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By MIKE GUNZENHAUSER
Staff Writer
After being diagnosed in March with hypo
manic depressive disorder, Michael Evans is
getting his life back together.
Evans, 26, a 198 1 UNC graduate, was arrested
April 10, 1985, after locking himself inside the
second-floor Ruffin Dormitory room of Kelly
Grady, now a UNC senior, whom he had
previously dated.
Evans had been having emotional problems
since graduating from UNC Phi Beta Kappa
in 1981, but psychological counseling had not
found the reason for his problems. He was
confused and, at times, suicidal for the last five
years, Evans said in an interview Tuesday.
It was a suicide attempt with a bottle of
sleeping pills March 6 that brought him to N.C.
Memorial Hospital, where a team of doctors
diagnosed his condition, a bipolar affective
disorder.
"When they told me 1 had been suffering from
hypomanic depression, for the first time in my
life, I thought there was hope," Evans said.
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In connection with the April 10 incident.
Evans was, put on probation, which ends July
31. Evans was prohibited from getting in touch
with Grady or coming onto campus unless he
was enrolled as a student. He was also required
to maintain counseling.
Officials had charged Evans with second
degree kidnapping, assault and possession of a
firearm on campus, but kidnapping charges were
dropped in the plea bargain. Evans said in the
interview that he had detained Grady for only
a lew seconds.
Evans said that he had been referred to as
a hostile hostage taker by the press, and he
wanted people to, realize that at no time was
he a danger to Grady or anyone else.
"1 take full responsibility for the things that
I did wrong," he said.
Evans explained that in the months before
the incident, he and Grady had been dating,
but Grady had decided to return to her previous
boyfriend.
He had begun carrying a gun with him so
he could kill himselt in case things got out of
control, he said, and Grady knew he was keeping
a gun and that he had suicidal intentions.
Evans said that he had been upset with Grady
for not helping him when he was in need of
help.
Despite his differences with her, he did not
want the interview to be a vendetta against
Grady.
'i would like to make a gesture to her and
her family, a gesture of apology for what I have
done." he said. "I don't want to get even with
her."
When he went to Ruffin April 10, he had
the gun with him to kill himself if necessary,
he said, but he didn't show it to Grady.
He intended to apologize for pushing her
down about a month before, an incident for
which Grady had taken out a warrant for Evans'
arrest.
He talked to her for a few minutes before
Grady asked him to leave, he said. He restrained
her for a few seconds when she tried to leave.
Evans said, but let her so when he heard her
voice quiver.
Grady called the police from next door, he
said. When the police came, he threatened to
kill himself if they entered the room. Evans
surrendered to police after meeting with Frederic
W. Schroeder. dean of students.
Evans had been enrolled as a graduate
student, but he withdrew for psychiatric reasons
after the incident.
Evans attempted to re-enroll in the fall, but
Student Health Service would not give him
medical clearance. With the help of Vice
Chancellor Donald Boulton, Evans enrolled in
classes unofficially to prepare for official
enrollment in the spring.
Coming to campus each day was technically
a probation violation. "Everyday I saw a. cop,
and chills ran down my spine," Evans said,
"(because) I thought 1 would be arrested."
In the spring semester, his fear of going to
jail if he ran into Grady interfered with his
studies so much that he stopped going to classes.
After attempting to talk to Grady several
times. Evans was arrested in February for
trespassing in Manly Dormitory, wnere urady
currently lives.
Evans was suspended from school because
of the incident and spent 10 days at the Triangle
Correctional Center in Raleigh for violating
probation. He attempted suicide after he left
prison, he said, because he thought he had
nowhere to go.
Doctors are treating Evans with lithium,
which should effectively control his disorder.
Dr. Phyllis Sage, a psychiatrist at N. C.
Memorial Hospital, said hypomanic disorder is
characterized by episodes of depression alter
nating with periods of hypomanic activity. The
disorder is biogenic, she said.
Evans hopes a hearing before the adminis
tration will enable him to return to school to
study music. He has also applied to a music
conservatory in Boston, he said.
Anyone with suicidal tendencies should
contact the hospital and get proper diagnosis
and treatment, he said. "If I had been adequately
diagnosed, none of this would have ever
happened."
Long-term rape awareness program to strive for end to 'rape culture' attitudes
By KERSTIN COYLE
City Editor
A long-term rape awareness program
is under way in an effort to decrease
the incidence of rape on campus, said
Anne Bowden, associate dean for the
Office of the Dean of Students.
The goals of this program, Rape
Action Project, are to coordinate
security measures on campus, promote
rape education and provide victim
support, Bowden said.
In an effort to maximize security, the
group plans to evaluate current campus
security procedures and make recom
mendations which include 24-hour
desks in dorms, lighting on campus and
emergency telephones.
"Our goal is not to light up the
campus like the Fourth of July,"
Bowden said. "The long-term solution
of rape goes way beyond physical
changes into attitudinal changes."
Bowden said a "rape culture" exists
in which societal norms and attitudes
do not work to prevent rape or promote
respect for other people.
"There are no prescriptions of do's
and don'ts to eliminate the problem of
rape," she said. "There are many
complexities in preventing rape, some
of which don't include the word rape."
For example, Bowden said there is
an entirely different dating atmosphere
in college than in high school. Knowing
oneself, being assertive and effectively
communicating parameters in a rela
tionship can help reduce the number
of acquaintance rapes on campus.
She also said, "One of the whole
myths concerning rape is that some say
'If the woman had just done "X"
different it wouldn't have happened.'
There are no guarantees against rape."
Another goal of the group project is
to provide rape education and aware
ness by publicizing rape programs,
evaluating current educational efforts
and developing new strategies, she said.
The group hopes to decrease the
incidence of rape by coordinating
programs, publicizing reported crimes,
bringing rape "out of the closet" and
developing rape programs for freshman
orientation.
Peter Hatcher of the Student Union's
Human Relations Committee said that
a freshman rape awareness program
poses a potential danger. "We don't
want to accuse the student body
population of being a bunch of closet
rapists," he said. "But it is a risk worth
taking in the long run."
Another main goal of the project,
according to Bowden, is to encourage
men to participate in the rape awareness
programs.
"Rape is not a woman's problem,"
she said. "It is a problem both men and
women have to confront together.
There has been a tendency towards
female-dominated rape awareness
groups. The group is working on
developing strategies that will reach
men in an effective way."
Hatcher said that "promoting aware-
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