Today's weather: Our second NO Ill PROf! 1 ORG 80 percent chance century US POSTAGE of excellence PAID of rain, high in Nevwdfk Df"l the mid 50s P~rm11 No 16 Vol. 113 No. 22 Student Center, University of Deblware, Newark, Delaware Frida~ April 17, 1987 Jones visits univ ., addresses issues by John Martin Present at the meeting in the topped the list of issues. · Editor in Chief Student Center with Jones and "The students don't want the his wife Sharon were: plus/minus system, but it's go­ • Sandra Simkins, president ing to go into effect anyway," "Basically, in the next few of the Delaware Simkins told the president­ years, I have the opportunity Undergraduate Student elect. "Over the past year, to do things differently than Congress; we've been struggling very what may have done in the • Chris DeMaio, president of hard with the Faculty Senate past or to reinforce what has the Resident Student to get them to at least address been done in the past, if things Association; the problems with the are working right." • Yolanda Jones, president system." With this thought in mind, of the Black Student Union; Siffikins' concern of "incon­ university President-elect • Jacqueline Cotnoir, presi­ sistencies" in the system was Russel C. Jones met with dent of the Off-Campus Stu­ echoed by the representatives several student leaders dent Association; from RSA and GSA. Wednesday to hear their views • Iva Johnson, president of Although BU presently uses on important student issues. the Cultural Programming The hour-long discussion a plus/minus grading system, Advisory Board; Jones said the use of the covered a range of student • Maria Sa dusky, president topics, including the system is not optional for of the Graduate Student departments at the school, as plus/minus grading system, a Association; student activities fee, a plann­ it would be here in its present • Leslie Picoult, senior class form. · ed Student Center expansion president; and the president's ac­ • Leo Taskey, a GSA "I'm surprised it would be cessability to students. representative. optional to departments," he Jones will replace Dr. E . A. " I need to learn from you," explained. "It seems to me Trabant as university presi­ Jones told the group, "at least you either have a plus/minus dent on July 1, ending his as much as you need to learn system or you don't." THE REVIEW/ J. Evon Reiff seven-year term as vice presi­ President-elect Russel C. Jones, pen and pad in hand, enjoys from me at this point." Jones admitted that he the conversation during a meeting with student leaders in the dent for academic affairs at To no one's surprise, the agrees with the basic format Boston University. Student Center on Wednesday. Jones will address the faculty plus/minus grading system continued to page 4 in Smith Hall Monday. · Godwin, Smith claim council seats by Wendy Riddle · Smith said his plans are to work for "the better- workload of the community service departmen~s. ment of Newark altogether." such as police and public schools. Therefore, he said, . Staff Reporter According to Godwin, the planning and growth of those departments· should help _in the decision of The decisiOns have been made, the ballots have Newark are the community's biggest concerns at the whether to expand the commumty. been counted. moment. Smith who is the vice president of Wilmington In ~uesday's New<;lrk City_ c;ouncil election, Hal ''The people are concerned about the symptoms of Trust o~ Main Street, said he was sure he ~ould be Go~wm wo':l o':er Amta Pu~hsi by a 465-342 vote to the growth in Newark," Godwin said, "such as elected be(!ause "whenever you run for office, you claim the Distnct 1 seat, which was vacated by John overloaded schools, police protection and congested have to be confident." ·suchan~c. streets where traffic is a problem." "Whatevercomesupintheco~cil,I'llge~toknow - Go~w.m said he IS e~cited about his new position, Since the community is growing, he continued, the issue and work from there, he e:1q~lamed.- explammg, "My constituents and _I have a. full agen- "the big job will be to look at each community ser- Smith said he will not focus on one particular Issue da ah~ad _of us because _Newark IS b?ommg now." vice department and make sure they play a big role since "they're all important". In Distnct 4, Allen Sm1~h upset Orville Clark, who in the allowing or disallowing of new homes being Louise Brothers <District 2), who ran unopposed, '!FUturistic'has served on the council for the past 10 years, byrUirroaasycrste'Yn built in NewarK." will keep theprOPOSed position she has held for four years of by Cheryl de Jong electric, was publicly propos­ necessarily live within walk- complete, according to said. City Editor ed last week through a letter ing distance of the school," Sophrin. Since the rail system would A "futuristic approach to sent to various public officials Sophrin said. "[The rail project] wouldn't be electric. Sophrin said, it transportation'' has been put by Wilmington & Western The rail system would also be near that," he continued to page 12 before the public for a deci­ Railroad officials and the create better job opportunities ,....,.