A five-star Today's weather: A II-A merican Partly cloudy, newspaper chance of showers. high in the mid 70s. You're late for class. Vol. 113 No. 36 Student Center, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 Tues., September 22, 1987 Re'sidents to evalu,ate­ living space by Jennifer Rogers (,valuation may determine Staff Reporter that existing dormitories must In an effort to improve be converted into academic university housing pro- buildings. cedures, the office of Housing The evaluation will also in­ and Residence Life will dicate the housing needs of evaluate student residential single, married, and graduate needs and possible increases students to find the "mix" in housing space, according to n('eded in allocating housing university president Russel C. space, he explained. Jones. "We're going to go out and The evaluation is part of see what students and staff "Project Vision" which re- have to say," he said, "and quires each academic and ad- then compile the information ministrative department to ex- to find implications and alter­ amine its strengths and natives." weaknesses, the president ex- Butler said one of his office's plained. main concerns is extended Jones said he will determine housing. whether the university has According to Jones, the con­ ('noug~ dormitory space and cept of extended housing is a which groups of students are very good one because it keeps in need of increased housing. housing costs down for "One of the real strengths of students. 'Project Vision' is that it gets He explained that without down to the reality where you the extended housing policy, ha ve to make some choices," ('nrollment would stop after all said David Butler, director of available beds were filled. Housing and Residence Life. As a result, he said, enroll- He explained that through ('d students would pay for the student surveys, Housing and vacant rooms left by students Residence Life will examine who withdraw from the the room assignment process, university or decide not to occupancy issues, and the pro- come. spect of building new dor- Jones added that at Boston mitories. University, the Sheraton If new dormitories are to be Boston is rented for three to , THE REVIEWI Kean Burenga built, their location will also be four weeks until all students ~Y f~l~w A... ~can •••• - ~es~dent .Ronald !teagan addresses crowds during the Con- determined, he added. a re assigned permanent sbtution s 200th b... tbday celebration m PhIladelphia Thursday. See story p.6. According' to Jones, the continued to poge 11 $243,000 spent on president's house by Amy T~efsger surrounding the inground pool he that was put i.n the house in the 1920s," Copy Ed,tor stated. ' Mayer explamed. Giying an old house a new lift is According to the vice president of Because of the ~ater ~amage, Presi- costmg . the univer~ity $243,000 for facilities, management and service, den.t Jon~s and hIS famIly had to delay reno.vatIo~s and mamtenance on the Robert Mayer, a major overhaul was theI~ a.rnval for t'Yo months. pres~dent s ho~e at 47 Kent Way. ac- done on the pipes in the president's StIll m progress. IS the converSIOn of cordmg to PreSIdent Russel C. Jones. home because the acidity of Newark's the east p~rch to md?or space .for ac- The budget for the project, set by the water had caused them to deteriorate com,?odatmg large dinner partIes, the board of trustees last spring, allotted and burst. pr,~sIdent added. $160,000 for general renovations and The metal pipes were replaced with J.ones felt he ':le~de?, more spa~e, $83,00.0 for deferred maintenance, he plastic ones, he added. particularly for dmll~g, Mayer S3:Id . eX,~lamed. According to former president E. A. The ~ast porch, adJacent to the SIde The ?oard of trustees decided they Trabant, the pipes ruptured two days lawn, IS ~sed for fre~hmen wel~ome were gomg ~,o do a ma.jor upg~ade [on after he moved out, causing water and semor. graduatIOn receptions, the house]! th~ preSIdent saId. ~a,?age and destruction of parts of the Jones explamed. R~novatIons mcluded replacement hvmg room ceiling. The porch ~as preVIOusly screened of pIpes and plumbing throughout the "The piping needed to be replaced m and had blInds that could be pulled house and replacement of the fence because it was the original plumbing continued to page 13 Russel C. Jones · . Page 2. The Review. September 22, 1987 --,-., ....,------------------------------------ . __ Nation/World News Analysis The record will speak for Robert Bork .. b Don Gordon ana justices mirror the ideals and "freedom," forcIble overthro'Y o~ the law.fIrms WhICh discrimmat~ Y D I Rlf policies of the presidents who Bork expressed his inter- gover.nment or the vIolation of agamst homosexuals to recrwt appoint them. But Bork insists pretation of the "original in- any.law."" at Yale, He al,so ruled agamst Newsa..' Editors H f I th d t NIt h he has no bias