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Koestner Returns to Deliver Powerful Message by DEIRDRE DANA Dorm for the Remainder of the Semester Thursday, September 26, 1996 Page3 . - ' ' ~ . ' . ' . : ' .. ' . : . NEWS Koestner returns to deliver powerful message By DEIRDRE DANA dorm for the remainder of the semester. els. are-horrible issue." Aquinas News Editor According to Koestner, many rapes Students had a variety of reactions to Koestner emphasized that all victims and DAMIAN FISCHER occur with someone the victim knows and the lecture. Kathleen Saemann, a fresh­ should seek medical attention within 72 Aquinas Correspondent has no reason not to trust. "85 percent of man from Seaford, N.Y., said, "She made hours of the attack. She explained how the the time, it's someone you know: a friend, me think about situations I've been in process of gathering physical evidence is Behind her petite features and soft someone in your class," Koestner said. that I didn't think were dangerous." necessary if the victim ever chooses to voice, Katie Koestner carries a strong It is due to this fact that Koestner poses Other students were not as impressed press charges. message: stop date rape. On Monday with Koestner's style. This process, "the rape kit," takes night, Koestner shared her personal story "When the guy did some­ approximately four to five hours and con­ with hundreds of students in the John thing wrong, she stressed it; sists of a pelvic exam, swabs, and photos. Long Center. when she did something Although Koestner describes the proce­ During the first three weeks of her wrong, she went over it dure as "very unpleasant," she stresses freshmen year at the College of William quickly," said Andrew that it is vital. and Mary, a man Koestner was dating Glaydura, a freshmen from Last year, Koestner asserted that the forced her to have sex with him. Koestner Scotch Plains, N.J. University's sexual assault policy was too stresses the point that she was raped by a Since her graduation two ambiguous and as a result, the policy was man she knew, who seemed like "a really years ago, Koestner has revised. nice guy." toured the country lecturing However, when asked this year, Koestner was on the date with her on both the college and high Koestner claimed the policy remained assailant when she invited him up to her Aquinas Photo/CATHY SILER school levels. She has made "problematic" because it did not reflect room. When he started making unwanted Katie Koestner addresses the audience on date rape. numerous TV appearances current Pennsylvania state law. sexual advances, an argument ensued that the question, "How long does it take you and her story was aired on HBO. According to Schofield, Koestner sug­ .lasted most of the evening. Before he left to trust someone?" Koestner has centered her "YES!NO!" gests that the University update the policy the following morning, Koestner was sex­ All day Koestner met with students lectures around the concept that sexual to reflect current laws and use clearer, ually assaulted against the wall of her from various organizations such as assault is an issue that must be addressed more concise language in writing the pol­ own dorm room by her date. S.A.R. T. (Sexual Assault Response by both genders so that the problem can icy. When Koestner filed rape charges she Team), Residence Life, and University be more effectively dealt with. This is Koestner's second appearance was informed by the district attorney that, Review Board. Koestner stated that rape is never on campus, and the University plans on due to her minimal 15% chance of victo­ According to Karen Schofield of the going to end by women alone. "I would making her lecture an annual event so that ry, he would not take her case. Wellness Center, Koestner spoke specifi­ rather present [rape] as an issue that eventually every class will hear her mes­ Although her assailant was found cally to male athletes about the unique unites men and women towards their sage. Schofeld hopes that this will bring guilty by her university's judicial board, kind of peer pressure they face and how cause of eliminating rape," Koestner said. about a change in the campus environ­ he was merely banned from Koestner's they can portray themselves as role mod- She stressed that rape is not a "men- ment. London newspaper indicated Pennsylvania, was ruled incom­ News Wire Lucid returns that he has only a 50150 chance petent to stand trial for the mur­ Astronaut Shannon Lucid is of surviving the procedure. der of former Olympic wrestler Briefs from Beyond the Commons finally returning to Earth after Dave Schultz at duPont's estate. spending a record 188 days in DuPont incompetent Can a man so smart that he suspected IRA member w·as Kennedy wedding space aboard the Russian space John duPont, the self-pro­ knows he's the Dahlia Lama killed in the raids, and five more John F. Kennedy Jr. was mar­ station Mir. Her replacement is claimed Dahlia Lama of truly be incompetent? ried Saturday in a private cermo­ were arrested. astronaut John Blaha. Among the explosives were ny in Georgia. Kennedy married Lucid, 53, is scheduled to John Ellis compiled NevvsWire from USA Today and Wall Street Journal Miss Carolyn Bessette, a former two car bombs, as well as a return to Earth Thursday. 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