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
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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
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