Today's weather: A five star All-American NON PROFIT ORG Partly cloudy, newspaper US POSTAGE cool, .. high bet­ PAID ween 55-60. Newark Del Permtl No 26 Vol. 114 No. 23 Student Center; University of De~aware, Newark, Delaware 19716 Tuesday, April 19, 1988 Admin·. offers Sunday alternative to finals UD divestment· set for ·scholarship provided fall '88 for Black S. Africans by Laura Haas Staff Reporter by Carin Draney Although the university will provide scholarships to qualified Staff Reporter black South Mrican students so they may attend the universi­ The 1988-89 fall semester ty, it will not contribute funds for the students to be educated calendar will include the ad­ ministering of final examina­ see editorial p. 8 tions on Sunday, Dec. 18, in their own country, according to President Russel C. Jones. Jones said he would like to develop a "pipeline" from black see editorial p. 8 South Mrican schools to the university where, upon graduation, a black South Mrican would be assured education provided university officials said. "they could get to the United States." The published calendar for He said the university is looking into possible feeder schools the fall semester designates - comparable to Amercian preparatory schools - in South Thursday, Dec.15 as Reading Mrica in hopes that students can be effectively prepared to meet Day, with final exams held the rigorous requirements of the university, said Jones. from Friday, Dec. 16 through "We want to provide motivation" for students to complete Wednesday, Dec. 21. their education, he expla:ined. In a letter written by Presi­ Jones said the duplication of two programs currently dent Russel C. Jones dated operating at the university could possibly be effective in South Dec. 23, he explai~ed the ad­ Africa. ministration had to "push at These programs, FAME (Forum for the Advancement of both ends" of the semester in Minority Engineers) and RISE (Resources to Insure Successful order to provide 68 days of Engineers), are designed to aid underprivileged minority classes. students and insure their academic success, he said. He said scheduling of exams Jones added, however, that the university would probably not on Sunday is necessary to end be connected with the duplication and implementation of the the semester by Thursday, THE REVIEW/ Dan Della Picg_za programs. Dec. 22 so the university can Gnarly dude- Biking guy Kevin DeCourcey, a Newark Currently, the university is one of 48 other colleges that relies begin Christmas holidays on resident, shows his stuff behind the Student Center. continued to page 15 Dec. 23. He also stated the universi­ ty will continue to do everything to avoid exams on Athletic complex· proposed Sunday in the future. The letter was written in by Diane Monaghan a capital improvements bill three years." response to a request submit­ Staff Reporter last year for the university to Jones estimated the cost of ted to Jones on Nov. 27, 1987, Plans are underway to build study its athletic facilities and the new facility to be between by Inter-Varsity Co-Presidents a $14 million athletic and con­ determine its need to make a $12 and $16 million, depending Stephen Smith (AS 89) and vocation center, President new facility." on the size and versatility of Chris Gearhart (AS 88). Russel C. Jones said. He explained the university the arena. In their written request, Gregg Perry, a member of hired an architectural consul­ Perry said the two pro­ they asked Jones to "continue the board of trustees' Commit­ tant who decided the universi­ grams that will benefit most the current policy of being sen­ tee on Physical Education, ty needs a basketball arena from the building are football sitive to the various religious Athletics and Recreation, said and convocation center. and basketball. communities on campus." , the proposed building will ac­ The architect's suggestions, "The addition of a $14 Smith said two petitions, commodate larger crowds Mayer said, will be presented million building shows the in­ signed by students and facul­ than the Delaware Field to the university board of terest of the administration in ty, will be submitted at the end House, where indoor universi­ trustees for approval on May a program," he added. of this week to.fhe administra­ ty sports are now held. 19. Head football coach Tubby tion, requesting ·a change in Perry, who is also a football Mayer refused to comment Raymond said he thinks the Russel C. Jones the schedule so students may offensive line coach, explain­ on the rarticulars of the facili­ building will be an asset to the worship or rest. ed the new facility will include ty unti the board has seen the university sports' programs. basketball program. "It is a day to mentally larger weight and locker . plans. · "It's something we've need­ "The Field House