News Mosaic Sports Community honors fallen What is it? Who are we? How Men's lacrosse beats hero Gary Summerville did we get here? Find out! Drexel13-4 See page A3 See special pullout section See page Cl An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner • THE • Non-Profit Org. ~Review Online U. S. Postage Paid www. review. udel. edu Newark. DE REV IE Permit o. 26 Free 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Tuesday Volume 125, Number 51 May 4, 1999 Armed men Police suspect invade house student of UD juniors pnnp1ng• • BY GREGORY SHULAS Administrarint Ne n'S Editor , BY RYAN CORMIER the armed intruders. He was treated A university student is unde r _Editor in Chief and released from Chrisitiana . investigation for organizing an exotic Five arm~d men dressed in black Hospital. dancing show with strippers, along with with ski masks s10rmed imo the Old Junior Harry Fox, a resident of soliciting local women to perfom1 sexual Capiro! Trail home of three the house, said he and five friends acts fo r profit, Newark Police said. university students early Monday were watching the fi lm "The After executing a search warra nt. morning, leavi ng a houseguest Outsiders" when five men ki cked Officer Mark A. Farrall said Newark hospitalized afte r being pistol their door in. Police confiscated objects relating to the whipped. Newark Police said. The students' reaction? erotic event in the student's Christi ana The suspects, four black males "We were sitting there making West Tower residence hall Thursday and one white male, ran out of the fun of them bas ically," Fox said. night. house after one of the victims "They were scared. Farrall said the student is not under altempted to call 911 , said Newark "We have two pit bulls and one arrest ands added that charges ar Police Officer Mark A. Farrall. guys got attacked by the pit bulls." pending. - As the suspects left the house.. Fox said h e and hi s two "He was not taken int <' cu.,rq·l police arrived on the scene and one roomma tes, juniors Daniel Kedan police," Farrall . rud. " W.: d1d J.ot , ·-!.!• of the suspects shot a round, police and Thomas Leonarski, watched as him with anything.'" said. lt is unclear whether the the fo ur other gunmen cow ered He sai.d poli ce learned that a gunshot was directed toward the behind the man as the dogs were university student was representing officers. biting him. himself as a New York City-based adult A searc h of the a re a near the Fox said he was not too shaken entertainment performer. ho use on the 400 block of Old up by the break-in. Farrall said the student allegedly Capitol Trail by Delaware State "They were more ·scared than we, advertised his show was to be held on Police helicopters, a K-9 unit and were because we had the dogs," he THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill May I. The student, FarraU said, stated in Newark Police officers failed to said. "One pit bull was locked on the U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno speaks at a university-sponsored forum on women and his endorsements that 20 female locate the suspects. guy ' s arm a nd the othe r o ne was violence in Mitchell Hall Monday morning. performers from Delaware, New York Scott Tillson who w&s visrting · locked on the guys leg - they were City and Maryland were to perfonn. the stude nts who li ve at the house, basically shaking him down." After seizing -advertisement fl yers . sustained a broken arm and needed Newark Police gave the fo ll owing busi ness records and applications for seven stitches to c lose a wound to exotic d ancing positions from the his face after fig hti ng wi th one of .Reno visits First State student's room, he said, authorities also see GUNMEN page A8 confiscated more than $2,300 in cash. "As of now, the case is being BY ERIC J.S. TOWNSEND accompanied by Donna Shalala, of abuse; rape and neglect. reviewed by the attorney general's National/Stare NeH·s Editor . U .S . secretary of Health a nd During the discussion, Biden office," Farrall said. "It is not yet known Alcohol abuse is a precursor Human Services, participated in said alcohol is correlated when they are going to make the Flagg's fate to domestic ab use, and on ly a rou n d-table disc ussion on closely with violence in abuse decision to place charges on him ." education can change attitudes ending violence against women. cases. Before seizing the application form s, • • • contributing to violent behavior, The forum , mediated by "When you are drinking, you police said they learned that the student said U .S. Attorney Gen e ral University President David' P . are not in. the position to be able was soliciting local women to be a part Janet Reno and Sen. Joseph R . Rosell e, afforded opportunities to ta~e care of yourself or of his show. Biden , D - Del. , Monday in for approximately 250 students prevent your own acti ons," he In addition to having them dance goes to Jury Mitchell Hall. and c itizens to ask ques tions said. "Just because he' s drunk naked, Farrall said there was sufficient Biden a nd R e no , regarding efforts to help victims reason to believe the student also wanted insanity. see RENO page AJO them to participate in sexual acts for Trial testimony "We know [Flagg] went out that profit. day with some rope and a gun," he said. "It was clear from the complete in defe.ndant' s confession that he went out that day to kidnap and rape." cqpital murder Flagg is charged with 18 separate Fraternities·assert their rights counts , includin g first-degree murder, six counts of rape along trial; jurors' with a charge of second-degree camp u s have to follow the legislation. litigation ·or assault. Organizations on uni ve rsi t y ' s r u les, and if they coo peration with the college or Conner asked the jury to carefully d on ' t, they could be s uspe nded un iversity. job begins thi nk about the crime and the la.w and qff-campus from the university. " Sigma Nu has b e en very and to convict R agg based on these However, Brad Beecham, chief in v ol ved in le!!i s la ti o n whi c h BY APRIL CAPOCHlNO operating officer of Sigma Nu would pro hibit- an y college or Cit;. Nrh·s Editor counts. required to follow . " He acted intentional and he Fraternity Inc., said constitutional univers ity in the s tate o f Maine The capital murder trial of caused serious injuries ." Co nner ri g ht s given to all United State from pro hibi ting their students to Donald A. Flagg concluded Monday UD regulations, PARr I: said. "T he facts show the ·defendant citizens have been broken at some join an y o rganization th e y with clos ing arguments from both is guilty of a ll these charges." co ll eges and uni versi ties. c hoo e:· he said . CuLlURE OF ALcoHOL the prosecution and the defense after despite national THE He challenged the testimo ny of Be-echam said he does not know " A ll fra t e rnities a re keen ly three weeks of testimony. ,/FA,\>IILY l..nt Dr. Carol A . T avani , Flagg' s of any publ ic s c hools where al l aware o f these kind o f Flagg, a 41-year-o ld former chapter rules .! CAMPUS l..nt psychiatrist and the defense' s onl y Gree k organi zatio ns have been developmems and want to make a utoworker, has admitted to witness. banned, but said he is familiar wi th certain that we' re not going to be qreaking imo the home of Anthony BY SUSAN STOCK PART IT: " She completely ignores the fact several private schools where thi d e nied o ur bas ic fundamenta l and Debra Puglisi in Academy Hills Srudem Aff'airs Editor that thi s defendant, age 41 , never has happened. ,-ights under the Constitution of th e ALcoHOL ON CAMPUS last April. shooting and ki lling Alcohol c ulture and fraternities told anyone he hears voices," he '"S i gma Nu wo uld arg ue that United States ... Anthony and kidnapping his wife for go in g dry on coll ege campuse s .I WHAT UD HAS DoNE said, pointing to F lagg. private schools have as much of a n Junior Jeremy Takacs, president four days. · nationwide have put a potlight on .f lEssoNS lEARNED " But here he ·is, charged with obligati on as publi c in stitutions to o f the uni versity c hapter of Sigma Flagg' s lead attorney J . Brendan the legal rights of both fraternities murder , rape and k idnap, and he m a intain the rights of the Nu , said he is fa miliar with the .I NATIONAL 1\1VER.SnY DEB.~ll: O' Neill said in his closing statement and universities. wants everyone to think he is crazy." C o n s tituti o n ," B eech am s aid. diffe~en t debat es surro unding that Flagg is a p aranoid Dean of Students Timothy F. PARrill: Conner said finding Flagg guilty " Students do not g i ve up th e ir fraternities. schizophrenic who hears voices and Brooks said Greek or!!anizatio ns of insanity was like " try ing to ri ghts when they enroll at a coll ege "Two yea rs ago. national Sigma THE GRFEK BATilE blamed the illness on Flagg' s recognized by the ~niver s it y are ha mmer a square peg into a round or u-niversit y'' Nu dec id ed it wanted to be th e ,/ 1ATI ONAL OiAP".-ER DEBA11: actions. Flagg is pleading insanity. ob li gated to abide by uni vers ity hole."' Beecham said it is difficult to l ead e r in the te mperance Prosecutor Mark H. Conner told rules and regul at ions. ,., LEGALITIES L''\'01.. \'ED "It just doesn' t work,'" he said. know h ow to ap proac h th e movement on campuses:· he said. the jury there was no evidence from He said e ven fraternities off- c o mplex pro blem - through • REAC110:"\ I'RO ~I UD 0Lo\Pll:RS the defense to support its plea of see JURY page AS sec DRY page A9 Trustees to discuss alCohol-related investments
BY GREGORY SHULAS " th e c ulture of a lcohol ... the students." Townsend said. '·But if "Lots o f churches say that they · th e co mpa ni es t h e uni ve r s it y n ecessa r y in deciding if the Admmistrutit·e NewJ Edi tr~r school has more mo ney in vested we divest s tock in A nh e user do not want m o ney invested in in vests in ... he sai d. "We h a e uni ve r si t y s hou ld speak out As s ome Board o f Trustees in alcohol company stocks than it Busch, I do not think you wi ll see companies th at sell a lcoho l and o ut s id e m a n age r s ta k e care of agai nst youth -i nfluen ing alcohol members declare they are wi lling h as in RWJF grant fundin g a difference ... to b acc o .·· T o wn se n d said. ··If in vestme nt decisions. W e do not ad ve rt i e m en ts at company to di scuss the university ' s with m o re than $840,000 in If e very university across the these issues want to be di scu sed. look at specifi ed in vestme nt s; we tockho lder meetings. inves tments in alcohol Anheuser-Busch Inc. alone. country sent a me s sage to th e then we can put them on the table just look at perfo rmance ... Sm ith said the board members· corporations at their next meeting. Sherman L. T ow nsend , f irs t a lcoho l compan ie s, Townse n d and di scuss it.'" Ro la nd Smith. v ice preside nt approva l is needed in deciding c a mpus direc to rs o f the Robert vice president of Merrill Lynch said. that might be effective . Yet T own end pointed out that f o r Stu de nt L ife. said th e whe t her the u n ivcr. it) sh o uld Wood John s on F o undati o n are and a board m e mber , said h e He sai d the bo ard does not put th e o uts ide investo rs. not b oard committ ee s h o uld address th e diYcst s tock from any a lcohol sti II not in agreeme nt about what would entertain talks o n th e topic restricti o ns on what o uts ide m e mbers . de c id e w hat s toc k topic at the next board meeting. related company. their plan of ac ti on will be. at the next board meeting. portfolio manage rs can in vest in. become h o ldings f o r th e Smit h al o aid the board and a Smith aid he is cri tical of how Two wee ks ago . The Rev ie w " I would be open to making a and nothin!! can be decided until universit y. financial committee hould play a alcohol companies like Anh..:u er- le arned th a t d e spite the conscious decision over wh at is there is a f~rm a l di scussion on the '·The Boa rd of Tru s tee s .d o es leadership role in the matter. uni versit y's ongoing battle to fight best for the univ e r si t y a n d · issue. not h ave a direct influence over He said he fee ls their in put is see T R USTEES page A 7
) ,J A2. THE REVIEW • May 4, 1999 Bill introduced to increase fines for bomb threats
BY SHAUN GALLAGHER violating the proposed law could face Stuff R~p orter the multi-thousand-dollar fines. Terroristic threats to Delaware Mary Hudson, an assistant principal schools, including false bomb threats, a t Glasgow High School in the could result in fines of $10,000 and six Christina School District, said her months in jail if a new bill pass school has received 13 bomb threats AMERICAN POWs CELEBRATE FREEDOM through state legislature is signed into since September. However, many of LANDSTUHL, Germany - Three u:s. servicemen released by law. the alleged perpetrators have already Yugoslavia celebrated their ftrSt full day of freedom Monday after more The bill was introduced less than been identified. than a month in custody and were reunited with their families at a U.S. two weeks after a shooting at "Those who have been identified future occurrences. coverage, which shows young people base in Germany. Columbine High School in Littleton, are a diverse group," she said. Because Sgt. Tom Newnan of Delaware the sort of attention they will get if The Army flew the so ldiers' families to Germany, where they met Colo., which has already inspired of the numerous threats, the school State Police said recent threats have they imitate the incident. privately with the former captives at a U.S. base. No details of the many copycat incidents in Delaware now records all calls for purposes of left police short-handed to combat " Some kids are so starved for reunions were made public immediately. and across the country. security, she said. other types of threats. attention .that they don ' t separate The soldier spent Sunday evening on the telephone and watching Rep. William Oberle, R-24th, one "One of the things we learned early " Every one of our bomb-detector attention in terms of pos itive and television before having a good night's sleep at Landstuhl Regional of the prime sponsors of the bill , on is that a bomb threat is only a dogs has been-pulled off the street and negative," she said. Medical Cenrer, a U.S. military ho pita!, said chief of clinical services stated in a press release his hopes that misdemeanor," Hudson said, adding assigned to the Youth Aid unit," he Hubbard also said the proposed bill Co l. Mack Blanton. the bill will clamp down on the rash of that the bill' s stricter consequences said. The unit is the division assigned may indeed curb future incidents, but Bl anton said initial tests showed the soldi ers were "reasonably threats by imposing stricter penalties might prevent other incidents. "Those to handle threats to schools. it is flawed because it would impose. healthy'' and had "only minor injuries in their capti vity from handcuffs." than what are already in place. who think it would be a fun thing' to If a threat was made to a the $10,000 fine on the child's parents. The soldiers were flown fro m Croatia to a U.S. Air Force base in "The proliferation of bomb threats do might be deterred by a fine and a commercial business, for instance; a "Anything that involves punishing Ramstein on Sunday, where they were greeted wi th salutes from their in Delaware is an extremely serious mark on their permanent record." dog would have to be called out of the the parent is questionable,'' she said. Army buddies and wild cheers from a fl ag-waving crowd. problem," Oberle said. "It is a problem Under current state law, a bomb Youth Aid division, which Newnan "And if you ' ve got a child who's Their arrival capped an emotional, daylong journey by land and air that is crippling the education process threat to a public building is wiped off said would take "the better part of an angry at his parents, he might see it as from Yugoslavia's capital with civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson, in many parts of our state, especially a student's record once he or she turns hour." an incentive rather than a deterren-t. " who successfully appealed to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to in the Christina School District." 18. Psychology professor Julie release them. House Bill 185 would make bomb The increased concern over school Hubbard said one of the factors that - Eric J.S. Townsend contributed to Jackson hoped President Bill Clinton would reciprocate by offering a threats a felony charge. Additionally, threats has also prompted police to may lead students to copy the this article. , respite frqm airstrikes, now in their sixth week. However, NATO the parents of juveniles found guilty of take extra measures to protect against Colo~ado shooting is the media refused to reward the gesture and the alliance continued to pound Yugoslavia, delivering more than 600 bombing runs Sunday over a 24- hourperiod. . The freed soldiers were exuberant and appeared healthy Sunday, but they showed signs of the cuts and bruises they suffered when captured March 31 on a patrOl mission along the Macedonian-Yugoslav border. Colleges offer e-mail courses "It's a great relief to be free," said Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Stone, 25, of Smiths Creek, Mich. BY DREW VOLTURO be recalled at a later time. June Blackwelder, associate director for "We were treated very well," said Staff Sgt. Andrew Ramirez., 24, of Stajf R~p ort~r Online courses are not offered to on-campus Publications and Promotions at UNC-Chapel Hill , Los Angeles. "We're doing good, we're healthy. As you can see, we're Students at several colleges, including the undergraduate students unless they receive said their distance learning is rooted in an 85- very happy. Mostly happy." university, can now take some courses without special permission, Pritchard said year-old independent-study system. Blanton told reporters that first medical tests showed Ramirez had "a ever setting foot in a classroom. She also said the university currently offers " It is based on a semester schedule," little bit of swelling on his right lower leg" that required X-rays. Ramirez The university has developed a unique program four to five complete Internet courses, but is Blackwelder said. "The professor posts a series of also·had a small cut on the top of his head that was stitched while he was for distance learning, college courses offered planning to add more courses for distance web pages arranged into weeks, providing in captivity. online by accredited institutions, said Mary learning in the fall, including a series of streamed information for students enrolled ·in the course. It Stone underwent a CAT scan to check for internal damage, but in Pritchard, director of Distance Learning. graduate chemical engineering courses. contains web links, questions and assignments." general, his condition is good, Blanton said. Spc. Steven Gonzales, 22, "Delaware's program is designed for people Colleen O'Brien, managing director of the Internet classes will continue to g row in of Huntsville. Texas, "turned out fme'' in initial checkups and has no who cannot come to campus," Pritchard said. "We Institute for Higher Education Policy , said prominence, both on a mitional level and at the funher medical tests scheduled . primarily target adults." although online courses are exciting and dynamic, university, Hofstetter said. Jackson flew to Washington today to meet with Clinton and deliver a The university uses proprietary software there are sti II some concerns. "I've seen estimates that web-based teaching letter from Milosevic with the Yugoslav president's proposals to resolve created by education professor Fred Hofstetter. "This technology has the potential to take away and learning will grow to become a $10 billion the Kosovo crisis. Hofstetter created SERF - Server-side personality from the classroom, but it can force industry in the next decade," he said ...This kind In Washington, Clinton expressed his gratitude to Jackson and said Educational Records Facilitator - after working more creativity and communication," O'Brien of environment is highly motivating both for the he was pleased at the soldiers' release. "AU of America is anticipating on a PBS satellite videoconference in 1997. said. "Before widespread expansion begins, we student and the professor." their safe return," Cllnton said. "SERF provides an environment for delivering need to know costs and long-term issues." · Some students are not completely sure if web Clinton did not immediately comment on the proposal to meet with courses anywhere in the world, using the web as a But Hofstetter said online courses allow based learning would be effective for their major. Milosevic. distance education medium," Hofstetter stated in students to receive a high degree of personal Heather McGonnell, a senior math major, said ':As we welcome our soldiers home, our thoughts also tum to the an e-mail message. "There 'is no more efficient • a't_teniion and interaction with 'their prOfessor. she would try a cl'ass· ovef the 1i'iretnet; but Is over I million Kosovars who are unable to go home because of the way to -teach or learn cour-se materia is. than "Instead of just gradtng -a paperand handing it worried about the Ios.s o&:personal t"uc::ll: • P9licies of the regime in Belgrade," Clinton said in a statement. online." back, I can make comments about the paper and " It's beneficial if you ' re having trouble In M3!'Ch , Stone, Ramirez and Gonzales left the Army's I st Infantry Pritchard said the university uses video give the student a chance to revise it and get a because 'you can spend more time on the difficult division base in Schweinfun, 50 miles southwest of Frankfurt, for streaming, in which the vide6taped class is sent higher grade," he said. material," McGonnell said. "However, you lose Macedonia. directly through the Internet, and synchronous Distance learning is also practiced at several some of the personal touch of being in the They were taken captive while patrolling th~ Yugoslav-Macedonian PowerPoint, a computerized slide-show, to other universities, such as Stanford University classroom." border as part of a peacekeeping mission, seven days after NATO present online cou.rse material. Both formats can and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. launched its bombing campaign campaign in Yugoslavia.
