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Campus cops survive desert n COMPETITION : Campus

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police from the CSU placed 18th in their division in the Baker to Vegas charity race.

tions week speakers tell the joys and pitfalls of writing for a living.

By FRANK C. DIAZ Daily Titan Staff Writer

Would-be writers faced some bad news during this week’s communication week as three separate authors shared their experiences in the publishing world.

Speaking during separate presentations, Adeline Yen Mah, Marvin Wolf and Martin Smith, all published authors with various degrees of critical acclaim for their works, spoke about their experiences, attachments to their works and how the publishing industry deals with an author’s brainchild.

Mah’s book, “Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter,” an autobiographical work using a novelistic approach, has often been described as a modern Cinderella story within the context of a traditional Chinese culture.

Replete with wicked stepmother, Mah wrote about the abuse she endured growing up as the undesirable outcast of her father’s first marriage after he married a younger woman when Mah’s natural mother died.

Mah’s book, her first and written only after her parents had died, served as an emotional catharsis for the pain she lived through most of her life. As such, it was highly personal and a deeply emotional work for her.

“Writing my book has helped me explore the ambiguities and perplexities of my own past,” Mah said.

“My book is my passion, my destiny, my necessity and my past.”

Even though she finished her book in 1994, after struggling for four years in the writing of it, publishers were unimpressed by it. Most regarded it as something too narrowly tailored to successfully sell in today’s best-seller oriented marketplace and suggested that she change or add elements to make it more exciting to a mass market.

“We live in an increasingly materialistic society,” Mah said. “I confess that my book was turned down by quite a bit of publishing houses.”

“I have always believed that a single positive dream is truly more important than a thousand negative realities,” Mah added, explaining why she insisted on staying with her original concept for her book.

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By NICK BRENNAN Daily Titan Staff Writer

The chase seemed to never end for Lt. Jess Lopez. His speed increased as he closed in on the capture. With the end in sight of his seven-mile chase and sweat pouring from him, he knew his training had paid off.

Yet this chase will not be seen on “COPS.” And forget about any high speed, freeway pursuits. Lopez was one of 20 Public Safety officers competing in the Challenge Cup Baker to Vegas Relay.

At the conclusion of the 120-mile race, the California State University Police Department finished 18th in its 20 team division. The team finished in 19 hours, 27 minutes and 34 seconds. Some 197 teams participated in the race which is open to any police agency able to raise the $1,100 entry fee.

During the planning stages of the event, Lopez predicted the team

ing the strife of a Chinese family gives its author the voice she could never use.

By VERONICA DURAN Daily Titan Copy Editor

Adeline Yen Mah, author of “Falling Leaves,” stepped to the pulpit and spoke critically of a time in China when women were not allowed to speak, much less learn to read and write.

“For the first 14 years of my life, I never opened my mouth to say one spontaneuous remark,” said Mah, who is originally from Shanghai.

Speaking to a small crowd in the Titan Student Union-Titan Theater on Tuesday in a lecture titled “Fall-

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helps students help others with a guitar performance on Sunday.

By MELISSA MORRIS Daily Titan Staff Writer

Christopher Darden: From the courtroom to the classroom

By Annette Wells

Daily Titan Assistant News Editor Students came to hear about the O.J. Simpson trial; students came to hear Christopher Darden blast Johnny Cochran but that is not what they got.

Instead they received a sales pitch from Darden on why prospective law students should attend Southwestern Law School.

Darden who teaches at the school began his speech in a subdued manner considering he was one of the fighting lead prosecutors in the O.J.

Simpson trial, so many decades ago.

Speaking very highly of Southwestern and its newly-established library, Darden introduced his listeners to the school’s program and rich tradition.

He spoke about the school’s two-year program in which the school accepts 36-50 students per year and how they thrive on giving students a diverse program which includes sports and entertainment law that is unmatched by any other program.

For students who have special concerns or dis-

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would finish between eighth and tenth. Not meeting that goal does not seem to concern Lopez. The team accomplished a much larger goal.

“The hardest thing was to coordinate the team,” Lopez said. “Our runners came from all over the state; unlike other police departments who are centered in one place.”

Pooling 20 runners, alternate runners, a support staff, communications team and medical staff from all of the Cal State campuses, was the biggest challenge, Lopez said. Logistically, everything went well for the team.

ing Leaves: The Chinese Culture,” Mah talked about growing up in an era when women were expected to be submissive, following the teachings of Confucius; a period when women were crippled for life to become sex objects. Since that time, Mah pointed out that China has come a long way, but nevertheless, Chinese parents still leave their daughters out of their wills, so that their sons may inherit all of their assets.

Unlike most passive Chinese women, Mah took a stand for what she believed in.

Although she was ostracized and castigated for writing “Falling Leaves,” her tenacious grip on freedom and equality remained strong.

“I want to change the submissive silence,” Mah said.

“My book is dedicated to unloved and defenseless children everywhere. It is my passion, my destiny, and my delight.”

The book’s title, “Falling Leaves,” refers to a Chinese proverb, which means “returning to your roots.”

Mah said the proverb symbolizes

the return of a wandering child to his country of origin. It reflects on the notion that every Chinese immigrant who leaves China, will return to their country of origin because of the emotional attachment to their culture.

Mah’s mother died two weeks after her birth and since then, her life has been a journey in search of her dead mother—a woman she never saw. After her mother died, Mah’s father remarried a dictatorial woman.

She said her stepmother wrote her will to bring the maximum strife between she and her siblings.These incidents led Mah to build a strong relationship with her aunt.

Mah was belittled by her family, especially her stepmother. She was told she was ugly and that she would

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Sunlight made its way through murky windows, illuminating the dim room and darker stage of Steamer’s Café in Fullerton where professor Dan Crary plucked tunes and strummed chords on his 12string guitar before an audience of faculty, students and coffeehouse regulars on Sunday.

In a concert to benefit Circle K, a campus volunteer organization, Crary switched back and forth between two guitars, producing music that made audience members tap their feet, slap their legs or move their heads with the slow flow of the music.

“It made me want to get up there and dance,” student Tina Ming said.

A professor of speech communications and adviser to Circle K,

Crary played the two hour concert taking only one 10-15 minute break.

The performance was Crary’s second appearance to benefit an oncampus organization. Part of being a professor is interacting with students, Crary said.

Sponsored through the Kiwanis group, Circle K is an international volunteer group that performs services throughout the community and on campus. Crary became involved with the group when he was asked to become the group’s faculty adviser in 1997.

Crary said that he enjoys working with the group because of “the sincerity with which (the) students reach out and do something good for the community.”

With eight records released under his own name and several others under other artist’s names, Crary refused to label his music and insisted that labeling would lead to “boxing,” which he described as narrowing a musical scope and being expected to

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Club revival of the International Association for Business Communicators, a student chapter of the professional organization will provide opportunities and a networking forum for Communications and Business students. A table will be set up in front of the Titan Bookstore today to pick up information and sign up for membership.

Cynthia King, public relations professor will be advising the revival group with 13 intial members. The first evening meeting will begin on May 5 in the Titan Student Union, time to be announced.

Exceptional Student Fellowship Award Bernadette Borgelt, a CSUF business admistration major, has been honored with the Exceptional Student Fellowship Award from State Farm Companies Foundation. The award is presented yearly to 50 full-time university juniors or seniors studying in the field of business. The winners are selected on the basis of scholastic performance, business leadership skills, extracurricular activities, volunteer work and letters of recomendations from university faculty.

