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FEBRUARY 23, 1989
COURIER
VOL. 68, NO. 2 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
Acquaintance Rape Discussed in Open Workshop
By Margie Goodhart
Editor-in-Chief
WARNING: Please be prepared for
an emotional response to this film.
Some people may need counseling af¬
ter viewing it. The impact reaches
beyond rape victims. It also touches
those who have experienced many
types of abuse whether physical,
mental or emotional. It may cause
some to release inner anxieties as
they begin their healing process.”
In the opening scene of this film, a
camera pans a large instruction class¬
room, stopping briefly on a blonde
coed. The scene changes to the campus
parking lot, showing a waist-down shot
of a man in the act of sabotaging a car,
pulling off some of the wires. The car
belongs to the coed; the man is a
professor.
The 20-minute film, Can’t You See
Me, reveals the story of the horrifying
ac uaintance rape of a student by her
professor, the aftermath at the hospital
and the trauma of the legal procedings.
It will be presented by the Student
Health Center next Wednesday at noon
in C301 as an educational forum on
date or acquaintance rape. Sgt. Barbara
Keith of the campus police and Lamoe
Dungca, vice president of student ser¬
vices will be presenting information
and fielding questions after the film.
The alarming statistics surrounding
the crime and its links to college cam¬
puses have made this presentation an
imperative, according to Sgt. Keith.
These figures, which form the
backbone of State Concurrent Resolu¬
tion No. 46 are as follows:
• In 1985, a national survey of more
than 6000 students on 32 college cam¬
puses showed that one out of eight wo¬
men are rape victims.
• Eighty-five percent of these vic¬
tims were raped by people they knew.
• Of these acquaintance rape vic¬
tims, three-quarters of them did not
identify the experience as rape, and
none of the men involved believed they
had commited a crime.
• Forty-five percent of these men
said they would repeat the act.
• While one-third of the women
raped did not tell anyone of the trauma,
more than 90 percent of them did not
report the crime to the police.
• The concluding statistic in the
resolution says that “most academic in¬
stitutions in California do not have for¬
mal policies or procedures that deal
adequately with acquaintance rape ...”
“We don’t have a policy on
campus,” said Keith who was a sex
crime investigator for the L.A. County
Sheriff before coming to work for the
campus police. “Even if an incident
doesn’t go to court, we still need to deal
with it on campus. And to effectively
deal with it, it has to be in the Student
Handbook.”
The remainder of the assembly
resolution deals with establishment of
college policy. Keith said this 1987
resolution is not a law but a strong
suggestion. The first step to initiate
policy is awareness and education. As
co-facilitators of the acquaintance rape
forum, Keith and Dungca, are starting
the awareness process.
“Many times in an acquaintance
rape situation, the victims don’t per¬
ceive it as rape,” Keith said. “The ini¬
tial purpose of this presentation is to
educate people that rape is sexual inter¬
course against the will of the victim.
You don’t have to be touched to be
coerced.’’ Emotional pressure
sometimes strikes an even heavier
blow.
While basically talking to the wo¬
men, Keith stresses that prevention is
the key. “The first part of prevention is
to feel good about yourself. It all has to
do with self-esteem.” She urges wo¬
men to rely on their instincts, saying
that if they would act the moment they
feel uncomfortable, many women
would avoid situations in which ac¬
quaintance rape occurs.
Dungca stresses men’s respon¬
sibilities, one of which is not to make
assumptions. “The way a woman
dresses is not an invitation for sexual
intercourse. An invitation to a woman’s
In General
• Rape is the only violent crime in
which we question the victim’s
actions and imply that she is at
fault.
• No one wants or asks to be raped,
no matter what her reputation, or
how much in love she is.
• Rape is not an intimate act. It is a
violent act in which sex is used as
a weapon to inflict pain.
• Men do not rape women to satisfy
sexual needs. Research suggests
that a rapist seeks to satisfy a need
to degrade the woman, to domi¬
nate her and make her fear him.
• Eighty-seven percent of rapists
threaten violence.
• Forty percent of rape cases are
drug and alcohol related.
About the Victim
apartment may just be for conversation.
Be open. Talk. Communicate.
‘ ‘There are a lot of men who are rape
victims and keep it to themselves
because of their ego. They may even
brag about it,” Dungca said.
Keeping rape a secret for a man or a
woman can lead to varied emotional
disturbances, Keith said, such as mood
swings, depression, sleep disturbance
and impaired concentration.
- Facts About Rape -
against you in any way without your
consent, you have been raped.
• One out of four women will be the
victim of an attempted sexual
assault. There are no boundaries of
age, race or social status.
• A rape occurs every seven minutes in
the United States.
• In most rapes, the victim is ac¬
quainted with the rapist.
• Most victims of “date or acquain¬
tance rape” are between 15 and 24
years old.
