Newark Man Gives $1 Million to University
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' '' An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper TUESDAY February 25, 1997 Volume 123 • THE • Number 35 Non-Profi t Org. U.S. Postage Paid Newark, DE 250 Student Center• University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Permit No. 26 Newark man gives $1 million to university: said . Part of Tyler's donation will also be used appointment of the Tyler Professorships. • Chaplin Tyler, 98, gave the money to the Dana J. Johnson, dean of the College of to fund three more Tyler Professorships. Lewis and Dr. Howard Garla nd, the Bus iness and Economics. said Tyler's Roselle said . Two previous donations. made chairman of the business administration' College ofBusiness and Economics donation wi II allow the bu siness program to by Tyler within the last five years. provide a department. c urrently hold the prestiglou : expand by means of hands-on opportunities yearly salary stipend for two professors as Tyler Professorships. ' BY JILL HEROLD the university. I see it as an investment in for students. well as funds to support further research. ''It is a tremendous honor to be a Tyle , Sta[( Reporter the future of this country." The most effective way to provide this The professors a re chosen based on Professor:· said Lewis. who attributes his The university will soon bear the mark of The donation will be divided between opportunity to students is through specific criteria set by T yler as well as acqui sition of this title to his research of 98-year-old philanthropi. t Chaplin three projects in the college. The first internships with local companies and by Johnson. The criteria is based on graduate econometrics, applied economic policy and "C happy'' Tyler's recent $1 million portion will help fund the MB A America bringing executives into the c lassroom. said teaching and commitment to graduate economic forecasting. donation to the College of Busi ness and Hall. set for completion this summer. Chris Hogenmiller, Johnson's education. said Dr. Ke nneth Lewis. '' He's an intellectual dynamo. He has Economics. presented in December. President David P. Roselle said . A room in administrative assistant. assoc iate chairman of the economics very interesting ideas about graduat "Some people talk about giving until it this new building will be named after Tyler. The purpose of business schools, Tyler department. education, .. Lewis said of Tyler. '·He feel hurts ... Tyler said. "( think you shou ld give The second allotment will be used to said. is to train students to cope with real The provost and the president present the ve ry strongl y about projecting the classroon: until it feels good. and it makes me feel ve ry promote educational opportunities in the world situations by incorporating theory names of the chosen professors to the Board into the real world." ~ good indeed to >Upport business students at College of Business and Economics, Roselle with actual practice. of Tru stees. w ho make the ac tua l see PH ILANTHROPIST page A Concert Harassment ,' I schedule I committee's i I hits a work stoppage I dry spell uncovered • But Music Fair BY MARK E. JOLLY directed the committee to cease Inc. officials say Editorial l:. ditnr developing policy A collection of internal memos recommendations because the many shows are and minutes of meetings of a university was not interested in university Ad-hoc Committee on amendi ng the current policy. in the works Sexual Harassment were given to The minutes went on to report the Office of Civil Rights of the that the co mmittee was BY PETER BOTHUM U.S. Department of Education displeased wi th the directi ve Ett•t uri\ L' Editor Friday. according to the because they had s pent over a Although the month-and-a-half complainants who instigated the year working and fe lt their long marriage between Music Fair OCR· s investigation. revisions corrected some policy Inc. and the uni versity is off to a The OCR is in vestigating a problems. The committee then low start. a solid slate of band will complaint received Nov. 4. 