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BY ERIC HEISLER a letter last Tuesday after she changing shifts throughout the night, News Features Editor published a column in The Review Daisey' s full-time surveillance was Two sticks tied together in the about her protest of Kappa Alpha mistakenly swi tched to hourly form of a cross were found burning Order fraternity's display of the checks, Tuttle said. o utside Rodney F at 5 p.m. Confederate flag. ''The fact that there was not shift­ yesterday, University Pres ident "I wasn ' t taking (the threats) to-shift communication ... that was a David P. Roselle announced at a seriously at first," Daisey said. ''Then big error," Roselle said. "We can press conference for members of a when I started getting my life thank God that no one was hurt." black student movement last night. threatened, I reported it to Public John Brook, vice president for What began as a single student's Safety." government and public relations, said protest has elevated to a campuswide After a friend answered a phone there was also a procedural mistake controversy involving a bomb threat call Wednesday which stated, " In in the way the bomb threat was to Rodney Hall F, a silent protest at two hours, we're going to bomb the handled. Honors Day Friday, and allegations building." After the call, Daisey said Lt. Garret Moore, who was shift of negligence o n the part of the she called Public Safety again. commander for the 4 to 12 p.m. shift University Police. "It took them an hour to get here last Wednesday, responded to "There are either people here with and another 30 minutes to decide Daisey's call during the evening of a twisted sense of humor or people what to do,'' said Daisey, adding the that day, Brook said. who are really trying to make officers there did not report the Daisey, along with several enemies," Roselle said, speaking of incident, but "just looked around the neighbors who answered her phone the burning miniature cross. "That building." throughout the day, described the should make clear the seriousness of Daisey said although the officers phone calls to Moore. what we're dealing with." promised her 24-hour surveillance, a In conflict with Daisey's account, As a result of the controversy, the group of friends managed to enter Roselle said the caller who indicated moveme nt Students Against her room, kidnap her and take her to the possible bomb never mentioned Continuous Racial Ignorance Found the Christiana Towers without the word "bomb," but said something In College Environments University Police knowing. to the effect of, " I' m going to - (SACRIFICE), supponed by around In addition, Daisey, along with obscenity -the dormitory. 90 black students, emerged last movement leaders, said the police "It's not clear there was a bomb week. mishandled the bomb threat by not threat," said Roselle, who claimed he THE REVIEW I Chuck Creekmur The group protested Friday by evacuating the building and not found out about the possibility of a Students met with University President David P. Roselle Friday to protest the school's handling blocking the doors to Hullihen Hall warning students of the danger. bomb Thursday afternoon. of a bomb threat made to junior Dionne Daisey. Controversy arose after Daisey and others until Roselle and other top officials " It seemed like the university After questioning Daisey and her questioned members of the Kappa Alpha Order about a Confederate flag at the fraternity house. met with the movement's leaders and didn' t care," Larissa Eason (EG JR) friends, it was Moore, and not the listened to their dissatisfaction. said. "The university did nothing students, who first detected t he "Garrett Moore is a competent decision would be made in change in residence and phone The movement is a response to about it. The president didn' t even possibility of a bomb, according to police officer, but that's a big consultation with me," Roselle said. number, Brook said. Daisey said she threats made against Dionne Daisey know.'' Brook. Brook said the error on the responsibility for him to take on "The way it happens normally, the refused the change in phone number (AS JR), to a possible bomb threat According to Douglas Tuttle, part of the University Police occurred himself," Brook said. "His decision possibility of a bomb threat would be so that future calls could be traced and to the manner in which the director of Public Safety, Daisey when Moore searched the building, [not to investigate the bomb further] reported to the most senior officer of and opted to stay with friends instead university handled the situation. received ful l surveillance up until found nothing and decided not to wasn't wrong, however, he should the university." of changing rooms. Daisey said she began to receive midnight. As a result of a lack of notify any supe rior officers of the have confirmed it up the line." In addition to survei Hance, the As a resu It of Friday' s silent threats in the form of phone calls and communication between officers possibility of a bomb. "Under normal circumstances that university also offered Daisey a see PROTEST page All

INDEX Classifieds ...... B 12 Propane Comics ...... B13 Crossword ...... B 12 National and World Briefs A3 Is that Wilburfest? Police Reports ...... A2 fire guts Preview ...... A2 Review and Opinion ...... A12 Saturday Sports ...... B9 Newark --- Also inside: --- entertaining Marijuana legal for day ..... A3 Chain gangs return ...... A2 despite fest home Engineering contest ...... A4 cancellation Two men were BY PAUL FAIN injured in the Entertainment Editor Blowing along with the Sunday blaze breeze last Saturday afternoon BY SHERRY A. DORSEY was ih e so u n d o f I i v e m u s i c City News Editor filtering through the air on A propane tank was determined every corner of Newark. to be the cause of a fire which Wi lburfest may have died, occurred Sunday evening injuring but thousands still enjoyed the two men on Smith Way in Newark, beautiful weather by partying fire officials said. ouuidetolocal bands. Leroy Miller, 45, "was checking A look at the seventies, There was a proli feration of for leaks in a propane tank with a page 84 fests around Newark Saturday, match and he found a leak," said and it seemed that a lmost the Bill Preston, assistant state fire entire university community marshall. "When the flame came in was outside doing what has contact with the leak, which been done at Wilburfest in the triggered the fire." past. Company The fire started on the left side of " I don't know, man. All I the hose and spread rapidly through know is that Phat Boddum is the rest of the house, Preston said. next," Dave Lionnetti [AS JR] Miller was rescued from the moves to said when asked if he thought house by Aetna Hose Hook and the spirit of Wilburfest lived on a t a backyard party a t 65-67 Ladder Company of Newark and transported to Crozer-Chester East Cleveland Ave. Delaware Medial Center in Upland, Pa. via The party L ionnetti and about helicopter, said Fire Chief John BY SEANDRA S IMS 200 other people attended was Farrell. Assistant News Editor dubbed Shiftyfest (thinking they Miller suffered first and second The state of Delaware will provide might have to move locatio ns) degree bums over 40 percent of hi s major industrialist Scott Paper Co. with by its organizers and it featured body, Preston said. a $1 million grant to help relocate its three local bands. The traumatic nature of the North American headquarters to the Stone Blue kicked the injuries made it necessary for Miller First State. fest i vities off, followed by to be transported to the Gov. Thomas R. Carper's office Grinch and Phat Boddum. The Pennsy lvania medical center, announced its agreement with Scott show was a s u ccess, and Preston said. Paper's chief executive officer, Albert J. althou g h the police were o ut A firefighter, who was reported Dunlap, Wednesday, in a move that it front , there did not seem to be hopes wi II show the benefits of to have been injured during the any problems. incident, was treated at the Newark partnership between government and ''This year 's Shiftyfest is the Emergency Center on East Main business. best Wilburfest yet," said Greg Street for minor cuts and bums, fire The company's decision to move Rice (AS JR), adding, " God officials said. came after an aggressive campaign by bless Grinch!" The fire began at 4:07 p.m. and Carper, the state Economic The biggest fiesta of all last the fire investigators arrived at 4:45 Development Office and Delaware's weekend was Kappa Alpha's p.m. to find out the cause of fire. corporate community. Back Yard Bash. The side-yard "We are the state agency called in According to a press release next to the house on Amstel to determine the origin and cause of statement, Carper said, "Our success in Avenue was packed with people fires," Preston said. "There was convincing Scott Paper to move to j amm ing to the three bands THE REVIEW I Kelly Bennett heavy damage done .to the house Delaware is evidence of the strong MojoHand, Rup Dupa a nd Love Despite the fact that Wilburfest was cancelled, Grinch found a stage to play on at a East estimated at $20,000." partnership which exists between our Seed Mama Jump. Aetna Hose Hook and Ladder government and business communities. The benefits from the fiesta Cleveland Avenue party Saturday afternoon. Company of Newark was dispatched "Together, we are able to articulate went to the Muscular Dystrophy absence of Wilburfest may and at least a little more." The turnout was a little low to the scene and immediately to Scott the many advantages a S oc iety of Delaware. Chris have helped increase Not to be o utdone, on t he beach, because it attempted to quell the fire, Farrell Delaware location offers for their North Stoddard [AS SO], who handles attendance. Residence Life threw three appeared t hat m ost party­ said. American headquarters." ris k management for the " We had a really good outdoor parties. The goers were more interested in According to fire officials the Carper said Delaware prides itself in fraternity, said they collected turnout," Stoddard said. " We Harrington Beach boasted a hearing the live bands. house was heavily damaged and it creating a climate that allows both large over $1 ,000 for the cause. usually get around 2,000 disc jockey, volleyball; tie­ A s hort stroll north from took about 30 minutes for and small businesses to grow and Stoddard said he thought the people. This time we had that dying and a moon-bounce. see PARTIES page AS firefighters to get the fire under see SCOTT page AS control. A2 • THE REVIEW • May 9, 1995

A guzde to upcoming- campus events and occurrences. Alabama becomes SEAC LECTURE 831-8242. Department of Music will d irect the ensemble. first state to bring The Student Environmental Action The wind ensemble will perform on The Coalition will sponsor the lecture ETHNICITY AND Thursday night at 8 p.m. in the Loudis "Zero Population Growth" featuring CULTURE SERIES Recital Hall, directed by Michael Finn, professor of m usic at the back chain gangs tomorrow night. Race, ethnicity and culture are the university. The lecture will be held in 1 12 Center. subjects of a free public lecture series Both concerts are free and open to BY SAMIA SARRIF Memorial Hall at 7 p .m. and is free Staff Reporter "I don't think (Delaware) is and open to the public. at the university during the spring the public. For more in formation, p Alab ama became the first ever going to have a chain semester. contact the music department at (302) For more information, call Andrea gang," Cain said. The final lecture in the series is 831-2578. state to reinstate chain. gan gs at (302) 837-2642. The work project involves entitled "Elder Abuse and Diversity: last W ednesday when 320 state . . 12-15 low security inmates who . . Cultural Factors" to be presented prisoners were shackled and are paid about a dollar a day to R MAD ART EXHIBITION tomorrow from 12:20-1:10 p.m . in the SENATORIAL EXHIBIT forced to hack grass, pull vines, remove litter, weeds and if Ewing Room of Perkins Student a nd pick up l i tter a l ong necessary, snow, along roads Center. "Senator Allen J . Frear Jr., U.S. Interstate 65. "Humor in a Jugular Vein: The Art, across the state of Delaware, The lecture will feature Karen Senate 1949-1960: Representing Passing motorists, reporters, Artists and Artifacts of MAD said Lt. Kevin Eames of the E Stein, chairperson of the Department Delaware and Delawareans in the and TV crews did not hesitate Magazine from the Collection of Mark to stand by and watch as the Delaware Correctional Center. J. Cohen," the university' s annual free of Textiles, Design and Consumer '50s" will be exhibited on the first in mates, wearing th ree pound These inmates are n o t Museum Studies Program exhibition Economics at the university. floor of the Hugh M. Morris Library chains, w_orked under the guard chained , however they are will be on display through June 16 at For more information, call (302) through August 4. v of shotgun-carryin g correction under the supervision of two 831-8474. The exhibition is held to celebrate the University Gallery. armed guards, Eames said. Cohen will give two talks on Friday the opening of Frear's papers for officers The primary purpose the Lt. Eames would not give his and Saturday in the gallery, located in research. The papers, which document chain gang was reinstated is for op1010n on chain gang s. I Old College. JAZZ AND WIND his Senate career in the historically "economic reasons. We can However, he does feel when Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p .m ., ENSEMBLES IN interesting 1950s, were donated to the work 40 inmates per officer, as inmates are incarcerated they Monday through Friday, and from 1-5 CONCERT university in 1988. before we could only work 20," should be educated and p.m ., Saturday and Sunday. For library hours, call (302) 831- E The university' s Jazz Ensemble II BOOK. said Kay Wood, of the Alabama rehabilitated, he said. The gallery is wheelchair­ Corrections Department. Delaware does have facilities accessible and individuals needing will perform at 8 p.m. in the Loudis Each gang consists of five for the "Highway W o rk special assistance are encouraged to Recital Hall of Amy E . Dupont Music medium security prisoners Project" in all three counties. call ahead. Building. -compiled by Seandra Sims, assistant w linked at the hands by 8 -foot According to the For more information, call (302) Vernon James of the university' s news editor. lengths of chain. They work in Philadelphia Inquirer, t h e groups of 40 under the American Civil Liberties Union supervision of an armed is planning on s uing . "Th e corrections officer. eighth amendment to our own The second reason for the constitution prohibits ' c ruel and reinstatement was "of course it unusual punishment. ' If the POLICE REPORTS legislature and citizens of helps deter crime," Wood said. PEDAL, PEDAL AWAY and threatened to "kill his family" after employees, Washington attempted to TOUGH NIGHT, ROUGH The prisoners of the chain Alabama do not understand that a verbal dispute had erupted. exit the store with a $70 baseball glove STREET gang will serve for 30-90 days. their own state is behaving YOUNG BIKER Their time will consist of 12- outside the bounds o f wha t is A 10-year-old bicyclist told Approximately 20 minutes later, and began to run when store managers According to Newark Police, an hour work days, no television, acceptable to civilized Newark Police he was riding his GT police were called back to the location, noticed him. assault in the parking lot of Terrace and no visitors. societies ... then we a re obliged bicycle around the comer of East Main this time by the tenant, for the same During his failed escape, the Drive Saturday left two males with The reinstatement of this to go to courts for h e lp," said and Haines streets when he was complaint. The 22-year-old renter defendant injured the ankle of a female injuries and an upside down car. program has led to many mixed Gai nsboroug h . ch;~ o;ed from behind by two older explained to police that following employee by knocking her to the A 29 and a 24-year-old victim told assailants who threw rocks at him. their last visit, the owner of the ground and additionally caused $500 police they had pulled into the lot feefings. The American Civil Liberties Police have a 14-year-old male property told his renter "I know where of damage to a man's truck by running behind building 10 on Terrace Drive at Union is "outraged. It is a giant suspect in the incident but could not you Live." into it after hastily exiting the store. approximately 12:15 a.m. when they release his name because of their Both individuals were referred by were approached by a group of 10-12 s tep backward, " said Jenni Gains borough, spokesperson pending follow-up action. According police to Court 11 in Wilmington CARS VANDALIZED IN black males who asked them if they for the union. to the owner of the bike, the flying where the case is awaiting a warrant to UNIVERSITY LOT wished to buy drugs. When they rocks caused $20 worth of damage. be issued for either or both of their University Police reported that refused, the group began kicking and "The reality, of course , is that it i s the worst kind of arrests, police said. three cars were damaged Sunday punching the two in addition to TENANTDUKESITOUT while parked in the Hollingsworth lot threatening them with a broken beer political panderin g - - the An Associated Collegiate deliberate debasement , WITH OWNER NO FREE HANDOUTS AT K­ on North College A venue across from bottle. Press dehumanization , and The Newark Police were called out MART the Down Under. They managed to escape on foot degradation of the men in their Four-Star All-American to the same residence twice on A 25-year-old ewark man was The owners of a Volkswagen, a and call the police but were forced to charge in orde r to win votes," Thursday to respond to harassment arrested Saturday for shoplifting Subaru and a Ford Mustang all told leave their car in the lot. As the two Newspaper Gainsborough said of Alabama calls made by both a tenant and a outside the K-Mart in College Square police their cars had been vandalized returned with police to the scene, the landlord. shopping center after injuring an early Sunday morning. The group had dispersed and the victims' offic ials. Althoug h Delaware does not Melissa J.Tyrrell At 11 p.m. a Newark Police officer employee while trying to escape from destruction included a damaged car was lying on its roof with a $115 h a ve a Chain Gang , it does Editor in Chief responded to the 200 block of S. the scene, police said. passenger side door and window CD player missing from inside. The College Ave. where the owner of a The N ewark Police were called to costing the owner of the Volkswagen car was towed and police took the h a v e something very similar. Brian P. Hickey The program i s called house had allegedly been threatened the store at 12:53 p.m. in response to a $300 and a smashed windshield on the victims to the emergency room at Executive Editor by the renter of an upstairs room. The stolen merchandise call where they Subaru worth $200, police said. Christiana Hospital. Police said the " Hi g hway Work Projects" which i s " b asically the same 43-year-old owner of the property told took the defendant, Larry Washington, incident is still under investigation. Craig L Black police his tenant had used obscenities into custody. According to store -Compiled by Chris Green thing," a c c ordin g to F rank Rob Wherry Cain, Correctiona l Capta in a t Managing Features Editor Reports taken from Newark and University Police records. the D e law a r e C orrectional Jennifer Franks Lauren Murphy Natalie Triefler Managing News Editors

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Kelly Bennett hearings to tum Photograptly Editor Michael lewis John Dedinas dollar bills to coins Sports Editors BY MICHAEL LEWIS Budget ary savings from the Emily Schwarz Sports Editor proposed new dollar are at the crux AdwHtlsing Dlreclor If a few U.S. Congressmen have o f the debate. T he Congress ional Alicia Olesinski their way, paper dollars will soon Budget Office and G e ne ral Craig Richmond FOR BOOKS go the way of penny candy and the Accounting Office estimate savings Business Man8get5 29 cent stamp. from the switc h to a dollar coin W e dnesday, the firs t would be between $20 million and Advettislng Representative cong ressional h earing to $800 million . T he large Monica Vescovi Meredith NaretBn Perkins Student Center Gallery comple tely eliminate the dollar bill discrepancy in figures results from and replace it with a one dollar coin whe ther the estima tes take into Copy Editors MONDAY-fRIDAY was proposed by U .S . R e p. Jim a ccount the s avings tha t would Michelle Besso Kolbe, R-Ariz. result from a coin' s lon ger life Monica Farling "I think this is one of the most span. Maggie Hughes Katherine Lackovic MAY 15- 19 "Coins have been proven to last Erin Ruth 9:30-5:30 longer and be easie r to use than Kim Walker pa per mo ney," said Do ug Nic k , INews Analysis I press secretary for U .S. Rep. Jim Entertainment Editors Kolbe, R - A r iz ., the prima ry SA1URDAY• Chuck Creekmur sponsor o f the bill. "With proper Paul Fain prac tic a l, no n -partis an and gove rnmental support, there ' s no Features Editor MAY20 intriguing issues I have ever been reason to think that a coin couldn' t Lynnette Shelley involved with," U.S. Rep. Michael work." Derek Harper 1 1:00-3:00 N . Castl e said in his address to Many in Congress, however, are Con gress. " It is an issue abo ut not only debating the savings but Graphic Attist An Editor which eve ryone has an opinion," arg uing whethe r or not the Jim Weaver Steve Myers MONDAY•· fRIDAY said Castle, who is chairman of the American public really wants to get News Editors D o mestic a nd Inte rna tional rid of the traditional dollar. Sherry A. Dorsey Ashley Gray Monetary Policy Subcommittee. U.S. Rep. Tom Davi s, R-Va., is Chris Green Eric Heisler April Helmer Molly Higgins MAY 22·26 Though introduced to the House ve hemently o pposed to the Do llar Joe McDevitt Jimmy P. Miller 9:00-5:30 (friday until 7) of Representatives a week ago, the Coin Act, and has co-sponsored the Leanne Milway Deb Wolf doll ar coin pro posal has a lready "Save the Greenback Ac t" in an Assistant Entertainment Editor sparked heated debate and for once, attempt to keep the dollar paper. LaraZeises SATIJRDAY• party lines have little to do with "During the entire period of the Congress' feelings. M any House paper dollar's existence, we have Oakland Childers members on both sides have lined ne ver heard the American people Assistant Editorial Editor MAY27 up to fight what would be the first express their disagreement with the KtlstJn Collins 10:00-3:00 chang ing of the dollar since the dollar bill," said Davis, citing a Assistant Features Editors 19th century. recent survey that found only 18 Sharon Graber "A dollar coin sounds like a pe rcent of Americans in favor of Karen Salmansohn good idea, but it is really a bad idea switching to the coin. Assistant News Editors Rodney Dining Hall that's been tried and failed," U.S. Davis went on to state that the Seandra Sims Rep. John W. Olver, D-Mass., told reported savings "are not enough to Mike Lynch Old College Lot Cong ress W e dnesd ay . " The justify such a major disruption in Assistant Pholognlphy Ecltor proposa l is ridde n with seri·ous , the I i ve s and habits of the Ailsa Colley Assllstant Spotts Editor I'IOI"'DAY· fRIDAY inescapable proble m s and American people." Peter Bothurn disad\oantages." Olve r c ited the Sus an B . !ago! Mohsberg Castle's press secretary, Kristin Anthony dollar fiasco in 197 9 as .MAY 22· 26 Nolt, said Castle is still unsure of proof that Americ a doesn ' t want Ofllce end mailing 8dclrea: 10:00-4:00 his position on the issue despite his dollar coins. In 1979, the Susan B. ' student Center B-1 role in opening the hearing. Anthony dollar was ' Newalk, DE 19716 (302) 831·1397 "I think there are some strong overwhe lming ly rej ected by the Buslneaa •••••.•••...•••. ~ .....•.....•. (302) 831-1398 positives as well as some strong Ame ric an public, a nd curre ntly Naw81Edibta1 .... _. •(302) 831-2771 n egatives to ins tituting a dollar there are over 300 mill ion Susan B. FAX •••••••••• - •••••••••••.(302) 831-1396 coin," Noh said. "But I think the Anthony dollars sitting in the U.S. biggest thing working in favor of Mint. Copyright 1994 the coin is the huge savings to be "None of us want to see a repeat Tile Review achieved." of the Susan B . Anthony drama, see DOLLAR page A9 May 9, 1995 • THE REVIEW • A3 World Chemistry department honored News Environmental chemistry first University students rewarded

