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Bill Monroe analyzes country Jon Buchholtz "This country is turning into a nation of weak, little compact cars!," he boomed. "Ever been hit by a Pinto?, It's kinda pleasur- Nov. 8, in Lindbloom Student Cent- Monroe claimed that the "warm able!" · er, and commented on subjects friendly" smile wasn't truly th~ Bill Monroe stood at the podium ranging from Jimmy Carter and symbol of Carter's administration. ,-----------------..... --- _...,. ____ i his turkey shooting, to content, fat He said that many people were 1 Americans. cynical about his smile-not relat- Monroe, anchorman and execu- ing it to trust in the president's past tive producer for Meet the Press promises. met with prospective journalists Monroe back-tracked 12 years Wednesday night before his prior to Carter being thrust into "' scheduled speech in front of a office, citing three political assasinear- capa':'.itycrowd. He ate dinner nations, racial problems, the Vietwith Green River Current staff nam war, campus riots, women's members with invited high school rights creeping up, and the students and advisors, then pa- crumbling of two presidents. tiently answered questioned di- _ These events, Monroe stated, left rected at him by the students. Americans untrusting, wrung out, Fat Americans and bewildered. Monroe illustrated U.S. citizens America then turned toward a as content, attributing that fact to warm, friendly smile, in the pregluttony. One stat reinforcing his sence of Jimmy Carter. An inexpoint, he said, was the 36 per cent perienced Governor from Georgia turnout for the recent election. won the presidential vote when "It doesn't matter who we elect," clearly, more educated, experienche charged. "They all lie and ed men might have been the obvipromise us things that they don't ous choice, he observed. go through with." Monroe added that beneficiaries "As for Jimmy Carter," he con- of the low turnout at the polls are tinued. "He was extremely inex- "the one-issue extremists." Asked perienced when he was placed in how the low turn-out reflected office. When people plunk in a man democracy in America, Monroe with this amount of experience, shrugged, shifted his feet, and they ought to expect to wait a described how happy and content couple years. It takes a while to the United States is. Not much else settle in." passed his lips concerning the Carter, according to Monroe, in topic. reality, is an introverted man who No matter whether or not Carter depends too much on reading rath- straightens up America or the er than talking to people such as man after him, or the ~an after -------- labor leaders, key members of the him, Monroe concluded, AmeriBill Monroe's view of America was optimistic. Congress about current matters. cans will be confident and content. ' • lilllllll Rllflllil 81JlillillUII Non · Profit ,Org . U. S. POST AGE PAID Permit No. 184 Auburn, Wash. Vol XIV No. 7 Green River Community College 12401 SE 320th AubumJVa. 98002 Battered Woman part 4 Shelter needed in South King County This is the last of a four part series on battered women. "Wife battering is against the law: It is wrong and should not be tolerated." These words are the battle cry of a small group of_ people trying to establish a shelter for battered women in South King County. Barbara Litzler-Zgonc, chairwoman for the Committee to Establish Emergency Shelter (CEES), said research has shown the only real hope for a battered woman is to be able to leave her environment, so she can make an unencumbered -decision regarding her situation. "Right now any kind of assault is against the law. However, women who are beaten by their spouses or boyfriends frequently do not pursue having the men arrested because she fears reprisal. The laws are so loose that often the batterer is back with the woman within a few hours of his arrest," LitzlerZgonc stated. "And generally the woman's fears become a reality. She gets beaten up worse than she was when she had him arrested. That usually convinces her not to continue with prosecution; so the man goes free. Now he knows he can beat her whenever he wants without fear of police interference," she expalained. "And the woman is convinced that there is no place to go for help." Right now in King County that's just about the truth. There are only three shelters, all in Seattle, with a total of 33 beds, serving all of the county. If a battered woman from this area wants to get away from a battering environment, there's virtually no place to go, the chairwoman said. A recent King County Council study, Needs Assessment of Women, showed the 40 social agencies in South King County listed the need for a shelter for battered women as their number two priority. Of the 1300 people interviewed for the report, the need for a shelter was listed as seventh on the priority list, she said. There will be proposed legislation for State Legislature next year which will deal with tightening up the current police procedures regarding domestic violence, LitzlerZgonc said. "There is a need to strengthen the viewpoint of the police that battering is a crime rather than just a family beef," she said. "Also, the laws need to be changed so a restraining order can be filed against the batterer at any time, and without prior legal action as is now required." (Present