An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper FRIDAY May 16, 1997 Volume 123 • THE • Number 55

Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Newark, DE 250 Student Center• University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Permit No. 26 Six sections memorialize Delaware AIDS deaths :Local First 5-star brings evaluation ;quilt to released

1 No fraternities earned 5 stars; Newark our sororities gained high honors BY ROBERT ARMENGOL City News Editor BY STEFANIE SMALL 'We were pretty much confident in our Student Affairj· Editor In the dungeons of Newark High School this standing before the awards," Delta Gamma week, two 12-by-12-foot woven sheets hung as When the results of the ftrst-ever Greek President Jocelyn Gillies said. "We knew bright testaments to power, beauty and sadness. Five Star Evaluation System were we did everything right and were on top of The contrast between the dark, forbidding announced Monday night, four sororities it." hallways of the school's basement and the solemn received five-star ratings, while no Gillies said she thinks the Five Star light of its small Distance Learning Lab, where the fraternities did, making first semester System is a fair evaluation of a chapter. :two mammoth cloths stood draped from the ceiling, freshmen ineligible for rush next Fall. The sorority has not decided what to do ·was radical, humbling, perfect. Two fraternities received four stars, nine with the award money, but they plan to use Thanks to the idea of one spirited young leader, others three stars each, and six fraternities the money to benefit the entire sorority visitors got the chance Wednesday night to see were ranked with just two stars. Four academically. what more than 600 Newark High students sororities received five-star ratings, while Sigma Kappa received the si lver cup experienced throughout the week: two sections of the other seven were awarded four stars. and a $500 scholarship and Chi Omega the Names Project Foundation AIDS Quilt The Five Star System is a new method earned the bronze cup and a $250 award, Memorial. of rating the academic, social and financial Hart said. In all, the quilt project amounts to a lO-year-old, standings of each chapter. lt was instituted The Greek Affairs office released the 52-ton collection of 43,000 panels dedicated by this academic year by the Interfraternity star status of only those chapters that friends and family to their loved ones who have Council, Panhellenic Counci I and th e received special recognition at the banquet, died of the disease since its outbreak in the early National Panhellenic Council, along with Hart said, so that fraternities would not be 1980s. the help of Greek Affairs and the Office of concerned that their status could be used The AIDS Quilt burst into the national spotlight the Dean of Students. against them. in full-force last October when organizers had it Fraternities with one- and two-star Dean of Students Timothy F. Brooks sprawled across The Mall in Washington, D.C., in a ratings will have privileges taken away, said he thought the Five Star System was three-day open tribute that occupied an area larger while five-star chapters have incentives effective in evaluating the perfonnance of than 25 football fields. such as monetary awards and the privilege fraternities and sororities. "As a ftrst time ewark High senior Elise H. Cole and her of being able to rush first semester in dealing with this system, I was very friends were there. freshmen, said Noel Hart, Greek Affairs pleased that all the groups complied. ' "It was tear-jerking," she said. "I couldn't coordinator . Brooks said he was glad that no believe there were so many people and so many Five-star orority Delta Gamma won the chapters earned only one star and added gold cup and a $1,000 scholarship award that the chapters indicated they could make panels. It absolutely amazed me. We went up to the THE REVIEW I John Chabalko Capitol Building and looked out and the quilt was for earning 99.7 percent of the total the next step up. Newark resident Melissa Blansfield examines one of two sections of the Names possible points, Hart said. see AIDS QUILT page A3 Project Foundation AIDS Quilt Memorial on display at Newark High School. see 5-STAR page AS :Fraternity alcohol policies to change !PC • BY SHAWN P. MITCHELL "As ;:;n IFC we're encouraging chapters to admission and providing unlimited alcohol, Margalit said he sees these new policies Imp 0 s e s Assistanl Edilorial Ediwr limit the number of events they hold that are a practice which violates city law, a third as a deterrent for underage drinking. A resolution currently before the open to non-Greeks," he said. "For students party vendor would now be brought in to "For example we' re going to do away • Interfraternity Council could mean a number who aren' t Greek it will be harder to get into sell alcohol an d check IDs, he said. with markers and use wrist-bands [to denote strl c ter of changes in the group's social policies, parties. Students won't be able to get in "The days of buying mass quantities of who is legal)," he said. "No more worrying particularly those dealing with fraternities unless they have a valid inv itation." beer are over," Margalit said. about people wiping off the M and putting and alcohol, lFC President Dave Margalit Another change this resol uti on would The third major change this resolution an Lon their hands." said. make is in the way alcohol is made available would make, he said, is in strengthening the These changes didn 't come about because standards One of the changes this resolution would at fraternity parties, he said. The new policy enforcement of the policies denoted by of any pressure from the university or an make is to limit access to fraternity parties would help reduce the amount of underage fraternities' insurance companies. outside group but have been in discussion which have always been open to all students, drinking that occurs at these parties. "These changes are something we need to within the IFC all year, he said. Margalit said. Instead of the fraterniti es chargin g for do to minimize our liability," he said. see NEW POLICY page A6 BYJAMES JANVIER Swff Reponer The Interfraternity Council tightened its reigns on fraternities this semester by implementing a new scholarship policy expected to raise standards of fraternal academics. The IFC scholarship policy, proposed Do you know who's who? and outlined by president Dave Margalit, was voted in by a unanimous IFC decision and put into effect in April. 'The old policy was no longer applicable Which one of to all of the changes occurring within the these is not like uni versity and its regulations," Margalit the other? said. 'We are trying to help the students More students recognize that fraternities are well-rounded, recognized and not just known for their social aspects." actor Andrew Under the new policy, fraternities must Shue than the set up an academic assistance program, four politicians appoint a scholarship chairman who is combined. responsible for maintaining the policy and require a minimum of six study hours for TilE REVIEW I John Chabalko associate or pledge members. Fraternities must also maintain a In an unofficial survey, students of varying majors and see SCHOLARSHIP page A2 INDEX ages could not correctly identify Delaware politicians Campus Calendar ...... A2 Police Reports ...... A2 World News ...... A3 BY R. RYAN KOPKO what an overwhelming majority of the 70 Kirkbride Hall, Ewing Hall and Gov. Carper," said Hi sham Sabrin, a Editorial ...... A8 Sla/f Repor/er students questioned failed to answer. All Memorial Hall. senior political science major. He met the Five large photographs were dangled but one of the men shown were Shue was correctly identified by 64 four other politicians while they were ---Also inside: --­ in front of Jeff Liss, a junior political Delaware's political officials. percent of the students, receiving more campaigning during election time. A second examination of traffic science major. The unofficial survey conducted notoriety than any of the other Hisham was one of only five students in Newark looks at the Deer Puzzled at first, he stammered for a Tuesday asked students of various "prominent" Delaware faces. who correctly named all of the Delaware Park intersection, the crosswalk moment before attempting to identify the majors and ages if they could identify The students responded to the Shue political figures. situation and the Newark faces before him. pictures of Sen. William V. Roth Jr., R­ photo with "Billy," the name of the Only 11 percent of those surveyed Chicken. See page A4. "I feel stupid. Are we supposed to Del., Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del., character he plays on the show, "that could name Biden or Castle and a mere 5 know these?" he asked. Rep. Michael N. Castle, R-Del., Gov. Melrose boy" and "Elizabeth Shue's percent recognized Roth as a senator "I've seen that guy before on the Thomas R. Carper and actor Andrew brother." from the First State. news," he said, examining the pictures Shue from the television show "Melrose Carper was correctly identified 20 Marisa Temler, a sophomore more closely. " He looks like a Place." percent of the time, which accounted for communications major, said the men politician." The survey took place across campus the second most popular response. looked like politicians because they were Liss' response to the photos reflect including Smith Hall, the Scrounge, "I've met them all and had lunch with see WHO'S WHO page A2

J Delaware libraries rank lowest in nation

weeks ago. " they are not fairing very well , a nd the Arizona, Sloan said. Through this State librarian says low ranking is State librarian Tom Sloan said all the numbers speak that." program students can complete most of stati stics are directly related to the The $ 1.2 million in total state funds to their coursework toward a masters degree a mount of money provided by the libraries ranked Delaware18th. This in library science via the Internet. due to low government funding. The government, es p ecially local money does n ot amount to much Four or five students participate in the go-vernments. Local s upport u s u a ll y however, Sloan said, once it is divided program annually he said. university library is not included in accounts for 80 to 90 percent of the total among the 3 1 public libraries in the state. These incentives, Sloan said, will money provided to public libraries. " Finding qualified people is a direct hopefully increase the number of the study. "When your m aj or funding agent is relationship to the salaries you pay," he professional librarians in state. providing a low income to the libraries," said, "and when your income is very low Eventually the state wants to have a BY JON TULEY A professional librarians per 25,000 people, Sloan said, "it's onl y logical that things is than often your salary is very low and professional librarian employed at all 31 Student Affairs Editor respectively. Only 7.24 Delawareans per like the staff you have and the number of it i s hard to attract the number of public li braries. Currently this is true at Delaware's public libraries rated 25,000 are library staffers, 4 . 16 people books you have, those categories are people." only 15 of the branches. poorly in nearly every statistical category below the national average. going to also be low." In an a ttempt to entice more state Other categories and the positions according to national rankings recently The statistics, published in the Public Delaware rated 42nd in total o perating residents to pursue a masters degree in Delaware ranked nationally are: total published. Libraries in the United States, FY 1994: income per capita statewide and 40th in library science, the Division of Libraries number of books and serial publications The libraries received their lowest Selected data and R ankings by States, local fi n ancial s upport per capit a for the state created scholarship to pay per capita statewide, 46; and number of ratings, 49th and 46th, for total number were compiled by the U.S.· Department of statewide. interested students' tuition. items circulated per capita statewide, 45. of library staff workers per 25,000 Education and the Natio nal Center for " If [the libraries] do not have strong The state also s u pport s a distance people statewide and number of Educational Statistics and released three local government support," Sloan said, learning program with the University of I

Academics are key UD law aPplicants top averages BY ERICA BRASLOW the fact that applicants to law · advising program. Many undergraduates who want Staff Reporter school nationwide have declined. Any student is eligible to take to go to law school are concerned incentive for IFC Eighty percent of the university " In ge neral law school part in the pre-law advising about what to major in , but law schoo l applicants were admission over the last five years program. The only requirement is Goldstein stressed that there is no accepted for the 1996-1 997 has gotten easier, due to a drop in an interest in law school, Goldstein one specific major o r class law continued from page A I Theta Chi Chairman Jeff Boyd academic year, w hile the national applicants." said. schools look for when evaluating minimum grade point average of said the five-star accreditation average was 65 percent, said Leslie The university's pre-law The pre-law advising program applicants. 2.0 and require members to file program allows fraternities to earn Goldstein, a pre-law advisor for the advisement committee helped publishes a booklet entitled Pre­ Some law school professors grade reporting forms. Under the extra points by following the new university. many of the accepted applicants, Law Guide that can be obtained in think a semester of accounting is a policy, in order to pledge first policy guidelines. In return, Boyd "Much of what applying to law by providing them with up to date the political science office. The good idea because it relates to semester freshman the pledge class said, earning these points helps to school is about is matching information on the application booklet provides information on business law, Golstein said. from the previous semester must create a better image for the IFC. yourself to a law schoo l in a n process and information on the how to get involved with the pre­ Students looking to get a head have had an average GPA of 2.4. 'The new system has potential," intelligent way," Goldstein said. individual law schools, Goldstein law advising program. start might consider enrolling into According to Margalit, the plan Boyd said. "This system can be This means applying to schools said. The 15 pre-law advisors are "The pre-law advisors are very Clear Thinking, a class offered by is for the policy to help improve easy to cheat against, because it is w here students have a chance of professors from a variety of majors knowledgeable about law school the philosophy department that academic standards for fraternities based on an honor code, and that being accepted. If thi s is done throughout the university including and the different options available may help s tudents taking the law and to improve the reputations of could make for poor results. correctly students c an usually get accounti ng, criminal justice and to students," said senior Marie school admission exam, Goldstein fraternities on campus. Hopefully, honesty will create a into a law school, she said, but political science. Vento, who has been accepted to said. The structure of the "If fraternities are better known positive effect." s tudents are not encouraged to The advising program provides four of the seven law schools she Constitutional Law and Ci vil for academics, it will increase the However, Weise said the system apply to law sc hools that are informa tion to potential law applied to, including Georgetown Liberties classes is much like a law amount of people wanting to join," leans more toward the code of beneath them. students, Goldstein said . Interested University and the University of school class, however not taking said Ross Leslie, Education and honesty as well as easier access to G old s tein a lso attributed the students can receive law school Virginia. She said she has yet to these c lasses will not reduce a Scholarship co-chairman for Theta information. higher acceptance rate of university information, as well as law-related make a decision about which o ne student' s acceptance chances. Chi fraternity. "This will also help ''The IFC policy gives us a lot students over the past few years to job informatio n, through the she will attend in the fall. people to recognize that joining and more insight into what grades our participating in a fraternity can members are actuall y receiving," increase their grades." he said. 'This is really an important Leslie said Theta Chi is the aspect of a fraternity, because it newest member of the university creates a standard to live up to, and fraternity system, and it is well­ everyone will be more willing to CONVERSATION PIECES recognized for academic work with it." excellency, having achieved the Fraternities are presently testing highest cumulative GPA among all the waters and experimenting with QUOTE OF THE WEEK: of age and up in 1995 -the largest number The News Jounuil active fraternities the by-laws. "I didn't think twice about it. We do this of older students ever. May 14, 1997 The new IFC policy implies Weise said changing to a new all the time in Denmark." Ph iladelphia Inquirer mandatory study sessions for academic system is a long, difficult Annette Sorensen, 30, an actress from May 14, 1997 Compared to 1950, we start work later in pledges and associate members. process to overcome. Copenhagen who spent two nights in jai I after life (at 19. 1 instead of 17.6 years old) and The bare minimum is six hours of "I hope the administration gives leaving her toddler outside sleeping in a Americans are 30 times more likely to die have more retirement years (II instead of quiet study time per week. us ample time to straighten stroller while she and her husband dined in a from a lightning strike than from a shark zero). Our workweek has gotten 5.3 hours "Theta Chi stresses eight study everything out. New York City restaurant. attack. Last year, only two fatalities from shorter, and the total number of hours we hours a week," Leslie said. "We " I think the best factor in shark attacks were reported, down from II in work in a year has declined (by 341 hours). think it is a big difference in time improving fraternity reputation is 11 .6: Percentage of high school aged 1995. Details rather than the suggested six hours, the message being spread to rush Hispanics that quit school in 1995. Popular Science June, 1997 and it helps for our members to good, solid, academic guys. This U.S. Census Bureau report June, 1997 manage time better. was not part of the criteria in the May 13, 1997 The number of releases of hard-core adult Greg Weise, president of Alpha past." Percentage of change since 1980 in the videos: Tau Omega and next year's newly Margalit said the IFC's main One baby in 2000 is born with sex organs number of college freshman who say they 1985: 1,800 elected lFC president said, "The goal is to bring academics to the that do not match either of the standard feel "overwhelmed": I 00 percent. 1996: 7,8521 fact that the IFC is implementing a forefront. categories. Harper's Index USA Today minimum GPA program, as well as ''We hope to focus on and renew Newsweek May, 1997 May 15, 1997 a five-star accreditation program, is the importance of the academic May 19, 1997 perhaps the most significant factors aspects of the fraternities." The U.S. government has deported 42,426 -compiled by Scott Goss for our chapter." One in four college students was 30 years illegal immigrants in the last six months. Students fail to identify who's who in Delaware politics

