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Hurricane Irene barrels through Delaware University alums killed in storm

BY DARREN ANKROM and TOM LEHMAN The Review

THE REVIEW/Samantha Toscano

A tree lays in front of Memorial Hall on The Green after the hurricane passed through Newark this weekend.

Severe weather triggers driving ban, tornado watch

BY TOM LEHMAN Managing News Editor

Despite heavy rainfall, flooding and a tornado watch through the early morning, Newark survived its one night-bout with Hurricane Irene, suffering minor damages as the storm moved through New Castle County.

Between 6 and 7 inches of rain fell on the Newark area, according to state climatologist Dan Leathers, who said that the rainfall and resulting

flooding was more significant than the wind from the hurricane.

Leathers said the majority of rainfall occurred during a 12-hour period between Saturday night and early Sunday morning. The rapid accumulation of water caused some rivers, creeks and other bodies of water in the area to swell to levels similar to those during Hurricane Floyd in 1999 and Isabel in 2003.

“The streams flooded very quickly, and they reached major

flood stages on all of those streams,” Leathers said. “Most of them did not reach a record flood level. Some of

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Irene hits Lewes as students, businesses wait out the storm - page 3

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The bodies of two university alums who went missing during the hurricane were found in a swollen tributary near Newark on Monday, ending a nearly 24-hour search for the missing men.

A state police search and rescue team discovered the bodies of Christopher Valentine and Jean Baptista, both 25, who disappeared Saturday night as Hurricane Irene moved through New Castle County.

Two search teams discovered the bodies in Mill Creek, a tributary of White Clay Creek, at approximately 1:50 p.m. near the Delaware and Pennsylvania border.

The bodies were turned over to the state coroner’s office to determine cause of death.

Valentine was a marketing major who graduated from the university in 2008, and Baptista graduated in 2009, with a degree in civil engineering.

Both men were reported missing

by Valentine’s mother at 2:41 p.m. on Sunday, after the storm had cleared.

Police officials are currently unsure what occurred between their departure and the moments leading to their deaths.

Witnesses placed the two men at a restaurant in the Shops at Limestone Hills in Pike Creek, before they were reportedly received a ride to a house in Cameron Hills, a neighborhood in Hockessin.

The two friends reportedly

attempted to walk two miles to the home of Valentine’s parents close to midnight Saturday. They never reached their destination, and authorities used their phone records to provide a starting point for rescue teams, which was focused on the area around Lancaster Pike near the Pennsylvania border.

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Jack Markell expressed condolences and sorrow over the deaths of the two men.

“While we Valentine had hoped and prayed our state would get through this dangerous hurricane without the loss of life, we now know that is not the case,” Markell said in a statement.

“I offer my condolences to the families Baptista and friends of Christopher Valentine and Jean Baptista, as I know this will be a time of great difficulty for their families and those close to them.”

The deaths of Valentine and Baptista were the only casualties reported in Delaware. At least 46 people have been reported dead across the East Coast in Irene’s wake.

Student remembered for kindness

BY NORA KELLY Executive Editor

When senior Wayne Wilkie came home to his South College Avenue residence after classes last year, he was always greeted by the same sight: his roommate Jesse Elias, coming out of his room to chat and ask how his day was, even if Elias knew Wilkie only had a few minutes to talk.

But this year, Wilkie’s roommate of three years will not be around the 8-person house that had become a central gathering place for their growing group of friends. Elias,

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a rising senior, died in his sleep Aug. 3 in his Oceanside, Long Island home. His family is waiting to hear from medical professionals about the exact cause.

Wilkie said he will miss those small moments chatting with his roommate.

“It’s going to be weird walking up the steps and not seeing him there,” Wilkie said.

Friends and family remember Elias, a psychology major, as a vibrant and giving individual who could talk as freely about cars as he could about philosophy. It was his affable nature, his parents said, that

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drew hundreds of friends, family and former teachers to his Aug. 7 funeral.

“I knew that people who knew him back home thought very highly of him,” said his father Jeff Elias.

“But if I were to tell you that more than 500 people showed up to the funeral, it wasn’t because they knew me or my wife. It was because they knew Jesse.”

Jesse’s brother Scott, a sophomore at Wesleyan University, delivered the eulogy at the funeral, citing his brother’s friendly nature, intelligence and “large-heartedness.”

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Courtesy of Jeff and Cindy Elias

Friends and family remember Elias as a vibrant, bright individual.

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Letter from the Editors Dear readers, After a small delay courtesy of Hurricane Irene, campus life has resumed in Newark for fall semester 2011. To catch you up, this edition covers important summertime news about the university and Newark communities. While you were gone, the new university bookstore debuted on Main Street, tuition jumped 7 percent and two natural disasters, an earthquake and a hurricane, hit the East Coast. We kept you updated on summer news and more via Twitter, and will continue to do so throughout the school year.

This fall, we have revitalized Mosaic, our arts and entertainment section, with two new columns. Eater’s Digest (see page 20) is designed to give you more information about the food you eat, but don’t fret—our columnist loves vegetables just as much as she craves cake. Off the Record (see page 18), our new music column, has replaced our CD reviews section, and we hope it’ll keep you informed about both local and national music trends and styles.

Students check out the Apple counter in the new campus bookstore on Main Street.

THE REVIEW/Nick Wallace

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Students weather storm on campus Residence halls serve as safe havens for students already moved in

BY DANIELLE DEVITA and THERESA ANDREW The Review

THE REVIEW/Tom Lehman

White Clay Creek spills into the parking lot of Timothy’s on Creek View Road.

Newark restaurants recover from damage

BY MARTIN MARTINEZ City Editor

Despite the strong winds downed trees and heavy rains that flooded Newark buildings, some local eateries attempted to stay open as late as possible last weekend.

Timothy’s of Newark on Creek View road sustained significant flooding damage, but closed early only in response to the statewide driving ban effective 10 p.m. Saturday, according to the restaurant’s manager Roger Coleman.

“With that driving restriction in place, we couldn’t really keep our servers and cooks too late,” Coleman said.

He said the banks of the adjacent White Clay Creek overflowed, flooding half of the restaurant’s parking lot.

“Not only that, but both of our basement entrances flooded to the point that we had to sandbag them to keep the water out,” he said. “The water was at its highest since 2003.”

To monitor flooding, Coleman said he kept a constant watch of rising waters throughout the night.

Mike Peters, manager of D.P. Dough, said he planned to stay open as long as the restaurant had electricity and his employees were willing to man the store.

“We did not force anyone to come in and work, but we planned to stay open all [Saturday] night like we usually do,” Peters said.

“We stayed open until 2 a.m.”

Peters said his initial plan was to conduct business normally, including the delivery service.

However, once the city’s streets began to flood, he canceled the service for the rest of the evening.

“When the roads began to become flooded, I decided I didn’t want [the delivery employee] on the road because she didn’t have an adequate vehicle for those conditions,” he said.

That employee was junior Kim

Hogan, who said Elkton and Old Newark roads were not navigable.

“There was some serious water,” Hogan said.

Despite the storm, Peters said Saturday was a typical night at D.P. Dough. He said some people, especially returning students, were grateful that it remained open.

“People outside taking pictures and walking around in bathing suits would walk by and see that we were open and would come in,” he said. “I had a guy come in from Middletown because he couldn’t cross the bridge to go home.”

Angie Brenner, manager of Peace A Pizza, said although the pizzeria remained open until 8 p.m. on a Saturday night, only four customers came inside to dine.

“Not a lot of people were coming in because of the storm,” Brenner said. “I mean we only had a couple of pie orders and two walk-ins, so we decided to close up an hour earlier.”

She said she also decided to close early because her employees needed to walk home and weather conditions were worsening.

“The storm was getting real bad at that point and we didn’t want anyone getting hurt or getting stuck here because of flooding, so we just let them leave,” Brenner said.

Both Peters and Brenner said they did not prepare their eateries for the hurricane, but their buildings did not sustain any damage from the strong wind gusts and heavy rainfall.

In the storm’s aftermath, Coleman said he will focus on cleaning and sanitizing the damaged areas at Timothy’s.

“While it might sound easy, there are a lot of man hours that need to go into cleaning and sanitizing everything that was under water,” he said. “Plus we have to continue keeping an eye on the creek because the water levels are still higher than usual and could potentially rise again.”

Leaking ceilings and flickering lights did not deter sophomores Mike Swiren and James Cavanagh from waiting out the hurricane in their Independence West dorm rooms.

Swiren and Cavanagh, who moved in Aug. 21, before the university-advised move-in date, said they had a surprisingly calm night of board games with their resident assistant.

“I was a little disappointed,” Swiren said. “I was hoping for a cool tornado.”

Although the university postponed move-in weekend to Tuesday and Wednesday, both sophomores were only a few of the nearly 800 students who arrived in Newark before Hurricane Irene moved to Newark and experienced the storm from inside their residence halls.

Director of Residence Life Kathleen Kerr said her office anticipated a difficult storm, and said students and RAs alike were encouraged to evacuate the campus.

Kerr said it was important for RAs who decided to remain on campus to be available to students in their residence halls.

“We asked RAs [who stayed] to do social programs, frequent rounds

and keep a look out for flooding and leaks,” Kerr said. “This weekend was primarily giving [the students] support.”

With only minor leaking and flooding in student housing, RAs were asked to be the eyes and ears around campus. They were asked to keep students informed about goings-on and were obligated to call custodial facilities once they observed any weather damage, she said.

The university’s first priority was to keep the students safe, Kerr said.

“You kind of have a sense that you need to keep students safe,” she said. “We moved forward based on the circumstances.”

The university kept the custodial staff on hand until the storm passed so they could start clean-up efforts as soon as possible, Kerr said.

“Fortunately the hurricane was manageable,” she said. “We’ve had a great response by the facilities staff and custodial staff in getting clean and ready to go.”

“We have to make sure to do our best to accommodate everyone’s schedules,” Kerr said.

Junior Michael Ofuani, a resident in the Christiana East Tower, admired the dining halls’ efforts to help the students during the hurricane.

“Pencader [Dining Hall] gave out rations.” Ofuani said “They gave

out a lot of free food, like oranges and bananas - it was definitely helpful.”

He said the news updates from the university were prompt and helpful, but did not convince him to return home for the hurricane.

“We had the option to leave, but I didn’t see the point since I’m from Middletown,” Ofuani said.

Some international students also arrived over the weekend and stayed in their respective dorms during the storm and university officials encouraged them to communicate with family and friends abroad through email or via cell-phone.

Sophomore Kayleigh Stephens and two of her roommates moved into their Warner Hall dorm rooms earlier in the summer for lodging during band camp.

During the storm, the three roommates passed time playing cards and other games with their hall coordinator. The only damage they noticed was flooding in the basement, from which they removed a large TV so it would not get damaged.

Although Stephens said her mother was worried about her and called to see if she wanted to come home, she decided to stay in her dorm rather than return to her house in Dover.

“Why go home?” Stephens said.

“I’m safer here.”

Tornado strikes Lewes, damages homes Approximately 700 homes lose power in coastal city during hurricane

BY PAT GILLESPIE Senior Reporter Although Newark avoided grave damage from Hurricane Irene, coastal Delaware experienced more severe weather this weekend. In the midst of the storm, a tornado touched down Saturday in Lewes, wrecking dozens of homes in the small town, home to the university’s satellite campus.

Tornadoes that arise during hurricanes can exacerbate the threat of building damage, according to professor and expert in hurricaneresistant engineering Richard Wool.

“You can have considerably enhanced damage,” Wool said. “A tornado is like, what, a category 10 hurricane, with very, very high velocity winds.”

Gov. Jack Markell ordered an evacuation of the state’s coastal cities before the weekend, totaling approximately 100,000 people.

