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: • THE • Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Newark, DE REV IE Permit No. 26 Free 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Friday Volume 125, Number 25 January 8, 1999 Rental cap proposed for Newark houses

te nants in a ho use . city council in favor of a cap fo r a ran gi n g from the students and messes with people's members have ·proposed placing a long time. Newark Landlord property rights." City council cap on the number of rental Wampler cited Association and th e Bauscher said the cap wo uld p"roperties in Newark. higher rat!!S of noise D e l aware shove students out of residential There were I, 168 permit s last v iol ation s a nd U ndergraduate Student neighborhoods a nd int o to vote at Jan. month and under the ordinance. disorderly premises in Congress, say the cap town ho uses, whi c h he said are which will be read at the Jan. II areas that have a high is prejudicial agai nst basicall y dorms. city counci l meeting. a cap of 900 concentration of students and wou ld " We think students have the ~5 - meeting would be put in place. rentals as being one of lead to a city di vided right to rent houses just like . The cap would o nl y all ow new the motivations for even further. everybody e lse ," Bauscher said. BY CHARLIE DOUGIELLO AND permits in residential the cap. Wampler Bauscher Clifton NLA Presid ent John " It is a basic right - if they have RYAN CORMIER neighborhoods already dominated But Wampler Bausc her said although the money to pay for it , they Neu ·.-.; Editors with rentals. Only neighbo rh oods ccnceded that increases in noise a ttract young fami li es to the cap on rentals would be should be able to li ve wherever The ongoing saga of Newark c u rrently with more th a n 75 v iolat ions in the c ity m ay be mov e into Newa rk ,'" he said. monetarily beneficial to landlords, they wan t.'' landlords ~ers.;s city counci l a nd percent rentals wou ld be allowed connected "to rece nt stri c ter " Short te rm residents a re n o t it has many downsides. Wampler. said he was concerned students versus townie s · has to receive a new permit. _ enforce me nt of noise laws, but contribu-ting to the stability of the " The cap wou ld m ake the that people were getting the wrong reached new heights. Councilman Tho mas Wample r said that thi s was not the only community. Young families don't existing rental properties worth idea about exactly what, if passed, After a thre;tened lawsuit by of District 4. who led the charge to reason he favored the proposaL want to move into neighborhoods more,'· he said. "Yet. on pri nciple, this proposal would do. landlords over the Newark law get the proposed law on the "One o f the problems y;e have with student rentals .'" we are still fighting it because we limiting the number of unrelated Opponent s of the m eas ure, council 's agenda. said he has been i s it is becoming very hard t o think it discriminates against the see COUNCIL page A3 Senior Sexual assault charged trial ends with in weird a hung jury burglary guilty oniy because his attorney Prosecutors advised him 10 do so. On Dec. 8, Deptula took the BY RYAN CORMIER stand in his own defen se and £diror i11 Chi~! say they will testified that he did not sexually A university senior was arrested assaul t the woman, disputing Saturday and charged with retry the UD what she testified to earlier in the burglary by Newark Police after case. he was found hiding in a bedroom Joseph A. Hurley, Deptula's c loset of an unoccupied house graduate attorney, asked one key question • during a failed attempt to steal during hi s direct exami nati o n. !citchen cabinet doors, police said. which lasted less than five : Armed with a hammer and a BY JOHN YOCCA minutes: " Did you intentionally Assistam EJiwrial Editm· ~c rewdriver , police said Brian D. have sexual relations with [the Garcia broke the patio window in WILMINGTON - The sexual girl] against her consent?" the back of the house located on assault trial of a former rugby "No," Deptula responded. rhe 100 block of Kershaw Street. club member ended with a hung In cross-examinatio n by .: Newark Police Officer Mark jury last month at Superior Court prosecutor Donald R. Roberts, Farrell said Garcia was looking to after the 12-member jury Deptula admilled that he did not J;e place damaged cabinet doors in deliberated fo r close to I 0 hours. know the woman'_s name prior to his house , which is located in the T he eight-woman , fo ur-ma n the incident and never asked for 1 ame development. jury spent two days deciding the it that night. " It' s kind of an unusual fate of Bryan 1. Deptula. The Deptula also admilled that he occurrence," Farrell said. prosecutor said lhe case will be did not discuss having sex with G arcia was charged with retri'ed as soon as the trial can be th e a lleged vict im and did not second-degree burglary, reschedul ed. use a condom during the act. possession of burglar's tools, theft De ptula, 23 , and hi s former · He then described exactly under .$1 ,000 and crimi nal roommate Thomas Christiansen. what transpired in the room the mi schief and released on $4,000 were accused of lu ring a 19-year­ night of the a ll eged incident. baiL old Kappa Alpha Theta sorority Deptula testified that he removed Farrell said police received a member into a room and sexually the sorority members' pant s and call reporting the sound of broken assaulting her during a raucous digitally penetrated her. during glass at around I a.m. When toga party hosted by the rugby which she made no objection. officers arrived on the scene, the team in October 1997. ·'Do you believe that a female back door was unlocked and the Deptula was charged with two has to say ' no ' to show she's not window was broken. counts of third-degree unlawful consenting?" Roberts asked. '· After police searched the house, sexual intercourse ;nd one count '·No,'' Deptula respo nded . Farrell said Garcia was found of sec o nd-degree c o ns piracy "She can show physical action. "huddled in an upstairs closet. whi le Christi a nse n previo us ly Pu shing away and kicking would " " He had broken cabinet doors pled gui lty to one misdemeanor have been fi ne." THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill and he didn't want to pay for the count of unlawful sexual contact. "Would a fema le pushing her The sign announcing·the new Charcoal Pit's arrival was vandalized this week with the Howeve r. Christiansen damaged cabinets ,'" Farrel l said. words "Body Coolers." Capano Management is run by Thomas J. Capano's brothers. butt in the bed indicate a · no ' " So he decided that he wanted testified earlier in th e trial that response?'' Roberts continued. them.'" Capano is accused of killing Anne Marie Fahey and disposing of her body in a cooler. the wo man consented to sexual interco urse and he said he pled see PROSECUTORS page A4 Capano testimony provides more twists and turns

BY JOHN YOCCA the prosec uto r asked abo ut the line of questioning before measures. A .'f.'risu.mt Ediwriul Ediwr Capano's c hi ldre n ; a subjec t Capano could speak again. " Do we understand eac h WILMINGTON Capano has not been easy with As the j udge ordered a sidebar. other?" Lee asked Capano. Highlighting Tho mas J. Capano's during his cross-examination. Capano smacked his microphone " Does that me an yo u want a capital murder trial dur ing th e " You u·sed your daughters, .. and said, "It 's bu ll shit.'' under hi s re sponse from me?'" Capano winter break, was Capano's own Connolly said. breath to a guard standing near snapped back. testimony of what occurred the " Do you really wan t to get into by. - - Lee rolled hi s eyes at Capano night of June 27, 1996, the night that?'' Capano responded. :'You Judge William Swain Lee, who and said. " Bring the jury in." Capano is accused of killing hi s tormented my daughters. You had warn ed Capano repeatedly Earlier in hi s testimony. young mistress Anne M a rie tormented my mother.'' throughout his ti me on the stand Capano dropped a bomb and said Fahey. Connolly persisted stoicall y. to si~p l y answer th e questions it was Deborah Macintyre. hi s Hi s intense seven-day "Let's lalk about your daughters.'' and not attack Conn o ll y. lost hi s long-time m i5tress . · who testimony reached it s cl imax " No you ' re not,'' Capano patience and ordered Capano out accidentally fired the fatal shot ~hen Capano was ejected from chided back. of the courtroom. that killed Fahey. the courtroom while faci ng Connolly was referring to a As guards led Capano off the Capano testifi ed he eventuall y rigorous c ross-examinati on on deal that was offered to Capano witnes s stand . he cried o ut. returned to hi s Grant Aven ue Monday. before hi s 19 97 arrest, whic h "Li ar 1' ' apartment with Fahey after they • He was thrown out for calling stated if Capano spoke to federal On Tuesday. Lee told Capano we nt to dinner at Resto rante Assistant U.S. Attorney Ca lm F. investigators about Fahey's he could not apologize to the jury Panorama in Phil adelphia. Connolly a " heartless, gut less. disappearance, they wou ld not . like he had been doing throughout According to hi s testimony. the s oulless disgrace of a human contact hi s daughters. his testimony. He also said failure two watched the television show being." One of Capano ' s attorneys , to answer Connoll y' s questions THE REV IEW/ Bob Weill The outburst occurred •just after Eugene J. Maurer Jr. . objected to would result in " draconian·· see CAPANO page A4 Thomas J. Capano's trial should conclude by the end of January. rA2. THE REVIEW. b"""'Y 8, 1999 !.;. Senate impeachment hearings begin L BY JOHN YOCCA " I don ' t think the offenses are impeacha ble Purcell said the crimes C linton is c harged wit h are : I o ffe nses," he said. not treasonable cri mes like those that are stated in t ; Not many tho ug ht it wo uld come to this. A Carrion a lso said h e was s urprised that thi s the Constitution. : ' simple story of an extramarital affair has made the scandal has come as far as it has and he said he Carrion said further testimony w ill o nl y shame : · country enter a new mo mento us event into the feels there is no need to call the president more. i ; pages of hi story. wi tnesses. " Those th a t want to call 1 • Yesterday marked the s tart o f President Bill " Everyone knows th e re is wi tnesses want to e mba rrass 1: Clinton' s impeachment tri al, the first one since not enough votes to impeac h the president," Carrion said. : " I 1 Andrew Johnson's trial in 1868. The proceedings Clinton," he said . " I don ' t think t h a t h e has b een l : were launched when Supreme Court Chief Justice think we need to know more. embarrassed enough." "Every thing we want to P urcell agreed and said the ~~·. W i lliam H . Re hnquist took hi s oath a nd then GAY PHILADELPHIA COP KILLS HIMSELF swore in the 100 U.S. Senators who will act as know is already in the Starr tri a l s ho uld he ar the report. Calling witnesses will testimonies of h ouse j urors. PHILADELPHIA- The city' s first openly gay police I j not be necessary at this point.'' managers a nd the president's Despite the fact the trial has officially begun, recrui t , hired thro ugh a campaign to reach o ut to ! ; some senators are still torn in deciding the format Jim Purcell, the execu.tive lawyers t he n do a n up-and­ :; homosexuals, shot himself to death near Independence of the trial. While House Republicans have called direc tor of the Democratic down vote on it. Hall a month after graduating from the police academy. for a full-fledged tria l, including subjecting Party of Delaware, said he is in Battag lia said he believes r A friend says T homas Kalt Jr. was despondent over witnesses and to direct and cross examinations, favor of a speedy trial as well. both parties are trying to keep i the recent breakup with hi s boyfriend. ! . the Democrats have strongly contested the calling " The people want it to be the trial above party politics. Kait, 26, died of a single gunshot wound to the head over with," Purcell said. "The " They are trying to keep it of witnesses. fr om his own service revolver Wednesday afternoon. He Majority Leader Trent Lott a nnounced senators want it to be over above politics because they r had shot himself in a park near Independence Hall and yesterday the Senate was getting " closer and with. People don ' t like ultimately decide the fate of ' . the Liberty Bell pavilion. ' closer" to reaching a strategy for the trial, but said bickering." the presi de nt and o b viol!s ly "i ;. " Phila delphia l ost a fine officer,'· Mark Segal, ~ . the trial itself could last several weeks concluding Basil Battaglia, Republican we should take all that out of .: publisher of the Philadelphia G ay News, said in a with a final vote on the articles of impeachment. State Chairman, said the Senate needs to abide by politics and try to give him a fair hearing ," he statement. " Officer Kalt was a pioneer for our Clinton is accused of providing " perjurious, the Constitution. said. community and w ill always be remembered for hi s false and misleading testimony" during his grand " Whatever [the Constitution] says, I think we But Purcell said he be lieves both Democrats courage." jury deposi tion on Aug. 17, and obstruction of s hould subscribe to," Battaglia said. " If it says and Republicans are try ing to agree on keeping justice by encouraging witnesses to lie under oath there should be a trial then everyone should have the trial non-partisan. MAN CONVICTED OF RAPING DEAF WOMAN -crimes which are considered a felony under the the opportunity to present their testimony." "For the sake of the country," he said, " I think Purcell said conservatives read the Constitution we need to get it over with." Constitution. PITTSFIELD, Mass. - A man accused of raping a Political science professor, Julio Carrion, said word for word while Democrats see it as a living deaf wo man was convicted after a j udge rejected hi s he thinks the crimes Clinton is accused of don' t document. Therefore, according to the Democrats, c la im that he didn ' t understa nd the wom a n 's sign­ add up to impeachment. language protests. Byron Bevins, 31 , was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison Wednesday after he was found guilty by Judge Judd Carhart in a non-jury trial. and Del Prosecutors said the Brattleboro, Vt., woman, who had Primary wars in N.H. been visi ting Bevins, had emphatically protested in sign language as she was assaulted. BY MICHAEL BULLARD ANDRYAN CORMIER win the Ariwna primary the following week. said he is not a fan of the primarie s~ especially in small Nt·ws Editors And this year he thinks the Delaware primary will be even states like New Hampshire and Delaware. WOMAN, EMBARASSED BY GARBAGE, DOESN' T Delaware scheduled its first_presidential primary in more important. He said the eai'ly primaries focus media attention on CALL 911 FOR DYING HUSBAND •~ ·. 1996 just four days after New Hampshire's first-in-the- California has announced it is moving its states with small populations and may distort : nation primary in hopes of getting more recognition for primary up to the Tuesday after Delaware's public opinion. . COLUMBUS, Ohio- A woman was charged with not : the First State from the presidential candidates. Saturday primary. "The New Hampshire primary is one of calling for medical help for her dying husband because . But in a move to protect its status and keep the public's · "So all the mlYor television newtorks the reasons Lyndon Johnson was driven out she was afraid she would be arrested for havi ng a ho11se . attention, officials in New Hampshire have once again and newspapers are going to be focusing of office," Reynolds said . full of garbage. .: ·.. urged candidates to sign a pledge not to campaign in on what happens in the Delaware During the 1968 New Hampshire primary, Farrell Puckett, 60, died Dec. 13 after being stricke n I • Delaware. primary," Battaglia said. "Whoever wins Eugene McCarthy challenged Johnson's with a heart- or di abetes-re lated problem at hi s home; in :j And it worked last year -Steve Forbes was Delaware then gets all that free record on the Vietnam War. the s uburb of White hall, prosecutor Mark Hunt said : the only candidate to come to or advertise in advertisement time on 'Meet Soon after, the president made a 'television Wednesday. : Delaware's Republican primary and he the Press' and CNN going into address telling the nation that he was ordering Puckett's wife, G wenith, tried to help him herself after won the state primary, upsening Bob the California primary." significant reductions in the bombing of North he los t consciousness, then sought hel p from the Dole. Because of the power a win in Vietnam and requesting peace talks. neighbors, who asked why she didn't call 911 , Hunt said. ! Now, more than a year before the Delaware could have, Lamar Alexander He also said he would neither seek nor accept hi s Mrs. Puckett told the neighbors she would be arrested, primary in 2000, New Hampshire is at it and Steve Forbes have already said they party's re-nomination to the presidency. Reynolds said the prosecutor said . , again. They have asked candidates not to will campaign in Delaware. F1ara medics were eventually called, and " found the !.= there was a lot more public support for Johnson across the ~ ·. campaign anywhere that has a primary "I am happy to see that the first tier country than the results in new Hampshire showed. hotise so full of trash, junk, garbage and clothes tiat : . less than a week after their own. candidates have recognized the importance But Battaglia said even though Delaware is small, it is a there was no room to treat the patient," Hunt said. : .~ . They have received a number of of the Delaware primary," Battaglia said. "It microcosm of the country. ' .: . promises from possible candidates such as Vice may be New Hampshire's prerogative to close its · "We have a more diverse population than New FLORIDA CHILDREN CHARGED lN MURDER ! : : President AI Gore, Rep. Richard Gephardt, D-Mo. doors to some, but Delaware's borders are open to any Hampshire and we also have a diverse mix of industries in .·. and Rep. Jolm Kasich, R-Ohio. and all candidates." the state," he said . ." .W£ are a better. barometer. than Ne.w . PORT ST. JOHN, Fla. - A 13-year-old girl and her .• .1 Republican State Chairman Basil Banaglia said he · Jim Purcell, the executive ~irector of the Democrat Hampshire." 1!2.-year-old brother shot their father' s live-in g irl fri~nd : does not think New Hampshire's actions are fair. state party, said New Hampshire is overstepping its " Purcellllocrreed>lhl:l said Delaware is a .coossrsection o( ', , ~o 'death because. they thought she was taking•t heir fat~er LJ : "Although I respect New Hampshire's position as the; _bounds. : . • the entire United .States. n ... " · . ~ , , > 1 . !l,Way from the m, authorities said . 5! .. J1oJ, :I . nation's first primary, they need to recognize the "We are very concerned that they are taking this stance "We have a lot of farms in the south and our no!"lh is Cathy Jo nes and Curtis Fairchild were cha rged wjth . . sovereignty .of Delaware to make its own decision and trying to strong arm the country," he said. "We very industrialized and corporate orientated," he said. killing Sonya Nicole Speights, 29, a teaching assistan~ at .I regarding our primary," he said. "What New Hampshire recognize that New Hampshire has historically been the "Plus, we have voted for the president correctly since a junior high school. • ... is trying to do is political extortion." first, but that is the only reason they were the first _­ 1948 - New Hampshire very rarely elects the president, She was shot in the chest and found dead Wednes

BY SUSAN STOCK are compliant," she said. soon switch to personal computers that specifically to their software. NANNY PLEADS GUILTY TO KIDNAPPING Studelit Aj}Uirs Editor According to Allmendinger, the pHm may be in offices or research centers Sacher saiq there is really no reason The celebration of the new year was really composed of three separate throughout the university. She said 90 for a student to bring their computer to NEW YORK - A nanny Thursday adrriitted abducttng :,: ~ promises to be bigger and better next steps: percent of these computers are new the help center. If they cannot access the a 6-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jew with cerebral palsy ~ nd ; • year, as people all over the world tum First, IT looked at all the applications enough to be Y2K compliant, but there web, they can load the TF2000 Tester taking him to South C arolina, saying the boy wasfl ' t • •. their calendars to the year 2000. within different university departments is help available to fix those that are not. onto a floppy disk. getting enough attention from hi s parents. , ~.· ~.; ·However, some say this joyous occasion and identified those for which Y2K "We' ve contacted the department However, he said, a student can come Theresa Goldberg, 40, and her husband , Davtd , • , will tum hazardous within milliseconds would be a problem. heads, printed articles in The Update, in to walk through the process with a ofiginally faced federa l kidnapping and con spin(cy i • of the infamous ball drop due to a small Second, IT set about fixing the posted information on our web page and technician on one of the help center's charges in the abduction last October of Chaim wep l, who IS m a wheelchai r. , '-'--computer glitch - the Year 2000 problem programs. In some cases, they are offering help at the Technology computers if they are apprehensive. ;:;v Prob}em. · rewrote the code themselves. Other Solutions Center in Smith Hall," she "Students need to take responsibility On Thursday, s he pleaded guilty to conspiracy. Her :1: ~· Richard Sacher, manager of research times, they bought upgrades for the said. for their own machines, and we at the IT husband pleaded guilty to not reporting. the .c~ i'."e. : ::; ,. data management services at the software that are Y2K compliant. In one That help is avai table for both are willing to help," he said. Defense attorney Jerome Karp demed Initial repo.ns ii!';: university, said the probte.:n stems from case, she said, they even hired someone students and faculty, she. said. Allmendinger said she expects the that Goldberg, a Je hovah's Witness, had ~an t e d to take the boy south fo r "holi stic healing." She simply felt the 1:: :. the fact that most computers use a two­ to rewrite the code due to the large "It's hard to get messages to people," demand for help with Y2K problems ;g.!: digit number to represent the year. When amount of work associated with that she said. " But it's not like we've been will increase as the year 2000 boy needed be tt er care, he said . i:l.:· the year 2000 begins, the computer will particular program. keeping this a secret." approaches. Chaim' s parent s said the boy's sidelocks had bee n cut off and his yarmulke thrown away so that he wouldn' t• be l:! ;. read "()()" to mean 1900 instead of 2000. The third step is going through all the Sacher said there is lots of help for "Solving the problem in the majority of cases is pretty simple," she said. "The recognized. : !i; :: fliis coul(f cause seve rat' matlunctions programs they fixed and testing them to students on -the web. Hasidi c Jews observe a biblical prohibition against problem is getting people to think about iH ·i; and problems for computer users. see if they will work' by telling the Students can go to cutting males' side curls. : it." 1:: :. At the university, at least fou~ program the current year is 2000. http://www.udel.edu/help, he said, and Under sente ncing guidelines, Goldberg wi ll probaqly click on the special Y2K icon. There, Newspaper articles and television ::; , representatives from Information Allmendinger said IT is currently get no more than five years , I I months in prison. ~er reports on •the Y 2 K bug have ::: ·r Technologies have been working on the working on this last step and she hopes they can download the TF 2000 hu s b a nd cou ld get up to a year and ni ne months . exaggerated the extremity of the :::.); problem full-time for almost two years, to complete the entire process within Millenium Compliance Tester which Sentencing was set fo r March 23. :::·!. said Susan Allmendinger, director of the two months. examines a persona l computer' s problem, Allmendinger said. ::: :;: IT Help Center. "The university took this very hardware for potential problems. " Universities and bus inesses are - compiled from Associated Press reports by Ryi111 :1: '' "The university is more than two­ seriously and started very early and Also on the web site, Sacher said, are aware of the proble m and are spending Coi·mier ii:·!: thirds through a pretty extensive plan to methodically," she said. links to vendors' web pages that talk the time and energy to fix it in time," she : ~ : r ensure their administrative applications Allmendinger said the effort will about the Y2K problems related said. "We' re on top of it."

