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Police investigate potential student hate crime

BY DARREN ANKROM Senior Reporter

A university freshman was thrown to the ground at a Cleveland Avenue party earlier this month after attendees allegedly made disparaging remarks about his sexual orientation, police said. Results of a Thursday

Student Conduct hearing for a student involved in the incident will be released this week.

Newark police spokesman Lt. Mark Farrall said the incident was reported to police at approximately 1:30 a.m. on April 15.

“Reports are somebody made derogatory comments to a subject

regarding his sexuality and that individual was thrown to the ground,” Farrall said.

Freshman Zack Baum, who turned 19 years old on April 17 and who identifies as gay, told The Review that he arrived at the party, located on Cleveland Avenue near Wilbur Street, wearing a pink sash with the phrase

“Birthday Girl” stitched on it.

After he was allegedly asked at the door if he was gay, Baum entered the party, where he told The Review he was grabbed by the neck and shoved to the ground by one person. While on the ground, beer was allegedly poured on him.

According to Baum, three friends

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helped him leave the residence, and the group encountered Newark police officers on foot patrol outside of Herman’s Quality Meat Shoppe at 64 E. Cleveland Ave. Baum declined to comment further on the advice of legal counsel.

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Holocaust survivor remembers

BY RACHEL TAYLOR

BY DARREN ANKROM

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Senior Reporter

Delaware Republicans will hit the voting booths Tuesday and, despite recent visits to the state by his competition, polls, professors and pundits expect a resounding victory from former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Seventeen delegates are up for grabs in Delaware, which is among five states holding Republican primaries Tuesday. Neighboring Pennsylvania, with 72 delegates, and New York, with 95 delegates, will also vote that day.

“I like Romney and I think he’s going to win,” said sophomore Josh Hoveln, president of the university’s

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THE REVIEW/Marek Jaworski

Flags representing the approximately 11 million victims of the Holocaust are lined on The Green last week.

Each of the 1, 100 flags represents 10,000 people who died, and each color represents a different ethnic group the Nazis targeted.

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Students criticize UD’s recent anti-drinking letter

BY KARIE SIMMONS

Mitt Romney leads the Republican candidates with 685 delegates.

“This is my story of liberation from hell,” Dorothy Finger, a Holocaust survivor, says to a roomful of silent students in Gore Hall last week. Finger was 11 years old when her native Poland was invaded by Russian and German forces, marking the beginning of a nightmare she says she was lucky to survive.

Finger says when she was a girl, she did not realize she was “different” from other children until Poland was invaded.

“Why was I different?” she asked. “I was Jewish.”

In an attempt to discourage over-consumption of alcohol, university officials mailed a letter to students’ parents and legal guardians last week, warning them of end-ofsemester celebrations and high-risk behavior.

The letter, dated April 11, stated

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that students’ alcohol use, especially at off-campus residences and nightclubs, increases as temperatures rise. University officials urged parents to speak with their children about the dangers of binge drinking and encouraged students to make smart choices.

“With the 2011-2012 academic year quickly winding down, we ask you to join with us in encouraging

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your child to make good decisions with regard to his or her health, safety and success,” the letter said.

Michael Gilbert, vice president of Student Life, stated in an email message that school officials frequently convey this message to students and parents at New Student Orientation, in the dean of students’ annual welcome letter and through the Office of Student Conduct.

He drafted the letter along with Dawn Thompson, associate vice president of Student Life and dean of students, and Albert “Skip” Homiak, executive director of the Office of Public Safety.

“Our intention was to remind parents that students occasionally misuse alcohol, particularly at off-

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Prospective deans visit Ag school

BY LAUREN CAPPELLONI Staff Reporter

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Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich visited campus Thursday to discuss the future of brain research with local scientists.

Gingrich discusses brain research, disease at UD

BY DANIELLE BRODY Administrative News Editor

Instead of making a campaign stop to attract support in Delaware’s state primary on Tuesday, Republican primary candidate Newt Gingrich met with university scientists to discuss the future of brain research on Thursday.

Gingrich, a former history professor at West Georgia College, met with scientists from the university and Delaware State University and other professionals in the Alzheimer’s disease research field. While working on the Alzheimer’s Study Group, an independent research group that encouraged lawmakers to devote more funding toward learning about the disease, he determined that the scientific community does not properly understand how the brain works.

However, he thinks increased studies could be life-changing for those with autism and Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

“I think it’s one of the great potential breakthroughs in the next 20 years,” Gingrich said. “It changes the quality of life, it changes the length of life and dramatically lowers federal spending.”

He said one of his legislative goals is to transform the Food and Drug Administration in a manner that allows drugs to be approved for sale more easily.

Gingrich also called for increased research spending on disorders like autism and Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

Gingrich said researchers face a challenge while studying the brain

because the nervous system is very complex, which can make scientific discoveries more difficult to achieve.

“There are about as many neurons in one brain as there are stars in the universe,” he said.

Obtaining funding for brain research can be difficult, according to Melissa Harrington, a biology professor at Delaware State University, who spoke at Thursday’s event.

Harrington said senior researchers and professors tend to receive the most funding from the government and the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ medical research agency, which can cause a disproportionate allocation of funding to other projects.

“Twenty-five states have 90 percent of the money but don’t have 90 percent of the ideas,” Harrington said. “One thing that I think would help is if we reverse the concentration of big bets on big institutions and senior people.”

Gingrich suggested that the NIH create a rule that 20 percent of grants must go to those who are under 40 years old and will serve as principal investigator.

He said if the traditional model of research was redesigned, it could lead to more innovation.

“The very decentralized, entrepreneurial model would allow people to go off and be their own boss and dramatically changes the length of research,” Gingrich said. “There’s a reason that [Albert] Einstein said had he actually gotten a faculty position, he would not have [taken it].

He needed the isolation.”

Professor Stuart BinderMacLeod, chairman of the physical therapy department at the university, said it is often difficult to get research approved. He said he is working on a non-invasive, brain-stimulating device, and said he has been waiting several months for approval from a local institution.

Gingrich jokingly suggested an alternate way to test the device to avoid FDA obstacles.

“The trick might be to make it a toy, because there’s no FDA regulations,” Gingrich said.

Binder-MacLeod said better understanding the relationship between the brain and muscles could help people suffering from paralysis.

He cited a friend, who is a Newark resident, who uses a computer to translate his thoughts into words, a process that takes six to seven seconds to generate each word.

“Could you imagine, if we knew more about the brain, if we had greater computational power, rather than taking six seconds to generate each letter, we could generate six letters a second, how that would impact his productivity?” he said.

Gingrich predicts health care to be the largest market in the 21st century and he foresees rapid expansion in the field.

“If we break through on brain science, the degree to which that it will both save lives and save people, and at the same time save money, would be beyond anybody’s current comprehension,” Gingrich said.

“I think the U.S. has an enormous potential.”

Two candidates vying for the dean of the university’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources spoke to faculty on campus recently, concluding their interview process.

In an hour-long event on April 17 in Townsend Hall, university alumnus Edward Ashworth explained his plans and goals for the college if hired. He said continuing to conduct research in the college is important.

“A key part of Delaware’s mission is active learning,” Ashworth said.

“They have a long tradition of being involved in research.”

Ashworth, who is currently dean of the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture and director of the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station at the University of Maine, said his main reasons for applying were two-fold. He said he wants to ensure students have the same opportunities he did as an undergraduate and help the university maintain the positive direction in which he feels it is heading.

“The university as a whole is strong and vibrant,” Ashworth said.

Charles Riordan, the university’s

vice provost for graduate and professional education and the head of the search committee, began the event by introducing Ashworth. Then the candidate presented, followed by a question and answer session with the professors and students in Rieger attendance.

H e highlighted lab work, fieldwork and study abroad programs as factors that make the university a dynamic l e a r n i n g environment.

Ashworth said he would emphasize Ashworth the university as a land-grant facility, which is

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Grant would add more than 1K jobs

BY ERIN QUINN Staff Reporter

JPMorgan Chase & Co., a New York-based bank, submitted a $10 million proposal this month for a state grant that would bring 1,200 jobs to Delaware within the next year and a half.

Delaware Gov. Jack Markell announced on April 13 that the company has applied for the grant to support expansion from the Delaware Strategic Fund, which supplies loans and grants to businesses.

“Chase is making clear its commitment to bring more jobs to Delaware, where we have talented people ready to work to help it succeed,” Markell said in a statement.

Nikki Lavoie, communications manager at the Delaware Economic Development Office, said if approved, the $10 million grant would partially fund the proposed employment expansion.

The Delaware Strategic Fund is a state resource that provides grants and loans for companies looking to expand employment in the state, she said.

“They are not only spending millions of dollars in Delaware, but they’re also adding hundreds and hundreds of critical jobs in our financial services industry,”

Lavoie said. “That is incredibly important to the state of Delaware.”

New jobs will cover specialties in the professional level including credit card and mortgage services, as well as investment banking and treasury services, said Paul Hartwick, a JPMorgan Chase spokesman.

Hartwick said the corporation’s alliance with the university means that graduates will benefit from the proposed job expansion.

“Chase specifically has had a strong relationship with the university,” Hartwick said. “And our hope is that we’ll increase the amount of talent that’s available and graduating.”

JPMorgan Chase plans to commit $50 million in company money to support job expansion, Lavoie said. The company will need to create 600 jobs before the first funds are granted and the rest will be received as more jobs are created. If the jobs aren’t created or relocate out of Delaware within three years, the state is protected, she said.

“If for whatever reason they default on their employment, then there is a recovery provision to secure that money back to the state,” Lavoie said.

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Car stolen from East Park Place home A vehicle was stolen from a house sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning on East Park Place, according to Newark police spokesman MCpl. Gerald Bryda.

An unknown suspect opened the window of the house and stole a set of keys that were left near the windowsill. The keys were attached to a wallet that held various items including some money, Bryda said.

Bryda said the suspect then took the 2007 Honda Civic from the house.

If found, the suspect will face one charge of seconddegree burglary to a dwelling, theft of a motor vehicle and theft under $100.

Two arrested for noise violation, disorderly conduct Police arrested a Newark resident for a noise violation during a party at his residence and another man for disorderly conduct Saturday afternoon, according to Newark police spokesman MCpl. Gerald Bryda.

Police responded to the 100 block of West Main Street after hearing loud music a block away from the residence where it originated from. When they arrived at house at approximately 12:30 p.m., they noticed several people were outside selling t-shirts and could hear music playing loudly in the back yard.

While the police were clearing a large crowd of guests from the party, they observed a man crumble a beer can and throw it into a crowd of people, Bryda said. He was issued a summons for disorderly conduct.

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Students enjoy the sunshine outside of the Stone Balloon Winehouse on Main Street last week.

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Truck stolen from Annabelle Street residence A vehicle stolen was stolen on Anabelle Street on Sunday between 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., according to Newark police spokesman MCpl. Gerald Bryda.

The victim’s keys were taken from the bedroom of his residence on Annabelle Street by an unidentified person, who then took the owner’s 2007 black Chevy Tahoe, which was parked outside.

Bryda said police are still searching for the fourdoor truck, which has Texas license plates. Charges would be theft of a motor vehicle and an additional count of theft for taking the car keys.

—Bridgette Nealon

City officials to open new online service Students who live in off-campus housing in Newark and will be moving out this summer can pre-register the cancellation of their utility accounts on the city’s website.

Students can also set up a utility account if they are planning to move into homes in Newark or need to transfer their registration to another residence, within the city limits.

The utility account cancellation page can be reached by on the city’s website and clicking on the “Forms” link.

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The office of Residence Life will host a yard sale Saturday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m on the Laird Campus turf to benefit a charity.

Those planning to attend the yard sale should contribute items like clothes, movies and books can be exchanged for other items at the sale. Items can be bought with cash.

Proceeds from the yard sale will go to the charity Lighting A Billion Lives, which supplies rural towns in numerous countries with solar lanterns.

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Society of Natural History hosts tour of White Clay Creek dams The university’s Institute for Public Administration and Water Resources Agency, is sponsoring a tour of the dams in White Clay Creek.

The dam tour will run from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Sunday and begins at Hopkins Bridge Road. The tour guide will discuss the animals and plants surrounding the dam, how much dam removal would cost and other aspects of the structures.

To reserve a space on the tour, contact Al Matlack, president of the Society of Natural History of Delaware at (302) 239-5383.

Friday, April 27 Earth Week Giveaways 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., Trabant University Center food court

Tuesday, April 24 E-52 Presents: 24 Hours of Shakespeare 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m., Memorial Hall north steps

Saturday, April 28 Ag Day 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Townsend Hall

Wednesday, April 25 Earth Week: Green Expo 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., Trabant University Center

Sunday, April 29 ROTC Bowers Memorial 5K 1 p.m., Delaware Field House

Thursday, April 26 CPAB Annual Spring Concert: Rick Ross with special guest Meek Mill 8 p.m., Bob Carpenter Sports Center

Monday, April 30 Voices of Planned Parenthood present: “No Woman, No Cry” 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Trabant Theatre

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Politics Straight, No Chaser U.S. needs more environmental regulation

City council approved plans to install electrical smart water meters throughout the city Monday night.

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City council votes to expand energy projects

BY DANIELLE BRODY Staff Reporter

Newark city council members voted to expand a contract with the city’s energy supplier to lower energy costs and initiate plans to replace local water meters at a Monday night meeting.

The council approved a plan to receive energy from the Freemont Energy Center, a new natural gas plant in Ohio. The plant was recently acquired by American Municipal Power Incorporated, a nonprofit corporation that owns and operates regional electric facilities.

The Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation and the city of Newark have been under contract with the company since October 2003 for “full requirement services.” Under the contract, the corporation owns the rights to 13.8 percent of the company’s “electrical capacity and associated energy.”

Partnering with the plant can decrease energy costs by 15 to 20 percent.

District 4 Councilman David Athey said he was concerned that under the terms of the contract, the city could have to pay for more energy than the city uses.

Newark Mayor Vance A. Funk III called the partnership a “good source of cheap energy,” and the council approved it unanimously at Monday’s meeting.

Interim city manager Carol Houck proposed a plan to replace the city’s water meters with

electrical smart meters. She said the city needs approximately 100 new meters, and would like to invest in a new infrastructure that would work with evolving technology. She said many other cities have similar systems.

The meters would record water levels every hour and send

“This is an investment in a project where we’re taking money that we would have spent anyway.”

-Stu Markham, city councilman the information through a Wi-Fi connection.

Houck said the upgrade could save money because fewer city employees will have to travel to check the meters. She said she would like to work with stateapproved energy contractor Honeywell International, a

company that produces commercial and consumer products, because the conglomerate is already working in Newark and its employees are familiar with the city’s infrastructure.

“They’ve been with us all along. They have an advantage because they have so much information about utilities, the locations and things, the meters, and things,” Houck said. “They’re at a little bit of a better position than bringing in someone fresh.”

A representative from Honeywell said the meters are guaranteed to work and would be under warranty for 15 years.

She said the data recorded by the meters would catch leaks early on, potentially saving the city $1 million in operation costs.

An estimate from Honeywell states that the project could cost $9.7 million to install only the water meters and could save the city more than $16 million after 15 years.

Houck said she is researching different sources for funding, including the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which provides funds for building improvements in the city.

District 6 Councilman Stu Markham said if the price was reasonable, he thinks the project is a valuable idea.

“I think that this is an investment in a project where we’re taking money that we would have spent anyway,” Markham said.

This Sunday marked the 43rd Earth Day, a day when the environmentally conscious flood public spaces to plant trees, pick up garbage and do their part for a healthier planet.

