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IH Sports IH SectioH 2 An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper Patience pays Lee brings off for Malcolm X Delaware•s Fry to life page 85 page 83 FREE :Undercove·r reporter films Kappa Alpha party ~~ne~d from a Kappa Alpha party held party was an ineffective deterrent. know are under 21 who were KYW-1V news earlier this semester. The film also depicted a woman drinking," Dee said. "Otherwise The university chapter of the According to Dean of Students being carried away from the crowd, there could be a libel suit." Kappa Alpha Order was the focus of Timothy F. Brooks, KYW reporter allegedly unconscious from The spokesperson for KYW · spotlights fraternity a KYW-TV news report examining Karen Tietl~baum gained access to consuming too much alcohol. could not be r~ched for comment the dangers of Greek life at area the party with an invitation. In response to KYW's report, as of Thursday afternoon. ' colleges this week. Tietlebaum then used a miniature Kappa Alpha President John Ferris Brooks said the station could in investigative In the Wednesday night segment, fiber-optics video camera to record (AS SR) said: "Kappa Alpha prove that minors were servM. which included footage from a party activities at the party, Brooks said. adheJ eS to all university and · "Kappa Alpha followed the at the Kappa Alpha house, the Neither the fraternity nor Brooks Fraternal Insurance Purchasing [alcohol] regulations to a point," he story on allegedly Philadelphia station's reporter Walt was aware of the surveillance until Group regulations concerning social said. "It appeared that where the Hunter deemed fraternities Monday. functions and the ·use of alcohol alcohol was located was not "dangerous and deadly." He The report detailed Kappa related to them. monitored, and [guests] who were dangerous and compared them to the Alpha's procedures at the beginning "We have done so in the past, underage were not asked for stereotypically wild brotherhood in of the party. Guests exchanged cans and we are committed to doing so in tickets." the movie "Aninial House." of beer for tickets, to be redeemed the future." The television station may also "Too often after the_party ends, later in accordance with the Inter Though the fraternity has not have violated Kappa Alpha's irresponsible tragedies are beginning," Hunter fraternity Council's (IFC) bring contested the charges, Juliet Dee, privacy as a private residence. said in the report. your-own-beer policy. assistant professor of Title 11, section 1335 of the The report told of a Drexel Hunter's account alleged that communications, said the legality of Delaware Code Annotated states "A behavior by Greeks University Alpha Phi Lambda minors at the party were able to KYW's reporting could be person is guilty of violation of fraternity member who died after obtain alcohol despite the questioned. privacy when, except as authorized falling from a roof while restrictions, and that an off-duty "If they are making charges, they Timothy F. Brooks , at local universities intoxicated. It also included footage police officer who attended the have to produce students that they see lnW page A3 Dean of Students Violent crime Minority enrollment rate stable in shows little growth New recruitment programs attempt to Newark area increase·diversity of student population By Chris Dolmetsch City News Editot positive image f~ those students. Last week, a woman was dragged under a truck by "A student's life on campus is not an unknown assailant behind the Pathmark in College When Jai Jennifer, an African strictly an academic life. Students ID.lSl Square, and a local man was stabbed when he American, decided to come to the have a social environment they feel attempted to stop the attacker. university in 1988, he heard from comfortable and soclaJ. in" On Nov. 1, a student was assaulted in her Victoria friends it w~ a "racist school." The university's admissions office Court apartment when she stepped out of the shower. But because he received a Merit has eight admissions officers woo ttavel In October, New Castle County and Newark Police Award Tuition scholarship and the aaoss the country to recruit African- announced that they had linked six erea rapes in the univezsity had a good biology piogram. American students, Hikes said tast year to a serial rapist. • Jennifer decided to at1aX1 the university _:roo Office ri Adnissions also works These and other incidents have led some to believe anyway. with the foor colleges - Business and that Newark is becoming a dangerous place to live, but Jennifer, a recent graduate, was Economics, Engineering, Education, crime statistics show little change from _hist year. referred to the university by