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Show EVEN THE MIGHTY WILL • al1111111a. Red Rocks put up lowest score of the season with continued troubles on beam, which leads to loss against Stanford, 197.000 - 196.300 » 6 OPINION Carver: Disney finally illustrates real-life morals in its newest princess flick, 'Frozen' » 4 PARTS ALSO Johnny Cash cover band `Cash'd Out' commits to storytelling through their music, bringing rockabilly back to Utah » 5 Leo Masic shares his thoughts on disqualification and reinstatement of Team Unite in a letter to the editor » 2 Tuesday, February 18, 2014 TH E DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE www.dailyutahchronicle.com The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 U Police investigate campus rape Courtney Tanner ASST. NEWS EDITOR A female U student was allegedly raped Jan. 22 in a parking lot near the university. The incident was reported to U Police on Feb. 6. According to the police report, the victim was leaving David Gardner Hall and walking to a bus stop on South Campus Drive when a man approached her near 1:3o p.m. The man was driving a silver SUV, later identified as an Acura. According to a campus-wide email, the male perpetrator called the victim out by name to offer her a ride. The victim told U Police she recognized the man as a classmate from a previous course at the U. But Sgt. Garth Smith with U Police said the victim did not know the perpetrator, and responding officers "don't know how he knew her." She accepted the ride by the south end of Presidents Circle. The email indicates the man drove her past the bus stop and to a parking lot at Soo South Guards- man Way. The victim reported the parking lot had two large silver containers. According to the police report, the man raped her there and then left. Smith said no one is currently in custody in relation to the case. The police report indicates the suspect's mother is working with police, but Smith would not say how she is involved. The charges include sexual battery, unlawful sexual intercourse and rape. The suspect is described as "a white male, 20-plus-years-old, 6 feet tall with medium-length, sandy blond hair. He had some kind of mark on the left side of his face. He was possibly wearing a sweatshirt and jeans," according to the campus alert email. U Police asked the victim to fill out a witness statement because she was "too upset" to finish describing the incident. Maria O'Mara, director of communications at the U, said anyone with information on the case should contact U Police at (8oi) 585-2677. Students can also con- NEWS EDITOR Students may start seeing fewer people with signs soliciting money at freeway exits. A bill currently working through the Utah Legislature is looking to eradicate "aggressive" panhandling in Utah. House Bill 'cm, which is sponsored by Rep. Jim Nielson (RBountiful) focuses on controlling activities on roads and highways under state jurisdiction, prohibiting pedestrian use of these areas, which were never intended or constructed with walkers in mind. The bill is targeted at panhandlers who camp out at freeway exits, but also prohibits intimidating forms of panhandling. Nielson said the bill would make panhandling in places where people feel "a great sense of danger" or vulnerability, such as ATMs or banks, a class C misdemeanor. The bill does not address more specific panhandling laws, leaving such decisions up to local governments. A federal judge struck down Utah's older panhandling law in See LEGISLATURE page 2 . .4 BRENT UBERTY/The Daily Utah Chronicle Madison Black and Justin Spangler of the Vision Party speak at the ASUU debate last Wednesday. HuntolA Cents ,UMFA Rape allegedly occured at 500 South Guardsman Way in the parking lot imi tact the number for an on-campus security escort or to report suspicious behavior. "Our students, faculty and staff are our most important priority," O'Mara said. "We would ask that they all just be aware and alert to their surroundings." The U's Housing and Residen- tial Education sent a follow-up email to students advising them to contact the Salt Lake City Rape Recovery Center's crisis line, the U's Women's Resource Center or the University Counseling Center with concerns. See ASSAULT page 3 DANE GOODWIN/The Daily Utah Chronicle A man panhandles outside an event at the Energy Solutions Arena on Saturday night. Ivy Smith STAFF WRITER Beta Theta Pi participated in a fundraiser to collect resources for the Rape Recovery Center. elections Union Beta Theta Pi fundraises for Rape Recovery Center DANE GOODWIN/The Daily Utah Chronicle ASUU Picked up from David Gardner Hall at 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 22 House bill seeks to curb panhandling Anna Drysdale I Vol. 123 No.89 ©2014 The Beta Theta Pi fraternity raised more than $2,000 for the Rape Recovery Center during their philanthropy week, which ran from Feb. Io to Feb. 13. Beta hopes their efforts will "help prevent the abuse and victimization of women." In addition to their fundraising, Beta's 85 members are planning to participate in a service project. The Rape Recovery Center, which was found- ed in 1974 and is celebrating 4o years of service this year, offers a variety of services to those who have been affected by sexual violence, regardless of the victim's gender. The center offers a 24-hour crisis line, a 24-hour hospital response team, crisis intervention therapy, community education and victim advocacy. Because all of the center's services are free, it runs entirely on donations. Mitchell Cox, a junior in psychology and Beta's presi- dent, feels partnering with the Rape Recovery Center was the right decision. "Beta Theta Pi is a fraternity founded in our mission 'to develop men of principle for a principled life,' " Cox said. "Within this mission statement lies a commitment to enable positive action in the lives of our members, as well as in the surrounding community." He added that the chapter hopes to positively See GREEKS page 3 Team Unite, Vision Party win big in primaries Nathan Turner STAFF WRITER Primaries are over, and the results are in: Team Unite's Mike Bird and Ashley Newhall, and Justin Spangler and Madison Black from the Vision Party will move on to the general elections for the ASUU's March elections. Tanner Olson of Team Unite and Florence Fernandez of the Grow Party will move on to the generals for the senior class president seat. The results were announced Friday around II a.m. in the Union. Bird, Newhall and Olson were temporarily disqualified last week, but the elections committee's decision to disqualify the team was overturned by ASUU's Supreme Court late Thursday the night before election results were announced. The court unanimously voted 6-o to reverse the ruling by the Elections Committee to disqualify Team Unite. The decision came an hour after the Supreme Court's hearing on the matter. Current ASUU president Sam Ortiz said he respects the Supreme Court's decision "as a neutral and unbiased individual in this," and that he looks forward to the general elections. "The Supreme Court was called upon to make a ruling on a very difficult issue," Ortiz said. "I respect the hard work they do." Bird, who is running for president, defended his party against allegations of early candidate recruitment, not reporting core committee members and abuse of directorship. "We are not prevented from someone approaching us," Bird said at the hearing in regards to early recruitment. "For them to approach me is out of my control." Bird called multiple witnesses from Team Unite that had been accused by the other two parties of being recruited by Bird and others to See ELECTIONS page 3 |