The annual event highlights threats to the environment in hopes of creating a more responsible and less wasteful population. Unfortunately, America is a major culprit when it comes to pollution.

From the gas pump and disposable plastics to global warming and Texassized garbage patches floating in our oceans, the world is a dirty place and we’re not exactly helping.

Environmental politics affects every level of government, from town and city councils to the federal government in Washington, D.C. Even at the level of international politics, the United Nations has concluded that living in a world free from toxic pollution and environmental degradation is a basic human right. Environmental politics is an issue that involves giant multinational corporations and their massive lobbying efforts, geopolitics, foreign affairs and even religion.

The most popular environmental issue of the last decade has been global climate change, an issue widely accepted in the scientific and academic community. It is defined by the warming of Earth’s air and water temperatures, increasingly violent storms and rising sea levels. The human production of greenhouse gas from things like deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels increase its effects.

Around the world, most governments accept climate change. In the U.S., however, it has faced massive doubt and scrutiny from politicians, with some labeling it a hoax.

Becoming more environmentally conscious as a country will take time, money and massive legislation. It will cause long-standing industries to conform to new standards and result in some of America’s largest companies’ profit margins to be reduced. For example, laws require new and innovative designs from car companies, but also lower demands for gasoline that in turn lower oil industry profits.

Becoming more environmentally conscious as a country will also require a larger, more centralized government with greater involvement in people’s lives. Most people and companies need incentive to be green, regardless of scientists’ warnings. These incentives will take the form of governmentmandated guidelines and regulations, which will cost money, and taxes to encourage environmentally friendly behavior. Those who claim climate change is a hoax often say it’s just a ploy to allow a global or national government to take more control.

Likely Republican presidential nominee Gov. Mitt Romney, speaking on this issue, said, “My view is that we don’t know what’s causing climate change on this planet and the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce CO2 emissions is not the right course for us.” However, last June he seemed to be singing a different tune, saying, “I believe the world’s getting warmer [...] I believe that humans contribute to that, because I know that there have been periods of

greater heat and warmth in the past, but I believe we contribute to that. And so I think it’s important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases.”

Denying the human aspect of climate change is a popular conservative idea. Considering it’s common for candidates to head further to the political right or left during primary season— depending on their party affiliation— many are hopeful Romney will once again shift his stance in time for the general election, and that he and President Barack Obama can engage in honest and open debate about what should be done.

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), who is the ranking member of the Senate Committee Matthew on Environment Friedman and Public Works, has consistently denied the existence of global warming by citing the Bible.

Speaking last month, Inhofe said, “Well actually the Genesis 8:22 that I use […] is that ‘as long as the Earth remains there will be seed time and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night,’ my point is, God’s still up there.

The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate is, to me, outrageous.”

Inhofe has repeatedly used his committee post to prevent environmental legislation from emerging and, by failing to acknowledge its existence, prevented Senate hearings on the issue from presenting credible solutions.

While most climate and environmental scientists would say that the Environmental Protection Agency, the department responsible for enforcing government standards and forming policy to ensure a healthy environment, should be expanded and given more power, there has been a recent move in Congress to limit or even abolish the agency. Republicans say the EPA requires “job-killing” reforms and unnecessary regulations.

This is at odds with a 2011 Pew Research Center poll that suggested as many as 71 percent of Americans would agree with the statement, “This country should do whatever it takes to protect the environment.”

Whether we’re talking about preventing climate change, reducing one time-use plastic production, making cars more fuel efficient or reducing our dependence on fossil fuels for security reasons, we should all be able to see that without these things, we are putting our future at risk. Even if scientists aren’t 99.9 percent sure about something, we should still be working to be cleaner and more responsible. As our government grows to enforce environmental standards, capitalism will continue to thrive and new, profitable markets will emerge. Those stuck in denial will be putting us all at risk, and, for our safety and the safety of future generations, we can’t afford to wait any longer for substantial environmental legislation.

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April 24, 2012

Newark announces plans to construct skate spots City officials say construction to begin within the next year

BY DONYA FEIZBAKHSH Staff Reporter

City officials recently announced plans to build two or three skate spots, which are small skateboarding areas, in city parks within the next year, creating a legal place to ride within city limits.

Charlie Emerson, director of Newark’s Park and Recreation department, said Fairfield Park, located off New London Road, and Phillips Park, located south of West Park Place, are two of five potential locations for the skate spots.

Emerson said he feels now is the appropriate time to grant the longstanding requests of numerous city residents.

“We have had requests throughout the years,” Emerson said. “A lot of people expressed a sincere interest in building skate spots.”

Approximately 1,300 skateboarders, ranging from five to 24 years old, live in Newark, according to Emerson.

“With that many skaters, there is a definite need for a solution,” he said. “Skaters are prohibited from skating on sidewalks and are restricted from many areas.”

Kyle Hultberg, an employee at Switch Skate and Snow on Main Street, said he is an active skateboarder and is looking forward to the skate spots’

construction “The fact that they have a plan is awesome, and geared to building a community where kids can go park to park and do what they are passionate about—skating,” Hultberg said.

Emerson said he predicts that construction will begin either this year or in early 2013. The proposed skate spots will feature low rails, steps and benches, and will vary in cost depending on their size. Emerson estimated they will cost a minimum of $30,000 each.

Emerson said some conflict about the location of the skate spots exists between residents and city officials.

“There isn’t a whole lot of opposition,” Emerson said. “Most of the population understands the need. Mostly there is controversy over location. Some people don’t want it near their homes, while others do.”

Matt Brannon, who has worked at Switch Skate and Snow and is originally from California, said he cannot understand the opposition.

“I’ve lived on the West Coast.

There, you can skate everywhere because of all the facilities provided,” Brannon said. “Here, you can’t skate on campus, on sidewalks, nowhere. I can’t skate anywhere around town.”

Hultberg said that with the construction of the skate spots, he

expects skating at illegal spots and legal ramifications for doing so to drop.

“When skateboarders see a ledge, they have an instinct to whip out their skateboard,” Hultberg said. “Kids are constantly arrested and banned from locations due to the lack of permitted skating spots.”

Hultberg said he doesn’t endorse the negative stigma he feels is often attached to skateboarding.

“I think some people don’t understand the skating community,” he said. “Personally, I don’t understand what is so difficult to understand. Basketball courts, tennis courts, they are everywhere. And the sports are just as rough as skating is. Skateboarding is not a bad thing. Throughout the years, skateboarding has gotten a bad name, but we are not bad people.”

Emerson said the city plans to hire a firm and collaborate with local skateboarders to design these facilities.

Hultberg said that the construction of the skate spots will bring unexpected benefits to Newark.

“People will be surprised at how much of a success the building of these skate spots will be,” he said.

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Officials are considering Fairfield Park as a potential location for a skate spot, which is a small skateboarding area.

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City officials hope the approximately 1,300 skateboarders in Newark will frequently use the skate spots that may be constructed in Fairfield Park (pictured here), among other locations.

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SGA elects new officers

BY BRIDGETTE NEALON City News Editor

The Student Government Association recently elected officers for the 2012-2013 academic year, the first round of voting since the group restructured itself earlier this semester.

This year, 1,952 students voted in the election, according to officials. Last year’s election had the highest number of student voters since 1999 with 2,097 votes. In 2010, 658 students voted, and 96 students voted in 2009.

The April 17 elections filled 10 of the 37 positions, including president and several new positions including vice president of administration and finance.

The group will fill the remaining Sullivan positions during the fall semester, primarily through appointments. Newly elected members begin their term on May 18.

Incoming president and junior Michelle Barineau, who was elected on April 17, said her primary goals as president will be to increase SGA’s visibility on campus.

“I think if you go up to anyone on campus and ask them about SGA, unfortunately they won’t know as much as we’d like them to,” Barineau said. “We really are a resource to them.”

She said the group’s recent restructuring will help better connect students with SGA members and increase the group’s productivity.

SGA’s changes affected the number of elected positions and the voting process.

“When an idea comes to us, now we have the man power and

the organization to make that a reality,” Barineau said.

Marilyn Prime, SGA’s adviser and director of student centers, stated in an email message that the group worked with the university’s Information Technology department to create a system that connected students directly to the voting ballot via email.

She said SGA members hung banners outside Perkins Student Center and Trabant University Center, and used social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook to promote this year’s elections.

“It was the best SGA election marketing I have seen in my career at UD,” Prime said.

Barineau said she was pleased with the election turnout, especially because three positions were won by candidates running unopposed, which she assumed would lower the turnout.

“Last year, every single position was an actual race,” she said. “There were a lot of uncontested positions this year.”

Sophomore Andrew Shermeyer, who was elected vice president of administration and finance, will serve as SGA’s treasurer and oversee the programming, finance and public relations committees. The members of these committees will be appointed during the fall semester.

“SGA has the ability to create change on this campus, and I know that we can work with administration to accomplish these changes,” Shermeyer said.

Outgoing president and senior Molly Sullivan stated in an email message that she was happy with the number of voters.

“A great number of students came out to vote and let their voices be heard,” Sullivan stated in an email message.

Darren Ankrom contributed reporting to this article.

THE REVIEW/Amelia Wang

Increased monitoring of parking meters has led to a $1 million increase in city revenue in recent years.

City parking enforcement makes Newark $1 million

BY BO BARTLEY Staff Reporter

In the middle of Sunday’s afternoon rainstorm, Newark parking enforcement officer Alexander McNeill stopped his truck on Main Street behind a row of cars and began checking the parking meters.

Although he said the weather may have been unpleasant, it didn’t excuse those who parked their cars next to meters that had expired or didn’t pay to park. He issued four tickets for illegally parked vehicles.

“People think Sundays are still free,” McNeill said. “They’re only free in the morning. Parking on Sundays hasn’t been free for a few years now.”

Since city officials began charging for parking on Sundays and increasing fees for violations during the last three years and hired more personnel, Newark’s parking division has increased its revenue by more than $1 million.

In 2009, the revenue from parking meters and violations was just over $1.2 million, according to the city’s general operating budget. The proposed budget for 2012 shows the city made about $2.3 million last year in parking, an increase of 89 percent.

Newark Mayor Vance A. Funk III said the change in revenue was due to an increase in the fine for parking violations and parking meter enforcement on Sundays.

Three years ago, thencity manager Kyle Sonnenberg promoted increasing the fees for parking tickets because he thought enforcement was becoming a financial burden to the city.

Funk said Sonnenberg’s proposal, produced after a costanalysis of the city’s parking costs, determined that the city was short of a few hundred thousand dollars.

“We were only charging people $5 when they got a ticket,” Funk said. “If you look at any other city in the state, they are charging much more than that. Even the university charges, what, $40? So our tickets are still less than theirs.”

Newark police spokesman MCpl. Gerald Bryda said the city has received a steady flow of revenue because of the changes to Sunday parking enforcement, which has remained consistent

“Even the university charges, what, $40? So our tickets are still less than theirs.”

-Vance A. Funk III, mayor of Newark

since their implementation.

“You can look at our numbers for tickets and they have remained the same over the past three years,” Bryda said. “We consistently get the status quo.”

Funk said parking attendants used to sign up for their desired schedules, which caused Saturday and Sunday shifts to be so sparingly staffed that some residents thought parking was free on weekends for several years.

“My wife and I went into town one day,” Funk said. “We

were sitting out on a patio of one of the restaurants and I noticed that no one was feeding the meters. I asked the waiter what was going on and he said, ‘That’s the local joke, everyone knows you can’t get tickets in Newark on the weekend.’”

Funk said he called the police department and it hired more staff members approximately one week later.

He said the increase in enforcement is valuable for local businesses. Those parking on Main Street were not necessarily shopping or dining at local businesses before enforcement was increased.

Shauna Tonkin, former executive director of International Programs at Regent University in Virginia, visited Newark recently and received a ticket after her meter expired on Monday afternoon.

Tonkin said she was eating lunch with a friend in Panera Bread on Main Street and had been running in and out of the restaurant to continuously feed the meter. She said the meters, which cost 25 cents for 12 minutes, become difficult to use without spending a significant amount of money.

“I think the problem is the meters are so expensive,” Tonkin said. “A lot of the businesses will begin to suffer.”

Junior Olivia Cosides, who has a car on campus, said she has noticed a change in the past year in the way the city’s parking division has been enforcing illegally parked vehicles.

“They could be using these extra people for other things,” Cosides said. “It’s ridiculous that I can’t walk at night because I’m afraid of getting attacked, so I need to drive. The cops are giving tickets for parking but they’re not protecting people around campus.”

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Students protest in favor of civil liberties

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Over Easy Café, which opened this month on Main Street, serves breakfast and brunch items throughout the day.

Café shells out breakfast foods

BY CHRISTINE ROSTOM Staff Reporter

A new restaurant serving multicultural cuisine opened on Main Street this month and the owner hopes his restaurant’s menu and set-up will be comfortable and appealing for college students.

Over Easy Café, which opened on April 2 and is located across the street from Pomeroy Station, serves a menu containing breakfast and brunch items throughout the day, according to Ketu Patel, owner of the restaurant.

“We want it to feel like you’re eating breakfast at home, especially for college students,” Patel said. “The environment is very easy-going and relaxed, and you get more than what you expected when you walk in here.”

The restaurant’s seating arrangement includes one familystyle table and individual seating including sofas and single arm chairs, a setup the owner planned to promote comfort. The café also includes swinging birdcage chairs and grasslike carpets.

“Some of our customers that come in tell us that it looks like a furniture store,” Patel said.

The restaurant serves as international-based cuisines, including French and Caribbean dishes, along with more traditional American foods. Patel said the menu includes macaroni and cheese, Paneer, an Indian cheese and “popums,” small pancake bites filled with blueberries.

Patel also said most menu items are vegetarianfriendly.

“Our menu is very open and we cook our food differently,” he said.

Michael Fortner, development planner for the Downtown Newark Partnership, said department officials try to maintain a diverse selection of businesses when recruiting new owners to the area.

“We want to see downtown

succeed as a business community,” he said.

Patel said he hopes the interior décor and soul food will appeal to both college students and locals.

“The environment is very important to us,” Patel said. “Because we are on Main Street, we need to bring a new flare.”

Several other numerous restaurants are slated to open on Main Street this spring, including Boardwalk Burgers and Fries and Taverna, an Italian-style restaurant located at the former site of the Learning Station.

Marlen Currington, manager of IHOP on Main Street, said the opening of the new restaurant won’t affect his business.

“IHOP is one of the No. 1 companies out there,” Currington said. “We fight to maintain our good quality, that’s why people keep returning.”

Junior Muriel Palanca said she thinks the restaurant appears pleasant but thinks it should have more seating for customers and its location is not easily visible for university students.

Palanca also said the menu looks appetizing, but individual items cost more than she would prefer them to.

“As a college student with limited financial recourses, it’s priced a little higher than I would have expected,” Palanca said.

Sophomore Priyanka Khushal said she thinks the restaurant is not easily accessible for many students, but thinks the prices are reasonable.

Kushal said she thinks the café will be popular with those who want to sit down for a meal instead of picking up food to go.

“It seems kind of far, but I think it would be convenient for brunch and not so much for breakfast because college students are always on the go for breakfast, trying to get to classes,” Priyanka said.

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Members of the university’s chapter of Young Americans for Liberty protested on the Trabant Patio Thursday afternoon against the U.S. national debt, increased federal spending and certain practices by the military and Transportation Security Administration.

