News Mosaic Sports The latest addition to Phone psychics full Hoyas snap Hens 11-game Newark's finest fledged phonies win streak, 16-9 See page A4 See page Bl BJO An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner • Non-Profit Org. ~Review Online • THE U.S. Postage Paid www.review. udel.edu Newark, DE REV IE Permit No. 26 Free 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Friday Volume 125, Number -'6 April 16, 1999 Incumbents Trial testimony clean up in for Flagg begins
BY JESSICA tOHEN AND courtroom, surrounded by her APRIL CAPOCHINO family and friends. City News Editors Ropp warned the jury the city election WILMINGTON The defense would attempt to prove capital murder trial began Flagg was legally insane at the Tuesday for Donald A. Flagg, time the murder was committed who is pleading not guilty by and during the subsequent BY APRIL CAPOCHINO .in District 4 , by a vote of 211 to reason of insanity to the murder kidnapping of Debra. He told City N eM'S Ed; tor 115 , said he was "real pleased" with of Anthony J. Puglisi and the the jury not to be sidetracked Jerry Clifton, Thomas Wampler his win and the number of people rape and kidnapping of his and to remember that Flagg \had and John Farrell IV, the incumbents who voted. wife, Debra. confessed to the crimes he was in the Newark City Council " I thought the turnout for the Flagg, a 41-year-old former charged with . elections, won by considerable elections was much better than last Chrysler worker, admitted to Flagg's lead defense attorney margins Tuesday night. time," he said. breaking into the Puglisis ' J. Brendan O'Neill agreed that Wampler, who beat Dan Beaver He said he plans to vote for the home in Academy Hills last Flagg was guilty of the crimes, Lower Marion version of the rental April, shooting and killing but added that his client was plan, which was recently discussed Anthony and kidnapping Debra suffering from paranoid in a Planning Commission meeting. for four days. · schizophrenia that affected his " People are much more The Puglisis son, Michael, is judgement to realize the comfortable with the revised [rental a junior at the university. wrongfulness of his actions. plan]," he said. "I will vote for that During opening statements, O ' Nei ll said the defense one as opposed to the original one lead prosecutor James B. Ropp would be able to show evidence only because people prefer it." reiterated tO the jury the details of this condition through the He said he also wants to focus on THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill of the murder, kidnapping and testimony of Debra and their own traffic issues in the city by taking a Debra Puglisi makes her way to the courthouse Monday for the rape committed by Flagg while "closer look" at the intersection beginning of the Flagg murder trial. Debra listened in the see TESTIMONY page AIO near the Deer Park Tavern. Beaver, who was visibly upset by the loss, said he was concerned about the future of the city and thought Wampler ran a negative campaign. NPD makes four heroin arrests "Thomas Wampler is proud of hi h'llrred'10ward UD students," BY APRIL CAPOCHINO robbery lhat ·occu'fred ·on April 9 at impersonation. 7Theyweren~·l payinga~Yii a r.;- , Ol Beaver said. "He wore it like a Ciry Neh'S Editor badge." the Super Fresh Supermarket on Kath)een M'ae 'Pi'urlii was ilrres'ted of ii.nen'tion to house cleaning." While Beaver said he thought Four Newark residents were New London Road. for possession of heroin, seco.nd Wilkers said the suspects were student turnout was "outstanding" arrested for possession of heroin and As a result of the search, the other degree conspiracy, possession of also arrested for stealing baby and he is Looking forward to drug paraphernalia Tuesday defendants were arrested on various drug paraphernalia and maintaining · formula, home pregnancy tests and running in the future , John morning, Newark Police said. charges. a dwelling for the use of controlled over-the-counter pain relievers from Bauscher, who ran against Jerry Jeremy Michael Stewart, 20, Stewart was charged with two substances. stores in New Castle County to sell Brian Marcus Flagg, 20, Kathleen on the black market in Philadelphia. Clifton in District 2, said he thought counts of second-degree robbery, Jonathan Scott Piunti ·was student turnout could have been Mae Piunti, 20, and Jonathan Scott second-degree conspiracy and charged with one count of During the search, Wilkers said better. Piunti, 21, were arrested at about offensive touching, one count of possession of heroin and drug the police located a logbook listing " Students didn't come out the 6:50 a.m . after Newark Police possession of heroin, possession of paraphernalia. various·local supermarkets and drug entered the home of Stewart and his stores, store inventories and the best way they needed to," he said. drug paraphernalia, maintaining a Wilkers said when police entered "That's pretty obvious." girlfriend, Piunti, at Villa Bellmont dwelling for the use of contr-olled the condominium, they found nine times to remove the products without being caught. He said he is still going to on Welsh Tract Road, said Newark substances and reckless driving. small bags of heroin and numerous continue to talk about open Police Lt. William Wilkers. Flagg was arrested on two counts empty heroin bags littered Wilkers said there was no Wilkers said police obtaine-d a of second-degree rbbbery and throughout the one-bedroom indication they were selling any THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill government issues while urging Dan Beaver shows his more students to express their search warrant for the condominium offensive touching, one count of condominium. heroin. after an investigation to locate se~ond degree conspiracy, "The apartment was filthy and "They were using [the heroin] as displeasure with the election see ELECTION page A8 Stewart , who was wanted in possession of heroin and drug cluttered," Wilkers said . "It smelled fast as they were getting [it]," he ·results Thesday night. connection with a s!rong-arm paraphernalia and criminal like garbage. said.
Students UD tries to eradicate remember 'party school' image
BY ANDREW GRYPA Holocaust · Managing NI!\'1-'S Editor As the effects of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to combat binge drinking on campus BY DOMENICO MONTANARO have begun to set in, the university is engaged in an Spons Edimr all-out campaign to change its "party school" image. ... Nely Eiser, age 40, Auschwitz; Franz "Alcohol is a very big part of the culture," said Ederer, age 56, Condllt; Semion Aizerov, age John Bishop. the RWJF coordinator and assistant vice 19, Stalingrad; Rakhel Eisner, age 1, president for Student Life. "We got invited to apply Auschwitz; Sura Aikhel, age 18, Treblinka; for this grant on merit." Da vid Aizenstein, age 28, Rokitno: Maria Bishop said the purpose of the alcohol grant is to Edelstein, age 38, Odessa ... try and change the alcohol culture on campus. "We're not saying students can't have fun here," The names of more than 6,000 Holocaust Bishop said. ''There's a part of this image that is a victims were read aloud in front of the downside that's not in anybody's best interest. Trabant University Center Tuesday as part of 'There's nothing evil about alcohol in and of itself. the university's participation in Holocaust What we're concerned about is that the consequences PART 1: Remembrance Day. of drinking have been too costly." The 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. reading, the first-ever University President David P. Roselle stated in an THE CULTURE OF ALCOHOL at the university, was followed by an e-mail message that the university is trying to avoid ./FAMILY LIFE interfaith service held in the Trabant having numerous alcohol-related deaths and accidents t'c CAMPUS LIFE Multipurpose Room to honor the memory of which have resulted from irresponsible use of alcohol. the millions who died in the Holocaust. "It is our hope that our University of Delaware PART II: The event was sponsored by the University students will .be able to avoid such incidents," Roselle Religious Leaders Organization and the : said. 'There is not any desire to interfere with students ALCOHOL ON CAMPUS having a good time. · names for the reading were provided by • WHAT UD HAS DONE 'The goal is, instead,. to have persons of legal age B'Nai B'Rith, one of the most widely known • LESSONS LEARNED Jewish organizations in the world, and Yad who choose to consume alcohol to do so responsibly Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial in Israel. and to respect the rights of their fellow students and PART Ill: others and to avoid personal injury to themselves and Renee B . Shatz, director of the Hillel THE GREEK BATILE Student Center, said they chose to read the others." names in front of Trabant for a reason. Bishop said one of the goals of the RWJF grant is • NATIONAL UNIVERSITY DEBATE "We wanted to maximize the number of to get the university's binge-drinking numbers down • NATIONAL CHAPTER D EBATE people we were touching," she said. "It's one to the national level of 44 percent for bingers and 19 • LEGALITIES iNVOLVED of the busiest locations on campus." percent for frequent bingers. • R EACTION FROM UD CHAPTERS Shatz also said she hoped students would In the original 1993 Harvard School of Public pause and take a moment to remember those Health survey, 61.9 percent of students at the who died. THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill university reported they had binged and 35.8 percent 3.3 percent. The Rev. Laura Lee C . Wilson, the AndrewGross,formerpresidentofHillel,readssomeofthe reported they hinged frequently. Bishop said the numbers are a step in the right names of 6,000 Holocaust vicitms Thesday. In 1998, the numbers dropped 5.2 percent for direction for getting the numbers closer to a more see REMEMBERING page A 10 bingers as 56.7 percent reported they had binged, and acceptable.figure . 32.5 percent reported they binged frequently _,down see RWJ page All A2. THE REVIEW • April 16, 1999
