Peeping Creates Doubts of Dorm Security
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250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 FREE Peeping creates doubts of dorm security
BY JEN LEMOS The incident marked the fourth time hear about it across campus, but when However , s h e said, resident Natiollal/Stute News Editor in nine years that Mathis was arrested it happens in the dorm next to you, I assistants in her dorm have organized Although the repeated trespassing for trespassing with the intent to peep definitely feel unsafe." meetings for stud ents who do h ave offenses of a former university student or peer. While Bacek and some Gilbert A concerns about the incident and t he again led t o hi s arrest o n Nov . I , From 1990 to 1994, Mathis was residents said they had seriou s safety of the complex. s tudents in the Gilbert complex and charged with various counts of concerns, other s tudents ~ho li ve in " I don' t think securi ty has been s urro unding areas have varying trespassing, one count of shoplifting, the Gilbert B residence hall, the site of threatened," Yetter said, " but I think opinions o n the safety of their one count of harassment and one count the violatio n , said they have fewer that R esidence Life is doing a good job residence halls. of second degree burglary. worries. dealing with [the issue]." Some East Campus residents are He ·has been arrested or c harged in " I haven't tho ught about it at all," John B ishop, d irector of counseling eager to put the incident behind them , at least five incidents that occurred in said junior and third-floor res ident and student develo pment, said he feels but o thers sai d they still feel the Gilbert complex. Maria Gieske. ''I'm not really worried it is reasonable for students to have threatened by the Jeffrey T odd Mathis Sophomore and Gilbert A third about. whether anyone ' s getting in here safety concerns after such a n issue. intrusion. fl oor resident Laura Bacek said she is or not." "Feeling s afe i s a pretty basic Mathis, 29, was taken into custody among those who still have concerns T e ri Yetter, a sophomore who lives hum an need," Bis hop said. " When regarding the incident. on the first floor of Gilbert B , said she students report feeling uneasy because after being found in a stall in the third TilE REVIEW/ File Photo fl oor women's bathroom of the Gilbert " I do, especially since it was so does not f eel th reatened by any their safety is put into do ubt, that's an Jeffrey Todd Mathis' peeping into a Gilbert B residence hall. close," Bacek said. " It's one thing to security hazards. see PEEPER page A9 bathroom has made some students feel unsafe. Apology offered Del. man from Godwin arrested
BY DREW VOLTURO on drug City Neu·., Ediwr A quote taken out of context led to an apology and a clarification by Newark Mayor Harold F. Godwin at Monday's City Council meeting. Godwin said his statement in the Oct. 27 issue of the News Journal charges was misrepresented. The article reported the suspension of two Newark police officers in connection with the fatal July 15 traffic stop that resulted in the death of Pedro Martinez. BY STEVE RUBENSTEIN " 'No matter what we do, there are newspaper reporters and City Nell's Editnr sensationalists all around Newilfk who like to make sensational-looking An 18 - year-old man was stories out of nothing,' " Godwin was quoted as saying in the article. arrested Tuesday and charged with "What I said was not directed at the accident," Godwin said at .the thr ee c rimes relating to the meeting. "I feel horrible about this situation and was referring to the p ossessio n of cocaine, Newark reporter and the incident. Police said. ~'Also ,_ I di~ not say '~.!,b!ng.' I saiq · ~at~ver we do.' ". . . Cpl. Mark Farra ll sai d Sean Oodwm srud the reporter was pressuring h1m to release mformauon Michael K eller of M iddletown , that Newark Police Chief Gerald T. Conway and City Manager Carl Del., was charged with trafficking Luft would not reveal. in cocaine, possession with intent Godwin later said releasing the information the reporter wanted was to dist ri b ute cocaine a nd a violation of state laws. mainta tntng a v ehicle for "Police are protected under a different set of rights," he said. "I delivering controlled substances. support Chief Conway's decision to maintain confidentiality." Police said they fo und m o re Godwin said the leadership of the city has taken steps to ensure that t han one-half of an o unc e of this summer's incident will not be cocaine o n Kelle r at the time of the repeated. stop . . "We now train our officers in this Keller, of the 300 block of area," he said. Misty Vale Drive, was arrested at The Opinion section of 6:20 p.m. o n Elkton Road. Police Wednesday's News Journal said he was stopped while driving included an editorial that stating his 1998 Chevrolet pick-up truck. that Godwin owes the city and Farrall said the a r rest was a Martinez's family an apology for result of a joint investigatio n w ith showing "incredible insensitivity the De laware City Police. He said at a situation that cries for utmost he wou ld n o t comment o n the compassion." The editorial was length o r detai Is o f the published after Godwin made his investigation. Godwin statement at the council meeting. Keller is c urrently being held at Godwin said- he was referring to Gander Hill in lieu of $36,000 bail, the police discipline, not the actual July 15 incident. Farra II said. 'The News Journal has ti:Je audacity to take that comment out of the THE REVIEW/ Scott McAllister story to make me look bad," he said. "We all feel terrible about this The wave of anti-technology statements early Thursday morning as this computer was hung tragedy. by its own wires from Memorial Hall. See page A3 for the story. "11us poor man came here to find work to support his family."
S4E offers alternative gifts for holidays •.
City approves White said. BY WENDY MCKEEVER illustrated show where clothes and other products Staff Rep011er commonly purchased by Americans come from, as Crooker said she hopes the market will educate Every year during the holiday season, people wander well as who is making them and the conditions in people about consumption and waste, as well as around the malls, struggling to find the perfect gifts for which they work. problems of hunger and poverty in third-world nations. a new budget Senior Becky Crooker, president of S4E, said "People don't need to buy material things over the their family and friends. They settle for standard items like sweaters, ties and images ·of packed-in workers, many covered in oil, holiday season," she said. "It's not personal, and it books. plaster the pages of the book to visually illustrate the causes waste." BY DREW VOLTURO Clifton said. "$ 1.4 million of However, Students for the Environment offered hardships people in third-world countries endure. Freshman S4E member Rosie Lee said she thinks City Ne~>·s £di10r o ur budget comes from carry students the opportunity to purchase more meaningful "People should know where their material things many people want to help the needy and stay out of the The City of Newark's 2000 over surplus from the previous and lasting gifts for their loved ones this year. come from," she said, "because we don't see that in malls during the holiday season, but they don't know genera.! operating budget - year." Instead of purchasing another sweater or tie, why not America." how to do it. which c reated positio ns for The budget included a 6 .2 buy a poverty-stricken person in Kenya a lifetime Sophomore Rachel Watz said she thinks people "People see it as a far reach to help someone," she two more police officers and a percent increase - $816,700 supply of clean water for only $22? need to stop and think about what they are buying since said. 'They don't realize how easy it is." water quality engineer - was - in Personal Services Or for o nly $6, how about helping a Haitian many consumers simply purchase items they want from presented and because four full fisherman get that net he has wanted for so long so he the store without considering how to beuer spend their approved at Monday's time and two part can help his family eat? money. City Council meeting. time positions were Clean water, medicine, food and fishing nets are "Eighteen dollars a month can pay for the health City M anager Carl added to the among the gifts you can buy this holiday season to aid care and education of a child, people are spending more Luft presented the operating staff. the needy in third-world countries. than that on a bra," she said. budget to the Council Additions included S4E presented an alternative gift market at a kiosk in Junior Ann DeFilippo said the market provides a nd the public at the two police officers, a the Trabant University Center on Wednesday and students with an opportunity to give to bofu loved ones beginning of the computer network Thursday. There, students picked up information on and those in need in a different and worthwhile way. meeting. The budget specialist, a part-time different things they can supply to suffering people of "It's a unique idea," DeFilippo said. "I think it's a totaled $23.27 millio n, r=.i.~-:l parking lot the world in another person's name in the form of a gift. conscientious gift to give, because it represents the a 5.6 percent increase maintenance position Junior Rachel White of S4E, who organi zed the welfare of those in need." from last year's budget. and two parking enforcement event, said it is a social and ecological alternative to White said people do not pay S4E, but decide what Councilman Jerry Clifton officers - one part-time a nd buying material gifts at the mall. gift they would like to purchase and then send the said Luft a nd the rest of the one full-time. 'The environmental gifts range from protecting the money directly to Alternative Gifts International. city staff has done an excellent The two additional tropical rainforests in Nicaragua to providing health The person will receive a card stating what he has job with the budget. uniformed police officers raise care to a child with AIDS in Thailand," she said. purchased, she said, then he can give the card to a THE REVIEW/ Scott McAllister " Carl's a master at this ," see MORE page AIO On the counter of the kiosk was a book filled with friend or family member. S4E attempts to provide an alternative to disturbing pictures of factory workers. These pictures 'These types of gifts are personal and meaningfuf," materialistic and ordinary holiday gifts. Inside
Psychology professor discusses drug Ain't no party like a P-Funk party .'cause First-year Delaware linebacker Rob Lum legalization with students the P-Funk party don't stop balances family with football ...... A3 ...... Bl ...... B8 '' A2 • THE REVIEW • November 12, 1999 ·Microsoft ruling may change face of industryi
BY BEN PENSERGA She also said that from a business standpoint Stajj RqJimtr there could be two extremes on the ruling. A ruling by a U.S. District Court against "The courts could either monitor Microsoft Mi c rosoft Tuesday may affect the entire and regulate its actions," she said, "or they computer software industry, officials said. could break it up into smaller companies, like U.S. District Judge Thomas Penifield what happened to AT&T in the early 1980s." BUSH VOWS TO STRENGTHEN MILITARY Jackson ruled that the company harmed its The effective magnitude on the computer CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Republican presidential consumers by not allowing for viable industry is also uncertain, Bowers said. candidate Geor¥e W . Bush lauded America's veterans as alternatives. Jackson declared Microsoft a "There will be an effect," she said. " But it'll " heroes who saved a century" while vowing to strengthen the monopoly. be hard to tell whether it'll be because of the U.S. military during a Veterans' Day speech yesterday. The company, which holds more than 90 ruling or the natural state of the industry "The greatest monument to America's veterans is the world percent of the market for personal computer because it changes so fast anyway." they shaped," the Texas governor told more than I 00 veterans operating systems, caused "consumer harm by John Case, university professor in the and onlookers, including Michigan Gov. John Engler and Army distorting competition." He will not, however, department of computer and information Staff Sgt. Christopher Stone, who was a prisoner of war in be expected to make a full ruling on whether sciences, said the ruling would have a two Yugoslavia. Microsoft's activities were illegal until next pronged effect. Bush, who served in the Air National Guard during Vietnam, year. "In the long run it's good because it will was light on specifics. But in South Carolina on Tuesday, he Several facts indicated Microsoft's allow for more innovation in design and promised to undertake a top-to-bottom overhaul of the veteran's dominance over the market, Jackson said. product quality," he said. health care system. "The company's share of the market for "In the short run, it might be hard for Engler - who is chairman of the Bush campaign in Michigan Intel-compatible PC operating systems is businesses to change, since most of them are and a member o f the Texas governor's advisory committee - · extremely large and stab le," he said. outfitted with Microsoft products, and it might THE REVIEW/ Rob Coyner praised Bush's proposals, saying, "He will not turn his back on . " Microsoft's customers lack a commercially be costly for them to retrain their people on A U.S. District Court judge ruled Thesday America' s veterans." · viable alternative to Windows." another system." that Microsoft is a monopoly. Bu sh and his closest ri val for the GOP nomination, Arizona While the company has now been ruled a In a letter to its c ustomers, partners and Sen. John McCain, have tangled recently over who is best-suited monopoly, Helen Bowers, university professor shareholders, Microsoft C .E.O. Bill Gates that Microsoft's actions and innovations were to be commander-in-chief. · of finance, said the ruling would not affect defended his company's policies and reassured fair and legal. A poll o f New Hampshire voters released earlier Thursday . Microsoft right away. those associated with the company after the " A s the cas e moves towards resolution, showed McCain for the fi rst time tied with Bush in the race for . "Being named a monopoly itself isn't bad," ruling. Microsoft's 30,000 employees are focused on the nomination. . · she said. " It's only if Microsoft abused its "We respectfully disagree with a number of creating the next generation of products that Bush had 38 percent, compared to 35 percent for McCain, a : monopoly and were anti-competitive will it get the court's findings," he wrote. "We believe the will deliver the benefit s of the information difference within the poll' s 4 percentage point margin of error. : in trouble." American legal system ultimately will affirm age." Bush told reporters after the event at Clinton Grove Cemetery that different polls are showing different results, but he realizes McCain is a strong candidate. "They're [voters] going to take a good look at both candidates and I hope they choose me," he said. A Dartmouth College-Associated Press poll earlier this week :FBI predicts possible Y2K violence had Bush ahead of McCain, 44 percent to 31 percent. The margin of error was 5 percentage points. During a later appearance in Cleveland, Bush didn' t try to BY BRIAN GRAF Two main scenarios dominate the with the ·FBI report, but police are Castle County Police said officers will squelch speculation that Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio', could Staff Repm1er thinking of these radical groups, the aware of the possible threat from also be put on "emergency status" be his running mate. Violence from right-wing extremists report said. Some religious extremists radical groups. during the New Year. Speaking with reporters at Burke Lakefront Airport, Bush said and religious fanatics is a real danger as believe the apocalypse, the battle "The year 2000 is the opportune "Everybody's going out on the it was too soon to be concerned about possible vice presidential the end _of the millennium approaches, between good and evil prophesized in time [for these groups] to make a streets," he said. pi cks, b ut acknowledged Vo inov ic h as a friend who has a FBI report said last week. the Bible, will occur in the year 2000. statement," he said. Kowal, who attended a international impressive credentials. "Armed with the urgency of the Religiously inspired racial As part of the contigency plan,· police conference where officers had "He not only understands the U.S. Senate, he understands millennium as a motivating factor, new supremacist groups, such as the detectives and administrative officials the opportunity to hear FBI agents what it means to be a governor," said Bush, whose flight to clandestine groups may conceivably "Christian Identity" movement and will supplement state law enforcement speak on terrorism, said the FBI did not Cleveland was delayed by about two hours because of a form to engage in violence toward the "Black Hebrew Israelites," believe that on the street, and all personnel will specify any threats in Delaware. mechanical problem with his plane. U.S. Oovemment or its citizens," the the apocalypse will be a racial conflict, have to work extended 12-hour shifts The report merely raised general report stated. the report said. Thus, some radical instead of the usual eight, Yeomans concern about the possibility of FLORIDA ELECTRIC CHAIR UNDER SIEGE The report, titled "Project members of these groups may act said. violence, he said. STARKE, Fla. - Florida lawmakers, who have an almost Megiddo," said possible perpetrators violently to bring about a race war. All state agencies, as well as the Alan Fox, associate professor of religious devotion to the state's electric chair, may try to protect include racial supremacists, militias The report said other groups, National Guard, will be using a philosophy, said some JX'Ople may also " Old Sparky" from a U.S. Supreme C ourt review by giving and apocalyptic cults. Radical fringe including militias, believe in what is command center in Smyrna in order to see the new millennium as apocalyptic condemned inmates the option of death by lethal injection. members, not the established part of known as the New World Order coordinate activites, he said. because it approximately coincides Ghoulish images of executions in Florida's electric chair have these groups, are most likely to engage conspiracy theory. They fear that a Yeomans said extremist violence is with the end of the world predicted by led the nation's high court to consider whether the state's method in millennia! violence, the report said: U.N.-Jed plot to take over the world not the biggest concern for state police, calendars of other cultures, such as the of execution is cruel and unusual punishment. The court is The purpose of "Project Megiddo" will be carried out at the dawn of the who are mainly focusing on managing Aztecs and the Mayans. scheduled to hear arguments in February. is to make law enforcement perspnf)!!l new millen_nj!Jm. .. . , possiple traffic problems d1.1.e tq power . Nevertheless, it needs to be Florida House Speaker John Thrasher, a Republican, has said within the United States aware of the State : organization.~ are also outages. Threats from 11l0ical violence remembered that the millennium if the state gives death row inmates a choice, the Supreme Court pos~ible threat posed by these preparing for possible outbreaks of are prut ,of \he consideration, however. change, which is what makes the may dro p the case. When the court agreed to consider the '' extremists, the FBI said in a press millennium .violence. The. Delaware There is an. .intelligence unit that upcoming New Year so significant for constitutionality of California's gas chamber a few years ago, it release. · State Police have developed a monitors radical groups, Yeomans said, many people, only occurs in the dropped the review when the state added the lethal injection According to the FBI, the end of the contigency plan for the New Year, said and regular meetings have been held Christian calendar, Fox said. option. millennium may trigger violent action John Yeomans, a DSP public for the past several months concerning He also said similar hysteria Lawmakers are even considering a special legislative session because many extremists believe that it information officer. the matter. occurred at the end of the first to address the issue. will coincide with the end of the world. Yeomans said he was not fa~iliar Lt. Vincent G. Kowal of the New millennium I ,000 years ago. The electric chair, which has been used in Florida to execute 240 men and one woman over 75 years, carries a deeper meaning than other forms of execution, said Deborah Denno, a Fordham University professor and death penalty researcher. "Execution methods are symbols of bigger things. The electric Organization formed in California to chair is a symbol of retribution and extreme vengeance,'' Denno said. "The electric chair is ' death penalty plus.' " Electric chair opponents cite several examples of what they consider "botched" executions in the last decade. Flames shot from the top of Jesse Tafero's head in 1990 and from behind the help combat illegal organ trafficking face mask of Pedro Medina in 1997. Photographs taken in July of Allen Lee Davis showed a large blood stain covering his white BY JEN LEMOS "In the organs trade business, abuses creep in A 1996 TED report indicated that the illegal burial shirt. National/State News Editor before you know it." flow of hum~n body parts sometimes stems "Old Sparky" was· replaced before the Davis execution with a A new organization designed to monitor the Other co-founders of the program included from the theft of organs from corpses in new chair that, like t.he 1920's original, is made of oak and has human organs trade may begin helping in the UC Berkeley Professor Lawrence Cohen and hospitals and clinics. the same electrical system. fight against the illegal trafficking of organs, Columbia Professors David and Sheila · "Organs and other body parts do not The attitude of the Legislature is "real men don't kill by lethal University of California at Berkeley officials Rothman. necessarily have to be donated or coerced from injection," said M ichael Radelet, a U niversity o f Flor ida reported last week. In the release, Scheper-Hughes said she some unfortunate souls," the report stated. sociology professor and death penalty o pponent. Organs Watch, a joint program by four found cases in Brazil and South Africa where "They can be stolen." "The view is we want to get even and you don't do that by professors of UC Berkeley and the Columbia eyes, pineal glands and heart valves were taken The TED report also indicated a lack of putting someone to sleep," he said. University Medical School, was launched from cadavers, and Cohen said his research proper internatio nal enforcement of existing A statewide poll of 600 people taken last month shows 58 Monday to act as a clearinghouse to surgeons indicated a high number of organ sales in the laws to prevent organ trafficking. percent of voters support a law to substitute chemical injection and other medical professionals. "kidney belt" of India. "Aside from the remotely related United for the electric chair. The poll, conducted by the St. Petersburg According to a UC Berkeley press release, He said research has indicated voluntary sales Nations Declaration of Human Rights, there are Times and The Miami Herald, shows 23 percent are opposed to a the group will investigate reports of human of organs in several 'countries where destititute no legal agreements among countries that focus change. The margin of error wa$ 4 percentage points. rights abuses relating to the transit and citizens seek to support their families by any on illegal flo w·of body parts," it said. Of the 3 8 states with capital p unishment , only Florida, transplantation of human organs. means necessary. "There are individual national laws that ban Georgia, Alabama and Nebraska have electrocution as the sole Workers will identify "hot spots" of the trade "The poor in India have begun to consider the trade, but they are not strictly enforced." means of execution .. The other three states have had problems and begin to establish a definition of selling their body parts," Cohen said. "These are According to the mission statement of Organs with their electric chairs, but those problems occurred more than exploitative or corrupt practices in transplant the wages of poverty." Watch, the i !legal trade of organs indicates_ a. a decade ago and weren't as extensive as in Florida, Denno said. surgery, the release stated. James Lee, director of the Trade Environment "collapse of cultural and religious sanctions Organs Watch also plans to lobby for the Database at American University, stated inane against body dismemberment," and the program - compiled from Associated Press wire reports by Robert amendment of national and international laws mail message that he attributes the problem of is designed to aid. in its demise. Coyner and Eric J.S. Townsend currently governing the trade of organs. organ trafficking not only to dire economic The S o ros Foundation' s Open Soc iety "Transplant surgery has entered a global circumstances, but to technology as well. Institute and UC Berkeley provided primary market, and we need to keep a close watch on "I think part two is that the science and funding for the program, with grants o f that,'' said program co-founder and UC Berkeley technology for extracting and implanting them $230,000 and $160,000, repectively. professor Nancy Scheper-Hughes in the release. has improved," Lee said.
