University Receives $7.8 Million

Local bands ride Speaker calls for African Hens increase win road to success t~ Americans to unite streak to nine :page 9 page3 page 13 'FREE FRIDAY Assembly University receives $7.8 million .to vote on Department of Parallel Defense donates Program research grants By Larry Dignan Special Assignments flepotfer By Doug Donovan Mninist!a~M! ~ Editor Gov. Michael N. CasUe could supply the pull needed by the university to win The university received four grants from the tug of war with Delaware Technical the Department of Defense totaling $7.8 Community College over control of !heir million Monday. jointly-run Parallel Program The grants sponsor research with both The university would gain control if military and commercial applications. said Castle's budget proposal is passed by the R. Byron Pipes, provost and vice president General Assembly in June, a state official for academic affairs. said. President David P. Roselle said none of After 27 years of joint operation, Del the research is classified. Tech President John Kotula is fighting for "It's all in the open and within literature the reins of the program. Last December, about the [research)," Roselle said. he claimed that because the students pay The largest of the five-year grants was tuition to the college they are Del Tech awarded to the Center for Composite students. Materials (CCM) to continue its research Photos by Pamela Wr~ De Stefano John Murray, dean of the Parallel with polymeric composites. Above: President David P. Roselle accepted military grants Monday. Program, countered that students in the The $3.8 million grant from the U.S. Below: Michael T. Kline, chairman of chemical engineering, and Thomas Brill, program are university students because Army's University Research Initiative (URI) professor of chemistry and biochemistry, will conduct research with the grants. when they complete two years they supplements a 1986 URI five-year grant for transfer to the main campus. $5 million. However, the governor's budget Roy L. McCullough, director of CCM, proposal should eliminate any question said polymeric composites are used to make about control. automobiles and could be used for tank Robert Scoglietti, executive assistant construction since the material is lighter and to the state budget director, said the more durable than metals. proposal would rewrite the schools' These new materials could help people agreement with the state. survive crashes and make automobiles more Under the current contract, Del Tech efficient, McCullough said. has provided the facilities, coordinated The URI's first five-year grant to CCM state funding and set the tuition for the resulted in the development and patenting of program, while the university provided an automatic welder which bonds together professors and admitted students to the thermoplastic composites. he said. program. "Thermoplastic composites can be ' The proposal transfers administrative molded and reshaped," McCullough said. and financial powers from Del Tech to "They cost more initially but are the university. Del Tech's involvement in recyclable." the program would be limited to The second lareest erant was awarded to providing classrooms and student the department of engineering's Center for services. Applied Coastal Research (CACR). In addition, the proposal allocates the Robert A. Dalrymple, director of the university $900,600 and Del Tech CACR, said the $2.1 million grant will be $391,400. used for computer modeling of waves. The Parallel Program is a two-year ''The research is for beach protection," liberal arts program taught at Del Tech Dalrymple said. "It's the first time the Army explosives, Michael Klein, chairperson of structure an<:J become non-explosive, he said. sites in Wilmington, Georgetown and chemical engineering, said. Klein said the technology could be used ever sponsored such research." Dover. The center will receive funding for seven "As peace breaks out there are things we to dispose of toxic chemicals to help clean "Currently, Del Tech contracts out graduate students and seven professors, he will need to get rid of, such as explosives," up the environment. said. Klein said. The fourth giant of $275.000 is part of a • with the university for the courses and professors, but we changed that," The third grant of $1.6 million will go to By putting the explosives in high larger grant awarded to Pennsylvania State Scoglietti said. ''The university would study ways of disposing chemicals used in temperature water, the chemicals change see MILITARY page 5 contract with Del Tech for space." Kotula said, "We're disappointed with the proposal. but its not official yet" Bush's plan targets teen alcohol problem By Lisa McCue strategy, but now more of a focus will said alcohol abuse among college said university statistics show alcohol 51~ff Rl!potler be placed on underage drinking. students has always been a serious related behavior is on the rise. Underage drinking, an