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News Mosaic Sports The first candidate for the Toasting around the Men's lacrosse begins its college of A&S speaks world - Guinness style season with injuries See page AS See page Bl See page B8 An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner • Non-Profit Org. ~Review Online • THE U.S. Postage Paid Newark, DE www. review. udel.edu REV IE Permit No. 26 Free 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Friday Volume 125, Number 35 Fcbruar 26, 1999 IFC agrees to univerisity' s alcohol policy BY RYAN CORMIER pleased. Edirur in Ch i~! "I applaud Jason, along with the IFC," After a contentious Interfraternity he said. "I wish them the very best. I think Council meeting Tuesday night, the IFC it will be difficult to enforce those rules, agreed to the university administration' s but I think they can do it." flew alcohol policy in hopes of averting a In the original meeting, Brooks told the total ban of alcohol in fraternity houses. group of assembled fraternity presidents he Dean of Students Timothy F. Brooks would give them a one-year probationary told the 19 fraternities they must enforce period to show him •they can police their own alcohol regulations more strictly themselves. or he would do it for them. If they fail , he said, he will enforce the "I am giving you one more chance," he rules, he said adding that the fraternities said. "I really, honestly believe you can would then definitely go dry. But if they police yourselves better than the Dean of succeed in enforcing their own rules Students' office." through next fall, Brooks said, he would Brooks' speech, along with a question extend the one-year probation period. and-answer period afterwards, featured But he stopped short of promising that many pointed questions from the more than the university will not make the Greek 80 fraternity members in attendance. system alcohol-free even if the fraternities · But after an IFC presidents' meeting, have a spotless record over the next school which ran late that night and into year. Wednesday morning, the IFC decided to 'There is still a chance that they will be go along with the university's demand that forced to go dry," he said. "But if they they crack down on abuses of alcohol. succeed, it would give me a wonderful When Brooks was informed Wednesday opportunity to go to the folks that have of IFC President Jason Newmark's THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill announcement c>f his intentions to strictly see GREEKS page. 5 enfor'Ce the new rules, Brooks said he was Dean of Students Timothy F. Brooks announces the university's changes in alcohol policy to IFC members Thesday night. Johnson City Council tables plan touched about student housing BY BRIAN SMITH up with," Luft said. " I don't expect "Whatever kind of plan that's going Staff Reponer everyone to agree with this." to take place ought to be projected a little City Council tabled a preliminary One significant change the plan bit to see what the implications are:· he plan that would ask the uni versity to proposes is to ask the university to house said. many lives accept more responsibility for student all freshmen and sophomores on campus Butler added there would not be room housing after it was brought up to starting Fall Semester 1999. Currently, for all students under this type of plan. council members Monday night. only freshmen are required to live on "Right now the uni versity does not BY GREG SHULAS Adminisrraril.·e NeH·s Ediror The new recommendations, prepared campus. own enough housing to house all the by the Newark Planning Department, Luft said the goal of this change is to freshmen and sophomores unless we Nearly 250 mourners gathered at Spicer-Mullikin includes I 0 policies and programs get more students back on campus. If the force the juniors and senior· off Funeral Home in Newark on Monday to honor the targeting the issue of rental housing in university cannot handle this housing campus." he said. memory of Dana Johnson, the dean of the College of neighborhoods that traditionally have demand, then the plan suggests the The plan also calls for changes to a Business and Economics, who died Thursday of been single-family, permanent residence university should reduce its enrollment. "two times conviction/eviction" law. pancreatic cancer. areas. "The problems we've encountered adding conviction for alcohol As the Rev. Isabel T.S. Gardener, associate pastor City Manager Carl Luft said he with the neighborhoods have been consumption violations to a list of of the Newark United Methodist Church, led the understood the new plan, which council primarily thorough people renting," Luft offenses that would subject a tenant to commemorative eulogy, family, friends, faculty and Johnson will discuss on March 8, would be said. 