Summary 1 to be nationally recognized for excellence in research BY SARA GLENN Burmeister wanted to provide a program BY JEFF JOHNSON been made before, and found a use for it," U.S. Offers Assurances on NATO I StaffReporter with concerns similar to the environmental Staff Reporter Modi said. Modi and his supervisor, Dr. WASHINGTON - The Clinton This autumn, the university's science major but with more scientific Three of four university students who Andrew Evans, came across the new administration has taken a series of steps it environmental chemistry major became the applications, he said. "If a problem has a presented research papers at the 1995 compound while trying to produce an hopes will smooth over a row with Russia flfSt and only in the nation to be accredited by scientific basis, like most of the environment's Intercollegiate Student Chemists already known compound. What he found is ?ver proposals to expand NATO eastward, the American Chemical Society (ACS). problems, then science is necessary to solve Convention came away with top honors. an intermediate that can be used in organic mcluding a written assurance to President 'The university was the flfSt institution to the problem." "It takes a lot of self confidence to get up synthesis. Boris Yeltsin that Washington has no respond to the ACS accredited environmental "I had been looking for something in front of a group," said John Burmeister, Modi said he set up the experiment on a objection in principle to the "new Russia" chemistry major," said Dr. John Burmeister, connecting chemistry and the environment," Alumni Distinguished Professor and Thursday afternoon during Fall semester. becoming a full member of the alliance, Alumni Distinguished Professor and Crowe said. "I wanted to be able to apply associate chairman of the chemistry and When he checked it that Friday, nothing had according to U .S . and NATO sources. department associate chairperson. "The chemistry to real world problems." biochemistry departments. happened. "We decided to let it sit over the The officials said that NATO members accreditation from the ACS shows that the This major allows students to look at Each student gave a I 0 to 15 minute weekend to let it stir," he said. are also working on a draft statement program of study has been formed to meet the problems with the environment, examine research presentation to a group comprised That Monday when he checked his work expressing satisfaction with the existing standards for a professional environmental factors influencing the problems and work of peers and judges. After presenting, the he found something that had never been nuclear balance in Europe, thereby chemist." toward solutions, she said. students answered judges' questions. made before. Modi has used the new effectively ruling out deployment of "Most companies, corporations and schools The major has the same requirements as the The presentations are graded on a I00 compound to make nylon in a "novel" way. nuclear missiles in former Soviet bloc look at a degree with ACS accreditation as a chemistry major with an added 14 credits in point scale, said participant Raymond C. "Presentation is what I care about most," countries. more concentrated degree," said Loyce Ciano environmentally related classes, Burmeister Trievel (AS SR). The grading breaks down Modi said. "You have to know your The statement is being held " in reserve" (AS SR), one of the only two university said. The chemistry major has 25 free elective to 30 points for presentation, 15 points for research inside and out." Modi said he was as a future concession to Russia, in the students who will graduate with the accredited credits but with this concentration there are design, 15 points for research, 20 points for able to answer all the judges' questions. expectation Russia and NATO will launch a degree. "It's almost like an honor degree- it only II. interpretation and 20 points for response to Stamoulis also commented on the judges' special dialogue after this week' s U.S.­ shows that the institution the degree is coming "By adding to the chemistry major," judges' questions. questions. 'These are people that know the Russia summit in Moscow, diplomats said. from is really dedicated to its teachings." Burmeister said, "the students will gain an Trievel and Dilip P. Modi (AS SR) both chemistry field and fielding questions at first U.S. officials said that a decision on The ACS is a large group of chemistry understanding of the cause and effect related to took first place awards. Stamatios Stamoulis seems intimidating," he said. whether and when to issue the statement professionals who help students and members environmental problems." (AS JR) took a second place award and Stamoulis researched the chemistry of has not been made. find jobs, build resumes and further their Crowe and Ciano have worked hard Krista M. King (AS JR) was given a metals in the mud of the Hudson River. European security issues will form the careers, Ciano said. together to be the first two students ever to certificate for her participation. Stamoulis called his experience at the centerpiece of the discussions in Moscow This spring, Ciano and Tara Crowe (AS graduate with such a degree and major, Ciano Trievel won a first prize last year as a convention, "A taste of what real science between Presidents Clinton and Yeltsin. SR) will be the flfSt two students in the nation said. Crowe plans to work for Geometric junior, Burmeister said. ''To win as a junior will be like." to graduate with ACS-certified bachelor of Solutions in Aberdeen, Md., after graduation, is mind boggling to me." Stamoulis and King both said they sat in Damage from Russian Oil Spill science degrees in chemistry with an where she will have the opportunity to apply Trievel, with the exception of one lab, on other students presentations. Stamoulis Multiplies with Spring Thaw environmental chemistry concentration. · chemistry to environmental problems. Ciano has received an A in every class he has said much of the information was very USINSK , Russia- The Arctic spring Burmeister said he proposed having this said she aspires to teach analytical chemistry at taken at the university, according to difficult. "I didn't understand a lot of it," he has snatched away the clean white blanket degree after investigating the environmental the college level. Burmeister. said. of snow that shielded this nation's largest studies major. The university's chemistry department has Trievel presented research on beta King, who presented research on oil spill from scrutiny all winter. In order to be accredited by the ACS, 75 been one of the best for more than 20 years oxidation - how the body bums fat. "I gave chemistry education, tried to attend her Underneath, the naked tundra bog is a percent of a school's chemistry staff must have and is continuing to expand, Burmeister said. a talk that describes how an enzyme can fellow university students' presentations. vast study in slime . a doctorate or higher education, Burmeister He also said he believes the new program will discriminate different lengths of saturated "Seeing a familiar face in the crowd is kind Oily swamps dot both sides of the road said. Currently, the university is one of 603 be a success. fatty acids to bum," Trievel said. 'The of a safety net," she said. that leads north from this cement-block oil schools nationwide that fits into this category. "Five years ago, the university gained the judges all have Ph.D's and are well- versed The university has a tradition of doing town, about 1 ,000 miles northeast of Though the university is the first to receive biochemistry major," Burmeister said. ''Now on the material." he said. well at the convention, which was held at Moscow, into the dilapidated oil fields. accreditation, other schools will be doing it this major is more popular than the chemistry Trievel, continuing his oxidation Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa. and Along the right side of the road runs a too, he said. major." research, is hoping to publish in will be hosted by the university in 1997. 22-year-old pipeline tha t ruptured in about "A few years ago, 1 visited a college and Burmeister said he strongly supports the Biochemistry Magazine this summer. Modi Since 1949, 54 awards have been won by a dozen places last August, pumping about noticed that environmental studies was the program and believes it will expand. ''This has already published once in the university students. I 00,000 tons of hot crude o il into a watery most popular major," Burmeister said. "While field is more employable than others because Tetrahedron Letters and plans to publish his "Part of our mission is training people to expanse of tundra in a mass estimated to be the emotion and concern is present in this problems with the environment will be around current work in the Journal of Organic do research," Burmeister said. "Students three times the size of the 1989 Exxon major, there is no science at alJ." as long as there are people." Chemistry. have a unique opportunity to do graduate Valdez disaster in Alaska. "We made a compound that has never work in a undergraduate program," he said. The Usinsk spill is undoubtedly one o f the world's largest. If it had occurred in the United States or Europe, $ 1 billion and 1,000 people would have been committed Legalized marijuana to cleaning up the catastrophe, say expatriate veterans of the Exxon Valdez c leanup who have been hired with $125 million in Western loans to try to contain high on protestors minds the devastation. Because of the spill's remote location BY ANDREW KUHLMAN the perimeter of the demonstration. / Staff Reporter near the Arctic Circle and Russian The New York police officers present at the officials' attempts to conceal the disaster NEW YORK CITY - The steady rhythm of rally refused comment. and the numbing frequency of ecological hip-hop and the dank odor of people smoking The rally began at I p.m. as the speakers catastrophes in the former Soviet Union, marijuana filled the air Saturday as the New addressed the "evils" of U.S. drug policy. the magnitude of the Usinsk disaster has York-based coalition Cures Not Wars held The laid back crowd of approximately not been f ully appreciated in the West. its annual rally against the war on drugs in 12,000 was hanging out, some paying Washington Square Park. attention to the speeches, some not. Many Clinton Vows to Step Up "We wi ll show the world that when we were wearing the oversized pants made Enforcement of Immigration legalize marijuana this country is about love popular by skaters and ravers and T-shirts Laws and tolerance and justice," said Denis Peron with prints of marijuana leaves emblazoned WASHINGTON - Broadening his of the San Francisco-based Marijuana Buyers across them. administration's crackdown on illegal Club who was a speaker of the pro-marijuana A great number of people could be seen immigration, Pres ident Clinton vowed rally. The club supplies potent marijuana openly smoking marijuana and a phrase Saturday to press for the deportation of up (that Peron refers to as "Humbolt Sticky") to frequently heard was , "anybody need any to 100,000 illegal aliens caught in a huge people suffering from AIDS and glaucoma. smoke?" backlog of pending cases and to step up In addition to Peron, Elvy Musikka, a 65- Many people brought radios and the music enforcement of immigration laws at the year-old grandmother and glaucoma sufferer of choice seemed to be hip-hop, anything border and in the courts. also spoke. Musikka is one of a handful of ranging from Cypress Hill to the Digable "Our nation was built by immigrants," U.S. citizens who are currently legally able Planets. Clinton said in his weekly radio address to to s moke medical marijuana. Musikka "While a ll of you are enjoying this the nation. "But we won' t tolerate described how hard it is to be prescribed beautiful day and enjoying your buzz, think immigration by people whose first act is to marijuana in the United States. about the people who are not fortunate in break the law as they enter our country." She said she endured three failed eye America. Not the people who are free in Clinton said he has ordered the Justice operations and was told by doctors that she Washington Square Park, but the people who Department to move immediately to would eventually go blind before she won a are being arrested and put in jail. Help them, eliminate the backlog of deportation cases, court case allowing her to legally obtain stand up for them," said Richard Cowan, a even if it means asking Congress for more medical marijuana. Yale graduate, co-founder of the Young Hash Day attracted thousands of people to New York City Saturday money to do the job. Musikka claimed that if she received Americans for Freedom and current president medical marijuana when diagnosed with of the National Org·mization for the Reform where marijuana was heavily smoked despite the myth that it was Strong Aftershock Hits Desert glaucoma, instead of after a court battle, she of Marijuana Laws. legal for a day. would not have to wear the thick glasses that " Ri ght now there are 400,000 people Area defying the law on purpose." 'Yes, Mr. President. Let' s end [the] hate LOS ANGELES - A magnitude 5 .0 now adorn her face. being arrested for marijuana each year, and Cowan said that every 90 seconds an speech that began in your own earthquake, the strongest aftershock of the The rumors that New York City had every one of them is a political prisoner," "act of violence" (an arrest) is committed administration,"' Cowan said. "When -1992 Landers quake in nearly a year, struck legalized marij uana for the day in said Dana Beal of Cures Not Wars. Beal against a marijuana smoker in this [Clinton] speaks of ending violence in before dawn Sunday in a sparsely Washington Square Park were false. Though added "We will remember the way of country. this nation , I say, ' Yes, Mr. President. populated, mountainous area of Joshua Tree the police were not aggressively seeking out Ghandi, and we will remember non-violence. "When President Clinton talks of Let's end the violence that started in your National Park above Desert Hot Springs, marijuana smokers, 88 summons were If arrested for marijuana we will hold our ending hate speech in America, I say, own administration." about 100 miles east of Los Angeles. handed out and 2 arrests were made along heads up high and tell the judge that we are No damage or injury reports were received after the 4:03 a.m. tremor, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said. It was centered 15 miles northeast of Palm Springs and four miles south of the Woo withdraws application for Hong Kong job epicenter of the 6 . 1 Joshua T ree quake of BY JUSTIN ADAMS because the university is in an excellent April 22, 1992, that s tarted the Landers Staff Reponer location as "the window to the west" and seque nce. University physics professorS. B. Woo as the 11th largest trading center in the The Landers shock of June 28, 1992, withdrew his candidacy for vice­ world. measured a powerful magnitude 7.5, and chancellor of Hong Kong University May HKU also has the financial aspect to its the sequence has had more than 45,000 I amid claims reported in the Hong Kong advantage, Woo said. For example, he said aftershocks. Sunday's, as recorded at Standard newspaper that he had made HKU spends about $30,000 per student Caltech , was the strongest since June 16, deals to extend university officials' per year while Delaware spends $17,000 1994. contracts in return for their support. Woo, the former lieutenant governor of Once Derailed, Haiti Elections De laware from 1985- 1989, said he Are Back on Track withdrew hi s candidacy for vice­ PORT- AU-PRINCE, Haiti - This chancellor - the equivalent of university country's first genuine e lections since 1990 president - because he fe lt the position "Once I have decided appear solidly on track for next month after didn' t hold a "natural fit" for him. an unsettled start that brought two de lays "I categorically deny that I offered to something, I am at and even a threat of cancellation. extend the contract of any staff member of The June 25 e lections, with runoffs July HKU in exchange for a vote and hereby peace with it." 16, are for offices except the presidency, invite the media of Hong Kong to select including Parliament, mayors and other two experienced representatives to - Physics Professor S.B. Woo local officials . investigate," Woo said. It will also be the first voting s ince "Expose me or clear me." President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned Because of cultural differences, he said Oct. t 5 from a three-year exile that campus po litics - specifically the per student per year. followed his overthrow at .the hands of the spreading of rumors- heightened. Born in Shanghai, Woo later moved to Haitian military. Woo said he was never given a chance Hong Kong where he graduated from high There had been a concern that fear, to respond to th e charges stated by the school and attended one year of college indifference and disorganization would paper before the story was printed. before moving to the U.S. in 1956. Woo result either in cancella tio n or s uc h a low HKU's administrati on was in support of has been teaching physics at the university turnout that the e lectio ns would be his focus on promoting the aspect of a since 1966. discredited. "global c ulture," which brings together Woo said he was pleased with his technological advances, transportation and dec ision to w ithdraw hi s name from -Briefs compiled from the Los Angeles THE REVIEW I File Photo commerce as global issues. consideration. Times/Washington Post news service by . Woo said HKU is the best place to "Once I have decided something I am at Mic hael J . Ly nch, assistant news editor. Physics Professor S.B. Woo recently withdrew his application to become chancellor of Hong Kong University. begin studying for this g lobal culture peace with it." A4 • THE REVIEW • May 9, 1995 Engineering students design working space probe BY LISA M. INTRABARTOLA the project. ED. Staff Repotter The space camp, sponsored by the One of the groups' challenges was "We were voted the group most Delaware Aerospace Academy, will figuring out how to make ED's arm likely to self-destruct," Robert be using ED this July at Clayton Hall. .(which is used to pick up objects) Foglesong (EG SR) said of his award­ Wright said she needed a product like retractable when not in use, Lottero winning mechanical engineering ED that could demonstrate how space said. group . rovers operate to students in grades six "We were making copies at The group, comprised of through 12. Kinko's when we came up with the Foglesong, Pamela Lottero (EG SR) A rechargeable 12-volt battery is idea of the rack and pinion retractable and Jess Russell (EG SR), overcame used to drive all of ED's motors and a arm," she said. grueling hours of tension and camera fixed on top of ED projects The device is also equipped with a surpassed their classmates' and whatever ED sees onto a television, mirror which eliminated ED's limited professor's expectations when their Lottero and Foglesong explained. vertical viewing range, Lottero said. project took first place in the "It works basically the same way ''This way, we could see the grasper university' s annual mechanical you control a remote control car," when it picked something up, and we engineering competition last Lottero said. ''There's a video camera could see where it was going," she Thursday. from the perspective of the top of the added. The group's award-winning project car so instead of getting a three­ Another obstacle . the group is a remote control representation of a dimensional picture of life, you get a overcame was adjusting the friction space exploration device, which two-dimensional one." coefficient of ED's tires, Lonero said. Lottero and Foglesong nicknamed ED ED stands 1.5 feet high by 2 feet "ED's tire surface friction (short for exploration device). wide by 2.5 feet long. coefficient was too high; it needed to "Their particular project was more "Our product is scaled down for move more like a tank [with treads] ambitious than the ones we often educational purposes," Lottero said. and slide," Lottero explained. "So I have," said Dr. Michael Keefe, the " Some of the actual ones [space used my expert sewing ski11s to make group's advisor and one of the three rovers] are as large as full size vehicles wheel booties out of a fabric with a professors for Design and Systems a nd cost millions of dollars," low friction coefficient to allow it to Synthesis, ME EG 447 and 448. "I Foglesong said. slide. told them in the beginning of the year, Rather than spending millions, the ''The biggest challenge we had was 'It's a tremendous amount of work and D elaware Aerospace Academy integrating subsystems into one a nice goal, but don't be discouraged if donated $900 to the group for the vehicle," Lottero said. "But there was you can't reach it.' device itself and $500 to equip ED a lot of interaction between groups, ''They' re excellent students, but I'm with a camera, Lottero said. which helped." amazed they got as far as they did," Lottero will be an instructor at the Foglesong said he completed most Keefe said. "It's not amazing that they space camp for a week in July and will of ED's wiring with help from THE REVIEW I Kelly Bennett • were able to succeed, but that they did teach the students how to operate ED electrical engineering friend Eric A group of engineering students designed a space exploration device to win the university's it in the time frame the course gave during various demonstrations. Since Petersen (EG SR). "Eric used a lot of annual mechanical engineering contest Thursday. · them." the device contains pulleys, gears, and solder and cursed a lo t," Lotlero to manufacture and assemble ED. to put work in to it, but you neglect a Lottero said she plans to work as a The students have two semesters to a rack and pinion, it will teach the laughed. "Bob and I combined spent I, 100 lot of other stuff," Lonero said. "It design and process engineer for W.L. design, manufacture and assemble students many of the fundamentals in "Our customer was impressed with hours on the project," Lottero said. really cut into our social lives as well." Gore and Associates in Elkton, Md. their product for the mechanical mechanical engineering, she said. what we accomplished," Foglesong The inventors agreed that the Foglesong plans to attend the The group will be presenting ED to engineering class. "[The students] will get a pretty said. ''They never thought we'd get it class' s professors drastically University of Illinois at Urbana the American Society of Mechanical The idea for ED originated when nice introduction to mechanical to work this well." underestimate the amount of time Champagne next year. He plans to be Engineering in C layton Hall this Dr. Stephanie Wright, state director engineering," Foglesong said. The group said they spent 10 to 15 required for the projects, but they say working towards a doctorate in Thursday and said they also plan on for Delaware Aerospace Education The group said they ran into several hours a week last semester designing they don't regret all the work. mechanical engineeri ng and said he entering ED into national design and a customer of the class, suggested engineering problems when designing ED and 40 hours a week this semester "It's kinda like a paradox; you want will be specializing in combustion. competitions.

One Mad exhibit Protestors return to local pet store BY ANTONIO M. PRADO be infected with parvo, a highly Mancinelli said he and his In the M ay 2 issue of The University Gallery Staff Reporter contagious viral d isease, fellow protesters p lan o n Review, Newark Police Capt. Delaware Animal Rescue, an Mancinelli said. demonstrating every weekend C harles Townsend said police animal rights group, broug ht Bill R oberts a nd his wife (from 10 a .m. to 3 p.m.) "till the have c hecked out every opens its doors to ne w allegatio ns agains t Animal Paul ine, own the store. Roberts' abuse stops." complaint brought against the All ey Pe t Store during the i r wife doubted the allegations T he bitter conflict started pel store so far but no wrong latest protest outside the Newark about the sick dogs. after a c ustomer said Robe rts doing has been found. Shopping Center store. Dr. Starc her did not return left a live puppy wrapped up in "The owner always cooperates humorous display T h e g ro up said they base d call s made to h e r h om e a nd newspaper in a dumpster to die with us during inspections and BY SCOTT GOSS artwork by MAD artists such as their protest o n in fo rma ti o n offi ce, but Starcher' s colleague, at his store in New Castle, we found no basis to take police Staff Reporter Don M a rtin, Jack D avis, a nd received from a veterinarian at D r. Jim Berg, said he knew Ma ncinelli said. Roberts' store action," Townsend said in the Pet Practice, an animal He has been call ed a hero of Mort Druc k er, but a lso abo ut the d ogs Starcher had in New Castle has since been regard to complaints received the people as well as a juvenile showcases related memora bilia hosp ital servi ng th e Ne wark treated. s hut down because c ustomers from the Delaware Animal area. delinquent scum. Regardless of including the MAD boardgame, "The tests she (Starcher) ran complained about the foul odor Rescue group. opinion, presidential candidate a MAD watc h , as well as the Vincent D . M a ncine lli , a s h o wed an indication of the in the store, Mancinelli said. Whil e Delaware Ani mal and MAD magazine icon Alfred M AD S h ow Ori g inal Cast Newark reside nt and president parvo virus," Berg said, "but I "I don' t see where [the smell Resc ue encourages N ewark E . N e uma n will b e a t the A lbum and script, a ll from of the protest g roup , said Dr. don ' t know of a ny test in the is] a problem," Pauline Roberts citizens to call t he mayor' s university this month. Cohe n 's personal collection. Julie Starcher informed him that world th a t ' s 100 percent said. " It certainly doesn ' t keep office and governor's office in Old a nd n ew fan s a l ike "This year be ing the I DOth six s ic k dogs purchased from accurate." my customers away." protest, Pauline Roberts said A nimal Al ley Pet Store had been atte nded the opening of " Humor a nniversary of ne w spaper "We're going to run off I ,000 " He put c h ains o n the concerned people should in a Jug ul ar Vei n : The Art, comic s trip art in the Unite d treated in the span of 22 days copies of this [ground-breaking] dumpster after he fo und out we examine the store on their own. (from Marc h 17 through April Artists, a nd Artifac ts of MAD States as wel l as the 40th ev ide nce we've recei ved ,·' were looking th ough his "Come see for yourself," she 9). Of the six, four appeared to M agazine from the collection of a nniversary of MAD magazine Mancinelli said. dumpster," Mancinelli said. said. M ark J . Cohe n" at th e gives us a hi storical context for University Gall e ry Friday dis playing visu a l p a rody," evening . explained B e le n a C h app, Coh e n h as collecte d over director of the Universi ty BE A JOURNALIST 500,000 pieces of origin a l Galle ry. "The collection shows cartoon art, although not all of an irrevere nce that we wanted to it is MAD related. Cohe n said play with." NEWS EDITOR AND he was e nthus iastic about the " I think the e x hibit will magazine and its importance. appeal to the collective " MAD had had a tre mendous consc ious of the baby boomer RADIO PRODUCER influence in the United States as gene ra tion and remind them not Students are needed to produce a dally news service provided by the Univers ity. They will be responsible for covenng on and off campus a forerunne r of parodies such as to ta ke life so seriously," s he events. conduction interviews w1th fa culty. administrators. and visiting speakers; and producing the news tape. Thts non-pa1d Internship the Simpsons a nd Saturday added. ..yould be most helpful to those interested in broadcast JOurnalism but all are welcome. Night Live," he added. In addition to this exhibit, · Call Barbara Garrison at 831 -1964 for more information. "I was a big fan when I was a Cohen a nd M A D artists Jo hn kid," the 52-year-old collector Caldwe ll , Paul Pete r Porges, a dmitted , "I g re w u p with and Delaware resident Bob "Spy M AD . It's a part of m y V . Spy" C larke wi ll a ll b e heritage." appearing in "The H istory a nd Whe n asked what he would Satire of M ad M agazine", a An Economist's consider to be MAD's golde n panel di scussion on the impact years, Cohen explained: of MAD o n Ame rican popul a r "It's inte resting. A few years c ultu re. The discu ssio n i s' ago whe n I was g i v ing a scheduled from 4-6 p.m. Frida'y Adventure in Bulgaria presentation, an 11 -year-old boy in Room 006 of Willard Hall asked me the sam e q uestion. Education Building, and wi ll be For me the best issues are from followed by a reception in the Kenneth Koford the 19;0' s. But for that II year University Galle ry. old, the golde n years are today­ Cohen will then conclude his Professor of Economies -same as it will always be. The "MAD" week at the unive rsity first issues a kid reads will on Saturday with a presentation, Thursday, May II always be the best." " H ow to Think F unny," a t 2 Cohe n , who began hi s p.m. in 202 O ld Coll ege. II5 PURNELL HALL collection in 1956, droppeq out Howe ve r , the "Humor in a of college at age 19. However, Jug ular V e in" exhibit will he 1is curre ntly atte nding Santa continue throug h June 16. The 3:30 • 3:45 Beverage 8 Munchies Rosa Junior Col lege in Gallery is open from 11 --5 p.m ., California. Monday through Friday, a nd 1-- 3:45 • 4:45 Talk 8 Questions The unive r s ity's firs t pop 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. A ll c ulture exhibit s ince 1989 Gallery events are free and open CO-SPONSORED BY ECONOMICS STUDENT ASSOCIATION features no t o nly orig inal to the public. LEGAL STUDENT PROGRAM Advertise in The Review. ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT May 9, 1995 • THE REVIEW • AS DNA research more than O.J. evidence to professor BY ANDREA BREEDLOVE "In most c riminal cases," she reliable last resort for many criminal him from remaining behind bars, not matched by any other." down with more tests performed on Staff Reporter explained, "only a small amount of cases, are being requested more often according to The Philadelphia The actual amplification process is different regions of DNA. As new technology continues to material is left behind at the crime and not only for the big cases like the Inquirer. called the Preliminary Chain Reaction DNA testing, however, is not 100 redefine DNA testing, its role in the scene. Simpson murder trial. Another aspect of both Simpson's (PCR). The test detects differences in percent effective, not only because of courtroom is becoming more and "DNA testing, therefore, is very Last Monday, Garrett Davis, a and Davis' case that makes DNA length of different regions of DNA, the possibility of human error but more crucial, as it often serves as the useful because you can amplify that Chester County, Md., man convicted testing a crucial procedure, is that Francis said. often because the enzymes cause determining factor upon the verdict. small amount of material to produce a of robbing a gas station at gun point, neither had eyewitnesses, said "Because some vary more than complications, Deleon said. Dr. Patricia Deleon, a university larger amount by taking one molecule was cleared after spending a year in university health and life sciences others in length, you can be absolutely As in any other testing process, she genetics professor who has served as and replicating it." prison because a DNA test proved him professor David Francis. certain that two people are the same or said, judgments have to be made, an expert witness for DNA testing in When o nly a small amount of innocent. "It's absolutely the best thing going different," he said, "and you can make which also permits bias. the courtroom, said that for cases like blood or saliva is left behind, the DNA Davis said he had no other way to for the criminal justice system right the test as precise as you want by "Like any other procedure you the OJ Simpson murder trial, the test test can both amplify the material so defend himself and requested a DNA now," he said. taking different samples." have to make judgments," she said, .can be "very effective, because you that it can be better observed, and then test to be administered on a cigarette " Yo u certainly can't eliminate He explained that the· test "but the more tests performed, the -have an unlimited amount of replicate it to produce more, she said. left behind at the station. The test human error, but as far as the test's categorizes people according to their more precise the results that DNA material." DNA tests, because they are often a proved the saliva was not his and kept ability to provide total certainty, it is blood types, but it can be narrowed tests will produce." Fortune 2000 gets Carper addresses $50,000 grant need for discipline The Bank of New York donated the funds to the minority program in state schools BY G REG DESDERIO Wachovia Bank, Zeneca and BY ANGELA L. WARREN Staff Reporter officials report to the proper authorities Delmarva Power. Staff Reporter incidents that involve assault, either on a The University's Fortune " These companies are acting Last year the Education school employee, or another student, as 2000 Program was presented as partners in increasing the Improvement Commission conducted well as extortion, weapons, and drugs. with a check for $50,000 by the number of minority business open hearings so that parents, teachers, For students who commit these Bank of New York last Monday graduates who p ossess the and members of the community could crimes, the bill requires out-of-school in Hullihen Hall. qualifications to meet the express their concerns about discipline suspension, parent conferences, and Alan Griffith, vice chairman business challenges of the 21st issues affecting Delaware schools. student counseling. o f the Bank of New York century," Whittaker said. Because violence in the schools was The law also permits schools in the (Delaware), presented Fortune The g ift was presented at a the most prevalent issue raised, Gov. district to utilize metal detectors to 2000 with the gift to further the ceremony M ay 1 which Thomas R. Carper will be speaking to prevent against weapons being brought advan cement of the program included Griffith, Whittaker, community members at a series of town to school by students. and its members. university Pres ident D avid P . meetings this month. Another bill on Carper's agenda Fortune 2000 is a minority Roselle, Kenneth Biederman, The three meetings, all beginning at 7 entails a criminal background check of incentive program offered by dean of the College of Business p.m., started yesterday at Brandywine every person that applies for the College of Business and and Economics and Charles High School, and will continue on May employment in the public schools. Economics which provides Forbes, the university' s vice 17 at Dover High School and May 22 at Carper signed and expressed his comprehensive support services president for development and Delaware Technical and Community support for a bill which ensures that for pre-college and college alumni relations . College Southern Campus, Georgetown. children wiU be protected "from those minority business students. The $50 ,000 gift will be In these meetings Carper will with drug convictions within the past The services available allotted over a five-year period discuss several ideas to improve school five years, or those who fail drug tests i nclude academic and career to defray the expenses of the discipline. as a part of the school bus driver related assistance, as well as Summer Academic Bridge "Kids can't learn when their classes licensing process," he said. motivational activities to Program, a branch of Fortune are disrupted by unruly students," The state also applied for federal e nsure successful 2000. Carper said. "And children should not funding to hire three trOOpers and assign matriculation, graduation and The Summer Academic have to fear for their safety in school. them in Kent, Sussex, and New Castle career placement of its Bridge Program is a five-week "Because the state takes school Counties as school resource officers. members. summer residential academic discipline so seriously it has supported 'This program has been successfully According to Terry course for African- American, these efforts to help Delaware children implemented in other states by Hispanic and Native American Whittaker, assistant dean of the THE REVIEW I File Photo to become productive, well-behaved providing students with a positive role : College of Business and students who h ave accepted Terry Whittaker, assistant dean of the College of Business and students," Carper said. model while restoring safety in school Economics and Director of the admission into the university's Economics, also serves as the director of the RISE program. House Bill247, signed by Carper last and surrounding communities," he said. Fortune 2000 Program, " ... with College of Business and year, is a three part plan to improve High school principals are this contribution, the Bank of Economics. exploration sessions, all in an Fortune 2000 and the Summer school discipline. responding positively to the bills the New York becomes a Fortune Thi s highl y stru ctured effort to make the transition Academic Bridge Program will The biU would institute: governor is proposing. Spencer Henry, 2000 partner joining other program includes an into the College of Bus iness have the opportunity to be •An alternative school for students principal of John Dickinson High companies such as J .P. Morgan orientation to college life, a nd Economics as easy as considered a nd interviewed for who have an extreme disruptive School said that the bill will be (DE), MBNA America, Chase­ workshops on academic skills possible. internships a nd jobs with the behavioral problem. beneficial in the schools. "Kids are more Manhattan Bank, DuPont, building and business career Students who participate in Bank of New York (D e laware). •A more improved in-school knowledgeable of the law and the bills, suspension program for students who specifically H.B. 85, provide a have behavioral problems, but not deterrence to some kids because they are severe ones. now aware of what is illegal. It is also •A prevention and parental helpful to school administration because involvement program which allows it gives all of the schools a unified INTERNSHIP parents and schools to work with the document to discipline. Overall the bills students and therefore avoid the above will decrease the disciplinary problems measures. we have in our schools." The T. Elbert Chance Internship is being offered by the Office of Alumni and 'To date, over $3.5 million has been A.I. DuPont's principal, Jeny Smith, spent on this effort ... and we cannot also agrees with Henry about the effects University Relations for the Fall of 1995 semester. This internship provides a sacrifice the education and safety of the H.B . 85 has had in the schools. student with: majority of our students because of the "Although I have only been principal at disruptive behavior of a few," stated the high school level for a short time, I • expenence m a well-established internship program Carper. have seen two changes; one is that in Stricter laws on violence, weapons some cases the bill has acted as a • interesting writing and design projects and drugs in the schools have also been deterrence and the other change is it has • interaction with important and influential alumni enacted by H.B 85, which was signed increased everyone's awareness about into law in April of 1994. the things that students may do that (are) • convenient working environment H.B . 85 mandates that school actually illegal." • 3 credit hours Applications are available at Alumni Hall located on Main Street. 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Day Charlene Jaeger , assistant to President for Student Li fe, Call today for an appointment or more Information 737-3652 the vice pres ident of Student P erkins Student Center, Life. Housi ng, Residence Life, " We receive our evaluation Student Health Services, Career throug h the anecdotal Services and the Center for information students give us," Black Culture. s he explained, "Definitely the "But w e need sponsors," mos t popular are the films Crumb added. " With more [Quiz Show, Tht.. River Wild, money we can be on longer and Ed Wood] which are chosen by use more students. After all, we student committee. Yet there want as many student-produced h as been a g row ing a udience shows as possible." for the student's shows." Crumb advises anyone who First among the s tudent­ wants to get involved with produced s hows, according to SLTV next semester to contact Jaeger, is "Have Y o u Heard?" a Student Life. "You don't need man-on- the-street s tudent to be a communication major, interview show with topics just interested in TV. Anyone ranging from alien abduction to with drive and ambition who is FRIDAY SATURDAY pop trends. willing to g ive up his/her social Bomber Nite­ Bottle Specials " SLTV i s an incredibl e life to have fun is welcome." *22 ounce Drafts-$1 til1 Opm breakth rough for the university. SLTV Channel 41 can only • 75¢ Shooters • $1.25 Rail All Night!!! It's wonderfully done," said be seen on campus Sunday­ Drinks • $1.50 All Shots Lethe Crumb, " Have You T hursday, starting at 9 a.m. The Great Train Heard" student producer. " It program schedule is distributed M1. Gteengenes provides a g reat opportunity for to students' dorm mailboxes 12 W/ Sclltoetlet 13Robbery students to express their weekly. Additional schedules imagination. The prog ramming can be found at t he Perkins WednesdaY May 17 t y 20 Friday May 2• • The Biggest Sat May 27 deals directl y with t h e Student Center's Information End ol CJaa Bash W/ God Street Wine Outdoor Graduation Eve Bash in Graduation Party students." Desk. Strange as Angels w/ Bloe Miracle the histor of er education w The Lost Bo s A6 • THE REVIEW • May 9. 1995

