ABOUT
      UCCB’S
      RESPONSETO
      RAPE
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Source:
      The
      Caper
      Times)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      sydney,
      N.S.
      (CUP)
      -
      Women’s
      rights
      activists
      say
     
     
      he
      treatment
      of
      a
      Cape
      Breton
      student
      who
      reported
      a
     
     
      exual
      assault
      has
      sent
      a
      dangerous
      message
      to
      other
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I’m
      appalled,’’
      said
      Lynn
      Peddle
      of
      the
      Women’s
     
     
      tesource
      Centre
      at
      Memorial
      University.
      ‘‘Asa
     
     
      yoman
      and
      a
      student,
      it
      is
      a
      slap
      in
      the
      face.’’
     
    

    
     
      ‘Only
      one
      in
      10
      rapes
      are
      reported,
      and
      it’s
      evena
     
     
      a
      negative
      message
      if
      you
      do
      report
      it
      and
      get
     
     
      ictimized
      all
      over
      again,’’
      she
      said.
     
    

    
     
      n
      September,
      an
      18-year-old
      woman
      at
      the
      University
     
     
      ollege
      of
      Cape
      Breton
      told
      the
      RCMP
      she
      was
     
     
      =xually
      assaulted
      ina
      campus
      residence
      by
      three
     
    

    
     
      len.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      fter
      an
      investigation,
      the
      RCMP
      charged
      the
      woman
     
     
      ith
      public
      mischief
      for
      changing
      her
      statement
     
    

    
     
      uring
      asecond
      interview.
      The
      charges
      have
      since
     
     
      een
      dropped
      due
      toa
      lack
      of
      evidence.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ublic
      mischief
      is
      defined
      as
      spreading
      false
      news,
     
     
      isleading
      police
      into
      conducting
      an
      investigation
      or
     
     
      ving
      police
      a
      false
      statement.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      CCB
      students
      are
      angry
      about
      the
      university
      admin-
     
     
      tration
      and
      police
      handled
      the
      incident.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      RCMP
      handled
      the
      case
      inappropriately
      and
     
     
      lethically
      if
      they
      treated
      the
      girl
      the
      way
      (she
      said)
     
     
      happened,’’
      said
      one
      female
      student.
      ‘‘There
     
    

    
     
      ould
      be
      more
      of
      an
      investigation
      of
      the
      RCMP.
     
     
      hoever
      is
      guilty
      should
      face
      immediate
      disciplinary
     
     
      tion.”’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      1¢
      woman
      who
      laid
      the
      complaint
      said
      ina
      press
     
     
      lease
      that
      the
      RCMP
      officer
      who
      interviewed
      her
     
     
      ed
      words
      like
      ‘‘bull’’
      and
      *‘Baloney’’
      as
      she
      made
     
     
      rstatement.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      lowing
      the
      publicity,
      the
      university
      has
      plastered
     
    

    
     
      :
      campus
      with
      information
      on
      how
      to
      prevent
      sexual
     
     
      Ben
      and
      installed
      additional
      lighting
      near
      the
     
     
      idence.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      .
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      $EXUALVIOLENCE:
      WOMEN
      ANGRY
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      committee
      is
      also
      hearing
      students’
      suggestions
      on
     
     
      how
      to
      make
      the
      university
      a
      safer
      place.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “We
      have
      to
      band
      together
      and
      start
      fighting,’’
      Ped-
     
     
      dle
      said.
      ‘‘We
      have
      to
      let
      people
      know
      this
      is
      wrong
     
     
      and
      we’re
      not
      going
      to
      stand
      for
      it.
      It’s
      a
      problem
      in
     
     
      every
      province.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      omen,
      IVE
      IB
      IR
      IR
      WS
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      2S
      IME
      AN
      SS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Top
      ten
      X-Mas
      gifts
      for
      a
      Computer
      Sci-
     
     
      ence
      Major
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      5.
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      PEI
      X-P
      RESS
      November
      28,
      1991
      Page
      31