FC board to convene to investigate charges
By S.A. MILLER
and LORI MUSSER
Collegian Staff Writers
The executive director of Alpha Tau
Omega fraternity's national headquarters
confirmed last night that its Penn State
chapter is being investigated by the Penn
State Interfraternity Council in response to
a complaint by a University female student
concerning four violations of IFC bylaws' in
an incident this semester.
While refusing to comment on the
specifics of the complaint or the incident in
question, Steven Siders of Champagne, 111.,
said he was "aware that a standards
hearing would take place at Penn State
(Tuesday) ).'"
Penn State IFC President Adam Levinson
said the following charges are being
investigated against "a fraternity" this
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evening:
• Violation of written University policy.
• Violation of local, state or federal law
on University property or off campus when
such violation of the law has an adverse
effect on the University or upon individual
Space
By ALICE RUDOLPH
Collegian Staff Writer
Two-bedroom apartments in Alexander Court, at the
corner of Beaver Avenue and Locust Lane, - are not
large enough for five people —although five people are
living in some of the units, the director of Centre
Region Code Enforcement said yesterday.
James D. Quigley said according to measurements
taken last Wednesday at the building, owned by A.W. &
Sons Enterprise, the large two-bedroom apartments
have sufficient kitchen and bedroom space for five
individuals. However, the living room-dining room
space is only large enough to accommodate two
persons, he said.
According to the Building Officials and Code
Administrators code book, living room-dining room
space must be 200 square feet to properly
accommodate three to five persons.
He added that. none of the large two-bedroom
apartments have enough overall space for five persons,
but they are large enough to accommodate four.
In the small, two-bedroom apartments, he said
enough overall space exists for only three individuals,
siG ta k es me it s e
out
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to reassess Its priorities
By ANNE McDONOUGH South Halls Senator Joe Lenzi Parvensky said the University
Collegian Staff Writer said the Senate should become Board of Trustees allocated
more involved with local politics, $150,000, of which $50,000 will go to
Last night's Undergraduate the noise ordinance issue and the Commonwealth campuses and
Student Government Senate Organization for Town Independent $lOO,OOO to the Associated Student
meeting was, in the words of USG Students. Activities budget committee.
Vice President Beth Saylor, an There are many problems on In other action, senators voiced
effort to prompt the senators into campus, including the opinions from some of their
working on committees and setting pedestrian/bike rider conflict, the constitutents concerning the
new goals. increased Campus Loop fares, the semester switch.
No bills were on the agenda student tailgate areas as well as East Halls Senator Lisa
Saylor said, because the senators student parking on campus, that Guerriero said the biggest
must decide their priorities on USG could help solve, said USG problems have been the shortened
student issues. President Emil Parvensky. . time between classes and the
"They (the senators) can't just Referring to the lack of response faculty adjustment.
sit there giving out money," Saylor to Senate committee participation, Students are leaving earlier to
said after the meeting. Parvensky said, "I've never seen get to classes but the professors are
"To serve and represent —that's so many people working on so few beginning on time and finishing five
all you (senators) said. So how are things." minutes later, said Danielle
we going to do it?" she asked them. Concerning the USG budget, Mowery, East Halls senator.
members of the University community.
• Non-compliance with state laws
regarding possession or distribution of
alcoholic beverages on University property.
• Physical abuse of a person on
University-owned or -controlled property or
at any University-sponsored or -supervised
function, or conduct that threatens or
endangers the health or safety of a person.
Peter Canellos, executive editor of The
Daily Pennsylvanian, the student
newspaper at the University of
, Pennsylvania, told The Daily Collegian
yesterday that an incident may have
occurred at Penn State's Alpha Tau Omega
that could be similar to an alleged gang rape
earlier this year at that university's chapter
of the fraternity. Canellos said he could not
identify his source at Penn, and he did not
have any specific details about the alleged
incident at Penn State.
. Last Feb. 18, a female Penn student,
drunk and tripping on LSD, was allegedly
raped by 11 brothers of Penn's Alpha Tau
Omega fraternity. The woman said she may
have willingly had sex with one brother •
after a party, but the fraternity members at
insufficient, codes show
the
daily
and bedroom size is sufficient for four individuals.
The code administrator, however, did not distinguish
between the 21 large, two-bedroom apartments
reduced to "medium" in a design change, and the
remaining, unchanged large accommodations.
Quigley said that "as-built" drawings of the
structure presented to him yesterday by architect Jack
W. Risheherger and Associates have been turned over
to the building inspector.
Neither Dottie Williams, director of sales and
personnel for A.W. & Sons nor Daniel Kienle, the firm's
general manager, were available for comment
yesterday.
If tenants at Alexander Court want to terminate their
leases, A.W.& Sqns will have to address the situation,
Quigley said. Code enforcement officials do not want to
displace people, he added, because this might
compound other problems.
Peter Cutrone, president of the Organization for
Town Independent Students, said he thinks the tenant
should be given the first option. If tenants wish to stay,
he said, rent should be worked out between A.W. & Sons
and the tenants.
Penn said the woman consented to having
sex with all of them.
While The Daily Pennsylvanian had been
told specifically that Penn State's chapter of
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity was being
investigated, Levinson refused in an
interview with the Collegian yesterday to
identify which fraternity would go before
the IFC Board of Control this evening.
