In Section 2 In Sport~ Is Main Street on the decline, or is it the hippest place around? See special section BANG! The return pages A6-7 and editorial page AJO of Spencer Students Dunkley with guns page BIO on campus page B 1 Non-profit Org. FREE U.S. Postage Paid FRIDAY Newark, DE Volume 122, Number 48 250 Student Center, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 Permit No. 26 April 12, 1996 Mixed ticket runs unopposed for DUSC secretary. W ard will be the first and vice president of IFC. Running decrease this year because of the The IFC I Panhellenic ticket has the election in female DUSC president since 1987. for treasurer is non-Greek Elana lack of competition. the bag; other students put up no competition Another goal of their campaign is Messner, a sophomore who However, Laverty expressed a to inform students a bout the currently chairs DUSC's academic wish for a turnaround . "We're BY CATHERINE HOPKINSON which will take pl ace April 23-24. candidates. affairs co mmittee. The two hoping the coalition will get more Srudtnr Affoirs Editor A one-ticket campaign '·happens "We want to show people that candidates for faculty senator are people out to vote," he said. Campaigning began Wednesday periodically," according to Marilyn .------,we're the best Ho nors Congress member Kevin The inclusion of non-Greeks on a with little fanfare for a DUSC Prime. director of the P erkins See people for the j ob Laverty, a junior. and Lesley Knapp, traditionally Greek ticket may have election that s hould prove to be Student Center and the adviser for so they'll be happy also a junior, chair of DUSC's contributed to the lack of fairly unexciting, considering the the Delaware Undergraduate editorial, when we win."' said public-relations committee and a competitors, Kreimer said , because only ticket running has essentially Student Congress. page AIO junior Aimee former Sigma Kappa sorority the non-Greeks on the ticket may already won. Instead of competing with other c______ __, Kreimer, vice member. have formed their own ti cket The Interfraternity Council/ candidates, the inevitable winners presidential candidate and current DUSC elections are known for otherwise. All s ign-ups for the Panhellenic Council ticket, which plan to use the campaigning period treasurer of DUSC. having low voter turnouts (in last election are now officially closed. inc;:ludes both Greeks and non ­ to raise awareness of DUSC , said The candidate for secretary is year's election, 8.7 percent of the Kreimer c alled the lack of "an THE REVIEW I John Chabalko Greeks for the first time, will run junior Staci Ward, the candidate for junior Chri s Stoddard. president of student body voted), and Ward said co mpetitio n obvio us Sole DUSC presidential unopposed in this year's election, president a nd current DUSC the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity s he thinks voter turnout might see DUSC page A4 candidate Staci Ward Delaware goes abroad to battle other universities BY KIM WALKER Managi,lg News Edirur College is a unique time when students can meet new people and do 50 Number new things - things that th ey may never have the opponunity to 40 of overseas experience again in the "real world. " 40 The chance to programs H1m lJO stacks earn college 30 up on .•. credit while spending what Study can be a dream 20 Abroad vacation in a -------foreign country is F.i.rst in a four- one such 10 part series opportunity. The Univer>ity of 0 Delaware was the first collegiate institution in th e country to seize Virginia Rutcrers U. of UD 0 upon the prospect when it offered its Tech Maryland very first study abroad program in Paris in !923. The university, under THE REVIEW I Jimmy P. Miller THE REVIEW I Dom Savini the category of American reseprch Fat' some, this weekend's cold April snow on Main Street ~as ~erely a delay of the start of spring. For others, inscitutioiiS, has luuJ. the fifth highest University and Virginia Tech. Germany, Mexico, Italy and Israel. the snow mirrored the decrepit state of Newark's main strip. For full Main Street coverage, see pages A6-7. percentage of students studying The University of Delaware , the Becau e Virginia Tech belongs to abroad this decade, according to a Univers ity of Maryland, Rutgers International Student Exchange, a 1993-94 study published in Th e University and Virginia Tech a ll open study abroad ne two rk based in Chronicle of Higher Education. their study abroad programs to Washington, D.C., it offers programs In this, the first installment of our students attending other schools. at 