Rams Win Seventh Straight...p. 16 US Postage PAID Bronx, New York Permit No. 7608 Non-ProfitOrg. Thursday January 28, 1982 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK Two Nabbed RH Students In Rose Hill Mugged At Knifepoint Gunpoint by Cathy Woods Mugging Two Fordham students were mugged at gunpoint in front of Murray Weigel Hall early Sunday morning. No one was injured in by Mary DiLandro the altercation although the gunmen are still at large, A Fordham student was mugged at mid- Jorge San Miguel, CBA '82, and Dave night last Wednesday on the walkway be- Filar, CBA '82, were walking along Fordham tween 555 Eiast 191st Street and New Hall dor- Road at approximately 2 a.m. on Sunday mitories. On the same day, a youth was ar- when they were approached by two Black rested tor menacing a Physical Plant worker. youths in their early 20s. San Miguel, who Tom Ryan, FC '83, was held up at knife- was about 20 yards in front of Filar, had point by two Bronx youths. Ryan said he saw Martyrs' Court seen the youths running across the street. As his two assailants, one male and one female, soon as he felt the cold steel of a gun in his approaching head-on while en route to 555, stomach, he began to run and called to a bin "didn't think anything would happen." Question Legality Of group of students in front of him for help. When they confronted him, both were Filar, meanwhile, had been caught by the carrying knives with approximately six-inch duo, and had relinquished his wallet contain- blades. Alter relinquishing a gym bag filled ing $19 in cash. As soon as the muggers tied, with sports equipment and 61 cents in cash, Martyrs' Court Search Filar followed in pursuit, explaining, "I Ryan was told to "shut up" and to "keep on thought maybe I might be able to catch one housing contracts. walking." The youths, he reported, by Barbara Durkin of them." When one of the muggers slipped Vice President for Student Affairs Joseph proceeded toward the "middle of the cam- Several Martys' Court residents are and fell on the ice turning the corner of Bath- McGowan justified the search, saying, "H is pus," where he believed they might look for questioning the legality of searches which gate Avenue and Fordham Road, he noticed our obligation to keep the [University] safe other potential victims. Resident Assistants conducted at the end Filar following them. According to Filar, and to do everything we possibly can to Ryan then ran to the security booth on the of last semester, While R.A.s are permitted "As soon as he aimed his gun at me, 1 dove assure that." McGowan added that while he ground floor of 555, where he called the to check rooms for cooking appliances, to the ground. After firing two shots, he was against arbitrary searches, the question Security Office. ( ' which are banned from the dorm, students started running again. By the time I got up of what constitutes an arbitrary search "is a After calling IBI, Ryan ran to 191st Street are concerned that the R.A.s might have again, they had turned the corner down 191st matter of judgment and interpretation which to make sure his, assailants were not leaving overstepped student rights when they sear- Street and were gone." can certainly be questioned by anyone." from the New Hall exit on the same street. ched in closets. Contracted lawyers believe Filar began shouting, hoping the guard McGowan also pointed out that the students When he saw no one leaving, he concluded that student concern may be justified. in the Bathgate Avenue booth would hear did violate their housing regulations by that the youths were still on campus. According to Vernon Welsh, a Brooklyn him. He then went to 555 E. 191st Street and bringing cooking appliances into the dorms lawyer, "This [closet searches] could be called the police. Approximately 10 minutes later, the in the first place. student accompanied Francis Chinini, the considered trespassing." Another lawyer, San Miguel had heard the shots and re- Said A-House resident Judy Casulli, "I'm new evening security supervisor, and 1B1 Williarh Bennett, from a Massachusetts law traced his steps to make sure Filar was un- not angry about the fact that my appliances guard Wilson in a campus car-search. In the firm also agrees that the incident may con- harmed. The group of students ahead of the were confiscated. What bothers me is the interim, guard Lall, who was stationed at the stitute trespassing. Most of the lawyers con- duo had instructed the guard at the Third way in which they went about it." IBI booth nearest Keating Hall, saw two tacted