One Europeam Currency Europe as one, at least an all in one currency. The new European currency 'euro' is the buzz word for an upcoming lecture given by Deputy Consol of France Philipe Vinogradoff, based in Los Angeles.

Vinogradoff has served as part of France's Foreign Affairs Department in the French Embassy in numberous countries, including Kenya, Brazil, Panama, Mexico and Chile. The lecture will inform people in America about the his-

tory and reasons for a one currency Europe. Those traveling abroad will discover the pains of changing currency in every country across Europe will soon be a frustration of the past.

The currency lecture on May 5 at 11 a.m. in the Titan Student Union-Titan Theater is open to the public free of charge. School of Humanities and Social Science, Foreign Languages and Literatures Department, AIESEC, Phi Beta Delta, French Club and the Program Council for International Business sponsored the new abroad deal. For more information contact Dr. Linda R. Andersen-Fiala, professor of foreign languages and literatures at 278-2137.

South County MBA Program Working professionals in Orange County can complete an M.B.A. at Cal State Fullerton without the pains of communting to campus.

The School of Business Administration and Economics is offering its fully accedited M.B.A. program at the Irvine Spectrum. Each class will cost $651 and will be held at Toshiba America Information Systems Inc., 9740 Irvine Blvd., Irvine.

Courses are offered in eightweek terms with six terms offered in the program is "Financial Accounting 510" on the accumulation, organization and interpretation of financial and quantitive data relevant to the activities of a business enterprise.

Special provisions have been made for prospective students to enroll now with the university, in order to join the program. For more information and registration call Ligaya Lim in the School of Business Administration and Eco-

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THURSDAY

CALENDAR OF EVENTS Talent Agency Business in the 90s will be presented by commercial department assistant Angela Strange of Gold Marshall-Liedke in the Titan Student Union-Titan Theatre at 8 a.m. today.

ents “Romeo and Juliet” through May 3 in the Little Theatre. Admission is $8 ($6 with advance Titan discount). For information on running times, contact the Performing Center Box Office at 278-3371.

Propostion 227-English For Children will be presented by Educator Henry Guardillas in the Titan Student Union-Titan Theatre today at 11 a.m.

Associated Students Productions presents an early celebration of Cinco de Mayo with El Mariachi Zacatecas today at noon in the pub.

Admission is free.

Theatre and Dance Department presents “Vanities,” a bittersweet comedy exploring the friendship of three southern women, runs through Sunday.

For more information contact the Performing Arts Center at 278-3371.

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sored by Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan.

Cinco de Mayo Tlatelolco will be a pre-Cinco de Mayo party with a DJ, vendors and Danzantes in the Quad on Monday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

El Mariachi Zacatecas will be creating tunes at noon in the Quad on May 7.

Associated Students Productions presents the movie “Wag the Dog” in Titan Theatre today at 7 and 9 p.m.

Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer will be speaking on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Titan Student Union Ontiveros A and B sponsored by the College Republican Club.

Los Sabios Del Norte will play dancing tunes on Wednesday at noon in the Quad spon-

University Singers will perform in the Little Theatre on May 8 at 8 p.m. For more infor-

mation call Performing Arts Box Office 278-3371. Admission $8 ($5 with Titan Discount).

Women's Choir perform an All-Baltic music concert in the Little Titan Theatre on May 10. For more information call Performing Arts Box Office 2783371. Admission $8 ($5 with Titan Discount).

The All Night Strut a sassy musical with blues, jazz and bebop will open on May 8 at 8 p.m. For more information call Performing Arts Box Office 2783371. Admission $25 and $20 ($2-with Titan discount).

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ear Rebecca, I am very discouraged. I am stressed already because finals are coming up, but now I have to worry about how I am going to pay for school next semester.

My boyfriend keeps telling me we never spend enough time together (he has a full time job.)

My parents do not help with my school expenses. They make too much for me to qualify for financial aid. I do not know what to do. Please help me. I do not see a lot of options in my situation.

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produce only one type of music. In 1970, Crary released his first album, Bluegrass Guitar. His most recent album, Holiday Guitar, was released in 1997.

Crary’s benefit concert raised $1,020. Circle K received one-third of the proceeds and Crary donated his third to encourage the group’s future activities. The final third of

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Marvin Wolf, on the other hand, has successfully had nine books published, all non-fiction. He points out that today’s market is highly competitive and if sales don’t immediately take off, bookstores will yank a slow-moving title and replace it with another.

“A new hardcover book has the same shelf life as yogurt,” Wolf said. “It’s all retailing. It’s a business first, last and always.”

Wolf said that the publishing industry releases over 5,000 new titles monthly which not only compete with one another in bookstores but with previously published steady sellers as well.

Of those titles, Wolf added, bookstores make 90 percent of their sales on 5 percent of their titles.

Consequently, publishers often exclusively promote titles by established authors or those which have already started to sell.

Ask and I’ll Tell

Rebecca Sulages

Well, the first thing you need to do is take a deep breath through your nose; and slowly release that breath through your mouth do that 10 times then read on.

There are many people who are in your same situation so you are not alone in your dilemma.

Let’s break down your problems. the money went to Steamer’s Café.

Crary said he trusted the students and knew they would use the money wisely. “It’s hard enough for me to get here and get set up. They can figure out what to do with the money,” he said.

Former vice president Jane Skuben, a two-year member of the organization said that in some form of another, the money will go back to the community.

Because of this, getting one’s title on the New York Times list of bestsellers becomes the Holy Grail of most authors.

“The people who make a living in this business,” Wolf said, “are the people who learn to promote their own book.”

The modern trend away from the traditional bookstore, where employees might know something about every title carried, into superstores which may carry over 100,000 titles and whose employees often haven’t even heard of most authors’ names also affects writers, Wolf said.

“The most important thing is to put an easily identifiable label on it,” Wolf said. “So they know what part of the bookstore to put it in.”

Wolf does acknowledge that, given the choice, there is nothing that he would rather have been doing for the last 20 years.

“The good news if you’re a freelance writer is that you can sit around the house all day in your jammies and work on your com-

First, the boyfriend. Tell your boyfriend how stressed you are and that it is crucial that you get his support at this time. If he cannot understand your stressful situation you need to find a more understanding man.

Next, finals will be here in four weeks so all you can do is try to prepare for them, try to read and study each and everyday. If you have to, keep one of your schoolbooks on the back of the toilet and every time you go to the bathroom you will have something to study.

Now, if you are like my husband you could get 45 minutes in twice a day. Sorry Jim. Anyway, that is a way you can beef up on your studies. Now for the finan-

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Granted there were some last minute problems with transporting runners or making sure support staff made to the finish lines on time, he said.

Will they do this again?

“Definitely,” Det. Fred Molina said. “We hope to get corporate sponsors to help raise money. This year we were funded on donations and out of our own pockets.” puter,” Wolf said. “The bad news is that you’re self employed and you don’t get a paycheck unless you produce.”

“It takes an experienced writer working 40 to 60 hours a week a minimum of 6 months to write a book,” Marvin added.

Martin Smith, a one-time reporter with over 15 years experience working on newspapers — including nine years at the Orange County Register — before becoming a freelance novelist, had his own views on succeeding in the publishing world.

“I wrote a novel that was my message to the world,” Smith said.

“And no one wanted to hear it.

“So I took a look at the best-seller list and I realized that what sells is plot intensive novels that keep you in suspense.”

