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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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Letter from the Editors To our readers and staffers, As our spring semester comes to a close, we would like to reflect on the many memories we have experienced as executive editor and editor-in-chief of The Review. Doing so in a concise, journalistic style has proven a challenge for us. Reminiscing on the way the 2012-2013 staff has bonded during moments of great importance makes us extremely proud and nostalgic. Covering influential historical events like Hurricane Sandy, the Boston tragedy and the 2012 Presidential election are all times college paper newsrooms across the country likely share. On a smaller scale, seemingly inconsequential moments like sending pages to press moments before deadline, routine staff meetings and hours of in-office editing are memories just as treasured. We’d like to thank our staffers for their hard work and camaraderie. Without the dedicated assistance of our empowered colleagues, the publication’s consistent level of integrity would not have been possible this year. On more than one occasion, staffers stepped up to cover dropped stories, raced to take photographs of a breaking news event and gave guidance completely unrelated to their job descriptions to their peers in need. In the midst of balancing looming deadlines, editing responsibilities and schoolwork, we also found time to enjoy being college students together. We needed to take a step back and remember that college is a time for learning. If we hadn’t, it would have been easy to get caught up in over-editing stories or obsessing about under-whelming headlines. The newsroom for us was not just a workplace. It has served as a second home for this school year, which was honestly not always ideal. Our staff this year has taught us so much not only about journalism, but also as ourselves as leaders. After all of the chaotic Monday nights, you all had bright, forgiving faces when we met again on Wednesdays at 5p.m. We would also like to thank our faithful readers for their loyalty and unfailing interest in the news. It genuinely piqued the interest in the newsroom to hear of staffers sharing comments made by professors or students about our coverage. As a mouthpiece for our school society, we enjoyed printing letters sent in from our readership in reaction to articles. News tips from invested students who care helped us to be a watchdog for our university and community. Moreover, we are excited to introduce to you the eager leaders of our paper for the 2013-2014 school year. Kelly Lyons, a junior from West Chester, Pa. was elected as the new editor-in-chief over the weekend of April 21. The next weekend, Elizabeth Quartararo, a sophomore from Stamford, Conn. was elected as the next executive editor. Both staffers have displayed a dedication to leading the paper into the future of journalism with an innovative vision while maintaining high standards of journalistic excellence. We could not be more confident in “handing over” the paper to these two, considering their proven dedication to the paper and their high hopes for the future. The best piece of advice we could give you is to cherish all of the memories, not just the “good” ones. Even the times when you want to pull your hair out or mornings where the birds are chirping when you walk out of the office, you’ll look back and miss those times, too. These leadership positions are all about what you make them. You should be enthused to experience extreme growth as individuals over the next year. Both of you have been crucial components of our unforgettable moments in regard to the paper. As you know, Kelly, you were an influential saving grace this year. Without the poise and ever-ready-to-help attitude you have, Elizabeth, we may not have made it through our first few weeks without you by our side (literally). We know you will build a great office community and we can’t wait to come back and visit. Keep all of our crazy traditions alive. Lastly, to all of our fellow senior staffers, thank you for making this experience truly once in a lifetime. You have picked us up when we needed some positivity and knocked us down when you knew we could handle the criticism. Without all of you to rely on, our nights would have been much later. Thanks for stepping up and showing such a strong investment to the publication. We would not want to celebrate graduating from college with anyone else. Best, Kerry Bowden, Editor-in-Chief Justine Hofherr, Executive Editor
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May 6, 1988: Students use Dream Box, a game that supposedly allows players to contact spirits. The Ouija Board-like game uses tiles to allow people to speak to those who have passed.
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Things To Do Tuesday May 7 Board of Trustees meeting 3 p.m., Trabant University Center Wednesday May 8 “One Generation After: Reflections of a Child of Holocaust Survivors” 12:20 p.m., Purnell Hall Rm. 324B Thursday May 9 YoUDee Leadership Awards 4:30 p.m., Trabant Multipurpose Rooms Friday May 10 “Sustainable Stormwater Research” 1:30 p.m., Dupont Hall rm. 350 Saturday May 11 Engineering Recognition of Academic Honors and Achievements 11 a.m., Mitchell Hall Monday May 13 “Letters to Ms. Em: Transforming a Life Through Literacy and Love” 12:20 p.m., 203 Munroe Hall
Students dance at the Blue Hens Games event on The Green.
Police Reports Man arrested for hosting disorderly party On Saturday a 21-year-old male was arrested for failing to get a permit for a gathering of 150 or more people, allowing a large disorderly party to occur on his property, according to MCpl. Gerald Bryda. At 1:15 p.m. police officers responded to a report of a very large party occurring on North Chapel Street. When they arrived at the scene they heard loud music and observed between 400 to 500 people on the property spilling out on the properties next door. The tenant was charged with disorderly premise as well as failure to obtain a special event permit, Bryda said. Underage students arrested for entering liquor stores On Sunday three university students were arrested between 12:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. for entering a liquor store while under the age of 21, according to Newark Police spokesperson M/Cpl. Gerald Bryda. A 19-year-old male entered Modern Liquor on East Delaware Avenue at 5:55 p.m. and a 20-year-old female entered Peddler’s Liquor Mart in College Square at 12:30 p.m., both with a fake driver’s licenses. A 20-year-old female also entered Peddler’s Liquor Mart at 1 p.m. with a borrowed driver license. The three students were charged with entering and remaining in a liquor store prior to being 21. They were issued summonses and were released pending a court day, Bryda said.
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In Briefs SCPAB to host Senior Fling Friday SCPAB and the University Student Centers present Senior Fling this Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. on the North Green. The event features a concert by band Timeflies. The event is free and open to all UD students. University of Colorado professor to speak on environment Wednesday The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s eighth annual Arnold D. Kerr Lecture will be held on Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Trabant University Center Theatre. The University of Colorado’s Ross Corotis will be featured as a lecturer and will discuss the challenges of natural hazard risk prevention. Sesame Street Live takes stage at Bob Carpenter Center this weekend Tickets are on sale for Sesame Street Live’s production of “Elmo’s Super Heroes.”Tickets range from $14 to $35 and are on sale at UD box offices or through Ticketmaster. The show is being held at 10:30 a.m., 2 and 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday at the Bob Carpenter Center.
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A California wildfire has destroyed over 28,000 acres since Wednesday, causing millions of dollars in damage and firefighting. The blaze began in Camarillo, Cal. and quickly spread. The inferno, known as Springs Fire, approached Malibu before being pushed back. It spread to the Pacific coast, closing a stretch of highway, damaging a number of buildings and forcing people to evacuate. As the weather turned cooler over the weekend, effort to fight the fire had more luck. In excess of 2,000 people were reported as working to stop the blaze. Officials said they hope to end the blaze by today. In addition to Springs Fire, several smaller fires raged in nearby areas, although they were stopped quicker and easier. Three people have been reported injured, and the cost of the firefighting is expected to be at least $8 million. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said the cause of the fire is currently unknown.
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Orb takes Kentucky Derby victory
Trainer Shug McGaughey, 62, sent his first winning horse to the Kentucky Derby Saturday. Jockey Joel Rosario and horse Orb were the first winning pair of the seven he had entered into the world-famous pair. McGaughey said he found the results to be a relief. “It means I won’t have to worry about not winning it anymore,” McGauhey said. Orb, the son of Malibu Moon, strutted his way from 17th place at the half way mark of the mile-anda-quarter long race to steal the win from Golden Soul by two and a half lengths. 151,616 fans packed into the Louisville racetrack to see the 21 horses and jockeys compete in the 139th annual derby at Churchill Downs. Among the pack were jockey Rosie Napravnik, who currently holds the second most amount of wins in North America and is the sixth woman to enter into the race its history, and three-time derby winner Calvin Borel. Rosario and Orb will compete in the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore on May 18. The winning team was mostly concerned with their recent victory after the race. “Obviously, it’s a huge, huge thrill for me,” McGaughey said. “It’s a race I’ve always wanted to win—a race I’ve always wanted to compete in if I thought I had the right horse—and finally today we had the right horse.”
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Nigerian ethnic groups clash
Sectarian violence in Nigeria since Friday has led to the death of at least 30 people, according to the Taraba state police. Members of an ethnic group called the Jukun were walking through the town of Wukari to attend a funeral when some members started arguing with youths from two other groups, the Hausa and the Fulani. Eventually, the argument broke out into physical violence and the two sides began a skirmish fought with machetes and guns. The fighting also led to the razing of about 30 houses, according to the New York Times. The area where the violence took place is known to be volatile because it is in the border area between the Muslim north and the Christian south. Sometimes the violence is based on religion, and others times it is caused by land disputes between cattle herders and settled farmers. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, which investigates religious freedom violations abroad, released a report that said more than 100 people have been killed in Plateau State, a region that borders Taraba, since March. As residents of Africa’s most populous country, many Nigerians are economically deflated and lack the resources to arbitrate through formal means.
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Syrian blames Israel for airstrikes on military targets Israel launched two airstrikes Sunday morning near a military complex close to Damascus, which set off explosions that targeted shipments of Fateh-110 missiles bound for Hezollah, a Syrian-backed group. Israel’s government did not confirm their involvement in the attacks on Syria but Israeli defense officials have said there are strategic weapons that they intend on preventing Hezbollah from receiving such as chemical weapons, long-range Scud missiles and Fateh-110 missiles. In the airstrike, 42 Syrian soldiers were killed, according to anti-regime activists in Syria. Other estimates from hospitals say over 100 were killed. Israel’s strike on Syria has pushed the debates in the United States about whether American-led airstrikes would be used against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s counterattacks on rebels. President Obama has stated a U.S. intervention would only come if investigations confirmed the use of chemical weapons in Syria. The Syrian government publicly condemned Israel for the airstrikes and called it a “flagrant violation of international law” and an act that has made the region “more dangerous.” Another airstrike launched Friday by Israel struck Damascus International Airport where missiles were stored and were allegedly in transit from Iran to Hezbollah. The attacks by Israel confirm fears that the civil war will lead to regional spillover. —Erin Quinn
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Russian and Japanese Leaders hold summit to end World War II
For the first time in a decade, executive leaders of Russia and Japan met in Moscow Wednesday to discuss joint diplomatic efforts. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discussed formally ending World War II, forging energy deals driven by the Fukushima plant meltdown and checking the rising power of China in the East. The two countries never officially ended the military tensions following the Soviet Red Army’s seizure of four small islands from Japan at the tail end of World War II. The treaty will be a sign of good faith to open up more avenues for diplomatic opportunities. Both nations see the conflict as a patriotic anachronism, since the islands in question hold little value. “There is a certain limited strategic value in the sense of where they are located, but nobody lives on them and they don’t produce anything,” Jeffrey Mankoff, Russia Eurasia Program deputy director for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said in an interview with the Los Angeles TImes. “A lot of it is symbolic, which is why reaching an agreement is so hard.” Little concrete progress was made during the talks, but the two nations will continue their discussions through the summer.
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Decrease in crime due to new unit BY ELENA BOFFETTA City News Desk Editor
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An aerial shot of the Newark shopping center outlines where new apartment complexes will be built.