concede that the issue is touchy, and Avenue entrance to call Security. Patrolman Upon hearing Perhac's statement that youths fitting the radio description he had felt that student rights have been violated. Louis Reda from the 48th Precinct arrived closets should not have been searched, received, walking toward him. When he ap- The questionable searches began on the last approximately five minutes later. Casulli, who had placed a toaster oven and a proached them, the suspects fled. Lall ap- day of the fall semester, after most of the dorm Concerning the experience, San Miguel hot plate in her closet, which she said had prehended the female, and pushed her into residents had left for vacation. Assistant Dean commented, "I was pretty shook up. I warn been closed, immediately questioned her the guard booth until back-ups arrived, while of Students for Residential Life, Peter Perhac, all students not to go that way. You think it R.A., Maureen Bradley. According to the male dropped the gym bag and fled to granted permission to check bedroom closets in won't happen to you, and then when it Casulli, "Maureen was stunned when I told Southern Boulevard where he was appre- hopes of finding banned cooking appliances, does, you say, 'how could I have been so her what I had heard. She told me that she hended by Wilson and Chinini. such as hot plates and toaster ovens, which are stupid?' " continued on page 6 At the Thebaud Security Annex, the hand- considered fire hazards. The R.A.s intended to cuffed suspects were arrested by IBI after confiscate any cooking appliances found. Ryan provided a positive identification of his Head Resident of Martyrs Court, John attackers and pressed charges. A knife was O'Connell, had been aware that cooking was going on in certain parts of the dorm and wan- Dorm Rates To Jump 12 % confiscated from the female; her cohort had discarded his after he fled from the campus. ted to put a stop to it. Said O'Connell, "I At the 48th Precinct, the local youths, both asked Dean Perhac if it were permissible to by Colleen Carolan student complaints, the RA's in New Hall will be moved out of the large triple corner rooms aged 19, were booked. On January 26, they [search the closets]." Perhac granted O'Connell The cost of living will drive Residence Hall into doubles. were indicted before the Grand Jury of the permission to do so, and O'Connell conse- costs up by 12 percent next fall, according to Bronx and charged with robbery, possession quently passed on permission to the Martyrs' Dean of Housing Peter Perhac. Residence Hall Association President Mike oi R.A. staff. McNiff said that the price for 555 has not yet a dangerous weapon and criminal Though the proposed increases are still been finalized, but, will be in the range of $815 trespassing, according to Security Director In separate interviews on Tuesday of this awaiting final approval by the Board of Trus- (o $840. He said that the prices will be offi- Thomas Courtney. week Perhac, when questioned about R.A.'s tees, Perhac said that the increase is strictly to cially announced to students when the infor- According to Ryan, the mugging occurred rights to search closets, gave conflicting cover expenses. mation for the Residence Hall lottery is sent at I Ill's "weakest moment" due to ongoing statements as to the extent of their power. Projected prices for Martyr's Court, out. shift changes. He believes that IBI could not Asked if his R.A.s were told to remove Queens Court, and Spellman Hall arc $715 per Because the increase is based "strictly on have apprehended the youths without his any objects from within closets, Perhac said, semester for double rooms, and $815. Ten llcl the cost of living," Perhac said he could not P- "I'd also give credit to Security," he "(R.A.s) are not told to search closets or very small double rooms in the turret of New Si break down more specifically where the extra »id "IBI did a very good job." drawers." He went on to say that students Hall will be made into singles, which will go money will be directed. Perhac was asked by Another on-campus incident also occurred who claimed that they had had an object for $900 per semester. Also, because of the University to do the report on expenses for the same day approximately 4:30 p.m. Bob removed from their closets must have left the Vice President for Student Affairs Joseph Young, Physical Plant employee, noticed closet open, and that the object must have a McGowan. From there it will go to a budget- an individual loitering in Faculty Memorial been in plain sight.