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An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper FRIDAY • • November 22, 1996 THE Volume 123 Number 22 on-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid ewark, DE Penni! o. 26 250 Student Center· University of Delaware·Newark, DE 19716 Peterson taken into custody Student concern: BY CATHERINE HOPKr:\'SON AND Rodney Square. FBI agents pushed A GELA ANDRIOLA through a crowd of reporters and Cirr \c,,·., Etliton cameramen. Several onlookers shouted WILMI GTO Brian C. ·'baby killer·· at the accused. from Peterson. accu~ed in the murder of a Peterson was arraigned at 2 p.m. in university student"' baby. turned Magistrate Court 18 at Gander Hill himself in to the FBI yesterday morning Prison in Wilmington. He is being held He had been considered a fugitive without bail. DUSC since Tuesday. Peter~on and freshman Peterson was not required to enter a Amy S. Grossberg face first-degree plea. but Hurley said hi s client will murder charges and pos~ibly the death plead not guilty if the case goes to trial. penalty for allegedly leaving However. Hurley admitted. ''If he dawn Gro ssbe rg's were guilty. he would plead not guilty. till newborn baby in Everybody pleads not guilty. a trash bin ··we take the position that he did not oubide the murder.·· Hurley said. "He's not Delaware student Comfort Inn innocent. He did something wrong but shortly after the we· re not sure what he did wrong:· government has baby' s deli very Hurley would not comment on the on ov. II. facts of the case or possible defense power, needs help The child died strategies, but ;,uggested there was a of ··s kull "strong probability .. that Peterson and fractures ... with Grossberg wil l be tried together. BY BILL WERDE Editorial Editor injury to the Peter;,on·s preliminary hearing will When the media mael strom in brain due to GROSSBERG be held within I 0 working days of hi s blunt force head arraignment. respon e to the Amy Grossberg case trauma and shaking:· according to the Another lawyer for Peterson met with got to be an overwhelming medical examiner's report. Grossberg·;, lawyer in Philadelphia di straction to the s tudents of Grossberg. 18. "a., arre<,ted Monday Wednesday. but Peterson's family have Thompson Hall. Staci Ward . and is currently being held at the Baylor had no contact with Grossberg's family, president of the Delaware Undergraduate Student Congre s Women' s Correctional In stit ute. Hurley said. Peterson. an IS-year-old freshman at Hurley also met with Peterson called Eli Le. ser, president of the ' Gettysburg College in Penn.,ylvania. is Resident Student Association. to talk Wednesday night to discuss what • her high school sweetheart. Peterson ~hou ld expect at Gander Hill. Joe Hurley. one of P ete r~ o n 's Hurley said he told his client he would lawyer\. said Peterson and hi s family. be able to watch television and talk to who had been staying in an area hotel. others about his situati on . were ··never in hiding:· Hurley said he He said he also told Peterson prison delayed his client" s surrender in order to wao- not as bad as it is portrayed on ··give the family a chance to be together television. ··Basically. I lied to him ... Third in a and console their son:· Hurley said. Fugiti\e charges agai nst Peterson Hurley said he is not concerned for three-part series were dropped after he arrived at the FBI Peterson's life while in prison. adding office accompanied by his mo th e r. that there has never been a homicide at about what might be done to help father and Ia\\ )er at approximately 9:30 Gander Hill. He did say he was worried beleaguered residents. The two a.m. about the harassment Peterson might leaders agreed to talk to the Because there have been numerous face. admini,tration and urge suppot1. And when relations between off­ threats again~t his life. Peterson was Gail Stallings. a spokeswoman for provided\\ ith a bullet-proof \est before Gander Hill. said Peterson is currently campus students and town residents started to heat up. DUSC initiated he left Wilmington for proces~ing at the segregated from the general prison the Student Mediation and Action ewark Police Department. Shortly population. He i being housed in a Response Team. Thi spring. before Peter~on arri\·ed there. police single room in the infirmary. SMART will allow residents to call arrested a man fo und carrying a Hurl ey said Peterson's demeanor student and adult volunteers trained concealed weapon in the department during the arraignment was "extremely THE REVIEW I John Chabalko in mediation. instead of involving parking lot. Brian Peterson was surrounded by the media as he was taken into