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UDance breaks fundraising record for childhood cancer research

BY CADY ZUVICH & MILLARD ADAM VAUGHN Student Affairs Editor & Staff Reporter

In preparation to dance, junior Dan Defina and sophomore Taylor Dieffenbach, both members of Sigma Phi Epsilon, were on the sidelines of the field house Sunday night in the downward dog yoga pose. Both students, who arrived at UDance at 11 a.m., said yoga prepares them for what was ahead.

“Yoga is just a good way to stretch out,” Dieffenbach said.

Sigma Phi Epsilon, one of the cofounders of UDance, participate in the dance marathon as a way to gather the fraternity to work for a good cause, Defina said.

In its seventh year at the university, UDance is the university’s largest student-run philanthropic organization that raises money for pediatric cancer research.

Defina and Dieffenbach raised $150 and $75 respectively. When the clock strikes 11 p.m. and the total amount of money raised is announced, everyone is very excited, Defina said.

“The last hour is always so awesome and so inspirational,” Defina said.

The grand total amount of money raised was announced just after 11 p.m as $551,051.16, a record-breaking amount for the group.

UDance was founded in 2007

by Jessie Forman and was originally sponsored by the Greek organizations Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Epsilon Phi. The organization has grown since then, after partnering with the Delaware-based Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation in 2009, and other Greek organizations.

All donations raised by UDance go to The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation, which honors the memory of Andrew McDonough

Senior Joseph Zarraga DJs at UDance Sunday.

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by supporting medical research for critically ill children. Last year, UDance raised over $475,000 in donations, more than twice as much as the previous five years combined.

To date, the organization has raised over $900,000 for pediatric cancer research, according to the UDance website.

The fundraising goal this year was to beat last year’s goal, Joe McDonough, founder and father of Andrew McDonough said. As every year goes by, McDonough said he is more and more amazed to see how massive the event gets, and not just in fundraising dollars. He said he sees more and more students coming out every year from various groups, including Greek Life, student housing and clubs.

McDonough said he hopes to see UDance grow in number to the point where everyone at the university participates. By pairing “B+ Heroes,” or Children with Cancer with groups on campus, he said it makes childhood cancer more palpable.

“It puts a face on childhood cancer,” he said. “These aren’t just statistics, these are little boys and girls just like my 14-year-old son who died in his sister’s arms.”

The potential to touch more lives is limitless, McDonough said.

Senior and Executive CoCoordinator of UDance Megan Rudolphi said she has been involved with UDance since her freshman year and has found it to be one of the most rewarding experiences of her college career.

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Delaware failed to execute on two key possessions, which sealed its fate.

JMU ends Delaware’s dreams in final seconds of tournament game

BY RYAN MARSHALL Managing Sports Editor

RICHMOND, Va. — For the second time this season, James Madison sent the Delaware men’s basketball team home with heads hanging. A wild and controversial finish ended the Hens’ CAA Final and NCAA Tournament dreams.

Two free throws by Dukes guard Devon Moore with 3.7 seconds left put the Dukes up 5857. In response, Delaware head coach Monté Ross drew up a fullcourt play where senior forward Jamelle Hagins caught the ball near half court and passed it to junior guard Devon Saddler, who drove as far as he could before taking an off-balance jumper near the foul line.

The ball clanged off the rim and the Dukes stormed the court.

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Ross said the Hens got the ball in the right person’s hands and Saddler got a good look, but the shot just didn’t fall.

Delaware failed to execute on two key possessions at the end of the game, which proved to be the difference. The first involved a contentious play with sophomore guard Jarvis Threatt, who took an inbound pass with 13.3 seconds remaining and dribbled down the side of the court. As the defender approached, the referee blew the whistle and pointed to the line.

He ruled Threatt had dribbled out of bounds. All Threatt could muster up postgame was that the referee made the call he saw.

“Let me just say he wasn’t out of bounds,” Ross said in defense of his starting point guard.

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Author Ha Jin lectures on immigration, literature

BY ERIN QUINN Managing News Editor

Before accepting his immigrant identity, Chinese-American writer Ha Jin first had to come to terms with his relationship to the past and conceive of himself as an individual rather than as part of a collective.

For a while, he avoided questions about his identity as a writer, Jin said. He wanted to let his writing speak for him, he said.

“I think unconsciously there was a kind of a psychological response to that difficult question,” Jin said.

In hindsight, Jin said he knew explaining his identity, like realizing it, was a long process.

As part of the lecture series Transnational Encounters, Jin spoke to a crowded audience in Clayton Hall on Thursday about growing up in the Chinese countryside, moving to America and how it influenced his literature.

The Transnational Encounters: World Renowned Authors at the University of Delaware lecture series, funded by a $50,000 Cornerstone grant from the College of Arts and Sciences Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center, engages the university community with top authors like Ha Jin, Foreign Languages and Literatures Department Chair Richard Zipser said.

Jin won the National Book Award for his 1999 novel “Waiting,” which gave a glimpse into people’s lives in Communist China.

Other authors in the series represent diverse national and international communities, Zipser said.

“The overarching goal of a high-profile author series is to create a forum at UD through the forum of world literature wherein we can discuss and reflect upon such issues as colonialism and its effects, new forms of migration, the role of the nation-state, identity politics and gender and family structures,” Zipser said.

Zipser defined “transnational” as the process of transcending or going beyond national boundaries, to discover literature, social processes and migration patterns that globalization makes possible.

Jin joined the People’s Liberation Army at age 13 and served until he was 19 during the country’s cultural revolution that enforced communism.

He later went to the United States in 1985 on a scholarship to do graduate work at Brandeis University. While in the United States, he learned of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident in China and was disturbed by the events.

“Emotionally, ideologically, rationally, I could not accept that the people’s army would go kill innocent civilians,” Jin said. “That was a very, very traumatic moment.”

He said he was unprepared for the drastic changes in China and the massacre hurried his decision to emigrate. Jin said he had to learn to think as an individual, whereas

in China, people live to serve the country, as if they were compelled to do so.

Jin said for him, like most immigrants, when moving from one country to the next, his frame of reference was ruined as friends, family, values and language all changed. This caused an emotional disturbance, he said, but he learned to turn it into an opportunity for literature.

“Uncertainty is human condition,” Jin said.

He was caught between the fact that he could not obtain a job in Chinese language and literature due to his degree in English and his intimidation at writing in his second language.

Around that time, he had heard that a poet would not be successful if he or she wrote in a language other than the mother tongue. Jin said this was disheartening and “like a death sentence.”

As Jin became a more serious writer, beginning with short stories written in English, however, he could not let go of the past so he resolved to be detached yet “always entangled” in China’s culture, Jin said.

“Once I began to think about writing, I couldn’t think about anything other than China,” Jin said. “Either way my mindset was still like an exile.”

But he did not consider himself an exile, as he believes the identity of an exile is imposed, while that of an immigrant is chosen, he said.

The fundamental difference between an exile and an immigrant depends on the attitude toward the past, Jin said, and the past experiences shape perceptions of the world. For exiles, the past usually holds more critical moments than for immigrants, he said.

Like many other immigrants, Jin said he believed that after leaving the old country for the United States, it was difficult to let go of the past. Psychologically, he felt a need to keep distance from China, he said.

Interim provost Nancy Brickhouse, who was in attendance and helped organize the event, said she was interested in hearing Jin’s perspective as an immigrant and an acclaimed figure in literature.

“I certainly wanted to hear his story and what motivates him to write as he does,” Brickhouse said.

She said she enjoyed hearing how Jin used his past to move forward and came to terms with his writing as art, though he was from a practical background that did not always accept art.

Jin used his anger and emotional disturbances as opportunities for productive work. He felt a psychological need to struggle away from China so he wrote about it to keep his distance but defined himself as an individual, rather than a member of a country, he said.

“The old country always follows,” Jin said. “You always have that experience, where you can never quite get away from home.”

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The Venezuelan president died last week at age 58 after fighting cancer for two years. His legacy is deeply debated.

Hugo Chavez dies after 14 years as president

BY RACHEL TAYLOR Administrative News Editor

Venezuelans grieved and celebrated last Tuesday as President Hugo Chávez passed away after 14 controversial years in office. Chávez, who died at age 58 after a two-year battle with cancer, inspired both hope and anger during his presidency, calling into question the future of Venezuela and its people.

History professor Jesus Cruz said he learned of Chávez’s death on the news and while he is interested to see how it affects Venezuela in the future, he had been expecting Chávez’s death for a while.

“It was not a surprise,” Cruz said.

“We knew he was really sick and that he was probably going to die.”

Julio Carrion, a Latin American Studies professor, said Chávez was able to hold power since 1999 because he dissolved the former congress shortly after becoming president and under the new constitution ran for reelection until his 2009 win ended term limits.

Carrion said Chávez’s death could have serious social impacts on Venezuela. He said economic policies could potentially be changed for the worse in the wake of his death.

Additionally, Carrion said Venezuela is one of the most dangerous countries in Latin America, with high levels of street crime prevalent through the country, especially in Caracas.

“Venezuela is approaching perilous times,” Carrion said. “Chávez’s death could significantly affect the dynamics of the political regime. His charisma and appeal to the masses were key features of the regime, and neither his vice president nor the leader of the National Assembly can match these attributes.”

Carrion said the death of Chávez has brought mixed feelings to the Venezuelan people. While he said most people were saddened by his death, those who opposed his presidency hope for the return of democracy in Venezuela.

A special election is set to be held in Venezuela on April 14 and Carrion said it could be an opportunity for opposition parties. Vice president Nicolás Maduro was sworn in as interim president on Friday after Chavez’s funeral. The winner of the special election will rule for the remaining time of Chavez’s sixyear term that began in January.

“The regime wants an election as soon as possible, to reap the wave of sorrow and sympathy that Chávez’s death has generated,” Carrion said. “I think the opposition will be in a better position to the extent that Chávez’s name won’t be on the ballot. But the outcome is uncertain at this time, and it’s not clear whether the supporters of the former president will remain united.”

Cruz said when Chávez first ran for the presidency, he attracted around 80 percent of the voters, a majority almost unheard of in an election. However, he said Chávez’s popularity had steadily gone down over the years, as he only managed to procure around 50 percent of the votes in his latest election.

Despite his lessened popularity, Cruz said Chávez remained a hopeful political figure for most Venezuelans.

He said his charisma, coupled with his stance on reforming the government, made him popular with the majority of the Venezuelan people for a time.

Chávez was a populist and was first elected on a platform of political and social reform, Cruz said.

“He wanted to bring to Venezuela social justice,” Cruz said. “His program was leftist and also he brought about some regenerated politics. The Venezuelan political system was very corrupt. He presented himself as an alternative to a corrupt system.”

Cruz said Chávez’s socialist platform was popular with those living under the poverty line and the middle class. Chávez failed to fulfill promises that would benefit those classes as he became more authoritarian over time.

The Chávez administration left mixed legacies for Venezuela as the country had slow economic growth, high inflation, shortages of goods and

high amounts of violent crime during his time in office. However, poverty declined and social services were expanded, though flawed.

Senior Maria Marquez, a native of Venezuela, said while it is sad Chávez passed away, she also finds it to be a relief.

With his death, she hopes democracy will return to Venezuela, she said. However, she said it will be difficult to replace such a charismatic leader and she is concerned the country will remain divided over his death.

“You love him or hate him, but everyone knows about him,” Marquez said.

Carrion said the elections will most likely come down to the more moderate opposition or a continuation of Chávez’s ruling political party. Either way, he said the new president will have a rough road ahead of him.

Expected candidates are vice president Maduro for the government party and Henrique Capriles Radonski, a state governor running for the opposition coalition.

If Nicolás Maduro wins, he will face the difficult task of maintaining a regime that has been in power for almost 15 years and is showing clear signals of exhaustion, Carrion said. If the opposition wins, it will be a new start for Venezuela, he said.

Marquez said only time will tell how the death of Chávez will affect Venezuela. She said the new leader could either be more moderate and potentially lead Venezuela back to a democracy or could be more in line with the rule of the Castros in Cuba and lead Venezuela to further divide.

Despite the uncertainties, Marquez said Chávez’s death will bring favorable changes. She said it is time for reform in Venezuela and a new leader may be just what the country needs.

“It’s going to bring a new change,” Marquez said. “It’s going to bring a new atmosphere. We had Chávez for 14 years already. It’s time for a new leader.”

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March 16, 1993—A student enjoys a recent snow storm by skiing outside Harrington Hall. Despite 13 inches of snow, the university remained open.

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Things To Do Tuesday, March 12 Talk on Affordable Health Care Act, 5 p.m.

205 Kirkbride Hall Wednesday, March 13 ‘The Meeting’ Cultural Programming Advisory Board, 7 p.m.

Trabant Multipurpose Rooms Thursday, March 14 Sleep Station Kiosk Nu Rho Psi Brain Awareness Week, 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Trabant Kiosk Friday, March 15 ‘Are Psychopaths Responsible?’

David Norton Memorial Lecture, 3:30 p.m.

103 Gore Hall Saturday, March 16 ‘Celebrating Shakespeare,’ 8:45 a.m.

Memorial Hall lobby Monday, March 17 The ABC’s of LGBT 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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Singer Jefe performs during UDance as students dance and take pictures of him.

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Teenage male assaulted in Newark A 19-year-old male was assaulted Saturday on Barksdale Road at approximately 1:30 a.m., according to Newark Police spokesperson Cpl. James Spadola.

The victim was walking home from a party in the area when a white car stopped next to him and four white males exited the vehicle and punched the victim in the face, Spadola said. The victim awoke in a bush with no property missing and went to the Union Hospital in Elkton, Md.

March 15 Duke University philosophy professor Walter SinnottArmstrong will give the David Norton Memorial Lecture on Friday, March 15 at 3:30 p.m. in Gore Hall room 103. Sinnott-Armstrong will deliver a speech titled “Are Psychopaths responsible?”

Laptop stolen from East Main Street apartment Saturday A suspect entered an apartment on East Main Street at approximately 1:30 a.m. on Saturday and stole a MacBook Pro, according to Newark Police spokesperson Cpl. James Spadola.

The suspect, described as a black male, first entered another East Main Street apartment on the same floor but took nothing from the property. The residents of both apartments saw the suspect who they described as very drunk and about 5 feet 11 inches tall. The theft was reported the next morning.

East Main Street apartment burglarized Sunday On Sunday morning at 1:30 a.m. another suspect burglarized an apartment on East Main Street, according to Newark Police spokesperson Cpl. James Spadola.

The suspect is believed to have entered the apartment from either an unsecured window or door and took a MacBook Pro from in the living room, Spadola said.

March 16 A Shakespeare symposium will be held on Saturday, March 16. It will begin at 8:45 a.m. in the lobby of Memorial Hall and will conclude with a performance of Hamlet by the university’s Resident Ensemble Players at 4p.m. It is $25 to attend, which includes coffee, pastries, catered lunch and a theatre ticket.

March 17 The Department of Black American Studies will present a performance titled “Choreopoetry and Art of African American History” as part of the Brown Bag Lecture Series.

The performance will be held in Munroe Hall room 203 on Thursday, March 14 from 12:20-1:10 p.m.

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World Review Elephant numbers decreasing, study says

Increasing rates of poaching have caused the population of African forest elephants to decrease by 62 percent over the last 10 years, according to a study released March 4 by researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society.

The study found that packs of the animals that used to roam together in the thousands have been reduced to small pockets of a few hundred. In Minkébé National Park in Gabon, at least half of its elephant population, nearly 11,000 animals, has been killed over the past 8 years, the national government said The amount of poachers, who hunt the beasts from horseback, have increased in West and Central Africa due to a lack of consistent governance in the surrounding areas, an increase in demand for ivory from the elephants’ tusks and unprotected roads that allow easy escapes for the hunters.

According to the study, Chinese government officials announced they would try to improve internal ivory trade to lower the demand for new supply. The U.S. State Department has joined forces with INTERPOL and the World Customs Association to battle the overseas trade of ivory, but researchers in the study believe the only way to truly curb the act is funding for defense efforts in the countries involved. ­— Bo Bartley

Former Detroit mayor found guilty of felonies

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Rick Steves talked about many different topics including socialism, drug legalization and world travels.

Author Rick Steves talks benefits of traveling world

BY KELLY LYONS Managing News Editor

When travel writer Rick Steves spoke at Mitchell Hall Monday night, he had more to talk about than just the landscape of the places he has visited.

In addition to his experiences abroad, Steves’ talk included everything from socialism to the legalization of drugs. He said Americans can learn more about different policies in these areas best through traveling.

“It’s important for us to get out and gain respect for the other 96 percent of people on the planet,” Steves said.

The Institute for Global Studies brought the speaker to the university to celebrate the study abroad program’s 90th year in action.

Lisa Cheiffo, associate director of study abroad and foreign languages and literatures professor, said her team had been working since last July to bring Steves to the university after they heard one of his lectures.

“I thought the things he had to say with his book and with his talk really aligned with the goals of the study abroad program,” Cheiffo said.

In addition to writing about travel, Steves hosts a Public Broadcasting Service called Rick Steves’ Europe and owns Europe Through the Back Door, a travel company located in Edmonds, Wash.

Although Steves considered one of his favorite countries to be India, he said he is more of an expert on another region of the world.

“I see Europe as a wading pool for exploration,” he said. “I’ve decided Europe’s my beat.”

Steves’ latest book, “Travel as a Political Act,” examines how traveling can broaden one’s political views.

At the event, Steves talked about Europe’s different approach to drug users. He said he saw the streets of Switzerland littered with dispensers for clean needles for drug users in order to prevent the use of infected needles around the country. He said there were many rehabilitation facilities for addicts to walk right into off of the street.

Steves also talked about how over 100,000 Portuguese citizens were once addicted to hard drugs. Ten years ago, the government decided to decriminalize drugs in order to get its citizens help. Ten years later, the number of citizens who used hard drugs was cut in half.

As an executive board member for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijauna Laws, Steves said he thought that many marijuanarelated policies could be extreme, which is why he was excited to see his home state of Washington’s efforts to decriminalize the drug in his state.

“The only gateway to marijuana is that it’s illegal,” he said.

Steves then talked about one of the questions he is most frequently asked about when traveling—where it is safe for Americans to travel.

“If you care about your loved ones, you will take them to Europe tomorrow,” he said.

Steves then began talking about his experience traveling in Iran. He said he found some of the people he met there to be the friendliest toward him out of anywhere he has gone.

While sitting in the back of a taxi

cab waiting in traffic there, he said a driver in the next car over handed the cab driver a bouquet of flowers.

He had told the taxi driver to give it to Steves to apologize to him for the long wait.

He said one Iranian woman came up to him later in his trip and asked him if he was a journalist. Once he said that he was, the woman said she had a few words for the western world and him.

She said to him, “We’re united, we’re strong and we just don’t want our little girls to be raised like Britney Spears.”

He said this was just an example of Western and Middle-Eastern ideals clashing.

Sophomore Austin Hollingshead, who will travel to Maine with the university’s study abroad program this summer, said he found his input on this country to be significantly important to Steves’ talk.

“I was surprised at a lot of things he was saying about his visits to Iran and that type of thing because typically people don’t think of Iran as a travel destination,” Hollingshead said.

Hollingshead said he liked Steves’ message of his disappointment with “how the media identifies these types of places” and Steves is “trying to combat these ideas.”

Steves said the most important thing travelers can do to enrich their experience is to keep an open mind.

“If you travel with the right attitude, I think it makes you closer to the rest of the world,” he said.

The former mayor of Detroit was convicted on 24 counts of corruption Monday, according to the Associated Press. The Internal Revenue Service determined Kwame Kilpatrick, 31, spent $840,000 more than was allotted for his salary as the city’s mayor.

Kilpatrick spent much of his time in office passing bribes between officials and private companies, according to high-ranking official Derrick Miller. The government also said Kilpatrick helped get an excavating company a multimillion-dollar settlement with a water company, a settlement he got a share of.

The former mayor also took money from a fund he created to help low-income Detroit residents.

The mayor has been out of office since 2008, when he resigned due to allegations of an affair with his chief of staff. He pled guilty to charges of obstruction of justice.

—Kelly Lyons

Parents say 12-year-old son’s death due to bullying incident

After 12-year-old Philadelphia boy Bailey O’Neill was taken off life support last week, his parents are now pointing to a bullying incident as the cause of his death. The incident, in which O’Neill was punched in the face, occurred on Jan. 10 and left him with a fractured nose, concussion and seizures. The altercation happened during recess at Darby Township School and in the day following, O’Neill’s parents described him as sluggish and moody.

