Protest Calls Board for Divestment Raises• by Debbie Cenziper Turnover of Profesters As Students Staffreporter Changed Classes
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Today's A four-star weather: All-American Continued sunny newspaper and mild. High 80 to 85. Vol. 115 No. 33 Student Center, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 Friday, May 19, 1989 Protest calls Board for divestment raises• by Debbie Cenziper turnover of profesters as students StaffReporter changed classes. Dr. James Sills, a member of dorm An intennittent drizzle did not the Delaware House of dampen protesters' cries for uni Representatives and chairman of versity divestment from South the Commission to Promote Africa at a rally on the steps of Racial and Cultural Diversity, rates Memorial Hall Tuesday after called the university policy noon. toward South Africa "grossly by Diane Moore and Bill Protesters voiced, chanted, inadequate" and divestment Swayze cheered and sang their com "morally correct." News Editors plaints about the university's "This is an institution of high holdings of over $27 million in er education and we are expected LEWES - An increase in companies which conduct busi to teach the truth and to search dormitory room rates of 6.6 ness in South Africa. _for truth. And to not act on this percent will be implemented for Members of the Rainbow truth is hypocrisy in the first the 1989-90 academic year, Coalition, Campus Coalition for right," he told the cheering board of trustee member E. Human Rights (CCHR), College crowd. Norman Veasey said at yester Democrats, Black Student Union CCHR member Ira Baeringer day's semi-annual board meet and the University of Delaware (AS 89) said to look at people as ing. African-American Coalition economic subjects is a dehuman The increase will be incurred (UDAAC), among other campus izing act. due to a $500,000 shortfall organizations, gave speeches "It's a sad state that we can caused by the elimination of a about the suppressed black allow this university and allow $100 non-resident student sur majority in South Africa and ourselves to dehumanize people charge, according to Veasey, cited reasons fordivestment. to such an extent that [South chairman of the board's Student Due to the inclement weather, Africans] are dropping like fire Affairs Committee. organizers said they were sur flies in South Africa," he said. Also approved was the estab prised to find a large turnout of Anti-apartheid and divestment lishment of a new housing fee protesters. T-shirts, buttons and books were The Review/Dan Della Piazza for Winter Session. The rate Rainbow Coalition member sold to benefit the African This demonstrator cries freedom during Tuesday's divestment will amount to $140 for a tradi Marian Firmani (AS 90) said National Congress (ANC) rally in front of Memorial Hall. Over 250 people attended the tional multiple room, $160 for a there were over protesters at 250 throughout the rally. protest, which featured music and speakers. traditional single or Pencader the rally at any time and a large conlinued to page 10 multiple and $180 for a Pencader single. Chairman Andrew B. Kirkpatrick addressed the Trabant reviews year's.issues . divestment issue after receiving a petition signed by university by Bob Bicknell themselves of the companies that have Racial and Cultural Diversity and a new students and community mem Student Affairs Editor operations in South Africa It would seem affirmative action officer was "the single to me that if there was this deep conviction most important thing to get accomplished." bers Wednesday. "I'm going to refer [the peti President E.A. Trabant criticized stu within them, they should·be doing that," he Jack Miles was appointed director Dec. tion] to the Finance Committee dents and faculty who support divestment said. 12, 1988 and affirmative action officer Monday during an interview that recapped "I criticize the students because I see no March 16. and it's consideration in due the first year of his second term as universi movement from them to abandon their IBM Several university groups; including the conJinwd to page 21 ty president computers." University of Delaware "African-American "I am very critical of people who support This criticism came just as one of the Coalition, oppose<;l Miles' appointment, cit Inside: divestment," he said, "because, to me, it's largest anti-divestment protests of the year ing his lack of adequate affirmative action an easy out for a guilty conscience. was to take place on the Memorial Hall experience. : A look back at the "I don't see how anyone can be alive steps. Trabant defended his decision. "I 1988.1989 year at tbe today and not have a guilty conscien.ce Trabant addressed several other key uni thought, and still believe, [appointing university --..