continued from page AI were originally from Delaware. Of Shue correctly. Junior Nathan Kingree, an Castle, said the representative's Sheri Woodruff, press secretary these students, Shue remained the B efore being told the photo of English major, did correctly identify duties often prevent him from being for Carper, described the poll as a pro fe ssionally dressed, old and single most identified face, while Carper was the governor of all the politicians, but did not visible to students. Castle travels to "frightening commentary" on the surrounded by plenty of the political officials were Delaware, she commented, "He is a identify Shue as a television star­ Washington several times a week, state of today's youth. microphones . recognized less than 10 percent of good looking older man." he called him "some young up-and­ s he said, always working for his "It's my goa l to bring Gov. Katie Murray, a nursing major, the time. Sophomo re Liz Wybranski , a comer." constituents but not always in their Carper up to the national stature that could only recognize Shue. "They' re Katie went on to say Biden' s hair criminal justice major, correctly Hisham also failed to identify the sight. Shue now enjoys." all big government people who I looked "interesting," and that Roth identified only Biden and Shue. Melrose s tar. "This guy's a When told of Shue's high should know because I ' m from Biden and Roth could not be was "decrepit looking." She remarked on Castle's politician, right? I don' t watch TV recognition rate, Noll said, "When I reached for comment. Delaware,'· she said. Jen Hazelton, a freshman nursing appearance. " He looks like Dana too much." was in college, I would have Maybe no one knew what they Of all the students questioned, 19 major, was also only able to identify Carvey imitating George Bush." Kristin Nolt, press secretary for probably identified him too." looked like.

CAMPUS CALENDAR Come enjoy an afternoon of French of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building. and Italian theater done in the For more information call 831-2577. Police Reports commedia dell'arte tradition - Come and find out what you don' t whatever that means. Today at 3:30 know about bicycle safety. Helmets are p.m. the original.play, ''Le Marriage a g,ood start. On Monday from 12: 15 to LAPTOP LOOTED Force by Moliere and Gil Sposi" will I : 15 p.m. there will be a lecture in room been located, however the suspects have SUSPECTS CAN'T JAM AT JAMN A laptop computer was stolen from the not been identified. be presented in the Bacchus Theater of 203 of the Carpenter Sports Building. ' N' JAVA Carpenter Sports Building between the Perkins Student Center. For Police were called to Jamn 'N' Java Show up - but don't wheel inside the Tuesday and Wednesday, Capt. James MENTAL PATIENT VERBALLY additional information call 831-2044 or bui lding. Tuesday afternoon when a patron refused Flatley of University Police said. ASSAULTS WOMAN to Ieave the coffeehouse, Newark Police 831-2749. There will be a Jazz Chamber A secured office was broken into A woman was verbally harassed and satd. Listen for the sound of music in the Ensemble with Tom Palmer Monday between 7:45 p.m. Tuesday and 8:00a.m. threatened while walking on Main Street Employees told police that they had air. Tonight at 8 p.m., the Deltones a at 8 p.m. Th~ concert will be held in Wednesday. Thieves removed a Gateway Monday morning, Newark Police said. asked the 38-year-old man and his father to cappeUa group will be performing a Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du 2000 laptop computer along with the The 22-year-old woman was walking stay out of the shop because they were concert at the Bacchus Theater of the Pont Music Building. For more mouse and the connecting cable, Flatley past the Newark Shopping Center at 9 : I 0 usually intoxicated and would walk behind Perkins Student Center. Admission is information call 831-2577. said. a.m. when the suspect, a 52-year-old state the counters, police said. $3. For more information call 837- On Tuesday, the Center for Teaching The stolen items are valued at $3870, mental patient, yelled racial insults and The suspect has not yet been located 8401. Effectiveness will be doing a workshop police said, and there are no suspects. threatened to kill the woman, police said. police said, however they have spoken to Get out your dancing shoes and get on training 3!1d development in room The victim identified the suspect and the suspect's father. funky! The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual I 06 of the Composites Center. It will TRY USING A WALLET charges are pending, police said. Student Union will be hosting an run fro m noon to I :30 p.m. For more A 52-year-old man's money was stolen WOMAN REPORTS HARASSING from the parking lot at McDonald's on alternative dance tonight at Oub 814 information call831-2027. ROAMING ROVER CAUGHT BEHAVIOR South College Avenue Tuesday afternoon, A chocolate Labrador was found in Wilmington. It will begin at 10 p.m. Top 0 ' the movie to you! On A 22-year-old woman filed a Newark Police said. roaming along Elkton Road Tuesday night, and will run until 2 a.m. Admission is haras~ment complaint against 'a former Tuesday night at 7 p.m. come to the The victim, who was holding the money Newark Police said. 3$. For more information, call 831- TUC Theater and enjoy an evening of boyfnend Tuesday, Newark Police said. between his legs, dropped it in the parking The dog was found by a local resident The 21-year-old man allegedly 8066. Irish films. For more information call lot when he got out of his car, police said. and taken into custody by police who conunued to call the victim and leave Can you carry a tune? Then share 831-2886. Witnesses told police that two white placed the animal in a pen at the Newark threatening messages on her car after being that voice with the campus. On Sunday Get wet with your friends. Don' t men in a black 1988 Black Chrysler City Yard, police said. asked to _st

\ ~{ -' May 16, 1997 . THE REVIEW • A3 Dean search committee formed BY ERICA IACONO June 30 to return to teaching. While the make decisions that "upgrade the quality the search and plans to find a replacement Staff Reponer committee is searching for a new dean, of the university," said Evelyn Satinoff, by next spring. Due to the impending departure of Dr. Margaret Andersen, vice provost, will chairwoman of the psychology Committee members will focus on Dean Mary Richards, a committee of serve as interim dean for one year department. narrowing the applicant pool and facu lty members was recently formed to beginning July I. Schiavelli said he chose the committee advertising the position in magazines find a replacement dean for the College of The 13-person committee, which was members based on recommendations such as "The Chronicle for Higher Arts and Science. created by provost Mel Schaivelli, will from th e Faculty Senate and President Education" and "Science Magazine," DANISH WOMAN LEAVES HER BABY OUTSIDE Richards, who has served as dean since look for candidates who are "strong, David P. Roselle. The group will meet Satinoff said. RESTAURANT 1991 , will step down from her position creative and energetic" and who will before Summer Session to get started on After the number of applicants has NEW YORK- The Danish mother who left her 14- month-old daughter unattended for about an hour outside a been reduced to about 20 or 30 people, three or four candidates will be selected Manhattan restaurant last Saturday night will not be allowed to be alone with the infant until charges against her from the group after careful review, are cleared up, according to a ruling by a family court judge Schiavelli said. here. 'RSA is here,' says new pres. Schiavelli said he and Roselle. who Danish actress Annette Sorensen, 30, said in court here make the final decision, will try to this week that leaving a baby outside while adults chat BY STEPHEN HUHN consider the opinions of all the groups inside a restaurant is acceptable parenting behavior in Staff Reponer that will be involved with the new dean. Denmark. Her view is being loudly echoed in the Danish When going to class and studying is "This is a student's chance to put their input into fore­ As a final test, the remaining press, which has portrayed the behavior of the mother as not enough anymore, and the memories running issues at the university." candidates are invited to campus to speak normal and the behavior of New York City police as of high school glory seem to fade fast , to the administration, which includes all bizarre. where is an on-campus student supposed of the vice presidents and student groups. -Stephanie Mellor, RSA president-elect The candidate should have some prior But New Yorkers at the Dallas BBQ Restaurant in the to go? administrative experience, Schiavelli said. East Village did not see it that way on Saturday night. After Resident Student Association noticing that the baby had been outside on a cold evening President-elect Stephanie Mellor wants to "We're looking for someone that for more than an hour and was crying, one bystander called send the message out that RSA is here, worked as an editor for the Practical Blue Uundergraduate Student Congress and knows that we want the best quality the police. and all on-campus students are welcome, Hen , an informati onal book for incoming through reports on student opinions by education we can offer to our students, .. The case of the toddler on the sidewalk , which has including freshmen. students, during her freshman year. She rejuvenating hall governments. he said. "We want someone who is a triggered outraged headlines in Danish newspapers, such as "It's really important to get involved in plans to produce a simi lar bulletin for "With so many voices on campus. scholar. a teacher and an academic leader. We're good enough, we want it all.'' "Dane in Grotesque Nightmare in New York," skidded a group, club or team in college;· she freshmen introducing them to RSA and students' concerns are sometimes Errol Lloyd, a computer and Wednesday into a maze of diplomatic and legal said. "Something to make the campus helping them to get involved. unheard." she said. information sciences professor and complications. smaller with so many students.'· "Some freshmen come to college and Mellor has a n interest in student This evening, after a family court hearing, the mother RSA is an organi zation that provides think there are no avenues open to them ,.. acti vities and would possibly like to get a committee member, said th e committee was reunited with her daughter in a private home in New services for resident students that include she said . job in student affairs, such as Greek wi II look for someone who has an appreciation for all of the different York City. They will live there with others until criminal busses home, furnishings for dorm rooms Vice President-elect Rachel Wardwell, affairs or student activities after and family court hearings next week, according to a and a liaison between the students and a junior. has known Mellor for a year. graduation. She has become involved in disciplines within the college. '·We need spokesman for the city's Administrati on for Children's administration. They also organize and Wardwell said every year one person just RSA to get the necessary experience. someone who is a real leader, .. he aid. Services. help publish the student directory and rises above the rest and this year Mellor "We are currently getting ready for the Barbara Gates, an English professor Family Court Judge Sheldon Rand ordered that the provide funding for hall governments and was that person. annual ational Affiliated College and and committee member. said she will mother and daughter remain in the presence of a third party other student organizations. "lf she feels strongly about something, University Resident Hall Convention," look for an individual ''devoted to higher educati on and excellence·· when and that they have regular visitations from a New York Mellor, a sophomore, worked as a it will get done,'· she said. Mellor said. City child-welfare case worker. representative for Thompson Hall when Mellor has expressed interest in recent The four-day trip involves talking considering candidates. she was a freshman. This year, she served issues on campus. including the Robert about how their resident student Andersen said while serving as dean she wi II keep in mind that half of all FIRST AFFIRMATIVE ACTION RESULTS ARE IN as RSA's program coordinator. She has Wood Johnson Foundation's grant to the organization is run and showcasing RSA LOS A GELES- The first results of University of been involved in student organizations university to combat alcohol problems, ro other schools. students at the university are enrolled in California's ban on affirmative action were released since high school and likes working with and the recent discussion of a media This year RSA is going to Ball State the College of Arts and Science. Wednesday, revealing a dramatic drop in the number of student concerns. advisory board. She said she is against University in Indiana for the convention. "I hope to make sure that the college is black and Latino students offered admission this fall to the "This is a student's chance to put their censorship and said having a dry campus and Mellor said it's just another benefit of serving its majors as well as other university system's prestigious law schools. input into fore-running issues at the wi II not work. being in the group_ students taking courses within the college,'' she said. UCLA School of Law reported accepting only 21 black uni versit y;· she said. Mellor said she plans to increase ''It ' s a good place to net work and get applicants, down 80 percent from 104 last year, while the Mellor, an English literature major, has RSA's involvement in these issues by to know others who are thinking about number of Latinos students accepted decreased from I 08 to an interest in technical writing and working more closely with the Delaware st udent activi ties as a career'' 73. At UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall Law School, the 792 students accepted included only 14 blacks, down from 75 a year ago. Boalt offered admission to 39 Latinos, half the number accepted in 1996. Officials at the system's third law school, at UC Davis, also reported accepting fewer black and Latino students­ Graduate tries reporting, policing groups that were already just a tiny fraction of the student body. BY ELIZABETH ARAGONA depanment. If they were dealing with a At all three schools, meanwhile, UC's new colorblind Staff Repnrtt:r 1989 alumnus admits there is an smaller department, they are not dealing admissions policies resulted in the acceptance of slightl y Changing careers is a common with a real cop." more white and Asian-American students. The exact occurrence for college graduates. Writers Going from journalism to police work breakdown of the law schools' incoming classes will not be switch to legal practice, doctors morph anti-police bias in news media is very different - there's a prejudice known for several months, however, when they find out into disc jockeys and convenience store that a former reporter like Sandusky has be the result of the rnisconceptions on They want to make sure the person is not how many of the students who are accepted actually enroll. clerks become professiomil football to face. both sides. · just a name and will give information "The situation is even worse than the lntrmbers we are players. "For my first job for about a year or releasing," said Michael Rappaport, UCLA law school's Dennis J. Sandusky, a 1989 university 'There is an anti-police bias," he said. freely to humanize that person. two at the [police] department, people dean of admissions, venting his frustration that his graduate and former editor in chief of "Police don't understand reporters and But this is not just about obituaries. thought I was a plant from the media," he incoming class will not be more racially mixed. "When we The Review, is now a corporal at the reporters don't understand the police at "Police work can be more interesting said. all." than people think," Sandusky said. say 21 blacks were admitted, keep in mind that many of Elsmere Police Department. Public image of the police is very As an officer of the law, is there them have been admitted to Boalt, Harvard and Yale as Moving from journalism to police People expect officers to yell and to crucial in today's society, he said. anything Sandusky would have done well. We will be very, very fortunate to get half of them." work is a pretty drastic career change throw chairs like they do on "NYPD "If you ask about I 0 people out on the Blue," Sadnusky said, but it doesn ' t differently if he knew th en what he since tension has always existed between street if they support the police they' ll always happen like that. knows now? UNABOMBER MAY GET DEATH PENALTY these two parties. say yeah sure," Sandusky said, "but what The detective's job is to find out what "I would pay all parking tickets from WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors have Before Sandusky became a police they support are the New York and Los happened; a journalist's job is to learn the university." recommended that the government seek the death penalty officer, he worked as a news assistant for Angeles departments not the officer from about what happened and report it, he Police are portrayed negatively in the against Unabomber defendant Theodore J. Kaczynski the Wilmington News Journal. a small department that gave them a said. media whether people realize it or not, he despite the anguished pleas of family members who "I did 250 stories and got enough on speeding ticket." Journali sts are known to haggle people said . initially turned him in, according to a Justice Department the front page to get the other reporters The common image brought on by the to make sure they get their story, even if People base their opi ni ons on source. angry," said Sandusky. who led The media is th€ cop sitting outside of the it is talking to the families of someone watchin g what is on the television and Attorney General Janet Reno is expected to make a fi nal Review in 1985. parking lot of a Dunkin' Donuts and who had just passed away, Sandusky reading the newspapers which give the decision ·'very shortly"- perhaps this week, the source Sandusky has now had seven years of drinking tons of coffee, he said. wrong idea about police, Sandusky said. experience as a police officer and started explained. He said the common response of a said. "I was never comfortable with the "I myself try to watch the comi cal For months, a high-level Justice Department committee, at Rehobeth Beach as a seasonal officer. driver being pulled over and given a families of the deceased. With obituaries, shows because some of it does happen,'' which Reno set up in 1995 to review federal death penalty What got him interested in law speeding ticket is '·don't you have you had to confirm the infom1ation and it he said. " I don't like watching 'Cops' decisions, has been weighing whether to seek the ultimate enforcement was the couns and the legal anything better to do?'" or "you should be is awkward for a family member who had because it' s like being at work. The sanction against Kaczynski. The 54-year-old mathematician system, he said. out catching real cri minals." someone die ... incidents are th e same but people's is accused of carrying out a 17-year series of bombings that Relations between the police and Sandusky's reply: "Yeal1, and you are Most families like to talk to reporters images of the police are different for New targeted those involved with advanced technology and media have always been st rained, he said. keeping me from doing it.'' if a loved one has just passed on, he said. York because it is considered a real killed three people and injured 23 others. The reasoh for this tension. he said, may As part of their review, prosecutors have been interviewing victims and their families- many of whom have called for the death penalty, officials said. They also have heard from members of Kaczynski's family and their attorney, Anthony P. Bi sceglie, who have pleaded for mercy. Although the family of a defendant ordin arily would Local brings piece of AIDS quilt to Newark not receive tremendous consideration in such a case, the Kaczynski family is in a different position, officials have continued from page AI A celebratio n to Hockessin resident Theodore worldwide. said. "Teddy" Lester, who died several years ago at 33, " It 's all about educati on. But we're not coming in Federal agents had hunted fruitlessly for the Unabomber all you could see as tar as you could see." depicted in two diagonal sections a broad butterfly and with any sort of specific agenda," Meehan said. "We suspect for years until David Kaczynski turned his brother So she made it her goal to bring home a piece of that a peacock with real, bright green feathers set against don' t go into public high schools and tell people to use in. His suspicions had been aroused after reading the feeling. All it took was a few searches on the Internet, the orange soup of a surrealist autumn. condoms. 35,000-word manifesto that the Unabomber succeeded in an electronic request form on the Names Project A bit of verse accompanied the art: ''I'm like a "We just want to show them these lives .... Look at having The New York Times and Washington Post publish homepage and a few phone calls. Cole. with the help of butterfly in a snowstorm I Like a peacock in the desert these panels and the ages of the people on them. They in 1995. The manifesto seemed similar to his brother's her school's Key Club, had succeeded in bringing to ... I shed a tear and hope my memory won't fade." didn't get AIDS when they were older- they were all writings, David Kaczynski told authorities. town from Tuesday to Thursday two large sections of Tom Meehan, chair of the organization's Newark­ young." Officials have conceded that without the family's the quilt memorial , each composed of eight individual based North Central Delaware chapter, was on hand The Names Project provided Newark High with assistance, they might never have discovered the bomber. coffin-sized panels. Wednesday night with his own share of stories and more than just the quilts , which are stored and -compiled from the Washington Post/Los Angeles Tim es Six of those had been made for Delaware AIDS thoughts on the epidemic, which has claimed 343,000 cataloged in San Francisco. The foundation sent free news service by Elizabeth Brealey victims. lives in the United States and as many as 9 million pamphlets and program lesson plans. One visitor, another local Names Project member. 1""'...... ------. said he understands exactly that feeling of serenity WE HAVE THE LARGEST SELECTION OF QUALITY U OF D CLOTHING' tin~?~~~~ ~~~atley , who worked as an AIDS care volunteer in the maternity ward of a Philadelphia MANY NEW DESIG S AS WELL AS TRADITIONAL FAVORITES hospital, designed four of the panels on display this week in Newark. One of them was for "Little Michael r Specializing in u of D D," it read, above the knitted picture of a crib. New Arrivals Grand Opening "His parents both had AIDS, and they didn't want SpOrtS apparel him," Wheatley said. "They wanted nothing to do with • Workout shorts and tanks Delaware Clothing him, even when he died. He was 6 momhs old. I was a •lac rosse real mess for a while." • Baby doll tees Outlet Store Easing pain is another message the quilt memorial e SOCCer sends, Meehan said. What he saw in Washington last • Sleeveless tees 7 4 E. Main Street year is the same thing he sees at every display he 's • crew attended: "a dignified way of coping with and • Embroidered Tees Up to 50°/o off selected items. ~ accepting a loss in your life, a chance to show how • football much you loved someone." •$9.99 Tees Tucked away in the corner of the Distance Learning •Tie Dye Tees • hockey Lab, and tucked again into the comer of one of the quilts, was a panel shaded in sky-blue. On it are the GREar IMPRESSIONS )aSketball photographs of two faces, one of a Newark woman- whose teen-age son still attends the high school -and The Colleg O th' C the other of her baby daughter. E 0 1ng ompany They both succumbed to AIDS. 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BY CATHERINE HOPKINSON In February, DelDOT presented five said. group proposed that some spots in the Managing News Editor options for restructuring to city Leonard Reed, owner of the Deer university's H o llingsworth Lot be While the Delaware Department of officials, then held a public workshop Park, said he was wary of the proposal designated for New London Road Transportation tries to decide which so that residents could voice their to change the intersection, because he residents' use. one of five options is the best way to concerns. thinks the changes wil l cause more The effort to improve traffic flow redesign the intersection where Main Christine Gillan, a DelDOT congestion. around the area began in Apri I 1996, Street meets New London and Elkton representative, said engineers are sti ll "I think the best thing to do would when De!DOT accepted first-stage roads, a group of civil engineering considering the input received at the be to do nothing," he said. proposals made by the Wilmington students has already figured it out. workshop. They will reevaluate the The major issue of contention, Area Planning Council. Officials have Seven students in Dr. Shinya proposals and " narrow down" the Turner said, is the desirability of said constructi on on the intersection, Kikuchi 's transportation engineering options. bringing two-way traffic onto New which will not begin before July 1998, class presented their group's findings "We will go back to the public," she London Road. will take about a year. Thursday after investigating the said, adding that another workshop will Many residents don't like the Three of the options presented by congested intersection. be held in early summer. number of trucks turning onto West DeLDOT in February feature a two-way After tracking the activity of cars, Nancy Turner, who chairs the city's Main Street from Hillside Street, restructuring of Elkton and New pedestrians and bicycles, the group Western Newark Traffic Relief Turner said, but others are concerned London roads by controlling th e recommended making New London Committee, said there is significant about creating a "mainline" through the intersection with traffic signals. A and Elkton roads two-way and debate among city residents about city. fourth calls for a roundabout, and the fifth would preserve New London THE REVIEW I John Chabalko controlling the intersection with a whether or not the intersection needs to Another concern for some residents Road as it is now, while restructuring After tracking pedestrian and automobile activity at the Deer Park system of traffic lights. be changed. is that some parking on New London The intersection is considered to be "This one is very difficult to call. Road will have to be eliminated if it is Elkton Road south of the intersection to intersection, civil engineering students designed plans to fix the one of the most congested in the city. I've heard opinions both ways," she made two-way. The civil engineering allow for movement in both directions. problems. They proposed lights, two-way roads.

