An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner • THE • DJ Ken Galvin Hens squish Spiders, celebrates 'Zeptember,' 44-14, - Bl Cl 250 University Center University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716 Tuesday & Friday • • FREE Volume 130, Issue 4 www.review.udel.edu September 16, 2003 Sharpton urges for defense of civil liberties BY CHRIST I~ A HER_:\i A~DEZ half of the audience was compri-,ed of mg forces that "ant to maintain ci' il President Ronald Reagan "s faulty trick­ Black Student Cnion. said Sharpton \e11.\ F.:awrcs Edttor students. liberties 111 th1s countr:." he said. le-down economics theor:. gave a good peech. The Rev. AI Sharpton stressed the Sharpton stressed that \Ollng for a The current administration is chal­ "-\mericans lost almost 3 million .. 1 think it \\ill get the young com­ importance of maintaining ci\ it liberties presidential candidate ,hould rdlect lenging the" ill of the American people. jobs under Bush ... he said. "and they munity im oh cd and make people more and voter registration to approximately onc·s beliefs. not who the likeh ''inner Sharpton said. especial!) the righb of "ill not be compensated by tax cuts.·· a\\ are... she said. 50 people at the Visitor's Center Annex ''ill be. "·omen. gays. lesbians and minorities. Job creation for the middle class Hill said she feels Sharpton ha a Sunday as part of his Democratic presi­ " If you want to bet on "mners you He said he feeb the Democratic will remedy the unemplojrnent dilem­ long way to go on the road to the presi­ dential primary campaign. hould go to the football games and part) has been mo\ ing roo close to the ma. Sharpton said. not ta"\ cuts at the dency. Sharpton described Delaware as a horse races.·· he said. Republican part} O\ er the last dt!::ade. top. '·] think he made a good tart as far tate critical to the primary. He said he In response to the strain on civil as e\ ident in reactions to the war "·ith harpton said he would institute a as reaching tudents. though." she said. 'i::.ited the uniYcrsitv in an effort to Iiberties ::.incc the Sept. II. ~00 I terror­ Iraq. fiYC-ycar. 250 billion infrastructure enior Scott Treml aid harpton 's mobi I ize young 'ot~rs. the people he ist attacks. harpton smd. it is cntically ··1 "as the first candidate to come rebuilding plan to create jobs and repair speech had -commcndable·point . feels are reached out to the least, but important to deal \\ith the faults of the out against the" ar." he said. roads. ports and other areas of need. • ""I think hi mes age of voter regi - matter the most. criminal justice ystem. Sharpton said he belie' es President Big businesses need to be regulat­ tration eYeryone should agree \\ ith and " I am the candidate that can mo t "What (U .S. Attorney General George \\'. Bush risked and lost ed, he said, as deregulation has led to support." he said. appeal to young people," he said. John] .Ashcroft has don.:::· be said. "is American liYes on the false premise that situations like the l::nron predicament. Treml abo said he ,·iews Sharpton said he came to the uni­ unpatriotic." he kne\\ Iraq had weapon~ of mass Sharpton said despite stiff competi­ Sharpton's chance' ~t the pr sidcncy as versity to speak to students. but a great Sharpton said he feeb there should destruction and that it posed an immi­ tion, his sighh arc set on the presidency. an uphill battle. deal of his listener were member of be a youth movement against ci' il liber­ nent danger to the Arnericap people. ·Tm running to "in the different "I think there are tronger candi­ the pre s. ties ,·iolations such as the lack of pri,·a­ As president, Sharpton said he stages [of the race)," he ~aid. "including date in the Democratic Part; ... he said. The e\ ent was announced Friday in cy in e-mail. would immediate!: rescind Bush·_ tax "inning the White House:· the Dela\\ are :\ews Journal. and only "My [platform] is about empower- cuts, comparing the cub to former Senior Sugarr Hill. president of the Candlelight vigil remembers Sept. II Sludge BY SETH GOLDSTEI~ plan (Of'\ Editor A candlelight 'igil attended by more than 600 stu­ ' dents and faculty commemorated the second anniver­ sary of the Sept. II , 2001 terrorist attacks on the north face of Memorial Hall Thursday evening. draws Kim Zitzner, a Catholic Chaplain from St. Thomas More Oratory. welcomed those who gathered and initi­ ated the candle lighting. "\Y, ..:orne together on an C\cning much like the ange evening of Sept. ll two years ago, on a day much like it was two years ago," she said. ·'The events of Sept. ll have forever changed u - Part two of a three­ we look at the world in a different way, we look at our part series on chemical families. our friends and our lives in a different" ay." Members of the campus community gathered to pollution in Delaware remember those '' ho died, those who lost family and friends and all those '' ho are st1 1l being affected by the BY RISA PIT:\1A;\ attacks. Senior \ett..