In Section 2 In Sports Partying A wild An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper down with lunar cycle 100 years for men's of film hoops page B I page B 10 Non-profit Org. FREE U.S. Po>tage PaJd FRIDAY Newark, DE Volume 122, Numher 27 250 Student Center, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 Perrm1 No. 26 January 12, 1996 Snow! (In case someone may have missed it) Nearly two feet of Local it force university to close for only sorority second time in probed recent memory BY JESSIE GOLD Swfl Rcportn for hazing The Blizzard o f '96, the largest snowstorm to hit 1he East Coast in half of a century, brought allegation Wilmington 22 inches and broke the c ity's J a nuary 1922 24-hour snowfall record and even tied the BY VANESSA ROTHSCHILD all-time national 24-hour snowfall SiliJr?m ,1fjmn Fdaor record set back in December 1909. Lambda Kappa Beta. the univer ity' o nl y local sorority. is being investigated by the Dean of Blizzard of '96 tudent\ Office and Public Safety See related stories on snow for alleoed ha7ing incident'>. Dean of clean up and dining hall Studenl~ Timoth y F. Brooks said . problems. page A4 The investigation began the third week of November. Brooks said. after two sorority sisters reported the But for university students and alleged haLing. \~hich do not involve staff, perhaps the most significant any injuries. occurrence of all was the c losing of University Police Lt. Joe l Ivory. the university. While notorious for who is investigating the reported rema ining ope n in all sorts of incidents. refused to comment while inc lement weather (the university the case is pending judicial action. has closed onl y one other time in the Stephanie Strajcher. a j unior and past seven years), the univers ity former sister of Lambda Kappa Beta. canceled classes and c losed its reported the alleged hazing incidents o ffices for not only o ne, but two to Brooks after what she described as days. On Monday and Tuesday, the a hasty dismissal from the sorority in university shut down both its November. Wilmington and Newark campuses. 5trajcher was not told why she Before the university affirms a was dismissed from the sorority. snowfa ll -related closing, many "but it happened right alter I warned fact ors are taken into considerati on, pledges about hazing;· she said . and several offices are contacted. Another sister. who did not want M ax ine Co lm , vice president of to usc her name because of previous Employee Relations, and David harassment. including finding her Ho llowell, senior vice president, tire s las hed . also made hazing collaborate in the decision-making allt:gations after be1ng dismissed process and ultimately arc the ones from the ·o rority. wh o decide whether to close. "The hazing was out of control," The university shut down for one Strajcher said. '·Eventuall y. someone THE REVIEW I Jo h Wnhers day during the Blizzard of '93 due would have be n hurt'' DON'T LET GO! Two students take advantage of cancelled classes Thesday to enjoy the January weather and gei in some to icy road conditio ns, and final s Strajcher repo rted the foll owin g freeloading fun on East Cleveland Avenue by grabbing hold of the back of a moving 4x4, More snow coverage on page A4. were postponed during last year's pledge rituals and hazing practice, tv Winter Session. Brooks: blindfo !ding and abducting Consultation with Public Safety pledge ; forced consumption of food also plays a considerable role in the .and drinks. in cl uding a c hocolat e deci sion to c Jo,e school. Public covered onion; and '·a lot of mind 1 Safe t y alert~ C o lm ahout th I Newark businesses battle the blizzard games." conditi o n of campus walkways, Dyan Gardi ne r. a seni o r an d BY DAN STEINBERG The repercussions of the blizzard were felt at Cheung, a No. I employee. parking lo ts and nearby roadways. president of Lambda Kappa Beta, New., Ft'Wures Ediror Using this informati on. Calm judges •denied the hazing allegations. :other local businesses as well. Ganello's Pi zza also managed to stay open for Sunday's s torm sh ut down the fede ral how feasi ble travel into and around • ·· we don' t haze at Lamda Kappa The Acme Market on Elkton Road, which on much of the J ay on Sunday, until food shortages government. Ditto for airports in Boston. New the univer ity will be. ; Beta ... Gardine r ~-:t id . adding th at Monday ceased its 