Newark's crosswalk cacophony NEWARK TRAFFIC TROUBLE Last month, CSX informed the A new proposal could help the Main Street-North College intersection city that IOmore,trains will be rumbling through the city BY PETER BOTHUM series of plans to fix the area; terms of traffic. Uncoordinated action can be taken. every day as a result of the £ucurh:e Editor officials from all three sides say crossing by masses of students after One solution University Police impending buyout of Conrail It would be easy to lay the blame much more has to be done. class changes can complicate the toyed with was posting crossing by Norfolk Southern and CSX. for Main Street' s worsening traffic Nancy Turner, city councilwoman flow of traffic. g uards at c rosswalks to insure problems on lackadaisical pedestrians and head of Citizens Against Traffic, DelDOT, the city a nd the s tude nts' safety. Maj. Gary or motorists who are either too harsh said two things have to be done to fix university have all agreed that the Summerville of University Police, or too nice to passing walkers. the Main Street-North College way to fix the situatio n is by one of a few officers who were called But the more pressing and tangible intersection: the three traffic lights adjusting the light system at the into the line of fire. agreed with dilemma is the structural design of have to be coordinated, and all intersection. Turner's assessment that pedestrians the intersection at Main Street and pedestrians have to cross at the same "If we coordinate the signals, we and motorists need to change their North College Avenue. place. also need to coordinate the behavior at crosswalks. .Lt. Alexander Yon Koch of "If students really want to help, crosswalks," Hogan said. Summerville said the problem Newark Police said that at last this is what they can do: when you Ralph A. Reeb III, DelDOT with crosswalks at Delaware Ave. Tuesday's traffic meeting between want to cross, make sure you're in liaison to Newark, said that despite al)d Academy Street, Amstel and the city, the university and the the walk," Turner said. the pile of problems that are plaguing Academy and the pair at North Delaware Department of "When people cross everywhere, the Main Street-North College College and Main Street is a dual Transportation, a new proposal drivers become desensitized to the intersection, plans are underway to one: pedestrians don't always use the The latest emerged to mend the troubled crosswalks. It" s about students make some changes. Officials from crosswalks. and cars don' t wait for solution for the intersection. tra1ning drivers by keeping in the the city, the university and De!DOT them when they do. Main St-North Yon Koch said that as an interim crosswalks. It works both ways." accompanied a few renowned traffic "The problem is that [pedestrians] CoiJege solution, the light at North College Pedestrians are "cycled" into experts from around the country who are coming in such large numbers. If intersection is and Main Street will be changed to a crosswalks by channels, such as the scouted out the area on April 28. cars will stop for them, they'd be the flashing amber light that warns large black fence that surrounds Old Reeb said Bruce Littleton, a chief fools not to go," Summerville said. construction of oncoming traffic to yield to College on Main Street, Turner said. traffic engineer for De!DOT, and the "That's human nature. If you can find an island 40 ft. pedestrians. The new proposal, he More channels are needed to other experts decided the situation at someone who wouldn't go when a The main issue of contention from the old said, would have a pedestrian consolidate the pedestrians into one the intersection "would not work." car stops, I don't know who that is." at the intersection where Main 'crosswalk. crosswalk island created about 40 crossing. "In the short time that we were As for motorists stopping. for Street meets Route 896 and \llis would be feet away from this spot. The island " You can even do something standing there, we saw a few fender pedestrians who a ren ' t in the Ell.'ton Road is whether Rt. the only place would be the only spot where that's aesthetically pleasing. The idea benders and some other altercations,' ' crosswalks, Summerville said it 's just ~96 (New London Road) .~re pedestrians could cross. is to get people to cross at one place, Reeb said. people doing what they think is legal should be made .into a two­ ~strians "This is a newer approach," Yon and to cross at the appropriate time." The experts made assessments of or polite. way rrnut cdpld Cl'OS$. Koch said. "A lot of cities are using Newark Po lice Chief William what should be done with the area, "It's just people being courteous,"' the islands." Hogan identified the North College­ Reeb explained, which will then be he said. "I don' 1 know if I'd want to The island idea is the latest in a Main Street crosswalks as critical in passed on to the City Council so change that." THE REVIEW/ Tad Guschl Newark's train dilemma will remain unresolved

BY ROBERT ARME GOL will bring increased noise, air pollution and She said proceedings on the breakup and reports. trains might join the 22 to 24 already Coy News Ediror traffic risks to one of the city's most takeover of Conrail Corp. by two Virginia "After a review of merits on one s ide thundering daily down the tracks between . Tidings that train traffic through the city congested areas. rail giants, CSX and Norfolk Southern, will and environmental concerns on the other,'' Main Street and Cleveland Avenue. '• might soon rise by some 30 percent has But they may have reason now to relax a begin after the two companies file for the she added, "we will have solid information "That' s a lot of traffic for our little • had concerned locals reeling since early bit - at least for another eight months. deal next month in a joint appli cation. •'•• that shows you where you can expect a town," City Manager Carl F. Luft said. ' this year. But until the feds have their way, "The board must approve any merger After that, government review could last traffic increase, where there will be any "Things have been quiet about this lately, • •'·. Newark's railroad dilemma will remain far before it takes place," Elaine K. Kaiser, a anywhere bet ween eight and 12 months. abandonments and where some but we still get conflicting stories on what • from resolved, a top government official ranking environmental analyst in "The board' s decision will really depend construction may be needed." could happen and that's frustrating. In th e ' . said this week. Washington, confirmed Wednesday. "We on a balance of all the comments we get Mayor Ronald L. Gardner and city .: end. whatever we can do to miticrate th e . ~ '· By the end of June, the U.S. Surface will look at a range of consequences­ from the parties involved," Kai ser said. councilwoman Nancy Turner took the issue 1m pact of more line traffic on those tracks • Transportation Board will begin reviewing safety, air quality and the effect on The city, the applicants and other railroad to Kaiser in March. That was about a which run right by the Deer Park, all the ••' a multi-million dollar mid-Atlantic train historical and cultural resources - before lines will each have a chance to present its month after CSX informed the city that better.'' :·•, company merger that many residents fear voting on the matter." side of the story in either written or oral with the Conrai I split as many as I 0 IT' Ore • WNTRC A bird of a different feather meeting Local traffic group adopts former YoU Dee as its new mascot discusses