CAMPUS CALENDAR FIGHTING INVOLVING BATS GROTTO DELIVERY CAR IS Street at approximately 10 p.m. AT DELAWARE CIRCLE STOLEN He said eggs and stones were Today the "Ahn Trio" will For those interested in a team takes on the University of Four males were found with bats A Grotto Pi zza delivery vehicle thrown at his truck, damaging his perform at the Amy E. duPont more physical evening, ice · Rhode Island at the David M . in their possession near the scene was stolen from the College Square windshield. He said he could not see Music Building as part of the skating will be offered at Nelson Athletic Complex at I of an anonymously reported fight Shopping Center parking lot Tuesday who was throwing the objects, but Performing Arts Music Series. 12:30 a.m. in the Fred Rust Ice p.m. For information, call Wednesday night, Newark Poli ce morning, Newark Police said. said he thinks the projectiles came The performance will be at Arena. Admission is $2. For UD I-HENS. said. Police said the driver had left the from the third floor of the complex. 2:30 p.m. with free admission. information, call 837-8413. On Sunday, a Leadership Cpl. Mark Farrall said police keys in the ignition of the 1998 Ford Police said they have no suspects. For information, call UDI On Saturday, the College Program, "Challenge by were dispatched to Has let Place Escort. At approximately I: 15 a. m., an HENS. Bowl Intramural Choice," will take place at the a nd D e laware Circle at unknown person stole the car and was CASH REGISTER RAIDED The "Mostly Mozart" opera Tournament will kick off at 9 Carpenter Sports Building at 9 approximately II p.m. to respond last seen headed toward Marrows A woman is sus pected o f workshop, with Patrick Evans a.m. in Smith Hall. There will a.m. For information, call 831- to a report of a fight involving Road. removi ng an undisclosed amount of and Marie Robinson, will take be a $25 team registration fee. 0456. baseball bats. Police said the car is valued at cash from the register of a College place at 8 p.m. tonight at the For information, call 328--4431. On Monday, a panel Upon arrivi ng, police discovered $8,000 and there are no suspects in the Square S hoppin g Center store, Amy E. DuPont Music Also, The Professional discussion concerning the Tom four men, ranging in age from 19 to theft. Newark Police said. Building. For information, call Theatre Training Program will Capano/Anne Marie Fahey 25, in a car leaving the scene. The In a report fi led Thursday, police UDI-HENS. offer a performance of murder trial will take place at officer stopped the car and TOW TRUCK IS PELTED WITH said a 24-year-old female is confiscated three bats from the Also, a screening of the "Betrayal" in Hartshorn Hall 120 Smith Hall. The discussion EGGS AND STONES suspected of remo ving cash from back seat. Unknown persons threw eggs and the register at The Science Fair " Blair Witch Project" wi II be at 12:30 p.m. For informati-on wil l begin at 7:30 p.m . For One of the men was wanted by stones at a Ewing tow truck Tuesday between Sept. 8 and Nov. 9 . shown at midnight in the call UDI-HENS or 831-2204. information, caJ1 ·831-1974. the New Castle County Police and night, Newark Police said. Poli ce said they are continuing an Trabant University Center Delaware fans can show was turned over to that department. Police said the truck driver reported investigation. Theatre. their loyalty as the football - compiled by Jonathan Rifkin No c harges were filed in the that he was towing vehicles from the incident. fire lane on the I 00 block of Haines - compiled by Drew Vo!turo November I 2, I 999 • THE REVIEW. A3 DUSC committee overhauls organization evaluation program
BY HILLARY MCGEEHAN program bonus activities. before it was implemented. Staff Reporrer Eric Norman, student center program Various organizations had problems wi th The Delaware Undergraduate Student coordinator and ARISE planner, is not part questions that did not relate to their groups, Congress is in the process of revamping the of the committee but said he supports the Cabrera said. Activities Recognition Instrumental idea behind it. Many students on campus also said they Standards Evaluation program to find a Norman said he feels this type of had problems concerning ARISE. common ground on which student evaluation system is necessary to make the Senior Brenda Mayrack said she has a organizations and administrators can agree, 200-plus student groups accountable for completely different view of revamping the said Thomas Evrard, faculty senator for their activities. proposal. DUSC. Evrard said the committee hopes to have "I think the program should be Evrard said the ARISB program, which an open forum before the end of the abolished," she said. "DUSC should have was designed to evaluate registered student semester to get input from students and asked the RSOs if they want ARISE groups on campus, was rejected by students administrators. · revamped at all." · earlier this semester. However, he said, the program probably Evrard said the committee is trying to "Once the ARISE program was rejected won't be implemented until next fall. devise a plan that will work for all groups by the students, the administrators turned DUSC President Andrea Hinchey said on campus. They would like to finalize more the project over to DUSC," he said. "We are once the program is completed, a group of of the proposal before they release it to the taking it apart piece by piece." advisers will look over the proposal and RSOs, he said. Evrard, the chairman of the ad-hoc give the committee THE REVIEW/ Megan Brown committee which was formed one month feedback. Psychology professor Marvin Zuckerman (left) said nicotine and ago, said the committee consists of 10 "Most of the alcohol are statistically more dangerous than marijuana. people who represent various sectors of administrators have been student organizations. encouraging and Committee member Cristina Cabrera, s upportive," she said. preside.nt of the Resident Student "They have given us ideas Association said progress has been slow. and input." Students discuss drug "We're not there yet," she said. "We're Scott Mason, assistant tackling sections at a time." director of the student Two people on the committee work center, said he will select together on a specific section of the advisers to look at the legalization issues proposal, Evrard said, and then the group committee's proposals works together as a whole. once the process is over. The most controversial se<;tion, campus Cabrera said she began the discussion. life, is still being worked on carefully, he wanted to be on the Responses vary Junior John Willey said he i s said. committee because RSA hesitant about legalizing marijuana Cabrera said the controversy stems from represents a large portion among students in because of the potential results. ARISE requirements that did not necessarily of the university and "I can see marijuana being legalized, apply to campus life. because a lot of students discussion with but I also see it as a gateway drug," he "Registration wasn't a campus life issue," are involved in RSOs. said. "I think it could lead to harder she said. "It is more of a policy issue." Her biggP.st problem psychology professor drugs and other illegal activity." She said one example of such a policy with the ARISE program, . THE REVIEW/ Scou McAllister BY PAUL MATHEWS Zuckerman countered by saying: change was to make certain requirements she said, is that it wasn' t Eric Norman, ARISE planner, said he feels the Srajf Rep11rter " People say marijuana is a gateway stipulated under the original ARISE presented to the students program is necessary for student groups. The room was dimly lit with tie drug, but does that mean there is dyed chair c ushions littering the floor something in marijuana that makes and a Bob Marley poster overlooking people want to do other drugs? the entire room. In the middle of all "More likely there is something in this was distinguished psychology people that makes them sensation seekers." E-mail system is·shut down due professor Marvin Zuckerman. Zuckerman was leading a discussion The group also debated the legal about the legalization and ramifications of drug use and decrimina lization of marijuana and possession. other drugs Tuesday night in the Senior Matt 0' Byrne, a resident to spread of fraudulent message 'lilbert A/B Lounge. assistant and org:~nizer of the evening's The approximately 20 s tudent program, said he did not see the benefit attendees were supposedly separated to of imprisoning users. BY MELISSA UHNIAT As a result, Mackenzie said, the university told the names of the new lists, she said. Sraff'Repnrrer indicate their position on the issue. "Sending people to prison does not e-mail system was shut down Monday from Mackenzie said she also wants to make However, thi s distinction became help," he said. "They come out A fraucjulent e-mail message circulated around 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. students aware pf this scam so it will not unclear as the discussion began. physically and sexually abused and among 5,000 students since Oct.-28, causing a Students were complaining they had 50 happen again. As a result, computing services Zuckerman started by peppering the bitter - not cured or reformed.'' temporary shutdown of the PINE system messages after checking their e-mail' in the has is ued a disclaimer - warning students students with questions about drugs to Willey, on the other hand, said more Monday, officials said. . morning, Mackenzie said. of the erroneous e-mail messages - which gauge their positions on the night 's severe punishments for drug dealers Betsy Mackenzie, director of the System Foster said the idea behind these e-mails is appears after a student logs onto PINE. issues. are the best solution. Securities, Access and Help Center, said the to create a commotion. "The real effort is education," she said. He quickly followed this by offering "I have heard of this thing where false message enticed ~he· students by "There is so much e-mail traffic that the "We have to tell people just not to respond to some statistics as a jumping-off point they peel the skin off your face slowly claiming Microsoft would offer them three person who sends the message gets what they these messages." for the discussion. as a punishment," he said. "I think that dollars for every person to whom the message want - a lot of nuisance," she said. Foster said she thinks the response to this " Nicptine and alcohol are wou ld guarantee that people would was forwarded. The inconvenience shows itself by creating e-mail was widespread because of the statistically the most dangerous of all stop dealing." "The message is a scam and completely time delays in the PINE system, Foster said. monetary incentive. drugs," he said. "They are responsible Sophomore Sara Schaeffer said the false," Mackenzie said. "No one ever gets the ''The traffic slows down the delivery of "People think it's an intriguing, easy way for an average of 550,000 deaths each government should have no say in an money promised." legitimate as well as illegitimate e-mail." to make money," she said. "So instead of year - only about 3,500 are ki lied by individual' s drug use at all. She said the e-mail proble1U began when Mackenzie said about 10 students who sending it to I 0· of their friends like a good all other drugs." "No one should be able to limit the people sent the message to class lists. • started the e-mail are being reprimanded by luck forward, they send it to hundreds of A p erson would have to smoke ways we can hurt ourselves if we are "The real problem is the lists and lists of the Dean of Students Office. people through class lists." I ,500 pounds of marijuana in 15 not hurting anyone else," she said. "We people," Mackenzie said. "People don' t just The charges against a few of the students Mackenzie said the students should not minutes to overdose, he said. are well-educated enough to make our send the message to Billy, Bob and Sue. They were dropped because, although they sent the respond to these messages. They should be Zuckerman focused next on the own decisions." start sending it to class lists." message to a lot of students, they did not use deleted. economic aspects of legalization and Towards the end of the discussion, Susan Foster, vice president of information a class list. "If students do want to respond," she said, decriminalization of drugs. He said Zuckerman said he is in favor of the technologies said class lists are supposed to "The students being prosecuted could get a "they should not respond to the entire list - more than $10 billion i s spent on legalization of marijuana because it is be used for communication for a particular deferred suspension and loss of computing just to the person that sent the message.'' keeping drugs out of this country, but practical. course. rights," she said. Junior Kate Gibboni said it is not a good only a very small percentage actually "I think it would be beneficial in the The overuse of the class lists was the Mackenzie said the university is also idea to respond to these messages. are kept out. long run," he said . " Why waste our reason the system was shut down. working on giving the class lists new names "It's false advertising;· she said. "You're The students, armed with these facts resources on the least dangerous of all "The lists go off into the wild or off the to prevent scams from circulating in the not going to get your money. How would and strong opinions on the s ubject, drugs?" university's system," Foster said. "The public future. they get it to you?" then has access to our class lists." Only appropriate faculty members will be Safety group More computer-related inspects cars on vandalism blemishes Laird Campus Memorial Hall facade BY JEN LEMOS building and police officials nearby at I BY LURLEEN BLACK said, "maybe they wi II take a National/State News Editor Srafj Reporter a.m. few extra seconds to remove University students said they were "It looked really messed up," he said of Compact disc playe rs , the ite ms from their cars.'' stunned to find parts of a computer the disassembled monitor. cellular phones and college During the operation, if a hanging from the window of Memorial Richards said he thought the incident textbooks all have one thing car was considered an easy Hall early Thursday morning, an incident could likely be related to a n earlier in common - they ar e target, the committee placed possibly relate d to an earlier graffiti violation at Memorial Hall on Saturday. highl y coveted by criminals gold in spection forms on the violation. In the Nov. 6 occurence, the words " I seeking to break into cars. windshield indicating why University Police Capt. James Flatley Hate Computers" were splattered in red In an effort to reduce car the vehicle failed and how said he received notice of the spectacle at paint across a white window frame. break-ins. Public Safety and the owner could rectify its approximately 12 a.m. Thursday when The g raffiti violation, which was the Laird Campus Safety appearance. officers reported to examine the situation: reported at approximately II :30 a.m., has Committee inspected cars in One person· who failed the THE REVIEW/ File Photo Cars considered easy targets for thieves in the Christiana A data systems ------also no t yet been the C hristi ana Towers t est , sophomore Bill computer monitor was resolved, with few leads parking lot Tuesday night for Dobbins , said he did not Towers parking lot received forms like this Thesday. found hanging on a peg or suspects. what criminals point o ut as think his car was a n easy items in the car, Robinson the make of the car and the by the northeast ''S h "I definitely think it's easy targets. target. said, criminal s mig ht also license plate numbe r and window of Memorial , related ," Richards said, Matt Lenno, c hairman of Dobbins owns a 1983 omeone as target cars with a lot of mess called it in to the police he said. t h adding that he thought the safety committee, said the BMW 320i. The car was because messy cars are often di spatch center. With th e Students walking on way 00 moe whoever was responsible groups were looki ng for c lean with no expens ive left unlocked. information, dispatch called the Mall during that s hould find other anything valuable like car items in clear view. " If a car is uno rganized, the owner of the vehicle and tim e said they were time on their activities. phones , COs and detachable But upo n inspec tio n , people may think you have told them to secure their car. surprised at the sight. "Someone has way face radios. or other items Robinson saw a checkbook in something valuable in it - "When we are on patrol at Sophomore Alison hands.'' too much time on their that can make cars prime Dobbins' rear window. even if you don't," he said. ni g ht, we a lways report Michaels said she first hands," he said. targets for break- ins and "You may not think a Caroline Zerbe, owner of a unsec ured vehicles," noticed the vandalism Flatley said although thefts. c riminal would want a 1990 Acura Integra, failed Robinson said. while walking with it may be unproveable By shining flashlights into c heckbook," Robinson said th e test because of c lutter in He said even thoug h car friends at 12:30 a.m. but - Bob Richards,freshman due to lack of evidence. car windows, the team could to Dobbins, " but you'd be her car. break- ins have decreased could not identify it. there may be truth to the see everything that was in a s urprised what people could " I tho ug ht junk wou ld from what they were at this "I had no idea what it view that this incident is car. inc luding COs, books, do with blank checks.'· deter crimina ls , not attract time last year, students still was," she said. "We had ------re lated t o th e spray- car phones and expen s ive Dobbins replied : "A thief them," she said. have to be mindful of things to ask the police." painted graffiti on Memorial. stereo equipment. wouldn ' t get an y thin g During the inspections, the they leave out in their cars. Mic hae ls said tha t o nce s he had "There's a very good possibility it' s "We want to get to the cars because I don ' t have any team saw several cars with "Hopefull y, we ide ntified the object, she thoug ht the related," he said. before the crimi na ls do.·· money in my account. But car li g hts left on, windows accompli shed something by computer parts were hang ing b y the ir Flatley said there are currently no leads Univers ity Police officer I ' m s till g lad you're down and a few cars with one walking the parking wires from the window. or suspects in th e case. Emmett Robinson said. c hecking. I didn ' t expect or more of its doors lotto ni ght ," he said. "I hope Fres hman Bob Richards said he also "At this time we have no information,'' " If we let students know service like that. " unlocked. people begin to lock up their saw th e monitor on the s ide of the he said. what the bad guys want." he In additio n to ex pe ns ive T he c:ommitt ee recorded cars properly.'' November 12, 1999 . THE REVIEW . A3 DUSC committee overhauls organization evaluation program
BY HILLARY MCGEEHAN program bonus ac tivities. before it was implemented. Swjj Reporter Eric Norman. student center program Various organi zations had problems wi th The Delaware Undergraduate Stu de nt coordin ator and ARIS E planner, is not part questions that did not relate to their g roup~. Congress is in the process of revamping the of th e committee but said he supports the Cabrera said. Acti vities Recognition Instrumental idea behind it. Many students on campus also said they Standard s Evalu ation program to find a Norman said he feels this type o f had problems concerning AR ISE. comm on ground o n whi c h student evaluat ion system i necessary to make the Senior Brenda Mayrack aid she has a organi zati ons and administrators can agree, 200-plus student gro ups account ab le for completely different view of revamping the said Thomas Evrard. faculty senator for their acti vities. proposal. DUSC. Evrard said the committee hopes to have "I think the program s hould be Evrard said the ARISE program, wh ich an o pen forum before th e end of the aboli shed,'' she said. ''DUSC shou ld have was designed to evaluate registered student semester to get input from students and asked the RSOs if th ey want ARISE groups on campus, was rejected by students administrators. revamped at all .'' earlier this semester. However, he said, the program probably Evrard said the committee is tryi ng to "Once the ARISE program was rejected won' t be implemented unti l next fal l. devise a plan th at will work for all groups by th e students, the administrators turned DUSC President Andrea Hinchey said on campus. They wo uld like to finalize more the project over to DUSC." he said. "We are once the program is completed. a group of of the proposal before they release it to the tak ing it apart piece by piece." advisers will look over th e proposal and RSOs, he said. Evra rd , the cha irma n of the ad-hoc give the committee THE REVIEW/ M~ gan Brown committee which was formed one month feedback. Psychology professor' Marvin Zuckerman (left) said nicotine and ago, said the committee consists of I 0 " Most of th e alcohol are statistically more dangerous than marijuana. people who represent various sectors of administrators have been student organi zati ons. e ncouraging and Committee me mber Cristina Cabrera, suppo rti ve,'' s he said . pres ide.nt of the Resident Student ·'They have given us ideas Associati on said progress has been slow. and input." Students discuss drug "We're not there yet,'' she said . "We're Scott Mason. assistant tac kli ng sections at a time.'' director of the student Two people o n the committee work cent er. said he will select together on a specifi c sec tio n of th e adv isers to look at the legalization issues proposal, Ev rard said , and th en the group committee's proposals works together as a whole. once the process is over. The most co ntroversial secti on, campus Cabrera said s he began the discussion. li fe. is still being wo rked on carefull y, he wanted to be o n the Responses vary Junior Jo hn Willey aid he i said . committee because RSA hesitant about legali zin g marijuana Cabrera said the controversy stems from represents a large portion among students zn because of the potenti al results. ARIS E requirements that did not necessarily of the university and "[ can see marijuana being legalized. apply to campus life. because a lot of students *· discussion with but I also see it as a gateway drug ... he "Registration wasn' t a campus li fe issue," are involved in RSOs. said. ·'I think it could lead to harder she said. "It is more of a policy issue." Her biggP-s t proble m ~--'------...... :: psychology professor drugs and oth er illegal acti vity ... She said one example of such a policy with the ARIS E program, THE REV IEW/ Scoll McA IIi ter BY PA UL MATHEWS Zuckerman countered by sayin g: change was to make cert ain requirements she said , is that it wasn' t Eric Norman, ARISE planner, said he feels the Sta/f Re{>tntn "People say marijuana is a gateway stipulated unde r the origin al A RISE presented to the students program is necessary for student groups. The room was diml y lit with ti c drug. but docs th a t mean there is dyed chair cu hions littering the fl oor something in marijuana th a t ma ke s and a Bob Marley poster overl ookin g people wa nt to do oth er drug ? the enti re room. In the middle of all " More likely there is something in thi s was distinguished psychology peop le th a t makes the m sensation professor Marvin Zuckerman. seekers ... E-mail system is shut down due Zuckerman was leadin g a discussion The g ro up a lso debated the legal abo ut th e legali zati o n and ramificatio ns of dru g usc a nd decriminalizati o n or marijuana and possession. other drugs Tuesday ni g ht in the Senior Matt o· By rne. a re s ident to spread of fraudulent message 0ilbcrt AlB Lounge. assistant and o rg :-~ ni ze r of th e evening's The approxi ma tely 20 s tudent program, said he did not see the benefit a ttend ee~ were supposedly separated to o f impri soning users. BY MELISSA UHNIA T As a result, Mackenzie said, the uni versity told the names of the new li sts. she said. indicate their position o n the issue. "Sending people to prison does not Staff Reporter e-mail system was shut down Monday from Mackenzie said she al o wants to make However . this di s tinctio n became he lp ... he said. ''They come o ut A fraudulent e-mail message circul ated around I 0 a.m. to 4 p.m. students aware of this scam so it will not un clear as th e di scuss ion began. physicall y and sex uall y abused a nd among 5.000 students since Oct. 28. causing a Students were complai nin g they had 50 happen again. As a result, computing services Zuckerman start ed by peppering the bitter - not cured or reformed ... tempo rary shutdown of th e PINE system messages after checkin g their e-mail in the h a~ i ~~ u c d a cliscbimcr '' :trning 'tuJ enh students with questions about drugs to Willey, on the ot her hand. said more Monday, officials said. morning. Mackenzie said. of the erroneous e-mail messages - which gauge their po itions on the ni g ht 's severe punishments for drug dealers Betsy Mackenzie. director of the System Foster said the idea behind these e-mai ls is appears after a student logs onto PI E. issues. arc th e best solution. Sec urities, Access and Help Center, said the to create a commotion. "The real effort is education." she said. He quickly followed thi s by o ffering '· I have heard o f thi s thing where fa lse message e nti ced !he· stude nts by "There is so much e-mai l traffic that the "We have to tell people just not to respond to some tati tics as a jumping-off point they peel th e skin off yo ur face slowly claiming Microsoft would offer them three person who sends the message gets what they these messages.'' for the disc ussion. a a punishment .'' he said . ''I think that dollars for every person to whom the message want - a lot of nuisance,'' she said. Foster said she thinks the response to this "N ic.otinc and alcohol arc would guara ntee th at people would was forwarded. The inconvenience shows itself by creating e-mail was widespread because of the stati sti call y th e most dangerous of all stop dealing ... "The message is a scam and completely time delays in the PINE system, Foster said. monetary incentive. drugs." he said. "The y arc responsible Sophomore Sara Schaeffer said the false,'' Mackenzie said. "No one ever gets the "The traffic slows down the delivery of "People think it's an intriguing. easy way for an average o f 550,000 deaths each government should have no say in an money promised.'' legitimate as well as illegitimate e-mail." to make money,'' she said . '·So instead of year - only about 3.500 are ki lied by individual' s dru g usc at all. She said the e-mail problem began when Macken zie said about I 0 students who sending it to 10 of their ftiends like a good all oth er drugs ... "No one should be able to limit th e people sent the message to class li sts. ~ started the e-mai l are being reprimanded by luck forward , th ey send it to hundreds of A pers on wou ld have to s mo ke ways we can hurt ourselves if we are 'T he real problem is the li sts and lists of the Dean of Students Office. people through class lists.'' 1.500 pou nd s of marijuana in 15 not hurting anyone else," she said. "We people,'' Mackenzie said. "People don' t just The charges against a few of the students Mackenzie said the students sho uld not minutes to overdose. he said. are we ll -educated enough to make our send the message to Billy, Bob and Sue. They were dropped because, although they sent the respond to these messages. They should be Z uckerman focused next o n th e own decisions ... start sending it to class lists.'' message to a Jot of students, they did not use deleted. economic aspects of legalizati on and Towards the end of the di scussion. Susan Foster, vice president of information a class list. "If students do want to respond.'' she said. dec riminalization of drugs. He said Z uckerman said he is in favor of th e technologies said class li sts are supposed to "The students being prosecuted could get a "they shou ld not respond to the entire li st - more than $ 10 billion is s pent o n legalizati on of marijuana because it is be used for communication for a parti cular deferred suspension and loss of computing just to the person that sent the message'· keeping drug out of this country, but practi cal. course. ri ghts,'' she said. Junior Kate Gibboni said it is not a good only a very small percentage actually "I think it wou ld be benefi cial in the The overuse of th e class li sts was the Mackenzie said the university is also idea to respond to these message . arc kept out. lo ng run ... he said . "Why waste o ur reason the system was shut down. working on giving the class lists new names "It 's fal se advertising.'' she said. "You' re The students. armed wi th th ese fact s resources on th e least dange rous of all "The lists go off into the wi ld or off the to prevent scams from circul ating in the not going to get yo ur money. How wo uld and strong opinions o n th e s ubject. drugs?" uni versity's system,'' Foster said. "The public future. they get it to you?'· then has access to our class lists.'' Only appropriate faculty members wi ll be
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BY KYLE BELZ "I was more into G .L Joe, existence and playing Features Editor cowboys and Indians," junior Ben Oakes said. This week, the world celebr ated the I 0-year Though Oakes couldn' t remember his parents' anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin wall. reactions, he said, he feels confident in saying hi s Soviets built the German wall, claiming it would father applauded the destruction, since it marked the keep citizens of West Berlin from sneaking in to the end of an empire using theori es to justi fy crimes communist secti on of the divided city. against humanity. But the W a ll served as more th an a physical " I have a feeling my father had some s trong barrier. It came to represent the rift between the emotions," he said. " My dad was a Marxist. I communi s t regimes of Eastern Europe, and the actually had three pairs of red socks, o ne with a democracie's of the west. sickle and hammer on it." Though the countrymen separated by it lived only Other students said they weren't raised in an feet from each other, the worlds they lived in were atmosphere that was particularly open- minded to ·on distant ends of the political spectrum. different ways of structuri ng society. This wall's destruction marked the end of a " I remember no t being very sympathetic to divided Germany and signaled the beginning of the anything foreign," Ball said. "Usually anything you coll apse of the Soviet regime, but political science don' t understand you shun. I guess you could say professor John Tures said problems have developed there was some fear [of communists]." in Germany since the reunification. Looking back, some said, th~y felt the wall's He said he spoke to German people while visiting demise had only slight global implications. the remnants of the Berlin Wall in 1990. Though the "In terms of world peac·e, it wasn't real big," strength of their culture all owed them to reestablish freshman Paul Bertollo said. "It was more for them." some of their severed ties, But Tures said students disparities in material should pay close attention to THE REVIEW/ File Photo wealth made the east the current state of Germany, The 1997 trial of former student Amy S. Grossberg centered a_ttention on the university Germans feet' li ke "second and should not lull due to its sensationalistic nature. class citi zens." "It's like when themselves into thinking the " It created a lot of idea of a wall on American resentment," he ·said. "This people tell me soil impossible. has led to recent Neo-Nazi "There are a couple of movements in East things like 'This is people like Pat Buchanan Grossberg: 3 years later Germany t owards t hat talk about bu ilding a immigrants and minorities." · the 30-year wall by m y home town, El But university students anniversary of Paso," he said, referring to a BY APRIL CAPOCHINO Grossbe rg appeared on book about the case: "Always in said the historic occasion Texan town near the Senior Staff Reporter Barbara Walter' s 20/20 speciaL our Hearts ." hardly affected tijem both Kennedy's death'. Mexican border. T hree years ago tod a)·, the which aired on June 6, 1997, and The book telb in specific this past week and on Nov. "There's :1 lot of Mexicans university became tangled· in a she mourned the loss of her baby. detai l the sto-ry of the ni ght 9, 1989, when the wall fe ll We were too young that choose to live there, and web of media frenzy as nati onal Doug Most, a reporter for The Grossberg and Peterson murdered during their e le mentary they share many similiarities reporters and te levision crews their newborn son. school year~ . to really realize with those in Mexico," he camped out all over campus after However, freshmen c urrently Junior Mariah Ball said, said. " A wall would mak.e police fo und a newborn infant in living in Thompson Hall where for the most part , it is only what was going on." the ones in El Paso be a Dumpster outside a local hoteL Grossberg lived said they have in retrospect that the event viewed as illegal It was soon discovered that in gains an y signi ficance in immigrants, creating a not had problems with the media. -Mariah Ball, junior the center of the controversy was Freshman Angela Kates, who her mind. similar environment to the Amy S . Grossberg, a university li ves on th e second floor of " It's like when people one in Germany." freshma n at the time, and her Thompson Hal l, said although tell me things like 'This is ------ In addition, he said, some high school sweetheart. s he heard of Grossberg before the 30-year anniversary of Kennedy' s death'," she countries like Korea are still divided, making the She and her boyfriend, Brian s he moved on campus, t h e said . "We were too young to really realize what was issue even more relevant considering our country's Peterson, were first charged with situation has calmed down quite going' on." current relations with communist North Korea. firs t-degree murder of the ir a bit. As a 10-year-old girl, she said, she knew about "The longer the time a country is divided, the ~born son. But prosecutors "I don't think the fact that she the wall only because of the cons ume rism it harder it becomes to re unite," he said. "You get lfer agreed to a plea bargain for lived here is a big issue provoked, and from the information given by her brainwashed into seeing yourself only as a member rif:inslaughter. anymore," she said. parents. of half of a country." ::The 2 1-year-old is fi uishing But she said the room tha t "I was in a store, Bloomingdales maybe, and they But, Tures said, students should view the ollt her two-and-a-half-year term Grossberg o nce li ved in has a were selling little rock pieces of the wall," she said anniversary more as a lesson than as a failed attempt at the D elores J . Bay lor new number and is different in "So I asked my mother and she explained it to me." for world peace. Women's Correctional FaciLity in numerical sequence f rom the Other students said they were even less aware of " I've found Delaware students to be knowledge New Castle. others on the floor. .the state of the world.· They said they thought more savvy," he said. "They just need to remember why - P e t e r son , w h o ad mitte d t o "From the standpoint of media about typical childhood pleasures and concerns than it's important to learn from these things." placing the baby in a garbage bag involvement," Brooks said, "this they thought about the end of the empire. and throwing him away i n a is the highest profile situation I .Dumpster behind The Comfort Record, a daily newspaper based was involved with." jnn motel o n South College in northern New Jersey, wrote a 'J\ venue, was only sentenced to 'wo years because the judge felt ATTENTION: be exhibited more remorse than t;J rossberg. •< He is serving his sentence in HIGH ENERGY the GYM t~e Morris Correctional Institution in Dover. 