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Monday, February 9,19i Universitie A DRUGS continued from page on is illegal to sell GHB, it is not ille ZJ/iir. ? you are c informain sororiiii J:00-7:t > i IT Week of F mailed to a March 2 March 3 March 4 March 6 - ^ applications (Does not a] College, or March 30 application Central Ho By April dents via P homepage gal under federal law to possesi or use the drug. The maximun penalty for selling the drug is im prisonment for less than one year Some states, however, have stiff ened the penalties for GHB pos session. In Illinois, for instance, pos session of more than 200 grams o GHB with the intent to sell the dru| carries a punishment of up to 3< 0 years in prison. In cases where the drugs ar used in conjunction with rapes, pros ecu tors have been frustrated wit] a lack of the evidence needed fo conviction. Date rape drugs are han to trace because they leave the sys tem quickly, in six to eight hours At the summit, university offi cials expressed their concern tha the drugs may be circulating oi their campuses. Northern Illinoi V Universitv officials said thev ar >8 s starting c ie - particularly worried given the re 3 cent arrests in DeKalb. One stu i dent has reported that she was gi\ - en GHB at a fraternity party las ' November and subsequently rapec said Kathv Swanson, assistant t " the president at NIU. That case i h under investigation. Meanwhile, the university ha = started a campaign against th drugs that includes posters in doi mitories, Greek houses and bar! "We feel even one incidence c ^ GHB in conjunction with a rape i r one too many," Swanson said, .j But many students are still ur auiara nf the rimers nr thpir nntpr I- o w* I , tial danger, according to a univei [. sity survey conducted last year. Onl t 16 percent said they had ever hear n of the drugs. s "I would not describe the al e mosphere as one of fear," sai i.Jting <3l6ouf, Sorori/y Clur }*r fkwrf mfir*ti.-*cr*r ?-j^SS51K212Z2^ZIZZJ^Z?^SL Sioocf rordiaffy inoiied(o t on session /o [earn at ?s ~l$)ecfnescfay deSi 00pm in CRussefl Ji iDress is casuc rC. IfekJ TU > In I n Housing Si; ebruary 20th - Ho 11 campus residents Honors , Preston ? Fraternity Sign-up Sorority Sign-up Priority deadline to /contract via campus pply to Greek housin; Nada International C - Summer/May Ses /contract available f using Office at 121! 20 - Assignment inf O hnyps TTPS and (www.housing.sc.ee (uestions? Call th Housing at' 1 ampaign age !- Melanie Magara, an NIU spokesperl son. r- College students who attended it the summit agreed, saying they hoped education campaigns 0 would further awareness and help s victims come xorwaru. "Students need to be more s aware," said Lori Torigan, a senior resident assistant at Millikin Unir versity in Decatur, 111. "I hope to take [this information] back to my ' residents, as well as other students ' on campus." Connie Hall, also a resident adviser at Millikin, said students are l" slowly beginning to realize the ex1_ tent of the problem with date rape r" drugs. y "Students know what it is and d that it does happen. We're getting more aware of it, and that's why I t- think our job is important," said d Hall, a junior. joining a ? | 2 / '/ie Spring SRush > outalfof Q/SG^s "uary 1from rouse room 205. if. E MAIL... gn -up using applications/con via P.O. boxes ind Nada Sign-up return signed housing mail to Housing Office g, Honors housing, Pre: Community.) sions mail in" housn rom Area Offices an 5 Blossom Street ormation distributed t Department of Hous lu) nf V U11V111 U1 111- 4283 News The Gamecock linst date raj Hall would like to organize some- fr thing similar to the summit on her d: campus. The best way she has been c< able to protect herself from sexual assault and date rape drugs, she h said, is by learning as much about s] the problem as possible. a "Being educated got rid of the fear and gave me caution," she said, e In terms of prevention, the rape tl treatment center at Santa Monica- a UCLA advises students to watch a out for their friends when attend- tl ing parties, clubs or bars. Friends p who appear intoxicated or get sick b after drinking should be escorted p home or receive medical atten- n tion, the center says. cl Students can watch out for o themselves by keeping an eye on tl their drinks. Don't drink beverages that you do not open yourself, don't ti share drinks, don't drink from a f< punch bowl and don't accept a drink Come watch fire off thei The showdo on G-ree I I ^ *11 AND Tb w tracts Like last ferred ro their FIB To be oik G< 01 V ai I G( * F ston B< c Ig u d r< But rem* ^ your top o stu. , button oi ing's be drugs om someone unless you watch the rink being poured at the bar, the ;nter said. Students who believe they may ave been given a date rape drug tiould do the following, the center dvises: Get to a safe place. Ask a trustd friend to stay with you. Call tie police. Go to a hospital as^soon s possible. Ask for an examination nd evidence collection. Request lat the hospital-take a urine sarnie so that drug testing can be done y a crime lab. Preserve as much hysical evidence as possible. Do ot urinate, shower, douche or hange your clothes and keep any ther potential evidence, such as he glass that held your drink. The center also advises victims o call a rape crisis facility for inirmation and support. ???? the Student Gover r campaign platfo wn is Wednesday, 'lie uLieeu in nuui/ Rain locat BETH] UNLESS ^ " " lAT'S N lnninn Wor llllllllg T T VV year, six lucky st ommates) will be ST CHOICE of i : of these lucky st it caught wearing t n one of the follow /ednesdays: Februa ad we'll give you a ;t caught wearing t ebruary 25 th and b . i one of the six wir hosen on the RHA n March 4th to sek jsidence hall space ;mber, you can't room choice if y< r the t-shirt! Priority Page 3 nment executive candidates rms and debate the issues. February 11, at 12:00 noon of the Russell House, ion TBA. ^ 3RE ... YOU'RE f ^? ?V ? ^ O LINE! " inesaays udents (and their preguaranteed to get my campus housing, udents: he sign-up button ing winning iry 11th or 18th cool t-shirt; he cool t-shirt on ecome a semifinalist; tners who will be Cable TV channel 5ct their 1998-1999 be GUARANTEED >u don't wear the KPRESS JCN-UP Mai Deadbw: March 6,1998 i ?