b.. ^ Index 10 D ateb o o k 13 S ports 15 f 9 17 18 Entertainment 20 B o u n d L /6 /? 4 /|‘y' 1WIRIANGU for trouble Vulumt ?2. Niin>bef 9 Page 17 rhiladelphM, Pennsylvania November 15,1996 The Student Newspaper at Drexei University Copynght OW6 Thf TfMngle Freshman dies of meningitis no matter how you treated him, “We were told by the medical Michael Skowronek died Tuesday of the he was always nice.” experts that we should make rare disease. The University plans to Dale said, “His parents were every effort to contact those stu­ saying that he really loved dents, family members, faculty hold a memorial service to honor him. Drexei, that he made the right and staff that may have been in choice. He was really beginning contact with him 72 hours prior Jonathan Poet Hospital of the University of to get involved.” to ... the symptoms surfacing,” MANAGING EDITOR Pennsylvania on Tuesday after­ “He was so quiet ... he wasn't said Dale at a Wednesday press Michael Skowronek, a 19- noon, according to Senior around long enough for people conference. year-old freshman majoring in Associate Vice President and to hear him,” said London. Meningococcal meningitis is a information science and technol­ Dean of Students Dianna Dale. According to Dale, the bacterial infection that is conta­ ogy, died Tuesday Nov. 12 of Cathy London, a freshman University was informed of gious in close contact. Anyone -meningococcal meningitis. and friend of Skowronek, Skowronek’s illness on Tuesday who lives with or who spends Skowronek, a resident of Kelly described him as “quiet and at about 3:00 p.m. and immedi­ more than two hours within sev­ Hall, first felt ill on Monday, courteous ... I will remember his ately called disease specialists to eral feet of a sick person within Nov. 11 and was rushed to the smile. He was so funny ... and assess the situation. See Skowronek on page 3 Michael Skowronek Culinary Hoops Preview arts to Student falls expand 13 stories at program Penn dorm Sean Murphy STAFF WRITER The Drexei student is in serious condition at Every Thursday evening in the restaurant on the sixth floor of HUP. She attempted to rappel the building. the Academic building, students prepare multi-course feasts that Patricia O'Brien Associate Vice President and attract resourceful food-lovers EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Dean of Students Dianna Dale. from the all over the Philadelphia Drexei freshman Jamie “And I support them 100 per­ area. Meals are a mere $20 per O stroha fell 13 stories in an cent. They do not want the male person, a fraction of the price attempt to rappel the side of student to who lived over there such food commands outside the Penn’s Grad Tower B residence to [remain] over there.” That University. hall around 7:45 p.m. on Wed­ student met with University For five years, students of the nesday, Nov. 13. The 18-year-old Judicial Officer David Ruth on College of Design Arts hotel and engineering major was brought Thursday. According to Dale his restaurant management depart­ to the Hospital of the University case will be handled “swiftly and ment — soon to be joined by the of Pennsylvania with two frac­ fairly” by judicial affairs. newly created culinary arts pro­ tured legs and was in “serious Penn’s Vice Provost for gram — have been churning out condition” at press time, accord­ University Life Valarie McCoul- superb cuisine. ing to a HUP spokesperson. lum told the Daily Pennsylvanian Dr. Lynn Hoffman, assistant According to police, Ostroha Wednesday night that University professor of wine and food at was lowering herself down the of Pennsylvania Police and Drexei, has spent many years try­ side of the building with a rope Drexei should prosecute the stu­ ing to expand the scope of and harness when she fell 13 sto­ dents harshly. McCoullum also CODA into culinary arts. The ries into the grass. Ostroha, told the Daily Pennsylvanian that faculty senate is on the verge of along with another Drexei stu­ a Penn student would face expul­ approving the creation of a culi­ dent, was visiting a third Drexei sion and criminal charges for nary arts program under the student who lives on the 15th such an incident. McCoullum CODA umbrella. The new pro­ floor of the Penn dormitory at could not be reached at press gram will offer both majors and 37th and Chestnut Streets. time. minors in culinary arts and will “She’s very fortunate to have “I can see why [McCoullum] act together with the existing survived,” said Senior Vice is upset,” said Caneris, “but hotel and restaurant manage­ President for Student Life and when you have ... 