An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner FRIDAY April 3, 1998 • • Volume 124 THE Number 44 on-Profit Org. U. S. Postage Paid ewark, DE Permit No. 26 250 Student Center• University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Candidates square off First-ever mayoral debate features Godwin, Ashley BY ROBERT ARMENGOL "It wasn't really a debate," said Mayor properties was not as important to Ashley Ma11.aging Maga:.ine &litnr Ro nald L. G ardner, o ne of abo ut 80 as encouraging more family home­ An unprecedented mayoral debate people - mostly city residents - who ownership through mongage and loan he ld on campus Tuesday nig ht left atte nded the event at the Trabant incentives. Newarl<'s two candidates pretty tired and University Center Theatre. "But that's all Godwin also said he is not interested some voters a little confused. right. It gave us the opportunity to hear in fiddling with current regulations tliat "I'm pooped," councilman Harold F. the candidates· opinions and for them to forbid more than three unrelated tenant God win said afte r the two-ho ur ~----~ he a r the people ' s per rental unit except on some properties discussion of the c ity's most pressing concerns'' g ra ndfathe red to al low fo r four issues. editorial After their five­ housemates. Political newco m er M a rg ue rite pageA6 minute opening But that confusing disparity, Ashley Ashley, his opponent, also said she was s ta te m e nts. Ashley said. may lure rental bu iness to those exhausted. L_____ _j a nd God win fi e lded areas where the four-person maximum is "I had the jiuers for a while, but it questi o ns. first fro m a panel of three common, isolating students from the re t turned out to be fun," she said. ''People Review editors, then from the audience at of the town. are saying the debate was a model of large. ''111ere is no reason why students and civility. I like that." Much of the time was spent hashing re idents can' t live in harmony,'' she said. Indeed, those who showed up looking out the candidates' sli ghtly di fferi ng City Council originally imposed the for the hair-raising fervo r with whi ch . positions on city remal policies. li m it to deal with parking and traffic ewark po litics recently has been Godwin said he is leaning away from congestion. Godwin said . adding that THE REV IEW/ Bob Weill branded mus t h ave been surprised. a cap o n the tota l numbe r o f re ntal more tenants means more cars. THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill Councilman Harold F. Godwin has focused his Ashl ey and G od win agreed on almost properties allowed in Ncwarl<. Candidate Marguerite Ashley highlighted everything. Limiti ng the number of rental campaign on water and traffic problems. see CANDIDATES page A 3 rental property issues during the debate. After 29 years, Gardner calls it quits New Park's BY SUSAN ST OCK done a good job letting s tude nts tri e d to improve life fo r the ho pes to m ake mo re b ike la nes, Srujf Reporter know about the ho using regul ations university o ut side of the office has synchronize traffic lights o n Main Newark Mayor Ronald L. and building codes th at have been been to d ea l wi th the traffic Street a nd start a Newark-t o­ Gardner says he will not run for enacted. problem on campus. Wilmington train route. efforts earn office again. ending his 29 years of "The thing I have always wanted Gard ner has been working wi th " I t would g ive an o pti o n fo r public service with pride in his is to let ne w peopl e kno w w hat th e the Wilming to n Area Pl a nni ng st udents to take some thing o the r accomplishments, a sadness to be regulatio n s a re b e fo r e they are C o unc il to ·improve the fl ow of than a s ing le car to the ir leaving and excitement about what arrested," he says. "I don' t want to traffic around Ne wark. He says the destination," Gardner says. i yet to come. see young people with a record ." problem is that there is no room to H e also says he ho pes to new contract ''I'm not lea·ving because it's Gard ner also does a lot of work expand the city. continue working as an advocate for bad."' Gardner says. ''I'm leaving for the com m uni ty o uts ide the " W e' re ti e d up b e t ween t wo the city, even though he is no longer because it is time to do so.'' office of mayor, suc h as working as s ta tes over w hic h we h ave n o in an elected position. He still plans Above all. City Manager Carl the co-chairm a n of the Bu i lding control," he says. The concert company signed Luft de cribes Gardner as a very Respons ibili ty : A G a rdne r says WILMAPCO dedicated public servant. Campus/Community with the university last week " It's very impressive how he Coal ition, w hi c h is m anages his time to give so muc h s ponsore d by the BY BETSY LOWT HE R have an exclu sive contract with a Admm;,,,,.,,;,.e Nell'.\' Ediwr back to the city," he says. " He does Robert W ood pro m o te r, Sic ili a said . Whe n the n o t treat it like a p a rt-time Johnson Foundation. T h e univer s ity has o ffic ia ll y B o b Carpe nt e r Cente r o pened in position." He says the grant the agreed to a deal that wi II be music 1992, he said co ncert s were C ity Cou n c ilm a n T h o m as unive rs ity received to the cars of many stude nt s . a rra nged ind iv idua ll y by s tude nt W am ple r says Gardner has always was given in ho pes The Phi !ade lphia-based concert groups, the center's staff or o utside been adamant about letting people o f a lteri n g the w o mo tcr New Pa rk Ente rt ai nme nt p ro m o ters li ke E lect ri c Factory from all walks of life speak thei r a tmosphere in t he s ~ gn e d a contract with the uni versi ty Concerts. mi nds. city. last week, g uaranteeing 12 shows at In 1996, the un iversi ty e ntered an "He's one of the most open­ " The ho p e i s to the B ob Carpe nte r Cen te r in the unofficial ag reement wi th Mus ic minded and tolerant people that I've wo rk o n c h a ng in g next year. Fair to a ll ow the company to hook known," he says. "He's enormously the e nvironmem, not L as t fa ll , N ew Park he lped concerts for the univers ity, Sicilia dedicated to the ideal of j u s t the phys ic a l fo rme r uni vers it y pro mo ter Val ley said. Because Music Fair's own democracy." e nvironment. but the Fo rge Music Fair, whic h has sold its concert arena had been sold, shows Gardner was on the City e n v i ro nmen t b us iness, coordinate the sold-o ut o r iginally p lanned for that venue Planning Commission for 13 years, between s t ud e nts sho ws by Li ve, Co unting Crows and were sc hedu led at the Bob City Council for seven years and a nd community," the Indigo Girl . Thi s se mester , Carpenter Center instead. served for nine years as mayor. His Gardner says. New Pa rk has scheduled comedian T hese concerts, which included final term will end April 2 1. R ick Armitage, Carrot T o p fo r April 28 and is in the the Violent Femme . Jo hnny Cash, Over the years, Gardner says he di recto r o f process o f p la nning a concert fo r Wi ll ie Nelson and Kenny Rogers , accomplished several t h ings. gove rnm e nt May. ·old o nly 65 to 75 percent of their through hard work and dedication. relations fo r the " W e feel a bsolutely g reat about ti ckets, Sici lia said. T he performers of which he is proud. universi ty, say s he thi s d eal," said S id Pay ne. vice were big names, he said, but a $40 One of his main issues was the believes Gardner has preside nt o f New Park . " W e' re all ticket price deterred many fans from lack of open space for parks in the been e ffe c ti ve in fired up and read y." coming to the shows. c ity. During his tenure. Gardne r he lping uni vers ity The uni versi t y co m m un i ty is '·Yo u have to deve lop these helped put forth a referendum to and city relati ons.