Alexander Court
Official says number of tenants must be reduced by next year
" he said. large, two-bedroom apartments
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By ALICE RUDOLPH may do so. lack of comfort, .
Collegian Staff Writer Four tenants will be permitted to Quigley added that while he is by reduced to "medium" in a design
live in most two-bedroom units, he no means encouraging tenants to change. Tenants in those
Occupancy reductions must be said, but only three people will be vacate, they could "avail apartments received a $lO per
made at Alexander Court allowed to live in some two- themselves of that opportunity" if month reduction in rent in late
apartments, located at the corner of bedroom units. In some one- they wanted. August.
Beaver Avenue and Locust Lane, bedroom units, space permits three However, &
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the director of Centre Region Code people 'to occupy the apartment, year, A.W. most s ,
Administration said yesterday. while only two people may reside in must comply" with the occupancy said, "I don't know if I would move
James D. Quigley said that other one-bedroom units, he added. codes. He added that A.W. & Sons out." Moving in the middle of the
measurements taken by the Quigley said he could not give has the right to appeal the decision. semester would be a "real hassle,"
building inspector at the structure, exact figures as to how many of Dottie Williams, director of sales he omwell agreed with Moyer,
B said.
owned by A.W. & Sons Enterprise, each type of apartment will be and personnel for A.W. & Sons,
are different from measurements affected by the reductions, but refused comment on the situation. saying he would like to have an
submitted to the building inspector added that none of the apartments Michael Moyer (junior-foreign additonal rent reduction.
by Jack W. Risheberger and in the 67-unit structure is large service and international politics), Charlene Harrison, assistant
Associates, the architect. enough for five people. who now lives with four other people director of the Office of Residential
Quigley said that A.W. & Sons and The code enforcement office is in a two-bedroom apartment, said Life Programs and adviser for the
the architect should receive by viewing the situation realistically he would like to remain there until Organization for Town Independent
Friday a letter stating that the by allowing tenants to remain in the summer, and then have the option Students, said students living in the
number of tenants in certain apartments until their leases of terminating his lease. He said building should contact the student
apartments will have to be reduced, expire, Quigley said. also he would like to have some legal
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but that tenants who wish to stay The situation is not "an further rent reduction. Bouke, t discuss their ions
until their current leases expire immediate hazard, but more like a Moyer's apartment was one of 21 the situation.
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Reaction to IFC ruling mixed
By S.A. MILLER
Collegian Staff Writer
Official reaction was mixed
yesterday following the
Interfraternity Council's
recommendation that the
University revoke the charter of
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity for
four violations of IFC bylaws.
The fraternity's local chapter
adviser has vowed that If the appeal
process is unsuccessful, the
fraternity will take the case beyond
IFC jurisdiction
In a prepared statement, the
Woman's Resource Center
applauded both the IFC's handling
of the incident and its decision.
However, because of the pending
Alpha Tau Omega appeal to the IFC
Board of Control, further official
reaction yesterday was limited.
William Stevick, local adviser for
Alpha Tau Omega, said in an
interview last night that the local
chapter "intends to use every
available resource to fight
withdrawal of recognition"
including legal action if necessary.
But, speaking from a prepared •
statement, Outreach Coordinator
Teri Locacio said the Woman's
Resource Center "commends the
IFC both for the fairness of the
proceedings at the hearing and the
justness of the decision reached."
The Woman's Resource Center,
111 Sowers St., which acted as an
advocate for the complainant, "is
concerned with incidences of sexual
assault in the University
ATO complainant:
By LORI MUSSER
Collegian Staff Writer
Editor's note: Immediately after Tuesday
night's Interfraternity Council's Board of Control
hearing, a reporter for The Daily Collegian
obtained permission from the woman who filed
the complaint against Alpha Tau Omega
fraternity to speak with her about the case. The
Collegian has promised not to reveal the identity
of the woman.
The 19-year-old woman who filed the complaint
with the InterfraternitY Council against Alpha
Tau Omega fraternity concerning four violations
of the IFC bylaws said, in a private interview
yesterday, that while she would not comment
on
the specifics of the case, she was pleased with
IFC's decision to recommend to the University
that the charter of the fraternity be revoked.
The woman said she could not provide details
about the case because Alpha Tau Omega has
decided to appeal , the IFC decision.
The woman said she is pleased with IFC's
decision because it was "a difficult decision to
come to because of the severity of the charge,
specifically the fourth charge."
In a four-hour meeting on Tuesday night, Alpha
Tau Omega was found guilty of violating: written
University policy; local, state or federal law,
causing an adverse effect on the University or
members of the University community; state
alcoholic beverage laws; and rules concerning
physical abuse of a person on University-owned
or -controlled property or at any University
sponsored or -supervised function.
When asked to elaborate on the specifics of the
fourth charge, the woman said only that "about
all I can say is what occurred was some physical
abuse to myself."
She said charges were filed against the entire
fraternity, not individuals. She would not •
comment on the number of fraternity members
community," the statement
explained.
"The action taken by the IFC
indicates that this behavior will not
be tolerated or excused in any
University organization."
The statement added that "a
representative of the center who
was present at the hearing said the
facts were presented in an objective
manner."
Concerning the Alpha Tau Omega
appeal to the IFC, Stevick said that
from the information he has
gathered about the Aug. 26 incident
from which the complaint arose, he
believes no one at the fraternity
"acted out of line."
