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Victims find their complaints are not treated seriously. Gang rape is too frequently dismissed as (somehow more acceptable) group sex, for instance. Women are frequently pressured to drop charges. Says Gail Abarbanel, director ! of the rape treatment center at the Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center in California: "A victim seeking redress often finds herself silenced for the sake of the university's athletic success." A classic example occurred in 1983, when University of Maryland basketball coach Lefty Driesell telephoned a coed in an attempt to have her drop an accusation of sexual misconduct against one of his players. Driesell...
Some colleges and a few pro teams are beginning to address the issue. Brochures, seminars and films are being used to heighten athletes' sensitivity to rape and other violence. The Santa Monica center has produced a compelling 20-minute videotape titled Campus Rape, featuring L.A. Law stars Susan Dey and Corbin Bernsen. But even more stringent measures are needed. Among the suggestions: providing tough and swift discipline for violence on or off the field, shifting the emphasis in sports from winning to improving skills, and abolishing special residences for athletes...
...habits, of course, die hard. Even bargain hunters can get carried away when confronted with tempting prices. And many shoppers still rationalize luxury purchases as investments. In Santa Monica, Calif., the local Lexus dealer cannot keep the $40,000 Toyota sedans in stock. Customers say the car is worth much more than its sticker price. Posh shops on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills continue to be packed. But the days of wretched excess have passed for most consumers. Some of the same folks who dropped expensive brand names like credentials last year are impressing their friends by rattling off discount...
...competitors -- several young enough to be her daughters. Says Patrice Clerc, director of the French Open: "Tennis is getting to be a younger and younger sport. We've seen something similar in gymnastics and swimming, and now we're seeing it here." The fastest-rising women are actually girls. Monica Seles, 16, beat Navratilova in the finals of the Italian Open in May, then won her next two tournament finals against Graf, including the French Open, where she became the youngest winner in this century of a Grand Slam title. The penultimate player Seles beat at the French...
...Cristina Dragomirescu (H) d. Andrea Askowitz (P), 6-2, 6-0; 2. Amy deLone (H) d. Alana Rishberg (P), 6-1, 7-6; 3. Jamie Henikoff (H) d. Monica Goldberg (P), 6-2, 6-1; 4. Meredith Strehn (P) d. Jen Minkus (H), 7-6, 7-5; 5. Nikki Rival (H) d. Genevieve Hacinthe (P), 6-4, 6-1; 6. Chris Gardner (P) d. Melinda Wang...