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An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner • THE • Bacchus rocked by local Wildcats defeat Hens, bands, 19-14, B1 C1 Non-Profit Org. 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 U.S. Postage Paid Thesday & Friday Newark, DE Permit No. 26 FREE \'olun1c 128, Issue 22 www.review.udel.edu Tuesday, November 20, 2001 Mayor proposes ending environmental commission BY STACEY CARLOUGH AND public debate. Ultimately, however, commission and the method in Godwin said he believes the TRISTAN SPINSKJ the City Council members will which he proposed it. commission accomplished much in decide CAC's fate. "It was i nsulting to the its early years, but has stagnated The future of the city of Steven Dente!, CAC chairman committee not to be consulted recently. Newark's Conservation Advisory and professor of civil and before announcing the issue," be "They're idling and out of Commission remains uncertain environmental engineering, said the said. "The manner in which it was work," he said. " I don't think it's after Mayor Harold F . Godwin 24-year-old volunteer group managed can only foster doubts fair to expect [city employee ] to proposed its abolishment at last deserves to stay in existence as a regarding the intention behind the meet once a month for a committee week's City Council meeting. "watchdog for the environment.'' motion." without accomplishment." The city charter established CAC " We do environment- and Godwin supported his motion by Councilman Jerry Clifton, 2nd in I 977 " to advise in the conservation-related work with the saying he believes the commission district, said he agreed with the development, management and city," he said. has served its purpose and is no mayor's decision to disband the protection of its natural resources This work includes recycling longer needed by the city. commission because of financial with appropriate consideration of initiatives, the Better Newark "They've installed a lasting reasons. Newark's human and economic award, the Adopt-A­ impression in all of us that we Clifton said tax dollars go resources." It is composed of nine Block/Stream/Park program, the THE REVIEW/File photo (left) Leslie Lloyd (right) should be ecologically friendly," be toward the hourly wages of the city volunteers who are appointed by Environmental Protection Agency's Mayor Harold F. Godwin Oeft) advised eliminating the Conservation said. "They' ve left a lasting secretary and director of the Parks their respective council members or Green Community Program and Advisory Commission. Steven Dentel (right), CAC Chainnan and fingerprint on every aspect of city and Recreation Department who the mayor himself. community cleanups, Dente! said. university professor, believes the group is still important to the city. government." attend the monthly meetings. To change the charter, there must Godwin's suggestion to abolish Godwin hails the " beautiful " I think there's a better way to The orig!nal agenda on the city's charter's section that included CAC be two public readings by the City administer tax dollars," he said. the group came as a surprise to the Web site included only a brief item until Friday afternoon. plantings in traffic flow patterns" as Council explaining the proposed public and CAC members, he said. one of the prime examples of Clifton said while the that read, " discussion of CAC Robert Bennett, university adjustment and allowing time for The mayor had added the CAC's impact on Newark. commission discusses activity," Dente! said. The mayor English professor and CAC proposal via an addendum to the "That was one of their most environmental issues, it offers few did not post the addendum member, said he disagreed with the See editorial, AS meeting's agenda. obvious accomplishments," he said. proposing the deletion of the city mayor's decision to abolish the see COUNCIL page A7 Kate's Some students still Internet restricted parties BY MEREDITH SCHWENK Staff Reporter Approximately 200 . tudents are currently restricted from accessing the orr 21st Internet after violating the university's 1-gigabyte bandwidth policy, officials BY SUSAN KIRKWOOD said. City News Editor The policy states that users who A few moments after 10 p.m. transfer more than one gigabyte of Thursday, the normal bar-like bustle inbound or outbound information in a stopped as Klondike Kate's 24-hour period are put on a restricted bartender Ruthie Lehman appeared access list, Betsy MacKenzie, director upstairs dressed like Tina Turner in of system security, access and he! p a tight leather skirt, high black heels services, stated in an e-mail message. and a brown spiked-hair wig. She said the university utilizes a After taking center stage and bandwidth shaper tha~ is able to making a few bows, Lehman began recognize the type of network traffic dancing and singing her rendition of that occurs when downloading large the song "Disco Inferno," originally files. sung by The Trammps. "Early in the semester, before the Within seconds, the upstairs bandwidth shaper was installed, cases crowd burst into loud applause and were handled one by one," MacKenzie cheers, dancing to the music as they said. "By Oct. 3, the official procedure dodged hundreds of helium became to send the students who THE REVIEW/Rob Me.letti balloons. violated the !