Wreck
on Japan
railway
kills 16
BY MARI YAMAGUCHI
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOKYO — A crowded commuter
train derailed and plowed into an
apartment building in western
Japan on Monday, killing at least 16
people and injuring some 200
others, police said. The cause was
under investigation.
A seven-car commuter train oper
ated by West Japan Railway Co. also
hit an automobile at the crossing
near Amagasaki, about 250 miles
west of Tokyo, but it was not imme
diately clear if the car was hit before
or after the derailment.
Officials said the cause of the ac
cident was not yet known, but sur
vivors told national broadcaster
NHK that the train seemed to be
moving too fast when it hit a curve
near the apartment house. JR re
ported that the train, which was
carrying 550 passengers, had over
shot the stop line at the last station
before the accident.
“There are many theories, but we
don’t know for sure what caused
the accident,” said Chief Cabinet
Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda. “The
prime minister instructed us to re
spond with urgency.”
The train operator apologized for
the accident.
“Our most important task now is
to rescue -the passengers from the
accident, and we are doing our
best,” JR West President Takeshi
Kakiuchi told reporters.
The train’s driver, 23, was in seri
ous condition, Kyodo News Agency
said. According to JR, he had 11
months of experience.
The train jumped the rails as it
approached a track-side apartment
house. TV footage showed wrecked
cars of the train piled accordion-like
at the base of the building. Hun
dreds of survivors and rescue offi
cials swarmed the disaster site.
Hyogo Prefectural (state) Police
said it was not immediately known
whether the victims were on the
train, on the street or inside
the apartment.
NHK said the train collided with
a car in between train stations while
traveling at 43 mph.
“There was violent shakings, and
the next moment I was thrown to
the floor, several meters away from
where I was sitting, and I landed on
top of a pile of other people,” said
Tatsuya Akashi, a passenger who
was on the third or fourth car, in an
interview with NHK.
“I didn’t know what happened,
and there were many people
bleeding,” he added. “Passengers,
many of them high school students,
were panicking.”
Japan is home to one of the
world’s most complex and heavily
traveled rail networks, but such de
railings are rare. An earthquake in
2004 caused a bullet train to derail,
the first since the high speed trains
went into service 40 years ago.
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Monday April 25
Taking it to the Streets
Watch for the University Health
Center peer health educators
out on the campus distributing
information on sexual assault,
healthy relationships, and more!
2:00-4:00PM
Consent is Sexy
Join the Sexual Wellness
Advocacy Team (SWAT) for
interactive theater games and
activities about sex and consent.
SWAT is a sex-positive group of
students committed to ending
sexual violence and starting
dialogue on campus.
Co-sponsored by Office of
Student Life and ASUO Women’s
Center.
4-5:30 PM, Ben Linder (EMU)
Interpersonal Violence:
Reflecting on Statistics and
Identifying Solutions
A powerful multimedia
presentation designed to
raise awareness about local,
national and international rates
of violence against women and
children, including historical
information and current solutions.
A discussion will follow, facilitated
by Jeff Todahl, College of
Education faculty member.
7-8:30PM, Fir Room (EMU)
Tuesday April 26
UO Men’s Center 3rd Annual
Walkathon to Prevent Sexual
Violence
Students, faculty and staff walk to
publicly support the fight to end
sexual violence. Although women
are welcome to participate, we
are primarily seeking groups of
men as participants to capture
the point that sexual violence
MUST be an issue for all
students—not just women. The
UOMC is looking for 42 groups
to sign up to walk for 30 minutes
on a predetermined course
on the UO campus. Interested
organizations and individuals
please contact David Miller,
UO Men’s Center Director, at
uomc@darkwing.uoregon.edu or
call 346-3227.
Sponsored by UO Men’s
Center
Opening the Closet Doors:
Sexual Violence In the
LGBTQ Communities
Sexual violence in Lesbian,
Bisexual, Gay, Transgender
and Queer (LGBTQ)
communities is a highly
invisible issue that is still “in
the closet." This interactive
workshop provides essential
tools for working with LGBTQ
survivors and communities and
strategies for building culturally
effective campus-based
programs. Bring your lunch.
Sponsored by SASS and
Koinonia Center
12:00-1:30 PM, Koinonia
Center, 1414 Kincaid (by
campus 14th and Kincaid)
Violence Against Women of
Color
This workshop will focus on
some of the issues covered
at the INCITE! The Color of
Violence III Conference in
New Orleans on how to stop
violence against women of
color. Main topics include
racial profiling and human
trafficking of women of color
and the murders and the
disappearances in Ciudad
Guarez and Chihuahua. Lead
by Clarissa Chan, Ma Vang,
and Jasmin Guerra.
3:30-5:00PM, Rogue Room
(EMU)
Wednesday, April 27
UO Men’s Center 3rd Annual
Walkathon to Prevent Sexual
Violence
See description on for this
event in Tuesday’s events. If
you are interested in signing
up, please contact David Miller,
UO Men’s Center Director, at
uomc@darkwing.uoregon.edu
or call 346-3227.
The Clothesline Project
The Clothesline Project of Lane
County will be visually airing
society’s dirty laundry’ around
issues of sexual violence and
violence against women. Create
a t-shirt to honor survivors of
sexual assault, incest and rape.
Sponsored by SASS
10:00AM-7:00PM, EMU Main
Floor Concourse
A Personal Pledge
Sign the Personal Pledge
Banner and pledge to end
sexual violence.
Co-sponsored by Alpha Phi
Omega and the Sexual Wellness
Advocacy Team (SWAT).
11:00-1:00PM, EMU Concourse
Thursday, April 28
Take Back the Night 2005
Rally, March and Speak Out
Join hundreds of students in the
march against sexual violence.
The event begins with sign-mak
ing, music, campus and commu
nity speakers. The march
proceeds through the streets of
Eugene, ending in downtown
Eugene at 8th Avenue and Oak
Street. Return transportation to
the campus will be provided.
Co-sponsored by ASUO
Women’s Center (346-4095)
and SASS (484-9791 )along
with generous support form the
community.
6:30 PM, EMU Amphitheater
Friday April 29
Maps of City & Body:
Performance, lecture and
book signing with Denise
Uyehara
In celebration of her new book,
critically acclaimed performance
artist Denise Uyehara will
perform excerpts from Big
Head, a work exploring the
links between the Japanese
American relocation, detention
and internment during the WWII,
and current state violence
against Arab Americans, South
Asians, and Muslims in the U.S.
The event is free and open to
the public.
3:30 PM, Lecture Hall of the
Jordan Schnitzer Museum
Co-sponsored by Office
of Student Life and ASUO
Women’s Center and APASU,
call 346-4095 for more info.
Sponsors:
Alliance for Sexual Assault
Prevention: ASUO Women’s
Center; Sexual Assault Support
Services; Office of Student Life;
Counseling and Testing Center;
Department of Public Safety;
Eugene Police Department;
Alpha Phi Omega; Greek Life;
Koinonia Center; Nontraditional
Student Programs; Wesley
Foundation; Assault Prevention
Shuttle; University Health
Center and peer health
educators; University Housing;
Sexual Wellness Advocacy
Team (SWAT); Womenspace;
UO Men’s Center; Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
Educational and Support
Services Programs; Diversity
Education and Support
Programs; Family Programs;
Intercollegiate Athletics; and
the Office of Multicultural
Academic Support. Graphic
designer Alejandro Juarez
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A coordinated community
response to support survivors
and hold perpetrators
accountable.
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