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Itt Sports Itt Section 2 An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper Blue Hens peck Getting away at Black comfortable Bears with the Cos page BS page Bl FREE TUESDAY Clinton ahead in student presidential poll By lan Madover change. in Clinton led them to back the Scalf Reporter The abortion issue did not Republicans. Later toni·ght the official play a major role in people's Cathy Banks (AS SO) said, results of the presidential decisions. Only 3 percent of "Clinton is a liar, a cheater and election will be known. across the Clinton supporters cited it as a he would bring this country country. deciding factor, but Mara Gross down." But across campus, the votes Others said they believed are al ready in. Bush's experience was an According to an informal important asset to his campaign. phone survey of 260 students Of the students supporting conducted by The Review, Gov. Results show Perot, 39 percent were voting to Bill Clinton was the winner with protest the present two-party 44 percent of the votes. UD students. political system. President George Bush came Cara Bivona (AG JR) said, "I in second, 12 points behind favor Clinton think it is about time we had a Clinton, with 32 percent of the business leader, so he could cut votes. slightly more through all the bullshit." Ross Perot took 19 percent, Joseph Pika, associate while 3 percent of the voters are than Bush chairman of the political science still undecided, and 2 percent department, said that in past found none of the candidates elections the 18 to 25-year-old worthy of their support. age group was the least likely to Of the Clinton supporters (AS FR) said she felt <lifferently. vote. surveyed, 32 percent said being "I like Clinton because he is However, 92 percent of the anti-Bush was enough reason to pro a woman's choice, and if a participants in the poll said they back the Democratic ticket. woman loses this right, slowly were voting this November. Fourteen percent saw Clinton she will lose other rights." Pika said that as long as there The Rf!llit?W/ Joshua Crookshan• as the best candidate and 10 Twenty-two percent of Bush is a big turnout, younger voters percent said they felt a need for supporters said their lack of trust see STUDENT POLL page A3 UDgroup The Review wins protests national award Associated Collegiate Press recognizes abortion newspaper as one. of country's five best Students For life rally By Tracy Keil the entire staff last year." against Newark News Features Ediror At the. ceremony, Jones won CHICAGO- .More than 300 · honorable mention for the ACP/Los Planned Parenthood college journalists waited in Angeles Times Story of the Year anticipation as a representative for award for his articles covering the By L:lura jefferson the Associated Collegiate Press Los Angeles riots in May. SUH llll!potb!f (ACP) read the winners of the Jones said it was very satisfying Horns were honked and voices and National Pacemaker award Saturday. "to show folks what was going on in thumbs were raised Sunday afternoon The Review was one of five four­ L.A." as motorists responded to the Students year non-daily university Donna Murphy (AS SR) was for Life protest in front of Planned newspapers to win the 1991-1992 named first runner-up Saturday for Parenthood on the comer of Delaware · National Pacemaker Award at the the 1992 College Journalist of the Avenue and Haines Street. 1992 National College Media Year sponsored by U. - The Eighteen people: including a 5- Convention. National College Magazine. year-old girl, held signs S!~pporting the The American Newspaper Murphy, a stringer for the News American Collegians for Life national Association calls the Pacemaker Journal, won the award for her series day of studt;nt protest, saying, award the "Pulitzer Prize" of college of articles on homelessness in "Planned Parenthood kills children" jolli'Illljsm. · Delaware. and "Stop abonion - can only God During the summer, The Review Harris Ross, a journalism · hear them cry?" was selected as a regional professor and advisor to The Review, Martha Macris, a spokesperson for Pacemaker by the ACP and College said: "Both Donna and Rich got the Planned Parenthood in Wilmington, Media Advisors. big story and went the extra mile to said, "Abortion is a private decision The regional award made The get the story. between the woman and those she Review eligible for the National "It makes Uoumalism professors] chooses to involve in that decision." Pacemaker award selected by The proud to be pan of a program that Macris also said that abonions are Chicago Tribune. generates students like Rich and not performed at the Newark Planned Dennis Jackson, a journalism Donna." Parenthood but "protestors have the professor said, "This is far and away Jackson