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Students talk diversity in wake of Yik Yak racism

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In a 2011 report reaffirming the university as an accredited degree-granting institution, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education wrote that the university was not diverse in “either absolute or relative terms.”

“With few exceptions, we believe that the university trails its peers in every measure of diversity in every constituency of the institution,” the report said.

At the time, the university was heavily promoting its Path to Prominence—one of its six milestones being “a diverse and stimulating undergraduate experience”—an initiative which is coming to an end.

Now, three years after the release of the report and the day after President Patrick Harker gave his first speech about Delaware Will Shine, the successor to Path to Prominence, the university still falls short when compared to many of its peers in diversity.

According to the university’s institutional data on diversity, 16,871 undergraduate

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students enrolled in 2013.

Of those students, 834 were African-American, 1,144 Hispanic, 714 Asian, as well as others, totaling to 4,082 nonwhite undergraduate students.

All students of color combined represented less than a quarter of the student body last year.

Sophomore Jay Alston said coming to the white-majority university is difficult for students of color, particularly those who grew up in a more diverse community.

“It’s a culture shock,” Alston said. “It’s just the exact opposite of where I’m from because you have to adjust everything you do and say and think.”

Junior Elliott Webster, who serves as Black Student Union (BSU) president, said while the university seems to have a great attitude toward diversity and a plan toward putting it into place, there needs to be more direct action.

He pointed to the diversity statistics and said ultimately they tell you all you need to know about the campus climate.

He said while there are definite steps being taken, more direct action needs to be taken for those numbers to change

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of color in Pi Kappa Phi, he said, and the other members are very open to learning about all of their cultures.

Originally, he said, his mom and grandparents were wary about him joining a nonblack fraternity and told him to “watch his back.” He said he thinks many parents and grandparents are more cautious because they have more direct experiences with racism and then discourage their children from branching out sometimes.

“It takes a sense of comfort to branch out in such a way because you’re essentially stepping out of your own culture and into another one, so that definitely sets the tone for your experiences,” he said.

“That can be an intimidating thing for some people.”

Four weeks ago, issues of racism came into the spotlight at the university following a football game against Delaware State University. During the game, students wrote a series of racist posts on the anonymous app Yik Yak.

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Harker sets forth new initiatives, acknowledges challenges for UD in speech

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dramatically and for students of color to feel more comfortable on campus.

He also mentioned, however, that it is important to remember the university’s history when considering issues of diversity because black students were not admitted until 1948. “[Our past] is not over, it’s still here,” he said. “It hasn’t been erased completely so that this is our campus where black students feel fully welcomed.”

Junior Lanisa Brooks, BSU vice president, said she also thinks the campus has a diversity and tolerance issue and finds herself often feeling like an outcast or “black sheep” as a minority student.

Senior Damir Creecy, meanwhile, says he feels relatively comfortable in predominantly white spaces.

He is a member of the campus’s chapter of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. Students of color represent a small percentage of those involved in Greek life, especially outside of special interest Greek organizations.

Creecy said he has never had any issues with racism in his fraternity, calling it “very open.”

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MATT BUTLER & JENNIFER FINN Managing News Editor & Mosaic Assignment Editor KIRK SMITH/THE REVIEW Two male students march to President Patrick Harker’s campus home during the Sept. 19 “End the Silence, End the Shame” rally.

Engaging men in the conversation: Males advocate for feminism CADY ZUVICH Executive Editor It took just one introductory feminist theory class before alumnus Jason Cowin knew.

Though always inherently drawn to social justice, Cowin for the first time identified as a feminist, cementing his passion—and career—in being a male advocate for gender equality.

“A lot of people who are feminist are women, but for men it wasn’t something that was seen as an issue,” said Cowin, who since graduating has worked for organizations in Washington D.C. that deal with gender-based violence. “I felt that was wrong.”

Cowin joins others in a national conversation on feminism, but this time, the rhetoric is taking new form.

The focus has shifted to engaging men in feminism, with campaigns from both the White House and the United Nations now calling on men to become advocates for women issues.

After graduating with a women’s studies minor, Cowin, now in his third year at American University’s Washington College of Law, has translated his energy for feminism into professional advocacy. He has worked with a breadth of organizations that focus on domestic violence, providing free legal services to low-income individuals at the Women in Law clinic at American University.

Through his experiences, he has learned the necessity of the male voice in the issue, he said. Too often people respond to gender-based violence after it occurs rather than focusing on how to eradicate it at its core.

“We need men to say, ‘This is done,’” Cowin said. “We aren’t doing this anymore.”

Cowin is not the sole male advocate within the university community. Right on campus, sophomore Matt Scott acted as one of the main organizers for

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the Sept. 19 “End the Silence, End the Shame” rally on the steps of Memorial Hall. With megaphone in hand, Scott mobilized the 300-person crowd to march to President Patrick Harker’s house, demanding that the university “do better” in responding to sexual misconduct cases.

A self-identified feminist, Scott pointed out feminism is not man-hating, a common misconception, he said.

Rather, he said gender dichotomy affects everyone, as men are reluctant to be open with their emotions.

“There are so many issues that affect men that we don’t realize,” Scott said. “We need to be united on this issue. This needs to be a concerted effort.”

Two separate campaigns are calling on men to join in on this “concerted effort,” the most recent being the United Nations’ “HeForShe” campaign. Actress Emma Watson spoke Sept. 20 at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. During the address, she extended a formal invitation to men, encouraging them to engage in gender equality dialogue.

“I want men to take up this mantle so their daughters, sisters and mother can be free from prejudice but also so their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human, too, and in doing so, be a more true and complete version of themselves,” said Watson, the Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations.

The Obama Administration came out just the previous week to underscore the importance of individual engagement as part of its federal policy efforts to address sexual violence on college campuses. The “It’s On Us” campaign emphasizes bystander intervention as well as changing “the culture that allows assault to happen in the first place,” Barack Obama said in a Sept. 19 speech.

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President Patrick Harker delivered what amounted to a State of the University address in an open forum in the opening lecture of the university’s Thought Leader Speaker Series on Monday at the Roselle Center for the Arts.

Harker’s main focus was a renewed attention to the learner, or the student.

A cornerstone of the entire academic program should be the efficient application of critical thinking skills that the school strives to provide.

“I think we’re having this discussion—this debate— from a position of strength,” Harker said. “We do a lot of things very, very well.”

Harker began by acknowledging the role that universities throughout the nation and the world play in the development of the future. Harker said while education is a half-trilliondollars a year industry, he knows that there are strengthening voices among the general public that question whether or not education is worth the value placed upon it.

Harker highlighted some of the bright spots about the current state of the university, including steeply increasing application pools and the rise in sponsored research per faculty member, which he attributed to his “Path to Prominence” strategy.

Replacing “Path to Prominence” is “Delaware

Will Shine,” a new set of initiatives that Harker would like to implement with the help of input from the entire school community. On the initiatives’ website, there are several options available to submit ideas or suggestions one feels may be helpful.

“For us to successfully plan for the next chapter of our distinguished history, we must engage the largest possible portion of our talented Delaware community,” Provost Domenico Grasso stated on the website. “I hope that you will consider joining this important process and get involved in our town halls, teach-ins and other activities that will be highlighted in the coming weeks.”

Diversity was also a topic of conversation during the speech. Harker recently published a letter to the student body condemning the racist comments that were made, presumably by university students, about the predominantly AfricanAmerican contingent of fans that came to campus for the Delaware State football game.

“We have to work at this every day, but we are becoming a more diverse campus,” Harker said.

One of the other main issues facing the university is attempting to reinvent the core curriculum after members of the faculty raised concerns about the general education curriculum the university currently employs regarding breadth requirements.

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JENNIFER FINN/THE REVIEW President Harker spoke about the “Delaware Will Shine” initiative, an upcoming program that will involve a larger focus on diversity and

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COP ARRESTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA AFTER DASH-CAM SHOOTING

A police officer with the South Carolina Highway Patrol has been charged with felony game spreads assault and battery after he shot an unarmed man during a traffic stop.

The officer was fired by the police department shortly before he was arrested. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

In dashboard camera footage from the Sept. 4 shooting that has recently gone viral on the Internet, the officer, Sean Groubert, pulled over Levar Jones for a seatbelt violation. When Groubert asked Jones, who was outside of his vehicle, to get his driver’s license, Jones reached into his car to retrieve his wallet.

Groubert then ordered Jones, who is black, to get out of his car and get on the ground and followed by firing four shots in his direction. Jones put his hands up and stumbled to the ground.

“Why did you shoot me?”

Jones yelled.

Groubert responded that it was because Jones went back in his car, then called for an ambulance.

Jones spent time in the hospital but was released. The shooting comes in the wake of the massive rioting and protests that followed the August shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in Ferguson, Mo. Questions of police conduct during the protests also arose after they were seen on media reports using tear gas and excessive force.

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and fraud disputes following In the wake of the U.S.-leddeadly April’s election, Ashraf Ghani has airstrikes targeting ISIS territory been sworn in as president of in Syria, several civilian workers Afghanistan. This represents the were killed, and the country’s nation’s first peaceful transition of largest gas plant was partially power since the fall of the Taliban destroyed Sunday. in 2001.

The Syrian Observatory for Because the fraud allegations Human Rights said the aircraft were so severe, Ghani was forced to compromise and work out a may have mistaken mills and power-sharing agreement with his grain storage areas in the northern opponent and runner-up, Abdullah Syrian town of Manbij for an ISIS Abdullah. Abdullah will be able to base. Washington has not yet nominate a figure to fulfill duties commented on the situation. similar to that of a prime minister Observatory director Rami under Ghani.

Abdurrahman said he does not Ghani says his presidency have the exact number of deaths will represent a new beginning for Afghanistan as the country and casualties. However, he said undergoes a difficult transition they would add to the 19 civilians period. He acknowledges the that have already been killed in country’s need for international similar airstrikes. military assistance and will sign The United States’ campaign an agreement this week extending to destroy the Islamic State Afghanistan assistance beyond group has formed a coalition 2014, something his predecessor with surrounding Arab nations refused to do.

He also plans to fight including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, administrative corruption, which in United Arab Emirates, Qatar past years has had major economic and Jordan. Several European implications for the country’s countries have also contributed, growth. For western observers including France, the Netherlands, particularly, this is a welcome Denmark, Belgium and Britain. sentiment.

Nadim Houry, deputy Middle “I am not better than you,” East director at Human Rights Ghani said, addressing a crowd at his palace in Kabul yesterday. “If Watch, called out to the United I do something the proper way, States and its allies to take any support me. If I do something precautions necessary in order to wrong, guide me.” avoid harming civilians.

The United States-brokered “The U.S. government should deal between Ghani and Abdullah investigate possible unlawful may prove to be tenuous, however. strikes that killed civilians, Although Ghani spoke kindly of his publicly report on them and former rival at the inauguration, until the last moment Abdullah commit to appropriate redress had threatened to pull out of the measures in case of wrongdoing,” ceremony following a series of Houry said. disputes.

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Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in an unprecedented display of civil disobedience Monday after police used forceful tactics to quell protesters this weekend.

Protesters have been camped out since Friday in Hong Kong’s main government complex, blocking roads in a sit-in protest. On Sunday, Hong Kong police used tear gas to disperse protests and charged with batons a crowd that was blocking a key road.

Hong Kong police defended their use of tear gas but softened their tactics with the increased number of protesters. China has called the protests illegal and has supported Hong Kong in its crackdown.

Early Monday, protesters came prepared with safety goggles, umbrellas, plastic wrap and other improvised protection to shield from possible tear gas and pepper spray as they set up barricades to block police forces, causing some to dub the movement the Umbrella Revolution.

The largely student-led protests are in response to China’s decision last month to rule out the option of open elections in Hong Kong.

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New and potentialJAPANESE VOLCANO ERUPTS, AFFECTING MORE THAN 200 HIKERS

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Ontake, a volcano in central Japan, erupted suddenly Saturday morning where authorities estimate 200 to 250 hikers were in the area.

More than 350 rescue workers, among them police, firefighters and military personnel, took two separate routes up the second tallest mountain in Japan in search of the hikers. While four deaths have been confirmed, at least 31 more people have been presumed dead.

Not yet pronounced dead, these people appear to be in “cardiac arrest” as they were found not breathing and with no pulse.

Additionally, there are more than 25 injured people, 10 of whom are considered to be seriously injured.

Trapped hikers located in cottages on the mountain reported observing 17 to 20 inches of volcanic ash from the eruption.

According to the Global Volcanism Program at the Smithsonian Institute, the last time Mount Ontake had a major eruption was in 1979, which resulted in 200,000 tons of ash over the course of several months.

Currently, the Volcanic Alert Level issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency is at level 3, having been raised from level 1. It is possible another larger eruption could happen in the coming days among the smaller eruptions that continue to occur.

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Jimmy John’s suffers data breach, Main Street location affected MATT BUTLER Managing News Editor

KELSEY WENTLING/THE REVIEW PCB, a banned compound that causes cancer in humans, was discovered in the soil of 127 The Green, a plot behind DuPont Hall.

Carcinogens unearthed behind DuPont Hall KELSEY WENTLING STAFF REPORTER Carcinogen contamination was found behind DuPont Hall earlier this month, according to a public notice released Sept. 14 by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC).

Known carcinogen polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) was found at at 127 The Green, an asphalt plot behind Dupont Hall.

The university hired Brightfields, Inc., a DNRECcertified environmental services consultant, to conduct the investigation after an old transformer was removed during construction, according to Wendy March, project manager at DNREC. “This type of contamination is common in areas containing transformers that were installed prior to 1979,” March said.

“The manufacture of PCBs was banned in 1979. The oil in the transformers was changed out to non-PCB containing oil after the ban.”

Although PCBs were banned in 1979, they may still be found in the environment as the result of “poorly maintained hazardous waste sites,” leaks and inappropriate dumping and disposal of PCBs, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

March said the risks of the contamination at 127 The Green are minimized by limiting access to the site due to chainlink fence surrounding the area.

Although the site is not accessible to pedestrians, the gate was left several feet open and pedestrians are able to walk in close proximity around the site.

During previous maintenance, fluids were presumably released from the transformers, according to Michael Gladle, the university’s director of health and safety.

