Word: centering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...community fears. Pitkin, who co-founded the Women's Alliance, an umbrella organization that addresses gender issues on campus, says today that the rally's purpose was three-fold: to demonstrate solidarity with the survivor; to give women an outlet for their fears; and to "reclaim" the Science Center...
Although the actual Science Center rape may have faded from memory, many women say, a lot of the consciousness of fear has not. And that consciousness results in habits like never travelling alone at night...
Pitkin says she thinks the most salient reaction to the rape was "self-protectedness"; she summons the image of women travelling in groups during the night from the Women's Center in Agassiz Hall...
...Blais, there is a strange sort of comfort in knowing that the Science Center, where the rape occurred, is also the home of the new student-run escort service...
...Science Center, I think about it," Blais says. "I like the fact that SafeStreets is in the Science Center. I think it's a nice statement...