Oct. 28, 2014 - Issue 9

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Muslim students talk overcoming stereotypes one year after vandalism at Islamic Society of Delaware ELIZABETH QUARTARARO Editor-in-Chief This time last year, the local Muslim community came together for a vigil after the Islamic Society of Delaware was vandalized by three juveniles.

Sometime between evening prayers, which ended around 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 24, 2013, and morning prayers, at 6:30 a.m., signs in front of the mosque were painted over and fencing was torn from the perimeter of the property and left on the grounds as crosses.

Muslim community members came together for another reason a year later, as they do every week: for Friday prayer in Perkins Student Center’s Rodney Room, the makeshift mosque of the Muslim community at the university.

Irfan Patel, former president of the Islamic Society of Delaware, delivered this week’s sermon. Patel estimates that there are between 5,000 and 6,000 Muslims in Delaware.

“I moved here in 2001, and from that time, the Muslim community has grown at least fivefold,” he said.

Abdulkadir Ozden, a graduate student who has held several executive board positions within the Graduate Muslim Student Association, said when he came to Delaware five or six years ago, 10-15 people would get together to share their faith. Now, between

100 and 150 people come together for Friday prayer, he said.

In addition to praying five times daily, men are required to pray together on Fridays at noon, Ozden said. At Friday’s service, more than 80 men knelt facing Qibla, which translates to the direction of Mecca, and one female joined on the opposite side of the room. Women are not required to attend Friday prayers, but when males and females pray at the same time, they do so separately.

Being Muslim at the university The closest mosque to campus is the Islamic Society of Delaware, about a ten minute drive from campus, Ozden said.

But because few students have cars, events held on campus are popular, he said.

In order to pray throughout the day, Ozden said he sometimes prays in the library or in his office. These prayers are brief and do not require much space, just a place where the faithful can place something on the ground, as the environment should always be clean. The group is trying to get a room at the university that can be a dedicated daily prayer area—something that’s five square feet or half the length of a long table would work, he said.

There are two Muslim student organizations at the university: Muslim Student

KIRK SMITH/THE REVIEW Members of the university’s Musim community gather in Perkins for Friday afternoon prayers.

Association, with a mostlyundergraduate population, and Muslim Graduate Student Association. They work as one body, Ozden said.

The associations collaborate with other student organizations, such as on an upcoming event about the hijab with national Latin sorority Chi Upsilon Sigma. They also work with Zakat Foundation of

America and the Islamic Society of Delaware for emergency relief, youth education and local development, Ozden said.

To be Muslim at the university—or at any college, for that matter—can affect certain social situations, freshman Nasser Alghamdi says. Having friends to talk to or bond with in a college setting can be difficult, he said, because

Muslims do not drink.

“Some Muslim countries permit it, but it is prohibited in the religion,” he said.

Muslims also do not eat pork, something that comes up when others order a college classic—pepperoni pizza. It’s things like this that people have to get used to, sophomore Mohamed Mageid said.

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Homeless community benefits from local and statewide newspapers CASEY BROWN Staff Reporter

KIRK SMITH/THE REVIEW Students chant at the end of the #UDoBetter march a month ago. Three students attended Wednesday’s Title IX information session.

Second of Title IX info sessions poorly attended, raises questions about mandatory reporting MEGHAN JUSCZAK Managing News Editor Just a little over a month after the Sept. 19 rally calling the university to “do better” in cases of sexual harassment and assault, Title IX coordinator Susan Groff held the second information session about the university’s policies. Approximately 25 people attended the event, and of these attendees, three were students.

Groff’s presentation was similar to the one she gave at the Oct. 6 session, where she summarized the new governance structure and emphasized the rule of mandatory reporting, particularly for faculty, staff, resident assistants and teaching assistants. The only completely confidential resources on campus, she said, are Sexual Offense Support (S.O.S.), certain counselors at Student Wellness & Health Promotion, the Center for Counseling & Student Development and the Faculty & Staff Assistance Program.

She also mentioned that she currently acts as both Title IX coordinator and investigator and said she is “overwhelmed” by the caseload. She said she is working on hiring a new person for the investigator

position.

Groff then introduced a panel she created for the question and answer portion.

She said she thought they would be useful to assist her in answering questions after her experience during the Q&A at the last information session.

The panel included Holli Harvey-Dudlek, assistant director for the Office of Student Conduct; Jim Tweedy, associate director of Residence Life and Housing; Yvonne Simpson, the university police’s Clery compliance officer and Joanne Simpson, the interim prevention specialist at Student Health and Wellness.

Women’s studies professor Marie Laberge began by saying she found the mandatory reporting policies to be slightly confusing, especially because she teaches a class on women and violence where such personal topics often come up naturally.

Other attendees also criticized the policy, saying they found it unfair that students would often confide with a faculty member and would not have knowledge of the mandatory reporting policies.

“I’d like to amplify the fact that a student should have the right to know whether or not what they say—without

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or without their permission— is going to be reported,” one attendee said. “I think it is a matter of their rights.”

Tweedy said there are many resources in residence life that attempt to give students information about confidentiality and that students also learn about policies, though they do not receive full details about mandatory reporting rules, in their First Year Experience (FYE) classes.

Groff also said that faculty should let students know immediately about mandatory reporting if they are in a situation where they are receiving information about sexual misconduct.

“If you have that information—if a student comes to you and says they were sexually assaulted last night in their dorm room, you need to disclose very early on in the conversation that you have to report this,” Groff said.

“It’s not your responsibility to ask them what they were doing, where they were[...]you at that point just have to disclose that you have to report, and ask, ‘can I get you help?’ But if you have more information you need to put that on the report.”

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For homeless communities in major cities, the street newspaper business represents a second chance at making a living. Delaware has its own “street paper” known as Our Independence, which is published in Wilmington and provides aid to homeless community members.

Street papers are independent newspapers and magazines that operate as a social enterprise to serve the homeless community by providing interactive services and projects allowing people to engage. Emily Taylor, director of the Philadelphia street newspaper publication, One Step Away, said they do this by reaching out to shelters and/or individuals in the homeless community through presentations and generally word-of-mouth.

According to its website, the International Network of Street Papers (INSP) supports and publishes 126 street papers in 41 countries across the globe and has modeled and implemented a self-help system. In this system, people from homeless communities can sign a contract to become street vendors where they buy the newspaper at a fraction of the original cost, usually 25 cents, and then go out and sell their purchased copies on the street for a dollar said Vincent Flannigan, executive director of a Massachusetts street paper Publication called Spare Change Newspaper.

John P. Clyne Jr., editor of Our Independence, said the publication was started January 2011 when vendors sold copies of One Step Away, a monthly publication produced by Resources for Human Development, a national non-profit headquartered in Philadelphia.

In September of 2011, they began distributing a joint edition of One Step Away supplemented with eight full pages of Delaware-focused news and information, Clyne

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said.

“Financially, selling the paper allows homeless vendors to generate income in the form of spending money,” he said. “This empowers them to achieve self-sufficiency and allows them to be able to reach into their pocket and pay for whatever they need.

For someone with no other money coming in, this can be a true lifesaver.”

Publications such as Our Independence and the Philadelphia paper One Step Away share a common goal to help address issues within our nation such as unemployment and homelessness.

According to Emily Taylor and John Clyne, the goal is to provide an opportunity for anyone living on the street to keep up with the latest news about what is going on in the world at an affordable cost. The support and benefit given to homeless individuals through these street paper publications around the country and overseas have changed the mindset of over 250,000 people.

Street paper publications have collectively expressed that their goals are to create chances of developing a better life for the struggling members of homeless communities, through various services and projects that the INSP provide.

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COURTESY OF JOHN CLYNE Street paper publications strive to create chances for a better life.

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PENCIL IT IN TUESDAY, OCT 28 “Untitled 2” Mark Franchino artist talk followed by Franchino and Jeremy Boyle’s opening of their art exhibition, 5 p.m.; 6 p.m., Kirkbride Lecture Hall room 204; Recitation Hall Gallery César E. Chávez film screening & discussion, 6:30 p.m., Kirkbride Lecture Hall, Room 100 UD Botanic Garden Presents Beatrix Potter, 7 - 8:30 p.m., Townsend Hall, The Commons Former MLB star Darryl Strawberry lecture, 7 p.m., Mitchell Hall WEDNESDAY, OCT 29 Animal Science Club Pumpkin Sale, 11 a.m. 5 p.m., Townsend Patio Mobility Challenge, 4 - 7 p.m., North Green Professor Emerita Fleda Brown Poetry Reading, 4:30 p.m., Memorial Hall, Room 111 Disney’s Halloweentown double feature, 7 - 10:30 p.m., Trabant Lounge National Agenda: The Digital Campaign, 7:30 p.m., Mitchell Hall THURSDAY, OCT 30 Hallows Eve Festival, 1 4 p.m., Trabant Patio LGBTQ People in Politics Panel, 6 - 8 p.m., Perkins West Lounge Symposium on 2014 Nobel Peace Prizes, 7 p.m., ISE Lab, First Floor Commons UD Scream Fest, 8 p.m. - 12 a.m., Trabant Multipurpose Room FRIDAY, OCT 31 Free Lunch Friday Entrepreneurial Speaker Series, 11 a.m. 12:30 p.m., Venture Development Center, 132 E. Delaware Ave International Coffee Hour, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m., 44 Kent Way, Reception Halloween Extravaganza, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m., Trabant Multipurpose Rooms SATURDAY, NOV 1 Saturday Symposium: Remembering the Great War, 8:45 a.m. - 5 p.m., Memorial Hall lobby and Room 127 Multi-Ethnic Career Development Conference, 9 a.m. 3:30 p.m., Clayton Hall Mayor’s Masquerade Fun Run/Walk, 4 p.m., The Green University Singers and Concert Choir, 8 p.m., Amy du Pont Music Building, Loudis Recital Hall SUNDAY, NOV 2 International Film Series, “Hannah Arendt,” 7 - 10 p.m., Trabant Student Center Men’s Soccer vs. Elon, 1 p.m., Grant Stadium Field Hockey vs. Drexel, 1 p.m., Rullo Stadium MONDAY, NOV 3 Percussion ensemble, 8 p.m., Amy du Pont Music Building, Loudis Recital Hall Reading & Annotating Texts Workshop, 3:30 p.m., Smith Hall, Room 130

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WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING TAKES THREE LIVES

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BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT WINS RE-ELECTION BY NARROW MARGIN

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Friday’s school shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington claimed the life of another student, Gia Soriano, late Sunday night. Freshman Soriano was one of four students seriously wounded by gunman Jaylen Fryberg who opened fire in the school’s cafeteria with a .40 caliber handgun. Fellow classmate Zoe Galasso died at the scene.

Recently named freshman homecoming prince, Fryberg shot five students before killing himself. Three students remain hospitalized, two in critical

condition and one in serious condition. According to student accounts, Fryberg was friends with the victims, two of whom were his cousins, Andrew Fryberg and Nate Hatch.

Megan Silberberger is being hailed a hero as the new social studies teacher who intervened to protect students. Having recently graduated from college, Silberberger heard the shots and ran to the cafeteria where she grabbed Fryberg’s arm in an attempt to stop him. Fryberg then fell to the ground and shot

himself, either intentionally or accidentally.

Silberberger released the following statement: “I am thankful and grateful for the support from everyone. At this time I am requesting privacy.”

Although the motive remains unclear, Fryberg’s recent activity on social media suggests he may have been heartbroken and troubled with romantic relationship problems.

Leftist Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff won re-election Sunday, earning another four years in office.

The incumbent defeated opponent Aecio Neves, a probusiness candidate, with 51.59 percent of the vote, while Neves had 48.41 percent of the vote, according to official results.

The election was one of the closest in recent years.

Rousseff, 66, became the country’s first female president in 2011 and represented the Workers’ Party.Though there is

growing dissatisfaction with the economy, poor public service and corruption in Brazil, Rousseff was still able to narrowly win the election and secure a fourth term for the Workers’ Party.

The President was also criticized this summer over how much public money was spent on the World Cup. “I know that I am being sent back to the presidency to make the big changes that Brazilian society demands,” she said after winning the runoff election.

Rousseff says large numbers

of Brazilians have risen from poverty under her presidency and the presidencies of her predecessors.

Neves, 59, Brazilian Social Democratic Party, one of the strongest parties in the country.

His campaign promised reforms to lower inflation and encourage more investment in the country.

South African football hero Senzo Meyiwa was shot dead during a burglary at his girlfriend’s home in Vosloorus, a town south of Johannesburg, Sunday. The star goalkeeper became the captain of the national team just last month at the age of 27.

At 8 p.m. Sunday night two armed robbers broke into his girlfriend’s building and demanded money, cell phones and other expensive items. The robbers shot Meyiwa in the chest and he was declared dead at the hospital upon his arrival.

The suspects fled the scene.

South Africa’s minister of sport said the country had been “robbed of an icon and a legend in the making.”

He played his last game on Saturday, when his team, the Orlando Pirates, beat Ajax Cape Town 4-1 in the semi-finals of the South African League Cup. “We mourn the death of this young footballer and team leader whose life has been taken away at the prime of his career,” President Jacob Zuma said in a statement yesterday.

“Words cannot express the nation’s shock at this loss.”

Meyiwa’s shooting also brings South African gun laws to the forefront of the national agenda again, just days after Oscar Pistorius’s conviction for killing his girlfriend after mistaking her for an apparent burglar.

According to a survey released to The Associated Press yesterday, birth rates in Egypt have increased exponentially in recent years, somewhat surprising for a country whose fertility rate had been falling since 1980.

The survey, which was conducted through Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population, said the number of births per woman has now increased from 3 to 3.5 since 2008. It reports that the use of contraceptives has decreased with fewer women reaching out to public health facilities to acquire birth

control.

Researchers said they are unable to pinpoint reasons for the upsurge, but many guess that societal changes have had an effect.

“It’s probably related to [decreasing] female education and labor participation,” said Samer Atallah, an economics professor at the American University in Cairo.

The change poses several economic challenges to Egypt, which is already the Arab world’s most populous country. While the 2011 revolution took a toll on its economy, Egypt must now

deal with the challenge of putting young people through school and eventually creating jobs in a labor market already beset with high unemployment, according to researchers.

“Given that we do not invest substantially in education, […] health care systems or facilities, it’s going to be a very difficult task to turn this fertility rate around to something positive,” Atallah said.

The volatile Arab-Israeli conflict has once again taken a tragically bloody turn, claiming the lives of three youths over the last several days. During the last week, an Israeli baby and a young Palestinian girl were both killed in separate hit-and-run incidents. Israeli police gunned down the driver of the car in the Israeli baby attack as he fled the scene, and have claimed that it was an act of terrorism.

On the other hand, the incident that killed the Palestinian girl has been the

subject of terrorism allegations, but the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has said the investigation is ongoing. In the latest event, a 14-year-old Palestinian boy, Orwa Hammad, was shot and killed by IDF troops after they said he was lighting a Molotov cocktail in order to throw into traffic.

Hammad’s father is from New Orleans, making his death the second of a person with significant American connections as a result of the ongoing tensions. The Israeli

baby killed earlier in the week was also an American citizen.

The deaths have ignited public outcry from Palestinians, and is sure to raise further questions over the tight allegiance the United States has had with Israel since its inception.

Israeli occupying forces in the West Bank and Gaza have faced constant scrutiny over mistreatment of Palestinians.

