Nov. 5, 2014 - Issue 10

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KIRK SMITH/THE REVIEW Attorney General Matt Denn with the Delaware Democratic Party at the Christiana Hilton in Newcastle, Del. Below, the party reacts to results.

KIRK SMITH/THE REVIEW Democratic candidate Chris Coons wins the race for Senate. Coons speaks at the Christiana Hilton Newcastle, Del. after receiving the results.

Democrats maintain national seats, but Republicans make noise in midterms MATT BUTLER Managing News Editor Despite many national pundits predicting a wave of congressional change in favor of Republicans, Chris Coons and John Carney maintained their Congressional positions, though the Democratic grasp on Delaware legislature loosened a bit when midterm elections were held Tuesday.

In total, Democrats won three of five total statewide seats.

Democrats and Republicans split the 10 elections for state senate seats, with both parties winning five each. As for state representative seats,

Democrats won 25, while Republicans won 16.

Delaware has been garnering a strongly liberal reputation, and the election cycle for national seats told no different. Despite Republican challenger Kevin Wade holding an early lead, Coons held onto his Senatorial seat by a margin of 58 percent to 40 percent at press time. Third party candidate Andrew Groff, a member of the Green Party, also earned 2 percent of the total.

Major news networks were comfortable enough with that outcome that they projected a Coons victory just minutes after the polls closed at 8 p.m.

Republicans were able to snag two statewide seats.

Kenneth Simpler defeated Democrat Sean Barney by a nine point margin for the state treasurer seat, while Democrat Brenda Mayrack was bested by challenger R. Thomas Wagner by seven points.

Locally, Republicans were pleased with the results of the elections, due to victories in both the State Treasurer and Auditor races, said John Fluharty executive director of Delaware’s Republican party.

“It’s a great day to be a Republican in the state of Delaware. It’s a great day to be a taxpayer,” Fluharty said. “People sent a sign

that they want responsibility and accountability in their government. They also said balance is good.”

Fluharty said they had indications that Simpler would win as he built a voter coalition statewide, particularly in Wilmington, a first for a Republican candidate in Delaware, Fluharty said.

Fluharty added that having two parties at the state level is good and that the state will benefit positively.

“Democrats had gotten sloppy and arrogant and had really lost touch with the people they represented.”

Fluharty said. “But now Delaware will have balance

in government, and that’s great.”

These results were much more in line with what took place in midterm elections across the rest of the nation, as Republicans rode public discontent at the previously democratic Senate to win the Senate, while also maintaining control of the House.

Laura Thien, the national committeewoman for Delaware Young Democrats, said the change to a more Republican Congress could spell further gridlock, as conservatives in Congress seek to stall President Obama’s progress during his final two years in office.

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Republicans now hold majority in Senate after winning key races JAY PANANDIKER & CADY ZUVICH News Assignment Editor & Executive Editor The Republican Party on Tuesday won the six seats needed to take the majority in the Senate, beating Democrats in contested tossup races deemed key in this year’s election. The GOP won races in Colorado, Arkansas, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota and Virginia to secure Senate majority.

Though Republicans won a number of the tossup races, incumbent Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) held her seat in a tight

New Hampshire race against Scott Brown, who two years ago lost to Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the incumbent, narrowly won his seat against Ed Gillespie, holding on by less than one percentage point at presstime.

“My reaction is very positive, a lot of the races are going our way,” said junior Andrew Lipman, a member of the university’s College Republicans. “We won in Colorado, and are in close races in New Hampshire and Virginia.”

Lipman said he was most surprised by the Senate race in Virginia, where Republican Gillespie was down by as much as ten percent in recent polls.

The actual results were within one percentage point.

Lipman said the Republicans did better in 2014 because they ran experienced candidates who did not make gaffes on the campaign trail.

“Looking back to 2012, there were a lot of Republicans who said stupid things on the national scale,” Lipman said.

The GOP lead in Tuesday’s election started early on in the night with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) securing an early victory in the Republican-leaning Kentucky race. McConnell’s win against Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes means he will emerge as Majority Leader in a Republican-controlled Senate,

taking over a position currently held by Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.).

The sixth win to secure Senate majority was made in North Carolina, as Sen. Kay Hagan (DNC) was defeated by Republican Thom Tillis.

The Senate will not be fully decided until December’s Louisiana runoff election, as none of the candidates could secure a 50 percent majority.

The Georgia’s Senate race could have gone to runoff, but Republican David Perdue held an edge over Democrat Michelle Nunn.

In the House, Republicans will keep their majority, making gains to increase GOP representation.

Meanwhile in the 36 governor races nationwide, Democrats managed to pull off a win in nearby Pennsylvania.

Current Republican Gov. Tom Corbett lost to Democrat Tom Wolf by a ten-point margin in a race the incumbent was projected to secure.

By winning both houses of Congress, the Republicans will have an advantage in the 2016 presidential election, Lipman said.

“The Republicans will be able to put bills on Obama’s desk, which he will have to veto.

He can no longer hide behind Harry Reid,” he said.

The fight for existence as a third party in Blue state Delaware MATT BUTLER Managing News Editor In today’s fiercely competitive political landscape, Democrats and Republicans have long dominated the national conversation and controlled the direction of the country. However, growing resentment over congressional gridlock and political stagnation has caused some voters to consider alternative parties outside of the existing power structures.

In Delaware, a state normally considered heavily liberal and containing 48 percent Democratic registered voters, the competition for the secondary spot is actually much closer than conventional thought would support. According to registration totals from the state government, 24 percent of registered voters statewide identify as “Other” while about 28 percent of registered voters identify as “Republican.”

In the upper echelon of those “Other” parties is the Green Party of Delaware, which entered candidates in four out

of five state races. Andrew Groff and Bernie August were both candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives respectively, while Catherine Damavandi ran for Attorney General and David Chandler vied for State Treasurer.

David McCorquodale, the Green Party candidate for the State House of Representatives seat for the 21st District and the only Green candidate for state legislature, said the Green candidates in the state do their own work and campaigning without much help from the party structure, since they do not have the resources of the major parties.

McCorquodale, who is nominally the state’s Green Party chairman, said minority parties face different challenges beyond the ones faced by Democrats or Republicans, especially when it comes to name recognition and exposure. He said in particular, it hurt the party to be excluded from the debates held at the university, despite being on the ballot.

“At the forum at the University of Delaware, John

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Carney was speaking to an empty chair,” he said. “Our candidate, Bernie August, wasn’t allowed to be there, and neither was the libertarian candidate.

It’s a little ridiculous when you have a Democrat up there talking to nobody.”

Damavandi, who spent most of her career in the attorney general’s office, said she has also faced some complications regarding her campaign, though she has been able to fight through them.

What her campaign lacks in financial support and wealthy benefactors, it has made up for in volunteer contributions, she said.

She also said if more people knew about the Green Party and examined what the party stands for, they would be much more amenable to voting for them come election day.

Journalist and WDEL broadcaster Allan Loudell said Damavandi had arguably the most impressive showing of any candidate at the Attorney general debates. Loudell said though they will most likely not win any seats, he thinks the

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Green Party candidates will serve as one of the main recipients of voters who are angry with the current power in place.

Before election results were announced, this effect may be most evident in the Senate race, of which incumbent Chris Coons is the presumptive winner.

Loudall said Green candidate Andrew Groff could be perceived as the safe alternative for progressive voters who want to send a message to Democrats but do not want to vote for Republican Kevin Wade.

“It’s difficult to see how a third party can get enough traction to become major unless one of two things happen,” Loudell said. “If someone with name recognition suddenly bolts to a third party or if a few people in the money start bankrolling it so they can compete even-steven in terms of billboards and commercials.”

Despite the media taking notice of her performance in the Attorney General debate, Damavandi said she would not want to betray her beliefs or values by taking a less difficult road. She said media figures like

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WDEL broadcaster Rick Jensen have said she would win if she was running as a Republican or Democrat.

“I’ve never been a Democrat or a Republican. I’ve been an unaffiliated voter my entire life,” she said. “As a matter of principle, I don’t think I could do that. But yes, it is the much easier way because you have the party machine behind you, the party income, the PAC money— there’s a lot of structural support there.”

McCorquodale also said it is hard to relay the Green Party message when working within the political system, since most news networks and voters are more familiar with the two parties. When given a platform, he said the Green Party is an entity based on four founding principles: sustainability, peace, economic justice and grassroots democracy. While he thinks these tenets may attract some voters away from the bigger parties, he said, they are at times unable to effectively spread the word to gain support.

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Raquel and Pedro Alvarado buried three of their children, all in their 20s, Sunday in the Mexican village El Control, five miles south of the Texas border.

The family is originally from El Control, but the siblings were born in the United States and grew up in Progreso, Texas where they established their lives.

Witnesses say the Erica, Alex and Jose Angel Alvarado were kidnapped Oct. 13 when they were returning to Texas after visiting their father in El Control.

The bodies were found last

week, each with bound hands and feet, said the Tamaulipas State Attorney General’s Office. Each had a gunshot wound to the head.

A fourth victim, Jose Castaneda, was identified. Castaneda was Erica’s boyfriend, according to her family.

The victims were killed the day they disappeared, said a spokesman for the State Attorney General’s Office.

State Attorney General Ismael Quintanilla Acosta told reporters some witnesses have said the armed men who

confronted the Alvaros belonged to a new security force known as “Grupo Hercules. However, Pedro and Raquel Alvarado say no one has offered a motive about why their children and Castaneda were killed.

The siblings have not been accused of being involved in criminal activity. Nine members of Grupo Hercules were interrogated by investigators, but no arrests have been made.

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A recent report on a no-fly zone instituted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over Ferguson, Mo. revealed that the action was taken in order to stop media from taking to the air to cover the ongoing events there.

The report has raised the ire of the American Civil Liberties Union, along with media members and citizens of Ferguson.

The St. Louis County Police Department, which has already come under steady criticism of its handling of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown’s

death and the resulting protests and riots, originally claimed the no-fly area was necessary because shots had been fired at a police helicopter. However, the department has once again received a new round of vitriol after tapes emerged showing them working in conjunction with FAA officials to tweak the restrictions of the zone in order to disallow media aircraft.

The FAA has denied the accuracy of the report, saying they would not use their power to harm the freedom of the press. In

a statement provided to CNN, the FAA said they always want to be cautious when there are reports of gunshots at aircrafts, and this was the impetus for the ban.

“FAA cannot and will never exclusively ban media from covering an event of national significance and media was never banned from covering the ongoing events in Ferguson in this case,” the statement said.

4,802 days or 13 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, One World Trade Center officially opened Monday.

Replacing Chicago’s Willis Tower as the tallest building in the western hemisphere, construction began on the 1,776 ft. building in 2006.

Owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), the $3.9 billion building is in the center of a 16-acre site that once included the Twin Towers. Also located on the site is the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

Constructed of 45,000

tons of structural steel and 208,000 cubic yards of concrete, the building rests on 24 steel columns and is “the most secure office building in America,” according to PANYNJ executive director Patrick J. Foye.

Employees of Condé Nast, a publishing company, were the first tenants to begin working in the 104-story skyscraper, which will include a three-floor observatory to be opened in the spring.

On the campaign trail, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a statement

saying, “Today, as we open its doors for the first time, we remember that strength and courage will always conquer weakness and cowardice and that the American spirit, defended by proud New Yorkers, will not be defeated. That lesson and that example live on today as powerful as they were 13 years ago.”

Blaise Compaore, Burkina Faso’s president of 27 years, was forced to resign amid violent protests last week. The demonstrations occurred in reaction to Compaore’s attempts to extend his reign as president of the west African state even further.

Since then, the military has been acting as a supposedly transitional ruling body, with Lt. Col. Isaac Zida serving as interim leader. He was named the leader Saturday, and the military says thus far it has been acting in the nation’s best interests and has tried to dispel beliefs that it seized power in a coup.

“Power does not interest us,” military representatives said during a meeting with diplomats in capital city Ouagadougou on Monday.

The African Union provided the interim military government an ultimatum that same day, however, in the next two weeks, it must hand over power to a civilian ruler or face sanctions. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the U.N. envoy for West Africa said if the military refuses to do so “the consequences are pretty clear.”

Zida insists a new head of state will be chosen “soon” following discussion and deliberation with

various groups.

“We are going to move very fast, but be careful not to commit a mistake that might damage our country,” Zida said. “We are not here to usurp power and to sit in place and run the country, but to help the country come out of this situation.”

At least 15 unidentified drones have passed over nuclear power stations in France, raising security concerns and causing officials to start investigations on the illegal flights, five of which made an appearance on Friday.

For a nation getting over two-thirds of its electricity from nuclear power, France has equipped its sites to handle any seismic activity and security risks from earthquakes or plane crashes. Sylvain Trottier, a spokesman for Greenpeace

France, said the drones could prove more dangerous than expected.

“Officials are caught in this logic of ‘move along, there’s nothing to see here,’” Trottier said. “They are in denial about the risk.”

While the nuclear reactors are protected behind 5-foot thick walls, Trottier said a medium-sized bomb on a drone has the possibility of striking the cooling pools that hold radioactive material.

The French government

prohibits everyone from operating drones near sensitive areas such as nuclear sites and airports. According to authorities, those convicted of violating the drone law can face fines of up to 75,000 euros and a year in prison.

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Three charged with 145 counts of providing alcohol to minors at busted party

McCorquodale: ‘I believe, more and more, people are getting disgusted with the status quo and want to see change.’

Continued from page 1 McCorquodale also said it is important to have competition present in elections in order to keep standards as high as possible for elected officials. Though the climate for change might be there, he said, nothing will shift unless more people decide to get involved with politics.

“There are 10 candidates, all Democrats, running for state representative or senator completely unopposed,” he said. “I believe, more and more, people are getting disgusted with the status quo and want to see change. It’s not going to happen until people participate in the change. We need more people.”

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The Green Party continues to try to grow in Delaware with candidates like Andrew Groff.

