Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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A small group broke off from the 2,000 protesters to heckle and question President Jon Wefald as he walked from McCain Auditorium to his home. Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole ' s Landon Lecture was postponed due to the protest. (Photo by Brian REORGANIZATION (Continued from page 18) The first of the two rallies began with a march between Justin and Anderson halls. More than $1,000 was spent on signs and T-shirts, said Peter Marsh, junior in hotel and restaurant management and Human Ecology Council member. Everyone has time, money and Marsh said the day of the protest. I have been working since 7 o ' clock every morning to get ready. Faculty and alumni marched along with students. I ' m a boat rocker from way back, said Jan Medley, home economics and nursing alumna from Topeka. I was furious and in total disbelief. I felt they were truly not on the right course. Medley ' s parents, K-State alumni and former faculty members, walked to the campus to witness the protest. She also had a daughter enrolled in the College of Human Ecology. Provost James Coffman and President Jon Wefald were accosted and questioned by students as they left Anderson Hall during the ral ly. guards later escorted Wefald to his home. But mourning was That same day students read in the Collegian that the directive had changed. The proposal was ditched in favor of more faculty and student involvement. Two days later, another protest in front of Seaton Hall reiterated students ' unrest. We spent so much time and effort and for that to a lot of students felt and shocked, said Rob Karlin, senior in architecture and student senator. We felt we were lied to. ... It ' s really sad the only time you protest is when you ' re under the gun. Though the rallies had quieted, the question of reorganization remained. Marsh, also Student Senate Chair, said senate continued to lobby state legislators for more money but kept the issue of reorganization low-key. In the the and community were forced to take a second look at what K-State offered. It was a tough way to get strong, Marshall said. If we look at the positive outcomes ... we saw a statement that both architecture and human ecology are an honored part of the University tradition, and (reorganization) would no longer be a threat. The second step was with the ramifications and planning a wider spectrum of input for plans in the future. Marshall said the college dealt with lost confidence and a 30 percent drop in enrollment from students transferring out or changing majors. REORGANIZATION 21

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Fifth-year students in interior architecture Cathy Hall and Darcell Sockwell stand outside Justin Hall where the protest march began. (Photo by Brian W. Kratzer) 20 REORGANIZATION

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HE ' S NOT ALWAYS A STRANGER Dates are a more prevalent threat of rape than a stranger in a dark alley. BY ERIN PERRY Early one morning in April, 1990, roommate found her in the hall, badly shaken, and took her to t he Saint Mary Hospital. After Nicole (not her real name) was treated and examined for evidence, police went to her residence hall and arrested one of her fellow residents for rape. Ramon Davenport, then a sophomore in sociology and defensive end for the K-State football team, initially pleaded not guilty to the charge. But after plea-bargaining to drop aggravated sexual battery charges, Davenport changed his plea to guilty on the rape charge in late August. He was sentenced to five to 22 years in prison at the State Reformatory. But Nicole ' s case was the exception to the norm. According to the Ms. Magazine Campus Project on Sexual Assault, completed in 1985, only 5 percent of women raped by an acquaintance reported it to police. Even fewer pressed charges. Judy Davis, director of the campus Women ' s Resource Center, said the largest victims did not report date rape was self-blame. Women have a tendency to say, ' Well, if I hadn ' t done ..., ' Davis said. There ' s an element of complicity because this is someone with whom you have chosen to spend some time. Her major role at the center, she said, was assisting sexual assault victims either personally or through a friend ' s intervention. But women rarely approached her for help right after an assault — by Davis ' s estimations, the average lapse between a being raped by an acquaintance and reporting it, if ever, was one year. Victims often denied their attacks were actually rape or they needed help, according to Davis. It ' s asking an awful lot for a college woman to report that she was raped on what to be a swell date at a swell party with a swell guy, Davis said. Women fear they won ' t be believed; they ' re afraid they will be ostracized socially. Often, the victim cared about her attacker, who may have been a friend or boyfriend, and didn ' t want to cause him trouble. She also may have been initially attracted to the rapist. To say, ' Someday I might like to be lovers with him ' is a very different thing from ' Someday I ' d like to be raped by him,- Davis said. Rosanne Proite, assistant director of housing, recently completed her doctoral dissertation on attitudes toward date rape. She said when residence hall staff persons faced a resident ' s rape they tried to help her decide what to do. We do some hand-holding; we try to outline options for (Continued on page 25) (Photo illustration by Scott Boyd) 22 DATE RAPE