Rape Victim Sues Stetson, Digs, and Rapist for Assault
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The \J4 Stetson ftorida's Oldest CoCttgiate 9{ezvs-paper FOR YOUR INFORMATION Rape victim sues Stetson, Phi Sigma Alpha sponsors NAFTA speech Digs, and rapist for assault Phi Sigma Alpha, the poUtical science honorary, wiU present Dr. •WiUiam Nylen on April 1. Nylen wiU speak on "The EC and NAFTA: practice and pros Stacy Gum Nemec was propped open. Pugh, tion, according to' the lawsuit and who knew Zilant was only 15^ ap criminal court records. He was also pects of regional economic integration." The event The Stetson Reporter wiU be held in Night Lites, from 12:15-1:15 p.m. It is proached her and said she'd be more suspended from Stetson. open to the pubUc, and participants are encouraged When Rika Zilant came to Stet comfortable waiting inside. She At the time of the. rape, Pugh to bring a lunch. son to visit her sister Calla in 1991, went into her sister's room and did was drunk from an alcohol party at getting raped by freshman Delta not reaUze Pugh foUowed her.- In the fraternity house, even though Sigma Phi fraternity member Mat side, Pugh "intentionally, unlaw Stetson prohibited the use and con •i WGS Film series continues thew Pugh was not included in her fully, and violently assaulted and sumption of any alcoholic bever plans. battered" her despite her "vehement ages, the law'suit says. On Thursday, March 28 at 7 p.m., in Flagler 213, Now that she's 18 years old, protests and supplications for him Pugh knew he was prone to the WGS Film series wiU continue with two videos ZUant is suing Pugh, Stetson and to cease and desist," the lawsuit "lewd sexual behavior, and other that focus on U.S./Latin American relations. Gloria Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity, Inc., its' states. destructive and violent behavior control Ribe's From Here, From This Side incorporates texts by Alpha Chi Chapter and the At the time of his arrest, Pugh after consuming alcohoUc bever his be Mexican writers, images from Mexican melodrama, chapter's Alumni Control Board,- Inc. told DeLand Police officers that ages" and he still "knowingly and havior. and Hollywood movies in order to interrogate The lawsuit, in excess of $15,000, Zilant agreed to the act [oral sex] and willingly" consumed alcohol, the "Al Hollywood's version of Latin America. Martha was filed March 15. protested only after it had begun," lawsuit says. He wasalso aware that pha Chi Chapter had a duty to en Rosler's A Simple Case for Torture, or, How to Sleep at The 1991 attack happened at says a 1992 Orlando Sentinel Article. Stetson policy prohibited male visi sure that its members and pledges Night juxtaposes U.S. news reports, opinion pieces, around 2 a.m. in Nemec HaU. ZUant Pugh was found guUty of lewd tors in Nemec HaU after 1 a.m. on abided by the rules, regulations and texts, and Central Americans' testimonials to provoke was waiting outside for her sister. and- lascivious assault upon a chUd weekends. thinking about how U.S. poUticiansand media create Against Stetson poUcy, the door of and was placed on 15 years proba The lawsuit says the fraternity See RAPE, page 2 and exploit the concept of terrorism. IMJI^^^^^^^^^SM^MI Athletic Department auction to be held Wiesel delivers The Athletic Department will present its annual auction in the Edmunds Center on Friday, AprU 12, speech on prospects from 5-10 p.m.. The sUent auction begins at 5 p.m. Dinner will be served from 5:30-7 p.m., with desert served until 8 p.m. The Live Auction benefits at 8:30 for 21st century p.m. until aU items are sold. The entry fee is $5 per person, which includes bidder ID number, dinner, Andrew D, Dehnart A teacher who behaves unethicaUy desert, and music. The proceeds from this fund-rais The Stetson Reporter cannot teach ethics." ing event wiU benefit all athletic programs at Stet-. Wiesel praised Stetson's new eth son. -Items ranging from antiques, fine arts, trips, va Holocaust survivor and Nobel ics course requirement: "The only cations^, athletic equipment, sportswear, sports memo Peace Laureate EUe Wiesel told Stet- place I didn't lobby [for mandatory rabilia, office equipment, to plants, professional ser-, .sori freshmen at the 1996 Stewart * ethics courses], it happened — here." vices, and dinners/lunches wiU be awarded to the Lecture that they wiU "carry a bur Anti-human regimes and ideolo highest bidder. The entire community is invited to den of memories, of lessons, of ex gies cannot survive, and wiU crumble participate. A Usting of avaUable items is available in periences ... and give it to the next from within, Wiesel said. the Edmunds Center ticket office. CaU the Stetson century" as the last graduates of this Nazism, Wiesel said, was "a Athletic Department at Ext. 8124 with any questions. mUlennium. "You