Smith added that regardless of how meaningful or important any author’s “message” may be, if it is not entertaining from a dramatic point of view no one will read it. Even if a potential reader buys it, he won’t finish it because he’ll find it boring.

cial part: Try again for financial aid and grants. If you need to financially help yourself, try to work extra time during the summer to save up for fall.

Another idea that could help in the long run: take as many units over seven as you can, because you still pay the same price if you are taking seven or fifteen. Keep positive and try to tackle one problem at a time.

I hope things turn out OK for you.

Good luck!

Keep sending me your questions via e-mail at BECADEVIL@aol.com or drop them off at Humanities 213.

Thank you and see you next week.@

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Besides looking into new ways of funding, logistics and planning has already begun for next year, Molina said.

Lopez’s stage of the race was a seven-mile uphill climb gaining 700 feet in elevation.

“You try not to think of every step,” Lopez said. “At about the fifth mile I began to wonder when it was all going to end. The last mile seemed like the longest.”

The writing and subsequent publishing process itself, Smith said, is something that can easily consume a writer. There are no immediate rewards. After completing a book, a long process ensues wherein the finished book is now in the hands of the snail-paced publishing industry.

“Time slows down when you become a novelist,” Smith said.

“You write a book and, lo and behold, there it is three years later.”

“We have endless fantasies about how things will be like,” Smith said about would-be writers. “And it ain’t that way.”

“I know endless amounts of writers who sit around and bitch about their publishers,” Smith concluded.

Realizing how the publishing industry works and learning how to adapt to it is the only way a potential writer will succeed, Smith said.

“Adapting to that reality enables you to do whatever you need to move up to the next level,” Smith said.

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receiver for the University of New Mexico has been charged with attempting to kill a member of the track team.

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advantages Darden insisted Southwestern could and would meet their needs. He said Southwestern provides education to all types of students from mothers who are single to students who are married, trying to earn a living, while still wanting to attend law school.

“If you’re married or a single parent we (Southwestern) arrange for you to take classes sensitive to your needs,” Darden said.

Darden praised Southwestern for having a “great tradition” and for being very interested in diversity.

He said 50% of the students attending were women and 33% were minority students, leading to diversity among the students.

Leading into a different subject, Darden told his story on how he first decided to be a lawyer.

It was in 1973 as a ninth grader that he made this career decision.

He figured that in his neighborhood, one had two choices: go to jail or go to Vietnam. After receiving his report card and getting 3 A’s and 3 F’s, he knew, he had to get his act together.

Darden told his listeners that he liked to read and he knew he liked to read about law.

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never amount to anything.

“If you’re repeatedly told that you’re ugly and worthless, you begin to develop a self-loathing,” she said.

The ill-treatment stirred her to dream of a time when she would have the oppotunity to blurt out everything that was inside of her.

Fortunately, Mah’s aunt was there for her. Mah credits this woman with “saving her life.”

When Mah’s stepmother died in 1990, she felt compelled to write “Falling Leaves.” She refrained from writing the book while her parents were still alive, because she always yearned for her stepmother’s approval in everything she did. In this sense she compared herself to Cinderella.

It took Mah four years to complete her book and when she dies she said she will be content because her book will live on.

“It is important to me to give abused children a beam of hope,” Mah said. “If you believe in yourself, what other people say is not necessarily true. I want the book to be an encouragment to the Asian children because it is harder for them to express themselves—they’ve been so repressed.”

“Falling Leaves” is currently available at Border’s Books and Music or Bookstar, both in Brea ($22.95).

sity of New Mexico was kicked off the team after being charged with attempted murder Saturday.

Kawika Ordenstein, 20, the team’s leading wide receiver last season, is accused of attacking university track-team member, 19-year-old James Marin. Witnesses reported that Ordenstein r e p e a t e d l y s l a m m e d M a r i n ’s head against a car parked outside the university’s athletics

facility.

“We believe Marin was out cold with the first punch,” said L t . J a m e s T. D a n i e l s o f t h e university’s police department.

“The charge was upgraded from aggravated battery to attempted murder because witnesses said Ordenstein kept bashing Marin’s head and shouting ‘I’m going to kill you.’”

Marin, a sprinter, was listed

As he put two and two together, he figured the most important thing to do “at that time” was to become a lawyer. Especially since “at that time” there was a need for social change.

Darden attended San Jose State and went to Hastings College of Law in San Francisco.

“I did not enjoy law school,” Darden said. “Law school is very painful but when it’s over, it’s great.”

He compared it to his wife having their son, saying that his wife hated giving birth, but when it was all said and done, a few months later, she wanted to do it again.

Darden then opened the floor for questions. One student asked about his first court room case attempted.

His first argument as a prosecutor was a forgery case, which he eventually won.

“I was assigned to a small court house in Huntington Park on,” Darden said. “I had on a brand new $200 suit and shoes that were slippery.”

In dealing with the forgery case, Darden had to show whether or not there was any loss to the victim.

After reading through thousands of cases dealing with forgery, Darden said he found that California hadn’t had such a case in 50 years.

Another student asked Darden if

he wanted to be a judge to which he replied that there were too many issues to deal with and not enough time to answer them.

“I’ve thought about it , but I have a lot of baggage,” Darden said.

“You really can’t be vocal about issues.”

Darden advised prospective law students to stay prepared. He said the number one thorn in law students’ sides is their writing skills, reminding students not to avoid papers, writing or philosophy courses.

Darden warned students that if they were to attend Southwestern and take one of his classes, a typical final exam would consist of a 6 Page, single spaced scenario and list of facts to which he asks the student to give him all the law involved. In the end students would turn in seven blue books.

“If you come to Southwestern and come to my class, you better be prepared,” Darden said.

In closing, Darden suggested to students what to lookd for when choosing a law school.

“If you’re thinking about going to law school, go to their library,” Darden said. “Sit down and ask yourself, can you spend 14 hours studying there?”

in satisfactory condition Monday with a fractured upper jaw, a spokeswoman at University Hospital said.

The attack is believed to have stemmed from an argument the two men had over a young woman, Daniels said. “(Marin) actually talked to O r d e n s t e i n ’s g i r l f r i e n d , a n d Ordenstein came unglued,” Daniels said.

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Recommended books:

Against Rape, by Andra Medea and Kathleen Thompson Coping with Date Rape and Acquaintance Rape, by Andrea Parrot Free of the Shadows: Recovering from Sexual Violence,

by Caren Adams, M.A., and Jennifer Fay, M.A. I Never Called It Rape, by Robin Warshaw If She Was Raped: A Book for Husbands, Fathers, and Male Friends, by Alan W. McEvoy and Jeff B. Brookings If You Are Raped: What Every Woman Needs to Know, by Kathryn M. Johnson License to Rape: Sexual Abuse of Wives, by David Finkelhor and Kersti Yllo No Fairy Godmothers, No Magic Wands: The Healing Process After Rape, by J.H. Katz Reclaiming Our Lives, by Karen Lison and Carol Poston Recovering from Rape, by Linda Ledray /

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Service organizations available to survivors of rape:

•RAPE CRISIS COUNSELING 24-HOUR HOTLINE: (714) 957-2737 •Fullerton Police Department Officers will be dispatched to location of victim and offer assistance to local hospital.

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(714) 738-6800 •The Sexual Assault Victim Service Support Group The support group offers understanding and unconditional support as trauma survivors learn new tools to use in their daily lives as they cope with recovery. For information when group sessions meet call:

North County - Santa Ana: (714) 834-4317

South County Irvine: (714) 752-1971 For information on volunteering with Community Service Programs, Inc.’s Sexual Assault Victim Services, contact Ronnetta Johnson at (714) 756-0677.