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Student safety reassured after third university fire this semester SARAH HABERMAN Staff Reporter

KIRK SMITH/THE REVIEW Graduates of AAP majoring in fields such as computer science and nursing often have to spend additional semesters on main campus to get their degree.

Associate in Arts Program looks to improve its science course offerings SAM RICHTER News Assignment Editor In the past, an aspiring engineer or nursing major who needed to take advanced calculus or major-specific courses did not have many options within the university’s Associates in Arts Program (AAP). However, APP is broadening its course offerings and opportunities available to its students.

When Damir Creecy, senior anthropology and ecology double major, participated in the Associate in Arts program at the Wilmington location, he often struggled to get the classes that he needed, he said.

“I don’t have any breadth requirements for my ecology major,” he said. “I have to stay an extra year.”

APP has primarily served future students of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Therefore, the classes offered within the program are typically geared for an Arts and Sciences degree. As a result, many students have to stay an extra year at the Newark campus to complete their requirements, Creecy said.

However, John Martin, faculty coordinator and professor at AAP’s Wilmington location, said students now have more class options than when Creecy was a student there. Martin, who knew Creecy when he was a student in AAP, said the classes offered since Creecy attended have expanded to accommodate students who choose to pursue majors within the arts, sciences and beyond.

“Back around [Creecy’s] time there were a certain number of classes that were not offered and that’s changed,” Martin said.

Martin noted that the Wilmington campus has added advanced math classes such as Calculus I and II for scientists and engineers, math 241 and 242 respectively. Currently, all AAP campuses now offer upper level calculus. The Wilmington campus has also added computer science courses, Martin said.

Martin said the decision to offer more STEM-focused courses was not necessarily a matter of whether or not the program had the resources to offer the classes, but instead whether or not enough students were passing the prerequisites and the class itself.

Martin said there are roughly 500 students at AAP’s Wilmington campus, a number that has grown dramatically in recent years,

excluding a minor drop in new enrollees last year.

Martin said enrollment could grow even larger––perhaps double––if AAP had the space.

Martin also said he would like to have the resources to offer an associate in sciences program that would better meet the goals of some AAP students. All of these changes would be worthwhile because of the the university’s Commitment to Delawareans, he said.

Change is also occurring at AAP’s Georgetown campus in Sussex County. This is the first semester students in AAP have the opportunity to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the Sussex County locations.

The new BSN track is based on a partnership between the University of Delaware Associate in Arts Program, University of Delaware’s School of Nursing and Beebe Healthcare.

The program requires the students to follow a planned schedule of classes for two years in AAP before taking two years of classes at the Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing in Lewes, Del., which will allow students to become registered nurses.

This will culminate in the students finishing their BSN at the university via online courses, according to AAP’s website.

Alex Myers, a freshman at AAP’s Georgetown campus, is part of the nursing program’s entering class. While the program fills a need for AAP students looking to pursue careers in nursing, Myers said the program itself could still be improved.

“The planned classes and the classes available aren’t the same,” Myers said. “So I really have no idea how I’ll get some of my classes I need, or if I’ll have to go to the Dover campus or something.”

The issue of graduating late is still an issue for Myers.

Despite the program, Myers said it will take about five years for her to receive her bachelor’s degree.

Martin said the program is trying to offer needed prerequisites as often as the university can so students can make progress toward their major.

Myers said she hopes the university continues to prioritize and add courses to AAP in the future.

“I know it’s difficult because we’re a small satellite campus but having the classes I actually need for the nursing program would be really helpful,” Myers said.

In light of three incidents that have already occurred on campus this semester, fire safety has become a top priority to the university.

In the wake of three fires since the beginning of the semester, campus officials are reassuring the effectiveness of its fire safety protocols while surveying Spencer Lab to determine the cost of extended sprinkler protection.

While Drake Hall is equipped with a sprinkler system, the fires in Spencer Lab––home to the department of mechanical engineering–– brought scrutiny over the safety of this 31-year-old building which is not equipped with sprinklers in every room.

Environmental Health and Safety as well as Facilities Planning & Construction are surveying Spencer Lab to determine the cost for extending sprinkler protection to all areas, Newark Fire Marshal Kevin McSweeney said.

The lack of sprinklers in all of Spencer rooms can be explained by the National Fire Protection Association State Fire Prevention Regulation and Building Code, McSweeny said.

“Spencer Lab is built of fire resistive construction and has a complete fire detection and alarm system installed,” McSweeney said. “With these features, the codes only required the basement level and rooms of a hazardous nature to be sprinkler protected.

Therefore only certain rooms and areas of the building are sprinkler protected.”

Laboratory coordinator Roger Stahl echoed this point.

The original construction in 1983 had sprinklers in certain rooms but not in low hazard ones, he said.

Today’s codes and standards require all new laboratory buildings to be sprinkler protected, but the code is not applied to existing laboratory buildings unless the building is renovated, McSweeney said.

Room 006, the lab in the basement of Spencer where the second incident occurred, is equipped with sprinklers.

However, the sprinklers did not activate when two students triggered fire alarms while conducting an experiment Oct. 16.

According to Stahl, the sprinklers did not activate because the situation could be best described as more of a “smoky mess” than an actual fire, he said. In both incidents, the fire component was isolated and localized.

Mechanical engineering professor Bingqing Wei was out of town when the incident occurred in his lab. Despite the recent fire, Wei said he doubts a similar incident will happen again.

Wei said the fire in his lab began when the students tried to burn a polymer, which generates much more smoke than other materials. The poor ventilation in the basement lab triggered the alarm which prompted a quick response by university police and Aetna Fire Department.

In both Spencer Hall incidents, ABC Dry Chemical Extinguishers, rather than water, were used to contain and extinguish both the fires.

The presence of sprinklers would not have changed either

situation, McSweeney said.

“The quick actions by UD and fire department responders kept the small fire in check until complete extinguishment of the fire,” McSweeney said.

Although some labs lack sprinklers, Wei said student safety is a top priority in the Spencer labs, where students and faculty often work with high temperatures, voltage and pressure. Every student who has a lab class goes through mandatory training, which teaches students specific procedures like chemical or gas handling. The students must also pass a safety exam before they are allowed in the lab.

Students who use the lab are aware of the potential dangers and wear safety equipment such as glasses or gloves, but the protection level depends on the experiment. While exploration is encouraged, students should always use caution, Wei said.

In light of the fires, Wei met with Environmental Health and Safety on Thursday to agree on recommendations for increasing both short-term and long-term safety measures.

“Two years ago, the fire alarm detection system in Spencer Lab was completely replaced, improving the level of fire detection and our ability to notify occupants with new speakers and strobes throughout the building,” McSweeney said.

The university also follows a standard protocol for fire emergencies, coordinates closely with the fire department and conducts regular drills to ensure a comprehensive and safe response to any fire, he said.

KIRK SMITH/THE REVIEW Firefighters respond to a fire at Drake Hall on Wednesday, the third fire this semester.

GROFF: ‘I HAVE NO PROBLEM SHARING THE DATA.’ Continued from page 1 She said she did not want mandatory reporting to deter anyone from coming forward and reemphasized the importance of the confidential resources available.

Physics professor John Morgan then asked about the numbers reported in The Review that stated there were 13 assaults, including four alleged rape cases, during the first week in the semester. He asked for an

update on the number of incidents that have occurred so far this semester.

Groff declined to comment with exact numbers, saying she did not have the data fully quantified at this point, but she did say there has been a large volume of incidents.

“I have no problem sharing the data, I just need to get that together and decide how it’s going to be shared,” Groff said.

Harvey-Dudlek then went on to say the Office of Student Conduct is involved

in upward of three to four cases of sexual misconduct each year, on average, but has seen an increase so far this school year in the number of victims that want to go through the adjudication process.

“We’ve already seen, oh, 5, 6 and 7 so far this school year,” she said.

She also mentioned that the office is currently working on a sexual harassment case that occurred between students.

OZDEN: ‘ISLAM ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUALS TO BE HONEST, TRUTHFUL, PEACEMAKERS, JUST.’ Continued from page 1 “It feels weird, because you’re always the only Muslim person around, no matter where you are,” Mageid said.

Defying media portrayals The Muslim Student Association held its first Islam Awareness Week last April. During that week, they prayed on The Green, hosted

speakers and set up a booth in Trabant University Center where passersby could try on a hijab.

Ozden said Islam Awareness Week is important because, in the news, words like “Islam,” “extremism” and “terrorist” usually come back to back, he said.

“Islam encourages individuals to be honest, truthful, peacemakers, just,” Ozden said. “In the holy book, it’s clearly stated that you need to be as a kind of role model to other people.”

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Wilson was a lead organizer of Islam Awareness Week.

Wilson, who chooses to wear the hijab, said usually no one comments on her appearance or faith, but every once in a while, there will be an instance, she said.

One of the misconceptions of Islam is that women are oppressed or that the men in their lives make all their decisions for them, Wilson said. People see the hijab as Muslim women “closing themselves off from the world,” but wearing the hijab is a choice,

and in Islam, women have equal rights, Wilson said.

“I think a lot of people look at us and feel like they should feel sorry for us or think that we can’t do what we want,” she said. “But I don’t think any of us have experienced what they think we’ve experienced.”

Wilson said she has seen an added pressure to represent the community well.

“I’ve been seeing a lot on social media about how Muslims need to denounce ISIS and say it’s not us,” she

said. “And to a certain extent, maybe it would be helpful to let people know that that’s not what we think, but why is it my job to do that?”

Patel said last month’s sermon topic was on presenting Islam well. He said the best way to do that is to be a good human, a good co-worker, colleague and neighbor.

“Because the media is there, there’s only so much we can do,” he said. “It’s about change from the self, in your locales, doing good.”

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FORECASTING THE DEMOCRATS’ POSTELECTION DAMAGE The political skirmishes between establishment Republicans and Tea Partiers have been well documented since the GOP began to show signs of ideological fracturing in 2010. These fractures make up a phenomenon that’s defined elections and legislative battles, and even ended the electoral career of former Majority Leader Eric Cantor, among others. The divide between establishment Republicans and the Tea Party wing of the GOP has been a defining struggle of the modern conservative movement.

But as the Democrats face a Republican sweep—perhaps one as stunning and momentous as the one that cost them the congressional supermajority in 2010—it’s reasonable to expect that party infighting and finger pointing is sure to follow. Mix in an unpopular president and tired congressional leadership, and a question arises: are the Democratic Party’s fractures about to come to light, much like the Republicans’ have?

These fractures are nothing new, but there’s no question: they’ve absolutely hardened during President Obama’s tenure. On key issues, the Democrats have grown more and more divided. Recall that Obama did not endorse gay marriage until 2010. Recall that Hillary Clinton did not endorse it until 2013, and later stumbled through an explanation of what took her so long during an interview with NPR’s Terry Gross. Both have supported and pursued increased involvement in the Middle East.

Note the rising chorus of voices demanding an Elizabeth Warren candidacy in 2016, as certain Democratic voters are finding Hillary Clinton insufficiently liberal as they scour the political landscape for someone who can make them believe again.

Just like the Tea Party operates to the ideological right of establishment Republicans, the liberal wing—perhaps better named the ‘Warren Wing?’—of the Democratic Party operates to the left of the Obama-Clinton establishment. After being let down by what was supposed to be a rapturous presidency delivering “hope and change,”

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there’s a wing of the Democratic Party that might not be willing to vote for anything less than what they deem the real deal; a solid blue liberal.

So will these divisions come to light? The more seats the Democrats lose on November 4th, the more political observers can expect the airing of dirty laundry. Harsh losses will result in finger pointing and blaming—surely, President Obama will be thrown under the bus for his unpopularity and the drag it’s been on candidates. DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has already come under fire by overreaching on women’s issues and employing overthe-top rhetoric, so it might be safe to expect that her tenure may be cut short by a string of stinging losses. Congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid might face criticism due to a failure to enunciate a strong vision and lead an aggressive and excited party.

But we won’t know if these stark divisions will calcify and come to light until the 2016 race starts to heat up.

If Elizabeth Warren heeds the wishes of her party’s more liberal members’ and mounts a primary campaign for president, she will immediately become the liberal alternative to Hillary Clinton. Clinton has supported military intervention in Syria and other parts of the Middle East; if Warren or another liberal candidate poses the right questions, it’s easy to see the former First Lady struggling to explain how her ideas aren’t nearly identical to John McCain’s or Lindsey Graham’s.

If you thought the 2012 cycle’s Romney-Santorum division was a bitter personification of a party’s ideological divisions, grab the popcorn—a WarrenClinton battle for the soul of the Democratic Party would be one for the ages.

—Dylan Gallimore

Columnist

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

NEWS IN BRIEF West Main Street closed for three hours following accident West Main Street was closed Wednesday night after a wrong way collision at approximately 9:50 p.m..

The accident occurred in the 100 block, at the intersection of West Main Street and South Main Street near the Deer Park Tavern.

The initial investigation by Newark police determined the accident was caused by a Dodge Durango traveling eastbound on West Main Street, failing to turn right onto South Main Street.

Instead, the car continued through the intersection at a high rate of speed, causing a collision with a Toyota Prius traveling westbound, according to the police report.

The Durango was driven

by a 44-year-old male and the Prius was driven by a 66-yearold male. Aetna Hose Hook & Ladder Company and New Castle County Paramedics arrived at the scene to extract and treat the two men involved in the collision.

Both drivers were taken to Christiana Hospital. The driver of the Prius is in serious condition after undergoing surgery on his lower body.

The driver of the Durango, Timothy Krieger of Elkton, Md. was arrested on Oct. 25, and charged with Driving Under the Influence and Assault of the 2nd. degree. He has since been released on a $10,000 unsecured bond.

Fire extinguished in Drake Lab, large response due to hazardous material possibility A fire prompting a response of 80 firefighters broke out in Drake Lab Wednesday after being reported at 11:40 a.m.

The fire was under control by 12:42, said John H. Farrell IV, spokesperson for Aetna Hose, Hook and Fire company.

The fire started in a lab machine in room 108 and prompted response from three departments including the New Castle County Hazmat and Decontamination team and the university’s hazmat team, operating under the Office of Environmental Health and Safety. These teams were called because the building has a possibility of containing hazardous materials.

Room 108 is labeled with chemical and radiological warnings, Farrell said, and

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the responding departments proceeded with due caution and all measures were taken to care for the responders.

“We were very judicious of our implementation of people into that room,” Farrell said.

“We know anyone who goes into that room is going to have to be [decontaminated], so they minimize the number of people who go in there.”

Readings for hazardous materials after the fire was extinguished came back as normal. There were no injuries and the scene has been turned over the Office of Environmental Health and Saftey for further investigation.

All buildings are now deemed safe for occupancy, according to a UD alert sent shortly after the incident.

The topics of health care, immigration and income taxes sparked a lively debate between the College Democrats and the College Republicans Thursday evening in Mitchell Hall.

Senior Ben Greenberg, president of College Democrats, said this was the first and most organized student political debate to take place in quite some time at the university.

The debate featured three representatives from both parties seated at two separate panels, accompanied by two podiums.

One member from each party stepped up to their podium to make an opening statement and counter argument on one of the three topics.

Sophomore student moderator Matt Rojas made sure each representative’s argument and rebuttal were within the four-minute time limit.