University officials speak to Faculty Senate on acquiring surplus military weapons PATRICK WITTERSCHEIN Staff Reporter Responding to a motion from the faculty senate on Monday night, university officials delivered a presentation to the Senate concerning the use of assault weapons by university police.

The presentation was given by officials from the university administration, the Office of Campus and Public Safety and the university police department.

Skip Homiak, executive director of campus and public safety, said the safety of the campus community is paramount to his office.

“Although it’s not a popular topic to talk about, part of ensuring our campus is safe includes discussion about the necessary steps to prepare for a critical incident, and that includes an active shooter on campus,” Homiak said.

“Part of preparing includes equipping our police officers with the necessary equipment to stop an armed suspect.”

Homiak said that he initiated the UDPD patrol rifle program when he came to the university in 2008. At that time, the only patrol rifles available to officers were

shotguns, and the UDPD did not have enough for every officer, he said.

In 2010, the university purchased 39 patrol rifles so that uniformed officers could each have a rifle to use on routine patrol. Each officer on patrol has a rifle mounted in a secure gun rack in the police car, and when they are not in use, they are stored in the police department’s gun vault, Homiak said.

The university was also able to acquire 10 military surplus M16 rifles through the Law Enforcement Support Office 1033 program, which distributes excess military gear to police departments around the country, he said.

Scott Douglass, executive vice president and university treasurer, said both he and the university trustees endorsed the decision to equip officers with the rifles.

“They are very supportive of it,” Douglass said. “They are very supportive of public safety in general, and doing things that are consistent with what sort of norms college campuses are expected to provide.”

One of the main goals of the patrol rifle initiative was to have enough weapons for

each officer, Homiak said.

“It’s important for each officer to have their own weapon because the sights are adjustable,” Ogden said.

“They go out to the range and they zero in that particular weapon for that particular officer, so you don’t want to have officers switching back and forth.”

Homiak said that in total, the UDPD has 39 Smith & Wesson M&P15 rifles and 10 Colt M16 rifles. The M16 rifles have been modified to be used only in semi-automatic mode, unlike the fully automatic weapons used in the military, he said.

The Office of Campus and Public Safety wants UDPD officers to be ready for an active shooter incident, especially considering the prevalence of similar incidents on college campuses, Homiak said.

“Of the 160 shooter incidents that have occurred in the United States since the year 2000, and these are FBI statistics, 39 active shooter incidents have occurred in academic environments,” he said.

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In final meeting, educational outreach on sexual offense at forefront CADY ZUVICH Executive Editor

A narrowed focus on reporting and enforcement was the message of Monday’s third and final information session hosted by Title IX coordinator Susan Groff. The three Title IX sessions were announced following the Sept. 19 rally that called on the university to “do better” in its handling of sexual assault cases. Though faculty and staff outnumbered students at previous two meetings, students made up most of Monday’s audience.

“This is new to them,” Groff said of her expanding outreach efforts to students and faculty.

“Clery is new and Title IX is new, and it’s about getting that out.”

Five months into her role, Groff introduced the Title IX governance structure––which includes education and training committees for faculty and students––signaling a tightened approach to handling sexual assault and harassment cases.

Though the position of Title IX coordinator has long existed at the university, Groff’s role as coordinator for the first time focuses exclusively on enforcing Title IX. Groff is also in the process of hiring a Title IX investigator, a trend seen on campuses nationwide as colleges struggle to adjudicate sexual assault and harassment cases. 85 colleges –– including the University of Delaware –– are under investigation by the Department of Education for potentially mishandling cases.

Other universities such as Harvard University, New York University and University of North Carolina-Charlotte have posted jobs for Title IX investigators during October.

The investigator job listing has seen between 20 to 30 applicants so far, Groff said.

In candidates, she is seeking someone with investigative background, preferably someone with a law degree. The job listing closes Friday.

Though Groff has in the past disclosed the numbers of cases filed in the office, she refused to comment specifically, stating she is still determining how to quantify the existing information.

When asked

about trends seen, she couldn’t identify one thus far.

“It’s a broad range,” Groff said. “It ranges from one, I wouldn’t classify as stalking–– but it would fall under that––to sexual assault.”

Groff also said the committee on education for students, created under the new governance structure, met for the first time Monday.

In the upcoming months, the committee will meet with student focus groups to determine needs and receive input.

Senior Jeremy Mathis asked whether students will be a part of the conversation, and whether students will have representation on the committee.

“As students we understand how we are receptive and how we learn best and how to change the culture,” Mathis said. “We’re living it, as compared to a group of faculty members sitting in a room saying, ‘oh this is what will work for them.’”

Groff said though there is no physical representation of a student on the committee, the members of the committee will meet with various students to get a broader perspective of input.

Michael Fernbacher, assistant director at the Office of Student Conduct, and university police department’s Yvonne Simpson, the Clery Act compliance officer, joined Groff to answer students’ questions on policy.

Though the Clery Act and Title IX have long been in effect, attention to the two policies has heightened, particularly in light of the 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter sent out by the Department of Education. The letter specifies what universities nationwide should do in cases of sexual assault.

Both Groff and Simpson said this sort of push on education on reporting obligations is recent.

“We haven’t had this education in the past,” Groff said. “There was very little knowledge about Title IX, and we’re trying to get the word out the best we can to as many employees as we can about this obligation.”

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employees” –– which the university views as all employees –– hear of an instance, they are required to report it to the Title IX office, regardless of whether the student wants to go forward with the adjudication process.

Simpson said Title IX training for employees was previously voluntary, but there is now more of a focus on education.

As a First Year Experience peer mentor, senior Cleo Reiss is considered a responsible employee, but was left unsure of how to report.

“We didn’t receive any training about how to handle situations with students or how to go about reporting,” Reiss said.

Another issue in education is raised by a separate policy called The Clery Act. Mandated at all universities, the act requires the release of the Annual Security & Fire Report that details campus crime.

According to this year’s report, three instances of forcible sexual offenses occurred in 2013.

This number may be low because of a lack of specificity in reports, Simpson said.

“Clery is all about the geography,” Simpson said.

“With Clery, they don’t have to give us the names, but they have to tell what happened, when it happened and where it happened.”

Additionally, sexual assaults that occur off campus––such as non-university housing––do not fall under university police department’s jurisdiction.

56 percent of students live in off-campus residences at the University of Delaware, according to the U.S. News & World Report.

In the past, reports have not been specific with the location of the assault, a trend Simpson said could be bucked with more educational outreach on reporting requirements.

As Groff’s new governance structure and stress on educational outreach is underway, she reminded students Monday that multiple people are involved in the effort to make campus a safer one.

“I do not stand alone,” Groff said. “It is a team effort on this campus.”

TORI NADEL & ALLISON KRINSKY Senior Reporter & Staff Reporter While walking down Continental Avenue last Saturday, a panicked girl approached senior Danna Kaplan. “Turn around,” she said. “No seriously, turn around.”

She proceeded to tell her that there dozens of police officers with a search warrant had showed up at a party on the street, keeping all partygoers in the backyard.

“The fence was closed in and everyone was stuck there,” Kaplan said. “The girl said everyone was divided into two lines, one with those over 21 and one with those under 21 that were breathalyzed.”

According to the Newark Police Report, 145 underage party attendants were arrested—including three under the age of 18—on Continental Avenue on Saturday, Oct. 25.

The party was infiltrated by 28 Newark police officers, university police and the Delaware Division of Alcohol & Tobacco Enforcement (DATE) as part of the Underage Drinking Enforcement Operation, Newark police spokesperson Lt. Mark Farrall said.

The operation consisted of identifying parties where alcohol is being served to minors and if it is determined this is the case at a certain location, the officers will execute a search warrant and conduct the search, Farrall said.

Alpha Beta chapter of Kappa Delta Rho suspended On the same day, a party hosted by members of the university chapter of Kappa Delta Rho (KDR) was raided by police officers with similar circumstances. It is unclear if the two incidents are related.

Following that incident, the chapter was temporarily suspended by the National Fraternity of Kappa Delta Rho. The chapter is not allowed to sponsor nor participate in on campus events, according to an email sent out by Valerie Yancy, a coordinator for Fraternity and

Twenty-eight Newark police officers, university police and DATE infiltrated a party on Continental Avenue Saturday, Oct. 25, as pictured in the Snapchat above.

Sorority Life.

“If your chapter has an upcoming event of cosponsorship with Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity, you will need to postpone the event and revise your marketing materials to reflect this change,” Yancy said in the email.

KDR President junior Michael Rivera and a representative from the National Fraternity of Kappa Delta Rho both declined to comment.

Marilyn Prime, director of the University Student Centers, is handling this case and declined to comment while the investigation is ongoing.

“If there is a group affiliated, this group will be held to standards of the code of conduct and will be responded to,” Dean of Students Jose-Luis Riera said.

This response can range from low-level disciplinary sanctions, to educational sanction, to higher levels as it has in situations in the past.

Repercussions of the party

Other charges filed last Saturday are directly for the residents of the home where the party was held. These charges include 145 counts of providing alcohol to minors, two counts of possession of marijuana, three counts of noise violations, three counts of underage consumption of alcohol, three counts of failure to obtain an event permit for a gathering over 150 people and three counts of conspiracy to provide alcohol to minors.

According to a representative of the Alderman’s Court, the 145 counts of providing alcohol to minors could cost the residents $29,000 for this charge alone, not including court fees.

One component the police have become interested in is that the party-goers do not receive sanctions, university Police Chief Patrick Ogden said.

When 100 students get cut loose from a house party where alcohol is being served at one time, it really has an effect on the community, he said.

All partygoers who are convicted of underage consumption of alcohol will be charged a $200 fine if they are in state and $250 out of state. Including court fees, it is estimated to cost $387 on average per individual, according to the Alderman’s Court.

All non-student attendants will only receive this charge.

However, university students will face administrative sanctions with the school as well, Ogden said.

The University of Delaware Police Department takes all information from criminal charges and forwards it to student conduct. Students will have to go to the Office of Student Conduct and could face an additional administrative charge, Ogden said.

Student Conduct has not yet received any charges, but if the police levy charges under the code of conduct, it will be sent to the Office of Student Conduct, Riera said.

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NEWS IN BRIEF Monday’s UD Alert caused by false report Newark Police announced Monday that a robbery incident that was reported Sunday night, and resulted in a UD Alert, was a false report. The alert said that at approximately 6:35 p.m., three male suspects robbed the victim and struck the victim in the head with a handgun. “[The reported crime] definitely did not happen” said Cpl. James Spadola of the Newark Police Department.

Spadola said the person who filed the false report was intoxicated when he reported the incident. False reports

happen a fair amount in Newark, Spadola said, but he did not have exact statistics.

There were two incidents in September, including one where the alleged victim was later arrested for the false report. Spadola said people often falsely report crimes in order to cover their tracks, or avoid paying money. False reports are frequently caused by drugrelated activity, he said.

“It’s a huge waste of resources,” Spadola said.

“We have to pay detectives overtime, and it costs the taxpayers money.”

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IMPENDING DEMOCRAT LOSSES LEAVE CONGRESS, PRESIDENT AT ODDS The long campaign to maintain control of the Senate has come to a close, and barring an unforeseen circumstance, the Democrats will lose the majority in the Senate. Losing control of the Senate is devastating for the Democrats in that it will give the Republicans an opportunity to reshape the agenda and promote conservative causes.

Mitch McConnell, the majority leader heir-apparent, will try to force a conservative on President Obama through a variety of tactics and the Democrats will try their best to rebuff the new leadership.

However, there are signs that this change in power will result in a more productive Congress.

One post-election scenario presents a Congress that could possibly be more constructive rather than obstructive. The reason behind this possibility is that many Republican senators are up for reelection in 2016 including Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), Pat Toomey (RPa.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.).

These senators, and a few others, were swept into office in 2010 when Republicans retook the House and regained some seats in the Senate.

They took seats in otherwise blue or purple states, this means that they represent more moderate states and will be prime targets for the Democrats in the 2016 election. Since they will be up for reelection, there is a chance they will vote more moderately and be more prone to compromising. If this is the case, it represents the best possibility for the Democrats, you know, besides winning the Senate.

Additionally, a Republicancontrolled House and Senate would create a divided government in which one party controls the executive branch and another party controls the legislative branch. With Republicans controlling both

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chambers, they will be able to pass legislation and send it to the president with greater ease than is currently the case.

This is bad news for the Democrats since the Republicans will probably attach Republican agenda items to crucial spending bills and shut out Democratic amendments. This could force President Obama to choose a more conservative path over the next two years.

However, this can also be seen as an avenue for the president to build a lasting legacy in that he can make his last two years a bipartisan revival, though that seems highly doubtful.

Yet, even with these silver linings, the signs of gridlock and obstruction still pervade any post-election outcome.

Even if Republicans gain the Senate, they will have a limited majority at most. This will subject Republicans to Democratic filibusters and possible defections from their own members. Additionally, any nomination made by the President will have an even more difficult time navigating the Senate, mainly because the Republicans will not be so inclined to give the President a victory.

Even though the prospect of a Republican Senate can generate some promising outcomes for the country at large, at the Democrats’ expense, the specter of gridlock and partisanship still looms large. With the 2016 presidential election just around the bend and candidates already jockeying for influence and support, there will be less incentive to work together.

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

—Sam Wiles samwiles@udel.edu

RANDI HOMOLA/THE REVIEW SEE FULL ARTICLE ONLINE: McKees solar park went live Oct 9. The park has the potential to produce up to 220 megawatts a year and should produce $11,000 per month in energy. The power produced by the plant will be enough to power between 26 to 36 homes depending on weather and sunlight conditions.

MARKELL: ‘THE CAMPAIGNS ARE MERELY A MEANS TO AN END, AND THE END IS ALL ABOUT GOOD GOVERNMENT.’ Continued from page 1 “It is going to continue,” Thien said. “We are not going to get much else done. It’s going to be tough.”

Carney, the incumbent Democrat in Delaware’s lone House of Representatives seat, held a steady but narrow edge throughout the night over Republican candidate Rose Izzo, before taking a commanding lead.

