Signal March 13, 1978

SGA Ends Winter Quarter With an Eventful Meeting After having two consecutive meetings 1,000. This measure was tabled by cancelled for lack of a quorum, Georgia State DeLamater. University's Student Government "This would cut the SGA in half," Association held their final winter quarter' DeLamater said! meeting Wednesday night. The two campus rapes were also brought Richard Chambers was approved as up at the meeting, DeLamater said. .graduate school vice president, Staci Faiola Executive Vice President Jim Siracusa, who was named graduate class president and was chairman of the meeting, said he would David Coy was elected business school look into the matter and that a careful study representative at Wednesday's meeting, would be made. according to Marc DeLamater, SGA Feedback Committee chairman. Siracusa said the SGA would study Also, a proposal was made by Treasurer university action regarding the rapes and Bob 'McLendon to raise the number of then decide what measures the SGA could students per representative from 500 to take. The Georgia State University Volume 36 Monday, Number 27 Signal March 13, 1978 THE N~WSPAPER OF THE SOUTH'S PROGRESSIVE URBAN UNIVERSITY Police Advise Caution Following Second Rape By Marc Rice man was involved in both "Un both occasions, (the ",N_EdlloR rapes. However, James E. man) apparently tried to Dearing, assistant director of create the impression that he A Georgia State University 'safety and security at GSU, was a student," Dearing said, coed was raped in a General said GSU police "definitely adding that in the first Classroom Building bathroom believe it was the same incident, the attacker was last Saturday afternoon, GSU person." carrying books, and in the police said. This waS the Dearing said the woman second incident, the rapist second rape reported at the Saturday was followed from a carried "a tote bag or .university this quarter. student lounge into a something similar," Dearing The assailant was described bathroom where the rape would not say whether he by Atlanta Detective Lt. Bill occurred. In the earlier thought the assailant was Clark as a black man in his incident, on Feb. 14, a woman actually a student. early 20's, aboUT 5 feet 10 was attacked in a laboratory Until the man is caught, inches tall, of medium build. in Kell Hall, police said. university police are advising with a "long face," wide Dearing said that in women students and faculty to nostrils and dark skinned. The Saturday's incident the rapist avoid being in "isolated man was' dressed in a long told the victim that he had a areas." black coat, tennis shoes and knife but that she did not Dearing described wore a bandana around his' actually see it. In the earlier isolated areas as "any area not rape the woman was beaten lIt8fI PhoIo IIr ....,. Ann UpcIlUn:Il head, Clark added. being used by a lot of people Some experts question the.validity of martial arts Atlanta police said there with a heavy object, according after normal hours (after 5:15 88 a defense against rape. was "a chance" that the same to police. p.m.) and on weekends. Dearing said both attacks .occurred in such areas. Best Defense Against Rape: Run! Dearing called on all students to notitY the campus By Rhonda Lee those who may want to learn a more formal method ot police (658-2170) immediately SIgneT FNtu,. Ednor defense. ''The course should give people the basic information for if they see anybody suspicious "hanging around or watching Rape. Don't think it can't happen to you. Security officials formal training," Krasevec added, "butformal training isn't them." say the best defense is to accept the possibility of rape and necessary for self-defense." Krasevec said many people GSU Director of Safety and plan a reaction. What would you do if you were confronted by automatically "fling their limbs and head around" in times of Security Alan. G. Sentinella a rapist? panic, but instead should make a conscious effort to diRecT Sgt. Trudy Boyce of Georgia State University's such energies toward the attacker. met with university officials Monday to plan university .Department of Crime Prevention says panic iS probably the Detective Lt. Bill Clark of the Atlanta police bureau's sex action to prevent further most common and least effective reaction to a rape crimes division said mace can be an effective weapon if used incidents. situation. The sergeant warns that screaming in an isolated correctly, but that it can also be a liability. For instance, the As a result of this meeting, area is almost daring the rapist to use violence-but what are rapist may angrily take the dispenser from his victim or the