Resources available for survivors of rape By Afc>e>y Collins Sears Emaraid Contributor Victims of rape, its well as their friends and loved ones, are often at a loss as to what to do in the aftermath The University's Unwanted Sexual Behavior Task Forts’ makes recommendations to survivors and those they confide in If you are raped or sexually assaulted: • Go to a safe place • Tel! someone you Irust so you are not alone • ('all one of the resources available to sexual assault victims if vou don't want to press charges • Consider reporting the crime The police can help you gel spe cialized medical care, gather and preserve evidence anil resolve concerns about personal safety and ms urilv The University's con duct coordinator can also offer assistance • Attend to your immediate medical needs However, do not change clothes, take a shower or hath, brush your teeth, use mouth wash or comb your hair before going to the hospital, in order to preserve evidence • Seek an advocate A 24 hour advocate can talk with you and accompany you to the hospital if you choose to gel < hei ked for physical injuries, pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases Cull Sexual Assault Support Services or the police, who will pro vide you with an advocate from Vu lim's Services • Believe in yourself (jive yourself time lo heal Recovery from sexual assault is different for everyone Counseling may lx1 an ave nue for healing. • Men who art; assaulted should know they are not alone ten percent of reported rape victims are men. You may never experience sexual assault yourself, but you may know someone who has Forty-two percent of rape victims toll no one, so if a friend has been sexually assaulted and turns to you for support, appreciate how difficult that is The most important thing you can do is listen Help your friend reclaim control Believe your friend Survivors need their pain and their experience legitimized. Don’t blame or judge the victim Most people who have experi enced an acquaintance rape end up blaming themselves anyway MkkVhul they need is unconditional support and understanding that it ■F was not their fault. Ask what your friend needs and how you cun help, but don't take control of decisions. Let your friend make the choices You don't need to "fix" things or be a therapist Take cure of yourself. You may need to talk to someone about how the incident has affected you The resources available to rape victims are available to you as well. ET ALS MKKTINCS lapartae* Student (>n(4ntul«»fl mentation meeting today at J p m in KMU Room ( «d*r A For more information, call M7-tM2 Federation for the Advancement of (amservaUve T^outM meet* today at 11 X) a m in Room 121 of the law school KMU Budget (ammilli* meat* today at 2 p m In EMU Room Cam*Ufy D For mow mfcar mall on, tail 34d-372t) Student Senate m«u today #1 5 pm in MU Room Century D For mora information, rail 3460030 RKUC30N Intervarstly (Kristian Fellowship Bible study lot gradual* studants tonight at ? 10 *t Kmarsld B«pU»t Church on Hiiyafd beiwaon JSth and lOih For mou information. cadi H1* «o*t« Deadline for tub muting hi Alt to the Km* raid frotu £Mt/Suit* MX), it noon the day before j'ubitt atnm The new* editor due* not hove a (im« machine Kt Ah run the »Jay a! the event unit*** the event taka* pi m e before noon With p* of event* with a don at ton or admitHon charge will not be #*« epted lompu* event* and lhove e.heduted nearest the publn »tion date will be given fxrwrity ! he Km® raid mverve* the right to edit for grammar and tryle hi Alt run on a *f»m e available bad* REPORTS Continued from Page i A ed crime on campuses na tionwide. according lo the FBI. Statistically, one-In-four women will be sexually as saulted during their college careers Students are using the forms, but Oi’S Director Tom Hicks said there is no evi dence that people are using the forms as a substitute for reporting the actual crime lo a law enforcement agency. "The forms are often a first step for victims to report the incident and It ran spur them on to report to us or to the Eugene police," Hicks said. According to the unofficial report forms, there were 10 rapes during the 1991-92 school year and 18 sexual ha rassment Incidents, An OPS internal memoran dum stated there was just one rape and nine sexual of fenses. Hicks said the inconsisten cy in the numbers of reported rapes is probably due to some overlapping in the offi cial and unofficial record keeping of sexual assault in cidents. Hicks said other advan tages of the forms Is that they cun alert the OPS as to where to dtroct its resources and show patterns of assault. DeCidio agreed '‘If people don't s»y what i* happening then it's hunt to improve on it," she said Unofficial sexual assault forms are available in the Women’s Center, the Univer sity Crisis Center, the Coun seling Center, the OPS office, the Dean of Students office, and the ASUO office Eventually, there will he form display racks *n nine high-traffic area* such as the EMU, the library and Prince Lucten Campbell Hall. Some of the confidential counseling and support ser vices include the University Crisis Center, 346-44B8; Uni versity Counseling Center, 346-3227; Cay and Lesbian Hotline, 6B3-242B, Sexual Assault Support Services, 484-9795; and Whltebird. 687-4000 TUESDAY s p A G H E T T I ■ ALL ■ YOU CAN EAT EVERY TUES! includes Gaiic Bread 11.30 am to 10 pm $095 Pizza ITALIAN KITCHEN 2673 Willamette 484-0996 BUY & SELL & NEW & USED CD'S, LP'S, & CASSETTES 258 E. 1 3th AVENUE EUGENE, OREGON, 07401 «nmiim iiiiiiii iiiiiuinniiiii This Week's luncheon Specials Bakwan & Surabaya $4.75 Rice noodle soup, rish Ball. Fried Wonton. and Fish Roll CHINA BLUE RESfAUANT Tty our diners too' L879 E. 13th • upstjuv N«*«t touoBootatorv • Take out Available . .I.,-.... ^•'■~'irwvin~^h^v-^vnwvmfflnMrtir^TVTiw*ivn'i» l-ndcr New Management! ? 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