NATO MISTAKENLY BOMBs REFUGEES BELGRADE, Yugoslavia - NATO acknowledged Thursday . mistakenly bombing a refugee convoy, but blamed the Serbs for putting the refugees in harm's way. "NATO confirms, from its preliminary investigation, it appears that one of its aircraft mi stakenly dropped a bomb on a civilian , vehic le in a convoy yesterday," said spokesman Arild Isegg, reading a statement in Brussels, Belgium. The NATO statement said it could not confirm the figures given by Serb sources, but regretted "any harm to innocent civilians, and reminds that the circumstances in which this accident occurred are wholly the responsibility of President ·. [Siobodan] Milosevic and his policies." Yugoslav official s said 64 people died and 20 were hurt in the attack. The alliance had previously suggested Serbs attacked the , refugees, either from the ground or the air. In Britain, Prime Minister Tony Blair said whoever had carried U.S. ground troops may be sent out the strike, Milosevic bore the ultimate responsibility. . "Of course we regret these things deeply when they happen . . But that should not make us flinch from placing responsibility for BY KELLY F. METKIFF citizens were killed during the conflict, this conflict squarely on the shoulders of .. . Milosevic," he said. • Staff Rtpon Today, there is a legal studies lecture by On Saturday, singing and dancing Police Reports state Attorney General M. Jane. Brady titled festivities will all be a part of International "Victims of Crime." As part of "The Law Night, facilitated by the Cosmopolitan Club at and You" series, the presentation will begin at 7 p.m. Call 837-2995 for information. POLICE: ARGUMENT OVER POLICE: NEWARK IDGH STUDENT Police said unknown suspects entered 12:20 p.m. in 104 Gore Hall. "A Bug's Life" will be playing at 7:30 LITTER BOX ENDS IN ASSAULT ASSAULTED the victim's Barksdale Road home and At 7:30 p.m., Woody Allen's "Celebrity" p.m. at the Trabant University Center Theatre. A 19-year-old university student was A 17-year-old Newark Hi gh School stole the items, valued at $1 ,200. will be playing at the Trabant University Admission is $2 . slapped by her 20-year-old roommate female student was assaulted Wednesday Police said they have no leads at this Center Theatre. Sunday, women's lacrosse will begin at Monday night after they argued over where night in the parking lot of her sc hool , time. Stephen Sondheim's musical "Into the noon, as the Blue Hens battle Boston to put the cat litter box, Newark Police Newark Police said. Wood.s" will be performed by the Harrington University at Delaware Field. . said. Police said between six and eight gi rl s, TYLENOL STOLEN FROM ACME Theatre Arts Company in Pearson Hall at 8 Men's lacrosse will be playing North Police said the victim called the suspect whom the victim identified as Glasgow Unknown suspects removed 10 boxes of p.m. For more information, cal1456-1~91. Carolina at the Rullo Stadium within the a "white-trash whore" and then the suspect High School students, began hitt·ing the Tylenol and a red plastic shopping basket Longing to experience an interactive Nelson Athletic Complex. The match begins slapped the victim on her left cheek with victim after th e primary suspect said her from Acme without paying for the items workshop? Richard Gaw of Student Housing at I p.m. her right open hand, leaving a red mark on boyfriend liked the victim. Tuesday morning, Newark Police said. Services will be offering a presentation titled · Also, alternative-rock musician Ani the victim's right cheek. Police said the victim, who had a bump Police said the suspect, described as a 5- • "A Matter of Respect: Situations and DiFranco will be showcasing her repertoire at The victim then called the police from a on her head and cut s on her arms. was foot-8-inch white man with black hair and Solutions in the Workplace," featuring the Bob Carpenter Center. The concert kicks Russell residence hall room to report ihe taken to the hospital by her mother. a thin build in his late 20s, shoplifted the performances by university staff members. off at 7:3.0 p.m. For ticket information call incident. No arrests have been made as of yet. items from the Suburban Shopping Center And as part of the Performing Arts Series, UDI-HENS. Police said the victim did not want the store and fled . the Andes Manta quintet will be at Mitchell suspect to be arrested and the case was BURGLARY ON BARKSDALE Poli ce said they do not have any leads Hall at 8 p.m. Call UDI-HENS for -compiled by Gregory Shu/as cleared. A 25-year-old man's golf clubs and too l at this time. information. set was stolen between March II and April 11 , Newark Police said . - compiled by April Cap ochino .. April 16, 1999 . THE REVIEW . A3 VD junior receives award for community service BY ROBERT COYNER Hills, N.J. Schwart z said he r me nt orin g provides Sraff Reporur Her love of working with small children was comfort to the children at Girls In c. wh o do not A uni versity j uni o r will receive the further fueled while taking Human Resources, always find support at home. Governor' Outstanding Volunteer Award on Education and Public Policy 167- Meritoring "Many of the kid s in the program are at-ri sk April 22 for he r work with di sad vantaged for Change - with associate professor Elisa children," she said. " Many are from broken children. Diller. homes and lower class neighborhoods." Kelly Schwartz, an interdisciplinary studies Diller, who is also the university' s liaison to Johnson said Schwartz maintains a strong student, is one of 25 recipients chosen for the AmeriCorps - a national service organization rapport with the children despite coming from prestigious service award. founded in 1994 - said she told Schwartz a middle-class background. Schwartz won the award because of her about the organization while she was in class. " She relates well with the girls," he said. community service with the Newark branch of · Students in the program participate in " Kelly 's like a big kid with a lo t o f Girls Inc. of Delaware, a child care center for leadership workshops as we ll as instructional responsibility." children from low income neighborhoods. classes. They are also expected to complete Schwartz agreed, "I'm like a big kid. That' s Larry Johnso n, the program coordinator of 900 service hours as part of the program. why I love kids so much." Girls Inc., said he nominated Schwartz for the Schwartz joined AmeriCorps and became a Kelly' s award came as no surprise to her award because of her dedication. teaching assistant for HEPP 167 in the fall, parents, Marsha and Ira Schwartz, who will "She does a lot here," he said . "She's very eventually deciding to volunteer at Girls Inc. attend the awards ceremony with their daughter friendly and very outgoing. Now Schwartz said she is more than the this Thursday. "Since she started here , she has progressed children' s friend at the center, as she directs " K.elly 's alway s been very caring and and become much more responsible." educational programs with them as well. giving," Marsha Schwartz said. "This is a Schwartz said her work at Girls Inc. is more Johnson said the program is "more than just calling for her." about enjoyme nt tha n a feeling of hanging out and talking." She said she could s"ee her daughter moving responsibility. "We provide before- and after-school care, further with this and maybe doing social work "I like working with kids who are about I 0 and Kelly helps teach specialty programs," with children and the elderly. to 12 years old." she said. "I want to be a good Johnson said. "These programs cover health Schwartz said she does not plan to ru sh into role model and keep helping children." and sexuality as well as cooking, art and a career in counseling. Schwartz began doing volunteer work as a cheerleading." ''I'm not sure if I wi ll do social work yet or peer leader during her junior and senior years Johnson said he believes this has allowed not," she said. "I can see myself working with of high school, helping educate other students Schwartz to grow closer with the children. children in the city but do not know yet. about drug and alcohol abuse. "One girl in our program was asked to write "I've thought about the Peace Corps," she She found that s he liked working with about two people that she knew she could trust said. "I would like to work in Australia if I THE REVIEW/ Scan McAllister younger children as well when she became a in school," he said. "The girl wrote about her pursue this." Junior KeUy Schwartz, an interdisciplinary studies student, is one of 25 counselor at a day camp near her home in Short grandmother and Kelly." recipients chosen for the Governor's Outstanding Volunteer Award. Meet the candidates behind the DUSC campaign Brenda MaY-rack Andrea Hinchey Bryan Weber Leadership_Party Greek Ticket Student Advocates Brenda Mayrack, the DUSC In addition, the ticket wants an end DUSC presidential candidate Hinchey, the secretary of Though he has worked on Conn . - they helped Local presidential candidate fo r the ·to the rental cap and an inquiry Andrea Hinchey would someday DUSC and a member of the Bob Dole' s pres idential candidates with their campaigns. Leadership Party, h~ always been into the parking situation. like to play for the Washington Student Life Faculty Senate campaign, DUSC presidential "I thought it would die out, one to break the mold - she sees " Despite all the inefficient Redskins or the Philadelphia Committee, cited her mother as a candidate Bryan Weber is not but it's still going on," he said. herself as the " fixer of things, I still think government is Flyers - on the advertising team, source of motivation to follow her yet referring to himself in the Weber, a junior international organizations." Unfortunately this the best way to make things better that is. dreams. third person. relations major with minors in is not always a simple task. at all levels," she said. "I would like to work for an "My Mom gave up so much for Weber, a curre nt DUSC Spanish and economics, said he "I' II probably be like fhis for Mayrack, who is majoring in advertisement age.ncy or for a me to have a lot as a kid," she faculty senator and an original would like to take at least two the rest of my life - running international relations and sports team in their marketing said. member of the Student years off and do volunteer work around like a chicken with my minoring in women's studies, said department," she said. Hinchey said the fact that her Mediation Advisory Response with the Peace Corps. head cut off and no sleep," she she sees all levels of government, Hinchey, the presidential mother ran for and won a local Team, is part of a duo - "It 's to pe rfect my Spanish said. "I like it like that. I'm the from Washington, D.C., to the candidate for the Greek ticket, government position will not presidential and vice presidential skills and do some good while I type of person who doesn' t like university, as good but in need of said she will be fighting for a affect her future plans. However, candidates -running as the still can ," he said of his doing things the way they've been improvement. more unified student body, more Hinchey said she has no idea Student Advocates. ambition. done before." Because she has high political unique programming and the end whether or not .th is experience The Student Advocates stand After that, he said, he would The president of Students aspirations,.Mayrack said s he of the rental cap. will lead to a political career. for making DUSC more like to a ttend la w schoo l and Acting for Gender Equality and would like to take at least one year Additionally, the junior from "We'll just have to see where representative of the c ampus, study internati onal and human the College Democrats, Mayrack off after graduating from the Dover, Del., said, the Greek ticket life takes me ," she said . "In 10 keeping students more informed, rights. also participates in Honors university to participate in a hopes to get answers from years, I have no idea where I' II getting student ideas about " Sinc e I ' ll be fluent. in Program activities, musical national political campaign. administrators and city officials be." parking and holding the another language, I' II probably endeavors and intramural sports. After that, she said, she would about the parking situation. university responsible for taking. be abl e t o represent Mayrack, a junior from Flower like to attend law school for Hinchey, who is pursuing a - by Su san Stock action in the rental cap situation. o rgani zati o ns in other Mound, Texas, is running as the women' s rights and advocacy law. double major in marketing and Howe ve r, ·weber's political countries." he said . head o f the Leadership Party management, said after involvement began long before ticket, which stands for a more graduation, she would like to go Bob Dole ran for president. He vocal, active and organized DUSC. - by S!lsan Stock to g raduate school for sponsored a youth political club - by Susan Stock communi cations. in his ho metown of Shelto n, CANDID CANDIDATES CANDID CANDIDATES CANDID CANDIDATES • Big Harrison Ford • Loves working with • Likes gangster movies fan photographs • Listens to '50s and • ''Star Wars'' junkie • Broadway musical '60s oldies music • Loves '80s music and buff • Loves Elvis Jazz• • Loves action movies • Favorite colors are • Favorite color is • Favorite color is red black and orange forest green • Has a cat named • Has a chocolate • Has a cocker spaniel Mischief labrador named named Buffy Hershey THE DUSC ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. VOTE ONLINE AT WWW.UDEL.EDU/VOTFJ A4. THE REVIEW. Aprill6, 1999 New female officer joins the .. Newark Police Department BY APRIL CAPOCHINO Instead, from the experience of training horses police officer. City NI!\\'S Editor for I 0 years, LeBreton decided to take the job as "If my age was a limitation to the job, I would Officer LeBreton has only been with Newark an animal control officer at the SPCA. have to say, 'Well I guess I'm too old for this and Police for two weeks, and already has learned. how "When I started getting into the 'law I can't handle it,"' she said. "But if you have the · to walk the walk, and talk the talk like the most enforcement of animal control," she said. "I mindset to push yourself, you think 'I can succeed seasoned of veterans. realized that was what I really wanted to do. at making it through the academy."' •' As the most recently hired female officer at "It took me by surprise because it was a field I LeBreton has been training out in the field with ' ' Newark Police, Tracy LeBreton is one of only had never really been exposed to." another officer for almost two weeks and said she ~ four female officers in the 54-person department. While training at the academy, LeBreton said has learned a lot from her fellow co-workers. The 33-year-old Lewes, Del., native joined the there was not any special treatment for females. "You never know when a situation is going to d force two weeks ago after graduating as one of 'They made us do the exact same things as the go bad even though you think everything is fine," ~ J five female cadets from the State Police Academy guys did," LeBreton said. "And I definitely prefer she said. "Just when you let your guard down, just in Dover. it that way." when you relax and think everything is OK, that's CJ LeBreton said she became interested in law However, she said she noticed women and men when something happens and you ' re not :' enforcement ihrough her two-year job at the acted differently in the academy. prepared." ' 1 Society for the Prevention of the Cruelty to 'The younger guys were a bit more gung ho - The most interesting call she has been on so far ' Animals more aggressive as far as being physical," she was an incident involving theft at a fraternity "As an animal control. officer, I was meeting said. "Where it seems as though the females have house, she said. other officers from other departments," she said. a tendency to want to talk things out more with "This one fraternity was streaking [naked] : ''lbey were females and they were doing the job people before actually getting physical. through another fraternity house, so a couple of " and it became a realization that 'Hey I can do this "Naturally you're going to find thaf=women guys stole the paddles out of their fraternity too.' may have a different approach to things ju_st by house," she said. 'There is a true need for female officers and their nature." 'They actually got caught red-handed with the 1'. not just to fill a quota." LeBreton said the academy "weeds out people" paddles." LeBreton, who graduated from the university who cannot handle the challenges of daily police LeBreton said she would eventually like to :1 with a degree in animal science, said she decided work. teach drug education programs in different schools not to pursue graduate work in the field because of "If you're going to do the job.expected of you but right now she is satisfied with her position. a lack of interest as a police officer, you better be able to handle "My aspirations are simply to earn the respect ''My father wanted me to be a vet, so I thought that, and if not you should look for another line of of my fellow officers," she said, "and be known as THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill I had to be a vet," she said. "But it just wasn't for work," she said. a good police officer." J Newark Police Officer Tracy LeBreton is one of four female. officers me." LeBreton said she is confident in herself as a in the department. ~ " Novelist turns self~ hatred into self-acceptance I ~ BY HEATHER GARLICH attempted suicide cine night, he the E. Lynn Harris Foundation. Furline said he agreed with your faith, angels appear that open and his characters are a reflection Staff Reportu turned inward and found "This foundation's purpose is to Harris' assertion that people doors [you] didn' t know needed to of his own dreams and fears from Best-selling author E . Ly nn acceptance in his faith and in his direct young artists and writers to should look inside themselves to be opened," he said. that time. Harris recounted his journey from writing. . the right people," Harris said. find their own desires. Harris said faith put being Senior Carrie Plate said she is "self-hate and doubt into self "Writing saved my life ~ " he The event was co-sponsored by "If you have a dream, you black, gay and Christian into fascinated by Harris' writing style acceptance" Tuesday night in the said. "Every day is a new miracle the Center for Black Culture, shouldn' t tell .anyone," Furline perspective. and came to his speech in order fourth program for the Black Arts for me." Lesbian Gay Bisexual said. "Other than that, it's not a "I put my faith in Jesus Christ, for him to sign his book, "This Festival in the Trabant University Harris said his Christian faith Transgender Concerns Caucus, dream." not in man," he said. "Man is Too Will Pass - A Day of Center. al so helped him recover, but he Affirmative Action/Multicultural Harris also said people should capable in human frailties.'' Remembrance." Harris, the gay , Afri can continued to doubt his identity. Programs, Omega Psi Phi not be limited by race, gender or Harris also stressed the power "When I finish reading his American author of five novels, "Being gay was the one thing I Fraternity, Inc. and Religious sexual orientation - they should of solitude and of reading. books, I miss the characters," she including " Invisible Li fe" and prayed to God to change," he said. Concerns. only seek to find joy. "Reading is the one opportunity said. "They become friends." "Abide With Me," explained hi s " It has been both bitter and Mike Furline, president of He told the college-aged people where you get to meet people and Harris ended by sharing the struggles with his sexuality and sweet." · Omega Psi Phi, said he found in the room to follow their hearts go places an~ nobody has .to hope that others would discover race to an audience of Now that Harris is comfortable Harris to be an inspirational and dreams and to trust that know," he said. themselves, as he has, through the approximately I 00 students, with who he is, he said he has speaker whose words were opportunity will follow. Harris said he concealed his characters in his novels. faculty and community members. found ways to help young people relevant to his own aspirations. "When you really · believe in homosexuality for many years, " I tried to kill myse lf, but I discover themselves. failed," he said. "I took sleeping "I feel like I am helping people pills and chased them with I 00- of different genders and sexuality proof Stoll's vodka. to find love," he said. "God wiJ not ready for mc.'.'v:. Not -only .is Harris helping the Harris (li1d when he awakened gay ·community find acceptance, years ago to the odor of his own he is lending his hand to young vomit, he realized hi s life had to writers and artists, regardless of ~ Ramapo College change. their sexual orientation, he said. "The mirror would not allow Because of his own struggles me to forget the previous night," with finding a publisher, Harris he said. said, he created a foundation that Harris said a lack of self-esteem will help young writers find of New Jersey and severe loneliness caused him publishers. to suffer from depression. "I remember thinking, 'I want This battle with depression someone to respect me,"' he said, lasted for years, he said. 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"The people who 'I'BJs IS 1BE FIRST IN A 'IW<> res um e re ferra l servic e and a " Students must get as mu c h contract with "Get involved in a student -- can impress me are the ones who are campus intervi ew program. c areer-related experience as the employer submit- a resume themselves." PAKI' ~ ABOUf FINDING Jac k T o wn s end, direc to r o f possible," he said. " Experience w h i c h variety of different and cover letter Townsend agreed with Dalphon ' ;lOlls AND IN'I'ERN9DPS FOR C are er Se rv ices, said proper equals resume building." establishes the that can be but warned students of what he .l'BESUMMER MONIHS. preparati o n is key to any Brian Dalphon , a seni o r goals of all activities, and viewed by called behavior or situational successful job or intern ship hunt. executive vice president at MBNA the parties. companies who interviews where the interviewer He s uggests that students first America, agreed with Townsend. Townsend are recruiting for sees how the applicant responds to BY CHARLIE DOUGIELLO above all, work Stnior Editor do as much as the y c an at the " A way you can prepar~ for the said one of the certain jobs. certain questions. univers ity and th en full y utilize real world is to take advantage of first things a The site Townsend said an example of a Right around this time every hard and impress the programs available through the the campu·s services available," he student should offers a bulletin question that might be asked spring, students add another u leer scho ol s uc h as j o b fairs and said. do , whether bo a"rd of job would be, "When you weren't to their already mounting li st of your employer." Students should begin to they are inter postings and doing well in a class, what did you anxieties. develop a plan sometime during ested. in get Whether it be a gra duating _Brian Dalphon, a senior information on do to make the situation better?" the junior year about what field of ting a full how to put According to Townsend, a senior looking for emplqyment in "Students 'must work they would like to go into. time job or an executive vice president at MBNA together a student must think about what the real world o r an Both Townsend and Dalphon internship, is resume, what to skills and accomplishments make underclassiJlan trying to find the get as much career said internships are an excellent to put together a finely tuned expect in an interview and salaries he or she marketable· before they promised land of paying way to learn about a certain resume. for different professions. The walk into an interview room. internships, the job hunt can be related experience industry while gaining valuable He suggests a resume be no service is free and it only take a "Tailor what you are going to the most stressful part of a college experience. longer than a page and highlight couple of minutes to sign-up. talk about to the kind of position career. as possible. " I think they give you an the key components, making it Another site chock full with you are talking about," Dalphon But fear no longer --,.