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THE VOL. LXV. NO. 17 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. OCTOBER 28, 174 Legal action threa USC's in BY MARK LEARY Of The Gamecock staff Carolina's intramural football program has been suspended for one week after a referee was allegedly beaten by several members of the Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) team after a Thursday night game. The referee, Dennis J. O'Keefe, supervisor of intramural officials, was reportedly assulted by "six to eight" ATO players after he stopped their game al inst Sigma Phi Epsilon with S0 seconds iningt to be played. Good vibes The sharp staccato riffs of uniquely well with the mello guitarist, as one student just soal Colder days are on the way, bu Rape co BY MERRY BATEMAN Rape is a dirty word in our society. For a woman, It denotes the epitome of fear and humiliation. For a victim, It Is a senseless, traumatic crime which is often unreported because of social implications and con sequences. Society condemns the woman In many cases of rape, often times saying a woman cannot possibly be raped unless she wants to, thus protecting the man from prs ecution. Any woman who has benraped has to prove her virtue and relive the horror of the ex perience often before an un sympathetic courtroom. Many are tened tramural USC Director of Intramurals, Robert C. Dalrymple, called the one-week suspension a "cooling-off period," and said the action was taken because of other previous fighting at intramural games, in addition to Thursday's incident. The Intramural Advisory Committee, consisting of student and faculty members,- will meet Wednesday to decide whether or not the football schedule will be continued, Dalrymple said. Ac cording to Dalrymple, the season probably will resume next week. O'Keefe 'was taken by am bulance to the student.infirmary, the flutist blend seem to care. h w chords of the campus as the Is ks up the sounds. oblivion. Staff I this trio doesn't unseling 'Not the victim a 'Rape myths are i and society is fii more know not strong enough to sustain this ordeal. For these reasons many prefer to avoid the reality of rape and protect themselves with the time worn cliche, "it could never hannpen ome." But for this very football p where he was treated and then released later Thursday night. In an interview Sunday at ternoon, O'Keefe said he will bring legal action against individual ATO members involved in the incident. "I am bringing criminal and-or civil action against any parties of the ATO team who were involved in the assault against myself during the game," O'Keefe said. "There has to be an example set so that this barbaric behavior, like in the case of ATO, is brought to an end." Dalrymple said a meeting of representatives of the two teams, Insic can still be heard around the at summer breeze slowly fades into photo by Steve Valk. lone who suffers' oeing thrown away ially becoming ledgeable.' --Faith Nolan reason, women should face what rape is, why it happens and know what to do when confronted in such a situation. The Richland County Sheriff's Continued on Page 12 rogram suspended O'Keefe and the intramural office will be held Monday, and a decision about ATO's intramural future made after that. Reginald Chesson, an ATO team member who was ejected from Thursday's game by O'Keefe in the first quarter, said, "I was on the sidelines, and I didn't see any blows thrown." Meanwhile, members of Phi Kappa Sigma, ATO's opponents Thursday. said they did not want to comment on the incident, saying Continued on Page 5 ROBERT DALRYMPLE Chartering panel: no rules violated From Staff Reports The USC chartering committee has ruled that the membership policies of the Association of Afro American Students does not violate the terms of the group's charter with the University. The commission met with representatives of Afro Thursday to review charges that the group was closed to non-black students. "At this time the commission 3 students feels, on the basis on all in formation and evidence available to it, there is no indication that the to VP s a c Association is not operating within their approved constitutional guidelines concerning mem bership, '" Carnell Foskey, acting commission chairman, said in a prepared statement Friday. BY ROBERT ATCHISON The commission's action follows Of The Gamecock staff a statement by the group's executive council stating that the Three student body ap Association was open to any pointments to the search com student regardless of race. mittee to find a sucessor for "No person connected with this CWles H. Witteu, head of student University, has been or will be a have been named. denied membership. We have not The student appointments are and do not intend to violate this Frank Simn, University Union membership clause," the p a E elXf and statement read. NedlHartman Student Govern Foskey *went on to say "any ment Association (SGA) ap documented infractions con- pitments cerning open membership of Two appointments were given to organizations funded by the the SGA -and ms the Uni, C-A Student Allocations Commission 2eitleg Levnssad (SAC) should be broiWht to the rakcoeimefbamee attention of the Student kos te psto n Organization Chartering Corn- oebostdnafis mission." The membership en'etrhaayneite policies of several campusUno.EleadNelwrgin organizations, most notably the teapitetbcuete r Student Bar Association, have beenascetblan ivoeda questioned In light of the Afrom h o hejb"Lvnl investigation. . ad Russell Putnam, vice chairman o h iemme omte of the senate finance committee,prosdnlthtresuet said Sunday the results of the apitet aebe ae chartering commission's Ii-Tehrapintmn oefo vestigation would not have an tefclyadoefo tdn affais he yG oamed by Contnue on age4 AThn rovstudeith dyis -