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An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner • THE • Stone Balloon ... the best Hens win and lose to Penn bar Newark has to offer, State, Bl B8 Non-Profit Org. 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 U.S. Postage Paid Tuesday & Friday Newark, DE Permit No. 26 FREE \ ·olunH.' 128. Is sur .t8 '~'"''r.re, ·ic·ll:utlel.edu Frida~ .. \pril 26. 2002 FBI refocuses intelligence efforts Safety BY TOM MONAGHM AND KAREN operates when he introduced Blitzer. understand the history of your adversary, you have BURWITCH Magee read excerpts from various newspapers, to deal with strange names and strange StaffR ep011ers published shortly after Sept. II, in which the languages." events Government support for counter-terrorism authors placed blame on the FBI for failing to Preventing terrorist attacks and saving lives increased when the FBI's effectiveness came prevent the attacks. have always been on the front burner at the FBI, under public scrutiny in light of Sept. II, former Blitzer said the people who perpetrated the but in the wake of Sept. II, this is more apparent FBI director of counter-terrorism Robert M. attacks were not caught because they knew the than ever, Blitzer said. Blitzer said. U.S. system and how to avoid drawing attention "Listening to the FBI director, be has put that week Before Sept. II, support for the FBI to from the authorities. front and center as never before, recreating the intensify a counter-terrorism investigation was just "These 20 people were clean - they had no FBI to be much more attuned to prevention and not there, he said to approximately 500 people criminal records, they weren't on the radar screen intelligence gathering," he said. Wednesday in Clayton Hall. of law enforcement or intelligence services;' he Junior Sean Greene thought it was interesting created "Many times when somebody would go to the said. "Clearly, they understood how to keep their to see how the FBI had trouble in terms of executive branch and to the Hill after one of these heads down.'' communicating with the other government . THE REVIEW/Rob Meletti BY JAYSON RODRIGUEZ attacks, memories got short," Blitzer said. The terrorists did much of their recruiting on organizations. Robert Blitzer said Sept. 11 hijackers StaffR eporter Between 1980 and 1999, the FBI prevented the Internet, resorting to unconventional forms of "You would think everyone would be on the knew how to utilize the United States' As a result of a multitude of 130 acts of terrorism in the United States alone, warfare, Blitzer said. same page because they are all part of the United security systems to keep a low profile. recent assaults on university many of which went unnoticed by the media and "Our adversaries know they can't beat us on States," he said. to so far,'' she said. students, three students from the population at large, he said. Despite the past the ground, so they fight asymmetrical warfare," Junior Ashley Robey said she appreciated Blitzer said the nature of terrorism will always Residence Life have created the lack of enthusiasm and commitment of resources, he said. Blitzer's point of view because it came from a necessitate behind-the-scenes actions from Campus Safety Awareness Week he said, pressure from many sources, including the After the Gulf War and the first World Trade different perspective than that of the ambassadors government agencies. scheduled for April 28 to May 3. media and the White House, to quickly curtail Center bombing in 1993, there was an intensive who had recently spoken in the series. "It is a quiet war, one beneath the surface," he Senior Jennifer Frost said she, terrorism has intensified since Sept. II. effort to build up the FBI's resources, Blitzer said. "I think that because of his job, he is more said. along with graduate students Political science professor James J. Magee "It's not like a bank robbery case," he said. predisposed to be a little bit more pessimistic and The final speaker in the Global Agenda series Heather Weaver and Genevieve illustrated the scrutiny under which the FBI now "They are very complex cases. You have to more paranoid.than anybody else we have listened will be syndicated columnist E.J. Dionne May 8. Conway, came up with the idea for the inaugural safety week to address safety concerns on and off campus. Frost said there would be at least five checkpoints at well-lit areas Tanning salon closed for from 8 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. "We'll choose highly-traveled passages in order to reach as many building code y~olations students as possible so we can hand out information or commend the BY LINDSAY MATHERS He said prior to the inspection, he students who are already taking StaffRepon er was planning on closing the store at safety precautions by walking in B-Tan Tanning Salon, located in the end of June in order to relocate to groups," she said. the Main Street Galleria, closed April New Castle, and was going to stop Through the checkpoints, 16 after the owner was informed of selling tanning packages at the end of Weaver said, the organizers would several building code violations, a city this month. be visible to the students so they official said. The sign posted on the door of B can give out pamphlets from Public Ronald Sylvester, director of the Tan, "Keep Out, Uninhabitable," now Safety and whistles on key chains. Newark Building Department, said notifies customers of the store closing. Conway said the group is one important issue that needed Junior Liz Spaziani said she was looking for volunteers to help staff attention was the electrical component not aware of the closing before it the checkpoints. Students will that supplied electricity to the tanning happened. stand at checkpoints in groups of beds. She said she had been a client of the two or three to ensure the "This could have been a possible salon for approximately one year. volunteers' safety. risk for the tanners;' Sylvester said. While she was unable to have her Frost said she plans to put up The tanning salon was using money refunded for her recent tanning numerous bulletin boards offering extension cords that could have package, Spaziani said B-Tan was safety tips, such as precautions to shorted out and caused a fire, he said. refunding their clients' money. take at ATMs . The tanning rooms, which were THE REVIEW/Celia Deitz On April 19 the store refunded Conway said she would like to built out of wood and did not have B-Tan closed after inspectors money for the customers' remaining have other university offices and metal studding, were in violation of found electrical problems that tanning packages if purchased over the student organizations help, in order another code as well, Sylvester said. could pose risks to tanners. past two months, she said. to ensure the week's success and Owner John Lynch said he was not Lynch said he brought $2,000 to the continuation. at fault for the closing of his tanning that the store was inspected at that time. salon on the day he was to refund the "Hopefully, next year we can do salon. He said he did not understand why customers' money. the week at the beginning of the "The state fire marshal shot me problems were surfacing now. He said this amount of money school year," she said. down," he said. ''We had to close." Sylvester said the fire inspector failed to cover all the refunds She said she hopes other student During an annual fire inspection of notified Lynch of the violations and necessary and he is in the process of groups will become involved next nearby tenants in the Galleria, mailing the remaining money. year, so the event can address more Sylvester said, the inspector noticed told him he had 48 hours to have a certified state. electrical agency survey "The refunds will be paid off by issues. the tanning salon, which was not there his business. next week," he said. Frost said the week is scheduled when inspections took place last year. "If B-Tan had acquired a building Sophomore Tricia Taggart said she to begin with a question-and He said when the inspector went permit as they were suppose to," haS' also been a client at the salon since answer session with the University into B-Tan, he found that the owner Sylvester said, "they would have it opened in the beginning of the 2001 Police Monday, and will be had never applied for a fire license or a Spring Semester. followed by a bicycle registration building permit according to the known that they needed a licensed state electrician.'' Taggart said she started noticing THE REVIEW /L.eslie Lloyd held by Public Safety Tuesday. building department's records. Lynch said he is a certified some differences over the past year, MTV invades the Scrounge Thursday afternoon. Look for The organizers said they Lynch claimed that he applied for a electrician and was unaware of any especially during this semester. coverage of Thursday night's Nickelback concert next issue. welcome suggestions for ideas and building permit a year and a half ago laws stating that businesses had to "It seemed as if the store was going programs to help make certain the when he first opened the salon, and have a licensed state electrician. downhill;' Taggart said. campus is a safe environment. Abercrombie under fire on two fronts BY ERIN FOGG AND CHRIS RENO including Stanford, Northwestern, Duke Abercrombie responded quickly, but StaffR eporters and Harvard Universi ties, thinks the incident is a symptom of a Abercrombie and Fitch remains at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, much larger problem.