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VOL.115 ISSUE 150
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BY JOSHUA BICKEL
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The KU Public Safety Office is investigating a battery that was reported early yesterday morning at a GSP-Corbin Hall parking lot.
An 18-year-old female KU student was waiting for a ride home at about 2:30 a.m. in the parking lot on the west side of
GSP-Corbin when a white male approached her, grabbed her and pushed her to the ground, according to a media release from the Safety Office.
"She was just standing there, talking to a friend on her cell phone when someone came up behind her and pushed her down," said Capt. Schuyler Bailey, spokesman for the Safety Office.
The woman hit the man in
the face and kneed him in the groin, and then the man hit the woman in the face and left the area, according to the release.
Bailey said the reason for the attack was unknown.
The woman called the Safety Office immediately after the attack, he said.
The woman is not a resident of GSP-Corbin, Bailey said.
The suspect is described as a white male with brown hair,
about 5 feet 11 inches tall,
weighing about 190 pounds. He was wearing a black, long-sleeve T-shirt, black pants and black gloves, according to the release.
That incident resulted in a car pursuit, which ended at 12th and Indiana streets.
In September 2004, a KU student had her car stolen at gunpoint in the parking lot next to GSP-Corbin. The male suspect approached the woman after she parked her car and demanded her book bag and keys.
This is the third incident in GSP parking lots since February 2004, according to Safety Office records.
As she left the scene, a shot
In February 2004, a female KU student was threatened at knifepoint in the lower level of the GSP-Corbin parking garage.
In that case, the suspect, described as a Hispanic male, had followed her in his vehicle from McCollum Hall to the parking garage.
Anyone with information about the identity of the man or information about this recent incident is encouraged to call the Safety Office at 864-5900 or KU CrimeStoppers at 864-8888.
was fired as the suspect entered the car.
— Edited by Lisa Coble-Krings
SEXUAL ASSAULT
Illustration by Courtney Kuhlen/KANSAN
Students are among the 40% of unreported sexual assaults. Two KU women share their stories of unreported rape.
Angela and Anne have the same secret. Both KU women were raped by men they knew.
BY AMANDA O'TOOLE
atoole@kansan.com
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
No physical scars remain, but the guilt and trauma of the rapes still linger.
Out of about 100 KU women who responded to a University Daily Kansan survey, more than 40 said they knew someone who had been raped. Out of those, 10 responded they were raped. Only two reported rapes to police.
Both tried to forget that it happened. Both tried to trick themselves into believing it was their fault. Neither of the women, who asked that their last names not be used, reported it to police.
Angela and Anne are two of many silent victims who are raped worldwide each year. Nationally, only one in every three rapes and sexual assaults will ever be re ported to police, according to the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network.
According to local rape crisis counselors, victims like Angela and Anne don't report being raped because of fear — fear of being ostracized in their
In the last year in Lawrence, about 180 women sought attention at the GaDuGi SafeCenter, a local rape crisis center, most dealing with recent attacks. However, Lawrence police and KU's Public Safety Office say about 55 raps were reported within the past year.
WHERE TO GET HELP
The following are places in Lawrence that offer counseling and other services for sexual assault victims:
Counseling and
Psychological Services: 864-2277
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
528-796-4130
LAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
- Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center; 200 Maine St., Suite A, 785-843 9192
- ♦ GaDuGI SafeCenter: 2518
Ridge Ct. Ridge 202, 843-
8385, 24-hour hotline 841-
2345
- Hearquarters Counselling Center, 211 E. 8th St. Suite O 785. 841-2345
Catholic Community Services Of Lawrence, 320 Maine St., 841-0307
Sources: www.caps.ku.edu, GoDuGi
SafeCenter
social circles because many rapists are acquaintances or friends; fear of intrusive medical tests and police interrogation; fear of having to testify about a humiliating experience in a courtroom full of people; and in the end, fear of not being believed in a hesaid, she-said trial featuring little evidence other than their own testimony.
The friend she thought she knew
Angela, an Overland Park junior, doesn't remember a lot of details from the night she was raped.
It was a typical Friday night her freshman year. The party was like dozens of others with the same people she'd partied with before. They were people she knew and trusted.
A man she'd known since high school had gotten her drinks.
She was drinking a strawberry daiquiri. She didn't have many — maybe two.
Looking back, Angela has come to the conclusion she was drugged. Her limbs became almost numb and she found it hard to form consonants.
Beginning to feel sick, the man helped her to the bathroom. He held her hair and took care of her. It was a sweet gesture, Angela said.
She remembers trying to stop him from touching her and trying to yell for help. He laid her down on the yellow bathroom tile and raped her, telling her to shut up when voices and footsteps passed the door.
According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, about 60 percent of rape victims knew their attacker — most often the rapist was a friend or acquaintance.
Statistics at the University of
CRIME
Incident might be overdose
SEE SURVIVORS ON PAGE 4A
BY ERIC SORRENTO IN
JOSHUA HUACI BICKEL
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITERS
The KU Public Safety Office is investigating a possible overdose of GHB — often referred to as the "date rape" drug — that may have occurred last Thursday evening at GSP-Corbin Hall.
Around 6:30 p.m., a KU Public Safety officer arrived at GSP-Corbin in response to a report of a female KU student having a seizure, according to a KU Public Safety Office report.
When he arrived, he saw a group of bystanders gathered around a 19-year-old female KU student lying face down and unresponsive in front of GSP-Corbin.
He saw another 19-year-old woman, who was incoherent, sitting on a bench next to the first woman, according to the report.
The officer saw that one of the women had vomited on the sidewalk. A witness told the officer it was the incoherent female who had vomited.
At the scene, one witness told the officer that the two women had used "all kinds of drugs in the past," according to the report.
One witness told the officer that the two women had used "all kinds of drugs in the past," according to the report.
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical arrived at the scene and transported both women to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for treatment of a drug overdose, according to the report.
Once the women left the scene, the officer spoke with Kimberly Shears, Rochester, N.Y. graduate student and assistant complex director for GSP-Corbin.
She told the officer that an unidentified student observed the two females doing drugs in one of their rooms. Shears later told the officer that the drug was GHB.
A plastic baggie and a blue plastic cup with clear liquid in it were taken from one of the women's rooms, according to the report.
SEE OVERDOSE ON PAGE 3A
Soaking in spring
Stephanie Farley/KANSAN
Liz Ruck (left), Overland Park sophomore, and Jennifer Arthur, Manhattan sophomore, let the day soak in while relaxing in the Chi Omega fountain yesterday afternoon. "Got to take advantage of the weather," Ruck said. Both Ruck and Arthur are in the Chi Omega sorority, so they didn't have to travel far.
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Lost and found
Lost and found Hundreds of items, from wallets to iPods to hats, go unclaimed each semester in the 33 lost and found offices at the University. Only about 25 percent of the items find their way back to their owners. PAGE 8A
Taking literacy to Africa
A KU student has brought a book drive to campus this week. The collected books will raise money or be donated to 23 African countries. PAGE 2A
Baseball
The Jayhawks, running on the momentum of their victory over Texas last weekend, are optimistic about the last two weeks of play and a spot at the Big 12 Conference Tournament. PAGE 1B
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