il! J: Police Reports ii:·;: CAl\1PUS CALENDAR POLICE SEARCHING FOR FORGERY followed and damaged by an unknown man, Pathmark without paying for them, police 1i!:: Winter Commencement with Those looking for mid-week poli ce said . said. ~::' SUSPECT ::; ;: speaker Chuck Lewis Class of '75, is entertainment can go see the PTTP's A white female , who has passed fake The victim told poli ce he was drivi ng in The t wo defendants were observed ' '! t Saturday at I 0 :30 a .m. at the Bob rendition of "The Lady's Not for prescriptions in local drug stores, is being the vi ci nity of Main Street when he noticed putting Rogaine, Nicorette, Advil and other Carpenter Center. Tickets are required. Burning" Wednesday night in sought by Newark Police. so m eone was fo llowing him in a items approximately totaling $260 into a !iI Call 831-8741 for more information. Hartshorn Hall. The curtain goes up at According t o p o li ce , the suspect Volkswagen Je tta. Whe n he reached th e bag. They were stopped as th ey tried to exit 1,; ,.~: Don't miss men's basketball 7:30. Call831-2204 fortickets. attempted to illegall y o btain a prescription corner of E ast M a in Street a nd South the building by store security and detained w:: playing against Towson Sunday at I For those students working on their of Percocet, a pain killer, from the Happy C o ll ege Ave. , the m a le driver of t h e until police arrived. ; ~ ~ I · p.m. in the Bob Carpenter Center. Call resumes, there is a workshop Harry's Discount Drug Store on East Main · volkswage n ex ited hi s vehic le , ye ll ed Ke v in Torres, 25 , of T own send and UDl-HENS for details. Go and Wednesday in Raub Hall titled Street, Saturday. o bscenities and the n threw and unknown Kristin Stover, 19, of Wilmington , were !il:it: ,.· support your hens. " Resume P' which starts at 3:30. Call The store was alerted by a nother drug object at the victim ' s car. c harged with shoplifting. Stover was turned ,,:l• ..·t , Monday evening there is a human 831-8479 forthe411. s to re where a woman had presente d a The m a le s uspect was d escribed as a over to New Castle County Police for ' an rights lecture by Neil Hicks from the Women' s basketball takes on p resc ription that h ad a forged d octor's white ma le between the ages of 18 and 20 outstanding warrant. :1: :: Middle East and North Africa program Vermont Thursday evening at 7 in the s ignature on it. The employees of Happy with dark brown hair and a mustache . T he :w: on "Some Islamic Responses to Bob Carpenter Center. Call UDI­ Harry's realized th ey h ad just filled a victim also to ld police that there was a BURN B ABY BURN ::··· Universal Human Rights" at 7:30 in HENS for tickets. prescription of Pe rcocet and given it to a female passenger in the suspect' s car. An unknown suspect blazed in the New :l::·!···. Arsht Hall on the Wilmington campus. Continuing in the "Universal woman who fit the same description. The The victim reported to police there were Year in the Park Place Apa rtments parking !it-t His speech is part of the "Universal Rights at 50" lecture series is Joseph s us pec t was found in the s to re and the $ 100 in damages to hi s car from where the lot. •'·t!!t· Humans at 50" lecture series. Call Mettimano from the U .S. Committee prescription was taken from her. object struck. The suspect et a couc h and a dumpster :.. ., 831-2355 for information. for UNICEF. He will give his lecture While po lice have the s uspect's vehicle o n fi re at approx imately 4 :30 a.m. The I" • The suspect fled the scene be fore police ·::. Need help lioning your interview "The Rights of the Child" in Clayton could arrive. tag number. no arrests have been made. suspect will be c h arged with reckle ss :~~ · skills? The Career Services' workshop Hall at 7:30p.m. Thursday. For more burning if caught. fii ': "Interview Preparation" begins at info call 831-2355. MANFOLLOWEDAROUNDTOWNBY BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR 12:30 p.m. Call 831-8479 to find out DISGRUNTLED SUSPECT BALDING CHAIN SMOKERS -compiled b_y Cha rlie Dougiello ~l ~ more. -compiled by Christina Mehra An 18-year-old white ma le had a seine Two men were a rrested last week as they Sunday night after hi s pickup truc k was tri ed to re m ove vario u s items fro m

'I January 8, 1999 • THE REVIEW • A3 Rental Cap Proposed UD administrators and students react to cap ; Housing officials Students, DUSC unmoved 1by threat to enraged over capping off-camp(As residences ofhousing opportunities r BY CHRISTINA MEHRA Adm /ni .'i rmrin~ Nen-5 Editor BY SUSAN STOCK Siude11! Ajji.1irs EdiuJr Students may soon find themselves with fewer options for living off-campus if Newark The proposed city council cap on the number of passes the proposed rental cap ordinance. rental properties in Newark has given new li fe to a heated debate with some arguing that the proposed cap And with the possibility of fewer houses to rent, on-campus housing may become a bigger is unfair to students and landlords. limiti m! the areas in which students may li ve . . - considerati o n for more s tudents who were hoping to live off-campus. Andrew Weidel, Delaware Undergraduate Student However, Barbara Kreppel, assistant vice Congress president, call ed it "an anti-student attempt to better Newark." president of administrative services, said she Roselle does not expect the number of students living He said the proposed cap is not the best way to fix on-campus to increase if the ordinance passes. with one of her classes last semester. She agreed the ongoing problems between Newark residents and university students. "The students fee l we're limiting student rentals and " All s tudents who apply on time for on­ that the plan may not affect university ho,using, not othe r rentals, and we ' re going to do that by campus ho using are aq:eptetl and that would but she said houses with permits will be in "There needs to be more emphasis on building community between students and residents," Weidel revoking people's permits." continue,'' Kreppel said. demand and-landlords may increase rent. However, Wampler said that is not true. The university does not plan to build more Students who decided to live off-campus are said. A situation in which students know their neighbors "Any house that is currently a rental can continue to residence halls but instead to renovate existing not likely to change their minds, she said, but be a rental," he said. "We wi ll not write any additional ,. campus housing, Kreppel said. instead of getting a house, they will end up in would better solve the current problems with student- tenants, he said. · permits." Enrollment would not increase and neither apartments more often than before. The cap will not drastically change the number of would the percentage of students living on "The city emphasized that the reason behi-nd If students know their neighbors, he said, those neighbors will be less apprehensive about asking rentals immediately, Wampler said. campus, she said. About half of all university the ordinance is not to be anti-student but to "This won't be overnight," he said. "This will take undergraduates live on campus, she said, adding promote a better balance in neighborhoods and students to keep the appearance of their homes neat. Weidel said he does not see how this proposal will five or six years." that apartments would still be available even if integrate the students and long-term residents, " Freshman Eric Suro said he blames the lack of • ' the number of houses was limited. Veness said. benefit any of the parties involved. "It's really going to hurt the students since it's hard modern, appealing dorm s for the large number of President Da,·id P. Roselle said through an e- . Students tend to live in Newark for only a students living off ca:-npus. mail message that he · does not think the year or two opposed to families who may have to find a good house close to campu s," he said. "Plus it's going to push rent up even higher."'· "I think a lot of the responsibility goes on the residence halls will be crowded because in been in the same neighborhood for I 0 to 15 shoulders of the university to accommodate more addition to the existing apartment complexes, years. Long-term residents feel students are not However, Weidel did say he thinks there may be om; good outcome from the argument. students," Suro said. "A lot of these dorms are outdated . , . more city building proposals are planned for as interested in their neighborhoods as long-term - yo u go to other colleges and the doqns are future apartments. residents are themselves, she said. The debate could produce better solutions to the larger issues such as noi se and litter, he Sflid. "If that immaculate." " I doubt that there will be a housing Veness added that residents say they do not Freshman Steve Greeley said living off campus is a shortage," he said. "There have b'een a number want a "dormitory neighborhood." They want to happens, it' s great, but the cap itself is bad.'' Weidel said DUSC will be at the city council good experience and it should not be limited. of new apartment units built recently and there change the personality of their neighborhoods. meeting·Monday to voice its opinion. "Kids want a place of their own to have people are several proposals to build still more." Older residents may think Newark has too much Councilmen Thomas Wampler and Jerry Clifton, over," he said. 'The cap doesn't give kiJs a chance to The city ordinance plans to limit the number of a student culture and not enough of a local who drafted the ordinance, ar!!ue that students who rent have a real li fe ." .,,,. of rental permits given to single-family homes. culture, she said. houses make too much noise- and do not contribute to Senior Seth Gottesmann said he thinks the cap ·' The proposal aims to maintain the .current Most university officials agree the ordinance ·.. : the maintenance of the rental property. Also, they would increase rent levels, which is unfair to students. number of permits held, I, 168, and only issue is likely to shift students fro m houses to argue the large number of rented houses stretch "I think we bring most of the income into the new permits to houses in areas already apartments, which will not affect the university. resources, such as the police department, too thinly . community," said Gottesmann, who has li ved off­ composed of 75 percent rental properties . . Roselle said, "Since the university did not "The number of rental units has exceeded what we campus in a rented house for three years. Homeowners who do not live in the 75 percent propose the leg'islation in question and has no can really deal with and that's been the case for several "It should be the student's choice,'' he said. "The areas and want to rent will have to wait until the plans to either support or oppose it, it seems years now,' ' Wampler said. city shouldn't tell us where we should live and where total number of permits falls below 900. highly unlikely that the legislation wi.Jl affect He said he feels there is a misconception about the we shouldn 't live." April Veness, associate professor of the relationship between the university and the way in which the number of rentals wi ll be reduced. geography, said she discussed the ordinance city."

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continued from A 1 central Newark. getting all the pay for. li ve off-campus . Bauscher said homeow ners should " We want to push homeowner "It is about time the university starts He said the reason why the university also oppose the ordinance because it

·. ~ .. ( this proposal would do. programs especially in .the central . taking care of their customers," he said. isn' t planning on b.uil.din.g any new restricts what they can.. do . with the it He explained that the o rdinance neighborhoods," she said. " We could dorms is because students don' t want to own houses. would not affect any students currently use this cap as a marketing tool}' live·in th.ein. . ·:"somewhere down ·vhe-roaa• when renting homes in 'the city. Wampler and Councilman· Jerry "We want to.. push "It is student culture that.. says, 'Two tliey need •. taAerll the'rr .house; they tl!Je And although no more rental permits Clifton of District 2 drafted the years and out ' ," he said , "and tha t going 10 find that they aren't going to ':' will be issued, the current rental proposed ordinance last month and homeowner programs affects the community the university is be able to do it," he said. "People get permits would remain with the property hope it will be passed at the January 24 located in . sick o r get transferred you never , ,_. owner until they sell the property to a council meeting. especially in the central "If we built another Chri s ti ana know when yo u might need to rent yo ur , family . The proposed ordinance states that neighborhoods. We Tower we would have to do one of two house. " We are not going to revoke any because of " the growing number of things: force students to li ve there or si t "This impacts a lot of people." permits and throw people on the alcohol, noise, disorderly conduct and could use this cap as a with vacancies." And Bauscher said the people it streets," he said. other related offenses ... council deems marketing tool." Bauscher and the NLA will meet Jan. impacts the most is students and said he Marguerite Ashley, the co-chair of it necessary to restrict the number of 14 to draw up a complaint and to raise hopes st ude nts will get involved in the Old Newark Civic Association, said rental properties." money for the lawsuit. fighting the propose d o rdinance, ­ she is in favor of a rental cap to Clifton and Wampler both agreed -MargueriTe Ashley, co-chair Old The lawsuit, he said , will include the including during April's City Council preserve the diversity of the that students seem to be caught in the Newark Civic Association rental cap and the law restricting the elections. community. middle, but said it is not the city' s number of unrelated occupants in a "It wo uld really be nice to see some "Students are becoming the majority responsibility to house university house. He said he expects it to take two students get active," he said. "These especially in the center of Newark and students. David Butler, the uni versity director to three months to raise the amount of guys are heatable, especially Wampler, ; . that is lessening the diversity," she said. Clifton said students are customers of housing, said th at it is not the money needed from the estimated 800 because he is in th e 4th district where a She s aid the proposal would help of the university who have not been university' s fauh that students want to landlords in Newark. lot of students li ve." ....· encourage young families to move to

New Years Eve 1n• Party like it's 1999!

Faced with the prospect of King said he and his dissuade awould-be musician. celebrating another New Year's companions decided to arrive "This one guy whips out a Eve in Newark·, un iversity early in Times Square to secure trumpet and was play ing the student Flynn King resolved to a spot where they could see the charge song. The guy was begin 1999 someplace a little ball drop. terrible ... he kept screwing up. more exciting. But their plan to get close to The whole crowd was chanting, Where else but Times Square? the action was thwarted by the 'Asshole, asshole. "' King joined 500,000 people police barricades set up on every Despite the hours spent gathered t,b_ere on Dec . 3 I to street: The 5,000 officers freezing and waiting, King said watch the 1'amous illuminated , chaperoning the festivities shut watching the ball d escend at ball drop, ushering in . the new ~ off 40 square blocks to traffic midnight was a . thrilling year. and herded the crowds into experience. King said he decided to make designated areas. " It was incredible," he said. the trip after realizing that this By 7:30, King said he found " Everybody turned to their •.r would be his last chance to himself pressed up against a neighbor and said, ' Happy New experience the Times Square barricade within sight of the Year! ' Hugs and handshakes celebration before the bedlam ball. As thousands of people were all around."

