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An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner FRIDAY January 16, 1998 • THE • Volume 124 Number 26

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BY CHARLES DOUGIELLO restaurant named Cafe Ro,si ni in ewark. but it did indeed have a full bar and was selling alcohol. Citr Ne1n Editor was "withdrawn" in 1995. The two reporters who ordered beers were asked A ewark restaurant has been serving alcohol '·We found no valid liquor license for Cafe for identification a nd were questioned regarding without a liquor permit since 1995 and may face a Americana li s ted under their corporate name. their driver's licenses. The other reporter ordered stiff monetary fine and possible incarceration for Black Oak Hospitality Inc .... Butler said. a soda. it owner. The Review has learned. According to ABC offic ials. there are no The reporters looked for a liquor permit but did Cafe Americana, located at 322 Suburban records of Black Oak Hospitality Inc. possessing not find one. ABC officials said the liquor permit Drive in the Suburban Plaza Shopping Center. has any liquor permits at the present time. must be in a place that is .. public and no valid liquor permit. The Delaware Department of Revenue in conspicuous.'· R1chard Acker. the owner of Cafe Americana, Wilmington was able to confirm that Cafe Later that evening, two Review reporters went aid he did not realize the restaurant did not have Americana has a valid business li cense that was back to Cafe Americana and asked to speak to the a valid liquor permit. renewed this year. The business license also li sts owne r. After the reporters identified themselves. He said his lawye r. Lee Autman of Black Oak Hospitality Inc. as the corporation and they were told by a c hef the owner had left to run Wilmington. had attempted to obtain a liquor lists Cafe Americana as the trade na me. errands and tha: he would be back soon. license from the Delaware Alcohol Beverage Jim McNair of the ABC said that possible The reporters then asked to see the liquor Control Commission (ABC), and as far as he repercussions for selling alcohol without a permit permit. The chef said he did not know where the knew, he had received it years ago. are m o netary fine s and up to s ix months d ocument was kept. but that it might be in the "Mr. Autman was representing us and went incarceration. owner's office. The reporters were told to come before the ABC administrative board." he said. "Section 90 I , Title 4 of the Liquor Control Act hack later. Edith Butler of the ABC told The Review there of Delaware states if you sell alcohol without a Acker called The Review Wednesday night and was no record of Cafe Americana in their files and permit, a monetary fine will be assessed and [the stated that it was hi s belief that the restaurant did therefore the restaurant did not have a li cense to accused wi II serve) no less than three and no more have a liquor permit. When the reporter asked to serve a lcohol. than six months in jail." he said. come down to see it, Acker said that it was too ··we could not find any record of a restaurant McNair said the judge us ually uses his late and he was going into Philadelphia in the named Cafe Americana or of its owner,'' she said. discretion when deciding what the implications morning. Cafe Americana is owned by Black Oak will be. ''My wife. Gina. runs the business and had THE REVIEW I Bob We1 ll Hospitality Tnc. ABC officials confirmed they had On Wednesday. three Review reponers went Cafe Americana, located in Suburban Plaza, has sold alcohol once obtamed a liquor license for a different into Cafe Americana to verify that the re-staurant see CAFE page AS without a license since 1995. Newark tree City investigates alleged squatter gets reprieve BY RAND! L. H ECHT ce rtain rule; and regulation' Comnlnamr: Et!um according to the Code of Ethics 111 BY CHARLES DOUGIELLO stretch of this design. After speculations \'Oiced at a the personnel manual for cit) Cit\ N~ws £1./itor " lf we made the final decision recent City Council meet1ng. city employees. The now-famous sycamore tree at without the advice of the planning officials investigated the possihility The document s tates. 59 E. Main St. may be saved si nce th e commission we wou ld be saying of someone living on the second "Emplo) ees are prohibited fro m developers of the proposed building proceed directly to go." she said. floor of Newark · s water treatment u'mg or allowing any cit y propert) redesigned their plans to allow the tree ·'Like a board game. just go directly to plant but turned up empty-handed. for private or personal uses. An to remain. city council for decisions." City Manager Carl Luft and other employee who violates thi s polic) The developers. who plan to Manv of the counci I members and city offici:lis i:l\ c'tigatcd the ma) h~ knnin .. tcJ ... construct a 6,900-square-foot retail citizens who attended the meeting situation and determined no one was Luft would not comment 11 heth er space containing a 120-seat Charcoal praised the developers for reworking resid ing in the plant. '·Thcrc were an the e mpl oyee who stored the Pit Restaurant and six apartments. their design to ave the tree. employee· s belongings:· Luft said. presented Newark City Council on Cliff Armour. the enior pastor of belongings in the plant would be M onday, with a new design for the the ewark United Methodist Church, which inc lu ded boxes a nd other terminated or not. project that will avoid destruction of which is next door to the materials. but no one at any time Turner also declined to comment the tree. development. was happy to sec the was Jiving in the plant. on s pecifics of the ca;e. "T do not NewCap Main Street LLC. developers respond to the wishes of Councilwoman Nanq Turner 11 ant to betray the conf1dcnce of an) officials. who are developing the si te, the community to save the tree. told members of City Council that city cmpiO) ces." she said. said the entire building will be pushed 'They have been very sensitive to she received cal ls concerning The treatment plant. which back to provide enough room for the the concern s o f our community someone poss ibly living on !he purifies water from White Cia) tree. member : · he said. second floor of the plant o n Paper Creek. holds large amounts of Counci lman Harold Godwin The developers also decided not to Mill Road. chlorine. Turner said she 11ondered expressed concern at the city council try to obtain a liquor license from the At the meeting. Turner a lso said whether it could be an extreme meeting about the plan because it Delaware Alcohol Beverage Control she received photographs of item danger if someone was Jiving in the would cause I 0 parking spaces to be Commission. stashed there, such as mattresses loft on the second floor because ol lost from the rear lot. adding to the '·The community needs to have and weight-lifting equipment. the toxic materials. cramped ewark parking conditions. choices.'' Armour said. " If r want to But when officials went to the John Burmeister, associate The new plans were referred back have a drink wi th dinner there are plant the following morning. Luft chairman of the chemistry to the city planner by City Counci I to many places I can go. Now there will said no one was Jiving there. department at the university. said be re-evaluated at the Feb. 3 meeting. be a place to go that doesn' t have Luft would not release the name there would only b e a danger if ''The final c ha nges were ma-de alcohol." of the employee because the city there was a leak. without the recommendations of the Turner said she is quite confident " doesn' t discuss personnel matters ''Chlorine i neve r used open to city planners which we rely on." * the tree will remain a part of Newark publicly," he said, but will file the the atmosphere." Burmeister said. Councilwoman Nancy Turner said. for years to come. report at the next City Council " It would rip the lungs to shreds Turner said the planning If the new plans arc approved by THE REVIEW I Bob Weill meeting Jan. 26. because it is very toxic.'· commission spends so much time the planning department and the City Developers of 59 E. Main St. have changed their plans to If an employee of the water Joe Dombrowski. director of the "pouring over" plans that it would be Council, the tree will not be cut down allow the popular Sycamore tree a new lease on life. department was li ving in the plant, water department. declined to unfair to bypass them in th e final and the restaurant will a lso feature he or she could be in violation of comment on the incident. Renovations change dept. Avian flu outbreak in Pa.

BY ALLISON SLOAN Gina Sinovich, who is the Project English department. also said things Senwr Swff Reporter Coordinator of Facilities Planning are going better than expected. Although the English depanment·s not threatening Del. farms and Construction. said from her point ''The physical move went very temporary move from Memorial Ha ll of view the move went very well. well," he said. "We are settling back to the facilities building has gone " Our job was to coordinate the in. Not everyone is here. of course. BY JESSICA G RATZ said the poultry industry comprises almost two-thirds of CopY Edttm· smooth for the department. for some move and take care of the movers, .. and not everyone has a computer Delaware's agricultural economy. He said the inlluenta it was hard to let go. Sinovich said . hook-up yet. But things are going A recent outbreak of avian flu in Lancaster County. Pa .. has been contained in Lancaster. Pa. , and the outbreak has English professor Thomas Leitch The 56 faculty members from fine.' ' has led to the destructi on of just under o ne million heen controlled. said he was one of the last to lca1 c Memorial were moved to the For several of the graduate chickens and turkeys and has tightened biosccurity in local Hodges said it makes up such a large percentage Memorial Hall on its final day before Maintenance Center on Academy students however. things aren't going pou !try farms. because of the big players in Delaware like Tyson and construction. He stayed so long. in Street. while English grad uate quite so well. Unlike the virus that recently struck Hong Kong. th is Purdue. fact. that one of the contractor' students and the Writing Center were Scott Lightsey. a graduate student strain cannot affect humans. The disease will not have any ·The [avian influenza] has been cropping up since early personally escorted him o ut. saving relocated to Graham Hall. ill effects on humans if they consume eggs laid by the in the summer of 1997." Hodges said. 'The virus has been infected chickens, said Paul Sammelwitz, professor of food limited to small independent farms and has not affected him from being locked in th e George Miller, chairman of the sec MEMORIAL page AS building for the night. and animal science. major compames. Leitch said unpacking his new The inlluenza virus affects only older female bi rds that Sammclwitz said th e birds are usually vacci nated for office was a four- to five - hour Jay eggs. he said. four to five different di seases to pre\'ent these ou tbreak ~. marathon, but he's glad to be done. Christi an He rr. deputy secretary of the Pennsyl\'ania The avian nu is a common virus. Sammelwitz said. but ·'I think things went better than Agricultural Depanment. said the llu has been quarantined problems ari se when there is a mutation within the virus expected," he said. "Of course, I in a small area in Lancaster County, Pa. that becomes immune to the vaccine. expect problems when the full faculty "The primary reason for the depopul ation o f the He said th e disease is highly contagious from hird to returns for Spring Semester. but I chickens:· Hen· said. "is to prevent the s pread of a highly bird within a farm. It also can be transmitted from farm to don't have a crystal ball." pat hogenic vi rus that can spread through the air and by farm and from free-llying wild birds. rodents and trucks:· Biosccurity, measures taken when there is a high alert He explained tha t the disease can be fatal to the situation to avoid transfer of a virus. is preventing more INDEX chickens and the only way to stop the rapid spread is to outbreaks by securing th e poultry from free-llying birds World News ...... A2 comain and kill the chickens. and watching th e transfer of feed. Hodges said. The ll u can travel from farm to farm when feed is Police Reports ...... A2 Sympto ms of the vi rus include sneezing and hacking. "A chicken gets a cold just like a human does:· Hen· said. de livered. Sammelwitz said. Measures have increased to Editoriai ...... A6 Farmers know when to test for the virus if an abnormal disinfect the trucks after each delivery. Crossword ...... BS amount of chickens are dying daily, Herr said . Red Bird Egg Fanns Inc. has kept its vehicles out of Also inside: Sammelwitz said it is easy to detect symptoms of th e infected areas and saniti zes the undercarriage and wheels Baldness pill may provide new virus in the birds because it is a respiratory disease. of its feed trucks before they enter its farms. Hodges said cure ...... : ...... see page A2 "The c hi ckens cough and hack a nd sound just like thi s is done because the wheels may have been tracked l-95 toll raised from $1.25 to $2 students in a classroom,'' Sammelwitz said. th rough an infected farm. Young chi ckens and turkeys, such as broilers (meat Employees also are di infected before they enter into ...... see page A3 birds raised for consumption), do not carry the disease. the poultry farms, Hodges said. "The person steps into a Visit The Review Online at THE REVIEW I Bob Weill Sammelwitz said. Broilers are killed when they are six ­ dipping pan a half-inch-deep by the door that is filled with http://www .review .udel.edu A fence surrounding Memorial Hall has inconvenienced students. and-a-half- to seven-weeks old, too young to obtain the llu. Bob Hodges, a representative for Red Bird Farm Inc .. see AVIAN page AS

