W01jlen.Take Back the Night
...,: .\ .~ ' . ,.': .:, :.~, ! .,,~' .~: ,4-' oj · . i (, ','(,Si Bentley Historical Library ';. " 1150 Beal Avenue .:k' Ann Arbor. rvt 48109-211~ :~" " , ~( .. ,t W01Jlen .Take Back the Night .~. BY .M oHAN KRISHNAN .. rather forget, such as abuse in les tine White, who made headlines when ernor John Engler. One speaker~ s, .' . bian relationships. They stressed vio she, as a survivor of violent sexual member of ADAPT, decried Engler .. ~ VER.THgYEARS, THE TAKE lence against children 118 a major is- crime, volunteered to be pictured in for caning the group "militant terror. Back the Night rally has been ue, claiming that 33 percent ists," while simultaneously and point the source oftiome conlroversy .. of girls and 10 percent of boys edly embracing that description. She ', -r. on campus. The event, which consists are sexually abused before the aJso assailed nursing horne lobbyists" of 01 rally with numerous ~peakers , age of18. and demanded that states provide . , and a march through the streets, and One speaker, Dawn frecin-bome care to the disabled. She ~JI\ nsore'd by the Ann Arbor Coali, Ritchberg, also stressed the failed to provide any method for this ,. '. i tion AgrunstRape, has been held an dangers of racial prejudice in or any details about cost or feasibility: nually in Ann Arbor since 1979, and the public perception of Ih......~'" Another speaker blasted State Sena- .. .ulso is held in many other locaJes~ Its exuaJ violence. She empha- . tor Van Rigcnmorter for not recogniz~ .• , purpose is to help stop violence against sized that rapists are not all ing gay marriage ceremonies. women. Ov~rthe past'several years, stereotypicalublack men lurk Many of the speakers felt that it has recClved criticism for using this ing around," and that many poverty was at the root of domestic cause to crudely veil a podium for sex offenders are people who violence, and used this to begin an left-Wlnf ideologues.
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