Man Confesses to Robbety Newark Resident Admits to Bank Heists by Darin Powell Wilmington at 12:30 P.M
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Today's Ow second weather: cenlury of Cool with a 40 excellence percent chance of rain. High near 40. / Vol.115 No. 12 Student Center, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 Tuesday, February 28, 1989 Man confesses to robbety Newark resident admits to bank heists by Darin Powell Wilmington at 12:30 p.m. and T111st at Hares Comer near Route offense, it is not handled by local City News Editor admitted to robbing both banks, 13 was also robbed. authorities. Clough said. He told authorities he acted The amount of money taken in A Newark man confessed The robbery at the College alone and denied involvement in both robberies has not been diS Priday to robbing the WSFS Square WSf'S occurred any of the other bank heists that closed. bank in the College Square Wednesday. Huss handed the have recently occurred in New Not all of the money had been Joseph M. Huss Shopping Center and the teller a deposit slip with a note Castle County, Clough said. recovered as of Friday, Clough Delaware Trust near Hares written on the back. Huss said he needed the said. said. Corner, according to Newark The note said Huss had a gun mtmey to support a drug habit Huss, who is unemployed, One reason Huss confessed Police Detective Sgt. Roy and wanted money. The clerk He was arraigned in the U.S. formerly lived in New was because he had been identi <hgh. filled the bag with $20 bills and District Court in Wilmington Hampshire and Oxford, Pa. He fied from a sketch which Joseph M. Russ, 23, of Windy walked out of the bank. after his confession, Clough said. kept a car in Pennsylvania which appeared in The News-Journal, Hills, went to the FBI in On Tuesday, the Delaware Since robbing a bank is a federal he used in the robberies, Clough Clough added. Student Center pipes may get ,total overhaul by Erik Hoosier. whole is getting to the point Staff Reporter where it needs conside~tion." Marilyn S. Prime, director of A major plumbing project at. the Student Center, said she the Perkins Student Center is thinks a great deal of money is being considered by Plant going to be involved. · Operations as the result of the "Not only are you removing building's problem with aging old pipes, you're putting in new pipes, officials said Friday. pipes," she said. "Then you've "There are no conclusions got plastering and painting." yet," said Thomas F. Vacha, Vacha said the University director of Plant Operations. Bookstore and food services, as The Review/Meg Longo "There are different ways of parts of the Student Center, are doo run run run- The annual SK for Bruce, sponsored by Phi Kappa Tau, took place attacking t!te problem, ranging also affected. Saturday, raising funds for paraplegic Bruce Peisino and a local aneurism victim. (See story, p. 4) from shutting the building down "Those three groups will be and replacing all the pipes to affected in some wey," Vacha going at it piece by piece. said. "All we're doing is meet Scholarships to attract "What we're trying do to in ing with them to scope out what Plant Operations is to work with might be a reasonable time peri the occupants to come up with a od [to begin work]." way that minimizes interruption nursing-school applicants colllinlll!d to page 6 without maximi_zing cost," he by Anne Villasenor H. Anderson said Sunday. who enrolled has doubled, he said. Copy Editor In the past five years, applica said. The black iron hot-water tions to the undergraduate pro The proposal was also dis pipes are the original pipes The university recently pro gram have declined approxi cussed last week at the meeting installed when the Student posed to increase the amount of mately 43 percent, she estimat of the Council of Presidents, Center was first built in 1958, he aursing scholarships to prevent a ed. .which consisted of Trabant and said. Quality and chemical con • -- •lmtht>r decline in the number of President E.A. Trabant said representatives from Delaware tent of the water have eroded the cants to the College of Friday that similar plans had Technical and Community pipes. Nursing. been implemented in the College and Delaware State "They are approachmg the The goal for the scholarships College of Agriculture. As a College. end of their useful life," Vacha about $2 million; Dean of the result, the number of students said. "The piping system as a of Nursing Dr. Edith continlll!d to page 7 Page 2 • The Review • February 28,1989 __..... _______ ....... _...;;.____ .._ _______ ....., _______________.. Bruce appointed lr"" 'Satanic as acting provost Verses' 12 killed, many injured in rr. · .. <•... ~...·.. •.• .. •..