An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner • THE • Morris Library Feeling left out? Attn: Elise Calvi Ice hockey sets new Bl Rm. 013 standards for success, 1 BS Non-Profit Org. 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 U.S. Postage Paid Thesday & Friday Newark, DE Pennit No. 26 FREE Yohlllll' 127. lssul' 37 www.review.llllel.edu Friday, March 9, 2001 Group's Faculty Senate program resolution seeks checks diversified staff BY CHRIS SMITH bounce Sraff Rep<mer A resolution aiming to increase the BY ANDREA BENVENUTO number ·of minority faculty members at the Managing News Ediror university received a unanimous vote - A Wilmington organization is except for four declines and six abstentions under investigation after several - in its favor during Monday's Faculty checks for a scholarship program Senate meeting. bounced, city officials said. Ted Davis, chairman of the Faculty The Wilmington Academic Senate' s Committee on Diversity and Scholarship Program is run by a Affirmative Action, said that while it does nonprofit group known as the not target a mandatory quota, the resolution Wilmingtonians, which city offers 14 recruitment strategies meant to officials said is not complying with diversify the faculty. requests for answers. "We don't justify the resolution based on On Feb. 28, Wilmington Mayor the number of minorities in the area, but we James M. Baker announced an do regarding the university's commitment to order for a full investigation of the. diversity," he said. Wilmingtonians, to be conducted The impact of the vote remains uncertain, by the state auditor's office and the said Provost Melvyn Schiavelli. TilE REVIEW/Eric J.S. Townsend Federal Bureau of Investigation. "We will have to wait and see how it is Ted Davis, a professor of political John Rago, communications transmitted," he said. science and chair of the Faculty director for the mayor, said Davis said the resolution offers a Senate's Committee on Diversity and students cannot pay their second ·suggestion to faculty for hiring procedures. Aftinnative Action, has pushed for semester tuition because " We' re asking them to make an hiring practices promoting diversity. scholarship checks have been extraordinary effort to diversify," he said. bouncing. The proposal raised some contention " Some of its measures have clearly "Some students are being told among Senate members when it first stepped into the bounds of illegality," she they can't go to class," he said. appeared in late February, Davis said. A said. "Others can't live in the dorms. controversial clause in the resolution has The act changed the method of proving "The org"nization lias not been since been altered to dispel the notion that it tQe adverse effect of an employment process managmg checks properly." would favor minorities over white applicants. for minorities. Under the law, a hiring Rago said it is not possible to The clause, which originally suggested proc.ess is found unlawful if a less­ determine how many students have that university faculty "hir[e) the short-listed discriminatory method is available. been affected by the problem, what minority candidate if [he or she is] not the Gottfredson said the resolution is schools they attend or exactly how first choice," was altered to read "if the unneccessary because the univers~ty's current much money is involved. , minority candidate does not receive the initial hiring methods have not been proven "All the records are kept by the offer of employment" discriminatory. Wilmingtonians, and they refuse to Linda Gottfredson, a professor of "I would not say that being a professor [at turn them over to us," he said. education and vice president of the Delaware the university] is a segregated position," she A representative for the Association of Scholars, said her association . THE REVIEW/Caitlin Thorn said. Wilmingtonians could not be opposed the resolution. "Some would suggest we are asking [for] reached for comment. Lt~ Patrick Crowell of the New' Castle County Police addresses the media Thursday night on the status of a search for explosives in the Todd Estates The DAS fel~ the Senate should postpone preferential treatment to minorities," Davis Carolyn Martin, a Wilmington its vote to seek legal advice regarding the said. "None of the measures expand past that customer service manager, said she residence of 35-year-old Timothy Reddick. See full coverage on page A2 •. resolution's possible violation of the Civil has received at least seven phone Rights Act of 1991, she said. see SOME page A4 calls from students and parents complaining that their checks have bounced. " We are going to honor the scholarships," she said, "but we Greek Council has first meeting must have proper documentation - an award letter or some type of BY JEN