He stated in an email message that the contamination was not discovered until the university tested the soil in preparation for the installation of a new transformer and emergency generator, intended as an electrical upgrade for DuPont Hall.

PCBs were frequently used in oil solutions as insulators, potentially explaining their presence in transformer fluids, chemistry professor Klaus Theopold said.

“If you have a transformer in which you have relatively high voltages, you need something that insulates the wires from each other and that’s what they were originally used for before we realized that they were bad for people,” Theopold said.

Angelia Seyfferth, plant and soil science professor, researches the environmental effects of introducing chemicals into soil and water. She stated in an email that Monsanto originally manufactured PCBs under the name “Aroclor,” and had a variety of uses and

applications.

127 The Green-1Photo Courtesy: Michael Gladle Chain-link fences obstruct pedestrian access to the site, but upon visitation, the gate was left open and pedestrials are able to walk in close proximity to the site.

While Seyfferth said PCBs were primarily used as insulants in the cause of transformers they were included in a variety of industrial use. She said PCBs were also used as a pesticide extender, flame retardant and plasticiser.

PCBs pose a number of health and environmental threats and due to their chemical composition, do not break down readily in the environment. PCS can continue circulate from soil to water to air once introduced into a specific environment.

“I think that’s one of the problems with PCBs is that they’re exceedingly stable compounds,” Theopold said.

“These carbon-chlorine bonds are very strong so these are compounds that would hang around for a long time and then they’re not very volatile so they’re really not going anywhere so that can be a problem.”

PCBs are toxic to humans at different levels, generally depending on the number of chlorine atoms and the dosage size. Their toxic effects on humans can also vary from, “skin irritation to endocrine disruption to cancer,” Seyfferth said.

Due to the persistence of PCBs in the environment, cleaning up or removing PCBs is complex and remediation time can vary depending on the load and toxicity. Seyfferth said PCBs could be removed in several ways, depending on the toxicity of the compound and its concentration.

Although both Seyfferth and Theopold said cleanup could not be done comprehensively, Theopold said one option is to reduce the compound by striping the chlorine from the molecule using a strong reducing agent, resulting in a metal salt that effectively leaves the hydrocarbon behind.

Substitution chemistry is also a viable alternative as well.

“You can essentially substitute the chlorine atoms with, lets say, hydroxyl groups or something,” Theopold said.

“That would go a long way toward eventually destroying them.”

Other contamination sites on university property include STAR Campus, which was formerly the site of the Newark Chrysler Plant. March said DNREC has been working with the university to clean up the site since 2009.

“The university takes these issues very seriously,” Gladle said. “We are removing contaminated soils delineated by an independent environmental consultant.”

Gladle said the university is voluntarily choosing the most stringent cleanup standard,

Jimmy John’s, the Illinoisbased quick-prep sandwich restaurant, has become the latest in a long line of data breach victims. It announced last week that it is currently investigating a breach affecting 216 stores across the country, including its Main Street location.

The company discovered a security issue on July 30, which affected credit and debit card data swiped at store locations, however not data from cards entered manually or online, according to a press release issued by Jimmy John’s. The press release said the breach took place from June 16 until Sept. 5 though the investigation is ongoing.

Information that would be at risk would include verification codes, card numbers, card holders’ names and expiration dates. Jimmy John’s did say that any street addresses, email usernames or passwords were not believed to be part of the breach.

“It appears that customers’ credit and debit card data was compromised after an intruder stole log-in credentials from Jimmy John’s point-ofsale vendor and used these stolen credentials to remotely access the point-of-sale systems at some corporate and franchised locations,” the press release stated. “The security compromise has been contained, and customers

can use their credit and debit cards securely at Jimmy John’s stores.”

Data breaches are becoming more and more common, with large companies such as Target, Sony, Ebay and dozens of academic institutions throughout the country all succumbing to large-scale cyber attacks. Even the U.S. military was not immune, suffering an attack in 2009 that put the information of 76 million people at risk, according to an online cyberattack database.

Since it first came to Main Street late last year, Jimmy John’s has become a steady favorite of the student population at the university.

Sophomore Katharine Grimm said she goes to Jimmy John’s about once a week and said the data breach does make her nervous about going back to the Main Street location.

An official at Jimmy John’s corporate office said the company had no further comment, and the manager of the Main Street location also declined to comment.

Stores from Minnesota to Florida were affected, up and down the east coast and as far west as Oregon. The other Jimmy John’s location in Delaware, also in Newark, was not found to have been affected.

Grimm said she uses her debit card there all the time, and at the very least she will now use exclusively cash. However, she said, she might also make a concerted effort to go to Jimmy John’s less knowing now that

her personal information and money might be in danger.

“I didn’t know that had happened,” Grimm said. “Yeah, for sure, I really honestly think I will go less now, if I do I would definitely only use cash.”

Grimm said she knows people from her hometown who were affected when Target suffered a data breach around Black Friday of last year and said they lost sizable amounts of money due to the attack. She said she thinks a company that is hacked can carry a stigma around with it, possibly causing them to lose business.

Junior Hannah Greenberg said she also goes to Jimmy John’s often, though she said she too would be more hesitant to return to the restaurant with the knowledge of the data breach. She said the convenience and prices would probably draw her back in the long run, however.

“I probably will go back, because the prices are low so I can use cash,” Greenberg said. “But it makes you a little scared.”

HARKER: ‘IT’S THOSE PERSONAL INTERACTIONS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME.’ Continued from page 1 Harker said it is essential to keep pondering a better, more efficient educational core, but said the task force that is currently working on a solution is making progress. He said there will be a consideration of already existing educational models, such as Minerva or Columbia, as a guide of sorts.

Robin Wray, senior director of development in the Alumni Giving department and a graduate of the university, said

she was impressed with the speech but agreed with him that the transition into the future of research and testing may be uneasy at times. At the same time, the university has come a long way from her time here, she said.

“When I was here, Kirkbride and Smith were new, now we don’t even need them anymore,” Wray said. “What do we do with Purnell and Smith now?”

When asked how the school can better create a welcoming

environment for students to learn within, he said there needs to be a multi-faceted approach to such an issue. He said it is crucial that acceptance and welcoming comes from every level of the university community, from the students to the Board of Trustees.

“It’s not just the effort of the people in Hullihen Hall,” Harker said. “It’s those personal interactions, at the end of the day, that make them feel welcome.”

Title IX office announces information sessions on sexual misconduct policy Information sessions regarding sexual assault and harassment on campus, as well as university policy surrounding it, were announced this week

by Title IX coordinator Susan Groff in an email sent out to the university community.

“These sessions will allow me to share what we are doing to protect and support every member of our community, and they will provide an opportunity for us to discuss our plans for the future,” Groff stated in the Sept. 25 email.

Three meetings will be held throughout the remainder of the semester in Trabant University Center Theatre. Groff said in an interview that she is looking forward to informing students of the role the Title IX office has on campus.

“It’s exciting that students are concerned about this issue, and I’m really looking forward to student input on these matters,” Groff said.

The university is among 67 institutions under investigation for its handling of sexual assault

Oct. 6 at 5:30 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre Oct. 22 at 4 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre Nov. 3 at 5:30 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre cases. Though the investigation is ongoing, Groff said her office is “looking very hard” at its policies and processes.

Groff became Title IX coordinator in June, stepping into an ever-evolving position.

She said 99 percent of her job is dedicated to solely Title IX, which was not necessarily the case for previous Title IX coordinators.

Groff said there is focus on streamlining the current process.

“We’re not doing anything wrong, just some offices weren’t talking and communicating,” Groff said. “That’s the role of a Title IX coordinator––to ensure that process is smooth and that we’re all talking to one another.”

Though still in the process of formulating the content for the information sessions, Groff said she plans on sharing with

students her role on campus, as well as the structure of her office. Since Groff became Title IX coordinator, she has initiated a governance structure that will account for complying with pending federal legislation on sexual misconduct on college campuses.

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Minn.) introduced the “Campus Accountability and Safety Act” this summer that –– if passed –– could restructure how colleges respond to sexual assault. Among the provisions are mandating resource services, requiring training for on-campus personnel and instituting anonymous surveys on students’ experiences with sexual violence. Under the bill, universities could face fines equal to one percent of its operating budget for each Title IX violation.

COWIN: IT’S IMPORTANT FOR MEN TO SLOW DOWN AND ACTUALLY LISTEN TO WOMEN.” Continued from page 1 Emma Watson also said there is importance in individuals to eradicate gender inequality, asking men—and women—to come together for the cause.

“Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive,” Watson said. “Both men and women should feel free to be strong. It is time we all see gender as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals.”

Watson’s point of men

and women coming together to address gender inequality was one that stuck out for senior Brendan DiLandro, president of the university’s Interfraternity Council (IFC).

As president of IFC, DiLandro is spearheading a partnership with Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence, hoping to spur conversations surrounding gender-based violence within the Greek community.

“We need empowerment from women, but it needs to be brought from both sides,” DiLandro said. “Men need to

buy into that train of thought as well.”

The partnership with the Interfraternity Council and the Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence, started this year by DiLandro, will eventually lead to setting up individual events to bring light to issues of gender-based violence.

By “initiating the talk” with other guys, DiLandro said men and women can begin working cooperatively.

“This is a generational movement,” DiLandro said.

“Young people need to start

taking this initiative.”

These conversations are especially important in light of the Obama Administration’s efforts to combat sexual assault on campus, as well as the university being scrutinized for its policies, DiLandro said.

For Scott, who along with sophomores Sage Carson and Cassandra Steele planned the Sept. 19 rally, said their work is far from done. Since the rally, they are working to keep the conversations going.

“We don’t want it to be a big event and drop off,” Scott

said. “We want people to be in a constant dialogue and keep in communication with administration about this issue.”

To advocate for women’s issues, Cowin also said it’s important to start the dialogue but also just as important for men to listen.

“There are experiences that men just do not have,” Cowin said. “There are certain things we aren’t exposed to—feelings and fears that aren’t on our radar. It’s important for men to slow down and actually listen to women.”

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FOLLOWING EXONERATION, IS CHRIS CHRISTIE THE GOP’S BEST HOPE?

NICOLE SULLIVAN Senior Reporter

DYLAN GALLIMORE

This past week, New Jersey Governor and Republican firebrand Chris Christie was cleared by a federal investigation that had spent months delving into his involvement in the political revenge plot that clogged the George Washington Bridge for a number of days last year.

With his name cleared by both a federal investigation and an internal one, is the governor, famous for his brash, straightforward style and confrontational nature, poised to reclaim his status as Republican frontrunner for the 2016 nomination?

Indeed, all signs point to yes. Christie has moved into first place in the RealClearPolitics.com average of 2016 Republican nomination polls.

He was recently joined in New Jersey by former Massachusetts Governor and Republican standard-bearer Mitt Romney for his 52nd birthday celebration, and for those with an especially keen memory, Christie frequently touted being the first Republican governor to endorse Romney in 2012.

The two have an important friendship. And Governor Christie can be seen in action across the country, campaigning for fellow Republican governors as they seek victory this fall. As chairman of the Republican Governor’s Association, Christie has shattered fundraising records and lent his support to Republican governors across the nation.

This access to and relationship with donors could play a key role in paving the way for a successful Christie campaign, especially if fellow governor and establishment heavyweight Jeb Bush sits out the contest. And if Christie is to seize the nomination, his attention must turn quickly to the Republican Party’s number one foe: Hillary Clinton.

Clinton boasts a remarkably high name ID and an impressive and extensive resume, having served in two branches of the federal government in different high-level positions over a period of more than 20 years. The

former U.S. senator and Secretary of State polls relatively well and will be boosted by her husband and former president, Bill Clinton, the most popular living person to have sat in the Oval Office, as well as a Democratic Party that’s finding new energy in women’s issues and racial issues. While the Democratic Party might be a bit weary after eight years of leadership under President Obama, its voters are, in many ways, energized about these issues and that energy could power a second Hillary Clinton campaign.

And so with these two roadmaps laid out, is Chris Christie the GOP’s best hope for keeping the Clintons from returning to the White House? Given the governor’s energy, connections and political savvy, I’d wager that he is, especially as rivals are tripped up by international issues (Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul), national unpopularity (Texas Sen. Ted Cruz), bad memories of 2012 (Texas Governor Rick Perry) or a general lack of enthusiasm (Rep. Paul Ryan). While it seems other potential candidates find their stock in freefall, Chris Christie’s is only just now rising—a unique and fortunatelytimed political phenomena for the governor and his future plans.

It’s yet to be seen if Chris Christie has the political chops to pry 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. from the hands of the Democrats. But while others falter and fall in the polls as Clinton awaits her challenger, Christie’s rise and exoneration marks an important political step.

While it’s far too soon to tell who will be taking the Presidential Oath come January 2017, it seems that, as of now, Chris Christie is the GOP’s best hope.

— Dylan Gallimore

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

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Stephen A. Smith stirred public discussion when he commented that Janay Palmer must have “provoked” the Ravens’ running back Ray Rice into beating her. Video footage–– released by TMZ––shows Rice punching Palmer in a casino elevator on Feb. 15, leaving her unconscious.

Smith is scheduled to present a lecture Thursday in Mitchell Hall entitled “Adversity: Keep Your Head in the Game,” sponsored by the Cultural Programming Advisory Board (CPAB).

Some students on campus, especially those involved in anti-sexual assault and anti-sexual harassment efforts, are not enthused by his arrival.

Sage Carson, a sophomore who aided in organizing the “End the Silence, End the Shame” rally, said Smith’s visit is questionable, and his comments clearly exemplify the prevalent issues surrounding domestic violence in today’s society.

“I don’t think that maybe

[Smith] realized that he was saying that if you’re born into this world as a woman, you have to make sure not to piss someone off every single day of your life because you might get punched in the face,” Carson said.

CPAB President Georgina Class-Peters said that after polling the African-American student body, the students remain excited about his visit.

“Mr. Smith made comments about domestic violence for which he has apologized,” Peters stated via email. “His body of work expands beyond his remarks.

We are excited for our lecture tonight and hope students leave feeling empowered and ready to face adversity.”

Three days into his weeklong suspension from ESPN, Smith was seen on ESPN2 apologizing to viewers.