~~.;...~=~....,..'""1""",.....;..._~~.......,~......,,...-.,.._...,....._._,.., ___, sion, .according to Bill Delaware Society of and provide transportation for Halloway,, a member of the Architects. older people or people who do Delaware·. Society of The Newark stop would be not drive, Sophrin added. • • • Architects. located at the Newark Shopp­ The cost of the project has l~i»ijesglJk1l+:-•ISlt~b~~tei:nterriewwi~tl) A proposed electric railroad ing Center on Main Street, ac­ not been publicly announced, system would use new and ex­ cording to Leonard Sophrin, but Sophrin said "it would be isting tracks to connect chairman of the transportation Newark, Claymont, Wilm­ committee of the architect spendscomparable on roads." to what the state t:f,~~~==·==::il~=r=~: ington, New Castle, Mid~ society. The state has designed an dletown and other cities in "From the university angle, alternate Route 13, . which New Castle County. [the trains) would enable would cost between $400 The system, which would be students to expand and not million and $700 million to Page 2 • The Review • Aprill7, 1987 $3.5 million ice arena planned for fall b Debbie Kalvinsk the Carpenter Sports "_Since the athl~tes w~o The Ice Skating ~ience proval, theunivew;>i~~be Y Y Building's Human Develop- tram here are prepanng form- Development Center Wtll pro- one among three institutions to staff Reporter . ment Laboratory, called the t~rnational _Oly~pic compe~i- ~ide training for world-class have s~ a si_te. The outbreak of Olympic Ice Skating Science Develop- bon," O'Neill said, "they will figure skaters, as well as pro- The umverslty will need to fever at the university has ment Center. be able to practice on a sur- fessional coaches and judges. raise $'150,000 to complete the become c_onta~ious. The development center is face that ,i,s the international Res«:arch will be done on work at the ,h~ _perfor- The umversity commumty also slated for completion in standard. skatmg, bobsled and skiing mance lab, 0 Neill smd. may see the addition of a new the fall. Coach Ron Ludington, performance through the use Last weekend, the First Na­ ice skating arena as early as "We're in the beginning former Olympic medalist and of simulated machinery, tional Junior League Pairs this f~ll, ~ccording to Joh~ J. stages but things are going internati~nally~knownska~ing O'Neill said. ~~Campwasheldatthe O'Neill, director of recreation · well " O'Neill said. "We coach, said he IS very excited Presently, the research umvers1ty Ice Arena. and intramurals. belie~e there is sufficient in- about the new project. team is using a wheeled ver- "This was the first step of The university has made a terest in the area to support "The skaters and myself all sion of the 1984 U.S. Olympic our hopes for the skating commitment to raise $3.55 this effort." think it's fantastic and we bobsled which is attached to a center-that it would become million for the construction of According to O'Neill, there can't wait until the first stone computer, he continued, to thecenterforthetrainingand the arena through the College is only one other arena of this goes up," Ludington stated. better aid in athletic evalua- developmentoffigureskating . of Physical Education Fun- kind in the country, located in ''This will give us a chance tion. Funding for a 60-foot luge methods and the interaction of draising Committee, of which Lake Placid N.Y. where the to expand and create a strong track is being considered as sportsscienceandcoa.ching," O'Neill is a member. 1984 Winter' Oly~pics were hockey and figure skating well. said O'Neill. This new facility, which will held. club," he continued. If the center receives ap- H~said~envisionsthelce be next to the existing arena Skatmg Sci«::ICe Develc.»r'"~t on Ro';Jte. 896, wil~ ~ave an ~=~i!a~~ =~ ')lympic-size metnc Ice sur- "W , not · t buildin face of 30 by 60 mete~s and cenre:~train~ska~ ~ . seat about 2,600,· he said. h e con1 1nu- ed . ..Mt er a1'I , O'Neill affirmed that skatingisasmuchanartasit students will be able to use the is an athletic endeavor." new_ center, which wil~ _be O'Neill said be hopes to in- designated as an official volve the efforts of music qlympic !raining site for choreography, theater and figure skatmg, upon approval costumedesigninthecenter's of a U.S.