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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1980
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lalfof all victims know attackers
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Date rapes not uncommon today
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By TERRI COULSON
Battalion Reporter
an had noticed Greg in class. She thought he was good-
, ' j Ing and seemed like a real nice guy. So she was very
ted when he asked her out.
fstyearfej went out to eat and to a movie and Jan was having a
'tant grades , a t tj me . They stopped at a park on the way home to “talk,”
^ndsayV* so J an thought.
1 ' s trying 111 |1 of a sudden, Greg grabbed her, twisted her arm and
tudderTleils! led her down in the seat of the car. Jan tried to fight back
t for Bibit »t she was no match for him.
[e told her it was now her turn to “pay up” for the evening,
h he proceeded to rape her.
Unusual and far fetched? Things like that just don’t happen
I? It not only happens here, says District Attorney Travis
but 10 percent of the rapes in Brazos County are date
leetati
cording to statistics, the victim knows the man who
ited her in nearly 50 percent of the estimated half million
reported yearly in this country. Not all rapes are re-
d, and people who work in rape counseling believe that
ajority of these unreported assaults are also committed
meone the victim knew.
A common mistaken belief is that “If you knew him, you
oniehow invited it,” said Kerry Hope, a counselor for the
ellineCh^r° nal CounseIin g Service.
, ' Ifyou do not know the person, you are taking a risk, Hope
aid. But no one thinks she is going to be raped,
riat is worse about date rape is that you agreed to be with
crson, she explained.
ith any rape, you feel a sense of loss, ” Hope said, “and a
5c amount of grief. ”
In a date rape situation “you deal with a lot more guilt,”
Hope said.
All rape victims, she said, encounter four stages of grief
reactions: 1) denial that it has happened; 2) depression (feeling
helpless and hopeless); 3) anger, and 4) resolution-acceptance
of what has happened.
Research has found that when something like this occurs
between ages 19 and 29 it affects the young adults’ trust in
others, independence, motivation, sense of self-worth and the
image of their place in society. This trauma is likely to affect
their lifestyle and plans for the future. Their bonding and
intimacy potential also suffer. Rape trauma is caused because
rape is primarily a life-threatening act of violence where sex is
used as the weapon.
One of the biggest problems prosecutors have with rape
victims is their not reporting it.
“They feel as if they’ve done something wrong and that it’s
their fault, ” said Assistant District Attorney Hank Payne. No
thing is further from the truth. FBI Crime Reports show that
unreported rapes outweigh reported rapes 20 to 1.
“Reasons for not reporting rape include fear of retribution
from the man (especially if she knew him), horror stories and
wanting to forget it,” counselor Hope said.
Another reason a woman might not report rape, Hope said,
is that its sexual nature puts it in a very sensitive area. By
contrast, a physical assault would be easier to report because
there is nothing sexual about it.
“Rape is not a sex crime,” Payne said. “It is a violent one.
The only sexual part about it is the sex act itself. The only crime
more serious to me would possibly be capital murder.”
Rape, according to the Texas penal code, is when a person
has sexual intercourse with a female not his wife, without the
female’s consent.
Prosecutors in the Brazos County area have been standar
dizing procedures that will make prosecution and conviction
easier, Payne said.
They are standardizing the procedures used in dealing with
rape victims. Now they are given a set series of tests when they
arrive at a hospital, Payne said. These tests are not new, but
are improvements on the old procedures.
“We are trying to educate the medical personnel as to the
importance of the chain of custody, ” Payne said. In the past,
that has been a problem. Chain of custody is a record of where
and who collected the evidence. It helps validate the evidence
and establish that it has not been tampered with, often a
critical question when the case goes to trial.
“We want to use every possible tool to aid in conviction,”
Payne said. “We are not qualified, but the medical profession
is.”
More than a dozen men have been tried for rape over the last
two years in the county and all have been convicted.
Even though prosecution is vigorous and incidence is low at
Texas A&M, the fear of rape can have bad effects. Uncertainty
about campus security can scare women out of attending extra
curricular activities scheduled at night or using the library and
athletic facilities.
No on-campus rapes have been reported from students this
year, said Dr. John Koldus, vice president for student ser
vices. Five were reported last year, one occurring on > ampus.
That incident took place on the jogging track behind the
president’s home, Koldus said. Since then, lights have been
added to deter any further attacks.
HOUSTON — Four armadillos
— a “racing” model from Frederick
sburg and three captured in West
Texas — were shipped to the Pek
ing Zoo Thursday as a gift to the
Chinese people from a Texas oil
equipment service company.
“One of the problems with ar
madillos when they’re taken into
captivity is they stop eating,” said
Ben Gillespie, a spokesman for
Geosource Inc. “These are eating.
We made sure.”
Gillespie said Geosource employ
ee Don Ball was in China for a trade
mission and learned of the zoo’s in
terest in acquiring the bony-plated
mammals.
This shipment included two male
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arrival Sunday by airplane.
Three of the armadillos were
caught in Edwards County near
Rock Springs and the fourth is a
“racing” armadillo from Frederick
sburg provided by Sam Lewis, pres
ident of the World Armadillo
Breeding and Racing Association.
“We have done some business
with the Chinese and hope to do
more. This is really sort of a good
will gesture on our part,” Gillespie
said. “I don’t know whether it will
improve relations between the two
countries or not.”
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BOISE, Idaho — Joyce Kacalek, whose missing boa
itrictor was returned last week after its five-month
( ( | gjentiire in Boise, says she has received a vicious letter
nd obscene telephone calls about her exotic pet.
The woman says she has received several late-night
, R saying she was “crazy” and “a nut” for keeping her
sw ‘J be rIt snake, Abner, as a pet.
gAtmer disappeared in May, but was returned to his
.. 1 mer Nov. 26 after another Boise woman, Joyce Bran-
asse .,! discovered the animal coiled on top of her clothes
aunced me
Brandi was described as being “hysterical” when Ida-
'''''''.'(dHiimsme Society employees arrived to take the
rVf I* 6 ' Kacalek. who thought the boa had perished,
IthelouriaBgvgd Abner from the humane society shelter on
!0 Tn »ksgiving Day.
and set® p ron t.p a g e ne ws stories and television accounts ab-
ing, thepamMjjg incident apparently sparked the subsequent
nd Main Si y e a g a i ns t the snake-owner.
it will i* |jjacalek’s joy about recovering her snake also sparked
vest (right o |& ra i newspaper letters-to-the-editor that referred to
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wire service stories about a recent incident in Texas in
which a pet python got loose and killed a baby in its crib.
A letter signed by a disgusted “mother and grand
mother” arrived in the mail Wednesday. It said, in part,
“When I saw you on TV caressing that ugly boa constric
tor, it turned my stomach. I don’t care if you did raise it
from a baby; there is something about men or women
who fondle snakes that (makes them) really, really sick.”
The letter also suggested that Kacalek’s neighbors
should kill the snake and that Kacalek should seek
psychiatric help. The snake owner said she believed she
received about a half-dozen profane calls, apparently
from the same person who wrote the letter.
People who object to snakes as pets don’t understand
reptiles, she added. “Man’s best friend, loveable Rover,
can take the front off babies’ faces and parrots can take off
fingers.”
Kacalek said Abner is the “world’s greatest coward”
and that in the past she had to “stun” live food for the
snake before it would eat. But she acknowledged the
snake apparently used its natural abilities during its
five-month absence.
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