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Students stage rally calling for university to “do better” in cases of sexual violence

KIRK SMITH/THE REVIEW Hundreds of students filled the steps of Memorial Hall on Friday afternoon to voice concerns about gender-based violence on campus.

MEGHAN JUSCZAK Managing News Editor In the seventeen years Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs Matt Kinservik has served as a faculty member, he said he had never before seen students at the university band together like they did yesterday.

A crowd of over 300 gathered on the steps of Memorial Hall Friday to shed a light on sexual violence cases on campus, and the university’s handling of complaints. The rally follows Tuesday’s article in The Review involving the alleged sexual harassment of a student by sociology professor Eric Tranby.

“This is the first time I’ve seen students organize and hold an event this meaningful,” Kinservik said. “What I hear students saying is they want to be heard, they want to be taken seriously on this issue and they want to see changes.”

Paramount in the reaction to the article was the student body’s concern that the university did not provide the victim with full information about the proceedings, and did not inform the rest of the university about

the situation. There is also concern surrounding the terms of Tranby’s leave.

Provost Domenico Grasso sent out a university-wide email Thursday expressing the complex nature of the confidentiality agreement.

The email also stated Grasso is working with Title IX Coordinator Dr. Susan Groff to organize information sessions on the university’s policies and procedures surrounding sexual harassment and sexual assault.

Sophomore Sage Carson said instead of addressing the rights of the victims or students, he instead focused on unnamed inaccuracies in The Review’s coverage.

“I like that they said they would go over university policy with people who are interested,” Carson said. “But at the same time, allow people to come forward and say something creative in an open forum.”

Part of the reason alumna Amy Roe of Newark attended the rally yesterday—accompanied by her dog Stuart, who wore a sign reading “#UDoBetter”—was in reaction to the provost’s email, which she saw on Facebook.

“It seemed as though the

provost was trying to frame the issue as a safety issue,” she said.

“But women are entitled to equal rights to education under the law. This represents a civil rights issue and I think the university needs to address its issues with access to education and equality in addition to safety.”

The hashtag #UDoBetter emerged after the initial release of the article and continued to gain momentum as more students became aware of the incident once they received Grasso’s email. The movement also began to extend beyond the details of Tranby’s case to the university’s general handling of sexual assault and harassment complaints.

Carson, along with fellow sophomores Cassandra Steele and Matt Scott, organized yesterday’s rally as a culminating event to follow up on the anger they had seen from the university community online.

“When the article was posted, it started to bring light to the situation and everyone started being outraged,” Steele said. “And we thought we needed to organize something soon, because everyone was so heated.”

Rally organizers motivated by anger, desire for change MATT BUTLER Managing News Editor Sage Carson, Matt Scott and Cassandra Steele were frustrated, and they weren’t going to take it anymore.

After hearing of the sexual harassment allegations made against sociology professor Eric Tranby, Carson, Scott and Steele decided it was time set the wheels in motion for Friday’s “End the Silence, End the Shame” rally. The rally was organized to shed a light on the issue of sexual misconduct on campus.

“We were very, very angry,” Scott said.

Scott said when the article came out he texted Carson and that night he, Carson and Steele all met to discuss and plan the rally. Scott said the meeting was very emotional, and that he had a hard time keeping his anger with the situation in check in order to help effectively organize the rally.

“In all honesty, a lot of the planning we did on Tuesday was getting our emotions out––kind of impulsive––and throughout the week we had to get a more level mind,” Scott said.

After that first meeting, the group set to organizing students and professors, both in person and then through social media.

Scott said they were initially nervous about promoting the rally on Facebook and other outlets for fear of administrative

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KIRK SMITH/THE REVIEW Sophomores Cassandra Steele, Matt Scott and Sage Carson stand with professor Chrysanthi Leon. The sophomores organized the “End the Silence, End the Shame” rally. intervention. his original anxiety about The three said they were attendance and people’s only further motivated by willingness to share their Provost Grasso’s open letter to stories. Scott said there were the university, which responded people who were speaking out to The Review’s article on the for the first time about their situation, which Steele called experiences with sexual assault “bullsh---”. and harassment.

“What is being done about He said he could not this?” Steele said. “How can we imagine the rally going any feel safe on this campus?” better than it did, and he feels Carson said the letter, they accomplished their goals by refusing to directly take of alerting the university that responsibility for the problem, students have noticed their lack was simple finger-pointing by of attention to the problem. the university. Carson called “We also gave a very clear the letter a reactionary move message that the student body by the provost, and said if she needs to pay more attention to was a victim of sexual assault, this,” Scott said. “The stats on that letter would discourage her paper, that does not really mean from feeling brave enough to anything to [the administration], come forward. so seeing how it has affected Scott said he thought the students, hopefully that reached rally was a success, despite them.”

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Carson has issue with the university’s approach to sexual crimes, particularly regarding the commonly-seen “Speak Up, Stand Up” posters, which place blame on the people around the situation instead of the person actually committing the crime, she said.

Chyrsanthi Leon, the professor who acted as an advocate for the victim in the Tranby case, began by thanking those attending for their support for her and the student. She said the victim has graduated, is doing well and was present at the rally. She also read a letter from the student.

“Don’t let the event define you as a victim, but as a survivor and a hero,” read the letter.

“Because when you speak up, you defend yourself, other victims and other potential victims.”

Leon also emphasized the importance of yesterday’s event extended far beyond the one case, but was a “call for transparency.” She urged the university community to direct attention away from the perpetrator as well and avoid “demonizing” him.

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Company behind now-nixed STAR Campus data center sued SAM RICHTER & MATT BUTLER News Assignment Editor and Managing News Editor

While the embattled The Data Centers LLC (TDC) fights off a new legal challenge, the university is searching for new–– and less controversial––tenants.

TDC’s troubles did not end in July when the university terminated its lease with the firm. TDC has recently been brought under a joint legal challenge by Constructure Management Inc. and Duffield Associates.

The two firms allege that TDC has failed to make payment for construction and engineering service costs that total $725,751.91 in the case of Constructure and $619,125.19 in the case of Duffield.

The firms are also seeking compensation for “pre and post judgement interest, costs and attorney fees,” according to court documents.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

THE REVIEW

Tranby releases statement on sexual harassment allegations “Last spring, there was a claim of quid pro quo sexual harassment made against me.

I strongly deny any allegations that I asked for sexual favors in exchange for a grade, nor did I threaten the complainant in any way.

The University takes all claims very seriously, as they should, and they promptly and appropriately investigated the claim. There were no findings of quid pro quo harassment, I was not disciplined, and I remain on faculty.

I was upset by the allegations and ensuing rumors, and chose to take a leave of absence while I sought new employment.

Last week, the UD Review published an article which contained comments that were grossly inaccurate and misleading. In addition,

no one at The Review attempted to contact me before or after running the story. They have said they attempted to contact me, but my number “appeared to be disconnected.” This is untrue.

My voicemail is still connected and they never left a message. My email is also public, and they never reached out to me. However, the Review contacted my wife on September 18th via email and Facebook seeking comment not from me, but from my wife. One must wonder why the Review chose to contact my wife, not me, when she is obviously dealing with a lot at this difficult time. I insist that the privacy of my wife and young children be respected in the future.”

Univ. responds to Tranby’s statement Editor’s note: Following receipt of Eric Tranby’s statement, The Review sought comment from the university. That comment is below.

The personal safety and well-being of our students and the campus community are top priorities for the University of Delaware. The University has focused on ways to protect the members of its community from sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment and sexual assault, and has taken steps to ensure any and all complaints are handled appropriately.

If a sexual harassment complaint is made by a student, employee or visitor, federal law requires the University to take immediate and

appropriate steps to investigate the complaint or otherwise determine what occurred. In order to protect the privacy of both the complainant and the respondent in a sexual harassment complaint, the University’s policy provides that confidentiality must be maintained to the fullest extent possible throughout the process.

The University takes this confidentiality requirement seriously because many victims would not come forward without it.

We cannot comment on the specifics of this or any case. All personnel matters are confidential. This matter was handled promptly and properly, with sensitivity to the complainant and clear communication with all parties involved.

Editorial: Let’s keep the conversation going We have seen a tremendous response to last week’s article about sexual harassment allegations on campus. Students and faculty have to chosen a meaningful stance, calling for comprehensive reform of our campus policies. For their actions, we all have reason to be proud. However, the conversations surrounding gender-based violence at our university cannot stop now.

To ensure structural policy change, we must continue to work together.

Hundreds of students took to the steps of Memorial Hall on Friday in an effort organized by sophomores Sage Carson, Matt Scott and Cassandra Steele.

The rally, spurred by the university’s reaction to allegations against sociology professor Eric Tranby, resulted in a public forum.

Students spoke of their experiences, frustrations and concerns. Their peers greeted them with empathy and encouragement. Given the opportunity, students demonstrated their desire to

have a mature dialogue about what the university can do to better ensure our safety.

Over 100 faculty members have also made their voices heard in this week’s open letter to the university. They too see the need for university policies that are transparent and compassionate.

Several faculty members attended Friday’s rally, underscoring their commitment to a community that takes genderbased violence seriously and isn’t afraid to talk about it or demand action.

Unfortunately, university administrators have focused on dismissing the campus outcry that followed last week’s story of a mishandled allegation of sexual harassment instead of engaging with the campus community.

Domenico Grasso’s email to the university attempted to undermine the credibility of Chrysanthi Leon, the victim and The Review by alleging that the article contained flaws that could not be named.

The UDaily article that spotlighted Friday’s rally–– and President Harker’s comment––insulted our community’s intelligence by completely ignoring the reason students chose to gather in the first place.

Hundreds of students did not occupy the steps of Memorial Hall at random. They chose to spend a Friday afternoon holding signs and speaking into megaphones because they feel betrayed by the system as it stands today.

Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs Matthew Kinservik was the exception. During Friday’s rally, he took an active interest in the thoughts and experiences offered up by attendees. It is our hope that he can relay what he learned to those who continue to marginalize our concerns.

Students and faculty: we’ve done our part. It’s time for the university’s administration to take us seriously, step up to the plate and do theirs too. Together we can do better.

KIRK SMITH/THE REVIEW A student participates in the march that followed the rally. The group marched from Memorial Hall to President Patrick Harker’s house.

Review responds to Provost Grasso’s letter to univ. community

A letter was issued by Provost Domenico Grasso on Thursday that addressed our Sept. 16 article and accompanying editorial on the sexual harassment complaint made against sociology professor Eric Tranby. The letter claims our article contained errors of fact and misrepresentations, specifically regarding the claims that the university failed to communicate with the student following the proceedings.

We stand by our reporting. In the letter, Grasso writes The Review––as an institution––claims the university failed to communicate with the student. This is false. It is our duty as a newspaper to relay information from credible sources, and we did just that. Both Chrysanthi Leon and the student made these claims, and our reporting reflects this.

Attempts were made to reach out to appropriate administrators.

Prior to the article’s release, The Review talked to the current Title IX coordinator, a member of the university’s legal body General Counsel as well as spokesperson Andrea Boyle. A comment was sought from Eric Tranby, whose phone number appeared to be disconnected. As we continue to report on the allegations, we welcome comment from Tranby and his legal team.

It is in the best interest of The Review and of the students working there to report well and to do good journalism in the name of public service. Similarly, it is in the best interest of our sources to report truthfully and comprehensively.

Provost Grasso recognizes the importance of confidentiality. We agree with this notion. However, we must ensure an environment in which victims feel comfortable coming forward is maintained. As a community, we expect the university to be transparent and clear with its processes as a means of protecting students from harm.

It is our intention to bring light to a larger systemic problem. We hope that the information sessions proposed by Provost Grosso and Dr. Groff will include discussion of improvements to the system.

We also wish to recognize members of the university who work tirelessly to address the nationwide issue of sexual misconduct.

Many within the community––students, faculty and administration–– serve as advocates for a university system that ensures due process.

Faithfully yours, Cady Zuvich and Elizabeth Quartararo

Editors note: The letter published above relfects our response as posted on our website on Thursday, Sept. 16. Eric Tranby issued a statement through his lawyer yesterday, Sept. 22, which you can read at the top left of this page. Tranby claims The Review failed to appropriately seek his comment, though his phone number listed on his Curriculum Vitae page was disconnected, which was also found to be the case by local newspaper The News Journal.

Additionally, a comment was sought from Eric Tranby’s wife via Facebook after she published a public status about the allegations.

BUSH: ‘I THINK IT’S ABOUT TIME WE START CARING ABOUT SOMETHING, AND I THINK THIS IS A THING WE ALL CAN CARE ABOUT.’