Smith admitted what he said was the “most egregious error” of his 30-year career.

ESPN also published an apology for his statements.

“My words came across that it is somehow a woman’s fault, this was not my intent—it is not what I

SARA PFEFER/THE REVIEW Stephen A. Smith spoke about adversity to a sold out audience in Mitchell Hall Thursday night.

was trying to say,” Smith said in his apology. “Yet the failure to clearly articulate something different lies squarely on my shoulders.”

Smith goes on to admit his statement crossed the line, “sincerely apologizing” even though the apology “doesn’t do the matter its proper justice.”

Though his apology was a step in the right direction, it was not enough, said senior Kelly Scanlan, president of student organization V-Day. “What is needed is him actually changing his views and realizing that he’s wrong,” Scanlan said.

“Because I don’t know if he realized what he said was wrong or if he’s just trying to save his image.”

Jessica Schiffman, a retired women and gender studies professor from the university, said she thinks Smith is not actually antiwoman, but that he is grossly misinformed on the topic.

Amidst these everpresent intimate partner violence issues, Schiffman said within the past 20-30 years, societal sensitization to the issues as a whole has grown. However, it may take time before widespread attitude change takes hold.

“Social change isn’t immediate. it’s often very painful,” she said. “There’s still, I would say, a cultural reliance on the kind of ignorant response that Stephen was vocalizing, and we still have a lot of work to do.”

Both Carson and Schiffman stressed that although CPAB did not need to cancel the event, it is important for spectators to understand the situation that occurred in July and have the opportunity to discuss said comments during the question and answer portion of his talk.

For Students Acting for Gender Equity (SAGE) President Naomi Major, she would like to see Smith’s comments turn into an educational experience for the public.

“Because the people that are watching sports or paying attention to ESPN might not be very knowledgeable about sexual assault or domestic violence,” Major said. “I don’t want anyone in authority to keep perpetuating that ignorance.”

Smith’s talk highlights overcoming adversity to achieve goals JACK RODGERS Staff Reporter As people filed into the auditorium at Mitchell Hall on Thursday, conversations in the crowd focused on Derek Jeter––the Yankees’ star shortstop––starting his final game in the Bronx.

From talk of his stats to brothers and sisters of audience members who were in attendance in New York that evening, murmurs about “The Captain” filled the auditorium.

It was the picture-perfect night for sports journalist Stephen A. Smith to visit campus to discuss his forte.

However, his main focus during his appearance was not about athletics.

Smith’s journalism career began in 1993 as a high school sports writer at the New York Daily News. He also worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer and has written a general sports column for the NBA. His resume includes a stint hosting his own weekday radio show, appearing as a regular guest on MSNBC and his current hosting duties of ESPN’s morning sports talk show, First Take.

The title of the lecture, “Adversity: Keep Your Head in the Game” was aptly named, Smith said.

“The reason that I think that’s an important discussion to have is because you all need to understand that none of you will escape

the responsibility of [...] being confronted by having to keep your head in the game,” Smith said. “None of you will escape adversity.”

Adversity was not the only topic Smith discussed.

Smith also talked about how to succeed after college, how to survive the adversity everyone experiences and how important it is to have connections.

He reiterated the importance of loving what one does for a living, having a portfolio and the experience needed to get to do what one loves. These were his keys to “keeping one’s head in the game.”

“But you got to want it,” he said. “You have to understand everything that it takes, all that it entails and what you need to do in order to get what you want because you have to fully appreciate that nobody, in this day and age, is going to be anxious to help you.”

He paused and scanned the audience.

“How many of you are sitting next to your friends in this room?” Smith said.

“Raise your hands.”

The sold out audience all raised a hand.

“Put your d--- hands down. You don’t have no d--friends,” Smith said. “You think you do. But you don’t.

Do you know why? Because you’re out for you. You’re looking out for you.”

After the lecture, Smith concluded with a Q&A where

he touched on smaller ideas, such as NBA rookies and how to keep one’s will to keep fighting adversity going.

Junior Brandon Cohen said he learned from Smith’s lecture.

“I definitely learned that you really do have to act professional to get to where you want,” Cohen said. “To be a professional you have to act professional. Everyone knows who Stephen A. Smith is, but nobody really knows that he still has a boss to answer to and that helped me understand.”

Senior Adem Cemerlic asked Smith about possible weak qualities he may have and how he has dealt with them throughout his career and personal life.

Smith said he has always needed more balance between all the different aspects of his life, particularly in dedicating time to relaxing and enjoying life. Smith gives others the sense that they too can overcome adversity, Cemerlic said.

“Smith has some general ideas, but he conceptualizes them really well,” Cemerlic said. “And when you look at him as a personal example and testament to those quotes about hard work and work ethic, it really puts things in perspective, and it gives you a sense of, ‘I can do this too.’ If he faced so much adversity in his life, then I can do it too.”

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VALERY LOPEZ/THE REVIEW Students in Cox’s MOOC learn the fundamentals of photography. Over 1,300 participants are enrolled in his online course.

Massive open online courses connect students from around the globe TORI NADEL Senior Reporter Professor Jon Cox has 1,343 students in one of his art classes he is currently teaching.

Cox’s students hail from around the globe, including Arizona, Tanzania, Jordan, Iraq and South America.

Cox’s five-week course, “Phoneography: The Basics of Cell Phone Photography” is a Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC, the first of its kind at the university.

In his course, Cox teaches the fundamentals of photography––composition, lighting as well as color and black and white photography.

At the end of the course, students will have a website of their works.

These courses allow for an unlimited number of people to take the course from anywhere in the world, Cox said.

“Basically you are putting your information out there and anyone can take advantage of it,” Cox said. “A lot of MOOCs are set up so students can pop in and out but I designed the class to be start to finish because to me, photography is a progression where you learn A to get to C.” In addition to allowing anyone in the world to take the course, MOOCs differ from traditional online courses because there are no grades and they are not for credit, Cox said.

Since he cannot grade every participant’s work himself, Cox has the students critique each other’s photos via their websites or Instagram, where #udphoneography is used by the class to track images. Not being able to give feedback and grade students, however, is a negative aspect of MOOCs, he said.

Not only does Cox teach his MOOC, he is also teaching ART180, an online course through the university. These students are following the same path as those taking the

MOOC. “The goal of the MOOC is diversifying my students and letting them interact on a global level,” Cox said.

While Cox’s course has over 1,300 participants, MOOCs are notorious for low completion rates. “[Completion rate] is definitely lower than what we see in common education, but if [the MOOC] reaches a large number of students, it is still doing well,” Chrystalla Mouza, an associate professor of instructional technology said. “Some people sign up just for the experience or for a few modules and not entire course.”

Instructional technology can be used to help present material and make information available to students 24/7, Mouza said.

While MOOCs are available through some institutions and throughout the world, traditional universities should not be concerned about them taking their students, she said.

“Personally I wouldn’t worry about that until MOOCs figure out how to be used for credit,” Mouza said. “Degrees are still important and a role that traditional universities are still a big part of, but MOOCs can be used for professional training.”

Cox believes MOOCs can enrich the university experience, though they are unlikely to replace traditional classes.

His class––and photography being used as a mode of communication––is changing the world by making it ‘smaller.’

Adam Brachmann is a career and technical educator in photo imaging and photo/ yearbook graphic design in El Mirage, Ariz., who is taking part in Cox’s MOOC. He also signed up 78 of his students after he heard about the course from his mentor, not realizing at the time that the course would be worldwide, he said.

Brachmann said he thought the MOOC could complement the classes he was teaching and help improve his students’ skills.

“I noticed that it utilized basic composition and fundamentals of photography, so that was a good thing for my kids,” Brachmann said. “I have cameras for my students to use in class but it’s really cool that they can use their phones.”

Brachmann said he grades his students on the four photos they have to take each week for the MOOC’s lesson and will grade the students on their final websites once the course is complete.

The MOOC has allowed his first year students to slowly ease into the techniques and not feel the pressure to be perfect with their first assignments, Brachmann said. He said it has also enabled some of his students to take on a selfproclaimed student-teacher role and help fellow classmates with the assignments and techniques.

Mouza also uses technology to improve her teaching and student learning experience, and has noticed an increase in interactive components used by other faculty, she said.

Students at the university will not be able to find Cox’s MOOC via courses search or anywhere else. It is offered through canvas.net, a different website than the one used on campus.

The reaction to his MOOC has been mixed, Cox said. Some question the appropriateness of MOOCs, but Cox is just happy they are being discussed.

“I think what’s exciting for me is whatever your stand is on a MOOC, it’s definitely starting conversations here,” Cox said.

“UD is not at the forefront of them, so it’s getting people to realize that we should talk about it and figure out what the proper steps are to talk about MOOCs.”

Approximately 24 percent of students who enrolled at the university were minorities in 2013, which includes students of Asian, African-American, Hispanic and Native American descent, according to a “UD Facts and Figures” report on the university’s website.

Residence life has developed numerous programs to foster inclusion and acceptance on campus for minorities, including the Cultural Exchange Program, as shown on the residence life home page.

The Cultural Exchange Program was founded to provide both domestic and international students a chance to socialize and learn about other cultures. By creating an environment where students from vastly different cultures can interact, the program’s website said it hoped to create “a more inclusive, culturally aware and globally engaged campus community.”

While the number of matriculated international students remains at a steady 4.3 percent, the university ranks slightly above average when compared to the percentage of international students in public universities, as shown on the U.S. News’ international college ranking list.

Sarah Fulton, a junior public policy major and Munson Fellow for the Honors Program, said the university still has some room to grow.

“It’s 2014—we’re always going to have opportunities and ways to expand diversity,” Fulton said. “Although, I’m in my junior year now, and I can say for sure that it has increased in my two and a half years of being here.”

In her role as a Munson Fellow, Fulton said she acts as a peer mentor for honors students, serving as an academic resource for them. She said the fellows work with resident assistants to create and implement several activities to make it easier for students to adjust to college life.

The types of programs range from building-wide events and floor-to-floor events, where smaller groups of students can bond and get to know one another. Fulton said they can include social, educational, cultural and even political activities.

“Last week, we had a voter registration drive, where students could register and learn about College Democrats and Republicans and have any of their questions answered,” she said. “There are always different things going on in the lounge, so it’s good to have those kinds of events to make every single student feel more involved.”

Kathleen Kerr, executive director of Residence Life and Housing, said the university has a long and rich tradition of attracting a highly diverse staff from a broad range of ethnicities.

“Every year, we seek to

build each complex’s staff with lots of different perspectives and identities, who can succeed with [relating to] any student regardless of their backgrounds,” Kerr said.

Around 300 students send in applications for RA positions each year, a third of whom are usually hired, Kerr said.

For full-time positions, she said the program usually receives around 200 to 500 applications for any single opening.

Kerr said all the hired RAs, who are chosen from a wide array of backgrounds, are required to attend training sessions by the Office of International Students and Scholars, in order to undergo extensive diversity training.

“Our job is to help the students develop the community and engage everyone on campus,” she said. “A lot of training sessions touch on the topic, whether it is a session addressing gender-based violence or one dealing with mental health issues.”

Fulton said the Munson Fellows go through their own training a few days before move-in, where they learn about conflict resolution, leadership and team-building.

“I’m one of 17 fellows, so it’s also about getting to know one another so we can fully utilize everyone’s niche and interest on campus,” she said. “When a student is interested in a specific subject matter or from a specific background, I can usually try to direct them to someone who can help them out in that particular area. And that only happens when you know people well.”

While many feel that the university falls short when it comes to diversity and inclusion, Kerr said the major focus of the resident assistants is to reverse that notion and connect students with one another.

“RAs reach out to individuals and to the community at large— they help promote engagement opportunities,” she said. “They are there to foster a welcoming and inclusive community on the floor and all students are encouraged to take an active role in contributing their time and talents.”

Kerr said all residence halls are designed not only to be inclusive but also to develop peer-to-peer connections among everyone.

“There’s no pressure or obligation for a student to join a floor or hall-wide community, but the invitation and the encouragement is always present for every program, activity and organization,” she said.

Fulton said increasing diversity is an essential aspect of campus life.

“Having the experience of learning new things from your peers is great,” she said. “College is a place where you can learn about new customs, new ways of living, new languages, views and beliefs—it’s really just a melting pot of people. And it’s interesting to get immersed in such a place.”

CNN journalist Peter Hamby to speak at National Agenda tomorrow JAY PANANDIKER News Assignment Editor National Agenda brings speakers from all across the political realm—from political operatives to comedians. For this month’s edition, CNN National Political Reporter Peter Hamby is visiting Wednesday, Oct. 1 to talk about media and the campaign trail. Hamby has been on the road with the McCain, Clinton and Romney campaigns. He currently works at CNN’s Washington bureau.

Jay Panandiker: Could you talk a little bit about your reporting career? How did you get started?

Peter Hamby: I grew up with two parents who worked in local news in Washington, so it was always in my blood. I went to Georgetown and worked for the newspaper there, and then I went to journalism school at NYU. I happened to get my foot in the door at CNN in Washington. When the 2008 campaign was starting up, I was assigned to be an embed—they travel around the country with the campaign, as a producer and reporter. And that sort of evolved into general campaign reporting.

JP: What’s it like to be an embed for a campaign? What’s

the culture like?

PH: The culture of a campaign is known inside the trade as the bubble. In Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2008––at the height of it––she would do four or five events a day. You would wake up in Cleveland, meet with the rest of the press corps at like 5 a.m., pile onto a bus, go to an event and cover what she said. It’s very fast-paced, but it’s a close community so you make a lot of friends.

JP: You’ve covered the John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney campaigns. Was there a difference in the culture and how they treated the press?

PH: Every candidate is different, and the staff around the candidate takes on the personality and culture of the candidate. Romney in 2012 particularly was a very cautious and methodical person. His campaign behaved in the same way. They sort of kept the media at arms length.

In 2008, Clinton’s campaign did that to an even greater extent. I would say they were even more hostile and more combative. When he was losing, they let reporters have as much access as they wanted. When he won the nomination, the McCain campaign realized they couldn’t put their candidate in

such a volatile environment. As a reporter, that campaign was fun to cover because it leaked like a sieve.

