An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner • THE • Slicing and dicing up meals A preview of the upcoming of fun, baseball season, Bl B8 Non-Profit Org. 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 U.S. Postage Paid Thesday & Friday Newark, DE Permit No. 26 FREE Volume 127. Issue 31 www.rerinr.udel.edu Friday, February 16, 2()()1 ~ouncil appr~ves reservoir proposal BY LAURA CARNEY Councilwoman G:bristine Rewa, 6th­ Newark. Godwin said their customers based engineering firm, presented a City News Editor District, said residents' water bills pay approximately $320 per year. That slideshow Monday to portray the 'Phe Newark City Council voted would increase by 83 percent if the rate is roughly twice what Newark possible capacities of the reservoir. A unanimously Monday night on a project is approved. residents would be paying with the rate company spokesman suggested that a resolution to spend $18 million to build This increase breaks down to an extra increase, he said. 340-million-gallon· reservoir was needed a new water reservoir and iron-removal $20.64 eve.ry three months, assuming Rewa said many people already spend for Newark's purposes. plant. the average household consumption of a lot of money purchasing bottled water Joe Dombrowski, Newark water and The 300-million-gallon reservoir is water does not exceed 15,000 gallons at stores. wastewater director, said that a 1999 preliminarily scheduled to be per quarter. Council plans to bold a public plan proposed a 245- million-gallon constructed at the Koelig property on Newark Mayor Harold F . Godwin bearing Feb. 26 to discuss the reservoir, an iron-removal plant, a pump Old Paper Mill Road. The iron-removal said,tie does not forsee many complaints resolution. At that time, Newark station and a pipeline. plant would be built off of Rte. 72, about the ris~:;in water bill rates because residents will be given the opportunity City Manager Carl Luft aid the south of Newark. Newark residents would still be paying to voice their opinions and decide originally proposed 245-million-gallon Construction for both projects would much- less than those who live just whether to include funding for the reservoir, as well as the iron-removal THE REVIEW/Andrew Mehan most likely begin in January 2002 with outside the city. reservoir and plant on the city's April plant would cost the city $ 16 million. The City Council is planning to build a water an expected completion date of United Water and Artesian are the 10-bond referendum. reservoir on this land on Old Paper Mill Road September 2003. main water providers outside of The URS Corporation, a Wilmington- t see GODWIN page A8 ' Art enthusiast gives 'Reading' into race I life collection to UD at school ·· Jones, originally from Alabama, grew African-American art up in a time when whites and blacks were segregated. His art collection is a from Atlanta travels representation of blacks' struggles. Jones said he first became interested in to university Gallery art in the 1960s when be went to Atlanta. It was there, be said, that he bought his for permanent home first three pieces of art, works by Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas and Chagall. · "The lo ~~ J have fot art began with _ BY KAMALI BROOKS J\ND three pi~ces," Jones SC~id. "I had to decide +--~::~f JASON LEMBERG that I wanted to be a serious art Staff Reporters collector." The university welcomed the art Now, he said, he has a very extensive collection of Paul R. Jones into its borne collection consisting of many different in a press conference held Wednesday at artists, including Charles White, Joe the Bob Carpenter Center. Delaney, Leo Twiggs, Herman Bailey, Jones, the owner of a diverse Selma Burke and Jones's favorite, collection of African-American art, Amalia Amaki. which includes paintings, sculptures and "I am proud to share my mementos photography, is donating his collection to with the University of Delaware," Jones the university. said. The 1 ,000-piece collection, taken from A variety of people came to the press BY JONATHAN RIFKIN Senior News Editor Jones's home in Atlanta, will be housed conference to find out more about the art in the Gallery in Old College. collection. The audience consisted of Twice per week, copies of The RevieW: Jones said he wanted others to share in students, faculty, a radio personality from miraculously appear on distribution standS: the art's beauty. He said he feels the WILM News, art appraisers and art throughout the campus. university is a fine institution and a good dealers. Students peruse the university's place to share his collection with others. University President David P. Roselle student newspaper Tuesdays and Frida s. sat at Jones's side throughout the press to kill time