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. 111.1• Today's Weather: Our second Breezy, NON-PROFIT ORG century of US. POSTAGE partly sunny, excellence PAID unseasonably ::J: Newark. Del Permit No. 26 cold. Highs in low 40s. Tuesday,_April 9,--~ 1985 , University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 Vol. J 1Q No. 4.6 UD applications up for second year . by Claire DeMatteis sent in over 11,000 applica- last year, but their plans were But McConkey noted that many more out-of-state student Affairs Editor tions, which Spilka said is put on hold when an unex- rising tuition costs could affect students apply than we can ad The university is a "hot" in- typical. pected 500 new students, who admission requests in the mit that even if we receive stitution for high school and Approximately 7,500 were all nonresidents, came to future. "If tuition costs keep fewer applications we could transfer students, according to students will be admitted, ac- the university last fall. increasing and financial aid still maintain the same Dean of Admissions Douglas cording to McConkey, for an "This year we stopped ac- decreases, the university number of nonresidents in the McConkey. estimated freshman class of cepting nonresident applica- could be catering to wealthier freshman class without chang For the second consecutive 3,450 students next fall. He tions on March 1, rather than students." ing our standard of quality." . t · said 450 of these new students accepting them through May Even t'f tut'tt'on 1·ncreases This year, he said, 60 per year, a dmtsston reques s m- 11 b f d cent of the freshman class are creased , d esp1't e previous. 1 y wi e trans er stu ents. as we did last year," said cause fewer nonrest'dents to announced tuition hikes for "Mter the increase last year McConkey. Applications from apply, McConkey said he does nonresidents. next fall. I didn't know what to expect," qualified in-state students will . not foresee a decrease in out- "We are strong academical The university has received McConkey said, "so I'm not still be accepted, he added. of-state enrollment. "There is ly and a good size," McConkey about 13,800 applications, over surprised." "We have no control if there a cushion now', he said. "So said, "the type of school a lot h h d th' Last year the university had is a bigger return on admits of students are looking for." · 400 more than t ey a at IS expected a decline in applica- than we expect," McConkey time last year • according to tions because of a decrease in said. "So for a month we will Walter Spilka, supervisor of the number of high school have to sit and wait to see how admissions processing. Resi- students, nationwide, applying many students we offered ad dent admission requests ac- to colleges. The university had mission to send in their deposit count for about 2,000 applica tions and nonresidents have planned to limit freshman by th~ May_1 deadline." enrollment to 3,400 students . Accident sparks action; students unite for SAD -traffic crashes involving 15- to 20- year-olds last by Susan Kline year were alcohol related. Staff Reporter Fitler spoke to about 30 students at. the A Friday night of bowling ended in the death Delaware Undergraduate Student Congress of Linda Lazarchuk's (AS 86) roommate Oct. meeting March 25 to spur interest in a S.A.D.D. 13, because of what Lazarchuk claimed was an chapter on campus. alcohol-related accident. "I try not to say 'accident', said Fitler, Deborah Solowey died in that crash, in which because it is defined as something unforeseen the driver was charged with vehicular or unintended, and driving drunk has very homocide, according to Newar~ ~olice. foreseeable results." She also said that 14 teenagers die every day See editorial p. 6 nationwide due to drunk drivers. The discussion with Fitler prompted Lazar The accident sparked Lazarchuk to start a chuk and six other students to express interest Students Against Drunk Driving (S.A.D.D.) in registering a S.A.D.D. group through the chapter on campus. DUSC Constitutions Committee. "I want to get people to think before they get behind the wheel," she insisted. "I'd rather pre Lazarchuk said that a S.A.D.D. chapter vent it before it happens than punish the of would make students more aware of the drunk fenders afterward." driving problem. "On an average weekend, one out of every "I see something concrete happening with ten drivers is legally drunk," said Vicki Fitler, this group," said DUSC President Mary Pat representative for the S.A.D.D. chapter in Foster. "In the past, administrators have Delaware. In addition, she quoted highway questioned what DUSC has done to get alcohol statistics that claim 72 percent of all Delaware continued to page 5 Police to ticket ali-day parkers Newark Police have decided to put some receive $5 fines instead of the warnings they teeth into a recently passed ordinance pro had gotten prior to Spring Break, the hibiting parking a car twice on a block after the spokesman said. original time limit expires, a police spokesman On March ll Newark's city council passed the said. parking ordinance, which is designed to pre "You can no longer avoid fines by moving the vent people from parking for extended periods car a few feet or wiping the chalk marks off the on time-limited streets and to allow rotation of Staff photo by Susan Phillips tires," he said. cars, according to the spokesman. Muscles are not just for men-as demonstrated by Gail Lucken People who leave their cars on the same Police will check license plates to enforce the ~augh (AS 88), a female bodybuilder. Luckenbaugh will compete block past the posted parking time limit will ordinance, the spokesman said. m the Delaware State Body Building Championship in May. See story page 9. Page 2•The Review •April9 ,1985------------------------------------- .. TELEPHONE INTERVIEWERS WANTED '~'tiHI~~~~ f I .EARN $200/Wkly. Top Flight Entertainment Nightly · Thurs. 4/11 - Nik Everett Group .. \ • l Mug Night/50(Mugs CHOOSE OWN HOURS: 9:00a.m.- 4:00p.m. \ . • ~ ;: r I, ) I ' Fri. 4/12- The Bees 1:00 p.m.-4:00p.m. I ' I I I ' I · 1 ., •.,. r Happy Hour 4-7- Movies Imports $1.00, 7-11:00 6:00p.m.- 9:00p.m. ~~~ ) Sat. 4/13- The Snap (formerly Ro.ck Hall) "' Happy Hour 4-7 Every Night Summer Employment Permanent Part-time Supervisory and Management Potential! 113" Cheers 58 E. 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USA UD grad takes crown ., tri to Florida academicaHy was very good," she said, "and r--.,;;;;;;;------~------------1 my involvement in·extracurricular activities laire DeMatteis Student Affairs Editor and in my job." From studying communications at the Saints, whose career goal is to be a news an university, to weatherwoman for a local televi chorwoman, decided on her career objective at sion station, to Miss Delaware USA-~that is the the university, where she was on The Review path Sheila Saints, a 1984 arts a_nd science and WXDJt staffs. She worked_at WNRK 1 a graduate, has taken. Newark radio station, for a year before accep Saints, 21, won a $100 savings bond and an ex ting the position with Rollins Cablevision Chan pense paid trip to the-Miss USA pageant in nel2 <WNS-TV) doing the weather. "I really en Lakeland, Fla., where she will compete for joy doing the weather," she said, "because I $25,000 and a car. can be myself." "When they announced my name I thought A good perspective has guided her through it was a dream,"· said Saints, who was also her accomplishments, she explained. "I'm a named Miss Photogenic. "It wasn't until the hard worker but I don't take things too serious next morning that I realized it wasn't a ly," she said. "I set goals for myself but if I dream." don't achieve them all it's not the end of the Her crown and banner are for real and she world." will leave April 20 for three weeks of rehear Her easygoing attitude extends into her feel sals before she represents Delaware in the con ings about the upcoming contest.