JP: What impact has Twitter had on campaign trail reporting?

PH: I did a fellowship at the Kennedy school and I wrote a paper called “Did Twitter Kill the Boys on the Bus” which was colored based on my experiences. I interviewed people from the Romney and Obama campaign and reporters for their thoughts on what had happened in 2012, and Twitter just kept resurfacing. The unfiltered nature of reporting didn’t allow for a lot of sober reflection for the campaign on what we were choosing to cover.

There were a lot of complaints that Twitter sucked a lot of the depth out of the campaign, and that all we cover were trivia and gaffes.

JP: Oftentimes media gets accused of being biased with political coverage. How important is being unbiased to you?

PH: It’s essential. Its not to say there’s no space for reporting with perspective.

Let’s be honest, its kind of canard to think that everyone in journalism is objective all the time. It’s also silly to think there are two sides to every

issue. Some issues are true, and some are not. In the ocean of information that’s out there, I do think the role of places like CNN is to have cultures that focus on getting things right. I think there is a role for that. And I think we’re a validator. We may not get the highest ratings or the web traffic all the time, but when it matters, people come to us.

JP: Do you think media has a tendency to sensationalize less important stories and miss stories that are?

PH: I think that happens all the time. From a TV perspective it’s an inescapable fact that while not everything is ratings driven, ratings do matter. We have to cover what people are interested in. At times that can be frustrating, but it’s the democracy of ideas. If there’s a story out there that people care about, why shouldn’t we cover it? In a world where the Internet doesn’t exist that may be a big deal, but we don’t live in that world. If you don’t like the news you see on TV you can look up news on your phone, or guess what—you can just change the channel. That’s the world we live in. I think we’re handling the balancing act really well.

JP: Why are you coming for National Agenda? What do you

plan on talking about?

PH: Ralph Begleiter reached out to me. Actually, I like to talk about the state of American politics and the news media. I’ve been at CNN and in Washington for ten years and I’ve seen the environment change in that time. When I started at CNN, YouTube didn’t exist, the iPhone didn’t exist and now those things are just sort of ubiquitous. I love taking questions and engaging people on their views on politics and the upcoming 2016 race, but also the choices we have to make in the news media and how I’m a part of that and what I think we can do better.

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Philosopher discusses drug decriminalization, war on drugs ANDREW SOMMERS Staff Reporter

Drug decriminalization often sparks heated debate.

Friday afternoon’s Norton lecture delivered by Douglas Husak, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, was no exception.

Husak lectured students and members of the general

COURTESY OF RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Douglas Husak, a professor from Rutgers University, studies criminal law with a focus on examining the philosophical implications of drug laws.

public about his philosophical take on drug decriminalization.

Husak said the negative effects of drugs have been grossly exaggerated and criminalization often does more harm than good.

“I am not aware of any illicit drug that actually exists that I think people should be punished for using,” he said.

As part of the Norton lecture series on ethics in the public interest, Husak, who has spent a quarter of his professional life on this topic, analyzed the philosophical rationale for decriminalizing drugs.

Although Husak said that there are aspects of the debate he does not understand, he maintained that most people will agree that there must be changes to the current system.

“I don’t think the data shows that any drug is worrisome enough to pass the case for criminalization,” Husak said. “‘Should we criminalize drugs?

That’s the question we need to answer.”

After giving many lectures on the issue, Husak discussed what the major recurring concerns were. He found that

one big area of discussion was of children and adolescents.

He realized that during every debate on the issue he attended, people brought up how we need to protect the younger generation, and health is one of the main issues.

“The idea that we should punish people to get them to do or not to do things because the things they do are bad for them is a principle that is pretty hard to defend,” Husak said. “And not many people are willing to defend it when it is put in those terms.”

How health concerns support criminalization is something Husak said we need to examine. The one concerning argument that Husak said he takes the most seriously is the correlation between drug use and crime. However, Husak used New York City as an example, stating that crime rates have dropped steeply, while drug use has not.

Husak also touched on the politics behind “the war on drugs.” He said he did not believe the issue was really about drugs and discussed how drug laws are used by police to

stop ––arguably more serious–– criminal offences.

Husak noted how small serious drug reform talk is on a federal level.

“The libertarians are the only people in Congress working for drug reform on a federal level,” he said.

Freshman Ori Zaff, who attended the lecture with his philosophy class, disagreed with Husak’s views on decriminalization, despite acknowledging Husak’s logical approach to of the issue.

“I’m not sure I agree with his perspective of decriminalization, but I do think that it’s important to investigate this issue further, especially as the prevalence of drug use changes more from recreational drugs of the past to prescription drug use that is currently inflating,” Zaff said.

Junior Lauren Webb is still unsure about drug decriminalization.

“I think there are a lot of logical arguments for it, but one topic that wasn’t really addressed much is educating children,” Webb said. “I still think criminalization of drugs has a big effect on deterring

children from trying drugs.”

However, Webb did appreciate what Husak had to say on the issue and said he seemed very knowledgeable and was an intriguing speaker.

She said there needs to be more deliberation to try and answer questions surrounding drug culture.

Husak said he thinks that there is no justification for criminalizing drugs in the first place. In fact, criminalization may have the unintended consequence of increasing drug usage, Husak said, because of the tendency that people have to want something they are not allowed to have, which he called the “forbidden fruit effect.”

However, Husak acknowledged that the debate is complex, encompassing a wide variety of fields including, health, law and philosophy.

While experts in a given field may understand a part of the issue, a comprehensive understanding of the debate is difficult to achieve.

“There is not a single person who has a good handle on all of it,” he said.

BROOKS: ‘DIVERSITY MEANS EXPERIENCING THE WORLD FOR WHAT IT IS. AND [THE WORLD] EXTENDS BEYOND YOUR OWN ETHNICITY OR CULTURE.’ Continued from page 1 This sparked a backlash on Twitter under the hashtag #DontStand4RacismUD. President Harker responded to the incident by sending an email to the entire university community condemning the yaks, saying that such behavior “has no place on our campus.”

“When it comes to racism, I don’t believe it’s everyone, but I also don’t believe it’s just a few people,” Brooks said. “People do upvote the yaks. I do think it’s a bigger issue, but I also don’t think it’s everyone, and I don’t experience stuff like that all the time.”

Brooks said she came to the university looking for the “Blue Hen dream” where everyone would be united by being Blue Hens, but after seeing the posts on Yik Yak she began to wonder if she truly belonged to the

community, or if she was just a “partial Blue Hen.” There is a problem with this that goes back to being educated on the race and culture of others, Webster said. Many students come to the university from communities even less diverse than the campus and see this as a traditional setting, he said.

“We’re a speck on the student body,” he said. “But if it’s the most diverse someone’s seen—and I’m not trying to fault them—they may not know how to interact or know what is offensive and what is not.”

Chad Forbes, psychology professor and faculty scholar at the Center for the Study of Diversity, said he thinks the Yik Yak posts are an interesting example of the university’s reaction to racism.

“You get a few of those stupid comments and then you

get this really strong backlash,” he said. “This provides insight or suggests that the norm is to be egalitarian and unbiased, and these are what we strive for.”

The only way you can solve racism, Creecy said—and he does think it exists at the university—is through learning.

You cannot go into someone else’s mind and change the way he or she thinks, he said, but you can open them up to other cultures, and you can try to become a more worldly person yourself.

Forbes said there are pragmatic reasons for diversity as well. If you systematically exclude an entire group of people, you are undermining your talent pool, he said, because there are qualified people of all groups and backgrounds and excluding certain perspectives.

Sophomore Megan Aidoo, secretary of HOLA, said she

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thinks the average student does not think diversity is important and that some students may not realize how lacking the school is in diversity.

“I love different cultures, and I embrace them,” she said.

“I wish everyone else would do the same.”

Webster agreed that the climate at the university could be better. He said the members of the black community, especially those in BSU, want the university to become more integrated. They want to be embraced by the general community, and they want to embrace others, he said.

“There is some tension and it’s noticeable and that’s not okay,” he said.

Alston, who acts as treasurer of Haven, said students need to understand and appreciate other sorts of diversity as well. He mentioned

intersectionality, which means you cannot separate different parts of a person’s identities from one another. For instance, you cannot separate someone’s queerness from his or her blackness, he said, because they all intersect and create a whole human being.

Brooks said she thinks diversity is very important in college because no matter what field you go into you are going to have to work with people who do not look like you, so being tolerant is deeply important.

She said interacting with other people has helped her learn more about herself and her culture.

“Diversity means experiencing the world for what it is,” Brooks said. “And [the world] extends beyond your own ethnicity or culture.”

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‘Fade to Black’ film series uses satire, dark humor to analyze politics RACHEL WILSON Staff Reporter

ANDREW KUCZMARSKI/THE REVIEW Newark Natural Foods will move locations within the next several months.

Newark Natural Foods to move to larger space HALEY HARRIS Staff Reporter The Newark Natural Foods co-op is slated to move from its current location at 280 E. Main Street to the Newark Shopping Center located at 230 E. Main St. in January or February. The Newark Shopping Center is home to the Newark Cinema Center 3, Goodwill and several other stores and restaurants.

Assistant manager Ethan Knettler said this is not the first time the store will move locations. The store previously operated on Haines Street in the late 1960s and early 1970s before moving to its current location at 280 E. Main St. “We wanted to expand for a little bit,” Knettler said, in reference to the expansion that will occur at the new shopping center location.

The decision to expand was a decision made by members of the co-op through votes. ARC Realty manages the Newark Shopping Center.

President of ARC Realty Mark Arena said he has been in contact with the Co-op for some time now.

“We started talking to them probably a year ago. It will be a renovated shopping center that fronts on Main Street,” Arena said.

Arena also said ARC Realty is excited for the addition of Newark Natural Foods because

it brings a fresh concept to the shopping center.

City councilman Stu Markham, whose district includes the shopping center, also played a part in the decision process for the new location.

“It was an easy decision for council,” Markham said.

“Newark Natural Foods will bring a lot of positivity to the Newark Shopping Center, given its reputation for being a healthy option for shoppers as well as a means for local farmers to sell their products. I think it’s going to be positive because they should be expanding.”

Knettler said shoppers will notice a lot of improvements at the new location. The size of the store will increase, there will be more parking and the location itself will bring in more business due to the fact that it will be in plain view in a frequently visited shopping center, he said.

Within the store itself, shoppers will be pleased to utilize a full service café, increased products, a juice and salad bar, as well as two to three community rooms, he said. Because the cafe is new, there will also be additional jobs created by the new store, he said.

The co-op is always accepting new members, Knettler said, and a student discount as well as volunteer opportunities are always available.

Coming to terms with a post-nuclear war world may not seem a likely topic for a comedy. however, in Stanley Kubrick’s acclaimed cold war film “Dr. Strangelove,” this theme serves as vehicle not only for comedy, but also for political critique.

Now the university is hoping to capitalize on this type of satire to discuss political topics with it’s new film series, “Fade to Black.”

The semester-long series features five American-made films themed around political satire and dark humor. The series is offered as a one-credit class and is open to all majors.

It is also open and free for the public.

Communications professor Lindsay Hoffman created the series, calling it the first of its kind. So far, she said the series has been very well received by students.

“My objective is just to get students interested and engaged and thinking about things that they maybe wouldn’t ordinarily,” said Hoffman.

The films in the series are “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” “Wag the Dog,” “Do the Right Thing” and “Thank You for Smoking.”

Hoffman said these particular films were chosen for their “iconic representation of dark political humor.” The theme of dark political humor was chosen to lighten up issues.

“Sometimes that’s the only way people can talk about these very difficult issues,” Hoffman said. “It brings people to the issue in a more entertaining way but also helps you to think about these things.”

In order to get students more interested in the political topics she wanted to address, Hoffman added a component to the series that most professors would often choose to ban instead: Twitter. The class is set up with two screens, one for viewing the movie and one for viewing a live-feed of tweets written by anyone in attendance.

The Fade To Black film series alternates with the National Agenda program, which was created by Ralph Begleiter, the director of the Center for Political Communication, where social media is also a component.

Begleiter said so far, students have been using social media appropriately during class time. It is up to them to use their discretion and decide what kind of impression they want to make on the Twitter world.

“It lets the public know that we’re doing interesting things here,” Begleiter said of

COURTESY OF JAMES VAUGHAN/FLICKR The second film featured in the series, “Dr. Strangelove,” conveys political humor discussed in the class.

appropriate social media usage.

“Put on your brain before you engage your fingers and type those tweets.”

For junior Jenelle Buckle, the constant stream of tweets about the history of the first film, “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” made her want to join in the conversation.

“It made me want to look stuff up and post it as well,” she said.

Students are encouraged to tweet facts, comments and anything that comes to mind while they’re viewing the films using the hashtag “#UDFadeToBlack.” In fact, Twitter is such a large component of the course that five tweets about each film are required for credit.

It doesn’t seem to be too challenging for the students. A search of “#UDFadeToBlack” on Twitter brings up hundreds of tweets from just the first film screening.

Hoffman believes this new type of interaction with the ideas behind the films can make thinking, talking and even tweeting about politics more accessible and more enjoyable for students and non-students alike.

“That’s what I’m trying to do with the film series,” Hoffman said. “Offer an entertaining way for students to think about politics to get engaged with the university and to have fun.”

As far as the future of the Fade To Black film series goes, Hoffman said it will be running again next fall. She has already begun to think about themes for the future.

Students are thinking ahead as well. Buckle, who is not officially enrolled in the course, already said she would register for next year’s series.

“It’s not just about politics,” said Buckle. “It’s all about teaching a lesson through the movie and incorporating Twitter and social media.”

The next film in the Fade To Black series is “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” the film will begin rolling Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Mitchell Hall.

EDITORIAL A common misconception: depression October is National Depression Awareness Month, so what better time shed some light in a darker place.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, an estimated 25% of young adults between ages 18 to 24 have a diagnosable mental illness, some of which have the ability to affect every aspect of life on a daily basis.

Depression is a fairly common mental illness among college students and in a nationwide survey the American College Health Association discovered that 30 percent of students admitted to feeling so depressed, resulting in an inability to function at some point throughout the year.

A lot of the time, the transition to college can prove stressful. Living away from family for the first time challenges students to be independent, forcing them to get a grip on reality and grow up fairly quickly.