Lewes Mayor James L. Ford III estimated between 40 to 50 homes in Lewes sustained some amount of damage from the hurricane and tornado.

Approximately 700 Lewes homes lost power for roughly 13 hours, which was a significantly shorter period than the three day outage Ford said he anticipated.

“We faired very, very well with the storm,” Ford said. “With the wind direction coinciding with the change of the tides, it was very beneficial, couldn’t have been planned out any

better really.”

Though Irene struck Lewes with more vigor than other Delaware towns, Ford said he considered his coastal community fortunate in comparison to other areas along the east coast.

One of the university’s satellite campuses is located in Lewes, specializing in marine studies. The Lewes campus sustained no damage from the hurricane.

“In terms of damage, I think we escaped a major bullet here.”

-professor Richard Wool “If that storm had come six hours earlier or six hours later or had stalled and been here we would’ve had a different amount of water that flowed in and out of the tidal system,” he said. “That would’ve impacted the flooding and would’ve made a difference for us.”

Tornado-swept trees that had knocked down power lines lay across Lewes roads Sunday morning and contributed to a loss of electricity for

residents. Most residents who lost power live on the coast or in lowlying plains.

The Atlantic Ocean’s tides turned out to be an important factor during Irene’s journey over the state.

Absolute low tide came at 1:25 a.m.

Sunday, close to the peak of Irene in Delaware, according to former state climatologist and former university professor David Legates.

As the hurricane approached Hatteras, N.C. there was all the potential to become a stronger category two or three storm by the time it reached Delaware, Legates said.

“It was looking like that would be a very devastating event,” Legates said. “We were very fortunate to escape what could have been.”

He acknowledged some claims by people who believe the storm’s potential was exaggerated, but said the state took the correct precautions.

Despite grave predictions, Irene was downgraded to a category one hurricane upon its landfall on the Delaware coast, according to Wool.

Though the National Weather Service expected 110 mph winds, the highest recorded wind gust in Lewes was 66 mph.

“In terms of damage, I think we escaped a major bullet here,” Wool said. “I think Delaware is probably the luckiest state on the eastern board, considering the impact that has occurred to places like New Jersey and New York.”

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P.O.D. opens in Gore Hall

BY SHELBY LISTOKIN Staff Reporter

Students taking classes close to Gore Hall will have a new option for food and refreshments this fall with the opening of a new market inside the building.

During the summer, Dining Services transformed a student lounge in Gore 105 into a Provisions on Demand Express.

The store will open on Thursday, after a 2-day delay caused by this weekend’s hurricane.

This new campus dining site will sell coffee, drinks, fruit, sandwiches, wraps and salads, according to Meghan Reess, marketing director of Dining Services.

Reess stated in an email message that the new P.O.D. Express will be similar to the P.O.D on Laird Campus, but its location on South College Avenue will be convenient for students seeking refreshments between

classes.

The P.O.D. Express will also join the growing number of university locations with markets offering UDairy Creamery products. The P.O.D. Express will sell hand-dipped cones, milkshakes and pints of ice cream from the creamery.

Reess said the store will have “the same freshness, quality and modern feel of the Pencader P.O.D.,” but will provide students with more of a “quick option between classes.”

Reess said the P.O.D. Express was placed in Gore because the hall is a central location on The Green that would attract substantial food traffic during the week.

Other nearby university dining locations are across the street in Smith Hall and the Trabant Food Court less than a block away.

T h e P.O.D. Express will be open Monday through Friday from 7:30

a.m. and 4 p.m.

Sophomore Gabrielle Wamboldt said the location will be convenient for students who are on The Green during the day.

“Location-wise, it seems to be in better reach if you’re in the middle of The Green for students, as opposed to if you’re right across the street like in Smith or Trabant,” Wamboldt said. “It is easier if you have classes on The Green to just swoop in without crossing streets, where it gets hectic and you can potentially be late for classes.”

The new market will cater to students who live on the North Green, which is not near a dining hall, junior Alison Kane said.

“Last year I lived on the North Green, and there’s really nowhere else like that [there],” Kane said. “The people on East Campus have the Harry Mart, and they also have the [P.O.D.] on Laird already, so the North Green people are missing out.”

University debuts new Main Street bookstore

Lerner business school hires new administrator

BY DAN MCCARTHY Staff Reporter

Bruce Weber, a high-ranking administrator and IT expert from the London Business School, was appointed dean of the Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics, effective Sept. 1.

Weber succeeds former dean Bobby Gempesaw, who served for five years but is now taking over the position of provost and executive vice president of academic affairs at Miami University in Ohio.

Though Weber comes to the university from overseas, he was educated in the United States, graduating cum laude from Harvard in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics. He then attended The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a master’s degree in Decision Sciences in 1989 and a doctorate in the same subject in 1991.

In 2003, Weber accepted a position at the London Business School. Prior to that, he taught at various business schools including Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College in New York, Columbia Graduate School of Business, The Wharton School and New York University’s Stern School of Business, where he was awarded the school’s Excellence in Teaching prize in 1997.

Weber plans to have the business school adopt a business-based perspective, which he believes was missing from the American schools he attended during his education.

“One thing I will bring from the London Business School is that you can look at your business school from the perspective of how it looks as a business,” Weber said. “Are we delivering degrees and programs and education that meet the tests of the market?”

Economics department chair, professor Saul Hoffman, said he

believes the program will improve in the “It’s always nice to have somebody with fresh eyes…we’re looking forward to him bringing his experiences at the London Business School to the UD environment,” said economics department chair Saul Hoffman.

He and Hoffman agreed the college’s graduate program needs improvement. Weber said that would to improve Lerner’s MBA program, which he says is the flagship program at other schools.

“We’re doing a lot of things well, it’s not a college that needs a lot of work, but we can certainly strengthen things in the graduate level[…]the college is weaker in graduate education than it is in undergraduate education,” Hoffman said.

Weber said he aims to build college’s graduate program to match the level of its robust undergraduate program.

“We want to make the Lerner College not just a great place to do your undergraduate business degree, but also your master’s and executive education.”

Weber’s position with the university came as a result of a closed search for candidates, during which a committee of faculty members was assembled and sworn to secrecy.

Hoffman said he thought the university’s choice to have a closed search was unusual.

“But we certainly don’t hold it against the new Dean,” he said.

“We are happy to work with him and welcome him.”

University Provost Tom Apple said the search was closed because it could unintentionally narrow the field of willing candidates for the position.

“There are a lot of people who are not in a position to let their interest be known because it will negatively affect them at their current

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The new university bookstore on Main Street includes a full-service Barnes & Noble.

BY DARREN ANKROM Administrative News Editor

Weber position,” Apple said. “If you do an open search, there are a lot of high quality candidates who simply will not apply.”

Weber said he plans to increase the faculty research profile to attract students and executives everywhere to study with Lerner faculty.

Weber founded the management science and operations department at London Business School in 2006, and has since expanded staff from seven to 12 tenured faculty members.

Weber also created and implemented a new Master’s in Management program at London Business School in 2008.

Provost Tom Apple said he is hopeful Weber will be able to maintain his track record at the university, by making the continuation of relationships with businesses a high priority.

“He has a real track record of developing great graduate and professional programs,” said Apple.

Weber agreed, saying that the university’s connection to businesses gave the university several benefits, which extended beyond financial support.

“Lerner has maintained very good linkages with industry, I don’t know if it’s well recognized at University of Delaware, but the programs here at Lerner College are very closely connected to the local industries,”Weber said. “That benefits the college in so many ways, not just in donations, but in student placement, internships and advice to the faculty on what the cutting-edge information is that we should be teaching in our classes.”

Nearly one year after breaking ground and two months ahead of schedule, the new university bookstore on Main Street opened to the public Aug. 1.

The 3,800-square foot building has similar features to the nowshuttered Perkins Bookstore, and also contains a full-service Barnes & Noble, small Apple store and café.

While testing Mac products in the Apple section, junior Dan Bodack said the bookstore will be a staple in Main Street trips this year, though he said he will still survey other bookstores to compare prices.

Bodack said he is most excited about the mini Apple Store, and its proximity to campus.

“I feel like a lot of people are coming out just to check out the Apple Store,” Bodack said. “That’s what made us want to come here.

[My friend] wanted to get an iPad, and said that we can check here instead of going all the way to the mall.”

University spokesman David Brond said only university community members can purchase Apple products at the store because of a licensing agreement.

Students will also be able to take their products to the bookstore for repairs.

Brond said the bookstore, in partnership with Philadelphia retailer Springboard Media, will specialize in diagnostic help for Apple products.

“If you have a problem, we diagnose it at our store,” Brond said. “If we determine it does need something more than we can do here, it’s picked up and brought back within 2 days. It’s a direct repair between Springboard Media and the customer.”

Sophomore Amanda Klein said this service is convenient, and one of the most appealing features of the

new store, recalling a time when she waited 45 minutes for the bus to the Apple store in the Christiana Mall.

In the future, she said she will just go to the bookstore.

“I’m so excited, and it’s so pretty,” Klein said. “Basically, they have everything you need. Food, books, clothes and help.”

According to David Singleton, vice president of facilities and auxiliary services, the university initially broke ground at the site during the last week of August 2010.

Singleton said the store was slated to open in October, but instead opened in August.

Singleton said he was pleased with the construction, especially the early opening, and acknowledged that the building has sparked mixed reactions.

“There’s been some interesting discussion about the architecture,” Singleton said. “There are some people who love it, there are some that aren’t sure, and I think that’s fine. Everybody’s entitled to their own opinion, and it’s great to have a piece of interesting architecture on campus that people can debate.”

Though the new bookstore’s opening leaves the Perkins bookstore site vacant, once construction on Alison Hall begins in January, several departments currently located in Alison will relocate to the Perkins bookstore site, Singleton said.

The new bookstore’s grand opening, which includes a ribbon cutting-ceremony, is planned for Sept. 1. Author and founder of the Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Sam Calagione will discuss his book, Brewing Up a Business, at the opening.

After reviewing the features of the new store, Klein was left with a bold prediction for the upcoming year.

“Oh yeah,” she said.

“Everyone’s going to be here all the time.”

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Univ. tuition fees UD creamery expands markets increase 7 percent

BY SAMANTHA TOSCANO Student Affairs Editor

Freshman Katie Hutschenreuter said she chose to attend the university for its cheerleading opportunities and for the scholarships which she was offered, instead of going to the University of Maryland, her state school.

However, after July’s increase in tuition for the 2011-2012 academic year, Hutschenreuter’s cheerleading and academic-based merit scholarships do not carry as much monetary weight as they did before.

“While my scholarships brought the price down, it is not fair for tuition to increase each year,” Hutschenreuter said.

Tuition for in-state undergraduate students increased $630, or 7 percent, for the 20112012 academic year, according to university officials. Out-of-state students will pay an additional $1,700, also a 7 percent increase.

During the last academic year, in-state students paid $9,040 in tuition, while out-of-state students paid $24,240.

Tuition for the 2011-2012 academic year will be $9,670 for instate students and $25,940 for out-of state students, with this summer’s increases.

According to university spokesman David Brond, changes in tuition are determined by senior administrators at the university, who consider multiple factors, such as the state budget, the university’s revenue and expenses, the size of the incoming freshman class and tuition rates at comparable institutions. Revenue from tuition is spread across various aspects of university life and operations.

“The increase in tuition helps fund contracted raises for professors, and we have great faculty at UD which come at an appropriate price,” Brond said. “It also goes to utility expenses, green programs, more faculty and more space.”

Brond said current students pay for programs and services that he said will improve the university in the future, which he expects they could be proud of as alumni.

