News Mosaic Sports Greeting cards from Do Teletubbies rot your Oksana Baiul Nancy Turner brain? trains at UD SeepageA3 See page Bl See page B~ • • Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid ewark, DE Permit No. 26 Free 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Friday Volume 125, Number 13 October 16, 1998 UD, a parental notification trailblazer special reasons not to send letters. and I head." he said. Washington. accepted those reasons." Becky eilsen, editor in chief of A resolution to the act written by New federal law allows other schools to George Washington University in George Washington's student Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr.. D-Del .. states Washington. newspaper, The Hatchet. said she was that colleges and universities across the D.C. , IS surprised the Umversity of Delaware country mu t follow the example set by follow university's code violation policy considering did not get a greater response to the the University of Delaware, and implementing a policy implemented last year. encourages them to actively seek a plan BY MEGHAl'l/ RABBITT said the university implemented this can range from academic dishonesty to policy similar to "Students are always adan1ant about for changing the drinking culture on Swdent Afjmrs &luor policy Sept. l , 1997, and although it drug and alcohol abuse. the university's their freedom." Neilsen said. "I can't campus. The uni\'crsity" s year-old policy of could have been challenged last year. Brooks said out of I ,993 total as a resu lt of the believe more people weren't saying, Even though this policy has been in sending letters to parent of students there was little controversy. judicial cases last year, I ,414 letters recent 'You don't have a right to call our place at the university for over a year who viol:!te the university's code uf '·What the original law said was that were sent to parents or guardians. amendment. parents.'" now, Brooks said he is till surpriSed at conduct may be used as an example for colleges and universities could notify notifying them that their son or A graduate Neilsen said George Washington has some of the students· reactions. other !>Choo l ~ across the nation. parents as long as the student was still a daughter violated the university code of assistant in had an unprecedented amount of ''In dealing with a lot of students las President Bill Clinton signed an dependent under the IRS code." Brooks conduct. The difference in the numbers. Student Judicial Services at George alcohol-related incidents this year. year on this:· he said, "a lot of ·them amendment 10 the Higher Education said. "We used a loophole a11d made a he said. was a result of three factors. Washington said GW has yet to come Having received numerous letters wanted their parents to know:· Reauthorization Act earlier this month. decision to not1 fy parents about ··some students were found not up with a policy similar to the from students stating this issue needs to As for the parents, Brook.s said the which gives college and umversitie' disciplinary sanctions:· guilty and we didn't send a letter home university's. be addressed, Neilsen said she is responses he ha~ received have been the opti on of notifying parents of Letters are mailed to a student· s to any student who was 23 years of age '·Jn the next week or two, we will be interested to see what the student "universally supponive.'· students who vio late university polic:c;. parents or guardians for any violation of or older,'' Brooks said. "And there were having discussions and should come up reaction will be if a policy similar to ..Parents want to know about these Dean of Students Timothy F. Brooks the university's code of conduct. which a few individuals who asked us for with the direction we are going to Delaware's is implemented at George situations. They want to work with their ALL ABOARD University has no plans to honor Louis Redding BY BE:-.iJAI\HN SliSSA:>i A:"<D According to Roselle. plans are he said. ERIC J .S. TOWNSE:\D " under active discusston .. for a No matter where plans Sl!.l.Jj Reporrers memonal service in Redding' originate. he added, it is the University officials have y:; to name, but nothing has been univerSity president's final publicly honor Louis L. Redding. decided. responsibility to approve activities the civil rights leader res pon ible David Hollowell. executtvc v1ce or memorials. for desegregating the untversity 111 president for the university. S<lld Dontae Wilson. president of the !9SO. he was not aware of any university' s National Association Reclding, who died