“He knows how to be fair to both sides,” Greenberg said of Rojas.

The first topic, health care, focused on the arguments for and against the Affordable Care Act. For the Democrats, junior Kyle Offenbecher argued in favor of the recent legislation while junior Andrew Lipman of the Republicans argued for its repeal.

Offenbecher argued

the act, often referred to as Obamacare, has helped to insure 11 million new U.S. citizens while Lipman argued the legislation was too partisan and even stripped citizens of some essential liberties.

The second topic of immigration featured junior Chris Kitson of the Democrats and senior Ariana Woodson of the Republicans.

The Immigration Reform Bill of 2013 was at the center of discussion with Kitson being in favor and Woodson being opposed to it.

Kitson discussed this bill’s attempt to improve border security as well as create an easier path for immigrants to gain legal citizenship.

Woodson argued that this bill granted amnesty to 11.5 million illegal immigrants who should have entered the country legally.

The third and final topic of debate was centered around income taxes.

Junior and Republican representative Ryan Badolato argued in favor of lowering these taxes while the Democratic representative, senior Jared Wasilefsky, argued for substantial taxing of the “extremely wealthy” or those individuals making $5 million or more in income annually.

In his statement, Badolato argued for a flat tax rate and said the government should not be taking more money because it will hurt smaller

ANDREW KUCZMARSKI/THE REVIEW Members of College Republicans discuss topics including heath care, immigration and income taxes at Thursday’s debate.

businesses.

Wasilefsky conversely pointed to the positive effects of taxation citing public goods, public education and interstates.

After the three main topics were debated, moderator Rojas opened it up for audience questions to be directed either toward one or both of the two parties.

“We’re putting on this debate for the audience— for the students,” Greenberg said.

Treasurer of the Delaware Federation of College Republicans Andrew Lipman stated in an email response that he felt the event turned out very well and was pleasantly surprised at the event’s audience.

“We were hoping to start a discussion on campus to get people to realize that a very important election is coming up soon and that behind the politics is a very important discussion on the issues to be had,” Lipman said. “We definitely believe that this was achieved.”

Lipman and Offenbecher both played key roles in organizing the debate, reaching across party lines to shape a political event for the entire university campus.

Offenbecher, director of political affairs within College Democrats, said he and Lipman came up with the idea and began trying to work it out and then brought it to the club.

“So, we kind of worked out some details ourselves and then I brought them to Ben [Greenberg] in our club and then we further worked it out,” Offenbecher said.

“It got a little complicated, but we eventually got things together regardless.”

Greenberg said there was much discussion between the two groups over which topics to debate in an attempt to give students the best and most complete debate experience.

“Hopefully the students will find them engaging,” Greenberg said. “Health care matters a lot to students.”

Lipman said the College Republicans are in the process of planning future political events for their club and the wider community.

Assistant Director of Student Media speaks to SGA about communication, media PATRICK WITTERSCHEIN Staff Reporter Steve Kramarck, assistant director of student media, spoke to the Student Government Association (SGA) Monday night about harnessing the power of media to spread awareness of issues.

Kramarck’s main job is being a professional advisor to WVUD, the student radio station at the university.

His other responsibilities include development of the Student Central portal and acting as an advisor to student media publications.

Title IX coordinator Susan Groff was originally scheduled to speak.

Vice President of Judicial and Governmental Affairs senior Javier Horstmann said the SGA asked Kramarck to speak to learn more about the effect mass communication has on campus. The guest speakers that SGA hosts also give the organization insight as to what issues students are facing on campus.

“We think it’s important to get input for what goes on in the student centers,” Horstmann said. “It’s a big part of what students are involved in on campus.”

Horstmann also noted the importance behind reaching out to students and said SGA has been trying hard to spread awareness of their mission and goals.

“We’re always looking to enhance our social media presence,” Horstmann said.

“We’re really pushing our Facebook, Twitter, Instagram accounts, making sure we’re reaching as many students as possible.”

Kramarck said the

Student Central Portal developed by Media Services is in its third year on campus and Student Media will soon be releasing a Student Central mobile app.

The success of the Student Central Portal is one of the reasons the university continues to promote online communication, especially through social media websites.

“We got through the first couple weeks that first year with 2,000 members, all voluntary, they all went and signed up,” Kramarck said.

“We’re now at just under 15,000.”

Kramarck said one of the things he does is act as an advisor for student media, and he has been instrumental in the creation of the university Student Media Council.

The Student Media Council is an organization made up of representatives from each university publication, including Deconstruction, The Main Street Journal, Reel Productions Film Society, The Review, UDress Magazine and WVUD. The Student Media Council brings these media groups together and often promotes partnerships between different organizations.

Before the Student Media Council, Kramarck says these media groups “kind of just did their own thing.”

However, after the Council was created, Kramarck said these different groups started working together.

“They talk to each other and then they start to crosspromote each other’s stuff,” Kramarck said.

Kramarck said the

biggest thing that Student Media Services has to offer for students is “an independent voice.”

“They’re independent in that as long as they’re responsible, we’re not really micromanaging them or telling them what to say,” Kramarck said.

Freshman Laura Valencia attended the meeting and was not previously aware of the services offered to students. She said that she has read The Review before, but never listened to the campus radio station.

She also said that it is important Media Services is there to spread news for students, especially on a campus with so much going on.

“I don’t know how many times I’ve missed things,” Valencia said.

The best way for organizations to reach out to students according to Valencia would be through the Internet. She recommended using social media forces like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

She said she thought Media Services on campus does a good job of reaching out to students, but there is still room for improvement.

“I do think they’re doing everything, but it could get better because I know I’ve missed some big events,” Valencia said.

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Delaware universities to waive application fees for in-state applicants ALLIE STRICKLER Staff Reporter

t o In the state’s continuing a efforts to increase access to s higher education, the university t and Delaware State University announced a new waiver e for their college application fees, effective for all in-state district and charter schools that participate in the College Application Month (CAM). n For the past two years, , Delaware Technical Community College and Wilmington r University have offered this waiver for schools that r participate in CAM, and now Delaware State University and the University of Delaware will join them until Nov. 21. In o addition to these four schools, t applications for Wesley College and Goldey-Beacom College are d already free. s In a press release, Gov. Jack Markell recognized the financial barriers that stand d between high school graduates . and their prospective secondary , education.

“With good jobs increasingly requiring education e or training beyond high school, addressing obstacles to a college education is vital to supporting our students and strengthening s our state, where our economy’s e growth depends on having a highly-skilled workforce,” Markell stated.

The university strives e to prioritize the needs of applicants who may be hesitant e to apply in the face of financial e limitations, according to a press release.

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“We recognize the great challenges in increasing college participation rates across Delaware and are pleased to join the state’s efforts,” Director of Admissions José Aviles stated in a press release. “We continue to work toward removing barriers so that Delawareans can realize their dream of a higher education at UD.” CAM is a program that provides public high school seniors with guidance and assistance as they fill out their college applications.

“For the past three years, the state has partnered with UD’s Institute for Public Administration on College Application Month,” said Alison May, public information officer for the Delaware Department of Education. “We are excited that this year UD also will offer a fee waiver for all Delaware residents applying during the CAM period.”

The program began in 2012 when it was piloted with two high schools. In its second year, CAM was extended to 20 total schools, and this year, it is effective for all Delaware public high schools, May said.

Wendy Lapham, public information officer for the Christina School District, said the district’s three high schools—Newark, Christiana and Glasgow—are all actively involved in the CAM initiative.

“Each school is focusing on different things, but they all have the same goal for completing the Common App and trying to learn as much as possible about the application process,”

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Lapham said. “All three schools have really embraced the initiative.”

The Common Application, which is more commonly referred to as simply “the Common App” is an undergraduate college admission application students may use to apply to any of over 500 member colleges and universities.

Lapham said many of the Delaware high school districts were thrilled to hear about the new application fee waiver.

“When we got the information that UD and DSU were joining the other colleges and universities with waiving the application fee, that was just a tremendous thing for us,” Lapham says.

As CAM is underway, Delaware high school students will have the opportunity to fill out their applications in computer labs and write the supplemental essays during English class, a press release said. Volunteers outside of the schools, including those from college campuses, will be assisting the students in this process.

The local high school districts are not the only ones excited about the new waiver.

Melva Ware of the School of Public Policy and Administration said the waiver is a progressive step in opening more doors for lower-income students. “[The waiver] is a significant support for students who are first-generation college applicants and all students whose families have limited resources,” Ware said.

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Working groups aim to refine Delaware Will Shine goals and purposes TORI NADEL Senior Reporter The university’s new academic initiative, Delaware Will Shine, is the successor to Path to Prominence. Delaware Will Shine is comprised of three working groups, each responsible for a different aspect that will all come together to form a final strategic plan. Each working group is comprised of faculty members, with assistance from staff and students.

“Sustaining and Accelerating the Advance” The first working group consists of 13 committee members and is co-chaired by professor Bahira Trask, associate chair of the human development and family studies department, and Rick Andrews, deputy dean of the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics.

The Sustaining and Accelerating the Advance working group is charged with looking at the Path to Prominence and determining which aspects are finished and which ones are unfinished, Andrews said.

The group will then decide which elements should be added to Delaware Will Shine, and which aspects should be discarded, he said.

“We are charged with looking backwards in a sense and seeing what needs to be propelled forward,” Andrews said. “My group, as I see it, is

assessing what is unfinished from the past and what needs to be included in the next plan.”

Focus groups and surveys are conducted in order to involve students in the strategic plan, he said.

“Student input is important because at the end of the day, we need to have programs that are appealing to students and we think that getting student feedback on the strategic planning efforts will help design programs that are appealing to them,” he said.

Faculty, alumni, professionals and staff can also express their opinions through surveys that are customized for each group, Andrews said. He said he hopes every faculty member will participate to ensure their voice is heard through the process.

Through the focus groups and discussions, the working group is learning about elements they did not foresee, Andrews said.

“We are learning things that go far beyond Path to Prominence that we will write up in our report that we didn’t intend to include, but we are now seeing they are important,” Andrews said.

“Grand Challenges, Great Debates and Big Ideas” This working group consists of 18 members and is co-chaired by Nancy Targett, dean of the College of Earth,

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Ocean and Environment as well as the director of the Delaware Sea Grant College Program, and Paul Brewer, associate director for the Center for Political Communication.

“The Grand Challenges, Great Debates and Big Ideas” working group is identifying key areas of significance where the university can make a difference and impact society, Brewer said.

Through its five ideas, Brewer said the working groups will be able to decide a starting point for what the overall impact will be.

The five areas of the working group include educating the 21st century citizen, fostering health and well-being, building a sustainable economy and broadening prosperity, innovating energy and environmental solutions and empowering all people and bridging opportunity divides.

Students have been able to get involved in this working group through student organizations meeting with executive committee members and through surveys.

“We strongly encourage students to participate and share thoughts because we don’t just want the plan to reflect what a few people think it should be,” Brewer said. “We want to incorporate as many diverse perspectives as we can.”

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As 2015 approaches, school officials prepare for the impending effects of President Barack Obama’s pledge to hold colleges to a new federal rankings standard, aimed at providing a “better bargain for the middle class.”

The ratings would be based on graduation rates, earnings, affordability and accessibility, contrasting with the US News and World Report university rankings.

The outcomes published on the College Scorecard would determine schools that receive larger Pell Grants and more favorable rates on student loans, although it would toughen requirements on students aid recipients.

Colleges can also receive a bonus if they enroll large numbers of students eligible for Pell Grants.

According to whitehouse. gov, the average tuition at a public four-year college has increased by more than 250 percent over the past three decades, but incomes for typical families have increased only 16 percent and loan default rates continue to rise.

Matt Brink, director of Career Services, said he thinks the new system would be beneficial in that it would further standardize college rankings for better consumer comparison.

“It came out of what seems to be a real legitimate, valid conversation between higher education institutions, consumers of education and the federal government to create a space where you can have a similar set of data that is consistent for each school and reported in a consistent way,” Brink said.

Amy Laitinen, deputy director for higher education at the New America Foundation, said she supports the concept of providing objective information about a school’s success in serving students, since there is an absence of wellknowledgeable prospective college students. But Laitinen stressed this system is only beneficial for all parties if data collected creates an efficient, nuanced system.

“I think it’s a really important consumer protection function that the government should serve and they haven’t in this space,” Laitinen said.

Although Laitinen sees promise in the agenda, 2 percent of the 675 college and university presidents surveyed in a Gallup and Inside Higher Ed poll said the plan will be “very effective” at making college more affordable.

To effectively impact the university and students, Brink proposed a plan in February to the Vice President of Student Life Dawn Thompson, as well as the Provost Executive Council, to proactively reach the guidelines set by the new rating system.

This included a yearlong pilot program that focused

on the outreach to 2014 graduates through a survey administered by the university’s Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness.

The survey gathers data on current graduate employment, location and salary. All colleges must reach a minimum response rate of 65 percent. Along with postgraduation data collection, the enrollment management team will create a strategic enrollment plan that will monitor the progression and success of students.

“We have a great six-year graduation rate, but how do we graduate students in four years because then we reduce their loan burden?” said Chris Lucier, vice president of enrollment management.

Lucier also addressed plans to strengthen transfer student academics.

The Campus Transfer Working Group set out to collect data on transfer students to understand possible disadvantages they experience upon enrollment and provide helpful resources to ensure their success. The group’s final report will be published on Nov. 1., he said.

Many liberal arts college presidents viewed Obama’s proposal as unfair, since graduates typically earn lower salaries in careers such as social work or teaching.

Brink agreed it would be naïve to evaluate a school’s academic offerings based on postgraduate income levels, especially the first year out.

“It will never be the same as an engineering school or a business school, but that doesn’t make it less valuable,” Brink said. “It makes it different.”

For Laitinen, evaluations tied to graduate incomes should be relative to debt.

She also said the link between ratings and allotment of Pell Grants is important, and should give universities incentive to serve those students well.

“Schools don’t get money based on how well they serve their Pell students,” Laitinen said. “They get money for butts in seats. It’s looking at it from a business perspective rather than how well they’re serving students.”

Although this could potentially hurt other institutions, Lucier said the university has a good number of Pell students who graduate in four to six years, so Delaware will remain strong competitively.

As for the rating system as a whole, Lucier said it should only be one consideration for prospective students. He also said it should not preclude a student from applying to a certain college.

“It doesn’t take the place of doing other research into the colleges’ or universities’ websites or going into the program they’re interested in and certainly doesn’t replicate coming and visiting campus if they’re able to or talking to their guidance counselors,” Lucier said. “So in and of itself it is a good tool, but it is not the only tool.”

The average borrower graduates with over

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Over the past 3 decades average tuition has increased by more than

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16% Information courtesy of whitehouse.gov

KRISTA ADAMS/THE REVIEW A new federal ranking standard aims to better meet the needs of prospective middle-class college students.

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Gore makes $3 million donation to engineering department KRISTINA MAGANA Staff Reporter Bob and Jane Gore announced their $3 million donation to endow a faculty chair at the university for the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. The

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Bob and Jane Gore’s donation will endow a faculty chair.

department is celebrating its centennial this year, as well as the department’s placement in the top ten chemical engineering departments in the nation, according to department statistics.

Babatunde Ogunnaike, dean of the College of Engineering, said the donation will benefit the department in attracting high profile professors and researchers across the country to teach at the university.