wasn't prepare yourself for upcoming rooms, storage space, Jones said it will probably ed for an awfully long time," built for basketball," he exams," Smith said, "in addi­ coaches' meeting rooms and be at least one year before any he added. "It will help us im­ stated. "We were just kind of tion to a day of worship." an efficient training room. decisions are made to begin measurably." shoved in." According to Raymond I. Robert W. Mayer, associate construction on the facility. Dennis Felton, assistant He said he feels a larger, Peters, executive assistant t~ vice president for facilities "If it becomes definite," he basketball coach, said he an­ and maintenance, said, "The said, "the construction will ticipates the benefits of the continued to page 14 continued to page 12 state legislature gave $2,000 in probably take a minimum of new amphitheater to the Page Z•The Review • April 19. 1988---------~--..;...--------------------------- Rutgers takes part services for students concern­ Flight 847. Later Chambers said he Philadelphia Inquirer. ed that they may be at risk for Administration officials also might have killed Levin in­ The U.S.-backedcontrasde­ in AIDS testing AIDS, he said. believe Izz-al-Din might have advertently, because she had mand the Sandinista govern­ been directly involved in the hurt him while they were hav­ ment take steps toward retur­ Rutgers University, along Democrats unload death of Robert Dean Stethem ing sex. When he pleaded guil­ ning Nicaragua to a free. with . 19 other colleges and during the 1985 hijacking. ty to manslaughter, he admit­ election democracy before universities natimwide, bas on Reagan Admin. Officials have been surpris­ tedhe had lied, and that he had they will sign any ·pel'lllallelll begun testing students for the ed to see similarities between meant to hurt her. truce. -.. AIDS virus under' a nationwide Democratic presidential the T.W.A. hijadting in 1985 A spokesman for the Depart­ The Sandinista defense govemmeul: program intended candidates aimed irre on the and the current Kuwait Air­ ment of Correctional Services minister Gen. · Humberto to anonymously check how far Republican Administration, criticizing President Reagan ways hijacking. said because Chambers had Ortega said the truce must the deadly epidemic has more than four years to serve, come first. spread on college campuses, and Vice President Bush on he would be assigned to a max­ Both sides, however, have according to the Philm:lelphia issues ranging from the sale of Chambers sentenced imum security prison. expressed optimism about Inquirer. arms to Iran to the handling of for up to 15 years peace. The testing, which is part of the AIDS epidemic, according Assassination spurs This is the first time the San­ a federal Center' for Disease to The News Journal. Robert E. Chambers, Jr. dinistas have allowed contra Control program, is expected With the New York Primary was formally sentenced for further Gaza riots negotiators into the natioo's to last five to six weeks at · coming up, polls show Dukak:is five to 15 years in a New York The Palestine Liberation's capital since rebels began Rutgers, as doctors collect leading Jackson by margins state prison Friday for the number two man, Khalil al­ their campaign to overthrow samples from the first 1,000 ranging from seven to 17 murder of an 18-year-old Wazir, was assassinated in the government in 1981. students wbocomeinfcr blood percentage ponts. woman 19 months ago in one of Tunisia Saturday by a com­ work at student-bealth centers All surveys said Gore was the most highly publicized mando team with submachine FBI reports crime at the New Brunswick, running a distant third. criminal cases in New York guns and silencer-equipped Camden, and Newark history, according to The New pistols, according to the is on the rise campuses. Kuwaiti hijacker York Times. Philadelphia Inquirer. The ammmt of serious crime The blood samples put aside nDked to '85 incident The 21-year-old defendant Israeli agents were blamed reported to police rose in 111'1 for the AIDS test will be mark­ pleaded guilty to first-degree by the PLO for the killing, for the third straight year, ac­ ed only with tbestudenk' age, Officials of the Reagan Ad­ manslaughter after the jury in which triggered the worst cording to The News Journal. race and sex - notbing that ministration believe one of the his trial on second-degree uprising in the Gaza Strip and The FBI's crime index would indicate their full hijackers involved in the ongo­ murder remained deadlocked occupied West Bank since shows the level rose one pll'· identities. ing Kuwaiti airliner crisis is a after nine days of deliberation. rioting began four months ago. cent in the Midwest, three pll'- . Dr. Robert H. Bierman, Lebanese national who took When he was arrested Aug.