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·Hens pound Pride Volleyball shuts out Hofstra in · its CAA opener Wednesday, 3-0, stretching the team's winning streak to four. Sports/ B6 Tuesdays The news source of & Fridays the Blue Hens FREE 250 Perkins Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 \'ultllliL' I \I . Issue lJ 1\ '1\ '1\ ' re1 ic'll '. ttcldeclu Friday, October I, 2004 ·Flooding Candle·cause d burdens Fox Run fire BY BENJAMIN ANDERSEN. .1\fww~mg N('••t.\ Etlttor A fire at the Fox Run Apartments that destroyed two students buildings ept. .12 was caused by a candle and p lastic lawn fumiturc. The fire started when a candle ignited plastic lawn BY J AMI E EDMONDS furniture on the second floor' balcony of an apartment in ttulew Affairs Editor the complex near the intersection of Route 40 and Route Instead of tudying for upcoming exam or 72, the State Fire Marshal's Oflice ~aiel. Tht: fire spread Te laxing in front of the new episode of The Real quickly,..jumping to the third floor balcony before char­ World, students li ving in th e Gilber1 Hall ring and collapsing the roof of the building. omplex spent Tuesday evening, and sdme of No one was injured. but the lire left approximately Wednesday moming, tryi ng to prevent th eir 30 residents homeless. rooms from flooding. M{chael G. ChionchiQ, chief deputy state fire mar­ Water from the remnants of Hurricane shaL said the damage IS estimated at $750,000, but the Jeanne, flood ed the halls of the Gilbert F and the fmal cost could be higher depending on the residents' Gilbert Annex. losses. At approximately 4 p.m. Tuesday, th e resi­ "This is a pretty big fire," he said. "It was a multi- alarm dents of th e Gilbert Annex found a puddle form­ fire,'' ·· Ing near the basement door, which eventuall y Area businesses have organized to help victims of began to seep through the bottoril of the door and the blaze. into their hall way. Friendly's restaurant in People's Plaza shopping Becca B aue r, resid ent a s istant for the center held a fundraising Family Fun Night two days Gilbert Annex, said once she assessed the itua­ Courtesy of Chrisrina Mack after the fire. tion, she made an urgent ca ll to university mainte­ Graduate student Leslie Meyer, a Gilbert hall director, duct tapes plastic to her General Manager Marie Gehringer said the increase nance. door to keep water out from Thesday's storm that flooded her floor. in business that night raised more than $ 1.000 for the "Maintenance basicall y told us that rain was relief fund. The 30 displaced resideuts also received a nitting everywhere on campus and that class- Hurricane Floyd." day." free dinner VOtlchct·. rooms 'were their first priority," he said. Stozek sa id the university took some precau- According to the University facilities Web "It w.as so nice,'' she said. "So many people came Bauer said residents of the Annex found old lions prior to the storm by making sure stonn site, damage to students' persotlal property is not out to ·give back to help them." · and bags from previous flooding problem in th e wate r drains were not cl gged with any debris that the responsibi li ty or the university. Judy Givens, ministry support coordinator for the Ann ex, but tl1ey were too old and worn to work. would have added to the problem. In th e Student Housing Agreement, students Comerstoue United Methodist church said their proxim­ ity to the apartment cotnplcx led the church to become a "We tried to use tile old s~ ncl bags," she said , "There Wl!S a big cleanup effori after the rain are encouraged to protect themselves from loss by "but Lh cy broke immediately and sa nd poured into subsided that lasted well into the evening," he purchasing appropriate insurance. drop-off point for donations . They collected clothing, food , household items and the hallway to add to tl1e problem." said . "The crews continued the ~ l eanup the next Stozek said there were places in which the Sophomore Dan Fitzpatrick, a re ident of the day as well." university knew there were problems in the past, money for the victims, s he ~aiel. Gilbert Allllex, said once the sand bags broJ<c, Bauer said the Annex and the Gilbert com­ inclucli.ng the Amy E. duPont area, Rodney "People were just bringmg [donations] here," she said. "There were a lot of people, it wasn't just people approximately nine re~idents of tile basement plcx did not witness much of the big clean up Residence Halb and possibly Perkins Student tried to broom the water from the leaking door effo1i from ilie university. Center. fr0m the church." . into