An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner TUESDAY February 22, 2000 • • Volume 126 THE Number 32 Review Online Non-Profit Org. U. S. Postage Paid www. review. udel. edu Newark, DE Permit No. 26 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 FREE Second Delaware declares :lawsuit Juneteenth holiday BY ANDREA N. BOYLE Though Junetee nth was lecture National/State News Editor fo rmally established as a hol iday I n honor of Black History o n Friday, the Delaware Month , Juneteenth National Prevention Network has bee n Freed o m D ay became a state commemorating the hol iday since is public holiday Friday. 1994. The after-school prevention Juneteenth is an historic event program has been cond uc ti ng th a t has traditionally been programs with children on June 19 BY STEVE R UBENSTEIN celebrated on June 19 by African to teach them about history and the ,.,1wwgtnj: Neu·s Editor Americans as " Emancipation dangers of today' s world. Another lecture discussing a Day." "We want them to know slavery ! lawsuit between the Newark The law that Gov. Thomas R. still exists today in another form," 1 Landlo rds A ssociation and the Carper signed Friday makes the said Regina Manley, spokeswoman •City oJ Newark i s assured to be state's obser vance of the holiday for the Delaware Juneteenth ' open to the public fo ll owing a the third Saturday in June. C ommittee. " It exists in : wednesday lecture which The J im Smith, Carper's press drugs, tobacco, alcohol and teen ' Review was compelled to leave. secretar y, said, "T he governor pregnancy. They coul d become During the first public meeting tho ught establishi ng this enslaved to these things and never las t week . The Review was celebration in Delaware really have control of their lives again .'· compe lled t o leave the event compliments what has been done Smith sai d the Delaware because chief presenter Roy H. here in Delaware and across the Prevention Network has Lo pata, director of planning for country to recogn ize th e unfin alized plans for events, the city, said he refused to speak achi evements of African including interactive childre n's in th~ presence of reporters. He Americans and further the programs, during the week leading aid the lecture was a private culture." up to Juneteenth as well as for the function and that he could not Delaware is the fourth state to day itself. speak to the media because he institute a Juneteenth celebration . Manley said this celebration is . wo uld be presenting information Texas , Oklah oma a nd Georgia open to the entire public. 'being used in the c ity' s lawsuit already observe the holiday. There "It is not just for blacks," she :with the NLA. is a push for Juneteenth to become said. " We feel that all c ultures · Katy Lewis. pres ident of the a national ho li day, Smith said. should be aware of everyone el e' ; university's Civil Liberties Union, T h e Juneteenth h oliday c ul ture. Our feeling is no one is , the student group sponsoring the commemorates the day a decree free until we all are free. event. said thi s Wednesday's was read in T exas, releasing the "Most people celebrate July 4 as ' meeting is definitely open to ·the last of the slaves, two and a half Independence Day, but thi s is the •public. years after Abraham Lincoln gave real Independence Day," she said. ~ The NLA flied its lawsuit his Emancipation P roclamation, "For blacks, thi s actually ends the !against the city in mid-November the decree that abolished slavery. circle of freedom." 1999 over an o rdinan ce which ' regulates and defines laws for student rental properties. In a previous interview w ith 3 Greek councils The Review . Lewis said Lopata' s lecture was advertised in th.e Isn't this house 'Charmin?' Trabant Univer ity Center and was open not only to CLU member , THE REVIEW/ Mike Louie Unidentified culprits toiled-papered the Sigma Kappa house on Haines Street Sunday night. plan to form panel see NLA page AS B)' ADRIAN BACOLO collaborative uni on where each Student Affairs Editor ·council can learn from the others. T he mani festation of "The council is not reactionary Interfrate rni ty Counci I president -it's proactive," he said. "This !Funds for local housing are discussed Dan M a t t's b r a instorm to i s about the Greeks changing establish a single Greek entity - themselves, n ot the univers ity known as the Greek Council - is changing the Greeks." BY KYLEBELZ residence of four and $38,250 for a two-person anywhere. j ust two weeks away. The r eputation of the Gree k I Nehs Fearures Editor lodging, she said . These figures represent those In figuring the financ ial level of students, the . ' The tri-council, which would be system a s a who le , which Matt Federal allocations for local lo w- and making 80 perce nt of the national medi a n formula for determining a student' s eligibility com posed of the IFC, t he Pan­ said can often reflect an inclusive moderate-income ho using - which in some income in each category, which she said was the fo ll ows the same guidelines for financial aid He llenic Council and the National attit ude, is ope of the larger issues . areas near campus account for more than three financial cutoff for those eligible to receive eligibility, she said. T he income of the student's Pan-Hellenic Cou ncil , is being that will be addressed. quarters of all residents - were di cussed by HUD-based aid. farnily is considered, Ashley said, as long as the estab li s hed t o address Greek While the Greek Council is not community officials Thursday. The percentage of residents li vin g in low- to student is still claimed as a dependent on hi s concerns as a whole, M att said. ye t a R esid e nt Student Though student residents weigh heavily in th e moderate-income housing north of Main Street taxes. When the Greek Council first Organi z ation , it is looking t o fig ure, none attended the meeting, which was and east of South College Avenue is more than· Although the student population contributes to convenes two weeks from now, its promote Greek life and explore its designed to get input from the community in the 77 percent. giving it the highest proportion of the figure used to determine the amount Newark aim will not be to reorganize the potenti a l through vari o us development of a five-year plan to di tribute th e such residents in the area, Ashley said. receives, no students at.tended the meeting to c urre nt Greek syste m or any Jendeavors wi th the communi ty, as money. As this region ho u·ses many off-campu s voice their opinion and no plans were proposed associated policies. Mott said his well as increasing Greeks' New Castle County receives approximately students, they contributed to this figure, she said. by any student groups, said Albert Loyola, an intention s are to establish a involvement with student groups. : $2.6 million annually in federal Co mmunity "College students are one reason Newark gets employee of the city planning department. system in which each council will Matt said he would like to have , Developme nt Bloc k Grant Funds, said as much CDBB funding as Dover," she said. "Not one student group gave us a plan," he address issues pertinent to every fraternities and sororities become ' M arg uerite Ashley, the N e w Castle County '·It's a plus for Newark that it gets the same said. Greek. more engaged in the university's , ; Ho us ing Planner and c h ief s peaker of the amount as Dover, but we don't have as much While no st uden ts were present for the "This has nothing to do with happenings. 1 meeting. From thi s fi gure, Newark receives need as Dover." ' mee ting, o ne attendee initiated talks of the judiciary policies," he said. "The In order t o ha ve s u ch approximately $300,000. Students are counted as Delaware residents student role in the allocation process - Jo hn key is that each co unci I maintains invo lve ment, the tri-council is Administered b y the U.S. Departme nt o f for th e purpose of the census, even if they come Bauscher, the President of the Newark Landlord its individual ri ghts and powers." compri sed o f four boards - • Housing and Urban Development, the funds are from other states, she said, because if they are Association. M a tt said the ultimate purpose Greek Events, Co-Programming, : intended for families making less than $55,450 not counted in Newark, where they reside for a is not t o evoke revolutionary for a s ix-me mb.er ho u e ho ld, $4 7,800 f o~ a m ajority of the year, they are not counted see STUDENTS page A 7 c ha nges, b ut t o create a see OFFICERS page A6 Survey: Internet decreases social activity BY CLARKE SPEICHER According to the survey, university students are "but you can' t share a coffee or a beer with £me1tainment Editor considered socially isolated. Because of easy someone on e-mail,'" he said.