BY JESSICA THORN To get CAT' s message out, this bird has flown the Sraff Repnrrer coop. "The Newark Chicken needs help," she said , and traffic YoUDee, the Fightin' Blue Hen m ascot. isn't the Tarrant is planning to wear the suit at Newark Night only bird gallivanting around town. June 14 to distribute flyers on Main Street. " Remember, The Newark Chicken, a strikingly similar fowl, was you can help a chicken cross the road," she said. solutions spotted recently- but thi s version clucks to an entirely She has taped feathers to the flyers, which ask people different tune. who are tired of Newark's traffic problems to write to Some possible solutions This feathered friend has served as mascot for city officials requesting changes. to Newark's traffic Citizens Against Traffic for three years to encourage The Newark Chicken has made appearances at problems were discussed by people to help fight the traffic problems that plague previous Newark Community Days and the annual the Western Newark Traffic Newark. Relief Committee at a barbecues sponsored by CAT in the three years since it t Beneath the heavy s uit is Shirley Tarrant, vice­ began flapping around town. It has become quite a meeting on Tuesday. ~ president of CAT, who came up with the idea behind celebrity, Tarrant said. Members are currently • the Newark Chicken. But dressing ·as a chicken is not the only thing working on several projects The idea for the mascot originated at the first CAT Tarrant has done to help the community. She has been to alleviate traffic problems meeting in 1994, she said, when members were an activist in Newark for years, and presently serves on and ensure the safety of searching for ways to raise awareness and support for CAT and the city's Western Newark Traffic Relief pedestrians, cyclists and their cause. "We do some pretty outrageous things to Committee. She also regularly writes a column for the motorists in Newark. Some get attention," she said of their attempts to garner Newark Post. of these include: attention about traffic congestion. " I just really get into major challenges that aren' t • gaining an exception to a The university donated the suit to the 62-year-old going to be solved overnight," Tarrant said. "I thrive on federal law so the city, not alumna, who graduated in 1957. Originally, Tarrant it. I love a challenge and I love to be doing things to th~ state, could regulate wanted to put the suit on display in a showcase as a help the community." tram speeds tlirough town; symbol of CAT but eventually she agreed to wear the During her senior year at the university, Tarrant • the building of either a suit herself in order to get more attention for CAT. served as vice-president of what is now known as the tunnel or sidewalks at the But what does a blue chicken have to do with traffic Delaware Undergraduate Student Congress. Being one underpass on Casho Mill problems? of the first women in student government was a big and Elkton Roads which Tarrant said the chicken makes for a good mascot honor for her in those days, she said: "I think I am one will be voted upon ~nee the because it is not only a symbol for the s tate of of the first liberated women. tunnel estimate is complete, Delaware and the university. It's also a part of the old Tarrant has certainly been active in the community expected today; ·riddle, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" since her years at the university. "As for the Newark • the designation of cenain But with the creation of the Newark Chicken, Tarrant Chicken, it makes people laugh, and I tliink that' s bicycle routes through town took the riddle one step further: "How can a chicken great," she said. and an educational cross the road in Newark?" - and that has become Special to THE REVIEW campaign to promote CAT's motto. Newark resident Shirley Tarrant dresses in feathers bicycle safety. as ma<>cot of the local group, Citzens Against Traffic. - J•srka Tltonr May 16, 1997 • THE R EVIEW • AS

scale, he said, th e member wi th th e "It 's really hard to improve the GPAs best test grade for the week coul d o f the o ld peopl e, but we sho uld Greek 5-star evaluations released receive a free pi zza. progressively go up." A lpha T a u O mega fraterni ty Vice President for Student Life continued from page A 1 received three stars, according to Greg the top two on campus, but added scheme of things I don't think they're higher than th e all men's averaoe of Ro land Smith said he was pleased The highest award any fraternities Weise, president of the fraternity and "It's a shame that there are no fiv e~ ready." 2.639. The all women's averaoe"' is wi th the syste m, a nd was not received was Ho norable M entio n star chapters, though." Nie mburg, who is confi dent that 2.820. "' next year's IFC president. He agreed surprised that sororities did well whi le which went to Larnda Chi Alpha and that the system is fair, but said there is Because no fraternities can rush his fraternity can move up to five-star Lamda Chi A lpha fraterni ty has fraternities were not as successful. Tau Ep ilon Phi for their fo ur-star first semester fres hmen, he said, they a problem th at fratern ities are beino status, said that academi cs play the implemented incenti ve pl ans to help . "It establishes what constitutes status. Because no chapters earned are all on even ground. JUd ged based o n th e GPAs of"' most sig ni ficant ro le in the improve the academic standards of the excellence and what you have to do to five stars, no money was awarded. members who became involved two " I do n ' t think firs t semester evalu ati ons. But, he added, it wo ul d fra ternity, Niemburg said. They give a be judged excellent," Smith said. "It's Lamda Chi Alpha president Ben or three years before the po li cy was freshmen are mentally ready to be part be di ffi cult fo r a fraternity to be a $450 award to both the member wi th a good start, but clearl y we have a Niernburg said he was pleased with implemented. of a fratern ity," he said. "It can give fi ve-star chapter without the grade the highest GPA and the member with ways to go and I hope that eventually his fratern ity's evalu ation as one of "We no longer take anyone with a the m a n o utle t, but in the o vera ll point average of the c harter being the most improved GPA. On a smal ler all chapters will receive a five-star GPA under 2.4 anymore," Weise said . status."

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Evaluation sytem leaves Greeks seeing stars The first results of the The soronttes, on the new Greek Evaluation other hand, had less trouble Program have just been matching the female completed. The five-star university average of 2.8. reward system to improve Perhaps the guys could ask fraternities and sororities is their sisters for some a step in the right direction tutoring. for the much-maligned The greatest advantage Greek system. of the Evaluation Program The IFC, Office of is that it shows each Greek Affairs and others fraternity where their who initiated the program strengths and weaknesses should be commended for are. And, with the women their efforts. scoring h igher, the The results, however, fraternities can learn from are le<>s laudable. their example. No fraternity received For now, any Greek a five-star rating, and only organization that scored two of the 17 earned four­ less than five stars cannot star ratings. While none hit pledge first-semester the bottom, six did manage freshmen. This restriction a measly two stars. makes sense; Sororities fared better: impressionable young four of the II received five freshmen will only be stars, with the rest getting admitted to the best and four stars. brightest the Greeks have For the sororities, the to offer. ratings mean incentives But after that it's still and scholarships. For the fair game, and students fraternities, they mean a could rush a two-star Letters to the Editor return to the drawing fraternity without knowing yo u can't possibly begin to know content of TV programming and news apathetic and leaning toward the board. it. Currently, the Office of Affirmative Action is yourself. If yo u don ' t know yo urself, coverage. He is implying that the right, th ough not enough to be One of the worst areas Greek Affairs refuses to not the problem how can you possibly get to know media has a military bias, which is actually political. for the men was academics. reveal that information, others? obviously not true. I was thinking the other day, after Each fraternity is required saying they don't want that After reading the letter written by In light of these two articles, I have reading o ne of Kenneth Grimes' Michell e Oswell, I felt not only Shannon Cannon a proposal for Mr. Shulas. Write a polemics. that he had an attitude to keep their members at a information used against Freshman column that details yo ur reasons for problem. But then I realized, would I GPA of 2.0, but the rating the fraternities. compelled, but obligated, to respond. Miss Oswell writes, "Affirmative shanc@ udel.edu di sliking the military. You need to feel comfortable attending a function system deduced points for If the ratings won't action is the true root of the racial establish why the military is evil of o ne of the traditionally black a fraternity GPA average affect how the fraternities problem today." It baffles me as to Grimes' columns are before you c la im th at everything fraternities or sororities? (Can I even under the male university are viewed, what was the how she could have possibly come to connected to it is defective. name one of th e traditionally black average, 2.6. point? thi s conclusion. I suppose affinnative appreciated Lay out yo ur best arguments in a fraternities or sororities?) Would I be action caused those famous Los well reasoned manner so that we can comfortable sitting in a particular area Angeles ::ops to beat Rodney King. I am wri ting to let Ken Grimes understand where you are coming of Rodney? Having a black M s. Oswell would also have you know that he is much appreciated by from. This will give the rest of us a roommate? believe affirmative action triggered the campus community a nd chance to respond to specifi c points No, I w uld not. I would be Who are the people certain Texaco executives to use elsewhere. The views expressed in hi s instead of trying to infer them from hyper ensitive to my own behavior • racial slurs when referring to thei r columns do more than voice an your rambling columns. It may also (Am I being racist? Am I asking one employees. o pinion - they evoke serious spark a healthy campus debate on the to be a pokesmen for a ll ? Is th at myour The root of racism does not reside thought. This is more important than ro le of the military after the Cold bad?) , hypersensitive to the way in affirmative action. Ignorant people you may realize, because causing War. others perceived me, and I know I are the true cause of racism. Racism others to evaluate, and sometimes to would stick out like a sore thumb. neighborhood? would end today if people would reevaluate themselves and their way Matthew A. Marrin Would I appreciate the music (and simply accept others for who they are. of thought can equal a me ntal Doctoral Candidate perhaps here I am making Admittedly, prime­ foreign policy for the It is a lot easier to judge people based revolution. [email protected] assumptions, but go wi th me), the time television shows can U.S. Carper has been in on the color of their skin, rather than A mental revolution is what practice o("shouting out," or the often be more exciting office for the last eight to make the effort to get to know college should cause people to do. Society still needs clothing and hair styles? than state legislative years. Sen. William V. people for who they actually are. If Deve loping the abi lity to " think No, I would no t, because I've sessions. we would simply acknowledge our outside th e BOX" creates hi gher Affirmative Action preuy much lived in a white cocoon Roth is a member of the all my life and have never truly However, that doesn't Senate Finance differences and move past them, thi s intellect. Unfortunately, a lot of us are country would be in a lot beller shape. still stuck inside the box. I am dismayed th at letter writer ventured outside that cocoon. And I make them more Committee, one of the Miss Oswell goes o n to say We only see the me and myself, Michelle Oswell was so quick to suspect my experience is fairly important. most important affirmative action was ·'to help the black in thi s world -stuck o n disagree w ith Anna White's typical of white people, and that An informal poll committees in the Senate. blacks because they weren't capable surviving for the here and now. There statements about the racism of white many are not curious or courageous taken this week of college These people aren ' t of getting jobs or being accepted into is more to li vi ng and functioning from people. Perhaps it is a question of eno ug h to learn about something students showed that college on their own." day to day. The object is not just to semantics: what is racism, what is th at's not shoved in thei r faces. just important in Fortunately for me, I am a member of Andrew Shue, star of Delaware; they ' re Again, this statement is totally see the hole in the doughnut, but to prejudice and where lies the boundary inaccurate. The truth is blacks weren 't see the box, etc., that contains them . between the two. But I found that her the dominant culture. " Melrose Place," was important in every state. So why should they feel able to get into college s imply I. personally, am not a "*ist," nor immediate focus on affirmative action more easily identified than Besides, the election do I have an "ism" I try to uphold. I comfortable hanging out at one of our because th ey were bl ack. It had as the root of all contemporary racial parties? With our clubs? In classes? am just a lone sista' trying to expand Delaware's three was just six months ago. absolutely nothing to do with their evils to be inadequate. At the workplace? How do we create Congr essio nal Any student who reads a ability to do the work. my horizons and see the BIG picture So me think affirmative action an in viting atmosphere? Certai nly not representatives and newspaper, or at least Affirmative acti on was designed to classes like PHIL 307, encourage me deprives deserving wh ites of jobs and by playing only the latest from the Governor Thomas R . watches Action News at provide blacks with the opportunities to realize. educati onal opportunities. I point to MTV Buzzbin; not by wearing jeans they were unjustly being denied. How As an individua l first , I can our own plethora of black people at and white hats everyday; not by Carper. Shue was named six, had to see Carper's does Miss Oswell know those blacks understand Mr. Grimes struggle with the university campus in support of whispering behind their backs, What three times more than face once or twice. weren't qualified? Does she assume being a spokesperson for the whole of this idea. Holding affi rm ative action are they doing here? Not by saying Carper, and almost seven After all, it was all mino rit ies who ho ld powerful the black community. As a person of to be the cause of a ll the larger "''m not racist, but. ... " times more than any other plastered all over the front positions aren' t qualified, and the color second , I can relate to some of problems is ludicrous, because people American society is inherently only reason they have those positions hi s experiences and views on certain o f colo r fi ll a tiny fractio n of racist, and it is so because of what politician. of The Review. was said by the fellow quoted by Ms. Now, we don ' t want Students who can ' t is due to affitmative action? issues. And as a person w ith administrative and executi ve If she were to actually look at the emoti ons. I sympathize with his need positions in society at large, much White: in o rder for African­ Americans to be accepted into white to criticize students at an identify their state and statistics, she would di scover th e for support. Mr. Grimes has my smaller than the ratio of white people. institution for higher local politicians shouldn't utmost respect in pl ac ing himself in society, they have to conform to group that has benefited the most As I walked to class the first day of Anglo-cultural norms. If such the position he has. learning on not knowing feel stupid. What they fro m affirmative action has not been my freshman year, I honestly thought sacrifices were demanded of me, I I'd like to thank Mr. Grimes for the intricacies of our should do is pay attention. African Americans, Asians or Native to myself, "Where are they hiding all think I' d prefer to live in a social federal government. God Be able to name Americans. but it has been white cracking some of th e undiscovered the black people?" I later found out it ·enclave too, and not make the effort females. Kind of ironic, don't you dark spaces in my mind with new was the back waH of Rodney Dining to join or to reshape the mainstream. knows college students congressional lead ers, ideas and planes to ponder. He said to have better things to do think? Hall. To put it briefly, if black people If I did, I might come to fit in, but I state big-wigs and city Finally, Mi ss Oswell comments the world "who" you are, so always are doing so well today under would kill a part of my self in the than pay attention to the council members. that "politically correct terms" such as remember "Whose" you are in thi s affi rmative action, God help them if process. Fortunately for me, I don't leaders of our country. That's how you start a African American, Native American endeavor an:d you can do all things it's ever discarded. have to make that decision: I'm white. B ut these politicians revolution. and any other term " perpetuates the th ro ugh Christ, which strengthens And to answer Ms. O swell 's aren't just obscure Trivial Otherwise, how will distinction between races and you. paragraph about politically correct Andrea Rossil/on genders." It infuriates me when terms, I want to say that I am a lot Senior Pursuit clues. Sen. Joseph you know who ts m your [email protected] people tell me they don' t like the term Krista/ D. Collins more German than probably African R. Biden Jr. helps set the crosshairs? African American. I can't understand Freshman Americans are African, because my why people do n' t want me to kcollins@ udel.edu a ncestors came over willingly to acknowledge my heritage. I wasn ' t America and were allowed to keep EDITORIAL BOARD born in Africa, but my ancestors Shu las' views on their religion, their language and their were. cuisine and were not forced to create Mark Jolly Editorial Editor My ancestors who were uprooted military unsupported a new culture to replace the old one Shawn Mitchell Assistant Editori al Editor from their homes. brought to a new that had been denied to them. Do you Leanne Milway Editor in Chief country. forced into horrible I am writing in response to a use Christmas trees? My German Peter Bothum Executi ve Editor conditions and who have been column by Gregory Shulas entitled ancestors did . Do you celebrate Leo Shane III Copy Desk Chief systematically oppressed ever since. "The Hidden Violence in the Media," Halloween? Brought to you by the Robert Armengol City News Editor Those people paved the way for me to which appeared in the May 9 issue of fo lk of the British Isles. Scott Goss Senior Staff Reporter enjoy the things I have today, and I The Review and was his second I agree wi th Ms. White that whi te Kelly Brosnahan Managi ng News Edi tor wi ll not deny their existence, nor will article in recent weeks. society is inherently racist. Perhaps Robert Kalesse Entertai nment Editor I deny my connection to them for The two articles make one thing not everyone thi nks "the on ly good Jill Cortright Entertainment Edi tor anyone. I have the b lood of my very clear - Mr. Shulas dislikes the nigger is a dead nigger" (though there John Chabalko Photography Editor ancestors running through me and I military. In fact, his dislike causes are those who do) , but I want you to am proud of it, and who are you to him to question the value of anything think about the social scene here at The editorial board meets before each deadline to debate te ll me I shouldn't? I am a firm that touches it. In thi s article, he school, because I find the university a topic selected by The Review staff. Simple majority believer that if you don' t know your seems to be saying that the mi li tary to be a pretty good microcosm of determines the editorial staffs stance on each issue. roots, your hi story and your culture, establishment is responsible for the America today: mostly white, mostly