Sept. See plans to honor Redding. for the Advancement of Colored 2 j\ from complicat1 ns due Editorial '·I was not made a part People chapter. said the university to poor health. v.a~ never A8 of any uch di scussions ... \\Ould be "unquestionably wrong honored 111 life nor does it Hollowell said. not to honor this man in some seem he will be honored by Roland Smith. vice­ enormous way . the university in death president of student hfe, said the .. Former president Trabant has a President Dav1d P. Roselle said sort of activities which would be student center in his honor, but the university does not currently planned to honor Redding will Redding ever have his day?" ha\ e plans to recognize Redding, originate in different part of the Wilson asked. the first black lawyer admitted to university. The director of affirmative the Delaware State Bar " I really don't know what's action programs at the university, As~ociation. being planned. if anything at all.'' see NO page AS Robert Ballard, who discovered the Titanic, speaks to 3,000 spectators Wednesday night. Living with cystic fibrosis Discoverer of the Titanic discusses his greatest feat with 3,000 at the Bob Sophomore battles disease BY SUSAl'l/ STOCK as the discoverer of the ill-fated event, very few minutes were pent Adnum.\Trath·e Neh ,'i EdiTor ocean liner Titanic. discussing the ship. and classes In the darkness. the s li de However. the theme of the night Ballard said he wants people to machine clicks and the image of a was not Titanic. but children as the look beyond Titanic to the rest of BY CORY PENN sandy-haired boy sining in front of future of science. hi s work. but is happy the Titanic Stab Reporter a g lowing computer screen In a press conference earlier in causes such tremendous interest. Imagine stopping two or three appears. the day, Ballard said he hopes his ··rf the Titanic will bring those times in the parking lot on the way "This kid doesn ' t have a love of science is continued in chi ldren tonight, then it's a to the car to catch your breath. driver's license but he's operating a future generati ons and he quoted wonderful rap to have:· he said. Or having to nap after taking a robot 4.000 miles away- that's his grandmother. Instead, Ballard focused on hi s shower because you have lost the the future." the speaker said '·She wou ld say .'Great is the other accomplishments, including energy to stand. quietl y. person who plants a tree knowing his discovery of the Bismarck and Or waking up every day knowing Robert Ballard spoke to over he wi ll never sit in its shade,"' he Yorktown battleships. you probably won't live to be 31. 3,000 spec!ators Wednesday night said. 'To me . the most fascinating Welcome w J ~ n Ehrl ich's life. in the Bob Carpenter Center. Though the Titanic, which image of all was the places where Ehrlich, a university sophomore, Ballard, who has made over I I 0 Ballard discovered in 1985. was we found people who had was born wi th cysti c fibrosis, the deep sea expeditions, is best known what drew many people to the see DISCOVERER page A6 most common fatal genetic disease in the United States. Because the disease is so widespread. thi s week was named the first annual National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week. Ehrlich was diagnosed with the li fe-s ho rtening, c hroni c disease Castle and Williams when she was 2 years old and has been in and o ut of the doctor's University sophomore Jen Ehrlich, who was born with cystiC office ever since. fibrosis, talks about the disease and her life. C ysti c fibros is is a di sease caused by an inherited genetic s lee p and a specialized diet help metabolism , my frie nds are' still clash in Newark debate defect which causes chronic lung Ehrlich maintain her health. drunk while I'm already over my problems and di gestive disorders. Like other s ufferers of the hangover," Ehrlich said . The amount of phys ica l a nd BY ERIC J.S. TOWNSEND Taxpayers o pponent James campaign fina nce laws are three debilita tin g di ease, Ehrlich's Not being able to gain weight is emotional stress experienced daily Nuttmwi!State Nt:U'.'i E(btor Webster. both from D over. issues Williams has placed o n hi s metabolism is dramaticall y hig h. not nearly as glamorous as it The race for Delawa re's sole Although a ll four candidates platform. by the average student is enough to She has to constantly remain aware sounds. especially considering the beat 20-year-old Ehrlich's defenses seat in the Hou se of had s pec ific issues 10 highlight , " It is time fo r a c h a nge.·· he of what she is putting in her body.