\ A2. THE REVIEW • January 16, 1998 Capano pleads not guilty to murder BY RYAN CORMIER the case. asked· the judge for the "proof positive" Managinx News Editor hearing, which will allow Lee to decide whether IRAQ TESTED BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS WILMINGTON - Thomas Capano plead there is a "likelihood .. Capano will be convicted. not guilty to killing Anne Marie Fahey Lee agreed to the hearing, which is expected to UNITED NATIONS - A broadcast report said during a court hearing last Thursday, and the last for up to five days. The "mini-trial," as some the United Nations has actual photographic judge deciding the case announced the issue attorneys refer to it, wi ll have the look of a trial as evidence that Iraq tested biological agents on of bail will be settled in the first week of both sides are able to subpoena witnesses to bolster February. their case. human beings. CBS said the photographs show human arms After the four-minute hearing, Superior If the prosecutors convince Lee there is enough Court Judge William Swain Lee set Feb. 2 as ev idence to show Capano is likely to be convicted, that are scarred with lesions. the first day of a "proof positive" hearing, then he wi ll be denied bail. The television network also said that two years wh ich wi ll decide whether Capano will be But if Capano's high-powered team of attorneys ago, the Iraqi government imported equipment granted bail. can convince Lee otherwise, the accused murderer used for the manufacture of nerve gas. In court , Charles M. Oberly III, one of can be set free on bail until the start of the trial which Iraq denied that it used prisoners as guinea pigs. Capano's attorneys, said it was unfair to hold is expected earl y this Fall. It said the claim was concocted as a ploy for the former Wilmington attorney without bail Capano is charged with first degree murder in the weapon inspectors to gain access 10 sensiti ve Iraqi THE REVIEW I John Chabalko because he has not been charged with a death of Fahey. a former scheduling secretary of sites. Joseph Capano uses a broken umbrella to push through a field of capital offense. Gov. Thomas R. Carper. Fahey's body has never The U.N. Security Council adopted a statemen , photographers after his brother's hearing last Thursday. Ferris Wharton, the lead prosecutor on been found. saying it deplores Iraq' s blocking of the inspectors.•.: ·" TENSE STANDOFF AHEAD OF CLlNTON-· NETANYAHU SUMMIT Medicare could drop to 55 New baldness KHAN YUNIS, GAZA STRIP - A confrontation between Israeli and Palestinian BY JOE ACCARA TO The plan focuses on providing access to health troops could spell growing tensions, just before a Staff Reporter care whi le not increasing government spending Washington summit on Mideast Peacemaking next Presi dent Clinton proposed a three-part plan on the program, she said. treatment released week. Jan. 6 th at would extend Medicare benefits to With Congress out o( session, the only Israeli and Palestinian troops both drew their certain groups between the ages of 55 and 65. Republican response came from the Republican assau lt riFle , but no shots were fired in The plan is an attempt to provide affordable National Committee. A spokesman for the Propecia, the first pill-based yesterday's standoff. It started when about 400 health insurance for aging Americans who are committee restated Republ ican National Palestinian demonstrators blocked a main artery finding it difficult to o btain insurance, U.S. Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson's concern cure, will be available in near a Palestinian town. Several Israeli cars were sec retary of health and human services Donna that the expansion of Medicare would be another stuck on the road. Shalala said in a press conference Jan. 6. burden on a program which may have financial Dozens of Israeli soldiers trained their rifles on .. We are taking deliberate, strategic steps to fill problems in the future. Newark soon the demonstrators. Palestinian police arriving on in the gaps where the )lealth care system that we Nicholson also stated in a press release that the the scene aimed their rifles at the Israeli troops. BY JILL M. HEROLD experimental period, he said. The two sides lowered their weapons after about have is weak." she said. "We are filling a need expansion comes before the first meeting of a bi ­ Staff Reporter Unwanted symptoms were 20 minutes. here for a group of people who have not been able partisan commission appointed by Speaker of the The newest treatment for experienced by two out of every President Clinton expects Israeli Prime Minister to use the private health insurance market." H ouse Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., to determine male pattern hair loss is I 00 men being tested. Slightly Benjamin Netanyahu to present a plan for the The extension of the Medicare plan will not Medicare's solvency. cu rrentl y being sh ipped to more than one percent of males speedy pullback of Israeli troops in the West Bank. require new funding, according to White House The Republican National Committee feels the pharmacies across the United experienced decreased libido, officials. president's proposed expansion is premature. States. decreased semen volume and lNDONESIAN PRESIDENT SIGNS REFORM "What we are doing today is not only paid for, "The President and leadership of Congress The new drug. Propecia, impotence. PACKAGE WITH I.M.F. b ut it is se lf-financing within the Medicare agreed to put together this commission to save available by prescription only, These side effects are ''mild system so that it in no way sets back the Medicare Medi care from bankruptcy.'' a Republican was approved h y the Federal and transient," Allman said. JAKARTA, INDONESIA - Economic help is trust fund or Medicare solvency, .. said Gene spokesman said. "Now. the President wants to Food and Drug Administration Sixty percent of the men who on the way for Indonesia. expand the system and add thousands of people Sperling, se ni o r economic advi sor to the on Dec. 19. Thi s approval experienced side effects The head of the International Monetary Fund befo re it has been determined how to save President. introduced the first treatment for reported that they disappeared said President Suharto has signed an economic The plan allows people from 55 to 65 to buy Medicare.·· reform package. I.M.F. head Michel Camdessu ~ hair loss in pill form , said Ivy with time, he said. Those who into the Medicare system before they are actually The President's plan is divided into three parts: said the agreement will help pull the world' s Kupec. FDA spokeswoman. stopped taking the drug said all eligible by paying higher premiums. The first part allows people between the ages fou rth-most populous nation o ut of its economic • Propecia had high success complications ceased. From the day they start accepti ng payments of 62 and 65 to buy into Medicare for $300. slump. rates in the preve ntio n of hair "Balding at a young age is a until they are eligible for Medicare, those wh o After individuals are eligible for Medicare at Camdessus had flown to Indonesia to urge los s as we ll a s causing hair traumatic experience," senior choose to take the earl y entrance into Medicare 65, an extra charge of $10 to $20 per month will stro nger and quicker reform action because of regro wth in a study conducted Pete Cook said. "I wouldn' 1 care wi ll pay a premium of between $300 and $400 be added to the regular payment for each year concern that Indonesia was reluctant to implement · b y Merck & Co.. the if I were 40 and balding. But doll ars a month. they took advantage of the plan before age 65. austerity measures. pharmace uti ca l company that while I'm young, I'd still like to Once those who have taken advantage of the The second part makes Medicare available to The I.M.F. has put together a $40 billion bailout m a n ne w program are eligible for Medicare benefits at people over 55 who have lost their health care .--=:---:::------::::-----. have some package for Indonesia. The nation has suffered a hair.'' age 65. they will have to pay "a littl e bit more" through downsizing or lay offs. serious slide in its currency, as have other Asian Cook said each month on their Medicare premium to make They wi II be able to buy into Medicare for countries. alth o ugh up fo r their early entrance into the Medicare about $400 per month, and the extra charge also ~t::~ ·:';' Science ,& Suharto, who has ru led Indonesia for 32 years, there is a system , Shalala said. applies to them after they become eligible for the s tudy " has held a series of high-level talks with I.M.F. and a lso showed slight risk About three million people would be eligible Medicare at 65. international envoys this week. He has assured involved , it for the program. she said. The final facet of the plan allows people over them he's committed to reform. is definitely The White House expects onl y about 300,000 55 who lost the health benefits of their pension to · ru.· worth a try. to take advantage o f the plan, lea ving many buy imo their former employer's health insurance ::~~::;, ~ ;'~ eChnolOgy'· HERMAN DENIES CHARGES pe rcen tage without access to health in surance. until they become eligible for Medicare at age 65. Hair loss WASHINGTON - Labor Secretary Alexis ·'Thi s strategy is abo ut acces s. It is not Congress will get a chance to vote on the plan of the is caused by Herman said the allegations of corrupti on in her add re ssing the financial problems of every next month as part of the President's proposed subjects. an enzyme in the body known as Men who are prescribed office are not true. individual,' ' Shalala said. budget. dihydrotestosterone. Propecia Propec ia must take the drug works by blocking this enzyme. Herman is being investigated by the Justice forever , said Christopher Allman said. This prevents hair Department, reportedly for selling her influence Allman. spokesman for Merck from falling out and even while she was a White House aide. & Co. Those who discontinue facilitates new hair growth. In a brief statement to reporters yesterday, use of the drug will lose all the The active ingredient in this Herman denied the charges - but promised to Roth IRA open to public cooperate fu ll y with investigators and provide them hair regrown with Propecia and new pill is finasteride, originally all the hair that was prevented approved by th e FDA in 1992. with any information they need. BY BRIAN CALLAWAY you can keep putting money in until you die." from falling o ut. Then it was used in Proscar, Herman also said she has told her staff at the Natimwl/State News Editor The new program also benefits the family of a Labor Department that the allegations will not A one-month supply of another drug manufactured by Americans looking to save for their retirement Roth IRA holder. he said. affect their work, and she said she' ll continue to Propecia, 30 o ne-milligram Merck & Co. Proscar. got a new opportunity Jan. l when the Roth "It's a good vehicle to pass money on to heirs," try to be the best labor secretary she can be. pills , will cost $46 to $49, containing five milligrams of Individual Retirement Account became available to Pollack said. "If I have a traditional IRA and die Herman is traveling today to New York, where Allman said. finasteride , was used as a the public. before I withdraw the money. the tax burden is she and President Clinton will be asking Wall Propecia was tested on 1.800 Named for Sen. William V. Roth Jr .. R-Del, who passed on to my beneficiaries," he said. But with a treatment fo r prostate Street financiers to open doors fo r women and first proposed the program in 1989, the Roth IRA Roth IRA, the taxes have already been paid, leaving men. One half of these men enlargement, Kupec said. minorities. \Vas established to encourage Americans to plan for heirs with all the proceeds. were taking Propecia and the Patients taking Proscar noticed a their retirement. Tassinari said the Roth IRA will give needed other half were given a placebo, regrowth of hair in areas of male CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER GIVEN MEDAL, - The Roth IRA, like traditional IRAs, all ows encouragement to citizens who haven't prepared for or merely a sugar pill, he said. pattern baldness, she said. OF FREEDOM ON KING BIRTHDAY participants to contribute up to $2,000 a year to an retirement. Participants did not know if they Merck & Co. then conducted account to save for their retirement. "People have not been saving enough as a nation were taking the real medication tests to examine finasteride's WHITE HOUSE - President Clinton awarded The key difference between the Roth IRA and for their retirement," Tassinari said. or just the placebo. effect on balding men. the medal of freedom to civil rights leader James other IRA programs is that withdrawals from the Pollack said he agrees with this sentiment. Results were observed for Propecia is not recommended Farmer yesterday, saying it is fitting that the account are tax-exempt, said Brian Tassinari, press "People wait much too long to start saving one year while the men took the for u se by women. Such use ceremony was on Martin Luther King Jr.'s secretary for Roth, but contributions to the account adequately for retirement," he said. pi lis and one year after they could cause birth defects, such Birthday. are not tax-deductible. Traditional IRA Students should begin thinking about saving for stopped taking them, he said. as abnormalities in the genitals Farmer was among several civil rights stalwarts contributions are tax-deductible, but the holders their retirement as soon as they graduate from The drug started showing of male fetuses. Kupec said. honored in a White House ceremony. must pay federal taxes once they withdraw money college, Pollack said. results in some men as early as For this reason. the drug was The President noted that King himself was given fro m the account. Pollack said he expects many people to take three months. For others, it took not tested on women . the nation's highest civilian award posthumously .. The Roth IRA is a lot better than the old IRAs,'' advantage of the Roth IRA. up to six months, Allman said. Conclu sio ns were made based by President Carter. Clinton said "Dr. King's work said Assistant Professor of Accounting Sheldon "The big pension holders are getting flooded "Sixty-six percent of the men o n animal studies conducted, - and our work- is not yet done." Pollack. "With this, the tax is already paid and it with applications," he said. taking Propecia experienced hair Allman said . Farmer founded the Congress of Racial Equality accumulates [interest] tax free.'' A downside to the Roth IRA, Pollack said. is that growth," he said, "as ·compared Local pharmacies such as a nd led sit-ins and the freed om rides against , To make tax-exempt withdrawals from a Roth it actually costs the government money, forcing it to to only seven percent of those Rite Aid and Happy Harry's will segregation. ~ IRA. participants must be at least 59 and a half or raise taxes in other areas. taking the placebo." be carrying Propecia. Rite Aid A total of 15 recipients were honored. They . use the withdrawn money to pay for educational "When you enact any kind of tax provision. it is During a hair count, 83 has no t yet received their included Arnold Aronson, a co-founder of the · expenses or a first-time home purchase. going to be a revenue loser," he said. percent of men taking Propecia shi pment, said pharmacist Susan leadership conference o n civil rights; Wilma : Other advantages to the Roth IRA include a Mankiller, the first woman Indian chief; an · However, all tax bills have to be revenue neutral. had either not lost any hair or Howal. Happy Harry · s higher income limit. which allows more people to advocate for the disabled Justin Dart; and Fred so th e government raised money from o th e r grown more hair. This means representative Debbie Gosser! take advantage of this program than other IRAs, and sources, Pollack said, including corporate taxes. Ko rematsu , who fought the W orld War I I the drug prevented men from said Propecia arrived in their the Ro t'J IRA a ll ows people to continue Poll ack, who plans to switch his ex isting IRA internment of Japanese Americans. los ing hair and even caused warehouse several days ago and contribull n to the fund indefinitely. over to the Roth IRA for the added benefits, said regrowth , Allman said. Seventy­ will be in the store in a few "With Ctil rent IRAs, you can only invest up to a people who currently hold traditional IRA accoums - compiled from the AP wire service by Briau certain age," Pollack said. " But with the Roth IRA, have one year to convert to a Roth IRA. two percent of the men taking days. Callaway · the placebo lost hair during this CAMPUS CALENDAR Police Reports Can't find anything to do this Saturday at 11 p.m. at the Field weekend? Check o ut The Hitlist in House. For more information, call Section Two to find some UDl-HENS. GAS STATION ROBBED AT GUNPOINT Newark Poli ce said. The store was the scene of deadly weapon during the commission of a entertainment for these lonely winter Don't forget that Monday is three robberies in 1997, th e last being on Dec. fe lony and c rimina l mischief followincr a weeks. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. All The Newark Citgo station, located on Elkton 13. domestic dispute that ended in the assault ;f a If concerts aren't your preferred classes are cancelled, and university Road, was robbed on Jan. 7 at 6:30 p.m ., Newark The suspect confronted the store employee neighbor, according to Newark Police. e'!ltertainment, however, try the Blue offices will be c losed. Take the Police said. with a knife and demanded cash from the Henry R. Reed Jr. had been involved in an Hen sporting evems instead. Men's opportunity to catch up on some rest. The lone suspect approached the employee in register, police said. After removing the cash argument with his live-in girlfriend around 3:20 lind women's swimming/diving Or, if this lazy semester has n' t the office with a gun and demanded money. The fro m the register, th e suspect was seen neeing a.m. on Jan. 4 when she sought help from the northbound in what is believed to be a white teams wi II kick and stroke their way provided enough for you to do, head employee complied wi th the man 's request, and occupant in the neighboring apartment, police the suspect tl ed on foot toward the back of the pickup truck. The fe male e mployee was not said. past opponents at the Carpenter Sports down to the MarketPro Computer station, po li ce said. The employee was injured in the hold-up. According to police: the defendam followed Building. The splashing starts today at Show/Sale. The event will run from unharmed. The suspect is described as a white male in his her, breaking out two windows of the neighbor's t p.m. 9:30 a.m . to 4 p .m. at the Bo b The suspect is described as a black male in hi s late teens, about 5-foot-9. Newark Po lice are apartment and then forcibly entered by kicking in : Men's basketball will face off Carpenter Center. Admission is $6. early 20s with a light complexion and a goatee. investigating. the door. He threatened the 16-year-old neighbor

I ' January 16, 1998 • THE REVIEW • A3 Wilcastle Center to be demolished

BY MELISSA BRAUN Squas h Racquets Club. which has Harrington said the 100 me mbe rs used for conferences and continuing Aclmun,llatl\'t' Nc1t ~· Ed11m leased the facility for the past 25 of the c lu b are not really concerned e ducation c lasses, but was utilized The decision to demoli s h years. have expressed anger over the about the main clubhouse. They only less and less frequently in the past I 0 \Vilcastlc Ccmer, a university-owned b u i I d i n g s ' ------want the building years, Hollowe ll said . facility in Wilmington, will save the demo lition. whic h houses th e ··we don't have the program need university thousands of dollars a year " It hordcrs on d court ; to he for it ,'' he said. Other facilities, such but has angered members of a squash criminal. It really "It bor ers on preserved. as Arsht Hall, could be employed for club that currently rents the building. docs." said Skip cri"mi"nal. It "That building is th e same uses. The rental income generated from H a r r i n g ton , used 365 days a Hollowell said all alternatives the leasing of Wilcastlc Center is memhe rs hip chai r year by people in were studied. Demolishing the main $1:00,000 per year, but the cost of of the club and a really does." the community," he c lubhouse while le aving the courts nt l,i intaining the fac ility is $200.000 u n i v c r s i t y said . ·'They· rc just fac ility was deemed unfeasible, per year. Executive Vice Presid ent alumnus. -Skip Harrington, m embership -goin -.~ to kick us because the smaller building relics David Hollowell said. There arc on ly chair of the Wilmington Squash out. o n the larger one for electricity and '.,The economic of trying to keep 50 doubles squas h Racquets Club Wilcastlc Cent er. plumbing. it running are just not there,'' he said . court; in the which once housed " We don' t feel the univers ity The 74-ycar-old complex consists , the Wilmin gton should spend $75,000 so a select few or' a main clubhouse and a smaller Harring to n said , Country Club, was people can play squash," he said. THE REV IEW I John Chabalk •~ building that houses one doubles and d estroying the o ne housed in purchased by the uni versi ty in 1971 The c lub was given 60 days notice The Wilcastle Center, and its adjoining squash courts, are • squash court and fo ur singles courts. Wilcast lc Center would be viewed as from To wer Hill School. in December and mus t vacate by scheduled to be demolished later this year. • ,Offic ials from the Wilmington a great loss. The main clubhouse building was Feb. 12. -· Child care spending may increase Newark

