News Mosaic Sports John Glenn: To the ::L_.,.,.r A weekend with the Men's basketball prepares of moon and beyond ~ Ranger's FTX season opener Seepage AS Seepage Bl Seepage BJO • • on-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid ewark, DE Permit o. 26 Free 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Friday Volume 125, Number 19 November 13, 1998 Transcripts show Gerry threatened to lie Jurors hear profane transcripts from Gerard's telephone calls to his mother, he admits in court that it was a mistake BY JOH. YOCCA slowly wiping away tears. my kids again.·• AND IICHAEL D. BULLARD The calls were reportedly On the stand, Gerard said. " I N~u s Edllors made on Feb. 9. six days after apologized to her afterward." and Defen e attorney Joseph S. Gerard testified against Thomas admitting to making a mistake. Oteri shocked the courtroom in at a bail hearing in the case. Because the tran script hts cross examination of Gerard Gerard testifted that he docs indicated Gerard would lie on the Capano Tuesday by reading the remember yelling at his mother. stand. Assistant U.S. Attorney second of two telephone but could not remember what he Colm F. Connolly asked in his messages he reportedly left for said. He admitted that he was redirect if Gerard fabricated his mother a w ec" after hi> possibly drunk and high on drugs anything in his testimony the day preliminary testimony. at the time. before. In the transcript Oteri read. He left the phone messages Gerard answered, '·No sir." Gerard said he hated his brother because his mother turned her Thursday. a retired high Thomas and threatened to '·makP back on him once he agreed to school science teacher testified up fucking shit" to keep himself testify, Gerard said. Fahey's body could easily'have out of jail and keep his brother In the message. Gerard told fit inside the cooler Capano "in there for fuckir.g life ... his mother. "You have three intended to usc as her coffin. As Oteri's dramatic reading sons. One I'> a murderer in jail for Robert MentLer. who taught made spectators· mouths drop. fucking life . one you hate - physics and chemistry at William Marguerite Capano. the 72-year­ that' . Louie - and Joe) . · Penn High School in New Castle old mother of Thomas and If his mother did no t L.lll l11m for 27 years. said Fahey's bod) Gerard. keeled O\er in her bac". Gerard t hreatened. "You THE REV IE\\/ Boh Werll wheelchair. body shaking. while will ne,er -;ee me or m ~ \\ife 0 1 ~ee CAPANO page A4 Thomas J. Capano is escorted into the courthouse in Wilmington. 24shots Jesse "The Body" killMSU visits Wilmington BY ERIC J.S. 1 OW 'I T\'D A:\'D GEORGE "Ailenumg and panictpatmg in tim "md of PADlLHA -,crmnar in 1992 was one of the most St,ll/ Rtpurtt:r'> valuable experiences I had as a n •; w student on WILMINGTON Minnesota' s go,cmor.' ' he sard. Governor-elect Jesse "The Body" Ventura Weekend se\sions ''iII cover topics wrestled his way tnto the spotlight Thursday ranging from budding an administration to night at the opening of a National Governor learning about life in th<. public \potlrght. Association conference at the Hotel DuPont. Another ses-.ion. ·Things l Wish Someone birthday Ventura. a former World Wrestling Had Told !c." is expcctcu to be a valuable Federallon wrestler, "as elected governor as et to nc\\ leader' '' llh ad\ i..:c cotmng with 37 percent of the vote in last week's from veteran cxccuuves. elections. and hi s popularity ts However. Ventura leaves tonight before Death raises overshadowing the II other newly-elected the sessions arc over to coach his high ~chool governors ta"ing part in the conference. football team in the Mmnesota state playoff~. headed by De Ia ware Gov. Thomas R. Man) 'tsiting govemors C"-prc;scd lrttlc concern of 21st Carper. conc.::m over the shado" cast by Ventura'; ''I'm looking forward to having a good presenc.::. birthday tradition time and gaining a little knowledge.'' Ventura "As host goYcrnor. I'm delighted he's said. adding that people need to realize the here:· Carper said. pressure he i under may lead him to make "I'd like to !cam a little from him about some mistakes. BY CHRISSI PRUITT how to use hio half-ncbon for" resthng OYer Euc:rm\ e Edtror 'Tm o nly human." he said. " I put m) tough issues in the legislature." he jo!