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Volunteers build Air Guard members share Women's lacrosse ~ houses for poor Persian Gulf experience defeats Hofstra ~ a e 7 age 2 11 Abortion bill requires parental consent ·· By Aaron Haffner introduced to the Delaware General issue," he said. writing letters to Caulk, she said. Students for Li fe President Angel Sraff Reporter Assembly this week, a state legislator said. "Our God-given hghts as parents are " Any infringement on a mother's rights Coslar (HR 93) said abortion is "major Minors seeking abortions in Delaware Caulk declined to elaborate on any of taken away by the state." is going to affect everyone," she said. surgery, and parents need to know aboUi will have to receive parental consent if the bills' specifics until they a re Pro-choice campus organizations plan "This is the first step in making abortions it." new sLate legislation is passed. introduced. to fight both bills. illegal." Caulk said the parental notification bill Rep. G. Wallace Caulk Jr., R-Frederica, Similar abortion bills brought before the Leslie Fadde (BE 93), co-president of But anti-abortion groups on campus and has enough support to move to the is sponsoring one bill that requires parental General Assembly in 1989 were defeated Student Coalition for Choice (SCC), said nationwide are rall ying support. assembly noor, but he is still negotiating consent for women under 17 and a second in committees. she resents the legislation and would be Maria Ollinger, chairwoman of the with other representatives to rally support bill requiring 24-hour parental notification Caulk emphasized th e importance of a surprised if either bill passes. Delaware chapter of the national Right to for the consent bill. · ' before the abortion can be performed. parental role in decision-making. The SCC, in conjunction with Planned Life ami-abortion lobby, said her group "Right now there is a 50-50 chance to Both bills are scheduled to be "It's a family issue, not an abortion Parenthood, is protesting the bills by will lobby for the passage of this bill. pass the bill," Caulk said. ·~ Hate speech AIDS ·. policies may death spurs i face Iega I tests lawsuit~ By joe Pinto vilification of students on the basis of Assistant News Editor race, creed, color, gender, sexual A proposed congressional bill orientation, age, religion, ethnic or Patients sue state · may curb a college's ability to censor national origin, disability or veteran students who use offensive racial or status. after dentist dies ethnic slurs. Codes against hate speech, By Christa Welch according to the ACLU, are The Collegiate Speech Protection Staff Reporter • Act would allow students enrolled in unconstitutional even if they attempt A local lawyer has filed a class federally-funded schools to challenge to deal with problems of racial and action suit on behalf of all I ,5(1) in federal courts any sanctions ethnic biases on campuses. former patients of a Wilmington resulting from "hate speech" Such policies violate students' dentist who died of AIDS. • violations. First Amendment rights unless they Seeking medical compensation only punish people's ullerances from the dentist's estate, the sui~ See Editorial Page 6 aimed at individuals, said James demands AIDS testing ana Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., and the Magee, a university political science counseling, along with medica! American Civil Liberties Union professor. compenstaion for any patient treated (ACLU) have joined forces to "If someone makes a general by Dr. Raymond P. Owens whq support this bill. exclamation that blacks are inferior," turns out to be HIV-positive, said Magee said, "I think a person has a Dean of Students Timothy F. Wilmington lawyer Thomas right to say that." Brooks said the Delaware ACLU Crumplar. · Leslie Goldstein, president of the expressed concern about the Crumplar said many patients Faculty Senate, said theuniversity university 's definition of racial were not notified of the doctor's harassment, and he will meet with policy is designed to punish only the disease by the state because theY: speech that is unprotected by th e the Student Life Committee of the were not considered to be at risk. ' First Amendment. Faculty Senate in the next few weeks He cited several families who alf "Therefore, as long as the policy to examine the code. saw Owens for dental treatment, bui According to the ACLU, the is properly enforced, this federal bill only a few members recieved Ieum organization will oppose and will have no effect on our policy." from the state. challenge disciplinary codes that Raymond Wolters, a university These patients are not eligible foi "reach beyond permissible history professor, said he fears the free testing or counseling. boundaries." university will use its harassment "Everyone should be afforded a In December the Faculty Senate policy "selectively against test even if it is just for his own ratified a harassment policy that conservatives to stifle any dissent or peace of mind," he said. prohibits discriminatory intimidation Dr. Lester N. Wright, of the see HATE SPEECH page 5 by threats of violence and personal Delaware Division of Public Health, said the state has sent letters to all patients in Owens' office records Study informing them of his illness and offering free HIV tesl'l. "Several hundred of his patients have called us for the test," Wrigrlt indicates said. • The American Dental Asso • ciation (ADA) policy adopted a 1ncrease policy in January requires dentists infected with the AIDS virus to • terminate invasive surgery or notify 1n rapes patients of their illness. Owens stopped such surgeries SPEAKS SOFTLY ••• Hens' defenseman M.V. Whitlow (AS 92) cradles the ball as he runs upfield before the ADA policy was adopted, U.S. numbers up; during Delware's 16·8 loss at Navy Saturday. See story, page 11. see CLASS ACTION page :4 Delaware rates .. .chaired committee releasing report .· down 9 percent By Amy Mazziotta Staff Reporter More women were raped in 1990 than ever·before in U.S. history, but ~-~~jgJi~~~~~~~~~~f:Z.~~ifoectives \tflh ;.Variotl~iSs.fJeS reported incidents in Delaware decreased by 9 percent in the past 1 year. ;!~:ll,ii!~~~~Y~, ;~~:!t:~~.~~j~~r;::,~~ . · ;aansg:r ~?~~ ~~i,~~e~Xt~~:e~~!t ~~: . ~;~·~~ · A Senatorial judiciary committee '~:::::~:)Ji lthtist.$it ciclwn · J.O :.«tueate,~h.otMr. :' dictates self-control-as. the only acceptable report released Thursday cited 100,433 rapes nationwide in 1990, !j~f[.~~:f!}~;;;t~i!~i~e~~~b~!?.::!:~~~ ·: con;:;;;t~;~tor (EG 93), a Bapti ;~:·· $a~d ,. an increase of more than 6 percent :·::: ~~p~e~sed v.ie\V.S · ()n . iss~es ..such as:.. according to his religion,·abortioo is.alsa: · from last year. : •fabQhiqn, social life, war lilid .racism at a unacceptable. "If there is an opportunity·to The fust report ever to compile k;?dt~us~on .hqsted byJ>el.. Sigma Theaa live. then you should Jet live." . comprehensive national rape statistics listed 520 rapes fn .]:lj[il·~!t~~ · t piot : ~rf~nt;: ~i~;; , rai~a~~~~i~s~=:~ ~~; !!>e:~:; Delaware in 1990. "It is truly a national tragedy," said Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr.• D· Del., who chaired the committee. Rapes considered "reported" are ~-ft;i: ;~2i:~~~~ ' those 1isled on police record. · ~: aying 1\is · ~ fOibicls ~~ anyone seeREUGIONS p88e 4 see RAPE page 5 2 • THE REVIEW • March 26, 1991 Chrysler plant shuts down Parents' recipes to be +warded by university until April 15 : Students whose parents submit l)leir favorite recipes to Dining By Unda Anderson running, Fosgrad explained, and as Services' new contest could be Sraff Reponer the demand for the product drops &.l.vO-time winners. Chrysler's Newark assembly off, so must production. 1 Not only will the home plant on Route 896 ceased "We're not bashful about ooked meals be prepared in the production Man:h 18 for four weeks, announcing shutdowns," Nicolls dining halls, but the student temporarily laying-off about 3,300 said. "But the market is too volatile, whose parent wins will be employees, a company spokesman and we're not ready now to talk f.e warded with an extra 2,500 said. about May or June." points towards his or her meal Doug Nicolls, a Chrysler public Dr. John Stapleford, director of plan. relations officer, cited lack of the university's Bureau of Economic . J eanctte Collins, associate consumer confidence in automotive and Business Research, said director of operations for Dining industry and slow sales as causes for consumers delay buying cars during Services, said all parents of the shutdown. a recession, and he does not see an students with meal contracts will The plant is scheduled to re-open immediate increase in consumer sent letters by Spring Break ~e on April 15, Nicolls said, but the auto demand. Leslie D. Barbaro asKing them to enter their son or auto market will dictate whether But in the long run, Stapleford The Newark Chrysler facility is the company's only plant in the country currently closed. daughter's favorite recipe in the another shutdown may occur. said, cars have to be replaced and ·:A Taste of Home" contesL The Newark facility is the only the auto rruutet will revitalize. Jim Anderson, a Chrysler was only a mauer of time before it Unemployment Benefit (SUB) pay. : The recipes will be judged Chrysler plant in the U.S. closed at Auto manufacturers monitor repairman at the Newark plant, said hit us again," Anderson said. Depending on a worker's monthly by the executive chef the present time, said Scott Fosgrad. dealers' accumulated inventory, he this shutdown came as no surprise to The economic repercussions will seniority and percentage of state and the registered dietician of a public relations official at explained, and either reduce Newark employees.