About the Rapist
• The date rapist uses verbal threats
and his own physical strength to in¬
timidate and overpower his victim. .
• We often think that rapes occur in
dark alleys but actually...over 50 per¬
cent of rapes occur in the victim’s
home.
The college situation can heighten
the pressures and the problems of
secrecy associated with acquaintance
rape because “you may have three
classes a week with the person,” Keith
said. This coupled with other stresses
such as peer pressure, new-found
freedoms like living away from home
for the first time, separation from old
support groups found in high school,
and often drinking and drugs can blur
Seventy percent of rapes are
planned in advance.
Rape is not a racial crime.. .90 per¬
cent of the time the rapist and his
victim are of the same race.
Rapists come from a wide range
of ages, income levels, and all
ethnic groups. Many rapists are
married and have children.
Experts estimate that only 10 to
20 percent of all rapes are
reported to the police. Many of
these never get to court often
because the victim does not press
charges, as a result of harassment
of lack of much needed support
from family and friends.
Rapists are more successful than
any other criminal in getting away
with their crime.
the perspective of many students to
make them feel that secrecy is the only
answer.
If a student feels she has been raped,
there is help on campus either by con¬
tacting the campus police in CC108A
or by talking to Dr. Kent Yamauchi,
practicing psychologist, located in
C232.
“The first step in the healing process
is reporting it,” Keith said.
• If a sexual act is committed
Nelson Green/ The Courier
Above, the
PCC Oxford
program
students
gather for a
farewell to
their families.
Below, Kris
Ferheuarri
hugs her
grandmother
before leaving
for England
Feb. 9.
Students Take Off for Oxford
Anachronism, Adventure, Anxiety Abound in English Society
By Gigi Hanna
Foreign Editor
The beginning of a semester tradi¬
tionally brings anxiety about classes,
teachers, book fees and parking. For
forty-four PCC students, the advent of
the spring semester brought even more:
the opportunity to study in one of the
culturally and academically rich cen¬
ters of the world. Those students set off
on an incredible journey to Oxford,
England as participants in PCC’s
semester abroad program.
Months of preparation culminated
on February 9, the departure date.
Beginning in October, students seeking
the chance to participate in the year of
the program submitted applications,
essays, and letters of recommendation
to Dr. William Goldmann, dean of
educational services. In the following
weeks, students were interviewed and
then notified by mail about the out¬
come. Next came orientation meetings
to help familiarize the students with
British customs and currency, what to
expect of their British host families and
the program, and what was expected of
them.
If the departure marked an end to a
very harried, anxious time, it also
ushered in a beginning: the beginning
of an adventure where each new day
brought more sights to see and more
history to be absorbed.
After a lengthy, if not a seemingly
interminable ten-hour flight, the stu¬
dents arrived Friday, February 10, at
London’s Heathrow Airport to find the
weather pleasantly warm compared to
the dreary, wet “sunny California”
they had left.
Saturday brought a walking tour of
Oxford and a fascinating look at the
contrasts in the city: McDonald’s half a
block from 16th century cathedrals and
uncivilized drivers on streets outside
tea houses serving very civilized tea
and scones.
The students began classes Monday
taught by PCC professors Joe Sierra
and Barbara Turner. Professor Bill
Farmer will join the group in April to
teach drama and poetry classes. The
students are required to carry at least 13
units, not more than 18, in psychology,
sociology, English and humanities. The
classes are held Monday through
Thursday giving students a chance to
travel and explore the exciting oppor¬
tunities available to them.
Campus Awaits Library Funds
For twenty five years people have
talked about the need for a new PCC
Library.
This year that talk may bring action.
A year ago the college submitted to
the state chancellor’s office a capital
outlay proposal for the library in con¬
junction with a master plan. PCC re¬
quested $13.8 million for site acquisi¬
tion design and construction of the
library, said Dr. James Kossler, assi¬
stant superintendent for administrative
services.
The State Chancellor, who works for
the Board of Governors of California
Community Colleges, decided that it
would be unrealistic to expect to be
able to begin construction this year, and
poor policy to allocate funds which
could not be spent. The chancellor
recommended that the college acquire
the site and design the building. He
proposed allocating $3,036 million to
do so.
The amended proposal for PCC’s
library has a priority rank of fifty four
out of one hundred six proposals on the
board of governors list of recom¬
mended projects.
The State Department of Finance,
which works for the governor,
reviewed the list of proposals and
determined which needs were critical
and affordable pending approval of the
Governor. The Governor’s budget pro¬
posal includes PCC’s Library project.
The legislature is free to change the
governors budget any way it wants, but
it is extremely rare for either the
legislature or the governor’s to second
guess the board of governors’ order of
priority for projects, according to Dr.
