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daily nebraskan
monday, december 8, 1980
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ecrease in assaults due to students' cautions
By Mary Kempkes
Wits, ingenuity and nerve are a woman's best weapons
against would-be rapists.
According to Bob Fey, coordinator of UNL's Police
Department's prevention bureau, rape and sexual assaults
have occurred on campus in recent years, but the number
has decreased because of student caution and because
some students react quickly and intelligently to an attack.
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One girl, after being pulled into the back seat of a car
by two males, appeared to encourage her attacker by gent
ly moving his hand to her breast. Her attacker, who no
longer believed her a threat, stopped beating her and
began undressing. When the car stopped at a light, she
hopped out.
Fey related the story of another woman who stepped
out of a bar to cool off when a man grabbed her, demand
ing they "go for a ride." Fey said the girl reacted calmly
by telling the man she had followed him out of the dance,
hoping to talk to him. She then kissed the man and sug
gested he get his car while she ran back in and got her
purse. He agreed. She called the police.
Police officers can't endorse specific weapons for
women to carry. Fey said his wife carries a small con
tainer of Mace on her keychain. He recalled one case
where a woman merely pointed her mace at an attacker
with a gun and lie fled.
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UN L is a generally safe area regarding rapes and sexual
vaults Fey said, but only because women have become
.wliv! uivaie. mere nave been no rapes on campus this
year, he said, but about six sexual assaults. In 1979, there
were three reported rapes, he said, and in one case, the
attacker was found, but the student refused to press
charges because she was returning home for the summer.
No parts of campus are considered a high-risk area,
Fea said, but there are areas of buildings women should
avoid when alone.
Laundry rooms, stairwells and elevators are likely spots
for an assailant to hide. Also, shortcuts across campus
down alleys and between buildings-should be avoided,
he said.
Campus police have waged a vigorous campaign to
make females more careful when walking alone at night.
A slide presentation is shown to interested groups about
two or three times a week, Fey said, and about 1,000
UNL students have seen it this year.
The presentation gives tips on what to do before, dur
ing and after an attack. To avoid a rape, the officer speak
ing recommends that women: Don't hitch rides, look alert
most attackers pick women who look distracted, keep
car keys handy, carry a whistle and a flashlight when out
at night and check the back seat of your car before getting
in.
After being approached or grabbed, the presentation
says to fight dirty. Go for the eyes. Burn his face with a
cigarette if you have one lit. Tell him you have disease or
that you're pregnant. Attrack attention pull a fire alarm,
scream. If all else fails, stay alive and try to memorize
details that will help identify the attacker later.
After the attack, victims should report it. Fey said that
by leaving an attack unreported, women give the attacker
license to do it again.
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