KIRK SMITH/THE REVIEW Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs Matt Kinservik watches on as students share their stories of sexual assault and harassment. perpetrated by us, by people Continued from page 1 like us,” she said. “And that’s “Demonizing makes it much harder to get our heads seem as if sexual violence is around than the idea that the rare, or deviant or unusual, people who perpetrate are and it distracts from the fact monsters.”

The rest of the rally was that instead sexual violence is

devoted to a megaphone open to anyone willing to discuss issues of sexual assault and harassment, personal experience or otherwise.

Senior Samantha Bush took to the megaphone to speak about her own experience at the university with sexual harassment from a professor.

He said “really questionable things” and kissed her, she said.

She then issued an informal report but nothing was done to address the issue, she said.

“I also talked to some of this professor’s grad students and I heard some unspeakable things from them but they don’t want to say anything,” she said. “So not only do I think it was inappropriate for him to kiss me but I want to let the world know that this sort of thing does happen and people don’t think it does.”

She is filing a formal complaint with the Title IX coordinators this week and hopes that will result in action.

Alumna Rebecca Marshall also spoke and said she

represented the views of many of her fellow alumni who could not be present.

“This is frustrating,” Marshall said. “It is disgusting that we have to have this conversation. A lot of my fellow alumni from 2014, 2013 and beyond who could not be here today, we want to say we will not stand for this.”

After the rally, junior Lexi August expressed her surprise that so many students attended the rally and that so many gave impassioned and deeply personal speeches.

“We’re very much an apathetic school—we’re very easygoing,” she said. “I was surprised by this. I found it really did drive home the statistic of one in five women and girls.”

Bush said she also had never heard about this sort of event happening on campus, and she has lived in Delaware all her life.

“I think it’s wonderful that such an ‘apathetic’ school took part in this…” she said. “I

think it’s about time we start caring about something, and I think this is a thing we all can care about, especially when we know it involves our friends and family.”

Sexual Offense Support (SOS), a program under Student Wellness & Health Promotion on campus, declined to comment about the circumstances of today’s rally, but several representatives were present and provided information and resources about the organization to any attendees interested.

Senior SOS volunteer Mallory Rosche said the organization makes a huge effort to get resources to students.

“Sexual assault and harassment shouldn’t be happening in the first place but we definitely want to be there for people it’s happened to,” Rosche said. “And we’ve always been here for the students and we always try to raise awareness.”

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THE REVIEW

This past Tuesday, The Review published two articles (“Professor Takes Sudden Leave After Sexual Harassment Charges” and “After Being Added to Federal List, University Refocuses on Sexual Violence”) and an editorial (“Silence Surrounding Sexual Harassment Breaks Students Trust”) on the University’s response to sexual assault and harassment on our campus.

UD’s Title IX office has begun to do important work towards addressing the problem of student/student sexual harassment and assault. However, what happened in the case of faculty/student sexual misconduct detailed by The Review does not square with the Title IX office’s description of how UD handles such allegations.

We are surprised that at this time, with so much University and national attention focused on the persistent, and institutional, problems of sexual harassment and assault on campuses, UD, according to the article in The Review, did not involve the alleged victim in the investigation (indeed, it is unclear whether the university conducted a formal investigation), inform her of the resolution of the case, or take appropriate measures to safeguard potential future victims. The allegations in this case are disturbing, suggesting intolerable abuse of the power that professors hold over their students.

We know that institutions can cause much suffering when they elect to protect themselves rather than stand up for victims of sexual abuse,

sometimes allowing offenders to abuse again. We applaud efforts by students, staff, and faculty to demand much better from this university.

Students who are victims of sexual assault and harassment—whether by other students, by staff, or by faculty—must know that we stand with them.

The opportunity now exists for this University to find a more just and compassionate path forward, one more worthy of our stature as an academic institution. Our students demand this, and we need to respond to their sense of betrayal and outrage. We write to insist on an investigative process that demonstrates concern for the alleged victim’s rights and welfare. If the case was indeed handled in accordance with all University policies, as asserted by Provost Grasso in his September 18 e-mail, and our students still feel betrayed by their University, then the policies have to change. We must do all in our power, as an institution, to encourage and protect faculty and staff, such as Dr. Chrysanthi Leon, who fulfill their ethical and legal responsibility to report allegations of sexual harassment to help keep UD safe. Furthermore, UD needs to acknowledge its institutional debt to those undergraduates, such as The Review reporters and editorial board, who call us to account and demand that we strive to be better.

The views represented in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Review.

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Blue Hen Pride: Alums consider ending annual gift

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“Spring Cleaning”

In 1959 and in 1960 the University of Delaware became my grandparent’s Alma mater, and in 2016 it will become mine. The Rodgers have been promoters of Delaware since I was first born. My grandmother tells stories of Smyth Hall being an all-women’s dorm and of women not being able to wear jeans past the kissing arches.

Thankfully, in these aspects, the university has evolved.

My grandparents met at this university, were married at the United Methodist Church on Main Street, and have made Rehoboth Beach, Del. their home. There wasn’t a second in my life that I wasn’t brought up

thinking that the University of Delaware was an Eden of freethinking, open-mindedness and transparency in operation; until last week.

The Rodgers’­ —who have donated enough money to this school to become part of the Delaware Diamonds, and have their very own brick on the Diamond Walkway—had to hear about this news through a phone call from their frustrated grandson. After understanding the situation and attempting to contact multiple officials (and hearing nothing back!), they are considering ending their annual donation to the university, and students everywhere are

beginning to question if they ever will.

Do not let our school’s pedigree be defined by a disgusting incident of sexual extortion. Do not let the representatives of this university get away with attempting to hide what happened. Restore the pride that we should all have for this university, not only for you, but for the past and future generations of Blue Hens.

—Junior Jack Rodgers The views represented in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Review.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

THE REVIEW

POLITICS STRAIGHT NO CHASER:

LAST MINUTE PANIC

There’s a Calvin and Hobbes strip where Calvin needs to complete a school project, but instead he’s playing in a sandbox. Hobbes asks him what he’s waiting for to which Calvin responds “last-minute panic.” In this regard, I feel that Calvin and members of Congress are very much on the same page.

Congress accomplished a feat that is all too common for the governing body.

It waited until the last possible moment to take decisive action on critical legislation.

The broader debate on military action and government funding for the year will have to wait.

Coming off their monthlong recess during August, members of Congress came back to Washington with a litany of need-to-pass legislation such as the annual appropriations bills and authorization for potential military action in Syria topping the list. However, members––especially those up for reelection––sought not to upset the status quo, hoping to avoid doing anything dramatic that would anger voters.

Instead, members introduced and sometimes passed bills for fundraising purposes or campaign fodder. For example, there were a horde of resolutions to rename post offices.

Productivity at its finest.

Oddly enough, the upcoming elections actually create a disincentive for members to accomplish anything substantive or long lasting. Advocating for military action when voters are already war-weary hurts chances at reelection for certain members. Passing a yearlong spending bill is also not in the best interest of many members, especially those in the Republican Party.

Under a situation in which the Republicans win the Senate and maintain the House this November, they will be able to control the agenda for the next two years. So rather than voting for a year long, possibly Democratic spending bill, they chose to push the issue into the lame-duck session.

Additionally, I predict the spending bill, which is set to expire on Dec. 11th, will become the problem of the 114th Congress.

As much as I dislike it, the “last-minute panic” did produce a small amount of results.

First, there is now a plan in place to help Syrian rebels combat the ISIS terrorist threat, though there may be a need for a new Authorization for Use of Military Force (another topic that was glazed over in September).

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Second, Congress did grant the President’s request for $88 million to go towards slowing the spread of Ebola in West Africa.

Lastly, included in the shortterm continuing resolution is a reauthorization for the Export-Import Bank until next June. But governing by crisis or on a short-term basis apparently is effective.

Calvin’s dad often makes him do things he doesn’t want to do or that are hard because they “build character.” With Congress bucking the hard decisions or waiting for deadlines and that all-too-familiar lastminute panic, it shows that Congress is lacking a great deal of character. Members were elected to make tough choices but instead they take the politically convenient way out.

These views represented in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Review.

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Open hearing held on the future of general education requirements The Faculty Senate General Education committee gathered in Gore Hall on Monday afternoon to open up the floor to feedback from faculty members regarding a new proposal for university general education requirements.

“Last winter, I had faculty coming to me and asking to do something about Gen Ed,” said Nancy Brickhouse, deputy provost. “It’s clearly not in good shape.”

Brickhouse said the main purpose of the meeting was to gather opinions from the faculty in order to form a way of delivering the purposes and goals outlined in the proposal by spring 2015.

Chemical engineering professor and head of the Faculty Senate General Education committee Norman Wagner monitored an open floor discussion following Brickhouse’s remarks and said the main purpose of the reconstruction of the previous requirements is to discourage freshmen from looking at the courses they need to take as simply boxes they need to check off.

“We are concentrating on the idea of getting away from a cookbook checklist,” Wagner said.

The proposal states the new purposes and goals drafted by the task force with one specific item about students being able to reason quantitatively, computationally and scientifically being a hot button issue.

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Education professor and president of the Faculty Senate Fred Hofstetter raised the question of whether the word “technologically” should be added to one of the goals listed in the proposal.

“Last winter, I had faculty coming to me and asking to do something about Gen Ed. It’s clearly not in good shape.”

-NANCY BRICKHOUSE, DEPUTY PROVOST “The online world has become so important for all our students, and we should consider incorporating that word into our objectives,” Hofstetter said.

Associate marketing professor Meryl Gardner said perhaps the proposal should be more concrete and discuss equipping students with necessary life and career skills through the revised general education requirements.

Both Duffield and Constructure allege they demanded TDC fulfill their obligations on the delinquent payments, but TDC, nonetheless, failed to make payment.

TDC and Duffield declined to comment on the case, and Constructure did not respond to requests for comment.

“If technology develops sufficiently to enable a data center to operate within UD’s environmental targets, then we would consider the proposal as we would any other.”

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“We have carefully avoided discussing things like how to get out of your parents’ basement,” Gardner said.

The concept of strengthening the verbs and replacing current verbs with more active substitutes used in the proposal was another topic of discussion.

Erin Brannick, animal and food sciences professor, said students should come to the university aware of the skills they need to be successful, and after completing their general education they should be capable in these areas.

John Pelesko, mathematical sciences professor and head of the task force created to draft this proposal, discussed the two phases of the proposal.

The first phase which involves putting together a committee to assess general education and presenting it to the Faculty Senate has been taking place since last spring.

The task force now hopes to incorporate ideas and any resolutions suggested in order to have the proposal passed by the end of the academic year, Pelesko said.

Wagner said any further ideas that faculty think of should be sent to the general education committee email (genedtaskforce@math.udel. edu).

“We’re all in this together,” Wagner said. “It’s gen ed, so every member from each department should be engaged.”

This isn’t the first time TDC has found itself embroiled in controversy.

The firm became a source of conflict between the university and town residents spawning the formation of Newark Residents Against the Power Plant.

The grass roots organization protested TDC’s planned use of a power generation facility that would have been placed on site. The protests sparked debate that occurred everywhere from the Newark Town Council to Faculty Senate.

The lease was ultimately terminated after the university determined that TDC’s plans for the site were “inconsistent with the university’s values.”

Constructure and Duffield are not the only entities that lost significant cash amounts from the cancellation of the power plant project. The City of Newark, according to a Delaware Online report, has spent in excess of $577,000 in legal consultation fees in relation to the failed project.

Amy Roe, who emerged as one of the central figures in the Newark residents’ resistance to TDC’s project, said the essential thing that citizens want from the university is honesty

regarding the future plans for the site.

“Our concern has always been with the power plant, not so much the data center,” Roe said. “If they want to do anything on the campus here, we’d ask that they engage the community from the start about the concept of what fits in the community.”

Roe said the university has already made that type of commitment to the Newark community and needs to adhere to it. Roe said the large legal expenditures for Newark are also a result of dishonesty on the part of the city government from the start of its involvement with TDC. She said if the city had gone about that relationship more carefully––and had been more transparent with the public––they would not have needed so much extra legal protection when the plans fell through.

Of the lawsuits, Roe said it casts even more doubt about whether or not TDC was ever truly ready to proceed with the power plant project, particularly after documents surfaced thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request from Newark Residents Against the Power Plant.

Those documents show TDC recently told officials from Cecil County, Md., who are now looking at a power plant project, that such a project would cost $350 million, whereas Newark was told a price of between $1.2 and $1.5 billion, Roe said.

