Study of the performing arts in higher education sure has changed.

Katherine Timpf reports at National Review.

College Freshmen Required to Attend a Musical about How to Not Rape Each Other

All freshmen at Indiana University at Bloomington have to attend a musical performance teaching them them how to not rape each other as part of their mandatory new-student orientation.

According to an article in Inside Higher Ed, students at IU are “required to complete an online module on sexual assault and misconduct before coming to campus, and at orientation will see a musical, written by a student who has since graduated, that ends with a song about consent.”

Carol McCord, the associate dean of students at the school, told Inside Higher Ed: “It sounds cheesy, but let me tell you that many students will tell us that they remember the definition of consent from that song and sing it to us later.” McCord insisted that despite how cheesy it sounds it was still important because many students say “they remember the definition of consent from that song and sing it to us later.”

McCord insisted that despite how cheesy it sounds it was still important because many students say “they remember the definition of consent from that song and sing it to us later.”