' 'J.,. expected at the end of 1999. filed in behind him, he realized He said that as the crowds Along with some friends, he that he and his friends weren't began to depart, he and everyone drove to New York City on Dec. going anywhere for the next four else had only one thing on their 31 prepared - or so he thought and a half-hours, he said. minds. - to brave the cold and crowds. "We were outside the whole "Every one of those people "I brought everything," King time," he said. "We were has to pee right now ," he said. "Long underwear, a couple delirious from the cold." remembered thinkin!!. pairs of socks, T-s hirt, Despite the chill - or King said he wou-ld definitely sweatshirt, coat. .. " perhaps because of it - the travel to Times Square again for But King said he soon fo und crowd was in good spirits , New Year's Eve, poss ibl y in that no amount of insul a tion although many commented o n 2001 . could protect against the below­ the weather. "It was lighthearted Battling the cold, however, is freezing temperature. complaining," King said. "It was not an experience he wants to " I wish I had brought a yule kind of a little game to pass the repeat. "I pl an to have stuff to log," King said jokingly. "I was time." do before." that ready to set myself on fire at He recalled one incident. the end of the night." where the entire crowd united to -Melissa Scott Sinclair A4. THE REVIEW • January 8, 1999 ..'- -. State law prevents residents from propping doors open .... unive rs it y Fire M arsha ll Be rnie Newly renovated Alexander. "Anything that is renovated or built new would have to have fire doors, and the fire ·· · residence halls door is an assembly,'' Alexander said . When closed, fire doors he lp contai n ., _: equipped with fire for about 20 minutes. Four years ago in Russe ll D , a resident le ft a candle . ~ door springs unattended and it fe ll. setting th e room on ~ . fire . The c inde rblock walls a nd c losed door prevente d the s pread of the fire , BY DREW VOLTURO Alexander said. Stnjf Rt!porter Due to I ,437 dorm fires between 1990- Residents o f newly renovated residence 94 across the United States, apartments, • halls, like Warne r Hall, have found their like the Christiana Towers. must add th e room doors have a mind of their own. fire door assembly as well according to a 1:·. When the resi d e nce halls were more recent Delaw are FPC regulati o n, ·~I renovated , part of the renovation process Alexander said. '" inc lud e d installing fire doors and According to the regulati on, the T owers j ·.' a uto mati c door c los in g m ec hanisms, must ha ve t hese assemblies in s t a ll e d ~ ~- which have left some residents unhappy. within four years regardless of renovation. Recently renovated building are required by state law to have hinges installed on the doors as part of a fire precaution. Senior Joe De l Sole said not being able Since 1996, North a n d South M a ll Students in newly restored residence halls are no longer permitted to prop the doors to their rooms open or loosen the ~ -· to keep hi s door open posed a problem renovatio ns have resulted in the addition screws in the hinges as it violates the law. of these fire door asse mblies in N ew · ~ · when he lived in the residence halls. These mechani s ms were removed for ha llway so they can i nteract with thei r Castle, Harter, Sussex and Brown hall s. However, some do not agree with his " The a ir c irc ulati o n in the dorms is convenience and community, said M ark friends more easily." assessment. .1· horrible, and hav ing the d oors c losed Residents have bee n routine ly Mankin, F acilities Ma nager fo r East H e said t hi s dism antli ng n ot onl y " People don 't want to be confined to dis mantling the a utomati c door closing ". really presented a problem,'· he said. Campus. vio la te s s tate regulation , it a lso their rooms," said junior Karen Gehrman. mechani sm or propping their doors o pen. 01 • D espi te s tude nt s ' distaste fo r the " Stude nts would rathe r no t have the jeopardizes the safety of the students. "But they don' t want to have to go as far Last semester, 40 Sussex Hall residents - m ec h a ni s m s , the d evtces cannot be d oo r s hu tti ng quick ly b e hind th e m ," The lounge areas, whic h ex ist in every as the lounge to socialize.'· rece ived hous in g violations for ~~ - removed because they are in accordance Mankin said. "They would also like to be dorm complex, provide .a common area to disma ntling the m ec ha ni s m s o n their 01;. with Del aware State Fire Prevention able to have all the doors open down th e· build community, M·ankin said. Commission's regula ti o n code, said doors. .. . ,(' .. I ' • Capano Prosecutors may ·· I' explodes ~ retry Deptula.for ... ~ \ .. during cross, sexual assault - . . , .·. ejected from · ' . reall y noti ce what was going on or < continued from A 1 hear her cries fo r help. courtroom " Y es. would have n o t He also atte mpted to d iscredit proceeded if she struggled when a De ptul a ' s ow n testim o ny b y pe r son was pinning her down," saying De ptula was never sure of Deptula answered. a nythin g because he constantly continued from A 1 " D o yo u thin K a female is used the phrases: "I don ' t know," I s i gna ling s he 's not consenting ·'J guess,'' and ··r believe'' when ~ h e says 'Stop, I d9n' t want Hurley said he ;"~.!!ll.n never :..: " E.&" uriJl ~j · · phon~;.;t'O'l'"· _; .•. Howev;r, Capano· choose te .ignore the ~II until to do this'?'" asked the two men to stop a nd never c ried ou for help and the :=: later. "Yes.''\ .• After the show: Capano said Fahey fell asleep D ep t " l a sex . occurred tes ti f ie d that ...... ~ becau se a ll •• in his den and he went downstairs and learned THE -REVIEW/ File Photo after he three were "'~ · the message was from Macintyre. Defense attorney Joseph Oteri fires answers at the press outside the Wilmington .., Capano said he returned her phone call and di g it a II y intoxicated. courthouse. Oteri's client, Thomas J. Capano is charged with murdering one of his penetrated "It's like a tie " People d o . : had an unpleasant conversation. Capano said he three mistresses, Anne Marie Fahey. Fahey was a scheduling secretary for Gov. a: told her he had company and couldn't see her her, he lifte d m a k ...._ until later that night. Thomas Carper. her legs up SO • game. It starts all momentary lapses of .,. He testified he returned to Fahey, who now evidence in the house. area of questioning. they were o n j hi s s houlders over again at a j udgement and a.• had awakened, and they chatted on his loveseat. Capano testified he dumped Fahey' s body at The day after Capano was ejected, he returned and had sex~a l / people do =-• He said the next thing he knew, Macintyre was sea and lied to authorities to protect himself and, to the stand and said he wanted to tell the truth in tercourse for later time." so m eti m es - in the room sci'eaming about Capano being with most of all, Macintyre. about Fahey's death a month after th e incident I 0 to 13 regret it later," another women. "Selfishly, I was trying to keep myself fro m but didn' t because federal investigators and even seconds. · Hurley said. According to Capano, Macintyre pulled Gut a any recriminations and I was trying to keep my the governor turned the case into a "political 1 He said Ro b erts said c- gun and threatened to shoot herself because she word to protect Debby," Capano said, adding football." b -Joseph A. Hurley, Wilmington stopped for the state is not waited for him for such a long time and he was that not calling 911 was " the most cowardly After Capano left the stand, hi s defense call ed Q'p attomey reason, a felol( too happy with still with another women. Capano said she then thing I have ever done.'' Kathleen Lee Johnson, a surprise witness, who is 1 seco nd s ' the outcome and yelled out, "I might as well shoot myself." Conno ll y started hi s c ross-examination by neighbors with Macintyre. b efo r e w ill r etr y th e As s he rai sed the g un with her left hand, focusing on the crimes Capano has committed Jo hn son testifi ed th at s he saw Macintyre someone walked in the room. case. Capano said he reached for her arm and the gun since the night of F ahey ' s d isappea ran ce . about II :40 one ni ght in late June 1996, which Deptula fo rcefully denied being '·Obviously the state wishes it "~ accidentally went off and struck Fahey behind Capano admitted to telling so many lie s to corroborates Capano's story. so intoxicated \ hat he could not wou ld h ave concluded w ith a • .,. her right ear. different people that he could not count them all. Johnson said she was getting ready for bed see the signals qf non-consensual verdict. but we' re happy wit h a w Capano said he a nd M acintyre tried Capano also admitted he went to Fahey ' s when she heard a car racing down her street. She sex. hung j ury a nd we wi ll ret ry the H performing CPR on Fahey, but they could not house the night of her death and turned on her looke d o ut the windo; and said s he saw In hi s closi ng argument s , defendant n ex t time the court revive her. air conditione r to make it seem like she was Macintyre's black Jeep Grand Cherokee screech e Robert s pointed out that the five sc hedules the cas e for tri a l,'' :.., Capano testified he calmed Macintyre down home. into the driveway and come to a sudden stop. rugby players- who testified t ha t Robert s said . I':: and got her into her car to go home. Connolly then surprised the court by asking John son testified she saw Macintyre stumble i! "I broke down,'' he said. " I fell apart. I was they saw nothing unusual going on H urley sai d. '·It ' s like a ti e Capano if he ever heard o f a woman named o ut of her car and dash to he r side door while game. It start s all over agai n at a ~ screaming at myself.'' Linda Marandola. Capano allegedly asked a FBI lening out a " loud ... gut-wrenching sob." in the room were consiste nt wi th the state's case. later time. You ask a pro ecutor r. Capano said two hours after the accident, info rma nt about hirin g so m eone to hurt She said she couldn' t be sure of the dates but Macintyre returned to hi s apartment and helped " They saw n o ~ hing m o re, anytime there is a hung jury what Marandola because she ref~ sed hi s advances. that it was after June 14 when her t win boys he is goi n g to do a nd h e will him drag the cooler containing Fahey's body The question was objected to by the defepse were out of school and before July I, when they nothing less.'' Robert s said. He told the jury that they were invariably s;y. Tm going to do it into hi s garage a nd he lped him dispose of and Lee prohibited Connolly from entering that left fo r summer camp. not in the room long e no ugh to all over again."' Professor's play makes its debut perfor_mance with university PTTP

BY CHRISTINA MEHRA "Sometimes when you' re rehearsing you have monologues to read," she explained. ''It became Administrurin~ N~u ·s Editor questi ons but the playwright is usually not there,'' kind of like a dare." - She' s been working on it for four years and Detmer said. The dare tumed into "Stori es from the National English professor Jeanne Walker's play "Rowing Enquirer'' whi ch wo n the 1990 Washington National into Light on Lake Adley" will finally be perfonned Playwriting Competiti on. ,._ for the first time by the university's Professional For "Rowing into Light on Lake Adley" Walker - ,. Theatre Training Program on Jan. 15. said she drew from her own background and based :;: Walker, who has been a professor at the the play in her hometown of Parkers Prairie, Minn. ·• university for 23 years, wrote the play about her "The plot is original and The play is based on the true story of he r aunt, .... great aunt Josephine who led an interesting and whom in 1904 wanted to become an actress and ..; eccentric life during the early 20th century. has some unusual married t~ first man she met with a car. :• "The plo t is original and has some unusual While her plays may be new to the uni versity ,..• elements." said graduate student Matthew Detmer, elements." stage, Walker's work is not unknown. She won the =• who plays one of the lead roles in the play. "It's a lot Virginia Duvall Mann Award, two Lewis Pri zes - Marrhen: Dermer, graduate student :.: ~~~e~~a;m~!,her plays I've done, as well as being from Brigham Young Uni versity and awards from the Pew Found ati on, The Famous Door Theater and ..·~.. Walker has been working closely with the PTTP the Minneapolis Playwri ghts' Center. ... for the past three years. Detmer said rehearsing with Before writing ''Rowing into Light o n Lake • .. Walker has been a unique experience. Adley," Walker also wrote a book of poetry about :: In his third and final year with the PTfP, Detmer "Shakespeare is dead." her great aunt called '·Gaining Time.'' The play . - has been in many plays, but he said Walker' s is Walker said she first got started as a playwri ght expands o n the poems and revolves aro und the -~ different because the actors can work along with the after a director read a sample of her writing. The theme of forgiveness. :: playwright and ask questions and influence changes. director liked Walker' s work and asked her to make Walker s;id she is currently working on her nex t Matthew Detmer and Colleen Madd.en star in professor :• He said Walker has re-written and changed much it into an entire play. project - anoth er play called 'T he Queen' s Two Jeanne Murray Walker's play " Row~ g into Light on Lake •!:.. of the play since PTfP' s first reading. "It was an accident - I gave a director some Bodies.'· Adley.". · January 8, 1999. THE REVIEW. A5 South Mall Lecture series celebrates next on UD 50th anniversary of renovation human rights declarartion BYLAURENPELLETREAU " Some Islamic Res po nses to Universal Staff R ~fWr l er Human Rights," on Jan. II in Room 10 8 of A university professor is Arsht Hall. docket commemorating the 50th anniversary of Hicks' lecture will explore the confli cts the signing o f the first international of applying Western valu es to othe r declaration of human rights by bringing a countries, Oliver said. group of speakers to the university to tell "The series will step back and reflect on us exactly how far we have come. whether o r not we are approaching th e #ter Memorial Hall is • "We' ve come a long way, but we're not standards set forth in the U.N. Declaration there yet," said James Oliver, a political over 50 years ago," Oliver said. science and international relations Joseph Mettimano , publi c poli cy cJmpleted, The Mall will professor. specia list for th e U.S. Committee for Oliver said he hopes he can help educate UNICEF, will continue the series with the uni ve rsity community about how much "The Rights of the Child" on Ja n. 14 in !J!f a face lift still has to be done concerning human Room 125 at Clayton Hall. rights across the world. Columbia University Law School W CHRISTINA MEHRA and some of the original Throughout this month, professor L o ri F . Admi,li.ttrmh·e Nell's Editor plann ngs reached the end of the free lecture series Damrosch will deliver n addition to the thei: useful lives and have entitled "Human Rights at her lecture on Jan. 19 re1ovation of Memorial been removed ," un-iversity 50" will be held in in Room 125 of Hal , part of The Mall will President David P. Roselle commemoration of the "We've come a Clayton Hall entitled here-landscaped according sa;d in an e-mail message. Construction crews continue renovating the landscape Universal Declaration of " Universal Human to-he original design that " What will be done now around Memorial Hall. Human Rights long way, but Rights." In the wake of the w& planned earlier in the can easily be thought to be a landscaping engineer, said trees have been taken out And Minni Schrag, Holocaust and other war cetury. •estoration of the Coffin the idea is to match the and the stumps are being we're not there a former senior trial Plan." crimes committed during J niversity landscapers are architecture and landscaping removed now. Not much else attorney for the War Coffin, who directed World War II , the ,. re ovating the area from to the same tiine period. will happen till the spring. yet." Crimes Tribunal in landscaping projects at the Universal Declaration of Mmorial Hall to Magnolia Coffin' s plan will mean When the weather is former Yugos lavia university from 1918 to Cicle by the Morris Library, that many changes will be warmer some of the old Human Rights was adopted -James Oliver, political science will discuss " Human tomatch former university 1952, was one of few on Dec. I 0 , 1948 by the Rights and War made to the trees, plants and plants will be replaced with united Nations General and international relations professor lrudscape arc hi teet Mari ar women in the landscaping walkways around The Mall. more native plants like Crimes" on Jan . 21 in field. She was hired after Assembly. Ctffin's o riginal pl<¥1 Work has already begun crabapple trees, Taylor said Room I 08 of Arsht designing the landscapes at Article one of the deigned for the univers~y near the library, and should As well as changing the Hall. the homes university Declaration states , "All wl'!n it was called Delaw,ue be done b y September, plants , he said the few Other speakers human beings are born free and equal in Cdle!!e. trustees . Henry du Pont , Taylor said. remaining cement walkways include Kit Cosby, coordinator for external ·'Her desi!!n was follcwed Rodney Sharp and Lammot " Both are bein!! restored near the library and behind dignity and rights. They are endowed with affairs for the National Spirit assembly of in~ially but -there were later duPont. to their ori gina( design:· Alison Hall will be changed reason and conscience and should act th,e Baha' is of the U.S. and co-chair of the sane additional plao:ings Thomas Taylor, university towards one another in a spirit of Taylor said. 'The paulownia to brick. working group on the Human Rights of brotherhood." Women. Oliver said he hopes people will have a She will give a lecture titled " The more concrete sense of the objectives of Human Rights of Women" on Jan.28 in the document by attending the lecture Room 125 of Clayton Hall. series. And special assistant to the ambassador ~ "Minimally, I hope that people will have at-large for War C rim es in the U.S . a better concept of what human rights Department of State Sheila Berry will end means," Oliver said. the series on Feb. I in Room 125 of The lecture series wil'l be held at Clayton Hall. Check us out online: Clayton Hall on Laird Campus and in The series is sponsored by the Arsht Hall at the university's Wilmington departments of political science and campus. international relations , the Office of Director of th.e U.N. Studies Program at International Programs and Special Columbia University Stephen Marks will Sessions and the World Affairs Council of begin the series on Jan. 7 in Room 125 of Wilmington. ' }i t ·~ www.review. udel.ed Clayton Hall. All lectures are scheduled for 7:30p.m. Neil Hicks wi ll hold the second lecture,

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·: January 8, 1999 A6 Editorial ------~Mm-,~~·~~ ==~~~== t =~ ·~rr======, Rental cap proposal discriminatory towards landlords and students

·, ,. The Newark City Council i con­ ti onship with the uni versity com­ sidering a piece of legislati on th at munity. would drastically reduce the num­ The uni versity experience is ber of rental units allowed in meant to further educati on. Newark. What bellcr way to Leach by Last year, the council passed a example than to advocate tolerance law limiting the number of unrelat­ and coexistence. ed people permitted to li ve in one Instead. the proponents of thi s residence. · new legislati on are preaching Both of these movements had lessons of bigotry, discrimination one specific target - universit y and intolerance. students. Once upon a time there was a The first law was meant to dis­ group of people in a country far, far courage students from moving into away that decided they didn' t like ho uses in primarily residential another group of people living in areas. the same space and invading their Why? world. li,ll Because every student al!ending So the stro nger power took this university is irresponsible, charge and forced the other group loud, obnoxious and dirty. to li ve in specific areas. At least that's what the residents Then, the stronger power decid­ and city council ed desegregation members who was just not good advocate the leg­ e nough - that islation wo uld complete and total have o utsiders elimination of the believe. hated grou.p of They claim people was neces­ students are tak­ sary to preserve ing over their the stronger town. power' s way of But the univer­ life. sity is 236 years Sound fami l­ old. iar? How many What's next? A Newark residents have been around · police state in the city of Newark? that long? Perhaps the residents would like Students are invading their to impose a curfew on university neighborhoods, corrupting their students. children and spoiling their Main Maybe they would also like to Street U.S.A.-type style town. keep students from shopping in cer­ The city even sponsors a tain shops or meeting in large Newark Night at the end of the groups. Spring Semester to celebrate the While th~ comparison is obvi­ end of the school year and the ously a gross exaggeration - it is return of peace for sleepy Newark. nonetheless alarming. Funny how at one of the rental What happened to the American cap meeting a r~l estate represen­ ideals oT"Iife;' Liberty and the pur­ tative presented statistics reporting suit of happiness?" that university students contribute This country was founded on the roughly $84 million to Newark's principle of freedom. economy. And part of that principle is Bob Nichols, ABCC chief of interview our reporter and photog- What about the landlords? learning how to exist with people enforcement. rapher. · Most of these individuals earn who's background's and morals are Ryan " If level heads prevail in this To their credit, the ABCC has their livelihood of the profits from not always congruent to the norm. Cormier silly matter, it will quietly go since dropped the original subpoe­ these rentals. Yet there are people in this com­ away." na after we refused to comply. The By supporting this new proposi­ munity who think it is better to just From the Review is currently fighting a new tion, city council members and resi­ push out those who have different Editor I believed it was necessary to subpoena asking for just the pho­ dents are also turning their backs on values and priorities than they. correct the mistakes in Williams' tographs. To me, it seems to mean young families and other individu­ And the university, the institu­ column. The fo llowing is a letter that they are "worried" enough to als just starting out. 'tion that has brought the students to to the editor to The News Journal spend a lot of time and effort. also make it clear While these people are not the Newark, has little to say on the mat­ On Dec. 15 , News Journal sent a few days after the original Mr. Williams' column also that they do not bel prime target of the assau It on ter. columnist R.on Williams wrote an column ran. states that the ABCC said they pened was too big renters in Newark, they are cer.tain­ In this kind of situation, the uni­ editorial about the Newark The News Journal has not run "wouldn't have gotten involved why didn't they say ly affected by the al!ack on univer­ versity should stick up for the stu­ Police' s investigation into Novem­ the following letter or a correc­ had The Review not offered their beginning? They sity students. dents' rights. It is the university' s ber' s Miss Mustard pageant. tion, now 24 days after Williams' pictures as evidence." That is sim­ investigation, not And unless the univers ity responsibility to protect its students The pageant, In which two con­ editorial ran in the newspaper. ply untrue. In the Nov. 10 uproots itself and moves to a new from discriminatory practices like testants flashed the crowd, is also The Review, in an attempt to Hogan stated, "W town, residents might as well accept the one facing them now. under investigati on by the Alcohol As the editor in chief of The preserve our credibility , has laws and laws the fact that students are here to Instead, university administrators Beverage Control Commission. Review, I must c lear up some fought all attempts by the ABCC serving establishme '"•"· stay. have chosen to take little notice of Williams' co lumn contained major inaccuracies which to force us to submit our materi­ anything that is le Maybe instead of chasing the the upcoming events, and have vir­ inaccuracies and pointed the finger appeared in Ron Williams' column als. At no point, did we offer our believe exposing thei Gen-Xers out of town. Newark resi­ tually turned their backs on the stu­ at The Review for the investiga­ on Dec. 15 (Bar flashers have photographs as evidence. breasts would probabl dents and council members should dents' right to live wherever they tions. brought out the militia) . . As for the comments by Newark that category." work on establishing a healthy rela- choose. The fo llowing is an excerpt He asserts that The Review told P o li ce Chief Willia m Hogan , I That does,not sound from the portion of Williams' col­ Alcohol Beverage Control Com­ find it incredible that I am listed of police describing a umn that directly mentions with mission investigators that The as the official complainant in the sounds like someone The Review: Review would "supply its pictures investigation. When I called to begin an investigat as evidence" in regards to the Hogan, I did not ask for an inves­ because o f The R WHERE TO WRITE: ' ~ This is one of those journalis ~ flas hing incident last month dur­ tigation, I simply asked him to because of whit took The Review tic anqmalies when a newspaper, ing a beauty pageant at Newark's comment on the incident for the And the sa me 250 Perkins Student Center the twice a week Review, in an Brickyard Tavern & Grill. newspaper article. ABCC. In the News Newark, DE 19716 innocent effort to report an injus­ As. The News Journal accurately I also find it odd that Mr. cle, the ABCC never Fax: 302-831-1396 tice, sparked the front-page story reported a few weeks ago, The Williams interviewed Hogan and about not be ng worri 'G·U: E-mail: [email protected] it self by asking Newark Police Review has not only refused to Nic ho ls without contacting any­ what happ e n ~ d~ They l~)J' Chief Bill Hogan for a comment hand over the photos. but has body from The Review to get our newspaper thet were su h!~ The Opinion/Perspective pages are an open forum for public debate and and then telling the ABCC investi­ fought two ABCC subpoenas side o f the story. He evidently photographs and was ' ·'discussion. The Review welcomes responses from its readers. For verifica­ gator the paper would supply its demanding the photos. wanted to write a column with a an investigation into l)JJ!tion purposes, please include a daytime telephone number with all letters. pictures as evidence in the ' inves­ If Mr. Williams researched the certain slant. He did not talk with matter of publi: nudity tlte editorial ~taff reserves the right' to edit all submissions. Letters and tigation. ' matter more thoroughly, including us and did not in clude in hi s col­ It seems like Newark IJf,,COiumns represent the ideas and beliefs of the authors and should not be " Public nudity is not against the reading the article published in his umn anything that would indicate the ABCC are looking rJpilllken as ~presentative of The Review. . , . law in Delaware unless the flash­ own newspaper, he would have that he asked H ogan and the out of thi s , a1d T he ers know it will offend someone found out that we are not provid­ ABCC why they were s ubpoe­ their tunne l v ith a g with their act. Clearly, no one in ing the possible evidence. In fact, naing us if it was s uch a non­ light at th e enl of it. the Brickyard's cheering crowd we have hired an attorney and are event. wrote an artie!! and the was offended. And since no one engaged in a legal battle over the Also pu zz ling is how Mr. ABCC then strrted their stiga- complained io Newark Police, The ABCC's attempt to se ize our Williams believes this is a case tion. It is si mp.y not fair in the Re view became the complainant unpublished materials. where The Revie w made a moun­ in vestigation' . lack of resalts on of reco rd by asking what Chief Also, it is confusing to me as to tain out of a mole hill, while The T he Review because we cated the Hogan was going to do about the why Bob Nichols, ABCC ' s chief News Journal also published a poli ce for a conment. two semi-strippers. of enforcement, would say , Dec. I article on the same event. "A BCC officials said they "We' re not worried about one top­ In addition to the article. Mr. wouldn' t have gotten involved had less thing." while his agents came Williams, as The News Journal ' s Ryall Cornrier is the editor iu chief The Review n~i offered their pi c­ up to The Review's office to sub­ assistant editorial editor. has pub­ of Tir e R e 1 · i ~ w . E -ma il him at tures as evidence. 'We're not wor­ poena our unpublished notes and lished t wo additional co lumns in rcormier@ ud~ l. edu. ri ed about one topless thing,' said photographs. as well as demand to hi s pages on the "silly matter" as