Asked whether the university, like Duffield and Constructure, had encountered any problems receiving payment from TDC, university spokesperson Donna O’Brien stated in an email message that the university declined to comment on the matter due to the nature of private business arrangements.

The university has, however, moved on after TDC plans were thrown asunder this summer.

O’Brien said there is currently no plan to locate a data center at STAR Campus, and any proposal that is considered would be subject to consultation and a due diligence process.

O’Brien did not comment on whether Newark Residents, The Sierra Club or Newark Residents Against the Power Plant would be involved in any renewed data center plans.

While O’Brien emphasized that no plans regarding bringing a data center to campus were in motion, she did not rule out the idea entirely.

“If technology develops sufficiently to enable a data center to operate within UD’s environmental targets, then we would consider the proposal as we would any other,” O’Brien said.

KINSERVIK: ‘WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON’T LET THIS OPPORTUNITY SLIP.’ Continued from page 2 Student Government Association (SGA) president Ben Page-Gil was present for the rally, and said SGA plans to attempt to represent students’ interests shown at the rally by setting up a comment page where students can fill out forms with any comments and concerns they may have, regardless of whether it involves this issue specifically.

“Those will be sent right to me and I’ll gather those and bring them to the administration and be like, ‘hey, listen, these are the concerns that need to be addressed,’” he said.

Page-Gil also mentioned the nationwide public service campaign “It’s On Us,” which calls for an end to campus sexual assault, launched by the federal government yesterday. He said student body presidents across the country had received information about it.

Sexual violence affects one in five women and one in sixteen men, and alcohol plays a role in about half of those cases, he said, so on a college campus it happens very frequently. He said he hopes the efforts of the students, federal government and the provost’s town hall meetings will help address this issue more adequately.

Kinservik said the university will make an effort to listen to what students said yesterday, and acknowledged the bravery the rally displayed.

“I think this is a starting point,” he said. “We have got to make sure that we don’t let this opportunity slip. We’ve got to lead some productive dialogues on campus. I think that’s what we can do better.”

Matt Butler and Amber Johnson contributed reporting to this article.

5 Walmart exec resigns over university degree debacle SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

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As a part of the promotion process, a more comprehensive background check is completed. Tovar said during the process something was flagged on his education

background. He was upfront with Walmart when they confronted him about the situation.

University spokesperson Andrea Boyle stated in an email message that Tovar attended the university from 1992 to 1996 as an art major.

Tovar participated in graduation, walking across the stage in cap and gown with family and friends in attendance. It wasn’t until several months later after he moved back to New York that he discovered he was a couple of credit hours short.

Tovar said he never bothered to go back and take the final class because, as he moved further into the communications field, he felt

like an art degree would not particularly matter anyway.

Matthew Brink, director of Career Services on campus, said honesty is the only path to take when dealing with an employer.

“Truth is always your best bet. That even extends to the subtle things on a person’s resume,” Brink said. “If you’re found out lying about your credentials, how can they trust you to do business with ethics and integrity?”

Tovar has worked at Walmart for the past eight years and is leaving on good terms.

“I got to work with some incredibly smart people. I have nothing but the best things to say about the company,”

said Tovar. “It’s one of those unfortunate situations that happens, I own it, it’s my responsibility.”

Dan Bartlett, executive vice president of corporate affairs at Walmart, said Tovar had a positive impact on the company during his time there.

“Dave has made many contributions to build our brand and to help make Walmart a better business,” Bartlett said in a letter to Walmart employees.

Tovar contacted the university’s art department last week and is waiting to hear back about how he can complete the credits and receive his diploma.

East campus ‘freshman hub’ to expand with dorms, dining hall

d p d hNICOLE SULLIVAN tSenior Reporter a Once home to tennis e players and basketball the Academy eamateurs, eStreet Dining and Residence tHall (ASDR) has officially otransformed what was once tan area for activity into a rhome for incoming freshmen scome September 2015.

Since its creation in n kJune 2013, a combination rof architecture, design and engineering firms, along with wthe university’s Facilities, sPlanning and Construction, Services, Student oDining rLife and Residence Life to ensure acollaborated progression.

The 0overall sstructure has, so far, reached 260 percent of its completion.

The dorm will house 303 efreshmen in three of its four dfloors, and to ensure the dsafety of the residents, each s“pod,” or building section, ,will be separated from the nfirst floor dining hall and nwill require dorm keys taccess for entry.

Modeled after Dickinson o rComplex, the pod’s floors, eor communities, will follow the same “race-track layout” ,in which dorms encircle the Clounge in an effort to promote rcommunity interaction and socialization.

Senior Associate Director s aof Residence Life Jim Tweedy ,said students played a major srole in determining the best tlayout for the residence ehall through focus groups, surveys and interviews.

According to the general t kfeedback, Tweedy said it is bimportant for most students tto be in a place where they ecan meet other students, and athey intentionally seek out places to do that. n s a n t

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Walmart’s Vice President of Corporate Communications, David Tovar, has resigned after the company discovered a falsehood in his resume about receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree at the university.

Two weeks ago Tovar was in the process of getting promoted to Senior Vice President of Communications.

“I was pretty excited about that,” Tovar said. “I thought it was great job and I felt as though I was extremely qualified.”

“The benefits I see out of a racetrack design is that kids have easier access to each other,” he said. “They typically meet more people.”

Tweedy points to Dickinson Hall as the dorm where students have the highest satisfaction and create the highest number of social connections. This is consistent year after year, Tweedy said.

Since this semester left 378 students living in triples, Carlos Dougnac, associate director of Facilities, Planning and Construction, [CONF] said the new building will help the situation.

“We have 303 new beds and a tremendous increase in dining, so things are only getting better, and this is a major part of it,” he said.

But Alan Brangman, vice president of Facilities, Planning and Auxiliary Services, said these new dorm rooms will simply amount to replacement beds upon freshmen move-in 2015 because the university intends to close Rodney.

ASDR and the renovated Harrington complex will open for freshmen housing in fall 2015 joining Russell, Gilbert, Redding and George Read, thus completing what the university deems the fourth of five phases in planned housing projects.

The fifth will incorporate a new residence hall located behind Smyth, Brangman said.

“I think that one of the biggest benefits that this project will bring is that it will really allow for all of our freshman class to be colocated in one area of the campus, so they’ll no longer be isolated on the West Campus when the last phase

KIRK SMITH/THE REVIEW Ongoing construction to the Academy Dining and Residence Hall, which will house 303 incoming freshmen in September 2015. is built,” Brangman said.

Having all the freshmen living in one area on campus will create a more cohesive First Year Experience, Brangman said.

Along with 303 new beds, the structure will feature 1,180 seats in its 50,000 square foot dining hall. The space will incorporate an “open marketplace” design, with the hopes of creating a “fresh experience every time,” according to the Residence Life website.

This includes 13 food stations, such as vegan, kosher and gluten free. To enhance student experience, the dining hall chefs will prepare meals in front of students.

“It’s going to be really state of the art as far as dining facilities—you’ll have to go pretty far to find something nicer,” Dougnac said.

In order to maintain the university’s sustainability efforts, ASDR will also feature a “green roof” to minimize the project’s environmental impact.

According to Brangman, the “green roof” will feature sedum, or a plant medium that grows in earth and doesn’t require a substantial amount of watering, but will mitigate the amount of runoff from storm-water.

The Residence Life website also states that by building on a site at the heart

of the campus, the university avoids the use of completely undeveloped land and preserves open space. The use of landscaping to share hardscape and paving, as well as cool roofs and green roofing systems will reduce the site’s solar heat gain.

As the construction process continues, Dougnac said he is confident in the progress they have made thus far.

“No problems have been major or insurmountable,” he said. “Construction is an endless series of challenges and issues that need to get resolved on almost a daily basis, but so far nothing that we haven’t been able to handle.”

Greek Life anticipates welcome of Asian-interest sorority to campus AMANDA DUNN Staff Reporter The university’s Greek community may be welcoming a new sorority on campus this fall. Delta Phi Lambda, a national Asian-interest sorority, is beginning to hold interest meetings for those interested in becoming a charter member.

Delta Phi Lambda was founded in 1998 at the University of Georgia in part due to a lack of diversity on campus. Today, 16 years later, the university could become the 16th chapter of Delta Phi Lambda in the nation.

However, the motives behind introducing the new sorority at the university are quite different than those at the University of Georgia, said Jennifer Albesa, vice president of expansion for Delta Phi Lambda. The reason to initiate the organization at the university is not a lack of diversity, she said.

“This community fosters leaderships and we wanted to make sure we target the certain population that wasn’t able to be as well represented among the Greek community,” Albesa said.

Although Delta Phi Lambda is an Asian-interest sorority, it is not Asian

exclusive. Albesa said one of the main goals of the sorority is to include women of all different cultures, races and religions.

Albesa, a charter member of Delta Phi Lambda at the University of West Florida in 2010, said joining the sisterhood has been a rewarding experience.

“One of the benefits of joining the sorority as opposed to the UD’s Asian Student Association is that when joining a sorority, you can make connections that last way beyond your college career,” Albesa said.

Sophomore Kaitlyn Duong said she is excited to get involved in Greek life, something that she had not considered prior to the launch of Delta Phi Lambda at the university.

“Before this year I wasn’t too interested in becoming part of Greek Life,” said Duong, also a member of the Asian Student Association. “When I heard about Delta Phi Lambda through some friends in Pi Alpha Phi, the Asian-interest fraternity at the university, I thought that being a part of the chartering class would be a great opportunity.”

Although students seem to be interested in Delta Phi Lambda, there is a process

for any new Greek chapter at the university before they are officially recognized on campus.

Scott Mason, Senior Associate Director at the Student Involvement Office, said Delta Phi Lambda is not a sorority at the university yet.

“Delta Phi Lambda reached out to UD to start a colony here because they know of UD’s strong Greek community as well as our large Asian population,” Mason said. “We were very attractive to them.”

However, it may take time before the proper steps are completed for Delta Phi Lambda to become an official Greek organization at the university.

Mason said the national organization must successfully recruit a certain amount of female students at their interest meetings in order to continue the application process.

While Duong did not go through formal sorority recruitment in the spring, she plans on attending interest meetings for Delta Phi Lambda.

“I feel that being part of Greek life is different from joining an RSO. I’ve seen some girls spend a lot of time with, and become extremely close with their sisters,” Duong said.

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Gender imbalances persist in STEM and education majors

ALLISON KRINSKY Staff Reporter Several observations can be made from a quick walk around campus, including the classic Georgian architecture, students congregating on The Green or the fact that female students outnumber the males.

57.5 percent of students at the university are females, according to a report from the university’s Office of Institutional Research, but the gender breakdown within specific colleges varies.

Nationally, women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors and the university’s demographics reflect this.

According to the American Society for Engineering Education, women represent 18.4 percent of students in engineering majors.

At the university, 20 percent of engineering majors are women, according the same report from Institutional Research.

Mechanical engineering professor Jennifer Buckley said she believes the lack of women engineers is a problem. If 50 percent of the population is considering choosing engineering, the field is going to suffer, she said.

This is a fixable issue, Buckley said. She said there has been tremendous growth in women in the biological sciences, for instance.

“Women want meaning in their job,” Buckley said.

“They want a societal impact beyond making something go faster.”

Buckley said biologists often become doctors and the idea of taking care of others made the field more

attractive to women. Thus, by promoting STEM through a different perspective, demographics have begun to change.

Buckley said she believes our culture has done a poor job selling engineering to females.

As part of her mission to shift women’s perspectives on engineering, she founded The Perry Initiative. The organization runs a handson outreach program across the country that reaches 2,500 female students a year at 35 different sites.

Organizations such as The Society of Women Engineers, the Alpha Omega Epsilon engineering sorority and the university’s support have also helped solve the problem on campus, Buckley said.

In contrast to the underpopulation of women in STEM majors, the university’s education major has a disproportionately higher number of female students. Forbes reported that education is the third most popular college major for women. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, roughly 80 percent of education majors are female across the country.

In 2013, the university’s College of Education consisted of about 95 percent women and five percent men, making it the most uneven college.

Together, the School of Education and the Department of Human Development and Family Studies make up the College of Education. These areas mainly focus on early childhood education.

KELSEY WENTLING/THE REVIEW Nearly 310,000 people called for climate change action in Manhattan on Sunday, the largest march of its kind in history.

Record numbers march through Manhattan for climate change action KELSEY WENTLING News Assignment Editor A estimated 400,000 flooded to New York on Sunday to demand binding climate change action from United Nations leaders at the People’s Climate March, winding their way through 52 Manhattan blocks.

