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Today's weather:. Our second century "<0" PROfiT ORG Partly sunny, of excellence US POSTAGE PAID high near 70. :c Ne .......trk Df"l Enjoy it. Pf'rmn N o 1& Vol. 113 No. 26-=- Student Center, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 Friday, May 1, 1987 Gannon top NFL pick in UD history Three other .Blue Hens fly the coop by Mike Free1nan include: ting a job after graduating." Executive Editor • His 1,330 career plays (35 Gannon said there's no dif All-America quarterback games), both a university and ference between being drafted Rich Gannon, owner of 21 Yankee Conference record; in the first round ("I'm no Vin Delaware offensive records, • His 2,795 passing yards ny Testa verde'') and the was picked early in the fourth ( 1986), the most by a Delaware fourth, in terms of the round by the New England quarterback in a season; "pressure to produce." Patriots in Tuesday's NFL • A record 201 pass comple "I can't go into mini-camp Draft. tions in 361 attempts; relaxed because I was drafted The previous high picks • His 1,509 career rushing in the fourth round," he ex from the university were yards (for a quarterback), plained. "I've never gone into fullback Dan Reeder and cor which is third on the all-time any training environment nerback George Schmitt. Both list for Division I-AA schools; relaxed. were selected in the fifth • Two 300-plus and 12 "[The Patriots] were talk round, Reeder by the Los 200-plus passing games; ing about the pressure to pro Angeles Raiders in 1984 and • His 150 consecutive passes duce," continued Gannon. Schmitt by the St. Louis Car without an interception <from "Well, I perform best when dinals in 1982. Oct. 25 through Nov. 22), my back's against the wall. I The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Gan which is also an NCAA Divi had my best games in that non was the 98th pick overall sion I-AA record. type of situation." and the Patriots' third choice. Currently the Patriots are Now that the draft is over, The minumum salary for an carrying three quarterbacks, Gannon says he's ready to NFL player is $60,000. Steve Grogan, Tony Eason and start his professional career. "I'm excited and glad it's Tom Ramsey. "There's a period there over," said Gannon; who was ''The cePlpetit\on will be where you're in limbo," he also considered by Minnesota, tough," acknowledged said. "You don't know where Kansas City and the Los Gannon. you're going ... who you're Angeles Raiders. "I'm in good Gannon said the attention he going to be working for. hands with the Patriots." has received for being "I'm just ready to get The Philadelphia native and Delaware's highest draft pick going." St. Joseph Prep graduate set has been nice, but at the same The Patriots' mini-camp Delaware career marks in time it's been a burden. starts May 8. total offensive (7 ,436) and "The media makes a big * * * passing (5,927) yardage. Gan deal out of it," he explained. Gannon isn't·. the only non also owns the career "It complicates things. Delaware player from the 1986 records in pass attempts (845), "Sure I am [excited]," Gan season who has a chance to pass completions (462) and non continued, expressing his play professional football in _ REVIEW file photo passing percentage (54.7). thoughts about being drafted, the fall. Patriotic duty - Blue Hen quarterback Rich Gannon was Some of Gannon's other "but, as I said, it's a lot of Six-foot-three, 279-pound picked by the New England Patriots in the fourth round of the, career marks at Delaware pressure. It's almost like get- defensive tackle Joe McGrail NFL draft Tuesday. continued to page 11 .Tom my Conwell Four quit MIS; and UD al·umni no programs to have a Fling converted yet by Jon Springer will also feature a reformation by John Martin thought it was accurate," the Student Affaits Editor of Jack of Diamonds, with Editor in Chief employee said. Tommy Conwell and the Hooters bassist Andy King, Tommy Conwell An MIS worker described Young Rumblers will headline Gatorbait (better known as the In the past six weeks, four another employee who has Delaware Destroyers without employees have quit their quit as "the main technician" a concert featuring ''Delaware Stevenson explained that positions at the university's alumni who have kind of made George Thorogood), the Wilm getting King to play with his for the Burroughs system, ad ington Blue Rocks, and "other Management Information Ser ding, "He holds the Burroughs it" during this year's Spring old band was a struggle in vices, which has yet to convert Fling concert at the Field surprise guests," according