Newark shopping center renovations approved BY MATT BUTLER Staff Reporter
A new six-story, 220 unit apartment building has been approved for construction at the site of the Newark Shopping Center following a 4-3 vote by the Newark City Council for the renovation and redevelopment plan. Mayor Vance Funk III said he is very happy with the outcome of the plan, and it has been one of the things he has tried to accomplish for most of his term. He said the increased accessibility of the shopping center would also have a positive effect on the city. “I’ve been working on trying to get the shopping center redeveloped since the very first day I became mayor nine years ago,” Funk said. “I think it is going to give us a lot more shopping alternatives than we do have right now.” The shopping center can also provide extra parking spots for the city, something that Funk said is always at a premium. Students could be attracted to the renovated center, Funk said, if a proposed supermarket is put in the location. The Newark Cinema Center will remain following the construction, something Funk said was one of his goals in the redevelopment plan. The manager of the theater, Lauren Henderson, said she was glad the council decided to renovate the shopping center. Due to the plans, Henderson has
been able to secure a new lease and develop plans to install some upgrades to revamp her look. “We really hope we can capture some of that student population, just a block away,” Henderson said. She said the renovations could help the movie theater financially and stabilize businesses in the shopping center, and could open up the possibility for more businesses to move in. The student population of the apartments, however, could be less than expected due to an amendment to the housing plan. District 5 council representative Luke Chapman, who voted against the plan, introduced an addition to the bill that will limit apartments to only two residents who are unrelated, as opposed to the Newark norm of four. Sophomore Michael Rodriguez said that while the renovations are nice, he thinks that the key to getting more students into the shopping center is to change the stores. He also said that he believes that the amendment to the apartment plan will cause vacancy issues for the planned apartments. “I think that’s an awful idea, how are they going to get people to live there?” Rodriguez said. “I think there’s going to be a huge problem with filling the apartments.” Development Supervisor Michael Fortner said the amendment to the bill was indeed
an effort to diversify the apartment complex’s renting population— the target demographic for the units is more along the lines of a young professional or a graduate student, as opposed to the typical university student. Fortner also said a big part of Newark’s overall development plan has been to encourage apartment construction along Main Street and around the university campus, aimed at attracting student tenants. He said this year there has been a steep surge in the number of large-scale apartment plans, including those planned for the Newark Shopping Center and for The Cottages at the Plaza. Fortner said this increase has at times caused friction with Newark residents, some of whom are concerned with overdevelopment. Uncertainty in both the ability for landlords to fill vacant houses and how concern over the expansions will affect businesses give some non-students cause for worry, Fortner said. Several property owners have called him to voice their distress. “We have got 400 new units coming in, which is more than we have had in the last ten years,” Fortner said. “There is a concern about over-building, in that we are building a lot of apartments, and that the campus community is not growing at the same rate that we are expanding housing choices for college students, and that we could wind up with a lot of vacancies.”
A Special Operation Unit created by Newark Police Chief Paul Tiernan within his department to respond to known problematic areas has helped cause a “significant” decrease in certain crimes over the first four months of 2013, according to Newark Police spokesperson Cpl. James Spadola. The new unit focuses on locations where “quality of life crimes,” such as noise violations, occur frequently and where there is a denser population at nighttime. These techniques have led to an increase in arrests for the nonviolent crimes the department wants to crack down on. “Disrupting a neighborhood with a party and alcohol related crimes are the most frequent, and they can be attributed to the college atmosphere and the amount of young people we have inside the city,” Spadola said. With the creation of the squad, alcohol arrests have increased by 7.3 percent and drug arrests have increased by 42.4 percent. Criminal mischief arrests, which are the destruction of property without criminal conversion of ownership, increased by 122.9 percent. Other more serious crimes have been reported less, and since New Year’s Day, simple assaults have decreased by 54.8 percent, while robberies and burglaries are down by 46.1 percent and 46.3 percent, respectively. “This dramatic reduction in crime and motor vehicle accidents is a credit to the men and women of the Newark Police Department, the assistance of the University of Delaware Police Department, as well as an increased
awareness and caution exhibited by residents of Newark and students attending the University of Delaware,” Tiernan stated in a press release. Some credit for the reduction in crime can be attributed to technology the department has had in place, such as a network of surveillance cameras, Spadola said. The Newark Police Department also conducts crime prevention presentations to students and residents where police officials explain techniques so the Newark population can feel safer. “No one knows your neighborhood better than you do, and if there is any problem just give us a call and we will come check it out,” Spadola said. “It’s better to have a false alarm than a crime.” Although crime has decreased, some university students still do not feel safe in Newark. Senior Julie Garofalo said she is surprised crime has decreased in the city as she feels she hears crime reports more frequently. She said she does not walk alone at night anymore, something she usually did in her earlier years at the university. “If I am walking alone and I see a cop, I will feel more safe,” she said. “But often I don’t see police around.” Senior Maddie Hughes also said she believes the police should be more present in the city at nighttime, especially when the bars close. She said she is afraid of personal attacks while walking alone in Newark and she is also more conscious about locking her house. “I’m so surprised crime as gone down because I feel we hear about it much more,” Hughes said. “I don’t feel it’s safe at all to walk alone for anyone, whether they are a boy or a girl.”
Beck: ‘People need to donate to it so they have a chance to do research and find a cure.’ The original Relay for Life event started with one man, Gordon Klatt, and now over 100,000 people participate across the country and internationally, Becker said. According to the official website, Klatt, a Washington surgeon, began Relay for Life in order to bring in more income for his local American Cancer Society. He chose to raise the money by doing something he enjoyed— running relays. Event director and senior Megan Smutz said over 1,000 people signed up to attend Relay for Life on Saturday, and before the event even started, they had already raised over $89,000. Smutz said she is very excited about everyone at the university coming together to support one cause, but she hopes that in the future, more students will participate. “I’m hoping it becomes more of a campus culture,” Smutz said. Sophomore and neuroscience major Tara Beck said she is the president of Phi Delta Epsilon medical fraternity and said she wanted the group to do something to give back within the medical field. Beck said Relay for Life’s long history goes to show how difficult it is to fight cancer. She said she is doing everything she can to help support the fight. It is crucially important for people to donate to the cause, especially due to the high costs of cancer research, Beck said. “People need to donate to it so they have a chance to do research and find a cure,” Beck said.
Beck said she would like to see the event take place outside in the future, as she thinks it would create a different mood. She said she heard other students expressing the same sentiments and she hopes the committee takes that into consideration for next year. Junior Carissa McKinney said she has participated in Relay for Life ever since she discovered it four years ago within the same week that both her grandmother and friend were diagnosed with cancer. McKinney said all of her friends from home participate in Relay for Life at their respective schools to support their friend who was diagnosed, which really means a lot to her. “Seeing the community out there is huge for the survivors,” McKinney said. Sophomore Joshua Horn said it was his second time attending the event, and he said he plans on participating for the rest of his time at the university. A member of Alpha Phi Omega, Horn said he has done fundraising with the fraternity, as well as with his floor. Horn said every little bit of money helps, and it helps spread awareness by word of mouth. Horn said he was kind of disappointed with the turn out, as many students had opted to spend the day outside instead of attending the event. Horn said Relay for Life only happens once a year and people can go out any other day. “It hits home with me,” Horn said. “I’ve had a lot of personal experiences with cancer, and I am here to get out there and find a cure.”
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Blue Hen Poll measures student political engagement On a lack of student involvement in political affairs : “College is sometimes a bubble, so you really sometimes forget about the rest of the world. Like I know I’m at home, I watch the news and stuff, but at school I just don’t have time- so it’s easier to block it out and not pay attention to it. You forget the rest of the world is still giong on when you’re at school.” -Alexandra Glinka, sophomore
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BY JACK FISHER Staff Reporter
According to the 2013 Blue Hen Poll released last week, 17.8 percent of students do not belong to a political party. The percentage was derived from a sample of 1090 students, according to the results of the poll. Of the 1090 students in the sample, 192 said they do not belong to a political party when surveyed. The results of previous Blue Hen Polls do not show the percentage of students who do not belong to a political party. The poll questions are administered using a computer software program that sends them to randomly selected student emails, sophomore Chad Wood, who worked on the poll, said. All students of minority groups, however, are sent emails, he said. “They are usually underrepresented,” Wood said. Ralph Begleiter, director of the Center for Political Communication, said the 17.8 percent of students who do not belong to a political party may reflect “the substantial minority who might be feeling a little disillusioned.” Begleiter said this group of students could be comprised of President Barack Obama supporters who were too young to vote in the 2008 elections but still witnessed the fervor of the current president’s campaign. These students who are now able to vote may have become unenthused as the hype over Obama has settled down in his second term, he said. “That may propel some students
to declare themselves as unaffiliated,” Begleiter said. Begleiter said an additional group that could make up the percentage of unaffiliated students are those who are disillusioned by the “sharp partisanship and gridlock” in Congress. Sophomore Rebecca Selig said 17.8 percent “seems like an unusually high number.” “I think it partly has to do with media coverage of political issues,” Selig said. “It has become easier and easier for people to voice their political opinions on the web.” Selig said students become less sensitive to political issues when they are “inundated” with political postings on social media websites. Brenna Crombie, sophomore and director of communications for UD Democrats, said social media is contributing to a political zeitgeist amongst students. “The younger generation is more politically active than ever before, and I think this is largely because of the ability of social media to rally people so quickly,” Crombie said. Sophomore Travis Tirrell said students refrain from identifying with a political party because they are either indifferent or have a hard time taking a stance on political issues. “A lot of people don’t want to keep up with what is going on,” Tirrell said. Tirrell said uninformed students choose to avoid voting on issues as the “lesser of two evils.” He said students should “try to be informed” but should not vote flippantly. Since 2008, the percentage of students who identify as Democrats has dropped by 15 percent, but the
Blue Hen Poll Results: Undergraduate Political Party Affiliation I don’t belong to a party
“The international students don’t blend in as well, obviously. There’s always the language barrier, they tend to dress differently. That makes them more obvious around campus. People notice them so they think there are more of them.” -Rose Deluccia, junior
2013
17.8%
On the perception that the university
is composed of more international students than there actually are:
Other 3.6%
Independent 38.4%
Repulican: 22%
Democrat: 38.4%
2008
2012 On
more students have attended an off-campus party than a men’s sports game: “I feel like they get more enjoyment just going out to parties and having fun than going and watching a sports team. That might just be the culture of the school. There’s also the difference of sitting down and watching something than going out and doing something.” -John Elia, freshman
percentage of students who identify as Republicans has stayed the same, according to the results of the Blue Hen Poll. “It makes sense that people are dropping out of a party to not identify with any party,” Selig said. “But I don’t know why students seem to just be dropping out of the Democratic party and not the Republican party.” Both the 2008 and 2013 results of the Blue Hen Poll indicate that 22 percent of students identify as Republicans. However, Crombie said the poll results do not indicate that students are switching from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. “Students want to be part of social change,” she said. “That does not mean they are a part of a political party or ideology.” Crombie said the decrease in the percentage of students who identify as Democrats could be due to 2013 being a non-election year. In an election year, voters are highly pressured to align their views with a political party, Crombie said. “When it’s not an election year, people aren’t as exposed to politics,” she said. “They aren’t necessarily thinking about the party they vote for.” Selig said the political climate of the university “seems more liberal.” She said that on Election Day, while waiting in line to vote, she encountered only two people who said they were voting for Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate of the 2012 election. “It’s definitely evident that there are more Democrats than Republicans on campus,” Crombie said.
