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Oregon Daily_ # Emerald Mon<la\. ()( tnbrr 'I. 1‘fH‘i ()re#on Vnlunii' l* 1. Number .!(( _Inside_ ■ Another $1M grant. Page 4 ■ Hungry for a way home. Page 5 ■ WSU overpowers Ducks, Page 9 ■ An animation festival. Pages 18 Finding an end tCMftmdl That \s the goal of the University's Unwanted Sexual Attention Task Foree. What ean realistieally he done about ending the old nightmare ? Bv Denise Clifton Emerald Assot iate Editor A strange in.in follows a wum.m who is jogging alone ,m<l overtakes tier .is shr enters .1 deserted trail Hoc arise she is wearing headphones, she doesn't notic e him Before she has .1 chance men to be startled, he grabs her throws her into the bai k ot a waiting van and assaults hei phvsit ally and sexually Most people would c lassilA the above 1 rime as rape a horn ble ,11 I of \ iolenc e against women lint w hat about the next sc euar io? A college 1 ouple has been enjoying a romantic evening togelh el The man treated Ins girlfriend to an expensive dinner at a classv restaurant and thev went out to see the latest romantic mm ie After the mm ie the\ dec ide to return to the guv s apartment lor drinks ( )ik r alone the couple si,iris making out heavilv .nut their clothes end up on the floor When !he\ are i ompleleh naked and appear read\ to have sex. the girl stops and savs she doesn I want to The guv can't believe she s serious so he ignores her protests and proi eeds lo have sex with her anyway Is this rape ' Some people would say this situation was not rape Hley might su\ the girl "asked tor if or "really wanted it Hut soviet\ is slowly realizing that i.ipe oct nrs au\time a |ier son is forced to have sex without llei or his consent whether the person is violated by a stranger or someone the\ know Statistics show that inure than tun-nurds ut an rapes are cuiii initted by noil strangers .mil 84 pen ml ol those ra|>i's happen on dates Com ern for tlit* safety of women students has prompted sex end students, administrators and others to form the 1 Diversity s l 'nwanted Sexual Attention Task I on e This i oalition of 17 groups xvhic li meets every week, was c re a led last April to "address the problems of all kinds ol harassment men or women rei cive on basis of their sex on this campus in i hiding date rape and stranger rape " said task fori e leader Shirley Wilson w ho is also the l'Diversity s dean ol students "Wi area very broadly based group with representatives from other groups .is diverse as the A SI t) ( auipiis Security Housing, the (.reek system Womenspat e and mam others who are looking together at preventing any kind of unwanted sexual attention Wilson said A Personal Interest (bum lain h a (ireek system representative on the task group Turn to Rape, Page ll> University of Oregon f f*'** <>#gon L * ourt»-*» icr<i|>hi< Since November 1983, eight rapes or attempted rapes on campus have been reported to Campus Security. More have undoubtedly gone unreported. Women rally, march to take back the night By |olit* Andrade Emerald Reporter Chanting Ivru s and carrying signs. more than .1 hundred men and women rallied in the KMl’ Court yard, then marched to downtown Kugune Saturday night to show their anger toward rape The rally (.ailed lake Hack the Night" and spon sored bv the Women's Center has been <1 tradition at the I'Diversity since 1U7H Rally organizers said its purpose was to make people aware that women aren t going to he vi< tuns any longer, and that together they ran oven ome the tear of walking alone at night Teresa Reeves Women's Center Task lone coor dinator s.ud it was important that the rallv take plate bet ause rape and other violence against women is con tinually growing at ross the ( ountrv and little is being done to stop it "In I t I-auderdale last week .1 jury acquitted a rapist bei ause they thought (the plaintiff) was sugges lively dressed." Reeves said "Kvervone out here knows someone that has been attacked We want to know that we < .in walk the streets free .it night bet ause we re in .1 group." Reeves Turn to March, Page 17