Fake ID Use Prevalent and May Be Rising
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:\cws Mosaic Sports Students and traffic Boo! Halloween is here Pondering his athletic don't mix choices SeepageA3 eepage Bl SeepageBJO • • Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Pai d Newark, DE Penn it No. 26 Free 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Friday \ 'olumc 125, :\umber 15 Octobcr 23. 199N Controversy Fake ID use withRWJ and prevalent and shot glasses may be rising BY ROBERT ARMENGOL held liable for the handful of false iden BY MELISSA H ANKINS weapo n in the war agai nst the Senior Editor tifications seized from the house during Student Affairs Editor c ul ture of alcohol that many say A crackdown this week on fraternity a three-hour search. There is a promine nt display is prevalent on campus. members using false driver's licenses University Poli ce Capt. James J. of shot glasses, beer mu s, and Yet the bookstore's display and illicitly secured UD#l identificati on Flately said Thursday that a fake ID wine glasses gleaming unde r a of shot glasses and alcohol con cards ha underscored the issues sur conspiracy charge against Phi Kappa lit exhibit on the first fl oor of tai ners has raised a question rounding fake ID use by students under Tau wa not likely but that it hasn't the U ni versity B ookstore, a nd concerning the university's pri 21 who are eager for the taste of alco been Iuled OUL e very o ne of them is e mbl" o ri ties towards eradicating hol. T he fraternity's preside nt, T o m zon e d w ith a Uni v ersity of b inge drinking, and may have University Police have yet to file any Cwto, said police have offered to post Delaware emblem. t he R W JF wondering exactly charges in connection with the Monday reduced charges if Phi Kappa T a u A s aucy Y oU D e e s t ruts what they are spending their morning raid of Phi Kappa Tau fraterni agrees "to accept the raid as valid" and across some, the school's name money on. ty's house at the south end of Academy cooperate with the investigation. Curto is stretched in big, bo ld letters Rev. Cliff Armour, the RWJ Street. added that he and his feU ow members across others, a nd m a ny a re commun ity committee chair, At least eight men - six students are exploring their options and won' t tamped with the picture of an said he was not aware the alco and two alumni - are suspected of make any decisions until speaking with o pen boo k symbolizing scholar hol containers were sold at the being involved in the fake ID case. But a lawyer. ship, knowledge and wisdom. bookstore, and he is not partic police have hinted they are leaning 'The big thing I want to stress is that So what does the school mas ularly fond of the merchandise. away from calling the incident a con we kne w fro m the very beginning a cot , its n a m e a k e a n d its •· AI though R obert Wood spiracy. conspiracy charge was absurd," he said. emblem have to do w ith drink J ohnson is not a prohibition The Review confirmed that by Mon ''1 kne w they were barking up the ing" movement, this is communicat day there should various charges in the wrong tree.' ' Well, that's wh3t me mbers of ing the wrong message," he case: The fraternity's leaders have said the Ro bert Wood Johnson com said. • Police may pursue eight criminal since Monday that they were unfairly mittee want to kno w. "A lit displa~ is sa) ing these counts in connection with the ID scam. singled out for a problem that is, hb tori In the fall of 1996, the uni shot glas~es and beer mug-. are • The university will likely prosecute cally, widespread on this camp~ . v ers ity recei ved a five yo::ar the things \H really want to several other code of conduct violations, Public Safety officials said they $ 770,000 g r an t given by the .,ell, and shot gla,se; are a ') n Bob ranging from five individual drug para haven't been making any special efforts Robert Wood Jo hnson Fo unda bol of binge drinking," he said. Several different types of shot glasses are available for pur phernalia charges to a fraternity-wide to combat a rise in fake ID use. ''\ don't tio n. "Is this the me~sage the univer ~ ha se at the University Bookstore. Some portray YoUDee charge of alcohol policy violation. know if it's gotten worse,'' Ivory said, The