Approximately 13 percent of the increase is necessary to cover the rising costs of demand for financial aid among university students, according to a university statement.

However, Melissa Stone, director of Student Financial Services, said there is not necessarily a direct correlation between tuition increases and requests for financial aid because there are other components to consider, such as the university’s Commitment to Delawareans program, individual students’ financial needs and loan eligibility.

“The federal government gave us a little more for financial aid this year so the increase in tuition is coincidentally related,” Stone said.

“But a large class size does mean greater demand.”

According to the university’s undergraduate admissions profile, the class of 2015 is 3,959 students.

In comparison, the class of 2014 consisted of 3,418 students.

Sophomore Alexandra Chickadel, of Wilmington, said she applied for more loans after hearing about the tuition increase.

“The problem is that loan interest is so high and could end up even higher by the time I graduate,” Chickadel said. “It almost seems easier to struggle now and pay loans off now rather than later. but I will stay here because if I went anywhere else, it would be more expensive. It’s just so much money.”

Although the original statement released by university officials offered comparisons to 12 schools they cited as comparable institutions, the top five most expensive schools on the list, which included Lehigh University, University of Notre Dame, Boston College, Brown University and Carnegie Mellon University, are all private institutions.

While the university is a privately chartered institution, it does receive state funds and is recognized as a state school.

Junior Josh Krinsky of East Brunswick, N.J. said the university’s tuition has become too expensive and he considers himself lucky because he only has one year left.

“It sucks,” Krinsky said. “It should stay the same for every class so the class of 2010 should pay the 2010 price, the class of 2011 should pay the 2011 price, so every class agrees to pay a cap price.”

Brond said setting a cap price is not economically feasible.

“We cannot predict the future and it is difficult to say today that we know what the world will be like three years from now,” Brond said.

THE REVIEW/Nick Wallace

UDairy Creamery, located on South Campus next to Townsend Hall, supplies university markets, such as the new P.O.D. Express opening in Gore Hall this week, with ice cream for hand-dipped cones, milkshakes and pints.

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New building in the works for student campus ministry Baptist Student Ministry partners with local developer to build townhouses, meeting space on Amstel Avenue

BY ABIGAIL STOLLAR Staff Reporter

The Baptist Student Ministry, partnered with a local developer, received approval from Newark City Council to build a new headquarters at its current location on Amstel Avenue.

The new facility was part of compromise between ministry officers and Amstel Avenue, LLC, a Newark-based developer that owns neighboring Amstel Square apartments.

The developers will construct a new facility for the ministry, as well as six new townhouses, at the student organization’s current headquarters at a .49-acre property on 116 Amstel Avenue.

Ministry staff director Blake Hardcastle said the registered student organization made the agreement because it offered the ministry an opportunity to grow amid tough economic times.

“Funding has been tighter since 2008, and we knew we needed to rely on more than just donations for any type of expansion,” Hardcastle said. “Essentially, we plan rich but bank poor.”

The developers approached Hardcastle and the ministry staff three years ago and have since held ongoing negotiations. The two parties reached an agreement earlier this year and received approval from the Newark City Council at the

beginning of August.

Hardcastle said the timing of this decision was critical, because of the imminent arrival of students at the start of the fall semester.

“First and foremost, we wanted to ensure that we never miss a fall with freshmen since that’s instrumental to our ministry,” he said.

The ministry holds several weekly activities which require a central meeting place. Ministry members gather for their large group bible study every Tuesday evening, which is held at different locations around campus.

Hardcastle said construction is scheduled to begin on Oct. 15, with completion expected by July 1. During construction, the ministry will meet at other facilities until its new space is completed.

“Our staff offices might be at Chipotle one day, the new bookstore the next,” Hardcastle said. “We’ll live like nomads for the year, but it’s a small sacrifice for the future opportunity the new building brings.”

Ministry president and senior Megan Rabian said she is nervous about not having a central location this year.

“It’s always been a place for students to come by and hang out between classes,” Rabian said.

“It’ll be a challenge not to have that space.”

To compensate for the lack of

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a central gathering area, the group plans to hold its weekly small group meetings at different leaders’ offcampus houses and apartments.

It will hold larger Tuesday night meetings on campus as it did in the past.

However, ministry leaders see the adjustments this year as a small sacrifice for all of the possibilities the new building brings.

“I think the new building will be great,” Rabian said. “It’ll be great to have our Tuesday night worship and message in the same place that people hang out at during the week.

Hopefully, it’ll make people more comfortable to hang out there in general.”

The new space will have a room large enough to host weekly large groups, staff offices, study rooms, and a place to house four students. The ministry’s current facility features housing for four individuals and offices but does not have any space big enough for their large group gatherings.

The proposed 5,000 square foot facility is part of a larger project by the Amstel Avenue developers to build a new set of townhouses in the area. Construction will continue throughout this year and may already affect residents who live in the Amstel Square complex.

Some residents are not particularly pleased with the additional traffic which will accompany the construction of the

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The building project is scheduled to begin Oct. 15 on Amstel Avenue. townhouses.

Junior Jamie Gavejian, who lives in one of the Amstel Square townhouses, said she was concerned about navigation and road conditions as a result of her prior experience with Amstel Avenue construction.

“It’s really inconvenient,” Gavejian said. “When you can’t make the left onto Amstel, the detour can get really backed up, making it difficult to get back to the houses.”

Although the construction may pose some challenges for area residents, Hardcastle and the BSM leaders look forward to their new headquarters.

“The main thing the new building will do is give us the opportunity to connect with more students,” Hardcastle said. “That’s what counts.”

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Elias: ‘He’s still by all of our sides,’ close friend says Continued from page 1 Jesse’s girlfriend, junior Sara Westbrook, said those same qualities are what first attracted her to Jesse, who had distinctive curly blonde hair and wore gauges in his ears. They first met in August 2010 through mutual friends and started dating shortly thereafter.

“Because of his gauges and stuff in his ears, he looks really intimidating at first, but after you talk to him you just realize he’s a big old teddy bear,” Westbrook said. “You could talk to him about anything.”

Westbrook plans to get a phoenix tattooed down on thigh, an image based on a drawing Jesse once doodled for her. She said Jesse was a kid at heart, and would come home from trips to Acme with little Transformer toys.

Senior Allison Storch, who had been one of Jesse’s roommates for two and a half years, said Jesse had a positive attitude toward life.

“I can’t recall a single memory of someone being angry at Jesse,” Storch stated in an email message. “He was just so incredibly likeable.”

Jeff, a retired marine biology teacher, said he and his son sometimes bonded over late-night nature documentaries. Jesse once built two bicycles from scratch and sold one for more than $75 at a yard sale—but gave the second away to a friend who needed one.

When Jesse began playing the cello in second grade, he taught himself most of the necessary skills, with help from teachers and his music teacher mother Cindy, with whom he used to duet. He also electrified one of his cellos so he could try out different styles of music, Cindy said.

But Jesse, with all his interests, did not want to be defined by his music, she said.

“He said that, ‘Everybody only knows me for being a cellist—I want to branch out and let people find out other things,’” Cindy said.

Jeff said Jesse was excited to have turned 21 in July, but more than the privileges that being 21 brings, he was most excited about finally taking a world religions class at the university.

His parents have decided to honor their son by ordering and reading the required books for the class in the order they will be taught. They said Jesse did not have to work hard in school to get As and Bs. School administrators informed the Eliases in mid-August that Jesse would be receiving a posthumous diploma from the

university. The family will be on campus in early September to attend a ceremony in which they will claim the diploma.

After Jesse’s death, friends and acquaintances flocked to his Facebook page to pay him tribute, and Jeff, who was never an avid Facebook user, has used the media to connect with Jesse’s friends and learn more about his son’s life at school.

Jeff began friending students who wrote on Jesse’s wall, and some sought Jeff out on their own to talk about Jesse.

“It’s just remarkable how, to a one, they’re all literally saying how wonderful it was to have known him,” he said, “and how good he was to them and how he was always there when they needed him.”

Jeff learned his son was helpful to friends in trouble, and that he was always able to make them laugh and smile.

“They’d all talk about his smile,” he said.

Junior Allie Rosenberg, who met Jesse her first day of classes freshman year, said Jesse was a core member of their group of mutual friends, which included Rosenberg, Storch, Wilkie, Westbrook and Jesse’s close friend and senior Dan Hardt.

Rosenberg said Jesse was always looking to help others, and she knew that whenever she wanted to talk, she could call him and he would listen to her without judgment.

“That’s really his message that he would’ve wanted everyone to know,” Rosenberg said. “What he stood for—that he should be celebrated, and that he was selfless and kind and honest and just a truly outstanding human being who was loyal and compassionate. He just wanted to make everything better for everyone.”

She said his open-mindedness was contagious, and the impact Jesse had on her and their friends has not waned since his death.

“He’s still by all of our sides,” Rosenberg said. “We still feel him and we know he’s there.”

Wilkie said he has found comfort in talking to his friends who knew Jesse, and has spent time talking with his own parents about Jesse’s death. Wilkie’s father, who lost one of his good friends in his early twenties, told Wilkie that he still has not forgotten his friend, and he never will.

“And even 40 years later he still remembers him once, twice a week,” Wilkie said. “Jesse knew so many people and touched so many lives. What helps everyone is just knowing you’ll never forget him.”

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Hurricane downs trees across city

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A large tree lays across students’ cars in the parking lot of the Foxcroft Apartments on Wilbur Street on Sunday. Hurricane Irene downed several trees on campus and around Newark. University cleanup crews removed the trees and various debris strewn on campus Monday before students moved in Tuesday and Wednesday.

Hurricane: University, Newark buildings sustain minor water leakages from storm’s heavy rains Continued from page 1 them were set back with Hurricane Floyd and Hurricane Isabel.”

The geography of New Castle County, according to Leathers, was another major factor which contributed to area flooding.

Water streams in Delaware lower counties, Sussex and Kent, are larger and can hold more water than those in the northernmost part of the state. “[The flooding] has to do with the topography, there’s a lot of hills, the stream valleys tend to get very fast runoff, especially when you have a situation like Irene,” Leathers said.

Flooding also forced several road closures, according to Newark Police spokesman Lt. Mark Farrall.

“The road that was closed for the longest period of time was Paper Mill,” Farrall said.

Despite the flooding and road closures, however, Farrall reported no serious injuries or deaths in Newark.

Gov. Jack Markell announced a statewide driving ban, which went into effect in New Castle County at 10 p.m.

During the height of the storm, however, Farrall said that there were few instances of power outages in the area.

By comparison, Delaware’s primary electricity provider, Delmarva Power, reported approximately 220,000 customers without power statewide.

Farrall said he believed the city’s placement of power lines was effective in managing the potential for loss of electricity.

“The city electric department does a really good job of putting up electric wires, to try and reduce the number of power outages,” Farrall said.

The university also survived the storm with minimal damage to its buildings and infrastructure.

According to university spokeswoman Meredith Chapman, the university suffered minor damage

in the form of leaking ceilings and landscaping.

“There are a fair amount of downed trees, notably one

by Memorial Hall, as well as mulch and mud on walkways,” Chapman said in a statement.

Storm cleanup occurred through Monday, moving the university’s move-in days to Tuesday and Wednesday. The first day of the classes was also rescheduled to Thursday.

Similarly, many residents and business owners returned to Main Street on Sunday morning, after the driving ban was lifted 12 hours after it began.

Leathers said while hurricane was significant, it was not nearly as destructive in Newark as it was elsewhere.

“Really, this storm ended up being a rain event, even though it wasn’t advertised as such,” Leathers said.

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University shows preparedness for difficult situations Between the recent East Coast earthquake and Hurricane Irene, the university got full use of its alert system this week. Students received notice of university closures and the rescheduling of events through text messages, phone calls and emails.