100 universities in 40 countries, ' four-part series comparing the While having many countries and including Togo, Fiji , Cyprus and 'Pronounce it trippingly • • unive rsity to four nearby public • features in common, each program Zambia. institutions, The Review will become has unique characteristics and Countries unique to Delaware's Royal Shakespeare Co. member your tra vel agent, free of charge, and satisfies di fferem needs and tastes. progra m are Scotland, Panama, examine study abroad programs at All four universities offer Bulgaria and Martinique. comes to UD to direct E-52 play the University of Maryland, Rutgers programs in England, France, Spain, see STUDY ABROAD page A5 BY AMYL. SHUPARD Stuff Reponer This spring, an actor straight from the stages of London and Broadway is teaching a class at the university as well as guest directing a student theater production. David Howey , a London native, came to the niversity to teach Drama in Performance and has also agreed to direct E-52 student theat re's production of "The Tempest." Howey said he likes it Look for a review of here because there is room "The Tempest" in to breathe on campus. " l like the idea of a large ·an upcoming issue university in a small town,'· of The Review. he said. 4 Howey fi rst made an appearance at the uni versit y as Claudius in a production of "Hamlet" while on a tour of the United States with A Center for Theater a nd Education Re earch in 1993. Howey, who played the role of Ferdinand, Prince of aples, in a 1973 production of "The Tempest" in THE REVIEW I Alisa Colley London, said he is enthusiastic about directing the play at the university. Former Detroit Pistons championship-winning coach Chuck Daly told students, "Despite all the "The Tempest" is the story of Prospero, the exiled years I've been in basketball, I don't think that I have worked a day in my life." Duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda, who are stranded on a tropical island. The production, scheduled to appear on April 26- University 27, May 2-4 and 9-11, is the last performance E-52 Daly: 'Stay sharp' will have in Wo lf Hall , the usual home for their THE REVIEW I John Chabalko productions. "The Tempest" was chosen because it is United Visiting professor David Howey of the RSC is BY RICH WITMEYER of a profession is harder than see HOWEY page A5 working with E-52 on an upcoming Shakespeare play. Swff Reporter getting there. postponed Chuck Daly made a name for "Afte r you get there, himself coaching basketball, but everybody is gunning for you, University United Weekend, the event perhaps he should have been a and you have to stay sharp," he sponsored by approximately 15 student boxing coach. said. groups to promote coalition building, has "In boxing there are 15 Daly, who also coached the been postponed until Fall Semester. Public Safety intplentents 911 The Bl ack Student Union and the rounds, but it ' s the 16th round U.S. men's basketball team to a that makes you a champion," the gold medal in the 1992 Summer University United Committee voted Tuesday night to postpone the event, originally The new emergency system will be in place on campus beginning March 27 National Basketball Association Olympics in Barcelona, said the planned for the weekend of April 19, because Hall of Fame coach told a crowd key ro success is loving what you BY CHRISTOPHER BASILE have to dial 9 for an outside call and Safety and one of those involved black student groups were already committed of 200 people at an awards Swff Rttporter then 9-1-1. If they don' t dial the first with the new system s ince its do. to the celebration of the Center for Black dinner for the men 's and " I like to tell people that Life and death situations just got a 9, the call will still go through, but inception. Culture's 20th anniversary. women's basketball teams despite all the years I have been little bit easier to handle. there will be a 12 to. 15 second delay. " Thi s should create a faster "Whi le this was disappointing for the Monday night. in basketball, I don't think that I A new emergency phone system Previously, response time·· because stude nts many student groups involved, the committee Daly, who coached the Detroit have worked a day in my life," was put into place on March 27 for students could don' t have to go through Newark felt it was necessary to wait until we could Pistons to two consecutive NBA said Daly, who's coached for 32 have the full support of the black student ..the entire campus. Now, those who The Crime BiD dial 9-1- 1, but police, Heckman said.