ALB~SRECOUNTSLAUGHTER BLACE, Macedonia - Ethnic Albanian refugees say Serb forces killed dozens of people in a central Kosovo village and buried them in U.N. calls for end to capital punishment mass graves before exhuming them and forcing residents to dig individual graves for the decomposing bodies. While 30 nations voted in favo, punishment should not be imposed two daughters and a neighborhood Witnesses fleeing into Macedonia on Sunday claimed that Serb Commission. on of the ban, II voted against and 12 for crimes committed by felons child. forces killed at least 32 people in the village of Slovinje. abstained. The United States and under the age of 18, and to exclude Lawrie became the ninth inmate "Death was all around us," said Nebahate Gashi, who claimed her Human Rights China, both of which have been pregnant women from such course in the state of Delaware to be put to husbarid, Orner, was among five people executed outside their home on targeted by human rights groups for of action. death since the rein statement of Aprill5. attempts to end the use of capital punishment, voted Michelle Justice, assistant to the capital punishment by the The refugees gave the following account: against the resolution. executive director of the Death Department of Corrections in 1992. Masked militiamen, most with beards and long hair, entered the death penalty on Despite criticism of the Uni-ted Penalty Information Center in . Currently, 19 · inmates await village 10 miles southeast of Pristina People were ordered to leave their S'iai:es- ari'd' Chi.na, t '~e count'ries were Waslii.ngton, D.C., said. the call for execution on death row. homes, identity papers and other documents were destroyed and many worid.w{de scale, backed by other nation's in their an execution ban is a helpful sign. Mara Dodge, assistant professor homes were set on fire . vote, including Indonesia, Japan, "The U.S. is reminded that what of criminal justice, said there ·is a The refugees alleged some people were lined up and shot at point United State$ votes Pakistan, Rwanda and Sudan. they are doing is contradictory to disproportionate number of people blank range while others were attacked with knives. and at least one Judith Mellen, executive director. the rest of the world." she said, who get the death penalty, and the elderly woman was fatally burned. against p'ropo.sal of the American Civil Liberties adding that the United Statess had system is filled with racial and Authorities later used construction equipment to make two mass Union in Delaware, said the the fourth or fifth highest number of economic injustices. graves of at least 16 bodies each, he said. BY DENEATRA HARMON organization is strongly opposed to executions in history just two years "Over the last 20 years, about 75 Some refugees claimed the death toll was higher. One resident, Agim Cop;· Ediror the death penalty. ago. people were released on death row, Devshi, estimated at least 45 people were killed. The U .N. Commission on Human "We applaud the U .N . action in Justice said the United States and with a margin of error of about 15 On Friday, authorities ex humed the bodies from the graves and Rights called for a worldwide end to respect to what the U .S. is doing," China are targeted because they are percent," she said. "In recent years, delivered them to family members. Armed police guards watched as capital punishment last week at its she said. "We have death penalties both leading countries in human more people were found to be on families were forced to dig individual graves. annual meeting in Geneva, _ that are quite shocking. The U .S. rights offenses. death row , which brings a l'o t of . "Then we were told to leave at once,' ' Xhevat Gashi said. Switzerland. · and China are probably the two "People think of China when they concern of whether or not we are A U.N. refugee official said the reports are apparentl y part of a The United Nations called on leading countries in executions." . think of human rights ," she said. using it too often ." pattern of escalati ng Serb repri als in areas near the Macedonian border. nations to " progressively restrict the The resolution also urged "Also, it is glaring that the U .S. Dodge said the U .N. resolution Reponed attacks on ethni c Albanians in southern Kosovo have number of offenses for which the countries not to execute offenders continues to have a [negative] may not have a noticeable impact on sharply increased the refugee tide into Macedonia, where camps are death penalty may be imposed and for. anything but the most serious practice that makes them stand out." the death penalty in the United severel y overcrowded and health officials worry about outbreaks of to establish a moratorium on crimes , whose gravity would be The U.N. resolution comes after States , but it does add a voice to epidemics such as cholera and measles. executions, with a view to determined by an independent and the execution of David J. Lawrie in question the practice. completely abolishing the death impartial court. Delaware last month , who was - compiled from AP wire repons bY Brian Callaway penalty." It also states that capital convicted of the murder of his wife, Campus-Calendar Police Reports those interested in purchasing some art, information. For who proceeded to fight. The Academy of Lifelong Learning is As part of the Coffeehouse series, Kate & PIZZA DELIVERY PERSON disorderly conduct after pulling down his Newark Police said Ruderman and sponsoring an art sale in Arsht Hall at the CJ will perform acoustic duets at 8 p.m. in the ESCAPES THE KNIFE pants, slapping his behind and making Brozzeni were charged with di orderly Wilmington campus. The show will start at 10 Perkins Student Center Scrounge. An unknown person attempted to rob a lewd remarks near The Stone Balloon conduct. a.m. today and will last until 3 p.m. For more On Wednesday, the Race, Ethnicity and pizza deliveryman at knifepoint .on Main Saturday night, Newark Police said. Culture Series will sponsor the lecture Street Friday night, Newark Police said. Police gave the following account : information call 573-4417. ATTACK AT MAIN STREET President David P. Roselle will be the "Gender, Genocide and Jewish Memory" Police said the victim was delivering a Newark Police said they were alerted GALLERIA guest speaker at the university's Associate of with professor Sara Horowitz. The speech will pizza to the 334 E. Main Street to the scene after an officer saw Reece be in the Ewing Room of the Perkins Student Apartment complex but after arriving at Meredith of Glencove, N.Y .; Kevin A 22-year-old man and 22-year-old Retired Faculty luncheon. The luncheon starts wo man were assau lt ed by a group of at II :45 a .m. in Clayton Hall. For more Center at 12:20 p.m. the apartment, he was told that no one Ruderman of Rutland , Ma .; and The Professional Theatre Training Program there had ordered pizza. Michael Brozzetti of Westchester, Pa .. youths Saturday night while trying to information call 831-2653. enter the Main Street Galleria, Newark Get out in the warm weather and root on the is staging Ibsen's "A Doll's House." The While leaving the building, police said fighting on the sid ewalk in front of the performance starts at 7:30 p.m. in Hartshorn the victim saw a 6-foot tall white male Stone Balloon. Po li ce said. baseball team as they take on UMBC at the Poli ce said the victim said a group of Delaware Diamond at 3 p.m. Hall. wearing a black ski mask and jacket When police arri ved, one su pect fled youths approached them and one asked if With the. continuing situation in Kosovo, "Secrets and Silence," an experimental play holding a kitchen knife. on. foot but an officer was able to catch th ey had given them the finger. When the professors Mark Miller and James presenting personal accounts of living with Police said the victim dropped the him and bring him into custody a long Oliver will victims said no, members of the group give a speech called "Kosovo: Two Views" at AIDS or HIV and the impact of silence in the pi zza box ' and fled fr o m the scene. with the other two defendams. be!!an hittin!! them with their fi sts. 7 p.m. in Georgetown, Del.. Call855-1657. community, will be staged in the Bacchus Newark Police are currently in vestigating An employee of The Stone Balloon Police said the case is under in ve tigation. There will be a panel discussion with area Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 for the public the incident. said he saw the three indi v idu als residents who are living with AIDS or HIV. and $2 for students. disputing o ut side the building and The talk will take place in Pencader C:ommons FULL MOON RISES OVER THE reported the incident. III at 8 p .m . Call 837-1216 for more - compiled by John Yo cca STONE BALLOON The employee said during the di spute. A man was charged with lewdness and Meredith mooned the two defendant -compiled by Jessica Cohen May 4, 1999 . THE REVlEW. A3 Summerville honored at memorial service
BY JOHN YOCCA service was held. who is survived by hi s pare nts , know how much we mi ss him." Aclministrcllln.' N~h S £diror Police officers lined up o utside brother and stepdaughter. Summervi lle 's brother, Ri chard, A memorial service was held Mitchell Hall and marched sin gle "Gary was completely committed was the last to take th e stage, which Friday morning for the associate file into the auditorium as two other to the department and to the was covered wi th several bouquets director of Public Safety, who was officers, clad in kilts, played university in particular,'' Rosell e of fl owers and a framed picture of killed in an accident April 25. bagpipes. said. Summerville. Hundred of police officers from When the procession ended, close He then told a swry in which a ''It means a lot to us that we know across the state, along with friends to 600 people, including Delaware university student requested the how ma ny lives he touched," he and family. gathered to honor Maj. Attorney General M . Jane Brady, American and university flags be said . "It's a time of celebration. He Gary Summerville, who was killed crowded into Mitchell to hear lowered to half-mast out of respect made thi s community a better when hi motorcycle was struck by a family. friends and co-workers pay for Summerville. place." car that ran a red light on Route 896. tribute to Summerville, who spent With tears in his eyes and a Summerville said the best tribute The service started at 9:30 a. m. 25 years with University Police. choked-up voice, Roselle said the to hi s brother was the several people with a procession of nearly 100 After a greeting by the Rev . student worked at 7-Eieven and who came up to him and said they police cars a nd mo torcycles Laura Lee C. Wilson, university served Summerville many times and worked with Gary 15 years ago and travelling from the Bob Carpenter President David P. Roselle said a considered him an importa nt just had to be at the service. Center to Mitchell Hall, whe re the few words in honor of Summerville, member of the university. " Right now, Gary is making Chris Johnson, a member of the heaven a better place,'' he said. ''I'm university's Emergency Medical sure we' ll all be glad thar Gary was Unit, said Summerville was an there before us." incredible inspiration to members of Wilson offered some reflective the organization. thoughts after the speakers had made "He was our teacher and our their touching comments . .friend," Johnson said through tears. ~ "We weep and mourn for the loss "He treated us with as much respect of Gary," she said. "Laughter and as anyone in the police department. dance will come over time. His spirit " He will always be with the will continue to be with us . organization in spirit." . "Gary was a friend who knew you Johnson then presented a plaque as you are. No greater love could be to Summerville's family. given, received or showed than to be Douglas Tuttle, a policy scientist called " friend." Gary Summerville in the Institute for Pu'blic was true humble friend to all." Administration , said "young at When Wilson finished her prayer, heart" is the best way to describe every police officer in the Summerville. auditorium stood at attention as "Gary always had some sort of another officer came out on stage, countdown to his retirement," he trumpet in hand, and played "Taps." said with a laugh. "But he had no Officers then escorted say at all in his departure date. He Summerville's family out of lives always in our memories." Mitchell as "Amazing Grace" was Lawrence Thornton Jr., director played on the bagpipes in the lobby. of Public Safety, said, "Gary was a Outside, police officers and leader, teacher, mentor and a doer. friends of Summerville embraced No job was too large, no job was too and let their emotions out, holding small." · each other tightly while offering Thornton added that Summerville words of comfort. was deeply committed to his family , " When police officers say as well as, his Public Safety family. goodbye to one another, they say S u mmervi lie's stepdaughter, goodbye," University Police Capt. THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill Kelley Steele, approached the James Flatley said of the elaborate Maj. Gary Summerville was killed in an accid~nt on April 25. podium with tears streaming down service. "It's not something you· ever the department wi ll be sadly Johnson remembered how ve ry her face and said that nothing she get used to." mi ssed." involved Summerville was with the could write down accurately University Police Lt. William Katorkas said Summe rvi lie 's Emergency Medical Unit. described hi n'l. Katorkas, who ha'd worked with family is a strong one and will find " He was one of your peer : · he "Gary's ·Jife reyolved around the Summerville si nce 1981 , said, "He's strength out of the terrible ordeal. said. "You can' t put an age on him. little things he did," she said. "I a colleague but most importantly tie "Our prayers are with them," he He opened hi s home and his life to loved him, and I want everyone to .. was a friend. His presence around said. everybody_,.
A univers'ity stude~nt paramedic gets a . consoling hug from a fellow paramedic at Gary Summerville's memorial service Friday morning.
THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill University Police and Public Safety officers line up in rank on THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill The Mall Friday morning to honor Summerville, who died after A motorcade travelled up South College Avenue Friday morning to the memorial service. The procession of nearly 100 police cars a motorcycle accident April 25. and motorcycles from agencies across the state drove from the Bob Carpenter Cente~ to Mitchell Hall, where the service was held. Housing problems for university sophomores
BY JASON ROBBIN last to get placed." will have s t a ndard h o us ing by th e university hi story. Staff Reporter However, Housing expects about 400 beginning of the year. --we expected about 3.350 students to When housing assignments came out cancell ations from upper-class students, With Kent residence hall c losed for enroll an d got abou t 3.562. giv ing us this week. 245 second-semester students she ·said. "Many upper-class renovations , there a re 6,886 spaces about 2 12 more students." he said . were left without a place to li ve next "Many upper-class students are students are waiting available fo r on-campus housin g. she Siegel said the university has a goal of year, universi ty officials said. waiting for their off-campus said. about 3.250 students fo r the incoming: To ensure all on-campus st ud ent s will assignments," she said. " So when they for their off-campus Carey said Housing is un sure this year fre hmen c'lass. - have ho u si n g fo r Fall Semester. the get them , 'there will be a lot of of the exact number of student who will '·We want to beo sure students can 2et universi ty has extended the cancellation cancellations." assignments. S.o be living on campus. th eir c lasse · and we take great pride- in deadline. said Linda Carey, manager of Additionally, Carey said about 75 " We hope to not have any exte nded not being a huge un iversity." he said. Housing Assignment Services. students are expected to become resident when they get them, housing next year." she said. Care y said housin g assignments a rc Carey said second-semester stude nts, assistan ts next year and will live in At the be2innin2 of Fall Semester last determined after a computer puts the including rising freshmen . are the largest designated RA rooms. there will be a lot of year. there- wer; 7.313 s tudents on application in a random order. o t a ll group to apply for on-campus housing, " When they ' re picked , they will be campus. Carey said . students get th e assignments th ey \\'ant. but are the last to get placed. ' · pulled out of their housing assignments,'' cancellations." She said the large size of last year' s she added. ·'Housing assignments are prioritized sje said. " T~is will leave room for all the freshman class caused th e 245 students to Carey said students who arc assigneJ by th e number of semesters the student students on the waiting list." not be assigned housi ng yet. housi ng end up o n a guaranteed waiung has attended at the uni versity.'' she said. Carey s aid with the cancellation - Linda Carey, manager of Housin g Associate Provos t o f Enrollment li st and that the problem \\'Ould he under "Wi th o nl y two se mesters [at th e deadline extended to May 28, Hous ing Assignment Services Services Fred Siegel said last fall' s contro l. university]. the rising freshmen are th e Services guarantees all returning students fre s hman c i a s was the larges t in A4. THE REVIEW • May 4, 1999 Dining Services looks into sanitation violations
BY ROBERT NIEDZWIECKI Bingaman said he was surpri sed to hear responsible for all the employees wearing .employees not to wear gl oves when worki ng Staff R•porrer of Health has not developed a new health that Dining Services employees were gloves,'' Bingaman said. " If th ey' re not , it ' s with food. code th e u e of gloves will be addressed at Des pite the fact that dining hall processing food without gloves and added th ei r job to re-train t~e employees on the "The students that serve food don' t like to future board meeti ngs, Carr sa id . employees must wear gloves when handling that he would look into the situation and proper procedures. wear gloves, so they don't wear th em: · she 'This code is being wo rked on and should all types of foods , The Review has observed take the appropriate steps to correct it. "We encourage people to talk to location said. "Cooks have to be reminded to wear be available soon," he said. ·'Glove wi ll that several dining hall employees have been The use of gloves is a standard operating managers about any conce rn s, comments or gloves, but they don ' t like wearing gloves probably be a future requir.ement. Things ' handling food with their bare hands. procedure for handling food, he said. suggestions they might have." either, so many times they just won ' t wear like making a submari ne sandwich could Bradley Bingaman, senior food service Bingaman said the Taco Bell in the Bingaman said th e re sident dietician at them. need gloves." director at the university, said Dining Trabant University Center had previously the university makes sure the pro per "The managers will tell the cooks, 'He y Students said th at wh il e they have not Services employees must wear gloves, but at been exempt from the policy. sanitation standards are in place at the dining put your gl_oves on,' but they won ' t put the witnessed any glove violati ons. many were least two employees at the Rodney Dining "Until recently, Taco Bell was the only halls. gloves on for you." appalled by the idea. Hall and one from Pencader Dining Hall .place that wasn't doing it," he said. "Our "They go on location to all th e dining New Castle County Board of Health Freshm an Angela T ay lor, who eats at were witnessed handling food without biggest concern was with Taco Bell , but the halls twi ce a year and there' s double supervisor Edward Carr said using gloves Rodney Dining Hall . said, "I've never seen gloves on Thursday. · Taco Bell administration didn' t encourage checking of repeat offenders of th e when handling food is not a provision it happen .. but I think it 's di sgusting if other The following violations were observed the use of gloves. sanitation standards at the university,'' he required by the county. people saw [g love vio lati ons]. by The Review: "Repeated comments and concerns made said. The existing policy in Delaware states "I would hope the dining hall wo uld force ' In the Rodney Dining Hall, one employee us decide to have them wear gloves like In addition, the Board of Health and that hand s must be washed prior to handling its employees to wear gloves in the future." ' placed his bare hands on the pizza dough everyone else." ARAMARK, the corporati on th at contracts food s, such as when employees make trips to Freshm an Zach Bouchat, who also eats in while preparing dinner. Bingaman said Dining Services enforce food se rvi.ces to the un iversity, score s hi s the bathroom during work hours, Carr said. Rodney , said he has neve r noti ced any glove Afterward, a second employee at Rodney the policy of wearing gloves when handling department very high in their annu al However, he said , th e practices o f a violations. failed to wear gloves while placing already food as strictly as is possible. sanitation reports, he said . cafeteria should include using gloves. But if they are goin g on, he sai d he would prepared grilled cheese sandwiches on a lf there is a complaint about a Dining "Also, all of our .managers are certified "You should use gloves from going from not stop eating in the dining hall. grill. Services employee not wearing gloves, he with state-approved trai ning," he said . one food preparation process to the next, say " If they ' re ac tu all y touching the food Additionally, during the dinner shift at the said his first order of business is to alen the . Despite such high approval, one Pencader from cleaning salads to making without using gloves, I don ' t want that;' he - Pencader Dining Hall, an employee made a director or supervisor·of the dining hall. Dining Hall employ;:e, who wished to sandwiches," he said. said. "I'd still eat in the dining hall , though, sandwich without using gloves. "The dining hall management is remain anonymous, said it is common for Although the New Castle County Board because there's no place else to go." Alpha Phi and Sigma Phi Epsilon win Greek Week
BY MELISSA SCOTI SINCLAIR "friendly warnings" about alcohol to Srud~nt Affairs Editor the residents of area houses which Hundreds of fraternity and he suspected Greeks were being sorority members gathered on served. Harrington Beach Sunday morning He said he told the residents, for the annual Greek Games. "Please make sure that your guests, The event was the culmination of if consuming alcohol, don' t take it Greek Week, which brought out onto the Beach." sororities and fraternities together to The advisories were heeded, he compete in contests ranging from said, and no violations were given fitness to choreography. out. Teams from each of the groups in " It seems also that more the Inter Fraternity Council and the organization has gone in by the Panhellenic Council competed groups," he said, comparing this throughout the day, socializing year's relatively calm proceedings to under tents between events. previous years. " I guess we' re Kappa Delta Rho fraternity took finally getting it right." first place for the day, as did Chi However, not everyone agreed Omega and Phi Sigma Sigma with Stallmann''s opinion. sororities. Sophomore Ben Greenstein of The winners for the entire Greek Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity said he Week were Alpha Phi sorority and thought too much organization had Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. ruined Greek Games. Greek Games began with a 5- "Last year ·was bad, but it gets kilometer race at 8 a.m., followed by worse every year- look at this," he other events including an obstacle said, gesturing toward the many course, running relay and water students relaxing under tents and balloon toss. sipping sodas. "There's no alcohol 1 Junior Shante Stargell watched anymore. ' the events, while huddled on a bench Sophomore Kylie Duran of Chi with two other members of Sigma Omega sorority said she agreed that .Kappa sorority. this year's event was more laid "It's freezing - it was supposed back. to be 78 degrees and it' s 50," she " Last year it seemed more said. crowded - everyone was so close Fellow sorority member Joellen to each other," she said. Shannon said the chill didn't Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity dampen enthusiasm for the games, members apparently dido 't care which were as competitive as about how other groups were doing always. in the games. The fraternity's T ''The sororities are way more into shins read "F*ck the points- we'll it than the fraternities," she said. score anyway." That didn't appear to be the case "We're not concerned with in the tug-of-war, which was the placing at all," sophomore member event drawing the biggest crowd. Anthony DiPaula said. "We just Muscles strained and faces want to have fun ." grimaced as both sorority and Junior Jeremy Mattsson agreed. fraternity teams tried to ·hold their "It's not about points - it's about Members of the Lamda Chi Alpha fraternity tug away during Sunday's Greek Games Thg-of-war battle. THE REVIEW/ Scott McA llister ground. Greek Games, being Greek," he But it was the guys who got down said. "No one remembers who won and diny. In one match, Sigma Nu Greek Games last year." beat Kappa Delta Rho only after His observation that the awards their anchorman crawled on hands were the not the main focus of the WIDBNBB. UNIVU.SITY LAw Cmlrn and knees to pull the opposition event was borne out by dwindling over. crowds as the afternoon progressed. Legal Education Institute Tug-of-war is the most popular A much-reduced crowd gathered to game, said Panhellenic programmer hear the winners announced a few Department of Public Safety Tricia Unruh, who helped organize hours later. · Greek Week this year. Dean· of Students Timothy LOST AND FOUND 1...... ""'ACCI!L£/lA.TED "Crowd control during 'tug' is Brooks, who attended the closing · ~" really rough," she sai~. surveying ceremonies, said he was pleased PROPERTY SALE the roaring fans. with the Greek Games this year, as PR06RAM But the crowd remained relatively everything went smoothly and no AMmuCAN BAR AssociATION calm and few complaints from alcohol violations were reported. apprwetl nearby residents were heard, said Brooks said he gave all the credit Public Safety Officer M . V. for the games' success to the Location: Behind the Public Certificate in Paralegal Studies Stallmann, who was ke.eping an eye students in charge. "I marveled at on the festivities from the sidelines. how well-organized it was," he said. Safety Building In onl1 3 months-12-wcek SUlDIDCl' Program Stallmann said he issued a few 79 Amstel Avenue . May 24 to August.l3, 1999
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J THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill Seni 9r.; .Ry a p§m iJ.h,.BQ~es for a photo;op pu,~id e, Rainbow Books and Music after winning -~ .. first place in the b ook"store's annual , ~,gjRt.. writ!ng contest . . · ~ . -- - · Seniorwins script writing contest, sees NEED SUMMER$ brainchild performed • On Catnpus work
