The house looked like any of the hundred or so celebrating that night – loud music, drinking and the usual fun that accompanied a Buckeye win. With a beer in hand, “Amy” cautiously climbed the stairs to the small room dotted with strangers. Spotting a familiar face, she sat down beside him and struck up a conversation. They had met in class the previous quarter and a chance meeting earlier that day brought him to invite her to the party.As the night wore on, Amy found herself in his bedroom. Nervously sipping her drink, she watched him lock the door. He pulled her onto the bed and began kissing her neck. Uncomfortable and not wanting to go any further, she said no and tried to leave.Twenty minutes later she found herself outside sobbing and her dress torn.She felt betrayed. She felt confused. Amy had been raped. Like other college campuses around America, Amy’s story at Ohio State is no different.And unlike the common myth that a rapist is a lecherous, physically repulsive man, the majority of sexual assaults involve a person who knows her attacker, according to Michael Scarce, coordinator of OSU’s Rape Education and Prevention Program.Although 20 rapes occurred on the OSU campus from 1990 to 1995, compared to 4,983 rapes in the greater Columbus area those same years, Scarce said the numbers don’t tell the whole story.”The problem is that the vast majority of rapes aren’t reported or occur in off-campus housing where they blend in with the city’s statistics,” he said. “The numbers don’t really paint an accurate picture of the problems students are facing.”Nicki Brouman, a social worker who helps operate a 24-hour rape crisis hotline at Riverside Hospital, agrees with Scarce.”In the last two years only a handful of students have called the hotline,” she said. “The majority don’t report that they have been raped because they know the person who attacked them.”According to Scarce, the college scene is especially susceptible to acquaintance rape as social mingling and frequent drinking put women at greater risk. “In well over 90 percent of the sexual assaults that my office deals with, alcohol is a factor,” he said.But now students may have to watch not only how much they drink, but what they drink.The powerful sedative Rohypnol, now taking college campuses by storm, has been coined as the “date rape drug.”Known more commonly by its street name, “roofies,” Rohypnol is 10 times more powerful than Valium. It is odorless, tasteless and colorless when dissolved in a drink, making it a prime ingredient in an increasing number of sexual assaults.Those under the influence of other drugs or alcohol are most susceptible to Rohypnol as the drug induces disorientation, confusion and unconsciousness when combined with other drugs or alcohol. According to the Rape Education and Prevention Program, the drug has become a favorite of sexual predators because it also causes memory loss.”We see some case involving Rohypnol every couple of weeks in the emergency room,” Brouman said. “The majority of these cases involve young people.”To combat the sexual assault problem on campus, Scarce said OSU is armed with one of the premier rape education programs in the nation, making it a model for several other universities. The program offers students immediate help in the event of a rape through an extensive referral system to counselors, hospitals and police networks. But the bulk of the program’s capabilities involve education measures to help the campus community prevent sexual assault.University Police Chief Ron Michalec says his force is also top notch when it comes to combating rape on campus.”Most of the cases that we had contact with in the last three years have been date or acquaintance rape,” Michalec said. “For this reason we are very active in rape aggression defensive training as well as talking about date rape in freshman UVC classes.”Amy, whose sulking face and tearful eyes show the pain she says will be with her the rest of her life, wishes she had been more alert to the dangers of rape.”I never dreamed that I would come to college and this would happen to me,” she said.