toward certain tent," specifically with regard IS ~e mgs WI regar, 0 a, avy en IS ~~ W 0 was The confirmation of Judge values and instead decides to the First Amendment in a revolutIOn and lawbreakmg dIscharged for homosexual Robert H. Bork to the Supreme cases according to the 1971 article titled "Ne'utral are not to be underplayed; conduct." Bork's reasoning: Court could and most likely "original intent of the Con- Principles and Some First h?t~ ~arxi~t teaching and "Contrary t? a~serti~ns made, will have severe implications, stitution's framers," Amendment Problems," CIVtl dIsobedience (such as the homosexuality IS ObVIOUSly not to affect Americans through This idea is the foundation of In the article Bork wrote sit-ins which sparked the Civil an unchangeable condition like and beyond the year 2000. "judicial restraint," a princi- that First Amendment protec- Rights Mo~ement) fall under race or gender." Unlike other high court pIe to which Bork adheres tion of freedom of speech that sweepmg statemen~. nominations, such as that of strongly, Judicial restraint im- should only apply to "explicit- , Opponents?f ~ork claI~. he In 1975, Bork singled out as Antonia Scalia earlier this plies that individual case deci- ly political" speech, not other ~s a.ls? selecbv~ m exerclsmg " unprincipled" a decision year, Bork's legal background sions are just that, and judges forms of expression such as JudiCial restramt. which overturned a Connec­ and qualifications are not the should not be "results- scientific, literary, artistic, or For example, a recent stu~y ticut ban on contraceptive use, only elements under scrutiny. oriented" when deciding a "obscene or pornographic," br . the ~lph. Nader PublIc even by married couples. Instead, it may be Bork's case. While Bork has since CItizen LItigatIOn Group con­ As solicitor general under ideology which will be the This principle would modified his view to admit clu?ed that Bork favored Presidents Gerald Ford and determining factor in the eliminate the significance of that artistic and scientific ex- bu~mess~s when they brought Richard Nixon, Bork was hearings, precedent cases such as 1973's pression can have an indirect SUIt agamst the government, vigorously anti-busing. And in Bork was appointed by Roe vs. Wade, which legalized outcome on political affairs, he but favored !ht:; governm~nt 1963, he opposed the Public Ac­ President Ronald Reagan, abortion. still said he believes the when the plambff was an m­ comodations Act, a civil rights who also chose Scalia and San­ Instead, Bork said he government may, when dividual or public interest measure, calling it an "un­ dra Day O'Connor. The presi­ believes cases should be ~nter- necessary, interfere with in- group. constitutional infringement on dent also saw his appointee preted according to the hteral ' dividual liberty. Another maJo~ c~ncern of the right to free association." for Chief Justice William words of the Constitution In the 1971 article Bork Bork opponents IS hIS record Rehnquist, whisked through which poses the problem of ad: states that laws shoiIId be as a judge on the U.S. Court of In the case of Judge Robert confirmation hearings. ministering general principles alfowed which make criminal Appeals. H. Bork, the record will have In almost every case, such as "liberty" and "any speech that advocates In 1978, Bork fought to allow to speak for itself. The 2nd Annual COMMUTERFAIR 'Today 10 am - 2 PM under the tent next to Daugherty Hall Main Slreet Lot \ Alpha Chi om~ ~ food entertainment giveaways ~ Kirlcbride~ International~ 1tI~~ ~~ Hall" ,. University Offices will be available Center --...!2,!;! ~ \ ~ ~ ~ / Tau Kappa Epsilon .Student Activities Office WXDR Wellspring Special Sessions Public Safety AFROTC Women's Affairs Center for Counseling and ACCESS-Continuing Education Student Development Student Program Association d Off-C.ampus Student Association ... an mOre! EVERYONE WELCOME sponsored by Contemporary Programs Office and Off Campus Student Association --------------------------------------------September 22, 1987. The Review • Page 3 Cruising law cuts down traffic congestion by Michelle Wall been issued, and the communi­ fire departments, but to others Assistant News Editor ty has responded well, said as well." • The Newark cruising or­ Townsend. The penalties for University students who live dinance, which has been in ef­ cruising include a fine and/or on Main Street have problems fect since June 1986, has pro­ imprisonment for not more getting from one end of town to ven effective in eliminating than 90 days, police said. the other. traffic congestion but "has not "We had expected this year "It's not just the fact that been the solution to the to start out with a few pro­ ther_e's so many cars," said madness on Main Street," ac­ blems because of the large Cynthia Gentile (AS 89), a cording to Newark Police.