An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper TUESDAY September 9, 1997 Volume 124 • THE • Number 2 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid ewark, DE 250 Student Center• University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Permit No. 26 Student on life support after accident BY JILL CORTRIGHT the Deer Park, where she met him According to Oflicer Curt Om, is ol "He'd do a lot of crazy stuff," Prado Prado said. refening to the million to Mam11:1t1X Nehs &laor earlier. the Newark Police, Miller. 21, suffered said. one odds the doctor had gtven h1m. A junior political science major According to Harrison. there was no severe injuries from the impact of Thursday night's accident was a Dean of Students Timothy Brook> received a fatal head injury whi le argument or fighting going on between hitting the ground. tragic mistake made by Miller during said he was shock.ed and upset by the attempting a stunt in a moving vehicle them at the time. '·He was in good He was taken immediately to his usual horseplay. Prado said. accident. '"!" m obvwusly \ er) early Friday morning on West Park spirits." she said. "He was having a Christiana Hospital. around ::uo a.m .. '"[The stunt] was bizarre. strange.'' he concerned about him," he said. Place. good time as usual.'' where he was listed in critical condition. said. "It was Eamonn. He did things Harrison said Miller"s mother. Eamonn Miller. 2 1. was declared She said his decision to jump out of Davis said the police are still that couldn 't be explained." Christine Miller of Wilnnngton. IS not brain dead yesterday. but as of press the car was just another one of his investigating the incident. Prado sa1d Miller never attempted planning a funeral for her son. ''hn v..a; time was still being kept on life support, stu nts. Miller's roommate. jumor Sammy such stunts as a result of being high or an only child. Instead. a wak.e will be according to university officials. At first, Harrison said. she had no Prado. said that Miller had pulled dnmk. held on what would have been hi., 22nd Miller's girlfriend. senior Heather idea what had happened after h1s sttmt. similar stunts before, one leading to a According to Christiana Hospital. binhday. Sept. 26. Harrison, said she was driving him '"I was saying to him, 'Eamonn. what broken leg while he was a student at Miller is still in mtensive care. "He's Official arrangemenl'> ha\"c ) ct to be Miller home to Park Place Apartments from are you doing, get up:·· Salcstanum High School. not gonna make it out of this one," made. Harrison said. Students remember a DURANGO UNVEILED Concrete 'wild child,' friend BY JILL CORTRIGHT "celebrate his life." said his girlfriend. Mww~llll:.. St:\1.\ l:.i.htor Heather Harrison. wall built Jun101 Eamonn Miller won't be "There will be Jim Morrison making 11 tn his 22nd birthJa) party blaring." Harrison said, '·because on "e pt. 26. But that doe;n"t mean his Eamonn loved Jim Monison." lnends won't be there anywa). Much like his idol. Miller was a 11ller i'> cuJTently on life suppnr11n "wild child" with dreams of changing near tracks intensive care at Chri'>llana HoT;'11 the world. said his friend and following a freak car accident that \vas roommate Sammy Prado. a result of a stunt gone veT) v..rong. He "He always wanted to change the has been declared brain dead. world. to start the revolution." the BY KE:\JDRA SI~EA TH Cm l\'ll\'.\ EJ11ur In lieu of a funeral. Miller's mother junior said. "He won't have that will be throwing a birthday party at chance now:· At ::.even-teet tall and 1.500-fect Ion~. the nc\\ either his apanmcnt or the Deer Park, Miller was also an individual. "He cement wall north of the Bob Carpenter Sport~ Building is quite :J.fl imposing sight. hut not enough so where he lik.cd to hang out. to see STLDE 'TS page A2 to detract from '"" popular shoncut through Francr Field. l he path. made famous by last semester"-. rape ol an 18-year-old Newark woman. wa; pre' iou-.Iy hlod-,ed by a chain-link fence. SLTV plans "The fence "as constantly he111g tom do" n:· -.a1d Richard Walters. director of Facilities ".!Jnagemcnt "It was in cominually in need or repair." Short!) after the Jan. 29 rape. "v..e decided we faculty board needed something more substantial to protect studen both from crime and 1hc increased rail traffic. A highway sound barrier seemed an cffectne and economical <,Oiution.'" he said. BY DIA:\l\E DOt:GHERTY and said the Intention of a faculty Captam Jin, Flatley of Univen,ity Pollee -.aid, "For Stutlt:nr Alratn F ;,,, advisory