Independent 29% Democrat: 41%
Repulican: 24%
Other 6%
Independent 20% Democrat: 53%
Other 5%
Repulican: 22%
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May 7, 2013
University plans to cut fossil fuel usage BY CADY ZUVICH
proposal to Student Government Association that will be voted on next week. The proposal, which will be brought in front of SGA Senate next Tuesday, has the mission of freezing investments in fossil fuel companies from the university’s endowment by 2018. Senior Jock
Gilchrist*, founder of Fossil Free UD, said a university administrator confirmed over email that though With small, orange squares the university does not disclose representing its cause, Fossil individual company investments, Free UD, a campus campaign it does invest in “fossil fuel that aims to encourage university related companies.” administration to divest from fossil The university’s endowment fuel companies, has submitted a topped $1.13 billion in 2012, making it the 67th highest endowment among universities, according to the National Association of College and University Business Officials. By divesting, the university can make a statement about fossil fuel companies that “exploit the Earth of its natural r e s o u r c e s , ” Gilchrist said. “Divestment as a financial tool isn’t necessarily trying to make Exxon less profitable,” Gilchrist said. “By divesting and having a national movement [fossil fuel companies] could start to lose their social license and look less favorable in the eyes of the people.” The proposal is sponsored by students, professors and organizations including Delaware Sierra Club, chemistry professor Wallace McCurdy and SGA senator Rebecca Bronstein. A f t e r File photo attending a climate change rally in The proposal has the mission of freezing investments in fossil fuel companies from the Philadelphia, university’s endowment by 2018. Student Affairs Desk Editor
Gilchrist said he was inspired to start a divestment campaign of his own on campus. Last semester, Gilchrist along with other students started Fossil Free UD, an organization that is part of a nationwide campaign active in 305 colleges, 103 cities and three religious institutions, according to gofossilfree.org. The campaign aims to “immediately freeze any new investment in fossil fuel companies and divest from direct ownership and any commingled funds that include fossil fuel public equities and corporate bonds within five years,” according to the organization’s website. “By divesting, we can both take a crucial step toward avoiding catastrophic climate change and protect the integrity of UD’s endowment,” stated the proposal. Across the country, 11 cities and towns have divested from fossil fuels, including Seattle, San Francisco and Boulder, Co., as reported by The Guardian. Much of the response from the university is “business as usual,” Gilchrist said, with one official urging Gilchrist to rally for student support. “‘Business as usual’ doesn’t work anymore,” Gilchrist said. “We are now at the tipping point of climate change.” Sophomore SGA Senator Rebecca Bronstein is active within the Fossil Free UD campaign, she said. Getting the proposal passed through SGA would add legitimacy to the group’s movement, especially because not many other universities have passed similar proposals, she said. “It would be a big deal if SGA passes it,” Bronstein said. “It will help students see [climate change] is a problem” Sophomore Javier Hortsmann, SGA chief justice, said the fossil fuel divestment aligns with other proposals SGA supports.
“Right now, we are working on promoting different green initiatives,” Hortsmann said. Within the university, there needs to be a shift away from fossil fuel companies toward clean energy companies, Hortsmann said. In an informal, nonscientific poll conducted by Fossil Free UD last Thursday in the Trabant University Center, 95 percent of the 110 students surveyed said they believe the university should invest in socially responsible companies. Prior to the survey, 26 percent of the students surveyed had heard about the nationwide fossil fuel divestment movement, according to the poll. “The mission of the initiative is to send a message to the fossil fuel industry as an entity,” Bronstein said. “We really want to promote a sense of urgency.” The goal of the campaign is not necessarily to hurt fossil fuel companies financially, but rather to make a statement, Gilchrist said. In the past, campaigns in the same vein such as the South African apartheid protests in the 1980s, which encouraged divestment from certain South African companies, proved to be successful, he said. Alternatively, Gilchrist said he would like to see the university invest in clean power and carbon neutral companies. Though he said the university would have to make serious altercations if administration decides to adopt the proposal, it would still be possible to maximize returns without investing in fossil fuel companies. “If colleges stop investing in destructive companies and invest in clean energy companies—wind, water and solar power––those companies will start to grow,” Gilchrist said. *Jock Gilchrist is the former Weekly Beaker columnist of The Review.
Delaware named fifth most bike-friendly state BY CADY ZUVICH
Student Affairs Desk Editor
Climbing 26 spots in five years, Delaware is now ranked the fifth most bicycle friendly state, according to a comprehensive assessment conducted by the League of American Bicyclists. The assessment––released to the public on Wednesday–– indicates Delaware is the most accommodating state east of the Mississippi River for bicyclists. Since it was released six months after the opening of the Pomeroy and Newark Rail Trail, the ranking fulfilled Gov. Jack Markell’s goal of being within the top 10 most bike friendly states. “It shows the progress we’ve been making to expand trails and pathways and ultimately, leave the state better than we found it for our children and grandchildren,” Markell stated in his weekly video address regarding the release of Delaware’s ranking. Opening bike lanes, allocating funding to bicycle programs and
creating safe passing laws were criteria that qualified Delaware for its ranking, according to the state’s report. On a scale of one to five, the state received scores of four in “legislation and enforcement” and “education and encouragement” categories. Graduate student Thijs Lanckriet, 26, a Newark Bike Project board member, said while he recognizes city and state governments have put forth a significant amount of effort in promoting bike friendliness, there is still more work that can be done. “The mentality of drivers could be more friendly toward bicyclists,” Lanckriet said. Trails such as the Pomeroy and Newark Rail Trail have accommodated bicyclists, but Lanckriet said grocery stores and banks are difficult to access while cycling. Creating an “interconnected network of pathways and trails” is the main focus of Markell’s Trails & Pathways Initiative. For the 2013 fiscal year, $13 million was
allocated for trails and pathways, a $6 million increase from last year. By focusing on bikes, Markell states it will connect workplaces, school, parks, libraries and businesses as well as improve Delawareans’ quality of life and health.
“A walkable, bike-able state is very much part of our efforts to keep Delaware moving forward.” -Gov. Jack Markell “A walkable, bike-able state is very much part of our efforts to keep Delaware moving forward,” Markell stated.
Senior Steven Francisco, secretary of UD Club Cycling, said the ranking was expected from the government’s prioritization of bike safety. New bike lanes, such as the ones on Elkton Road, is a “big step” for Delaware, Francisco said. “In the last couple of years, there has been a big push in promoting walking and cycling as a form of transportation,” Francisco said. In addition to ranking states on their bike friendliness, the League of American Bicyclists also recognize universities that promote cycling. Though Delaware is ranked fifth in the state ranking, the university is not listed within the Bicycle Friendly University program. Though the university provides some bike stations, Francisco said the university does not provide adequate bike lanes or bike share programs, in which bicycles would be available for use by university members on a short-term basis. Like Lanckriet, Francisco said there is room for improvement. Francisco said he has noticed
other cyclists violating laws, such as riding on the wrong side of the road and cutting off drivers. Like motorists, Francisco said cyclists have rights as well as responsibilities. “At least in the town of Newark, they need to step up awareness and enforcement of the law so everyone is safer and more considerate,” Francisco said. “There needs to be more emphasis on promoting safety and more awareness of the rules.” Lanckriet too has noticed cyclists violating traffic laws, especially on Main Street, he said. Implementing “sharrows,” or shared-lane markings, would mitigate some of the problems cyclists experience on the street, Lanckriet said. Though improvements can still be made, Lanckriet said he acknowledges the state and city for the progress that has been made in the past five years. “All and all, Delaware is a pretty good place to bike, but a lot still needs to be done,” Lanckriet said.
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Senior engineers design robots, phone applications BY SARAH BRAVERMAN
and serve as inspiration for future projects. The United States Army sponsored last year’s projects. Robots, cloud drives and Cotton considers himself as phone applications are a few of more of a boss than his students’ the projects being constructed in professor, and he treats the teams Evans Hall this semester as part like employees, he said. The of a yearlong engineering design fundamental class and lab work that course. The course enables students students complete is essential, but to explore problem-solving without the hands-on aspect of the course the focused structure of their takes learning to a higher level. fundamental classes, electrical “They’ve never had the engineering professor Charles opportunity to work on a problem Cotton said. that’s unconstrained,” Cotton said. “A lot of their classes have “They’ve never had a problem labs where they’ll have to build that either had no answer or too a circuit and test it, but it’s very many answers.” cookbook,” Cotton said. Two of the greatest lessons his Within the first few days of students will learn are how to fail classes in the fall semester, students and how to recover from failure, in the course form teams consisting Cotton said. of electrical engineering majors, “That’s really important computer engineering majors or a because they find ways to fix it,” combination of both, Cotton said. Cotton said. The students spend a few weeks Senior Kassem Nabha and brainstorming problem-solving his five group members are methods and then all electrical work for the full engineering majors academic year working on a single on constructing a robot to be used for product to solve mapping the interior the problem, of buildings. he said. Using artificial S e n i o r intelligence, or e l e c t r i c a l manual controls, engineering the robot navigates major Nicole Evans Hall and takes Wells works with digital panoramic a six-person team photographs. The to create three goal is to map out stationary robots the building, not that communicate unlike Google Maps with a single Street View, in order mobile robot to create a detailed for navigation, guide and help users -Kassem Nabha, she said. navigate the inside senior of a building. D e s p i t e tackling an Nabha said he “extremely plans to map other difficult” project, Cotton said university buildings in the future that Wells’ group is executing during his graduate studies at its work well. Likewise, Wells the university. said she found building a real “The whole class actually system more challenging than gives you the feeling of working originally anticipated. in a company where you have “You can simulate it and your someone who directs you from idea can be good, but then once above,” Nabha said. you actually try to build a physical Engineering students always system a million and one things go work with “perfect problems” in wrong,” Wells said. “You really labs, he said, but the project forces have to utilize your teammates if students to adjust tactics when you’re going to be successful.” things go wrong and to function A large government on real applicable problems, contracting firm sponsored this something that is achievable with year’s projects, providing problems the right group of people. and project proposals to inspire Nabha says everything he has student’s work. Most groups learned through this experience is use projects suggested by the relevant to his future career goals. sponsors, but some create projects From coding and designing to independently, Cotton said. working under an advisor as well The students present mid- as with a team, Nabha said he year and final reports to the firm will take away many things from and have a culminating poster the experience. presentation that depict the “You learn many things in student’s work. This year’s posters college, but you learn the most with will hang on the walls of the lab hands-on experience,” Nabha said. Staff Reporter
“You learn many things in college, but you learn the most with hands-on experience.”
Students race on bouncy balls on The Green at Blue Hen Games.
