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CHAD PATTESON/Emerald Students of all abilities, including this new student, receive encouragement during self defense classes at the Eugene HMD Academy of Tae Kwon Do. Safety: Self-esteem key to self-protection Continued from Page 1A daylight, a dog, pepper spray, mace, or even having a boyfriend will eliminate the possibility of being the victim of a crime,” Guse said. Because few women expect to be the victim of rape, few take the time to plan what they would do if confronted with the situa tion, Guse said. “It is this mental preparation that proves as the best weapon the victim has against her perpetrator,” Guse said. “It is when a woman relies on anything but herself that she be comes vulnerable to attack. In most cases a woman does have the strength to escape — if she has planned her reaction and does not freeze up.” Women have the ability to re pel attackers, Guse said. “Every woman can apply 40 pounds of pressure with one hand — mere ly four pounds are needed to crush a testicle and only two could remove the eye from its socket,” Guse said. OPS has published a pamphlet outlining general rules to follow to reduce the chances of being the victim of a sex crime. The pamphlet suggests that students should always be alert and walk at a brisk pace, carry identification, never walk alone in the dark, keep away from al leys, take advantage of the call boxes on campus and Saferide (a free escort service for women) and inform your roommate where you are going and when you expect to return. If attacked, one should scream or use any other method of es cape and notify OPS and or the Eugene Police Department imme diately after. Rebecca Peatow, office coordi nator for the ASUO Women’s Center said, “I feel too much em phasis is put on the wrong per Defense Classes ■ OPS RAPE AWARENESS DEFENSE: 12-hour course of fered once a term. Call 346 5444 for more information. H SELF DEFENSE: Classes available at Eugene HMD, 1010 Oak St. Call 345-4132 for more information. son, and rape education needs to focus more on treating women as fighters as opposed to inevitable victims. However, a woman should listen to her intuition and always be alert.” “We try to direct our messages at both male and female stu dents,” Peatow said. As an alternative to the OPS RAD course, self defense classes are available at the Eugene HMD (Hyong Moo Do) Academy of Tae Kwon Do located on 1010 Oak St. (345-4132). Tim Greathouse, an instructor at both the academy which runs a rape awareness program, said, “The goal of the academy is to produce a strong self and healthy individual. Good self-esteem not only enables an individual to un derstand him or herself but gives that person control over their en vironment.” Greathouse’s rape awareness program is a four hour program covering four areas: general awareness, date and aquaintance rape, gang rape, and what to do after a rape. Greathouse’s pro gram will soon be active in Eu gene. Guse said, “Last year only two rapes were reported, but it is un known how many unmentioned rapes occur every year.” For more information about RAD, contact the OPS office at 346-5444. Preschool spaces are available in the EMU Child Care and Development Centers (CCDC, EMU, and Westmoreland sites). Employment opportunities are available in the CCDC's seven child care sites. Workstudy is preferred. For information on either of these opportunities, phone 346-4384 TRANSFORMATIONAL DESIGN: Scaling the Ladder of Empowerment An Interdisciplinary Art as Technology* Seminar/Studio in Planning/Design for Individual and Community Empowerment; i.e., Redeveloping People First. (4 units) PPPM 407, CRN 16840; PPPM 507, CRN 16841 Meeting 9-11:50am, Monday in 307 Volcanology; Instructor Elpidio Rocha at elpidio@oregon. uoregon.edu •Art as Technology* is a tool for interacting with other people or with environmental or universal forces (Arnold Rubin, PhD., Art as Technology, 1989). Becyefe • Recycle • Recycle • Kecycll SEASSI ’98 and ’99 Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute University of Oregon - Eugene, Oregon June 15 - August 14, 1998 June 14 - August 13, 1999 SEASSI is a ninc-wcck intensive language training program for undergradu ates, graduates, and professionals. Each language course is equivalent to one academic year of language study. Traditionally offered are: • Burmese • Bahasa Indonesian • Hmong • Javanese • Khmer • Lao • Tagaiog • Thai • Vietnamese Join others serious about the study of Southeast Asian languages, cultures, and people for a wonderful, intensive summer of study and exploration. UO Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, 1246 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1246 phone (541) 346-5087; fax (541) 346-0802 email: caps@darkwing.uorcgon.edu
