimes.

So, will you forgive me?

ANGELA: ...and we, as a group, are its victims.

Who could say no to that?

ANGELA: We're also victims as individuals,

so let's incite each other tonight.

You see Kelly?

No, but she must be around here somewhere.

I kind of thought she'd stand by me.

(crowd cheering)

Guess I can't blame her.

ANGELA: One courageous act to stop the violence.

One courageous act to take back the night

that has become our enemy!

(applause and cheering)

ANGELA: Violence against women kills love,

and violence is inevitable when you treat people like things.

Okay, it's time to speak out,

and we have a young woman here who would like to do just that.

Let's give her a hand.

(applause and cheering)

I know that date rape is real because it happened to me.

A couple of years ago, a guy I had just met tried to rape me,

and whatever I was wearing

or whatever he thought that implied, it was not my fault.

Oh, my God.

Kelly's siding with Laura.

KELLY: But there have been other times

when I've ended up in someone else's bed,

and even though I regretted it, it was my responsibility.

I didn't say yes, but I didn't say no either.

And blaming someone else doesn't make it their fault.

KELLY (sighing): Anyway,

I don't even know the name of the guy

who tried to attack me,

but I do know the name of the guy who saved me that night,

and he's here tonight.

His name is Steve Sanders.

(applause and cheering)

Maybe if there were more people out there like Steve,

we wouldn't have to hold a rally

to be able to go outside at night.

(applause)

Thank you.

And I believe we have another speaker.

Is she here?

Laura.

Thank you.

Thank Kelly.

Wait.

I really am sorry.

I knew I wasn't going to be there

for you the day after

and I knew you wanted more than a one-night stand.

Yeah, well, the funny thing is,

I thought my life would be so much better

if I had a guy at KEG House.

Well, you have a friend there if you want one.

Laura, you could have buried me tonight.

Yeah, well, I didn't have a choice.

I didn't say yes...

but I never said no.

DAVID: So you've caused a lot of commotion on campus.

What do you think about the turnout here?

I mean, this is incredible.

ANGELA: Wonderful turnout.

So what do you think of Kelly now?

I think she was great.

But did she actually say

she wishes there were more people like Steve?

Ooh, what a concept.

Huh.

Ugh, there's John Sears.

That guy just does not get the picture, does he?

I had no idea you were such a powerful public speaker.

Well,

why don't you add it to the long list of things

that you don't know?

Hey, Kelly, give peace a chance.

Maybe in another lifetime, huh?

BRENDA: Dylan, do you want a piece of pie?

I'm reaching out to you here, Kelly, come on.

You want some?

You're a dead man.

Hey, hey...

Yeah, you want some?!

I'm gonna hunt you down.

Right here!

Keep your back to the wall, McKay.

You're dead!

(laughing): Oh!

You are crazy, but thank you.

My pleasure.

Like a moth to a flame.

Can you get off that thing? We got a major problem here.

Oh, no, now you've been reading Freud again, haven't you?

Will you be serious for once?

D'Shawn saw us here yesterday.

Yeah, so he saw us.

So he knows.

He says he's going to tell your husband

unless I take his sociology test for him.

So take the stupid test.

That was probably the deal anyway.

What deal?

Brandon, you are so naive.

Why do you think my husband's being so nice to you?

Why do you think the exam is a take-home, for God's sake?

I don't know what to say.

Say you'll stop being a baby and start playing your part.

Meaning run around behind your husband's back

and write D'Shawn's test for him?

Well, yeah, it would make things a hell of a lot easier.

Sorry, I kind of like doing things the hard way.

Hey, Brandon.

You want some advice?

No.

(sighs)

Okay.

What's with the bag?

Since Mom and Dad went out already,

will you just tell them I went camping?

Where to? I don't know.

Well, I think they'll want more details than that.

Are you in trouble? (sighs)

Nothing I can't handle.

You know, I always heard people talk

about how they, uh, need their space.

Now I know what they mean.

Do you need any help?

I mean, I know a lot about running off.

Have I ever told you what a great chick you are?

Not in so many words.

There must be a reason for that.

(chuckles): Um, call collect.

I'll accept the charges.

All right,

I'll keep in touch.