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The ewark C it y Council is co n­ ti o nship with the uni versit y com­ sidering a piece of legislation that munity. T he uni ve rs it y ex perie nce is 'J . • would d rastical ly reduce the num­ ,,. b er o f rental units a ll owed in meant to fu n her education. Newark. What be tter way to teac h by Last year. the counci I passeJ a example than to ad\'ocate tolerance law limitin2 the number of unrelat­ and coexistence. ed people permined 10 li ve in o ne Instead. the proponents o f thi s residence. new legisla ti o n are preac hing Bo th o f these movements had lessons o f bigotry. di scrimination o ne s pec ific target = Ltni versit y and intolerance. students. Once upon a time the re was a The first law was meant to dis­ group of people in a country far. far courage swdents fro m movin !! into away that decided they didn't lik e h o u s~s in primaril y res id;ntial another group of people li ving in areas. the same space and invading their Why~ world. Because every student attendi ng So t he stro nge r power took this uni vers ity is irres pons ible. c harge a nd forced the other group loud. obnoxious and dirty. to li ve in specific areas. At least that's what the residents Then. the stronger power decid- a nd city counc il ed d esegregatio n members who was j ust no t good advocate the leg­ ·Review This: e no ugh = that is lation wo uld complete and to tal _,,.,.. have outs iders . The university is eliminati on o f the believe. here to stay and h a te d gro u.p of They cla im people was neces­ stude nts a re ta k- students are part sary to preserve ing over !heir of the Newark the s tro nger town. community- like po w e r ' s way of But the uni ver­ life. ity is 236 years it or not Sou nd famil­ old. iar'' H ow man y What' s next? A Newark residents have been around po li ce state in the cit y of Newark'' that lo ng? Perhaps the residents would like Stud-e nt s a re invading !heir to impose a curfew o n uni versit y ne ighbo rhood ·. co rruptin~g th eir students. c hildren and s poiling 1h eir M ain M aybe they would a lso like to Street U.S.A.-type style to wn. keep students from shopping in cer­ The ci t y even s ponsor s a ta in s hops o r meeting in large Newark Night at the e nd o f the groups. Spring Semeste r to celebrate the While the comparison is obvi­ e nd of the schoo I year and th e o usly a gross exaggerati on = it is return of peace for sleepy Newark. nonetheless alarming. Funny how at one of the rental What happened to the American cap meetings a real estate represen­ ideals o f " life. liberty and th e pur­ Letter from the Editor tative presented statistics reporting suit o f happiness'>'' that unive rsity students contribute This country was fo unded on the roughly S84 million to Newa rk's principle of freedo m. economy. And pa rt o f th a t principle is Bob Nicho l s, ABCC chief of inte rview our reporter and photog­ he calls it. What about the landlords! learnin g ho w to exist with peo ple enforcement. rapher. The News Journ~ has now pub­ Most of th ese individuals earn who's background's and morals are Ryan " If level heads prevail in thi s To their credit, the ABCC has li shed as many pieqs o n the event their livelihood of the protits from not always congruent to the norm. Cormier s illy matter, it will quietly go since dropped the original subpoe­ as The Rev1ew has. these rentals. Yet there are people in this com­ a way." na after we refused to comply. The Does Mr. Willial belie ve The By supponing this new proposi­ munity who think it is better to just From the Review is currently fighting a new News Journal is mi ken as well. tion, city council me mbers and resi­ push out those who have different Editor I believed it was necessary to s ubpoena asking for just the pho­ covering what he lieves is an dents are also turning their backs on values and priorities than they. correct the mistakes in Williams ' tographs. To me. it seems ro mean event blown out of p~portion ? young families and -other indi vidu­ And the uni versity. the institu­ col umn. The follow i ng is a letter that they are "worried" e nough to The ABCC and Nwark Police als j ust staning out. 'tion that has brought the students to to the editor to The News Journal s pend a lot of time and effort. a lso ma ke it clear i~the column While these people are not the Newark, has lillie to say on the mat­ On D ec 15. N ews J o urnal sent a few days after the origina l Mr. William s' co lumn a lso that they d o not beliee what hap­ prime ta rget of the assault o n te r. columnist R-on Willia ms w ro te an column ra n. s tates that th e ABCC said they pened was too big of deal. Then renters in Newark. they arc certain­ In this kind of situation, the uni­ e dito rial about th e Newark The News Journal has not run "wo uldn ' t have gotte n involved why didn' t they say t fro m the ly affected by the anack o n univer­ versity should sti ck up for the stu­ Po li ce's investi!l ati o n into Novem­ the following lette r o r a correc ­ had The Review no t offered their beg i nning ~ They rted thi s sity students. dents· rights. It is the universit y's ber's Miss Mu s ~a rd pageant. ti on, now 24 ~days after Williams' pictures as evidence ... That is sim­ investigati on, no t The eview. And un less the unive rs ity responsibility to protect its students The pageant, in whi c h two co n­ editorial ran in the newspaper. ply untrue . In the Nov. I 0 Re w a rti c le , uproots itself a nd moves to a new from discriminatory practi ces like testants flashed the cro wd. is a lso The Re view, in an a ttempt to Hogan stated. '·We ha o bscenity town. residents might as well accept the one facing them now. under investigati o n b y the Alcoho l As the editor in c hief o f The preserve o ur c r e dibility. ha s laws and laws regarditg alcohol­ the fact that students a re he re to Instead, u~iv e rs it y administrato rs Beverage Contro l C o mmission. R ev i ew , I mu s t c lear u p so m e fought a ll attempts by the ABCC serving e s tabli s hr~lent sif they do stay. have chosen to take little notice of Willi a m s' c o lumn contained m ajor inaccuracies wh ic h to fo rce us to s ubmit o ur m ate ri­ a n y thing tha t is le\i:l. And I May be ins tead o f c hasing the the upcoming events. and have vir­ inaccuracies and po inte d the finger appeared in Ro n William s ' column a ls. At no point, did we o ffe r o ur believe exposing their mcovered Gen-Xers out of town. Newark resi­ tually turned their backs on the stu­ at Th e Review for the investiga­ o n Dec . 15 ( Bar flas hers have photographs as evidence. breasts would pro bably all under dents and council members should d ents' right to live wherever they ti o ns . brought out the militia). As fo r the comments by Newark that catego ry ... work on e tablishing a health y rela- choose. The fo ll owing is a n excerpt H e asserts that The Review told P o li c e Chief William H ogan. I That does no t sound l ~ e a c hi e f ; fro m the po rti o n of Williams· col­ Alcohol Beve rage Control Com­ fi nd it incredible that r a m ~ li s ted of po ll ee descnb111g an -event. it umn tha t di rectl y menti o n s with mission investigato r s that The as the o fficial compla inant in the sound like so meone w is a bo ut The Review: Review would '·s ~ppl y it s pictures in ves tig a tion . Wh e n T ca ll ed 10 begin an investi gatio n And no t a s evidence" in regards to the H ogan. I did no t ask fo r an inves­ b eca u se o f The R ev w. but WHERE TO WRITE: 'This is one o f those journali s­ flashing inc ident las t month dur­ ti g;tion . I s impl y a s ked him to because of wlnt took place. The Review ti c a noma li es when a newspape r. ing a b~aut y pageant at Newark 's co mme nt o n th e inc ide nt fo r the And the sa m e !!oes for the 250 Perkins Student Center t he t w ice a week Rev iew. in an Brickyard T avern & Grill. newspa pe r a rtic le . ABCC. In the N ew ; Jo una l arti ­ Newark, DE 19716 innocent effort to repo rt an injus­ As The News Journal accurate ly I also f ind it o dd th a t Mr. cle. the A BCC never said nything Fax: 302-831-1396 tice. s parked the front-page sto ry reported a f e w week s ago, The Williams interviewe d Hogan and about n o t b e n g worrie:l a bout ~~ · II: E-mail: [email protected] it se lf b y asking Ne wark Po lice R ev iew h as no t on ly re fu sed to Nic ho ls without contac ting a ny­ what h a pp<: n~d~ Th ey tol d the 1)11' C hi e f Bill Hogan fo r a comment h a nd over the p hotos . but h as body from The Review to get o ur newspaper the/ were s ub1ocnaing 1 > ~ ~ .· The Opinion/Perspective pages are an open forum for public debate and and then tellin; the ABCC investi­ fo ught two ABCC s ubpoe na s s id e of the s tory. H e ev ide ntly photograph s and wa s CO Jti n uing ·" discussion. The Review welcomes responses from its readers. For verifica­ gator the pa p; r would s uppl y its demanding the pho tos. wanted to write a co lumn with a an in vestigatio n into theserio us !)wtion purposes. please include a daytime telephone number with all letters. pictures as e vide nce in the ' in ves­ If Mr. Williams researched the certain slant. He did no t talk with matte r of p-ubli; nudity lav;;. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit all submissions. Letters and tigation matter more thoroughly. including us and did no t inc lude in hi s col­ It seem like Newark Pdice a nd llJ'•columns represent the ideas and beliefs of the authors and should not be ~ .. Publ ic nudity is no t against the reading th e artic le published in hi s umn a nything th at wo uld indicate the ABCC are looking fo a way r;1;itaken as representative of The Review. law in De laware unless the flas h­ ow n news paper. he would h ave th a t he asked H oga n a nd the o ut of th is. a1d The R e•iew is e rs know it w ill o ffend someone found out that we a re no t provid­ ABCC w h y they ,;e r e s uhpoe­ the ir tunn e l vi th a gl imn e rin g w ith the ir act. Clearly. no one in ing the possible evidence. In fac t. n ai n g u s if it was s u c h a non­ light at the e nl of it. The eview the Brickya rd 's cheering crowd we have hired an att o rney and arc event. w~o t e an artie!: a nd the polce and was o ffended . And s ince no one en2aged in a legal bailie o ver the Al so p u z zling i s how Mr. ABCC then st

Managing News EdHors: Photography Editor: Michael D. Bullard Brian Callawav Bob Weill Andrew Gryp~ - Editor in Chief: Ryan Cormier Entertainment Editors: City Ne" Editors: Editorial Editor: Mike Bederka Dawn Mensch il.pril Capochinf Jessica Cohen Melissa Braun . Managing Mosaic Editors: Features Editors: National/Stat News Editors: Jess Myer Meghan Rabbin Senior Editor: KrisLen E.'pusito Li ~ Johnson Melissa Hankins Eric J.S. Townsend Executive Editor: Chrissi Pruitl Charli e Dougiello Administrative News Editors: Student Alairs Editors: ·. Melissa Sinctir Susan Stock Managing Sports Editor: t\rt/Graphics Editor: Chrisrin~ Mehr:i Gregory Shu las Karen Bischer Amy Kirschbaum Selena Knng January 8, 1999 A 7

Rental cap discriminiates against students

So here it is. The ordinance states, "Council deems it want to rent their homes won't be able to. renta l homes in their township I 0 ye<~rs A rental cap is a gigantic step back­ necessary to restric t the number of new Parents may buy a home for their child to ago. wards in the ongoing attempt to improve rental permits to insure peace and tran­ li ve in - avoiding the rental cap and rental Besides restricting rental units, hi s Betsy Lowther city-university relations . Antagonism quility." unit regulations entirely. civic association began a program where within the community has been an issue Before jumping to limiting rentals, an Ashley said she endorses the rental cap several police officers would visit the stu­ DUSC for years and a drastic measure like this is effort should be made to try something because she wants to see families return dent homes in the beginning of the year to not going to help. less extreme and, in the long run, more to Newark's central neighborhoods and a inform them of noise and trash regulations City Council needs to reject this ordi­ effective. Limiting rentals might reduce guarantee that rental numbers won ' t rise and other rules that might be unfamiliar to nance and make a firm commitment to the number of students in the neighbor­ will make the neighborhoods more students on their own for the first time. building a better relations.hip between the hoods, but it doesn't guarantee that these appealing. We think a neighborhood Fanning said at the meeting, "Those This Monday, Newark City Council different parts of our community. students will behave. Educating and where neighbors are making a real effort kind of problems and concerns can be will begin the process of considering an The ordinance states that the council approaching the renters is the first step in to get along is preny nice too. addressed no matter what the rental num­ ordinance limiting the number of rental " has devoted considerable time reviewing creating a happier community. The number of rent a l h o uses has ber is." houses allowed in the city. the proliferation of units in the city con­ increased as the demand for off-campus At least we agree on something. :; The Delaware Undergraduate Student verted from single-family occupancy to housing has grown. And DUSC under­ The Newark Landlord Association·: has Congress strongly objects to the proposal rental status." stands that residents want to live near verbally. committed to putting togeth~r a for several reasons. We would like to see City Council other residents and not only students. commumty program that should alle'>ltate First , supporters of the ordinance, spend considerable time coming up with a Before jumping to lim­ The city should market the neighbor­ many of the city council's concerns. .. which was drafted by two city council­ proactive solution to these problems. Two hoods to make them attractive to home­ DUSC is offering their support as well. men, have backed it without taking stu­ years ago, DUSC began mediation pro­ iting rentals, an effort owners. Scon Kidner, the real estate lob­ Now, City Council, the ball is in *our dent opinion and concerns into considera­ gram to help problems between residents should be made to try byist at the ONCA meeting, suggested the court. ti9n. and students. Unfortunately, this was not city '! iiminate certain fees, like a transfer Think twice before supporting the ordi­ , ~' The Old ~ewark Marguerite Ashley, co-chair of The development of a program that There are a lot of other problems with li ve and the university may have to invest Council meetings on the second a1;a ONCA, said inviting students to be on the informs student renters of the city rules accepting this rental cap, and they don' t even more time and money to solve that fourth Mondays of the month at 7:30p.m. panel "didn' t occur to mel' and strongly advocates neighbors to meet pertain just to s tudents. There is the problem. at the Newark Municipal Building 011 Elk­ Well, that' s not good enough. each other is a first step. But it is neces­ potential for rent to skyrocket and the One member of the ONCA panel was ton Road. Get directions or send com­ Students are arguably the group most sary for the city and the students to quality of the limited number of rental John Fanning, a Philadelphia-area civic ments to betsy/@udel.edu. affected by the ordinance and our opinion endorse and enforce this plan in a cooper­ homes to decline. association president whose group had and insight should be considered. ative effort. Professors who travel for a year and successfully limited the number of student Opening the doors in spite of the law: One boy's dream of socilizing is crushed

friends, joined hand in hand while ings provides the ultimate irony. if someone has to come in and fix skipping gleefully down the hall Aside from the community­ the door. together. · building aspect of my gripe, there It' s funny how your building I urge you all one~ aga,in to join is also the air flow issue. There is can have no heat for days in spite I ~JikJ~'J'(jWO.~~ hands and unite• in this worthy no· air flow when all the doors are of more than 30 tails to mainte- I' -~ s~ - ·:t-r"··· •-· -~ ·:-. ~ ' ~~ ed tl'ltb'Dl!h1fut-tft!:"blfitdtngs. 11'1flrce , but.loosen-t>lre· ·screw on J.he ene"my is no'lo"g¢r preju4i­ ,~ · mig:l!r n~t die from a fire, youi door and suddenly mainte­ cial hatred of resident assistants, it instead, I' ll die from the suffocat­ nance is there like white on rice. is the 2 ton doors that close auto­ ing air in my room. No matter how From what we have all been You know those new doors they matically, shutting with them any clean I keep my room, the air has told, the fire doors are for safety have in Sussex and New Castle hopes of an interactive communi­ no choice but to grow stuffy. rvasons. Tf a fire were to ignite in residence halls? They suck. No, ty. Sure, if you want fresh air, you one of the dorm rooms, the student actually, they blow. Though it These doors might be part of can always open your window ... can get out and the door will auto­ may sound like a contradiction, . some new law, and they might be unless you're sensitive to the dif­ matically shut. That way, the fire they suck and blow at the same better for the building in case of a ference between hot .and cold, that and smoke just ruin the room of time. fire, but honestly, how many rag~ is. the student who caused the fire. I don't remember anything ever ing' fires roar through the corridors During these bitter, icy winter The rest of the building is safe. reaching this degree of suckiness; of the residence halls? months, propping open the door is I don' t know about you, but it' s it ' s the pinnacle, the absolute For me, the doors are simply an the best and only sensible way to much easier for me to open regular height of suck. obstacle that stands in the way of let air circulate. doors than fire doors. But it's not You .may now be wondering to me doing my job as a RA. One of But you can't prop your door really me they' re worried about. yourself, "Who is this whiny guy the foremost duties of a RA is to open if it's a fire door. And you It's the rest of the building, heav­ complaining about those great new build a community on the floor. can't unscrew the little gadgets en forbid it catch on fire. But as fire doors that the university was How can I possibly build a that cause the doors to close long as I'm trapped in my room gracious enough to install in all of community if everyone is forced either. They must be closed at all because of that door, it 's all good. it ' s renovated buildings?" I'll tell to keep their doors closed at all times, or you will pay - literally. The fire does not spread. · I 'd make out a living will in you who I am. times? It's ridiculous. I can imagine how excruciating­ But, like I said in my previous case I die in a fire , but thanks to Bob Keary is a copy editor ar; 'fhe My name is Bob. The fact that we should suffer ly difficult it must be to tighten a editorial, there are rules that we the great new door all my stuff is Review. Send definitions of 'Suck You might remember me from through this isolation because we screw, and maintenance just wants all must follow, so let's just suck going to burn with me so why and blow to him ' a,t my editorial about how resident live in one of the shiny new build- students to know they'll pay a fi':le it up and follow them. bother~ [email protected]. assistants and residents should be 1., I The lonesome tear silently slips away with little ceremonjr

mentation on his birth date but refused to participate American culture. He took his without much of a commotion. he was estimated to be in his late in the co mmercial nat ural given abilities as a per­ But he probably wanted it that Chrissi Pruitt 80s or early 90s. because he said, former and used them to further a way. He starred in his first film in " Indians don't personal cause - the protection The stern gazes and haughty 1919, "Back to God' s Country." cry.•· In fact , the and admiration of Nati ve Ameri­ demeanor were part of a proud For the He also starred in " Sitting tear in the com ­ can culture. disposition . His seemingly co.Jd Record Bull ," " Man Called Horse ," mercial is actually Rather than cut off communi­ and distance personality was "Grayeagle'' and " Ernest Goes a composite of cation with the American press actually one of deep thought and to Camp.'' glycerin. and the American cinema, Cody spiritual concentration. America has chose to educate them on the true The man whose fake tear stood He was a stoic figure of the .He was extremely concerned lost a great man , nature and presence of Native for a generation of anti-pollutio.n ' 70s. with the depiction of Native and few people Americans in this country. campaigns slipped by society. His cool , calm demeanor Americans both on- and off­ h ave even taken Cody chose to open the histor­ He left the world as simply as became a symbol for an easier, screen. He often served as an notice. ical and rich c ultural world of he entered it - without mueh si mpler time and life. advisor on Native American Ins tead, the Native Americans to the public documentation. The sad part is most people customs and culture to movie nation sits idly by - to allow th em to understand There is no adequately rev,er­ today have little knowledge of producers and novelists. Perhaps what he is most as the president where his people were coming ent way to say goodbye to a man who he was or what he stood for. faces impeac h ­ from. who would want little ceremon}. Iron Eyes Cody was a man of famous for is the Keep America Beautiful campaign in 1971. ment hearings in This man is the definition of So, good night Grayeagle, ~u few words and yet he command­ the U.S. Senate. an American hero. Hi s efforts in will be remembered, by at least ed an air of respect. He appeared in the first The N a ti ona l politically advancing the rights one patriot of this nation. The Oklahoma born son of a of a series of televi­ Basketball Asso­ of Native Americans thro u2h the Cherokee father and a Cree sion and print ads demonst.rating the ciation' s recent motion picture industry are mother starred in over 80 movies settlement in remarkable. during his lifetime. image of a stalwart labor disputes And yet, his death went virtu­ Cl!rissi Pruitt is the exec uti.ve Cody, a staunch spokesman for Native American got more press ally unnoticed. editor fo r The Re view. Seitd Native American rights , died shedding a s ingle of an idealized anti-pollu­ than the passing of a great Amer­ It is sad th at someone with so email ro specia/[email protected]. • Monday. Hi s true age was a mys­ tear at the sight of a landscape tion movement. ican. much hi storical weight seems to tery , because there was· no docu- covered in manmade trash. The image became the representation Ironically enough, Cody first Cody is an amazing symbol in have slipped by today's society

