Student discussion Children's Theatre Men's Tennis sweeps on the media opening week Page 2 Page 7 Page 8 The C ollegian Grove City College Vol. 55 - No. 19 Friday, March 31, 1995 Date Rape Debate Selection begins Koestner to give for Senior Man and personal account Woman of the Year of date rape By TODD A. CAMP- then placed on another ballot, By AMY BELL which is presented to the CLINGENSMITH Special to The Collegian members of both Mortar- Collegian General Manager board and ODK. Katie Koestner, a college freshman, had been going The end of the school year An outspoken victim of The final selection for Se- out with fellow student is fast approaching, as is the date rape wants to tel us her nior Man and Woman of the for several weeks. selection of the Senior Man Year is made by a committee poignant story about the One night, after dinner at and Woman of the year. This Saturday night she was raped . restaurant they went consisting of the following award is one of the most back to her dorm. members: two representatives during her freshman year. The dispute over what prestigious honors that can be of Mortarboard, two repre- This Tuesday, 1994 gradu- happened next goes to the given to a Grove City College sentatives of ODK, the Dean core of an emotional ate of the College of William senior. Each year, this highly national debate. of Students, the Dean of Men, coveted award, co-sponsored and Mary, Katie Koestner, the Dean of Women, the by Mortarboard and Omicron will speak on her personal experience with acquaintance ATE faculty secretary of-ODK and Delta Kappa, is presented at the Mortarboard adviser, who the Honors Convocation held is also the Vice President of rape. She will also offer during Parent's Weekend. Student Affairs. Mrs. Nancy advice to students on the issue, which has become APE The procedure for selec- Paxton. tion established in 1975 The final selection is made by Mortarboard and ODK. recent growing concern, on on the basis of three votes Applications are sent to all college campuses all over the seniors who have a quality made by the student body, country, partly because of the point average of 2.75 or the faculty and the combined media attention she received higher. All of the applications membership of Mortarboard and ODK. after the incident. are reviewed by a committee composed of two members of The student body vote will One story focusing on each honorary, and the advis- take place outside the book- Katie's experience had this ers of both organizations. store on April 4, from 9 a.m. headline: "From national tele- Ten to fifteen candidates 4 p.m. Faculty will receive vision to college campuses of both sexes are selected ballots in their mailboxes on around the globe, she is mak- based on their activities and April 3. Faculty ballots are to contributions to the campus. be returned no later than Their names are then placed April 5. Koesnter appeared on the cover of Time magazine to If you're speak her views on date rape. on a ballot. After approval by When you vote, please look both groups, the ballot is pre- for the following qualifica- going Katie, a Magna cum laude The then 18-year-old went sented to both the student tions in the candidates: excel- Katie will be graduate and Phi Beta Kappa, public with her story, but in a body and the faculty. The lence in scholarship, leader- became the victim of rape on story in the Washington Post, names of the top five male ship, character, activities and speaking in the and female candidates are the first date with a seemingly she said she felt victimized a social bearing. TLC Auditorium innocent classmate. The pro- second time by a legal system at 7 p.m. Tuesday. found impact awakened her to who only gave her attacker a Vote for Senior Man and Woman of the the dangers present as she mild sentence. hopes to encourage both men Year outside Bookstore, ing sure youth are aware of and women to know their Katie will speak Tuesday in the seriousness of date rape. responsibilities. the TLC Auditorium at 7 p.m. April 4,9 a.m. - 4 p.m. TV's Bob Black discusses suckers, money and truth By SHERI ROBINSON more to grab viewers than to be less concerned with how age with less looks. Special to the Collegian inform viewers," he said. the information is being por- Television has often been Black estimated that out of trayed. Results from a recent Are you being ripped off? poll stressed the constant bat- criticized by the public as a a 30-minute news segment, If you rely on television as tle between content and form. money-making racketeer that only 13 to 15 minutes are your sole source of news in- The top reason for viewers constantly sensationalizes to used in covering actual news. formation, Bob Black answers boost ratings. As the pro- The remaining time is spent tuning into a certain news "yes." ducer of WKBN News, Black on teasers (blurbs announc- station is in direct relation to On March 20, Bob Black is often faced with the ing the next topic), commer- "the viewer's ability to relate of WKBN TV 27, dilemma of running ques- cials and the weather. As a to the people giving the Youngstown, spoke to Leann tionable stories. result, the viewer does not re- news," Black said. Smith's public relations class celve all the information that To Black, it appears that According to Black the about the dangers of relying he should. there is an emphasis on see- bottom line is does the com- solely on television as a news "Don't rely solely on ing an attractive appearance pany stand for truth or source. Many people believe the television as a news source," and hearing a pleasing voice money? Black said. "You are just not rather than the journalistic He proudly answers his first priority of television going to get the information skills of the newsperson. In own question. news is to cater to the interest you need to know." Bob Black, television news other words, seeing a pretty "Our news organization and needs of the people. anchor of WKBN-TV 27 visits smile seems to outweigh will not let dollars and cents Black says this is not true. Black urges viewers to ab- G.C.C. public relations class. watching a broadcast that bully us and prevent us from "TV news is out there sorb more information and gives more vital news cover- telling the truth."