The event was in conjunction with the United Nations Climate Summit, in which global leaders will discuss global climate change policy and treaties later today at the UN Headquarters in Manhattan.

Participants marched from 86th Street, and concluded the march at 34th Street.

However, due to the overwhelming turnout, participants were asked to

disperse before reaching 34th Street. The march was organized by The Sierra Club and drew from thousands of organizations, companies and individuals from across the nation and the world..

Throughout the event, participants carried posters, pushed floats and chanted as they made their way through Manhattan. Marchers called on world leaders to take action, specifically President Barack Obama chanting, “Hey Obama, you talk the talk now walk the walk,” and asking, “What do we want?

Climate Justice! When do we want it? Now!” Junior Stephanie Miles, president of Students for the Environment, attended the march. Students for the Environment and other student and community

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Recent fire points to lack of sprinklers in Spencer Lab ELIZABETH CEFALY Staff Reporter According to Fire Marshal Kevin Sweeny, the smoke detector activated at approximately 2:35 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29 in 131 Spencer Lab due to a small table fire from an electrical component.

Though the building is equipped with detectors, there are no sprinklers installed in the building, a direct violation of Newark city building fire code.

Public safety and AETNA responded to the call along with university police and paramedics.

No injuries were reported as a result of the small blaze.

Spencer Lab’s lack of sprinklers contradicts the city’s safety codes regarding fire protection systems, adopted in 2006 under the authority of the Newark Building Department.

The U.S. Government’s Office of Compliance estimates that the difference in damage between a building without a sprinkler

system and a building with a sprinkler system is roughly $18,000.

Sweeny described this type of fire as “a thermal runaway” caused by a lithium ion battery pack being tested under different environmental conditions.

Typically this type of fire is created when laptop computer batteries set off a chain reaction with other chemicals, causing combustion.

Students were immediately evacuated from the building at the time of the fire. Mechanical engineering senior Tyler Dimes said he was in a design meeting when he and other classmates were instructed to leave the building.

“I heard it was a problem with a venting system, and the fuel cell overheated,” Dimes said. “There were a lot of different stories going around as to the start of the fire, but most people were wondering why the sprinklers didn’t go off.”

According to the United States Department of Energy

KIRK SMITH/THE REVIEW Spencer Lab, one of the older buildings on campus, lacks a sprinkler system.

KIRK SMITH/THE REVIEW A small fire on Aug. 29 in Spencer Lab caused smoke damage in multiple classrooms due to the lack of sprinklers in the building. website, laptop batteries— the primary culprit in “thermal runaway” fires— have been the subject of several recalls by computer companies in recent years, leading to a new wave of research dedicated to developing safer batteries.

Though the vast majority of the batteries are safe, according to the website, some are prone to overheating, combusting and exploding.

Dell, Nikon and HewlettPackard are among the nationwide computer manufacturers to have been forced into battery recalls after concerns over their safety.

After the fire was under control, students were instructed to wait outside of the buildings until they were

able to re-enter and retrieve their belongings.

“The problem wasn’t a malfunction. The problem was that there are no sprinklers installed in the old building of Spencer Laboratory,” said John H. Farrell IV, spokesperson for Aetna Hose, Hook and Fire company.

“From a fire department standpoint, this was barely an issue,” Farrell said.

“However, from a money standpoint, the university must have paid a hefty price.”

The fire was contained to a small area, but chemical extinguishers had to be utilized to clear out the smoke that caused most of the damage.

Farrell said these fire safety hazards are usually

not an issue at the university, however, this was not the case in Spencer Lab. Safety in other buildings at the university has never been an issue, Farrell said. In the 1970s, Newark required all buildings to install sprinklers and secure fire alarms. Although the university started a renovation process to add these safety measures to all academic buildings, Spencer Laboratory was built before that time, and sprinklers were never installed.

Spencer Lab opened back up at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning, Aug. 30.

Classrooms 131 A, 131 B and 133 remained closed until further notice due to smoke damage.

Administrators, students weigh in: is UD a safety school?

DAVID DENNETT Staff Reporter For high school seniors, a safety school often serves as a fallback plan if they are not admitted or able to attend their top choice school.

Despite its reputation, the university is not typically a safety school for most students, according to Deputy Director of Admissions Douglas Zander.

“For the most part, I think no,” Zander said. “I think there is a small share of students who come to the University of Delaware and it was their safety school.”

Sophomore Amanda Rowella said she does not feel the university is a safety school for most students—or at least, it was not that way for her. When she applied, Rowella said the university was among her top three choices.

“I feel that the admissions requirements were set at too high of a standard for it to be considered a safety school for most students,”

Rowella said.

Other students like sophomore Jill Swartzentruber did not think quite as highly of the university in comparison to other schools.

“When I was applying, Delaware was one of my top five,” Swartzentruber said.

“It wasn’t my top choice, but it wasn’t a safety school either.”

Safety school or not, the university offers admission to many students each year, only to yield a small percentage that accept admission. According to the Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness, for the 2013-2014 school year, 25.7 percent of students accepted admission to the university.

The number of students the university accepts ranges, but usually falls around 16,000 people, Zander said.

Zander said the goal number of students accepting admission is usually 3,800, although this year the university enrolled

almost 4,200 freshmen.

In order to learn what students think of as their top choice schools, the university uses several comprehensive surveys that help determine how students view the university.

“One of the tools we use is called the Admitted Student Questionnaire, a College Board tool—the same people who do the SAT,” Zander said. “Just over 80 percent of the students who we survey say that the University of Delaware was their first choice.”

According to its website, the Admitted Student Questionnaire asks admitted students what they think of academic programs, facilities, cost of attendance and more.

An upgraded survey, titled the Admitted Student Questionnaire PLUS, allows a school to compare its results with up to five other colleges.

With many big name colleges along the East Coast, the university may not be able to compete with other

higher-ranked universities.

Rowella would argue against this notion.

“I feel that the professors and staff that I work with as well as the intelligence, integrity and motivation that drives the student body is ultimately what provides UD with the assets to make it considered a top-ranked university,” Rowella said.

Zander shares this view of the university’s excellence, but he said he is aware of the difficult marketplace for highereducation institutions today.

“We have a higher profile than is typical for institutions of our type and size,” Zander said. “The number of high school graduates in the region is shrinking. The number of schools that are in the area is very large, so competition is fierce.”

Zander said the university is especially competitive with Pennsylvania State University and the University of Maryland in terms of cross-applications and cross-admitted students.

Rowella and Swartzentruber said they both received admission to the University of Rhode Island and Syracuse University, but in the end, chose the university for separate reasons.

“I liked UD because of the atmosphere,” Swartzentruber said.

“Having UD in the middle of Newark with Main Street was a big draw to me as it is to a lot of people.”

Rowella expressed similar sentiments.

“The biggest factor that encouraged me to enroll at UD was the overall atmosphere that I had always been engulfed by whenever I visited campus,” Rowella said. “I do not think that I could pinpoint one exact aspect of the school that prompted me to enroll here but rather describe an overall feeling of comfort and sense of welcome that surrounded campus.”

FLYNN: ‘WE ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT CHANGE BUT HAVE NO MONEY.’ Continued from page 6 English professor Jill Flynn said the percentage of males majoring in secondary education is higher, but most of these majors are within the College of Arts and Sciences.

Ralph Ferretti, director of the School of Education, said there have been a number of initiatives undertaken in attempts to narrow the gap but there need to be more.

One of these initiatives, the Collaborative for Diversifying Teacher Education, consists of a group of faculty from across two colleges who seek to implement a plan for retaining students from underrepresented groups in teacher education programs

“Compared to STEM majors, the national gender gap in education receives little attention.”

-Ralph Ferretti, Director of the School of Education

at the university.

The collaborative received a diversity initiative grant for 2012-2013. Flynn is

a member of the organization said the program has recently received minimum funding.

“We are trying to implement change but have no money,” Flynn said.

Additionally, the collaborative focuses mostly on discrepancies based on ethnic diversity, not gender underrepresentation.

Ferretti said that in the past decade, there has been a major national focus on women in STEM majors, encouraging young girls to become interested in these fields. This movement has helped gender and ethnic diversity in STEM become more prevalent, he said.

“Compared to STEM majors, the national gender gap in education receives

COURTESY OF MAYS BUSINESS SCHOOL/FLICKR In 2013, the College of Education was the university’s most uneven college by gender.

Women made up 95 percent of its population.

little attention,” he said.

“They get paid a lot more money in STEM, so many people want to see those careers open up to women.”

Ferretti said in order

to make education more attractive to men, there needs to be an increase in prestige and wage as well as awareness of this gap.

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ABOVE: Curtis Slater, 4, playing ladder ball at Newark Community Day on the Green Sunday. Kirk Smith

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The Fault in Our Stars Friday, Sept. 26/ Saturday, Sept. 27 8:00 p.m.

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John Quiñones kicks off Latino Heritage Month

RANDI HOMOLA/THE REVIEW Quiñones delivers his “A 20/20 View of Hispanic America” talk. Quiñones travels the world searching for untold stories for his long-running Primetime series, “What Would You Do?” KRISTINA MAGANA Staff Reporter On his long-running Primetime series “What Would You Do?” John Quiñones travels the world in search of stories that haven’t been told, tackling controversial issues and conducting real-life social experiments with ordinary people who are unaware that they are on camera.

Quiñones spoke in the Trabant University Center on Thursday about his journey toward becoming an Emmy Award-winning TV anchor.

Organized by the Center for Black Culture, Office of Equity and Inclusion, Residence Life and RSOs such as HOLA, Latino Heritage Month is being celebrated on campus from Sept. 18 to Nov. 7.

During the lecture, Quiñones touched on his Mexican-American

upbringing as well as his struggle to overcome language and social obstacles to get to where he is today.

As a first-generation college student in his family, he emphasized to students the importance of ignoring negative societal messages that seem to be going against them.

Quiñones traveled in Latin America for 10 years during the independence wars of many countries within Central and Latin America. He became a voice for the people who didn’t have a voice—for “the moved and the shaken,” he says.

Benjamin Harris, assistant director of the Center for Black Culture, explains the importance of celebrating Latino Heritage Month here on campus.

“I think overall, Latino Heritage Month is a time to celebrate and to showcase the great contributions

that Latinos have made to this American experience,” Harris says.

Growing up, Quiñones says it was hard to think about ever being seen as more than just another Mexican kid. He wanted to pursue the broadcasting field, where Mexican accents weren’t wanted.

“I would keep recording my voice to get rid of this accent for broadcasting,”

“I THINK OVERALL, LATINO HERITAGE MONTH IS A TIME TO CELEBRATE AND TO SHOWCASE THE GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS THAT LATINOS HAVE MADE TO THIS AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.”

IN THE SPOTLIGHT:

María Alejandra Fernández

BY ANNE MARTIN Staff Reporter This piece is part of a Hispanic Heritage Month series. Similar profiles and coverage will appear in The Review throughout the month.

María Alejandra Fernández, 28, of Caracas, Venezuela has been studying at the English Language Institute (ELI) since May. She is studying at the EAP level, which stands for applied English for Academic Purposes.

Fernández’s roots trace

back to Spain. Political turmoil caused her parents to look for somewhere else to live, which is why they moved to Venezuela, she says. However, she has now looked toward the U.S. for her continued education.

“The situation right now in my country is not the best,” Fernández says. “Many Venezuelans are leaving the country to work or to study abroad.”

In Venezuela, Fernández had the opportunity to work for a bank in risk analysis and is here to improve her English.

“Speaking English is good for your résumé, your

professional career, your future,” Fernández says. “It is something I really want to improve.”

Coming to America was not easy. Tuition is expensive, she said, and acquiring scholarships can be difficult. Fernández says they are awarded to good students or those with work experience.

Fernández chose Delaware because studying in another country makes it easier to get a job in that country.

“I had met one of the ELI representatives at a meeting of international universities,” Fernández says. “I chose

“MOST AMERICANS I’VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WERE FRIENDLY TO ME AND MADE ME FEEL ACCEPTED.”

Quiñones says of his first internship. “I kept slowly churning away.”

Quiñones says he knew journalism was the way to get out the stories that he wanted to tell. Through journalism, Quiñones could bright light to corruption and human rights violations—the stories “we need to be telling.”

Quiñones says immigration is an issue

close to his heart. He won his first Emmy Award by uncovering the reality of illegal immigrants crossing the border into the United States.

