..... - .. In Section 2 In Sports An Associated Collegiate Press Spending Weekend Four-Star All-American Newspaper split leaves Cupid Hens Day on satisfied the Net page B 12 page B 1 on·profit Org. FREE U.S. Postage Pa1d TUESDAY Newark, DE Volume 122, Number 33 250 Student Center, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 197 16 Permit No. 26 February 13, 1996 Part-time student found dead above Machiavelli's Police have not yet determined the cause of death for John apartment because he noticed an autopsy performed by a medical with Hopkins ' father. " It 's a knew him. Hopkins, 28, a resident of Newark Opera House apartments open window. examiner to determine the cause tragedy for the family to lose a ·'This is the first time Hopkins had been staying at of death. son at s uch an early age," he anything like this has happened BY KELLY BROSNAHAN storefront, Newark Police said. the apartment with a friend, who The Office of the Dean of said. in the building.•· he said. "We Cm· New., Edtlor Police said the body of was out of town at the time of Students was unaware of Hopkin s' death tn the try to have an extremely secure A part-time university student Newark resident John Hopkins , Hopkins· death. police said. Hopkins' death. apartment building has not made and well-maintained building. was found dead inside a Newark 28, was discovered Jan. 31 in a Though no foul play or William Bailey, a managing any other tenant s feel W e try to take care of people Opera House apartment, located third-floor apartment after a suicide is suspected. police are partner of th e Opera House unc omfortab le , Bailey said, who live here." above the closed Machiavelli's maintenance worker entered the awaiting the results of an apartments, said he spoke brietly because no one in the building Roselle .Student recovering• seeks from support sledding of state I• nJury• Anthony Radano, seriously i I The president asks for hurt in a Winter Session $2.2 million more in accident, will undergo state financing than physical therapy governor advises BY TORY MERKEL On New'i Edi!flr A univer ·ity senior critically BY MARK E. JOLLY injured in a sledding accident during Admrni.rtratn e Vt'u-.\ £d11or Winter Ses ion has been moved President David P. Ro>ellc a>ked from Christiana Hospital to Magee the General Assembly's Joi nt Rehabilitation Hospital tn Finance Committee Wednesday for Phi !adelphia. a fiscal year 1997 budget urpassing Anthony Radano suffered what Gov. Thomas R . Carper had significan t head injuries and recommended. fractured his back in the Jan. 14 The governor's recommendati on. accident, and he may be paralyzed which came after umvcr>rty ofltctals from the waist down , Dean of and members of the governor', >taff Students Timothy F. Brooks said met in the fall. propose' ~ 1.2 shortly after the accident. million in state fundtng for the THE REVIEW /John Chehalbo " He 's going through phy ical university in the upcoming ft'>cal The West End Hy Grade Steppers perform at the first annual Bob Marley Birthday Bash and Cultural Expo the rap} , trying to recuperate," year. $2.2 million l c~, th,,n the University Tour held at the Bob Carpenter Sports Center Saturday. It would have been the Rastaman's 50th birthday. Radano's mother said from her amount requested. See story page Bl. on's room at Magee Rehabilitation •·our first priority was additional Hospital. Radano himself was cholarship support for the unable to be reached for comment. students," a request wh;d, \\as The accident occurred on the hi II supported by the governor. Roselle cast of the Pencader stairs on Laird atd. Beyond that , however. the Campus, according to Brooks. university was not complete!} Radano crashed on a cement satisfied with the govet nor's Female engineers increasing in number walkway at the bottom of the hill. funding proposal. Another univer ity student who At the committee's mcettn g was sledding with Radano, Jennifer BY CA THERI E ESSA undergraduate female engineers has Woods explained that women "It's a slow process, " he said. Wednesday, Roselle argued that two Torti, u tained a concu sian on the of the programs left ou t of the SwJf Reporrer ri sen sfi ghtly. few continue their prefer to be in the work place rather " Firs t the numbers rose for hill just before Radano crashed. governor's funding proposal arc Although th ere are fewer than 200 studies at the graduate and doctorate than in research or teachi ng because undergrads, and it will take as long Brooks said . femulcs in the universi ty 's 900- level. they want to prove themselves as for that to happen for the graduate ·ab olutely essential" to