-gigabyte rule twice to On-campus students who download It was not just another Thursday the Office of Judicial Affairs." or upload more than 1 gigabyte are night at the bar - it was a THE REVIEW/Rob Meletti Students charged with violating the put on restricted Internet access. celebration of Kate's 21st birthday. Balloons fill the air of Klondike Kate's Thursday night as former employees, friends policy said they were frustrated with by an e-mail, he said. "I think it's wonderful," Lehman and students celebrate the saloon's 21st birthday with food, drink and music. the university and felt officials needed The message included a link to a said. " I know everyone here." to be more specific when explaining computer usage agreement that he had Lehman, who has worked at the the reasoning behind the punishment. to agree to in order to regain access. restaurant for 17 years, said she Additionally, many students said Mackenzie said the agreement decided to perform as a toast to they are upset that they have not been notified of when they will regain explains the effect of bandwidth use at Kate's. the university, informs students about "I'm entertaining tonight because Internet access. potential copyright violations and I do this," s he said. " I sing and Freshman Kurt Mueller said he is still restricted from using the Internet states that students who break the one­ perform all over." gigabyte rule a second time will be When the applause for Lehman and does not know when his access referred to the Office of Judicial finally died down, it was again up to will return. Affairs. DJ Tom Travers to entertain the Mueller said he was first restricted Oct. 8 when his computer connected to Mueller said he violated the policy excited crowd. again Oct. 9. Travers, a university alumnus, a program called Morpheus, which is similar to Napster. He received another e-mail that " I knew the policy and I wasn't informed him of his second violation see BAR page A5 trying to break it," he said. He was notified of his first violation . see VIOLATORS page A 7 Restaurant serves free food to Ground Zero rescue workers BY JESSICA EULE The restaurant is open to anyone providing 100 volunteers per day performing duties Staff Reporter service to Ground Zero, she said, including from food preparation to serving. While thousands of rescue workers have EMS, NYPD, FDNY, Con-Ed and Verizon Vendome said he is overwhelmed by the committed their time and resources to workers. support of thousands of volunteer workers helping the efforts at Ground Zero, Nino's Nino's offers a buffet line with a full who have helped out in the restaurant. Restaura nt owner Antonio Nino Vendome breakfast. lunch and dinner and is open 24 Paige said while other restaurants made decided to donate his restaurant to aid the hours. Paige said. The buffet includes salads, donations early on, including Tavern on the rescue workers. sandwiches and brisket and ribs, which are Green, Russian Tea Room and Starbucks, the Paula Paige, director of operations for smoked across the s treet by the Texas support has died down in recent weeks. Nino's, said the restaurant opened Sept. I 2 to Ministry, another organization donating its "Our owner said he has never been serve coffee and donuts to relief workers and time to feeding the workers. thanked for a half hour for a cup of coffee started serving full meals Sept. 13. All the food is free. Paige said, with the before." she s2 ·.:. "There is just mutual As of Oct. 10, more than $2 million in majority of the cost being a bsorbed by admiration and the workers are happy to food and beverages had been served, Vendome a nd some support coming from have a place just to chill out.'' according to a press release from Rubenstein donated products and funds. Christian Kanehl, a detective for the Public Relations. which is handling ino's ·'Donations have been coming from all NYPD and father of university senior Jaclyn donations. ways:· Paige said. " We are collecting it here Kanehl. has been at Ground Zero since Sept. Nino's has been in operation for more at the restaurant with people donating at the II and said he eats at Nino's at least once than three decades as a neighborhood counter, and some money has been sent by per day.

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