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In Sports In Section 2 ~~ (1 , £SA An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper Looks who's Happy New :g back. Komlo Year from / '' ft;;;f: reflects on Del. Times Square w'-' '\j page 86 page B1 /If'£~ w ) ( FREE FRIDAY Sills takes ·historic oath Female student Wilmington's first black maK_or is sworn in Tuesday dies in Gilbert By Margaret Zeman Center went to Megan's Gilbert A By Lisa McCue Studrnt Affairs Editor residence hall to speak to the RAs Associate News Editor When friends of Megan Betz and students, said Cynthia WILMINGTON - More than 500 people (HR FR) did not see her all day Cummings, associate director of flocked to City Council chambers Tuesday Monday they tried calling her room Housing and Residence Life. night to witness one of the state's most in Gilbert Hall A and leaving Danielle Mayers (HR FR) met · historic · events-the swearing-in of the messages on her answering Megan the first day of school in city's first African-American mayor. machine. But there was no biology lab and said she was "one After James H. Sills took his oath of response. of a kind." office, a packed audience of supporters, Though her door was locked, the "She was always interested in including Sills' family, Sen. Joseph R. fan was still running. Knowing how you were doing," Mayers said. Biden (D-Del.) and Governor-elect Thomas something was wrong, the students "Whenever you needed help with R. Carper, gave the new mayor a round of prompted two resident assistants anything, she would be there for thunderous applause and a standing ovation. (RAs) to unlock the door where you." Sills, a former university professor, they discovered Megan. Diane Betz, Megan's mother, defeated two-time incumbent Daniel County paramedics and Public said when Megan got her Frawley in the September Democratic Safety were called, but apparently acceptance letter to the university primary and is the city's 53rd mayor. Megan had been dead for several she was afraid to open it because Calling Wilmington a "great city," Sills hours. she didn't know if she would get pledged to develop "new partnerships with An autopsy was performed in. the business community, the state and Wednesday by the state medical Megan was very excited about federal governments, our non-profit examiner, but the results were college, her mother said. She loved agencies, our schools and colleges and the inconclusive. Additional tests will the university and wanted to be a citizens of Wilmington." be conducted and officials should resident assistant next year, she Sills said the election was a "highpoint of know how she died in a couple of said. a life trying to serve my community," and weeks, officials said. "Megan packed every bit of praised the city's community for helping Douglas F. Tuttle, director of living into life," Mrs. Betz said. fulfill his dream. Public Safety, said there is no "Her gift was her friendship." "Each of us and each of our neighbors has reason to suspect the cause of death Ted Betz, Megan's father, said a role to play in shaping our future," he. to be anything other than natural she was a good student who was a said. "For we are all stakeholders in the causes. member of the honor society and governance of our city." Timothy F. Brooks, dean of homecoming queen in high school. Sills outlined thr¢e priorities of his new students, said Megan, 18, from "I wish she was still with us," administration, including: Farmingdale, N.J., was a very well­ her father said. "We'll miss her." • improving management and productivity liked member of the university who Funeral services for Megan are see MAYOR SILlS page A4 was active in hall government. being held this morning at the On Tuesday night a counselor Lakewood Funeral Home in from the Student Counseling Howell,N.J. · Photos by jennifer Stevenson (Above) Former university associate professor James Sills BLish, Yeltsin sign holds his first press conference as the first black mayor of Wilmington Tuesday night. (left)A crowd of START II treaty supporters witnesses the swearin~ in of.the honorable Nuclear weapons reduction treaty james S1lls at the Wilmington City Council Chamber. officially ends arms proliferation By Stacey Bernstein Christopher A. Smith. assistant Copy Editor professor of military science, said: On Sunday, after more than two "From a military point of view, I decades of arms control talks. think it's a good move. With President George· Bush and fewer nuclear warheads, it is Russian President Boris N. easier for troops to guard them, Yeltsin signed in Moscow the and it is easier to maintain them." most far-reaching arms reduction The treaty signifies the biggest treaty since the start of the Cold arms reduction since the signing War. of the first major arms agreement, START II (The Strategic Arms SALT I, in the early 1970s. Reduction Treaty) will Oliver said SALT I did not call dramatically cut