Well, she said, her first night at Indiana, she and Bambi got a ride home after a frat party from one of the brothers. Oh no, I thought. So what happened? The guy spent the whole ride back--get this--telling Karen and Bambi that they should be careful about accepting rides home from frat guys and walking alone on campus at night.

That's about it so far, Karen said. Plus, numerous student groups at Indiana have held various workshops for men and women about sexual harassment and rape. She hasn't gone yet herself, but she hears they're very good--probably more compelling, I would think, than Dean Jewett's annual Sanders Theatre snoozer on social and academic standards, which takes place tonight and is required for first-years.

MY PATERNALISTIC angst has been somewhat alleviated after talking to Karen. She knows what's up, it seems, though that's not always good enough. and she does have four years left to deal with the perils of being a woman on campus.

I think she'll be okay. Most women on campus aren't sexually harassed or raped.

Unfortunately, some are. And that fact makes it a bit harder for me, as Karen's big brother and the friend of many other college women, to sleep at night. But not nearly as hard, I'm sure, as it makes it for the women themselves.

Kenneth A. Katz '93 is an editorial editor of The Crimson. His column will appear in this space every other Monday.