Trying to maintain relationships with old friends from home

becomes difficult, and making new friends can be extremely worrisome. That does not even begin to highlight the stress associated with keeping up with academics and upholding a social life, whether by participating in greek life, athletics, or other clubs around campus. In the midst of all life throws, it is not uncommon to feel isolated, and college can certainly spark looming concerns about finances.

Mental illnesses can unfortunately affect various aspects of lives. For instance, depression can affect academic performance, lead to an increase in substance abuse, and also pose a major risk factor for suicide. In a study conducted by the American College Health Association in 2011, more than 6 percent of college students claimed they had at some point contemplated suicide, the third leading cause in death among young adults ages 15 to 24.

According to the American Psychological Association, it is

imperative to address mental health issues that are prevalent in young adult populations, most specifically among those of lower socioeconomic status.

On a somewhat positive note, campus communities reach over half of young adults, thus presenting many unique opportunities to address mental health issues in the important age group, such as help groups and hotlines.

As if depression is not enough to cope with however, consider the stigma associated with the illness and some of the blatant insensitivities. Some fellow students do not have enough knowledge about the topic to realize that mental illnesses are common and very serious. Yet, comments such as something like, “The Starbucks barista in Smith gave me a salted mocha caramel latte instead of pumpkin spice, so depressed” are insensitive. It is highly unlikely that not being able to get a cup of coffee would result in symptoms similar to those of

depression. There are way worse things in the world, and you are probably not depressed.

So, let us get this straight so we can understand clearly: Due to the fact that your coffee was the wrong flavor this morning, you will now suffer from a lack of sleep, a ruined metabolism, feelings of sadness, loneliness, irritability, and persistent pain?

Must have been a terrible drink, but maybe the barista will be able to compensate you for the antidepressants and counseling.

Whether stress induced, based on the environment, or a predisposed genetic makeup, there are different signs and symptoms of depression. Obviously, feelings of sadness, anxiousness, guilt, or worthlessness are likely. The National Institute of Mental Health notes that a lack of energy, problems concentrating, and strange sleeping and eating patterns as some other symptoms of depression.

The stigma associated with depression is a major reason why students tend to avoid seeking help. Having a mental illness is not bad or weird, it is treated as such and it should not be.

Mental illnesses are just like any other type of illness. A lot of the time unfortunately, we alienate those affected with mental challenges.

We hold the door open for the injured football player struggling across campus on crutches and practice compassion in other places it is due. The same should be applied to any type of mental illness, no matter what. Those afflicted with mental illnesses such as depression fight constant wars in their minds on a day to day basis.

It is imperative to take a step back and look at the bigger picture to realize that everyone truly does fight his or her own battle, even if it is all mental.

Robin William’s suicide this past August reminded everyone that depression can affect even the funniest, most successful, wealthiest people. It has no boundaries because beneath everything, we are all the same, spoiler alert.

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”

- Ernest Hemingway

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Editorial: #HeForShe shows progress Emma Watson’s powerful speech to the United Nations has taken the world by storm.

Social media users, including celebrities, have taken to the internet to express their support of the #HeForShe, a campaign emphasizing the need for men to support feminism. All genders have a role to play in the fight for equality. Just as women deserve the right to demand respect in the boardroom without repercussion, men deserve the right to express their feelings without being mocked. (Is the campaign actually about men being “allowed” to be more sensitive?)

In order for this campaign to succeed, men and women everywhere need to take notice.

The gender stereotypes that plague societies around the world weren’t created in a day and they certainly won’t disappear due to a few well-meaning Facebook posts. Real actions are necessary to propagate a culture that values

the contributions of people as individuals, not as players on team blue or team pink.

When allegations of a mishandled sexual harassment complaint on campus broke, faculty members responded by writing an open letter to the university community. The letter called for a “just and compassionate path forward,” and university policies that respect the rights and welfare of victims. We were heartened to see that women weren’t the only members of the faculty that chose to sign the letter. About half of the letter’s signers are men. On this campus, we are fortunate to be surrounded by professors of both sexes who refuse to stand for gender-based violence.

Members of our student body are also showing support for gender equality. The interfraternal council, a campus coalition of fraternities, welcomed a speaker from the Delaware Coalition

Against Domestic Violence last week. The budding relationship between these two organizations is encouraging. Domestic violence is not a women’s issue. It’s not a men’s issue. It’s a people issue.

In the equal world fought for by feminists, people of all genders will respect one another or be empowered to end a relationship if that is not what a relationship is offering. By hosting a speaker from the Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the interfraternal council is taking an important step towards acknowledging the importance of gender-based isssues.

Feminism isn’t a man-hating theory confined to the pages of a Women’s Studies text books.

Feminism is a common-sense movement towards dignity for all.

There’s evidence, some of it on our own campus, that it’s a growing movement. All of uswould be wise to see that it succeeds.

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Student groups host “Feminist Welcome Back” Three student groups, VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood, Students Acting for Gender Equity (SAGE) and V-Day, joined Wednesday for the Feminist Welcome Back on Trabant’s patio.

The event allowed passersby to write why they value feminism on a white board.

“We teach women self-defense in RAD [Rape and Assault Defense] courses, which is great, but we shouldn’t have to; instead we should be teaching people not to rape.”

-Senior Kelly Scanlan President of V-Day and secretary of S.A.G.E.

“When women express their opinions, they are called bossy, but men are called leaders,” Doolittle says. “We can’t just treat it as an individual problem, though. Yes, it’s on us to recognize it, but it’s on the system to change it.”

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-Senior Kelsey Doolittle, Vice President of V-Day

Photo Essay: Rainy days in Delaware Andrew Kuczmarski

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“Boy on the Bus” National Agenda Wednesday, Oct. 1 7:30 p.m.

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11th annual Taste of Newark unites university, city MANDY WASSUM Staff Reporter

Festival bridges university and city with food Eager chefs, assorted cuisine and award-winning wines proved to be a foodie’s paradise.

Hundreds of Newark residents gathered Sunday for the 11th annual “Taste of Newark” festival on the university’s Old College lawn.

The festival featured 48 vendors from the greater Newark area, showcasing local talent producing a variety of dishes and drinks. There was also a raffle, a silent auction to benefit the Newark Arts Alliance, a cooking demonstration and a “Battle of the Chefs.”

Upon entering, every guest received a bag filled with a champagne glass, a schedule of the day’s events, a Downtown Newark informational pamphlet and a tray to be used while wandering around the lawn.

Each local business set up tables stocked with their cuisine, ranging from SAS Cupcakes’ array of cake pops to colorful milkshakes from Cheeburger Cheeburger.

Sasha Aber of Home Grown Café has been participating in Taste of Newark since its advent. Her husband, Eric Aber, former “Battle of the Chefs” champion, competed again this year, building a dish from secret ingredients to be judged among a panel.

“It’s just nice to see all the local businesses come together and be under some big tents,” Aber says.

Josh Towber, 23, from Galer Estate Vineyard and Winery in Kennett Square, Pa., has attended Taste of Newark for the past two years. He says his favorite part is the sense of comradery, and the prospect of some new customers.

Former Mayor Vance A. Funk III, who started the event 11 years ago, is now co-chair alongside Mayor Polly Sierer. The Downtown Newark Partnership and the university’s Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management (HRIM) program presented the event.

“Well, the reason I created it was that I wanted to do something the city and the university were working together on,” Funk says. “When I ran for office, the city and the university hated each other.”

Over the years, Funk says he has watched the Taste of Newark evolve. Though retired, he remains an active participant.

The event has grown since its inception, Funk says, with almost 50 restaurants participating and an estimated 1,000 people attending. Over the last 10 years, he says, $225,000

Taste of Newark has raised $225,000 over the last 10 years for the HRIM program at the university.

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SARA PFEFER/THE REVIEW Buckley’s Tavern Executive Chef Tom Hannum provides a celebrity cooking demonstration at Taste of Newark on Sunday. has been raised for the HRIM program.

Tankia Ferguson, a junior HRIM major, was working the event for the first time.

“It is kind of cool that all the restaurants in the area come together and showcase food so that the people in the community [can] get a taste

of their food and come visit,” Ferguson says.

Junior Dan McDermott came strictly for the food.

“Eating their food makes

me actually want to go to their restaurants,” McDermott says.

“It’s a good marketing scheme.”

Tailgating remains strong on campus ELIZABETH CEFALY Staff Reporter

“MOST AMERICANS I’VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WERE FRIENDLY TO ME AND MADE ME FEEL ACCEPTED.” ARCHIVE PHOTO Alumni Dave Fetterman, Vince Wood and Mike Fay enjoy the festivities before the Homecoming game in October 2005.

Although the university changed its tailgating policies in 2000, the most loyal tailgaters remain a staple at Blue Hen home games.

With the new rules, when the game starts, anyone on the property needs to be either in the stadium or driving away, and there will no longer be reentry with pass-out checks or hand stamps. The university is also enforcing an alcoholfree policy and requiring parking passes for all tailgaters.

“I’m quite experienced—I don’t know if you could say I’m world-class,” Jim Butler, 60, former student and longtime tailgater, says with a chuckle.

Butler says his tailgates are small, usually consisting of about four to six people.

“We started this pastime many years ago,” Butler

says. “Some of my friends had a long-standing tailgate in the Brown lot, by the east entrance. Starting out, we would park all the way in the remote lot and drag all our gear in with food and drinks before the game.”

Butler says he considers his tailgates to be very relaxed, with a lot of conversation and catching up.

“We only see each other about six times a year, so the tailgate is typically very family oriented,” Butler says.

Kathie DegliObizzi, 54, has been tailgating with a larger crowd ever since her husband Mark, also 54, graduated from the university in 1983.

“Typically, our tailgates are never less than 20 people,” DegliObizzi says.

“Even the trumpet players always stop by and do a dance before they go in.”

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GOAT’S “COMMUNE”

JAKE KAIRIS

The subject of this week’s review is the new album “Commune” from Swedish psychedelic drone-rock world folk music band Goat. But, before we discuss the actual music (which is magnificent), I’d like to take a minute to talk about cultural appropriation.

When I first came into contact with Goat, it was through their first album “World Music” and its most jangly track “Run To Your Mama.” The desertswagger drone recalled tUnEyArDs, and naturally, everyone was excited for a new band in the mainstream mix that sounds like Merrill Garbus’s glorious creations.

But, as I began researching Goat for this review, I came across a video of their live performance, which revealed itself as a madcap demonstration of almost every third-world cultural stereotype that the band could drum up.

I invite you all to YouTube “Goat live Union Transfer” and witness this show. The lead singers wear what look to be traditional African masks, but topped with plumage of a Native American headdress. Another member dons a weave of hanging gold jewels that cover his/her face, complementing the red and silver kimono. The bassist wears a hijab. What is going on here and where are we?

In the video, we’re in Philadelphia, but the group hails from Sweden, in the most remote reaches of the town Korpilombolo. That is, if you believe the press-released backstory of the town’s community musicians banding together into a collective that performed at weekly town hall meetings and then suddenly became internet viral and signed to Sub Pop Records.

Goat describes their music as combining westernized rock and roll with traditional folk musics, mainly from their hometown, but also around the world.

The punch line here is that every member of Goat is white, and in addition to their purported rural roots in northern Sweden, they are also performing as ambassadors of a multitude of other cultures that they very likely do not understand.

The members of Goat may have benign intentions merely to enhance their live show experience, but it would probably be better enhanced with costumes of traditional Swedish garb. That would make more sense as well. Because when Goat puts on their costumes of gold, their masks, headdresses and hijabs, they are representing a culture that is not theirs. And it should be up to the members of that culture to express their history and heritage the way they see fit, without it being misrepresented one way or another by an aspiring indie band.

The conversation does not end there regarding cultural appropriation, but I should take a minute to praise Goat’s music. “Commune” is an album conceived from the idea of “universal world music,” and for such a momentous goal, Goat do indeed execute. Only keep in mind as you’re enjoying this album that the second sentence on the Korpilombolo Wikipedia page reads: “The band Goat claim to be from this town, but they spell the town’s name incorrectly on their website.”

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

—Jake Kairis jckairis@udel.edu

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‘Descendents’ frontman talks science, music LINA SORG Staff Reporter Milo Aukerman acknowledges the abnormality of his two particular careers.

But what is a man to do when passionate about both music and science?

Aukerman, an adjunct professor at the university, is the lead singer of punk band the Descendents and a plant researcher for DuPont.

Aukerman spoke of his journey on Tuesday night to an audience of nearly 60 people at a Take the Mic-sponsored event in Gore Hall.

“I’m at the age now where you start to look back and be all nostalgic,” Aukerman says.

“I think the period of punk rock music that I grew up in, I feel like it’s worthy of being nostalgic.”

Aukerman spent his early

involvement the band changed its sound.

“We’d gone from being more of a surf punk band to being more of a coffee-laden, fast- fast- faster kind of band,” Aukerman says.

In subsequent years Aukerman toured with the band, finished college and graduate school, moved to Wisconsin and married his wife. He alternated his focus between music and science.

“I bounce off of each of these things on my own whim,” he says. “It seems to make me more whole of a person to do both.”

Aukerman’s family, including his two children, support his continued musical involvement.

“It was almost like they were giving me the thumbs-up to play more music, and that

drummer Bill Stevenson, his best friend in high school.

“I bought it, I listened to it, I thought it was great,” Aukerman says.

He says he started watching the band practice and eventually sang with them in what functioned as an impromptu audition.

Shortly after, Stevenson asked Aukerman to join the band. In 1981 they recorded “Fat” which – unsurprisingly – featured many songs about food.

Around the same time, Aukerman’s interest in science blossomed as a result of a class project about DNA. He decided he wanted to become a scientist, and enrolled at UC San Diego in 1982. The Descendents recorded Milo Goes to College in acknowledgement of his admission.

“WE’D GONE FROM BEING MORE OF A SURF PUNK BAND TO BEING MORE OF A COFFEELADEN, FAST- FAST- FASTER KIND OF BAND.”

years in Manhattan Beach, Calif.

He attributes the origin of punk rock bands such as the Last and Black Flag to suburban beach lifestyle, and surmises that the mundaneness of suburbia might have fueled their rise in that area.