737-3002 B+ E STUDENTS ,:: Joseph A. Hurley, Peterson's ahorney' said he is hoping that 162 S. 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BY LINA HASHEM Chechen," he said. But B ilinsky said Copy Desk Chief Oliver, however, hesitated to put the label of world lead e rs a re too A two-mo nth Russian siege o n the breakaway genocide o n Russia's actions. Russia is breaking wi lling to take Russian republic o f Chechnya has killed an unde termined international laws of war by attacking civilians, he officials' statements at number of civi lians while displacing 200,000 refu gees said , but there is not yet evide nce that Russia is face value. -a number analogous to one-third of the inhabitants planning the destruction of an entire people. O li ver said if of New Castle County fleeing Delaware. He s aid this is one reason the inte rnationa l people do not understand Yet po liti cal science specia lists say there is little community has been conservative in its intervention. what is happening, it is chance that international organi zations will intervene Nations are obligated to deal w ith these kinds of partly because they do militarily as they have done in other recent conflicts, humanitarian crises, but their actions do not need to not want to. such as those in Kosovo and East Timor. be military. " The argume nt is, Reasons may incl ude a lesser degree of human Bilinsky, however, said he believes the reluctance ' W e've got e nough on rights vio lations , a lack of understa nding of th e to intervene is due to a lack of understanding. our plates with Bosnia conflict and U.S. interests th at lie more with a unified " Peo ple may be thinking that the Cheche n s and Kosovo,' " he said. " Russia th an an independent Chechnya. provoked the bea r," he said, " and some are ' W e've got a Chechens have resisted Russian rule since they swallowing the notion that Russia is dealing with presidential e lection were forced to become part of the empire more than terrorists." coming up.'" I 00 years ago. Altho ug h civilia n areas have been ta rgete d , Y et even the people The confli ct erupted into full-fl edged war between Russian o ffici a ls s till c laim the y are fig hting who unde rsta nd the 1994 and 1996, as Russia attempted to c ru sh the terro ri sm. Before the siege began, Chechens made confli ct have legitimate republic's bid for independence. Russia was forced to raids into a neighboring republic and were blamed for reasons to be cauti o us, withdraw in an uneasy a series of he said. truce. bombings in If. Chechnya succeeds In September, Russia Moscow. in gaining independence, resume d attacks on the But the o the r repu blics m ay re public , wi th offic ia ls professors said foll ow suit, Oliver said. saying they were terrorism is just a T hi s co u ld c reate a retali ating against terrori st ''I don't think anyone pre te xt for this dangerous s ituati on, he acts. war. said . If republics begin Russia has learne d takes seriously the "I do n' t want to to secede, Russia could lessons to i mprove its say that the re in effect fall apart - and tec hnique , s uc h as haven ' t been no o ne knows how the bombing from afar before claim that they're prov o c a tion s, resulti ng void would be e nte ring w ith t roo ps , because the re filled. political science professor bombing terrorist nets have," political " It becomes a big James Oliver said. · science professor B a lkans w ith nuc lear '------' ~ Because of this, the when they're carpet M a rk J. Miller weapons" Oliver said . . THE REVIEW/ Internet Photo ,. current war might have a said. " But at the "Who w a~ ts that?" Russia's siege of the breakaway republic of Chechnya has drawn ., deadlier outcome than the same time , the But Mille r said not little response from the international community. ; first one, in which tens of bombing bazaars.'' respon se seem s in terveni ng can have Miller said, such as withholding badly needed loans tho usands of C heche ns dis pro portiona te seriou s costs as well. Forcing o ut hundreds of from Russia. were killed. to the te rrori s t tho usands of refugees from C hechnya can put a T he professors said that d ue to eco nom ic and T!)e e nhanced tacti cs - Mark J. Miller, political science professor threat. Se\'ere strain on neighboring areas that may already mi li tary proble n1s, Russia will not be able to wage appear to be wo rking so "I don' t think be s truggling to a vo id erupting in to their own war for very long. far. Nearly o ne -quarter a nyone takes conflicts. 1 " Despite the Russian military superiority, the of the population has fl ed seriou sly t he "Where are these people going to go, and who is Chechens fight well ," Bilinsky said. "The outcome ._., the re public. And claim that they're go ing to provide fo r them?" he said. " It is very 1 will probably be a kind of stalemate that can be ,' although there has been no independent confirmation, bombing terrorist nets when they're carpet-bombing destabilizing for a fragile region." · dressed up in various ways." ,: the Cheche9 president claims more than 4,000 deaths. bazaars." The professors said the international community 1 Oliver agreed that Chechnya is not likely to attain : The victims include women and children. Russi an actions may have more to do with will intervene diplomatically if not militarily. independence. Political science professor Yaroslav Bilinsky said erasing the humiliation of a previous withdrawal, one A de legation from the Organization for Security " I think in the short run, Russia can probably r1 Russia' s actions constitute genocide. o f the reasons Yeltsin was impeached last year. It and Cooperation in Europe is concluding a three-day suppress the r~si stance ," he said. "But this won' t deal " [Russ ian Prime Ministe r Vladimir] Putin is might also be intended to further Putin' s chances in visit the region today to assess the situation. ,< with the long-term problem. The resentments must go , , putting out a notion that a good Chechen is a dead the December elections, professors said. Individual states can also use diplomatic pressure, very deep." ,,,
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BY ALICIA MILINIS we realized the large moral issues th at had One of his honors inc luded the C IA's Staff Reporta been raised for Afghanistan's people. Distingui shed Inte lligence Me mber Award, He didn't wear a trench coat, no voices ." One -third of Afghanis tan had been Begleiter said . came out of his watch, and the miss ion driven o ut o f the country by S oviet Bearde n is also the author of " Black impossible sound track didn' t accompany invasion," he said. "Someone had to take a Tulip" a book on insight into how the war his actions. - stand and go in and help." in Afghanistan was fo ught. Students might have expected something The United States had no fo r ces in The book 's ti t le is d e ri ved fro m a more when they were offered a glimpse Afghanistan at that time, but the CIA Russian soldier killed in Afghanistan while into Milt Bearden's life as a Central brought in Stinger missiles to take care of clutching hi s hands o n a rare black tulip. Intelligence Agency operative. Soviet air forces, he said. The rea fter, d ead S oviet soldi er s were Bearden, a 30-year veteran of the CIA, "I was put in charge of moving in 60 to referred to as "black tulips." spoke to approximately 40 students in Gore 70 tons of ' stuff' and giving po litical Begleiter said he coordinated the event Hall about his efforts in the anti-Soviet advice," Bearden said. in hopes that it would stir some thoughts covert operations involving Afghanistan in Throughout the lecture, Bearden offered fro m hi s polit ical science students abo ut the mid-1980s. insight as to how he felt the public viewed the Cold War and U.S . i nvo lvement in "We are not the best spy agency, but we hi s agency from the perspective o f Afghanistan. were good enough to win over the Soviet someone on the inside. " I tho ught it would be interesting for Union," he said. "Americans do not like secret intelligent students to hear from someo ne like M ilt During the 45-minute lecture, Bearden groups," he said. " No one likes secrets and Bearden," Begleiter said. also spoke about his feelings on the Cold conspiracy." Senio r Patti Guarnieri attended the War. Bearden said nothing has real ly lecture. She said s he found the event "We engaged in the Cold War," he said. happened within the last 50 years within interesting but was left with lingering "And it was a drawn out drama which the CIA that has been kept from the questions. didn't produce many heroes. Was it government. "I thought he was a good speaker, but it something worth doing? Yes." Communications professor Ralph wasn' t what I e xpec ted," Guarnieri said. In addition to talking about his . Begleiter, who introduced Bearden, said "He talked a lot about the CIA in general, I THE REVIEW/ Heather Tyler philosophies on politics, Bearde n also the former intelligence officer left the CIA wish he focused mo re on his role in the Milt Bearden, a 30-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency, shared some field experiences. as one of the most highly decorated CIA." spoke to 40 students Wednesday in Gore Hall. He said U.S . involvement occurred when officers in the organization's history. Sorority clothing drive piles up charity donations
BY ANDREA N. BOYLE public relations for Kappa Alpha Theta, said. "For Copr Ediwr every piece of clothing you collect you get poi.nts - Piles of sweaters, jackets, dresses and skirts line one point for every piece of non-dry-clean only the floor of the study room in the Chi Omega clothing and three points for ones that are dry-clean sorority house. only." Rooms like this have become a common scene in Additional points are awarded for posters and the past 25 days at almost every banners around campus, how much sorority house around campus. ------· publicity each sorority gets for the Having to find a new place to "Dryel 'S goal iS drive, and a photo album comprised study is a s mall sacrifice to for Dryel of drive activities, support the Dryel Clothing tO create aS Sweeney said. Drive, an activity involving the "This Monday is the yell-in," II Panhe llenic Council mUCh CampUS Duff said. "It's when all the clothes · sororities. are collected. There you can gain Panhellenic vice president and COmmunjty extra spirit and attendance points." senior Emily Sweeney said the Dryel will host the yell-in at the clothes will be donated to local publicity and Trabant University Center to tally charities and clothing banks. the poinfs and reward the winner. " By utilizing the Panhellenic inVOlvement aS "Whatever chapter on campus council," she said, "Dryel' s goal gets the most points wins $1 ,500," is to create as much campus and pOSSible." Duff said. community publicity and The wifUler is then entered into h · · 1 ~ t · t · f involvement as possible." -Emil)' Sween e)', Panhellenic t e natwna compe t ton or a The university is one of 30 Council vice president c h ance at wmrupg· · · $5 ,000 • s h e sat"d . schools around the country The Panhellenic Council will hosting a clothing drive conducted by Dryel, a announce at the yell-in where the clothes will be manufacturer of home dry-cleaning kits. donated. Possible sites include the Emmaus House in Throughout' the 28 days of the drive, ending on Newark and the Women's Business Center in the Monday, sororities have set up clothing drop-offs · Wilmington, Sweeney said. in many local venues, including churches, schools, Students wishing to donate can either drop off YMCAs, YWCAs, and clubs. clothes to the sorority of their choice or can bring " Dryel is using competition to get people to them to local drop-offs throughout the community. participate," senior Heather Duff, vice president of
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why someone should participate in WVUD. she said. "It's really seri ous." New rules would help "Community memb~ rs are equal to students Negovetti said rati fications and ::mendment s because they are all on-air staff." to the constitution, which can pass with a two students get more air In addition to requiring the general manager thirds majority vote, will be reviewed every and program director be fully matriculated fall starting in 2000. time at the radio station undergraduates at the university, 50 percent of "The constitution should contain rules we BY JENNA R. PORTNOY the members must be students, Gene ral . can govern ourselves by ," he said. " It' s Copr Editor Manager Giancarlo Negovetti said. something we haven' t consulted before." Changes to the WVUD const itution - Intrigued by the process, Ako Mells, who Program Director Dustin Bixby proposed which has not been revised si nce 1983 - were has been doing a reggae show for I 0 years, that every radio show be reduced to two hours proposed at the radio station's monthly general said he is unsure of the effect the tentative and that everyone reapplies for shows each staff meeting in the Gallery of Perkins Student changes will have on the station. year. Center Tuesday night. "[The changes] seem radical in concept," he Negovetti said he supported Bixby' s plan. With a total WVUD staff of about 130, said. "I'm definitely an advocate of broader "A li ttle change is always good," he said. "It approximately 15 students and 30 community student participation, but not at the expense of keeps things fresh." members were in attendance. liquidating the diverse programming." Junior Benjamin Kintner, music director and The potential c hanges inc lude making Pointing out that all members have the Cutting Edge block coordinator, said he thinks students the top priority for filling on-air time, opportunity to contribute to the changes, the new shows will help to involve students. requiring a minimal amount of volunteering Negovetti said the constitution will be posted "The point of the specialty shows is to open from members, enforcing policy to ·discipline on the station's Web site on Nov. 23. up more time for student interest," he said. members and the c reation of a member " It's really important to get everyone's In response to the possibility of shortening coordinator position. input," he said. time slots, one audience member voiced All staff members with voting privileges Negovetti said another proposed change to concern. will decide on the changes at the next general the constitution will create consequences for "A few shows have been up for so long," staff meeting on Dec. 14. members who repeatedly miss meetings. she said, "it's hard to move them. There are Chris Rewa, a long-time community The station's bill of rights and guys on here [on-air] with a following." member and part of the constitutional review responsibilities - formerly part of their code Rewa said other minor changes include committee, said the goal of the changes is to of conduct - states that members who have reorganizing the music library, reformatting increase student participation. two or more unexcused absences are ineligible the program log and keeping the studio clean. "The students are representative of the to vote, Negovetti said Linda Berryhill, a member of WVUD for 18 energy effort that we wish we still had," she Rewa emphasized membership in th.e years, said she also encourages more student said. "I stand in awe of their participation." operations board, comprised of both involvement. Rewa said one goal of the constitutional community members and students, is open to "I hope students of the university take this review committee is to unify the seemingly any general member with at least one semester opportunity to get a fire lit under their butts divided community. of experience. and to get involved with the station," she said. THE REVIEW/ Chriswpher Bun n "The content of every show is important," "The board is not just a group of cool guys WVUD is considering changing its constitution, which has not she said, "but the show is not the ~ nly reason that decided to get together outside the group," been updated since 1983. Long-time Newark parish plans for face-lift of existing complex
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He said the professor given the ho nor gets a Roselle says instructors nortion of the interest earned from this donation. · Each of the four newly named professors said are examples of they were very honored to be recognized in this way. excellence in their J oan Brown , who was named Elias Ahuja Professor of Spanish, said she has been teaching respective fields here for her entire career. She said she hopes it will help her to pursue BY CARRIE WALLIS Staff· Reporter research and teach ideas that interest her. " My c urrent research looks at the Hispanic Four uni versity professors from different literary canon - the literary ' masterpieces' that we departments were ho nored with na med study and teach - to determine whic h criteria professors hips last month, Provost Melvyn influence selection now, and to propose additional Schiavelli announced. criteria to achieve a more representative canon for The four honored professors are Joa n Brown , the future," she said. George Hadjipanayis, Laurence Seidman and Harry George Hadjipanayis, named Richard B. Murray Shipman, Schiavelli said. Professor of Physics, said he is very happy with his Uni versity President David P. Roselle said thi s new position. distinction is very prestigious. " Hopefully thi s wi ll help me compete more "A named professor can be thought of as a rank successfully in research and attract new students to above professor," he stated in an e-mail message. my classes," he said. Roselle said the four honored professors are all Laurence Seidman, a professor here for 17 years, examples of excellence within their respective was named Chaplin Tyler Professor of Economics. disciplines. ''I'm very grateful for this honor," he said. "You Associate Treas urer Alvin R oberson said, work hard for many years writing articles and books, "Named professorships are given to full professors teaching and preparing for your class and it's very THE REVIEW/ Mike Louie who have in some way, shape or form distinguished gratifying to have that recognized." The first annual New Castle County Woman's Legislators Forum, held Monday in themselves academically." Harry Shipman was named Annie Jump Cannon Wilmington, discussed education and accountability. He said they are awarded not on a regular bas is, Professor of Physics and Astronomy. but when an e ndowment comes to a particular " I_' m really honored by this award," he said , department. "parti cularly so because Annie Jump Cannon was :.If .• The number of named professorships varies from suc h a re markable person. She was one of the year to year, and sometimes several years wi II pass leading astronomers of her time." without any professorships being awarded, Roberson Unfortunately, due to the lack of respect for Women's forum discusses said. women's contributions to science at the time, she Roselle said the sum of money involved is often a never received the recognitio n s he deserved, donation from or in honor of the individual whose Shipman said. state education issues name is assol:iatt:d with the professorship. BY MICHAEL LOUIE students do not come to class," she said. " Also, Assistant Phntn Editor consistently disruptive students should be removed Improving youth culture was the primary focus at from regular classroom settings." the first annual New Castle County Women But where to put disruptive students is also an Legislators Forum held in Wilmington's YWCA area of concern, Connor said. She described the new Conference center Monday . alternative education building in the Colonial School The forum, which included eight senators and District as resembling a prison. representatives from Delaware, was a night for the "There is a very similar structure not too far down legislators to discuss their plans for the upcoming the street from here," Connor said, referring to year to about 70 audience members. Gander Hill Prison. "The alternative education l-' However, most audience concerns tended to focus building is appalling. on the issues of education and accountability - "Its construction of concrete blocks and tiny ,, concerns that Rep. Stephanie ------classrooms with a ~ingle six-by- '1. Ulbrich, R-25th District, said six-foot window should not be a were among the biggest in her ''We have passed part of a building intended for district. education." " We have passed I • I t" t • Other topics included health legislation to improve the . egiS a IOn 0 Improve issues co ncerning minors. A cor occident le~ Kenny Denton porolyred below !I.e woisl. Allor inlonse !I.e ropy. Eoslor S..:.ls helped lvrn Konny's classroom environment," she the claSSrOOm Tobacco use and underage 9limmer of hope into o btight new career. One in five Amertc:ans has a disability. and Easter Seols is there with expert said. "But at present, smoking were frequent items on help, hope and humanity. To leorn ~ore, coli Eas~r Seals Of visit www.eo sfer·seol~. org education accountability is • t B t t the agenda for several .,...,..-...--...... nOJ nearly as effective as it enVIronmen ° 0 , a legisfators. '" ·; '1" ' "• needs to be." t d t• A. Rep. Deborah Capano, R- Se n. Myrna Bair, R -5th presen ' e UCa Ivn f2 f'fi" "'Di riel, ~'Slml ab bill District, said while education aCCOUntability is not involving a s tatewide ~' . accountability is a top comprehensive program to fight I • priority' it needs to be re- nearly as effective as it underage smoking is in progress. evaluated. If House Bill 72 is passed , " Public input is needed to needS,tO be." anyone under the age of 18 make this work," she said. caught smoking in public will Sen. Dori Connor, R-12th -Rep. Stephanie Ulbrich have to meet in family court and District, said she agrees could be sentenced to 25 hours accountability is not where it should be presently, of community service, Capano said. but there are a number of teachers that already hold She also mentioned the $775 million tobacco themselves accountable for their stude nts' settlement the state h as yet to budget. The education. recompense comes from a recent court decision "We cannot hope to hold students accountable if which makes major tobacco companies liable for everyone else is not held accountable," she said. tobacco related heath damages. " We have to make sure students' and teachers' Sen. Patricia Blevins, D-7th District, said since accountability remains equal." payments will be spread out over a number of years, Connor said other factors need to be considered in mos t of the money w ill go to health funds , order to improve education in Delaware. continuing health programs, and various one-time " Teachers should not be held respons ible if only programs.
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BY JAMIE M. PANFILI anthropologists as a mix belween religion and medicine, he said. Stujj' Rt f1111'1er Ankarloo said magic is exaggerated and in some ways must be unusual What is magic, what is superstition, and how do we distinguish the two? and spectacular. Stories only tend to horrify or glorify the image of These were questi ons posed to students and faculty but left unanswered by magicians. a history scholar from Sweden on Tuesday. Ankarloo then showed slides portraying the different Bengt Ankarloo, editor o f the six-volume book personalities that witches are perceived to possess - "evil " Athlone History of Witchcraft," asked an MBNA "Everyday doing," blasphemous, ecstatic and sexual. Ame rica H a ll audience of 30 peo ple numerous Some "evil-doing" witches offered children to the devil, hypothetical questions. connotations of while others were illustrated as eating babies. Ankarloo' s vis it was part of the " History • Blasphemous witches were depicted kissing the devil's Workshop in Technology, Society and Culture," a magic are buttocks. series of workshops held every Tuesday throughout Animal-riding witches portrayed the ecstatic the semester. superstitious personality. Ankarloo said the broomstick was added to the He asked if somebody says "damn y'ou," is it a image of witc hcraft in the 15th and 16th centuries to curse? Ankarloo said some countries believe it is, [yet] represent female sexuality. and that the person will literally be damned. Se xuality was also symbolized with nude witches Distinguishing between religion and superstition, important." holding snakes or toads, he said, which represent the male he said, is a problem scholars deal with when trying and female reproductive organs. to write the hi story of witchcraft. Anne Boylan, associate professor of history and woman "When somebody says 'God bless you,' is that - Bengt Ankarloo, editor studies, said Ankarloo asked many hypothetical questions religion or superstition?" he asked. but never gave specific answers. Ankarl oo said the definition of magic is· another Despite the rhetorical context, Boylan said, Ankarloo dilemma with which historians must deal. was asked here because he is a well-known historian. " Everyday connotations of magic are superstitious [yet] important," he "He's reputable as a scholar in Europe, and our workshop is primarily said. "However, the theoretical definition poses difficulty for the historian." for graduate students and faculty," she said. "He is a good speaker for Ankarloo ne ver gave a clear definition of " magic," but he did give graduate students. THE REVIEW/ Mike Louie examples. "I thought the whole project was interesting. I learned a lot about Bengt Ankarloo, the editor of "Athlone History of Magic fo rmulas found in Mesopotamia were labeled by modern magic." Witchcraft" spoke to a group of 30 people Tuesday. Def Comedy Jam rolls onto campus Peeper causes high
BY LURLEEN BLACK In the 40-degree weather, approximately 100 helpful in getting black peopie united. I mean, SwJrRe,xmer students scrambled to find answers to the five everybody likes music and we' re all here, together, safety awareness A chance to win $1 million rolled its way into question entry form. Some questions included the without any problems." town on a luxury bus Monday. name of Mr. Magic's Hip Hop Radio Show and the Other students, including senior Tyrran continued from A I there are things you can do." The Island Def Jam music group, one of rap name of the tour that Onyx, Def Squad and D.MX Coleman, said they appreciated the unity of the industry's most well-known record labels, brought performed together. event. understandable· reaction." University Police Capt. James their crusade to the Center for Black Culture to find Twenty-seven different regional winners will "This was a good effort by the Cultural Bishop s aid he advised Flatley said he has not heard of Mathis' re lease fro m G a nder hip-hop's biggest fan. receive $10,000 and then be entered into the Programming Advisory Board and the BSU to get following prac tical suggestio ns H ill Prison, whe re he was being Tour Coordinator Jason Kibble said the tour bus competition to win the $1 million grand prize. African American students to come together for a like those made by Public Safety is on a nationwide journey distributing literature Kibble said the million-dollar winner will be common interest- music," Coleman said. offic ials , citing resp o ns ible he ld on $ 1,000 secured bail. about its artists and plugging the campaign. chosen in January. Other program planners wanted to provide a behavior such as locking d oors Flatley said if Mathis pleads g uilty to the c urre nt cha rge of "We've been to a lot of colleges so far," he said, Senior David Mays said, "If I win the million, I new program for the university's students. a nd l ook ing o ut fo r o t h e r "and it's all in the name to find the most dedicated will invest it in mutual funds and update my DJ "We needed the bus to take student stude nts, t o alleviate safe ty t res passing w ith t he intent to person to hip-hop." equipment." programming to the next level," Tiffany Dyson, concerns. peep or peer, he will stand trial The tour bus, decorated with pictures of D.MX, Unexpectedly, the event served as a unification president of the CPAB, said. "It gives UD new " When people feel for the offense. Jay Z, Method Man and other rappers, played songs effort, similar to those discussed in last week's talk flavor." threatened ," he s aid, " it 's and showed videos of the artists on the label. about unity, said Reginald Kee, president of the Others said they came simply to hear the music always empowering to know that "This bus has enough power to do a show Black Student Union. of their favorite artists. outside if we need to," Kibble said. "We asked the bus to come as a tactic to get "I came to this program because my favorite rap The label's "street team members" handed out people to come to the BSU meeting," he said. "But artists are on the label," freshman Leon Clarke said. posters, flyers and questionnaires about the as a side effect, everyone is here without [conflict]." 'They have good music that I can relate to." companies artists. Junior Jamin Elliott said, "I think this event is Support K_appa Alpha
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BY JESSICA HECKERT "What do you guys do when you walk what is funny and defining the me in the into a party? Do you just drop your pants at topic." When New York Cit)' comedian David J the door?" he said. David J said his family has always been began his comedy act for approximately 20 Afterward, the 28-year-old supportive of his profession. students in the Scrounge Tuesday night, Massachusetts native recalled why he got "My mom thought that I could do surprise quickly turned to humor. involved in comedy. anything that I wanted to do," he jokingly " Out of 16,000 undergrads, only 12 " A friend of mine, John Sweeney , said. "I like to include jokes about my show up- four being from the sponsoring introduced me to comedy II years ago folks in my acts. It makes me so nervous group," he said. "This is how many people when I was a junior in high school," he when they are in the audience." I thought lived in Delaware." said. Commenting on the idea of hosting his David J was the featured entertainment From then on, comedy was something he skit in the Scrounge, David J said large for the Coffeehouse, a weekly series of said he knew that he wanted to pursue spaces sometimes make people feel artistic performances sponsored by the seriously. inhibited. Student Center Programs Advisory Board. The comedian, a Brown University To accommodate the evening's smaller Performing at more than 300 colleges in alumnus with a degree in economics, said audience, he said, he chose to step off the the past five years, David J had the business was not something he wished to stage to produce a more intimate audience laughing continuously throughout pursue. atmosphere. the evening. "I have a real serious side, especially In general , David J said he feels he The comedian said that he likes to when it comes to business," he said. never really has trouble interacting with become acclimated with what the students Besides playing at comedy clubs and and getting reactions out of the audience. are going through before heading to their university campuses throughout the United "The only time it is tough is when a campus. States, David J hosts his own weekly show, crowd doesn't want to be there," he said. "I looked on the Internet and found the ' The David J Show,' at the Gothem "Like in a New York comedy club where University of Delaware's online rules," he Comedy Club in New York City. they have just pulled the crowds off the said. In addition, he has opened for Adam streets." "It tells you what to do in [the] event of Sandler, Kevin Nealon and David Spade. Although the turnout was not as large as a fire - so what are you going to do, boot He has also been in a commercial for expected, the students that did come said up your computer and wait [in a burning Dennison Chili, a Los Angeles-based they had a good time. building] to read them? company. " David came to our campus three years "My favorite part says, 'If trapped in a The comedian, who has taken ago and we decided to bring him back room and can't get out, wave a bright cloth professional acting classes, said, "I would again," said junior Maggie Brady, the out the window to attract attention.' " love to do TV sitcoms like one with the SCPAB variety events chair. "He Topics varied from elementary school sarcasm of Seinfeld. But I am pretty well customizes his acts for our campus." experiences to college dating. trained as a serious actor." "I've been to comedy acts in New York "I used to be the guy who got kicked out David J said he never has a specific City and David J was really good for of kickball," he said. order for his comedy skits unless he has an something in a cafeteria setting," And to poke fun at students in the audition. sophomore Elise Feldman said. "It would audience, David J described the evolution "I keep a notebook and when people say have been so much cooler if more students THE REVIEW/ Christopher Bunn of relationships in college from "dating'' to stuff that I think is ridiculous, I write II had shown up." Comedian David J traveled from New York to the Scrounge "hooking-up." down," he said. "It is a question of seeing Tuesday to entertain the students who attended his show. More police and water quality stressed nge me. in new city budget plan for 2000 FOLIC ACID= NOW The time to prevent birth defects is b~re you know you're pregnant. continued from AI Jan. I . The police department is currently "People have been telling us about high iron 1·800·3B·BE·SMART FO R A F R E~ BOOKLET conducting interviews with applicants for the content in the water," he said. "Now, the ""'""""" e d ea OtQ the total of full-time strength to 56 personnel. positions. monitoring is going to be consistent with the / t# ~~mes ~~ They will be assigned to the special operations Godwin said there may be a provision for water engineer." ..: ~ ~.S- ...... unit and be •tsed entirely for Main Street two more officers in nex' year' s budget. Water and police are not the only concerns QuEsT I 0 N s I 888-MODIMES patrols, according to the budget. Joseph Dombrowski, director of water and addressed in the budget. The budget also £til;~ Newark Mayor Harold F. Godwin said most waste water, said the 2000 budget will create allotted $20,000 for the purchase of 27 ~...-.-.....-4!11111!!! of the council agreed that the city needed to do the funding for a water quality engineer to receptacles for Main Street. a better job on Main Street and downtown monitor the water and the iron removal plant - Clifton said the cans cost approximately during the weekends. which is also in the budget. $725 each and would replace the current "There have been a lot of retirements in the "The water quality engineer will also check wooden green receptacles. past few years," he said. "So we asked the city the quality of surface water and ground ~ater," "The new cans are bolted down and cannot manager to provide space for more officers. Dombrowski said. "More regulation requires be tipped over and thrown into the street," he "We are committed to providing the service more work, and this position will provide for said. "This was a cooperative effort of public for citizens that they expect and deserve." that." works and the planning department to Newark Police Chief Gerald T. Conway said Clifton said the new engineer and the iron accomplish something for the aesthetic the department hopes to hire the new officers by removal plant are both needed in Newark. improvement of Main Street."