•Rape Treatment Center Located at Santa Monica/ UCLA Hospital located at 16th and Wilshire.

Offers 24-hour emergency care and crisis intervention.

To speak with a counselor call (310) 319-4000, ex.0.

•Cal State Fullerton Campus Police:

278-2515 The Women's Center: 278-3928 Career Development: 278-3121 •The university Wellness Information Network

(714) 278-3590 and the following extensions: Rape: What Is It—ex. 245 Rape: The Survivor—ex. 246 Acquaintance Rape—ex. 247 Date Rape—ex. 248 •Choice Personal Safety Teaches personal safety and self-defense skills.

For class schedules call: (714) 630-0932

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“There is no difference between being raped and being run over by a semi-truck, except afterwards, men ask if you enjoyed it. There is no difference between being raped and bitten on the ankle by a rattlesnake, except afterwards, you are asked if you were wearing a short skirt or at a party.”

At a candlelight vigil honoring rape survivors last Wednesday, Rocio Gonzalez of Community Service Programs, Inc., read this poem excerpt to a crowd of 100 at UC Irvine.

Before the crowd stood a patchwork of women raising white candles in honor of their survival: Jennifer, who was handcuffed and raped almost two years ago by a boyfriend she had dated for over two-and-a-half months; Andrea, who was kidnapped, beaten, raped, sodomized and stabbed 42 times on April Fool’s Day in 1993 by a neighbor and repeat offender; and Cassie, who was just 15 when raped three years ago New Year’s Eve by a man she had met that night.

Services were held all over the country this month to raise awareness of what has become the most rapidly growing violent crime in America - sexual assault. The term covers rape, incest, sexual harassment, child molestation, exposure and voyeurism.

Even more, by the time this sentence is read, another woman has been raped.

Rape is generally defined as forced sexual intercourse against a person’s will, where the force is accomplished by threats, tone of voice, physical force or weapons. Prevention educators described it as the sexual expression of aggression that is committed toward women in order to degrade, dehumanize and

brutalize them.

Many are familiar with the meaning of rape, but as Cal State Fullerton Public Safety Det. Tom Gehrls said, people wrongly deem rape about sex.

“Rape is not a sex issue,” Gehrls said. “The youngest case I’ve worked on was with a 20-year-old man who had videotaped himself raping a six-month-old child. What is the sexual desire there? Or with the oldest case I’ve seen where another 20 year old man raped an 88 year old woman. Again, what is the sexual interest there?”

“Rape is about stealing something from another individual.

It’s the biggest and worst type of theft.”

Brett Wheeler, a prevention educator with Orange County’s Sexual Assault Victim Services, described sex in rape as “simply the vehicle used to gain the power and control during a rape. Sex is to rape as a car is to drunk driving.”

Although it remains the most underreported crime in the United States, rape rates have increased four times as fast as total crime rates in the past 10 years.

According to the National Victim Center, approximately 683,000 American women were raped in 1990. Averaged over time, 78 women are raped each hour.

Women are 10 times more likely than men to be victims of rape or sexual assault, the Department of Justice estimates.

And while many were warned since childhood about the “big, ugly, scary, dirty, drugged up stranger jumping out from the bushes,” as Mahurin described, this typical stranger rapist rarely exists.

In fact, national estimates account stranger rape as only onefifth of all the violent assaults against women.

Prevention is needed

By Julie Harden Daily Titan staff writer

Rape is a crime of opportunity. A certain time of day or locality doesn’t always mean safety. At home during broad daylight can be as great a risk for an assault as walking to the car at night.

In fact, women are nine times more likely to be assaulted at home than on the street. Some situations, of course, are more dangerous than others and avoidance becomes the best defense.

When out on a date, prevention educators suggest staying with a group, especially on the first few dates.

Cal State Fullerton Public Safety Det. Tom Gehrls said, “I believe rape victims are picked most of the time. I tell women to know who they are with and tell them not to be in such a hurry to go to a secluded place with someone they barely know.”

In support, Gehrls cited the statistic that 75 percent of date rapes occur between the first and third time a woman is in a secluded place with a man. “If she makes it past the fourth to sixth date, it is likely that the two people have developed a friendship.

“You’ve exchanged information about your families, interests, hobbies and more. At that point,” Gehrls said, “it often becomes very difficult for someone to abuse a friend.”

Sexual Assault Prevention Educator Marlena Mahurin suggested not giving trust out quickly, and hopes women will act more reserved with someone they barely know.

“Women need to watch for red flags when out with a man. They need to pay attention to men who don’t respect what they want or say.

“If they are constantly pushing you to do things you don’t feel comfortable doing, if they don’t respect your boundaries and if they make patronizing jokes about women. These are definite signs to be aware of when with someone,” Mahurin said.

Women need also be aware of what intimacy level they feel comfortable reaching with their date and should make those feelings clear to the man.

“Know your boundaries and make sure your date knows them as well,” Mahurin said.

Gehrls suggested the same for men, saying, “Men need to communicate their intentions to avoid getting into any gray area that might exist.”

Listening and trusting one’s own instincts is also essential for women.

As rape survivor Cassie Fitzgerald learned, it is better to be safe and risk a little embarrassment than stay in an uncomfortable situation that may be unsafe.

“It comes down to the point where you have to really think about the people you are with and what you are doing.

You have to ask yourself if you’re comfortable and if you trust who you are with,” she said.

Fitzgerald was raped three years ago on New Year’s Eve. She was 15 years old and a sophomore in high school. She had plans to go to a dance with two friends but instead partied at a hotel with three older men they had just met. Fitzgerald had a bad feeling about the idea but didn’t want to go against her friends.

“Today, I pay attention to my intuition. I don’t care any more what other people have to say about it either.”

Mahurin also suggested women take self defense classes.

“Women should learn how to avoid situations, to know how to scream and what to scream.”

A self defense class should cover the realities of a sexual assault, Mahurin said. This includes ways to use verbal assertiveness and communication to aid escape and physical techniques that are easy to remember and perform.

The National Coalition Against Sexual Assault said a good self defense program will offer options, techniques and a way of analyzing situations, leaving the final decision up to the individual. The classes should work from the goal of empowerment and should help connect people with their own strength and power. It shouldn’t leave anyone feeling vulnerable or helpless but rather confident in his or her own abilities.

Although prevention educators acknowledge self defense is not a guarantee, by knowing some physical self defense techniques an individual’s range of options during an attack vastly increases.

There are no rules when defending against a rapist, however. Sexual Assault educators find there are often three basic options for a victim during a rape: give in, tell a lie or fight back. All have the goal of survival.

For some, survival means vomiting on their attacker, faking a seizure or telling the person they have AIDS. For others, survival means surrendering.

As Sexual Assault Prevention Educator Brett Wheeler recognized, some women unfortunately feel defeated after choosing to comply with their attacker.

But to Wheeler, “If submitting is the only way you determine to survive, it isn’t called failing but living.”

“Women need to watch for red flags when out with a man. They need to pay attention to men who don’t respect what they want or say.

On the street: Be aware of the surroundings.

Make a mental note of stores or restaurants that are open, should help be needed.

Vary your routine. Plan to walk different well-lighted, well-traveled routes every day.

Use the buddy system if possible. If not, make noise by singing when walking alone.