“I wanted to know what it’s like to risk your life, to take the chance to come here to work as a roofer or to clean,” he says. “How bad must it be in Mexico?”

Quiñones posed as a Mexican citizen attempting to get into the U.S. by illegally crossing the Rio Grande, and uncovered a modern “virtual slavery” story in Chicago.

Quiñones acknowledged that his ability to speak Spanish has given him an advantage over other journalists when uncovering stories.

“A kid who used to get punished for speaking Spanish gets his dream job in journalism speaking Spanish,” Quiñones says.

Harris says Quiñones’ message encouraged students to take personal responsibility, speak out against what’s wrong and courageously advocate for a diverse culture.

Sophomore Rebeca Martinez said she thought the lecture was inspiring and encouraging.

“I think with my family coming from El Salvador during the [independence] wars, it resonated with me,” Martinez says. “And it’s encouraging to hear him speak about minorities when you think you’re looked down upon.”

Quiñones says he thinks the “What Would You Do?” mantra has resonated with people because it gives them the chance to step in or step away.

“Just act as if cameras are always rolling,” Quiñones says.

-MARÍA ALEJANDRA FERNÁNDEZ

EAP Student

Newark, Delaware as my first destination.”

Fernández will be at the ELI until December. After that, she plans to either stay in the United States or go to Europe for her master’s degree in finance or get a master’s degree in business administration. She received her major in applied math, which has allowed her to work in banking in Venezuela.

When Fernández lived in Venezuela, and now in the United States, she watches TV programs to help gain a better understanding of the English language in addition to her classes at ELI. “TV is good because they speak fast,” Fernández says.

“It isn’t like movies where the language is more global.

Sometimes with TV shows, it is more fast and they use the slang.”

In addition to focusing on her English studies, Fernández and her fellow students also like to participate in activities reminscent of their home countries, such as Latin dancing, she says.

She and her friends are able to do this at Pat’s Pizza on Elkton Road.

Every Thursday, there is International Night which consists of a DJ playing Chinese, Latin American, Arabic and other internationally themed music.

Another factor from being away from home is the food. Fernández has found food from the United States varies greatly from the food

-BENJAMIN HARRIS

Assistant Director Center for Black Culture

COURTESY OF MARÍA ALEJANDRA FERNÁNDEZ In her native Venezuela, Fernández worked for a bank in risk analysis but decided to study at the university to improve her English.

in Venezuela.

“I miss my country food,” Fernández says. “I always ask for a dish and give half, because the portions are so large.”

More than cultural differences, Fernández says that leaving her family has been very difficult. However, her experience here has been very welcoming.

“Most Americans I’ve had the opportunity to meet were friendly to me and made me feel accepted,” she says.

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APHEX TWINS’ “SYRO”

JAKE KAIRIS

For Aphex Twin to release a new album after 13 years of silence with as little fanfare, pomp and circumstance that it received is audacious in itself. The lead-up to the new Aphex Twin record “Syro” was strangely traditional, with the typical early stages of new-music gossip leading to confirmation of upcoming release with an accompanying date and accumulating to the drop of a lead hit single, “minipops 67.”

For all of Richard James’s eccentricities, a surreal, forced normality in his comeback Aphex Twin record release strategy may be one of the stranger things to happen. He brushed aside the somewhat vainglorious overmarketing of “Reflektor,” the guerrilla billboard advertising of “Yeezus,” and even the nonexistent yet highly effective press strategy of the “BEYONCÉ” surprise release.

But maybe Mr. James is simply not willing to put that much effort into concocting a new crafty release-strategy as he is comfortable in his past methods. It shows not only in the release style of “Syro” but in the music as well. Fans of early Aphex Twin material will experience waves of vague nostalgia as they listen through, noticing the skittering drum loops and the painstakingly crafted rhythmic twitches that ride together into a smooth, technophilic pulse.

One can understand why the record spent 13 years marinating in creative labor after multiple listens drain the ability for receptors to catch everything fizzing out. A critic once said of Mozart that the human ear could only appreciate so many notes at a time (paraphrased). Aphex Twin emulates Mozarts rejection of that critique with his adulation of rhythmic complexity (not that I seek to compare Aphex Twin to Mozart, but they might have been friends).

The ambiance is a paradox within itself, for despite its jittering snares and drum hiccups, the groove does not cease to invite calm and tranquility. The most anxious track may be “Aisatsana,” a piano-driven dirge set to sounds of nature, primarily chirping birds. This should be relaxation central, but it allows agitation in the long pauses and open spaces left between the piano phrases.

Maybe Aphex Twin delights so many technology fans in his tempo-driven, albeit chaotic, approach to electronic music.

The tempo doesn’t change from its set metronome, and the groove overall is constant. But like a coded software, there’s minute fragments of variation that make everything tick-tock in time.

Aphex Twin can be an intimidating artist to approach from the point of view of an Aphex outsider (such as myself, since about a week ago), but the rewards for adventuresome souls are great. I recommend Richard James’s latest release under his most famous pseudonym for those who fall closer to the realm of introversion. Video-game nerds will muse at the familiar tone of the score. And techenthusiasts especially will greet “Syro” with glee. As an extra prize, James writes every piece of equipment he used for the album in the liner notes.

—Jake Kairis jckairis@udel.edu

The views reflected in this column do not necessarily represent those of The Review.

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COURTESY OF HEIDI SARVER UDMB members arrive each year prior to move in for band camp. Director Heidi Sarver says band camp is when she sees her creations for the field come to life.

Marching band directors to celebrate 20 years of leadership SARAH PECK Staff Reporter You can find them on the fields many Saturdays this fall, but this group is playing something other than football.

The university marching band (UDMB) has gone through several changes since 1995, but its leadership under director Heidi Sarver and assistant director James Ancona has been a constant for nearly 20 years.

“Every year different challenges and different decisions were made [about] how to raise the bar,” Sarver says. “They were never unobtainable, always achievable, but the band had to work.”

These changes are visible not only in the music but also in all of the people involved, Ancona says.

“The activity we invent itself—really, it’s new each time,” he says.

After transferring to University of Massachusetts Amherst to finish her undergraduate degree in music education, Sarver got her master’s degree in trumpet performance.

It was during her second year of graduate studies that Sarver met Ancona, a freshman who was studying music education.

“There are very few partnerships in this industry that last as long as ours has,” Sarver says.

The band rehearses Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the week, as well as Saturdays and occasional Sundays, pending

a performance.

“We have a great working relationship in that we’ve been able to split the workload between us so that each of us are working at our strengths,” Ancona says.

There is a general agreement among all members about the most important aspect of UDMB. “We are one giant family,” says senior Nicole Brincat, who plays clarinet in the band.

That “family” is currently comprised of 330 members, an increase of almost 200 people from its initial 147 in 1995.

Although there is technically no official theme this season, Sarver and Ancona say the music looks back at their past 20 years together.

“We are using two out of the three songs from our first show in 1995—so in a way, the theme is celebrating the last 20 years,” Sarver says.

This sense of nostalgia is apparent as a large number of alumni—many of them former UDMB members— return for the homecoming game each fall.

“We are reminiscing, and I’m sure the alumni will like that—and I’m sure the current students will enjoy performing and presenting that music because they know the connection with the alumni,” Ancona says.

“We’re also bringing back some of the music from previous, more recent years, some greatest hits for us.”

Band camp is another a passionate topic among marching band members.

“You’re watching what you create come alive,” Sarver says. “You’re watching something being born, and there is never a year where that in and of itself is not exciting.”

For student members, the camp also serves another purpose.

Freshman flute player Danny Pineyro says band camp allowed him to make friends and establish a support system prior to move-in, making the transition from high school to college an easier one.

Sarver has also been working with the George N. Parks Drum Major Academy every summer since 1984.

George Parks himself served as her mentor at the University of Massachusetts, and she studied with him for 27 years until his passing in 2010.

Sarver recently published a post commemorating the loss of Parks on her blog about all things UDMB. She began the blog in 2005 as a way to keep in touch with the parents of band members, and the site slowly transitioned into a way for her to speak about her everyday experiences with the marching band and Parks’ academy.

Even after 20 years with the marching band, both Sarver and Ancona agree that there is still more to be done—and they have every intention of seeing it through.

Sarver said she has found the place where she belongs.

“Yeah, this is the last stop,” Sarver says. “This is home.”

COURTESY OF HEIDI SARVER The UDMB is comprised of 330 members, a group members have described as a “family.”

EVERYDAY RUNWAY

I WORKOUT?

MADISON FERTELL

I ’ v e s p e n t around 694 days in class. That’s 694 outfits + who knows how many outfit changes on weekends.

Between college, summers in New York and study abroad, I’ve tried pretty much every look: lazy, girly, “Vogue,” edgy-ish, bohemian, European and hipster, amongst others.

Now I’m on my ninth semester. All but a few of my friends have graduated and the boy I want to impress is 900 miles away, therefore those 30-60 extra minutes of sleep have become a higher priority than putting together an outfit that screams “fashion major.”

Don’t get me wrong.

I still have that inner Cosmo girl that motivates me to put effort into my appearance. I’m not walking around campus completely disheveled.

I’m walking around in sports gear. Am I actually going to the gym?

No, but that’s not the point.

The key piece that has been crucial in pulling off this look is upping my sneaker game. Anyone who knows me knows my go-to color is black, and if I’m

feeling adventurous I’ll wear white or gray. Pretty crazy, right?

But something has come over me. I no longer want boring colored shoes that match my monochromatic outfit. I want vibrant shades on my feet. And the only company that can satisfy my sneaker craving is Nike, specifically its Free 5.0 line.

Nike Frees comes in a variety of colors—vibrant, matte, ombré, seasonal, patterned or plain—that are sure to fit any mood. I like wearing Hue No-Show socks so the Frees

pop even more without being overshadowed by a black or white sock peaking out at the ankle.

The other piece I love for this faux-workout look is the Spirit Football Jersey.

I’m all about balancing oversized and fitted. You’ll see me walking around in a long sleeve Spirit Football Jersey—anything from repping Delaware, a beach town, a sports team (Eagles, baby!) or a retailer—paired with spandex or leggings, depending on the weather.

The great thing about these

Spirit Jerseys is that they come in a variety of colors as well so you can match, complement or contrast your Frees.

Another oversized piece to try is wearing a men’s Vineyard Vines long-sleeve Vintage Whale Graphic T-shirt. Wearing this shirt is like having a boyfriend without the commitment or the devastation of returning it once it ends.

On days when it’s a bit chillier and you’re feeling like you just want to be wrapped up in a Snuggie, it’s time to bring out the hoodie for class. Yeah, pulling out your worn-in hoodie is perfect for those hungover Friday mornings, but sometimes you just need something a little new, a little fluffy and a little soft. Though I might be a little biased, I think the Vineyard Vines Quarter-Zip Fleece in one of their four colors is the perfect fit.

Plus, if you buy in stores, you get a student discount.

Who doesn’t like that?

So if you’re like me and are just feeling the sporty look without actually stepping foot into the gym this semester, try any of the combinations suggested above. People will believe the charade.

—Madison Fertell mfertell@udel.edu

COURTESY OF MADISON FERTELL To up your game when wearing work-out gear, Madison suggests wearing sneakers in vibrant shades.

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Mosaic Tries Something New: Jumping into Newark’s new trampoline park, Launch NICOLE RODRIGUEZ & JAGODA DUL Managing Mosaic Editors On our way down Elkton road toward the border between Delaware and Maryland, we turn into a warehouse lot looking for Launch Trampoline Park.

Missing our turn inside the lot, we are in the territory of a freezer warehouse with only huge windowless trucks surrounding us.

“Did you just hear a child scream?” Jagoda asks.

As she makes a quick doughnut to get out of the lot, we look for what should be a friendly building surrounded by gleeful children. Then we remember it’s Wednesday night and we’ll most likely be the only people in the park.

Once we find it, we are greeted inside by a notso-enthusiastic cashier.

Handing us our waivers and receipts, she tells us about the many (but, in reality, few) activities to do. Following her lead, we enter the main park area with hesitation.

With little coordination, we tackle the basic

SARA PFEFER/THE REVIEW Launch Trampoline Park, located near the border between Delaware and Maryland, is an indoor trampoline park where guests can bounce, flip and even play dodgeball while jumping from pad to pad. trampoline platform and walls. Jumping around to today’s top hits, we find ourselves sweaty and bored.

Attempting any other maneuver than simple up and down jumping resulted in face planting—which

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occurred a lot. Instead, we watched as the few elementary-aged children

around us seamlessly front flip from one pad to the next and grace the walls with no issue.