35,000 stu­ ment program. Administrative Services Tony dents in this area of the city, In the fall of 1997, Drexei will Caneris. He said that it is expect­ some people are going to be be the only university in the ed Ostroha will be hospitalized eccentric.” country offering a Bachelor of for two months, and that no ju­ “Our relations [with Penn] are Arts in culinary arts. According dicial action will be taken against good. They have been very coop­ to Hoffman, what Drexei hopes her while she is hospitalized. erative throughout the term,” to offer over the numerous All three students were said Caneris. He said he would restaurant schools and culinary repelling from the 15th floor of speak with administrators at institutes around the county is the building, according to the Penn if there were any problems. diversity in faculty. Nov. 14 Daily Pennsylvanian. With Drexei students living at The culinary arts program has The University of Pennsylvania both Penn and the Franklin only two permanent staff, but has expelled the Grad Tower res­ Towne [Apartments] due to hopes fo bring in chefs from ident from the dormitory. overcrowding, Caneris said that some of the finest restaurants in Ostroha is a Calhoun Hall res­ the University will speak to the Noah Addis The Triangle Philadelphia as adjunct profes­ ident from Marysville, Pennsyl­ resident assistants and students David Frye attempts a shot against the Converse All-Stars in the men's first sors. Hoffman believes this will vania. at both places “to remind our exhibition game of the 1996-97 season on Nov. 12. The Dragons went on to draw talented young chefs from “The Penn people have been students that they are guests.” win 104-73. Basketball Preview, Section B. See Culinary Arts on page 3 clear with us,” said Senior See Rappeller on page 4 University/Local The Triangle • November 15,1996 Players take on Ihe Foreigner' THE TRIANGLE Established 1926 E ditorial Editor-in-chief Patricia O'Brien Managing Editor Jonathan Poet News Editor Anh D ang Entertainment Editor Brad Wible Sports Editor Larry Rosenzweig Photo Editor Noah Addis EminenceGrise John Gruber Administration Business Manager Jay Kimball Classifieds Manager Jonathan Mullen Distribution Manager Ryan La Riviere StaffWrit«rs Kristi Ciliano, Nick DiFranco, Gina Di Vincenzo, Stacy Lutkus, Sean Murphy, Amanda J. Picone Columnists Michael Busier Photographers Christine Fitts, Michael Lawless « l i s Graphic Designers Jason Jensen _________ Don Haring, Jr, Miltxjurne T. Monkey, Matt Lydon and Cindi Greene appear in The Foreigner, a comedy written by Larry Shue. The production opened on Nov. 14 and will continue on Nov 15-16 at 8:00 Ian Rickert p.m. and Nov 17 at 3:00 p.m. in Mandell Theater. BusintssSUff Sachin Shah, John Wackes Contributing Editors Gene McMurray (Comics) Contributing Staff Judge sentences teen killer to life Carlo Santoni (Distribution), Ashish Talati (Another Angle) ASSOCIATED PRESS shooting deaths of Jennifer jury to convict Bissey of first- Attorney John Morganelli men­ EASTON, Pa. — A 19-year- Grider, 17, and her childhood degree murder although they tioned the drug-debt motive in old convicted of murdering two friend, Mary Orlando, 15, of never presented a motive. court documents but never pre­ high school girls was sentenced Bethlehem. When the youth was arrested sented evidence of it during the Contact information to life in prison Thursday after Bissey, of Salisbury Township, in December, police said a wit­ trial. The witness who told police Mall: The Triangle begging that his life be spared. cried when he took the stand ear­ ness told them that Grider had about the supposed drug debt, 3 2 n d & C h e stn u t S treets Northampton County Pres­ lier in the day and told jurors 6f owed Bissey $400 for cocaine — Kenneth Dorney, was admitted Philadelphia, PA 19104 ident Judge Robert A. Freedberg his troubled childhood. an assertion that stunned family to a psychiatric ward on Nov. 1, P/ione; (215) 895-2585 delivered the life sentence for “I’m just as sorry as everyone and friends in the close-knit the same day testimony in the fox (215)895-5935 Christopher Bissey after the jury out there that those girls are working-class neighborhood trial began, and never testified. E-mail: st92jgem@dunx1 .ocs.drexel.edu of seven men and five women dead. You found me guilty for where the girls lived. Grider’s During the penalty phase of who had convicted him Wed­ two murders that I did not com­ parents insisted their daughter the trial Thursday, Morganelli nesday said they were dead­ mit. All I want is for you to spare didn’t use drugs. asked Bissey if James Lewis, 19, Copyright ©1996 The Triangle. No work locked following five hours of my life,” he said. Grider and Orlando, who of Salisbury, and Nick Stroble, herein m ay be reproduced in any form, in deliberations.