Coming out the University and Tasted Freedom
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In Sports In Section 2 An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper Murray and Uh oh, uh oh! Coles drafted Hammer turns by USBL Philly out page BS page 81 NCAA survey finds inequities in university athletics Men's sports programs By Abby Stoddard "We don't need a law to do what is right," month in The Chronicle. university. Contributmg Editor Johnson says. "We took it upon ourselves to The survey reports that operating University officials say improvement is A survey examining spending on make sure suppon systems are equal." expenses for men's Learns at the university needed, but that this university is better than collegiate athletic programs indicates the But according to a recent survey in The totalled $716,810 during the 1990-91 school most universities. university may be in violation of a federal Chronicle of Higher Education the financial year, while $122,916 was spent on women's "We're not perfect, but we stand very receive more financial gender-equity law. teams . well compared to a vast majority of Title IX of the Education Amendments of Men comprise 63.7 percent of the institutions in the country," says Mary Ann • 1972 requires that athletic financial • See editorial page A8 university's athletes, but they receive more Hitchens, senior women's administrator for assistance be allocated in proportion to the than 80 percent of the funds allocated for athletics. support, better facilities number of male and female athletes and that suppon systems are disproportionate. athletic expenses, according to the survey. In February, President David P. Roselle all other benefits also be equivalent. The university spent $900,008 on athletic The university does not release individual asked the staLe for an additional $44,000 for Athletic Director Edgar N. Johnson says scholarships for men and $247,479 for sports financial figures. athletic scholarships to continue to improve the university is trying to improve any women during the 1990-91 school year, Noncompliance with Title IX could resull Title IX compliance ;md to meet anticipated than women's teams inequity problems that exist. according to the survey released early this in complete loss of federal funding for the see NCAA page A7 local businessman admits to fraud PaulL. Teeven confesses to embezzlement By Rebecca Tollen about $140 million from September City News Editor 1987 to August 1989: Paul L. Teeven, president of a 'The Teeven brothers and Keams Newark-based, nationwide truck encouraged students to pay in cash driving school, admitted Tuesday to or with cashier's checks. They did skimming millions of dollars from not report the payments to the the school and its students. school's accounting department and Paul Teeven, 60, of Newark, pocketed the money. pleaded guilty to conspiracy to Students were also encouraged to defraud the Internal Revenue stay at the nearby Marlex Motel in Service (IRS) and making a false Bear, Del. so the Teeven brothers statement within jurisdiction of the and Kearns could receive kickbacks U.S. Department of Education for every student they referred. before U.S. District Court Judge In order for the students to be: Murray M. Schwartz. accredited for financial aid, the: According to Assistant U.S . company had to give refunds within Attorney Richard G . Andrews, 30 days. The Teeven brothers and. Teeven signed an agreement on Feb. Kearns did not pay the refunds ori 5, 1991, which stated he would time, causing the government to pay enter a guilty plea at his court date. the increased interest on the· Roben L. Teeven, Paul's brother refunds. and owner of the school, and They also wrote refund checks Thomas J. Kearns, the vice for students who did not deserve· , THE I Pamela Wr~ De Stefano Children of abortion rights activists cheer during Wednesday night's demonstration in W;Jmington to support Roe v. Wade. president, were also involved in the refunds, forging the checks and' embezzlements, Andrews said. keeping the money. Robert Teeven, who also owns IRS agents determined that the more than a dozen Newark three received $119,000 from the properties and the Teeven Holding motel kickbacks, more than $1.4 Abortion-rights activists unite Co., was indicted for bank fraud and million from the students who paid tax evasion in December. in cash and $359,000 in refund Andrews gave the following checks. As court debates Pennsylvania law, protesters rally for reproductive freedom account of how the three skimmed Andrews said Paul and Robert about $1.9 million from 1985 to Teeven both received 40 percent of 1989 from the USA Training the kickbacks from the motel and By Lewis R. Ware Wednesday the Court began hearing a Academy, which made a proflt of Assistant News Editor case challenging a controversial see TEEVEN page A6 Wll..MINGTON - Angry abortion-rights Pennsylvania law that