BY HEATHER GARLICH hi s old gi rlfriend's apartment. After meeting the Swff R•porrer woman who has heard all of hi s heartbreak, they fall The three winners of the second-annual Rainbow in love. Script Writing Contest were announced Thursday Second place was a tie between "Good Night night at Rainbow Books and Music on Main Street. Daddy," written by Strauss, a nd Johnso n's '·'T he • Summer Fu11draising for U ofD Following the announcement , approximately 20 Road to Heaven." people watched as the winners' Mto rks were "Good Night Daddy" is a story narrated by a performed by members of the E-52 Student T heatre. middle-aged woman. Dana, who tries to understand 6:30ptn-9:30ptn (Monrlay- Thursday) Senior Ryan Smith placed first and senior how the strong father she once knew could have a Barbara Johnson and sophomoFe Lori Strauss tied stroke and .{ose hi s youth and li ve liness. for second place. "He had a stroke that day," she says. "It was right Steve Tague, a director and professor in the then and there that he lost hi s parkle '' Professional Theatre Trai ning Program, Strauss portrays the healing process for Dana as congratulated the three students for their efforts. she realizes her fa th er's lo.vi ng soul is still in side his • $6.50/hr +bonus and incentives "In 25 years of being a theater actor, I never had · unresponsive-body. the courage or di sci pline to write a play," he said. "I can ' t believe I abando ned you:· she says. Tague said in judging the event, he basically "Your sparkle 'is still here." chose what he liked out of the 30 scripts he read and In "The Road to Heaven," a ma n fig hts to I critiqued. overcome hi s hi story of alcoholism and the abuse he ~ • Must have basic computer and "I was looking for something that had a feel fo r received as a child. the theater, something which film and TV cannot An angel appears to help Benj ami n understa nd do," he said. "Something that took me somewhere that the years of sexual abuse by hi s alcoholic -gave me something to go away wi th ." mother do not mean he is doomed to repeat her l excellent communication skills Tague said he fou nd what he was looking fo r in actions. Smith' s one-act play, " Keepin' the Faith" whi c h "You' re not really here at all- you' re just a won the first pl ace cash prize of $500. hangover," Benjamin says. Smith is an acti ve member of the Harrington .The angel replies, ''I'm yo u, l can' t leave." Theatre Arts Company and recently directed "Into The angel tell s him his daughter is suffering and • If interested or have questions, call the Woods.'' He said he aspires to write and direct Benj amin must tum his attention to her. and said he wishes to move to California after Benj amin says, "I never realized somethi ng so graduation. good would come fro m me. We all have a purpose." He said hi s script is a cross between two genres Joe Maxwell. owner of Rainbow, donated $2,000 831-8685 (asl< for a supervisor) of movies. for pri zes and fu nding for the performance. "I took the romaniic aspects from ' Sleepless in The uni versity does not currently give awards to Seattle' and the comical aspects of 'Swingers,"' he students for their script writing, he said. said. "We want to be supportive of the uni versity," In the play, Smith describes love as "something Maxwell said. "It made sense to suppo rt literary divine. li ke a prisoner's first taste of freedom." creative writing of one form or another.'' The main character, Christian. i tyring to hold on Engli sh professor Jeanne Walker, one of th e to a relationship that end ed six months earli er. He uni ve rsity o rganizers of th e event , said s he cannot believe hi s ex-girl fr iend never ret urns hi s apprec iatf:! d Max we ll's contributions. phone calls and even his 15cs t friend cannot convi nce " It' s very rare that you get so mebody who· s him it is over. offering money to do the arts." she said . "It 's a "Either she doesn't want to talk to you or she's ·wo nde rful c ha nce fo r undergraduates at th e dead," hi s friend Seth says. universit y.'· Chri tian answers. '·Do you really think she's Maxwell said over the next five years he pl ans to dead?" donate $ 10,000 to the Eng li sh department for script Christian finally discovers his messages are being writi ng awards. received on another woman' s answering machine in
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li ves'l" of your li ves as it has been with me all Political · One of the concerns of the Israeli of mine," he said. right wi ng is that the Palestinian state By the late ' 80s, there was global will become a security menace and a pressure for a diplomatic end to the science prof base fo r armed att ac ks on Israe l, Arab-Israeli conflict, and the Miller said. Palestinians adopted a diplomatic "I had always presumed that a stance, Miller said. speaks on Palestinian state wo uld be "It was really the Israe lis and the demilitarized," he said . "It would have Americans who were opposing a two a police force, but not too big of an state solution to Arab-Israeli conflict," em_ergence of army. All thi s would be carefull y he said. negotia.ted." Ironically, it was the Gulf War that The reasons for the conflict over the created an opening for diplomacy to Palenstinian state's creation go beyond politics, end the conflict, res ulting in peace Miller said. negotiations between Arab and Israeli "It is a fe ud that preclud es the representatives in October 1991. The state creation of a Palestinian state on the deliberations were unsuccessful. BY JANET L. RUG ANI West Bank and Gaza," he said. "These negotiations went nowhere Mark Miller, a poJjtical science professor, spoke to a group of students about the possible creation Staff Report~r One of the major reasons Israel wi ll because the Israeli government had no of a unified Palestinian state in the near future. . Although an independent npt allow for the creation o f a intention of seriously getting into any everyone interprets this as being that the last year that they feel a Palestinian Palestinian state has failed to come Palestinian state is because the negotiations that would result in the people, under democracy and there will be a creation of a Palestinian state must be substantial, Miller said, into existence as planned, there is still disputed land in the West Bank is creation of a West Bank and Gaza eq uality." sii.te as a result of this peace accord." while the United States has not taken a hope that such a nation will exist in the considered holy land, Miller said. Palestinian state," he said. Miller's speech was sponsored by Although the May 4 deadline set by clear stance on the issue. future, said a po litical science "The Revisionist Movements - In June 1992, the Israeli Labor the Muslim Student Association and the Oslo Accords has been delayed, professor Thursday ni ght. the Israeli right wi ng -support the Party, a slightly less conservative "The United States has played a the World Peace Club. Miller said he believes a Palestinian very ambivalent and ambiguous role Most Israelis and Palestinians agree belief that Gaza and the West Bank are group, came into power, and the Sophomore Shaun Taylor-Corbett, state will indeed be created. in all of this," he said. vice president of the World Peace that a Palestinian state will be created, God-given to the Jews," he said. Israeli s came to accept the eventuality "Those of us who have been Miller said he would like to see professor Mark Miller told an Miller. gave an overview of the of a Palestinian state, Miller said. Club, said the groups hoped to bring supportive of a peace agreement fee l people in the Middle East reach a a udience of about 25 people. The _century-long conflict, focusing on the Finally, in 1994. the Israeli more awareness to th e community there is a window of opportunity fo r point where they can lead normal, argument today centers around the last decade. government and the Palestine about the Arab-Israeli conflict. some. kind of hi storic compromise peaceful lifestyles. "In general, the student population, structure and context of the state, he The struggle in the Middle East is Liberation Organization signed the bet ween the state of Israel and "It would be nice to see people lead said. not something that started recently and Osio Accords signifying mutu al the Ame rican public and scholars Palestinian national rights," Miller lives where there aren ' t constant 'The real debate is over the form of is not something that will be resolved recognition, he said. don't know much about Arab-Israeli said. fu nerals and violence," he said. "I the state," he said. "How much control quickly, he said. " It was not recognition of a conflicts and the importance of it," he Europeans have made it clew over would like to see them live as free will Palestinians have over their own 'This situation will be with you all Palestinian state," he said. "Most said. Trustees comment on investment procedures continued from A 1. university co uld possibly write As for Smith' s idea of bringing Another board member encourage re sponsible advertising Busch advertise frog and liza rd letters to the companies asking the university ' s concerns over concerned with the issues of the in alcohol ads," he said. "We are "I certainly cartoon imagery in their them to change their marketing alcohol advertising to a• company univ.ersity investing in alcohol interested in responsible commerci als. He said the methods. board meeting, :rownsend said, companies while fighting a war to advertising because we are think the "Absolutely. We would entertain curb binge drinking i s' the broadly interested in what stud ents and discuss Mr. Smith's ideals." chairman of the Board of Trustees, are inclined to do." university However, Smith said he sees no Andrew B. Kirkpatrick Jr. Kirkpatrick said the university problem with the alcohol Kirkpatrick said ·he is does not in ves t in alcohol should do companies themserves. discouraged by alcohol companies directly. He said the "I have pretty much argued that advertisements that might appeal school purchases stock in alcohol anything that it our <;a mpaign is not against to1 minors. . companies when outside portfolio alcohol - it' s against the illegal " I ce rtainly think the university managers buy holdings in entire .can to ·ulie of alcohol," Smith said. should do anything that it can to index funds like the Standard & Poors' 500 Index. encourage In these dealings , every company that is in the S&P 500 responsible Index has some percentage of its stock bought by the uni versity . adverising in But fo r·-lx>ard member Ernst Dann emann. the R WJF commillee alcohol ads." WANTED: should be the ones who solve the matter. " I think the people who are in -Andrew B. Kirkpatrick Jr., MEN/WOMEN, AGE 18-35 charge are responsible for this," chairman of the Board of Dannemann said. "It's up to that Trustees FOR RESEARCH STUI)Y board to discuss what is sati sfying and what is not satisfying. We "The people who are in charge should not have to micromanage of investing should not be obliged • '3-'5' Hoi.\• Shifu the university." to determine which compan y is • Co~e.,dits p,.c',:,.,.., • 40 I(\:) and verbal interview. You will receive $30 st ock market investments and investment and what is not, and no • 1-\1.\st l!>e I 7 y..,.,..s o• ol.Ae• immediately for approximately 2-3 hours. trying to solve social problems are one can ever agree on anything." I~ I topics that consistently have a He added th a t social C"'ll -roli-Fvee Testing location: University of Delaware in vo latile relationship. investments do not have a great 7 D"'ys "' Wee~, 2.4 Hov..-s "' D"'Y Newark, beginning of May. 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Attach to rental agreement and send in with weekly report. RA Number ______.J L ------May 4, 1999 . THE REVIEW. A9 Dry Greek housing raises national debate continued from A 1 comes to legal ac tio n. said it does no t matter if the "I think I'd like to try to wo rk it fraternity 's ho use is off campus. "Our chapter, in conjunction with out with Dean Brooks," he said . " It 's the relati o ns hip that th e a lumni board, has dec ided it "That would be the first opti on. " matters, not the locati on," he said. does not want to go dry.'' Beecham said one of th e main Brooks said if a f raternity Beecham said the decision about concerns about ·maki ng all Sigma chooses to be unrecognized by the when to go dry will be determined Nu chapters go dry is that it would university , "they wouldn't exist in indi vidually for each Sigma Nu hurt recruitment numbers. the eyes of the uni versity ." chapter. "What is alarming to me about However, he sai d this is a n " Between 1998 and 2000, the that concern is that it tells you unlikely possibility. national chapter will monitor each exactly how big of a role alcohol " Most nationals won' t allow a one of those campuses,'' he said. plays o n today ' s coll ege c ha pter to exist without a '·We will determine if 75 percent campu ses," he said. university affiliation," he said. of the other Greek organizations Brooks sai d he knows of several Rona ld Stoner, a Wilmington are pursuing alcohol-free housing. uni versities that have either gone attorney and ad viso r to the " If they are, our c~apte r wi ll be dry or banned Greeks recently, but university 's Robert Wood Johnson alcohol-free by th e beginning of does not know of any battles that Foundation allocation board, said the school year, 2000. If they are have ensued. he f~e l s th e university would be not, we will work with that chapter "There haven' t been any legal entitled to control the fraternities. to determine when will be the best ramifications so far," he said. "The aspect of the fraternities is time for th at c hapter to become The reason for this is si mple, that they are regulated, supported alcohol free." Brooks said. .or condoned by the universi ty ," he Takacs said he thinks "If a fraternity chooses to get said. "I would suspect that the responsible drinking by th o~e who recognized by a univers ity , in uni versity does have so me control are of age should be allowed. doing so, they accept the over the fraternities despite where " If a 21-year-old seni or wants to uni versity' s rules and regulations they're located." have a glass of wine with hi s pertaining to their existence," he Stoner cited examples in which dinner in hi s room, he should be sai d. universities have reprimanded allowed to do that,'' he said. B ecause of the fraternity's fraternity chapters located off T akacs said he hopes the acc.eptance of these rules, Brooks campus for conduct violations. situation at the university never "They have had the ability to regulate the fraternities' activities despite where they live," he said. Stoner said the regulation of fraternities affiliated with the university would probably be left to the university administration. "It's a policy decision, not a legal decision," he said . "The university makes decisions there THE REVIEW I File Photo ju~t as they would in any other IFC representatives listen to Dean of Students Timothy F. Brooks and Noel Hart deliver the news area." that Greek organizations will have;....t:..:o:...:a=d=h=e:..:r..:.e..:.t.=,o·:....______~------. Brooks said the one instance in which he sees the potential for a ny legal action taken, des pite litigation is if a university decided some st udents' unhappiness with to completely ban Greek the decision, because there was organizations. ·already a precedent set in the stale "That is b ased on First of Maine. Amendment issues, particularly the " Colby College ban ned right to free assembly," he said. fraternities from their campus,'' he I' "But we ' re not in that situation. said. "The state Supreme Co urt We don' t want to get rid of Greeks said it 's a small, private institution .,. -. - we just want them to approve and you have the right to do that and abide by the rules." on our campus." At Bowdoin College, a private Graves said he remai ns college in Brunswick, Maine, the optimistic this system will offer administration is in the process of the best of both worlds. phasing out the Greek system. "I think there 's some Bob Graves, Bowdoin director enthusiasm for the system because of Residence Life said fraternities it recognizes and incorporates will no longer exist on the so me o f the strengths of the Bowdoin campus as of the 2000 fraternity system," he said. school year. University Director of Greek Graves said there will be a new Affairs Noel Hart said this is not a ,.- system put in place. likely p ossibility for the "We're usin-g some of the same university. buildings to create a house system "The uni versity is not in a where students are living, but positi on to get rid of the Greek there's no exclusivity," he said. system as a- whole ," s he said. Graves said the decision was " Individual organizations can be made after the Board of Trustees banned if they break policy." studied the residents' lives for a Hart said each campus needs to year. find its own solution when the "They said, 'The houses have question of fraternities going dry done wonderful things on the arises. campus over the years, but they're " It 's a matter of individual not doing what they were - we institutions having to forge their need to do something more,"' he At an Inter Fraternity CounciJ meeting earlier ithis semeste.; Dean of own policies and procedures," she THE REVIEW/ File Photo said. said. ''I think we're doing pretty Students Timothy F. Brooks te& members about the new university University Director of G~eek Affairs Noel Hart tries to assuage ·Graves said there has not been regulatioffi for Greek organizations regarding alcohol. well, all things considered." fraternity members at an IFC meeting earlier this year. -. 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" W e do n't want t hem to be Gutowski's research involved the use of He said he views hi s researc h a an Contrary to the popular conception of Students fro m variou academic compe titi ve. j us t t o s ho wcase their ozone to break synthetic polymers into unconventional fo rm of art. stud ents despi sing summer schoo l, the departments showca ed the re uhs of their research.'' smaller molecules, which he said are much ''I'm not a n artist in the st andard participants don't regret spending their researc h in an unde rg raduate research The efforts of the students we re easier to study. definition of the word , but in a sense , I'm summer in a lab. she aid. exhibi t Friday afternoon. applauded by William Sayler, an associate "There is no precedent for thi s· type of painti ng a chemical picture for people to ''Student s are very excited about it," she Approximately 60 students parti cipated dean of research fo r the College of see," he said . ''I'm telling the world what said. "They ee it as a way to get started on in th e Science, Engineering and Coll ege of Agricullure and Natural Resour'ces. the molecule has to say· because the their research career ... Human Re ources, Educat ion and Public 'Tm always impressed with th e level of " I'm painting a molecu le can' t say it.'' Whiter said th e ho urs s pe nt in the Poli cy Scholars 1999 poster session, said sc ho la rship of th e undergraduates,'' he Howeve r, J en~en said any enjoyment summer we re crucial fo r th e completi on of Christy Jensen, assistant to the coordinator said . " Most advi so rs encourage these chemical picture for derived from the researc h experien ce her research. of Undergrad uate Research. students to publish their re earch.'' comes on ly thro ugh long hours of hard " I worked 40 ho urs a wee k in the The event was held in the Trabant Some students said their researc h has people to see. I'm work. summer,'' she sa id . "The bulk of the work U niversity Center and was sponsored by the potential to ma ke practi cal And lo ng h o u ~s on the job are part of the wa s done over th e ummer ... the undergraduate research program . improveme nts in the li ves of everyday telling the world what appli cation process, she said. Sayler said the "wond erful experi ence" The criteria for accepta nce int o the people. . Upon acceptance of their application, of undergraduate research helps prepare progra m was a minimum 3.2 GPA and a Animal and food science major Alison the molecule has to each student serves as an apprentice to the students for life after the uni versity. faculty member to advise a stude nt on Whiter said he r- researc h could s av e faculty member and spends I 0 weeks of ." It he lps them experience a researc h re earch. farmers thousand s of dollars an nually. say because the their s ummer doing their researc h, for environment.'' he said . "It certain ly helps The event provided the students with "Using liquid innoculant allows farmers which they are paid $3,000 and ar-e offered them make career choices. It provides an deserved recognition in an atmosphere of to fe rment their s ilage faster and to a molecule can't say it." housing, Jensen said. early fo undation that's pretty impressive to camaraderie, Jensen said. greater extent," she said referring to the "The summer seems to suit a research graduate schools." "After they ' ve been working fo r a year, method of storing food for cattle during the - Keith GUTowski, junior chemistry major apprentice relationship," she said, in part th'is all ows them to· promote and show their winter months. because the summer does not have as many Medieval club hosts Renaissance festival BY SHAUN GALLAGHER group. model their clothes and armor to fit process to fi ght in tournaments. saw two guys fighting with club's weekl y meetings. Staff R ~porttt r While this was the first time it the character. " They' re based on the honor swords," he said. "And some girls Theater professor Eric Abbott, The Medieval Renaissance Clup has bee n ce lebrated at the He said th e 15 to 20 active system," he said. "If yo u are hit in dressed as maidens were running the club's advisor, said May Day hosted May Day o n Sa turday, university, he said May Day is an members of the club, which was an area where it would've ki ll ed around." was a success. transporting the North Mall back to annual event he ld th roughout the formed about a year ago, set up a you, you fall down as if you've Barfoot said th e cl ub held the "We had a rea ll y good turnout of the Middle Ages w ith medieval country. The group hopes to make it 14th century pavilion on the North been killed. event not on ly to gain campus peopl e stopping by to ask questions costumes, armor, sword fi g hts. an annual event on campus as welL Mall , and S C A chapters fro m " When fighters get hit in the exposure but also to showcase the - students. non-stud ents, fac ulty music and dancing. "We try to do everythi ng that P hi lade lphia and D over led a legs, they' II go down on their knees group' s collection of garb, jewelry, and staff,'' he said . "People even So ph9 more Brian " Nert" could have been done in the Middle demonstration in medieval combat. and figh t from there.'' armor,_swords and instruments. stopped their cars to see what was Barfoot, presi dent of the club. said Ages th-at is st ill legal today.'' " The fights are not Sophomore Kevin W ickwire said The cloth ing is extensivel y · going on." the May Day festivities celebrated Barfoot said. choreographed in any way. It is real he noticed the fest ival fro m hi s researched before it is created to Barfoot said May Day attracted the 34th birthday of the Society for Most members of the club and fighting," Barfoot said, adding that residence hall room. make sure it is hi storicall y accurate, about 70 people, and Abbott said 1'. Crea ti ve Anachronisms , a n the SCA choose a character from a the armor is real, and participants "I heard some clanging outside, Barfoot said. Methods of recreating ma ny others stopped by to ask international medi eval recreati on particular place and time period and m ust go t hroug h a certification and looked out my window, and the clothing are discussed at the questi ons about the club. ,, When their daughter Bethany was born with the some disability as their son Colin, the De Vaults call ed on Easte r Seals. Today, Colin swim's like ~ fish and Bethany rides her bike. 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A12 May 4, 1999 Editorial Stick to the guns After more than a month spent as with Clinton, presumedly to engage prisoners in Yugoslav ia, three U.S. in peace talk s. servicemen left the Balkans on Sun NATO has stated it will not stop day. Their freedom was granted,after the bombings, regardless of the pris the Rev. Jesse Jackson appealed to oners' release or Milosevic's interest Serbian President Slobodan Milose- in a face-to-face meeting. vic for their release. The best course of action is to The American keep acting. To civil ri ghts leader .-----.,.-.,..---...,..,--..,..... stop the bombing had travel ed to now would be pre- Belgrade with no sumptuous. Milose- guarantee of pro- vic has not indicat- tection from either ed he is willing to NATO or Pres i- " let the ethnic Alba- dent Bill Clinton. nian refugees back Clinton firmly stat- into Kosovo or ed that bombings allow a foreign mil- would continue itary presence with- regardless of Jack- in Yugoslav bor- son's presence. ders. Clinton and Without those NATO' s decision guarantees, a mora to continue the torium on the military onslaught bombings would be was the only choice. To succeed in both unwise and premature. obtaining the prisoners' freedom, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein Jackson would have to be viewed as frequently consented to peace talks, an impartial, unaffiliated third party. and the United States would back off Jackson understood this. He militarily. This only ·served to give reportedly said, "If the trip was sa.n'c Hussein time to strengthen his own tioned by the president, it would be military forces. defeated before we left." Doing the same in Yugoslavia Jackson should be applauded for would mean the probable deaths of having the courage to enter such a thousands more and the time Milose dangerous situation and take up a vic could use to replenish his army. chalienge no one else seemed willing NATO must be relentless. There or able to tackle - and he was suc should be no moment of rest until cessful. something is finalized and the ethnic l),H'f" \foo:/ 5'rvDf~T:S. ']jjESi:. 5 UE1'1U <7 Reportedly, Milosevic ha s sent cleansing has stopped. Jackson back with a request to 11Jeet 1\RR~wrs ~ 0Nt.i Tft1Poi!A~'/ .• • • There's no "'place for U % "GJ1AIK f Once again, hundreds of universi mons about a year in advance. THE REVIEW I Rob Walers ty students may be forced to sand The point is, how can the univer wich themselves in residence. hall .sity count on the remote chance that rooms with two to three roommates. students will find housing, at the last Housing Services officials have minute, in a city that routinely pass announced that due to last year' s es anti-rental legislation? enormous freshman Class, 245 sec The university's brochures insist ond-semester students are currently that every student is guaranteed Letters to the Editor left without a place to Live next year. housing on campus. The slogan is The universi something . like, ty has · placed "There is a place Mixed reaction to column on "predictable" DUSC elections these students on for yo u here." , a waiting li st, · ·· Well . .. t'hei.. e · In Issue 50, Michael L. Buon contains. Because he is not affili ated I want to applaod"Michaet Buon ingthe campargn . assuring them ·apparently isn ' I aguro's column titled "DUSC elec with a Greek organization, Buon aguro for writing his column ("DUSC And if you had just stopped tb that housing will anymore. tion yields predictable Greek results: aguro is ignorant of our actions. election yields predictably Greek think about it before casting your vote soon be found. There was an fraternity and sorority members Not choosing is making a choice. results," Issue 50) and for having the for the Greek ticket, maybe you " There ' s estimation problem ~ho uld stop following the crowd" Don't let your choice not to join a courage to speak out against the sin would have figured out that it is well nothing to worry last year that questions the intent of students at this fraternity overwhelm you with gener gle-mindedness of the Greek system beyond the power of the student gov about," the allowed the accep university, implying that we are not alizations regarding our choice. at this university. ernment to make this campus dry. Housing officials tance of too many here to "discover ourselves" and The letters I wear across my chest But I'd be remi ss if I blamed the State law outlaws alcohol for anyone say, "because incoming fresh "grow." and the pin I wear over my heart do results of the DUSC election entire ly under 21 and the university can't fea we've extended man. That mistake Y co;t growth is the process of not state the job I will do as DUSC on the Greek system. So I would Like sibly take away the legal rights of the cancellation could easi,ly be rec responding positively to change: president. Nor do they allow for to set a few facts straight. anyone over the legal age. deadline to the tified this year by Grappling with 'hardships, trouble "brainwashing" and forcing votes. I First, I would like to thank all of If this was the deciding issue for end of May." limiting the num and calamity, facing adversity in a am appalled at Buonaguro' s thoughts the students that voted or volunteered you when you cast your vote, don't The universi ber fo r next year, spirit of dco;termination and courage, on what membership in a Greek for the Leadership Party. Your sup yo u wish you had chosen to vote for a ty is apparently which the uni versi loving and not being crushed by bro organization entails. port has been amazing, and I only group of students with a vision for expecting about ty clairris to be ken hope~, holding our head high My leners merely represent an hope that our loss does not discourage change? 