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...term encompasses acts in which the initiator "fails to elicit consent resulting in the physical or psychological harm of the victim...
...College should deal with cases of acquaintance rape. The Council approved a definition of rape as any sexual act that occurs "despite the expressed unwillingness of the victim" and left in a "gray area" those cases in which the initiator "falls to elicit consent, resulting in psychological or physical harm of the victim...
...pressure church members into quitting. Universities that welcome all manner of oddball groups on campus actively seek to curb these evangelists. Critics mail out booklets and tapes denouncing them. Some defectors -- who number half the converts since 1979 -- charge that the church has done them psychological or spiritual harm. Many are crying "cult," although dropout Rick Bauer thinks "authoritarian sect" is a better label...
Council members left in a "grey area" those cases in which the initiator "fails to elicit consent resulting in the physical or psychological harm of the victim." They dubbed this new category of sexual crime "sexual negligence"--those cases in which the alleged victim expressed neither consent nor lack of consent...
...important point to be made. In the future, there will probably be more cases involving Holocaust revisionists, or other revisionists with a political agenda. I hope that The Crimson will realize that running front-page stories on decisions to refuse Holocaust and other revisionists ads tends to do more harm than good. After all, for fringe political groups hoping to gain an audience, any publicity is good publicity. Nothing is more painful than being ignored. Adam D. Taxin