UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 29, Page 5
April 29, 1993
In the news

Recent comments about the University and its community in the media, are
featured in this regular column.

Lifelong learning
     It might have cost a fortune to send your kids to college, but you may
be able to send yourself for free. Many state colleges and universities
allow senior citizens to audit regular undergraduate classes at little or
no cost. A few, such as the University of Delaware in Wilmington, have
special courses designed exclusively for retirees in subjects ranging from
investing to Broadway musicals.
     Here is a sampling of schools that offer special deals for seniors.
You must be a resident of that state to qualify, and you can usually take
any course in which space is available. If you don't see your local
university listed, try calling colleges in your area-they may have similar
programs.
     (Editor's note: The University of Delaware listing states that senior
citizens age 55 and above can take classes at a cost of $180 a year and
receive more information by calling, 895-4469.)
                                          "Campus deals for lifelong learning"
                                         Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
                                                                   April, 1993

Word from Kentucky
     When word arrived that the University of Delaware basketball team
would challenge the University of Louisville in the NCAA Tournament, nearly
500 students, fans and players at the school's Perkins Student Center
surrounded one man for an immediate scouting report: Dr. David Roselle, the
University president Delaware hired from the University of Kentucky three
years ago.
     At 6:45 p.m. Sunday there was Roselle, in the heart of campus,
captivated by the televised pairing show, watching it with his players, and
delivering the draw analysis everybody requested.
     "I told them that although they'd lost about seven (actually eight)
games, this was a typical Louisville team," Roselle said. "A lot of great
athletes, hard-working and well-coached. We're facing a difficult
assignment."
     Life presents degrees of difficulty. Delaware's first-round game
against U of L in the Hoosier Dome tomorrow is certainly difficult. But any
game is a festival of laughs measured against the formidable work Roselle
faced at UK.
     An express-mail envelope with $1,000 inside pops open on its way from
the UK basketball office to recruit Chris Mills in Los Angeles in 1988.
Allegations rage of college entrance exam cheating by a UK player. More
charges surface, including talk of personal problems by UK head coach Eddie
Sutton.
     Eventually athletic director Cliff Hagan, Sutton and several players
leave. A three-year NCAA probation arrives, including two seasons without
post-season play.
     Talk about trauma.
     "The experience was nothing if it wasn't interesting," said Roselle,
who is 53. "It always kept you alert."
     Bluegrass admirers remember Roselle as Dr. Integrity, the man who
brought athletic director C.M. Newton, coach Rick Pitino and honor to UK
four years ago. Instead of fighting the NCAA, Roselle fought a cover-up.
His decision to cooperate with NCAA investigators has become the model game
plan followed by several schools.
     Critics prefer the tag, Dr. Anti-Sports, the man who brought angina to
Big Blue Line listeners. Instead of challenging the allegations, Roselle
surrendered. It was written often that Roselle needed a trip to the
mountains to study the gospel according to UK basketball.
     A look back at the Roselle Era shows the man did wonderful work. David
Roselle was never anti-sports. He was merely pro-integrity. Roselle was
never seeking vindication. He was only seeking the truth.
     His hiring of Newton and Pitino cleansed UK's soiled image and brought
marvelous basketball-and joyous times-to Rupp Arena. Big Blue Line
listeners are not any happier than Roselle that UK reigns as the Southeast
Regional No. 1 seed in Pitino's fourth season.
     So Kentucky roars again. Delaware has played in back-to-back NCAAs.
And Sutton has resurrected his career at Oklahoma State. Sutton's team will
face Roselle's team Sunday if both schools win tomorrow. Within David
Roselle, memories stir.
     "I learned a lot in the process of going through the Kentucky
situation," Roselle said. " And, I think, frankly, I also taught a lot."
     "I taught people that if your program is accused of not doing the
right thing, what you're obliged to do is stop, take a look and draw enough
conclusions to where you're comfortable either disciplining your program or
defending your program. A lot of people learned that from the Kentucky
experience.
     "I learned to have more respect for the guys who are important in the
basketball enterprise. It is a fact that C.M. Newton is as good as he seems
to be. It is a fact that (IU coach) Bob Knight believes the Kentucky
tradition is important, and that basketball there ought to be played by a
high level and played by the rules. Dean Smith (of North Carolina) believes
that, too.
     "I learned a lot of respect for that whole group of individuals. They
really care about the game. And they care about the game outside the
confines of their own institutions. They care about the game as a national
enterprise. I found that very refreshing.
     ...At Delaware players look for Roselle at every home game. A new
5,000-seat arena opened last fall. Basketball attendance climbed to a
school record average of 3,700 this winter.
     Delaware is not Kentucky. It is not even Auburn. The Blue Hens never
have sent a player to the National Basketball Association. The school, with
an undergraduate enrollment of 15, 248, is known nationally for its
engineering and business schools, not its full-court press. One reason
Roselle attended Sunday's tournament draw was to congratulate guard Andre
Buck on his acceptance to law school.
     Roselle is not certain if Delaware (22-7) can upset U of L and advance
in the tournament. Roselle is certain that if Delaware stumbles the team he
supports is coached by Rick Pitino.
     Roselle visited the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia last March to
encourage the UK players before they met Duke in the East Regional final.
And he just might show up in New Orleans if UK rolls into the Final Four on
April 3....
                                                  "Roselle roots for Delaware,
                                                             UK-in that order"
                                              The (Louisville) Courier-Journal
                                                                March 18, 1993