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In Sports In Section 2 An Associated Collegiate' Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper Swimmers take A look at the. second place popularity of in conference condoms page 87 page 81 Fraternity suspended· for hazing violation· By Paul Kane . comment on the reason for the suspension. Michael Brim (AS SO), president of the be allowed to continue its philanthropic Alpha Epsilon Pi hit and I. Marc Kleiman However, sources close to the case said university's fraternity chapter, declined to activities. I Sr.« Editors the suspension was a result of a hazing comment on the mauer until the national The fraternity must vacate their house by with year-long The university's chapter of the Alpha incident that occurred last semester organization made a statement. the end of' thls academic year and it cannot Epsilon Pi fraternity was suspended for one involving the fraternity's most recent Dean Rowley, president of the be used by members, Brooks said. year by its national ruling body L r a pledge class. Interfraternity Council (IFC), said the Brooks also said that the Alpha Phi suspension by its hazing inc.ident which took place last Sidney Dunn, executive director for fraternity will not have a seat on the sorority has been negotiating with Alpha semester, officials said. Alpha Epsilon Pi's national ruling body, council, canno. hold any social functions, Epsilon Pi to transfer ownership of the Timothy F. Brooks, dean of students, refused to comment on the case. hold rush and is not allowed to panicipate house, which is located in the 300 block of national ruling body, said the university would enforce the "I am neither confirming or denying that in Greek Garnes. Wyoming Road behind the Gilbert dorm punishment and the fraternity will not be we've been placed on suspension, Dunn IFC follows all university actions complex, to the sorority. loses recognition permitted to function or be recognized until said. regarding punishments, Rowley said. Brooks could not confirm if a deal had Spring Semester 1993. "We are a private institution. We don't "Any sanctions the university puts been completed or if members of Alpha Phi Both Stuart Sharkey, vice president for discuss any action about the chapter one down," he said, "we will follow." will occupy the house in the next school from university Student Affairs, and Brooks declined to way or the other." However, Brooks said the fraternity will year. Hoops looking up for Hens University losing black professors Some question UD' s racial atmosphere By lewis R. Wa,re faculty . Assi>Wll News Editor However, some said the One by one the university university's commitment to witnessed the departure of four of its recruiting and retaining black faculty most prominent black professors. is lacking. Chuck Stone, Rudolph P. Byrd, The propprtion· of black Carol A. Janerette and William professors from 1987 to 199~ Oliver all left the university last averaged 3.6 percent. In 1988 the, year. numbe~ of black faculty member~ was 31 and by 1991 the number rose.; to 32. The highest amount was 35 in • See editorial page AB 1990. ; · Despite the figures, the universit~ While their specific reasons for is rated fourth in black facult)i leaving the university may vary, one employment among state-funded thing is clear: they were all offered. colleges, said Jack Miles, directo~ better opportunities. for - Affirmative Action and This exodus points to a dilemma Multicultural programs. this university, and universities A study of black faculty nationwide, are dealing with- the conducted by the Univers~ty of recruitment and retention of black Texas at Austin studied one state professors. assisted college in each of the 50- ·Some contend that competition states, said Judith Gibson, assistant" among other universities and vice president for Afftrmative Action. colleges hinders the university's and Multicultural programs. The ability to recruit and retain black see PROFESSOR page A6 Pennell to die THE REVIEW I Maximillian Gretsch Spencer Dunkley slams one home for the Hens Saturday, as the team claimed its 16th straight win by defeating New Hampshire. March 14 Men's· basketball team By larry Dignan Special Assign-nt Reporter The final chapter in convicted serial killer Steven B. Pennell's nets 16th straight victory. life will be closed March 14. The streak continues, but not "The. most important thing is we got The Delaware Superior Court handed down the 33-year-old Steven B. Pennell without a struggle. our 23rd win," said Delaware coach former electrician's execution date The Delaware men's basketball Steve Steinwedel, who picked up his Friday in Wilmington. contest to the 191:!1! murders of team increased lhe nation's second 1 lith career victory to tie lrv longest winning streak to 16 games Wisniewski's school record. Judge Richard S. Gebelein, who Kathleen Meyer and Michelle sentenced Pennell to