_University_
Panel discussion focuses on rape
Police find it difficult to prosecute date rape cases
B\ Pnllv Campbell
Emerald Reporter
"Sex (Times and the |udi< ial
System w.is the topic of .1 dis
(tission In .1 panel ol experts
.md interested audienc e mem
tiers Wednesday afternoon in
the I Alt' I orum Room
Most ol the rape i axes that
happen are not stranger to
strangei hut instead they are
people who know ear It other
said panel member Doug
llarcleroad Lane (anility Dis
Irii t Attorney
I late rape is an ini teasing
problem everywhere especially
on a college i ampus said Nuzie
I hmtei i rime prev enl ion of h
( ei of the (itlii e nl Public Sate
l\
because of the unique living
( ond it ions ol coed dorms and
othei sitiinl ions men and wain
en are constantly in very close
proximity to eat It other. Hunter
said
It is extremely difficult to try
a date rape case, said detective
Dennis W illiams ol the Lugenc
Police Department and a panel
member
Often times date rape cases
are ( ailed ill to the police de
partmenl three or tour days hit
ci Iix a victim who wasn’t com
pletely sure it she wanted to re
port the ( rime." W illiams said
The delay in reporting the
rape makes it dittif tilt to gel the
physical evidence needed to
corroborate the victim's story,
W illiams said.
It helps a lot if there is
physical proof llarcleroad
said "II we have something he
sides the word of the woman
and the suspei I it s better
( aillei ting the ex idem e ( an
also lie a traumatic experiem e
tor the victim, said panel mem
he 1 Karen herbei an emergen
ly room nurse at Sac red Heart
(ieneral I lospilal
Kerliet is one ol six nurses at
Sacred Heart xxho is specially
trained to ( undue t a medical
exam allei a rape has oc 1 Hi red
"We try to make it as easy as
possible for the woman. Ker
her said It's not a xeix tin e
thing but yy e do our best
"It is part 11 ulariy cliffic 1111 to
help the woman ill a date rape
rase." said Marty Hilliard c0
orilinator of the x ii tim xx itness
volunteer seix i( e
"Often the women are leel
mg guilty and confused." Hill
lard said "Other people may
blame her The suspei t max
even try to t.ilk her out of press
mg charges
Alter a date rape experienc e
it max he very diffi( ull foi the
xvoman to make dec isions in
the future or oven ( oniinit to
someone in a relationship Hu I
lard said
(lonunon myths about rape
make It diftll 11 It to take steps to
prevent it said Hex (lollins
1 (immunity service specialist
for the Lugene Folic.e Depart
ment
Photo bv Sir \ r < on!
\.nli.i l'eh>e\ mlilrvssi's .iinliein r mrmlieis ilurini; .1
ili\i ussitm hi1 It i‘ilni‘sil,n in the I \ll hirnin room
/i.inrl
l or prevention wo have to
gel riii ot tin* myths ot w (nil 'i
rapist is going to look 11 ki•
wlii ii* tin* i.tpe is going to li.ip
pi'ii .mil what 11nii* ot day it
will happen in Itiilhint said
Mine ami more women are
billow ing a restm tive path
Hullard said Women travel lie
tween home and work and tr\
In avoid going olhet plat es
alone
"We trv to teat h women to
have their keys out. park III
lighted areas and have their
house key ready at the iloin so
that they don't have to fumble
around in the dark Hullanl
said
Rape prevention edm ation
..is to iie direi ted toward
grade si hoot < hililren. Hullanl
said Rape awareness needs to
become a part ot everyone's
life she said
'( h er the \ ears w hat I have
seen in rases that have come
through the distrn I attorney's
office is that those people who
have been under the influent e
ot ah oliol illn it drugs or pro
si riptinn drugs and aliohol re
lease their normal inhibitions
and more violent i.rimes occur
as well as sexual activity.'
I Ian leriiiid said
()ne plat e to make a sigmti
i ant impar t tor yoursel! is h\
__Correct ion_
A phot*> i «iption appearing in Wednesdav s Kiiut.iIiI inis
identified .in hiteiture (i l l Haig roxvnsend and graduate
student Kay mund Todd The Kmrr.ihl regrets the error
Looking f«>r <1 good deal?? Read tin
Oregon Daily Emerald Classifieds.
not bring midri tin- infltiriu r
tin •nisi’ tin1 first tluiiK lli.it vou
lost- is your jinlgmrnt .mil th.it
i .in get you into Inmlrlr
11uliter s.inl
hAoaV\v
lose Yrt&f
EStfcbo
RotAA*
| 8*X>
OWxV CO^>\A 1^00 O^sV- CoC P ^
Creating a Rape-free
Environment Week
Continues... Today...
“Sexual Assault 101”
a presentation by voices of Eugene a
workshop open to all
noon, EMU Forum Room
and
Di. Andrea Parrot presents:
“SEX AMD POWER:
the balancing act
of the 90’s”
•\ talk about
sc\ih)l communicdtion
and relationships
6 p.m.,
EMC BALLROOM
All I Vt MIS AMI 1 Ml I AMD
OPI M ro INI PUBl 1C.
Di P.ir rnl <il ( iii m il is
.1 a i'll known si'\u<ilil v
rdu< iiloi nnd ( xpeit in
the field of
,K quiimttinc e I tipe
STOP
\ PAVING x\
.
^ PRICES
si:Li -si kvici;
moTOCOI’Y
THC COPIJ SHOP
51 9 E. 1 3th
H‘, II Will II.
FIRST
I 00 ( DIM!
COUPON SPfUAl
Mund.iy f nday b 30dm B 30pm
l>dluiil.iy 1(< OOdtn 4 Oupm
3
* Oi l- S I Kl l'.l I’ARKINC 485-6253
Buy one get one free!
Buy one green foliage plant
for $1.00 or more, and get an
other plant of equal or lesser
value, free with coupon!
Offer good thru Oct 29 1989
One coupon per person
E?f$ U of O afur
Zumt s j low it Horn
!H> UNIVERSITY FLORIST
610 E. 13th at Patterson • 485-3655