d Quiz shows sexual assault awareness The Michigan Daily-Monday, September 28, 1987 -'Page 5 UAC appoints new presiden By ELIZABETH ATKINS "Is this sexual assault?" The results of a quiz which asks this question, given by the Universi- ty's Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC), reveal that men and women on campus generally agree what constitutes sex- ual assault, or rape, and their re- sponses have drastically changed since last year's quiz, according to Pam Kisch, a University graduate and part-time SAPAC coordinator. On last year's quiz, male and fe- male responses differed greatly. Last year, 80 percent of the women and 56 percent of the men correctly identified each situation as sexual assault. This year, 95.5 percent of the women and 91 percent of the men considered the given situations sexual assault. "People are more educated about sexual assault this year because there's more awareness on campus about it. People are talking about things like acquaintance rape," Kisch said. SAPAC recently gave the quiz to about 450 students at FestiFall on the Diag. About two thirds of re- spondents were female, Kisch said. The anonymous quiz gave four different situations and asked the re- spondent to check "yes" or "no" if he or she thought the situation is sexual assault. The quiz also asks whether the respondent is male or female. In the first situation given on the quiz, a drunk woman at a large party falls asleep in her friend's room. She awakes to find an acquaintance kiss- ing and caressing her. Though she does not want to have sex, she is too intoxicated to resist his actions. He finally stops when someone enters the room. Ninety-six percent of female re- spondents and 92 percent of male re- spondents agreed this situation is sexual assault. One student responded yes, "if she voiced her opinion" on whether she wanted sex or not. Michigan rape laws define one type of rape as when the victim is physically helpless (drunk), and the assailant knows this. Another question gives this sce- nario: On the night of a man's birth- day, he want to have sex with his wife, but when she says no, he calls her "cold" and "unloving" and slaps her. He twists her arm and pulls her hair and forces her to have sex. Ninety-eight percent of both women F ,a; - t PASS IT AROUND! and men who answered the quiz said this is sexual assault, Kisch said. However, according to the "Criminal Sexual Conduct Statues of the State of Michigan," marital rape is not illegal. Susan McGee, an Ann Arbor resident and member of the Coalition to End Legalized Rape, said Michi- gan rape law discriminates against married women because it does not equally protect them against sexual assault. A man in Michigan cannot be charged with raping his wife un- less they live apart and have filed for divorce, she said. McGee said the group is currently asking people to write legislators to change the discriminating law. She said Lynn Jondahl and Shirley John- son will present a bill to the Legislature to nullify marital rape exemption. In a third situation on the quiz, a man and woman have been dating for six months, but the woman has con- sistently said no to sexual inter- course. While kissing and touching each other, the man says he's tired of waiting and says she's "leading him on" when she refuses again. She in- sists she really loves him and tries to push him away, but gets on top of her, pulls her clothes off, and continues. Kisch said 96 percent of women and 95 percent of men agreed this is sexual assault. Another question on the quiz con- sists of a male professor threatening a female student with a low grade if she doesn't have sex with him. She says no, but, worried about her grades and recommendations the prof will write for her to graduate schools, she has sex with him under pressure. Kisch said many students were undecided whether it was sexual as- sault, but many commented that it was sexual harassment. Of quiz re- spondents, 92 percent of women and 90 percent of men said this was sex- ual assault, Kisch said. ';I -i - By THOMAS MACKINNON Engineering senior John Qudeen, the new president of the University Activity Center, hopes to get "more students involved in the planning stages of UAC and then actually have them participate in those events that we sponsor." Qudeen was appointed president last Thursday by UAC's Board of Directors following the surprise res- ignations of both the president and vice president of the University's largest student organization within the past two weeks. A vice-president has yet to be ap- pointed. Qudeen replaces interim President Jim Speta an LSA senior, who re- turned to his job as Vice President for Finance. The search for a new president was sparked when Ann McClendon withdrew from the Uni- versity two weeks ago for personal reasons. "I had to drop my classes and you can not be in UAC if you are not a student," she said earlier. Speta then stepped in to temporarily fill the job and the ensu- ing power vacuum. He said that it is not uncommon for an organization the size of UAC to have a number of resignations every year. Qudeen, a transfer student from the Michigan Technological Univer- sity, has been a member of UAC for the past two years. While at Michi- gan Tech, Qudeen served as President of the Memorial Union Board. Qudeen intends to discuss ways to increase student participation in UAC sponsored events such as the production of the musical "Hair." UAC sponsors and provides activities for the University commu- nity. The Michigan Student Assem- bly funds UAC through the $7:00 fee The Board of Directors is com- posed of Brad Borland and Helen Welford, who serve as Student Or- ganization Development Center Ad- visors to UAC; John Brockett, the Associate Director of the Michigan Union; Bill Morgan, the Student Or- ganization Accounts Services coordi- nator, and the four remaining student Vice-Presidents. Daily Photo by KAREN HANDELMAN Brotherly cheer Brothers Scott (left) and Josh Troy, ages five and nine, cheer for the Wolverines at the Long Beach State football game Saturday at Michigan Stadium. The boys are cousins of Michigan gymnast David Kaplan. SROP students share results (Continued from Page 3) The University's graduate school is aiming to double the number of participants in SROP next year. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the An- drew W. Mellon Foundation, and Lilly Endowment Inc., have pledged support for the next three years. 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