-.ed. pant on one leg at a time. When I get cut, I Other governors expressed positive When Bradley McCue set out for The bleed. But I promised the people of Landshark to celebrate his 2 1st birthday. he fcc Ii ngs of acceptance. Minnesota I would work to the best of m) probably didn't think about the fact tha t too "The morning after the election. my ability- that' s all anyone could ever ask much celebration might end his life later that children ;tarted referring to me as ~like 'The for." morning. ot-So-Good Body' go,crnor." said !ti-e The GA conference is designed to help Johanns. the newl) -elcctcd go,crnor from The senior park and recreation major from governors and their spouses adjust to ne\\ Michigan State Universi t y died after he cbm~ka. THE REVIEW/ Bob Weill responsibi lities. consumed 24 shots in less than two hours Nov. Gov. Jim Geringer of Wyoming made University Police officers talk to Michael Warnecki who was Carper said hi s first conference ga' e him sim il ar remarl-s about his openness to 5. demonstrating on The Mall. He was campaigning for God at the Ingham County Medical Examiner Dean some good advice and allowed him to learn working with Ventura. university this week. "A~ Sienko revealed McCue died from acute alcohol from those who had previou ly served as long as you have a good platfonn. it governor of their respective states. poisoning. His blood a lcoho l level was ~cc JESSE page A4 measured 0.44 percent. ienko said McCue's nose was painted red and "24 shots" was scribbled on his face. differently th;;tn the world around th em. '· H ave a drink to cheer your Officials are sti ll gathe ring information in but I suspect we would have similar birthday, that's fine. But don't have 21 their investigation of the evening. findings if we s urveyed a · cross-sectio n !>hots. that's ridiculous.-- McCue 's death has sparked national media of the public ... Kassel reported. In McCue's case, his liver never had attention to an event that most 2 1-year-old s feel Nancy Nutt. the u-niversity's the chance to process th e alcoho l. i a rite of passage of sons. W ellspring Program coordinato r. aid Sienko sa id the amount of alcoho l The University of Delaware has only had o ne the problem uncovered by McCue's McCue consumed led to a suppression alcohol poisoning death in the past I 0 years. On death is not exc lu sive to the MSU of the medulla, the part of the brain that Sept. 2. 1988 Stephen H . Mulrooney, 19. died campus. controls breathing. after drinking too much at an off-campus party. "We hear all the time that students Null said there is no way the body His blood alcohol level was never released to know too much alcohol can kill them," can handle that much alcohol in tha t the press. Nutt said. "They know they're going to s hort time span. In the past four years there have been two go out on their 21st birthdays. and they '·Yo u're not goin g to have a good alcohol-related deaths at the university . Robert know they arc going to take the risk." time." she said . " Yo u 're goi ng t o Kcep-.rs. 19 , fell to his death from his Wellspring designed a public service provide people with a few laug hs. but Christiana Tower room Sept. 8, 1995. Towers advertisement that runs regularly in you won't remember it." had been drinking. but his blood alcohol leve l The Review. It states. '·To the body. That· s exact! y what happe ned to was not released. alcohol is a poison. Your liver takes senior Amanda Kleinburg. In September 1997, university junior Eamonn one hour to get the toxins out of one Kleinburg we nt out to a bar after Miller died from injuries he received after drink." midnight on her birthday and by the jumping from a moving car after a night out Therefore. the ad surmises. drinkers time s he arrived. she o nl y had 30 drinking. should limit their alcohol intake to one minutes until the bar c losed. Some experts feel although the issue of binge s hot per hour to give the body enough "I think I had two shots of Absolut drinking is highlighted when college students time to process it. Ci tron and two amaretto sours in a are involved , it is more an indication of Null said s he advises s tudents to matter of half an ho ur." Klein burg said. society's views of alcohol. celebrate without doing 21 shots. She didn ' t start to feel sick until s he Jon Kassel , a clinical psychologist in the " It's really st upid - they are risking was walking ho me wi th her roommate.