Face-off: Is Harrisonburg safe ? see opinion Page a WEATHER / .TODAY: Rain, high 77°F, /low 59°F. FRIDAY: Partly cloudy, dTl^Td high 78°F, low 56. d <J SATURDAY: Partly cloudy Peek inside Theatre II high 77°F, low 56°F. See Style page 11 THURSDAY JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY Rape report filed in 45 TH PARALLEL "ALFWAY BETWEEN frat house incident THE EQUATOR AND THE NORTH POLE But McKone initially responded to the allegation by Courtney A. Crowley through a press release Tuesday night. "Due to the news editor sensitive nature of this issue, neither myself nor any A non-student filed a rape incident report with brother feel it-is appropriate to comment at mis time. Harrisonburg Police Department early Sunday morn- It is a police investigation being handled by the ing after allegedly being raped by an acquaintance at Harrisonburg Police Department. Furthermore, I feel the a fraternity house Saturday night. it is premature to comment since no charges have The alleged victim is a 19-year-old woman from been filed." New Jersey who reportedly was visiting her sister, a Sites wouldn't say if alcohol was involved in the JMU student, for the weekend. alleged rape at Pi Kappa Alpha, but said, "The Yesterday afternoon Pi Kappa Alpha president alleged rape occurred somewhere between four and Brian McKone said, "The alleged incident involved seven hours before [the incident report was filed at an individual who is an inactive alum of our chap- 6:28 a.m. Sunday morning). There is a three-hour gap ter." apparently when the victim was not 100 percent sure No arrests have been made in the case. "We don't of what the time was." have enough [evidence] to obtain arrest warrants at At this point, HPD cannot take the case any fur- this point without the victim wishing to prosecute in ther. Since the alleged rape was an acquaintance rape, this specific case," HPD Spokesman Sgt. Richard Sites HPD can't proceed unless the victim presses charges. said. "With an acquaintance rape, the so-called victim has PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MADISON 7 Sites would not confirm that the alleged rape hap- to make up their own mind whether it was a rape or pened at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house, locat- not. The next step is based on whether she wants to Stuck in the middle ed at 1165 Harrison St. "I cannot confirm that," he prosecute," Sites said. said. "There is just no comment. We know what fra- JMU Sexual Assault Coordinator Hillary Wing- A Madison 7 member takes a rest in Oregon. The Madison 7 ternity — if a fraternity was involved — but we are is a group of students who hiked across country last summer. just not able to say at this time." see RAPE page 2 See story page 19. Speaker pinpoints Police note increase in dangers of drink 'aggressive5 party-goers by Marcia Apperson STAQBS OF contributing writer Thirty-one charges made at Harrison Street Mike Green held up a shot glass on the stage. "This is the number one drinking, being drunk in public and urinating killer," he said. Next, he held up a by Harmonie Horowitz in public, Harper said. runnel and said jokingly, "You don't contributing writer HPD made about three to four arrests after drink out of this, you use it to put oil Three weeks into the school year, police say warnings went unobliged. Harper estimates in your car!" they have noticed an increase in rowdy par- about 31 charges were made at the party. About 400 students spent Monday ties compared to those in previous years. When officers asked the crowd to disperse, 1. SOCIAL AWARENESS night listening to Green, a guest "In past years there was not the level of people began shouting obscenities and Drinking six to 25 speaker, present the "Four Stages of problems like this year," Harrisonburg Police throwing beer, Harper said. Some in the times per year. Drinking Development" in Grafton- Chief Don Harper said. "Most of the time, crowd rocked police cars and covered them 2. BOOZER STAGE Stovall Theatre. people are cooperative and quiet down [when with beer. Drinking 26 to 100 As students filed into the theater, asked]. This year, there have been more com- Some students at the party didn't feel the times per year. their attention was immediately plaint calls and the party-goers have been crowd was out of control. 