Fee Discussed by Trabant at Board Committee Meeting Doctor's' Phone Calls Disturb Local Women

Fee discussed by Trabant at Board committee meeting By DAVE WEST University president E.A. Trabant Although the Board meets in has agreed to "neutralize" his stance December, Hewitt said it would take on the proposed student activities fee some time for DUSC to design a pro if specific questions regarding the fee posal that will satisfy Trabant and can be answered. other members of the Board. Bob Hewitt, Delaware Hewitt said that this year he was op Undergraduate Student Congress timistic the Board would approve (DUSC) representative to the Board some form of activities fee. of Trustees Student affairs commit "The prognosis is alot better," tee, said that Trabant's statement at Hewitt said. "If we (DUSC) can put the committee meeting on Thursday together something plausible, then we did not necessarily indicate his will have a good chance of getting this pro ingness to accept a proposed ac posal approved." tivities fee. Also at the committee meeting, According to DUSC president Bruce David Butler, director of Housing and Rogers, the proposed fee, which is Residence Life, said he is reluctant to designed to increase funding for stu revise the alcohol policy at the univer dent organizations, was tabled last sity to ban kegs of beer from all on year by Trabant and other committee campus housing. members because they were not pro Recently, central campus residence vided with enough information on cer life staff members have banned kegs tain aspects of the fee. At that time, from Sharp, Harter, Sypherd, and Trabant was firmly opposed to the Brown dormitories. fee. According to Hewitt, Butler said Rogers said Trabant was concerned that he would respect the decision to with how the money collected from ban kegs from these areas, but felt it the fee would be handled, and also would not be practical to extend this whether or not the student body ac practice to other areas of the campus. tually supported an activities fee. Rich Mroz, another DUSC member In order to obtain such information, on the committee; said Butler sup Rogers said that DUSC is currently ported the keg ban because he was working on several projects. These in skeptical that ten people (the max clude sending letters to each student imum number allowed in one room explaining the need for a fee, and ef for a party) could responsibly drink that amount of alcohol. Review Photo by Leigh Clifton forts to inform Board of Trust~es members on the nature of the fee and In other business at the meeting, ON THE SCENE, AT PURNELL HALL the Newark Fire Deportment responded too how it would be implemented. Dr. Douglas McDonafd, director of call Sunday around 7 p.m. when a tank of hydraulic fluid for the elevator Despite Trabant's softened stance financial aid, projected that the overheated and began smoking. The tank is located in the mechanical room of on the proposed activity fee, Hewitt amount of financial aid available to the basement. Robert Moyer, associate vice-president of facilities manage noted that the fee probably will not students at the university would be reduced by $2.5 million due to the ment services, said no damage was done to the building beca'use of the come before the Board to be voted on until the May meeting of the full Reagan Administration's budget cuts. smoke. The cause of the overheating was not known as of Sunday night. This year, $20 milion was awarded Board. to almost 9,000 students. Although he is uncertain of the implications of the budget cuts on financial aid, Doctor's' phone calls disturb local women McDonald predicted that $17.5 million By PAULA WEBERS pear to be the traditional obscene and its staff has absolutely no connec would be available to university A man falsely identifying himself as phone call where the person called tion with this caller, nor would we students next year. gynecologist from the infirmary has would hang up right away. This man ever use such a method in obtaining Also at the meeting, Dr. Douglas been plaguing female New¥k is getting a lot of informationr~' information relating to a sexually McConkey, director of admissions, residents, including several universi A first-floor Smyth Hall resident, transmitted_disease." said the quality of students admitted ty students, with phone calls, asking who was called, said the suspect iden One of the off-campus calls made to the university this year has improv them personal medical questions. tified himself as a doctor from the in contact with two eight-year-old girls ed over last year. According to Newark Police, the firmary and asked her if she had had _and a ten-year-old boy. · More than one-quarter of incoming caller, identified as an older male, her pap smear. She told him that she The suspect used a variety of freshmen were in the top 10 percent of bas randomly been choosing names had. techniques. One of these is to call their graduating class. Average ver from the phone book and student "He then told me to still come down himself by different names, none of ' bal SAT scores increased by 8 points directory. to the infirmary and I told him I have which have been names of physicians to 491 (67 points above the national Dr. C. Ray Huggins, director of the a doctor at home who I go to," she at the Health Service. average), while average math scores Health Service, said the said. The suspect insisted she transfer . Police investigation of this matter also increased 8 points to 542 (76 females, unaware that he is not a doc her medical records from home to the continues, although progress is slow. points above the national average). tor, often answer his questions about infirmary. She then hung up. McConkey added that the universi gynecological visits, venereal The Health Service notified Univer ty would like to reduce undergraduate disea~;e and sexual behavior. sity Police and had a memo sent out to enrollment to 13,100 next year, from may be how he gets sexual resident assistants to inform students the current 13,750 students. This • lreiEiase." Huggins said. of the incidents. on the inside would keep the university on schedule The Health Service received about The memo, written by Ferguson, in its plans to eventually reduce five calls since Oct. 22 from students states "We ask your help in getting in enrollment to between 12,000 and •linq11liring about this "physician." formation to residents in the dorms 13,000 undergraduate students. 1\7.,,...,,, ..1r Police received reports of arid houses concerning this situation. AHalloween treat McConkey said that the university other calls made to the We want to prevent any further exceeded their goal of enrolling 112 lllrrotJmdinl! community. disclosure of personal information, The Commotions at the Deer Park ................. 11 black students this year by attracting Paul Ferguson, assistant director particularly names and addresses. 125 freshmen. He added that they administration at the Student We also want to get the message out to hope to enroll 144 additional black Service said, "It doesn't ap- all students that the Health Service students next year. Page 2 • THE REVIEW • November 3 , 1981 ************************************************************ - ·, SPA * * * * * * * * * * / * I * ..*. * * * * * * * * * * * ,..* * *,.. I * * * * * *,.. * * * ..* / * ,.. * ,.. * ,.. 50/50 Tour * ...,.. * ..,.. * .. Stop33 . * ,..... * ... * ,..,.. in Carpenter .Sports Bldg. * * ...*.. University of Delaware * ... I * ,.. * ... 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