THE REVIEW/Sara Pfefer
Alumni Association hosts second annual Sophomore Swap, Blue Hen Games BY KIERSTEN GUTHERMAN & NIKITA MUTTER Staff Reporters
The second annual Sophomore Swap and Blue Hen Games was held on the North Green Wednesday, in which students participated in field day events, listened to music, and bonded with others in their class. The event, sponsored by the University Alumni Association, was aimed at sophomores, though other classes were welcome to join in the festivities. The first 1,500 sophomores who visited the UDAA table and brought a T-shirt from either another college or university or one they no long wanted received a Class of 2015 shirt from the UDAA. All shirts collected at the event were donated to charity. Students also had another chance to sign the Class of 2015 banner, which they are encouraged to sign throughout the year. The event included snacks provided by university catering and music by DJ Amaze. The Student Alumni Ambassadors also sponsored a “make-andtake,” which gave students the opportunity to create crafts. Alum Cindy Campanella from the class of ’84 and assistant vice president of Alumni Relations said the event was a way to
enhance the sophomore swap and help create traditions for students. “We want students to bond while they’re here, and to realize now how generous Alumni Relations is,” Campanella said The Blue Hen Games attracted about 300 students, who were encouraged to form teams to participate in the events. Each team that participated in the games was composed of four members of the Class of 2015 and each person who participated received a Class of 2015 blue and gold reversible pinnie. The “Sith Lords” team took home first place in the games overall. Sophomore Rachel Gettinger also said her friends persuaded her to participate in the games. She joined in the potato sack race and although she lost, she said it was still fun. “I was just studying in Perkins and my friend had mentioned that they needed another person on their team, so I just ran up here and joined in,” Gettinger said. Junior Meagan Walsh helped plan the event as a student Alumni Ambassador. She said events like the Blue Hen Games help students connect with their classmates, which can be difficult in a large school. “When you’re in a school of 16,000 people, it’s really hard to get to know the people in your
class,” Walsh said. “This is a great way to get involved, to hang out with your friends on a beautiful day and have some fun.” Being an active student and bringing the class together also leads to being an active alum and it is important to stay connected after graduation, she said. Darelle Lake Riabov, president of the UDAA and a ’73 graduate, said she encourages events like the first annual Blue Hen Games because they help students form a strong bond with the university before graduating. “I hope that these events for each class will get them involved and they stay involved, so there’s not a gap once they graduate,” Riabov said. Riabov also said the university will always be home to the students and she has learned it is important to bond with students while they’re in school instead of trying to connect with them after they’ve graduated. The Blue Hen Games was a tradition that began in the 1930s and the Alumni Relations team reinstated it recently, Riabov said. She remembers the tug-of-war game from when she was a student 40 years ago. “We have a saying, which is also on the class shirts, which is, ‘Students today, Blue Hens forever,’” Riabov said.
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Free Comic Book Day draws crowd of 2,000, participates in philanthropy BY LAUREN MANCINI Staff Reporter
THE REVIEW/ Emma Rando
Rainbow Music & Books sells records, bargain books, CDs and DVDs.
Rainbow Music & Books to close doors BY JESSI WALKER Staff Reporter
After expressing desire to sell the store Rainbow Music & Books in an article published by the News Journal, owner Chris Avino said he has generated an eager audience and has had several interested buyers approach him. Since speaking with a few of the potential buyers, Avino said he believes the store is likely to remain as Rainbow. Owning the store for eight years and working seven days each week has led Avino to feel it is time to do something different, he said. The store has been doing well but the threat of instant music downloads and music piracy were restricting for Avino. “People have to account for the unique local businesses because nationally owned businesses are becoming more abundant on Main Street,” Avino said. He said Rainbow customers are not paying for convenience but are looking for a different atmosphere – they are attracted to this town because of its charisma. As a “big music junkie,” Avino began working at Rainbow in 1994, while attending the university. “I was in everyday in between my classes, spending all of my money,” Avino said. “Working there was the way that I paid for all of the records that I wanted to buy.” He worked there through 1998 and then continued to work in music stores on the West Coast before returned at the age of 30. After driving back through Newark then, Avino approached the previous owner of Rainbow, and convinced him to sell it. In the eight years of owning Rainbow, Avino said the best part was the constant exposure to new things and the great conversations with regular customers. Avino said he would always
cherish his time spent on Main Street, and encouraged his customers not to forget about Rainbow Records. “I’ve been in this town for almost twenty years, it’s going to be sad to go,” Avino said. “I would like to thank everyone for their support over the years.” Currently, Rainbow proves to be the only Delaware location out of about 1,000 “Record Store Day” participating stores. Record Store Day celebrates independent music stores across the country. Students and community members alike flocked to Rainbow Records on annual Record Store Day this year, April 20th. Avino presently owns the building that houses Switch and other residential housing rental units. Switch Skateboarding owners Tyler Jacobson and Joey Simpers will continue to own and operate Switch, and they are now in the process of purchasing the building. “I think that the skateboard shop that we have, along with the clothing that we sell goes hand-in-hand with music, art and books,” Jacobson said. “It’s great for two businesses to share a building when they kind of go together.” Jacobson said it seems like a lot of people want to buy Rainbow, and the best-case scenario would be if Avino sold his store to someone else, in which case the new owner would become Jacobson’s tenant. Senior Tyler Graves, a regular costumer of Rainbow, said if the store closed it would take a large part away from Main Street and the university culture. Graves, who goes to Rainbow two or three times a week, said he likes the sense of community and that there is a variety of products like vinyl, CDs and more. “If it is transferring hands, I just hope that its next owner cares as much as Avino did,” Graves said.
Mayor Vance A. Funk III was one of many who showed his support for comic books Saturday at Main Street store Captain Blue Hens Comics’ Free Comic Book Day. Funk’s love of comics—particularly ones related to Superman—stemmed from his childhood, he said. Funk was happy to be able to share his passion with others, he said. “The comic book industry in Newark is fantastic,” Funk said. “This is the best store on the East Coast. You really feel good about supporting it.” The comic book store participated in the national event of Free Comic Book Day for their 13th time Saturday— an event which could not be complete without guests donning costumes of their favorite characters, artists sketching custom drawings or free art classes for participants. Joe Murray, along with his wife Danielle, have been owners of the store since 2001. Joe Murray has been working at the store for a total of 21 years. Murray said the amount of attendees has only grown since the start of the annual event. “The original concept for Free Comic Book Day was to have it as a party that celebrates comics, and we have taken that to the umpteenth degree,” Joe Murray said. Murray said most of the 2,000
people who attended the event consisted of families, mainly because the owners decided to exclude violent or sexual comics found at other stores. Artist and independent publisher Neil King said he believes more comic book stores should have family-oriented events in order to attract a younger crowd and preserve the dying comic book industry. “This event is for families,” King said. “If [the industry] did more of these events where families can come and not spend that much money— where they can buy their kids a comic that is legitimately on their reading level—I would say comics would have a better chance.” The best part of the event for Murray, however, is seeing everyone dressed as the characters. One of the more unique costumes seen at the event was “Fan Man,” which consisted of aspects of many characters from various comic books. Other costumes included Wonder Woman, Darth Vader and a family of five all outfitted as Clark Kent. Wearing a costume to the event was one of the many ways one could receive a free comic. Others could obtain free comics by donating a canned food item for Delaware’s Food Bank or giving to the Newark Arts Alliance. Aaron Easter, 19, said this was his first time attending the event, and he was particularly interested in the philanthropic aspect of it.
“I’m definitely going to bring canned goods next year because it’s for a really good cause,” Easter said. “I really wish I had this year.” Though the guests were given incentives, Murray was not worried about losing a profit, for their traget audience was in abundance. “There are a couple different kinds of people who come here,” Murray said. “The one’s we are aiming for are the future generation. A comic shop that has a good kid section is investing in reading for the future.” Katharina Norman, 21, said she has been a reader of comics from a young age, with a particular interest in Japanese manga as well as American comics. “The art vendors have been my favorite,” Norman said. “I like to see the independent artist, and it’s nice to meet them. I really think they should have more.” King, who has been an independent artist in the business since 1996, gave advice to hopeful artists with their own portfolios, explaining the demand needed in his medium. Murray said he is always impressed with all the people who come to his event and he hopes it will continue for his customers’ benefit. “It’s a blast, it’s a lot of fun, it keeps getting bigger and it’s a good time,” Murray said. “There’s a comic book for everybody, and that’s what we are here to celebrate.”
THE REVIEW/ Sara Pfefer
A boy eyes a comic book “The Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse” at Captain Blue Hens Comics.
Sauerwine: ‘We’d have to throw out a lot which is really unfortunate because we’d be throwing away materials and lessons’ Continued from page 1
Classes in Willard were either relocated to vacant classrooms in other buildings or canceled. Professors were not notified on the exact cause of Willard’s closing. The flood was discovered around 5 a.m. by custodians, McBride said, and she arrived at Willard at 8 a.m. “The UD facilities personnel and custodians were very quick to contain the damage and start the cleanup, and
keep everyone well informed about the situation,” McBride said. Most professors were able to contact their students and let them know about the flooding. In an email to his students, professor Mitchell Provost-Craig informed the class that although their meeting time was cancelled, he would keep them updated on the situation. “I just received a notice that Willard Hall is closed to vandalism, which resulted in extensive damage,” Provost-
Craig said. Students, however, were not as clearly informed by the university and the administration released no information about the cause of the flooding. Sophomore Kelly Muldoon has class in Willard on Tuesday and Thursday and went to Willard to examine the damage. “I saw on Facebook that Willard was vandalized and that there was debris everywhere,” Muldoon said. “People made it sound like it was someone who
did it. It’s disappointing that someone would do that to a building.” Sauerwine said she never received a notice from her professor or the university about the closing. Instead she heard about it through Facebook. Her class was still mandatory despite never receiving notice of relocation. Junior Laura Hickernell had three classes that were cancelled due to the flooding. “It’s nice to not have class,” Hickernell said. “On the other hand its
final weeks soon and that’s the time you’d want to go to class.” Facility & Auxiliary Services, Public Safety, the School of Education and the department of Medical Laboratory Sciences were not available for comments. At time of publication, there were no updates on the facilities notification system on the university’s Facilities and Auxiliary Systems website. The building will reopen during its normal hours on Tuesday.
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Politics Straight, No Chaser In the Shadow of Iraq
THE REVIEW/ Sara Pfefer
Students dress in white T-Shirts with their team name on them and play a game of capture the flag as part of the Brains for Brains event. The idea for the event was co-sponsored by club Humans vs. Zombies.