He finished as the top vote getter in any of the five state races, winning with 59 percent of the vote at press time.

As for the other races, some tension built up as the Democratic candidates opened to early deficits, though consensus around the Democratic campaigns was that this was a result of the southern, more conservative districts of Delaware being counted first. Around 9:30 p.m., most Democrats in the statewide elections experienced a major boost in numbers, particularly Coons, Carney and attorney general candidate Matt Denn.

The crowded Attorney

General race, which featured candidates from five different parties on the ballot, was won handily by Matt Denn, with 53 percent of the vote at press time.

Republican Theodore Kittila finished with 39 percent, while the three third party candidates took 8 percent of the vote, led by Green candidate Catherine Damavandi with 5 percent.

Noah Olson, Denn’s campaign manager, said the crowded field of attorney general candidates may have actually helped clarify the issues for voters, who were able to see the issues from a wider variety of sides.

“I think that brought a closer focus to the issues in our race, because you got to hear from five different candidates,” Olson said. “I think from the get-go the fact that we had a pretty robust plan in place about what he wants to do when he takes office really set us apart from the rest.”

As rumors persist that Denn may look to jump into the governor’s race when it comes around in 2016,

Olson also said Denn would not fully commit to serving all four years as attorney general but that nothing is definite.

“He’s not going to make a pledge,” Olson said. “He’s going to serve as attorney general, and he’s going to get as much done as he can while he’s there. But I wouldn’t see it as unreasonable that he would serve all four years in that office.”

Gov. Jack Markell, in an address to the crowd at the Democrat election results party said the progress Delaware has made in fields such as high school education and reforming gas emission problems are a credit to the state’s General Assembly and signs of more good things to come in the near future.

“The campaigns are merely a means to an end, and the end is all about good government,” Markell said.

“We have come a long way in the last few years, but we know we have a lot more work to do.”

OGDEN: ‘THIS ISN’T GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY WEEKEND, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT HOSTING A PARTY TO THIS MAGNITUDE TO KEEP THIS IN THE BACK IN THEIR MINDS.’ Continued from page 3 Riera said charges are situational and based on a number of things including their involvement, the severity of the situation and disciplinary history.

A typical penalty for a first time underage situation is a $100 administrative fee combined with a low-level disciplinary sanction and education sanction, Riera said.

These charges go to educational programs such as alcohol awareness classes.

Education, not punishment The Newark Police Department and university police teamed up last year for the Joint Alcohol Agency

Initiative, promoting education in order to reduce the number of underage and excessive drinking incidents on and off campus.

“From a university perspective, when you have incidents like this, we’re more geared towards education than punishment,” Ogden said.

A program that has come out of the initiative is “Newark Nightlife Partnership.” Within the partnership, the police train local bars, restaurants and liquor stores to look for fake IDs, partnering with the State Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement.

The operation that occurred last Saturday was not officially part of the initiative and did not predetermine specific houses to investigate,

though there was a plan in place to look for parties serving alcohol to minors, Farrall said.

“There was no intent to target this location prior to this day but these officers were in place in the event that a large party was identified and if during that party investigation that alcohol was being provided to minors,” Farrall said. “It was a pre-planned operation not only to identify those under 21 consuming but targeting those who were providing.”

For this party, the officers executed a search warrant specifically to investigate the consumption of alcohol by minors. With that, the officers were able to enter the property, even if no one answered the door, Farrall said.

TBT On May 10, 1970, approximately 500 people participated in a candlelight procession in memory of the four students who died in the Kent State shootings.

About a week earlier, on May 4, 1970, four students at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio were killed and nine others injured when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a group of unarmed protesters, protesting the Cambodian Campaign. Some of the students who were shot had been participating in the protests, but others were merely walking by or observing from a distance.

The procession left the Student Center, stopped at Old College for three minutes of silence before making its way to Memorial Hall by way of President E.A. Trabant’s home, where he and his wife, Jeraldine, joined the procession.

When the procession met at Memorial Hall, the crowd was addressed by James Soles, assistant professor of political science and Mark McClafferty, president of the Student Government Association.

In addition to Soles and McClafferty, Newark Mayor Norma Handloff addressed the crowd, urging citizens of Newark to examine their consciences and send telegrams to President Nixon stating their viewpoints on the war.

The university remembered those killed in the Kent State shootings amidst their own protests in opposition to black oppression as well as U.S. foreign aggressions. Students were actively trying to educate the city, surrounding neighborhoods and high school students on the effects of war and oppression.

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Fifteen students were transported to the hospital for alcohol overdoses on Homecoming Weekend, according to Ogden.

“We don’t want to ruin students good times but we need to be responsible at the same time and send a clear message that providing people with alcohol underage is not what we want them to be involved in,” he said.

A tip for those hosting parties that become too large and uncontrollable is to call the police to help break it up.

Similar to the medical amnesty law, if the party hosts reach out to the police to help break up the situation, the hosts will not

be arrested or held responsible, Farrall said.

Ogden said the intentions of the police are not to arrest the problem away.

“When you look at it from a college student’s perspective, its easy to say, ‘there is no problem, we’re in college’ but from the police’s perspective, it’s a problem considering the health and safety risks associated with binge drinking” he said.

After evaluating the operation, it will be decided if it will be carried out more regularly, Farrall said.

“This isn’t going to happen every weekend, but at the same time we want people who are thinking about hosting a party to this magnitude to keep this in the back in their minds,” Ogden said.

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LGBTQ political panel discusses marriage equality, discrimination MEGHAN JUSCZAK Managing News Editor

This past July 1 marked the first year of the Delaware same-sex marriage bill being in effect and also the first anniversary for state senator Karen Peterson and her partner, Vikki Bandy, as the first couple married after the session.

To celebrate the W anniversary, cake was passed out at the senate, but none of the Republicans present would take any, Peterson said, except Cathy Cloutier, the one Republican who had voted in favor of the bill.

“I said to someone, ‘Really? It’s cake! You can’t turn gay from eating it!’” she said.

Discussion of party attitudes toward marriage equality and LGBTQ discrimination featured prominently in the dialogue between the panelists at Haven’s LGBTQ People in Politics panel Thursday. The panel included Peterson, transgender activist Sarah McBride, Delaware Stonewall Democrats president Dan Cole and John Fluharty, executive director of the state’s Republican Party.

Sophomore Matt Spicer acted as moderator and began by asking the panelists about their coming out experiences, particularly as it related to their status as political figures.

Fluharty spoke of his “journey of self-acceptance” and learning to come to terms with his identity and how it conflicted with his beliefs as a “hard right” conservative

activist.

“I found out when you speak in terms of those extremes, you back yourself into a corner, and when you’re in a corner, you don’t have elbow room,” Fluharty said.

“You don’t have room to figure out who you are and make mistakes.”

He became a crystal meth addict and, while lying in bed alone while hospitalized, he found he had to make the decision to change and let himself be true to his identity as a gay man.

In 2013, he said he made the decision about six weeks before the marriage equality bill was passed to come out publicly in support of marriage equality. He said it was an act of self-acceptance and setting boundaries while allowing for “all the elbow room” he wanted.

“There is so much pain, for me, that accumulated with not being who I was,” he said.

Peterson also came out publicly leading up to the passage of the marriage equality bill. She said while she was on the Senate floor, listening to the debate she “couldn’t stand it anymore,” especially after living quietly under the radar since she was first elected to public office in 1980.

The process of public figures coming out often affects the public’s decisions about marriage equality, Cole said.

“When you come out, you change the world around you,” he said. “People see you differently. And that’s what the act of politics is—it’s to

change the world.”

McBride said she had difficulty coming out because she felt she would not only be unsafe in this world as a transgender woman but also thought it would exclude her from political office. She said she considered staying in the closet and helping establish basic rights for people like her.

“I thought, maybe I could do that for other people,” she said. “But then it became clear that even if I stayed in the closet my dreams weren’t possible because life wasn’t possible.”

She also mentioned that coming out is an “inherently political process” and that many LGBTQ people engage in the radical act every single day of their lives. Coming out also should not be established as the norm, or universalized as part of society’s LGBTQ narrative, because many people do not have the privilege of safely coming out, she said.

The panelists then discussed which political party is better suited for LGBTQ people, and Fluharty was quick to admit that the Republican Party has been “abysmal” on LGBTQ issues.

“They were harsh, they were bitter, they were mean and self-serving, and this is something my party is going to have to live with for a long, long time,” he said.

However, he said, as the nation moves into a postmarriage equality world, the trajectory could change. Now that LGBTQ people have many basic rights, they may feel

“Living authentically”

For a time, Sarah McBride considered remaining in the closet. From an early age, she knew she wanted to run for political office. She also knew for just as long that, despite being designated male at birth, she was a woman.

Unfortunately, she said, she thought for a long time her dreams and her identity as a transgender woman were mutually exclusive.

She said she struggled between the decision to “live authentically” and her goals of becoming a political figure that could further rights for other LGBT people. Not being true to who she was, she said, was a sacrifice she was willing to make to help others. But then she reached a point when she realized staying in the closet meant her political dreams would not be possible because “life wasn’t possible.”

“I think something I was able to reconcile in the process of coming out is that you’ll never know if your dreams and your identity are mutually exclusive if you don’t try,” she said.

McBride, a Wilmington native, first made headlines in 2011 when she came out publicly as a transgender woman the day after she finished her term as student body president at American University. She called her coming out experience “inspiring,” not just for others in the LGBT community but for herself. The reaction she experienced, she said, was an incredibly supportive one, both at American University and when she came back to Delaware.

McBride had been involved with Delaware politics for years before coming out, and she experienced “nothing but love” from figures like the governor, attorney general and others in and out of politics. It was important for her to come out publicly, she said, because she wanted to represent the story of a transgender woman who had the courage to live authentically while still going on with her life and doing things like getting a degree and serving as student body president.

The public often receives negative images of LGBT youth, particularly transgender women, she said.

Positive stories like hers are

deeply important, then, when it comes to “changing hearts and minds.”

Since McBride came out and graduated from college, she interned at the White House—becoming the first openly transgender woman to work there in any capacity— and returned to her native Delaware to encourage support for Senate Bill 97, a landmark bill that made Delaware one of 17 states plus Washington, D.C. to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity.

She called the passing of Senate Bill 97 exciting and inspiring, particularly because five or six years ago there were almost no protections for LGBT people in the state.

The passage of the bill, among other actions during the last five years, propelled Delaware from one of the worst states for LGBT rights to one of the best, she said.

“I think that experience showed me that at the end of the day, justice prevails and at the end of the day, making the argument that people should be treated fairly and with dignity resonates with folks,” she said.

She also said it showed her that there was a place for people like her in Delaware and that her state government “has [her] back.” Since the state passed its bill, Maryland passed its own legislation banning discrimination on the basis of gender identity, and she said she hopes other states will follow suit. Many states like New York have sexual orientation, nondiscrimination protections but nothing involving gender identity.

McBride is currently still on the Board of Directors of Equality Delaware, the group she worked with to pass Senate Bill 97, and is helping continue its progress to assist and protect transgender people— and all LGBT people—in Delaware. She lives and works in Washington, D.C. now at the Center for American Progress, which she described as a multiissue, progressive think tank.

Her work at the Center for American Progress focuses on advocating for LGBT employment, housing and public accommodations protection at the federal level.

She wants Congress to do what Delaware has done and protect LGBT people in all areas of life, she said.

The time has come

more comfortable focusing on other issues, like tax reforms, where they may align themselves with Republican values, he said.

Of course, the difficulty could be ensuring the Republican Party welcomes them, he said. This is especially important because while LGBTQ Republicans often do not feel comfortable in the Republican community, they also do not feel welcome in the LGBTQ community, he said.

McBride said when looking broadly as issues of equality for members of the LGBTQ community regardless of race or economic status, there is “no question” that the Democratic Party is better.

“We don’t have to take the scraps from the dinner table— we can expect and demand full equality in all areas of

life,” she said. “We don’t have to be incremental anymore.”

McBride then led the panel is a conversation about transgender rights, with a particular focus on health care.

Very few health insurance companies pay for transitionrelated care, she said, because it is seen as “cosmetic.”

She said this is a textbook case of discrimination because insurance companies will cover these surgeries for almost any other reason, but have this double standard when it comes to transgender care. She said she hopes the state will continue to be progressive on transgender rights and pass legislation to change this. Delaware is one of 17 states to have nondiscrimination bill related to issues of gender identity.

“My identity is not cosmetic,” she said.

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ANDREW KUCZMARSKI/THE REVIEW McBride made headlines in 2011 when she came out publicly as a transgender woman after she finished her term as student body president at American University. for explicit, uniform nondiscrimination for LGBT people in every corner of this country, she said.

This is possible, she said, because society is changing and becoming more inclusive. The definition of “we the people” is continuing to expand to include all Americans, she said. However, while things are getting better for the transgender community as its members increasingly become more visible in all facets of life including entertainment, politics and business, she said a lot of work still remains, even in Delaware.

The majority of transgender people do not live in places where they are protected from discrimination, and they live in places where violence and prejudice is far too pervasive against them, she said. Far too many are unemployed, live in poverty and are homeless, particularly young transgender people. She said she will not be happy until those numbers are significantly diminished.

The 24-year-old said she hopes she can be a part of that process. She is now unsure about whether she wants to run for office someday, but she still sees politics as the best way to make a difference in the world, although she acknowledges there are alternatives.

“It’s not about your position, it’s not about your title, it’s not about your power […]” she said. “It’s about making improvements in your community—changing your community and improving people’s lives. And how you do that and the position through which you do that is secondary to actually doing it.”

As its reputation came crashing down after an eightmonth investigation, the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill was revealed to have enrolled thousands of students in fraudulent courses, distributing high grades to its student athletes to ensure they could continue competing on the field.

The academic fraud spanned 18 years. After denying initial accusations four years ago, UNC put former federal prosecutor Kenneth L. Wainstein in charge of investigating the irregular classes. According to his 136-page report released two weeks ago, the fraud directly involved UNC’s athletic program.

