NATIONAL HAZING PREVENTION WEEK SEPTEMBER 2327, 2019 Milked dry of resources: WVU to sell Hazing Prevention Week provides Huggins talks before beginning of its dairy cows awareness to WVU community fall practice p. 3 p. 11 p. 8 @DailyAthenaeum Th e Daily Athenaeum dailyathenaeum [email protected] WVU’s Independent Student Newspaper THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 www.thedaonline.com Clery Report shows rise in assaults, decrease in forcible sex off enses there was a 3% decrease in drug ar- Clery Crime Statistics: BY ALAYNA FULLER rests and a 20% decrease in forcible NEWS EDITOR sex off enses. 2018 2017 Th ere also was an increase in ag- Campus Campus On Campus Non-campus Public Unfounded On Campus Non-campus Public Unfounded The annual WVU Clery Report gravated assault on campus, with one Residential Residential Facilities Facilities shows a decline in drug arrests and citation in 2017 and two in 2018. Forcible Sex forcible sex off enses, but an increase In 2015, there were seven aggra- Off ense 88 1 04131161 1 in aggravated assaults between 2017 vated assault citations on campus, and zero in 2016. and 2018. Robbery 31 0 00101 4 1 The annual WVU Clery Report Domestic violence citations stayed fairly consistent from 2016 to 2018, documents crime on and around Burglary 13 10 5 0 0 7 4 4 0 2 campus. This year’s report shows with 17 on campus in 2016, 19 in 2017 the crime statistics for WVU from and 19 in 2018. Domestic 2016-2018. Th ere was also a decrease in thefts Violence 19 6 1 0 0 19 13 1 2 3 from previous years to 2018, with 203 In 2018, there were 128 drug ar- Aggravated in 2016, 209 in 2017 and 198 in 2018. rests on campus, which is a 32% de- Assault 22 0 40110 2 0 crease from last year, and there were Universities participating in fed- Destruction eight on-campus forcible sex of- eral fi nancial aid programs are re- 97 49 4 5 N/A 126 64 11 7 N/A fenses, which is a 39% decrease, ac- quired to release campus crime sta- of Property cording to the Clery Report. tistics and security information due Simple Comparing 2015 to 2018, there to the Clery Act. Assault 43 15 6 12 N/A 39 15 9 8 N/A was a 35% decrease in drug arrests To view the full report, visit the and a 27% decrease in forcible sex of- University Police Department’s web- Thefts 198 50 5 6 N/A 209 45 12 3 N/A fenses, and comparing 2016 to 2018, site https://police.wvu.edu/. SAE faces lawsuit after member suff ers brain injuries oxygen to sustain function. taking selfi es following the incident, Strietbeck began squirting him with BY RAEANNE BECKNER Rusko “fell down the unsafe stairs according to the complaint. ketchup, according to the complaint. CORRESPONDENT due to the multiple unsafe condi- Cole Platt, a fraternity member, Th e plaintiff claims that other former tions of the stairway,” according to proceeded to help the other mem- fraternity members, and defendants Th e father of a WVU student who the complaint. bers carry Rusko into another room, Mauser, Pope, Dunn and Schneider, suff ered brain injuries after falling Rusko now requires 24-hour nurs- leaving him unattended, according began stacking chairs and other ob- down the WVU Sigma Alpha Epsilon ing assistance for the brain damage to the complaint. Th e plaintiff claims jects on an unconscious Rusko. house in November is suing the frater- he suff ered along with paralysis ac- Platt later re-entered the room, but did Many former fraternity members nity and others. cording to the complaint. Th is was not nothing to help Rusko. fi lmed this and posted it to various so- Emergency medical service was the fi rst time members were injured Approximately 40 minutes later, de- cial media platforms, including Snap- called over two hours after David after falling down this fl ight of steps. fendants and former fraternity mem- chat, according to the complaint. Rusko, a senior fi nance student from Th ere were also numerous complaints bers Coltin J. Gore, Bryan P. Kond- Former fraternity Vice President Uniontown, Pennsylvania, initially fell by former fraternity members about racki and Nathan L. Strietbeck moved Benjamin T. Flower witnessed Rusko’s down the stairs, once someone no- how unsafe and dangerous the stair- Rusko again. Th e complaint claims distress and did nothing to stop the ticed blood coming from his nose and case was, the plaintiff alleges. they carried an unresponsive Rusko other defendants’s actions, according foam coming from his mouth, accord- Video surveillance shows two for- upside down to the main fl oor, while to the complaint. Although Rusko dis- ing to the complaint, fi led in Monon- mer fraternity members, Paul M. Per- fraternity member Michael W. Geary played symptoms of labored breath- galia Circuit Court on June 26. He was zynski and Jared R. Zickafoose, ap- fi lmed and laughed. ing and unresponsiveness, no one in a hypoxic state upon EMS arrival, proach the unconscious Rusko and Still unconscious, Rusko was ly- called 911 or asked for medical emer- and his brain was not getting enough begin to move and mock him while ing on the main fl oor couch when gency services until later that evening. PHOTO SUBMITTED BY THE RUSKO FAMILY See Lawsuit page 4 David Rusko. 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Th e herd currently consists of around 40 cows at its farm in Morgantown. “It’s my judgement by speaking with students and faculty of the college that our resources are still not best spent supporting the milking herd,” said Ken Blemings, in- terim dean of the Davis Col- lege of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design. “We do no research with the dairy cows, and we do almost no teaching with the dairy cows, and they lose a lot of money every year.” “Davis College representa- tives are reaching out to key partners now, dairies at other universities to gauge interest in all or part of the herd, par- ticularly the Ayrshires,” Blem- ings said.