Stricter Survey reveals drinking habit_s, sense of A university-administered study found alcohol 'the drug of chozce. · BY LEANNE MILWAY student body who do participate in the The survey showed that students alcohol Ad7iris1Tatilie News Ecitor drinking culture on campus, most who normally get Cs in their classes Despite the high occurrence of consume alcohol at private parties in drink more than those who get As, 11.1 alcohol use and abuse at the university, residence halls, fraternity houses or drinks a week compared to 6.9. Schiavelli, as the chief academic sickness most students begin drinking before bars. Weekends, for many, do involve taking up residence in Newark. alcohol consumption. administrator, said, "Academic BY MICHAEL J. LYNCH This fall, a survey of students in nine "Alcohol does appear to be the drug performance generally is affected by Assistant News Editor undergraduate classrooms and I 0 of choice on most college and alcohol use. I don' t think you'd find Counselor Sally Ann Rogers calls Greek chapter meetings revealed that university campuses," said Provost many who would disagree with that alcoholism a progressive, physically most students first drank before they Melvyn Schiavelli. "UD is no different statement." addictive disease, one which affects a reached college (at 15 years old on in that regard." In recruiting for the Honors person both physically and average). After nine months working at the Program, Brown said some perspective emotionally. In November 1994, I ,003 university, Schiavelli said he does not members have chosen not to anend this Rogers, who is the director of the undergraduates filled out the Core think this is the "party school" it is university because of the school's Family Intervention Program at the Alcohol and Drug Use Survey rumored to be. reputation that all students do here is Valley Forge Medical Center, works administered by the Office of ''The students I've met," he said, drink. ''People are turned off," he said. • Students think other students drink more than they with patients in various stages of Institutional Research and Planning. "are serious about their education and ''I have had students and parents come alcoholism. She has worked for the Administrators soon found that student work hard." up to me and tell me this is not the right actually do. Sixty-five percent (65 %) of respondents center between eight and 10 years. drinking began before entering the Bauer said, ''The assumption that school for them - because of its thought the average Delaware stude~t consumes alcohol To determine if an individual is an university and usually increased after people think they are drinking a lot here image." 3 times per week. Only 33% do. alcoholic, Rogers looks to see if her · aniving. is not true - but it still lives on." Brooks, who most often deals with patient is suffering from either alcohol Ninety-three percent of the Brooks said that nothing in the the punitive effect of student drinking, withdrawal, liver damage or blackouts. undergraduate student body has survey smprised him and "every school said nothing in the survey surprised • The average number of drinks per week consumed by When a person withdraws suddenly consumed alcohol in the last year. is known as a party school. Our him, but he does see many negative survey respondents was nine. from alcohol they may experience In the two weeks before the survey, campus, from an alcohol standpoint, effects of what students have done Delirium Tremens, or DT's, which under the influence of alcohol. 66 percent of students engaged in at reflects the national trend." ages," he said. This semester a new said not one has worked effectively, cause hallucinations and During the 1993-94 school year, 400 least one episode of heavy drinking, This university is therefore not policy restricting admittance to fraternity anywhere. disorientation. Blackouts are caused unusual in its students' drinking habits. incidents involving students who which is more than five drinks in a parties to members of the Greek system "We need to get the word out earlier," by the toxic effect alcohol has on the Seniors at the university reported violated the alcohol policy made their sitting. was put into use, and Piacente said the Brooks said. "We need to tell potential brain, which causes a person to These figures mav not <;J>Pm ot~n:::- drinking an average of 12.43 drinks per way through the Dean's Office. number of illegal consumers is down. students that the reason to come here is literally forget what he has done over a week, as compared to the freshman Though this number is down from past - --~~ "''ucrgraduates - drinking is Director of Student Health Services academic. Tell them that we abide by the given time period - even if he may years, these crimes make up for 28 expected on a university campus. But average of 6.48 drinks per week, and Joseph Siebold sees students come in law, and we will take disciplinary action." have been conscious and functioning. percent of the total university charges. what exactly do these numbers mean to this drinking occurred as part of the every weekend with alcohol related In the Office of the Dean of Students, The damage to the liver may be in Underage possession of alcohol is the campus community? fabled university social scene. problems. "Students come in who are Brooks said they are working on a ''two­ the form of cirrhosis, or scarring, or "I find it depressing as hell that there the most common offense, Brooks said. On the basis of the students' throwing up because they overdrank, or pronged approach" to solve the alcohol alcoholic hepatitis and cancer. people out there who.want to go to a Other violations, such as vandalism, res!X)nses, the university administration are they have a twisted ankle," he said. problem. The first prong, he said, Rogers also asks people seeking party, where they stand around, talking theft, disruptive conduct and date rape now has statistics revealing the truth "I've been here for 20 years, and I concerns discipline. treatment how long, how often and about student alcohol use. and drinking until social consciousness all correlate to alcoholic use. haven' t seen any dramatic changes," The big question addressed by Brooks how much they drink, and whether or The uncovered statistics validate is dimmed," Brown said. ''It is a very University President David P. Siebold said. "Alcohol has always been a is: Should sanctioning be made tougher? not it is beginning to affect their daily what Dean of Students Timothy strange ideal." Roselle said that "alcohol use becomes problem, we're looking more at it now. Now, the basic !X)licy is three strikes and life. Brooks said he has observed in his 16 a problem when the use is not legal or Everyone's tuned into it and has become the student is out of the residence halls. Another concern is whether people years at the university: alcohol is the What drinking can do ... when the use leads to results that are more sensitive and concemed." Brooks said that the suggestion of four around an individual are beginning to drug of choice. "Drinking is OK, it's part of our harmful to the principal or to others." strikes and the student must leave the question his drinking. If three or more culture - but it is not cool," Bauer Other universities exhibit the same What can be done? university for a semester has been brought people are concerned, Rogers said, Party school= U of D said. "We have a peer pressure now that correlation between drinking and crime, As the survey reported, students do to his attention. "That might have an that person almost certainly has a Students may have heard the rumors says that is cool. The culture of peer he said. "So the U of D and other consume alcohol and often disobey the effect," he said, ''but I'm really not sure." problem. She stressed that the more and read the guide books: Everyone pressure is so strong, we need to start institutions have an alcohol problem." law when doing so. Administrators have The second prong is alcohol education. quickly a person seeks help for parties a lot at this university. changing it." Many students keep alcohol use off tried for years to come up with a plan to Currently, the policy reads that on an alcoholism, the better their chances for Actually, this is not true. While 65 The average number of drinks per campus, more than before, Brooks said. lower the rate of drinking. alcohol violation, students must go recovery. percent of those surveyed thought the week for students is njne, though the "Alcohol has moved out," he said, Maybe only magic can work. through the Wellspring computer alcohol Alcoholics tend to deny they have a average university student drinks three number is higher for juniors and seniors which creates different problems ''If I could wave a wand," Brown said, program. With this, students take an drinking problem, and begin to make times a week, only 33 percent do so. over21. because hi s office also deals with "and make one change occur in the alcohol education program by reading and excuses, such as problems at work, "People have a built-in idea that they Results from the survey showed student problems involving Newark university campus climate, the wand I answering questions on a computer. school or within their personal lives, think everyone is drinking a lot-it is a one-third of students have had a Police. ''This year we have had fewer of would wave would make each individual Brooks said he is "not convinced it is very for their drinking, she said. Most, self-fulfilling prophecy," said Assistant hangover, 18 percent have missed class the big parties - people do smarten up. student drink one-third less than he effective." He said he feels students are however, still retain the ability to Director of Institutional Research and because of drinking and 12 percent Now they are quieter about it." already does. That would make each not corning away from the program with a function fairly well in their lives. Planning Karen Bauer, who admitted to driving under the influence. Fraternities and sororities have student's academic career go up." change of attitude. His office is looking at Rogers noted most alcoholics tend administered the survey. ''People think Ten percent have experienced memory historically been promoters of drinking, Bauer suggested drawing an analogy better education in residence halls and to drink to relieve stress, fear or people are drinking more than they loss or become sick. Brooks said. That is why this survey between alcohol use and secondhand programming for commuters and parents. insecurity. Individuals who are actually are." Bauer explai ned that younger carefully included Greek res!X)nses. smoke. Smoking has gone down, mostly ''I think that one of the things that really confident in themselves and are happy Dr. Robert Brown, director of the students drink because "they haven't "I think that Greeks are much better because of the heavily-advertised health hurt was when drinking ages changed in their lives are less likely to become University Honors Program. said, "All defined themSelves yet. They haven' t than they used to be but still need to risks involved in li ghting up. Applying across the country," Brooks said. "At that alcoholics, she said. the talk about this being a party school developed a level of self-<::onfidence." focus on alcohol usc," Brooks said. "I this same social stigma to drinking could point, we looked at enforcement of the Another factor to consider is that is just that: all talk. "People like to talk "I think it is unfortunate that there think they attract alcohol abuse." be a solution, she said. law instead of drinking education. We there is a 60 percent chance children about how this is a party school, but this are a lot of interesting activities that Michael Piacente, president of the Brooks said he has done extensive have to go back. of alcoholics will become alcoholics is damaging to the public image," he happen on this campus each night,'' Inter-Fratemity Counci l, said that the research on alcohol education programs in "Young kids are going to drink. My themselves. Scientists have said. "It means this is a place where Brown said. "Some students spend their number of underage drinkers at order to find one that could be wish for my son and everyone else is to biochemically isolated a gene which people get together and do a lot of time looking for parties to go to. I think fraternity parties is being kept more implemented at the university. Of the understand the law, know you can get in forges a hereditary link between drinking. That's unfortunate." a lot of people have a very limited under control. ''The stereotype that frats programs he has discovered that were big trouble, and if you drink, drink alcoholics and their children. This Of the large percentage of the imagination." only party and haze is from the dark tried in the past at other institutions, he res!X)nsibly." genetically predisposes some individuals toward alcoholism. The early stages of the disease include an increased alcoholic tolerance, blackouts and compulsive drinking. The affected individuals may Students consider also attempt to hide their drinking from the people around them, Rogers : : : ·. said. · As a person is more deeply affected thoughts on abuse by alcoholism, the drinking will begin to affect their daily lives in the way BY JOE MCDEVITI (including frequency and amount)," she they interact with their families, Student Affairs Editor said. friends and co-workers. The drinker Within the realm of alcohol Even a simple tally of answers does may appear to lose all ambition, consumption lies a continuum with two not declare behavior abusive, she said. becoming unable to deal with his distinct poles and a lot of gray in "What is abuse for one, may not be for everyday responsibilities. He may between. another." begin to go on drinking binges and Amid total sobriety and alcohol­ "The main difference between stop eating well, causing severe related sickness lie use, abuse and alcoholics and those who abuse alcohol malnutrition. alcoholism. These three regions along deals with th e continual abuse an Rogers said an alcoholic might the echelon of fermentation have no alcoholic exhibits, even in the face of attemp to stop drinking for certain distinct limits, but nonetheless, they negative consequences," she said. periods as a way of demonstrating to exist. Goettel said negative consequences himself and the people around him Defining the borders of these not only include the washing away of that he is not alcoholic, giving up nebulous continents not only fall into family, money and home, but also drinking for religious observances or the hands of trained professional but academic difficulties and problems with other events in what is called periodic also the natives - the students. relationships. abstinence. Nancy Goettel, a substance abuse An alcoholic will also spend nearly Alcoholism is treated as both a counselor at the university, focuses her all of his time looking forward to medical and emotional disease with a time helping students find out where drinking, recovering from drinking or combination of medication and they are along the continuum and how being drunk, she said. counseling. to get to where they want to be. Students, who are "down in the In counseling, Rogers looks at the Since Goettel is a counselor, she trenches" so to speak, view alcohol environment an individual comes from spends most of her time looking at the consumption with a wider scope - THE REVIEW I Kelly Bennett and the way in which the individual abuse-alcoholism end of the line. In they put " normal use" onto the affects the people around him. doing so, "frequency and amount" are continuum. Travis Lupo stamps Deer Park Tavern patrons either underage or of legal age after checking their identification. ''The tragedy of alcoholism is that the two criteria on which she bases her Students do not think of the way for people who don't get well, four or advice to patients. they use alcohol as problematic. If you find yourself passed out Galida said it is necessary to learn drinking problem. five people around them are affected," "I take a several year history and After an presentation on drinking somewhere or doing embarrassing from experience, as far as alcohol and Problem behavior and "frequency Rogers said. look at the changes in drinking patterns by Jeanine Mauro (BE SO), a things you regret, it may constitute school are concerned. and dependency" were criteria by The disease is also treated with the patterns," she said. resident assistant, some residents of abuse, Dave Kohel (AS FR) said. Kohel said learning experiences, which the group gauged alcoholism. drug Antabuse, which makes a person In addition to gauging a person by Russell B voiced their views on the Without regret, the difference especially the bad ones, often involve "If a person needs to drink, then it violently ill when they ingest alcohol, changes in their drinking habits, Goenel difference between use, abuse and between abuse and use is hard to abuse of alcohol. "I can't even stand the probably is a problem," Kohel said. discouraging its use. It works so has a slew of questions she frequently alcoholism Tuesday, May 2. distinguish. Sometimes questionable smell of whiskey and buffalo wings Along the lines of specific criteria effectively that Rogers has known of asks students: Although the six freshman students actions take place because of alcohol, anymore," he said. for alcoholism, Goettel cited family cases where individuals taking •Have you ever tried to stop drinking or agreed alcohol is not needed to have a but as long as you do nothing Another member of the group history and "black outs" (the latter Antabuse have broken out in a rash cut down, but couldn't? good time, they said they sometimes regrettable, the group felt drinking in admitted that her learning experiences being more resolute than the former) as after applying a perfume or cologne •Has any family member or friend ever look forward to having a few drinks on tllis instance was not abuse. with alcohol during her freshman year two determents. containing alcohol. voiced concern about your drinking the weekend. ''If you can afford to miss class due could be characterized by the famous "Geneti cs is the strongest Once an alcoholic has "recovered," habits? Jenn Kola (AS FR) said she enjoys to a hangover then it is okay," Wendy colloquiali sm, "Beer before liquor, predetermining factor," she said. he must never drink again. Rogers •Do hangovers interfere with classes or her time Thursday through Sunday Galida (HR FR) said. never sicker. Liquor before beer you're However, if people experience repeated warned that only one drink could _any over-all performance? when she can have a couple of drinks as The group agreed the amount of in the clear." black outs it could be a physiologic cause a relapse, which could result in •Do you ever wish you had not drunk a "stress reliever." drinking they do now has increased As the discussion moved forward result associated with alcoholic returning a person to the state he was as much as you did? Drinking in this manner falls into the since their high school years. ''Basically along the continuum of consumption, problems. in before treatment. She also stressed •Is there a history of alcoholism in your same category as casual and social use, it went from zero to overdrive," one many of the participants said they have Students may be confused as to the need for strong support from family? like a glass of wine at dinner, the group explained in a slightly sarcastic remark. seen friends with problems. where they stand along the alcohol family and friends for the patient An answer of 'yes' does not commit said. Although the drinking habits of this In similar examples, one of their continuum. Goettel and other substance during and after his recovery. one to either side of the abuse-alcoholic The group said regret plays a group have changed since high school, friends had drank alone or lied about abuse counselors offer a means of 'There is an enormous amount of line, Goettel said. "The whole significant role in the move from use to no one felt as though he or she had a drinking habits, behavior which the finding a stance and a way to get to the hope out there [for alcoholics]," picture must be taken into account abuse. drinking problem. group considered to be signs of a desirable end. Rogers said. May 9,1995 • THE REVIEW • A 7 'THE DRUG OF CHOICE' _ A look at alcohol usc and abuse on catnpus UD men confirmed as heavier drinkers than women BY LAUREN MURPHY some less than the statistics indicate. "mean heavy drinking," or the body size, and males are traditionally Managing News Editor Gender differences The findings collected from the number of times students have bigger than women." I Men DWome~ During his three-hour stay at a 23-question survey were broken consumed five or more drinks in one Bauer agreed and said in alcohol consumption: bar, a male university student starts down into several categories, one of sitting during the past two weeks. misconceptions are common. off with a shot of whiskey and which was gender differences. That usually means the drinker "Sometimes students forget that it follows it up with several beers. This The survey found differences in intends to get drunk, since the human doesn't take as much for a woman to same guy will engage in this the drinking patterns of men and body can process about one drink per get drunk." behavior, formally called binge women which reflect students' hour, depending on the person's Barbieri added that the other drinking, approximately three times habits. According to the survey, both body weight. factor related to how much a person in a two-week period. The average male and female students continue to Male students were found to is physically able to drink is university woman will do this twice illink socially and regularly, and men engage in heavy or binge drinking tolerance, or how accustomed the over the same 14 days. consume alcohol more often and in 2.99 times in two weeks while body is to alcohol. This comparison of the male and greater quantities than women. females drink heavily 2.08 times. " It depends also on how much female drinking experience at the "Men drink twice as much, not These numbers show women get and how often they drink - an university was made using statistics surprisingly," Bauer said. intoxicated roughly once a week and individual who drinks once a year is from the Core Alcohol and Drug Use men do so even more often. In order to assess the regularity of much more likely to feel the Avg. # Alcohol use in Survey, which was administered to male and female alcohol A popular myth about male vs. alcohol," she said. drinks I week past30 dayl I ,003 undergraduates in November. consumption, students were asked female drinking is that women can' t "After it is absorbed, it goes to the The findings were weighted to the average number of drinks they drink as much as men, but biology liver for detoxification," so a person Behaviors in which men had a represent the full campus population. have in a week. Women were found professor Diane Barbieri said that is whose body can detoxify more significantly higher rate than women: P sychology professor Karen to have 6.83 drinks per week on not exactly how it works. alcohol more rapidly has the ability Bauer, who administered the survey, average, while men drink almost "I don't believe they've ever to drink more, she said. • driving under the influence said it is important to consider that twice as many beverages at 12.04. proved there's a gender difference [i n Physical aspects aside, there are • trouble with police these numbers are averages, which Another sub-category of the drinking ability]," she said. "The psychological and social reasons for means some students drink more and gender section of the survey was most probable reason is increased these different drinking patterns • poor test scores between men and women. Men's and women's different drinking habits • damaging property are related to the way they are • missing a class socialized to behave, said Dr. Harry Brod, a philosophy professor who is • /mer regretted action currently teaching Feminist Theory I G~ at the university and a course titled Scorts havt bun ru odtd to rtfltct tht numbrr of timt s a studt nt has t ngagt d m consuming fivt or mort drinb at onr sining in cht past two vou k.s. Men and Masculinities at the 2 University of California at Los Scoru hnvt bt't'l rt codtd to reflect tht number of days studrnts tngagtd m ccm nunmg alcohol in tlu- pasr 30 days. Angeles. "[For men], drinking is part of being manly, tough and unaffected by the world," he said. "It's that idea to explain thi s. "For example, a man "It's easier for women to say, 'I'm that 'I can handle my liquor, drink says, 'I know I want to have an not drinking; I' m going to study and [others] under the table and be in intimate talk with my buddy, and if too bad if you don' t like it,"' Bauer control no matter what."' we get drunk together I can later say said. "I imagine there may be more that it wasn' t me, it was the liquor Cherrin said although she doesn' t pressure for men to drink," said Dr. talking."' In that way, he can deny know much about students' behavior Suzanne Cherrin of the Women's being emotional and avoid his fear of in the party scene, she didn't find the Studies department. "Pop culture has seemmg vulnerable. data surprising. " It s hows more made it a symbol of manhood." For women, the drinking similarity than difference," she said. Bauer mentioned different kinds of experi ence is different because of "Men and women drink for the same peer pressures which affect men and how society views them and what reasons - to have a good time or to women. "Males receive more behaviors are expected of them, escape from problems temporarily." negative peer pressure - they will according to Cherrin. C herrin, however , noted that be kidded by their buddies more, "Some of the differences may dri nking was once considered taboo causing the more macho behaviors," have to do with physical size and for women. " Stereotypes use d to she said. capability," she said. "But [female] force women to drink in the closet,'' Brod said drinking is not only drinking has always been more she said, but today the subject is considered part of being a man, but condemned. The ideal woman should more out in the open. Society has men use drinking as an excuse to be virtuous and pure, and drinking continued to shape women's drinking alcohol to excess doesn' t correlate habits, socially and otherwise. THE REVIEW I Kelly Bennett "get what [they] want without being Several university students drink a pitcher of beer at the Deer Park Tavern on Main Street held responsible." with what a woman is supposed to be "It' s an equal-opportunity vice," like." she said. Sunday. The study found that men on campus drink more often than their female peers. He uses his theory of deniability

Drinking common among underag~ Freshman use defies national trend Delaware students average seven drinks per week by the BY DEB WOLF national and 1992 university data. drank is the worst - everything is just year you put yourself in [the hands of] time they are 19. Drinking also has a correlation between Associate News Editor Erick Tripp (AS JR) says in his a blur. People tell you that they saw you someone who you really don't know." Some names have been changed to freshman year, he and three other and had conversations witl1 you and She says freshmen often "don't A students and the rest of the student body. protect anonymity. friends used to split a party ball you just don't remember," she says. know how much they can handle, and [approximately 48 beers] on weekends. Christa (AS JR) says before she they drink way too much and lose the University of Delaware freshmen "There' s no way I could drink that turned 21, she didn't drink to rebel or capacity to be responsible for Underage Drinking actually drink less than older students much now - not if I wanted to assert her independence. "It was just themselves." She adds that the police 15 on campus, according to the Core remember who I was the next day. something everyone was doing and it carne to her dorm more first semester, 12.4 Alcohol and Drug Use Survey "It was sort of the whole idea of was fun." but she is unsure if this is because the 12 administered last November to I ,003 being free from all constraints - of Sixty-five percent of the respondents residents are more responsible and undergraduates. being immortal for the first time." 9.0 to the survey indicated that they learning their limits or if they are just 9 This survey contrasted with previous Now that he is 21, Erick says there is thought the average student consumes hiding it better. campus and national surveys that found more opportunity to drink, although he alcohol three times a week, but onJy 33 Many students said they don't feel exactly the opposite, says Karen Bauer, drinks less than he did freshman year. percent actually do drink this often. intimidated by the law or by university 6 assista nt director in the office of Despite a diabetic condition, Sharon Bauer says that on this and other policy, which prohibit drinking by institutional research and planning, and (HR SO), 19, drank 3-4 times a week campuses, students have a perception minors. 3 conductor of the survey. last year, choosing mostly hard alcohol, of drinking being higher than it real ly "I didn't feel like I was breaking the Bauer says this discrepancy in which she says is more detrimental to IS. law, I felt like [the law] was dumb," 0 results could be an indication of a trend her health than beer. "Unfortunately, you might have a says Jen (AS JR), who recently turned Drinks 19 and 20 21 22-23 or due to an aberration in the data. A According to Bemardine Patten, RN self-fulfilling prophecy come from that 21. per week under look at several university students and Certified Diabetes Educator at the type of misconception," she says. 1994 university alumnus Mike resulted in evidence for both the Medical Center of Delaware, it is safe Bauer stresses that survey results Moyer says he feels a lower drinking November survey and 1992 results for diabetics to drink as long as they do indicate students are beginning to drink age would force parents and kids to be Drinking vs. Grades which indicated that freshmen drink so in moderation. "If (the) blood sugars at an average age of 15, meaning that more responsible. 12 11.1 more than upperclassmen. are under control, it is okay to drink," they come to college with already Tim (AG SO), 19, says, "If it wasn't Peter (AS JR), 21, who is president she says. If not, the alcohol will cause established drinking habits which could prohibited there would be less desire 10 of his fraternity, says he drinks more blood sugar to decrease, resulting in affect panems once they are here. for people to drink." 8.5 now than when he was a freshman. unconsciousness. The long term effects Christa says she began drinking at He says he doesn' t think his "I used to drink whenever I had the are no different than for anyone else, age 15 or 16 "because I grew up in drinking habits will change when he is 8 chance, and now I have more chances," Patten says. Delaware, and Delaware is a really 21 because he has had a fake ID since he says. This year Sharon drinks less, boring place, and there was nothing he was a junior in high school. 6 He says being a fraternity president echoing Patten' s advice . "It's else to do." 'The more people that drink makes doesn't force him to drink more, but dangerous when I do it to excess, but Lauren (ED JR), 20, has been a this place a happier world," he <;!aims. 4 living in the fraternity house is more not when l do it in moderation," she resident assistant in a freshman dorm Andria Davis (AS JR), 21, says she conducive to drinking than the dorms. said. "I already think I do it too much for two years. She says the freshmen didn't drink very frequently freshman In the house, he says, there is always for my health." drink in excess and lose control. 'They year. 'The main reason I used to not 2 someone to drink with, as well as peer Carol (AS SO), 19, says she has a have access to [alcohol] in much higher drink is because I like to think that I can pressure to drink. really low tolerance, and blanked out quantities than in high school, and they go to a party and talk to anyone I want 0 However, others say they drank with relative frequency last year. don't know how to set limits yet," she and not have to have a beer to do it," Drinks A Student 8 Student C Student D Student more as freshmen, which confirms "Not remembering how much you says. 'The first month your freshman she says. per week

The Review's look at alcohol consumption on Taking responsibility for 'second-hand alcoholism' the University of Delaware campus was taken on by Wellspring offers tips for staying safe in a party atmosphere. 14 staff members. BY MOLLY HIGGINS drink an hour, whether it is a beer, a said, "there are a number of dos and absorpti on, Walter said, because A monitoring friend should The articles were News Features Editor four- to five-ounce glass of wine or a don' ts" to assisting them. alcohol prompts the body to slow and continue rousing the unconscious written by Michael J. When you decide to throw a party sho t of I iquor. Whe n a pe rson 's "Speak with a clear and assertive eventually cease digestion. Drinking person every 15 minutes, Walter said. Lynch, Joe McDevitt, and serve alcohol, it's your choice. drinking exceed s this amount, tone," Walter said, pointing out that on a full stomach, however, slows the If you cannot rouse the m, Lauren Murphy, Leanne When someone at this party drinks intoxication can result. when BAC reaches .2, a person' s rate at whic h a person becomes Doolittle said, ca ll an ambulance Milway, Deb Wolf and too much, it's your problem. T here are several signs which emotions are affected. Women are intoxicated, she said. immediately. The knowledge among students indicate a person is drunk enough to more prone to grow melanc holy, Walter recommends that a drunk After the fact of intoxication, it is Molly Higgins. that getting drunk is a potentially need attention, Walter said. When a while men fre quently become person drink water to speed not necessary to take into account the Each story was edited dangerous activity is fai rly common, person's blood a lcohol conte nt violent, she said. absorption. type of alcohol the person has been by Melissa Tyrrell, Jen although the knowledge of how to (BAC) rises, they can lose "If you have to, take their keys," Whe n the person in need of drinking, Doolittle said. Franks, Heather Moore, effectively reduce the danger ·is not coordination, change fac ial said Carolyn Doolittle, of Kirkwood attendance is unconscious, the risk However, she wa rne d of the Kf.!thy Lackovic and quite so widespread. coloration, vomit or feel cold or Detox. factor is higher. Walter recommends strength of hard liquor. Because of Michelle Besso. "You want to make sure peopl e clammy to the touch. Walter and Doqlittle dismissed a first trying to wake the unconscious liquor's high alcohol concentration, take care of each other," said Joyce If a person' s tolerance is hi gher, number of common "re medies" person. she said, a person drinking to excess Art for the spread was Walter, coordinator of We ll spring. Walter adds, "they might have a very whic h are be lie ved to s peed the If you can rouse the person, make "may seem all right one minute, but provided by Kelly Bennett "At a party you need a couple of high BAC but not look like it." body's absorption of a lcohol and certain the person is either lying on the next they could slip into a coma." and Jim Weaver. The people to s ~ay sober to watch for When a person reaches dangerous reduce intoxication. his stomach or side, Doolittle said. If Both Walter and Doolittle said pages were designed by abnormal activity." levels of intoxication, there are ways "Coffee doesn't do it," Doolittle the person is on his back and happens they be lieve fewer tragedies would Brian P. Hickey. According to Walter, the human to minimize the risk to their health. said. "Neither does a cold shower." to vomit, the re is a hig h risk of occur if people followed these simple body can generally handle about one If the person is conscious, Walter Not e ven e ating will help choking to death. steps.

