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October 8, 1986
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Woman
Date rape high on campus, expert says
By Kevin Freadhoff
Staff Reporter
Last Wednesday night a UNL student
said she fought off a man who tried to
sexually assault her. She identified the
man as a black male, about 20-years-old,
6-3, weighing 225 pounds. He had a
muscular build, a slightly pock-marked
face and distinctive facial features. He
wore his hair short on the sides but
shoulder length in the back.
Lt. John Packett of the Lincoln
Police Department said the investi
gation is still on, but with few leads.
"The description of the suspect does
not fit that of any other sexual assault
attacker descriptions that I'm aware
of," Packett said.
Doug Zatechka, director of housing,
said that so far this semester he has
-received some reports of third degree
sexual assault in residence halls.
Third degree sexual assault is the
intentional touching of intimate body
parts, where force, threat of force or
coercion is used. Third degree assault
is a misdemeanor and is punishable
"with up to one year in jail, a $1,000 fine
or both.
Zatechka said his responsibility for
students stops at the doors. His biggest
tip for students living in residence
halls is to lock their doors. Zatechka
said when students are out at night
they should never travel alone.
"One person is alone, but two people
are an army," Zatechka said.
Since last year, housing has turned
awareness programs on sexual assault
over to police. They know how to inform
DN coverage of suicide
is criticised at meeting
By Michael Hooper
Senior Reporter
The UNL Publications Board infor
mally decided Wednesday that follow
ing the publication of a suicide story in
the Daily Nebraskan, a story should
also be run listing alternatives for stu
dents considering suicide.
Patrick Wyatt, Cather-Pound govern
ment president suggested the idea to
the board after he said the Daily
Nebraskan was "sensationalizing" the
Sept. 9 suicide of Bryan Sherlock in its
second story on Sherlock's suicide,
run Sept. 12. Sherlock hanged himself
in his Cather Hall room.
"I felt the first one (run Sept. 11)
was OK because it cleared the facts,
Wyatt said, "but the second one seemed
to be sensationalizing the story quite a
bit."
Wyatt said a lot of students in the
resident halls were upset to see the
second story run.
"We knew about it (the suicide)
already," he said.
But those students in the resident
halls are only a small minority of the
student population, said Al Pagel,
Gannett Professional Lecturer and
publications board member. The other
students have a right to know what
happened, he said.
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the boy sings the blues
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the students about crime better than
housing officials do, Zatechka said.
Lezlie Hatford, community educator
and counselor at Lincoln's RapeSpouse
Abuse Crisis Center, said the university
has a high rate of "social rape." Hatford
defined "social rape" as rapes where a
woman knows her attacker.
"These are men that they have class
with, are casual acquaintances with,
see on campus or even date," she said.
The odds of being a rape victim,
Hatford said, depends on the woman's
age. One out of every four women will
be raped in their lifetimes, she said.
For a woman under the age of 18, that
statistic is one out of every three.
Last month, the crisis center helped
47 sexual assault victims and received
88 sexual assault crisis calls. Of 35
known cases of rape the center received
with age information, 10 of the women
were between the ages of 15 and 24.
Although some sections of the
university's campus are darker than
others, Lt. Joe Wehner of the University
Police Department said there are no
specific areas on campus that have
been more prone to crime than others.
Wehner said that the reports of sexual
assault has not been a big problem on
campus. Reportings have been low, just
a few a year, Wehner said.
Wehner said the police put on pre
sentations for students living on campus
to make them more aware of campus
dangers.
Hatford said that only one out of
every 10 rapes is reported. The number
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Don Gillen, publisher of the York
News-Times, agreed with Pagel.
"I don't think you can sweep some
thing like that (the suicide) under the
rug," Gillen said.
The second story described Cather
residents' reactions to the suicide, as
well as stating how floor residents were
handling it.
Sensationalizing and dramatizing
suicides are likely to provoke suicide
attempts, Wyatt said. He said that "five
suicide attempts" by resident hall
members have followed Sherlock's
suicide.
Glenn Grey, Cather-Pound-Neihardt
program director said in a telephone
interview after the board meeting that
the number of suicide attempts follow
ing Sherlock's death is probably three.
"They may be attempting suicide or
they may be asking for help or atten
tion," Grey said.
"There is no way that taking 10
aspirins is a suicide attempt," Grey
said.
Wyatt said after the meeting that
students need to know that help is
available for those considering suicide.
He mentioned the University Health
Center, the UNL Counseling Center,
the students assistant in the resident
halls and the resident hall directors.
Wyatt said he was satisfied with the
board's decision.
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Michael Woroniecki asks a
Union Plaza Tuesday.
P.E. 'pays
By Dorothy Pritchard
Special to the Daily Nebraskan
Thirty UNL female students received
refunds from a special endowment last
semester for taking physical education
classes not required for their majors.
Margaret Penne, assistant director
of the school of health, physical educa
tion and recreation, said the refund is
almost equal to the cost of one credit
hour. Penne said the program is the
only one of its kind in the physical
education department, and it is open
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indoor practice facility
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group of children, "Can you say
off for UNL females
to all UNL women who successfully
complete more than two physical edu
cation classes.
Refunds will be made for all suc
ceeding classes the student passes.
The offer excludes students who major
in physical education, recreation or
dance.
Ed Hirsch, executive vice president
of the NU Foundation, said the $193,000
endowment set up to pay for the tuition
refunds "is very unique."
An anonymous donor set up the fund
in 1970 because he wanted to see more
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Jesus?" as he preaches on the
women in physical education. He is a
1916 UNL graduate.
Hirsch said when the fund was set
up two hours of physical education
were required at UNL.
One student who has been reim
bursed for two classes she has taken
said the refund is a good incentive.
"I probably would have taken them
anyway, but it was an added benefit,"
said Tracy Downs, a 22-year-old ele
mentary education major said, "It was
much to my benefit physically and
financially."
