NATION : Brown Sets Sex Attack Seminars

Student outcry over sexual assaults on women and anonymously posted lists of alleged male rapists on bathroom walls has prompted Brown University to require special orientation seminars starting next fall for freshmen, an official said today.

The Ivy League university will also see to it that every student who comes forward with an assault or harassment complaint is provided with a trained advocate who will follow the case through, said Robert Reichley, executive vice president. The steps are being taken in the wake of a stormy forum on campus last week in which members of the audience--most of them women--criticized university officials for being insensitive and indifferent to the issues of sexual assault and harassment.