University of South Carolina Libraries
'No By TIGE WATTS Managing Editor Rape. It's probably one of the most talked about subjects across the nation. With the recent trials of William Kennedy Smith and Mike Tyson, rape has been the talk in offices, bus stops and even college campuses. People start asking questions and want to know how the number of rape cases can be reduced. Donna Jordan, community relations director of Columbia's Rape Crisis Network, said her office tries to reduce incidents of rape through We're not q we're th< R i s E 1 w! PP : v & Ink m mi ? : >: Vjv ) is no I By SHELLEY] Editor in Chief "He pinned m grabbed my bar Bk head. He sat on "He put his h; ing please stop i going. It kept g< K Qton T thonoht -?r- - ?? I him, he'd get ofl "I started to c | across the face going to stop. 1 was going to rap Susan was a raped. She was < when she met back to his dor hang out with sc When she gc and no music a I fear and degrada Wk "People just c to you," Susan s Ri "Afterward, I kl passed on the si L like they would Yet, despite a never reported 1 Hp ents. "Because of tl the campus poli been well protec ? ls Network hel] tk a Vv nop* ao Cn.,/ CUUCrtUUU. UJC UUMICS. OCV( "Through education, comes pre- rape victims are vention," Jordan said. they know. And "We send speakers to the be higher becaus schools, businesses, legislators, law go unreported," 5 enforcement agencies, and even the "Another mytl homes," she said. "We believe it is people who are a societal problem, not just a tion, like a child women's issue. That's why we not be rapists. T1 need the support of men, as well as The Rape Crisis women." rape victims to ove Jordan also said her office tries "We're right to dispell the myths behind rape. We'll accomp? One such myth is that most rapists report the rape c are some unknown person. hospital for a i "We try to let people know that tion," Jordan sak rape isn't done by some stranger in Overcoming ? icod because ? t 3 oldest x ne * 1 V E 0 F F I C i^^-: <s >t a qi VIAGEE "I went willing] shots of liquor w ?,:.k didn't think there > iy itga uuwu wiui liid nutA/d. lit ids and forced them above my ur^ people would my stomach, and told me how * was gmlty ig to like it. being naive, and n< mds up my shirt and I kept say- t^a*1.1 don't want this. He just kept Susan said one c Ding through my head that he'd t0 P^ies and after once I made it really clear to room. She said wh f me would, no question ry... and that's when he hit me 1 figured that I . Suddenly, I knew it wasn't ^ 1 f tried 311 rhat's when it hit me this guy fan sai . ^ ? It never occur e me. ? USC freshman when she was w0[ ' c out at a party with some friends UTnr n,OW' a "nice guy" who invited her m^lfh" 7 ,. . . , wondenng which in room to listen to music and ... ?. . ... f. , which one is just li >me of his friends. UT ,,... , ..... . , I sound bitter, t ,t there, there were no friends ?He me . .watting her, just two hours of , ha(] w d7what ? f0?' .... . child to stop, to If Ion t understand what rape does . -. v having a piece of h ,, , . , y "He even brand< co ' even l00k at goyflike I was guilty of Met, or sat near in class. I felt ..He ,eft ^ , know', , ? ? couldn't cover the 11 the horror she suffered, Susan never even had a j ler rape, or even told her par- me with tbem like "When he let m le situation, I felt if I had called with complete and ce, or anyone, he would have most humiliating p ted, she said. look at mvself in ft ps victims "sui ;nty percent of all for any person, Jordan said. Tf raped by someone because they become a "new that number may son." ?e nine of 10 cases "We want to help them with >he said. changed person they've bec< i about rape is that because rape is such a traum in a service posi- event. And they'll never be care worker, could same person they were before lis is also wrong." rape," Jordan said. Networic works with And when a rape victim start :rcome the crime. cope with the crime, that person there with them, becomes a "survivor," Jordan sai< iny them if they "When they accept what 1 >r if they go to the pens, they start to heal," she sail medical examina- "Rape can happen to anyoni 1. any age or gender. It can even I i rape is not easy young child," she said. Jordan Harriet & Bla< r n o ' T D 11 