Executed by State by YVONNE THOMAS and KEVIN Decide BARRETT Staff Reporters SMYRNA, Del
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An Associated Collegiate _Press Pacemaker Award Winner • THE • They have what it takes to Hens football wins 59-42 join the Cluck-U wall, over Villa nova, Bl B8 Non-Profit Org. 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 U.S. Postage Paid Thesday & Friday Newark, DE Permit No. 26 ·FREE ""o 1 ume 127 1ssue 22 www· review · udel · edu Tuesday, November 1, Proposal aims to move Smyth freshmen BY STEPHANIE DENlS freshmen throughout South Central residence can take out our anger on Smyt!J,' and then go SwdetU !\/lairs Ediwr Students reacted positively, she said, but halls; trash it," she said. The offi ce of Residence Life proposed a suggested some changes, such as making • a nd opening spaces in Smyth to Cummings said Residence Life is looking Smyth 50 percent freshmen instead of just plan to disperse two-thirds of Smyth Hall upperclassmen. at many ways of improving student life. one-third. freshmen into residence halls along South The proposal a ims to reduce possible "Sometimes all-freshmen donns are not Freshman Matthew Hopkins said he feels Central campus because of Smyth's problems while maintaining a comfortable conducive to academic pursuits," she said. propensity for vandalism. an upperclass presence is a good idea. environment for freshmen. According to the "Students are trying to adjust to campus, This reputation resu!ted from a string of Last weekend, someone tore all the posters proposal, past vandalism in Smyth caused 'the adjust to their independence. They' re off the wall in the hallway, he said. Another incidents in February 1999 resulting in $7,000 residence hall to become a place students and exploring their limits." in damage and the relocation of 11 Smyth time, the water fountain was kicked in. During nonstudents feel they can trash on a dare or Cummings said two residence halls on residents. Homecoming weekend, he said, someone while pledging an organization. South Central - Warner and Squire - are· Public Safety Cpt. Jim Flatley said nine kicked open the water supply valve in the Cynthia Cummings, director of Residence already 50 and 40 percent freshmen, bathroom. incidents of criminal mischief were reported in Life, said Smyth's problems have decreased respectively, and upperclassmen have not Smyth during 1999. Six inc idents have However, Hopkins said, he enjoys living in over the past two years. complained about these arrangements. Smyth. occurred so far during 2000. 'This is not ,specifically about Smyth," she "When freshmen and upperclassmen live Elissa Greenstein, East Campus area '1t' s not that tons of stuff happens," he said. said . " It' s about improving the overall together, freshmen are influenced by the '1t's a few big things." coordinator and author of the proposal, environment for freshmen." behavior of the upperclassmen," she said. emphasized that the plan is very tentative. Cummings also stressed the working nature . However, junior Chiara Ciotoli, pres·ident Greenstein said she believes upperclassmen of the proposaL The suggestions listed in the proposal of the Resident Student Association, said will want to live in Smyth because of its "This idea is nowhere near official," she include: . many students still have a bad view of Smyth. location and recent renovations. said. "It's an idea that's being circulated, and THE REVIEW/Caitl in Thorn • Reducing the number of freshmen living in "Upperclass students or those from outside Ciotoli said Residence Life brought up the Officials are proposing moving upperclassmen Smyth to one-third; we'll weigh the advantages and hear about that reputation and think, 'Oh, we proposal at the RSA meeting last week. disadvantages." into Smyth Hall, which has been plagued by • allocating the remaining two-thirds of vandalism problems for the past several years. Florida Dw~yne Weeks courts to executed by state BY YVONNE THOMAS AND KEVIN decide BARRETT Staff Reporters SMYRNA, Del. - Dwayne Weeks died 12:30 a.m. Friday from lethal injection in president tbe Delaware Correctional Center. Weeks was convicted ot tnurderirtg his BY ANDREA N. BOYLE estranged wife Gwendolyn Weeks and her NatiolliiiiSmte Nell'S Editor boyfriend Craig Williams in 1992. Late Monday afternoon, the Florida Before midnight on Friday, about 100 Supreme Court still had not decided protesters gathered outside the prison gates, whether hand recounts will be tallied praying, waving signs and ringing bells to in the presidential election results. show they disagreed w ith capital punishment. <~!!