Delaware Air Guard Preps for Mideast
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Take a peek into Public Safety to upgrade UMBC deflates Hens Greek history communication system in ECC tourney ({l!jj7 7 3 age 11 FRIDAY Delaware Air Guard preps for Mideast By Michael Boush National Guard spokeswoman. be activated if necessary, Cochran said, in cut on aU state agencies. equals about $13,000. This money would City News Editor Air Guard Commander Col. James V. addition to about 250 Guard members. About 120 full-time university students have been distributed in $1,000 Hundreds of Delaware Air National Dugar said "based on our potential to be Cochran said more than 150 Delaware are Guardsmen, most of whom use money scholarships to full-time university Guard members last weekend were tasked, we are taking every action to be Guardmembers have previously served from a state program which provides students who are active Guardsmen. officialy notified to be ready for prepared in the event of mobilization." voluntary tours in the Middle East, but this portions of thier tuition, according to Larry The U.S. Operation Desert Shield has deployment in the Middle East as pan of Guard officials distributed letters to unit would be the first mandatory mobilization. Miller, Educational Services Officer for already amassed about 200,000 troops in Operation Desert Shield, a spokeswoman members stating they may be required to " Most of those notified will serve as the Guard. allied Middle Eastern countries in said Monday. mobilize at the end of December to c re w me mbers and maintenance In addition to the possibility of being conjuction with international forces. The commanding officers announced provide a replacement for troops currently personnel," Cochran said. mobilized, at least a few student President George Bush has the the contingency plan to the state's citizen stationed in the Middle East. Cochran also said Guard money for Guardsmen will not receive tuition money. executive power to mobilize troops for 90 soldier unit during a weekend drill Nov. 3., All eight C-130 aircraft at the Guard student tuition refunds has depleted early Cochran said the cut on the Guard's days and extend their activation another according to Terry Cochran, Delaware Air base at the New Castle County Airport will because of a mandatory 7 percent buget ed u~on budget is less than I percent, but 360 days. Incumbents Resident's property sail to victory vanishes in state races in cleanup Democrats Biden, Carper, Oberly win Paper Mill tenant By Michael Boush referendum on my character." says items taken and Abby Stoddard Character was the main issue of City News Editors Brady's campaign. In November, from storage area Incumbent Delaware Democrats she mailed 40,000 video tapes to remain anchored in three of the five voters containing news clips of By Julie Carrick statewide offices this year after Biden during his 1987 presidential Assistant News Editor coasting to wins over Republican campaign when he allegedly used A university student is caught in challengers in Tuesday's election. plagarized material in a speech a dispute wi th her apartment U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. "It's been a wonderful six manager about personal belongings easily crushed Republican months, and I don't regret the she said disapr -:-:::red from a storage challenger M. Jane Brady by 47,446 decision I made [to run against area in her building last week. Biden.]," Brady said. Lauren Barrow (AS 92), a Paper See Editorial Page 6 I In the race for D~IID:Ywe's sole Sen. Joesph R. Biden, 0-Del., celebrates his senatorial victory at his campaign headquarters in Mill Apartments resident, said votes, escaping a messy campaign seat in the Congress, Democratic Wilmington with his daughter Ashley and son Beau Tuesday night. between $600 and $800 in personal with a seemingly untarnished public incumbent Rep. Thomas R. Carper possessions was taken without her image. soundly defeated his Republican wide victories under his belt Club. percent of the vote for o nce," consent from a storage cubicle in In his victory speech, Biden told opponent Ralph 0. Williams to win Williams thanked his party for Charles M. Oberly III succeeded Oberly joked, referring to his th e basement of her building. a roaring crowd at the Wilmington a fifth term. honoring him with the opportunity in his attempt for an unprecedented narrow victories in past elections. Shirley Graves, Paper Mill Radisson Hotel that he knew from With his 2-to-1 victory over to run and congratulated Carper on third term as state attorney general Oberly, who teaches a criminal Apartments manager, said the the beginning "this was not going to Williams, Carper became the his victory during his concession by defeating Republican F.L. Peter justice class at the university, said roo ms where the cubicles are be a campaign about issues," and winningest elected