Political Science Decreases Activity

Choosing which East Tower residents Women's soccer streak computer to buy annoyed by alarms broken by Lions fL 12=20...1 a e 11 age2 ae15 ~ Groups propose strict racial crime penalties· By jilllaurinaitis administrators in Smith Hall. students found guilty of committing posll1on on the Commission to Copy Editor The proposals include the racially motivated acts prohibited by Promote Racial and Cultural Racial slurs mar banner in Gilbert C Proposals that would implement addition of a civil rights lawyer to the university would be Diversity. stricter penalties for people found the administration, evaluation of the automatically suspended. "A civil rights lawyer could By Tricia Taylor guilty of racial crimes and create multicullural course requirement, Brian Johnson (EG 92), president determine if cases could be taken to Student Affairs Editor means of decreasing racial and changes to how the university of the BSU, said the NAACP and the civil court and would probably A paper banner advertising a racism awareness program in Gilbert harassment and insensitivity on BSU will work with administrators represent the plaintiff," Johnson said. Hall C was defaced Wednesday with graffiti reading, "Niggers Go campus were announced Tuesday by See Editorial Page 6 to formally define racially motivated The proposals also call for an Home," University Police said. the NAACP Newark Collegiate funds organizations and handles acts. evaluation of the multicultural Detective Thomas J. Chisholm said officers photographed and Chapter. racial harassment. Procedures for reporting racially course requirement to determine removed the banner. They are now conducting a survey in the Marvin Olds (EG 92), first vice Members of the campus National motivated incidents would be clearly whether it meets its goal of creating residence hall, hoping to find information about the vandals. president of the campus NAACP, Association for the Advancement of defined and case reports of racial awareness within the community. Jennifer Watkins (AS 93), the resident assistant, said she notified said, "For us to make changes, we Colored People will meet with harassment would be available to the Johnson suggested a course on police at 2: 15 of the vandalism after a resident reported it. need student support and university officials to discuss the public, Olds said. racial awareness be required in Watkins said she also immediately reponed the incident to her hall understanding of the problems." proposals during the next two weeks, If the proposals are approved, a addition to the multicultural director and the president of the Black Student Union (BSU). Olds and others spoke at a said Tonya Norwood (AS 92), the civil rights lawyer would be requirement. The graffiti appeared on the upper left side of the banner, which meeting attended by the Black group's president. appointed to advise victims of see BANNER page 8 Students' Union (BSU), faculty and According to the proposals, harassment and wo uld have a see NAACP page 8 Political science decreases activity By Richard jones The administration asserts the Administrative News Editor university is suffering a budget Political science department crisis that prevents the faculty from faculty members unanimously receiving raises. voted to stage a "work slow down" Pika said faculty in his to protest the state of contract department will continue to do only negouattons, a department what is specified in their contracts spokesman said Wednesday. until they are told they are in Joseph Pika, associate chairman violation of their contracts. of the political science department, Faculty have been working under said his colleagues decided Monday the terms of the old contract' since it to cease non-essential activities expired on June 30. They' have until a contract agreement is agreed to do so as long as good reached. faith bargaining continues. A statement on the department's See Related Stories Pages 2 & 3 decision reads, "It would be See Editorial Page 6 inappropriate for faculty to continue Non-essential activities are see SLOW DOWN page 5 defined as attending Leslie Goldstein commencement and other ceremonies, giving extra-curricular lectures, serving on committees and HEAD TO HEAD Delaware forward joanne Dobson (BE 92, right) made the game-winning assist in speaking to the media on the Female faculty the field hockey team's 2·1 win over Drexel University Wednesday. See story on page 15. university's behalf, he said. Pika said the department will also stop processing paperwork, such as completing ann ual work gets equity raise reviews, except those that may have an adverse effect on students or By Richard Jones November, are the result of a study Park Place resident raped Administrative News Editor other faculty. into gender salary equity begun in A female graduate student was She believed initially that her room window. "We've adopted this set of In an effort to eliminate salary the spring of 1989, conducted by raped in her Park Place apartment roommate was returning home, but The victim was taken to guidelines for our conduct in gender inequity, the Office of the the provost's office . Tuesday morning, Newark Police instead saw an unknown man in the Christiana Hospital where she was response to the stalemate in Provost approved salary increases Salary gender inequity is the said. doorway of her bedroom. treated and released Tuesday, police negotiations," he said. inequality of men's and women's Lt. Alex von Koch of the The man, who was wearing said. 