law requires that a restraining order can only be filed if the woman has already filed for a divorce or if she is filing for legal custody of a child. Also, the order can only be filed during certain hours.) "So many officers are totally ignorant about the battering syndrome," she said. "~ecently, I was with a battered woman (her husband had been beating her off and on for ten years) at a local police department. The officer's attitude was that the woman must like to get beat or she wouldn't stay with the man. The woman I was with informed the officer he was wrong. But she told me that that attitude was why she had never called the police before; she felt the police would take her husband's side of the issue." Lt. G. B. Bunker of the Auburn Police Department, said he agrees in part with LitzlerZgonc. "A lot of officers are not as understanding as they should be. We have to be callused to some degree," Bunker explained. "I believe, though, the attitude of officers toward the battered woman is much more sympathetic today than it previously was," he added. However, the lieutenant did acknowledge that there are some real problems with today's laws. "Frankly, a restraining order is not worth the paper it's written on," he said. "There is an unwritten rule among police agencies to give it (the problems between a man and woman) a couple of days to cool down and see of if they can resolve their problems without court process." Bunker said this attitude has developed because so many times a woman will not follow through with prosecution. "Most often when we get a domestic call, it is apparent the only thing the woman wants is to stop the beating. When we ask about prosecuting she gets uptight and doesn't really want to get the old man in trouble," he said. "Often the women will turn on the cops if they try to restrain her husband." "Domestic problems are probably the most emotionally charged and dangerous situations outside of a riot that an officer will walk into/' the lieutenant stated. "We would like to help, . but by law we have no right to interfere in a domestic situation. The victim must ask us for help before we can legally assist her," he said. (Continued on page 2)
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Title | The Current 1978-11-16 |
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Date | 1978-11-16 |
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Title | The Current 1978-11-16-Page 1 |
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Gator Tale Green River Current The Green River Current |
Date | 1978-11-16 |
Volume | 14 |
Issue | 7 |
Publisher |
Green River College |
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College student newspapers and periodicals -- Washington -- Green River College. College student newspapers and periodicals -- Washington -- Green River Community College. Green River College (Auburn, Wash.)--Periodicals. Green River Community College (Auburn, Wash.)--Periodicals. |
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Green River College (formerly Green River Community College) Student Newspaper |
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Full Text | Bill Monroe analyzes country Jon Buchholtz "This country is turning into a nation of weak, little compact cars!," he boomed. "Ever been hit by a Pinto?, It's kinda pleasur- Nov. 8, in Lindbloom Student Cent- Monroe claimed that the "warm able!" · er, and commented on subjects friendly" smile wasn't truly th~ Bill Monroe stood at the podium ranging from Jimmy Carter and symbol of Carter's administration. ,-----------------..... --- _...,. ____ i his turkey shooting, to content, fat He said that many people were 1 Americans. cynical about his smile-not relat- Monroe, anchorman and execu- ing it to trust in the president's past tive producer for Meet the Press promises. met with prospective journalists Monroe back-tracked 12 years Wednesday night before his prior to Carter being thrust into "' scheduled speech in front of a office, citing three political assasinear- capa':'.itycrowd. He ate dinner nations, racial problems, the Vietwith Green River Current staff nam war, campus riots, women's members with invited high school rights creeping up, and the students and advisors, then pa- crumbling of two presidents. tiently answered questioned di- _ These events, Monroe stated, left rected at him by the students. Americans untrusting, wrung out, Fat Americans and bewildered. Monroe illustrated U.S. citizens America then turned toward a as content, attributing that fact to warm, friendly smile, in the pregluttony. One stat reinforcing his sence of Jimmy Carter. An inexpoint, he said, was the 36 per cent perienced Governor from Georgia turnout for the recent election. won the presidential vote when "It doesn't matter who we elect," clearly, more educated, experienche charged. "They all lie and ed men might have been the obvipromise us things that they don't ous choice, he observed. go through with." Monroe added that beneficiaries "As for Jimmy Carter," he con- of the low turnout at the polls are tinued. "He was extremely inex- "the one-issue extremists." Asked perienced when he was placed in how the low turn-out reflected office. When people plunk in a man democracy in America, Monroe with this amount of experience, shrugged, shifted his feet, and they ought to expect to wait a described how happy and content couple years. It takes a while to the United States is. Not much else settle in." passed his lips concerning the Carter, according to Monroe, in topic. reality, is an introverted man who No matter whether or not Carter depends too much on reading rath- straightens up America or the er than talking to people such as man after him, or the ~an after -------- labor leaders, key members of the him, Monroe concluded, AmeriBill Monroe's view of America was optimistic. Congress about current matters. cans will be confident and content. ' • lilllllll Rllflllil 81JlillillUII Non · Profit ,Org . U. S. POST AGE PAID Permit No. 184 Auburn, Wash. Vol XIV No. 7 Green River Community College 12401 SE 320th AubumJVa. 