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JMU football's ...L '1be Professional' Purple and Gold .....t~Ar1klllra• audl game yields 19-10 _ .. _ at Latlmer- win for Dukes SilAAtrtAr Theatre defense. week. -..... a.,~,,,., Ll&r. Sports/27 Harrisonburg. VA 2... ~, 7 Reports of sexual assault ~ke Dog ~tut:es . thnl place 111 national already on nse for 1997 · mascot competition More victims may feel comfortahle reports more this (school] year (through programs offered by the NC1W thnt's Bmji tmd Fido and Astra and LAssie, 5a>oby and Yeller and Sexual Assault Eduction CenterL" Sparky tmd McKmzit. But do you m:tU/ the most fo1»ous amine of all ... reports, she said. "There is more of an making third-party sexual Duke Dog, JMU's cherished mascot, has learned a new trick. Sure, awareness of these reports, and I he knows how to auise the floor of the Convocation Center on a tricy assault education coordinator~ think more people are feeling com cle. He even has a knack for squirting innocent bystanders with a full fortable COII'\ing to talk to me." loaded Super Soaker. For most dogs, that would ~enough. the increase might be the result of VICtims who chose to file third by Julia Falz But not for our Duke Dog. staff writer more assault victims feeling they party reports were under no obli The overgrown bull dog can report aimes. gation to file a judicial report, returned from the National Only three months into 1997, "We've been rublicizing the Wing·Lott stressed. Cheerleaders Association "With this paper (third sexual assaults in JMU CoUegiate Mascot party the crime crime statistics reports are reports], Championship April on the rise compared to last becomes a statistic," 4 in a doghouse on year, according to campus Wing-lAHt Blid. "This ia cloud nine. Out police reports. not • leP,J teported form. of 45 mascot During aU of 1996, sexual It is for education and applicants, risk prevention" assault victims filed 17 Duke Dog third-party reports, which However, Cliristop~r placed third. are non-legally bindmg Mulldns, a freshman. said Never before crime documentation fonns, he beUeves women who had the JMU with the Sexual Assault file third-party reports representative Education Center. In the should also consider fil placed higher first three months of 1997, ing judk:ialJy. than 27th. victims liled 13 third-party " I just think that if Never before had reports. Eight of those something happens, and Duke Dog even been reports were filed m March if women are willing to invited to participate in alone by victims of acquain come forth, then they the finals. tance rape should go all the way "He was awesome," senior Of the eight women who with it m order to make cheerleader Kim Shuford said. filed third-party reports in sure everyone knows "He totalJy shined." March, two have also filed about it and not just cer Duke Dog shone bright, judicial charges, the first for tain people," he said. indeed. For 90 seconds, our furry this year, said Hillary Wing· "There are no conse friend cracked-up the audience Lott, sexual assault educa· quences to those actions. o( about 2,500. His routine, tion coordinator. Three vic Women might be fll!>re recapping how Duke Dog gets tims filed judicial charges aware [if a third-party ready for a night on the town, report is filed], but that for all of 1996. She said had the fans thinking he was a other victi may just see doesn't mean anything to seasoned veteran. the third-pa report as a guys. Guys will see it as How wrong they were. 'oh well, she reported it, step in the healing process. "I had never been to However, a rise in third but I still got away with it, Nationals," barked Duke Dog. party reports may not rep so it really doesn't matter.' "I had no idea what to expect." resent a rise 10 assaults ~------~------------------~ Duke Dog was up against themselves, she said Rather, C.G. SMITtllscniorarrist see ASSAULT page 2 mascots from across the coun try. Some were birds Some were wolves. There was even a ' 'Rapping to the A.M.' rooster. Such competition would naturally bring some 7>-acey Lee and the Huck-a-Bucks get their groove on Saturday in PC Ballroom hesitation, but who better to and "Branches.'' The group consists of three ]MU compete in such a dog~at-dog by Chris Carttr students: Julian Walker a.k.a. Juez, Dave arena than a mascot who wears staff writer Lowenstein a.k.a. Detour, and Mike Miller a.k.a. a leash and a studded collar. After an hour-long delay in 30 degree weather, Miracle. The Tree People, along