“We are on the search for somebody to occupy this chair, and attract a true game breaker to bring someone to the chemical engineering department for the centennial,” Ogunnaike said.

“It’s like transplanting a big tree––a grown, well-established tree––pull it out, bring it in and planting it all over.”

Ogunnaike’s proposal for

the endowed chair will create and maintain a high status of research and teaching at the university. The donation will be used toward the future endowed chair’s salary and discretionary research money.

Monica Taylor, vice president of development and alumni relations, said donations to the university have become an important aspect and additional support to the growing and innovation being done around campus. The university made roughly $63.9 million in the form of donation gifts last year, she said, and thus private support is critical and important due to receiving less funding from the state.

According to the university’s yearly facts and figures, total operating revenues came to a cost of $884.4

million.

State proportions include $115.1 million, which accounts for roughly 13 percent of annual revenue provided by Delaware.

“Private support is tremendous help to UD tuition that doesn’t fund the gap,” Taylor said.

In order to enhance the prestige of the Department of Engineering, Ogunnaike suggested to Gore the idea of endowing a chair. This, Ogunnaike said, would bring the kind of person who is passionate about teaching and inspiring students. Ogunnaike said he looks to Bob Gore as a mentor for being an accomplished alumnus from Delaware with perspective.

“He has perspective,” Ogunnaike said. “I grew up in Africa, and I understand the wisdom of the elders is not something you can bite for money, the only way to get that is through experience. And I look for people like that as mentors.”

Developing philanthropy awareness is becoming crucial in teaching undergraduate students in state of the art buildings and funding research.

Taylor said the donation made

by Bob and Jane Gore will be recognized by prominent alumni and be an incentive to keep giving back to their alma mater.

“It’s important to teach our undergraduate students develop a culture of philanthropy,” Taylor said.

Private support has increasingly become a main focus and initiative while being predicted by the university for state funding to decrease as time goes on.

“These are the kinds of things and the person we’re looking for, not just your classic researcher, that’s good, but the University of Delaware and chemical engineering, we do our research well, but we also teach well and inspire our students,” Ogunnaike said.

KINSERVICK: ‘WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS OUR ENERGIES AND EFFORTS TO HAVE BIGGEST IMPACT.’ Continued from page 5 Faculty have been taking part in town halls on campus and will have the opportunity to take part in surveys as well, in addition to future visits to individual departments and faculty feedback emails, he said.

By the end of the process, the university should make an impact, he said.

“The working group will help UD find ways that the university, faculty, staff, students, professionals and alumni can change society for the better, change things for the local level to the global level,” Brewer said.

“Models for the New American Research University” The largest working

group, with 61 members that are split into four subgroups and co-chaired by Kristi Kiick, professor and deputy dean of the college of engineering, and Matt Kinservik, the vice provost for faculty affairs and English professor. The Models for the New American Research University group looks at the subgroups to see how the university can become the best it can be as a whole, Kinservik said.

“In higher education, there are a lot of questions being asked by traditional organization in terms of departments and disciplines and a lot of pressure to consider reorganizing and address current and future challenges,” Kinservik said. “We spent a period of time in terms of research, internal discussion

and developing questions.”

Academic Organization looks at how the university is organized by department, college, faculty type and different schools, such as the School of Education and the School of Public Policy and Administration, Kinservik said.

The second subgroup, Curriculum & Delivery, looks at fundamental questions about how the university defines and delivers the curriculum in the undergraduate program, the graduate program and the professional and continuing students program, Kinservik said.

The next subgroup, Infrastructure, examines the university’s physical infrastructure, such as buildings and grounds, as well as the

internal infrastructure of the university experience to see what innovation can occur to improve the university and have the most up-to-date and efficient infrastructure, he said.

The last subgroup, Resource Analysis, looks at how the university makes and spends its money by conducting studies of revenue streams, expenses and how it is organized to handle the two, he said.

In this working group, some students are members of the subgroups, while others can be involved by attending one of the general meetings that the working group will hold, with an open invitation for people to talk about what is important to them, Kinservik said.

There have been meetings with student groups on campus

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Poll results show majority support for marijuana legalization in Delaware

tGIANNA MERCADANTE Staff Reporter e Delawareans are showing tsupport for lax drug policies, according to a survey conducted ain September at the university’s Center for the Political oCommunication. e The poll shows that 56 fpercent of Delaware residents support the legalization of smarijuana while 39 percent are nin opposition.

Communications professor rPaul Brewer said the survey swas done via telephone and consisted of a random sample fof 902 Delaware residents.

Of those 902 residents, 769 were registered voters, yet the voter and overall results were consistent.

The only demographic group that did not show solid majority support for legalizing marijuana was the 60 and older age group. However, of those polled under age 30, a 68 percent majority was in favor of legalization.

“That pattern suggests that unless something changes in the trends, that in the future, support is going to be higher,” Brewer said.

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PRENSA 420/FLICKR In a poll conducted by the Center for Political Communication, 56 percent of Delaware residents support marijuana legalization.

including by age group, gender and political affiliation. Men were more likely to support legalization than women, and liberals and Democrats were more supportive than conservatives and Republicans.

The Pew Research Center published a national poll in April that showed support for marijuana legalization has dramatically increased throughout the past 45 years, rising 13 percentage points since 2010.

State Representative John Kowalko, Democrat from the Newark South district, is in favor of marijuana legalization and said he is not surprised by these results nor the national trends of increasing support.

“If numbers like that keep coming out and they’re publicized, that becomes a tool for people who are reluctant to accept it,” Kowalko said.

Kowalko said publicizing these results can help people show support for controversial legislation without the fear of repercussions, as well as influence voters to take action.

New Castle and Kent Counties both showed a solid majority in favor of legalizing, Brewer said. Even in the predominantly conservative Sussex county, results were almost evenly split.

If the state were to approach

either decriminalization or legalization in the future, a bill would have to pass through the political process. Delaware does not offer voters the ability to approve measures via referendum.

However, Delaware has already taken the first step toward less stringent marijuana laws. The drug became available medicinally in the state for prescribed users in July 2012.

Rachelle Yeung, a legislative analyst at the Marijuana Policy Project, an organization that lobbies for marijuana policy reform, said more change will come in the future, and in the short term they would like to try to replace criminal penalties for marijuana possession with civil fines, akin to traffic tickets.

“Ultimately though, we would like to see marijuana treated similarly to alcohol in Delaware so that it’s sold in a regulated system and taxed for adults 21 and up,” Yeung said.

Kowalko said the state could benefit financially from similar legislation. The state could save money on prosecution, police arrests and make money if the state chose to fully legalize marijuana and tax the sale, he said.

According to a study published by the Cato Institute, a libertarian-leaning think tank, in 2010 and conducted by Harvard

economics professor, Jeffrey Miron, the national government would save a total of $8.7 billion in expenditures from marijuana prosecution.

“It makes no sense to arrest and prosecute nonviolent offenders,” Yeung said. “A criminal record can prevent a person from obtaining employment, from obtaining education opportunities, financial aid to go to school and, in some cases, it can even be an obstacle to obtaining housing.”

Kowalko said he predicts future legislation on marijuana only has the chance of passing during a non-election year.

“Once you hear that key phrase, ‘it’s an election year,’ you know you’re going to get a decision made which is not based on the facts or the issue or the policy or the good or bad in it,” Kowalko said. “You’re going to get a decision or a stance taken on pure political survival.”

Based on the results of the poll, Brewer said he predicts decriminalization is a more likely scenario than legalization in Delaware’s near future, but support for legalization will continue to increase.

“I think the takeaway is that a clear majority of Delawareans are in favor of legalizing marijuana if they are presented with that option,” Brewer said.

College textbook prices double in the last decade HUNTER FREEMAN Staff Reporter In the past decade, the average price of textbooks has risen 80 percent, overtaking inflation, according to a study from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Director of Media Relations for McGraw-Hill Education Brian Belardi, said the rising price in textbooks is merely keeping pace with the increase in higher education costs in general.

Statistically, the two have increased at a fairly constant rate over the past years, he said.

However, Belardi said the price increase comes from a desire to give students more value, which requires a great deal of investment. Students may often overlook the fact that the costs of producing textbooks include developing the materials, paying for the rights to images and multimedia content, as well as developing newer online resources.

The shift to digital resources is something developers are focused on in order to offer students the most valuable resources for their money, Belardi said.

“Our biggest concern is offering the most value for students,” Belardi said.

Mathematics professor Rakesh, head of the committee which selects mathematics textbooks for students, said

the decision to make changes to editions of textbooks comes once every two or three years through a committee of three.

He said the department does not benefit financially from any sale of textbooks. In fact, Rakesh said price is one of the main considerations when deciding on textbooks.

“Cost is number one,” Rakesh said.

However, when a new edition of books come out, professors are forced to change to them because the older editions may not be available for all of their students, he said.

When it comes to packaged products––which students are unable to buy used––he said there is actually a price break in the total cost compared the new products individually.

Janet Broske, assistant professor of museum studies, said she often tries to post resources online so that students do not have to buy books, although she feels sometimes books “have a life after the classroom” and requires those books for student reference.

Statistically, the increase seems staggering, but for students it may not be such a big problem. Data suggests that although textbook prices have risen, students pay about the same as they did ten years ago.

“I spend around $300 a semester on textbooks,” junior accounting major Tess Fanning

said.

These findings are similar to a recent article published by National Public Radio’s “Planet Money,” which stated in 2002 students paid an average of a bit over $600 a year on textbooks.

In 2012, that number dropped below $600.

Alumna Chelsea Mondock recalled creating Excel sheets every semester to compare used and new prices to rent and buy books at a variety of stores. One year, Mondock said she accidentally purchased “bootleg” books, which had a different cover and a disclaimer that they were not for sale in Canada or the United States.

Both Fanning and Mondock said they were able to avoid paying higher costs through sources such as Chegg, Amazon and Lieberman’s, which offer used books and rentals.

Publishers also offer some more affordable options, including looseleaf and online formats, although those generally cannot be resold at the end of the semester.

Mondock said she would sell books at the end of the semester to make extra money.

However, what she would receive was usually far from the original cost.

“I remember getting as little as five to 10 dollars for some books,” Mondock said.

EMILY DIMAIO/THE REVIEW According to NPR’s “Planet Money,” in 2002 students paid an average of over $600 a year on textbooks, but in 2012 that number dropped below $600, partially due to the rise of “bootleg” alternatives.

TAYLOR: ‘WE [ADVERTISE] COMPLETELY BY WORD-OF-MOUTH MOST OF THE TIME.’ Continued from page 1 Some street papers such as Our Independence have some eligible homeless individuals write articles for them, under certain projects and special assignments that are provided.

Taylor said their advertising

methods are relatively informal.

“We [advertise] completely by word-of-mouth most of the time,” she said. “We did initially do a couple of presentations in some shelters, which ended up being a little unsuccessful, so we moved primarily to word-ofmouth.”

Flannigan said his

newspaper allows virtually anyone from the homeless community to come into their distribution office, sign a contract spelling out their standards and their general expectations and then ultimately become a vendor.

“We have vendors who actually write articles for the

newspaper, and are paid fifty dollars if it gets published, so we have people always interested in that,” Flannigan said.

According to Flannigan, the focus on the self-help model approach is an the attempt to make a difference amongst the lives of homeless community members can be seen in other

cities such as across the country, such as Nashville and Portland.

Like Our Independence and One Step Away, providing these services seems to have put Boston’s street paper in the apparent national supportive group concerned with effectively aiding the homeless community, he said.

EDITORIAL Letter: Who’s to blame for Ebola mishandling?

While the talking-heads of mainstream media blame poor hospital protocols and lack of travel restrictions for the spread of Ebola in the United States, there is one group that has not suffered its share of the blame.

The National Rifle Association.

Last week, Ron Klain became the nation’s first Ebola Czar. The former chief of staff to Vice Presidents Biden and Gore is now working “to make sure that all the government agencies that are responsible for aspects of this response, that their efforts are carefully integrated,” said White House Press Sectary Josh Earnest, “He will also be playing a role in making sure the decisions get made.”

Sounds awfully similar to the job description of another high ranking government

official. One that existed decades before an Ebola outbreak in the US was nothing more than a frightening possibility.

Maybe the public is resting easier knowing a political operative is spearheading the race to contain the deadly virus that has torn its way through West African countries. Or maybe, they’d be sleeping more soundly if a qualified medical professional was responsible for managing response protocol, and more importantly, communicating the virus’s risks with the public.

Perhaps someone like Dr. Viveck Murthy, the man President Obama nominated to be Surgeon General. Dr. Murthy received his bachelor’s degree in biomedical science from Harvard, his MD from Yale, and an additional Ivy League degree

in Health Care Management. I’m sure Mr. Klain’s education was just fine. But doesn’t Dr. Murthy seem more qualified in the contagion department?

Dr. Murthy has the education.

He has the experiences of working as a physician and managing health campaigns. Shouldn’t he be the one coordinating agencies and their efforts to contain Ebola?

But rather than the expert of medical knowledge of a Surgeon General, we have a lawyer.

Thank you NRA. 11 months and one outbreak since Murthy’s nomination and the office remains empty. Why did the Senate vote against such a qualified candidate, leaving the nation vulnerable? They didn’t. They didn’t vote against Murthy’s confirmation because they didn’t vote.

Like most public health officials, Murthy classifies gun violence as a public health issue. Unlike many others, he publicized that belief in a Tweet.

In comes the NRA, they pull their strings, move campaign donations around, and rile up their members. Suddenly, Senators are terrified to even call for a vote and the door to epidemic is wide open.

The NRA won, they kept the gun-hating health official out of office. But they forgot, Ebola doesn’t care if you’re a card carrying member of the NRA, or an anti-violence advocate. If not contained it will infect you, and you can’t shoot a virus.

—Emily Floros, erfloros@udel.edu

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Film on Pacific garbage patch presented by DENIN The Delaware Environmental Institute Ambassadors (DENIN) hosted a showing of “Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” a documentary detailing the hazards of plastic waste, last Tuesday.

The film was written and directed by Angela Sun, a pro surfer and journalist working to examine the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a supposed island of trash around twice the size of Texas. Sun traveled to Midway, an island directly in the center of the Pacific Ocean to research the patch some more.

On the mainland, Sun continued her research by looking into the harmful chemicals expulsed by the plastic in the ocean.

Becky Bronstein (pictured at left), a senior environmental science major and DENIN Ambassador explains that the DENIN Ambassadors take on an initiative every year, choosing to focus on the oceans for the 2014-2015 year.

The DENIN Ambassadors also put on the “Lights, Camera, Earth” film festival in the spring where students can submit their own videos for prizes.

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“I just want to be able to play at a coffee shop on the weekend and have people come up to me and say, ‘I really enjoyed hearing you play.’”

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MANDY WASSUM Staff Reporter For Black/trans/ queer poet J Mase III, his identities––and the intersection of them all––are essential to his existence.

“One of the things I talked about, the way in which––especially being a trans person and being a person of color and all of those ways it intersects–– those ways that our identities are sawed off into different parts of the year, different parts of the month, and so my favorite part is saying to people, ‘No, I exist

at all times’, right?” Mase III says, “So like we exist, we are allowed to be here, and that we have a right to be here.”

J Mase III, who is based out of Brooklyn, N.Y., spoke about equality, honesty and identity at the Bacchus Theater in Perkins Student Center on Friday. He covered topics such as relationships, religion, race, allies, solidarity and death during his hour-long performance hosted by Haven.

