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" Thursday, April 24, 1997 - Page 6 NEWS Twostudents win national Candle light vigilheld to awards in journalism bring rape out of the dark STAF" REPORTS she said, "I'm really glad all The Phoenix's BY KATE HAMPSON are more than 200 cases of domestic violence Two former Phoenix staff members have hard work is paying off...[and that] we're AssistantNews Editor each year. captured national awards in a journalism making a name for ourselves in the national Every single day in America, 1,871 adult In an appeal to the media he advocated more in order to "bring it contest sponsored by the Society for Colle- arena." women are forcibly raped. coverage of such problems giate Journalists, one of the oldest honorary Reese could not be reached for comment This amounts to 78 each hour, or 1.3 every out of the darkness" and enable victims to re- journalism associations in the country. on her SCJ award. minute. One out of every four college women alize that there is help available. Michelle A. Hamilton, '98, and Heather The Phoenix and SCJ chapter adviser has been the victim of rape or attempted rape. Other political speakers included Senator M. Reese, '96, each captured a third-place Terry Dalton said he was "absolutely Thirteen percent of adult American women Larry Haines, Delegate Ellen Willis, and award in nationwide competition among thrilled" by news of the two national awards. have been victims of at least one forcible rape County Commissioners Richard Yates and some 75 college and university chapters of "I am proud of not only Michelle and in their lifetime. This is just a sample of the Dona1d Dell. They all spoke along the theme SO. Western Maryland's chapter of SCJ was Heather, two of the finest student journalists many shocking statistics presented at the Sec- of the necessity toeducatc the public about vio- formed last December, less than a week be- I have had the pleasure of working with, but ondAnnual Candlelight Vigil for Rape Aware- lent crimes and the need for more legislation fore the contest deadline. Awards were given everyone on The Phoenix staff last year who ness, on Wednesday, April 16. to help victims. They praised the organizers in 18 categories for student newspapers, with helped make this recognition possible," "Bring it out of the Dark" was the theme of the vigil for bringing the problem to light first, second, third-place and honorable men- Dalton commented. for the event, and that is exactly what the vari- and encouraged more community involvement tion designations in each category. The SCJ awards, for student journalism ous speakers and performers attempted to do. in such issues. Hamilton, a junior history major and appearing in 1996, were announced Friday Attended by students, faculty and community Students from North Carroll High School former editor-in-chief of The Phoenix, earned by Arthur Barlow of Clarion (Pa.) Univer- members, the two hour vigil was a Commu- pres-ented two skits about sexual abuse and her award for Editorial Page Design and sity, executive director of SCJ. Shelly A. nity Awareness Project by the Social Work Club date rape. They gave an excellent perfor- Content Reese, who graduated last May and Green of SUNY-New Paltz supervised the and Department of WMC. mance, reinforcing the message that anybody now works for the Baltimore Business Jour- contest judging. The event was in support of the Rape Cri- and everybody is affected by sexual assault nal, won third place in the News Stories (ex- Other awards were given for college year- sis Intervention Service of Carroll County and that it can't be ignored. cluding sports) category for two in-depth sto- books, magazines and broadcast stations. (RCIS), a program that has been helping vic- Perhaps the most effective in bringing ries last April that examined the college's William Lawbaugh of Mt. St. Mary's tims of sexual assault for over 17 years. The home the reality of rape were the readings ongoing efforts to retain more students. The College in Emmitsburg, Md. serves as presi- service's mission is "to create a community by WMC students and graduates who are retention articles, mainly due to a mislead- dent of SCJ's National Council. He com- where healing and prevention of sexual vio- themselves survivors of sexual abuse. Their ing headline, drew considerable admi~istra- mented Friday that the SCJ awards compe- lence are a reality," and the vigil is an impor- courage in talking about their experiences tion criticism despite being essentially cor- tition is typically dominated by the chapters tant way of uniting many people dedicated to enabled the audience to really understand rect in reporting a one-year dip in the at large universities, some of which are ten this aim. the horror of rape and to see firsthand how it college's retention rate for the freshman class times or more the size of Western Maryland. Since rape is an issue relevant to the entire affects the victim. entering in 1994. "It's a really good sign [when a small col- community, it was pleasing to see representa- After the many speeches and presenta- Hamilton, who served as The Phoenix lege wins an award]," Lawbaugh said. tives from all aspects of society, including: tions came the lighting of the candles. Pas- editor in 1996, completely redesigned and SCJ is open to all campus media. Jenni- politics, law enforcement, the Church, the col- tor Gayle Watson of Damascus-Friendship expanded the newspaper's opinion pages and fer vick, features editor of The Phoenix, lege, and local high schools. United Methodist Church talked about the frequently contributed editorials to the sec- serves as WMC chapter president, with The Key Note Speaker was Kenneth importance of spreading the light. She tion. Upon learning of her award last Friday, Hamilton as vice president. Yowan, Mayor of Westminster. He stressed pointed out that rape has been happening the relevance of the issue to the community, since biblical times and that it can only be CLASSIFIEDS _. pointing out that in Westminster alone there prevented by being brought out into the open. PE BLARS to be offered FUNDRAISER LEGISLATIVE INTERN WITH during January Term Motivated groups needed to eam $500+ ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS AT COUNCIL FOR A LNABLE WORLD promoting AT&T, Discover, gas and re- AND WOMEN'S ACTION FOR NEW DIREC- tail cards. Since 1969, we've helped BY FAYE INGRAM TIONS thousands of groups raise the money they Staff Writer need. CaU Lynn at(800)592-2121 x174. In the January session of classes for 1998, students at WMC will have the Free CD to qualified callers. one2i:~:~~i~t;~~;;i:~:e~~:~~:'P:i~~ for opportunity to complete one of their f-:: -:=--=C:C =:-rro::-m---:$=-17=-S:-.-::P=-o-rc-::h-es-•.,1 possibility of full time employment. The Physical Education basic liberal arts re- SIZED ARS intern will work on administrative and (BLARS). Cadillacs, Chevys, BMY's, Corvettes. policy projects under the guidance of quirements January, Or. Ober of the Physi- Last AlsoJeeps,4WD's. YourArea. 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