Freshman Dies from Accident Injuries
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An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper TUESDAY October 7, 1997 Volume 124 • THE • Number 10 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Newark, DE 250 Student Center• University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Permit No. 26 Freshman dies from accident injuries BY KENDRA SI:~ TH City News Editor Holly Hrupsa, a 17-year-old freshman from Elkton crossing Harrington Del., died Saturday afternoon as a result of inj uries she ustained in an accident Thur dl'y morning on Elkton Road. At approximately II :40 a.m. Hrupsa was hit by a infamous again green Jeep Cherokee while crossing the intersection of Elkton Road and Amstel Avenue. The vehicle. driven by 18-year-old Jonathan M. Mej1a, was BY JESSICA MYER "Students are thinking about their traveli ng west bound on Amstel Avenue, Newark A.ntstullf Ft·uwres Edrror classes or their day, and don't really Police said. Many students now wonder if pay attention to the traffic, and they Police said Hrupsa was transported to Chri tiana their own Jives are in danger after just think the cars will stop." Hospital for treatment, where she was initially listed freshman Holly Hrupsa was hit and Turner said the city is doing in critical condition. She fatally injured Thursday on Elkton everything they can to control the was placed in imensive Road. situation and elevate community care and received surgery, The accident was the ccond to awareness. "We've had candle light in an attempt to alleviate occur on Elkton Road in less than vigils, bumper sticker campaigns and the head trauma she had sustained. Hrup~a one year. The tragedy raised many petitions.'' remained in critical questions about the safety of the One solution, she said. would be condition after her surgery intersection of Amstel Avenue and for the students to speak out against and throughout Friday. Elkton Road. this problem and be Saturday afternoon she ~-----, more aware of "People drive through here way died. too fast," said freshman Jesse traffic safety rules. The accidem is HRUPSA Semanchi" '·Every time you cross, ~ee editorial "If the students page AS curremly under you JUSt hope you make it." and parents get investigation, and no Graduate student Lisa L_____ __, involved. maybe charges have been made. police said. Kondraschow. who interns with the more will get Because of her lricndly and vibrant presen.:e, city on traffic mlttcr,. explained why done:· she said. ''We want to ensure Hrup a's death h~ been mourned by all who knew the situation is o serious. "[The the parents that their kids will be her and even some who did not. Wilmington Area Planning Councill returned to them safely." "What l rcmemher most about her is that she estimated th<tt 6.900 students cross Jerome Lewis. director of the smiled ... said Rolf Joenrer, Animal and Food the intersection every day," she said. university's Department of Urban Sciences Assi~tant Profes~o~. 'That is a particularly bad spot." Planning. said the city is getting Hrupsa's major was Animal and Food Sciences. The founder of Citizens Again~! traffic consultant John Edwards to As her advisor and the instructor for her seminar Traffic. Nancy Turner. said the City help improve the situation. class, Joerger had every faith that she would have of ewark has a serious traffic Lewis explained one aspect of the succeed in all she attempted. problem which they are trying to problem is that students don't use the ·'She was stuch liH' the nutriuon of different kinds address. pedestrian bul!on~. of eggs." Joerger explained. "S he was very bright "We are just in a terrible me%," "There could be more done to and confidem - she was a plea~ure to have in she said. "With routes 896 and 273 ma"e the pede,trlan buttons more cla~s." running right 1nto Newark. we hJve obvwus." he satd. ·'And the traffic Hrupsa's mother. JoAnn Hrupsa said she was not surprised at her daughter's early succc~s in college. created a traffic and pedestrian huh.'' goes a lot last.:r than tt ~hould w11h "She was always such an orgamz.ed person,'' she The dangerous traffic sttuation 111 all those people walking and biking THE REVIEW I John Chabalko said. "She was just one of those people who always ewark doesn't mix with the across that street." Flowen mark the spot where freshman Holly Hrupsa was struck by a Jeep last Thursday. The second had it together. · preoccupied students. she said. memorial at the intersection of Elkton Road and Amstel Avenue is located across the street from the Mr . Hrupsa said she believes her daughter's life see SAFETY page AIO tribute to junior Dave Toman, who was killed at the intersection last November. sec FRESHMAN