the bathroom and down the only drain. "Custodians eventually bowed up late Leah Batey, hall director for Gi lbert D, E and "We pushed that water for two hours," he Tuesday evening," she said. "They' opened up a the Annex, said East Campus and especially the sa id. closet <Uld used a wet-vac for a little bit, but left A1mex hus a history of flooding in cases of heavy Sophomore Mathew Va lvardi, said the water around midnight and lefl s tudents to fend for ram. became too much, despite their efforts, themselves." Va lvardi said he has lteard of this history as and they tried a different method. The residen ts of the Artnex put well , and if it is a known fact, the uni versity . "As much as we fought, we could See editorial, A7 .tl1eir belongings up on shelves and should be better equipped. not bail enough water," he sa id . "So ======= higher places, she sa id, and spent the "Someone said th is thing happens all th e we, and resid ents from od1 er Gil beri evening with friend s. time over here," he said . "lt seemed like they were bui ldings, got some hovels and trash bags and Bauer said she did not know of any property surprised our bu ildi ng was flooding. I think this is went over to the vo ll eyball courts and made our that was damaged during the ordeal. poor preparation on their part.'" .own sand bags." President David P. Roselle stated in a.n e-mail Fitzpatrick said he and many other students Bob Stozek, as ociate vice president of faei l- mes age that there was no indica tion to close the had academic obligations the next day. ities, sa id there wa not much tile university could university. "l had a quiz the next day, and a test on have done. "Earlier in the day on Tuesday, the weather Thursday," he' said. "[didn't need to be pushing "We had five to six inches of rain in a two forecast did not indicate that the problem would water into a drain for six hours." hour peri od," he said. "There was significant be as severe as it tumed out to be," he said. · Residence Life was unavailable for com- flooding across campus, not just on East ampus. "Accordingly, none - or at least very few - of ment. This wa probably the most intense stonn since the major in titutions in Delaware clo eel that Police prepared for Homecoming BY AMANDA LAMAR majority of officers on tile force "It's a long day," he aiel . " We control," she said. "We want to make Staff Reporter would be on duty. address [problems] as they come." sure everyone gets safely in and out The un iversity and tl1e city are "They' re making me work," he The increase in incidents on of the stadium." mak ing extensive preparations for sa id , laughing. Homecoming is generally due to the HofT said not to hesitate to the fiuny of acti vity and large There wi ll be a lot of extra large influx of people on campus, approach an officer on horseback if crowds anticipated Saturday for patrols and security during and right Flatley said. While not everyone any problems arise. · Homecoming, police said. after the foo tball game, which is causes trouble, extra people mean a The un it ha not been in atten­ pC James Flatley, senior assis­ when they normally see the most greater possibility for a problem to dance at Homecoming since severa l tant director of Publi c Safety, said trouble, Wi.ll iam said. occur. years ago, ev'l!n though the universi­ they are treating tili s coming week­ "They are generally what we Williams also reminded drivers ty has asked them eve1y year, she end different than otllers by increas­ call 'order maintenance' problems;" to use cauti on w hen dJiv ing to the said. ing the number of patrols and offi­ he said. "For exan1ple, parties or game. Wlule no roads wi ll be closed, The last few years tile unit has cers on duty. Officers' leave and other alcbhol related problem ." officer will be situated at major had competitions on the clay of vacati on have been limited, he said. A few officers will also be sta­ intersections around the stadium Homecoming l11at were not in the Public Safety officers will work tioned at bars in Newark due to the where gridlock could be poss ible. area so tiley were unable to attend, witil Newark Police and tile New hi gh number of alumni returning, "The best you can do i be HofT aid. Castle County Mounted Unit, offi­ Wi ll iams said . patient," he said. The mounted unit was also cers on horseback, in the athletic Flatley said it is difficult to say Officer Darla Hoff of the New present for playofT football games T ilE REVIbW/Jc;sica Sitkoff compl ex area, Flatley sa id.

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