Walk with confidence and assertion and know where you are going Carry a flashlight after dark Walk in the center of sidewalks avoiding shrubbery, dark doorways and other places of concealment. Stay on the side of the street facing traffic to see all approaching cars.

Wear clothes and shoes in which you can move and run freely. Consider carrying an extra pair of tennis shoes to work or class and use the second pair of shoes as a potential weapon.

If you need help, shout “Fire, call police” loudly and clearly. If you shout “help,” some people tend to avoid becoming involved in someone else’s problem. “Fire,” on the other hand, concerns them and they are more likely to respond.

Know readily accessible items inside your purse or bags that can be used as a weapon: for example, a comb, brush, pen, pencil, hair spray, breath spray and whistle

In the car: Have car keys ready in hand to avoid fumbling at the door.

“Most women imagine the hairy monster jumping from out of the bushes at night. But you know,” Gehrls said, “you might as well go by a lottery ticket because you have a better chance of winning the lotto than being raped by that man.”

Far more difficult to accept is the fact that a next door neighbor, a biology partner, a co-worker or family friend could be potential rapists. Yet, assaults occur between acquaintances an estimated 80 percent of the time.

Rape occurs on all campuses. At CSUF, ten rapes were reported between 1992 and 1996.

The typical college rapist is good looking, athletic, plays sports, and does well in school, according to an FBI profile.

“Now who wouldn’t want to date one of these men?” asked Mahurin, a sexual assault educator.

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Think of the three women closest to you. Now, guess which one will be raped.

With sexual assault claiming a victim every minute, chances are you will help a loved one survive this crime during your lifetime.

As Marlena Mahurin of Orange County’s Sexual Assault Victim Services said, “Everyone will know someone who will go through this if not themselves. Become active now in order to prepare yourself. Find out how to help your loved ones, know what they need from you in support.”

Cal State Fullerton Public Safety Det. Tom Gehrls has spent ten years educating people about sexual assault and previously focused his discussions on the potential perpetrators in the audience.

“But now I focus on getting men in tune with and aware of the issue. With 1 in 3 women being victims of rape,” Gehrls said, “you have to consider who are these guys going to be dating? And who are they going to marry?

“Chances are they will know a survivor at some point in their lives and they could really screw up a relationship if they don’t learn about the issue and know how to help the women in their lives recover from such a trauma.”

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Rachel never thought the same of white knit gloves after January 31, 1989.

That evening, she took a break from studying for her high school mid-term exams and went to visit her best friend in Riverside. As she walked from the car port to her friend’s apartment, a path she had traveled a hundred times, she noticed a tall dark man walking toward her.

“I depended on blind trust thinking we would pass each other and he would keep walking one way and I the other,” Rachel said.

“But he didn’t.

“The next thing I remember is seeing white knit gloves come over my face and cover my mouth. He held a knife to my throat and told me if I moved or screamed that he would kill me. I was in instant terror and hoped I would wake up from a nightmare.”

The man moved the knife to Rachel’s side, continually poking her as he led her into the complex, around the pool and into the back alley.

“When we were walking, he told me just to ‘walk with me like you were my girlfriend.’ He also told me to take off all my jewelry.”

Rachel was wearing numerous rings that evening, many of which were worthless. But one was priceless - her engagement ring.

“I begged him to allow me to keep my engagement ring and he said that was okay as long as I gave him the others. But he was pretty stupid because all of those had no value. I remember thinking, though, that he was going to kill me anyway and would take the engagement ring later.”

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The man then moved Rachel to a gravel field and instructed her to remove her pants. The rape “seemed like forever,” Rachel recalled. “But I was miles away from my body at that point. I was totally disconnected from the situation.”

Her thoughts drifted to her family during the attack. “I prayed they would know I loved them because I thought this man would be the last person I was going to see alive,” she said.

He told Rachel to dress again as he rummaged through her purse. Suddenly, terror struck Rachel once more after recalling she had given him a fake name when walking down the alley.

Hey kids, don’t take drugs if you know what’s good for you (but if you don’t...hell)

By Julie Harden / Daily Titan Staff Writer Before shows like “Beverly Hills 90210” addressed the issue of “date rape drugs,” countless panicked young women across the country awoke from dreamlike states wondering if a rape occurred the night before or if maybe there was consent.

With trendy drugs like Rohypnol, GHB and Ketamine hitting American streets, authorities fear for college, high school and even junior high students who are targeted for drugged sexual assaluts.

Each drug contains amnesiac properties and is usually administered to the victim in an alcoholic drink at a bar, party or social function.

“But many people don’t realize these drugs can go into water, coffee, soft drinks, you name it. Just because you aren’t drinking alcohol one night doesn’t make you immune or safer by any means,” said sexual assault counselor Donna Hatch.

Rohypnol, a benzodiazepine or sedative, is the most popular “date rape drug.”

It depresses the central nervous system like Valium but has ten-times the potency.

Rohypnol is manufactured by the F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. pharmaceutical firm, based in Basel, Switzerland, and was first introduced in Europe and Latin America in the 1970s.

Sixty-four other countries legally sell Rohypnol. When used properly, the drug is prescribed for the short term treatment of severe and debilitating sleep disorders, convulsions and anxiety disorders.

Beginning in the 1980s, however, drug users in Europe started using Rohypnol to come down from a cocaine or methanphetamine high.

It wasn’t until the 1990s that Americans discovered the drug. Although never approved by the FDA for medical use in the United States, Rohypnol is smuggled from Mexico into Texas and from Columbia into Florida and then trafficked to street dealers nationwide.

Rohypnol is larger than aspirin but smaller than an antacid tablet, and looks clean and pure. It can be taken by mouth or crushed and then inhaled through the nose.

The tablets are often illicitly sold in their original bubble-wrap pharmaceutical packaging that looks like a package for cold pills.

The white tablets are single- or cross-scored on one side with “ROCHE” and “1” or “2” encircled on the other. The street price per tablet averages at about $5, but can be found for as little as $1 to $1.50 per tablet.

Rohypnol quickly dissolves in liquid and leaves no odor, color or taste. The drug’s effects begin within 30 minutes, peak within two hours and may persist for more than eight hours following ingestion.

Victims of the drug will develop a drunk appearance, confusion, dizziness, relaxation and amnesia. Some may also feel disoriented, hot or cold and nauseated while others may experience trouble speaking and moving. Most pass out and have no memory of what happened while under the drug’s influence.

Rohypnol goes by many other street names, including the “Forget Pills,” “Roofies,” “the Drop Drug,” “Rope,” “Mexican Valium,” “R-2,” “Rib,” “Roachies,” “Ruffles,” “Roche,” “Wolfies,” “Stupefi,” “Shays” and “Circles.”

In October of 1996, President Bill Clinton signed a law making it a felony to distribute Rohypnol or similar substances to someone without that person’s knowledge and with the intent to commit violence against that person, including rape. The law provides for penalties of up to 20 years imprisonment and fines.

However, the drug’s loss of memory effect leads to fewer details for detectives and it often becomes difficult to prove who gave the victim the drug. Sensitivity to victims is also part of the challenge for law enforcement officials.

For example, testing for Rohypnol could also detect alcohol in a woman’s system. Though the law protects all women who don’t consent to a sexual act, defense attorneys can raise alcohol use as a way to complicate the case for juries.

In fact, nationwide, only a handful of rapists who use these drugs have been convicted. The majority of those convictions came out of Florida, where the first

reports of Rohypnol abuse occurred in 1993.

