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Students relay for cancer research BY KATHERINE GINIS Staff Reporter
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Owner Jerry Woolpert is disappointed with the closing but said his shop had a hard time competing with conglomerates.
T’Licious to close, cites financial difficulties BY ELENA BOFFETTA City News Desk Editor
When Jerry Woolpert opened T’Licious more than six years ago, he thought his Main Street location would attract the pedestrian college crowd. But as Newark changed around his café, becoming home to more chain and franchise restaurants, Woolpert found it difficult to keep up. He announced T’Licious will be closing its doors for good on May 25. Woolpert made the announcement on his Facebook page, and he said the restaurant’s patrons showed their support over the social network. More than 9,000 visitors viewed the post about the closing and some commented with experiences they had at the shop. “My family and I consider getting bubble tea at your shop a ‘treat’ on the weekends, especially my 8-year-old daughter,” one Facebook user said. “There will definitely be a void in our Saturday afternoons.” One of his favorite aspects of the restaurant, Woolpert said, was the diversity among the clientele. He said, for instance, some of his loyal customers were the international students at the English Language Institute who would come in to , he saidbuy his bubble tea,
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originally a Taiwanese beverage. Woolpert is disappointed with the closing he said but he understands that the way the American economy works, it is hard for “mom-and-pop shops” to compete with conglomerates. “It’s a shame because Main Street has a good appeal and won some awards in the past,” Woolpert said. “But the arrival of chains hurts all of us and we can’t afford it anymore.” T’Licious has been struggling since the closing of the Delaware Books Exchange, Woolpert said. His restaurant used to generate profit from the bookstore when they partnered up to create joint deals to attract students. Furthermore, the building owner is planning to increase his rent, something that would make the financial situation overwhelming. With the minimum wage set to increase by 25 percent next year, Woolpert could not feasibly stay open, he said. Junior Emily Mackay, an employee of T’Licious, said she is surprised and very upset about the closing of the café. She has been working there for a year, but has been a costumer since her freshman year of college.
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the end of April or beginning of May. Becker said the relay has a wide variety of participants, including service sororities and fraternities, residence halls and stores on Main Street. The American Cancer Society, which is celebrating its 100th
anniversary this year, uses the money raised at Relay for Life for three main areas, Becker said. They put the money toward cancer research, patient care, education and preventative measures, she said.
On Saturday afternoon, participating cancer survivors at Relay for Life took a lap around the track in the Delaware Field House with purple sashes bearing the words See BECK page 6 “I Am Hope,” as Celine Dion’s “I’m Alive” filled the arena. The survivors lap was the first of many scheduled to take place throughout the two day event. Founded in 1985, Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society’s biggest fundraiser and has three main purposes, senior Allison Becker, event director said. “To celebrate our survivors, remember those that have lost their battle to cancer and to pledge to fight back so that no one else will have to hear that they have cancer ever again,” Becker said. Becker said there are three ceremonies throughout the night— an opening ceremony to celebrate the survivors at 3:00 p.m., Luminaria at 9:00 p.m., a solemn ceremony to celebrate those who have lost their lives to cancer and a fight back ceremony at 6 a.m. on Sunday. The event is meant to mirror the journey of a cancer patient, Becker said so it becomes dark and then gets light again. The university committee has planned several activities, including a drag show, rave and concerts, Becker said. Relay for Life takes THE REVIEW/Lindsay Saienni place once a year at the university Founded in 1985, Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society’s during the spring semester, either at biggest fundraiser.
Flooding temporarily closes Willard BY CHELSEA SIMENS Assistant News Desk Editor
Students and faculty were displaced after flooding in Willard Hall left them temporarily without classrooms yesterday. The flooding was said to have occurred over the weekend, according to Christine McBride, associate director in the Delaware Center for Teacher Education and director of the Education Resource Center in Willard Hall. The emergency showers on the third floor of the Medical Tech Department were turned on, McBride stated in an email. “At some point over the weekend,
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they were turned on and did not shut off,” McBride said. “This resulted in flooding of the third floor. The water seeped through the floor to the ceiling of the second floor, which collapsed in some areas including classrooms and offices.” McBride was allowed to enter the building and check for damage in the ERC. Although there were only a few wet ceiling tiles in that room, there was more damage on the second and third floors. “I was told the ceiling came down in several areas of the second floor damaging offices and classrooms,” McBride said. “There is some debris/ damage on the first floor.”
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Junior Katie Sauerwine was supposed to return books yesterday that she borrowed from the ERC. Since she was unable to access the building, she said she hopes the date will be pushed back or the fees waived so she won’t be charged. Sauerwine said she is worried about the damage to the books and other supplies in the ERC. “The moisture and water would ruin a lot of the material,” Sauerwine said. “We’d have to toss out a lot which is really unfortunate because we’d be throwing away materials and lessons.”
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