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Rental cap discriminiates against students

So here it is. The ordinance states. ··coun ci l dee ms it want to relll th eir homes won ' t he abl e to. re nta l homes in their townshi p 10 years A re ntal cap is a gigantic ste p bac k­ necessary to restri ct th e nu mbe r o f new Parents may buy a ho me fo r th eir child to ago. wards in the ongo ing atte mpt to im prove re nta l permits to ins ure peac:c and tran­ live in - avoidin g the rental cap and rental Be s ide s restric ti n g re nta l units, hi s Betsy Lowther c ity -uni ve rs ity re lati o ns. Antagoni s m quility.'' unit regul ations entirely. civic as sociation bega'i. a program where within the community has b een an issue Before jumpin g to limiting re lll als. an Ash Icy said she endorses the rental cap several po li ce officers wo uld visit the stu­ DUSC fo r years and a drasti c measure like thi s is effort s ho uld be made to try some thing because she want s to see fa mili es re turn dent homes in th e beginning of the year to not go ing to help. less extreme and , in th e long run . more to Newark's central neighborh oods a nd a inform the m of noise and trash regulations City Counci I needs to rej ect this o rdi ­ effecti ve. Limit ing rent a ls mi ght re du ce g uarantee th at rent a l numbers won' t ri se a nd oth er rules that mi ght be unfamiliar to na nce and make a firm commitme nt to the numbe r o f students in th e~ ne ighbor­ w ill m ake th e n e i g hbo rh oods m o re stude nt s on their own fo r the first time. building a be!!er relati o nship between the hoods, but it doesn't guaramee that these a p pea lin g. W e think a ne ig hbo rh ood Fanning said at the m eeting, "Those T his M o nd ay. Newark C ity C o unc il di fferent parts of our community. s tud e nts w i II b e have Ed u ca t ing a nd whe re ne ighbors are making a real effo rt k ind o f prob le m s a nd conce rn s can be wi ll begin the process o f considering an The o rdinance states that the co un ci I a pproaching the re nt ers is the firs t step in to get along is pren y ni ce too . addressed no maHer what the rental num­ o rdina nce limiting the number o f re ntal " has devoted considerable time revi ewing creating a happier community. Th e numbe r o f re nt al h o uses h as ber is.·· houses all owed in th e c ity. the proliferation of units in the cit y con­ increased as the de ma nd for o ff- campus At least we agree on so mething. The Delaware Undergraduate Student verted from s ingle -fa mily occupancy to ho us in g has gro wn. And DU SC unde r­ The Newark La ndlord Association has Congress strongl y objects to the proposal rental status' ' s ta nds that r ~s id e nt s want to li ve near verball y co mmitted to putting together a for several reasons. We w o u ld like t o see C ity C o unci l other reside m s a nd not onl y student s. community progra m that should alleviate Firs t , s uppo rters o f th e o rdin a nce , spend considerable time coming up with a Before jumping to lim­ The c it y sho uld ma rk et the nei ghbor­ many of the city council 's concerns. whic h was dra ft ed by t wo city co uncil­ proactive solution to these problems. T wo hood s to ma ke the m attractive to ho me­ DUSC is offe ring their support as well. men. have backed it witho ut taking stu­ years ago, DUSC began medi ati o n pro ­ iting rentals, an effort own ers . Sco!! Kidner, th e real estate lob­ Now, City Coun cil . the ball is in :you r dent opinion and concerns into considera­ gram to help proble ms between resid ents should be made to try byist at the ONCA meeting, suggested th e court. ti on. and students. Unfortunately, thi s was not city eliminate certain fees, like a transfer Think twice be fore supporting the ordi­ ; The Old New a rk ) ivi c A ss o c iation embraced by the city or residents. something less extreme tax, to entice first-time homeowners. nance . The re are more effective ways to a forum o n M o ntlay to disc uss the h ~I ld , • . According to city co unc ilman Thomas Additionally , the university admini stra­ solve our problems. o~din a n c e . A pane l o f different commum- Wampler, the city's effort s in improving and, in the long run, ti o n s ho ul d pledge their s uppo rt - bo th A rental cap should be a last step, not a t ~ leaders - Newark homeowne rs, a land­ student-res ident re la ti o n s is .in v iting financ ia lly a nd th ro ugh in volve me nt - to first o ne. ' lord. a cit y counc ilman and a real estate everyone to a c o mmunity pi c nic o nce a more effective. help the city come up with mo re effective lobbyis t - was in vited to gi ve th eir per­ year. solutions to the existing problems. specti ves on the bill. Clearl y, no rea l effort in co mmunity Afte r a ll , if the cap is approved , stu­ B etsY Lo >..-t he r is a fac ultr senator fo r No students were invited to s it on the relations has been made by the students, dents could eventuall y find them sel ves DUSC a nd contributing editor for Th e panel. university, landlords and city toge ther. Let's give it a try. witho ut an adequate numbe r of pl aces to R e•·iew. She inviTes all sTudenTs ro Citr Why? Marg uerite Ashley, co-chair of The de v elopm e nt o f a progra m that There are a lot o f oth e r probl ems with li ve and th e uni versit y may have to in vest Coun c il m eetings o n th e second and ONCA. said inviting students to be on the informs student renters of the c it y rules accepting thi s rent a l cap. and th ey don ' t even more time and money to solve that fourth Mondays of Th e month at 7:30p.m. pane l "didn' t occur to me .'.. and strongly advocates neighbors to meet pe rta in jus t to s tud e nt s. Th e re is the pro bl em. aT the Ne wa rk Municipal Building on Elk­ Well. that' s not good eno ugh. each other is a first step. But it is neces­ po te ntia l fo r re nt to sk yrocket and the One membe r of the ONCA panel was ton R oad. Ge t directions or send c om­ Stude nts are arguably the group most s ary for the city and the s tud e nts to quali ty o f the limited number o f re nta l J o hn Fa nning. a Philadel phi a-a rea civic menTs TO beTn-l @udel.edu. affected by the ordinance and our opinion endorse and enforce thi s plan in a cooper­ homes to decline . association president w hose gro up had and insight should be considered. ative effort. Professors who travel for a year and successfull y limited the number of student Opening the doors in spite of the law: One boy's dream of socilizing is crushed

friends, joined hand in hand while ings provides the ultimate irony . if someone has to come in and fi x skipping gleefully do wn the hall A s ide from the c o mmunit y ­ the door. together. bui !ding aspect of my gripe, there It' s funn y ho w your building I urge you all once again to join is also the air flow issue. There is can have no heat for days in spite hands and unite in thi s worthy no air flow when all the doors are o f more th an 30 tail s to mainte­ "P'CaU'Se. " ""~ __.,. "' ... ~ ... ., ..._~ · 'tlo-s ed t-htiYUgliout the· b uildings. nance, but loosen the screw o n The enemy is no longer prejudi­ ~ mig\lf not die from a fire , your door a nd suddenly mainte­ cial hatred of resident assistants, it instead, I' II die from the suffocat­ nance is there like white on rice. is the 2 ton doors that close auto­ ing air in my room . No matter how From w hat we ha ve a ll been You know those new doors they matically, shutting with them any clean I keep my room , the air has told, the fire doors are for safety have in Sussex and New Castle hopes of an interactive communi­ no choice but to grow stuffy. reasons. If a fire were to ignite in residence halls? They suck. N o, ty. Sure, if you want fresh air, you one of th e dorm rooms, the stude nt a ctually , they blow. Though it These doors might be part of can always open your windo w ... can get out and the door will a uto­ may sound like a contradictio n, some new law, and they might be unless you' re sensitive to the dif­ matically shut. That way, the fire they s uck and blow at the same better for the building in case of a ference between hot and cold, that and smoke just ruin the roo m of time. fire, but honestly, how many rag­ is. the student who c aused the fire. I don' t remember anything ever ing fires roar through the corridors During these bitter, icy winter The rest of the bui lding is safe. reaching this degree of suckiness; of the residence halls? months, propping open the door is l don' t know a bout you, bur it ' s it's the pinnacle, the absolute For me, the doors are simply an the best and only sensible way to much easier for me to open regular height o f suck. obstacle that stands in the way of let air circulate. doors than fire doors. But it 's not You may now be wondering to me doing my job as a RA. One of But you can ' t prop your doo r rea ll y me they ' re wo rried a bo ut. yourself, "Who is this whiny guy the foremost duties of a RA is to open i f it ' s a fire door. And you It's the rest o f the building, heav­ complaining about those great new build a community on the floor. can ' t unsc re w the little gadgets en forbid it catch on fire . But as fire doors that the university was How can I pos s ibly b u ild a that c ause the doors to c los e long as I ' m trapped in my room gracio us enough to install in all of community if everyone is forced either. They must be closed at all because o f that door, it ' s all good . it ' s renovated buildings?" I' II tell to keep their doors closed at all times, or you will pay - li terall y. The fire does not spread. I' d ma k e o ut a li ving w ill in Bob Kea ry is a copy editor a( Th e you who I am . times? It 's ridiculous. I can im agine how excruciating­ But, like I said in my previous case l di e in a fire , but thanks to M y name is Bob. The fact that we should suffer ly diffic ult it must be to tighten a editorial , there are rules that we the great ne w door all my stuff is Review. Send d efiniTi ons of -sue/.: and blow to him ' a/ You mi ght remember me from through thi s iso lation because we screw, and maintenance just want s all must fo llow, so let' s just suck going to burn w ith m e so wh y my e ditori a l about how resident live in one of the shiny new build- students to know they' II pay a fine it up and follow them. both er? rkeary@ udel.edu . assistants and residents should be The lonesome tear silently slips away with little ceremony

mentation o n hi s bi rth date but refused to parti c ipate A me rican c ulture . He too k h is without much of a commotion. he was estimated to be in his late in the co mmercial natural g iven abilities as a per­ But he probably wanted it that Chrissi Pruitt 80s or early 90s . beca use h e s aid . fo rmer and used them to furthe r a way. He starred in hi s first film in '·Indi a n s d o n ' 1 pe rsonal cause - the protection The s te rn ga zes and haughty c r y ... In fac t , th e a nd admirati o n o f Nati ve A meri­ de meano r were part o f a pro ud For the 1919, "Back to God ' s Country." He al so s t a rred in " Sitting t~ar in the co m ­ can c ulture. di sposition . Hi s seemingl y co ld Record Bull,'' " Man Called Horse,:-: me rcia l is actually Rathe r than c ut off communi ­ a nd di s ta n ce pe r so n a lity wa s " Grayeagle" a nd " Ernest Goes co mp os it e of cation with the Ame ri can press actu all y one o f dee p thought and to Camp.'' g lycerin. a nd the American c in ema. Cody spiritu al concentration . He was extre mely concerned Am e ri ca has c hose to educate the m o n th e true The man whose fa ke tear stood He was a s toi c figure o f the with th e depi c tion o f Native lost a ~ r ea t ma n . n a ture a nd p rese n ce of N a ti ve fo r a gene rati on of anti -po llutio n ' 70s. American s b o th on - and off­ a nd r.{w p eo pl e Ame ri cans in thi s country. camp;igns slipped by society. Hi s coo l, calm demeanor sc reen . He ofte n ser ved a s an h ave eve n ta k e n Cody chose to ope n th e histor­ He left the world as simply as became a sy mbo l for an easie r, advi so r o n N a tive Ame ri can noti ce. ica l a nd ri c h c ul tura l world of he e nt ere d it - wi tho ut much simpler time and life. c us to m s a nd c ulture to movi e In s te a d . th e N ati ve Am e ri cans to the pub li c docume nt ati on. The sad part is m ost pe o ple producers a nd noveli sts. natio n sit s idly by - to a ll ow th e m to un de rs ta nd The re is no adequate ly r e v.~r­ tod ay have little know le dge of Perhaps w hat he i s mo s t as the pres ide nt where hi s peopl e were com ing ent way to say goodbye to a man who he was or what he stood for. famous for is the Keep Am e ~ica f a ces imp eac h­ from. who woul d want little ceremon.)'. Iro n Eyes Cody was a man o f Beautiful campaign in 1971. ment hearin gs i n T hi s ma n is t he defi n itio n of So. good night Grayeagle. ~ u few words and yet he comma nd­ He a ppea red in the firs t th e U .S . Senate. an A me rican hero. Hi s e ffo rt s in wi ll be re membered , b y at lea st ed an air o f respect. of a se ri es o f televi­ T h e Na ti o n al po litica ll y advanci n g the rights one patriot of thi s nati o n. T he O k laho ma bo rn son of a s io n a n d print a ds B asketball Asso­ of N ati ve Ame ri cans through th e Che ro k e e f a th e r a nd a Cre e d e m o n s trating th e c ia ti o n· s recent m o ti o n pi c ture ind us t ry a re mother starred in over 80 movies image o f a s ta lwart se ttlem e nt in re markabl e. during hi s lifetime. Nati v e American la b o r d i sp ut es A nd yet. hi s deat h went vi rt u­ Chrissi P ruill is the execu t M.·e Cody. a sta unch spokesman for s h e ddin g a si ngle go t m o re press all y un no ticed. e dit o r fo r T h e R e •·iew. Seird Na ti ve Am e r ican right s , di e d tear at the s ight a landscape of an ideali zed an ti-pollu­ th an th e passing o f a g reat Amer­ It is sad that someone with so email To specialk @udel.edu . • Monday. His true age was a mys­ ~f covered in manmade t rash. The tion mo vement. ican. muc h hi stori cal weight s<:ems to tery, because there was no docu- image became the representation Iro ni c ally e no ug h. Cody first Cody is an amazin g sy mbo l in have s li pped by t od~ay's society

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BY MEGHAN RABBITI And although Patch realizes human life cannot Manag;llJ! Mosaic always be saved, and diseases cannot always be cured by laughter, his intent is something greater. Patch's o often now, movies are high-priced, mindless entenainment longing to make sure the last moments of a life which do little more than amuse audiences for 90 minutes. But are as pleasant and beautiful as possible cre­ Sthis holiday season, the movie industry gave viewers the gift of ates a contagious and inspirational epidemic heart warming, enlightening, engaging cinema - wrapped in three of its own. beautiful packages. "Life is Beautiful," "Patch Adams" and "Stepmom" unveil the splendor of life, and spark an enjoyable jour­ nother film advenised as a light­ ney of reflection. hearted drama packed with well­ A known stars, "Stepmom" surprised n Italian film with English subtitles, "Life is Beautiful" is a audiences due to its engaging and insight­ tale of enduring love in the face of complete adversary. ful journey rich in meaning. A The film deals with the very different Arguably one of the best films of 1998, "La Vita e Bella" was the nature of the family structure, one that winner of eight Italian Oscar awards as well as the grand jury prize at has become so prevalent in the last few the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. decades with the abundance of divorces Set in the Italian village of Arezzo during the onset of World War II, in American society. the movie first appears to be a typical love story. Guido comes to the Susan Sarandon plays Jackie, a quaint town with a friend and unexpectedly meets Dora, an enchant­ woman first torn by a bruised ego and ing young school teacher. a broken heart. She is a divorced, sin­ Guido instantly falls in love with Dora and using humor and relent­ gle mother struggling to deal with the fact that her ex-husband less perseverance, Guido eventually warms his way into Dora' s life Luke (Ed Harris) is getting re-married to another woman. -and viewers' hearts. Isabel, played by Julia Robens, is a young and talented fash­ Yet this love that grows into a perfect, fairy-tale existence seems to ion photographer who is unexpectedly thrown into this position die when Guido and their son are sent to a Nazi work camp. as stepmom for Luke and Jackie's children, Anna and Ben. But when Guido, his son, and Dora are struck with this cruel reality But when Jackie is diagnosed with a cancer leaving her with -that life is filled with uncertainties which sometimes bring unbear­ only months to live, she quickly learns and teaches the impor­ able heartache -o- they show us the imponance of remembering what tance of each second, each dream - each really matters in life. memory. Though faced with this unimaginable situation, Guido and Dora's Her courage inspires Isabel to find unconditional love for each other and for their son beg viewers to the motherly instincts buried deep with­ engulf themselves in the story, enabling them to discover how beau­ in her. tiful their own lives are. The very real and natural charac­ ters tackle issues such as resent­ more humorous movie but nearly as touching and thought­ fu l children and angry parents provoking as "Life is Beautiful" is "Patch Adams," which with ease, which helps view­ A received two Golden Globe A ward nominations for best pic­ ers dive into the story and ture and best actor. make it their own. Based on the true story of Hunter "Patch" Adams, a medical student searching for intimacy and compassion in the medical field, "Patch No buildings explode. Adams" provides another o.utlook on the importance of happiness in one's life. Patch,•played by funny-man Robin Williams, is a first-year medical No student, which makes him part of a group banned from any contact Earth. with patients in the medical school's hospital. No bloody street fights But his worldly and noble reasons for wanting to become a doctor break out. -simply to help people- acts as an invisible driving force , attract­ But these movies will ing him to the patients he is forbidden to see. undoubtedly grab audi­ Using laughter as therapy, Patch helps patients of all kinds, from a ences by the heanstrings small child suffering from cancer, to an old woman with seemingly -and blow them away. li« the presidency. Pika agn~es this is . a -Professor Joseph Pika wouldn' t reco2:ni ze the ly end until Dec. 3 1. :;:• According to major negative effect of year 2000 a~d crash 2000, 11 won't slow the '•:• a public opinion the trials. moments later. demand fo r champagne. <·. poll, about 60 percent of the American peo­ "Obviously, the president can't devote all As the days to the Champagne is made ~ - ':'. BY CORY PENN ple believe that the president should not be hi~ attention to his office if he is too busy year .2000 count down, using 85 ,000 acres o ry:~, Assistant F~atures Ediwr removed from office. combating these charges," Pika says. there is a new bug on the vineyards in a regio n·!_..•: Exercising the extermination process of Political science and international rela­ Clinton was recently voted one of Time rise - the Y2K Party northeast of Paris. No · • government officials, President Bill Clinton tions chair Joeseph Pika says whether some­ magazine's men of the year in '98, not fo r Bug. other sparkling wine i s ~!~; has joined the short list of those who have one is pro-Clinton acquittal or not, the maintaining the stability and security of the With people partying considered champagne. •• ~· been impeached by the House of impeachment process has weakened the pub­ United States, or for any outstanding like It's 1999, an To help with the pre- j_,~ · Representatives. He is now being tried by the lic's confidence in the government. achievements, but for "putting prices on val­ unprecedented numbe r di eted short age, produc-J,· ·;: U.S. Senate, leaving the American people "If Clinton is not removed from office, ues we didn' t want to rank." of partiers are expected tion of champagne is to::,. .. ; searching for someone to call a hero. then the system didn't work for those who And as the world approaches the new mil­ to toast in the New Year increase from 270 mil- l~~ Going beyond the mere slap on the wrist wanted him· gone," Pika says. "For those who lenium, the American public anxiously with a glass of the bub­ lion bottles to 300 mil- i, ~ of a censure reprimand and proceeding want Clinton to stay, then the impeachment awaits to see if the man they elected will bl y. li on. • •, through the embarrassing ordeal of being process is revealing the flaws in the system bridge them to the 21st century after all. But with only a limit­ However. thi s isn' t as ~~ impeached, Clinton has now entered the and shows how the government didn't meet ed amount of grapes in easy as growing m o r e .; '-~ arena of a Senate trial , which may leave him their needs in the first place." vineyards and with the grapes. By French law, •• ;.· out on the street. Political science major Rose Schaer says way fine sparkling wines vintage champagne must .. :. : Clinton keeps company with Andralbum

