Exploring a Crisis on College Campuses
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1-900 callers National Book waste money Banning Week page9 page 15 page2 Exploring a crisis on college campuses By Jill Laurinaitis most underreported violent crimes in the Student Health Services, who has worked percent of women who were raped did not Manasins Editor United States. The controversial term and closely with the university's SOS rape crisis identify their experience as rape. It is every woman's greatest fear. stomach-turning national statistics illustrate center since 1977, says dispelling However, 25 percent of the women But it's a college student's most realistic how seldom the crime is actually reported ambiguous definitions of sexual offenses, as surveyed answered yes to the question: nightmare. as well as a lack of understanding of th~ well as changing student's distorted attitudes "Have you ever been forced to have sexual Date rape. problem. about sex, can help to alleviate the problem. intercourse against your will?" Recent reports of rapes on college "People have to be aware of what rape Legal guidelines are not so ambiguous campuses, such as Delaware and Te;nple Defining the terms is," he says. "If a woman says no, no matter about defining rape. University in Philadelphia, have once again Drawing the line between se11 and rape is what the circumstance, that is rape." Rape is forced penetration, either shocked students and communities. Though one of the most difficult aspects of defining In one of the most thorough national vaginally, orally or anally. Stranger rape The unspoken crisis awareness of the issue has increased in the the crime. Both men and women's foggy studies of more than 30 colleges campuses, refers to forced penetration by an unknown definitions of date rape contribute to its high r last decade, rapes are still occuring on conducted in 1985 by Dr. Mary Koss of attacker. The first in a six-part series campuses nationwide at an alarming rate. occurrence. Kent State University in conjunction with Sexual assault, Ferguson says, is a Date tape is one of the fastest growing yet Paul A. Ferguson, assistant director of Ms. magazine, results showed that 75 see DATE RAPE page 4 Professors BSU advises • students to receive boycott college Fund Group calls Education College biased grants By Rebecca Toil en said, "because there are great Staff Reporter opportunities for them in the The Black Student Union teaching profession." $160,000 award (BSU) held a press conference Greene said both the College Tuesday, urging black students of Education and the university from Pioneer Fund · to no longer enroll in the College must improve methods of of Education because it is not professor recruitment, especially first in 18 months meeting the university's goals black professors, to provide By Paul Kane for racial and cultural diversity. balanced research. Administrative News Editor Greene said, "It is clear that the university as a whole is not Professors Linda Gottfredson • See editorial page 6 doing an adequate job in terms and Jan Blits received a $160,000 of reflecting the needs of African research grant from the Pioneer Joshua Greene (AS SO), American students on this Fund Wednesday, almost 18 president of the BSU, said a campus." months after the · university: source of the college's failure to Murray said 18 percent of the prohibited them from receiving any meet students' needs comes from faculty hired at the College of money from the controversial educational studies professors Education in the past 11 years organization. Linda Gottfredson and Jan have been minorities. Above: BSU president Joshua Greene (AS SO) demands the Former university President E.A. Co~ Ttabant banned all monies from the Blitz's $160,000 research grant Provost R. Byron Pipes said of Edu<;_ation hire more minorit~es at Tuesday's press conference. Pioneer Fund, a group some call. from the Pioneer Fund, a group see BSU BOYCOTT page 4 Right: Jea P. Street offers support for the group's statements. some have accused of supporting racist, in April 1990, only to have a racist research. federal arbitrator overturn the ban "The research of the college is Students question BSU demands. inadequate and skewed," Greene • Academic freedom at stake, page 5 said. "We feel that the College By Doug Donovan research within the college which did not support a boycott of the of Education is not promoting an , Assistant News Editor has been labeled racist. entire college. in August. outreach for African-American The Black Student Union's The BSU does not suggest black "[Halting enrollment] is going a (BSU) recommendation for black students presently enrolled in the little too far," Stephanie Collick Gottfredson and Blits assert that students." the university violated their Frank Murray, dean of the students to no longer enroll in the college drop out, said Joshua (ED SO) said. academic