-- there are advantage," Dalphon said. " Get easy for an employer to see why employment opportunities is the said. plenty of resources right here on Experience equals involved in a variety of different the student is marketable. New York Times classified ads, An employer who has an campus to help take the edge o f activities, and above all , work " The length of the· resume located at www .nyt.com. The site opening in a management training this unsettling process. resume building." hard and impress your employer." doesn' t influence me one way or is also free and only requires program might not want to hear Career Services, located in Townsend said students can the other," Dalphon said. "It' s the students to register by answering a about a student's writing skills as Raub Hall on North College gain assistance in obtaining experience the person has had." couple of questions. much as a students leadership Avenue, is a virtual Mecca of -Jack Townsend, director of internships by talking to the · He said when a resume lands on Students looking for some experience. career information complete with Career Services professors and advisors in his desk, he takes its overall unique careers should jump over " I don ' t think there are any thousands of company profiles, different departments on campus. appearance into account. to www.cooljobs.com, which lists inside·r hints," Dalphon said. "It He said once students get "Did they take time preparing inte,resting jobs such as becoming really depends on the job you are placed in an internship, it is it?" he asked. "Is the information a clown or working at Disney interviewing for." important that they make their well communicated?" World. Some companies may bring in • presence know. The resume serves as a starting After students do some prospective employees for several "Being pushy is OK," he said. point for an interviewer to ask thorough research, it is time to interviews before they may be "Anything you can do to not questions of a prospective start sending out resumes and ready to make an offer. become invisible at the company employee, Dalphon said. setting up interviews. Townsend said the offer part of Your Life's a B.each ! is good." And getting the interview is by "The most important thing to do the job hunt could be the most He also suggested setting up a far the most tricky part. in an interview is be yourself," important decision a prospective For 20 years, Silver . , Siver Works' friendly "Research is key," Townsend employee may make during the Works has helped make . sales team ONLY if the said, which includes looking into "I don't think whole job hunt. following would appeal "Being pushy is different companies, various fields He suggests students research the vacations of Delaware of work and the average salaries there are any what kind of salaries different shore visitors memorable to you: 0 K. Anything they pay. fields of employment offer before by providing quality gifts • Making Money at the beach! Besides Career Services and insider hints. It accepting an offer. classified ads, the Internet has "Find out what the going rate • Working in a world-class you can do to not of affordable, handcrafted evolved into a very effiCient way really depends is , so you know what you are jewelry. Now you have designed jewelry store! to research companies, check job getting," he said. .• Clean, air-conditioned, pro- becoine invisible 11 postings and even apply to many on the job you Even more important than the an opportunity to join fessional yet beach-casual at the company jobs. · salary, benefits and savings plans atmosphere.! "It is becoming an important are interviewing offered by companies, Dalphon is good."· tool," Dalphon said. "It is just said one question should be asked If this sounds good to you, call Melissa at {302) 227.1707 beginning to be used as a for." before accepting a position. recruitment tool." "Are you going to like the job?" . -Jack Townsend, director of Jobtrack.com is one of the -Brian Dalphon, a senior he said. "To do a good job you premier free job and internship have to like your job." Career Services search engines on the Web. At executive vice president at MBNA ATTORl~EYS CRIMINAL DEFENSE Traffic, Alcohol, DUI, Noise Mark D. Sisk ,,., , ~ewark City 'Prosecutor 1980-199'4 Criminal defense-Alderman's court, Other Courts Expungement of Record~; Auto Accidents Bmin p. Glancy, Univ. of Del. Class of' 83 Personallnjuf)'"Auto Accidents 368-1200 'Hughes, Sisk & Glancy P.A. 522 Greenville Ave., Wilmington, DE 19805 Listing of areas of practice does not represent certifications a L specialist in those areas. ATTENTION Math Proficiency Test for M114 B.A. students in the College of Arts & Science may fulfill th~ skills requirements for a B.A. degree by passing this proficiency test. Test will be given Saturday, April 17 Time: 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Place: 209 Ewing Hall Students must register for the test by noon on Friday, April 16 at the Dean's Office College of Arts & Science · 102 Elliott Hall Note: Students will be required to show their ID to be admitted to the exam. Students will also need to bring a scientific calculator and a #2 pencil. l I ' 'A6•THE REVIEW. Aprill6, 1999 Child care options offered at university After th at process, a list of local child the child-care, she said. "Through mini-grants, we help to get childcare into its own hands. It has just UD offers on care locations will be either mailed, e Robin 1. Palkovitz, interim chairman them into ongoing professional constructed its own on-site child-care mailed o r faxed to those e mployee ' s for the individual and family studies development seminars and retreats." center, said Lee Hoffman, a company addresses, she said. department, s·aid his department plays a Girls Inc. is a large, relatively modern representative. line child care " Most- companies use the Family & very active role in the training of the facility with a cafeteria, gymnasium and The $2 million child day-care facility Workplace connection," she said. "After a teachers and workers at Girls Inc. reception area, along with indoor and opened this January, Hoffman said, and is couple of days, they will be sent a list of " We provide a liaison person outdoor play areas, Hines said. run by the child-care agency Bright resources vza local day-care centers." throughout the year," he said. "She helps However, Sorenson said the one thing Horizons Family Solutions. Instead of an on-site day-care option, to do on-site consultations with the the university does not do is offer child The child-care facility, which charges the university has Girls Inc., a child-care administration and individual classroom care reimbursement. customers for its use, is not just available the Office of center that has worked out an teachers. "But employees can take three sick for employees but is open to the greater arrangement with the university, she said. days a semester to take care of an ill child community as well, he said. Girls Inc., located on Wyoming Road, or spouse," she said. "The rooms are organized so it benefits Women's Affairs leases land donated from the university Similar to the university, Zeneca Inc., children," he said. " Everything from the for $1 a year in exchange for providing "We provide a liaison a British multinational pharmaceutical bathrooms to the furniture are made for BY DOMENICO MONTANARO child-care, said · Amy Hines, branch person throughout the company with offices in Newark, said it young children." Sports Editor director at Girls Inc. does not provide on-site child-care, but it Meanwhile, MBNA America offers a The university offers an online child "We reserve slots for university staff year. She helps to do does offer the same referral service used similar resource and referral option to care resource which allows parents to and students,'' she said. "They are put on by the university, said Shirley Weitzel, what the university, Zeneca and DuPont submit their needs on the school a waiting list , but when we see on-site consultations diversity coordinator for Zeneca. offer, said Erika Moyer, company family homepage said Liane Sorenson, director ' university' we put them at the top and " It's up to the employee to find the and work manager. of the Office of Women's Affairs. offer them a 10 percent discount." , with the actual day care and pay for it," Weitzel Yet employees do not have to use Even though the university does not According to the Office of Women's said. "We do, however, have a resource outside services as MBNA is currently offer on-site child-care, it does make Affairs, Girls Inc. is the university 's administration and and referral service. The company pays building a third on-site chitd~care center available certain outlets that provide a "equivalent to on-site child-care." for the referral which can be expensive." in addition to the two that the company more efficient way to obtain such Sorenson said, "Even though we do not individual classroom Another thing Weitzel said the already has, Moyer said. services, said Liane Sorenson, director of have on-site child-care, Girls Inc. saves company provides is a free-of-charge "The fee for child-care at those centers Women's Affairs. half the spots for university members." teachers." summer camp program. is based on age and the tier of the clients' · From the website, the ·inform.ation is Cooperating with Girls Inc . is the "Camp Zeneca is a before-and-after income structure,:· she said. put i"n the hands of The Family & department of Individual and Family day camp that involves the Brandywine Workplace Connection, a referral service Studies, an organization that provides -Robin J. Palkovitz, interim chairman YMCA and the Jewish Community that provides the answers to the parents' · consultation and training to Girls Inc. Center," she said. for Individual and Family Studies requests, she said. staff in order to improve the quality of The DuPont Co., however, is taking National.attention on pelice brutality not a Newark concern· BY DREW VOLTURO " We get a lot of respect and wanted to comment on the Diallo said, is a ' significant incident. Staff R West Long Branch, NJ your future Jlar!J htrt FUN WEEKEND WORK Work.. outside at beautiful YMCA CAMP & RETREAT CENTER on the Cheseapeake Bay! Make $90 a weekend while helping guest enjoy climbing wall, ropes course, archery, canoeing, Summer.. .New York City... FIT. What better time and place to take a course . motor boats and other outdoor activities! in fashion, advertising, design, marketing, or liberal arts. 