An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner • THE • The Delaware art of Women's soccer beats New Punkin' Chunkin ', Hampshire 1-0, Bl B8 Non-Profit Org. 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 U.S. Postage Paid Thesday & Friday Newark, DE Permit No. 26 FREE Volume 128, Issue 19 www.review.udel.edu Friday, November 9, 20()1 Scholarships remain UD's top.priority for 2003 BY JILL LIEBOWITZ $12.5 million in capital projects. for this academic year. The second priority request was for A-fwtagin,r: New' Etlitor Sue Koski, associate director of the The five scholarship programs $500,000 in library materials, Roselle DOVER - The university Budget Office, said operating budget include the Minority Student said, incluoing an update in books, requested an additional $14.5 million requests fund recurring monetary needs Recruitment Program, the Aid to Needy periodicals, microforms and databases. from the state for the fiscal year 2003 at to run the university on a day-to-day Amount Description of scholarship Students Special Line, the Governor's The university will spend an additional the annual budget meting Wednesday. basis, but the capital budget is solely for Scholar Program and the $319,000 this year to maintain the making the school's total request one-time expenditures such as $107,200 General scholarships "Scholarships" line, which supports existing journal collection. $116.5 million. construction projects. student athletes in intercollegiate varsity "An excellent library is a Among the items included in the She also said last year's request sports. cornerstone for an excellent university," request, listed in priority order, are included approximately $3.7 million in $61 ,300 Minority student recruitment 'The university has made significant be said. scholarships, library materials, software operations in addition to the gains in minority student recruitment Additional requests discussed at the licenses, a women's coaching position approximately $ 104 million the $68,300 Need-based aid over the past lO years," Roselle said. meeting included funding for the and construction aid. university was already appropriated, "Minority student retention and installation and implementation of University President David P. and $12.3 million in cae.ital projects. graduation rates are at a virtual parity software and databases for Roselle said between now and the end Although Delaware's revenue this $22,900 _ Governor's Scholars Program with majority students." administrative and academic support of November. Gov. Ruth _Ann Minner's year may be lower th.an usual, Roselle The Aid to Needy Students Special initiatives, a full-time assistant women's staff will meet with remaining state said, the state is not alone because other $83,300 Student athlete scholarships Line is used for grants based on volleyball coach, graduate and agencies to discuss similar monetary states such as California and Tennessee financial need among Delaware undergraduate student work in the requests. are experiencing similar difficulties. Total residents. College of Human Services, Education The staff will have a final meeting in "On the other hand, I want to $343,000 "The program was established so and Public Policy and support of faculty December to decide how much money represent a very special place at the that no student would be denied an positions in math, reading and special the state is able to distribute among the University of Delaware and all of the THE education due to a lack of ability to pay education. agencies. partnerships we have," he said. "One of increases in tuition and mandatory fees. are used primarily to aid Delaware for that education," be said. Carol Rylee, director of the Budget This informationjs then passed onto them is the accessibility of higher "We don' t know yet what we're re~idents who face increasing The Governor's Scholars Program Office, said although the university is the governor and legislature for education. going to do•with tuition increases," he educational costs and problems in provides financial assistance for top only asking for $2 million in operations, approval. 'This is the 12th year in a row our said. obtaining student loans and other types students in Delaware's public school the state is already providing the Senior administration from the first priority is scholarships." Roselle said it is a nationwide trend of financial assistance," he said. districts. university with a base of approximately university requested $2 million in The university requested $343,000 for the tuitions to jump. · The university awarded "[This program] was developed to $102 million. operations in addition to the to enhance five scholarship programs "We seek an increase of$107,200 in approximately $2.1 million in General attract and retain the state's very best Each year, the university takes on approximately $102 million the that benefit Delaware residents, Roselle funds for General