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Professor receives Basketball season openers Local psychic grant creep away from Hens reads futures age 3 13 TUESDAY Faculty votes yes on new contract By Richard Jones said. "It's the heaviest turn-out in 3 percent across-the-board salary increase, agreement and the maintenance of health "I'm looking forward to life after Adminlsrrarive News Ediror memory." a 2 percent merit pay raise and other salary care to its offer proved decisive in the collective bargaining." By a vote of 481-84 the university's The faculty ratified a two-year contract adjustments totaling 2 percent. contract's ratification. Colm said the offer was a fair and faculty approved the administration's most with a 7 percent salary package each year. The new contract guarantees to achieve "[The contract] is just right for the time. responsible one and said President David recent contract offer Tuesday, ending nine The first year of the contract offer faculty salary parity with other Middle It's a good opportunity," he said. P. Roselle played a major role in bringing months of negotiations. Atlantic Category I or doctoral-degree Maxine R. Colm, vice president for an amicable end to the contract talks. See Editorial Page 6 Frederic M. Stiner, a member of the granting institutions by 1995. The contract Employee Relations and the leader of the Turkel said "President Roselle's American Association of University includes a 3.5 percent across-the-board also agrees to maintain the university's administration's bargaining team, said she leadership got us out of the mess we were Professors (AAUP), said about two-thirds salary increase, a 2 percent merit, or health care costs. was pleased the faculty displayed its faith in." of the 900-member faculty placed ballots performance-based, pay raise and other Gerald M. Turkel, a member of the in the offer by passing it by such a large Roselle said he looked forward to in the vote. salary adjustments totaling 1.5 percent. union's collective bargaining unit, said the margin. working with the faculty. "It was an excellent turn-out," Stiner The second year of the offer includes a administration's addition of the parity "I'm absolutely delighted," she said, see CONTRACT page 4 Students Lawyers ask to face harassment for dismissal charges of confession Residence hall By John Robinson Adminisrrat/l!e News Editor incident prompts Hearings debating the validity of Charles M. Cohen's murder university action confession tape recessed Wed nesday, but will continue in late By Jill Laurinaitis _ December when Cohen is expected Copy Editor to take the stand. Two students were charged with Cohen, 26, a former university disruptive conduct after three male student, is charged with the Nov. 14, students said they were verbally 1988 murder of his parents harassed because of their sexual The Wilmington Superior Court orientation, officials said evidence suppression hearing is Wednesday. scheduled to resume Dec. 20, while Investigator Thomas Chisholm the trial is scheduled to begin next of University Police said his office May 20, a coon secretary said Charles Cohen is continuing to investigate the Oct Cohen's attorneys, J. Dallas 14 incident, which occurred in Wmslow Jr. and Nancy Jane Perillo, detectives John W. Downs and Sharp Residence Hall. are arguing that a videotaped James R. Hedrick aestified last week According to the report, filed confessioo by Cohen to New Castle that Cohen expressed a willingness with the Office of the Dean of County Police detectives May 26 to talk after his extradition tO · Students, the charged students and an audiotaped confession made Delaware from Louisiana, where ·he : laughed and called the three male May 28 were not voluntary, and was arrested. ' students "fags," said Nancy Geist, were in violation of his right to Downs said Cohen understood assistant dean of students. She said counsel by an auomey. and signed a waiver of his rights more judicial actions are pending. Assistant State Prosecutor before confessing to the murder of "I guess they thought they could Stephen Walther said the confession his parents and San Francisco bank go around calling people faggots," was not in violation of Cohen's executive Conrad Lutz. said Tres Fromme (AG 93}, one of rights. The prosecution rested late Downs said he and Hedrick will the students who filed the judicial Tuesday. testify again when the hearings referral. New Castle County police "My friends and I are not the see EVIDENCE page 5 type of people that will tolerate this." Geist said: "It is difficult to Tenants, landlords draw the line between what is OK to say within a group to one another and what is OK to say to debate relationship see HARASSMENT page 5 By Bill Borda said. The managers of the Staff Reporter complexes are not worried about Student renters have complained getting new tenants. about security problems in their White said she does not think apartment complexes to a city the landlords are intentionally university panel, saying the being malicious, but it is easy to be problems jeopardize student safety. complacent when only a few The students raised their students complain. concerns at the Nov. 19 Town and Some students in the Parle Place Gown meeting. Town and Gown is apartment complex agreed with a panel of university and city White's complaints. M I S S officials designed to improve Janet Greenstein (AS 92) and relations between the two her roommate Lorin Vincoff (HR communities. 