THE UGLINESS A T NIGHT-PART Ilf,
Gnawing fear: the coeds' view of rape
(This is the last in a three-part series on rape—as the psychologist sees it. as the policeman sees it, as the coed sees it—The Editor.)
By HAL LANCASTER City Editor
A sorority girl.
She is of average height, with a very fair complexion. large blue eyes and a very womanly figure.
She has led an extremely sheltered life; she is easily shocked. The idea of someone other than a husband violating her body is unthinkable.
A dormitory girl.
The description is much the same as the sorority girl. She is also attractive, and obviously a woman.
She is not quite as naive, but nonetheless has led a sheltered life in some respects.
The ugliness of rape is particularly ugly for them. They are coeds, and rape is a frightening part of their
lives.
The sorority girl:
"I don't associate the word with the actual event. It's too terrible for me to think of. The only immediate impression I get is terror, panic, a fight and fear.
“If I'd been a streetwalker, it wouldn't mean as
much. But leading a sheltered life as I think I have, it would be a definite physical and emotional handicap for the rest of my life.”
This girl couldn't think of rape as merely a physical act of sex, forced upon her by a mentally ill person. It was ugly, it was a scar she could never put out of her mind. Most girls probably think that way, for they are taught that sex is bad. unless it is with a husband.
‘MUST BE UNBALANCED’
“I associate anyone who could do a thing like that with mental illness,” she said. “Policemen say rapists don't have to be insane, they could be working on an impulse. But I feel anyone working on an impulse like that would have to be nnbalanced.”
The dormitory girl:
“It’s about the ugliest thing that could happen to a girl. It leaves a deeper, more personal scar than any mere attack.”
Again the word scar.
“I was warned that this is a very’ bad neighborhood when I first came here and that I should never leave campus alone.”
“Now that you’ve been here a while, do you-think it’s a bad neighborhood?” she was asked.
“That’s a weird question, how can I answer?” she
asked, grimacing in thought. She stammered, “I haven't done anything ... I haven’t gone out in the neighborhood . . . I’ve just been careful.
“But no more careful than I would be anywhere
else,” she quickly added.
“On the surface, however, it appears to be rougher than most neighborhoods.”
This girl, at least, has known the fear of rape. She once thought she would be a victim.
“Last summer, I was studying . . . this man, he was staring at me for a while, and then he came up and sat down and asked me if I wanted some coffee.
‘BUT HE CAME BACK . . .*
“I said no. and he went away, but he came back and just sat there and watched me. That’s when I decided I should leave. But he actually followed me in his car.
“I've never been so scared in my life. You never really think it can happen to you.”
1 .iis time it didn’t.
“Is it true that most girls subconsciously want to be raped?” someone asked. “You know, the caveman thing. They want some big guy to drag them off.”
She was puzzled at that question.
“I don’t think so,” she finally blurted out.
“Don’t you think that girls also have a sex drive?”
“It’s a lot more emotional than physical. To a girl, it has to have more meaning,” she said.
“A girl doesn’t look at it as sex, sex. It’s love sex. First it’s a feeling, then it’s the physical act.”
SEX DRIVE UNDENIABLE
But it’s tough to deny that there is a sex drive among both men and women, and there are also women to whom it is just sex, sex. That’s pretty widely accepted.
Whether a balanced, intelligent woman wants to be raped, though, is another thing. It must be remembered that rape is a violent act, not committed out of love, but most likely out of hatred.
And most girls don’t want to be beaten up. which is often the result of hatred.
The coed is afraid of rape. She is afraid of this neighborhood. It is true that she is afraid of almost any neighborhood at night, but this one holds a particular fear, a particular terror.
And terror is not a pleasant emotion. It’s ugly.
University of Southern California
DAILY • TROJAN
VOL. LVIII
LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1966
NO. 37
Riverbed campus is big puddle
“USC lies in what used to be a riverbed.'' Associate Business Manager Anthony Lazzaro said yesterday when asked why the campus experienced general flood conditions Monday.