“He represents a community that I am intrinsically tied to, and as another queer person of color I find that at our university it’s very isolating

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REP Costume Sale: The “Black Friday” of fine arts KELSEY MCKEE Staff Reporter The doors of Hartshorn Hall opened at 2 p.m. on Friday afternoon to a line of people waiting to get their hands on about 2,000 different costumes that have accumulated from Resident Ensemble Players’ (REP) theatre productions over the last seventeen years.

Members of the theatre department realized that costumes and props from about 150 plays were limiting the REP’s storage space, says Howatt.

“Halloween is always a great time for a costume sale,” says Nadine Howatt, director of marketing and communication for the REP and Department of Theatre.

Costumes originated from a range of productions, including Shakespeare plays and “O Beautiful,” a play written specifically for the REP. “I found some really cool stuff,” junior Christine Bristowe says. “I think I’m all set for my Halloween costume.”

Many of the costumes were built for specific shows

and would not fit into other performances. These unusable costumes were filling limited storage space. Shop manager and costume director Barb Hughes says she realized a sale would allow the department to make room for new costumes.

The room was filled with people, and there was a line wrapped around the front of the building. Many people walked around, arms full, asking if there was a place to put their finds.

“It was kind of like Black Friday in there,” Bristowe says.

“There were so many people, but I was able to find some cool cheap stuff.”

Items for sale included hats, masks, boots, capes, some wedding gowns, a papal robe and more.

“I really like a beautiful cape worn by Roxanne in ‘Cyrano de Bergerac,’ but I would probably look really ridiculous wearing it to the grocery store,” Howatt said.

The REP worked with the university’s Procurement Services to finance the sale.

All proceeds from the sale support the REP’s costume shop and costume production for future shows.

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and sometimes you are invisible in the sense that there is no space for you here,” says Jeremy Mathis, president of Haven.

Mathis says Mase III’s message of inclusivity for trans and queer people of color is important because of how different their life experiences are, even from other members of the queer community.

“It’s just a really important message that a lot of our students don’t get,” Mathis says.

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Hudson Taylor talks LGBT issues in sports community JASMINE RIDER Staff Reporter Hudson Taylor recalled sitting in class one day during the first month of school. A boy named Matt, who sat next to him, stood up and announced to the class that he was gay.

The entire class stood and applauded Matt. His “makeshift coming out party” made Taylor realize that he wanted that acceptance for everyone.

Hudson Taylor discussed the importance of LGBT allies Thursday in the Trabant University Center Theatre. Taylor founded Athlete Ally, a nonprofit organization focused on ending homophobia and transphobia in sports. Since launching in 2010, 60 chapters have started on campuses across the country and over 100 professional athletes have joined the organization.

The university’s Athlete Ally chapter is new to campus this semester, and seniors Hayley Diverio and Barry Shapiro share the role of president. Diverio says she hopes for athletes to become involved with the organization because of its message.

“After being an athlete now for eight years, I can’t picture someone who doesn’t feel comfortable around their team, because a team is a family,” Diverio says. “How are you going you going to be yourself if you

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As a self-described “outloud proud ally” Taylor says he was not always an activist for LGBT rights. He says his great, great, great grandfather was Christian missionary James Hudson Taylor, who brought Christianity to China.

“Unfortunately as a result of the faith of my family, I chose not to act,” Taylor says.

He says it was through sports where he was taught that it was negative to be perceived as feminine. He admitted to using homophobic and sexist slurs when he was younger.

Taylor says because of the culture of sports, for most of his childhood and teenage years he did not think that he knew anyone who was gay. As a result, when he heard homophobic language, he did not think he should speak out against it.

He asked the audience to raise their hand if they had heard someone say “that’s so gay,” during the week while on campus. Almost every student in attendance raised their hand. He followed up by asking the people who raised their hands to keep their hands raised if anyone had spoken out against it. About 10 hands remained raised.

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RUN THE JEWELS: RTJ2

JAKE KAIRIS The last hip hop duo victory lap (notwithstanding the recent Outkast festival reunion tour) that truly left fans reeling and struggling to keep up was “Watch the Throne.” Kanye West had just released his most critically acclaimed album to date, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” and Jay-Z was coming off the huge commercial success of his “The Blueprint 3.”

Killer Mike and El-P’s second collaborative album as Run The Jewels, “RTJ2” may not have the media hype backing its release, but it is possibly a stronger victory lap with greater fanfare and bombast, partly because Mike and El-P know that not nearly as many people will be watching. That is the loss of those who have not yet been introduced to this team, which may be one of the best collaboration decisions in recent memory. As solo artists, El and Mike both garnered occasional success, but neither had the ravenous fan base that preceded their second record.

When the album was finally leaked online recently, their Twitter fanbase combusted spontaneously, posting pictures of various devices erupting into flames upon hitting play on “RTJ2.” Keep in mind that the first Run the Jewels record was released as a free mixtape with no advertising, El and Mike believing that only a few especially ravenous rap enthusiasts would find it.

But set aside the hype and the environment of “RTJ2”’s release, and what does the music provide? The answer is an expansion and refinement of the original Run the Jewels effort.

Mike and El rap in short bursts of masculine social anxiety, tossing the mic back and forth between each other to grunt out rapper boast followed by political jab followed by streamof-consciousness rhyme vomit.

All this prances atop beats that drastically modify their rhythm and sound every other verse like a schizophrenic dance-oriented Flying Lotus. The production sounds like “The Money Store” and “No Love Deep Web” by Death Grips, although Run The Jewels sound like they are having a much better time than MC Ride.

The toss-back-and-forth rap style is reminiscent of Outkast, which is no surprise as Killer Mike cites Big Boi as one of his closest friends. But for Mike and El to be pumping out hits as energetic as those on “RTJ2” are is astonishing. When Big Boi and Andre 3000 released their hard hitting double album “Speakerboxx/The Love Below,” both men were about 29. El-P and Killer Mike are 39 today and sounding immortal on this record.

El-P’s rolling mind-screw commentary is fresher than ever, he raps, “We run this spot like a Chinese sweatshop / don’t stop work a worker ‘til his chest pop / Cardiac arrested I’m so invested / I’m self-invented, that’s no illusion.” And as Killer Mike’s swelling political rage burns bright, he says, “You really made it or just became a prisoner of privilege? / You willing to share that information that you’ve been given? / Like who really run this? Like who really fund this?”

A few minutes in to “RTJ2” and you will be raging as hard as Mike and El.

COURTESY OF MICHELLE TRINCIA & KAYLYN MINIX The bloom planners are sold at over 300 locations, including Main Street’s Heart and Home and Lieberman’s Bookstore.

Alumnae find success making ‘bloom’ planners for women MANDY WASSUM Staff Reporter In the right conditions, a little seed can grow into something substantial.

Michelle Trincia, 26, and Kaylyn Minix, 27, know this fact well. Since starting the “bloom daily planner” line four years ago as part of the Student Media Group in Newark, they have watched their creative efforts blossom. Their daily planners are sold in more than 300 bookstores and boutiques all over the country, climbing to the

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AMBER JOHNSON The art of engaging an audience has evolved from the primordial campfire stories of our ancestors to the overwhelming technological age of media that viciously competes for a second of our attention. The interactive method of storytelling we observe today presents its audience with the illusion of control and connection. It is the beginning of the dystopia Ray Bradbury cautions against in “Fahrenheit 451,” but it’s also a hell of a lot of fun. Check out these incredible interactive science fiction web series that hint toward a haunting future.

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and Josh Gordon (“Blades of Glory”), “The Power Inside” is the third installment in a new and developing medium of branded entertainment sponsored by Toshiba and Intel. Attempting to guide customers away from the trending Apple products, the company launched a creative attack by marketing their products through their first series, “Inside” featuring actress Emmy Rosum (“Shameless”).

The thriller followed Rosum’s struggle to escape the confines of a room armed only with a computer and the help of her connections on social media. The series garnered a lot of support with millions of views leading to a second series called “The Beauty Inside” starring Topher Grace (“Spider-Man 3”) and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (“Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”). Grace plays Alex, a young man cursed with waking up in a strange body every day of his life. His love for Leah only complicates things.

The most recent addition to the works of Intel and Toshiba differs from its predecessors, taking on a lighthearted comedic approach. In a universe ransacked by extraterrestrial life forms resembling mustaches

and bushy unibrows, the fate of society falls in the hands of the submissive Neil played by Craig Roberts (“Submarine”). Armed with the help of his guide and aging barber O’Mansky (Harvey Keitel, “Taxi Driver”), best friend Ari (Zack Pearlman, “The Virginity Hit”), crush Ashley (Analeigh Tipton, “Warm Bodies”) and her obnoxious hipster boyfriend Devin (Reid Ewing, “Modern Family”) they take on the alien race together, finding the power within their laptops.

The social film, though ridiculous in plot, is incredibly well acted and cinematically appealing. The six-part series premiered August 2013 and received 2.5 million views on average per video. Audience members can participate in deciding the fate of the characters by aiding the effort to save the world or destroy it by auditioning for each side and playing through apps on Facebook.

While the series receives a positive response, critics argue it is less emotional than the other stories and, while fitting with the theme of discovering your own hidden power, it falls short in evoking a significant meaning that the others expertly communicated.

The series can be viewed on YouTube.

H + The Digital Series Created by Bryan Singer

(“X-Men” films), John Cabrera and Cosimo De Tommaso, “H+” reveals a futuristic society not too far off from our own.

The series explores the idea of transhumanism and our intimate relationship with technology.

The 48-episode web series follows the lives of individuals around the world in the wake of a cataclysmic disaster.

Over one third of the population relinquished their connection with outdated technology like cell phones and computers in favor of a more interactive approach, with their nervous system hooked up to the system itself. The implant, created by Irish biotechnology company Hplus Nano Teoranta, allows its users complete immersion. Citizens can watch the game while driving or pause a conversation to mentally attend a meeting and record the conversations they missed.

It is a technological revolution that will make life easier for all those who choose its path. The only problem is that a deadly digital virus has somehow been released, eliminating a major component of the population.

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

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provide feedback on products.

“If you go on Twitter or Instagram and just look up ‘#bloomgirls,’ you can see all of these girls who are using our products and sending us these positive messages,” Trincia says.

“It’s just become a really cool community of these girls who are just sharing positivity, and it’s really rewarding to see that.”

Trincia and Minix are currently talking to international retailers with the hopes of expanding their European presence in 2015.

They remain loyal to their local roots, however, and often hire interns from the university.

Dominique Montoya, a communications major at the university, recently interned with Student Media Group–– bloom daily planner’s parent company––and says she enjoyed her experience working alongside the business.

“It’s really cool to see their message of being organized, being on top of your game, being powerful, being empowered and having the drive to be successful,” Montoya says.

“Being a bloom girl means having the ability and having the knowledge and having the drive to better yourself.”

The bloom daily planners company is also currently serving as a sponsor for UDress, the university’s fashion magazine.

The brand will be chairing a table at the UDress Fall Fashion Event on Nov. 22 alongside Nicole J, owner of Nicole J Boutique, and another local entrepreneur.

Their advice for university students stems from their own experience here on campus?

“Don’t look for your dream job,” Trincia says. “I would say create it.”

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top of Amazon’s best-selling list of planners and spreading to the overseas market.

“We have been planner users and lovers our whole lives,” Minix says. “That’s why we decided to work for this company that made college planners.”

Trincia and Minix came up with the idea for “bloom” while they were sales interns at the Student Media Group during college. Trincia was an English major with a minor in interactive media while Minix was an operations management and marketing double major.

As student media interns,

they were responsible for selling advertising space for daily planners used on campus. After a few years, however, they found themselves wanting to branch out.

“We wanted to make something a little bit more attractive that girls would want to carry around campus,” Minix says.

They pitched their idea— planners that were fun, fashionable and chic—to Student Media Group, and were given the chance to start their own line.

Now, with retail sales doubling every year, the brand has expanded its line to include notebooks, to-do pads, binders and desk calendars. The brand is also currently developing teacher planners, a stationery line and thank-you cards, Trincia says.

These products can be found on bloom’s website or in bookstores and boutiques nationwide, including Liebermans Bookstore and Heart and Home on Main Street.

Despite their success, Trincia and Minix have stayed true to their original goal for bloom.

“The whole mission of bloom is inspiring and empowering young women to bloom into the best version of themselves, so we try to make organizing fun and something to look forward to,” Trincia says.

“We try to infuse our products with positive messages and inspirational things like goaltracking to inspire women to plan and grow.”

Every bloom product comes with an insert about the brand’s social media hashtag, “#bloomgirls” through which customers can share inspirational messages and

This is especially disgraceful considering I’m certainly no stranger to frequenting local eateries—especially those of the breakfast variety. I have Newark Deli & Bagels on speed-dial, and there is a chair at Brew HaHa! that is all but engraved with my initials.

The venue for my very first brunch was a no-brainer: Del Pez. The tantalizing aromas, vibrant teal and orange décor and mess of cozy twinkle lights have been tempting me all semester long.

The menu proved equally

intriguing. I ordered a $7 glass of sangria called “Serra’s Boon”—an exquisitely refreshing combination of Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, kiwi, mango, roasted pineapples and Art in the Age Rhubarb.

This drink is just one on a long list of fascinating cocktails that belong on display in some sort of culinary art museum. Each is infused with such unexpectedly elegant combinations of fruits, vegetables and flavorings (spinach, kale, raisins and grilled sweet corn, to single out a few) and has placed within me a sudden unshakable desire to bartend.

I also can’t articulate how impeccably my sangria complemented the free appetizer-

esque servings of popcorn kernel-like niblets. (I believe our waitress called them “Peruvian corn nuts.”) Toasted and tossed in a mouthwatering blend of sweet and salty seasonings, they’re served in the cutest little cappuccino cups and happily replenished at request to ensure maximum pre- and post-meal munching. I’d like a lifetime supply, please and thank you!

Craving something substantial, I went for the steak and eggs—two eggs, citrusmarinated flank steak and fingerling hash (normally $11, but only $5.50!—hooray for halfpriced brunch!). Upon ordering, I remembered that being forced to choose between scrambled and sunny-side-up eggs almost

always spirals into a full-fledged eggs-istential crisis. Flustered, I switched to scrambled, regretting my choice as soon as I’d uttered it.

But when my plate arrived, accompanied by two warm tortillas that had not been on the menu description, I was grateful for the aforementioned switch— scrambled eggs turned out to be considerably more conducive to successful sandwich building.

The steak was wonderfully seasoned (though next time, I’ll be sure to get “medium-rare” rather than “medium”). The potatoes, cooked to tender perfection, were properly portioned, too. I wasn’t left aimlessly stabbing at an unwanted heap of hash browns.

I will be back for sure!

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EVERYDAY RUNWAY

I LIKE TO KNOW IT This week, I time traveled.

But instead of going back in time, time just seemed to disappear. My assistant in this amazing magic trick: Pinterest.

I spend what I think is five minutes scrolling through the “Women’s Fashion” page, wishing I could download all of my newest pins to my closet. A girl can dream, right?

There’s nothing worse than clicking the hyperlink to a site that doesn’t give me what I want—the ability to purchase the clothes in the pin.