Parents were also notified over the phone.

These events proved to be good practice for the system, which could be also used for more immediately dangerous situations, such as a shooting or hostage situation on campus. During the earthquake last week, students were notified what university buildings were evacuated, and were also told when they could re-enter, which was especially useful for those on campus.

As for Hurricane Irene, which was later downgraded to a tropical storm, students were initially notified via text message that move-in weekend was canceled, and later by email and phone. The university’s usage of text messaging

as the most immediate means of communication, rather than email, is a practical idea because most students keep a cellphone with them and are more likely to read texts than answer phone calls from unknown numbers.

However, there are still a few glitches with the university’s alert system that should be worked out.

Alumni also received all of the alerts pertaining to the earthquake and hurricane. It is irritating to be bombarded with texts and emails to those who do not need these alerts, especially when many were sent in rapid succession.

Nonetheless, in case a more dire situation arises on campus, students and parents can feel safer knowing that information will be delivered to them in a timely manner over many means of communication. In a day and age where the unexpected can always happen, it is reassuring to see that the university is prepared.

New bookstore unifies campus The new university bookstore, located on the corner of Main and Academy streets, finally opened for business this summer, and so far it has proven a smart addition for the university.

Moving the main bookstore from the Perkins Student Center to the heart of Newark centralizes numerous services that students often had to hike across campus for, or were spread out between several locations throughout campus.

The bookstore also brings in some beneficial additions, including a smaller Apple store with student and professor discounts and extra study space for those who prefer to chat and not use the library. All of this caters directly to student living, which should be the first priority for a university building. The inclusion of a smaller, full-service

Barnes & Noble bookstore will also appeal to the Newark community.

University officials should move forth with plans for the large spaces now available in the Perkins and Trabant student centers.

Since both locations become very crowded with students between classes during the week, hopefully university officials will allocate space in a way that optimizes student use.

The new bookstore should increase the university brand tenfold, with its convenient location, recent expansion of services such as the Apple store and Barnes & Noble, and of course, increased university merchandise.

The building overall creates the feeling of a traditional student union, elements of which were previously scattered on different corners of campus.

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Majoring in English leads to satisfying college experience Leah Sininsky

Sininsky Speaks

In her final year of college, one student is satisfied with her choice of major, no matter what the future holds.

Through the years, my answer to the age-old question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” has evolved tremendously. At the age of four, like most hopeful preschoolers, I felt confident that I could be the president of the United States. When I started elementary school, I developed marginally more attainable goals—perhaps I could be an astronaut or a scientist. However, with my middle school years came a wake-up call: I had no aptitude for science. So, by the time high school rolled around, I decided that my niche was in English and I would make a career for myself in an area that would allow me to do what I loved most—read and write.

As a rising senior with a major in English and a minor in journalism, I am proud

to say I have yet to abandon that dream, even though what I want to be when I grow up will undoubtedly take a backseat to what job I can find after graduation.

With every raised eyebrow I receive and every “why?”

I hear when I tell people what I’m studying in college, this realization has grown, but so has my selfassuredness.

After three years at the university, I’m confident that all of the clichés about college are true.

These will likely be the most educational years of our lives. Not just academically, but in that they mold us into the people we become. The choices we make in college profoundly affect the interests we develop and the values we deem important. I may not land a dream job in publishing right after graduation, but I don’t and never

have regretted my choice of major.

At a friend’s graduation party this summer, I watched several of my friends talk about glum job prospects and postgraduation depression. These are some of the most intelligent, talented and hardworking friends I have.

All of them have impressive résumés chock-full of internships for every season of the year, board positions in countless clubs and high GPAs. Many of them were English majors. But still, I have hope.

In college I’ve had real-life experience in the things I value. I’ve gotten to live the life of a journalist, complete with interviews, deadlines and the satisfaction of seeing my writing in print. In literature classes, I’ve read authors whose works have stood

the test of time, whose values I share or disagree with, all the time becoming a more intelligent, cultured and open-minded person. It may take a while for me to find a career that is just as satisfying as these college experiences, but I’m confident I will. I am eternally grateful for the liberal arts education I’ve received at the university and I know it will continue to enrich my life.

While I haven’t always been this confident in my choice of major and minor, I’m glad that as a senior, I hold these convictions.

If there’s one thing I wish I knew before freshman year, it’s that if something feels like the right decision, it probably is. I urge the incoming freshmen to follow their intuitions and take advantage of the wealth of opportunities that college offers and treasure them. I intend to enjoy every moment of my senior year, because it doesn’t get any better than this.

Leah Sininsky is the features editor for The Review. Her viewpoints do not necessarily represent those of the Review staff. Please send comments to lsininsk@udel.edu.

Top 40 radio slowly pushing rock off the airwaves Emily Nassi

Nassi’s Notes

Top 40 stations are slowly taking over existing rock stations in the New York area.

There is nothing like driving to the beach in the summer with the windows down and the radio blasting. It’s especially rewarding for me since I know that my car has been sitting in the garage (or worse, being driven by my little sister) while I’m at school. And I always preferred my New York and New Jersey radio stations to the Philadelphia ones, so I always looked forward to coming home.

This summer, though, I was met with some unfortunate news. As I was driving somewhere one day, listening to 101.9 RXP, a New York alternative rock station, the disc jockey said he was going to enjoy the station’s last day on the air. Panicked, I searched the Internet as soon as I got home. Sure enough, the station had been bought by another radio company, which was planning on turning 101.9 into a country or a talk radio station, of all things.

This isn’t new for alternative rock stations in the metropolitan area. In 2009,

after a supposed triumphant return to rock music, 92.3 FM in New York City changed from K-Rock to 92.3 Now, a Top 40 station. Also in 2009, G106.3, a New Jersey alternative-rock station, changed to Hit 106, and a year later, became a country music station. So it’s not completely surprising the same fate hit 101.9, but it’s still disappointing.

I have listened to 92.3 Now for a few hours at work before. In those few hours, I heard the same Katy Perry song four or five times.

I wish this was an exaggeration.

Now when I drive, I can hear “E.T.” on three different stations if I really wanted to. I don’t think I’m a music elitist, but I definitely don’t want to hear that song ever again.

Don’t these stations know overplaying music makes people hate it?

Obviously, the music choices of nonTop 40 stations tend to vary way more (it wouldn’t be considered “Top 40” other-

wise). What’s not so obvious is why we need more than one of these stations if they only play a select few songs.

I could just plug in my iPod, but I like radio because I never know what is going to come next. There is always some element of surprise, and then excitement if I hear one of my favorite songs on the radio. And since my favorite music is rock rather than pop, I don’t usually turn the radio on to something I really like.

So is this the end of rock music on the radio as we know it? There is a reason these pop and country stations prevail— somehow they appeal to more people. But considering all of Ke$ha’s songs sound the same anyway, more than three solely Top 40 stations is unnecessary.

I know—if you don’t like it so much, Emily, why don’t you just pay for satellite radio? The first reason is that my 2002 Civic doesn’t even have a CD player, and

definitely could not support satellite radio.

The second reason is that the great part about radio is that it does not cost a cent, thanks to lots of commercials. I shouldn’t have to pay. Plus, satellite radio with its 300 stations is too much of a hassle to deal with when driving. It’s almost harder to find a song since the stations are so specific.

Luckily, my new favorite station, Radio 104.5, has its home in Philadelphia, which means I can enjoy some great music during my last year in Delaware and even in certain parts of New Jersey. I don’t think I have to be too worried about this station turning into talk radio (seriously, who wants to listen to people talk in the morning? I never have and never will understand that one).

But if Clear Channel even hints that it plans on changing Radio 104.5, an angry stream of letters is almost guaranteed from my end. I still want to have something to look forward to when I drive to the beach next summer.

Emily Nassi is the editorial editor at The Review. Her viewpoints do not necessarily represent those of the Review staff. Please send comments to enassi@udel.edu.

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University scores ‘points’ for Colburn Lab green roof addition

BY MORGAN WINSOR and KATIE ALTERI The Review

Chemical engineering professor Annette Shine and plant and soil science professor Chad Nelson began working with volunteers in June to install the first “green roof” on campus.

The 3,700-square foot garden is nestled on the southern side roof of Colburn Laboratory on Academy Street. Students cannot see the plants from the street below, but Nelson, who designed the rooftop garden, says he and Shine chose species hardy enough to outlast cold weather during the school year.

But they say the green roof’s overall cost-savings are minimal, and are not as energy-efficient as solar panels.

“Energy savings are modest, maybe a few watts per square meter, which is maybe 10 or 15 percent of what you would get if you

had solar panels instead of a green roof,” Shine says.

She says green architecture is a better solution in terms of habitat and water efficiency, however, saving close to a thousand gallons per month depending on rainfall levels. The green roof acts as a “wetland,” she says, as it helps filter pollutants and retain storm water from running through the drains and directly into White Clay Creek.

Plants also help in modulating the temperature and moisture of the roof. Rubber sheets beneath the stones expand and contract depending on the temperature, and the more the rubber expands and contracts, the sooner it cracks. According to Shine, the green roof succeeds in modulating the temperature of the rubber to nine degrees instead of 22 degrees.

The new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Lab across the street, scheduled to open in summer 2013, will feature a green

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The green roof of Colburn Laboratory features hardy plant varieties.

roof as well, Shine says.

The university is emphasizing the energy-efficiency of new buildings, but according to civil and environmental engineering professor Steve Dentel, the buildings are not yet ready for LEED accreditation.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is an internationally recognized green building certification system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in 1998.

LEED provides third-party verification that a building was designed and built using strategies intended to improve performance in saving energy, water efficiency and CO2 emission reduction. LEED supplies the building owners and operators with a specific framework for identifying and implementing green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions. But these guidelines do not come without a cost.

The process of becoming LEED certified is time-consuming and expensive, Dentel says, and the accreditation is something he believes the university is not willing to fund.

“It’s a complicated scoring system that boils down to one little check list,” he says.

This checklist includes ensuring the rubble is recycled, paints are free of volatile chemicals, and the heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems are efficient. The process is also complemented by a hefty heap of paperwork that goes into documenting each check, Dentel says, which USGBC officials must verify. Depending on the quality and completion of each requirement, the building will be certified as LEED silver, gold or platinum.

“You have to pay them to come, and it also means that for every one of those requirements, you got to have all the paper and go through all those things,” he

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The university’s first rooftop garden covers 3,700 square feet. says. “Every dump truck that’s carrying away construction rubble has got to sign a sheet that says where it’s going and what they are going to do with it.”

The green roof will add “points” if the university attempts to get LEED certification for Colburn Laboratory, but that doesn’t seem to be the plan. Shine says she is not aware of any particular intention to have the building certified.

Dentel says the university claims to be following LEED practices but is taking moneysaving shortcuts and not following through with the official process.

“Their argument is that with the money we save, we can do even more energy efficiency,” he says. “My response is, prove it.”

Because the university is choosing not to go through with the official LEED accreditation process, there is no proof of what the university has done with the rubble, nor proof of the energy efficiency or water conservation.

“It’s just like buying natural

food at the PathMark that’s fruit loops,” Dentel says. “My contention is that the university is halfhearted in what they are doing.”

For the time being, the Colburn green roof is a mélange of greens and yellows, but Nelson says they’ve planted half-a-dozen different types of plants that will change colors in the colder months.

“As they get stressed, some of them turn these beautiful oranges and reds,” he says.

Dentel says he wonders how much money the university would be willing to spend rather than save to become a more green campus, not just a more attractive one.

He suggests that the university look to models of successful green campuses instead of “doing it on the cheap,” as there is some importance to the certification process itself.