old foe for Although no new funds will be problem. In the 1'990-91 academic year, there local officials. is now a fresh enemy for allocated, existing programs in other ''The No. I drug problem on college were over 100 more alcohol-related President Bush's "War on Drugs" agencies that deal with underage campuses is very clearly alcohol abuse, charges reported on campus than in program. drinking will be shifted to the Office of not hard drugs," he said. 1989-90, he said. Bush announced at a Drug Control National Drug Control Policy. In the 1990-91 academic year, Brooks said the university will Strategy meeting last Monday that University and city officials said Brooks said the university reported 32 conduct a survey this spring on alcohol drinking among high school and college because the problem of underage drug-relate(i charges compared to 599 consumption among students. students is now being viewed as a drug drinking persists on campus and in the charges involving alcohol. "With the information we get from issue. surrounding community, it requires Although actual consumption rates the survey, we're trying to look at new The Bush administration has always constant evaluation. of alcohol among students has not ways to educate people on the negative recognized alcohol in its anti-drug Dean of Students Timothy F. Brooks changed much in recent years. Brooks see BUSH page S ~ NCAA sets new rules for athletes :Proposals to further increase academic requirements for eligibility Hey, hey, it's the monkey :ay Jason Sean Garber they do about baseball and football. not achieve a GPA of 2.0 in high :Spotts Editor The NCAA has adopted two new school in 11 core courses and a New moon brings Chinese New Year : Bo knows football. proposals which · would raise minimum of 700 on the Scholastic : Bo knows baseball. academic standards for student Aptitude Test (SAn. By Robyn Furman · Bo knows basketball and soccer athletes planning to enter college. "Proposition 48 was the ftTSt step, SUiff/epottf!t :too. But as the National Collegiate The new propositions. 14 and 16, but not a complete step," said John Just when some of us finally stopped writing 1991 :Athletic Association will tell you, Bo raise the grade· point average (GPA) Burmeister. university faculty on our checks.and letters, there's a new new year to :knows a lot of other thinss because of and the number of core courses representative to the NCAA. "For remember. ·his college education. required by the controversial Delaware, 700 is ridiculously low, but 4690. : Now the NCAA is hoping a set of Proposition 48, enacted in 1984. for other schools it may be average." That's right 4690. Tuesday mmted the beginning of :new academic standards will ensure Proposition 48 prevented high Under 48, the 11-course core year 4690, also known as the Year or the Monkey, in .that college-bound athletes know as school athletes from playing college curriculum consisted of two years the Chinese calender . ·much about reading and writing as sports for at least a year if they did each of math, social science and "The Chinese New Year is the biggest holiday in physical science and three years of China," said David Yim (AS SR). English, as well as two years of Similar to astrological horoscopes. Olinese legend general studies courses. states those born during this year will be persuasive, Proposition 14 increases the intelligent and strive to excel. Opinion ............................... 7 minimum course credits from 11 to The Chinese zodiac nms on a 12-year cycle, with Vivant .................................. 9 13 by adding two courses in English, each year represented by a different .Umal. Oassifieds ......................... 12 math or physical science. This Asian holiday is not m:rely a 24-how Sports ................................ 13 Proposition 16 will increase the celebration, but a series of customs and traditions Comics ........................ 16, 17 GPA requirement to 2.5 but the 700 suetc:hing over a two-week period. SAT score will remain the same. Lyman Olen (BE JR) said 10 days before the new Students with lower GPAs may still year, ancient tradition calls for a day of sweeping. --Also inside:-- qualify if they score higher on the This day Is set aside to sweep hoUies and rid SAT. families of all old disappointmerU and misf01tunes Kwame lure speech .......... 3 These new propositions have a from the past year, he added. Robert Ecker art exhibit ....... 9 minimal effect on Delaware athletics, Four days later, the Chinese pay tribute to the 90210 ............................... 11 acc:onling to Athletic Director Edgar see NEW YfAil pap S Athletic twins 1 S Johnson. proflles ........ Johnson said the university does see NCM page 5 ~ • THE REVIEW • February 7, 1992 Study reveals women more susceptible WOMEN AND AIDS: than men to infection of the HIV virus · By Lori Salono ta~k 1 ~bout practicing safe sex, sht'" '' Nrws felllftS ~..

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