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All Ten-year-old job training .Employers give advice to. program gets a modem ~Wist job seekers at career expo the alumnus with information on the student. Web access to program Baldwin said she hopes the Web access wi ll increase the available selection of opportunities. BY JAMIE M. PANFILI makes it more accessible to "I am try ing to increase employee data bases so Staff Reporter that we have a lot of different employers for students Resumes, appearance and personali ty are the se!ling qualities companies loo k for whe n hiring students and alumni to choose from," she said. new employees, represe~tatives at a ~a reer and educati on expositi on said Monday. Flo Ryan of J&J Staffmg sa1d she IS looking for specific qualities in a pote nti al e mployee. BY .JAMIE PANFILI Green said stude nts seem to have very s pecific Stujf Reporter ideas as to what they want to do. "We are lookmg for someone wi th good work ethics, ni ce appearance and a good pe rsonali ty,'' she said. "We are really looking for the package deal." ~ A n ew Web page a llows student s and alumni They a re ho ping that increasing the e mployee databases will give students more opportunities and Robin Lloyd of Chesapeake Publishing said o rgani zers were expecting approximate ly 200 easier accessibility to the D ay on the Job program, people to attend. However, few of those who attended were university stude nts. said a university official said. less disappointment, she.said. "They d~n ' t have the need for the job or they don' t take it serio usly," she said. Gradua te Assistant for Experiential Programs The a lumni participants are from a variety of different fields, Green said. Lloyd sa1d when planmng to go to a career expo, it is important to bring Jots of resumes. dress Carrie Baldwin said the D ay on the Jo b program appropriately and act professionaly. links s tudents with alumni in diffe rent fields and Not all of the participants are local, because not all "It is an opportunity to see many careers under one roof," she said. " It is lil~e the mall."' a llows them to receive first- hand occupa tional job opportunities are going to be local, Green said. The a lumni, who a re f ar away, us ua lly have a Don Bro m , recruiter for The Associates, said resumes are vital fo r a person seeking : experie nce . employment. M arianne Green, .assist a nt director for Career student participate over Winter or Summer Session, "They all ow you to see everything about a person before you meet them," Brom said. Services, said since th e program has moved to the s he said . So metime s·, if the e mployer is a g reat Ryan said it is also important to see extracurricular activities on a student's resume. Web, it has had a n average of three new alumni distance away, a Career Services representative will set up a phone call instead of an entire day visit. "It shows the studertt is a go-getter, hard worker, and they know how to take the ex tra step to participants per week. start their careers," she said. There is a total of about 30 alumni who parti cipate One of the problems wiih recruiting alumni was Resumes speak for a person, Ryan said. Therefore, a bad resume can be damaging. now, but they hope to have at least I 00 by the end of · the time commitment involved, she said . The online application makes it easier and faster R esum es that are t oo long, unorgani zed, o r filled with ty pos do not rece ive m uc h the school year, she said. consideration, she said. Baldwin said one of the program' s most useful for alumni to s ubmit an application, Baldwin said. "They are things, not persons, and therefore they need to be the best of the best," Ryan said. o bj ectives is that it allows students to explore what The o nline a lumni appl ication as ks general Barbara Jenkins, program administrator for Central Michigan Colleoe, said to study before a ,. they want to do after college. info rmati o n in addition to a few s ho rt-ans wer . - job interview. "" '· The program. which has been in existence for questions. " If you are going o ut for a job and you know the field you want to work in, then you need to more than I 0 years, is underused, Baldwin said. The Alumni are asked to list five primary duties, what research the company before the interview," she said . new Web page, created this s ummer, is an effort to . are the best and worst aspects of the jobs, any special Employers are looking for longevity in the work place and education in the field of work to increase the number of participants. training, how they found the job, and comments to which a person is applying, Ryan said. "We are hoping the W eb w ill increase student students. ~hen conducting an interview, Brom said, a person's enthusiasm, e nergy and positive attitude usage of this prog ram, whi ch is good for stude nts Green said no a lumni s hould be discouraged to are JUSt as Important as their work experience. who are unsure of what they want to do," she said. participate. However, those who w~rk very far away Tricia Dougherty, a sales recruiter for Clement Communications, said she looks fo r a oood The W eb page is designed so students can look are warned that students may put in j ust a phone call. presentation when interviewing. e through a li s t of al umni wi t.h occupation al Baldwin said in the past, a Caree r Servic e "Confidence is important," she said. " Know what you are looking for in a career. Stand out to descriptions, Baldwin said. representative would have to mail 'out an application me as someone who wants to excel, succeed and grow in the company ." If a student discovers an occupation of inte rest, and wait for it to be returned befo re they could pair a she said, a Career Service representati ve will contact student with the alumni. The' .. New Main Street traffic light helps Review regqlate flow of pedestrians and cars :, ... ; ~ _. online BY HIDE ANAZA W A "T his meant a vehic le traveling from o ne Faghri also said he thinks a ri a hi ng yellow AND LAURA LAPONTE traffic light to the next was forced to stop at light for pedestri a n c ross ing may be have Stuff Reporters the crossing," she said. bee n the best o ption. www.review.qdel.edu A fla~hing yellow traffic signal in front of By the time a car reached the next light, "If [DELDOT] install s a n ashing red li ght, · R ainbow Records o n Main Street has been s he said, it was no lo nger in time with the it may improve the safety of pedestriar:s. but changed to a traffic lig ht with a pedestri a n other li ghts, thus creating delays. will inc rease the dela y to th e a utomobile . "' button, city officials said. Civ il a nd Enviro nmental E ng in e e ring driver," he said. 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A But, the problem with the new horrific clamor of road rage and light on Main Stre,et is that this is loud music. the last place they needed to fix And it's right here in Newark, things. on a little strip known as Main Pedestrians use this crosswalk Street. heavily, because cars actually stop Main Street has been a haven of for them. If the light remains, the confusi on and the campus' epito student buildup will be huge, or me of annoyance. students will incessantly jaywalk, And its new little charm really causing bigger problems. hasn' t improved things. What was The other issue is that the city a perpetually flashing yellow light blindly proposed this to De!DOT, dangling above a much-loved and it hasn't yet been decided if crosswalk has turned into another the light wi II stay. regul ar light. Way to waste The city, money. along with The Review This: We think that thi s D elawa re new light is another De partment of The roadways of way to avoid the Transportation this city ar.e:not big concern - too has final ly many people travel accomplished a equipped for:the ling on one street. task to try and The roadways alleviate the abundance of of this city are not painful hold-ups people they are equipped for the on Main St. abundance of peo We are expected to cater ple they are expect impressed that to-and another ed to cater to. something has The more apart been done to traffic light won't ment buildings the s to p the clog help. city builds on Main ging o n Main Street , the mo re Street.· traffic. Things should be uniform and Stop building, and then maybe move faster, but the city should the traffic won' t be so bad. Don' t probably weight o ut the advan expect one light to help the situa tages versus the disadvantages tion the city has created. before doing something that costs A new traffic light won't really money. help I-95 at 5pm either. Letters to the Editor doesn't he hate? The mistake here is that the band is not glo An unprofessional performance Speaker passed a more Clearly, the crowd of angry students gath rifying his violent tendencies at alL If Walkup dangerous situation than ered around Baldwin did not accept hi s mes had access to the lyrics when reviewing the " No matter what we do, there ·the press, because it is part of his sage of hate. In fact, they openly challenged it. album, he could have clearly read that the lyric are newspaper reporters and sensa job as mayor. He shouldn' t be The Review acknowledged I can only hope that the next time Baldwin or is - ''At fifteen exposed Ph illy's finest killing tionalists all around Newark who pressured b ecause a reporte r is While I certainly respect Jeremiah Baldwin's another one of his cohorts visits our campus machine." like to make sensational looking questioning him. right to stand on our campus (or the sidewalk the Review will not be so amused by his hate. Clearly lead singer Zach de Ia Rocha isn' t stories out of nothing." If he were comfortable in his adjacent to our campus) and speak his views, I glorifying Abu-Jamal's "violent tendencies" This quote from Newark Mayor position, it shouldn' t matter. As a cannot condone his message. Patti Guarnieri but rather points to the fact that Jamal was giv Harold F. Godwin ran in the News politic ia n , he should have an Nor can I ignore The Review's failure to [email protected] ing away the names of Philadelphia police offi Journal on Oct. 27 and was ·con answer ready. characterize Baldwin's commentary appropri cers who were violent toward the people of the nected with a story about the fa tal Godwin has proved not that he ately. Baldwin is not j u st a nother wacky Reporter should have done city. The "finest killing machine," is the train crash near the Deer Park that can swallow his pride, but that he " preacher," as one might have thought after Philadelphia Police Department, and not killed one man in is unprofessional reading Shawn Gallagher's Nov. 5 article. his ho~ework Mumia Abu-Jamal. July of this year. in his important His message is one of pure. hate and intoler I think Carlos Walkup needs to clear some · Again, I do not know if Walkup had the Godwin has job. ance. and it should not be taken lightly by this thing up for the readers of his review ·of Rage lyrics in front of him when he was reviewing said that it was What will Review This: ·· newspaper or by anyone on this campus. Against the Machine's " The Battle of Los the album, but if he did, then he didn't take a taken in the wrong happen when Indeed, Baldwin indicted just about every Angeles" [November 9]. very good look at the words to "The Voice of context, and he Godwin needs to .'. another tragedy one (except Robert Wood Johnson, perhaps?) · In discussing track nine, " Voice of the the Voiceless." really wasn't strikes? realize that if he in the campus community in his "You make me Voiceless," a song about convicted cop killer speaking about the Will he say sick" campaign: so-called "rebellious women," Mumia Abu-Jamal, he writes "Rage decided to accident at all, but wants a position · ·· something "out of Trevor Hewitt Jewish students, gays and lesbians, and every glorify his violent tendencies, dubbing him about a repor-ter context" to a fam Junior like mayor, , ~~ ·. bratty "college child." One has to wonder, who that was "hound ily member? "Philly's finest killing machine."' [email protected] ing" him for infor better know wha~:'; Godwin needs mation relating to it means to rill tile,: to realize that if the accident. he wants a posi Godwin apolo position ~: "tion like mayor, University denies fraternities' basic constitutional rights gized to the city at effectively. :,. he' d better know a city council what it means to "Congress shall make no law respecting an This withstanding, there is a far more pressing and utter destruction of the Greek system mani meeting, but the ~~:~ fill the position establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free issue that concerns us. The article claims that fest itself. situation in gener- effectively. exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of Tau Kappa Epsilon violated a rule that was So review this- don' t blindly accept every al has yet to be forgotten. He can' t worry about making speech, or of the press; or the right of the people "clear" and "actually one that makes sense." We thing this university and its media spoon-feed As mayor, it is hi s duty to be on friends and not upsetting anyone peaceably to assemble, and to petition the gov utterly disagree with this statement. This univer you without first considering their motivation in guard w hen giving quotes. He - what he needs to do is worry ernment for a redress of grievances." sity has no right to deny anyone the ability to doing so. There are two sides to every story, and needs to be prepared to watch what about getting the job done. -First Amendment, United States Constitution freely affiliate themselves with an organization. we would hope that you now recognize the legit he says at all times, and not have This quote was a sign of igno This is a glaring infringement upon the right for imate side of this one. to make an a pology because he rance and incompetence, and this After receiving their fourth Pacemaker award a group to freely assemble and freedom of said something stupid. is not the image that our mayor for outstanding achievement in their journalistic expression in generaL The Brotherhood of Tau Kappa Epsilon He needs to be able to deal with should be presenting. endeavors, the staff of The Review has obvious When the five-star system was initiated, it ly decided that enough is enough. After last was merely an attempt to improve fraternity Editor's Note- The rule which bars first-semester week's scathing and unwarranted criticism of standards and make fraternity membership a freshmen from rushing fraternities was not intro Tau Kappa Epsilon in the editorial section, it is more enriching experience for those involved. duced as part of the five-star program. apparent that they instead intend to pursue the We amiably signed an agreement asserting our Rather, according to Dean of Students Tunothy university's coveted Joseph Goebbel's Com belief in its goals and our willingness to partici F. Brooks, that rule was put in place by the Faculty memorative Propaganda Award. pate, but something along the way went horribly Senate before the five-star program ever began. Advertisin~: Policy for Classified and It has always been general knowledge that awry. . INked, it was filter amended under the five-star Display Ads: The Review is little more than a tool of the uni We acknowledge that if the university intends program to provide a reward for thosejralemities versity power structure. Either by their own con to initiate a program such as the five-star system, with a five-star rating, indicating their excellence sent or sheer ignorance they rarely manage to it is necessary to deny fraternities who don't in the Greek system, as a means of giving them The Review reserves the right to refuse any ads that are of an display an accurate representation of what is meet requirements certain privileges. However, recognition for their adherence to the rules of the improper or inappropriate time, place and ma_nner. The ideas occurring in relation to the Greek system. Every denying basic constitutional rights and punishing five-star pilln thing is viewed through the twisted veneer of innocent freshmen by restricting their decision So, instead of being a punishment designed to and opinions of advertisements appearing in this publication making processes is not the correct way to are not necessarily those of the Review staff or the university. university opinion. This latest editorial regarding "mark fraternities for eradication, •· the rule under our situation is no exception. accomplish this, not politically or morally. the five-star system is a positive enhancement, not Questions, comments or input may be directed to the advertis The attempt at atomization made by the So, as American citizens, we would like to a negative one. It even allows nwre latitude than ing department at The Review. author of this excrement is blatant and pathetic. know what other ideas The Review considers the original rule passed by the Faculty Senate did, The Review suggests that TKE is the potential "make sense." Perhaps we should eliminate due which did not allow first-semester freshmen to rush downfall of the Greek system, the agent of some process? Who needs it? What's wrong with cruel any fratemitites at alL cataclysmic change that will threaten the integri and unusual punishment? We can't think of any When fraternities signed the five-star agree ty of the other fraternal organizations on cam thing. Why regulate the people governing us at ment, they knew this was part ofthe requirements. pus. Anyone with any common sense or sem all? Obviously, The Review can't answer this TI1e rule had already hem in place a11d was modi blance of rational human thought realizes that question either. fied under the plan, 1wt created and not added later WHERE TO WRITE: this is not the case. It is merely an attempt to We are not the Greek system's adversary but as a ki1ld ofconstitutional restriction. The Review tum the Greek system further inward upon itself. merely a scapegoat in the ongoing confilict · As in all conflicts, there are two sides to every This university fears a united Greek front, and if between the Greek system and the university. story, and it is up to readers to decide which they 250 Perkins Student Center they can occupy us with infighting and petty With each new restriction the university feel is more "legitimate." However, a column is Newark, DE 19716 sq uabbles while they take away more of our encroaches further upon our personal freedoms. merely a couunn, nothing tnore. It is an expression The loss of homecoming festivities and al umni Fax: 302-831-1396 rights and freedoms, all the better. ofopinion, in this case, that ofTIJe Review's edito One must truly grasp the enormity of the situ support, membership recruitment restrictions rial board. E-mail: kespo@udeLedu ation to respect our decision. Terminating a fra resulting in plummeting numbers and the And if The Review is "a tool of the university's ternity's ability to recruit new members is a decrease in chapter morale are all very real cir power strcuture," it's ironic that so many columns The Opinion/Editorial pages are an open forum for public debate and dis death sentence. This is not a stipul ation that cumstances that we now face. When will it all and articles which contain criticism and concerns cussion. The Review welcomes responses from its readers. For verification should even be considered within the five-star end? Now is not the time to condemn one anoth regarding the university and administration regu purposes, please include a daytime telephone number with all letters. The system as a consequence for anything. We were er. Now is the time to unify ourselves under the larly appear in its pages. editorial staff reserves the right to edit all submissions. LetteQ and columns marked for eradication in the ultimate university common cause of an embattled people. If we do Liz Johnson represent the ideas and beliefs of the authors and should not be taken as catch-22, offered a choice between slowly dying not form a combined front against the genuine Editor in Chief representative of Tiie Review. . and risking breaking a university regulation. aggressor, we very well may see the complete I ; : r------~-~. ~~--.~~~~~------~~~~~~------Maoagin1 News Editors Editorial Editor: -;--, c Maria Dal Pan Kristen Esposito Entertainment Editors: City News Editors: Susan Stock Eric J.S. Townsend Steve Rubenstein Drew Volturo I Editor in Chid': Liz Johnson Carlos Walkup Jessica ZachoU I ' Layout Editor: Amy Kirschbaum Mana2inR Mosaic Edhors: Features Editors: National/State News Editors: I , Mike Be&rka Dawn E. Mensch Kyle Belz Melissa Scott Sinclair I . Photography Editor: Robert Coyner Jen Lemos Managin1 Sports Editors: Scott McAllister i Executive Editor: Brian CaUaway Admini A 12 Nl)\'Cmbcr 12. 199l) itoria A light glows in Newark A -,ccne of chaotic hcdl.tm. :\ But. th e problem wi th the new horrific clamor of road r.tgc and light on Main Street is that this is lnud illli'IC . the la~t place they needed to fix .-\nd it"s right here 111 :--JC\\,trk. thing~ . I on a littk strip kn o\\ n a' l\l,tin Pedestrians usc this crosswalk Street. heavily. because cars actuall y stop II !\ lain Street has hl·en aha\ en nf for them . If the light remai ns. the con fll'.. ion and th e campus· epito student bui ldup wi ll he hu ge. or me ol annovance. students will incessantl y jaywalk. And its ;le\\' little charm real! ) causing bigger problems. hasn't improved things. \\'hat \\'as The other issue is that the ci ty a perpetual!) flashin g )ellow light blindly pro posed this to DclDOT. dan!! I i n!! abo v c a mu c h- I o ,. c d and it hasn't yet been decided i r cro'~'' ali:. has turned into another the li ght will stay. rcgu Jar I ight. Way to waste The c it y. money. along '' ith The Review This: We think that th is Delaware ne w light is another Departmen t of The roadways of way to avo id the Transportation this city are not big concern - too has finally many people travel accomplished a equipped for the ling on one stree t. task to try anti abundance of The ro adways alleviate the of th is city arc not painful hold-ups people they are equipped for the on Main St. abundance o f peo We arc expected to cater ple they are expect i mprcssed that to - and another ed to cater to. some thing has The more apart hecn done to traffic light won't ment buildings the stop the clug help. cit y builds on Main g 1 n g o n M .1 i n Street . t he mo re Street.· traffic. Thing~ should be uniform and Stop bu ild ing. and then maybe move faster. but the cit) should the traffic won't he so had. Don' t pro bably weight out th e advan expect one li ght to help th e situa tages \'Crsus the disadvantages t ivn the ci ty has created . before doing something that co~ts A new traffic li ght won' t really mone). help 1-95 at 5pm either. Letters to the Editor docsn· t he hate'l The mistake here is that the band is not glo An unprofessional performance Speaker passed a more Clearly. the crowd of angry student s gath rifying his violent tendencies at all. If Walkup dangerous situation than ered around Baldwin did not accept hi s mes had access to the lyrics when reviewing the "No matter what we do. there th e prc~s. because it is part of hi s sage of hate. In fact, they openly challenged it. album. he could have clearly read that the lyric arc ne'' ~ p aper report ers and sensa job a~ mayor . He shou ldn't be The Review acknowledged I can only hope that the next time Baldwin or i -"At }({teen e.1posed Phillr's finest killing tional ists all around ewark who p r cs~ ur cd because a repo rt e r is While I certainly rc~pcc t Jeremiah Baldwin's another one of hi s cohorts visits ou r campus IIWChine.'' ld,e to make sensati onal looking questioning him. right to stand on our campus (or the si dewalk the Review will not be ·o amused hy hi hate. Clearly lead ~inger Zach de Ia Rocha isn't ~toric-, out of nothing ... If he were comfortable in hi s adJacent to our campus) and speak his views. I glorifying Abu-Jamal's "violent tendencies .. This quote from Newark Ma) or positio n. it shouldn ' t matter. As a cannot condone hi s message. Patti Guarnieri but rather points to the fact that Jamal was giv Harold F. Godwin ran in th e News poli t ician. he should have an Nor can I ignore The Re view's failure to [email protected] ing away the names of Phi ladelphia police offi Journa l on Oct. '27 and was con ans wcr ready. characteri ze Bald win's commentary appropri cers who were violent toward the people of the nected with a story abou t the fa tal Godwin has proved not that he ately. Baldwin is not just another wacky Reporter should have done city. The '·finest killing machine ... is the trai n crash ncar the Deer Park that can swallow his pride, but that he "preacher,'' as one mi ght have thought after Phil adelphia Police Departme nt. and not ki ll ed one man in is unprofe ssional reading Shawn Gallagher's Nov. S article. his homework Mumia Abu-Jamal. July of this year. in hi s impo rtant Hi ~me ssage is o n~ of pure hate and intoler think Carl os Walkup needs to clear some Again. I do not know if Walkup had the God\\ in h a~ j0h. .tnc·c . •trtd it ~ IH 1 uld nut he taken lightly b) this thing up for the readers of hi s review of Rage lyrics in front ot l111n when he wa~ reviewing \ ~t _.., \ · 11a t Review This: v. II I newspaper or by anyone on thi s cam pu s. Against the Machine' s "The Battle of Los tile album, but if he did, then he didn't take a taken in the wrong happen when Indeed. Baldwin indicted just about every Angeles" [November 9]. context. a nd he Godwin needs to anot he r t ragedy very good look at the words to "The Voice of one (except Robert Wood Johnson, perhaps?) I n di sc ussing track ni ne . '·Voice of the the Voiceless." real ly wasn' t strikes '1 realize that if he in the campus community in hi s '·You make me Voiceless.·· a song about convicted cop killer speaking about th e Will he say sick'' campaign: so-called "rebellious women, .. Mumia Abu-Jamal , he writes "Rage decided to accident at all . hut wants a position something '·out of Trei'Or He11 ·iu Jewish students, gays and lesbi ans. and every about a reporter like mayor, he'd contex t" to a fam glori fy hi s violent te nd encies. dubbing him Junior that was "hound ily mcmber'l bratty '·college child." One has to wonder. who "Philly's finest killing machine.' .. bombr ra/.:@ udel. edu ing" him for infor better know what Godwin needs mation relating to it means to fill the to realize that if the accident. he wants a posi Godwin apolo position 'tion like mayor, University denies fraternities' basic constitutional rights gilcd to the cit y at effectively. he 'd better know a city co un c il what it means to ·· congress shall make no law respecting an This wi thstanding. there is a far more pressing and utter destruction of the Greek sy~tem mani meeting. hut the fi ll the positi on establishment of re ligion, or prohibiting the free issue that concerns us. The article claims that fest itself. situation in gener- effectively. exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of Tau Kappa Epsilon violated a rule th at was So review this- don't blindly accept every al has ye t to be forgotten. He can' t worry about making speech, or of the press; or the ri ght of the people "clear" and "actually one that makes sense." We thing this un iversity and it s media spoon-feed As mayor, it is hi s du ty to be on frie nds and not upsetting anyone peaceably to assemble, and to petition the gov utterly di sagree with th is statement. This uni ver you wi thout first considering their motivation in guard when giving quotes . He - what he needs to do is worry ernment for a redress of grievances.'' sity has no right to deny anyone the ability to doing so. There arc two sitlcs to every story. and needs to he prepared to watch what about getting the job done. -First Amendment, Un ited States Constitution freely affiliate themselves with an organization. we would hope that you now recngnile the legit he says at all times. and not have This quote was a sign of igno This is a glaring infringement upon the right for imate side of this one. to make an apology because he rance and incompetence. and thi s After receiving their fo urth Pacemaker award a group to freely as semble and freedom of !said something stupid. is not the image that our mayor for outstanding ac hi evement in thei r journalistic expression in general. The Brotherhood of Tau Kappa Epsilon He needs to be able to deal with should he presenting. endeavors. the staff of The Review has obvious When the five-star system was initiated, it ly dec ided that enough is enough. After last was merely an attempt to improve fraternity Editor's Note- The mle which bars first-semester week's scathing and unwarranted criticism of standards and make fraternity membership a freshmen from rushing fratemiries was nor intro Tau Kappa Epsilon in the editorial secti on, it is more en ri ching experience for those in vo lved. chu:ed as part ofthe five-star program. apparent th at they instead intend to pursue the We amiably signed an agreement asserting our Rather, according to Dean of Students Tinwthy uni versity' s coveted Joseph Goebbel' s Com belief in its goals and our wi ll ingness to partici F. Brooks, that rule was put in place by rhe Faculty memorative Propaganda Award. pate, but something along the way went horribly Senate before the five-star program ever began Advertisina: Policy for Classified and It has always been general knowledge th at awry. . Indeed, it was later amended under rhe five-star Display Ads: The Review is liule more than a too l of the uni We acknowledge that if the university intends program to provide a reward for those fraternities versit y power structure. Ei ther by their own co n to initi ate a program such as the five-star system. with a five-star rating, indicating their excellence sent or sheer ignorance they rarely manage to it is necessary to deny fratern ities who don't in the Creek system. as a means of gi\·ing them The Review reserves the right to refuse any ads that are of an di splay an accurate representati on of what is meet req ui rements ce rtain privileges. However. recognition for their adherence ro the rules of the denying basic const itutional rights and punishing improper or inappropriate time, place and manner. The ideas occ urring in relation to the Greek systc·m. Every five-star plm~ thing is viewed through th e twisted veneer of innocent fresh men by restricti ng their decision and opinions of advertisements appearing in this pub.licat~on So, instead of being a punislmrent designed to opinion. latest editori al regarding making proccs cs is not the correct way to are not necessarily those of the Review staff or the umvers1ty. uni v~ rs it y T h i~ ··mark fraternities for eradication., .. rhe rule under our situ ati on is no exception. accomplish this. not poli tically or morally. the fire-star .