The demonstration featured a fake TSA scanner and a prison cell meant to represent Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay to highlight the civil liberties that protest members believe are being infringed upon for the sake of maintaining national security. —Tom Lehman

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Local 4-H founder, WWII vet dies at 92

BY PAIGE CARNEY Staff Reporter

Samuel Gwinn, the university’s former director of the Delaware Cooperative Extension and state director of Delaware’s 4-H program, died April 10. He was 92.

Gwinn, a World War II veteran who moved to Newark with his wife in 1948, was involved in the state’s agricultural community.

When he was 10 years old he joined a 4-H program, a national youth organization sponsored by the government that seeks to develop leadership and life skills, while growing up in West Virginia, according to Mark Manno, the current director of Delaware 4-H. Gwinn founded the 4-H overnight camp at Camp Barnes in Assawoman Bay, Md. and improved the extension by increasing funding, Manno said. Gwinn’s efforts expanded

the breadth of the historically agriculture-focused 4-H program to include a youth development program, which focuses on science, technology, citizenship and community.

“He provided leadership for the Delaware 4-H, and structure for it […] it’s a big undertaking but it’s definitely worth it,” Manno said. “He provided what is really missing in today’s society.

Not enough kids have a caring, compassionate adult that steers them in the right direction.”

Manno said Gwinn had a passion for his work and a “heart of gold.” He was the first Delawarean to be inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame in 2003, which honors participants nominated by their states.

“He was very well-respected in the university and the community,” Manno said. “He was very respected. When Sam Gwinn called, people listened.”

Courtesy of Mark Manno

Samuel Gwinn, who died earlier this month, is remembered for his leadership in local 4-H organizations and his “heart of gold,” according to friends.

University buses often late, overcrowded, students say

BY BEN COOPER Staff Reporter

THE REVIEW/Amelia Wang

Some students say that overcrowded university buses cause them to run late for classes, especially during inclement weather.

Sophomore Jill Faull said she was recently aboard a university bus leaving from Laird Campus when she saw the driver pass by a group of students waiting for the vehicle’s arrival.

“We had to skip a stop because there were so many people on board,” Faull said. “I felt bad for those people as we drove by because I knew they would be late [to class].”

Due to overcrowding on university buses, officials from the Transportation Services department have replaced a bus route that begins at Laird Campus and travelled as far as the Perkins Student Center with one that ends at the Smith Hall Overpass on North College Avenue.

Tim Conrad, interim service supervisor for Transportation Services, said the route replacement means that students traveling from Laird Campus to Perkins will have to switch buses at the Smith Hall Overpass. He said department officials have received less complaints about buses’ timeliness since the alternative route was enacted.

Conrad said the changes were made in an attempt to improve buses’ punctuality and decrease the frequency of overcrowding. He said department officials wanted to increase the timeliness of buses headed south from Laird Campus because previous bus route was programmed to drive through traffic-prone areas of campus and busy Newark streets.

“A lot of it has to do with ridership and keeping the buses on time,” Conrad said. “In sending the Laird Campus bus down Main Street, it would always fall behind at certain times of the day and there is just no way that it could catch up.”

While the change has increased the frequency of bus trips between Laird Campus, some students say they still have difficulty arriving at class on time and that the new route is still flawed.

Junior Ravi Sharma said he has observed the Laird Campus bus’ tardiness and has not noticed any changes made to the routes or schedule. He said the arrival times are unreliable and students are not guaranteed a seat.

“They say that it runs every four minutes, but I have had to wait at least 20 minutes sometimes,” Sharma said. “If the bus is late, I am probably going to be late too.”

Junior Quillan Donnelly said he is more concerned with overcrowding than timeliness because he said he has noticed the busses are particularly full during rainy weather.

“Especially on bad weather days it looks like it’s pretty bad,” Donnelly said. “I’ve seen people get off buses and it looked like they were just crammed in there, and I’ve seen people waiting and it’s just like, who can push their way on first.”

Sharma said he has also witnessed overcrowding between class periods.

“There’s a ton of kids on Laird [Campus] that need to get down to

campus and they can’t all fit on the bus,” he said. “It would help a lot to have more buses running or more buses running on schedule.”

Conrad said his department is unable to increase the number of buses travelling on the route to alleviate overcrowding. However, he said university officials are attempting to reallocate underutilized buses to transport students from Laird Campus to the Smith Hall Overpass, while avoiding heavy traffic areas.

He said department officials used electronic sensors that monitor buses’ location, progress and number of occupants to conclude that cutting the direct route between Laird Campus and Perkins would help decrease overcrowding.

Junior Terry Slenn said the change is unhelpful for students who need to reach locations like Perkins on a regular basis.

“There is no good way to get there and it’s on the opposite side of campus,” Slenn said.

Freshman Chris Grasso said the changes are particularly unpleasant for students who live on Laird Campus because of its location in comparison to the rest of campus.

Grasso said the schedule changes are significant enough to encourage him to ride his bike to reach the central area of campus when he is going to class.

“We’re isolated enough as is, and this is just making it more difficult for some of us to get where we need to go in a timely manner,” Grasso said.

10April 24, 2012

Student athletes show off talents for nonprofit

BY ANDREA LA BELLA Staff Reporter

Members of the men’s baseball team pranced around the Mitchell Hall stage clad in neon spandex leggings, dresses and wigs to a mash-up of Spice Girls songs on Monday night at the inaugural Student Athlete Talent Show.

The women’s soccer team soon joined them on stage, dressed in backward hats and baggy jeans as singers from the ’90’s band, The Backstreet Boys.

Junior Polly Reinicker, a member of the women’s soccer team, said she was glad to perform a dance number with her fellow athletes.

“It’s such a fun way to have teams join together and see each other’s talents off of the game field,” Reinicker said.

Proceeds from the talent show were donated to the Special Olympics of Delaware.

Senior Lauren Kanaskie, a member of the women’s rowing team and secretary of the Student Athlete Advisory Council, said the group decided to proceed with plans for the event in October.

Kanaskie commended the Special Olympics of Delaware participants.

“They had no nerves and were really excited to work with us,” Kanaskie said.

The night began with a skit performed by the women’s rowing team followed by a hip-hop routine

starring the women’s swim team.

Freshman Hailey Farrell, a member of the women’s swim team who has never participated in a talent show, said she looked forward to showing the audience her team’s dance moves.

“The freshmen worked hard for two weeks on an original collaboration of songs from our favorite female singers,” Farrell said.

Following the swimmers’ routine, the field hockey team walked on stage covered in glow sticks to perform a light show to Vanilla Ice’s, “Ice, Ice Baby.”

The show closed with a combined dance number with university athletes and Special Olympics participants to Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA.” Freshman Mary O’Reilly said the council should continue to involve all of the athletes in future events.

“My favorite part of the show was definitely the ending number,” O’Reilly said. “It was really great to have the Special Olympics work with the athletes.”

Junior Chelsea Craig, a member of the women’s basketball team and president of the Student Athlete Advisory Council, said committee members hoped to solidify the talent show as an annual tradition.

Craig said she enjoyed watching each of the acts and was surprised to see what some athletes were capable of.

“Some people have talents that you THE REVIEW/Marek Jaworski wouldn’t have guessed,” Craig said.

Members of the men’s swim team dance during the inaugural Student Athlete Talent Show Monday night.

THE REVIEW/Marek Jaworski

Sophomore basketball player Devon Saddler (right) performs at Monday night’s Student Athlete Talent Show in Mitchell Hall.

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Aged beer in demand locally

BY MATTHEW SPEISER Staff Reporter

Courtesy of Dawn Thompson

University officials mailed the above letter warning parents of excessive drinking during springtime to students’ homes this month.

Letter: Students say note to inspire more drinking Continued from page 1 campus parties, and to ask them to partner with the university to ensure the health and safety [of] all our students,” Gilbert said.

Homiak stated in an email message that the letter sent to parents was just another method of prevention.

“We think it’s important to enjoy all aspects of the UD experience, including the social scene, but occasionally poor personal choices involving alcohol usage results in situations that may have serious consequences,” Homiak said.

The letter received additional attention when it was featured last week on the college section of Barstool Sports, a Boston-based sports blog, which criticized the letter for being sent to parents. Many students learned about the letter from links to the blog post on social media networks like Facebook and Twitter.

Senior Jackie Shafer, who first saw the letter after it was posted on Facebook, thought it was unnecessary and looked silly. She was upset university officials sent the letter to each student’s parents, especially because she is 22 years old and legally allowed to drink alcohol.

“It’s more extreme when you are legal age and your parents are getting this letter,” Shafer said.

She thinks the letter will encourage some students to consume alcohol with greater frequency in rebellion.

“If you tell someone not to think about something they’ll think about it more,” Shafer said. “If you tell someone not to do something, it just makes them want to do that thing.”

Freshman Jessica Colton said her parents did not call her to talk

about alcohol misuse after receiving the letter. She didn’t become aware of the letter until her younger brother posted a link to the blog post on her Facebook page.

“I was very confused—yet not surprised at all,” Colton said.

She thinks the letter was a valuable strategy and commends school officials for showing concern.

“It’s always a good reminder that college cares about your kids,” Colton said. “For me, as long as the parent doesn’t freak out, we’re good.”

Senior Tim O’Connell said he thought it was important for parents to realize that activities like day drinking can be particularly dangerous, especially for students who cannot purchase alcohol at bars.

He has frequently witnessed over-consumption of alcohol during bus trips to off-campus locations, such as the Barstool Blackout Tour event at Pulse, a club in Elkton, Md. “The times when I’ve seen drinking be most out of hand is on bus trips,” O’Connell said.

However, he said he thinks the letter was an ineffective method of controlling excessive drinking “I don’t think it will have too much of an impact, but it’s a sign of things to come,” O’Connell said.

Freshman Kim Savarino said she was not aware a letter was mailed to her parents, who did not call her to talk about it. She thinks warm weather is a significant factor in increased drinking on campus, but thinks the letter won’t help to combat the problem.

“Even if your parents say not to drink, that doesn’t mean kids will listen,” Savarino said. “I don’t think our parents have any control over us anymore.”

Lauren Bigelow, marketing coordinator for Old Dominion Brewery in Dover, Del., said different tastes are in high demand from consumers, prompting some beer producers to seek out creative production methods.

“People want more variety in their beers,” Bigelow said.

“Big breweries don’t respect individuality.”

Many breweries have begun aging their beers in wooden barrels to produce different flavors to add a distinctive flavoring to specialty beverages.

Brett Tunstall, general manager of Home Grown Café on Main Street, said aging adds to the taste of the beer.

“When you age the beer in say, a bourbon barrel, the residual wood, char and whiskey all add to the complexity of the flavor,” Tunstall said.

He said the restaurant has been selling wood-aged beers for more than 10 years, but they are less popular with university students than regular customers.

Justin Sproul, head brewer at Iron Hill Brewery on Main Street, said aged beers are more expensive than more traditional

beers because the production process is significantly different.

“It’s substantially more expensive to brew in wooden barrels, and more timeconsuming,” Sproul said. “It takes about a month and a half to two months to turn a beer in a wooden barrel.”

Senior John Lowe said he enjoys drinking specialty beers like Dogfish Head Craft products, but has yet to try a wood-aged beer because he said the cost discourages him from buying a large amount.

“I buy major brand beers more often because I can buy them in bulk and designer beers are too expensive,” Lowe said.

Christian Szczerba, manager of Klondike Kate’s in Newark, said the bar does not carry woodaged beer.

“We don’t purchase beer aged in wooden barrels,” Szczerba said.

“I’m personally interested in beers aged in wooden barrels, but Kate’s is more focused on popular beers.”

Bigelow said the higher costs of aged beers can be justified because they generally have higher alcohol contents than some cheaper beers. Aged beers often have an alcohol content of approximately 8 percent, significantly more than other

brands such as Budweiser, Coors, Miller, and Keystone, which have 5 percent or less.

She also said age-brewed beers are often saved for certain occasions and aren’t as commonly purchased as more conventionally produced products.

“It’s more of a craft—we don’t usually sell aged beers, we serve them at special events and to particular clients,” Bigelow said.

Due to the cost of the wood barrels, Sproul said some breweries, such as Iron Hill, use wood chips in the fermenting process to supplant barrels.

“Extended aging in oak can throw a vanilla flavor in the beer,” Sproul said.

Junior Tom Prokop said the price of specially brewed beers would not prevent him from buying them because he is more interested in the beer’s taste.

Prokop said some cheaper beers like Coors and Budweiser often taste similar while microbrew and specialty products have a distinctive flavor, a quality that he prefers when purchasing alcohol.

“I don’t mind spending extra on microbrews because I drink for quality not for quantity,” Prokop said.

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Primary: Romney to move to center, prof says Continued from page 1

campaign’s fate in Tuesday’s election.

“He’s already fired most College Republicans. “All the polls show him up everywhere by of his campaign staff, so he’s acknowledged that he’s not trying significant numbers.”

Romney has captured to win the nomination at this point,” approximately 685 delegates so Humphrey said. “He’s trying to far this primary season. He leads get enough delegates to have former Speaker of the House Newt an influence on the Republican Gingrich, who has 141 candidates, platform in Tampa.”

The Republican National in the race to the 1,144 delegates needed to secure the party’s Convention will be held in Florida presidential nomination at the from Aug. 27 through Aug. 30.

Looking ahead to a potential Republican National Convention in showdown between President August.

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Barack Obama and Romney in Santorum, who has 273 delegates, November, Hoveln said he likes suspended his campaign earlier this Romney’s odds. Hoveln cited statistics, the month and Texas Rep. Ron Paul unemployment trails the pack with 72 delegates. country’s economic performance A portion of Santorum’s delegates and gasoline prices as fuel for a change in the are tied to the White House. former senator, “[Romney] but those coming needs to show from states with everyone the nonbinding numbers,” he said. contests like Iowa “The numbers and Colorado are tell everything. free to switch Obama looks their allegiance very weak against at the convention.

Romney when you W h i l e show everyone the Romney visited real numbers.”

Wilmington H u m p h r e y, on April 10, who said Gingrich spent he remains time on campus supportive of the on Thursday and president, cited has routinely other statistics in visited the First -Joseph Pika, support of Obama.

State since late professor In 2011, small March. Gingrich donors who gave has looked less than $200 toward Delaware made up 60 percent to turn the tide in of Obama’s raised his presidential nomination campaign, but political funds. Romney, whose donations science professor Joseph Pika sees came in larger chunks, raised nine percent from donors under $200, his efforts as futile.

He noted Tea Party candidate he said.

“What we’ve seen from this Christine O’Donnell’s unexpected victory over ninth-term Sen. Mike fundraising data, from what the Castle in 2010, but does not expect campaign has been doing behind the scenes, from the polling data, any surprises on Tuesday.

Pika doubts Delaware will be [is that] this president remains more one of the “last sacrificial lambs popular with the American people to put themselves in the way of the than Gov. Romney,” Humphrey said.

Romney nomination.”

A Gallup poll released Friday “I do think the [state] party leadership realizes they may have gave Romney a 48 percent to 43 more to lose than win by going percent edge over Obama in a against the national grain,” Pika hypothetical November matchup. said. “There’s very, very little to One day earlier, NBC News and be gained at this point by opposing the Wall Street Journal released a similar poll in which Obama, with Romney.”

Despite acknowledging the 49 percent, edged out Romney, recent attention Gingrich has given who had 43 percent.

Pika expects that if Romney the state of Delaware, Pika believes it was a matter of too little, too late. secures the Republican nomination, “Because Gingrich is the the former governor will alter candidate that has spent the most his message while campaigning time, made the most effort to win against Obama.