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She add ed that in some ways the "Synergy" was the name picked for at the Down Under. fashion show is more important than the fashion show because it means The preview lasted only a few minutes graduation because the designers get to teamwork, Beavers said. The Fashion and featured eight apparel pieces, in show their work. Group's goal is to coordinate the works order to hype up the fashion show Proceeds from the second annual of many designers, not focusing on a "Synergy," which will be sponsored by event wi ll be given to Design Industries particular collection or designer. The Fashion Group Saturday. Foundation Fighting AIDS, which also This year's theme was very different The Fashion Group is a team sponsors the fashion show. from last year's theme, which was comprised of all majors, including This foundation is the first industry­ " Bricollage," Beavers said. 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<:ontinued from page Al faculty and administrators to oversee incident, he has made three after the flag was removed. groups that have a problem with it." the best possible job it could with the ' a list of concerns. suggestions to improve University Damian O' Do herty (AS JR), Kappa Alpha Order has since case. ,•Honors Day protest, an apology has The concerns included racial bias Police. president of Kappa Alpha Order and discussed the incident with several "The university police did a first- 1•been written to all black students and harassment of African · The president's proposals include 1995-96 DUSC president, said the black student leaders and offered rate job working on the case," Brook ~which will be signed by Roselle. In Americans by Public Safety, unfair always notifying him in the case of fraternity displays the flag once a help and support to Daisey, he said. said. "We never ignore bomb threats. ~ddition , the university has promised treatment of African American future bomb threats, improved year for three hours as part of their Prior to the incident of the burning We always do a search and take as :continued meetings with student groups and individual documentation of cases and better Old South Ball. He said the fraternity cross, University Police were many precautions as possible." :SAC~FICE lead~rs. The apology students, and further recruitment of communication between shifts. regrets what he called a "Jack of investigating the case based on only However, Daisey continued to ·was wntten collectively by university African Americans to increase the The series of events originated regard for other campus groups." two leads, Tuttle said. The first was a express her dissatisfaction through :officials and the ·leaders of "unacceptable" current black two weeks ago when Daisey, along "We apologize for not taking traced phone call made from a yesterday. :sACRIFICE, Eason said. population of four percent. with several friends, stood quietly in other groups on campus into Kirkwood Highway pay phone to "I felt like they were more ~ SACRIFICE leaders announced SACRIFICE also called for "the front of the Kappa Alpha House on consideration," he said. O'Doherty Daisey's room. The second involved At concerned with me causing racial ctast night at the press conference hiring of new officials" to head Amstel Avenue protesting the added that the fraternity would not a threatening letter received. tension than protecting me," she said. ~their recommendation for the Public Safety. Confederate fl ag flying in the fl y the flag again " without first Thursday by Daisey. "I'm scared because I have to put my ~formation of a committee of students, Roselle said in response to the house's front yard. The students left discussing it with the BSU and other Brook said the university has done faith in Public Safety." ' ·••·~~~~~~~~•••·· •.. ,.·~ ·l·ll·'lill ••••·····•• ·l':il~ll ••••·••••••• ilrl ••· •• :••••=•i ill·.~•::·~••••••••• It••••••••·•·• ~~~ •••••••· • ••~1.1:~11 ·••• •··••• ~~~~1 •••• The winners o~ ~ STUDENT JOBS The Review's ( i\. AVAILABLE photo contest for the 1995 FOOTBALL · will be HOME GAMES featured in Friday's

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Tuesday, May 9, 1995 Page A12 Speech, action and learning Despite the university's attempts to promote diversity, racial tensions run deep and only need a catalyst to reach a flash point. When Kappa Alpha fraternity flew a scare. confederate flag to celebrate a fraternity If the country has learned anything function, Dionne Daisey was insulted. from the last 20 days, they have learned She decided to do something about it. there are people willing and capable of She got some friends together and held a performing such heinous acts. silent stand-in protest in front of the What's more, if the Christiana Towers fraternity's 19 Amstel Ave. , house. have to be evacutated every time there is a She then wrote a column for The false fire alarm (which seems to be every Review. night), why should a false bomb threat be After her column, "The confederate any different? flag is just plain incorrect" (Tuesday, May It shouldn' t be, and that is the Achilles' 2, A 13) Daisey received threats against heel of the policy. It's definitely time to her life, including a bomb threat against rethink that policy. her dorm. Daisey has since moved to a new The fruition of Dionne Daisey's column location for her own protection (see and the threats against her was a protest on related story, A I). the steps of Hullihen Hall, smack dab in Wait a minute, someone speaks their the middle of Honors Day. mind and then gets their life threatened About 90 students peacefully sat to because of it? protest the university's handling of the Those who can't see what's wrong with situation. this situation need to take high school These students deserve a thunderous civics. This is the Untied States of round of applause for their quick action. America, you know, where people have Instead of tolerating injustice they acted freedom of speech. and got results (see related story, AI). That anyone would be threatened for And never forget they acted peacefully. s peaking her mind is a rather scary Daisey touched a nerve, a deep, repressed thought. Some people say some pretty nerve of racial tension on campus which crass and rude things, but no one deserves could have easily led to violence. to have their life threatened, especially But, like Martin Luther King Jr., the Daisey, who was simply making a potnt power of their peaceful! protest was that the confederate fl ag is offensive and g reater than that of a ll the ir fi s ts insulting and not making assumptions combined. about anyone· s moral character. For the cowards, and make no mistake, Life is full of valuable lessons, some of they are cowards, who threatened Daisey, which are difficult to learn. Cowardice in the bottom of a glass the full extent of the law is not enough for The gentlemen of Kappa Alpha learned socially for a few years now. Still, that Today, at college, th is belief that you. one Friday. memory of my first taste is important to drinking is such a permanent fi xture in fun By listening and understanding, they me. and romance carries over to academics and Like all great incidents of tension on learned how inconsiderate and insulting That scene in the pantry reminds me consciousness. campus. the university is knee deep in it. the confederate flag is, they removed it, Commentary that alcohol has never been and will never If it's not cool to woo a significant othet The University Police did a poor job of and pledged, in front of the 90 protestors be a constant. sober or to say something outlandish in the. handling the threats against Daisey. at Hullihen Hall, they would never fl y the By Melissa Tyrrell When the rest of the world seems to light of day, it's not cool to be intelligent, When they received notification of a confederate flag in public again. assume everyone is drinking, that "cool" to be brave, to be active. potential bomb, they did not evacuate the The Kappa Alpha brotherhood learned comes in a bottle, I can look back to that Are we heading into apathy territo ry? dorm. a valua ble lesson about people and day and know drinking is not a premise, Sure, we are. How could we avoid it? After more than 160 people were killed symbols last week. it's a result. Just in the last two weeks onl y 8 percent in Oklahoma City, the University Police They have learned from their mistakes It was a lonely afternoon when I first Un li ke most of my friends, I didn't of the school took an interest in the student did not evacuate residents. and wi ll take that lesson to heart so the tried alcohol - first as in not taking a sip begin to drink recreationally until I came government election, and only 150 people Why? rest of their brotherhood may learn as of my dad' s beer or my mom' s glass of to college. Until then, drinking seemed bought buttons for a now-canceled music wine. It's not University Po lice poli cy to well. more of a dishonest and unhappy rather benefit which everyone insisted was such a always evacuate in response to a bomb The h o us e was still except for the than wild and crazy thing to do. good cause before. chattering of MTV in the living room, and I coul dn't understand why people would Meanwhile, The Review is examining m y abridged vers ion of " Ro meo and have to explain how trashed they were surveys which indicate 66 percent of the Juliet" wasn ' t holding my 14-year-o ld before they could tell their stories about student body drinks heavily. So far attention. meeting the c utest guy. o r of dancing drinking is the only event I' ve seerr Editorial Staff I wandered into our kitc hen's pantry wildly or of playing the best prank on their students unite around. and ran my index finger over the lip of our next-door neighbors. Is drinking bad? No. Christmas rum cake's main culprit. Youth, in itself, was my license for Is assumi ng drinking is the link to Scott Ellis Perhaps, I thought, the taste would bring hedonism, fun and rom ance. If youth happiness bad? Yes. If the damaged brain Editorial Editor to life a sociability I never possessed in wasn't that license. what was youth worth? cells don't make you stupid , that those first months of high school. Before I even began drinking socially, I assumption wi ll. Kristin Collins Fortunately, that taste, that flat-edged recognized that most of the attraction of No, I no longer think drinking and the taste that comes from pure alcohol to the Assistant Editorial Editor drinking was compensation and cowardice. common obsession w ith drinking is a pure minded, sent me straight back to the Those without any wit or imagination have reflection on me. But that feeling that I am li ving room to commiserate with the pain Brian Hickey, Joell Lanfrank, Eric Morrison, to drink to have fun, and those with wit still on the outside on alcohol is something a nd idealism Shakespeare ' s teens were Jimmy P. Miller, Steve Myers, Melissa Tyrrell, and imagination are too embarrassed to be I sense subconsciously. Jenn Valese, Jim Weaver, April Helmer, entertaining. animated sober. Because no one else seems to mind this Todd Frankel, Scott Ellis, Larry Contratti, Full of melodrama (of which 14-year­ Yo u can test thi s for yourself. Say common obsession with drinking, alcohol Brian Glassberg, Anna White, Michael J. Lynch olds are wont to be full), I believed my something reasonably witty (for your level is ·for me an unnecessary gateway to the Columnists new schoolmates' fancy fo r drinking was a of wit) sober, and say that same thing things I most desire: friendship, romance direc t reflection o n me . They'd rather drunk and among sober people. and self-worth. Steve Myers, Anna White block out reality than truly know and like Cartoonists Guaranteed: Your sober friends will love me, I thought. (Remember, I j ust admitted your little anecdote much more when you Melissa Tyrrell is the editor in chief of The I was melodramatic.) can' t see straight than when you can. Review. Send responses to I'm still a nerd, but I've been drinking 40706@ brahms. udef. edu. letters to the editor

Lieberman would demand a revote. law? I agree that the bombing was a I admit these charges only amount to It's easy to criticize Damien is one of the finest individuals terrible tragedy, but we a l l must 17 to 25 cents per call, but mo nthly I have met in my time at this campus. remember to check our emotions before t hey to tal $3 to $5 with m y phone The Review's coverage o f the There is no need for a revote, as this accusations prevent due process of the habits. And I figure that is about $130 D elaware Undergraduate Student voter fraud that you at The Review tried law. in my college career. B ut, that's $130 Congress (DUSC) elections was biased to trumpet was vi rtually nonexistent. m ultiplied by the number of c lients and nauseating. B efore you had the Further, there we re insinuations that Todd Callaghan they have! facts, you made grandiose c laims and Ron Lieberman has done a subpar job. Department of Biology Why were we never informed of this long-winded editorials about all thi s I realize it is easy to sit behind a desk ridiculous charge? If they ever tell you supposed voter fraud . Yet, when the and c riticize , b ut if you people were Phone company shams it won't happen, you tell them -PUT facts were revealed, it became apparent campus leade rs instead o f IT IN WRITING. S.T.S.! that o ut of around I ,300 ballots cast, commentators on campus leaders, you H ave yo u ever heard of a phone there were only two, just two, incidents would realize Lieberman did a fantastic company which charges you for a busy Kelly A. Jennings where someone voted twice and hal f of job . I' ve heard you r grumblings, but signal o r for hanging up befo re a BESR these incidents of voter fraud were I 've never heard what it is Ron did person or answering machine picks up? directly attributable to The Review wrong. I too thought none existed - until I staff. Kudos to you! signed up with Student Telephone You tried to make a huge deal out of Bill Werde Services. the fact that elections were during Pi Kappa Alpha For four years I have noticed many Greek Week. First of all, that was the Incoming I FC President o ne-minute cal ls on my bill. After A note about only good time for DUSC to have the inspecting my bills and considering my letters to the editor elections, due to o ther plans a nd phone habits, I am sure these one­ commitments by varying groups. minute charges are fo r just dialing that The letters to the editor section is a And second of al l, I don ' t Due process of law personal eight-digit number. (Never d id public fo.rum where members of t he understand why we s hould b e an yone pi ck u p the phone; that is a community can voice their concern persecuted because we have the ability I' m writing in response to the letter minimum charge of two mi n utes for about any local, world or university to mobilize a large group of people. At to the editor w ri tten by Edward D. those call s.) events. Letters can be sent to: a campus where apathy is the way of Keithly ("A well regulated m ili tia," These monthly charges have finally life, and only 8 percent of students Tuesday, May 2, Al2 ). Mr. Keithly bothered me enough that in February of The Review votes in DUSC elections, I don 't voiced his opinion on the right of my senior year, I became fed up. Since Student Center B-1 understand why The Review shouldn' t "various militias" t o bear arms as that time, I have taken my bill to the Newark, DE 19716 applaud our efforts. It isn't any easier guaranteed by the Constitution. In his Student Services Building and gotten for a fraternity or sorority member to opinion, Mr. Ke ithly stated that the them removed with no problem- until ore-mailed to: vote than it is fo r anyone else. We vote " actions of Timothy McVeigh are last month. uomi @strauss.udel.edu because we care, and we realize the indefensible .... " Apparently, M r. Now they are telling me I am lying. importance of having quality D U SC Keithly has fo rgotten t he basic Or at least that is what I think. They Publishing and editing of all letters ' officers. American tenet that under o ur justice are too lazy to investigate m y to the editor is left to the discretion of ' The Review owes some apologies as system all are presumed innocent until complaint and would just as soon avoid the editor. Anony mous letters cannot ' well. You had the audacity to question proven gui Ity. Too often I have heard me and my calls all together. What be published. Damien 0' Dougherty's integrity, "Timothy McVeigh should fry." What happened to "The customer is always insisting if he had honor, he and Ron ever happened to due process under right?" May 9, 1995 • THE ReVIEW • A 13 In defense Coach, friend, hero; recognition of a father a classic case of the David and Goliath My dad, ever calm, was pacing a little, dad was one of the kid s, and he never scenario, except we weren't as favored by right next to the score stand, Yankees hat bothered muc h with the political end of f God as David was. pe rc hed o n hi s he ad above bri ght, things. 0 Our Commentary Upon the coming of the third season, gloating eyes and a tight smile bursting As a kid, I was j ust in it for the ice m y fathe r 's partner eithe r ha d with exciteme nt. He smacked the rule cream after the meets, getting to throw By Jenn Va/ese something else to do or simply gave boo k he a lways carried with f ina lity dad in the water, and to run around school up, leaving d ad with the sole against his leg as he chomped on his all the next year rubbing it in to the other Symb 01 S position of head coach of Scenic gum. kids faces about how we won. What I Lake Swim Team. When they actually announced didn' t realize then was the .magnanimity One day, last summer I got this phone For reasons the sco res over t he loud of what my dad had done. call from my father. incomprehensible to me, speaker he started whooping He took a bunch of shabby kids and an d h Onor "They want me to come and accept an dad took the task with a nd yelling as all of us beat the odds. It's a classic, sappy story, award of some sort at the swim meet next the pride, dedication k id s rushed at him no doubt. But the point is, when I look week," he said. and organization screaming our little back on it, my dad merely put faith in that He seemed no nchalant and casually of Donald h ead s off. We old declaration: "It can be done." surprised, but, in his own bashful way, I Tru mp o n a were excited I've been told on more than one Commentary could tell he was excited to tell me. b u s i n e s s because we finally occasion it's not good to always root for One summer, about I 3 years before, merger. got to throw him in the the underdog and that may be so, but By Kevin Wolov my father and a friend of hi s in t he His first year in water (as is the custom of every now and then it pays to believe in community thought it would be a good office didn't bring us swim team s In post the unbelievable. idea to start a swim team, seeing as we our first win, but we had victory). So when my dad called to tell me about had a lake and all. T here was a local near victories which were A fter that d ay , Scenic Lake the award, I told him he should definitely "We have one rule here ... that is to be a league willing to let us join, and we had a pretty ex h ilarati ng in wim Team was a force to be go and get what's coming to him. I gentleman at all times." bunch of kids who could swim and had themselves. The fourth season oned with. We won our division couldn't go because of the distance a nd -Robert E. Lee nothing better to do for the summer. So was the turning point. later the entire league, and it was all my work at the time, but I'm taking the they rounded up two old rafts, some old I' ll never fo rget the day. It was ecause of my dad. He revamped the time now to say thanks for some. of the This is our motto at Kappa Alpha Order. rope, made three crude lanes and began early July, just before 8 o'clock when entire team, t urned us into a fine-tuned best summers of my life and that I'm so Due to this motto, we will respond to the the long, chaotic process of teaching 20 the sun was going down. It was down to machine. proud of him. articulate address presented by Ms. Daisey punk-kids how to swim formal racing the relay, and we were only a few points He still talks about that first victory, And the funny thing is that I don't even ("The confederate flag is just plain incorrect," strokes. behind. T he last two swi mmers were and I'll never forget it either. think he knows how much he did. It was mayhem. And for the first two coming into the docks, and ours hit first. A few years later dad resigned, due to Tuesday, May 2, AI3) accordingly. lenn Valese is an editorial columnist for The seasons we lost every single meet. It was We won. over-zealous, competitive parents. My . Ms. Daisey, you are absolutely correct; Review. Her columns appear every week. ·.··Kappa Alpha Order is not a racist organization. We, the brothers of Kappa Alpha Order, apologize for upsetting you and othe r members of the campus community. Our goals as members of the university Black gold in the land of the midnight sun community are to broaden our minds, expand our leadership capabilities and conduct spirit which had given them life for so long 160,000 and the home of 7,000 indigenous Alaska's North Slope, mostly at ourselves as gentlemen at all times. was gone. people who have lived in the area for over neighboring Prudhoe Bay. Since the Exxon Our organization' s purpose is simple. We In I 995, we know this story to be the 20,000 years, the Gwich'in. Valdez incident there have been seven strive to emulate the character of Robert E. Commentary sad chapter of American history books. In Not surprisingly, the lives of the caribou major spills. The lesson thos'e tricky oil Lee, often called "The Last Gentle Knight," retrospect, we condemn our ancestors, and Gwich' in are inextricably linked. The people have learned is not how to avoid and relate to our own history as an order of wondering how they could have been so caribou are the very foundation of disaster, but how to hide it from the public. gentlemen. This is not hate. This is not racist. By Anna White blind and callous, knowing that in the same Gwich'in life. As Sarah James from Arctic The time has come for true This is not prejudice. It is only pride. Kappa situation we would have acted much more Village explained, "Caribou are not just conservation. The oil industry knows this Alpha has pride in our rich tradition, our what we eat; they are who we are. They are diverse brotherhood and our spiritual founder nobly. o r they wouldn't be trying so hard to The story of indigenous people and their in our stories and songs and the whole way persuade you otherwise. Don' t let them lie Robert E. Lee. " ... I can still see the butchered women and Lee was not interested in the rules of race children lying heaped and scattered all threatened sacred lands is not, however, we see the world. Caribou are our life. to you. Four airfields, two ports, two or the pa ra meters of politic s. For Ka ppa along the crooked gulch as plain as when I not just a chapter in a history book. It is a Without caribou we wouldn't exist." desalinization plants, seven large Alpha initiates, Lee is the ultimate inspiration. saw them with eyes still young. And I can story that is, sadly, quite alive and well. And yet, as you read this, the Gwich' in production facilities, 60-100 drill pads, see that something else died there in the Guatemala. Panama. Borneo. Canada. face an uncertain future. British Petroleum, 6,000 workers and 300 miles of road in the bloody mud, and was buried in the Brazil. Peru. Madaga scar. E thiopia. Chevron and the American Petrole um Alaskan N ational Wildlife Refuge' s blizzard. A people's dream died there. It Mexico . Mali . Russia. China. Botswana. Institute are actively lobbying congress to coastal plain will destroy this wilderness Ms. Daisey asked that was a beautiful dream." India. the Philippines. The story wraps allow dri lling on the refuge' s coastal plain, area. -Black Elk on the Battle of Wounded itself around the world. right on the caribou herd's precious Cars have only been around for I 00 Kappa Alpha respect Knee You may not have heard of the Penan, calving grounds. They have the support of years, but the Gwich' in and the caribou the Cree, the Malagasy, the Masaii, the Alaskan Republican Sen. Murkowski and have existed for thousands. It is we, who her cultural roots. We The y live in is lands - is la nds o f Yanomami, the Quechua, the Igorot, the Republican Rep. Young , and each one has refuse to face our mistakes and change our infe rtile land - in square government Tuareg, the Lancandon or the Tadjik. Their accepted ove r $1 20 ,000 from the oil direction, who are backwards. Not them. : · hope the university housing, isolated from their past with no faces differ. Their homes are far off. But industry. W e have a c hanc e to prove our connection to the earth . The ir ancie nt the ir story is no diffe re nt and no less The facts don't support the project, but sympathy goes deeper than a quick " tut community does the livelihoods are discarded for "progress." s hame ful tha n tha t of the N ative money speaks louder than the wise words tut" while watching " Danc es With They did not c laim the land as their Americans. of the Gwich' in. According to the U.S. Wolves." same for us. own. It was something no individual could And yes, the story still persists in our Department of the Interior, there is an 81 Will we sacri fice another group's way possess. And because it provided for their own United States of America. Up yonder percent chance that no oil will be of life just to continue one tiny aspect of He personified the heroic knights of the past, every need, they honored and respected it in Northern Alaska lies the I 9 million acre recoverable from the area. If indeed oil can our own? representing their g reatest ideals and the deeply. Arc tic Natio nal Wildlife Refuge . be extracted, the total amount recovered Or will we, ra ther , inspire future Described as a northern "Serengeti," this heritage of chivalrous behavior. Then one day, after living on this land would fu el the United States's insatiable hi storians to extol our virtuous tolerance of Also, please remember 19 Amstel Ave., is for many thousands of years, white men stunning wilderness teams with caribou, thirst for energy for less than 200 days. others in the hi story books to come? much more than a "fraternity house." It is a "discovered" it. Native Americans quickly musk-oxen, grizzlies, polar bears, wolves The Arctic National Refuge is not the Will we learn from history or will we and snow geese. The coastal plain, which vast wasteland the oil industry would have ignore it? place whe re 45 young gentlemen eat, sleep, saw their old ways disappear as they were study and pray. This is our home. It is not herded into small , artificial boundaries. takes up 1.5 million acres of the refuge and you believe. And the oil industry is not so Those who resisted were killed. Thcv;e who stretches 125 miles, is both the heart of the harmless as they like to pretend. Since Anna White is Gil editorial columnist for The owned by the university, the city or some Review. Her columns appear every week. survived the Euru.- - :. ~ rli se a sc.>~ round the Porcupine Caribou herd which numbe rs 1972, there have been 17,000 oil spills on landlord. It is owned and operated by the Send responses to [email protected]. edu. gentlemen of Kappa Alpha Order. Our Old South Ball, our charity events and our free exchange of ideas have been thriving at thi s address for 9 1 years. The brothers of Kappa Alpha hope everyone realizes we have given muc h to o ur community and o ur uni versity. M s. Daisey asked that Ka ppa Affirmative action: the rational choice Alpha respect her heritage and cultural roots. Commentary We hope the university community will do the fo rced A frican Ame ric ans onto the D .C . The a pp licants all had s imila r percent of senior managers to be white same for us. By Dan Steinberg bottom rungs of the American economic personalities and physical characte risti cs, men, sin.ce the y compose only 47 percent As for the flag we raised, we apologize for ladder. and nearly ide nti cal e duc ation al a nd of the work force. the angst it may have caused you. But shall and Whe n a r acia l g roup has f aced work experience. Si gnificantly, in almost The questi on no w becomes which is . . African American Catholics not pray to the Jeff Lewis centuries of legali zed oppression and 20 pe rcent of the cases, whites ma de worse, go vernme nt-s po n sore d · :-crucifix because the Ku Klux Klan burns a discrimination, it is exceedingly diffic ult gre ate r progress in the hiring process. It discrimination or societal discrimination? ··:cross? Shall our Jewish fraternity brothers not for that group to ascend to the economic is just this type of subtle di scrimination With o r without aff irmative a c tion, study and pray with the Torah because it pos itio n the y wou ld occupy in a tha t re nde rs e qual protectio n la ws discrimina tion e xi st s. T he important speaks of s laves? Symbols mean diffe re nt c olo rblind s oc ie ty . Since Am e ric a ineffective . point, tho ug h , is tha t o nly with thi ngs to different people. In recent months, a ffirmative action o ppressed Afri can Am e rican s, it is Furthe rmo re, the Fed eral Reser ve affirmative action can we move closer to As for our brother who happe ns to be a has come unde r heavy attack from the Am e ric a 's oblig ation to help the m Board, in a 1992 report based o n the achie ving the racial composition of the member of the African American community "eme rging con servative majority." As achie ve their pro per econo mic status. records of more tha n 9 ,000 le ndin g j o b ma rke t that wo uld ex ist in a non­ a nd Ka ppa Alpha, he unde rsta nds o ur proponents of affirmative action, we a re That is the goal of affirmative action. institutions, fo und the rej ecti on rate for discriminatory, colorblind society. fraternity's pe rs pective. He does not get bewildered and distressed by t.bi's change Opponents of a(firmative action often blacks in the hi ghest income bracket was T hus, we s upport affirmative action caught up in the pe tty politics of skin in public sentime nt. He nce, we wo uld recognized the loftiness of this goal, but ide ntic a l to the rej ection rate of the because o ur socie ty is be tte r off with pigme nt. At Kappa Alpha we respect like to take this opportunity to o ffe r a o bject to a ff irmative action on the poorest whites . Hous in g a nd Urb an affirmative acti on than without it. characte r, not colo r. Whe n our Africa n defense of affirmative action. grounds that it creates a color conscious Developme nt Sec retary Henry Cis ne ros A s the e mine nt professor o f American brother is out saving lives as an In a colorblind society, the disparity society. Let us scrutini ze this objection. c ite d tne re port as e vide nce tha t economics, Dr. Laurence Seidman, once emergency medical technician, he does not b e tween the econo mic conditio ns of Certainly, some peopie, usuaily white " di scrimination is still alive and well in wrote : " Le t 's no t allow the bes t to care a bout race - and ne ither do his different races wo uld be minimal. Le t us m ales, are hurt by affirm ative action Ameri ca." prevent the good." The "best" would be a fraternity brothers. examine the data. since they are denied jobs or scholarships F inall y, in a co lorblind society , the c olorblind socie ty , d evoid o f We thank you for your comme ntary and In 199 1, the median family income of sole ly because of the color of their skin. rac ial compos ition of the job marke t discrimina tion and oppression. concern. Kappa Alpha will consider your b lacks was only $2 I ,423, compared with Affirmative actio n is the n, in a sense, would roug hly equal the nation' s racial Unfortunately, this ideal has no t yet been feelings in the future. We welcome diverse $36,915 for whites. In 1993, th e poverty government-sponsored discrimination. composition. For instance, had Ric hmond achi e ved in Ame rica, and until it is, we .opinions and enlig htening commentary at all rate for b lacks was 33 pe rcent, while Without affirmative action, howe ver, been a colorblind city in 1983, one would should acti vely support the "good." · · ti mes. Perhaps we can create a dialogue such only 12 percent for whites. minorities are hun because of societal have expected roughly 50 pe rcent of its Affi rmative action is not perfect, but it as this more often and "agree to disagree Why are bl ack s in this country so discrimination. There is ample evidence city-awarded building contracts to go to is better than its alternative - pe rvasive agreeingly ." muc h worse off economically th a n to support this fact. blacks, since blacks composed 50 percent and incessant societal discrimination. In whites? White Ame rica oppressed For example, as part of a 199 1 Urban of the city's population. Instead, bl acks this sense, affirmative action is "good," Kevin Wolov is the corresponding secretary for African Ameri cans with more than 200 Institute study, groups of black and white received just .67 percent of the contracts. and we should continue to support it. the Kappa Alpha Fraternity. His column was years of s lave ry and I 00 y e ars of me n applied for the same e ntry- le ve l And in a colorblind society, one woul d written with the support of the entire Kappa legali zed segregation. This oppressio n positio ns in Chica go a nd Washing ton not expect 73 percent of lawyers and 95 Dan Steinberg and Jeff Lewis are Alpha brotherhood. contribw ing coulmnists f or The Review. Twenty years, 20 days; letting the past protect the future What both o f these e ve nts ha ve in the tensions began to rise. The result was are involved in a mili tia, and we wonder if The initial investi gation in Oklahoma City common is that as soon as they happened, bloodshed. and when the other shoe will drop. The foc used on Middle E as te rn t e rrori sts people were saying they couldn ' t happen tightening security around our government because no one, not even the FBI believed l"jjjl Commentary here. There were bigger anti-war protests ,.,e need tO buildings and the possible loss of civil Ameri cans were capable of such a heinous than the one whic h led to bloodshed at "'I rig hts d ue to the bombing s how a act. ·llfJ By Matt Stehl Ke nt S ta te . T he re are a lso more changing socie ty m uch like that of 25 We need to look back and re member compelling targets than the Oklahoma remember Kent years ago. the points in our history when we are at City federal building for a terrorist who State and Oklahoma The government played a crucial role in our lowest in order to ensure these things wants to prove a point. these two tragedies. At Kent State the do not happen again. Though it is easier to Kent State University, Ohio - May 4, They both occurred in our heartland, in c• gove rnme nt shot and ki lled its own look past these two eve nts in o u r 2 19 1970 - Four unarmed s tude nts we re a place we expect to be protected - on a Ity, SO AmericanS people. In Oklahoma, the nuts who years, they need to be examined in history killed and nine others injured when a co llege c ampus and in a fede ral office planted the bomb were protesting these and social studies classes to make ensure protest against the government's handling building. If either of these tragedies had Will never kill types of gove rnme nt ac tions by killing that · Ameri cans do not ki 11 Ame ric ans -:· . of the Vietnam War turned violent and the happened in a major city where we have Americans. again. : · - ·members of the Ohio National Guard used come to, in a way, expect violent acts, it Americans again. The tragic factor in these two tragedies, It does not matter whether it is four at force to contain the protest. would have been different. Instead, o ur - thoug h , is that Ame ri cans ki lle d Ke nt State, or 160 in Oklahoma City, we Oklahoma City - April 19, I 994 - A innocence has been lost. Ame ricans. We seem to think, at times, must never forget these horrible events. car-bomb at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal A t Ke nt St a te , the proteste rs we re After Oklahoma, we're already seeing a that we are immu ne to these a c ts of Building, apparently set by extremists fed taunting and throwing roc k s, b ut not visible ri se in tensions between those who viole nce. Afte r Ke nt State, te ns ions Matt Stehl is an editorial columnist for The Review. His columns appear every Tuesday. up with government, killed more than I 60 exactl y threatening the guardsmen. After have diffe ring vie ws about the reached a boiling point beca use suc h an people. that, the protest gre w more violent, and government. We wonder if our neighbors act could not happen in the United States.