\Tstem is a positive enhancemer!l, not Questions, comments or input may be directed to the advertis The at tempt at atomization made by the So. as American citizens. we would like to a negari1·e one. It even allows more latitude than ing department at The Review. author of thi s excrement is blatant and pathetic. know what other ideas The Review considers the original rule passed by the Faculty Senate did. The Review suggests that TKE is the potential '·make sense." Perhaps we should eliminate due ll'hich did not allow first-semester freshmen to rush downfall of the Greek system. the agent of some proccss' 1 Who needs it'1 What's wrong with cruel anyfraremitites at all. catac lysmic change that will threaten th e integri and unu sual punishmcnt'1 We can't think of any When f ratemiries signed the five-star agree ty of the other fra ternal organizations on cam thing. Why regulate the people governing us at ment, they late\\' this was part of the requirements. pus. Anyone with any comm on sense or sem al l'l Obv iously. The Rev iew can't answer thi s Tire nJe had already been in place and was modi blance of rational human thought reali zes that question either. fied under tire plan, not created mul not added later WHERE TO WRITE: this is not the case. It is merely an attempt to We arc not the Greek system's adversary but as a kind ofconstitutimwl restriction. The Review turn the Greek system further inward upon itself. merely a scapegoat in the ongoing conf~ict As in all conflicts, rhere are nt•o sides ro every This uni versity fears a un ited Greek fro nt. and if between the Greek system and the university. srory. and ir is up to readers to decide which they 250 Perkins Student Center they can occupy us with in fighting and peuy Wi th each ne\v restricti on the university feel is more "legirimare." Howe1·er, a column is Newark, DE 19716 squabbles while they take away more of our encroaches further upon our personal frccdom'i. merely a column. nothing more. It is an expression Fax: 302-831-1396 ri ghts and freedoms. all the better. The loss of homecomin g fes tivities and alumni of opinion. in this case, that of The Review's edito ~ One must trul y grasp the enorm ity uf the si tu support. membership recru itment restrictions rial board. E-mail: [email protected] ation to respect our dcci~ion. Terminating a fra re sulting in plummeting numbers and the And if T7ze Review is "a tool of tire uni1•ersity 's ternity' s abil it y to re cru it new members is a decrease in chapter morale arc all very real ci r power strcuture," ir's ironic that so many columns 1l1e Opinion/Editorial pages are an open forum for public debate and dis death sent ence. Th is is not a stipulati on that c um ~tance~ that we now face. When will it all and articles ll'hich colllain criricism mul concen~~ cussion. The Review welcomes responses from its readers. For verification should even be considered within the five- star encl" Now is not the time to condemn one anoth regarding the tmi1·ersiry a1ul administration regu purposes. please include a daytime telephone number with all letters. The ystcm as a co nseq uence for anyt hing. We were er. Nuw is the time to unify o ursel ve~ under the larly appear in its pages. editorial staff reserves the right to edit all submissions. Letters and columns marked for eradication in the ultimate uni versity common cause of an embattled people . If \\'e dn U::. Johnson represent the ideas and beliefs of the authors and should not be taken as catch-'2'2, offe red a choice hct\\'cen slowly dying not form a combined front against the genuine Editor in Chief rcpresentati ve of The Review. and ri sk ing breaking a u nivc r~ it y regulation. aggrc<,sor. we very we ll may sec the complete Managing News Editors E ditorial Editor: Maria Oat Pan Kristen Esposito Entertainment Editors: City News Editors: Editor in C hief: Liz Johnson Susan Stock Eric J.S. Townsend StC\C Ruhcn~tc i n nr.:\\ Volturo Layout Editor : Carlos Walkup Jessica Zacholl Ma naging Mosaic Edilors: Amy Kirschbaum Features Editors: National/State 1 cws Editors: Mike Bederka Dawn E. Mensch Kyle Belz Melissa Scoll Sinclair P hotography Editor: Rolx-rt Coyn ~ r Jcn Lt·mos Executh·e Editor: Brian Callaway M a naging Sports Editors: Scott McAlli ster Administrat iYC News Editors: Stlldcnt Affairs Editors: Michelle Handleman Mattbf:w Steinmetz Deneatra Hannon Jonathan Rifkin Shaun Gallahg..:r Domenico Montanaro . ~ Art/Graphics Editors: Copy Desk C htef: Selena Kang Deji Olagunju Lina Hashem November 12, 1999 A13 Until there's a cure, no one can understand Again, I was wrong. to the fullest, and then there was with no complaints. No one can understand what the We owe it to ourselves, and Wednesday night, in my Human the young woman. They didn't whine or express ribbon means - not until it signi everyone else. Sexuality class, four people sat in These four people are the most self-pity. They didn' t want sympa fies their own survival. Until then, So, I'll wear my bracelet - not Kristen Esposito fro nt of our young audience and courageous people I have ever had thy from any of us. They wanted to. '< We can only guess. because I need to show others, but made me realize how stupid I've the privilege of listening to. Some educate, and hopefully to change But who knows? The disease so I can remind myself how much T.M.I. been. how, high school and even gram some minds. could be living in some of us now, harder the struggle is for everyone One young woman in particular mar school lectures never really hit They changed mine. and we are too afraid to know. who suffers with AIDS. struck a chord with me, and I can home. The compassion I for them was The pan el e mphasized that We know how to stop the disease only hope she affected every other startling, but I felt so helpless sit everyone is s usceptible to AIDS, and now it's time to beat it. When I was 14, I boug ht a n woman in the room as well. When ting in my safe chair and uncom and if we are not personally affect I'm going for my test, are you? AIDS bracelet. It was simple silver she was 14, the same age I was fortably crossing and uncrossing ed, than we will at least lose some These men and women who vis bracelet with the AIDS ribbon on when I bought my bracelet, she They didn't whine or the legs of my ·uninfected body. one to it. ited my class are more than people the side, and a message o n the contracted the HIV virus. I was sorry that this had to hap One of the speakers was a man living with AIDS, and more than inside that reads, "Until There's a She is now 27 years old, and she express self-pity. They pen to anyone. But in the two and a who has devoted his life to working people helping people with AIDS. Cure." is living with AIDS. She wasn't half hours I sat in the room, no mat at AIDS Delaware. He gives people They are the crusaders. They are I thought it was pretty. I thought alone. In my class alone there were didn't want sympathy ter what I felt, even multiplied by a negative results every day, but still the teachers, and they are the peo I was doing my part in the fight three more people with the disease, from any of us either. million, it can't compare to what a ll too often has to report the ple we should be in awe of. against AIDS, but mostly I thought and others who have devoted their they feel every day. gri mmest of news as well. Everyday they prove that the I would look cool if I wore it. lives to helping them. They wanted to They stand in the face of a incur Because of a friend who died of human spirit is strong, as is the will I was 14, I was shallow and I In the group was a heterosexual educate, and hopefully able disease, one that will eat at the disease, his career and his heart to live. They are living proof that thought that suddenly with my $20 man who once was a body builder their bodies and do unimaginable have been dedicated ever since. the disease has not beaten them, bracelet, I was a crusader. and later dropped to half his prior change some minds. things to them. I am healthy, and The message Wednesday night and as they keep on surviving, I was wrong. I lost the bracelet weight. There was a mother of two although I wear an AIDS bracelet, I was clear. they'll have to wait until there's a when I was 17. Somehow, I didn' t young children, whose main con They changed mine. can' t even begin to understanq what Everyone needs to be tested. The cure. feel right not wearing it anymore, cern for the last few years was not its ribbon stands for. numbers are going up, and the out so I bought another. for herself, but rather a fear her But this column isri't about me. look is bleak. The comfort of not Again, I was filled with the feel new daughter would develop the It is about everyone. These four knowing may be easier than the Kristen Esposito is the editorial ing that I was doing my part for disease. What did hit home was seeing people have decided to live with a heartache that may come with the editor for The Review. Send com humanity - I was a pillar of the There was a homosexual man these four healthy, beautiful men disease so they can urge others not truth, but that is the chance that ments and letters to community, a conscientious who admitted to be still living life and women sitting in front of me - to die frorri it. everyone needs to take. [email protected]. woman. Alternatives to weekend fun COOL~ indicates a dominant short attention span ber and screw on the cap before the fu mes Carlos and slightly inferior creativity. can escape. Have your big friend hold the Walkup It is for this reason that I have compiled a apparatus steady and hit the sparker but short list of alternative acti vities to fill those good. Stop signs and mailboxes of Newark long weekends. Try not to have too much beware! Media fun. Whore • M -60s, the hooligan's best friend. It • An exercise in bovine sleep deprivation, doesn't matter if they're called M-60s, 80s, better known as cow tipping. Sneak up to l 00s or I ,OOOs - it's all the same thing. There dwells among us an occult sub-set the sleeping behemoth with a couple friends They may be illegal, but the suckers are of humanity. You no doubt walk by some of in tow, set your shoulders against her side quite harmless unless the user is an absolute them on a daily basis without realizing it. and let 'er rip. Or, just drive a jeep or truck moron. And they can burn underwater or be By day, they pass in and out of their out into the field and pelt the critters with shot from slingshots. So head to Virginia, classrooms, mimicking the common man dirt-clods, pennies and derogatory com buy a gross of the suckers and start blowing and blending into the tide of humanity with ments. Safety tip: Irrigation to'rers are a away Coke bottles, fruit and roadkill. No the deftness of a chameleon. good refuge from a stampeding herd of irate mutilation of living things, please. But by night, especially on weekends or cows. when the moon is full, they derive great • Homemade napalm. This stuff makes for pleasure from tormenting those temporary some interesting pyrotechnics, especially if chain fences that mean so much to the grass used in conjunction with the M-60s. Just be on campus. sure to play in a plant-free area, and don't You know what I'm talki)1g about - The fact that anti-fence let the goo stick to your shoes. those black, chest-high poles linked to one another by a chain, which can be lifted from activity has continued to As you can see, ennui need not necessari the ground to allow vehicles to pass if nec entertain this species all ly lead its slave to alcohol and destructive essary. tendencies. I've learned to deal with my Well, with a little help from the spirit of semester indicates a boredom the cowboy way, letting it fuel my Dionysis the common homo drunkassicus dominant short attention creativity to come up with the activities list specimen is able to uproot yards and yards ed above. of the shoddily rooted fence poles. The vio span and slightly inferior So, those of you who wander the campus lated segments are then strewn hither and on boring, lonely nights: FOR THE LOVE yon or, in extreme cases, dropped down creativity. OF ALL THAT' S DECEN T IN THIS manholes. WORLD, STOP TIPPING OVER THE These fellows probably think they're BLOODY CHAIN FENCES ON THE pretty clever. They are, admittedly, quite • Le .potato gun. Those of you who grew MALL! With a little imagination, I'm sure good at executing their ill deeds unob up in the city, imagine a length of two to you can think of alternative pastimes that served. I roam the campus like a shadow on three-inch PVC pipe with a removable cap are at the same time stimulating and victim a near-nightly basis, yet I've only witnessed at one end. Install a lantern lighter (modi less - unless you count the cows. one of these nocturnal misdemeanors, and fied flint sparker, available in the camping that at a distance. aisle at Wal-Mart) on the side of what will But this anonymity is preserved merely be the firing chamber. To fire: Shove a raw Carlos Walkup is an entertainment editor. by instinct, not by superior skill or intellect. potato into the business end of the pipe with He did not grow up in a trailer. No, really, The fact that anti-fence activity has contin a broom handle. Spray some hair spray he· didn't. Send comments to ued to entertain this species all semester (Aqua Net works well) into the firing cham- [email protected]. A double standard among friends Under Your Skin they hate their little brothers or sisters, cate the L-word entirely? most foul-mouthed sailor, and they Shaun but as soon as some bully starts pick Well, yes. We should crusade to don' t. hesitate to tickle people's ears Gallagher ing on the little tykes, the older sibling make sure that non-Irish people never with their extensive array of crude I) I hate when I am trying to cross the road to make my 9 a.m. class is there to defend them. ever use the L-word. And so far, I four-letter words. and all the cars don't stop for me to walk. To quote big brother Mike from the think we've done a good job. In contrast, these same guys Shaun's become as P.C. as Tipper Gore when it comic strip "For Better or For Worse," 2) The train at 3 a.m. Jawns we often defend our siblings by say comes to the L-word. There's some ing, "Hey -- nobody picks on my sister thing about uttering it that even these but me." guys do)1't want to tackle. 3) The drunk guys in the yellow T-shirts at the football game who don't I grew up hearing the L-word. Now, some have said that W.hich is to say. siblings are This is a step in the right direction, Not so much from the Italian kids shut up. allowed to tick each other off because it's a double in my opinion. Not that I approve of - blcaruso @udeLedu in the neighborhood down the street, they're family. But as soon as an out standard-that we Irish other bad words. but from my very own Irish neighbors. sider tries to get in on the mischief, it But I guess the problem, at its root, Among us Irish kids, it was a famil becomes inappropriate. kids could use the isn't going to be resolved until we New Kids on the Block had a bunch ofhits iar, almost endearing term. I'd call This is the case with the L-word. Irish folks stop using the L-word as Colin, Liam, and Paddy the L-word, L-word without raising LFO make me sick Irish people can use it because in a well. Granted, it has a drastically dif And I think it's about girls or the summer and they'd call it back to me. · sense, we're a type of family. We have an eyebrow, but as soon ferent connotation when we use it, but But if ever any of the Italian kids in a common ancestry that ties us togeth I guess it all boils down to this: People I hate their song about Abercrombie & Fitch, the neighborhood down the street er. But when other people use the L as some Italian kid used follow by example. I'd strangle them if I had Olle wish. called us the L-word -- why, it was. word, it's just not right. it, they incited a sandlot So I'll stop calling my Irish friends But oh well, they'll be go~te by next summer. like spitting on our mothers. So is the L-word a derogatory the L-word, in the hopes that other, - [email protected] Now, some have said that it's a term? Why, of course. However, when brawl. non-Irish people will follow my lead. double standard - that we Iri sh kids we Irish kids used it among ourselves, Hopefully in a couple years, the L could use the L-word without raising it was impossible for it to be perceived wqrd will go completely out of fash Teachers that are more monoto~tous than the textbook and the~~ woll an eyebrow, but as soon as some Ital as such, since it was basically the pot ion. der why c~s atte~tdance is about 3. ian kid used it, he incited a sandlot calling the kettle black. For example, I have some pretty After all, it's just not nice to call - [email protected] brawl. Which brings up an interesting burly, mob-connected Italian friends. someone a leprechaun. I don' t see why the double standard problem. We Irish folks hate being Three friends in particular spring to is so hard to comprehend, though. called the L-word by non-Irish folks. mind -Vinnie, Vidi, and Vici. These Shaun Gallagher is a student affairs - This marks the first appearance ofthe exciting new feature on the Opinion Think about how we act with our It's a huge insult. But we don' t mind it guys could waste a fella just by look editor for the review. He can make fun page. 'Undl!r Your Skin' wiU nm on Fridays, and ifyo u'd like to add to the siblings. much when it's coming from other ing at him. of himself because he's Irish. Send list, send kespo@udeLedu what really gets your goat I know plenty of people who say Irish people. So should we try to eradi- They've got the vocabulary of the comments to [email protected]. Sports Editors: Assistant Entertlinment Editor: Advertisina Director: Rob Niedzwiecki Headier Garlich Online Editor: Jenl!ifer Campagnini Ryan Gillespie Oftke and Mailing Addras: Lauren Pefietreau 250 Student Center, Newark, DE 19716 Seaior Staff Reporter: •Advertising qrapbics Designers: April Capocbino Imaging Editor: Chris Gorzynski Natalie Dunst Business (302) 831-1397 Assistant Editorial Editor: Advertising (302) 831 -1398 Cory Penn Bob Ruddy AdVertising Assistant Director: News/Editorial (302) 831-2771 Copy Editors: Melissa Hersh - Fax (302) 831-1396 AssJstaot Features Editor: Andrea Boyle Bob Keary C~puter Consultant: Carla Correa Hilary O'SuUivan Jenna Portnoy John Chaballco Cluslfitd Advertisements: John Yocca Margaret Haugh Katie Hines • • llllOll November 12, 1999 A 13 Until there's a cure, no one can understand Again. I w~h wro ng. to the full est. and th en th ere was with no complaint s. No one can understand what the We owe it to ourselves, and Wednesday ni ght. in my Human the youn g woman . They didn't whine or express ribbon means- no t unti l it signi everyone else. Kristen Esposito S..:x ual ity c l as~. four people sat in These four people arc the most self-pity. They didn't want sympa fies their own survival. Unt il then, So. I' II wear my bracelet - not front of our yo ung audi ence and courageous people I have ever had thy fro m any of us. They wanted to :. we can on ly gue ss. because I need to show others. but made me reali1c how stupid I' ve the pri vilege of li stening to. Some educate. and hopefully to change But who knows'' The disease so I can remind myself how much T.M.I. been. how. hi gh school and even gram some minds. could be livin g in some of us now, harder the struggle is for everyone One youn g woman in particular mar school lectu res never really hit They changed mine. and we arc too afraid to know. who suffers with AIDS. struck. a chord with me. and I can horne. The compassion I for them was T he panel e mphasized that We know how to stop th e disca~e onl y hope she affected every oth er startling. but I felt so helpless si t everyone is susceptible to AIDS. and now it's time to beat it. When T was 1-l. I bo ught an woman in the room a. we ll. When ting in my sa fe chair and uncom and if we arc not pe rsonally affect I'm going for my test. arc you 1 AIDS bracelet. It was simrle ~iln:r she was 14, the same age I was fort ably crossing and uncrossin g eel. than we will at least lose some These men and women who vis bracelet with the .IDS ribbon on whe n I bought my bracelet. she They didn't whine or the legs of my uninfected body. one to it. ited my class arc more than people the si de. and a mes age on the contrac ted the HIV vi ru s. I was sorry that this had to hap One of the speakers was a man living with AIDS. and more than inside that reads . .. Unti l Thcre·s a She is now 27 years old. and she express self-pity. They pen to anyone. But in the two and a who has devoted his li fe to working people helping people with AIDS . Cure:· is li vin g wi th AIDS. She wasn't half hours I sat in the ro om, no mat at AIDS Delaware. He gives people T hey are the cru aders. They arc I thought it was pretty. I thought alone. In my class al one there were didn't want sympathy ter what I felt , even multipli ed by a negative results every day. but st ill the teachers. and they are the peo I was do ing my part in the fi ght three more people wi th th e di sease. from any of us either. million, it can't compare to what a ll too ofte n has to report the ple we should be in awe of. against AIDS. but mostl y I thought and others who have devo ted thci r they feel every day. grimmest of news as we ll . Everyday they prove that the I would look cool if I wore it. li ves to helping them. They wanted to They stand in the face of a incur Because of a fri end who died of human spirit is :,trong. as is the wi II I was 14. l was shallow and I In the group was a heterosexual educate, and hopefully able disease. o ne th at wi ll eat at the disease. his career and his heart to live. They are living proof that thought that suddenly with my $20 man who once was a body bu i Ici er the ir bodies and do unimagi nable have been dedicated ever since. the disease has not beaten them. brace let. I was a cru sader. and later dropped to half hi s pri or change some minds. things to them. I am healthy. and The message Wednesday night and as they keep on surviving. I was wrong. I lost the bracelet weight. There was a mother of two although I wear an AIDS bracelet. I was clear. they' ll have to wait until there's a when I was 17. Somehow. I didn·t youn g children. whose main con They changed mine. can't even begin to understand. what Everyone needs to he tested. The cure. feel right not wearing it an ymore. cern for the last few years was not its ri bbon stands for. numbers are going up. and the out so 1 bought another. for herse lf. but rath er a fear her But thi s column isn 't about me. look is bleak. The comfort of not Again, I was filled with the feel new daughter would develo p the It is about everyone. These four knowing may be easier than the Kristen Esposito is the editorial ing that I was doing my part for di sease. Wh at did hit home was seeing people have decided to live wit h a heartache that may come wi th the editor for The Re1·ie11'. Send com humanity- I was a pillar o f the There was a homosexual man these four healthy, beautiful men di sease so they can urge others not truth, hut that is the chance that ments and letters t o co mmunity. a conscienti o us who adm itted to be sti II li ving life and women sitting in front of me - to die from it. everyone needs to take. [email protected]. woman. Alternatives to weekend fun COOL~ indicates a do mi nant short attention span ber and screw on the cap before the fumes Carlos and slightly inferior creati vi ty. can escape. Have your big friend hold the Walkup It is for thi s reason that I have com pi led a apparatus steady and hit the sparker but short list of alternative acti vi ti es to fill those good. Stop signs and mailboxes of Newark long weekend s. Try not to have too muc h beware 1 Media fun . Whore • M-60s, the hooligan's best friend . It • An exercise in bovine sleep deprivation. doesn't matter if they're called M-60s. 80s, better known as cow tipping. Sneak up to I OOs or I.OOOs - it's all the same thing. There dwells among us an occult sub-set the sleeping behemoth with a coupl e friends They may be illegal. but the suckers are of humanit y. You no doubt walk by some of in tow. set yo ur shoulders agai nst her side quite harmless un less the user is an absolute them on a daily basis without reali zing it. and let 'er rip. Or. just drive a jeep or truck moron. And they can burn underwater or be By day, they pass in and o ut of their out into the fi eld and pelt the critters with shot from sli ngshots. So head to Virginia, c ia srooms, mimicking the common man dirt-clods, pennies and derogatory com buy a gross of the suckers and start blowing ami blending into the tide of humanity with ments. Safety tip: Irri gation towers are a away Coke bottles, fruit and roadkill . No the deftness of a chameleon. good refuge from a stampeding herd of irate mu tilati on of living thi ngs. please. But by ni ght , especiall y on weekends or cows. when the moon is full , th ey deri ve great • Homemade napalm. This stuff makes for pl easure from tormenting those temporary some interesting pyrotechnic~. c~pecially it chain fen ces that mean so much to the grass used in conj unction with theM-60s. Just be on camrus. sure to play in a p l an ~- free area. and don't Yo u kn ow what I'm tal king about - The fact that anti-fence let the goo stick to your shoes. those black, chest-hi gh poles linked to one another by a chain. which can be li fted fro m activity has continued to As you can see. ennui need not necessari the ground to allow vehicles to pass if nec entertain this species all ly lead its slave to alcohol and destructive essary. semester indicates a tendencies. I've learned to deal with my Well . with a little help fro m the spirit of boredom the cowboy way. letting it fuel my Dionysis the comm on homo drunkassicus dominant short attention creativi ty to come up with the activities list specimen is able to uproot yards and yards ed above. of the shoddi ly rooted fence poles. The vio span and slightly inferior So, those of you who wander the campus lated segments arc then strewn hither and on boring. lonely ni ghts: FOR THE LOVE yon or, in extreme cases, dro pped down creativity. OF ALL THAT'S DECENT TN THIS manholes . WO RLD, STOP TIPPING OVER THE These fell ows probabl y think they're BLOODY C HAIN FENCES ON THE pretty clever. They are , admittedly. quite • Le potato gun. Those of you who grew MALL! With a little imagination. I'm sure good at executi ng their ill deeds unob up in the city, imagine a length of two to yo u can think of alternative pastimes that served. I roam the campus like a shadow on three-inch PVC pipe with a removable cap are at the same time stimulating and victim a ncar-nightly basis, yet I've only witnessed at one end. Install a lantern lighter (modi less - unl ess you count the cows. one of these nocturnal misdemeanors, and fie d flint sparker, available in the camping that at a distance. aisle at Wai-Mart) on the side of what will But thi s anonymity is preserved merely be the fi ring chamber. To fire: Shove a raw Carlos Walkup is a11 e11tertainment editor. by instinct. not by superi or skill or intellect. potato into the business end of the pipe wi th He did not grow up in a trailer. No. reallr, The fact that anti-fence acti vi ty has contin a broom handle. Spray some hair spray he didn 't. Send comments to ued to entert ain thi s species all semester (Aqua Net works well) into the fi rin g cham- ca rlosk@ udel. edu. I A double standard among friends Under Your Skin they hate their little brothers or sisters. catc the L-word entirely'7 most foul -mouthed sailor. and they Shaun but as soon as some bully starts pick Well . yes. We should crusade to don't he itatc to tickl e people's cars Gallagher ing on the little tykes. the older sibling make sure that non-Iri sh people never with thei r extensive array o f crude 1) I hate when I am trying to cross the road to make my 9 a.m. class is there to defend them. e\·er use the L-word. And so far. I four-letter words. and all the cars don't stop for me to walk. To quote big brother Mike from the think wc ·ve done a good job. In contrast. these same guys Shaun's become a P.C. as Tipper Gore when it comic sttip "For Better or For Worse.'· 2) The h·ain at 3 a.m. Jawns we often defend our siblings hy say comes to the L-word. There 's some ing . .. Hey -- nobody picks on my sister thing about utte1ing it that even these but me." guys don't want to tackle. 3) Tlze drunk guys in the yellow T-shirts at the football game who don't I grew up hearing the L-word. Now, some have said that W.h ic h is tQ say. siblings arc This is a step in the right direction. 