Sexual assault awareness week begins Monday at the University of Cincinnati's main campus with a white ribbon campaign.

        Students, especially men, are being asked to wear white ribbons to demonstrate their opposition to violence against women.

        The ribbons are the idea of a Canadian activist, said UC spokeswoman Marianne Kunnen-Jones, and this will be their first appearance here.

        From noon to 2 p.m. Monday, baseball players and others will pass out the ribbons and ask men to sign a pledge to end violence against women.

        The week is sponsored by Students Organized Against Rape and UC's Women's Center. Other events include:

        Monday through Friday, a Clothesline Project displays T-shirts that recall victims of assault and abuse. Individuals who create T-shirts can add them to the clothesline on McMicken Commons and Tangeman University Center.

        Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., Reanae McNeal will present a one-woman show, “Don't Speak My Mother's Name in Vain,” in Room 118 at the law school. Admission is free with a UC staff or student ID and $5 for others.

        Thursday, Ms. McNeal, a performance artist from Erie, Ill, also will present “Food for Thought” from noon to 2 p.m. in the President's Dining Room in Tangeman University Center. Her program is open to the public and free, as is lunch.

        UC police Lt. Steve Senft said two rapes were reported on campus in 1997, four in 1998, four in 1999 and one this year. Most were in dorms and involved alcohol.

        In addition, 32 assaults were reported last year, including 11 female victims, with 22 so far this year, including 10 by women, Lt. Senft said.

        The statistics included one sexual imposition and one voyeurism complaint by women last year.

        This year, one woman reported a forcible fondling, and four reported less serious sexual imposition, Lt. Senft said. Two more said they were victims of voyeurism.

        He also said one man complained of sexual imposition.

        UC statistics include crimes on all five campuses — with about 34,000 students, about 4,300 faculty and more than 8,000 staff — reported to UC police.

        UC has about 3,000 students in its dorms.

        Crimes against students off-campus are part of Cincinnati Police statistics.

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