"Extinction Level Event (The Final referred to in the scriptures of World Front)'' every holy book known to Busta Rhymes mankind 'leaving brother to kill Flipmode/Elektra Records brother over a grain of over­ Rating: ~~'c>.'c 112 cooked rice."' And Busta carries the theme all the way through the 70-minute I album. An organ i drones in the back­ ground of the last ! track, "Outro -The If you didn' t get • Burial Song," and the lr 's scary enough ro be in Newark enough Mummers i funeral-like music during a regular semesrer. Bur rake on New Year' s makes the track away over halfrhe campus and life all Day, don ' t worry. equally as frighten­ bur slops. Ha ve 110 fear becau!fe we It was only on for I ing as the first. have searched and searched ro solve 15 hours. Or BY MIKE BEDERKA " Everything and every mother­ rhe winrer blues and find something something like i Et1tt'rtelilllnt!lf1 Editor rucker gets dealt with accordingly fim ro do. Winter Session mighr not be that. Anyway, check out the Millennium fever is nothing new I Mark my word," he shouts, doing as excitin g as the rest of the year, but Mummers Museum, open year round, for one of hip-hop' s biggest stars, his best preacher impersonation. here are some ideas to get started. highlighting the historical traditions Busta Rhymes. But Busta, the former member of the Philadelphia Mummers. Call Following the trend with his pre- of The Leaders of the New School, (2 15) 336-3050 for more info. Ii vious two solo albums, 1996's "The who burst on the music scene in A • Coming" and 1997's "When Tribe Called Quest's "Scenario," is Running' Jumping! Throwing!.lt's so SUNDAY ~ Disaste; Strikes," Busta isn' t party- not alone in his revelation. · exciting to watch ing like it's 1999 on his latest, "E.L.E." also features cameo - it~s indoor Get your motors running. Head out on "Extinction Level Event (The Final appearances by track' Yes, this the highway. Are World Front)." Mystikal, Janet Jackson and even Fnday, and thts you looking for The ominous title goes into full the former King of Darkness, Friday only, you adventure ? effect with the rambling, distorted, Ozzy Osborne. ' can witness the Well,the "Intro - There's Only One Year The Ozzman and Busta do a !it- thrilling, co-ed naked indoor track Philadelphia Auto and field competition -well, two out Show is coming S Left," where a young girl hears her tie reworking and updating of the brings forth a rapid-ftre rap assault hit singles, "Woo Hah!! Got You All of three ain ' t bad. Come to the your way. Admission is $8 and Jl father's damning vision of the ' 70s classic, "Iron Man," creating on "Iz they Wildin wit us and in Check" and "Dangerous," and a Delaware Fieldhouse at 5:30 p.m. as Sunday, it' s open from 10 a.m. to 6 future. "I hope it will be all peaches the stand-out track now called "This Getting Rowdy wit us?" skillfully put together third album they battle Princeton, Lehigh, p.m. Call (215) 418-4700 for more I and cream, butt he end time is near," Means War'!" Between Busta's Jackson's duet, "What's ItGonna under hi s belt, it appears thai Mr. Howard, Temple and Delaware State. info. If you can get your Yugo start­ J. ~- he says. raspy rap verses, Ozzy croons the Be?!" is a bit more sultry. "Gonna Rhymes would be a permanent fix­ ed, go look at cars you could never "The cataclysmic apocalypse traditional chorus over and over make your body cream I and have' ture in the hip-hop community. His afford. again, "strangers on the wall/ those wet dreams,'' she moans. rough-and-tough, , never-take-a­ SATURDAY Th G · fl who betray all must fall." With Busta echoing her every breath lyrics continue to add to hi s I 0 1 It's Sunday after­ ~ ~ e lSI Though the Black Sabbath front- line, one may wonder if the two ever-growing mu sical presence. The notes of "Pomp and noon and you just superstars genuinely have something But unfortunately, as he puts it Circumstance'' can't watch anoth- ! *~~~~ ~~~~~~~ks. ~~~ - ~~ ~:~~n~~ta~c h~oi~~t ~~~: going on the side by their apparent numerous tinies through "E.L.E.'.' will fill the air as . er episode of The I *** Sonnets. accentuate the album's end of time sincerity. (interludes included), "there's only ., the newest gradu­ Real World - • ~~ Free Verse. theme. But Ozzy is the lone rock It would be a shame for Busta if one year left." At least Busta is . ating class takes .' Seattle. Get your 1 l ~ Bathroom Grafiti. influence on "E.L.E." Atari-like Armageddon (minus Bruce Willis) is !Win£ out with a bang and not a the'ir dipolmas ass up to Philly J ' beeps offer a backdrop as Mystikal truly upon us. With his previous two ~hi~per. and goes out into and hop over to the Trocadero, where "In My Life" "lt's a Process" the real · world. Winter Session you can jam with Ominous Seapods I~~--~~==--­ George Martin Kevin O'Donnell Commencement starts at 10 a.m. fea­ and Ekoostik Hookah. Bring $10, an'd EchoMCA RioStar Entertainment turing speaker Chuck Lewis, founder call (215)336-2000 if you need more ! "Good toGo" Rating: :h~n.."i· ":r* Rating: ~'c*l/1 and executive director of the Center info. I :: Shanda Brash George Martin's "In My Life" is a mix of old for Public lntergrity in Washington, RioStar Entertainment Beatles classics remade by celebrities of today. The With his poor-man's imitation of Phil Collins­ D.C. Admission is by ticket only so The NBA might ->.'r<.:tl/2 quality of the performances by non-musicians is meets-Barenaked Ladies on "It's a Process," Kevin call the Office of Alumni and have reached an , remind you of Alanis, with her raspy voice incredible and a testament to the talents of the long- O'Donnell is starting off more with a whimper than University Relations for more info. agreement but l~ncl ~n!>lrv lyrics, but Shanda Brash is not out to imitate time Beatles producer. · with a bang: who wants to see I speaking her mind on her new CD titled "Come Together," performed by Robin Williams His musical style is pleasingly diverse, involving Wanna hear all your favorite songs those overpaid, Go." and Bobby McFerrin, is almost as good as the original. lots of acoustic guitar, keyboards and various pro- played live by a arrogant profes­ I incorporates a harder rock groove and a wide McFerrin lays down a vocal bass line that is as driving grammed instruments, but O'Donnell's quiet delivery band that didn't sionals anyway? Go to the Bob instruments into her songs, separating her as any ever played on a guitar. Williams must have fails to leave much of an impression. write them? Then Carpenter Center at 1 p.m. to see the I from that of her contemporaries. The titles of the been having a great time because it rings through in the He croons about a variety of subjects, from taking check out Flip men ' s basketball team take on though many are quite cheesy, try to envelop way he sings. control of one's destiny in "Melting Time" to lost love Like Wilson play­ Towson. The Blue Hens could use the i with names like "Don't Give a Damn," "Friends and Lovers" is an instrumental piece writ- in "Broken." However, lyrics like: "My soul is broken ing at the Stone support. And hey, it's free! ~ Me" and 'Takes One to Know One." ten by Martin shortly after John Lennon's death. The in two/Half in me, half in you/1 need it all or I'm gonna Balloon Sat. night. Just bring $3 for in the sunshine I That smell is in the air I haunting melody belongs in a movie while a leading die" aren 't convincing in his emasculated drawl. the cover charge. Except all of you See, we told you we would find some­ IBiin~~n~~ bllCk the memories I Of when I used to care." actress sobs over a horrible trauma. The strings, horns Though his Phil Collins delivery sounds more like minors out there should find some- thing for you to do. If you don't like 1 A•ccoom~lani. ed ·-by -variotts-"musicians and backup : and·flutes convey more: tban : words~v.er , oo.uld. • · · ''",. something mom listens to, he's at least trying to be , thing else to. do. our choic,es, nwke your own fun - I B'rash's album is an easy, I ·, •Martin •links .this, with an int:fe'dihly poignant •'iln• honest, which is more than most pop stars can say. grab a case of Heineken, a copy of listen. She may not be breaking much ground My Life." He plays the piano while Sean Connery "It's a Process" boasts some annoyingly catchy "Tommy Boy" ana get together with it, but "Good to Go" is deserving of some atten- speaks the words. He adds subtle inflections to the tunes that are listenable through headphones placed at some friends who would appreciate powerful lyrics for a truly moving rendition. a considerable distance away. that kind of a night. I -Michael D. Bullard -Jessica Zacholl ! -compiled by "Flip Like" Jess Zacholl and Dawn"/ Like Yugos" Mensch L CountdoWn to imminent disaster begins. online look promising - when aliens disease that rivals leprosy, fly­ www. tribulation.com/ get involved in the mix, excite­ ing space debris (a Ia "Deep ment is usually sure to follow. Impact" and "Armageddon") propsite.htm However, extraterrestrials are and the year 2000 computer · not the main focus of the o ther bug, Y2K. This web site offers a mind­ links. 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.~ Parties and resolutions welcome 1999

Students tum to Around the nation, cigar/martini lounge and a casino, all for a mere $85. But the nation's capital offered much more than just 1999 New Year's swi ng, with events such as LuLu's Club Mardi Gras 8th the internet for Annual Extravaganza and Po ll y Ester's '·Last Disco of the Decade." help with keeping parties rocked, People travelling south felt the Fl ori da heat ri se for the occasion, as Miami was jumping on the eve of 1999. their New Years rolled and raged Those privileged enough to hang with the elite, joined the crowd at Lucky 13. the exclusive club in resolutions BY JESSICA ZACHOLL Miami's South Beach. With DJ Ariel spinning the night Assisrcmr Emenuinmelll £Jitor away and an abundance of celebrities, those who were BY DENEATRA HARMON Cop_, Editor The days leading up to it seemed to take fo rever - able to gai n entry partied with the cream of the crop. but the day the worl d was waiting so patiently for final­ Speaking of celebrity appearances, the Windy City The ball drops, a new year begins ly arrived. featured big musical acts to ring in the new year. With and many people consider the event Now it's time to party like it's 1999. Blues Traveler at the Aragon Ballroom, Chris Isaak at perfect for a fresh start. And what But with all of the New Year's events happening the House of Blues and Morphine playing the Riviera, better way to begin than by makin g across the country, it would be a shame to have missed Chicago proved to be an ideal place to celebrate the a traditional New Year' s resolution? them while stuck at home watching Dick Clark's arrival of 1999. Yet while Jan. I, 1999 may have Rockin ' New Year when everyone eire was out having Moving out west to the other city-that-never-sleeps, sparked the declaration o f these fun (without the company of their parents). the Las Vegas Suip was jam-packed with more than vows for change. the commitment In a city like the Big Apple, millions of people par­ 300,000 people on the street, also awaiting a ball drop to thell) seems to fade quickly. ticipated in the myriad of events that ushered in the New similar to that of New York. For many. dec laring a resolu tio n THE Year. The hotel scene was elecuifying as well, with may j ust be the formula for disaster. Senior Derek Harris ponders his New Year's resolution while New York City' s Times Square has been the center appearances ranging from Tony Bennett to Marilyn Junior Anna Zucker says she did­ pedalling away on a stationary bike at the Carpenter Sports of worldwide attention for the past 94 years. Three years Manson. n' t make any resoluti ons this year Building. later, the frrst ball dropping ceremony was held in 1907, Of course a little closer to home, the city of because she never bothers following Brassington says. ''Goal-setting is Insfcad of focusing on physica l initiated by The New York Times. Philadelphia offered an array of events, for those not up through with them. impo rt ant fo r members who want to health, some students chose to make Each year, the event attracts more than 500,000 visi­ for travelling. Featured were the Barenaked Ladies at "They're not really important lose weight.'' their New Year's resolutions in the tors and 300 million viewers who anxiously watch as the First Union Center and Moe at the Elecuic Factory. because nobody sti cks to them," she She says setting small er goals hopes of a better year all around. the 500-pound, rhinestone-covered ball begins to drop In any case, New Year's Eve proved to be quite an says. "So they' re useless.'' Sophomore from the 77-toot flagpole in Times Square at II :59 p.m. experience, and next year promises to be even more But there may just be a cure for make resolu- ti ons easier to Kristine Hause! When it reached the bottom of the pole, as the clock spirited as the dawn of the new millenium rises. those looking to sti ck with their res­ achieve. "I guess it's good to says she has struck 12, the ball read 1999 in halogen-fueled lights. ol utions. M;ny student s are turning At www.di etc­ a lready broken In keeping with the annual tradition, Mayor Rudy to the Internet to lead them toward ity.com, one have a goal such as her resolution to Giuliani chose the heroic Chinese gymnast, Sang Lan, their goals. can receive q uit smoking. but injured at the Goodwill Games, as the official ball-drop­ There are a vari ety of web sites . losing weight but has been good that offer tips, online programs, arti­ through e-mail per. a week ly diet about keeping the New to this year's ceremony were a few technologi­ cles and chat rooms designed to people say they are others. cal advances, including custom-designed pyrotechnic he lp people kick thei r bad habits. plan based on going to do it but She says she effects and three giant Panasonic video screens. Stacy Brassington. editor of a personal pro­ would consider www.dietcity.com, says there has fi le. Also pro­ Since the streets can get pretty crowded, and many they don't. So using the Internet definitely been an increase in the vided is a people don' t like dealing with the masses, there were as a resource for number of new members since the week l y endless other venues to experience in New York. what's the point?" helping to commit new year, in addition to an ne ws lett er The city ' s most anticipated and talked-about New to her goals. increased rate of returning mem­ co nt a ining -Junior Francesca Fasso Year's Eve bash was that of its notorious club, health and diet " [People] can bers. Limelight. find more info," "Resolutions from the program' s information, With tickets at $85 a pop, no specified age require­ Hausei says. "Support groups can standpoint are very important:"' motivatio nal quotes and stories, ment and a dress code described as 'festive,' the 20-and · reviews, re cipes and die t-reiated help them get on track." 30-something crowd flocked to the club that prefers products. While some st udent s are willing only the most flamboyant of guests to enjoy the euphor­ Another si te that helps to take the step and make a change. ic aonosphere and plethora of music. with one of the ever-pop­ others fou nd mak ing resolutions to Similarly, many other clubs, such as the Kit Kat ul ar resolutions of be ineffective. Klub, Hell and the Roxy, boasted some sort of New : burning fat and staying Junior Francesca Fasso says she Year's Eve special, involving everything from music to in shape is www.fit­ did not make any New Year's reso­ drinkspecials. · ,• nesszone.com. This site lutions. lflive music was the desired form of entenainment, offers tips on new exer­ "They are the same as usual - the downtown scene cenainly delivered. At the Bowery ~I cises and individuali zed such as getting exercise,'' she says. Ballroom, Patti Smith wailed while at Madison Square fitness profile evalua- Although some do not see · the Garden, Phish was movin' and groovin'. "' tions. importance be hind th e tradition, Although it may be one of the most exciting places , Among the health they feel it is good to try to set to be on New Year's Eve, New York is not by any 0 conscious resolutio ns goals. means the only party city. Across the country, countless many commit themselves "It's a good way to improve - events occurred in a wide variety of cities. 0 to is to quit smoking. The to stop doing bad things,'' Zucker Swing was in - especially on New Year' s. American "'Cancer ·Society's says. Atlanta's Peac:htree,£1ub· boasted ·its slogan,• ' 1Swing •· \' " web site, www.cancer.org, "I guess it ' s good to have a goal Into '1999," with a SI IOO ticket charge arid swing bands attempts to persuade users to such as losing weight," Fasso says. all night long. quit smoking by presenting the "But people say they are going to do Washington, D.C. cashed in on the revived fad as ugl y effects of it , such as devel­ it and they don' t, so what' s the well, with the Velocity Grill'sExtravaganza, which pro­ oping lung cancer, heart disease point?" vided live swing, jazz and big band music, as well as a and emphysema. ART BY SELENA KANG

