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University Daily Kansan, October 8, 1982
Residents and living groups to clean Oread neighborhood
By DOUG CUNNINGHAM
Staff Reporter
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The second part of the Oread Neighborhood Association's cleanup project will be tomorrow.
The cleanup will start at 9 a.m. and continue until early afternoon, Coordination, coordinator of the Oread. Neighborhood Association, said yesterday.
A new twist in this fall's cleanup is the participation of some KU living groups, Henderson said.
"This year they're making a contribution by helping us out and I think that's a really nice development," she said.
The general area to be clean up is between Massachusetts and Louisiana streets from 11th Street to 17th Street.
HENDERSON SAID many neighborhood residents participated in the cleanups, which have been held twice a year since 1977.
"It makes it a nicer place to live," she said.
This fall's cleanup is being held in two parts partly to increase participation, Henderson said.
The association will use two pickup trucks and two vans in the cleanup, she said.
The first part of the cleanup was Sept. 25, when an area of the
neighborhood from Ninth Street south was cleaned.
In 1977 about 20 tons of garbage were collected in the first cleanup, Henderson said, but the amount collected has decreased since then.
"This year we'll probably get seven or eight tons," she said.
UNWANTED APPLIANCES,
brush, tree branches and old carpets
are some of the things collected in
past cleanups, Henderson said.
"Last year we got an entire garage that had been dismantled," she said.
Items to be picked up should be marked for the ONA cleanup and placed in the normal place trash is picked up, she said.
Lawrence City Commissioner Tom Gleason, who will be helping in the cleanup, said the program was a great opportunity for neighbors to get together and improve their surroundings.
"I think the program has improved the neighborhood considerably, but it is a never-ending process," he said.
Henderson said free beer and food, donated by local merchants, would be available for the volunteers after the cleanup.
People who want to help with the cleanup can either call the ONA office or be at 1310 Loliusa St. tomorrow morning, Henderson said.
Most child molesters not aggressive Speaker says sex offenders mistakenly perceived
By VERONICA JONGENELEN Staff Reporter
Aldridge said, "The main goal in child molesting is closeness, warmth, and intimacy.
An old man wandering drunk in a schoolyard spots a young girl and approaches her. An offer of candy brings her nearer, despite her mother's warnings to avoid strangers. Soon, she becomes a victim of child molestation.
This perception of a child molester is one of many mistaken ideas the public holds, according to Maj. Ronald Aldridge, director of mental hygiene at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth.
Most victims know their abusers at least casually, he said, and alcohol is not usually involved in sexual offenses. For example, they are under 35 and will not injure a child.
Aldridge spoke yesterday about sex offenders to more than 125 social workers and corrections officials at a meeting of the Kansas Correctional Office in the Kansas Union. He spoke about facts and misconceptions of sex offenders.
"Most child molesters are not aggressive, most of them are passive. Most of them are very nice people. Most of them are unappreciations. Some of them are crazy people."
ALDRIDGE ALSO addressed the issue of sexual behavior in prisons. He divided prisoners into homosexuals and situational homosexuals.
Situational homosexuals are basically heterosexual and share intimacy with those of the same sex in the absence of the opposite sex, he said. Homosexuals have a preference for those of the same sex.
The confined offender may submibate his sexual desires and burn off frustration through activities, sports or games that seek relief through masturbation.
"It is a false assumption to assume that two inmates caught during homosexual activity are homosexuals. Under normal living conditions, their preference may well be heterosexual," he said. "Can any of us really know how we might adjust sexually to extended confinement?"
"If masturbation is both normal and universal, do we have a right to ask inmates not to do it? Perhaps part of what is really needed is good, old-fashioned education to teach our staff and guard force what is natural and normal sexual behavior, both in prison and out," he said.
One out of three convicts is in jail for sex-related offenses, including rape, he said.
"SEXUAL CRIMES against persons are different from other crimes of
violence. Yes, they are crimes of violence, but sexuality is the choice of expression of that violence," he said.
Rape,he said,is a crime of violence and should not be tolerated.
"The dynamic isn't sex; the dynamic is violence," he said. "Rape is lousy sex."
"Being a victim of rape is a humiliating, degrading and often damaging experience, either physically or psychologically. Yet, we all know that this goes on in many of our prison systems."
Two efforts need to be made to solve this problem, he said. Adequate staffing and a re-evaluation of basic power of prisoners are both necessary, he said.
"I suggest that we hold them responsible for their behavior, treat them as human beings, and recognize their basic needs," he said.
Aldridge also discussed the increasing problem of women raping men
IN RESPONSE to a question on the mechanics of the act, he said a man could achieve an erection from coercion and oral or manual stimulation.
He said male and female victims responded to rape similarly.
marion stimulation.
"He's willing if he's got a gun against his head," he said.
The issue of pornography and its effect on criminal acts acts also was discussed in the following.
Aldridge said he thought porchography was not the source of criminal sex use.
"I think the problem came first, not the porchography." he said.
The conference will continue toona. Kansas Attorney General Robert Stephan will address the association on the financing and the Mertially III Verdict."
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