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Consent: Majority of rapes go unreported Continued from page 1 A large proportion of the presenta tion following the play emphasized the meaning and importance of con sent. Julia’s roommate Lisa, played by Stacy Borke, comforts her friend and gives her information on sexual well ness. After Julia visits a counselor, she ends up pressing changes against Tan ner because she was forced to do something she did not agree to. Tanner’s friend Matt, played by Aaron J. Martin, also had the role of a supportive friend, but not in a way that condoned Tanner’s behavior. The play emphasized the point that just because Tanner and Julia had sex in the past does not make it okay to force her to do it again. After the play, the cast told the audi ence that they were not there to scare them, “but to show you reality.” “We’ve come here because...we want you to be safer if you choose to drink,” Martin said. Statistics from the National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women were shown after the play, along with information regarding how to deal with a friend who has been a victim or perpetrator of a sexual crime and what it means to have consent. Kuzma and Borke illustrated in a short skit that silence is not con sent, coercion is not consent and a person who has been drinking can not give consent. The SWAT presentation showed statistics from a report by the Justice Department’s National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Statis tics, which estimated that “For com pleted and attempted rapes, nearly 90 percent of the victims knew the of fender, who was usually a classmate,' friend, ex-boyfriend or acquaintance.” On a campus of over 20,000 stu dents, eight forcible sex offenses were reported between 2001 and 2003, but the number of sexual assaults reported do not reflect the actual number of inci dences. The YWCA University of Ore Eugene’s Flower Home The University Florist 610 East 13th Avenue (541)485-3655 UGENESFLOWERHOME.COM gon Web site states that sexual assault has the lowest convicted rate for any vi olent crime at 1 in 60. Citing an FBI sta tistic, the Web site states that “only 1 out of every 25 rapes is reported. ” The SWAT performances will con tinue every Thursday and Sunday through the month of July. nwilbur@ daily emerald, com Statistics from the Justice Depart ment's National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Statistics • About 3 percent of college women experience completed or attempted rape; nearly 90 percent of those women know the offender. • About 13 percent of college women have been stalked; four out of five of these women know their stalker and 43 percent of women are stalked by a boyfriend or ex-boyfriend. • A majority of sexual victimizations happen af ter 6 p.m. and 51.8 percent take place after mid night. About 40 percent of women have been drinking or taking drugs prior to the incident. National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women http://www.vawnet.org/index.php For more information e-mail Megan Thompson atmgt@uoregon.edu or call 541-346-1198. University of Oregon Services Sexual Violence Prevention and Survival Sup port: 541-346-1156 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Educa tional and Support Services: 541-346-1134 University Health Center: 541-346-2770 ASUO Women’s Center: 541-346-4095 UO Crisis Center: 541-3464488 Alliance for Sexual Assault Prevention Office of Student Life 5216 University of Oregon 164 Oregon Hall Eugene, OR 97403 541-346-3216 GET PAID [ now hiring classified sales assistants ] Sales, customer service, pagination and layout experience await you. Now hiring for summer and fall. Contact Classified Ad Manager Trina Shanaman at 346-4343 or at classads@dailyemerald.com for a job description and application. Oregon Daily Emerald The independent campus newspaper for the University of Oregon Interfaith: Idea of service came to founder five years before 9/11 Continued from page 1 “nurture confidence in the universal power of love and unity that tran scends all earthly limitations,” ac cording to the pamphlet. “Initially we thought we would only hold one service,” said Rev. Nola Woodbury, minister at Unity of the Valley church and member of the interfaith council. “Then we thought we’d do it for three months, then six, then we’d stop after the one year anniversary. But now we’re in our 46th month.” The interfaith council originally named the service “A Time of Prayer, Remembrance & Reflection,” but re named it “Interfaith, Prayer & Reflec tion” to change the focus from strictly 9/11 to coming together and the same ness shared by the gatherers. “People are invited to participate however they feel comfortable,” Woodbury said. Although the service is held in a Christian facility, Wood bury said it takes place there because of the size of the building, not the faith or denomination. During the one-hour service on Monday, 10 faiths were represented by their followers. These included the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Chris tianity and Islam, as well as Bud dhism, Baha’i, Hinduism, Native American, Roman Catholic, Sikh Dhar ma and Sufi. Many participants sang and played guitar while others recited Quranic passages, Native American and Farsi prayers. “The interfaith services allow us to be different but still live in peace and understanding,” Woodbury said. “In the busyness of the world it’s just nice to have a place for quietness and reflection.” The Interfaith Service founder, Siri Kaur Khalsa-Harris, said that the idea to hold the service came to her one day while in deep meditation. A practition er of the Sikh Dharma faith, Khalsa Harris said that an entity that had been with her since she was a child asked her to start the interfaith services. “I was made to write down the rea sons for having the services ... and I was told that they should be con structed in a way that all people can participate together with respect,” Khalsa-Harris said. In a written account of her experi ences, Khalsa-Harris explained her rea sons for holding the services: “Too many wars in the name of God. Too many blaming God for the ills of the world. Too many people feeling it is their duty to impress their small ideas of God on others. Too many separated from the Earth that God provided for us. Too many too separated from God, the creator of all.” These instructions came to her five years before 9/11, but it was after the terrorist attacks that she took it to the emergency Sikh council. The meeting was called, Khalsa-Harris said, be cause the council feared for its com munity, particularly its Muslim community members. The proposal for Interfaith Services was taken to T\vo Rivers Interfaith Ministries for help in spreading the word. The proposal was immediately accepted and the first service was held on Oct. 11,2001. Last summer Khalsa-Harris was told by her inner entity to reveal the origin of her idea; that it was divine. She ex plained that “if we work selflessly it could be manifest around the world. This is a structure that can be used anywhere in the world for any people to come together.” “People come here from their own heart, scripture and prayer, and can participate however they wish,” Khal sa-Harris said. “What (the services) have done is they’ve allowed for beau tiful expressions of diverse religions and people, but also it’s been a learn ing process. People are less afraid of each other.” Wayne Hunsaker, a representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and director of Eugene In stitute of Religion, believes there is good in all religions and that there is nothing to be gained by a religion that is closed up and exclusive. “Anything that is good becometh of God; any thing that is evil becometh of the dev il,” Hunsaker said. “This is a model for humanity...that we don’t all have to have the same reli gion,” Khalsa-Harris said. nwilbur@dailyemercLljd.com "Fresh Beer, Brewed Here fmmmm mBmk