\ Eduor FoliO\\ ing Zitzner"s opening remarks, the religious Debate surrounding a leader read a candle lighting litany to pray for peace height inc rea e at Wilmington's Pi geon Point Landfill center on and healing. how ne\\·ly-added sludge "ill Rabbi Eliezer Sneiderman of the Chabad Center affect the community. for Jewish Life spoke of the power of shalom and hO\\ ome say it will help with the anni\ersary had affected him. maintenance. while other " [ thought l was over Sept. II. I thought I had worry about drifting odors and moved on," he said. pollution. "[ thought I was over Sept. II unti I I heard the THE RE\'lE\\ Celia Dcttz Pat Canzano, chief operat­ bells peal this morning, ringing over and over again. Students and faculty gather on the North Green Thursday evening to pay tribute to the Yictims of ing officer of the Del:m·are marking out the destruction and loss of life. bringing an the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks during a candlelight vigil organized by campus religious groups. olid \\'aste AuthoritY. aid the upsurge of emotion with each sonorous clang:· sludge is merely - a "cap enhancer:· placed on the top Sneiderman said everyone must move on, but Association. then read a poem by Khalil Gibran called did a good job. never forget and never stop giving. and side~ of the clo ed landfill. '"The Path"' "hich pointed out ho\\ humans arc neither ..It was good to hear ho" different religious groups He aid the ludge is used He concluded that if everyone could find peace on great nor nothing, but instead arc the path bel\\ ccn the all teach the same' alue~ about ho\\· \\e·re supposed to to increa e the landfitrs lope, an indi' idual level, they would be able to affect it glob­ t\\0. respond to ~uch horrible e' ems:· he said. ra1sing it height from 60 to 90 ally. Susan Dem ilcr. director of Hillel Student Life. Junior Ste\ e Becker said he felt the need to come feet to maintain drainage and Grant Wolf. advisor of the campus Baha "i commu­ read a prayer from a Cheyenne Indian that urged every­ to the Yigil because he lost a close neighbor in the ter­ stop ero ion. nity. spoke of how the attacks were caused b) the hate one to "kno\\ peace.'' rorist attacks. Alan ;\-fuller, executive and anger of a group that believed they were eparate The 'igil wa~ concluded "ith final remarh from "I feel it" as m) obligauon to his family to remern­ director of Green Del a\\ are, from the rest of the world. Zitzner. bd all of what he\ done for hi~ and m) communir;.·· said the landfill.'' hich \\U hut They must be defeated. he said. and "orld peace ··we come together on the anniYersan of great he said. down around 1985 becau e it must be promoted. tragedy and sorrO\~· . yet we ha' e hope for the furure, Becker said he thought the 'igil was excellent was con~idere d full. wi II now house sewage ludge from The Rev. 'v1 ichael Szupper of the Catholic Student and seek peace in our hearts and in the \\Orld." she said. because all the religious groups came together to Wilmington. Ministry continued the reflection. and said the attacks .. As we look with hope to the future of peace. \\e remember the anniYersar) . are now a memory. but people are all till scared and This sludge is composed also look for words of comfort and "isdom to guide The 'igil \\as organized by The University rno tly of dead bacteria mixed full of fear. us. Religiou~ Leaders Organization and the Religious and '" ith nutrients and toxic chemi­ Concluding hi s peech, he said. ··we will not lose Sophomore Barry Shainker said he thought the Spiritual Life Concerns Caucus. cals uch as lead and mercury, hope. we will not lose courage." vigil \\Ould haYe been better if students were given the he said. Ismat Shah, advisor to the Muslim Student ch';nce to speak. like last year. but said the uni\ ersit; ""Sludge i a collector of bad tuff."'- hc said. Canzano said despite popu­ lar rumor. the landfill is not being reopened. Muller aid as rain trickle through the waste in the land­ Newark residents celebrate community till, chemicals called leachates seep out and enter the ground­ water, causing pollution prob­ lems if it i not carefully con­ BY JA.\11E EDMO~DS The Green in front of Memorial 1-lall.