Scholarships, . which Scholarships to 971 Delaware residents and brightest high school graduates," be university is already appropriated, and said. This addresses anticipated said. see MONEY page A6 State receives health research grant BY SARA FUNAlOCK begins this fall, to $7.5 million. National/Stare News Editor David Weir, director of DBI, A new statewide biomedic<1l said the program, called the research partnership funded by a Biomedical Research Infrastructure $5.8 million federal grant was Network, would help launch new announced Monday. research opportunities for student Gov. Ruth Ann Minner and ·and academic researchers in the members, of Delaware's state. congression'~l delegation met at the Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del., Delaware Biotechnology Institute to said the grant comes at a time when announce the grant. ' Americans are looking at THE REVIEW/Deanna Tortorello Minner said the research biomedical research in a new Newark resident Mildred Sayers (left) meets with Delaware conducted with the grant was manner. Attorney General Jane M. Brady for the Firestc;me settlement. significant to the state and nation's " When this grant was started, health goals. anthrax and s mallpox vaccines · "This area is the future of our weren't part of the consciousnesses state, country and the world," she of Delawareans or Americans," he Tire settlement said. said. The ·$5.8 million federal grant, Biden said the BRIN research given by the National Center for would dictate what happens in the Research Resources of the National country. Institutes of Health, is part of a "There's an overwhelming finally concludes national initiative to improve the amount of hope, faith and optimism quality of health research in the here," he said. BY DEANNA TORTORELLO tire's brand. United States. Rep. Michael N. Castle, R-Del., THE REVIEW/Courtesy of University Public Relations NtllimwVStare News Editor "Any victims who were not A p artnership among the said the NIH grant was another step Gov. Ruth Ann Minner addresses officials at the announcement of a National settlement figures, as well satisfied will be made whole by the university, DBI, Delaware State toward making Delaware known $5.8 million National Institutes of Health biomedical research grant as dividends for Delaware victims in monies we've received," Brady said. University, Delaware Technical and a long the Eastern corridor -for the Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. case, from the funding of the new grant, simulations. While the settlement states all Community College a nd Wesley biotechnology research. were announced yesterday afternoon and said the quality of health care, The BRIN program will also claims should be filed by Dec. 31, College was selected by the NIH to . "l strongly believe our state bas by Delaware Attorney General Jane education and jobs in the state provide funds to build or upgrade Olha Rybakoff, a Deputy Attorney use the $5.8 million grant to the potential to be the next M. Brady. would be enhanced as welL laboratories at each of the partner General for Delaware, said the conduct health research a nd biomedical and technology leader," The announcement comes after a Weir said the grant and matching institutions, he said. $500,000 appropriated for Delaware education throughout the state. he said. 14-month investigation into funds would be used to purchase .The NIH grant and matching would be awilable for use in claims A $1.75 million match from the During his remarks, Sen. Thomas supposedly faulty tires as well as sophisticated researc_h instruments, funds were the largest the DBI has until Nov. 8, 2002 through a univers1t1es raises the total R. Carper, D-Del., recognized allegedly poor response to the such as a planned " visualization" been awarded since its founding in "cushion" added to the settlement for investment to the program,_ which future students who may benefit room to allow three-dimensional 1999, Weir said. situation. Delaware residents. The national settlement totaled Although there is no guarantee all $51.5 million, of which $26.5 million money provided to the state in this will be split evenly into $500,000 settlement will be used to settle increments among the 50 states as claims, Brady said the current number well as Washington, D.C., the Virgin United Way campaign to raise $190,000 of filed claims is much smaller than Islands and Puerto Rico. the total number of Delawareans Each area will receive the same affected by the settlement. BY COLLEEN LA VERY 'The Way Delaware Cares," benefits community care Senior Neh'S Editor amount from this appropriation, An-y leftover funds would be organizations that have proven their programs work despite both the size of the state and entered into a consumer protection The university set a goal of $190,000 for its annual and have demonstrated a need for funding, she said. the number of citizens who have filed fund. United Way Campaign, which began Get.