“It’s a delicate maneuver that Republican votes [in Delaware], it’s not impossible that he will every candidate faces,” he said. “If build some support,” he said. “But you’re a Democrat, you have to run I think most Republicans have now to the left to get the nomination. accepted the fact that Romney is If you’re a Republican, you have to run to the right to get the going to be the nominee.”

Senior Bill Humphrey, former nomination, and then you have to president and current interim move back toward the center. I vice president of the university’s think Romney has to do just that, College Democrats, expressed just as every modern candidate has similar thoughts about the Gingrich to do that.”

“There’s very, very little to be gained at this point by opposing Romney.”

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. submitted a $10 million proposal this month for a state grant that would bring 1,200 jobs to Delaware within the next year and a half.

Bank: JPMorgan Chase pledges $5 million to support collaborations with university Continued from page 3 Joyce Henderson, assistant director of employer partnerships at Career Services, said the new jobs will range from executive level employees to management and administrative assistants.

Henderson said approximately fifteen students each semester work on projects through an internship with the bank in the JPMorgan Chase Innovation Center, which opened in October and is located in Purnell Hall.

“If the work performance meets the satisfaction of the representatives and hiring managers, they are normally offered a full time position,” Henderson said. “So really these internships are a pipeline to fulltime employment with JP Morgan Chase.”

Junior business major Jason Kushner estimated that 10 alumni from his fraternity, Sigma Pi Epsilon, have worked for JP Morgan Chase in the last five years.

He stated in an email message that he worked 15 to 20 hours weekly during his own internship with the company.

“My own experience stems from last spring as an intern at their office in Newark,” Kushner said.

“I received the job after getting the tip from a SigEp alumnus.”

He said working with the company was a good opportunity because the bank’s size attracts people from different areas in financial services.

“It was also a great résumé builder and opportunity to get some real world experience,” Kushner said. “JP Morgan is a

great brand.”

The company has committed $5 million to support collaboration activities with the university and is the industry founder of the International Institute for Business Analytics, Hartwick said. The institute is a certificate program in the university’s Division of Professional and Continuing Studies that educates students about information technology.

The university formalized its partnership with JP Morgan Chase in 2009 with the creation of the Global Enterprise Technology curriculum and minor at the university, said Bruce Weber, dean of the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics.

The program educates students about the systems and computer functions the bank provides. Previously, graduates in computer science or information systems were not well versed in large-scale business systems or enterprise technology, he said.

“We’ve tried to fill that gap for the bank,” Weber said. “And the bank has been very supportive and generous towards Delaware.”

He said the Purnell Hall location functions as a JP Morgan Chase office on campus where students can work on projects utilizing the bank’s services. A recent project created a digital archive from paper documents for the King Library and Archives in Atlanta, he said.

“It’s an example of one of the key strategies of Lerner College, which is to emphasize experiencedriven learning,” Weber said.

Kushner said he has noticed an increased JP Morgan

Chase presence on campus during the past several years.

“In general, I think the students have benefited because they may feel a little bit more secure when applying for jobs if they know that UD has a good relationship with JP Morgan—especially in the Newark and Wilmington offices,” Kushner said.

Other financial services have announced plans this year to expand in the state, including Citibank, Capital One, Bank of America and M&T Bank, Hartwick said. JP Morgan Chase officials, however, said they aren’t concerned about the competitive expansion because Delaware has long been a state with many financial firms.

Lavoie said the proposed JPMorgan Chase expansion indicates that the banking industry is improving.

“I think the primary reason is we have a talented skilled workforce that already exists in Delaware because of our financial services industry that has been in Delaware for many, many years,” she said.

For now, there are no new initiatives in the relationship between the university and JP Morgan Chase, but Weber said university officials will focus on implementing research projects, courses and activities on campus.

“I think Chase wants to involve University of Delaware in being part of their kind of ecosystem of organizations they work with to make the bank stronger and better positioned technologically for the future,” he said.

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Freshman: Results of Student Conduct hearing to be released later this week Continued from page 1 “He was not injured in that incident,” Farrall said. “However, he was thrown to the ground. That’s what we’re looking in to.”

Baum told The Review that a judicial hearing, where officials are considering expulsion for his alleged attacker, took place Thursday morning. A resolution is expected within days.

Investigators are currently working to determine if the incident qualifies as a hate crime, Farrall said.

If so, the investigators will contact the state attorney general office to determine appropriate charges.

Senior Colleen Dougherty, president of the student LGBT advocacy group Haven, said she was notified about the incident on Facebook and immediately contacted Baum.

“I was very shocked. It is, of course, hurtful because it’s someone that I know,” Dougherty said. “I know him well enough to know he’s a great kid.”

She thinks the incident will be designated a hate crime, a type of offense she believes students and community members often misunderstand.

“We still kind of have a sense of distance, a sense of, ‘This can’t happen to me, this can’t happen to my friends,’” Dougherty said. “And then

here it is. It’s happening to someone that you care about. It was very shocking.”

Farrall said this type of criminal activity is rare in the area.

“This appears to be a pretty isolated incident in the city of Newark, if in fact the person was targeted for any specific reason, such as their sexual preference or sexual orientation,” he said. “That certainly won’t be tolerated by the police.”

University spokesman John Brennan stated in an email message that students who are threatened, harassed or attacked should contact university or Newark police officers.

“The safety of the members of our campus community is a primary concern, and we take it very seriously,” Brennan said. “Acts of violence are never tolerated.

Becki Fogerty, director of the Office of Equity and Inclusion, encouraged students to report harassment incidents to the Office of Student Conduct. The Office of Equity and Inclusion offers resources related to civil rights, equal employment and affirmative action, and also offers support in harassment cases.

She stated in an email message that the April 15 incident is a break from recent trends she’s seen at her office.

“Our client load in the past is fairly even, with about half being students and the other half being

employees,” Fogerty said. “In the past year, OEI’s informal harassment cases have not involved students.”

She said it can be difficult for witnesses to step in and help a victim during a harassment situation.

“Generally speaking, bystanders may suffer negative consequences for not stepping up such as powerlessness, guilt, anxiety, fear,” Fogerty said.

“There is a social phenomenon known as the ‘bystander effect’ whereby the greater number of people present, the less likely people are to help a person in distress.”

Dougherty praised Baum’s friends for their actions.

“If it wasn’t for Zach’s friends, other people may have gotten involved and he probably would’ve gotten hurt worse than he did,” she said. “It’s a good thing he had his friends sitting there beside him, as well as other bystanders that stopped the assault from escalating.”

Dougherty said Haven members plan to use the incident to inform the public about hate crimes.

“We’re in talks about what we can do to educate people about hate crimes and what they can do to prevent them,” she said. “We can’t tell those people, ‘Don’t be a victim.’

We have to tell them, ‘Don’t be a perpetrator.’ Educating people on hate crimes and how they can stop them, standing up for others around them, as well as standing up for themselves.”

THE REVIEW/Andrew Brett

University alumus and dean candidate Edward Ashworth explains his goals for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources on April 17 in Townsend Hall.

Deans: Candidates emphasize communication, transparency Continued from page 3 an institution that has state-funded land used for research. He cited the university’s partnerships with the Delaware Biotechnology Institute and the Delaware Environmental Institute.

Land-grant schools also participate in cooperative extension, which allows the public to benefit from the university’s research. The university holds workshops and events that teach eco-friendly behavior, as well as conducting an internship program.

Ashworth commended university officials on their work with the public.

“Delaware is a poster child for an engaged school,” Ashworth said.

Ashworth stressed the importance of faculty communication, and said that he would listen to his colleagues’ opinions and strategies to solve problems as dean.

“I don’t expect you to come to me with a problem and ask how to fix it,” he said. “I expect you to come with a problem, the possible solutions and what you think would be best.”

It’s important for the college to increase funds and research, said Mark Parcells, an animal and food sciences and biological sciences professor. He asked how Ashworth would raise money through commodity groups, which are businesses and state programs that provide money for university research and grants.

Ashworth said the nursing program at the University of Maine has received funding from research facilities, but did not mention specific plans he has if hired at the university.

“The current dean has been pretty visible in the state and interacts with commodity groups in a meaningful way,” Parcells said. “It would be nice to see someone who has a track record of doing that.”

Mark Rieger, the associate dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Florida, spoke on Monday.

He handed out pamphlets highlighting his goals for his potential deanship at the university, which included reaching a new audience to augment the number of agriculture students, increasing research and utilizing the cooperative extension program.

Rieger gave examples of his accomplishments at Florida, including

his reorganization of the plant science major and his cooperative extension projects that integrate technology into teaching strategies, among other topics.

Rieger said how he would invest in the university’s strongest programs.

“Define and capitalize your unique strengths,” Rieger said.

He would also work with other land-grant institutions, such as Pennsylvania State University, to ensure all areas within the agriculture program would be equally represented.

“Quality is more important than quantity,” he said. “That will be the running theme of what I’ll do here.”

At Florida, Rieger employs a similar budgeting strategy to that of the university. He said the strategy could allow a dean to be flexible when allocating funds.

When asked about his communication with university community members, Rieger said he strives for transparency and wants to ensure problems are easily understood.

“You need to make it relevant to them,” he said. “Put it in their terms.”

He said he enjoys frequently meeting with chairs of departments individually.

Rieger also teaches a weekly orientation class for honors-level students at Florida and said it is the highlight of his week. He hopes participate in a similar class at the university if he is named dean.

Animal and food sciences professor Sue Snider said understanding the importance of the cooperative extension program within the state is an important job for the dean. She appreciated the importance Rieger gave to communication among professors.

“I was impressed with his emphasis on communication and using the needs of the constituents in communicating,” Snider said.

Ashley Fry, a graduate student in the counseling in higher education program, attended the presentation and said it’s intriguing to see the interview process as a current student and as a future administrator.

“It’s interesting to see the different styles and visions and how they communicate those to us,” Fry said.

Faculty and students can complete a survey, which will be utilized in the final decision, about the potential candidates on the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources website.

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Hate crime report surprising College atmosphere should encourage expression of Rutgers University, and the anti-bullying campaigns that have subsequently taken shape.

One would think the country’s hyperawareness of such crimes would deter them from happening at student gatherings in Newark.

Students must think about their choices before they act, regardless of personal beliefs. The student who allegedly committed the crime now must live with the consequences. The influence of alcohol is no excuse for this type of behavior.

It is commendable that the student sought out the police and came forward about the incident.

His decision to seek help should inspire others to do the same if they are harassed or attacked because of their sexual orientation or beliefs.

THE REVIEW/Megan Krol

Last week, a freshman student was allegedly attacked at a party after attendees verbally harassed him about his sexual orientation, and police are investigating whether the incident is considered a hate crime. Considering that college is traditionally a place where students can express themselves without fear of oppression, this incident is especially deplorable.

In recent years, the university community has been accepting of the LGBT community, with Haven becoming increasingly popular as a student group and many LGBT students feeling relatively comfortable on campus. Such violence is even more surprising following public outcry about recent gay teens committing suicide, like Tyler Clementi

Letter sent to parents ineffective Language fails to actively address drinking problems University officials mailed a letter to parents last week advising them to warn their children about the dangers of drinking, especially as temperatures get warmer. While the letter may have been a valuable prompt for some parents to talk to their kids, especially younger students, about alcohol use, this method of preventing excessive drinking is ineffective.

The language of the letter was somewhat patronizing, assuming that students will partake in binge drinking, haven’t already had these important discussions with their parents and need guidance on the subject. In addition, the correlation of warm weather to dangerous alcohol consumption is peculiar and seems more like an excuse to talk about the issue. While day drinks are prevalent across Newark on balmy days, drinking

is hardly a warm weather-only activity.

If university officials think binge drinking is a problem, they need to be frank in addressing it as a problem. They also must alert students—not just their parents— and treat them like the young adults they are. Nothing was sent to students but a link to a video about the dangers of alcohol, which was buried in the middle of a weekly UDaily email.

College students have heard time and time again drinking is hazardous, yet they still partake in the act regardless of the risk factors. A vague letter sent to their parents will not alter their behavior—only they can do so by making smart decisions University officials must take a different approach in addressing what they deem a campus-wide problem.

Corrections: In the April 17 article “Univ. members share ideas at TEDx event,” Andrew Gentszch’s last name was incorrectly spelled Gentzch in the photo caption.

An April 17 article “RSA hosts annual spring Resapalooza” incorrectly identified Colleen Zweibel as vice president of programming for SCPAB. She is the vice president of operations for the Resident Student Association. This was an editing error.

The Review gladly welcomes its readers to write letters to the editor and submit their writing as guest columnists.

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Letters to the Editor

Dining Services should plan theme menus better Given the university’s lack of diversity, I strongly support the Dining Service staff’s attempts to provide cultural awareness through theme nights. That being said, I have two simple guidelines for such events. No. 1 is to avoid offensive stereotypes. No. 2 is to provide palatable food.

The latter was most certainly followed during the “everything deep-fried” night celebrating Black History Month, but both were ignored during the latest Chinese-

themed fiasco. The Indian rice and Thai pudding were particularly ill conceived: in addition to being inedible, neither are remotely Chinese. After observing the conveyor belt for several minutes I was rewarded by a constant stream of uneaten banana-filled egg rolls, though one appeared half-consumed by some brave victim.

After carefully trying every food item offered I was forced to conclude that the fortune cookies were the only worthwhile food offered that night in Kent Dining Hall.

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-Matthew Werth, Class of 2015 Mentors’ Circle statue good addition to landscape The article in The Review, “Some question placement, aesthetics of new statue,” on April 17 should have had comments by staff and employees. The whole article was the view of students against the statue. I think it’s a great compliment and asset to our campus. I’m sure I’m not the only one that feels this way.

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Hate crimes unacceptable on college campuses Colleen Dougherty

Guest Columnist

Violence against students based on identity should not be tolerated.

A hate crime is not something that most college students have experienced on their campuses, nor is it something that anyone should have to experience. When most people think of a hate crime, they feel disconnected from it, as if something that happened miles away to people they do not know could not affect them. To most people, hate crimes are something that they hear about only in the media, not something that can happen in their own community.

Unfortunately, hate crimes are committed all too often against members of the university community. Last Saturday, a

freshman was assaulted because of his sexual orientation. When asked if he was gay at a party, the student answered that he was.

His attacker then tackled him to the ground and began to choke him. Such a crime is inexcusable on this or any campus.

Our society is fraught with hatred and discrimination based on singular aspects of our identities, such as race, sexual orientation and gender identity, and how we present ourselves to the rest of society. These are things that should enrich our lives and be a source of pride, not things that should make us fear for our safety and well-being.

Thankfully, the student on Saturday was able to access the resources intended to aid and protect the student community, like the police. But how many more students have been victims of similar crimes on campus and were too afraid to report them? How many students are even aware that there is support on our campus if they should be in the same situation? How many more times will it happen in our commu-

nity before people understand that this behavior is unacceptable?

We as a university need to stand up for our fellow students and change this culture of discrimination and violence. A student’s sexual orientation, gender identity, style of expression or any other aspect of their identity should not influence their level of safety on campus, or how they are treated by their fellow students.

Saturday night’s incident is only one manifestation of the homophobia that threatens university students in a variety of ways. As the president of Haven, the student run LGBT organization on campus, students often approach me and the other members of Haven’s executive board for help and support when they feel uncomfortable or threatened on campus. We do our best to help them in every way possible, but as students ourselves, we are always aware that these are threats that face us as well.

This is something we cannot do alone.

We need the support of the entire university

community if we are going to truly change the atmosphere on campus.

If you have ever felt threatened or know someone who has been threatened, please seek help. There are many outlets through which your voice can be heard.

