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WSU football’s unique visitor this week encouraged the Cougars to challenge masculine stereotypes

Part life coach, part domestic violence speaker, Rachel Baribeau spoke to the WSU football team Monday about how to treat women, be good citizens, embrace their own vulnerability and maximize their platforms.

General Jim Mattis spoke to the Washington State football team about leadership in 2016, a few months before he was appointed Secretary of Defense.

Eric Thomas, a motivational speaker and minister from Detroit, also has shared his story about going from homelessness to graduating from college with the Cougars’ football team.

But speaker who stood before the WSU football team in Pullman on Monday was different from anyone they’d hosted before.