BY JOE NACCARATO dependent care tax credit, which provides tax c redit s for '·We're increasing the amount of subsidi es for after- school Sw{{ Reportt•r parents who have child-care or e lder-care expenses. programs to allow 500.000 children each year th e opportunity Police President Clinton an nou n ced plans J an. 7 to increa se This expansion raises the percentage o f c hild care expenses to get after-school care." Shala la said . pl'!nding fo r chi ld care by $2 1.7 billion over the next five which can be deducted from taxes to 50 percent for families Another $3 billio n w ill be spent on a n "Early Learning years. The child care package is based on new spending and with a maximum income of $30,000, and to 20 percent for a Fund'' for programs that improve quality of child care or early tax breaks that would m ake child care more affordable for family making $60,000 or more. childhood developme nt. to hire wqrking parents. For families with incomes between $30,000 a nd $60,000, Head Start funding will be boosted by $3.8 billion. BY CHARLES DOUGIELLO · Donna Shalala, U.S. secre tary o f health and human services, the tax credit is given on a sliding scale. This means for every States will get $500 million to help them enforce their child Ctn New<> Eduor said in a pres confe re nce, 'This is the first major investment th o u sand dollars the family inco m e increases, the tax care standards. The ewark Po lice Department will '; in child care quality outside of the Head Sta rt program that we deduction will decrease by one percentage point. The program also contains $250 million fo r child care begin accepting applications for two,'' have ever made. The maximum amount that can be used for the deduction is provider scholarships and $150 million to fund research in possibl y three, new officer positions on ' .''It's an investment in the people that work in child care $4,800 . child care. Jan. 26. according 'to police officials. cehters:· s he said. "It's a n invest ment in the ir facilities, in the " [The tax credit] will enable a family o f fo ur with an The program is expected to be funded through the expected Department officials have already curriculum, in the standards that states have ." income o f $35 ,000 and high child care costs ($4,000 a year for tobacco settle ment and a "variety of different offsets." some of begun to soli ci t applications and notify' ·The child care package o utlines spending in nine areas. two kids) to wipe o ut their entire federal tax liability," Reed w hich is provided by Medicare savings. Shalala said. local a nd nati onal organi zati o ns, as•: Bruce R eed, directo r of the D o mestic Policy Council, said . Shala la deflected accusations of a return to the ''Era of Big well as many colleges and universities.' de-scribed the centerpiece of the package as a $7.5 billion There is also a new tax credit for businesses, which allows Government,'' saying the program c reates no new federal rules about the new openings. expansion of the Child Care and Development Block Grant. them to claim 25 percent of the expenses for operating a child and no increase in the bureaucracy. Newark P o li ce Chief William The grant is used by states to provide subsidies for child care facility, startin g a new facility or providing child care "This is money that is going directly to states. to individuals H ogan said one position became• care services to low-income. working parents. s ubsidies for their employees. to meet immediate needs.·· Reed said. ''It's tax credih which go available when a veteran offi et• 1"This wi ll enable us to increase the number of kid s who are The business tax c redit would require about $500 million. to individuals and block grants and other programs that go to retired. getting help from one million to two million by the out -years," Another segment of the c hild care program is an increase of states for subsidies to individuals.·· " We were recently d own six . Reed said. $800 million in grants for schools to provide before- and after­ The c hild care package is part of Clinton's balanced hudget officers due to retirements. but we, Another $5.2 billion will be s pent expanding the child and school care fo r students. proposal that will be put befo re Congress in Februar). have s ix new officers who wi II be , coming out of the academy soon.'' he.' said. The funding for two other officers were authorized through the COPS., program established by Sen. Joseph R. , Library provides I -95 toll raised to $2 Biden Jr.. D-Del .. according to Claire DeMatteis. state director. On Dec. 17. Bidcn announced thai New electronic tolls to be installed $400.000 would be made available to · new resources the ci ties of Newark. S eafo~d and, BYLINA HASHEM Dri ver s will be able to buy a de\ icc called a Cheswold through the COPS progran1. ' BY ALICE THIERMAN in an e-mail message to Brynteson Sta/J Rqmrre1 " transponder" for approximately S I 0 to place in the car's Hogan said Biden' s office has Stajj Repnrier concerning the new system . The Delaware Department of Transport ati on plans to windshield, she said. infonned him that the Newark Police'' Students looking for the latest The reactions have been so good increase Newark's l- 95 toll by 75 cents next fall. but not " It works sort of like a credit card ... Ackles said. Department received grant money to' hire one new officer, but has not yet information on any topic imaginable that Bryntcson said she "cannot sec for drivers who buy electronic toll passes. D1i vers put money in an account. she >ai d. and as the hearJ about their second request. ' may find a new source in the LEXJS­ discontinuing the use of LEXIS­ Motorists who now pay S 1.25 wi II have to pay $2 car moves slowly past a special booth. the transponder Hogan said one of the grants will be NEXIS UNIVerse database system. NEXIS." unless they choose to participate in a new e lectronic toll will be electronically read and the mone) deducted used to hire a new officer and to recently implemented in M orris Freshman Adam Weiser searched co l) ~c ti on system, similar to the EZ Pass innovation automatically. establish a school resource officer. Library. the database for news artic les c urrently used in New York City. " You still have to slow down- you can·t blo'' That officer would be s ta ti o ne d a t The LEXIS- EXIS service concernin g ell)ployment. Th oil increase awng wit h regular year-to-year through the toll booth at 70 miles per ho ur - but Newark High School and would be ' provides access to ove r a billion " It is convenient that the article is increases in the number of drivers going thro ug h the basically you can roll right th rough." she said. fo r the security of the' docu m ents from ove r 13,000 right there ... he said. " Y o u don ' t responsible~ tollboo ths, is expected to boost toll revenues from I-95 Giddens said the new la nes w ill be able to process students and faculty. different sources with catego ri es have to look for it.'' a nd State Route I by $14.4 million between the fiscal I ,200 vehicles per ho ur as opposed to 450 w ith the The offi cer will also investigate any . s uch as financial re po rt s, Adam Gcrshowit z. a seni or. said years 1998 and 1999, said Howard Giddens. De lDOT toll current system. cri mes that occur at the sc hool. government transcripts a nd legal he had a pro blem w ith the system operati ons manager. All the tollbooths on I-95 from Maryland through New 'The school resource officer will be databa ·es. w he n he used it to research court Revenues increased only $ 1.1 million from 1997 to York will also have this electronic opti on. he said . an ex pe ri e nced officer from the " It is one of the ri chest d atabases cases for hi s thesis but still feels 1998, he said. Individual e lectronic toll systems are c urrently in department, .. he said. • availab le.·· said Craig Wilson. having the syste m is better tha n Andy Lippstone, Gov. Thomas R . Carper's deputy operati on, Giddens said. but the Mid-Atlantic region wi ll Hogan said the school resourc • assistant director for library nothing. press secretary, said a majo r reason DeiDOT is ra ising have the first continuous stretc h of highway whe re a officer will work with school officiaL collections. H e said the a rti cles he found the tolls is to pay for road and bridge maintenance and driver can drive through wi th o ut stopping to pay a toll a nd possib ly counsel and teach The LEXIS-NEXIS UNIVerse didn' t list page numbers, which are repair. manually. students. was brought to the M orris Library as necessary for proper citati on. " Delaware has a lo ng li s t of tra n sportati o n Ack les said DclDOT is seriously considering Hogan said the department is :1 resu lt o f s tudent and faculty Even though Gershowitz said he improvements that need to get done ... he said. '·and in implementing the EZ Pass system. contacting vanous minority demand. had to drive to Drexel University in some cases, that have to be done quickl y." Giddens said the manual to ll system will remain for a organi zati o ns, s uch as African-. 'The requests were mainly made Philadelphia for the info rmation he Some of the money will be used to repair Route 7 and while because many people do not use to ll roads o n a American fratemities and ororities. in , by faculty who had used the database needed, he still thinks it is a good l-95, he added. regular basis and would not buy the transponder. an attempt to broaden the a pplican~ , at other universities,'' Wilson said. system. "I-95 from Wilmington to north of the Pennsylvania " Everybody 's expectation.'' Giddens said, "is tha t pool. •The system was im mented on "The upside is that I never would line is going to need to undergo majo r re novations;· ultimately the transponder or the computer chip that is "W e arc trying to attract as many , Jan. I and the service will remain have fo und the information in the Lippstone said. " It's an aging stretch of hi ghway and it 's necessary fo r electronic to lling wi ll probably become mino riti es and women to these, until the end of June, when student first pl ace [without the system]," he goi ng to need to be fixed." standard equipment in new cars. positions as we can.'' he said. , and faculty reaction will determine said. Michelle Ackles, public info rmati o n o ffice r for " As the changeover occurs, everybody would have the The department is also advertising its permanence. The U NIVerse can be accessed DelDOT, said another reason for the toll increase is it will at colleges and universities and has., , Both student and faculty reactions from the library, residence halls or capability [to partic ipate in the electronic system] but it provide an incentive to participate in the e lectronic toll placed an adve rtisemelll about th e~ to the LEXIS-NEXIS UNIVerse a n ywhere else th e university's would still be their c hoice as to whether o r not they system. because the conventional toll rate will be higher. wanted to participate.'' positi ons in the Newark City h~ve been good thus far. according network can be accessed. Giddens said 15 percent of transactions at the toll Giddens said he be lieves the c urrent syste m will Govemment Newsletter, Hogan said. , to Brynteson, who said she has been To use LEXIS-NEXIS, log on to After the appli cati on deadline the booth a re expected to be conducted e lectronically in become obsolete in the long run. overwhelmed with positi ve feedback the M orris Library's home p age department will make decision; on the 1999. increasing to 50 percent by 2001. "Eventuall y all buggy-whips go away:· he said. "but I from fac ulty. (http://www.lib.udel.edu) and look applicants. he ;,aid. Those "ho are Ackles said the new system is expected to reduce think we will be d oing manual to ll coll ecti on at some · Accounting Pro fe ssor Fred Stiner under the heading ''Library offered jobs will go to the academy for· delays at the tollbooths because drivers wi ll no longer le vel for the foreseeable future ... said. ''It's better than sli ced bread.'' ctworkcd Databases." five to six month ;., . have to stop and pay cash. •,

THE REVIEW I John Chabalko The university Precision Dance Team place third in this year's national competition, held in Florida earlier this month. Last year, the team placed sixth in the same contest.

II A4 • THE REVIEW • January I 6. I 998 T.A. s honored Authority outlines dilemmas of for chem work U.S. humanitarian intervention BY J I LL M . HEROLD The moral questions involved The speakers of this year's series and Thursday nights in I 25 Clayton BY STEPHANIE GALVIN would like to teach as a career, Srajf Reporra with the issue of intervention are were chosen by Campbell and are Hall and are free and open to the Staff Rcpon er Bartolini said he enjoys his current The moral dilemmas of the numerous. experts in various s ub -fields of public. Three graduate teaching work. H e also said teaching United States ' involve ment in The deci s ion · of whether to humanitarian intervention. " I believe it is important for assistants were presented Elizabeth assistants receive no formal training humanitarian intervention we re become in vo lved, a lso call ed The Carn egie Counci l on Et hics people to be aware of both s1des of Dyer Excel lence in Teaching in teaching. presented by the president of the se lecti vity , is a highly debate d and International Affairs is a non­ each moral dilemma pertaining to awards by the chemistry and "Some days you get tired," he Carnegie Council o n Ethics and human rights interventio ns, .. >a1 d biochemistry departments. said . " but for the niost part it 's a lot ISSUe . profit. no n- parti san educational Internatio nal Affairs in a speech junior Kristin Royster, a student in The recipients. doctoral of fun." Another problem is deciding organizati on whose main goal is to given Monday night. the class. candidates Stephen Theberge. Occasionally students have tried w hat mean s of intervention is educate the public about " Human itarian intervention is Waltz, who is also taking the Wilmin Bartolini a nd J ennifer to bribe Bartolini by buying him appropri ate. Rosenthal said. For contemporary i ~s ucs in the realm of the use of armed force to prevent or class. said, " I like the clas because Sterner, were nominated based o n hcers at the Deer Park. in stance. will economic aid be international relations. terminate massive human rights it provides the opportunity to meet their teaching performance during " I say thank you, but they know provided or will force be used ? Rosenthal 's speech was part of violati ons," Joel Rosenthal said to face to face with people, other the 1996-1997 academic year. They it won't c hange their grade," he When it comes to the an ann ua l political science course students, as well as the speakers. were pre ented the award s at a said. about 70 s tude nts, facu lty a nd justification of intervention. another (POSC 444) offered for the last 25 who hold different view points. departmental co ll oq uium 111 Sterner. of Benton, Pa .. received comm unity members at Clayton dilemma is encountered. he said. years during Winter Session. " In meeting them , I can better ovember. the award in recognition for her Hall. Are there existing threats to a The course combi ncs the lecture The award is open to any e fforts 1n teaching general Some examples of s uch nation 's peace and security? Is it a seri es with classroom discussion. understand them and their ways of graduate teaching assistant in the c he mi s try and elementary bio­ intervention include the recen t case of mass s tarvation? Are The speeches are given on Monday thinking." departments of c hemistry and organic chemistry. situations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, massive vio lati ons of human rights biochemistry. Burmeister, who nominated Rwanda, Haiti a nd Somalia, he present? John Burmeister. alumni Sterner. described her as hard ­ said. The theme of the lecture series. distinguished professor or chemistry working, well-organized and very Rosenthal posed th e que s ti on~ the politic s and ethics of and biochemistry, said this year·s sensitive to the special needs of the "What ro le should the United States humanitarian intervention. was Clerk recipients are '·strongly committed studems. play in the delivery of humanitarian c hosen by the organizer of the to the students and to the quality of Sterner had a different relief?'" series, Ken Campbell, a professor FITNESS PRO GRAM the course." perspective on her award. This question, he said , is far too in the political science department. Faculty assessme nts. student 'The reason I received the award complex to have a simple answer "[R osenthal's] mission was to Christiana Care Health System evaluations and the comments of is easy - I have a great supervisor due to the multiplicity of roles, e ssentially identify the political , seeks a part-time Clerk to support fellow teaching assistants are all in Dr. Burmeister and students who responsibilities and actors involved. ethica l and philoso phica l our Exerc ise Services Division of considered in the deci s ion, said work very hard,'" she said. " America believes itself to be a parameters of the problem of the Eugene du Pont Preventive Murray Johnston Ill, p1 of"ssor of She also said that she has found m oral nation," R osenthal said. humanitarian intervention," Medicine and Rehabilitation chemistry and biochemistry. patience and understanding to be the " Morality has always been a n Campbell said. "What he Institute. Ability to enter, update The final choices are made by key for teaching. important aspect of American accomplished was to more clearly and retrieve information using a faculty members on the Graduate '· There are times when I do foreign policy." provide difficult questions rather PC required. Must have excellent Committee of Chemistry and become short with my students, but This brings up what may have than trying to come up with the written and verbal communication Biochemistry. The award is given to I try to remember what it was like been the most important question answers." skills. Evening 3:30-7:30 shifts. a single rccipiem unless more than for me w hen I first started taking raised by Ro se nthal. Since the When dealing wit h s uc h a Resumes to : Christiana Care one of the candidates arc judged to chemi stry classes, .. she said. U nited States is s uch a g lobal complex issu e as humanit a ri an Health System, Human be equal. The award itself has a lo ng s uperpower. d oes it , as a nation. intervention, Campbell sa id he Resources , Attn: K. Delgado, PO Theberge. of Lewes. was cited history . It was c reated in I 972 in have a m o ral obligatio n to believes ·'one must always first Box 1668, Wilmington, DE 19899. •f6r hi s work 111 teac hing ho nors ho nor of the late Elizabeth Dyer. intervene? identify and c larify th e quest ions FAX (302) 428·5770 or CALL '"~"' I'Hil.AOHPHIA There are two main philosophies 1...:~ ,.. ••• tKI.,_l .,..., (ou - 111.• 1.11'1' -Jflt ro•n...., ~ He said he has always wanted to In I 946, when the men ' s and intervention, he said. science major, said , ''In hi s lecture. t)i'"'" '~" ,. ;;::~, - teach and hopes to event ual ly women's colleges were joined at the The ideali s ts , also known as Dr. R osenthal adhered to th e ! flEE: Cou ncil on lnlnulional humanitarians, tend to believe the become a professor at the university universi ty. Dyer was a pioneer for admirable goal of humanitarianism ~ ~ . f.duurional bdunge level. At the University o f ew female leadership in her field. United States should intervene but fai led to justi fy hi s opinion ... CHRISTIANA CARE Hampshire he majored in chemistry Burmeister attributes Dyer's efforts whenever the rights of humans are HEALTH SYSTEM and minored in educati on. to the rising fe male representation violated , R osenthal explained , ~;=---2 ~~ N~L ·· r didn ' t look at teaching as in chemistry at the university. This adding that no matter what type of something I had to do ... he said . fall the majo rit y of the fres hman suffering is occurring, the United U.tlCUtl ' BAHAMAS '·Just my o utloo k made the chemistry majors are female. States should help. difference ... The Dyer award included $100 The realists, on the other hand. 14 HOURS OF Bartolini. of Randallstown. Md .. for each recipient, but the winners would like to help but tend to put FREE DRU_.KS! was recognized for his teaching in were more excited by the honor than national interests first, he said. 7 nights from $299! lncludeJ RT ,. ;,, 1'-oteL 2A hou" of fr" the elementary biochemistry the monetary reward. For example, they examine how drinlu .and weekly party Jc:hedule of laboratory. Theberge said , ''It 's really a great 'Pring break evenul Organiz.• 1 5 many American Ji ves will be lost fre inds .and EARN A FREE TRIPt • One o f hi s biggest and most time­ honor to receive this out of all the and what the economic strain w ill consuming achievement s. he said. people who [assistant teach], be. was updating the in s tru cto r' s especially si nce it is chosen by The reali sts also examine the manual for the biochemistry lab. faculty members. political implications of the maller Altho ugh he is not s ure if he "And it's a nice resume builder." at hand . .... Changes to Newark REACH parking improve situation US@ www. But some residents say the steps aren't enough stone BY ERICA IACONO Officers will not on ly be validate everyone's ticket," s he balloon. Se1110r Staff Reporter responsible for checking meters but said. " I can't afford to validate The 1ss ue of parking in for directing customers to adequate someone's ticket if they're just com downtown Newark continues to be parking as well. gettin g their kid's bangs cut for a topic of debate, even after the Other changes were made in the three dollars." implementation of several changes Newark Parking Authority lots . Also li s ted in the repo rt are in September. s pecifically parking lot N o. 3 recommendations for parking ,· The c hanges, which were behind Abbott's Shoe Repair, which c hanges which have not been outlined in a 39-page report to City was renovated for $130,000. This implemented yet. Council , we re proposed by the included improvement of lights to One of these recommendations is \ \,, downtown parking committee . make the lot safer and the addition for a shuttle bus system that would \\\6 which was formed in April 1997 of concrete islands to make the lot make a loop around Main Street. after a parking forum meeti ng more aesthetically pleasing, said This plan was not implemented raised concerns about parking in Robert Whitman of the NPA. because of Jack of funding. Newark. Barbara Clifton, owner of A Cut David Robertson, a member of drafts • The committee's actions resulted $.25 Above beauty salon located directly the parking committee and in major c hanges in o ff- and o n­ next to lot No. 3, said the changes Downtown Newark Inc. (a coalition street parking on Main Street. have not a ll eviated the problem . between the city and businesses to BURNT For example, in September 1997. Ra ther. he s aid , the parking revitalize the area), said several tillll p.m., $1.00 a~ter the City of Newark reinstated s ituation hurts s mall bus inesses businesses alo ng Main Street were parking on Main Street after 9:30 because o ne must pay to park approached about sponsoring the p.m. In doing so, meter fees were anywhere on Main Street. shuttle bus program and declined. $1 Bud, Bud Lt., increased from 75 cents to $1 per " Peo ple just don ' t want to pay However, the plan sti ll remains a hour. for parking."' she said. possibility for the future. Jean Danneman , owner of The SIENNA Junior Brenna Baringer agreed. Another plan proposed by the Vuentlint Bottles Copy Maven and a member of the "You can' t park anywhere on Main committee is to build a multi-level committee, said she is pleased with Street without paying - it stinks." parking garage in the lot behind the the extension of on-street parking she said. " And what does a quarter Newark United Methodist Church, $1.50 all other $1.75 Yuengling hours. get you·J Fifteen minutes. No thank said Richard Waibel. a committee " It makes the town look more you. member and Newark resident. lived-in and busy," she said. Clifton said she often encounters Whitman said the parking garage Bottles all nitht Bottles She added that the increased cost problems when customers ask her to will probably be built within the of meter parking is to pay for an validate their parking tickets. next five years but is not financially increase of parking enforcement. '·Restaurants can afford to feasib le right now. w/NO COVER All Night The Review staff would , \'l-o Dance Party ' 1'~-'~- MUG like to wish Sandy &Bud Lt. 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BY VERO ICA FRAATZ on words, and not because they .. Being from ew York. it 's hatd Ctl) News Eduor were " hippies." to beat Nev. York style pizza:· aid The Main Street pizza wars are ··we con templated seve ral JUnior Brandon De atale. a new heating up again. names .·· H owey sairl . "But we c ustomer. "But they have a better Despite the competition o f fo ur talked about how peopie always ask crust than most. and their sauce is other pizza places on Main Street. for a piece of pizza instead of a incn:dihle.·· Peace A Pi zza o pened its doors to slice. and we just went with that." Howey ~atd that having Peace A customers M onday across th e street They complemented the name Pi11:a only take up half of the old from Delaware pizza giant Grotto with a Volkswagen bus covered in Grass Roots bui lding was part of Pi zza. peace symbols and psyc hedelic their plan to give the restaurant a The Newark establishment. colors and also a Volkswagen Bug c loser, more intimate feel. located where Grass Roots formerly decorated in the same manner. "We like the small ft'Piing of th t operated, is th e second in the The vehicles are parked along place." Howey said. ·'tt·~ not a growing chain o f Peace A Pi aa Main Street each day. sometimes warehouse, and even when there·s s tores, founded by Aaron Nocks, directly in front of competitor only a few people here. it still gives Peter Howey a nd Joe Leggio, an Grotto Pizza's establishment in the the impression that we're bu~y ... 1987 grad uate of the uni versi ty. Main Street Galleria. The th_ree said they plan to keep The fi rst store, located in "The name and the decoration busy with the opening of the Ardmore, Pa., opened on Labor goes with the whole retro THE REVIEW I Bob Weill Newark store. and also in Main Street's newest pizza shop, Peace a Pizza, began serving customers on Monday. Day in 1996 and it too was movement that seems to be going preparation for the opening of their su rrounded by pizza competitors. on right now; · Leggio said . store on Penn State Universi ty's However. the first store did well The three owners said with their main campu~ in College Park. Pa., financially, allowing Peace a Pi zza different and somewhat unusual in late February or early March. Acti,·e play can rf"duce to open its Newark branch. marketing, they feel confident in Leggio said they are also looking a child's risk fanoro The push for the newest location their business' potential to succeed. mto expanding into such places as for heart di,casr and came from Leggio, since he knew The new store has already gained the New Jersey shore as we ll as on st roke later in life . the area well from the years he the interest of many uni versi ty Delaware beaches . They are also Good reason to suggest spent at the university as a student. students, Leggio said, despite the thinking of setting up shop in other " I was definitely biased:· Leggio fact they h ave n ' t done any games that run on college towns neu Univet,i ty of said. "But I knew the demographics adverti sing for their business yet. Pennsylvania. Georgetown heart power. instead of of the area, and l knew that we " When we opened in Ardmore. University and University of batteries. For more wan ted to go !O an estab li s hed we brought in $50 the first day:· Maryland. ways to protect your market that was a hi gh density area. Leggio said. ·'[In Newark] we The official grand opening of familv, call 1-800- " I knew that a college town was brought in $750 on Monday, and their Newark store is set for early AIIA-l"SA 1. Or visit u> a p lace w here our product could broke $1,000 by Tuesday." February. when the entire campus at htrp://www.amhn.org take off."' Responses from customers were population will return for spring " " tlw \~ 'arid Wide Web. The name for the store, Leggio a lso encouraging to the young semester. It's amazing and Howey said, came from a play entrepreneurs. . ~ Amencan Heart a-A what k ids pick up Association-'Y' at the beach. F'!ph!Jn9 HtHJn.,.,_ Olua.sB T ere are ots o eca e1nate ran s ••·· ·: ··.,. For more information, fMD ~ see your dermatologist. .... it)ll ~· ~.. " ... , ....."' WH'i: . aad. org on the market today that taste just as -----~ ----- good as the ·real thing. Read The Review: It'll keep you calm