there is a possibility of "more the alternatives? mace could be blown back into the victims face ifthe attack is frequent ID checks in isolated "No one can say 'This is what you should do' because each in an open area. Also, some people are not affected by mace. areas," according Vice situation is different," Boyce said. "The only thing the victim The decision on whether to resist depends on the to President for Urban AffaiRS can do is wait for a chance to react safely." individual, Clark said. "The victim's safety comes first," he Ed Hughes. A "practical" self-defense course will be offered by GSU's added, warning: "Do what you can to get away but don't risk recreational department bezinning in the second week of further injury by getting into physical combat beyond your Hughes added that the spring quarter, Assistant Recreation Director Joe Krasevec ability. " university is considering said. The nine-week program will deal with rape prevention, The lieutenant said he does not recommend training in expansion of its electronic possible tactics to avoid a confrontation if approached by a martial arts as a means of self-defense. "Personally, I think surveillance system. Current- ly, surveillance cameras are potential rapist, and methods of breaking body grasps and you have to be an expert for something like karate or judo located in key spots around the planning counter-attacks when confrontation seems really to be effective, and most people probably wouldn't campus. unavoidable. (Call 658-3440 for more information). devote that much time to it," Clark said. "The best thing is to "Of course the main reason for all that is to provide a kick, scream, scratch and run as soon as you have a chance." An. increase in camera chance to run:' Krasevec said. Atlanta martial arts experts Here at GSU, Vice President for Urban AffaiRS Edmund locations and the installation and a member of Atlanta Bureau of Police Services THOR of a videotape system was a possibility, he said. division attend later meetings, giving demonstrations for See Rape, pg. 3 2 • SIGNAL Moaday, Mareh 18, 1978 The Georgia State University HAL PEEL. Signal Who Dunnit? Tiff: Nf:WSPAn:H OF SOUTH'S PHO(;Hf:SS/Vf: {IHHAN (lNIVf:HSITY Efram Zembalist Jr. would We hope that by printing the police training (Sentinella is have been proud, to say description ofthe man we can an ex-FBI man) that Hal Peel, Editor Jerry Griffin, Deb Jackson, nothing ofthe way Jack Webb give other GSU women a prevented GSU's police heads j Associate Editor Managing. Editor would have reacted. chance to spot danger before from giving out a description Those two TV cops would it's Too late. of a dangerous man. Don't tell Monday, March131978 Page 6 have adored the way Georgia Chief Dearing told me he did nobody nothin' until we are State University's police not want to give out a sure. handled the press when asked description because it could Although I can see JERRY GRIFFIN to give a description of a cause danger to the victim who Sentinella's and Dearing's rapist. was able to identify her point, I must say I think it is GSU Police Chief James attacker. He also said if a ridiculous. Dearing and Director ofSafety description was printed it Apparently I am not alone. Girls, Watch Out! and Security Alan Sentinella, .might scare away the man When we told the Atlanta GIRLS! police to be watching just would not give the Signal before he could bearrested and police we could not get a DON'T STAY DOWN AT every single square foot ofthis a description of a man charged with anything. description from GSU, the SCHOOL ALONE IN UN- concrete campus. It would .suspected of raping two GSU Dearing said he definitely officer on the other end of the INHABITED PLACES! require a force ten thousand students in the last three thought the man who raped a phone asked what was wrong This is not an alarm, it is a strong. .weeks. student last Saturday was the .with our police. warning. So, how is this dilemma So we went to the Atlanta same man who raped another I did not have an answer for As you have already read in solved? .police, who gave us a complete student two weeks before. the man. this special edition of the IT can't be accomplished by .description of the assailant. IT must be the FBI school of In the first place, unless the Signal another GSU student sitting back and waiting for rapist asked his victim her has been raped on this the police to catch this name and phone number, how campus. deprived human being. ITcan't in hell is he going to be able to The girl was down at school be done by calling the chief find her and do her harm.

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