The Descendents took inspiration especially from Black Flag, and began in 1978 as a punk rock band of similar style. Shortly after Aukerman’s

was perfect for me,” he said.

Sophomore Jonathan Elfers says he appreciated Aukerman’s small-town beginnings.

“I’m heavily involved in booking and more of the local scene,” Elfers says. “That’s where the people are who are going to be most into it.”

Aukerman’s involvement with the Descendents happened nearly by accident when he bought their record from

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Descendants’ lead singer While in San Diego, Aukerman heard the full album for the first time at a stranger’s house. A neighbor told him of a friend who had the record.

“I hadn’t even heard it yet, I had only heard the rough mixes so I walked over to his house and heard my record,” he says.

“To hear my own voice on a record was pretty weird.”

In 1999, after an intense period of music including what

Aukerman estimates to be about 250 shows in one year, he finished his postdoc, came to Delaware and began working for DuPont.

The Descendents have not produced a new album since 2004, but Aukerman still travels intermittently to perform.

He describes the band’s gettogethers as family reunions.

Freshman Charlotte Shreve asked about the homegrown nature of Aukerman’s music career, and Aukerman affirmed the legitimacy of DIY culture.

“It may be more valid than working with a label,” he says.

Shreve also admired Aukerman’s ability to successfully balance two separate fields.

“As someone who’s interested in punk rock and science, that made me happy to see there are people like that out there who maintain those two really different interests,” she says.

Aukerman says he expects music to be a permanent fixture in his life.

“I’ll probably never get out of music,” Aukerman says.

“It’s something that, you know, rejuvenates me when I’m feeling completely jaded with life.”

Take the Mic events are open to students, faculty and community members, and Aukerman’s lecture marks the first time the organization hosted a non-performance event. Aukerman praised Take the Mic’s efforts to connect students to local music culture.

“Small towns can have just as vibrant a scene as big towns,” he says. “You gotta keep the local music going.”

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On The Green in front of Memorial Hall on Wednesday, passersby would have seen the annual celebration of Banned Books week. Hosted by the university’s English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta, students and community members were given the chance to read and hear selections from a variety of books that have been deemed controversial and have been subsequently banned from libraries and bookstores around the country. Ranging from “The Little Mermaid,” by Hans Christian Anderson to “Slaughterhouse-Five,” by Kurt Vonnegut, the event length was extended from last year allowing a more inclusive array of books.

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Brew HaHa! displays engineering student’s paintings SARAH MCLOUGHLIN Staff Reporter Matt Hersh is an engineering student with a passion for painting. On a fall day––over the sounds of milk being frothed and smoothies being blended––he chats about his creative experience just a few feet away from his artwork.

“I really like to use acrylic paint for realistimpressionistic painting,” Hersh says. “I use brushstrokes to capture light and to capture the feeling that I want to evoke from the viewers when they are looking at my paintings.”

Hersh’s six paintings pinned to a burlap display board hang to his right as he describes how they came to be.

Much of Hersh’s art experience derives from his AP art class. He says his teacher guided him through what art was about.

That class at Newark High School was where Hersh crafted the pieces currently on display. It also sparked his interest in art and the realization that “realistimpressionistic” was his style.

Hersh says combining the two types of art helps him to

stand out among other artists.

“I really like to capture nature as accurately as I can,” he says. “I think my paintings are pretty vibrant and stand out in that way.”

Nature scenes dominate Hersh’s board of paintings, which he relates to varying moods. “Tulips” and “Black Eyed Susans” evoke joy, while “Wave” evokes a more eerie feeling, he says.

“I guess the whole theme of it is really trying to capture different scenes of nature and see how they evoke different feelings or different moods from other people,” he says.

The opportunity to exhibit his paintings arose when Hersh spoke with the manager of Brew HaHa in mid-August. “[He] said they were actually looking for an artist to [feature] at the time,” Hersh says. “So it kind of just worked out, and within the next few weeks, I was hanging them up.”

Hersh says he is also excited that the display allows him to promote his Etsy shop.

Etsy is an online marketplace where people around the world can buy and sell artwork and other goods.

Since Hersh’s art was put on display, more of his

SARA PFEFER/THE REVIEW Matt Hersh, a junior mechanical engineering student, hopes his display will bring potential buyers to his online Etsy shop. acquaintances and friends have reached out to Hersh to discuss his paintings.

“People that I don’t even know have been contacting me, and we’ve kind of been in discussion about artwork and painting,” Hersh says. “It has been inspiring and exciting to reach out to people who have

similar interests as me across not only the country but the world.”

There are, however, some disadvantages that come along with trying to get noticed on such a large website, which is why Hersh says he is grateful for this opportunity at Brew HaHa!.

Although Hersh does not see himself making a career out of his artistic abilities, he is looking for ways to tie art into his future.

“That passion can always work its way into my engineering career with designing,” Hersh says.

EVERYDAY RUNWAY

WHEN IN ROME

MADISON FERTELL

In my socia l m e d i a class, we discussed whether or not what we post on sites like Facebook, Twitter or Instagram should be separated from––or linked to––our professional lives.

I’ve always been very careful about what I choose to post because ultimately I’m branding myself. This recently led to me going through my old photos and deleting images that weren’t, shall we say, the most flattering.

As I was clicking through my photos, I was soon distracted by all of the memories I had, specifically my study abroad trip to Italy.

I don’t know if it was the friends I made, the incredible food, all of those sesso nella spiaggia drinks or the black clothing I could shamelessly wear, but that was one of the best months of my life.

With Italy on the brain and fall upon us, I’ve been thinking about channeling my inner European. The first piece to pulling off this look is a new pair of black jeans. Whether they’re plain, coated, leather or have some embellishments, if they’re black, you can’t go wrong.

This season I’m leaning toward a simple skinny black jean, specifically rag & bone/ JEAN legging—The Mid-Rise Plush Twill. Their versatility

makes them perfect seven days a week, whether you want to be casual or dressy.

But if you want the best of all worlds––black, moto embellishments and coated–– check out Madewell’s skinny skinny zip racetrack jeans, now on sale for $96.50.

I learned a little trick from Marie Claire in regards to cleaning specialty denim.

They suggest putting your jeans into a Ziploc bag and placing them in the freezer overnight to eliminate any smell.

Now, what to pair on top?

Ever since I watched Vogue’s 70 Questions with Anna Wintour, I’m a little hesitant to continue wearing an all black outfit. But just because I won’t wear head-to-toe black, doesn’t mean I can’t get close.

Right now, I love Urban Outfitters’ selection of sweaters. One of my top choices is the Pins and Needles Lace-Trim Sweater in any of the three colors available. The all-black outfit is exempt in this situation as the lace trim offers a break in an otherwise purely monochromatic outfit.

Another sweater to check out is the Silence + Noise Step-Hem Cardigan Sweater in either grey or maroon— two colors perfect for fall.

Yet, my favorite of all the choices from Urban’s online site is the Evil Twin Flat Line Sweater in dark grey. I highly suggest purchasing the black hat that they advertise with the sweater as it completes the European look.

Another fall outfit straight from the streets of Rome is a tunic sweater paired with tights, booties and peek-a-boo socks. You need to be careful with this look, especially if you’re tall because you don’t want anything hanging out,

COURTESY OF RANK AND STYLE Fertell suggests placing jeans in a Ziploc bag and placing them in the freezer overnight to eliminate any odors, a trick she learned from Marie Claire especially when wearing sheer tights.

Wearing a simple-styled tunic sweater allows you to wear any kind of patterned tights. Both Urban Outfitters and American Apparel are perfect stores to look for basic styles and colors that

will last you longer than one season.

I love any reason to scour the racks—in store and online—for the latest trends, and what could be more fun than finding a few key pieces of clothing that fill that European void while in

Delaware?

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

GRAF: ‘IT’S AN AWESOME WAY FOR MY FAMILY TO GET TOGETHER, SHARE SOME LAUGHS AND HAVE SOME GREAT FOOD. Continued from page 9 Through an annual $1,000 donation, DegliObizzi and her husband belong to the Delaware Diamond Society.

Membership entails primetime parking near the soccer field and a large canopy in Section J. They have been in this section since they started this tradition in 1983, DegliObizzi says.

“Each year we have a theme,” DegliObizzi says.

“Last year was the year of the bowl, in which every

food was served in a bowl.

The year before that we did a Spanish theme with ethnic food.”

DegliObizzi says the group also does other fun activities during the season, such as a chili cook-off and a “guys’ weekend” during certain away games.

Alumni aren’t the only passionate tailgaters.

Senior Megan Graf and her family took to the Delaware Stadium on Sept.

13 to cheer on the Blue Hens in their game against Colgate.

“I’m an only child, so

my entire family lives for this,” Graf says. “My dad even made a blue and gold cornhole board for this weekend.”

Graf’s parents, Mary Beth and Wade Graf, came to the university—along with four aunts, four uncles and 12 cousins, who made the trip from Bridgewater, N.J. Before the game, the clan always takes a trip to the National 5 & 10 to stock up on university-themed apparel, Graf says.

“We had such a great time,” Graf says. “It’s an awesome way for my family

to get together, share some laughs and have some great food. The day is never complete without my famous guacamole and my mom’s traditional margaritas. The entire family contributes something and we even make an itinerary for game day.”

Graf says she is surprised that more university students don’t participate in tailgating activities on game days.

“Once you make the hike up to the stadium, it’s most definitely worth it,” she says.

How long do these

tailgaters plan to carry on their traditions?

“As long as the Hens stay competitive and it continues to be a friendly atmosphere, we hope to continue as long as possible,” Butler says.

Graf echoes Butler’s sentiments.

“It definitely gets bigger and rowdier every year,” Graf says. “This was our fourth annual tailgate, and hopefully, when I graduate, the tradition will continue on.”

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ABBIE SARFO Mosaic Assignment Editor Approaching Cinema Center 3, I begin to feel nervous. What can one expect from the midnight showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show?”

I saw the movie once as an angsty 14-yearold, but I don’t remember many details. There’s a transvestite, a song about touching people and some murder. Aside from that, it’s all a blank.

A group of costumed kids loiters outside the theater. Either they’re here for the show, or Newark is home to a very silly gang.

But as I come nearer, I notice these children are dressed like… videogame characters? Can you just wear whatever you want here? Had I gotten the memo, I totally would have come as Mike Tyson.

Inside the theater are more intriguing freaks and weirdos. The dilapidation of the room adds to the mischievous, vaguely spooky atmosphere.

Curiosity, consider yourself piqued.

At 11:59 sharp, a girl spilling out of a tight purple getup comes to the front and begins the festivities.

“Hello, and welcome to videogame Rocky Horror!”

This answers the costume question, but raises a few more. Why would you add a theme on top of an already-themed event? And does this mean there are no drag queens?

Either stuff that Pikachu costume in a corset, or I’m leaving.

Purple Girl then leads the audience in reciting the

COURTESY OF 20TH CENTURY FOX Cinema Center 3 in Newark features The Rocky Horror Picture Show every Saturday night. evening’s rules, a rousing chorus of possibly the most unprintable language I’ve ever heard.

The prude in me clutches her pearls. What did you just say? WHAT?! Wash your mouth out with soap, young lady! Then bleach it and set it on fire, because you are FILTHY. Somehow, I’ve forgotten that this is a sexy sex show with sexy adult language.

Purple Girl demands that we stand. Those of us who have not previously attended a midnight showing are told to remain standing.

“VIRGINS!” I am indeed a midnight showing “virgin,” but I also lack a spine. I sit down quickly to avoid outing myself. I love public humiliation as much as the next girl, except I really don’t.

However, the initiation proves pretty tame. The girls do jumping jacks (because boobs), and the guys are told to kiss each other.

Most of the guys comply.

The only dissent comes from a kid with terrible facial hair, who tries to fight the good fight. Doth protest too much, Neckbeard. Kiss that

boy and sit down.

Once the virgins have been sufficiently shamed, the lights dim and the show is on.

A pair of sultry red lips appear on screen to serenade us. The audience sings along, substituting the actual lyrics for ones that are far dirtier.

This is hilarious. So far, so good.

A group of dudes behind me seems to know this movie pretty well. They have every possible joke and gag down, all shouted out with the impeccable timing of people who have done something a

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minimum of 200 times.

But the novelty wears thin. Fast. Literally every single line of dialog is drowned by the sound of their incessant lame jokes.

It’s funny that they’re so into a movie about sex, seeing as how they obviously don’t have any.

To make matters worse, the guy sitting to my right seems to have his khakis chapped at the thought of not being the most obnoxious person in the room.

“You think you’re the worst? I’ll show you the worst,” he apparently says to himself, as that’s exactly what he does.

The situation quickly devolves into a battle of no-wits. Every ear-splitting, asinine synchronization from the trio behind me is matched by an equally asinine outburst from the fellow to my right. Horror show, indeed.

The cherries on top of this Suck Sundae are the actors: They wander aimlessly about the stage, half-heartedly mouthing dialogue and much preferring to hang out in the audience with their friends.

This is depressingly bad.

As soon as the lights go up, I bolt for the door.

I’ve got to get out of here; I’m about to give myself an aneurysm from suppressed rage.

Perhaps I attended a bad night, but I suspect this event will eternally be The Rocky Horror Disappointment Show.

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

Circus Electronica comes to Delaware ANDREW KUCZMARSKI/THE REVIEW The University of Delaware Student Centers Programming Advisory Board presented Circus Electronica, an aerial acrobatic circus experience, on Sunday evening, Sept. 28, in Mitchell Hall.

AMANDA SCHUMAN Staff Reporter Nine Cricus Electronica performers swung from high ropes, balanced on each others’ shoulders and showcased incredible flexibility to the beat of electronic dance music on The Green Sunday night. This entertainment was brought to students by the Student Centers Programming Advisory Board (SCPAB).

Stunts included skillful climbing and spinning on ropes, dancing with props

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such as stilts and circling the stage in a giant hoop.

Freshman Jordan Brickman said the group introduced some new features to a routine that could have been overly familiar.

“I thought it was really interesting considering I have seen similar stuff before,” Brickman says. “They did some things I hadn’t ever seen like the one guy who was spinning around while balancing on his head.”