92) spoke at the Town and Gown Paula Jayne White (AS Gl}, a meeting about the lack of security Towne Court resident, said poor and the management's lack of lighting in the parking lots, concern for security issues. missing hallway lights, overgrown Greenstein and Vincoff's said shrubbery in front of the doorways their building in Park Place was and unsecured sliding doors and the site of a graduate student's rape windows are among problems in last month. area complexes which house many Vincoff said when they university students. approached the management about The New Madrid Fault Zone ._ ,,, .,~ · · ··-· '·~' ,. White said getting management the security problems in their (the shaded area) to maintain the complex and attend apartment and the complex, they experiences more than to security needs has been were told not much could be done. 200 tremors every year. difficult. "I had to fight to get locks for "My experience has been when every window in the apartment," I have approached the management Vincoff said. for security maintenance it has not Park Place management been given a high priority," she declined comment. said. Angel Halligan, manager of Because much of the renting Towne Court apartments, said she . population of Newark is transient, renters are easily replaced, she see TENANTS pi8e S • ' 2-. iHE REVIEW • November 27, 1990 ' ~. - Ar~t~~~" City delays action on water cleanup ~np~_/ By Larry Dignan Without finding the cause of the high iron Deparunent said. Dombrowski said the figures between the SUff~~r content in the aquifer, the city of Newark The iron content in No. 15 's observation observation wells and the pumping wells :Greek organizations High iron content in some Newark water could waste money in pursuing any options, well is 27.2 milligrams per liter (mg/L) shouJd not vary as much as they do. according to the Artesian Co. study. The He said the pumping well tests were ;unite to feed hungry sources has left city officials baffled about Varrin said. I what to do nexL The iron source, which could be man-made Health Department figure was close: 22 mg/L probably diluted because they draw water ' Although the Interfraternity " We know the problem, but not the or natural, can pose a danger to adjacent wells for the observation well. from a larger area than the observation wells. ;Council (IFC) and the solutions," said Roben D. Varrin, chairman of if the iron source in the aquifer migrates. Observation well 16 had high iron levels City officials considered such ideas as ;Panhellenic Council do not the Newark Water System Advisory Artesian Wa ter Co . and the De laware also, averaging. 15.8 mg/L - about 15.5 sealing off the wells and building a water ;usually sponsor joint service Committee, which met Nov. 20. Public Health Department both conducted mg/L over safe levels. treatment plant as possible solutions to the ;projects, several fraternities and The committee will not make any water analyses of new observation wells These wells were drilled for test purposes, problem. ;sororities are working together to recommendations until the source of the iron drilled 60 feet and 40 fee t from pumping but an earlier analysis of pumping wells 15 The committee will meet again in early ;help feed the hungry, an IFC in the aquifer, the natural water table, is wells 15 and 16 respectively, said Joseph and 16 were higher than the .3 mg/L safety January to draft recommendations for the city ;official said. identified and analyzed, he said. Dombrowski of the city of Newark Water standard: 3mg/L and 2.5mg/L respectively. to consider. Some Greek organizations :have paired up to collect canned Employee :rood for the needy during the Vandals deface :holidays, said Todd Kent (AS :91), philanthropy chairman of relations :the lFC. dining hall-atrium : The Sigma Kappa sorority :and· Alpha Tau Omega fraternity subject ;are collecting food together and on East Campus ;donating it to Food Conservers, :said John Morneau (BE 92) of of report :Alpha Tau Omega. By Molly Williams each time. · The Alpha Kappa Alpha Copy Editor "I really believe it's [the same :sorority is conducting a food Harrington Dining Hall was group], but I can't prove it, and I State commission :drive in the residence halls with vandalized for the third time this don't want to make accusations I targets minorities, :the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, semester when rotten eggs and can't back up," he said.