will be the link," movement filed with hatred." Com Wiesel said. munism "began as a grandiose mani Career Forum next week "On the Threshold of the 21st festo for humanism." He added, The second annual Communications Career Fo Century" was the topic of Wiesel's "Both ideologies did not see in hu rum wiU be next Tuesday, AprU 2, in the Stetson Room speech, held last Tuesday night at mans a human being, [but] saw them at 7 p.m. Panelists wiU include individuals from fields the Edmunds Center. Through an as objects." such as marketing, public relations, print and broad ecdotes, stories, and lessons, Wiesel Wiesel cast journaUsm. A reception wiU foUow the event. talked of ethics, as weU as the past, is the au present, and future., thor of "Everything is instant" today, over 35 he said, from "coffee" to "love" to works, in- CALENDAR OF EVENTS "knowledge." Wiesel said, though, eluding that "a chUd cannot grow up im Night, ah mediately ... it takes time. When account of Tuesday, March 26 events go too fast, what is lost is his experi pvS.'.j.'jsM; y,"J<3 ' BSU Lunch, Allen Hall Noon ethics. Ethics means, take every ences in minute and savor it... every minute concentra tion camps Wednesday, March 27 may be the last." Wiesel stressed that "we need during the - < -Hyy?y - s Counseling Center lunch (PDR) Noon the ethical dimension in everything. Holocaust. Elie Wiesel Res.Life: info session (student lounge) 5:00 p.m. Intramurals: Men's BasketbaU (EC) 5:00 p.m. Photo by Steve Nicks CSA: Band, Life in General (NL) 6:00 p.m. AJZA sorority members participate in Greek Week '96 activities — SGA: Pres. campaign debate (EHA) 7:00 p.m. specifically the Olympics — on Hollis Field last Wednesday. Brown, Schwartzel Thursday, March 28 Women's Tennis vs. Toledo 2:30 p.m. unopposed for top SGA Flame Outreach Meeting (Night Lites) 6:00 p.m. BSU Vespers (AUen Hall) 6:30 p.m. New computerized leadership positions Intramurals: Flag Football(Hollis Field)4:00 p.m. Davina Yetter BuUding lobby on April 3. checksheet f o be used The Stetson Reporter. Brown and Schwartzel de Friday, March 29 cided not to run on a prescribed | Admissions: .Honors Scholarship Day platform, but to continue many! Only one ticket—Lindsey > i Room Deposits due to Res. Life current SGA agendas and work on i Davina Yetter plus majors and minors into the sys Brown and Jim Schwartzel—is 1 : • issues as they arise next year. r a Health Services: HIV Screening(204-5) 5:00, p.m. tem. campaigning for Student Govern The Stetson Reporter "We're going to be there for Brass Ensemble (EHA) 7:30 p.m. Wehrle said the program was ment president and vice president the students to voice their opin The registrar's office is imple chosen because of the price, recom for next - year, ' as of last ions," said Brown. She added that menting an electronic checksheet mendations from other small col Wednesday's candidates meeting, Saturday, March 30 her experience as this year's SGA program'for fall registration, accord leges, and the concise display of in according to SGA Advisor David Admissions: Open House for accepted students vice president has taught her that ing to Registrar Al Wehrle. formation. Riveness'. Balloon Glow (Rinker Field) -7:00 p.m. the mos.t important issues that The program, which Wehrle The new checksheets include a Other candidates may be SGA has worked on appear sud expects to increase the accuracy and personal evaluation of major and added to the baUot before AprU 2, denly, and need to be dealt with Sunday, March 31 efficiency of the advising process, minor requirements, upper division although campaigning began yes as they happen. Palm Sunday will create computer-generated credits, and electives. The form also terday and a candidates debate Brown will be a FOCUS assis Wesley House Celebrate Life 7:00 p.m. checksheets for students and faculty gives a breakdown of overall, major was scheduled for tomorrow, said tant coordinator next year, and advisors," and wiU be used as a trial and minor grade point averages. The Riveness. ' — CCM Mass (Night Lites) 8:45 p.m. she is the assistant chapter rela run this spring in conjunction with checksheets are around one to 'rwo While other individuals had tions chair for Alpha Chi Omega the office-generated sheets used in pages long. expressed an interest in running The rising senior has also partici the past. Wehrle said the new' system for the presidency to Riveness, he If you or your organization has information for pated in Youth Motivators, Stu-| The program, produced by the would be a "real time saver" for his • said that no one other than Brown this column, send it to the Reporter at Campus dent Strategic Planning CouncU, Iron Soft company in "Pittsburgh, • office, and that it would eliminate and Schwartzel had officially an Box 8409, attention News Department and Student Ambassadors.