Anti-Semitism Incidents on Rise at College Campuses

Anti-Semitism Incidents on Rise at College Campuses

In Sports An Associated Collegiate Press Five-Star Afl-American Newspaper In Section 2 ,.. Dunkley 1, and a National Pacemaker Go find Baker 0, as Hens something to prey on Hawks Rave about page BS · page B3 FREE FRIDAY Anti-Semitism incidents on rise at college campuses By j. Matthew O'Donnell New York had the highest number of . requiring police institutions to report such atmosphere of tension on college campuses that Report by Anti- News f~illures Editor incidents. Pennsylvania's was the fourth highest. crimes. may provoke anti-semitic incidents. Despite a downward trend in anti-semitic The ADL, a national human relations agency Flatley said Public Safety would have begun On Oct. 27, Leonard Jeffries Jr.', a professor incidents on the national level, a report released based in New York City, obtained its keeping statistics on such crimes earlier, but the from the City University of New York, spoke at Tuesday claims they continue to increase-on information from qolice reports and individual. department was waiting for a system of the University of Delaware. Defamation League college campuses. accounts. guidelines from the government that defined His appearance created protest from student The Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) 14th Jim Flatley. assistant director of the hate crimes. groups such as the Young Americans for annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents reported Department of Public Safety, said at the The PhiladC11Phia Inquirer reported that ADL Freedom because some of his theories have been 1.730 campus incidents last year, a 12 percent university four anti-semitic crimes were officials at a news conference on Tuesday labeled anti-semitic. attributes increase increase from 1991 and a 100 percent increase committed in 1992. There were also four crimes attributed the increase to black leaders, such as Jeffries gave a speech in August 1991 that since 1988. committed between April and December 1991. the Nation of Islam's Rev . Louis Farrakhan, accused Italians and Jews of conspiring against These include 874 incidents of harassment, Public Safety did not start keeping statistics speaking on college campuses. African-Americans. threats and assaults, and 856 incidents of · on hate crimes such as anti-semitic actions until The officials said Farrakhan and his David Butler, director of Housing and to racial tensions vandalism of public and private property. a federal la·w went into effect in April 1991, representatives have contributed to an see ANTI-SEMITISM page AS Double Smyth, Sussex-Squire Pneumonia to switch to coed takes life Decline in housing requests prompts changes By Rob Wherry of student Assistant Entertainm<?nt Editor , In response to a decline in housing requests in past years, Healthier University jun~or the university will introduce new features next fall to attract attitudes dies Monday at students back to campus, and will create additional co-ed housing. Christiana Hospital The Office of Housing and in mixed Residence Life will implement I the programs in an effort to housing accommodate the demand for co­ ~~~~::;:dr:,man educational housing, an,d to By Rob Wherry When roommates of Laura attract upperclassmen. Assistant Entertainment Editor Patuelli (ED SO) took her to the Housing will make the Sussex, Twenty-five years ago. infirmary two weeks ago they Squire and Smyth residence halls Stanford University expected her to return home with a on South Central campus co-ed, reported on a study which diagnosis of a cold or a flu. and will designate the Gilbert analyzed t)le benefits of But Laura never came home. and Harrington complexes on co-educational living and She was diagnosed with East campus exclusive learning between sexes in pneumonia and sent to Christiana upperclassmen residences. campus residences. Hospital where she spent the last Single-sex residence halls will The University of few days of her life. be limited to Kent and Warner. Delaware followed this Laura, 20, of Cedargrove, N.J .• Margaret Passero, assistant national trend in 1973 died Monday night at Christiana director for the Office of when Harrington residence Hospital of double pneumonia, said Housing and Residence Life, halls A and B became co­ Timothy F. Bcooks, dean of said. "There have been very little ed. students. requests for single-sex dorms and This year the Office of Double pneumonia is pneumonia no requests for males.'