UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
THURSDAY
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SEPTEMBER 9, 1999
UCO officials revive campus shuttle system By Shauna Hardway
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CO's Metro Transit Shuttle System has been given the green light again. The shuttle system started February 22 to help ease the average student hike to class. The Vista reported this summer that the program was in jeopardy of being discontinued because of low student interest. An average of 25 students rode the shuttles a day in the spring, according to Johnny Hahn, a Metro Transit shuttle driver. For the fall semester, UCO
officials made changes to the system in attempt to make it more convenient. The small buses used last spring have been replaced by smaller van models. The new shuttles seat 12 people and one wheelchair. This is less than half the number which the previous buses seated. The buses used in the spring were too big to easily move in and out of the campus' mazelike streets, side walks and parking lots. "The shuttles we leased last year were too large and too difficult to navigate into
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Rape likely to occur on campus, according to survey By Amanda Hill
University of Coloralo BOULDER, Colo. -ollege campuses are near-ideal environments for rapes to occur -- not only because drugs and alcohol are readily available, but also because a great majority of students are sexually active. "The first six weeks of school students are the most vulnerable, especially for first-year students," said Amy Robertson, coordinator of the Victim Assistance office at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "When students arrive, they don't really know what expectable behavior is," she said.
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"There is a much higher potential for date and acquaintance rape." Date rape drugs worsen matters on many campuses. Such substances as Rohypnol, called "roofies," and GHB, or gamma hydroxybuterate, are increasingly prevalent. The drugs have gained popularity and availability in the club scene, becoming labeled as "desnigner drugs." Both are easily slipped into victims' drinks and can induce loss of consciousness and memory loss. "Sexual assault isn't just the absence of 'yes," said Robertson. "If you are too drunk or otherwise impaired, you have an
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—Photo by Shauna Hardway Steve Herndon, trumpet player, performs with the other members of the "Martini Kings" September 1, after a recent UCO football scrimmage. The "Martini Kings" are a local band and will be releasing a new compact disc, "Fighting Happy" sometime in September. The almbum will feature new songs and previously unreleased tracks.