primary goal of the grant sity wants to send concerning running or jumping. Not long after the 6:40 a.m. siege, ''but it's certaiPiy prevalent." is to c urb binge drinking. alcohol?" police and university officials said they Flatley said University Police offi M a ny a d m i ni s trators were Armour said the RWJ com Tod Petrie said getting rid of or said, sugges,ing booh as an expected to charge the fraternity as a cers have arrested ni ne students walking thri lied with the mo ney and the mittee could apply some pre - moving the items is not the obvious example. v.hole with criminal con piracy in what around crunpus with fake ID so far this oppo rtunity w hich accompanied sure to ha\e the containers answer. "Are we going io stop selling they thought could have been a fake ID semester. Seven of them were also cited it - a chance to possibl y to ne moved. "There are other things ''There are many other things other items because people ring. for underage drinking. d o wn the uni ~ er s it y ' s par ty the university could display in the bookstore which provide don ' t like them? How about But Public Safety assistant director Last semester, local police helped chool reputatio n. more prominently," he said. lasttng Impression too," he Joel N. Ivory balked later in the week, investigate university students connect- W ith this g rant ca me a new However, bookstore manager see SHOT page A4 sa::,- ing it was "still undetermined" whether the entire fraternity would be see FAKE page AIO Don't hold the Mustard The show must go on your feel ings, I'll make sure I le t you pe rusing the menu and the best-burger The colonel gives know," said the 41-year-old , adding that awards on the wall when M ustard barked 90 percent of his customers take his rib at them, "Waz up? I'm the cook, Whad his customers the bing well. dya want?" "If t hey tak e w hat I d o seri o u s ly, The tw o looked at each other and they' ve got no chance at life," he said. decided a wise response was the best way burgers and the A 20-some th ing man clad in a blac k to react. Adidas windsuit wi th a nose, lip, tongue "You' re not a cook, you' re just a burg business -and and ears pierced sauntered in Tuesday er flipper," one said. wi th a basketball under his arm. Snyder shot back. eyes twinkling and they love them "Hey Basketball Jones, the next time loving the back talk, "I am the pre mier you wanna get piercings, come and see burger fl ipper. C heck out the papers and BY MICHAEL D. BULLARD NationaVState News Editor me," the colonel said, brandishing a knife publicity and awards, baby." with an 8-inch errated blade. ''I'll charge Mustard, dressed in grubby jeans and a Jim Snyder never said the customer is you less and give you cleaner holes." white T -shirt with ''How sweet it isn' t" always right. His wide mile faded as he handed e mblazoned o n the back, d oesn't even Actually, Newark's Colonel Mustard, "Jo nes" his change. serve fri es in the usual way. H e put a says j ust the opposite. "Shit, I forgot I don' t do it to guy ," he small mountain of them on a paper pl ate, "Mus tard is always rig ht," he said. said. "Eat baby- I was only kiddin', folded it up, and slid them into a white " He's inflexible, he's a di ckhead, but keep your fuckin' clothes on." bag, tossing the pla te into the trash he's never wrong." J o nes cautiously approached t he behind his back, while shaking his head A lthough harassment and abuse may counter in search of napkins. to fluff his sho ulder-length dirty-blond no t be on the menu at C ol. Mustard's " There's no napkins here," S nyder hair. Phabulous Phat Burgers in the M a in said . "Go on down to Grotto's and grab a Two more diners came in and stopped Street Galleria, Snyder dishes out almost whole bunch, they'll never know." to read the menu. They pointed at a pic as many insults as he does burgers. Two m o re g uys a rrived a nd we r e ture on the wall. The shot is of about half " It' supposed to be fun - if I hurt a dozen women in bikinis lying face down at the ocean and the caption reads, "Mustard family day at the beach." The co lonel whistle d a t the m a nd THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill yelled, "What are you pointin' at, baby?" The Chapel Street Playhouse lost its letter P sometime last week.