Exposing several administrators, counselors and coaches, the report showed they worked collectively to register at least 3,100 students into fake “paper classes” in the African American studies department, mostly to keep athletes eligible to play.

Former UNC office administrator Deborah Crowler and department chairman Julius Nyang’oro, both of whom were at the center of the scandal, agreed to cooperate in Wainstein’s investigation.

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were primarily motivated to offer these classes by a desire to help struggling students and student-athletes,” the report said. “Both felt sympathy for underprepared students who struggled with the demanding Chapel Hill curriculum.”

Tim Morrissey, director of Student Services for Athletes (SSA) at Delaware, said he considers the academic misconduct at UNC to be a systemic issue and also connected to the lack of checks in place among university officials.

“Obviously, it’s very disappointing and disheartening,” he said. “I personally don’t know the people involved, but with what I’ve read, it’s shown me that there is also a failure in the academic side through the faculty. It passes a bad light on academic integrity, and of course, on college athletics as a whole.”

Morrissey said the university has set up a central program called SSA in which a staff of six counselors and advisors are specifically in charge of monitoring the progress of student athletes. They serve as secondary support service along with the major advisors, he said.

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Other universities with patrol rifles in their police departments include James Madison University, Penn State University, Rutgers University, University of Connecticut, University of Maryland, University of North Carolina, University of Virginia and Virginia Tech.

Homiak said the patrol rifles used by UDPD are more accurate than handguns

and better suited to protect the campus and academic buildings with long hallways.

Before the shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, police departments would respond to active shooters or barricaded suspects by evacuating the building and calling in negotiators, he said.

“Our officers are now trained, and tasked, with going to a location, to a building, and as soon as they show up, he or

she is required to go in and encounter the threat,” Homiak said. “It’s very important for them to be equipped with the right weapon in order to do that. They can’t go into a building and have a significant disadvantage by just carrying a sidearm.”

Ogden also spoke of the importance of having these weapons at a moment’s notice.

“Here, when a call comes in to our 911, we have an officer on scene within two to

three minutes,” he said. “When they get there in two to three minutes, that rifle is readily available to them to go in and neutralize this threat.”

Douglass said while he feels the rifles are a necessary tool to promote campus safety, he hopes the UDPD never has to use them.

“I’ll be honest, I wish we didn’t have to deal with these kinds of things,” Douglass said. “I wish we didn’t have to have police with guns, I wish

we didn’t have to have police with rifles. But unfortunately, given the times we live in, we’ve got to do things that are prudent.”

The faculty senate also discussed the formation of a commission on sexual harassment and assault that stemmed from recent student protests. It voted unanimously to form the commission, with the charge of the committee and appointments to be finalized on Nov. 11.

ZIADY: ‘IN GENERAL, WE TRY TO TAKE A MULTI-FACETED APPROACH TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE DO IS THOROUGH.’ Continued from page 5 “I would say we’re focused on academic, personal and career development. Obviously, they’re students before anything else—the majority of what we do is focused on their performance in class,” Morrissey said.

The comprehensive list of services given to athletes, he said, include general advisement, career counseling, coordinated study halls (considered mandatory for freshmen) as well as tutorial programs, in which university tutors are hired to assist the athletes with coursework.

The staff regularly keeps in touch with professors and coaches in order to best understand how the athletes can balance their major requirements with the time commitment of the season, Morrissey said.

“Our focus is primarily to supervise how they’re managing their time,” he said. “We do give our athletes a freshman seminar called BHAN135—the whole

point of that class is to cover the depth of how to transition and do well in academics, even with games and practices in between.”

Morrissey said SSA was created out of the counseling center in the early 1980s, when the athletic and academic directors felt the circumstances required a middle ground between the two administrations.

As time has progressed, he said, there has also been a change in the NCAA. Division I level colleges are now obligated to provide similar resources for athletes.

While most programs of this type report to athletic departments, as UNC does, Morrissey said Delaware also reports to the department of student life to inform them of athlete progress. It creates a healthy dynamic of who gets to be in charge, Morrissey said.

“Obviously, this kind of stuff falls on my shoulders—we have the ethical responsibility on us to report something if

we see it happening,” he said.

“And ultimately, it falls on the shoulders of the main academic advisors and the coaches—if you’re aware of anything and you see it happen, you’ve got to make that known. And I trust this system.”

Eric Ziady, the director of the university’s Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation Services, said although a high percentage of students enroll in health and exercise science or sports management majors, he is starting to see them choose a diverse range of majors.

“It’s pretty much covers the full breadth of disciplines and areas of study,” Ziady said.

“Our soccer team has lots of engineers, and I’m seeing more and more of our athletes take up business and marketing.”

Many times, he said, students opt out of taking hard sciences because of the labs that might interfere with practices.

There are several advisors to assist them in choosing what fits best with their practice schedule, Ziady said.

In terms of academic performance, Morrissey said SSA puts pressure on athletes to meet GPA minimums.

The university’s standards differ slightly from the NCAA standards, utilizing the “point deficit system.”

“With the NCAA, your minimum required GPA changes with the years you’ve been in school—the first year, you have to maintain a 1.8, then a 1.9, then 2.0,” Ziady said. “Our system is a little harder where a deficit begins to accumulate when the student’s GPA falls below a 2.0—so it’s best to stay above that level.”

Although athletes in certain sports, such as football and basketball, may use slightly more academic counseling than others, it is not at an unbelievably disproportionate level, Morrissey said. The aim is to give each athlete equal attention.

As the head of the athletic department, Ziady said he also works with faculty to solve the main challenges facing student

athletes, such as making class schedules mesh with practice schedules to make sure they take classes they can rightfully succeed in.

“And of course, we’re always looking to improve upon our system—some of it is focused on getting even more academic support, while some of it is about providing our athletes with more facilities and resources to really help them flourish,” he said.

When everyone uses the provided services and programs effectively, he said, it becomes second nature to maintain the school’s integrity and helps to keep it an honest institution.

“In general, we try to take a multi-faceted approach to make sure what we do is thorough,” Ziady said. “Our coaches and administrators provide the environment and culture that is necessary to care for the athletes. At the end of the day, our mission is simple—to develop leaders, both on and off the field.”

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Editorial: Will more vigilant police prevent underage drinking?

On October 25, a collaborative effort between the Newark police department, university police and the state Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement led to over 150 charges being filed against the tenants of a home who were hosting a day drink.

A police response of this magnitude is unusual in Newark, and brings to mind several questions.

First, what is the best way to curb underage drinking? Fear of arrest is not a prevailing concern for day drink attendees, but after this incident, perhaps

those who are underage really will reconsider their Saturday afternoon plans.

Is the drinking age part of the problem? After all, it is hard to imagine why anyone would host and purchase alcohol for over 100 people given the availability of another option. On a more feasible level, the university uses fines from underage drinking for alcohol education. As alumni of the often-ridiculed alcohol.edu program, we know even the most elaborate education scheme will fall short of curtailing parties that sometimes attrach hundreds

of attendees. While the university stated that funds are used for education, we also wonder how the nonuniversity fines—of up to $250 for out-of-state students—are used.

This incident also raises questions about students’ perception of dangers on campus. While occasional reports of robbery and violent crime make us feel unsafe, underage drinking doesn’t elicit the same response.

But the number of students transported to the hospital for alcohol overdoses tells a different story. Fifteen were hospitalized because they

consumed too much alcohol on homecoming weekend.

From the perspective of both the police and those affected by alcohol overdoses, these events aren’t harmless.

By choosing to drink responsibly, students have the opportunity to change the perception that drinking on our campus is inherently dangerous and must be combated by frequent visits from the police. Drinking should be fun, not a pregame for a visit to the emergency room.

Serving alcohol to underage guests is against the law. The hosts of the

Oct. 25 party were certainly aware of that fact, but given the precedent set by Newark and university police, it’s likely the only potential punishment they foresaw was a noise violation. As the university seeks to further diminish its reputation as a party school many mores incidents like this one are bound to occur. Will largescale arrests and party raids be the answer to the drinking culture on campus?

Time will tell.

Letter to the Editor I have just finished reading the article entitled “Muslim students talk overcoming stereotypes on year after vandalism at Islamic Society of Delaware.” The article was interesting, however I believe there may be reason for more fact finding. At issue is the sentence attributed to Ms. Wilson where she has stated that “…in Islam, women have equal rights.” I have been reflecting on this for many years, and reading that has raised even more questions. I believe what she meant to say was “In the United States, the practice of Islam allows for equal treatment of women, where they are allowed access to education, medical treatment, freedom of choice, can vote, etc.”

The simple truth is that most Islamic followers are not practicing in the United States, and from what I saw during my 13 months in Afghanistan, I can tell you from first hand knowledge and experience

that this is not the case there.

In Afghanistan women do not have equal rights and they are treated as property, as are children of all ages. I could fill up page after page of horror stories that I witnessed firsthand. I would even submit that most other countries where Islam is the predominant religion women are not treated as equals. For example when I was in graduate school at RPI, a fellow male graduate student from a nation where Islam is the predominant religion, who was in my research group did not allow his wife to leave their apartment ever. That is not a good example of “In Islam women have equal rights.”

I believe that the hallmark of good journalism is getting all the facts and not allowing opinions to be presented as fact. Although I sincerely support your efforts in “bridgebuilding” and communicating how Islam is here in the United States, I think this topic requires a deeper understanding of its

global implications.

I also believe that all practicing Muslims should address this apparent disconnect, and lack of forthright communication about the global reality of Islam outside of the United States.

Finally, I truly believe it would do Ms. Wilson well to visit Afghanistan to see the reality of how women are treated there before she makes such bold statements as she has made here.

Thank you for your time, Respectfully, Matthew J. Armstrong; armstm@udel.edu Editor’s note: It should be noted that in speaking, Tasneem Wilson differentiated between religion and culture and that conversation did not make it into the article. This was an omission on The Review’s part that would have further contextualized the issues mentioned in this piece.

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Correction: In last week’s article, “Student safety reassured after third university fire this semester,” Kevin McSweeney was incorrectly identified as Newark fire marshal. He is actually the university’s fire marshal.

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‘Finding grace in everything’ Former Delaware laureate returns to English department for poetry reading EMMA KINGSLEY Staff Reporter Giggles erupted throughout the Memorial Hall room on Monday evening as poet Fleda Brown read poem “Hare’s Breath” that described two Ph.D. students trying to figure out the inner workings of a toilet.

Brown was reading and promoting her most recent book, “No Need of Sympathy.”

“I feel it’s incumbent upon me to educate as well as read,” Brown says during her reading. Brown explained she would be lifting her hand and inserting footnotes throughout her poem, “The Purpose of Poetry.”

“I hope you feel edified,” she says at the end.

Born in Columbia, Mo., Brown earned her Ph.D. in English from the University of Arkansas. In 1978, she joined the university’s English department. Brown says she always wanted to be a teacher. In first grade, she would set up a desk at home and try to teach her little sister, she says.

During her time at the university, Brown noticed the graduate students needed a way to channel their talents. She founded the Poets in the Schools program, which allowed graduate students to go into schools, create lesson plans and hold poetry workshops for children.

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As she ran through the darkened halls of Perkins Student Center with her squad of humans, senior Molly Gartland, along with several others, got separated from her group. With nowhere to turn and a zombie closing in, Gartland knew her time had come. The zombie moved toward her and, with a quick move of his hand, gently tagged her on the head. In a flash, Gartland transformed from a human fighter into a member of the walking dead.

In the RSO Humans vs.

Zombies (HvZ), students like Gartland partake in a largescale game of tag between the living and the dead every year during the last week of October and the week after spring break. Throughout “Z-Week,” “humans” combat “zombies” using dart guns and socks, as zombies try to attack humans through forms of non-aggressive tagging across campus.

HvZ is played worldwide and at many other campuses across the country. The organization at the university was registered four years ago when marching band members and the fencing team initially came together to play. It can be found on Student Central under the name “Societas, ne Vivus Mortuus (SVM),” or “the society against the living dead.”

This semester, 89 students came together to partake in Z-Week, which started Oct. 26. The 24/7 game continued until Oct. 30, suspending play until Monday, Nov. 3, when students finished the game in a brawl between good and evil.

“I’ve always fantasized about a zombie apocalypse and what I would do,” says freshman and new member Matthew Rocha. “So it’s been a lot of fun.”

Rocha also says the club was a great way to meet people he would not normally encounter in the dorms.

A man in a red mask and cape walked upstairs at the Deer Park Tavern. He looked to the crowd and spoke. “Silence, I am the Red Death,” said professor Thomas Leitch. The crowd fell completely silent. He then asked, “Where is Prince Prospero?”

On Oct. 30, Sigma Tau Delta hosted their annual Poe Night at Deer Park Tavern. The event celebrates and honors the work of the gothic poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe. Some of Poe’s famous works include “The Black Cat,” “Annabel Lee,” “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Raven.”

The theme this year was based off another one of Poe’s popular tales, “The Masque of the Red Death.” The tale features a character named Prince Prospero, a masquerade ball and a mysterious figure who turns out to be the Red Death, killing everyone at the ball.

Anyone who planned on attending Poe Night was encouraged to dress semi-formal (costumes optional) with a mask of any sort. Event goers didn’t disappoint and came dressed in their best masquerade garments, some in masks from New Orleans.

There was a costume contest for those who went above and beyond. The event also included food and beverages, a raffle, a game of musical chairs, a competition on the recitation of “The Raven” and a tarot card reader.

When Leitch made his appearance

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as the Red Death, he performed in character but also led a discussion about Poe’s work in film adaptations and pop culture.

He says there are not any good films that can capture the true essence of Poe and his work.

Poe’s work was not exactly meant for films as much as relating the emotion of horror, the gothic and creepiness of the RANDI HOMOLA/THE REVIEW unknown through Students gathered at the Deer Park Tavern Thursday poetry and writing, night for Sigma Tau Delta’s annual event featuring Leitch says. readings and games centered on Poe’s works.

Junior Lena Eisenstein says she learned a lot both members and Poe himself.

