An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper FRIDAY • • October 11, 1996 THE Volume 123 Number 11 Non-Profit Org. U S. Postage Paid Ncv.Jrk, DE Pcrmn No. 26 BlO 250 Student Center University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716 Fresh from debate, Gore visits campus The VP speaks to a packed Bob Thursday BY SCOTT GOSS on Delaware streets . providing family tax deduction for education Nmiouai/Stm(' Nt'W'\ Ediror 7-16.000 to fight violence against expense<, and Hope ,cholarships. Vice President AI Gore issued a women and helping the president which offer a S 1.500 tax credit for challenge to Bob Dole yesterday. pass the Assault Weapon Ban and f irst-year college students and a asking him to submit hi ~ tax plan to the Brady Bill. second S I .500 tax credit for second­ the Congressional Budget Office --sen. Do le fought against th e year students who maintain a B and prove it will balance the budget. new police office rs. against the average. --we ~ ubmitted our plan. They Assault Weapon Ban and the Brady " That is progress. That is a said it would work. Verified." Gore B il l. against the prevention bridge to the future:· he shouted to declared to the 3.500 Delawarean' programs. the cheering crowd. assembled in the Bob Carpenter .. For those Americans who "If it '' ere up to Sen. Dole there Center. --we· re asking them to understand that crime is a threat to would be no Head Start program. verify that their plan isn't nuts." our families. our communities and He proposed elimi nating the The vice president also attacked our future. let's send the 1996 Department of Education. He the Dole/Kemp ticket's position on candidates a me>sage that voters in proposed cutting S60 billion out of the environment. cnme and both parties can recognize th e education funding. He <,pent most of education. difference his time at the Republican 'The greatest progress our nation between Con1ention bashing teachers ... Gore has ever made in protecting the candidates explained. "We love teachers. envi ronme nt was when it was a who reflect T eachers are important to our THE REVIEW /Jo;h Withm bipartisan effort."' Gore explained. the wi II of the future. Vice President AI Gore, flanked by Gov. Thomas R. Carper and Sen. Joseph Biden, made a bold "That was all thrown out the people and "[Republicans) don·t !-.now 11 hat prediction yesterday at the Bob Carpenter Center: "When the votes are cast on November the window by the Dole/Gingrich those who you're life experience is all about.'­ fifth, the bellweather state of Delaware is going to put the Clinton-Gore team over the top." Congress ... don't."' he he claimed. "The) don't know you. Gore accused the Republican said. They are not familiar with families Congress of inviting corporate To stres s the importance of like yours. lobbyists to rell'rite the Clean Water financial aid, the vice president .. A,J,. yourself ho11 ~ou 1\0uld and Air Acts. a-,ked for a show of hanch from like to feel the morning of No1 . 6:· .. , would like Republicans student., who would not be able to Gore asked. "You could 11 al-.e up Roselle touts university running in this election and all the afford tuition at the universit) with a headache. look out the election\ in the next century to hear without federal a"istance. window at a dar!-.. cloud) sk) with one me~sage loud and clear: the "The number of hands that just cold ,Jeet coming doll'n. You peel nited States of America does not went up tells an important tale:· back the front page of a wet Th e president discusses a 1995 student survey in want the environment to be a Gore 'aid. " In the future 11 hat you ne\1 . paper and the headline reads. partisan issue. Get with the earn 11 ill depend upon what ) ou ·Dole wins." his semi-annual address to the general faculty program:· he demanded. learn. The mo.,t important asset for "Or you could \\'al-.e up feeling Gore then reminded voters that our country in the new century will great - little bird' chirping on the Delaware·, Sen. Joseph R. Bielen. be knowledge and the abilit) to wi nd011 s iII. fre>h fl 011 ers on the BY ROBERT ARME GOL Of those figures, the last is the practice. he added. the highest' Jr. combin ed both punishment and learn ... table, th e smell of fresh coffee in ( o1n· n n!.. Chit I "mmt important to me:· Rosel le score is probably about 4.22. the prevention in writing the Anti­ Gore described educat ion the air and the ne1npaper reads. According to their 