the FBI's Wilmington office When Peterson arri\ed at One the police. DUSC has solicited ee FUGITIVE page A 7 Thursday morning. He and freshman Amy Grossberg are charged with first-degree murder. funding from the university and the Newark City Council. Ward ran for president last year with goals of improving relations bet ween residents and student . and drawing participation from more UD contributions come from open wallets student organizations. DUSC regularly demonstrates its power as BY JO TULEY A effort' to contact the chool's over 85.000 achieved in li fe was primarily due to the Engineering Scholarship was created from part an umbrella g.roup for student Staff l<quwlt'l alumni . education I received in chemical engineering of Joanedis· contributions, while the football organizations. For ;,orne alumni. school spirit runs deeper Alumni donate money to preserve the at the university. team and music program al<.o have benefited ·']don't think many of the smaller than tailgating and drinking beer during the tradition and hi story of the university. said "Every alumnus shou ld pay back to the from his generosity. organizations realize the power that Homecoming football game. Robert R. Davis. director of Alumni and university some of what they received." When the university is pursuing a large DUSC ha s in representing their School spirit often run<, deep into their University Relations. The Delaware Diamonds Society was donation. such as those contributed by the voice to the administration." Ward pocketbooks and wallets. "From an alumni standpoint. they feel good created by President David P. Roselle in 1991 Gore family and MBNA. Stabley said a said. The universit) rai~ed 13 .2 million from the about their experience here ... Davis said. to honor al umni. like Joanedis. who have been personal visi t is required. Of the 170 registered student contributions of 16.730 private individuals in "They contribute because they want to ensure especial ly generous in donating money. "There are some individuals that we will organizations at the university, an the fi scal year ending June 30. 1996. said that other people have the same kind of Members of the society. a group of more than work with on an individual basis.'' Stabley 'lverage DUSC meeting will draw Stewart H. Stabley. interim director of expenence. 700. have donated a minimum of $5.000 over said. "We'll go visit a corporation or a less than I 5. Univen,ity Development. Charles S. Joanedis. a former chemical a five-year span. foundation and ask them for a gift. Usually it's ··It would be helpful if student An additional I 0...1 million was contributed engineering major and member of the class of Anyone who donates money can decide a larger gift. group' were more responsive. by corporations and foundations including 1950. has been donating money to the how they would like to see it u ed. Stabley "DuPont's support and the Gore family's Ward said. DuPont. MB A. Delmana and Wilmington university since shortl y after he graduated. aid. and the university will do all they can to support was all supp011 that comes through the Geoffrey P. Forgione, president of Trust. Stabley '>aid. "I have a very great love for the university ... accommodate donors· wi shes. effort·;, of the president's office and in some College Democrats. said his It i the de\·e lopment office that coordinates Joanedis said. "I feel whatever success r ve The Charles S. Joanedis Chemical see ALUMNI page A7 organization ha n't gone to a DUSC meeting this year. ·'I don't have any knowledge of what DUSC i. , or what their mission The Sweepmaster is, .. he said. ·'DUSC has to get the 710 faithfully word out. No groups can take The art of leaf-sucking patrols Newark advantage of their services if they don· t know they exist:' For g i o n e streets to rid the said if panicipating in DUSC would BY KEVfN WffiTE said. town of excess strengthen his own organization. he Swft Reprma This process consists of stacking leaves 10 to 15 feet leaves. would encourage participation. but The city of ewark and the University of Delaware both have high and 75 feet long. During the year the public works THE he said he hasn't seen DUSC's $25.000 machines that suck. department waters the leaves and flips them over. REVIEW impact. That's right. Both the town and the university own Ford New "By composting instead of sending them to landfills. the I Jo'h J. Junior Carolyn Moheimani, Wither., Hollands. machines that ~ u ck up piles of leaves. Public Works city saves money ... Bartling said. Since the propetty under president of the Undergraduate Superintendent Patrick Bat1ling said .

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