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Assault c'"'n"'d The tape also says about half tl knows the attacker. Often th boyfriend, date, spouse or son trusts. At Sistereare, Inc., program Conger deals mostly with abu children who need shelter and pro attacker. "Some of the victims are not r said. "Some of the attackers are t ins." "We see a real high incidence o and sexual violence where the vi Attack. Continued froi made jokes about it. They had rio idea where the bruises came from." She dreamed about it niglu after night, having the same dreams over and over again. It was two months after the incident before Marie reported it. She had not said a word about it to anyone. "I didn't even tell my room mate," Marie said. ,4I could not even bring myself to tell my parents. I let them read the report, and that is how they found out. "I didn't take any of my exams or anything. 1 just said, 'Forget it.'" Before the incident, Marie had led a life similar to many college students. 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THE GAMECOCK is a licensed student organization of the University of South Carolina and receives funding from student activity fees. POPCOR' Hot Freshly 1.00 box AM ECO ^Ov % / - / t . . ?? from page 1 he time the victim have sex attain e attacker is a beating," she icone the victim "When son are sexual rel director Dianne their obligatic sed women and them." tection from their With date ra that if a woma narried," Conger goes to his, se> >oyfriends or live- sense of guilt i it docs not me if verbal, physical "We want t ctim is forced to Conger said. n page 1 "I was having a good time. Mj grades were OK. I had a C avtiagt. i socialised ana went ou with my friends," she said. All that ended after the attack "I became extremely depress ed. I would sleep for 17 or 1* hours a day. I would get up tc eat, and 1 would go back to bee again. I went to about foui classes during my second semester, and then quit going,' Marie said. "I didn't go out. I kept tc myself and was extremely moody. People could say the least little things, and 1 would snap. Things that I had done before, I no longer had a desire tc do." In February 1984, Marie realized she had tn fiIf a mnnn ...V M I Vj 'KJ I I VI 1 Are you interested in the Mi ss lSJin of Nina Blanc will present How to Break Into M( Commercia Tuesday, A Room i07 1 a// students, fac I noi i'o fiPRfiii >-/i c o w&m AA1 < "A Week < featuring: I FESTIVAL on 01 Thursday, Apr L .60 ^r\ I SI Art (terns up t 75% off some shopworr and damaged st her will. It may be that it follows a said. leone is married, it's assumed there ations. Women feel it's their duty, m. Sometimes that is used against ipe, Conger said there is often a myth n invites a man into her apartment or ; is expected. She said this myth lays a jpon victims. "Because they do that, an they asked for rape," she said, o offer our services to the students," / what happened. "Some of my friends helped t me to realize that I could report it. 1 did have the courage to do it," she said. Marie had been afraid to J report the incident for many > reasons, one of which was guilt. I "He said things to make me feel like it was my fault," she I said. She said she also feared her story would be questioned. ? "He had been a big guy on campus. Who are they going to : believe, a lowlv freshman or him** I "There were witnesses that heard me agree to leave with > him," she said. "There is still a warrant out for his arrest. He hasn't been picked up yet." Entertainment Industry? a Blanchard hard Talent Agency t a free lecture, >tion Pictures. Television. - - / ? 7 Is & Modeling pril 15 3 p.m. Currell College ulty & staff welcome S FLING 1986 In The Nile" HEENE ST. 11 i7th s(gj= BACK f BV POPULAf OUR TERRIFIC Starting Other Rj 3ll Come! Irsr UNIVE] \ BOOK? "your partner in 1 * ; mm p - : ?? 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