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Official wants Hens let computers for two go by dorms page 11 THE EVIEWA FOUR-STAR ALL-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER DUSC Serial ki IIi ng works trial begins By Michael O'Brien Staff Reporter WU..MINGTON - The trial of to kill Delaware's farst accused serial killer, Steven B. Pennell, began Tuesday in a crowded superior cowtroom. Pennell was indicted in system December 1988 and charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Catherine DiMauro, Students sign 31, Shirley Ellis, 23, and Michelle petition to end Gordon, 22, all from the Newark area. plus/minus plan Prosecuting attorney Kathleen M. Jennings said the victims will By Jen Podos "speak from the grave" through the Staff Reporter use of forensic medicine. "They will tell you who murdered them," she About 600 students have signed said. a Delaware Undergraduate Student Defense attorney Eugene J. Congress [DUSC] petition to Maurer Jr. said in his opening overturn the Faculty Senate's comments that the evidence against approval of the plus/minus grading Pennell is all circumstantial. He told system, DUSC officials said. the jury, "The human spirit will cry DUSC members began out for vengeance," after viewing distributing the petitions Tuesday pictures and videotapes of mutilated in the Perkins Student Center. women the prosecution will present. Panhellenic Council members also Jennings said, "As smart as he distributed the petitions to all thought he was, he always left John Schneider fraternities and sororities to gather something behind or took something Steven B. Pennell enters with him that he didn't think was Wilmington Superior Court important." Tuesday to face first-degree see editorial page 6 In her opening comments, murder charges. Jennings told the 'jury how a man student support. tortured and strangled three women see relat2d story DUSC President Jeff Thomas until they were near death . She page 3 (BE 90) said the purpose of the described how a man tied the wrists petition is to build a coalition of and ankles of the victim, ripped their Jennings introduced evidence that people who oppose the system so clothes apart, and "beat them on the included DNA fingerprinting the undecided one-third of the head, over and over." results, duct tape identified as faculty senators will vote to "That man was Steven Brian Pennell's, fibers found on the overturn the system. If the vote is Pennell," she said pointing at the victims' bodies that match fibers in not overturned, the system might defendant from across the Pennell's van and hair vacuumed ·go into effect in 1990. courtroom. from Pennell's van that prosecution Thomas said he hopes to bring Maurer opened by saying, "The said matches one of the victims' hair. about 4,000 petition signatures to prosecutor pointed at him but I'm Maurer also said all three women the Faculty Senate before it votes. standing behind him," as he walked were prosti Lutes and two of the • DUSC Vice President Mike behind Pennell and put his hands on women were dependent on alcohol :DiFebbo (BE 91) said many Faculty Pennell's shoulders. or cocaine. He said the women were Senate members think the new Tim Swartz Maurer asked the jury to keep an known to associate with "unsavory system will reduce grade inflation. A homeless marcher pauses to rest at Delaware Stadium. About 250 marchers and housing open mind, not fall victim to the characters." DUSC research indicated grade advocates will descend on Washington to protest housing shortages nationwide. "primordial lust" of vengeance from Testimony began with 20-year inflation does not exist and a seeing what happened to the old witness Leslie Mahoney who plus/minus system might contribute women. described how she and her to inflation. Homeless take cause He pointed at Pennell and told the boyfriend found Ellis' body on the DUSC claims the Faculty Senate jury to bear in mind, "This man roadside in an industrial park. is more concerned with dropping the basically will be fighting for his life The prosecut io n al so called present system than creating the best to nation's front door in the next two to three months." Detective John R. Al stadt of the system for students. Jennings said the most shocking Delaware State Police, who was "Even people who are for the By Sharon Breske Many housing advocates and dollars on housing and we'd like a aspect of murders is that there is no dispatched to the scene, as the final plus/minus system itself are saying Copy Editor marchers who are hom eless restoration of that funding ." apparent motive. "The motive is the witness on th e opening day of 'We don't think there's been enough walked from as far as Boston to Mike Bliss, 41, said