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Tuesday, May 9, 1995 Four most likely ••• Introducing some of the best and brightest of the class of 1995. Leading the way in school spirit, academia, student government and the arts, these soon-to-be alums have left their mark on the campus they will leave behind.

THE REVIEW I Kelly Bennett Senior Matt Elwell relaxes in The Scrounge with his Powerbook and his pipe, ready to reflect on campus issues like apathy and By Melissa Tyrrell politcal correctness. Elwell says he will miss his "love/ hate" relationship with the university. Most Spirited When "they" called to ask Chris if they could take pictures of him in black party and when they in turn But then the 20-year-old Newark goggles, Surita says she never really and I have to have my books • Yellow, hooded U ofD sweatshirt action as a resident assistant (by the took him to a white party. native becomes very sincere. loses sight of these kinds of goals. organized. • Blue, hooded U ofD sweatshirt way, he's also an RA), he thought to All night at Chris' party, hi s "I really like chemical engineering. She attributes this to her class, her "But I dated a football player and • Gray, hooded U ofD sweatshirt himself, "Are they doing this because freshman year friends said, "Why is it And I know that's rare," she says. professors and advisors, and hung around a bad crowd in high • White, hooded U of D sweatshirt the interaction on my floor is so good so dark here? And what's with all this "Some students _get bitter with all the especially to her supportive family. school," she says. "But that was in • Matching jogging pants for the or because I'm black and I have 35 dancing?" work. The flux of classes gets to It is because of the closeness of her high school." white sweatshirt white students on my floor? Chris felt equally out of sorts when them. It gets to me too, but native Indian family that Surita has a Was it mentioned that Surita • U of D baseball hat. "They sound sincere," he says. he arrived in his best sports jacket at a underneath it all, I know I like it. different take on the whole completed her freshman year calculus Where does Chris Matthews find "They say it's because I'm doing so fraternity house where a bunch of " You usually hear doctors or Generation X issue. and chemistry courses while still in occasion to wear such items? Chris much for the campus, but why is it guys sat around playing quarters and singers say this, but I feel like this is Surita, who no one could call a high school? has worn such items to meetings for: always me?" watching sports. what I was meant to do." slacker, believes this is a very She did. • Black Student Theatre (which he The "they" Chris refers to is a "OK," he said, halting and The same senti ment goes for exciting time to live. New technology founded) vague mix of public relations laughing, "it's different." teaching. Surita slides back on her makes the standard of living Most Driven • Golden Blues representatives and other plaid wool skirt and across her seat in amazingly high, and health care is so • Senior Class President a d m i n i s t r a t o r s . Most Inspired her booth to tell me stories about her good compared to the life her parents Hanging on the wall in a cubicle • Photography Club " Somebody I don' t mother's experiences in teaching led in India. on the northeastern comer of the third • Blue Hen Hosts think I've ever met. It's a late Monday night in the math to 7th and 8th graders. While she says she does raise a story of the Perkins Student Center is • Phi Mu Alpha Some big, black box Scrounge. Surita Bhatia starts the She speaks of kids who died of wary eyebrow to the rising tide of a picture of a nerd. Flood pants and • Undergrad u ate motivatrng the interview. drug overdoses, kids with abusive violence against youth, she is not all. Cabinet campus," he says. "So who gave you my name?" she families, kids who got involved in quick to condemn her generation. That nerd is a disguised Ron • Toastmasters If Chris had met them, asks. "I'm not really sure I'm all that shootings. But it's her mother's place Although, she isn't impressed with Lieberman, DUSC president • DUSC though, an impression different." in their world as a teacher and as a the campuswide stereotype of "Chern extraordinaire. •Student Cultural would have been made. We establish some of the bearings helper that amazes her. E' s" as anal, antisocial and always Or, perhaps, he's not disguised? Programming Advisory From President behind her status as one of the most "Every profession can help studying. Except for the troublesome fact Board. Roselle, to the dining intriguing personalities of the Class of others." She pauses for a moment to "In. some sense it's true," says that he's a Greek, which would imply Two pretty hefty hall ladies, Chris says ' 95. She is a chemical engineering blush and come back down to earth. Surita, wlio gets iniroduced these that he's social, Ro n Lieberman lists, huh? the "connections" he's major at a school that is ranked 6th in "It probably sounds pretty idealistic, days as "a 4.0 Chern E." "My social fulfills all the nerd requirements. "I figured l' m only made here are the nation in that field. She has a 4.0 but that's why I want to go into life is nothing to write home about here once and I wanted something he will miss GPA. She is graduating in three years teaching." see FOUR page B3 at the top of her class. Next year, she In chemical to .do everything," Senior class president when he goes to is going to study chemical engineering and in Chris s~~s. . . Chris Matthews sports gra~ u a t e_ school at the Chns smdmg face . . Umverslty of engineering at Princeton University's teaching chemical and thick mustache are umvterstty haute Tennessee next year to graduate school. engineering, Surita sees familiar even to cou ure. study industrial "Do you want to know what my herself as helping others. students not touched by o r g a n i z a t i o n fellowships are?" She speaks quickly of the many groups in which he psychology. Surita has four fellowships. lofty missions not panicipateci. He models some of U President Roselle offered to write There' s the National Science usually associated wi th of D's finer apparel for the alumni him letters of recommendation, Chris Foundation Fellows hip, the chemistry and math. newsletter "The Messenger" and is admits shyly, and he knows the name Department of Defense Fellowship, a "It's the way I know featured on the lower, right hand of every dining service employee, he DuPont fellowship and a national Phi how to help people,'' she comer of the student directory. admits proudly. Among his top five Kappa Phi fellowshi p. Surita is quick says. "People don't Chris reflects on his many tips for freshmen is getting to know to point out that two other students realize how much the modeling shoots with mixed feelings. all the cafeteria ladies. share the National Science chemical industry He says he initially thought his "They' II give you hot fries and Foundation and DuPont honors. impacts their lives. They face on a magazine or a book would take extra care on your omelets. Big Everything seems established. don't realize how much be a way to send a message to black difference." But when asked if she knows she's we really help the high school students to come to Reflecting on significant college unique, she begins hesitantly: "I don't environment and raise college. But a "bait and switch" memories, Chris tells the tale of the want to brag, but it's difficult to study the s ~a~dard of living.". THE REVIEW 1 Kelly Bennett feeling ensued. night he took some white friends to a chemical engineering. It's difficult for Living knee deep In Despite her status as tops in Chern E., senior Surita Bhatia maintains a someone even in four years." books, fo rmulas and genuine attitude toward her peers.

Russo says finding financial backers is one with co-worker Glenn Hasten. The project of her biggest concerns when planning a new was a half-hour piece called "Rap City" and film. "It's a very expensive medium to work profiled, among others, middle-class rappers in," she says, explaining that a single can of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. film can cost up to $120. For " Fathers," "I was always given the opportunity to do Russo shot nearly 80 cans. what I wanted to do," she says of her time at A 1995 graduate of Penn State University, WHYY. Until, that is, the idea for "Fathers" the shocking redhead wasn't planning on a was born. Because of the highly personal career in film. Rather, she majored in focus of the film (Russo's family). PBS journalism and only dabbled in photography. didn't fully fund the work. Russo stresses It wasn.'t until her junior year, on a study that they did support the film in other ways, abroad program in England, that she was like with the in-kind contributions such as exposed to the whole genre of documentary access to film equipment. fi lmmaking. "These people are like me!" she see DOCUMENTARY page B8 remembers thinking. "Documentary filmmakers tend to be idealistic, which is Getting in at the cool ... they're not motivated by money, they' re motivated by society and culture." Russo says she' s most driven by the story­ ground level telling quality inherent in filmmaking. BY MICHELLE MATIIA "People's li ves fascinate me," she says, Staff Reporter excitedly. "The biggest influence of my work Lights. Camera. Action. is a desire to chronicle and comment on Three little words any aspiring actor society today through the experiences and dreams of hearing. stories of individuals." But as everyone always says, your chances Russo's passio n for her work comes of making it are one in a million. Well, through her brash voice loudly and clearly, maybe if you knew the right way to get especially when she talks about some of the started in the industry, things might go a little early stepping-stones in her career. smoother. Like her first break, back in 1985, when Realizing actors aren't just "discovered" Courtesy ol David Graham she was offered the job of production while shopping in the local mall or walking Documentary filmmaker Lisa Marie Russo snuggles with portraits of her three dads. assistant fo r Phi !adelphia's version of the down a crowded street is the first step. Miss Black America Pageant. "You can't just say I want to be in the BY LARA M. ZEISES from WHYY, Philadelphia' s PBS TV and radio "I wasn't really interested in working in movies and show up on my door step," says Down-to-earth Assistant Entertainment Editor station, where she previously had been a staff beauty pageants," shrugs Russo. "But they Barbara Hedges of Hedges-May Casting, an "I don't really see myself going to member for eight and a half years. The were the only ones who called me back." agency she runs out of Delaware, Hollywood," says Emmy award-winning independent project, which Russo considers The same year, she accepted a summer Philadelphia and New York City. filmmaker refuses documentary filmmaker Lisa Marie Russo. ''I'm " low-budget," cost a grand total of $90,000 - position as editorial assistant fo r the now­ "People understand that if they want to be not really interested in it. It's all about money. only a third of which was covered by in-kind defunct Philadelphia-based community a dancer, they need to learn to dance," says I'm more interested in being true to the story." contributions. paper, The South Street Star. Hedges, a Bear, Del. resident. "It's the same to compromise When the Philadelphia Festival of World "I had $4,000 to do a year's worth of work," "I loved that - it was such a great job,'' way with acting. Just because you can walk Cinema kicks off its independents offshoot, the she chuckles, referring to a small grant she she bubbles. "It was a hip, cool place to be and talk doesn't mean you can act." principles for the lineup will include not one but two films whose received. She says she relied on her savings - and I liked being in the thick of it." The popular idea that today's movie stars credits boast Russo's name. One, "Fallout," is a an account bulging with more than $13,000 - Throughout this time, Russo had been made it simply because they were in the right fiction fi lm - a full-length feature on which the to see her through the months. interning at WHYY in a variety of positions. place at the right time is a misguided one. price of success 31-year-old served as co-producer. The other is ''I'm like a real big miser," Russo confesses. Eventually, her job there was made "It's sad the way that the media portray "My Three Fathers," an hour-long documentary It' s exactly that quality which allowed her to permanent. people as if they were walking down the about each of her mother's husbands that she put save so much from a salary she says "never After working the fundraising route, Russo street and fell into a leading role," Hedges was fi nally offered· the brass ring. In 1988, together during the greater part of last year. broke $30,000." see AREA page B8 Russo cut the latter film while on sabbatical she was given the opportunity to team up

1 82 • THE REVIEW • May 9, 1995

Moore still potent without This is the last dose of Prozac: Question: Why do most black Confessions of a confused characters suffer in some sort of 'Sonic Youth' counterparts hyperactive manic-depressive extraordinary super circumstance? writer. In the blockbuster "Jurassic Confession No. 1: I want to Park," Stephen Spielberg sends BY OAKLAND CHILDERS simply writes far more apologize to Sparky, the fourth Samuel L. Jackson, the only black Assistant Entertainment Editor songs than he knows what grade bully, for trying to kill him character, to a prehistoric death to do with. that tragic Tuesday after school. when he is eaten by a dinosaur with Thurston Moore The things Thurston See, Sparky, fourth grade was a only an ebony arm remaining. Psychic Hearts Moore does to a guitar bad time to start trying to beat me A typical action movie script' s Rated: 'Cl'Ci'Cl'Cl'Cl should be illegal. Guitar up. At that time, I was idolizing the dialogue would go like this: greats like Stevie Ray phony blood-spitting metal demon Captain: Cunningham, Friedman When individual artists from your favorite Vaughn probably roll over Gene Simmons, KISS , and I and Smith I would like you to band start recording and releasing their own in their graves when Moore wanted to master the electric guitar. survey the outer perimeter. music, calling them "independent projects," it plays a song like "Pretty In idolizing KISS, I scared my Troops: Yes, sir! probably won' t be long before the entire band Bad," a bent string number parents into a frenzy and the Captain: Now, Private Shakim breaks up. if ever there was one, idolatry put me in a mad state of Jackson, I have a special mission Fortunately, Sonic Youth is still g~ing . strong, played in the key of mind. Finally, I know why Mom for you. Go down to the core of the despite side projects first from gu1tanst Lee madness. and Dad didn't want me to wear the enemy line and investigate. Renaldo and now Thurston Moore, who offers up Other tunes take a · silver dragon boots, the demonic Jackson: Yessuh!! gentler route into the make-up or spit fake blood Needless to say, Private Jackson listeners psyche. " Ono Neve rtheless , Sparky, is fated a bloody death at the hands Review Grading Soul" is a slow but noisy apologize for being the catalyst for of the enemy while the others System tribute to Yoko Ono, with your subsequent addiction to hard struggle to a happy end. the opening lyric "Bow drugs, low self-esteem and burning For instance, why did Marcell us down to the queen of have to get raped, of all things, in :Ct'Ci'Ci'Cl'Cl Buy this NOW hatred for African Americans. His noise. " Coming from the life was never the same after that "Pulp Fiction?" Why did the black I*~~~ Borrow a friend's king himself, the song is pummeling. guy in "The Hand that Rocks the ~'Cl'Cl Look in the used bin quite a compliment to the Confession No. 2: I idolize Cradle" have to be mentally ~'Cl Catch it on the radio woman responsible for lost in the ranting style of the song, which has no James Evans. If you didn't already retarded and an accused chi ld breaking up one of the biggest rock groups in 'Cl Buy earmuffs instead c horus and little e lse in the way o f v erse know, Mr. Evans is the father on molester? Or in "Terminator 2," history. structure. the epic urban sitcom " Good why did the black fellow have to Paying homage to women he admires seems to The album wraps up with "Elegy for all the Times." die by the bomb as his lip quivered be a recurring theme for Moore on this record. dead rock stars," a 20-minute instrumental that is There are times when I wish I like a wimp until it detonated? On "Patti Smith Math Scratch," he shows hi s a collection of songs called "Psychic Hearts." most likely a tribute to Moore's recently passed was James and I could be home in Confession No. 5: I think all respect and lust for the solo artist extraordinair,. With the help of fellow Sonic Youth bandmate friend Ku rt Cobain. my crib chillin' when the phone current R&B singers should be with lyrics like "Patti will never give it up/ She and drummer Steve Shelly, Moore teams up with Though it's usually not a good idea to hold a suddenly rings. executed and any singer from the Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar to create an knows that I will never stop/ teach me how you solo effort up to the work of the bigger band it " He llo? Yes, this is James '70s and early '80s should be given album not unlike much of the other music written make lovell kind of know how but you are was spawned from, "Psychic Hearts" is too Evans ....DAMN ! Florida (hi s wife), a new lease on li fe , a recording by Moore over the last few years. rough." reminiscent of Sonic Youth material to not draw they fired me from the auto shop contract and a free Top- I 0 hit. It becomes clear very quickly when listening On the title track "Psychic Hearts," Moore more than a few comparisons. But if the record is because some retired brain surgeon Most R&B songs are pop fluff goes on a rant about getting revenge on those to this record that these are not simply songs that a sign of what can be expected from upcoming applied for the job." with no substance or skill behind were rejected or left over from Sonic Youth who have scorned the girl he loves. Careful Sonic Youth material, fans of the band and its James got terminate d e very them. albums. Given the genius that Moore displays on attention must be given to the lyrics on this indi vidual members have a lot to look forward to. s how but never failed to yank Therefore, I fi rmly believe that this and other albums, it' s more likely that he number, otherwise the heartfelt meaning will be himself up by the bootstraps and the likes of R. Kelly, all singers proceed to fail again. He deserves unde r 15 years o ld, any R&B from vacuum cleaners to blenders. bit. album, "Pomme Fritz," the group the utmost respect for staying with producer who samples, and Deion In The Stores I t can make a lis te ne r T he track "A lberto Balsa lm" has regained their well­ his wife, even though she had no Saunders (who recorded a new thoroughly tense. There are times takes a new direct ion t han established, older sound. neck whatsoever and was uglier album) should be cremated with when yo u can ' t te ll if the re ' s previous songs by James. It has a In Orbus Terrarum they' ve than a Gila monster. their ashes va porized in outer street construction outside your funky, fl ower y beat with a few found the perfect recipe for a Confession No. 3: Whenever I space . ... I care because you do door or if it' s the CD. quirks a nd c ha ng e s sca tte red mixture of sampled sounds, aphex twin go to a really good movie or hear a The final confession: I feel T he a rtist's most acclaimed about. peculiar instruments and fake-sounding rap record , I get into sorry for Tito Jackson. Even though Sire Records re lease was ' 94s " Se lecte d James is definitely on the run. overpowering beats. Rated: 'Cl'Cl'Cl'Cl what I call "drama mode." Tito was the least vocal and well­ Ambient Works Vol. II." This album is just the latest in his The sound moves like fl uid, For instance, even tho ug h I known of the Jackson family, he " ... I care becaus e you do" seri es of successful pieces. He's floating weightlessly whi le hated the new M artin still became the victim of random Richard James' self portrait on explo res a few more o f the staying on top of his music, not enveloping everyone in the the cover of h is new album is Lawrence/Will Smith film, "Bad comical jokes from comedians and avenues that were opened in the letting anybody catch up. vicinity. Boys," I had a throbbing desire to probably hi s own children. alarming. It' s o n the border of past album, b ut it d efinite ly - Kelly Bennett The album begins with two demonic looking. tote a gun and chase suspicious­ All Tito ever wanted was to play doesn' t stay in that area. tracks released on "Orb Live 93." looking civi lians after seeing the bass guitar. He has given up music T he album itself, however, is This last album was more of a Orbus Terrarum These have been retailored fo r the even more alarming. fi lm. and shrouded his li fe from a public collection of "musical wallpaper. " Orb new album, which is clearly Or after listening to rapper The who doesn' t care, yet he still is the The serene groove of one of the It was a disturbing group of songs Island Records another masterpiece. mo re soothing tracks is o fte n Notorious B.l.G., I find that my subject of persistent ridicule. that had an eerie habit of sneaking Rated: 'Cl'Cl'Cl tH't W ith some more classics to add subconscious moves frighteningly This is the end of Prozac. I hope interrupted by the crash of one of up on you. to their multitude, this years tour the many invented sounds of the c lose r to being a dangerous you enjoyed what you read. If you " .. .I care because you do" has a The Orb' s latest is packed with will be simply astonis hi ng. proponent of black-on-black crime. didn' t, I wish upon you as much aphex twin. larger variety of songs. nearly 80 minutes of layer upon - Kelly Bennett He's been altering synthesizers And I don' t like it. success as post-Jackson Five Tito The re are tracks he re that layer upon layer of sound. a nd experime nting with the C onfession Number 4: I hate Jackson playing the accordion. stomp and romp from every side. Moving away from the newer sounds made with e verything most white film producers, writers PEACE! It can really throw you around a "cartoony" style of their previous and directors. ' Movie Newark's Top Ten Music Choices SLlV Programming Schedule I Channel 49 Sunday, May 7 Tuesday, May 9 Thursday, May 11 Alternative Record Sales Club Music Times -\:00 p.m. Movlt : Th~ Spcd• llst 9:00 ~m. 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Generally, you don't see My Family 1, 4, 7, 9:55 than conclusions drawn after lengthy sync with your perceptions today, analysis. but you must try to meet others at that kind of behavior in a Chestnut Hill Cjpema Cafe (731- least halfway. 7718) (AD times for Fri-Thurs., except LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) where ~noted Oosed on Sun.) Take care not to give yourself too AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb 18) major appliance. Dolores Claiborne 9: 15 Pulp Fiction much credit today. You still have a You can put your talents to use in 6:30, 9:30 Muriel's Wedding 7 ways to go before you' re really up to unusual ways today to increase your Rese'Wlir Dop 12 (Fri. and SaL) Rocky par. chances of success. Profits can Horror Picture Show (Sat. 11 :30) multiply! " "S.JiJISnql SOif!), U! tCv.J.JnW 11!8 ·3 " 'iJ UJOH 8U!fVi1lS, U! .JiJ] SO.:J i1lpO[ ·a ·wnr. do , u1 an n.J--. w o , ·" ·tC•' •the fight was g1rlfnend. with his girlfriend almost every actually hit her!" between a girl and her boyfriend. You know about his entire life day. When [my roommate and I] It is not just fights that pass " But the girl was doing most o f but you have never met him. hear him screaming, we are like, through the dorm walls. Many the screaming." _You are his next-door­ 'Oh, no. Not again."' students have learned all the The fight was so loud she was neighbor. Even though Fritton hardly idiosyncrasies of their neighbors. unable to fall back to sleep. It is obvious that in the dorms knows this neighbor, she does Sophomore Carolyn Downes Downes wonders why an RA from the walls have ears: know exactly what is causing the says she can tell whenever her her building didn't put an end to U~fortunately, walls are paper p~oblems in his relationship. "He next door neighbor gets really it. " If I was hearing it so clearly, ~hm and hardly filter any of the wants her to spend more time with frustrated with his studying how come an RA didn' t hear?" Information they absorb. him because she's always so busy. because, " he bangs a shaving she questions. A student may have never met But she think s he's too cream can against the wall." It is not always just a next door his neighbors. Yet , without possessive." The first time s he heard the neighbor that students come to realizing it, those neighbors may Fritton adds these fights are not banging, Downes didn't know learn interesting trivia about. For know more about him than some little tiffs but rather f ull-blown what was going on, so she went some, it is easy to overhear of his closest friends. screaming matches. One time, she next door to investigate. Now students that live in the entire "I hear my neighbor typing and says, her neighbor was all the way Downes has become quite dorm. typing and typing. He never down the hall and she could still accustomed to her neighbor' s Junior Aimee Parnell says leaves his room," says sophomore hear him argu ing over the frustrations, "and I just bang because she lived across from the Gayle Kaminsky. "So I know he telephone. "Everyone [in my hall] back," she says. "It's a funny bathroom, she kept up with a lot has no life," she concludes. was sticking their heads o ut of situation." of dorm gossip. ~enior Wendy Pennington, a their doors to see what was going This isn't the only banging "People used to talk back and resident assistant (RA), says she on," Fritton says. Downes has been bothered by. forth when they were in the has heard many fights through As a matter of fact, fights seem Often, she says, she has been showers," she says. "I used to hear dorm walls during her four years to be one of the most commonly awakened by the sound of rocks who got smashed the night before at the university. She even admits overheard incidents that occur in hitting the window of the girl's and who hooked up with whom." to having had one with her the dorms. room next door to her. " Her She also saw everyone as they neighbor. This fight, however, Sophomore Jennifer Reynolds boyfriend used to just throw went into the bathroom in the was quite unique. It didn't involve recalls a time last year when the pebbles at the window instead of mornings, " So I know who slept any words and it was conducted girls a couple of doors down from using the intercom to buzz her over in everyone ' s rooms ," entirely through the dorm's paper her got into a screaming fight at 2 when he would come to visit,'' she Parnell says. thin walls. a.m. Reynolds couldn't help but says. As is obvious, no matter where "I used to play this Color Me overhear them, and she learned Downes thinks that rather than a student is in their building; their Badd song every morning on my that the fight was over a guy. just being lazy, he got his room, the hallway, even the stereo," says Pennington. "It If that wasn't e nou g h girlfriend's attention in this way bathroo m, discretion is a must. really wasn't that loud, but I excitement for R eynolds, she because he didn' t want to run into Unless, of course, they don't mind guess it pissed my neighbor off." remembers another fight, this time her RA while waiting at the the entire dorm knowing the She says her neighbor faced his physical, that she overheard while intercom for his girlfriend to let private details of their life. stereo speakers toward her room living in the same hall. "with an attitude. But I don ' t him in. Why was he so afraid of a So, in turn, let the thin d orm and got revenge. A group of people were out in annoying. blame her," she says, " I would've confrontation with the RA ? walls serve as a warning to all "He played the song I had been the hallway being very noisy, she Reynolds heard the girl next door come out in the hallway and done the same thing." Downes says he used to date her. students who value their privacy. playing every morning over and says. Their clamor woke Reynolds Even recently, Downes has What goes on behind closed doors over and over just to get on my and her roommate out of a sound ask the people who were making Reynolds then heard a lot more commotion but she decided to stay experienced the effects of the does not always stay there. nerves!" sleep, and their noise became very the n oise to be quiet. Reynolds adds, however, that the girl asked, in her roo m . The next day s he talking wall syndrome.

