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nOregon Daily_ ¥ Emerald Wednesday. March 1. l‘)8<» Eugene, Oregon Volume 90, Number 112 _Inside_ • SPA endorses Hughes/Kirk, Page 3 • El Salvador's student saviors. Page 3 • Local youngster hits big time, Page 6 • LCC helps displaced workers. Page 10 'It couldn't happen to me' one of many rape myths By Brian Bloch Emerald Reporter While attempting to clear up tradi tional misconceptions surrounding rape and its victims, representatives from the Rape Crisis Network, the Women’s Cen ter and Men Against Rape pointed to the low turnout at Tuesday’s date rape sym posium as a reinforcing sign of those widely held misconceptions. Rape Crisis Network member Kate Ha vis said that many women continue to rely on the myth that rape only happens to other women. However, she said that recent studies conducted at Kent State University show' that one in eight of the women students who participated in the studies reported being raped sometime in their lives. "There are 18,000 students on this campus and the low turnout says to me that many people still don’t think it can happen to them," Davis said. She went on to say that misconcep tions about the race, social standing and anonymity of assailants are heavily rein forced by the media and societal norms, when in fact they have little to do with reality. In sharp contrast to traditional visions of dark-alley rapes perpetrated by mys terious men of color. Davis said that seven out of 10 rape victims actually know their assailants by name and that more than 50 percent of reported rapes occur in either the victim’s home or that of the perpetrator. In addition, she said that most rapes occur between members of the same race and that the largest percentage of inter-racial rape victims are women of color raped by white men. Although the classification of rape as a violent crime has been substantiated in recent years, Davis reiterated the role of violence and domination as the pri mary motivations for rapists in most cases. "Rape isn't a crime of lust or passion rapists find an incredible thrill in dominating their victims." Davis said Those victims, she added, often are left with emotional scars that may last years and intrude on every aspect of their lives. Davis said that although re actions vary widely on an individual ba sis, typically the victims drift through what she called "rape trauma syn drome." According to Davis, rape victims ini tially find themselves in an state of shock or disbelief and then fall into a cycle of fear, depression and self-blame. She said that as time progresses, the vie tim may experience haunting night mares or flashbacks of the rape while struggling to regain a sense of self dins tion and control. Although they agreed that identifying a potential rapist is extremely difficult, speakers from all the groups as well as the few students in attendance identi fied warning signs that may help wom en avoid a date rape situation Persistent staring, unprovoked anger, uncommonly personal questions, over possessiveness. touching and inducing feelings of guilt are common signs of potential violence, according to the dis cussion group. Men Against Rape member Hob Holt said that men also can take an active role to combat the problem by helping ease the fears women often harbor for men. He said that men need tie more sensitive to those fears and realize that they themselves are perceived threats in many circumstances. “We can change this. We need to wipe out the socialization that causes rape,” Holt said Oregon needs to go global 'Learn from Japan/ Bartlett savs By Brian Martindale Emerald Contributor The new chancellor of the State System of Higher Education said the people that what they do "has an impact in meeting the needs . of the people." lie said only then would the demand for further resources l>e justified Tuesday that in creased faculty sala ries, a cap on stu dent enrollment and the develop ment of better inter national curriculum are strategic con cerns for the future of higher education in Oregon. Thomas Bartlett, while not specify ing a plan to im prove faculty pay. told a University Senate Forum that salaries must Ik; raised to meet the needs of Oregon. Thomas Bartlett legislators a re bored with hearing about salary de mands from educa tors, and although he expects a smooth relationship with the Legislature, he won't ask for more money than it can deliver. Bartlutt said Oregon educators need to invest in human capital be fore financial capi tal can be expected to la* ini leased by legislators, he said. I hr Japanese have many tilings to teach us," Bartlett said. "They re alized the most important thing they could do was to create human capi Turn to Bartlett, Page 7 "The fact of the matter is our sala ries are too low," Bartlett said, but future pay "won’t compete with Cali fornia's campuses." Bartlett said educators must show Where there's a will... University grounds crewman lohn Anthony works his chainsaw magic while suspended .15 feet aloft in a European Under. Anthony has been pruning trees for tti years, and no branch appears too elusive for his blade's reach. Photo by Murk Ylen School should help finance housing efforts, Rust says By Michael Drummond Emerald Associate Editor The University is "significantly re sponsible" for bringing more people to Eugene over tin1 past two years, so it should share the burden of building more bousing in the area, a< cording to Lane County Commissioner Jerry Rust Increased enrollment has contributed to the housing shortage in Eugene, Rust said Tuesday, and he would like to see tin? University, "as a major land lord," take responsibility for building perma nent, low and moderate-income housing for students "The University's a very significant part of the problem and holds a very sig nificent part of the solution." Rust said. "We have not built any new student housing during the past few years. I get phone calls from students saying ‘What are you going to do about housing?' He also said current figures show that 25 percent of Lane County's residents are paying up to 75 percent of their in come on rent This is unacceptable to Rust, and he said the University could la- doing more to alleviate this problem. "University students have also dis placed some older residents, so Univer sity students aren't the only ones affect ed." Rust added "lust because we're part of the prob lem doesn’t mean we re responsible lor coming up with the solution," said Dan Williams, University vice president for administration "Our view is that when you increase enrollment you don't automatically hudd new dormitories," Williams add ed. lie noted that the school pun based a dorm from neighboring Northwest Christian College last year in an effort to ease the housing crunch. The NCC dorms now house about 150 students. Williams said. Moreover. Williams also said the pri Turn to Housing, Page 7 Commissioner Jerry Rust