Columbia House Grammy nomina- brings a new 'play' ttons• put women to an old show artists• on top BY BOB KEARY dling isn' t too bad, but it can add up. Copy Editor If you don't keep on top of what you BY DA IVN £. M£NSC/f Four of th e five nominees in the New Artist By now, almost everyone recog­ order you could rea lly get in debt.'' Enlt!rtuiwu~llt Editor category were women: Andrea Bocelli, the Dixie nizes the familiar sales pitch as soon But as some may expec t, there are Nineteen-ninety-eight was the year of the Chicks, Lauryn Hill and Natalie Imbrugli a. The as they see the advertisement in their hidden conditions. woman. only men were the Backstreet Boys. favorite magazine 12 CDs, Members of "Play'' must purchase Out of the I 0 Gra m my nominations, for Well. it looks like it ' s the girls' ni ght o ut at absolutely free! five di scs within a three-year period. Record of the Year and Album of the Year, nine Grammys thi s year. Inevitably, there is the asterisk at Te levi sion commercials for nominations went to female artists - twice as the bottom of the page with a c lause "Play" mention 12 free CDs but say many as last year. Other categories and nominations include: in tiny print. The 12 CDs are "free" no thing about buying five more in Di va Lauryn Hill leads the pack with 10 no mi ­ Pop Album until shipping and handling are taken the next three years. Magazine nations with her solo debut "The Miseducation of into account, and members must buy advertisements do tell po tentia l Lauryn Hill." Shania Twain and Sheryl Crow, • Eric Clapton, ''Pilgrim'' more CDs at full price in the future. members about the future agree­ received 6 nominations each. • Celine Dion. "Let's Talk About Love·· The trap is set. ment, but it is in print so small that a Out of the Material Girl' s five nominatio ns, • Natalie lmbruglia, ''Left of the Middle'' On top of thi s, members receive magnifying glass proves extremely "Ray of Li ght" brough"t Madonna a nominati on • Madonna, '·Ray of Light'' selecti on cards in the mail every he lpfl!i. for Album of the first for the first time in her 17- • The Brian Setzer Orchestra, "The Dirty Boogie'' month, w hi c h must be returned. If music lovers do not feel com­ year career. Check yes or no. Return the card. fo rt able with such a lengthy commit­ Ro unding out th e girl powerhouse was Rap Album It's like an elementary school ' tove ment, the alternative is Columbia Garbage front woman Shirley Manson. House's number one ri val. BMG. Representing the sole male voice in th e nomi­ • Bi g Punisher, "Capital Punishm ent'' The current offer from BMG is six nations for Record of the Year were the Goo Goo • Jermaine Dupir, " Life in 1472- The Original "One of my close CDs fo r free, one at regul ar price, Dolls wi th "Iris." Soundtrack'' and then five more for free. That is Other nominees for Record of the Year we re • Jay-Z, " Vol. 2 .. . Hard Knock Life" friends who knows 12 CDs for the price of one, com­ Brandy and Monica for their duet 'The Boy is • Mase, ''Harlem World" all there is to know pared to Columbia House' s offer of Mine,'' Celine Dion' s epic "My Heart Will Go • A Tribe Called Quest, 'The Love Movement'' 12' at once fo r free, then fi ve at full On,'' "Ray of Light " by Madonna and Shania about CDs says ... price in three years. Twain 's "You're Still the One." Rock Album Some c hoose not to join any mai l­ The awards wi ll be presented on Feb. 24 at the BMG is where it's order CD clubs at all. Junior Nita Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in a three-hour • Sheryl Crow, ''The Globe Sessions'' Pate l has seen th e . thick "Play'' ceremony broadcasted on CBS. •John Fogerty, '·Premonition" at!" envelopes in the mail, but says she The Song of the Year is awarded to the song­ • Garbage, ··version 2.0" -Junior Nita Patel would never j oi n the club. writer while the Record of the Year award is pre­ • Hole. :;Celebrity Skin .. "One o f my close friends who sented to the arti st and producer. • Dave Matthews Band. "Before The e Crowded letter. knows a ll ·there is to know abo ut The nominations fo r Song of the Year include: Streets" However, unlike grade school, CDs says Columbia House is shit CDs are automati cally shipped if th e and to throw it out," she says. ''M y • Dianne Warren, ''I Don' t Want to Miss a Thing" Country Album card is not returned on time. friend says BMG is where it ' s at! '' • John Rzeznik. "Iris'' Perhaps realizing· th e inconve­ Grant is also a me mber of BMG, • Kirk Franklin , "Lean On Me" • Garth Brooks. "Seven" nience of its current program. whi ch still requires its me mbers to • James Homer and Will Jennings. '·My Heart • Dixie Chicks. "Wide Open Spaces" Columbia House is trying something re turn postcards to eithe r accept or Will Go On" Faith Hill. new wit h the advent of its new fea­ deny the featured selection of th e • Robert John ''Mutt'' Lange and Shania Twain. ''Faith" ture, '·Play.'' The ads for "Play'' month, a CD th at will be automati­ '·You're Still the One'' • Shani a Twain . boast 12 CDs free when you buy just cally shipped if a response is not "Come On Over" one, and no more annoying post­ received within a cert ai n amount of To be eli gible for the 41 st annual Gram my cards to return or the hassle of auto­ time. Awards. the work must have been rel eased Y e ar\\' o o d matic shi pments. "There are good points to both between October I. 1997 and September 30. "Where Yo Sound impossible? A deal too ' Play' and BMG.'' Grant says. "1 1998. Fans must wait until next year for nomi na­ Road Leads" good to be true? Not if the music really like BMG because there isn' t tions for arti sts like Jewel, Alani s Morri seue or lover is careful. says freshman as much of a commitm ent as wi th R.E.M because their albums were released after Theresa Grant. a member of " Pl ay.'' 'Play,' but you sti ll have those d umb the dead line. '·Yo u do have to read the small cards ... print.'' he says. "Shipping and han- See "PLAY" Page B4

-f (..' in. THE REVIEW. January 8, 1999 Busta busts out a new album

"Extinction Le' e l Event (The Final referred to in the scriptures of W orld Front) .. · every holy book known to Busta Rhymes mankind ' leaving brother to kill Flipmode/Elektra Records brother over a grain of over­ Rating: ~'..'l ".-'f 1/2 cooked rice."' And Busta carries the theme all f the way through the 70-minute ' album. An organ ~ drones in the back­ ground of the last track, "Outro -The If you didn' t get l Burial Song," and the It 's scarY enough ro be in Newark enough Mummers funeral-like music during a regular semester. Bur rake on New Year's makes the track away 01·er half the campus and life all Day, don't worry. I equally as frighten­ bur stops. Ha ve no fear because we It was only on for I ing as the first. have searched and searched ro solve IS hours. Or i BY MIKE BEDERKA "Everything and every mother­ rhe winter blues and find something something like l Etllt'l1tlillfllf!llf Editor fucker gets dealt with accordingly ftm to do. Winter Session might not be that. Anyway, check out the f Millennium fever is nothing new I Mark my word," he shouts, doing as exciting as the rest of the year, but Mummers Museum, open year round, for one of hip-hop's biggest stars, his best preacher impersonation. here are some ideas to get started. highlighting the historical traditions i Busta Rhymes. But Busta, the former member of the Philadelphia Mummers. Call I Following the trend with his pre­ of The Leaders of the New School, (21 S) 336-30SO for more info. • vious two solo albums, 1996's "The who burst on the music scene in A ! Coming" and 1997's "When Tribe Called Quest's " Scenario,'' is Running! Jumping! Throwing! It' s so SUNDAY Disaster Strikes," Busta isn' t party­ not alone in his revelation. exciting to watch ing like it's 1999 on his latest, "E.L.E." also features cameo - it 's indoor Get your motors running. Head out on "Extinction Level Event (The Final appearances by track 1 Yes, this the highway. Arc World Front)." Mystikal, Janet Jackson and even Friday, and this you looking for The ominous title goes into full the former King of Darkness, Friday only, you adventure 'l effect with the rambling, distorted, Ozzy Osborne. ' can witness the Well,the "Intro - There's Only One Year The Ozzman and Busta do a lit­ thrilling, co-ed naked indoor track Philadelphia Auto and field competition - well , two out Show is coming I Left." where a young girl hears her tle reworking and updating of the brings forth a rapid-fire rap assault hit singles. "Woo Hah!! Got You All s of three ain' t bad. Come to the your way. Admission is $8 and t father' s damnin!! vision of the '70s classic, "Iron Man," creating on "Iz they Wildin wit us and in Check" and "Dangerous," and a Delaware Fieldhouse at S:30 p.m. as Sunday, it's open from 10 a.m. to 6 futu re . "I hope it ~ill be all peaches the stand-out track now called "This Gelling Rowdy wit us?" skillfully put together third album they battle Princeton, Lehigh, p.m. Call (2 IS) 418-4700 for more and cream, but the end time is near," Means War!!" Between Busta's Jackson' s duet, "What's It .Gonna under his belt, it appears that Mr. Howard, Temple and Delaware State. info. If you can get your Yugo start­ I ,- he says. raspy rap verses, Ozzy croons the Be'l!" is a bit more sultry. "Gonna Rhymes would be a permanent fix­ ed, go look at cars you could never ' "The cataclysmic apocalypse traditional chorus over and over make your body cream I and have ture in the hip-hop community. Hi s afford. l again, "strangers on the wall/ those wet dreams,'' she moans. roug h-and-tough, never-take-a­ ( SATURDAY ., who betray all must fall ." With Busta echoing her every breath lyrics continue to add to hi s The Gist of It It's Sunday after­ I J Though the Black Sabbath front- line, one may wonder if the two ever-growing musical presence. I The notes of ·'Pomp and noon and you just i ...:.'c...:.'c"'i.?"'i.?...:.'c Limericks. man has cleaned up his act as of superstars genuinely have something But unfortunately, as he puts it I Circumstance'' can' t watch anoth­ : "'i.'t..:C*"'i.'t Haikus. late, his still satanic voice helps going on the side by their apparent numerous tinies through "E.L.E." I will till the air as er episode of The u...:.'cu Sonnets. accentuate the album's end of time sincerity. (interludes included), '·there's only { the newest gradu­ Real World - -:..'!-:..'! Free Verse. theme. But Ozzy is the lone rock It would be a shame for Busta if one year left. '' At least Busta is atil)g class takes Seallle. Get your ! -<,'! Bathroom Grafiti. influence on "E.L.E." Atari-like Armageddon (minus Bruce Willis) is going out with a bang and not a their dipolmas ass up to Philly I ! beeps offer a backdrop as Mystikal truly upon us. With his previous two whimper. ~ and !!Oes out into and hop over to the Trocadero, where ~ t, ...... ~ .. ~~~ ...... "In My Life" ''It's a Process" the real · world. Wi;ter Session you can jam with Ominous Seapods ~ George Martin Kevin O'Donnell Commencement starts at 10 a. m. fea­ and Ekoostik Hookah. Bring $10, an·d EchoMCA RioStar Entertainment turing speaker Chuck Lewis, founder call (215)336-2000 if you need more ! Rating: *t'i~..H'l Rating: "''ctH/2 and executive director of the Center info. ~ George Martin' s ''In My Life" is a mix of old for Public Intergrity in Washington, ~~ Beatles classics remade by celebrities of today. The With his poor-man's imitation of Phil Collins- D.C. Admission is by ticket only so The NBA might quality of the performances by non-musicians is meets-Barenaked Ladies on "It' s a Process," Kevin call the Office of Alumni and have reached an She'll remind you of Alanis, with her raspy voice incredible and a testament to the talents of ihe long- O'Donnell !s starting off more with a whimper than University Relatio ns for more info. agreement but and angry lyrics, but Shanda Brash is not out to imitate time Beatles producer. with a bang. who wants to see ~ s speaking her mind on her new CD titled "Come Together," performed by Robin Williams His musical style is pleasingly diverse. involving Wanna hear all your favorite songs those overpaid, i "Good to Go." and Bobby McFerrin, is almost as good as the original. lots of acoustic guitar, keyboards and various pro- played live by a arrogant profes­ ! Brash incorporates a harder rock groove and a wide McFerrin lays down a vocal bass line that is as driving grammed instruments, but O' Donnell's quiet de li very band that didn' t sionals anyway? Go to the Bob f array of instruments into her songs, separating her as any ever played on a guitar. Williams must have fails to leave much of an impression. write them? Then Carpenter Center at I p.m. to see the ~ music from that of her contemporaries. The titles of the been having a great time because it rings through in the He croons about a variety of subjects, from taking check out Flip men' s basketball team take on ; though many are quite cheesy, try to envelop way he sings. control of one' s destiny in "Melting Time" to lost love Like Wilson play­ Towson. The Blue Hens could use the ~ lhP:r nnPP.< with names like ''Don't Give a Damn," "Friends and Lovers" is an instrumental piece writ- in "Broken." However, lyrics like: "My soul is broken ing at the Stone support. And hey, it's free! i Me" and ''Takes One to Know One." ten by Martin shortly after John Lennon's death. The in two/Half in me, half in you!I need it all or I'm gonna Balloon Sat. night. Just bring $3 for in the sunshine /lbat smell is in the air I haunting mdody belongs in a movie while a leading die" aren't convincing in his emasculated drawl. the cover charge. Except all of you See, we told you we would find some­ S back the memories I Of when I used to care." actress sobs over a horrible trauma The strings, horns Though his Phil Collins del ivery sounds more like minors out there should find some- thing for you to do. If you don 'r like t , Accompanied--by various-musicians and backup : and·flutes convey more· than words ,ever veuld. · something mom listens to, hc·s at least trying to be . thing else to do. our choices, make your OW/I fun - f vocals by Crystal Taliefero, ~rash's album is an easy, ' Martin,links .this. with an int:fedibly poignant "In honest, which is more than most pop stars can say. grab a case of Heineken, a copy of l pleasant listen. She may not be breaking much ground My Life." He plays the piano while Sean Connery "It's a Process" boasts some annoyingly catchy "Tommy Boy" and get rogether with j with it, but "Good to Go" is deserving of some allen- speaks the words. He adds subtle inflections to the tunes that are li stenable through headphones placed at some friends who would appreciate { lion. powerful lyrics for a truly moving rendition. a considerable distance away. that kind of a night. t__:_ .--~!J!es!s!~!a!Za!!c!h!o!/1!. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!--!!A1!!~!h!a!e!I!D!. !B!u!ll!a!rd~r------~--~~--~~~~J~e~ss~i~ca~Za~d~Io~l~/~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - compiled by "Flip Like" Jess Zachol/ and Dawn "I like Yugos " A1ensch Countdown to imminent disaster begins online look promis ing - when aliens disease that rivals leprosy, fly­ www. tribulation.com/ get invol ved in the mi x, excite­ ing space debris (a Ia " Deep ment is usuall y sure to follow. Impac t" and "Armagedd o n ") propsite.htm However, extra te rres tri a ls a re a nd the year 2000 computer · not the main focus o f the other bug, Y2K. This web site offers a mind­ links. 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Students tum to Around the nation, ci2:ar/manini loun2:e and a casi no, all for a mere $85. ~But the na ti o n ' ~ capital offered much more than just the internet for swing, with events such as LuLu's Club Mardi Gras 8th 1999 New Year's Annual Extravaganza and Polly Ester" s "Last Disco of the Decade." help with keeping parties rocked, People travelling south fe lt the Aorida heat ri se for the occasion, as Miami was jumping on the eve of 1999. their New Years rolled and raged Those privileged enough to hang with the elite, joined the crowd at Lucky 13. the exclusive club in resolutions BY JESSICA ZACHOLL Miami's South Beach. With DJ Ariel spinning the night A.tr;isumr EmertaimJit!tlt &liror BY DENEA TRA HARMON away and an abundance of celebrities, those who were CIIJ1Y £dirur The days leading up to it seemed to take forever­ able to gain entry partied with the cream of the crop. but the day the world was waiting so patiemly for final­ Speaking of celebrity appearances, tne Windy City The ball drops. a new year begi ns ly arrived. featured big musical acts to ring in the new year. With and many people consi der the event perfect for a fre h start . And what Now it 's time to party like it's 1999. Blues Traveler at the Aragon Ballroom, Chris Isaak at better way to begin th an by making But with all of the New Year's events happening the House of Blues and Morphine playing the Riviera, a traditional New Year"s resolution '> across the country, it would be a shame to have missed Chicago proved to be an ideal place to celebrate the them while stuck at home watching Dick Clark's arri val of 1999. Yet while Jan. I , 1999 may have sparked th e declaration of these Rockin' New Year when everyone else was out having Moving out west to the other city-that-never-sleeps, the Las Vegas vows for chan2:e. the commitment fun (without the company of their parents). Strip was jam-packed with more than In a city like the Big Apple, millions of people par­ to thell) seems to fade quickly. 300,000 people on the street, also awaiting a ball drop ticipated in the myriad of events that ushered in the New similar to that of New York. · For many, declaring a resolution THE Year. · may just be the formula for disaster. Senior Derek Harris ponders his New Year's resolution while The hotel scene was electrifying as well , with Junior Anna Zucker says she did­ pedalling away on a stationary bike at the Carpenter Sports New York City's Times Square has been the center appearances ranging from Tony Bennett to Marilyn n' t make any resolutions this year of worldwide attention for the past 94 years. Three years Manson. Building. later, the first ball dropping ceremony was held in 1907, because she never bothers foll owing Of course a litile closer to home, the city of Brassington says. ''Goal-setting is Instead of foc using on physical through with them. initiated by The New York Times. Philadelphia offered an array of events, for those not up health , some students chose to make Each year, the event "They're not really important important fo r members who want to attracts more than 500,000 visi­ for travelling. Featured were the Barenaked Ladies at thei r New Year's resolutions in the because nobody sticks to them; · she lose weight." tors and 300 million viewers who anxiously watch as the First Uni on Center and Moe at the Electric Factory. hopes of a better year all around. says. "So they' re useless.'' She says setting smaller goals the 500-pound, rhinestone-covered ball begins to drop In any case, New Year's Eve proved to be quite an make resolu- Sophomore I i experience, and next year promises to be even more But there may just be a cure for from the 77-foot flagpole in Times Square at :59 p.m. tions easier to Kristi ne Hause! When it reached the bottom of the pole, as the clock spirited as the dawn of the new millenium rises. those looking to stick with their res­ "I guess it's good to says she has olutions. Many students are turning achieve. struck 12, the ball read 1999 in halogen-fueled lights. already broken to the Internet to lead them toward At www.dietc­ In keeping with the annual tradition, Mayor Rudy have a goal such as her resolutio n to their goals. ity.com, one Giuliani chose the heroic Chinese gymnast, Sang Lan, quit smoking. but There are a variety of web sites can recei ve . losing weight but injured at the Goodwill Games, as the official ball-drop­ that offer tips, online programs. arti­ throu2:h e-mail has been good per. about keeping the · New cles and chat rooms designed to a we~kly diet people say they are to this year's ceremony were a few technologi­ others. help people kick their bad habits. plan based on going. to do it but cal advances, including custom-designed pyrotechnic Stacy Brassington. editor of a personal pro­ She says she effects and three giant Panasonic video screens. www.dietcity.com, says there has file. Also pro­ they don't. So would consi der Since the streets can get pretty crowded, and many definitely been an increase in the vi ded is a using the Intern et people don't like dealing with the masses, there were number of new members since the weekly as a resource for endless other venues to experience in New York. what's the point?" helping to commit new year, in addition to an n e w s letter The city's most anticipated and talked-about New increased rate of returning mem­ containing -Junior Francesca Fasso to her goals. Year's Eve bash was that of its notorious club, health and diet "[Pe;ple] can bers. Limelight. "Resolutions from the program's information , find more info.'' With tickets at $85 a pop, no specified age require­ standpoint are very important;" motivational quotes and stories , Hausei says. "Support groups can ment and a dress code described as 'festive ,' the 20-and · reviews, recipes and diet-related help them get on track." 30-something crowd flocked to the club that prefers products. While some student s are willin2: only the most flamboyant of guests to enjoy the euphor­ Another site that helps to take the step and make a chang; ic atmosphere and plethora of music. with one of the ever-pop­ others found making resolutions to Similarly, many other clubs, such as the Kit Kat ular resolutions of be ineffective. Klub, Hell and .the Roxy, boasted some sort of New burning fat and staying Junior Francesca Fasso says she Year's Eve special, involving everything from music to in shape is www.fit­ did not make any New Year's reso­ drink'specials. - nesszone.com. This site lutions. If live music was the desired form of entertainment, offers tips on new exer­ "They are the same as usual - the downtown scene certainly delivered. At the Bowery cises and individuali zed such as getting exercise,'' she says. Ballroom, Patti Smith wailed while at Madison Square r. fitness profile evalua- Although some do not see · the Garden, Phish was mavin' and groovin'. "' ..., tions. importance behind the tradition, Although it may be one of the most exciting places , Among the health they feel it is good to try to set to be on New Year's Eve, New York is not by any conscious resolutions goals. means the only party city. Across the country, countless many commit themselves "It's a good way to improve - events occurred in a wide variety of cities. to is to quit smoking. The to stop doing bad things;· Zucker Swing was in - especially on New Year's. American·-' Ganc-er ·· Society'S' ' says. ·· · •· •Atlanta's Peal!:htreeJCiub boasted>its • slogarr,• ;;swing" web site, www.cancer.org, •·r guess it ' s good to have a goal Into '1999," with a $1(Xlticket charge and swing bands attempts to persuade users to such as losing weight.'' Fasso says. all night long. quit smoking by presenting the ''But people say they are going to do Washington, D.C. cashed in on the revived fad as ugly effects of it, such as devel­ it and they don' t, so what's the well, with the Velocity Grill's Extravaganza, which pro­ oping lung cancer, heart disease point?" vided live swing, jazz and big band music, as well as a and emphysema. ART BY SELENA KANG