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" About " One pos sibility is to have Staff Reporter o ne -third of the floor s pace is mu sic classes in Gore Hall, but With a record 16 1 maj ors, the being used by different ensemble most of our classes require special music department is looking into s tudents to keep instruments equipment ranging from possibilities to provide more space there." blackboards with music lines to to house students. Paul Head , director of the keyboards with sound playback Music Department Chairma n university Chorale, said in order to systems," he said. David Herman said although he is obtain more s pace for various Yet ·Herman said even if Gore happy with th e recent growth o f c ho ir appo intments , th e Ha ll is able to provide the. the program, this same growth has department mus t use other necessary equipment, there could made space in the Amy E. du Pont buildi ngs like Purnell and Smith be facility problems along with Music Building a problem. halls. difficulties making sure the rooms In the pas t five years , t he "The re'ason I was brought in are soundproof. number of mus ic majo rs h as was beca use of the gro wing "We don't want to blast others doubled. In addition to the 161 number o f stude~ ·t s in this out of Gore Hall with our music music majors, each year more than d e partment," he sa1d . " Every playing," he said. I ,000 non- mus ic majo rs take classroom is full all of the time." Another possibility is to put a courses in the department and also Senior Drew Meyer said cap on the number of incoming parti<; ipate in ensembles, he said. because of the lack of space, the music majors by being more "After 27 years, the building is number of repertory classes - selective of potential applicants, just not big enough to hold all the where students perform in front of Herman said. s tudents that we have," Herman o ne another - was cut and has In an effort to solve the s aid. " The marc hing b and been detrimental to the education problem , Herman said he normally practices on the practice of the students. · submitted a report to the dean of field but if it were to rain, there "Young students get a lot out of the College of Arts and Science to would be no room in the mus ic them," he said. " They get to make a request for a consideration buildinglto hold them all." perform in front of their peers and of additional space. James Ancona, a mus ic get all the nerves out of their Margaret Andersen , interim department coordinator, said the system." · dean of the College of Arts and lack of storage space has been the For now, the music department Science, said no plans have been largest problem due to the influx is cons idering different made yet to expand the Amy E. du of music majors. possibilities to alleviate the space Pont building. "The band room is becoming a problem, "he said. " The space needs for the ·Coll6ge of Arts and Science are r<>utinely discussed with the dearr and the provost of the college," she said: Herman said he hopes the music building will get on the list of buildings to be expanded, even though the process could take a number of years. Director of Facilities Planning and Construction Andrew Welsh said the planning, design and bid process for any new project has four to five stages. 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Newark landlord John Bauscher (second from right), who was running for the seat in the 1st "I thought it would be closer," District, shows his disgust with the results of the election. All three landlords who were running he said. "I really did. People are for City Council seats were defeated by the incumbants. telling us, 'let' s continue in the closely with university students to the 1st District who came out to she was happy to have the direction we're going, let's establish better communication. vote. opportunity to run and views it as a research the options at our Farrell, who woo with the largest "People were satisfied with what unique privilege. disposal. "' majority of all the candidates, said I've done," he said. "I look at this election as a He said he also plans on working he was grateful for the people in Farrell said he hopes to improve learning experience," she said, "and the water quality in Newark over I'm going to run again." the next 50 or 1"00 years . Bauscher said he is also planning : "This is not just a two-year on running again, but said he was .' thing," he said. also discouraged about the current ; He also said he will still focus status of landlords in the city. on rental and traffic issues. "It looks like we' re standing on . Susan Heagy, who lost by 456 the outside right now." votes to Farrell in District l , said Career Opportunities in 401 (k) Now Hiring for Several Openings All Majors Welcome If you have strong ana1ytical- kiUs.anct"; are comfortable usin~fd'ata6ases ~and ! spreadsheets, please send your resume· to': Recruiting ATR, Inc. 681 Moore Road, Suite 310 THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill King of Prussia, PA 19406 City Councilman John Farrell receives a congratulatory kiss . from his wife after learning he will keep his 1st District seat. still time Uni..,nity of De!&ware to study abroad! APPLICATION DEADLINES* HAVE BEEN EXTENDED FOR 1999 fALL STUDY ABROAD IN LONDON AND PARIS. DEADLINE: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 Apply on-line at www.udel.~du/studyabroad/apply Program brochures are available at International Programs and Special Sessions, 4 Kent Way. Call 831-2852, e-mail us at [email protected], or visit our website (www.udel.edu/studyabroad) for more information. * Sorry, the deadline for scholarships has passed. Aprill6, 1999 . THE REVIEW. A9 Former governor uses .UD Press to publish memoirs part of a special historical series governor and then as president of writing the book with only ·a pad Gov. Peterson, currently in production. the National Audobon Society, a and pencil, Peterson said it took Russell W. Peterson, who humanitarian non-profit organiza four years to finally have it served as governor from 1969 to tion. published. 82, to detail 1973, said he wanted to write a Peterson said the book covers Peterson's book qualifies for book that deta.iled his life's five main subject areas dealing publication because it is experiences. with different aspects of his essentially historical, Druliner his life's The 82-year-old Peterson said careers. said. . he named the autobiography "It's not just about Russ "The university press publishes "Rebel with a Conscience." Peterson," he said. "It's about the scholarly works by authors from experzences "I was writing about years of many people and organizations around the world," she said. experience and hoping for decades I've worked with." Donald Mel, an editor at the in new book more ahead," he said. He said the book catalogs his university press, said, "The book is According to university press work in business, criminal justice, unique to university presses in thar BY SHAUN GALLAGHER editor Karen Druliner, the book science, politics and the it comes with a CD-ROM." Staff Repomr takes an in-depth look at environmental movement, along The disc includes numerous A former ·state governor has just Peterson's multi- faceted with the confrontations he has pictures, references and narrations published a book through the professional life, first as a chemist encountered throughout his career. by Peterson. University of Delaware Press as at DuPont, later as Delaware's Confident that his autobiography Mel said the book is not the would do well, Peterson said he typical scholarly monograph the noticed his book has ap·pealed to university press releases, but college-aged students. rather, it is meant for the general "They have paid me the ultimate public. compliment," he said. "They Besides serving as governor, called me 'cool."' Peterson has been active as He said history professor <;arol chairman of the Center on the Hoffecker, a friend of his, Biological Consequences of suggested that he approach the Nuclear War and has been a board Courtesy of Public Relations University of Delaware Press member of Population Action Allan Waterfield, a health and exercise sciences professor, was about publishing his book. International. recently elected to the chair of Initiatives to Mobilize for the He didn't think the university A former president of the Prevention and Control of Tobacco Use. press would be interested in his International Council for Bird Take a book because he thought it only Preservation, he has also been vice dealt with very narrow subject president of the World matter, Peterson said. Conservation Union. UD professOr electe_d Druliner said after submission, Druliner said Peterson' s memoir the manuscript was reviewed by is part of a collection of books both external and internal readers published by the university press and was later approved by the called "Delaware in the Eastern IMPACT chairman university press's board. , Shore." out of business' Peterson said he was familiar It is one of approximately 35 with ·the editorial and production books the university press will BY JENNIFER WHITELEY Use Delaware Tobac.co Prevention process because he has already publish this year, she said. Staff Reponer Coalition, a state agency aimed at published hundreds of articles, Peterson will visit the university A universi ty professor was curbing tobacco abuse and other particularly when he was president to promote his book at a signing recently elected chairman of health risks. of the Audobon Society. on May 13 , Druliner said. .Initiatives to Mobilize for the Allan Waterfield, a professor of Including the time he spent Prevention and Control of Tobacco health and exercise sciences, said he has been concerned about Pick a major you can sink health-related tobacco abuse all hi s life. your teeth into ... "This is a personal task for me," said W aterfield, who served a Food and Agribusiness seven-year te rm as dean of the College of Physical Education , Management Athletics and Recreation. "It 's' ...._...... ~~ *lf - ~J[m;~ deep within my heart to think with a concentration in about people' s health a nd WWL~tiii.S II•W SIST.aS