HEME And it isn’t coming Faculty Senate ' 'he Green is gone back any time soon. votes MITCHELL PATTERSON Associate News Editor to pass he South Green is currently draft grad anything but green. college T It is instead a shredded bylaws brown hole, fenced from pedestrian view and at times MITCHELL PATTERSON accompanied by a slight stench. Associate News Editor The university's South Green has been under heavy construction or those who are enamored for the past two months. Peering by the machinations of the over the black fenceline, one can Faculty Senate, last night was watch excavators and bulldozers Fthe Super Bowl. dig up the Earth. Teams of Following months of anticipation, workers ferry equipment in on endless debates over minutiae and trucks all through the day, and a myriad of revisions in committees, the whole of the South Green is the Faculty Senate voted on Monday immersed in the noises of heavy to ratify a draft of the bylaws which machinery and the stench of what would govern the new graduate may or not be, but probably is, college. This vote effectively acted as sewage waste. the Faculty Senate's approval of the The area between Memorial graduate college's establishment. Hall and the fountain was fenced The Faculty Senate is a legislative off in mid-December, and since body composed of professors which, then construction crews have in cooperation with the university begun excavations under The administration, governs university Green. According to Marcia affairs. The meeting room in Gore Hall Hutton, the university's director was packed; reflecting the unusual of planning and project delivery, significance of the senate's decision the construction on the South on the bylaws draft. Many members Green represents just one phase of the body could not find a seat and of a larger infrastructure project stood near the back of the room. on central campus, which began In addition to the decision last summer and will likely persist MITCHELL PATTERSON/THE REVIEW regarding the graduate college, into next year. The construction which has closed off a large portion of the South Green is set to which consumed the majority of the The goal of this construction continue until mid-March. meeting time, the Faculty Senate also CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 “Horror and Outrage”: Legislators propose restricting abortions in Delaware JACOB BAUMGART hand, passed a law last month information about all of their considering abortions the option decisions, like skills decisions. I Associate News Editor that loosens late-term abortion options and to have full support to see ultrasounds and hear don't have anything against part restrictions. The new law allows in making their decisions," Sarah heart tones under The Woman's of what Planned Parenthood does, pair of Delaware General New York women to have non­ Best, the public affairs manager at Ultrasound Right to Know but I think the abortions are just Assembly legislators emergency abortions until the end Planned Parenthood of Delaware Act would encourage them to wrong." of the 24th week of pregnancy and Planned Parenthood Advocacy reconsider how they view the Richardson last tried to limit Aintroduced four bills in late or up until term if the fetus will Fund of Delaware, stated in a fetus. abortions during the final quarter January that, if passed, would not survive or the delivery of the press release. "Restrictions such "If she's just disposing of of the last general assembly, but tighten abortion restrictions in the baby threatens the mother's life as pre-viability bans and bills a bunch of cells, it's an easier both of his bills died in committee. state. or health. that require Ultrasounds and decision, but when she sees that He said he thought his late One set of the bills (SB 19/ "We think that [abortion] is fetal heart tone auscultations be the baby has a heartbeat and has introduction of those bills was a HB 53), called "The Woman's wrong, just as if you took a kitten offered to patients interfere with arms and legs ... I think once they large reason they did not pass, Ultrasound Right to Know Act," or a puppy and ripped them apart the patient-doctor relationship, realize that, that they change and he hopes the earlier action would require physicians to ask in front of people," Representative and are ultimately intended to their mind about abortion," this year will allow him to spend women considering abortions Richard Collins (R-41), one of the shame and intimidate women." Richardson said. more time lobbying for them. whether they want to see an legislators working on Delaware's Richardson and Collins Best stated that she believed Both Richardson and Collins ultrasound photo or hearthe fetus' anti-abortion bills, said. "I can justified this reduction in the this legislation had different goals acknowledged the difficulty they heartbeat. The other (SB 21/HB guarantee you that would bring potential abortion period, than what Richardson claims. will have in pushing legislation 52) would prohibit abortions after about horror and outrage like no claiming fetuses begin to sense "While claiming to provide that restricts abortions in a the 20th week of pregnancy. one has ever experienced, but pain around the 20th week week women with more information, predominantly democratic state. The legislators' proposal to somehow, as long as it's inside of pregnancy. The duo said they HB 53/ SB 19 ultimately seeks Nonetheless, Collins thinks it is cap non-emergency abortions a woman's body and being done based this claim on scientific to dissuade them from exercising his duty to bring up the debate after the 20th week of pregnancy by someone in an isolated room research, but they do not cite any their legal and constitutional and try to change the way would tighten the existing state where nobody sees it, it's just fine specific studies in their legislation. right to abortion," she stated. Delawareans see abortions. law that allows abortions "before for a lot of people." Scientists do not seem "When the state mandates "It's a process," Collins said. viability." Fetuses usually reach Collins said that he partnered to have a uniform opinion on actions or speech by physicians "If it doesn't pass this year, we viability, the point at which it with Senator Bryant Richardson when fetuses begin feeling pain. only in the context of abortion, will try it again next year. In the could survive outside of the (R-21), who introduced bills with According to The New York Times, as HB 53/ SB 19 proposes, it end it's the choice of the voters. womb without extensive medical the same intentions in the last some researchers believe fetuses is not about protecting women They get what they ask for, so if attention, between the 22nd legislative session, to address the can feel pain after the 20th week or increasing the information the voters truly think abortion, and 24th week of pregnancy, legislation in both chambers and of pregnancy, while others believe they are provided. Rather it is under any circumstances, right according to The New York Times. attempt to increase its chance of that is not possible until at least about intimidating and shaming up to the day of birth, is fine, then The debate over if and when passing. the 24th week. people for choosing abortion and that's probably what we're going abortions should be legal is a "Frankly, I'm a little "I would say it's more of questioning a woman's ability to to continue to have, but I can at common theme in states across disappointed I didn't think to a compromise," Richardson make the decision that is best for least give the people of Delaware the country, not just in Delaware. do what [Richardson] did first," said of his proposal to restrict them." a choice." Tennessee state legislators Collins, who also co-sponsored abortions rather than prohibiting Richardson denied this, introduced a bill last week that one of Richardson's abortion­ them altogether. "Life begins at saying that he hopes to offer more would prohibit all abortions that restricting bills last year, said. "I conception ... The thing that I find information to women with these are not "necessary to prevent the think it's a noble thing, and I'm so disturbing is how hard it is to medical services, not pressure death of the pregnant woman orto really glad he did it, and I thought get some people to understand them out of abortions. prevent serious risk of substantial I would jump on board and help that you should not be destroying "I'm concerned more and irreversible impairment of out this year." human life." about the women than I am a major bodily function of the While Richardson and Collins The senator said that he about the Planned Parenthood pregnant woman." This bill, if are pushing for their bills, Planned believes doctors can pressure organization," Richardson said. passed, would only take effect if Parenthood is advocating against women into abortions with the "Planned Parenthood sounds the Supreme Court overturned them. way they portray the fetus as good. We want to make sure Roe v. Wade or if a constitutional "At Planned Parenthood a group of cells, not a growing that the young people have the amendment restored to states we know how important it is baby. 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