Senior Struck by Hit-And-Run Driver by Julie Carrick Dormitory Complex Toward Cleveland As of Wednesday
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B~dybuilders ,xercisl Gearing up for Hens burn w1llpower ; Tour DuPont Drexel Dragons 18-9. age 9 pages 3,9,13 page 13 FRIDAY Senior struck by hit-and-run driver By julie Carrick dormitory complex toward Cleveland as of Wednesday. pulled over on Hillside Road, then fled the Hey! said Carpentier was in shock and and Ted Neuberger Avenue, according to Newark Police Cpl. Surgeons removed two blood clots and scene of th e accident. started going into convulsions before the Staff Reporters Ted Ryser. detected two skull fractures and a fracture Heyl said he saw th e accident from the ambulance arrived. A university senior was critically injured Carpen ti er was rushed to Christiana of the left orbital of the eye, Brooks said. Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house on West Newark police arrived three minutes Monday night when he was struck by a hit Hospital where he was admitted for head "We're all very concerned," he said. Main Street. Another fraternity member after 911 operators were alerted and the and-run driver at the intersection of West injuries. Physicians have put Carpentier into a called for emergency help while Hey! ambulance arrived one minute later, Heyl Main Street and Hillside Road , Newark Carpentier underwent more than four coma to reduce the swelling of his brain, covered Carpentier with a blanket until said. Police said. hours of brain surgery at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Brooks said. medical assistance arrived. The case is still under investigation. Douglas Francis Carpentier (AS 91) was sa id Dean of Students Timothy Brooks, "It's a very common and successful Eyewitness Cristi Cornell (AS 93) said: Police said they are looking for a white walking westbound on West Main Street who visiled Carpentier at the hospital with ueatment," he said. "The impact of the car propelled him about Saab with Delaware license plates. Anyone around 7 p.m. when he was hit by a car President David P. Roselle. Mike Heyl (AS 93), who witnessed the ten feet in the air. When he landed, he came with any information should contact driving on Hillside Road from the Rodney Carpentier was still in critical condition accident, said the driver of the car briefly down on his head and did not move." Newark Police at 366-7142. Library Student raped budget may lose in Paper Mill By Laura Lallone Staff Reporter $400,000 A 20-year-old university student / Faculty Senate was raped in th e Paper Mill Apartments parking lot early unable to reach Sunday morning, Newark Po lice said. position on cuts Police gave thi s account of the incident: By Russ Bengtson The woman, returning to her Staff Reporter apartment at th e 1000 block of After a heated debate Monday, the Wharton Drive at about 3:30a.m., Faculty Senate docidcd not to take a was attacked by an unknown man position on the proposed $400,000 in when she got out of her car. cuts to the university library's 1991- The attacker forced her to the 92 budget. ground and raped her. The university's budget council She then convinced her attacker Police sketch of suspect recommended the 3.9 percent cut to to come up to her apartment with ... wanted in rape of student President David P. Roselle after a her and outran him on the stairs. attacker's identity. review of the university's budget The woman ran into her Police are currently seeking the crisis. apartment, locked the door and suspect, who they describe as a 6- The council's proposal includes notified the police. foot-tall white male, in his early cutting $100,000 in books and Lt. Alexander Von Koch of the 20s, with brown hair, beard and periodicals, and more than a quarter Newark Police said the victim was mustache. million dollars in personnel cuts, taken to Christiana Hospital for a At the time of the attack, he was eliminating nine jobs at the library. leslie D. Barbaro rountine examination given to all wearing jeans, a white T-shirt, a A proposal was introduced to the EASY RIDERS Tour de France champion Greg LeMond (left) and Canadian Steve Bauer will rape victims. She was Ueated and dark jacket and a blue baseball cap. senate by Professor David Smith of join cyclists from around the world in Newark tomorrow for the second leg of the Tour DuPont . released, he said. Anyone who might be able to the department of Life and Health Police are examining the provide information can call the Sciences condemning the move. evidence for any indication of the Newark Police at366-7100. The senate decided to neither reject nor accept Smith's proposal but decided instead to send a transcript of the meeting's debate to Singers take Manhattan administrative officials. Administrators predict a monetary