We finally decide to venture off into “The Pit.” With a running start on a trampoline surface, you are meant to front-flip into an inflated plastic sheet. We decide to just jump, but after what ends up as more of a belly-flop, our backs hurt. Maybe a front flip would have been better.

After a couple runs at that, we take a break.

Jumping takes a lot of effort and we’ll admit we’re not the most in-shape individuals. As we stand looking out the door to the looming sunset, a group of children walk in, ready for a game of dodgeball.

Unwilling to embarrass ourselves, we return to basic jumping—this time videotaping ourselves in slow motion so we can at least look somewhat cool.

With a glance to the clock we see our time is almost over and we quickly head out the door to the car.

Clearly, we aren’t made to launch.

BRAIN, BODY, MIND

THE BRAIN’S PLASTIC HABITS

ERIN ELLER

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“A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES”: 3.5 OUT OF 5 STARS TRAVIS R. WILLIAMS Guest Columnist As a whole, “A Walk Among the Tombstones” is a pretty solid film. It’s not extraordinary, but I found it genuinely entertaining.

Not to mention, Liam Neeson is more than capable of carrying this movie.

“A Walk Among the Tombstones” follows the story of recovering alcoholic and ex-NYPD officer Matt Scudder (Neeson). A drug trafficker, played by “Downton Abbey’s” Dan Stevens, turns to Scudder for help following the murder of his wife. Scudder works to solve the case and catch those responsible.

He teams up with a few other characters along the way; namely, a fellow AA member (Boyd Holbrook) and an orphan played by Brian “Astro” Bradley.

Neeson’s performance is hands down the best in the film.

His character is much more complex than the others on screen. There’s also the fact that that the man is an undeniable badass, and he totally gets to do his thing.

The only other notable performance was that of the evil Ray, played by David Harbour. Even as the villain, he was enjoyable to watch in several scenes.

“A Walk Among the Tombstones” leans more closely toward being a suspenseful thriller than an action movie.

It’s not like “Taken,” which was the initial impression I got from the trailers.

Tone and structure–wise, it’s much more reminiscent of 1995’s “Se7en.” It is also very different from a lot of the movies Neeson has been doing lately, and I think this plays to the film’s advantage.

I felt adequately entertained for the entire runtime of the movie. I never felt that the plot dragged, and the film is structured in an interesting way. The first half of the movie plays like a mystery, and the latter half deals with a lot of suspense. There are also flashbacks throughout the film.

I think director Scott Frank did a really good job.

I do want to point out that “A Walk Among the Tombstones” is a dark movie. It lives up to its R rating and deals with a lot of kidnapping, rape, murder and sexual content that people may or may not frown upon.

I’m comfortable watching that sort of thing, but I know others might not be. Potential audience members should make their own judgement calls. The film was darker than I expected.

At the end of the day, I would definitely recommend “A Walk Among the Tombstones.”

It’s an enjoyable way to spend two hours, and it’s probably one of the better movies Neeson has done in the past few years.

It’s a jungle in there and an intricate one at that.

Neurons of the developing brain have an arborescence about them, axons and dendrites weaving branches above and below one another, establishing synaptic connections to architect what will become the most complex living structure in the human body.

This is the groundwork of neural plasticity, as the brain actively wires new synapses in response to its environment.

Because plasticity is the basis behind our ability to learn and adapt to new behaviors, the phenomenon is especially important in young children. Until the age of three, the brain rapidly forms new synapses as behaviors are learned.

By this age, each neuron has about 15,000 synaptic connections.

Throughout the rest of life, these connections are pruned down depending on how often they are used.

For one woman in recent news, it is possible that increased plasticity during early development was a matter of life and death.

The 24-year-old patient went to the Chinese PLA General Hospital of Jinan Military Command in the Shandong Province of China “complaining of dizziness and the inability to walk steadily for more than 20 years, and nausea and vomiting for ~1 month,” according to the paper published by her doctors in “Brain” last month. After CT and MRI scans, the patient was discovered to be missing one of the most

prominent structures of the brain: her cerebellum.

The cerebellum is located at the back of the brain and is important for maintaining balance and equilibrium, voluntary motor movement and muscle tone. It is also implicated in one’s ability to speak. However, the patient in question has been living without this important structure for all of her life.

This is obviously a very rare condition (most known cases have been discovered in autopsy), but a small number of recognized cases have provided a name for it: cerebellar agnesis.

So where does synaptic plasticity come in? Since the woman has never had a cerebellum, it can be inferred that from early stages of fetal development, the brain compensated for the missing structure with neural connections outside of the normal functional area. Those synapses seem to have been strong enough to support 24 years of relatively normal life so far.

The patient’s “speech

was not intelligible until 6 years of age and she did not enter school,” according to her doctors. Yet, between what they label “mild mental impairment and medium motor deficits,” the doctors say these effects are “less than would be expected” from someone with cerebellar agnesis.

Had the woman suffered cerebellar deficits at some point after this prime plasticity period due to trauma or disease, she may not have been so lucky.

Lesions of the cerebellum can result in “severe mental impairment, movement disorders, epilepsy or a potentially fatal build-up of fluid in the brain,” according to “New Scientist.” If not for the extremely adaptable developing brain, this woman might not be alive today.

-Erin Eller eeller@udel.edu The views reflected in this column do not necessarily represent those of The Review.

LONDON IMAGING CENTRE The cerebellum is a distinctive, mass-like structure at the back of the brain. It is important for maintaining balance and equilibirum as well as voluntary motor movement and muscle tone.

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Student band ‘The Commonwealth’ blends variety of styles

COURTESY OF COMMONWEALTH “The Commonwealth” says they can’t quite remember why the picked the name, but they think it fits because come from diverse musical backgrounds, and a commonwealth is a collection of diversity.

DEVANY BURKE Staff Reporter Even from down the street, the sounds of “The Commonwealth’s” basement band practice are audible.

“We like to make people’s eardrums hurt a little,”

senior Connor Borchers says.

Borchers, along with his three friends, senior Phil Chinitz, senior Aidan Leddy and sophomore Ryan Barwick, decided it was time to form a band in March of last year. The four have been playing together ever since.

Although none of

them can quite remember why they picked “The Commonwealth,” they say this title is a good fit.

“You could say that a commonwealth is a collection of diversity,” Barwick says. “We all come from very different musical

backgrounds.”

Such variance in artistic styles is expressed through the band’s music. Chinitz says their different tastes come together into what can be described as a blend of modern southern rock, reggae and blues.

Musical inclination is one thing each member has in common. They were brought together through the university’s WVUD radio station where some of the guys hosted shows and were able to play their own musical selections to an audience, Leddy says.

They also all have many years of experience playing at least one instrument, Borchers says. Chinitz says they write the majority of their music themselves and occasionally throw in covers of “Crazy” by Gnarles Barkley or “My Name is Jonas” by Weezer.

Leddy says that shortly after forming, “The Commonwealth” began playing concerts. The band would play at basement parties, where they got to showcase their work for a group of their friends who shared their taste in music, Chinitz says. Their first basement performance was particularly memorable, Chinitz says, because it was

a bonding experience.

“The four of us are all very different people coming from very different circles, very different environments and it was great to get up there at that show and play in front of a crowd of about 90 people together and really just play music that we all enjoy,” Chinitz says.

Leddy says the event resulted in them going from being a no-name band to a band people actually knew.

The group quickly began to meet members of other local bands that shared their musical interests, which allowed them to hear about shows that they wouldn’t have otherwise, Borchers says.

Borchers says they were pleasantly surprised by the number and quality of the student bands at the university and believed creating music was an interesting substitute for the Greek life that sometimes seems to dominate campus.

“Probably the best thing that has happened to me in college has been playing in a band with these guys,” Chinitz says.

Although three of the band’s members will be graduating this May, the guys agree that they will try to keep making music together, despite uncertainty about the years to come.

Though their majors vary and do not include music studies, Borchers says they want nothing more than to have futures filled with rock and roll.

Cadets stand for 24 hours to honor prisoners of war, missing in action ALEXANDRA STRAUSMAN Staff Reporter Beginning at 8 a.m. on Friday, ROTC cadets took hour-shifts in pairs, standing until 8 a.m. the next morning in honor of National POW/ MIA Recognition Day. The day commemorates military personnel who were held as prisoners of war or went missing in action.

University ROTC members and veterans organized a cadet-performed marching tour during the day, a flag run, a 21-gun salute and a ceremony at 6 p.m., where local veterans were ready to share their stories, distribute information packets and share cake.

An empty chair stood symbolically at a table. Other elements and colors on the table symbolized the hardships or purity of intentions of those “brothers that are unable to be here,” says senior Jacob Fletcher, who helped organize the event.

Guest speakers included Lt. Col. Christian Cheetham, commander of the university Air Force ROTC detachment, Larry Waters, former captain of the Honor Guard and former Veterans of Foreign Wars post commander, Al Lawler, a Korean War veteran, retired Brig. Gen. Kennard R. Wiggins Jr. of the Delaware Air National Guard and Col. Michael J. Feeley, commander of the Delaware 166th Airlift Wing

RANDI HOMOLA/THE REVIEW Special Program project officer Jacob Fletcher, a senior, delivers remarks at the evening ceremony. The ceremony honored prisoners of war and those declared msising in action. of the Delaware Air National and blue symbolizes truth, Family members of Vietnam fidelity and the desire of our War victims decided to raise Guard.

Around 60 people joined missing comrades for peace awareness about those who the evening ceremony portion and happiness throughout the were lost in battle and whose remains were never accounted on the memorial park of the world, he says.

“As the flag symbolizes for.

Academy Building on Main Cheetham says the day is Street. Lawler estimated that victory over oppression for a few hundred people visited the living, so this laurel wreath intended to let people know symbolizes victory over death that the government is doing throughout the day.

Before placing flowers for those who have made the everything it can to find out on a memorial, Walters supreme sacrifice,” Lawler what has happened to our “fallen comrades.” The United spoke about the meaning of says.

This national day of States is still receiving remains, the color of each one. White began as a he says, some of which can symbolizes purity of purpose recognition and unselfish devotion to grassroots organization in be identified with scientific and returned duty, red symbolizes heroism the 1970s, Cheetham says. technology

honorably to family members for proper burial.

The pledges to our national identity and freedoms are the “steel reinforcing threads of our society,” Wiggins says.

This event holds personal meaning for Fletcher because his grandfather served in World War II. “The only thing that really separates me or my friends and those people who are missing is the time we grew up in,” he says. “They had dreams, girlfriends. They had music, cars, adventure. So I always think about how that could be us in the near future. That could be someone I know, and it’s important to remember that.”

Each hour, a candle was lit and a prayer said to honor American prisoners of war and personnel missing in action.

“It’s really about accountability to our forces to say, ‘Hey, we haven’t forgotten you,’” Cheetham says.

Cheetham says recognizing those lost in action––regardless of how long––displays the love felt for the United States military.

Three gunshots and a trumpeting concluded the ceremony.

“It’s my hope that people stop and talk and get to know [the veterans],” Cheetham says.

“It’s an opportunity for us all to say, ‘I love you, and thank you for what you’ve done.’”

Wondering how RSOs obtain their funds?

MICHELLE CARACCI Staff Reporter A sum of $800,000 is given to the 350 RSOs annually, though the amount allocated to each organization differs.

The university’s Allocation Board, a panel consisting of six to eight undergraduate students, is responsible for managing the RSOs’ request forms, reviewing budgets and establishing total funding.

Senior Advisor of University Student Centers Scott Mason advises the board, which is diverse in terms of age, race, gender, orientation and school participation, he says.

The first step in receiving money for an RSO is to request the standard budget.

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“At the beginning of every school year, all RSOs are allowed to apply for a standard budget, which is $800,” says senior Christopher Garner, Badminton Club president.

The standard budget is the only request that is automatically approved and distributed to all RSOs, as long as a respected member of the organization applies through an online application.

This budget is used mostly for day-to-day operations, Mason says, as well as food.

Some of the restrictions for budget usage are that the associations may not use the money for donations, alcohol, personal use or executive meals.

The standard budget is only given to students

once a year. Therefore, if the organizations need more money, they must fill out a capital request form.

Students can go on the RSO site to download the PDF form.

“A member has to sign off on things such as why you need it, where you’re going to store the equipment, and the cost of each item,” says Ian Campbell, senior and treasurer of the Badminton Club.

The Badminton Club, which has 20 regular members with varying experience levels, has never physically met with the Allocation Board, Garner said. However, on Sept. 16 they requested more nets and rackets.