page AlO Promise Keepers gather for revival E-mail problems BY LAURA OVERTURF and reconciliation. program was a call to dominate tn the home and NutumufiStute Nelu Editor The crowd was expected to total 700,000 defme the woman· s role solely as a mother, as bugging students WASHINGTON. D.C. - Under the men from all over the country. Among those 28 it says in the Bible. intensity of the sun's rays on Independence were from the university. They contended on their webpage that the BY MARK FITZGERALD between a CPU and the board it Mall, thousands of evangelical Christian men Jeff Hague, a member of the Inter-Varsity Promise Keepers. in taking responsibility for Stuff Reporter was mounted on. but the most gathered together Saturday in search of a Christian Fellowship. said the intent was for their actions. would be taking all control away The uni\·crsity has a bug recent ones are being a. sociated revival of their faith and a spiritual awakening. men to assert their "biblical manhood" - to from women problem. but calling an with networking software upgrade. The six-hour event. ·'Stand in the Gap: A take responsibility for actions which they have On their webpage. NOW claimed the exterminator isn't the answer. '·We don't know when the Sacred Assembly of Men." was sponsored by previously shirked. Promise Keepers were an organization of Painfully slow e-mail has problem will be fixed," he said. The Promise Keepers. a national organization These duties include taking care of their misogynist men - they organized their students frustrated. and a remedy is "But the vendor of the software, of Christian men. According to the pamphlets families and being good role models for counter-rally to voice their opinion. On their nowhere in sight, according to Sun Microsystems, has reproduced and bibles circulating, it was a day of prayer children. webpage, NOW cited numerous quotes from Daniel Grim. the executive director the situation and has assigned an "It was kind of like a Promise Keepers' leaders and member·. of network and systems ervices. !.D. to the bug.'· recharge,'' he said. Tony Evans. a member of the organization, A suspected bug in the However, Grim said, no one "It was more powerfu I than was cited on NOW's webpage as saying, " .. .I university's networking software knows exactly how to fix the t heir o ther rallies." Hague believe that feminists of the more aggressive has led to four system crashes, in problem yet. no ted in comparison to persuasion are frustrated women unable to find the past week. The suspected bug is a glitch in p reviou s Promise Keeper the proper male leadership.'' ·'For example, one symptom Solaris. the university's networking Hague said he did not feel pressure from the events, "becau e there were so [of the bug] is that net software. and it interferes wi t h:~ many people. women protesters. "[ only saw three women communications are working very computer's ability to communicate Included in the program was sitting on the curb with signs." slowly," he said. "At times. with other computers or servers a period of ilence when the The Promise Keeper<· official statement of something that should take a matter such as Brahm and Copland. men repented for personal sins. their basic premise an I of the event was that of seconds can take several "S11n recommended t hat we "[It] was so moving," he men, in the past. have neglected their duties as minutes.'' increase the memory in Copland, so said, "to have all of those membe·rs of their family, church and society. According to Grim. there were we went from one gigabyte to 3.5," people quiet at the same time." According to Terry Jame , a five-year crashes on Sept. 28, Oct. 2, Grim said. "But it seems to be just Not all who attended were member of the Ohio Promise Keepers, marriage Saturday at midnight and Sunday as bad. in support of the Promise should be a partnership in which the husband night, but not all shut downs have "The local feeling is that it isn't Keepers. the National and wife should serve each other. rather than been crashes. a memory problem, b ut we fee l O rganizat io n of Women the wife· solely serving the husband. "Sometimes we have to take the obligated to follow S un 's sponsored a protest, countering '·Stand in the Gap," the theme of the day system down to make repairs and instructions for the moment," he the rally. originating from a scripture in the Bible, was people think it is a crash." he said. added. THE REVIEW I Laura Overturf NOW claimed the Promise More than 700,000 converged on the Capital this weekend for Grim said a lot of the crashes were G rim sa(d that the local Keepers' hidden agenda of the see 700,000 page A4 att ributed to a defective connecti on the Promise Keepers rally.