FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2001
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“It was too cold nothing
happened in Erie.”
Jeong Son
Electrical Engineering, 04
KOESTNER
knowing this nice guy for barely
three weeks, agreed to go on a
simple date.
The date began with dinner at a
“restaurant with cloth napkins" -
a fancy restaurant. And it
progressed with Koestner inviting
Peter back to her dorm room,
though only to dance and listen to
music. But Peter assumed her
invitation meant much more, and
he took advantage of that
assumption. By morning Koestner
was no longer a virgin and she was
no longer quite so naive.
But, in her speech, Koestner
indicated that this was only the
beginning of her nightmare. She
described a college adnynistration
that was unsympathetic and wary
of her accusation. She portrayed
a student body that was cynical
and increasingly vindictive -
almost half of the students signed
a petition declaring her a liar. She
admitted that her father, an FBI
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“I’m looking forward to the
spring weather, when it’s
agent, seemed to cast at least some
of the blame on her. And Peter was
allowed back to school after one
semester of suspension - a
suspension that does not appear on
his academic record.
Koestner urged students to be
more aware of the circumstances
surrounding rape. She presented
an alarming statistic: 84% of rape
victims know their rapist; only
16% of rape crimes involve the
lonely woman in the dark alley
scenario
Also mentioned was her
disappointment that more men
hadn't appeared for her speech.
She reminded the audience that
one in four men knows or is related
to a rape victim. She also said that
men can be raped as well, although
male rape is not often discussed.
Koestner's final appeal to the
audience was to consider the
ramifications of rape. She alluded
to communication problems
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“I’ll never live in the north
again I’m probably
going to move south after
this, I hate the snow.”
Kelly Storolis
Accounting/Finance, 06
surrounding language, behavior,
and appearance. She said that it
is important that people
comprehend what mutually
understandable consent means.
And she envisioned a time when
men and women could take a stand
against rape, threats, and jokes
despite the risk to personal dignity.
Koestner’s story has been
widely told by the mass media.
She has given interviews on the
Oprah Winfrey Show, Good
Morning America, MTV,
Entertainment Tonight, and dozens
of other local and national
programs. TIME magazine
featured her and her story on the
cover of its date rape issue.
Koestner also completed a project
with HBO, the Lifestories
docudrama “No Visible Bruises:
The Katie Koestner Story.” Of the
latter, though, Koestner said on
Wednesday that the HBO story
was only 15% hers.
“It sucks.”
Nick Trimble
Plastics Engineering, 02
DEBATE
part, their earlier views on expand
ing and retaining business and indus
try. Another audience member asked
the candidates to describe their ex
periences that would enable them to
control a budget of more than ( $220
million.
The final question asked by the
moderator was how much of a pri
ority the candidates found tourism
and the development of the Bayfront
to be. All the candidates expressed
the importance of tourism and the
county’s need to take advantage of
it. Schenker cited the fact that Erie
County is last in the state in the busi
ness travel sector, and that the cre
ation of the Convention Center
should help. Robison again fell back
on promoting the county: “We have
to promote Erie County to Erie
County." She said that there have
been too many divisions in the
county and wants to ensure that they
don’t continue. She was quick to say
that while money may be going to
the waterfront, tourists still must
travel through the outer-lying re
gions of Erie County to get to the
Lake. Finally, Greco explained that
she would attempt to have the pri
vate sector assist in the promotion
of the county.
The debate ended with five
minute closing statements from the
candidates
During the debate, a few interest
ing connections to Behrend were
made. Greco had once been the Pub
lic Relations Director at the college
SGA ELECTIONS
A debate between these candi
dates will take place on Monday
at 12:15 in the Reed Commons.
The only other contested posi
tion in this year’s election is for
the secretarial seat. Candidates
include Bridgette Ramdhanie and
Cori Lesniak.
Only eight students are running
for a senate seat on Behrend’s stu
dent government out of the eleven
seats open for the position. This
will ensure seats for the candi
dates on next year’s student gov-
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“I think it’s great it’s
better to live in the snow
than just in the cold.”