The Delaware County District Attorney’s Office is currently investigating the incident, which was caught on video, to determine whether bullying is what caused his death. O’Neill suffered seizures after the confrontation until he was placed in a medically induced coma two weeks later at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington. No charges have been filed but a boy was identified as the one who punched O’Neill.

O’Neill’s father said his son told him about bullying issues the week before he was punched at school. O’Neill told his father he did not want to fight and another boy had pushed him into the one who allegedly bullied him.

O’Neill received the last sacraments on March 2, his 12th birthday and died the next day at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. His parents described him as an active child who loved sports, video games and skateboarding.

—Erin Quinn

Communities construct tiny parks to keep sex offenders away

Some communities have begun building small parks to force sex offenders to move, The New York Times recently reported.

Because sex offenders are often forbidden from living near areas frequented by children, such as parks and schools, cities from Los Angeles to Miami have developed parks to keep sex criminals away.

These parks need not be large. One Los Angeles park scheduled to open in several months will be a simple patch of grass less than 10x10 in size.

However, the parks, which are intended to make areas safer, may have the opposite effect. Because parks will force sex offenders in proximity to move, the offenders may become homeless and thus slip through the cracks.

Due to restrictions on where offenders can live, many sex criminals are unable to find housing and so turn to the streets.

However, should the sex offenders become homeless, the threat actually becomes greater, according to studies.

—Matt Bittle

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Hens who flew the coop Stephanie Bitterman

BY KELLY LYONS Managing News Editor

Ever since Stephanie Bitterman visited Los Angeles, Cal. when she was nine-yearsold, she knew she wanted to live there once she was older.

That dream became a reality once Bitterman graduated last winter, and now the 22-year-old finds herself residing in West Hollywood “living the dream.”

Through helpful family connections, the mass communication major graduate found an internship at the wellknown film, Broadway and television production company Storyline Entertainment. Once she heard the company would have the opportunity to host the Academy Awards, she began “bugging” her bosses for a chance to help put on one of the biggest award ceremonies of the year.

Bitterman said she was at the “right place at the right time” when she was selected in January to work as an assistant to the producers’ assistant.

She said the producers, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, did not match a typical Hollywood stereotype of being overly demanding or cruel employers.

“They’re really down to earth, and they treat everyone as equals,” Bitterman said.

Bitterman said she wasn’t just fetching coffee for her bosses during her internship. A big part of her job was keeping together the writers’ scripts, which were later approved or denied for presenters to use at the Oscars. Hundreds of these pieces would come in on a single day, she said.

“A lot of work goes into it that not a lot of people see,” she said.

Though she enjoyed every minute of her work, she said the biggest highlight was the actual night of the Oscars.

While helping to put the show together, she said her office was “converted into a dressing room and makeup studio.”

Bitterman said she met many celebrities throughout her time at Storyline and on the night of the Oscars, but her favorite person she met was actor Jack Nicholson.

As a fan of one of Nicholson’s most famous movies, “The Shining,” she said she was awestruck to meet him during the awards ceremony.

His personality lived up to her expectations.

“He was such a character,” Bitterman said.

“He just wandered into my office. He was just making regular small talk.”

Since the show wrapped up on Feb. 24, Bitterman finished helping out the company by cleaning the temporary studios.

Now, the producers will be helping their former assistant look for a position as an assistant executive somewhere else in the city.

Bitterman said although she is disappointed that her time putting together this year’s Oscars is over, she was glad to have the opportunity to work at a major production company and for an internationally-recognized awards show.

“It’s just kind of a job that everyone dreams about,” she said.

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Bitterman works for Storyline Entertainment.

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StudentCity representatives pose for a picture on one of the Campus Vacations. Representatives on campus who sign up enough friends for trips can gain free spring break vacations.

StudentCity representatives on campus earn free trips

BY GILLIAN MORLEY News Features Editor

After signing up to be a campus representative for the spring break planning website StudentCity, senior Paul Riccardi will end up going to Cancun, Mexico for his spring break without having to pay for any expenses.

As a campus rep, Riccardi said he had to get at least 15 other students to go on the vacation in order to go for free. He works as a liaison between the students and the company when it comes to students changing roommates or trip destinations as well paying by the desired dates.

“I wouldn’t say it was hard but it definitely was time-consuming and frustrating at times,” Riccardi said.

“People frequently kept changing their minds about what they wanted.”

He said the job is worth the effort if a student knows others who will sign up through the representative.

Like 15 other students on campus, Riccardi represents the company on campus in order to increase publicity of the travel planning website. So far, about 450 students have used the representatives to sign up for these trips.

Senior Dan Rosenzweig, who has been a campus rep for StudentCity for the past two years, said there is also incentive for the representatives to get even more students to sign up outside of their friends.

“If you get 16 to sign up with you then you get a free trip,” Rosenzweig said. “Anyone that you get to sign up over the first 16, you get commission on.”

Rosenzweig said he estimates about 70 students have signed up to go to Panama City, Fla. through him.

After his requisite 16, he receives about $15 dollars for trips outside of the country he signs up and between $10 and $15 for trips in the country.

Riccardi, a member of fraternity Kappa Delta Rho, said he mostly got his close friends to sign up for

the trip with him but emailed other Greek organizations to boost his sales even further.

He was able to sign up over 40 people, but most either canceled their trip or never paid. Riccardi said he ended up with a total of 16 people, the cut-off for the free trip.

Campus reps’ other responsibilities include answering any questions students have, according to Rosenzweig.

Rosenzweig said he did not find it to be that much work, but since he

“The only reason I would [use StudentCity again] would be because there’s no one else really like them that organizes spring break trips.”

-Jen Harmon, senior booked a bus for students to travel to Panama City Beach, Fla. he would definitely prefer promoting a trip outside of the country where students would fly to their destination.

“I wouldn’t say the whole process was stressful, but I would say that it does get annoying when people are asking you the same questions over and over,” Rosenzweig said. “But I would definitely do it again for an outof-the country trip because then you wouldn’t have to worry about how everyone is getting there.”

Both Riccardi and Rosenzweig said they got involved with StudentCity

after going on spring break themselves and being asked if they would like to work for the company as campus reps.

Senior Jen Harmon and seven of her friends decided to use a StudentCity representative to coordinate their trip to Panama City, Fla., for spring break this year. She said since she and her friends have started planning the trip in November, she has had several issues with their payments.

The group put down money for one room but their campus representative signed them up for a different, more expensive room.

After calling the company, she and her friends were informed that they would only have to pay for the first, less expensive room they signed up for. After this was cleared up, however, their accounts still showed charges for the more expensive room. She said this happened at least five times.

Harmon and her roommates were also told they could have an extension for their deadline to pay for the bus, but they received a late fee once they paid it. She said they also received a $100 charge last week that was never explained but was soon taken down.

Each time Harmon and her friends dealt with representatives from StudentCity, they were “very disorganized” and “very unprofessional.”

Harmon said she would use the organization again, however, because there aren’t really any other options for students.

“The only reason I would [use StudentCity again] would be because there’s no one else really like them that organizes spring break trips,” Harmon said.

She said she would recommend other students who use the group in the future to be cautious of where and how much they are getting charged.

“I would just warn people to be careful and watch your account,” Harmon said.

Kelly Lyons contributed to the reporting of this article.

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Code.org strives to increase computer programming education

BY GILLIAN MORLEY News Features Desk Editor

Despite having never taken a computer science class in high school, junior Ryan O’Dowd is the president and co-founder of the Computer Animation and Game Design club at the university. O’Dowd, a computer science major, became interested in animation in high school, but had no formal education on the topic when he graduated.

“A year of classes would have been beneficial because it was hard to get acclimated when I first started to code freshman year,” O’Dowd said.

Code.org, a nonprofit organization that aims to increase computer programming education in high schools, recently started a celebrity-backed online video campaign to generate support. The YouTube video produced by the group has almost 10 million views. It features testimonies from successful professional computer programmers Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Gabe Newell, as well as celebrities Chris Bosh and Will.i.am.

O’Dowd said he has seen the Code.org video and thinks having the celebrities on board with the

movement will increase interest in coding and programming.

In addition to the online support Code.org has received, professors and administrators in the state and elsewhere are working to more closely involve high school students with programming.

Drexel computer science professor Jeffrey Popyack said until the movie “The Social Network” came out and Facebook became popular, many people never thought about computer science and software engineering.

“We’d be kidding ourselves if we did not recognize the importance of ‘The Social Network’ in turning the tide,” Popyack said. “Suddenly, not every techie had to fit the stereotype of Rick Moranis in ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.’”

Popyack said he recently received a grant called ReThink. The grant will support science, technology, engineering and math, known as STEM, and computer science high school teachers and two-year college faculty in the Philadelphia area for a seven-week summer program so they can work with Drexel computer science faculty.

Popyack said it is important to make sure there are high school

teachers who want to teach the classes and know the material before adding computer science classes to the curriculum. However, he said adding the classes in high school would increase the number of students interested in computer science once they came to college, which would be a positive thing.

“We don’t need a world full of Java programmers, but we need for people to be able to take control of their computers, rather than vice versa,” Popyack said.

O’Dowd said computer science classes would also help non-majors improve their problem-solving skills and develop analytical parts of their brain even if they do not intend to go in to computer related field.

Movements like the one by Code.org are the product of a greater level awareness about the lack of computer science course in high schools, Popyack said. There have been several approaches, and several organizations are working with businesses, politicians and educators to help introduce the new material.

Another organization promoting computer science classes at the high school level is the Computer Science Principles movement. The people

behind it are creating a new AP Computer Science course, which will be able to reach a wider variety of high school students.

“Everyone understands the value of AP courses, so there will be a demand for that course which will be more focused than a demand for programming in general,” Popyack said.

Wayne Hartschuh, executive director for the Delaware Center for Educational Technology, said there are some high schools in Delaware that do have computer science classes, but there is not statewide program and no certification program for teachers.

“It could fall under business or mathematics, which gives it a little more flexibility in that respect, but it also doesn’t give it that statewide stamp of approval either,” Hartschuh said.

Demand dictates the courses high schools offer and there has been some web app courses developing, he said, but there is less demand for general computer programming language courses.

“The way schools teach computer programming has changed somewhat,” Hartschuh said.

“Computer programming classes now focus a lot on web applications

or developing applications for mobile hand held devices.”

However, due to the increased focus on STEM education there may be an increase in computer science courses being incorporated in to these programs, Hartschuh said.

Despite students having few computer programming classes in high school, Popyack said his computer science department sees a full range of experience when it comes to their new students.

“We survey our freshman at the beginning so I can tell you there are usually 15 to 25 percent who have no appreciable experience in programming and maybe 10 to 15 percent who are able to place out of one or more courses,” Popyack said.

He said he feels proudest when students who came to college with no experience start to excel.

Popyack said there is a high demand for people who can code and program, because every type of company has computer needs.

“Every business has tech needs these days, and so you might be valued for doing anything from troubleshooting hardware and software problems to designing databases to building killer apps,” he said.

Students find gender-neutral housing on-campus unsatisfactory

BY CADY ZUVICH Student Affairs Editor

When junior Nick Gottuk first heard of the university’s gender-neutral living option, he said he was excited and surprised by such a progressive initiative. However, his excitement soon diminished, he said, when he learned the details of the program.

“I wouldn’t even call it genderneutral housing,” Gottuk said. “The university is isolating students who already feel isolated enough.”

Officially implemented in 2012, the gender-neutral program accommodates students who feel more comfortable in non-gender specific housing, director of Housing Assignment Services Linda Carey said.

The program will continue next fall, and the deadline to apply begins March 15, Carey said.

The living arrangement “permits two returning upperclass students regardless of gender to live together in a single suite,” according to a form given to students inquiring about gender-neutral housing. The document states two students, regardless of gender, are authorized to live in singlestyle rooms connected by a bathroom in the Independence Complex of Laird Campus.

Gottuk, the trans-liaison for Haven, said this particular setup is not ideal for students who would benefit from a gender-neutral option. After writing a research paper about gender-neutral housing his freshman year, he said he learned of other universities proposing more progressive living options.

Though he said the administration has the right idea, segregating the students into separate single rooms is counterproductive.

“I think the university is scared,” he said. “They want to be known for doing the program, but they don’t want to put their necks on the line.”

Gottuck said he thinks the university may be apprehensive about problems that may arise from this option, such as young couples living

together. However, he said these fears are based off myth more than reality.

Sophomore Jessica Snyder, public relations director of Haven, said she agrees with Gottuck’s sentiments.

Though gender-neutral bathrooms and dorm rooms have been implemented throughout campus, Snyder said the university directs students struggling with gender identity to Haven instead of providing official resources.

“They want to look like they are LGBTQ-inclusive when they aren’t,” she Snyder said. “It doesn’t mean much when you are just sharing a bathroom.”

The university is only supportive monetarily, Snyder said, as it provides significant funds to Haven. However, Snyder said too much responsibility is given to Haven by administrators.

What the university needs is an official LGBT resource center capable of providing additional resources to students who seek gender-neutral options, Snyder said.

Colleen Dougherty, who graduated last year and is the LGBT youth mentoring manager for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware, was one of the students who spearheaded the genderneutral housing initiative. Along with alumnus Dan Cole, Dougherty and other members of Haven proposed the living option to Residence Life during her junior year.

Originally, Dougherty said members of Haven pushed for a living option in which students of both genders could live together in a dorm room. Despite the program straying from Haven’s original intent, Dougherty said she is pleased with the program overall. She said she thinks the program will naturally develop into a more popular housing option.

“Gender-neutral housing is a slowmoving trend, but it’s something more and more progressive universities are adapting,” Dougherty said. “We have one, but it’s just not the same as others.”

For the first year of the program, Carey said four students chose the gender-neutral living option. In all, 10 to 12 suites throughout Laird are

available, she said. If more students show interest, she said housing officials will work to accommodate them.

The university’s gender-neutral program was modeled after pilot programs of “comparable” universities, Carey said. Though she said the current set-up of two single, suite-style rooms will continue next year, the university is always open to altering the program.

“We always try to accommodate students’ needs,” Carey said. “If students are interested in changing the policy, it’s always something that can be talked about.”

Additionally, Carey said a student’s confidentiality is valued throughout the entire process and neither the parents nor the university are required to know the reasoning behind the student’s choice to live in gender-neutral housing.

Though gender-neutral housing is not listed as an option on the housing application, students can contact housing to receive more information about participating. Like all single suites on Laird Campus, this living option costs $8,788, the most expensive on-campus living choice.

This high cost could potentially deter students from applying to the program, Gottuk said. Especially in the LGBT community, students who may no longer receive financial support from their parents may have issues paying the fee, he said.

“I’ve actually seen a lot of students who identify as transgender and would benefit from the program have a lot of trouble paying,” he said.

An ideal gender-neutral housing program would include an all-inclusive community, Gottuk said. The University of Pennsylvania, according to the Daily Pennsylvanian, implemented a “gender-blind” assignment in 2005.

According to the article, 195 students participated in the program in 2011 compared to the four students who participated at the university this year.

Though Gottuk said the university should align its gender-neutral policy with policies at universities such as Penn, Dougherty said it will take time.

It is a slow process, she said, and it may be up to 20 years before genderhousing is customary at universities.

When the program was originally introduced by Haven, Dougherty said university and housing officials were supportive, accommodating and helpful throughout the entire process, and the program may be slow moving because

there are roadblocks such as securing finances, earning approval from the board of directors and fitting the needs of all students, Dougherty said.

“There’s only so much that can be done for now,” Dougherty said.

“I just hope the program continues to progress.”

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Independence Hall on Laird Campus is the only housing option that offers gender-neutral arrangements.

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National average AP exam score increases with test enrollment

BY KERRY BOWDEN Editor-in-Chief

The annual AP Report to the Nation found a slight national increase in the average score on Advanced Placement exams for the first time in a decade.

The average national score improved from a 2.80 to a 2.83, according to College Board. Along with the average score, the number of test-takers has increased 32.4 percent from the year before, according to the report. Last year, 954,070 graduates leaving high school took an AP exam. Of those students, 573,472 students scored a three or higher on the exam.

Education professor Robert Hampel’s freshman honors colloquium class, listed as EDUC319, has some students studying the history and trends of the AP exam.

The research on the advanced placement tests from the ‘50s to present led to some skepticism about

the recently released data.

“We looked at the data, and it’s such a slight increase, that it could just be a fluke,” freshman Nicole Price said. “It’s hard to tell right now if it actually means anything.”

The increased number of students enrolling in the test could also affect the increase in average score, she said.

Price’s classmate freshman Katie Hillman said along with the increase in test-takers, the scale of the scoring also makes the data a little more skewed.

“I think if you wait a few years, and see if it keeps increasing, that will be a better determinant,” said Hillman.

Another student in Hampel’s class, freshman Kyle Lusignea, said he agreed the numbers could be somewhat misleading but he did not think they should be ignored.

“At the same time, I know from my experience, there has been a very conscious effort to better

prepare students for the exams,” Lusignea said. “I think it would be a little remiss to neglect that idea. My teachers focused a lot on it.”

In 2012, a nationwide total of 20,943 AP coordinators, high school counselors and principals used AP data from the previous yearly report to shape their schools’ programs, according to College Board.

Hampel said his course has also sparked some in-class discussion on the amount of pressure to take many AP courses in high school.

The sentiment is not from all of his students, he said. What is coming across to him is a sense that, in their experience, many of their high school classmates took AP courses more to build a “beautiful college application” than because they truly love those subjects.

Having a competitive edge when applying for colleges is an idea Hampel said he believes drives students to take more courses.

“There is this real question

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The national average of students who pass an AP exam is higher than that of students in Delaware who pass.

of, ‘Why are people taking AP?’” Hampel said.

Whatever the reason some high school students take the exam, there were still hundreds of thousands of prepared students in the United States last year who either did not take an available AP subject for which they had potential or attended a school that did not offer the subject, according to College Board.

The report collects data on public schools, so private schools are left out of the mix.

“In most subject areas, black/ African American, Hispanic/Latino and American Indian/Alaska Native students who have the same AP readiness as their white and Asian/ Asian American/Pacific Islander peers are significantly less likely to experience such AP course work,” the report says.

Socioeconomic factors play into all parts of schooling, especially these costly standardized tests, Lusignea said.

“That is something I’ve noticed that a lot of reformers do not consider,” Lusignea said. “They put a lot of emphasis on the school. They ignore any exponential factors and expect the school to overcome the socioeconomic factors.”

Not only are the tests themselves costly, but the studying materials can add up too. Expenses can put a damper the chances of success for students from low socioeconomic status.

Study books were more practical in terms of help and studying to Lusignea. The individual studying may be more helpful than specific lectures, he said.

Hampel said that different states and districts have varying policies as to whether or not they will help pay for students to take the exams.

“There is variation and you may be in luck or out of luck depending on where you live,” Hampel said.

“That is just a simple, descriptive, common fact.”

Price said when the exams were first created they cost $10 to take.

She said the first state to ever begin reimbursing students for the cost was Texas in 1995.

The fee for each exam now is

$89, according to College Board.

Despite the exponential increase in cost, 17 states exceeded the national average. Delaware was not one of them. In the state, 16.4 percent of high school graduates scored a three or higher. This number jumped 6.9 percentage points since the 2002 findings.

Maryland had the most students passing in the country with 29.6 percent, which almost doubles Delaware’s percentage. Mississippi had the least with 4.6 percent.

While the testing process can be expensive if not paid for by the district, passing scores can save college-bound students money in some cases. Hillman said, in general, individuals are starting to realize money can be saved by entering college with credits. She came to the university with many breadth requirements already filled.

Freshman Steph Espie does not have to take any general education courses at the university. She said she is happy she can take more classes that she actually is interested in.

“I pretty much came in an entire semester ahead because of AP courses,” Espie said.

However, some colleges, like Dartmouth College, have recently been put in the public eye because of this very issue, Hampel said.

Dartmouth has recently become more strict about accepting AP scores, he said.

“It is an interesting system,” Hampel said. “You have this national, one single AP program, but then colleges have this enormous freedom and discretion in terms of what they do with it.”

Price thinks the testing pattern she sees is leaning more toward taking the exams to better résumés for college applications, she said.

