UB Athletics Participates in Take Back the Night

BUFFALO, NY – Student-Athletes, coaches and staff from The University at Buffalo participated in the annual Take Back the Night event on UB's Amherst campus on Wednesday. This year's theme was Shatter the Silence. Stop the Violence.

The event began with the traditional night time march and concluded with a keynote by nationally recognized rape counselor and awareness advocate Katie Koestner.

Koestner's own experience with date rape as a college freshman propelled her into an advocacy role to educate other women and men about the realities of date rape. After being featured on the cover of Time Magazine in 1991 for a feature story about date rape, she quickly became one of the most sought…