, ..... ,... - ,. -' ... ,-..... LDAND WAKE FoREST UNIVERSITY, WINSTON-SALEM, NoRTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1990 Woman Reports . '.!,' •,j '-~I • --·>-". ' ". ·~~-:\·, .:· :.I ·:• ..; .. ' . -'·:< Attempted. Rape BY JAY WOODRUFF NF.WS Emrm A young woman visiting campus was as­ saultedatabout2a.m. Oct ?by an unidentified man outside the west-side door of Palmer Residence Hall. The victim, a Winston-Salem resident, told university security she was returning to her car parked in the Palmer lot after she left an off­ campus party on Polo Road sponsored by the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity when the at­ tacker knocked her down and attempted to rape her. She said she struggled with her assailant until he got up and ran away, according to the university security report , Though emotionally shaken, the victim did not require any medical attention for physical injuries, said Bob Prince, the director of uni­ versity security. The woman found her friends ..in Piccolo Residence Hall and they contacted Joe Ellison, a Palmer residence advisor, at about 2:15 a.m. He called Mike Pratapas, the Palmer hall di­ rector, who reported the incident to security at about 2:30a.m. University security responded and called the Winston-Salem Police for as­ sistance. The attacker was described as a dark-haired C. L. Taylorofthe Winston-Salem Police. He white male in his 20s, 6-4, between 225 and said they are still following up the initial . 270 lbs., wearing aT-shirt and cap, according investigation because the victim has been out · to the security report and fliers posted by the of town and unavailable for further inter- · Eric Rice office of residence life and housing. The at­ views. tacker was unarmed, Prince said. The police investigation is being coq- : The woman had parked her car in Palmer lot ducted independently of university security's · : Where There's A Will There's an "A" because a friend with whom she had attended investigation, Taylor said. · . the party is a Palmer resident. Although she Inresponsetoinquiriesconcerningthe.use ~ · The Pizza Hut located in the Benson Universi1y Center has received an upgraded sanitation rating. The Winston­ went to the party with Wake Forest students of Wake Forest yearbooks to identify: the : : Salem Health inspector changed the rating from "B" to "A" Oct. 17. The "B" grade was assigned Oct. 8 when and friends, the group was separated at the attacker, Taylor said all available resources · : party, and she returned to the parking lot alone, would be used. · · an inspector rated the restaurant In the middle of Its lunch rush, said Murdock Williams, the assistant manager Pratapas said. Investigaoors for university security have : : at Pizza Hut. Officer B. K. Yandell responded to there­ no reason to believe the attacker is a Wake · I port and is handling the investigation, said Sgt Forest student, Prince said. · ~------------------------------~--------------------------~----------------~ Student.Chargect With,·Fele;hy~,:for-·-:Setting··Fire;··-In. ·Kit~hin. Suite . Bv MiKE McKINLEY of housing contract. He received 20 work hours for the fighters to the scene. Approximately 400 students were actions.inJ~e case and will arrange counseling ses­ EDITOR IN CHIEF disorderly conduct charge and re"eived a $10 fine and forced out of their rooms, the release says. sions for him. 10 work hours for the charge of public intoxication, said At the same time, a resident smelled smoke, discov­ "We were very lucky that this situation did not City authorities charged a student with attempted Merry Schilling, a co-chair ofthe judicial board. Klenzak ered the burning cloth and stamped it out. result in serious injury or loss of property," Holmes arson, a felony, following a fire in Kitchin House Oct. will not appeal the ruling of the CRP, Schilling said. Klenzak contacted the residence hall director the said. "Considering the Kitchin House residents were 6. A preliminary hearing for the felony charge has West said Klenzak had allegedly been drinking and following morning. They met that afternoon and agreed the victims ofthis very type of activity in spring 1989 been set for Oct. 26, Ken West, assistant fire marshall, went to Kitchin 315F. West said the students asked to meet with Dean of Student Services Harold Holmes -a room was destroyed- this kind of malicious act said. Klenzak to leave after he became disruptive. as soon as possible. is difficult to understand." Senior Scott M. Klenzak, whose name was released Klenzak returned to the room to apologize, and the On the recommendation of Holmes and Ken Zick, Homes said the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity was not by the Winston-Salem fire department, was suspended residents slammed the door in his face, West said. vice president for student life and instructional re­ held responsible for Klenzak's actions. by the university Oct. 10 and reinstated Oct. 16 by the Around 10:45 p.m., Klenzak allegedly set fire to a sources, President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. suspended the "The PiKAs assisted us in resolving