Human vs. Zombies raise $600 for Alzheimer’s Association BY CHELSEA SIMENS Assistant News Desk Editor
The sounds of Nerf guns and battle cries pierced the air on Tuesday and Wednesday night as 60 students gathered on the south side of Memorial Hall to play a campus-wide game of Humans vs. Zombies. Freshman Ratnabhushan Mutyala said he liked seeing the transformation of the campus. “We’re on our campus, our own home territory, just seeing it turn into a combat zone is really cool,” Mutyala said. “It’s not like you’re going to class, it’s like that’s the building I need to capture.” The idea for Brain for Brains, which was co-sponsored by the club Humans vs. Zombies, came from sophomores Jake Kairis and Jaewoong Yoo, who are members of the Humans vs. Zombies club. Kairis and Yoo said they believed their group was gaining attention. After Humans vs. Zombies President Chris Rodriguez informed Kairis and Yoo that his grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, they knew they wanted to support the Alzheimer’s Association through Brains for Brains. “We wanted to utilize the political power that we saw in the organization Humans vs. Zombies and make
something really good come out of it,” Kairis said. Players donated $1 to $5 to participate, and members raised over $600 at the event, all of which will go toward the Alzheimer’s Association, a national organization dedicated to care, support and research of the illness. “We got a lot of people donating and a lot of people passionate about a cause that we care about,” Kairis said. “That’s what really matters. What’s happening now is just a cathartic, symbolic game of the money we raised, so I guess we’re giving back to the people who donated.” Sophomore Thomas Carlson, a member of Humans vs. Zombies, said he loved playing for a cause. “My favorite part was being able to do something I enjoy to help other people,” Carlson said. “Where else on a college campus are you going to be able to play capture the flag and domination style games to raise money for Alzheimer’s research?” The first night of Brains for Brains involved a game of capture the flag. There were three flags, with one controlled by humans, one by zombies and one that was neutral. The objective was to control all of the flags. The second night was a game of domination, in which there were various control points on campus, and each side had to capture the control
points by touching the flag that the referees were holding. “Sometimes the concept of zombies doesn’t make everyone want to play,” Kairis said. “So we changed it and made it more accessible, called it two nights of capture the flag and domination night.” Freshman Tricia Pennington received a minor battle wound—a scrape on her chin—after escaping some humans and tripping. “I had never shot a Nerf gun and hit a moving target before. I’ve never even hit a target before, so the fact that I hit a moving target was the most impressive thing I had ever done,” Pennington said. The founders said they hope Brains for Brains will become an annual fundraising event. The more people that get involved, the more money they can raise for Alzheimer’s. The game spanned from Harrington turf to the Amy E. DuPont Music Building and from Main Street down to the fountain on the South Green. Mutyala said when people put more effort into the game, it was more fun. “I envision me fighting off hordes of zombies, but with the number of kids we have here, it looks like kids throwing socks and shooting Nerf guns,” Mutyala said.
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“The great thing about T’Licious is whenever we are working, it does not feel like a job at all,” Mackay said. “I spend all my time here because we listen to music we like, the deck outside is nice, the prices are fair and it is a very welcoming open area.” Mackay said it is a shame small businesses have been closing on Main Street as she fell in love with that aspect of Newark the first time she visited
the university. She said she went to T’Licious as a freshman because she wanted to find a friendly atmosphere to hang out with friends. Sophomore Michele McNelis said she used to go to the café every Thursday with her friends to hang out on the deck when the weather was nice. With the advent of the chain restaurant in town, she said she is unsure of whether she can find another privately owned café to relax at. “I wish there was something we
could do, but unfortunately I think they are closing for good,” McNelis said. Woolpert said he has been trying to find a new place to open his restaurant but could not find a new location or another restaurant which would be able to partner with him and share the rent. “We had a pretty loyal following and I would like to thank everybody for all their support of our business,” Woolpert said. “I hope something like this can come back.”
The George W. Bush Presidential Library opened its doors to the public on May 1. At the library, you can see all the Bush Administration’s accomplishments through the figurative rosecolored glasses of those who set it up for them. Like any other Presidential Library, that’s no surprise. If a president makes it through his four or eight years, he deserves to have some way to write history the way he wants it to be remembered. In Bush’s library, there’s an interactive “you make the decision” wing in which the major issues from his two terms are presented with the information he had. It’s supposed to serve as a way to show how difficult being a president can be, the hard choices he was to make and the lack of hard information he sometimes had to base decisions on. There are some particularly outrageous options the library gives though, like invade Iraq or let Saddam Hussein stay in power, which is not exactly what that war was about. The Iraq War was not as the library presents it of course. It was a massive intelligence failure, or if you’re more of a conspiracy t h e o r i s t , what the administration wanted the intelligence reports to say. Back to the present, there is something that we all need to take away from this library. All the living presidents were there at the dedication, and it was especially appropriate for President Barack Obama to be present. Given the current situation in Syria, he needs to show what he learned from his predecessor, and it is quite the coincidence P r e s i d e n t Obama is visiting the monument to failed intelligence while having to make a decision frighteningly similar to what happened with Iraq. It was reported last week the United States had reason to believe Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons against the rebels in the ongoing civil war that has gripped Syria for over two years. Both Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel confirmed this belief. Obama said in the past there was
a red line for the United States in the Syrian conflict, and that was if Assad used chemical weapons. He warned Assad the use of such arms would be a “game changer.” What that entails is unknown. Does it mean we’ll intervene on the side of the rebels? Will we give them more aid? Some in the administration, which is something Hagel admitted yesterday, have suggested that we might start arming the rebels. Remember when we began to arm the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan when the Soviets invaded? That did not turn out well for us as we ended up helping a budding jihadist movement in the Middle East called the Taliban. Also, can we actually be sure that chemical weapons have been used? If so what kind? Why is that the red line when 70,000 people have been killed in the conflict already? Clearly the American people remember the mistakes of Bush and company and I think they are right to be wary about entering a military conflict on the grounds of weapons of mass destruction because frankly, it’s an arbitrary line in the first place. What makes a chemical death worse than a death caused by a mortar, sniper or rocket? The way I see it, murder is murder no matter how it happens. It appears the Obama Administration is so unwilling to go in and help the rebels it created this red line it did not think Assad would be crazy enough to cross, but apparently, he just might be. Obama might have been trying to lead from behind on this so to speak—say all the right things but sit back and hope someone else does something. C u r r e n t l y, Obama is in the unenviable position of deciding what specifically the U.S. role in Syria will be. It seems like he has backed himself into a corner with his red line ultimatum and game changer remarks. If we can confirm poison gas was used on the people of Syria, then his choice is clear. But please, Mt. President, do not act without 100 percent certainty. We have been through a bloody conflict for no reason before and we don’t want to see it happen again. Make sure we know what’s going on before we pull the trigger.
Clearly the American people remember the mistakes of Bush and company and I think they are right to be wary about entering a military conflict on the grounds of weapons of mass destruction because frankly, it’s an arbitrary line in the first place. What makes a chemical death worse than a death caused by a mortar, sniper or rocket?
-Brian Barringer
May 7, 2013
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12 Blue Hen Poll shows lacking student support for athletics The university needs to take measures in order to boost student school spirit The university recently issued its annual Blue Hen Poll in order to gather student opinion and feedback about university operations and performance. They have issued the poll every year since 2008, but this year decided to include more questions surrounding student involvement in the varsity athletic community—more specifically, game day attendance. The poll concluded that around 60 percent of the student body at the university either “rarely” or “never” attend any varsity sporting events around campus. The poll also asked a question inquiring what factors would prompt students to go to more games, including more efficient transportation and knowing a player on the team, among others. The answer garnering the highest response was students receiving three non-graded elective credits for attending at least 10 events in a single semester. Obviously these responses indicate a less than overwhelming enthusiasm for varsity athletics in general by the student body. While there are many elements beyond the university’s control which account for these unimpressive responses, there are a few changes
that could boost school spirit surrounding athletics. Beginning with the freshman class is key when attempting to change the student body’s perception. Raising the enthusiasm of younger students will help instill traditions for students to continue in the future. Teaching them fight songs, rally traditions and the transportation routes to sports complexes are all potentially instrumental in changing the mindset of apathetic students. But the biggest factor limiting the growth of student enthusiasm for athletics is the lack of information about the teams and when the game dates are floating around the university. Many students have little knowledge as to what rivalries exist, how the teams have been performing and what potential game outcomes could mean for each team. If students knew a particular game decided whether or not the team made the playoffs, they would most likely be more interested in attending and cheering. It is apparent the university needs a heightened enthusiasm for athletics within the student body and the issue needs to be addressed before we see any results.
Newark area changing too fast, losing charm, character Constant renovations, construction indicate lacking local preservation The Newark community announced last week that the Newark Shopping Center located on the eastern end of Main Street will be undergoing drastic renovations, including the construction of a six story apartment building open to university students and Newark locals. The small business community on Main Street and in the neighboring Newark area is also changing, as many stores are closing and quickly being replaced by big chains like Chipotle, Salad Works and 7-Eleven. All of these factors indicate a changing dynamic in the Newark area and represent a potential loss of the community’s established character. It seems as though everywhere you look in Newark, old houses are being knocked down in order to make room for cheaply built cookie cutter town homes which all look exactly the same. While these renovations
may be more economical and house more students, it takes away from the charm associated with wooden porches, stoops and grassy backyards. Similarly, distinctive jewelry and food options on Main Street are being replaced by boring chain stores and restaurants which can be found scattered across the country and are in no way exclusive to the Newark area. While some of the changes can be beneficial to the Newark community, many graduating university seniors fear the city will be unrecognizable to them upon returning years down the road. We want the area to thrive and diversify, but we cannot forget about the importance of supporting and preserving local businesses. Construction and renovation are inevitable in any city, but Newark’s impressive character and charm seems to be slipping away in the form of closing local businesses and knocked down old houses.
editorial Corrections: On page 7 of Issue 24, in the article titled “‘Take Back the Night’ calls attention to backlogged rape kits,” Lauren Gibson did not say one in four women in college can expect to be sexually assaulted, but that one in four women are the victims of completed sexual assault or attempted sexual assault in their college years. On page 19 of issue 24, the Ashley Paintsil’s byline for the article titled “Seniors showcase fashions at Obscura,” is incorrectly spelled as Ashley Painstil. On page 31 of issue 24, vice president of the Delaware collegiate figure skating team, Megan Marschall, was incorrectly credited with planning the team’s annual competition held at the Fred Rust Ice Arena. Team president, Julianne DiMura, played a vital role in planning the competition as well.
Say goodbye while you can BY BO BARTLEY Managing News Editor
Living in a state of denial is the cool thing to do these days. The bookstore making soon-to-be graduates pick up cap and gowns more than a month in advance was a practice in cruelty that only ensured the garb would spend weeks crumpled in closets. Seniors are on their bar crawls acting like they never moved out of Rodney, day drinking until their livers burn more in the sun than on their skin and skipping their 11 o’clock class because they already skipped their 9:30. However, there is a dark side to this springtime frivolity. Say the “g-word” to any senior and their whole brain shuts down. Their neck snaps like you smacked them and a visible twitch can be seen in their jaw as it slowly curls into a snarl. A squint in their eyes simultaneously sizes you up and stares you down. Limbs spastically launch towards you as a guttural roar escapes their lungs. “DON’T F-----G SAY THAT!” So you don’t, and you tell yourself the good times aren’t going to end. We’re acting in a tragic play where everyone knows the ending but we all conveniently forgot the lines. This
reaction seniors are having is natural, but one they will regret if they don’t slow down and properly say goodbye to the institution that has provided them with the seminal moments of their lives so far. I havve had the misfortune of leaving a university already. After my sophomore year, I transferred to Delaware from James Madison University. I’m happy with my decision to leave, but I regret to this day the fashion in which I left. As my departure date approached, I acted like “Yeah, I won’t be here next year” was just a bad joke told everywhere I went. I never told my closest friends how much they meant to me. The organizations I was in and the professors who affected me the most never received so much as an email from me. Saying goodbye is hard, but it is even harder later when you don’t. I recommend taking these last few weeks to make an effort to do something special for the people who have affected you at the university. Do something lasting for an organization you’re in. Something as small as writing a guide for the next person to take your position or as big as pooling money among the seniors to buy a gift will cement your legacy with the groups you have spent
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the most time with. Make sure to say something at the last meeting to show how important you think your RSO is for the campus. Try to be an inspiration for the incoming class of executives so they have the same passion you did. Go to your favorite professor’s office hours one last time (or for the first time). Everyone loves to hear that their work is appreciated, and a reminiscent chat with a teacher who made an impact will probably make his or her year. After you leave Newark, stay in contact with your mentors and advisors. Even if you’re no longer in their sphere of influence, they can still provide advice and contacts for the professional world. Probably the most important thing you can do is tell your friends how important they are to you. If it’s hard for you to share your emotions out loud, write a letter or an email. Go get lunch and talk about that time you stole a composite from a sorority house (Mom), went swimming in the fountain after Osama got Zero Dark Thirtied (hey, Mom) or ate a rotisserie chicken on the sidewalk in front of a strip club (none of this happened, Mom). So come on, take a deep breath and we’ll say it together. 3…2…1… Graduation.