Regardless of whether or not universities will accept passing scores for credit, Hampel said it is helpful to start the exploration of a subject at the AP level of rigor in high school.

“But, it’s only a start and the real key then, is, can you sustain the momentum when you get to college? he said. “That is the trick.”

Representative Paul Baumbach talks state legislation at SGA meeting

BY MONIKA CHAWLA Features Editor

In a general meeting held by the Student Government Association last Tuesday, guest speaker and State Representative Paul Baumbach (D-Del.) advised students to utilize legis.delaware.gov, a website that enables anyone to see the progress of state-level bills.

The website features an online committee hearing in which locals can speak up about a bill, sharing their opinions and concerns. Anyone has the ability to decide the fate of a bill, Baumbach said.

“There is nothing special about an elected official—they’re just like you and me,” Baumbach said. “Both types of people have the power to make something happen.”

Baumbach started off the meeting with a welcome speech, during which he updated the group on the current issues plaguing Delaware, such as gun control, gay marriage and the repeal of the death penalty.

He then gave members insight on

some of his campaigning efforts.

“I’ve knocked on 5,000 doors in five months, which is how you win state representative in Delaware—you meet people and you listen to them,” he said. “You share your experiences, perspectives and visions to others.”

Winning against three Democratic primary challengers and one Republican in the race last fall, Baumbach was given a sense of perseverance through his campaigning, he said. While campaigning was a challenge, he said the hardest job of all is serving his community.

One of his current pieces of legislation would initiate a more beneficial pension plan for local firefighters. He said the social issues in the state do not concern him as much as the declining financial situation, but he is doing the best he can.

As an active member of the financial planning field since 1993, Baumbach said he now serves on the banking, insurance, housing and revenue and taxation committees within the state government.

With his motto of “moving

forward, giving back,” Baumbach said he has also contributed to the city’s political landscape, advocating for equal rights for the LGBT community and participating in many nonpartisan efforts.

Baumbach said Delaware’s small size plays a large role in the readiness and availability of its representatives because it opens communication between state officials and residents.

“We’re hungry for research, and we want to hear from people with requests,” he said.

Sophomore Ben Page-Gil, the public relations senator, then took the opportunity to remind SGA members of their own online suggestion box called UDecide, a platform for students to see each other’s proposals. He said that within the website, students have the ability to vote and comment on any issues they want to see changed or fixed.

The color-coded chart helps members track progress of their own proposals, while suggesting new ones on the spot, Page-Gil said. Additionally, students are able to create an action

plan and follow the status of proposals, he said.

“People can go and vote on each individual item so we can see which issues are really popular,” he said. “Then we can get advisors and the advisory board to research the issue further.”

Sophomore Megan FitzGerald, vice president of university affairs, briefly updated members on the current proposals, including plans for increasing freshman involvement, improving alumni relations and offering more late night meal options.

FitzGerald said late night dining has been an important issue among students, creating a greater need for research and contribution from other members.

“Pencader’s late night dining gets less than 50 people each night,” FitzGerald said. “There’s a cost benefit analysis involved. It’s not beneficial for the dining hall, but they are doing it to help athletes and the students who often can’t make normal dining hall times.”

She brought up the idea of students potentially having four meals

a day, which has the potential to change dining plans as a whole. Before any plan is proposed, however, she said significant input from students is needed.

To gather this student input, SGA is planning on using social media to poll students on various issues, even giving students incentives such as gift cards to restaurants and stores on Main Street.

Page-Gil said the questions on the polls should be of all different types, including the typical multiple choice and short answer ones. Additionally, he said the pollsters should ask a maximum of three questions to keep it convenient for students.

He reminded members to pay attention to the way they ask questions, remaining sensitive to the wording and phrasing. Page-Gil said he is supporting plans to reach out to freshman for public relations events, to make sure they are included within the campus community as well.

“We really do need to be conscious of the steps we’re taking in order to make the changes that we have planned,” Page-Gil said.

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Students in College of Arts and Sciences given first chance to network at univ. fair

BY RACHEL TAYLOR Administrative News Editor

Students gathered in the Trabant Multipurpose Rooms Thursday night to improve and employ networking skills at the first Career Networking Night tailored specifically for the College of Arts and Sciences.

Heather Catalino, Career Services marketing and multimedia coordinator, said it is unlikely that Career Services will ever sponsor a career fair geared specifically for the College of Arts and Sciences. She said networking instruction seems to be more helpful than a career fair, as the range of majors is significantly broader than other colleges.

Networking Night featured 59 non-profit, for profit, science-based, communication and government companies students could contact.

“The Department of Arts and Sciences usually provides students with lots of options,” Catalino said. “This will help narrow down the career search and find what students are interested in so they can find a job.”

Prior to the event, Catalino said there was a workshop for students to learn to aspects of self-marketing such as showing confidence, doing a proper handshake, maintaining eye contact and other strategies.

Alum Matt O’Donnell, morning anchor for Action News 6 in Philadelphia, opened the Networking Fair. He said while networking is important, he thinks students should concentrate on other aspects of job seeking as well, such as being prepared, being timely and trying harder than competitors.

“It’s easy to network,” O’Donnell said. “However, the playing field is low. Everyone else has the same tools you do, so in terms of it being easy to get a job, everyone moved up the same notch.”

Junior human services major

Kristen Loomis said the networking fair was a great opportunity for her since her major limits where she can work.

Loomis said the fair was well planned for the first Arts and Sciences networking fair. She said she had never attended a networking event and was initially surprised by the layout of high top tables where company representatives were stationed, though she managed to successfully network around the room.

“It seemed like a really great opportunity for those students in the College of Arts and Sciences,” Loomis said. “At the career fair, there’s not usually many organizations that I would be taking internships for or working for in the future, so this seemed right up my alley.”

Loomis said the large number of alumni at the networking fair made her more comfortable, knowing she had something in common with the organizations represented.

Senior mass communications major Amanda Rominiecki said she went to the fair with the hopes of finding a job in time for May graduation.

She said she hopes networking can help her become more comfortable with promoting herself to potential employers.

“I felt a little uncomfortable at first,” Rominiecki said. “Probably like everyone did. I was just thinking, ‘I don’t know what I’m doing.’”

Rominiecki said she hopes Career Services hosts similar fairs in the future, as the ones she previously attended catered more to engineering, business and accounting majors.

Catalino said student feedback for the event has been supportive and she hopes for ideas to improve the fair next year.

“I think there’s potential for it to grow and become a larger event, but the networking seemed to be a great and useful thing,” Catalino said.

Rudolphi: ‘The money raised is directly impacting and helping families.’

Continued from page 1 “The money raised is directly impacting and helping families,” Rudolphi said Senior Kelsey Crane said she and her sorority Gamma Sigma Sigma have done their part by raising funds for UDance, as the organization is one of their philanthropies. Crane said this is her first year getting heavily involved with UDance and the experience has been rewarding.

“Anyone who goes to a B+ UDance event will witness the passion of those involved with the organization,” Crane said. “It’s so moving to be there with some of these amazing heroes who are fighting cancer.”

Since last year, UDairy Creamery has prepared an ice-cream flavor called “BluDance” specifically for the event. The flavor, which was created by a collaborative effort between the creamery and UDance board members, is made with vanilla ice-cream. The ice-cream is mixed with sugar cookie dough, rainbow sprinkles and is dyed blue, senior Jennifer Rodammer, assistant manager of UDairy said.

Rodammer said the flavor sold quickly last year and she anticipated it would sell out again. As of 8:30 p.m., she said only one-and-a-half cartons remained. Like all vendors, UDance commissions vendors to sell its products, which can be bought with tickets, Rodammer said.

By being a vendor, Rodammer said she feels she is contributing to UDance.

“It’s always great to see how many kids are willing to come out and see what’s going on,” she said.

McDonough said his favorite part of the night was during family hour at 5:00 p.m. When he when up on stage and presented trophies to the “B+ Heroes.” He was unsure if one child, who recently had a bone marrow transplant, would be able to attend, so seeing him in attendance was a highlight for him, he said.

“He went on stage with a mask on his face and it just brought a tears to my eyes,” McDonough said. “When we are up on that stage, we recognize four children who had passed away, three being children who have been directly prepared with groups on campus and one being my son.”

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The Shots iGot app measures the amount of shots in standard water bottles, cups and five gallon jugs.

Shots iGot phone app helps measure alcohol poured into new containers

BY BO BARTLEY Managing News Editor

Simple math dictates that when a 20-ounce bottle of the university’s exclusive water brand Aquafina is completely full of vodka, it holds 13.3 shots. But what about when the liquor reaches just under the top of the label? Or say it dissects the logo or borders the bottom ridge? Thanks to the app Shots iGot, any iPhone wielding drinkeron-the-go can see in an instant that those bottles contain 10.1, 7.5 and 3.8 shots, respectively.

App creator and CEO of Something With Flow, Josh Rosenheck, stated in an email message that while he was in school at Rutgers University, he saw students go to parties with water bottles full of liquor, dump the contents into a solo cup and ask, “How many shots are in here?”

“One bad estimate can lead to over-pouring and some serious consequences,” Rosenheck said. “As a college student, I saw the consequences of over-drinking firsthand and recognized the potential for a simple app to serve as a cool ‘harm reduction’ tool.”

Developed by Rosenheck and two other Rutgers students, Mike Verderese and Paras Jain, at Princeton University’s computer programming contest ‘Hackathon’ from Nov. 11 to 13, the app has been available in the app store since January. It was originally spread through word of mouth at schools in the Northeast, and its popularity “exploded” when several online news sites featured it as a viral app last week, Rosenheck said.

Rosenheck thought of the idea for the app when he was inspired by an article that said the human brain has a tough time gauging volume.

That phenomenon hurts students who buy large amounts of alcohol to save money and then split their supply between new, more mobile containers, he said. Often, students use the only thing they have on hand, empty water bottles.

Shots iGot provides users with different kinds of bottle shapes and sizes. Once the type is selected, the user can slide their finger along the on-screen bottle to match the physical one, and the app translates the volume to a number of shots.

Senior Kristen Latch said she first heard about the app over winter session from a friend who knew a creator from home. She and her friends downloaded it immediately and started playing around with it.

She said the app was a good idea with a basic concept that was well executed.

“It’s something that every kid does and probably doesn’t really realize that they would use an app like that every single weekend,” Latch said.

Latch said she thinks it is hard for students to correctly eyeball the amount of alcohol they are putting in their bottles, so Shots iGot is a good resource when going out.

Students often over-drink because they are unaware of the amount of alcohol they are consuming, Latch said. She said she thinks the app is accurate, and she has been pleased with its performance so far.

“It has like every type of container on it, so it’s not like you just need to bring ‘a red cup’ or ‘a water bottle,’” Latch said. “There are a lot of options for people. No matter what container they want, they can get a close measurement.”

Senior Jen Masucci said when she goes to a party, she finds

it much easier to carry a water bottle than to bring the original bottle of alcohol. She has tried to measure her alcohol out by pouring individual shots or eyeballing the volume, but that can be tedious and difficult, she said.

Masucci said she and her friends are good about filling up “just half a water bottle,” and they rarely suffer the negative effects of over-drinking.

“I do wonder sometimes how many shots it is when I pour it in,” Masucci said.

She said when the app is released for Android phones, which Rosenheck said should happen soon, she would download it.

Shots iGot has 15,000 users in 56 countries, Rosenheck said.

Something With Flow has a free lite version and a paid deluxe version in the app store. The company updates periodically to include bottles users have requested, he said.

Freshman Abby Edmunds said though she does not carry alcohol in water bottles herself, she has gone to parties where she sees students pouring liquor out of their own containers. She could see how students have difficulty gauging the amount of liquid they’re pouring, she said, but using water bottles has other benefits.

“It could maybe prevent having your drink spiked with something,” Edmunds said.

Masucci said the app has the potential to become popular oncampus because students already realize the benefits of using water bottles to transport liquor.

“If you have to lug around multiple beers, it’s not as easy as just pouring some liquor into a water bottle and going,” Masucci said.

10March 12, 2013

Historic smokestack demolished to make way for park

BY JESSICA STUMP

2014, according to city officials.

The park will include jogging and walking trails, a plaza and a fishing area.

The destruction of the historical smokestack off Paper Mill Road was due primarily

to financial and safety reasons, director of Parks and Recreation Charlie Emerson said.

A new park is planned to The Newark City Council replace the Curtis Paper Mill presented a master planning smokestack and will be completed project for the site on Aug. 8, by the end of this year or early 2011, according to its website, and the smokestack was destroyed Thursday, Feb. 28.

Emerson said some Newark residents wanted to save the smokestack, but since the landmark was in a bad condition and unsafe, the city had to take it down.

Emerson said he thought the new park would be beneficial for the Newark community.

“The park is going to be small, both active and passive,” Emerson said. “There’s going to be a small parking lot, and, where the smokestack is, there’ll be a plaza with some kiosks that have history of the paper mill with some great photos.”

Thomas Meeteer originally bought the Courtesy of Historic America’s Engineering record land in 1789. Later on, it was purchased The Curtis Paper Mill smokestack will be replaced by a recreational outdoor park.

Staff Reporter

by the Curtis family, according to writer for the Mill Creek Hundred History blog Scott Palmer.

Two brothers, Solomon Minot Curtis and George Curtis, bought the mill with a borrowed $7,500 at a sheriff’s sale and completely rebuilt the site. When operations ceased in 1995, the Curtis’s establishment was one of the longest-running paper mills in the United States. Finally, in 1999, it was purchased by the city of Newark and converted into the Curtis Mill Park.

“The loss of the Curtis Mill smokestack was probably inevitable, but still unfortunate,” Palmer said. “It was one of the few remaining links to Newark’s industrial past. I hope the new park will in some way keep the paper mill’s memory alive.”

Mayor Vance A. Funk, III said the decision to remove the smokestack was not one taken lightly. Efforts were made to save the smokestack, but it was found the freestanding figure was no longer structurally sound, and “one bad storm could have taken it down,” Funk said.

The Newark and university community showed mixed reactions over the destruction of the smokestack. Junior Tyonna Brooks said she was upset by its demolition.

“I don’t understand why they would tear it down,” Brooks said.

“I think a lot of students had a

connection to it, especially those from around here. Destroying the smokestack kind of destroys some of their memories.”

Newark resident Cindy Hall, 51, said she believes a lot of locals who live near the site will miss the smokestack, and she feels like a lot of the Paper Mill history will be forgotten.

“I think they kept part of the prison towers near Route 2 and 41 and incorporated them into new buildings,” Hall said.

“It would have been nice for them to have done the same with the smokestack.”

While some students remembered the smokestack for its historical significance, others were relieved it was taken down.

Freshman Abena Dapaah said she was glad the smokestack was destroyed because she said it polluted much of Newark’s air over the years. Dapaah said she is happy a park is replacing the smokestack as repayment for all the damage it caused the environment.

“Good riddance,” Dapaah said. “It was an eyesore. Knowing that it’s finally torn down makes me very happy.”

Mayor Funk remained hopeful that the new park would be a positive improvement for Newark citizens.

“I think the community is known for its parks and trails, and I think a lot of people relocate just for that,” Funk said.

March 12, 2013

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Politics Straight, No Chaser Mr. Paul goes to Washington

THE REVIEW/Stacy Bernstein

Second generation Americans are often more successful in education and income level than previous generations.

Second generation Americans more successful than parents, study shows

BY DILLON MCLAUGHLIN Staff Reporter

When sophomore Phil Botta’s father immigrated to the United States from Italy unable to speak English, his first two jobs included selling products for General Electric and working as custodial manager at the university.

Now, years later, Botta’s father is an owner of Café Verdi, a pizzeria located in Trolley Square of Wilmington.

Botta said his father is very intelligent, and he looks up to him.

“He’s a people person and I respect him for it,” Botta said. “Seeing him work hard makes me want to work hard.”

A recent study conducted by a Pew Research Center analysis of the U.S Census Bureau indicates secondgeneration Americans like Botta are likely to be more successful than their parents in terms of income and education. Additionally, the study found three-quarters of secondgeneration Americans believe hard work is the key to success, compared to the 58 percent of the full U.S. population who share this belief.

Additionally, the study found three out of 10 immigrants consider themselves American.

Comparatively, six out of ten children of immigrants identify as American, but with close ties to their ancestral roots. Mark Miller, political science and international relations professor and expert on international migration, said children of immigrants oftentimes have an easier time than their parents adapting to American culture.

“Second-generation Americans become Americanized very quickly,” Miller said.

The United States has had two

major influxes of immigration, Miller said. The first was the arrival of the Irish in America in the 19th century, especially in the Philadelphia area.

At this time, intense feelings of nativism arose, meaning established residents of the nation demanded favored status above immigrants, he said.

“Eventually, municipalities and governments adopted steps to keep out the Irish,” Miller said. “It got so pervasive the Supreme Court held all ordinances in violation of the federal prerogative to make immigration law for the U.S.” During the second influx, Central and Eastern Europeans immigrated to the United States from 1880 to the beginning of World War I, where a majority of the immigrants were Jewish. This second migration led to the drastic restriction of immigration through the Quota Acts of 1921 and 1924.

Similar to the Irish, Central and Eastern Europeans with an Islamic background did not have issues adapting to American culture, Miller said. Although some were worried about their integration, Miller said second-generation Muslim Americans follow the path of intergenerational integration and typically accept democratic values.

“Modern immigrant groups are the same as the Irish,” junior John Labrador said. “Each migrating group is looking for the same thing, and no one is coming for the wrong reasons.”

Labrador, whose parents immigrated to the United States from the Philippines in the early 90s, said his father came to try and establish a secure financial foundation before he brought

his family over. Although Labrador moved at a young age, it took him eight years to apply for citizenship, he said.

Labrador said the cultural roots of his parents are still preserved in his household by holding tight to Filipino traditions and memories. Additionally, since moving to the United States, Labrador said his parents have made a lot of friends who are also Filipino.

Sophomore Bimal Amin’s parents came to the United States from India in the ’90s. He said they were in their mid-thirties when they arrived in New York. Moving from New York to Pennsylvania and eventually ending up in Delaware, Amin’s parents knew they had found a home in the US, he said.

Amin attributes his work ethic and focus to hearing about and watching the hard times so many immigrants face.

“You see them working 24/7 and there’s this mentality that comes with it,” said Amin. “You realize all they’re doing is for you and you want to give 110 percent back.”

Botta said his heritage is maintained in both the family business and the home.

“It’s not at all hard to preserve,” Botta said. “I love being Italian. My family owns a pizzeria, my mom is Italian by heritage and my grandmother is always over and she doesn’t speak any English.”

Second-generation Americans’ desire to work as hard as their parents is a wide-spread sentiment, Labrador said.

“For my parents to come here, they had to work hard,” said Labrador. “The second-generation knows what their parents did and they emulate them.”

Even though John Brennan was finally confirmed as Director of the CIA this Thursday, it was a filibuster, a prolonged speech that delays the actions of Congress, that stole the attention of the media. On Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delayed Brennan’s confirmation with a good oldfashioned filibuster. Paul went up and talked until he could no longer speak. As it turns out, he can talk for almost 13 hours.

Actually, 12 hours and 52 minutes to be exact, and according to the Senate Historian’s Office, it was the longest filibuster since 1992.

A statement from Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. illustrating how Barack Obama could authorize military action on US soil in emergency situations spurred Paul to take the floor and bring attention to drone attacks under the Obama administration.

This was not totally out of place in the confirmation hearing. This was an issue Brennan has played a part in as a Homeland Security Advisor to the president, helping to reorganize the program to give the White House more control and expanding the targeting outside of war zones. Paul knew he wouldn’t actually stop the confirmation and so took this chance to question the drone program even more.

In Paul’s speech, he warned us of the dangers of the runaway executive.

He talked about the danger of killing those deemed foes without giving them the due process of law. I must say, these warnings seem flaky coming from a man who criticized Obama’s plan to shut down Guantanamo Detention Center and give all those held there trials in US courts.

Paul said on his campaign website in 2009 that he believed enemy combatants, specifically terror suspects, should be kept off American soil and “do not deserve the protections of our Constitution.” So apparently if President Obama does it, it’s no good. But President Bush? Paul’s principles make little sense since we are currently not giving trials to those at Guantanamo. If the drone targets have a right to due process, then shouldn’t they as well? I am not saying we should deny drone targets due process, but we should, at the very least, be consistent.

