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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 VOLUME 141, ISSUE 1

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Following fire, Spencer Lab evacuated Friday

TUESDAY, SEPT 2

ELIZABETH QUARTARARO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

-“The Union at the Crossroads” Exhibition, 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m., Morris Library -Healthy Skin Kiosk, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Trabant University Center -Orthotics and Prosthetics Club Interest Meeting, 7:308:30 p.m., ISE Lab 322 WEDNESDAY, SEPT 3 -Cameron Hockenson, Sculptor/Scholar, 12:30 p.m., Studio Arts Building, Room 101 -Resumes/Cover Letters Workshop, 1:15-2:15 p.m., Career Services Center, Workshop Room 178 -Safety Pit Stop! 123:00 p.m., Delaware Ave. at The Green

An electrical fire was reported in Spencer Laboratory at 130 Academy St. this afternoon. The fire was reported at 2:45 p.m. and was under control at 3:30 p.m., Aetna Hose Hook & Ladder Chief A.J. Schall said. The building was evacuated and will be closed roughly until 6 or 7 p.m., university spokeswoman Andrea Boyle Tippett said. There was a large amount of smoke that needs to be cleared from the building, Boyle Tippett said. The fire was contained to an electrical room on the first floor in the back right corner

of the building. Schall said Spencer Laboratory is an older building, which poses some challenges for fire crews. “There’s no sprinklers in this part of the building, I believe,” he said. “None that were activated at least.” About 30 firefighters were on the scene, Schall said. Junior Corey Shannon was in the basement of the building when the alarm sounded and said people were calm as they left the building. “We just thought it was a drill for about ten minutes until a cop came out and was like, ‘Hey, there’s an actual fire, so you should probably move back.’”

One year after resignation, Funk still active in Newark

THURSDAY, SEPT 4 -Study Abroad Fair, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Trabant University Center, Multipurpose Room C -How to Network Like a Rockstar, 3:00-5:00 p.m., Alfred Lerner Hall, Atrium -DOCF Salon Awareness Campaign, 5:00-6:00 p.m., Perkins Collins Room -“An Evening in the Garden,” 5:30-7:30 p.m., University of Delaware Community Garden FRIDAY, SEPT 5 -CBE Centennial Seminar, 10:00-11:00 a.m., Colburn Lab, Room 102 -International Coffee Hour, 4:00-6:00 p.m., 44 Kent Way, Reception -Hen Fest: Welcome Back Festival 2014, 4:00-7:00 p.m., North Green SATURDAY, SEPT 6 -Delaware Diplomats, 8:00-12:00 p.m., Institute for Global Studies -Exhibition, “Sculpted by Nature,” 12:005:00 p.m., Penny Hall, Mineralogical Museum -Football vs. Delaware State, 6:00 p.m., Delaware Stadium

MATT BUTLER Managing News Editor

FILE PHOTO/THE REVIEW Funk started serving as mayor in 2005, brining to life citywide events like Taste of Newark.

Vance Funk’s run as mayor ended inauspiciously a year ago. He resigned amid growing public tension over the construction of a new Wawa in tandem with personal health concerns. In his open resignation letter, Funk blamed some of his health problems on the very issues that were facing the city at the time. Specifically, he pointed out the efforts of

several city residents who had started a grassroots campaign to prevent the new Wawa from being built on South Main Street. “Quite frankly, I can no longer afford the adverse health consequences that come with my ever increasing blood pressure caused by the antiWawa campaign and the other issues before the city,” Funk wrote. See SULLIVAN, page 3

Tripled up: Largest freshman class in university history squeezes into dorms MEGHAN JUSCZAK Managing News Editor

At last week’s Twilight Induction Ceremony, 400 more candles glowed on the South Green than last year, each candle representing a member of the largest entering class in the university’s history. There are 4,200 new freshmen in the class of 2018, whereas the average in past years has usually been

around 3,800, Vice President of Enrollment Management Chris Lucier said. Although the school’s target of 3,800 remained the same for this year, more students than normal chose Delaware when they were accepted. Part of Lucier’s job— which is a new position at the university—involves looking at data to understand why this situation occurred, then applying that information into the admissions process

SUNDAY, SEPT 7 -Exhibition, “Renderings,” 12:005:00 p.m., Mechanical Hall, Gallery -Room inventory check-in deadline MONDAY, SEPT 8 -Time Management Workshop, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Smith Hall, Room 130 -Department of Chemistry Wriston Lectureship, 4:00 p.m., 101 Brown Laboratory -Gilman Scholarship Info Session, 4:005:00 p.m., Elliot Hall, Conference Room

THE REVIEW/KIRK SMITH Several regional fire crews responded to an electrical fire in Spencer Lab Friday afternoon.

COURTESY OF JENNIFER TORMAN A room in Rodney, one of the 378 forced triples on campus.

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going into next year. “I think there is a perception of the University of Delaware as a great value to students,” he said. “Our low cost and financial aid make us very competitive, as does our academic and student life experience. UD students are also going onto prestigious jobs and graduate programs, which is important to prospective students and families.” Because of the over enrollment, 30 percent of freshmen currently live in extended housing. There are 378 forced triples this year, Kathleen Kerr, executive director of residence life and housing, said. Typically, there are around 110. “We do our best to accommodate students in this situation,” she said. “We explain that we pick the largest rooms and work to detriple those with the greatest concern most quickly.” She also said that residence life provides a weekly rebate for any students still living in forced triples beginning Oct. 1. Freshman Jen Torman, who lives in a triple in Rodney Residence Hall, said that she was initially upset about her room assignment, especially because she had already chosen a roommate and assumed they would be living in a double room. “It hasn’t been bad at all, though,” Torman said. “We’ve gotten used to the space we have and so far my roommates and I all respect each other. We’re making it work.” In honors freshman housing, the percentage of triples is consistent with the rest of the residence halls. In fact, 150 of the additional 400 students in the freshman

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class are enrolled in the honors program. The program usually has approximately 400 to 450 students in each class, but there are 599 honors freshmen this year. Honors Program Director Michael Arnold said that, like general admissions, its target remained the same this year. However, the program experienced a similarly high and unexpected yield. There is not a clear answer for why this happened this particular year, he said, but he did think new marketing efforts played a role. “The Taste of UD pilot program this year where current honors students hosted prospective students for lunch during a campus visit likely had an impact,” Arnold said. “But I’d also like to think most of it is the result of the growing strength and reputation of the honors program and the university as a whole.” Both Arnold and Lucier expressed the university’s commitment to supporting this larger class. Several more introductory classes, especially within honors, were added, and some residence hall staffs were expanded. Lucier said despite the increased size, the aim for the school is to provide the same experience as always. Arnold said the university and the honors program plan to make efforts to scale freshman enrollment back down to its usual numbers this upcoming year. “What this will likely mean is that we will become a more selective university in the future,” Lucier said. “From the number of applications we receive we will be accepting fewer students.”

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