······PP· 6, 7 about apartheid in South Africa, but essen versity issues he has faced in the past few Miles] was the best possible thing to do . • University student vies tially, divestment does not do anything. It is months, including his highly-controversial with the opportunities that existed. an easy way of trying to relieve conscience appointment of Jack Miles as affinnative "I think it's a question of having to first for Revlon modeling in that particular area. action officer. make up your mind which is more impor : ~rown ...................... p. 25 "I criticize the faculty because, of those Trabant said the decision to name a tant - the process of obeying the rules of .• Two Hens win scholar who support divestment, I don't see them director for the Commission to Promote athlete awards .......p. 36 urging their retirement funds to divest conlinwd to page 11 Page2•TheR~i~·Mayl9,1~--------------~~--------------------------------------~------------------------~ ~ws Sur.vey shows minority awareness low by Heather McMurtrie The survey, conducted by black stndents was to receive a . The survey asked students' \.)ariefs Copy Editor PRSSA and the Office of workable amount of feedback feelings about their minority Minority Affairs, was distributed from them. roommates or the possibility of A campus survey of attitudes Lack of time was the second having a minority roommate. U.S. and Japan sign to 800 students in early about minority relations revealed December, and 178 surveys were largest reason for student "Those who had a minority fighter-jet agreement Jack of awareness as the main collected 10 days later. absence at minority-related func- roommate cited the experience as reasoo for low student participa Of the 800 surveys distribut lions. very positive. Those who had not 1be U.S. Senate voted 52-47 tion in minority-related func ed, 300 were sent to black stu "We were happy to find out were not as receptive to the idea Tuesday in approval of a United tions, according to a member of dents. Bernadette Voelker (AS dial [low attendance] wasn't pri as those who had," she said. States-Japan agreement to co the Public Relations Student 89), president of PRSSA. said marily because of lack of inter Voelker said, "The students produce the FSY fighter jet, Society of America (PRSSA). the purpose of oversampling est," \Ulker said. USA Today reported. conlituUd to page 15 Opponents argued that the agreement is nothing more than "an aeronautics technology Measles epidemic giveaway. • The plan was approved by President George spreads to Newark, Bush. Public now bas voice Wilmington area in gene experiments by Stephanie Harnish continue to be cautious of StaffReporter measles symptoms and report 1be public will now have a any suspected symptoms to a say in human genetic-engineer 1be current measles epidemic physician. ing experiments as a result of a on campus has continued to Measles outbreaks are "not a court agreement reached spread beyond the university, new phenomenon. • . Tuesday. according to USA Division of Public Health offi "Lots of kids are high risk The Review/fim S.wartz Today. cials ~d Monday. because the older vaccine has a A new computer center in the basement of Memorial Hall will This agreement clears the About 10 cases have been tendency to faif," he said. alleviate crowded sites with 31 new IBM PC-2 microcomputers. way for the first authorized confirmed in the Prior to 1976, children were human gene transplant but Wilmington/Newark area, often vaccinated at 12-months requires decisions to be made in according to Jim Giandelia, old. Early vaccination has been Memorial Hall public sessioos for later cases. Public H~th advisor. ineffective. Researchers hope to eventu Giandelia said two additional Due to blems in . ac- ally use gene transplants to cure unconf"mned cases were reported cine and in¢ulations pereJlned gains computers hereditary diseases such as cys Monday. Both cases involved too early, a large number of tic fibrosis. adults. :young adults are susceptible. by Mitchell Powitz nished with 31 IBM PC-2 com People often think of measles Two people with measles have Staff Reporter puters, Halio said. Spiritual leader killed as a children's disease but the been admitted to Christiana Presently, 40 percent of EllO current epidemic has affected in car bomb explosion Hospital this year, officials said. A computer center for classes use word processors as young adults, he said. But "students should not Critical Reading and Writing part of their curriculum. Over "Two people, a 32-year-old equate measles with hospitaliza The spiritual leader of (E110) students will open by the nex~ two years, the percent m~ and a 25-year-old woman, Lebanon's Sunni Muslim popu tion," John Abood, public affairs age will increase to 100 percent, have already been hospitalized," Summer Session, a university Iatioo and 21 others were killed manager of Christiana Hospital, Halio added. he said. official said Thursday. Tuesday when a car bomb said Tuesday. The center will teach EllO Those infected were hospital 1be lab will also be available exploded in West Beirut, "Like the flu, measles is a students word processing and ized due to secondary problems to other writing students.