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Campus News THE CLUSTER, APRIL 22, 1998-PAGE 5
Rape Awareness Week: ladies play it safe
Have you ever stopped to think
if you were in a compromising
situation on a late night? Have you
ever stopped to think if rape could
happen to you? Every year 3,000
women are raped or sexually
abused, and there are another
estimated 1,000 cases that are not
even reported. Our campus is not
protected from this terrible inva
sion of a woman's privacy, and
women on campus should play it
safe.
Monday marks the beginning of
Rape Awareness Week; there will
be planned events all week long
highlighting the preventive
measures available to women to
combat this terrible crime. Monday
evening the Kappa Sigmas and Phi
Mus will be evaluating campus
safety.
Tuesday begins the first phase of
the "rape game." The "rape
game" wiircmploy a number of
males to probe the campus and
make women more aware of the
possible dangers present on
campus.
Wednesday begins the second
phase of the "rape game"; this
phase involves a direct confronta
tion with the possibility of rape. If
a woman is walking across campus
in a dangerous place, a male
member associated with the "rape
game" will hand the woman a
small card that says, "I could have
been a rapist."
Thursday there will be a member
from the Macon Police Department
on campus to talk about rape
prevention. Please stop to think,
and join us in preventing the next
rape. "Rape Awareness Week" is
for everyone, and remember to
play it safe!
Carnival for exceptional children kicks off Greek Week
By SUSANNAH VASS
Features Editor
Saturday’s carnival for excep
tional children kicked off the an
nual Greek Week activities this
year.
The carnival, organized in con
junction with the Council for Ex
ceptional Children, drew nearly 200
participants from Bibb and sur
rounding .counties. From 10-1 p.m.
on the intramural field, kids played
Go Fish, tossed sponges, or finger-
painted at just a few of the booths
set up by Greek societies.
Bear Hands, a BSU ministry us
ing sign language, performed to
several songs, ending with "Lean
on Me."
"We like to emphasize that,"
said Rcda Hill, director. “Even the
little kids recognized the song.
Hill said she noti'rd that students
chose activities that were not only
fun for the kids, but that also re
quired the students to communicate
and get involved with the children.
Millie Watson, former secretary
for the Council for Exceptional
Children, said that she thought the
students who participated had as
much fun as the kids.
Watson mentioned that CEC is
only a one-year-old organization on
this campus.
It is an advocacy grmip for men
tally retarded, physicJUy handi
capped, or behavior-disordered
children.
Anyone interested in joining
CEC should contact Dr. Alice Poll-
ingue in the education department.
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Oscar Wilde’s film
The Importance of Being Earnest
opens May 4
The play ' 'The Importance of Be
ing Earnest," a sophisticated
comedy of manners that has enter
tained audiences for over 90 years,
will entertain Macon audiences as
the Mercer Theatre presents it
beginning May 4.
The play, written by.Oscar Wilde
in 1895. is a comic attack on Vic
torian manners and morals. Accor
ding to Paul Oppy. direoiof of the
play, "The Importance of Being
Earnest" is Wilde's best play and
an “absolute delight."
Mercer Theatre will perform the
play at the Backdoor Theatre. Per
formance times arc scheduled on
May 4-7 and May 11-14 at 8 p.m.
A matinee will be held on May 8
at 2 p.m.
Oppy said that the cast is work
ing hard to bring the period to life,
noting; that Robin Ervin, a profes
sional actress and Mercer graduate.
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movement.
The cast includes Chris Dockins,
of Duluth, as John Worthing; Rich
Benson, of Douglas, as Algernon
Moncncff; Mark Brunson, of
Albany, as the Rev. Chasuble.
Michele Thomas, of Sebastian. FL.
as Lady Bracknell; Kenley Raynor,
of Warner Robins, as Gwendolen
Fairfax; Christine Buel. of
Valdosta, as Cecily Cardcw; Pam
Webb, of Macon, as Miss Prism;
Tom McKlin, of Macon, as Lane;
and Christopher Sheets, of
LaGrangc as Mcmrnan
Tickets will go on sale April 27
at the Information Desk. Because
of limited seating, reservations
need to be made early and tickets
need to be picked up the day of the
performance. Admission prices arc
S5 for general admission, $3 for
faculty and $2 for students
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