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City council defeats controversial midnight ordinance . By TOBIAS NAEGELE tabling it." He added that he ministration and the student said that he understood that ticipate. plans to support a "communi­ body. there is a "big problem," but Tracey Lyon, president of The proposed midnight or­ ty effort" to improve the Suchanec questioned if the that it was the feeling of the Resident Student Associa­ dinance, a topic of con­ situation. · city was properly taking ad­ DUSC that the ordinance . tion (RSA), said that the RSA siderable debate in Newark "This is a community pro­ vantage of the university would not stop the problem. for several months, --was had polled the residence blem," he said. "The or­ police force. "They have a "You'll have a mass migra­ halls, and they did not feel defeated by a vote of 4-2 at a dinance has brought that to force equal in size and train­ tion out of the city of Newark meeting of the city council that the ordinance "would our attention. I hope that ing to our own," he said,in­ at midnight," he said. stop students from drinking." Monday night. there will be a community dicating that he thought the Rogers, like Suchanec, urg­ Ruth Wilson, a senior The proposal of Councilman solution." He also said that he city could utilize this force ed that a committee be form­ citizen and Newark resident, William M. Coverdale, the or­ would support a committee more adequately. ed to investigate the problem said that she supported the dinance would have pro­ made up of representatives Bruce Rogers, president of and requested that students ordinance, and put much of hibited the sale of alcoholic from. the city, the police the Delaware Undergraduate and representatives of the the blame for the city's pro­ l)everages in bars and force, the university ad- Student Congress (DUSC), university be allowed to par- blem on the student popula­ restaurants after midnight, tion. "Why must the students an hour before the current closing time of 1 a.m. Cover­ eat and drink later than 12 dale felt that this would help a.m.," she asked. "When do they study?" Let them go to alleviate what he considers to be a severe alcohol problem New Jersey, Pennsylvania or Maryland.'' in the city. Bill Stevenson, owner of the "Newark bears a stigma," Stone Balloon, said that it he wrote in a letter addressed should be pointed out that the to the mayor and the members of the city council. "median age at the Stone Balloon is 26," and that "A morally offensive reputa­ therefore, it should be ap­ tion of being a 'land of booze' and a 'drinking person's parent that it is not his clientele that are causing the paradise'." problem. Coverdale attempted to Regardless of the outcome postpone the vote on the or­ of this hearing, Stevenson dinance for a period of three continued, he intends to work months, during which time, on a committee made up of he said, a committee could be himself and the owners of the established to study the pro­ Deer Park, the Down Under blem and report back to the and Klondike Kate's. He also council with its results. That motion failed, however, in a mentioned the possibility of including student represen­ tie vote. Councilman John R. tatives on the committee. The city council has set Mon­ Suchanec, who supported day, Oct. 19 as the date for a Coverdale in his efforts to "workshop" meeting, when delay action on the ordinance, they plan to create an offficial said: "I don't think it (the or­ committee to study the pro­ dinance) is worth two hoots. I blem. don't ... support it. I support GEORGE McGOVERN McGovern speaks out on New Right, nuclear buildup • tion in nuclear arms spen- By BARBARA ROWL~ND Former senator feels prestige has fallen since II ding. "Warfare, both hot and George McGovern rekmdl- u.s., ww cold, should be relegated to ed their sense of patriotism the University Honors Pro- some would argue, militari- have been won because can- the scrapheap of history ... " and their pride in the gram. ly." didates find it simpler to The MX missile system and American tradition of Former three-term McGo~ern labeled anti- focus on anti-communism as giganticnewaircraftcarriers freedom. He gave them a Democratic senator from communism as the agent of an issue, he explained, rather merely "add to the utter positive vision of the future. South Dakota, McGovern the decline. "Rejection of an than issues that strike at the futility of the arms race," He laughed at , his own reiterated a theme from his alien ideology does not pro- heart of the voter, such as McGovern said. failures and made humorous 1972 presidential campaign, vide moral and political crime, inflation or unemploy- After insisting that but sharp stabs a this political "Come home,America," say- sustanance to a great na- ment. America s h 0 u 1 d s t 0 p opponents. ing that it "is a more urgently tion," he said, adding that in