EDITORIAL
MIA investigations
should be reopened
The president's national security adviser. Bienl
Scowcroft. said Friday there is no "t redihle evident e"
that any U S. servicemen are beinn lurid in Vietnam
It is a bit ironic that Scowcroft should talk about
credibility in relation to MIAs, because when it come
to that issue, the Pentagon and the administration have
absolutely none.
Scowcroft and other defense department officials
have been saying for years that there are no U S pris
oners of war still taring held in Southeast Asia, vet the
families of MIAs still refuse to believe them
Ann now u
grainy photograph
allegedly depicting
three l IS. service
men in Southeast
Asia has renewed
speculation that
US veterans may
still he alive there
There are main
reasons to be skepli
cal of thi' au
thenticitv of the
photo The most oh
s ions bei ng that the
photo room hi’ .1
pirn on the part of
swindlers who seel
to defraud desperate
family members out
of money in es
1 hnnge for informa
tion about the miss
ing soldiers
Although Stow
( roll suvs there is no
iit unlive tot the di
fenst; department to
There is still no
credible evidence that
would lead one to the
kinds of conclusions
that a number of
people have come to.'
Brent Scowcroft U S
national security adviser
him; tin possibility of I’OWs in .Southeast Asm Ih* ■
are some It would he incredibh i;mbiirra.ssing to have
some of these men surt.u e after the Pentagon has been
denying their existence for \ear'.
There is no evidence that a i over-up has been hap
pelting, but the possibility exists (,‘ombining that witn
the amount of complaints put forth h\ MIA families, it
is obvious that an impartial bodv. outside of tin i ur
rent administration and the militarv needs, to reopen
the issue for investigation.
Hs letting a "non-official" bods see all the govern
ment tloi umerits on MIAs. the government could onct
.mil lor all close the door on the skepticism about a
possible government cover-up. The current refusal to
do tins only fuels the belie! that the government
holding b.u k intoi mation
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OMMENTARY
Should rape victims be named?
Victims should receive
counseling before deciding
By Mark Miller
riic names of rape victims should hr puh
lished onlv ii! the request of thill v H tim. and onlv
.lltrr the victim has hud significant counseling as
to the rflrt ts that the publishing of thr namr will
have on that \ u.liui personal III.
Thr debate over whether to publish victim's
names was brought to l.ugene when (ioneva
Ovrrholsrr, thr editor of the Ur.s Mmnr.s Keg/sfer.
delivered the University School of Journalism's
loth annual Huh! Lecture
The Drs Moinrs Hi-ffislvr won the Pulitzer I’n/e
lor its series about one woman's rape The articles
included the woman s name and explicit details
of the crime
The woman asked that the paper tell her story
after Overhoiser run an editorial urging rape vie
Urns to speak out
Proponents ol naming rape victims argue that
this will help remove the stigma that our society
puts on rape victims and help people take the is
sue more seriously
"(Journalists) plav a huge role in what is taken
seriously, and violence against women is not tak
on seriously." Overhoiser said U i should be
worried about what is not getting into the pa
pers.”
Vet. I feel that the name ol the victim would
not lie ol any use in removing the stigma of rape
It is our current feeling that naming the vh
tuns of these crimes neither furthers a particular
news store nor aides m the de-stigmatization ol
the crime," said Hrffistrr-liuard Managing L'ditor
Palm k Vac k However, the newspaper is aware of
the current debate and it is interested in the opin
ions of those who feel differently
Proponents also argue that rape ts a crime and
should be treated IIS such Newspapers (hut with
hold the mimes of rape victims ere being too
righteous end hypocritical, lie< :ause they have no
qualms about naming the victims of other crimes
1 never said 1 thought we should name all rape
victims,' Overholser said "But I did decide that I
would move toward treatment of rape victims
more the way we treat other victims
"But rape is not a normal crime," said Jennifer
Miller, a former rape victim advocate who
worked with the Portland District Attorney's of
fii.e for 1! years "It is an extremely personal and
painful issue
Proponents of naming rape
victims argue that this will help
remove the stigma that our
society puts on rape victims and
help people take the issue more
seriously.
"1 have- seen cases where rape victims (who
have been named) get prank phone calls, and
even get <eils Irom the rapist's friends in the state
penitentiary," Miller said "Victims must tie well
informed of the consequences before they agree to
he named
I agree I believe that it is the journalists' duty
to make sure the rape victim completely under
stands the consequences of being named Other
wise the name should not he used
Simply having the crime reporters ask the vic
tim il she wants to fie named, as Overholser sug
gests. is not enough
Reporters should wait for the victim to come to
them, and then have some wav to determine
whether the victim has had sufficient counseling
before agreeing to print her name
\lurk Miller is a student .it the University
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