New Dorms Planned for Falll991

Today's A four-star weather: All-American Mostly sunny. newspaper High near 70. Vol. 115 No. 25 Student Center, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 Friday, April21, 1989 New dorms planned_for falll991 North Campus prospective site for $12-million residence project by John Robinson President E.A. Trabant said said. "One is on Pencader Drive David G. Butler, director of somewhere on North Campus." Staff Reporter Wednesday that preliminary and the other is between Ray the Office of Housing and Butler said there is a strong plans for the dormitories have Street and Delaware Avenue." Residence Life, said planning commitment from the universi Two new residence halls, already been drawn by an archi Trabant said the exact site of for the new dormitories has ty for the construction of the each to house 112 students, are tectural ftrm. the residence halls should be been extremely complicated. residence halls. being planned for construction The total project will cost decided within the next two "We have looked at all differ "We want to get a lot of stu about $12 million, Trabant said. weeks. "Once the decision is ent types of buildings and loca dent advice on the project also," see editorial, p.8 "There are two sites being made, we can begin making soil tions," he said. "We are sure he said. "We want to make the on North Campus and should be considered for construction," he tests at the site." now that we need two buildings completed by tlie fall of 1991. conJinued to page 11 Hogan OKs carnival locale on Main treet · •' . · ..~ .. ~ ·.~ ·or~ ·,·, by Teresa Gawinski activity. Staff Reporter Manzo said any profits a group makes during the day are Newark Police Chief William the group's to keep. A. Hogan said Monday that he A pie-throwing booth, a has approved Main Street as the games area, a tie-dying stand location for this year's Delaware and a dunking booth are just a Day festival. few of the things planned by The festival, "Caribbean organizations already involved, :amival," will take place May 7 Manzo said. between noon and 6 p.m. on the The committee has been plan North Mall and MaiJt Street ning the Caribbean Carnival The Review{fed Spiker Hogan was designated by the since May, according to Manzo. It wasn't a phantilsy- Delaware alumnus Dave Raymond, a.k.a. The Phillie Phanatic, visited City Council to make the final Thomas, Caribbean Carnival the Student Center Tuesday to celebrate the Student Alumni Association's fifth anniversary. decision to close Main Street vendor coordinator, said he is after the proposed location met willing to discuss ideas and offer opposition from local business suggestions to interested student 1,016 students await man Harvey Eckell. organizations. Eckell expressed concern Groups cannot set up food about the effects closing Main stands since there will be a food placement for housing Street could have on businesses. court where Caribbean and tra Delaware Undergraduate ditional fair foods will be sold, Student Congress (DUSC) Vice by Mary Ellen Colpo "The outcome of this year's In Pencader Residence Hall, President Jeffrey Thomas (BE conJii'UUd to pag~ 17 Copy Editor housing lottery has been pretty 478 students have been housed, 90) said, "We [DUSC] feel very predictable - ·there have been while 71 people who requested confident that it's going to be a Inside: Of the 5,451 students who no major surprises," he said. singles remain on the waiting successful day, but we're encour applied for university housing Linda Carey, assistant director list. aging more student groups, fra •• Graffiti favoring next fall, 1,016 remain on a wait of the office said, "The numbers The Christiana Towers will ternities and sororities to get ing list, according to officials divestment is scrawled are extremely similar to last house 1,419 students with 156 involved. ·across caqlpus. ........ p. 3 from the Office of Housing and year's." left on the waiting list All four "The day is, after all, a student Residence Life: Of the 3,327 students who person groups that applied for day," he added. ··Vietnam Vets protest David G. Butler, director of applied for housing through the two-bedroom apartments were Committee Chairwoman ·budget cuts.... - ...... p. 23 Housing and Residence Life, traditional lottery, 789 remain on accommodated, Carey said. Kathy Manzo (AS 89) said the • Baseball team snaps said he is not concerned about a waiting list. This number com "Last year, by the end of the Caribbean Carnival provides a nine·plllf winning the rather high number of stu pares to the 754 who remained great chance for student organi dents on the waiting list on the waiting list last year. conJiflued to pag~ 16 zations to get involved in a new stretlk .····-···· -············ p. :36.