Monday, October 4, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
Page 7
Rape crisis center searches for new volunteers
By Peggy Polacek
The Lincoln Rape-Spouse Abuse Crisis
Center, 1133 H St., needs more daytime
volunteers, Margie Rine, community educa
tor for the center, said. It is currently
staffed with about 45 volunteers.
The center, a place where battered
spouses and rape victims can go for help
and counseling, offers a wide range of
services free of charge. The service is
provided by the Family Service Associa
tion Counseling Center and is funded by
the United Way and the state Department
of Public Welfare.
A major function of the Rape-Spouse
Abuse Center is its crisis line, which
operates 24 hours a day, seven days a
week.
The center offers volunteer training
sessions where potential volunteers learn
crisis intervention and counseling tech
niques and dynamics and psychology of
rape and spouse abuse. They also learn
information on police, legal, hospital
and welfare procedures and policies on
rape and spouse abuse, Rine said.
The only requirement is that volun
teers be at least 18 years old, she said.
Some volunteers work about once
a week and every other weekend on the
crisis line, while others lecture and do
advocacy work.
A volunteer might meet a victim at
the hospital after an attack or attend a
trial as part of the advocacy program for
support of the victim.
"We try to make sure volunteers are
Omtvedt new dean, director
of UNL agriculture station
By Duane Retzlaff
Thursday was rainy and really not a
good day for moving, but Irvin Omtvedt,
newly appointed dean and director of
the UNL Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion, had no choice.
Omtvedt, head of the animal science
department since 1975, was preparing for
his new job, which officially began Fri
day, directing UNL's agriculture research.
Omtvedt replaces Roy Arnold, who is
now vice chancellor of the Institute of
Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Before coming to UNL, Omtvedt
served two years as associate director of
the Agricultural Experiment Station at
Auburn University.
Omtvedt, a native of Wisconsin, got his
bachelor's degree in agriculture from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison and a
master's and doctorate degree from Okla
homa State University.
UNL's Agricultural Experiment Station
is headquartered on East Campus, he
said.
Since agriculture is the No. 1 industry
in the state, Omtvedt said, it is exciting
to be involved in agricultural research
at the university.
Nebraska's agriculture industry and its
potential for growth were major reasons
he came to UNL, he said.
With agriculture and the university
under extreme financial pressure, Omtvedt
said, it is important to set priorities for
research in the areas most needed. He
said the $22 million budgeted for IANR
research must be divided up wisely.
As director, he also is responsible for
attracting more research grants, which
Photo courtesy Agricultural
Communications
Irvin Omtvedt
help to maintain UNL's position as one
of the strongest agricultural research
universities in the country, he said.
"The research arm is the largest com
ponent in the various parts of the insti
tute," he said.
IANR is made up of several compo
nents whose work is often interrelated,
Omtvedt said, adding that most faculty are
appointed to work in three areas: teaching,
research and extension, or service.
Omtvedt's former position in the
animal science department is being filled
by acting head Glenn Froning, professor
of animal science.
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not only performing and comprising a
big part of our program, but the pro
gram is also giving them something in
return," Rine said. "They bring their
creativity, energy and talents, but they
leave with a learning experience."
People who go through the training
sessions are not required to become volun
teers. Rine said many people go through
the program for information on rape and
spouse abuse.
Training sessions for new volunteers
will begin Tuesday. The sessions will be
on Tuesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
They will run through Oct. 23.
Empathy and good listening skills are
helpful characteristics for volunteers, be
cause victims often need to discuss their
problems openly, Rine said.
She said she believes in three compo
nents of rape prevention. People need to
be aware of what sexual assault is, how
rapists operate and possible dangerous
situations in order to prevent rape, she
said.
Assertiveness also helps prevent rape,
she said. Rapists often look for passive
victims.
Acceptance of the fact that rape can
happen to anyone is important, Rine
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