board would not be to run many years the route h<'' been a popular one for While many student' spent their the station's datly operations. students living on East Cleveland Avenue and La1rd first \\Cekcnd at the university SLTV returned to campus from campus. catching up with old friends. the the retreat with a newly organized "But with the rape that occuJTed there h1st semester member; nf tudcnt Life Television station and new ideas to start the it has become a truly dangerous place." were working hard to develop semester. Construction of the wall. \\ hich began in early policies and ideas to improve the The station developed a Student August, is scheduled for completion by the end of tlw, student-run television >tation. Operations Board to run the station. month. But until that time. a two-foot gap bct\\ecn the Station employees and several Rivera said. east end of the wall and the cemetCT) fence -.till allov..; faculty members from the He added the station plans to students access to the ;honcut. communication department revamp th e group's internal "How is the wall doing any good." asked convened at the university's campu$ con truct as well. developing public Sophomore Brian Hcndrid.s. "if people can still get in Lewes. Del. relations, advertising and graphic back there')'' Among the changes, the design departments. Senior Je. sica Sbarsky. a resident of Ea.st Cleveland university is developing a faculty The group is also worki ng hard to Avenue. said she used the shoncut in the past and sees advi ory board. a group of non­ generate revenue for adverti sing. no reason why she or others would d1 cont;nue thc1r administrative faculty members to Serpe said SLTV hopes to soli cit use with the completion of the wall. monitor, adv1se and guide the advertising sponsors with local and Though the gap will be filled. a possible route still station. corporate companies. remains through the cemetery next to Fratier Field. Because the board will be With money from advertisi ng, 'The wall isn't going to help anymore than th e compri sed of faculty members, Rivera said. the station could fund fence did.'' she sa1d. "If students want to get through ll. LTV feels the group ''ill act as a road trips for li ve broadcast and they will find a way." buffer between the station and the plug more money into individual In a further attempt to prevent travel through the THE REVIEW I John Chabal~o administration area, Walter said, the space between the wall and the shows. Both, he added. would help Chrysler CEO Robert Eaton addresses union auto wo rkers and government With last year·, threat of an promote the station. see WALL page A4 adm ini strative ad\ isory board SLTV also plans to expand into officials Friday at the unveiling of Dr•dge's new SUV, the Dodge Durango. watching over all student media. the high school community. SLTV feared a proacti\C approach " Students who meet spec ific New Chrysler saves Newark jobs of any authoritative board. Instead. academic requ irements and who Student assaulted SLTV holds the proactive position. receive permission from the school and the board v..ill be reactive to the principal will be allowed to BY ROBERT KALESSE Chry\lcr Chairman and spectators Friday. 'Tm happy CaY Aeh·., Edao,- station's decisions. said Rick Rivera. participate in the group ... Serpe said . Chief E\ccutive Officer to be here ... to celebrate a on Laird Campus SLTV training manager. SL TV also plans to offer The Chrysler Robert J. Eaton announced new beginning for this plant." Senior Chris Serpe. general internships and independent studies Corporation's newest Friday that the ewark. Plant The 2-l4-acrc plant, which BY ROBERT KALESSE manager of SLTV, hopes to benefit for students throughout the creation. the Dodge Durango. would be the so le hasn't produced its own Cin Neh s Eduor from the board's experience. university. is being called the sport­ manufacturer of the vehicles since 1980. is ali ve A 23-ycar-old non-student fell v1ctimto unla\\ful ''The board is in a great position By expanding into the university ut ility ve hicle of the future. company's newest product again with more than 2,500 sexual contact Monday afternoon ''hen she was to help us expand and g row a nd local communiti es thro u gh A t the sa me time. this for 1998. returning employees and their approached and grabbed while sunbathing ncar Lot immensely.'" Rivera said. advertising and o ther programs, means of tran ponati on will "The single most important new sense of hope, according o. 6 on Laird Campus, University Police said.