Pedestrian Hit on Cleveland Avenue the Accident Is the Second Serious Collision in Newark in Two Weeks by JESSICA G RATZ Grossi Was Hurt
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An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper TUESDAY October 14, 1997 Volume 124 • THE • Number 12 Non-Profit Org. U. S. Postage Paid ewark, DE 250 Student Center• University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Perm it o. 26 Pedestrian hit on Cleveland Avenue The accident is the second serious collision in Newark in two weeks BY JESSICA G RATZ Grossi was hurt. Swtf Reporter "I went to visit her Sund ay, and she was A graduate swdent. Stephanie Grossi. was looking at the incident positively," Berkowitz injured F rida} afternoon at approximately said. 4:30 when he wa. hi t by a red Grand Am at Hogan said this recent accident does not the intersection of East C leveland Avenue call fo r an addition of a crosswalk at the and ort h Coll ege Avenue, po lice said. intersection. Grossi was jogging thro ug h the " Pedestrians are crossing streets helter Intersection against the light, po li ce said , skelter,'' Hogan said. "But crosswalks are an when s he ~as struck by sopho more Amy impediment to the flow of traffi c." Berkowitz. For the sheer number of pedestri ans and Grossi was taken to Christiana Hospital foot traffic in Newark, Hogan said, there have where she wa treated for a broken right leg been relatively few accidents. and other inj unes. Prevention o f accidents ca ll s fo r everyone, Berk owitz was uninjured in the accident, including drivers, bikers and pedestri ans to police said. but the windshie ld uf Berkowitz's become aware, Hogan said. They have to use car was smashed. common sense. lo ok both ways and be Policf' soid Grossi was charged for failing courteous. to yield the right of way to a vehi cle. Hogan explained that it is a violation fo r Chief of Poli ce W illi am A. Hogan said pedestrians if they cross an intersection while G ro~si was cited becau e she was crossing the "don' t walk'' sign is flashi ng. against th e flO\\ of traffic and moved out in " Even if there a re no cars comi ng and a front of the \chicle. student c rosses through an intersection," " [ don't even k now w hat happe ne d ." Hogan said, "it is still a traffic violation and Bcrkowilt said. She said s he is sorry that they are subject to be cited." THE REVI EW I John Chabalko AIDS walk participants pause to throw flowers into the Brandywine River; in memory of friends and relatives stricken \\ith HIV. Million Memory March Loved ones, AIDS victims remembered at weekend walk BY LAURA SANKOWICH the wa lk as part of a community acti on "A walk of this nature raises money to 1\"awmaL'Swte EJttor board. "I JUSt think it's a good cause:· provide educatio n and better research More than I ,200 participants showed she said "The walk will help by showing and prevention of AIDS." Carper said , up at Brandywmc Park. i'l Wilmington on support and that people care and have a elements he fee ls can effectively reduce Sunday for the 11th annual Delaware VCICe. the incidence of AIDS. AIDS Walk ''Especia ll y wit h the governor here. Nemir said about $:>5,000 were raised David Nemir, coordinator of special people can be recognized and heard." on the day of the event. However, he e\ ents at AIDS Delaware, the Harding said she "' as there just to expects the total amo unt of fun ds from organization that sponsored the event , support the cause. ''Anything to help.'' the walk to exceed $ 100,000. said the turnout fo r the 3-kil ometer walk she said . W a lke rs obtained donati o ns from wa~ about 200 more th an last year. Carper said Delaware is one of the top sponsors in order to raise mo ney to A mong the walk's participants was 10 states In AIDS mortal ity. He said a participate in the walk. Ne mir said often Gov. Thomas R. Carper. "I was invited turnout of walkers as large as that at the people who arc not able to atte nd the be the marshal of the walk .. he said, event helps to raise awareness and shows wal k ma il donations to AIDS De laware. "a'ld I am pleased to do that." that AIDS touches everyone. Some walkers were there for a reason j un iors Karen Hardmg and Alyson " I'm es pecially pleased to see so be ides supporti ng a worthy cau e. New Candeoro were among several university many yo ung people here," he said. Castle reside nt s Grace Hope and Carolyn students to participate 111 the walk, which '· Young people te nd to foc us more o n Di llard partici pated because the disea e was about 1.5 miles. th emse lves th an [on] what they can do has c laimed the live of loved ones. REVIEW /Bob Wei ll Candeoro, a resident assistant. was at fo r others. A graduate student broke her leg and was cited by police after being hit by this Grand Am. sec MARCHERS page A4 Newark story reaches Hollywood E-mail problems BY KENDRA SI EATH life , offic ials at the tation said. body of the dead newborn son. The Mali k in an NBC interview. "I can Cm- Neh _'i Editor Wednesday night' s story line was two claimed the infa nt was only hope tha t people are able to fixed by downgrade Boy meets gi rl , boy and girl fa ll inspired by th e Grossberg/Peterson sti l lborn, but th e me di cal disti ng ui sh be tween wh at is a in love. boy and gi rl have a baby in case as we ll as six simila r cases examiner' s report di s puted th a t dramatizatio n and what is actually BY J ESS ICA GRATZ of stu dents and faculty rely on it. '' hotel room - later that baby is nationwide, they said. fact. going on." Swfj Reporrer Scan Ryan, a site a si tant at found d ead in a trash Dumpster. Accord ing to the network, the Many parts of the broadcast were The fil:I tonal story included the Stude nt s and facu lty can fin all y Harnngton Comput e r Lab, said Boy and gi rl are c harged with o ther inc idents occurred in New reminiscent of the di screpancies invo lvement of Talbot's fat her, who breathe a sig h o f re li e f - th e student. were ve ry angry with the murder. Jersey, California and Ohio. between many of the filings made admitted he found th e baby in the univers ity e- ma il system began system fa ilure. It is a story the un iversit y knows In t he dramatization o f these by Grossbe rg and Peterson 's tras h can of th e hotel room , but working ag ain a week ago. aft e r "l t was reall y funny- a girl all too we ll. But no w , the high c ases, two col lege st udents, lawye rs a nd the office o f the refu sed to testify to it in court. several d ays of s low c ame up to me a nd was ha ving profile case of Amy S. Gro sberg C h rist ina Tal bert and T ho mas De laware Attorney General. In the dra ma ti zat io n , the communication. trouble se nding an e-mail, so I went a nd Brian C . Pe te rso n Jr, , two Horton, were accused of secretl y However, the gag order placed prosecuto r c all e d Talbot a The syste m came back o n th e o n the co mpute r and found out coll ege student s accused o f killing having their baby in a hotel room. o n the case earli er thi s year " na rcis is ti c bitc h" a nd the two e vening of O ct. 7, afte r Co pl and was do wn . I shouted out their newborn son at the Comfort and th en leaving it to die. prohibited anyone involved fro m we re not con victed because of a complications whi ch began Sept. Copl and down,' and 20 people got Inn in Newark , was the focus of last T he s tuden ts, enrol led at offi cially commenti ng on the case technicality . 28 , said D aniel Grim, e xecutive up and left the site,'' he said. Wedne day's episode o f '·Law & fictional Hudson University, were as it pertained to the show. The series po rtrays arrests and director of netwo rk and systems According to G rim , the whole Order." arres ted and put on tria l after "I can' t speak specifically about tri als of individ ual s charged with services. university system re lies on Copland. The BC drama prides itself on investi gators fo und bloodstain s in the case because of th e gag order,' ' A b ug came into the system , If Co pland is down, he said, the causi ng slower e-mail transmi ssion, other servers cannot be accessed. presenting topics that arc true to the hotel room, leading them to the aid Grossberg's au orn ey, John S.