But not to fear, I’ve finally found the solution via Instagram. Right now you should all open up your Instagram accounts and follow LIKEtoKNOW.it. Then go to their website, confirm your Instagram account and give them your email. You know they are legit because InStyle magazine regrammed one of their posts.

Just like the name of their handle says, once you ‘like’ the photo, you’ll receive an email of the liked picture, which includes clickable links to each item in the photo.

While you can’t download the outfits for free (someone please get on inventing that technology, xoxo every girl in the world), at least now you can find out the brands and purchase them if you feel so inclined.

I’m not really sure how this sorcery works, but let me just tell you my bank account is slightly concerned. Within the past two days of following LIKEtoKNOW.it, I have at least five different sites with full shopping carts waiting for me to graduate and get a job so that I can complete my purchases.

LIKEtoKNOW.it shows you Pinterest-worthy outfits Instagrammed by various fashionistas and bloggers, like Lauren Conrad and the Olsen twins amongst others, whom you can also follow.

While following showcased bloggers won’t give you brand information, they are sure to give you great outfit ideas on days where you find yourselves staring at your dresser, clueless as you try to figure out what to wear that day.

Not only do they showcase clothes but accessories, too.

And if you’re lucky, you’ll catch their posts when discount codes are available.

I’m waiting for the day when there is discount on a quilted Chanel clutch or maybe those “Rockstud” Valentino pumps I’ve had my eye on for who knows how long.

With all of these new brands and bloggers to explore, the next time I look up from my computer screen I’ll be sure to have “accidentally” time traveled right past finals to my graduation date in December.

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Sophomore releases EP, “Today Tomorrow Someday” ALEXANDRA STRAUSMAN Staff Reporter Four years ago, Marielle Kraft stood on stage at her Rhode Island high school’s talent show with a $90 acoustic guitar, a recent gift. At the time, she knew only three chords.

“I’m pretty sure I didn’t blink the whole time and might have blacked out during it,” Kraft says of her high school performance of Sara Bareilles’ “King of Anything.”

“I guess it went pretty well.”

Now, the 19-year-old sophomore is looking forward to the July 9 release of her five-song EP, “Today Tomorrow Someday.”

She says she believes the songs best shape the story she is hoping to tell.

“I wanted to have physical copies to hold and say, ‘I made this,’ and give it to people to say, ‘My friend Marielle made this,’” Kraft says.

Kraft has written about 30 to 40 songs, has 900 YouTube subscribers and frequents coffee shops to sing covers and some originals.

Kraft recorded with Dave DeWhitt, her uncle’s old friend.

After meeting with Kraft and hearing her music, DeWhitt asked to record with her at his Midnight

Muse Studios in Newark. She recorded the album last spring when she would be in studio for four to five hours at a time.

When arranging the songs, Kraft would sing or play a certain riff or background melody on the guitar for DeWhitt to translate onto other instruments, including the drums, piano, mandolin, shaker, organ and accordion.

Explaining each song in her EP, Kraft starts at the first song, “Alive” which she wrote and performed for her high school graduation ceremony in front of a 2,000-person crowd.

Her second song, “All Along” uncovers feelings about a summer romance.

“Everyone has to have a cute song about a boy on their album,” Kraft says.

“Drive” ties the album together, capturing the times when one realizes life is changing, she says. Song four, “And We Danced” is her favorite—the quickest, most mindless song she says she has ever written because of the emotion behind it.

The lyrics are based on an elderly couple’s love story.

“Back Home” has lyrics that speak of journeying far but always returning to the place where all is familiar.

“We’re about to go off and do amazing things in the world, but we will always share a part of the world together,” Kraft says of the song.

If she had to declare a level of desirable fame, she says it would be that of Colbie Caillat.

She says a more realistic dream job is to be a third-grade teacher, in which she would use the ukulele to teach geography.

However, if other opportunities keep popping up, she says she will not reject them.

“I just want to be able to play at a coffee shop on the weekend and have people come up to me and say, ‘I really enjoyed hearing you play,’” Kraft says.

When she hears a quote that sticks with her, she writes it in her phone notepad and uses it for inspiration. Other times, when she starts experimenting on her guitar, she goes along with the feeling she gets from a certain chord progression.

Kraft entered the musicmaking process with no intent of making money—she just wanted to share her music with as many people as possible, she says. She used CD Baby, a distributor for independent artists, to dispense her music to different sites and search engines such as Amazon,

Google Play and Ardio.

Her music is available for purchase on iTunes and for free download on sites SoundCloud and NoiseTrade.

Through NoiseTrade, Kraft can see that she’s had over 1,000 downloads from locations as far as London, Hong Kong and Indonesia. The week after her EP’s release, NoiseTrade contacted Kraft and featured her on its homepage for a full week as a “new and notable artist.”

For now, the elementary education major is focusing on school, club lacrosse and her responsibilities as an alumni ambassador and member of Student Centers Programming Advisory Board.

On a recent trip to New York to see her favorite artist Betty Who, a stranger overheard Kraft singing to herself and asked if she was an artist.

“I must have not been singing as softly as I thought,” Kraft says.

Three minutes later, she signed her first autograph.

“Every few days, people say they just listened to my music for the first time or just put me on their iPod and it makes my day,” Kraft says.

With friendly competition, Panhellenic Council seeks to unite sororities

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SARAH MCLOUGHLIN Staff Reporter Sororities raised over $2,000 this week for the first ever Panhellenic Pride Week. Rachel Morenoff, member of Gamma Phi Beta and Panhellenic Recruitment Chair, said the goal of the week was to raise awareness and funds for Panhellenic Philanthropy.

“We’ve been slowly drifting away from what a sorority’s purpose is––sisterhood through service, philanthropy and ties with your community,” Morenoff said.

A series of events were held throughout the week to accomplish unity among sororities. Mari Ann Callais spoke in Mitchell Hall on Monday about making the most of sorority women’s college experiences.

Women participated in “Strength in Sisters,” a series of workout classes in the Carpenter Sports Building on Wednesday.

Tuesday and Thursday were dedicated to selling Panhellenic merchandise, with proceeds going to Circle of Sisterhood.

Proceeds from headbands sold went to Headbands of Hope, an organization which supports pediatric cancer research.

Although each individual sorority chapter has its own

philanthropy, Circle of Sisterhood is Panhellenic’s philanthropy, meaning every sorority supports this cause.

Founded in 2010, Circle of Sisterhood is a nonprofit organization founded and powered by sorority women.

The nonprofit raises funds for impoverished women worldwide who do not have access to education. The sororities raised $2,272.50 throughout the week.

The week was developed by Panhellenic Council when four of its 10 members attended the Northeast Greek Leadership Association Conference in Pittsburgh last spring. Through speaking with women in sorority chapters at different schools which had dedicated whole months to Panhellenic pride, Morenoff said she was inspired to bring that home to the university.

Another aspect of the week was remembering sororities are there to support each other’s chapters, Morenoff said.

“This is something that all of the sororities can come together and do because in the end, we all are one,” said Ashley Liss, panhellenic delegate for Alpha Xi Delta.

However, there tends to be an undertone of competitiveness between sororities, Morenoff said.

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2,272.50 The amount raised by sororities for Circle of Sisterhood

A point system was developed, and a winner was announced at the end of the week. Through donations, social media posts, attending events and purchasing merchandise, points were collected.

Sigma Kappa won the week with the most points and will receive promotion to potential new members (PNMs). The sorority also won a catered dinner during recruitment.

“The sad truth is we have a system that is set up in a way that you need points and accountability in order to for girls to show up,” Morenoff said. “We figured since it’s the very first year, we wanted to make it a friendly competition, and if we had a little edge of competitiveness, it’s more likely we would have that participation.”

The Panhellenic community is the largest women’s organization on campus, encompassing roughly 23 percent of the female population as of Spring 2013.

After listening to Callais speak, Amne Harrington, program coordinator of Fraternity and Sorority Life, said she hopes Panhellenic members will use this power to be the voice of women at the university.

“UD’s sorority community

is successful at providing a great experience,” Harrington said. “I think we’re at the place where we can take that next step to advocate for women issues.”

Panhel plans to make this an annual event and will implement changes to the structure of the week in the coming years, Morenoff said.

“If we want to be the voice of women on campus, we need to be the people here who will take this message and do something with it,” Morenoff said. “It speaks volumes to have someone who is going to genuinely listen, ask questions, pass that message along and bring change. That’s something we’re going to focus on next year, and maybe our point system will change.”

Panhel will also be collecting donations for Circle of Sisterhood in November at their “Sneak Peak into Sisterhood” event for PNMs and Recruitment Counselors.

The event is designed to be a run through of a recruitment round and a forum for PNMs to ask any questions they may have before winter break. Sigma Kappa will also be featured at this event.

“We all have so much potential, and we’re bringing that out in each other,” Morenoff said.

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

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MOVIE REVIEWS

‘DRACULA UNTOLD’ 4 OUT OF 5 STARS KAYLA BAPTISTE Guest Columnist Vampires top the list of most feared monsters. Movies about vampires are rising in popular culture and piquing the interests of the younger generation.

In “Dracula Untold,” a mixture of history and fiction bring to light the deeper story behind the original vampire, Dracula. The movie, loosely based on the novel by Bram Stoker, explains the story

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of Vlad the Impaler, the infamous Prince of Romania who has been legended to be Dracula himself.

Luke Evans, who plays Dracula/Vlad Tepes, does a great job capturing the character’s essence. With the lives of his family and people being threatened by Mehmed II, played by Dominic Cooper, it is hard not to sympathize with the decisions Vlad Tepes made in order to protect his kingdom.

Vlad Tepes was given to the enemy, Mehmed’s father, when he was younger so that his father would prove his loyalty to the Turkish army. When Mehmed makes the same request for Vlad’s

‘WHITE BIRD IN A BLIZZARD’ 3 OUT OF 5 STARS

HANNAH TATE Guest Columnist

“I was 17 when my mother disappeared—just as I was becoming nothing but my body, flesh and blood and raging hormones, she stepped out of hers and left it behind.”

So begins “White Bird in a Blizzard,” director Gregg Araki’s new film adapted from Laura Kasischke’s 1999 novel. The film combines a coming-of-age tale and suspenseful mystery to tell the story of a mother slipping away and a daughter finding herself.

Kat, played by Shailene

Woodley, is 17 when her mother Eve, played by Eva Green, disappears without a trace from their Southern California suburban home. The movie begins in the fall of 1988 and spans three years, from the mother’s disappearance to Kat’s freshman year at college.

Eve is the perfect fifties housewife in a suburbia nightmare, stuck in a sexless marriage to a husband she loathes. Eve is beautiful yet flawed, slowly unraveling in the years leading up to her disappearance.

Her husband Brock, played by Christopher Meloni, loves Eve despite the contempt she shows for him, tolerating her growing disapproval.

Woodley plays the perfect contrast to Eve’s uptight, unhinged character. Kat is a smart, real and a sexualized

young woman dating Phil, the boy next door.

All that remains of Kat and Eve’s relationship is friction. Kat tries to understand her mother’s increasingly erratic behavior and dwindling show of love. Their strained relationship allows Kat to analyze her mother’s actions and behaviors from a detached viewpoint, giving the audience better insight into Eve’s disappearance.

What makes this film so intriguing is the way it creates the illusion that Eve’s disappearance––the characters involved and Eve’s ultimate fate is completely obvious–– without the film actually giving anything away. The audience is left feeling confident they know the cause and outcome of the disappearance leading to the end of the film.

son Ingeras, played by Art Parkinson, to be raised under Turkish royal court, Vlad makes the ultimate sacrifice which leads to his eternal devotion to the night, becoming a vampire.

“Dracula Untold” tells a story of love and sacrifice which many viewers may easily relate to. Understanding Dracula is what the viewers have to do while watching the movie.

Although there was enough plot for a general understanding, there was a lack of development to support the plot. The movie felt a little rushed, which does not give the story the justice it deserves. The characters

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TINDER MATCHES COMING IN HOT!

ALEXANDRA STRAUSMAN I thought our parents told us to never talk to strangers, let alone plan to meet up with them after exchanging a few characters on a “hot or not” phone app.

Let’s establish that Tinder is not okay.

One review of the app says, “How do I make in-app purchases so I can buy more ladies? Look out Candy Crush (which is, coincidentally, the name of the last stripper I paid a lot of money for)... here comes tinder!”

Okay! So the 17-andolder age requirement to join is really ensuring that the people the app pairs you with are the type we expect to be meeting via the Internet.

In the event that someone does not go missing from finding the Tinder match of their dreams, it is okay to admit the app does give us somewhat of a confidence boost and lets us know how good our profile picture choices are.

What is it about being interested in someone based on a picture? The whole idea of finding love online and catfishing should be such a far-fetched reality, but unfortunately, it is our generation’s reality. Done away with are the first glances, eye contact and instant butterflies. In its place is the sacred “hot or not” button. Then come the late night bar meetups hoping that your fingers were trustworthy enough to bring you the actual person you saw in the picture.

The picture for your Tinder page is your chosen narrative, another platform for self-advertisement— one which people can be attracted to or not. It is the “I want to talk to you” feeling that thumbs over the “hot” button and welcomes you into the aesthetic world.

It’s a form of virtual corruption, the way Tinder has disregarded

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KELSEY WENTLING/THE REVIEW Newark High School’s Certified Wildlife Habitat has replaced what once was a smoking court.

Certified Wildlife Habitats allow wildlife to thrive in Newark yards KELSEY WENTLING Staff Reporter Sunset Road is aptly named. And not because of any particularly beautiful sunsets.

It’s appropriately named because it fits the bill for roads, complexes and towns named for natural wonders in places where nature is shoved into window boxes and mowed into pristine lawns.

However, one yard refuses to be tamed. It’s overflowing with fauna, teeming with animals and bursting with life. It’s wild.

Newark resident Amy Roe saw the need for habitats in Newark, took action and transformed her yard into a Certified Wildlife Habitat.

Roe was certified through a national registry of gardens and yards that meet specific standards and encourage people to have habitats for wildlife.

“It’s tremendous,” Roe says. “We have a place where wildlife can live and thrive in our yard and—look at Newark––and the development and the sprawling pavement. Wildlife is getting sort of pushed into little corners, and they need safe places.”

As Newark develops,

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This all begins to unravel after Kat returns home from college and learns new details about her mother’s disappearance, making Kat and the audience rethink what they knew about Eve. The mystery of Eve’s disappearance is ultimately solved at the end of the film, a revelation that leaves your jaw hanging on the floor. All the pieces of Eve’s mystery come together in a completely unexpected way, making the sometimes slow-paced movie that much more satisfying.

“White Bird in a Blizzard” is out for limited release in theaters and digital download.

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the way online dating websites like eHarmony and Match.com have been delicately created to form sustainable relationships based on complimentary characteristics and hobbies.

The “hot or not” button dismisses the idea that two people who are not sexually attracted to each other could have anything in common.

It further encourages the hook-up generation because the meetups are primarily arranged for that sole purpose of hooking-up—that is, if a meet-up even gets planned.

Aside from being 100 percent creepy, Tinder beautifully shows how some people still have trust in strangers. For a moment it allows us to forget the cruel, pedophile-ish world we carefully reside in. The app allows you to hide behind a protective shield and borrow personalities that wouldn’t show through if two people randomly approached each other for the first time.

GQ perfectly outlines how to make the best Tinder profile using “Do” and “Don’t” list form. Do: “Keep it simple.”

