)n-campus incident
Co-ed alleges rape
By LIZ NEWLIN
Battalion Campus Editor
A Texas A&M University sopho-
ire told police last week she was
jually assaulted in an equipment
Dm in Harrington Education Cen-
■last Wednesday.
Police did not learn of the alleged
Sdent until the student, who was
(ndrawing from the University,
iclerk that was the reason for
r departure.
In a statement made to University
dice last Thursday, the 18-year-
d transfer student said the attack
curred at about 9:30 p.m. last
'ednesday. She said she was w'ait-
for an elevator on the first floor
en a young man stepped off the
ivator with a “cheap steak knife
th a brown plastic handle.
She told police he held her and
the knife to her neck, then
;ed her to a room near the stairs,
lereshe said he forced her to have
rcourse with him.
Col. Thomas Parsons, director of
xirity and traffic for the Univer-
y, said police found no traces of
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semen in the room the woman
pointed out.
The woman declined to have a
medical examination on Thursday,
Parsons said. Police could not exam
ine her clothes because she washed
them, he said.
Parsons said she has returned to
her out-of-state home and that she
had told him she would not testify
against the man if he were caught.
He said the police withheld the
information from news media while
the investigation of the case was
going on. Women police officers
rode in the elevators and walked
around the area. Parsons said the al
leged assailant was not spotted.
He also said patrols around the
area have been increased.
Parsons gives advice
on rape prevention
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Women on campus often pre
sent “open invitations to trouble”
by jogging at 1 or 2 a.m., said
Tom Parsons, director of safety
and traffic at Texas A&M. He
said women should be careful to
lock doors, even in the residence
halls, and in cars.
"I still believe that relative to
other campuses, it’s still a safe
place,” Parsons said.
The sexual assault reported to
University Police last week was
the first rape of an on-campus
student ever reported, he said.
Parson said students are gen
erally trusting, which can get
them into trouble. He said Texas
A&M has become a city of
30,000, with all kinds of people.
One service University Police
offers to women who live on
campus is a shuttle service. They
can call the police for rides across
campus, back to their dorms.
The force will add one squad
car to the two it already has, he
said, which should make it easier
for police officers to respond to
requests for rides.
If a female student wants to
park her car across the railroad
tracks but is afraid to walk home
after dark, the University Police
will take her home, Parsons said.
"But it does have to be after
dark,” he said.
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