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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1974)
4k P S University women should be aware of the increasing number of rapes in Lincoln, Women's Resource Center (WRC) worker Mary Heppner said Women students are usually between 18 and 24 years old, which is the age range of 24 women raped in Lincoln during the first six months of 1974, she id!U. They usually live on campus, directly west of the high-rape area, she said. And they often go out alone at night to classes, meetings or the library. WRC is part of Lincoln Coalition Against Rape (LCAR), which was formed in June in response to the increase of rapes in Lincoln and what members considered to be an absence of serviced for rape victims. Other groups represented in LCAR include the National Organization of Women, the Lincoln police, Lincoln hospitals, Planned Parenthood, Lincoln Lancaster Mental Health, the Student YWCA and the Uni versity Counseling Center. ; Heppner said Lincoln's Per sonal Crisis Line has agreed to reiW rape victims to ccutocicrc as soon as LCAR supplies a list of qualified counselors. LCAR must establish a train ing program and educate volun teers for the Personal Crisis Line calls, she said. She didn't know when this would be done. Lincoln police records show 24 rapes or attempted rapes were, reported in the first six months of 1974. That's one less than the total number of rapes in 1973. . Victims were 18-24 years of age, and most rapes occured in the area immediately east of the University. Authorities estimate 5-9 times as many rapes occur as are reported. Most rapes occur during warm weather. LCAR goals include gathering information on rape in Lincoln and relaying it to the commun ity, distributing rape-prevention information to women, and increasing services for rape victims, Heppner said. As part o? the I CAR education task force, WRC has prepared a workshop which members will lead for any person or group that requests it. The workshop includes three parts, Heppner said; The first explains the current procedure followed after a wo man reports a rape or attempted rape in Lincoln. The second includes informa tion on rape, she said. "There arc so many myths about rape," she said. Unlike the crazy stranger stereotype, she said, most women are raped by men they know. The third part is a list of prevention tactics, she said. It is not a complete self-defense course, she said, but includes protective measures a woman may take. .Women may fight a rapist with a lit cigarette, Mace, a r ail file, a heavy ring, a plastic lemon, on umbrellaa hat pin, or her teeth, she said. , General registration for fall starts today General registration for !he fall semester" at UNL will be today, Thursday and Friday. About 3,500 students are expected to enroll for classes then, according to Ted E. Pfeifer, director of registration and records. He said any pers on who has completed his admis sions" procedures, or who at tended the University last sprng oi summer and is in gcod standing may enroll through she general registration. Registration will be conduc ed from 8 to 1 1 am and 1 to 4 pm on all three days. 1400 R University of Nebraska Campus at Lincoln. tssLJLa .Jka adLJLs efjsssl jf C i AT rf I W n a i r i . 1 1 His t ) fix h u & IN THE STUDENT UNION! P SN 8:30-6:00 MONTHi A V-FRTD AY ' tHr T KJ ANOTHER PLUS FROM US AT Gatevwot T5 vr:.t ?. cast o wt fern r u.i.c. NEW ACCOUNTS 1ST FLOOR -DEPOSITS a CHECKING 2ND FL Wednesday, august 21, 1974 daily nebriickan ' i ..t (,., &..J. A . , A .A ' -V it f i f,,: