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Show 0 The Daily Utah H tironicie VOLUME 104 NUMBER 104 THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH'S INDEPENDENT VOICE SINCE BY HEATHER MAY Chronicle Staff Writer A was allegedly raped at the of Utah Sigma Nu fraternity house University 01 Viewpoint lessons from Take some model-citize- n Matt Cusumano.....11 Dave Sports: your guide to .13 intramurals Hosick is Tfia Nation SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -d Thousands filed by a casket Tuesday to pay their respects to Mormon Church President Howard W. Hunter. flower-bedecke- church ld leader died Friday of natural causes and was scheduled to be buried Wednesday following a funeral in the Tabernacle on Temple Square. He had ' been ill with cancer. Hunter, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints for nine months, had been a church apostle since 1959 before succeeding the late Ezra Taft Benson as president last June. More than 4,000 church employees and their families filed through the rotunda of y see "Hunter" on page 4 U.N. official killed NATIONS UNITED - Gunmen killed a (AP) United Nations official in Algeria's capital Tuesday after he resisted their attempt to hijack his car. Oussini Lahrache, an Algerian who was deputy head of the U.N. information center in Algiers, was shot as he left home on his way to work in the morning, U.N. spokesman Joe Sills said. The two assailants escaped and there was no immediate word on their identity or whether they were caught, he said. It was unclear whether the killing was part of the violent campaign in extremists Islamic by Algeria or a common crime, see "killing" on page 4 nt Have you seen news happen? (MTkDaify.UtahOiTvnicle and teB us about it: According to U. police Chief Wayne Shepherd, the alleged rape victim was taken to the Salt Lake County Detention Center for being a minor under the influence of alcohol. Her parents were notified. No mention of a possible rape situation was made by the victim to the U. police. According to Salt Lake City Police Detective Henry Mark, the victim later reported being pushed into a room and forced to engage in sexual intercourse at the fraternity. She said other party-goer- s attempted to enter the room, but were unsuccessful. It is unknown whether they were attempting to help the victim or the perpetrator. No arrests have been made and various sus pects are being considered. It is unknown if the perpetrator is a member of Sigma Nu. Mark said the victim is currendy unaware of the perpetrator's identification. Mark is awaiting further information from the victim to begin his investigation. She has not been interviewed yet, since she has th- - flu. Sigma Nu has refused to comment on the situation, deferring all remarks to the Salt Lake City Police. The university is not liable for the alleged rape and the intoxication of a minor because the incident occurred according to Rebecca Hill, the assistant general legal counsel in the Office of General Counsel. However, they are investigating the matter further. The national office of Sigma Nu could not be reached for comment on possible fraternity lia- 581-704- 1 1995 s, bility. Don Bell, sergeant of the sex crimes unit for the Salt Lake City Police, said most rape instances occur in party situations, typically involving drugs and alcohol. However, Bell said the victim was not drunk during the incident. Regardless of intoxication, without consent to sexual relations, the action is rape, Bell said. "The point is, did you ask her if you can have sex?" When a victim reports a rape, they are given a Codc-- to obtain any remaining physical evidence. Body fluid, such as semen and blood, hair samples, and injured and bruised areas are noted. Examination results do not necessarily indicate a rape situation, Bell said, but it can determine if sexual intercourse occurred. According to the Salt Lake City Police Operations Analysis Unit, 158 rapes were reported in Salt Lake City in 1994. This was a 13 percent decrease from 1993 and the first decrease seen in five years. Dave Doepener, of the Operations Analysis Unit, said the decline could be an actual rcduc- R see "rape" on page 3 forced Gay group lobbies against Olympic bid Protestor in iiuiii uuipubi front of building; continues strike BY JAKE T. BREINHOLT Chronicle staff writer Hunter viewing The ld Friday, March 3. 9 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, allegedly raped at fraternity party 17-year-- old P 1890 breakers." aggravated GLUD even more. The bill, sponsored by Rep. However, the state office of Norm Olsen, says that Legislative Research and General The Gay and Lesbian Utah Utah has no obligation to recognize Counsel' Executive Director ruled Democrats have threatened to same-se- x BY STEPHEN SPENCER marriages, even if the the bill legal. Nelson said GLUD has sent a ward off the International Olympic individuals are married outside of Chronicle Staff Writer Committee because of "unlawful the state. letter to the IOC and the United marlegislation" banning same-seProponents of the bill include States Olympic Committee to Injustice abroad has been followed Gov. Mike Leavitt and Senate "encourage them to look elsewhere by injustice at home, according to riages. Lane The Utah Legislature recently President for a venue for the 2002 Jonathon, a hunger striker and former Beattie, who is largely Responsipassed a bill that bans the recogniOlympics." University of Utah student who has Nelson said, "The International been protesting "torture, abuse, mutition of same sex marriages in ble for the bill's passage. : Utah. The founder of GLUD, The controversial bill passed' Olympic Committee and would-blations and executions" of indigenous David Nelson, was upset by the more than three minutes after the Olympics participants must be Mexicans in Chiapas, where a rebel warned that this state is unpre-se- e army has been fighting Mexico's midnight deadline when the legislapassing of this bill, calling the pro"GLUD" on page 3 armed forces since last January. "liars and which was cheats law to ture recess, supposed ponents Jonathon, who would not reveal his last name, has been standing outside the Wallace F. Bennett Federal building, 125 South State St., since Friday 3 p.m. until security officials who he said told him he was a nuisance and was harassing bystanders asked him to leave. Jonathon said he had been approached by people and did not distribute materials until they asked for them. The hunger striker had already obtained a permit, after a security guard saw him there early Monday morning. The permit was awarded by building supervisor James Whimpey, who said he later revoked the permit because Jonathon had been told not to loiter in the building, had left, and then "was observed again" 10 minutes later. Jonathon was not available to comment on Whimpey's claims. Jonathon said he would go to police to get a permit to protest on the sidewalk around the building. Holly Ridd, handles permits for the use of city property in the mayor's office, said any protester wanting to use city space can come to her for a JS . L, permit. Requests involving "First CkrtnicU nm MaMhb Myata Amendment" petitioning would take U. senior Curtis Cesspooch, a former Ute Indian Intertribal Council member, continues his involvea day for her to process, which ment with jurisdiction and sovereignty issues between Indian tribes and the state. involves getting approval from city attorney Roger Cuder. Curtis Cesspooch, a U. senior majoring in political science BY RICH HAGLUND "We have never denied a permit," and former member of the Ute Indian Intertribal Council. Chronicle Staff Writer she said, acknowledging that "there's "Every chance I get, I say something about the way we a fine line" involved in protests of this This institution of higher learning, like the state, honors were treated. A lot of people don't like that, but that's the type. "(Someone) can protest without a local tribe of American Indians with its name. Is that way the government was -j- ust trying to get us away from a permit," Ridd said. "It's mainly a the rising tide of settlers. issue" for protesters, police and enough? safety . Td like to have more people discuss these issues, espc- "When there are Indians in a class, there may be an passers-byuneasiness to discuss Indian issues. I don't like that," said 6 on "students" See Jonathon has had nothing to eat page x e Utes more than a team at U. city-owne- d - see "protest" on page 3 The Daily Utah Chronicle 240 Union Building University of Utah Salt Uke City, Utah 84112 Non-Prof-it Org. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT U.S. |