“There are more people showing up than we anticipated,” Garner says.

“We would only go to the Allocations Board for big stuff like the nets, which are pretty expensive.”

Mason said the Allocation Board makes their decisions based on the strength of the application but also on other information available.

Factors that could influence the board’s decisions include the mission of the organization, the overall funding of the group and the group’s history on campus.

The RSOs with the highest budgets are the Cultural Programming Advisory Board and the Student Centers Programming Advisory Board because they present major campus events, Mason said, such as concerts at the Bob Carpenter Center.

“If an organization

doesn’t ask for funding, then they will have no to very low budget,” he says. “For example, a lot of groups just ask for the standard budget, so all groups that only do that will be the smallest budgets. Or, if a group only asks for a conference, then they would be the smallest since that is only $200. Every year is different because it is all about what they request.”

Mason says one way some RSOs raise money is by charging member fees, though the Allocation Board does not.

Normally these RSOs are part of a local chapter of a national organization, he says, which in some cases enforce dues. The vast majority of non-affiliated RSOs do not charge dues, Mason says.

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Painting with a Twist opens shop in Newark EMILY DERBY Staff Reporter For some, painting is a profession. For others, it’s a hobby. For the employees at Painting with a Twist, it is their source of happiness.

Cathy Deano and Renee Maloney started Painting with a Twist in Louisiana a few years after Hurricane Katrina hit. Both women’s homes had been flooded and while trying to rebuild their own lives, they were also trying to rebuild their community.

“They thought, ‘Oh, well, we can do painting, and [customers] can drink,’” says senior Cristian Vitale, who teaches classes at Painting with a Twist.

Now, Vitale says, there are over 150 franchise locations all over the country.

Painting with a Twist opened its doors earlier this month. Within the first eight days, four classes had already sold out, owner Stephanie Uhl Rhodes says.

Rhodes openly says she is a businesswoman, not an artist.

She knew she had to hire a few artists to add to her team.

Her staff currently consists of seven employees who help and encourage class attendees throughout the entire painting process.

Vitale spent the first 15 years of his life in Italy.

“I just don’t even know how to describe it—the kid is wise

SARA PFEFER/THE REVIEW Painting with a Twist has over 150 franchise locations in the United States and provides classes for all ages and skill levels. beyond his years,” Rhodes says of Vitale. “He always walks in the door with a big smile, every time.”

Vitale talks passionately about the classes.

“These people come in here with little to no experience and get to walk away with something beautiful,” he says.

Classes for all ages and skill

levels are offered, with prices ranging from $25 to $40. All painting tools are included, and no extra fee is charged for those attending classes where beverages are made available.

Attendee Gina Garner came to her first class on Sept. 13 with seven of her friends. In a matter of just

two hours she was hooked, she says, and plans to return in December.

She also says Vitale and the rest of the staff were fun and helpful.

“We had a ball,” she says.

Rhodes’ long-term goal is to open two more locations in the northern Delaware area, perhaps starting at the

beginning of 2015. She plans to be as involved as possible with the Newark community by participating in events like auctions, charity fundraising and community days.

“My employees come in with smiles and they leave with smiles,” Rhodes says.

“It’s a happy place.”

UNFILTERED COMMENTARY

S o , one of my friends j u s t started a blog in hopes of becoming t h e Chelsea Handler our ALEXANDRA of generation.

STRAUSMAN L e t ’ s applaud her for a quick second. She devoted her summer to something other than an internship to put on her resume. She harnessed her passion and ran with it.

Can you say you have done the same?

We are children robots.

We go to school and come summertime, we fight for internship opportunities with hopes to sweep the floor for someone in a much higher position. It’s a façade. My ears constantly ring with the classic “build your resume, get good

grades, and make something of yourself.”

It’s all rubrics and schedules.

I sit perched in the second to last row in Smith 130 staring at around 100 computer screens in my 250-person animal science lecture. My selective hearing is aware that the professor is speaking but prevents me

UNCHAINING OF ROBOTS looking at the slides that the professor is displaying while the majority are shopping for shoes or stalking their “friends” on Facebook.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, I fight with my bed at 8:30 a.m. and force myself out of it. Separation anxiety kicks in immediately.

I drag myself across campus hoping that the hour and

as a breadth requirement?

We are so focused on our generation, our culture and ourselves. As a collective, our passions were never allowed to be explored or matured because of rubric restrictions.

I feel constant pressure to make an app, and in my dreams I’m rejecting $3 billion from Mark

WE ARE AN ARMY OF ROBOTS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO TELL US TO ABANDON THE RUBRIC. ABANDON IT. from listening. On top of that I am not completely sure of her name except for the fact that I did her background check on Rate My Professors and didn’t drop the class only because my peers promised I wouldn’t fall flat on my face.

A handful of my socalled classmates are

fifteen minutes allotted for this class won’t take away my soul. I don’t know why I am here. I don’t think the girl sleeping next to me does either.

Is it my fault for having no interest in this, or the university’s for forcing me to expand my knowledge of ingredients in animal foods

Zuckerberg like Evan Spiegel did when Zuckerberg tried to buy Snapchat.

Let’s pose a threat like Spiegel did and create something that has the ability to outdo the biggest interactive platform. We are the social media generation, so let’s take over. The “what’s stopping us”

motivational speeches are becoming cliché already—its so aggravating!

The reality of it all is that we have lost ourselves in the world and it is okay.

There are millions of people around us and we are at the bottom of the totem pole, but we forget the bottom just means that we have no limits that prevent us from climbing.

Our realities exist in a cyberspace that could never be modified because of a regiment instilled by people who aren’t even from our generation.

We are an army of robots waiting for someone to tell us to abandon the rubric.

Abandon it. As LMFAO once said: “do something crazy.”

-Alexandra Strausman astraus@udel.edu The views reflected in this column do not necessarily represent those of The Review.

FILMAHOLIC

THE BEST OF THE BRITS, PART 3 OF 3

AMBER JOHNSON SKINS The UK version of “Skins” did not come quietly but burst onto the screen with a cacophonous roar, galvanizing legions of teens to wreak havoc on their sleepy English towns.

The series plays on our innate infatuation with rebellion and lust for adrenaline fueled escapades, summoning forth the inner “bad kid” we all wish we had the balls to be.

After the 2007 premiere of the program on E4, a slew of sex-hungry viewers terrorized their neighbors by throwing their own riotous revelries, which the media dubbed “Skins Parties.” Perhaps the most unique aspect of the program is its unwavering rejection of morality predominantly found in the didactic shows that berate American audiences.

The teenage renegades of “Skins” religiously abuse alcohol and drugs without abandon. The realistic portrayal of adolescence is refreshing, considering that vapid shows like 90210 and Hollyoaks featuring the obscenely rich

prefaced this revolution.

The first generation of characters––and the most beloved––strikes the perfect balance between comedy and drama. The first two seasons feature manipulative ringleader Tony (Nicholas Hoult), his shaggable girlfriend, Michelle (April Pearson), the spacey yet wise Cassie (Hannah Murray), Sid, the eternal sidekick (Mike Bailey), Jal, the responsible one of the bunch (Larissa Wilson), party animal Chris (Joe Dempsie) and the lovable duo of Anwar (Dev Patel) and Maxxie (Mitch Hewer).

It feels strange to sum up these dynamic characters with few words because they so easily transcend their descriptions.

Despite the deliciously hedonistic lifestyle the show illustrates, it is the character development that viewers relate to and admire.

In each episode, the series changes points of view by focusing on a different member of the gang and exploring their perspective of the world, providing the audience with a more intimate and developed understanding of their universe.

The second generation of characters focuses on the college experience of Tony’s mysterious younger sister Effy, played by Kaya Scodelario.

While the characters thrive due to their authenticity, the plot often veers into the downright

unbelievable with the gang breaking into Cat Steven’s “Wild World” in the first season’s finale. In another episode, Cassie’s philosophy professor interrupts her exam for a brief dance break after discussing her issues with anorexia. Though out of the ordinary, these scenes somehow feel right–– iconic even––and it is difficult to imagine the series without its slightly offbeat nature.

Despite the mass fandom, only the first two generations of characters make the series what it is. There are fleeting moments in the third generation that are reminiscent of the magic their predecessors created on screen, but they are not enough to sustain long term interest in the characters’ development.

In an attempt to return to the light heartedness of Tony and his friends, the writers instead created caricatures of otherwise interesting characters, sadly incapable of achieving the depth that once captivated viewers.

“Skins” is available on Netflix, but if you want the original soundtrack and, trust me, you do, then it may be better to stream the UK version.

-Amber Johnson anjohns@udel.edu The views reflected in this column do not necessarily represent those of The Review.

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Ever the team player, Peet continues to shine in second season JACK COBOURN Managing Sports Editor Before her freshman year, sophomore field hockey midfielder/defender Esmée Peet visited campus once before making her decision to play for the Lady Hens.

Peet, a finance major, said she chose Delaware for many reasons, but mainly because of how strong the team was under head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof, whom she said helped give the program a lot of energy.

“The fact that it has a really special field hockey program with the girls, that’s why I chose UD,” Peet said. “The fact that Rolf is Dutch made it a little easier when I came here.”

It was a decision that proved fortuitous, as she won a slew of individual awards on her way to assisting the team to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) championship, as well as the NCAA Tournament first round.

Van de Kerkhof said Peet fits well into the team’s demographic because of her spirit.

“She has great possession skills,” van de Kerkhof said.

“She’s competitive, driven and wants to win.”

Peet was born in Amersfoort, the Netherlands,

where she began her career on various club and travel teams. During her time in the Netherlands, she won two consecutive indoor titles and helped her team to a second place in the National Shell League in 2013 before arriving at Delaware.

Van de Kerkhof said he had never seen her play in person before she came to Delaware, but that his contacts sent him footage.

“There was footage, and I checked up on the footage with my connections back home,” he said.

Peet said the gameplay was not the hardest thing she had to adjust to in playing the college game.

“The hardest adjustment was the language, actually,” she said. “It seems easy to ask for a ball, but if you have to do it in another language, it’s pretty hard.”

In her freshman year, Peet scored 13 goals and had six assists during a year in which the Lady Hens went 17-5 overall, including going 6-0 in conference play. Peet was the first Delaware player ever to claim Rookie of the Year honors, and the first Delaware player since Jodi Byrd in 1998 to claim Player of the Year honors for the conference.

Peet said she was pleased with her rookie season because

“THE FACT THAT IT HAS A REALLY SPECIAL FIELD HOCKEY PROGRAM WITH THE GIRLS, THAT’S WHY I CHOSE UD.”

-ESMÉE PEET Sophomore

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Sophomore midfielder/defender Esmée Peet moves to make a stop against North Carolina. Peet has three goals and one assist this season. of the success the team had.

“I was really happy that it went well, but what I’m more happy about is that we won a championship as a team, and we made a big step as a team,” she said. “So I think that was most important for me, and it was fun to score some goals, but overall it’s more fun to see the team grow.”

Junior midfielder Michaela Patzner is one of the team’s other top scorers. Patzner said she and Peet were going to be playing on the forward line in the games against Villanova University and Old Dominion University over the weekend for the first time since last season.

Patzner said her favorite memory was playing offense

Coming off of a muchneeded bye week, Blue Hens ready to take on Dukes

For some teams, having a bye week after a big victory means that they possibly could lose momentum.

However, in senior tight end Nick Boyle’s opinion, this is not a problem the Delaware football team has heading into Saturday’s first Colonial Athletic Association matchup between the Blue Hens and the James Madison Dukes.

Speaking at the weekly press conference, Boyle said the week off allowed

back to the CAA Tournament.

Van de Kerkhof said he has seen improvement in Peet’s play in all areas.

“She has adapted to our team’s philosophy,” he said.

“She has improved in her overall level and has taken the first steps in becoming a more go-to player/leader on this team.”

Overall, Peet said she wants to further her education before deciding on her future in the sport.

“My first goal is to finish school here in college, then I want to go back to the Netherlands and do grad school and play at a high level,” she said.

off strong in the first half before the Villanova Wildcats were able to capitalize in the second.

“Coming off a bye week, they [Villanova] were a little sluggish I think coming out of the gate, made a couple mistakes in the first half and James Madison capitalized on just about every one of them and took control of the game into half-time,” Brock said. “Villanova kind of hit their stride in the second half, I think they scored five straight touchdowns in the second half to take the game back.”

Last season the Blue Hens beat the Dukes, 29-22 at Delaware Stadium. The last time Delaware played at James Madison was on Oct. 3, 2010. The Blue Hens claimed a 13-10 victory under former head coach K.C. Keeler.