Acknowledging the problem, Hoffmann-La Roche proposed a color-releasing formulation of Rohypnol in November of 1997 in an attempt to stop its use by perpetrators. The new version is still subject to approval by the individual foreign governments. If approved, the new formulation produces a blue coloration in liquid as the tablet dissolves and leaves floating particles when dropped into a drink, signaling that something was added.

GHB, or gamma hydroxybutyric acid, is even more frightening to legal officials and crisis-intervention counselors. It has no known uses except as a Rohypnol substitute and can be made on a stovetop from ingredients available at health food and chemical supply stores or by combining prescription drugs.

Originally developed as an anesthetic to treat narcolepsy and alcohol withdrawal, the FDA banned GHB in 1990 because of unwanted side effects. Typical doses are 0.5 mg and can result in euphoria, including decreased inhibitions and increased sociability, followed by drowsiness and sleep. Higher doses create immediate intoxication leading to deep unresponsive sleep and amnesia.

GHB’s effects usually begin within 15 minutes of ingestion and last approximately four hours. This drug may be fatal in conjunction with alcohol or any depressant drug.

Bodybuilders are known abusers of the drug as it purportedly promotes the release of a growth hormone and burns fat. GHB is also promoted as a drug that will increase sexual awareness and lead to more intense sexual activity.

Street names for GHB include “Liquid E,” “Liquid X,” “Grievous Bodily Harm,” “Salt Water,” “Scoop” and “Easy Lay.” Like Rohypnol, GHB is odorless and tasteless when mixed with a drink. It can be distributed as a white, grainy powder or as a clear liquid.

For many, hearing the words “date rape drug” causes an automatic response of “always watch your drinks,” as kinesiology major Ashley Duke said.

But as longtime cocktail servers Kirstin Carter and Darcey Patten know, many people don’t follow that advice.

Patten, who works at Bobby McGees in Brea, said, “At work, people leave their drinks alone all the time. It would be so easy to slip something into one of them.”

“What’s bad is that bouncers don’t even pay attention,” Carter added. “I’ve watched so many times when a guy is walking out with a girl completely passed out. All they say is this is my girlfriend and they let them go.”

Women can additionally take precautions by taking drinks only from a bartender or getting their own at a party. But as Marlena Mahurin, a sexual assault prevention educator said, the best idea is to bring your own and guard it.

“I recently heard of a case involving Roofies where fraternity guys would welcome their female guests to make their own Vodka and Cranberry drinks so they would feel more comfortable about what they were drinking,” Mahurin said.

“They told them, ‘You don’t want a fraternity guy fixing you a drink.’ But in reality, they had already drugged the cranberry juice and all the guys knew to stay away from it that evening. So it didn’t matter who made the drink or whether the girl watched it all night because it was drugged from the beginning.”

people leave their drinks alone all the time. It would be so easy to slip something into one of them.”

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When someone else has control over you like that, you beg, die or both. There were times that night, though, I’d rather he had killed me.”

“I remember panicking because the minute he would look at my driver’s license he would have known I lied to him,” Rachel said. But her attacker failed to notice the discrepancy and told her to “get up and run, run as fast as you can away from here.

“I thought it was a joke at first because I was sure he was going to kill me as soon as I turned my back to him. I thought he would throw the knife at me or something but he didn’t move. He didn’t do anything.”

Rachel began to run, using what little strength she had left. “I ran so fast back to my friend’s house. It was so strange because it seemed like I was running in slow motion, like the bionic woman.

I was so drained from trying to survive the whole time that I didn’t have much energy left.”

When she reached the apartment, she fell inside the door crying to the shocked eyes of her friend and brother. All the explanation she could manage to get out was “black man” and “rape.”

“I remember asking my friend later how she really knew I was telling the truth. She told me that she knew something was terribly wrong when she looked down and saw my pants were on inside out and were filled with grass and dirt.”

Her friend insisted on calling the police and Rachel’s family.

“But at that moment, I didn’t want anyone to know. I wanted to forget it happened and wanted it all to go away.”

Rachel eventually agreed to the phone calls and helped the police gather evidence from the scene and at the hospital before the night ended.

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His destination was a field across the street from the apartment complex. Upon their arrival, Rachel’s attacker had her to get on her knees and orally copulate him.

“I was so scared and I was crying the whole time. I was begging with him, telling him I wouldn’t tell anyone, anything to fight for my life. When someone else has control over you like that, you beg, die or both. There were times that night, though, I’d rather he had killed me.”

Even the smallest choices a survivor makes from the beginning will start to restore their sense of power.

As Gehrls said, “Loved ones need to understand the survivor’s ultimate loss of control experienced during the attack and avoid telling them they have to do something because they don’t.

“You can give them information and suggestions but don’t force them to file a report if they don’t want to. They need to make decisions for themselves, otherwise you are continuing to take control away from them.”

Within the initial stage following the assault, family and friends should help the survivor feel safe again. After such a traumatic violation of a person, the survivor may have difficulty being alone.

Be attainable for the survivor may she need to talk at odd hours or simply be with someone she loves. By sharing genuine compassion through statements like you are glad she is alive, it wasn’t her fault and she did the best she could, her healing is greatly assisted.

Give comfort to the survivor, remembering she was badly treated and could use a great deal of nurturing.

Also respect the time and space she takes to heal. Each survivor is an expert on their own recovery and each recovers on their own timetable. Avoid imposing your standards and schedule on her. Helping a survivor requires

“Hold Her Down” Take her arms and hold her down until she stops kicking.

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8 n NEWS The idea that rape imperiled women’s safety in the evening streets began during this time. Rape and the fear of rape soon became a way for the patriarchal society to control women.

Despite recent advancements in this area of the law and its enforcement, activists say little has changed since the 17th and 18th centuries. Prosecutors are hard-pressed to take on and much less win cases with no witnesses and in most situations, it is her word against his.

In fact, only four percent of sexual assaults result in criminal convictions.

Take Back The Night In the 1970s, the Feminist Movement erupted and women throughout the world called for a world without rape. Rallies began across the country as women declared it was time to end the shame of rape and replace it with action.

The nation’s first “Take Back The Night” rally was held in San Francisco in 1976. Activists marched down streets where women had been assaulted and chanted such phrases as “Women unite, take back the night!” and “No means no!

However I dress, wherever I go!”

Numerous colleges and universities continue the tradition of designating an evening for the right of women to walk after dark without fear of being sexually assaulted.

Ceremonies like UCI’s “Illuminate the Night” continue to serve as a collective way to gather women together in a spirit of solidarity to take back the night from perpetrators and honor rape

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S P E C I A L R A P E AWA R E N E S S M O N T H S E C T I O N survivors.

Ms. Magazine The issue of rape lacked national prominence until 1985 when professor Mary Koss’ survey of 6,159 college students enrolled at 32 institutions appeared in Ms. Magazine. Using the common definition of rape as penetration by force, threat of force or by giving the victim drugs or alcohol to impair judgment, Koss found: •More than one-fourth of all collegeaged women surveyed had been the victim of a rape or attempted rape; •More than half of the assaults occurred on dates; •Three-fourths of the assailants and over half of the victims used alcohol or drugs prior to the assault; •Less than half of those victims told no one about being raped; •Almost half of the men who raped said they would do it again, but only 12 percent called it rape.

Since 1985, independent studies performed across the nation repeatedly confirmed Koss’ findings.

More recently, a National College Health Risk Behavior survey conducted in 1995 estimated that one out of every five women in two- and four-year colleges have been forced to have sexual intercourse.

