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Group Seeks Nation·Al Help to Save State Carnival Combines UD, City Today's A four-star weather: AU-American Partly cloudy and newspaper mild. Highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Vol. 115 No. 30 Student Center, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 Tuesday, May 9, 1989 GroUp seeks Hogan nation·al help recalls to save State year of by John Robinson rounding property, declined to Staff Reporter comment on the possibility of change preserving the building. "Citizens for a Newark "I think the State is coming Community" is exploring ways down," he said. by Karen Wolf to preserve the State Theatre Teeven's plans for the prop­ and Darin Powell and to continue its use in the erty include constructing a four­ City News Editors future as a community center, story office building on the site. group member Peter Norton Norton said he has tried If there is one concept said Saturday. repeatedly to meet with Teeven Newarlc Chief of Police William The group has been in touch and discuss possibilities for A. Hogan believes he has set with the National Main Street saving the theater. into motion during his two years Center in Washington, D.C., "We are not trying to go serving the city, it is action which is part of the National above anyone's head by going based on community needs. Trust for Historic Preservation, to Washington," he said. "We "My coming in [as police he said. tri,.ed to get City Council chief] is looking at what we The center works with city involved without success~ have now and making it better," businesses, governments and "The mission of the Main . he said Friday. interest groups to protect main Street Center is to persuade Hogan assumed his duties streets across the country from businesses that by preserving Aug. 24, 1987, following the losing their distinctive charac­ the natural charm of the street, retirement of former Chief ter, Norton said. they can compete with large William Brierly. "They are interested in our shopping centers. "Yes, there have been a lot of ideas, and will be coming out to "[The centers] don't do the changes, but when a new admin­ see our Main Street some time work themselves, but rather istration comes in, you will have this summer and discuss ways coordinate and motivate the a lot of them," he said. of saving the theater," he said. actions of others," he said. In October, Hogan fostered The Review/Dan Della Piazza Robert Teeven, Sr., who David Robertson, a member changes in the previous 11 p.m. Net Returns- These twd.players vie for glory at the Spike for owns the theater and the sur- noise ordinance held by the city, colll~d to page 12 Life volleybaU tournament Saturday. See story, p. 3. lowering it to its current 9 p.m. cutoff. The change was in response Carnival combines UD, city to citizens' frustration with the level of noise, he said. "fm not saying 'shut the city Caribbearifestivalfeatures bands, food and artwork down,'" he said. "No one's say­ ing you can't have a party past 9 by Kathy Hartman "This is why we changed the name to D­ Several bands played at different times of p.m.- just don't disturb neigh­ Staff Reporter Day and created the Caribbean Carnival the day, including the reggae bands One and bors." theme so that a new image could be made Uprising, as well as local bands Sick Fox, The university campus and the city of for the day." Mental Custodians, Golden Blues and continued to page 19 Newark closed down Main Street Sunday to Another main focus of D-Day was to Cirrus Faction. celebrate Caribbean-style for the ftrst-annu­ improve the relationship between students Vendors were set up along Main Street al Delaware Day. and the Newark community, Mayor Ron selling jewelry, buttons, T-shirts and other Inside: The Caribbean Carnival was held on Gardner said during the opening ceremony. clothes, wood carvings and pottery. • Weather postpones Main Street and the North Mall from 1 p.m. President E.A. Trabant, one of the grand The Wilmington radio station WSTW Wilburfest.............. p. 2 to 6 p.m. It was sponsored by the Delaware marshalls for the carnival, said the Newark gave away T-shirts and cassettes in its Undergraduate Student Congress (DUSC). community and the university can have "fun WSTW/ Coca-Cola Music Machine, which • On the beat with a One of the main goals of Delaware Day, times as well as serious times together." was parlced on Main Street. Wilmington police~ or D-Day, was to "improve the idea of what Events during the day included a fashion The vehicle was equipped with a giant man •••••••••••••••• ·--····P· 29 this day means to students," said Stacy show and games with prizes, such as "Dunk television screen, two VCRs a(Jd a stereo • Delaware's defense Paxson (BE 89), former DUSC treasurer. a Sigma Nu" fraternity brother, a pie throw setup which played music throu~hout the