“We have to say, this is not just about money, this is about saving the environment,” he says.

Slam poets strive to make impact on community

BY KRISTA CONNOR Entertainment Editor

Senior Kevin Hageman quietly steps on stage. With downcast eyes, he wrings his hands together, looks up and begins to perform slam poetry. For each performance, Hageman says, he has just three minutes to captivate the imaginations of a crowd of people of every age, race and belief system, so that everything is stripped away except the sharing of one common bond: humanity.

Slam is a form of competitive, spoken word poetry that takes place from sparse underground poetry nights, bars and coffeehouses to intensive international competitions. Slam poets memorize and perform their own work, rather than read or recite another artist’s poem. After their three minute allotment, performers are then assessed by five judges randomly selected from the crowd.

Hageman, known as “Kage” as soon as he sets foot on stage, hopes to see slam poetry grow

and become a phenomenon in Delaware, uniting people from different backgrounds and renewing an appreciation for poetry.

“When I tell people I do slam and spoken word, everyone thinks Shakespeare or Whitman or some great poet that’s old and dead somewhere,” he says. “It puts the energy back in poetry, which in 2011 should be a dying art, allowing it to still exist in a time where we’re all on our computers and iPods.”

English professor Phillip Bannowsky says that this tongue in cheek, rhythmic poetry has developed into an engaging alternative to academic and elitist poetry, which have traditionally dominated the poetry scene.

Heavily influenced by rap music, spoken word first developed in the 1960s and 1970s by African American poets like Gil Scott-Heron. Spoken word led to slam poetry, which Bannowsky says has been spreading around the world for the past 15 years.

Bannowsky believes spoken

word and slam are multicultural because they offer a universal outlook that traditional poetry lacks. From the education system to alcoholism, feminism, gang violence and politics to sexuality, Bannowsky says it’s an evolutionary phenomenon dealing with progressive political content.

Hageman believes spoken word and slam speak to all demographics because of the universal connection of the human spirit.

He says he’ll never know what to expect at an event, but he can always expect a slam performance to confront various modern societal issues.

His life has been influenced by poems written by everyone from 16-year-olds to 45-year-old African American women.

“People I shouldn’t relate to,” he says. “From different socioeconomic classes, races, sexes—it strips all that away, and you’re just people, and you can connect and have catharsis through hearing these people.”

Hageman says one of his po-

ems that invokes the strongest audience reaction is “Rosary,” which he says is a sexuallycharged, borderline heretical poem about being young and homosexual growing up in a Catholic school, and ultimately dropping religion because of the insults and taunts he endured.

One way Hageman hopes to promote student and state-wide interest in poetry this semester is through the online magazine, “Kenning,” that he and English professor Devon Miller-Duggan, senior Kaelin Falandays, senior Anna Sarigianis and senior Michael Vignola are launching in October. Each founder has a different preference—some prefer spoken word, others prefer written poetry. So Hageman says all submissions must have the written poem and its accompanying audio file.

“If it’s a page poem we want to hear it. If it’s a spoken word poem we want to see it,” he says.

Falandays says their goal for the magazine is to bridge the gap between page poetry and spoken

word poetry. Many poets who adhere to one category feel like they can’t cross into another, so she hopes that poets will unite and merge styles through the magazine.

Hageman says there are few places to go in Delaware to listen to underground poetry. His goal is to establish a venue in the state for slamming so that the competitors will be viewed as legitimate contenders in national and international competitions. By raising awareness about slam around campus, he believes he can create a local scene.

“I’ve taken this upon myself to breathe life back into this,” he says. He hosts poetry events that include spoken word at the World Café Live at the Queen in Wilmington.

Bannowsky says he thinks more students are going to catch on to the slam revolution.

“It comes on pretty strong,” he says. “They’re not afraid to take a position and agitate change—voices to the voiceless.”

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Engineering students race hand-built vehicle in national competition

BY LEAH SININSKY Features Editor

Senior Daniel Payne got to live what he calls “every guy’s dream” this summer when he and fellow members of the university’s Formula Society of Automotive Engineers were able to showcase and race the race car they spent the last academic year designing and building.

Payne, the president of FSAE, and his team traveled to California in June to compete in the 2011 Formula SAE California, a student design competition for race cars.

“When I first heard of the com-

petition in high school, I didn’t entirely believe it existed,” Payne says.

“It seemed too good to be true. Then I got to UD and it turned out to be even better than that.”

FSAE has been competing in the Formula SAE California since 1997. Senior William Henry says the team used to compete in May in another large competition in Michigan, but the California race, which takes place in June, gives them more time to prepare.

Payne says there are seven events in the Formula SAE California. The static events—cost report,

FSAE students take pride in their homemade race car.

design report and business presentation—are held first to allow the teams to undergo a technical inspection.

“UD has historically focused more on the dynamic events and suffered in these three areas,” Payne says. “Cost went poorly, while the design and business presentations were better but not great.”

Payne says FSAE passed the technical inspection without difficulty, and shortly after the car also passed its sound and braking inspections. In past years, Payne says, FSAE has struggled with braking

Courtesy of William Henry

tests, but this year they passed the first time.

Once they passed all preliminary inspections, the team was cleared for the dynamic events: acceleration, skidpad, Autocross and Enduro. Points were also awarded for fuel economy during the endurance race.

Payne says the Autocross is a short race, but the Enduro race is two 10-lap heats with two different drivers. Overall, FSAE finished 30th out of 81 teams.

Henry says there are approximately 20 students in FSAE, led Dr. Steven Timmins, an engineering professor who oversees the process. Henry says the club members typically start working on a car’s design in mid-September. Most of the building takes place in the machine shop in Spencer Laboratory.

Henry says since the group needs a new car every year for the competition, they try to have a backup vehicle as well, which they use for driver training. On campus, FSAE has driving days, during which they offer driving training in parking lots for active members of the club.

Brandon Zacharias, secretary of FSAE, says the club’s goal for this summer was to get through the competition without breaking down.

“We really stressed that everything was designed well the first time,” Zacharias says.

Henry says the club members try to see what they can improve upon by looking at past university teams and other teams that have

done well. Similarly, Payne says while cost is most important, their design considerations change yearly.

“This year we intend to slightly shift our priorities,” Payne says.

“Reliability is still key, but performance will also be considered highly.”

He says a lightweight car will give the engine more power, and they are also looking to make the vehicle space-efficient.

Despite the fact that they competed against teams with far greater resources, Payne says, FSAE fared well. He says University of California Berkley, University of Southern California and Rensselear Politechnical Institute, an engineering school, were among the schools that did not finish the Enduro race.

Although Payne has not driven the car he spent last year building, he got tremendous satisfaction from the entire process.

“The first time you take a chunk of scrap metal, cut and shape it, and a few hours later are installing a functioning part that you made to your own specifications with your own hands is almost surreal,” Payne says.

Zacharias says driving the car is a tremendous rush.

“It’s one of the fastest things you’ve ever driven in,” he says.

“And you think ‘I was part of the team that built this together.’”

Henry agrees with Zacharias.

“Driving the car is not like driving anything you’ve driven before,” he says. “It’s like driving a go-cart on steroids.”

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Summer cinema dominated by sequels, special effects Two years after the wolf pack wreaked havoc in Las Vegas, fans were hungry for more. “The Hangover Part II” drops the gang in Thailand for a wild, blacked-out night in Bangkok that leads them to lose Teddy, the 16-year-old brother of Stu’s (Ed Helms’) fiancée. Even a lame script can’t hold down Helms, Zack Galifianakis and Bradley Cooper in their hungover glory, but the sequel loses its novelty and freshness by being a nearly point-by-point remake of the first film. This second round of debauchery relies more on cheap gags and cringe-worthy moments than its predecessor, but it still offers a few laughs. Let’s hope “Part III,” due out in 2014, isn’t just more of the same.

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Courtesy of Warner Bros.

At times it feels like “Green Lantern” is just Ryan Reynolds in a skintight rubber suit and nothing else.

A ring that grants membership to the Green Lantern Corps., an intergalactic peace-keeping organization, is bestowed upon Hal Jordon, a playboy test pilot. He struggles with his newfound powers while facing an entity named Parallax threatening to devour Earth. “Green Lantern” tries to play the “flawed hero” angle, much like every other comic book film in the past few years, but Reynolds’ character is too earnest to pull it off. However, the film manages to squeeze in a few surprises—and some welcome jabs at the nearly exhausted superhero genre. There are other movies that have done the formula much better, but “Green Lantern” is adequate popcorn entertainment.

It failed to make a splash at the box office, but “X-Men: First Class” boasts some of the best acting and special effects of the X-Men franchise. The film chronicles the lives of Professor X (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) as young men in the ’60s, in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis and facing the threat of war. The two men plan to gain societal acceptance for mutants by helping to avert the war, but a surprise attack by the humans causes them to question everything they believe in. The clean story is a refreshing change from the cluttered plots of previous “X-Men” films, and with plenty of action and compelling performances by McAvoy and Fassbender, this origin story has something for everyone—humans and mutants alike.

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—Chelsea Caltuna, ccaltuna@udel.edu

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Summer Singles

Dubstep drops the beat

ulated synthesizer bass lines come in and wreak havoc on the song. Dubstep is all about the harshly intense bass.

For an illustration of the typical dubstep song, see “UKF Dubstep Tutorial” by Dubba Jonny.

Where did it all come from? Dubstep originated in the United Kingdom as small-house DJs experimented with new sounds that eventually led to the aptly named “wobble” and “wub” bass lines. Artists like Benga, Skream and Kode9 became well-known acts within the London electronic music scene.

However, producers/artists Rusko and Caspa broke the mold with the release of “FabricLive.37,” an album encompassing the latest and greatest electronic tracks from the British scene toward the mid 2000s. Tracks such as “The Terminator” and “Cockney Thug” were featured, making it the first notable album with pure dubstep songs.

At that point, the bass lines weren’t as much of an adrenaline rush as they are become today. The focus was more on the modulation rather than the intensity of the song as a whole. Artists such as Skrillex have taken dubstep to a new level by creating a dance craze out of it. The majority of dancing associated with dubstep involves moves that mimic every sound from the song (seach YouTube for choreography of Jakwob’s remix of Ellie Goulding’s “Starry Eyed”).

In Skrillex’s “Get Up,” a subgenre of dubstep evolved that hipsters loathe

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After the campy, convoluted “Revenge of the Fallen,” director Michael Bay promised a “darker, more emotional” story for the final film of the trilogy. “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” ups the drama but never strays too far from the series’ triedand-true formula of hot girls, massive explosions and battling robots.

The film is more than two hours of brain-busting action, which can be a good or bad thing depending on your tolerance for constant movement and the sound of clanking metal. Still, a (thankfully) streamlined story and blockbuster effects help the “Transformers” series end on a high note as the Autobots roll out for the last time.

OFF THE RECORD We’ve all heard it. From car subwoofers to house parties to New York clubs, dubstep is transcending its hipster status and slowly becoming mainstream. Even that kid down the street who only listens to the Lil’ Wayne station on Pandora knows about and probably listens to dubstep. It’s a movement that has swept the nation into a digital age.

If you don’t know what dubstep is by now, you’ve officially been living under a rock. Well-known artists such as Kid Cudi, with his release “Day ‘N’ Nite” (the Crookers Remix) have dipped into the dubstep style.

Even Britney Spears’ “Hold It Against Me” includes a breakdown around the bridge that undeniably pays homage to the musical genre.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the foundations of dubstep, here’s the gist: typically, a tempo of around 140 beats per minute is selected (for example, check out “Dashboard” by Modest Mouse or “Somebody Told Me” by The Killers). The rhythm normally starts out with a very simple kick and snare pattern on the first and third beats of every measure, with some occasional cymbal hits to fill the empty spaces in between. The buildup to the more intense part of the song, known as “the drop,” usually involves high-register synthesizer notes or a sample of a song that has already been produced.

