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Local music stores Men's basketball~ begin checking ID sinks to 0-5 age 2 age 15 TUESDAY 200 march against war Group protests U.S. policy in Mideast By Kathleen Graham awareness in the community." Student Affairs Editor The group, however, neither Two! Four! Six! Eight! No supports nor condemns the offensive in Kuwait! defensive U.S. military presence in More than 200 people chanted, the Gulf, member Martin Anderson carried signs and marched around (AS 93) said. the Mall Friday afternoon in the "We're not against the soldiers," Citizeos Against War (CAW) Anderson said. protest against U.S. military One student staged a counter aggression in Kuwait. protest along the route. Kevin "We want to get people angry, get O'Neill (AS 91) said he spoke for people worried about what's going other people that are quieter th an on," said CAW member Ellen Cone himself. (AS 94). "If [Saddam] is not out by Jan . The march started at the steps of 15 , then the only other option is Memorial Hall, circled the Mall and military," O'Neill said. ended at the Perkins Student Center, Ed Coburn, who coordinates th e where CAW members and other Delaware outpost of the Vietnam supporters spoke to the crowd. Veterans Against the War/ Anti CAW, which formed in Imperialists, said: "I oppose all sorts November as a response to the of war, especially when youth pay growing threat of war in the Middle for it with zipped-up body bags. East, uow includes about 70 They're just using your body for members. ideologies that don't exist." Tom Rooney (AS 93), CAW About 35 CAW mem bers march. her group plans a "speak-out" and spokesman, said the protest will participated in a similar march in "Americans are not apathetic petttton drive Dec. 14 in show President Bush that American Washington on Saturday, sponsored about [potential] war, they are Wilmington . citizens want sanctions and peaceful by the Coalition Against U.S. apathetic about particular careers of Mulready said the government is negotiations, not war. Intervention in the Middle East, particular politicians," he added. trying to protect the economic CAW advocates government which CAW endorses, And erson Rooney said the group plans to interests of the Kuwaitis and Saudi honesty about covert actions and said. send a 1,000-signature petition to Arabians, who caused oil prices to Congressional approval for military "Th e likes or ourselves have the the president and stage more events, rise in the 1970s and then reinvested involvement. U.S. interests at heart a lot more such as candlelight vigils, to their money in American ft.rms, he Photos by leslie D. Barbaro The official CAW statement than either George Bush and Ronald demonstrate thei r disapproval of the said. Above: Demonstrators march along the Mall during Friday's reads : "We will use whatever Reagan," said Ed Mulready, a government's actions. Mort Shuman (AS 92), who saw protest of possible U.S. offensive action in the Persian Gulf. Right: nonviolent means we have available member of the Delaware Majority Nancy Julian of the Delaware Protesters gather for speeches at the Perkins Student Center. to educate, organize and raise Group, who spoke after Friday's Act for Peace in the Mideast said see PROTEST page 4 Survey rates campus unsafe Library limits University officials question validity of USA Today's study .By Molly Williams non-residents, existence of incidents. Copy Ediror subscriptions emergency phone systems and "I honestly believe we are doing The university scored poorly in a whether the school employs more accurate reporting [of crime USA Today graded schools .survey of campus crime and safety someone to work solely on crime statistics] than other schools," Geist on a scale of zero to four :usA Today published Friday, but prevention. said. with a score of three or higher scoring in the top fourth to magazines 'local ca,mpus officials disagree with "I don't understand why [our Tultle said, "As far as I'm in safety and one or lower the validity of the study. score] is what it is," Tuttle said. concerned [the] article is kind of in the bottom fourth. Douglas F. Tuttle, director of the "There are some schools that scored meaningless." Crime/safety grade: 1.2 $200,000 worth of periodicals cut department of Public Safety, said, much higher, and I don 't understand Pat Ordovensky, a reporter for Crime rate based on number of crimes By Greg "Looking through the things they what the difference is." USA Today, said he hopes students reported and measures used to fight Orlando library budget to be reduced for the Staff Reporter based the safety grade on [the He said Public Safety received and parents consider not only the