98002 Battered Woman part 4 Shelter needed in South King County This is the last of a four part series on battered women. "Wife battering is against the law: It is wrong and should not be tolerated." These words are the battle cry of a small group of_ people trying to establish a shelter for battered women in South King County. Barbara Litzler-Zgonc, chairwoman for the Committee to Establish Emergency Shelter (CEES), said research has shown the only real hope for a battered woman is to be able to leave her environment, so she can make an unencumbered -decision regarding her situation. "Right now any kind of assault is against the law. However, women who are beaten by their spouses or boyfriends frequently do not pursue having the men arrested because she fears reprisal. The laws are so loose that often the batterer is back with the woman within a few hours of his arrest," LitzlerZgonc stated. "And generally the woman's fears become a reality. She gets beaten up worse than she was when she had him arrested. That usually convinces her not to continue with prosecution; so the man goes free. Now he knows he can beat her whenever he wants without fear of police interference," she expalained. "And the woman is convinced that there is no place to go for help." Right now in King County that's just about the truth. There are only three shelters, all in Seattle, with a total of 33 beds, serving all of the county. If a battered woman from this area wants to get away from a battering environment, there's virtually no place to go, the chairwoman said. A recent King County Council study, Needs Assessment of Women, showed the 40 social agencies in South King County listed the need for a shelter for battered women as their number two priority. Of the 1300 people interviewed for the report, the need for a shelter was listed as seventh on the priority list, she said. There will be proposed legislation for State Legislature next year which will deal with tightening up the current police procedures regarding domestic violence, LitzlerZgonc said. "There is a need to strengthen the viewpoint of the police that battering is a crime rather than just a family beef," she said. "Also, the laws need to be changed so a restraining order can be filed against the batterer at any time, and without prior legal action as is now required." (Present law requires that a restraining order can only be filed if the woman has already filed for a divorce or if she is filing for legal custody of a child. Also, the order can only be filed during certain hours.) "So many officers are totally ignorant about the battering syndrome," she said. "~ecently, I was with a battered woman (her husband had been beating her off and on for ten years) at a local police department. The officer's attitude was that the woman must like to get beat or she wouldn't stay with the man. The woman I was with informed the officer he was wrong. But she told me that that attitude was why she had never called the police before; she felt the police would take her husband's side of the issue." Lt. G. B. Bunker of the Auburn Police Department, said he agrees in part with LitzlerZgonc. "A lot of officers are not as understanding as they should be. We have to be callused to some degree," Bunker explained. "I believe, though, the attitude of officers toward the battered woman is much more sympathetic today than it previously was," he added. However, the lieutenant did acknowledge that there are some real problems with today's laws. "Frankly, a restraining order is not worth the paper it's written on," he said. "There is an unwritten rule among police agencies to give it (the problems between a man and woman) a couple of days to cool down and see of if they can resolve their problems without court process." Bunker said this attitude has developed because so many times a woman will not follow through with prosecution. "Most often when we get a domestic call, it is apparent the only thing the woman wants is to stop the beating. When we ask about prosecuting she gets uptight and doesn't really want to get the old man in trouble," he said. "Often the women will turn on the cops if they try to restrain her husband." "Domestic problems are probably the most emotionally charged and dangerous situations outside of a riot that an officer will walk into/' the lieutenant stated. "We would like to help, . but by law we have no right to interfere in a domestic situation. The victim must ask us for help before we can legally assist her," he said. (Continued on page 2) |