An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner • THE • Sophomores win a private Hens football rolls over evan and jaron concert, West Chester, 84-0, . Bl Cl - Non-Profit Org. 250 Student Center • University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716 U.S. Postage Paid • Thesday & Friday Newark, DE Permit No. 26 FREE \'olumt• 127. Issue~ u·u·w.n'1·icw.uddedu ·1 Hl""d"·' . Sl'pkmiH"r 2ft. 20UO . I Junior caught with 207.grams of pot BY SARAH J. BRADY was aware that Weir had been charged. · "They were looking in the seals of our Junior Josephine Evans lived next door to Administrative News Editor "Anyone selling drugs on this campus is refrigerator, the drums Marlon had, even the Weir. Junior Marlon Weir was arrested and facing very significant sanctions," he said. "We, trashcan,": he said. "I left to go to a Phillies "I'm really surprised," she said. "I never charged Friday with possession of 207 grams are going to meet with him and indicate that he game afte'rtl)ey let me go. When I came home, would have thought anything like this." of marijuana among other allegations, said has been charged with a violation of the drug. all the ~w~ were open and the cabinets, too. Senior Eileen Cotugno lived across the hall. Capt. James Flatley of Public Safety. PQlicy." ' Marlon wash't here." · · '"He was friendly," she said. 'They never At approximately 5 p.m., a Public Safety Senior Trevor Martin was Weir's roommate · The next day, Martin said, he was informed really bad parties or anything like that. He officer received information regarding a before he was forced to leave campus. Martin that Weir wpuld not be returning to campus. really kept to himself." distinct odor on Weir's floor in the West said he was present when Public Safety "Yesterday they came and took all of his Roland Smith, vice president for Student Christiana Tower, Flatley said. searched the room. stuff," he said "!.wasn't here, but when I got Life, said the charges are very serious. Weir was charged with delivery of "Public Safety knocked on the door," he back everythiilg was gone." "If these allegations prove to be, true, it marijuana, possession with intent to deliver and said. '·'Marlon an~wered it, and the officers • Weir's older brother, Jason, said he feels could be grounds for expulsion," he said. "This maintaining a dwelling used for selling. All of came in, sat us down and told us we·could that the ~versity came down too ID!rd on his type of activity will not be tolerated on 1his the charges are felonies. either sign a consent form for them to seareh brother. ccunpus." Flatley said sophomore Andtew Beck was our room, or they could go get a search warrant "It's always·a .shame when sorp.ething like . Flatley said the charges were filed thrOugh also arrested and released on his own and be back in an hour." · · this happens,;, Weir said. "He's a good kid. the state due to the severity of the matter. 1HE REVIEW/Glasgow High Schooll998 Cofiant yeamoo'k> recognizance on charges of possession. He was '1 signed it, but Marlon didn't want to." H6~s at·the university pn scholarship and. he "He will be dealing with the Wilmington aiTeSted ~ given a mandatory court date. Martin said Public Safety searched the gets good grades. We think he's being made Superior Court," he said. 'These crimes are Junior Marlon Weir was by UD . Dean of Students Timothy F. Brooks said he people in the room as well as their possessions. into an example." serious." Police Friday for marijuana possession. :~ ·.....' ·' Nonfatal UD students join in event stabbing on supporting AIDS research BY JILL LIEBOWITZ Stephanie Grant, director of Development for the Beach StaffR eporter AIDS Del;lware. WILMINGTON-Folk music echoed in "People of all incomes are able to raise a the dis~ce as a shower of iridescent bubbles lot of money which eventually adds up," she BY SARAH J. BRADY touched bodies walking through the red and ·- said 'This year, we will raise approximately Administrative New:J Editor white balloon arch and onto the open field. $150,000." - --- A 20-year-old male student was stabbed ~ts with tnliditiolial!M ribbons ComPim:d to last year's $120,000, the Saturday morning on the HmingtDn Bead1, said pirined to their clothing crowded around the increase in donations has shown more public 1 Public Safety Capt. James Flatley. seven white information tents scattered oh the interest and in~ sbe said. The student, whose name is being withheld, field, as others geared up for the five- ''Over the years, as the progression of the was taken to Christiana Emergency Room and , kilometer walk ahead of them. disease has grown, so has the diversity and treated for lacerations on his right chest