Paul’s speech shifted from the violations of due process to the danger of the administration’s apparent power to target American citizens on American soil. His questioning during the filibuster

prompted a response from the Holder, who sent Paul a terse letter the next day. It simply said, “Dear Senator Paul: It has come to my attention that you have now asked an additional question: ‘Does the President have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?’ The answer to that question is no.”

Holder was thus able to answer Paul’s 76,470-word filibuster with 46 words of his own. This doesn’t say much, since it leaves the door open for discussion surrounding strikes by a “weaponized drone” on American citizens judged to be enemy combatants. While Paul should be applauded for standing up for what he believes in, his speech turned into more of a “don the tinfoil hat, the drones are coming for you,” type of warning, as he seemed increasingly paranoid. We do need more answers on the drone program, but there are limitations that we knew about before the filibuster.

The old filibuster crew of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) felt the need to go out on the floor and defend the administration’s drone program the day after Paul’s filibuster.

On Thursday, McCain said his colleague did the public a disservice by implying citizens could be in danger at the hand of the president. McCain is a national security hawk through and through and he showed it by throwing Paul under the bus.

Graham told media members he was planning on voting against Brennan, calling him shifty and arrogant. But after Paul’s filibuster, he concluded it was now a vote on the drone program itself and decided he had to support it.

He also finally admitted something we all knew—this program started under George W. Bush. He said, “People are astonished that President Obama is doing many of the things that President Bush did.

I’m not astonished. I congratulate him for having the good judgment to understand we’re at war. And to my party, I’m a bit disappointed that you no longer apparently think we’re at war.” This was a shot right at Paul and his colleagues in the Tea Party. All in all, things are getting interesting inside the Republican Party. Everyone who said there would be a party civil war might turn out to be correct.

“Everyone who said there would be a party civil war might turn out to be correct.”

-Brian Barringer

March 12, 2013

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New policy is step in right direction, fails to recognize financial restraints In  2012,  the  university  implemented  a  new  gender-­neutral  housing  option  geared  toward  students  who  would  prefer  to  VKDUH QRQ JHQGHU VSHFLÂżF URRPV with  other  students.  The  rooms  allow   two  students,  regardless  of  gender,  to  live  together  in  a  single-­ style  suite  dormitory  connected  by  a  bathroom  in  the  Independence  Complex  of  Laird  Campus.  On  the  surface,  catering  to  the  needs  of  the  LGBT  community  seems  like  a  very  progressive  policy.  It  outlines  an  alternative  option  for  students  looking  to  avoid  a  potentially  awkward  living  situation  and  who  may  not  feel  comfortable  living  with  other  students  of  a  particular  gender  or  orientation—however,  the  policy  contains  some  major  ÀDZV The  gender-­neutral  living  option  is  only  offered  to  upperclassmen  and  returning  students.  Why  the  policy  excludes  incoming  freshman  from  the  application  process  UHPDLQV XQFOHDU EXW WKH GLIÂżFXOW\ in  attaining  a  gender-­neutral  room  does  not  stop  there.  The  gender-­ neutral  housing  option  is  omitted  from  the  online  housing  application Â

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Sexual-assault rates spike in US military, sparks legislation Sexual-assault violence must be eradicated from US military, requires strict rules According  to  the  Department  of  Defense  survey  and  the  Pentagon’s  2011  annual  report,  the  number  of  sexual  assaults  within  the  U.S.  military  rose  58.5  percent  in  2011.  While  the  thought  of  one  serviceman  sexually  assaulting  another  may  seem  hard  to  believe,  it  turns  out  the  issue  has  been  difficult  to  address  as  incidents  often  go  unreported.  There  are  a  number  of  reasons  why  someone  would  not  report  being  sexually  assaulted  in  the  military.  In  many  instances,  the  victims  who  report  the  crime  are  deemed  mentally  unstable  and  considered  to  show  signs  of  posttraumatic  stress  disorder.  Another  issue  is  the  fear  of  being  identified  as  a  homosexual  by  a  serviceman’s  peers—a  quality  that  has  been  openly  frowned  upon  by  some  members  of  the  U.S.  military  for  decades.  Congress Â

is  currently  deliberating  over  the  Sexual  Assault  Training  Oversight  and  Prevention  Act,  which  would  be  responsible  for  investigating  the  problem  and  hopefully  eradicating  it  entirely.  Given  the  massive  spike  in  the  prevalence  of  sexual  assaults  in  the  military,  it  is  obvious  the  issue  deserves  more  attention  from  government  officials.  The  STOP  Act  should  be  approved  by  Congress  in  order  to  kick-­start  the  initiative  of  ridding  the  problem  from  the  military.  If  military  officials  continue  letting  people  get  away  with  it,  the  prevalence  of  sexual  a ssaults  w ill  c ontinue  t o  r ise.  Support  for  victims  and  stricter  punishment  for  the  perpetrators  needs  to  be  enacted  immediately  because  sexual  assaults  should  never  have  been  an  issue  in  the  military  in  the  first  place.

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American overconsumption bad for environment Justine Hofherr

=p][mlan] =\algj Overconsumption could have potentially devastatingly negative effects on the environment as well as the mentalities of students around the world.

Walking briskly down Main Street toward the Green on my way to class or my tutoring job at the Writing Center, I’m frequently surprised at the line-­up of expensive cars that zip by me. Shiny Mercedes Benz SUVs cruise along in shades of vibrant red and silver. Sleek Audis with tinted windows purr up to stoplights. BMW convertibles zip in and out of impossibly small parking spaces.

More surprising than the luxury vehicles’ presence on a college campus are the students who drive them. Not just any students man the wheel, but quite often, Chinese students.

Logically, I know many of the Chinese students may have more money than American students, or at least, in-­state students. When one factors in the cost of their out-­of-­state tuition ($39,530) and housing ($15,126), plus the completion of the English

language institute ($5,885) and the fact that many admitted to The New York Times they spent $4,000 to have an agency write their admissions essay, the necessity for having a pretty hefty amount of dough becomes apparent. Despite this realization, it still seems shocking that an international college student feels the need to purchase an expensive, gas-­ guzzling luxury vehicle the second he or she arrives in America. One explanation may be WKDW PDQ\ RI WKHVH VWXGHQWV IHHO SUHVVXUH WR ¿W into their conception of Western culture with conspicuous consumerism, a conception that most likely begins with the Chinese media’s portrayal of the “American Dream.”

It does not end with the cars. I was a writing fellow for a second language freshman ENGL110 class. 13 of the 15 students were Chinese, and their slew of glossy, high-­priced gadgets never ceased to amaze me. At least three of the students had multiple iPads, all had iPhones and many typed on the newest models of Apple computers. Even their clothes seemed unnecessarily expensive. Bright Nike sneakers in a rainbow of colors and designer sunglasses were not uncommon. Sometimes, the students were late to our tutoring sessions because they were busy shopping, and sure enough, they entered Barnes & Noble with an apologetic smile, laden with Forever 21, Macy’s and Anthropologie bags. This eagerness to conform to their perception of lavish Western culture and then to bring those concepts back to China after graduation

disturbs me for a number of reasons.

China is much often described as a growing world power built on widespread investment, urbanization and export-­ led manufacturing. Pick up any t-­shirt, technological gadget, plate or plastic Barbie doll in the United States and you will see they were all manufactured in China. This is largely due to the jobs held by the increasing urban middle class. That group currently consists of 300 million people and is expected to explode to a staggering 800 million by 2025, Thomas L. Friedman of The New York Times reports.

This number should frighten anyone—not just because China’s largest cities, Beijing and Shanghai, can already barely support their inhabitants, but also because these people expect a certain kind of life. A life based off of the “American Dream.”

The “Chinese Dream,” meaning a big, expensive car, a big, expensive house, and a big, well, Big Mac, has truly frightening environmental implications. If China’s carbon usage keeps pace with its economic growth (largely due to American demand, mind you), the country’s carbon dioxide emissions will reach 8 gigatons by 2030, which is equal to the entire world’s carbon dioxide production today, according to Wired magazine. Approximately two Chinese coal plants open every week to support this manufacturing frenzy. What does this mean for the environment? Unprecedented congestion, air pollution, and a massive

release of greenhouse gases such as methane, CO2, carbon monoxide and nitrous oxide that deplete the ozone layer, contribute to global warming and sicken humanity. Cancer rates in China are up 80 percent from the 1990s, making cancer the nation’s biggest killer, according to The Guardian. Climate change skeptics merely have to look at the thick, grey smog that perpetually hangs over Shanghai’s industrial cities, also known as “cancer villages,” to know that something is amiss.

China is our second biggest trading partner after Canada. We import a whopping $402.6 billion worth of Chinese-­made goods each year, only exporting $85.9 billion. That’s a $316.7 billion discrepancy, according to the Census. With this number in mind, and visions of Chinese workers losing their hair to chemotherapy treatment after working for a decade in a factory, somehow, this just doesn’t seem fair. We, as a nation, should feel compelled to take some responsibility for our gross consumerism and its victims. If the United States took measures to reduce our own emissions and help our Chinese partners with theirs, we could create new “American” and “Chinese Dreams” that don’t include environmental disaster.

Justine Hofherr is a guest columnist for The Review. Her viewpoints do not necessarily represent those of The Review staff. Please send comments to jhofherr@udel.edu.

Entering industries using ‘connections’ unethical Rosie Brinckerhoff

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I don’t know anyone “important.” I never have.

OK, let me rephrase that—I know a lot of people, but I don’t know anyone holding powerful positions who could give me a leg up on others when I apply for jobs.

I’m not the daughter of a congressman

and I’m not the girlfriend of a Fortune 500 CEO’s son. My dad isn’t a millionaire and my sister’s best friend isn’t an executive at NBC. My mom isn’t a famous doctor and her friends aren’t on the Real Housewives of anywhere. My grandpa didn’t start a steel company and my friends don’t grace the pages of Vogue. I’m just me.

I work hard in school, look for internships and job opportunities, read the newspaper a nd e njoy t rashy c elebrity g ossip sometimes. I shamelessly watch “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” and orange juice tastes terribly to me after I brush my teeth. In a way, I am like you, and you are probably like me too.

In Nicholas Sparks’ “The Notebook,” he wrote, “I am no one special. Just a common man with common thoughts. I’ve led a common life.” That’s what I am. I’m a common girl. I’m special to some people, but to most, I’m just another face they walk by on the street. A nd I’m OK with that.

However, what is not okay with me is how some people are offered opportunities just because they know the right people.

It is not okay that after all my hard work, a congressman’s daughter gets the job I wanted. It is not okay that my resume gets lost in a stack of papers because the company already knows it is going to pick the boss’s daughter. It is not okay that so many of us “normal” people are overlooked every day because someone else has

better connections.

I get it. The job market is a difficult place to enter at the moment and there’s a shortage of jobs. I probably sound bitter complaining about all of this but before you stop reading, let me get to my point.

Just because your parents might know someone influential does not make you any more qualified for a position. If you are dating someone from a wealthy family, it does not mean you deserve any special privileges. It means that my hard work and dedication get overlooked because you happened to fall into the “right” family with all the “right” connections.

I’ll be the first to admit it—sometimes having connections might seem nice. How could they not? But it’s the easy way out of living a fulfilling life. Connections are the “get out of jail free” card in life. No one wants to accomplish our goals the hard way, but life isn’t as satisfying without the struggle. It’s like John F. Kennedy once said, “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” Failing miserably is half the experience. It feels bad for the time being—you’ll cry, eat a little too much, drink way too much, but in the end you’ll be better off having failed a few times, because it’s a learning experience.

I don’t want those connections. I do not need someone with a fat bank account to get my job for me. I want to do it the old-­fashioned way and get it myself. Maybe

it will be hard and maybe it will take me a long time, but I would rather go to bed sleeping o n a t win c ot e ating R amen n oodles knowing in my heart that I’m working as hard as I can to get to the top. And while you’re sleeping in your Pottery Barn-­esque bedroom eating your quinoa and fresh filet mignon, just know there are thousands of us starting from the bottom, clawing our way up to the top. We will be where you are one day, and we will actually deserve it.

Let’s all make the effort to alter the way we think about using connections.

Never say you do not know anyone important, because all of us are special in our own ways. The girl you hate, the mom you’ve never spoken to and the jerk teacher who gives you poor grades—they’re all important to someone. They may not be important to you, but they’re significant in our world. If more of us stopped accepting things we don’t deserve, we would be living in a more honest world. We would be living in a place where you work for what you get and where everyone serves a purpose, not just the people who can help you along the way.

Rosie Brinckerhoff is a guest columnist for The Review. Her viewpoints do not necessarily represent those of The Review staff. Please send comments to rbrinck@udel.edu.

14 March 12, 2013 Faculty debate reforming online education policy

BY RACHEL TAYLOR Administrative News Editor

At a hearing Monday, Faculty senators debated reforming the university’s online education policy to reflect current standards of teaching. Senators discussed freshmen access to online classes and updates to make policy technologically current.

Deni Galileo, biology professor and the president-elect of Faculty Senate, said the hearing intended to address the online education guidelines, which have not been revised for 20 years.

“It’s very archaic,” Galileo said.

“It talks about videotaping lectures and this is from the era when they would video tape the professors’ lectures, put them in a box and ship them to a secondary site.”

Galileo said he hopes the revisions will last for at least a decade before needing updates. He edited policies and put them up for discussion among attending faculty.

John Morgan, a physics professor, said the existing procedures for periodic view and assessment for traditional classes need reform. Some classes do not appear to be at the college level, Morgan said, which would be concerning to translate into an online class. He also said it is much harder to monitor online classes.

“I’m concerned that when you have online courses, it’s going to be even harder to see what’s going on,”

Morgan said. “For example, when you have a traditional course, you can at least tell if the professor is not showing up to teach his classes.”

Galileo said while freshmen

“You can’t forsee if students are going to go to class, but we have the technology to encourage students to go .”

-John Morgan, physics professor are currently unable to enroll in online classes during their first year of school, senators may revisit the policy. Taking an interactive online class may be more beneficial for the student than learning in a traditional lecture with 300 other students.

Linda Gottfredson, an education professor, said she thinks advisors should be able to decide whether freshmen can take online classes and how many they could enroll in per semester, with help from each

designated academic department.

“Do we really want to restrict online courses up to one or two per semester?” Gottfredson said. “That should be up to the department.”

Gottfredson said while undergraduate degrees will most likely never be fully completed with online credits alone, she would not be surprised if graduate degrees were eventually earned primarily online. She said online classes, like those taught on study abroad trips, are high-quality enough to count for credit, but not equivalent to standards of a typical university class.

Morgan said he would prefer having a cap on the number of online classes a student can take over the course of their college career if it were enforced, but he said freshmen should not initially be included in the suggested policy.

“Freshmen are a special case,” Morgan said. “Freshmen get into the habit of not going to class early.

You can’t foresee if students are going to go to class, but we have the technology to encourage students to go.”

The Faculty Senate made no official decision regarding how online education policies will be edited. Galileo said the senate will reconvene later in the week to examine edits further and will discuss the addendums to the university’s policy in grade forgiveness next Monday.

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Assistant Government Relations Mark Brainard said the University Policer is working with Newark Police .

City council meeting addresses increase in police officers for Saint Patrick’s Day

BY ELENA BOFFETTA City News Desk Editor

There will be an increase in officers from the University Police Department throughout the weekend due to Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations, according to Assistant Government Relations Mark Brainard.

At the city council meeting Monday night, Brainard said police officers will partner up with Newark Police on foot to check Main Street and other areas throughout the city and the university campus. The University Police Department said they do not expect any major issues throughout the week prior to the holiday and during Saint Patrick’s weekend, however.

“It’s a holiday,” Brainard said.

“It’s a holiday that students enjoy celebrating and have enjoyed celebrating for years and years, so there will be an increased number of students out and about starting early in the morning and going until late hours in the evening.”

Junior Nicole Seymour, a government affairs officer at the university, said several RSOs are represented through SGA and this created a link between the local and state government and the university students. She said one of most students main concerns is for their safety and environmental sustainability movements, such as Green The Green, Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaigns and smoke-free campus.

“The campus is going smoke free, and it should be in at least a year or two,” Seymour said. “It’s going to include the Green, it’s going to include the residential areas and we are also offering

health programs for people who want to try to quit.”

Junior Megan Mauger said since the students initially got rashes due to pesticides, she and other students started the “Green The Green” movement.

The students created and signed a petition, which advocated for the university to implement warning signs chemicals are sprayed on the green and pushing for a switch to organic lawn care.

Mauger said the chemicals sprayed on the green also created a problem with the community’s water because of the run-off into water sheds.

“I think it’s a continuing battle,” Mauger said. “I think President Harker is more mostly concerned with the business aspect of it, so I think our next step is going to be more concrete evidence on how it can be cost efficient for the university and not as much about students’ health.”

City Manager Carol Houck also said several police vehicles will have to be replaced. The overall purchase of these new vehicles will cost $161,671. The previous vehicles will be sold at online auctions.

Houck also announced a sewer agreement between the city and the university. The university’s new buildings along Academy Avenue will require improvements to the sanitary sewers along Kells Avenue. City and university officials agreed the university officials will pay for the sewage requirements they desire, while city officials will pay for any requirements they need to add. After this, the two parties will look at the costs and split them.

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Delaware jumps 21 slots in Nat’l wellbeing index

Geologists unconcerned about Del. sinkholes

MILLARD ADAM VAUGHN

“This includes building a community-based mental health system, creating more walking and The state of Delaware leaped biking trails and tobacco-free state21 slots in the National Gallup owned buildings and campuses,” Healthways Wellbeing Index, Markell said. advancing from 47 to 26 in the Markell said while each person national ranking for overall wellbeing. is responsible for personal healthy The index measures emotional and behaviors, the state is working physical health, healthy behaviors, to support people in making access to care and work environment. those choices.

The state rankings were Director of the Nurse Managed determined by data collected from Health Center and professor Allen 1,000 phone interviews in which Prettyman said the state’s small citizens were asked about their size and population has allowed health, work environment, habits for effective interdisciplinary and access to basic needs such communication and the development as food, shelter and healthcare, of an inclusive health community. according to a press release from the “It allows for better coordination Delaware Department of Health and of care between research entities, Social Services. health services, and government According to the National Gallup organizations,” Prettyman said.

Healthways Prettyman said We l l b e i n g he hopes students and Index, Delaware residents continue to also advanced be proactive about from 41 to 18 for health as prevention life evaluation, and awareness are from 40 to 18 the best tools for for emotional good health. health, from Healthy HENS 41 to 32 for Program Coordinator physical health, Michelle Scott said from 35 to 29 she hopes students use for healthy the university’s health behavior, from to in order -Karyl Rattay, programs 50 to 37 for work to stay well and help environment preventable Delaware Division of avoid and from health issues.

Public Health Director 30 to 22 for “As a health basic access. promotion nurse, Delaware Division of Public I can say that teaching a patient Health Director Karyl Rattay said her preventive health is so much easier division is committed to sustaining the than trying to get a patient with change over time. State organizations multiple health problems better, or collaborated to improve the ranking, stopping something from getting she said. damaged than to fix what is already “We partner to find solutions,” broken,” Scott said.

Rattay said. “In a time with such Learning to effectively navigate economic constraints resources are the health care system is one of the limited, and we have to work together most important things to take control to create change at a state level.” of personal health, Prettyman said.

According to the press release, Rattay said more systematic many other states remained changes will be made and the more or less consistent with Governor’s Council will work so that previous rankings. next year Delaware continues to rise Governor Jack Markell stated on the Wellbeing Index. in the press release that the progress “We still have a lot of work was made through the collaboration to do,” Rattay said. “Hopefully of public, private and non-profit Delawareans will continue to see agencies in the state. changes and feel healthier.”

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BY KYLE KIRSCH Staff Reporter

When a Florida sinkhole swallowed up a house and a resident one night late last February, residents began seeing a wave of destruction caused by sinkholes around the state.

Delaware residents, however, have no need to worry, according to Delaware geological scientist William Schenck.

In the past 34 years, two sinkholes have formed in the Hockessin Valley area of Delaware, Schenck said. His research has shown that Delaware is not likely to be affected by a major sinkhole.

According to the Delaware Debris Pit Program, sinkholes are large spaces underground that become exposed at the surface. They may appear small at the surface but can be cavernous immediately underneath ground.

Schenck said cavities and caverns can form from standing ground water moving through fractures in limestone or marble, causing it to dissolve.

