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E~:U;;; Tage of Alcohol, Penoza Road by DEBBIE FRANKEL from the Lottery for Traditional and Pencader Said University of Delaware, Newark, DE Friday, April10, 1981 Pro.cessing to begin on financial aid forms as House compromises By BRENDA GREENBERG will be less likely to receive The freeze that had been as much,'' Rogers said. placed on processing Pell A payment schedule (the Grant applications has been guidelines for the university lifted, and processing is to establish the student index scheduled to begin April 17, of eligibility) has not yet been according to Jerry Rogers, issued by the federal govern­ associate director of financial ment, Rogers said. aid. \ "As soon as we receive this Rogers said that Represen­ payment schedule we can tative Paul Simon (D-Ill.), start the processing and start chairman of the House issuing award notifications," postsecondary educational Rogers said. "We hope to committee, announced last start notifying students by week that a compromise has June." been reached between the Of the 3,000 university committee and the Reagan students now receiving the administration. They have Pell Grants, 500 come from decided to eliminate infla­ families with incomes of tionary adjustments, $25,000 or more, said Michael previously a factor in Lee, assistant director of calculating the amount that financial aid, at a March 26 families are expected to con­ program, "Reagan's Budget tribute to their children's col­ Cuts," sponsored by Kappa CONCERN for the ever-growing number of murdered black children in Atlanta is widespread lege costs. Alpha Psi fraternity. on campus, as evidenced by this banner hung by Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Simon also said the amount of the Pell Grant awards, Proposals to modify the (formerly the Basic Educa­ Guaranteed Student Loan tional Opportunity Grant), (GSL) program are not an­ Moonshine equipment confiscated which varies from $200 to ticipated to be in effect before By LORRI PIVINSKI Matthew Phillips (EG84) and While making routine $1,750, will not increase next October, Rogers said. Following the discovery of Dave Parker (AS84) because rePairs, maintenance year. There will be a rally m an illegal still in a Harrington they do ~ot want to interfere work~rs found the uncon~eal­ "Since they are not taking Washington on Apr. 13 aimed dormitory room by university with thetr class schedules, he ed s?Jl and rep.orted 1t. to inflationary adjustments into at making legislators aware ·maintenance workers over said. Housmg and Restdence Life, account, the eligibility will be of student opinions on the spring break, Newark Police The two students, both from according to Barbara stricter and students from budget cuts. plan to arrest the residents West Chester, Pa., will be Graham, East Ca~pus Area families with higher incomes For further information on and charge them with alcohol charged with unlicensed Ma~ager .. Housmg and the rally, contact Bruce manufacturing and posses- manufacture of alcohol and Restd~nce Lif~ the~ repo~ed Rogers in the Delaware sion charges, according to unlicensed possession of a the still to Umverstty Pollee on the Undergraduate Student Con­ Detective Thomas Penoza of still and face possible fines of w h o c a 11 e d N e w a r k gress (DUSC) office in the Newark Police. $500 to $5,000 or i.inprison- Police, G~aham sa~d. inside Student Center. As of Wednesday, however, ment from six months to two The still contamed about The Long and police had not yet arrested years, Penoza said. four gallons of mash, an un- Winding Apartment lottery applications rise ;:;:;;.'"~£:E~:u;;; tage of alcohol, Penoza Road By DEBBIE FRANKEL from the lottery for traditional and Pencader said. The apparatus con­ Almost one hundred more applications than dormitory rooms, Orysh said. Students cannot sisted of a one to one and one­ It leads to a ·very last year for university apartments were apply for both lotteries. half gallon bottle with a rub­ popular class ... 7 received by Housing and Residence Life by Unlike last year, a student who does not in­ ber stopper in the top, Penoza the March 27 deadline, according to Leslie itially receive an apartment assignment is said. In the stopper, he said, Orysh, a Housing officer in charge of room placed on a waiting list for an apartment was a thermometer and cop­ assignments. rather than being switched into a dormitory per pipe which spiralled Just close around and through a coffee This year, 2,619 applications were received room. your eyes and compared to the 2,070 applications received can, allowing condensed li­ last year. "You can be placed on the apartment quids to drip into a beaker, jump Victoria Mews apartments and additional waiting list," Orysh said, "but everybody who Penoza said. Paper Mill apartments have been leased, and applies for housing before the deadline is Parker, a chemistry major, Parachuting isn't just the university hopes to lease more, Orysh guaranteed a room.'' said he constructed the still, for the birds ... 