Tuesday, November 1, 2005 Volume 132, Issue 9 Dove UD football loves loses to Maine 25-15, making a playoff spot unlikely The University of Delaware's Independent Student Newspaper Since 1882 17 I Sports Page 29 riting on Bonistall's wall revealed BY ANDREW AMSLER THE REVIEW/File Photo fire, Cooke allegedly scrawled "KKK" in blue match Cooke's, prosecuters said. There is a one Editor in Chief magic marker near the front door of her apart­ in 676 quintillion chance the samples, taken In his first face-to-face encounter with his A judge ruled ment, Rubin said. Reports of such white­ from semen and skin scrapings beneath 's accused killer, Mark Bonistall, James Cooke Jr. supremacist writing had long been rumored but Boni&tall's fingernails, were not Cooke's. Also Lindsey Bonistall, listened will face the death were only recently confirmed by police. found at the murder scene was an empty bleach as prosecuters presented chilling An analysis of handwriting samples container, allegedly used to get rid of DNA evi­ her murder and rape. penalty if convicted revealed that the writing on the wall is consis­ dence. James Cooke Jr., 34, who did not speak for the murder of tent with that of Cooke's. In addition, several In addition, a 911 call made to Newark the hearing, is accused of first-degree Sophomore Lindsey other phrases were found throughout the apart­ Police May 2 was played during the hearing. and arson in the May 1 killing. Bonistall, who was ment. These include: In the call, a man claimed that four people nums•Lau. 20, was gagged with a T-shirt, were involved with the arson, rape and murder, found dead May 1. lotr~nn,1 ..r1 with another shirt and bound with an • "More bodies will be turn in up [sic] dead" that the crime was drug-related and that a copy cord, Newark Police Detective • "White power" of a key to Bonistall's apartment was obtained Rubin testified in a Superior Court • "We want are [sic] weed back. Give us are by paying a Towne Court employee $500. Friday. She also suffered injuries to her Towne Court apartment. Cooke, a Newark [sic] drugs back" · Eric Schwab, owner of Towne Court · and upper chest. resident who lived on Lincoln Drive near Apartments, said the claim that a key to uu•u•o..... u was found raped and strangled in Bonistall 's apartment, was arrested and charged Rubin testified that police found no evi­ Bonistall's apartment was sold to Cooke is Sunday morning during an early with the crime in June. dence Bonistall's murder was drug related. absurd. l!llliJluu•J<: investigation of a fire in her Before setting Bonistall's apartment on DNA obtained from Bonistall 's body See JUDGE page 10 'Zero tolerance' debated BY DANE SECOR town," he said. "If the school wasn't here, Newark Student Affairs Editor would be dead." Newark residents and university students continue At the city council meeting, freshman Callan express opposing opinions concerning the zero-toler­ Kilroy, the Delaware Undergraduate Student Congress policy the Newark Police recently enacted. city relations officer, said her organization thinks the Many Newark residents said they support the poli­ new zero-tolerance policy will not curb assaults in the as a way to help curb the recent string of assaults and city. noise violations related to alcohol consumption. Kilroy said the student group recognizes the need a city council meeting Oct. 24, Newark resident for action and appreciates the efforts of local authorities, Mancari said he feels the policy is the first step but this method of reducing assaults will prove ineffec­ combating drunken and disorderly conduct in the tive. "We feel Newark's recent zero-tolerance policy, as "It's phenomenal, I'm very impressed with what applied to the alleged noise violations, will prove to 're doing," he said. "It's the beginning and it's so accomplish little in the ultimate goal of reducing I ...J;. .. ch·;" that the university, which is a big part of our assaults," she said. 1'-v•w••uuuy, is assisting with it." Kilroy said the correlation between loud noises at Mancari said he strongly supports the recent parties and acts of violence should be looked-into fur­ actions of police, but he feels they fall short of what the ther. force could do to solve off-campus problems. "This new policy's implication that noise viola­ "I think it should be linked like it is with some tions are a leading factor in assaults unfortunately trivi­ other campuses at other schools," he said. "You get alizes the serious problem at hand," she said. sanctioned as if the infraction was on-campus or off­ Bruce