MJ MA 0 M MX n iMY ART Thir >: me % lead A thro m K . Hi ers % jesti ly to his room. I drank two "When I ? ith him. I sat on his bed. I cover up. I tf ,vas any chance for me. I .fig- - was afraid say I deserved it. exposed and of anything it was only of and I slept w o one deserves what I got for what he had < Susan said )f her friends frequently went think about it ward went with a man to his of that year en she told a man to stop, he After this inl ? adkprl because shp could hang out with this guy who makes a ything I would just say no," "I don't lik couldn't hand) red to me that it wouldn't "Yes, it hu it right there can't stop remembering. like me to kn a a room looking around and if they don't one of the guys is a rapist, is a reality on ke him," she said. "In fact, I >ut l)ow can I help it? would go in 1 his room for two hours while Susan said s wanted. I begged him like a tive to rape it me leave. The thought of raped and rej um inside me..." being put on 2d me. Like the scarlet letter, "A womar ' something," Susan said. give it to me huge bruises on my neck. I drinking, am m or get rid of them. I had No is not a hicky before, and he covered have to undei some kind of whore. "I gave hir ie go, he was looking at me explored eve I total disgust. That was the my permissic art. After that I couldn't even to hold me ie mirror. . question that' rvive" throui lat's said a State Law Enforcement per- Division report indicates most rape victims are 14 to 25 years in age. the That age range brackets for col3me lege students, so pressure is put on latic colleges. the But how does USC deal with the rape cases? Lisa Mohn, from the Thomson s to Student Health Center, said when a then student is raped on campus, a vicd. tim-witness coordinator is assigned lap- to that victim. d. "The victim-witness coordinator ; of encourages the victim to go to t>e a Richland Memorial Hospital for an also exam. It doesn't commit the person j We're the old L Jv because we're $ I N I N G C DEGREE GO HE INTERVI k/TV RftTf nr tSejob. igs got pretty competitive for th ; my college degree and good gr in the running. But in the end i iership and management experi* ugh Army ROTC that won them You can begin to develop impres lip skills with an Army ROTC e!-~ Freshman: MS101 Mon. 11:15 or 12:20 Sophomore: MS201 Mon./Wed. 11:15 o Register now without obligation JUMYROTC THE SMARTEST COLLEG COURSE YOU CAN TAKE Captain Victor Holman Assistant Professor of Military Scienc U.S. Army ROTC (803) 777-6542/3642 t v ion' jot home, all I wanted to do was iought about taking a shower, but I to be naked. It was like being I wanted to hide. It was hot out ith sweats on, like they could hide lone to me." even a year later it still hurts to , especially because she spent most trying to forget it ever happened, erview, she could not go to work didn't want to face a man there dvances toward her. e him flirting with me. I'm afraid. I e it after talking about this," she said, rts to do this interview. But, I want on the front page. I want women ow that it can happen to them, even provoke it. They have to know this i campus and even in the dorms, would do this ten more.times if it be paper ten more times," she said. I she believes society is not recepvictims. She said women who are x>rt it suffer the further injustice of trial instead of the rapist, i doesn't ask for it unless she says i, no matter what she's wearing or I people have to understand that, question, it's an answer, and men rstand that too," Susan said, n an answer. I said no. He saw and ry part of my body totally without >n. I begged him not to and he had down to do it. How can anyone ?" ?h ordeal to press charges, but it will help with the evidence collection process," Mohn said. Mohn also said USC tries to educate students about rape, but in an uncoordinated way. "They get the education from University 101, Campus Rape Awareness, Law Enforcement and Safety, Women's Student Services, and even Greek organizations." These groups' presentations differ from one another, Mohn said. "One will deal with safety while another deals with communication skills between the two genders," she said. est good. 0 R P S IT ME EW. IT ME is job. I'm ades kept it was the ence I got over, sive lead" " ive. if 12:20 IE e