Places in Delaware most susceptible to forming these caves are restricted to areas underlain by Cockeysville Marble or metamorphosed limestone, areas mainly located in Hockessin-Yorklyn Valley and the Pleasant Hill Valley, Schenck said.

Although Chris Myers, president of the university’s geology club, said he has noticed a national increase in the presence of these hazards, he has never seen a sinkhole in person. He said he does not think Delaware residents have to be worried about sinkholes in the future because of the state’s size.

“Sinkholes are becoming more noticeable as the U.S. becomes more populated,” Myers said. “Delaware is a small state though, so the chances of a sinkhole here are highly unlikely.”

Sinkholes are defined by any size large enough for the hollowed underground area to fall in, according to Schenck. The recent sinkhole in Florida was over 50 ft deep, and others can be up to hundreds of feet deep,

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Courtesy of www.dnrec.delaware.gov Del. areas most susceptible to sinkholes are underlain by Cockeysville Marble.

Schenck said. He remains confident that Delaware will never see a sinkhole of this magnitude though.

“The ones in Delaware were only 10 to 15 ft. deep, so a hole developed,” Schenck said. “One of these was under Old Lancaster Pike and one was in a field near Swift Park.”

David Wunsch, a state geologist and director of the Delaware Geological Survey, studies the rocks and geological mapping of northern Delaware relevant to sinkhole development. Wunsch said he also believes Delaware residents will not encounter large scale sinkholes in the future.

“There are some areas of northern Delaware that are underlain by slightly soluble rock or marble that can develop sinkholes,” Wunsch said. “But, they typically don’t dissolve in the catastrophic fashion, like in areas such as Florida or Kentucky.”

The first indicator of a sinkhole’s development is when the ground begins to cave in and there is a visible depression or hole through the grass or ground. When that is visible, it’s already too late to stop the sinkhole, Schenck said. However, depending on the severity of the sinkhole, it can be possible to restore the ground.

“If it’s small, like Delaware’s were, then you excavate to find the bottom of the cavity and fill it in,” Schenk said.

“But for some, like the one in Florida,

you can only move away from because it’s too large to fill in.”

Although there aren’t any indicators for identifying sinkholes before they grow, people can make some efforts in terms of preventing disasters.

In order to avoid sinkholes, homeowners and developers should learn more about the geology of the land where property is being built and the hazards associated with it, both in the present and in the future, Schenck said.

Certain counties in Delaware restrict landowners from developing over areas where there is Cockeysville Marble to prevent people from falling victim to the dangers of this geological hazard, Schenck said. He recommends that residents be aware of all possible surrounding geological hazards before deciding on a location to build.

Myers also said there is not a lot people can do in order to prevent or identify potential sinkholes. People should do their research and figure out where in the country they are most prevalent and avoid living in those areas, Myers said.

“If you’re uneasy about living near a volcano, you don’t live near a volcano,” Myers said. “Same goes for sinkholes. If they scare you, then avoid the places where you hear about them happening the most.”

“Hopefully Delawareans will continue to see changes and feel healthier.”

PNC Bank upgrades ATMs to dispense $1 and $5 bills

BY NIKITA MUTTER Staff Reporter

Students on campus can withdraw bills in increments of $1 and $5 from ATMs for the first time.

The university was the first place in Delaware where PNC Bank, the sole operator of the machines on campus, tested the new feature, according to manager at the PNC Bank in Trabant Nicole Berger.

PNC has already upgraded more than half of the 7,200 ATMs in the past year, Berger said. PNC currently expects to have all ATMs upgraded by the end of June.

Kristine Haner, the PNC Regional Manager in Delaware, said the bank’s motive for installing the new ATMs was to make withdrawals more convenient for customers. She said customers

requested the changes and the bank delivered.

“It’s a benefit to customers to be able to withdraw cash to the dollar, especially for customers with low balances who don’t want to take out more than they need,” Haner Some of the new ATMs include a DepositEasy function which allows customers to make deposits without an envelope, Berger said.

“The ATMs also have the capacity to deposit up to 30 bills or checks at once, rather than inserting one check at a time,” Berger said.

Senior Chloe Marine said she thinks the new ATMs are a good idea, especially for those who do not want to take out a large sum of money all at once when they don’t

need it.

“I’ve been in situations where I need to make change for $10 or $20 and have thought how useful it would be to get $5 out of the ATM,” Marine said. “I think one reason students might take smaller amounts out would be to pay for cheaper things, like a cup of coffee, without having to deal with change or paying with a card.”

Marine said she does not see any drawbacks other than a service change for people who do not bank at PNC. Paying the service fee at all is annoying, she said, but would be especially so for withdrawals of small amounts.

The service charge at the university PNC ATMs is $2.50 for those who bank elsewhere.

Sophomore Jason Hewett, a teller at WSFS Bank, said students

will probably take advantage of the new ATMs because they will think they are spending less money.

He said he thinks students will use the feature to take out a few dollars for something to eat or when in a hurry. Although Hewett understands why students would be attracted to the ATMs, he said people don’t remember there is a service fee each time they withdraw cash.

“People think they are taking out less money by using these machines, but in reality it will lead to students taking more out and being forced to pay a service fee every time if it is not their bank,” Hewett said. “From a business standpoint, the new ATMs are a great idea.”

He also said, from his experience as a bank teller, the

$1 and $5 bills are always in the worst condition. In order for ATMs to dispense bills they need to be in good condition, which is not always the case with $1 and $5 bills. This could cause jams in the machines, and thus require more maintenance.

Hewett said, despite the apparent convenience of ATMs in general, it is just as easy for customers to go into the bank and withdraw their money. He said tellers are able to give cash in any denomination without a service fee.

“Tellers are also able to answer your questions regarding your finances,” Hewett said. “There is no charge to go to the teller line and they are also able to provide you with rolls of coins instead of just bills.”

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Arts Alliance hosts exhibit combining music with art

BY CADY ZUVICH Student Affairs News Editor

For local artist Karen Scheler of Newark, there is a constant ringing and buzzing in her inner ear, caused by the disease tinnitus. Despite its annoyance, this ringing is what inspired her latest work, Scheler says.

“It doesn’t bother me particularly, but it’s always there so I thought, ‘What does it sound like?’” Scheler says. “I listened and heard patterns and then figured out how to convey the ringing through paint.”

Titled “Tinnitus,” the piece by Scheler was put together using wax, embroidery and silk. It is one of the numerous art pieces currently featured at an exhibition titled “Do You See What I Hear?” at the Newark Art Alliance, a community-based art hub where local artists can take classes, participate in a monthly drum circle and enter their art for shows with expert judge. The current exhibition, which is open from March 5 to March 30, had one rule for the submissions––the piece had to convey sound.

Wanting to challenge local artists, Scheler, who helped organize the exhibition, says the idea was to get artists to think outside of the box.

She said she was surprised to see the finished pieces of art, which included string instruments made out of tin cans, a necklace made out of CDs and a frog made out of clay.

Dennis Lawson, executive

director of Newark Art Alliance, says artists were required to stretch their imagination fit the theme of the show. Lawson says the ideas behind the submissions were surprisingly innovative because of this challenge.

“I was just expecting paintings that suggested sound,” Lawson says. “The necklace with the CDs was unexpected and those were the things that stuck out.

It really jumps out at you.”

Artist Amber Sarno, 17, of North East, Md., designed and crafted the necklace made from CDs. She has spent four semesters at Cecil College where she studies studio art, graphic art and English, she says. She says she focuses on making art that is environmentally and socially concerned.

The necklace, titled “Soundwaves” was a piece inspired by synesthesia, the relationship between human sensations, Sarno says. Though primarily an artist, Sarno says she plays the piano, sings and “can never be found without headphones.”

“The most difficult challenge is what you think a particular type of sound looks like,” Sarno says.

“Matching something towards rock music, to classical music to nature sounds––each looks a different way.”

She says she does not live as close to Newark Art Alliance as she would like, but is an active member and regularly contributes. Members are invited to submit pieces in the organization’s shows and receive a discount for the entry fee, Lawson says.

Music and art have been intertwined throughout history, music professor Xiang Gao says. The exhibition at Newark Art Alliance will be satisfying for the audience by using cooperation between two different disciplines, Gao says The close relationship between music and art started over 100 years ago, he says, and both have mutually influenced each other. He says French music and art began this trend as artists in the 19th century would draw inspiration from the musicians, while musicians used art to make new music as well. In the annual Master Players Series, Gao says this relationship is highlighted.

“In their philosophical messages, music and art have so much in common,” Gao says. “Tradition, color dynamics, expression and rhythm are found in both fields.”

Retired art professor Joe Moss chose nine of his favorite as his “juror’s choices” among the 32 pieces submitted by 12 artists, Scheler says.

Among his top choices were Scheler’s painting, Sarno’s CD necklace and a clay spring frog created by a young girl André Jones, a multidisciplinary artist from Wilmington, entered three pieces into the exhibition including an oil painting, a portrait and a digitized picture of jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie. Jones says translating music into art is a natural process for him because he is not limited to one medium of art.

“I have this thing about creating work that is intuitive rather than being instructed into it and feeling what is right as opposed to me doing what I know is right,” Jones says. “Because of that, I see my color palette as music notes. Each color has its own value, its own tone and its own pitch.”

By the age of five, Jones says he knew he wanted to be a musician upon hearing praise from his art teacher.

From there, he explored various forms of art such as drawing and painting, he says.

Even years later, he says he still experiments with new art forms such as image manipulation on Photoshop, he says.

The Newark Art Alliance organizes 10 shows a year and each show has a particular theme, Lawson says. All shows, which are organized by the Gallery Shop Committee of volunteers, are open to both members and the public, he says.

Upon graduating in two years, Sarno says she hopes to continue working with art, possibly opening up a gallery similar to Newark Art Alliance in her town. Because she loves children, Sarno says she ideally would have art classes.

For Jones, he says his job as an artist transcends giving audience members a picture to look at.

“Music has the ability to emote,” he says. “My job as an artist regardless of discipline— is to make people feel.”

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Artists display pieces that merge art and music at the Newark Arts Alliance.

Art conservation internship examines cultural objects

BY LAUREN CAPPELLONI Managing Mosaic Editor

On the bottom floor of Old College, four art conservation students carefully examine every inch of masks and figures from different cultures while using fine paintbrushes and syringes to apply minute amounts of chemicals that conserve and protect these ethnographic objects as part of a semester-long internship at the university.

Junior Elizabeth Diker says she discovered that her object, which is an African figure, was probably made in the last 50 years. She researched all the elements, which included skin, teeth and bones, she says.

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An African fetish figure.

otherwise,” Diker says. “It was kind of gross but really cool.”

Students will learn how to keep the in top shape so they can be displayed in the collection owners’ home. The students will create a detailed account of the objects, using photographs and documentation, Diker says.

The class meets every Monday for four hours to work on the artifacts under the supervision of art conservator Linda Lennon. Lennon, who earned her master’s degree at the university in 1997, now owns her own art conservation practice in Delaware and was contracted by the university to help with this class.

Lennon says she works with general objects, which can include a variety of materials, including anything from leather to metals. The class will conserve a similar variety of pieces, starting with figures and masks and then moving on to metal knives, baskets and scrolls. Currently, the four students have their own projects and are working together on a mask that is about three feet long.

In addition to the hands-on work, the students also observed and researched each object, wrote drafts of treatment proposals and presented their findings and suggestions for stabilization to the collectors, Lennon says. The pieces are on loan from the private collection of a local couple, who have spent their lives traveling the world and are excited about seeing the students’ work. The work the students do, including before and after pictures, can be used as part of a portfolio for graduate school or any future job, Lennon says.

“It helps them develop their analytical skills and their ability to look critically at issues on objects and formulate treatments for proposals,” Lennon says.

Some of the work the students are doing includes consolidating,

which is the process of applying an adhesive beneath flaking paint. They spend hours going along every inch of unstable paint, Lennon says.

For Diker’s treatment, she says she is cleaning the object with fine paintbrushes and a special vacuum with low suction to get rid of dust and grime. She is also plans to repair a part of the figure that has been falling off.

Anyone considering a career in art conservation needs to understand the consultation process, Diker says.

This internship is preparing Diker for her dream job, she says, because she has to go through the process of evaluating the objects and pitching treatment proposals to the collectors.

“It was kind of terrifying at first, because you can’t really tell people things they don’t know about the thing they bought,” she says. “But they were sweet and fun and had great stories.”

Diker says the students started studying African masks, and after their current project, they will be moving on to knives. For her, this will be the highlight because it is the main reason she joined the class, she says. All art conservation majors are required to take two internships and although Diker was not planning on doing her internship this semester, professor Vicki Cassman told her about some of the medieval objects, and she immediately enrolled, Diker says.

Junior Megan Murphy says conservators view the objects they work on as manifestations of the culture they come from and take a minimalist approach to conserving them.

“We don’t fix things, we preserve them,” Murphy says. “We’re not car mechanics changing the oil and fixing them up.”

Their goal is to prevent any further damage and to keep each piece looking the same as it did when they received it, she says. She says

she is working on an elephant mask and is consolidating paint, sweeping away cobwebs and preventing future flaking of the paint. She and the other students do not want to perform any more treatments than are necessary to stabilize the objects.

Junior Amaris Sturm is another student of the four participating in the internship. She says the small class is great because they all get handson time with Lennon and learn more about conservation than they would in a normal class.

She and senior Narae Kim are working on different turtle shell masks from Papua New Guinea. Sturm says her mask has feathers from indigenous birds, plant fiber and paint while Kim’s has hair, paint and decorative shells.

Sturm says it is important to learn how to do thorough research because some objects may have special or religious value and their history can impact how the students will treat the objects.

“It’s vital to have an understanding of what era they’re from because it has a big effect on what we use on it,” Sturm says. “A lot of objects we’re working on have ceremonial or cultural significance so we have to keep that in mind when we’re working on it.”

The objects in the collection were surveyed in a previous class to determine which ones needed stabilization, Sturm says. Now, Sturm and her classmates fix them up while under the supervision of Lennon.

Another part of the research is observing and identifying all the elements of the objects in order to determine the best treatment plan.

Part of this process involves seeing how the objects fluoresce under ultraviolet light, examining the objects under microscopes and proposing an analysis, which has to be approved by the collectors, Lennon says.

Some objects may need samples

taken to characterize unidentified elements of the objects, she says. The class is also going to work with an intern at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library one day to analyze any identified elements, she says.

One of the goals of the class is working together to solve problems and talk over various issues involved with conservation such as how the object is housed and displayed, what treatment to use and what elements are part of an object, she says.

“I think that’s a really important part of the field, communication among people who know different things,” she says.

Sturm says her next project will be a bronze Buddha statue, while other students will work on Iranian and Amish knives and a puppet. They will also be conserving baskets and creating housing for scrolls, Sturm says. At the end of the course, the students will see the objects they conserved on display in the collectors’ home.

Diker says the program is special because she and her classmates get to work with more materials than in other conservation classes. In one class, she labored solely with paper artifacts, but now she says she is working with wood, metal and many others.

The opportunity to learn from Lennon is also a treat, she says, because Lennon is knowledgeable about a variety of materials and creates a fun and laid-back atmosphere for the students.

Lennon is an expert on conservation, Sturm says, and having a new set of hands outside of the university staff allows the students learn more. The variety of work in the class has helped Sturm determine what area of conservation she would like to pursue after college, she says.

“This whole new world of options opens up because of this hands-on experience,” she says.

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Hula-hoop dancing becomes latest exercise trend

BY MONIKA CHAWLA Features Editor

After witnessing how students were fascinated by hula-hoopers on the Green, senior Molly Wessel says she was inspired to create the university’s Cardio Hoop Dance Club.

“One of our friends would always hula-hoop on the green, constantly doing these amazing tricks,” Wessel says. “Random people would just gravitate towards her and ask if they could try.

Watching her made us want to do it too.”

Wessel says “hooping” is an exercise regimen that is quickly rising in popularity and the Cardio Hoop Dance Club’s expanding membership is a reflection of the growing trend.

Wessel, who is co-president of the year-old club, says the recreational hula-hooping group practices different tricks through various dances and popular electronic music.

She starts by going over basics and simple tricks to introduce beginners to the sport, she says.

Then, once the group is comfortable and has learned more about hulahooping, she says they share tricks to perform.

“People will learn off of each other really quickly,” she says.

“Before you know it, everyone is following the same routine to a song.”

Along with the positive selfimage and enjoyable experience hula-hooping offers hula-hooping generates many health benefits, Wessel says.

The workout strengthens core muscles and tones the arms and legs, and for every 15 minutes of hooping, approximately

100 calories are burned, Wessel says. A series of complicated tricks can also lead to an intense ab workout, according to Wessel.

Melissa Cox, communications coordinator of Alumni Relations, says she is an avid hula-hooper, practicing about two hours each day.

She was previously more interested in ballet until she tried her friend’s hula-hoop at the beach last June, she says. After being incapable of keeping the hoop up, she says she was motivated to work harder at learning to hoop, and since then, she says she has been teaching herself tricks.

Cox says the cost-effective nature of hula-hooping appealed to her. While she was considering getting back into dance, she says she wanted to avoid paying the high fees of a regular adult dance class.

“I’m glad I stuck with this instead,” Cox says. “I’ve learned everything from basic waist hooping, to hand, shoulder and leg hooping. I enjoy doing all kinds of throws and dance moves inside the hoops.”

With body rolls and neck hooping mastered, Cox says her next goal is to work with more than one hoop at a time. Depending on the weight of the hoops, the exercise can be an intense core workout, Cox says.

She says she finds typical modes of exercise such as running and biking to be monotonous and dull, while hooping gives her a different experience staying fit.

“I love it because I don’t realize that I’m working out,” she says. “Your heart rate gets high, and the music is what really drives you to it. It also builds arm and chest muscles depending on what type of

Students participate in hula-hoop hooping you do.”

Professor of behavioral health and nutrition Stephen Goodwin says hula-hooping can help muscle tone and cardiovascular fitness just like any simple act of exercising.

Whenever people get their blood flowing, there are significant health benefits, Goodwin says.

Goodwin says hooping also has social and emotional components that differentiate it from other exercises.

“There’s a great deal of camaraderie that occurs, so the social health is improved because you’re constantly interacting with people while moving around,” Goodwin says. “It helps people in all sorts of aspects, whether it is physical, emotional or mental wellness.”

Hooping is commonly used as a stress management technique for

dancing for fun and exercise. people, Goodwin says. Many forms of exercising have injury potential involved, he says but hooping seems to be comparatively safe—a trait that attracts more members.

“Ultimately, if the individual does not enjoy the exercise he or she is doing, he is not going to continue doing it,” he says. “So, the main thing is finding something you truly enjoy, and hula-hooping seems to be popular among youth.”

Wessel says hooping is a concept often mistakenly associated with the “hippie” culture. With the club, she aims to bring about the fact that it can be for a majority of college students as well.

In addition, Wessel says the hula-hooping trend also goes handin-hand with a the rising popularity of wacky collective exercising trends that are prevalent among

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younger generations.

“We’re much more active than our parents in terms of exercise regimens,” Wessel says. “We’re a very social generation and hooping is a very social activity. I learned from it my friends and now I’m teaching my other friends.”

Hooping enthusiasts like Wessel and Cox say they find it to be more of an art form rather than a run-of-the-mill exercise.

Cox says hooping has become her outlet for creative, interpretive and impromptu dance.

“What’s so great about it is that I can do it anywhere, and I’ll have people come up and ask me questions about it,” she says. “But I can’t say the same for ballet or dance—if you do it out on the street, people will just think you’re just a really strange person.”

“Invisible War” sheds light on rape in military

BY LAURA BROOMBELL Staff Reporter

The Pentagon’s 2011 annual report shows there was a 58.5 percent increase in reported sexual assaults within service academies during that year. According to a Department of Defense survey, 13.5 percent of military sexual assaults were reported

in 2010.

“I was honestly shocked,” senior Jennifer Masucci says. “I had never heard about anything like this in the military before.”

Masucci was one of the students at the screening of the Academy Award-nominated documentary “The Invisible War ” on Wednesday as part of the university’s 27th annual

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Jessica Hinves talks about rape within the military and how to spread awareness.

Women’s History Month film series, running until Mar. 19. The film addresses the issue of sexual assault in the military and was followed by featured speaker Jessica Hinves, a retired member of the U.S. Air Force and an advocate for the organization Protect Our Defenders.