If you have been a victim of a hate crime, please contact the police or the university’s Office of Equity and Inclusion at http:// www.udel.edu/stophate. If you are feeling threatened or uncomfortable, tell someone you trust, such as an resident assistant, a member of a student organization like Haven, or the university Counseling Center staff.

This is not an issue we can face alone.

We need everyone within the community to stand up to stop discrimination and violence against our peers.

Colleen Dougherty is a guest columnist for The Review. Her viewpoints do not necessarily represent those of the Review staff. Please send comments to cdough@udel.edu.

‘Kirkbride Preacher’ claims should be challenged Daniel Crimmins

Guest Columnist

The man who challenged street preacher Mark Johnson outside Kirkbride Hall explains his reasoning.

I am the person who challenged the street preacher outside Kirkbride Hall on March 1, and wish to address your article.

First, I am a full-time student here, though I am, as your article described, in my 30s. I first attended the university in 1999, left to join the Army after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and returned to complete my degree in 2009.

Mr. Johnson, or one of his associates, has been standing in that spot for at least the past 14 years, shouting fire and damnation, telling passing students they literally deserve to die. Somehow, if that sort of hateful message is draped in a cross, it’s considered OK. Can you imagine another situation in which anyone would defend a man who conducts himself in this manner?

His associate once shouted, “God loved us so much, he sent his only son to be slaughtered.”

In what other context does such a statement make sense, that a being can show love through the horrible torture and murder of another? It’s a monstrous idea; it’s scapegoating on a cosmic scale, and frankly, deserves to be challenged.

I should like to point out that I never asked him to leave; I acknowledge and respect his right to free speech. However, free speech does not mean unopposed speech. I do not respect re-

ligious belief in general, or Christianity in particular, and feel in no way obligated to honor the taboos against criticizing the religious beliefs held by others. The point of my exchange with Mr. Johnson was to let him know that not everyone agrees with his worldview, and to provide, at least for an afternoon, a dissenting viewpoint.

I reacted passionately to a person shouting blatant falsehoods on a university campus.

I would ask those who defend or “respect” Mr. Johnson’s methods and message how they would feel if instead of a lay minister “spreading the good word,” Mr. Johnson was a brown man who claimed we deserve to die because the Koran says so, rather than because we don’t adhere to the Bible? What if he were insisting the Book of Mormon were the inerrant word of God, or that our failure to embrace Marxism makes us worthy of death? What if he had been shouting about E-meters, Dianetics and Xenu (aspects of Scientology, for those unaware)?

Imagine if he claimed the only path to eternal paradise was honorable death in battle, as the Norse believed.

If his horrendous claims were based on anything other than accepted modern religious faith, no one would question our disbelief. If his abhorrent view of reality weren’t couched in a faith the majority passively accept, that the majority agree with, they would be universally ridiculed and rejected. Mr. Johnson repeatedly asked me to “prove” there was no God. I respond to these claims with the late Christopher Hitchens’ maxim “That which may asserted without evidence may be dismissed without evidence.” Proof for a thing’s nonexistence is an invalid concept; if a thing exists, it will leave evidence. If a thing does not exist, it will not leave evidence. I would be just as unable to

prove the Tooth Fairy doesn’t exist.

People must critically examine their beliefs, and should consider not only what they believe, but why. The majority of theists base their beliefs either on simple tradition (they were indoctrinated into their faiths since infancy) or base appeal to authority (the church and the Bible say it, so it must be true). My goal was not to silence Mr. Johnson, but to encourage other students to think about why they believe what they do. Many assert the Bible is the foundation of our morality, but we know this isn’t true. We don’t believe the appropriate punishment for a rape is to force the rapist to pay the victim’s family 50 silver shekels and marry his victim, as the Bible says. We don’t support the genocide of other nations based on their religious ideals. We don’t respect or venerate cult leaders who proclaim they have come “to set man against man, to put the son at variance with the father,” we don’t hold slavery as a part of the natural order and a moral institution, and we recoil at the notion that we can punish one person to forgive the crimes of another. My beliefs are based on scholarship, observation, experimentation, in short scientific study. Science is a quest for understanding; it is a process that doesn’t have all the answers. It can even be wrong, occasionally. I believe that given enough time, we will find all the answers, but that’s simply optimism. Regardless, “I don’t know” is a perfectly acceptable, and honest, answer.

Theists assert the answer is God, based on nothing but ancient writings, and then become upset (often brutally, violently, murderously upset, over the past 3,000 years or so) when a person like me points out how absurd it all is.

If I told you I believed the world was a disc on

the back of a massive turtle, you’d tell me I was mad. If I said the world was the body of a giant slain by Odin, you wouldn’t consider it. But because the current myth still holds some sway, the idea that the Earth spontaneously popped into being at the will of deity 6,000 to 10,000 years ago, when we know the Earth is around 4.6 billion years old, is somehow not ridiculous.

I mentioned I was attending the university on the GI Bill. I fought in Iraq, over two tours, for a total of 26 months. I saw young women explode in front of me, the name of their god the last word they will ever say. I saw piles of bodies, horribly tortured, mutilated and eventually executed, left to bake in the sun by the Tigris River because the people belonged to a different sect. I watched good men destroyed, beheaded by roadside bombs, cut down by rifle fire. I watched a dear friend be struck in the chest by a rocket-propelled grenade. I watched Arab fighters charge armored vehicles with AK-47s and prayer beads. I have seen what a religious state looks like, and it’s awful.

The most devout Christian is almost as much an atheist as I am. We agree on the nonexistence of 99.9 percent of the thousands of deities, demigods, genies, dragons, wizards and mystical creatures dreamed up by men over the past 50,000 years or so. I just went one further.

He has every right to be wrong, loudly, on a city street. And those of us who believe he is wrong have a right to challenge him.

Daniel Crimmins is a guest columnist for The Review. His viewpoints do not necessarily represent those of the Review staff. Please send comments to crimmins@udel.edu.

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Community pushes for expanded bike trails

Also Inside Denver Bronco returns to alma mater Laidback Luke performs at club pulse

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Alum, NFL safety talks childhood, charity work

BY ZANE WOLFANG Staff Reporter

Denver Broncos safety Mike Adams was raised in Patterson, N.J., where he says kids grew up to be drug dealers, gang members or prostitutes—a place where it was easy to get sucked into the dangers of street life. Adams’ single mother raised him along with his six siblings, and he felt bound to follow the usual Patterson route until one high school football game changed his perspective.

“I made the front page of the newspaper for football,” Adams says. “It meant so much to my mother that I was doing something positive instead of hanging out on the streets. She went out and bought every newspaper in the store.”

Adams spoke to students Thursday night in the Perkins Student Center about growing up in the city and giving back to his hometown.

The winning football game motivated Adams to stick with football and stay in school. He was offered several football scholarships after his high school graduation and accepted a full-ride offer from the university in 2000.

Transitioning from Patterson to the university was “a culture shock,” Adams says.

“In my neighborhood, a white person was either a landlord or buying drugs,” he says.

He had trouble adjusting to his new life at school and missed his home. But when he returned for break the first time, he saw people from his high school going to jail, doing drugs and even dying, Adams says.

“I said, ‘I don’t want to do this,’” he says. “I came back to school and started working hard.”

Adams dislocated his hip in 2002, an injury doctors told him would end his career. He helped lead the Blue Hens football team to a division 1-AA national championship in 2003, his redshirt senior season, despite breaking his leg that year. He finished his career as a defensive back at the university with 11 interceptions, the 11th highest in school history.

Adams graduated from the university with a degree in human services in 2004. His mother passed away after a battle with cancer the day before graduation, and he almost didn’t walk in the ceremony, he says. But he knew graduating from college had been a goal he and his mother had shared since high school.

“I was only the second person in my family to graduate high school,” Adams says. “I was the first to graduate college. I’m the most proud of that, more than the NFL.” Following his graduation, he was signed as a free agent by the San Francisco 49ers and later joined the Cleveland Browns in 2007. In 2012, he signed with the Denver Broncos during his ninth season in the NFL. Kristine Ritz-Coll, assistant dean of the College of Education and Human Development, was Adams’ adviser and says he always enjoyed helping others without expecting personal benefits.

“There was always something special about Mike,” Ritz-Coll says. “He used to bring his friends to my office when they needed help with something.”

In 2006, Adams and free agent football linebacker Gerald Hayes, Adams’ childhood friend, founded the Rising Stars Foundation, a nonprofit organization to help inner-city kids.

Adams also started a youth football and cheerleading program in Patterson and personally finances expenditures like equipment and uniforms. He paid for a bus trip to one of the team’s games in Ohio and plans to fly the team to Atlanta for another game next year.

“It’s the first time some of these kids have even been out of state,” Adams says. “Some of them will never fly in a plane again.”

At the beginning of the 2011 school year, he bought 100 haircuts for children and gave away 1,000 backpacks full of school supplies.

He plans to open a nonprofit community center where kids can spend time with their friends, play sports and use computers. Adams says he and his board of directors are doing whatever they can to make life better for inner-city kids who remind Adams of himself growing up.

“We’re talking about working on a charter school in Patterson,” Adams says. “That’s our goal.”

Professor Donald Unger, chairman of the human development and family studies department, says Adams has always had a passion for helping inner-city youth.

“He made it out of [Patterson], and not everybody in his situation would go back,” Unger says. “He didn’t just take the money and run. He came back to Patterson to help.”

THE REVIEW/Nick Wallace

Mike Adams, who now plays as a safety for the Denver Broncos, spoke Thursday night in Perkins Student Center about growing up in Patterson, N.J., and starting his football career at the university.

THE REVIEW/Jon Gabriel

Dorothy Finger survived three ghettos, one labor camp, a bullet to the ear and typhus in the Holocaust.

Survivor: ‘I survived because I was young and I was lucky,’ Holocaust speaker says Continued from page 1 Of the 90 members of her family who suffered through the Holocaust, only Finger and one of her cousins survived the Nazi occupation. She survived three ghettos, one labor camp, a bullet to the ear and typhus—all of which she says she can barely believe happened.

Finger’s speech Thursday night about her survival was one of several events organized for Holocaust Remembrance Week, also known as Yom HaShoah.

Flags were displayed on The Green all week to commemorate lives lost in World War II. Events were sponsored by HillelStudent Life, KOACH, Kesher, ChiaNamics and the Office of Equity and Inclusion.

Finger’s father was one of hundreds of Jews forced to do menial labor in her town and was beaten daily. Because Jewish people were no longer allowed to go to stores or hospitals, Finger and her mother tended to his injuries themselves. When her father could no longer work, he was sent to a concentration camp. He never reached the camp, suffocating in the overcrowded, standing roomonly train.

After the end of World War II, Finger says she was faced with a dilemma—where to go next. She thought all of her family had been killed, along with the members of her community. A cousin in America eventually sent for

her when she was 17 years old, allowing her to escape.

Junior Stacy Meyerson, president of Hillel Student Life, says she was touched by Finger’s speech.

“Dorothy’s speech was even more than I expected,” Meyerson says. “The turnout was bigger than I imagined and the speech was very inspirational.”

Junior Andrea Bromberg says listening to Finger speak was a moving experience.

“Every survivor tells a unique story,” Bromberg says. “It is more than worth listening to.”

Toward the end of her speech, Finger recalled something her mother said to her before they were separated.

“She said, ‘My dear child, you are young and strong. I am sure you will survive. I am certain I will not. If you survive, tell them how they treated us,’” Finger says.

Freshman Jeffrey Rosenthal says remembering the stories of those like Finger is crucial.

“It’s important to remember our history, especially because in a few years, the people who survived the Holocaust won’t be here,” Rosenthal says.

Finger says she does not take her survival for granted and knows she could have easily been among the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.

“I survived because I was young and I was lucky,” she says, citing her mother’s words 70 years later.

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Laidback Luke performs in Elkton, Md.

BY ERIN REILLY and ELIZABETH QUARTARARO The Review

Students and other concertgoers dressed head-to-toe in bright neon swarmed the concert barricades as Dutch DJ Laidback Luke played a 100-minute set at Club Pulse in Elkton, Md., Friday night.

Laidback Luke, whose real name is Lucas Cornelis van Scheppingen, performed in Maryland as part of his international “Speak Up” tour. Van Scheppingen, known for dance and house music remixes, stated in an email message that he realized his passion at an early age but couldn’t play instruments as well as the rest of his musically talented family.

“When I was 15 years old, I found out I could make music with the help of a computer,” van Scheppingen says. “It was then I realized I wanted to do this for the rest of my life.”

Discovered and heavily influenced by house producer duo Chocolat Puma, van Scheppingen began his career in 1992, when he says the electronic dance music scene was still growing. House music has only recently achieved popularity on mainstream American radio stations, he says.

“I’m glad it finally happened in the U.S.,” van Scheppingen says. “I feel a lot of it had to do with people like Will.I.Am who discovered he loved it, and David Guetta crossing over that hard.”

Artists like Daft Punk and Timbaland also played a role in forming van Scheppingen’s musical tastes, but Swedish House Mafia and Steve Angello showed him how to produce tracks, he says. Since 1998, he has

released more than 30 singles and remixed tracks like “Rain Over Me”

by Pitbull featuring Marc Anthony and “Better Off Alone” by Alice DeeJay. Junior Rachel Rockefeller says “Turbulance,” one of van Scheppingen’s singles featuring Steve Aoki and Lil’ Jon, was a crowd favorite during Friday’s performance.

“It was really exciting and upbeat, with lots of lights,” Rockefeller says.

Van Scheppingen says he has kept busy with remix projects and completed eight remixes in the last three weeks.

“What I always look for in an original [song] are elements that are really my taste and that would work great in my sets,” he says. “I take those elements and add my touch to it and that often works out really well for me.”

Senior Mark Greenstein says this was the first concert he attended with friends from the university and that the majority of the audience was students.

“There were a good amount of people, and it was a good open area,” Greenstein says. “There were good vibes from everyone.”

Rockefeller says van Scheppingen was not overly interactive with the crowd and stood behind his turntable dancing for most of the concert.

“But he fed off the energy of the crowd,” she says. “I would definitely go again if he came back next year.”

Van Scheppingen says he tends to play more complex and obscure music overseas compared to his stateside shows, but he is excited to perform in America as well.

“The energy and the response in the U.S. is addicting,” he says. “It’s all so fresh and new—it’s a pleasure to play in the U.S.”

Courtesy of Justin Kleinfield

Van Scheppingen says he realized he wanted to have a career in music when he was 15 years old.

THE REVIEW/Erin Reilly

Laidback Luke, born Lucas Cornelis van Scheppingen, performed at Club Pulse in Elkton, Md. Friday night.

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“The Lucky One” Warner Bros. Pictures PP (out of PPPPP) “The Lucky One,” Hollywood’s latest adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel, is undeserving of a spot on the big screen and would be better suited to the Lifetime Channel on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Like “Dear John,” “The Last Song,” and many other tearjerkers before it, “The Lucky One” attempts to replicate the formula that caused female fans to fall for the 2004 film “The Notebook”—arguably the most successful Sparks film to date.

A grown-up and impeccably toned Zac Efron stars as Logan, a twentysomething Marine who returns home after his third tour of duty in Iraq. Plagued by post-traumatic stress from the war, Logan travels to North Carolina to find the woman whose photograph he discovered on the battlefield and who he believes was the good luck charm that kept him safe overseas.

After asking around town, Logan eventually finds Beth (Taylor Schilling), a divorcée living with her grandmother and her son Ben. Beth runs a kennel

and training facility for dogs at their country home.

