Playing with Fire Semors See AEIT Members Respond to Eviction Changes in by JEN LEMOS Inside," He Said
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.An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner TUESDAY May 9, 2000 • Volume 126 THE • Number 50 Review Non-Profit Org. Online U.S. Postage Paid www. review. udel. edu Newark, DE Permit No. 26 FREE 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Twice weekly Police efforts lead to alcohol charges alcohol and conduct charges, also carried out its own Twenty-one charges brought against Fa rrall said. enforcement measures on Ten people were charged w ith Delaware A venue. partygoers on Chapel Street possessing open containers of During a sobriety check on alcohol, he said, and three were Delaware A venue, where 785 cars BY JENLEMOS threat to community welfare, Cpl. City News Editor charged with underage possession were stopped, 21 drivers were Mark Farran said. and consumption. field-tested for the levels of "The incident on Chapel Street A weekend of increased alcohol Two people were respectively alcohol in their bloodstream, Lt. enforcement resulted in several was definitel y a public safety charged with resisting arrest and Susan Poley, traffic division arrests, and ewark Police issue," he said. " With all the disorderly conduct, he said, and commander, stated in a press officials said the measures were individuals wandering the street eight with disorderly premise. release. efforts to enhance safety in the after consuming alcohol or being Farra!! said a charge for Eight people were arrested for area. intoxicated , it was a'n active disorderly premise is equivalent to driving under the influence and · 21 c ha rges were brought enforcement measure to curtail a noise violation but does not four were c harged with underage against partygoers on Chapel illegal activity." involve music. consumption of alcohol. Street for various alcohol A student who was charged in " If you're hosting a loud or Poley sa'id the Delaware Office violations. the incident said he felt the party disorderly group at your of Highway Safety provides the Police have released the names was not out of control and did not establishment but don't fundi ng for sobriety checks by of only 16 violators, and all but merit police action. necessarily have music playing, Newark Police. one are university students. "I noticed that the Newark you would be charged with Farrall said the check was a Ten seniors, three juniors, one Police, instead of fighting real disorderly premise for creating random enforcement action. sophomore and one undergraduate crime, were wasting their time disorder or disturbing the quiet of "The sobriety checkpoint is student who is not purs u ing a with 40 officers on my street," he the community," he said. something we conduct degree currently have charges said. While officers patrolled the periodically," he said. " It wasn' t pencling. Police officers patrolling the street for a lcohol violators, the specifically targeted for this The situation was seen as a street made arrests on various Newark Police traffic d ivision weekend." THE REV1EW/Eric J.S. Townsend University and city officials gathered outside the Alpha Epsilon Graduating Pi fraternity house April 24, the day the home was condemned. • Playing with fire semors see AEIT members respond to eviction changes in BY JEN LEMOS inside," he said. City News Editor Sophomore James Smaldone said Amid the controversy over the Brooks gave his ·parents examples of condem nation and future of the the unsafe conditions when they alcohol use Alpha Epsilon Pi house, fraternity telephoned him. members said they have found "He told them that there were BY CARLOS WALKUP places to live. feces on the walls and urine in the News Features Reporter Their home was condemned . ~n sinks," he said, "and. that was so Three years ago, the Roben Wood Johnson April 24 by university and city untrue." Foundation began changjng the university' s officials after being declared Brooks, however, said the living "pa!1)' school" image. unsanitary and unfit for huma n environment was a r isk to the Money dedibated by the organization to occupancy. inhabitants. various institutes is used in many ways - While Dean of Students Timothy "In the bathroom across from the from providing health care for impoverished F. Brooks stated in an e-mail chapter room: feces w~re smeared in families to ensuring that condoms get into the message that the house was the sink, on the wall and on the light hands of sexually active high-school students. unsanitary, members said they did switch," he said. "I said nothing But this campus' tenants have branded the not agree. about urine [in the phone calL]" RWJF as an all-embracing, faceless entity Sophomore Vincent Lenza After their eviction, many hell-bent on seizing their bottled