In Section 2 In Sports Four Softball important knocked An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper Blue Hen outofNAC tourney grads to be page B5 page B 1 Non·profit Org. FREE U.S. Postage Paid TUESDAY Newark, DE Volume 121 , Number 54 Student Center B- 1, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 Pennit No. 26 May 9, 1995 Racial concerns spur protest 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.