However, once the track cuts out silently for a couple of beats, the mod-

This summer brought the end of an era for millions who had grown up alongside Harry, Ron and Hermione. The eighth film in the series follows Harry Potter as he returns to Hogwarts to find the last Horcrux for his final stand against Lord Voldemort. Characters are brought together and torn apart in new (if not always surprising) ways, and Harry must ultimately choose between defeating Voldemort and risking the lives of everyone he cares about. It was the highest grossing film of the year, raking in more than $1 billion worldwide. With epic battles and unexpected plot twists, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II” is a satisfying end for The Boy Who Lived.

and clubbers live for—“brostep.” This is where dubstep gains more of a rave vibe. The beat is more intense and bass almost echoes the sounds of heavy metal, inducing a louder ambience.

In a way, dubstep is the new “house.”

It originated in a pretentious crowd of music enthusiasts and became so huge that some now think they’re music buffs for listening, and the hipsters now dub it “no longer cool.” Nevertheless, this is definitely the hottest current trend in music.

If you’re interested in dubstep, here are some of my recommendations:

Katy Perry Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

Maroon 5 Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)

Foster the People Pumped Up Kicks

Best Introduction to Dubstep: “Bass Head” – Bassnectar Most Intense: “Green Light” – Quartus Saul & Kaney Most Relaxing: “All of a Sudden” – Coki Best Drop: “Checkmate” – Schoolboy Best Brostep Track: “Kill Everybody (Bare Noize Remix)” – Skrillex —Ethan Barr, ebarr@udel.edu

Nicki Minaj Super Bass

LMFAO Party Rock Anthem (feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock)

September 1, 2011

Day Trippin’:

With Jen

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Living history in Gettysburg

My summer in Washington, D.C. was hot and steamy and came complete with hookah, random R&B-loving taxi drivers and Civil War re-enactments. That’s right—Civil War re-enactments.

It all started off as an office pipe dream. The plan was to have a quintessential American Fourth of July weekend: apple pie, BBQ, fireworks and a visit to Gettysburg. Talks of such an “Amurican” extravaganza started humbly with the mention of the epic Martin Sheen and Jeff Daniels movie “Gettysburg,” but we quickly moved past the two-dimensional dreaming once we realized going to Gettysburg, Pa. was actually possible.

After getting lost for a good 30 minutes in Maryland, we all set off in my friend’s soccer mom van for Gettysburg. Two hours and a few bags of chips later, we rolled right into a piece of history—literally.

To my right, a union battalion stood ready to fight Confederate soldiers. To my left, a camp of women in linen skirts and dresses sprinkled with ornate buttons braved the blazing sun.

Mountains hugged the green and sun-tattered fields as a single American flag waved casually in the fleeting wind.

After a few exercises the leading commander promptly

asked the crowd of people if anyone wanted to join in a mock rush toward the Confederates. Naturally, I jumped as fast as a gazelle over the wooden fence separating plain-clothed civilians from the soldiers.

T h e only rule we had was if we “died,” we had to drop to one knee and not make a sound. Pretty simple in theory, but if, like me, you’re next to a giddy child, it is way too easy to become just as giddy.

But as I met my fate in the tall grass, it suddenly hit me. I was sitting in the same field that once held the thousands upon thousands of men and women that had died serving their country and fighting for basic human rights. This little day trip quickly became a real-life history lesson.

Our next stop was the visitor’s center at the Gettysburg Military Park, which housed a wealth of information from cases of Civil War artillery to a gift shop selling homemade peach bark (F.Y.I., a wonderful purchase) The living history didn’t end with the reenactment on the field.

The town of Gettysburg was, in every sense of the phrase, a quaint Civil War-inspired town with re-enactors wandering the streets and Gettysburg souvenir T-shirts hanging in shop windows.

The evening wound down, and the drive home brought vi-

Fashion Forward: Styling

It’s been a wonderful summer of family, sun and fashionpacked fun. It seems like only yesterday summer was just beginning. So allow me to pick up where Megan Soria we left off.

Rewind three months, back to mid-May, when we were swamped with work and were more than ready to get out of Newark. I received a call from my older brother Mel, newly appointed co-director of a music video for a New Jersey pop-punk band called Man Overboard, inviting me to be the wardrobe designer. Immediately I jumped at the opportunity. How hard could it be, right? I learned that filming was less than two weeks away, there would be a cast of 20 people, I would have a $150 budget for the wardrobe, and the concept would be a bit complicated.

I guess the fact that finals were coming up and I was a busy resident assistant were on my mind as well.

Let me set up the concept of the music video: the scene opens with an older couple who drives up to the edge of a forest. The woman steps out of the car first, looks into the woods, smiles, and looks back to her husband. Unexpectedly the wife takes off into the woods and her husband follows. When they get to the other side of the wood, they reach

sions of sun-kissed mountains and campsites narrated by a soundtrack of drums and an oldschool Red Hot Chili Peppers CD. It was absolutely perfect. It could not have been a better spontaneous day trip. And best of all, apart from the ice cream we had for dinner and $5 each for gas, the day was completely free.

On a more personal side note, this Day Trippin’ entry is dedicated to Conor, Macey, Eric, Catherine and Sean—my personal Breakfast Club crew that made Gettysburg 2011 what it was.

With the recent hurricane, earthquake and tornado warning in Delaware, who knows if the Mayans will be right about 2012.

Before the world ends, let’s see where Day Trippin’ can go this year.

Let me know if any of you prospective day trippers out there would like me to explore an unknown or avant-garde area in the coming weeks. The weirder, the better!

—Jen Rini, jenxwill@udel.edu

THE REVIEW/Jen Rini

Rini visits Gettysburg to participate in a Civil War re-enactment.

a music video

an open field with a bonfire and the band is performing for young revelers dressed in old-fashioned clothes.

The camera cuts back to the couple, revealing younger versions of the two. They then join the bonfire where dance scenes with sparklers, and sky lanterns take place. At the end of the song, the video cuts to daybreak, with the original couple and the rest of the merrymakers transformed back into older versions of themselves, smiling at dawn.

As I began thinking about the design, florals, cardigans, plaid and chambray button-downs immediately flooded my mind. I envisioned a cast with a vintage vibe, dressed in classic pieces. Long story short—I needed to pull old-fashioned looks in doubles, so that the young cast would match the older versions of themselves at the end of the music video.

The band would perform in their own attire. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t overwhelmed, but the “ageless” concept was exciting—and this was my chance to get creative.

My main focus was on the lead couples. Little details like shoes and accessories had to be exactly the same because of the close-ups. The budget was definitely a frustrating challenge, especially because I needed duplicates, but I was determined not to sacrifice style over money.

Luckily I found a black rose print ’50s swing dress perfect for the woman and a white button- down shirt for the man. Although I’ve been told to avoid white on camera, I couldn’t resist how lovely the color looked against the tall grass and sun-

light.

I had two days to shop from the time I returned home from school until filming. Thrift stores were out of the question, because they didn’t accept returns in case something didn’t fit. So with the help of my grandmother and aunt, I raided their attic and found wonderful vintage dresses.

I even scored designer pieces like vintage Lanvin shirt dresses and a deep berry Halston blouse.

For the rest of the wardrobe, I dug into the Memorial Day sales at Old Navy, K-Mart and Wal-Mart (you’d be surprised at the number of great basics you can find). One-hundred fifty dollars later—everything was ready.

Finally, the first day of filming arrived. After a lot of mixing and matching outfits, alterations and last-minute wardrobe changes, I had clothed and accessorized a charming cast that looked like they just stepped out of a time machine.

During this entire process, I came to realize some truths about fashion, budgeting and improvising.

Clothing has the power to tell stories.

What had started out as just a pile of clothes in an attic or in a sales bin turned into a beautiful narrative. The experience was an exciting start to a summer I’ll never forget.

—Megan Soria, megsoria@udel. edu

Did you know that there are over 365 languages spoken in Indonesia?

Though campus emerged relatively unscathed from Hurricane Irene, other parts of the world, like Indonesia, are rattled and devastated by earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes almost every year. The last natural disaster to hit the string of islands was a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in October 2010 that triggered a massive tsunami, killing at least one hundred people and causing millions of dollars’ worth of damage.

Although Indonesia is a relatively small country, it has quite a few superlatives attached to its name. Its land mass is roughly the same size as Australia.

However, only 20 percent of that mass is actually land— the rest is water—making Indonesia the largest archipelago in the world. An archipelago, in case those third grade geography lessons failed anyone, is a small chain or cluster of islands.

Nestled between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, Indonesians are some of the most ethnically diverse humans on the planet. With over 245 million people, Indonesia is the fourth most populated country in the world, and has the world’s highest population of Muslims.

There are over 300 different ethnic groups that call the chain of islands home, and over 365 languages are spoken across the 11,508 inhabited islands of the 17,508 islands that make up the entire country. Bahasa Indonesia is the official language, which is a modified form of the Malay language.

—Anne Ulizio, aulizio@udel.edu

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EATER’S DIGEST Let them eat cake...balls

During the past few years, the trend toward dessert-based shops has been on the rise, with creperies popping up on every corner and shows like “Cupcake Wars” hitting the airwaves. The newest evolution of this trend seems to be a merger with the world of bite-sized snacks, such as sliders and bagel bites. Adorable confections like tiny pies, cakes and tarts have won the hearts of Americans so quickly, it’s a wonder that the bite-sized cake ball has taken this long to become popular.

Cake itself has been a fundamental food item all over the world for centuries. The ancient Egyptians created some of the first cakes by sweetening bread with honey. Later breakthroughs such as baking soda allowed cakes to rise better than yeast alone, making cake a Western staple. Cake still remains a symbol of hospitality and celebration in many cultures.

So the inevitable question was, how can we combine our unwavering love of cake with the current trend toward tiny treats? It seems we’ve found the answer in the creative and cute cake ball. Nothing is better than a slice of cake, unless of course it’s a bite-sized ball of cake

mixed with frosting and covered in chocolate.

Cake balls have been appearing in high-end bakeries and even in the Neiman Marcus catalog. Students can also find the treats at Starbucks.

Simple to make and charming to look at, cake balls could be the answer the next time your sweet tooth flares up.

At 124 calories per ball (using the recipe provided—toppings will add calories), cake balls won’t be as hard on your waistline as a slice of chocolate cake, which could pack between 200 and 400 calories.

Cake balls are said to be the rising trend in culinary creations, so expect them to hit local bakeries soon.

Their small size and versatility of flavors and toppings are sure to make them a hit. In the words of writer Ernestine Ulmer, “Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.”

—Abby Engel, amengel@udel.edu

Have an idea or recipe you would like to share with Abby?

Email her at amengel@udel.edu or follow her on Twitter @AMAEngel

Dirty Pop

INGREDIENTS 1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix 1 (16 ounce) container prepared chocolate frosting 1 (3 ounce) bar chocolate flavored confectioners coating

DIRECTIONS: Prepare the cake mix according to package directions using any of the recommended pan sizes. When cake is done, crumble while warm into a large bowl, and stir in the frosting until well blended.

Melt chocolate coating in a glass bowl in the microwave, or in a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally until smooth.

Use a melon baller or small scoop to form balls of the chocolate cake mixture. Dip the balls in chocolate using a toothpick or fork to hold them.

Place on waxed paper to set.

Recipe provided by allrecipes.com

Events A Taste of UD Trabant University Center Thursday, Sept. 1 at 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Fall Activities Night 2011 Trabant University Center Thursday, Sept. 1 at 5 p.m.

