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Alleged sexual TALENT IN MOTION assault causes Colb y Dancers entertain stu- alarm on campus dents, parents , and alumni at the Megs and B BROOKE FITZSIM- time -the female student has chosen y Legs event, also MONS not to press criminal charges against her alleged attacker, but is pursuing featuring the ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR the case through Colby. Megalomaniacs. "In a felony, there is a six year The same night, different loca- The event was statute of limitations," said Gould, tions, and involving two different held in the Page explaining that the female student Commons Room. female . students at Colby. Allegedly, file rape always has the option to orming on two incidents of intended sexual mis- charges at any point in the future dur- Perf conduct took place on campus over ing this six-year window. Thursday before the course of one night, Saturday, If the male student was found Family Weekend, Sept. 23 guilty at Wednesday's hearing, then the two groups By now, most students have read there are several courses of discipli- got the festivi- the advisory notices posted in build- nary action that can be taken by the ties off to a fly- ings around campus and received the Dean's office. two campus-wide e-mails sending ing start. Look "The student could face immedi- out.for the out the warning signal that the dan- ate suspension or a prolonged sus- dancers in l gers of date rape drugs and sexual pension until the victim graduates, upcom ing cam- assault are no longer things that hap- and sometimes expulsion, though pen exclusively at large schools. there has only been one expulsion in pus shows. These incidents have now become a 25 years at Colby,and it was not relat- very real probletfl oh the Colby cam- AMITY BURR/THE ed to sexual assault," said Kassman. COLBY ECHO pus that students need to be aware of Although cases of expulsion are in order to take precautions and help rare, a prolonged suspension of sev- protect one another. eral years ensures that the victim's One of the most fri ghtening attacker will not be present on cam- aspects of rape is that it can.happen at pus -until she graduates. In most the end of the night in the dorm room instances of prolonged suspension, of a small school, surrounded by stu- the convicted student opts to transfer , le know each Non-discrimina tion amendment put to vote dents where most peop rather than wait the number of years other. At this time, Security and the that it would take to return to Colby. reads in part, "It is the policy of the Student not," he said. "Hopefully, it will be there as pf Dean of Students office can onl By RYAN DAVIS y However, transferring also Government Assodation of Colby College that all October 12." release certain details, pre- NEWS EDITOR in order to. becomes difficult for a student con- students and employees should be able to work and After the workshop, Ehrenwerth worked with serve the privacy of the male and victed of sexual assault because most study in an environment that is free of discrimina- Green and Tamika Gambrell '03, hall president of female students involved in the Yesterday,students voted on whether or not to colleges require a recommendation tion and harassment. The members of the Student Drummond and parliamentarian of Students ' add a non-discrimination statement to the Student alleged rape case. from the Dean of Students' Office in Government Association of Colby College believe Organized for Black and Hispanic Unity (SOBHU), "All I can tell you is that it Government Association constitution. The amend- order to complete the transfer appli- that discrimination or harassment - whether verbal. to craft the statement. involves two students and it has been ment states that SGA is committed to protecting all ¦ cation. Though the Dean of Students' physical or environmental - is Gambrell said she worked on creating the state- investi and the police members of the Colby communi- gated by us Office has an obligation to protect the unacceptable and will not be ment because she was concerned about the direction department. If s in the dean s office ty from discrimination "based ' privacy of the attacker as well as the tolerated. SGA was taking on the issue of diversity of late. now," said Director of Security Peter upon sex, race, color, national ori- - victim in these cases, if the convicted "The Student Government "I'll be honest, many people were disappointed Chenevert. "I don't know if the gin, ancestry, religion, age, dis- student allows the Dean's Office to Association at Colby College is with, last year 's SGA, myself induded," she said; female student is pressing charges off ability, sexual orientation, or speak with another institution, they committed to maintaining a "But I have a lot of confidence in the new SGA...I campus or not, but I know she had access to economic resources." will disdose the reasoning behind the community in which a diverse think (creating this statement) is a good start." She the option to. This occurred the same In order for the statement to student's suspension. population can live and work hopes that if the all students support the non-dis- ni ht as the Screw Your Roommate be added to the constitution, one g In a separate inddent occurring in an atmosphere of tolerance, crimination statement. "It will make the Colby com- party. quarter of the students must turn during the same weekend, Security dvility and mutual respect for munity a better place." According to Dean of Students out to vote;in Cotter Union, and suspects -that a female student at the rights and sensibilities of When asked what he hoped the addition of the Janice Kassman, there was a hearing two-thirds of those students must Colby was given a "date rape" drug each individual." statement would accomplish, Ehrenwerth replied, in front of a committee of deans vote in favor of adding the by someone attending the same party ^^^^^^^^^ The statement was first pro- "I hope it will accomplish nothing, meaning that "Wednesday ni ht to make a ruling on amendment to the constitution. g as the victim that night. Although the posed at an intensive diversity training workshop there's no need for it. Hopefully,we 'll never have to the rape allegations against a male Although results of the vote were not available at student has not been tested for the led by Lowell Green of Brown University that all look at it again. If s just something fhaf s important Colby student. In an alleged rape press time, SGA president Justin Ehrenwerth '01, presence of any of the most widely members of SGA participated in at the beginning of to have." case, the victim has the option to han- was optimistic that students would vote in favor of known date rape drugs such as GHB the year. According to Ehrenwerth, one idea that "We hope to have good turnout," said Gambrell. dle the situation in house b bringing the statement. y (gamma hydroxybutyrate), rohypnol, came out of the workshop was the addition of a "Our biggest fear is that not a lot of people will vote. the case in front of the Colby "I hope (it passes)," he said , "I don't know what or ketamine, bom she and Colby offi- statement of non-discrimination, since nothing like If we don't get a lot of people, that tells me some- Judiciary Board, or in very sensitive sort of problem you could have with this!" cials suspect that one of these sub- it is in place in the current constitution. thing is wrong." cases such as this one, before a com- The official title ot the amendment is "Article stances, most likely GHB, was used "This is something you would have thought was The amendment is "pretty straightforward," said mittee from the Dean of Students' XIII: Colby College Student Government on her. put in tlie constitution some time ago, but it wasn't Ehrenwerth. "But it's critical." Office, the committee will hear both Association Statement of Non-Discrimination." It According to Chenevert, the stu- sides of the story from each student, dent went out to eat with her parents and then make a final ruling. earlier in the night, and neither she "Any time a sexual assault is nor her parents suffered any sort of reported we encourage the student to food poisoning. Later, the student go to the police, said Kassman. " brought her own bottle of wine to the The Dr. Seuss we never knew According to both Kassman and party she was attending and only had Chenevert, detectives from the a few drinks. By ERtKATHORESON cartoons were too progressive for main- Waterville Police Department came to "This case didn't involve a sexual STAFFWRITER stream newspapers of his time. Colby to talk with the female student. The 40 political cartoons highlight- In speaking with Detective See ASSAULT, continued "The Cat in the Hat," "Green Eggs ed in Minear's lecture examined vari- Sergeant Gould from tlie John and Ham," and "The Grinch" are more ous political topics, First and foremost, Waterville Police Department, at this on page 3 than just children's books, they are pop- Seuss clearly incorporated his criticism ular cultural icons for many Americans of isolationism into his cartoons, often who grevv.up in the past few decades. depicting its proponents as ostridies The rhyming, gibberish language and with their heads buried in the sand. P_____-_-^_____------_---------_---_------- unique illustrations of Dr, Seuss' chil- Prior to Pearl Harbor, yet already anx- dren's books are also infinitely recog- ious for the U.S.

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