This is an issue plaguing the U.S. armed forces and is a contributing factor in the decline of recruits, Hinves says. The rate of assaults has led the military to consider instating a draft, she says. Hinves says she was forced to retire early from the Air Force after being raped by a fellow serviceman. She says this instances can be stopped if women take control.

“Women need to stand up for themselves and ask for respect,” Hinves says.

Freshman Joselys Cornelio says she knew about the issue but did not feel it was not an immediate concern until she saw the film. The movie made her feel like people in the military are “being brushed to the side.”

She says the film also led to her questioning what society is supporting when people advocate for the military.

“Rapists don’t need a male or a female—they only need an opportunity,” Cornelio says.

Getting involved in all social issues and participating in events like

the film series can help people realize what is going on inside the military, Masucci says. She was surprised she had never heard about rape inside the military considering the issue is so expansive, she says.

For men who are the victims of assault, there are many reasons to not report the crime, including the possibility of being accused of homosexuality, which is something the military has a history of not accepting, Hinves says.

She says it is dangerous for victims to even report the crimes because their rapists often make threats, and officials may shame victims, consider those assaulted mentally unstable and strip them of their security clearance. The victims can also be dismissed from service for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and given minimal benefits, she says.

This causes the victims to keep quiet and allows more rapes to occur.

Hinves says the military has the ability to correct the intrinsic problem of sexual assault but officials do not view it as serious. They have great authority over who enters the armed forces and how servicemen and women behave, she says.

“There are no crackheads in the military for a reason,” Hinves says.

“They have immense control and could stop all of this very quickly if they really tried.”

The Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention (STOP) Act, if passed by Congress, would implement an autonomous Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Office, which would be responsible for reporting, investigating, prosecuting, and caring for rape victims.

Sophomore Aiden Piper also saw the movie and says assault occurring within the military is ironic, because they are the people who are supposed to be guarding the country. After seeing the movie he says he questions the “goodness” of the military.

“You associate the military with safety and protection, but they are allowing such suffering of the men and women who serve,” Piper says.

Hinves says more people need to defend themselves when their boundaries are crossed. She says most people feel better after revealing what has happened to them.

Hinves says those enlisted have the responsibility to report any instances of assault that occur. If they accept the harassment and ignore it, the problem will not go away, she says. The only way the rate will go down is if people start to report more crimes.

“There is a great purging quality to speaking up, and there is a lot of power in it too,” Hinves says.

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sights and sounds

“Oz the Great and Powerful” has all the elements of a potentially great reimagining of the childhood classic “The Wizard of Oz,” but this retelling’s solid foundation of a plot was swept away by acting as destructive as the tornado that plows through both films. James Franco as Oz and Mila Kunis as Theodora obliterate any chances of taking “Oz” as a serious work and instead, created a film that seems to realize just how very poorly made it is.

Much like the original film, the movie opens in black and white with extensive exposition during which Oz is portrayed as a self-absorbed womanizer. Oz is a stage magician in a traveling sideshow, and while he has genuine talent, he alienates the people surrounding him with his egotistical attitude. He has ambitions to be “great and powerful”—yes, the title is explicitly stated numerous times—and when a tornado lands him in Oz, a prophecy foretells of him actualizing his potential to be great.

The first person Oz encounters is Theodora, a witch, who informs him that the people of Oz have waited for a wizard who bears the name of their land to come and defeat the Wicked Witch. Oz is enticed by the riches he will receive if he fulfills the prophecy, and he agrees to journey to the Emerald City with Theodora where he meets her sister and fellow witch, Evanora (Rachel Weisz). The two convince him to find

the Wicked Witch who they trick him into believing is Glinda (Michelle Williams). Along the way, Oz gains some CGI companions—a flying monkey named Finley (Zach Braff) and a china doll (Zoey King).

When Oz finds Glinda, he learns that he has been deceived, and he unites with her to defeat the true Wicked Witch, whose journey to becoming wicked serves as a surprising twist to the film. Along the way, the film makes many obvious (but appreciated) references to the original film, and ultimately has a plot that fits perfectly within the context of the original plot.

The movie’s strength lies in its visually stunning effects and superb 3D. In addition, the film’s costumes and makeup deserve accolades. The movie’s storyline is strong, and if Oz and Theodora had been cast differently, the film definitely had the potential to be a success. Franco just falls short as Oz, and his inability to realistically interact with his CGI creatures hinders the film greatly.

Kunis also delivers a poor performance with a massive amount of overacting. While Williams and Weisz shine, their performances are just not enough to compensate for Franco and Kunis. So if you’re off to see the wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz, it should not be because of the wonderful things Franco does.

—Kelly Flynn kelflynn@udel.edu

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“Dead Man Down” stars Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace as neighbors and sometimes star-crossed lovers, each with a troubling past and a vengeance for those who caused the pain they now live with. The two are brought together by a mutual passion for revenge, but the passion that grows between them evokes an innocence that is both charming and compelling.

Victor (Farrell) begins as a dark and violent enigma, but as he opens up about his past to Beatrice (Rapace), he reveals a depth of character and heart that makes his motives understandable and empathetic. Beatrice’s past is not so mysterious and not nearly as scandalous, but the elaborate scar it left on her face constantly reminds her of the car accident with a drunk driver who was let off with just a slap on the wrist.

Beatrice initially blackmails Victor into helping her achieve revenge, but once the two exchange their tales of woe, she becomes much more invested in his complex plan—and more invested in him overall.When Victor reveals his secrets to Beatrice, a strong though unspoken bond is formed between the two characters, and the film makes it very clear that this connection is one of the few things that is stable in their lives.

The film is Danish director Niels Arden Oplev’s American debut, and it bears the trademark of his aesthetics, as seen in the original “Girl With the Dragon

Jack’s Jams: Pillowfight with Jack Cobourn I tend to go to Rainbow Records once every two weeks to pick up albums that sound interesting. On my last trip, I found the debut album by San Francisco band Pillowfight sandwiched in between the classic stuff. I don’t know if it was the cool album art or the fun name (everybody likes pillow fights, right?) but I wound up buying it.

The band includes hip-hop producer Dan the Automator, who worked on the first Gorillaz album, and songwriter and violinist Emily Wells. At first I had buyer’s remorse, but after listening to the first song, “Used to Think,” which sounds like it takes cues from both 80s hip-hop and 40s jazz standards like Billie Holiday, I was confident in my decision. The second song, “In the Afternoon” sounds a little like P!nk meets The Flaming Lips, set to a DJ beat.

“Rain” has a bossa nova drumbeat that blends well with Wells’ vocals, creating a sound similar to The Cardigans.

“You’re So Pretty” has an all-around amazing beat and the instrumentation on the song is so strong it could do without any lyrics. Wells’ voice, while not terrible, takes away from the power of the music on this track.

“Get Your S*** Together” has a more traditional hiphop flow, which is reflected in the jagged way Wells churns out the verses, in the same vein as Christina Aguilera’s “Ain’t No Other Man.” This is the standout track for Wells

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to show her vocal talents. “Redemption” is a throwaway song in my opinion—from the first note, it didn't strike me as a memorable tune. The album redeems itself with the next song, “Get Down,” which has a distinct early Sheryl Crow-esque feel. “Get Down” is the best song on the album. “Darlin’ Darlin’” has a beat out of a Tarantino film, perhaps “Kill Bill,” but that’s the only reasonable thing that can be said about it.

“You Don’t Need Me” and “I Work Hard” have great beats and good choruses, but the verses are just white noise, lost in the beat. “Lonely City” combines beat and vocals to make a sound that paints a picture of a dark, disturbing tale.

The final song, “Sleeping Dogs” has a great 90s hip-hop sound, and Wells adds to the song by turning okay vocals into something strong with her light, raspy voice.

Overall, this album has good, sultry beats, quality vocals and strong lyrics, but it doesn’t combine them nearly enough to make this a great listen. It is good, but not much more than background music for whatever you are working on. The band plays at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas this month. They should build a fan base while they’re there and work on a sophomore album. Maybe the group can work the issues they had with this album there.

—jclark@udel.edu

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Tattoo.” The film is as dark and gritty as its scenery, but there are moments of light. These moments make you forget this is a film noir (a dark and cynical movie) as they make the characters forget their past and their pain, if only for an instant.

While the premise for the plot stands on shaky ground and there are elements that demand a great deal of suspension of disbelief, the story unfolds rapidly and thoughtfully enough to hold the viewer’s attention. The plot has many layers, all of which come to a head in the final scene.

It is hard to say whether the final shoot-out is predictable or not. The extensive action scene is a defining element of the genre, but this film sets it apart from other action-thrillers with its lack of violence. Without that scene, the film might be placed in another genre entirely.

“Dead Man Down” is an intricate fusion of a number of cinematic elements. There is action and suspense, but there is also a mob, a romance and a good amount of comic relief as well—much of it coming from Beatrice’s adorable mother who is hard of hearing and cannot stand it when people do not return her Tupperware.

—Maya Bouvier-Lyons mblyons@udel.edu

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Students talk touchscreen technology takeover

BY KATIE ALTERI Entertainment Editor

While exploring the vast jungles of Costa Rica during her study abroad trip this past winter, junior Marissa Hart says she appreciated being able to carry her iPad with her on her adventures, she says.

“I really liked it because it was convenient and a lot lighter, especially for traveling purposes,” Hart says.

With the limited technological capabilities of tablets, touch-screen laptops are becoming options for users who want a device with a touch-screen component along with the regular functions that most laptops provide.

While some students opt to take advantage of tablets and the sleek and portable features the devices offer, Mathieu Plourde, IT project leader I and LMS/Educational Technologist at the university IT Academic Technology services, says touch-screen laptops offer the best of both worlds between tablets and PC. Although tablets have their advantages, they do not possess all of the capabilities of a computer, he says.

People are getting used to the form factor of a tablet, Plourde says.

“So I think people are getting used to the idea of touch-screen laptops.

It is just an alternative to using a mouse and many people like the feel better,” Plourde says.

According to Plourde, purchasing an attachable keyboard for an iPad has many benefits. If one happens to spill coffee or damage the keyboard, the iPad will be unaffected, making it less expensive to replace than a damaged laptop keyboard, which is connected to the entire device, he says.

Plourde says he owns a Samsung

ATIV Smart PC Pro 700T, a laptop that includes a touch screen and pen input and the Windows 8 program, which is created for such computers.

The Windows 8 program provides users with a start screen instead of a traditional menu, which allows users to touch the screen and install applications.

However, it is very user-friendly and is one of the best aspects of touch-screen laptop. He says if a user does not like the new menu, they can still use a traditional Windows menu featured on regular laptops, Plourde says.

Kwang Choi, a secondyear master’s student in software engineering, says he recently helped a friend pick out a touch-screen laptop made by Hewlett-Packard Co. He says he is also considering buying one for his parents to use in their kitchen at home so that they can easily use the touch- screen component when looking up recipes. Windows 8 may be the best aspect of a touch-screen laptop, he says, and the program enhances the experience.

If Windows 8 is a hit among customers, then the program could attract a larger crowd into purchasing touch-screen laptops, Choi says.

“If Windows 8 is a huge success I think we will see more of that,” Choi says. “If not,it depends on what other companies start doing,” Choi says. “As of right now I think the success of touchscreen laptops depends on Windows 8.”

Although touch-screen laptops provide users with extra components, freshman Allison Hellman says she would be apprehensive to purchase a touch-screen laptop due to her fear it would be more likely to break.

“I feel like they would have more problems because of the touch-screen aspect,” Hellman says. “I have an

iPhone and sometimes the touch won’t work, and I’ll freak out.”

The machines are made with sufficient durability, Plourde says. In his experience, he has seen no difference in quality between his touch-screen laptop and regular PC, he says. Despite this, he says that like regular laptops, some computer companies will likely produce stronger models than others.

While Plourde says he is confident in the performance of his touch-screen laptop, he says students should look into whether the laptop they are purchasing has an active or passive stylist. Active stylists allow users to more precisely touch the area they are trying to use, while passive stylists are not as accurate, he says.

Engineering students, or individuals who are want to use their touch-screen laptop for design projects, may not be satisfied with a passive stylist and will need a better touch interface, he says.

“In the past I’ve used machines with touch interface that weren’t super helpful,” Plourde says. “I would feel like the touch might not be calibrated well enough, that it was not tapping on the right things, but that’s really not the case with a Windows 8 machine.”

A concern for some individuals is that Apple has yet to release its own touch-screen laptop product. Plourde says this could be due to the 1987 Apple Newton, which he says has been deemed one of the company’s biggest failures.

The product was designed to be a touch screen with a stylist, a similar idea to the current touch-screen laptops being produced by other companies. Choi says he thinks Apple could be secretly working on a similar device, but he believes the reason the company has yet to release a touch-screen laptop is

because of the focus they put on marketing iPads.

If Apple creates a touchscreen laptop, it may see a decrease in the sales of current touch-screen products, he says.

Hart says she has been very satisfied with her Apple products and cannot see herself straying from the brand, despite the lack of touchscreen laptops being made by the company.

“Other companies follow the lead of Apple,” Hart says. “I don’t think Apple would want to be doing what other companies are doing.

That’s why Apple has been successful. Maybe they will come up with their own version, but it would probably be different and not anytime soon.”

Plourde says he believes touch-screen laptops will continue to be made and improved upon, since such devices have become popular in every facet of technology.

“I don’t think it’s a fad, I think having thoe touch-screens is something we have been used to with phones and tablets,” Plourde says. “It’s natural for those features to migrate to general full- sized THE REVIEW/ Jeremi Davis-Wright computing devices.”

Some studens opt for iPads over laptops.

How To: Have A “Spirited” Stwith . PSamantha atrick’s Day Toscano

Dear “How Can I Be Irish for a Day,”

As the biggest proponent of the “Irish for a Day” mantra, I am definitely the right person to talk to. I had never really embraced the fantastic tradition that is St. Patrick’s Day before coming to college, as I felt like it didn’t make sense for an Italian and Portuguese girl to celebrate a holiday I saw as reserved for a different nationality—that is, until I met my wonderfully Irish best friend. She taught me that if I could have a margarita on Cinco de Mayo, it was perfectly acceptable to kick back with a Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day. The only problem with this rationale is I am not the biggest fan of Guinness.

That being said, I figured this column would be a perfect way to take some time to explore some Irish options I am a fan of—options that consist of more than just adding some bright green food coloring to champagne or beer (though if you do decide to go this route, check out Ryan’s suggestions for a good St. Patrick’s Day beer in this week’s Marshall’s Mugs). And in my journey, I was lucky enough to discover a multitude of Irish-approved concoctions at the end of my metaphoric rainbow. I plan on sipping on and sharing with friends at least one of the following five this Sunday as I don my leprechaun hat, bright green shirt and “Irish for a day” button and encourage you to do the same. Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Please remember to enjoy this week’s column responsibly!

Sincerely, Samantha P.S. Feel free to send questions, comments, suggestions and any and all St. Patrick’s Day party invitations to stoscano@udel.edu.

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For a refreshing beverage on the lucky, low-cal side of things (only 206 calories in one drink!), shake the following ingredients over ice before straining into a chilled cocktail glass: 2 ½ oz. sparkling wine 1 oz. melon liquor 1 oz. vodka 1 ½ oz. lemonade

This minty green gin-infused classic requires just a couple ingredients that have to be shaken together over ice before straining into a chilled cocktail glass: 1 oz. gin 1 tsp. green crème de menthe 2 dashes bitters

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St. Paddy Appletini So the staple cocktail might not seem the most Irish of the bunch, but when you shake the following ingredients over ice before straining into a chilled cocktail glass, you will see how quickly the festive coloring makes it a holiday-appropriate option: 1 ½ oz. green apple vodka 1 oz. sour apple schnapps 1 splash of apple juice or cider

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If not on par with Guinness, this longtime Irish favorite is certainly second in popularity for its beautiful coffee turned cocktail flavor. If you want to start or end your St. Patrick’s Day right, pour the following ingredients into a glass mug, before stirring well and floating the cream on top: 1 cup freshly brewed hot coffee 1 tbs. brown sugar 1 ½ oz. Irish whiskey 1 oz. heavy cream, slightly whipped

If you want to drink your Irish pride, this is the way to do it. Pour the following ingredients very carefully in the order given so the ingredient floats on the preceding one in a delicious resemblance of what else but the flag of Ireland: ¾ oz. green crème de menthe ¾ oz. Irish cream ¾ oz. orange liqueur Courtesy of Pinterest

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FashionForward Empowered Female Fashion with Megan Soria If you come across the latest issue of Vogue, brace yourself for the March cover girl—her perfectly wing-lined eyes might just stare right into your soul. Donned in Givenchy couture, Beyonce Knowles graces the cover of Vogue’s Power Issue, exemplifying a whole new meaning for a woman of power—and it’s not just because of her pretty brown eyes.

Of course she’s undeniably beautiful, successful and famous, but her strength manifests most in her talent, mind and womanhood.

An emotional roller coaster of events was set in motion in January with Beyonce’s immaculate rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Presidential Inauguration, and then 24 hours later, it was revealed she sang from a prerecorded track. Just two weeks later, she blew spectators away with her fierce performance at the Super Bowl.

If that doesn’t say “power” enough on its own, the fact that the world cared enough to ride along with her does. Her ups and downs have only proved women are multifaceted, nuanced characters with the power to overcome anything. “Equality is a myth and for some reason everyone accepts the fact that women don’t make as much money as men do,” she says in the March 2013 issue of Vogue.

“Power’s not given to you. You have to take it.”

The image of women has come a long way, and the recent trend of “girl power” has sparked another renaissance for the perception of females. A little over a decade ago pop culture featured the Britneys and Christinas. Finally, pop culture is beginning to crave a sense of eccentricity—which can go a little overboard (à la Gaga), but individuality is certainly much more welcomed.

The mainstream music scene includes artists like Florence Welch, Katy Perry, Nikki Minaj and Beyonce Knowles, all of whom express style at a whole

new level, where it is not about what’s stereotypically pretty but what stands out. Girl-empowered TV shows like “New Girl,” “The Mindy Project” and “Girls” and popular websites like Rookie and HelloGiggles show the variety, complexity and nuances of women. More and more women in the spotlight redefine the meaning of a woman by not defining it at all.

One can argue that the fashion world might be an antifeminist realm where trends dictate what women should wear. But in many ways the fashion world (at least the high-fashion world, in my eyes) can be inevitably feminist. From thrift shop mom-jeans to avant-garde masterpieces on the runway—some of the stylish trends in womenswear take a lot of guts to flaunt. Whether it’s Madonna’s powershoulders, Rihanna’s dagger-like nails, Zooey DesChanel’s peter-pan collar or Alexa Chung’s leopard booties, the most important accessory in a woman’s wardrobe is self-confidence.

Fashion is an artistic form of selfexpression, but many girls might hesitate because, let’s face it—most boys don’t typically gravitate towards girls who dress like them or wear the latest Peter Som jacket that says “chic” to you but “Chewbacca” to him.

Thank godness for Leandra Medine, the saving grace who started the blog “The Man Repeller” for her love of stylish fashion-forward ensembles that happen to confuse men. Now praised for her full-length jumpsuits and jewelry that resemble violent weaponry, her stellar style gained her a high reputation in the fashion world.

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with dressing to impress, flaunting your curves or simply embracing your sexuality, but wearing what you want because you want to should be the No. 1 priority. So the next time you find yourself hesitant, go ahead and flaunt that faux-fur shrug like Beyonce. Just remember who runs the world: girls.

—msoria@udel.edu

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Twin sisters Chloe and Daria Lim live together on Main Street.

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Siblings dish on living together in college

BY LAUREN CAPPELLONI Managing Mosaic Editor

The common idea of freedom many Americans hold is that at 18, young adults must branch out and find their own identity, family studies professor Bahira SherifTrask says. Due to this idea, many people think going to college and living with siblings can hinder that experience.

But Sherif-Trask says it is helpful for introverted people to be around family, and can be is a source of stability while away from home.

“In other countries the whole concept is somewhat different,” Sherif-Trask says. “Family is seen as a social and emotional support, not as something that stunts growth, but helps you grow.”

Sherif-Trask says her younger brother attended the same college as her, and it helped the two develop a stronger relationship. For her brother, having an older sibling give advice and guidance while far away from his parents was beneficial.

She says she also has a number of students who are twins and enjoy living and going to school together.

For Sherif-Trask and her brother, going to college together was always the plan because they have such a special bond, she says.

