Brown and White Vol. 111 No. 38

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 11l no 38 friday march 26 2004 all the lehigh news first accused argues opposing side by trace fails assistant news editor for the first time since the feb 27 hospitalization of a chi omega pledge that led to the arrests of three theta delta chi brothers the students involved in the events have released their accounts of the story cheng jack wang 04 a tdk brother who is charged with one second degree and two third degree felonies testi fied to what he called a typical night on the hill that turned into a situation in which the administration used students as scapegoats first and foremost there's a side of the story that wasn't told wang wrote in a state ment there are quite a few serious problems and injustices tied with this preposterous case wang's statement revealed information previously undis closed by police sources the fact is i was the one who drove the victim to the hospital wang wrote the brother later registered a 0.0 alcohol level on a breathalyzer test administered by fountain hill police being one of the only sober people that evening i did not want to jeopardize the status of the victim wang wrote i did not want to take the risk of let ting a drunk brother transport her to the hospital what seemed to be right at the moment was to take the responsibility and end this ordeal in a non-lurid manner wang also said he was sur prised by the lack of publicity given to chi omega sorority with whom the fraternity had planned an event that night christina fenn 05 a mem ber of chi omega at the time of the party who also accompa nied the victim to st luke's hospital said she had also anticipated more exposure for the sorority when the papers came out it was all tdk fenn said i expected to see tdk and chi omega splashed everywhere but there was just the one little bit about there being an event with chi o and that the victim was not a member fenn has since resigned from the organization quitting actually had a lot to do with the whole situation fenn said i realized how much people just don't care about people they're supposed to be close to the event between theta delta chi and chi omega was for the pairing of big and little sisters within the sorority the victim a freshman had not undergone the ceremony to officially be donned a pledge at the time of the party but she did have a big within the chi omega organization the party progressed with out disturbance until the police stopped outside at 2:52 a.m wang reported that a tdk brother walking back to the house intoxicated began con versing with the officers brothers then informed fra ternity president edward cilli 06 that the police were out side according to wang cilli had not been drinking ana was in his room throughout the duration of the party wang could not confirm what cilli told police when he went out side but said that the officers continued on their routine patrol shortly after the conver sation cilli could not be reached for comment when the police were out side the victim neared uncon sciousness fenn said people didn't want to take her outside because of the cops fenn said in the mean time this girl was slipping away and nobody cared people were bringing her water and trying to get her to eat doritos but she didn't have the control to swallow them she couldn't talk she could barely open her eyes fenn said that at one point the victim became unconscious wang disagreed about the severity of the woman's condi tion the girls were freaking out about their friend who - grant ed was really drunk - but not in any serious danger i've seen people much worse wang said she was by no means alert but she was responsive throughout the evening at no point did she ever lose aware ness wang also said he believed the victim did not receive delayed care due to the failure question and answer b&w photo by andrew hgliozzi students attend the mba open house on tuesday march 23 faculty students and staff interacted to dis cuss career plans and educational goals the event was sponsored by the college of business and economics diner task force in effect by james koran senate committee to include student input in diner news writer upset with the lack of stu dent life opportunities avail able on campus the student senate is pushing for the cre ation of a 24-hour diner as a first step the senate has created a student task force to generate ideas at the beginning of the year student senate came up with the idea of a 24-hour diner on campus offering cheap food and a place for students to hang out said student senate president mike d'alessio 04 the creation of a diner diner was proposed to president farrington and the board of trustees at their february meeting farrington approved of the idea the money is there the support is there and we're just going to make some final decisions d'alessio said at the board of trustees meeting farrington implied that construction could begin within the year the idea for the diner was developed by rick longenecker 05 and kurt lesker 05 we got the idea about a year ago on a road trip to a college in virginia longenecker said they have this place where they all eat there are a couple of speakers on stage and it's a social hub for students on campus when asked about the desired menu and atmosphere at the diner longenecker said he knew exactly what he wanted chicken fingers and fries sums it up we are looking for inexpensive not-very-healthy see senate page 2 see tdk page 2 in li â–  ijhh â–  â– .â– â–  k â–  ... ...... j baseball team wins frigid first home game see story page 20 sports 19-20 golf 19 tae kwan do 20 faculty excellence award started in college of business and economics see story page 4 news 1-4 senate task force 2 saatchi & saatchi 3 a profile of author kurt vonnegut this year's commencement speaker see story page 5 lifestyle 5-12 in the belfry 9 danny hoch 11 in tune 12 the brown and white reviews new movies including eternal sunshine bw.lehigh.edu quick fact milton bradley want ed to name the game twister pretzel but the name was already copyrighted source www.amusingfacts.com