An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper FRIDAY • • November 8, 1996 THE Volum.e 123 Number 18 'on-Profit Org. C.S. Postage Paid ewar~, DE Permit No. 26 250 Student Center-University of Delaware-Newark, DE 19716 Low turnout for '96 vote Election '96 Resu) BY AMYL. SHUPARD people are generally happy w ith the Nmumaf/Srall' ,Vt•w\ blirnr leaders of politics today. At first glance. Tuesday·, e lection .. It is often call ed ' pos itive results. representing the lowest apathetics:·· he said . percentage of 1oter participation since There was definite ev idence of 1 92 ~. seemed to portray a lack or interest positive apath y in thi s election, he ~ aid. on behalf or the American public. ..When people did vote. they didn't Stateof 0 Prel iminary numbers show only ~6 to change much. They elected incumbents. • Delaware votes ational votes ~9 percent or the nation took part in the the same Congress. and the a rn e election on Tuesday. pre;ident. .. US Senator .. It ·, not necessaril) apathy ... said Pika aid another explanatio n may be Joseph Pika. chair or university political that 1992 was an irregul ar break in the science department. .. People are content downward trend of voter participation with the way things are right now ... that began in 1960. Howe1er. the 1996 presidential restllts From 19 60 to 1988 the numbers represent a drastic decrea;,e in voter decreased steadi ly until the voti ng turnout compared to 55.9 percent in 1992 percentage reached a 6 ~ -yea r low of 50.2 and 50.2 percent in 1988. percent. However. 1992 was the With more than half of the nation exception to the rul e . w ith a jump in refraining from exerci.,ing their right to voter turnout. vote. this year's turnout is the lowest Thi <; year. however. the percentage -.ince Republican Calvin Coolidge re;,umed the previ9us trend. falling just defeated Democrat John W. Davis 72 under the 1988 figures . year;, ago. .. We should be saying. 'What did we The most recent poll s show President do right in '9:~. and what did we do thi s Clinton having won 50 percent of the )ear to return to the o ld pattern?' .. he national vote: Bob Dole. ~I percent: and said. Ross Perot. 9 percent. The high turnout in '92 could be a Although at pre;,s time the polls were re,tllt of H. Ross Perot's strong role in still being updated. the percentage> are the election. which brought new voters not expected to change signi fica ntl y. onto the scene. Pika said. Pika explained that there is more than Delaware appears to be even with the one theory for the decline in voter national statisti cs wi th approximately ~ 9 participation. percent of potential voters actually Governor He said one reason could be that see VOTER page A8 T HE REVIEW I Ricardo Rivera Above, Gov. Thomas R. Carper accepts his re-election at the state Democratic Party celebration in Wilmington. Carper, who became the first member of his party to win a second term as governor of Delaware, defeated challenger Janet Rzewnicki with a 69.5 to 30.5 percent margin Nov. 5. See story, page A4. Left, two avid Clinton supporters rejoice in their candidate's victory. ELECTION COVERAGE Murder trial to end next week BY ROBERT ARlVlE GOL Four witne;,;,e<, called 111 Heath was scheduled to te;,tify five times in the back of the head. INSIDE: Copy Dl•.,J.. Chief Steven;on · ' defen;,e took the ;, tand again~t Stevenson in a credi t card Several apartment resident. said WJLMI GTON Closing Thursday. although attorneys for fraud ca;e on ov. 13. 1995. the day they s po tted a bl ack man in blue •Carper wins .............. A4 arguements are expected to come Manley ha ve not re;ted thei r case. he was killed. clothing leaving the body rapidly and Tuesday in the tri al of Dav id M an ley's attorney; intend to While an employee of Macy's at driving away in a dark four-door •Voters' quotes ........... AS Stevenson. the former student obtai n today a videotaped depo,ition Chri;,ti ana Ma ll in 1 99~ . Stevenson hatchback. •The scene in D.C ...... A7 accused of murdering a uni versity from one more witnes-.. Dorothy wa' accused of spending $ ~.500 with One witness testified to having graduate last year. H a~.:kett. \\ ho was unavailable for customer.,· charge numbers. seen two black men "slouchin g'' in •State democrats at their Prosecutors are seeking the death testimony Thursday. The jury wil l .. W e hoped to establish a motive the fron t seat. of the same car shortly penalty. They wrapped their case up hear the deposition on Tue;day. on the pm1 of Stevenson with the fact before the murder. celebration patty ....... AS Wednesday morning after a week of o hearings are ;,cheduled for that Heath wa<, ki lled as he was on hi s .. One of our most important testimony from law enforcement Monday which b Veteran·s Day. way to testify ... Deputy Attorney witnesses, .. Wharton said. "wa the officials and eyewitnesses. 1. Dalla;, Win;,low. one of General Ferris Wharton said . "Heath person who got the li cense plate Later that day. jurors began Stevenson· s lawyers, told The was the primary investigator fro m number down ... hearing testimony from witnesses for Review his defense team has no more Macy's who uncovered the credi t Police used the tags identified on codefendant Michael Manley. who is witnesses to call and wil l rest its ca e card thefts ... the getaway car to trace its being tried j oi ntly on the same counts Tuesday morning. Evidence presented by the state ownership . It was registered to of fi rst-degree murder a nd other Stevenson. 22. 1\ as a fres hman s uggested the following events Stevenson wi th hi s family 's Straight, but related felonies. when he was indicted laq year on tran. pi red the day of the shooting: Wilmington address. Manley. a Philadelphia native. has charges of shooting 25-year-old Heath had exited hi;, Christiana After a brief in vestigation police been described as Stevenson· s life­ Kristopher Heath. a 1993 uni versity apartment and was getting into hi s arrived at Stevenson's home to find long best friend. alumnu;, . Jeep at 7:40 a .m. when he was shot narrow? see EX-STUDENT page A 12 University receives a low score INDEX Slur mars UD home page Campus Calendar .... ............. A2 for its level of gay acceptance Police Reports ...................... A2 World News ......................... A3 BY CHRISTA MANALO o ne of the most under­ Editoriai .............................. 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