The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, April 23, 1986 - Page 3 R Men and women to rally against rape By LAURA BISCHOFF Over 1,000 women and men are expected to protest the American society they say promotes rape at next Saturday's seventh an- nual Take Back the Night march and rally. The rally is open to both sexes, but only women are allowed to participate in the march, said Jennifer Akfirat, a member of the Ann Arbor Coalition Against Rape. THE controversial policy is decided every year in meetings open to the public, she said, and participants this year have agreed to protect the symbolism of women being free to walk at night on their own. "We want to stand up for ourselves for one night," Akfirat said. Julie Steiner, coordinator of the University's Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Cen- ter agrees. "Women are with men most of the time and want to take control of their situation, and symbolically take back the night," she said. "MEN don't need to take back the night. They've already got it," Steiner said. "It gives you a sense of your personal power," said Residential College sophomore Rachel Heckscher. "Men's efforts are ap- preciated but it wouldn't mean the same if they marched with us." Heckscher said people need to look beyond the militant feminist connotation of the policy. THE exclusion of men from the march "comes off as a feminist anti-men campaign rather than 'we have a problem, let's get together and work on it,"' said Rick Belloli, an LSA senior and a volunteer at the Safe House for battered women. Belloli is con- sidering attending the rally for the first time this year. Men Against Rape Culture (MARC) will sponsor a rally during the march so that men can show their support for anti-rape efforts. Part of the symbolism of the march will be lost, however, because the city requires police to accompany all marches. "It is ideologically contradictory to have police protect you while you're trying to take back the night," Akfirat said. MALE officers often lead the march, Akfirat said, because the police union refuses to be discriminatory in giving out overtime. "This is one of the things we have to deal with," Steiner said, adding that next year they hope to ask female officers to request overtime for that night in advance. Last year's marchers encountered spitting and beer bottles thrown out of windows. "REACTION of men along the route in the past has been almost uniformly negative," said Susan McGee, who will speak on rape culture at the rally before the march. Heckscher said the opposition showed that many men missed the point of the march. "I realized that educating ourselves isn't enough. There's a long way to go because sexual assault is so deeply rooted in our society," Heckscher said. The seventh annual rally and march starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Federal Building. The rally will include guest speakers, self-defense demon- strations, music, and the results of a sexism in advertisement contest. English D (Continued from Page 1) students a spectrum of English and American literature from the Medieval period through the 20th cen- tury novel. Some English students, however, criticized the quality of the core classes. ''THEY (the cores) are terrible," said Laurie Krusas, an LSA junior and English major. "They treat the works on a very superficial level. They don't probe the meanings." KRUSAS said English 356's treat- ment of Moby Dick touched on only "the very obvious things" and none of "the major philosophical themes." epartment Rebecca Cox, an LSA senior and an English major, said the core classes did not help improve her writing skills, which she feels should have been "part of their aim" since they are required courses. Cox agrees with Krusas that the courses only supeficially cover the periods they teach. "You never learn what the trends were in the develop- ment of the writing and how it relates to the history of the period," she said. ENGLISH department members at- tribute these problems to a 50 percent rise in the numbers of English concen- trators, which has caused staffing problems. may restructure requirements "Of course," classes suffer from overcrowding because they become more like lectures than discussion sections, Smith said. He agreed that students now receive less individual attention to improve their writing skills. To solicit student input, the commit- tee last week passed out questionnaires to students in English 357 and 417, a required senior seminar. The questionnaires ask students to evaluate the classes and recommend what authors and texts they should emphasize. New code draft faces old opposition I I hT (Continued from Page 1) South Quad if he performed commun- ity service. Convinced that a code is not needed, Rose and Schnaufer insist that it may be used to stifle dissent on campus. IN A COVER letter to its draft, however, the council writes, "The en- tire University Council would like to assert our intention that the Emergency Procedures document will not be used to quell behavior protected by the First Amendment; nor will people partaking in the events be processed under these procedures." The council does give the University power to punish students involved in political protests, but only if they have "intentionally inflicted grievous bodily harm, or intentionally commit- ted arson." This is a much milder stance on political dissent than previous code proposals or even the stance the coun- cil planned to take until its last meeting. PREVIOUS code drafts gave the University power to punish all forms of civil disobedience. Rose, however, is still not satisfied. He fears that any University code would have the potential for abuse because of the influence held by University administrators. Although the council has given itself the power to appoint the central coor- dinator who would be able to impose temporary restrictions on the ac- cused, Rose said the coordinator would become strongly alligned with the administration. "The University butters his bread," Rose said. In addition, Rose said the Univer- sity would have an unfair advantage on the hearing board which would decide whether to extend the coor- dinator's decision. HAVING an administrator on the board, which also includes two-9tud- ents and one faculty member, would be the equivalent of having a member of the prosecutor's office in a jury, Rose said. Councilmembers point out that in order to find a student guilty, the board would need a unanimous decision. *Daily Wear Lenses *Amsof eAmerican Hydron *Aosoft " Bausch & Lomb *Cibasoft *Durasoft $41.93 pair Replace Lost, Damaged,- or Discolored Lenses at a Fraction of their Original Cost!' What's happening around Ann Arbor Campus Cinema Singin' in the Rain (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donnen, 1952) MTF, 8 p.m., Mich. This spoof of Hollywood making the transition from silents to talkies is downright hilarious. This musical stars Gene Kelly and Donald O'Con- nor. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Ken Husler, 1968) MED, 7 & 9:30 p.m., MLB 3. Entertaining fantasy following Dick Van Dyke and his on-screen family through adventures with their enchanted car. Performances University Choir/Chamber Choir/ University Philharmonia - Univer- sity School of Music, 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium, (763-4726). Thomas Hilbish will conduct this vocal and instrumental collaboration of over 200 performers in Mozart's Requiem. Bars & Clubs The Ark (761-1451) - Deidre Mc- Calla, jazz-rock. Bird of Paradise (662-8310) - Ron Brooks Trio, jazz. The Blind Pig (996-8555) - Earl Zero, reggae. The Earle (994-0211) - Larry Manderville, solo pianist. 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