before class and catch up on. conference. campus events, personalities and "It is always fun to be with Paul opinions. Jones," .Roselle said. "The art collection Despite the casual nature in which TI:!e coming is a big deal and a very important Review is often utilized, Eric J.S. thing for the university. THE REVIEW /Counesy of Paul R. Jones Townsend, editor in chief of The Review, "It broadens what we are doing This oil wash/pencil on paper artwork by Charles White, which depicts John said he feels it has a strong influence on curricular-wise. Now we have access to Henry, was donated to the university along with nearly 1,000 other pieces of art. the university. African-American art, which opens up a "I'd say it's the voice of the community," he said. "Students check out whole new horizon for us." Junior Marisa Sotolongo said she is "I wanted to be a witness to some of Roselle said Jones has a real passion the front page and the opinion section and looking forward to seeing the exhibit. the fine art by a J,ell-known collector and that basically comprises the thoughts and for art collecting. Senior Adrienne Johnson said she to be a witness to more of the fine arts of "We are inheriting all of that," he said. happenings of the student body." heard about the collection through her my people," he said. The newspaper's influence is often "We have an obligation to keep the father, an employee at the u·niversity. Richards said he felt this collection collection growing, alive, new and vital positive, but in the arena of race, he said, " It is a huge collection, part of coming to the university is an important culturally sensitive mistakes have created as an educational resource." American history," she said. " It's not step in encouraging ethnic tolerance. Senior Danielle Gude sai.d she was a history of bad blood with minorities OJl only important for the African­ " It opens the door to more campus- especially African-Americans.: very impressed by the art collection. Americans, but all students at the communication so that people of different THE REVIEW/Andrew Mehan "About once every year we have some "I wish we would have seen more university." backgrounds and ethnicities become more Paul R. Jones spoke Monday about the examples, because you don't really get to major incident with the black community art be moved from his home in Atlanta Senior Keith Richards said the exhibit alike, and so we aren't as ignorant about on caritpus," he said. see what African-American art looks piqued his interest. to the Gallery at the university. like," she said. see JONES page A6 Chuck Tarver, who is black and and assistant director of the student centers, said the black community has traditionally felt it does not receive proper coverage of its events, and those that are covered are not approached with cultural sensitivity. Senior Jeff Savage, a black Pencader 'Vagina Monologues' draw 650 on V-Day Hall resident, said he thinks The Review is a good publication, but it has its faults. BY SUSAN KIRKWOOD Senior Rachel Meyer, program Sexy vaginas!" Meyer said. "The Review will cover a lot of the Stllff Reponer coordinator, said there was a sense of "Just think of all the people out there negative things, but some of the positive Backstage in Mitchell Hall surrealism surrounding the second and how each of them will have their stuff doesn't make the paper;' he said. Wednesday night, 20 women dressed annual performance of the monologues lives changed and how this has changecl "The scholars and professors and themselves in red, pink and black at the university because the whole idea each of us." everyone else see this paper, and many Of vagina-colored costumes. is so stigmatized. The women cheered, then prepared them only have contact [with minorities] In varied combinations of sequins, "You definitely say ro yourself, 'This to change the way the word vagina is through the paper. feathers and leather, the women can't be possible,' because you have a perceived. "If that's all they see of us, then it excitedly prepared to perform Eve sense of fear that somehow mainstream Meyer said she remembers the first clouds what we're really about on this Ensler's "Vagina Monologues" to a America won't accept it," Meyer said. time she said vagina on stage. campus." sold-out crowd of more than 650 people. The show highlights experiences "It takes a long time getting Townsend, who is white. recalled Performed as part of the V-Day 200 I recognizes their different experiences comfortable saying it, because there are several iJlcidents from the past three yearS College Initiative to stop violence because of different social factors, she years of socialization working against that have created discord within the black against women, Ensler's "Vagina said.