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September 24,1998
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Rape survivor Koestner to Strict drunk driving laws forces Elon
promote awareness at Elon student to learn his lesson
Patrick Donovan
The Pendulum
A nationally known date rape
speaker is scheduled to speak at
Elon’s Alumni Gym on Tuesday,
Sept. 29.
Koestner is being sponsored
by Panhellenic as well as the Stu
dent Government Association
(SGA), the National Panhellenic
Council (NPHC) and the Interfra
ternity Council (IFC).
Koestner plans to educate
students about the crime and hope
fully increase awareness and pre
vention.
Koestner has given date rape
a face people can relate to.
After being victimized on her
own college campus of William and
Mary, Koestner told her story to the
public and gained national atten
tion.
Next Tuesday’s speech will
consist of a “he said—she said”
format which will be presented with
the assistance of Brett A. Sokolow,
J.D.
The program will then turn to
an interactive session with divided
single-sex breakout groups.
The format has been used with
groups as small as five and as large
as 3800.
Koestner has appeared on
television shows such as Oprah and
Larry King Live, as well as having
been pictured on the cover of the
June 3,1991 issue of “Time Maga
zine.”
Her name and face helped to
bring into the spotlight a crime that
was previously hushed and seldom
discussed.
Shannon Russell, Panhellenic
president, is the coordinator of this
event who made the arrangements
for Koestner share her story with
the Elon students.
“We wanted to do something
different and interesting on this cam
pus,” Russell said.
“We’ve been trying to publi
cize as best as possible,” she added.
The groups sponsoring the
event have two goals in mind.
Not only do they hope to
break down barriers between men
and women but they also want to
create a better sense of rape aware
ness in the college community.
Heather Kleim
Contributing Reporter
An Elon student learned the
hard way about North Carolina’s
new DWI law Saturday night.
According to police reports,
junior Cory Fey’s car was seized
early Sunday morning, Sept. 13,
when town of Elon College Police
officer PFC L.K. Anibai arrested
him for driving while impaired on a
suspended drivers license.
His 1986 BMW is now prop
erty of the Alamance County School
system.
According to the North Caro
lina Department of Justice Legisla
tive Update, a law enforcement of
ficer must seize a vehicle if the
driver is charged with driving while
impaired and the driver’s license is
suspended for being convicted of a
previous DWL
This law came into affect De
cember 1, 1997.
The seized cars are sold and
proceeds go to the Alamance School
fund.
In Alamance County, seized
cars under this law are towed to
Battleground Towing.
The car can be returned to the
offender if they are not convicted of
driving while impaired.
If the car is registered to some
one other than the offender, they can
appeal for its return by proving they
were not aware of the offender’s
suspended license.
According to Elon College Po
lice Chief Dan Ingle, this is the first
car seized by the Town of Elon
College under this law.
Campus Safety and Police Di
rector Chuck Gantos said Elon Col
lege Campus Police has seized two
vehicles; the courts returned one of
those.
“It’s not as simple and cut and
dry as you’d think. The court sys
tem looks at the value of the vehicle
to determine if it would be in the
benefit of the school system to keep,”
Gantos said.
In Elon, there is no area where
most of the offenders are charged
with driving while intoxicated.
The police look for drivers with
out the headlights on, cars left of the
centerline, cars running off the road
and cars going under the speed limit.
Police give several tests to de
termine if a driver is driving while
impaired.
These tests include the Hori
zontal Gaze, the Nystagmus test,
the One-Leg-Stand and the Walk-
and-Tum test.
The tests judge the coordina
tion of the offender.
If they do not pass any one of
these, they are then asked to submit
a breath sample in an Alco-Sensor.
Anibai said Fey and most other
drivers pulled over for a DWI are
very cooperative; however, no one
is happy when they learn they could
lose their car.
“On Sunday mornings, when
I’m working the day watch, I like to
think that the cars parked in the
parking lot by the bar belong to the
people that were smart enough to
realize they’ve had too much to
drink to drive home,” Anibai said.
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