Four most likely Industry insiders write stories for the 'Idle' reader some of those skills this year." BY OAKLAND CHILDERS Worship" the horror he felt a t continued from page B I Assistant Entertainment Editor being pic ked up at the police Most Unconventional When liste ning to rock 'n' station by his mother while hi s The City Council loves him. roll , a million thoughts go idols and punk legends in the President Roselle loves him. Any Pipe in mouth and laptop through our heads. That's what it band Crass looked o n. He also mother would love him. Not to does to most people, because explains the relief he felt when mention, he campaigned for computer in tow, Matt Elwell has been doing some heavy research. that' s what it's supposed to do. their mothers picked them up. Dukakis in '88. Pretty nerdy. The most wonderful thing about Kristin Hersh of Throwing Except for the fact that he's not Not so much for his recently performed play "Volte F.ace," which pop music - the thing that Muses details her love for he wrote and directed for E-52, but keeps us a ll coming back for legendary pop soloist Patti Smith more, is that each person draws research for himself. and how she d eals with the He's been sitting in The from the music his or her own comparisons people make experience, their own million between her and the woman she Scrounge, simply watching . You must have seen him - who can thoughts. so often dreamed of being. But of those millions upon miss a 21-year-old with a pipe and Roberts himself eve n millions of thoughts generated laptop in the Scrounge? contributes a tal e of his every second by pop music Some of his conclu sions are obsession for Debbie Harry, around the world, it would revealing how after years o f frightening. probably be a safe guess that few devotion to the blond bombshell, "They come in here on Friday of them are of U2's Bono pissing nights, all wearing the same clothes he is sti 11 giddy at the thought of in Frank Sinatra's bed, of interviewing her about her and they have one primal goal - to Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth impending comeback tour. get smashed off their asses and pass getting wired o n cocaine and While all the stories in the book out. That's just ridiculous." screwing an obsessive fan. Or follow a rock 'n' roll theme, no No, Matt isn't about to defend THE REVIEW I Kelly Bennett how about Eddie Vedder quitting two address it in the same way. Generation X too adamantly. DUSC President Ron Pearl Jam to start his own This selectio n of different "It's insane to be generating Lieberman left a religion? perspectives makes for an people with B.A.'s under their arms legacy of leadership at Such are the topics the interesting and often humorous who can't articulate points or have eclectic group of authors of " Idle the university. points," he says, a grin sidling read. Worship" dare to address. In an age where pop s tardom across his upward turned face. actually a nerd. Whether it be in an anecdote, a But it' s not a ll that bad. Matt often upstages godliness, let When he's not busy with his fictitious tale of seduction or the alone cleanliness, Robert's book fraternity or with DUSC, Lieberman says that lifestyle balanced with a healthy diet of education is not a singing of praises to a long-time is a whim sical look into the says he tries to keep in shape or ido l, all II stories are sure to bad thing. Matt certainly has found world of pop music, a world hangs with the guys, "like any other r aise an eyebrow - if not an Premiere, compiled the book, ro ll stardom. often s hro uded in secrecy and college student." the education he bought at the whose full title is "Idle Worship: Many of the stories in the book uni versity to be an especially awareness of the fact that rock marred with tragedy. It couldn' t And that's where talk about the stars are not immune to the kind How Pop Empowers The Weak, center around how rock s tars hurt to take off th e headphones for intimate Ron Lieberman ends. But fortifying experience. Reward s the Faithful and handle their own obsessive nature "Our lives can be filled with of idolization that often gets their a while a nd let your eyes get a that's not where the talk ends. Ron fans thrown into jail. Succours to the Needy." The book when faced with their idols. little taste of the good tuff your loves to speak specifically about his culture here," he says, and he runs is an inside look into the hazy and Music journalist R o bert down a recipe of courses and books Chris Roberts, who writes for ears are all too aquainted with. goals and achievements as DUSC the magazines Melody Maker and someti mes seedy world of rock ' n' Newman r eveals 111 " Idle president this school year. to read. (Theater courses with His concentrated stare grasps his professor Leslie Rydell to listener's eyes and won' t let visual philosophy with Dr. Frank Dilley, connection go until every point he Camus' "The Stranger" to Eliade's makes about DUSC is understood. "The Sacred and the Profane" are a Meanwhile, he can't really rattle good start.) Where there is smoke, off a list of this year's "After four years, I'm still in love achievements, like developing a with this school," he says. "It's like mediation council for students in a marriage love. We have tiffs. I yell there's media's fire trouble with the law, securing a seat and scream at it, but I love it." on the Emmaus House Board of Matt says he only had two BY STUART J. FELDMAN cigarette or tobacco advertising is Trustees, inviting all 170 student professors with whom he "had to Staff Reporter permitted in university publications. organizations to vote for random part ways," and the culture on A trai I of smoke and tobacco "We do not accept these kinds of concerns at weekly DUSC campus is amazing. Although, according to Matt, student cultural advertising filtering through the media advertisements," says Ed Stoner, meetings, paving the way for better continues to send signals to some coordinator of advertising and student parking at sports events, and events need work. impressionable readers. marketing for public relations. being honored with an unsolicited "PTTP and the Mitchell Hall One recent example is Johnny Depp Stoner thinks magazines are resolution of commendation from series are great, but who goes?" he says. "Faculty, ric h alumni , and posing while smoking on the cover of justified in their cigarette or tobacco the City Council. "Esquire." Models have been shown advertising, but only in some cases. He R on can't rattle off that list graduate students. "Performance space for student smoking and gallivanting on a beach in says if certain magazines are going to because he becomes too engrossed the latest summer fashion spread in be read by adults, the ads should be with the finer points at some point theater is limited," he says. Matt believes students can' t be Details magazine. used regardless of their content. "If in trying. Showing celebrities smoking in you' re addressing a mature adult The inclusion of all 170 student spoon fed culture in college, but rather they need to "own" it. publications has stirred up controversy audience [in a publication] , I don't see groups in DUSC meetings is an 1n places, and the university is no a problem with the advertising," he easy hitch for him to begin "Culture here is really in its incubatory phase," Matt says. exception. The opinions cover a wide adds. expounding. range of thought on the spectrum of Gail Armstrong, ma nager of "Every student organization now "Poetry reading in the dorms needs to be started up again. We need ideals and opinions. publications at the university, says not has a vote within DUSC," he says, David Rheins, president and only is this kind of advertising affect still staring. "We usually have a undergraduate theater and also art THE REVIEW !Tracey Fleck galleries, with students' paintings on associate publisher of Spin magazine, the reader negatively, but it tries to Media outlets have been criticized for glamourizing smoking. rotating dozen that come - many notes that there is a reality of smoking promote what has proven to be don' t need to come and vote. But the walls." magazmes and advertisers "will show themselves. But theater is the most important in daily life and Spin will present that detrimental to people's health. those with an issue or want an reality if need be. He knows people do "It has a major impact on people to these women because they' re trying to There have been numerous thing to this Woodstown, N.J., make [smoking] look glamorous." cigarette advertisements in some impact now have the freedom to smoke and the magazine cannot do see things like that," Armstrong says. resident who plans to pursue a "These ads can make teenagers issues of Life magazine, according to come." anything to change that through these She feels readers can be influenced to He continues: "New student Master of the Fine Arts degree after compare themselves to the person in Alex Keane, public relations assistant. gathering money and resting for a pictures. start smoking when they see people on groups will be required by the "We' re journalists. We cover the magazine covers smoking cigarettes. the image," she adds. ''They will say "We do get feedback that people aren't Student Activities Office to attend year. 'My favorite actor smokes, so why happy with some ads." For Matt, theater is " how to culture," he says. "What happens in a "[Smoking] is clearly a health hazard, one DUSC meeting a semester in culture is noteworthy of being and the advertising is irresponsible," shouldn't I?"' . However, Keane says cigarette their first year ... " experience the world in a more Kris Chance, statew1de manager of advertising is important to Life vibrant way." He agrees with the reported. We're also here to provide a she adds. He could go on. In fact, he did. window into a culture." Sophomore Jill Kabino, a nursing prevention programs for the American because it affects them a great deal Ron exits discussion of his ancient Greek theory that drama is a Cancer Society, says that it is financially. spiritual experience which, if Rheins says although the magazine student, offered her opinions of DUSC achievements and left­ might show famous people smoking in cigarette and tobacco advertising from important to consider who will be "We run tobacco ads, as the behind goals to talk about how he successful, alters the audience. seeing an advertisement for cigarettes tobacco industry is a big client " "I have a spiritual orientation to some pictures, the habit is neither a nonsmoker's perspective. She thinks became so driven politically. encouraged nor discouraged by Spin. some harmful messages can reach before it is published. Keane says. ' "I was the guy who got everyone the theater," he says. "It's almost as "You have to look at maturity level Views on cigarette and tobacco close to the lost religion in my life. "We don't use censorship to mask young readers of magazines with together for prom weekend," says reality, to delude ourselves and to do a cigarette advertisements. and security !eve! [?f the audience]," advertising range a great deal, from the senior from Edison, N.J., who After a lengthy discussion of C h ane~ says. h 1s Important for the those wanting to censor all tobacco how this devotion relates to campus disservice to the readers," he adds. "I think the advertising is bad in helped found Tau Epsilon Phi and According to Rheins, if a famous teenage publications because [the magazme to dec1de whether or not the and cigarette ads to others who allow will be attending Widener Law life and Generation X , Matt person seein~ the ad is m.at_ure enough for free press. Much more time might interrupts himself with a smirk and person is smoking in a prospective readers] are so impressionable,'' School next year. picture for Spin, the picture will still be Kabino says. "If a female model is to m~ke their own dec•s•ons about pass before the conflicting clouds of "Every student can and is a a five minute pause. smoking, she says. smoke clear and common oround is "I've been working on coming used. shown smoking, she's a young, vibrant leader in his own way," Ron says. "I Members of the faculty say no woman.'' She says she believes the Besides influencing readers, these found. "' was just lucky enough to express down to earth," he laughs. advertisements affect the magazines 84 • THE REVIEW • May 9, 1995 Special Section: Back Trax 1975-1985 L-~~------~------~ Roots of a nation, roots of a reforntation

BY LYNNETTE SHELLEY had many firsts in it and a lot of new opportunities. Features Editor •1 975 - A bill requiring all service academies to admit women is passed by Congress, and the U.S. Air Force " ... Woman has her work to do, and no one can Academy admits 155 women, the first ever allowed into accomplish it for her. She is bound to rise, to try her the Academy. strength, to break her bonds... " •1976 - The Episcopal Church votes to ordain women -Elizabeth Blackwell as priests and consecrate women bishops. •1977- Three thousand women march in the nation's The past unlocks the secrets to the present and holds the capital to show support for the Equal Rights Amendment. key of wisdom to the future. · •1978- More women than men enter college. This was Only by looking at our past can we truly hope to find the the first time in American history this shift in attendance solutions to the present and the answers for the future. occurred. So we will examine the roots of a major movement that •1 979 - Because of a new policy by the National has shaped our generation and our lives in a way no other Weather Service, hurricanes were now also being named reformation has done before: The feminist movement. after men as well as women, alternating genders every The basic goals of the feminists were clear - equal pay year. for equal work, equal job opportunity, equal treatment by •1 980 - A total of 53 countries, including the United the law - but the repercussions of these changes were States, sign an agreement to end discrimination against somewhat muddy and no one seemed to know what to women. expect. It was a confusing time for everyone. •1 981 -Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first The flower children of the 1960s had finally begun to woman to be named to the U.S. Supreme Court. grow up, casting off the petals of youthful idealism to take •1 982 - President Ronald Reagan instates National root in the world around them and focus their power in one Women's History Week. direction -to women. •1 983 - Sally Ride becomes the first woman astronaut The mid-'70s to mid-'80s was a period of rapid growth as one of six crew members of the space shuttle for feminists as well as a time for becoming more public, Challenger. more outgoing and more challenging to their environment. •1984 - Geraldine Ferraro is the first woman vice­ Like a dandelion in the grass, the movement spread out in presidential hopeful when she becomes Walter F. many directions until it could no longer be ignored. Mondale's running mate. THE REVIEW I Kelly Bennett As a Time magazine writer asked in a 1972 article in •1 985 - In Nairobi, Kenya, 13,500 women from over This year many Americans gathered in Washington, D.C. to support the National response to the demand for gender equality, "Should 100 countries attend the U.N. Conference on the Status of Organization of Women. women by drafted? Ought protective legislation about Women. This meeting concludes the Decade for Women. nation. women's hours and working conditions be repealed?" Conway-Turner says that the major focus of the Towards the mid-'80s, several pioneering No one was sure what to do, and sometimes the results movement during the '70s was to educate people and make accomplishments were made by women. In 1985, the were horrific. In 1978, the American Cyanamid Company them aware of the discrimination against women. Many Harlem Globetrotters signed on their first female declared women who were capable of reproduction should people didn't understand what the fuss was all about. "A player, Lynette Woodard. That same year, the Cherokee be barred from all jobs where they could be exposed to lot of people thought that women were making too much nation in Oklahoma was the first major Native lead compounds because of potential damage to the out of (things]," Turner says. American tribe in history to have a female head chief ·. developing fetus. Because of this, five women at their West An example of the frustration and confusion felt by - Wilma Mankiller. Sally K. Ride became the first Virginia plant sterilized themselves in order to keep their many was voiced in a 1972 Time magazine article in which female astronaut aboard the space shuttle Challenger. job. Arthur Burns, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, "The difference between '75 and '85 was drastic," While there was much uncertainty in the nation, complains "Now we have women marching in the streets! Conway-Turner says. "It was a time where really feminism was gaining popularity and acceptance, even on If only things would quiet down." critical change took place, where people were feeling an international level. Americans wanted to know what feminism was all empowered." The United Nations declared '75 to '85 the "Decade for about, Conway-Turner says. They didn't understand why However, she says, these breakthroughs in the Women, Equality, Development and Peace" at their all of a sudden, women didn't like their living conditions. women's movement have now left many people with a Conference on the Status of Women in 1975. "Nothing had changed, why was it so awful now?" she false sense of security in the present day. " Internationally, it was a time that women came asks. "We've lulled ourselves in a complacent place together in a way that hadn't happened before," says Women had much to do. Things were not so wonderful, where we think things are fixed," she says. Back in the Director of Women' s Studies Katherine Conway-Turner. even as early as 20 years ago. Most service academies did early '70s and '80s contradictions and discriminations The women's movement, she says, opened a "window of not admit women. Laws had to be passed to let women into were so obvious to people, but today they are much opportunity for a lot of people." exclusively male institutions. subtler. "It was a time we really began to look at ourselves." Jobs taken for granted today were not offered to women. "We passed a lot of legislation [and] awareness was Conway-Turner says during the 1960s, activists tried to It was only as late as 1975 that Joelle Drag became the first heightened," Conway-Turner says. "People began to no rid the world of injustices, but by the time the '70s female helicopter pilot for the Navy and Robin Herman longer look at things as critically. sprouted into being, those same activists began to bend was the first woman sportswriter for The New York Times. "A lot of people have sort of lost some of their towards the increasingly focused work of the women's Legally, however, she or any other female sports reporter passion ... we have a lot more work to do but people movement. could not interview major league baseball players in their don' t realize it," she says. These activists, she says, began "to look at sexism with locker rooms until 1978. "We don't have the same kind of fervor as we did in all these other -isms that were going on." On top of this, it was not unti I 1985 that married the '70s." So what was exactly going on? The Decade for Women women made up half the work force (53 percent) in the Films that defined adolescence and broke down the doors Brat Packers do '80s angst in style The Breakfast Club the "Brat Pack," and the ir mugs were plastered on the Universal Pictures covers of teen rags across the nation. Rated: -t:l"Cr<:r-Cc-t:c The accolades were well-deserved . Ring wald is outstanding in her role as C la ire (she somehow BY LARA M. ZEISES manages to give multi-layered depth to a ri ch- bitch Assisrant Enrertainment Editor prom q ueen) , and Hall m a tches he r measure for "You see us as you want to see us, in the simplest m easure, turning in one h e ll of a tear-jerking terms and the most convenient definitions: a princess, performance as the honor student who couldn ' t allow an athlete, a criminal, a basketcase and a brain." himself to get a F. Nelson is equally moving as the rebel-without-a­ Besides solidifying its director' s status as king of c lue Bender. The strength of his performance lies in the teen fi lm genre, John Hughes' 1985 c lassic, "The the absolute passion he radiat es, and there's a Breakfas t C lu b," defined youth c ulture not by c hemistry that he and Ringwald have that' s powerful exploding stereotypes, but by reveling in them. enough to ignite quite a few sparks. The plot is simple: Five kids, from five completely Ally Sheedy a nd Emilio Estevez round out the different high school cliques, are thrown together in multi-faceted cast. The former is quirky as a future Saturday detention for various reasons. Despite the bag lady basket case; the latter, c harismatic as a efforts of an overly-anal administrator to squelch the letter-wearing jock. spirit these individuals possess, the eclectic gro up But what really c haracterizes this fi lm isn' t the forges a strong pseudo-bond, turning what could've actors. It's the script. And that script came from the been a comple tely forgettable day into something prolific hands of Mr. John Hughes, who would later really quite memorable. ha nd audiences such gems as "Pretty in Pink" and Spurred by the smart-ass antics of resident bad boy "Some Kind of W onderful." John B e nde r (played by the incompa rable Judd Hughes is a definite auteur, and each of his films Nelson), the fab five plunge into an unintended sea of bears a distinctive mark that screams his n :~ m e. "The self-exploration. T he result is a causti c commentary Breakfast Club" is no exception. on the ways and means of that microcosm known as With cool c lo thes, a kicking soundtrack and the American high school. thoug ht-provoking wisdom oozing from every fr ame, With the exceptions of ri sing re dhead Molly it's no wonder that this fi lm has stood the test o f time. Ringwald and glorified geek Anthony Mic hae l Hall, And, like a fine wine, it only improves with age. "The Breakfas t C lub" starre d a bunch of the n ­ unknowns. T he movie's blazing success changed all that - the young cast was affectionately nicknamed The film which gave African Americans their break BY BRIAN HICKEY T hese facts are not debated , they are Where before, there would be Buckwheat manner which comes c lose to the . It was a fo llow-up time for the Civil Executive Editor commonly known. The importance of the being made the brunt of the joke by Alfalfa, stereotypical j ive, g hetto talk (see John Shaft is superhuman. Period, end of Rights movement. African Americans were Shaft movies g oes muc h furthe r tha n Spanky and the rest of the Little Rascals, the "Airplane" for an example). beginning to move into a more equitable sentence. No, he does not have x-ray vision teaching the '70s moviegoers how to look as image on the screen with "Shaft," would be As for the movie itself, the acting is poslltOn m society. or the ability to fly, but pay no mind to that. smooth as can be. a street-savvy, pimp-dressing man who absolutely pi ti ful. At times, "Shaft" seems It is irrelevant. Along with this, came the movement into There are many other issues which make could, time in and time out, make the white as if it as poorly voiced over as a Kung Fu the motion picture industry and "Shaft" is Clad in his trademark leather jacket, no the collection one of the most important detectives look like fools. triple-feature at the old movie theatre. obstacle could slow Shaft on any of his one of the most obvious examples of this. contributors to Hollywood and the motion What "Shaft" brought Ameri ca was an A t points, it is hard to keep fro m Sure , the acting mig ht not be Oscar investigative undertakings. picture industry today. openness and an honesty which was rarely laughing at the acting itself and the action Strolling down the street to bus t up caliber (actually, not even close). Sure, the "Shaft" was one of the first movies seen in the past. scenes in which there is less contact than a movie llself was not that great but it was a another crimina!, Shaft looked smooth. He produced pre dominantly by African Stereotypes and predispositions may have Rocky IV fight sequence. trailblazer. was, no question, debonair. Americans. In older films, minorities were still been an aspect of "Shaft" (as they had The thing with "Shaft" is that it must be . It was one of the first fi lms produced and The African American hero of the 1970s d epicted as the white motion pi cture been in the pas t) b ut it was handle d looked at in th e era in whic h it was series of films, named after the main directed by African Americans and for that community saw them . With " Shaft," differently in this film. produced. The '70s were a volatile time. it is a masterpiece. ' character is an important fi gure in the African Americans were able to have a say .., For example, the pimped-up Cadillac is While they we re not as powerful as the '60s, Plus, the brains behind the movie sure history of motion pictures in the United in the process. part of the scenery. Sure, Shaft talks in a the next decade was an era, a transition. States. made Shaft act and look smooth.

Bruce Springstein releases "Born to _Run;" Spielberg's "Jaws" chews up the box America celebrates its Bicentennial· Mars offices . is explored via U.S. satellite. ' • 1975 1976 • i • .· ..· ... • Football player OJ Simpson scores a t Kermit the Frog cavorts on record 23 touchdowns in one season; North television for the first time as Jim Henson's Vietnamese forces overrun Saigon; renamed ~ \~ "Muppet Show" debuts; " Rocky" ts Ho Chi Minh City. champion at the Academy Awards. / May 9, 1995 • THE REVIEW. 85 ... ..___ __~_ Special Section: BaC~ Trax -~­ 1975-1985 Bustin' moves: Bre~ dancing and the Electric Boogaloo

BY PAUL FAIN often recalled with a laugh by its ex­ The early breakers emphasized Entertainment Editor practitioners. But break dancing spins and freezes. They hit the "Superman, he came to me and said wasn' t a joke. It arose from a ground and twirled on their backs, you rock so naturally" diverse cultural heritage and played hands and knees, punctuating the -Newcleus an influential role in the dance with unannounced stand-stills. "Jam on It" development of hip-hop sounds. The style was further developed Break moves originated centuries when the Puerto Rican section of the Bright colors, parachute pants, ago on the distant shores of Brazil Bronx picked it up, adding quick leg warmers, Adidas high tops and and Africa. According to an article stepping and flashier spins like the fat s hoelaces were the style. in "Rolling Stone," s pins and windmill (shifting weight and Popping, freezing, the wave, rhythmic dancing from the African spinning higher on the shoulders). acrobatic spins and moonwalks were Kongo combined wi.th the dance By 1980, the Bro nx break the moves. In the early to mid-'80s, steps of the Puerto Rican Bomba and dancing format had been break dancing was king. the acrobatics of the Brazilian established. The dance sequence Rhythmic displays of athleticism Capoeira (a martial art form that was: stepping, breaking-down to the were occurring at roller rinks, utilizes hand spins and flying kicks). ground, leg swipes, spins (on hands, elementary school gymnasiums and All of these body movements were backs, knees and heads), freezes and dance clubs all over the country. The reincarnated in the dance grooves of the exit maneuver. bes t breaker in the house break dancing- '80s style. Not to be outdone was Fresno's commanded respect. As challenges Junior Dan Cypress says he spent Electric Boogaloo. The flashy were accepted, the circle would form time as a kid toprocking (grooving California dance revolved around passing the wave of energy around the wave in the break-circle) with exaggerated, electrified movements as the breakers got down to business the Annadale Road Posse break that tried to capture the energy of the in the middle. crew on Staten Island. new music. This style popularized Break d a nc ing spread like Cypress says he thinks break slick body movements that became wildfire after it's beginning in the dancing played an important role in popping, moonwalking and the late '70s, as it jumped from urban the evolution of popular dance as wave. street kids to every s uburba n well as music. Once the break dancing tradition schoolyard in America. By 1984, the " It was a definite transition had begun in the Bronx and Fresno, craze had saturated our culture, with between disco and other dance it spread to urban areas across the moviegoers turning out in droves to styles," he says. "I think it'll country. The status that went along see the back-spinning c lassic reappear in future trends." with performing the difficult moves "Breakin.'" The funky dance style has led to " machismo" breaking B~eak dancing hit Delaware with separate roots on both coasts. Off competitions between gangs. The a vengeance in the mid-' 80s. On the the tough streets of the South Bronx street dance was heralded as a way schoolyards and the gymnasiums, came break dancing, and the big of avoiding violence. breaking was the thing to do. housing developments of Fresno, Once the media got a grip on the "We used to have the cardboard, California, contributed to the infectious grooves and impressive and everybody used to wear Adidas electric-boogaloo. dance moves of breaking, the street and Pumas," says junior Bria n With the funk of George Clinton tradition was commercialized. Soon, Blackburn, who grew up in Newark. and soul of James Brown on the every kid in America was trying to "Kids were always breakin' . That's scene, NYC was hopping in the learn the backspin. all our dances used to be." '70s. The phat grooves of these two The music that was the bulwark The break dancing obsession innovators gave birth to the hip-hop of the break dancing craze left a faded away almost as quickly as it revolution, which was led by Afrika lasting impression on the collective hit the main stream. The hip-hop Bambaatta and the Zulu Nation. This psyche of its listeners. Along with movement it was inexorably tied to, movement utilized turntable the incomparable "Jam on It," songs has moved in a completely different scratching, beat-boxing and rapping. like ones on the " Breakin"' and THE REVIEW /Chuck Creekmur direction since the advent of By 1976, the moves and poses "Beat Street" soundtracks, the old Two breakers bust out their moves on the streets of New "gangsta" rap in the late '80s. that meshed with the new music had school rap of the Sugar Hill Gang York. David Prado, 25, of Wilmington, become break dancing. The name and the funky synthesizer of Herbie was a member of the breaker group was derived from the percussive Hancock's "Rockit," are al l party Hill Gang and the West Street Mob. floors of the techno and house " Chain Reaction." He says the breaks between songs that made classics - s ure to bring memories The wide array of moves that scenes, as opposed to the hip-hop current hip- ho p scene is too people groove. The new music was back. made up the break dancer's floors. obsessed with thug mentality to dubbed break music, as it It's no easy task to find these repertoire have been completely "I think it will come back, and appreciate break dancing. "Break maintained the energy levels of breakin' tunes today. There are a eradicated from today's dance it's going to be wild," Prado says. dancing was all about partying and percussive song breaks throughout. number of compilation CD's on the floors as well. But, like all trends, "The moves are going to be even having fun," Prado says. Those who danced to it became market, but it requires a hunt to there is always the possibility the more intense." The mainly-defunct dance style is break dancers. discover them. There are also back spin and other moves may So if you think you've forgotten compilati ons of early break rappers return. how to bust out the body wave, lay to be found. The "Old School Rap Prado agreed with Cypress' down some cardboard and try out s From the top: Tht! back spin, the windmill, the hand glide, the Hits" (part one and two) includes belief that break dancing will some breakin.' Just don't hurt worm, the wave, the Moonwalk and the head spin were all legendary g roups such as resurface in the future. He says it yourself. staple moves in the break dancers repertoire. Grandmaster Melle Mel, The Sugar wi II probably arise o n the dance Birth of MTV gave That 'Vicious' punk OAKLAND CHILDERS While the newly established MTV Assistant Entertainment Editor generation embraced bands such as Inusic a new face for '80s Following the peace and love P.I.L., original punks show disdain movements of the '60s, pop music for such pseudo-punk acts. "1 think turned into a time bomb waiting to it's kind of cheesy how [new wave BY PETER BOTHUM musical tastes of the masses. explode. When it did, long hair went bands) are more obsessed with Assistant Sports Editor "There seems to be only one straight up into mohawks and safety style," says Ken Crost, an older, On Aug. 1, 1981 , at 12:01 a.m., universal opinion on MTV ," says pins became a fashion accessory as twenty-something punk rock fan MTV, that multi-million dollar mega­ WVUD program manager sophomore legitimate as a belt or hat. from Newark. monster, unleashed its ftrst ever video, Aaron McEvoy. "If MTV likes you, Punk rock took the world by Another band to come out of "Video Killed The Radio Star." they're going to pound you and pound surprise in the mid-'70s. Unlike the This Buggies clip had it all: quirky you onto the airwaves." nowhere was The Clash. When these first British invasion which brought British punkers hit the scene in 1976 sound effects, cheesy lyrics, computer McEvoy says he liked the idea of the Beatles, with their good attitudes they couldn' t even tune their own enhanced voices, " new-age" "The Buzz Bin" when it fi rst started and general niceness, the second guitars. But after their self-titled synthesizers and some funky-looking because MTV "was at least playing wave of Brits were far less civil. debut album in 1977, The Clash bald guy with really weird glasses. alternative bands" but that they chose The Sex Pistols were the first band Video may not have killed radio then only "three or four songs to represent began an evolution that would take to slam dance their way into the them far from their original hard­ and it hasn't killed radio today, but the the entire alternative scene." American spotlight. With names like edged sound. music video industry, spearheaded by Alan Hamant, an associate music Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious, it's MTV, has left an indelible mark on professor who teaches a course titled Their next six records took the little wonder the youngsters of the band through many genres: reggae, radio and the entire music business that "History of Rock," says that MTV and day went ape for the group, even if punk-pop and even a few ballads, will probably never fade. making a video has become essential their parents were climbing the walls. which were all thrown into the mix to "MTV has revolutionized music. It's for a band's success. What the Pistols lacked in musical make one of the most original sounds another outlet for artists to have their "If you really want a chanc-e at a top­ talent, they made up for in charisma in pop music history. music heard," says Cosmo Mastropolo, selling album or at becoming and crazy antics that sometimes a junior publicist for the network. "After mainstream, you have to have a video," The end eventually came for The bordered on felonious. "When I was Clash, but the " new wave" MTV, artists could have their albums Hamant says. "People who produce little I liked [the Sex Pistols) because sold because of radio airplay as well as videos produce more publicity and sell movement of the early '80s grabbed they were the most radical music guitarist Mick Jones and threw him videoplay." their artists more." being on radio," McEvoy adds. Like any situation, one of the best McEvoy also says he thinks having viewpoints comes from someone who around," said Billy Mazola, a back into the spotlight with his new Many theories exist on what kind of Hamant says he agrees with the Newark resident who says he first band Big Audio Dynamite. Through impact MTV has had on the 111usic claim that MTV has far surpassed radio MTV in control of promoting music has been on the ins1de. In the winter of may not be such a great idea. The 1994, senior Alison Bridgman worked discovered punk music "at the ripe many inceptions (B.A.D, B.A.D. 2, industry in its 14-plus years of as the prime avenue for promotion and age of 13." Big Audio), the band has endured, existence. In the early '80s, it used to be success of bands. image MTV creates isn't always as an intern for MTV in their consistent with the accompanying production department and got to see If the Pistols hadn't already and is still going strong today. that a group would be magically han?­ "In the early days of rock 'n' roll secured their place in mus ical What started as a rebellious picked from nowhere, covered m radio was primary media for records to music, he says. firsthand what the network giant was "There's an unnecessary influence like. hi story, the death of Sid Vicious' movement in pop music, has burst eyeliner and lipstick and surr~:mnded by be sold," he says. "MTV has taken over girlfriend Nancy Spungen, and his out of the '80s and into a powerfully electric drums and flashy lights (a Ia promoting from radio in the music as to what's going on the screen," he "MTV is a very creative industry," says. "I kind of wish the bands would Bridgman says. "Everyone .there is subsequent suicide pushed the marketable trend with its sights set Duran Duran, Missing Persons and industry." pioneer punk rockers a big step on the next century. Bands like Flock of Seagulls). Hamant says the videos MTV focus on making another album rather very young and they dress a lot than making three videos a year." differently than you would at a normal closer towards immortality, says "Green Day", "The Offspring," Now the process is a little more produces have evolved into Greil Marcus in his book "Lipstick "Rancid" and a slew of other modern selective. "The Buzz Bin," MTV's "commercials" for the bands. With the Communication professor Juliet network or business." Dee says MTV has made it so that a With all of the ideas about what Traces." punk acts have brought what once collection of four or five "videos to music industry set up this way, Hamant The whole dirty mess was was a dead musical genre back to the watch for," has had a profound effect on says it opens the door for bands to "hit band's on-screen appearance is more MTV has become whirling around, important than the actual music being some long fo r the past and are more rehashed in the 1986 movie "Sid and forefront of pop culture. But many record sales and the popularity of bands. big and then fade away." Nancy," a semi-accurate account of see such a resurgence as just another "It seems like anything that' s put 'The bands that have made a career made. She brought up the example of concerned with what MTV used to be. Lita Ford, a late-' 80s heavy metal 'The early videos were an artform the Sex Pistols rise and fall. attempt to cash in on a fad. into 'The Buzz Bin' is sold no matter off of MTV had good foresight," But much to the surprise and even 'There is no such thing as punk what it is," says Debbie B odn~r , Hamant says. 'They got on a medium vixen who "couldn't carry a tune" but in the sense that they weren' t such an "was very pretty r.nd had a great artform," says McEvoy with a chuckle. distaste of Sex Pistols fans, the band anymore," says Scotty Curran who manager of Rainbow Records m that they understood better than their didn ' t die off completely, says plays guitar in a local punk band, Newark. "People see these bands_ and contemporaries." bod y. " "They were a lot more light-hearted "Record companies didn' t care if and simple. Marcus. Out of the ashes of punk Scotty and the Cockmen. He feels the their videos all day. The mus1c IS Some prefer the older, campier came "new wave," a more pop-like original idea behind punk has been pushed in people's faces. . videos to their newer, flashier she could sing or not. You can edit and "Plus, it was new and different. It fix that in the studio," Dee says. 'The was probably like 1980 when we all fo rm of music. With it came P.I.L. lost over the years. " Punk is still "We watch what's in 'The Buzz Bm' counterparts. (Public Image Limited), fronted by around," says Curran, correcting because people are going to buy what's "Videos were an artform back then," quality of performance simply doesn't first saw the 'Billy Jean' video. That matter as much anymore. video was made a long time ago, and it John Lydon, formerly known as himself, "but it's in skateboarding, in it," she says. says senior Mike Nguyen. 'They were Johnny Rotten. He was the nasty, and the way you do stuff. If your at a It is not agreed upon by everyone, entertaining to watch and they weren't "TV is a totally visual medium," she shows." says. "MTV will go for the sexiest and It's true video may not have killed s neering young rock star who show and you get knocked however, that 'The Buzz Bin" and the just commercials for the bands." brought punk out of the shadows and unconscious, that's punk." . likes and dislikes of MTV' s powers that "The rewards for getting played on most outrageous performers to catch its the radio star yet, but radio's vital signs viewers' eyes." are definitely weakening. into every livi ng room in Britain and Skateboard and destroy," he adds, be, should be the factors that dictate the MTV far surpasses the advantages for beyond.