Unable to divulge his real motivations, Logan pretends to be looking for a job at the kennel and begins working for Beth thanks to her flirtatious grandmother (Blythe Danner).

Despite her initial hesitations, Beth melts under Logan’s blue-eyed gaze and clearly admires his relationship with her insecure son, who is in obvious need of a father figure. The only obstacles standing in the new couple’s way are Logan’s secret and Beth’s abusive exhusband, a macho cop who threatens to take Ben away.

Although it includes a hunky male lead, a picturesque southern setting and a steamy make-out

scene—all trademarks of Nicholas Sparks movies— “The Lucky One” follows the same predictable pattern expected from mainstream Hollywood romances.

Efron and Schilling offer uninspiring performances, lacking the passion and chemistry that catapulted Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams to swoonworthy status. Judging from Efron’s blank stares and lackluster delivery, the actor should probably stick to dancing and singing—talents that brought him fame in the first place. He should have spent more time bulking up his acting skills rather than his muscles.

—Erin Reilly, ereilly@udel.edu

Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

“Marley” Magnolia Pictures PPPPP (out of PPPPP) The Bob Marley documentary “Marley” was released on April 20, the unofficial holiday for marijuana smokers and supporters. As a Rastafarian, Marley saw smoking cannabis as a spiritual experience and part of his religion. Many students idolize the reggae musician and cover their college dorm rooms with posters of Marley enjoying a blunt or flashing a contagious smile.

The documentary, however, examines layers of the man and his work in a more serious tone that may surprise many mainstream listeners.

Every moment of the lengthy two and a half hour film is worth it. The film includes footage of Marley, as well as interviews with friends, family members, lovers and fellow musicians.

Marley was raised by his mother in a Jamaican village with no electricity and he often went to bed hungry. In his early twenties, he followed his mother to America to make money, discover opportunity and spread his peace-promoting music.

Delaware students should be proud to know that he first lived in Wilmington and worked at the Chrysler plant in the late ’60s. It

didn’t take long for America’s younger generation of ganja lovers to embrace his band, Bob Marley and The Wailers.

The documentary clears any misconception that Marley was a stereotypical “stoner.” He was portrayed as a workaholic, who slept an average of four hours a night. His first priority was always his music, and he held free concerts in Jamaica and Africa, even after an assassination attempt prior to his first free show in his home country. One clip in the documentary shows Marley connecting the hands of two rival Jamaican politicians on his concert stage. He was able to influence the votes of his Jamaican fans, but remained dedicated to the peace of the people rather than winning the support of powerful political figures.

Though “Marley” defines

the reggae superstar as a true revolutionary, it does not shy away from exposing his faults.

Marley once said, “My heart can be hard as a stone, and yet soft as water.” Those that were closest to him often experienced this “heart of stone.” Interviews with his children reveal his strict personality and long absences in their life. The documentary humanizes the icon, but does not condemn his life mistakes.

Whether you love Marley’s peace-preaching music, revolutionary ideals or illegal habits, this documentary is a must-see. It touts an allencompassing look at the idol’s career, family, fortunes and misfortunes, promising an emotional and in-depth analysis of one of the greatest music icons of our time.

—Ellen Skirvin, eskirvin@udel.edu

Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures

“Experts at Nothing” by Justin Sadegh

“Off the Record” will return Tuesday, May 1. Until then, enjoy an “Experts at Nothing” double feature (continued on page 25).—Justin Sadegh, jsadegh@udel.edu

April 24, 2012

Day Trippin’: Shopping, exploring With Krista Connor

Thanks to Sunday’s cold, rainy weather, my Day Trippin’ plans and back-up ideas flopped. And man, were they good. For those interested in spelunking—which is a fancy way of saying “cave adventuring”— or who simply find amusement in reading about my misadventures, check out next week’s column.

I’ll hopefully hike through some Pennsylvania woods and, for the first time ever, head deep into a cave.

Let’s hope I don’t uproot some latent claustrophobia.

But for now, let me take you back to April 15. It was one of those summer-like days calling people outside, and when my father decided he needed to return something to the shopping outlets in Rehoboth Beach, Del., my mom, sister and I decided to tag along. We headed south for the hour-and-40-minute drive for a spontaneous afternoon at the beach.

The three Tanger Outlets, with at least 100 stores and restaurants, are a shopper’s paradise and a main attraction for beach vacationers in the summertime. When I was younger, I obsessed over the few bookstores like Atlantic Books or The Book Cellar, which, unfortunately, doesn’t seem to exist anymore. Aeropostale and Claire’s were some favorites during my early teen years, until I discovered the possibilities of a Bohemian, surfer-girl lifestyle from shops like PacSun or indulged in Old Navy’s addictive flip-flop sales.

And there’s dozens of other shopping possibilities—Christmas-

themed shops, home décor, clothing, shoes, appliances, fragrances, candy, jewelry, candles, leather, expensive items, slightly less expensive items— it’s all there.

A few miles away is the seaside town of Rehoboth. The largest coastal town in the state, Rehoboth is also known as the “Nation’s Summer Capital,” mainly because of an influx of D.C. visitors each summer, although vacationers come from all over the world.

It is also a favorite spot for celebrities like Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl. A few years ago, I was strolling down the milelong boardwalk with my siblings and cousins when I noticed a trendy couple who stood out from the swarms of sunburned, hoodie-wearing, stuffingfaces-with-boardwalk-fries tourists.

“Hey, they look important,” I blurted out. Someone in our group exclaimed that it was Grohl, but by then he had already disappeared down the boardwalk. It gave me something to talk about for the next few days— even though I had never even heard of him before I gawked and pointed like an obnoxious child at the zoo.

Aside from its famous vacationers, the town is also home to some popular historic spots.

Grotto Pizza originated in 1967 in a take-out stand on Rehoboth Avenue.

Dolles Salt Water Taffy, which was built in the 1900s, is also located off Rehoboth Avenue. And I can’t forget world-renowned Thrasher’s boardwalk fries or Fisher’s popcorn,

Rehoboth Beach, Del.

to add to the plethora of other beachy delights, like historic hotels and an arcade that features a weird, spinning space ship called the “Gravitron” that I was always too afraid to try.

I’m pretty sure even my alternative, the carousel, has given me motion sickness at times.

The town is known for its nightlife and liberal atmosphere, so its origins are a little surprising.

Rehoboth was actually founded by the Rev. Robert W. Todd in 1873 as a site for a Methodist summer camp. The name “Rehoboth” comes from the Bible, and means “place for all.” A few years later, the camp was broken up and the town was eventually named Rehoboth Beach, evolving into the tourist hot spot it is today.

My mom lounged peacefully on the blanket. Some guy attempted to flirt with my sister by accusing her of taking his picture as he walked by— which she didn’t, unless he grouped himself in with the particularly raucous seagulls hovering around.

My dad, as conspicuous as Dave Grohl, busted out his metal detector from the car. Wearing jeans and a T-shirt, he weaved between bathing suit-clad tourists, eyes downcast while he searched the sand for treasures. And I just shook my head, let grains of sand slide through my fingers, and laughed at it all.

—Krista Connor, kristamc@udel.edu

Fashion Forward: Discovering Big Apple fashion New York City prides itself on being the city that never sleeps—a statement I can personally vouch for. Once, I stayed up for 24 hours to see it for myself, and the city kept Megan Soria its word quite honorably.

It was two years ago in Times Square when I was on set as a wardrobe assistant for the film “Not Waving But Drowning,” filming our last shot with a crew call from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. As a 19-yearold suburban girl, being thrown into the city alone was the most mortifying and incredible experience I’d ever had.

With a MetroCard and map in hand, I was running around from Queens to the Upper West Side, shopping in SoHo, doing fittings in Tribeca and ending up in a random artist’s studio in Williamsburg. While I was “that girl” lugging a suitcase around the subway, I learned the MTA system like the back of my hand. So last weekend, I decided to revisit all my favorite city spots and find some fabulous fashion along the way.

Located right off Bedford Avenue lies Brooklyn’s vintage heaven on earth—Beacon’s Closet. I found the store on a mission to dress a homeless character for the film, but, ironically,

I left with an overload of treasures for myself. It was just as I had remembered it—a spacious warehouse filled with dozens of vintage racks, color-coded and perfectly arranged for me to sift through for hours. Every time I go, I’m like a kid in a candy store, wide-eyed and ready to play dress-up with the amazing collection of retro pieces. I’ve scored a black Cynthia Rowley vest, a white Salvatore Ferragamo jacket and an amazing DIY metal-studded vest that could possibly give me tetanus if I’m not careful, but was just too awesome to pass up. Chelsea’s Market and The Brooklyn Flea are also great places to find one-of-a-kind pieces.

The magic of the city’s vintage stores is evident in the new HBO series “Girls,” which depicts a group of 20-something Brooklyn girls trying to find themselves and figure out life.

Though the show is not fashion-centric like “Sex in the City,” the clothing translates wonderfully and reflects each of the characters’ personalities.

According to “Girls” costume designer Jenn Rogien, she pulled loads of pieces from Beacon’s Closet—all the more reason to love the store.

Heading out of Brooklyn on the L train and into SoHo, some of the more traditional shops appear. Though stores like Forever 21, Zara, H&M and Madewell can be found in Delaware and Pennsylvania, SoHo’s are twice the size, so sales are frequent and inventory is plentiful. Topshop, Uniqlo and All

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Saints are popular international clothing stores that can’t be found in your local mall. Down at the west end of Bleeker Street past the cool specialty shops and record stores is the Marc Jacobs store, which sells not only his designer pieces but an awesome collection of books and affordable accessories. My favorite is his cute and durable canvas tote that holds their borderline obnoxious yet funny logo—Jacobs by Marc Jacobs for Marc by Marc Jacobs In Collaboration with Marc Jacobs for Marc by Marc Jacobs.

The most fascinating aspect of New York City is that inspiration can be drawn just by walking around. Art, fashion, culture and creativity thrive on every corner—all you have to do is observe your surroundings. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is my favorite place to just sit and think— from gorgeous European paintings to an amazing collection by The Costume Institute, it’s easy to spend hours getting lost there. Bedford Avenue is like a catwalk in itself, with pedestrian fashionistas strutting down the street in eccentric outfits. Though designer deals and thrift finds are affordable, there’s nothing more invaluable than creativity.

My Cynthia Rowley vest—$20. Marc Jacobs canvas tote—$35. Getting inspired by a city that never sleeps— priceless.

—Megan Soria, megsoria@udel.edu

THE REVIEW/Krista Connor

Dolles Salt Water Taffy, built in the 1900s, stands on the boardwalk at Rehoboth Beach, Del.

DID YOU KNOW? Did you know the last state-sanctioned execution by hanging occured in 1996 in Smyrna, Del.?

Death row inmate Billy Bailey stepped up to the gallows at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Del. on Jan. 25, 1996. John Painter, public information officer for the Delaware Department of Corrections, says the state passed legislation to ban hanging as a means of execution in 1986, having already switched to using lethal injections.

However, criminals sentenced to death prior to the ban could still choose the gallows. Bailey was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder in 1980 after he was accused of murdering an elderly couple in Cheswold, Del. His court appeals lasted until 1996, when he chose to die by hanging at the age of 49. He was the last death row inmate in the U.S. to have the option.

Bailey weighed 220 pounds at the time of his execution, and the gallows required extensive renovation to ensure that they were structurally sound.

The gallows have since been dismantled. Painter says certain macabre collectors would pay a

hefty sum for the gallows, but the ethical choice was to have them destroyed. He maintains that capital punishment is legally required in service to the state of Delaware.

Delaware currently has 19 prisoners on death row, all of them male. The First State is one of 34 in the U.S. with the death penalty since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976. Research shows the system has flaws, most surprisingly a high cost. In Texas, the average death penalty case costs $2.3 million, the equivalent of three life terms in prison.

In a poll from the University of Colorado, 88 percent of academics from the country’s top criminology programs say the death penalty does not deter homicide.

—Tucker McGrath, tmcgrath@udel.edu

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Proposed budget to create ‘greenways’ across state

BY LEAH SININSKY Features Editor

After the varsity track team was cut his sophomore year, senior Alex Szela looked for an alternative to running and took up competitive cycling. Szela—now president of the university’s cycling club and owner of seven bikes—says that biking is an activity that can be enjoyed for a lifetime. He says many of the cycling club’s alumni continue biking after graduation, making the switch from competitive collegiate racing to touring and group riding.

“It’s a different lifestyle,” Szela says. “It sort of slows things down.”

On April 26, in collaboration with Bike Delaware and Delaware Outdoors, Delaware Greenways— an organization dedicated to developing and managing pedestrian and bike pathways across the state and advocating for sustainable development— will meet with state officials and legislators at the “Walkable, Bikeable Delaware: Quality of Life, Economic Development and Health Promotion” conference at the Biggs Museum in Dover from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. The conference is an effort to gain support of state legislators and constituents for Gov. Jack Markell’s proposed budget increase for expanded trail networks across the state.

Markell first proposed the First State Trails and Pathways Plan— which would increase the budget for bike and pedestrian trails in Delaware to $13.3 million—last January. The proposal includes plans for four new pathways, running between Newark and Wilmington, Wilmington and New Castle, Dover and Clayton and Lewes and

Georgetown. The general assembly will vote on the budget on June 30.

Andrea Trabelsi, managing director of Delaware Greenways, says members of the organization are thrilled by Markell’s proposal. If his plan is approved, the $13.3 million will be allocated to organizations that are best able to implement the projects, including the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Delaware Department of Transportation, she says.

Trabelsi, an avid biker, grew up in Minnesota, a state she says is 10 to 15 years ahead of Delaware in terms of its network of bicycle trails. While attending graduate school there, she says she could bike 20 miles to class entirely on trails.

Trabelsi says spending the money on expanding roads may have a short-term increase on Delaware’s capacity for economic development, but bike trails have long-term benefits such as the improvement of public health.

“When I’m not getting exercise during the week and I have to just drive my butt to and from work five days a week and can’t get my exercise, I’m mentally not as healthy and physically not as healthy,” Trabelsi says.

Graduate student Nicole Suto completed her undergraduate degree at the university’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy. Now, she is studying renewable energy at the School of Marine Science and Policy and is one of several founders of the Newark Bike Project, a volunteer organization inaugurated on Feb. 1.

Suto says volunteers teach mechanics classes, where community members learn how to repair their own bikes or bikes at the shop that they can later ride

home. She says the Newark Bike Project was modeled after the Urban Bike Project, an organization in Wilmington started by friends who gave Suto her first “adult bike” and inspired her interest in biking.

“I think that it’s good to have these trails because it encourages people to ride bikes more often, to get outside, to enjoy the outdoors,” Suto says. “Not only is it good recreationally, but I also think it’s important to have these trails for transportation.”

Charlie Emerson, director of the Newark Parks Department, says transportation is a key benefit of trails. Emerson worked to create both the James F. Hall Trail, which opened in 2003 and runs from Bradford Lane to the Delaware Technology Park, and the Pomeroy Trail, which starts at the James F. Hall Trail south of Wyoming Road and ends near Laird Campus. The Pomeroy Trail will be completed later this year.

He says both are recreational trails and transportation corridors that were funded with federal money. One project still in the early phases of development is a trail that would connect Newark to Wilmington.

“I see it as similar, on a more local level to the Pomeroy and Hall trails,” Emerson says. “Trying to get people to use these trails not only as recreation corridors but as connectors for bikers, hikers, to get from neighborhoods to shopping areas and so forth.”

Suto, who says biking has enriched her life, supports Markell’s initiative.

