15 Mill Gift Brings UD New Class Building
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, .. ' ~ I In Section 2 In Sports Townie Football An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper youths look sets sights for a place on playoff to hang return page B12 page Bl Non-profit Org. FREE U.S. Postage Paid TUESDAY Newark, DE Volume 122, Number 1 Student Center B-1, University of Delaware, Newmk, DE 19716 Permit No. 26 September 5, 1995 DuPont $15 mill gift exec brings UD new named class building treasurer BY KRISTIN COLLINS T he new •.m=-----::::::a Adminisiralil·e News Editor building will BY MATT MANOCHIO The walkways on campus have provide greater Administrtlli•e News Editor not been repaved in gold a nd the flexib ility for The beginnin~ of the semester curtains have not been replaced with c lass times, finds a new batch of incoming red velvet. Hollowell said, freshmen wandering about the In fact, there are no visible signs as well as campus. a few new buildings and that the university became $15 allowing room a new treasurer who has come to million richer over the summer for major the university after a 20- year thanks to a donatio n from Robert renovations on "-"'-'==-= career with DuPont. Gore and family. other campus bu Gore Stephen M . Grimble replaced In less "than a year, however, Hall will now be able to close tor retired treasurer J. Robert R. trucks will roll in and construction renovation after the new building is Harrison. Grimble joined the workers will begin to temporarily completed. administration on July 17 after destroy a section of the North Mall "The most frequently-heard retiring from the DuPont Co. , in o rder to bring students a comment on campus is that we need where he worked since 1966. multimillion dollar class building more classroom space," Roselle said. Grimble said his main goal is fully funded by Gore's gift. The new building will have to make the university more Gore, an alumnus and member of classrooms with computer hook-ups, financially efficient. the University Board of Trustees, is centrally-controlled lighting systems "I would like to help the the creator of Gore-tex. a wateroroof and built-in projectors. Some of the university develop a financial Leigh Ruane lAS FR) tries the ropes at a recent ROTC propoganda event. fabric used to make outdoor and rooms will be set up to make use of accounting and management exercise clothing. He made his $15 new teaching techniques such as information s ys tem that will million donation official Aug. 8 at a cooperative learning. provide quality information in a ceremony on the mall. The university's architecture cost- effective way [to the At the ceremony, Gore attributed committee has chosen the students]," he said. UD steps up to the big leagues his fa mily's donation to "a strong internationally-known architect "We have to make sure the belief in the power of education and A ll an Greenberg to design the university is a s efficient as Convocation Center. w ing, it can only help our its ability to change people's lives in building to match the mall's possible s o we can focus on a positive way." Georgian style. servin g the needs of the Sixers to train "We feel [moving to Delaware] program." will give the basketball fans in the Lucas and the rest of the 76ers Senior Vice President David The committee has already met students." Hollowell said the university has with Greenberg three times, Roselle area a chance to experience what management had been looking to University President David P. at the Bob in been considering the construction of said. and a tentative plan of the Roselle said, "[Grimble] had a lot training camp is all about," 76ers move their facility for the past year. Coach John Lucas said. ''It will a nd this universit y was one of a new building between Mitchell building has been drawn up. o f financi a l involvement a t October Hall and Sharp Laboratory since The construction is scheduled to DuPont. The experience he had at also give us a chance to reach out many school on their original list. BY MICHAEL LEWIS to a largely untapped business 76ers Public Relations Director Joe 1992 when a un iversity study beain next summer and wi II take DuPont s hould transfer over to Managing Sports Edt tor community for the first time." Favorito said there were many showed the need for 20 to 30 more ap;roximately one year, Hollowell the university. He comes highly For the first time in the general purpose classrooms. At said. The walkway in front of Sharp recommended to us." Delaware men ' s basketball factors in Delaware· s favor. university's history, a professional coach Mike Brey said he was ''Dela"Ware hatl by far the best present, the university has 141 such Lab and the Smith Overpass will be Grimble will ove•se e a ll the s ports team from one of the fo ur classrooms. c losed for the duration of the university's financ ial matters. His excited at the prospect of having facility we looked at." said major le ag ues will bring the ir the 76ers train on campus. Favorite This school was chosen In addition, the original plans for construction. r e sponsibilitie s include training camp to campus this year. the mall. made in 1917, pictured a During that time, the cover of the s upe rvi s ing a n endowment "Just having their guys hang out over Lehigh University tn In July, the Philade lphia 76ers with our guys is going to be a big Bethlehem, Pa , Monmouth building in that spot. University overpass will be replaced with to taling a lmos t $47 0 million, decided to move their t raining plus,'' Bre:-' said. "We can't ll11ivcrsitv in W Lorg Brtn h. President David P. Roselle said at something "more in keeping with the i.Jt .. ul .. t aud:l;ng, .!C~uuutiug and c a1np s ite r"rom Franklin and the c.eremony that the new bmlding, rest of the architecture on campus," collections. practice with them, but we' II be in N.J., and Franklin antl Marshall. Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. the weight room with them, and if a "From the facilities to the athletic v.hich will house approximately 30 Hollowell said. "The 'habitrail' just His expe rie nce at DuPont to the university on a one-year trial c lassrooms of varying sizes, will doesn't fit." The overpass will go included, m o st rece ntly, his guy like [76ers rookie forward] department at Delaware, they were bas is . The 76 ers will train from Jerry Stackhouse takes [Delaware first-class in every way,'· Favorite "complete the campus core, as it was directly into the building when it is p osition in 1992-1993 as the October 6-12 at the Bob Carpenter envisioned nearly a century ago." see GORE page Al2 see TREASURER page A 12 forward ] Greg Smith under his see SIXERS page A 13 ~----~ INDEX~----, Drought Tips NAACP rally .. ...................... AS Drought declared Classifieds ........... ................. 89 Comics .................................. BS Police Reports ...................... A2 • Take shorter showers Editorials ............................ A22 in New Castle Co. • If you have to shower, Sports ..................................B 12 Entertainment News ............ 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Wilmington, According to Talley, the last reported e Don' t use the toilet as a Bear, Christiana and surrounding cities. rainfall in the area occurred Aug. 15, Under executive order. a state of and its minimal amounts of .01 inches trash can emergency was declared as "drought did nothing to alleviate the I l -inch • When washing, do full conditions have reached a point where water deficit which exists within area they constitute a threat to the health and water sources, including White Clay loads of laundry property of the people of northern New Creek. • Don't wash your car Castle County," according to the Additionally, because this conditi on mandate. has been "building since October," e Refrain from runnjng In Newark, where an influx of TaUey said the situation could take some students placed an even greater demand time to rectify. water while brushing teeth on the water supply, a drought was '·When it doesn't rain, we don't get • Recycle water DUSC President declared hy town officials last Monday. much water into our aquifers and then GOP contender Phil Gramm, shown here campaigning in Damian O'Doherty, A7 "Water fl ow is so low in White Clay Wilmington, expects to visit the university soon. see DROUGHT page A8 Gramm campaigns Geology class for prez in Del. hits the trail in BY KIM WALKER state that traditionally holds the Associate News Editor nation's first primary election. The WILMINGTON - Sen. Phil, state of New Hampshire objects to Big Sky Country Gramm (R-Texas) said he came to Delaware' s primary because they Delaware Thursday morning looking want a week lapse before another BY KATHERINE LACKOVIC for a job. state holds a primary election. Studem Affairs Editor Gramm smiled for the cameras The No. I priority on his agenda, · "No wimps allowed" was the general philosophy of and shook hands, trying to make a Gramm said, is to balance the federal the 22 students who participated in the university good impression on his prospective budget.