200 upperclass doing. · having done our best - this is organization I am proud to be a part you from attempting this again next And what about the other 11 ,000 students to miraculously find hous In the meantime, a simple solu growth. of, and I would never change a thing spring. students who still didn' t vote in the ing 'in the next 24 days and cancel tion to the current homeless problem · Does he question all students, or is about it , except maybe to have joined Despite the fact that the Leadership elections, despite all of the publicity? their on-campus housing reserva- is simple. Open the top floors in the it, perhaps, merely a select group of sooner. Party will not be leading DUSC next It ' s a shame that so many people are tion. . Christiana Towers. With an whom he is speaking? He does not The DUSC elections were ne ver year, I strongly encourage all of you still too apathetic to voice their opin It seems the university doesn't Embassy Suites hotel opening up pose these same questions to his based on lies. The Greek Ticket to keep an eye on DUSC and chal ions by voting in the student govern realize how unusual it is for students across from Delaware Stadium, friends and acquaintances, merely to encouraged votes from our contin lenge the status quo again. ment elections. You could have made to find a house or apartment for the there is no need for the Towers to be strangers. Nor does he question other gencies, but never forced anyone to The ·results of the election show a difference by voting this year. next year so late in the game. Many used as some kind of hotel when student leaders. So, why are we sub vote for us. Ironically, only f. l45 that plenty of non-Greeks chose to All I can say now is that the stu students put themselves on waiting students need a place to live. ject to these innuendoes? Greeks voted in the election. The vote for the Greek party. You, the stu dents of the university, well at least lists for places like University Com- Regardless, Buonaguro has chal highest number of votes received by dents of the university, chose the lead 3,740 of them, have spoken, and they lenged me to defend my fellow stu any Greek Ticket position was 2,178 ers, I guess, that :tou thought would will get exactly the student leadership dents and myself. Does 'he know me? votes. do the best job for you next year. that they have chosen - that they For if. he did, he . would realize that ·Coupled with the fact that not You chose to elect a group of stu deserve. WHERE TO.WRJTE: nothing about myself resembles a every Greek voted for the Greek dents who did virtually no campaign Last week, the Newark City Coun cookie-cutter image of anyone else. Ticket (a nice thought , but highly ing rather than a group that plastered cil passed another damaging piece of The Review If he took the time, he would learn doubtful), thi s leaves 1,033 non the campus with publicity. anti-student legislation, that will 250 Perkins Student Center that, like myself, being associated Greeks who voted for us. You chose to elect a group that require evictions after just two viola with a specific group does not auto The result is the knowledge that campaigned only to fraternities and ti ons for noise or alcohol. Newark, DE 19716 ~ matically allow for influence. We this campus knows exactly what they sororities rather than a group of stu Where was DUSC? They we re Fax: 302-831-1396 observe life, take the best parts and voted for- the most capable, expe dents who reached out to the entire there, but as The Review said , they · E-mail: mbraun®udeLedu attempt to duplicate them. If taking rienced leaders to represent th em. campus by speaking at organization remained silent because they "didn't life's rich blessings and enjoying That is who we are. When Buon meetings, campaigning at Trabant have anything intelligent to say" ( Center during Lunch and distributing "Godwin's goons,'' Issue 50). 1be Opinion/Perspective pages are an. open forum for public debate them is "being influenced by others," aguro takes the time to realize what and discussion. The Review welcomes responses from its readers. For then I am guilty. we stand for, who we are and what our platform to every group on cam Unfortunately, this is probably just verification purposes, please include a. daytime telephone number with Friendship, family, success, fail we are capable of doing, he may find pus, including all fraternities and a taste of what we will see more of all letters. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit all submissions. ure - these are the blessings of hims~l f taking bac k a few choice sororities. next year with the DUSC the students Leuers and columns represent the ideas and beliefs of the authors and which I speak. words. Now it is my tum to be in a You chose to elect a group of stu have elected. I can only hope that the should not be taken as Tepresentative of 1be Review. · Buonaguro would also find, after position of growth for the past, the dents whose campaign did not consist people who elected them will be breaking 'through stereotypes, indi present and what has yet to come. of an y concrete plans for improving watching and holding them account viduals who contribute more to the The challenges that lie ahead of student government but rather did able for the promises they made. community than any other. Sororities me win allow for the very same nothing but spread rumors and out I also hope that next year student s and fraternities are the backbone to growth of which you seem so fond . right lies about the other party, saying will be a bit more di scriminating spirit on thi s campus. And I will conquer these challenges th at if elected, the Leadership Party when choosing their leaders and will As Buonaguro said himself, "Your with grace and success because I, would try ro abolish the Greek system base their decision on more th an involvement in Greek life adds to too, am strong enough to stand and or to make the campus go dry. unfounded rumors about alcohol and who you are, your individuality, defend my words, opinio ns and Here is where I wou ld like to set its availability. 1be Review reserves the right to refuse any ads ~hat are sense of humor, personality arid actions. That is growth. That is our the record straight. Right now, I am going to get a intelligence, not the letters on your future. The Leadership Party never had beer, get a life and get the hell out of of an improper or inappropriate time. place and 'inanner. hat or shirt." And for your information, I hear an y intention of abolishing the Greek thi s uni versity, before it gets any The ideas and opinions of-advertisements appearingJn this The organizations we choose to be The Stone Balloon is a good time. system or making this a dry campus. worse. publication are not necessarily those of the Review staff or a part of allow us to grow because Anyone could have learned this by the university. Questions. comments or. input may be we meet people, gain valuable oppor Andrea Hinchey looking at our web page, reading The Brenda Mayrack directed to the advertising department at The Review. · tunities, experi ence more things and DUSC Presidem-e/ecr Rev iew or talking to any of our candi Junior begin to live out the promise life [email protected] dates, who were certainly visible dur- ma)[email protected] ·• MaDaglng News Editors Editorial Editor: Michael D. Bullard Brian Callaway Melissa Braun Entertainment Editors: City News Editors: Edlrerf. OJief: Ryan Cormier Andrew Grypa April Capochino Jessica Cohen Photography Editor: Mike Bederka Dawn Mensch ~glng Mosaic Edilors: Bob Weill Features Editors: National/Slate News Editors: Jess Myer Meghan Rabbitt Kristen Esposito Liz Johnson Senior Editor: Melissa Hankins Eric J.S. Townsend Charlie Dougiello Eucutln Editor: Chrissi Pruitt MUaging Sports Editors: Administrative News Editors: Student Affairs Editors: Karen Biscber Amy Kirschbaum John Yocca Gregory Shulas Melissa Sinclair Susan Stock Art/Graphics Editor: Copy DeSk Chief: Selena Kang Jill Conright INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE Al2 May -L 1999 EditorialIBBESDaREBUEDIRR~ ~~~~~~ ...... ,, Stick to the guns ({ AfiCr more than a month spent as wi th C linton. presumedly to e ngage prisoners in Yug o~ lavia . three U.S. in peace talks. servicemen left the Balk Managing News Editors Editorial Editor: Michael D. Bullard Brian Callawav Melissa Bmun Entertainment Editors: City News Editors: Editor In Chief: Ryan Cormier Andr~w Grypa • Aptil Capochino Jessica Cohen Photography Editor: Mike Bcderka Dawn Mensch .Maru~ging Mosaic Editors: Bob W~ i tl Features Editors: National/State News Editors: Jess Myer Meghan Rabbitt K1isten Esposito Liz John son Senior Editor: Melissa Hankins Eric J.S. Townsend Charlie Dougictlo Executi\•e Editor: Chrissi Pruitt Managing Sports Edit() rs: Administrative News Editors: Student Affairs Editors: Karen Bischer Amy Kirschbau m John Yocca Gregory Shu las Melissa Sinclair Susan Stock Arl/Graphics Editor : Copy Desk C hief: Set ~na Kang Jill Conright Perspective May 4, 1999 A13 Colorado shooting should be impetus for action Does the name Kip and Golden were cousins who p ull ~ d a fire alarm in America regain s the na tura l apathy o ur society is it ' s q urselves. After all , we're the ones who promised Eric J.S. Kinkel sou nd fami l thei r Jo nesboro. Ark .. middle sc hool before using known for, we' ll eventua ll y forego th e energy it takes result s after the previous three massacre . iar'l rilles to pick off students as c lasses emptied into the to make a difference. Congress won' t be under pres We ' re the ones who didn't have the motivation to Townsend What abo ut playground. sure to punish one of its largest campaign contribu make sure kids have someone to talk to. Mitchell Johnson') Or And then there was Carneal. Heath Hi gh School in tors. and mov ie producers will continue to pump out We' re the ones at fau lt. Tainted Andrew Golden? Paducah, Ky. , had its 15 m.inutes of fa ~ e when the the gore that rakes in millions of dollars each year. Sure ly you remem 14-year-old bl ew away a prayer g ro up d uring it s The same sequence happened after Jonesboro, Pad ______..J ber Mi c hae l Carneal. early-morning gathering. Up until the Columbine mas ucah and Springfield. Why should Colorado be any Eric J.S. Townsend is a national/state news editor for Yes? No? Maybe? sacre , thi s was the deadliest incident of sc hool vio diffe rent? Th e Review. E-mail comments to [email protected]. Here's a hint: they' d get along we ll with Eri c Har lence in recent history. Stop poi nting fi ngers. If th ere's anyone to blame ris and Dylan Klebold. If those names don 't ring a Just as th ings progressed fo llowing Springfie ld , for the lost li ves and shattered families fro m Littleton, be ll, then pick up a newspaper. Jonesboro and Paducah, CNN is yet again pulling the Two weeks have passed si nce Columbin e High same headlines out of its fil ing cabinet when reporti ng School took on its Swiss cheese decor. Splash some o n Littleton. Liberals blame the NRA. Conservatives blood on the walls, and you have yourself a new bl ame the media. Eve ryone blames the Harris and Kl e Picasso masterpiece- ';Death." bold families. Harris and Klebold had quite a se lecti on of colors Yet who blames themselves? I haven' t seen anyone on their pall ets. There was an 18-year-old volleyball stand up and •say, " I regret ever throwing trash at their captain with a 4.0 g rade poi nt average; a 14-year-old lunc h table just because th ey were different" or " I fut ure Navy pilot; a 17-year-old born-again Christian; regret not telling a teacher sooner that my friends had a 49-year-old farher and grand fat her; and an 18-year pipe bombs in th eir basements." old foo tb all player who had survived two heart surg M ake no mi stake - I'm not defe nding th e two lit eries o nl y to have his head imploded in ·the school tl e bastards. My three brothers go to school five miles library. down the road at Glasgow High School. All three are These .are but five of th e 13 innocent li ves Harris near, if not at th e top of thei r classes, and all three are and Klebold ended on April 20, 1999. on the lacrosse te am. If Harri s and Klebold li ved in Now the bodies are buried, classes have resumed, Newark, I'd have buried my family last week. sports teams are practicing again, and li fe in Littleton, We make such a fu ss over whose fault it is , but do Colo. , is beginning to normalize. II always happens things ever change? The NRA neve·r canceled it s th is way. Teens are mowed down by c lassmates, the a nnua l meeting in D e nver. Hollywood has mo re nation goes into an uproar - and one month later, blood-filled movies slated for re lease thi s summer. we've all but forgotten the tragedy that infuriated o ur Politicians talk big about g un le gislation, but efforts lives just a short while back. will di sappear as the name "Co lumbine" fades into Courtesy ~f www.cnn .com Thus, I mention Kip Ki nkel, Mitchell Johnso n, some sort of distant memory. About 8,000 people protested the NRA's annual Andrew Golden and Michael Carneal. Kinkel mur Life goes on, and we forget the passions necessary meeting, which was held in Denver, Colo., less than dered hi s parents before killing two stude nts at to create change. two weeks after the Columbine High Sch,ool shooting. T hurston Hi gh School in Springfield, Ore. Jo hnso n The NRA and Hollywood know th<:y' re safe. When Technology's overuse can cheapen a child's value ' Most people want to have Good. So if she meets someone when she· s 60. she can Liz children. have kids then. Johnson They want 'the c hance to It pro bably doesn' t matt er that she most li kely wi ll not live pass on their genes into the to see them get married or have children - at least she had Punky's next generati on, ensuring th at kids at the rig ht time. a ·little bit of them will li ve Sure, that's good reasoning. Dilemma forever. Yes, I am being sarcastic. T ec hnology has helpe d She also says she has studied the procedure and reali zes make this easier for many. In this age of test tube babies, in- that the technology is advance.d enough so th at it is mostly vitro fertilization and ferti lity drugs, the opportunities to successful. have children are more broad than ever. Unfortunately, th at 's no t true. The fertilization rate for But these extra measures are usually reserved for those frozen eggs is only about 5 percent. Al so, less than I 2 c hil- who have difficulty conceiving naturally. After all, humanity dren have ever been born from frozen eggs. The technique is has been reproducing itself for thousands for years without still so new scientists aren' t sure whether birth defects could the added benefit of these medical marvels. result from the freezing procedure. So when I .read · a story •al:!rou t• a- 33-year,..,o ld woman ;Who .. · ··Now thi s~ wontan says -she wan.ts . to freeze her egg now , wanted to have her eggs frozen, I was appalled. " , , whi.le they' re still healthy, before she is old enough to be in a· First of all , the woman is perfectly healthy. The only rea- danger zone for a baby with birth defects. son she wants to freeze her eggs is that she wants to wait for For someone so worried about possible problems, she the "appropri ate man" to father her children. doesn' t seem to have researched what she's getting into very Now while ·I obvio usly support people taking the time to well. think things out before committing to something as manu- She seems to want to use technology to solv e her own little mental as childbearing, this woman has a few problems. problems, but that's not the way it should be. "The appropriate man" is a figment of the imagination. I So she doesn' t want to have a kid right now. That' s fine. do n ' t mean this in a n anti-male way - the appropriate Maybe she never will. Lots of people don' t have children. female is just as much of a stretch. No one is perfectly suited We, as a society, are becoming ent ire ly roo dependent on to anyone e lse. Most people just try to do the best they can. technology. It invades every aspect of our Jives, whether we And the woman realizes this because she talks about hav- reali ze it or nor. ing met three "Mr. Rights" during her dating life, e·ven going · What this woman wants is a chance to play God, to manip- so far as to marry one, although they divorced after about I 8 ulate her life in ways that should not be available to her. months. , Children should not be wanted for their perfection- they So , having admitted that. she thought she had found the should be wanted because thev are children. right guy several times, what makes her think she will be Many parents now ha ve di~orced the other parent of their able to know the next appropriate man? What if he turns out children, but still love their kids all the same. to be just as much· of a failure as her previous boyfriends? What this woman is suggesting is a blow to a! I of us, But that's only a small part of my problem with her. While my"se lf included, who were born be cause our parents wanted I think that view is hopelessly idealistic, it ' s a view many us, not because they wanted the perfect mate. seem to share. She needs to get her priorities straight. My real dilemma is the other reasons she gives for freezing her eggs now. One of her arguments is that she might not find the right Liz Johnson is a features editor ar The Review and likes her man to father her c hildren until she's in her 40s. or even eggs not frozen, bur with bacon. Send resp o n ~es ro THE REVIEW I Nar Scorr later. . [email protected]. Philadelphia's mayoral primaries tainted by smear campaign Democratic candidate Marty Weinberg has crossed the line in his TV commercials against John Street Election time is here phi ans if Street is who they reall y want as mayor. 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Young women across the dozen people when it crashed into the Executive Editor nation dreamed of their own govern Scottish ground Gen-Xers can most likely remember mental aspirations. where they were and what they were Other little girls ran out to the yard to tS!SB doing on Jan. 28, 1986. practice gymnastics after watching the A landmark in the lives of '80s chil At 11 :38 am., millions of children petite Mary Lou Retton score a perfect dren was virtually erased from exis were . watching the televised shuttle "10" in the 1984 Olympics. tence when the Gennan government launch in classrooms across the nation. But in the Heartland, there was a boy knocked down the Berlin Wall. The The Challenger was carrying Christa whose dreams were destroyed event ended a 28-year separation of McAuliffe, the first teacher to travel in Ryan White, a young boy in Indiana East and West Germany and marked space. stricken with the AIDS virus, was the beginning of the end of the Cold But 74 seconds after the launch, banned from attending Western Middle War in Eastern Europe. Americans looked on in horror as the School in 1985 because parents and Later that year, a piece of the Berlin shuttle exploded and fell into the sea townspeople were afraid he would Wall upon his desk, President George The entire crew of the Challenger infect other children. Bush permitted the White House lawn died, and the nation mourned. The young hemophiliac had under to be covered by a 14-acre quilt to show This media event compared in magni gone surgery to remove 2 inches of the human impact of AIDS. The quilt tude to the Watergate scandal of the '70s, lung after a bout with pneumonia It contained squares in memory of the the Kennedy assassinations of the '60s was then doctors discovered he had people who had died after being infect and the McCarthy hearings of the '50s. contracted the disease after receiving a ed with the AIDS virus. It was on that dreary January day in series of blood transfusions and the In the same year, international tur 1986 that the Gen-Xers first fully expe FDA--approved Factor VITI (a clotting moil was broadcast into our li ving rienced Joss and pain on a unified level. agent found in human blood). rooms. Tiananmen Square in China But the events of the decade, before and White and his mother fought for his became infamous after Chinese after the Challenger tragedy, also right to a public education, and finally Communist troops killed more than helped shape and define the lives of the he won his court battle with Western 2,000 students who were demonstrating '80s kids and give us an identity sepa Middle School and was readmitted. for democracy. It was an indication for rate from our parents and grandparents. · Even though he faced countless Americans that the war against And although the Challenger explo attacks of harassment and criticism from Communist oppression in China was sion was the pinnacle of the events that his peers and their parents, he was fully far from over. defined the children of the '80s, many embraced by most of the nation. · Americans froze again later that year other occurrences had an impact on the Celebrities looked to White as a person when 240,000 barrels of oil covered Generation called X. ification of courage. He became a living 1,400 square miles and caused more symbol of the atrocity of the AIDS than $1 billion in damages. Due to a ~ virus. . navigational error, the Exxon Valdez In the spring of 1980, eight On April 4, 1990, the nation cried tanker bit a submerged reef in Prince American servicemen died in a together when White finally lost his Wtlliam Sound, Alaska. The images of failed attempt to rescue the noble battle. He slipped away as quiet dying sea life shocked viewers and Americans being held hostage ly as be bad entered the world, but died brought a new awareness to the protec at the American Embassy in with the knowledge that he had made a tion of the environment Tehran, Iran. difference. 990 ~ 985 Just when Americans began to tackle But the men did not die in In January, 43 major music stars the war against environmental pollu vain. In 1981 , the hostages were gathered in Los Angeles to record a tion, a war of a different nature broke finally welcomed home after song to help raise funds to fight famine out. 444 days in captivity. in Africa "We are the World" became a Aug. 2, 1990 is a day few '80s kids President Ronald Reagan had theme song for children of the '80s, or could forget. Iraqi military troops no sooner finished celebrating the at least for the Sally Struthers COI]ll11er invaded and occupied the tiny country hostages' return when he was cials about saving starving children for of Kuwait. President Saddam Hussein attacked by a would-be-assassin the price of a cup of coffee ... openly announced his contempt for the after addressing a labor committee in Benefits were "in" that year. More American people and virtually dared 1_981. John Hinckley slipped through than 1.6 billion viewers and capacity the United States to involve themselves the U.S. Secret Service and fired a shot crowds in Philadelphia's JFK Stadium in the struggle. into the president's chest. But and London's Wembley Arena saw 40 The Persian Gulf War began Jan. 16, Reagan survived the attack, and bands perform for 16 straight hours in 1991 and ended Feb. 28, 1991. Hinckley was found to be insane "Live Aid." The bombing and fighting was and committed to a mental insti broadcast throughout the world and tution. gs made war a fairly common sight in The safety of every American Millions of Americans were glued to homes and classrooms across the coun became a question later that year. television screens watching rescuers try. Doctors discovered a baffling new dis attempt to save "Baby Jessica." The 18- Since then, Gen-Xers have seen the ease that first appeared largely in homo month-old fell into a deep well. It took coming and going of actors, sports stars sexual males and intravenous drug hundreds of police, frre and paramedic and political leaders. They have wit crews 57 hours to free the little girL nessed the ending of a war and recently virus rendered the human Jessica then graced magazine covers as the possible !Jeginning of a f;:rr more immune system virtually defenseless "the bravest little girl in the world." dangerou military endeavor in the and would not respond to any combina Balkans. tion of antibiotic or variation of drugs. 98S Yet through it all, Generation X will Doctors named the disease Acquired What later became known as the survive. Despite being calied lazy and Immune Deficiency Syndrome .. ''bomb heard across the world" caused constantly being underestimated, the heartbreak for Americans in late 1988. '80s kids have made it through some 1984 ·A bomb detonated on board a Pan very tumultuous times. Presidential candidate Walter American 747 jumbo jet over And we are strong enough to survive Mondale chose Geraldine Ferraro as his Lockerbie, Scotland. The plane, on its -that's what our childhood bas taught vice-presidential nominee. She became way from London to New York, lost all us. the first woman to be named to a major 259 passengers and killed another May 4, 1999 • Th Review • J OMMERCIALS THAT WERE MUSIC .TO OUR EARS been replaced by 'The More You Know" and t11e .,... ~-~~ ~)' ~~· ·: ~~~~~~.i,f..;...+f'Y"''."· """" '""""'"'____ _ .. "In a Minute" advertisements. Same messages d1fferent audiences. It would be interesting to do a study on how many parents of finicky eaters got their children to eat Life cereal because "Mikey! He likes it!" And BAN. D~AID recently, there was a nationwide search to lind the next "real-life Mikey." Some campaigns never Tony.the Tiger and Snap, Crackle and Pop. d1e. . Ros1e from Bounty paper towel's "quicker Afte~ all, the Trix Rabbit is still trying to get· a p1cker-upper," and Palmolive's Madge "I soaked taste of the fruit cereal. "Silly rabbit, Trix are for in it" spokeswomen have become like part of the k1ds." family. PRUITT · But s~me ads will never have the impact they BY CHRISSI From talking syrup bottles (Mrs. Butterworth) E..x!·cuti~·,. Editor h had dunng the '80s. Modem campaigns often Ul}d p~oting margarine tubs (Parkay) to prattling ~ey! "Don't push me. Push a Push Pop~" leave consumers with the ultimate question: g1ant p1tchers of colored sugar water (Kool-Aid Ra~se your hand! Rmse your haJ1d if you're "Where's the beef?" Man), the advertisements of the '80s left memo Sure!" · The advertisements were informative and rable images and characters for children to associ "/doni want to grow up, I'm a Toys 'R "Us thought-provoking. Viewers could discover the ate with products. kid." hidde~ truths of the world, like "how maJly licks Advertisers knew the way to get their products "Calgon, take me away." does It take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll on tl1e market was to attract the attention of chil . Most children of the '80s can identify hundreds Pop?" dren, who would then badger their parents into of memorable advertising campaign slogans from "What would you do for a Klondike Bar?" buymg the promotional merchandise. thw ~h!ldhood. The television industry boomed "Give me a break, give me a break, break me offa Whether.the ~hallen~e. was to try to bite a Chips 1~ the 80s and brought viewers countless hours of ptece of that Ktt Kat bar!" and "Twizzlers make Ahoy cook1e w1thout bltmg a chip or to battle the entertamment aJld, ultimately, commercials. mouths happy'_' jingles have been replaced by . "fever for the tlavor of the Pringles," advertisers The now 20~ aJ1d 30-something adults who shorter, more v1sual adaptations. pushed their wares into the minds of the children grew up singing"/ am stuck on Band Aids cause "Twix, two for me, none for you," " Not going with catchy phrases and contests. Band Aid~· stuck on me" and " I'd like to teach the anywhere for a wh!le? Grab a Snickers " and And now, those childre~ who gr~w up in the world to sing" are creating new advances to reach "Snap into a Slim Jim" have cornered the Mecca of TV promotions are making their own ~arket. the youth preparing to enter the year 2000. Even though there are trips to "Planet Reebok" adv~rtlsements, using catchy slogans to help grasp . But the advertising campaigns that brought for "Generation-Next" to "just do it" because "the the cho1ce of a new generation." tan:~ to Budweiser's Spuds Mackenzie, the world needs drivers,'' there will never be a loss of Announcing t~e benefits of dairy products, Cahtorma Claymation Raisins and the Dominos fondness for the advertising campaigns of the past. :~arketmg executives took the '80s campaign of Pi zza Noid helped provide a cementino bond "Just for the taste of it" children of the '80s can 0 M1lk. It does a body good," and gave it a '90s between every child of the '80s. re~.ember when. they had "fallen and I can't get twist, "Got ~ilk?" !'low faces of celebrities grace "Two all-heef pallies, special sauce, leuuce, the pages of magazmes and televisions with milk up,. and took time out to "Farfegnugen" while cheese, fJ/ Ckles, oninns on a sesame seed hun" askmg, "Are !hose Bugle Boy jeans you're wear mustaches to advertise cow juice. crossed all lines of race, color aJld gender. And ing?" The public service announcements that appear whether the breakfast cereal of choice was Because, after alL "chaJlge is bad." between Saturday morning cartoons on various Honeycombs, Cookie Crisp, Frosted Rakes or television channels have often received a '90s R1ce Kri spies, most young adults can still identify facelift. The "One to Grow On" campaign has the Honeycomb H1deout, the Cookie Crisp Crook, f. . .' .