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January 16, 1998 A6

City Council Woes

The Newark City Council is We do have to admit it seems a back - once again turning on its little fishy that these records have own member, Nancy Turner. been sealed for so long. And we It was only a few weeks ago also have to wonder what it means that council members passed a when the City Council tables resolution forcing her to leave Turner's desire to pass a resolution Citizens Against Traffic, a that would clmify the Freedom of committee she started and one that Information Act here in ewark. centered around one of the most On one hand, since the law has heinous problems in Newark been passed at a national and state today. level, it would be redundant to This time the to pic is the pass it again locally. Freedom of Information Act, and On the other hand. because of whether the June 9 executive T urner's explain there seems to be council meeting's minutes should a need to pass it locally. be open to the public. Unfortunately it's probably According to Turner, matters because of Turner' s suit that unrelated to the meeting, including makes the City Council hesitant to a discussion about her conduct as a pass the resolution. council member as well as items We at The Review come away related t o Newa rk 's B oard of from this mess with a number of Ethics, were discussed at the questions. meeting. We wonder exactly how Although Turner is allowed screwed up a local government has access to these records, she was to get in order to have one member unable to o pen them up to the of City Council suing the rest of public. the City Council? The City Council is allowed to We wonder what City Council keep records private if they feel would be doing if they weren't there is a justifiable reason to do wasting their time with all this so. bickering and pettiness? For example if there are plans to And lastly we wonder why City construct a new building and Council needs to continually some companies have already persecute Nancy Turner? Is it made their bids, they would keep because she' s actually trying to get those minutes sealed to prevent something done about problems in other contractors from having an Ncwarkcl unfair advantage when making With an election coming up in their bids. April maybe we'll get lu cky and 'Tii€ In this case we have to honestly end up with more council fCA.ht\' T~~,_ say that we don't know what is in members like Turner. ~€ ~ rr those minutes and so don't know Knowing our luck , though. •-.J)( whether there is sensitive material we · 11 probably just end up with ' contained within. Hal Godwin as mayor.

Letters to the Editor .· A letter to the th at any decision concerning impression that thoughtlessness, respect. and shared sense of community Diversity which advertisements to publish in sensitivity and ignorance identity and purpose. would inc lude consideration of the compounded by the demands of GerrY Turkel Commission effect upon the uni versi t y ·publicatiBn· deadlines and end of P resi..detlf>. Am-erican The Review would like to resulted in a message no t community. One would also wish semester press ure s led to this Association of Uni1· e rsit,· apologize to the university intended by The Review. that The Review would not fall symbolic assault on historical truth Prof essors community for errors made in As a result, we are reviewing speaks out among that category of newspapers and dignity. Uni• ·ersitr of Delaware Chapter our Dec. 5 edition. our procedures for accepting and that accepts anybody's money. Leo Shane has taken A column and advertisement running advertisements and The Commission to Promote We do understand that political by a Holocaust denier and an editorial material in our Rac ial and Cultural Diversity read responsi bi I i ty for The Review's o bjectio nable cartoon appeared publication. The Review would with great disappointment the Dec. cartoons are acerbic. The cartoon actions and ha s offered his Kudos to si multaneously in the paper like to assure our readers that we 5 issue of The Review which on AIO, however, causes us to apologies. More importantly, he question where one draws the line through a series of unfortunate do not support attitudes of contained an advertisement has co mmitt ed The Review to NAACP coincidences. The mistakes made discrimination or callousness sponsored by CODOH on page A9, between our beliefs in freedom of formulate policies that will insure were not a result of malice and toward any segment of our a cartoon on page A I 0. and a guest religion and our beliefs in freedom that such lapses 111 judgment and columnist do not reflect an attitude of anti­ community. column and cartoon on A I I. Let us of the press. It is our opinion that decision making do not occur in lil.e Review, however I am writing in response to Semitism. They were instead a As editor in chief, I accept all share with you the pain you have the future . A II of us in the campus result of procedural and deadline responsibility for the errors in the engendered in our community. i ~dvertently , has crossed the line. comm unity should offer our Jacqueline Hopkins ' opinion errors. paper and welcome all comments Members of the university We a re concerned with the tho ughts and our advice as Review article, "Affirmative Action: The Bad Boy of Civil Rights'· which However, we acknowledge or suggesti ons. I would like to community at large are quite upset journalistic s tandard The Review staff develop these policies. the serious nature of these assure the community that this that you either did not understand has chosen. We encourage you to The Re view functions as an appeared in the Nov. 25 issue of mistakes, regardless of the conflict was treated with the what you did or that you set your sights higher. Tasteful and independent student newspaper on The Review. Such a killfully circ umsta n ces, and sincerely utmost urgency, but since it understand what you did and still intellectual cartoons are far more our campus and in the wider crafted piecel Right on the money. apologize for the pain this has came as a resu It of dead! i ne effective than the one which I was so proud to see the caused. mistakes, I wished to take time in appears on A I 0. caption NAACP underneath your While one can argue the First co ll ecting info rmatio n a nd Finally, the g uest column on name. I am sitting here looking at Amendment rights associated considering the best possible page All. Thorough reading of the a list of NAACP National Board of with IU nning such material, The action for the community. We encourage The column causes us to question its There is absolutely Directors and, unless I hear from Review did not consider strongly I will con tinue to review purpose. Again , we believe that you soon, I shall send a copy of enough the implications of the these e rrors over Winter Session, Review to due to limited journalistic and life no acceptable your well-written article to each of material and the reaction it and wi ll notify the community of experiences. members of the staff excuse for racist them. would elicit from the any changes which result. Please determine how failed to investigate the true I have been out of the loop for a comm u nity. Some materi a ls send all comments to motivations of this guest material like this w hil e. I don· t get the " Crisis .. were also run without editors· [email protected]. your journalistic col umni st. Since there is a link magazine any more so it was a joy knowledge o f other pieces - Leo Shane Ill, standard can inform between the advertisement and the being featured in a to me to know that young people scheduled for publicatio n and guest column on All, we wonder like you are continuing the us but not divide about any quid pro quo that may responsible struggle. be involved. Again, we implore publication. l join with a number of us. you to set your journalistic members throughout the country Editor in Chief: Leo Shane Ill standards higher. who have been trying to get our As members of the Commission national organization to take Executin Editor: Mark Jolly chose to publish th ese items. to Pro mo te Racial and Cultural society. It should continue to do notice of the up-coming centennial Dive rsi ty , it is our role to respond so. I believe that this independence Editorial Editor: Members of the J ewis h faith as celebration of the birth of one of Managing News Editors: as allies when members o f our requires that The Review staff be America-s greatest heroes, Paul Ryan Connier Chris Yasiejko Shawn P. Mitchell well as members of o ther religious Beih Matusewicz university community have been he ld accountable for its actions Robeson. Sports Editor : groups are shocked that you would inflict such pain. attacked. We hope you will no t and editorial policies through It occurs to me that this would Managing Features Editors: Jamie Amato Calli ng into question the only review and revise your public criticism . be a very appropriate year for Paul Roberto Ignacio Annengol journalistic standards but also print Andrew Grypa Copy Desk Chief: obvio us ly historical fact of the The puhlication of the Dec. 5 Robeson to be the preeminent Jill Cortright Holocaust denigrates the li ves of an apology to the University of issue with anti-Semitic content and figure at the NAACP Image Award Entertainment Editors: City News Editors: D e laware community indicating the reaction to it should serve as a ceremony which I believe happens Elizabelh Beukema Laura Sankowich millions of people w ho were Charlie Dougiello Veronica Fraatz annihilated. Moreover, should you that denial of hi storical fac ts, such learning experience. I hope that in April. He was born April 9. Features Editors: have had the opportunity to talk as the Holocaust is anti-Semitic. The Re v iew staff will be less 1898. · Jess Myer Greg Shu las NationaVState News Editors The President ·s Commission to co ncerned w ith se lf defense, Laura Overturf Brian Callaway with or to see human beings whose· Administrative News Editors: arms a nd wrists are forever Promote Racial and Cultural publi c r e lati o n s and damage Ken Anderson Betsy Lowiher Melissa Braun Student Affairs Editors: Di•·ersity control than with si ncerely Former Long Island Regional Kelley Dippel Liz Johnson branded with th e mark s of that sinister period in history. we a rc thinking about the actions that led Director, NAACP certain you would h ave made to the publication o f the Dec. 5 Assistant Features Editor : Review must issue and it s aftermath. Students Shani Brown different choices. working at The Review shou ld Assistant Entertainment Editor: We encourage The Review to John Yocca determine how your journalistic learn from reach out to people whom the issue s tandard can inform us but not has offended. learn from them and Assistant Pbotograhy Editor: mistakes establish a deeper appreciation of Bob Weill divide us . The advertisement may appear their experiences and concerns. WHERE TO WRITE: The Dec. 5 issue of The Review Copy Editors: innoc uo us at first glance to those As a faculty member. I believe lbe Review Stephanie Galvin Jess Gratz who are unaware of methods used was horrendous. T he three pages that those of us who teach at the 250 Perlcins Student Center RacheUe Kuchta Megban Rabbit Newark, DE 19716 to detract from historical fact. T hat that included a cartoon depicting university have a special Sam Saxby the rugby team as stereotypical Fax: 302-831-1396 T he Review was duped into responsibility. We should reach ort h odox Jews alo n g wi t h t h e E-mail: Sedion 1 Senior Staff Reporters: publishing this advertisement, out to The Review staff as our [email protected] Erica Iacono Allison Sloan however, cannot go unchallenged. opinion piece by Ho locaust denier s tudents. More good will be Smith and the advertisement by his even in light of student journalists' accompl ished by way of our Sedion 2 Senior Staff Reporters: o rganization give that issue of T he Holly Norton Jess Thorn limited journal ist ic and li fe counsel, our example and throug h experiences. To accept money to Review the appearance of an anti­ discussion than through our Semitic rag. T he re is absolute ly no Office and MaUing Address: impugn the very existence of an recriminations. 250 Student Center, Newarlc, DE 19716 abhorrent era in wo r ld history accept ab le excuse fo r r aci st I hope T h e Review a nd t h e Busir.ess (302) 831-1397 serves on ly to give substance to material like this being featured in campus community more generally Advenising (302) 83 1-1398 a responsible publication. wi ll emerge from this deeply News/Fmtorial (302) 831 -2n 1 the "Ugly American" theme. FAJC(302)831-1396 Despite the need to s ubsidi ze S tatements by Leo Shane a nd trou b ling episode wit h greater o t her Review s t a ff give the pub lication costs, o ne would wish s h a re d u n d e rstandi n g , m utua l •R:EviEwe