said students like Jones, right to proleSt in this counuy ." the biggest award The Review has Murphy and university graduate Bob Dermou Mullan, faculty adviser for won." Weston, the 1991 College Journalist the Students for Life, said the overall Jackson said the Pacemaker is a of the Year, made The Review purpose of the protest was "to raise very large and competitive award. eligible for the Pacemaker award and people's awareness of abortion." "For us to have won top five is distinguish it from other university Jenna Timm (AS SO) said just phenomenal," he said. "It papers. education was another purpose. "We indicates the quality of our He said Murphy did something want to make people think about their [journalism] program." more than just everyday reporting. views and hopefully change them." The National Pacemaker award is Her series showed "the finest Mullan said academia is a place for a culmination of the hard work The tradition in journalism - reponing people to examine the truth Review students, past and present, on something andtryin~fto m_ake.i! and therefore said he hoped people THE REVIEW /lori Barbag have put into the paper, he said. right. "I don't like for us to be would examine the truth of abortion. Freshman Matt Shrine slam dunks during the first Midnight Madness at the Bob Carpenter Richard Jones (AS SR), the 1991- called a student paper. I think we're 'The truth sets people free," he said. Sports I Convocation Center. The event kicked off the 1992-93 basketball season. 1992 Editor in Chief of The Review, .a professional paper. Series like Mullan added that he felt there is said he was very excited to win the Donna Murphy's on homelessness something wrong with society if award, and that it is a "testament to show this," Jackson said. "children are no longer allowed to live." Michael DeAscanis (EO SR) qUOied the national slogan, "We can't jesse jackson's visit afford to lose any more." DeAscanis also said Planned Trick or drink Parenthood is a profit-oriented ef)courages o ·emocrats organization. "The more abortions they perform, the more money they Halloween Mardi Gras loops into and around Wilmington rake in,"be said. By Rich Campbell Patti Finnell (NU SO) said CopyEdiror By Clndace J. Lewis For a $3 cover charge, drinkers." "Abortion is more of a business to WILMINGTON - The Rev. Jesse rw- fftltft Editor inebriated revelers were offered Donna Marie King, an associate these people." Jackson came to Delaware . WILMINGTON - Paul sober Loop-bus rides from one of Melton Entertainment who DeAscanis said 1.6 million Thursday, preaching hope and Revere carne a-<:allin' Friday night, venue to the next as well as . created and has organized the Loop abortions are pefcr.ned per year. praising several Democratic state profoundly heralding not the admiuance to each bar. since 1979, also said partiers Carl Mattia (AS SR) added that, candidates who shared the stage British but his drunken sexual "It's lhe clo!est thing Delaware seemed younger than previously. according to the Abortion Factbook by with him. prowess. will ever come to Mardi Gras," Monitoring and directing Loop the National Committee for Adoption, Professors James H. Sills Jr. and "Comin' to ya! On a dusty road! shouted Todd Klemp1er (AS SR) bus riders over the years, King said adqltions have decreased sharply since House candidate S.B. Woo, along Good Iovin'- I gotta truck load!" over the din of Love Seed Marna she has also noticed a difference in abortion Was legalized in 1973. with Rep. Thomas R. Carper, the he yelled to no one panicular in a Jwnp at the Varsity Grill. cosrumes. Mattia said while the Crisis Democratic candidate for governor, throng of costumed crazies. Getting dressed up, allows "People [previously) wore Pregnancy Center has been accused of joined Jackson in the rally. No sooner had be appeared then people to "vent their craziness," amazing, elaborate costumes," false advertising because it does not Sills, an associate professor of he was gone - wisked away into said David Paul, a Cavanaugh King said. "It seems like now the offer abortions, P1armed Parenthood is urban affairs and public policy, will the rainy night toward another doorman. "Halloween is a good costumes are kind of mediocre." doing virtually the same thing by be Wilmington's first black mayor, Loopy booze fest. opportunity for everyone to vent Seen too frequently to be offering abortion as the only if elected. Ministers for Jim Sills THE REVIEW /Walter M. Eberz And no one blinked an eye. their alter~gos." original were "Wayne's World's" alternative. Mayoral Campaign hosted the event The Rev. Jesse jackson Nothing is sUiprising during the An Callahan, manager of the Wayne and Garth, "Saturday Night DeAscanis said, 'The so-called pro­ at St.
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