Forum Delves Into Issues of Rap Es, Assaults

VOL. XCXI. NO. 9 LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT NEWSPAPER Friday. November 20. H)87 Forum delves into issues of rapes, assaults By Ann Spellman democratic. Sexual assualt “Males that are sexually worse since we hear about “He is a guy you pass on Lawrentian StafT is not limited to sex. race or abused need the same kind it more frequently." Coonan your way to the library, the religion. Eighty-five per of support that females do. began. "Date rape is not Over 200 students gath guy you sit next to in class, cent of sexually assaulted The feelings are the same. getting worse, lt has always ered in Riverview lounge the guy your girlfriend victims are attacked by The humiliation, degrada been here. Your particular Thursday night to listen to dates, a friend of your someone they know." tion. fear and the anger is age group [referring to testimony and advice re boyfriend's, or your frater “I want to talk about sex the same. " Coonan said. Uiwrence students! have garding the subject of sex nity brother." Barreras ual assualt of males, first, Coonan warned that “no had more education in continued. ual assault at Lawrence. because very few males one can ever truly prevent crime prevention and you In light of the two re "The rapist is someone I ever report sexual abuse sexual abuse. Victimiza are more aware of such ported sexual assuaults on really trusted. I had no idea and sexual assualt" contin tion is part of our society crimes which you report ." women by a stranger from he would do something like ued Coonan. “Men are ex and we have to learn to deal the surrounding commu "Prosecution is not al this to me I Just assumed pected to be very strong and with that." ways the answer. Not all I was safe. My tmst was nity and at least one re- very macho." victims report assaults to betrayed. " Barreras said. ported date rape, the "Sexual abuse, assualt Coonan advised individu the police for their own Barreras explained she Downer Women’s Forum and homosexuality are not als to evaluate the situation reasons. The wheels of had been to a party the sponsored two speakers even remotely connected" one finds t hemself In and be justice grind very slowly night of the rape. “I was and a panel discussion. explained Coonan. “A man aware of surroundings. and may be too painful for very drunk. It was getting Bonnie Coonan. director feels that since he was Date rape is a term that Is the victim, “Coonan con late. I talked with a friend of the Appleton Sexual As- sexually abused by another being used more and more cluded. with whom I had talked sault Crisis Center said, man that lt was a homosex often. “Someone asked me Alter Coonan shared ad before and knew. We talked “Sexual assault is very vial act." if date rape was getting vice for many different situ- in the stairwell for a few Convocation ations of sexual assault. minutes and then he Laura Barreras. a sopho walked up to his room more at Lawrence, shared Since we were in t he middle Reuss says changes in American her experiences as a vict im. of a conversation I followed Barreras began, "live him." system necessary weeks ago last night I was “We kept talking tn his By Steve Siegel Reuss explained the fra tyranny, since the Ameri raped. I was forced Into a room, but a few minutes Lawrentian Stall mers of our system of gov cans had Just recently sexual act that I did not later, he started kissing me ernment created a system emerged from the nile of consent to. The rapist was and touching me in a way The American Constitu which would protect King George of Britain. not a stranger looking in that made me feel uncom tional system is designed in against the possibility of Please see page 2. column 5 the bushes or an alley late fortable. I took his hands such a way that policy dis at night. He did not use a away from my bodv and we putes between branches of weapon or threaten me. talked some more. " Barre government frequently end Other than having sex witli ras said. in paralysis. Henry S. me. he did not physically Barreras continued to Reuss told a small univer harm me in any other way. say that a little later, the sity Convocation audience The rapist is a Lawrence Please see page 2. column 3 Tuesday. student" Reuss, a former Con IJ\CK OF PARTICIPATION gressman from Wisconsin's 5th district, said this situ ation needs to be rectified. Lawrence cancels “In the last five years. Congress and the President womens' basketball have disputed and solved nothing." Reuss charged, By Steve Siegel time the coach. Cathy explaining little progress Lawrentian StafT Gottshall, was under con has been made on the Fed tract through the 1987-88 eral budget deficit, which ls Lawrence University has academic year, and Law- weighting down the U.S. HENRY REUSS Daviri Faber photo been forced to cancel the rence had a responsibility economy. 1987-88 Women’s basket to honor that contract. ball sc hedule as result of The outlook for next lack of participation, direc year’s program ls very good, Downtown Appleton stepping torinto of athletics and recrea according to Agness. who the future tion. announced this week. said the commitments and The team, which has been financial resources will still Due to a layout error shopping district in Apple ping malls, which olTer the ton. the focus of controversy be available, and lt ls “very last week, this story is convenience of many stores ever since some of the play likely" there will be a new presented here in its Since that time, three under one roof, frequently ers announced last spring coach then. entirety. modem malls, including ofTer plenty of free parking, the enormous Fox River and have long, regular they would boycott the pro Agness said balling out of By Steve Siegel Mall, located at the junc hours. gram if the present coach the team’s commitments at Lawrentian StafT tion of U.S highways 41 and But she quickly adds remained this year. the eleventh-hour ls dis 10. have taken business downtown Appleton ls Im Agness was upset about turbing, and he particu When expansive shop from downtown, business proving. and bucking the having to cancel the sched larly felt sorry for other ping malls began appearing that Avenue merchants for national trend. ule outright, explaining. teams, officials, and work in Appleton, the city’s merly could take for “Downtown Appleton ls “It’s not a decision you take ers. who had sacrificed downtown underwent a granted. really a success story." she In stride without thinking it other offers, games, or permanent change. Reynolds' job Is to pro says. “Downtowns are through thoroughly,- add employment in order to “It used to be. if you mote downtown Appleton, dying everywhere, but ing there were a lot of rami play Lawrence. wanted to go shopping you to help bring stores down Appleton’s downtown is fications came downtown." ex town. and to keep the dis better (now) than lt was five The Lawrentian reported But. he continued, it's not plained Rose Marie Rey trict vibrant. In the 1980s. years ago." last May 29 the possibility fair to anyone Involved to nolds. the downtown cothat’s proven a difficult Vacant stores are filling there would not be a run a program with four ordinator for the Fox Cities task. up, she says, and more basketball season unless a players, which ls the num Chamber of Commerce. Reynolds points out that people are shopping down new coach was found to ber Lawrence and Gottshall “The Appleton retailer downtown area of major town. Reynolds can point to replace the current one. would have been looking at had it pretty good." cities throughout the na a number of stores which who many players say they had they decided to con Twenty years ago College tion have been losing find difficult to play for. tinue with the program this Avenue was the only major ground to suburban shop Please see page 5. column 1 But Agness said at the year Campus News Page 2 Student’s writing published in ethics journal panel/author was whether omedical ethics field, is not By Terry J. Hietpas until he received a letter of land. or not a wife has an ethical congratulations on the really sure where this Special to the Lawrentian “I would like to express responsibility to care for a 10th of November. achievement will lead. But my gratitude to Jack husband whose personal Pete Bredlau, a junior “I was stunned," said for now, he has the satisfac Stanley for making me ity has drastically changed history major and member Bredlau. “I entered the tion of seeing his work in aware of this opportunity after suffering a stroke. contest hoping to win, but the biomedical ethics field and for his efforts in foster of Phi Delta Theta, has been Bredlau’s article, en Informed that an article he never really expected to do and the pleasure of split ing an awareness of bioeth titled, “Would It Have Been so. submitted to the Journal of ting the 100 pound first - ics in the Lawrence and Fox Better Had He Died?” ex Eiredlau, who is inter place purse with a lecturer River Valley communities." Medical Ethics (a London amined the ethical com ested in a career in the bi in philosophy from Scot Bredlau concluded.

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