“He’s a canonical writer. There’s last year and this year. just something about Poe,” she says.

“Professor Leitch is a very engaging Senior Elizabeth Keating says Poe speaker,” she says. “He had jokes at every turn and if anyone didn’t know Night is her favorite event of the year much about Poe before that night, they and was excited for the big turnout.

“I think it’s great to celebrate in a learned a lot about Poe as an author.”

The chapter’s advisor, English proactive way for such an influential professor April Kendra, says she was writer. We celebrate Poe because even very pleased with the overall turnout. after all this time, his work touches Last year the event only had 25 people, us,” Keating says. “Unlike the work of but this year, the event had around 60 Emerson and Thoreau, Poe awakens the gothic and the creepy in readers. His people.

When asked about the popularity work draws on our fears and paranoias of the event this year, she says a lot of rather than our politics. He is an it had to do with the hard work and example of the true American Horror advertisement of the Sigma Tau Delta story.”

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JAKE KAIRIS Black metal has undergone quite a few makeovers since its genesis in the early 1980s. No more are the satanic rituals during shows, or the outright refusal to play shows in general for that matter, or the burning of centuryold Norwegian churches. No, the black metal of old, composed of bloodletting bands such as Mayem, Celtic Frost, Mercyful Fate and Hellhammer, has been replaced with the warm fuzzy black metal of groups like Botanist.

Yes, there exists a black metal band, releasing their sixth album now titled “VI: Flora,” called Botanist. They associate themselves not with the eternal damnation of unrepentant souls, not with cultish dark rituals to daemons, but with plant biologists and the flora they study. The band’s page invites you to “enter the verdant realm.”

So how is this black metal at all? Well, the blast beats are still there, punishing drum heads in force to cement the mix. And guitars are still distorted beyond the normal ear of strings, but not to excess. Whereas the original intent of black metal was to craft music that would be nigh unlistenable, especially for mainstream audiences, Botanist’s output should not immediately turn away those who aren’t entrenched in the metal genre. The distortion, instead of scraping and gnashing, melds together into a woodsy drone akin to shoegaze music. In “Rhizophora” the reedy sing of a bagpipe chimes in.

The vocals refrain from black metal’s usual topics of satan, death, chaos and gore. Or, we may assume that they do because the vocals are so buried in the mix that they are completely indiscernible. The occasional background growl of the vocalist serves to spice up the track, like a bit of extra seasoning here and there. Those whose spines twinge at the sound of gritty vocals might still cringe, but fans of mainstream punk will appreciate Botanist’s unique utilization of the blood-curdling scream.

Yes, the album does stride into heavier territory, such as in the war-march groove of “Cinnamomum Parthenoxylon” or in “Pteridophyte” but the brutality is oddly flesh with harmonies that would be way out of territory on what one would expect from black metal.

And some tracks, such as “Erythronium” feel positively cheery. The lead guitar riff during the “verse” (black metal is notorious for non-traditional song structure) sounds akin to church bells ringing on Christmas morning in time with light snowfall.

What Botanist exhibits today, and looking retrospectively, is rock and roll’s continued capacity to evolve beyond existing boundaries and conventions.

Sometimes even critics become jaded, as they end up identifying music only by artists that it sounds like, instead of struggling to come up with new terminology and verbiage that describe a unique sound. But with Botanist, there aren’t too many bands to look to for comparison (except for Deafheaven, another fabulous group). So don’t fret if you’ve felt musical dévà vu recently, the industry has plenty of room to grow. In the meantime, warm your frozen black heart with “VI: Flora” from Botanist.

—Jake Kairis jckairis@udel.edu The views reflected in this column do not necessarily represent those of The Review.

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SWIMMING WITH “JAWS:” Scuba Club hosts ‘dive-in’ movie KAITLYN BRELOFF Staff Reporter The tell-tale theme of “Jaws” thrummed through the air Tuesday night as students gathered at the Carpenter Sports Building pool for a showing of the classic thriller, a fitting choice for Halloween season.

The “dive-in movie” events, hosted by the university Scuba Club, allow students to swim while enjoying a film. About 40 students lazed around on pool noodles while the movie played on a big screen.

Freshman Jamie Miller heard about the event through another member of the Scuba Club.

“I think that this was a really cool idea,” Miller says. “I’d definitely attend another event in the future.”

Tuesday’s turnout was nearly double that of the club’s first divein movie last spring, a trend that

club members hope will continue.

They plan to continue hosting the event each semester.

Vice president Rob Weber says the idea for the event came when the club was trying to think of a way to reach out to all members.

“It’s a great club, and I’m glad that we’re building [it] up,” Weber says. “The club has come a long way since last year.”

Scuba Club president Paula Ferrara was pleased with the turnout.

“We’re a relatively new club, so the more people who come out, the better,” she says.

Ferrara has been scuba diving since she was 10 years old.

“My family has always been really into diving,” she says. “They used to take me on the trips, and I would snorkel while they would dive.”

The club is still looking into different modes of publicity and currently relies primarily on word

of mouth. Ferrara says she has a good team of executive board members who are committed to helping the club grow.

Members hope events like the dive-in movie will help to bring more attention to the club. Ferrara says while a lot of individuals are interested, the time commitment necessary for getting certified poses a challenge.

It is possible to get certified here on campus. The university offers a class in the fall and the spring that allows students to get their certification. The Scuba Club encourages students to check out the class. The club is also affiliated with a few local dive shops, which offer discounts for certification lessons. Although the goal of the club is to encourage certification, members understand that scuba diving is not a sport for everyone.

“People have a lot of misconceptions about scuba,” Ferrara says. “We want people to come out and see what it’s really

like.”

In addition to holding one meeting or event each month, the club also takes a trip every spring to Dutch Springs in Bethlehem, Pa. to camp out and dive. The trip also allows students the opportunity to get their openwater certification. Club members who aren’t certified can still come and snorkel.

The club is looking into increasing its weekend trips to Dutch Springs in the spring.

Members are also discussing a trip to Florida for ocean diving and eventually hope to have an Outing Club-esque availability for people to sign up to go on trips.

Certification is not necessary to be a member of Scuba Club, however.

“We really just want to educate people about the sport,” Ferrara says. “We want to give the opportunity to experience something new.”

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AMBER JOHNSON I never thought I would say this, but thank sweet baby Jesus for trashy reality shows like “The Bachelor” and “Toddlers & Tiaras.” Not only does the stupidity and unnecessary drama (we all remember the girl that can’t control her eyebrow) make me feel better about my own choices, but they also supply the comedic fodder for some of my favorite parody web series. If you find yourself in any way transfixed by a harem of women battling over a complete stranger or a bunch of insane parents pressuring their children to look like creepy living dolls, then it would be a mortal sin not to check out these incredible shows.

Burning Love

Created by power couple Erica Oyama and Ken Marino, “Burning Love” chronicles the delightfully awful world of reality show dating because where else would you find the love of your life but at a superficial competition broadcasted into the homes

of thousands of Americans?

Mimicking the traditional format of shows like “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette,” the first season follows hunky firefighter Mark Orlando (Ken Marino) on his path to find true love from a pool of sixteen unique young ladies.

Introducing the first episode, Orlando seductively slides down a pole in his uniform, but minus a crucial detail–– his shirt. He then goes on to pose in front of a house on fire. Clearly he is not very good at his job.

When asked by host Bill Tundle (Michael Ian Black) about his perfect woman, Orlando responds, “I guess I’m looking for someone who can make me laugh, but isn’t afraid of robots. You know someone who will be my best friend, but doesn’t ask too many questions because that’s kind of annoying.”

“Burning Love’s” brilliance comes from its spot-on portrayal of the characters and dedication to “The Bachelor’s” filming style. The two mirror each other to the point where anyone unfamiliar with the cast would assume it was the real deal. From the behind the scenes interviews with the girls vying for Mark’s affections to the insane bickering over who gets to spend more time with him, it often feels like you are watching a slightly funnier version of the original show.

Even the ridiculous activities the host encourages the

stars to engage in would not be out of place on a reality TV. I mean some producers tried to convince a bunch of American adult women that they were all competing for a place by Prince Harry’s side, so a dating pool with a transvestite, blind woman, overly devout Christian and pregnant woman doesn’t seem too out of the ordinary.

The series originally premiered in June 2012 on Yahoo! but was later picked up by E!, who turned the first season of the web series into seven half hour episodes.

Following the custom of these shows, the second season stars Mark’s reject Julie (June Diane Raphael) as she attempts to find her soulmate. The last season brings all the characters back for one more shot at love.

If you have the money, you can watch the entire three seasons on Hulu Plus.

Pretty

What more does a caring parent want from his daughter but for her to be pretty? This is the philosophy of overbearing father and self-proclaimed “proud pageant dad” Michael Champagne (Sam Pancake) whose sole purpose in life is helping his 5-year-old daughter Annette (Stacy McQueen) win the “Miss Star Eyes” Pageant, even though would Annette rather go to the beach. The award-winning mockumentary features a colorful cast—Annette’s mother is a black woman (Dee Freeman) who supports her family’s pastime through a professional smoking career. She cheats on her effeminate husband with his

better looking brother, who she makes Annette say is her real father. And did I mention Annette is played by a 30plus white actress? Well, she is, and it’s hysterical.

The series tackles the major issue of pageant shows-—the nearly abusive parents who exert way too much pressure on their prepubescent children who should not be wearing overly sexualized costumes at this age. In order to convince his daughter to participate in “Miss Star Eyes,” Michael starts fake crying to elicit her compliance. In another episode, Annette’s uncle makes her pretend to be an orphan because orphans get pity, orphans win.

However, by far the best scene is the season finale, which culminates in a Little Miss Sunshine-esque routine, taken a little too far when Annette flashes the entire audience and gets disqualified.

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

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Continued from page 9 “They just sparkled,” Brown says of the graduate students, with whom she held many advanced poetry workshops.

Brown says she still keeps in touch with some of the individuals from her time at the university. One is Devon MillerDuggan, a current professor at the university, who introduced Brown at Monday’s reading. The two have been close friends for over twenty years.

Brown served as poet laureate in Delaware from 2001 to 2007. She says she most enjoyed starting a poetry retreat to Cape Henlopen, where she would take a select group of people once a year for a weekend of workshops.

“She’s done a lot to encourage writers,” says JoAnn Balingit, a good friend of Brown’s and Delaware’s current poet laureate.

“There are a lot of poets who are

publishing now who wouldn’t be writing if she hadn’t been there to mentor, teach and encourage.”

Brown has published nine collections of poetry. Her books, essays and individual poems have won awards, and her sixth collection of poems, “Reunion,” received the Felix Pollak Prize from the University of Wisconsin.

Many of Brown’s poems are in narrative forms, and she says she finds most of her inspiration from visuals. Brown says she does not have one favorite writer, explaining that she reads a wide range of different poets for different reasons.

“There are some poets that I read because I admire how crazy they are,” she says. “Then there are others I read because I admire how beautifully controlled and disciplined they are.”

Two winters ago, Brown was diagnosed with cancer. At Monday’s reading, she spoke

about how some people are able to get a whole poem out of serious illness.

“I didn’t get a whole poem—I got a whole book,” Brown says.

“For me, I need to not come at a subject straight on. I need to sort of sneak up on things, and who knows what poems will eventually emerge.”

Brown read two poems about this experience: “Getting the News” and “Cancer Support Group with Painting by Monet.”

She was declared cancer-free this May, and is currently working on a new book based on her blog, My Wobbly Bicycle.

Balingit says she loves Brown’s new work and is really looking forward to seeing how she turns these blog posts into her forthcoming book.

After retiring from the university, Brown and her husband moved to Traverse City, Mich., where they currently

reside. She writes a monthly column on poetry for the RecordEagle newspaper, and she has a monthly commentary on poetry on public radio. She also teaches for a low-residency MFA program at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash. every summer.

Brown recalled one of her favorite memories at the university. On her way to readings at the Library of Congress, she and a group of poets saw an image of a cow.

“So we started thinking of writing poems with cows in it and Devon [Miller-Duggan] had the idea to see how many cows we can put in one poem,” Brown says.

The poem Brown wrote is now published in one of her books.

“I love her capacity for finding grace in everything from silly cats to refrigerators,” MillerDuggan says.

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Sophomore gains international recognition for Minecraft world SARAH PECK Staff Reporter As children, we stack, share, spell and learn with blocks. They are a staple toy.

It is not as obvious that this same object has become the basis for a popular video game, Minecraft. According to its website, the game is centered around breaking and placing blocks.

Sophomore visual communication major Duncan Parcells has made a name for himself doing just that.

Titan City, a virtual land in the game created by Parcells beginning in 2012, gained media attention about half a year ago after its debut on his YouTube channel.

“It kind of gradually took shape,” Parcells says. “I built one building and then another, and eventually it was a city.”

It was about six months ago when the city began to attract outlets such as Kotaku, a video game blog, and a Spanish branch of Gizmodo, another blog based on design and technology.

The city was vaguely modeled after an American city in a New York City-type style.

There are a variety of different building types ranging from art deco to modern to postmodern

architecture Parcells says.

However, media attention was not the only benefit from Parcells’ project. He received an email on Oct. 23 from RMJM, an international architectural firm, mentioning the prospect of an internship program and a tour with the practice.

Duncan’s father and Animal and Food Sciences professor Mark Parcells was not surprised by the extent of development of Titan City. While the family was not informed every step of the way, they were told when the work expanded outside of the YouTube channel.

“It makes perfect sense he would have built a city that would have taken years,” Mark Parcells says. “When he fastens on something and becomes really interested, he becomes really focused on that.”

Parcells has seen pieces of what his son worked on over the course of two years, the length of time Duncan spent constructing the city.

If the internship becomes official, Duncan would like to work out of the global company’s New York or D.C. location.

Stefan Zimmerman, a senior computer science major with a concentration in game design, is familiar with Minecraft’s purpose.