~ ... .' ...... ' ...... ' . . ' . \ . \ \ . ' ' ' ...... ' \ \\\\ \ BY DAWN E. MENSCH has already been forced to face. Enn·rtainmt·m Etlitor We witnessed AIDS change from George Washington and the "the gay di sease" to something mu ch framers of the Constitution were larger- an international tragedy. Ill the wasting their time. And that slavery Countless celebrities have fallen thing with Abraham Lincoln ? victim to the war on drugs. Apparently it was no big deal. Gangs rule the streets of inner NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw, cities and children as young as 5 the new authority on history, has cho years o ld bring guns to school of 'The sen what he believes to be "the great because they fear for their li ves. est generation any society has ever The current president was produced." impeached, leaving us cynical of all , Conveniently, it is the same gener political leaders. ation most likely to buy hi s latest It is the so-called "Greatest book. Generation" that leaves us faltering Q e 11 .e t a t i o 11 Brokaw traveled to Normandy in in the dark - searching to find trwth the spring of 1984 and again I 0 years and honor among our political icons. later as he prepared to document the And we possess many attributes 40th anniversary of D-Day. "The Greatest Generation" has never He met the American veterans who known. ri sked their lives on those beaches Today, creativity is not onl y during World-War II. They were the encouraged, but it thrives. More same people who lived through the young people auend college now Great Depression. They were the than in the hi story of Ame ri ca. same people who built the modern Technology is growing at an expo America we know today. nential rate, taking us to pl aces never Brokaw penned the experiences of imagined before. We live in a world these heroic men and women in hi.s where people of all races and beli efs latest book, "The Greatest are not just tolerated - they are Generation." embraced as equals. "This generation was united not True, 'The Greatest Generati on" only by a common purpose, but was fighting fascism overseas, but at also by values - duty, honor, home things were different. economy, courage, servtce, Black soldiers couldn't drink out love of family and of the same water fountain as white country and above all , soldiers in the South. After th e responsibility for one bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese se lf," Brokaw said in an Americans were discriminated interview to promote hi s against in record numbers. Women book. 1 were forced to stay home and wai t They learned to survive the for their men to return. worst-ever economic conditions So much for "The Greatest and won the war. But what was thei r Generati on." alternative? . That shadow is seemingly smaller Perhaps their greatness solely rest than the one Brokaw created. But in ed in the hand they were dealt. If case another news anchor wants to generations of today or tomorrow write a best seller, we need to figure were faced with the same circum out what makes a generation wonhy stances, wouldn' t they prevail as of praise. well ? According to Brokaw, greatness is Each generation is the product of assessed by how many soldi ers are those who ' lived before the m. slain in a war - courage and valor However, as the generation that will displayed under fire. But those guys lead the world into the year 2000 died young. begi ns to evolve into adulthood, Brokaw says greatness is achieved some question if the new leaders will by survivi ng a depression. But they ever be able to fill the shoes of thei r suffered and starved for years to win predecessors. Ch at title. We' ll stick with mediocrity. But how could we ever live up to Maybe we are better off watching the standards set by Brokaw? MTV. The economy today is more stable than it has ever been. And while there are always military stru ggles, our generation's idea of war is sharpl y different than that of the past. We mi ght not have th e same strengths and values Brokaw praises hi s favorite generati on for, but we have our own. As times change, so do the people. Adults are oft en quick to di smi ss our generati on as lazy and apatheti c. We care more about Dawson and Joey geuing back together on "Dawson's Creek" th an the cri sis in Kosovo. They think we walk to school downhill both ways under a clear and sunny sky. THE REVIEW I Na1 Scon Many don' t notice the accomplish ments and challenges our generati on I I I I ' I I I 0 of I I I I I I I f t f 0 •' I May 4, 1999 • Th R~tlew • 5 DRUM ~s TUES. MAY 18TH CQY6TAL. CONCEPT6 2-!5 r------~-----~ I 15% OFF I :ANY ONE ITEM: ~------~ . 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Grunge_ styles of tattered flannels and ripped "You know, I always thought. I'd go first. " Trees were all part of the movement- grunge. Yet more than five years after the suicide, other jeans made their way onto fashion runways and -Eddie Vedder The decade of synthesized pop and empty guitar issues remain a bit fuzzier. could be ordered through trendy catalogues. In a shotgun flash, it was all over. ballads lay silent, choked to death on its own hair Cobain's skilled band members, drummer Dave Everything grunge stood for washed away. A life. spray. GroW and bassist Krist Novoselic, continued their Dollar signs led the way - times were chang A band. Almost everyone listened to Nirvana The music musical-careers. But the successes their new paths ing once again. An era was imitated, but never duplicated, as it filled the led them to are questionable. · · Now radio is saturated with groups that resem And most importantly, a husband and father. · rooms of most high schoolers and college kids Grohl formed the Foo Fighters, rounding up ble the sounds of nearly a decade earlier. The plaid The blood from Kurt Cobain's death has since across the nation. Cobain's lyrics echoed the mass some fan support and notable mention in the press. Calvin Klein shirts may be shoved to the back of become a stain, but the splash his band Nirvana es' unsettled sentiments ("adenial") and proved to However, he will most likely live forever in the the closet, but that distorted notion regarding the made caused waves that will be felt ~or years to be something people could relate to. shadow of what once was. importance of image remains. come. He became a man of mythic proportions. Novoselic's career has received nowhere near With all the identical-dressing boy-toy bands When the trio from Seattle broke through in '91, Unfortunately, the only way he could get down the same acclaim. With his new band, Sweet 75, he and sexy teen-age girl singers clogging up the Top they bounCed the King of Pop's ''D&ngerous" from from the golden podium was to fall flat Few want has dipped further into obscurity- a sentiment 40, it is no surprise that empty pop songs are on top the top spot on the charts. to be the spokesperson of his or her generation - that has also become clear when mentioning other once again. Tunes were changing. Music began . to bead especially Kurt Cobain. former grunge bands. Without a doubt, though, history repeats itself down a different, Jess glamorous path. He could no longer handle being in the constant Since 1994, most of the groups have success and trends are rehashed And don't be surprised if The '80s leftovers could no longer sing about spotlight, the price that comes with fame. fully shed their old image, but with that comes neo-grunge rears its twisted head a few more times "girls, girls, girls." With "Nevermind," Nirvana hit Grunge died on AprilS, 1994, from a self-inflict repercussions. Album sales for Pearl Jam and in the next millennium. But could it ever possess the the mainstream plateau, and it had something else ed gunshot wound Alice in Chains have steadily dropped The mem same energy, the same outpouring of raw emotion? to shout about Ironically, it's this fame that proba Sure, .some critics spoke up soon after and insin bers of Soundgarden went their separate ways. That's the concern of the next generation - bly led to Cobain's eventual self-destruction. · uated that his wife, Courtney Love, was the mas And Mudhoney and Screaming Trees never got not ours. His edgy, angst-filled lyrics swept the nation, termind behind his death. But those types of theo- their chance to break beyond the fringe into the Ob well, whatever, nevermind. BY CORY PENN In the '20s and '30s, ladies ventured out to Unrooted and living on our own, we are Assistant Features Editor nightclubs with tassel-lined dresses while the free to travel the world and learn about other We rolled our eyes as Cher stressed over gents wore their hair so long it flopped_as they races and cultures. Open relationships with a whether to wear heels or pumps on her big swung their partners around the dance floor. variety of people foster tolerance and appreci date. And we cheered when Ferns Bueller And as they ran out the door, their parents stood ation for individuals outside the limited under- · escaped Principal Rooney's Wrath. with arms crossed and foreheads scrunched in standing of our immediate surroundings. It was all fun and ·games on the big screen, disapproval . . The more experiences we have, the more but it's not so comical when we are accused by In the '60s and '70s, many parents shook well-rounded individuals we will become. previous generations of embodying the traits their beads in shame when their, children This is the open-mindedness that fueled the these characterS portrayed protested in tie-dyed shirts and paisley bead bus carrying the Freedom Riders during the Past generations say we are clueless slack bands, flashing peace signs. Civil Rights movement ers. Now, these past generations look at us with This is the kind of independence and con Often, our careless attitudes and even our disapproving eyes and the seemingly endless fidence the suffrage patrons wore on their vocabulary-we can't get through a sentence cycle continues. sashes in the early 1900s. without using the word "like" at least five We are following the pattern of rebellion This is the kind of freedom that launched us times- widens the generation gap. and individuality set by our parents and grand into space. But we are mistakenly clumped together parents, but it is through this rebellion thai we Now is our chance to use the liberty unique when we are really a very diverse group of will find our identity. to our age group to help carry the world into individuals. We may be called slackers for our Because we are not yet tied dowri with the the new millennium. without forgetting where nonchalant attitudes and sometimes ridiculous responsibilities of raising a family, we are free we came from. language, but beyond the superficial flaws lies to build solid foundations in our careers. Pride When our children come home looking like promise. in a successful occupation of our choice they belong in the circus and with no specific The baby boomers sneer at us for taking our enforces our individualism and confirms our goals for the future, we'll encourage their youth for granted. They sigh for the future, position as the next leaders of the world. drive for individuality and independence. worried about the people who will eventually Unbound by mortgages and some of us We'll know wh ir rebellion will take be taking care of them. still able to Jean on our parents for financial them But they forget that they were once slackers support, we find ourselves in a comfortable and rebels too. yet challenging position. May 4, 1999 • Th Rule• • 7 BY JESSICA ZACHOLL Through his vision, high school turned into a decade, Gen-Xers only discovered it in the late From her newfound wacky friends Rayanne Assistant Enterrainmelll Editor breakfast club, a birthday cake with 16 candles ' 80s and early '90s. But "In Living Color" was and Ricki to her diminishing relationship with There may· not have been world wars, a and a prom that was prettiest in pink. And he born with our generation, and though it only Sharon and Brian, Angela's so-called life depression, flower power ·or JFK, but gave us a real hero to admire in Ferris ~ueller. lasted five seasons, Homey the Clown, Fire reached out to Gen-Xers in a way most other Generation X had many different influences to This was the prime of our childhood movie Marshall Bill and Men on Film added to shows could never quite accomplish. mold us into who we are today. going experiences. But we will never forget "SNL's" old-school characters. But it was really in the theaters where Gen We grew up with unprecedented advance other silver screen classics like ''The Goonies," But on Friday nights, we had a different Xers truly encountered virgin territory. ments in technology, specifically concerning "Back to the Future" and "Stand By Me .'~ agenda in mind - · sneaking into the R-rated Beginning in the early to mid-'90s, the content the avai-lability and prominence of visual These adolescence-based classics made a per films at movie theaters. By bending the law just of movies was of a brand new caliber. media. As we grew up the film industry manent imprint on our generation. a bit, we introduced ourselves to many impor His name is Quentin Tarantino, and his extra matured with us. Back home, television was evolving, too. tant films that would help shape our generation. ordinary gansters-gone-awry "Reservoir Dogs" · In ihe early ' 80£,,Gen-Xers were too young Programs like "Roseanne" and ''The Simpsons" Our parents watched ''The Godfather" series and "Pulp Fiction" evoked an unprecedented to see most movies in the theaters. Though the had just been born and sparked our develop and "Mean Streets" - but we bad flow of script-driven, uniquely intricate films. "Star Wars' 1 trilogy, which premiered in 1977, ment into the teen-age years. "Goodfellas." It was our first glimpse into the From there, we witnessed five "Usual 1980 and 1983 eventually became classic, we With fresh, challenging subject matter ever-popular Mafia genre. We can't get enough . Suspects" go down in flames and a low-I.Q. spent the beginning of the decade hooked on backing them, Bart Simpson and of Henry, Jimmy and Tommy, and the "clown" "Forrest Gump" act out incredible feats. television. Darlene Connor became oui new role scene and other classic lines are still We tested our stomachs as we watched the We were enthralled with a wide range of models- much to our parents' dis quoted today. seven deadly sins gruesomely personified family-oriented .shows. Though they both may. On the opposite end of the spec before our eyes. began in the fate '70s, alternative family At the same time, young men trum, another film inspired, And most recently, we were captivated by the lifestyle shows like "Diff'rent Strokes" and idolized and· girls fell in love frightened and enlightened us premiere film from two charismatic young "The Facts of Life" showed us that you don't with Lloyd Dobler in "Say about the possibilities of our men, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who went need Ward, June and the Beaver to make a lov Anything," while future - ''Terminator 2: on to win the big gold statue for their charming ing family. aspiring scholars Judgement Day." · yet witty "Good Will Hunting." And many of us identified with characters found themselves Since we were so young, From "South Park" and "Austin Powers" to from "Webster" and "Silver Spoons," whose entranced and dis.turbed most of us missed the original "Law & Order" and "Your Friends and plot lines were formed around wealthy life by "Dead Poets Society.'' ''Terminator." Yet this highly Neighbors," our generation continues to expand styles from kids' points of view. But as we entered our tumul successful sequel intrigued us, not our minds through the mediums of television Around the same time, on the silver screen, tuous teen years •.we discovered that only by making sci-fi look so real, and film. Gen-Xers were going to see a film that became television had more to offer than just but also by asking us to question what is Despite labels like "slacker'' and "MTV one of the biggest blockbusters of our century sitcoms. Hour-long dramas and innovative new in our future. Generation" that may be applied to us, we are - "E.T." This epic introduced our generation shows became all the rage. Upon entrance to high school, our maturity _extremely advanced in the world of visual to the world of movies, which would prove to As one of the few shows from our youth that rose, as did our awareness and curiosity. We media. We have at our fingertips a realm of fan be an immense influence. continues to air, "Beverly Hills, 90210" made began to explore new genres of movies and TV tasy on television. And the movie industry con Moving into the mid-'80s; there was a new one of the biggest splashes in TV history. shows, and through our problematic teen-age tinues to challenge our perception of the uni breed of TV shows and films that captured our The soap opera-esque program played a huge years, we discovered a whole new world in verse as we know it. full attention and instituted childhood memo role in our lives, especially for teen-age girls cinema and several ingenious programs on Television and movies also teach young peo ries we still hold on to today. who made Wednesday nights a sacred ritu~ television. ple valuable lessons that they would not other On the small screen, more and more families al for years. Angela Chase was a con wise be open to learning. These seemingly triv became our own. We were all a part of the In addition to the introduction of the fused, disillusioned yet quiet ial vehicles of education have proven to be Seavers, the Cosbys and the Keatons. We knew prime-time drama, we discovered a strong ly content girl - or, in other priceless . . who was the boss - and in some cases, there appeal in another type of show - sketch words, she was a complete In the words of Ferris Bueller, "Life moves were even two dads. ' COitledy. ly normal high school stu-. pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around But in the theaters, one man shaped our gen Although "Saturday Night Live" dent most Gen-Xers could once in a while, you could miss it." eration more than any other - John Hughes. had been around for more than a (and did) identify with. :';).'.:.·' 8 • Th Rewlew • Mav 4, 1999 WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR? BY MEGHAN RABBITI friends, neighbors, brothers and fathers were · But the war is too far from home, and we're fighting for the self-indulging right to get drunk. M=ging Mosaic Editor traveling halfway around the world to fight for more concerned with what's going on in our Through the haze of the issues that face our From a donn room window on the uni versi their country. own country. generation, we fight for causes we may not be ty 's East campus, a stereo blares the Beastie And now, they look at us and wonder what . We see the students of Columbine High so sure of because we want to be involved. Boys, who scream what some people consider we're fighting for. School tell their stories on every cable channel We try to free Tibet, even though many of us to be the fight song for our generation. We don't usually protest. on television and we will continue to hear them don't know that the Dalai Lama, Tibet's politi "You've got to fight I for your right I to We're not patriots, fighting for our country. for weeks - but the tragedy will be part of us cal and spiritual leader, li ves in exile with more party!" . Our generation grew up in a society without for years to come. than 100,000 other Tibetan pefugees. And as the students. in that room hold their war like our parents and grandparents knew as We're bombarded with images of hatred and We're all for saving the whales and keeping beers, rebelling against the administration's children - . but we have struggled through terror, from fathers sexually abusing their our oceans clean, but we support the companies quest to eliminate the binge-drinking culture on intense battles of our own. daughters to mothers killing their sons. contributing to the extiilction of the endangered campus, they pound their drinks with sweet Our wars are with issues. We watch U.S. troops bomb foreign coun species and unknowingly pollute our waters. revenge. We fight about a woman's right to have an tries, but we are merely transfixed by the green We wear our "Earth Day" T-shirts on the Thirty years ago, the sounds of the abortion. Babies are murdered. But then again, fluoresc~nt lights that flash on our TV screens. nationally recognized environmental holiday Youngbloods drifted out of that same dorm they may not be babies at all. We flip through the channels unaffected. but drive cars which emit the fumes eating away room window. There's also a fight for a just and fair ~ ociety. And they wonder why. our ozone layer. "Come on people now I smile on your broth We hold on to our First Amendment rights with The society we live in is bursting with inner There seems to be a thousand colored rib er· I everybody get together I try to love one firm grasps, and we despise those people who turmoil and paradoxes - Rodney King, O.J. bons, symbols for each of the noble causes we another right now. " silently pull them away from us. Simpson and Monica Lewinsky are just a few join. Yet we have too many colors from which The '60s were a time of everything from free Under a cloud of innumerable political scan examples. to choose. love to free drugs. dals, our generation has given up the struggle to The list continues endlessly. So we pin them all to ourselves and keep Clad in bellbottoms, with bandannas and find dignity and honor in our nation's leaders. We build a wall blocking the horrifying pushing forward, fighting the battles we feel flowers in their hair, those students were part of We were embarrassed and ashamed of Clinton's images we see and read about all the time passionate about, passing the ones we do not. a generation defined by clothes, driven by impeachment, and we laughed at the pathetic because if we didn't, we would lose our hope We don't need a war to have a purpose- a music and lit with an inner-fire to rebel. irony of it all. for the future. In the whirlwind of our cynicism single worthy cause to fight for. The Baby Boomers stood for peace while . At this moment, people are suffering in the and mistrust, we try to make sense of an increas If we pick tip the pieces of our broken society, they waged war. Balkans. Civilians are being forced from their ingly complicated society. maybe someday we'll put them back together. They formed a united front against the estab homes while NATO fights the man who is caus Although we may not be hippies - making But if we don't, we can just make another rib lishm~nt and shouted about a revolution- their ing the grief. love, not war- we aren't a generation only bon. THE REVIEW I Selena Kang May 4, 1999 • Th Rewlew • 9 Upbringing is the key to our generation's heart BY LIZ .JOHNSON boom in single-parenting was the explosion of in single-parent families has leveled off. Ft•tlfun•.'IEdiwr the women's movement in the '70s. A large part of the changes in family structure Generation X grew up in a world Grandma Women began stepping out of their secondary has been caused by cultural change, particularly and Grandpa never imagined. roles in society and found they were capable of as women began to feel more independent. In 1970, just after the birth of the first Xers. living without men. Once they came to that real Yet an increase in independence doesn't married couples with children made up 40 per ization. more children were born to single mean women found it easier to bring up their cent of all households. By 1995, this statistic had moms. kids. dropped to 25 percent. Households were bound to run less smoothly Single parents have a hard job. Without the all kinds of environments, from two-parent fam As a result of this decline, many members of when the women were no longer June Cleavers benetit of a partner to help raise children, they ilies to gay fathers. our generation grew up in single-parent house and Donna Reeds. Women found their niche in must bear the brunt of both earning wages and There is no norm anymore for our generation holds. the workplace, and men found their home lives caring for the children themselves. to follow, so we will create our own interpreta We lived in the age of latchkey children, let much-altered. As a result, many single parents create sup tion of family. ting ourselves into our houses after school, wait Predictably, many marriages found they port groups for one another, passing on advice The growing two-parent rate might indicate ing for our parents, usually mothers, to return. couldn't weather this change, and divorce they have learned from their own struggles. that later generations will recoi l from the prob By last year, almost 20 million children under became a popular alternative. There are many web sites on the Internet that lems they saw their single parents face and 18 years old lived with just one parent. The When divorce rates rose. mothers tended to offer this kind of help. The advice is a source for return to a more traditional way of raising chil majority of these children. 