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Social media negatively affect parents’ focus on kids Brianne Kelly
Guest Columnist When becoming parents, many seem to overlook the importance of living in the moment and spending face to face time with others. Who doesn’t love signing on to their favorite social networking website and creepily looking at pictures of a girl from high school you never really liked and discovering she gained fifteen pounds since college started? The fulfillment that comes with winning the little feud sometimes makes the hours you have wasted absorbed in her online life seem totally worth it. It’s obvious the Internet can provide us with quality entertainment for hours, but maturity comes with limiting our reliance on these time-consuming distractions. We grow by learning that the important aspects of our lives are the manners in which we live them, not how it is portrayed on Facebook. As we grow up, it is important for us to change our relationship with social media. Our Facebook friends might be interested in pictures from our latest party, but they are not going to care that much when your weekend consists of diaper changing and
breastfeeding. Our skills, abilities and requirements change throughout our lives. Just as an old, weak football player should learn when it is time to retire, so must parents know when it is time to change what they do on the. Adults with children need to learn not to use social networks as freely as they had before they reproduced. Parents should focus their attention on bettering their families, not thinking of a witty tweet 20 times a day. Time should no longer be devoted to sitting online, but instead be spent surrounded by loved ones, learning from each other and growing together. Chatting online to figure out our Friday night plans with friends causes us to believe the Internet can only be beneficial to our social lives. As our generation transforms into adults and enters the world of parenthood, our plans for Friday night will transform with us, causing our need for the Internet to decline. While today we see the Internet as a link between our many social circles, research has proven that increased usage during parenthood is detrimental to our mental health. By causing strains on our relationships in the crucial beginning stages of parenting, an excessive usage of the Internet will only result in the decline of our positive parenting. The carefree days of adolescence are fleeting—do we really want to miss out on playtime with our kids because our heads were faced down staring at our cell phones? Since parenting cuts back on the amount of time we can
spend with friends, wasting time on useless technology can only lead to increased social isolation. The three hours a day we spend surfing the web could be used to catch up with old friends that we didn’t think we had time to see. Our blind allegiance to the Internet and our belief that it can do no wrong brings about unknown negative side effects including the acquisition of false information and the depletion of interpersonal ties. Social networks can often times make us feel more left out than anything. Parents suffering from loneliness have been found to take their feelings out on their children. This can be in the form of neglect, abandonment and most horribly, physical abuse. The need for effective parenting is a universal constant. With a lack of effective parenting and caretakers devoted to the well-being of children, our own university alumni may give birth to children who will reap the negative effects of a generation overly devoted to technology. Socially isolated parents will raise boys and girls with many psychological and mental abnormalities. While interaction with schoolmates helps to mold individuals into social beings, parents are a child’s greatest role-models. By seeing that their guardians are introverted, uninterested and sometime even abusive, an entire new age of humans will become socially hindered. Children learn from example. Seeing their parents act as successful social components to society is the best way to
teach young ones the importance of proper interpersonal contact. Moms and dads are alongside their children during the most crucial learning periods. Parents should behave in ways that they would like their children to behave in. Effective interaction abilities are able to enhance our lives which are so heavily intertwined with a reliance on other individuals. Through this idea, practicing face-to-face communication is essential. It is up to the younger generation to fix the problems technology has brought upon our society. Due to the inevitably increasing Internet usage, the structure of the American home as we know it is changing. Families used to enjoy partaking in simple acts such as trips to the park, game nights and bicycle rides, but are now distracted from these bonding activities by the Internet. Even events as simple as a family dinner are going by the wayside because both parents and children alike are overly concerned with their TV shows, cell phones and social media accounts. In order to preserve this once perfect family dynamic, we must stray from our reliance on the Internet once we ourselves are ready to become parents. Brianne Kelly is a guest columnist for The Review. Her viewpoints do not necessarily represent those of The Review staff. Please send comments to brikel@udel.edu.
Religious minorities’ holidays deserve recognition Seth Brynien
Guest Columnist Christian holidays are often the only ones recognized by the university. Other students deserve a day off when their religion deems so. Have you ever had an exam on Christmas? Neither have I. Have you ever had an exam on Wesak, a Buddhist holy day? You probably have and did not even know it. Have you ever even heard of NawRuz or Id al-Adha? Both of these holidays are holy days for minority faiths, and there are many other holidays for the multitude of religions out in American society, yet our school chooses only to recognize holidays that the majority of its students celebrate. What about the rest of us? Don’t our faiths hold an importance to the diversity of the university? We are paying the same amount of tuition, so don’t we deserve equal treatment? While the administrators of our school
do not recognize minority holidays, many students suffer greatly by being forced to do school work on our own holidays. Whether it is completing an assignment, studying or even taking an exam, it is not easy to focus while simultaneously celebrating a holiday that is of great importance to you. Nor is it remotely fair that minority students have to do so while students of the majority faith do not. I find it disgraceful and disrespectful to myself and other students of minority faiths. During a study done at California State University in 1999 in order to investigate whether educators of all levels have knowledge regarding various religious groups, over 90 percent of educators did not know the major holy days of multiple minority faiths, such as Buddhism, Judaism and Hinduism even existed. However, more than 90 percent were aware Christmas was a holiday for Christians. Coincidence? I think not. Why aren’t people aware of minority holidays? Is it negligence? Ignorance? I do not know, but it is absurd and is an issue worth addressing. I also find it ridiculous how the university finds it appropriate to cater to the small group of students who identify as vegetarians. Vegetarians at the university comprise a small minority, yet the
university provides separate food choices to accommodate their needs. If they can give vegetarians special treatment, what is stopping them from giving Jews the same courtesy? Are they just too lazy or do they just not care? Do they even have a reason for denying us the same rights granted to others? Probably not. I find it extremely unfair for the school to force students to take exams during a religious holiday when Christians never have to. I know from experience that it is a terrible feeling when you have to take an exam in the midst of one of your religion’s biggest holidays, while nobody else is even aware it is going on. The school should not schedule exams on these days. It’s not like it is difficult information to find out, all it takes is a look in any calendar. It would take all of five seconds to determine if a day that they want to schedule an exam on is a religious holiday or not and educators at the university need start taking the time to do so. This unfairness results in a lacking sense of equality around campus, which is something the university should be trying to promote. If our school is going to cater to the needs of the majority, they should cater to the needs of the minority as well. We should all be treated as equals—
this is America, after all. There are not a ridiculous number of holidays considered to be holy days to minority faiths, so students should not be subjected to doing work on their religious holiday. Better yet, I suggest the university cancel class on religious holidays. The administrators deemed it fit to not hold classes during Christmas or Easter, so what makes those holidays more special than Rosh Hashanah? In the end, the school desperately needs to fix this chasm between how they treat the holidays of the minority and the majority. We should be treated as equals, nothing less and nothing more. That is the principle by which the American leaders instilled hundreds of years ago. We provide equal privileges to women and men and blacks and whites, so why not Muslims and Christians? The school needs to be more observant of other people’s holidays, or else minorities will never truly be seen as equals, but instead as subordinate people.
Seth Brynien is a guest columnist for The Review. His viewpoints do not necessarily represent those of The Review staff. Please send comments to sbrynien@udel.edu.
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‘Where’s Waldo?’ game raises charity for Haitian school children BY CHELSEA SIMENS
Assistant News Desk
THE REVIEW/ Emma Rando
Junior Eric Leighton dresses up as the character Waldo from ‘Where’s Waldo?’ to raise money for needy school children with Students for Haiti.
Shouts of “I found you!” echoed through campus last week as members of Students for Haiti dressed in red and white striped shirts, glasses and hats were spotted around campus. Throughout the week, members of Students for Haiti dressed as Waldo and tweeted clues to help participants find them and donate to the club. Donations went toward Little Footprints, Big Steps—an NGO in Haiti that provides vulnerable children with basic care and supports families. The idea started out as a joke, sophomore president Jaewoong Yoo said, but all the members agreed the nostalgic children’s book character would make an interesting fundraiser. Junior and member of Student’s for Haiti, Eric Leighton, likes that the group takes a more active approach than typical fundraisers. “It’s like extreme canning—I find a place and people find me,” Leighton said. “It’s like the opposite effect. It’s more exciting than standing outside NDB with a can.”
Yoo said their initial goal was to raise $100—a goal they surpassed by the second day. The club raised $325 in total. “We already met our initial expectations—anything greater than that is just really exciting for us,” Yoo said. While the fundraiser was a public event, most participants came from Greek organizations. As Greek liaison to the club, sophomore Justin Swan said that while the event was not exclusively for Greek organizations, he hoped that their involvement would spread awareness to a wide range of students. Junior president Alyssa Detreux hoped the event would inspire students to find out more about what they can do to help. “Little Footprints, Big Steps needs sponsors, and you’re actually impacting people’s lives, so our initiative is really personal,” Detreux said. “It gives you a better connection to get involved with people on the ground.” Although many students were aware of Waldo’s presence, others—both students and Newark residents—were confused by him and expressed curiosity. Those who were taken off guard were the most interesting to Yoo. “There’s people walking with their phone up to them [Waldo] pretending to be talking, but they’re taking photos,” Yoo said. “There’s a whole population of students and people from Newark just going up to Waldo. Just seeing that kind of response from our community is great for the publicity, and it’s just really fun.” As one of the costumed volunteers, Leighton said he liked seeing all of the snapshots of him dressed as the 90s character. He recalled how some people tried to be sneaky when taking his photo. “I was sitting on a bench, and there was shrubbery behind me, and
some guy hopped out of the bush to get a picture with me,” Leighton said. “I was surprised because I didn’t know he was there.” The Waldo characters could visit whichever buildings they liked, so long as they remained on campus. Usually they would go to key locations like Morris Library or Memorial Hall, but the decision was up to Waldo. Leighton said he likes the music department buildings but never gets to travel there, so he decided to make that his Waldo location. Despite the changing locations, the Waldo volunteers agreed that people usually found them within a few minutes. At the beginning of the week, the twitter page @StUDentforHaiti was used just by the club’s members. Yet by Friday, more than 100 new members joined (Can’t CONF b/c I don’t have a twitter, but there are 107 followers so very possible). Leighton said he hopes the new twitter followers will join the club next year and expand the group as a whole. Detreux, another Waldo volunteer, said her favorite moment happened when she was stopped, not because she was dressed as Waldo, but because she was holding the Haitian flag. A man from Port-Au-Prince stopped to talk to Detreux. “A guy was driving down Main Street and actually got out and stopped just because he saw the flag,” Detreux said. “He was excited to hear that we were working down there.” Though the fundraiser did not really solely on the costume to spark people’s interest, it certainly helped. “I was just sitting and then as soon as I threw the shirt on and the glasses people were like, ‘Waldo, there you are,’ and brought money over,” Swan said.