BLENNER together the IFC, PHC and NPHC. "I hope to spark interest of the IFC and invoice." Srudent Affairs Ediror She said Mott came to her last year PHC members so that they're interested in Martin said city officials are still The Greek Council had its first meeting when she was NPHC president and finding out about the NPHC and our working on the process of getting Wednesday night to unite Greek Life on discussed bringing the council to the purpose and vice versa," Murray said. the students their scholarship campus. university. The meeting was an introduction of the money. The council is comprised of 11 students, " I was interested in continuing the new officers, the history of the Greek "I don't have a time frame as of including the Executive Board, the Inter­ dream that Dan Mott had for the campus," Council, a discussion of the Robert Wood ·yet," she said. "But we are working Fraternity Council, Panhellenic Council Murray said. · Johnson grant and upcoming spring ·vigorously to.bring it to an end." and National .Pan-Hellenic Council She said she has been working with activities, she said . Martin said information is being presidents. Christine Cappello, director of 9reek Murray said the council's goals 'for the put together to resolve the problem. Senior Vanessa Murray, pn!sident of the Affairs, since August 2000 to plan ways to semester are for the NPHC to participate in "We're hopeful the schools will Greek Council and member of the Delta get~tarted . Greek Games and for the IFC and PHC to ·not disallow students to go to class Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., said the purpose " l feel like in the past the African­ attend the Step Show, an historically black because of money not paid," she of the council is to promote unity between. American Greeks on campus were not fraternity add sorority perfo rmance said. the IFC, PHC and NPHC through effective · portrayed as part of the Greek Life combining art and rhythm used to pay · She said the city is requesting communication and collaboration. community," Murray said. "When articles tribute to ancestors. The council also wants that students with funding "[We are] serving as a voice for all three and information about Greeks on campus the IFC, PHC and NPHC to sponsor problems for the Wilmington councils," she said. became available, we were never included. philanthropy projects together. THE REVIEW/Caitlin Thorn Academic Scholarship Program Murray said that Dan Mott, former 'This is a way to try and get involved "It's about time .the NPHC gets The Greek Council, comprised of representatives contact the Office of Customer president of the IFC, initiated the idea for . with the PHC and IFC to make them aware involved," Murray said. from the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic the council. He noticed that other schools that we [NPHC] exist too." Council and National Pan-Hellenic Council, met see OFFICIALS page A4 were developing Greek councils to bring . see GROUP page AS for the first time Wednesday night. 'Kristin's story' draws 700 to TUC BY APRIL R. SMITH if ygu ever Jose your child, it will Cooper said she felt compelled important to get newly inducted Sraff Reporter be in an automobile accident," to educate her fellow Tri-Delta sorority members thinking about Kristin' s story was a classic tooper told students and s i ster s . After so many women women's concerns. example of date rape. administrators Tuesday night. " I came forward with rape stories of " It is important to start She was invited to watch a late­ never dreamt I would lose my only their own, s he knew she had to e ducating t hem about issues night movie with one of her close child to suicide." expand her crusade. facing women today," she said. male friends . She went to his Kristin's personal journal was Liane Sorenson, director of the " Last week we o utlined eating house, they began to watch the found near her body that night. Office of Women's Affairs at the disorders, and now this." movie and he raped her. It contained poems and other university, said the event was held Cooper said 90 percent of all Kristin told ver y few people entr ies that told the gruesome as part of the university's 2000-01 rapes are never reported. what happened that night, and she story of the rape. Sexual Assault Awareness Series. She claimed that on average, a quickly fell into a deep Cooper told her daughter's Numerous groups, including the rapist commited seven attacks by depression. story to nearly 700 people, Panhellenic Council, organized the time he is caught b y Kristin was-a student and Alpha including represen tat ives from the series acr oss campus, authorities. Chi Omega sorority member at nearly all of the fraternities and Sorenson said. Cooper said police were B aker Co llege in Mic higan .