An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper eventjesl=as,,fOn The Friday September 27, 1996 250 Student Center Universi ty of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 V OLUME 123 N UMB ER 7 A McEnroe Attack Election '96: ' UD speaks out on issues BY LISA I TRABARTOLA their every day lives. s~mor Stafl Rt'Jmrtn " I don't really pay attenti on to With the presidential debates budget debates. because it doesn· t scheduled to begin in October. a strike my interest,'. freshman baragc of is ues is being thrust Kristina Hersh said. into the natior~al spotlight. with "The budget doesn·t have a each candidate vying for every giant impact on my life. We have acrcd vote he can get. this huge deficit that I can·t even In the past two months. the comprehend, .. senior Jessica United States has seen a new Bacon said. welfare system implemented and Believe it or not, these issues an increase do have a direct impact on college 1 n the students. national A balanced budget would not minimum only lower income taxes. but also \Vaf!P town interest rate s on s tudent T h e s e loans. popular '·The budget affects a whole poI it i c a I range of things." said Joseph Pika. platforms university political scie nce and have been international relations professor. the meat "Some of the budget priorities THE REVIEW I John Chabalko a n d deal with students' lives today. Tennis great John McEnroe took the Stone Balloon by storm Wednesday night with his rock act, the Johnny Smyth Band. potatoes of and some will directly deal with "I think this is the first time a gig will be better than a tennis match," the tiesty McEnroe said to a capactiy crowd. many a them in the future ... Clinton poI it i c a I The fate of Social Security may campaign. not seem to affect young voters, and the 1996 presidential but it docs. A chunk of e\ ery campaign has not strayed from American· s paycheck goes toward thnt traditi_on. S o c i a I While older generations of Security. voters may gravitate row~rd ··1 t • s a History prof. researches for ''Vote'' monetary issues. these topics good way seem to elicit yawns and head­ to put away scratching looks from many for the Carol Hoffecker helped build the foundation for suffrage musical confused college students. future ... For all those who ha' en't been sophomore BY GREGORY SHULAS F. Mason. assistant director of the paying attention, both President Edward passage of the 19th Amendment. later appro' cd by Tennessee, giving A.\.\·istant Eme-nainmem Ethtm Perkins Student Center. the story Bill Clinton and Bob Dole are Kuber ski In order for the amendment to be women the right to cast the ballot. Although most people don't know has been brought to life in a two­ ratified. 36 states had to vote in vowing to balance the budget if s a i d . The play is sponsored by the it , the state of Delaware played a hour documentary musical. elected (or re-elected) to office. "Wh at you favor of it. By the time the vote Delaware Humanities F o rum. dramatic role in the Women's Wi th the script wtitten by Mason came to Delaware. 35 had approved Although the presidential put into it Mason said he began working on the ' Suffrage Movement and the and music adapted by Stoner: ''First candidates are promising the same is what you the proposed law. play after the forum approached him ratification of the 19th Amendment. Vote" has been touring Delaware Supporters saw the 1920 Dover end result. their strategies for should get and Stoner with funding and the This piece of trivia is at the heart counties and has already been idea. - attaining a balanced budget differ. out of it. .. political debate over the amendment of the research of Carol Hoffecker. , performed in Dover. Wilmington as a make-or-break s ituation, Dole plans to balance the Although Pika said he believes Henry HirschbicL director of the Richards professor of history. whose and Newark. creating an emoti onal. one-side budget by c uttin g government Social Security will stay intact. forum , said the show is part of the work is emulated in a play titled Mason said he is pleased with the verus-thc-other atmosphere in the spending. Clinton promises to but he said the program must be commemoration of the 75th '·First Vote ... which began touring response to the production. ··we capitol. achieve the same goal. while a lt ered to survive. anniversary of women's right to regional hig~1 schools Tuesday. have been very well received in the ''What happened was prominent vote. providing at the same time "[The government has] been The play ''a adapted from high schools." he said. "Its been a women like Emil) Bisscl [who ·'This play shows us how targeted tax relief fo r educational raid~ng the trust fund in order to Hoffecker's research on the real-life hit in man) ways." started the first tuberculosis hospital fascinating politics i ." Hirschbicl programs. strengthening pay off the budget deficit,'' he political events surrounding the ot only is it entertaining, he in Delaware! and Mary Wilson Medicare, Medicaid and the said. aid. "People don· t have an idea of Women's Suffrage Movement in said. but the show also delivers a Thompson. a popular Wilmington the arduous task it was for women to environment. "People are living longer and Dovcrduringthc 1920s. historical message to many people. sociali te. were against the passing of finally get the right to vote ... So. w hy are so many educated retiring earlier,'' Pika explained. ow. a shortened version of the The history lesson is a shock to the amendment." Mason said. The "First Vote" will continue to college students demonstrating an "The funding won't be sufficient. production is making its way to many. Stoner said. "It s urprises The connict between the pro and tour high schools this fall. Toward incredible lack of interest in these which mean; either a reduction in regional middle and high schools on people "hat a significant role anti-s uffrage people rc,ultcd in a the end of this year. a special issues? benefit> or an increase in taxes." a 13-school tour. Delaware played in the Women's historically important political performance of "First Vote" will be Many st udents said tax cuts. Young voters arc often With the help of Joyce Hill Suffrage Movement." debate and confrontation. held at Mitchell Hall for political balancing the budget and Social uninterested in the budget or Stoner. chairwoman of the an The story takes place in I 920 Security are not yet pertinent to In the end. Delaware decided not office holders in Dover. see ISSUES page A 7 conservation department. and Scott when women were fighting for the to pass the vote. However. it was TUC rooms cost Poli-sci classes a pretty penny prep for elections BY STEFANlE SMALL who were not students. inc luding BY STEFANIE SMALL put into it ," he said. members of th e Newa rk A rt ~ Achtlll/1.\lratire .Vt!n' Ed11m Freshman Rachel Gordon is Policies invo lving user fees for A ll iance. Working o n· presidential \~orking on D ole's campaign in the use of rooms and eq uipme nt As a result of this. she was to ld campaigns. debating the issues of hi s Wilmington office for o ne have changed since the opening of that s he woul d be charged $ I 75 to the candidates and predicting the credit. as well as taking the hono r the T rabant University Center. usc the multipurpose room. o ut come of the election can all be coll oquium. · There are now fees for faculty. Marilyn Prime. director of the done for credit this semester. Gordon must spend a total of non-registered st udent groups and unive rsity center and the Perkins An honors colloquium. 24 ho urs thro ugho ut the semester the general publi c if they want to St udent Center. said. " Up until "Choosing th e President," and a w,orking for the campaig n and us e a · room in th e universi ty Perkins went off line, everything political campaign imernship are write a two- to th ree-page c,enter. Regi tercel student groups was completely free, but w he n it be ing offered this se mester in summary of her experience. h ave to pay if they need any opens again in February, th e light of height ened interest in the The hou r s s he spe nds a t the special kind of set up. and have to policies w i II b e the same as they upcoming e lections. office vary weekly. but s h e is pay a dining service fee if they a re in the univers it y center now." A s tudent can work o n any trying to get a ll her ho urs in serve a ny food. If 75 p ~; r ce nt o f the audience presidential or state campaign for before the e lecti on. The English H o nor Society, are n o t s tudents. then there is a o n e. two o r three c re dits, She is working o n categorizing Sigma Tau Delta, tried to schedule user fee . but if the majority of d epending on how muc h time the info rm a ti o n by i s ue , such as the us e of the Multipurpose Room peo ple are students and it is run by student warns to inve I.