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Only about one-half of freshman proctors regularly accept the offer to hold a Response workshop, arguing that date rape is not a sufficiently important issue or is too disturbing for a study break. And while the Freshman Dean's Office reportedly supports the spread information on the subjects, Response staffers were recently told that there wasn't enough time at monthly proctor meetings to urge proctors to hold date rape workshops...
Consequently, Ohio State runs a series of programs focusing on beliefs about rape. Stanford requires incoming freshmen to hear a seminar outlining usual circumstances of date rape. Auburn financed a videotape "It Still Hurts" which reenacts a campus party where a date rape might occur. Swarthmore ran a large workshop on rape in the fall of 1984 resulting in a student-produced videotape. And Cornell runs encounter groups in which students discuss date pressures...
Only about half of freshmen proctors accept the offer to hold a Response workshop. Proctors argue that date rape is not an essential issue, that the subject is too disturbing, and even that it would be too depressing a study break. Apparently, it is not just the attitudes and misconceptions of students that need to be changed...
While McGillis' workshop was originally planned mainly to help the actors improve their techniques, the students in yesterday's class seemed as fascinated with the actress herself as they were with her advice. Katherine Robin '87, a participant in the workshop, said, "I really liked her. I was impressed with how normal and casual she was. She sure wasn't very `Amish.''' Robin added that it was "neat to see other interpretations [of the scene] ahead of me. The role of Nina is a very `choicy' part, and this was a good way to review the number of choices...
...workshop ended with a fizzle, however, as the videotape when finally replayed, came up only static. McGillis took this in stride, asking facetiously whether the participants would like to sing songs...