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Number II CEU student raped by Leona J Christensen staff writer College of Eastern Utah arc investigating the rape old female stuan dent The information in this article regarding the rape was published in the Sim Advocate and was confirmed by campus Police Chief Phyl Johnson to be accurate to the best of his The Price! 1 knowledge During spring break the victim was dorm room raped in her She reported that the attacker entered her room through an unlocked door Sunday between 6:30 and 6:45 am us The attacker placed a pillow on her head and allegedly raped her “She put a struggle but he was eventually successful in raping licr" said CEU police officer Joe Christman “We don’t have a really good description of him because he placed a pillow over her head at first and later put a blanket over her head" There is no indication it it was a random attack or if thtf rapist knew his victim “We don’t know at this point if he knew his victim or not Since he covered her head she did not get a good look at him He might have known her or it might have been a random attack" added Christman in IT 84501 iThursdayTApril 13 199541 campus dorms The young woman had just relumed from a camping trip and was scheduled to leave Price on Sunday Housing Director Joe Glorioso said that she broke policy by being in the dorms during spring break Students arc not allowed the stay in campus housing during breaks unless they have made prior arrangements with Glorioso Investigators collected physical evidence that according to Johnson will open doors to discover the identity of (he rapist and aid in prosecuting the crime The evidence collected at the scene of the crime was sent to the crime lab to establish a DNA profile on the suspect “Whatever physical evidence can hekepi unvarnished should be preserv ed until the police collect the evidence It is the only thing the police have to go on to prosecute llie rape The more information they have llie nunc likely they are to prosecute’’ said Terry I lolbrook director oltlie student health center A campus police officer is now residing in the dorm where the rape occurred Johnson considers it a happy coincidence because the officer received a housing scholarship for spring quarter and not directly because of the rape Statistics compiled by llie National Institute for Mental Health prove that rape is a major issue facing college campuses Rape ixcurrences in college settings average to lx one rape lor eery nine female students Not only do eight out of ten victims know their attacker but four out of live raxs are committed by students w ith less than 5 percent of the victims reporting the crime I lolbrook staled “In counseling sessions women report that they base been raped however they do not want to report their boyfriend or someone they know as a rapist Rape victims need to not only report the crime but also seek counseling” Many women experience feelings of humiliation and rage that leave long-se- e Rape page 12 Administration feels the heat: Enforces probation policy Alter much publicity over the students per quarter below a 20 grade point average a committee has dratted a Student Satisfactory Progress IVriicy The n item at policy was a Curriculum and Instruction Monday's non-actio- CEU It debate ranks 8th had its ups and downs but overall a very successful year" it was That's how CEU debater Yari forenMitchell described the 1W4-9- 5 sics season It was a year that found as many as five different CEU teams in final rounds at various tournaments CEU captured five first place sweepstake awards stayed consistent ly in the lop ten among four year schools and mi les ahead of any two year school Mitchell with partner Kelli Scrano won the Western Slates Tournament earlier this year in Portland Mitchell said site was impressed with CEU's ability to "recruit quality people It shows that everyone has a chance and that the coaches treat everyone indi in vidually No one's left out" Last weekend representatives from the team went to the four year national in San Diego to collect two pretistigious awards: the First Place Community College title (which CEU has won two years running) and eighth place overall among all 350 debate squads in the country The tournament s City University of with national title teams won the easily Missouri-Kansa- like Alabama and Cornell finishing ahead of Eastern Utah Hut CEU finished well ahead of powerhouses like Pcppcrdine and former champions Southern Illinois and Kansas State Coach Matt Stannard said "Many times we were the only community college competing regularly intlicopcn division" lie also said that at every the nation hear three or four people say 'wow! can't helivc you folks arc a junior college!' And even better many of those schools go on to recruit CEU debaters" lie added that CEU alumnus Joe Carver (9 ) is now one of the top ten debaters in the country at Pace tournament "I I committee meeting It will be voted on during the next meeting in two weeks The policy stales that graduating students attending the College of I vast cm Utah must have at least a 20 cumulative grade point average For any student who drops below a 20 average during a quarter a warning will appear on his or her report card: 'To graduate from CEU you must have at least a 20 cumulative GPA Your grade performance for this quarter falls below that standard" A student under this academic warning should make every effort to improve grade performance including meetings with teachers fac BYU to accept 1 University in New York Pullan "CEU has always had a legacy of strong administrative support and strong success" Stannard said "This year wc reached higher and achieved more than we ever have Thai's the direction wc have to keep moving" Ircsli-ma- CEU by Danl Welgand news editor Students transferring from the of Eastern Utah to Young University will not have to spend time finishing their general education requirements before working towards their degree CEU Registrar Jan Young is awaiting the final draft from BYU which establishes the new articulation process that CEU students will use when transferring to the university In llie ii associates students had to go through a c evaluation to see whit classes they would have to lake to complete their general education requirements With the new articulation process students who have received their associate's degree at CEU will be able to transfer their degree to BYU The new process is retroactive meaning students presently attending BYU who received their associates degree at CEU and arc still trying to get their general education requirements finished will have (heir associate's degree past lYcparations have already begun for next year Couch Stannard will he returning to work withlhedcbaters while the search is underway for a new overall director to replace outgoing Scott ulty advisors and counselors in the Testing Placement and Advisement Center For both a second and third quarter the GPA falls below 20 a hold w ill be placed on the student's registration until that student visits with a counselor ( llie visit w ill include such issues as a career or major choices the need loi remediation or tutorial assistance llie need Ini taking psychology 105 seminar or a discussion ol personal factors that aie contributing to the low GPA) For a lourtli oflcnse (and llicrealter) the student would be required to visit with a counselor at which tune withdrawal from CEU would be seriously discussed Registrar Jan Young has always minimum 20GPA lor graduation eligibility hut no policy was ever enforced for students who continually fall below llie 20 GPA unless they were on a scholarship or financial aid coursc-by-cours- in BYU pag 12 |