Mystery is key. Reveal some, but not all, about yourself because that’s the fun in not knowing strangers, right?!

The app is advertised as following: “Tinder is how people meet. It’s like real life, but better.”

F i n a l l y — s t a b l e relationships in the making!

were introduced but not fully explained.

Overall, the movie deserves a lot of credit. After all, it is very hard for many to understand and feel for the infamous Vlad Tepes, who in history hasn’t been the most favorable ruler.

If you want to see gore and destruction at the hands of vampires, then, sadly, there is not much of that in the movie. But, if you are a lover of vampires and stories that appeal to your emotions, then “Dracula Untold” is definitely the movie for you.

cement suffocates the living, breathing earth.

Douglas Tallamy, entomology and wildlife ecology professor, says development poses a great threat to humans, in that it confines nature and habitats, leading to ecosystem collapse and ultimately, humanity’s collapse.

“Let’s focus on the U.S.: 53 percent of land is agriculture and only 5 percent is really, actively pristine, so the rest are places like Newark—suburbs, cities, airports, shopping malls,” Tallamy says. “There is very little nature left out there.

It gets chopped up into tiny habitat fragments, which can’t maintain habitats for long, so that leaves all the space in the in-between like our yards.

92 percent of area in Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland is lawn, Tallamy said.

“Lawn is not habitat,” Tallamy said.

“It’s not supporting much of anything.”

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) certifies anything from balconies to farms, provided that they meet the requirements to create a wildlife-friendly garden.

The NWF will certify

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property as a wildlife habitat if it provides “food, water and a place for wildlife to raise their young,” according to the organization’s website.

“The criteria is really simple, you have to have water for birds and animals and that can be like a fountain like we have here, which birds come by and drink from all the time,” Roe says.

Likewise, Robert McDowell, a Newark resident and environmental science teacher at Newark High School, says the qualifications for certification are simple and easy to accomplish.

“Educationally, I’m trying to get people and my students to understand that it’s very important to have a diverse habitat in your yard that actually supports wildlife and that it’s very easy to do,” McDowell says.

McDowell worked to convert what used to be a smoking area when Roe attended Newark High School into a Certified Wildlife Habitat, which now doubles as an outdoor classroom.

He says he uses the area to teach his students about environmental processes, such as testing biodegradation, studying different types of fauna and observing ecological succession.

Tallamy says habitat certification is a step in the right direction, but that one of the greatest detriments of landscaping is a human disconnect with nature.

“The basic attitude is that nature is some place, and humans are in some place,” Tallamy says. “People never think of blending the two. We need to learn to share the places where we live, learn and study or our ecosystems will collapse.”

In 2007, Tallamy published his book, “Bringing Home Nature,” which discusses the importance of incorporating native plants into gardens. Tallamy says this is an integral part of maintaining ecosystems as 80 percent of landscaping plants are from Asia and are purely decorative.

“The biggest problem is when people use plants just as decorations and pick them for decoration value only, not thinking about the ecosystem services a plant might provide,” Tallamy says. “We think of aesthetics only and not function.”

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THE REVIEW RACHEL WILSON Staff Reporter

COURTESY OF HANNAH SIMMONS A requirement of the class includes witnessing the birth of a litter of pigs, for which students must be ready at any time.

Animal science students raise piglets for capstone credit

Mysterious photos of baby piglets have been surfacing on students’ social media accounts in recent weeks. These little piglets have created quite the buzz on campus—but where did they come from?

These baby pigs are just a few of the estimated 90 piglets born to eight sows, or female pigs, in the last month. They are the focus of a semesterlong course called Swine Production (ANFS418). It was developed about 25 years ago

by Lesa Griffiths, professor of animal and food sciences.

Griffiths is the only instructor for the course and has taught it almost every year since its development.

The capstone course is intended to allow animal science students to take everything they have learned in their major, synthesize that knowledge and apply it, Griffiths says. Students can choose between six different production courses for their capstone, some of which include swine, dairy, poultry, beef, cattle and sheep.

“It was an easy choice,” says senior pre-veterinary medicine and animal biosciences major Zach DiSpirito. “I just wanted to learn more about pigs because I didn’t know a whole lot about them.”

Standard three-credit courses pale in comparison to the time commitment of this course. At a minimum, the requirements include attending

three lectures and one threehour lab each week, checking on the pigs twice a day, every day and being present for the birth of at least one litter of piglets.

Students also have to be ready to deal with pig-related issues at any moment, making the course essentially a 24/7 responsibility.

But Griffiths and the students alike note the time commitment is actually one of the greatest assets to the course.

“For me, it’s to have 24/7 teachable moments,” Griffiths says about her favorite part of the course.

At the outset of the class, pregnant sows are brought to the South Campus farm. The aim of the course is for students to raise the piglets from the moment they are born until they are ready to be sold.

Since witnessing the birth of at least one litter is a requirement of the class, students have to be ready at all times to drop everything and get to the farm.

Students don’t seem to mind the irregular hours.

“That Friday night that I went down and got super bloody and gave shots to the mom and helped baby pigs come in at two in the morning— that was amazing,” says senior pre-veterinary medicine and animal biosciences major Melissa Volpone.

The class of 28 students is divided into eight groups. After the piglets are born, each group is responsible for raising its own litter to the best of its ability.

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What ultimately happens to the piglets is up to each buyer.

Some of the piglets will become breeder pigs, but the majority will go to slaughter. This is why students must name the piglets something that represents what they will likely become: food.

One of the sows is named “Baconator” and her piglets are “Mini Baconators.” Others are named “BLTina” and “Sloppy Joanne.”

While the slaughter component of the course may seem controversial to some, it is just part of the nature of swine production.

“It’s really important for our students—and really, for all students—to understand where food comes from,” Griffiths says. “When you’re talking about raising agricultural animals, we’re raising them to produce a healthy food supply.”

An unintentional component of the course is the bond that students form with one another while working with the pigs. Griffiths says the first time she asked students what they had learned at the end of a semester, all of their answers were people-related.

Now, on the first day, she tells new students that the class is actually more about people than pigs, she says.

“We were friends before.

Now we talk a lot more,” DiSpirito says, adding that there has not been a single day that his group has not texted. “We’re definitely closer because of this class.”

TAYLOR: ‘IT’S A LOT EASIER TO LAUGH ALONG WITH IT THAN IT IS TO CALL IT OUT.’ a Division I wrestler. During his

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A guide for the best used books around town NATALIE PESETSKY Staff Reporter Delaware is the spine of a book-lover’s hot trail.

From Pennsylvania marvels to hometown hidden gold, online markets can’t beat the low prices of high quality print.

THE HIPSTER HOTSPOT Rainbow Records, an eclectic vinyl shop. It was born in the late 1970s and “still serving the tangible-media literary and musical whimsies” of all who shuffle in from East Main Street, is now officially Rainbow Books & Music. It packs an impressive collection of fiction, non-fiction, classic literature, poetry, local authors and more. Hundreds, maybe even a thousand used books stock an entire third of the store, still waiting to be indexed in what could be the original computer. From nature and travel to sci-fi fantasy and horror, hardback books go for $4 or $5 and paperbacks between $2 and $4.

“Things that we generally can’t keep on the shelf are things like Vonnagut, Kerouac, Burroughs, that sort of thing,” says Miranda Brewer, shop owner and manager.

Although the bookstore lacks romance novels, Brewer understands book lovers in the midst of the digitized age.

She explains the value of the experience that’s equally valuable to her.

“When a book starts to break down, it starts to take on a certain smell,” she says. “We all know the bookstore smell that’s kind of that vanilla-y kind of smell. There’s a sound when you turn the pages. There’s just something different about the experience of reading a real book versus reading a digital version.”

THE HIDDEN GEM Baldwin’s Book Barn is an 1822 bank barn built on about six luscious acres in Pennsylvania’s Brandywine Valley. It’s charming, with an 1800s pot-bellied stove in the front, a spunky Jack Russell named Bird, a couple friendly cats and five stories of over 200,000 books. It specializes in rare books but surely lacks nothing in the way of general inventory.

From trending cookbooks to military history, the barn offers student discounts of 20 percent to those who ask.

But if you’re not here to see

the historical icon that is the store itself, then you’re likely browsing for what owner and book-lover Thomas M. Baldwin refers to as “only-read-once books.” He recounts a lot of the books coming from old libraries, estates on the main line: leatherbound beauties or written in French, bought for the sake of merely decorating libraries. The barn is home to bits and pieces of history, like an original Civil War letter from the battle of Antietam, in which a private is writing to his mother describing the battle.

“There’s only one,” Baldwin says. “You can’t duplicate it.

You can copy it, but you can’t duplicate that original.”

With an eye for collector items, he reminisces digging up “The Great Gatsby” still sporting its original dust jacket and allegedly found in a box under a table in the store. Of only four known in the world, the book sold for a whopping $100,000.

THE FACE-TO-FACE PLACE The Hockessin Book Shelf is not much more than that by way of space, but personable service is priority to owner Rebecca Dowling, whose approximately 826-square-foot store holds just one employee per shift. It’s the only store without a website but boasts a Facebook page that’s refreshed an estimated four dimes daily. The used books make up 75 percent of the store and exist in good condition. It asks book readers to refrain storing them in any attics, basements, barns or garages.

They prefer the books not “smoky, musty, buggy, anything like that,” Dowling says.

And if it’s not on the shelf, customers can special order new books or put future used, store-bound books on reserve.

As a general bookstore, it carries fiction, mystery, romance, non-fiction, history, memoir, autobiographies and more. But it also boasts a notable selection of local, self-published and independently published authors like Bobby Palmer and S.A. Van. And despite its tiny size, the store hosts national-platform names via events featuring afternoons or evenings with an author. Figures like Wilmington native Christopher Castellani or Lisa Unger, whose novels have appeared on the New York Time’s Best Seller list.

THE BARGAIN BUSTER 2nd & Charles is a discount store located near Christiana Mall that replaced Borders in 2013.

Among an estimated 450,000 things in the store, its book collection accounts for 300,000.

“I think it [gives] people another option as far as finding books,” general manager Daryl Althouse says.

As a lot of book companies are going out of brick and mortar business and relocating online, “to buy a new book, the cost is so much money that a lot of [customers] prefer to wait and see if it’s used and buy it here.”

Book lovers can fill up three totes of their used books per day, have the merchandise assessed at the counter and either pocket some cash or shop around with store credit, which almost always amounts to more, says Althouse.

The store carries authors like Nora Roberts, John Sandford and Iris Johansen to name a few.

THE HANDS-DOWN DEAL Goodwill carries a small selection of books: nine shelves to be exact. But for the large variety—everything from novels to textbooks, reference books and non-fiction, the deals cannot be beaten. Items that normally range between $30 and $70 sell for between 50 cents and $2.

Boasting better quality than a big-box retailer, store manager Chris Foster says it’s perfect for college-kid budgets.

Foster says the books are also better quality because they’re donated.

People buy top-of-the-line stuff and only read through it once or twice before they’re finished. And among the retailers on this list, Goodwill is one of the most thorough in standards. It will not accept items that have ripped-out pages, look old, are moldy, water-damaged or spinal-damaged and even most highlighted textbooks.

If a donation doesn’t pass the test, it’s sent to the warehouse where it’s recycled and, “still generate[s] revenue to support the mission that way,” Foster says.

Every Wednesday, with a student ID, you can get 20 percent off your purchase. Keep your eyes peeled for authors like Danielle Steel, Dan Brown, Tom Clancy and Stephen King.

And if you’re a novel-reader, be prepared for competition.

“This tells us that there is a language that is extremely common and there is still a culture where very few speak out against it,” Taylor says. “We all have an innate desire to conform––to fit in. It’s a lot easier to laugh along with it than it is to call it out.”

He says everyone needs to fight against that need to conform in all walks of life, not just LGBT issues and sports.

“It’s one thing to say you’re kind and courteous and respectful, but it’s another thing to take a stance and say that you’re not going to stand for homophobic language,” Taylor says.

Susan Luchey, associate director of the University Student Centers for Leadership Development, called Hudson a hero for putting his cause before himself and fighting for LGBT rights.

“He’s not at all threatened for his own identity by taking this stance,” Luchey says. “He puts his cause way before his personal image and I think that’s amazing.”

Before beginning Athlete Ally, Taylor attended the University of Maryland where he majored in theatre and was

senior year, someone gave him an equality sticker. He decided to stick it on his headgear.

He says the sticker sparked some conversations with his teammates—conversations that were not all positive. One day his coach pulled him aside and asked him if he wanted to do an interview on why he cared about LGBT issues. He later found out that his coach was closeted.

He did the interview and had the writer put his email address in the article. A few days after the article was posted, he had over 2,000 emails from closeted athletes who were inspired by his interview. This also inspired him to begin Athlete Ally.

Taylor says he urged the students in the crowd to use their “virtual voices” and take to their social media networks. While his message is about equality in sports, he says that the message extends beyond sports. He says he wanted students to leave and make an impact in whatever they wanted, as long as it was positive.

“While this is my cause and my campaign, it does not have to be yours,” Taylor says. “If there is a cause that you care about, write up a petition, create a pledge and change the world.”

MASE III: ‘WE ARE DOING THIS TOGETHER.’ Continued from page 9 Mase III, author of “If I Should Die Under the Knife, Tell My Kidney I Was the Fiercest Poet Around” and founder of “Cupid Ain’t @#$%!: An Anti-Valentine’s Day Poetry Movement,” is a writer for Huffington Post. He also contributes to the Vanderbilt African American Lectionary Online and the anthology “Nina Arsenault: An Unreasonable Body of Work.”

He is also an educator and performer of poetry across the country, as well as an advocate for the LGBTQ community and the role of minorities in LGBTQ community leadership.

Mase III has traveled around the country performing at universities including Virginia Tech and the University of Tennessee.

“I remember distinctly the first time I met another queer person of color and how much that impacted my life,” Mase III said. “And I was in college when that happened for me, and so to be able see other people that might not see people like themselves every day, I think that’s my favorite part of performing [at universities].”

At the beginning of the event, members of the audience took the stage to perform their own pieces or read their favorite poems, which included “Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep”

by Mary Elizabeth Frye and “Let America be America Again” by Langston Hughes.

“We are doing this together,” Mase III says.

Mase III performed a variety of his poems, including “Neighbor,” “Josephine,” “Cute”and “April Fools.”

Alongside each poem, Mase III explained the story behind them.

“When people in my life f--k up, they get poems,” Mase III says.

The interaction between Mase III and the audience lasted the duration of the performance, as he shared personal anecdotes, gave advice, discussed issues in the LGBTQ community and participated in a questionand-answer session. Mase III performed a call and response poem in which he yelled, “I am a sexy beast, damnit!” with the audience growling in return.

“I liked how the performer had students perform their own works first to create a safe space for the performer and the audience,” says Shelby Krupka, 22, of West Chester, Pa.. “It broke the boundary between us.”

Sophomore Rachel Cardwell, who works for Haven, says the performance was “impactful, humorous and poignant.”

“I think it is important that queer people are represented and if you love poetry, why not hear it from a more diverse perspective?” Cardwell says.

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Delaware Stadium

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HENS BEAT RUTGERS 5-2 IN FIFTH GAME OF THE SEASON

COURTESY OF TISA DELLA-VOLPE The Delaware ice hockey team starts off the season with a bang continung its four-game winning streak. The team is currently ranked ninth in the American Collegiate Hockey Assocation.