Lazzaro, who is also director of campus development, said the flooding was caused by a reversal of the citv storm drains. “Manhole covers blow off in several areas.” he said, “'deluding Hoover Street. Jefferson Boulevard. McClintock Avenue and 34th Street.
Arnold Shafer, director of the physical plant at Operations and Maintenance, said. “Flooding and water damage can be expected at USC everytime an unusually heavy rainfall hits Los Angeles.”
Shafer said the most critical area is always the northwestern part of
campus.
“The grade runs from east to west.” he said. “The eastern part of campus is 18 inches higher than the western end.”
Shafer added that his men at Operations and Maintenance worked 15 to 16 hours Monday in the mop-ping-up operation.
He said sandbags will be left at strategic locations on campus for the rest of the winter.
Lazzaro said all new buildings are being constructed one-and-one-half to three feet above the grade in an attempt to alleviate future flooding.
“For instance, you will notice that the Von KleinSmid Center has three steps up to the ground floor.” he said.
“Improvement in storm drainage is certainly to be considered.” he Added. “It will be taken up with the proper authorities.”
HELEN OF TROY FINALISTS AWAIT ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNER AFTER WEEKS OF JUDGING The five smiling survivors are, from left, Janet Kier, Jan Heitkotter, Janie Lester, Noelle Greene, Barbara Baumgart.
Presidents Ball at International Hotel kicks off annual Troy Week activities
School spirit, football, Helen of Troy, dancing, students, alumni, faculty and administrators will all come together Saturday night at the President's Ball in the Grand Ballroom of the International Hotel from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Tickets will be on sale through Friday at the YWCA, in front of the Student Union (or inside, depending on the weather) and in living groups for $5 a couple. No tickets will be sold at the door.
The President's Ball kicks off Troy Week, eight days of such acti-
vities as Trolios. house decorations and a bonfire-rally.
Football, the factor behind Troy Week’s existence, will come to the fore on Nov. 19 with the UCLA game.
CROWNING OF HELEN
A month of selections will end Saturday night with the crowning of Helen of Troy, the ideal Trojan woman for 1966. She will be selected from among the five finalists, all that are left of 170 applicants: Barbara Baumgart, Noelle Green, Jan Heitkotter, Janet Kier and Janie Lester,
It is not yet known who will crown Helen of Troy. President Topping was
Recolonization: a remedy for frat's lack of actives
By CINDY NALLEY
“Recolonization of a fraternity occurs when a chapter used to be active on campus and desires to start over again. They have alumni, a house, finances, university and national recognition but lack an adequate number of active members,” Pat Ryan. fraternity affairs adviser, said in an interview yesterday.
Ryan was talking about the purpose behind tonight's meeting at the YWCA to recolonize Tau Delta Phi and Theta Xi.
“Both the university and fraternity system desire the r?colonization of these two chapters." said Ryan. “We re not interested in gaining new pledge classes but in entirely new active chapters. These men will actually be the forerunners and founders of the fraternities.”
Ryan sees no reason for the re-
colonization to be less than successful. “Success is insured, provided the group of boys have the desire to do it. The only thing that would slow them down is their own ability. With a house, alumni and recognition already established, nothing else is compelling to failure,” Ryan said.
He said advantages for men joining a fraternity in this way include starting on an equal basis with other members of the fraternity, and a chance for an individual to establish the houses to his liking by expressing his opinions.
He also noted that many times an individual would like to join a fraternity but does not like the activities required for membership or the general attitude of the house.
“USC has lost a number of fraternities in the past as a result of weaknesses in manpower and finances.”
REAGAN NEW GOVERNOR
Republican Ronald Reagan derail^ Gov. Edmund G. “Pat” Brown's third-term express Tuesday, as he sailed into the Governors Mansion in Sacramento, leading a state-wide Republican landslide.
With more than 60 per cent of the vote counted, Reagan held a lead of more than 600,000 votes over the incumbent Brown. From his Ambassador Hotel headquarters Brown issued a qualified concession less than two hours after the polls closed.