Self-publishing alumna writes about friendship in “Life in Spades”

COURTESY OF FRANCES FROST MICHELLE CARACCI Staff Reporter Being born in Seoul, South Korea and having lived in seven U.S. states not only helped alumna Frances Frost adapt to ordinary life circumstances, but it also influenced her first fiction novel, “Life in Spades.”

Frost, who graduated from the university in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in finance, says she always knew she would become a writer. Inspired by authors like Amy Tan and Toni Morrison, Frost says living in various places across the world has helped her incorporate different cities and settings into her writing.

Frost says she wanted to create a fun beach read that featured African American women in a positive friendship.

“The book is a girlfriend novel that features four friends who kind of bounce their lives off each other,” Frost says.

Frost created four fictional characters––a widowed baker who is starting a new relationship, a woman involved in an interracial relationship, a divorcee who is transitioning to the single life and the owner of a professional escort service, she says.

“It focuses on how friendship strengthens you and supports you, but also can be challenging,” she says.

The game of Spades, which Frost first learned to play with her other residents in Dickinson Hall, is interwoven throughout the friendships in her novel. The game is generally played with four players with each player having a partner.

“It’s about partnership,” she says. “It’s about trusting your other partner and knowing what they’re going to do, but also every now and then, getting at your partner. Asking, ‘Why did you do that? Why did you do this?’ So I thought it would be a good analogy for their friendship.”

Frost says she incorporated Spades into her novel because it is an emotional game.

“It’s a game of trumps,” she

says. “What you’re trying to do is win books, which means you played the highest card in a suit. If one player doesn’t have the leading card, they can play a Spade, and a Spade always wins.

A Spade can only be beaten by a higher Spade.”

Frost began writing “Life in Spades” in November 2010 for National Novel Writing Month.

“It’s a challenge to write 50,000 words within those 30 days,” she says. “I hashed out 50,000 words—that’s the basis.

I start with an idea of who the people are and their general initial circumstance, and I try to just think, ‘What would happen to these people? What would be their reaction in this circumstance? What would happen next?’”

One of the most surprising things Frost has learned throughout the publishing process is the number of people who tell her that they, too, are interested in writing a novel.

“Writing seems to be a popular desire for a lot of people,” she says. “You know, we all have something we want to say. We all have a story to tell, whether it’s through our imagination or an experience in our life that we think is worthy to share.”

During her time at the university, Frost was the 1991 homecoming queen. She was also involved in the Black Student Union and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She continues to serve on one of the national committees for her sorority, in which she will celebrate 25 years of involvement this year.

Frost currently resides in Silver Spring, Md. with her husband and four kids. She writes for “Just Piddlin,” her blog about lifestyle and motherhood, and also ghostwrites for an unpublished business book.

When she’s not writing, Frost is attending PTA meetings, supporting her sorority, crocheting, knitting, quilting or reading.

As for future projects, Frost says she is working on her second book. The idea is completely different from her first, she says, and came to her before she finished writing “Life in Spades.”

Frost advises aspiring writers to write every day.

Writing on a consistent basis helps her to stay in the mindset of her characters, making it easier for her to react and continue the dialogue of her characters more naturally.

Frost says she finds inspiration by going out and observing various settings and people.

“Carry a notebook, or your smartphone or iPad,” she says.

“Be ready to write. Be ready to be inspired. You just never know what is going to inspire you— just be ready!”

“A lot of the coolness of the game is using new pieces to construct things,” Zimmerman says. “It’s a lot of creativity on the player’s end to use something they’re given to make something cool out of it.”

Zimmerman noted that Parcells’ experience was a rare occurrence, but it happens when people who are very creative use that to drive something in their time playing the game.

Parcells originally learned about the game from a friend.

The name did not appeal to him, but he proceeded to purchase the game after his mind was changed by a video he viewed.

He says he is thankful for the opportunities the offer has presented, including being interviewed by BBC and other articles published on Titan City.

Although Parcells is not exactly sure of his post graduation plans, this experience has highlighted a couple potential paths he could take.

“It’s kind of up in the air,” Parcells says. “The visual communication major is kind of broad and there are a lot of different career paths I could take. Architecture is more or less one of them, so is game design, and I wouldn’t mind going into either.”

COURTESY OF DUNCAN PARCELLS Duncan Parcells’ Titan City in Minecraft earned him a prospective internship with an international architectural firm, RMJM. He was interviewed by the British Broadcasting Corporation on Oct. 17.

EVERYDAY RUNWAY

LET’S GET NAKED

MADISON FERTELL Let’s get real, shall we?

This week, I don’t want to talk about plaid shirts, black denim or what fall boots are trending. I want to talk about getting naked. Nudity.

It’s everywhere—Snapchat, music videos, movies, iCloud hackings, Super Bowl halftime shows and even the red carpet.

It used to be that the most elegantly designed gowns caught the attention of the media. Not anymore.

Now it’s who can create the most daring and revealing design. And the person at the forefront of the naked dress campaign is Rihanna.

Remember the days when we would stuff our shirts to look like we actually had milkshakes that would bring the boys to the yard? I guess Rihanna hasn’t yet grown out of that stage.

At the Grammy Awards in 2011 she walked the red carpet in a half-naked white striped dress. My immediate reaction? I see a pre-teen girl who is trying to stuff her bra, but the tissues keep falling out and are stuck all over her dress. Either that or she lost a bet at a backyard luau and was dared to don the leftover plastic leis.

This dress succeeded in creating buzz. It had people squinting at their magazines and zooming in on their computer screens to see if Rihanna was actually naked underneath. Regardless, if you’re going to be naked, or at least portray that illusion, choose something sexier.

And while as many loved as loathed the naked lei look, two years later Rihanna was the talk of the 2013 Grammys in her gorgeous red Alaia gown.

This dress was no longer a mystery as to whether or not underpinnings were worn with its sheer fabric.

Though it was a free look, it was artful and like a great piece of art, Rihanna left some work to the viewer’s imagination.

But now let’s get into the money dress––the dress that both shocked and seduced.

The dress that still has people talking over six months later. We’ve seen celebrities like J. Lo, Pink and Britney Spears wear the bedazzled or lace faux-naked outfits on stage or on the red carpet.

But when was the last time you saw someone casually

walking the red carpet in a sheer bedazzled gown accessorized with matching Cinderella elbow-length gloves, a sequined headscarf and a fur Fling? Rihanna’s Adam Selman gown at the Council of Fashional Designers of America Awards was every teenage boy’s dream, providing a free look at everything.

Not wanting to give up the spotlight, Rihanna again grabbed people’s attention in her latest daring look at the amfAR Inspiration Gala in a topless Tom Ford gown—the one that helped inspire Elle Magazine’s “Evolution of the ‘Naked Dress.’”

This beautifully draped and gathered piece was a gorgeous, modern twist on an ancient Greek chiton dress. But instead of covering up the “girls” in

fabric, Tom Ford’s design opted for a more eyepopping look with a sheer mesh pastie accented with pink and purple petals.

My mother always taught me that “less is more,” and while that conversation surrounded the application of makeup, it seems like Rihanna may be taking this adage in a new direction.

And so many naked dresses in so little time—and on one celebrity—has me wondering: is this simply a media stunt to grab the attention from a fading celebrity or is nudity actually the next big thing?

—Madison Fertell mfertell@udel.edu The views reflected in this column do not necessarily represent those of The Review.

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REVISITING HALLOWEEN, KIDZ BOP EDITION

ALEXANDRA STRAUSMAN Halloween, the time to dress up—or down rather—has come and gone once again. Flashback to Lindsay Lohan in “Mean Girls” when she didn’t get the American memo.

Recall: “In the real world, Halloween is when kids dress up in costumes and beg for candy. In Girl World, Halloween is the one day a year when a girl can dress up like a total slut and no other girls can say anything else about it.”

Most relevant to this past weekend was Cady’s voiceover from the most quotable movie since 2004.

Regina George’s classic bunny costume and wife beater top with the holes in it have become two of the most basic and notable costumes in girl history.

But aside from the lingerie costumes warranting sex appeal, we forget to step back and realize why Halloween is so beloved.

When I was nine, the Kidz Bop star within me pulled off the Britney Spears sequin look, microphone and all. The streets paraded hand-held pumpkin baskets overflowing with candy.

Mom always had a back-up pumpkin basket for extra candy.

There was thrill in running up to the doors, ringing the bell and having smiling strangers dish you your favorite occasional Milky Way chocolate bar.

My brothers and I would sit around the kitchen table carefully trading the best candies. Trying to get “chocolate wasted” was the objective.

The purity in Halloween is stripped away from us as we grow up. It becomes less about dressing up as our favorite celebrity for the reasons we love them and more about dressing up as them because of the times they fell off their rocker.

The opening of candy bars is done away with, and in return we welcome the hangovers. We cope with our memory loss from the night before by searching our camera roll for any recollection of events and try to remember the names that belong to the smiling faces posing with us.

Halloween is put on a pedestal come October waiting to become the pinnacle of the month. We try so hard to create the best night out of the idea that Halloween should be just that, but it seems the only way we feel comfortable achieving that is “by getting out to black out.” Now that’s a spooky story.

Girls starve themselves all month to squeeze into—well, nothing with the intention of looking desirable. America has just never taught us another way to welcome the advanced, older version of Halloween other than becoming a come-to-life sex doll.

So what are you going to be for Halloween this year? It seems like there are only ever two options––slutty or funny.

So will you be the typical slutty cat? I think I’m going to be a mummy. That’s a new one.

With over-the-top costumes and the pressures to fit into skintight clothing, the joy that should be Halloween is sometimes forgotten, and it’s nice to revisit your inner child. “Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat. If you don’t, I don’t care, I’ll pull down your underwear!”

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

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‘NIGHTCRAWLERS’

3 OUT OF 5 STARS “If you like dark, mysteriously weird plots about breaking the rules or bending the law to get what you want, this movie might be for you.”

COURTESY OF DESPERATE PICTURES CASEY BROWN Guest Columnist The word “wow” came to my mind watching “Nightcrawler.” If you like dark, mysteriously weird plots about breaking the rules or bending the law to get what you want, this movie might be for you.

In writer-director Dan Gilroy’s new movie “Nightcrawler,” Jake Gyllenhaal stars as main character Lou Bloom, a driven man desperate for work and employment who maneuvers his way through the world of crime journalism and news reporting. Bloom becomes troubled throughout the film as he struggles to find a balance between being an observer and making himself the main attraction of the graphic news stories he covers. Being the best becomes so important to Bloom that he starts losing control and breaks the ethical rules of news reporting, not seeming to care who gets hurt in the process.

In many of his other films (“The Day After Tomorrow,” “End of Watch” and “Prisoners,” to name a few), Gyllenhaal is usually depicted as a “good guy,” always trying to resolve some sort of outside conflict. But in “Nightcrawler,” Gyllenhaal plays a much darker and

more unusual character who creates conflicts between himself and the rest of the world.

The rest of the main cast members display certain ethical boundaries which shape their varying opinions of Bloom and his radical ways. Rene Russo plays Nina, a hardworking news reporting director who consistently shows her support of Bloom’s excitement and passion for reporting and capturing events on his cameras (which becomes profit for them both). Riz Ahmed plays Rick, perhaps the most moral character of the whole movie, who constantly shows his concern for keeping his own actions and participation in Bloom’s startup reporting business ethically in line.

Much of Bloom’s mindset and personality is almost immediately expressed in the beginning of the film, as the opening scene shows him attacking and likely killing a security guard to avoid being possibly arrested.

Bloom continues to hurt people who challenge his practice of perfectionism and drive for success throughout the movie. Bloom doesn’t express a whole lot of emotion as he muscles his way through the world of reporting and journalism.

In fact, the only time we really see any kind of serious

emotion from Bloom is toward the middle of the movie, when he screams at a mirror in his apartment and breaks it by throwing a punch. Although he seems to be after the same American dream as everyone else, he shows the audience in multiple scenes that he is willing to do almost anything to get what he wants.

Despite the cast’s incredible acting from beginning to end, the overall movie deserves an average rating. Gilroy creates engaging action scenes throughout the entire film, but the plot lacks a real conclusion toward the end. Despite Bloom’s malicious actions—including the obstruction of crime scenes to capture a good story—even the officials who investigate him aren’t good enough to break his deceptive character.

The movie ends in a shaky conclusion as Bloom, conscious of the pain and death caused by his actions, basically ends up getting away with everything without paying any consequences.

Unless you are a fan of all Jake Gyllenhaal movies, it just might be worth waiting for this one to come out on Redbox.

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

BRAIN, BODY, MIND

HOW YOUR CAFFEINE HABIT COULD HURT YOU ERIN ELLER It’s 8 p.m. the night before an exam, and you’re prepared for a late night of studying. You’ve got your notes, highlighters, index cards and, of course, an energy drink to keep you alert.

You wrap up your study session hours later and go to sleep. In the morning, you awaken sleep deprived and groggily reach for the coffee machine. Yawning by the afternoon, you could really use another jolt, and you indulge in yet another caffeinated mug.

Does this sound familiar to you? If so, you may be shocked to find out that in the DSM-V, the most recent version of the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” widely used by psychologists, Caffeine Use Disorder (CUD) is listed as an “Emerging Measure or Model” to be evaluated as a subset of substance use disorder.

As your own experience might reflect, college students are a group notorious for relentless coffee consumption in order to keep up with assignments, exams and term papers.

According to a study at the University of Puerto Rico Medical

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Sciences Campus, 88 percent of surveyed first- and secondyear medical students reported regular caffeine consumption, and intake increased in times of high academic stress. Of those students, 49 percent reported that caffeinated beverage consumption was useful in dealing with stress.

Despite the benefits of caffeine consumption, the stimulant is considered a drug and is known to cause dependence in those who drink it regularly. While the majority of physicians regard the side effects of this dependence as relatively harmless, it bodes well to understand exactly how caffeine is affecting your body.

Caffeine intake in liquid form is metabolized by the liver, and ingestion of the drug reaches a peak in the bloodstream after about 30 to 60 minutes. Once absorbed into the bloodstream, caffeine enters the brain and begins to affect the central nervous system. Its primary mechanism of action is the antagonism of adenosine receptors. In other words, caffeine blocks the receptors for the hormone, causing an increase in catecholamine circulation in corresponding neurons. Catecholamines are neurotransmitters that affect neural transmission and increasing their circulation in this

case causes a stimulating effect.