the United for a significant reduction in the States' and Russia's nuclear number of military arsenals, but warheads. rather a limitation of the growth in Texas CEO to speak at winter graduation The signing of the treaty, which production of nuclear warheads. calls for reducing the combined START I, proposed during the number of nuclear warheads in the' Reagan/Gorbachev years, called By Chiara DiRenzo · people than the former setting of ceremonies. He .said he plans to speak about two nations from 22,000 to less for reductions of nuclear arsenals. Copy Editor the Delaware Field House, each Stern, who is a university the existing problems of education than 7,000, marks a turning point Oliver said the treaty was "highly "Pomp and Circumstance" will graduate will receive eight guest alumnus, is the Chief Executive with an emphasis on taking action in U.S/Soviet relations. unfavorable to the Soviet Union, blare through the Bob Carpenter tickets compared to the usual five. Officer and chairman of the board and responsibility for them. James K. Oliver, professor of asking them to reduce arms in a Convocation Center Saturday Ronald Whittington, assistant to of a public relations firm located Whittington said, "It is political science and international way far more destructive to their when 550 students launch a new the president, said approximately in Dallas, Texas. tradition to have a successful relations, called the signing of the defense." beginning. 550 students are expected at the While he · attended the alumnus that was active at the treaty "a win-win situation The disintegration in the late John Brennan, assistant director ceremony, permitting more than university, Stern was editor in university to speak at winter between that United States and 1980s of the Soviet Union for the office of public relations, 5,000 people to attend the chief of The Review. and a commencement." Russia." prompted Russia to seek better said it must be exciting for the graduation activities. member of the Delaware He said the university is proud "If you would have said to most relations between the two graduates to be the first students Among those attending will be Undergraduate Student Congress. to have Stern speak at political analysts, like myself, 10 countries, he said. The terms of to attend the commencement commencement speaker Andy Stern said it is a great honor to commencement and is excited to to 15 years ago that there would START I were renegotiated and ceremony in the Convocation Stern. be asked to speak at welcome him back. have been a two-thirds cut in eventually called for a 50 percent Center. The alumni association commencement and said "an "It's real special to have him strategic arsenals in our lifetime, I reduction in arms. Brennan said since the new selected Stern, after many honor like this doesn't come accept the opportunity to come would have said, 'you're out of Under START II, which must setting accommodates more nominations, to host the everyday." see GRADUATION page A4 your mind,"' Oliver said. see SALT II page A4 .----INDEX-----. Absolut Delaware National Collegiate Report A3 Student Center construction Campus Briefs .................. A2 51 artists help raise money to fight HIV Classifieds ......................... B6 Comics .............................. B7 uncovers asbestos in ceilings News Analysis .................. A2 Police Report .................... A2 By J. Matthew O'Donnell $300 each. The paintings· were Review and Opinion ......... AS Nf!Ws F~>atures Ediror displayed in December and ~rd~~~§;,~:~dT,:,man Sports ................................ B4 For years Absolut Vodka current issues of USA Today. As part of the Perkins Student "It looks a little foreboding, but is reaDy advertisements have been featured A spokesman for Absolut ----Also iHsidt:--­ Center's annual maintenance plan, Vodka said, "Every dollar we just a minor inconvenience,'' officilll says in the pages of popular magazines University trustee dies ••..•• AJ the Kirkwood and Blue and Gold and on the walls of many college make from these lithographs goes Art Fest supports dept. ..... A3 rooms' ceilings were to be students' bedrooms. directly to Design Industries repaired. Now the company is using their Foundation for AIDS (DIFFA)." Fire suspected as arson .... .A3 minor inconvenience." encapsulate the ceiling. However, last week when some In 1956 when the Student Center "With construction projects, marketing techniques to fight the He said approximately 1.660 plaster fell, construction workers HIV virus, which causes AIDS. lithographs have been sold, . • i ' was built, asbestos was used fairly once you dig into them you have to .iff' were forced to tear down both often in construction, Vacha said. be flexible as to how to approach Together with some of the raising $500,000 for DIFFA, ceilings which contained asbestos, nation's prime artists.

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