crime. next two years. university's score] should have and completed the security survey Morris Library has cance lled 806 measures taken to improve security Safety grade: 1.3 Jeffrey J. Quirico, assistant been much higher." concerning crime statistics, but no on campuses, but also the journal subscriptions because of provost for academic planning said, Actions to prevent crime. The report was based on two one in his office received the safety univer ~ities' willingness to discuss Crime grade: 1.0 rising costs and the loss of a one without the one-time fund, the surveys about security and safety survey. the problem. time state fund , a university official 1990-91 budget was raised, not Based oh number of major crimes. which were di stributed to Norman said, "We don 't claim The university voluntarily li sts said. lowered. universi tics and filled out this [report] is perfect by any its crime statistics in "Crime in the Rape response grade: 1.7 James L. Morrison , chairman of The 1990-91 library budget will .'"l?luntarily, sa id Jim Norman, means. We're trying to shed some United States." Quality of rape crisis center. the Facu lty Senate Library have even more money added to it '})oiling coordinator for USA Today. light where there has been no light USA Today published a similar Studehts per officer: 315 Committee, said the cancellation of now that the faculty salary disputes • . The safety grade was calculated before." series in 1988, but was not as Schools with less than 3 20 students $197,499 worth of periodical and have been settled, Quirico said. :ti~ing 11 criteria, including the ratio Nancy K. Geist, assistant dean of extensive or thorough as the recent per officer are in the top fourth, newspaper subscriptions would take About $600,000, or 7 percent of :of students to police officers, students, said the university is not study, because it did not address those with more than 770 are effect Dec. 31. the 1990-91 library budget will be :ay_rulability of crime statistics to the without crime, but has a more security measures, Ordovensky in the bottom fourth . According to a memorandum added for increased salaries, he ~ blic, restriction of dormitories to assertive policy in reporting said. Source; USA Today released by the library committee, said. the library plans to cut 806 journal The Library Commiuee is titles including: preparing a list of more journals to •148 duplicates elimi nate. •27 newspapers Morrison said small increases in •27 "popular" titles the library budget do not keep up •Four CD ROM s or co mputer with rising costs. access disks If reductions in the library •Three "extraordinarily expen budget coupled with inflation, sive titles, including journals with Morrison said, losses could total up an annual subscription rates of to $500,000 dollars. $22,230, $8,000 and $4,200. · Susan Brynteson, director of Most of the journals cancelled, libraries, said the cost of journals is he said, were duplicate copies of increasing at a greater rate than .·:md ~urious, the teens bc:i8n. to. .1'\in ;· "popular titles" such as McCall's other items. · woods toward the lights. · · nose. :: ·.•:• ... · and Good Housekeeping maga The library committee is n.ds later, they heard the sound of · .. Now.i(was G~e·s tum.. .· . .... .: zines. expected to release a second list of t11Jli3C~t .ine gun fare only a· few yards away~ An :Th~ soldier-S took him ·to a dark~ cold roori\ The canceled titles were decided journal subscriptions to be f ~111lhi[)fitati1fC voice shouted out: "Stop, hold . .with three : mililaiy"J>oli~ and sliO.v&t him in a. upon two -week identification cancelled June I, Morrison said. ftre , 'rhey.'ro only children." · _ hard, woOden chair with Straps tO hOid his armS:. period of library magazines and the The library can save money by ;:'Jn .'the silence, G~orgc's body numbed w.ith . The general ftred q~tions at Ge~>rge, ,while publishers of the canceled either culling service hours or rri~ht.S two Israeli soldiers held machine gtins · .. ... tl!lille,O;Biubaro thieatening him with eleclf!c shock. ·. magazines were notified on Oct. 15. reduci ng the number of books and io his bea<l \ . .; When he was ·16 .years •.old;)c;r_~er W~_st Moving closer with the spatking wire, he The Senate's Library Committee periodical subscriptions. deoric S~t . (As "93), from .the small ·wwn hnk re•ident GeOrge Shaer (AS 93), was asked George. if he belol)ged to any was informed of th e cut in the "[The committee] doesn't want of Beil Jala in the Westllank: of Palestine, was a... Imprisoned by the Israelis. organizations or· clubs and demanded all the library material budget in July, he to put students in jeopardy as far as ; t,&pJi"e in · his owri land.