13 said. Students who applied for apartments will be which was similar to one he Last year, there were 1,506 spaces available notified early in May, according to Orysh. made for a high school in apartments, while this year the number has "Last year, we said that notification would physics project. Although An auspicious increased to 1, 730. be right after spring break, and we had to Parker said he emphasized to The university currently leases 87 Paper keep putting it off," Orysh said. "This year, police that his roommate was start Mill and 26 Victoria Mews apartments in addi­ instead of promising and delaying, we're tell­ not responsible for the still's tion to the university-owned College Towne ing people that they'll be notified in early construction, police plan . to The Hen baseball and Conover apartment complexes. May." arrest both students, Penoza team downs Navy, Housing has also modified the lottery The deadline for traditional and Pencader said. I was charged with having 12·8 ... 28 system. This year, the apartment lottery in­ dormitory applications is Friday, April10 at 4 . cluding the Ghris~a Towers is separate p.m. (c-lnued"'"""' 4) ···:'····~·· Page 2 • THE REVIEW • April10, 1981 Show ·you Care for Delaware Let's Keep Our Campus Clean and Beautiful! We all have a stake in our environment. Let's all do our part to keep the campus beautiful by actively participating in the DeiAWAREness Day campus clean-up. Participate and Win a Prize! DeiAWAREness Day, April 15, provides an opportunity for each of us to make our campus look better. You as an individual or with your colleagues as a group can participate. Organize a clean-up squad. Get outside and enjoy the spring. If you collect more litter than anyone else, you'll win a prize, and more importantly, you'll have the satisfaction of knowing you did your part in helping to make the Delaware campus even more beautiful. Any member of the campus or community or any group of up to 20 people can register. Prizes will be awarded to the top individual and group who collect the most trash. De/AWAREness Day University President E.A. Trabant will recognize and present prizes to the winners at DeiAWAREQess Day ceremonies, scheduled to begin at noon on the Mall. Master of ceremonies will be Bill Wohl, a student member of the Campus Beautifica- tion Committee, representing WXDR-fm. · I I 'Sign Up! You or your group can register from 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Mon­ day through Friday, April 6-10 or Monday, April 13 at any one of three locations: the Student Center main desk, the covered walkway between Smith and Purnell Halls or.at the office of information services, 148 South College Ave., ext. 2791 . When ybu register you'll be issued trash bags and official campaign buttons. The lit.: ter you've collected must be brought to the official col­ lection area on the Mall by 10 a.m. on April 15. Bags will be counted and logged there and prizewinners will be determined. ) April10, 1981 • THE REVIEW • Paae 3 b)\%%%%%\%%% %%%%S%%%%%$SSSS%%SS\S%%%\SSSS\*S%% 'Unorthodox' Szupper likes campus paris~ Priest searches to guide youths Advertise in the Review By CAROLYN PETER new things, like the teacher and we'd all gather in the kit- ..---------------------- .. Michael Szupper sings, who's learning while she's chen because it was the dances, and acts. He is an ex­ teaching.'' warmest room in the house. INTRODUCING THE pert amateur story-teller. He Szupper said he puts his This expanded for me the performs mime, and can jug­ . energies into the present. world and I experienced a lot gle. He loves animals and When asked how students had of imagination.'' ZAP PER! people. He is a priest. changed since the 1960s he If he weren't a priest, Szup­ He won't tell his age. He said he must be "a very poor per said he'd "love to be a historian." "I can't judge the story-teller who lives on a 1-----­ profile students from the past farrn." because I'm so mvolved in the He grew up livlng near feels that age is just another present." farms and later worked on INCAPACITATES FOR 15 to 20 MINUTES even if under "boxing in by labels." He ex­ one for a while. Everything, the influence of alcohol or other mind altering drugs. plained that the ancient he said, "smells so great." One quick burst is all it takes. Just press the key case top Greeks, have two concepts of He also likes to be around and a stream of CS liqqid will bring any attacker to his time and aging.
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