o•a wellness." Food Mar-keting. Currently, -n.1P.A.C'f::is fo cusing on bringing the National Tobacco Christine Angennaer .Jennifer Jenkins Settlement to Delaware, he said. Christine Barr Kristen Kurimai Suzanne Biehn StacyK-atinov.'Ski Since the settlement will bring Kim Boddy Mam.i LowiL:£ $25 million back to the state from Tons of careers with some of the Rachel Brown Jessica Kcc the tobacco industry, IMl'A€T is Rachacl Chan1bedin Kalrina Konopka aiming to disco~ F the I:Jest way the KatJu:yn Cwl,nington best salaries and benefits around! Shannon MeM:mus money sh uldoe spent, Waterfield Jessica DeAngelis Jcnnilcr Monan Amanda Darnicy cA!Jiso:> Minogue sai Valerie :OCAntonio Merideth Petersen ____..:'The members of our coalition Kri~nDana Lauren Polito are strongly dedicated to the Beth Decker Samantha Rai\o,·ich education and prevention of the Email: [email protected] Lisa Gcetano JaimeRebm Sheryl Goldberg Jennifer Rubin consequences of tobacco use," he or call 831-1315 for details. Kristin Goul~ Alexis Schilling said. Christine Grogan Bryn Snyder Waterfield, who has worked Jayna Heilbrpnn CaraSpcro with the coalition si nce the group Erin Hazlett Stephanie Sprague was formed in 1995 , said he is Lauren Haw;k raime Walker Erin lndoc Kristen Whauam hoping to aid people with health related problems who have no insurance for medical needs. Some past achievements of . . IMPACT were th e outlawing of tobacco vending machines in the state and raising the minimum age of tobacco sales from 16 to 18. MONTCLAIR Another significant accomplish ment was the establishment of the Clean Indoor Air Act which STATE mandates where Delawareans can SUMMER EMPLOYMENT WITH smoke indoors. " Changing human behavior THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE UNIVERSITY takes a long time, and this battle will not be won," he said. "But we 1999 SUMMER SESSIONS are not goi~g away- we wi ll keep 3-weeka May 24-June 10 & August 9-26 trying." 6-weeka June 28-August 5 Waterfield said the coalition's 8-weeka June 14-August 5 aims have been helped along by a Saturdays June 5-August 7 $800,000 grant from the Robert Plus alternate scheduled courses throughout the summer. Wood Johnson Foundation. NEW STUDENT'ORIENTATION Undergraduate and Graduate Courses The grant has been offered as a Daytime and evening Plus: building block to he lp educate business • undergraduate and graduate credit people about tobacco use and its communications institutes, studios, workshops repercussions, he said. computer science David Barlow, chairman of the education • global education/international Department of Health and Exercise fine and performing arts institutes/study tours: Belize, China, Sciences said he is pleased to see Costa Rica, Ecuador, Italy, London, Full-time and part-time hours are available for full human services Waterfield appointed as chai r of humanities Spain languages IMPACT after working with him time undergraduates·with a GPA of 2.0 or better life sciences • environmental education at the NJ School for many years. mathematics of Conservation, Stokes State Forest "I've always enjoyed workine from June 22- July 21, 1999 natural sciences with him , and he i s most physical sciences • NJ Marine Sciences Consortium knowledgeable in this .fie ld ," he social sciences said. "We know that research is For complete schedule and details on how you may unquesti onable about concerns of REGISTER BY TELEPHONE APRIL 9· MAY 3 health and he has a significant Call or e-mail, or U.S. mail coupon today for the '99 Summer Sessions catalog, vision of the future." Applications are available at the Service Desk, which will be available late March. There will be additional opportunities to register Barlow said one of the po sitive by telephone May 18-August 8. Registration must be completed ml2r to the · things Waterfield has done was to Student Services Building. beginning date of the course. help organize all hea lth-related units in the uni versity into one Tuition and fees• 1999 Summer Sessions tuition and fees will be established by the University Board college. He said Waterfield is also of Trustees late in the spring semester. 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"It has evolved into an inter United Methodist Campus Minister and Chair of the Religious and Spiritual religious time of remembrance of the Life Concerns Caucus, said the reasons suffering of pain that all of humanity for reading victims' names included suffered because of the evi I of the being able to recognize more people Holocaust," she said. "It's very than they could read off in just the important to have inter-religious service. dialogue and that we learn from one another." Also, she said, many take the large numbers for granted and don't make Another accomplishment the joint the association that real people leaders of the URLO unveiled Tuesday suffered. evening was the student-made " They hear six million ," Holocaust quilt that was assembled Wilson said , " but sometimes during Holocaust Education Week in early November. don't really make the connection to the name - to the real " It is wonderful," Wilson said. people. "Students were able to make their own "Those people all had a name patch of the qui lt and have it displayed. and a family, and that name is 'This was the first year of the quilt known to God." and hopefully we can have it grow with each year and make this a tradition." Students said at first they felt uneasy Wilson said they will offer students when they heard the listing of names, the opportunity to make a patch during but when they thought about the the first week of November. significance of the remembrance they The service that followed the understood. reading involved poems and prayers in "At first, I thought it was freaky," English and Hebrew, but had sophomore Meaghan Prendergast said. pronunciations of the Hebrew written "But I got over the freakiness and in English so those who cannot read thought it was a nice tribute to those Hebrew could participate as well. who died especially since it was Wilson said they tried to make the Holocaust Remembrance Day." service an interfaith experience. Shatz felt comments like the one "Within this room alone, there were made by Prendergast are good because religions from Jews to Protestants to the objective was to educate. Roman Catholics," she said. "There's "That shows growth," she said. such a richness and we should celebrate 'That's a good reaction." . what we have and understand why we But Wilson said there needs to be THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill diverge and respect that." more reaction to what is happening in Donald Flagg's attorney conceded that Flagg murdered Anthony J. Puglisi, but maintained that Flagg suffers from schizophrenia. After the prayers, the lights were Kosovo so the evils of the Holocaust dimmed. One at a time, five people got canJlOt be·repeated. up fromineii s eats, Iii a candle, he1a it "Kosovo is sort of a pre-Holocaust," up and said a prayer of remembrance. she said. "As our world is in crisis, may Then, they returned to their seats, Testimony Begin~:lii' Flilgg murder trial we never forget - so we can avoid six took a moment of resolve and lit the million from ever happening again." person's candle to the right and left of Shatz said she agreed with the need severe bruising on both her arms He said the car the n backed them. continued from AI for Debra. to acknowledge the crisis in Kosovo on · and feet and rope burns on her over the curb and parked on the · Soon the room was aglitter with a Osner sairl Debra was supposed Holocaust Remembrance Day. ' medical experts. thighs •and ankles as a result of her to call in for work at 4 p.m. When Puglisi's front lawn. The driver, circle of bright candles. Then, each " We need to look at what has A New Castle County Police four-day captivity. she did not receive the phone call who he said was a black man person read off a name of a victim and happened," Shatz said. "We wanted detective testified for the Michael J. Caplan, th e state from Debra, Osner said she began wearing a baseball cap and brown symbolically blew the candle out. Dr. people to be aware especially because prosecution Thursday about what medical examiner, also testified, to page and call her. light weight jacket, then got out of The room was dark, silent. of what's happening in Kosovo- it's confirming that Anthony died " Finally we went to look for ·the car and walked through the When the lights were turned back on he called incriminating evidence a wake-up call." found i n both the Puglisi and from a .38 caliber gun-shot wound her because of the hour of the front door. and each person raised their head, the The first Yom Hoshoah· Flagg homes. to the forehead. night and we were concerned," " He was moving quickly," he service ended with a warning of never remembrance service at the university Glen Beach, a technician from she said. " She was very punctual said. "He seemed determined, he to forget the atrocities that occurred and Det. Gregory Coughlin testified for those who died in the Holocaust the Federal Bureau of Alcohol - you could set your watch by just opened the storm door and the people who were affected. that the department spent a total was held on the steps of Memorial Hall Tobacco and Firearms , said her." walked in." As they left the service, they walked of 30 to 36 hours gathering in 1993. evidence at Debra' s home and although damage to the bullet Osner said when they got to the Strzykliski said he believed the past a banner with the evening's motto: Wilson said since then there has over 10 hours at Flagg's home in made it impossible to determine if house at around 6: 15 p.m. , they house was being burglarized and "To every person is a name." been a service each year and the URLO Wellington Woods. it came from the Smith and looked in the bedroom window to tried to get a license plate number. He said he found a .38 caliber Wesson revolver found in Flagg's see if she had fallen asleep. However, he said, he then noticed gun, brown leather holster and bedroom, the gun could have "I saw a body lying on the that Anthony's car was in th e several rounds of ammunition killed Anthony. floor," she said. "I could tell right driveway and thought the driver -~· hidden in a dark blue bag in On Tuesday, several witnesses away he was dead." was picking something up from Flagg's closet. were called, including: Osner said they called 91 I and him. Coughlin also said the police • Nancy Osner, a co-worker qf New Castle County Police arrived Lee, a resident of Oaktree found two empty handcuff boxes, Debra's, who fo und Anthony shortly. Apartments in Newark, testified a roll of duct tape, a piece of used Puglisi's body; Lano, who has been with the that while on one of her "daily duct tape with what " appeared to • New Castle County Police New Castle County Police walks" s he also saw a d a rk be a piece of human hair stuck to Officer Renee C. Lano, who Department for more than 12 colored vehicle parked on the it" in a trash can , peroxide , testified that the crime scene was years, responded to the emergency front lawn last April. bandages and women's secure; call on Arizona State Drive last The trial continues at 9:30 a.m. undergarments. • Debra's neighbor, Joseph E. April. · today at Wilmingt 9!!'