Harvey, the president of the Newark campus because you're still representing the school." Landlord Association, said landlords are caught in the Mancari said students need to think about the effect middle of the policy. of their actions in the Newark community. "We get huge amounts of grief from residents who "This is not a college town," he said. "This is a think that landlords are responsible or can control what town with a college in and around it." goes on in a house that somebody has rented," he said. Junior Sam Resta said he thinks the new policy Harvey said residents and students need to change will not affect students in the long run. their expectations about living in a city with a mixed "I think it is just a reaction to all of the violence, population. and I think it will just blow over like everything else "I don't think residents are being realistic if they here," he said. expect everybody to be sedate and quiet in their college Although he does feel there is a correlation years," he said. "And I don't think some of the rowdier between alcohol and violence, Resta said, recent police students are being realistic when they think that resi­ actions have been extreme. dents should just accept it as part of living in a college "Alcohol brings out your ego, and there are a lot of town." meatheads that like to go around picking fights," he Residents tend to lump all students into one cate­ said. "I don't think the policy will establish a police gory, when it is a small percentage causing most of the state, but I do think the police are overstepping their problems, he said. boundaries." "I don't like a society in which police intimidation Residents ofNewark need to realize they live in a is used," Harvey said. "However I do think that the 5 or THE REVIEW/Mike DeVoll city with a high student population, he said. 10 percent of the students that are causing the problems The 53th Annual Newark Halloween Parade spooked Main Street "It's ridiculous to think Newark isn't a college should be held accountable." Sunday. See story page 3. www .udrcvicw.com I. 2 November 1, 2005 The Review INSIDE Train safety resurfaces News 2 BY GREG SLATER with safety, so we spearheaded putting people togeth­ Staff Reporter er." In an attempt to promote awareness of the danger Robert Duncan, manager of the safety depart­ trains pose to the community, the Delaware ment at Amtrak, said one of his children attended the Police Reports 4 Undergraduate Student Congress, in conjunction with university and as a father he was concerned with safe­ CSX and the city of Newark, has created a campaign ty regarding the train tracks. to reduce the number of accidents involving students Duncan said railroad engineers go through exten­ and residents. sive training and an apprenticeship period when they Editorial 14 Bright yellow posters asking the university and are taught to be on the lookout for people and to be Newark to "Use Xtreme Caution When Crossing" aware of "hot spots" or trouble areas, such as college now adorn campus bulletin boards, buses and busi­ campuses. -nesses on Main Street. The danger of trains to college towns is not Gosaic 17 Rick Armitage, director of government relations unique to Newark and the university, Duncan said, at the university, stated in an e-mail message that this citing James Madison University as another campus campaign for safety comes after several train acci­ that has had problems with train related accidents. dents in the past year in which two students and two There is a need for campaigns that promote train safe­ Movie/CD Reviews 23 non-students were hit by trains. Of the four, freshman ty on college campuses nationwide. Rachel Payne and Newark resident David Harman "A 100-car train at 50 mph will take more than a were killed. mile to stop at best," he said. "There is hundreds of "The idea was to educate the campus community thousands of tons of momentum behind it." CAMPUS O.... 26 of the dangers associated with train tracks," Armitage The best thing for the train engineer to do is to COMMU:mciT said. "One oflast year's victims who lost an arm told blow the hom and hope people get out of his way, he police he thought he was far enough away from the said. tracks to be safe." Duncan also said that it is important to make stu­ Classifieds 27 Monroe Givens, associate director of public rela­ dents aware of risks when they are sober so that they tions, said he was enlisted to help create the posters will be in the back of their heads when they may have for the campaign give it an identity through artwork.