AMBER JOHNSON Staff Reporter A heavy scent of sweat lingers in the air of the Fred Rust Ice Arena as the Blue Hens surge forward in the first period, with senior defenseman Gabriel Colona and forward Vincent Zingarelli scoring two goals before arch rivals Rutgers Scarlet Knights had a chance to take a breath.

It is the dawn of a new year and a fresh start for the team who lost many core senior members last year and gained the leadership of new coach, Rocky Romanella.

Senior defender Steven Braun said the team has some new factors on it, which has helped them out so far.

“This season is a little different from the past two seasons whereas we had different guys who have been here for a while. We have a new coach, a lot of new kids on our team so it’s been really good for us,” Braun said.

The Hens’ momentum wavered during the second

period, allowing the Knights to outshoot them, but the resiliency of the players prevailed. Each time the Rutgers team attempted to advance, Delaware successfully struck them down both figuratively and literally on the ice.

Junior Leo Skehan redeemed the team by scoring the only goal of the period with the assist of fellow teammates Zingarelli and senior Marcello DeAngelis to go up 3-0. With a palpable tension brewing between the two opponents, tempers flared and the first skirmish of the night broke out, sending Skehan into the penalty box.

Sophomore forward John Redgate said the team is working on being more forceful when it comes to the offense.

“I think we are definitely a little bit more aggressive this year, we have faster guys,” Redgate said. “I think we’re trying to attack the puck rather than sit back.

We have more systems, we’re a little bit more structured this year and I think that’s because of less leadership

and new guys.”

During the start of the third period, another brawl banished players Dylan Troiano, Michael Conte and Nick Ustaki to the sidelines, leaving Rutgers with an opportunity to make their first score of the night to

“I WANT THEM TO STAY HUNGRY, YOU KNOW?” Rocky Romanella Head Coach close the gap to two goals.

Delaware swiftly bounced back from the blow with Joe Bastone slinging the puck past the Rutgers goalie and evening out the score of the period to go up 4-1.

The Knights, starting off the season slow, desperately threw themselves into the

play, managing to land their last goal of the game before the Hens reclaimed the puck and Braun made the final score, cementing Delaware’s victory over Rutgers.

Throughout the evening four separate fights broke out among the players, illustrating the rivalry between the teams who are well acquainted with one another. In fact, the coaching staff maintains strong friendships and the aggression on the ice is seen as passion in the heat of the match.

“That’s real, that’s real, it’s left on the ice, we leave it on the ice but it’s real on the ice,” Romanella said.

“Everyone respects the game enough to shake hands at the end and say ‘good game,’ but when we’re out there the rivalry is real.”

Though Romanella said he was pleased with the victory and proud of his players, he will continue to push for a stronger performance.

“Rutgers is a very good team, they have a good program, they work hard, they are structurally sound,”

Romanella said. I just think that when we’re firing on all cylinders, I think we are really a class above.”

Despite the strength of the team garnered in the past, he said he celebrates the present and the heart and passion exemplified by the players this year. With a goal-oriented team, he believes the sky’s the limit.

However, the rankedninth Hens have a lot to work to do before they start dreaming of a championship.

Two weeks from now they face worthy opponent, Rhode Island, who is currently ranked at number seven in the latest ranking from the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA).

Despite the current winning streak, Romanella said he wants the team to remain on its toes.

“I want them to stay hungry, you know?” he said. “I just don’t want anyone to get complacent or comfortable. We won four in a row and I don’t want them to think that’s enough, because it’s not enough until we are raising a championship banner.”

event.

Delaware had four entries in the Lightweight 8 event, six in total including the freshmen boats. Six entries is the most Delaware has ever entered into a competition. In total, Delaware put its 1V boat and its 2V boat in the top 20 in the Princeton Chase Sunday.

While the Hens fell down a ranking place in their standings from Boston, the 1V boat was within seconds of teams they couldn’t close the gap on at the Charles.

Coach Chuck Crawford said he feels that the team performed very well.

“The competition here is the best in the world,” Crawford said. “To finish fifth is significant. We’re within two seconds of third, and 10 seconds ahead of sixth. It’s an elite tier of top five crews who are all so close. It just so happened that today we were in the bottom side of that top five, but being in that group is just fantastic.”

While Coach Crawford is proud of the way his team performed, rowers are striving for an even better placing in the future.

Sophomore Will Roman said the team executed well at the Princeton Chase.

“It was definitely a good race, and it was a solid piece,” Roman said. “We did exactly what we wanted to and executed the race plan.

But we came short of our

goal.”

The Princeton Chase not only attracts teams from around the country to come and compete, but also draws Delaware’s parents out to support the team.

Peter Grant, father of Marco and Wyatt Grant, said it has been a fantastic experience watching both of his sons grow.

“Rowing is a very internalized sport,” Grant said. “You have to go within yourself and find a deeper strength, and you see that now in their faces. If you look at them as freshmen, they essentially went undefeated except for one loss to Princeton. They’re really pushing a new flavor into the program.”

Overall, Roman said while the result was not what the team wanted, it was able to take something away from it.

“We obviously came here to win, and we ended up with fifth,” he said. “We definitely learned something today–– we’re right up here with these top teams. There’s not a single team up here that we can’t beat, we just have to keep focusing throughout the winter season, and we’ll see them all again in the spring.”

The team will be competing in the Philadelphia Frostbite Regatta on Nov. 8, as well as in larger competitions this spring.

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Members of Delaware men’s crew team race to a fifth-place finish at Sunday’s Princeton Chase.

Delaware battles for top half at Princeton Chase JACK RODGERS News Assignment Editor Golden leaves, sunny reflections in the water and

the crisp smell of fall were in abundance at the Princeton Chase Sunday. The ambition and drive for success of the Delaware men’s crew team

was something that had never been lost. The Hens edged off another impressive list, as they managed fifth place in the Men’s Lightweight 8

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Lady Hens’ win streak stopped by Tigers Hillman also contributed with eight kills, while teammate Jill Meyers tallied in seven.

Although the offense had difficulty throughout the match, the defense was able to maintain composure and limited Towson as best as it could.

“I thought our defense did great at times,” Hillman said.

“We had long rallies, we really hustled and unfortunately our KIRK SMITH/THE REVIEW offense struggled to convert.”

Though the Lady Hens Sophomore middle hitter Chandler Bryant spikes the ball. She had three spikes during Friday’s match. lost, they kept the score close.

Sophomore libero Taylor (CAA).

ERIN BOLAND Hollingsworth contributed Head coach Bonnie Kenny with a match-best of 15 digs Sports Assignment Editor said she expected this to be a while sophomore setter Julia The women’s volleyball competitive match.

Anderson dished out 28 assists “I think they did surprise on the night. team watched its four-match winning streak end as Towson me,” Kenny said. “They’re a After being named CAA CoUniversity won, 3-0, on Friday great offensive team. This Defensive Player of the Week night at the Bob Carpenter match was going to be all about last week, Hollingsworth said it hitting and they obviously was a great confidence booster Center.

The Tigers won the match annihilated us in that category, for her, and she took it as a with scores of 25-18, 25-23 so that made the difference.” compliment to the whole team.

Sophomore middle blocker and 25-23. Towson’s record “That was just fuel to the improved while Delaware fell Alexa Swann led the team with fire to come out even stronger to 12-12 overall and 5-4 in the 11 kills for the night and a in this match,” she said.

Colonial Athletic Association team-high attack percentage of As for the final score of .409. Junior outside hitter Katie

the match, she said she knew her team had the energy, but it came down to the minor plays.

“I think we need to stay a little more disciplined and a little more composed, and we would’ve won,” Hollingsworth said. “It’s the little things at the end of the match when we need to execute.”

The Towson Tigers were led by senior Saitaua Iosia who tallied 12 kills, and junior Haley Pa’akaula who contributed 11.

Aimee Schubert also added 21 assists for the night.

The Lady Hens’ match against Towson earlier in the season resulted in a 3-0 loss as well, so Hillman used that to her advantage. She said she watched film to see how they played and what she could expect when she played them this second time around “I thought we did a better job coming out stronger,” she said. “We definitely improved from last time. But we still have a lot of work to do next time we play them.”

Towson came out ready to

FIELD HOCKEY

compete for the first set, took an early lead and maintained it the entire time. The second set was much closer, with neither team leading by more than three points. With the set at 24-23, the Tigers were able to finish with a kill in order to secure the win. The final set was just as competitive. With the score tied at 23-23, Towson was able to capitalize on a block and finished the match 3-0.

Kenny said she was discouraged with the team’s loss and knows they have some things to work on.

“I don’t think we were strong at a whole lot, which was disappointing,” she said.

“People have to be willing to take some risks and hit the ball.

We have to have better setting and better attacking by our hitters.”

The Lady Hens now have a few days of rest and a chance to improve before their next match. They will remain at home and take on Hofstra at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Bob Carpenter Center.

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“3.1 REASONS WHY”

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Junior midfielder Alison Slark prepares to make a shot. She has played in 15 games this season.

JACK COBOURN & ERIN BOLAND Managing Sports Editor and Sports Assignment Editor The Delaware field hockey team watched its 12game win streak in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Conference play end as Hofstra was able to capitalize on three first-half goals to win 5-2 on Sunday at Rullo Stadium.

The streak, which dated back to Oct. 4, 2013 against William & Mary, fell on a day when victory would have meant the Lady Hens clinched the CAA regularseason title as well as home field advantage for the CAA Tournament, held Nov. 7 and 9.

Head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof said the team’s play made it seem like it wasn’t even there.

“We had a group of players out there, but we did not have a team today,” he said.

The team was coming off of a large victory against Northeastern on Friday night at Rullo. Junior midfielder Michaela Patzner scored a career-high five points with two goals and an assist in a 3-2 win.

Van de Kerkhof said the team learned from the victory, but were not able to carry it out on Sunday.

“If you fight, then you believe in the ability to close out in the final minutes of the game, you can win games,” he said. “So we showed that to ourselves, but then today, we were not where we were supposed to be and the back was good, but you got to fight, especially when you’re down early.”

All signs on Sunday pointed to another Delaware victory early on as the Lady Hens held the ball for most of the first part of the half. Patzner was the clear favorite to be the top offensive player of the half,

as she had four shots in the first half alone.

The Pride got some quality shots off, and while they turned into nothing, it did show a worrying fact: the Delaware defense could be broken through. Patzner continued her offensive onslaught though, and by her performance, it was only a matter of time before a goal would come.

The game was still tied midway through the first half when sophomore Meghan Winesett got the ball past Hofstra goalie Carys Swan, but the goal was waved off by the referee.

Patzner once again put another shot within range, but Swan slapped it away to prevent the Pride from going down a goal.

Delaware got a somewhat lucky break when a Hofstra goal was waved off, but it quickly turned into a penalty stroke, which Holly Andrews scored to put the Pride up 1-0 with 11:18 left in the period.

Delaware’s defense began to show signs of real trouble, as they piled near one another to get to the ball instead of spreading out.

The Lady Hens’ momentum began to wane, which allowed Hofstra’s Jonel Boileau to score, putting the Pride up 2-0.

Van de Kerkhof said the defense had a disconnect between what was supposed to happen and what it was actually doing.

“The difference between what we have and what we did are two different scenarios,” he said. “That’s why they scored a number of goals that I would say are rarely being scored on us, especially the number they got scored on today. So this means that we were not connecting with each other.”

Hofstra’s Claudia MarinSamper would score again with 4:12 left in the half to go up 3-0. Patzner had

one more chance, but it was waved off as well, and as the buzzer sounded for halftime, Delaware had dug itself a deep hole.

Van de Kerkhof said his halftime speech was about bringing the team back together as a whole.

“We did not impose our will on them because we were not connecting with each other, we were too far apart,” he said. “We had to help each other out more, we had to fight as one.”

The speech seemed to work well, as sophomore midfielder Maddie O’Beirne scored 1:55 into the half to close Delaware’s deficit to two goals. Patzner would have another shot off of a corner, but it was blocked.

Boileau would score her second goal of the day to put the Pride up 4-1 in the 10th minute of the half.

She would get her hat trick with 16 minutes left to put Hofstra up 5-1.

Patzner would finally score on a penalty stroke to close the gap to three goals, but the Lady Hens couldn’t capitalize. Delaware now has just two regularseason games left. One is at Lafayette on Friday at 7 p.m. and the last one is at home against Drexel on Sunday at 1 p.m.

“WE HAD A GROUP OF PLAYERS OUT THERE, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE A TEAM TODAY.” Rolf van de Kerkhof Head Coach

For many, heading out to run after class is a go-to stress reliever and favored method of exercise. To others, just the idea of going for a run seems completely unapproachable.

Somewhere in the middle, the 5K fad was born at the university.

A 5K, or 5 kilometer race, is equivalent to 3.1 miles, a manageable distance for a beginner. Over the past few years, an increasing number of 5K races have sprung up across the nation, sponsored by a wide variety of philanthropic organizations, schools and student groups. It did not take long for Delaware to catch on to such a popular and positive trend.

A number of Greek organizations on campus sponsor events to support their philanthropic efforts.

For example, Gamma Phi Beta’s Annual Crescent Classic and Kappa Alpha Theta’s Annual Superheroes for CASA 5K. Registered Student Organizations have also gotten in on the craze, and the university even held its inaugural Blue Hens Homecoming 5K run and walk Oct. 17.

The 5K is the best fad to hit Delaware since Joe Flacco, and one that the student body must help maintain if we are to continue improving the health and fitness of our campus, make a difference in our community and set ourselves apart as a large public university.

There is no better time than the present to step on the starting line, as explained by the following 3.1 reasons why you should run a 5K.

#1

Other than leaving with a new shirt to add to your workout wardrobe, you leave in better shape than you arrived in. Running (as well as walking) is one of the most beneficial forms of exercise.

A study published in 2012 in the American Heart Association journal revealed walkers and runners lowered their risk of hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and coronary heart disease.

Registering to run a 5K also generates the needed motivation to start training and results in participants catching the running bug.

This “bug” is something you can sustain for the rest of

your life.

During the second mile, the adrenaline wears thin.

Your muscles start to fight back. A greater force pushes you forward.

#2

Often the money raised from registration fees is donated to a specific cause.

For example, the university’s chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta held their annual Superheroes for CASA 5K on Saturday.

All proceeds went to their national philanthropy, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). You can make a difference one stride at a time.

#3

The university is a business just like any other, with one of their main functions being to attract top talent from high schools across the country. Young students and their families visit the campus throughout the academic year, and the more runners and flyers for 5Ks they see, the more likely they are to associate the university’s student body with being active (and as a result, attractive) and one that they want to be a part of.

According to a survey conducted by University of California-Los Angeles, 41.8 percent of new freshmen ranked “a visit to this campus” as the fifth top reason out of 23 for choosing a college. The more you run, the more appealing the school becomes and the more improvements and opportunities the school then makes available to you and your fellow Blue Hens.

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The runner’s high you will experience post-race is one of the healthiest and most legal variety you can find around campus. You did it.

As Summer Sanders, former American competitive swimmer and Olympic champion turned runner, so poignantly puts it, “The first mile is mental. The rest are all heart.” Use your head and follow your heart, go run (or walk) a 5K. The views reflected in this column do not necessarily represent the views of The Review.

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