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.. IG H STO Beachcombing bowsers Dewey Beach prepares for the annual No.6 Hens edge by A-10 Greyhound Reach the Beach during rival Towson, 21-17 Columbu Day weekend. ·sports I B6 Mosaic/ Bl of 250 Perkins Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 \""II Il l' I \ I I ''diL' I II II II /I I It II llt l t I (till I il l' d.l <..;, )I I•. Iii I' I I I 'I ll I I lrain kills student Prof. faces probation BY KA1TE GRASSO BY KELLY MCHUGH Edll.,rtn Chw( & ANDREW G. SHERWOOD . The university community is mourni ng the- Joss of a freshman student Admmistrllth·<" Ni!h'.9 &ittor.v who was found dead early Sunday morning by rai l workers on the trestle Univer ity professo r John K . Rosenberger above North hapel Street. pled guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of Rachel Payne. 18. was wa Iking from u frntemity party to her Pencodcr aiding and abet1ing lhe receipt and concealment Residence Hall when she was struck by a CSX train on its way to of a smu gg led poultry viru . Philadelphia, according to Newark Pollee Ch1efGcrald Conway. According to a statement released by the Payne was last een at an undisclosed off-camp.us fratemity party at U.S. Allo rney for the District of Maine, in May 1:25 a.m., Conway said. She received and made several ca lls on her way 1998 an America n vclcri nahan worki ng for a home and the last call ;;he made was at 2:39 a.m. to tell someone she wa ' large poultry producer in Saudi Ara bia con tact lost. ' ed Rosenberger for help in identifying a dis- She then walked up onto the train track trestle, which is easily acces ease. sible to pedestrians according to Lawrence TI1omton, Director of Public Rosenberger received the sample that he Safety. knew was smuggled in by the Saudis. A CSX raiJ'road train reported rwming over what appeared tcr be a pile He co ntacted employees at the Maine of rags or possibly a body al5:52 u.m., on way said. · Biologica l Laborato ries and worked on propos years probation and six months home confine The train was directed to keep moving because there was anotller train als for an avian flu vacc ine. ment because ofRosenbergcr.'s cooperation. belund traveling toward the scene. Rosenberger then directed an employee to The final sentencing decision, however, .is THE REV I EW/Jessie~ Sitkoff ·At 6;25, another . train crew discovered the body and New Castle have the sampl e tested by the U.S. Department up to the judge. Approxilhately 30 people were County paramedics were call ed w the scene. They pronow1ced the victim of Agriculture. University Provost Dan Rich sai d left homeless by a fire at Fox Run When it tested positive, he relayed this Rosenberger am10unced in January he wou ld dead with head and internal injuries as the cause. Apartments Sunday night. Newark Police ~re questioning meu1bers of the fra terni ty that hosted information to MBL and the vetei'inarian work- retire, effective four months from now. 1l1e party but would not relea ·c their names. They arc also waiting resu lts ing fo r the Sa udi s. · "The u11i versity was unaware or professor from the stale medical examiner. Rosenberge r later used the .v irus to test Rosenberger's legal problems at the time of his "There is some indication that alcohol was involved.'' Conway said. samples of vaccin e MBL had produced. announced retirement and did not learn of these As the universitY comJmmity begins to cope with its loss, Kathleen Toby Dilworth , an assista nt U.S. attorney, problems until the aflemoon of Sept. 9, 2004," Kerr, director or residence li fe, said the center for counseling and student said hi s office had been investi ga tin g Rich sa id. Fire guts development is ready to help students struggling to cope with grief. Rosenberger and empl oyees of the MBL. Rosenberger, fanner chair of the Animal "They're shocked and trying to understand what happened," Ken Six employees of the lab were also charged and Food Sciences Department, ha · been on said. in connection with the inci dent to manufacture sick leave since Jun e. Thomton said in 1998, the university made a special cflort to keep stu a vaccine. A Delaware native, Rosenberger earned Rosenberger is currently released ou hi s bachelors degree at the university in 1964 Fox Run dents from