As the kidneys filter the drug from the systemic circulation, caffeine is removed from the body at a relatively fast rate. In a healthy person, the half-life of the drug is 4 to 6 hours, though it may take longer to remove caffeine from the body in individuals with a slower metabolism.

At what point does caffeine use become a disorder?

According to a review article on the guidelines laid out in the DSM-V, a CUD can be diagnosed if three criteria are met: persistent desire or unsuccessful effort to control use, use despite harm and withdrawal.

You may be familiar with some of the withdrawal symptoms of caffeine, such as headache, irritability, fatigue and difficulty concentrating.

So while caffeine definitely does have its benefits, it is important to keep in mind that it is possible to develop an unhealthy dependence that could complicate your life later on. That being said, if you are smart about your caffeine consumption you will likely see nothing but positive consequences.

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

MARY-KATHRYN KOTOCAVAGE/THE REVIEW Despite the benefits of caffeine consumption, the stimulant is considered a drug and is known to cause dependence in those who drink it regularly.

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The Newark community reminisces on Main Street’s former opera house AMANDA DUNN Staff Reporter The Newark Opera House was a site of theater, music and movies from 1885 and 1925, when it closed.

The building was also the location of the town’s first nickelodeon, which screen five-cent films to both black and white Newark residents, a distinct feature for the time.

Since the opera house’s closing, the first floor was occupied by barber shops and general stores.

Today, that space is filled by Grassroots, a familyowned specialty gift shop on the corner of Academy Street and East Main Street.

Above Grassroots, the building still resembles the old opera house and has been converted into apartment space owned by Brandywine Realty Management.

Residents Rebecca Radisic and Rachel Jung, both seniors, admire the interior of their building.

Radisic especially likes the elevator.

“It’s all glass,” Radisic says. “So as you go up, you can look into the circular amphitheater.”

The elevator isn’t the only notable feature of the building. Patrick appreciates the cathedral-type ceiling and hanging curtain, bringing to

mind the venue’s theatrical roots.

The historical building, though still standing, has shown the consequences that come with age.

Christina Patrick, office manager of Brandywine Realty Management, says she enjoys taking prospective tenants and their parents on tours of the apartments as many parents like to reminisce about their time in college.

“Many parents say, ‘Oh, I remember when this was an opera house,” Patrick says.

“It’s good history for parents and the students.”

Patrick says she realizes the nostalgia that comes along with the opera house.

“We want to keep the history of it alive but keep upgrading it too so it’s modern and livable,” Patrick says. “We want people to go in there and still feel nostalgic.”

In regards to the current tenants, the Grassroots business has been in the family of Kristin Short, the company manager, for 40 years. They moved to the building 17 years ago from the Main Street location that is now 7-Eleven.

Short has noticed that a lot of people are interested in the building and many other historical buildings in the area.

“I bet if you ever discussed tearing it down, there would be a lot of resistance,” Short says.

However, Short says there are some drawbacks that come with owning such an old building space.

“It’s been difficult because we have a lot of problems with the building’s soffits and all of that,” she says. “We put a lot of money into fixing it and within a couple of years, it was ratted out again.”

In addition to having to keep up with the maintenance of such an old building, the possibility of it being haunted has been discussed. Although some of her employees describe the basement as “creepy,” Short herself does not think that it is haunted.

“I’ve been at work alone in the dark until very, very late at night, and I do not think that it is haunted,” Short says.

Despite its being possibly haunted, Jung likes her apartment for its location.

She enjoys listening to the marching band rehearse nearby and the Main Street atmosphere.

“You hear some very interesting conversations typically around 1 a.m. when the bars close,” Jung says. “It’s great for people watching.”

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SARA PFEFER/THE REVIEW The building features a glass elevator, a cathedral-type ceiling and a hanging curtain. It is rumored to be haunted.

DALY: ‘It was the most adrenaline-rushing thing I’ve done in college.’

ANDREW KUCZMARSKI/THE REVIEW Students from all over campus took part in “Z-Week,” where humans and “zombies” go head-to-head in a large game of tag.

Continued from page 9 In the game, humans are identified through brightly colored bandanas on their arms, whereas zombies must display them on their heads.

Upon the start of Z-Week, a student is chosen as the “alpha zombie” and remains unidentified to players for 48 hours, allowing for optimal zombie predation.

Each player is assigned an identification number through an online system called HvZ Source, which is presented to zombies upon a tag called a “kill.” The number allows zombies to track how many humans they have killed, while humans can track the number of days they have kept alive.

Daytime play allows zombies to tag humans

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they see on campus, except when players are located in academic buildings, student centers or off-campus locations. Humans, in turn, can attempt to shoot their opponent with their weapon of choice, stunning them for a duration of time to ensure ample escape opportunities.

To balance the daytime play, nighttime missions require a bit more strategic planning. Both sides meet at a designated location on campus and must complete certain tasks, such as capturing a flag or retrieving items from different buildings.

One night, students were given three items to retrieve from Perkins, facing other obstacles along the way, such as solving Rubik’s Cubes.

Senior John Daly, president of the organization, says that this club allows students to exercise their bodies through physical activity and their minds through puzzles and challenges. He also says that the game would not be possible without teamwork and a willingness to help others, so it brings people together in a fun and exciting way.

Daly manages relations with the university and University of Delaware Police Department as well as room scheduling. He doesn’t participate in the actual game as much as he did when he first joined with the original group but can still remember the thrill of the paranoia that came with being a human.

“Nothing was scarier than that Thursday, the fourth day of the week, getting up and going to classes,” Daly says. “It was the most adrenaline-rushing thing I’ve done in college.”

In addition to Z-Week, members can also play through semi-regular skirmishes and HvZ practices held on Saturdays or Sundays throughout the semester.

Daly says the ability to use nerf guns under university approval is a pretty rare opportunity, so all types of people have joined the organization.

From athletes to marching band members to Honors physics students, the flexible schedule allows anyone and everyone to play without a huge time commitment.

“It’s the longest duration for any club I’ve ever been

involved in just because it’s so flexible,” Gartland, a four-year member, says. “I really liked it and thought it was goofy and really fun.

Actually, it’s how I met my fiancé.”

Gartland says the game has evolved over the past few years, especially in terms of better anticipating what will happen during missions.

Direction throughout the game has improved and storyboards are provided so players can immerse themselves even further into the zombie world, she says.

“It’s still sometimes a little bit fuzzy,” Gartland says. “But generally, everyone is good about shaking it off and remembering that it’s just a game and that it’s fun.”

As for the future of HvZ, Daly hopes to see the organization continue to grow.

“We had a huge influx our first year but then less, but we’ve definitely stabilized,” he says. “Having 89 people sign up for a game like what happened this semester actually puts us as one of the larger games on the HVZ source website.

I see it lasting several more years down the line.”

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synthesizers and drumbeats on this record, and as a whole, “1989” is undoubtedly her most sonically cohesive record to date. While Swift’s previous two albums “Speak Now” and “Red” straddled the line between country and pop, “1989” confidently asserts Swift’s place in pop music.

“1989” showcases Swift’s vocal prowess in ways her previous albums haven’t.

Songs like “I Know Places” and “Wildest Dreams” demonstrate both Swift’s vocal restraint and sheer power as she seamlessly navigates complex melodies.

While “Fearless,” “Speak Now” and “Red” were driven

by Swift’s conversational, storytelling lyrics, “1989” is a mesmerizing display of Swift’s vocal capabilities.

The writing is decidedly less confessional than previous albums with Swift singing about her relationships in more general terms, but the themes of love, loss and personal growth are the same. “1989” cheekily reveals a new selfawareness from Swift about her public perception as

demonstrated when she sings, “Saw you there and I thought, ‘Oh my god. Look at that face. You look like my next mistake. Love’s a game. Want to play?’” on the track “Blank Space.” As with her previous albums, Swift’s lyrics include strong imagery and innovative metaphors whether it is conjuring the mental image of Band-Aids over bullet holes in “Bad Blood” or equating hiding a relationship to being hunted in “I Know Places.”

As Kelly Clarkson said while covering Swift’s hit “Shake it Off” at a concert in Buffalo this past Saturday, “Seriously, everybody gives Taylor such a hard time, but I can tell you, she can write a hook.” Swift’s fifth album is alluring and captivating songwriting at its finest. I dare you not to get “Out of the Woods” or “Blank Space” stuck in your head after a listen. While “1989” may not have knocked “Fearless” out of first place in my personal Taylor Swift album hierarchy, “1989” is a damn close second and most definitely my favorite album of the moment.

“It’s a new soundtrack I could dance to this beat, beat forevermore,” Taylor Swift dreamily belts on “Welcome to New York,” the opening track of her fifth album “1989.” For Swift, these past two years are all about new—new haircut, New York and (most notably) a new genre. In late August, Swift announced to a group of fans gathered at the Empire State building that her next album would be a departure from her country roots and a step into the pop stratosphere.

Inspired by the pop music of the ’80s, the album—released Monday—gets its namesake from Swift’s birth year.

In much the same way that Swift’s music never quite fit the stereotypical country mold, “1989” sounds almost nothing like the hits currently dominating pop radio. The ’80s influences are strong and, at times, undeniably evocative of something you might hear in a John Hughes movie. Swift has traded in her tear-stained guitar in favor of heavy

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ANDREW KUCZMARSKI/THE REVIEW Head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof talks to Esmée Peet, Allie Mikelson (28) and Michaela Patzner (17) during the game against Drexel. Van de Kerkhof led the Lady Hens to a 4-2 record in CAA play this year.

JACK COBOURN Managing Sports Editor After falling to Drexel, 1-0, in overtime Sunday, the Delaware field hockey will have to try to defend its Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championship title away from the comforts of Rullo Stadium on hostile ground at Northeastern.

Though head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof said it does not matter where the tournament is played, the Lady Hens have an uphill battle ahead of them, losing their last two conference games.

Below is a preview of the teams that made it to the CAA Tournament, along with Van de Kerkhof’s take on each team.

No. 1 Northeastern: 14-4 overall (5-1 CAA)

The Huskies were the first team the Lady Hens beat at home during the CAA season, with a 3-2 victory on Oct. 24. Since that game, they have gone on to win (wait until Monday). Northeastern has a 7-1 record at home this season, with a 6-1 record away, so it is a strong contender no matter where the games are played.

The offense is strong, with forward Emma Lamison scoring eight goals and midfielder

Natalie Stewart scoring six. The Huskies have 43 goals from 193 shots on goal, compared to their opponents’ 27 from 163.

In the crease, goalie Becky Garner has done a fantastic job, starting 17 games and having a 1.61 goals against average. She has made 72 saves this season, with five shutouts.

Rolf says: “The nice thing for them is that every team is trying to get better and they try to play their best hockey at this time of the year,” he said. “I think Northeastern was able to pull one out against James Madison with a win on Friday so it tells you that they remain patient and poised as well and they believe that they will take care of it one way or the other.”

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Delaware: 11-8 overall (4-2 CAA)

It has been a rough year for the Lady Hens, having lost their last two conference games to Hofstra and Drexel, as well as home field advantage for the tournament. Their play has been streaky, a couple wins here and there followed by hard losses that were close, and a few players and coach van de Kerkhof have said that, at times, the team is not playing as a whole.

As for scoring, however,

the team has been powerful, with junior midfielder Michaela Patzner scoring 10 goals this season in addition to nine assists.

Tying Patzner for most goals scored this year is sophomore midfielder/defender Esmée Peet.

The Dutch native has five assists in addition to making it into the double-digits in goals scored.

Between the pipes, freshman goalie Emmeline Oltmans has had a decent beginning to her Delaware career, going 8-8 in her 16 starts with a 2.30 goals against average and 63 saves.

Redshirt freshman goalie Fran Orella, who spent a year under outgoing lead goalie Sarah Scher, started in three games while Oltmans was injured, and played in three others to wind up with a 3-0 record. She has a 2.50 goals against average and 10 saves.

Rolf says: “We have to play as one,” he said. “I still believe we are the best team in the CAA, but we have to find a way to make the difference in the attacking goal cage, and if we are the best in the CAA, that’s the only thing left we are missing aside from becoming a little more consistent in our performance.”

No. 3 William & Mary: 7-11 overall (4-2 CAA)

Despite having a losing non-

conference record, the Tribe was tied for best CAA record heading into Monday’s game against Northeastern. Delaware faced William & Mary in its second conference game of the season in Williamsburg on Oct. 5. That day, the Lady Hens handed the Tribe its only CAA loss this year, 5-3. As far as schedules are concerned, William & Mary is right up there with Delaware in not being able to beat ranked opponents regularly (the Tribe is 0-7, while the Lady Hens are 1-4).

Offensively, the Tribe is in the same zone as the Huskies, with single-digit scoring for its top players. Forward Pippin Saunders has nine goals, with midfielder Emma Clifton scoring six.

Defensively, it has been up to one goalie, Meredith Savage, to protect the space between the pipes for the entire year. In her just over 1,000 minutes of playing time, Savage has allowed 48 goals in 17 games for a 2.79 goals against average as well as having saved 69 shots.

the number one seed positionwise and compete for the CAA Championship.”

Rolf says: “They are a very high energetic team, they are well-coached, they believe in themselves and they have grown over the last couple of games since we’ve played them,” he said.

“So they’re probably the favorite as of now, in my opinion, to be

Rolf says: “They have grown as well over the last couple of weeks, and what we have to do is we have a chance to play the team again, we have to play smarter with time remaining to not jeopardize the win at that time, so we just have to do a better job with clock management,” he said.

included a dedication for the newly renovated Stuart and Suzanne Grant Stadium followed by a ceremony to honor the Blue Hens’ seniors before their final regular season game.

As the match began, the Phoenix had much of the early possession, though it was Delaware who broke through first.

