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An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper TUESDAY May 13, 1997 Volume 123 • THE • Number 54 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Newark, DE 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Perm it No. 26 IFC calls for more party control BY MA IT HOTTLE Delaware Alcoholic Beverage Control invitations sent, said Mike Sauers, Heightened law enforcement could are alcohol-free. The Interfraternity Sruff Reporter Commission, fraternity parties will president of Kappa Alpha and now cause more problems for Fraternities w ill now have to Council hosted an The Interfraternity Council held a now be more closely monitored, he president-elect of DUSC, which fraternity parties, Mohnnan said. contract a third-party vendor with a party Wednesday at the Kappa Alpha said, and fraternities must know caused grumbles and complaints from Fraternities wi II no longer be liquor license to sell beer to guests. alcohol-free mock Order fraternity house - but without correct party management. some of the fraternity representatives. allowed to charge people admission The administration has recently beer. Of the SO people who attended the "There may have been some for parties because of pressure from decided to enforce this long-standing, party last week as a The idea of this mock party was to mock party, approximately 45 were confusion about [the mock party]," the Delaware ABC Commission, but seldom recognized, law, Mohnnan show administrators and representatives of different fraternities. Mohrman said. 'They may not have Mohrman said. State law prohibits said. If a fraternity charges for model for other representatives of other fraternities Three sorority representatives also understood what this was." fraternities from selling alcohol at their admission into a party, the president of fraternities how a party should be held, IFC vice attended. The point of the event, Sauers said, parties. that fraternity will spend six months in president Brett Mohnnan said. No members of the administration was to dispel some of the myths about They will still be able to charge for to follow Due to recent pressure from the attended the party despite the 40 fraternity parties. charity functions, but only if the events see PARTY page A2 Profs DUSC will brings catch home Web good term grades Assessing what papers student congress has done and BY J]LL CORTRIGHT Entutainmenl Ediror Students who hate writing term needs to do papers now have another option open BY ELIZABETH ARAGONA to them: research papers on the World Staff Reportu Wide Web. As the year winds down and Several different web sites offer classes reach the fi nal weeks, it's essays in just about every subject, time to look back and see what the including law, literature, philosophy De laware Undergraduate Student and science. Costs range from trading Congress, led by President Staci in one essay in exchange fo r another, Ward, has accomplished. to as much as $400 for a 10-page Dean of Students Timothy F. custom-written paper. B rooks said, " There is no But monetary costs aside, anyone ques tion . She was the best turning in a paper from the Web runs THE REVIEW I Bob Weill president." the risk of being caught plagiarizing. In an effort to alleviate traffic in Newark, officials have discussed extending Christina Parkway through Abbotsford. This year, the student English Profes or Kristen Poole govern men t accomplished said she would easily be able to spot a everything written in its platform. fake since her students arc required to The platform consisted of actively tum in rough drafts and go through represen ting the undergraduate peer rev1smg. student body, enacting programs "There's almost no way I can think Slim chance for bypass to better serve students, !o protect of that they could fake the rough draft the interests of off-campus process," she said. students by emphasizing student The student's writing style is rights with the city of Newark, to another clue-in. "After their first paper, Even if plans were drawn today, alternate route at least 20 years away become an integral part of the I think I have a pretty good idea of BY ROBERT KALESSE Parkway through Abbotsford and onto received no requests in support of the bypass Newark co mmunity and to get their voice." Poole said. "If the second Entenainment Editor Barksdale Road near the state line. That way, from my constituents, so I would veto the students involved in more paper is drastically different from the Bypassing problems isn't usually considered commuters moving across Newark would avoid extension if it came up.'' leadership opportunities. first, I think I would notice that.'' an ideal solution, but for the city of Newark it heavily congested Main Street and Delaware To make matters worse. support from the " DUSC was well prepared to English professor Julian Yates seems to be the only option -one that officials Avenue. Delaware Department of Transponarion, which follow through and implement all agreed. "Often people who plagiarize contend is, at best, a generation away and may But as if the mess isn't hard enough to would oversee the bypass constmction, is not programs and promises included papers don' t do it very well." He never happen. understand. it will be even harder to make a likely this century. in the platform," Ward, a senior, explained that a paper written by "We're at the point of gridlock here," city Ralph A. Reeb Ill, DeiDOT's liaison to said. someone with a master's degree, as councilwoman and traffic activist Nancy Turner Newark, said the ci ty would first have to Ward has worked hard over the most of those available at web sites said. "If you look at a majority of the license First in a two-part investigation of commit a considerable amount of time and past year to improve the are, would sound noticeably different plates flying through Newark during rush hour, money before the state can get involved. relationship between th e city of from what a student would write. traffic in the city of Newark, A4 they're all from out of state." "Even if all the officials from the surrounding Newark and uni versity students. "It's son of like shooting yourself in Drivers currently use West Main Street and states were to come together on an agreement T he Student Mediation Action and the head to attempt to plagiarize papers East Delaware Avenue as a link to and from all reality. for a bypass today," Reeb said, "the project R esponse Team was created to written on the Web," he said. major roads surrounding Newark. But for about For staners, Cecil County officials who hold wouldn't begin for another 20 or 2S years.'' help the ease the tension bet ween Poole said that if she did suspect a 4S years, city officials have had several seats on the Wilmington Area Planning To get the project underway, Reeb said. the residents and off-campus students. student of being dishonest, she would opportunities to divert tri-state traffic away from Commission must approve any transit city of Newark would have to go through the Brooks said Ward improved this tum him or her over to the dean, rather West Main Street. renovations that affect their constituents. usual measures in dealing with a project of this re lationship "immeasurably." than trying to handle the situation The most plausible proposal to reach the Cecil County Commissioner William C. magnitude. A team of scientists and engineers Another accomp lis h ment of herself. table in recent years would extend Christina Manlove holds one of those seats and said. 'T ve DUSC was the co-sponsoring of Dean of Students Timothy F. see BYPASS page A4 the Off-Campus Information Brooks said that there have not yet Se m inar facilitated by city see WEB PAPE RS page AS see DUSC page A3 Semret Debessay helped write Eritrea's first constitution INDEX Campus Calendar ................. A2 Poli ce ReportS ...................... A2 World News ......................... A3 Edi toriai .. .... .......................... A6 Local helps country into UN Cl assi fi eds .............. ............. .8 5 Sports ........................... ... ..... B8 BY BARBARA MORRIS constitution for the small East congress. The constitution represents --- Also i11side: - - - Swff Reporter African country. 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