the When the accident occurred, >tudent College of Engineering, their Junior electrical engineering women engmecrs. level." university . The funding for a Torti said she could not see the numbers have been increasing major Suzanne Woods, who plans Nevertheless. a.s the only woman Boulet said it is necc sary to seck proposed biotechnology program concrete at the end of the hill , past a gradually over the past few year . on getting her master's degree while in the electrical engineenng out students to major in engincenng, and the creation of a var<.ity ramp that was made in the snow. women's crew team are. according According to Chri tine Frazier, a working after graduation. said she program, Woods said she realizes especially females. as early as high Radano's roommate. Mike fr~shman engineering major and thinks the reason for the relatively the uniqueness of her situation. school. A s pa rt of "Explore to Ro elle, the most critical of the Pembroke. said at the time that secretary for the Society of Women low number o f women who seek "Sometimes it's like, 'Wow, I'm the Engineering Day." a program run by propo als left out of the governor's Radano's body hit the paved path, Engineers. this rise can perhaps be advanced degrees in the field is their only one in here.'" the College of Engineering. students endorsement. causing injury. attributed to increased s trong motivation to start work Assistant Dean of th e College of in their last two years of high school The biotechnology program . The Dean of Student's Office encouragement for women to immediately. Engineering Daniel L. Boulet said go on a "day at the job" and visit the which would consist of both a refused to comment. At pre s time become part of the science . "Women in engineering want to while women "think more carefully univers ity as part of making the re earch and an academic branch. there was no information as to would <;reate new job and factlitatc " M) main intere t in engineering get out and be seen in the work about if they want to be engineers" decision to pursue a degree tn whether there would be a lawsuit came from my fir t s•·ie nce teacher. force," s he said. "They're not so than men do. the small number of engineering. collaboration between faculty from concerning the incident. several colleges and departments. who was a woman:· Frazier said. much in research because they want women pursuing higher degrees can Although o nl y 15 percent of Among the possible advantages Though the number of to prove a point." be aitributed to the "pipeline" effect. of the program. accordtng to see ENGINEERS page A9 Rose lie. would be a boosted economy in Delaware resulting from cooperation between the university and area corporations. Roselle said Skid Row Telecommunications the partnership will attempt to u e genetic engineering to cultivate desirable characteristics in plants. wins city law restricts Internet ''There i. a wonderful academic opportunity in it. and there is also a work opportunity for our students,'' award for Roselle said. transmissions Equally important to the university is the establishment of renovation BY ROBERT AR.t\1ENGOL lawyers to prepare their wrillen women's crew, currently a club Cupl Edlfor arguments. sport, as a varsity team , Roselle The historic site's new Hundreds of World Wide Web WWW giants like Netscape said. Under federal law. the pages darkened and donned blue Communications , the Electronic university is required to keep a ll white exterior garners ribbons Thursday in protest of the Frontier Foundation and Web Crawler aspects of women· s athletics equal kudos from tenants and THE REVIEW I A lisa Colley Telecommunications Reform Act that -which labeled the day "Black to men's. Making women's crew a Ne wark's row of historic houses, affectionately dubbed "Skid Presidem Clinton signed into law with Thursday" - spearheaded the on-line varsity sport would help the city officials Row," got a facelift in the summer. an electronic pen, live over the Internet, protest and recommended that university comply with that law. the same day. individual "home page" owners follow Mike Middaugh. director of the BY EVAN MA RQ ISEE The new law will serve in greater suit. R~porter p ychology professor. about the name Skid Row, says a Office for Institutional Research and Staff part to deregulate multi-billion-dollar Freshman Timothy Patton, a '·I thought it was a nice crusade to change the name is not in Planning. works with Roselle and The Graceland mansion in broadca t and telephone industries, computer science major and one of the recognition by the city.'' Izard said his fut ure plans.