~ ~1,!1?~!!9! In the Puglisi home , Coughlin Strzykliski, who said he had seen "We responded to a call of a Court with the remainder of said police found ends of cut rope a dark-colored vehicle moving 50-year-old man with blood or Coughlin's testimony. and pulleys, which, he said, slowly toward the Puglisi house some other substance all around showed sign s of a possible on the afternoon of April 20; him," she said. " In my mind, this - Charlie Dougiello contributed struggle. Two Coors Light beer • and Denise Lee, who also saw a did not appear to be a suicide." to this report. cans , which showed no dark-colored vehicle parked on The defense did not c ross fingerprints, were also found. the Puglisi's front lawn. examine Lano and agreed to all feSturtng On Wednes day , Kathryn Osner, the senior staff nurse for the evidence presente d in her wJEze-E Rainey of Christiana Hospital Delaware Hospice a nd Debra's testimony. $1.50 Grolsch bottles, &lckibod testified for the prosecution that co-worker, said she discovered Strzykliski testified that while .INTERNET $1 Bud, Bud Lt. & Mlch Lt. Debra suffered 42 physical Anthony's body after she and walking his dog, he saw a "small, Bottles $1.75 Yuengling, Trio• injuries including a black eye, another co-worker went to look dark-colored vehicle" pass him. INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE Corona & all other bottles. 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"If we were at that level, Source: Core Instirute, 1996 I think we would feel that we made a difference. "I don't think. it's realistic for us to eliminate binge drinking. It's too much of a pan of the culture today. The purpose of the grant is not 10 prohibition- it's to make people who dnnk .... behave responsibly." ~ Despite the efforts of the RWJF grant, 1 students are still going out and binge drinking. il 8 ...."'c Senior Greg Knott, who is on an anti-RWJF ·c "0 crusade to drink I ,000 beers this semester, said u ·he is skeptical of the success of the 0 .c 6 implementation of the grant. 8 "I don't think it's had a very significant ...-;; effect," Knott said. "I think. there are a lot of 0 better ways to spend $770,000. If you look at 1l 4 E the statistics, the last survey said 57 percent of students on canlpuS binge drink.. I would say the z statistic speaks for itself. "They claim to have some success in lowering the amount of people that binge drink. That has some value - I won't say it' s incorrect, but I don't necessarily believe them." A B S~nior Kristen Robbins said, "For a large c DorF · percentage of students, it seems to be a focus of Grade Point Average (GPA) their weekends. They spend Thursday night through Saturday night looking for places to lliE REVIEW/ Dej i Olagunju go." However, she said there are alternatives to and still succeed academically at a school like when they've had too much to drink. drinking on campus. this." "You can't have it both ways," Bishop said. "I think. there are better ways to spend their Smith said there are enabling factors which "You can' t on one hand take the money of time and money- there are other activities that allow this type of behavior to exist. selling alcohol to students and say , 'Tilank you make them a social person without having to go Departments and professors who don't require very much' and then tum around and bitch to bars. l think. it's a shame when people have. to attendance and don't give out major when students behave badly when they've had ask 'What did I say last night?' or 'What did I assignrnenfs or schedule exams on Fridays give too much to drink. do last night?' because they can't remember." students additional time to binge drink, he '1f you're a part of creating the environment, Bishop said the university is looking beyond added. that's making the problem , then you need to be the study's findings to see if the culture is Smith said professors need to involve part of the solution, and that's currently a changing. He said by comparing the numbers of students in activities or discussions that doesn't battle." - cases of vandalism and sexual assaults from allow them to not go to class and borrow notes. Smith said university sponsored late-night year to year, it will show a change in the "If you can get everything you need without progran1s are starting to help change the alcohol behavioral patterns because alcohol is often a going to class, then why go to class?" Smith environment on campus. contributing factor in many of these incidents. asked. "Students should be engaged in problem However, some fee l that the programs Bishop said charges for vandalism repairs based active learning that requires them to do offered don't do a very good job .. declined 44.4 percent in the past academic year more than spend a few hours crash cramming Knott said, "My·freshman year for example, compared to 1996-97. Thirteen cases of alleged during midterm and final exam periods." we went to a suitcase party and they alTered a sexual assault were investigated by Newark But Margaret Andersen, interim dean of the trip to Boston. That's an attractive thing to Police compared to 20 investigations during the _College of Arts and Science, said classes are set offer, but this year the trip was to Baltimore and previous year. up so that students have to attend. it's not quite so exciting. Vice President for Student Life Roland 'The faculty schedule classes so students "You can go to the occasional filffis , you can Smith said part of the whole process of have to attend to get the material needed to pass go to the Trabant Center, but it's a pretty changing the environment on campus has the class," she said. limited offering and the things they offer are involved the revamping of the judicial system, Smith said grades suffer. when alcohol often times not at all appealing to the students. l including tougher sanctions such as the three abuses rises and conversely, as alcohol abuse don't think their offerings are in any way strikes-and-out policy, an increase in the declines, grades improve. sufficient to make the claim to make amount of fines and parental notification. According to a national study conducted by , alternatives." "We didn't really know the magnitude of the the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and However, Smith said th at the studems should problem until we did the survey in the rnid Other Drug Prevention, alcohol and drug use help decide what they should do instead. '90s," Smith said. "Then when the Harvard has a damaging effect on academic "We'd like the students to take the initiative School of Public Health survey can1e out, it was performance. · to plan more oftheir own late night activities clear that we had a problem with excessive The report cited among four-year and not just wait until for the student life abuse of alcohol." institutions, students with an A average professional staff plan the activities for them;' Between 1996-97 and 1997-98, due to consume 3.3 drinks per week, while students Smith said. " increased enforcement, cases of alcohol with aD or F average consume 9.0 drinks per Knott suggested the university create a late week. · violations increased from 655 to 857, disruptive · · night atmosphere th at would appeal to both conduct increased from 325 to 733 and And university officials are pointing the non-drinkers and drinkers. disciplinary sanctions doubled from 738 to finger toward the fact that many Newark "They could offer some son of dance club 1,508. ' businesses make money selling alcohol to and or bar type atmosphere that maybe doesn't But the data suggests that students aren't students. serve alcohol or has maybe just beer," Knott Courtesy University of Delaware only going out on the weekends to binge, but on Bishop said since the university doesn't sell said. "Something so people can go there and The university unveiled six posters which will be distributed school nights as welL alcohol, the entire supply of alcohol comes have a good tj me and there would not be throughout the Newark area as the latest assault against binge drinking "A certain percentage of our students are · from the community, alcohol there. challenges the university's "Party School" image. The campaign is doing this three and four nights a week," He noted many local businesses make their "Otherwise, on Friday nights, if you ' re under being supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant. Bishop said. "You almost have to ask how living by selling alcohol to students but then 21 and your friends are going to the Deer Park, people can get drunk. that many times a week complain about the way these students behave you're out of luck." Upperclassmen take advantage of Spring Career Week BY STEVE RUBENSTEIN for a communication and Fair" workshop. "Secrets of Successful interviewing to fill 15 to 20 full searching for jobs. Staff Reporter advertising firm. "We tried to teach students how Interviewing" was held Tuesday to time positions. On Thursday in Raub Hall , an University upperclassmen are CSC associate director Stephen to work the room at career fairs," help students discover "We are looking for personal information sessio n was held on taking advantage of Spring Career M . Sciscione said the week 's he said. interviewing techniques that make financial advisors to help "Summer Jobs and Internships.'' Week, a series of programs activities have been geared toward Sciscione said students only an impression on employers. customers in identifying their "Today' s employers are looking designed to give students the skills students in the College of Arts and have about five minutes to sell Marianne Green, assistant financial objectives and then for graduates with career-related and opportunities to find Science. themselves, so it is important for director of the esc, organized recommending plans to meet their summer jobs and interns hips,'' employment after graduation. "We are trying to help people them to know how to present Wednesday's Spring Career Fair · goals," he said. Scisc ione said . "The participants Organized by the Career learn how to market' themselves," themselves when there are lots of in Trabant. More than 60 O'Connell said people from a learned how to locate s ummer Services Center, the week featured he said. people competing for the same corporation-s provided information variety pf backgrounds have been posi tions that could later help . workshops covering topics from Spring Career Week was jobs. 1 and interviews for graduating successful as financial advisors, finding full-time work.'' how to prepare for an interview to developed five years ago as the Students were also given advice seniors with non-technical majors, such as business owners, Spring Career Week conclu.des diversity.issues in the workplace. result of the overwhelming about what . to wear, what she said. accountants and other today with "A