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(0", in) ,i.vf (fe i%fl 0i M- il u • j Hi Beacon in The I MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2000 William Paterson University • Volume 66 No. 18 http://euphratwpunj.edu/beacon FREE 1 Confusion surrounds dual, Fatal dorm fire strikes Srton Hall separate police incidents Prompts WPU to evaluate camps fire safety Beacon clarifies suspension report By Ryan Caiazzo I By Ryan Caiazzo University and The Beacon. News Editor News Editor . , The, second police incident I responsible for the suspension of Students and faculty at William I The Passaic County Prosecutor's three police officers may have Paterson University reacted with Office and William Paterson involved a visitor who was struck disbelief, concern and fear over the I University are investigating two in the face by police after resisting early morning fire at Seton Hall separate incidents involving alle- "arrest. The Beacon is searching for University on Wednesday, Jan. 19. gations that university police offi- individuals who may have infor- The fire killed three students and cers used excessive force on two mation regarding such an incident. injured more than 50 others, some separate occasions involving two (Confidential news tips can be with life threatening burns. •I separate individuals. emailed • "to Dr. Arnold Speert, President of I The Beacon reported on Jan. 18 in ''[email protected]"). WPU, said, "The tragedy is devas- an article entitled "Three While both incidents are still tating. My heart goes out to the University Police ". Officers under investigation, no details families of the students involved Suspended" that three university have been released by the and to the Seton Hall community. police officers were suspended University, the Passaic County Communities are very fragile." without pay following a complaint Prosecutor's Office or the State Speert told The Beacon that the filed by Shariff Pasha, a junior psy- Attorney General's Office. university is concerned about fire chology major, regarding a dispute Stuart Goldstein, Associate Vice safety at WPU. "We can never be 1 over an illegally parked car in the President for Institutional too safe. We are doing a complete ph> by Laurie Koba/The Beacon i Heritage apartment complex on Advancement, confirmed that review (of fire safety) on campus," Fire alarm horn and strobe devices (pured above) are often campus. three officers were suspended for a he continued. ignored by some resident students at \Iiam Paterson University. Following publication of the "police matter" not related to According to AP wire reports, Some students complain that there aroo many false alarms, and article, it was learned that the three Pasha's incident. Personnel hear- the fire began around 4:30 a.m. on as a result neglect to leave their dormvhen the alarm Sounds, unnamed police officers were sus- ings involving the three police offi- the third floor of Boland Hall, a cers are ongoing. dorm that houses 600 freshmen. many students disregarding fire rids, adding to chaos and disori- pended as a result of an unrelated alarm activations. The building The Pasha incident is being enion for students. incident to the situation involving Although fire alarms reportedly did not have an automatic fire investigated internally by WPU her shldents were reported to Pasha, where accusations of mis- went off7 some students did not sprinkler, system, and the fire Dean of Student Development ha jumped from windows and treatment are alleged. leave the building until as late as quickly spread throughout the dor- Robert Ariosto. No police officers Hesheets into ropes hoping to Confusion of the two incidents- 6:45 a.m. The Star Ledger reported mitory. that the dormitory has had 18 false derived due to a lack of specific Thick, black smoke filled the cor- confirmation between the see BE A CON page 13 alarms since the fall, resulting in see WPU page 4 Alan Dershowitz scheduled to Heritage Hall residents hot over no heat } after radiator explodes in apartment lecture at William aterson By Laurie Quinlan report water dripping from their unaffected by the' water but Lawyer defended U. Simpson Staff Writer ' ceiling. Poletto immediately Carnathan was not so fortunate. Alan Dershowitz, lawyer> pro- Wiim Paterson students; and called maintenance to tend to the . "All of the clothes on top of fessor, author and civil libertarian, $12for students from other As resident students brave the . problem. Maintenance workers [Carnathan's] bed were saturat- will speak at William Paterson schls. The lecture begins at 8:00 viciously cold weather conditions were called in and cleaned up the ed," Pairo said. "Everything was University in Wayne as the 20th p.nn Shea Center on campus. to go to class, the one thing they leakage in the room beneath soaking wet. We isolated the anniversary season of A Harvard Law can look forward to is coming Carnathan then keyed into valves and turned off the water." the Distinguished School professor, home to a warm, cozy room. Carnathan's room to find the According to Pairo, they used a Lecturer Series con- Dershowitz has been Wrong! source of the leak. wet vacuum on Carnathan's floor . tinues on January 28. praised as one of the I Senior Robert Carnathan, a resi- "We went up to (the room with to soak up the water and then pro- His lecture is entitled nation's foremost I dent of Heritage Hall, was any- the leak) and got Residence Life to ceeded downstairs to do the^ame. "The Constitution civil libertarians and thing but cozy this week as his open the room above. We found Carnathan came back to campus and Our Modern defenders of individ- room was without heat for four out that the new heater system at 11:30 a.m. and allegedly found Justice System." ual rights. his floor still covered with water. days due to a radiator exploding had frozen and a coil cracked," A limited number Dershowitz's most in his apartment on Monday said Auggie Pairo, Supervisor of "I went up to my room and of single tickets may recent book, : "Just morning. Building Repairs, found out that pretty much every- be available at the Revenge," is a novel Carnathan's holiday weekend The cracked coil caused a pipe thing was soaking wet - the car- Shea Center Box about a Holocaust was cut short when he received a to burst, sending hot water shoot- pets, posters, papers, books, bed- Office for the lecture. survivor who seeks phone call at 10:30 a.m. on ing all over Caranthan's room. ding and a box of t-shirts we were For ticket availability; vengeance on the Monday from Joe Poletto, Carnathan and his roommate, selling to raise money for the and to purchase single tickets, Na responsible for killing his Resident Director on duty, saying Anthony Roberto, were not pre- hockey team." • please call the box office at 720- fary during World War 11. that his room "suffered major sent. Both could have been seri- , Although Roberto's belongings 2371 between 10 a.m. and, 5 p.m.; Anher recent book,. "Sexual water damage." ously injured as steaming water were hardly affected, he was not prices are $23 standard;*$21 for Marthyism," reflects on the Apparently the residents below sprayed the bedroom. pleased with his living conditions. senior citizens, William Paterson Carnathan phoned Poletto to Roberto's bed was surprisingly faculty, staff and alumni; $8 for see RESIDENT page 3 ee DERSHOWITZ page 12 _?•*> Fire Safety Tara Women's 101 Maclean Basketba. Page 5 Page 11 Page 16 PAGE 2'•THE BEACON MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2000 IMVE; m STAGE, mm NAZMNAL mm OF Tuesday, January 25 Christian Fellowship: Atheism vs. Christianity- Come see a videotaped debate on this topic. What do you believe? Discussion to follow. White Hall lounge, 5:30 pm. Contact Rashod, (973) 7.20-4825, for more info. Women's Center: First Women's Discussion Group of 2000. Women's Center, SC 214, 3:30-4:30 pm. 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