011 n ,aid. " I've always th ought the 1995 resu lt for the telephone Crime Bill. He also credited Biden initiatives proposed by President 'Clinton/Gore win' ... feed had•. >llldenh are happy 11 ith health of an organization is really registration and drop/add que>tion. with putting 2-15 new pol ice officers C linton which include a S I 0.000 jw,t about e1er) thing hut parking measured in large part by whether " lt's avail able 365 days a year. -and emplo)ee 'ati,faction i' the indi1·iduals involved feel the 2-i hours a day. from any11 here in ju~t a' high. organization cares aboutthem. -- the world."' he explained. "We kept The 1995 re,ult' of an American ln the student surl'ey. the track of the busy signals students College T ~'ti ng 'u rYe) conducted uni1·ersit) was ranl-.ed above the got last year. There weren't any ... on a file-)ear t:)<.:le tore up national a1erage for public and Average student rarings returned Pledge ban debate persists national pri1ate schools of like >ize in 39 for the university's orientation average-.. out of 62 questions. tied in 15 program. food service'>. s tudent BY ROBERT ARMENGOL Council. however. the late't year<. ago. the ban 1\ould have and ··Ja,l case' and lmt only eight times. In centers and campus soc ial Copr Oc,J.. Chii'f deve lopment in faculty-Greel-. e liminated the e,\ten, ive and ~ e a r ' 1990. students rated the univer<.,ity activities were al l lo11er than Another balk in admi n i.'>trati 1 e relations ha, had essentially no sometimes grueling initiation 1 er>ion of helm\ national scores ?.7 times. nationwide results. government early thi s wee!-. relevance . president Daletha proces., that mo\1 Greek h I ' Marks notably higher than both Rac ial harmony rose s lightly clouded an issue that has out-lived McRae said. organizations admini!-.ter. in,titution nation11 ide standings and 1990 over five years. but received a an entire generation of students. Her organinllion oversees the The 11101 e to postpone th e han killed the unil'ersity results were registered near-neutral sco re of 3. 15 and Re!!i'.lered Greek or!!aniLations activity of the eight historically came in light of a new 9 0 in se1·eral categories: remains slightly below the overall are re;cting to the Facu~y Senate's black fraternitie> and sororitie; accreditation program designed by 1 er,ion. • -LOl in out-of-class availability comparative average. pledge han postponement with regi,tered on campu>. and for the Greek system. the Five Pre,ident Roselle of instructor': "We will keep pu<-,hing th at varying degrees of 'atisfaction. " It doe>n · t really matter to us Star Chapter Evaluation. Under it. Da1 id P. • 3.81 for general registration particular i>sue.-- Roselle said. restraint and even indifference. whether there is a pledge ban at the g roup!> wil l be graded every Rn,elle told procedure': " Hopefully it will contin ue to "It wa-. a real relief fo r us.'' said university or not.". M cRae >a id. 'eme;.ter on the merit-. of their the general facult) Monda) at hi' • -1.13 for computer services: and improve in th e next years:· Robert o·sullivan. pres ident of -- PHC adopted a national no­ involvement and !>cholarship. 'emi-annual addre''- • -1.03 for th e general condition of The survey showed an unusual Sigma Chi fraternity. "especial!) haLing. no-pledging 'tandard'- over o·sullilan said hi 5 hou\e is On a >cale of one (l·e r) buildings and grounds. increase of 0.7?. points in student since our national headquarters two decades ago. excited about the trial program. di,,ati,fied) to fi1e (1ery The maximum score is never satisfaction with housing would take our charter away if the On Monday. the ~e n ate voted to "Acade mi c~ is the main focu~.-- he 'ati,fied). the a1 erage 'tudent actually five. Roselle said. because availability. which also surpassed university eqablished a no­ delay the e nactme nt of it~ no explai ned. " It force~ us to do the re,pon'e to the que,tion ··1r you ··we're at a university and people pledging policy ... pledging policy until 1998-99 . had to do it all m·er again. would are alway a little bit cynical." In see ROSELLE page AS For the National Pan-Hellenic Passed in a resolution nearly five see PLEDG E page A7 you '>lill enroll at the Uni1·ep,ity of Delaware'' .. 11·a, -Hl2. what Ro,elle called ·'a rea,onably good mark ... The ACT Student Opinion urvey wa~ admini'>tered at the Down Under goes under un i1er,ity for the third time in history in Spring 1995.