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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.
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