After struggling to get control of the ball, the Blue Hens finally strung together some quality passes in the attacking third. Then, 21 minutes into the first half, senior Ben Asante slipped a perfectly weighted pass through to sophomore striker Guillermo Delgado. He slotted the ball past the outstretched arms of Elon goalkeeper Nathan Dean and into the back of the net.

The goal, Delgado’s CAA leading 12th on the year, gave Delaware the 1-0 lead.

Despite being down, the Phoenix continued to control the run of play. Enter Bruno, who replaced sophomore midfielder Marco Silverio in the 37th minute.

The senior wasted little time making his presence known.

He found Delgado with a long pass out wide right. Delgado cut to goal, dribbling to the end line before playing the ball back to the penalty spot where Bruno was waiting. The senior calmly placed the ball in the lower right corner to give the Blue Hens the 2-0 lead.

“I was just in the right place at the right time, and I was happy I could convert,” Bruno said. “To score a goal in a huge game like this is what you play for.”

Delaware would maintain the two-goal advantage going into the second half.

Elon came out pressing in the second, but it was Delaware who registered seven shots in the first 13 minutes.

The Blue Hens allowed Elon to hang around though, and the Phoenix continued to create chances down the wings. Seventeen minutes in, they finally got on the board when senior defender Kyle Nuel attempted to head an Elon cross out of bounds. Instead the ball sailed into the back of his own net, putting the score at 2-1 and breathing life into the Phoenix attack.

In the final half hour a makeshift Delaware backline, composed of freshmen Matt Mossbarger and Kenny McArthur, junior Ben Sampson and Nuel, was under constant pressure.

Mossbarger and McArthur were filling in for usual starters Ignacio Martín and Tobias Müller who were out due to injury, while Nuel played center back instead of his favored outside back position. Still the Blue Hens’ defense cut out cross after cross to preserve the win.

As time expired and Delaware secured its number one seed, the Blue Hens’ bench stormed the field in celebration.

“I am so proud of our team,” Hennessy, who was rewarded with a Gatorade bath during the postgame festivities, said.

“Winning the CAA was one of our goals when we started this in the summer, and keeping that championship mentality was key for us.”

With the win, Delaware earned a first round bye and will host the winner of Northeastern vs. Elon Nov. 14.

No. 4 James Madison: 11-7 overall (3-3 CAA)

The Dukes snuck into the last spot in the playoffs by beating Hofstra, 2-1, on the road.

While Delaware beat the Dukes, 6-5, to open the CAA season, it took two overtimes to do so, with junior forward Jacki Coveleski netting the game-winning goal.

In terms of scoring, James Madison is in the Delaware range of double-digit scorers, with midfielder Loes Stijntjes putting 14 away this season.

Fellow midfielder Taylor West has scored 10, good enough for second place in the team’s scoring table.

Between the pipes, Hannah George has had a strong year, going 8-6 for the season with a 2.00 goals against average and 31 goals against. She also has 65 saves.

MEN’S SOCCER

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Sophomore striker Guillermo Delgado pushes past an Elon player on Sunday. Delgado scored the opening goal in the 2-1 victory, which clinched the Blue Hens’ first CAA regular-season title.

History in the making: Blue Hens earn first ever CAA regular season title

MEGHAN O’DONNELL Managing Sports Editor Delaware men’s soccer forward Kyle Bruno limped off the field at Stuart and Suzanne Grant Stadium Sunday afternoon following the Blue Hens’ final regular season game against Elon, a smile on his face. An ankle injury forced the senior from the match but not before he helped

Delaware make history.

Bruno scored the gamewinning goal to give Delaware the 2-1 victory and earn the team its first ever Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) regular season championship.

“Coming into today, we knew things were not going to go smoothly, but we had to continue to fight,” Delaware head coach Ian Hennessy said.

Fight they did. A Delaware

side already decimated by injuries overcame strong winds, hard hits and questionable refereeing on the way to earning the number one seed for the upcoming CAA Tournament.

Facing an Elon team that had not lost in six straight matches, the Blue Hens came out ready to play in front of an energized home crowd after a full slate of pregame activities. The schedule

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Defense leads Hens to home win over Rhode Island MATT BUTLER Managing News Editor The Blue Hens football team jumped to an early lead and then handed the game over to their defense, finishing off the Rhode Island Rams 28-13. The Hens’ defense stood tall for most of the day, holding the Rams to 221 yards, the best defensive yardage performance in the Dave Brock era. The Hens improved their record in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) to 3-2.

The Hens started strong, scoring the first 21 points of the game and dominating in all aspects. Jalen Randolph, who saw an increased role from some previous games, scored on a bruising 15 yard run for the opening score.

It was yet another up-anddown game for quarterback Trent Hurley, who committed two turnovers, including his CAAleading 12th interception, while also passing for three scores.

During the first half, Hurley also reached 500 career completions, joining Matt Nagy and Joe Flacco as the only Delaware quarterbacks

to do so.

The Rams, winless on the season, certainly made it interesting to begin the second half. With the Hens backed up deep in their own territory, Hurley took the snap and promptly fumbled under pressure, resulting in Rhode Island’s Tim Wienclaw scooping up the loose ball and running 15 yards for the score to pull the Rams within eight points.

On the ensuing Delaware possession, wide receiver Diante Cherry fumbled after a short gain, giving Rhode Island another chance with good field position.

Fortunately for the Hens, the game’s sloppiness trickled over to the Rams’ offense too, as quarterback James Caparell lofted an easy interception to the Hens’ David Mackall.

While offering praise for the Hens’ stellar defensive effort, head coach Dave Brock said the offense is still too inconsistent to be successful in the long term.

“Offensively, it’s a little bit of a mystery, which is unfortunate,” Brock said. “We put together some good drives, but we keep

finding a way to not finish. The third quarter was a calamity of errors.”

Brock also said the Hens lost wide receiver Stephen Hill to a season-ending injury, though specifics were not provided.

At times, Delaware played the role of its own worst enemy again, committing SARA PFEFER/THE REVIEW three turnovers and receiving Senior quarterback Trent Hurley threw for three touchdowns, one of which was his two crucial unsportsmanlike 500th career completion, during the first quarter. conduct penalties. The last unsportsmanlike penalty Senior Jake Giusti, starting the kickoff gave the Hens the ball committed by wide receiver safety, said the defense is playing with a chance to increase their Michael Johnson midway through with more intensity this year lead, but they were once again the third quarter after a run to as a partial result of last year’s foiled by a missed field goal by the Rhode Island one-yard line, defensive struggles. He said there Garrett Greenway. moved the Hens back 15 yards is a motivation to prove that Opoku, filling in for the and forced them to attempt a last year’s performance was an injured Jerel Harrison, said he field goal on fourth down, which anomaly and not the norm. was not nervous during his fell far short.

“We are definitely playing scoring play, despite his primary The game did have its bright with a chip on our shoulder,” role as a lightly-used reserve on spots for the Hens, as Wes Hills Giusti said. “This year, we want offense. continued his emergence as a to show people that we can be a “It was just natural,” Opoku powerful threat for the Hens, good defense, and we continue to said. “I was just excited to be out something they have desperately get better and better every week.” there with my teammates, even needed recently as the offense The Hens retook control just to be in the huddle.” has turned anemic. Hills had his after a 44-yard connection The Hens now travel to third 100-yard game of the year, between Hurley and wide receiver New York next week for a game and Randolph also was effective Andrew Opoku made it 28-13 against CAA rival Albany, which as a change of pace, running 12 at the end of the third quarter. is 6-3 and coming off a 49-24 loss times for 69 yards.

A fumble recovery by Opoku on to No. 2 ranked New Hampshire.

FIELD HOCKEY

COMMENTARY

“IT’S LIKE DARTH VADER WINNING STAR WARS.”

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Junior midfielder Michaela Patzner goes after the ball during Sunday’s game.

Patzner said the team was disconnected during the game, leading to the 1-0 overtime loss.

Overtime golden goal pushes Dragons past Lady Hens, 1-0 ERIN BOLAND Sports Assignment Editor After coming off an impressive 4-1 non-conference victory over Lafayette College on Friday night, the field hockey team was ready to compete against the Drexel University Dragons in the last home game on Sunday afternoon at Rullo Stadium.

Despite two full halves of regulation playing time, the one and only goal of the game was recorded just 21 seconds into overtime. The Drexel Dragons scored quickly, putting a point on the board, and earning the win 1-0.

After taking the ball downfield, Christina Conrad found teammate Chloe Pachuilo for a cross. From eight yards out right, Pachuilo was able to score the goal in the lower left hand corner of the cage.

And just like that, the golden goal scored by Drexel stripped the University of Delaware from winning the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) regularseason title, as well as home-field advantage in the CAA playoffs next weekend.

Head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof said the team was controlling in aspects of the game but could not convert.

“I was just hoping that they would be able to grow from their performance on Friday, in which we played great hockey with great possession,” he said. “We were still dominating in all the categories, except the one that counts at the end of the day.”

The offense did a great job maintaining possession, and had many opportunities to get the ball in the net. Junior midfielder Michaela Patzner had six shots, while sophomore midfielder Esmée Peet had four.

Patzner said her team did

not connect as one during the game, which contributed to the loss.

“We just couldn’t click as we have the past couple games before,” Patzner said. We weren’t playing together, and that was eventually what cost us the game.”

The team had a total of then penalty corners but could not capitalize. Although Van de Kerkhof said the team had a phenomenal corner practice the day before, the Lady Hens could not connect.

“Getting corners is one thing, executing them and finishing them is part two,” he said.

“That’s the difference between being 3-4 goals up and losing in overtime to a very motivated Drexel team.”

The Lady Hens are now 3-2 in overtime games this season.

Peet said she enjoys the pressure of overtime.

“I like to go into overtime as it’s all or nothing,” she said.

The Drexel Dragons had nothing to lose, as their season was over after this game no matter what. As for the Lady Hens, they now have the CAA semifinals to focus on.

“We have to find a way in the next two to three days to find a way to reconnect with everyone and be ready to go for the semifinals in the conference tournament,” Van de Kerkhof said. “Although now we know that if you take care of business, you stay in the season. If not, it’s over.”

With this loss, the Lady Hens were stripped of the chance to host the postseason tournament next weekend.

They now await their postseason ranking and their opponent for the semifinals.

They will compete on Friday, Nov. 7 at either Northeastern or William & Mary.

Tuesday night, the San Francisco G i a n t s ’ M a d i s o n Bumgarner won the World Series beating… some other team.

I’m not sure. I CORI don’t think the ILARDI announcers of Fox ever mentioned a team other than the Giants. For a while I wasn’t sure if I was even watching the World Series. I thought maybe I’d accidentally tuned into a documentary on Madison Bumgarner narrated by Joe Buck.

One Twitter user lamented, “It’s like Darth Vader winning Star Wars.” No one wanted the Giants to beat the Royals, and everyone was disappointed when it happened. Except for Vader, of course, who is either Bumgarner or Buck in this scenario—you choose. Oh, and the Imperial Stormtroopers, who would be the Giants fans with their stupid panda heads.

I watch the World Series every year. Usually I pick a team at the start of the playoffs and go from there. I’ve never not rooted for a National League team, a “real” baseball team.

(You’ll never meet anyone who hates the DH as much as I do, I can promise you that.) But a friend of mine in Kansas City told me I had to root for the Royals with her because it was the first time they made it to the playoffs since winning the World Series in 1985.

The Royals went on to become the first team to ever go 8-0 in the playoffs. They swept the Angels, they swept the Orioles. It was like the young, fresh team couldn’t lose. (And as I am unfortunately a Mets fan, I have no idea what that’s like). When they got to the World Series with home field advantage, I was certain they would sweep the Giants, and that would be the end of it.

When they lost the first game, I actually felt like the Royals had lost the entire World Series. It was crushing.

Everyone likes an underdog.

(Except perhaps Darth Vader.)

No one expected the Royals to get anywhere in the World Series. Almost every prediction said the A’s would win the Wild Card Game. And any prediction that had the Royals winning, didn’t predict they’d make it much further.

(Of course, not many thought the Giants would make it to the World Series either, but considering they won it all in 2010 and 2012, I think they’re a lot less of an underdog.)

I kept my confidence that the Royals would win the whole

thing. Despite being outscored 16-4 over Games 4 and 5 in San Francisco, when the Royals returned home to Kauffman Stadium and pulverized the Giants 10-0 in Game 6 to tie the series 3-3, I thought for sure they’d take Game 7.

I was glad to see Madison Bumgarner wasn’t starting Game 7 for the Giants. After spectacular performances in Games 1 and 5, I didn’t want to see him because it could only mean trouble for the Royals.

And also, I was starting to hate him, considering he was all Joe Buck would talk about.

When he was pitching, when he wasn’t pitching, when the shot was on Salvador Pérez or Hunter Pence—it didn’t matter, Buck was still talking about Bumgarner, causing me to yell at my TV several times, “He’s good! I get it!”

There was speculation that Bumgarner would come into the game after Tim Hudson failed to pitch for two innings.

So naturally, every other word out of the commentator’s mouths was “Bumgarner,” which made me wonder, “Do they realize there are other people playing in the World Series?!”

I’m not denying Madison

Bumgarner is a great pitcher or that he didn’t deserve to be MVP. I just wish I could have heard the commentators talk about something else. Like the Royals. Remember them, the other team in the World Series?

I would have been happy with a nice comment on Lorenzo Cain’s defense, Mike Moustakas’s home run or Yordano Ventura’s excellent Game 6 start. Heck, I would have been happy with a comment on Eric Hosmer’s hair.

Something—anything other than Bumgarner.

Perhaps Buck’s constant, neverending praise of Bumgarner was one of the reasons this was one of the lowest rated World Series in recent years. Or perhaps it is just because people are tired of the Giants and their boring team winning for the third time in five years. I can’t say for sure.

But in the end, I’m going to be bold and say this. The team that deserved it the least beat the team that deserved it the most.

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

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Giants’ pitcher Madison Bumgarner stole the spotlight during this year’s World Series between San Francisco and Kansas City.

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