Among the audience members was Nadar Azawah,

also known as the techno bus driver.

“I am very impressed and happy that they are bringing these types of events to the university,” Azawah says.

“It really is a package deal getting both the circus and the music aspects, and I hope to see more of it since it is right up my alley.”

Combined with added lighting effects and multicolor projections, the event was a spectacle that brought in almost one hundred students, as well as members of the Newark

community such as families with young children.

Several students say they became aware of the event through SCPAB’s advertising efforts, such as handing out cotton candy and popcorn outside of Trabant University Center to increase interest in the event, as well as hanging posters around campus.

SCPAB’s Vice President of Variety Geena Hoffner says based on advertising efforts and the time of year and location, the event had a decent turn out, but she and the rest of SCPAB aim for

more attendance for future events on campus.

“This particular act had an amazing light show and cool aspects that I thought would fit well with campus,” Hoffner says.

Hoffner was pleased with the professional job they did and would be happy to invite Circus Electronica back in the future, she said.

“SCPAB is making really good choices this year in the entertainment they are bringing to the university,” Azawah says.

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Designer inspires students on typography, letter design SARAH HABERMAN Staff Reporter Shoot first. Ask questions later.

That’s what designer Ken Barber told the auditorium of students who gathered to listen to his presentation Tuesday night.

Barber, who is based out of House Industries in Yorklyn, Del., has been creating lettering, typography and illustration since he was a teenager. He graduated from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia in 1994, and began a full-time position at House Industries in 1996.

Barber has created typeface for everything from an Hermès storefront in Japan to a line of custom bicycles for Richard Sachs Cycles.

“Graphic designers have the opportunity to tell a story,” Barber says.

Before each project, Barber studies the historical context that will serve as

influence in his letterforms.

“Research is paramount,” he says, advising students to use history to “tell it like it was.”

Olivia Prinzi, a senior visual communications major, was one of the attendees at Barber’s lecture.

“Being here in the presence of someone who is so good at his design and craft is extraordinary,” Prinzi says.

Fans of Barber’s work extend beyond the walls of the university. He has been commissioned for projects all over the world, with his work capturing the attention and admiration of celebrities like John Mayer and Jimmy Kimmel, he says.

But Barber insists that not all projects are created equal.

When Barber was asked to design the typeface for a 50-foot neon sign for the Suzanne Roberts Theatre in Philadelphia, he obliged despite the unappealing pay, he says.

“Sometimes you have to take what you can get,” Barber says, noting that some jobs are terrible and pay great, while other jobs are great and pay terribly. “You need to take the highs with the lows.”

This advice resonated with Emily Desmond, a sophomore visual communications major.

“It’s something designers don’t really want to talk about,” Desmond says.

“They want to talk about the successes they’ve had, but even the failures can be good. Even if you did a bad job, maybe your work was good. You can’t discount the failures.”

Desmond, who is interested in typography, knew about Barber’s work prior to his lecture.

“I was just amazed,” Desmond says. “I love handlettering and I’m not as good at it yet, but typography is something I want to do. I want to know how to do that with my hands.”

RANDI HOMOLA/THE REVIEW Visiting designer Ken Barber of House Industries speaks in Kirkbride on Tuesday, Sept. 23.

UNFILTERED COMMENTARY L a s t Saturday my phone crashed, or rather, failed to remember my life contents after I

ALEXANDRA downloaded STRAUSMAN the new

software. I lost everything.

Drama.

Photos that proved my whereabouts this weekend.

Text conversations that I had previously screenshotted and sent to my best friend.

Reminders to download songs that took me four times to “Shazam.”

The scattered thoughts my brain perfectly organized on my Notepad. My 30 pre-set alarms, my perfect layout of app design. Ugh. Life ended, yada yada.

“Your cloud, your cloud,” my roommates wouldn’t stop.

I have no cloud. I searched

THE GLASS THAT SEPARATES AND SOLIDIFIES US

all of the sky, but unfortunately none were mine.

Obviously nothing like this would ever happen to me. Ha—stupidity.

Not only is this the second time my phone has crashed this year, but my computer has crashed before as well. Knock on wood that writing this article doesn’t shut down the only lifeline I have left.

We rely so much on 5 x 2

made of glass. Real human interaction seems so close. What would we say to someone that we have maintained a texting relationship with for months, years?

Our texting conversations with them have allowed us to reread and rethink what we are going to say, ultimately leading us to change our pre-existing thoughts. The idea of sharing

MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER! But really, everyone always said, “long distance never works.” Pessimistic much?

Boyfriends. Best friends.

Parents. Every relationship we have maintained from every past life is because of our phones.

Weirdly enough, I feel closer to my friends from high school now than I did at graduation.

Close your eyes. Imagine

WE RELY SO MUCH ON 5 X 2 INCHES OF A DISPOSABLE PIECE OF MECHANICAL PLASTIC TO KEEP UP WITH OUR LIFE AND THOSE WHO ARE DEEMED AS IMPORTANT IN IT. inches of a disposable piece of mechanical plastic to keep up with our life and those who are deemed as important in it. But just as much as it allows for us to stay in touch, it is also known to create a barrier.

Okay, let’s dig deeper.

Imagine two people placed on different sides of a giant wall

unfiltered, unedited thoughts if that wall was to be removed could be nerve wracking. Or maybe not?

Thanks to our phones, we are able to find happiness in our long-distance relationships. I was that stupid freshman that cutely went to college and kept her high school boyfriend. DISTANCE

being faced with your friends with whom you maintain virtual relationships. The hugs seem endless.

But sometimes, phones take away from the now. My friends constantly institute “no phone” dinners. We stack our phones in the center of the table and slowly everyone’s eyes

NATALIE PESETSKY Staff Reporter Deputy “Jasper McCoy” a wispy-bearded man of short stature wearing jeans and a plaid-shouldered navy blue button down shirt, stands in the spotlight behind a university podium.

Holding a microphone in his right hand, a shuffled script in his left and looking down at every word, he sets the scene sounding something like a southern Patton Oswalt with an underlying lisp.

“With a little tongue waggin’ ‘n’ a little head-scritchin’, I’m hopin’ you can help me solve this mys-try,” he said.

Murder Mystery Night, titled “I Shot the Sheriff,” drew between 45 and 60 student attendees Friday night in Perkins Student Center’s COURTESY OF NATALIE PESETSKY Bacchus Theater.

It’s 1872 in the Wild Suspects of SCPAB’s murder mystery event, “I Shot the Sheriff,” held Friday night in Bacchus Western town of Drygulch Theater, are amidst the final firing of questioning before the murderer is revealed. where McCoy’s friend, Sheriff Tate, has been murdered in cold blood after somebody, “moseyed up behind ’im ‘n’ shot ’im in the back.”

No witnesses.

No incriminating evidence. Now soaking in a stage-lit line-up with an audience lost for words. the story,” he says. “Things that are six likely suspects with “Bibi is probably my favorite.”

Bibi Gunn, a promiscuous But before long, the tongue- they need to keep secret, things seemingly obvious motives.

From McCoy’s plea, tables red and black boa-wearing tied teams transformed into that they need to only tell if of two to 10 members learn woman running a brothel which frenzies of gossip as characters somebody asks and certain points during the mystery they’re to interact with the she calls a dance hall, is one of took seats to chat.

Students could be seen when things should come out suspects. Drawing hints and many colorful characters neatly coaxing clues, they can later outlined in a “Suspect Profiles” springing up from their tables, […] I mean, it’s pretty much all leaning into conversations, improv.” anticipate two formal rounds of pamphlet.

Each is described in just two jittering with laughter and But however skilled the questioning. on suggestions. scheme, this murderer is just as Whoever accuses correctly, paragraphs, beginning with Miss hooked pairing the right person and Patience, the prim and proper Characters exhibited patterns much a mystery to the actors as motive, receives a $25 gift card school teacher; Doc Mallard, an of lingering at tables, dropping it is the audience.

“We don’t tell them who to Barnes and Noble, although ornery and often drunk town blue and yellow-paper clues, no such prize is mentioned doctor; Rowdy Azell, a fitting rising and floating onto the did it,” McCoy says. “This cast doesn’t know who did this one.” in the lime green poster name for a gambler; Sally Forth, next. a shrewd and calculating mailMcCoy offers a behindThomas Ball Entertainment, advertising the event.

The actors ages ranged order bride; and Juan Bandito, the-scenes explanation of the Inc., a full service talent and entertainment production between 27 and 65. But a drifting Mexican cowboy, practice.

“Each person [actor] gets company and prominent according to sophomore Rachel observed sporting a Mohawk and gauges beneath his “country a dossier that explains their provider of campus events, Kraft, age doesn’t matter. character and things that need supplied the seven-character “They’re so fun,” Kraft says. western” hat.

Actors made the first moves to be gotten out that are key to team, which included Deputy

“I SHOT THE SHERIFF” A Mystery to All

peel away from the haunting tower of phone jenga and we disappear in conversation.

Texting may be negatively influencing our advanced social skills, but look at what technology has done. It has shaped our generation and because of it, we can hold onto so many more people in our lives unlike our parents were able to.

It has allowed for reunions to be more genuine, lives to be kept updated more currently and connections to be explored further.

So what have we learned today? One, long distance is just a feat of the past overcome by technology. And two, it is becoming more acceptable to know absolutely nothing about the whereabouts of this so-called mystery iCloud.

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

McCoy. To freshman Marc Solomon, “I Shot the Sheriff” was more organized than the university’s “Mysteries of UD,” a club with little trace of online existence.

“This one [event] was more elaborate: better costumes— stuff like that,” Solomon says.

“It was fun. Free food, funny people. It was nice.”

At the back of the room stood the university’s catering buffet with an assortment of free food including fresh-cut cornbread, steaming chilly, golden noodles and a tray of tiny chocolate cupcakes.

Atop junior Jonathan Gregor’s plate is a heap of macn-cheese. He heard about the event at SCPAB’s USC Quizzo, a trivia event held every Tuesday night in Perkins, just yards away from the theater.

“Me and my friends heard about it, and we thought, ‘Hey, that’d be a fun way to spend a Friday night,’ and here we are,” Gregor said, who would later win the 21st century prize.

It was nearly 11:30 p.m. when the last stream of food foragers came staggering back to their seats. The verdict sheets were in, and the murderer was announced. But the real surprise came at curtain call when the cast revealed their true professions.

Bibi Gunn is the mother of six boys, a police officer, and a paranormal investigator; Miss Patience, a hairstylist; Doc Mallard, an actor and astronaut; Rowdy Azell, a wine specialist; Sally Forth, a grant writer; and Juan Bandito, a mixologist.

Senior Patrick McCowan, an interpersonal communication major, was well pleased with the bunch.

“They were very good.

I mean, they were all professional,” he said. “They kept character really well.

Because I mean, sometimes, that’s more difficult.”

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Football VS SACRED HEART Saturday, Oct. 4 at 3:30 p.m.

Delaware Stadium

WOMEN’S SOCCER

“EVERY GAME FROM NOW ON IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE SEASON.”

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Junior midfielder Emily Market (28) moves past defenders toward the goal. Four first-time scorers helped the Lady Hens secure the victory against University of North Carolina Wilmington Sunday afternoon.

Four first-time scorers charge Lady Hens to 5-1 victory ERIN BOLAND Sports Assignment Editor The women’s soccer team took on the College of Charleston at Grant Stadium on Sunday afternoon, The Lady Hens defeating the cougars with a final score of 4-1.

Delaware came off a strong victory over University of North Carolina Wilmington on Friday night. The Lady Hens carried that momentum into Sunday’s competition and dominated the College of Charleston, earning them a 2-0 record in conference play.

The game started with some back and forth between the teams, but the Lady Hens

earned their first goal just 11:46 into playing. Junior defender Maddy Parker tallied the assist as she kicked in from 10 yards off a corner kick.

Once the ball entered the box, sophomore defender Michelle McEnroe was able to capitalize, putting the ball in the back of the net.

Head coach Scott Grzenda said he was proud of the way the girls stepped up and the way they played the game from beginning to end.

“It all comes down to finishing, but when you score one early it really helps,” Grzenda said. “I think we played the game that we really want to play.”

Lucky for the Lady Hens, the scoring didn’t stop there.

With possession alternating between the teams, the ball remained in the midfield for quite some time. That was, until junior midfielder Elise Krause got control of the ball.

As she dribbled down the right side of the field, she was able to cross the ball from 25 yards out. It was redshirt freshman defender Andrea Gunderson who finished the job and put the Lady Hens on the scoreboard with a 2-0 lead.

Scoring her first goal of the season, Gunderson said she could not contain her excitement.

“I just saw the goalkeeper

go up, and I saw her hands right behind the ball,” Gunderson said. “Once it went through, I just smiled.”

The energy only continued to grow from both the players on the field and the players on the bench. The team demonstrated a collective effort at Sunday’s game. The final goal of the first half came from yet another player, freshman midfielder Abby Thomas. At 39:41, junior midfielder Elise Krause controlled the ball from the left side and crossed the ball from 15 yards out. This accounted for Krause’s second assist of the game.

The Lady Hens found themselves with a 3-0 lead over the Cougars at half time and stopped them from shooting in the first 45 minutes of play.

Krause said she understood that it was a team effort.

“We had good movement throughout the field,” Krause said. “It got from defense to midfield to forward, we had a good rhythm there. We had four different goal scorers, we had different people assisting, and I think it was just a great team effort on the field.”

The second half of the game was played at a slower pace, with only two goals scored in the final 45 minutes.

The first came from redshirt freshman midfielder Mary Aleixo, who received a pass from Gunderson. She kicked in from two yards out, where Aleixo was able to take advantage and brought the

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score to 4-0.

Just when it seemed as if the game was going to be a shutout, the determination from the College of Charleston picked up, as Nicole Koretsky put the ball in the back of the net off a free kick from 20 yards out.

The Cougars were able to get three shots in the second half, but they still came up short. The win over the College of Charleston was a big one for Delaware. Not just because it was their second Colonial Athletic Association win but also because they had four different goal scorers, which made it the first goal of the season for each of them.

Coach Grzenda said he was pleased with the way the entire team came together on this win.

“It just goes to show that we get everyone into the box, everybody’s attacking,” he said. “None of the teams we play can only watch out for one or two people.”

