THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.101.NO.94
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1992
Rubble-rouser
An employee of Taliaferro Construction Inc. of Topeka removes rubble from Hoch Auditorium.
Clean-up of the June 15 fire began this week after delays due to lack of funds and disagreements about whether to restore or destroy the landmark. The worker was tossing debris yesterday.
Student survey gauges beliefs on sexual violence
By Jenny Martin
Kansan staff writer
The results of a University of Kansas student survey on sexual violence were announced yesterday by a student affairs research committee
Survey results indicate that although sexual violence has concerned KU and the community for years, continued efforts should be made to educate and provide effective support programs, research committee members said.
"We're working together so that our students are protected," said Barbara Ballard, who heads the committee. "No one deserves to be sexually assaulted."
Last spring, 1,500 surveys were sent out to randomly selected KU students in order to measure the extent and impact of sexual violence. Students returned 540 of the surveys.
The survey, which cost $2,300, was developed by the research committee to address concerns of growing sexual violence on college campuses nationwide.
Themes analyzed by the committee were factors contributing to rape, gender attitudes, dating expectations and forced sex.
Jeff Weinberg, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, said that gender differences and com-
munities are important factors.
"How the word 'no' is understood differently by people is disturbing," he said.
Charlene Muehlenhard, director of women's studies, said the results of the survey indicated that rape was as large a problem at the University of Kansas as it was on other campuses.
Sexual violence and students
Greg Hughes, vice-chair of the University Senate Executive Committee, said he was shocked by the results and hoped they would help change attitudes toward sexual behavior.
Citing a response to a question on the survey, Hughes said, "The fact that close to 5 percent of men think they are entitled to have sex with someone they have taken to dinner seems really barbaric."
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said he thought that the survey results would better prepare University programs to meet student needs.
"But most importantly, they will further an awareness across the University of the depth of this problem." he said
Ballard, director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, said the results of the survey would benefit programs that help student cope with sexual violence.
"If you know your population better,you can serve them better,"she said.
Ballard said the different groups that offered assistance would
"Now we can work even closer to identify student needs and try to cover as many areas as we can," she said.
A variety of student leaders will talk about the survey results at 10 a.m. today at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union.
Group supports sexually-abused men
By Katherine Manweiler
Kennon staff winters
A survey released yesterday by the University of Kansas stated that 8 percent of male KU students said they were sexually abused before reaching age 18.
Male victims of sexual molestation or assault face problems that can be different from those that female victims experience, some local experts said.
"There's enough need out there for a group. It's just a question of how many
Men are often reluctant to admit that they were sexually abused, but it is important for them to come to grips with it, said Jim Kreider, clinical social worker at the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center.
Kreider is starting a support group for male victims of sexual abuse. Four men, including two KU students, have expressed interest in joining, he said. The group will have its first meeting at 5 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Bert Nash Center and will meet weekly until the end of May, Kreider said.
Jim Kreider Clinical social worker
men are willing to come forward and get help."
Kreider said that men who were abused as children often had a need to be in control of all areas of their lives, and that they were more likely to abuse someone else.
"It is not because they want to," Kreider
says, "but because they are repaying what
hands they take."
Men also tend to question their sexuality. Kreider said.
"They often ask the question, 'Why me?' They wonder, 'Am I gay?' Why did they
pick me?"
Kreider said society sent messages to men that made their victimization unique.
"In our culture, sex tends to be romanticized between adult women and boys," Kreider said. "Men are supposed to like any form of sexual contact. Women are supposed to be the nurturers and the caretakers. When the roles are turned around and exploited, that's confusing."
Kreider said that help was available "to not only recover from the trauma of sexual abuse, but also to be able to move ahead toward a rich and rewarded life," he said.
Frank DeSalvo, director of counseling and psychological services for KU, said being a victim of sexual abuse was particularly difficult for men because men often were seen as the perpetrators, not the victims. of sexual abuse.
"We're exploring a number of ways to make an impact on this problem," he said. "We are working with other offices on campus to be able to deal with this problem effectively on campus."
Schools are sex biased, study says
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON—A report suggesting unequal education for girls and boys presents a problem for the nation's more than 2.4 million school teachers that is difficult to measure and even tougher to fix, educators said yesterday.
Although women hold 72 percent of the teaching positions, girls have been made second-class students in U.S. schools, said Alice McKee, president of the AAUW Educational Foundation, which commissioned the study.
The American Association of University Women released a report Tuesday that found bias against girls in public classrooms, textbooks, tests and teachers.
Mckee said that girls and boys entered school roughly equal in ability. But in twelve years, girls fall behind in key areas, particularly math and science, she said.
Keith Geiger, president of the National Education Association, said that teachers might unconsciously have catered more to boys in school. He said that the teachers' actions
Career plans
High school girls choose math and science careers in low numbers compared to their male counterparts. Career plans of students taking the SAT:
KU student's bill would allow sexual history use in rape trials
By Gayle Osterberg
Kansan staff writer
A Senate committee yesterday voted to introduce a bill written by Jean Winter, Emporia senior, which would make an accused rapist's sexual history admissible as evidence during a rape trial. The sexual history must first be proven relevant, according to the bill.
A University of Kansas student is one step closer to getting her bill passed in Topeka.
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the bill would be introduced by the committee next week. Wint Winter Jr. is not related to Jean Winter.
Winter spent the past two months researching and writing the bill and recently solicited legislative sponsorship.
"The primary benefit of this bill is that it would say to judges, 'Think of both sides,'" Wint Winter Jr. said.
Kansas law allows a victim's past sexual history to be admitted during a trial when it is proven relevant. There is no mention of the defendant.
"This would basically apply the same rules to both sides and set a procedural framework for both." Winter
This would basically apply the same rules to both
sides."
Jean Winter
KUstudent lobbying for bill
said.
The bill will be introduced as part of a six-bill package designed to encourage victims of sexual assault to come forward, rather than fear the legal process, he said.
Jean Winter said she was pleased with the committee's decision to move forward.
"I owe this basically to Wint Winter," she said. "He's been very supportive of the whole idea from the start."
"Surprisingly, I've had a couple phone calls from individuals saying 'I'm glad you did this.'" she said.
Jean Winter said she had received calls from individuals and groups who were anxious to support her endeavors.
Winter, who said she was raped when she was in high school, decided to write the legislation after testimony from three witnesses in the William Kennedy Smith rape trial was deemed inadmissible, she said.
Winter said she was appalled that the testimony of the women, who said they had been abused by Smith, was not allowed. She decided to try to prevent a similar situation from happening in Kansas.
She looked up relevant statutes, wrote the bill and spent an afternoon at the Statehouse explaining her idea to interested legislators.
Winter said she thought rape was a problem that should be addressed on campus.
See related story, p.12
"I'm trying to empower the victim," she said.
Winter said she hoped her bill would enable prosecutors to raise the rate of rape convictions and encourage more women to come forward.
KANSAS BASKETBALL
The No. 4 Jay- hawks men's basketball team routed Iowa
State 91-
60last
night at
Allen Field
House.
Guard
Adonis
Jordan led
Kansas
with a
career-
high 25
points, hitting 10-of-14 field goals.
of 14 field goals.
The No. 17 Jayawacks
women's basketball team
lost to Colorado's Larry
Danielle Shareef
Buffs 685-
54, snapping
a seven-
game win-
ning
streak.
Forward
Danielle
Shareef
led
Kansas
with 12
points and
11 rebounds.
Game stories, **p.11**