die by lethal Gordon. with a 55-49 victory over the "We're 13-0 in the conference and I injection in October, said in his In October, prosecutors also University of New Hampshire don't care what you say. you look 14 Saturday at the Delaware Field around the country and there's not ruling, You shall be injected tried to link Pennell to the murder intravenously with a substance or of Margaret Finner, but the body House.as 2,622 spirited fans cheered many teams that are undefeated in substances in a lethal quantity them on. league play right now," Steinwedel was decomposed and could not sufficient to cause death." produce enough evidence. ' Hens' senior guard Mark Murray said. The execution will take place helped cold-shooting Delaware Tomorrow night at the Field House Pennell, a former resident of overcome the Wildcats' zone defense against Drexel University, Delaware between 9 a.m. and II :30 a.m. Glasgow, will be the first man to and slow-tempo offense by scoring 17 looks to join the 1983-84 Northeastern within the Delaware Correctional be executed in Delaware since 1946. points. University squad as the only other Center in the presence of 15 witnesses, Gebelein said. With the win, the Hens improved team to go undefeated in NAC regular He has acted as his own Marlene Simm, mother of their fecord to 23-3 overall and 13-0 in season play. attorney since October, 1991, and victim Michelle Gordon, has said waived his final chance to make the North Atlantic Conference. -Dan B. levine she wants to be present at the any appeals Friday. .. ellecution. Pennell has reiteratCd his desire Gebelein originally set a Jan.17 to die since his capital sentencing execution date, but a mandatory in October for the murders of state appeal process forced the Meyer and Gordon. two-month postponement. In the closing arguments of thai Olympians return to hero's welcome In November 1989, Pennell was trial,· he quoted the Bible. convicted of torturing and '"Whoever sheds man•s blood by murdering Shirley Ellis and ·man, his blood shall be shed. • By Melissa Gitter arriving an hour early, to honor the Catherine DiMauro on U.S. Route "I ask that the sentence be 0 News F••tures Editor skaters, despite an Olympic 13/40. 0 death," he added. In early January Rocky Marva! performance that the pair said did Pennell, already serving a life Only outside intervention from was a trucking company owner who not meet their own ellpectations. sentence for the Ellis and DiMauro a third party can reverse Pennell'~ happened to be an ice skater. Olympic ~lternates Karen murders, was sentenced to die in sentence, but no appeals have been And when Calla Urbanski was Courtland and R. Todd Reynolds October after he pleaded no filed. not skating with Marva!, she was were also honored for their waitressing at a Wilmington bar. achievements. But the pair was catapulted into Among those in attendance were the public eye when they won the Democratic Rep. Thomas R. Carper At. Colleges Across the Nation .A2 and Republican Sen. William V. national championships in January, Campus Briefs ........................ .A2 Roth Jr. and earned a spot on the Olympic Classifieds ............................... 85 "It made liltle difference who team; their blue-collar backgrounds Comics .................................... B9 took the medals home. What we captured the hearts of the American Police Report .......................... .Al people. · saw was a brilliant display of Review and Opinion ............... ,N, Now they are home, and despite mastery and motion that highlighted Sports ................ ...................... B7 their disappo'inting I Oth place years of sacrifice, discipline, and finish, Urbanski and Marv.al courage," Roth said. Weekly News Summary ......... .A3 discovered that they are sull While Delaware's Democratic ---M. ..,iller---. Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Oov. America's sweethearts at a Delaware crime rate up .......... .A3 homecoming ceremony held for Michael N. Castle, and univenily Faculty salary .A3 A profile of Newarl Palc:e Ollef M IIMEW I hmlla De St.f.no them Friday night at Christiana President David P. Roselle were .,.,.,...lons ...... Wr., Perils of overecerdslna ........... .AS Wlliam Hopn, PIP .U Calla Urbanski and loc:ky Marval, who placed 10th at the Olympia Mall. unable to attend, they sent their In t pain sbti"S campelltlon, pt a warm welcom home friday. About SOO people gathered, some see SKATERS po~p A7 March 3,1992. TH E REVIEW•A2 Conservative speaker to attack 1tenure$1 radicals' on campus Campus conservatives have hired ex-radical and "U"Ue blue conservative" David Horowitz to tak:e·aim at left-wing politics. said a member of the Young Americans for Freedopl (YAF). The former leftist activist will speak Wednesday evening in Smith Hall on "Socialism: The Deadly Dlusion," at the invitation of YAF,Ihe College Republicans and lhe American Conservative Student Union.