With such estimates, Det. Gehrls concluded, “Women can only avoid rape.

Men can stop rape.”

Check the surrounding area of the car before approaching. Check not only in the car for an intruder but also glance underneath. Rapists are known to hide under cars and cut their victim’s Achilles tendon to render them incapable of escaping.

Always keep doors locked and never let the gas tank get lower than one-fourth of a tank If your car breaks down or stalls, remain in the car until law enforcement arrives. If someone stops, slightly roll down the window to ask them to call the police. If the person makes you uncomfortable, sound your horn frantically when another vehicle passes or until the person leaves.

If someone signals that something is wrong with your car, drive to the nearest manned station and check.

Never pick up hitchhikers, no matter what sex.

In your home: Install and use locks on both doors and windows and use the door peephole.

Do not leave a key under the mat or in any other obvious place. Don’t label keys with names or any identification Never open the door to anyone unknown or unexpected. Ask repair people and law enforcement to slide photo identification under the door. If you remain suspicious, call to verify their employment Use only a first initial and last name on the mailbox, door and in the telephone listing. If you live alone, consider adding “dummy” names to the mailbox to create the illusion of roommates.

Avoid using names or phone numbers on an answering machine and refrain from leaving schedule of times you plan to be away.

Always leave a light or radio on when away Avoid deserted laundry areas, especially at night.

If a break-in is suspected, do not enter. Call the police from a neighbor’s phone or a pay phone and wait for the them to arrive before entering Consider creating a “safe room”

patience and understanding throughout the ongoing process of healing, changing and regaining power Encourage action by suggesting the survivor call a hotline, become involved in a support group or seek counseling.

Mahurin found this point the most helpful for a survivor. “If you have a friend or family member that has been assaulted, the most important thing is to encourage them to get counseling.

This kind of violation and trauma is too big for a person to handle by themselves. They would greatly benefit from working with a professional counselor through the difficult times ahead.”

“Especially when the person was raped by someone they knew,” Mahurin added. “It is extremely difficult to deal with the issues of trust after that. Survivors not only question their trust in others but in their trust of their own judgment.”

Rape survivors also need their feelings of fear, helplessness, anxiety, loss of trust, etc. validated. As rape survivor

Rachel said, “Victims have to accept every emotion they feel when they feel them whether that’s anger, pain or you find yourself laughing.”

All of these emotions are natural, healthy responses for a survivor of such a traumatic experience. They need to feel, express and accept all their emotions while you listen and confirm them.

Lastly, continue to see her as a strong, courageous person who is reclaiming her life. Your loved one was once a victim, but she will always be a survivor.

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S P E C I A L R A P E AWA R E N E S S M O N T H S E C T I O N I was begging for my life and would have done anything to stay alive. But days after that, I wanted to die. I laid in bed for a week and barely ate. I was sinking and literally dying.”

“I had two dreams during that time where I saw myself floating toward the light. I told my mom, who’s a nurse, about them and she explained to me that what I experienced was so stressful that these dreams were my escape. They were my form of peace and my chance to die. I wanted to cross over but something told me I had a reason to live.”

Rachel fed off the support from her family and friends throughout her transformation from a victim into a survivor.

“Everyone needs a good support system to lean on in order to get healthy. My support system never doubted me and constantly told me it wasn’t my fault.”

“People who believe the victim was partially at fault for the rape because of their clothing or behavior are disturbing.

I wasn’t wearing anything attractive or seductive that night.

“I think I was in leisure type sweats and tennis shoes. My hair was in a pony tail and I probably didn’t have any makeup on. And it wasn’t even late. It was about 8:30 at night. He was just waiting for anybody to hurt and have control over.”

Rachel’s best friend was one of those who refused to allow the assault to keep her a victim. “She reminded me that I had to do things to take back control of my life even though I didn’t want to.”

One of the realms where Rachel had to learn to take back control was driving.

“People take driving for granted,” she said. “I refused to drive anywhere for the longest time. But once I drove my car for the first time after that night and realized how much control over that vehicle I had, I drove all day and all night.”

Another empowering exercise for Rachel after the attack was taking “all the women in her life” to a self defense class.

“I took my mother, grandmother and my sister to a self defense class, and just seeing my grandmother get angry and really mad was amazing. Watching her claw at the bags with painted faces on them and yell like she meant it was great.”

Despite the evidence from her hospital exam and at the scene, Rachel’s attacker was never found. “I never had a trial. That’s still hard for me today because I don’t know where he is, what diseases he had, who he hurt before or who he’s done this to since.

“Without catching him I really haven’t had complete closure. I’ve had to create my own.”

One of the means Rachel chose to form closure was to become a sexual assault volunteer counselor in Riverside County. By working with victims on both the hotline and at the hospital, Rachel’s strength as a survivor was inspirational for the hundreds of lives she touched.

“I’ve been called an angel on more than one occasion while volunteering.

That tells me I’ve made a difference and provided a service that is priceless. I find peace in knowing a victim left the hospital with a little more peace than how they came in because they realize the initial crisis part is over.”

Rachel is presently a junior sociology major at Cal State Fullerton and plans to counsel rape victims and introduce stiffer penalties for sexual offenders after graduation. “I believe that as a survivor, I have the personal responsibility to do all I can do to prevent this from happening to another woman. It’s my job to keep someone else from going through what I

went through.

“I want to teach all women that it is lady-like to have control over your own life. It’s okay to scratch, scream, whatever you want. Don’t wait until your a victim to be powerful. Gain knowledge and get involved now.”

Since the assault, the reborn Rachel has considered the unthinkable: another rape. “I’ll be dammed if this ever happens to me again. If a situation like that happens again,” she said, “one of us isn’t walking away.”

“I truly believe if someone attacked

me again, my anger would be more than he could handle and I’ll let you guess who wouldn’t be standing at the end.

So I pity the person who ever thinks he could do that to me again.”

Rather than dread the anniversary of her assault, Rachel embraces a positive approach. “Every anniversary of my attack I celebrate me because I’m alive. It always makes me think too that my family could instead be spending that day mourning the anniversary of my death.”

“I’ve come a long way since that day,” Rachel added. “I have a fighting

spirit. But rape is with you all the time.

You never get rid of it. You just learn to deal with it. It’s with me every day and I have to make that okay with me in order to move on.”

While Rachel’s attacker matches many women’s descriptions of the dark, dirty stranger jumping from behind the bushes with a knife, she knows as a statistic she’s a minority, not a majority. But Rachel is still a statistic.

“I gave a speech once where I began with the statistic that one in three women will be raped in their lifetime in this

country. I ended it by saying on January 31, 1989, I was one of those three.”

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arts arts & & entertainment entertainment April 30, 1998

Earth Day is Every Day

Well, that’s not really true, but it is a good excuse to have a big concert

By JEREMY SCHERER Daily Titan Staff Writer John Easdale of Dramarama once sang the praise of Earth Day on April 21. He got the date wrong and so did the promoters of last Sunday’s fourth annual Fullerton Earth Day Festival.

The event was sponsored by the O.C. Weekly, the Fullerton Downtown Business Association, XTZ Tea and the Hub Cafe in celebration of Earth Day and took the opportunity to promote 12 bands. The celebration was also used to promote the opening of a new arcade, the Reagan Years, which is connected to the Hub Cafe. The Reagan Years is dedicated to video games of the early 1980s and all things related to the Reagan decade.

In what was a happy glimpse of a decade gone by Gary Coleman of “Diff’rent Strokes” fame also stopped by the event to say “hi,” present a band and was forced to take a ride on the Trampoline Thing.