January 16, 1998 A 7

ne is the loneliest number

quibbles. For this reason alone, the the din.ing hall. one. Because as difficult as it can be to First off, you can tackle annoying issues as complex as dealing with a acquisition of a single can be a smart When you acquire a single, there is live with someone else, it can be equally problems together. When your heater roomie's boyfriend overstaying his Jessie Gold decision. It allows you your own also the tendency that it will be as difficult to live without them. Small breaks in the heart of winter and you are welcome can push one over the edge ' personal space to do whatever you want, exceptionally small. My Resident confession from an upperclassmen: I suffering hypothermia, both of you can and create stressful relations. The Wit in the Willows whenever you want and not to feel guilty Assistant was kind enough to inform me miss my roommate terribly. complain to Maintenance, which Or maybe it is j ust that your about doing it. that my si ngle is the size of a broom Because, whether you realize it or increases the chances of someone roommate's predilection for pumping out If you have a killer physics exam closet, and sure enough, my single was a not, there is a certain camaraderie that actually fixing your heater. For me , there Michael Jackson at strange hours of me tomorrow, you need not worry about was always the added benefit of having night is driving you nuts. But any way competing with your roommate's blaring another wealth of wardrobe from which you look at it, there is a cenai n chemistry I eyed my new single in Sharp Hall television for precious study time. If you to choose clothing. And as evil as it may that is necessary if two people are to co­ with suspicion. It wasn't exactly what I procrastinated and didn't do that English be, I could always foist the nasty room exist peacefully in one room. Whether or had asked for for Christmas. But paper until the night (or even morning) chores on my roommate, getting her to not you and your perspective roommate . returning to Delaware after Fall before, you don't have to sit typing take out the garbage or deal with those have that essential chemistry is for you Semester abroad puts one in rather 1Vkkom e To madly in the dark worrying whether or i The U·fD icky spills in the fridge. to decide. precarious housing straits and one must not your roommate can sleep with all of If I had a strange epiphany in the So here I am still sitting in my single. take what one can get. your racket. night, there was always someone to tell. It is true I didn't have to worry about any I had requested a double with my A single affords you the luxury to And if I couldn't remember how to interruptions or any unexpected barge­ roommate who was returning from plan your schedule any old way in parenthetically document, there was ins as I was typing this column. I was study abroad as well, but Santa simply which you want. So, you have a slightly someone to ask. Mostly, having a double free to talk to myself and there was did not pull one out of the bag. Hence, offbeat way of decorating your room; go ensures that you wi II always have quiet. But, all the same, I might have , when I received my single housing crazy with it. There is no one around to someone nearby. For many people, that enjoyed it had a roommate stumbled in · assignment over the holiday break, I tell you how heinous it looks or that you alone proves a strong enough reason to and I might have actually found it ; wasn't exactly overjoyed, but I never­ really should pull your dirty socks off opt for it. And for those of us whom are pleasant had I had someone off of which · the-less counted myself lucky to have the wall. And let's be honest with one lucky enough to room with a close to bounce ideas. received one of the coveted singles on another, if you have a boyfriend or friend, a double may prove the obvious In the end, everything, as the 'cliche North Central. Yet at the same time I girlfriend, a single may be the only way choice. goes, has its cons and pros. I realize that was filled with a certain sense of dismay to go. Need I say more regarding that But, it isn't all sweet and simple in choosing a siru!'le or a clouhle is nor whar at the prospect of no longer being pilrf nf topic? All in all, a single gives you that the world o f doubles. Some of the I would classify as a life or death sort of . a double. sense of freedom which a double may biggest knockdown battles that I have decision. It is only one of a myriad of So, here I sit looking out at the world not permit. witnessed at Delaware came as a result otller decisions that we make duri r ~g GJur from the perspective of a single for the But at the same time, I have to admit of roommate di sgruntlement. college careers that affects the quality of first time. I am left to ponder both the that I find a certain loneliness to it. There When you live in a double, you take our stay here during these four years.. So, niceties and the not-so-niceties of the is always the fear that you could lock a ri sk. You can either have a good single or double, which could mean situation. For all of you out there that are yourself in your room for five days on a experience or a bad experience as a trouble? Choose wisely my friend. Your An by David Farrell faced with that housing preference sheet fasting campaign and no one would result of that risk. When the emotional sanity and some dam good stories may that lurks so menacingly on your desk, I notice. In all seriousness, the lack of a tension that would naturally occur hang in the balance. offer you the following tidbits of roommate means that you often need to broom closet in its former life. But springs up between roomies. Even if you between two random people is wisdom concerning that oh-so-crucial work a little harder to search out above all , as cheesy as it may sound, aren't the most compatible of people, the condensed into the space of a pea-sized Jessie Gold is a columiJist for The college decision: single or double, which company. Going to dinner is no longer watch out ... if you move into a single mere fact that you share the same living room, it can make for eartl1quakes. And Review and hopes to impo11 a lillie color could mean trouble? as simple as just grabbing your roomie you just might miss your roommate and space almost assures you a friendship of it has. Thngs as si mple as accepting a into a sometimes greying world Send e­ Let 's face it , we are all individuals from the adjoining bed and trekking to the closeness that comes from having a sort. There are many perks to consider. roommate's messy side of the room to mai/ 10 [email protected]. here with our private quirks and

Technical solutions This afternoon, Buddy the dog slept. to simple problems Meanwhile, in other news ...

men armed with AK-47 assault rifles found a wood stove, a propane gas instated in prisons. Elizabeth killed six guards and made off with fu rnace and a propane gas stove, all In October, Hermania Rodriquez incineration medicine are worse than Beukema $2 million. possible sources for carbon won $330,000 on a Quartermania slot the garbage in the first place. On the Now we know that the lives of six monoxide. machine in Phoenix. Those winnings Laura public health side, there a re men are worth a mere $2 million. "The TV was on when we got were later voided by Harrah' s Ak­ White pollutants such as dioxins, mercury Identity In New Haven , Conn. a jury there - it must have overcome them Chin Casino. because the slot and HCI which are pumped into the Crisis awarded more than $12 million to a so quickly," Sheriff Donald Smith machine was found to be defective. SEAC air we breathe. Furthermore, burning doctor infected with the AIDS virus. said. January found Rodriquez fighting to I00 tons of stinky but relatively safe It found Yale University negligent January 3, Pope John Paul II get her $100 in quarters back from the garbage produces about 30 tons of President Clinton got a puppy this when the woman pricked herself as an visited Assisi, Italy to pray for the casino. toxic ash which often must be Christmas, a chocolate brown intern nine years earlier. thousands of earthquake victims Hmmmmph. In mathematics there is such a disposed of as hazardous waste. labrador to be exact. Apparently Yale neglected to there. Many are still homeless. Jan. I 0 - 2,000 people were thing as an "e legant solution." Then of course you have the While Bill played mommy to hi s properly train the young med student In Hillsboro, Ohio, a man with 18 injured in China during an earthquake Basically, it is the simplest and most financial side: the mere construction, new baby in South Carolina and the before she was drunken driving that registered 6.2 on the richter scale. direct way to obtain a desired let alone operation, of an incinerator Virgin Islands, the press began ordered to insert a convictions in With a death toll at 47 many of the answer. Unfortunately, this valuable costs several hundred million dollars. panting over this White House media blood line in an 24 separate villages surro unding Beijing were concept of "elegance" is largely Certainly not an elegant solution. ploy. AIDS patients incidences since flattened. absent in our approach to solving If you ask me, the simplest way to They nation watched entranced as arm. 1971 was In Texarkana, Ark. as many as 50 societal problems. avoid dealing with all these trash the First Cat, Socks, met his new In Guam. a 236 But here's my bone ordered to move people may have been exposed to Time and time again. when faced disposal question would be to stop housemate. Photographers went dog­ mph gust of wind within ·'easy lethal doses of mercury. Two with a difficult situation, we focus of contention: the producing the trash in the first place! gone crazy, snapping candids of the made world walking teenagers broke into an abandoned our efforts on finding a quick We could reduce our garbage in two two pets. Every TV news magazine records. di stance'' of a neon plant and stole 25 pounds of technological and ignore the root world continued to ftx ways: first, source reduction ( i.e. from American Journal to World Unfortunately it liquo r store o r metallic mercury. cause of the problem. We build dams using less packaging, encouraging News Tonight followed the story like occurred during a revolve and nobody bar. Judge "They said it looked cool,'' Dave and drill into aquifers while allowing reusable rather than disposable Pavlov's salivating dog. 12 hour typhoo n James Hapne r Hall, Texarkana's emergency services lush green golf courses to proliferate products, and producing easily But here's my bone of contention: that devastated the seemed to notice. handed down coordinator said. in the desert. We spend fixable items), and second, recycling the world continued to revolve and country. the sent ence in * * * millions researching expensive (separated recyclables cannot be nobody seemed to notice. On Dec. 30, a hopes that Did I mention that Bill went to the medical procedures such as heart classified as trash since they are * * * nurse in Newport, Den ni s Cayse Virgin Islands? transplants, while subsidizing the repeatedly converted back into December 17 : a Tokyo television Ind. was charged would not drive Or that he named his dog beef and dairy industries and thus marketable goods). network was forced to cancel with six murders and suspected in 130 drunk again. "Buddy?" encouraging a diet that dramatically Are these novel ideas'l For broadcasts of the acti o n- packed mysterious deaths. Four of the six That's justice in America for you. I think comedian Carrot Top said it , increases the risk of heart disease. Delaware, they are. We currently cartoon, "Pokeman ... v ictims died from injections of Make it as easy as possible for the best during the New Year's Eve By placing our emphasis on have a 2.3 percent recycling rate and The brilliantly flashing scenes potassium chloride . alcoholics to obtain their liquor episode of the Tonight Show, "You ; treating our symptoms rather than no state mandate for recycling or were banned after causing nausea, Orville Lynn Majors, 36, pleaded safely, instead of punishing them for know what Buddy is short for right?" , preventing their cause in the first waste reduction. Across the border, convulsions and spasms in 729 not guilty. Makes you wonder about driving drunk. place, we become further entrenched in New Jersey, state legislation has Japanese children. hospital safety. On Jan. 3, Phoenix prison inmate Liz Beukema is an Entertainment, in a vicious cycle- for invariably, our helped achieve a 51 percent Maybe Japanese animation is just On Dec. 29, three people in and convicted murderer Teshone Editor for The Review. She is the: new solutions bring new problems. recycling rate. In Germany, too intense for children. Michigan were found dead in their Abate died after a five month long proud mommy of two kittens, two; Thus, like the patient who must take companies are encouraged to reduce That same day robbers drove a house, apparently the v ictims of hunger strike. He stopped eating in loveable dogs, and two cockatiels.' medicines to treat the side-effects of packaging since they are required to dump truck into two armored cars in carbon monoxide poisoning. Police August, demanding a religious diet be Send e-mail to [email protected]. medicines they are already taking, take it back and dispose of it. Marble Hall, South Africa. Twenty we, as a society, become so drugged Obviously, the quick-fix mindset isn't up with these technological elixirs, so dominant everywhere. that we lose sight of our origi nat It's not technology that is the illness. It becomes hard to connect by Ryan Cormier and Andrew T. Guschl problem; it is us. It is how we use the symptoms to a cause. But PULP CULTURE technology. Either we can use it to underneath all these fancy bandages, find temporary solutions, like we are extremely sick- and in need of advanced oil and gas exploration a master physician who understands methods or incinerator scrubbers, or 00 MAN, FO~(,E 1 ABO UT that the foundation of a healthy we can use it to solve our problems 'iOUR ALGEBRA 1-{oMtWO~K ­ society is prevention. by researching solar power or LET'.S GEf IT ON! Perhaps the ultimate example of recycling methods. I our technical band-aid fetish is our Or we could just use less. That current approach to waste would be the most elegant solution. management. Right now, as avid consumers, we The State of Delaware came to are trash hemophiliacs - the the Delaware Solid Waste Authority garbage just never stops coming, and complaining of excess garbage, and an incinerator or a landfill is just an the DSWA , choosing to treat the absorbent bandage. With some symptom rather than cure the initiative and philosophical change problem, prescribed incineration. As we could greatly reduce that flow of a result, the DSWA currently trucks waste. At least it would be an elegant 53 percent of New Castle County's way to make our landfills last longer. municipal waste to Chester, Pennsylvania to be burned and is Laura White is a member of proposing to build a new incinerator SEAC and a columnist for The in New Castle. Talk about a technical Review. Send e-mail to bandage. /fwfrog@ udel.edu. The side effects of this Next time you want to combine sports try ultimate frisbee or beer pong: [email protected] or [email protected] AS • T HE RE\'T . January 16. 1998 Avian flu Metnorial renovations cotnplicate lives of English dept. continued from page A I there were signs up. they managed to find us." facilities in the facilities building. But Smovich said the fence is necessary for Russell said the M aintenance Center still has not a Del.· who is teaching a Shakespeare class du ring With on I; one bathroom for each gender. the construct ion that wi II begin on Feb. I. "It 's a '·party, celebration atmosphere." However. Winter Session. said the move has caused some there could be complications, she said. there to keep the s tudents ,are from the there are sti II so me compromises faculty must problems for English graduate students. Other problems include electrical failures constructi on." she !>atd . make. ''We all sit in a big room in Graham Hall and ceiling tiles fa lling. she said. "It's kind of "Scratch that.'' she added. "It's there to keep problem For example, only about eight professors will with dividers between us,'' he said. " It's going ironic that we're in the Maintenance building the workers safe from the students." have real offices with doors and fu ll walls in the to be hard to have conferences with students. and all these things are falling apart." Accordino to Sinovich , the fence will . new bui lding. T he others are in cubicles tha t continued from page A I 'Then again, there were four to six of us in A few hundred feet away, the dismantling of probably be up for the duration of the year long Ru sse ll described as " Di lbert- li ke." an office in Memorial anyway ... Memnnal Hall io; causi ng some problems for project. Depending on the work on the exterior, English professor Ben Yagoda also said the 50 percent "ater and disinfectant to Lightsey said many graduate students have studcnh. Some students have been complaining it may be taken down a bit sooner. new fac il ities make him think of the comic strip. prevent the -.prcad of the innuenza ... been holding student conferences appointments about the large fence currently surrounding the Un til then, student !> will have to find new "At least now I can appreciate Dilbert,'' he said . Wash1ng u<•'' n the trucks and at BrewHaHal and other local coffee shops to canst rue t ion. routes around campus and track their professors ''It 's much more light , roomy and airy than changmg clothe;, after each contact help remedy the situation. "lt's a pain ... :-a1d junior Susan Sung. ''It' s down to new locati on:,. what I had before. T he o nl y downside being '' ith the biro;, I'> time consuming anu According to Linda Russell. assistant to the hard to get arounu to the different buildings.'' And for some, the constructio n tsn 't that people are in cubicles rather than proper C\pen'i"~ for local fanner'>. E nglish department chairperson. s tudents Sophomore Megan Lavin agreed. " I feel like comprehcn"ve enough. Junio r Shana Berry, ofticcs,' ' he said. Pete Cippola. who wori-.s in the haven't had any problem finding the new the campu' "ill never be free of construction w hose dorm residence is with1n distance of Current ly, less than half of the s taff is uai1') uepartment of Pathmari-. food bui lding. wh il e l'm here ... she said . mentioning the recent Memorial Hall :-aid: " If they can c lose o ff present. When the full staff returns to campus. market. ;,aid the pncc of eggs ha ~ not "The students arc resourceful; th ey figured us con;,truction to MBNA America and Gore Memorial, why can' t they tum oiT that bel\'l" Russell said, she expects problems with the increased due w the local flu out." Russell said. '·Even on the first day. before Halls. outbreak. When the last stgn1fical1l avian outbreak occulTed in 19!1-l arounu two million birds were uc;,troycd. Hodges Cafe Atnericana operated without . ~ said. The p1ice of eggs incrca. ed over Amencan Heart .. 30 percent for three months. Association ...~ He c;..plaineu the inllucnLa has not liquor license for two years Fighting Heatt Disease affected his 11\Cstoci-. and the farm and Stroke which supplies eggs to the Acme on continued from page A I State of Delaware was concerned, comment. Elkton Road. hut Red Bird has Black Oak Hospitality. Inc. was no A ccordi n g to ABC officiah. isolateu their fann and increased their recently restructured the company," longer a corporation and was ··null agents were sent to Cafe Americana biosecurity. Acker said. and void .'' to check the ir li quor permit on Research gave "The whole nock usually has to be Acker said he would have Autman said he had represented Wednesday night. killed. which can he up to 50 to Autman call The Re view in the Acker two or three years ago and Newark Po li ce Chief William him a future 60.000 chickens ... Hodges said. morning. applied for a liquor lice nse for him. Hogan would not comment on thi s Hodges said it is determined by the On Thursday. Review reporters H e went before the ABC specific case, but said that Newark local authorities ho" the chickens are contacted the Delaware s tate ad ministrative board and was asked Police do conduct spot checks o f removed. He said the chickens arc secretary and th e Department of for certain zoning plan s of the establishments that serve liquor to usually buried to avoid further prcad Corporations to inquire on the status restaurant and background checks of see if they are c heckin g IDs and not of the virus. of Black Oak Hospitality. In c. the Ackers. serving to minors. 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Friday, January 16, 1998 A Fatal Phenomenon Last year America lost an eerily long list of stars. Today, we wonder if their shimmer remains.