Housing and Residence Life "Saturday Night Fever" boogies at UD approves a plan to over to a theater near you. make Central Campus coed. 1977 197~-.-.r--~~~....., • • rJ c 0 0 L [I u J n • [ r . 0 0 • Nine hundred members of The People's [ :: : I Jimmy Carter becomes 39th president of United Temple, a California based religious cult, die in a mass States; Elvis dies; "Star Wars" fights the dark suicide; "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" 4 side. redefines the concept of the B-movie.

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Flashback to fashion

Photographs By Christine Fuller Text THE REVI EW /Christine Fuller In their '70s-style clothing, Margaret Billy, a sophomore, hangs out (above) with Larry DiMaio of schroeder in the '50s style By Sharon Graber Jude's Diner . She is wearing an original paisley polka dot dress with platform shoes. Larry wears a multicolored turtleneck with bell-bottoms. Below, Michael Rogers, a junior, makes the moves on Margaret in his red corduroy bell-bottoms and velour brown blazer. Adam Steiger (Right) sports a spiked crop with baggy pants and military-style boots typical of the Sid Vicious, Billy Idol era of the late '70s, early '80s.

A nything goes shirts, big collars, argyle socks, fl uorescent Hair was a part of the punk fashion and it colors, tight, dark denim , punk style, pimp definitely made a statement. The people who jacke ts, vests, Adidas, aerobic wear and loud were into the punk-styled clothing wore spiky, mismatched outfi ts were the fashion craze in colored hair. Their hair identified them as the '70s and '80s. being punks. Punks can be seen hanging out T he ironic thing about th ese styles is the with their tribe at Piccadilly Square, London or fashion of these decades can be seen today with in the United States at Harvard Square, Boston. a '90s t wist. No matter what anyo ne says, Not everyone was getting decked out in punk fashion makes a bo ld statement and creates wear. It was exactly the opposite side of the cliques and stereotypes. It is an important part spectrum. The preppy look was definitely a of our societ y. Styles and trends symbolize sign for some people in 1980. Conservative every generation and era. polo shirts and argyle socks were the look for Streetstyle is a general word, defined by upper class America. The Victoria and Albert M useum in London, In the early '80s, the let's-just-hang-out-and­ for the specific forms of dress that identify a boogie fren zy was o ut and it was time to parti cular group. exercise. Well, at least look sporty. Cotton was Looking sharp and making history is the in and we said goodbye to polyester. Every girl goal. The '70s and ' 80's made fas hion history. strutted around singing, "Let' s Get Physical" Tracey Mammoli to, president of the while they wore their pink leg warmers, Adidas university's Fashion Group, says that " fashion jogging outfits and running shoes. is a result of what happens in that particular "In the '80s, laced up shoes, Adidas, and lip society. The society, economy and politics of gloss were in," Mammolito says, "Now, you the '70s and '80s are reflected in its fashion." can see these styles coming back on th e T he '70s were the neo-hippy faze and the runways." disco faze. Hair was natural and shiny. Faces The '80s moved on and dark denim jeans were glossy and pink, Mammolito says. with tight shirts were hot. Denim jackets were T he neo-hippy faze had what every peace­ the piece of clothing of the future and everyone loving person needed. Blazers and bell -bottom put away their shiny, long leather jackets. blue jeans were a part of the style. Warm colors As we approached the mid- '80s, color complimented their natural look. became a big concept. Yes, it ' s a fact th at Big corduroy or polyester bell-bottoms were everyone has owned at least one piece of seen on everyone who wanted to look cool or fl uorescent clothing and actually walked out of jus t wanted t o do "t he hustle." Bold reds, their house wearing it. oranges and blues were the colors to wear if Fluorescent green, orange, yellow and pink one wanted to stand out in the crowd. Earth were the primary trendy colors, Mammolito tones like browns, warm oranges, dark reds and says. These brighter-than-life colors were seen black were the norm if one wanted to stay low- on sweat pants, shirts and skirts. Fluorescent key. · accessories like scrunchies sh oelaces and Shiny polyester sh irts that hugged the body bracelets were a must to mak~ the outfit cool. with big collars and tight vests to go over them Swatch watches with flo urescent designs were were the perfect way to complete the outfit. the new way to tell time. "Big wi de coll ars were the best thing to We can recreate the ' 70s and '80s because come out of the '70s," Mammolito says. the clothes of this time are still being worn Polyester was the material to wear, she says. today. A fi tted polyester dress with paisley and polka "Now, people are more concerned with dot designs was the way to go out at night and comfort, rather than style," Mammolito says, hit the dance floor. The louder the outfi t, the "but, tight half shirts, and overalls are now in better. style and were a product of the '70s. Also, lip T hen there was the emergence of the punk gloss and skinny belts from the '80s are back." clothing in the late '70s and early ' 80s. Punk­ Fashion has endured many changing faces. It rock music performed by bands like the Sex says someth1ng about the t ime and of the Pistols had a big influence on the style. Zipped people. No matte r how outrageous or funny leather jackets and studded black clothes were t~ese styles see""! to the '90s generation, at the worn by both sexes. Leather studded chokers time they were h1 p and happening. with m atching bracelets, safety pins, razor "I laugh at the big bell-bottoms of the '70s blades and heavy makeup was worn also by because they were so tight and uncomfortable!'-' both sexes. It was the way to accessorize the Mammolito ·says.

John Lennon is shot outside "ET" lands and devours Reeses Pieces; Dustin of his apartment in Manhattan. Hoffman cross dresses as "Tootsie;" 1982 - US~ Today becomes the first newspaper with national coverage. 1980 • • 1981 • Frrst case of AIDS reported; Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" pictures the horror of Vietnam; Three MTV graces the satellite waves of television Mile Island nuclear power plant's near disaster spews history; President Reagan is shot and seriously radiation in Pennsylvania. wounded by John Hinckley, Jr. _ May 9,1995 • THE REVIEW • 87 ~· ~-....______S:Recial Section: Back rrrax 1975-1985

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THE REVIEW Christine Fuller Melissa Meisel, a sophomore, and Larry are having fun (above) with their lollipops in front of Scott's Ice Cream. Melissa flashes back to middle school wearing a bright "Double Dare" T-shirt with a jean mini skirt. Added to the outfit are a green Adidas warm-up jacket with running shoes and fluorescent laces. Larry is wearing a bright red vest with bell-bottom jeans and purple Chucks. (Right) Everyone goes crazy in front of Scott's Ice Cream on Main Street. Clothes provided by Danielle Bernato and members of Sigma Nu fraternity. Locations provided by Jude's Diner and Scott's Ice Cream.

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Feeding on a fad frenzy; a decade of trends and memories

BY KAREN SALMANSOHN "There was a Brooke Shie lds delight and happiness to our li ves. two pairs of friendship earrings: Assistant Features Editor Barbie doll tha t my frie nd and I Some kids even collected " One of [the earrings] was a •'' It was a time when you could used to play with all the time," Smurf figurines. broken off heart and the other was ride your Smurf Big Wheels on Smetanick remembers. " My brother and I used to just a stud. My best friend had the the sidewalk in front of you r Prince, M adonna, Michael make the fig ures play soccer o ther set and we wore them house and still feel cool. Jackson and a single white glove. together," Weintraub says. everywhere we went." Trading stickers with friends Music, madness and all that jive Some just used their Stickers. They came in every •, was your idea of a good time. was also like, totally awesome in imagination to create their own shape, size and style. You traded "Mork & Mindy" were your the early '80s. Smurf world. Sometimes, though, them wi th your friends, you kept idols. Y o u decided when you "I wanted to marry Prince but imaginations could be dangerous. them for yourself, you put them grew up you wanted to be just my dad said he wouldn' t let me," "We were on the monkey bars on your "Star Wars" lunchbox. like Superman. Smetanick says. [in the playground] a nd I was "I used to have puffy stickers, The typical school day ended at Junio r Johanna Sha nley Gargamel," sophomore Bill smelly stickers a nd dinosaur 3 p.m. and all you had to do for remembers her favorite television Cebrat remembers. "I was chasing stickers that changed color when homework was study for the star. "I wanted to look like Alyssa Smurfette and she pushed me off you touched them," Cebrat says. spelling test on Friday. Milano [from "Who's the Boss?"] of the monkey bars and I broke Whenever you went The decade was 1975 to 1985. because she was really popular my arm." somewhere, you had to get a The fads were plentiful. where I was g rowing up," s he Playing house, climbing trees, package of stickers to add to the Remember the armful of says. riding your bike to the park: all collection. Just one more of those multicolored , plastic jelly Besides television, the decade activiti es you did with your best foil and glitter stickers because ,, bracelets and rings? What about was also shaped by what games friend. The two of you did so they would look 'so neat on your ... those plastic c harm necklaces were played. much together, others thought you Phonics book cover. !• with miniature baby bottle Puzzles and stress, stress and were attached at the hip . " I paid 50 cents for a sticker • charms? puzzles. The anger, the annoyance Wha t about those occasions fro m a friend," Cebrat says. Sophomore Karen W eintraub of not being able to get it quite when you couldn't be together? It "Afterwa rds, I felt like I got recalls jelly bracelet hell: "Oh right. Chewing on finger nails, was family day a nd you had to ripped off because in the school God, did I have those [bracelets]. s truggling for hours and then s pend time with your family. s to re (the stic ker] was o nly 5 I used to wear I 0 on one arm and realizing it will never come Maybe you were punished for not cents." twist them together." together. cleaning up your toys. What about Fads come and go, but aren' t Disco was hip and " Saturday The Rubik's Cube. Do these your best friend? What would you friends supposed to be forever? Night Fever" was the movie to words ring a bell? For many, this THE REVIEW I Kelly Bennett do without that person? Whichever is the case, it was see. It was a time when "Just Do mind-boggling box of colored the time of your childhood. Fads W . Hoffmann and William G. " When I first got the Rubik' s The solution was easy. Just It" meant doing the Hustle, and squares frustrated millions to the mark your friend with friendship and trends drove you wi ld. One Bailey. Cube, I thought I almost solved it, sneakers with Velcro buckles brink of insanity. pins, bracelets, necklaces and day it was the Smurfs, the next However, some university so I switched one of the stickers. were the s nazzies t things ever W ith potential color patterns day it was Rubik 's. s tudents created their o wn After that, I could never figure it earrings. numbering to It was a time in life when seen. solutions. o ut," sophomore Jen Reynolds Senior We ndy Pennington "I thought John Travolta was a 43,252,003,274,489,856,000, it remembers making friendship nothing else mattered. Maybe not, hot dancin ' man," junior J en would take about 1.4 million " I would peel the stickers off says. except when that cup of hot cocoa and put them back to match the "La, Ia, Ia, Ia, Ia, Ia. La, Ia, Ia, pins. "I used to send my mom to Smetanick says with a laugh. years for a compute r to solve all get packets of friendship pin kits. in your favorite Strawberry right colors," Weintraub says. Ia, Ia." Even the forever popular of the c ube's combinations, Shortcake Thermos was waiting " I would take [the Cube] apart The Smurfs. Every Saturday I would make them and then trade Barbie doll had its heyday when according to " Fashion & for you when you came back from and put it back together," morning these tiny blue creatures with my friends," she says . Merchandising Fads" by Frank playing in the snow. we were kids. Smetanick recalls. with white pants and hats brought Sophomore Amy Shook had

1984 -Madonna inspires prepubescent girls to - Compiled by Michelle Lisi wear lace and pose "Like a Virgin;" Desmond Tutu "Take Back the Night'' march is held on our wins the Nobel Peace Prize; Donald Trump campus; S.B. Woo becomes highest ranking becomes a household name; Donald Duck turns 50. Chinese-American politician as Lt. Governor of Delaware. • 1984 • -. 1983 • 1985 Sylvester Stallone kicks butt and takes names as 1985 - Reagan and Gorbachev hold their first summit "Rambo;" Michael Jackson "thrills" us with his new meeting; Shiite Muslim terrorists hijack TWA Boeing 727 album; Society gets smarter, as computers beep their jet to.Beirut; Pete Rose beats Ty Cobb's 57-year-old base hit way into offices, schools and homes. record of 4,191. 88 • THE REVIEW • May 9, 1995 .Documentary Area offers opportunities irr film "Any Tom, Dick or Harry can be filmmaker continued from page B 1 Hedges-May and the other major The Delaware Theatre Company, out of I 0 I know who has had classes . casting agencies in the area, work out which is a Erofessional theater, often and experience and who hasn't." an extra," Hedges remarks. "Work in continued from page B 1 of the Philadelphia Local Union. This casts smaller"i·oles with local talent. Hedges stresses the importance of community productions is muc~ more says passionately. "It's just not true. of a credit than being an extra m any "The TV Guide once said that a Philadelphia market encompasses According to Hedges, the theater also being prepared for these sessions. major film." • Russo felt so strongly the film popular actor was discovered while Delaware, Pennsylvania, southern offers a variety of acting classes. Although applicants aren't Jersey and northern Maryland. ''This would be a great experience auditioning for a specific part at the Hedges also advises hopeful actors had to be made, she left her job at he was painting houses," Hedges to be wary of ads that could be the station and began production on recalls. "What they didn' t say was "Delaware is too small to be its for young actors," Hedges enthused. time, each performance will decide own market so it has to go through Once you've taken some theater whether the actor's picture goes on fraudulent. the ambitious project. that he'd been painting those houses "Looking for all types, shapes and "'My Three Fathers' is a for fifteen years in New York to pay the Philadelphia or sometimes the classes and done some community file for future jobs or whether it goes Baltimore/Washington market," theater work, the next step is to go to in the garbage. sizes. Just $10 registration fee and humorous account of my thoughts for acting classes, before getting his we'll make you famous!" reads one on why my fathers married and 'big break."' Hedges explains. an open call (one that's open to "I get at least 100 pictures a day," divorced my mother," Russo Taking acting classes and ''This area (Delaware) has a wealth anyone who's interested). Hedges warns. ''The worst thing you popular ad. explains, sounding like she's of places to study and audition," Applicants should go in "looking could do is [come to me] before "It's a scam .... I get paid by the participating in community theater producers, reading off a press release. Then her Hedges says. professional" with a 8 x 10 head shot you're ready.'' not my clients," Hedges are the best ways to get started in the warns. "Don't ever give any money to sure voice begins to falter slightly. acting world, according to Hedges, The Delaware Children's Theatre, and resume, Hedges says. Winning the role as one of 5,000 "I guess the point was me trying who has cast some parts in such hits Three Little Bakers Dinner Theatre "You get one read before I look at extras sitting in a grandstand for a big a casting agent." to understand why people part," she as "Rocky V," "Dead Poets Society" and the Wilmington Drama League the back of your picture and see your movie is not quite the break you reasons. "I was trying to understand and "Stealing Home.'' are all well respected, Hedges says. resume," she chuckles. "Nine times should be looking for. why people get married when they always seem to fail." These days, that question provides Russo with more than Video contest offers amateurs and enthusiasts a chance at making it in Hollywood enough food for thought. Last BY SARA GLENN forum in which people could idea is presented is more important contest every year s ince it was Underwood, director of the campy August, while she was finishing Staff Reporter showcase their personal works. than the technical aspects, since v irtually one of the things that horror film "Tremors." post-production on "Fathers," Russo Get the family's camcorder, grab With more than 900 videos most participants do not o wn started hi s career." Allen has The contest' s winners attend an relocated to England. There she some friends and have some fun. It's submitted last year (as opposed to a expensive film making equipment. remained loyal to VISIONS OF U.S. award ceremony with the judges in joined and wed BBC filmmaker that easy. All you need to enter the meager 50 entered the first year), it ''They really have to tap into their and what it is all about. This year he Hollyw·:>Od. First through third Marc Munden, her boyfriend of lith annual VISIONS OF U.S., the is plain to see that the contest is creativity to be able to make will be seen along the panel of runners-up will receive Sony three years. nation's first home video contest, is becoming increasingly popular. something look good with simple celebrity judges. camcorders while the grand-prize "I met him at a film fest," she a camera, some fi lm and a little "The contest is a great opportunity means," Jensen explains. Present along the panel with winner will be given a Sony Stereo giggles not unlike a schoolgirl. "It's ingenuity. for young filmmakers to get their VISIONS OF U.S. helped Allen are Scott Wolf, star of the TV camcorder. sort of funny, because here I was Jay Sado, vice president of Sony foot in the door," Jensen says. "Plus, establish the career of Tim Allen, series "Party of Five;" "Star Trek" Submitted videos are not to finishing up this movie about Visual Products, created VISIONS it's a really fun experience." s tar of ABC's series " Home veteran LeVar Burton and Academy exceed 20 minutes in length and marriage [and divorce], and I go off OF U.S. in 1983 after he noticed a The contest, run out of Improvement." He was the first Award winner Francis Ford must be received by June 15, 1995. and get married myself." void in filmmaking oppurtunities, Hollywood, accepts videos from place non-fiction winner in 1985 for Coppola, best known for his writing For further information and an Russo, who says she kept her says Kimberlee Jensnen, publicist five categories: fiction, non-fiction, a documentary film he designed and and directing of the The Godfather entry brochure, call (213) 856-7787 own name "because I like my name for Sony Visual Products. experimental, music videos and the created called "The Last Days of trilogy. or write to: VISIONS OF U.S., P.O. better," seems content with her Sado said in a press release: "Our newest category that is specifically Mojay Lake." Also judging the contest are Box 200, Hollywood, Ca, 90078. decisions. She also seems excited goal is to foster innovation as video for participants 17 years old or "A llen mentioned us at the Kathleen Kennedy, producer of such that she's shifted her focus from makers stretch their imagination." younger. Academy Awards," says Jensen. hits as "The Color Purple" and directing documentaries to Jensen says Sado wanted to create a Jensen says the way in which the " He plays an active role in the " Back to the Future" and Ron producing what she considers quality feature films. "I have a new plan now," she declares proudly. "I want to get set up [in London] and work there and have a life there. "I think I'm in a good position now, focusing in one direction," she continues, earnestly. Currently, Russo is trying to put together a team to do a feature in England which focuses on people dependent upon the dole (which she explains is the English version of welfare), "but it doesn't have the same stigma". "Even my fiction stuff is based in reality," she points out. "I'm really interested in culture." Russo says that she loves the "escapism" movies provide, but at the same time, she says she tends to like " things that are dark and insipid." "I'm not big on happy endings," she adds. If that's true, Russo better duck -there's one headed her way.

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Tuesday May 9, 1995 • B~ r-----. Sports In Review No way to end a season Missed '• By Michael Lewis chances ·· Softball goes Making quietly in kill Hens NAC tourney history in BY MICHAEL LEWIS Sports Editor BY PETER BOTHUM There's an old adage in Assistant Sports Editor baseball and softball that says if. silence There is no question that you're facing an excellent Delaware's softball team could see pitcher, "you've got to get them They have been the most successful it coming. early." A pitcher usually gets sports team in the past 30 years at this into a r hythm after a few university. But during last weekend's North Atlantic Conference innings, so if a team is hoping to' They are having a season so good, tournament, the Hens did a pretty score runs in bunches, they' d• their competition is starting to good job of pretending not to see better do it in the first few times resemble the also-rans in the NFC the inevitable: the painful end of at bat. West, who are always playing for an even more painful season. Last weekend at the North second place behind the San Francisco On Friday Delaware ( 18-31-1 , Atlantic Conference tournament, 49ers. They are currently two wins I -II- I NAC) dropped its opening the Delaware softball team knew away from breaking the school record they w ere · facing quality for wins. game with Boston University, 4-0, and was ousted from the pitchers, but couldn't do any , In all probablity, they will win the tournament by Drexel University damage in any of their early- , North Atlantic Conference tournament on Saturday in a tight, inning chances, fal ling to Boston· this weekend and advance to the heartbreaking l -0 loss. University 4-0 on Friday and to NCAA regionals. Senior first baseman Allison Drexel University 1-0 on The Delaware baseball team is Gladwell was one of the Hens' Saturday. about to make history, and no one many believers. THE REVIEW/Kelly Bennett " We had so many seems to care. Delaware senior second baseman Lisa Kosanovich, much like the Hens this weekend, was "I thought for sure we would opportunities to score in both Oh, the players and the coaches upended on this play as a Drexel runner slides underneath her. The Hens were shut out twice in play more than two games in the games, and it was real frustrating­ care, and the parents of the players tournament," said Gladwell. losing to Boston and Drexel last weekend. to not be able to take · care, and a few dozen diehard fans whose career as a Hen is over. "I ad vantage," D elaware Coach'. care. But that's about it. B .J. Ferguson said. "She has not fielder Sue Shockley. " Against to be almost impossible to fill her thoug ht we played well B .J. Ferguson said. "Our team is A team this good should not be gotte n the recognition that I feel Drexel o ur hitting j ust ran into shoes." defensively, but we just didn' t get capable of scoring a lot of runs, playing in front of two-figure crowds. she deserves." some bad luck." "For me to have a chance to the hits when we needed them.'" but we j ust couldn't put together A team this good should be The Dragons picked up the only " We should have scored when play with those seniors was a great hits when we needed to." drawing students by the hundreds and run they would need in the second, we had people on," Ballier added. honor," freshman catcher Bonnie Delaware's lack of offense ; be riding a tidal wave of enthusiasm when designated p layer Janese Delaware senior shortstop Lisa Seaman said. "N ot only were they Friday was a little more into the NAC tournament this Friday. Davis lined a o ne-out si ngle into M yers h a d a lot of trouble great players, but they had great understandable than the poor , But the baseball team does play left that sent center fielder Vicky containing her emotions as the personalities a nd attitudes as Gladwell also said it was very hitting on Saturday. In Friday's most of its home games in front of Ventura to the plate. c urtain went down o n what has well." hard to watch the rest of th e opening game the Hens faced two-figure crowds, and there doesn't " I was disappointed that we been a fantastic college career. Ferg u son said s h e expected to urnament, which Hofs tra Boston University pitcher appear to be any good reason for such didn ' t hit the ball a little better," " It ' s just sad to see it a ll more out of this year's team. University won by defeating Audrey West, who at the time apathy. Drexel coach Patty O'Neill said. e nding," said M yers, who holds " I really don't be lieve we ever Bos ton Universi-ty , 4 - 0 , o n led the nation in E RA with an Does the team lack individual stars? "But we made a ll the plays that we eight school records for the Hens, peaked this year," she said. "And Sunday. eye-popping 0.29. West threw a Not by a long shot. All around the needed to make and we came up inc luding most hits (164). " I 'm if you have an answer for why that "It was to ug h watc hing the complete-game three-hitter and diamond, future major leaguers with a clutch hit when we needed proud of what I've accomplished, is, the n you're going to make a other teams out there. I definite ly kept the Delaware bats off-· abound. Junior third baseman Cliff it.'" but I'd trade it in for some wins millio n because I don't have an didn' t want to let it go," she said. balance with a combination of Brumbaugh is a George Brett-type T he Hens' offense, which was this season." answer for why it (the peak) never De laware's big question mark blazing fastballs and off-speed hitter who is currently leading the fairly consistent for the majority Some of Delaware' s younger really came." going into the NACs, its pitching, pitches. nation in doubles with 23. of the season, shut down players said they wi ll miss M yers, NOTES AND QUOTES: For the turned out to be o ne of the only " Audrey is a superb pitcher, The double-play combination of completely in the NACs. Delaware G ladwell and second baseman record, Myers finished tops in the bright spots. and we knew it would be tough redshirt freshman second baseman mustered on ly nine hits in two L i sa K osanovic h . Shockley, following categories for the Hens: Junior pitcher Jen Ballier (7- to score off of her," Ferguson Courtney Batts and true freshman games and continuously failed to M yers' probable heir apparen t most hits in a season (62), most 18), who was roughed up for three said. " We had our chances, shortstop Brian August are solid, and come up with the big knocks when (M yers played center field for the runs scored in a season (30), runs and five hits in four innings though." senior flfSt baseman Dan Hammer has it needed them. majority of her career), said s he longest hitting streak (12 games), agains t the Terriers on Friday, The Hens' best opportunity been Mr. Consistency. making only " W e had the opportunities and will miss her and the other seniors career games played ( 155), career rebounded nicel y the next day came in the top of the second. six errors and hitting a solid .335. we hit the ball well," Ferguson greatly. at bats (496), most career hits again st the Dragons. The H e n s' Sophomore left fielder Kristen Have they lost any clutch games at said. " I felt really good about this ''I'm reall y sad to see them go. (164), most career doubles (28) ace went the distance against Kayatta led off with a single to home to tum fans away? No, no luck game. I felt that we could beat I've been with these players every and career total bases (21 1). Drexel, allowing only one run on right, and after two outs, there in searching for an explanation to the m:· day since September,'· Shockley " She has given so much heart six hits. sophomore right fielder Allison the empty seats. The Hens have gone " We haven't really been hitting said. and dedication to this program," " Give J e n B a lli er c redit for R ose lined a shot to right , 2 1-2 at Delaware Diamond, including to our potential for the last half of "Lisa Myers is the best player Ferguson said. "All of the seniors keeping us in the game, she threw advancing Kayatta to third. But a 12-0 home record in the conference. the season," said freshman center I've ever come across. It' s going will be missed." out standing," D e laware Coach West reared back and struck out Do they lack the ability to win close freshman catcher Bonnie Seaman games, a sure sign of a team without a to retire the Hens' threat. leader? Sorry, no help there. Senior " I really thought we'd be able catcher Troy O'Neal has been on the to score at least a few runs thi~ team for five years, and the veteran weekend ," Delaware senio : backstop knows just about every hitter shortstop Lisa Myers sai

