INSIDE Dorothy Lane Market creates rewards program, page 3 NEWS Charges not filed in alleged rapes, page 2 A&E POTH brings Greeks together, page 6 OPINIONS Staff ed: calling for more discussion with UD , page 9 SPORTS Krafka starring, smiling as freshman, page 11 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2012 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON VOL. 60 NO. 9 UD POLITICAL POLICY UPSETS STUDENT LEADERS S UE GOGNIAT “The students should be able Staff Writer to support a political candi- date of their choosing to exer- Leaders in the College Demo- cise their rights of free speech,” crats and College Republicans are Owings said. speaking out about a University of Administrators such as Student Dayton policy prohibiting the dis- Life and Kennedy Union director tribution of candidate endorsing Amy Lopez-Matthews have ex- literature on campus. pressed a willingness to cooperate Lisa Sandner, an attorney in with student organizations. UD’s office of legal affairs, said the “We have given political stu- university adopted this position to dent organizations a copy of the comply with the requirements set policy and will work with them on forth in the Internal Revenue Code events,” said Amy Lopez-Matthews, to maintain its tax exempt status Executive Director of Student Life as a non-profit, or 501(c)(3), orga- and Kennedy Union. nization. Sandner said that students “The University of Dayton, as should familiarize themselves an institution, is prohibited from with the university’s policies and participating or intervening in practices regarding political and any political campaign on behalf electoral activities to help shape of any candidate for public office,” their organization’s events and said Sandner. activities. She said organizations The University of Dayton Po- should be sensitive to the restric- litical/Electoral Activities Policies tions placed on the university as and Practices outlines the policy an institution. for students. The five-page docu- “They should be mindful that ment defines “political” as advoca- when they support a candidate that cy for, or opposition to, a candidate they do so in an individual capacity for public office. It features what and make that distinction as clear is permitted and not permitted in as possible,” Sandner said. public on campus. Leaver said she understood For example, UD prohibits any Jamie Leaver and that stu- the university’s restrictions on advertisements or editorials re- said the univer- dents want to be endorsing candidates, but re- garding candidates for elective sity guidelines have involved in.” iterated she doesn’t speak for public office in official university a negative impact on po- Pfister said the current the university. publications, and prohibits door- litically inclined organizations. policy makes it difficult for politi- “I understand that the university to-door campaigning in the student Leaver, a senior political science keting and leadership major, said cal organizations on campus to do is a private institution and cannot neighborhoods or dorms. major, said the sole purpose of the current policies make it hard anything besides non-partisan endorse any political candidate,” “The challenge with this issue is the College Republicans during to hold events or gather excitement events, which is upsetting dur- Leaver said. “I have no problem finding the right balance between an election season is to gain sup- about the upcoming election. ing an election year when there with that. But I am not the Univer- supporting individual and orga- port for Republican candidates “This affects our organization should be a buzz of excitement sity of Dayton and I do not speak on nizational involvement in the po- among students. because a lot of the events that we throughout campus. behalf of the university; I am one litical process as part of a broader Leaver said the university has want to do as a group and open up Senior political science major individual, and I speak on behalf of educational experience and com- completely obstructed this prac- to the community have to be modi- Kurt Owings said he understands myself only.” plying with the regulatory require- tice, and in turn has defeated the fied in some way, and it makes it that students are not allowed to put ments to protect the university’s entire purpose of the organization. a lot harder for us to put on these signs up in the student neighbor- Photos for illustration contributed by Ann Dabney and Gage Skidmore tax exempt status,” Sandner said College Democrats President events,” Pfister said. “They are the hood, and he does not agree with . College Republicans president Daniel Pfister, a sophomore mar- events that generate excitement this policy 70/51 69/50 69/51 PEACE CORPS RECRUITMENT (Source: www.nws.noaa.gov) SUNNY SUNNY SUNNY The sun arrives just in time for p a g e 4 the weekend! TODAYSATURDAY SUNDAY 2 NEWS