Electric Blue Concept Klondike Kate’s Thursday, Sept. 1 at 10 p.m.

Diego Paulo Reunion Show Mojo Main Friday, Sept. 2 at 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

The Rubber Chickens Present: Nice to Meet Ya!

—Megan Krol

Bacchus Theater, Perkins Student Center Friday, Sept. 2 at 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

SCPAB Outdoor Movie: “Fast Five” The North Green Friday, Sept. 2 at 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Comedian Dan Ahdoot The Scrounge, Perkins Student Center Saturday, Sept. 3 at 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

One Year Anniversary Show Mojo Main Saturday, Sept. 3 at 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Foam Party Mojo Main Sunday, Sept. 4 at 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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September 1, 2011

House of Frankenstein links comedy, horror

BY CHRISTINE BARBA Entertainment Editor

Chapel Street Players kept the audience in stitches this June when they performed “The House of Frankenstein� with university staff, students and alumni.

This year’s production, part of the group’s 48th annual fundraiser, centers on mad scientist Baron Victor Von Frankenstein, who assist classic horror characters such as Igor and The Phantom of the Opera with their problems when they show up at his home.

Associate director of student centers and alumnus Scott Mason directed the play, which was staged in a full black and white setting, from the props to the performers. “Classic horror has made a comeback and it is trendy, so it was great timing,� Mason says.

Mason, who has directed plays in Delaware and off-off-Broadway for more than 25 years, says he likes working with CSP. “I enjoy directing community theatre and Chapel Street Players is a great place to work,� he says.

Alumna and custodial manager Judith David was the assistant director of “The House of Frankenstein,� and says the play was a perfect fit for one of CSP’s fundraisers.

“It was a lot of fun and that’s the thing with our fundraisers— we try to make them just fun and goofy and just entertaining,� David says. “Everyone had a good time, which is what really matters.�

Susan Boudreaux, a senior counselor in professional and continuing studies, appeared as Isabel, the wife of Frankenstein.

She says the show was a great experience for the actors.

“We ended up laughing a lot,� Boudreaux says. “I really enjoy the whole process of making the play come to life.�

Graduate student Brian Touchette, who worked on sound design, says something went wrong nearly every night. “Every show something fell or broke or people didn’t have what they needed,� he says.

Alumna Annalee Kodman, who worked on special makeup design, says the comedy’s cast had their own funny moments. “We’re training boys to do makeup,� Kodman says. “Grown men in there didn’t know what exfoliating meant. They were like, ‘What’s that mean, and does it hurt?’�

Alumnus Frank Newton, assistant dean of the College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, made his debut in the play as the Phantom of the Opera and says the production was a success. “We had a lot of fun, both on stage and backstage as well,�

Newton says. “Chapel Street is one of those hidden gems in Newark.�

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Horror characters come together in “The House of Frankenstein.�

“Experts at Nothing� by Justin Sadegh

“Experts at Nothing� is a weekly comic strip that follows the lives of Sam and Dan. Their lives? About nothing. Why read it? ‘Cause they’re experts. —Justin Sadegh, jsadegh@udel.edu

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Did you know?

The USA women’s basketball team has won the gold medal in the University Games eight out of the 16 years they have participated.

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Football season kicks off at Navy

New players look to fill big shoes, send Hens back to FCS Championship game

BY TIM MASTRO Managing Sports Editor

Before one spring football practice, senior defensive end Michael Atunrase heard the secondary beginning to start their stretch.

He turned to the defensive backs half-expecting to see Tyrone Grant, last year’s captain, or Anthony Walters or Anthony Bratton, former All-Americans.

But no, it was Marcus Burley.

The junior cornerback is now the most experienced member of the secondary now that the class of 2011 has graduated.

“I hear his voice and he’s leading the stretch with the DBs,” Atunrase said. “I’m like, ‘Wow, Burley’s leading the stretch.’ Ty, A-Dub and Bratton are all gone. That was like, ‘Wow, we’re the old guys.’”

Grant, Walters and Bratton are all in NFL training camps. The final member of last year’s secondary, Darryl Jones, graduated as well.

They were all a huge reason as to

why Delaware’s had the second-best scoring defense in college football in 2010, behind only Rose Bowl Champion TCU. And for the first time since 2004 Delaware will begin its football season without former All American linebacker and defensive end Matt Marcorelle on its roster.

The biggest loss however, comes on the offense front. Pat Devlin, now with the Miami Dolphins, is no longer under center.

Head coach K.C. Keeler has not named Devlin’s replacement yet. The battle is between sophomore Trevor Sasek and junior Tim Donnelly.

Sasek saw some action last year as a redshirt freshman when Devlin was injured. Sasek played in seven games, including a start against Duquesne, and led the Hens to a victory at James Madison when Devlin suffered a concussion on Delaware’s first play from scrimmage.

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Sophomore Trevor Sasek, seen here during the spring game in April, is competing for the starting QB job.

has completed nine of 15 passes for 73 yards, including one touchdown.

Keeler has told Sasek, Donnelly and his coaching staff who the starter will be. The rest of the team however, does not know.

“I do want to know,” senior offensive lineman and team captain Gino Gradkowski said. “Either way though it doesn’t matter. They’ve both been working very hard. I feel comfortable with either one of them.”

Keeler said the public will find out who the quarterback will be when the team takes the field in its

opener, Saturday at Navy. He did say both are still practicing with the first team in practice.

“There’s an old statement that if you have two quarterbacks, it means you have zero quarterbacks,” Keeler said. “I’m hoping that’s not true with us. I’m hoping instead that we feel good that we have two guys who can play in this league.”

Besides the quarterback and the secondary, the team is still virtually the same team that came within a couple inches of a national championship last year.

Andrew Pierce returns as the first-string running back after a freshman year that saw him break nearly every single freshman rushing record in school history. He will be supported by an offensive line, which returns four starters.

The wide receiving core is led by senior captain Mark Schenaur and juniors Nihja White and Rob Jones, all significant parts of Devlin’s success last year. Keeler said freshman Michael Johnson had made See FOOTBALL page 26

Delle Donne returns from China with gold medal Delaware basketball standout guides Team USA to dominant performance in World University Games

BY DAN MOBERGER Managing Sports Editor

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Elena Delle Donne averaged 15.7 points per game for Team USA.

Delaware women’s basketball standout Elena Delle Donne kept busy this summer by making an overseas excursion to the World University Games with Team USA. The junior was chosen as one of the 12 best American female college players to represent the U.S. in the games. The team went on to take home the gold medal with a perfect 6-0 record.

After a quick 3-day tryout in Colorado, Delle Donne made it through the cuts, but not without a little off-court drama.

“I was extremely excited and I called my brother right away because I was missing his wedding for this,” Delle Donne said.

Once the roster was finalized, Team USA members had just a

few days to practice together and prepare for their trip from their Olympic Village, Colo. training spot to China for the tournament.

The flights from Colorado, through California and then on to China took more than 15 hours, but the jet lag could not fatigue the USA basketball powerhouse.

Team USA advanced through the tournament largely unscathed by any of the six countries they faced. In first round play, USA won its grouping by dominating Brazil, Slovakia and Great Britain by an average of over 50 points per game. In the quarterfinals, USA didn’t slow down, and eliminated Finland with a 96-30 blowout.

The semifinal matchup versus Australia would prove to be the toughest game the team would have to play. The 79-67 win was, by far, the closest contest team

USA participated in. They moved on to the finals against Taiwan, and with a comfortable 101-66 victory. Despite the consistent large margin victories, Delle Donne never found it difficult to get herself inspired for each game.

“It was such an amazing experience that every game we were so motivated for,” Delle Donne said. “Our coach made it a big deal to win every quarter that we played in every game, so we had 24 quarters to win. That was our big goal, to break it down into quarters, so we were a lot more focused than just looking at the score and saying, ‘We’re up by 50—it doesn’t matter.’”

Even as part of a roster consisting of players from historically more prestigious See DELLA DONNE page 26

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Thursday, Sep. 1 Men’s Soccer at Seton Hall 7 p.m.

Friday-Saturday Delaware Invitational Volleyball Tournament Saturday, Sep. 3 Field Hockey vs. Duke 12 p.m.

Football at Navy 3:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sep. 4 Field Hockey vs. Villanova 2 p.m.

Women’s Soccer at Penn 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sep. 6 Volleyball at Villanova 7 p.m.

henpeckings Volleyball: After picking up a first round comeback victory against tournament host Rice, the Hens fell to No. 6 Stanford in three straight sets. The Hens were down two sets to one, but won the next two straight to take down Rice. Delaware made the Stanford match interesting and lost the final two sets by only seven total points. Junior Chelsea Lawrence and senior co-captain Renee Tomko were named to the all-tournament team.

Field Hockey: The Hens are off to a strong start, winning their first two games against Bryant, 7-1, and Rutgers, 4-2.

Tory Sharpless had two goals against Bryant. Rebecca and Hannah Pepper, Toni Popinko, Kelsey Mckee, Meredith Bonnell and Amanda McCardell also put shots past the Bryant goalie. Mckee, Kasey Prettyman, Nicole Onorato and Carley Hecht scored against Rutgers.

Women’s Soccer: The Hens picked up their first win after participating in the JMU/Fairfield Inn by Marriot Tournament over the weekend. They went into the tournament 0-1, after being shutout in their season opener at home against La Salle. They beat Stony Brook in the opening game of the tournament 3-0 behind a goal from Tania Domingos and two from Melissa Pennington, but then lost to Pittsburgh 1-0.

Men’s Soccer: One game into the season and the men’s soccer squad is off to a hot start. They beat Massachusetts 3-0 to begin the season with a home victory. Evans Frimpong scored two of the Delaware goals and Chas Wilson put in the third late in the game. Junior goalkeeper Brandon Paul needed just one save to finish the shutout. Next up is Seton Hall on Thursday. Darren O’Connor, John Dineen and Tobias Müller have been named as team captains by head coach Ian Hennessy.

“SEND US BACK TO FRISCO”

BY TIM MASTRO The text message is still fresh in my mind.

“Don’t forget my bag,” it said.

Here’s the context. It was from my brother, my co-editor of the sports section last year. He sent it in January from the sidelines of Pizza Hut Park while I was in the press box.

Only one of us had a seat in the press box for the 2010 National Championship, which pitted Delaware against Eastern Washington. I was writing the game story, so he went to watch from the sidelines behind the Hens bench, but left his bag up with me.

When the Hens came up one yard short on their fourth down conversion with something like 50 seconds left, national

title on the line, that was the text he sent me. No other reaction, probably because it was too hard to put what we just witnessed into words.

Funny thing was though, I did forget his bag.

I was already walking down to the press conference room. It’s tough being a reporter when your school is playing and those guys on the field are representing you. You’re not supposed to cheer in the press box or show any emotion whatsoever, and trust me, I follow all the rules. But that winter night in Texas, I had to get out of there early. I did not want to see the Eastern Washington players celebrate.

But, I had to go back up and get his bag, leaving me to see them storm the field.

I remember all his other texts from the sideline that night. Ones from the first half: “We’re better than them,” “Keep giving AP the ball,” and “Throws like that is why Pat’s gonna be in the NFL.” Then ones from that controversial fourth and short conversion Eastern Washington was ruled (incorrectly) to have converted after the officials moved the chains before they remeasured: “I think we got it,” “Wait they already moved the chains,” “Keeler’s pissed,” and finally “Omg they f−ed this up.”

I remember more than just his texts messages from that night.

I remember the look on K.C. Keeler’s face at the postgame press conference. I remember Anthony Walters’ chilling words there, defiant Delaware was the better team.

