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THE PENDULUM Volume 29, Issue 22 April 8, 2004 if it nvatters to you. it niatlers to The Penduiuin. www.elon.edu/pendulum Single-car accident injures two Elon students Colin Donohue Managing Editor Two Elon students were injured in a single-car accident Tuesday evening when their car flipped into a ditch on East Lebanon Avenue. Both students were taken to Alamance Regional Medical Center Tuesday night, said Officer J.B. Hedrick of the Tovm of Elon police. The two have since been released. Junior Amy Morse, who was driv ing north on Oak Avenue toward Haggard Avenue, saw the accident ftomhercar. She said the driver, senior Daniel Hampton, 23, took a left from Oak Avenue onto Lebanon, swerved right and hit the mailbox at 518 E Lebanon Ave. before jutting left and fliRjing his black Ford Mustang GT into the ditch. “The car toipedoed into the ditch and f1i{^)ed once,” Mprse said., ''i^^e^ric^ said Hampton was lif&vel- ing at a sp^ greater than the posted 25 mph speed limit “The driver made an accelerated turn, causing the vehicle to break trac tion,” Hedrick said. SgL LK. Anibal of the Town of Elon Police Departmait said only pas senger freshman Stephanie Kloeber, 19, had to be removed from the vehi cle. Senior Maik DeVei]ges, one of the first people on the scene, said Kloeber was talking when medical personnel removed her from the car. Hampton has been charged with careless and reckless driving. DeVeiiges, who called 911 at 6:25 p.m. to report the accident, said he heard screeching before the car ran off the road. “You just see a ball of dust and the car,” DeVerges said. “It flijped into the ditch. It’s just horrible.” Both students were wearing their seatbelts at the time of the accident and alcohol was not a factor. Anibal s^d an investigation is underway. Contact Colin Donohue at pendu- lf4m@elon.edu(^ 27§-7247. \ Matt Belanger / Photographer Senior Daniel Hampton aashed his Ford Mustang into a ditch on East Lebanon Avenue Tuesday. Both Hampton and passenger freshman Stephanie Klober were taken to Alamance Region^, according to SgL LK. Anibal, above. Crossroads crisis center opens Moseley Center satellite office Non-profit organization finds new on-campus home; offers resource, response services for victims of sexual assault Ellis Harman Managing Editor Students looking for information on sexual assault or in need of a supportive confidante now have a new, closer place to turn. Crossroads Sexual Response and Resource Center, an Alamance County nonprofit oi]gan- ization that acts as an advocate for sexual assault victims, has opened a satellite office on Elon’s campus. The group also operates an office and crisis line in Burlington. Two student workers, at least one of whom is trained to answer the crisis line, man the office on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The office can be reached by dialing 278-7273 and is located in Moseley 208. “We want to make sure Elon students have access to information and help if they need it,” said junior Amanda Stokes, the satellite office coordinator. “Sexual assault is an issue in the community and on campus. We want students to know where to turn for infomiation and help. We want smdents to have easier access , to counselors and have a place to go f5f acc^- sible infprmation.” The student volunteeK.in;the Hqii office.- are trained by Crossroads to respoM-to'any-*-- thing, from simple requests fgr inforqij^on to calls from assault victim's pc police offiQei^ requesting help. In the case of such an emer gencies the volunteer-^ho took the call would alert a Crossroads on-call siijiervisor, Stoked'' said. j- All services prodded by Crossroads aje^. confidential, and callers are not asked to reveal anything they dp not want to share. ' Crossroads volunteers often accompany wopiea to the Irospij^rfter a reported assault and act as their advooates 'and supporteiis. ■ f j “On-call people act as advocates for vic tims. Tljey go. to the hospital with them and 'ma^ sur^ tliw ne^ ^ met,” StokeS 5*id)' “The police are there to do their job and solve"^ ■'I," ^ r ; v' crime, the nurses do their job.. Our job.^ to be there for the victim.” ‘ ‘ ^ Support services^ not the ^nly services Joffered'through the «^lfite office, Profestoiis; can also use the office as a resource for infor mation.' Stokes said professors can also call the office to schedule presentations for classes such as Elon 101. Students are encouraged to contact the Moseley office with questions and; quests for information about sexual assault 'or related topics, tjf The opening of the satellite office coin cides with Sexual Assault Awareness Month. P14 , Find out how identity theft occurs • and what people are saying about it. P27 See CROSSROADS p. 8 ■— : 6^ ^ Elon baseball team prepares » to face conference-leading Georgia Southern.
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