~ decision hinges on the court's response to arguments made by "It think it is important that each time Republican Texas Gov. George W. we kill in the name of justice, we kill in the Bush's lawyers, asking that the state name of all the citizens in our state," said acknowledge last Tuesday' s 5 p.m. Kevin O ' Conne ll of Delaware Citizens deadline for recounts in three Florida Opposed to the Death Penalty. " 0 u r counties. ·presence shows a number of citizens don' t If the believe in what's ·going to happen tonight." decision Meanwhile, inside the prison walls, print and broadcast media, prison officials and falls in favor THE REVIEW/Christian Jackson other w itnesses gathered in Building 26, of Bush, THE REVIEW/Christopher Bunn Protesters outside the Delaware ongoing Junior Darrell Edmonds celebrated the football team's come-from-behind win with his recently built by the Delaware Correctional Correctional Center tolled this bell manual recounts will be ignored. teammates. The victory put the Hens at 10-1. The team now prepares for the post season. Center for the sole purpose of housing executions. from midnight until they were told Fourteen days after Election Day, Weeks had died via lethal injection. the nation still waits for the declaration Weeks' death was the first to take place of a victor. in the building. Outside, the protesters, who had not yet After counting the absentee -ballots Witnesses peered through glass panes received word of Weeks' death, continued Delaware seeded No. 2 separating them from the white-clad body with their demonstrations for another half received by the 5 p.m. deadline on Friday, of the approximately 6 million on the gurney. They waited for D wayne an hour. BY MIKE LEWIS into the tournament by virtue of the squad's 24-17 Weeks to die. A ro und 12 :45 a.m., a representative existing Florida votes, Bush held 930 Managing Spons Editor more than his Oct. 7 victory over Richmond. Rena Mack stood among the witnesses. f r o m the Delaware D epartment o f For the fir.st time since 1997, the Delaware Democratic "Obviously, we are delighted to win the ball Mack, the sister. of Gwendolyn Weeks, Co rrections arrived to inform the crowd football team will compete in the NCAA Division I watched as her sister' s killer spoke his final opponent, Vice game," Delaware head coach Tubby Raymond said. that Weeks had been put to death. AA playoffs. words. President AI " If you have to share the championship with The protesters remained o utside the On Sunday, Delaware was awarded with the No. Gore. somebody, it's nice to share it with a team you have Weeks glanced at the crowd through the prison. Standing in the rain, the crowd sang 2-seed in the 16-team tourney, which, if the team windows on his left and right. Then he Tho u gh beaten." hymns of hope and mourning for the life continues to win, will provide it with home-field fixed his eyes on the ceiling. Gore won the · The Hens missed the playoffs during the last two that had ended during their vigil. advantage until the championship game. The Hens nation's seasons, finishing with identical 7-4 records both "Over eight years ago, I asked the Lord Weeks was the II th person executed in play No. 15-seed Portland (Ore.) State next Saturday into my life and make me a new creature in popular vote, years. Delaware since 1992, when convicted serial at noon. here," he said. the candidate The '97 team advanced to the I-AA semifinals killer S teven Pe nne II received lethal The Hens gained an automatic entry into the who wins before falling to McNeese St. 23-21 at Delaware "I say to all who hear my voice: I hope injection. tournament by defeating Villanova 59-42 at F lorida's 25 Stadium. The Hens have advanced to 11 Division I and pray that you, too, ask the Lord to In 1986, the General Assembly passed a Delaware Stadium Saturday afternoon. come into your heart a nd that you are electoral votes AA tournaments since 1981. statute making lf'thal injection the only The win against the Wildcats gave Delaware its saved." will be the Delaware has not won a national championship legal method of capital punishment. first Atlantic 10 championship since 1995, when the Moments after Weeks made h is president-elect. in football since 1979, when the Hens defeated Before Pennell, no one had received the league was known as the Yankee conference. statement, he gasped audibly. Decisions Youngstown St. 38-21 in Albuquerque, NM. for the death penalty in the state of Delaware since The Hens (10-l) ended the season tied with Ninety-two seconds later, his diaphragm made prior to Division IT title. Delaware also won "small college" 1946. Weeks received the death penalty Richmond in the conference standings. Delaware stilled and his eyes narrowed. Monday ' s national championships from the Associated Press for breaking m to his wife' s Wilmington and the Spiders both finished with 7-1 conference Two minutes and 32 seconds later, the Supreme Court in 1946, 1971 and 1972.