Will Schermer
Electrical Engineering, 09
and explained how the Reed Com
mons, where the debate was held, had
been the library when she was there.
And Schenker graduated from Be
hrend. He was the vice president of
student government and was on the
committee that chose Dean Li 1 ley.
Schenker is also the brother of
Berhend Registrar Robert Schenker.
Behrend students had a mixed re
action to the debate. Aimee Peterson,
a member of the College Republicans
thought the debate went well. “In all,
I thought that the debate went well.
Spectators were able to hear the can
didates’ ideas on several issues and
get acquainted with their personali
ties. The questions addressed were
pertinent to the county’s concerns and
the concerns of many students.”
Peterson did have some objections,
though. “ I was disappointed in some
of the candidates' responses. On the
issue of bringing jobs to Erie County,
some of the candidates lost perspec
tive on the audience that they were
addressing.”
Jared Hawk, another student in the
College Republicans, agreed with
Peterson’s latter statement. "1 was a
little disappointed that the debate did
not center more on student issues. Of
course the candidates said that we
need more ‘high-tech’ jobs to keep
students around but nothing was men
tioned about Erie’s lack of graduate
programs.”
The Republican primary elections
for Erie County Executive will be
held on May 15.
ernment
These candidates are Michelle
Armstrong, Sundeep Bhatia,
Jennie Ellison, Bill Hogan, Kristin
Grudowski, Alex Marroquin, Kim
Moses and Emily Wyman.
Elections will be held on Tues
day and' Wednesday outside
Bruno’s in upstairs Reed. Stu
dents can vote from 10:00 a.m -
3:00 p.m. on Tuesday and from
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Wednes
day.
“I think it’s important for stu-
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SERVICE
WEEK—
see that plans for this annual semester
event took place. Their responsibilities
included contacting Behrend’s many
student organizations as well as offering
suggestions for service activities. Leaiy,
president of the Panhellenic Council,
and Forero, coordinator of the Diehl
Adopt-A-School Program, worked
collaboratively in the preparation for this
week. “Service Week helps Behrend
reflect a positive image to the
community and should be continued for
many years to come,” Leary
commented.
The week started with an Easter egg
painting session at the Brevillier Village
Retirement Community. The event was
sponsored by Lambda Sigma Honor
Society and brought holiday cheer to
residents.
Tuesday’s events included activities
with the Child Care Center and a visit
to the City Mission by Reality Check, a
student service organization. Reality
Check sorted clothing that was donated
for the individuals at the Mission.
Although only two people were able to
attend this event, their generous efforts
were greatly appreciated.
Women Today and Multi-Cultural
Council, along with the support of the
Erie Rape Crisis Center, sponsored a
guest speaker on Wednesday evening.
Katie Koestner, founder of Campus
Outreach Services, travels to college
campuses to speak about date rape.
Koestner also served as a highlight of
Women’s History Month.
Thanks to the Panhellenic and
Interfratemity Councils, along with the
Lion Ambassadors and Alpha Kappa
Alpha sorority, over 50 members of
Behrend’s community were able to
make the campus a cleaner place. Their
duties included the cleaping up qf certain
areas, requested by the maintenance
crew, as well as other parts of Behrentj.
The week will conclude with Bingo
at the Brevillier Village. Sponsored by
Reality Check, students will meet at the
R.U.B. Desk at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
Throughout the week, SGA sold
paper “cans of food” to raise money for
the Second Harvest Food Bank. Every
dollar donated equaled $l7 of food for
needy individuals. Also throughout the
week the Joint Residence Council made
Easter cards for the residents of
Brevillier Village. Reality Check will
deliver the cards during Bingo on Friday.
dents to vote for these positions
because SGA is responsible for
many things that affect students,
such as student organizations’
budget allocations,” said Sunny
Webb, an active member on SGA’s
election committee.
Last year’s election turnout was
its largest on record with 490 stu
dents voting in the presidential
election. SGA’s lack of contested
positions should see a decrease in
this number.