Matter of Respect: Senior Tom Curgini, a positive response to Fall Career questions they would be asked and " We mainly invited professionals. Dive;sity Issues in the communication maJor, was Week. what they should ask P.Otential organizations which were OLDE Representative Benjamin Workplace" at noon in the Trabant looking for a job at Wednesday's " We wanted to help seniors employers. interested in hiring students of all Ventura said his company, a full Multipurpose Room. career fair in the Trabant who haven ' t yet found On Monday afternoon, a majors," she said. "We were service discount brokerage, is Sciscione said th e re wo uld be University Center. employment and at the same time prog.ram was held on finding hoping to see several hundred hiring brokers and broker trainees. three skits revealing issues in the · .. I figured I have to start start getting juniors interested," careers in the sciences. Sciscione ·students come looking for jobs He said he wants to hire three workplace that a ny new looking," he said. "It' d be great to Scisciohe said. said representatives from here." juniors for internships and three employees may experience. The land a job here, but I have to be The weeklong event kicked off companies such as DuPont Co . . Field Vice President of seniors for full-time positions. program is both educational and o-ptimistic." on Monday in Raub Hall with the were present to discuss the American Express Patrick H . Sciscione said the job fair was a entertaining, he said. Curgini said he hopes to work " Getting R,_eady for the Career qualities they look for in students. O'Connell said his company was final effort to aid seniors in UD participates in national MOAS event BY PAUL MATHEWS the political science department, mock debates and preparation of experience." "There is a lot of pressure to translate researc hed mate ri a l that Sraff R Send in the calvary Four weeks of NATO bombing in Yugoslavia has vic propaganda, the Serbian people now hold their not yielded the desired result. Yugoslav President president in an even higher regard. They believe he Slobodan Milosevic has not stopped hi s ethnic is protecting them from the ··· evi I" NATO fo rces that cleansing tactics against Albanians in Kosovo. are bombing them for no apparent reason . President Bill Clinton, in a grave error of military Ground troops must be deployed to seek out the judgment. stated that he had no intention of sending Serbian army and di spel thi s pro-Milosevic ideolo ground fo rces abroad. Meanwhile, the media is pre gy. senting play-by-play coverage of every air assault, At this point, the options are narrowed to three. often announcing strikes before NATO could continue its current they ac tu ally occur. NATO bombing methods, it could pull forces and the U.S. government out and allow millions of ethnic see m to think it is perfectly Albanians to possibly di e or it acceptabl e to reveal such infor could s end troo ps to defend mation. Kosovo's majority population. Cong ress is no w debating The disadvantages to each whether to send ground troops to strategy are what scares people. Yugoslavia in the hopes of bring Russia has already threatened to ing the situation to a satisfactory enter the fray on Mi losev ic' s conclu sion. But sending troops side if NATO increases its now may be another case of too offense, and sending troops is little too late. certainly a step up from night .As if bombing at such a late bombings . date weren' t a big enough mis If Russia defends the ·serbian take, NATO chose to worsen and army, other Asian countries may prolong the si tuation by gradual follow. The result might very ly increasing the bombing efforts well be World War III. over a period of weeks, which may lead to months. However, if NATO t ontinues bombing• for an NATO should have so ught the maximum amount of indefinite period of time, there won' t be much of a bombardment in the minimum amount of time, caus country left to defend. ing a great amount of damage and taking Milose There are still about I million ethnic Albanians in vic's army off guard. Kosovo. Abandoning them would almost surely sen Instead, 'the alliance has chosen a course of action tence them to death. that has had little to no impact. The Serbian army The decision is clear. NATO must send ground si mply stays under cover during bombardments at forces to Yugoslavia, and the United States must night and then continues its massacres during the fully support the decision. This will not only save day. thousands upon thousands of lives, but it will also At the same time, because of the intense Milose- present NATO as a force in itself. THE REVIEW I Rob Walen I Letters to the Editor WVUD isn't ''The voice'' Radio station manager responds to ''biased'' coverage After "reading the article on tion attracts is probably negligible. This is in response to the article material. WVUD, unlike other stu played out to reflect a rift between university, its students and faculty, WVUD in Issue 45 of The Review, I Along with this is the policy of keep and staff editorial in Issue 45 con dent media, is broadcast throughout students and community members is a diverse mix of ages, occupa felt that it was necessary to write a ing rigid blocks of music. cerning WVUD. The Review pre the Delaware Vall~y and is , there .! who participate· in th e station, tions ~ nd. cultures that WVI.JD triys . A st~dent w!shing to play ~·orne response . )" ~in,_,jl r 'ijV, ~£? -2 _!)J_._ sented a biased story, as well as .an fore, bound by these... laws. , , "u which ~ jmply . doe s no1 exist. to reflect. ( WVUD ,~ is the cable radio SISter thing along the lines of popular unflattering editorial and cartoon, All of these violations could Students and community mem WVUD's hand has been forced station of WVUD.) music, or not within the guidelines of which resulted from erroneous and have resulted in fines in excess of bers work together at WVUD. in this matter. In an effort to protect I must admit that I was not any of the blocks, is relegated to an incomplete information. $10,000 and a poss ible revocation There is no favoriti sm in FCC ourselves from litigation, WVUD unsy mpathe tic to some views overnight spot, if he or she is lucky The story reports the suspension of WVUD' s license. When a regulations, and community mem has started judicial proceedings on expressed in the staff editorial and to find one available. of Larry Fishman and Mike license gets revoked, nobody gets bers are· held to the. same standards. the university le ve l for violations of front-page article. This is not an equitable situation, Rotkowitz as "abrupt," which sim to broadcast In fact , two the uni versit y's code of conduct, The dismissal of the two late nor one that will help WVUD gain a ply isn't true in this case. Both and that is co mmunit y which maintains similar guidelines night DJs was a necessary gesture, as student listening audience. have been repeatedly warned and simply not fair The Review members have to the FCC. both had broken rules of conduct - The addition of the cable radio have consistently chosen to disre to the other recentl y been These charges may constitute an not only national, but station poli station, which is basically freeform, gard those warnings. As a matter of members of .presented a biased suspended for expellable offense. WVUD knew cies. has not helped. Would it not be pru fact, both have been previously sus WVUD. si milar vio la the possible consequences if this However, something of deeper dent to also allow the DJs on the pended and reinstated. These are Fishman story ... which ti ons. matter was brought up publicly and significance was mentioned in both cable station airtime where· someone what the criminal justice system and Rotkowitz However, decided to keep it quiet. the article and the editorial - the can actually hear them, where ·they would label "repeat offenders." broke the resulted from the operati ons I guess yo u just can't save some presence and sometimes predomi are not forced into rigid blocks? Over the past two years, Fish rules They board of people. nance of community members within A student radio station must first man has been suspended several were aware of erroneous and WVUD is very a supposed student-run radio station. and foremost be for the 'students. The times for destruction of station these rules. mind ful that Eric Cimino Why should a person not enrolled format and programming are most property and use of profanity, and They were incomplete the station has Senior at the university be allowed to host a definitely not focused in this direc he has interfered with the ability of aware of the grown beyond WVUD General Manager show on the air? tion at all. others to do their shows, including possible con information. what is was (Nine orher WVUD sraffers signed I can only think that the campus When the station is operated by one incident in which he intention sequences, yet o r igi n ally the above letter.) administration wishes to appease the students and has changed its time ally disconnected all the equipment they did it intended to be. CO£Dmunity at the expense of the stu rigid guidelines will be the time we in the air studio. anyway. That is why at the beginning of the dent population. see the entire university tuning into Rotkowitz has consiste"ntly vio Time or popularity were never 1998 school year, WVUD institut~d Editor's /tote: If rh e article was Does thi s not contradict the idea 91.3 FM. lated the regulations of the Federal provisions in these rules. So no:w WVUD-2, a radio station that is "biased, " it was because WVUD of a student radio station? It is a shame that so many other Communications Commission con they whine, and The Review fights broadcast over the closed university wi thheld th e information in the The community members have universities and colleges have huge cerning profane language. for their inability to accept the TV system and is not subject to ·above l ette r from the R eview not really attempted to adapt them local and campus audiences [for their In the course of one show, responsibility for their own. actions. FCC regulations, only the universi reporter cove ring the story. lf selves to the student population's lis radio stations], yet the university Rotkowitz, his guests and hi s WVUD performed the prescribed ty's code of conduct. WVUD decided to "keep it quiet, " tening tastes. That is why most does not. callers frequently us ed derogatory response. The participation of community th en staff members should 11 0t be underg raduates here scratch their names for homosexuals and yelled One would have as much success members he lps WVUD c reate surprised that the informatioll was heads when told that they actually Peter La Venia expletives, and he negfected to yelling ·at Pavlov's dogs fo r drool di ve rsity, which contrary to what 110t contai11 ed in the original arti· have a radio station on campus. Freshman inform callers· of the regulations ing when the bell rang. T hey did the editorial proposes as a lack of cle. 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