with the Ghetto "It was exciting," Duke Dog yelped. "No ont! the crowd waiting to see Tracey Lee and the Huck Cartel, a group that will release its debut album on expected me to place- I heard my score, and I was a-Bucks Saturday night-some of whom had come the Def Jam label in july, hyped the crowd for the pleased with third." from as far north as Washington, D.C., and as far show. Cheerleader co-captain Ron Farrington said, "We south as Tidewater- was finally let through the Before his performance, Lee paid tribute to fel knew what (Duke Dog] was going to do, we just doors of PC BalJroom at 11 p.m. to get down to low artists Notorious B.l.G. (a.k.a. Christopher didn't know how high he would place. We're real some go-go and hip hop. Wallace) and Tupac Shakur, who were tragically ly proud." The "Ebony Rapping to the A.M." con- shot and killed. The.w~ Fest. ''AJl thls vi4! ~<i..H.. It• In Dec ~tractiorlS performed, The Tree People performed an opening set singing "Be Safe" see DUKE DOG page 2 I I v I I ,f' 2 Monday, April 14, 1997 THE BREEZE .t. Duke Dog Assault continued frOm P8f6 1 continued from Plft6 1 Mascot Division. NCA then selected the top six and invited them to "Deterrence is the main reason school}," I<ristin West. a freshman, said, "and that's a false sense of BreezeI"W l WAf11 n .. \I.,_IV ta tlt' for safety ... JUSt telling people you compete in the national fmals. Joining Duke Dog was Virginia Tech's Hokie Bird, North Carolina State's Ms. Wolt Nebraska's Lil' were raped isn't going to deter any security ... I do feel safe here, and '7o the press alone, cheqttered as a lot of times I'm not as fully aware it is with abuses, tlte world is Red, University of South Carolina's Cocky and LouisviJle's one from raping," he said. JMU was named the second as I should be, espedaUy when I'm tndebttd for all tire triumphs Cardinal. Hokie Bird defended his 1996 title as he came out on top. Lil' safest campus in the United States by myself, especially at night." wllicll lzave hem gained by Red took second place. in 1994 by Crime at Colltgt: The Mulkins said, ,. As a Student reason and humanity over trror Also competing in the competition were the JMU Cheerleaders. Student Gmde to Personal Safety. Ambassador, I go around and I teU and oppressio11." The squad entered the Division I competition attempting to defend Some students d1sagree over people about how we are one of the - James Madison their 1996 national title. Unfortunately, with that title comes some whether or not this label has helped safest campuses In the United States, and I don't think I am lying fJiriCif' kltatenHelu added pressure. The Dukes finished sixth out of 20 squads and or hindered awareness of risks on Shuford dtes that pressure as a main reason. when 1 sa)' that. I don't feel at all Marrtging tdltor LluniL Wlldl the JMU campus. "The team is pretty young," Shuford said. "We definitely had " I think people are almost unsafe when I walk around this Ttdmdogymm~Q$t" BrienHtalns the capability to repeat, but things just didn' t go as well as we preaching [our label as a safe campus." Adsnrn~'I.'T Ertn M. c....,_. thought." Nt!t«t tdrlor Courtney A. Cf'OWiey The squad returned to JMU without the 1997 trophy but rather Nt~tditor AobSc*fl with a prize-winning canine. For most of the year, the cheerleaders ~ lll'la. tdrlor Ancll Metzler and Duke Dog perform together. This competition was one of the M-lot attack 'not Qw1101 tt'lllcJI' Kelly~ few times Duke Dog could hog the spotlight and show what he's Styktdllor Jim 'Vee-' Terp got. FoniStdl/rl CMt Klmek "He's got such a great personality," Shuford said. "When he gets says director of ~·'Jiiiii A~ s1'i4«rl5 tdtJor Jullln!f .. inside that [costume] he lets things lose." ~.,...,.,.~ .. S{Kirlftd1tor Se.v.t M . Trout Farrington said, "He's just so creative. He's so wild, himself, he just likes to have a good time." Ass/ srms ntr/(11' Setfl Burton by Julia Fllz Ca U it as you may, Duke Dog did JMU proud. He marched Qwtdikr u.. Fox stizjf writer down to Daytona Beach, Fla. not knowing what to expect He PlrJtoaillor JennHw Bitler pranced back to JMU with trophy in hand. Like a true Duke, how Recent reports of an assault in M Ass~ ~rototdllor EdD)W ever, he is not satisfied. lot and rumors of othei attacks on Cfl11hcs tdJtor ntom.&aU "Third place is a good starting ground," growled Duke Dog, campus have caused some students ~ Alp DeLuca, "but seeing what [the other mascots did], knowing what it's like to worry about their safety.