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Getting a kick out of life
Raun Nohavitza/The Battalion
Students and faculty play an informal soccer game Monday on been played three days a week for nearly 15 years. New play-
Simpson Drill Field. The student vs. faculty soccer game has ers are always welcome.
Local polls open today for primary elections
By Melissa Jacobs
The Battalion
Texas A&M. students can vote for coun
ty, state and national offices in the Democ
ratic or Republican primary elections today
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Phil Meuret, president of Texas A&M
College Republicans, encourages students
to vote in the primaries.
"We are one of the main reasons College
Station is on the map, and anything that af
fects College Station affects us," he said.
"We should have the largest voice in what
goes on.'[
Meuret said candidates are aware of the
impact students have in this area.
"Students could decide on all of the can
didates if they all voted," he said.
Mary Ann Ward, county clerk, said
there was a very light turnout in early vot
ing this year.
"The percentage of students that do vote
varies," she said. "They usually vote heav
ier in presidential elections than they do in
gubernatorial elections."
Angie Scarmardo, coordinator of the De
mocratic Party of Brazos County, said it is
important to vote in the primary elections.
"You see a need to vote," she said.
"Maybe something has not been done that
another candidate can do."
Mary Elaine Galloway, Bryan city secre-
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Coping with rape
Local police, counselors
offer help to rape victims
By Melissa Jacobs
The Battalion
Although the Brazos Valley Rape Crisis Center receives more than 150 ns
cases a year, only about two rape cases are reported to University Police Dept
ment every year.
Bob Wiatt, director of UPD, said only one out of 10 rapes is reported toi
police.
"The Rape Crisis Center has so many calls about rapes because of the relc:
tance to report the crime to a law enforcement agency," he said. "Some victir
feel too much embarrassment and guilt when the rape happens. Theiu
months later, they want to talk and call the Rape Crisis Center."
Of the six rapes reported to UPD in the past three years, five were date rape
"Usually the scenario is the girl goes to the boy's room, or vice versa,®
things get out of hand," Wiatt said. "Intoxicants are usually involved."
The most recent rape reported to UPD occurred about three weeks ago whs
a woman got into a man's car on campus and was driven to Bryan wheresk
was raped, Wiatt said.
UPD only handles rapes that happen on the A&M campus. When A&Msfc
dents are raped in Bryan or College Station, that city's police departmenth®
dies the case.
"All law enforcement agencies have specific jurisdictions," he said. "UPE
is a full police agency. We all work together but can only investigate inoe
jurisdiction."
Wiatt helped establish the Rape Crisis Center, which opened in 1983, a,i;
served as president for three years.
Susan Vabre, a counselor at the Brazos Valley Rape Crisis Center, saidtk
center provides support and information to rape victims.
If sexually assaulted, the victim is taken to the emergency room and hospili
officials call the center.
"We send out volunteers to support the victim while they are going throup
the rape exam," Vabre said. "We provide information about pregnancy test;
and AIDS testing, and we are also a liaison between family and friends whoc
in the waiting room during the exam. We keep them informed."
The Rape Crisis Center is staffed by volunteers who must take a 40-k
training class three times a year. The course is state-certified, and everyonewk
answers the hot line must take the course.
The rape crisis center recommends that victims report the crime.to the pole
so the rapist may be caught.
"The first thing we tell them is to report it and we give them their optionsd
reporting," she said. "If they don't want to give their name, they can use apse:
donym or just give the details of the rape."
Dr. Janet Winniford, assistant vice president for student services, stressed I
benefits of reporting rapes to the police.
"People involved in sexual assaults may be repeat offenders and byreportir;:
rapes, the police at least have some record," she said.
However, the decision is completely up to the victim.
"We try to be sensitive to the needs and feelings of the survivor," she said.
The rape center offers advice to anyone who is put in an uncomfortable si;
nation.
"We stress following instincts," Vabre said. "Most of the time the gut re;;
tion is the right thing to go by, but it depends on the situation. Screaming
hollering may be good in some situations but not in others."
The Department of Student Affairs distributes a booklet on rape to fad?
and staff who come in contact with rape victims. It contains recommended^
cedures for helping students who have been assaulted.
Winniford said the booklet also provides information about psychological»
vices, counseling services, medical services, judicial services and legal options.
The Crime Prevention Unit of the UPD is also active in rape prevention.
In 1993, they received the award for the Best Crime Prevention Unit in Texas
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