The Lady Hens will travel to take on the Drexel Dragons on Saturday at 1 p.m. Although Drexel is a competitive team, Gunderson said she knows what to expect of the upcoming CAA games this season.

“Every game from now on is going to be the biggest game of the season,” she said. “Every game is going to be physical, that’s what the CAAs are all about. If we can bring that mentality that we brought today we can be successful.”

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Bring it back

SARA PFEFER/THE REVIEW Sophomore running back Wes Hills (31) runs with the ball against Colgate. Against James Madison, Hills had two big plays in overtime, leading the Blue Hens to victory.

Blue Hens win in overtime to open CAA campaign JACK COBOURN Managing Sports Editor It had to wait until overtime, but the Delaware football team took a strong victory over the James Madison University Dukes to open Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) conference play.

The Blue Hens had a 23-16 lead with 20 seconds remaining on Saturday when the Dukes’ quarterback Vad Lee ran the ball in from the Delaware 24-yard line to make the score 23-22. The

extra point sent the game into overtime.

Delaware got the ball first, and senior quarterback Trent Hurley threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Jerel Harrison to go up 2923. Junior kicker Garrett Greenway scored the extra point to make it 30-23.

James Madison ran down to the Delaware 1-yard line, but could not convert to a touchdown. Delaware has now won its third-straight game and now has a 3-1 overall record (1-0 CAA).

Speaking at his weekly press conference on Monday, head coach Dave Brock said it was a strong victory for the program.

“Certainly a great win for us, a program win, going on the road in a very challenging environment,” Brock said. “Great day to be able to find a way to win that game, it was certainly good for our players, good for our program. I thought it was a real character win.”

The Blue Hens’ defense was the strong unit of the afternoon, with senior

linebacker David Mackall and sophomore defensive back Roman Tatum bringing down the Dukes’ Taylor Woods at the 1-yard line to seal victory for Delaware.

Brock said the defense was consistent throughout the game.

“I thought we played really well defensively the whole game,” Brock said.

“We were very good at short guard situations the whole game, we did a nice job on third down, did a nice job on fourth down, so you feel good about it.”

The offense had its moments as well, as on the first scrimmage 15 seconds in, Hurley threw to sophomore running back Jalen Randolph, who ran 75 yards down the sideline and into the endzone for the early 6-0 lead. Randolph had 23 rushing yards and 127 receiving yards, while Hurley threw 18 of 29 for 295 yards and three touchdowns.

Another powerful player on the Blue Hens’ offense was sophomore running back Wes Hills, who had 136 rushing yards and nine receiving yards on the day.

Hills ran up the middle twice in the Delaware overtime possession to set up the winning touchdown. Brock said Hills and Randolph worked well together.

Randolph said Hills’ performance shows how hard he has been working off of the field.

“Wes did a great job. He had 17 carries for 140 yards or whatever, I’m real proud of him,” Randolph said. “It was his first 100-yard game and he’s been working hard like coach Brock said on special teams and offense.

He’s in there watching films all the time.”

With the first game of the conference in the books for the Blue Hens, the focus turns to the final non-conference game of the season against Sacred Heart University on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Delaware Stadium. The Pioneers are 3-1 overall and are coming off of a bye week.

Brock said Sacred Heart is a strong team, but Delaware will be up to the challenge on game day.

“I’m a believer in routine,” Brock said. “We want to come out, and we want to really challenge the players to have a great week of practice, have a great Tuesday, be 1-0 Tuesday.”

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FIELD HOCKEY

Orella, Mikelson star as Lady Hens beat Stags, 2-1 JACK COBOURN Managing Sports Editor Redshirt freshman goalie Fran Orella and junior midfielder Allie Mikelson were the top performers as the Delaware field hockey team won its final non-conference game before Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play begins by beating Fairfield University 2-1 on Sunday at the Rullo Stadium.

Head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof said the team played strong in the face of players’ injuries.

“Take into consideration the injuries we currently have, so with five freshmen, it is great they are finding ways to stay composed and figure it out into the second half,” Van de Kerkhof said.

One of the big injuries was to freshman goalie Emmeline Oltmans, recently named CAA Rookie of the Week for a second time. Van de Kerkhof said he would not disclose her injuries or any of the other players’ injuries.

Oltmans’ injury left the door open for Orella to step in between the pipes to start for the first time in her career here at Delaware. Before Sunday, she had played nine minutes this season.

Orella said she was extremely glad to start, but thought about her fellow goalie throughout.

“It was just really an honor to start,” Orella said.

“We’re all thinking about Em and hoping she gets better soon.”

The first half started off even, with much give-andtake between the two teams.

However, Delaware was able to keep it in the midfield as well as the Stags’ defensive zone.

The Lady Hens’ first chance was up to freshman forward Mackenzie Meyer, who fired one in on goal before Fairfield goalie Caitlin Bennett got a piece of it, sending it out of bounds. That, in turn, set up a Delaware corner, which allowed Mikelson to put it away for an early 1-0 lead before the 10-minute mark of the half.

Mikelson said she felt good about the shot she made, as it is one she has been working on.

“Rolf told us the first corner play on Friday, so I’ve been mentally prepared to execute that corner since about then,” Mikelson said. “It’s a corner we’ve been working on all week successfully, so I was very confident and I knew my teammates were going to execute their parts too.”

By the midpoint of the half, the play had gone back to being even, but the Lady Hens held a slight possession advantage. The Stags kept up the pressure, but Delaware

never buckled.

Fairfield mounted a breakaway chance late, but Orella sprinted out of the goal and dove to stop the shot.

Orella said she was thinking about how to be more forceful in her play during that stop.

“That was mostly about thinking of how much coach has told me to be more aggressive and to put on the pressure if there is any pressure in the scoring sixyard box,” she said.

Fairfield had one more scare with another breakaway on goal, and though Orella couldn’t stop the shot, it went wide. The Lady Hens entered the half with a 1-0 lead.

The second half began strong, as junior midfielder Michaela Patzner scored within the first two minutes of the half, thanks to an assist by freshman forward Taylor Lister.

Patzner said she was able to see Lister and got into position to score.

“I cut outside and then Taylor came running with the ball, and I was like ‘oh, I should probably cut inside again,’” Patzner said. “Then I got the ball and was like ‘ok,’ we did this a lot in practice and it got in the net.”

Patzner almost added a third goal to Delaware’s tally when Bennett moved out of position. Patzner could not

Delaware down a player for two minutes. Fairfield took a timeout, but it did not help its momentum as Delaware gained the ball back.

The game ended the way it started with no team gaining a clear advantage, but as the final buzzer sounded, it was clear that the Lady Hens had been the better team on that day.

Delaware is now looking to play its first two conference games of the season down in Harrisonburg, Va. at James Madison on Oct. 3 and then in Williamsburg, Va. against the College of William & Mary on Oct. 5.

Overall, Van de Kerkhof said the team needs to become more constant in its play before it sets off to Virginia next weekend.

“We have everything, now we have to be able to play the ball on a consistent basis and go from there,” he said.

COMMENTARY

“LEGENDS NEVER DIE”

ALEXA GAHAN

Swimming and diving teams show promise in intrasquad scrimmage

Delaware’s men and women’s swimming and diving teams set the bar high for the 2014-2015 season as they competed in the annual Blue and Gold intrasquad scrimmage at the Carpenter Sports Building on Saturday.

Male and female swimmers donned blue or black caps to represent themselves as the blue team and gold team, although cheers of “blue squad” and “black squad” were chanted throughout the meet. Although the swimmers appeared generally relaxed, that didn’t deter them from showing their strong potential for the upcoming NCAA competition.

Head coach John Hayman said the team showed improvement from last year’s scrimmage.

“We compare this to how they were last year at this same time, and if we use that as an evaluation, we’re swimming faster than we were last year at this time,” Hayman said. “So it’s a good sign.”

Hayman said he attributes part of the team’s improvement to the swimmers’ summer training.

Many swimmers trained on their own this past summer, while a small portion of the team stayed and trained together on campus.

One of these swimmers

get a shot off, and Van de Kerkhof called a timeout. It did not prove advantageous, as Fairfield came out from it strong and midfielder Jaclyn Gallagher put one past Orella to cut the lead in half.

Van de Kerkhof said he called the timeout to give his team a break, but it was poor timing on the officials’ planning.

“I thought that they needed a breather, and I wanted to find a way to regroup them,” Van de Kerkhof said.

“Unfortunately, the official called a timeout when the ball was on our defensive 25 and I only want to have timeouts on our offensive third.”

Patzner would get a third chance for a goal on a penalty stroke, but Bennett made a monumental save to hold the Stags’ deficit to one.

Freshman forward Krissy Mikelson got a green card with six minutes left, putting

SWIMMING & DIVING

ANDREW KUCZMARSKI/THE REVIEW A member of the Delaware women’s swimming and diving team competes on Saturday during the annual Intrasquad scrimmage.

GIANNA MERCADANTE Staff Reporter

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The Lady Hens and Stags fight for possession during Sunday’s game where the Lady Hens beat the Stags 2-1 for a win in it’s final nonconference game.

was sophomore Annie Nunes, who beat out her teammates to place first in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events. Nunes said she wants to continue improving and plans to work more on sprinting.

Hayman said he felt the team was a little rough around the edges, but believes he can bring the team into shape.

Several freshmen placed first in individual events, including Patrick Savidge, Thomas Scott, Nicholas Badsk and Sarah Braatz. Hayman said the freshman class was naturally motivated for the meet.

“They’re trying to show themselves off here,” Hayman said. “This is their first chance to really show what they can do.”

Sophomore Cory Camp, who placed first in both the 200 and 500 freestyle, said the sense of camaraderie between swimmers also helps to motivate the team.

“Our meets are after ten practices that week, and it’s easy to feel down,” Camp said.

“But we really bring it together as a team and get pumped up to swim fast.”

Camp went on to say he felt locked into his times and that he had no problems with his performance.

“Times were where I wanted to be,” Camp said. “I was happy with my places, so I can’t complain.”

Sophomore Alex Hillsley placed first in the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke. He said he attributes the team’s improvement to the work of the new lifting coach, Oz Agbese.

“Everyone is looking a lot bigger and better from it,” Hillsley said.

Diving head coach Brian Payne said the meet was a good way to find out what the divers truly need to work on before the first conference meet next week.

This will be Payne’s first season coaching at the university. He said the team has done a good job adjusting to his “Marine Corps style of coaching.”

Divers have been training hard for the 2014 season, utilizing their new high performance trampoline bed, videotape training and weightlifting. Payne said he believes the team has much room for improvement and is just getting started.

Overall, Hillsley said he thinks the scrimmage results are a good preview for the season.

“I think we’re gonna be winning more heats, putting up faster times,” he said. “We had a great class of freshmen come in.”

The Blue Hens will go up against Georgetown University on Saturday in the Rawstrom Pool at the Carpenter Sports Building.

“Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.”

That’s “The Sandlot” quote that came to mind as Derek Jeter, Yankee shortstop and team captain, played his final game Thursday night at Yankee Stadium.

Jeter was surrounded by his current and former teammates, family and loyal fans as he took his final bow in the Bronx, managing to make one last game-winning hit before game’s end.

This wasn’t just any ordinary send off, however.

Thursday’s game was not only Jeter’s last at bat in New York.

It was the closing of a book 20 years in the making.

Emerging on the scene in 1995, Jeter became the team’s starting shortstop and helped earn the team the World Series title the following year, going on to eventually garner four more championship seasons. In 2003, he was named team captain, solidifying his spot as a fixture in the heart and soul of New York.

Although Jeter is known for his stoic approach to the game, even he couldn’t hide his emotions as he saw his career drawing to a close right before his eyes.

“It was sort of an out of body experience. It was a weird range of emotions. I was just trying not to cry,” he said, even though he later admitted to breaking down several times during the game.

And who could blame him?

Not only was his entire family there in support—with his two-year-old nephew tipping his cap to his uncle from the sidelines—but so were many more important familiar faces.

Former manager Joe Torre came to the game as well as former teammates Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, Bernie Williams and Tino Martinez.

“I’ve done a pretty good job controlling my emotions. I try to hide them. I try to trick myself into not feeling those particular emotions,” Jeter said, but with a turnout of support like that, that was easier said than done.

The original plan for Jeter’s

last game was to have him play nearly the entire game and remove him at the top of the ninth inning. Once David Robertson let three runs go by, however, the story changed.

Although those three runs painted a grim outcome for the game, fans knew this would be Jeter’s final opportunity to step up to the plate in pinstripes one last time at Yankee Stadium.

The captain ended up hitting a walk-off in his final at bat, winning the game and creating a memory no baseball fan would soon forget. Instadium observers and fans across the country went wild.

Even though that may have been the perfect way to bid adieu, the road did not stop there for Jeter as he finished his career in Boston. While Red Sox fans have spent a lifetime upholding a rivalry with the Yankees, not even Fenway Park could resist honoring Jeter for his complete and utter love for the game.

It truly takes a one-in-abillion player such as No. 2 to bring an entire stadium full of rivals to their feet, as evidenced

by Sunday’s matchup. In a poignant pregame ceremony, several Red Sox legends such as Carl Yastrzemski, Fred Lynn and Rico Petrocelli took the field as well as Bobby Orr, Troy Brown and popular former Boston Celtic Paul Pierce.

Former Boston College team captain Peter Frates— who originated the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge popularized this summer and suffers from the disease himself—was also present on the field as Jeter’s ice bucket challenge video played overhead on the jumbotron.

As a gift to the longtime “enemy,” the Boston team gave Jeter “the boot,” bestowing him custom-made L.L. Bean duck boots with the classic Yankee logo adorning either side. Jeter only ended up at bat twice in his final face-off, but many will agree it was the best way to say goodbye.

Derek Jeter has been a role model for millions. For some, he was a player that they grew up with. For younger generations, he was a pillar of the game since the day they were born. It’s hard to imagine what baseball will be like without Derek Jeter, but his name has joined a short list of men who uphold the golden standard of the sport.

Men whose names have become synonymous with the word baseball. Men whose names we will never forget because they are legends, and legends never die.

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Delaware men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams compete on Saturday during the annual intrasquad scrimmage.

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