a friend of and Human Resources - who have · "An incident like this attracts a lot of attention," the family. programs designed to contribute to the Newark Police Chief William A. Hogan said. "The He said was not a part of the small ~of mioority students, she said university has always attracted a lot of people that group of students· the university has These programs geared toward make the community interesting." targeted as part of ------------ m i n o r i t y But Hogan is quick to point out that the numbers its minority ..This school is very reauitment include: haven't really gone up. The city~ seen 10 rapes and r e c r u i t m e n t the College of attempts this year to date, while 14 rapes had occurred program. separated. White Engineering's RISE last year at this time, he said. According to the d bl (Resources to Insure There has been an increase in the number of Office of people an . ack S u c c e s s f u I aggravated assaults, from five to 19, he said, but this is Ins tit uti 0 n a I people don't integrate Engineers) pugrarn, mainly because the definition of aggravated assault Research and the College of has changed since last year. · Planning, the as much as tfley Ed u c a t i on ' s Hogan said he thinks isolated incidents like the percentage of should... A. S. P. I. R. E. Pathmark one may cause people to panic. African-American program, the ''The problem is, everyone reacts when the news undergraduate -William Moultrie (PE SR) Fortune 2000 breaks, but give it a month and everyone forgets," he students enrolled at program in the said. the university has College of Business Director of Public Safety Doug Tuttle said any inaeased less than 1 and Ecooomics, and increase in crime can be attributed to the times. pen:ent in six years. the HORIZON pugram in the College "There's always some linkage between crime and This year, 631 out of the 14,645 ofHummReswrces. the economy," be said. "Towns like Newark aren't undergraduates at the university are The university's College of isolated like they used to be. African-American students, 343 are Engineering has the highest JXOIXX!ion "But Newark still has a low violent crime rate as Asian, 154 are Hispanic and 24 are of African-American undergraduates of compared to other urban areas." i' Americanlndlans. any traditionally white American Campus rape figures have actually gone down, Ryan Williams (AS SR) said a lot of university. One in eight engineering Tuttle said, from two in 1989 to none last year. black st\Xlents considering coming to the undergraduates is African America,· Hogan said he thinks people need to be more university "!<><* at that number and then according to an article in the winter careful within the city. turn the page" of their Peterson's 1991 UniversityofDelawaremagazine. "'ne advantage the exposure has is it makes people College Guide. Christine Tingle (EG SR) said ~ more cautious and careful," he said. "You shouldn't -be ZenobiaHilces. anAfric:an-.Armican heard about the university's RISE out at two or three in the morning anyway. recently hired as an admissions ~cer. pugram from Frank Wells, the director ''It's just a matter of safety." said there are a number of factors ofthe{I'Ogramfrom 1987until1992. Tuttle said students can help make the campus mER~mN/Ma~~lli~CretKh contributing to the low minority Tingle said Wells and her sdlolarship safer. Tip off! Spencer Dunkley tries to get the ball in his court during the Blue Hens' enrollment at the university. from RISE. which covers room and "We really encourage people to call us if something 129·88 exhibition win over the Fortean Institute Explorers Monday night. Hikes said: "Some students do not boll'd. aew her to the university. doesn't look right," he said. "Most crimes are cmsider Delaware a viible option. The Durin& the five years Wells served a prevented by someone who calls the police." unrest m ca..tnJliS does not contribute a see MINOR11Yp"8e A4 Happy Anniversary Police. survey Laird . National Student Exchange celebrates lot by video camera· 25 years of coast to coast placement By Ken Nager 24-hours-a-day but it didn't seem By Liz Lardaro The NSE has since placed more City N.ws Editor to work out," Heckman said. "It Anistlllt N~ Editor than 30,000 students and its University Police hope a birds became very expensive and it Everyday after classes last membership has grown to more eye view of the Laird campus restricted the officer from semester, university student than 100 colleges and universities, parking lot will help stop criminal patrolling the rest of the campus." Frances Castaldo (PE SR) relaxed Worley says. mischief. - The camera cost between in the sun at the in-ground pool She refers to the university, Large amounts of automobile $12,000 and $15,000, he said.