freedom, guaranteed in College of Education has received Greene (AS SO), president of the What the BSU wants is to have colle&e said stereotyping an the faculty contract, by prohibiting criticism from some black students more black professors, but how can entire college because of the BSU. them from using the $174,000 in already enrolled in the college. Although some black students black professors get into the system views of one faculty member is grants between 1988 and 1989 from wrong. The boycott, which was voted on said they felt strongly against the if there are not any coming out of it, the Fund. by the entire BSU, criticizes the "I hope minority students will so-called racist research by she asked. A Faculty Senate committee said college for not hiring enough black "I feel it is my duty to stay in the look past this kind of shallow educational studies professors Jan in April 1990 the Pioneer Fund 's professors and for allowing Blits and Linda Goufredson, they see STUDENTS page 4 analysis of the problem," Murray motives went against the university's mission for racial and cultural diversity. The arbitrator ruled the university violated its own Delaware o~fatV~flfJIR~i~.~!J~~tl1i(l~~, Sorority violates standards of procedure when a . tat a Wflmington Sf~ cltnic from ~gust 1~ 90 to january 1991: ) Faculty Senate committee investigated the research being HIV rates rush regulations done by the professors rather than One ... o~t of e~e •· 20 0: la~areans. investigating the Fund itself. By Donna Murphy Jane Moore, assistant to the dean Chuck Tarver, a member of the Assistant News Editor of students and advisor to ·university of Delaware African high for Alpha Phi sorority went before Panhellenic, declined to comment American Coalition (UDAAC), said the university Panhellenic judicial on the outcome of the hearing. at the current time UDAAC has no committee Wednesday night to Members of Alpha Phi should specific plans to protest the fund. ~;;~~~:~. ~~~~~ ~~ ;·?··: face charges of violating the receive a formal letter of the "But we are still very much pregnant council's rush rules. committee's decision on Friday, opposed to the Pioneer Fund." wrth n.o· .otii~r ~fgh ~rls~ .::: Kellie Sturtevant [AS SR], Stunevant said. Gottfredson and Blits applied for president of the Panhellenic Raymond Eddy, coordinator of the $160,000 grant in early ··... ~;~~::~~~;~=~~~ ···· September and the un_i>¥ersity Greek Affairs, said the hearing is women drllg ; us~f'S ·of" . bisexaal Council, said the sorority violated two rush rules, but specific not a university judicial processed the grant without any \ '••· activity. · · · >:··· ·... information on the infraction was responsibility. hassles, Blits said. "We are glad to have the National study ranks Graphic by Wil Shamlin not disclosed. "It's a matter of allowing Tara Barry [ED SR], president student-run organizations to research funding," Blits said. "This between July 1, 1989 and June 30, country, the report said. see PIONEER FUND p~ge 5 state in top 1 0 1990 in Delaware were infected HIV was found in childbearing of Alpha Phi, refused to comment operate under their own rules, so long as it does not violate By Doug Donovan with HIV, the virus that causes women in all three counties in on the issue. Auislllnt News Editor AIDS. Delaware, but the highest rate of Courtney Carmon [AS JR], university policy or local, state or Delaware has one of the highest Delaware ranked as the seventh HIV infection was in Wilmington judicial chair of the Panhellenic federal law," he said. incidents of HIV infection in the highest state nationwide while where one percent of the executive board, said the Each sorority selects two committee's ruling would not be members to serve on the judicial nation among wo~en giving binh, New Jersey ranked third with 4.9 childbearing women in the survey according to a study released this of every 1,000 women giving birth were infected. disclosed until the parties involved ' committee when such a need arises, week by the state Division of were infected. The study also showed an in the case are informed of the Sturtevant said. Public Health. In New York 5.8 of every 1,000 estimated 30 percent of children decision. National Panhellenic judicial The study found that 26 of the women giving birth were infected. born to HIV infected women get "We can't do anything until the guidelines are used as a basis for 9,522 women who gave birth This was the highest rate in the see HIV page 5 presidents are notified," she said. most judicial processes, she said. Evolution brings forth scooters Opinion ............................... 6 Vivant. ..............: .................. 9 By Bradley A. Huebner Step aside Schwinn, and check lllsirtant Sporu Editor Entertainment ................... 11 your mirror Harley Davidson. Your Newest rage in For the typical '90s student, the competition, the scooter, has arrived.