1'\ot so much fro m the Italian kid. shut up. allowed to tick each other off because it's a double in my opinion. , ot that I approve of - blcaruso @udel.edu in the neighborhood down the stree t. they' re famil y. But as soon as an ou! other had words. but fro m my very own Irish neighbors. standard - that we Irish ~ id e r tries to get in on the mi schief. it But I guess the problem. at it. roo t. Among u:, Irish kids, it was a fam il becomes inappropriate. kids could use the i ·n·t goi ng to be resolved until we New Kids on the Block had a bunch ofhits iar. almo:,t endearing term . I' d call Thi s i ~ the case with the L-word. Irish fo lks stop using the L-word as LFO make me sick Colin. Li am. and Paddy the L-word. L-word without raising lri ~ h people can usc it because in a well . Gran ted. it has a drastically dif 1 And I think it's about girls or the summer and they'd call it back to me. sense. we're a type of family. We have an eyebrow, but as soon ferent connotation when we usc it. but But if ever any of th e Italian kids in a common ancestry that tics us togeth I guess it all boils down to thi s: People I hate their song about Abercrombie & Fitch, the neighborhood down the street er. But when oth er people usc the L as some Italian kid used fo llow by example. I'd sh·angle them (f I had one wish. call ed us the L-word -- why. it \\'as. word. it's just not ri ght. it, they incited a sandlot So I' II stop calling my Iri sh friends But oh well, they'll be gone by next summer. like spitting on our mothers. So is the L-word a derogatory the L-word. in the hopes that other, - [email protected] ow. ~o m e have said that it 's a tcrm'7 Why. of course. However. when brawl. non-Irish people will follow my lead. double standard - that we Irish kid ~ we Irish kid ~ used it among ourselves. Hopefull y in a couple years, the L could use the L-word wi thout raising it was impossible for it to be perceived word \\"ill go completely out or rash Teachers that are more monotonous than the textbook and then won an eyebrow. but as soon as some Ital as such. since it was basically the pot lOll. der why class attendance is about 3. ian kid used it. he incited a sandlot calli ng the kettle black. For example. I have some pretty After all. it' s just not nice to call - [email protected] brawl. Whi ch brings up an interestin g burly, mob-connected Italian friends. someon..: a leprechaun . I don' t sec why the double ~ t and~rd problem. We Iri sh fo lks ha te bein g Three friends in particul ar spri ng to is so hard to comprehend. though. called the L-word by non-Irish folks. mind - Vinnie. Yi di . and Yici . These Sltaun Calla~:lt e r is a srude111 affairs - This marks the first appearance ofth e exciting new feature on the Opinion Think about how we ac t wi th our It's a huge insult. But we don't mind it guys could waste a fe ll a just by look editor for the re1·ie 11 ·. He ca11 make fim page. 'Under Your Skin' will run on Fridays, and ifyou'd like to add to the siblings. much when it's coming from other ing at him. nf himself because he 's Irish. Send list. send [email protected] what really get. your goat I kn ow plenty of people who \ay l ri ~ h people. So should we try to cradi- They' ve got the vocabulary of the cnnunents to [email protected]. Advertising Director: Sports Editors: Ass i~ ta nt Entertainment Editor: Rob Niedzwiecki Heather Garlich Online Editor: Jennifer Campagnini Ryan Gillespie Office and Mailing Address: Lauren Pelletreau 250 Student Center, Newark. 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Ia Spertl 8-ball starter John Gordon is out for E NTERTAINMENT • THE ARTS • PEOPLE • fEATURES 4-6 weeks after a foot injul'{, see 88. Friday, November 12, 1999 BY MARIA DAL PAN he said, as his warm smile li t up the And the dancing didn' t stop MutwK;ng News Edirnr room. there. "Ain't no party like a P-Funk He had charisma. He had charm. Near the end of the show, the party, 'cause a P-Funk party don't And he definitely had style. band ripped into "Atomic Dog," stop! " · With his 19-person band collab and three lucky young women from Long after the Stone Balloon' s orating with him on stage, Clinton the crowd joined the funk legends concert-hall lights came on, the presented himself as more than lead on stage. Tuesday night crowd continued to vocalist and band referee. Junior Kelly Walsh was the first, repeat the mantra. Clinton played the roles of hiking up her long black skirt to "Ain't no party like a P-Funk teacher, preacher and lover during grind with a willing Clinton. party, 'cause a P-Funk party don 't the show, even though he looked But, to her d ismay, security stop!" more like a millennia! prophet in eventually beckoned her off the George Clinton returned to the hi s multicolored robe and dread stage. Clinton kissed her before she stage for what would have been an locks. stepped down, proving that at 58 encore. But at I :30 a.m., the time W hen he first entered the stage years old he is still smooth. had come to put the party to bed at I I :30 p.m. , the audiences' eyes Yet the women who made it on and turn this mutha out onto the widened and voices fi lied the air. stage were not the only_ ones who street. His stage presence took fans to felt the P-Funk All Stars' audience "Ain't no party like a P-Funk another universe, probably the one appreciation. party, 'cause a P-Funk party don 't a ir-brushed in the stars of his Senior Pat Boyd brought a pen stop!" American flaglike ensemble. and an album cover to the show in The eminent Clinton grabbed his Dr. Funkenstein, as he is often hopes of getting some autographs, microphone, opened his soft lips known, played air guitar to the and as the evening wore on, his and prepared to continue the funk. crowd before belting out the words wishes were ful filled. But his words fell si lent as the . that would turn the Newark club " I got six of them,'' he said. stage mics were turned off. into a scene from the movie pointing to the liner notes he held Still, the crowd chanted. "PCU." in his hand. " Yes!" The drums and guitars continued "We want the funk, " he sang, Brook Cebula of Newark • to work, so a few members of the accompanied by a chorus of fans Shopping Center's MTJ Music also ' P-Funk All Stars sustained the who were as colorful as the man had a brush with the celebrities. He Tuesday night show for its scream- himself. said that earlier in the day, Clinton . ing fans. Among the standard himself walked into the music But at I :40 a.m., Stone Balloon Abercrombie baseball caps bobbed store, where Cebula is a strings security began coaxing the crowd to Santa and cowboy hats, Afro wigs instructor. exit. The concert officially ended, and dreads of every shape and size. " He's just like anybody else," even though the funkadelic vibe College kids hung with the mid Cebula said, "but he happens to be remained as fans peacefully left. dle-aged set,1 as the music blurred famous." After the show, Clinton said his all lines of age, race and sex. When the Balloon cleared out at band always plays for as long as it A lmost everyone got their the end of the night and C linton can. groove on. reappeared in the empty bar, he "We play till they shut us off," Even the pastiest crowd mem proved Cebula right, talking to fans he said. bers nodded to the beat when the P in a down-to-earth manner. Because the crowd was so ener Funk All Stars played "Booty." But as he kissed the hand of one getic, he said he and his P-Funk All As <;linton sang "Ride you like a female student, his red and blue Stars could have easily continued bike I park you in the bushes," fans locks of hair framing his mythical to tear the roof off for another hour let his deep voice penetrate their face, he happened to be a little or two. ears, forcing their hips to sway more than just famous. THE REVIEW I Mike Louie "They jammed their asses off," with the funk. Ladies and gentleman, get out your flashlights. The one and only, George Clinton, funks up the Balloon. He was out of this world. From adinner table to acoffee house BY CARLOS WALKUP there are work-place 'families' and pseudo-families ing. And Cliff would really like to have his house Entutainment Editnr -people living together who aren' t married." back. KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! Situational comedies have always been a staple "Actually, sitcoms are losing popularity in gen Cliff Huxtable slowly gets up to answer the door, in TV land. And while they can paint a picture of eral," Perse says. "They may change, but we really wondering who could be disturbing him this late. the way society is today, they can also betray the don't know what they' ll be Like in the future." Six Gen-Xers stand on the stoop, apparently ill at viewers' notion of a perfect, if unrealistic, society. Some students are dismayed by the new shows ease regarding the task at hand. Communication professor Juliet Dee says the replacing the characters they have grown to love. "You're Cliff, right?" asks the taller, rather near-utopian world portrayed on television in the "They're so sexual nowadays," sophomore Scott goofy looking ringleader. '50s reflected the ideals of its viewers. McGillen says. "Granted, I enjoy '90210' every The aging man silently nods in affirmation. "In the 1950s, people did live in sort of an ideal now and again, but I find things like 'The Cosby "Is this 'The Cosby Show?' " ized society," she says. "But in the past ten years, Show' much more entertaining." "Uh-huh." all of a sudden we see a very different family than However, society might have already grown so The younger man pauses awkwardly before a the nuclear fam ily where father knows best." accustomed to familial dysfunction that a modern Top Ten Patty roufg at UD mousy, domineering woman pushes her way to the In the early age of television, Dee says, a perfect · "Leave it ~o Beaver"-type situational comedy would front. life had a man coming home happily from a 9-to-5 be alien and dull. "You see, Dr. Huxtable," she says, "we' re job, hygging his son and daughter, kissing his wife "I think the change is permanent," Dee says. "If 10. Hooking up wh(!n it's datk in th(! patty establishm(!nt. Datkness 'Friends.' Due to societal and cultural changes, and sitting down with his family to a home-<:ooked you showed a sitcom like that today, it would be too and dmnkQnness is no ruccw:~. You will MV(!t liv~ it down wh(!n the you've sort of been replaced." meal at the dining room table. · unreal to be enjoyable to most people." lights come back on. Cliff nods slightly. He's seen this coming for a Today, however, a sitcom-style good time entails The introduction of more televisjon alternatives, while. His pal Dick Van Dyke, the Cleavers, Fonzie hanging out at a bar, coffeehouse or diner with a too, has taken its toll on the situational comedy. and even the semi-dysfunctional Bunkers were all group of age-mates. People aren't as likely to enjoy "Cable TV killed the American sitcom," sopho 9. Des pit(! (!nt(!ttainment ~ditot Catlos Walkup's (!ditotial, it is not cool replaced with sleeker, hipper situational comedies watching a situatiOnal comedy set in a perfect '50s more Stephen Greeley says. "Television is so dilut to tip cows. featuring divorcees, domestic hate and cohabitation world, Dee says. ed now because of it." outside of wedlock. "When TV was a brand-new medium, the pro This is bad news to the characters previous gen <;?. Btealdng into synchtaniz(!d dance.tautines ftam high school ch(!(!t Communication professor Eli zabeth Perse prob ducers weren' t going to allempt anything contro erations of TV viewers knew and loved. With sit ably would tell poor Cliff what he already knows versial," she says. "But now we've had 40 years of coms being overrun by the idle, unmarried age leading. This is a tate ~vent but nonetheless ·obnoxious. High school that sitcoms have undergone the same evolution it -if someone aired 'Father Knows Best' today, group and drama series dominating the charts, it is ovet p(!opl(!. society sees every day. people would get mental diabetes just because it's looks like "Happy Days" are gone for good. t "There's a lot more sexual content, and the char so saccharine." With this bleak prospect in mind, Dr. Huxtable 7. Getting into fight. B~et bottles b(!ing btak~n atop th~ CtOWn of acters don't belong to 'typical' families anymore," Though ratings may indicate that new-school sit slowly packs hi s possessions while Phoebe and a she says. "It used to be that these shows centered on coms are the more popular of the genre, some view Ross argue about where to put their new espresso somMne' s h(!ad tea lly hutt. And, conttaty to what you S(!e in movies, I a father, a mother and a couple children, but now ers may wonder if and when the classics are return- machine. it teally doesn't knock the peH:on out - it just teally pisses them off. •) I ,' We'll be there for you... 6. Btealdng a ~ieee of glasswate at any given ~atty ot bat. Petha~s s Rob lowe gave the wtang im~ression in "~t. ~l mo 's r:ite" wh~n h~ • J said, ''It's not a ~a tty until something g~ts btak(!n.'' That's not tNJe . ,• You will be ldcked out. • ~• ,• 5. Doing keg stands without tucldng in shitt. This is self-ruc~lanatoty . ' 4. Giving oth(!t people at th(! festivities lap dances. Yes, you ate dNJnk and ptabably acting stupid. Yet this is no ruccuse to statt giving lap dances - ~v(!n if you ate offeted money. Not~: It is as much as a ~atty foul to offet only ~ g fat the giv~n lap dane~ . , ,~ , g. Passing out on th(! bat. It seems like nap~y -time if you'v~ b~en , knocldng back a few, and that bat is so cozy fot yout head to test upon. ,I But th(! mmots at(! ftue - someon~ will mess with you and you'll I I wak~ up sm~ated with dNJnken and decotative att ftam yout fti~nds. ; • ,~ J 2. Weating nice shoes and ~ants to any bas~ment otiented shin-dig. I J The neXt day to yout dismay, you will discovet that yout ptetty gat • • m~nts now look like th~y've be~n dtagg~d thtaugh ~l~phant dung. ,'I I 1. Having a fteak accident with a tub~ to~. r:ot ~xampl~, yout dancing I / and pattying like it's 1999 and oops, the top sudd~nly isn't cov~ting I ~ what it used to. -Ctellfed by Krlffen f.fpoflfo I B2. THE REVIEW. November 12, 1999 'Dogrna' no gift ftom heaven ' "DoGMA" names to the mix - Salma Hayek, Janeane Garofalo, Matt LION'S GATE FILMS Damon and Linda Fiorentino, to name a fe w. RHING: ~'c~~ Smith's cast is just one indication of the overall problem - he is stepping into foreign and uninviting territory with this semi-big-budget project. The filmmaker' s career seems to be rolling downhill from 8r1eal~ml- his feature debut, "Clerks" (1994). This ultra-low-budget, black and white comedy was a hit due to its hilarious charac ters and witty dialogue. .:1-1·· ~~,-...,' ....b.. L-. Y ~t; ,.,.....0""" L' D*... Smith' s next two films, "Mallrats" (1995) and "Chasing Amy" (I 997), proved to be fairly successful with the addition of color and a more recognizable cast. Yet neither demon strated the unique zest of "Clerks." BY JESSICA ZACHOLL And now, with "Dogma," Smith continues to use many Entertainment Editor recurring cast members and jokes, but they are entirely out of Dogma (n): a doctrine or body of doctrines concerning their element. faith or morals formally stated and authoritatively proclaimed The plot is too contrived and blatant to maintain a place by a church. within the context of a typical Smith film. Even Jay and Silent At least, that's what Webster says. Bob can' t save this one. Kevin Smith, on the other hand, shows quite a different The movie begins in Red Bank, N.J., (Smith's hometown), slant on the subject through his latest film, "Dogma." with Cardinal Glick (George Carlin) conducting a ceremony Unfortunately, the pretentious approach the writer/director to promote the Catholic WOW! movement. takes toward ideology leaves the audience wishing he would Then the story cuts to Wisconsin, where we meet the Despite many problems and weaknesses in the story, sev Affleck offers a fair performance as Bartleby, but Damon stick to cleverly funny dialogue and bizarre character devel antagonists, the rebel angels Bartleby (Ben Affleck) and Loki eral of the characters make up some of the lost ground. seems out of place the entire time as the melodramatic Loki. opment. (Damon). They were kicked out of heaven and forced to Jay (Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith), the infamous duo Similarly, Lee's Azrael, a pawn for Lucifer, is completely .. The ensemble cast gathered to make this film includes spend eternity in the cheese state. from the previous three Smith films, primarily maintain the plot-driven - the actor is much more suited for his heavily Smith favorites like ·Jason Lee, Jason Mewes and Brian However, Bartleby and Loki have discovered a loophole audiences' laughter throughout the entire movie, as prophets dialogued, highly developed characters in other Smith O' Halloran. But this time around, he adds much bigger in the system that will allow them to go back to heaven - an who help Bethany reach New Jersey. movies. archway in Red Bank's Catholic Church. And if they suc If "Dogma" didn' t include the duo, the overall effect "Dogma" isn't a total waste of time, and most Smith fans I• ceed, human life as we know it will be no more. would have been even more inferior. The weed-smoking, will appreciate at least some specific asPe<:ts of the finished The Gist of It Meanwhile, a woman named Bethany (Linda Fiorentino) foul-mouthed Jay and his quiet, yet witty, partner Bob are product. The filmmaker must be given credit for going out on in Illinois is being tormented by Metatron (Alan Rickman), responsible for a great deal of the film's redeeming qualities. a limb and experimenting beyond his normal boundaries. l ' t "Ct 1~'cCr trCr Parr o m a the voice of God. Metatron tries to convince her to go to Red Another funny man who helps move the story along is Unfortunately, this script is confused between chiding and "Ct'Cl"Ct"Ci Monkeyma Bank, as she is the only person who can stop the renegade Chris Rock as Rufus, the lesser-known 13th apostle. From the praising the Catholic religion, among others, and the result "Ct'Cl"Ct Penguinma angels' mission to destroy human existence. moment he falls out of the sky before Bethany, Jay and Bob's isn't complim~ntary to Smith's potential. "Ct'Cl Gerbilma It turns out that Bethany is the last descendant of Christ, feet, Rufus provides every laugh not induced by the prophets. He may think twice for his upcoming projects. After all, 'Cl Jellyfishma and therefore, she is God's only hope to intervene in the Standing beside Rock, Smith and Mewes, the other actors "Clerks 2" can't be too difficult to create- and next time, angels' plans. just don't do justice to their respective characters at all. maybe it will be in color. ,. "THE BONE COLLECTOR" Bovs DoN'T CRv "THE INSIDER" UNIVERSAL PICTURES Fox SEARCHLIGHT BUENA VISTA RATING:~~~ RATING: t'ct'c~h'c 1/2 RATING:~* 1/2 Besides the high fares, here's anoth As "Boys Don' t Cry" begins,· Michael Mann's latest film, er reason not to step into a N.Y.C. taxi. Brandon Teena is looking admiringly "The Insider," is a thriller In "The Bone Collector," a serial at himself in the mirror as he combs desig ned to explore the power gap killer is trapping New Yorkers in his his hair and adjusts the sock he has between the news media and cor cab and carting them away to a grisly shoved down his pants. ., porate conglomerates. end. Then the camera focuses on his Following the real-life events of And when the body count starts to The film's media hype becomes its eyes- eyes filled with torment result ing performance as Brandon. The a former cigarette company execu relationships should allow for the rise, the NYPD seeks the assistance of downfall, however, as promotional ing from his struggle to understand his emotion she expresses makes the final tive (Russell Crowe) and "60 film's heightened tension. resigned forensic detective Lincoln previews promise a revolutionary sexuality in a homophobic world. 20 minutes almost too painful to Minutes" producer L owell However, supporting charac Rhymes (Denzel Washington). addition to the serial killer genre. "Boys Don' t Cry" is an exceptional watch. Bergman (AI Pacino), the story ters, such as Bergman's wife, are The case renews Rhyme's spirit, Obviously, Hollywood is trying to film _based on the true story of a young Swank is supported by an excep often becomes disjointed as it rarely seen. Without the interac but his body is unwi!!:ng, as a past outdo the brilliance of "Seven" and man·_. attempt to be loved by a tional cast, with Chloe Sevigny stand deals with their individual stories. tion of similar supporting charac occupational accident left him a quad "Silence of the Lambs" with new woman, even though he is a woman ing out. As Brandon's lover, she mag For a three-hour movie, this ters, the protagonists seem hollow. riplegic. To overcome this strife, he killers, motives and catching plot himself. nificently transforms a young woman lack of structure makes the film Following them, the film sto enlists the help of a rookie cop twists. Brandon Teena, played by Hilary adrift to a person whose void has been drag as it dodges from o ne sce ically marches thro ugh the issue of (Angelina Jolie). Together, they must Without a doubt "The Bone Swank, is actually Teena Brandon, a filled. nario to the next. corporate d o minance. A nd act as one before another cab-rider Collector" fails to play in the same young woman who masquerades as a In the end, "Boys Don' t Cry" isn' t And due to this lack of cohe Crowe's character fights for his falls victim to a killer. league as these two giants, but it man. When Brandon' s friends realize a film about establishing a sexual siveness, "The Insider" evokes lit right to testify against the tobacco As in any great serial killer movie, deserves a place among the decent the truth, they brutally rape and mur · identity - it's about one person' s tle sympathy as the film cente rs on industry, that as a n " insider," tension and intense mystery keeps the killer-thrillers such as "Kiss the der her. attempt to find love in an unforgiving the c haracters' actions and not which only he can prove guilty of audience in the film' s grasp until the Girls." The greatest praise for the film society. their personae. wrongdoing. surprising finale. -Joe Cannizzaro goes to Swank for her uncompromis- -Clarke Speicher The development of family and -Robert Coyner Mo~~lic Mix-Up ~o, you think you' t(! ~t(!fty ..-,. i: gmatt. ~otty, gutv(!y gayg No, my friend, we are 1wt letting you and tomorrow night at 8 p.m and It• down. We vowed from the begim1ing to Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $3. Call ~ you' t(! not. 1-l (!t(!' g yout nwke sure you, the reader, are enter 837-4463 for the lowdown. tained each consecutive weekend with virginal and exciting approaches to Are you cultured yet? No, you're Newark, our beautiful motherland. We not. Go see the Khulumani Theater chanc(! fot t(!d(!m~tion. Can have not failed you this time, so it's not Troupe's performance of "For ourfault ifyou fail to have a gnod time. Colored Girls W~o Have Considered Suicide When the FRIDAY Rainbow is Enuf'' at the Bacchus you figutf! out who thi~ If loud, angry music suits your Theatre. It plays all weekend starting at fancy, go to the Electric Factory at8:30 8 p.m. tonight and then at 2 and 8 p.m. p.m. for a little Danzig with special tomorrow with a 2 p.m. Sunday mati friends Samhain and Hatebreed. nee. Ticket prices range from $ 17.50 to $20, acttf!~~ i~'? which is a little more than a local SATURDAY venue, but I wouldn' t want to argue the Whatever happened to Winona' s price with Glenn. big brown beaver? Find out at the Tim(! ig tir!king ••• Electric Factory when Primus plays at Chris Cornell performs with his 8 p.m. Tickets range from $20-$22, band tonight at the Tower Theater at 8 and it can't be disappointing. p.m. So for all those Soundgarden fans Chl!ck B7 fot thf! an~wf!t. out there, stand by your man and go to The classic renditions of "Eat It" Philly. The evening should cost you and "Amish Paradise'' will remind all $22.50 plus gas. the ''Weird AI" Yankovic fans of his questionable sanity. Regardless, he will Support your local scene toni ght by star in his one-man how at the E-cen going to the East End Cafe for KeUy tre for $25 at 8 p.m. You could go, but Rickets' Band. She has an original I wouldn't recommend telling friends. flair and an alternative sound, or some thing like that. It's $3 for those with Mr. Greengenes is back once again proof of age and $5 for you folks who at the Stone Balloon tonight. Go get were born too late. your drink on and dance your tush off. Lazy K is making an appearance at The Deer Park will have some folk CHRISTIANA MALL GENERAL CINEMA 3:5.0, 4:55, 6:55, 7:45, 9:40, 10: 15 BoB CARPENTER CENTER (831-HENS> the Deer Park tonight with $2 worth of like sounds emerging from the back (368-9600) The Insider II :40, 3:30, 6:50, 9:20, Bob Dylan, Nov. 20, 8 p.m., $29.50 Being John Matkovich 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 rock 'n' roll fun and drink specials. room tonight. Boasting a $2 cover, TLA (215-922-1011) 10:10 " The Bachelor I I :50, 2: I 5, 4:45, 7:35, Hang out with the local flavor and meet Mary Arden Collins is back, and her The Raidiators, Nov. 12, 9 p.m., $16-$ 18 The Best Man I :40, 4: I 5, 7, 9:40, 12 9:55 some hotties in leather and metal garb. soothing sounds might just warrant Origi nal Parliament Funkadelic, Nov. 19, 9 p.m., $18-$20 Random Hearts 1:30,4:20,7:10,10 House on Haunted Hill 12:05, 2:35, another trip to the bar. Double Jeopardy 12, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 5: I 0, 7:55, I0 :25 TOWER THEATER (610-352-2887) If all this talent is too much for you, 9:50, 12 Music of the Heart 12:50, 4, 7: I 0, 9:50 why not take it easy with some friends As you can see, the 1\'eekend could Sting, Nov. 14, 8 p.m., $53.50-$95 Light It Up 2:40, 5, 7:30, 9:45, I 2 Bringing Out the Dead II :25 a. m. and a film ? Go to the Trabant Theater be d~scribed as a smorgasbord of TROCADERO THEATER (215-922-LIVE) The Best Man I , 4:15, 7:20, I 0:20 at 7:30 p.m. for ''Election," along with emerrainment. It's a partyfor your lit Sick of It All, Nov. 12,7 p.m., $10-$ 12 REGAL PEOPLES PLAZA American Beauty II :35, 2: I 0, 5:05, (834-8510) 7:50, 10:35 "Austin Powers: The Spy Who tle black book! Please go and rake Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Nov. 23,7 p.m., $ 17.50-$18.50 The Messenger 12:30,4,7:15, 10:25 Double Jeopardy. 12: I 5, 2:45, 5: 15, Shagged Me" at 10 p.m. ($2 per flick) adramage of the line-up - and if you fiRST UN ION CENTE R (215-389-9571) Anywhere But Here I 2: I0 , 2:50, 5:20, 7:40, 10:05 and "The Blair Witch Project," don 't, never complain that you 're Y- 100 Feastival, Dec. 3, 6:30p.m., $39.50 8, 10:30 showing for $3 at midnight. bored again FIRST UNION SPECTRUM (215-389-9571) Dogma I 2:55, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30 AMC CINEMA CENTER Superstar 2:05, 4:50, 8:05, I 0:40 (737-3720) -Heather Garlich compiled the Hit Phish, Dec. I I , 7:30p.m., $26.50-$28.50 Pokemon 5: 15, 7:30, 9:45 The E-52 Student Theatre will put Pokemon II :30, I 2, 2, 2:30, 4:30, 5, 7, List for you alone. However, you will ELECTRI C FACTORY (215-627-1332) 7:30, 10 The Insider 4, 7, 10 on a tremendous show this weekend Blink 182, Nov. 16, 8 p.m., $17.50 Light It Up I I :55, 2:25, 4:40, 7:25, 9: 35 The House on Haunted HiU 5:30, 7:45, with its adaptation of Craig Lucas' have to tell her about Saturday film, ' 'Reckless." It nms both tonight because she will be 011 deadline. Fugazi, Dec. 4, 8:30p.m. , $6.25 The Bone CoUector II :45, I 2:45, 2:20, 10:15 I ( • November 12, 1999 • THE REVIEW • 83 -· Making lists is no simple task, and "The Dirty Dozen" was no exception. Mosaic slaved long and hard to create a fair and Mos-aic Pres-ents-: well-balanced compilation of the worst movies out there. Some of us aren't on speak ing terms any more because of it. Tell us - what you think. Send e-mail to ozen [email protected] or [email protected]. ' .. :~ ... ::· ~..: "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" as (1975) (1982) (1986) (1987) (1991) "Let's do the time warp again." Hello. I'm the Beastmaster, close Poor Lea Thompson. As if having Oh, Dr. Huxtable, what were you "In space no one can eat ice cream," All right, stop. Collaborate and No, let's not. In fact, let's just forget_ cousin to Conan the Barbarian. I can "Caroline in the City" on her resume thinking? Everyone's favorite '80s and no one on earth seems to take the li sten. Ice is back with a pathetic it even exists. see things through the eyes of my pet isn't bad enough, the waifish actress also television dad just couldn't stick to aliens seriously except for young kids excuse for a movie. eagle, black tiger or ferrets. I can knows that her best-known romantic ' "Rocky Horror" is one of many helping sick patients, could he? anned with an ice cream truck. As if this failing rapper's career '... films that severely abuses the ears and induce them to do my bidding, if I so interest is a clunky animated duck. In "Leonard," the Cos must stop With poor casting and spongy-look wasn' t far enough down the tubes, . eyes simultaneously. desire, putting them in danger in my The film traces the adventures of the villainess Medusa from knocking ing, evil clowns wearing bad make-up, Vanilla Ice just had to go and star in .