Students moved for incident

The Judicial Inquiry Office has settled a dispute between the Onyx Society, a black senior honor club, and two Quadrangle residents over a December incident in which water was thrown at club members from a Quad window. The two Quad residents were found to have thrown water out of their dorm windows at club members who were standing between the Quad and Stouffer College House. The two, both male College freshmen, were charged with propulsion of an object and recklessly endangering another, interim JIO Catherine Schifter said. The men admitted to throwing three quarts of water, and Schifter said each was forced to move out of the Quad to a High Rise, to perform 15 hours of community service and to write a letter of apology to the Onyx Society. Schifter added that the case was originally listed as a racial harassment complaint, but the charge could not be confirmed. Schifter said she thinks the Onyx Society is satisfied with the sanctions because the club wanted the two expelled from the Quad. Another propulsion of an object case was settled in December, and the accused had to move from High Rise South to Van Pelt College House and pay a $50 fine. The male College sophomore threw two glass bottles from the 13th floor of his dorm. Schifter said he did not hit anyone, "but he didn't hit a dumpster either." The case which yielded the most severe sanctions involved a male College freshman charged with possession of fake identification and disorderly conduct. The student will be on probation until graduation, receive an evaluation for an eight-week educational program on alcohol abuse, pay a $100 fine and perform 10 hours of community service at the Drug and Alcohol Resource Center. Schifter said the extent of the incident was "pretty bad." In another settled case, a female College sophomore was found guilty of possessing a fake ID card which stated she was 21. The student is on drug and alcohol probation and received a formal reprimand in a letter form the JIO. Schifter, who said she knows many University students own fake IDs, admitted that the problem "is difficult to control and difficult to find out." Another settled case involved a male College senior who indecently exposed himself on campus and has been placed on probation until graduation. Of the cases settled in December, eight were alcohol violations, four were reports of theft and 10 were for breaking fire safety regulations. The JIO, which is investigating 24 new cases reported in December, settled 36 cases of first-time offenders that month, according to the office's most recent incidence report.