1996, urged member Liane Sorenson, soon be appeari ng in the Bob concerning the university' s who delivered Colm's message, Carpenter Center and other campus sexual harassment policy. The to convey their concern to the venues. officials from both parties complainants said they believed vice president. said. these lates t documents support " The university let our Barbara Kre ppel. as istant vice their allegations that university committee know they weren ' t president for administrat ive services. policy vio lates certain Title IX interested in rev1s1ng (the said the following provisions. policy]." Raths said. "They <tSked acts have already If the OCR finds th e university us. in effect. not to make a been scheduled to to be in violation of Title IX. the recommendation but to shift our play the Bob: the ant i-d iscriminatory clause of the focu s to education (about sexual Statler Brothers. Education Amendments of 197'2 . harassment]." May I: Johnny the unive rsity wi ll be forced to Sorenson. who head s the Cash and Wi II ie either a me nd the policy or lose Office of Women· Affair wliich elson. May 15: Alabama. Sept. 21: a ll federal fundi ng. indirectly oversaw the and Kenny Rogers. Dec. 13. The documents illustrated the committee. contended that Colm The only big-time rock band to stoppage of the committee' s was referring to minor revisions sign on the dotted line so far are The effo rt s to pro pose policy to the policy and that many of the violent Femmes. w ho will play at revisions by Vice President for group's recommendations were the Bob on April 7 with a yet-to-be E mpl oyee R elation~ M ax ine in fact followed. announced opening band. Colm. In addi ti on. th e memos "We had made our Kreppel said students who favor s how recommendations recommendations. and then we rock and altemative music shouldn't considered by the committee that came back with some things I be frightened by the slew of country were ignored in Faculty Senate wou ld call editing.'' Sorenson acts that have a lready been policy revisions made the past said. According to Sorenson. at announced. THE REVIEW I John Chabalko two Januarys. that point Colm felt the changes "Country s hows a re mo re The memorial for student Dave Toman was recently adorned with a fresh batch of In the most recent document. were unnecessary in a legal . ense establi shed ... Kreppel said . "Rock roses. Toman was hit and killed by a truck near this spot Nov. 12 of last year. written las t September. Prof. and because of that decided not acts are harder to book because their James Rat hs. the committee's to repeat the revision process. tours come up quickly. You have to secretary pro tem. documented keep an ear to the ground. the message from Colm that see H ARASSMENT page AS '·I want to ensure everyone that we don't ju t book country acts ... Music Fair Inc. President Rick Gross said thin g> between the university and his company are Newark youth grapple with college town going great a nd that many shows have already been booked. '·Like any new pa rtnership it' s going a little slow:· he said. "This is • Truant Patrol cracks down on kids cutting classes see CO NCERT page A 12 BY ROBERT ARMENGOL intercepted. Malone says a police officer pulled up a longside ....---- INDEX ------. Cih' New.~ EdiTor the teens and asked for identification . James Malone Jr. is just another Newark kid. "Actually, he knew who I was,'' Malone says. ·'He asked us Campus Calendar ................. A2 And like many fellow teenage townies in a city overrun by if we were supposed to be there. We said no. so he drove us Police Reports ...................... A2 coll ege life, he's got a lot to say about exactly what that means. back to school. We had to talk to the assistant principal and we World News ......................... A3 "W e're defin itely looked down upon,'' the 16-year-old got a one-hour detention after school. Newark High j unior says - by everyone, it seems: un iversity Editorial .............................. A I 0 " It' s the first and o nly ti me that's happened to me. If it students, Newark residents and Main Street business owners, to Comics ... ............................. .. BS happened again. I' d probably get more than j ust a detention." name a few. He and his friend weren't searched, but some kids picked up Classified ..... ............... .... ...... 86 " It's almost like they' re saying, ' You're just a bunch of kids. in the fo llowing days were, Malone says: "I think we weren' t Spons .................................. BJO so don' t bother walking around here:·· searched because we didn' t put up any resistance or cause any Now they're also telling kids to get back to school. real tro uble.'' --- Also inside: --- Malone was one of 47 Newark High students picked up by Officers arrested o ne student that week for carry ing a Ciatworthy update ...... ......... A2 cops in just three days last month. The youth offenders were concealed folding kni fe wi th a 3.5-inch blade. "When you crack Anti-gay group at PSU ......... A3 cutting class and Newark Police officers busted them in what down on someth ing," Le Min says, "you always end up getting Bagel Mania ......................... A4 has become an occasional Special Operations Unit project. the a host of spin-offs.'' Hoops fa ll to Towson ........