Different students have different needs, so staying with sibling can vary depending on the relationship. Students who are shier may need support while outgoing or competitive siblings may desire time apart, she says.

Sherif-Trask says because each set of siblings is different, what worked for someone may not work for someone else. Siblings should take a look at their own relationships before deciding to live together at the same college, Sherif-Trask says.

“College is a really wonderful time in terms of meeting new people and expanding your horizons,” she says. “So they should reinforce that in each other.”

Junior Ashley Connell attends the university with her twin sister Chelsea and older sister Courtney, she says. They all went to the in-state college to save money, but Connell says they bonded during college and were able to have fun experiences.

Connell says she chose to live with Chelsea their freshman year and the two have lived with each other ever since. Their sophomore year, they also lived with Courtney, who was a senior at the time. Now, Connell

says she lives with Chelsea and three other roommates.

Her older sister helped the girls get accustomed to the college life and made the transition easier, she says. Although Connell says her older sister sometimes felt like a mom to them, she still enjoyed having family close by. Her siblings not only help her whenever she has serious problems and need a shoulder to cry on, but also are available when she is bored and wants to hang out, she says.

“It always helps having family around for anything because you get sense of home without being there” she says.

She says she does everything with her twin and would have found it strange going to college without her. Connell says she was not worried about living with them because in high school they got along well.

It is simpler living with a sister, she says, because there is no awkwardness when it comes to personal subjects. Also, it is easier to work issues out when they get into a fight as they can confront each other without being rude, she says.

Connell says some people who go to college with their siblings rely too much on their family and do not try new things. She is on the club field hockey team and is a nursing major, while her twin is a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority and is a fashion major. While Connell’s friends know and get along with her twin’s friends, they still have some separate friends and can spend time apart when they want.

“Me and my sisters had each other there when we needed to, but we didn’t depend on each other,” Connell says.

Senior twin sisters Daria and Chloe Lim say they decided to go to the university because of the figure skating program. Chloe Lim says they both liked the school and thought it might be cool to go together. In their freshman year, they made a decision to try to branch out and find new friends separate from each other. The two lived in different dorms buildings, but in the same complex.

Chloe Lim says she started as a wildlife conservation major, while her sister declared a fashion major.

However, in their first year, they say they both switched to psychology and also wound in the same social circles. Chloe Lim says the two have very similar personalities and are drawn to the same type of people,

so it was not surprising trying to be separate did not work.

The twins, who are from New York, say living together in college is like having a piece of home here with them. Chloe Lim says she does not get homesick as much because she is comfortable around her sister and can go to her at any time.

“Having her here brings a sense of home while I’m at school,” Chloe Lim says.

They are currently taking two psychology classes together but have separate electives, Daria Lim says. Their schedules and college lives balance out because they have tried to take new opportunities while still spending time together, Daria Lim says.

“Having a sister doesn’t restrict you,” Daria Lim says. “If I wanted to, I could go out and make new friends. We’re choosing to be together.”

The twins still try to make new friends but being around each other makes more at ease and more confident, Chloe Lim says. They have lived together in the same apartment the past three years but have not shared the same room because being in the same space might be too much, she says.

While the girls can get irritated at each other, it’s easier to solve problems with family than friends, Daria Lim says, because the sisters are more honest with each other.

“When I’m mad at her, I know I can confront her,” Daria Lim says.

“When you’re friends you hold things back but we can be honest with each other, solve problems easily and forgive easily.”

After college, Connell says she would like to move to the South, while her sister wants to go to New York to pursue a career in fashion.

Though being separated from her siblings will be tough, Connell says he is not scared and will able to handle it.

Chloe Lim says being with her sisters in college has been fun and allowed the two to appreciate each other more. They have learned how much they need and love each other, she says. After college, they will probably go back home and live together for a little, but eventually part ways to find jobs, which is scary and exciting, Chloe Lim says.

“It definitely has been a lot of fun to experience college with her,” Chloe Lim says. “My whole life has been with her and this is just another experience to go through with her.”

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Filmmaker speaks to class about success, career

BY KATIE ALTERI & JAMIE WINDER Entertainment Editor & Staff Reporter

From working as a filmmaker on a worldwide tour with U2 to creating a Sundance Film Festival award-winning movie about Somali pirates, 26-yearold Cutter Hodierne has had a diverse career thus far.

The creator of the Grand Jury Prize-winning short film, “Fishing Without Nets,” had an open discussion with professor Dawn Fallik’s Topics in Journalism class via Skype on Tuesday.

One of Hodierne’s accomplishments has been directing “U2: 360 Degrees at the Rose Bowl.” He was offered the director position for the documentary after editing some of their previous tour recordings, he says.

Hodierne’s career has expanded since his work with U2, and the discussion in Fallik’s class was focused on “Fishing Without Nets,” the film Hodierne directed in Kenya. This fictional movie tells the story of a Somalian man who reluctantly becomes involved with a pirate group in order to earn enough money to purchase medicine for his infant daughter.

Hodierne found his passion for filmmaking in high school, long before he had acclaimed success in the industry, he says.

He joined programs that were funded and driven by student interest. As a result, Hodierne says he had a great amount of

authority in terms of what he could study outside of the typical, pre-outlined curriculum.

“In high school, we were a unique group of people who were really interested in filmmaking,” Hodierne says. “Our teacher was our meter. We got kind of obsessed with making movies.”

Jonathan Cohen, a senior and student in the class, says he does short film work for fun with friends and keeps up-to-date with current short films through YouTube and Vice Magazine’s website. He says although he had not heard of Hodierne before the presentation, he was impressed to hear Hodierne had found success at the Sundance Film Festival.

When he found out Hodierne had dropped out of college after two semesters to pursue filmmaking full-time, Cohen says he was surprised. While he admires Hodierne’s talent, he says, he also acknowledges that education is important for your career.

“Experience is definitely important, but it is also good to know the technical stuff,” Cohen says. “It just goes to show that if you have the talents, you can make a good film.”

Prince says she believes it is important to earn a collegiate degree in case other opportunities do not work out, but after hearing Hodierne’s stories, she also thinks experience can be just as valuable to an individual’s talent in the film industry.

Hodierne says he later

realized his obsession with filmmaking went hand in hand with his fascination of Somalian pirates, whom he studied for months before coming up with

“In high school, we were a unique group of people who were really interested in filmmaking. Our teacher was our meeter.

We got kind of obsessed with making movies.”

-Filmmaker, Cutter Hodierne

the finalized idea for the film.

Through a complex web of connections, Hodierne was able to travel to Nairobi and then Kenya, where a majority of

the movie was filmed, he says.

In order to survive and gain access to Somalian and Kenyan culture, Hodierne relied on a “fixer,” a local journalist who acted as a guide and translator in foreign lands.

Although Hodierne faced some adversity as a young director in a foreign country, he says his biggest struggles were due to production issues and a ninemonth stint of tedious editing.

“Editing, to me, feels like moving a paragraph around,” he says. “It’s the process where you put your touch on it the most, but the most difficult thing for me is managing people and the production.”

Despite the frustration he faced when editing the film, Hodierne says he was able to finish the movie and submit it to the Slamdance and Sundance Film Festivals. When Hodierne received the call that his film would be awarded and shown at Sundance, he says he was convinced the call was a joke.

Senior Katharine Prince, a student in Fallik’s class, says Hodierne’s story about believing one of his friends was pranking him when he heard he would be attending Sundance reflected Hodierne’s personality and made him a relatable speaker.

“I would say he inspired me,” Prince says. “He was goofy and honest. Even over Skype you could really see his personality.”

Senior Megan Matteson says the stories Hodierne shared

with the class allowed her to reflect upon her own goals as a photographer. In the future she might be more daring with her projects due to hearing him speak, she says.

He also inspired her to not worry as much about the outcome of her creative choices. Matteson says Hodierne’s talk showed her that not taking everything too seriously could be beneficial in the long run.

“The fact that he just went for it made me think you can’t do anything unless you just put yourself out there,” Matteson says. “Maybe next time I won’t think twice about something if I get an opportunity.”

Matteson says she would be interested to see Hodierne’s work with U2. She says the class did not get to find out about many of Hodierne’s upcoming projects, although she would have liked to see what is next for the filmmaker.

Currently, Hodierne’s success has inspired him to start extending the length of “Fishing Without Nets” and continue to expand his influence as a director.

During the presentation, Hodierne told students to push boundaries.

“It’s like the old saying: There’s nothing to it but to do it,” Hodierne says. “There is so much out there generally that you think that there is some boundary to giving someone a phone call or email. Just go.”

Marshall’sMugs Samuel Adams Irish Red There are so many great things to say about St. Patrick’s Day—multiple styles of ales, stouts and lagers. You can mix whiskey with coffee, whiskey with beer or beer with other beer. The list goes on.

However, I’m not here to inform you about all the cool drinks you can make. If that’s what you’re after, Samantha Toscano’s “How To” column is dedicated to finding your special St. Patrick’s Day blend (so make sure to check that out).

Dare I review Guinness, Smithwick’s or Harp? Instead, I chose to bring a less of a classic brew to the table, because there is nothing better than the three aforementioned.

I picked Samuel Adams Irish Red as the beer to try this year. Although Smithwick’s is also an Irish Red style ale, the Boston Beer Company spices things up a bit with this brew.

Red ales date back to the 1710 in Kilkenny, Ireland, which is where Smithwick’s was founded. Irish Reds have a hazy deep amber red color.

Samuel Adams Brewery uses its own two-row pale malt blend with a little Caramel 60 to give sweetness to the brew. Where most red ales are malt based and sweet, the world’s largest craft brewery provides an earthy, citrusy and bready balance.

The hop varieties East Kent Goldings, English Fuggles and Hallertau Mittelfrueh give Irish Red an earthy and citrusy kick. However, the citrus is very difficult to pick up on.

Pour Sam Adams red ale into a traditional-style pint glass, and let the deep red color fill the mug with a tan white collar. This also releases the aromas, which would otherwise be trapped in the bottle. These roasty, sweet smells set the tone for the beer.

For your first sip, take a deep breath through your nose to unleash the full experience. As you savor the taste, you’ll notice the brew is loaded with malty, almost bread-like sweetness.

The hops balance out the taste at the end with an earthy and slightly citrus blend. A simple style done right, and one that rivals the quality of Smithwick’s, a long preferred choice for ale drinkers.

If you didn’t see this one coming, I don’t know what to say. Sit down and have some corn beef and cabbage and a few roasted potatoes paired with this Irish Red. You can’t go wrong when it comes to red ales and roasted meats.

So try mixing things up this St. Patrick’s Day. Stay away from green beer, enjoy a few Irish brews and give this American-style red ale a try.

—ryanmars@udel.edu

with Ryan Marshall

QUICK REVIEW: (all mugs out of 5)

Taste: Malty, sweet and balanced. A different twist for a red ale done right by the world’s largest craft brewery.

Feel: Really smooth and refreshing, made for those warm days in Ireland.

Look:

Big tan collar with deep red hue.

Smell: Aroma is key in the beer. You must pour it into a glass to release the malty scent.

Overall:

A really well done red ale, and it stays in my top five for Irish-style beers.

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Alum writes children’s books

BY JENNIFER FINN Staff Reporter

Early childhood education alumna Stephanie Guzman has published two children’s books in her own series, with the release date for the third expected in mid-May. “Invitation Slip-Up” and “Acting Cool” attempt to address character issues in young children that Guzman thought other books failed to properly address, she says.

Her upcoming third book, “Sticky Fins,” deals with the issue of stealing, Guzman says.

Guzman currently works as a reading specialist at Magnolia Elementary School in Harford County, Md. where she also previously taught second grade for seven years.

Human development and family studies professor Martha Buell says Guzman’s was interested in ideas like fairness and social justice.

“I remember her being very full of advocacy,” Buell says. “She’s very compassionate and cares a lot about children. She really seemed committed to doing what was right, and to making a difference.”

Writing her own children’s book series was not always a goal for Guzman, she says.

“I always found writing somewhat difficult when it was someone else’s ideas or someone else telling me what it to write about,” Guzman says.

In college, Guzman’s mindset shifted when she had a professor who allowed the students to write about what they wanted. The class allowed her to realize that she had some things

to say, she says.

After her first year of teaching, Guzman says she noticed a need for her students to talk about their problems and feelings.

In the classroom, Guzman says her books not only open up a lot of discussions, but also provide the opportunity for writing lessons for kids. She says she talks a bit about the “author’s craft”—explaining alliteration or the importance of taking audience into consideration, for example.

Buell says one approach to children’s books asks about the message and insight that children can gain from the world.

“It contains an instructional element that is delivered with fictionalized characters,” Buell says.

Sophomore elementary education major Whitney Wright says she enjoys the way Guzman’s series directly points to problems to which children can relate. “‘Invitation Slip-Up’ definitely shows that everyone makes mistakes, but you learn from them,” Wright says.

Buell says “Acting Cool” has elements she finds particularly helpful.

In the book, the main character Oliver and his friends mistreat a dolphin that looks very different from them, she says.

“Sometimes it’s easier if the characters in a book—especially a book trying to teach a lesson—don’t necessarily have human features,” Buell says. “By using a dolphin— who’s totally not human—to illustrate a human problem, the children must demonstrate the actual problem.”

Guzman says she has also created a feature called, “Ask Oliver,” a type of online forum that allows children to virtually interact with the series’ main character.

Submissions range from inquiries about Oliver’s family to questions seeking advice about a problem, she says. Guzman says she writes back to each one personally, in the voice of Oliver.

Wright says she thinks the feature allows children to feel as though they can engage with the book and better grasp the importance of the issues.

Buell says she is pleased with the way Guzman incorporates important developmental issues into literacy skills.

She says emotional aspects of children are being undervalued, and children today need to learn to be nice.

“It’s a learned skill, and we can’t leave it to chance,” Buell says. “There should be a real focus on helping children to build these skills so that they are happy and productive—and good friends. If we obsess about the test scores without paying attention to these other things, we haven’t done our job as teachers,” she says.

While her own titles are currently the only ones she’s published, she says many children are intrigued by the publishing process and want to know how they can do the same.

“I would love to try to provide a cost-effective way to publish their books and poems,” Guzman says.

“That’s my thought for the future.

Eventually, I would like to somewhat see how I can branch that out to children.”

Events Calendar Wayne Craven Lecture Memorial 127 Thursday, March 14, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

E-52 Presents: Beyond Therapy Pearson Hall Thursday, March 14 to Saturday March 16, 7:30 p.m.

REP Presents: Hamlet Thompson Theatre Thursday, March 14 to Saturday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 15 and Sunday March 16 at 2 p.m.

St. Patrick’s Day Loop Headquarters Catherine Rooney’s in WIlmington Saturday, March 16 starts at 9 a.m.

Courtesy of Haven

Haven hosted the biannual Drag Show on Saturday night. At the show, Haven donated $2,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware and raised awareness for LGBTQQIAA.

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Upcoming Bob Dylan show garners mixed opinions

BY KEVIN CELLA Staff Reporter

Junior Jared Lance says he was surprised to hear that an artist like Bob Dylan will be playing at the university.

“It’s not something you associate with college kids now,” Lance says. “It’s more like something you associate with the hippie generation.”

Eric Hartman, manager of Rainbow Music & Books, says students who are truly fans of legendary folk artist Bob Dylan won’t mind paying higher ticket prices to attend Dylan’s upcoming concert at the Bob Carpenter Center. He says students do not usually have the opportunity to see an artist of Dylan’s caliber within walking distance.

He will be performing on April 12 with Dawes as his opening act. Unlike most concerts at the university, an outside group called the Larry Magid Entertainment Group is sponsoring the show.

Since the Student Centers Programming Advisory Board is not hosting the event, ticket prices are higher. Tickets cost $55 at the Trabant box office and $65.50 on Ticketmaster.com. On Wednesday, a presale took place in Trabant University Center with tickets being sold at a rate of $33.50 for students only The higher price caused senior Emily Anderson to question whether she should purchase a ticket. Anderson says she is currently deciding if she will attend.

In addition to the ticket prices, Anderson says she does not think the university has not been promoting the concert. As a result,

ticket sales may be lower than expected, she says.

“I only saw it by chance on Twitter, and they haven’t done any advertising that I’ve seen,” Anderson says. “So if I didn’t happen to see that then I wouldn’t know.”

Sophomore Amanda Espinal says another reason students may not attend the concert is the current age group of students may not be familiar with Bob Dylan.

“I think more adults will go but probably some college students [will attend],” Espinal says. “I have some friends who didn’t even know who Bob Dylan was.”

Dylan, 71, gained his fame in the early 1960s playing folk music.

Many of his early compositions addressed political or social issues such as peace, justice and equality.

Dylan’s age may make him less relevant to the college students, but Hartman says students are still very much aware of him and his music.

He says Dylan’s records are still a popular choice at Rainbow Music & Books.

“Students come in all the time looking for his stuff,” Hartman says. “Bob Dylan is someone that we sell a lot of.”

Anderson says since the upcoming Dylan concert is being sponsored by an outside group, she hopes the university will host more concerts at the Bob Carpenter Center that are not featured through SCPAB. In addition to having interest in more outside groups sponsor university concerts, Anderson says she thinks the university is in an appealing area for artists to play on their national tours.

“To be honest, the last couple

SCPAB concerts I wasn’t interested because of the artists, if you can call them that,” Anderson says. “If more people put [the Bob] in their concert tour it’d be an easy place to get to, because going to Philly isn’t always easy for students.”

Lance says he would be interested in the university having more artists stop here on their tours, but he doubts that it is very likely to happen.

“It would be nice, but it’s tough when you’re sandwiched between Baltimore and Philly, so I’m not sure they could get many people to come and play here especially when the venue is such a small size,” Lance says.

Due to the Bob Carpenter Center’s limited amount of seating, Hartman says he hopes the concert will not sell out before he is able to purchase tickets.

Espinal says having artists such as Dylan play at the university is a great idea. She says it exposes students to different types of music that are not necessarily currently popular amongst college students.

Hartman says when he saw Dylan perform in 2008, he played many tracks from “Blonde on Blonde.” He says while he enjoyed the set list at the concert, he will like anything Dylan plays.

The legend may not be an upand-coming artist or the newest national sensation, but Hartman says he thinks Dylan is still a valid voice in the music industry.

“I love all his early work through ‘Blonde on Blonde’ and his recent stuff like ‘Modern Times,’ that’s a great record, and ‘The Tempest’ too,” Hartman says. “So yeah, I think he’s still relevant.”

THE REVIEW/Sara Pfefer

Music legend Bob Dylan will be performing at the university in April.

What We’re Hooked OnThis Week Amy Poehler’s Response to Taylor Swift: “That being said, I am going to hell. But for other reasons. Mostly boring tax stuff.”

Saturday Night Live: Girls can’t get pregnant in the summertime.

Science.

Wawa Milkshakes: Large mint chocolate chip milshake topped with whipped cream and chocolate drizzle for St.Parick’s day. Yum. Reruns of “Whose Line”: Rumors of the return of the improv show have us wanting more of the hit sketch comedy where the rules are made up and the points don’t matter.

—Kelly Flynn & Lauren Cappelloni, Managing Mosaic Editors

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Did you know?

Jamelle Hagins is the all-time career leader in blocks for the Hens.

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“He didn’t step out of bounds, the ball didn’t go out of bounds.”

The turnover allowed Moore to drive down the right lane into Hagins, who tied up the ball, but a foul was called. Ross said Hagins made a strong defensive move, but again it appeared a call went against the Hens, as there did not seem to be a lot of contact on the play.

The other time Delaware failed to capitalize came on the previous possession when Threatt took a 3-pointer with under a minute to play. Hagins collected his fourth offensive rebound of the night and went to pass the ball out of the paint, but a double team by James Madison defenders forced another turnover for the Hens, who had 16 on the night.

The Dukes dribbled up court and took a timeout to set up a gamewinning shot with 39.5 seconds to play. However, Hens’ junior forward Carl Baptiste stepped in front of a driving Andre Nation, who hit the winner back on Feb. 17, and blocked the shot. Baptiste’s size caused a disadvantage all game for the Dukes as he collected nine rebounds, three of which were offensive boards.

The game seemed in hand for Delaware until Threatt’s miscue gave the ball back to James Madison.

The Hens had mounted a 10-point comeback when the team fell behind early in the second half.

Threatt drove the lane but coughed up the ball, which the Dukes gathered and slammed home at the 17:23 mark.