“I love seeing the world via bike,” she says. “It’s a really great experience. It’s faster than walking and it’s more freedom than driving.”

THE REVIEW/Amelia Wang

The proposed budget increase includes plans for four new bike pathways.

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Film documents Iranian human rights abuses

BY MADDIE LEVEY Staff Reporter

Iranian officials are forbidding members of the Bahá’í faith, an international religion whose members encompass a minority group in Iran, from attending universities in their country. To raise awareness of the issue, the Bahá’í Community of Newark organized a screening of the documentary film “Education Under Fire,” which examines the Iranian government’s actions toward the Bahá’í, Thursday night in Gore Hall.

The event was also sponsored

by Amnesty International, the Global Governance Student Association and the Chi Gung and Taoist Studies Club. After the documentary screening, an open discussion took place in which members of the audience, including members of the local Bahá’í community, voiced their opinions on social justice, human rights and the value of education.

Graduate student Justin Deleon says he organized the event to remind students about the value of education and to show that the Bahá’í are not involved in any

political quarrel in Iran that has led to their restriction.

“There is no conflict at all, yet they are being barred from universities,” Deleon says.

Last May, the Iranian

“The first step to justice is knowing about it.”

-Justin Deleon, graduate student government raided organizations that were educating the Bahá’í community and sentenced educators to prison for four to five years.

Deleon says he and many other members of the university community are on a mission to raise awareness of this injustice.

“The first step to justice is

knowing about it,” he says.

English Language Institute instructor Sarah Petersen says the situation in Iran deserves international recognition.

“People may take their education for granted,” Petersen says. “They need to be informed of the global issue.”

Graduate student Roy Murray says he believes the event is important.

“The more awareness there is, the more we can do,” Murray says.

“By signing petitions and urging our congressmen, we can make a difference.”

Deleon says banning Bahá’í community members from receiving higher education is a violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which says that everyone has the right to education and that higher education should be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit, he says.

Deleon says halting the education of a specific group strips the potential progress of humankind.

“There are many human rights violations and we need to recognize all of them,” he says.

Politicians connect with young voters via television, social media

BY ZANE WOLFANG Staff Reporter

President Barack Obama plans on discussing imminent increases in student loan interest with host Jimmy Fallon on an episode of “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” airing Tuesday night. The episode will be filmed at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and the president is also planning visits to the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Iowa to comment on the loan issue facing students. These appearances follow the trend of political candidates’ increased visibility in media aimed at 18 to 25-year old audience members, attempting to appeal to young voters in the pre-election season.

Communication professor Paul Brewer says former president Richard Nixon sparked the trend in 1968.

“In the modern era, the key moment is Richard Nixon going on ‘Laugh-in’ [a sketch comedy television program that ran from 1968 to 1973] and saying their punch line, ‘Sock it to me,’” Brewer says. “After that, it became more and more common for candidates to do things like ‘Saturday Night Live’ or ‘The Late Show.’”

The late-night circuit has become de rigueur for most candidates. In addition to his Fallon appearance on Tuesday night, Obama has previously appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” “The Colbert Report,” The Tonight show with Jay Leno” and “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

Mitt Romney recently appeared

on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and was recently offered the opportunity to host “Saturday Night Live.” His campaign has not yet released whether he will accept the offer.

Brewer says television appearances can be helpful to presidential candidates. He says talk show hosts and comedians tend not to ask too many hardball questions, making talk shows a viable outlet for candidates to advertise their platform to large audiences of young people without having to constantly defend themselves.

“It has a lot of upside,” he says.

“Even Colbert and Stewart are pretty deferential to candidates. Colbert and Stewart are especially popular among young people, so candidates like to use their platform.”

Candidates also rely on social media to connect with young voters.

Each presidential candidate has a Facebook page and the majority of them have official Twitter accounts, Brewer says.

He says the social media aspect of campaigning became popular with Obama.

“Barack Obama was the first candidate to have a strong Facebook presence,” Brewer says.

“Candidates are always trying to keep up with the curve. Facebook and Twitter have been big in terms of showing that candidates are upto-date.”

Freshman Caity Smith says she has noticed Obama’s strong presence in social media.

“I don’t even have to like Obama, but definitely—his campaign appeals more [because of it],” Smith says.

Brewer says political candidates’ emphasis on social media is likely to be a lasting trend.

“I don’t think we’re going to go back,” he says. “The genie’s out of the bottle. It’s going to evolve. A few years ago we weren’t even talking about YouTube and Facebook— now Obama is on Pinterest.”

Brewer says the low cost, efficiency and range of social media is important, marking a shift in candidates’ methods of thinking about voter turnout.

“Looking to the future, how do we get specific messages out to specific voters?” he says.

“They’re investing in personalizing messages.”

Freshman Rachel Jung believes the visibility of political candidates on television and in social media will transform the political process, notably for younger generations.

“It’s definitely aimed at young people,” Jung says. “I think it will make politics feel more open. Young people won’t have to put in as much effort to get involved.”

Despite the increased use of social media, she thinks that television appearances will remain integral to candidates’ appeal to young Americans. “[Candidates] can articulate better speaking to an audience,” Jung says. “You can’t share as much or make a platform pitch on Facebook.”

Brewer says social media will complement, rather than replace, the traditional media exposure of campaigns in the past.

“Candidates won’t give up the personal connection [of television],” he says.

THE REVIEW/Sam Mancuso

Screening of “Education Under Fire” was followed by an open discussion about human rights and education.

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Events

EATER’S DIGEST Dining out creates lifelong memories

Rockabilly Wednesday Americans spend almost 50 percent of their food budget eating out at restaurants.

When we need to catch up with a friend, we “do lunch.”

Rachel Nass When our kids win soccer games, we order a pizza.

When it’s 2 a.m. on a Friday night and we need to aid the digestion of a few drinks, we congregate at D.P. Dough. Restaurants are key plot points in our personal and cultural narratives, setting the scene for not just our significant milestones, but some of the best everyday moments in between.

On the night of my first sleepover in my grandparents’ house, I called my parents in a panic, claiming homesickness and asking for my mom. My dad’s unexpected response was to pick me up and drive me and my mom directly to our favorite restaurant, The Front Porch.

It may be a little too convenient to say this, but I think my affinity for restaurants began during that phone call. I’m describing the most basic Pavlovian experience—I now associate restaurants with feelings of calm and ease because of that particular meal. The more complex my distresses become, the more generous my dad’s gesture seems.

I was not instantly soothed upon walking into The Front Porch.

To enjoy a meal there, one had to walk through the bar inside—a maze that, at the time, seemed

navigable only by adults. My dad probably ordered me a Shirley Temple as we waited for a table, most likely for a long time. When I finally walked out the back door, I’m sure I felt a wave of relief, aided by the fact that the exterior of the restaurant seemed to be, from my perspective, a magical fairy kingdom. After all, The Front Porch was in fact a twinkling back porch, the kind with hanging Christmas lights, the familiar sound of loud and happy grownups and cheap round tables cloaked in white plastic tablecloths.

Once we were seated, my tiredness probably took over—it was almost midnight, hours after my bedtime. My mom would have insisted on calamari as an appetizer. I might have chosen chicken tenders, or maybe spaghetti and meatballs, another one of my childhood favorites. There might have been golden beer in those clear, cheap restaurant cups at my parents’ place settings and some kind of ice cream and brownie creation for dessert. We would have started our meals cranky and lethargic, spreading butter on our bread with tentative, weary strokes. We would have left bubbly and energized, telling jokes and navigating back through the bar labyrinth like seasoned explorers.

The effects of this transformation would have worn off by the following morning. Food at The Front Porch was consistently tasty, but it was never quite lifechanging. That night, as with any other, we probably enjoyed our meals more for their warmth and ability to satiate hunger than the complexity of the flavors. Though this particular memory may in fact

be an amalgam of many similar excursions, I’m convinced that The Front Porch is responsible for my continued preference for modest, fried meals. When served in the right bustling, plastic tablecloth decorated atmosphere, I’ll take a cheeseburger over foie gras any day of the week—especially since I have no idea what foie gras actually is.

That night also must have had some kind of bearing on my conviction that the right food can fix anything, whether it’s homesickness or a friend’s horrendous breakup. Above all else, though, my memories at The Front Porch prove what powerful mile markers restaurants can be for the stages of life. Italian food on birthdays, my entire childhood distilled in one ocean-front dinner in the Outer Banks, 3 a.m. pancakes with my best friend, Claymont Steaks and the incredible comforting power of just sitting across from someone at a booth, eating their fries—these scenes won’t fade from my memory, though over time they may blend and grow distorted.

I heard The Front Porch burned down about a decade ago. I never actually saw the wreckage and still prefer to remember the restaurant the way it was that night—lit by twinkling Christmas lights, the red syrup of my soda sinking slowly to the bottom of the glass and the feeling of complete safety and pure happiness of being a kid eating a bowl of spaghetti with my parents.

Home Grown Café Wednesday, April 25, 10 p.m.

Delaware Repertory Dance Company Spring Show Mitchell Hall Thursday, April 26, 8 p.m.

The Stache Catherine Rooney’s Friday, April 27, 6 p.m.

Chapel Street Players Present “Isn’t It Romantic” Chapel Street Playhouse Friday, April 27, 8 p.m.

The Heavy Pets Mojo Main Saturday, April 28, 9 p.m.

—Rachel Nass, rnass@udel.edu

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The CAA Men’s Golf Tournament is this weekend in Wilmington.

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Delaware football returns to gridiron Defense dominates annual scrimmage

BY DAN MOBERGER Managing Sports Editor

The stands behind both end zones and the eastern sideline of Delaware Stadium were empty.

Fans clad in blue and gold filled only about half of one section of bleachers Friday night—not a typical site for a Delaware football game.

As the teams filed out of the locker room, through the tunnel, under the bleachers and onto the Tubby Raymond Field turf, the usual marching band’s Delaware Fight Song introduction was absent. A visiting school was also absent.

But even without the hoopla of a regular season contest, head coach K.C. Keeler still expected his team to play with gusto in the annual intrasquad Blue-White

Spring Scrimmage.

Keeler’s defense responded to his challenge, while the offense fell a bit short of his expectations.

“I told the guys, it’s amazing what passion does, and the defense played with that passion,” Keeler said. “I was disappointed that we didn’t play with that passion offensively, and trust me, I will address that in this offseason.”

The game format included different simulations, like a twominute drill, kickoff coverage and various offensive event situations.

The unconventional game uses an unconventional scoring system.

The offense gets points for achievements like first downs, as well as touchdowns and field goals. The defense scores its points by holding the offense scoreless, and with turnovers and defensive scores. In the end, the defense won

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Leon Jackson (ball-carrier) played both ways Saturday. He had an interception on defense and rushed for 51 yards.

72-55.

Junior Quincy Barr led the defense to six turnovers with his play at the line of scrimmage, racking up four sacks and seven tackles in the defensive victory.

Perhaps his most impressive play came when he both forced and

recovered a fumble.

“I just wanted to have fun with it, and try to lead the d-line tonight,” Barr said after the game.

“Everybody looked in the mirror and just manned up.”

Defensive back Travis Hawkins, now entering his

Women’s lacrosse finishes with win

BY DAN MCINERNEY Staff Reporter

The Hens played the George Mason Patriots in the women’s lacrosse’s “Forget Me Not” game Sunday, which raised awareness about Alzheimer’s disease. The heavy rain and wind gusts made the 13-8, season ending win a memorable one for Delaware.

Sophomore Chelsea Fay and freshman Caitlin McCartney entered the game tied for the team lead in goals with 31. Both Fay and McCartney added four more goals Sunday, finishing the season in a tie for the team lead.

“There is no competition,” Fay said about the scoring rivalry between herself and McCartney.

“We are really excited for each other when we score and just want to win.”

McCartney, who also leads

the team in ground balls with 37, reiterated Fay’s point.

“We just try to work together and do what we can to help the team,” McCartney said.

The rain did little to slow Delaware’s offense as seven different players scored. Aside from Fay and McCartney, freshman Allison Hahn scored once and recorded three assists, senior Blair King and sophomore Bridget Burns each added a goal and an assist, and sophomores Shannon Burns and Abbie Hartman each scored once.

McCartney said the heavy rains and strong winds were not a disrupting factor for the Hens.

“We kept our passes short and our shots tight and it didn’t bother us,” she said.

Sunday marked team captain

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second season with the Hens after transferring from Maryland, turned in a noteworthy spring game performance for the second straight year. He picked off two passes, including a grab in the end

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Fifth-year senior back for ‘family’

BY RYAN MARSHALL Sports Copy Editor

Fifth-year senior John Austin joined the Delaware lacrosse team with a mission. He’s leaving with family.

He has persevered through a torn Achilles tendon, several torn ligaments in his ankle and his mother’s cancer diagnosis in his last three years at Delaware.

“I realized it’s more than just wins and losses and it’s more than just playing games,” Austin said.

“I’ve met guys I am going to know the rest of my life, I’ve met parents I am going to know the rest of my life that have had such an impact THE REVIEW/Megan Krol

Delaware tries to control the ball after a draw during Sunday’s game.

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Tuesday, April 24 Baseball at Rutgers 3 p.m.

Wednesday, April 25 Men’s Soccer at Maryland (Exhibition) 7 p.m.

Starting Thursday Women’s Outdoor Track at Penn Relays Starting Friday Men’s Golf at CAA Championships Baseball at Hofstra Friday, April 27 Men’s Lacrosse vs. Massachusetts 7 p.m.

Sunday, April 29 Women’s Rowing at CAA Championships 9:30 a.m.

henpeckings Baseball: An eighth-inning rally helped Delaware’s baseball team beat Temple, 7-5, Saturday at Temple to score their 40thstraight 20-win season. Freshman catcher Ty Warrington had three hits in addition to two RBI’s and two runs scored. Three others, including junior infielder DJ Long, had two hits apiece. Junior outfielder Nick Ferdinand extended his hitting streak to eight games.

The Hens are now 20-18 overall, and 11-7 in the CAA. Outdoor Track and Field: Delaware’s women’s outdoor track and field team dominated the Morgan State University Legacy Track and Field Meet in Baltimore Saturday. The Hens won six individual events, as well as claiming the team title.

Freshmen Nicole Daly, Kelsey Evancho and Meg O’Bren won the 5,000 meters, high jump and 3,000 meter steeplechase respectively, while sophomore Courtney Sniscak won the hammer throw. Seniors Jennifer Holly and Jillian Seamon won both the pole vault and javelin to round out Delaware’s wins.

Women’s Tennis: Delaware’s women’s tennis team’s season came to an end after they lost to UNC-Wilmington 4-0 in the CAA tournament quarterfinals on Saturday at Old Dominion. The Hens put up a fight, but were swept in both singles and doubles competition. Delaware finished the regular season with an 11-6 record, 4-2 in CAA competition.

Men’s Tennis: The Delaware Men’s tennis team had their season come to an abrupt conclusion as they were swept, 4-0 by VCU in the CAA Tournament quarterfinals. Delaware went into the tournament ranked No. 8. The Hens finished off the regular season with a record of 8-9, 2-4 in CAA competition.

Softball: Delaware’s softball team split a doubleheader Saturday against Georgia Tech.

Junior pitcher Chenxi Jiao held the Panthers scoreless through five innings before they scored seven runs in the sixth to win 7-0in the first game. The Hens came from behind to win 3-1 in the second game. Sunday’s game was rained out and canceled. Delaware’s record is now 11-36-1, 4-10 in CAA competition.