FLYER NEWS | Friday, September 28, 2012 LOCAL THEK TIC ER NATIONAL KinI GS SLAND TAKES B OY GETS FIRST KISS DOWN SON OF BEAST FROM COUNTRY STAR The southwest Ohio theme Country superstar Carrie park, Kings Island, has be- Underwood gave a gun to dismantle the Son of 12-year-old boy his first kiss Beast, named the world’s onstage at a recent show in fastest and tallest wooden Louisville, Ky. Underwood roller coaster in 2000. Sev- pulled the boy onstage after eral closing occurred in past spotting his sign, which years due to reports of injury. read, “Will you be my first The dismantlement is expect- kiss?” ed to take several months. Information from foxnews.com Information from whiotv.com U D STUDENTS UVA NAMED TOP INVOLVED IN PARTY SCHOOL Students build canned good castles during a Greek Week event Wednesday, Sept. 26, in Kennedy Union. MAT- INTERSTATE CRASH THEW WORSHAM/OPINIONS EDITOR Playboy magazine picked Dayton police suspect alcohol the University of Virginia as was involved in a crash on In- CAMPUS the top party school in the terstate 75 at the Ohio exit U.S. Other schools in the 4 at 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, artstreet FILM SERIES CAB LATE NIGHT rocO KT BERFEST magazine’s top 10 include Sept. 26. UD students travel- ArtStreet will show “Brazil,” a COOKOUT ArtStreet will host Rocktoberfest, USC, University of Florida, ing northbound crashed into film about a bureaucrat who CAB will host a late night cook- a concert featuring performers University of Wisconsin and another car going south. The turns enemy of the state, as part out from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. on such as Customer Service and Ohio State. The magazine driver and passenger, who of the Friday Night Films pro- Saturday, Sept. 29. The event the Gem City Horns, Lauren Ey- listed SUNY College of fled the scene, were found gram. The film will be shown will include a cookout and pizza, lise, Nick Fister, Dave Zup, Phil Environmental Science of later near the intersection of at 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28. The games and a raffle for prizes. Cenedella, Libby Gill, Mary Mi- Forestry as the worst overall Webster and Dietrick streets. event is free of charge. chael, Brendan Michaelis and party school. Information from whiotv.com Good English. The event will Information from usatoday.com begin at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 at ArtStreet. ARTS SERIES MAKE IT A DATE. Prosecutor: No charges filed MUSIC CHANGES EVERYTHING. in case of two reported rapes WILM L IA GARBE Safety crime log. prosecutor’s office. Managing Editor An investigator from Public The university crime log shows Safety met with the prosecutor’s the dispatcher originally classi- Rape charges will not be filed office Tuesday before the decision fied the Caldwell incident as gross against the once suspected student was announced, according to Ran- sexual imposition. The Caldwell in the case of two alleged sexual dy Groesbeck, a UD police major incident was later reclassified as assaults reported to have occurred and the director for administra- rape, according to Groesbeck. over move-in weekend in August. tion and security for Public Safety. Then, during the Public Safety On Tuesday, Sept. 25, the Mont- “The situation is being reviewed investigation on Aug. 20, the fe- gomery County Prosecutor’s Of- within the university,” Groesbeck male student reported that she fice announced there was not said, referring to the separate in- was also sexually assaulted while enough evidence for felony charg- vestigatory process UD is required in the basement of a landlord THE BRAZILIAN es. to execute under Title IX. house on the 400 block of Kiefaber “In this particular case, they “Our investigation was very Street. The next morning, Public ASSAD BROTHERS looked at everything and deter- thorough,” Groesbeck said. Safety created a report for the re- mined there was insufficient evi- The criminal investigation re- ported Kiefaber incident, classify- WITH THE PROMUSICA dence to support that there was a volved around two incidents re- ing the incident as a rape that oc- CHAMBER ORCHESTRA felony that had been committed,” ported to have occurred on the curred sometime during move-in said Greg Flannagan, a spokesman same night, between the same weekend. Students: $5 SATURDAY for the prosecutor’s office. two students, in the basement of Over the course of the investi- Faculty and Staff: $10 The former suspect, now con- a house on Kiefaber Street and in gation, Public Safety determined OCTOBER 13 Tickets available at the door or in advance at the firmed through the prosecutor’s the newly built Caldwell Apart- the reported Kiefaber incident oc- 7:30PM SOUTH PARK Kennedy Union Box Office. office to be a 21-year-old male ments. curred around 12:30 a.m., approxi- UNITED METHODIST CHURCH senior, was accused of sexually On Monday, Aug.