'The feeling is, if more students eviction. Currentl y, the law requires students reflected in silence on a person who for the family. "As a professional, Dana was [hard controversial. The plan makes no were to live on campus, we'd have less landlords to eviCt tenants who are twice appeared to take up a giant place in their hearts. working], held to the highest ethical standards, mention of the controversial rental-cap off campus." convicted of noise and disorderly Highlighting the somber evening was Gardener's planned to the maximum, believed performance was ordinance. which has been tabled until However, the university director of conduct-related offenses. reading of a salute to Johnson that was written by crucial and cared deeply about people- all people.'' March 22. housing David Butler said a change such Any student who would violate this Johnson's immediate family members, her husband Then, speaking the words of Johnson's husband ''My role is to provide alternatives to like thi s should be analyzed before it is George A. Johnson and daughters Nikole Renae Cox George, Gardener read, "She is the major part of City Council, and that's what I've come enacted. see CITY page A4 and Stephanie Jean Johnson. who I am, the best part. She helped me and God put "We believe Dana Johnson was truly one of the two great young women on thi s earth." truly great business educators in the country and a truly exceptional leader," Gardener read, speaking see JOHNSON page A6 Newark's towing scene BY CHARLIE DOUGIELLO Horton Brothers Towing on Ro ut e 72. The Cave's 20-year tradition Senior Editor According to Capt. James Grimes. assi s tant When students are asked who they dislike the most director of Public Safety, if Ewing T owing is not in Newark, their response will surely include tow available, they will contact another company in th e truck 4rivers. area. But Grimes explained they onl y use another On South College Avenue ends With cars being towed at a di zzyi ng pace from city company "a couple times a month." and university parking spaces, many question Ewing Towing charges $40 for a who is behind one of Newark's biggest BY ERIC J.S. TOWNSEND tow and if the Narimwi/Stutt! News Editor money-makers. car sits in their 'They think they are providing the The university men's swim team's lot longer than town with a service but they' re not," 20-year residence at 384 and 386 S. e ight hours. said junior College Ave. - known as "The they add on an Chri s topher Cave" - is endi ng wi th the additional Potavi n , who administration's purc hase of six $20. Every lives at Ivy Hall properties on South College Avenue .. day after Apartments. Senior Enc Betsko, co-captam of that Ewing " They think the men's team, said it hurts to be Towin!! the y' re losing the house_, but said the move charge~ superheroes." another came as no surpnse. W h i I e "We' re all really upset," he said. $20. neither the " Yet there' s nothing we can do at other h and uni versit y nor the city Horton Brothers Towing. which has been in Ne'' thi s point.'' ark m akes a cent when it has a car towed, the tow for the past 17 years, lets student off a little ea;ier Brian Aston, another co-captain, companies make a bundle. than their competition. said he agreed and believes the house And on to p o f that, the university uses a tow They charge $20 for a tow during th e da) anJ " 30 was targeted by the university company that charges twice what the city's tow after 6 p.m. The first 24 hour. of storage is free. <~nd because of the reputation it h as company charges. · aft er that it costs $7.50 a day. developed. The uni versity uses Ewing Towing located on "They want to get rid of a ' party "The Cave" on South College Avenue has been the home of the E lkton Road for all it s towin g whil e the cit y contracts see THE BATTLE page A.f see SWIMMERS page A6 university men's swim team for 20 years. A2 • THE REVIEW • February 26, 1999 Parents Seek Work program for DE BY DENEATRA HARMON 'The program will get them ready by providing job ''It is a good time to ge t a job now because of the low National Copy Editor skills and vocational training," she said . unempl oyment rate,' ' she said. Non-custodial parents of children o n we lfare in Jennifer Iskra of the Department of Labor, which The program also a pplies to parents who have Delaware are now required to find employment under a provides the re o urces fo r employment, said the received welfare benefits in the past six months and new program to improve on meeting c hild suppo rt program is part of a dual project with Delaware Health who are at least 18 years o f age.