spirits. offered one explanation for the members of the fraternity said they This year' s seniors are the last class of condemnation of the house. had to live with friends until other students to have witnessed the state of the " I think they kicked us out housing opportunities became campus before and after RWJ funds fueled the because there are a lot of students available. school' s war on drinking. Many of them say who need housing for next year, and Smaldone said he was forced to ,the change unjversity life has undergone is this way they can have students live use his vehicle as living quarters ,noticeable. there," he said. during the move. ~ "I think this causes younger people to drink Brooks said the university did not "I was living out of my car for just in their rooms and drink more since they order the students out of the house three days," he said. " I didn't get can't go anywhere," senior Daniel McHugh so it could be used as a residence much sleep, and I didn't make any of said. "It' s certainly depressed party life hall. my classes. around campus - it's not even wonh going " T he students hiid to leave " During the day, I had to go o,ut anymore." because of unsanitary conditions," hunting. for a place to live. It was • Senior Brionna Glen n agreed that the he said. "The university has no idea really tough." changes over the last few years have affected what the house will be used for Sophomore Justin Riccio said the location of imbibition and not the now." many members found themselves quantity. But she said that in her experience, Sophomore Rich Wolle said he either living in their cars or paying consumption has actually shifted off-campus. also felt the closing reflected poorly for rooms at the Sleep Inn. "Drinking hasn ' t gone down, just THE REV1EW!Mike Louie on the university administration. ' "It cost about $80 per ni ght," he changed," she said. "I think it's just moved Sophomore Scott Moser practices a hobby from New Zeala nd, called Poi, on "I feel it was a way for the said. "They allowed us to have five from the dorms to the bars and house parties." the Harrington Beach Sunday night. university to take over university people in each room, but it was very This relocation is not due to students property without respect or "corning of age," Glenn said. consideration for the 32 members see FRATERNITY page AS "During freshman year we used to hang out in my dorm drinking all the time, but the next year we had to go somewhere else," she said. " Not many people drank in their dorms Protesters unite in a nymore, and when they did they were usually caught." Of course, the RWJ grant changed more than freshmen's Friday-night meandering. i~ 'Marijuana March' McHugh said might cause underage drinkers to avoid crucial medical help if and when problems arise. BY NATHAN HAYFIELD legalization of both medic ina l and "The main thing I don' t like about the Staff Reporter recreational marijuana. policies is they put a lot of fear into WASHINGTON - Protesters gathered Or, as the event pamphlet stated, they freshmen," he said. "It's to the point where if in more than 80 major cities around the aimed to "Stop all cannabis atrests, stop two people are drinking and one of them has world - including Madrid, Spain; Tel the lies, release the medicine, heal the too much, the other would be afraid to take Aviv, Israel; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ; and sick, end the prison state and bring cures him to a hospital for fear of being prosecuted New York City and Washington, D.C. - not wars." by the university. all for one cause Saturday. One sign at the Washington event read, "They' re going to do it no matter what," he They wanted to legalize marijuana. "Marijuana is safer than Viagra." said, "but people could get seriously injured if In Washington, D .C., punk rockers Pete Brady, a speaker at the event and they ignore medical needs because they don't with spiked hair and dog coll ars rubbed a writer for Cannabis C ulture magazine, want to get caught." s ho ulder s with ravers weari ng big said marijuana is not only harmless but John Bishop, assistant vice president for Caffeine-brand pants. Hippie s with also beneficial to society. Student Life, said the campus has changed in dreadlocks tied bac k with marij uana " I drink m arijuana," he said. " I ' m several ways since the implementation of the leaves shouted slogans at the tourists who wearing marijuana. I wash my hair with RWJ grant. had come to see the Capitol Building. shampoo made from hemp, and when I'm "There' s been a reduction in violence and Several stoic lawyers in black suits and sick, there ' s nothing like a little vandalism charges on campus, the judicial power ties ming led with the ir younger, marijuana to make me feel better." system' s bee n revamped, the five-st ar more outlandish counterparts.