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to pitch to junior right fielder Lamanteer was tops in the by popping a triple and scored Ethan Jack. nation with a 0 .63 ERA and five when McHugh rocketed a double Baseball But Jack launched a fly into earned runs given up before off the center field fence to right field and both Trivits and Saturday, but the Wildcats complete the Hens' demise. struggles in Duffie tagged and advanced. changed that. "They may say I didn't have Maine right fielder Mat Huff tried New Hampshire unloaded on my English muffin," Lamanteer to throw Duffie out at third and Lamanteer, sending 12 men to the lightheartedly said after the game four-game set Brumbaugh moved to second. plate, scoring eight earned runs about his usual pre-game fare. Senior catcher Troy O' Neal got on six hits, bringing Lamanteer' s "They just drove the ball. One BY JOHN DEPINA$ his first hit since returning to the ERA up to 1.61 and handing him guy I got in on the hands, but he Sports Editor lineup by slapping one back his first collegiate loss. ripped it. ORONO, Maine-It was a through the box for a single. With one out, he walked " It was like, 'You beat me weekend of ups-and-downs for "I'm not 100 percent," O'Neal Wildcats' catcher Fran McHugh there.'" Delaware's baseball team as it said of his return from an injury, and second baseman Joe Sarno The right hits at the right time split with both the University of "but it's not going to inhibit me." grounded one through the right in game one versus the Wildcats ew Hampshire and the Maine shortstop Shiro Ando side for a single. helped senior Jamie Wilson to his University of Maine. made an amazing diving stop, but Lamanteer then hit shortstop 32nd career victory, breaking Delaware's moments of both Brumbaugh and Duffie were Sean McGrath to load the bases Scott Young's previous mark set g reatness were balanced by moving at the crack of the bat and for pinch hitter Ken Jobin. from 1978-1981. moments of mediocrity. For every scored to give the Hens a 3-0 lead. Jobin popped it up to senior A seventh-inning, one-out time Lady Luck held the Hens' The Black Bears (19-33, 11-13 first baseman Dan Hammer, and it single up the middle by August hands in their 4-2 and 3-2 wins, NAC) threatened in the seventh appeared as if the Hens were scored freshman second baseman she turned her back on them in the and scored two runs on three hits, narrowly going to escape again. Courtney Batts and Hammer who I 0-3 and 3-0 losses. a walk and an error, and had the But the two-out rally was had reached base on walks to put " We've ( usually) got good bases loaded with their best hitter waiting. the Hens up for good 4-2. pitching and defense," Delaware coming to the plate. Center fielder Curt Connelly A windy second game in Maine Coach Bob Hannah said. Schnur went to a full count with knocked a single through the left silenced the Hens' bats, yet the In the sixth inning of Sunday's catcher Steve Puleo, and threw a side, bringing home the first two Black Bears' managed to squeeze fir t game against the Black Bears, pitch that appeared to be outside. runs, and designated hitter Scott out three runs with spotty, but De laware (40-1 0 , 19-3 in the Puleo, the Black Bears, the crowd Ivens cleared the bases for the solid hits. • orth Atlantic Conference) and the radio commentator Wildcats with a triple into the " It was a non-baseball day," showcased a textbook example of thought it was wide, but the man right-center field gap to make the Hannah said after game two with how to score runs when freshmen in blue called it on the corner and score 6-3. Maine. "Chris (Dillon) pitched leadoff hitters Dan Trivits and the Hens escaped with a one-run "They're a pesky, aggressive well enough to win. We made Andre Duffie both singled, putting win, their 40th of the season. team," Hannah said of New some key mistakes defensively. runners on first and second. "We' ve won 40 of 50 games Hampshire. "They're not a long­ At best, it should have been 1-0." Senior pitcher Curt Schnur (9- this season," Hannah said. "We've ball team. That was a little The Hens take the diamond 3) tapped out a perfect sacrifice got to be happy with that." unusual." today at home against the , ~ bunt t o move the runners to Saturday, in Delaware's second Left fielder Anthony Valentine University of Richmond at 3:00. r. second and third. game against New Hampshire, the contributed a one-RBI single to Delaware is the top seed in the Maine pitcher LeRoy Decker, Hens were leading 3-2 going into center field before Lamanteer hit NAC tournament and will play the bottom of the sixth, when his second batter of the inning, Maine in the opening round. The hoping to force a double play, THE REVIEW/ Craig Solomon junior hurler Adam Lamanteer first baseman Doug Spofford. game is at 7 :00 on Friday at gave junior third baseman Cliff Hens junior hurler Adam Lamanteer suff~red his first loss as a came in for some relief work. Brumbaugh a free ride and chose Watson then redeemed himself Frawley Stadium in Wilmington. collegian in Saturday's 10-3 loss at New Hampshire.

period. These are not bad statistics when pitching a nd fiel ding are Sheryl's one Hall The weekend the working the way they' re supposed to, which didn ' t happe n last weekend. of a track star bats went to sleep Junior A dam Lama nteer, the usually untouchable pitcher, got BY LEANNE MILWAY schedule was too hectic with "Our offense wasn' t very sharp," touched (pounded. actually) in the Administrative News Editor training hours to devote time to Hens' offense Delaware Coach Bob Hannah said. bottom of the New Hampshire sixth She can jump over hurdles for track. When she started struggles in series "We just couldn't find the balance." in game two Saturday. I 00 meters in under 15 seconds. practicing again in mid-April last The games meant nothing in the Every pitcher has those days," She helps injured athletes year, she broke a school record split in New England standings to Delaware, because the Lamanteer said. "They were ripping I me." regain their physical prowess. in the I 00-meter hurdle, BY JOHN DEDINAS team already had the No. seed for She clears jumps of o ver 5- finishing in 14.79 ~econds . " It Assistant Spons Editor the tourney clinched. A two-out rally that seemed to last forever walloped Lamanteer fcet-5 inches. was a kind of confirmation," she ORONO, Maine-Everything was The Hens were also lacking the and the Hens. Lamanteer' s totals Junior Sheryl Hall, co-captain says, "that 'oh yeah,' this is what there. Teams? Check. Umpires? No. 2 and 3 hitters in their lineup. for one inning were eight earned of the women' s track and field I'm here for. " Check. Equipment? Check. Snow? Senior first baseman Dan Hammer Hall performs in both indoor has a strained hamstri ng and saw runs, six hits, three for extra bases, and cross country team, Flurries. Check. Pitching? Check. one walk, two hit batters when he successfully manages to divide and outdoor track in the !DO­ Offense? Who forgot to bring the very li mited action. Freshman was ahead in the count, and two her time between competing in meter and 400-meter hurdles, in offense? shortstop Brian A ugust was fine strikeouts. track and field events and her the 4 x I 00 meter and 4 x 400 Delaware's baseball team did. until an errant pitch from the Black Bears' LeRoy Decker beaned him In the second game with Maine, work as an athletic trainer. meter relay and the high jump. And although they s plit b o th in the head in game one. He has a it wasn't the pitchi ng. Much can be At Brandywine High School Last s pring season she finished doubleheaders in the remotest parts blamed on the weather, but there in Wilmington, Hall was captain third in the 400 intermediate of New England last weekend, mild concussion and sa scalp •• was something else very noticeable. 'oi of the track team, winning state hurdles and high hurdles something more was expected the contusion and is li sted day-to-day. Under the big, white "E" on titles in the high jump and 300- outdoors. week before the North Atlantic The weather was also a factor. ·= meter hurdles. At her graduation, Delaware's line, there was a "5.'' •• " I' m not doing as well this Conference tournament. Delaware isn' t always the warmest s he was named "Outstanding year," Hall say s, " but my All three of Maine's runs were . "The pitching has been carrying of places, but the Hens must have .. Female Senior Athlete." teammates might not notice. In contributed to in some way by . us all year," freshman left fielder been surprised to see snow flurries Hall applied only to Delaware Hens' errors. track that's one tenth of a second Andre Duffie said. " We' ve been on M ay 7 in the middle of the .. Delaware's offense does have a during her college search, difference, and to me that's not hitting consistently. Sometimes we second game with Maine. But is lot of fire power, but it can't afford because of the athletic training that good." go through team (hitting) slumps." that an excuse? prog ram a nd the track team. "Because it is an individual to have pitc hing and defensive In both the Hens' losses, they "It's tough to get any offense (in When she came to the university, sport, I know it's all for me," had very little offensive support. this weathe r),'' Hannah said after breakdowns. One mistake and the game is over. Two mistakes, and she knew she was going to run. Hall explains. "In lacrosse you Three runs against New the Maine doubleheader. reall y like the way the track have a stick, in soccer you have the Hens could find themselves out "I Hampshire. A big, round zero The Hens came away with 10 team is set up he re ," she says. a ball; in track, it's me and versus Maine. runs and 19 hits over the four-game of the NAC tournament. " Based on the fact that we're a another girl - that's all. In a non-scholarship team, we're here team, sport people may complain Iwo rking our butts off. Here, you and blame their problems on get out of it what you put in it." someone else, but in track there I " She's very versatile and very is no excuse. It's all you." t a lented," head coach Sue As a captain of the team, Hall works to keep the team spirit alive. Being an individual sport, she said it is hard to get the 30 "In track, there members to work together. "The track team now is sort of is no excuse. It's three separate cliques," she says. "There are people on the team all you." that still don' t know each other's name. That kills me, it gets - Delaware junior track star Sheryl Hall really frustrating." on why she likes the individual sport of Now at the end of the season, I track. Jazz Brunell LIVE Music 4 l/2 Price Hall says she feels like she is • EveryNtte ' Cineo de Mayo 'Great Oldies ~"efJ EVERy TUES. Wings Every running as well as she should be. San. 5·7PM Mexico lndep. Eoerv Sat , In order to make time in her Fta•arlag Happy Hour N I G~H Thursday at Day Upstairs ~ McGrath-Powell says. " Her schedule for training, she must l11.~idr Out 9:00-1:00 The Bar biggest drawback is her major." take late night practices or come on Corona, M ajoring in sports medicine, in early in the morning. 7 l{l. a Hartefeld II Sealer Ja• Ill Margaritas, & Hall must oft e n put aside " If she starts training, s he National The Jones BLVGIItS Quervo practi ce time to work as an can' t be a madman trainer," Golf Course , athletic trainer for other school McGrath-Powell says. " She' ll Allison t0 -12. See your bartender sports. end up hurting herself in the long Pr ect STCfBY " It's my major, there's run." La\\ ~ ~ IS About .. 17 nothing to do about the time it "It's hard for me as captain to IIAfTER YOU READ. 19 CoME i

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owne Court parfmenfs Towne Court Apartments Didl Owner Frank Acierno has totally renovated Towne Court just for you! The hallways and apartments have new carpeting and GE appliances. Also, a new student-sensitive, U of D oriented management team is now in place! In addition, he has added a complete fitness cen ter for your convenience. As seen in the picture above, M r. Acierno had his son, Golds Gym owner FrankJ r., consult with him to help meet all your fitness needs.

On site along with the fitness center there's a 25 meter Olympic pool, tennis courts, basketball cour ts, baseball fields and covered picnic areas!

The apartments are much safer and quieter than others because they are constructed of concrete and masonry instead of wood. The hallways are enclosed and have steel stairs and concrete walls. AND THE RENTS ARE AMONG THE LOWEST IN THE AREA.

Justthink ... while attending the University you will not only Check us Outl 368-7000 develop your mind ... but your Oh, we forgot ... Heat, Hot Water and Parking are all inclusive. body tool So .. .for the Best rental in town, CALL NOW! Rates: Deadlines:. $2.00 for 10 words for the Order in person on Tuesdays~ university community. for Friday issues and on · $5.00 for non-university Fridays for Tuesday issues customers. by 3 p.m. $0.30 for each word Cash, check and money thereafter. orders only, please. Call 831-2771 for details.

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FOR SALE FOR SALE WANTED WANTED \VANTED PEI{SON..\LS

Roommate needed to share 3 bdr, I held in Newark on Wed. May 10. !'OR SALE CHEAP! CALL SCAT AT 738-2976 FUTON, BED, WARDROBE, INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT full , 2 half bath townhouse. WID, Please call 998-6823 for interview. ( OT AFFILIATED WI SCAT - Earn up to $25-$45/hour teaching dishwasher. 4 miles from campus. I DATING SERVICE). CHEST, RUG, TV STAND. ALL LIKE NEW' 73 1-06 11 basic conversational English in Japan, yr. lease, starting 6/1 . $215 per Taiwan, or S. Korea. No teaching month+ 1/3 util. 456-0924 SUMMER SITTER: 2 CHILDREN, . - IJACINTOSH COMPUTER for sale. background or Asian languages FT, OWN TRANSP., LIKE POOL, :::omplete system only $499. Call OFF ROAD 2 1 SPEED ISHIKI required. For info. call: (206) 632- 234-0583. MANITOBA CRO- MO 130 18" 3 Ff BALL PYTHON W/TANK + :::hris at 800-289-5685. 1146 ext. J52914 Summer sublet - apartment on Main FRAME, 8H MANO GEARS, EXTRAS, $100 OR B.O. CHRIS Street. $175 + utilities. Call Suzie $110.00 @ 738-1921 , MATTHEW. 368-0884 292-6871 Senior Elementary Ed. major looking Ultimate Road Trip Vehicle ALASKA SUMMER fo r summer childcare position in 'See Ya Later Newark" BEDS, KITCHEN TABLE/CHAIRS, EMPLOYMENT- Students Needed! Newark. Experienced, references · '77 Toyota Camper Stanza XE, '90, 5 spd,. air, AM/FM, ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, Fishing Industry. Earn up to $3000- Summer sublet - Foxcroft Apts., not available. Ask for Felice 738-2639 ·Great Shape cass, excel cond., 292-1 912, tv. msg. DESK, DRESSER ... MUCH MORE. $6000+ per month. Room and Board t expensive. 456-3144 · good mileage CALL 738-8298 MARA. Transportation! Male or Female. No · $1800 o.b.o. experience necessary. Cal l (206) Summer subletters needed for large Ford Tauru GL-9 1, loaded, garage · Brian or Joe 738-8275 Female roommate wanted for year house on E. Cleveland. 738-2809 kept, ori ginal owner, ne ed sell, 545-4155 ext A5291 2 lease, excellent location. Call 738- leaving country, 292-1 9 12 AVAILABLE 2087. ~urniture . Cheap. In good condition. Cash for College. 900,000 Grants Anyone who witnessed the altercation SUMMER SUBLET - 2 BDRS. \Just sell. 738-4989 that occurred at the Shell station at $220/mnth. + uti!. I block from Acoustic Guitar for sale. Good available. No repayments, EVER. Ogletown Rd. and Marrows Rd. on Sublet: 2 BR Southgate Apts., free campus/Main St. 837-8529 condition. Call Anna @ 837-8676. Qualify Immediately 1-800-243-2435. April I 0, 1995, at approximately pool, $575/mo + low utilities. J drawer white chest - $15 .00 368- 4:20: I need a witness. Please call Available ASAP. Call 454-1902 7998 Chondra at 633-4251. Your call will 1-2 subletters for I bedroom apt. on Sectional couch, beds, loft for sale - $ 1750 weekly possible mailing our circulars. For info call 202-298-9372. be appreciated. Thank you. Haines St. for June - Aug. One block cheap. Call 455-0891 BABYSITTER WANTED: NEED from Main St. Has porch. Call 738- :...oft, couch, 2 end tables, and a TV MATURE, RESPONSIBLE 2863. ;art. All are inexpensive. Call 738- FEMALE TO WORK IN WOMEN'S Furniture for sale: entertainment DO EUROPE STUDENTS STUDENTS 5948 Telephone Order Clerks, new Newark HEALTH CLUB. MUST BE center, coffee, table, bedroom. Call $169 ANYTIME' If you 're a little flexible, we can help office, morning or evening hours, FLEXIBLE AND WORK ALL Due to an increase in business, Steak 738-9209. you beat the airline's prices. excellent earnings, 452-0315 SUMMER. CALL 737-3652 & Ale is now hiring for the following Bed for Sale. Like new. MUST *NO HIDDEN CHARGES* positions: waitstaff, host/hostess, bus )ELL. Call Jen. 738-8476 son btwn 2 & 4, FUJI ABSOLUTE I OSP ROAD *CHEAP FARES WORLDWIDE* people. Apply in per BIKE, GOOD COND., $1 00 OBO. AIRHITCH 212-864-2000 Roommate needed to share house Childcare needed in my Kennett Mon.-Fri. 4601 1/2 Kirkwood Hwy. airhitch @netcom.com White formica platform bed. Cheap. GARY 368-5627 close to Park Place Apts., own room. Square home. Responsible, reliable, $225/month + utilities. Call 456- Call Pam after 4 pm, 292-0775 individual for one plus days per week. 3207 References, experience, & own PERSONALS MACINTOSH LC, I OM RAM, Resum es - hate writing them? I transportation needed. 61 0-444-0930 provide a professional consultati on LOFf 4 SALE, good condition, good 2X40M HD , MONITOR + JERRY CUTS GRASS. CHEAP (1 /2 - 1 hour) and quality product (20 LIFEGUARDS price, 837-3920 KEYBOARD, $700 OBO. GARY RATES. CALL OW FOR 368-5627. copies) th at showcases your unique The Town of Fenwick Island is Rehoboth Beach, summer babysining APPOINTMENT. 454-7561 abili ties. Eric 426-0514 accepting applications for summer job. Live in position. Call A. WOODEN BAR FOR SALE, $40 or lifeguards. Must have current Senior Bateman for information. 302-227- b/o. CALL CRAIG AT 731-8208. 1985 Honda Civic, well maintained, Lifesaving Certificates. For 3356 Summer Bartending course at Down no AC, new ex haust, good battery, JERRY CUTS GRASS. CHEAP additional information or applications Under starting June 26th . Train for $1.500, 239-8395 RATES. CALL NOW FOR contact: summer and fal l semester jobs. D. U. Sectional couch, table, and dresser. APPOINTMENT. 454-7561 Town of Fenwick Island WANTED: Summer Sports Camp positions available. Register daily 2- CHEAP. Call Deedee, 292-3566, 800 Coastal Highway Counselors at the Western YMCA. 5 PM. Fenwick Island, DE 19944 Applicants should be experiences in good condition. '87 Fo rd Mu s t a n ~ Lx Conv, Blue/Black Top, b. o .. Call738-8417. Sum mer jobs - $8-25/hr. Close to 302/539-3011 one or more of these sports: soccer, campu s. Flexible scheduling. E.O.E. basketball , baseball, tennis, Jobs! Down Under now hiring and : Mountain Bike, GT Avalanche, front Afternoon & evening hrs. Call 454- volleyball, and football. Free YMCA training for all positions. Apply daily • 2-5 PM. • suspension (Maniton 2), XT Speciali zed Hard Rock Ultra, 16.5 8980. membership. Great wages. Call components, $450 o.b.o., call Steve w!lock, b.o. Call 738-841 7. M/F RM needed to share apt. w/2 David Dill at 453-1482. 731-9287 girls. Own room. $200/mo, util. . EIT COACHING CLASS. REVIEW include. 738-83 12 Thank you to my models - Larry, • Super Nintendo w/2 Mario Tapes, b.o. IN ENG LISH AND METRIC ROOMMATE NEEDED: M/F to Mike, Melissa, and Marg. Also, • FURNITURE FOR SALE. PRICE Call 738-8417. SYSTEMS. 12 WKS/$425. CALL share apt. in Victorian house, own thank you to everyone who helped me : NEGOTIABLE. CALL 456- 1359. RA VI RANG AN , P.E. 234-2578. NEEDED: SUMMER SUBLETTER room, porch size balcony, ceiling and provided the clothes - Danielle, ·: ASK FOR KRISTIE. Park Place, own room , rent fans. Avai I. after finals. $262/mo. Mom, Goodwill, the brothers of~: BodyTech 635 Aerobic Stepper, b.o. negotiable. 645-2278 or 292- 1320 Sublet or option to stay. 453-1599 Sigma u, and Meli ssa. Judes and • • Call 738-8417 . Scotts were cool to let us shoot there. , : USED FURNITURE FOR SALE. WANTED Christine - you' re an awesome • CAMP STAFF - For Girl Scout Now hiring - PIT Deli Workers, day photographer. Love ya all , Sharon NATIONAL PARKS HIRING res ident camp in Cecil Co., MD. and evening hours. 998-0096 Seasonal & full -time employme nt 6/18/95-8/14/95. Openings available avail able at Nati onal Parks, Forests & for assistant manager, business Lambdas, keep up th e hard work Wildlife Preserves. Benefits + manager, counselors, pool/aquatics I or 2 female roommates needed to during Inspiration Week. Love, the TODAY'S bonuses ! Call: 1-206-545-4804 ext. director, lifeguards, and kitchen staff. share School Lane apt. Avail. July. sisters of LKB N52911 For more information, call CBGSC at Call Rebecca at 456-0257. CROSSWORD PUZZLE (302) 456-7150. Mark -Thanks for all the good food. - :­ I ACROSS PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED CRUISE SHIPS HIRING- Earn up to Female roommate needed for house Pat & Nicole · $2,000+/month. World travel. Wanted: 2 fe male to share room in on Ashley Rd. Will have own room. .· 1 Ruler: vL Seasonal & full -time positions. No 5 Linked large house on S. College. Call Jen or $242 + utilities. Call 456-9571. 9 Degrade exp necessary. For info. call 1-206- Laurie 73 1-1547 R - Don't eat any asparagus. It makes 14 Vestment 634-0468 ext. C52915. that stuff taste funny. All 3 tsp. of 15 Concerning 16 Not so hot GIRL FRIDAY NEEDED for help yours. - P 17 Of an Summer babysitter wanted in my with housework on occasional ,Atlantic DJ Needed. High school fun cti ons Newark home. Ages I I and 7. Hours Saturdays in Arundel (esp. May 13, I country }9 Miss Rich must have good mix . Call Anne 8:30-3 ;m. Call Michele at 737-32 16, 20), and occasional campus errands. Steph and Debbie - thanks for a great 20 Whole amount Mack 834-0990. leave message. $7.50 an hour. Mu st have own Alpha Sig Parents Day! 21 Adheres 23 A metal transportation. Please call 83 1-8092 24 - - - fishing or leave a note for Professor Stoner at / 26 Singsong VOLUNTEERS NEEDED COLLEGE PRO NEEDS 303 Old College. Alpha Sig thanks ZBT, DG, and Phi sound 28 Induced Males, 18 years or older and in good PAINTERS!'! No experience Sigma Kappa for a great mixer! 29 Weapons health, wanted to participate in necessary. $6- 10/hr, additional I 32 Actor clinical pharmacological studies incentives. Wil mington, call 733- One summ er subletter needed for I Robert - sources employing marketed and 0632; Newark, call 738-6732. house on Amstel. Own room. $265 NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS I 35 Gawk 65 Card 3 1 Sign of wound I 36 Sinbad's bird 32 Barriers investigational drugs. Call 215-662- per month. Cal l Chris 369-0575 BEING SLIM FEELS! Get the figure 37 Related DOWN 33 " Agreed!": 8766 for details. you want now. CALL: 1-800-742- I 38 Pigtail's kin var. 39 Arizona city 1 Threesome 34 Color WANTED: PEOPLE POWER 46 17 40 Ferrer or Ott 2 Pedestal part 35 Diagonally ENERGETIC INDIVIDUALS WITH Summer roommate needed, Margate, 4 1 Talent 3 Poplar 38 Garden item COME JOIN OUR TEAM!'! 42 Cheapskate 4 Electric unit 39 Chinese DEPENDABLE CAR FOR PART NJ. Call Mike 738-2809 43- pony 5 Colored dynasty Ruby Tuesday is accepting TIME HO USEKEEPING. MAKE Be a SURVIVOR and not a victim of 45 Anti 6 Subcontinent 41 Next to Ala. applications for all positions. Apply YOUR OWN HOURS . AVG . $8- sexual offense. Realize CONTROL 46 A US 7 - the Red 42 - metal: in person. 2-4pm, Mon-Fri. at 719 president 8 Shipboard nickel alloy $10/HR. PHONE 73 1-9513 Ann-Marie's & Taylor's Rest. of again and contact SOS . . 831-2226. 47 Undershirt item 44 Pays the tab Christiana Mall. E.O.E. Rehoboth Beach are hiring for th e Sex Ed. Task Force 51 Uncommon 9 A Philippine 45 Tobacconists' summer season. Interviews will be 53 Brief pain native wares 55 Undivided 10 Pacific sea 47 Lurk 56 Water body 11 Holes 48 Unlucky one 58 Visionaries 12 Chinese: 49 - nous 60 Sharp crested pref. 50 Cranky ridge 13 " East of - " 51 Turnpike 61 Fly high y 18 Resource 52 Surface 62 Spanish . 22 Concise measure artist 25 Project 54 Adored one INTERNSHIP 63 Populous 27 Consumed 57 Born 64 Venison 29 Sedate 59 Practitioner: 30 Beak suff. The T. Elbert Chance Internship is being offered by the Office of Alurrmi and University Relations for the Fall of 1995 semester. This internship provides a student with:

New York Philadelphia • experience in a well-established internship program London $149 $249 • interesting writing and design projects Paris $209 $259 • interaction with imvortant and influential alumni Amsterdam $215 $319 • convenient working environment Madrid $299 $339 Fares are each W2Y b:IS(d on a round trip purchase from • 3 credit hours New York or Philadelptm. Student or Faculty 10 nuy be required. Taxes & included Fares subject to change. Applications are available at Alumni Hall located on Main Street. DEADLINE: MAY 19 For more information, call the Office of Alumni and University Relations at 831-2341.

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.I~ · I ' 8 14• THE REVIEW • May 9, 1995

teaturing Mr. Green genes andMike Hines and The Look

Friday, May 12 3-6 p.m. at Old College (rain location Carpenter Sports Building)

SENIOR DAY T-SHIRTS - $10 - For sale at Purnell Courtyard on May 11th & 12th. from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., T- shirts also avail­ able at Senior Day Celebration; use points, FLEX, or cash. Door prizes available for all in attendance. All proceeds benefit the Senior Class Gift.

REFRESHMENTS include fresh-grilled hamburgers, hotdogs and chicken breast sandwiches; cotton candy, soft pretzels, Italian water ice, fresh squeezed lemonade, sodas, bottled water, and juices. *Use your remaining points or pay with FLEX or cash. Beer on tap will also be available. Admission FREE to seniors with Student I.D. $2 for other students EVERYONE FROM THE UD COMMUNITY WELCOME ------SPONSORS------Winner Automotive Group Office of Government & Public Relations Office of Senior Vice President Student Alumni Association Office of Student Life Senior Class Officers Office of Public Relations MBNA University Bookstore · · · UD Performing Art Series JAM'N JAVA Perkins Student Center Mailboxes, Etc. Dean of Students Office The Stone Balloon Office of Alumni & University Relations Goodwill Bob Carpenter Center Crystal Concepts TicketMaster · AMC theaters Dining Services TCBY