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Volume XX, Number 22 Serving the Elon College Community May 5,1994 Former Elon College student indicted Monday on five counts of sexual assault Mary Kelli Bridges Staff Reporter A fonner Elon College stu- tent was charged Monday with sexually assaulting three students. Robert M. Narvaez of New York was indicted on one count of Attempted second-degree r^, two counts of second-degree rape, and counts of second-degree sexual offense. Bon College Police Chief Dan ^8le said Narvaez will be extra dited. Narvaez did not return tele- I^one messages left at his home Tuesday night. The Pendulum routinely with holds the names of alleged victims. The newspaper tried to contact the victims Tuesday. Narvaez is the first man to be charged with an alleged sexual as sault onElonCoUege’ s campus since at least 1990. Nine rapes and one attemptedr^ on campushavebeen reported to police since 1990. According to Ingle and the in dictment, here is what happened: On April 25, two women stu dents told police they had been sexu Student arrested formarijuana ^d drug paraphernalia Mary Kelli Bridges Staff Reporter An Elon College student was ^sted a week ago for having f^^juana and drug paraphernalia ® his dorm room, Elon College police said. j BaldeepSinghMac,19,205A Center, was charged with l^'^sdemeancw possessicm of mari- ®*sdemeanor possession of paraphernalia, and felcmious P^^ssion with intent to sell and ‘'Cuver marijuana, Police Chief Dan Ingle said Friday. Director of Campus Security Tory Creech conduct^ a “consent search" of Mac’s room Tljursday night, Ingle said. Creech found 32 grams of marijuana, 2 boxes of baggies, scales anda smoking pipe in Mac s dorm ro«n, Ingles^ Cieedh calledElonCoUegepo Uce at 9:52 pjn. Police Ll Darryl Agnew took Mac into custody. Mac did not return tdejAone messages left by ne?«Mmn. Bond was set at $10,500. ^ary Kelli Bridges Staff Reporter ^^tson arrested on drug charges room Feb. 23, Detective Mike Woznicksaid. Waison was charged loniouspossessionofmariju^a^ possession of —icjr tent 10 sell and deliver. Wozmck Though Watson told the The Pf/u/«/«mhehaddrugpam>be^- Ua, he denied having manjuana m hit rlnrm roOTO. PotmerElon College football • Watson was arrested N.C., last wedc, ^°*lege Police Chief Dan said. , Police confiscated more than Wnf marijuana from Jordan Center dorm issue for the 1993-1994 academic year. ally assaulted on campus by the same man, a former Elon College student. One of the women, a 20-year- old, said she was raped by an ac quaintance about 3 am. on Feb. 19, 1993, in Moffit Dorm. The second woman said an ac quaintance attempted to rape her about 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 25 of this year in Maynard Dorm. Another student also accused the man of raping her off-campus in February. At the time, an Elon Col lege police official said District At torney Steve Balog did not have enough information to prosecute. The 19-year-old woman re ported that on Feb. 26 she had been raped at the New Sheraton Apart ments on East Haggard Avenue. Assistant District Attorney Ricky Champion said Tuesday he could not discuss why her case had been reopened. However, he said that, in general, having three women with similar situations helps a case. “If it is the same man, it adds credibility as to each of their inde pendent stories,” Champion said. Champion said the district attorney’s office treats each wcxnan’s case seriously. However, not every case is prosecutable. “We do not prosecute lightly or refuse to prosecute lightly,” he said. Another Elon College student has told The Pendulum that police discouraged her from prosecuting her rape case. Hon Collegehadmore reported rapes in 1992 than 10 other North C^lina colleges surveyed by The Pendulum. The college had more reported r^s than 14 other North C^lina schools surveyed by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Eight SGA members expelled from office for not attending meetings Mary Kelli Bridges Staff Reporter Eight SGA members, includ ing the junior class president, were expelled frc«n office last week for not attending meetings. In other SGAaction last Thurs day: - President Larry Williams and Vice President Cathy Sparks were sworn into office. - Thirty-one college organiza tions received SO A charters so they can receive Student Government Association funding next year. - And four articles of arevised constitution were an>roved by the Senate before the SGA lost its quo rum. A SGA quorum consisted of 21 of the 40 members. The meet ing could not be called to order on time because there was not a quo rum. At 5:40 pjn., SGA President Shannon Moody called an emer gency meeting to ratify business already done in the judicial com mittee. Judicial Chairman Kendal Rasnake proposed expeUing eight members who had more than two unexcused absences. The proposal was approved by a voice vote. The expelled members in cluded Junior Qass President Beth Point; Rachel Ferguson, freshman senator; John Larranaga, sophomore senator; Stephanie Sabatino, junior senator; Jeff Potter, junior senator. The other names were not available. After expelling the eight mem bers, the regular meeting was called to order. Rasnake said no college orga nizations had charters for possibly more than a decade. He said none of the organizations, including the SGA, should have been receiving SGA funds. According to SGA’s current constitution, “An organization must be recognized by the SGA through a charter to be eligible for receiving funds.” To solve the problem, the SGA approved bills recognizing 31 col lege organizations and their char ters. The SGA then attempted to pass a new constitution. However, after amending the first four articles, the group lost its quorum as Senate members left the meeting. The new constitution, if ap- {MX)ved by two-thirds of the senate and a majority of the student body, would create the executive office of secretary, which would be iq^inted by the SGA president Unlike the other executive po sitions, the secretary would not have to be a rising junior or senior. Williams said he is consider ing £y>pointing Freshmen President Michael Rodgers as the secretary. Rodgers was elected as next year’s sophomore class president Rodgers’s appointment would have to be approved by two-thirds of the Senate. If Rodgers is promoted to SGA secretary, the elected sophomore class Vice President Brian Kobos will be moved into the vacant sopho more class president’s seat. INSIDE i I Golf coach wins SAC Coach of the Year, See pagelO I AudloA^ideo lab vandalism investi gated, See page 5. lESPN visits Elon about NASCAR class. See page 11.
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