On Oct 6, following a month-long investigation into an alleged assault in the parking lot of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at 109 McGraw Place, Cornell Police arrested a Cornell studenton a charge of second-degree assault, a class D felony. Clark was charged in connection with the Sept. 1, 2000, assault in which, police allege, Clark recklessly struck another 19-year-old Cornell student in the face with a glass bottle following a disagreement in the SAE parking lot, causing serious physical injury.

Clark was arraigned today in City of Ithaca Court, after which he was released on his own recognizance. He is scheduled to appear before Ithaca City Court Judge John Rowley on Oct. 17. Clark also has been referred to the Cornell judicial administrator.