McGovern denounced the "nuclear overkill" because it He was the consummat~ needed message in the 1980s result a nation's "mood and· United States' emphasis on would only be the Soviets' loss politician out of a job. than the 1970s. •' character are shaped by what m i 1 it a r Y growth and if they did not follow suit, McGovern, scheduled to Because of "misconceived we hate." dominance, saying that "For- McGovern conceded that his speak on 'Conservatism, policies" and "mistaken use Current U.S. priorities are ty years of preparation for view "may be seen as a Liberalism and the Radical of resources and talent," the development of decades war have not been good for radical or unreal notion" in Right," instead described his McGovern said that since of "foreign phobia," instead America's soul." the face of recent hardline perception of misguided World War II, American of foreign policy, according to The audience applauded political stances. American policies and sug- prestige has declined McGovern. frequently and warmly as He then added that both the gested new directions that economically, politically and, Many presidential elections McGovern proposed a reduc- United States and soviet would form a more humane Union know they are assured world. A • ? A th H ' destruction in the case of a Several hundred people 00 plg·O·gfaffi. nO ef en Wlfi nuclear exchange, "but in our overflowed from the Student hearts we still don't believe Center's Rodney Room the FranBerlthrivesinunique it." Wednesday night for the se- • • d Wilmingtonbusiness ... 13 The Hen field hockey team beats F&M 6·fr. ..24 "Some of the fiercest cond lecture of the Conser- 1DS1 e hawks have never heard a vatism series sponsored by (Continued to pa~ 3l / Page 2 • THE REVIEW • October 2, 1981 City inspectors look for overcrowding \ Congratulations To The Great Eight!!! Ordinance could evict students Jeannine Pry, Sharon Rogers, By DAN PIPER standards, such as en­ Police Department. Sharon Cressman, Cindy Eaton, Students might be evicted vironmental problems, fire "If anything, it (the pro­ from their homes if over­ and safety codes and elec­ blem of student parties off Linda Ojakaar, Robin Culp, Terri crowding violations are trical violations," said campus) has increased," discovered during inspections Angelo Vitalo, city building Thornton said. Markovitz, Kelly Kramarek. by the Newark City Building inspector, "but th1s basically "One problem is the ban on Department, according to ci­ is to curtail overcrowding. •• open-campus parties. Off­ The section of the city or­ Alpha Love, ty officials. campus parties are becoming The department began in­ dinance which officials are more of a problem as a specting all rental properties starting to enforce, states result," Thornton explained. "Awsome" Omicron Pi in the city this week. that no more than four "In the last two weeks, we've "The inspections will be for unrelated persons may live in made seven arrests of basic minimum property the same house. The or­ students where loud parties dinance went into affect in March, 1981 in response to "OR-campus parties are •••••••••••••••••••••• • •••••••••••••••••••••••••• widespread complaints from • • city residents of loud music becoming more of a pro­ • ~uauuaL unn•t: & Creative Service • and parties. blem... In the last twQ • • The inspections, which • • started Monday, are being weeks, we've made seven • Friday, Oct. 9, 6 p.m. • ·conducted alphabetically, on arrests of students where • • a street-by-street basis begin­ • • ning with Academy Street. In­ loud parties were taking • Temple BethEl 70 Amstel Ave. • spections should be com­ place." • • pleted in about two months. • • Vitalo explained that "no were taking place." • $3.50 Non-Mem ers $2.50 Memb r • concentrated effort was made One student living in an • • before (to enforce the or­ "overcrowded" house said of • • dinance) because we didn't the inspections, "I don't know • • know the specific houses that where I'd go (if evicted)." • • were being rented." David Butler, director of • • Vitalo also said the number housing and residence life, • • of people living in the house said "We will help them out," • • would be determined of students who may need • • "through the landlord. lfhey housing as a result of the in­ ••~!••······~~··•!_••~_!--•••••••••••••- ••••••••••••••.. should know who they're ren­ spections. ting to, although many "We can help through the students sublease to others." off-campus housing office. 1510111 FUTURE II THE AIR? When asked if court orders There is currently a three would be used in cases where page listing of rooms alone. tenants refuse to admit the in­ As far as on-campus housing, spectors into their apart­ any space in traditional ments or houses, Vitalo said, dorms will go to students in "We haven't had any dif­ extended housing," Butler ficulties yet.

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