he is very act of torture and murder. It testimony. research done,' " DiFebbo said. About 250 marchers protesting join the march which began in marching because, "I ain't got no provides its own motivation." Alstadt was one of the members George J. Muench (BE 90) said, homelessness on their way to New York City Sept. 19. place to live and I think they Maurer said, "There is evidence of the criminalistics unit th at went to "[The plus/minus system] is Washington, D.C., stopped for "One of the main focuses of the should raise the minimum wage. in this case that points to guilt, but the scene to preserve the physical terrible. They don't offer an A plus. revitalization at Delaware Stadium march is to obtain affordable "We'll go down and make some there is just as much evidence evidence. He identified more than I don't think there's anything wrong Wednesday. housing," said Yvonne Dickerson, noise." pointing to non-guilt." 20 photos of the scene and Elli s' with our system right now." The marchers are walking to a a local Housing Now! organi zer. John Eves, 45, a homeless He said, "I would be a fool to body and closeups of her injuries national housing rally Oct 7 "Since 1980, we've lost billions of stand up here and tell you that some taken at the medi cal e xa miner's see HOMELESS page 4 see DUSC page 4 things in this case aren't suspicious." office. Lee · intercourse and 16 simple assaults :ay·chris ·~~;; ;.. :::: ~;; Stalf Reporter crime reports reported last September, Newark Police and University Police 's~~ 'iiti\vll today marks •.• iJ1~ reflect awareness reported. In the past two weeks, one male By Lorna Sapp mappropnate bu~ cnmmal ~havJOr. Jewish -New .. Year, ,a so!eil'ill =i=/i:\tRO$ti'HitSb8i:OO(isia:tirtle w~n }i Rosh Hashanah. is a festival filled and two female university students Staff Reporter have reported being assaulted. in~~:s~~:t ~eli~7!;~e ~~ :!~~~ .· !~~;e.o{ ,.reflection · ~~a ·;: %~~~~::; ~~ ; ~~;h~J~ ::.:.~.; ;~~~~~~%·~~;di~~~t "I think that we are finding that assaults. 'Y!e thmk It prpbably ;:, ~ many Jewish students, RQS!t ' ~ :; l(l9l(lt\~hQ.; we ·; ~Jly ~.~ .~ Pt.l)'I08 and reflecting Ill a temple. The number of simple assaults our incidents are going up, but I and acts of unlawful sexual don't know if you could call that intercourse reported to police this either excessive or non-excessive," month have increased from those in ~~r::::o:~;~:~;:~ ;S~.!F:~.:::.~y w~~ ' 1-~Jl*! ~::;::~:~~~~;..: , Hogan said. September 1988, Newark Police to report JL _to so~~e, he ~ld. "MO!I,t students go home .. over . R-c).$~ :.: l{li:~i'iji '': j:!i ~: ~~tijbS , J.~ will ~richer. ·'· ... .·•·•· ... One act of unlawful sexual The IS _a Rosh Hashanah to be with family, •l«>ssi Hashanah is a Symbol of said. ~nlverslty c~nsldcr~d ' Sttiaeiit~' ~·. :'JeWiSh .•. intercourse and 66 simple assaults safe he said, but It IS (he hOliday falls on a a'&tsh or a new beginning for "I think, though, that it is a envuon~ent, · arids~#.e aili~ti '::~\ od,Ri ~ ii-liPPte)h .: Start were reponed on and off campus an_ envuonment that reflects ·\Veekend this year,:thal wiU be very tJJe Jew," Horowitz said. heightened awareness that has led als~ ~i ·:.·in ; ~~~O } (~;;: $ ., ... :bi)U~ · lb~ from August 1987 to July 1988. SOCiety~ general. People must ~e tasy for them to do," · ~ad Alan s!eetl~e\(~ ' ~~~~fhld t~it · .. Hillel, another camp~ Jewish people to believe on campus that it Two acts of unlawful sexual is particularly worse this year than it intercourse and 63 simple assaults ~~~:~~:~t.and be aware of their . :~~~:· assistant professor of . ~~~~t.~:: '~~~ , f~~;:~.; ~# ,.. ' ~~::n~a~~~~~~~:~ii:!l~~~: . was in 1988," Newark Police Chief were reponed from August 1988 to University Police tries 10 stress The holiday, which symbolizes it ·st.ould.)bo'''ob · ·C~Jnpi:IS ' IO' we're · United Methodist Center, 69 E .. William A. Hogan said Tuesday. July 1989, Capt. James Flatley of Two acts of unlawful sexual University Police said Tuesday. :C~~o~~~e r~~:c~k~h~r~~:~~a:i~~ .the, world'!! creation, is observed on ~~tO . ~ ~t!~ t9 ii ~~ s~. today at 6 p.m. Temple intercourse and 26 simple assaults thcrfirst day of the seventh manth . ~u.:. iild RibtiJ· Chum, hOSt . Bethel El wiU hold tervic:ea Paul A. Ferguson, assistant becoming crime victims, Flatley , of the Jewish calendllr. It usually . or.,Chabld.~· ·,~:;,;•· ' iomom>w ~d. Stmday atlO a.m. were reported this month compared director of Student Health Services said. 2 • THE REVIEW • September 29, 1989 Students tO lobby .lot f~nancial support By Lori Atkins efforts, said Jeff Thomas (BE 90), DUSC Dover. research phase, said DUSC Vice President Staff Reporter president "The committee fell out of use around 1984 Mike DiFebbo (BE 91).