An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner FRIDAY February 18, 2000 • Volume 126 THE • Number 31 Review Online Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid www. review udel. edu ewark, DE Permit No. 26 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 FREE Review compelled to leave CLU event BY STEVE RUBENSTEIN Lopata a lso said the me eting Ma11a~ins N~\l'J Editor should not have been held on campus. T he univer ity ' s Civil L iber ties ··T h ey could h ave co me to my "You're right, from a CLU group it is Union he ld a p u bl ic l ecture house if they"d wanted to,'· he said. Living offG;mpus ! K.oaw Ycu,. R.tghM Wednesday about which The Review C LU Vice Pres ident Heather Abe. hypocritical to ask [The Review] to wa not permitted to repo n because w ho a tte nde d the lecture, said the the p eake r a id he wou ld be eve nt, w hi c h was he ld in 205 leave and I 'm sorry." discussing informa tion that wi II be Ki r k b ride Hall a t 7:00 p.m ., was used in an upcoming lawsuit. c losed to the public. -Heather Abe, vice president for the univer ity C ivil L iberties Union R oy H . L o pa t a, d i rector of " You' re right, from a CLU group it planning for the City o f Newark. told is hypocritical to ask [The Review] to T he Review he refused to peak if it leave. and I'm sorry.'· Abe said. Lopa t a said he di c u ed the Lo pata was s peaking to a university A Crowd was present at the lecture. She said Lo pata used figures and matter with those at the ci ty' o ffices gro up about info rm ation that would He said he would no t speak in The statistics in hi s talk that are going to wh o a re invo lved with t he NLA be used in the lawsuit. Review's presence because he would be used as evidence when he goes to lawsuit before agreeing to speak. Nathaniel Mi ller, t reasure r o f the Illegal? be u ing informati o n involving the court. "The atto r ney said as lo ng as it CLU. said the event was o pen to the c ity ' s lawsuit w ith the Newar k Eric Rise, a uni vers ity c riminal w4s private, it was okay," he said. publi c. The NQwark City Or dinance L a nd lords A ssoci atio n over t he j us tice professor. said the fact that Ro ger Aki n, solicito r for the C ity ·'It was a public meeting," he said. student home o rdinance. Lopata was even speaking was out of o f Newark, said he was aware Lopata ..It was open to students and anyone W'bo : 'R.i.~) 1~ City Plann•n& [)iruto)f ofNcwnri Wit. : Wcd~ay, Frbllo2t)· \6, llf903t 1 1'~1 "Thi s is c losed to th e publi c ,'· the ordina ry due to the fact he was was planning to add ress a group at who was interested. \\lJtn!' 20'S Kirl tlick Lopata aid. 'T ve got two minute if d i cussing info rmatio n in a pending the uni versity but did not k now the The C L U i s affi li ated w ith t he [The Review] is staying." lawsuit . nature of Lo pata' s lecture. American Ci v i l L ibert ies U ni o n , r -···-- The NLA is c urre ntly s uing the " It 's no t cust o mary," he s aid . Akin and attorney Kevin Connors who's mission is to assure the Bill of ci t y over Bill N o . 99- 10. w hi c h "There' no th ing partic ularly wrong are arg uing the city's positio n in its R ights a re p reser ved fo r each new THE REVIEW/ Scott McAllister est abli h es a d efiniti o n a nd with it since people have the freedom lawsuit with the NLA. This flier was posted in the Trabant University regulations for a student ho me. of speech, [but] '"it' s not advisable." C o nno r s said he d id n o t kn ow see DISCUSSION A4 Center before Wednesday's meeting. Alpha Epsilon Pi Binge drinking faces, sanctions may be linked BY ADRIAN BACOLO " AE Pi kne w the sanctions against Srude111 Aj)airs Editor them and if the evidence shows that to gun usage A ft e r fai ling to compl y with they did break the dry-hous e specific alcoho l- related sanctio ns, sanc tions. they will be dea lt with the Alpha E ps ilon Pi fraternity is acco rdi ng ly by the D ean of facing a possible suspension fro m Students ," Mo tt said. the unive rs ity, D ean o f Students C urrently . Alpha Eps ilo n Pi has In the Timothy F. Brooks said. not met with the Dean o f Students ' University po lice o ffi cers found Offi ce for a pre liminary he aring, Cross hairs alcohol to be in plain view whe n B rooks said. I Parr Four of Four: they assisted Ne war k Po li ce on a He said t hat the drug -relate d Th e possible drug-re lated search Feb . 5 , Brooks arrest on Feb. 5 is a Newark Po lice / correlarion berween said. De part ment matter and is unrelated binge drinking and guns B ecause o f a prev io us to the charges against Alpha Epsilon disciplinary sanc tion against Alpha Pi failing to comply with sanctions. Epsilon Pi for possession o f alcohol, Orig inall y, Newark Police refused he said, the house was designated to BY SUSAN STOCK to rele a se any info rmation Managing Ne.,·s Editor be alcohol-free territory. concerning that arrest because of the I f fo und g uilt y of failu re to investigati o n's continuing status. Binge drinking and gun possession among coll ege students are comply, the sanc tio ns agai nst the · Last summer, while classes were potentiall y correlated, according to a Harvard survey publi hed in frate rnity could be severe , Brooks no t in session , uni vers ity o ffic ia ls THE REV IEW/ Mike Louie July 1999. The survey, which was answered by more than 15.000 students said. He said uspens ion fro m the e ntered the Alpha Epsilon Pi ho use The Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity could face a possible suspension university is a possibility. and discovered d isconnected smoke from the university. at four-year colleges nati onwide, report that of the nearly half a million stude nts w ho reported owning guns, 7 percent also Al pha E ps il o n P i coul d no t b e detectors and di smantled sprinklers. T he presenc e o f the containe rs the house, according to the terms o f reported having been arrested for an alcoho l-related offen e. Thi reached fo r comment. Newark building inspectors later violated a judicial sanc tion against the fraternity' s j udicia l sanctio n. figure is being compared to the 3 percent of students who did not Inte rfraternity Counc il P resident d esi g n ated t h e b uilding as Alpha E psilon Pi from the spring o f Ben M eln icki, president of Alpha report having a gun but were arrested for similar alcoho l-related Dan Mott said due process mu 1 be uninhabitable. 1999. Ep s i lon Pi a t t hat t im e, aid the offenses. adhe red to. an d A lpha Epsilon Pi The house was also littered with At the t ime, Public Safety was fraternity planned to cooperate with Also reported in the survey wa that of the 274 student who mus t b e fo und gui lty before a ny b o th fu ll a nd em pty a l cohol scheduled to in form the members of uni versity o fficia ls to avoid further said they are chronicall y dependent on alcohol - defined a suspension are en fo rced . containers. what is and what is not permi tted in sanctions. needing an "eye opener" in the morning - 12 .4 percent reponed owning a gun. Dr. Henry Wechsler. o ne of the th ree Harvard profes ors who New sell-back policy at University did the study, defined a correlation as "an association between two events." He said this holds true even if the number being studied are small. · Bookstore leads to student confusion "We fo und that a gun possessor wa more likely to have been arrested for an alcohol offense than someone who does not own a "'~ · ~ '' ·" -.. .. ~. , ~ • • t • " gun," he said. "even if both events are relatively rare ... Dr. Matthew Miller, who was another of the three researchers, No return 'booking' said this survey is breaking new ground . "The connection between lethal violence wit h guns and alcohol BY JANET FRIED efoll ett Company, is responding to the 5 has been known for some rime." he said.