LinkedIn misses target audience, majority use Facebook more BY MATTHEW BUTLER Staff Reporter
Despite students being very active on social media, they are failing to utilize the professional networking site, LinkedIn. In a study conducted by AfterCollege and Millennial Branding, released April 23rd, they found forty-six percent of students have never logged on to LinkedIn compared to over 90 percent of students using Facebook “frequently or occasionally.” Additionally the majority of students who are using LinkedIn say it is not an important factor in their job search. Robin Marks, the Interim Associate Director at the Career Services Center in the Graduate and Professional School department, said she believes the reason students are not using LinkedIn is due to its reputation as a site for professionals only. “LinkedIn is a very valuable tool in that it allows you to look at a profile and see where a career has led someone, you can follow a company online, you can
reach out to people you wouldn’t normally be connected to,” Marks said. “There is a lot for a student to utilize.” Marks said she believes the most prevalent method for students looking for job opportunities or availabilities is to simply search for a posting. She said posting is a popular tool, as there is a definitive position open and up for grabs for anyone interested. By using networks and postings, students may be able to access jobs that might have never been posted to a company’s website or those they simply did not notice. Marks said in today’s job market, about 80 percent of applying students get a job through networking, whereas only about 20 percent get a job through a posting. By utilizing LinkedIn, she said students can do both at the same time. Senior Visual Communication major Ryan Gifford, who created his LinkedIn page at the end of his junior year, said he had met several people in advertising and design studios and wanted to keep in touch with them in a
professional manner. Gifford said he used LinkedIn more to create relationships with people he has already met, rather than making any new connections with individuals he does not know. He said he felt it would be odd to connect with strangers and prefers to have an idea of who he is connected with. The main role of LinkedIn for visual communication majors, he said, is to lead potential employers to personal websites. He said his website includes a portfolio highlighting his design work, as well as a detailed resume, while his LinkedIn profile simply has basic information and a link to his site. Despite the lack of detail in his own LinkedIn profile, Gifford said he believes it will become more important for students to have in the future. He said the professional quality is something not found on other social media sites and can be an asset for students looking for employment opportunities. “It does serve a role,” Gifford said. “It’s a more professional way to keep in touch with these
people, and it’s not something I’d post a weekend photo to. It’s not something that’s going to die out, but it might not blow up to the same extent as other social media sites.” Senior Allison McKay said she created her LinkedIn profile over two years ago, but only started to use it this January. She said she started using it in an attempt to begin networking and finding a job after graduation. McKay said while she has not looked at many specific jobs via LinkedIn, she has been able to check up on recruiters for companies she is interested in. She said she looks at her profile at least once a day and updates when she has something new to put up, such as the design award she recently won. While she enjoys LinkedIn and is utilizing it to the best of her abilities, McKay said she feels she could be better informed on how to use it. She said she feels it is important to have a professional, virtual presence on the web though, regardless of her knowledge. “I honestly think I would have
used it more if I knew more about it,” McKay said.“There are a lot of internships on it. I keep looking for real jobs, and I keep finding internships. It would have been useful four years ago.” Senior marketing major Anna Montain said she recently had a phone interview for a radio sales position with a potential employer, thanks to an application on LinkedIn. Another LinkedIn connection sent her several job leads and forwarded her resume to potential employers without her even asking. Despite her success, Montain said she has noticed the majority of her friends who use LinkedIn major in business. She said she believes it would be an excellent resource for those in the liberal arts and hopes they eventually learn to utilize the opportunities the site provides. “I think it’s useful because it’s an effective way to network with people you don’t have connections with all the time,” Montain said.“It’s a great way to research companies and interviewers before going into an interview.”
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Professor explains Buddhist tenets BY KELLY FLYNN Managing Mosaic Editor
THE REVIEW/ Emma Rando
Sociology professor Margaret Andersen talked about techniques for encouraging classroom discussion at the GOOD panel Friday.
GOOD panel addresses grad student diversity BY MADELAINE LEVEY Staff Reporter
The Graduate Outreach Open Discussion panel outlined new initiatives Friday, including opening a graduate student center and pub on campus next September. The panel also discussed their plans to help address difficulties involving diversity in the graduate program. Vice President of Student Affairs for the Graduate Student Government Cesar Caro helped organize the event. “In the past there have been things from the university to address issues of diversity,” Caro said. “It was our job to be able to address the diversity issue pertinent to graduate students.” Neda Moinolmolki, graduate student and co-chair of the graduate student diversity committee, helped organize the event with the intention of spotlighting available resources for graduate students. “We wanted to open administration’s eyes to the fact that graduate students do not know about all of the resources available and that they need to be more publicized,” Moinolmolki said. The panel provided alternative resources for students who feel underrepresented or unable to connect to their graduate advisor. It also formed an online mentoring system that sends motivational messages to keep students on track and includes a confidential chat for use between graduate students The UD connect program helps graduate students become acquainted with their new campus, Moinolmolki said. There are also social features in the app, such as a chat function that allows graduate students to meet each other. Graduate student Daisy Quezada said she was excited to learn about the new resources for
graduate students. “I’m glad they’re going to be making communities and a space for interaction for graduate students,” Quezada said. “I was unsure of resources for graduate students but they pointed some out.” Graduate students asked faculty members for advice regarding how diversity affects their academic careers. One graduate student asked the panel for guidance in creating a diverse classroom environment where students share and voice their opinions. Sociology professor Margaret Andersen provided a solution to creating open classroom dialogue. Dividing students into small groups, Andersen said, allows for a diverse representation of ideas, as some students feel more comfortable sharing their views in a controlled environment. Quezada said she also wishes that more students would attend events targeted toward graduate students. She believes that if the events were publicized more than the attendance rates would be higher. “Many people would benefit from attending events like this,” Quezada said. “[Graduate students] would get so many resources.” Graduate student Brittanie Booker said the event was helpful and it provided guidance for her. However, she wishes attendance at the event was higher because she believes discussing diversity on campus is crucial to academic success. “Diversity contributes to your development in all senses,”Booker said. “You’re going to have a job later in life and you’re going to be working with diverse people. You need to be sensitive and aware of diversity.”
Philosophy Professor Alan Fox spoke to a silent audience with some attendees taking the time to scribble notes at Thursday night’s Caring About Living More (C.A.L.M.) lecture in Kirkbride Hall called “Buddhism: Lifestyle or Religion?” Fox began the lecture by clarifying that Buddhism is logic based rather than faith based. Fox said Buddhism is a “holistic lifestyle” with an underlying principle that nothing is true simply because someone said so. For Buddhists, the ultimate question in life is whether anything is real or true, Fox said. C.A.L.M. Founder and President Jellirica Tran said she had been receiving a number of questions from students as to whether C.A.L.M. is a Buddhist club. While the club does not have any religious affiliations, C.A.L.M. encourages its members to practice meditation, a major component of Buddhism. “C.A.L.M. really tries to expose students to different natural practices, and the core of Buddhism is meditation so I just wanted to open their minds up to what Buddhism actually is,” Tran said. Buddhism is not a common practice in the area, Tran said, so there are not many people to reach out to about the practice. As such, Tran said she thought bringing Fox to a C.A.L.M. meeting would
provide an opportunity for members to learn about something new. The goal of meditation in Buddhism is to see how the world actually works rather than how people want the world to be, Fox said. According to Buddhist philosophy, faith is counterproductive because it involves accepting things without good reason, he said. People can have “dramatically egocentric” views on life and why various events occur, he said. But Buddhism acknowledges that suffering is a part of life, and suffering comes as a consequence of attachment. The important concept to understand is that nothing is permanent, Fox said. “What you are from one moment to the next is not exactly the same,” Fox said. Fox said ancient Buddhist philosophy determined that suffering is caused by “our own attachment.” The more narrow and specific a desire is, the more likely a person is to be disappointed, Fox said. Therefore, the more a person limits attachment, the more you limit desire, he said. After his lecture, Fox opened the floor for discussion about Buddhism, and attendees asked questionsg for over thirty minutes. Many of the questions sought to rationalize the paradoxical aspects of Buddhism. C.A.L.M. member sophomore Dana Manzi said she has been interested in learning about different religions recently, and she
had heard Fox speak previously so when she saw Fox listed on the event’s flyer, she was interested in listening to him again. Manzi said everyone at the lecture seemed like they were listening and interested in Fox’s lecture. “When you go to class, a lot of people aren’t listening because they don’t really want to be there or something but everybody was engaged in everything so I thought that was good,” Manzi said. Junior Blake Caplan said he came to the meeting because he has been interested in connecting with his own personal energy recently and becoming a different thinker in terms of everyday life. He said he did not have any prior knowledge about Buddhism before coming to the event, but now, he has been left with more questions that he plans on looking into. “I think [the lecture has] opened me up to other theories and other main beliefs, and so I’m just trying to learn more about all of these different beliefs and religions so that you can have all the information on the table and figure out what’s best for you,” Caplan said. The lecture was applicable to college students who often grapple with their spirituality, Tran said. “In this age group, we’re going through an age of self identity and finding who we are on our ‘spiritual journey’ and finding different ways to know ourselves better,” Tran said.
Faculty senate recognizes outstanding members BY RACHEL TAYLOR Administrative News Editor
The officers for next year’s faculty senate were chosen during Monday night’s Faculty Senate meeting. In addition to several professors being acknowledged for their teaching excellence, professors reminisced over accomplishments and improvements over the past year and plans for next year. Sheldon Pollack, President of the Faculty Senate, said Karen Stein, the director for the Center for Education Effectiveness and School of Public Policy and Administration associate professor, received the Exemplary Faculty Award. He said this award is given to a faculty member who has demonstrated extraordinary service to the faculty senate throughout the academic year. “Karen is truly dedicated to the Faculty Senate and governance of faculty, and we appreciate her service for all these many years,” Pollack said. Award presentations continued with the Faculty Senate Excellence in Teaching awards to three professors. Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising went to four professors, while awards in Excellence in Teaching for Graduate Teaching Assistants were given to Tiffany Racco, Joseph Turner and Furkan Cayci. Interim provost Nancy Brickhouse said she is proud of
what the group has done for the school recently. “I would like to pause just a minute and reflect a bit about the accomplishments over the last year,” Brickhouse said. “Sometimes we get too in the weeds in terms of the everyday business at the senate that we don’t stop and think in terms of what we’ve accomplished for the university as a whole.” Brickhouse said she believes the university has made a progress in diversity in this year’s incoming class, but it is an issue that needs to continue to be addressed in the future. She said she was particularly pleased by the relations between the English Language Institute and international students, which she said supplies an excellent social network and a support system for these students throughout campus. Both the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Lab and STAR Campus are continuing to progress well and on schedule, Brickhouse said. She said these opportunities are exciting for faculty and students alike and she looks forward to more thoroughly exploring both of the campus additions. Brickhouse said she enjoyed her time as interim provost for the faculty senate, but will return to deputy provost in the fall and pass her position on to newly appointed provost Domenico Grasso. Although she said she knows not all members of the senate were pleased by the method of his appointment, she said she has confidence faculty
members will make him welcome at the university. Pollack said the new president of the faculty senate will be Fred Hofstetter, a professor in the School of Education. Also elected were Martha Buell as vice president, Prasad Dhurjati as secretary and Deena Burke, he said. One of the recommendations that caused the most controversy at Faculty Senate was the approval of the online education policy for the course catalog. If passed, the amendment would allow each department to determine the guidelines for enrollment in online courses, according to the agenda. John Morgan, a physics professor, said he strongly opposes this legislation and was glad it did not get passed by the senate. He said he does not think underclassmen have the necessary discipline to get the intended information from online courses. “I think there are concerns many freshmen who recently arrived on campus do not really have the necessary experience here to make good decisions—whether they should be taking online courses,” Morgan said. Brickhouse said the faculty needs to come together in order to face hot topic issues, such as tenure and the changing of titles, during the next academic year. “Next year, we’re going to have some really challenging issues that we will need to face, and we will need to face them together,” Brickhouse said.
