Assault:
Students
have more
than just
one option
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repnwont t fu* number of women
who art* vii timi/ed
According to their t Hunt infor
mation forms, -til of the more than
I .UOO clients at the Counseling
Center said they hod been raped
find another *1 i hents sjh-i ifieti
date rape
These* statist it s do not include
men het arise according to Uni
versity and legal system dufini
lions, rape is defined ns vaginal
penetration Thus, women are
taped; men .ire sodorm/ed
Gwen l isdadt, the (Jounseiing
Center s office manager, said
while these numbers refer to
exponent es ot t tirring through
out the lives ol students it is
highly likely that many of these
instant es oi curred on campus.
"And the problem is that i! pet*
pie don't report it. il looks like
nothing is happening on i am
pus."
Why women don't report
l^iura Hlake Jones, an ascot i
ate dean at the Offit e of Student
Life anti a member of the
Unwanted Sexual Itehavtor Task
Fort**, is one of the people at the
University try ing to find out why
women aren't reporting rape.
She said they might not report
it because they feel guilty anti
want to put the experience
Ix'huui them, turning instead to
counseling, family and friends
"There are blurry feelings,"
Jones said "Most t uses ol rape
are acquaintance ami date rape
And pimp out of the bushes ni|»e
is under-reported If woman feel
blame (or (stranger raj**!, you |u*st
multiply the guilt by a< quain
tance rape or dale* rope and you
start to m«' a picture1 about why
women don't report
Triel Lindstrom. Sexual
Assault Support Services volun
teer coordinator, said another rea
son women don't report rape is
Isnaiise they don't believe report
ing will help
"I worked with one woman last
year who went through the
process at the University, and
nothing happened It |ust mokes
a nightmarish experience even
more awful," she said.
A group of students are out to
change this, they formed Stu
dents for an Assault F'ree Knvi
ronment Inst year
Trina Truini, a member of tfie
group, said she believes there are
several problems with how rajm
is dealt with on < ampns
"SAFE was created last year
after Take B«c k the Night lasause
during the si>eak-out we realized
there are n lot of dis< reponcies
about how rape is reported on
campus.' Truini said "We want
an environment where (sur
vivors) know they are supported
• ! afraid of (peeking mi!
Truini said she has heard
w ims ire often em oureged to
solve then i axes informally, and
SAKE is lookifig at the \ ability of
the ai i usation and whether this
is in tfie lies! interest of the Uni
versity or of the student
SAFE members also reviewed
the student conduct code last
year to find areas that need
improvement. She said partly
Isa nose of SAFE'S work, tfie stu
dent conduct coordinator has a
graduate teaching fellow exam
ining the conduct code this year
Blake Jones said the Unwant
ed Sexual Behavior Task Force is
using SAIT’s recommendations
to help improve the connection
between rapes committed and
rajs's reported "We're looking at
how much advocac y and support
are available to survivors "
CAMPUS SAFETY RESOURCES AND STATISITCS
HELPFUL ORGANIZATIONS
ON-CAMPUS
■ Project Saferhte
Safende provide* tree
on-campus and otf-cempus shuffle
service to Unrverstfy women To
reserve a nde, ca* and leave a
message on the day ot the nde
Fat) hour*
Sun - Thur* 6pm to 12 • m
Fri Sat 6pm to? am
Reservation tine 3*6-4239
Sta« tine 346-0663
orr -campus
■ Sesual Assault Support
Services
SASS i* a community organize
bon providing supped to s«>uai
assault survivor* The organization
operates a 2A hour ensa ime.
counseling sennee* and an advo
cacy program
f’cw suport groups
tor Survivors, no appointment
needed Takes ptace Mondays
from 7 ■ 6 30pm
O op-in counseting
S«ss*on open to survivors, no
appo.ni meet needed.
For more inSormahon, cat!
485-6700 {cn*»« hne)
4$4 9795 {cm# (me)
484-979? {business *in«)
■ Set earn
Saferun provides women with
dogs when they go running or
waging
For information, cafl 345-8086
STATISTICS
■ l ast yea* at the Urwersify. two women turned in
official -ape laports to the Student Conduct
CoonJ;rtf»to»
According to Counseling Center:
Statistics suggest rape is a bigger problem When
students visa! the Counseling Center, they must ft# out
a student information form to give counselors back
ground on them From these forms, me following sta
tubes were made
■ ' ,?48 people visited the Counseling Center last year
and reported the following had occurred to them at
some time m their lives
■ 4 1% unwanted s«*uai e»penence,
■ 3.4% rape
• 47% date rape
•3 4% senuaJ assault
■ last year at the University, live women turned »n
unoltoa! rape report forms
According to Sexual Aasault Support Services:
■ t in 3 women and 1 in 4 men will be sexually
assaulted by the age of 18.
■ 1 m 6 women in college has reported being raped by
someone she knows
V Date m;x' accounts tor 60 percent of ail reported
'apes The ma/onty of victims are between the ages of
16 and 24
How to report
.Students cen mnf rape either
offi< tally or unofficially, on-cam
pus or off-campus On-campus,
wmnwi i an officially re|wirt rape
or other sexual assaults with Stu
dent (Conduct Coordinator (Claim
Green,
When student--, report the inci
dent to Green. they have the
option to resolve the issue infor
mally or formally Green said
most women choose to resolve
the situation through informal
channels because these decisions
cannot be apjxinled; w hereas for
mal dec isums can he appealed all
the way up to the Oregon State
(Court of Appeals.
Green said informal reports <*an
only he resolved if the Univer
sity and the accused agree* to it.
She said most women opt for
informal hearings because they
an* provided more privacy. "If it's
informal, they never have to meet
face-to-face about it If it's formal,
the survivor n.is to testily and i an
he cross-examined by the
accused "
Students not wishing to offi
cially report a sexual assault can
fill out an unofficial report form.
These forms are loc ated across
campus, including in women's
bathrooms They are anonymous
and allow both victims and
friends of victims to report sexu
al assault
The forms am sent to the
Counseling Center where they
used to keep statistic.s. The
reports am then shredded
Off i ainpus, women can take
their castes to court Blake Jones
said women can seek financial
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assistance to pay for legal fees
through a special fund adminis
tored through tfur District Attor
ney's office.
Regardless of whether women
press charges, they can seek long
term support and advocacy pro
grams through Sexual Assault
Support Serve rs in Fugene The
service also runs a 24-hour crisis
line.
Whether off-campus or on
campus, officially or unofficial
ly. Green encourages women to
report rape
"I'm concerned about it being
very under-reported because I
stm what a devastating and life
changing experience it is. For
some people, (reporting! can be
part of the healing process."
Green said.
Fishing boat,
11 on board,
missing since
Wednesday
ASTORIA {Al») — A charter
fishing boat bound for Alaska
with 11 people aboard was miss
ing Wednesday off the Oregon
Coast after reporting engine trou
ble and bad weather
The Coast Guard sent up a C
130 airplane and two helicopters
■to look for the 115-foot Monterey,
which was last reported about 10
miles west of Lincoln City.
1 he search began Tuesday
night and continued Wednesday,
said L.t. Polly Bartz of Coast
Guard Group North Bend.
Before the Coast Guard lost
radio communication with the
boat 1 uesday night, the skip|>er
reported one engine was out and
they were heading for Astoria
rather than Newport because of
bad weather, the Coast Guard
said.
Bart/ viid the Monterey's home
port was unknown, but the skip
per reported that they were head
ing for Alaska with four crew and
seven passengers.
A search of foreign and domes
tic data bases on oceangoing
boats turned up nothing on the
Monterey, Bartz viid.