'The department is united in this See Related Stories Pages 2 & 3 salaries. Newark Police gave the following black pantyhose over his head, The suspect is described as a [action]. I think everybody's for 43 female faculty members Hollowell said the gender equity account of the incident: auacked her on her bed. Placing his white male, between 5 feet 10 frustrated," Pika said. Friday, a university official said study disclosed that if current The victim was asleep at 6: 15 hand over her mouth to prevent her inches and 6 feet tall, 180 to 200 "We don't believe the Tuesday. trends continued the salaries of am. in her ground floor apartment from screaming, he forced her to pounds with dark hair and a dark university's position is reasonable David E. Hollowell, senior vice female university faculty would on Lehigh Road, when she heard a perform several sexual acts. complexion, von Koch said. or realistic." president for Administration, said noise in the living room . He then ned through the living -Abby Stoddard the raises, which go into effect in see GENDER pageS Quiet quake quivers ·through ·county ; By Darin Powell Salem County, N.J. basement was going on, but it on the Richter Scale for PSEQ .to Executive Editor No damage was reported, but wasn't on," he said. declare "an unusual event" at"lhC; At ftrSt, Ken Woodruff thought the quake shook much of northern Mark J. Miller, ·associate site, Silverio said. There ilte> : .something was wrong with the Delaware, including areas around professor of political.science, who varying degrees of alerts for larg~~ seismograph. Wilmington, New Caslle, Newport lives · ~n New Caslle,.said he was quakes. ·· Woodruff, associate director of and Elsmere. Newark was on the reading and didn't .no.iice the There are many earthquake the Delaware Geological Survey, quake area's edge. shaking. · faults on the East Coast. said Dr. was planning to stay in his Penny The shaking kept the Delaware "My· sons were in bed, and they Robert Jordan, state geologist ..im<t · Hall office for only a few Geological Society busy for much felt the beds shake. They thought I director of the Delaware moments Monday night. of the night, as researchel'll tried to had dropped something big," Geological Survey, but most of On the way out, he stopped to determine the size and exact Miller said. them are ancient and inactive. ·· look at the five machines that location of the earthquake. "I told them to go back to be(( I A fault is a place in the Eaith monitor Delaware for vibrations New Castle County police said didn't . .know there was an where there is stress on the rock; in the Earll! 's crust. their office received between 30 earthquake until :the next caused by the movement of large The seismograph needle started and 40 phone calls from people morning." ehun.ks of the Earth's crust,~ ' •• jumping at 9:34 p.m. across the county asking about the The earthquake's epicenter, or . plates. :;: .., "My first reaction was 'We've tremor. focus, was 5 miles. south of Salem, When the stress level reaches·a ,,:: got a problem with the machine,"' Nathan Waters of the Air Force N.J., several miles ftom three . btealting point, an earthquake' · Woodruff said. "Then I noticed all ROTC's personnel department nuclear reac~ors run by Public ; occ:urs. five of the needles were moving, was at home when the quake hit. Service Electric and Gas (PSEG) . Butem faults, unlike lhOiC on / and I knew we were having an "I was studying and watching of New Jersey. tiMi West Coast. arc usually deep earthquake." the foolbaU game with the volume PSEG spokesman Dick Silverio underground and rarely disturb the The quake, measuring 3.3 on off, so it was quiet," Waters said. said the quake was not larse · .aurface, making them less potent the Richter Scale, was centered 17 Suddenly, his house began enough to afiect the Salem I, ;than quakes in California. · Graphic by Archie Tse miles south of Wilmington, just vibrating. Salem 2 and Hope Creek reactorS. Monday evening'• earthquake measured 3.3 on the Richter Scale. across the Delaware River in "It felt lilte the furnace in the An earthquake must reach 4.5 2· THE REVIEW • October 26, 1990 Salary negotiations return to table By Richard jones performance-based salary increase [regarding faculty salaries) and I'm cried wolf." Administrative News Editor for professors who qualify.

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