Brown and White Vol. 98 no. 14

              by erica crespi brown and white editorial page editor chini's charges dropped charge chini with disorderly conduct moring said they are suing for violation of their constitutional rights of freedon of the press freedom of speech and right to assemble the case is pending in easton's federal district court no hearing date has been set i am so glad that it is over said chini after he learned of the decision i hope this doesn't happen to a lehigh student aga in he added at the dec 18 preliminary hearing stefko testified that he asked chini to leave the scene of the accident and proceded to arrest him when refused wit nesses say stefko pushed chini when he did not move and drag ged him across the street to the median mere arguing with a policem an did not create a physically offensive condition as statute defines for crimes of disorderly conduct moring said it's disappointing that the pol ice used the judicial system to try and cover-up for their actions chini said b&w staff photo this black cat at the panhelenic council's halloween parade cant possibly be bad luck the brown and white vol 98 no 14 tuesday october 30 1990 lehigh university bethlehem rallies in protest of rape see rally page 4 department and the city council have committed speakers for the event a representative from turning point a human services organization which provides shelter for women who are the victims of violence will also address the audience in addi tion a speaker will be present from there is an increasing i amount of violence f toward women in the i lehigh valley ° j rose craig rally organizer the crime victims council a group which assists people victimized by violent crimes reverend jo claire hartsig of cent er city ministries will address those attending the rally and the lepoco peace choir will perform although tomorrow's ev^nt will not involve marching the first two take back the night acitvities have includ ed marching around the community in fact the first gathering last spring began its march from lehigh craig said only 30 people attended the first event but that more than 100 by robyn suriano brown and white managing editor as concern grows over a series of rapes in bethlehem during the past six months city residents will rally tomorrow evening in center city plaza in an effort to take back the night in the third gathering of its kind the take back the night rally will include several speakers who will address the topic of violence against women the activities will begin at 8 p.m and will last for approximately one hour said rose craig a rally organizer the rally is being held as a response to five rapes that have been committed in the center city and west side areas of bethlehem explained craig although the police department has not released much information on the cases craig said there is speculation that two of the rapes have been commit ted by the same person craig said it is important for lehigh students to attend the rally because the victims of the recent assaults have all been under age 25 the neighborhoods that are the target for this kind of violence are the same neighborhoods that the students live in she said we see students as co-bethlehemites they need to be there craig said the bethlehem police g w qkjf pf the cold has finally cornel as jack frost bears his chilly head students have packed away summer's shorts and begin to bundle up for winter disorderly conduct charges against former editor of the brawn and white nick chini 90 were dismissed by a nor thampton county court of com mon pleas oct 17 judge james hogan granted a motion demurrer meaning that the facts presented by the police did not constitute the charge of disorderly conduct as defined by statute said platte moring chini's co-council of gross mcginley leßarre and eaton chini was arrested sept 28 1989 when he allegedly interfer ed with bethlehem police offic er craig stefko at the scene of a car accident involving stefko's patrol car at the corner of morton and vine streets now that chini's criminal suit is settled his civil action suit filed with sean mcgowan 92 will procede against stefko pol ice officer edward repyneck stefko's partner at the scene of the accident and sgt fred jord an the supervising officer who concurred in the decision to inside news forum faculty co-chair david cundall said the administration places faculty research before student learning page 5 opinion an engineering student objects to reducing distribution require ments in the college of arts and science page 1 0 arts and leisure theater department chairman gus ripa directs joe orton's madcap comedy what the butler saw 1 this week page 11 how much would you pay for a dinner with president likins see the results of the prssa auction page 1 2