and Two photos ldfixed to a bubble machine participation in the walk," Grant said biceps. He received five stitches and was portrayed Newark resident Felix Cartagena's The money raised is used for case released, Flatley said. two brothers, both lost to the AIDS virus. management, education and outreach, Capt. Flatley gave the following account of Cartagena was one of 1,600 individuals counseling and testing services, she said. the incident who attended the 14th Annual AIDS Walk Education efforts are important because • The student and two other male friends were Sunday at Rockford Park in Wilmington in more than half of new cases occur in people • walking across Harrington Beach at' support of finding a ~ for the disease. between the ages of 14 and 25, and the : approximately 4 a.m. They encountered two Among the participants, more than 350 infection rate is still at a constant pace, Grant : suspects, a verbal argument began and a fistfight were representatives of university student said· ensued. One student was stabbed and the two groups such as the Black Student Union, "Young people need to be educated suspects fled. Circle K and Ganima Sigma Sigma, a because they tend to think they're invincible," The student, unaware that he had been national service sororil}'. she said. • stabbed, then waiked to his place of residence, The D#Sharps, Harrington Theater Arts "There's still a big portion of the : where a friend noticed blood on his shirt. He was Company, YoUDee and lOcal bands also populatiQn that believes it's someone else's driven to the hospital. provided entertainment problem, and.it's not." · Flatley said Public Safety is actively Attendees hoped to memorialize the 11.7 Senior Jen Rutan, service vice president of : investigating the incident. There are no leads as to million people who lost their lives to AIDS Gamma Sigma Sigma. said AIDS is an issue : the identities of the suspects. and to champion the search for a cure. close to college students, which was' a key · "We're starting at square one," he said. "It ·started by a small gtoup of gay men who factor in determining their involvement in the · could have been a random act, or it could be an . nm REVIEW/Oiristian Jackson lost friends and lovers, the walk has become a walk. altercation between people who know each Walkers in the 16th Annual AIDS WJllk exemplify the helping spirit asSodatecf way to involve people who want to give but other." with the event. More than 350 university staff and students took part Sunday. do not have enough money to donate, said see AIDS page A9 Dean of Students Timothy F. Brooks said he visited with the student, who seemed to be doing fine. '1 asked him for as much cooperation as he could give us in the investigation," he said. Brooks also said he could not recall any GradUate stU.dent gives fresh ideas to:BOard . similar incidents in the past few years. .. ' \ A student walking across campus was addressed," he said. He said the committee is also responsible for finding· attacked and slashed about 10 years ago, he said, ·~I ~elieve I can help the university continue to be alternative assets, or ways in which the university can but he does not remember an incident like this in Part Three ofa five-part series on the Board · financially strong as well as academically elite." invest money other than in: stocks and bonds. his recent memory. of Trustees Now in his second year as a graduate student, Torina Torina is currently working with student life issues.., Flatley said he wants to stress safety to said he is also serving his second term on the board. particularly underage alcot:fol consumption, he said. • students when walking alone or even in a group. BY MIKE FRAZER "1 was recruited and then interviewed," he said. "We deal with anything affecting student life," he• Sophomore William Blakefield, a resident in Copy Editor "Ultimately, I was selected by the board's nominating said. "I'll be attending ith.e '~tate of the State_' coun~il Harrington C, said he was unaware of the For one 1999 alumnus, commencement opened a door committee and elected at the May 1999 board meeting. meeting on underage dnnk~ng a nd related Issues ID, incident. through which few graduates will pass. ·· . "I had a one-year position starting in 1999, and then I October." "I didn' t even know it happened," he sa,id. Philip J. Torina Jr., who is cut:rently pursuing a d~gree was re-elected for a second year." As an undergraduate. student, Torina said, he pushed, "No one has been talking about it or anything." in medicine at Jefferson Medical College, was elect~d as · As a member of the board's visiting committee for for more intern opportunities within the university and .