84 percent, lived with retain custody of their children. all parents struggling with the chall enge of rais dren. their mothers. · The decline in two-parent families began in ing children. However, they might just continue the: new But si ngle fathers are beginning to close the the '70s, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. What becomes clear is that single parents single-parent tradition. parenting gap. Their numbers have grown 25 However. the trend is beginning to reverse itself, have the same capacity to love and bring up their The future is out there, waiting. Generation X percent from 1995 to 1998. _and two-parent households are gaining in num children as Kevin Arnold's all-American parents will be the one to usher in the children of the Yet it's hard to determine what these trends bers. did. next millennium. mean. Has Generation X been harmed by the The growth of single-parent families was Although it· may require more effort, si ngle We will have to pick and choose from the last lack of the traditional two-parent house with the nearly 4 percent per year during the early '90s. parents have proven they can raise children too. millennium's parenting lessons and decide what white picket fence and dog scenario? Or does This rate is projected to remain the same through It is sti ll unclear how Gen-Xers were affected to do. the new trend in parenting simply retlect a cul the rest of the decade. by our parents' examples. We are the last generation of the millennium. tural change? However, it's not much of a change from the The fami ly structure has radically changed Our children will be the first of the next. One of the factors that contributed to the growth rate of the '80s, which means the boom from earlier years - now children are raised in The future of the nation will be our creation. Deception turns us cynical BY BRIAN CALLAWAY ing anyone who's willing to spread their legs for With onl y violence and mindless sex to entenain Managing Nt·u·x &litor them, and the same goes for Hollywood," he says. us, it 's no wonder America has raised a generation of The President of the United States used to be a "And politicians were the last people we could look mi santhropic youths. title that commanded respect and praise for its digni up to, but now they' re the worst of them all." But not everyone feels our generation has suc- ty and power. Rulon says this general disenchantment manifests cumbed to cynicism. .. Then a saucy little intern named Monica strutted itself quite openly. Sophomore Kelly Chisholm says she considers into the Oval Oftice and strolled off with Bill "I think apathy is a pretty big sign of it," he says. herself fairly optimistic. Clinton's dignity. "No one votes anymore." "I think there are way too many good things in the Professional wrestling seemed like the most awe And why should they? world to automatically write it off and say 'it inspiring sport imaginable. These men built their The _governement is dominated by middle-aged sucks," ' she says. "It 's nice outside, I like my class bodies into muscular tanks of tighting ability. rich white men with receding hair-lines and pen es, I'm learning and I'm lucky to be here." Then everyone realized it was all an act. chants for buxom young interns. It's nearly impossi Senior Celia Phillips. president of the College Chris Farley took hi s huffing and pufting, laugh ble to identify with ;my of them. Republicans, says she think "d1e word ·cynical'· is a at-fatty routine and made it one of the funniest -sights Furthennore, money is necessary to affect the little strong." in the history of coniedy. political process, and young adults just don't have it. Our generation is si mply more wary ai1d cauti ous • Then he huffed and puffed his way to a cocaine Saddled by entry-level jobs and outrageous college of our leaders than in d1 e past, sparked partly by the and heroin overdose. There isn 't much that's funny loans, fin:o.nces aren't what we have to offer. And the Lewinsky debacle. she says. about that. political process isn't the only reason our generation "As far as Clinton's scandal. I think that 's what And Milli Vanilli had audiences everywhere is disenchanted. has left people mistrustful of others." blaming "it" on the rain. - Rulon says the media is a major factor in the rise And even if our generation does sl ip into cynicism Except they weren't really singing. of his cynical outlook. slightly, Phillips says thi s isn't necessaril y bad. Televangelists? They're just out to milk money "It's all Jerry Spinger's fault," he says. "Shows "I think it 's a good thing that we're wary because from religious zealots. like his do nothing but highlight the negative aspects it forces [leaders] to m~et our demands and raise And those kick-ass tights on Jerry Springer? Well, of our society. He also perpetuates a lot of negative their standards." they're about as real as Brittney Spears' talent. stereotypes." But then again, Watergate really didn't raise the The list of disappointments goes on and on- it's Turn on ABC, and there's Barbara Walters, confi political standards all that much. an endless litany of seemingly intelligent people and dent in her designer suits and S!.!preme condescen That could have been a much-needed reality events that fail to deliver what society ~o desperate sion, giving us ·what we want: an exclusive with check for our leaders to buckle down and return to ly wants. Monica. running the United States with honor and optimism. And these letdowns have created a feeling of dis Flick the channel over tb NBC, and maybe you Instead. we have intern-nookie and Gulf War enchantment among America's youth. The adults can catch the grisly murder of the day. Syndrome. who have shaped our lives can't be trusted. And if the news isn't what you want to see, why In the end, how could our generation not be cyni Cynicism has taken hold of a generation of young not lift your spirits with a nice episode of "NYPD cal? adults and refuses to let go. . Blue" or "Homicide: Life on the Streets." How could our parents, beaten into submis ion by University junior Michael Rulon says the rise of True, if you want uplifing, you can always turn on Vietnam and Watergate, rai se us any ditferently? cynicism in our generation can be traced back to the "Touched by an Angel," but anyone who's been They couldn't. shortcomings of our heroes. touched by intelligence doesn't consider that a wor It might be cynical to say. but we are who we are, RONALD REAGAN "Athletes are all on drugs or going around bang- thy option. and we can't help it. ... - 10 • Th Rnl•• • ~y 4, 1999 NEW MltlENNIUM PREPARES GEN-XERS TO MOVE MOUNTAINS BY .JESSICA MYER choking irony, something precious is hidden. Munnging Mo.mir Etlitor Hope. We are perched in the crook of an arm - Together as a generation of free thinkers. we this is the most pivotal time in history. And as will use these paradoxes as a punching bag. we approach '00. Gen-Xers begin to sweat. This generation. especially today's college stu We have a big job to do. dents, will lead the nation -the world -into As a society. we have access to incompre the next millennium. We will set the tone and hensible technology, offering us th ~< capability build from zero. of saving lives and making wild imaginings -But humankind has more than 2000 years of works of reality. In the same moment. we are experi ence keeping our tlames lit - wars, siuing on a weapon more dangerous than we national disasters and miracles; monumental can fathom. true loves, dictators, assassinations, legends We are strangled by dichotomies. and technological advances. Now Generation People are growing increasingly open X will prove how much we have truly learned. minded, especially youth. They are also This makes l]lany college seniors wake up in becoming more volatile and violent, especial cold sweats. Like the very world we live in, ly youth. the idea is awe-inspiring and terrifying in the The winters aren' t so biller cold any more. same moment. But in spite of the infinite chal for, momentum into the next millenmum is But in s-pite of society's downfalls, the sun But that is a result of global warming. lenges we face - the ugliness of the inheri sure to follow. In spite of our cynicism, our rises and sets every day. Some days, when the The economy is good - we have enough tance we will ·take with us in 2000 - we are generation has enough potential and creativity sun hushes into the horizon, the colors melt money to wage war against another country. But ready. to set the sky on fire. together, whispering the word "hope." we are killing the very civilians we are trying to We are a well-balanced group of young peo We are inheriting a world with child abuse, Generation X has the ability to change the save. ple. Most of us know more about technology homelessness, scandal, political injustice and world forever. Rush hour is the slowest 60 minutes in the than our parents. Yet so many of us are poets, Howard Stern. We are beginning our futures We can use computer-age technology to day. songwriters and kindred spirits. entrenched by war. accomplish incredible feats. As a society, we But behind the empty numbers and the And with the energy Generation X is known have the capability to make new hearts and limbs. Last year, a man tried to climb Mt. Everest and was stranded in the frigidness of the mountain, isolated in the snow. He was res cued, but hi s fingers and nose were frostbiuen and beyond saving. A team of plastic surgeons removed hi s nose, which was charred and unable to func ti on. They used steroids and hormones to grow a new nose on the man's fo rehead. which they later removed and reauached to give him a normal nose. The generati ons before us have secured a place in medical technology which is nothing short of miraculous. Now, as college seni ors apply to medical school, they prepare to receive the baton. But they will run their own leg of the race. Visual communicati ons, a fi eld that has been redefined with the onset of computer technology, will be navigated by Generation X. We will have th e first real opportunity to make a dent in the profession. This New Year's Eve, as· we party like it's 1999. we will be armed with jackhammers. We can' t take a chance. We have to make a good impression. The possibilities for Generati on X are limitless. And with our inherent di versi ty- our indi vidual nature - the soul s of humankind will continue to evolv e. We may be underestimated, but it 's better to be the underdog- then they never know what hit ' ce m. Mosaic would like to thank everyone who contributed to the Gen ? pullout. Aspecial round of applause goes to ... ~ Chrissi Pru.itt for her ideas, patience and story contribuions ~ Bob Weill for creating the cover ~ Selena Kang for the art and images ~ Sandy Iverson for directing the advertising campaign ~ Jill Cortright and Una Hashem for their proofing expertise. May 4, 1999 • Th Rewlew • 11 BY JESSICA MYER suffocated human nature for so long ith the greatest urgency While there are still huge obsta One day we will fear fascist dicta M(lfiLlging Mosaic Editor seems to be loosening its grip. and eloquence, Nobel cles to overcome, many Gen-Xers tors and comets crashing into planet Generation X possesses the only W Peace Prize winner, are armed for battle. At this universi Earth. We will not fear diversity. nuffalufagus was a loyal friend weapon that can destroy it- a will Martin Luther King Jr. demanded ty, at this very moment, students are We're making our way to where in spite of his shortcomings. ingness to open our minds. civil rights for black people in his taking classes· in black 'American the air is clear. And Generation X is speeches, which still echo in the ears studies, Jewish studies, women's flying the plane. The part elephant, part shaggy dog 'llndreds of factors have of those who witnessed them, and studies and world religions. did have his downfalls: he was slow, worked together to create a even those who did not. overweight and above all, a figment generation of free thinkers. He said he would fight for equali of the imagination. Television has been a huge influ ty between races "until justice rolls But as children, we never judged ence. Baby Boomers grew up watch down like waters and righteousness him for his differences - his best ing "Donna R~d" as she made sure like a mighty stream." friend was a I 0-foot yellow bird who to have dinner on the table in time But King was a Boy Scout. Others walked and talked. for her husband to come home from were harder to convince. And ulti And there were rumors that Bert work. Our generation watched "The mately he fought to his death. and Ernie were gay, but there was no Cosby Show" instead - a black Many others after him clawed, such thing as gay on "Sesame husband and wife worked together to tooth and nail, with the same ferVor to Street." The two-headed monster run a household full of children. win serenity and equal opportunity was no stranger than the furry. guy We matured in a decade when for all American citizens and cultures. living in a garbage can down the people of many shades and ethnici Gen-Xers have witnessed Nelson road. ·ties appeared on television. And with Mandela freed from his imprison Outside of the protective shell of a "Webster" following "Growing ment and South Africa finally fantasy land where ali colors and Pains" in the lineup, children were released from apartheid. life tyles are looked upon with lov bound to grow up thinking people A wall no longer separates East ing eyes is a world of much harsher were just people. from West Germany. beings. In "Life Goes On" in the early Other countries still suffer under '90s, viewers watched Corky strug the thumb of dictators and govern rom the beginning of gle with Down Syndrome. The show ments who murder them for their humankind's evolution, peo succeeded in creating a character ethnicity and religion. ple have bred prejudice. that audiences cared about. And it But in the United States, King's Turning to the first page of our made an impact in how young peo dream is within reach. While the Ku hi tory books, humans living in their ple treated handicapped individuals. Klux Klan and white supremacists contemporary societies have judged still exist on the fringes of society, each other. -~ owever, we were changed the majority of Gen-Xers see people, Too fat. Too thin. Too fat trying to by the real world as much as not color. look thin. _ ' the world of make believe. Too dark. Too light Too dark try In this century, people have wit ( oday, the army is made up of ing to look light. nessed the most terrifying atrocities unlikely heroes. They are Too smart. Too dumb. Too dumb humankind has ever inflicted on comedians, talk show hosts, trying to act smart. itself. The images from the actors, politicians, teachers, princi Too poor. Too rich. Too poor try Holocaust alone steal the breath from pals, journalists, singers, songwrit ing to look rich. our lungs. The very idea of extermi ers, athletes and children. Too feminine. Not feminine nating six million Jews for their reli Youth is beginning to set a new enough. gious differences is chilling. standard for acceptance. As a society, we are afraid of what But a few crusaders for social jus For the first time in hi story, we do not understand. Difference or tice rose above the hatred and friends may not even know each change is met by raw, ugly fear. screamed from the rooftops. As a other's religion- it isn't an issue. Bigotry and intolerance seem as result of their efforts, we are slowly Young people often revel in each Martin Luther King Jr., 1929-1968 innate as the will to survive. But, for arming ourselves with tolerance for other's differences. They don't fear "This sweltering summer of the Negro's discontent will not pass the first time, the prejudice that has others. them. until there is an invigorating autumn offreedom and equality." _.,.. - " 12 • Th R~tlew • Mty 4, 1999 Novv till Graduat'ion! (Across from the Stone Balloon) 368-1400 II. • ~ · -~· . ...-. .. ~ 0 ~ • Except Soap Shoes & Oakleys ~ 127 E MAIN ST. 368-BOSS 'VP ~ar· D ~,». t:fJ J •• ...... \ \ \ " ~ ' \ ' . \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ' \ \ ' \ ' . . . ~ . . \ '· \ ' \ . ' . \ \ \ \ \ .. \ \ \ ' \ \ \ ' ' r~ - -~·-::.:~· •. -·· -:" " ""." ~- -. ····- - - -- h Sputa -IC---···--·- Men 's lgxers pummel Drexel Un i~ ersity Sa B-4 in last home ggme of the season. ENTERTAINMENT • THE ARTS • PEOPLE • FEATURES See game story, page C1 ~Ti;AILINQ BY KYLE BELZ descramblers, unless it' s from the cable Staff Repo rter company," he says. "If you get caught with Joe Regular sits with som~ friends in a one in your house, the cable company will smoke-filled sports bar. Even though the take all the money out of you they can." loud , rambunctious atmosphere bothers him, Explaining the seriousness of the situa it has become a fixture in his life. · tion, Eachus says Suburban Cable has an He returns time and again because the entire department devoted to rectifying the scene houses one of his favorite pastimes problem of lost revenue. Pay-Per-View boxing. "We object strenuously to someone get This hypothetical character, like many ting a bo11 ," he says. "We work with the college students, finds the lu11uries of premi courts and make the offender pay restitution . ·- urn cable out of his financial reach. for the programs they didn' t pay for." But there is an option for entepainment Regardless of the cable company's crime starved paupers. fighting efforts, senior Paul Wiley, a former Simply by augmenting a television with a descrambler user, says it' s definitely worth descrambler and a converter, customers can the consequences. acquire premium cable at a severely dis "I bet less than 5 percent get caught," he - counted rate. says, referring to owners of cable descram There are plenty of individuals willing to blers. "It's worth it just because you save so assist people in their efforts to pay less for much money. I saw a lot of great movies that cable. Director of Communications and I never would' ve given a chance." -. Government Relati ons at Suburban Cable Eachus says offenders like Wiley aren' t -- , ~ Todd Eachus says crusaders for lower cable the main concern of hi s company's efforts to -:-- costs hide behind the Internet and telephone put a stop to free cable. lines. "We' re more interested in the manufac More than 40 web sites e11is t for the sole turer," he says. _ _ purpose of selling bootleg cable parapherna "The Internet has increased the potential - lia. The · descrambler, which deciphers the for loss, and that's really causing us to take transmission of cable companies. and the notice. Each year, cable companies lose $5 .1 converter, used to transpose a ll avai lable billion nationally. It' s a big, big industry." channels from the local cable company into However, most aren't crying over the either channel three or four, are used togeth cable industry's mi sfortune. One university er and typically housed in a black boll . student says their problem has saved him a A cable descrambler and converter bundle. combo package can run fro m $ 15 , for the A junior, who wished to remain annony assembly-required descrambler kit , to a mous, says a black box saved his house $400 ready-made version. close to $1, 000 over the course of seven But Radio Shack e mpl oyee Harvey months. He and hi s housemates easily made receiving the broadcast. pear?" to transfer the ~a ll to someone from public Stevens says if people are going to purchase up the cost of the device, which he says fell "The same law that allows people to own Morris says there are advantages to own relations. "They wouldn ' t be sure who one, they must be prepared to shell out big between $200 and $300. their own phone allows them to own their ing a descrambler besides free cable th at they ' re talking to." bucks because th e do-it-yourself kit is a "We reall y racked it up," he says. "At one own descrambler," Morris says. compel law-abiding citi zens to purchase Several other representati ves from differ waste of time and money. time, 'Austin Powers' and 'Private Parts' Eachus says such companies blur the sit one. ent companies si mply hung up th e phone " It won' t work anymore because it can't were on Pay-Per-View, and we watched uation by offering di sclaimers that tell the "A lot of times they can offer surround when questions concerning their companies' unscramble the digital signal now in use," them four times a day. And, of course, buyer they must inform their local cable sound and picture in pi cture," he says, citing legitimacy began. Stevens says. there's the occasional adult channel." operator of any transmissions they receive, advantages of Covert's descramblers. "They Despite the conflicting report s and ri sks But before customers hop on a search Despite what cable companies say, cus . while claiming it ' s legal to own a descram save on monthly rental fees. which in some involved. Wiley seems wistful about his - engine ready to give hundreds of doll ars to a tomer service representati ve of Covert bler. areas cost up to $1.5 a mont)l." descrambler thai wa des t roy~d tn a fire. seller of the products, they should know the Electroni cs Ed Morris says his company is "It's my understanding that to even pos He says he has no idea if hi s competitors "We were so hooked up ;· he says, citing ri sks. completely legitimate in its business prac sess a box is illegal," he says, conflicting also follow the law, and the response from the Spice channel as the best part of the Stevens says he is completely against . tices. with Morris' statement. "I know a lot of web other companies does little to support their setup. "I pl an on getting another one some purchasi ng a black box, considering what is In fact , he says it's completely legal for sites give those disclaimers to make folks positions as legitimate corporations. day." at stake. consumers to utilize these services, as long feel comfortable, but don't they realize that "I don' t think they' d want to talk to you," After all, it 's hard to watch Spice in a "It 's illegal to even own one of the as they inform their company that they are once they contact us, the savings will disap- says a representative of Vitek, when asked sports bar. The State of Rap Ill future of hip-hop BY DAN RASH backgrounds. Staff Repon " THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY Of REINHOLD MEssNER" BEN Fows FIVE Folds, bassist Robert Sledge and drummer Darren Jessee 550 MUSIC have decided to take their music in a more melodramatic - RATING: t-h'n.'rt.'! direction. The first notes of the piano soon erupt into a lushly orches trated meditation on depression and anxiety. "Upset or happy/ I go to sleep," Folds sings in a voice that builds from a gentle caress to a climactic plea. "I'm drowning I save me /wake me up," Folds beseeches, with intertwining layers of background vocals creating a mosaic of sound and emotion. The next track, "Don' t Change Your Plans," continues the sentiment ality, but mixes it up with a dash of Fold's trade BY BRIAN CALLAWAY mark lyrical wordplay, adding a welcome dose of wit to the Mauaginl( New.<; Editor album. When Ben Folds Five broke through to the mainstream " You have made me smile again I in face, I might be sore two years ago with "Brick," its undeniably catchy single from it /it's been a while," he tells his girlfriend, and he draws about teen abortion, it was a mixed blessing. a smile from his audience. In the hands of a less-accom All of a sudden, a band that had amassed a loyal cult fol plished songwriter (Joey Mcintyre, perhaps?), this phrase lowing based on its offbeat ~iews on life was famous for writ could have come out as "I like your love," but Folds manages ing a melodramatic single about a hot-button issue. to convey this with more subtlety and depth. · Ben Folds, who seemed more at home confronting a Yet while the smart emotionalism is rewarding to listen to, woman who just dumped him ("Fuck you too I Gimme my the strengths of this album lie in the songs that don't touch on 1noney back I you birch") was the new sensitive guy singer. the topic of love. Too bad- we don't really need another Duncan Sheik. In "Army," Folds muses. on his misspent youth and the dif But if he has Ben Folds' musical skills, then maybe we can ficulty of choosing a future. make an exception for one more. "Three sad semesters," Folds sings of his college career, And although its smart-ass roots are hi ghly entertaining, "it was only fifteen grand spellt in bed i I thought about the the group has the intelligence to craft emotional songs with anny I I dropped out and joined a band instead" out resorting to Joey Mcintyre-style sappiness. Though the track deals with unrealistic expectations and The opening strains of the album's first track, fear of failure, it's the first time on the album that Folds and . - _..... "Narcolepsy," make it clear that pianist and vocalist Ben Co. sound like they enjoy making music, and its infectious spirit pulls listeners along in head-bopping approval. "Army" also highlights Ben Folds Five's bravura ability to The Gist of It make a song flow. Most bands begin a song with one tempo and mood and plow right ahead with unrelenting force until tion on this album. Ben Folds Five has always set itself apart defines the album. ***** JD Salinger the song's close. from other bands by its lack of a guitarist. But here, they On the closing track, "Lullabye," a jazzy, comforting ditty, ****Mark Twain But the Folds crew effortlessly transitions from loud, expand to other string instruments, with a mini-orchestra Folds tell his audience to "let the moonlight rake the lid off ***Stephen King bombastic choruses to quieter, introspective verses with envi backing the trio on many songs, helping to bring differing lay your dreams." -ec-ce John Grisham able ease. It glides like a butterfly and stings like a bee, where ers of tension and power to the 11 -track disc. And though the group's dreams aren' t quite as amusing as -cr Danielle Steel as other bands often beat listeners into submission. But in the end, despite the increased emotionalism and they used to be, they're still a wonderful fuel for the imagina The band also takes advantage of increased instrumenta- instrumentation, it's Folds' nimble wordplay that once again tion. "13" "PLAY" ''FROM Q, WITH LoVE" BLUR MOBY VARIOUS ARTlSfS VIRGIN RECORDS V2 RECORDS QWESr/W ARNER BROS. RATING: t.'ft'f,;.'{ 1/2 RATING: t.'!t-'ct'ct.'! 1/2 RATING: t.'ft.'f,;.'{t.'f ... U nlike the hyper, Euro-pop of the past, Moby has always had a knack for ere- Quincy Jones is back and wishing every- ·' .. Blur has many surprises in store with its new ating a distinct sound with each album. body amorous sentiments with his new com- ·: album " 13." And his latest, "Play," is by no means an pilation album, "From Q, With Love." The group's sixth disc since 1991 fully exception to the rule. Jones gathers the most treasured artists he ·exonerates Blur's evolution through the The pioneering DJ attached a face to a has produced and arranged over the years and decade. nameless techno genre with the earth- combines them on this two-disc album that Opening with seven-minute-plus shattering 1991 single "Go." And in wi ll get most couples in th e mood for love. :Tender," the album is already like nothing 1995, he helped bring electronica out of Singers ranging from Brandy to Frank this band has ever released. the dark warehouses, blowing the critics away with "Everything is Wrong." Sinatra make up the album spanrting three generations. He combines soft jazz , The beginning of the song closely resembles its title, but it escalates into a But now he has come back to regain his crown and take the tired, lack- sounds with a hip-hop beat. beautiful hymn, incorporating the sounds of the London Community Gos~l luster genre back up to a higher plateau.. "Sax and the Garden," recorded in 1989, mixes the smooth sax playing of Kirk Choir. J Even though the album's title cries sim licity, the 18-track disc floats Whalum with the sensual deep bass vocal of Barry White , Followed byi he frenzied, rock-influenced "Bugman," Blur is out to keep first down a meandering musrcal river, grabbing' at the trees of variety as it goes. 'James Ingram and Patti Austin's duet on 1983' s "How Do You Keep the time listeners of the disc guessing what is next with each song. Slower songs like "Natural Blues" and "R un On" are sampled wi th blues Music Playing?" combines her sweet soprano with his falsetto vocals to paint a Featuring a dizzying, £gyptian-es4ue drone, ··swamp Song'· is a trippy fusion and,gospel an.d ~iU...ba ,~..t~-P.Q!Ull.a~in.. l.btla>;Uo.l.\IQ.~ve it. -~-.Rilil!fu,l$~ picture .. _ of rock and pop that is uncharacteristic even for these unpredictable U.K. rock Other numbers, like the punchy "Machete," bring back membries of the And his 1981 recording of"Just Once," mixed with a soft piano solo, brings the ers. fiery mix master of old. sadness of a broken heart back to those who know what the ache feels like. The album couldn't be more diverse, as the songs alternate between one Moby' s true voice remains clear througho ut the album, as he writes, per- The King of Pop, Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" has the perfect '80s soft- ~x treme of acoustic ballads and techno-based, screaming pop thrashes on the forms and mixes 99 percent of "Play." And, o nce again, he proves that rock beat and his high-palette vocals is just another great example of Jones' pro- other end of the spectrum. everything in this world is sincerely OK. duction skills. ' With its 13 tracks, " 13" may prove to displace Blur from its stale spot in "From Q, With Love" is the perfect album and sets the right mood for anyone ~ritish pop and lift the group to a higher level. in love, who has lost love or who is waiting for love. -Jess ZachoU -Mike Bederka -John Yocca .,t - . ~ ...... ~ . . -. .~t, ..... "I ; I l l .l i i - ~ - ~ ~t "t Quote of the Week i "Daily." BY LIZ JOHNSON -Independent Counsel Kennetb Starr, telling CN 's Larry King how often be Features Editor fee l5 sorry be didn't become dean of Pepperdine University's law school when they . offered him the position in 1997. . Tim~ ..I EXPAUOI. I 'let him kee p talking, though. I figured there was something Apri/26, 1999 . That's all the no te said . It had been hastily scrawled on the mar wrong with him , but he didn' t seem violent, and it was certainly a gin of the morning newspaper. The " I" trailed off, as ifhe had been break from my usual boring routine. Recent studies from Wilkes University At current incarceration rates, 5 percent walking away without bothering to finish writing. After about an hour, he stopped talking and fe ll as leep almost in Pennsylvania found that engaging in of Americans will spend time in prison I sat at the table a nd read it numbly, trying to figure out what it instantly. I didn' t want to wake him, so I threw a blanket over him frequent sexual activity can enhance the at some point in their lives. It is project- . meant. A license plate number? Some sort of encoded phone num and went to bed. immune fu ncti on. ed that 28 percent of black men will ber, with the letters substituting for some numbers? I couldn' t even And since then, he' s been here. He still talked about the future Me11 's H ealTh enter a state or federal prison in their begin to guess. once in a while, but not too often. He was mostly just interested in May 1999 lifetime. It is also estimated that 16 per I wandered around the kitchen a imlessly. A coffee mug with soaking up the world, and I let him. cent of Hi spanic men will spend time in those last drops no o ne ever wants to drink was sitting forlornly in I don ' t know why I let him stay. I should have kicked him o ut By the end of elementary school, a child prison, whi le only 4 percent of white the sink . A few toast crumbs were scattered around the base of the the first night, but I never even considered it. He had an innocent has seen 8,000 murders in the media. men will enter the big house. toaster. In its shining aluminum side, I saw my reflection and charm that I was fascinated by. He was so different than anyone Time Playboy turned away hastily. else I had ever met. I wanted to learn all about him. May 3, 1999 April 1999 Eventually I made it o ut to the li ving room, where I put the tele So now he's left my li fe, just as abruptly as he entered it. vision on so there would be some background sounds masking the I finall y decided to get up and get ready for work, although I did Michael Jordan uses 24 layers of mask The Netherlands announced plans to white noise of the thoughts in my head. n' t feel at all like going. ing tape to build up the grips of his gold abolish "happy hours" as part of its cam There were little pieces of his absence everywhere. The armchair While I was brushing my .teeth, I still didn' t want to look in the golf c lubs. paign against violence. Officials blamed ~e had moved so he could see the TV better. The blanket he slept mirror, so I .studied the sink instead . My toothpaste had a label o n SporTs JllusTraTed cheap drinks for contributing to increas ~ nd e r curled up at the foot of the· couch. The mystery novel he had it that it took me a while to figure out. April 19, 1999 ing street violence. been reading sitting o n the end table next to his beloved remote. The label read EXPFE99. Oh well, I thought, I guess this tooth Ph iladelplua CiTy Paper He first showed up about two weeks ago, I guess. I met him in paste isn' t good anymore, although I didn't really think toothpaste Research published by the American April 15, 1999 he neighborhood bar, where I was having a drink after work. He could expire. Chemical Society suggests cherries may seemed ni ce and friendly, so we talked for a while. Then I knew. fight pain better than a regular dose of The average American eats the equiva- - ' Afterwards, we went o ut to dinner and had a good time. He I knew what the no te meant. aspirin does. The chemical that gives lent of 20 teaspoons of sugar a day. eemed genuinely interested in me, and if he asked a lot of unusu I still don ' t know what he was, but I think he re.ally did come tart red cherries their color contains M e11 ·., H ealTh al questions, like what my position was on topics like war or tech from the future and knew something he didn' t want to tell me face large concentrations of the antioxidant May 1999 nology, I didn' t really think very muc h of it. to face. anthocyanin, whi ch has pain-relieving He walked me home and I went upstairs. No big deal- not even Maybe he was some kind of robot - that would explai n the effects. The average duration of commercials in a good-night kiss. I didn' t think I would ever see him again. strange twitc hing motions- or maybe just a person. Men ·.,. HealTh an hour of prime-ti me te levision in 1998 ' But two ni ghts later, I was watching the news when I heard a Although I feel like I'm heading straig ht into the world of "The May 1999 was 15 minute and 44 seconds, up 25 knock. He looked horrible. His eyes were wild and bloodshot, and T erminato r," I'm sure I'm right. seconds in 1997. his moveme nts were extreme ly jerky, like he couldn' t quite control But w hat does AUG I mean? In August o f 2001 will something There has been a 15 percent increase in The durati on of commerc ials in an hour the m . ho rrible happen? Is th at when the world as we know it ends? the amount given by th e average tax of ABC" s daytime soap " All My I let him in, and he started to talk. It was a rush of words - I I don ' t know. I ' ve started reading th e news carefully, watching payer to the IRS this year. There has Children'" is 2 1 minut es. couldn' t have interrupted even if I had wanted to. He spoke with for anything pertaining to that date. My friends all think I'm crazy. been a 4 percent increase in the number Time the passion of someone who truly believes what he is saying. And I still head down to the bar, ho ping against hope I ' ll see him of refunds given since last year and a 20 April 16. 