An Associated Collegiate Press .Pacemaker Award Winner TUESDAY ~arch 3, 1998 • • Volume 124 THE Number 35 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Newark, DE Permit No. 26 250 Student Center• University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Brawl damages Student groups TIKA house may get BY KELLEY DIPPEL damaged the doors, windows and Student Affmrs Edtfor locks of the house, said Capt. Jim A fist fi ghl whi c h e rupte d Flatley o f University Police. five-star between members of the Pi Kappa Newark and Universi ty Police Alpha frate rnity and me mbe rs o f each received a phone call from a the fo otball te am e a rl y Sunday Pi Kappa Alpha member at about 2 system morning resulte d in $ I 35 in a. m., Newark Po lice said. damages to the frate rn ity's house One fraternity member was BY LIZ JOHNSON taken to the hospital and treated for and la nded o ne bro th e r in the Stud~nt Affairs Editor hospital. a broken jaw, Brooks said. A mandatory five-star The fight took pl ace after a party So far. Brooks has received calls evaluation system for all registered at a Pi Kappa Alpha me mber' s Ivy fro m t wo fra ternity members' s tude nt organizations will be Hall apartment, on South College fath ers. introduced on Wednesday by Nina Avenue. fro m which an indi vi dual " Clea rl y s o mething went on Harris, coordinator of the Student on the football team was removed. he re." Brooks said . Center and of the Ac tivities and acco rding to Timothy F. Brooks. No arrests have been made and Programs Office. dean of students. th e case is unde r investigation , The system, which is similar to The i ndi vi dua l s u pposedly po li ce said. the five-star Greek system, was gathe red some fri e nds and went Neither the football team nor the developed by Harris and a student over to t he fra ternit y ho use o n frate rni ty had any comment. panel called the Student Wyoming Avenue at ahout 2 a.m .. "Ri ght no w. we' re not going to Organizati o n for Leadership and Brooks said. talk abo ut it ," said Joe Kadjeski, Activity Resource Council. The g roup fo rcibl y ente red and president of Pi Kappa Alpha. Robin Caterson, Panhellenic Council president and member of SOLAR, said the system is Grossberg defense designed to encourage student groups to work together and to prom o te m ore programs and activities. turns on Peterson Harris said , "Overall, we want to raise the s tand a rds of o ur BY VER01 ICA FRAATZ 1996. student organizations." Cm News Ethtor T he allorneys also stated there All regi sie re d s tude nt WILMI G TON Amy was no plan to inllict harm on the organizations will be evaluated Grossberg's de fe n se team wi ll b a by, th a t the new born was unde r this system, regardless of THE REVIEW I John Chabalko arg ue that the fo rme r univers ity de ce a s ed whether they receive funding from s tude nt pl ayed no role in t he when it was Forward Darryl Presley reaches over the Hofstra center to steal the opening tip-off during the university, Harris said. alleged murder of her newborn son born· and Sunday's semifinal game. The Hens won 60-51 in front of a crowd of 4,047 fans. There are fo ur major parts of the when the case goes to trial on Ma) t h a t system . Each part is awarded a 4, according to documents fil ed in Grossberg certai n number of points, with a Superior Court Friday. played no maximum total of 500 points. Due to th is strategy. Grossberg's ro le in the The Activi ties and Programs attorneys stated their client needed di s posal of Hens make finals Office will assess the organizations to have a separate trial from her co­ her son ' s and award points, Harris said. defendant, Bria n C. Peterson Jr. body in the BY CHRISTOPHER Y ASIEJKO imaginary roof. Sunday against Drexel. There will be penalties involved Because of opposing defenses, they Dumpster. Managin g Ne\C'i Ediwr "It ' s just a great feeling," Davis Delaware (I 9-9 overal l, 13-6 for low point totals, Harris said, wrote it wo uld be impossible for GROSSBERG " Indeed, When it was a! I over, after the said. "I couldn' t even stay in the A meri ca East) overcame a seven­ including loss of financial support Grossberg to recei ve a fa ir tri a l as the State buzzer sounded and the opposition gym. I got so excited that I just ran point deficit at halftime to avoid an for organizations that receive without the jury being prejudicial knows from trudged to the locker room and the right outside." upset. The Hens have not played for a llocated funding and loss o f toward s her. Peterson' s statement to Oct. Kevin 4 ,047 fanatical witnesses wore away Juni'or point guard T y Perry the conference title si nce the 1992- privileges for the other groups. .