The Trampoline Thing was an amusement device that used two bungie chords on both sides of Coleman and shot him up

into the air, and judging by his comments, Coleman did not have much fun.

The day began early for many of the participants at 11:30 a.m. with the band Derby. Derby made the best of the situation at hand and gave a strong show for their fans. They churned through their set with energy and gave the fans what they wanted. Derby made the first of what turned out to be several comments on Easdale’s fame by performing a cover of Dramarama’s “Anything, Anything.” The band took a request for their song “Monsterball” and closed with “Popcorn Fantasy” which sounded similar to Weezer but with out ripping them off.

The second act of the day was local band Teen Heroes, who boldly presented their version of the “Knightrider” theme song which only provided a glimpse into their fascination with 1980s sounding rock. They performed while jumping from side to side on-stage, proving that they like to give it up for the people and were forced to go long on their set due to a band not showing up.

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The Way They Were CSUF’s “Vanities” takes a trip through the lives of three friends

By CHRISTOPHER LAMB Daily Titan Staff Writer

A Tale of Tragic Lovers Cal State Fullerton actors perform an ode to

By CHRISTOPHER LAMB Daily Titan Staff Writer The Cal State Fullerton production of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is easier to understand than Cliff’s Notes — and a lot more fun.

In the play, the young member of the Montague family, Romeo meets Juliet , a young member of the rival Capulet family, at her presentation ball. They teenagers fall in love, but keep it a secret from their warring family members. Eventually the bitter feud drags the young lovers to a tragic end.

The enthusiasm of the actors keeps the play interesting. Swords flash in feints, blocks, cuts and thrusts in an opening fight between ten bloodthirsty members of the rival families.

The famous balcony scene is very sweet as the innocent young couple steal a few minutes to talk while a hair away from being discovered. Of course any version of the play depends on how well Romeo and Juliet play together.

Stephen Ohab and Christy Zollar have a nice chemistry between them as the tragic lovers. Ohab’s Romeo is innocent and love struck, while Zollar’s Juliet is sweet, but torn between her duty to family and her love for Romeo.

There is also some great performances in the supporting cast. In one memorable scene, Tybalt (Kristian Nelson), full of hate and swagger, and the proud Capulet (Forrest Robinson), get into a fight. Tybalt wants to kill Romeo when he is discovered at Juliet’s party, but Capulet stops him, not wanting bloodshed at the happy occasion.

There is some typical Shakespeare comic relief in the servants.

The excellent performances of the talkative and lusty Nurse (Melodie Henderson) and illiterate Mercutio (Michael Serna) help to balance a very violent production.

One excellent scene in this production is the dance, choreographed by dance professor Galdys Kares. It starts at Juliet’s party — the Capulets are downstairs dancing and talking while upstairs Romeo spots Juliet dancing with Paris (Justin Walvoord). Every one else freezes in spot as Romeo watches Juliet with Paris.

Directed by Theatre Professor Don Finn, “Romeo and Juliet” flowed smoothly. The minimal set and the quick changes between scenes kept the audience from becoming restless throughout photos by JIM VOLZ the three hour production.

“Romeo and Juliet” is showing in the Little Theatre. Performance are May 1-2 at 8:00 p.m., May 2 at 2:30 p.m. and May 3 at 5:00 p.m. Tickets are available at the Box Office for $6 in advance with a Titan Discount, $8 general admission or at the door. For

November 22, 1963. Three high school cheerleaders are practicing their routines when the announcement comes over the intercom — the president has been shot. “The president of student council has been shot,” exclaims one cheerleader.

“Vanities” follows the lives of the three cheerleaders, Mary, Kathy and Joanne from, teenagers to young women. The production is divided up into episodes; high school, college and their reunion ten years later.

The play rest firmly on the shoulders of three leads; Keri Hostetler as the rebellious Mary, Jennifer Adams as the organized Kathy and Shannon Mahoney as the conservative Joanne.

One of the pleasures of this production was the physical touches they brought to the characters to signal the changes in age.

In the high school episode, the girls sit around discussing gossip, sex, the pep rally and the future. The short attention span and the restlessness as they jump from topic to topic, constantly changing positions is a nice addition. It also serves as a good contrast to the guarded conversation of the reunion scene in the third act Another surprise was the cultural and historical references in the play. Not only in the music, but costume and hairstyles of the ’60s and ’70s. The conversation even hit the mark with Mary talking about how she ran around Europe like Sally Bowles from the play Cabaret and references to

tupperware, liberated women and the pill.

The only problem with “Vanities” is the ending.

When the characters gather at Kathy’s apartment, they discuss where their lives have gone since they last met. Kathy, the character who has changed the most since the previous episode, never gives a clear idea of what she is doing now. A few clues are dropped, but the impact of the end is diluted.

Overall, the play is fun, from the highly ener-

getic opening, when cast comes bounding out, running through three or four cheers and discussing socializing in high school in the early ’60s; to the drama of young women talking guardedly with old friends that seem more like strangers in the reunion ten years later.

“Vanities” is presented in the Arena Theatre.

Showtimes are May 1-2 at 8:00 p.m., May 2 at 2:30 p.m. and May 3 at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale at the Box Office, advance sale $5 with Titan discount, $7 general admission or at the door. For more information call the Box Office at ext. 3371.

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event was not going to run smoothly.

All of the bands of the show performed well, but the lag time in-between sets seemed to drive the audience home.

King Kookulele provided entertainment in-between sets that started of sweetly. At the start of the day Kookulele brought a small boy named Keith on stage and the sang together. At first the audience ate up Kookulele’s act but after six hours the routine got stale and only further agitated spectators.

Another interesting dilemma with the event was the fact that it was an Earth Day festival. There were no leaflets on how people could help improve the earth, how to stop animal testing or even how to recycle. Chris Whyte of the Orange band, One Hundred Words for Snow, even mentioned on stage “I don’t know how much this is within the Earth Day theme, but I didn’t see any recycling bins.”

The biggest crowd gathered for Big Sandy and the Fly-Rite Boys a little after 5 p.m. The Orange County rockabilly scene was well represented with many people obviously coming only to see the Sun Demons and Big Sandy. During Big Sandy’s set a few people showed their swing dancing skills and the band held a dance contest to win tickets for an upcoming concert on May 9.

One Hundred Words for Snow used the festival for their first performance

since January. By the number of people waiting for the group, it was apparent that they have been missed by their friends and their fans. One Hundred Words for Snow did not disappoint the spectators by powering their songs out with fury that proved Whyte could not be contained by a small stage as he kept stepping off of it. The band performed a few new songs and showed that they could play with the best of them at a moments notice.

The most entertaining band of the show was the Bus Stop Hurricanes. The band began slow with a bluesy swing style but progressed into a representation of sleaze and filth in it’s best form.

The crowd could not be held back as they eventually took the stage over and danced between the band members who did not seem to mind. The audience lost control when the group performed the Gary Numan classic “Cars.” The set went off so well that the band was forced to do the first encore of the day. The band jammed out a song about rodeo clowns for fifteen minutes and by the time it was over everyone could not stop dancing.

The festival’s closer was John Easdale who has played the event all four years.

When Easdale first came onto the music scene over 15 years ago he was filled with bitter cynicism and anger. With his new material Easdale showed that he has grown emotionally and performed a few songs with an almost country twang. The country sounds did not dominate his set as Easdale did a few songs that showed

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