shines in annual Blue~ "In the past, Spring Fling has always had and Checkers for Charity, various booths a lot of negative connotations," said Paxson. such as a shooting gallery and "Kool Pool." colttinued to page 6 White game~......... p. 39 Page 2 • The Review • May 9,1989 Farm House sponsors creek cleaning Project participants recover 'enough parts to build a car' by Christine Balascio exhaust pipe, a shock absorber, gloves provided by the univer- refuse by the volunteers. Staff Reporter fiberglass auto fenders, several sity for the cleanup, and they The cleanup crew members Iranians urge violence tires, hubcaps and a front filled over 20 55-gallon indus- snapped plastic six-pack rings toward Westerners A basketball hoop. A wheel­ bumper. trial-sized trash bags provided they found before disposing of barrow. A frying pan (with lid). Cleanup crew member Eric by Carpenter State Park. them, so if the trash is taken to The speaker of the Iranian A bicycle seat. A 10-foot-long Joyner (AG 90) said, "We The state park also hauled an ocean dumping site, the parliament, Ali Akbar Hashemi pipe. Countless beer bottles and found enough parts to build a away the trash collected by the rings will not endimger sea-life Rafsanjani, urged Palestinians cans. car!" group in a large pickup truck, which could become entangled Friday to kill Americans, These were some of the The volunteers wore latex which was filled twice with and get strangled, Snyder said Britons or Frenchmen, hijack items picked up Saturday Nick McFadden, superinten­ aiipJanes and blow up factories morning from state parklands dent·of Carpenter State Part, in the West, The Philadelphia in the first annual litter cleanup said the cleanup was greatly IIU[IIir~r reported project organized by the uni­ appreciated. The statement was "an out­ versity's Farm House. He said the area the volun­ rageous call to murder and ter­ A half-mile stretch along teers covered is "one we don't IOOsm'" and is •an attack on all Hopkins Road from Route 896 get to pick up that much who are trying to bring peace to Creek Road, which forms the because of lack of manpower." to the Middle East," said U.S. northern boundary of Carpenter McFadden said without vol­ State Department spokeswom­ State Park, was cleaned by unteers, the area along Hopkins an Malgaret Tutwiler. about a dozen volunteers. Road would be cleaned "twice Paul Snyder (EG 89), senior a year at most." resident assistant of the Farm State park . maintenance Attorney to seek more House, described the cleanup worker Bob Sonchen, who Iran-Contra trials in fall as "a community service pro- often picks up litter in the part, ject." The Review/File photo agreed. "It helped us out a lot," Independent counsel Other items picked up by the Volunteers gathered Saturday and collected two truckloads or Lawrence E. Walsh may seek group included a muffler, an garbage along a half-mile stretch or White Clay Creek. to speed the prosecution of other Iran-Contra figures in the wake of Oliver North's convic­ tion on three charges, The Washed out Phill.uklphia I nquir~r reported. Sources close to Walsh said be may seek to bring former Wilburfest rescheduled for Sunday National Security AdvisQr John by Chris Rice organizers of Wilburfest. would turn out to be a nice because we feel they are easy M. Poindexter' and retired Air StaffReporter "We called weather services, day," he added, "and a lot of enough to sell," Flaviri said. Force Major General Richard we had a weather radio, we people would be coming up to "Two weeks before the show Secord to trial in the fall. Wilburfest, the annual fund- watched TV for hours trying to us saying that we should have we sold out of them, and they raiser/block party sponsored by get any glimmer of hope," had it. are in great demand now. Bush and Kohl discuss the residents of Wilbur Street, Flavin said. "But even if we had the Fest, "We just hope there's no short-range missiles was postponed Saturday due to "The final message was that we probably would have had to scalping going on," Flavin said Friday's inclement weather and there was almost no hope at cancel the last two bands when The festivities are expected President Bush and West bad conditions. all." there was rain imminent" to go on exactly as planned German Chancellor Helmut The rain that accumulated The people who were most Wilburfest '89 has grossed Sunday with the Crazy Planet Kohl discussed compromises from Friday's downpour affected by this message were $6,000 (minus the cost of the Band, Stump Junction, Parrish on short-range nuclear missiles concerned the residents of the out-of-state visitors who sound system, the stage, snow Blue, Joe Ambrosino, One, Satonlay, The New York 1imes Wilbur Street enough to change came to Delaware especially for fences and other small expens- Stone Groove and Montana rqoted.
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