· ..................... "'", .. , ....................... ~·············· .. ···· .. ··············· ............. ~ ............... Groups' attack on Miles's post Contras to receive $49 million in U.S. aid spurs defenses President George Bush signed a bill allocating $49.8 million of State, private sectors say non-military aid to Nicaraguan Ronald F. Whittington Contra rebels until elections are Jack Miles appointment is plausible held next year, The News by Mark Nardone However, Crystal R. the selection of the atTrrmative path to a career in affrrmative Journal reported. Administrative News Editor Hayman, co-chair of UDAAC, action officer. action. Bush also called for the Soviet said in a speech April 5, Ronald F. Whittington, assis Greg Chambers, Equal Union to end its military aid to President E.A. Trabant's "[UDAAC doesn't] have any tant to the president, defended Employment Opportunity/ Nicaragua's leftist government appointment of Jack Miles, thing against Jack Miles person the appointment. He said he Affirmative Action Program Officials estimate that the executive director of the ally." hoped the appointment and the administrator for the state of Soviet Union's contributions pro Commission to Promote Racial The Commission for the merger of the jobs Qf affinnative Dela-ware since 1985, said a vide $500 million per year in Status of Women followed suit action officer and director of the bachelor's degree in behavioral military aid to Nicaragua. new:s analysis five days later. The commission Commission to Promote Racial or social science, business released a statement to Trabant and Cultural Diversity would be administration or public admin Civilians flee gunners and Cultural Diversity, to the position of affirmative action March 24 which charged that v~ewed positively. Furthennore, istration is the minimum in West Beirut Thesday officer March 16 sparked an the search process had been vio the decision was ultimately requirement for his job. He was uproar from some campus lated. Trabant's alone. the director of Community Thousands of civilians in groups. Patricia G. Grim, chairwom Trabant reiterated Affairs for the city of West Beirut fled the city Tuesday So far, no one has been able an of the commission, stressed Whittington's sentiment. Wilmington for 13 years before· as Christian and Syrian gunners to douse the flames of indigna- that the statement was not a per Trabant said he felt action was he began workJor the state. ceased fire to allow 70 wounded tion. sonal attack on Miles. needed immediately. Another "I really didn't have a back Moslems to evacuate to a French The University of Delaware "We don't even know Mr. national search would have con- ground in affrrmative action per hospital ship, The News J,ournal African American Coalition Miles," Grim said. However, the sumed at least six more months. se," Chambers said. "It was a reported. (UDAAC) issued a statement commission's statement charged "Mr. Miles has my full confi matter of going from one level Tolls have been raised to 270 March 19 that denounced the that Miles did not meet the min- dence, ... Trabant said. of government to another." killed and '975 wounded since search process, Miles' appoint imum requirements. According to officials from Chambers stressed that he the fighting began March 8, as ment and his credentials. Both groups expressed dis- state government and lo~al ,eigjl• !pie wervkil~nd 4:3 may about being denied input in industry, there is no clear-cut cOiflinMed to page 12 wounded. Chinese citizens protest COuple donates $1 million to academy for democracy in Beijing by Caroline Cramer Roxana Arsht is a fonner Superior Court Delawareans benefit StaffReporter judge. Of the remaining money needed to fund Over 10,000 people demon Richard B. Fischer, assistant provost of the the building, Loessner said th~ university will strated in Beijing, China The university will build a $6-million division of Continuing Education, said since borrow $2 million from banks. Another $2 Tuesday, and marched to the addition to its Wilmington Campus, a uni the academy's founding in 1980, its enroll million will come from surplus money from Communist party headquarters in versity official announced Wednesday in a ment has grown from 200 to over 1,000 stu the division of Continuing Education. a call for democracy. The New news conference at the Wilcastle-Goodstay dents. The enrollment is projected to grow to The university hopes to raise the remain York T~s reported. Center. 1,600 in five years. ing $1 million from people already enrolled The protests began after Hu The new addition will house the universi The two buildings at Wilcastle-Goodstay in the Academy of Lifelong Learning and Yaobang, the ousted Communist ty's Academy of Lifelong Learrling, which Center can no longer accommodate that num other private sources, Loessner said. party leader, died Saturday. Cries provides classes for people over the age of ber of people and the addition will triple the Besides housing the academy, the new of "Long live freedom!" and 55, said G.

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