1999 But what he was saying was c razy. It was about the future, and again. I want to know why he left. I want to know the truth. perce nt decrease in the number of what things were li ke there, and how there were a lmost no humans But most of all, I just want to see him again . audits. left, and how nice it was here. Tim e April 26. 1999 - compiled by Cory Pe1111 ~ I May 4. 1999 • THE R EVIEW . B3 . ~TUD~Nl~ IN T~~ ~POTLfGI-lf ...... - ~ ~~niot!: ~fan to CtO~!: ~OV~tty fin~!: BY MICHAEL LOUIE impassioned Beste says. "You don't go into and says. 'There's a lot of fluff news to protect Sraff Rqxmer you don't go see these places because you' re told America, while we have problems in our own While some students might give only a fl eet what they are, and you' re not supposed to show backyards that we refuse to acknowledge." ing thought to the situation of millions of pover any interest." It is this aspect of American media th at "'Off ty-stricken Americans, two university students Beste says the film itself is not the primary the Highway" seeks to address. Contemporary are actually doing something about it. focus of the trip. 'The only way the film will news stories about poverty focus on the crime "Poverty is a cancer," David Beste says. "It work is if the purpose of the trip is community and trials that the communities supposedl y corrodes our society' " minded and we must become part of the com endorse, and comparable documentaries on For 22-year-old Beste, a senior fine arts major, munity." poverty have a tendency to dramatize the plight poverty is more than just another social issue that The students will spend about three weeks in of the residents. The intricate networks that the cannot be dealt wi th on an individual basis. It is each area, initially relying on the direction of community utilizes to interact and operate usual something he and Scott Magdycz, a senior phi community leaders and living with neighbomood ly go unnoticed by these larger forms of media. losophy and psychology major, have been active families. "I think our society has made these impover ly involvi ng themselves in for the past year by The first week will be spent getting to know ished areas into little dramas when they only put participating in Habitat for Humanity trips and the people surrounding them and volunteering. the bad shit about them' on the news," Beste says. volunteering in various impoverished areas. It's not until the second or third week that the Despite havi ng the "impoverished" stigma Beste and Magdycz say the social efforts of cameras will be turned on. That way, the resi constantly haunting them, these cultures retain a three friends from Villanova University who are dents will become familiar with the students' sense of value that others do not. While obvious involved in their university's Peace and Justice intentions and presence. ly not able to become as materialistic as the rest Program influenced them to get committed to "People will want to tell us their stories of America, members of these cultures instead working with underpri":ileged cultures. because they want to tell us," Magdycz says. tum to each other for suppon. This summer, they, along with the three "We're not going to force them to talk to us." In a country where individuality and indepen Villanova seniors, will embark on a six-month The film will focus on the life experiences and dence are hailed as the most respected attributes journey through some of America's most impov stories of the residents in these communities, an a family can possess, there is a sense of commu erished communities to film "Off the Highway." atypical ~pec t that usually doesn' t concern the nity in these areas which the middle and upper With a $40,000 budget contributed by private American media, he says. classes of America lack, Magdycz says. parties and fund-raisers, the ethnographic docu Poverty is usually passed over by contempo "In the neighbomood where I grew up, I don't mentary plans to deal with something largely rary media and Americans as an individual' s know people that live three houses down from ignored by contemporary media. problem, Beste says. me," he says. "I think in some oflhe places we're The students will travel across Kensington, "We' ve grown up in a white suburbia that is going to visit we' re going to see that these people Philadelphia; the Appalachians in West Virginia; saturated by the media," he says. "We' ve created care about each other a lot more." Lakota Sioux in South Dakota; the Mi ssissippi aliens in our own society and conveniently Beste says he believes the sense of unity and Delta; border towns in El Paso, Texas; and pushed them to the side." value is important to what "Off the Highway" . . - Cuban and Haitian refugee camps in Aorida. By showing the personal, human side of these needs to capture. 'The faith of these people is They hope to spend time in Los Angeles, Boston communities, the students hope to dispel some of something not in the world that we wallow in and New York City as well . the negative-stereotypes. here," he says. THE REVIEW /Fik Plloto These locations were chosen based on their "We want to give some names to the faces and "I know that this is what we' ll find. I've seen Senior David Beste says, " Poverty is a cancer. It ·corrodes our so~et.y/ ' various cultural backgrounds and different types it before, it's there when we talk to the people, raise some social awareness," Magdycz says. more open to us." he lping these impoverished communities.; d of people, while retaining the common aspect of and now we just have to go back and get it and Unlike the pervasive American capitalistic The filmi ng will fall largely on t.J:le shoulders recognizing that the residents are indiViduals ·segregation as a result of subversive racism. "If I see individuality that tells us, can pull myself up bring it back here so other people can it for of Villanova senior Sean Dolan, co-founder of wi th hopes and dreams like oursel ves .is wJl.at's Racism and poverty are inevitably and histor by my boot straps, then why can't my neighbor?'' themselves." Dolan Films. It was Dolan who ftrst suggested important. It 's too easy for the public to,.s eep ically linked in American culture as groups like the students say they want viewers to realize that With consideration and respect, the five stu the idea of the film to the group last summer. well at ni ght and ignore the c ultu res-~'ve Native Americans are pushed to society's periph poverty is not a choice. dents hope to merge themselves into these com Now, with the project set to start in early July, pushed to the fringes of society, Beste -say.s: : ery and left to fend for themselves. People are born into impoverished conditions, munities and become a part of them. They' re not the students are motivated and committed to 'These people don't fit the mold,"- he .s.B.ys. In 1986, Marks County, Miss., one of the .Beste says. Members of impoverished communi naive, though - some initial friction is expected work with the communities, meet new people 'They don.'t do the correct way of dolng-tbi'ngs, - areas the project will visit , was the poorest coun ties do not always have the resources nor the between the residents and the newcomers. and, hopefull y, dissociate stereotypes and create they don't fo llow the correct social nol'ins, .S;Q it's ty in the nation with 5,600 of its 9,000 residents "Once you throw your back into some work opportunity American society believes it can pro awareness of the lives of the impoveri shed. easy for us to walk right over top of them because dependent on welfare. vide to change their present situation. and they're working with you, it alleviates some Magdycz says. we don't even see them." · "You're always told that there are impover- 'The media has created a blanket to make of the pressure," Beste says. "I think once th ey Regardless of th e film's success or failure, ished areas, but these places are taboo," an mainstream America feel warm and cushy," he realize that our intentions are genuine, they' ll be . ~ . ' Splk trr e2ver BY MEUSSI\. SCOl"T SI:NCLA·IR BUt now ho trace-of self-pity can be seen Swdent AbDirs Ediror in hi s face. Hi s expression is one of calm Jeremy Phillips relaxes on the sun control, hi s breathing slow and regular. warmed grass of Frazier Field, watching Jeremy's disease is in remission, but he the volleyball teams warm up for th e tour hasn't forgotten hi s struggles or the First nament. State School. which helped him overcome More than 30 teams have gathered for his disability. the games Saturday morning. Laughing, With hi s fraternity, Phi Sigma Kappa, shouting, diving for the ball, few of the and Adena Sherman and her sorority, Alpha boisterous students notice the group of Sigma Alpha, Jeremy organi zed Saturday's young teen-agers sitting quietly on the side volleyball tourname nt to benefit the First lines, watching the games. State School, a program which teaches They, too, would like to play, but their young peo ple with chronic diseases that c hronic asthma, severe headaches, or dia they can control th eir own lives. betes prevents them from j oining the col The school consists of o njy five class lege students for a game. rooms and a few offices in a com er of Jeremy, a junior, sits with the kids. He C hristiana Hospital. plans to play with hi s fraternity team today. "If you come and stand in the middle and. but he understands how it feels to sit on the look around, you can see the whole side lines- he , too, suffe red from debilitat school," says program coordinator Coleen ing asthma in high school. O' Connor, who accompani ed some of her As the disease progressed. hi s life students to the tournament. became more and more restri cted, he says. It 's a ti ny pl ace, but it makes an enor Each day was defined by th e constriction of mous difference in the lives of young peo hi s lungs. ple with severe chroni c illnesses, including "One month I went to the hospital four Jeremy and the kids watching the tourna times and spe nt a total o f four weeks the re," ment with him. Jeremy says. "I wasn' t able to do any exer O' Connor says th e program's first goal cises, any school activities.'· is to provide a comfortable learning envi He tried home schooling, but says he ronment for its students, even if that means was unable to kee p up with the work. " I. making special arrangements. started feeling sorry about myself, sorry When Jeremy first came there, his asth- THE REVIEW I Bob Wei ll about my life." he says. Adeena Shenn.an and Jeremy Phillips raised money for the First State School Saturday at a Volleyball tournament they ran. see VOLLEYBALL page B4 The rap phenomenon continued from page B 1 get, and now it's on its way down," Chops says. across the country. tremendous success also experi enced by hip-hop "People are finally recognizing that hip-hop is an Two of rap's old school pioneers, LL Cool J clothing companies, rap's economic future art form- a subculture that's been around for and the Fresh Prince, Will Smith, have entered decades now and is not going anywhere." seems secure. into the world of acting to compliment their Another encouraging factor for a promising With trendy hip-hop owning the pop charts crossover rap careers. Both LL and Smith began future for hip-hop is its rapid growth across the ( II of last week's Top 25 Billboard albums were with their acting careers on primetime television rap), it is difficult to speculate on the career spans globe. Rap music is becoming increasingly pop sitcoms and have since filmed several box-office for most oftoday's hot rappers. There is no clear ular in countries like Canada, England, Australia blockbusters. cut answer to longevity in hip-hop music - only and Japan, and such faraway lands are producing Although it seems unlikely that hip-hop cul an elite number of groups and soloists have been countless numbers of extremely talented emcees ture will collapse anytime soon, it is even more able to survive in the business long enough to and DJs as well. difficult to try to predict the future of the still release four or more albums. Many independent emcees from the United young musical phenomenon. With only 20 years This special group, mostly comprised of hip States are building and revitalizing careers by of experience in the ups and downs of the music hop legends like KRS-One, GangStarr and A industry, many skeptics feel that rap music will releasing "import-only" singles in foreign coun Tribe Called Quest, solely relied on sheer talent, not be able to handle any sudden decline in pop tries, who tend to be more appreciative of new rather than high record sales, to stay alive. But ularity, therefore jeopardizing its future as a suc and different material than America's main today, the careers oftop emeees rest in the hands cessful genre. stream-oriented fans. of the consumers. Others feel that hip-hop is more than just a Since its birth in 1990, KMEL's 'The Wake Because of this apparent lack of job security variety of music and a subculture - it has Up Show" with Sway, King Tech and OJ in today's hip-hop game, many rappers have become a way of life for so many young people Revolution, has blossomed from a low-rated San begun planning for life after hip-hop by reinvest worldwide. Francisco morning show to becoming the most ing their profits. But what about future generations? Will mod popul ar hip-hop radio program in the world. In addition to his million-dollar record label, em-day hip-hop give way to a new trend soon, ' The Wake-Up Show" is now syndicated and No Limit, Master P has purchased several leaving Jay-Z and Wu-Tang to become "oldies." aired on nearly 50 stations world wide, including Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants and a small much like Jimi Hendri x and The Doors of gener 14 different foreign nations. chain of well-known gas stations in the southern ations past? · But looking at rap's almost outrageous level United States. Only time wi ll tell. But if current trends in pop of popularity and its swift rise to the top of world Bad Boy's Sean "Puffy" Combs owns a suc culture are any indicati on of what th e future wide pep culture, is it possible that hi p-hop has THE REVIEW / Internet Photo cessful New York City restaurant, "Justin 's," and ho lds, Busta Rhymes and Master P wi ll be work reached its pinnacle? is planning the construction of several others ing in the music industry fo r a long time. LL Cool J signs copies of his new autobiography. Cool J has also acted '"Peak' implies that it's as big as it's going to in seven _films including the recent " Halloween H20" and " \Voo." f Media • • Darling liiiiC died lh .BY JESS ZACHOLL the jukebox, I was instantly grati fied- no We fell into a state of shock. Mullins- just to name a few . Hanson' s other memorable tunes. other songs were playing, so mine came And after asking our clueless waiter And in many cases, these new bands not It's become a ritual. Somebody has got to be kidding. on immediately. about th e change, we began to scrutini ze only replaced the old ones, but they took Following a celebratory trip to the Deer Eag le Diner may not be as o ld as its "Who's the one that makes you happY I the changes. up to four spots on the play list. Par.k every Thursday night, my crew of du ct-taped seats make it look, but the Who 's the one that always makes yo r1 Fi rst of all , virtually every single one of Apparently, someone thought it was friends and I always end up at the same faithful customer deserve an eating envi laugh .?" our favorites had been removed. necessary to remove Jefferson Airplane so hangout - Eagle Diner. ronment fil led with reminiscent songs, not Wait, what? No whiter shades of pale, ni gh ts in that the Backstreet Boys could take up Due to our excessive, inebri ated promi th e trite Top 40. "Who's the reason you're smiling I And four slots. nence at the 24-hour establi shment, mo st After all. what else are 24-hour diners dragged you through these times, so Although this in no way justifies th e of the employees recogni ze our often for? If we didn' t have so many m~mories rouglr ?" Ooh, now I'm not limited change, there we re a few nice additi ons, from th em, we cert ainly wouldn't keep obnoxious group. What the hell is this? T his is not my including Fatboy Slim and David Bowie. And I'm not embarrassed to say that a coming back for more. song. to just "MMMBop" - I But nothing can make up for the fact couple of waiters even know our names I gue s that Thursday I could try to con Along with the rest of the patrons, I that Jennifer Love Hewitt is a featured and we know theirs. can hear three of Hanson's vince my pals to witc h to Newark Diner, should have heard the opening notes of artist (if you dare to call her that), while going again st our lo ng-standing tradition. During the short waiti ng period before Jefferson Airplane's classic , " White the Moody Blues were booted. our of breakfast food arrives, at least one other, memorable tunes. Or I could suffer. Rabbit." Even more horrifying than th e deaths of Of ul> pops a few quarters into the decrepit, After all, pu t a few extra beers in me, Much to my dismay, some Dutch chick Somebody has got to be our favorite jukebox tunes are the remain and maybe Los Umbrellos won' t sound booth-side jukeboxes. named Anouk was belting out a hideously ing tracks fro m the original selection. Naturally. we all have our own favori te kidding. th at bad. annoying song called " Sacrifice" instead. Evidently, it ' s OK to get rid of Procul Yeah, and maybe Anouk will magically song: and we subject the entire diner to the Well, Anouk, you certainly have made Harum, as long as we get to keep Los same. oldies-but-goodies every week. start sounding just like Grace Slick. a sacrifice - my ears for your musical white satin or white rabbits could be Umbrellas' "No Tengo Dinero (The Flex Newark Diner' s looking better every .from the Moody Blues' "Nights in crap. found. Mucha Mix)." Whi te Satin" to "Whiter Shade of Pale" by minute. What kind of name is Anouk anyway? Instead, the epitome of shoddy, irritat Yes, the "Flex Mucho Mix." Procul Harum, a lengthy play list exudes Grace Slick would certainly di sapprove. ing and overplayed songs now appeared in Joining those Umbrellas is a sorry state fro m our booth. Suddenly, my friends and I scoured the their places. of music. Not only can artists like Mariah R_ss:: ently, I was the first to shove my Jess Zacho/1 is rhe assisrant emerrainment j ukebox and made an upsetting re velation Eagle's customers now have their pick Carey and Hanson be se lected, but many quarth into the machine. anxious to hear editor for The Reviell'. If your fa vorite - the majority of our old favorites had from such quality choices as Backstreet of them have up to four songs. mv favorite tune. diner sang lras also disappeared, send . 2-2-2. been replaced by newer, inferi or. poor Boys, N ' SYNC, Barenaked Ladies, Ooh, now I'm not limited to just empathizing commenrs to [email protected] excuses for songs. Matchbox 20, Newsboys and Shawn "MMMBop" - I can hear three of As I pushed the numbers of my song on IN THE CENTER OF .. -:- -fFi E PROTeST IN THE ..,. .... ,. .•: ' BY GREGORY SHULAS into the province of Kosovo, a rebellious ~ Adminisrratil't! Nt!h-'S Ediwr group in front of the capital building had a It was a picturesque May afternoon in different outlook on the situation. that cherry blossom playground known as With some members of a Catholic orga Washington, D.C.'s Mall. ni zation kneeling on the ground, begging Yet my eyes were out of balance with their God for mercy, a sober priest spoke the troubli ng wartime reality raging far to the puffy, white clouds, as if they outside of the Smithsonian's vast museum would answer back. d (~Q.f~s . The Mall may have been alive He pleaded wi th Jesus to e nd the with the sound of marching band music humanitarian catastrophe that was occur and springtime jubilation, but the capital ing in the Balkan Peninsul a at that of ~!9bodan Milosevic's modern-day moment. Serbia.· was experiencing Meanwhile, old something drastically dif- ==--=w~h~il:-e=a"'v"'e"'r"'a"'g"'e==...... wome n clinged to ferent. their rosaries, going Under the onslaught of Americans were flying through their Hail NATO air raids, a once- multi-colored kites from Mary's one by one, in thriving Yugoslavian cap- the Mall's green grass an attempt to get their itai was being battered - into the soft Chesapeake Lady to intervene. the i·nnocent and the They hoped their glj,ilty were mutually sen- wind, bombs were being prayers alone would tence Students serve up a volleyball tourney for the children continued from page B3 set, he says. He would almost call do it .'' himself cured, he adds, although he Sometimes a disease is just too rna was so severe that none of the will most likely li ve with asthma for strong, says O' Connor. But, she staff could wear perfume. "We the rest of hi s life. adds, there are many who win their tried to shower daily," she says. The school does its best to pro battles. Jeremy laughs. vide kids with the skills necessary to "We have so many more like Students learn how to medicate conquer their illnesses, O'Connor Jeremy who come through and do themselves and monitor their ill says, but it can't guarantee an easy what they have to do," she says. nesses, O' Connor says, while also transition back into normal life. And not one of the 160 students fo llowing the standard public school Jeremy says he encountered that has come th rough the school in curriculum. some prejudice and closed minded its 14-year-history has been fo rgot But even more important is the ness when he returned to his high ten . lesson that a disease doesn' t have to school, although he tri ed to explain "All the kids that come through · define a student's life. what the First State School was leave a piece of themselves behind Too often the families and teach about. and build the school," she says. ers of children with chronic illness "When I went back, many stu "Jeremy left a lot of energy - his es fq_cus exclusively on their dis dents didn't understand," he says. energy and passion for whatever abilities, she says. "They thought it was for mental ill he 's involved in ." "They forget there's a kid in ness." It is thi s energy that allowed him there. We try to turn that around, so He was often faced teasing from to rai se more than $ 1.000 for the you don' t get smothered by every classmates. But he says he didn' t let school with the to urnament. one saying ' poor you, poor you."' them affect hi s progress. Fatigue is evident in Jeremy' s Ask any of the kids sitting on the "I just walked away - it didn 't li ght blue-green eyes, but he smiles field about their illnesses, and their bother me." as he surveys the crowded field. answers confirm the program's suc He remained close with hi s 'T m happy - stressed out. but cess. friends fro m high school, he says, happy," he says. "I was diabetic - well, I am a but some of his most meaningful "You' ll be happier tomorrow di abetic," a seventh-grade gi rl says. relationships were formed at the when yo u can sleep late,' · O'Connor "I had asthma," the boy sitting First State School. says. nex t to her says, and O'Connor gen- . He says a girl named Gwen who Jeremy grin s and shake hi head . tly corrects him. "You stilf have suffered from cysti c fibrosis. anoth ·'No." he says. "I'll be up at 7 asthma," she says. er serious respiratory ailment. tomorrow. running three miles for They all use the past tense, their inspired him to endure hi own pain. Greek Games.·· illnesses finally relegated to the "She felt even worse than I did ... He might have left so me of his backs of their minds, though not he says, "but she was strong - she energy at the Fi rst State School. but forgotten. This is the goal of the never fe lt afraid about dying.'' apparentl y there's plenty more First State School, Jeremy says. Despite her struggles. aft er a few where that came from . "!learned to conquer my illness,'' years Gwen passed away. he says. Jeremy won 't be sitting on the both through medication and mind- "To thi s day, I still have n' t vi sit sideli nes tomorrow - or an time ed her grave," he says. "I still can't soon . 