Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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Scifende Due to the l Kk of adequate campus lighting at night, students fear the dangers of night travel Women's Service An alternative to walking alone at night. Saferide vans offered rides to women in an effort to prevent rape on campus. Started in April of 1988. Saferide’s purpose was rape prevention and education on campus. Saferide was a class offered through the Women's Studies Department. Both males and females could enroll in the class, but only females drove the vans for safety reasons. Students enrolled in the class attend ed a six hour rape awareness program, which was a general overview of types of rape, referral places and how to deal with someone who has been raped. They also were taught the route and how to operate the van and CB. Drivers and dispatchers earned three credits. Each was assigned one three-hour shift per week. The program tried to pair drivers so nobody would drive alone. Drivers receiving academic credit also drove two weekend shifts per term. Participants attended meetings twice a month and wrote papers. I became interested in Saferide because I was angry.” said Marnie Bason, sophomore in psychology. Today the majority of young women are raised to believe they can do whatever they want to do in life and being a woman does not pose any limitations on activities. Safe- ride is a way to help life those limitations by helping to insure the safety of women.” Saferide also had seven staff posi tions, which included the director and people in charge of the office, van maintenance, publicity and scheduling. The vans looped through campus and the surrounding area on an hourly schedule. Only females were permitted to ride the van to protect the riders and drivers. Dispatchers had an office in the basement of the Campus Security Building. They were contacts with the drivers in case something went wrong. Their location offered them a direct link to campus security in the case of an emergency. People are realizing more and more how dangerous it is and are using the service. noted Basom. who is a driver for the program. Saferide was funded by the Saferide budget and the OSG motor pool. The group did fundraising hoping to raise enough money to become self-sufficient. The Saferide program was a rude awakening for me. said Kristen Hoff-buhr. sophomore in Pre-Med. I was never aware of the extent to which rapes occur on the OSG campus. I would en courage everyone to take advantage of the service Saferide offers. —Kami Smith 22

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Healthy Activities An important part of college life was recreational activities, everything from court sports, basketball and volleyball, to weight lifting and overall conditioning. A place for Oregon State students to engage in these activities was the Dixon Recreation Center. Dixon had something for everyone. All equipment needed for the various activities could be checked out with a student ID card. The weight room had universal free weights, as well as a complete fitness circuit. Dixon also offered a variety of over 20 different aerobics classes. Basketball, badminton, volleyball, wallyball. rac-quetball, squash and handball courts were also available, and both locker rooms had saunas for relaxation after a strenuous workout. The use of the facilities increased over 20 percent from the previous school year. Beth Strohmeyer, Assistant Director of Recreational Sports, attributed much of the increase in use to new additions to the center. Among these additions were the Wellness program, a remodeled weight room and the conditioning room. I think they have done a lot of improvements on the facility to meet the needs of the students. said Jennine Marwedel, senior in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management. The Wellness Program was started as an incentive for students to strive for physical fitness. It enabled students to keep track of their progress throughout the term. When students entered the program. they recorded each activity on their own chart and earned a point for performing physical tasks (running = 1 point, aerobics = 1 point, etc.). When students reached their goal, they were rewarded with physical fitness, a t-shirt and a sense of accomplishment. The recently remodeled weight room was an added incentive for students to use the recreation center. Over 22 universal weight machines were involved in the complete fitness circuit. There was also a substantial increase to the amount of free weights available to the students. Because of the rising interest in fitness. a popular addition was the new conditioning room. This room contained all of the life cycles, other exercise bikes, rowing machines, as well as the crosscountry skiing machines. Mats for stretching were also available in the conditioning room. This equipment was previously housed in the corridors and in the corner of the weight room. Dixon Recreation Center was an important part of many students' daily routines. A large variety of classes and activities were available to students. The staff at Dixon tried to accommodate everyone's needs and made efforts with the new additions to the facilities and the maintenance of a fine recreation center. Brth lUnnan On the squash court. Michael McDonnell, freshman in chemical engineering, returns the bal Strairang to bring the bar to his chest. Evans Pang, senior in History, lifts weights in the new weight room DIXON RECREATION CENTER 21

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(•rrtfofy I) Jeff BaB. a freshman in geofogy, keeps in con-lad with the driver through the night from the dispatch center. Exiting the Saferide van is Misha Durham, a sophomore in elementary education who frequently uses the campus service 23