Clarence Mangham, dean of facilities
planning in the Chancellors office.
Mangham noted that for the last three
years the legislature has allocated as
much or more than the governor for
community college facilities develop¬
ment.
The budget is due to be signed by the
governor on June 15. The money allo¬
cated in this years budget will be avail¬
able beginning on July 1st.
Since PCC’s library was built, the
college’s population has quadrupled in
size. The library is no longer big
enough to meet students needs. The
book collection is really solid, but there
isn’t enough space for students to read
said Joana Kim, PCC’s librarian.
PCC proposes to build a new library
on the northeast section of the campus.
The plan calls for PCC to purchase the
property now occupied by the Sidewalk
Cafe and the Transmission Shop. PCC
expects to arrange with the city to con¬
vert the little “L” shaped street which
now defines the campus northeast
boundary to campus property. The pro¬
posed library would be a three story
structure whose style would be compat¬
ible with the three original buildings C,
D and E.
Magazine Salesmen Victimizes Coeds
In Southland, Campus Security Warns
By Hugh Armel
Staff Writer
Campus security has arrested and
filed crime reports against magazine
salespeople for illegal solicitation and
sales of magazines at PCC. Similar in¬
cidents have occured at Occidental
College, Caltech, Fullerton, Valley
College, and shopping malls in San
Diego, Glendale and Pasadena. In each
case high pressure salespeople ap¬
proached college aged men and women
offering magazine subscriptions.
Ralph Evans, an investigator with
the PCC Campus security, said, “Guys
come on campus and approach young
women and do their best to pressure
them into buying a subscription. Many
of these women buy magazines just to
be left alone. In this situation, if they
have written a check, they should stop
payment on it immediately.”
Evans urges anyone with informa¬
tion on these salesmen to report it to
campus security at (818) 578-7484.
In all cases at PCC the salesmen had
no valid identification, and work for a
Houston based company. The salesmen
said they were in a contest to win a trip
somewhere, and promised to send a
postcard. In most cases the salesmen
are from out of state, Evans said.
One victim, Kellie Swartz said, “A
friendly young guy approached me,”
“He had a printed reciept book and an
identification certificate with the name
of the contest and the guys name on it.
He told me he was in a contest to win a
trip to Paris, and he only needed a few
more points to win. When he got there
he would send me a post card, and there
would also be a card announcing the
subscription. He was really good, very
smooth.”
Evans is now gathering more infor¬
mation on this situation and believes
there are more victims. He has yet to
find anyone who has recieved the
purchased magazine. This adds theft to
the list of crimes. In locating as many
victims as possible, Evans is trying to
build a more substantial case against
these hustlers.
Lee Carroll, a student at Occidental
college, was sexually harrased by one
salesman. “He was very polite at first,”
Carroll said, “but as we talked, he
became more sexually explicite. He
tried to kiss me by force. 1 wrote him a
check to get away from him and took
off. I ran into a security officer and told
him what happened. Campus security
broadcast his description over its radio
system, and within a few hours, they
caught him going door to door in a girls
dorm. The LAPD arrested him, but so¬
meone bailed him out real fast. He
wasn’t in jail long enough for the police
to impound his car.”
Carroll found that at his preliminary
hearing this man admitted that he had
not only been running all over the Occi¬
dental Campus but all over the state as
well. He also said that he only
aproached women.
Carrol added that not all of these
salesmen go in for the “hard sell,”
some are overly friendly but not abu¬
sive.
Evans reported that another of these
salesmen arrested on campus didn’t
show up for court. His police record
indicated that he’d been arrested in
other states for burglary and robbery.
Hal Ginder, the head of Caltech
security said that they made an arrest.
They asasked him to leave , but he
wouldn’t so they arrested him for
soliciting without a license and
tresspassing.
“We had one guy tell us he sent for a
refund and the company sent back a
letter saying no refunds under $25 were
given.” Grinder said.
“If we can get people to file a com¬
plaint or make a statement, and then
find that no one ever received a
magazine, we can add all of the minor
thefts together and try to nail these guys
on a felony charge. But for a felony
theft charge, we must be dealing with
an amount of $4,000 or more, said
Evans.
Hat Check System
Proves Successful
Believe it or not, it is now easier to
expedite your book purchases. No
longer do you risk the loss of your
bookpack or need to walk through
crowded aisles, thanks to a new, no
charge, hatcheck system purchased by
the Associated 3tudents (AS).
The $2,500; ninety-six cubicle
system was suggested by Larnoe
Dungca, vice president of associated
students and was installed through the
cooperative efforts of Gregory C.
McLemore, president of associated stu¬
dents , Albert Dupont, manager of the
bookstore and the police cadets from
campus security. The funds for this
purchase came partly from bookstore
profits and from the $8 student fee.
— Richard Frederick