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Rape alleged Coed accuses stude nt
of dorm-room assault by Hnindi Reasor Se,11i11t'I Rcpcmer A fcmolc NIC \ tuden1 was .1llcgcdly rnped Oc1. 26 m a campu, donn room. accordmg to a rcpon from the Coeur d 'Alene Police Dcpartmcn1. Whi le attending u party a11he River Apanmcnt, o n River Avenue. the 18· yc~r-ull1,1ullent ,nid she Mrirped dc>wn to her underwear in a hcdrnom in from of approxmmtely 20 men. The ,tudcnt ,aid ,he knew It wn, :1 ~lllpitl 1hing 10 de>, but wa~ "wa,tcd·' ond did i1 :111yway. She put her clo1he, back on at th.: advice of her Irientl ,inti then went
ouhidc 10 ,mnkc a c1i:;11rc11c with 1wo of 1he men from 1hc p.irty The men a,l.cd her 10 go for a wall.. and all 1hrec ended up in one of the 111c11·, dc>mi room, m Shepperd I!all. According to the alleged ,•,ctim. , he \uid "no" muny time~. She ,aid ~he wa, nipcd by one o f Lhe men. while Im alleged accomplice (who also lives 111 the dor111) 111i11ally held her ann down for the ~u,pcct to remove her panl',. "I tlon'1 even remember walking 11110 1he dorm," 1hc vic1im \Old. During die ,ncidcm, which occured around mid111ght and limed uboul 10 minute,. the vicum said the \U\J)CCt nm only raped her, bu1 foJ\.'Cd her to pcrfonn oral sc, He nllcgcdl} pushed her head t~w..U'd hi,
See Dorm Ra p e , page 11
Hedlund suit fails
1>hoto by Noppndol Poot hone
Alex Crandall portrays Winfie ld and Mike lle Yo ung plays Ruthie in "The Gra pes of Wra th." They d is play the joy they fee l upon reaching the ir ne w home in Califoruia. Sec page 23.
by Turyn I lccker Se,11i1wl lfrpm tt•r A , tudcn t', ,uit ,1guin,1 NIC fai led to convince a Jury of wrong-doing on the part of the college for alleged expoM1rc 10 toxic fume, in,1d c 1hc Hedlund Building. The $Uit againM NIC weut to Lrial Oc1. 2!<. six ycnr~ after II former-, tu den1 Sharon Foster fi led a tort cla im aga1m,t the college. Foster ~.11d ~he got ,icl. from toxi c fume, whi le attending cla~sc, 111 the Hed lund Building in 1991. Fo,1er ,aid 1hat th e fume, from the vocauona l technology cla"c' hi: ld down,1air~ 111 Hedlund ,till affect her tod ;,y. She said ,he ha, "rncrnory defic1cnc1c,." 1, "reall y ,en,i11 vc to ~111e ll~" and i> tired. " I don't hnvc the energy lil.c I u,,•tl 10:· Fo,t,·r ,aid Shi: hegun fct!ling ,icl.. W\\ ard the en.I of tht· school year, ,he , ,ud. anti , i,itl'd
~ver,11 doctor... At fiN. Foster ,aid 1ha1 ,he didn't know that the buildinl? hud anything 10 do wuh h.:r illne,, • In November of 1991. ,he filed the ton claim. which wn., "a nouce of comph:un1 m the college." she ~aid. "The college could an~\\Cr. but they never die.I." When the college didn't answer. Fmtcr filed the law,ui1. N IC" w.1, reprcscntcll by attorney Michucl Ram,dcn "She clJ1111, that she was e~posed to 10:1.1c ,ub,rnm:c-. while ,he wa., a ,tudenl m 1he Metllund 13uilding:· Ram,tlcn ,aid. "The college demc~ that.'' Fo,1er ,uetl 1hc college for drunagc,. " In Id aho. you don't sue for an amount.'· RJmsden ,n,d. "Yc,u ,uc for Jnmagt:," Foster ~111tl ,he wanted to gel NIC", auention.
"(1 wa,n't for the money: 11 " ' " for (N IC) 10 do '-Omcthing ,1bou1 the building." Fo,ter -,.ml. " It w.t,n 't n '3fo hu1lding:'
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