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Main St. • Sigma Tau Delta Beat Night at 8pm VALIDATED PARKING IN REAR· Owned by Univ. of Delaware Alumni sponsored by the Student Centers 302-731-7733 ... ·... jmiide This date in sports history • SoftbaU team closes out On May 4, 1924, the Summer - regular season Olympics began in Paris • Netters faD in tournament France. The U.S. would go on • Conference track results to win 45 gold medals before the Games ended in July...... see page C2 ortstuesda www.review. udel. edu May 4, 1999 • Cl Commentary KAREN DISCHER liens top America East in win minute game. " Senior mid fielder Kevin Lavey had a goal Team closes waved off 3:32 into the opening quarter when he drove to the net and stepped into th e crease. home season It took the nation 's highest-scoring offense almost nine -minutes to get on the scoreboard. Seni or attackman Sean with America Carney capitalized on a MEN'S miscue by Dragons goalkeeper Jordie Cheaters East victory LAclossE Oli vella to score the Hens' first goal of the Drexel 4 game. BY DUSTIN BIXBY Hens _. "We came out a little never Srajf Reponer 13 With a 13-4 victory over Drexel University in ------"sluggish,We were" Carneytrying notsaid. to its last home game of the season, the Del aware have a letdown [following Loyola], but we obvi men 's lacrosse team captured the America East ously did ." prosper. title. Senior attackman John Grant scored two min From the first face-off, the Dragons tried to con utes later and Carney scored again to give trol the tempo of Saturday's game by holding the Delaware a 3-0 lead with I :55 left in the first. Unless • • • ball on every possession. The Hens went up 4-0 when Delaware junior "Drexel was stalling," Hens coach Bob mid fielder Willy Hopkins had the ball knocked out Shillinglaw said. "They made no attempt to go to of his pocket. The ball rolled through the midfield the goal. and right to teammate Bryan Barrett. ~:- ~ mas honesty just suddenly evap- "They we re.trying to slow the game down and . : : - orated from the sports world? make it a 20-minute game as opposed to a 60- see TWO page C2 :-: : Okay, so some may say : · . spoilS have always been cor- • rupt, but there seemed to have been a lull recently in cheating on the fields and courts. It would make one believe that things Grant sets record have changed, that athletes have decided • _ to play fair and take losing gracefully. But low and behold, within a few BY JASON ROBBIN " I played just as bad as I did the last days of each other, two people in two Staff Reporter game [against Loyola]," he said. "This is - - completely different spons have been With a record-breaki ng performance by probably one of the worst games I've investigated for possible cheating. Delaware's John Grant, improvement in played in the last two years. Saturday, Detroit Tigers pitcher Brian face-offs and a stellar defensive game, the "We are happy with the [win], but we Moehler was pulled from the mound men's lacrosse team beat Drexel can' t be happy with o ur effort," he said. when the Tampa Bay Devil Rays man University, taking control of the America One aspect of the game that Grant was ager noticed something odd about the East Conference, Saturday. satisfied with was the progress in face-offs hurler's delivery. Grant was covered tightly by Dragons during the contest. An umpire later found that Moehler defenders all night, but still managed three "I definitely think we were much had a small pi~ce of sandpaper on his goals and assisted on two more. improved on the face-offs," he said. thumb, thereby helping the baseball get The five points propelled Grant past the " DeBusschere and Motta did a great job. better movement through the strike America East record for points in a season "But we sti ll need to improve at the zone. with 83, but he said he was dissatisfied wings. There were a couple of times we had Of course, he denied it completely, with his performance. two guys to their one and just couldn' t saying it was a big misunderstanding. The All-American said the tight cover come up with it, and against good teams, Before that came the controversy sur THE REVIEW/Bob Weill age is nothing unusual and it could not be you can' t win if you don't have the ball." rounding a horse running in the Senior attacker Dennis Byrne helped the Hens run to a 13-4 victory over blamed for what he thought was a disap Kentucky Derby, pointing effort. It stalled following the Arkansas Drexel University in Delaware's last home game of the season, Saturday. see OFFENSE page C3 Derby, a preliminary race where the winner is sent to Louisville, KY, for the Run for..the Roses. filoffor video tape, no one may ever • have noticed the small object fall from ; jockey Billy Patin's hand as his horse, -women • Valhol, went into it's victory trot. • The object was an electrical buzzer, : which shocks the horse into running = faster. BY MATTHEW STEINMETZ game's final six. While Patin was not allowed to ride Srajf R•porter In addition to Fortunato's five-goal effort, : in the Kentucky, Valhol was still consid With two wins this past weekend, the Delaware Edwards scored twice for the Hens and goalkeep ' ered a favorite. His owner James women's lacrosse team collected its third-straight er Laura Tortorelli, the America East· Rookie of • Jackson, of course denied his own America East championship. the Year, had 16 saves on the afternoon. ! responsibility. • Led by tournament MVP Megan Fortunato's The win was : It became a coun case, and to make a five goals Saturday, the Hens advanced to the Delaware's 22nd- : long story short, the horse was allowed finals for the fourth consecutive year with a 9-4 straight conference vic • to race Saturday, with a different jockey. victory over No. 4-seeded Towson University (4- tory and carried the Hens ~ Cheating is nothing new. But it's sad. 12, 3-3 America East). into the conference ~ Nothing is sacred, not even a simple ath Fortunato tallied five more goals Sunday, as finals. : letic contest where skill is supposed to Delaware ( 13-5, 6-0 America East) secured anoth Delaware, ranked No. • rule. er conference championship in a 15-8 win over 13 in the nation, contin- ; My question is, how could these peo No. 2-seeded Boston University ( 14-4, 4-1 No. I Hens 15 _. ued its conference domi- : pie even want to cheat? Has it been so America East). •N• o;.·.;2.11o.e.,.m-·e.r.s __s__ nation against the 17th : long that we haven't seen the conse Towson took a 2-1 lead in the semifinal game ranked Terriers with its • quences? until consecutive goals by Fortunato, junior Sarah win in the final contest. ~ Oh, that's right! There isn't much of a Edwards, and senior Amy Sullivan ·pushed the Fortunato poured in five goals for the second ! consequence for all-out cheating in the Hens ahead 4-2. straight game, adding three assists. Two of her THE REVIEW/ Scott McAllister : 1990s. A Tigers goal early in the second half was Delaware midfielder Robyn Hill scored two goals in the Hens' ' But in the 80s, Pete Rose was thrown answered by three Delaware scores and five of the win over the Terriers in the America East Championship game. ! out of baseball and is barred from the see CONFERENCE page C3 : Hall of Fame for simply betting on ~ games as manager of the Cincinnati r Reds. ~ Rose admitted to his wrong doing, and was promptly tossed from the sport. : Shouldn't the price be the same for people who blatantly cheat and get Swinging away from the pros ; caught now? ~ But no, we are a forgiving society, and unlike the game of baseball, it's not : a three strikes and you're out policy. ~ If we tolerate cheating too much on Giving up the court for the ; the field , what are we telling kids? ' Wait. ,We are teaching them some ~ thing - don't be stupid enough to get course, Ladden proves his value tcaught. ~ Moehler probably gave the best !- denial speech heard in a long time. His By, Kevin Lagola ;excuse? His hands were dirty, and the .umpire who ejected him just confused ~ the sandpaper fo r ... dirt. hat do Michael Jordan, was ab le to regain his fa ll season "Mike provides leadership to the ~ Sorry, Brian, but no umpire is that Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, form by th e time the Temple team," Kent says, adding that Mike's ;blind. Celine Dion and the University Invitational came along consistent play makes him one of the ·: It's almost humorous, this stupidity Sultan of Brunei have April 16-17. The senior captured top-rated players in the district. ~ n Moehler's part. It's a weaker excuse in common? seventh place at the event. But these complimen ts don't go to ';than "the devil made me do it." A love for golf. Currently, he stands with a 76.73 Mike's head. I haven't heard Patin's reasons, (not As captain of the 1998-99 scoring average over 22 rounds. "It's a very challenging sport, 'that it can be as easily proven as Delaware men's golf team, Mike Mike's teammates say they appre almost imposs ible to perfect,'' he :Moehlers), but I'm sure he's denied the Ladden carries his own lovefor the ciate hi s talents because he is a con says. :whole thing too. game. sistent pl ayer. But Mike's near perfection and ~ Maybe if these two would just own The National Golf Foundation "He is invaluable to the team as a competitive fire have led him to tu Pto their mistakes, I'd be less angry. estimated that there were approxi player and captain." teammate Mark qualify for th e 1998 U.S. Amateur in But by denying everything, they mately 26.5 million golfers in Swinger says. "He is by far the best Rochester, NY this past summer. As s eem to be saying we're the ones who America as of 1997 - and Mike is player on the team and one of the one of approximately 5,000 people 'are stupid; that we'll never catch on to one of them. better ones in the area and in our who attempt to qualify, onl y 314 par :their schemes and do something about it. Last fall he finished with a 73.30 conference as well. ticipants make the tournament Well, maybe someday we finally will. scoring average over 10 rounds. That "And on top of that, he knows round. ..·- stroke average makes him almost a how to fulfill the role as team cap In addition to competing in the Karen Bischer is a managing sports edi two handicap. The United States tain." Amateur, he also captured hi s first tor at The Review. Please send com Golf Association estimates that less Hens coach Jim Kent says he NCAA Division I individual victory than one percent of all golfers in the knew Mike would become an impact in Owings Mills. MD last fall. ments to [email protected]. Counesy of University of Delaware Spons Infonnation U.S. carry a handicap of three or player for the uni ve rsity when he The win was the fir t for a Senior Mike Ladden currently stands with a 76.73 scor lower. ( recruited the transfer from Penn ing average over 22 rounds to lead the Hens this spring. This year Mike started slowly, but State University. see LADDEN page C3 •· May 4, 1999 • THE REVIEW • C2 Team ends season with best-ever record Dragons (28-18, 7-5 America East) took a ond. The Flying Dutchman rallied back, 3-2 lead in the fourth inning, which was scoring two runs to tie the game in the Hens earn extended after three errors enabled Drexel third. to take four more runs. Hofstra picked up another three runs in Delaware rallied back in the sixth when the sixth to take a 5-2 lead. spot in next senior second baseman Laurie Brosnahan Delaware answered back in the bottom doubled in a run a nd scored on a wild of the seventh when junior Erin Kelly's weekend's pitch. Junior outfielder Chris Brady si n double scored three runs_ gled in a RBI to cut the lead to two runs. But the Hens picked up momemuni in But the Hens couldn 't gather any more the eighth and rallied back from the deficit AE tourney runs, leaving the score 7-5 in Drexel's to gain the 7-5 win. Mark brought in two favor. runs, tying the game. Cariello followed The second contest of the doublehead with a sacrifice fly to bring in two more BY MICHELLE HANDLEMAN er looked like a repeat of the first, with the runs to win the game. Spons Editor Dragons taking a Mark tied a school record with her five Ending the regular season with its best 3- 1 lead. hits in the opener. record in school history, the Delaware But Delaware Soif!!xLL O' Connell took the win, improving her softball team earned an America East bounced back in record to 17-8, giving up seven hits and lOumamem berth after this weekend's the bottom of the striking out nine. games. fifth inning when Game I Game 2 ,In the second game of the series, Friday's doubleheader against Drexel sophomore out- Hens 7 ~ 0 Delaware fell flat against the University ended in two losses for the fielder Laure n Hofstra 5 8 ~ Dutchwomen, 8-0. Hofstra second baseman Dana Bennett Hens, (7-5, 4-3). Delaware took the first Mark and fresh------game of the series against Hofstra man outfielder hit a solo home run and added a double to University (7-5), but dropped the second Amanda Cariello both knocked in RBI lead the Dutchwomen. Lisa Ciavardini (8-0), Sunday. singles to make the score 4-3. knocked in two more runs with a triple to Although the Hens (33- q. 7-5 Junior Kristi O' Connell took the sec win the game in five innings. America East) only took home one of four ond loss of the day, after pitching four and Hofstra pitcher Jen Smith allowed only wins, the team clinched the No. 3 spo t in two-thiq:ls innings of relief, giving up two hits, both by Brady, improving her next weekend' s tournamem at the three earned runs in the eighth. record to 17-10. THE REVIEW/ Michelle Handleman University of Vermont. In the first game of Sunday's contests, Senior Krysta Pidstawski (14-7) took Delaware and Hofstra University pile up in this weekend's final regular season con the loss for the Hens. In the opener of Friday's game, the the Hens took a two-run lead in the sec- test. The Hens' victory allows Delaware a spot in the America East championships. First place in Virginia BY DOMENICO MONTANARO Todd, Erica Chisholm, Nicole Belsole, Stacie Konrad and Sporrs £diror Whitney McCormick placed second with a time of 7:26.2 - The novice Heavyweight Eights boat took first place for the twn seconds off Bucknell University, who won the event. Delaware women's rowing team at the Mid-Atlantic Rowing The no vice Four team of Jordon Chon, Jessica Ayers, Championships on the Occuquan River in Virginia this week Kristin Biermann, Dana Hammond and Geri Sieracki placed end. third in 8:16.6. Stockton State won the The Hens competed in three races, winning the novice race in 8:03_6_ Heavyweight Eights, placing second in the varsity Lightweight In the varsi ty Fours, Delaware's team Eights, third in the novice Fours and sixth in the varsity Fours. of Nicole Palmer, Amanda Duley, Mo The novice Heavyweight Eight team of Michelle Peto, Daley, Courtney Forrester, and Karen Becky Knierim, Frances O'Brien, Emily Drury, Mamie Hommer placed sixth in a time of Merriam, Cathy Visintainer, Heather Bieler, Susan Krause and 7:56_ The Uni versity of Pittsburgh Allison Pyne rowed to a winning time of 6:49.9 to out-distance won the race in 7:28.6. THE REVIEW/Bob Weill the College of William & Mary by one second. The crew will row again at the Dad Vail regatta on May 7- The Delaware_women's crew team rowed to top finishes at this weekend's Mid-Atlantic The varsity - Lightweight Eight team of Jenn O'Keefe, 8 in Philadelphia. Teams from around the nation will be com Rowing Championships with the novice Heavyweight Eight boat grabbing first place. Kristin Vander Els, Gail Orem, Danielle Stevens, Rebecca peting in the top event of the crew season. Conference call ~ "Some of the guys that played football took the· pressure off of us [in the indoor championships]." Delaware men take They were missed, but even though they were missed we had many young athletes do well." Two of the primary football players missing who second, women ran track during the winter were Butch Patrick and Jamin Elliott. " Sprints and jumps are hard to predict," Kelly said. sixth in America "I think Patrick and Elliott would have made a differ ence, but I don't know if they would have assured us a East championship victory." The women were led by senior Brandy Connell and sophomore Carol Oliveri. They took first for the Hens BY ROBERT NIEDZWIECKI in the ham·mer throw and pole vault, respectively. Staff Reporter Oliveri set a new America East and school record Nine second-place finishes by the Delaware men's for her mark of I 0 feet, 6 inches in the pole vault. track team was not enough to prevent the University of The women's team might not have performed as THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill New Hampshire from capturing it's fourth-straight well as the men overall, but Connell said the determi America East Conference championship. nation of the team was impressive. The Hens have two games remaining in the regular season, and will take to the road to The Wildcats defeated the second-place Hens, " Sarah Northrop in the 10,000 really impressed play the University of Vermont Wednesday and the University of Pennsylvania Saturday. 186.5-168.5, Saturday at Northeastern University. me," she said. "She staggered with 200 meters to go, The Delaware women's team placed sixth with 75 almost went down, and then pulled points. Northeastern won its fifth-straight conference tJ;lli_Q. b\.\J herself back together. championship with 190 points. 1:t:Championships "She finished the race and col Two to go for men's laxers: For the men, Hens coach Kevin Kelly said he lapsed. It really showed how much thought the team had a good effor_t in all areas, consid T determination there was on the continued from page C I The Dragons scored the next two goals to draw within ering the bad luck the team has had· recently. team." eight, but came no closer. The sophomore defenseman picked up the ground ball Injuries to senior Dave Geesaman, freshman Steve Considering the youth of the Seconds later, the Hens answered on a goal by sopho and found Carney, who dished it off to Grant It didn't take Sinko and sophomore Jeff Mcilvaine were the main squad, Connell was impressed with more attack man Liam Wertheimer. Off the resulting face long for the nation's leading scorer to find the net. setbacks, he said. many of the young athletes performing Saturday, off, DeBusschere extended the Delaware lead to ten when " Geesaman had been having foot trouble,'' he said, 'There wasn't much emotion from our team," Grant including freshman Aimee Alexander' s sixth-place fin said. "Drexel slowed it down and it was just boring. he pic_ked up a rebound off a Bruder shot ~d put it behind " but he ran the 5,000 and l 0 ,000-meter none-the-less. Enoch_ ish in the 3000-meter. " It was basically a struggle to stay and do what we "Steve Sinko had to be pulled o ut of the 4x800 The Hens, however, were held scoreless for the last " We had quite a few freshman step up, such as were taught to do instead of going on our own most of the because of an injury he had suffered to his heel prior Aimee Alexander, and we got quite a few [personal I 0:54 of the game_ to the meet. He tried to run the 1,500 but he couldn' t time." "The seco~d half wasn't as sharp as I would like it to records],"she said_ Freshman attackman Jason Kilpatrick got Drexel (5-6, quite do it." be," Shillinglaw said. "First half l thought we played up to Connell, who threw 171 feet, II inches in the ham \-3 America East) on the board with 9:31 left in the sec: Despite not finishing the competition, Mcilvaine, mer, said she was actually more pleased with her sixth our level, second half we played down a little bit. ond quarter. the conference indoor champion in the pole vault, took Sometimes these game get like that." place finish in the shot put. Delaware (11-3, 4--0 America East) answered 36 sec third in the outdoor event with a mark of 13-feet, 11- " I had an excellent day in the shot put. I PR'd by a Grant agreed Del aware's play was not as trong as it .. inches. onds later on a goal by Hopkins_ - should have been. foot," she said. " I got three more points than I thought On the ensuing face-off, senior midfielder Dennis Mcilvaine was injured when he fell on his back dur " It was a terrible game," Grant said. "I took some I would in that event. DeBusschere knocked the ball to junior mid fielder Chris ing a vault. The injury took him out of the competition dumb shots, and had some bad passes. We were all too "I was happier for the shot put points that I got for Purpura. He picked up the ground ball and drove to the when he still had a chance to win. complacent" the team than the championship. It was the extra effort net , beating Olivella to his right side. The depth of the team was something Ke lly said The Hens won the mi dfi eld battles, capturing 12 of 20 that I brought in from the shot put that made me "[We're] much improved on the face-offs," Grant said_ helped the team to score some unexpected results. face-offs, picking up more groundballs than the Dragons, happy." "DeBusschere and Motta did a great job on faceoffs_" "Some of the events where we-were just trying to but Shillinglaw said Delaware should have done better. The Delaware track teams will compete in the Carney put the Hens up 7-1 midway through the sec get a place, we got three," he said. "We showed our "We are not gett ing the type of play we need to from Princeton Invitational, Saturday at I 0 a.m. ond quarter. From the top of the crease, he drew three depth, we didn' t have. a star score all of our victories. the wings on face-offs," Shillinglaw said_" I thought Mike Drexel players and let a behind-the-bac k shot go, beating Thearle did a nice job comi ng in and we are trying to see Olivella over his right shoulder. if there are some different people out there th at might be _ Kevin Lavey extended the lead to 8-l with 4:42 able to get some more aggressiveness coming in from the remaining in the half and Grant closed the scoring with a wings after the ground ball s." minute and a half remaining_Starting with the ball on the The Hens have two g,ames left on the schedule and right side of the net , he drove in front, spun around and both are important if Del~ware expects to make the post took a shot that fo und the left side of the net. season. !Hens sweep all four Drexel changed goaltenders at the half; repl acing "One loss and we are out of the tournament," Grant Olivella with senior goaltender Matt Enoch. but the switch said _" And deservedl y so_ We lose to Vennont or Penn and did not give the team an advantage. BY KAREN BISCHER baseman Frank DiMaggio let loose with a game-tying two-run we really don't belong there anyway.'' Delaware opened the scoring 2:29 into the third quar Managing Spnns Editor homer. The Hens travel to the University of Vermont to take on ter on an extra-man goal by senior mid!ielder Jim Bruder ' The Hens baseball team kept rolling with its four-game DiMaggio and right fielder Kevin Mench came through in the Catamounts tomorrow at 3 p.m. and Carney added another 59 seconds later. ;Sweep of Hartford University this weekend . . the seventh inning with RBI singles to While Saturday's games seemed grounded in offense, put Delaware up for good. Sunday's decisions were closer, as th e pitching staffs squared B;,\S'I$~L Hens starting pitcher Dave Mullin (4- off for battle. l ) threw a complete game for Freshman Rich McGuire's (6-1) complete game shutout in Delaware, allowing the Hawks to con Their ulcers are caused by a curable infection. , game one, plus his two and one third scoreless innings in game Game 1 Game 2 vert their 11 hits into only four runs. ' two, helped spur Delaware past the Hawks. Hens 2~ 3~ Bryan Porcelli (7-2) had an easier For more information, call 1·888-MY-ULCER toll-free. Catcher Jamie McSherry's two RBI singles were all the Hawks 0 2 time with Hartford in the second Hens needed to take Hartford, 2-0, in the first set. game, allowing only one run while McGuire and Tim Lori to teamed up to fend off the Hawks going the distance in the Hens' 7-1 offense, as Vic Sage finished off Delaware's 3-2 win by strik victory. The senior has a 1perfect 5-0 record against America ing out pinch hitter Dan Winnick with the bases loaded. East rivals this season. In Saturday's first game, the Hens trailed 4-2 until third May 4, 1999 • THE REVIEW • C3 B \SEII.\LL ME:'II'S LACROSSE TRACK AND FIELD MEN'S TENNIS DELAWARE SPORTS CALENDAR SUNDAY. M AY 1 S AT\JRDAY. M AY I SATU RDAY. MAY I S ATIJ RDAY. M AY I Game I I 2 F AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP AMERICA EAST TOURNAMENT DREXEL 0 ~ DELAWARE (26-17. 15--1 ) 000 200 0 260 DELAWAR E 13 ell Nnnhemtf'm Uuh·ersirY (semi-final round al lheU ni v~ rs ny of Vt'mlOnt} Thes. Wed. Thor. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. HARTFORD (10-27 . 5- I~ J OOOOOOOOJ J Final Men·s Team Standing : Hofstra dd. Oela\\a.-e. 5-2 Goals: 5/4 I. N ~ w H ~ un ps hirc - I ~6 . 50 : 2. Delaware- 5/5 5/6 5/7 5/8 5/9 5/10 W: McGuire (6· I) Drexel: Jason Ki lpatri ck. Man Wink ler. Mike 168.50; .'. N nhcaslern - 7 3.50: -l. Maine - 85: Singles; A. Nenashe\·, HU. def Ira Bcrnsrein. 6-4. l: Handfi eld ( I · -, Durso. Jeff lann::Jr ino 5. Boscon Um vc rsity - 76: 6. Towson -7J: 19: -l- 6. 6-2: P. Sandor. HU. def. Jorda n B> el, 6- 1. 6-2: E: Rand (-l ) Delaware: Sean Carnc:y- ~ - J o hn Grant - -~ 7. Vermont - 6K : M. Hiu1 ford - 50. S. Mikrladze. HU. def. Chris Johnso n. ~ -6. 6- 2. 7- DP: UD-2 Jim Bruder. Kevin Ln\'e)'. Dennis Dt: Bu sscht: rt!. Baseball Home games at Delaware Diamond 5: Clinton Cole. UD, def. D. Will iam . 6-2. 0-6 . .1-4 LOB: UD-6: UH-2 Chris Purpura. \Vill y Hopkins. Li nm lB : Jlhnchal (6) Top Delawnrc F'inshers: (injury defauh ): J. Tsai. H. def. Jordan Rces.: . 3-6. - Wertheimer 2nd Place - Em: Sands 1-ti "ll .OO (Discus UMBC Maine (DH ) Maine (DH ) SB: Sal vo {7). Vukov ich (3) 6-0. 6-3: Sean Kell y. UD. def. A. Bhas >r. 6-4. 6- 1 Assists: Throw }. Sam Yarringcon 172.03.00 (Hamme r SH: Urbano Drexel: Dan Woods .:~ Throw ). Tom Marando 5 2' 0 ~ . 75 (Shol Pul ). Gary Doubles: Nenashev-Sandor. HU. def. Bernstein ~ p . m . \VP: Hand field (9) Delaware: Grant - 2. Bruder. K. La\'ey. Jay 5 p.m. 3 p.m. Fairchild 21 '01.00 (Long Jump ). .1: 19.41 (4 x ··. Reese. 8-6: \Villiams-Tsai . HU. def. Bie i-Johnson. A ttendance: 100 Moua. J. Lavey -·· -lOO-M) . Kev in Danahy 15:05.8.1 (5.000-M ). Dave 8- ~ : Cole- Kell y. UD. def. Mikdadze-D Shots: Geesamen 31:12.52 (10.000-M ). Bobh Worjoloh Rozanovsky. 8-3. Game 2 Drexe l: 28 5-l. 17 (-100 lm Hurdles ). Mike DiGennaro De laware: 4.1 9:1:1.19 (3.000-M S1eeplechase) Softball Home games at Delaware Field DELAWARE (27 -17. 16--l) 000 210 0 3 7 2 Saves: .. HARTFORD (10-28. 5- 15) 100 000 I 2 7 3 Drexel: 12 (Jordie Olivella. 30 mins. 9 20als. Jrd Place - Erie Sands ~ 6- 09 . 00 (Shol Pul ). America America America saves: Matt Enoch. 30 mins. 4 20als. 6 ; ::IVes) Mike Reh 6:06.00 (High Jump). J ISl Place - Br.~ndy Connell. hammer ( 171 ' JJ ): ~ \V: O'Connell (17-8) I 2 F Women's Crew l: A. Smilh (18-5) BOSTON U. 3 5 8 Carol Oliveri. pole vault (10-6 school record ): Jrd DELAWARE 9 6 IS Place- Carron Marra. 4:.16.62 (1.500m): Kasi a E: UD-Zielinski. HU-A.Smith-2 Brodka. I: 04.50 (400m Hurdles ): 4lh Place Dad Vail 28 : UO-Mark. Wilkin s. Kell y: HU -A. Smilh Dad Vail Goals: -lx800m Relay (9:25.60): Colleen Christopher. Regan a Regaua HR : HU -J. Smilh long jump (17-4 1/2 ): 5l h Place- Gena LOB : UD-10. HU -7 Boston U: Kyle RUlkowski - -l. Jean Cooney- -- 2. Kmie Nordhoff. Chri ssie Lombard Carpezza. 119'08 (Discu s Throw): KriSlen tba Robbins. 2:15 .54 (800m ): 6lh Place- Aimee tba - Game 2 Delaware: Megan Fonun3lo- 5. Amy Sullivan - 3. Robyn Hill - 2. Chrisly Buck. Karen Swift. Alexander. 10:11.84 (J .OOOm ): Brandy Connell. .18'20.25 (Sh01 Pul) DELAWARE (3 3-15. 8-6) 000 00 0 2 I Sarah Edwards. Denise Guerra. Liz Walton Hoftra (36-16, 11 -3) 502 01 8 8 I Assists: Boston U: l ombard- 2. Jenni fer Man (ling. KEY W: len Smilh ( 17-10) Michelle Ellsworth Delaware: Fonunmo- 3. Sullivan- 2. Hill- 2. l: KrySia Pid s ~aw s ki (14-7) DENOTES HOME GAME E: UD-Welch. HU-Sawyer SwifL Buck. Guerra 28: HU-Bennen Shots: 38: HU-Ciavardini Boston U: 32 Delaware: 41 HR: HU-Bennen DENOTES ROAD GAME LOB: UD-.1 . HU-3 Sa,·es: D Boston U: 6 (Brooke Barren ) Delaware: 15 (Laurie Tonorelli) * DENOTES CONFERENCE GAME Ladden's pure pleasure continued from page C I when he was invited by his neighbor to play a round of golf at Pine Valley Golf Club. The green, which is hid Delaware golfer since 1993. den amongst the tall pines and thick swamps of south Surprisingly, Mike's introduction to golf came while ern New Jersey, is an exclusive, ·yet classic course. playing tennis at Wayensborough Country Club when Playing there was so important to Mike that even an he was 13 years old. injury couldn' t keep him from the course. The 2 1-year He had been involved with tennis for many years, but old played Pine Valley with a thick blue and white brace says he got "burnt out." - < _- o ·fh-e eighth-graaer· declaed to walk down to th e on his- ail - ing>i.gh~kl e.~ ====="=~= "My doctor told me not to play until the·brac;e was course one day after playing a tennis match. Shortly thereafter, Mike gave up tennis and concentrated on off," Mike says. However, he says he could not pass up the· opportu golf. nity to play the top-rated course in the world, and walk "I fell in love with the sport," he says. the same fairways that Sean Connery walks. The Berwyn, PA native says he has no plans to play Mike knows he is fortunate to have played such a golf professionally - even though available prize layout. He also knows he wants to be successful in money on the PGA Tour hovered around $35 million in business, which would allow him to play a lot of golf at 1998 and will jump to an estimated $50 million in 1999. "I want to play amateur golf," Mike says. "I have no prestigious clubs with influential people. But for now, Mike is focusi ng on his not-too-distant pro plans. I don' t like to practice enough to play week future. He is hoping to qualify as an individual for the in and week out on a professional tour." NCAA Division I Championships in Chaska, Minn., ... Mike knows the difference between playing tourna June 2-6. · ment golf week to week and playing every day for pure He is also looking to qualify for the 1999 U.S. pleasure. Amateur, which will be held at the No. 2-rated course in "I try and play every day, weather penniuing," Mike says. the world -Pebble Beach. The marketing and finance major was able to experi But for now, Mike says he hopes to graduate thi s ence "pure pleasure" the week before Thanksgiving year, find a job in an investment finn and, of course, THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill Senior Ira Bernstein and freshman Jordan Reese won their doubles match against Offense, defense solid in win: the University of Vermont this weekend in the America East Championships. continued from page C 1 Offense was not the o-nly factor in the victory. The Hens were supplemented by the four-goal The defense, led by goalkeeper Ron Jedlicka, fought hard tD keep Drexel to only fo ur goals in the Semi-final finish night of senior Sean Carney. The auacker scored the first goal for Del.aware, game. bringing it out of a very sluggish beginning. Jedlicka had eight saves in the victory. "They knew we were a very up and down team.'' Hens coach Bob Shillinglaw said despite stopping BY AMY KIRSCHBAUM ended a five-match win-streak. Carney said. 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