•. Regardless of the movie's cult stead. Howard who is trying to save the earth off the government' s top-secret this is possibly the worst film ever made. an essentiall y self-titled film. .. appeal, Tim Curry is entirely too My menagerie and I have loads of from an alien invasion before falling for agents. She turns animals into her evil The Chiodo family must have been trip Ice portrays Johnny Van Owen, • Thompson, a rock singer. I annoying to possibly enjoy. fun battling marauders, crazy cult minions by manipulating their brains ping on acid one night and decided to and somehow he gets to hook up • And Susan Sarandon should be leaders and bizarre, body-draining People who've seen the movie have with dishwashing liquid. write this movie, as well as direct it. with Naomi Campbell. But his very • ashamed of herself - if The demons. The tiger and eagle save been known to wander around slack Luckily, Bill has an ostrich as an The Klowns even wrap the dead last 15 minutes of fame are squan •I I Academy catches a glimpse of her my life on numerous occasions, jawed for days afterward, stunned sense ally. bodies in cotton candy in order to dis dered in this far from epic piece of •I I ' performance, they may take her gold while the ferrets sit idly in my loin less by its inept special effects, lame dia Really. guise their operation as a circus. Instead trash. _< statue away. cloth. Won't you watch my movie, logu'! an "Leprechaun" Boy" "Congo" "Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe's War'' - (1993) (1994) (1994) (1995) (1996) Before "Friends," Jennifer An hour and a half of Chris Elliott Combine a cast of washed-up actors How did Michael Crichton sink from The original "Lawnmower Man" Aniston tries to elude the psychotic whining weak insults in a phony British with no sex appeal, like Dana Delany, the vicious velociraptors of "Jurassic had it all: solid acting, a fun story and murderous leprechaun in search accent will make you think back on his Paul Mercurio, Rosie O'Donnell and Park" to the rabid, fanged gorillas of bar with their hostages and encounter and excellent special effects. Well, of his gold. However, the movie does pimply face in 'There's Something Dan Aykroyd, with a storyline of exotic "Congo?" a group of angry vampires. OK, maybe the acting wasn't so little to frighten, and the writers seem About Mary" with fond nostalgia. lust and bondage and the outcome is A team of diamond-hunting Yikes. The fli ck starts out very great, but compared to the pitiful more interested in making the audi Seasickness would be more amusing "Exit to Eden" - directed by the researchers faces off with growling "Natural Born Killer"-esque. And sequel, the film wou ld win an ence laugh, though to little avail. than the snobby English cabin boy on a cheesy, yet sincere, Gary Marshall. stuntmen in monkey suits so fake you' ll then, just as you think to yourself that Oscar. Apparently, the leprechaun's vessel called the "Filthy Whore." The Listed under "comedy," this film is swear you see zippers. The treasure this is a pretty entertaining film, out The antagonist Jobe makes his insanity rubbed off on the producers ship and its sleazy seamen lurch from anything but a laugh - except for Rosie seekers are armed only with laser-sight of nowhere, the waiters at the bar tum return once again bent on destroy as they decided to make three one absurd adventure to another, in leather with a whip. Even the daytime ed machine guns, land mines and a into vampires. It's an ugly scene, to ing the world through virtual reali sequels. Here is a suggestion for any encountering Greek gods, fierce storms diva herself defamed the movie and said whole arsenal of explosive devices. Oh, say the least. ty. Do we care? Please say no. If further remakes: cast Bill Gates as the and horrendous special effects along she regretted her participation. and a talking gorilla named "Amy" And the scene when the vampire you really feel the need to torture ~ leprechaun, then his constant plead the way. If only this movie had pulled a So surrender to your fantasies and go who, it turns out in the end, would rather starts jammin' on a guitar made out of yourself for 90 minutes, at least do ~ ing of"I want my gold," would evoke "Titanic" and sunk before hitting the rent a porno - it will ·have a better plot get laid by a silverback than stay with a human being is a moment you soon something constructive, like eating : some hearty laughs. theaters. than this film. her human friends. Who can blame her? won' t forget. scrapple until your stomach bursts. 9/111/ng !be blgb nole for tJ CJbursdtJg nlgbl !brill BY MELISSA SCOTT SINCLAIR And the university contingent, elegantly Fearures Ediror attired in black gowns and ties, is as ~ell Forget the old stereotypes. There are no dressed as any. Beads, sequins and 'gold hefty sopranos in brass breastplates and lame pants are de rigueur for some long horned helmets, no Italian arias that stag time opera-goers, but many more wear ger on fo~ hours, no plots so intricate the simple suits and skirts. Cliffs Notes take up three volumes. Even the most elaborate silver-spangled ----···-. .:.:·: _.-._-.- ..- Good opera is sexy and funny. It gowns in the audience are eclipsed, how entrances eyes, ears and mind alike. ever, when the curtain is drawn b~ < k , Stories written a century ago can rival revealing the riot of color and costume multi million-dollar-budget movies for onstage. sheer entertainment, with lavish costumes It's easy to see why seats are usually and scenery that dazzle the audience until priced above student-style budgets, the the last curtain falls . visual trappings alone must cost thou And s urprisingly, opera devotees sands. The opening plaza scene has about include not only elderly aristocrats but 30 costumed actors moving about an elab university students as well. · / orate setup of arched walls,· market stalls "I love when the orchestra's warming and a fountain. up," freshman Beth Joering whispers in Instead of sitting staid and silent, the the semi -silence before the first act. "The audience laughs at the gold-uniformed lights dim, the bright light's on stage ... " Spanish soldiers hitting on the bodice This Thursday night, Beth and 15 other busting street-corner chi cks. students are settling into the $49 red velvet "We follow them around, these sweet seats - for which they paid $ 19 with a cigarette girls," the soldiers sing. "They're student discount - of the Wilmington so brazen, so flirtatious, always holding Grand Opera House for the fall perfor two cigarettes between their teeth." mance of George Bizet' s "Carmen. " The dialogue is in French, but English This tale of a Gypsy seductress who supertitles hover above stage, projected on laughs at the men falling at her feet, and a screen. her jealous lover is more like a modern The translations are a little ludicrous day romantic dilemma than a chapter from sometimes. When the lovely Gypsy a dated history· book. Carmen enters, for every stanza she sings, For some students here this night, the only a single phrase pops up on the screen. closest they' ve ev,er come to seeing an Come on, when she's batting her eye opera is watching the fi lm version of lashes and singing to the handsome corpo "Grease." Others, like Beth and her broth ral Don Jose for a full five minutes, we THE REV IEW I Sean Samecki er, junior Steve Joering, who has been know she' s saying more than "Here it is organizing the twice-annual operatic the weekend. Who wants my love? I'll "cigarette girls" an ass and a witch. next he's hot for Micaela." Well, when Don Jose later says things odyssey for three years, grew up with arias give him my love!" Catfighting and cleavage ensue - not Alas for the poor sucker, he's thrown like "We' re bound together t o~ death" and triumphal marches blaring from their But the words don' t really matter, as it parents' stereo. · · - · .. · what one wou ld us ually expect at the into jail himself for allowing Carmen to and " I'm holding onto you, damn you''' is enough j ust to sit and watch the wild, Grand Opera Ho use, but entertaining escape, and when he gets out he finds her those aren't exactly the words a girl wants One would expect college students to raven-haired Carmen charm the world. nonetheless. about to join a smugglers' band. io hear. look out of place among the typi cal opera College women could learn a thing or Carmen's taken into custody, but the "We need you ladies," the bandits say to The end won' t be revealed here. but it's patrons - looking down from the balcony two about seduction from her. "Wait for arresting officer, Don Jose, proves to be a the Gypsy and her friends. "When it comes not much of a surprise. As junior Nick across the audience, almost every head is love and you' II lose out," she advises one bit more leni ent than Newark Police. All it to cheating and stealing, it's best to have Plummer says, "Every good opera girl gets silver, white or hairless. lovestruck soldi er. "Give up and it will takes is a seducti ve promise of 'Til dance the ladies along. Without these beauties, it in th e end." But the students are not by any means appear." .. the seguidilla and dri nk manzanilla" f~r e\l erything goes wrong ." But there's sti ll more to look forward 10 the youngest in the crowd. Groups of high Who hasn' t found this to be true, when him to let her go, not a thought of ht s Carmen gladly goes along, and the poor - Opera Delaware will he performing .'• school students and Delaware State after weeks of di sastrous blind dating, childhood sweetheart Micaela in his head. Don Jose, hi s love un abated after a Puccini's "Mada me Buttcrll y" in the University students are also here tonight. someone you hardly know · suddenly asks Some students might be inspired to try month' s imprisonment, fo ll ows. Women in spring. Two rows in front of the group, a girl sits you out? this tac tic themselve s, but not Beth the audience might nudge their dates at And nowhere will you get more blood. up straight, enraptured. She looks about Carmen's smart mouth gets her in trou Joering. " I think he's a real sap," she whi s this point - that' s wh at commitment's all romance and sheer spcctac lc for onl y 19 five years old . ble, tho ugh, when she call s one of the pers. "One minute he's hot for Carmen, the about, ri ght? bucks. B4 • THE REVIEW • November 12, 1999 Feature Foru1 Finding light in a· sea of darkness strong relat ionship. I was close to his family, I was on the edge most of the time. I My dad looked at me with fear in his eyes me on our balcony and told me some of the BY APRIL CAPOCHINO and he was the first boy I ever brought home couldn't concentrate. I didn' t eat. I cried all and questioned where his " fun-loving" funniest stories I have ever heard. to my parents. A very wise person once said to me, of the time. daughter had gone. Danielle sat on my bed with me whenever I thought I had found my soulmate. "Everyone has to go through a period crf I looked into the mirror and saw someone My friends asked how they could help. I I needed to bawl. She gently and patiently Only now can I finally understand why he madness in thei r life to truly find happiness." I no longer understood, no longer liked and know they felt useless. guided me up the path to recovery. wasn't able to forget what happened and I'm finally crossing that line. no longer trusted. My mom- well , she just cried. A lot. I now understand th at I was put on earth move on. I told him one ni ght when I was I can't tell you why it happened to me. I I remember waking up in the morning and I'm not sure how I survived those months. for a purpose, and the reason I survived my hurt and angry that our whole relati onship don't know. My friends don' t know. My par wishing I could crawl out of my skin and There were so many times when I felt the accident was that it wasn't my time yet. was a mistake. ents don't know. need to run away. I would drive in my car I can finally forgive myself for breaking What I said was wrong. Our relationship No one knows. I now understand that late at night away from Newark just so I someone's heart, and I forgive him for I can only speculate that the emptiness I was a gift, not a mistake. could breathe again. breaking mine. Four months ago I was stressed out - was feeling was caused by a series of events. I was put on earth for I even skipped a week of classes and work I look into the mirror now·and like whom Four months ago I got into a car accident unhappy with the five part-time jobs I had when I drove home to New York on an espe I see. I know I have a wonderful and suc committed to. where I very ~as il y could have died. a purpose, and the cially bad Wednesday morning. cessful future ahead of me. It was July 3, 1999. I was driving north on Because I took on too much, I never put I broke, and I broke hard. Four months ago, I was not the person. I Route 13 in New Castle when a car traveling all of my effort into any of them. In the reason I survived At home, I slept most of the time. When I am today. Now I have my confidence back, south was side-swiped, forced against the morning I interned at a public relations my accident was that was awake, I felt flat and exhausted, and I but I have not completely healed. And I can medain and flew up into the air, ultimently department, in the afternoon I worked as a · wasn' t sure how to get through a day. see those emotional scars every day. They landing on the hood of my Suburu. counselor and at night I wrote for an intern it wasn't I forgot how to smile. · remind me of the pain and the suffering, but I remember leaning down to turn up "My ship. My family and friends were worried that I more importantly, they remind me of what I Own Worst Enemy" by Li t on the radio, Other days, I worked at my catering job my time yet. was going to jump off a bridge. But I never learned on my journey. looking up into the air and seeing the on campus, interned at a police station and wanted to die. I have crossed the line and vow never to maroon car coming down on me. freelanced. I just wanted the pain to go away. go back again. I thought I was going to die. I never put all of my energy into one job, into someone else's body. Just for the day. With a lot of help and support, it has. But I walked away from the accident with and I let all of my employers down. Just for the peace of mind. Those closest to me offered shoulders to April Capochino is the senior staff a seatbelt burn, cuts and bruises. However, I Four months ago, I lost myself. Some called what I went through a ner- cry on, ears to listen and, most importantly, reporter for The Review and is aware that was severely injured emotionally but didn' t Only now am I starting to get "me" back. vous breakdown. their time. many people are going through the same know it until a month later. It has been a long, hard road. If anyone Others termed it depression. And my roommates were with me every thing she experienced. She wants them to Four months ago my boyfriend at the time asked me to describe the type of person I was I don' t know what to call it. step of the way. know that it will get better and that there told me I broke his heart. We hadn' t been four months ago, I could only reply, "I did Maybe both theories are true. But I never Sarah kept me busy. She introduced me to is help out there. Send comments to ... dating for that long, but I thought we had a n' t know her." thought "it" could happen to me. healing music and tasty food. She sat with capochin@udel. edu ...... ~ AVETERAN'S LESSONS BY KELLY F. METKIFF other cultures and put him at odds with i Staff Reporter Patton's disregaru for liFe. The clock reads I 0: 16 a.m. There are "The war tore me apart," he says about · 1 still four minutes left in c lass, but Stewart hi s anti-American sentiments at the time. ' Rafert decides to end early because he is "I went to the fi rst peace rally because I . tired. hated the thing so much." . "I know how to take care of myself However, Patton did not like the men of : because I' m old," the history professor his cavalry, whom he called "bloody good ; says. "You young adults just keep going killers," going to peace rallies. Rafert spent when you're tired." three months on kitchen patrol as a punish He chuckles playfully, and his students ment. find it hard to disagree - about ending "I had to work from 5 a.m. to I 0 p.m. class early, that is. with no break," he says. "It was demeaning The sound of notebooks slamming shut, and exhausting." ' book bags being zipped and desks being He served the standard two-year tour of ·' pushed back a lmost takes over, until Rafert duty, and in the fall of 1965, the army dis- interrupts his U.S. hi story class. charged him. , "You young adults need to take care of "They dumped me on the streets of yourselves," he says, as 60 pairs of eyes Washington, D .C., with $280 and nowhere look up and stare intently. " You shouldn't to go - home was not an option," Rafert smoke. My kids smoke, but it' II catch up to says. Now a changed person, he wanted to you when you' re 50- be careful.'" start over. Rafert, unlike many professors, takes his Three days later, he landed a job as a teaching beyond the textbook. As a veteran Spani sh teacher at Sanford Prep School in and a voyager, he shares hi s li fe experi Wilmington. ences with his students. "During my first two years of teaching, I .. His journey from hi s family' s pig farm lived in the dormitory," he says. "Then I in Indiana to the university began when he moved to Elkton Road in Newark and spent THE REVIEW I Scon McAllister was drafted into the army during the fall of most of my time at the Deer Park." Holding his still muddy combat boots, Stewart Rafert says this is his only relic from the war. He threw everything else out. 1963. Rafert' s first assignment placed him Rafe rt found it hard to adjust to every Rafert. He took trips to Puerto Rico and ing toward his doctorate degree, focusing strong community," Rafert says. "I think it under Gen. George Patton III, a man noto day life after what he had experienced in South America, but he says the turning on Native American culture and s urvival in would benefit the university if Newark rious for his ruthlessness. the service. point in his life occurred in 1969, when he " He was a total asshole," Rafert says. "I kept a lot of things bottled up inside America. worked on building a stron'ger community went to Woodstock. Since earning his doctorate in 1982, he that was more open and accepting." " He kept the heads of people his calvary me- I went crazy." he says. "My drinking "I was surrounded by people who were has published a book on the history of the And Rafert plays his part every time he had killed on his desk and strung their became destructive, and I knew I had to as anti-war as I was," he says. "It was very Eastern Miami Indian tribe and is currently stands in front of the classroom, helping to ears along the walls of his office like tro change. I started taking yoga classes at the healthy for me mentally." editing an autobiography of a close Native bridge the gap between generations with phies." 'Y,' and I took canoeing and camping Rafert years of Quaker schooling in trips." After his mental cleansing at American friend of his. his knowledge of life and the history that Woodstock, Rafert started taking history "I am extremely influenced by Native brought us here. Indiana taught him to be open-minded to Travel became a method of healing for courses at the university and began work- American values, especially their belief in A salute to new anime nation I!: that BY ROBERT COYNER Mononoke" should not be discount bilities. Nationai/Srare Ne\\"S Editor ed, as it sadly shows man's disposi Following the half-human/half Starting three years ago with the tion toward destruction. vampire, D, the film delves once film "Ghost in the Shell," anime again into the gothic/cyber, post apocalyptic world ruled by demons, yout has developed a steady, yet lesser "Perfect Blue" known presence on American cine Opening in Philadelphia today, vampires and irradiated mutants. ma screens. "Perfect Blue" follows a singer, D, the son of Dracula, searches While "Pokemon" and Clamp' s Mirna, as she takes her first steps the wastelands for both his legacy "X" are preparing for wide release, into the world of acting. and destiny. The only theme here is numerous other anime features will The film deals with the sometimes that li fe is survival, and the weak final be gracing the big-screen before the fanatical obsession over celebrity die. end of 2000. and the glamour of stardom. Much like " Blade" and "The Bending the real world in every Matrix" with its sustained melan "Princess Mononoke" clip, scenes and images merge to cholia and hyperviolent severity, Brought to American shores by create a dreamlike state for Mirna "Vampire Hunter D" is the anime Disney, it is only fitting that as she loses her identity amidst the most likely to see popular success 1 an!:WQt'? " Princess Mononoke's'-' director, psychoses of others. in American theaters next year. Hayao Miyazaki, is considered the Despite the vicious brutality Walt Disney of Japanese anima depicted in certain scenes, the "The End of Evangelion" tion. anime deals with the mature themes The final part in the "Neon Although the movie's violence of culture lust, exploitation and Genesis Evangelion" saga, which takes center stage, Disney is bank individuality, letting Mirna's great will be officially released next fall, You can ing on Miyazaki's reputation and est flaw be her own innocence. takes advantage of every animated the American script provided by This naivete allows others to convention. Big rui.Jots, massive comic-book writer and novelist shape and determine her world in battle scenes and ultra-violence fi ll Neil Gaiman to garner a wide box this movie within a movie until its the movie, as it travels to a place offi ce appeal during its current wrenching conclusion, in which many live-action American films tenure. director Satoshi Kon blurs reality do not - the heart. alway!: A sad fable of mankind's inabil and fantasy within deepening Fifteen years from now, with the ity to coexist with nature, "Princess swells of madness. earth on the brink of either destruc Mononoke" stands alongside ani A thick layer of artistry and tion or salvation, a boy and girl mated movies like "The Last symbolism provides "Perfect Blue" must face their worst torments to Unicorn" and "The Hobbit" wi th its with lifelike animation that dis bring about evolution and ascen epic storytelling. , solves away into a strong parable of dance. U~Q The characters are given a si m- : finding one's self. Shinji and Asuka must accept pie and cartoonish look using a themselves with their flaws to be classic style of illustrati on. But the "Vampire Hunter D" saved through the powerful God animation and musical score lend A remake of the cult classic machines called Evas. unfolding scenes of wilderness and "Vampire Hunter D" will be hitting But as in life, flaws are so defin-· valleys - an Elysian grace that U.S. theaters early next year. ing that only the strong can make Mo!:aic make the bloody visions of war Since it was barely finished in the decision to overcome them. much harder to watch. time for its Japanese theatrical Blending psychology, karma and The film follows the protago release, not much has been said Judea-Christian mysticism, "The nists Ashitaka and San about the fi lm except that the story End of Evangelion" is Shinji' s final (Mononoke's nickname) as they is anticipated to be an updated ver chance to set things right, as it fight to save an eternal spi rit , while sion of the 1985 production. mills through themes of self-love a!! yout other humans seek to exploit its gift With new character designs by and understanding. of immortality. Yoshitaki Amana - most well Gorgeous from beginning to Showing the struggle between known for his Final Fantasy crushing end, few audiences have the natural and industrial worlds, videogame creations - the new walked away from the fi lm unaf THE REVIEW I File Photo the fairy tale may be too intense for film is designed around fresh tech fected by its end and Shinji' s lifulinQ. In "Vampire Hunter D," blood sucking is a family affair. younger audiences. Yet "Princess niques and computer imaging capa- choice. J November 12, 1999•THE REVIEW•BS Call Us! 831-2771 Classified Ad Rates Specials Deadlines Business Hours Remember! Check out Advertising Policv For Tuesday's issue: !OUr classified ad on our University Rates Bold: one time $2 Friday at 3 p.m. Monday .. .. I Oam-Spm website! 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I 00 percent during practice,'' she SwJj Reporter "This gives us a chance to see said. The Delaware women's rowing where we stand with the top teams However, Kukla added they team has hi gh hopes for this week in th e nation," Kukla said. need to dedicate more time to get end's Frostbi te and Braxton She said there will be more ting in shape outside of practice. Rega11as. teams than usual in Saturday's Senior Jenn O' Keefe, the cap The races begin at 9:30 a. m. on race, whi ch will make things more tain and coxswain of the varsity Saturday and Sunday at the chailenging for the team. lightweight eight, said she has high Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. "Saturday's Frostbite Regalia expectations for the boat. Hens head coach Amanda Kukla wi ll be tougher then Sunday's "I am hopi ng to medal," she said this season has provided the Braxton," Kukla said. said. "My boat has done very well rowers wi th an opportunity to build She said she is hopeful all th e this season." the program for the main part of the Hens' boats will place in the top 25 Her boat pl aced eighth at the season in the spring. p\!rcent. Head of the Charles Regatta in So far this season, the The novices have a Boston in October, whi ch included team has only competed good chance of doing more than 20 teams. The Hens in head races, which are WOMEN'S well, because there are raced against national and Olympic 2.5 miles long, she said. ROWING so many of them, she teams in the regatta. However, this weekend said. "That is what is great about wil l consist of spring This will be a crucial crew," she said. "You can meet and races, which are 1.25 miles long. weekend for the novice rowers, talk with national and Olympic "This provides the team with a who are all freshmen and sopho teams." taste of what will be going on in mores. 0 ' Keefe said her boat was sup the spring," Kukla said. Overall, it is a young group, she posed to be in competition with The races wi ll be competitive said. Although there are upper other lightweight crews, but it fe ll this weekend, she said, as classmen, no one has been racing through. So now they are compet Delaware faces several successful for all four years. ing against heavyweight crews. Ivy League teams, such as Kukla said one problem the row Senior rower Nicole Belsole said THE REVIEW/File Photo Princeton University and Harvard ers have had this season is physical the team will look to gain some The women's rowing team races in the two regattas this weekend on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. University. conditioning. revenge in the upcoming races. The Ivy teams are strong, estab "Getting in shape is our main "[We' re] definitely trying to "This season we have been work for the heavyweight eight, said her morning practices have left many li shed and have traditionally done problem this year," she said, "but it beat St. Jo ~eph ' s [University]," she ing a lot on improving technique as boat is short of rowers. rowers sick, but she is still opti well in the past, Kukla said . is improving." said. "They beat us last weekend." a boat," she said, "and working "We don' t have eight heavy mistic about the weekend. The Hens are used to rowing The young group lacks maturity Junior Whitney McCormick said together as a boat to become weight girls," she said, "which "I think that there is a good against the likes of Villanova at times, Kukla said. this season has been a learning strong." leaves us switching people around." chance we will do well at both University and George Mason "They are dedicated and give period. Junior Gail Dornan, who rows Dornan said the cold, wet early races," she said. Runners eye top 10 Game 10 Rhode Island (1-8, 1-5 A-10) at Delaware (6-3, 4-2) finishes at Districts Saturday, 1 p.m. Last week: Hens 14, New Hampshire 1 0 He is coming off less than two William .