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April 28, 2011 | Volume 206 | Number 147 | 40 cents | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890. ™

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ACCESS Ashley Hand, Response Service Coordinator 292-0505 Crisis Line: 515-292-5378 ACCESS is a 24 hour crisis line, and also offers temporary housing, short-term counseling, support groups, and advocacy for victims

Student Services

Armory - ISU Police is the official law enforcement agency for campus and takes part in investigations and prosecutions regarding Iowa State.

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Keith Robinder, Assistant Dean/ Director of Student Assistance 515-294-1020 Student services is a first contact, but not a confidential resource, that helps students assess their situation and points them toward different resources available to them.

Thielen Student Health Center -Thielen offers services for basic health needs and can provide examinations for concerns about sexual health.

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Student Services Kipp Van Dyke, Assistant Director for Student Assistance and Outreach

Iowa State offers many on campus resources to people affected by sexual assault and violence. Graphic: Emmery Bigbee/Iowa State Daily

Community works to end assault on campus By Kaleb.Warnock iowastatedaily.com Rape is a strong word. Rape is a violent act frequently utilized as a method of terrorism and psychological torture to convey power and control. The damages of rape have occurred throughout history, and little indication of improvement exists, even in modern society. The women of the Margaret Sloss Women’s Center have recently brought the issue to light on the ISU campus through their series of events in April as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Rape is present even at Iowa State, and Penny Rice, director of the Margaret Sloss Women’s Center, deals

Statistics 44 percent of victims are under age 18 80 percent are under age 30 Every two minutes, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted 60 percent of sexual assaults are not reported to the police 15 of 16 rapists will never spend a day in jail Approximately 2/3 of assaults are committed by someone known to the victim

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with its aftereffects all too frequently. “There are individuals in this world who believe that they have the right to violate another individual’s rights.

That’s a problem,” Rice said. “It’s not about sex. It’s about power, and it’s about power over an individual.” Sexual assault is more common than is widely recognized. Most sexual assault advocacy organizations affirm that between one in four and one in six women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. Recent research released by the FBI and the Story County Sexual Assault Response Team has presented some significant results. According to the 2009 Uniform Crime Report from the FBI, 23 forcible rapes were reported in Ames with a total of 24 in Story County. Story County Sexual Assault Response Team reported that they treated 44 cases of sexual assault in 2009. Accordingly, the ISU Department of Public Safety documented 20 sexual assault cases in the same year.

Why does it continue to be a problem? Most cases of sexual assault go completely unreported. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, better known as RAINN, as many as 60 percent of sexual assaults are not reported to police. Most other sources disagree as to exactly how many rapes go unreported, but they estimate the number of reports between 10 and 20 percent. Despite these discrepancies, under-reporting of sexual assault is still a major problem authorities have when dealing with rape. There are a number of reasons as to why sexual assaults go unreported. Given her experience, Rice was willing to speculate as to why. “One of the major ones, I think at

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Judicial Affairs Michelle Boettcher, Director of Judicial affairs 515-2941021 Investigation and academic prosecution of offenders through university procedure.

Margaret Sloss Women's Center Penny Rice, Director 515-2946104 The Center provides a wide variety of resources and advocacy for women on campus and assist with counseling and support.

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Seniors prepare to unveil ceramic art in exhibit

Board passes request for Harkin Institue

Art show showcases studio work By Nicole.Wiegand iowastatedaily.com Three years of studio work in the basement of the College of Design has all led up to this Saturday night for Jenna Weir and TJ Long, seniors in integrated studio art. The duo will unveil their extensive work in ceramics at an exhibit running Saturday and Sunday at Carbon Six Studio in Ames. Weir said the exhibit is a culmination of the work the two have done during the course of the semester in advanced ceramics. “We had an option where our only assignment was to have enough pieces for an exhibit by the end of the year,” she said. “TJ and I are friends, so

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doing [the exhibit] until like a month ago,” Weir said. Since then, she and Long have been so

The Iowa Board of Regents passed a request to establish the Harkin Institute of Public Policy at Iowa State. The proposal made it to the Regents’ desks one week before Wednesday’s meeting. It is unclear why the papers weren’t Harkin delivered to the Regents until one week ago. “I did what I was supposed to do. I sent the papers to the Board Office six weeks ago,” said ISU Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Hoffman. Regent Craig Lang said it is “absolutely wrong to consider this institute now ... if the senator was making an announcement now that he was retiring, I would change my mind.” The institute eventually passed with a vote of 6-2. Regents Greta Johnson and Lang voted “no” and Regent

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Jenna Weir and TJ Long, seniors in Integrated Studio Arts, finalize plans for their senior thesis exhibit Wednesday. The exhibit will run Saturday and Sunday at Carbon Six Studio in Ames. Photo: Nicole Wiegand/Iowa State Daily

when we both had the idea [to hold an exhibit], we decided to work together.” Weir said working on an exhibit together was the most

cost-effective option. Teaming up also made finding a space and organizing all aspects of the reception less stressful. “We didn’t really think of

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