to itself. together." Bill Stevenson of Mid-Atlantic. any of the 36 administrative All of the programs now run House·May 9, according to Bob "The Hooters are in the final computer systems to a new Wi ·'z.:owski (AS 87), president Tickets for the event, which little phases of [re~p.rding] ning on an aging Burroughs mainframe system. B7700 mainframe computer of Lhe Student Programming go on sale today, are $2 in ad their album," Stevenson said, · Although a series of articles Association. vance for students and $8 at adding that the Hooters will are scheduled to be operative last month in The Review, by 1989 on an IBM 4381 system, Witkowski made the an the door. Non-students will be have to "knock off practice a which detailed problems fac nouncement at the Delaware required to pay $8 for tickets, few hours early," for King to which arrived on campus ing MIS, did not appear to be nearly three years ago. Undergraduate Student Con said Witkowski. make the show. an impetus for the resigna gress meeting Monday. "We've been scrambling King, who produced Con The two programs now tions, one of the four affirmed 1 operating on the IBM 4381 - The concert, which was ar like hell [to get bands]," said well's album Walkin' on the the series' accuracy. ranged by SPA and Mid Witkowski, "but nobody's been Water, will serve as host of the DELCAT and a recently com "A lot of people [in MIS] at pleted university parking pro- Atlantic Concert Associates, touring." continued to page 2 the manager level or below continued to page 2 t t ... 0 \ I ,":• ... f_Jing .. .four qu'it MIS continued from page 1 continued from page 1 evening's events, Stevenson gram - were created for the cessing personnel agency in explained. · IBM system and did not re Newark - about 15 MIS · Witkowski said SPA had to quire converting. employees have contacted his "re-evaluate" their approach "[They] were never on the agency in the last two years, for the show when they found Burroughs to begin with," said , seeking assistance in finding a out nationally-known artists one MIS employee. new job. were unavailable. He said SPA The recent resignations fur In an interview last month, had first wanted to feature ther contribute to an urgent Guider said the need for per comedians. However, Steven need for experienced person sonnel has resulted in the hir son said the idea was scrapped nel at MIS, which employs ing of some unqualified because most big-name com about 70 people, said one MIS employees at MIS . edians asked too much money • member. He described the university for an appearance. THat need was evidenced as "very liberal" in its process Although SPA and Mid when MIS placed two ads - of hiring personnel for the Atlantic were unable to get costing over $6,600 - in area computing center. ''[The any nationally-known artists newspapers between Feb. 22 university] has the idea that if for the event, Stevenson said and March 1. The response to you·know one high level [com working with SPA this year those ads has been discourag puter] language, you know has put them in a good position ing, one MIS employee said, as them au,:r he continued. for getting concerts together at least five positions remain "Some·of the people who've next year. vacant. been hired [by MIS] are not . According to Stevenson, One of the four who quit ad qualified to fit the bill," he Kenny Loggins, Survivor, and mitted that money was not the said. Sheena Easton were among major reason for leaving. One MIS employee express the bands contacted by SPA "I wasn't happy there," the ed concern that the recent and Mid-Atlantic, but none of former employee said. "I quittings will result in the hir the bands were available on didn't feel that I was looked ing of people l~cking in May 9. He added, however, THE J. Evan Reiff upon favorably by some peo necessary experience. that Loggins would be a Tommy Conwell slams and rolls his way through another raun ple higher up." Although two positions have ?efinite possibility to play dur~ chy tune on the stage of the State Theater in March. But attracting and keeping been filled, the employee said, mg fall semester. they'll think University of actly like Spring Fling should qualified personnel is not a the new workers are "definite "The major [concert] in Delaware." be." He said the camaraderie new problem for MIS. ly just beginners." dustry is looking at Stevenson added that the between the Delaware-area According to Tom Guider, a "They just don't have the Delaware," Stevenson ex "Delaware alumni" theme is bands will add to the "big par representative for Atlantic university experience," the plained.