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Free speech at the university The importance Anna free speech is held by the University Meanwhile, groups like the Student busy students time spent on flyers of Delaware administration, which Environmental Action Coalition, who were one step higher, and the question White has, as a result, implemented many had always relied on chalking as a of self-censorship worrisome. I notice university-wide policies to insure that cheap, effective , ecologically sound, that bulletin boards are woefully of kindness Calico opportunities to educate, to express paper-free and non-toxic means of underused compared to previous Cockledoo and to protest are controlled. Indeed, promoting environmentalism were years. there has been a noticeable without their normal venue of There are many other strategies the disintegration of the freedom of expression. At the end of the year, and university has employed to clamp Robert medicine and always acts as It is somewhat ironic that in this speech on this campus since I arrived without the consideration of student down on and minimize free speech. any caring and interested in the fall of 1992. Kalesse country, supposedly built upon a interests, the university unveiled its Banners hung in places other than the grandmother would. foundation of the freedom of speech, Mind you, the university policy on c halking: chalking is tennis courts must be professionally Thing is, after more than so many patriotic Americans and administration is not foolish. There banned. made. Flyers hung in "undesignated" Mugs' Shots 6,500 days of being employed academic institutions, created for the are a multitude of ways to curtail free The administration cited aesthetic areas wi II be fined (Amnesty at the library, she doesn't miss purpose of bettering the mind, actively speech without breaking the law. reasons, but we all knew the truth. International almost lost all the a beat and is still quick with a oppose people who exercise this For instance, you can ban certain Chalking had never been controversial earnings of their benefit concert a few joke or conversation. constitutional freedom. means of expressions, mandate until Queer Campus took it up. It was years ago due to this rule). Permission When last January was Now Mrs . Mack is an Perhaps the most American thing numerous bureaucratic steps and not merely the chalk, but the message must be granted by the administration coming to an end and the exception to the rule as far as one could do is to take a stand, to administrative signatures, slap hefty it spelled that the uni versity objected for any placing of temporary reality of February's rent due most employers go. speak one's mind, to express one's fines on violators and insure that those to. sculptures (and they rarely give it, within the week was forcing who do speak have no real power in She gives her workers as heart. But it is often the individuals Next came the issue of the bulletin unless for places remote and m e to begin filling out the the decision-making process. much respect as she expects who do so who are labeled "anti­ boards. Though rules stated that no unfrequented). Chapter 9 Bankruptcy forms, I American" or "trouble-making rabble­ Five years ago students student group was to post more Televisions pacify students into from them. knew it was time to get a job rousers" by those who disagree. used to chalk than four flyers at watching not talking or doing. Public But for sure, all over outside The Review. During the Gulf War, for instance, advertisements once, many hearings and committee meetings campus there is a Mrs. Mack I figured I needed to work I was chastised by a high school a b o u t rudely related to university activi ties in the in each and every department. somewhere that paid a decent teacher for not saying the pledge of upcoming community usually occur after There's one in the Scrounge wage, somewhere close to allegiance and told if I "didn't like the events on decisions have already been made - who always tells you to have a campus and somewhere that United States, why didn't I just move t h e a means of defusing the purpose such nice day, hon. would be flexible with my to Russia." At the same time people "free" dialogue. There's one 1n the busy schedule. who chose not to pin yellow ribbons The Review is the last place on engineering office who 's So I went to the ever­ onto their cars, trees and houses were campus that students and professors willing to help with your exciting world of the Morris labeled "anti-American" despite can voice their opinion freely and schedule at a moment' s Library. I wasn't expecting many of these individuals maybe make a difference. When notice. And there's the teller believing the catch phrase professors have a complaint, glamour. I actually thought it at Student Services who •·support the Troops!" was for instance, do they write to would be a boring couple of always greets yo u with a really a euphemism for the UpDate or to the student months before the summer, smile. "Support the War!" newspaper? For this reason, but what the hell , money is Maybe we don ' t realize it Similarly, scores of people the motion to create a Media money. or maybe we don't care or, as have been arrested at the School Advisory Board distresses me. I applied and a few days seems to be the case with of the Americas in Fort Benning, It sounds innocuous, but it will later got a call from an old most college students, we Ga. as they protest the training of become one more bureaucratic Irish woman asking me to don' t want to be bothered with thousands of Central American hurdle. schedule an appointment for Thus, I want to thank the university engaging in any extra military troops, many of which. an interview. for teaching me a very important conversation. including the infamous Noriega, have We made the time for 10 committed some of the worst human lesson that will aid me well in my Our day is too busy to a.m. the next day . And, as rights violations in history. quest for social and ecological change worry about something that many of my friends will attest In all these cases the individuals in in a world that devalues true free trivial. t o, I characteristically question protested peacefully. Their speech: Institutions that need Well , that ' s the problem overslept. words or their manner of expression changing the most are often the most with the student body.· W e I thought I was screwed, did not bring physical harm to any walkways resistant to change. If your message is don't pay enough gratitude but I called anyway and told people or property. But in all cases winding disregarded the genuine, sincere, noble and non­ and attention to our elder her the truth. Mrs . Doris they were criticized, strangely, for through campus. Then one day, regulation and violent, forget the rules and express administrators and staff MacKenzie, I soon learned, going against the American grain. Queer Campus, a group considered plastered the boards with 30 flyers at a yourself. After all, it's your people who really deserve it. was strict to Something too many people just "radical" for its goal of attacking time. The paper war escalated until constitutional right. Too often don't understand is that people who homophobia on campus, chalked students had to hang up flyers several a degree but w e messages throughout the entire times a day to insure they were read. With this editorial, Anna White agreed to let protest and take advantage of the Too often we concentrate campus. As this incident coincided All the university had to do was concludes four semesters and 35 me have constitution-given right to speak out o n pointing with Parents Day, a lot of homophobic enforce the existing rule. Instead they columns-worth of writing for The are motivated not by an interest to another concentrate on out the faults bring the country down, but rather a moms and dads called the implemented the "get your flyer Review. She wants to thank everyo11e chance. of everyone burning desire to make their administration and complained. approved and stamped by the Student who has read, thought about, and pointing out the Later that we deal with community, state, country and world a Suddenly a moratorium on chalking Activities Office." A small errand, but commented on her columns. Send e­ week I had that we better place. was implemented, while the university one · more bureaucratic step mail to: thelora.x@ udel.edu faults of everyone another totally lose This misconception of activism and "thought up a proper chalking policy." nonetheless. The opportunity costs of inter view, we deal with that sight of the and upon we totally lose sight big picture entering the and don ' t library I was of the big picture even say a greeted by s i m pIe, Newark's got kidney stones the swee t and don't even say " Thank white-haired a simple, "Thank you." in there, and the ridiculous looking local politicians who think it ' s OK to disaster far worse than any hurricane, 5-foot-2 Irish This isn ' t apparel that is in stock is more over­ operate above the law and still tornado or spontaneous black hole woman, who you." a course 1n Peter priced than those Sea Monkey things maintain vital decision-making near New London Road. said, " Hi ya Bothum how to be - and whizzed down Main Street positions. The least likely scenario is that doin'?" Of polite, but and into the awaiting hell hole . On the subject of those in higher cooler heads will prevai I and the course s he asked me how I this is my personal thank you Even those puttering around in places, maybe the kidney hole might kidney won't even be put in place. The Rat was doing, but her accent was to Mrs. Mack. their automobiles near the even be able to scare some people in This is the " least likely scenario'' Files straight from the hills of She hired me and in turn intersection of Route 4 and 273 - important positions to rethink the because it is the most sensible one. Ireland. saved my butt from having to you know, the one's that the city things they do or the way they The university, city planners, I was hired that day. Since planners and De!DOT completely handle things. DeiDOT and everyone else involved take out more financial aid A plan to turn the bewildering then I haven't looked back this semester. maze of an intersection near the Deer screwed up - will be un able to Could the hole's power convince are basically the same ones who keep and things at the book As the end of the year Park into some kind of "traffic escape the hole's might. certain administrators that they are approving the construction of building have been a lot better But then again, would this be such sadly mistaken to think that taking capitalist castles like The Galleria, approaches, finals roll around kid ney" is being tossed around by than I originally thought they a bad thing? Ronald Reagan's anti-drug stance of Space II and the TUC. and you need help getting the ci ty of Newark and the Delaware would be. Perhaps the "1u st Say No" - To think that these people would through the tough weeks Department of Transportation. Mrs. Mack, as s he's kidney would which, by the make a "sensible" decision is like ahead, you will have run-ins This is a very bad idea. affectionately called by her 20 But not because of any adverse slurp down a few The real reason that way, didn't do a.ll thinking that college students will with some of these nicer thousand of the that well - and stop drinking alcohol. or so surrogate grandchildren people on campus, in effects this change might have on the almighty traffic that work at the Circulation traffic conditions. And not because cars - driven by assuming that it But isn't that the point of the particular at the library. Desk, has been working at of any personal attachments to the menac ing teen­ kidney must be will work when Robert Wood Johnson Grant? D o yourself and the Morris Library for 18 years area or strong beliefs in tradition or agers with tinted applying it to Oops. Point well taken. reputations of other students a avoided is because and in that time has come to concern that actual properties or windows and students and In any event, these problems favor and say " H i," to Mrs. buildi ngs might have to be absolutely no it will morph into a alcohol? belong to the university, Newark, know almost everyone at the Mack o r any of the other eradicated - any construction of a agenda, bizarre, mammoth, If not , could the and their respective students and university. committed s taff on campus. Galleria-bound residents. sizable "circle" or "kidney" would gaping crater at Be it the janitors, students, Ask how her day is going. shopaholics and bottomless black least get the Until now , those entities - probably require that a portion of the faculty, co-workers, Public Tell her you read about her. lost tourists - administration to especially the last two - have Deer Park or some other home be hole that will suck Safety or even the tours that Show some interest. eliminated. that block up the focus more on shown that they are unable and/or come through, Mrs . Mack city every day. down most of the university and unwilling to work together. After all, she's been doing The real reason that the almighty always offers a polite, it for the students here at this traffic kidney must be avoided at all Or maybe the Newark. city's use of With that in mind, good luck, " Hello," and takes the time to hole would take drugs - a far Newark, untangling those dilemmas. univers ity almost as long as costs is because after it is completed, ask how their day is going. we've been alive. it will morph into a mammoth, down foolish, more pressing I won't be around to see whether But the " Grandmother of naive, spoiled, uneducated college bottomless black hole that will suck problem than whether or not Suzy or you succeed or fai I or whether the the Library" title isn ' t freshmen who have nothing better to 1 ohnny goes to Phi Beta Apple construction of a certain traffic Robert Kalesse is an down most of Newark. something embellished at all, do than get pregnant and throw their entertainment editor for Th e Anyone in the Deer Park will be Orange Omega and gets annihilated? kidney sucks you down into rather it's the simple truth. Review. He hopes for once he pulled away from the soothing suds baby in a Dumpster. Probably not. But I'm sure that oblivion. If Mrs. Mack always makes sure makes Mrs. Mack proud. Send that they are sipping on and thrown the all-powerful kidney would any kind of tragedy could jar certain I'm graduating. draw in some misguided, ignorant people in power here to realize that everything is OK with her into a maelstrom of doom. comments gun rights activists, maybe that students, always makes sure Those in The Gap will be pulled any attempts to enforce a media Peter Bothum is the outgoing mugsy@ udel. edu. advisory board to any of the three executive editor of The Review. Send I ' m taking my allergy from the irrational transaction that wouldn't be all that bad, either. Or possibly a couple of corrupt media entities would result in a any e-mail to [email protected]. they are making- there' s no clothes

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Senior balances classes, sorority, job and marriage