See THREATT page 31

THE REVIEW/ Paul Tierney

Senior forward Jamelle Hagins gets tripled-teamed by three James Madison players in Sunday’s semifinal.

Men’s lacrosse loses another in final minutes, record falls to 2-5

BY DANIEL MCINERNEY Managing Sports Editor

Courtesy of Tim Calotta

Junior midfielder Connor McRoy had a team-high two goals and three assists.

On Saturday, the Delaware men’s lacrosse team watched as a three-goal lead with 5 minutes left to play was quickly erased by Binghamton University at Delaware Stadium in the first-ever matchup between the two.

With the game tied at eight, the scene was all too familiar for the Hens, who fell just one goal short of defeating both No.18 Bucknell University and No. 1 Loyola University earlier in the season and saw late leads slip away.

With 19 seconds remaining in the game, Binghamton midfielder Tyler Perrelle took a pass at the top of the offensive zone, drove to his left and drilled a shot past sophomore Delaware goalkeeper Chris Herbert, giving the Bearcats a 9-8 lead. The goal was Perrelle’s second of the game and capped off a four-goal comeback by Binghamton.

At the 7:10 mark of the fourth period Delaware took an 8-5 lead following junior midfielder Connor McRoy’s second goal of the game and what would be the Hens’ last score of the match. McRoy also added a team-high three assists and led all scoring with five points.

“We kind of had a couple goal cushion and I think we felt we had it in the bag,” McRoy said. “We made a couple stupid plays on offense and defense that decided the game.”

Delaware senior midfielder Nick Diachenko received a holding penalty with 5:16 remaining in the game, and Binghamton capitalized on the manup opportunity. Seventeen seconds into the penalty, Bearcats attackman Matt Springer added his second goal of the game after receiving a pass from attackman Tucker Nelson, who finished the game with four assists.

Binghamton capitalized on another Delaware penalty a little under two minutes later when junior midfielder Matt Masko was called

for a slashing penalty. The crowd and coaching staff disagreed with the call, as it appeared to them that Masko simply checked the Binghamton player. With 3 minutes on the clock Bearcats midfielder J.T. Hauck recorded his only point of the game, cutting the Delaware lead to 8-7.

A little over a minute later, Binghamton scored again when Perrelle found the back of the net at the 1:47 mark, tying the game at eight.

Delaware had a chance to regain the lead and seemingly seal the victory with 46 seconds left, but Binghamton goalkeeper Max Schefler, who had eight saves in the game, saved Diachenko’s shot.

Binghamton was able to clear the ball and set up in the Delaware zone, which led to Perrelle’s gamewinning goal.

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Commentary

Wednesday, March 13 Baseball at Delaware State (Route 1 Rivalry) 3 p.m.

Women’s Lacrosse vs. Loyola 6 p.m.

Delaware Stadium Friday-Sunday Women’s Basketball at CAA Tournament Upper Marlboro, Md. Baseball vs. William & Mary Bob Hannah Stadium Softball Delaware Invitational Delaware Softball Stadium Saturday, March 16 Men’s Lacrosse vs. Hofstra 1 p.m.

Delaware Stadium Men’s Tennis vs. James Madison 1:30 p.m.

Delaware Field House Courts Women’s Lacrosse at Lafayette 4 p.m.

Henpeckings Men’s and Women’s Tennis: The Delaware men’s and women’s tennis teams lost at University of Maryland Baltimore County on Sunday. In men’s doubles, juniors Troy Beneck and Adam Lawton won their match, as did junior Nolan Gelman and sophomore Evan Andrews to win the doubles point for the Hens. Gelman also won the lone singles point for Delaware, winning in three sets.

On the women’s side, sophomore Kim Milla and freshman Nataliya Naumova won the lone doubles match of the day. Milla also won her singles match in straight sets, as did freshman Danea Jonjic’, as did junior Olivia Heim. The Hens’ record is now 4-1 overall (0-0 CAA) for the women and 2-4 overall (0-0 CAA) for the men.

CAA News: Fourteen Delaware football players were named to the 2012 CAA Football Academic All-Conference Team. In order to make the team, a player must have at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA throughout their whole athletic careers.

The players named to the team include four freshman, three redshirt freshman, four sophomores, one junior and two seniors.

The freshmen included kicker/defensive back Craig Brodsky, tight end Joseph Laznik, running back Jalen Randolph and linebacker Brandon Snyder. The redshirt freshmen are kicker/punter Eric Enderson, defensive back Eric Farkas and offensive lineman Justin Glenn. Sophomores include linebacker Patrick Calloway, wide receiver Chris Cordivari, offensive lineman Christian Marchena and defensive lineman Laith Wallschleger. The lone junior was wide receiver Mike Milburn, while the seniors were defensive lineman Ethan Clark and defensive back Derek Coleman.

This marks the third time Clark, Coleman and Milburn have been named, while it is the second-straight year Wallschleger, Callaway, Cordivari, Farkas, Glenn, and Marchena won for the third.

“THE TALE OF THE 48”

BY JACK COBOURN It’s funny how the boxing world works.

In December I had a conversation with my dad about the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight and when it might happen.

My dad said something along the lines of “they’ve waited too long. This is what boxing promoters do; they put fights off until guys are too old.”

Tell that to Philadelphia’s own Bernard Hopkins. At 48 years old, he beat 30-year-old Tavoris Cloud on Saturday night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to win the International Boxing Federation’s (IBF) light-heavyweight title and become the oldest boxer to win a major title, breaking his own record.

While most people at 48 are counting down the years to retirement or collecting gold watches and pens for “25 years of service,” Hopkins maintains a fighting-fit shape. If the announcers had not said his age and one did not

know his history, one could mistake him for a much younger man.

Hopkins has had a varied and interesting life. At 17, he went to prison for various robberies, where he learned how to box, and it eventually became his career. He started boxing professionally in 1988, and won his first major title in 1995, beating Segundo Mercado for the IBF middleweight title, which he defended 12 times. He also beat Keith Holmes in 2001 to win the World Boxing Council (WBC) crown.

Hopkins beat Félix Trinidad to win the World Boxing Association (WBA) title. Finally, he knocked out Oscar de la Hoya in 2004 to win the World Boxing Organization (WBO) belt, becoming the first boxer to hold titles of the four major sanctioning bodies.

Hopkins , who turned 40 in 2005, thought about retiring, but came back to fight as a light heavyweight in 2006. Two years ago, at age 46, he broke George Foreman’s record as the oldest boxer to win a major title, beating Jean Pascal to win the World Boxing Council’s light heavyweight belt.

This fight marked my return to watching boxing; I have not watched a boxing match in a decade, for many of the fighters who I cared if they won or lost have retired and the fights have not been quality. So when I heard my dad watching the fight on HBO last night, I did not immediately go in, instead going in when I heard the announcers say Hopkins’ age. The fight was at the halfway point, yet Hopkins showed no signs of stopping.

The announcers said that when Hopkins writes his column for The Ring magazine, he uses a “studious, almost professorial tone.”

It seemed apt that they brought that up, for Hopkins seemed to be teaching Cloud a lesson

or two in how to win a prize fight.

And win he did. Hopkins dominated the last three rounds, landing punch after punch and connecting well. One statistic was nine punches out of 18 were landed by Hopkins, a small number until the announcers said Cloud landed five out of 26. Hopkins bounced around, and even when he was in the corners with Cloud in front of him, he was able to dodge the flurries of punches.

HBO’s Harold Lederman, who puts together an unofficial scorecard, had Hopkins winning eight rounds to three heading into the final round. Hopkins outperformed Cloud to the end, and showed no signs of wearing down.

After the match, Hopkins joked with the HBO guys and said “I need to find a home, so either you or Showtime give me a home,” which says to me he doesn’t expect to retire anytime soon. During the reading of the result, Hopkins did not seem winded or beaten up; he seemed relaxed as ever.

Bernard Hopkins has shown the world a thing or two about age and boxing: that just because your age starts with four, it doesn’t mean you cannot win if you train hard. Maybe that Paquiao-Mayweather Jr. fight will be as good as this one was.

Jack Cobourn is Sports Editor at The Review. Please send all questions, comments and two tickets to an upcoming Bernard Hopkins fight to jclark@udel.edu.

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Delaware vs. Delaware State About the teams: Delaware: The Hens are 8-5 and 2-1 in the CAA. The team is coming off a 19-14 loss to Towson Sunday, snapping a fivegame winning streak. Junior infielder Jimmy Yezzo leads the team with 24 hits and is tied for the team lead with 15 RBIs. Delaware’s .322 team average is third in the CAA.

Delaware State: The Hornets are 8-5 overall and have yet to play a conference game. Outfielder Aaron Nardone has 18 hits and a team-high 18 RBIs. Delaware State leads the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference with a .308 average.

Baseball Time: Wednesday at 1 p.m.

Location: Soldier Field, Dover

Why the Hens can win: Delaware looks to have more all-around talent. The Hens have a higher batting average and an ERA approximately a run lower than the Hornets’. Delaware also has a better fielding percentage. Yezzo, the preseason co-CAA Player of the Year, is swinging the bat well.

Why the Hens could lose: In the Route 1 Rivalry, you can bet Delaware State will show up motivated. The Hornets are a good base stealing team, having been successful on 28 of 34 attempts thus far.

They can also take advantage of the Hens’ struggles to draw walks.

-Matt Bittle Copy Desk Chief

The numbers: 71: The number of strikeouts Delaware batters have, fewest in the conference. .4375: Delaware’s stolen base success rate. The Hens are just 7 for 16. .436: Delaware State’s cumulative on-base percentage, compared to the Hens’ .384.

The prediction: The Hens leave Dover with a win in this edition of the Route 1 Rivalry.

Delaware: 6

Delaware St.: 4

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Lady Hens roll GSU, 86-58 Seven seniors end Delaware careers on high note, Parker grabs 1,000th rebound, second all-time

BY KERRY BOWDEN AND DANIEL MCINERNEY

Editor-in-Chief and Managing Sports Editor

“All I said to them was after Tuesday’s practice was, ‘Shut the door,’” head coach Tina Martin said after the Delaware women’s basketball team played their final regular season game.

That is exactly what the Hens did on senior night, defeating George State 86-58.

Seven seniors played their final regular season game in their career at the Bob Carpenter Sports Center on Wednesday night in front of 5,092 fans, the third largest crowd ever at the Bob. The seniors were honored in an emotional pregame ceremony just before the win solidified the second undefeated conference season in a row for the team.

“It’s just been such a grind,” Martin said. “I hope, and I think, that our fans really appreciate this. It is so hard to go undefeated back-to-back seasons.”

During the final regular season game, the Lady Hens received contributions from all of the seniors but were led by AllAmerican forward Elena Delle Donne who had 24 points, five rebounds and three assists in just 17 minutes.

Forward Danielle Parker recorded her 1,000th career rebound just 15 seconds into the game. Parker, who finished the game with 12 rebounds, five points and one block, is the third player in Delaware history with over 1,000 grabs and is currently 52 rebounds behind Colleen McNamara, who recorded 1,063 rebounds between 1991-1995.

Senior guard Lauren Carra added 15 points and went 4-for-5 from beyond the arc. Senior Point guard Trumae Lucas added nine rebounds, five points, nine assists and three steals to the winning effort, while senior Guard Jaquetta May, who sang the National Anthem before the game, finished the game with seven points, seven rebounds, two assists and one block. Senior Guard Kayla Miller added three points, three rebounds, two assists and one steal and senior forward Chelsea Craig started her first career game and scored her first points of the season, causing the Delaware bench and fans to explode in a frenzy of noise.

“We all went crazy like it was a game winning shot,” Delle Donne said of Craig’s basket.

Delaware also saw several younger players step up during the game. Freshman guards Courtni Green, Alecia Bell and Jade Clark combined for 17 points, six rebounds and one steal, as junior guard Akeema Richards scored eight points off the bench and added two rebounds.

As a team, the Hens hit 12 3-pointers, beating the previous single-game record set in 2009-

2010 during a lost game against the University of Buffalo, by one. The victory also marked the 22nd straight win for the Hens, another school record, and the 37th straight regular season CAA victory for Delaware.

“The door is officially shut on the regular season of the CAA and we are officially regular season champions,” Martin said.

Martin said finishing the season strong feels good and she thinks the team came in with a great mentality.

“Although there were tears on the bench, I thought they were pretty much focused,” Martin said.

Delle Donne, who has set 21 school records while at Delaware, has also set several CAA records this season. She became the CAA all-time leader in points scored, field goals made, free throws made, free throws attempted and

shots blocked this season. She is also the second leading scorer per game in the NCAA, averaging 25.6 points per game.

This season, Parker and Carra joined Delle Donne on the list of 1,000-point career scorers and Parker became just the second player in Delaware women’s basketball history to score 1,000 points and record 1,000 rebounds.

Parker has also played in 138 games during her career, a new record for Delaware and the fifth most nationally.

“The only thing I did pregame was play Vice President Biden’s message,” Martin said. “I said, ‘I think we’re all ready to go.’ Didn’t need to be another word said.”

The team is now preparing for CAA play this weekend against either George Mason or University of North Carolina Wilmington in Upper Marlboro, Md.

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Sophomore goalkeeper Chris Herbert recorded a career-high 16 saves in Saturday’s loss against Binghamton University.

Herbert: ‘We have to get better’ “I think we needed to increase the tempo in the fourth quarter, and I think we played nervous at that point and played not to lose instead of to win,” head coach Bob Shillinglaw said. “It may be a sign of us going through so many tight games and not coming up with a win.”

Herbert recorded a career-high 16 saves in the game, but said if he had 17 saves Delaware would have won the game.

He also said that close losses have been “the theme of the season” and said he believes that the problem is mental, not physical.

After the game Shillinglaw said that despite practicing well during the week the team did not make all the plays they needed to make on Saturday. He added that he was “disappointed” with the Hens’ effort in the faceoff circle and called the turnovers “sloppy.”

Binghamton won 13 of the 21 faceoffs, outshot Delaware 36-26 and forced 19 turnovers. Delaware committed six penalties in the game, compared to one by Binghamton.

All three of the Bearcats’ man-up

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Senior point Kayla Miller dribbles up the court during her final regular season game as a Hen.

goals came in the fourth quarter and proved to be the difference in the game.

“They got that extra advantage,” Shillinglaw said. “I don’t know how many penalties, particularly at the end when they made their comeback there was probably 4 or 5 penalties and they scored on a couple of those and it’s definitely difficult.”

The Hens return to action on Saturday when they open up CAA play against Hofstra. Delaware is 2-5 this season, but McRoy acknowledged the importance of playing well in their upcoming conference games.

Herbert reiterated McRoy’s point that good conference play can quickly turn their season around and said the Hens will have to continue to practice hard and improve.

“Coach has been saying all year that this program plays better when our back is against the wall and our backs are definitely against the wall at this point,” Herbert said. “We have to get better.”

Courtesy of Tim Colotta

Delaware struggled in the faceoff circle against Binghamton on Saturday. The Bearcats won 13 of 21 faceoffs in the game.

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Loss of McCartney translates to offensive struggles, lose 7-4 to Rutgers University

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Junior guard Devon Saddler contemplates driving the lane Sunday. Saddler missed all eight field goal attempts in the first half.

Threatt: ‘The ref called out of bounds, so it was out’ Continued from page 28 Saddler, who had not made a field goal in the game yet and only had one point, finally got going for Delaware as he connected with his first bucket of the game with 16:14 left. The Hens started to force missed shots and asserted themselves on the glass.

“We knew that was a strength coming into the game […] when I didn’t have too many rebounds in the first half, I kind of focused on that in the second, made sure I attacked the glass,” Baptiste said.

Delaware’s 6-0 run brought the game within reach with less than 16 to play. Threatt then stepped up, scoring seven of his nine points in a row. First he swiped an offensive rebound and laid it in off the glass. After a defensive

stop, the Richmond native drilled a 3-pointer to give the Hens a 47-46 lead.

He continued with another layup on the Hens’ next possession to put them up three with 7:08 left in the game.

Delaware fought off numerous James Madison comebacks and extended its lead to 57-51 with just under 3 minutes to play but would not find the bottom of the net again.

The Hens hope to continue postseason play in another tournament, Ross said. His main job is to pick the team up after the tough loss and then focus on remaining games, he said.

“The biggest thing about college athletics is you ask these guys to give their blood, their heart, their soul or their guts,” Ross said. “I’m so appreciative of my team because they gave me that, and I couldn’t have asked them for anything else tonight.”

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Threatt played an important role in the Hens’ comeback on Sunday. He scored seven of his nine points during a crucial stretch in the second half.

Junior midfielder Bridget Burns recorded one goal Saturday’s game against Rutgers.

BY MATT BITTLE Copy Desk Chief

Taking on Rutgers University, the Delaware women’s lacrosse team fell behind early, while stellar play from the Scarlet Knights increased the deficit.

Down 7-1 about halfway through the second half, the Hens came alive, scoring three goals in 1:14.

However, it was not enough, as the team was unable to connect on any more shots. Delaware head coach Kateri Linville said the Hens had several close misses in terms of shooting.

“For a young attack, I think we struggled to put the ball in the back of the net,” Linville said. “We put it on cage, but in the back of the net is still the place where we’re working to find those quality shooting opportunities and finishing those.”

Rutgers started the game with a goal coming in the seventh minute from Halley Barnes. The Scarlet Knights added another, this one from Amanda Trendell, less than four minutes later to make the score 2-0.

After several shots that went off-target or were saved, the Hens connected to make it a 2-1 game, courtesy of junior attacker Chelsea Fay. However, the Scarlet Knights scored twice more before the half. Chrissy Schreiber recorded the first goal, and Katrina Martinelli added the next with 1:26 to play.

Linville said Rutgers had a different style of play the Hens had to prepare for in the days leading up to the contest.

“They played a slow game, and they fouled a lot,” she said.

Delaware had eight shots in the first half, compared to 10 for Rutgers.

Both teams had three saves, and the Scarlet Knights committed 17 fouls, compared to the Hens’ eight.

In the second half, Rutgers picked up where it left off. Martinelli scored less than three minutes in, Megan Clements recorded a goal and Schreiber added her second of the contest, making the score 7-1.

Then the Hens came on strong.

Junior midfielder Bridget Burns scored 59 seconds after Schreiber, and less than 30 seconds later, junior attacker Abbie

Hartman connected on a shot. Hartman followed that up with a second score shortly afterward, cutting the gap to 7-4.

Linville said the team had more success winning the draw in the second and once that came, the goals followed.

“We knew that they were good off the circle and behind the lines, and we really wanted to try and capitalize on Shannon Burns’ ability to self-draw, and I think she was finally able to really box out and that drew a lot of momentum for us,” she said.

Hartman said Rutgers worked on preventing the Hens from setting up isolations and driving to the goal for shot attempts, and eventually Delaware was able to use that against the Scarlet Knights.

“Driving, and then we’d collected the double and then we’d have an open girl,” Hartman said. “That was open a bunch of times.”

The Hens recorded several more shot attempts, but did not score and so fell to the Scarlet Knights, 7-4.

Delaware finished with 18 shot attempts, one less than Rutgers. Both teams turned the ball over 12 times. The Scarlet Knights had 30 fouls, versus Delaware’s 17.

Sophomore goalkeeper Alex Zaugra, who had seven saves but was tagged with the loss, said the Hens started off slow but played much better

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as the game went along.

“I had great confidence that we were going to come back, but, again, there just wasn’t enough time on the clock,” Zaugra said.

The loss dropped the Hens to 3-3, while Rutgers moved to 5-1.

The Hens’ second- and thirdleading scorers, junior attacker Chelsea Fay and sophomore attacker Allison Hahn, each had three shots but no scores.

The team’s leading scorer, sophomore midfielder Caitlin McCartney, did not play due to an injury. Linville said she is not sure when McCartney will return, but she was pleased with the substitutes in Saturday’s game.

“I think the mentality here though is not that Caitlin’s out, it’s the next man ready, and that’s how we always train and compete,” she said.

Delaware plays tomorrow at Delaware Stadium in a 6 p.m. showdown with No. 9 Loyola. Linville said the Greyhounds play at an uptempo pace, and the Hens will be ready for that.

Hartman said she is motivated to lead the Hens to a win in the upcoming match.

“I know personally, I hate losing, so I’m going to bring this to fuel me the next game, because I don’t want to feel like this again,” Hartman said.

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