BY JESSICA 1\ !YER death left controversy in the wake of the laughter. Fearure' Etlitn ,. Sociology professor Gordon DiRenzo says ave rage In 1996 they acted, rapped. sang. designed and wrote people have a tendency to become highly involved in the -and Americans applauded them. lives of their idols. Some may blame Farley for hi s sud­ By the end of 1997, they were dead - and many den death. Others put him on a pedestal for it. Americans had forgotten them. "Some people who admired him would say, ' How Shootings. Pl ane crashe . Suicide. Drug overdoses. sad,' and try to find someone like him ... he explains. Car wrecks. Skiing accidents. Those headlines. about '·Others would say. 'he was a celebrity who didn 't have some of America's most well-known celebriti es. !lashed hi s act together..,. across the news in 1997. In much the same way, many people have raised an From the beefy, c lown-like comedian to th e infamous eyebrow at the apparent suic id e of INXS vocali st gangsta rapper, they came from all walks of life and died Michael Hutchence. in different ways. He was found dead But they shared com­ Nov. 22, his naked mon bonds. They were body hanging by a belt icon , part of the from the door o f his American culture. and hotel suite. covered in many fans say they died c uts. Hi s hand was too soon. broken and his lip Among the youngest split. was comedian Chri ~ Cooper says deaths Farley. dead at 33. The such as these show -~-. __ ...... ~ '1iR~(----­ drug overdose that people there is a lot killed the fo rmer going on behind the ( Saturday Night Live star songs. the movies, tal­ reporters known for tracking celebrities relent- ·~...... __,_,__ jt fashion designer to the stars. strangely mirrored the ents and the glam­ "- ..,_ lessly. ~- .• J Notorious B.I.G .. th e controver- demise of his hero. John orous lives. Since her death last August, Diana's face has dominat­ - -- sial rap star. and Tupac Shakur. the Belushi . Mort Fetterolf, a ed the images in magazines, newspapers. CDs and tele- late hip-hopper and occasional actor. Belushi died o f an junior, says the public VISIOn. Versace. who changed th e face of fashion by trans­ overdo e nearly 16 has been overstepping Fetterolf says the media forming the runways into hi gh-spiri ted rock shows. was years ago. also at 33. He celebrities' boundaries ex ploited her life even after shot to death out side hi s Miami Beach home hy sen al had also starred o n of privacy. THE REVIEW I File Photo her death. Bios of 1997's killer Andrew Cunanan. S L And like Farley. Chris Farley played an orphan named Haru who "People's fasci nation 'There has to be a certain "These kinds of things arc horrible. but it's easy to fo r­ Be lushi ' s physical with celebriti es and fallen famous, believed himself to be a legendary fighter in TriStar's definition of what the public get them because they don' t affect one' s life personally." humor toyed with hi ' gossip is out of con­ has a right to know," he pageB4 Mort says. "Seven people die every second . imposing si1.c . 1997 comedy "Beverly Hills Ninja." He died of a drug trol," he says, "and the says. "The fact that Tupac and Versace happen to he two of " More than most overdose in Manhattan on Dec. 18. media just put fuel on "But to some extent," he them isn' t that shocking. They put themselves out there.'' c..omedians Faric) had the fire." adds, "celebrities expose Ironicall y, the music T upac recorded j ust before his the power to point the finger at himself and laugh and The friends and family of England's Princess Diana themselves to the danger. just by bein g in the public murder fantasized his own death . Wheth er it served as a everyone laughed with him:" says junio r Candice have blamed the in famous paparazzi of being overzeal­ eye." premonition or just something new to sing about remain Cooper. "When he suddenly d1ed of a drug overdose 11 ous and intrusive. Lady Diana Spencer was killed with Though the limelight life may be accompanied by all a mystery. really made you stop laughing.'' her fi ance Dodey Fayet in car accident that allegedly the perks of fame and fo rt une. it can also prove fatal , He was killed September 1996 at 25 in a dri\e-by And the dark ci rcumstances surrounding Farley's resulted from the pursuit o f the paparazzi. sensationali st some say. They point to figures like Gianni Versace, see CELEBRITIES page B4 'Cryptic writings' spell out Not what it used to be: mega-success for Megadeath good auld night spent

BY LA URA SAN KOWICH E111 erwmmenr Etl11ur lost, sick, bored or idle fan s brace your­ selves. The band that brought BY LAURA SANKOWICH Sperry says she doesn't understand why you '·Youthanasia" and Ema1uinment Editor people find it necessary to go out and get "Killing is M y Business ... Imagi ne a New Year Eve's that begins by drunk or attend the '·social event of the year·· and Business Is Good'' is back getting lost in the streets of New York City th at night. wi th more cryptic writings. for half an hour. "Most people just usc it as another excuse This latest , "Cryptic For one college student th at was only the to get drunk," she says. "Half the time they Writings," combines th e beginning. just end up spending most of the mght throw­ group's usual conviction and "I sho uld have stayed home," 22-year-old ing up. What fun is that? attention to the style of music Alyce Welenc says. After reaching the night­ "You don't get to enjoy yourse lf that way," that made them famous. club to whi ch she and a fri end intended to go, she adds. ''I think I had more fun than most of For the band's latest album they waited in 20-degree weather for more the people that I talked to who went out to a few changes seem to be in than two hours before getting in. Once inside, parties and drank." order. The firs t and most she says. they reali zed they were the only Sperry says the most important thing about noticeable is the band's work ones not wearing blue jeans and T-shirts. New Year's for her is who you spend it with with little-known producer "I tried as hard as pos ible to avoid looking and not so much what you do. Dann Huff. conspicuous," Rich LaFashia, In a press statement Welenc says. The a senior. says Megadeath 's front man Dave . highlight of the despite this Mustane says working with night, she recalls. year's l cs~ than Huff was the most ''pain less" was when two 30- A . perfect New recording experience he had year-old men who Year's he' ll prob­ said they were -;- l;V - .· , .... ,- 7--\~-1 ably end up ever been through. r ~:~-~6,(( ; :· : (~.C•_ (~ .(:il ,.. -)f.J:_ i doctors sidled up - ~~ . ·. .:: "' ..:' · ( I -• '- """' vi I going to a party The band's guitarist, Dave ...... { -.,_ ... I"·· y:.. I \ c Ell efson, attributes thi s to to them and decid­ or hanging out Huff's former career as a ed to ni ckname k;~~~-· . ll.,. ~) ~ with hi s f1iends musician and hi s understand­ them "the leather -~~·-'1,.. · ,. 1_ ~ ' .. anyway. ing of recording from thei r twins." , •,I , ., -' . ("'\ j _/ ( .. 1 , ''Usually all of point of view. She' d had it. ' \_ ~J I ; ·\ my New Years Ellefson says the band was Midnight could not # ;:..,..,, '\,' " i //./ ~ -' .\ are pretty good, "painstaking" about the songs come soon enough. THE REV tE\\:/ Ftle Photo on the record . "As if the night _,-~r· ~~~ · '~)·' ,/. /.·. ~~ cse~~s~his year," Dave M ustane and the gang get together for another ground-breaking album. could get any ., rc J · · · "I got to hang "We wanted to please our · ~ 0 ; ' ·.. : worse .. .'' she · ...rrs ~l out with my fans as well as make music relationships and life in gener­ music going on around us." everything from piano to sax says. 1· '~' / ,'/' friends. which that was new and fresh sound­ al provide new subject matter El lefson says. "We've worked in elementary school. said That's when the / ;_ /r:?l: '' was cool," he ing for some of our newer to accompany th e band 's usual hard to adapt a bit as far as some of his personal infl u­ two decided to At1 by David Farrell explains. ''but the fans.'' he says. socio-political commentary. guitar tones and our style of ences include Kis s. Nazareth head ho me on the subway. " It was ni ght just didn' t The band was faced with The lyri cs from th e song production." and Bachman Turner great,'' Welenc quips. "Some drunk girl puked tum out the way I wanted it too. the unique problem of trying " Use the Man" were inspired The change-up in the Overdrive. on me. I couldn' t wait to get home.' ' "It's not a bi2 deal. If you do something to please both new and old by an acquantance of the band. band's g uitar is modestly Ell e fson says the band is As it was, it had been Welenc's friend who cool - 2reat. Tl1cn maybe you ' ll have stories fans. "We were carefu I not to "A person we know runs a noti ceable on tracks about to embark on th e second pried her fro m the couch just to get her to go to tell. If not. yo u're probably not alone ... alienate anyo ne." he says. facility for drug addiction:· ·'Mastermind'' and " I' ll Get leg of their tour. "We're a ll out. "I should have stayed home anyway.'· Sharp. LaFashia and Sperry all agree that The album was written in Elle fson says. 'There was a Even ... On both tracks the gui­ excit ed , now th at we ha ve Welenc says. "And now this.'' New Year's Eve is definitely not as big of a two parts in 1996 and com­ person in th ere trying to ge t tar work is toned down a bi t, more ex pos ure o n our second A senior at Boston University, she is not deal as most people make it out to be. pleted after a nine-month rest clean. but he got high and but not much. album ... alone with her New Year's disaster tale. Some "I 2uess that it doesn't really matter where fro m touring. Ellefson says. overdosed and died.'' "Cryptic writings·· contains The band is currently work­ University of Delaware students also had less you g'Q or ,.;hat you do." Sperry says. "Just With lyrics like: I've seen Ellefson says when the stall thrashers li ke ''FFF." ''The in g o n the second edition of th e man use the needle I 1'1•e of the faci lity went through Di sinti2rato rs." "Trust" and their comi c book. whic h than perfect evenings on Dec. 3 1. because it s New Year's doesn' t mean that Sophomore Tavia Sharp decided to spend you' ll automati call y have a good time:· seen the needle use the IIIGIJ I the man's personal belongings ''Almo;t Honest" with themes Ellefson says features topics her New Year's Eve on a crui se around Even the main event can fizzle out. Each l'l'e see11 mYSelf use the nee­ they found a book of song about relationships gone to from the band's pas t ly ri cs. Baltimore Harbor with her friends. Sharp says year thousands of freezing visitors cram into dle, from the song "Use the lyrics and the plans of all the he ll and painfully raw vu lner­ '·Our first one already sold the idea seemed like a good one at first - Times Square to watch the ball drop. Frenzied Man.'' the driving fo rce things he wanted to do. " He ability. out," he said. "The comic and it was something to do other than just go excitement surrounds the event and peeks behind the band's inspiration wanted to do so much and hi s Themes in volving broken book is really something for to a party. may be suspect to fans. life was cut so sho rt." relationships are not topics our hard-core fans." ri crht at the moment the glowing orb descends. Sharp says she ended up ringi ng in the "'Then it hits bottom and half of the freezing According to Ellefson. " In Since the band has been most would expect to hear Long-term future plans for New Year by spending the night throwi ng up our lyrics, we' re bearing our around fo r a while, he says, he from a band named Megadeth, the band, according to visitors just go home. because she got sea sick. "I' II never do that This year wasn't much different - except souls. Our inspiration comes feels the music on the album but most wouldn't expect the Ellefson, seem to be cryptic. again," she says. th at the day before New Year's a building col­ from life experiences with has definitely transcended the Beatles to be one o f their Ellfeson says the band will For other people, New Year's Eve was lapsed in Manhattan. Of the I 00,000 people what happens around us.'' heavy metal category. influences either. just take things as they come. some what less eventful. Junior Candi Sperry ex pected to show up, only 20.000 braved the Several songs about trust in " We' re always aware of the Ellefson, who played says, "I just stayed in with my family.'' cold to join in the festivities. ---

B2. THE REVIEW. January 16 , 1998 It doesn't get much better than this As Good As It Gets other in a daze, caught between Simon Nye (G reg TriStar Pictures laughing and crying. Kinnear) bears the Rating: 'Cl At't:'Cl This scene sums up the tone of unfortunate distinction the film, an emotional tear-jerker of being Melvin's laced with hilarious yet poignant neighbor. Simon is a It's cold. Make like a penguin humor. talented artist, openly and chill. Ladies and Nicholson adopts the role of a homosexual and highly The days are gentlemen take my romance novelist who suffers from sensitive. These quali­ gloomy. advice put on some an obsessive-compulsive disorder. ties fuel Melvin 's spi te skates and glide on the ice. That 's The disorder comes alive in for him and hi s right, our very own U of D offers Melvin's unwavering daily sched­ adorably ugly dog, skating and fun for all at the Blue ule. He eats the same breakfast of Verde II. But there are Ice Arena. Relax and listen to tun e~ bacon, sausages and eggs at the But life as Mel vi n as you make your way around th e same neighborhood restaurant knows it is about to things to do. rink. This one makes for a good every morning. He stakes out his come to a crashing halt. cheap date, ·entrance is free for UD own table, carries his own plas­ Simon is nearly beaten Trust us. students and skate rentals are only BY ELIZABETH BEUKEMA ticwear and insists on being served to death in a robbery two b cks. E11~rwimuent Ediror by only one waitress, Carol attempt. While Simon recovers, But it is Me lvin 's generosity "What if this is as good as it Everything from dramatic divas Connelly (Helen Hunt). Melvin find s himself playing toward Carol th at reveals the depth Metal heads unite. gets?" Jack Nicholson as obses­ to funkY art is here to draw you out Hunt brings a unique mix of mommy to Verdell . of hi s personality and genuineness. Forget low key. sive-compulsive Melvin Udall of that win ter coma. So toss on a Megadeth is playing at strength and humility to the role of Who knew that a pet could Some men give th eir dates flowers, asks a waiting room full of neu­ sweare r and step outside. Th e the Electric Factory. Carol, the mother of a chronically inspire such drastic change in a some give paupers pennies. rotics, psychotics. and emotionally H'orld is an O\'Ster and The Hitlist with not just one, but two hardcore asthmati c little boy and a woman heartless man ·J In the opening Melvin procures a doctor to care unbalanced patients in his psychia­ is vow· guide. o pening bands. Check of Life of desperately trying to create a life scene of the movie Melvin drops for Carol's son. tri st's office . Agony and Coal Chamber. The for herself in the cold reality of Verdell down the garbage chute, It 's a gift she simply can ' t It 's the type of question that show begins at 8:30 pm. If one New York City. cursing the precocious animal all return. even if Melvin can be unde­ makes a depressed person's stom­ night of these heavy metal gods Carol is the victim of Melvin's the way down. niably cruel at times. FRIDAY ach churn. just won't do, how about two loud daily tirades on humanity. He takes Through the slow bonding "As Good As It Gets" is a film T he victims of Melvin's antiso­ Go on be trashy, you and insane nights. Show time for pride in his abi lity to be confronta­ process bet ween man and dog, about metamo rphosis. Carol learns cial behavior just stare at each can even be sleazy at Sunda is at 8pm. tional, to repulse and to wound. He Melvin finds that he can vary hi s that she can love and forgive. the Troc. The Balcony hates Jewish people routine and the world will not col­ Simon finds the strength to over­ at the Trocadero pre­ Cross the border north­ with large noses, black lapse. In caring for thi s little life, come adversity and survive. The Gist of It sents Sleaze Party. Get down and wise and find out for people and pets. he begins to see people in a new Melvin discovers a way to cease dirty and blow o ut your eardrums yourself. Jazz is Dead SHWEEET.' He has no qualms light. his belligerent behavior. It's a film with FEDUP, Styshnine Babies and featuring Billy Sell your body. about speaking hi s cal­ Melvin finds himself respecting worth seeing. Meth 25. Don' t be left out on Cobham, Alfonzo Johnson, T. lous thoughts. Melvin Simon's manager from the New The romance involved makes Lavitz and Jimmy Herring with Just do it. Monday Morning when you friends is a man to be avoided York' s slums, Frank Sachs (Cuba . "As Good As It Gets" the perfect talk about their rockin' weekend, special guest Mer] Saunders, will Nothing special. at all costs, but some Gooding Jr.) as the two plot to res­ date flick. But more than that, this perform at Keswick Theatre, Gimp. victims just can't cue Simon from the throws of is a movie for the so ul , to be seen Easton Road and Keswick Avenue, escape. bankruptcy and depression with friends, old and new. If the sound of music Glenside, Pa. Who are these guys'~ gives you chi lis, there Why do they think rock and roll's are always dramatic roots are wilted'~ Find o ut : $25. DeNiro and Fonda play the most engaging charac­ the mass murders of the unfortunate Pari sians at a alternati ves. On Friday Call (215) 572-7650. Now Playing ters in the film, delivering the funniest dialogue, but make-shift dance club/slaughter house. These graphic and Saturday the Chapel Street have onl y a few minor scenes to work their magic. gorging scenes were both bone-chilling and mind­ Players g ive you a double shot of .JACKIE BROWN -Jessica Myer numbing . one act plays. Excerpts from SUNDAY During Quentin Tarantino's latest !lick Jackie - Elizabeth Beukema AN AMERI CAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS Parall e l Lives is Friday night's pre­ Brown, something will tum up missing- the action. "An American Werewolf in Paris." is yet another THE PoST~ tA N se ntation and don't forget to check Rack 'em up . As you r Samuel L. Jackson plays Ordell, a dark, slimy weekend winds down second-rate sequel in the genre of horror !licks. Kevin Costner stars in this futuri stic epic about a out Excerpts From Look Back In criminal who sells illegal guns to make fast cash. Anger. Show time fo r both nights is why not end it with a Based on the John Landis' 1980's thriller "American war-ravaged and ecologically unstable America in the Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is an over-the-hill stew­ at 8: 15 . low key game of pool Werewolf in London,'' the fi lm follow s the adven­ year 2013. With the former U.S . government di s­ ardess who runs money for him by using her job as a at Cue Stix in the Newark banded, survivors are left to struggle for themselves cover. tures of three young college grads as they descend Shopping Pl aza. Cue Stix also has Brown is approached by an agent (Michael upon Paris in their "Daredevil Tour of Europe." in isolated towns lacking communication links. SATURDAY an entire room of video games to Keaton) and pretends to make a deal with the police In a quest to score the highest daredev il points, A lone drifter (Costner) rides into one such town e ntertain those who aren't exactly to help catch her boss, but her real plan is to swipe Andy (Tom Everett Scott), Brad (Vince Vieluf) and with hopes of obtaini ng food and shelter and di s­ Still not sati sfied ? Turn pool a icionados. the money for herself and outsmart both Ordell and Chris (Phil Buckman) find themselves in the midst of guised as a postman from the newly restored United that frown upside down his predators . a French werewolf infestation. States Government. with " Mr. Rubber Men's basketball will The plot skips around in the usual Quentin While preparing to bungee jump from the Eift'el The postman soon becomes an epic hero as he Face.'' Hi s face isn' t take on Vermont at the Tarantinoesque way, with Brown eventually falling in Tower, Andy encounters the woman of his dreams, helps the townspeople ri se up against their brutal really made of rubber, but there's Bob Carpenter Sports love with her 50-year-old bail bondsman. The pair is the mysterious Serafine (Julie Delpy), as she contem­ oppressors. some thing funny about him. bui !ding at I p.m. incredibly unlikely from the start of their affair, and plates suicide. After saving her life, Andy finds him­ The movie resembles most other Costner II hns Comedian Terry Gillespie from and follows the same tired formula- accidental hero their on ly kiss is enough to make anyone lose their self caught up in a beastly love affair with the beauti­ TV's " Evening at The Improv" is saves the impoverished from evil oppression. Thi s popcorn. ful shapeshifter. appearing at Bucks County Ahh. time to relax and catch a few uninspired fi lm should be seen as a rental, not on the Robert DeNiro also appears in the movie as a con­ The one redeeming quality of the 111m is the fan­ Comedy Cabaret at Poco's in zzz's - so you can prepare for the big screen. man fresh lrom prison who teams up with Ordell and. tastically choreographed action sequences, including Doylestown. Do n' t mi ss openers coming of next week 's Hitlist, of -Elizabeth Beukema Melanie (Briget Fonda) in the lucrative trade. Seratlne's metamorphoses into a hairy werewolf and Mike Stankiewiicz and Philly course. funny man Eric Lyden. - Laura Sankowich and staff