BY HEATHER BANFE Taking a trip to the Mediterranean caused a bit of Elkton, Md. Staff Reponer tension between the families. According to Ipek, During the ceremony, the couple had difficul­ For the past three and a half years, senior lpek his family didn't like her because she is not a tra­ ty controlling their laughter. Kurul was used to paying $150 a month for her ditional Turkish girl. Ipek is independent, she ''I was laughing during my vows because I phone bills, but for the past three months, the bill likes to go out and she speaks her mind. The road was tremendously nervous, so happy and so rocketed to $800, then $1,400 and finally $2,085. trip didn't help their relations with each other's scared," Ipek says. ''I was giving myself to him." Her phone bills hit the $2,000 mark because families because in Turkey it is not typical to just The judge made Korhan repeat his vows she's been calling her husband who lives in a pick up and go somewhere for a couple of days, because with his Turkish accent, words like small, beautiful beach town in Izmir, Turkey. especially not with your boyfriend. But that "thee" and "thy" were very difficult to pro­ That's right. Her husband, Korhan Ciloglu, wouldn't keep them apart, Ipek says. nounce. lives in Turkey. "If we didn't go on that trip, I don't think we They left for their honeymoon to Hawaii on Ipek has to work full time and get some help would've gotten married," Ipek says. "It was like Feb. 10 -just an ordinary day for most people, from her mother to cover the phone bills. we were in heaven. I forgot about my father, my but the beginning of Spring Semester for stu­ The engagement took place in late November. mother, my friends. It was just the two of us." dents. It was a Saturday morning, around Thanksgiving, On Aug. 24, lpek left to come back to the This proved to be difficult for Ipek because and the couple, who had only been dating for five United States. At this time she had no idea that she didn't have time to talk with her professors months, was on the phone discussing the diffi­ she would be engaged in the next five months before she left. The last thing a honeymooner culties of their long-distance relationship. because when she left they decided they weren't wants to do on the beaches of Oalm is think about Overcome with emotional stress, Ipek, 21, asked school work. him to marry her. Fiddling with her thin, gold wedding band, "Are you serious?" Korhan asked with a ner­ _,, which she likes to wear on her thumb, she says, vous laughter. ''I have to be an adult and I'm still a student. I "Koko [her pet name for him], I'm serious." have sorority meetings, rush and Koko's immi­ "OK, I'll do it," Korhan said after a second to I chose to take care gration stuff to take care of." think things through. Korhan departed for Turkey March 8 so he "This meant so much to me because he would of his needs over my could finish his classes as a metallurgical engi­ leave everything behind and come live in the own and that's when neering major. States with me," Ipek says. Looking down, Ipek says in a soft voice, ''I The wedding date was set for Feb. 6, when promised myself! wouldn't cry in the airport, but Korhan could schedule a trip to Delaware, leav­ I realized what mar­ as he walked down the terminal I turned around ing Ipek with only two months to plan. riage is all about. and everyone else was hugging. Tears poured lpek, who lived in Turkey for the first 13 years -senior Ipek Kuru[ down my face and I was walking around sobbing of her life, met Korhan six years ago when she in JFK." went back to Turkey to visit her father. Her father Once he left, reality set in and lpek was tom introduced them because he knew Korhan as one between all her responsibilities. Being a biology of his wind surfing students. ___ ,, , major, a teaching assistant for bio labs, a full-time For of the six years that they knew each three assistant manager at Benetton in the Christiana other, she dated his best friend, who is also his Mall, the secretary of Sigma Kappa, a full-time cousin. dating exclusively. student carrying 16 credits and a wife- some­ the summers of and during other In '95 '96, After the engagement, Ipek had only two thing had to give. visits to her father, she would bring Korhan little months to plan her wedding. But fate was on her ''I just kinda let my classes go and focused on gifts from the States and ask him out on dates, but side. She found her dress in Maelene's Bridal his immigration because he's a part of my life. I he would always refused because she used to Fashion in Wilmington after spotting a picture of chose to take care of his needs over my own and date his cousin. it in Bridal Magazine. This was the first and only that's when I realized what marriage is all about." Last summer for Korhan's birthday, Ipek store she went in, and the Waterfront Cafe in Ipek's social life has changed completely Courtesy of Ipek threw him a surprise For a present she gave party. Wilmington was available for her reception. since she's been married. Senior Ipek Kurul and Korhan Ciloglu share a moment on their wedding day. him a Zippo lighter with three initials engraved A big smile flashes across her face as she ''I want to do stuff that everyone else does but Korhan lives in Thrkey, and they are counting the days until lpek's visit in JwlfJ into it They weren't his initials nor were they remembers telling her friends the exciting news. I can't," Ipek says. ''I went to my formal with my hers. it was happening. He said he'd come to the wed­ attend the university to get his master's degree DC They were in shock. The phantom boyfriend had brother. Nine days after the party they went on their ding, then he changed his mind and said they will mechanical engineering, and Ipek will begin ...~ become the phantom fiance. "Some people think our marriage was have to have another wedding in Tutkey. school in '98. ! first date, wind surfing, but they ended up talking Finally Feb. came around and Korhan flew arranged and I was forced to marry him." 3 Koman's family thought the wedding was too Ipek flips through her planner, which has ~ in his car because there was no wind that day. into in New York - three days However, this was not the case. When they JFK Airport soon and that he should think about it for a little tures of Korhan taped on special days and ~ Elvis Presley's "Now or Never" was playing, and before the wedding. first got engaged, they planned to keep it a secret longer, Ipek says. "It's the hardest feeling knowing that someone • Korban asked what the initials on the lighter The couple had not seen each other since from their families in Turkey. lpek's mother, who stood for. Now that she's married, her future is unpre­ so far away." To make him feel closer to her sbe August, when she left Turkey to return to school. lives in Delaware, knew all about it. dictable. This June, lpek is going to Turkey for sleeps with his maroon and black sweater every "I will love you forever," replied Ipek (in ''I was in awe. We just looked at each other This plan didn't work. Ipek couldn't hide it Turkish it's only three words). their traditional wedding. night. and didn't know what to say- I didn't know from her father. Because she told him, Korhan In July, they will return to Delaware and live In less than a month the two will be ~­ Tears flooded Korhan's eyes and he leaned in what to say. I was crying 'cause I was so ecstatic had to tell his family because both families live in in her mother's house. Her mother is moving to permanently. The only people who will be ~: and kissed her. to see him," lpek says. the same town. New Hampshire to let Ipek, Korhan and Ipek's pointed to see them reunited will be the ~ "Wow, I was above cloud nine," Ipek gasps. The wedding took place in a courthouse in Ipek's father began to cry and couldn't believe They spent the rest of the summer together. brother, Hakan, live in the house. Korhan will companies. ·• 'Queen of the little black dress' opens store

BY SHARON GRABER wore one of her own body-conscious new line of dresses to be as funky and CINitributing Editor animal print dresses. Holding her 1- fun as ever. Busy prints and simple PHILADELPHIA - A-line dresses year-old son Palmer for pictures, 45- bold colors are the statement of with low-scooped necks are made year-old Miller schmoozed with Miller's spring line. seductive with bold colors of fuschia, press and friends. "She has a wide variety of differ­ blue, pale green and eye-stopping The Bellevue store will be the sec­ ent things for the new season," said bamboo prints. This signature style of ond addition to the Philadelphia area. Sabrina Pray, wardrobe consultant for American designer Nicole Miller The Manayunk store, which is also Nicole Miller. "Her couture dresses epitomizes class and sex appeal. owned and operated by Dougherty, are hand-beaded, unique wolks of art. Miller and store owner Mary has been quite successful since its She has earth colors this season. Q Dougherty, held a style-filled benefit opening in March 1994. Dougherty They're fabulous." J:l' May 8 to celebrate the new Nicole said there is a definite demand for Miller said she always focuses on - Miller store in Center City and Miller's clothing in Center City. the cut. "People don ;t .notice it 8~ raise money for children's chari­ ''Fashion is universal.'' Dougherty because they get so excited with the ties. Fashion-hungry said. "You can be in New York in prints. I think we're good at them, Philadelphians graced the Miller's cocktail dress looking cool but I always feel my real forte is the Bellevue Hotel with their pres­ and sheik and then go to ~entown, cut, the drape and the fit." ence drinking wine, eating Pennsylvania and still look good." This may be the influence from sushi and networking all for a Miller, who Dougherty crowns as her formal training at the good cause. the "queen of the little black dress," Chambre Syndicate de la Without the interference of a finds the location an advantage to her Couture school in Paris and the flashy fashion show, guests signature line. "The store is great," Rhode Island School of walked freely through the Miller said. Well, it gives us a whole Design. For 11 years, Miller, store, located in the hotel new exposure because it's a totally along with her business part­ lobby, to get a feeling for ner Bud Konheim, have been her spring line. Mayor Ed successfully creating Rendell, Gov. Tom _,, ___ clothes that are constructed Ridge and 1,200 fash­ for the real woman. 4 gue ion-conscious guests­ ... I always feel Miller designs what is st SIJl'Jre 1'1fs Rev viewed the new cou­ missing in her closet and actually Ys AfilJel'/Ew IJ08h ture line, as well as wears her clothing. She is conscious s Spl'jll 'i·"'hhers Miller's ready-to­ my real forte is of all sizes and knows how to camou- g I lie. wear dresses. llage flaws, which makes her line Ridge expressed the cut, the ·drape easier to sell, Pray said. his gratitude to In addition, Miller has stretched Miller and com­ and the fit. herself further a5 a clothing designer pany for their with her ' accessories line and an concerted -designer Nicole Miller unconventional line of men's ties and efforts in rais- silk boxers. • ing $30,000 ___ Miller's price tag is reasonable for ~e.~ ue. \liS si'\e.. for four child- ,,_ a designer-label dress and won't sink ~\cO\e. ~er. at related charities. collegiate women too deep into cred­ ~'l. a ·can 3 "You know how to it-card debt. Prices range from $200 \\,e-ode\\•.': t\le~f(\e~ - throw a party," he said different traffic pattern in the city; the to $400 a dress. Her ties run for about ,~ ~or 'f).\ ·o-,et ~ Ill to the elite designer. people who work in the area and then $60. .~ .,.~a. ~e,..U Dougherty and her we have all the people who stay here '1'm so excited," Pray said. t}ll\'l. husband Erik in the Bellevue." "We've had a warm welcome here. I Neuman planned the Miller pinpointed the problem have a son and it's inspiring that she .. party for the new most women face when shopping. "I gives back [to charity]." · .,.8 ll Nicole Miller store, think there has been a real void in the ' Philadelphia designer Kim Cohen on South Broad Street, market,·· she saio. '1f you go to most attended the opening bash to check as a fund-raising event, charging stores, there are young-looking out Miller's cosmopolitan style. "I guests $50 for a raffle co-sponsored clothes that are cheap and then there came because I like how her dresses by Swain Australia Tours. The grand are old-looking clothes that are more fit and they're well made." prize was a trip to Australia. The raf­ money. There is nothing that's better Gina Jean, a Philadelphia College fle benefited the Arthur Ashe Tennis quality or young-looking without of Textile senior, volunteered at the Center; Stop Child Abuse Now, being junior. party to support Miller and Police Athletic League of "I think I have this new narrow Dougherty. "I love her clothing and Philadelphia and the Terri Lynne niche in the market. I have clothes her style," Jean said. 'The party is Lokoff Child Care Foundation. that don't make you look matronly ..! about getting people into the store." "One hundred percent of the pro­ think a lot of clothes make [women] Rendell declared May 9 "Nicole ceeds are going to these charities," look older than they are. My clothes Miller Day'' for her honest efforts to Dougherty said. ''My husband and I all look like the contemporary help children's charities. wanted to do this [benefit], and it was woman and she could be 50 years After the benefit faded away, a great time since Nicole and I are old. but she looks great. She can' t Miller and her entourage went off Miner' TifE new moms." wear a junior dress. She's looking as to the VIP party to toast their sue- s son, Palmer, is the REV!E\v I Josb J. Wirbers Miller's entourage informally good as she can." · cess, s!p Chru:donnay and relax to star of tbe party. modeled her new color block dresses Women can look forward to her some s1zzling Jazz. for this season, while Miller herself tudent stitches her own hippie clothing creations

Eric says it "makes it all wort h while'' when the entre­ preneurs see buyers wearing their products. "At fairs , :: artners in when someone buys something, we ' ll sec th em 10 min· ••• utes later wearing it." Eric says. "When you see someone wearing something you've put your heart and soul into, it 's the best reward." ...f-Iome.. Grown' ollowing th e weekend's event, they will begin ••• F working for their next task, Newark Night on June 14th. Thousands of locals will gather on Main Street to partake in the festivities. ''It's like we got our izake clothes town back," Eric says gri nning. :·· The partners have plans to get married next Spring. Sasha will make Eric' tuxedo and her wedding dress. "It 's going to have a wide scoop neck,'' Sash a says out­ and crafts lining th e imaginary dress on her chest brushing aside her BY HOLLY NORTON long brown curls. ''It will be made out of si lk shantung. l Feawres Editor going to sew on small diamonds and they'll get bigger trips of green hemp clippi ngs and st raight pins going toward the bottom." Sembed the white shag rug. Remnants of burning The two patiently wa it for the warm su mmer nights incense lingers in the air as Bob Marley resonates and the drives to the beaches in their ye llow-orange VW off the tie-dyed, tapestry-covered walls. Stacks of kalei­ van. ''I'm really looking forward to being self­ employed," Sasha says beaming. doscopic fabrics cascade out of the corner closet awaitin g THE REVIEW I Holly Norton her magical hands to transform them into a masterpiece. Junior Sasha Temko and her partner Eric Aber have their own clothing and craft business called She softly steps bare-footed around the comer wearing 'Home Grown! Their products include hippie clothing, rhythm sticks and stress balls. a loose fitted white T-shirt and faded green Army fatigue pants. Sash a Temko is a junior apparel design major who "therapeutic even. to selected stores at area beaches. They show their prod­ has a passion for creating clothing. "It's not a hobby reall y. I'm not too fond of the fash­ uct and if the store owners are interested, they bring "Sewing is very calming and relaxing," Sasha says, . ion industry and shows," the 20-year-old continues. more. Sasha says last summer she and Eric were bringing Sasha says she makes "whatever I'm in the mood for. I'm clothes to the beach every three weeks. not too concerned about the shape, the season or the col­ Sasha and Eric both wear her original creations and ors. I enjoy what I do." are pleased when approached by perspective buyers. s a child, Sasha used to make clothes for her "Once, I was wearing these pants that Sasha made for A Barbi e dolls. When she got a bit carried away me," Eric recollects, "and this car drove by and turned with her eighth grade home economics assign­ right around. The guy asked, 'where did you get those ment, she realized she was on to something real. pants?' I told him my girlfriend made them. It was total­ "I made a pair of leggings and a knit top. I got so ly out of a Bugle Boy commercial.'' excited that I made four pairs of leggings and shirts." Sasha does he r work outside of her apartment in a Sasha's artistic and creative talents derive from both small , narrow room offset from the kitchen that contains sides of her family. "My mother always made us bed­ all of the essentials. Her cutting table, placed against a spreads and curtains and my grandmother on my father's wall overlooked by wi ndows, is necessary for trimming si de sews. There's a tailor on my mother's side. I guess it her fabrics. "It 's nice that it 's counter height because drifted into my genes." sewi ng is really hard on your back. It 's nice to spread out Sas h a and her boyfriend Eric Aber are partners in their the fabric.'' own business called Home Grown. Eric says the two and hen the Newark nat ive was preparing for last a half year old business is lucrative. "Whatever we put W Saturday's third annual Synergy Fashion Show, out, we get back," he says. "We pay off our debts and it she spread her fabrics all over their living room helps us pay the rent." Eric, a novice to the sewing busi­ floor. Her exhibit included long, flowing, checkered-pat­ ness, realized his interest in the art of clothing through terned skirts made of hemp, complimenting shirts and Sasha. dresses mimicki ng the 1500s, 1700s and 1800s styles. "I'm surrounded by it 24-7 ," Eric says. "I mean, you ··r was sewing I 0 hours a day," Sasha says. The pieces should have seen this room before, there were piles and she displayed were made from a flat pattern. "Its like a piles of fabric." fabric sculpture and taking a 2-D and making it 3-D," e says he still is learning the techniques, and has Sasha explains. H overcome his feelings of intimidation from the The room also contains two sewing machines that help sewing machine. "Once you get over the fact that her stitch her sculptures. Sasha's elna 9006 sewing it's a big needle going up and down and up and down, machine with EnVision is capable of scanning in pictures you get used to it- it grows on you.'' and embroidering. The adjacent elna Pro 905-DCX anx­ Sash a and Eric 's busi ness has an account with iously awaits for Sasha's busy hands. Sunshine Octopus in Rehoboth beach. They are planning Eric and Sasha are preparing for their next project to meet with Swirled World which has stores in Ocean which will take place today and Saturday in Brandywine, City and Wildwood. N.J., as well as Ocean City. Md. Md .. at th e "All Good" music festival. They plan to sell The couple brings their products, which include hippie clothing, hemp necklaces and rhythm sticks to music­ clothing, rhythm sticks, hemp necklaces and stress balls, goers and campers.