Platforms highlight frosh run-off election
supposed to perform the pleasant task, but due to a quirk of scheduling. he is out of town until Nov. 18.
Providing music for the coronation and dance will be Les Brown and his Band of Renown. For those desiring a break from dancing, there will be $l,000-worth of hors d’oeuvres, as well as liquid refreshments.
Several members of the Trojan football team will be guests of the university at the President’s Ball. Five of the players will escort the five finalists onstage prior to the crowning.
By BRUCE ELETTO
Voters will have a choice between two distinct platforms when they go to the polls in today's runoff election for freshman representative.
Paul Linke and Kevin Lindsay, the two candidates, presented their platforms yesterday during a debate in Birnkrant Hall.
Lindsay, speaking first, stated
The run-off election for freshman representative will be held today fiom 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in front of Bovard Auditorium.
The rules for voting are:
1.	All students mu<^ present their photo I.D.’s for identification.
2.	A voter must fill in the entire square with a mark from the special pencils in order for the machines to record the vote.
3.	All regular students are eligible to vote on the International Student Center Constitution.
that his campaign was based on two main points; first, to strengthen and stabilize the present ASSC Constitution, and secondly to form a communications committee. This proposed committee would be appointed and its functions would include listening to ideas, problems and complaints issued by freshmen.
The committee would then discuss these subjects and forward them to Lindsay. He would then work on the various matters and answer the freshmen through the Daily Trojan, he said.
Paul Linke, the Trojan Independent Party candidate, followed Lindsay.
He proposed to change the present dormitory rules regarding visitation rights and dress standards. Under his plan, women would be allowed into
men's rooms during visiting hours and vice-versa. Both the visiting hours and the lockout hours would also be lengthened. If elected. Linke will also try to alter the present segregation of the dorms and make them coed buildings similar to those at UCLA.
He also believes that the dress requirements for meals in the dorms is too stringent and should be liberalized.
LEGALIZED ALCOHOL
Other proposals by Linke were for permitting alcohol to be possessed on campus by any person over SI, and for less censorship of the Daily Trojan.
Lindsay countered by saying that although he does sympathize with some of Linke's proposals such as liberalization of visiting rights, he is still against the liquor and the lower dress standards proposals.
‘'There is a place for liquor and a piace for study. USC is not the place for liquor.” With this he added that the issue was rather academic since students that wanted liquor badly enough could get it anyway, regardless of rules.
In a question and answer period that followed their speeches, Linke denied that he was a puppet for the TTP. stating his ideas and TIP's just happen to coincide.
DKA screens 'SinbacT film
The Japanese production “The Adventures of Sinbad,” will be shown as the fourth feature in the International Animation series sponsored by Delta Kappa Alpha, the professional cinema fraternity, in 133 Fdimde^ Hall, tonight at 8.
“The Scribbling Kitten” by Taiji Yabushita will be the accomj^nying short.
Admission is 50 cents.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will perform at Cat
QUESTION: ARE THEY TRYING TO GET IN OR ESCAPE? The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band strikes clinging pose on fence.
By ELLIOT ZWIEBACH Editorial Director
What’s in a name?
Everything, if your name happens to be the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
This unusual sextet will perform three ASSC-sponsored concerts in the Cheshire Cat Friday night. Tickets may be purchasesd for 75 cents in advance at the YWCA and in the dorms. They will cost SI at the door.
The NGD Band appeared on the coffee house scene less than a year ago. When the six musicians formed their group in Long Beach, they called themselves the Illegitimate Jug Band “because we had no jug,” one of them explained.
The band was later known as the V
Sebastian Dangerfield Memorial Sextet (obviously in memory of the ever-popular Sebastian Dangerfield).
They became known simply as The Dirt (a name they had chosen for a coffee house they wanted to build someday) for a while. But their present (and probably everlasting) name was chosen because of a political science lecture.
When the professor said. “. . . to fully comprehend the magnitude of the situation you have to get right down to the real nitty gritty . . the group knew they had found their name.
Three hundred tickets are available for Friday night’s performance.