Levin . son also declined to give the details
of the incident being investigated at Penn
State, but said that the eight members of the
Standards Board would be isolated from the
news media until the hearing to avoid any
"preconceived biases."
Levinson would not identify the
complainant, saying only that she is a
female University student who is younger
than 21.
"As far as the rape is concerned, that has
not been determined yet. We don't even
know if anything transpired," Levinson
said. "All we have is a possibility . . . All we
have is one person's testimony and that
cannot be revealed until (tonight)."
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State's Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, 321 E.
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Fairmount Ave., said last night that any
plans for a hearing tonight involving his
fraternity were "news to (him)." The
officer, who refused to identify himself, also
refused to comment whether Alpha Tau
Omega would be involved with an IFC
Standards Board hearing this evening.
Levinson said all news media and the
public will be barred from the hearing to
protect the identity of the complainant. He
added that a news conference will be held
tonight at 11.
William Stevick, adviser to the local
chapter of Alpha Tau Omega, said last night
he believes the first three charges are more
commonly brought before the Standards
Board than the fourth charge.
"(The fourth charge) could be anything
from pledge hazing to somebody getting in a
fight to something like what happened at
Penn," Stevick said.
Stevick said he was not contacted by the
fraternity concerning the alleged incident,
saying only that Penn State's Alpha Tau
Omega was appealing an earlier conviction
by the IFC for selling alcohol at parties last
summer.
Flight 007
By ANITA YESHO
Collegian Staff Writer
In response to the Korean airliner
incident, a University professor of
economics last night suggested that
a concrete measure would be to
"throw out of our university here at
Penn State or anywhere else" all
Soviet scholars in high technology
fields of study.
Jan Prybyla, suggested that
Soviet scholars and scientists "are
snooping around in our high
technology area in high chemistry
and physics and nuclear energy;
while we send to the Soviet Union
people who study medeival
dipthongs of the old medieval
Russian language."
Speaking in the HUB main lounge
at a Colloquy-sponsored panel
discussion of the Korean plane
incident Prybala said, "I think that
if we deny the Soviets the access to
high technology in our universities
this is a good first step. It will hit
them where it hurts."
Prybyla said that because he was
personally involved in the issue, he
was "not going to play the
disenchanted, objective, pseudo
objective academic in this matter,"
and would express his opinions as
"plainly, as crudely and as
strongly" as he could.
Prybala originally planned to
take the ill-fated Korean Airlines
flight 007, but instead took an
earlier flight. He was to have co
chaired a session on the economic
aspects of Korean security at the
University of Korea.
Rep. Larry McDonald, D-Ga.,
who was killed on the flight, was on
his way to the session when the
plane was shot down.
Other members of the panel
included Parris Chang, professor of
political science, and Korean
student Mi Ryung Kim,(graduate-
Colloqu
political science). The discussion
was moderated by R. Dean Mills,
director of the School of
Journalism
t Mills served as Moscow Bureau
chief for the Baltimore Sun .
Kim, who was in Seoul at the time
of the incident, said the Koreans
wonder if the plane would have
been shot down if it had belonged to
a superpower such as the United
States.
Koreans feel the helplessness of
being a weak country and lament
the fate of Korea that has been
played off by superpowers for
many years, Kim said.
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• Freelance, The Daily Collegian's weekly feature page, takes a light
heartedlook at the Penn State weekend pastime of tailgating, through the
eyes of Collegian photographers Page 3
• The Philadelphia Phillies took a two-game lead in the National League
East last night with a win over the Chicago Cubs. The Pittsburgh Pirates
lost to the New York Mets Page 8
• Nebraska stays on top in this week's college football poll with its
resounding weekend triumph Page 8
• The offices of the Centre Region Council of Governments must relocate
by Jan. 1, 1984, according to a State College Municipal Council request
made last night at the COG General Forum meeting Page 12
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—by Glenn Rolph
However, Levinson said the only case to
be heard by the Standards Board tonight
concerned the complaint filed by the
unidentified University female student.
Donald T. Suit, director of the Office of
Conduct and Standards at Penn State, said
he "heard that IFC is holding a hearing for
Alpha Tau Omega." He said he was
uncertain if the investigation involved
individuals or a group of members.
Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Council
adviser Gayle Beyers was contacted by The
Daily Pennsylvanian and she confirmed
only that a hearing would be held tonight.
Attempts by the Collegian to contact Beyers
were unsuccessful.
Melvyn S. Klein, director of student
activities at Penn State, refused to confirm
that the incident being investigated involved
Alpha Tau Omega. He acknowledged,
however, that an incident is under
consideration by the IFC and "is a matter of
importance and sensitivity to those
involved."
A spokesman from University Police
Services said no complaint was filed with
that office concerning a rape at a fraternity.
panel discusses KAL incident
Jan Prybyla
Chang said: "The Soviet Union,
we agree, is an 5.0. b., but this is an
s.o.b. armed with nuclear
weapons," which is why the U.S.
reaction has been rather restrained
thus far. ,
Chang said the one good thing
about the incident is that the United
States might be able to persuade
other nation to form a more united
front against the Soviet Union.
The incident will not be easily
forgotten, said Chang, but Prybyla
disagreed. "The memory span of a
democracy is short," he said,
unfortunately, I think we will forget
it very quickly."