I remember Rob McDowell’s interview outside the locker room where every word he spoke seemed like it took all his remaining energy to get out.

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If these memories are so vivid for me, imagine what they’re like for the players.

They want to get back there, and they might just be capable of it this year.

Sure Devlin and that amazing secondary are gone, but there are still the makings of a championship contender here.

No one at the Football Championship Subdivision has better running backs or an offensive line than the Hens. The defensive line and linebackers can make a similar claim.

The wide receivers can’t go six deep like they did last year just yet, but expect Mark Schenauer, Nihja White and Rob Jones to be even better than their exceptional years last year.

My money is on Trevor Sasek to win the quarterback job, don’t forget he already has one really impressive win under his belt, a thriller at James Madison, a tough place to play. With the running game, offensive line and experienced wide receivers to help him out, whoever the quarterback is won’t have to do too much.

If the secondary can be even half as good as that incredible unit last year, another trip to Frisco might not be out of the question.

There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think about that game last year. I’m sure the players do the same.

It would be nice to make a return trip to Frisco this year.

If I do, I won’t forget anyone’s bag.

Tim Mastro is a managing sports editor at the Review. Send questions, comments and plane tickets to Frisco, Texas to tmastro@ udel.edu.

underp eview: Delaware vs. Navy Time: Saturday at 3:30 p.m.

About the Teams: About Delaware: The Hens enter the 2011 season ranked No. 5 in the FCS. They are coming off a season in which they went all the way to the National Championship, but lost to Eastern Washington 20-19 after leading 19-0 in the third quarter. They lost AllAmericans quarterback Pat Devlin and defensive backs Athony Bratton and Anthony Walters from their national runner up squad.

About Navy: Navy is coming off a season where the Midshipmen went 9-4. They earned a bid to the Poinsettia Bowl where they lost to San Diego State. They begin the 2011 season unranked in both FCS polls.

Navy no longer has Ricky Dobbs at quarterback due to graduation. The last time these two teams played Dobbs was responsible for all of Navy’s five touchdowns in a 35-18 win for the Midshipmen.

Location: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

Why the Hens can win: The Hens have won at Navy before, in 2003 and 2007.

They also just played Georgia Southern, a team who runs the triple option offense Navy is famous for, last year in the semifinals of the FCS playoffs. K.C. Keeler has said the key to beating a triple option team is to force turnovers, and the Hens forced five last year against Georgia Southern. This game will be won at the line of scrimmage and the Hens’ experienced offense and defense lines are some of the best in the country at the FCS level.

Why the Hens could lose: This is the game where Delaware will miss Anthony Bratton, now with the Green Bay Packers, the most. Bratton played the “point” position in the defense Keeler likes to put out against a triple option team. It is unsure who will play this position Saturday, Keeler mentioned Brandon Cheaton, Ricky Tunstall and Eric Farkas as options to play the point.

Chances are whoever it is will not be as good as Bratton.

If whoever is named the new quarterback struggles for the Hens, they could be in for a long day.

The Numbers: 4-0: Navy’s record when opening the season at home since it started using the triple option in 2002.

12: The number of tackles Hens’ linebacker Paul Worrilow had vs.

Georgia Southern, who runs the Navy offense, last year.

7-2: Delaware’s record in season openers under K.C. Keeler.

The Prediction:

This one will be a defensive struggle and will be won in the trenches. The Hens have proven they can force turnovers vs. the triple option and will be looking to do more of the same Saturday.

They will have their success but the inexperience at the “point” positon and at quarterback will be too much to overcome in the season opener.

Midshipmen 20 Hens 13

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Volleyball team begins quest to retain CAA Championship crown despite difficult early season schedule

BY KERRY BOWDEN Sports Editor Despite the loss of four crucial seniors, the Delaware volleyball team was voted to win the CAA Championship again this fall. If they can reach that accomplishment, it will be the fourth year in a row.

The Hens graduated hitters Paige Erickson and Katie Dennehy, libero Greta Gibonney and setter Jess Chason from last year’s NCAA tournament team. Chason, reigning CAA Setter of the Year, is replaced at the net by senior Renee Tomko.

Head coach Bonnie Kenny said the team has a different look this year, but she is happy with how the team has stepped up and responded together to the schedule so far. She is already impressed by Tomko’s performance.

“I am so proud of Renee Tomko and how she runs the team,” Kenny said. “She plays a major role this year.”

The Hens were defeated in the home opener against Oregon on Tuesday, a rematch of the 2009 NCAA first round tournament game, which Oregon won.

“Oregon is a very physical team that consistently plays high above the net,” Kenny said.

The 2-game losing streak against No. 6 Stanford at the Rice Nike Invitational and No. 16 Oregon have not gotten the girls’ spirit down.

“We know these high-ranking teams are bigger and stronger, we just have to keep coming out and keep fighting,” senior co-captain

Tomko said. “To win against these teams would be so big for us.”

This season, the non-conference schedule for the girls has already proven to be a challenge. On day two of the Rice Nike Invitational on Saturday in Houston, Texas, the team fell to Stanford, 0-3.

The team turned the first set’s frustrating loss around and improved in the next two. Set scores for the match were 15-25, 22-25 and 21-25. The Hens came close in the second set with a 2120 lead, but Stanford stormed back and took the set.

Sophomore Katie Hank and junior Chelsea Lawrence both totaled seven kills. Senior Kim Stewart had 14 digs and Tomko ended with 22 assists.

“I know we definitely could have beat Stanford,” Lawrence said. “Playing these types of teams help us girls get to really know each other.”

On the first day of the tournament, the Hens defeated Rice, but needed all five sets to secure the victory. Three team members had double-doubles.

Tomko had 59 assists and added 12 digs, which were career highs. Hank had 18 kills and 11 digs, both career highs as well.

Junior Alissa Alker had 17 kills and 13 digs.

Sophomore Karina Evans totaled eight blocks from the middle hitter position, and sophomore libero Cara Rosehill led the team with 26 digs against Rice.

Most girls agree that although playing against great teams does not always mean a win, the

The Hens lost in three straight sets challenge benefits everyone in the end.

“Our goal is to make it to the Sweet Sixteen and to be a top 25 team,” Alker said. “We really need to focus on serving and passing

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against the 16th ranked Oregon Ducks Tuesday night at home. because that is what wins games.”

Saturday.

The team hosts the Delaware “These past few games and Invitational this Friday and the ones this weekend are huge Saturday. The Hens play UC-Irvine because they help us combine as a on Friday, and No. 25 Florida team and get ready for conference State and No. 14 Northern Iowa on play,” Stewart said.

Football: Questions about new quarterback, secondary still looming

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Andrew Harrison (40) dives for a loose ball last season. Harrison and junior Paul Worrilow are defensive captains.

huge strides in camp and should be the fourth wideout.

Defensively, the line only lost Siddiq Haynes, it returns Atunrase and Ethan Clark at end and Keeler said sophomore Irv Titre and senior Demetrius Hester will start at tackle if they are healthy.

The Hens have already lost one player to injury. Kyle Hunte, a junior linebacker, was expected to start but dislocated his knee in fall practice and is out for the year. Auburn transfer Jessel Curry is expected to take his place alongside captains Paul Worrilow and Andrew Harrison.

Burley, who started five games

last year, does lead that brand new secondary. Maryland transfer Travis Hawkins, a standout in the spring game will be paired at cornerback with Burley. Two of juniors Tim Breaker, Ricky Tunstall or redshirt freshman Brandon Cheaton are expected to start at safety.

“I’m as excited about this season as any season I’ve been at the university,” said Keeler, who is going into his 10th season at Delaware.

“We lost a lot of really good seniors, a lot of dependable guys, but at the same time I think there’s a great group coming back.”

Delle Donne: Leads Team USA in scoring and rebounding throughout tourney Continued from page 24 basketball schools like Notre Dame and Tennessee, Delle Donne took up the challenge and set herself apart, just as she has done in her two years at Delaware.

The 6 foot, 5 inch guard/ forward averaged 15.7 points and 8.5 rebounds per game to lead the team in both statistics.

Besides her impressive numbers, Delle Donne’s team first approach distinguished her as a team leader.

“I really focused a lot on the little things like ripping down every rebound, limiting

turnovers and just trying to play the most efficient game possible because it’s a phenomenal team, and what’s needed for Delaware wasn’t needed for USA,” Delle Donne said.

In times of need, Delle Donne could still take control of the game if she needed to. In the Australia contest, against their toughest opponent, Delle Donne played the majority of the game and posted impressive numbers. She put up 22 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to lead the team in both categories.

“We knew they were going to

be the best team we were going to face going into the tournament, they were big, they were strong and they were experienced,” Delle Donne said. “They also had six professional girls on the team. One of them had played in the WNBA the prior year.”

The entire process took only a few weeks, so the schedule was all about basketball. However, during the two days without games in China, the team found enough time to site see and experience some of the culture.

“They took us to this Chinese market where you can bargain and

things like that,” Delle Donne said. “But that was really the only thing we were able to do.”

Back home, Delle Donne has already been named to the Wade National Player of the Year Watch List for the second straight year.

She missed 12 games last year, but thinks a full season and her experience in China could help the Hens improve this season.

Last year the Hens made it all the way to the CAA finals and were given an at-large bid into the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. Delaware women’s basketball starts with a Nov. 11

home opener against Rhode Island.

From the intense two-a-day practices in Colorado, through the opening ceremonies, and by the time she received her gold medal, Delle Donne had the experience of a lifetime.

“The first time we came out in our USA jerseys it was emotional, you get chills,” she said. “It’s a feeling you really can’t describe.

It’s amazing to be out there knowing that you’re out there representing the country.”

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Six former Hens signed to NFL training camps After NFL lockout ends, former Delaware players latch on with pro teams for a chance to make rosters Anthony Walters

Tyrone Grant

The defensive back was signed by the Chicago Bears. He played in two of three preseason games. His only statistic thus far is one tackle. He was also an All-American in 2010 with his secondary partner, Bratton.

One of the captains last year was signed by the Washington Redskins. The defensive back played in two of three preseason games, but recorded no statistics.

At Delaware he was part of the standout secondary with Walters,

Bratton and Darryl Jones. Grant earned a mention to the All-CAA Second Team for his senior season.

He was cut by the Redskins on Aug. 30.

Matt Marcorelle The injury riddled defensive end/linebacker was signed by the Houston Texans. For his final season in 2010, he joined Grant on the All-CAA Second team. He was the only six-year college football player and four-year team captain in NCAA history. His professional career has started off on a similar path as he was given an injury release last Wednesday.

Josh Baker

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Former All-American QB Pat Devlin is in camp with the Miami Dolphins.

Pat Devlin Last year’s starting quarterback was signed by the Miami Dolphins.

He inked a three year contract with the Dolphins on July 26th, despite going undrafted in April’s NFL draft.

He has taken four preseason snaps under center so far and been sacked twice with two incompletions. He looks to be competing for third string QB spot with Kevin O’Connell.

Anthony Bratton The safety was signed by the Green Bay Packers. He played in all three preseason games. Bratton racked up seven tackles in the first two games, but recorded no statistics in the final contest. In his career at Delaware, Bratton garnered All-American honors in his senior season while leading Delaware’s defense to the national title game.

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Matt Marcorelle was recently cut from the Houston Texans’ camp.

The tight end was signed by the New York Jets. He played his final year of NCAA eligibility at Division II Northwestern Missouri State, where he earned All-American honors, after two stints at Delaware. His first stay at Delaware was cut short beacuse of disciplinary actions. His second go-around ended with an injury he suffered in the 2009 season opener. Baker has played in all three preseason games and had three receptions for 45 yards in the first game, but no statistics after that.

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