this matter. university's case referral panel. He was charged with pair of met1' s boxer shorts draped over a doorknob in the student from the college until the hearing could be held. They were helpful to university officials in address­ disorderly conduct, public intoxication and breach of third floor suite, according to a university press release. "It was done to protect the campus community, and ing the incident. It was not a group activity," Holmes housing contract. Smoke from the burning cloth triggered an evacua­ give. the person the opportunity to reflect upon his said. "We purposely had not referred to (the PiKAs) Klenzak's on-campus housing has been revoked for tion alarm and automatic alarm in the suite that called situation," Zick said. because this was as individual (a case) could be." the remainder of the 1990-91 academic year for breach residence hall staff, university security and city fire Holmes notified Klenzak' s parents of the university's Klenzak did not wish to comment. I II' Local Societies Consider t ' Panhellenic Affiliations Bv EDDIE SoUTHERN Several alumni havecontactedsori1e AIDS research took senior Becky Kaufman · Oto GoLo AND BLACK Ra>aRTER of the societies, and"... most alumni from the basement to the big city last summet. · are probably not in favor of going Kaufman took a week-longbreakJune l9from . Wake Forest's societies took an­ national," Callahan said. · her "offtce," a room in the Babcock Resh:i~nc~· · other step in deciding whether to While some alumni disapprove of Hall basement where she developed an outline join nationally-affiliated sororities national affiliation, Callahan doubts for a new biology course about acquired iminune last week. a change would affect the level of deficiency ~yndrome, to attend the SiJtth Inter­ Jean Wells, the Panhellenic rushees. "I think it would stay the national AIDS Conference in San Francisco. •· Council's coordinator for the South­ same. I think the societies here are . Kaufman, a biology major, received·furidirig l ,! east, met with each society individu­ strong enough to not need the na­ for her project and travel from the Howard Hughes ally and fielded questions concern­ tional backing," she said. Undergraduate, Research Ftind :arid the Wake ing the possible national move. The university has not taken a side , ·Forest department of biology's Summer Under-. Brittain Callahan, the president of on the issue. "The university saidit's graduate Research Experience'program. \[ the Intersociety Council, said, "Ev­ our decision," Callahan said. "I have · -Ambng her most vivid memories' are the. eryone had a lot of questions. People the feeling that they're not biased. deinqnstnitions outside of the conference hall by,.: . were really interested in finding out They've left it up to us." membersoftheAIDS Coalition to Unleash Power·.· \\ about the possibilities." If societies decide to go national, .arid then seeing the reactions of the scientists and : I Societies are considering the pos­ Callahan predicts some modifica­ gathering crowds. Kaufman said· the rioting be,.. sibility of national affiliations be­ tions in the present structure of both came so loud outside the hall that some of tlle" .' cause the Non-National Agreement ISC and the individual societies, cl:\nferencespeakers cmildnotbeheard insidetbe · ends in January, 1991. The agree­ though nothing will be changed .,htiilding. · ; . · ·''- ·· <: ment was signed in the late 1980s by drastically. · t'Igot a reel for the conflicts,'' s!te said . .Qefore, · eight Wake Forest societies to pre­ "If another national organization · whenKaufmanvoluoteeredtotielpAIDSpa'tierits; ·. vent national affiliation. will come, the Panhellenic Council :she. saw: tlie. disease through the eyes of those' . "Right now, there are no individual will also come," she said. "The uni­ ,: pghtirigthesyste111. Attheconference,sheb)!came . versity has said that there will be just sororities being looked at. ... (Well's) :Part of the' system. · · ~ · . .. San Frimclisi:o purpose in being here was just to one governing body, so ISC and · .Kaufmansaidtheconferenceinspiredherwork , PanheJienic will work together." give a general idea," Callahan said. onthecourseoutline, whichshehassi.nceftnished National Carteer!nstitute laboratory of RObert .. ab~~•il;!li:m~;inJ~do;fp~t~:rsc:i~~tifiiC,:projc~t Each society will decide individu­ Concerning individual societies, AAd given to Ralph D.. Amen, professor of • G.Uio;,whO:'discovered the AIDS virus in 1984;. she said, "The structure would change a ally whether to affiliate with a na­ · b~ology, who she hopes will teach the course. · Hercourseouilineinchides aspectsofbiology, some, obviously, especially in re­ tional sorority. Ifthe decision is made, ..··KaUfman'~ i~te~st in the AIDS epid~~c is ethics.politip81lJ:'dsociology.Kaufman~aidsbe ISC and the Panhellenic Council will gard to formals, alcohol policies and noU1ew. While mbigh school, she worked m the , apprecJates Ate biOlogy departmentfutidmgsucb · help find a compatible sorority. things like that." ' ' ' ~- • --~· y ' .-- ay ef se. S/2 ·k and ---·,:"· .