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Women Writers/Cultures:
Female Identity and Popular
Culture ENG 315. CRN 42320.
JUNJK 23-AUGUST 15
English in Summer
11:00-11:50 a.m.
MUWH. Anne Ciasullo.
2003 SUMMER SESSION ■ JUNE 23-AUGUST 15
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“I didn’t think I was being too
nice,” she said.
After talking about the film over
coffee for an hour, the two walked
back toward the student’s residence
hall. The man had asked to walk her
all the way to her room, but the stu
dent found the request a little for
ward and stopped to say good-bye at
Hamilton Complex instead of her
own building. He then said he re
gretted not asking for her number
over coffee and asked for her room
number instead, which she denied
him as well.
“Sometimes you feel you’re being
rude to people when you say no,”
she said. “But I just didn’t feel com
fortable giving him any more info
than I already had.”
Considering what happened next,
the student said she is glad to hav®
trusted her gut instinct.
A few days after meeting the fellow
French film fan, the student received
what she referred to as a creepy call
at her residence hall room. The voice
on the phone said her name with un
certainty and asked, “Do you re
member me? We talked over coffee
after the film festival.”
The student was taken aback. Her
eager coffee date had apparently
looked up her campus number on
the online directory and proceeded
to call her, despite her refusal to give
him the number.
“Urn, oh sorry, wrong number,”
she said as she hung up the phone.
A little later, the man called again
and asked for her middle name to
see if he had the right person, so she
made something up.
“I was a little freaked out at that
point,” she said. “But I figured he
was just some creepy guy.”
The next day, a resident assistant
contacted the student and told her
to call the Department of Public
Safety. After an initial attempt, the
student reached an officer who told
her he had found a suspicious per
son searching for her room in
Hamilton Complex at 2 a.m. the
night before.
Again using the online directory,
the person — who is not a student
— assumed the mailbox number
was a room number and was looking
for the room when he gave the offi
cer his and the student’s name. Of
ficers then escorted the man off
campus and told him he would be
cited for trespassing if he returned.
Considering the low number of
similar incidents reported to DPS
during the past few years, DPS Asso
ciate Director Tom Hicks said stu
dents who receive suspicious phone
calls or think their safety has been
threatened should call DPS for ad
vice, protection or action.
After performing a background
check on the man, DPS officers
found he was on parole for various
sex offenses and notified the student
when DPS discovered he had at
tempted to call her more than once.
Significantly alarmed at that
point, the student immediately re
moved all her information from
the directory and changed her
room phone number. DPS officers
offered to temporarily relocate the
student and her roommate to an
other room while their lock was
changed. The locks were changed
by the end of the day, however,
and the roommates decided to stay
where they were.
Because some people have been
known to let random individuals
into the residence halls, the stu
dent said she feels safe knowing
posters with the man’s description
and information are still posted in
the area.
“I think it has pretty much blown
over. At least I hope so,” she said.
“And the RAs were great — they
went above and beyond.”
Considering both the value and the
danger of an online student directory,
the student said it is a useful resource
on which she will never post her per
sonal information again.
“It’s just too bad that sketchy peo
ple like this can make our campus
seem unsafe, especially to women,”
she said.
Looking forward to this week’s
empowerment events — including
the Women’s Center’s Take Back
the Night march — the student en
courages fellow females to always
be aware of who they interact
with, be selective when giving out
personal information and know
their comfort levels.
Sexual Assault Support Services
community education coordinator
Michelle Edwards said she couldn’t
agree more.
“This student really showed her
knowledge of effective self-defense
tools and flexed her assertiveness
skills,” Edwards said. “Having a sense
of boundaries and keeping control on
the situation is key here.”
For students interested in how to
handle similar challenges and en
counters, Edwards recommends at
tending the free self-defense work
shop at 4 p.m. on Wednesday in the
EMU Walnut Room. She said the
workshop will cover verbal and
physical skills that are practical for
any female.
“I don’t think there’s a woman on
this earth that wouldn’t one day
benefit from these skills,” she said.
For those who can’t make it to the
workshop, Edwards said SASS coun
cilors are always available to help.
“We’re a great resource for what
to do when dealing with this kind of
stuff,” she said.
Contact the reporter
at caronalarab@dailyemerald.com.
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fever or respiratory problems and
notify school officials and health
care providers immediately if symp
toms occur. Students with symp
toms are urged not to attend school.
Anne Mattson, director of nursing
at the University Health Center, said
the center is adhering strictly to the
CDC guidelines. Because informa
tion concerning the SARS epidemic
changes on a daily basis, health cen
ter officials continue to watch and
monitor the situation, she added.
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