https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/62030/archive/files/381e88255aba384081f329cc921c3458.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=ie1AvN9YiNNGuAZmbezbnc4eKU303OeIuFMtR4gSml7go6Y8hlvmUQKpUT5TjNSh5F31fnPxZOAIA1UnO2m9WD2YpFqP52M%7ELPsOTNKW9BuZoxDfbLnpIqQ1KfpSniec%7ELmAcUoarKZ0420IqvvYsLGyMCa%7El7hutzEfFADw5FPzpBIz6Qbd1RxYRNF%7EDTJHjsDVGPH97OzIWAvjEIuaALqAjxNuKyP3r9zrxUk3FwZyP-TwfgXBqCyJaaEIOHq-boEX-4y4GgC1NpFfFwap3UfULbLlfRu5vhOJrwWSr4BrSue9Z1cUnZeZTdtxIvszzGoPV%7EmofHpj9UnhW3Oh0g__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 71151cc8ed6903e8045925b583e75108 PDF Text Text News THE McGILL DAILY • SEPTEMBER 28, 2ooo 3 Help Is Out of Service Sexual assault crises line goes unanswered after summer eviction BY CIIRlSTOPIIER NEEDU.S Nt'lt'S Reporter luxury, it has become more and more dif- dreply sorry for the eviction: "We had .no ficult. extra space... if had extra space we "Our space situation is very tight," he would have offered it to them." says, adding, "they're really not our first Curry says the situation has also priority." taken its toll on the SACOMSS volunteers: Academic space, says Karasick, is the "11 is a continuing struggle for us to get first for the University. "We have no space to offer our services. But it is also more need to provide [SACOMSSI with frustrating for our volunteers who v.'ant to space than any other student group." help, but can't.'' he Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention Ilelplinc has been evicted from its offices, lea\'ing the phone ringing with serious calls, and no one available to answer it. This has frustrated the staff of The Sexual Assault Centre of McGill Students' Society, the volunteer group that runs the helplinc, and has them trying to find a new space for the service. The helpline was evicted from the faculty of arts during the summer. Sarah Curry, a representative of · \COMSS, calls the situation disastrous. "It i terrible to know that there are callers who we cannot help, who are still The Faculty of Arts, who were responsiout there trying to call," she said. Currently ble for evicting the hclpline, agrred with the hclpline is receiving a number of calls Kamsick's position, saying their hands each night, all of which are being forward- were also tied. Susan Sharpe, the Assistant ed to an answering machine. to the Dean of Arts, makes clear that the The eviction points to a larger space was equally effected by larger moves issue that has been surfacing on campus on McGill's part. om the past few years. Brian Karasick, "We moved about ten different (X!Ople Physical Planner at the University and projlx:ts over the summer ix.'cause the Planning Office, notes that he was able to University moved (X!Ople from administraaccommodate the group's special needs tion into our building," she said. in the past only because of their imporShe claimed it was not her faculty's tant cause. Now that space is no longer a problem to support the group, but was T uatc if we can even offer [the helplincl." Karaslck promises to look for space for the group: "If I can find them an office, I will," he says, "but there's very little around." lie added that the group's need for strict confidentiality and 24hour access makes them particularly difficult to accommodate. '' THE BEAm MEMORIAL LECTURES COMMITTEE PRESENTS lt is terrible to know that there are callers who we cannot help, who are still out there., Abdurrahman Wahid President of the Republic of Indonesia The organization requires a large amount of S€x:Urity in order to protect con· fidentiality, adding to the frustmtion. There is a serious worry about UJC dis· continuity interruption of the help line. Those in serious nml owno are calling tlte service, might be discouraged when tiJCir calls are l<ft unanswered, pre\mting UICin from calling in tlJC future. With so little supiXJrt from UJC school, Curry is unccrL'Iin about tlJC practicality of tlJC help line in the future: "Being mO\·ed definitely hurts our service... we are soon going to have to re-eval- IN IN Tuesday, October 3, 2000, 10:00a.m. Pollack Hall, SSS Sherbrooke Street West Admlulon is free; suting Is limited. Information: Susy Ricdardelll, 398·5014 1 GREF..'\I,N nJC Fulcrum, 01/mm ever, and protest organizers returned to the building. In the early evening, University of Ottawa secretary Pierre-'I\'CS Boucher asked the students to leave the building. "If you want to make a statement, that's fine by me," Boucher told the crowd, ''but you arc not going to be making a sL1tement bet'W'CCn 11 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., since we're all going to be asleep anyhow." Admini trators eventually let four students sleep inside the building, while the bout 20 students wound up a tlueeday occupation of a nivcrsity of ttawa admini tration building )'CS· tenL1y. They vowed, however, to continue to protest recent fee hikes. Do1.cns of tudcnts had stonned the building' second floor on Monday, yelling and pl:lcards prot ting adminis. "\\'c'rc not going to back down. We're going to stop taking hit and start taking action," said EricClarke on Monday. The students were protesting a new requirement that all tuition and fees for the year be paid in ptcmocr and that studentswho don't pay up on time dole out an extra S 0. '1\Jition also increased 3.5 per cent in May, the eighth straight annual increase at the unircrsity. Fire minutes after the protest ocgan on rest of the protesters lit candles and set-up Monday, campus officer.; locked c:unp on the building's steps. About 17 students returned 1\tesday. students into the administmtion office. By that afternoon, security began issuing That morning, the university's administrast:unps that allowed as m:my as 80 protest- tive committee issued a five-page response ers in-and-out pri1•ileges, although no new to the students' concerns Although tltey refused to repeal the protesters were allowed in. In a move that was deemed a small controversial new fees, they did acknowlfirst victory for the protesters, the edge that the July decision to announce the administration agreed Monday to a new system was late and that it posed a meeting with the sit-in's organizer.;. The problem for many students. The university also committed to sides failed to reach an agreement, how- including financial aid applications along with statements during the S€x:ond installmen! of tuition fees, so that all students will be aware of a special $40 bursary for students in financial need. "They admit that they made a mistake but then they download the to fix it on students through the S 0 bursary," he said. "That is still unacceptable," said Student Association \ice-President Oarryl Whitehead, responding to the offer. The administration also agrred to the '' Religion Democratization Indonesia THE ROLE OF University of Ottawa Students Seize Administration Building to Protest Fees Ill' An.\.\1 GRACJISIK ASO When in operation, the Crisis Intervention llclplinc offers confidential support that provides listening, information, and referral scn•iccs between Gpm and 12am every night. The hclplinc can be reached at 398-8500. SACOMMS daylime services have been unaffected by the eviction. 1lun'• aU weU and 1 Laate ,...,, Inn wruu .,_, Hqh Sqal RFALLl" lhfnft of NETTOYEUR-CLEANERS ... cancsua rap1 I Student I Discounts Same Day Service Tailor on Premises Open Sundays IJ'o /lrul ouc, &hul( ouc our GreGuac HIU on I 1 OPTOMETRIST Student s are cover ed for P;e e>ams and get S7 5 cover age towards eyeglasses or With their Health Insurance • Eye Exam • Eye Glasses • Contact Lenses IMI.IEDIA TEl. 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Title A name given to the resource Help Is Out of Service Description An account of the resource SACOMSS is evicted from their office space and their crisis phone line service is shut down. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Christopher Needles Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The McGill Daily Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000/09/28 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Admin campus space Sexual Assault Centre of the McGill Students' Society (SACOMSS)