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■ 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>
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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
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