, > ..... • ' May 16, 1997 • THE REVIEW • 8;1:_: ~air Connect the basics with staple wear 0 BY CHRISTA MANALO Features Editor ·~ hen scorching summer days get too W hot to handle, less is certainly best. But when dripping, refreshed, aro­ ~ matic bodies exit the shower anew, comfort is most definitely key. And between summer jobs and internships, sunbathing, socializing and relaxing, no one has the time or the ener­ ~ gy to exert on looking for something comfort­ able to wear. Fortunately, versatility and opulence are the most crucial conceptual characteristics of this summer's catchiest styles. Solid colors may seem boring, but this sea­ son designers have decided to experiment with a vibrant spectrum of tones, both bright and soft. By going back to the basics, the task of get­ ting dressed for any occasion this summer can be mastered with sheer simplicity. Here, for a summer on the go, one essential wardrobe element is used as a base for four different looks suitable for almost any summer activity. For junior Sarah Tarditi, a short, but not too short, black skirt (Dollhouse, $32) is a staple that she can wear anytif!le; and on Pete Thiravong, a Newark resident, this bootcut pair of khaki pants can be paired with any­ thing to befit his schedule.

THE REV IEW I Chri sta Manalo THE REVIEW I Christa Manalo Clothes courtesy of Flavor in Trader's Alley. Above: For a day out Above: On Ladies' Night, Sarah gets fast by throwing on a flashy, eye-catching tank (Greed Girl, $26) to top and about, Sarah pairs her skirt with a comfy, fitted tee (Erica off her outfit, while Pete jazzes up his khakis with a nylon shirt (BC Ethic, $40) perfect for moving on crowd­ Maeyama, $20). Pete wears a hip, lightweight shirt (Star 69, $24) ed dance floor. Below: When spontaneity is the vibe, Sarah wears a sophisticated yet daring tank (Love NYC, to keep him cool and fashionable. Below: For a classic look, Sarah and Pete decked out in a bol retro shirt Lock U wears a knit tank (Buffalo, $36) and an airy, short-sleeved sweater (Emporium, $43) gives Pete a touch of class.

... ' ... Lose the layers and liven up your locks • BY CINDY AUG STI E of the most famous celebs in the busi­ Hair-stylist Betty Sharp at Aside fro m the visible styles th at Ass i _\·fmlf Features Ediwr ness. Thumbing through the pages of Headlines Salon and Day Spa in have emerged from th e women of Co ll ege is a time of experiment a­ the Victoria's Secret catalogue, many Newark says, "Right now two di ffe rent " Friends,'' Ross' cut has also been on tion. wh ich can mean a lot of things; of Bok-Hee's clients are represented, style s are in . Some girls want a pol­ the rise. meeting new pe ople, sampling various inc lu ding Stephanie Seymour, !man ished look and some girls want a more " It 's call ed the 'Teddy Boy,"' types of music, dabbling in different and Helena Christensen . Other famous fl owy look." Carl ena explains. ·'It· a more modi­ sorts of ill egal (and legal) substances. Art by Selena Kang faces she's worked with, both in the Steve Dacola, a styli st at Michael fied version. A ll the hair is the same The possibilities are endless. salon an d out on photo shoots and run­ Christopher salon in Wilmington, says length and it sticks up towards the There is no better time than in these way shows, include photographer Herb many looks are being recycled from front. " ... years of hi gher learn ing to broaden Ritt's and Calvin Klein goddess Kate pas t decades. And of course the latest Batman's hori zons and update styles. And there Moss. "Short layers, short hair tucked Caesar cut can not be overl ooked. T he is no easier way, (othe r than plastic Bok-Hee is quick to emphasize that behind the ears, like those ' Melrose bi ggest player in th e "ER" has popu ­ surgery) to c reate a new image fo r hairstyles all depend on a person's Pl ace ' girls," he says. "They're many lari zed this cut to th e point wh ere it 's yourself than by changin g hairstyles. face. the shape and their attitude - of the same styles as the ' 70s." now being called the "George Clooney All it takes is a pair of scissors. a good how th ey feel about their haircut. "The ' Friends' look is on its way hairc ut. " The look is bas icall y short s tyli st and a lot of nerve. As far as the trends are concerned, out, people coming in are Meg Ryan - bangs pushed fo rward and sha ved all But when it comes to hairs tyles and Bok-Hee says one cutting edge cut is she has a new movie coming out,'' over. fa shion, the trends seem to go by the the return of the bangs. Steve says. "And Lois Lane [Teri "A lot of men from MBNA come in motto ' here today, gone tomorrow.' "Bangs are coming back strongly. Hatcher]. asking fo r th at," Carlen a says, who Styles come and go and the soon-to­ They can be v-shaped; you can have "People come in with Victoria's also says th at the ''clipper" is also be-obsolete 'dos are quickl y repl aced the m shorter on the side and longer in Secret catalogues asking for the mod­ fas hionabl e. T hi s cut is similar to th e with the look of th e moment. Case in the front or shorter on the sides and els' haircuts. They have two extremes: "Caesar" in that it is short all around, point: "Friends' most famous haircut, longer in the middle," she says. "The long and short hair." but there's also more hair left on top." the "Rachel." onl y drawback is bangs can be high As graduation looms only two Steve says bu zz cut s and fiat tops Though it quickl y became ranked up maintenance. weeks away, interviews aren' t far are also in ri ght now. there with other memorable coifs such "Another really strong look is the behind for graduates. Many stylists "It 's what Bail ey from "Party of as Dorothy Hammill's page-boy bob bob, they ' re calling it the 'bad bob,''' suggest neat looks that are trendy, yet Five" wears - short and messy," and Farrah Fawcett's shag, it soon lost Bo k-Hee says, adding that actress practical. Steve says . its appeal. And while this haircut man­ Milia Jovovich is sporting the look in "Most girls going out for interviews "With men's styles it 's either short aged to out-last her relationship with Bruce Willis' latest vehicle "The 5th are cutting their hair to their shoul­ - very short, or very long. There's Ross, Rachel's layered-look is fading Element." ders,'' Betty says. really no in-between ," he says. fast. "It 's not quite a blunt cut, it's not Still, she emphasizes that "people Trends come and go and all of them And while women have a lot more straight across. But it's not uneven, are wearing what looks best on them." aren ' t meant to be fo ll owed, but a little hair to play with (and a lot more at ri sk and not perfectly soft." "The smooth bob look is still in for adventurous cutting may be what blah when exploring new options) men are As far as all the girls growing out a more conservative person because styles need. often overlooked and left in the shad­ layers, Bok-Hee says they're not you' re able to wear your hair down and "We do whatever suits a person's ow of lovely locked women. Like all al one . "All the models are growing tuck it behind your ears," Betty says. taste." Bok-Hee says. "It 's hard to say the ladies out there, the guys mu st them out too." "A lot of professional women's are exactly what the ' in' style is because know they can ac hieve new looks with Before all the Rupunzels let down wearing the conventional bob," Steve everybody's doing different things." just a few snips and buzzes. their hair and start snipping away, styl­ says. "Younger corporate women are There's no need to copy another But while men do have options, ist are quite to point out that long hair wearing shorter hair." person's cut- that is what hairstyles women have more, and their updated is still an option. Fellow Headlines stylist Carlena are all about. Adopting a look that looks can go from the most subtle dif­ "It's not the Jennifer Aniston look Spicer has been doing the 'do's for complements each person's individual­ ference to the most extreme change. anymore," Bok-Hee says. "We're try­ men's styles. Because men have fewer ity and contours is what matters. Bok-Hee, a stylist at New York's ing to get away from the over-layered hairstyle options (obviously because of So be daring, be different, or, better elite salon, Bumble and Bumble, has look. Instead we're angling around the length), their styles are less-changing yet, just be yourself. worked wonders on the tresses of some face.'' and not as noticeable as women's cuts. 84• THE REVIEW • M ay 16, 1997 No sentimental crap here: UD, I'm gone

have a house in New Jersey with parents lws to offer. If you are living in a dorm, Less, and laid our ant traps. One day I the lights weren't working. He made his Other than the school work, Ileamed who miss me. /would like to say that rhey leave it. Some of The funniest memories even sprayed Raid around rhe sink Think­ coffee, which is usually made by the sink that the Leading cause ofh eart disease in will probably stop missing me after June I've had took place in my house. I lived ing it would poison the ants, when in He fumbled about and added the milk, no America isn 't cigarettes, booze or KFC: goes by and sTart asking me repeated/)\ with three girls in the summer and three reality I ended up poisoning one of my problem. He scooped a few teaspoons of it's the dining hall. I can't wait to leave "When are you leaving?" guys during the school year. You wou/d­ SUGAR into the coffee. Problem. school for the simple reason that /'II be BY MATT M ANOCHIO roomnwtes. He didn't die. He did come This doesn i bother me in the leasT. I n 'r believe rhe dramatic change that lwme and told me that he th rew up in one He woke up the next day to peifonn able to eat vegetables agai1t I wem to The look at graduation as just anoTher plwse takes place, a clwnge that rivals noon ofhis classes and couldn't figure out why. the same process, only this time he had Scrounge one day and asked if they had I like Ben and Jerry's ice cream. in life, kind of like rhe age when you get and midnight, hot and cold, clean and I asked wlwt he did when he woke up, light on his side. and single-handedly broccoli. The guy. behind the counter, your driver's license and when you can dirT): or what he ate. discovered that he didn't pour sugar in ~vho had an utter look of confusion plas­ Matt Manochio is an outgoing man­ Legally drink Those are the only cool Case in point: If rhe girls / lived with "All I did was roast some bread and his coffee; he boiled half of the ant fami­ tered on his face, peeked at the board aging magazine editor for The Review ages by the wa)\ eve1y thing in the middle last summer even so much as saw an ant put butter on it. " ly Tree and then drank Them. and back at me and said, "Uh, I have to wlw is under the assumption that his pro­ and after is a reminder that you are too within 50 feet of the house, rhey would "Where did you do this ?" He was fin e, a little disnwyed at rhe ask the manager." Oh, to eat greens fessors - who are all beautijid, fit, Trim young or too old. Somewhere along the start tossing bug bombs like it was "Same place I always do it, by the tlwughr of ingesting insects, but other­ again on a consistent basis. and, hopefully, willing to overlook a few Line is the age when you start getting far. Vietnam. toaster, next to the sink. Why?" wise in good spirits. But all told, college life was decem, lousy quiz grades, God Bless them - Hopefully that's in rhe mid.fJOs for me. Today is quite a different stOI)~ My "No reason!" The ants have since Left. We figured nothing to write a novel about. College is will allow him to graduate. While ice So what did I Leam in school? /won't current roonmwtes and I discovered thai After successfully making my room­ out that a better way to store sugar was what you make of it; some choose differ­ cream does not play a signijica/J/ role in bore you with it. Most ofit was up at The a family of ants lives near our kitchen mate sick and nor nwking a dent in the to bwp it shut in a plastic bowl than to ent paths than others, but they will all his Life, Matt would like to acknowledge Review. Thai should tip you right there sink Now when I say "family of anTs," I ant population, we decided to jusTac cept leave the paper bag half open. Guys. Go Lead to a Graduation Day with a speak­ •that some of the flavors - Chubby thar college Iife was about as eventful for am talking about a Kennedy-sized fami­ the ants. We named a few ofthe big ones, figure. er nobody has ever heard of (aT least if Hubby, Hearh Bar Crunch and Phish me as a dinner with Jeffrey Dahmer. OK, ly, with The exception being that The ants gave them some table scraps. It was On a slightly more disturbing note, we you attend this university, that is). Food- are indeed delicious. Howevei; ir wasn i all that bad, I made some don 'T geT in as much trouble and doni almost Like we had a few hundred multi­ have found ants in the bathroom and are I had fun, probably 1wt as much as 1 all flavors quite fattening, and inside friends. are some good food, drank some sleep with teen-age baby-sitters. legged pets. After all, they really weren i sickened as to why. There really is noTh­ wanted, but within the bowuis of decen­ those little pint-size cartons that can be Ta sty drinks, injected gallons of heroin We did II)' To rid ourselves of the hurting us. ing ro eat up there, unless they are des­ cy and saniTy. I believe the best Times, The eaten in one sitting (the ice cream, not (kidding, 1110m, start breaThing again). insects. I mean, the thought of lwving We found no larva in our food perately hungry. sweetest moments and the glorious Trea­ the cartons). You get the idea. critters in my house tlwt have more legs although once one of my other room­ Tlwt's college though, the memories. I sures That we all secretly desire are yet ro Let's get down to it. I am done. I do kllow that living offca mpus is far tlwn me does upset me to a degree. We mates came home fare one night and will miss it. I certainly won't miss rhe come. College is kicked and I don 't have a job superior 10 anYThing the adminisTration scntbbed the area around the sink spot- needed a cup of coffee. lr was da rk and academic side ofschool. he)·ace@ udel.edu. just yet. This doesn 't bother me at all. I The outgoing Magazine staff would like to wish the new