3. CONSUMPTION OUT OF drawn to the stage where bottles of more aggressive than in past years." Senior Warren Passin said, "It wasn't any- liquor, a shot glass, funnels and Harper wouldn't speculate why there are thing bad. I didn't see anything out of the CONTROL shirts with logos like "One Tequila, so many problems this year, but he said he ordinary at the party. Everyone was having a Drinking 150 or more Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Floor" feels occurrences like an incident at a Harrison good time." times per year. were lined up. Street block party are "a rarity." Senior Stevie Burkitt agreed. "It wasn't out 4. DEPENDENT According to a survey Green dis- HPD arrived at Harrison Street at about 1 of hand until the police came," he said. "I ^Drinking 200 or more tributed, people reach the first stage a.m. Aug. 30 in response to calls complaining think there was unnecessary violence [used at times per year. of drinking development, social about noise and parking violations. They the party by police]. awareness, when they consume alco- found about 500 to 1,000 people behind sev- "There was one kid who tried to beat on a eral houses on Harrison Street, and many £ see DRINK page 2 were committing offenses like underage see PARTY-GOERS page 2 2 Thursday, Sept 11,, 1??7 THE BfiEEZE Rape continued from page 1 "They want everyone to be safe at their Lott said it is more common for a woman [HPD]," he said. "But we want to get to the MADISON UNIVIMITT house. They want their brothers to be safe bottom of this as well as everyone else." not to file rape charges than to file. and everyone who visits their house to be "To the press alone, chequered as Sites would not comment on the number Sites said this may hold true in the Pi respected. They also want to educate their it is with abuses, the xvorld is Kappa Alpha case. "The incident report of persons named in the incident report, But both Hunt and Kristin Radcliffe, director of members," Radcliffe said. indebted for all the triumphs filed was a combination of the victim and Sites said, "The alleged rape at Pi Kappa which have been gained by the Rockingham Memorial Hospital Greek life, said if the alleged victim was __________ raped, it was Alpha is an isolated incident and there reason and humanity over error Emergenc y _^^_^_^_^^^ shouldn't be any fear; there isn't a mad rapist Response Team," a . the action of and oppression." one individual. running around." The statistics surrounding — James Madison he said. -But the ... the victim was unsure at rape on college campuses — especially victim was unsure ■ . "The [JMU] Editor KristenHetaa chapter is tak- acquaintance rape — are staggering. at the time if she the time if she really wanted to In a 1993 survey conducted by Neil Managing editor Laura L Wad* really wanted to . , ing the appro- priate steps to Malmuth, a leading researcher on rape, 35 Technology manager Brian MfllH go through with go through with charges ana percent of college men who voluntarily par- Adsmanager Erin M. Cah«han charges and prose- tf distance itself from the case," ticipated in the survey say they "might com- News editor Courtney A. Crowtoy cution." prosecution. Hunt said. "It mit a rape if they could be assured of getting Newseditor Rob Spew* Chuck Hunt, director of services is an individu- away with it." Asst. newseditor Amfl Ntotztor Wing-Lott said last year, 16 JMU women at Pi Kappa SgL Richard Sites al act and Opinion editor Keiley Buwslneama went to the Center for Sexual Assault to Alpha's national Harrisonburg Police Department should not be Style editor Jan 'Vagaa' Tarp headquarters, ' ■ reflected on the report being sexually assaulted, Wing-Lott Focus editor CMaKJbnak stressed the alleged rape is still an alleged [JMU] PiKA chapter." said. Women who go to the Center are guar- Asst. stykfocus editor JuaanWafcar incident "until a decision of some type of Radcliffe said, "Even though this alleged inri- anteed anonymity and are given counseling Sports editor Stavan M. Trout verdict has been made." dent was reportedly an individual act, it obviously to help them deal with their experiences. Of Asst. sports editor Sath Burton However Hunt did say Pi Kappa affects Pi Kappa Alpha as a whole. Obviously those 16 women, however, only one ever Copy editor UaaFox Alpha's national headquarters will con- they're unhappy when anyone makes allegations. filed charges with Campus Police. Eighty-seven percent of all rapes are Photo editor JamMarBakar duct an internal investigation into what [The fraternity members] are not jumping to any exactly happened over the weekend. "If condusions and want to make sure this type of alle- acquaintance rapes, Wing-Lott said. Of those, Asst. photo editor EdDyw 85 percent are alcohol related. Graphics editor Thomas Scala charges are filed, we have to go with the gation will never occur again. Advisers RipDeLuca, Alan Nackowttz, Party-goers_ Davtd WandaHum Drink continued from page 1 continued from page 1 hoi between six and 25 times per year.