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The People's Choice. The Apple. Grammies. The Oscars. MTV's The Star Wars Trilogy made a Music Video Awards. The Golden comebac k on the hig screen with Globes. The Whitey-Band enhanced special effects, ·'Titanic"' around Underwear Fine Arts Bowl. we· ve c rashed headlong into the box got it all. office and Kevin Costner failed 10 And, for whatever it 's worth, deliver as "The Postman." The Review makes its picks for A cart oon called ··south Park" 1997 100. managed to free bathroom humor It was a year for Ska. The o ut of the toilet and ont o the li ving with freak upbeat, punky reggae-rock that has room television set. (Way to go flourished underground for a Kenny, for finally surviving th at decade or so dominated the air­ episode I) waves in '97 like never before. And .. . huh ... Beavis and Butt­ Female musicians moved up head met their maker as MTV again in the recognition game, finally ended th e show's controver­ band ICP thanks in part to the highly success­ sial run . (Fear not, pyromaniacs, ful Lilith Fair Concerts. there are always reruns.) BY SHANNON BAKER And the antics went on for the Prepubescent teen-age girls So here's our final say on other Sraff Reporrer duration of the show. made the mistake of falling in love year gone by in a world where the As the stage at the Electric ICP's very own pet zombie with Hanson, while college guys Factory in Philadelphia was being spent hi s time in costume, stum­ divide between pop culture and set up for th e headline act of the bling about the stage picking up fawned over the sexually liberated high art is so blurry we can hardly night. an irritable crowd began its th e empties. Spice Girls and a waify F ionna see a difference anymore. chant. The chaos conti nued with a "ICP, ICP, ICP .. . " mock execution. Performers They had already put up with dressed up in police uniforms, ran B EST MUSIC VIDEO BEST NEW plenty of Misery, a fittingly named, on the stage and pretended to beat less-than-talented group of rap one of the two members of the Prodigy, "Smack My ARTIST artists who jammed to pre-record­ band with billy clubs . ed tracks and synthesizer noise. As The rioters produced a make­ Bitch Up" 3rd Eye Blind an opener, Misery nopped. believe electric chair and a band Members came on stage dressed a member was strapped in. And the 1.- prison inmates in orange uniforms. crowd delighted in the simulated B EST MOTION BEST voice in the crowd: "They uck I " fry that fo II owed. But th at was over. Now, as the The o utrageous escapades per­ PICTURE(S) liARD ROCK BAM> audience packed themselves onto hap were o rigina l, but ICP's the small n oor, scuffle s broke out music was anything but. The bass The Star Wars Trilogy b here and there. leaving a trail of line were scooped off Cypress bo uncers who couldn' t penetrate Hill. minus any fi nesse. and th e the depths of the throng. plus a lit­ lyrics were. for the most part, unin­ B EST TELEVISION BEST SKA BAN:O tle bit o f blood and no t a few bro­ telligible. ken spirits. What was understandable had S HOW The Mighty Migh,ty The lead band of the ni ght soon something to do wi th screwing th e appeared in nightmari sh c lown poli ce. The beat, which was pre­ "South Park" Bosstones costumes straight out of a Stephen program med. seemed sampled off King novel. Backed by an intri­ any Cooli o. Snoop Doggy Dog or cately haunted et with high-tech Cypress Hill tune. lighting and countless fog The crowd was surpris ingly B EST M OTION BEST machines. they opened wi th a song diverse. There were younger peo­ call ed "My Kind of Bitch." ple in freaki sh dress with their PICTURE ELECTRONICA And that "s basically what a faces painted white, 20-somethings S OUNDTRACK BAND night with Insane Clown Posse is in polo shirts, and middle-aged like. men wearing the band's logo on "Swingers" Prodigy The shady techno-rappers ren­ their shirts. Fascinating at first , 1 J "'n dered '·H ouse of Horror." a freak­ like th e band - then just plain bor­ ' ,. how ci rcus act that doubles as a ing. (. J far-out music performance at th e One thing is true: Insane Clown B EST FEMALE BEST RAP AR111ST Electric Factory last Saturday. Posse is blessed with a talented . 'j ,T.I;Jc, SCI .<) I' incluj.lj;d tl10c.:k;\1p ·production· crew. Designing such . " VOCALIST Puff paddy.; refrigerator and book shelves an extravagant act demands real stoc ked full of 2:'li ter soda bottles e ffort . The final product almost SdraJ{ McLachlan filled with Faygo root bear. made up for what the ICP lacks in BEST PoP/ Electri c Factory workers musical ingenuity. THE REV IEW I Bob Weill donned rain gear while the band Enjoy the crazy carnival if you Insane Clown Posse, a forgettable group of techno rappers, BEST MALE VOCALIST ROCK BAND sprayed the stuff a ll over the sec these g uys. but don't pay more brought its noise, mock executions and soda-spewing antics crowd. than it's worth. to the Electric Factory in Philadelphia last Saturday. Bob Dylan Radio head

SKIING AND SAFETY: Savvy practices prevent accidents

BY CHRISS! PRUITT very likely.'' A.Hiftam EJuorwl Ed11n1 Kelly says the sport can A heavily bundled figure sv. iftl y traverses be risky but skiers should down a snow-covered mountainside. take into account not only Steadily accelerating. th e downhill adve ntur­ the difficulty level of th e - --= -.. _ er careens out of contro l at a bend and soars s lope but also consider off the trail into the wood . The ski er is their own abilities before stopped by an enormous tree . If he i' lucky, teari ng down th e mo untain. he gets away with a few broken bones: if not, " It's a precarious sport." he dies. she says. " You have to be Michael Kennedy. son of the late Robert aware of everything all o f ___,} F. Kennedy, was not lu cky. Kennedy was the time. You have to be skiing with hi s famil y in Aspen. Co .. on aware of o th er s kiers ...... __ /t · ' . New Year's Eve when he hi t a tree whil e where the paths go and playing a game o f "snow football." He died obstacles like trees, c liffs an hour and a half late r from massive head and that kind of thing. injuries and a severed spine. " You can' t just go Legendary rock star turned U.S. Rep. straight down the mountain Sonny Bono. R-Cal.. died in a similar inci­ not paying attention." dent a week later. Bono wa'> ' kiing wi th his Kell y says helmets family near Lake Tahoe, Nev .. when he went would help with secondary off trail and hit a tree. He suffered massive injuries. However, in more head injuries and died instantl y. severe accidents like The publicity surrou nding the recent Bono's and Kennedy's, deaths of the two celebrities has given a neg­ major injuries will not be pre- ati ve connotation to the thrilling winter sport vented by the use of helmets. and prompted people to question it s safety. She says even expert skiers should Officials from th e ational Ski Areas use common sense and caution . Association have been discussing th e pus i­ ''!think helmets will help wi th minor bility of encouraging skiers to wear helmets. accidents. But if you go off trail and slam Juniors Dana DeGaetano and Joslyn Kelly into a tree, you' re gonna break your neck recently took a trip with two oth er fri end s to regardless,'' she says. "I just don't under­ .. the Killington Ski Resorts in Vermont. Ke ll y stand how someone could ski down one o f Kelly ha' and DeGaetano are both avid skiers and have the most difficult mountains in th e country incurred some J,; '· •, been si nce childhood. and try to toss a football. I just can't fathom minor injuries whil e , •·' •' j I "I think skiing is dangerou s because a lot how someone would even try that on such a slaloming down the slopes • !... ' ~-' .J • J of people go up with no fears. and they think dangerous slope - no matter how great a including knee injuries and various 1 . ' dl they can do everything." DeGaetano says. skier he was." bumps and bruises. ball. "People go with their friends. and they fol­ Ski patrols post recomme nd ations '·I had a friend who broke hi s arm and In 1996, the Consumer .. low along and try to keep up. They don't according to the obstacles of the trai I and the another who broke hi s hip.'' she says. "But Product Safety Commission reponed even consider what can happen.'· height of the slope. Mountains are catego­ you know what. those things can happen in I 08,385 people were treated in emergency attention focusing on the safety ofskii'ng, the She says she would not be bothered by rized in degrees of difficulty ranging from any sport.'' rooms for downhill-skiing accidents that popular recreation remains an exciting hod having to wear a helmet whi le skiing but beginner and intermediate to advanced and Despite the dangers in vo lved. skiing year. During the same period I 02,820 in-line healthy activity. As with any spo rt ,' " t!ler~ are questions the necessity. ex pert. remains a very popular winter sport. skaters, 363,921 football players and certain regulations to follow in or~er'~.o pre- "It would be the same thi ng as wearing a Kelly says those who do not abide by the In a report released by the NSAA in 1996 538,274 bicyclists also were treated in hos­ vent accidents and mishaps. ;L " • • helmet when you' re riding a bike," she says. signs are taking dangerous chances with it was determined 52.5 million daily ski pitals nationwide. The NSAA recommends peopre planning "There are lots of sports in which you need their lives. passes were sold and 36 deaths occurred in " Skiing is a great rush and a lot of fun ," a ski trip work out about two weeltg "lllTdidto to protect your head . If we' re at a risk when "Skiing is a very high risk sport, but th at's nationwide sk i-related accidents. In the Kelly says. "Sure it can be dangerous, but minimize sore muscles. The number dri rule skiing then I think we should wear helmets. the thrill of it,'' she says. "It 's an exhilarating realm of sports-related injuries, skiing acci­ you have to be aware of that and be careful. the NSAA emphasizes is for athleih'"ro ~ow " But honestly, how often do people die feeling. You just have to be careful and know dents are not as freque nt as those which It's just like a lot of things -you have to be their own abilities and refrain frol}l' HH!sp,bn- 1 from skiing accidents? It just doesn' t seem your limits." occur in acti vities like bike riding and foot- smart about it.'' Regardless of the media sible behavior on the slopes. ' '• ( ' ' ' ' fi J~ ' ; 41uh ,,. '' ... B4• THE REVIEW . January 16, 1998 Feature Honestly, it's OK to be on your own Forum to what my roommates have with their ··so, you're next!" and "Any prospects for a mate, marrying that person and living happily compromises. BY VERONICA FRAATZ boyfriends/fiances. husband yet?" And all I could think was , "I'm ever after. I'm not planning on getting married right It 's not that I don't want another long-term nineteen." All those questions and winks and But that 's not the case any longer. [ came out of college, or even considering the possi­ This past Friday, my roommate, Amy, got relationship, or even that it 's not preferable to nudges made me feel like I was some sort of here to learn how to become a journalist, so I bility. And I'm not condemning anyone else engaged to her boyfriend on their three-year whatever I have going for me now. but it just freak for being single. could get a pretty good job and make a decent who does; believe me, I envy people who have anniversary. I knew it was something they had hasn 't happened again. But really, being single doesn't mean you're li vi ng. And if [ meet my soul mate in the that comfort at this point in their lives, but I been planning. They had been shopping for Whatever the circumstances process ... hey, great. know it's not fo r me. I just want to have a good rings and discussing it for quite some time. are - that he's not the right A while ago, a male friend time. My oth er roommate, Kelly. and her guy. or I'm not the right girl , or of mine and I discussed that in [ still like the idea of the companionship, boyfriend also have been together for several I'm too picky. or he's not all our pending profession getting and honestly, I wou ldn 't object to having a years. and they too have been discussing mar­ that into monogamy - I All those questions and winks into a seri ous relationship now boyfriend hanging around, but it's becoming liagc. And my other roommate, Emily, has haven't found someone to is just plain senseless. less of a top priority. When it comes down to been going out with her boyfriend for five change my world around. Journalism, especially within it, I'm still having a good time, and that's all year,. At this point in time. I've and nudges made me feel like newspapers, requires a lot of that should matter. r m ''the sing le one ... pretty much resigned myself to traveling around and switching 1 guess the bottom line to it all is this. To all It ·s not a bad thing. and not something I'm the fact that I probably won't I was son1e sort jobs - it's nothing very solid, those who have been dumped and are now ashamed of. lind the man of my dreams here and certainly nothing that's wandering around, not knowing what to do I had a relationship once in high school that on this beautiful campu · nf offreak for being single. conducive to being intensely without their other half: extended over the course of three years. The ours. !thought I had found Mr. committed to another person. Give yourself some time. Get to know your­ time I pent with my boyfriend, Jack. is a part Right at one point. but to no Sometimes exceptions are self. Relax. And in the words of the late Janis of me I'll keep all of my life. He was my best avail. He turned out 10 be made, and people fall in love Joplin, "Don't compromise yourself. You arc friend. and he was the biggest part of my life another one of those guys with anyway, despite whatever crazy all you've got.'' for those three years. We grew up together. and a strict aversion 10 commitment. And when I cursed, or a bad person. Being sing le is what profession with which they may have gotten I lovell him . realit.ctl things with him would never work you make of it. You make decisions fur yo u. involved. Still , I have to agree with my friend. - Veronica Fraatz is a senior staff reporter for But we broke up when I came to Delaware. out. I got down on myself that I wasn't with and you alone. You have the freedom to do I once heard the saying, "Love does not Th e Re1·iew, and will soon to be a city ne1•·s antl since then I've had some dates and some anyone. whatever you want without anyone holding consist in looking into each other's eyes. but edit01: She really does JVish the best of luck to week- or month-long relationships that arc It doesn't help when everyone expects me you back. And the li st goes on. outwards in the same direction together: · And her roommates. and 1~ishes them no ill will. probably better forgotten , but nothing near the to have a boyfriend. ei ther. At my brother's It used to be th at many women attended col­ ever since, [ knew how I would know I had Send commellls to [email protected]. extent of what l had before, and not even close wedding last year. all I heard all night was: lege solel y for the purpose of finding a worthy found "the one," and until then, I'll make no The Fallen Famous: ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE ECLECTICALLY INEPT A look back at the careers Cool ways to chase the and fates of cultural icons