shortfall of $9 million next year and UD Choral Union to perform at Carnegie Hall have cut 4 percent of the budget By laura Fasbach Concen Series, all groups will be conducted throughout the university to address Staff Reporter by renowned conductor Peter Tiboris. A the dilemma Photographs of musical legends Vladimir concert given by the Frauenchor Tokai, a At Monday's senate meeting Horowitz, Ella Fitzgerald and The Beatles choral group from Japan, will precede the senators debated whether academic hang in the Amy E. DuPont Music Building event. concerns or financial matters took honoring the tOOth anniversary of Carnegie "To perform in Carnegie Hall is an precedence when making budgetary Hall in New York City. opportunity every serious musician should decisions. The university's Choral Union will join have," said Jan Lopez, the group's manager Acting Provost and Vice President these famous ranks May 12 with their first and faculty member. for Academic Affairs Richard B. performance at Carnegie Hall in the group's "It will be a day of sensory overload for Murray said he recognizes the 15-year history. all of us." concern for the library money, but More than 100 students, faculty and The group was selected after university said the first concern is to balance community members have rehearsed every choral director Andrew Cottle submitted an the budget. Monday as part of thei r one-credit class audition tape to MidAmerica Productions, a "It is impossible to protect the since March 18 for the Carnegie Hall debut. firm that promotes concerts at Carnegie library budget," he said. "Units all Choral Union will sing Bizet's Te Deum Hall. across the board will feel the effects and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with six Cottle, who will also be singing, said the Michele Bartley of the cut." other choral groups from around the counuy, group is honored that MidAmerica Peter Tiboris, conductor of the university Choral Union, practices with the group that Murray said, "If the purpose [of including California and Indiana. Productions provided the university's Choral will appear in New York City Sunday for the 100th anniversity of Carnegie Hall. the proposal] was to restore the As part of th e Manhattan Philharmonic reduction in the 1991-92 budget, see SINGERS page 4 there is no way. The budget has already been put to bed." "During the. meeting the discussion centered more on Friendship, parties lure prospective Greeks financial matters than academic ones," Smith said. "The financial By Larry Dignan letters," said John, a member John, who quit his pledgeship Todd Supplee (AG 94), a matters should be handled on the CDpyEdiror who de-pledged, or disassociated because of his grades, said he Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity administrative level." A former pledge from a himself from the fraternity. He wanted to join a fraternity to member, said the university was "It would be worse to damage the campus fratemiry tells a story of did not want his real name used. attend parties and make a large intimidating to him. He needed a library than it would be for people meeting a girl at a party and "Greeks are no different than school seem smaller. way lO meet people, get involved [in other departments] to lose their conversing for several minutes, anyone else, but some think. they Shrinking the size of a and open social horizons. jobs," he said. only to have her disappear as are," John said, "I've seen a lot medium-sized school is a Parties were also a factor he James Morrison, chairman of the soon as she discovered he was no of guys with 'letter courage,"' common reason given for joining considered, but he said easy Faculty Senate Library Committee, . longer associated with a Greek the status that comes from the Greek community. Kym access to alcohol was not a also deplored the council's organization. wearing Greek letters on their Saxton (AS 92), a Phi Sigma factor. recommendation and said he is most Membership has its privileges. clothing. Sigma sorority member, said she "Anybody can get alcohol at concerned with personnel cuts. Many students seem to join By knowing a fraternity had trouble finding her place in a this university," Supplee said_ ''We lost three positions last year, Greek. organizations lO obtain the member, girls can receive some university of 14,000 students. Dean of Students Timothy F. and are losing nine this year," he perceived social benefits of being of the social benefits that go with Suton, who was very active Brooks agreed: "The availability said. a member. being Greek, such as invitations in extra-curricular activities in of alcohol is such that students "The library is a user-service "Seems to me, girls are to large panies, formals and date high school, said joining a wouldn't have lO join a fraternity PART2 parties, he sBld.