~ Housing and Residence in both lungs, said Dr. Joseph F. Karen Keo (AS FR), a resident Life will implement Siebold, director of Student Health of Smyth Hall, said she liked the changes which will limit Services. Presumably, he said, it is atmosphere. "It is quiet here and the campus to just two caused by bacteria. easy to study. Everyone here single-sex residence halls. Hospital officials would not respects each other.'' The Stanford report comment. but friends said an Tara Rumell (AS FR), who states: "We look to the autopsy is currer1tly underway to seemed unfaz:ed by the proposed residences to provide an determine the specific cause of the changes, said, "My parents made opportunity for more pneumonia. me live in an all-girls residence natural and personal Deana Mariano, (NU JR) who hall." relationships for every lived wiJh Laura freshman year, said Housing also plans to individual, with members she remembers her as "very bubbly implement the "Friends of one's own sex as well and funny ." Together" program next year. as bcJween men and Mariano said: "Laura was always Linda Carey, assistant director women .. .in ways that will smiling and had a characteristic for Occupancy Management, said increase friendship, giggle. Everybody knew her laugh." with the new policy, "If a group recognition of intellectual Michelle Tompkins (AS JR) was of students wish to live together, and personal aspirations, one of Laura's roommates and said they will be able to choose and respect for individual Laura, who waitressed at the Deer between Rodney, Pencader or differences." Park ·Tavern, was very outgoing and Christiana under the unique In a more recent study, social. , housing application.'' the University of Delaware Tompkins said: "She was very Carey added, "We feel people found co-ed housing was easy to talk to and had a lot of will be happier with their mentally and socially friends. She touched a lot of environment. beneficial to a student's people." Passero said, "I see no · environment. Tompkins said Laura loved limitation on the number of Dr. Edward F.D. children and wanted to be an . THE REVIEW/). Hollada people who want to live Spencer, now director for elementary school teacher. Senior Forward Ant~ony Wright skies over his teammates Sophomore Forward Robbie johnson together." Residence and .Dining "She would do anything for and Senior Center Spencer Dunkley during Sunday's victory against the University of Hartford. She said Housing also plans to anybody," she said. see BENEFITS page A8 see PNEUMONIA page AB see Domrs page A8 Proposed legislation to .....---INDEX----. Best years of his life News Analysis .................. .A2 Campus Briefs .......... ........ .A2 Classifieds ......................... 86 Speaker turns end 'riffing' of newly Comics .............................. 87 Police Report .................... .A2 Review and Opinion .......... A6 disability into em·ployed teachers Sports ...... .......................... B4 National Collegial Report .. A4 inspiration By Lisa Goodman force of teachers) is not based on Staff Reporter By Stacey Bernstein teaching ability or other Copy Editor qualifications. ---Also inside:--- In an effort to reduce the · June 5, 1944 is a date two-time number of teacher layoffs each Most often riffing affects Diversity workshops .......... A3 Academy Award winner Harold year, Delaware state legislators recently-graduated education Gov. Carper's Cabinet ....... A3 Russell will never forget. A date that proposed a bill Tuesday which will majors, who Murray said are Miracle diet pill. .............. ... A3 changed the way he would live the gu'arantee an increase in state "fresh with enthusiasm and new funding for educators. ideas." rest of his life. As a demolition sergeant during The! bill, initiated by state Sen. "I believe it's definitely a military training for World War II in Myrna L. Bair and other seniority issue. It's just like the legislators, is expected to be saying: 'Last hired, first fired' ." South Carolina, he normally did not handle explosives. However, this passed in June and will increase Bair said when school resumes . day Russell helped with explosives state funding for teachers to I 00 in September and more tlian 93 percent. percent of the previous year's clean up be cause the squad was The existing code guarantees student body returns, teachers must running behind. only 93 percent of the current be sought out and hired. Once Russell picked up the year's funding units, Bair said, so When the best young teachers explosive, it blew him over school districts must lay off 5 to 7 are riffed, she said, they have no backwards. percent of their teachers each guarantee for .a position the Ru ssell said, "As soon as it went spring and hire them back on an following year. As a result, they off. 1 knew what happened and I as-needed basis in September. search for a job in a more thanked God I was still breathing." Review athlete of the month, The next morning, he said he Frank Murray, dean of the promising area. THE REVIEW I jennifer St<M!nson .College of Education, said the "The school district then loses page 84 woke up and found he no longer had Harold Russell, who lost both hands during WWII, won two ~ policy of "riffing" (reduction in see BILL page AB see RUSSELL page AS Academy Awards for his self portrayal in a 1945 film. · A2 • THE REVIEW. February 5, 1993 News Analysis From Russia with love, money and black marketeers George and Ringo, shiny lacquer University to host department of music, the event is ~Jmfn\~r~!;~~~~!s Editor boxes and various types of apparel.

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