BY ELIZABETH BEUKEMA Columbia Records that same year. Enter1ainment Editor Nyro's career spanned three decades and her music touched countless listeners. She wintertime blues away CHRIS FARLEY finally succumbed to ovarian cancer last 1964-1997 spring. BY CH RI S BOHLMAN The 33-year-old spent the early 1980s Stulf Rl!fW rter performing in theater before being cast on MICHAEL Don 't spend this win­ Saturday Night Live by producer Lome HUTCHENCE ter session watching Michaels in 1990. 1967-1997 "Road. Rules" re-runs The overweight Farley was best known The 37-year-old on MTV and eating for his high-energy slapstick routines on the lead singer of the unsafe quantities of late-night ski t show. 1980s rock giant Ganello ·s pizza. Get During his career, the comedian starred in INXS died of an away from the lonely the tilms "Tommy Boy,'· "Black Sheep" and apparent suicide isolati on of dorm life "Beverly Hill s Ninja." He also had minor ov. 22. and check out what 's ro les in the movies "Wayne 's World 2," Hutchence 's happening around "Cuneheads" and "Airheads .'· Farley body was found ewark this January. received the MTV Movie Award with David naked. hanging And to make life easi­ Spade for Best Comedic Duo for their hilar­ from a belt tied to the door handle in his er. here· > a quick list of ious performances in "Tommy Boy.'· Ritz-Carlton suite in Sidney, Australia. >omc of up-and-coming Farley died Dec. 18, 1997. of an acc iden­ Resembling Jim Morrison in appearance entertainment events tal overdose of opiates and morphine . and talent, Hutchence's ro e to fame with taking place on and Toxicology reports also revealed traces of hit s like ·'Devil Inside'· and '·Never Tear Us around campus. cocaine. marijuana and prozac in his blood Apart." • The Iron Hill stream. He was engaged to television personality Brewery on Main Street Paula Yates and left behind hi s 16-month-old boast> a pa<.:ked li vc JOBN DENVER daughter. music cnlcndar this win­ 1943-1997 His death came just three days before ter that kicks off with Whi lc hard-rock INXS was embark on their 20th anniversary Celtic group cwgrange dominated the tour in Australia. Jan. 16at10p.m. 1970s. hearing­ Other acts at the I ron impaired John GIA Nl V~: RSA CE Hi II also start at I 0 p.m. Denver made a 1947-1997 The Ben Sw ift Band name for himself The fashion world shook in horror this wi II bring its fresh brand and hi s homespun sum mer when Versace was murdered by ser­ of rock to Iron Hill Jan. folk music celebrat­ ial killer Andrew Cunanan. 23. ing nature with Known for his promotional savvy and Christine Havrilla. si mple so ngs like creative flair, Versace turned his talent for singer/ and "Rocky Mountain High ," "You ' re so style into a multi-billion dollar business. winner of the 1996 THE REVIEW I File Photo Beautiful'' and the autobiographical dominating the fashion industry. Nor' Easter Band Vic Sadot and his electric Cajun band, Planete Folie, will play the Iron Hill on Feb. 27. "Annie's Song.'' He was most Competition in about how to naturally fight th e cold­ • Students seeking on-campus enter­ The 53-year-old musician died Oct. 12, widely recognized Philadelphia, will showcase her power­ weather sniffles. tainment can head over to the PTTP Box 1997, when his plane crashed into for transforming ful vocals and aggressive guitar playing Cecil County folk and bluegrass band Office and catch two Shakespeare plays California's Monterey Bay. the runway shows on Jan . 30. Kindred Spirits will perform Jan. 23 at this winter. into runaway rock Alfie Moss, voted Delaware's Best 8:00p.m. "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," a LAURA NYRO operas and gala Jazz Performer of the Year by a local The Second Chance Blues Band will romantic comedy in which two men fall 1946-1997 events. readers poll of major publications, play Jan . 30 at 8:00p.m. in love with the same wo man, will be Folk musi~.- fans His funeral was brings her own mix of jazz, pop, and • The East End Cafe on Main Street showing Jan. 22. 24 and 30 at 7:30p.m. mourned the death attended by celebri­ Caribbean music to the Iron Hill on Feb. will pre ent a lineup of local tunes thi s and Jan. 31 at 12 :30 p.m. of 46-year-old ties from all walks 13. winter. Open mic night will be Sundays "The Merry Wives of Windsor," will Laura Nyro last of fame, from The Barbone Street Jazz Band , an as Newark band Ceci I' s Water shares the run Jan . 23. 28 and 31 at 7:30p.m. and April. During her Princess Diana to authentic ew Orleans Jazz group, wi ll career she recorded Elton John. bring more than 283 comb1ned years oi stage with four other acts of choice. at 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 24 and Feb. I. Sign-up is at 6:00 p.m. four , jazz experience to Newark Feb. 20. • Also on-campu : • Looking for some poetry? Check inc luding the popu- NOTORIOUS B.l.G. Iron Hill also will host a Mardi Gras New-sound Latin band jCalientel wi ll & 1973-1997 Party with Newark regulars Vic Sadot 's out Jam·n Java·s open mic ni ght bring six musicians and five dancers to Thirteenth The 24-year-old rap star, born Planete Fo li e Band with it s French every Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. Sign-up is at the university this month. The band 's Confession." Christopher Wallace, died in an unsolved waltzes, Creole and e lectric blues on 8:30p.m. funky brand of salsa. merengue. and Over the decades, Nyro's mu ic became drive-by shooting in March. Feb. 27 . Jam' n & Java in the Newark cha-cha will fill Mitchell Hall Jan . 23 at the inspiration for artists like Tori Amos and His music was wildly prophetic of his • Borders Books and Music in Shopping Center also will ho st music 8 p.m. groups Karm a and Lunchbox on Jan . 16 Suzanne Vega. Many of her songs were life. His 1994 debut album "Ready to Die" Newark wi II host a performance by Emmy-Award-winning Dr. Bi fl y and 17. respectively. Don't mis s impres­ Taylor brings his 50 years of jazz expe­ recorded by later artists including Three Dog was recognized for its "true ghetto" sound Scottish-born folk-singer Christina Night and The Fifth Dimension. Harrison on Jan. 16 at 8 p.m. sive voca ls by Quiet on Jan. 23. rience to the university Feb. 27. He will and went platinum, climbing to No. 5 of the Despite her musical career, much of Billboard charts. Also at Borders: Punk rockers Terrapin Project will host a workshop at Loudis Recital Hall bring their hard sound on Jan . 24. in the Amy E. DuPont Music Building at Nyro's life was shrouded in mystery. Hi s final album, "Life After Death,'' was Dr. Gonzales-Copeland will speak at According to pop music legend, the singer an herbal workshop Jan. 19 at 7:30p.m. All performances at Jam'n & Java's 2:30p.m. and give a public performance released in the months following his death. start at 9 p.m. in Mitchell Hall at 8 p.m. was booed off the stage at the 1967 The suspicious title sparked controversy Monterey Pop Festival. throughout the rap music world as fans spec­ In reality, she mesmerized the crowd with u Ia ted that hi s death was a staged media her sensitive lyricism. She signed with ploy. · ·· ·· · ·· · ·· calling··azz·cteative minds: Celebrities leave fleeting traces continued from page B I outdoors with "Rocky Mountain them to be.'' shooting. The death of the yo un g High ,'' died Oct. 12 in a plane crash Soon the faces of the celebrities : ·Magazine: wants your short stories · ani't brought his "Hellraising'' at age 53. Critics often berated who died last year and shortly before ~ . : . . : I ; : . : ~ ~ ; ' .. i ' . I . : ; • j • • I mu sic to light just months before th e Denver fur his sappy lyrics and wd l be replaced with those of other death of hi s rival rapper, Notorious cheesy lllnes, but he swck to his politicians, singers. rappers, actors, ··and poems 'and other good stuff for a· B.LG . motto , " I want people to feel th e comedians, athletes and designers. Tupac was shadowed by the larg­ goodness in th eir own lives.'' They may be forgettcn, but the er-than-life B.I.G. The singer's death gave new impressions they left on th e The 24-year-old rapper who meaning to hi s wo rds, "I'm leavi n' American public remain intact. literary comer SOON to air. Don't called himself Biggie inspired many on a jet plane ... 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BY CHRISTOPHER YASIEJKO guard Ty Perry, who scored 15 points. " We Managing News Editor need to springboard to the next game and It was strange, this feeling of total victo­ play together the same way. ry. Strange, not because the Hens hadn' t "[The Dragons) made a [ 15-5) run late won before, but because this Delaware in th e second half, but we stayed in it, kept team had never beaten the almighty pluggin' .'' Dragons of Drexel. Drexel briefly took the lead when, with Never. 2:08 remaining, guard Bryant Coursey's For nearly three years, coach Bill layup gave his team a 65-64 lead. Herrion's Philadelphia powerhouse had Pecru es then made one of two free pounded the Delaware men's basketball throw"s to tie the game before sinking a key program with defeat after excruciating hook shot over the Dragons' 6-foot-9 Joe defeat. During that span, the Hens lost one Linderman, who led all players with 22 coach, an entire roster of players and five points and II rebounds. Not to be outdone, consecutive games to the Dragons. Linderman s tretched hi s limber legs on his But Tuesday night, Delaware came to way to the opposite basket for a shot that the realization that this season, things are was soundly blocked by ... Pegues. different. This season, Drexel is mortal. "Mike's o ur foundation," Perry said. "Drexel's a beatable team this year," " He 's our meal ticket. We expect big things said sophomore forward Mike Pegues. who from him.'" celebrated his 20th birthday with 13 points Third-year Hens coach Mike Brey, who and eight rebounds. hadn't beaten Drexel in his previous five "They're still a great encounters with the team, said Pegues has MEN'S team. but they're become the go-to player on the inside. BASKETBALL heatable more than "It's no secret we like the ball in Mike's they were in the last hands," Brey said. ''I'm very proud with Drexel 68 few years." the way we've started this segment. And if Hens 73 ..... And so. thanks we handle it right, when the smoke c lears largely to an offense Jan. 25, we could be in a very good posi­ that hit I 0 of 20 from tion in thi s thing. But we've got a lot of three-point range to counter Drexel"s tough work ahead of us.'· relentless inside coverage, the Hens (8-5 The victory against Drexel was the first overall, 4-2 America East) silenced their of five straight home games against confer­ regional rivals 73-68 at the Bob Carpenter ence rivals. The third-place Hens face Center. fourth-place Hartford tonight at 7:30 Three days earlier, Delaware faced a before dealing with league leaders Vermont Maine team that concentrated on the Hens' and Northeastern next week. A televised 12 outside game. Center Darryl Pres ley and noon game against rival Boston University Pegues res ponded with career highs of 29 Jan. 25 ends the segment of the season that and 27 points. respectively, in a 94-82 road could put Delaware at the top of the stand­ win. ings, if the team's adaptive qualities con­ Tuesday night. the Dragons (5-7, 3-3) tinue. aimed to sto p that inside game. It worked: But for now, the Hens are enjoying their Delaware made just four two-point shots in most recent, most gratifying victory this the entire second half. season. But the Hens capitalized on their sec­ "It feels tremendous to finally beat ond-half chances from beyond the arc (5 of Drexel.'' Pegues said. "Since I've been 9) and at the fo ul line (13 of 19). here we've gotten real close a few times. Sophomore guard Kestutis Marciulionis I' m glad my sophomore year, not long after led the team with 18 points, including four I got here, we got ,em." THE REVIEW/John Chabalko three-pointers. In all, four Hens finished in Delaware guard Kestutis Marciulionis contains his Drexel opponent during the Hens' 73-68 victory Thesday night. double figu res. "This is a great feeling," said junior Hens get blown out by Dragons, 73-48 Drexel too much Delaware falls apart after halftime for women S hoops BY JAMIE AMATO eight of 16 free throws, while the Spm1s Editor Dragons connected on 12 of their 18. The Delaware women's basketball BY JAMIE AMATO 3:46 remaining. After the Dragons hit "We missed 16 free throws tonight. team entered Tuesday night's game Spnrts Editor four consecutive free throws, while we gave them [Drexel] 28 free against Drexel looking to put an end to a The Delaware women's basketball Delaware j unior forward Jackie points,'· Delaware coach Tina Martin two-game losing streak and improve on team all but gave away a victory Porac hit a long three-pointer that said. "You're just not going to be uc­ a slow 4-8 start. Tuesday night when the Hens hosted tied the score at 24. Following two cessful at the Division I level playing At halftime, the Dragons held only a conference rival Drexel. more Drexel free throws, the like that." two point lead over the Hens after Delaware trailed by only two Dragons owned a 26-24 lead at the The loss was Delaware's third con­ Delaware had erased a seven point points at halftime, and appeared half. secutive, and dropped the Hens into deficit to trail 26-24. 1l1e Hens had posi­ oetermmeo to onng Its two-game los­ "1 tell ctecent at hall-lime, Marlin ninth place in the conference. tioned themselves beautifully to avenge ing skid to a halt. However. the Hens said. "We were gelling good looks, 'We just need to practice harder and completely fell apart in th e second but we just couldn't finish." their 73-63 loss to Drexel on Dec. 3. get more focused ... Jolmson said. 'We half, hitting less than 26 percent of The second half was a different However. the team had apparently ~eed to give more of an effort and come ex hausted all its capabilities in the first their field goals, and were blown out game altogether. The Hens missed together as a tean1. ·· half, because the Hens proceeded to get by the Dragons 73-48. half of their free throws, and made Despite being outdone in nearly every completely blown out by Drexel in the Despite outrebounding Drexel (5- only eight field goals en ro ute to statistical category. Delaware did receive 8, 2·1 America East) 50-41 and get­ being outscored 47-24. second half as their shooting percentage a career nigh in points ( I 0) and rebounds went from bad to worse. ting a career high I 0 points from Delaware scored the first two ( 15) from freshman forward Tracy freshman forward Tracy Whitling, points of the second half, but then After making good on only 33 per­ Whitling. However. eight of her points cent of their shots in the first half. the Delaware (4-9, 1-5 America East) allowed the Dragons to go on a 13-0 came when the Hens were behind by 10 Hens proceeded to make only 25 percem converted only 40 percent of its free scoring run. Late in the half, the Hens points or more. in the second. throws and could not make shots gave up an 8-0 scoring run , which ··we couldn't execute at all tonight,'" '1 when it needed to. sealed the victory for Drexel. don't know what it was." freshman Martin said. 'We didn't convert on near­ guard Cindy Johnson said. "We just "We had numerous opportunities "Our shots just weren't dropping ly enough of our scoring chances, and couldn't finish anything in the second tonight," Delaware coach Tina and that killed our spirit ," Delaware we need to do that in order to win." half.'" Martin said. "We missed too many freshman guard Cindy Johnson said. Next up for Delaware is a four game Free throw execution, or a lack there­ lay-ups and free throws, and the bot­ "Their defense wasn't all that tough, road trip in which the Hens will be look­ of, also killed Delaware. In the first half. tom line is we have to put the ball in we just needed to give more of an ing to improve on their 1-5 conference the Hens convened a meager three of II the basket to win." effort." THE REV IEW/ Jon Tuleya record. Delaware will rake on Hartford The Hens were able to keep the Delaware guard Kristen Stout chases down Drexel's Maureen from the line, while Drexel made 16 of tonight at 7:30, before traveling to its 20 free throw attempts. Although they Vennont on Sunday. game close in the fi rst half, rallying Michaels during the Dragons' 73-63 victory earlier this season. from a 14-7 deficit to lead 21-20 wi th see WOMEN'S HOOPS page 87 improved their percentage in the second half, the Hens were only able to convert Upcoming Games ••••••••••••••••••• Swimmers race past Towson BY JAMIE AMATO The women (4-3, 2-0 America both th e one- and three-meter com­ "We've all been practicing really Spom Editor East) beat Towson for the 23rd time petitions. hard and we all came together.'" Women's hoops The De laware men·s and in 2.:1 meetings, knocking off the "Our training from September is Dillinger said. ·'] think this will • 7:30 tonight at women's swimming Tigers 138-99. starting to pay off;' Schenck said. give us more confidence heading and diving teams "We' re known "We're a very well-rounded team. into the conference champi­ Hartford found strength in for dominating in and our depth will help us in onships.'' numbers and used Swimming and depth." Delaware upcoming meets" The Hens will take on American Men's hoops their depth to domi­ Diving coach John The women won II of 13 events. University in their final home meet • vs. Vermont Sun., nate America East Hayman said. and dominated the competition of the regular season this afternoon rival Towson Men's Women 's :'They don't have from the start. Sophomores Lisa at I. before traveling Old 1 p.m., in BCC University Hens 142..,. _H_ e_n_s_l_3_8-..,.- much depth on Dillinger, Sara Dyson and Amanda Dominion and Loyola for their Wednesday ni g ht at their squad. so th at Stouffer each won two evems as final 1wo meets of the season. Ice hockey Rawstrom Pool in Towson 95 UNC 99 helped us.'" the Hens rebounded from last "I like our chances in the final the Carpenter Sports The men's team week's loss to George Washington few meets ... Hayman said. " Our • 7:30 tonight at Building. had standout performances from University. women's team handled Old Arizona The men (4-3, 1- 1 America freshman Luke Schenck, who won Dillinger. who won the 200 Dominion and Loyola pretty easily, East), who have never lost to bot h the 400 individual medley and freestyle a nd I 00 backstroke, and our men's team has never lost Towson, won seven o f 12 events the 500 meter freestyle, and sopho­ a11ributed the win to the team's to Loyola. Our large squads should and cruised to a 142-95 victory. more diver Brian Aston. who won work ethi c and dedication. give us an advantage."

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