•.. ;"""·. - protests of Rush die book for six-month post l" ., c . sell out t A riot of about 5,000 people \, by Mark Nardone "I like challenges and this is {' in Bombay Friday protesting locally Adminirtrative News Editor definitely a challenge. <. British protection of writer \..,, "I'm sitting on one of the hot Salman Rushdie, author of "The by John Robinson Teresa D. Bruce, dean of pro- seats - one of the watchdog Teresa Bruce Staff Reporter Satanic Verses," resulted in as gramming at the Center for seats," she added. many as 12 deaths and 100 Black Culture, has been named . Bruce said she felt the source professional development semi injuries, The Philadelphia The controversy surrounding the associate provost for Minority of racial tensions at universi- nar at Bryn Mawr College that the novel "The Satanic Verses" 1nquirer reported. Affairs while Judith Y. Gibson is ty were a "combination of prob- dealt with women in higher edu The three-hour riot in by Salman Rushdie is attracting on sabbatical from March 1 to lems within the university and cation and addressed "every Rushdie's birthplace began when a large number of requests for Aug. 31. the state. !~Spect of university administra- the book in local book stores, demonstrators tried to penetrate "I'm excited about it," Bruce "When you look at the two, tion. police barricades. said Greg Schauer, owner of said Friday. they're like looking in a mirror. "I'm looking forward to work- Between Books in Claymont Mexican gov't to pardon She said her major goals were They reflect each other." ing on the academic side," she "I passed up on the book the to improve retention of black She added that the university said political prisoners first time because it wouldn't sell stqdents, support staff and pro- may need to direct more funds Bruce described her profes- for me," Schauer said "After the The Mexican government fessional staff by "developing toward programs which would sional background as student controversy started I was getting announced a plan Thursday strong programs that will expand help alleviate problems for affairs oriented. Becoming a vice 12 phone calls a day for the which will pardon hundreds of across colleges," not only the minorities. president for Student Affairs is book." pblitical prisoners and rid itself College of~ and Science. "I think cooperation is impor- her main career goal. 'This will The controversy follows the of a corrupt police official, The . Bruce srud she would address ~t," she said help me acquire more experience announcement by Ayatollah New York Times reported · "all iss~es a_ffe~ti~g ~ino;ities Bruce, a university alumnus, toward that goal," she said. Khomeini, spiritual leader of The governors of Mexico's 31 and ractal discnmmauon, and received a bachelor's degree in Vernese Edgehill will replace Iran, that Rushdie must be killed states were urged by President will work toward "building a political science in 1980 and a Bruce as assistant dean of stu for insulting the Islamic religion Carlos Salinas de Gortari to free more comfortable environment master's degree in urban affairs dents for the Center for Black in the novel. all political prisoners. He · for minority students" in both in 1982. Culture during the six-month "At $19.95 the book sat on promised to send a revision of classrooms and residence halls. More recently, she attended a period. my shelves," Schauer said. "It legislation dealing with offenses. ...J L-:H=-:=------:.-------f-::f:-::--:-.--...:..:..----k---!._.:....:• ....:...._ _______ was an economic decision not to carry the book initially. Now fm .. we~ ~~:C!;=i~.i;S: OUSing 0 ICe see S Increase having a hard time getting hold of copies." :a::::.:~==-~on- of 6.6% for operating budget Angela Kumorek. a cashier at Maxime's Books in Hockessin,. Bush stands by Tower by Katy Peterson $320,000. The increase in maintenance is about said the book sold out quickly. · despite Senate rejection Staff Reporter $148,000 and utilities called for an increase of "We sold out a couple of days about $242,000, Butler said after the threat on the author," President Bush refused The office of Housing and Residence Life is The recommended total budget increase is "a Kumorek said "Everyone seems Saturday to withdraw his support proposing an increase in the housing budget due to result of a general increase in the cost of doing real inquisitive about the content from defense nominee John G. a growth in operating charges, David Butler, business," said Ttmothy Miller, assistant director or'the book." · . Tower, The Philadelphia director of Housing and Residence Life, said for fmancing and information services. Kumorek said she was not Inquirer reported. Tuesday. "We did a review of what was changing, sure when the store would be The Senate Armed Forces A review of the budget suggests a 6.6 percent expense size, budget and cost increase," he said.