restricted abonion. advocates met in a Wilmington church The 1989 Pennsylvania law requires a 24- Wednesday night, joining a national chorus hour waiting period, parental consent for of protest on the day the Supreme Court minors, advice on alternatives, and spousal began hearing the Pennsylvania Abortion notice before an abonion can be performed. Testimony reveals Control Act case. Heather Proctor, co-executive director of "We are at war," Vivian Houghton, of the Wilmington Federation of Human Rights, National Organization for Women (NOW) said the Court was likely to uphold the law, told the audience of about 80 people at the which would limit access to abortions. First and Central Presbyterian Church on "It's going to be more dangerous to poor two sides of Cohen Market Street. women," she said. "People who are more The Supreme Coun will strike down Roe financially able can always go to another By Larry Dignan his face as he listened to his words v. Wade, she said, and a woman's right to an state." Speci•l Assiplment ~porter being read. abortion would be determined by a "sexist" In cities across the country, abonion rights WILMINGTON - Charles While cross-examing Sadoff, political system. activists and opponents of Roe v. Wade Cohen's defense attorney presented State Prosecutor Bob O'Neill tried The 1973 Roe v. Wade decision clashed outside abortion clinics and on main testimony Wednesday which to establish that Cohen was capable prohibited states from regulating a woman's streets. In Buffalo, N.Y., 194 anti-abortion portrayed the former university of refraining from murder and could decision to have an abortion during the flrst activists, most of them members of a group student as a pleasant high school have made choices. six months of pregnancy. called Operation Rescue, were arrested student who turned violent, resented "Would you agree he made a Unless abortion rights supporters outside a clinic. his parents and later killed them. number of choices?'' O'Neil asked. mobilize, said Jennifer Rosenberg (AS JR), In Wilmington, the abortion rights Dr. Robert Sadoff, a prominent "Yes," Sadoff said. vice president of the Student Coalition for demonstrators gathered for the rally on psychiatrist who examined Cohen "He made a choice of weapon." • Choice, "we'll see back-alley abonions and Rodney Square, which is usually a busy area Oct. 4, said Cohen perceived his "Yes." the government taking control of our during the day. But at night, the square was A woman lets her sign do the talking while parents as having too much control "He chose to shower afterward." · bodies." see SUPPORTERS page A7 listening to abortion-rights speakers. over his life. "Yes." · And in an act of revenge, he "He chose to smoke afterward. " killed them, Sadoff said. "Yes." Sadoff, who has evaluated more And O'Neill said Cohen made than 3,000 parent-killers, diagnosed numerous calculated decisions Cohen as having several mental see COHEN page A6 disorders, including an impulsive borderline personality and paranoia. He said Cohen's violent nature did not come out until he attended ..---- INDEX------, Coming out the university and tasted freedom. "The new environment had an Colleges Across the NationA2 effect on his feelings of control," Campus Briefs ................... A2 Gay student confronts life in heterosexual world Sadoff said. Classifieds ............ ............. 87 And, he said, Cohen resented Comics .............................. B9 By Robyn Furman gay." what he thought was his parents' Lighter Side ........................A3 Copy Editor Green (UA GR) says he didn't control over him. Police Report .....................A2 Sometimes he wears jeans. completely come to terms with Sadoff testified that Cohen Review and Opinion .......... AB Most of the time though, he can his homosexuality until he was an justified killing his parents because Sports ............................ .... BS be found in slacks, a shirt and undergraduate at South Missouri they were too controlling. permy loafers. State University and dated a man Cohen changed a guilty plea to ---Also insUlt:--- He wears several earrings, for the first time. guilty but mentally ill in February, about 12 black bracelets on his He says he read a lot about meaning he believes he did not have A profile of Ruth Minner .... A3 left arm, and his brown hair, 20th homosexuality, but never the control to refrain from killing Commonwealth awards ..... AS which was once purple, is long in • recognized himself in any of it his parents. Senioritis .... ........................AS the back and S(rllyed in a high arc A;m;yma;y because most of what he read was According to a transcript of in the front. 197%- 1991 negative, and he didn't see Cohen's confession, the former This well-dressed 25-year-old himself as evil, immoral or university student said he called his has the same worries as most graduate deviant. father upstairs in their Hockessin students.