Women reports rape at fraternity

A 19-year-old female student reported early Thursday morning that she had been raped Wednesday night at Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, 815 N. Jordan Ave., according to an IU Police Department report.\nIUPD Lt. Jerry Minger said the woman told police she had been drinking at her residence before going to the house. According to the report, once she arrived she began talking to a man she had previously met, but whose name she did not remember. The man suggested they go to a quieter room, the police report said.\n"She was tired. She laid down on a couch. She went to sleep," Minger said. "She woke up and this guy was on top of her having sex with her. She tried to push him off, but he wouldn't stop."\nSenior Mike Schanna, Sigma Phi Epsilon president, said he knew nothing about the incident and said he had no further comment.\nGraduate student Cristina Alcalde, safety programming coordinator at the Office for Women's Affairs, said, "At IU, like anywhere, acquaintance rapes make up 85 percent of all rapes ... (and) for every rape is reported, between three and 10 are not reported."\nMinger said officers advised the woman of different organizations to seek counseling for sexual assault, and he said she told them she already knew what they were.\n"The officer advised her to contact a counselor even if she didn't think she needed to," Minger said.\nAlcalde said that in dealing with rape victims, "The best thing people can do is listen to her and not tell her what to do ... Let her know what resources there are ... There can be psychological impact with self esteem ... Rape is so cloaked in silence in our society, especially for students, especially if you're 19."\nThe woman told IUPD she did not want to prosecute, but she told police she might take action through the dean of students' office, Minger said. She said she would call IUPD back with the name of the suspect, but hadn't done so by Monday night.\nDean of Students Richard McKaig said that typically, once a report is filed with his office, this type of case would be dealt with by a student judicial board, and a campus professional hearing officer would hear the case. A judgment in the case could call for "anything from a reprimand to expulsion, and in between you have things like probation and suspension," McKaig said.