Columbia House Grammy nomina- brings a new 'play' t,Ions• put women to an old show artists• on top BY BOB KEARY dling isn' t too bad, but it can add up. Copy Editor If you don' t keep on top of what you BY DAIVN £. MENSCH Four of the five nominees in the New Artist By now, almost everyone recog­ order you could really get in debt.'' Em~rruium ellf &hwr category were women: Andrea Bocelli , the Dixie nizes the familiar sales pitch as soon But as some may expect, there are Nineteen-ninety-eight was the year of the Chicks, Lauryn Hill an d Natalie lmbruglia. The as they see the advertisement in their hidden conditions. woman. only men we re the Backstreet Boys. favorite magazine 12 COs, Members of ''Play" must purchase Out of the 10 Grammy nominations, for Well. it looks like it 's the girls' night out at absolutely free! fi ve discs within a three-year period. Record of the Year and Album of the Year, nine Grammys thi s year. Inevitably. there is the asterisk at Television commercials for nominations went to female artists - twice as the bottom of the page with a clause "Play" mention 12 free CDs but say many as last year. Other categories and nominations include: in tiny print. The 12 COs are " free" nothing about buying five more in Diva Lauryn Hill leads the pack with 10 nomi­ Pop Album until shipping and handling are taken the next three years. Magazine nations with her solo debut "The Miseducation of into account, and members must buy advertisements do tell potential Lauryn Hill." Shania Twain and Sheryl Crow, • Eric Clapton. ''Pilgrim'' more COs at full price in the future. members about the future agree­ received 6 nominations each. • Celine Dia n, ·'Let's Talk About Love" The trap is set. ment, but it is in print so small that a Out of the Material Girl 's five nominations. • Nata li e Imbrugli a, "Left of the Middle'' On top of this, members receive magnifying glass proves extremely "Ray of Light" brouglit Madonna a nomination • Madonna, ''Ray of Light" selection cards in the mail every helpfui. for Album of the first for the first time in her 17- • The Brian Setzer Orche tra, "The Diny Boogie'' month, which must be returned. If music lovers do not feel com­ year career. Check yes or no. Return the card. fortable with such a lengthy commit­ Rounding out the girl powerhouse was Rap Album It ' s like an elementary school ' love ment, the alternative is Columbia Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson. House' s number one rival, BMG. Representing the sole male voice in the nomi­ • Big Punisher, ··capital Punishment" The current offer from BMG is six nations for Record of the Year were the Goo Goo • Jermai ne Dupir, " Life in 1472- The Original "One of my close COs for free , one at regular price, Dolls with "Iris." Soundtrack'' and then five more for free. That is Other nominees for Record of the Year were • Jay-Z, "Vol. 2 ... Hard Knock Life'' friends who knows 12 CDs for the price of one, com­ Brandy and Monica for their duet "The Boy is • Mase, ''Harlem World" pared 10 Columbia House' s offer of Mine,'' Celine Dian's epic "My Hean Will Go • A Tribe Called Quest. 'The Love Move ment" all there is to know 12· at once for free, then five at full On.'' "Ray of Light" by Madonna and Shania about CDs says ... price in three years. Twain 's "You' re Still the One." Rock Album Some choose not to join any mail­ The awards will be presented on Feb. 24 at th e BMG is where it's order CD clubs at all. Junior Nita Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in a three-hour • Sheryl Crow, 'The Gl obe Sessions·· Patel has seen the thick "Play" ceremony broadcasted on CBS. • John Fogeny. "Premoniti on" at!" envelopes in the mail, but says she The Song of the Year is awarded to the song­ • Garbage. •·version 2.0" -Junior Nita Patel would never join the club. wri ter while the Record of the Year award is pre­ • Hole, ~C e l ebri t y Skin" "One of my close friends who sented to the artist and producer. • Dave Matthews Band. ''Before These Crowded letter. knows all there is to know about The nominations for Song of the Year include: Streets'' However. unlike grade school, CDs says Columbia House is shit COs are aut omatically shipped if the and to throw it out," she says. "My • Dianne Warren, "I Don't Want to Mi ss a Thing'' Country Album card is not returned on time. friend says BMG is where it's at! " • John Rzeznik, "Iris'' Perhaps realizing· the inconve­ Grant is also a member of BMG, • Kirk Franklin, "Lean On Me'' • Garth Brook s. "Seven·· nience of its current program. which still requires its members 10 • James Homer and Will Jennings, ''My Heart • Dixie Chick , "Wide Open Spaces·· Columbi a House is trying something return postcards to either accept or Will Go On" Faith Hill. new with the adve nt of its new fea­ deny the featured selection of the • Robert John "Mutt'' Lange and Shania Twain. "Faith" ture, '·Play.'· The ads for " Play" month, a CD that will be automati­ "You' re Still the One·· boast· l2 CDs free when you buy just cally shipped if a response is not one , and no more annoyi ng post­ received within a certain amount of To be eligible for the 4 1st annual Gram my cards to return or the hassle of auto­ time. Awards. the work must have been released matic shipments. 'There are good points 10 both bet ween October I, 1997 and September 30. Sound impossible? A deal too 'Play' and BMG,'' Grant says. "I 1998. Fans must wait until next year for nomina­ good to be true'> Not if the music really like BMG because there isn't tions fo r arti sts like Jewel, Alanis Morri sette or lover is careful , says freshman as much of a commitment as with R.E.M because their albums were released after Theresa Grant. a member of " Play.'' 'Pl ay,' but you still have those dumb the deadlin e. " You do have to read the small card ... print.'' he ay . ''Shipping and han- See "PLAY" Page B4 B4 • THE REVIEW • January 8, 1999 Feature World chaos hits home for NBC intern Forum But just seconds later, I watched the NBC spin it self?" Ruggels whi zzed by, shouting th e answer on the screen next ro it a logo flashed BY JESS MYER News offi ce remove its veil of high-energy But I quick ly learned th at my th oughts as he we nt , "Local ai r ba es. Who's !!Oing ·'SADAM GETS BOMBED." - romper room antics and transform into a were best kept locked inside my head. where - it 's Chri stm as. No daddy I smi led and fi nall y acknowledged my Just minutes after the •· on Ai r" li!!ht went o; well-oil ed machine. A quick-witted. impeccably dressed Chri tm as. bl ah blah blah ...... ?"'n nakedne . I reali zed I was standin g -on in newsroom one. the second n;wsroom Everyone had a purpose, and each figure Comm ando was pleased. lrozen 111 the middle o f the room. · began bur ting with energy. fell into place. "Y es:· he said. "Yes. I lik e it It's human. Understand how ridic ul ous I mu t have The day shift was ready to leave and th e Overhead, the 12 televisions flashed a Who' s on it ?'' . . looked - it was like relaxing in the path of night shift was bustling in. variety o f channe ls - CNN, C-SPAN, A young woman from the assi<>nment the bulls in Pamplona - T quickly found a , , Sportscaster Via Sichohema he ld th e CBS, ABC. MSNBC - to see who was "In my pathetic, inexpe­ desk behind him rep li ed, "Stevens ise on hi s task to keep me busy. door for news anchor Larry Mente as they goi ng to win the race and grab the story way in van four." Finally. my produce r appeared and began blabbered to each other. rienced little intern first. "OK. Do we have a logo'l Where is barkmg Instruction at me. Produce rs we re blaring into their phones. Reporters ru shed around. dove into their Susan? We need a ta!!. "Jess. I have to stay here . Go back to the Other anchors were practicing their scripts head, I thought, (Spin? rolodexes and scheduled emergency meet­ " Fight at night? -Bomb Sadam?" And office. Ret urn those call s. Make copies o f for the news at 5. ings. Which of th em was going to fly to the Wouldn't a war just spin th en. the gem struck. he had an epiphany. th e unclaimed property tuff for th at story. A phone rang eight times before someone Persian Gulf"1 ''Auack on Iraq. Check on the woman from th e drug testing finally picked up the re ceiver, nodded, itself?'" Producers we re hunched in front of their ''Yeah. go wi th th at one.'' to see 1f she' ll talk to us on that one. You pursed hi s lips and took a deep breath. He computers. pounding out scripts as they He fin all y put hi s hands on hi s hips and kn ow, ri ght? muttered a brief goodbye and slammed the were fed information. rested h1 s nasall y voice. And when he spoke "Page me if anyone big call . Ju t log the receiver back onto the cradle. "Where is Stevens? Where is Ruoue]s? agam, he beamed. consumer stuff. Oh. if Jamie call s. tell-him - .. - '·Ummmmm, could someone please let Where is Davidson? Need them here. N~w .'~ reporter responded bluntly. '·Good wo rk children. Wait. did you say where I am. And .... Oh God. What the he ll the president out,'' he said. "He's wagging The station manager cruised around the " It ' s 'Wag the Dog,"' he said shruooing van four'1" The woman nodded. "Oh, that' s was I going to say?" . ....~~e dog again. We' re going to war.'' massive room giving instructions and acting hi s shoulders as if the answer was as ~bv i­ right, three is out sell ing up impeachment in I shrugged callously. •.•. When the news sunk in that President hke a commando. ous and cliche as butter on bread. D£." . "Oh Jess, I kn ow. Good first day.'' :.;B,ill Clinton was calling fo r the bombing of He didn' t hesitate for a moment, "How His leader was less than impressed. The " On Air'' lights glowed above th e :•:lraq on the eve before hi s impeachment are we going to spin this?" " No. Every station including Nosey door, and I watched screen four fla h .:,~aring , the chatter stopped, the keyboard In my pathetic, inexperienced lillie intern Nancy' s News Show is spinning wag the NBC' s new logo in shadowy lett ers reading_ Jess Mye r is a managing Mosaic ediror. click:ing ceased and all feet were glued to head, I thought, "Spin? Wouldn' t a war just dog. 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Cards ....~?' Delaware 75, Boston University 74 (OT) January 8, 1999 • THE REVIEW • 87 Pegues sits out in OT

into o.ve rtime. Last season the Hens were without Team pulls out "I told Mike th at we ' d win it for Pegues, who suffered a fractured hand, him ,'' Perry said. "I knew it would be when they faced the Terriers in Boston. tough. but I didn' t have any doubts. I Delaware was unable to generate its had the open shot and I took it." offense without its leading scorer and victory without On the ensuing Terri'er possession, lost 87-77. Tuesday, however, the Hens Perry almost single-handedly stopped rallied behind Perry and took advantage Boston guard LeYar Fo lk in his futile of Boston's 14 turnovers en route to vic­ leading scorer attempt to drive to the basket. Due to tory. BY JAMIE AMATO Perry's tenacious coverage, Folk could "We may have to do that in the cham­ only man age a weak, off-balance jumper pionship," Perry said of winning witho"ut Co ntributin~ Editor It wasn't pretty, but it worked­ that fell short, sending the game to an Pegues Tuesday. "It means a lot because eventually . . extra session. you have to win the close games to win The Delaware men's basketball team " [Folk] didn' t know what to do," the championship." . clawed its way to an emotional 75-74 Perry said. " I wasn' t going to let him get With Pegues averaging 25.7 points overtime win over conference rival to the hole." per game before the match-up, Brey Boston University Tuesday night. Due Perry, who was averaging 6.5 points emphasized the importance of Perry's to its tough defense, clutch shooting and per game before meeting the Terriers, performance on both sides of the ball. ability to produce down the stretch with­ finished with II points and three "For us to do it without him -Mike­ out its leading scorer, the Hens once rebounds. gives us a lot of confidence," he said. again sent the Terriers home empty­ The last time the Terriers visited the "He's [Perry] our captain and he really handed. Bob Carpenter Center was last March stepped up tonight." America East Player of the Week, for the America East Championship Brey also said the win brin·gs junior Mike Pegues, fouled out with game in which Delaware defeated Delaware one step closer to achieving more than six minutes remaining in reg­ Boston 66-58 to advance to the NCAA its goal of going undefeated at home this ulation, forcing the Hens to find an tournament. season. alternate means of scoring. Tuesday's victory tied the series mark "We want to take care of business at Enter Tyrone Perry. between the two teams at I 0 and home and be 4-0 in the league before we The senior guard not only scored increased the Hens' home win-streak to go on the road," he said. "I thought our seven of Delaware's eight points in the 14 . defense was excellent and we showed overtime period, but his crucial jump "We showed great character tonight some great character tonight." THE REVIEW/Bob Weill shot with seven seconds remaining in and kept our poise," Delaware coach Delaware will host conference · foe Towson Sunday before traveling to pl·a)' Delaware forward Mike Pegues and guard John Gordon surround Boston regulation knotted the score at 67, giv­ Mike Brey said. "We've got a little ing the Hens the momentum heading rivalry going with them, and I think our conference games at Vermont, Hartford University players Tuesday night. Pegues fouled out with six minutes remaining. home crowd helped us tonight." and Hofstra next week.

The meet against George Washington Saturday is expected to be a difficult one- oae that will test the team:S endurance. Swimmers "We don't h&ve a prayer against GW," Hayman said. "We just want the best performance from each person." Overtime thriller He sairl he is cnncernerl with snlirlifvinl! the weak snnts before the championships, which wi II be held at the continue· drive University of Maine. _ continued from page B8 "The men are strong in the freestyle and weak in breast­ "That' s a great example stroke and bu~terfly ," Hayman said. "And the girls are just the of a captain refusing to let opposite - strong in breaststroke and butterfly and weak in his team lose tonight," he to. tournament freestyle." said. Junior diver Pete Metrinko said he has a good feeling about The match-up was the­ BY MICHELLE RANDLEMAN the season so far, despite a disap.pointing loss in Virginia, first time the two teams had SporH Editor Dec. 5. squared off since the "Some people were a little beat down [after Virginia]," America East title game last As the Delaware swimming and diving teams enter the Metrinko said. "But there is a positive feeling in and out of March. The Hens defeated halfway point of the season, there is optimism for a good fin­ the pool." the Terriers 66-58, winning ish. Sophomore diver Tanya Mainville agrees that she also has a bid to the NCAA tourna­ The women stand with a record of 4-1 , and the men are 3- an optimistic outlook on the season. • ment. 2 going into Saturday's meet against George Washington "We've had a lot of hard competition and we' ve stayed pos­ But things have changed University. itive," she said. "Now all we need to do is focus on the con­ over the last 10 months, At the International Hall of Fame Ocean Mile competition ference. including the graduation of in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla._ December 3 I, the women swimmers "We need to mentally prepare ourselves for the conference, Boston's Joey Beard and placed second out of 50 co lleges, and the men placed fourth so we can win and do the best for ourselves.'' Delaware' s suspension of out of 45 schools. Hayman said he is confident that the team will do well in tournament MVP Dt_rryl Hens' coach John Hayman said he does not want to dwell the rest of their meets and the America East Championship. Presley. ;.. ~ on the impressive wins. Instead, he is looking ahead to the "We don't have superstars," he said. "We have down-to­ Instead, it was Br~j..o upcoming America East Championships and said the Hens' earth, gutsy swimmers. I can put six or seven in the confer­ leading the Terriers (5-6,11- dual meets will help prepare the team·. ence. No other team can do that." 2 America East) wit~ a "Most college swim programs don' t put much weight into The swimming and diving team will head to George game-high 21 points, ~ a dual meets," he said. "Our schedule is full of tough dual Washington for an away meet at I p.m. Saturday. variety of Hens pla'j)rs meets." making a statement on ~i:he court. :, "Out of all the victoges this year, I've never beelf;so proud of this team [as I \itas tonight],'' Pegues said. "They played tremend&us ball.'' · ~ The Hens will hav a Hens streak snapped 4 chance to extend tltir home-game win-streak to;l5 broke open a close game in the se~ond half at the Towson Center. when they face Towsen Hens sophomore Cindy Johnson said Delaware's major prob­ Sunday, at I p.m., at~ e lem is that there is no team leadership. Bob Carpenter Center. ·!~ "We don't have a specific leader," Johnson said. "There is not Delaware forward Madou Diouf sealed the win with . one constant person taking charge. That is the one thing we are a free throw in Tuesday's game against the Terriers. . lacking." ..'• Delaware's leading scorer, Danielle Leyfert, was held without ~ · - a field goal and scored just two points in the game. "Most teams are trying to crack down on Hens take to the road [Danielle]," Johnson said. "They double­ teamed her each time she got the ball." ;~ Forward Renee Baker had 15 points and continued from 88 ·! 13 rebounds, and Johnson added 14 looking for a good rivalry with third Brandwene said. "You've got to be at 54 points to lead Delaware. ~ur ranked Michigan. best against them." ~: •Diiooiiowlllsiioo;.;,n;...... ;6iii8,._--c__ The Tigers, (6-4, 1-1 America East), led " [The Wol~erine s] are an opportunistic Barber said he is looking forward ;to a 41-38 early in the second half, but team.'' Brandwene said. "They have talent­ close game where each team is lookinf,to outscored the Hens 16-2 to take control, 57-40. ed forwards who capitalize on mistakes." make the other lose control. ..; "Being a young team, when we get a 6-0 or 7-0 run on us , we Delaware will focus on Michigan's Bill "They' re a run-and-gun team,'' he ~ d. don't know how to handle it yet," Johnson said. "We haven't Tucker, Tom Taylor and Trevor Rosen . "They stick you a bit - try to get y~r learned how not to get down on ourselves." "They are by far the top line," emotions high ." -~ THE REVIEW/File Photo Towson shot 63 percent, 17 of 27 from the field in the second half and 52 percent for the game. Delaware, (6-4, 0-2 America • Delaware guard Cindy Johnson and the Hens had their East), shot a dismal 31 percent from the field. three-game win-streak stopped by Towson Sunday. Tiger Shniece Perry had II points, 10 rebounds, and four assists, while teammate Jess Gordon added 14 points and eight BY DOMENICO MONTA)'IARO rebounds. Sports Edirnr Johnson said she likes Delaware's chances for next week's The Delaware women 's basketball team had their three-game game against Northeastern. win-streak snapped Sunday. The Hens suffered their lith straight "In our league anyone can beat anyone," Johnson said. "I~ just America East road loss since beating Towson at the end of the depends on which team steps up. • 1997 season. "We shouldn 't have a problem if we come ready to play. That The 68-54 loss to the Tigers was Delaware's second consecu­ loss gave us a wake-up call." • tive conference loss. The Hens will travel to Boston for a I p.m. game against the Towson's Jill McGowan came off the bench to ~core a game­ Huskies January 9. • high 16 points, including four three-pointers, as host Towson

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~ .... l-; t. 4 www.review.udel.edu J.r' ,.,.. January 8, 1999 • B8 ~~~ommentary \,~ I ·' BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE ·'··':·S. '''· KAREN DISCHER Perry hits JUmper to force overtime st another BY KAREN BISCHER Managing Spo rts Editor The scoreboard hangi ng over the Acierno ~ay at the Arena blinked the onl y word that could sum up the event which had taken place on the basketball court below. Wow. -~:-~ffice~ ._ ''-· ~· An e xuberant Hens c rowd filed out he bounce in Mike . Tuesday night to the tune of "Hit the Road, Brey's step seemed to Jack ," and it may have looked as if indicate a kind of relief Delaware's 75-74 win ov.er Boston · as the coach made his University had come easily. II,. w ay from the locker Yet, it was anything but easy. : ~m back to the gym for a post-game Only minutes earlier. Terrier's guard -i~w interview. LaVar Folk missed a 10-foot jumper that , ·:·;'just another day at the office," he would have gi ven BU a 76-75 victory at the ~ ked jokingly as he passed by the buzzer. :~le of media waiting their turn to And that was only the end of overtime. ·ui:SICuss the battle that had just ceased. The Hens, ( 10-2, 3-0 America East) were y,lf the 75-74 over-time victory trailing early in the battle hv as much as II 1 ~inst Boston University did any­ pomts m the first iihing (aside from helping Delaware half. go.undefeated in the America East), it But the Delaware 11Ja:ve ,the crowd something to be excit­ MEN'S squad rallied and won ,ep '~~, bout on what may have otherwise sAsBtitALL with a free-thro,w by 1)ee.o a boring Tuesday evening. forward Madou Diouf •.. •a lt had a little bit of everything and -=------,::-:---:-=- with 15 seconds left . makes you wonder why anyone Boston 74 OT in the ovenime . ;would be missing the NBA. H.e.ns____ 7_s_ ...._ And the Hens had to !.• After crushing Northeastern - do without one of .&mday. the Hens seemed ready to their bigger threats in the OT. take advantage of the 5-5 Terriers Junior guard Mike Pegues was ejected s,qttM. Mike Pegues appeared poised from the game with 6:24 remaining in the to o~ntinue his dominance in scoring, first half with the score knotted at 51 . As a illrid.the team looked ready to give the result of the foul , Terriers forward Walter 4,iZS

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