crossing the tracks in other lo at ions than those speciilcd for pedestrian crossing by erecting a concrete wall that runs from North $25,000 un ecured bail. and joined the facu lty as assistant profe~so r in College Avenue to South Chapel Street. After tuming him self in, Ro senberger 1972. He became department chair in 1978. "Students still use the trucks as a sl1ort cut," he sa id. waived the right to a trial and pled guilty lo aid In 1994, Rosenberger won the Francis ing and abetti ng the receipt and coneea lment of Alli son Award, the highest facu lty honor the Apts. To contqcl the Center for Cou/lseling and Student Developm ent, a smuggled poultry virus. ' Ltni versity awards. ca11 83J-2NJ. The crime carries a maximum penal ty of Rosenberger could not be reached for com five years in prison and a $250,000 fin e. ment. Di lwo rth sa id l is office recomrncl)(led two BY STEPHANIE ANDERSEN & BEN ANDERSEN Mwwgmg Nl•w ...; Ftllto,.o; Maintenance workers and rcsiclcn ls of the Fox Run Apurtmcnt complex near IJ1c intersection of Route 40 and Route 72 UD remembers Sept. 11 with daytime vigil began picking through the rubble Monday or a fire that left approximately 30 people homeless. BY ANDREW G. SHERWOOD Dejected residents can·ied boxes from Atlwmi.flratn·e Ne,-.,·\ Edit01 charred apmtments, while a stroller and Saturday morning from 8:46 until 10:03 , !he ree n was children's toys were strewn carelessly sil ent apart from the tolling of th e ca ri ll on. around the yard . The uni versity and the country we re commemoratin g a 111e fire, which tore the roof ofr one date o frei ghted with emoti on and im agery th at simply building and pm1ia1ly collapsed the rear of uttering it seemed to say everything: Sept. I I, 200 I. two, lefi a charcoal smell in the air 2.4 hours afler it began. louds blocked th e sun a students ga th ered on the Fire companies battled the blaze late green ncar Memorial Hall for a peace vigil to mark the third into Sunday night as the afTccted tenants amti versary of the Sept. II , 200 I, terrorist attac ks. came to rea lize that many of their person Kim Zitzner, atholi c chap lain from th e St. Thomas al be longings were gone. More Oratory, opened th e service. University alum nus Mike Farrar, who "We have co ~1 e togeth er on a morning mu ch li ke th e li, ed across the parking lot from the build morning of Sept. 11, 200 I .~· she sa id. "We co me toge ther ings afTectcd, said the fire spread qUJckly. with h pe for th e future, to remember the past and to pray "I watched the roof [of one of the for peace." buildingsj bum and watched itjnmp to the The Deltones sa ng the natioMI anthem, and as th e next roof.," he said. " It was buming for I 0 cloud broke and th e sun came out, those in the.sma ll crowd ~n!!mtes before water was poured on top of turned to face th e nag at the far north end of the Green. rt. Everyone managed to escape, Farrar Graduate student Vanessa Addeo who lost several sa id , and all the people afTected by the frien ds at th e World Trade Center, shared her experi ences bla.:c wi ll be relocated to other apartments and th oughts re ga rdin g Sept. II. in the Fox Run Apartment complex. " Every generation has an event so tragic that people He knew three people. who lived in remember exactl y what they were doing when it happened,'' the buildings that caught fire ~ and said she said. none oftbem had renters insurance. "My mother can tell yo u where he was and what she " I went out. and got mine today,'· he was doing when President Kennedy was shot. Fo r my grand said. mother it was th e bombing of·Pea rl Harbor that slicks out in Farrar has ofTered to donate all of his her mind. extra fumiture to tho ·e who lost their own "For our generation , we will never forget th e moment inlhc fire. we rea lized that when two planes bit the Wo rld Trade Laura Crozier, manager of communi . Center, one hit th e Pentago n and one crash land ed in ca tions for th e Red Cross of Delaware, said the organization tried to m.cct the Cou rtesy of UDailyfKathy Atki ii'>On Pennsy lvania, it was no accident. " need of tJ1e victims. A Jewi h prayer for peace was read by the Rev. Laura Two students hold candles during a vigil Saturday morning to commemorate the third "Everythmg was 1 st in the fire." she anniversary of the Sept.