& Mary 24, Rhode Island 6 Both squads look weeks of light running due to ten donitis in hi's shins, he said. to improve upon Munro's personal goal is to fin ish the course without pain, he their 12th place said. But he would also like to do hi s best against the tough competi Hens host Rams ti on. finishes last year "Ten out of the 37 teams are big THE REVIEW/Scott McAllister continued from page B8 has struggled particularly on third BY HILLARY MCGEEHAN time programs, like Penn State Hens freshman winger Jeff Earley (No. 27) battles for a puck. The 6-foot-2 inch team captain down all season long, converting a Staff Repnrter [University], [the University of] has started the Hens' last two mere 30 percent of their conver The season is on the line for the Pennsylv ania, and Georgetown games, throwing for a total of 363 sions. Delaware men's and women's [University]," Munro said. yards and three touchdowns. In addition, Rhode Island has "I would like Delaware to be Road trip means full Rhode Island, staring at the • fo und difficulty in the red zone - cross country teams when they compete for the NCAA District II considered one of those big time prospects of facing the A-1 O's best scoring just 22 times in 38 oppor Championships Saturday at Lehi gh programs too." rushing defense, will look to quar tunities, fo r a 58 percent rating. University. Junior Mike slate for Delaware terback Ken Mastrole to lead the The Rams and Hens fi rst met 77 The top two teams DiGennaro said he is team in its upset bid. years ago, with Rhode Island win looking forward to plac Mastrole, who is a transfer from ning their initial go-round, 7-0. will qualify for the - CRoss __ BY~flCHELLEHANDLEMAN is still room for improvement. ,. #!' • ing high in the individual the University of Maryland, has Since then, Delaware has compiled NCAA- championships Managing Spons Edirnr "We need to start playing even bet standings. · passed for I ;886 yards and seven a 13-5 overall record against the along with the top four COuNTRY Putting last weekend's two losses to ter," Brandwene said in reference to touchdowns this season. Rams. The Hens have not fallen to individuals on non- "I'm good enough to Penn State University behind it, the last weekend's losses. "The key to [finish] in the top 25," he However, the Rams' offense Rhode Island at home in II years, qualifying teams, said Delaware ice hockey team prepares to bring it over the top is to put it all ranks last in points per game, tally and have won the last eight meet women's head coach Sue McGrath said. " If I run the way I ran at con face SUNY-Buffalo and Erie College together and play on a consistent II ing a mere 17.6 a week. The unit ing between the two teams. Powell. ferences, I' be fine. this weekend. basis." Both Hens teams placed 12th "On an amazing day, I can make The Hens travel to Buffalo for Delaware defeated Erie 7-2 earlier it into the top 10." last year and are hoping to improve games today and Saturday, and they this season, but Brandwene warns the As for the women's team, all upon that 1this time around. play Erie on Sunday. team must still play hard, especially seven runners have already been "I am hoping we finish within Delaware head coach Josh since it will be their third game in three the top 10," McGrath-Powell said. selected. Powell said the team is Brandwene said this weekend's games days. more experienced this year, so that "Since the course is not extremely will be important for the "It is going to be a should work to its advantage. hilly, the times will be faster." team, especially when fac- tougher game for us Men's head coach Jim Fischer Sophomore Aimee Alexander ing the Bulls twice. because it will be our third said she feels the team is capable said he feels Delaware can place • "We always have very game," he said. "We have similarly to last year because it is of placing in the top I 0 at close games with them," he to manage our energy lev ranked 15th in the region right Saturday's competition. said. "We are looldng for els." "I feel more confident this year now. He added he would be happy ward to going on the road." Brandwene said main about my running and will go out to finish in the top half of this In the -past three years, taining consistency will be year's field of 37, considering the strong and stay on a steady pace," the Hens have battled it out with integral in tonight's matchup. team's youth. she said. "I will probably pass Buffalo, with Delaware winning two "Our goal is to build on the things toward the end because it really Each competing team from the of the three games. we did right this weekend," he said. worked for me last week." region is all owed seven runners, Last year, the team won a 5-4 deci 'We need to .work on being consistent Fischer said. The teams competing are from sion against the Bulls at home. throughtout the game and not just for He said he is still deciding various Division I schools in the Brandwene said the Hens hope to stretches of time." region, including teams from . which seven runners will be com repeat that performance on the road if The Hens face Buffalo tonight at Pennsylvania, New Jersey, peting on the nine-man roster. they maintain their focus throughout 7:30, and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Maryland and Delaware. Junior Robb Munro, who will be the game. Delaware will continue its road sched The men will get thmgs started 'representing the men's team, said He said he is happy with the young ule Sunday in Buffalo for a I p.m. he is looking forward to the race. at II a.m., while the women toe the team's preformance, but believes there game against Erie. line at 12:15 p.m. Lum comes full-circle Continued from page B8 Alexis lives with her mother in New once in a li fetime experience." Castle and this fact led to his deci Being used to military life and sion to transfer to Delaware. realizing Valley Forge Military "I was sacrificing not being with · Academy sends many players to my daughter by' going to West Division I-A schools, Rob decided to Virginia," he says. "My daughter enroll in the junior college in August was the only reason I came to of '95. Delaware." He spent two years at Valley Rob says he was unable to enroll Forge, graduating Magna cum at Delaware in the spring because Laude. During his sophomore year NCAA rules stipulate that junior col he was recognized as Scholar Athlete lege athletes cannot transfer to a sec of the Year and earned the rank of ond four-year school unless they First Sergeant. have completed their undergraduate "I learned my lesson from high degree. He got hi s degree in business school as far as the grades," he said. in the spring of '98. "When you have a child, it puts a The only way Rob could play for THE REVIEW/Scott McAllister whole different perspective on life." the Hens was to be· accepted into Lum's says he's returned to his home state to be closer to his 5-year graduate school. He was accepted After graduating from Valley old daughter, Alexis. He has solidified a strong linebacking corps. Forge in '97, Rob was given the into the one-year economics gradu chance to realize his goal when he ate program in July, and given a foot the second highest amount of tackles about football, but I just have to go enrolled at West Virginia University. ball scholarship. and sacks on the squad, with 61 and 3 [to the games] to show I love him. I ~Mosaic Mix-up Lum redshirted in '97 and was on Once Rob was cleared to play, he respectively. He also earned Atlantic just want to be there for him." scholarship fo r the '98 season, in proved to Delaware defensive coor I 0 defensive player of the week hon Though football is important to which he played on special teams dinator and linebackers coach Bob ors following his performance in the Rob, it is being able to spend time That's right, kids. and was a backup linebacker. Sabol that he had more ability than season-opener against William and with his daughter that brings hi m the "It was my lifelong dream," he Sabol initially thought. Mary. most joy. You would have had says. "You come out [onto the field] "We thought we would get a qual Rob's aunt, Beverly Johnson of "It's the greatest feeling in the to be stoned not to to 70,000 fans, and you' re on CBS." ity special teams player and someone Elkton, Md., said she was ecstatic world," he says. "It's a high that foot Though Rob was in Division 1-A, that we could add to our linebacking after receiving news that he would ball has never given me. get this week's puz he says he did not enjoy the experi depth," he says, "but he has exceed play for the Hens - and hi s family "This football thing is killing me, ence as much as he could have ed expectations at the linebacking could now go to the games. knowing it's coming to an end, but zl,e right. It's none because he could not see the now 5- position." "I was so happy I could have bust the memories I'm having with my In 10 games, Rob has compiled other than year-old Alexis on a daily basis. open," she says. "I don't know much daughter wi ll last a lifetime." Sharon Stone. j NAL SECOND EXPOSUR E Sol'ember 12, /999 · THE I~EVIEW • 8 7 Women rowers look to shine on Schuylkill this weekend BY BIU:'\DT K l :'lo;'\.\ I 00 percent during practi ce ... ~ h e \:,t/1 A'c,''• •l "tl '"Tht ' !.!t\ e-, u-, a chance 111 ;,ee ~a id . The lkl.tl\.trC \\lllllL'Il·, t\1\\lltg ''here \\e' \l.tnd 11ith th e top te Runners eye top 10 Game 10 Rhode Island (1-8, 1-5 A- 10) at Delaware (6-3, 4-2) finishes at Districts Saturday, 1 p.m. Last week: Hens 1 4 , New Hampshire 1 0 He is coming oil less than t\\'O William & Mary 24, Rhode Island 6 Both squads look ,,·ccks o f light running due to ten doniti s in hi s shins. he said. to in1p rove upon Munro's personal goal is to fin ish the course 11itho ut pai n. he their 12th place ;,ai d. But he \\'O uld also like to do hi s best against the tough competi Hens host Rams tion. finishes last year "Ten o ut of the 37 teams arc big T HE REV I EW/S~o ll :\lcA IIi,tcr continued fro m page 8 8 ha-. struggled parti c ul ar!) on third BY HILLA RY \lCGEEHr\i'i time progra m . like Penn State Hens freshman winger J eff Earley (No. 27) battles for a puck. The 6-foot-2 inch tea m captai n down all season long. conve ning a ~ t artcd STall Rl'f'orr,•r [University [. [the University o f] has the Hen,· last 1110 mere .\0 percent of their conver The ~caso n is on the line for the Pc nnsy I van i a. and Georgetown games. th rowing for a total or 363 ~ t ons. Un iversity] ... Munro said. yards and three touchdm1 ns. ln addition. Rhode Island has Delaware m e n ·~ and womcn·s I .. , woul d like Delaware to be Road trip means full Rhode Island. staring at the found difficulty in the red zo ne cro~s country t ea m ~ when th ey compete for the CAA Di . tri ct II considered o ne o f th ose big ti me prospects of fac in g the A- 1( )'s best scorin g just n times in 38 oppor Championships Saturd ay at Le hi gh programs too. rushing defense. will look to quar tunities. for a 58 percent rating. L ni versity. Junior Mike slate for Delaware terback Ken Mastrolc to lead th.: T he Rams and Hens first mel 77 The top I\\' O team. DiGennaro said he is team in its upset hid . ) car'> ago. with Rhode Island win lookin g fon n1rd to plac Mastrolc. who i' a transfer from ni ng their initial go-ro und. 7-0. \\ til qualify for the C ROSS BY MICHELLE HANDLEMAN is sti ll room for improvement. in g high in th e individual the Uni,crsil) of ~1 ar) land. has Since then. Delaware has compiled NCAA championships t'vlmwxmg Spons Edaor ··we need to start playing even bet COUNTRY standings. passed for 1.886 yards and seven a 13-5 overall record against the along with the to p four Putting last weekend's two losses to ter," Brandwcne said in reference to ·T m good enough to touc hd owns this season. Rams. The Hens have not fall en to individuals on non- Penn State Uni ve rsity behind it. th e last weekend's losses. 'The key to [finish] in the top 25 ," he However. the Rams· offense Rhode Island at home in II years. 4uali fyi ng teams. said Delaware icc hockey team prepares to bring it over th e top is to put it all said. '·If I run the way I ran at con ranks last in points per game. tall y and have won the last eight meet \\O men's head coach Sue McG rath face SUNY-Buffalo and Erie College together and play on a consistent tn g a mere 17.6 a week. The unit in g between the two teams. Powell . ferences. I' II be fine. this weekend. basis:· ··o n an amazing day. I can make Both Hens teams placed 12th The Hens travel to Buffalo for Delaware defeated Erie 7-2 earlier it int o the top 10.'' l a~ t )Car and arc hoping to improve games today and Saturday. and they this season. but Brandwcnc warns the As fo r the women's team. all upon th at thi s time around. play Erie on Sunday. team must sti ll play hard. especiall y seven runners have a lready been "I am hoping we fini ~ h wi thin De laware head coach Josh since it wi ll be their third game in three selected. Powell said the team is NCAA Division 1-AA the top Jo.·· McGrath-Powell said. Brandwene said this weekend's games days. more experienced this year, so that "Since the course is not extreme ly will be important for the ·'It is going to be a should work to its advantage. ht ll y. the times will be faster. .. team. especiall y when fac- tougher game for us Too 25 Sophomore A im ee Alexander Me n's head coach Jim Fischer ing the Bu lls twice. because it wi ll be our third said she feels the team is capable (Sports ~etwork) ~aid he feels Delaware can place "We always have very In ; game:· he said. "We have ~im ilarl y to last year because it is o f placing in the top I 0 at I. Troy State close games with them,'' he H OCKEY to manage our energy lev ranked 15th in th e region ri ght Saturday's competition. said. "We are looking for els ... "l feel more confident thi s year 2. Tennessee State no\\'. He added he wou ld he happy ward to going on th e road." Brandwcne said main ahout my running and wi ll go out tP finish in th e top half o f this In the past three years. taining consistency wi ll he strong and stay on a steady pace:· 3. Southern ~-ca r 's field or 37. consi dering the the Hens have batt led it out wi th integral in tonight's matchup. she ~a id . " I wi ll probably pass team·s youth . Buffalo, with Delaware wi nning two "Our goal is to build on th e things 4. Georgia Southern Each competi ng team from the toward the end because it really of the three games. we did ri ght th is weekend:· he said. worked for me last week:· 5. Montana n:gion is a ll owed seven runners. Last year. the team won a 5-4 deci "We need to work on being consistent T he team s competing are from .fischer said . sion against the Bull s at home. throughtout the game and not just for 6. Appalachian State vari ous Di vision I schools in the He said he is still dec iding Brandwene said the Hens hope to stretches of time ... reg ion. inc luding teams fro m 11 hich seven runners will he com repeat that perfomumce on the road if The Hens face Buffalo tonight at 7. Furman Pe nnsy lvania. New Jer ey. petin g on th e nine-man roster. they maintain their foc us thro ughout 7:30. and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Maryland and De laware. 8. James Madison Junior Rohh Munro. who will be the game. De laware wi II cominue its road sched representing the men's team. said The men wi ll get thtngs started He said he is happy with the yo ung ule Sunday in Buffalo for a I p.m. 9. Lehigh h..: is looking forward to the race. at II :un .. while the women toe th e team's prcfonnancc. but beli eves there game against Eric. line at 12: I 5 p.m. 10. Hofstra 11 . Illinois State 12. Aorida A&M Lum comes full-circle 13. Northern Iowa 14. Youngstown State Contmucd from page B8 Alexis li ves wi th her mother in New (1nce in a lifetime experience ... ca~ t lc and thi s fact led to hi s deci 15. Portland State , Being u ~ed to militar) life and sion to tran;,fcr to De laware. rcalit.ing Va ll e) Forge Military " I \\'as sac rificing not being wit h 16. Jackson State I· :\eadem] send;, many pl ayers to my daughter hy going to West 17. Massachusetts I I li,-i,ion I-A schools. Roh decided to Virginia: · he say~ . "My daughter enroll in the junior coll ege in Augu;,t was the onl y reason I came to 18. Eastern Kentucky ol '95. Delaware ... He spent two year\ at Valley Rob s ay~ he was unable to enro ll 19. Stephen F. Austin J·orge. grad uating Magna cum at Delaware in the spring hccau c 20. Villanova Laude. During hi ' ~o p h o mo r c year NCAA rule\ sti pul ate that junior col l,e 11as recognized as Scholar Athlete lege at hletes cannot transfer to a sec 21. South Florida of the Year and earned the rank of ond four-year school unless they 22. Northern Arizona Fi r-.t Sergeant. have compl eted their undergraduate "I learned my lesson from hi gh degree. He got hi s degree in business 23. Elon " ·hool as far a'> the grades ... he said . in the spring of '98. "When you have a child. it pu ts a The only way Rob could play for T HE REVIE\\'/Scull :-.k-\lll, tcr 24. North Carolina A&T \\hole different pcr,pecti\c on life ... the Hens was to he accepted int o Lum's says he's returned to his home state to be closer to his 5-ycar 25. DELAWARE graduate school. He wa~ accepted After !!: raduatitH! from Va ll e\ old daughter, Alexis. He has solidified a strong linebacking corps. lome 111 ..._ (!7 . Roh- \\a'> gi,·cn th ~ into the onc-y..:ar economics gradu I Lha~K<.: to rcali;c hi ' 1wal '' hen he ate program in Jul y. and given a foot the second highest amoun t of tackles I - about footba ll . hut I j u ~ t ha,·e to go enrolkd .tt \\'c'>t Virginia Un ilcr-.,i ty. hall sc holar'> hi p. and sacks on the squad . wit h 6 1 and 3 I to the games! to ;,how I Jo,·c him . I Mosaic Mix-up I tun Jcd, htrtcd tn '07 an d wa-. on Once Rob 11 as cleared to play. he respecti ve ly. He also earned Atl an tic just wam to he there for him ... .dml.u·,htp lor the '()X \ca-,on. in proved to De laware dcfcn-, ivc coor I 0 defensive player of the week hon Though football i> imponant to \\ h1 Lh he pia) ed on '> pccia l team-. dinator and li nebackers coach Bob o r~ fo llowing his performance in the Rob. it is being able tn ' pend time Sabol that he had more a hi lity than That's r ight, kids. and '""a h.tcl-up li nebacker. season-opener again st Wi ll iam and with hi ~ daughter that bring' him th e " It wa' my lifelong dream.'· he Sahol initi ally thought. Mary. most joy. You wou ld have had '·'Y ' "You come out !onto the fi eld] -- w e th ought we wo uld get a qu al Rob's aunt. Beverly Johnson of '"It'> the !!realest kclin !.! in the to be stoned not to tn 70.000 ian '>. and )Ou·re on CBS ... ity ' pcc ialtcams player and someone Elkton. Md .. said she wa ~ ecstati c world ... he ,a) s. .. ,, -~ a hi gh that foot Though Rob \\a~ tn Di\ i\lon 1-A. th at we could add to our lincbacking after receiving news that he would hall ha> ne\'Cr gi,cn me. get this week's puz- he ' a) .., he did not c njo) th e cxpcri depth ... he say'>. "hut he has exceed play for the Hens - and his fami !) "Thi -. football thing i;, 1-illing me. enLe <'" much a'> he could have ed cx pectations at th e linehackin g could now go to the games. knm\ in !! it\ com in !! to an end . hu t zle r ight. I t's none pll'-, ition. hecau-.c he could not '>Cc the now 5- "I wa~ so happy I could have bust the m c~tor i c' I' m T1avi ng '' ith Ill) other t han )ear-old Alcxt'> on a daily hasi'>. In I 0 gam e~. Rob has com pi led open:· she says. '·J don't know much daughter ,,·ill last a ltl et tme ... S haron Stone. inside This date in sports history • The women's rowing team On November 12, 1892, .. looks to school the Schuylkill William "Pudge" • Ht:ns runners ready for Heffelfinger became the Championships this weekend first professional football •...... see page B7 player, and was paid $500 . November 12, 1999 • B8 Father Hens in must-win first, situation Saturday consideration from the University football A victory against to extend my contract beyond the final year." Rhode Island As ominous as the Rhode Island football team's recent experience second would mean a step seems, the Hens still have an opportunity to come away with a successful year. BY ROBERT NIEDZWIECKI closer to playoffs With its 6-3 mark (4-2 A-10), SJlnrts Editor Delaware has a chance to earn a or many people, their BY MATTHEW STEINMETZ Managing SJln rts Editor berth in the NCAA Division I-AA ~enior. year in h.ig.h school When the No. 25-ranked Hens playoffs. 111 IS a t1me to reJOICe - a However, the team will have to host the University of Rhode Island time to be carefree. come away wi th impressive victo For most, it is the last year they on Saturday at I p.m. , Delaware Stadium will be the meeting place ries over the Rams on Saturday and have before they must make the Villanova University a week tough decisions that come with of two teams headed in two entire ly opposite directions. later in order to warrant legiti being an adult. mate consideration for a post For Rob Lum, a senior linebacker The Rams are looking to salvage something in• season bid. who has started every game for Additionally, its fate will Delaware, the difficult choices did their last two games from THE REVIEW/Michelle Handleman an otherwise dreadful sea be contingent upon the not start for him when he was given performances of several his diploma, but rather much sooner Hens linebacker Robert Lorn, seen being blocked here, is second on the team in tackles and son. sacks. The senior transferred from West Virginia and is in his first season with the team. Entering the contest with other teams. in a senior year that was filled with The Hens should be buoyed by a turmoil. a 1-8 record ( 1-5 Atlantic 10), Rhode Island brings with it an rushing attack that leads the A-1 0 A 1994 graduate of Howard High never developed a close bond with his being raised by my grandmother." him to play football. Not wanting to in yards per game. The Rams have School, the Wilmington native mother, who is now out of jail and liv- Finding out that he would soon be be inactive come September, Rob eight-game losing streak on the road. struggled at times this season learned he would become a father, ing in Wilmington. a father was not the only situation decided to enlist in the U.S. Army. against the run, yielding 193.1 and saw his dream of playing Muriel Lum Rob, an all-state "Once the scholarships fell Currently tied for ninth place in th~ conference, the Rams hc>.ve had yards per contest. Division I-A football dashed. Johnston, his grand- defensive end and through,l thought maybe if I do go lo -,-,-N------to endure rumblings that the uni Sophomore haltback Hutter Rob's girlfriend told him she was mother who passed quarterback at the Army and get some decent ot being there versity may drop the football pro Pressey continues to awe onlookers pregnant in February 1994. Though away four years ago, Howard, would be money," he says. "When I come out gram at the conclusion of this sea with his success on the ground - surprised, Rob, who was raised by was the woman for my child was forced to deal with then I would have another method to son. leading the conference in yards per his grandmother and not his parents, responsible for rais- during his senior try and go Division I-A." never the case with In addition, during this past carry at 8.1. says he knew he had to take respon ing him. Now that year. Rob graduated from basic training week, head coach Floyd Keith Rhode Island hopes to harness sibility. he's older, Rob says me. I knew I was Rob let his grades Sept. 22, 1994, but he says one thing announced his resignation to take Delaware 's running game and will "My mom lived the street life - ate away at him - mi ssing the birth he would not have .going to be a part of drop during his effect Nov. 21 , following his team's look to li nebackers Preston Letts she was a professional criminal," the changed that situa- - senior year. He also of his daughter, Alexis, 'five days final two games. ( I 04 tackles) and Paul Picciotti 24-year-old says. "My father was tion. her life." took part in a fight prior. Keith released this statement to (87) for help. never really around. "My grandmother on the sideline dur- "Not growing up with a mom or the public on Monday morning: The Hens welcome the return of "Not being there for my child was was my world,'" he -Rob Lum ing an early game in dad," he says, "I always wanted to be "Amid the speculation of the past junior quarterback Matt Nagy from never the case with me. I knew I was says. "When you' re which he later there for everything - the pregnancy, few weeks and the uncertainty of an ankle inj ury, but senior Brian going to be a part of her life." being raised by older people, you learned college scouts had been in the birth. my fu ture at the University of Ginn is slated to remain Delaware's Rob has not seen his father since have a totally different spin on things, attendence. " It was killing me that I wasn't able starter. he was in fourth grade, and he only · because they're very wise. As a result, Rob never received to see her when she was born. That's a Rhode Island and the status of the football program in general, I will saw him sporadically before that. He "I learned a lot from her, so I loved interest from colleges who wanted see LUM page B7 not seek nor expect any further see HENS page B 7 Postseason hopes take a. hit the squad still has a chance to one stepped up. "Everybody was off. We were A loss to Towson advance into the America East "We showed no desire to win trying to pick it up, but it just was Tournament. and were flat the whole match." n' t happening." leaves the Hens She said Delaware must win its Towson totalled 53 kills to Dusza, who tallied I 0 ki lis and next two away games against con- Delaware's 35. The Tigers were led I 0 digs during the match, said cer ference opponents Drexel by sophomore Briana Zolak and tain aspects of Delaware's game on the outs~de of University and Hofstra University. junior Lindsey Rattet, who had 14 were lacking. Viera said the Hens and 13 kills respectively. "Our passing was horrible," the the playoff picture (11-19, •6-6) lost their Junior Jennifer outside hitter said. BY JACK FERRAO attitude and edge Wanner, who totaled I 0 Duzsa said she agreed the Hens against the Tigers. VOLLEYBALL kills and 10 digs for the must play strong in their next two Srajf Reporter After losing its last home game "We didn't play as a Hens, said the team did contests. of the season, the Delaware volley team or show any moti------not play up to par and "We have no choice but to vation," she said. Towson 3 ...,.. showed no signs of team ball team's playoff hopes are in bounce back," she said. Viera also said no one Hens 0 chemistry against Neeman said the next two jeopardy -and Jhe Hens now must fight their way into the America showed any signs of Towson. matches Delaware plays are crucial East Tournament. leadership on the court when the "We let ourselves down after an to the team's playoff chances. Delaware, currently in fourth squad fell behind. amazing match against New "We could be in the conference place, lost to conference rival "I like to see people step up and Hampshire [on Saturday)." the championships or knocked out," Towson University, 3-0, by scores turn it around," she said. middleback said. "Our reaction she said. "We have to win this of 15-11, 15-13 and 15-7 respec Senior captain Joanna Duzsa times were slow." weekend." tively. said she agreed that no one took Sophomore middleback Cameo The Hens will look to keep their Hens head coach Barbara Viera control on the court, and that the Neeman said the loss against the postseason hopes alive as they THE REVIEW/Scott McAllister said although they have less con squad lacked intensity. Tigers was unexpected. challenge Drexel tomorrow at. I trol of their destiny after losing to "The people we rely on weren't "We all seemed pretty sluggish," p.m. and then take on Hofstra on Delaware's Jennifer Wanner sets a ball in Wednesday night's loss Towson ( 12-18, 5-7 America East), playing well," she said. "And no she said. "We just didn' t execute. Sunday at I p.m. to Towson. The Hens have two regular season games remaining. Preseason .Delaware runs into Rams misfortunes BY LURLEEN BLACK Stuff Reporter With its season three weeks under way, the Delaware men's and women's plague UD swimming and diving teams are prepar ing for Saturday's dual meet against West Chester University. basketball Junior Luke Schenck said he thinks the meet against West Chester wi ll be more competitive than it has in the past. BYMATI'HEW STEINMETZ "I think we will have a good meet on Managing Spmts Editor Saturday because I heard West Chester When men's and women's head bas recruited some new swimmers," he ketball coaches Mike Brey and Tina said. Martin scheduled two exhibition games The Rams will be fired up for the for their teams, they probably figured contest,· said sophomore sprinter the preaseason competition would pro Neumann Marlett. vide their squads with a chance to jell. "Since we've beat them a lot in the But injuries have overshadowed past, I'm sure they are going.to try real improvements, and both coaches now ly hard to beat us,'' he said. THE REVIEW/Scott McAllister find their teams without key players. Two weeks ago at the Delaware The Delaware swimming and diving teams travel to West John Gordon, a senior guard who Invitational, West Chester's Ron Chester Saturday for their second dual meet of the season. averaged 15.6 points per game last sea THE REVIEW/Scot! McAllister Leraris captured both the !-meter and son, went down early in Tuesday night's The men's and women's basketball teams have been stricken by 3-meter dives. thing," he said. One of the keys for the Hens this 77-74 win over Athletes in Action. injuries this postseason. John Gordon (No. 15) will be out four weeks. To prepare for each meet, the team He said Delaware head coach John season has been senior diver Tanya Last season's America East practices with a high level Hayman has a relaxed attitude and Mainville, who has won both the 3- Championship Most Valuable Player in non-conference play, it is the confer exhibition win over Roto Banska of intensity, sophomore does not put extra pressure meter and !-meter events in the two limped off the court with a partial frac ence slate in January and Slovaki. The.5-foot-6 inch guard hopes sprinter Ian Miller said. on the team before a meet. events she's competed in - the ture in his left foot just four minutes into February that are most important. We to return to the fold within two weeks. "We don't prepare differ- SWIMMING & "Our coach tell us to Delaware Invitational and the dual the contest, and may require surgery. He fully expect to have him back by then, if Rible, a 6-foot-1 inch forward, ently for dual meets," he DIVING swim our best time, every meet against Rider. is expected to miss four to six weeks. not for the conference opener Dec. II sprained her left knee during a practice said, "we practice as if time, for every meet," Schenck said he believes the team Brey said in a press release Tuesday (vs. Vermont)." over the weekend. She is listed <_15 ques every meet is the confer- Marlett said. "The strategy will have better times this season that the injuriy to Gordon is especially Struck by mi sfortune twice, the tionable for the Hens' season-opener on ence meet." has worked well in the because the team is split into three unfortunate, but that the team will look women's team will have to overcome Nov. 19. Marlett said the Hens' success past, and I think it will continue as groups - sprint, distance, and mid forward to his return. the losses of senior Christine Koren and Both teams are off until late next hinges on their work ethic. long as we work at it." dle distance. He said this allows the "Its disappointing," he said. "John's a sophomore Christina Rible. week, when the women's squad takes "We've won the last three confer Last week, the men's and team to focus better and improve senior and we·ve all looked forward to Koren, a transfer from Seton Hall on Monmouth Friday, and the men par ence championships because, for every women's teams beat Rider University their swimming times. this year. But he will be back and, while University, suffered an' avulsion fracture ticipate in the Binghamton Hoops Fest meet, we practiced like it was the real by scores of 148-94 and 152-91, The Hens will compete against the we would like to have a strong showing just above her left wrist in last Friday's on Saturday and Sunday. respecti vely. Rams tomorrow at I p.m. .,.