-------, "Because of the Wilson of the Gettysburg Police their throats with each raspy yelp, leaped and bounced about the court 93 season. when th ey upset Drexel If a group normally reserved ten editorial enormo us a mo unt Department.'' the court documents three Delaware players at the center as if he were a human pogo stick. in Philadelphia. rooms in Trabant for an event, of pub I i c it y. read, " it was Peterson, alone, who of the court beckoned the crowd for The Delaware men 's basketball Since then , Delaware has built a Harri s said , a possible penalt page AS Amy's jury will be placed the baby into a plastic bag more. team advanced to the America East new arena, hired a new coach (Mike would be to reduce the number of L....,___ __J tai nted with the a nd di s posed of it in the More noise. More smiles. More champions hip g ame Sunday Brey) and revitali zed the program. rooms they were allowe d to a nt ago ni s ti c Dumpster." adrenal in e. afternoon when the top-seeded Hens Perry, who scored all 14 of his reserve. defense of Peterson, requi ri ng Amy In Pete rso n's s tate ment s to More of the animated stuff that eliminated No. 5 Hofstra University points in the second half, hit three " The· SOLAR Council was to not only prove her innocence but police made on Nov. 12. 1996, he helped propel the Hens to their first 60-51 at the Bob Carpenter Center. three-pointers to help open the half invo lved in this whole proce ~~ so Peterson's culpability,'' wrote her a nswere d direc t questi o ns about trip to the conference fina l in five The title - a long with an wi th a 23-8 Hens run. Sophomore that a student voice wo uld be attorneys, John S. Mali k, Rohert K. what happened the night before. years. automatic bid to the NCAA Final forward Darryl Presley muscled a involved," Harris said, "so that H Tanenbaum and Jack L. Gru enstei n. "Is he dead, and if so, how do And one ste p closer to the Big Four tournament - will be at stake career-high I 5 rebounds and scored wasn't j ust a n administrative Grossbe rg a nd P eter son face you kn ow?" Wilson asked. Dance. Saturday, when Delaware faces No. I 0 points. Pegues also drained 13 mandate." charges of first-degree murder and ·'J did it ,'' Peterson answered. Senio r guard Keith Davis and 2 Boston University at I I :30 a.m. at points. Financial Management, o ne of murder by a buse o r n eglect in ·'You did what'l" sophomore forward Mike Pegues the Carpenter Center. Said Dutchmen coach Jay Wright, the objec ti ves, is designed to make connecti on with the death of their '·Got rid o f it." pumped th eir fi sts in the air to ignite The Terriers, d e fending last " Every gu y is capable of having a s ure treasurers of student groups new-born son at the Comfo rt Inn a booming respo nse. then thru st season's ·crown. advanced to the great game. and that' s what makes located o n Rte. 896 in November see GROSSBERG page A7 their open palms upward to raise an final with a 53-5 I comeback win them such a great team." see FIVE-STAR page AIO Landlord fights for refund MBNA Corp. in BY MEGHAN RABBITT condensation throughout the house.'· class action lawsuit Copy Eduor As he pledged his all egiance to the flag and paused for a moment of The ideals of de mocracy so eloquently stated in the Gettysburg Address silence, Wayne Peters said he wondered what had happened to those truths BY BETSY LOWTHER did so because [o f] the were at the forefront o f a Newark resident's mind at last Monday' s Ci ty held to be self-evident. 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