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Screaming is a very effective
defense, and catches the rapist
off guard, she said.
She noted that a woman
may be able to turn ordinary
objects such as an umbrella
into weapons . '
"1 would definitely not
advise carrying a knife or a
gun," she said, "because these
weapons can too easily be
wrestled away from you and
used against you."
She said, "We can't give you
a format on what to follow.'
It is important lo remain
calm and try lo remember
items about the rapist that
could identify hiiii later.
A rape victim needs
immediate counseling,1 she said.
The victim should call the
poHcV- 3. one. Aitcheson
noted that in Lincoln there is
now . a system whereby a
policewoman meets the victim
at the hospital if necessary, and
she takes the Miote report
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from the victim. The
policewoman is in effect the
first counselor.
She emphasized tint a
woman shouldn't blame herself
for a rape, and she need not
fear public humiliation by
reporting a rape because her
name is never put in the
newspapers.
She urged that legislation be
passed to eliminate the
humiliation a woman
undergoes on the stands in
court Iowa is the only state in
the country, she said, that has
passed a law saying tiiat a
woman's past sexual history
cannot be gone into on the
stands.
The added humiliation of
being cross-examined about
past sexual behavior is unfair
and prevents women from
testifying, said Aitcheson.
There are no more
unfounded rapes reported, she
said, than there are unfounded
reports of other crimes.
In addition, she said that a
defendant's past criminal
history t;ir;not be gone into on
the stands and so it is unfair
that a victim's past history be
gone into court.
The Women's Resource
Center and the Women Against
Rape are setting up workshops
for women or, how to prevent
rape. These workshops, she
said, will last from 1-2 hours,
and individuals or groups may
request that a workshop be set
up for them.
Aitcheson noted that
interested men and women
may contact her at the
Women's Resource Center or
may contact Hamilton at
46602387.
If you see all this outside your
neighbor's door, you'll know he's
gone. And so will the burglar. He
knows the signs of an empty house.
If you're going out of town,
take an extra minute to check
the following:
Stop all deliveries
and newspapers.
Arrange for your lawn to be
mowed while you're gone.
Attach a light to an electric
timer which will turn it on
and off at fixed hours.
Let your neighbors know you:re
gone and ask them to keep an
eye on your house.
Lock all doors and windows.
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The drought has caught up with the Lincoln campus, causing the
grass to burn up (lighter spots in picture) in patches. As in the rest
of Lincoln, campus areas may be watered only every other day.
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Throughout the University
patches of burned grass are
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cropping up. Jay Thody,
assistant grounds director for
UN-L, said that the university
"has been working with the city
water department very closely.'
There were problems at first,
he said, because it is hard to
put addresses on much of the
campus, and so it was hard to
determine which parts of
campus should be watered on
which days.
Lincoln has been in a water
emergency for two weeks and
residents are expected to water
their lawns only on even
'numbered days if their ad
dresses are even-numbered,
and on odd numbered days if
their addresses are odd
numbered. A fine of $100 is
ordered for those failing to
comply with this ruling.
Thody noted that the uni
versity problem was worked
out by dividing both the city
and East campuses into differ
ent plots. Those plots are then
watered on alternate days, he
said.
He noted that the only
problem with this system was
with the agronomy and horti
culture departments, because
they didn't wish to stop
watering their research plots.
This was settled, he said,
because the city had explained
that rationing the water was a
matter of comfort and survival
as far as fire prevention is
concerned.
He noted that all the
university is trying to do at this
time is to maintain the root
systems on the grass so that it
vW!l trrow back when rain fails.
He acknowledged that the
grass "looks pretty bad now,"
but said he didn't anticipate
that the lack of Water would
cause significant damage to the
turf.
He said that he was,
however, worried about some
of the major trees that had
been planted on campus. He
noted that these trees are
expensive to replace, and there
may be a small percentage of
loss that would not have
occurred if there had not been
the drought. Five per cent of
the new trees may be lost, he
said.
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