24-hour weekday operations for and worsening weather conditions finall y shut down York . Philadelphia. Baltimore and Washington. During the bli zzard , public these c h arges were not of a ny the first time in years. closed down for a different the business at 6 p.m. Even the U.S. Postal Service, despite its '·neither trans portation was shut down. It was concern to her or the sorority. "The reason than Wawa. " It started getting really horrible out there, so I rain nor snow nor g loom of night'' pledge, was presumed by the university that it charges will be dropped." ·· we just ran out of employees for work,'' said was actually happy when they said 'OK. we're forced to stop deliveries to millions of Americans. co nditi o ns were too unsafe for Gardiner also said Strajcher tore manage r Jo hn Do nahue. '·The company done ,"' said junior Dan Schillace, a delivery person But a short trip down Elkton Road wa all that public transpo rtation to run. the "disaffi liated her e lf'' from the dec ided that when you run out of employees, you at Ganell o's. wa~ truly needed to under tand the magnitude of the conditions were al o too un afe for sorority and wa nor kicked out and shut down." Still , there were some m ajor be nefits to Bli zzard of '96. The 7-Eleven, that eemingly motorist to drive. the other s ister· di s mi ssal " had Some businesses, however, could not be stopped delivering food during a massive snowstorm: indestructible mini-mart of 24-hour fame. was by the biggest 2-f-hour s nowfall in Delaware's Schillace racked up $50 in tips in j ust three hours of In New York City, whose 20 nothing to do with ha1ing; it was a inches of s now caused the first sorority decision ... closed from 3 p.m. Sunday until 6 a.m. Monday. history . No. I Chine e Restaurant stayed open work. Anoth er 24-hour Newark mini-mart. the Wawa on s hutdown of its public chool But Strajcher said: " Lamda Kappa during all of its nom1al hours Sunday and Monday. "Everyone was like, 'Oh th ank you, there 's Route 4. shut down Sunday ni ght at II and didn' t system in more than 18 year , not Beta is not a sorority to me. It is an transporting food to snowed-in customers via a pair nothing else open, this is great,''' Schill ace recalled. reopen until 7 the following morning. o nly was bu service c losed, but organization based on intimidation. of four-wheel-drive cars. Several stores that stayed closed Sunday were ··we didn't want anybody getting stuck here, .. pri vately operated vehicles were not threats and superficiality." ··Jf we close. everybody e lse is not going to eat back in busin ess du ring the clean-up effort Monday. explai ned Bob Hunter, store manager at Wawa. anything; they' re going to tarvc:· joked Philip ee BUSINESSES page A4 see OFFICIAL page A4 Undercover agents snag /.D.'s and enforce liquor laws Del.'s underdog candidates With little chance, help the average Delaware voter get Vietnam War. He moved to 'With so much drama to know the candidates in each race, Delaware in 1973, earned a master's they run against The R eview presents a brief degree in business administration at Biden, Roth, Castle rundown of each race: the university. and at age 29 began his first of three term s as s tate in the ABC ••• ' and Carper next year GOVERNOR treasurer. He has held a statewide office ever since. Carper currently •Thomas R. Carper 1 BY TORY MERKEL between 30 days and six months, depending on BY SCOTT GOSS remains unchallenged for re­ Cm N~hS Edaor Ncuionai/SttJit! Edttor The De mocratic governor has whether or not they have been caught before. election. won nine consecutive elections, Underage drinkers, beware ! Your fake ID 'There are a number of ways to tell if an ID is F o r the first time since 1988 including five terms as Delaware's mi ght be good enough to fo o l a bouncer. but fake." Bowman said. Though he did not want to Delaware ' s governor. lone U.S. SENATE congressman in the U.S. House of Delaware's Alcoholic Beverage Control reveal all the ways to tell, he said agents look at representative and one of its U.S. Representatives, making him the Commission. with its II undercover agents, is the seal, the ways the corners are cut and the senators and are all up for re­ •Joseph R. Biden Jr. ready to pounce o n unwary booze-swilling lettering on the license. election. mos t victorious politician in Biden is seeking his fifth Dcla.ware history.