“RON ARTEST, AKA METTA WORLD PEACE, AKA CAPTAIN INSANE-O”

BY DAN MOBERGER I would love to know what Ron Artest was thinking the moment he took a full windup and swung that malicious left elbow into James Harden’s ear hole during Sunday’s Lakers-Oklahoma City game.

Aren’t your fighting days over, Ron? And yes, I’ll be referring to him as Ron Artest, even though he absurdly changed his legal name to Metta World Peace in some ill-conceived attempt to improve his public image.

On first glance, the play looked as though it could’ve been an accidental elbow while he celebrated a heck of a transition dunk past 6-foot-11 Kevin Durant and over Serge Ibaka, one of the league’s best shot blockers. Isn’t replay a beautiful thing?

On second glance—and third, fourth and fifth—Artest throws down the dunk, gives

himself a King Kong-esque chest pound, and begins his retreat to play defense. As James Harden stands in his way, Artest does the logical thing and cocks his elbow back to the point where it looks like he’s trying to wrap his arm far enough around his head to grab his opposite ear. He unloads a fierce attack similar to something you’d see in a UFC fight.

If you haven’t seen it, check out the replay online. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever witnessed, and can only attempt to describe in print.

So here’s Artest, a few years removed from his disgusting brawl in Detroit as a Pacer. Why not go over that replay as well?

Ben Wallace, with his glorious afro flopping in the face of his defender, drives to the basket. He’s pushed, not terribly aggressively, and explodes into some largely unprovoked rage—chaos ensues.

Players from both teams get in each other’s faces, and some swings are taken.

Like most of these little skirmishes, the fighters are held back by teammates. Unlike most, however, the players don’t give up so easily. Nobody stops. When tempers finally seem to cool, something mysterious happens.

You can’t see it on the replay, but presumably, a fan from the Detroit crowd tosses a beer, some other object, or just yells something at Artest. He then tears into the stands like an enraged bull. After he takes down his attacker, a horde of other Pistonclad fans hold Artest back.

Again, those involved don’t give up.

Artest makes his way back onto the Palace hardwood, where he encounters another fan. This time he throws a punch with a full windup, which the fan seems to take like a battle-tested boxer at first, before falling to the floor.

On a personal note, my favorite part of the replay is about eight minutes in, when the

cameras focus on shocked, less violent fans who look like all they wanted to see that day was some quality professional basketball.

The wide-eyed guy with the mustache in the hoodie and orange shirt sitting next to his young daughter looks to be the most flabbergasted.

The brawl ended with the biggest and rightly deserved suspensions the league had ever seen.

Cut back to Sunday. Artest is not provoked. As far I as know, he doesn’t have a history with James Harden. Not to say his part in the “Malice at the Palace” brawl was justified, but he reacted to being struck with something.

These actions come from a guy who has admitted to drinking Hennessy during halftime. He’s recently had some bizarre, to the point of mind-boggling, interviews.

During one such interview, he thanked God for making everyone’s baby teeth fall out at such a young age—a response completely unprovoked by his interviewee (another clip you’ll have to see to believe). This man is unstable, to say the least.

No word yet on how he’ll be disciplined this time. There are always going to be players with problems in the NBA. It’s not often they are so easily identifiable as a danger to those around them.

I would encourage commissioner Stern to hand out something very serious. Artest has always been a great defender, but is the safety of other players, fans, coaches and whomever else heads to the arenas to watch Lakers games worth allowing this guy to step foot on the court?

Dan Moberger is a managing sports editor at The Review. Send questions, comments and actual world peace to dmoberge@udel.edu.

underp eview: Delaware vs. Hofstra Time: Friday-Sunday Location: Bob Hannah Stadium

About the teams: About Delaware: Delaware’s baseball team goes into this matchup with a 20-18 record (11-7 in CAA competition). Top pitcher is senior right hander Corey Crispell, who has a 6-2 record and a 4.40 ERA. Next up is senior righty Eric Young who has a 5-4 record in addition to an ERA of 4.03. Top batter for the Hens is junior outfielder Nick Ferdinand, who has an eight-game hitting streak going on. Ferdinand also has 21 RBI’s at the moment. Team leader in RBI’s is sophomore first baseman Jimmy Yezzo, who has 23.

About Hofstra: Hofstra is 20-15 (105 in CAA competition). Top pitcher is class hand David Jesch, who has a 4-0 record and an ERA of 3.49. Second on the team is class hand John Tiedemann who has a 4-3 record and an ERA of 5.60. Top hitter is class position Jared Hammer, who has 45 RBI’s. The team leader in home runs is class position Danny Poma, with seven.

Why the Hens can win: Delaware has won their past two games by an average of 3 runs per game. They have a .526 winning record.

Crispell keeps adding to his wins column, as does Young.

Top reliever is still senior left-hander Devon Pearson, and next best is junior righty Stephen Richter. Plus, Hofstra has been inconsistent lately, winning only three of their last eight games.

Why the Hens could lose:

Even though Hofstra is inconsistent, the Hens are having problems of their own, winning a few, then losing a couple. Also, Crispell and Young have both added losses to their record. It is up to head coach Jim Sherman to keep the consistency of the past two games going.

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The numbers: 58-17: Delaware’s all-time winloss record against Hofstra.

23-6: The worst loss Hofstra has had against Delaware, in 1987.

7-2: The score of the last time these two teams played.

The prediction: I believe that Delaware can win the series with consistent hitting.

—Jack Cobourn Assistant Sports Editor

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Interceptions mar quarterback battle

BY TIM MASTRO Managing Sports Editor

Tim Donnelly was the first to say it Saturday—there’s a lot of improvement needed from the Delaware offense.

Head coach K.C. Keeler spoke to reporters next and slammed the offense for a lack of passion. Trent Hurley followed Keeler and echoed the same sentiment as Donnelly.

There weren’t too many positives to take away from the annual Blue-White scrimmage for the offense.

“The best part about this scrimmage is that it’s in April,” Donnelly said.

The quarterbacks combined for more interceptions (three) than touchdowns (one).

Donnelly, the returning starter, was five for nine on the night for 46 yards with one pick.

Hurley, a transfer from Bowling Green, completed seven of 16 attempts for 56 yards but threw two interceptions. It was his first time playing in front of an open crowd at Delaware Stadium.

Justin Burns, last-year’s third-

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Trent Hurley threw two interceptions in Saturday’s spring game.

string quarterback, was the most efficient passer Saturday, going five of nine for 95 yards and the lone touchdown, with no interceptions.

Last year’s opening game starter Trevor Sasek is still recovering from a knee injury he suffered midway through last season. Sasek was on the sidelines, but was not cleared to play and won’t be ready to practice until June at the earliest.

Keeler said the main goal for the scrimmage was to help Hurley get acclimated to the offense.

“It was really important for us to get Trent reps,” Keeler said.

“It was all about Trent getting reps because Timmy knows the offense, Justin knows the offense. Trent doesn’t know the offense. So let’s get Trent as many reps as he can get and let him progress, and we’ll figure it out in August.”

Hurley has only been on campus since January. He was recruited out of high school by Keeler, but chose to go the FBS route and went to Bowling Green to begin his college career.

He played in three games as a freshman in 2011 for Bowling Green, before transferring to Delaware this offseason. Saturday was the first opportunity for the Hen crowd to see Hurley play in a game situation.

“This is what I’ve worked for my entire life,” Hurley said.

“I’ve been working to play college football since I was six years old.

It’s a great time, wish I could’ve executed a little better.”

Keeler said he will not name the No. 1 quarterback until at least August. Last season, Sasek and Donnelly battled for the starting role, and Keeler did not reveal

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Tim Donnelly is the returning starter heading into the 2012 football season. his choice to the public until the Hens took the field for their season opener against Navy. Sasek won the job before his injury.

The offense is looking to replace four out of five linemen from last season. It was missing AllAmerican running back Andrew Pierce and No. 1 wide receiver Nihja White for the scrimmage Saturday.

“That’s all gonna come with reps,” Hurley said of the new starters playing together. “People expect us to be clicking on all cylinders right now, and I expect as a quarterback for our team to be perfect, but it’s not going to happen right now. We need to get reps, get reps and get reps, and by the time we play West Chester, everything needs to be clicking.”

Austin: Midfielder recovers from tendon, ankle ligament injuries for fifth season Continued from page 28 on me.”

Both injuries were potentially career-ending, doctors said. Austin underwent surgery on his ankle in February of his senior year.

He missed the rest of that season because of the procedure, and was granted a fifth year of eligibility.

During September workouts, Austin joined the team for conditioning and was fully healed from the ankle surgery.

But then, 60 yards into a sprint, Austin went down.

“I remember laying on the table in the doc’s office and I thought I was done,” Austin said.

“I didn’t think there was a shot. I mean, I was emotional because it was the only thing I cared about all summer.”

Austin asked the doctor if he could be back on the field in five months. The doctor said it is normally a nine-month process, but that it was possible. Shillinglaw said it was a “big” maybe.

“That’s all I needed to hear and I did everything I could,” Austin said.

Five months later, Austin played against Loyola.

The trainers, coaches and teammates all made Austin’s recovery easier, but no one made it easier than his mom, Austin said.

Austin’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer his junior year of college. He said she stayed so focused on his academics and athletics, it was like she wasn’t even sick.

Austin still didn’t know what to do at first, but had some help.

“It was like I had 56 brothers and they just took me in their arms and were like, ‘We gotcha, you will be fine,’” Austin said.

Austin’s parents spoke to the team in the locker room on Cancer Awareness Day April 14 before the team played Saint Joseph’s.

His mom told the team, “You have to have a positive attitude no matter what you do. If you do, things will start to happen for you.”

Before his mother’s first surgery, Austin said she told the doctor, “I have to be at a lacrosse game in three days. You better make sure I’ll be able to go there.”

She was there in the stands just three days after her surgery bundled in blankets, Austin said.

He said, watching his mom beat cancer motivated him to work

extra hard and make it back in time for this season.

Austin said his parents not only helped him through his injuries, they encouraged him to come to Delaware. He said he decided to come to Delaware when Shillinglaw and associate coach Greg Carroll took him around campus. Austin said wasn’t impressed during the time he spent at a summer lacrosse camp, but things changed when he met the coaches.

He got into the car to leave and told his parents he wanted to come to Delaware. They agreed saying, “we were hoping you would say that.”

Austin said because his hometown of Shoreham, N.Y. is small, Delaware “fit him well,” and it didn’t hurt that lacrosse was a big part of the university. The program had just made it into the NCAA Final Four during Austin’s senior year of high school.

Austin’s athleticism helped get him drafted into Major League Lacrosse twice. At 6-foot-3 and 195 pounds, he has the ability to make defenders miss or run them over, and has one of the fastest shots on the team.

He has scored 40 goals and

nine assists over the course of his career. In his last four games, Austin has found the back of the net nine times. He said he’s starting to feel healthy again after the injuries.

Teammate Carter Bloor has been with Austin throughout his career. They played in the New York State Championship against each other their senior year of high school.

Bloor and Austin were injured in the same game of their senior year of college, and decided to stay a fifth year together. Bloor couldn’t recall the most amazing play he has ever seen Austin make, but did recognize his athleticism.

“Him coming back from his Achilles injury just shows what an amazing athlete he is,” Bloor said.

In his final season, Austin and his teammates are out of contention for the CAA playoffs with one game left.

For Austin, it won’t just be the last time he and his fellow seniors suit up in blue and gold, it will be the last time he takes the field with his “second family.” Austin said it was a “disappointing year,” but wouldn’t want to be on any other team in the country.

Austin’s final task, the No. 1

team in the country, UMass, which hasn’t lost all season.

“On senior night, it is going to be tough to beat us,” Austin said.

“You’re going to have to rip our hearts out to beat us, so it will mean a lot to us to get a W.”

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John Austin has 40 career goals.

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Lacrosse: Hens miss out on CAA Tournament Continued from page 28

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Leon Jackson’s orange jersey signifies he plays offense and defense.

Football: Defense shines despite missing starting linebackers Continued from page 28 zone to save a touchdown.

Hawkins returns to a secondary which struggled as a unit at times in the fall, but returns all the contributing members, Marcus Burley, Tim Breaker, Jake Giusti and Ricky Tunstall, with another year of experience.

Several players sat out the game, including linebackers Jessel Curry and Paul Worrilow, one of last year’s captains. On the offensive side, All-American running back Andrew Pierce and wide receiver Nihja White, both important pieces of last season’s attack, failed to see field time.

“I might have some night terrors tonight, but when I wake up, I’ve got to remind myself that it’s going to be OK,” Keeler said of his offense’s performance. “It’s difficult to get a real feel for where we are. It’s just obvious we’re a long way away, but I kind of think we can get there.”

Keeler recognized the play of a number of team members, but junior Leon Jackson stood out in what will likely be his final spring game.

“He’s a special individual,” Keeler said. “He just runs hard and plays with a lot of passion.”

Jackson played both offense and defense, in addition to special teams in which he excelled last year. While he spent much of the game on defense, he took advantage of a few carries at running back.

“The defense came out and we did our jobs, we did what we’re supposed to do,” Jackson said. “We came out with that passion, and that’s what we need to play with, and I feel the offense needed to boost that level. I wish I would’ve went over earlier.”

Some unfamiliar smiles peeked through the Delaware facemasks for their first public appearances donning the blue and gold. Among them was Trent Hurley, a 6-foot-4 transfer quarterback from Bowling Green. Hurley, along with the rest of the offense, had trouble breaking through the defense. He finished the game completing less than 50 percent of his passes along with two interceptions. Keeler noted Hurley made a few tight throws and is still learning the offense.

The Hens tentatively open their schedule at home against West Chester on August 30. They look to advance into the postseason next season after narrowly missing last fall.

Grace Wills’ and King’s final games as members of the team.

“They are two great seniors that we are losing, and we wanted to go out and play hard for them,” McCartney said.

After the game, Delaware head coach Kateri Linville spoke about this season, as well as next year’s squad.

“Gracie and Blair are the heart and soul and showed so much leadership the last few days,” Linville said. “They will be missed, but we have a lot of young players coming in, so I’m looking for our returning players to set the tone and use the experience they gained this season.”

Freshman goalkeeper Alex Zaugra is one piece Linville plans to build around. Her seven saves slowed the George Mason offensive attack, and she finished the year with 124 stops.

Patriots senior midfielder Emily Ellison scored four times in her final game, and junior Allie Hilderbrandt added two goals and an assist for the visiting team.

Sunday’s victory was another important learning experience for the young Hens team, which returns eight sophomores and six freshmen looking to build on victories like this one next season.

“Our goal next year is a CAA Championship and a spot in the NCAA Tournament,” Linville said.

“We hope to use the leadership from our current players and the energy and talent of the 11 incoming freshmen to accomplish our goals.”

The Hens began the weekend

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Shannon Burns (2) scored one goal in Sunday’s 13-8 victory.

Friday with a 12-11 last second loss to James Madison. A ceremony before Friday’s game celebrated Wells and King’s careers at Delaware. Hahn, Burns and McCartney all scored hat tricks in the game, but it wasn’t

enough to beat the defending CAA champions.

Delaware finished the season with an overall record of 5-12, and went 3-4 in the CAA.

Men’s soccer finishing up spring season

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Midfielder Vincent Mediate controls the ball in midfield during Delaware’s scrimmage against UMBC Thursday night. The Hens tied 3-3 after goals from Roberto Gimenez, Kyle Bruno and Luke Oostdyk. Delaware, who won the CAA Championship and a game in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in history in 2011, plays five exhibition games this spring. The Hens wrap up their spring Wednesday at Maryland.

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