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''f headz only knew... Gary "The Glove" Payton: averages . Like Payton, Houston is sweating the playoffs. Alonzo "Foul trouble" Mourning ... that playoff panty-waists pack T he Glove elevated his game to new l Facing eliminati on against the six minutes longer on the floor, and the The Dream's playing time increased & Tim "Tha' Ilia Kill a Crossover'' their bags. heights in Rockets, he put the infamous glove on Heat is regretting every minute of it. in the post-season, but he is scoring Hardaway: ').l!is is what NBA action is all about: the playoffs. r------. Houston point guard Matt Maloney. He's been making love to the three­ four fewer points. Barkley is seeing Everyone knows that Mourning and The. playoffs. The Sonics After a 26-point outburst in Game 4, point shot lately, stroking in 51 percent fewer minutes and is also scoring less. Hardaway are the heart and soul of the in the playoffs, there are no excuses guard is Payton choked Maloney to the point of his threes, a 12 percent increase from The Dream is shooting better in the Heat. If that's the case, someone better fo(bad plays or bad games. tireless, that he only coughed up two points in his season average. Opponents better playoffs than he did in the regular sea­ resuscitate the heart and pray for the obody wants to hear their favorite playing six Game 5. keep their hands off him, too. Houston son and grabbing more rebounds. soul. pi~Yers whine about "mental mistakes" more min­ In the three Rocket wins, Maloney has increased his free-throw accuracy Barkley is negating Olajuwon's contri­ Both players are pulling up less or :·•fatigue factors". utes per was on fire, scoring a total of 95 points. from 80 percent during the regular sea­ butions, however, by shooting worse points and more bricks. Combined, the jr you're lucky enough to get bum g a m e . With Payton putting the clamps on him son to 88 percent during playoffs. from the field and pulling down fewer team is losing more than five points per during The Show, you better bring your Payton for the rest of the series, it's lights out With Houston's game sky-rocket­ boards. contest from its two all-stars. gartie on the court with you or make played 53 for the rookie and the Rockets. ing, the sky is the limit for the Knicks. When it comes to power forwards, Mourning is shooting worse than sU:e, you're wearing your splinter-proof minutes in Allan "I feel I can take anybody" When it comes to Houston, there's no no one can handle the rock like Shaquille O'Neal at the foul line with a joek strap. Game 4 If Headz Houston: problem. Barkley, but the Mound of Rebound mark of 49 percent while Hardaway :some players have learned this les­ against Only Knew The Knick guard said just that Hakeem ''The Dream" Olajuwon must be eating the rock instead of dish­ needs to contact Sprint and find the son the hard way while others did their Phoenix to help the ..______. before Game 4 against Miami. In the & Charles "The future governor of ing it because his assists average in the ho;tjework beforehand. dimes he's lost from his assist average. playoffs thus far, he's proving it. Alabama" Barkley: playoffs is down also. Down 3-2 to the Knicks, it looks like }!ere's a look at which players have Sonics escape their chronic first-round Houston stung the Hornets in the first The Houston Rockets rely on great For the Rockets to be successful, hell has frozen over for the Heat. played every game as if it were their JinX. round of the playoffs, averaging 19 games from two of their 50 greatest Barkley needs to reach out and touch 1~ : and which players have played Payton is making the most of his points per game in the Knicks' three­ players in the NBA. They need great Olajuwon and drop him a couple of Mosi K. Platt is a staff reporter for The their last game: time on the coun by increasing his free .. game sweep . games on a consistent basis, however, dimes to get his scoring back up to par. Review. Send responses to throw percentage, scoring and assist and the two have not given them that in Stl)[email protected]. Selheimer juggles the numbers cqntinued from page B8 do. supplying the team with individual paper] of the story," Selheimer says, "And I'm really into keeping statistics and statisti cs of upcoming "than have th at space taken up with a also worked every day since the new records." opponents. byline." year. Selheimer says since he has been Coaches are urged to no ti fy He takes his job seriously. He ·..,Most people at least get the at the university, he's probably dou­ Selheimer if anything interesting has thi nks back to this year's America weekends off," he says. "But that's bled the amount of records that are happened to any of the players, he East men's basketball tournament at when the games are. So I always kept for each team. says. the Bob Carpenter Center, a show have to come in for something every Need to know who has the most "A good story isn't just th at the basically run by Selheimer and the single day:· career interceptions or who's scored baseball team went 45- 10 ," he says, university staff. In the middle of The schedule can sometimes be a the most three-pointers in a season? "but that maybe this pitcher came o rganizing a large assembly of bUiden for Selheimer, 33, a husband Ask Selheimer. He has it a ll written back from surgery, or maybe some­ reporters, keeping statistics, mediat­ and father to 4-year-old son Kyle. down. body saved a life. ing press conferences and writing 'Tb,Is is a job for single guys.'' he He does admit, however, that "And I think every player proba­ releases, he misprinted one player's say$. ·'But I've got to take care of some coaches can remember these bly has a story to tell." number on a media scorecard. that whole other side of it too." seemingly trivial facts off the tops of And so Selhei mer tells the stories " I tend to think that any little THE REVIEW/John Chabalko ;lie says the university is the only their heads - a ski II that amazes -all of them. He sends press releas­ thing that goes wrong is a catastro­ school in the conference with just Selheimer. es to the state's newspapers and to phe," he says. "Something as simple Tim Mahony watches a pitch during the Liberty Bell Classic. of\e' full-time sports information "You' ll be talking to [football the hometown publications of indi­ as getting a number wrong, and I uirC:Ctor- most schools have two. coach] Tubby Raymond," Selheimer vidual athletes, trying to promote the tho ught that was the end of the 'Perhaps it is Selheimer's love for says. "and he 'II say. 'I remember that athletes and teams at the university. world. hi$ job that keeps him coming back 1962 game when we beat Rutgers Many times, his releases are "I tend to go a bit overboard about __.and staying late - each day. 31-6,' Then you go look it up, and chopped considerably and placed in those things. Hens have hope '··] wrote for my school newspa­ there it is. We beat Rutgers 31-6. small boxes on inside pages of news­ "Sometimes I wonder if it really per./' he says. "but I loved to keep And you're thinking, ' How the heck papers. matters. We have people starving in did he know that?"' >t~ts. I would have never imag ined A lthough hi s words appear in other countries. and I ' m upset continued from page 88 Last Saturday night at Frawley th

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BY CHRISTOPHER YASIEJKO conferences in the nation. have a better chance to advance via ured by the NCAA's Ratings like everyone else in the country, Sports Editor America East, the conference in an at-large bid to the field of 48 Percentage Index (RPI) system, until the NCAA brackets are formal­ Snap. which all Delaware teams but foot­ tournament teams than anyone had according to Miller. The computer­ ly introduced on ESP at 3 p.m. Just like that, the Delaware base­ ball compete, was ranked 20th out of anticipated. ized program considers certain crite­ Monday before a national audience. ball team's glorious regular season 29 NCAA It means thier record-setting sea­ ria, such as strengths of schedules Should the Hens get in, they will may live again. Division I son perhaps will not go for naught. and opponents' winning percent­ likely be the fifth seed (out of six) in Wednesday afternoon, coach Bob BASEBALL b a s e b a I I And it means the five seniors on ages, when rating individual teams. whichever bracket they are allotted. Hannah and his team unzipped the conferences the ballclub may have one more The cumulative value of the schools The 48-team seeding system is equipment bags and held an infor­ before the chance to show this team is more in each conference provides the end organized as follows: mal workout. It was the first time the 1997 season began. than a two-and-out squad. result. • Nineteen conference champions players could think about extending Now, it is ranked lOth. Maybe. Northeastern, which as a No. 5 get automatic bids. the season si nce the Hens were upset The reason for the jump: Several "We are firmly perched on the seed last weekend became the low­ • The remaining I 0 conference twice last Saturday in the America America East teams improved sig­ bubble [to get into the tournament] est-seeded team ever to win an champions are paired in five sepa­ East tournament. nificantly between the 1996 cam­ at this point," said Jim Miller, the America East title, can automatical­ rate play-in games. (America East It's not a given, but Delaware still paign and this season. With tougher baseball contact for Delaware's ly advance to the national tourna­ has the top play-in slot because of its has a shot to make the NCAA teams on the schools ' schedules, the sports information department. ment with a win in today's play-in preseaso,n rank.) TilE REVIEW/File Photo Regionals when brackets are overall value of the conference has "Whether or not the bubble bursts against MEAC champion Bethune­ • At least 20 at-large bids will go to Junior Brian August and the announced Monday, thanks in part vastly improved. remains to be seen." Cookman (of Daytona Beach, Fla.). nationally prominent teams from to a recent listing of the top-ranked That means the Hens ( 45-10) The conference rankings are fig- The Hens will have to wait, just Hens may take the field again. see HENS page B7 Smith to fly The Stat Man with Seagulls Scott Selheimer, the MOSI K. PLATT university's sports Staff Reporrer The University of Delaware named Greg Smith Outstanding information director, Male Athlete for the 1996-97 acad­ emic year Tuesday at the Trabant handles more numbers University Center. The nine head coaches of the university's men's teams, sports in one day than AT&T information director Scott Selheimer and athletic director Edgar Johnson determined the BY BRAD JENNINGS recipient of the award. Sporls Editor With his college days quickly aturday, May 3, was a crazy day for Delaware ath­ coming to a close, Smith will letics. S wield his The annual Blue-White footba ll game, the considerable America East women's lacrosse tournament and the men's MEN's talents in the lacrosse team's last home game were all taking place at United States the same time, all at the Delaware athletic compl ex. BASKETBALL Basketball Nearly a thousand miles away, the Delaware baseball League for team was about to clinch the America East regular-season the Atlantic City Seagulls. championship at the University of Maine. Seagulls' owner Ken Gross says The softball and golf teams were also in action on the Smith is entering "a league of road. and the Delaware Invitational track and field com­ opportunity." petition had just concluded the night before at Delaware The USBL has seen 109 players Mini-Stadium. migrate to the NBA since the THE REVIEW/John Chabalko Scott Selheimer sat anxiously behind the public address league's inception 12 years ago. microphone in the press box at Delaware Stadium. For the Greg Smith will join the USBL Atlantic City drafted Smith 11th next three hours he would single-handedly announce the following graduation. overall. Gross said the team took a football game, keep individual and team statistics a!ld risk making him its first pick in the alert reporters to any records set in the game, all while draft because the team has to keeping abreast of every other situation at every other In this season's home opener gauge whether a player will be sporting venue. against Delaware State, Smith drafted by the NBA. If you want to know anything about any Delaware scorched Nurse for a career-high "The 50-70 best players go to sport, ask Selheimer. The university's sports information 31 points and I 5 rebounds. the NBA," Gross said. "The sec­ director heads a small department that not only publicizes Smith finished the season with ond-best college players go to the and promotes Delaware athletics, but also keeps in-depth averages of 21.3 points and I I USBL. As good as [Smith] is , he statistics and records for each athlete on each university rebounds per game. Smith shot an probably isn't ready for the NBA." team. amazing 60.9 percent from the The Seagulls advanced to the A 1985 graduate of Millersville University, Selheimer field and an equally consistent championship last year before los­ has been with the sports information department for 12 TilE REVIEW/John Chabalko 75.4 percent from the line. ing to the Florida Sharks. years - six as an assistant and six as director. Smith joined an elite group of Sports information director Scott Selheimer is the man to see for This season the team is off to a "Jamie Belle on the carry," Selheimer's voice echoed three players in Division I who up-to-date statistics of any university team or player. 5-0 start. Gross said Smith will through the stadium that day. He then turned away ftom scored more than 20 points, have to battle for playing time. the microphone and addressed the dozen members of the grabbed more than 10 rebounds per "He's a strong rebounder and a media assembled to his right. "That went for seven yards." make sure all of those guys were taken care of." contest, and shot at least 60 per­ good shooter," Gross said. "As Then he'd scribble the result ofthe play in his log book Selheimer got help that day from his short list of assistants. Jim Miller, Luke cent from the floor and 75 percent good as he is, he won't get more and prepare for the next play. Sacks and Mosi Platt were all busy keeping up with the day's other action and from the charity stripe. than three or four minutes [of play­ "Can I help you with spotting, Scott?" a voice ques­ relaying the information between them. The group included NBA tioned. "That was a wild weekend," Selheimer remembers. ing time per game]." prospects Tim Duncan of Wake "No, thanks," he replied. "I know all the numbers." But wild weekends are something he's gotten used to over the years. Long When Smith joins the team after Forest and Adona! Foyle .of graduation he will fight two other As results or updates of other games were phoned into days and nights are a part of the job. Colgate. talented rookies for that limited the press box, Selheimer communicated those to fans and "When we had home basketball games in the winter on Friday nights," he The only player in Delaware reporters as well. says, "I'd come in at 9 in the morning. Then, of course, the game doesn't end playing time. One is R&B super­ history to score more than I ,500 Following the game, he wrote short game summaries until after 10 at night, and I'd usually stick around and get everything ready to star R. Kelly and the other is points and grab more than 750 Delaware State center Chris Nurse. and completed final stat sheets which were then faxed to go for Sunday's game. So I usually didn't get out of here until4 in the morning. rebounds, Smith ranks first all­ various news agencies. "That's a good 19-hour day." It is a fight Smith should win. time on the Hens' scoring li st. He All in a day's work. Besides long days, Selheimer has to deal with interminable stretches of long Gross said the Seagulls are leaves the university with archives "You get used to it," he says. "You have to prioritize days. He didn't take a day off between Labor Day and Christmas, and says he's holding a spot for Smith on their bearing his name on eleven traveling roster. R. Kelly only things. That day, football drew the most media, so I had to records. .. plays at home games, where he see SELHEIMER page B7 Smith's first home game with sings the national anthem, he said, the Seagulls will be June 5 against but follows the team in his own the Atlanta Trojans. personal tour bus during road trips. Smith, Davis selected top senior Hens for '97

Delaware basketball stand-out He was the only player in Greg Smith and swirnmet Nancy Division I this season to average Davis were named the university's more than 20 points and 10 Outstanding Senior Athletes earlier rebounds while shooting better than this week. 60 percent from the floor and 75 Smith was presented the award percent from the line. Tuesday at the Men's Davis, an elementary education Intercollegiate Athletics Luncheon major, led the Hens to back-to-hack Tuesday at the Trabant University conference titles in 1996 and 1997. Center. She holds eight school swimming Davis was honored Wednesday records - more than any other night at the Perkins Student Center swimmer in Delaware history. Her during the Women's Intercollegiate record-setting marks include the 50 Awards banquet. freestyle (24.36), 100 freestyle Smith, who will graduate with a (52.78), 200 freestyle (1 :52.94), degree in accounting, leaves the 500 freestyle (5:00.36) and 1,650 university with II school records, freestyle (17:09.99). including career scoring ( 1, 713 She has won five conference THE REVIEW /Courtesy of LPGA points), season scoring (660), con­ titles, including three straight in the Laura Davies wiD defend her LPGA McDonald's secutive games scoring in double­ 1,650 freestyle and two straight in Championship title this weekend at the DuPont Country doubles (48) and career free-throw the 500 freestyle. percentage (.609). -From sports information reports · Oub. See Thesday's Review for coverage.