"I personally feel no wrong was
done and no harm was committed to
anyone," Stevick said. "We're
perfectly prepared to take this thing
as far as is needed (to keep IFC
recognition of Alpha Tau Omega's
Penn State chapter)."
The fraternity has five days after
it receives written notification of
the sanctions levied against it to
appeal the decision. IFC president
Adam Levinson said yesterday that
the fraternity would receive formal
notification "within 24 hours." After
appealing, the IFC has five days in
which to hold an appeals hearing.
According to IFC bylaws, all
appeals that involve an IFC
dismissal must be granted an
appeals hearing.
Because Stevick said after the
hearing that the fraternity would
appeal the IFC decision, no other
officials involved with the case
.
Woman says she is satisfied with IFC ruling
involved in the incident. IFC and had not been planning to contact the
The woman, speaking in a calm and resigned police until , she went to the Woman's Resource
voice, said the incident in question occurred at an Center.
Alpha Tau Omega .party on Friday, Aug. 26. She "I wanted to avoid that because at that point it
said she filed a complaint with the IFC on Aug. was three days after the incident and I was very
29, but made her formal written complaint on wary of that."
Sept. 8. She said that to her knowledge, Alpha She would not rule out the possibility that Alpha
Tau Omega received the formal complaint on Tau Omega could win the appeals hearing, but
Sept. 12. called it "unlikely."
After the incident she said,"my initial reaction "I feel that the (IFC) board, in my opinion, was
was I felt some kind of action should be taken." trying very hard," she said. "I don't feel they
Reflecting on the incident, the woman said, "I went into ( the hearing on Tuesday) with a bias."
feel a general rage that our society condones She added, "I think a new group would reach
abuse of people at all." the same decision."
The woman would not comment as to whether When asked if she knew any of the fraternity
what happened to her could be called rape. member or members involved in the incident, the
"Having not pursued it through any criminal woman said: "I guess all I can
here and do is restate that I
channel, at this point I would make no had been to the house before t were
comment," the woman said. people I knew there. I knew quite a few of the
She said she went to the Alpha Tau Omega brothers.
patty Aug. 26 with a female friend from another "As to their specific involvement, I probably
school. While she admitted to have been drinking shouldn't comment on that."
at the party, she said that fact was not relevant to The woman would not comment about whether
the case. there were any witnesses to the incident, saying,
The woman said Alpha Tau Omega was "a "It's sort of questionable as to who was a witness,
place I had frequently gone to" and "there were if anyone."
brothers that I recognized and knew by first She said there are "conflicting stories"
name." However, she said, in her past between her account of the incident and that of
experience at the fraternity, she had never heard Alpha Tau Omega, but she refused to elaborate
of anything happening there like what she said any further.
happened to her on Aug. 26. She would not comment on how many Alpha
She said she contacted the Woman's Resource
Tau Omega members attended the hearing
Center, 111 Sowers St., the same day she initially
Tuesday night, except to say that there was "no
contacted the IFC, and through the center, filed
direct testimonial" on the part of the fraternity
an informal complaint with the State College members involved in the incident. Alpha Tau
Police Department. Omega officers testified on the fraternity's
"I haven't decided whether or not to press behalf.
criminal charges yet," she said. "What I do
somewhat depends on what action they're taking The wman said her case was presented by
at this point." IFC, but o
she attended the hearing to clarify and
"(Alpha Tau Omega) is appealing it and I'm answer any questions. She said she had no legal
waiting to see how that comes out," she said. counsel at the hearing, but was accompanied by
The woman said she filed the complaint with an advocate from the Woman's Resource Center.
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would comment.
Mark Mullinix, national director
of standards and development for
Alpha Tau Omega, said he believed
commenting, before the appeal is
heard "cannot be of any help to
anyone" and he therefore declined
to do so
However, Mullinix said that if the
Alpha Tau Omega appeal was
unsuccessful, he does not believe
the national headquarters would
become involved in any legal
action.
"(The national fraternity) would
not normally seek such a remedy,"
Mullinix said. "The policy of this
fraternity is that we will not
maintain a chapter on any campus,
which normally provides
recognition, where that recognition
has been either withheld or
withdrawn."
University Vice President for
Student Affairs Raymond 0.
Murphy to whom the
recommendation for the dismissal
of Alpha Tau Omega, 321 E.
Fairmount Ave., has been
forwarded said he also did not
wish to comment in the wake of the
pending appeal.
He added, however, that the
University's Department of Public
Information and Relations had been
instructed to prepare a statement
concerning the University's
decision to remain silent on this
matter.
Peter Sylvestri, a spokesman for
Public Information, said the
University "does not want to do
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anything that may prejudice the
case."
The case Alpha Tau Omega is
appealing concerns a complaint
filed with the IFC by a 19-year-old
female University student Aug. 29.
After hearing both sides of the
complaint at an IFC Board of
Control Standards Board hearing
Tuesday night, the IFC said in a
`I personally feel no
wrong was done
and no harm was
committed to
anyone. We're
perfectly prepared
to take this thing
as far as is
needed.'
William Stevick,
local adviser for Alpha
Tau Omega
news conference that Alpha Tau
Omega violated: written University
policy; local, state or federal law,
causing an adverse effect on the
University or members of the
University community; state
alcoholic beverage laws; and rules
concerning physical abuse of a
person on University-owned or -
controlled property, or at any
University-sponsored or -
supervised activity.