official in speech lO more than 400 Stone. Tuesday's election "signals a new located were cleaned out to comply Brady "decided to make this a Delaware history, with seven state- Republicans at the Cavalier Country "It feels great to get over 50 with orders from the city fire see ELECTION page 3 inspector. Signs were posted warning residents to remove their Money shortages silence marching band Saturday belongings from the storage areas, Graves said. Barrow said she never saw the By Amy Mazziotta needed funds. the fund decrease. he said. Each of the 200 band members signs. Staff Reporter Gouldner met with admin Although Herman has been The band does not have the have committed about 170 hours of Graves said Paper Mill The university's marching band istrators Wednesday to discuss trying to find aid from outside the $1,000 it costs to clean members' practice and performance for this management is not responsible for will not perform at Saturday's possible sources of funds. She said music department, he said the band uniforms, Herman said. year's season. any missing items because only football game at the University of the band will probably attend next has incurred bills it is unable to Other universities of the same Band members were told unlocked cubicles and open areas of Richmond because of a shortage of week's game. pay, leaving the group in debt. size spend three to five times more throughout the semester there were the storage room were cleaned. funds, said David Herman, Herman said the band received a These bills total several money on their bands, he said, and money problems, but were not None of the cubicles with locks chairman of the music department. smaller budget this year than last, thousand dollars, he said, and the most of these funds come from informed last weeke nd 's game were emptied, she said. However, Helen Gouldner, dean and the funds allotted to the band two trips would cost an additional sources outside music departments. might be their last, Freedman said Barrow said she had a padlock of the College of Arts and Science, have not lasted the season. Herman $2,000. Band member Deborah Monday. on her cubicle where she has been said the band might .perform at the would not state the band's total Funds pay for band camp, sheet Freedman (AS 93) said their Herman said Tuesday that he storing materials for two years, yet final game Nov. 17 against the budget. music, transportation and manager posted a sign late Monday would continue to negotiate with all her possessions and the lock are Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Gouldner said the university's instruments and their maintenance, afternoon announcing the season's the administration u ntil they if the university can acquire the tight budget situation contributed to all of which are highly expensive, premature end. receive more funds. see PAPER MILL page 3 '( .2 • JHE llfVJEW • NoYember 9, 1990 Anti -Sem iti sm Pencader sponsors rises sharply safe walk program The Pencader dorm on campuses comple1.. began a Safe Walk: program this semester for By Ron Kaufman students who need a late night Copy Editor '7he swastika escat 10 their residence halls, The number of reponed anti a residents life o1f.cer said. Semitic incidents on college incident at the Jon Lund, assistant area campuses has been steadily University of coordinata of Pencader, said increasing since 198 7, said a the program will not only member of Lhe Anti-Defamation Delaware is illustrative help improve security around League (ADL). of what's going on campus, but will help build a From 1987 to 1988, the number sense of community by of reported harauments against around the country" encouraging students to meet Jewish college students increased others.. 271 percent, said Jeffrey Ross, - Hallie Rosen The program originated at director of ADL's campus affairs Anti-Defamation League a hall government meeting, and higher education department Leslie D. Barbaro said Darin Bielby (AS 93), In 1989, 69 incidents were I THINK I CAN (Left to right) Juan Halbert (AS 92), Robyn Shapiro (AS 92) and Tom Rooney (AS around the country," Rosen said, president of the Pencader Hall reported on 51 campuses across 93), members of Student Environmental Action Coalition, display a heap of cans to illustrate the referring to several swastikas that Government. Lhe country and he said there is no need for campus reqcling. They ~so collected signatures for~ university recycling petition. Many students said they trend indicating a decrease this were spray-painted on university did not feel safe walking year. structures Oct 18 and 23. alone on campus, Bielby said. Along with the increase in anti After some discussion See Editori~ Piage 6 Semitic acts the ADL has also seen a rise in skinhead activity in the Speaker urges black students among the students involved "The data we collect is only on in the hall government, it was reported incidents.