Senior defensive back Jake Giusti is the only player to have actually played in that game who is still on the team. Giusti said he remembered how vicious the fans were during the game.

“The last time I was down there, in 2010, it was a very hostile environment, they had just beaten Virginia the week before,” Giusti said.

“We were able to go down there and beat them in their own stadium, so we’re looking to do the same this year.”

A lynchpin of the Dukes’

offense is quarterback Vad Lee. A transfer from Georgia Tech, he has 73 completed passes from 148 attempts this season, in addition to 978 rushing yards and seven touchdowns.

Brock said Lee is a player who the defense will have to keep its eyes on.

“He’s definitely a dual threat quarterback,” Brock said. “I’ve been very impressed with him in terms of how he’s gotten better— as you watch the tape, he almost gets better by the half, I wouldn’t even call it week-to-week.”

Defensively, Brock said the team will have to make sure the team gets the ball away from the offense as well as making third-down stops, which is something in which he said the team still needs improvement.

Overall, Brock said he is glad to be playing a tough team this week as well as starting CAA play.

“I feel like we’re in a good place going into this week in preparation for James Madison,” he said.

“Looking forward to starting conference play, looking forward to go down to Harrisonburg and playing a great game in front of a great crowd and we’re excited about the opportunity.”

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ANDREW KUCZMARSKI/THE REVIEW Senior Tight End Nick Boyle calls for a pass during the game against Colgate. Boyle said the bye week helped him out by allowing him to rest and do schoolwork.

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with Peet last season.

“One of my favorite field hockey memories that we always talk about is last year, when we played Hofstra, we both played on the forward line together with Meghan [Winesett], and we clicked so fast,” Patzner said. “We play so well together and now we’re finally back together on the forward line this weekend, so I was really excited for that.”

This season, Peet has had three goals and one assist in eight games. Before the season began, Peet was named captain, which she said was a big deal because leadership is important to the team’s success. She said her goals for the year are to help the team turn its season around to get

him to catch up on some schoolwork.

“I think actually it was good because I think we were a little banged up in the mind and the body, so I think that’s important,” he said. “[...] My first exams are rolling around this week so I got to get a little head start on them last week, which helped out a little bit.”

Now, the biggest challenge Delaware will face is not in the classroom, but on the gridiron. The Dukes are 2-2 overall (0-1 CAA), but there is more to their first conference loss

to Villanova University than the scoreline suggests.

Head coach Dave Brock said James Madison started

“I FEEL LIKE WE’RE IN A GOOD PLACE GOING INTO THIS WEEK IN PREPARATION FOR JAMES MADISON.”

-DAVE BROCK

Head Coach

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Lady Hens beat Villanova in back-to-back thrillers

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Sophomore pitcher Carolyn Szymanski winds up. Szymanski was the star of the first game, playing well defensively as well as scoring the winning run in the last inning.

MARCELLO DEANGELIS Staff Reporter The Delaware softball team started their fall exhibition games the best way they could, with two victories in a double-header versus Villanova University on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon at Delaware Softball Diamond.

Head coach Jaime Wohlbach said she couldn’t wait to get the season going.

“I am very excited as it took time to build our program, but I think we have all the pieces in place,” Wohlbach said.

The first game started

just after noon, with nothing but sun in the sky. The game got off to a slow start as each team was held scoreless until the fourth inning when the Villanova Wildcats took a 1-0 lead. However, pitching from Carolyn Szymanski allowed the Lady Hens to limit the Villanova offense for most of the game. They were still trailing though heading into the bottom of the sixth.

Despite the deficit in runs, sophomore outfielder Morgan Schroll said she thought the defense was strong throughout.

“I think we communicated well today defensively, we talked from the outfield all

the way through the infield,” Schroll said. “We still need to work on our set plays, but they are coming together.”

Delaware was running out of time and with runners on first and second, it finally broke through.

Sophomore Sarah Bencivenga hit a long shot all the way to the warning track, scoring the runner from second and advancing the runner from first to third.

This was the Lady Hens’ biggest threat of the game so far. The rally back would be cut short as Delaware could not score the runners, and they were left in scoring position.

The Wildcats could not muster a run in the seventh, and the Lady Hens were up to bat hoping to finish of the game and avoid extra innings.

Leading off the seventh inning was Szymanski, who put Delaware in a great spot, this time not with her pitching, but with her bat.

She lined a double and was in scoring position with no outs. On a wild pitch, Carolyn was able to steal third.

The next two batters were unable to bring her

home. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, freshman Leanna Gearhart stepped to the plate.

The crowd was tense and waiting to see if the Lady Hens could pull off a comeback in their first exhibition game. The pitch came in and Gearhart hit it hard. It went off the pitcher’s foot and past the second baseman, allowing the run. The crowd erupted in cheers and the Blue Hens had a walk-off 2-1 victory.

Wohlbach said she was happy with her team’s performance.

“Right now we are just functioning as a real team, full roster—it’s awesome,” she said.

The second game of the doubleheader was all about the offensive units of both squads.Villanova started the game off in great fashion, scoring seven runs in the first inning to take a 7-0 lead early on. Delaware was down, but there was no quitting as the team kept its composure and got right back into it, scoring eight runs in the first inning.

The two teams went back and forth exchanging the

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lead. It seemed that every pitch was getting hit and the runs kept coming for both teams. The Wildcats were down 12-9 heading into the sixth inning but that quickly changed. Villanova rallied for six runs in the sixth inning to take the lead 1412.

Once again, the Lady Hens were trailing late in the game, but they were not out of it yet. Sarah Bencivenga, as well as Shelby Jones, Giovanna Kolofer and Hannah George, all got hits to regain the lead. Delaware scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth to take a 17-14 lead, which it held to the end.

Wohlbach said the team was strong throughout the ranks.

“We don’t have just a set lineup of starters, we can put in back up players, new players, we just have so much depth and we didn’t have that in the past.”

Overall, Wohlbach said the team has the all-around talent to go all the way.

“We’ve got a lot of heart, a lot of energy, we have team chemistry and we have skill,” she said.

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“IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH.”

MEGHAN O’DONNELL

In the wake of the Ray Rice domestic violence scandal, fans are left to wonder why the

commissioner needed video evidence to finally take a stand.

RANDI HOMOLA/THE REVIEW Junior midfielder Maddy Parker (55) fights for the ball during Sunday’s game. Junior midfielder Emily Market (28) gets ready to intervene.

Lady Hens’ record now 4-5 after 1-0 loss to Penn AISHA MCCORMICK Staff Reporter Having lost 1-0 to the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday at Grant Stadium, the women’s soccer team now has a 4-5 record overall. But this is not enough to discourage the Lady Hens as they find themselves approaching the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) games in the coming weeks.

However, despite the team’s now almost split record, head coach Scott Grzenda said he is optimistic for the remainder of the season.

“The first nine games is us finding ourselves,” Grzenda said.

Penn put themselves on the board late in the first half with a header by midfielder Kaitlyn Moore. The assist came from across the field by Erin Mikolai.

While the goal turned out to be all the Quakers needed to walk away with the win, it would fuel the fire for the Lady Hens as they came back ready to fight in full force during the second half.

After starting the game without any shots on goal, Delaware returned after half time with a total of six opportunities. Senior forward

Rachel Vaccaro and sophomore midfielder Mikala Kin each had two chances, while junior midfielder Emily Market and sophomore forward Natalie Zelenky each had one.

Each missed shot built a frustration among the team which then created a much needed intensity in the second half. This lasted all the way up through the last 10 seconds of the game, where the Lady Hens came just shy of tying the score.

Vaccaro said playing the Quakers was a wake-up call to perform better in conference games.

“Penn was a good team, probably one of the best teams we’ve seen so far this year,” Vaccaro said. “We need to pick it up and get ready for conferences this weekend, but I’m confident we’re one of the best teams in the conference and just need to prove it by keeping goals out of our net and putting them into the other team’s net instead.”

Grzenda said he commended the effort and drive he saw from his team in the second half. However he expressed his concern with the lack of urgency on the field Sunday.

“I think we come out and

“THE FIRST NINE GAMES IS US FINDING OURSELVES.” -SCOTT GRZENDA Head Coach

play decent soccer in the first half, and then you can see in the second half where we dominate once the urgency is there,” Grzenda said.

It was only after they gave up what Grzenda called a “questionable goal” that he felt the team really started playing well.

Grzenda said he described the beginning of the season as more of a learning experience for the team to figure out how to play with one another. He said he focuses more on giving different girls the opportunity to play in order for a chemistry to develop.

“Next week is when everything really starts, once we get in the conference that’s when everything really matters,” he said.

In preparation for the conference games, Grzenda said there is really nothing he feels the team needs to change.

“We have outplayed most of the teams we’ve played so far,” he said. “We’ve had good shots and we come out strong.”

Grzenda said he believes that as long as the team continues to do exactly what they have been doing and really focus on finishing with a win, they should be just fine.

The Lady Hens will open the CAA conference Friday, Sept. 26 against UNCW. The game will start at 7 p.m. at the Stuart and Suzanne Grant Stadium.

An instant classic: those were the words used to describe Sunday’s matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins. A 3734 victory for the Eagles that featured hard hits, spectacular catches and plenty of fireworks, the game was the National Football League at its finest.

This was a stark contrast to the dark cloud currently hanging over the league in the midst of the Ray Rice domestic violence case, the worst crisis in NFL history. Now, seven months after the initial incident, fans are left trying to dig through the web of lies and deception and expose the depth of this major cover up.

By now, we all know the story. In February, star running back Ray Rice––then with the Ravens––was arrested and charged with assault after knocking his fiancé (now wife) unconscious in an elevator.

After the incident, Rice agreed to a one-year pretrial intervention program and was never convicted of any crime.

From there, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was left to decide his punishment.

Before doing so, Goodell met with Rice, his wife and the Ravens’ president and general manager. Rice gave a detailed and, by all accounts, honest description of what occurred in the elevator that fateful February night. His wife Janay and the Ravens’ executives then lobbied Goodell on his behalf, asking him to give the running back a second chance.

In response, the commissioner issued an incredibly lenient two game suspension. That is until TMZ broke the news of a previously unseen videotape from the hotel.

In the graphic video, Rice is clearly shown punching his wife and knocking her unconscious before dragging her out of the elevator.

Within hours, the Ravens released Rice.

Immediately afterwards, Goodell amended his previous decision and suspended Rice indefinitely. While various conflicting stories have emerged since regarding whether or not Goodell had seen the tape before it was released to the public, the question remains. Why did he need to see it at all?

This is not a new issue within

the league. Ray Rice is certainly not the first NFL player to be arrested for domestic violence.

In fact, according to ESPN there have been 87 arrests involving 80 players over the last 14 years alone.

He’s just the first to be caught on tape. More specifically, Ray Rice is the first to be caught on a tape that was seen by the entire country.

Whether or not Goodell had seen the tape is beside the point.

According to multiple sources, what was depicted in that video is exactly what Ray Rice described to the commissioner.

Yet he only made the decision to suspend Rice indefinitely after TMZ released the evidence. In effect, this was the league saying that it needs to see it to believe it.

Although the NFL came out with a new domestic violence policy in August citing a six-game ban for first time offenders, the commissioner has been remarkably inconsistent with enforcing it.

Look at Greg Hardy of the Carolina Panthers. In May, the defensive end was found guilty of assaulting and threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend. He is appealing the verdict and head coach Ron Rivera allowed him to play in the season opener. Only after the Ray Rice case blew up did the Panthers place him on the Exempt List, meaning he cannot practice or play with his team until the case is resolved.

Still, Hardy is in a very similar position to Rice, and yet because there is no “evidence,” no videotape making the rounds on every major television network, he is still with the Panthers and still in the league.

The backlash from Goodell’s decision has been felt around the league. The scandal has alienated fans, specifically female fans.

Even more importantly though, at least to the league, are the sponsors backing away. In the last week, Proctor and Gamble, Nike, Anheuser-Busch and PepsiCo have publicly questioned the way the commissioner has handled this situation.

This is a good thing. The NFL is starting to address the major problem they have now if for no other reason than the millions of dollars that are on the line. Money talks even if Roger Goodell won’t.

As the rest of this saga plays out, Goodell will fight to hang on to his job while trying to pull the league out of this major hole it dug itself by brushing the issue of domestic violence under the rug for far too long.

It doesn’t matter whether or not Goodell saw the tape. He shouldn’t have needed to. Rice admitted that he punched his fiancé. Goodell saw the police report. That should have been enough.

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