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Tuesday, March 9, 2010 Volume 137, Issue 19
Plans for new bookstore prove controversial Some say UD’s design for building is not the correct style for Main Street BY AARON DENTEL-POST Staff Reporter
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An artist’s rendering shows the proposed UD bookstore.
Panel formed to aid troubled UD students
Many community members turned out to the Newark Planning Commission meeting March 2 to voice opposition to the proposed new university bookstore on Main Street. While there was little disagreement at the meeting over whether a bookstore would be good for Main
Street commerce, a string of community members criticized the architectural style of the building proposed by the university, speaking at length and passionatly about how it does not fit in with the surrounding historic buildings. Bill Manning, a representative of the university, defended the proposed size of the new building on Main Street that will house the uni-
Plans for new science building announced
Local landmark closes doors after 22 years BY ANNIE ULIZIO
Student Affairs Editor
Newark lost a keystone of its local music scene March 1 when the owner of East End Café, Steve MacAllister, announced at noon that that night would be the bar’s very last. Greg Fain, guitarist and manager of The Scatologists, a reggaeska band from New Castle and surrounding areas, said he was shocked when he received the news. He was in the middle of a rehearsal for a reunion show his band was planning to have at East End Café this Friday, March 12. The band, upon hearing the news, immediately picked up and “moved the rehearsal down to the bar” to perform one last time on the closing night. It wasn’t the exact time-slot during which the band had expected to play, but it was a special night. “Everybody was emotional,” Fain says. Patrons that Fain and The Scatologists hadn’t seen at East End since the ‘90s were there, toasting the bar’s 23-year run at 270 East Main Street. Features Editor
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15 Opinion
17 Mosaic
21 Media Darling
BY LAUREN SAVOIE News Features Editor
THE REVIEW/Ayelet Danile
In the wake of campus shootings such as the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Northern Illinois, the university’s Division of Student Life launched the Student Behavior Consultation Team late last month to develop support plans promoting student health and safety. “Since Virginia Tech, one of the things that came out of that was ‘Are we connecting the dots?’,” Charles Beale, director of the Center for Counseling and Student Behavior said. “The young man was troubled and institutions need to connect the dots when behaviors come to the attention of faculty, staff and students.” Beale said many other institutions are creating or have created similar committees. The university received help and guidance from Cornell University and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst who have similar programs. The committee has six members who were selected based on the role their offices play with students. Members include Beale; Joan Casaletto, dean of students’ executive secretary; Kathryn Goldman, director of the Office of Student Conduct; Skip Homiak, executive director of Campus and Public Safety; Kathleen Kerr, director of Residence Life and Dawn Thompson, Dean of Students.
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Main Street says goodbye
BY ERICA COHEN
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versity bookstore in 2011. Manning argued that the height of the proposed tower and surrounding building was shorter than the neighboring steeple of the Newark Methodist Church. “The tower at the Church is 85 feet tall, and this tower is 79. The things that mark the height of this
The university has unveiled plans for a new science and engineering building that will bring together students and faculty from various academic disciplines. The building, which will begin being constructed early next year, will offer state-of-the-art lab facilities for students from both the College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences, Michael Chajes, dean of the College of Engineering, said. “There are a couple of needs the university was looking to address in this new building,” Chajes said. “The first was additional lab space, because there’s been more interest these days in science and engineering in general, but also more interest in students from various academic areas who are exploring the broader issues of energy and the environment.” The 194,000-square-foot structure, located on the corner of Lovett and Academy streets, will house office and meeting spaces for the newly-created Delaware Environmental Institute and the University of Delaware Energy Institute, in addition
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28 Sports