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Kendrick Lamar raps students’ favorite songs at Bob Carpenter Sports Center BY KATIE ALTERI Entertainment Editor
When opening his concert on April 29 at the Bob Carpenter Sports Center, Kendrick Lamar told students it would not be like any other concert they had previously attended. “ When you come to my show, it’s not a show, it’s not just a concert, it’s a m------------ party,” Lamar says. Lamar was chosen by the Cultural Programming Advisory Board to be the 2013 annual spring concert performer. He performed songs from his debut album “good kid, m.A.A.d city, ” and songs from previously released mix tapes. The hip-hop groups StarVation and DJ 5 & A Dime opened up for Lamar. Both opening acts have local origins, as StarVation is from Baltimore, and DJ 5 & A Dime is from Philadelphia. Lamar came in first place at the most recent “MTV’s Hottest MC List,” and he is best known for tracks like “Poetic Justice ” and “Swimming Pools .” Sophomore Damir Creecy says he didn’t enjoy StarVation’s performance as much as DJ 5 & A Dime’s performance. “I didn’t hear of [StarVation] before,” Creecy says. “I wasn’t really into them. I couldn’t really hear them or hear what they were saying. The second guy was cool, the DJ.” Junior Jennifer Cornejo, cochair of the event, says CPAB took suggestions from students on who to feature as the spring concert performer, and then members voted on the final choice. Students requested mostly rap artists for the event, and booking Lamar was a challenge at first because it took
a while to get a response from the rapper’s agent due to Lamar’s busy touring schedule, she says. Cornejo says tickets for the event sold out quickly, and because of the high demand, CPAB began to sell obstructed-view tickets so that more people could attend the event. A lthough Lamar’s first major label album was released in October of 2012, Cornejo says she thinks the rapper has gained fame very quickly, and most students were estactic to see him perform. “I think people were excited to see him,” Cornejo says. “He’s gotten really big recently. He’s new, but his hype has been growing and it’s at a really high point.” Junior Anna Asher says she was very pleased with Lamar’s performance, and she appreciated how the artist would cut out his own parts in the songs in order to let the audience sing along with him. Lamar exuded enthusiasm while on stage, which got the audience engaged, she says. Asher says she has attended concerts at the university in the past, but she felt that Lamar’s performance was better in comparison to other artists. “I went to the Jason Mraz and Flo Rida concerts, but I thought this was a lot more fun,” Asher says. “The last concert with rap was three different artists, and I thought that was really cool, but I thought it was a lot more consistent concert with just one person and energy going on.” Senior James Church says he has attended other CPAB concerts, such as J. Cole , Miguel and Rick Ross, but he thinks Lamar is an overall better rapper and chose a better catalog to perform at the concert. Lamar had great crowd
control during the show, he says. by the length of the show, as it was Lamar spoke to fans in between Church says he considers only a 10-song set. songs, and referred to them as himself to be a big fan of Lamar, R owe says her favorite part family, Church says. and he has been following his of the concert was when Lamar “I resonated with what he said career since 2005, around when he came back on stage for an encore about treating the crowd not like released his first mix tape. He has performance and rapped “Cartoons fans, but like a family,” Church seen him perform two times prior and Cereal” after fans thought the says. “It was not just a concert, it to the university performance and concert was over. was an experience that you have to would be interested in attending One of the most memorable partake in.” another show in the future, he says. aspects of the concert was when “Every time, he keeps the same energy,” Church says. “It never fails.” S e n i o r Kristin Rowe says she also appreciated Lamar’s energy and felt there was never a dull moment while he was on stage. She says she is looking forward to seeing him perform again this summer, at the Firefly Festival in Dover. A fan since 2011, Creecy says he arrived at the Bob Carpenter Center at 7 a.m. on the day the tickets went on sale, and waited in line for about two hours. He says he enjoyed THE REVIEW/Sara Pfefer the concert, but he was Rapper Kendrick Lamar came to the university on Monday, April 29 as CPAB’s spring d i s a p p o i n t e d concert.
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Sophomore gets hands-on with exotic animals BY DANA HUFE Staff Reporter
While most pre-veterinary students seek real-world experience by taking care of small domestic animals, sophomore Melissa Volpone says she is traveling the world, working with exotic animals and doing intensive research. This summer she will study cases of Marek’s Disease, a highly contagious tumor-causing virus in chickens. She also spent the winter in South Africa raising honey badgers. “I don’t know if you know anything about honey badgers, but they are deadly and absolutely terrifying,” Volpone says. “They’re pretty small, but they could take down a full grown buffalo.” Volpone, who volunteered at the Moholoholo Rehabilitation Centre in South Africa, says she worked with a program called GoEco, which takes volunteers on community service and environmental trips around the world. Out of all the animals she had the opportunity to work with, Volpone says honey badgers were at the top of her list because they are smart and need much stimulation. During her trip, she worked with a baby honey badger and became attached to the animal. Volpone says her interest in raising exotic African animals stemmed from an early age and was inspired by the classic Disney film “The Lion King.” “I had never imagined that there was a whole continent dedicated to all the animals that I loved,” she says. “So I’ve pretty much wanted to go there for my entire life.” Volpone was able to make that dream come true, as she spent her days waking up at sunrise to feed, clean and care for exotic animals in the South African rehabilitation center. Her activities, she says, consisted of feeding hippos at a lake, raising animals and regularly going on safari drives where she saw leopards, water buffalos and
warthogs. South Africans have a more interactive way of dealing with animals than Americans do, as they are exposed to the animals on a daily basis, she says. The handson experience made her want to go to Africa and helped her feel safe despite the dangerous animals she worked with, she says. “I never actually feared for my life or anything because I was surrounded by incredibly competent and skilled people,” she says. Mark Parcells, a virology professor at the university, says the experience provided Volpone with a learning situation in an entirely different context. “There are important cultural aspects of these experiences that students like her find invaluable,” he says. Parcells will be supervising Volpone in her research this summer. He says the process will consist of making new vaccines and testing existing vaccines to study Marek’s Disease in chickens. Volpone’s previous experiences with wild animals show how successful she will in the this research, Parcells says. “Melissa is a very enthusiastic and active learner,” Parcells says. “She constantly seeks out new experiences and has a fundamental interest in animals. So I know she’ll do a good job.” Freshman Morgan Dougherty, a pre-vet major, says she was amazed when hearing about Volpone’s journey. It also showed her about different study abroad programs because some of the trips through the university are expensive, she says. Dougherty says she will take Volpone’s journey as a guide and look into other programs that work with exotic animals, especially since the pre-vet program encourages student to work outside of just domestic animals. Dougherty says she is most impressed by how much Volpone has already accomplished at a young age. “It’s remarkable that she
had this cool experience only as a sophomore,” Dougherty says. “That seems really early on in her college career.” In addition to Volpone’s own travels abroad, she has interned at the Philadelphia Zoo, participates in Animal Science Club and is a regular member of the E-52 Theatre Group. She is also the Ag Ambassador for the university and often gives South Campus and farm tours to incoming freshmen. The farm tours made her want to come to the university she says, and giving the same experience to incoming students is fun for her. Allowing the prospective students to get to know the school and the veterinary program is an important and rewarding responsibility, she says. “I love seeing high school
kids who get this sense of security when they talk to me,” she says. “I feel like I’m helping people with a very important decision.” In the future, Volpone says she would like to combine her education with her experience abroad and become an exotic animal veterinarian. Her alternative plan is to be a surgeon for companion animals, such as dogs and cats, she says. Despite what transpires in her future, Volpone says she is certain that she wants to work around the world and travel. “I want to go everywhere,” she says. “I want to go to Africa and Asia and Europe and see as much as I possibly can.” Throughout her travels, Volpone says she has learned far more than just veterinary skills
and procedures. She says she has become much more aware of the world around her, as she was immersed in various cultures on the trip. “The biggest thing I took back was the difference between America and everywhere else,” Volpone says. “In America, we talk about how we are the greatest country on earth, when in reality we’re not. As an American surrounded by international students, I constantly had to prove their stereotypes wrong—that I wasn’t egocentric, stubborn and culturally ignorant. What I mean by this new cultural awareness is that America is not the center of the world—there are equally valid parts of every culture we don’t consider.”
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Melissa Volpone worked to clean and care for honey badgers during her trip to South Africa.
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Let me start this out by saying the following: I am a fan of “Iron Man”, “The Avengers” and a majority of the other Marvel films out there (except you, “Ghost Rider”). You and your over acting Nicolas Cage can stay elsewhere). That being said, “Iron Man 3” started out amazing, but may have left the majority of its fans dumbfounded and disappointed. So let’s jump right into the review of “Iron Man 3,” and the possible nerd hearts that may or may not have been crushed. “Iron Man 3” follows the events of “The Avengers,” and Tony Stark has noticeably changed emotionally. We open with Tony speaking as if to a psychologist explaining his inner turmoil and anxiety (in comedic and classic Robert Downey Jr. fashion) after the attack on New York City by Loki, his “poki” stick (or mind gem to all you geeks out there) and his Chitauri horde. We fade in from black to see his armory, at first seemingly still and monolithic. With the advancement of the dialogue, you see the iconic suits blown to smithereens one by one, which sets the atmosphere for what is to come. We then cut to Eiffel 65 (yes—Eiffel 65, of the lone hit “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”) and a flashback to the year 1999 on New Year’s Eve. Tony, in classic fashion, is the center of attention as he leads drunken minions and models through a science conference where we meet some old friends and some new characters to be fully established later in the plot. We also see our former director, Jon Favreau, looking as if he stepped off of the set of “Pulp Fiction” in the role of Vincent Vega. Tony is approached by a character named Aldrich Killian (played by Guy Pearce) with a business venture. But Mr. Stark evades him in attempts to bed his newfound folly for the evening, leaving Killian upset and disappointed. While in Maya Hansen’s (as played by Rebecca Hall) hotel suite, Tony and Maya discuss her new project known as the “extremis vaccination,” which can essentially grow back detached limbs and extremities. However, as with all movie vaccinations and cures, something is amiss. Thus the foundation of our plot is laid. Flash forward to the year 2013. We see that, essentially, the world is being held hostage by a crazed terrorist known as “The Mandarin,” (Ben Kingsley). He creates terribly high budget and too well-edited scenes that are broadcast throughout the world’s television stations explaining that he is a force to be reckoned with, and he will take any step to achieve his goal, which seems to create as much chaos as possible and eventually kill the president of the United States. This running theme, as well as the de-evolution of Tony Stark’s psyche, will continuously re-emerge throughout the film until, inevitably, Iron Man is forced to confront it head on. About halfway through the movie, there is a plot twist that will undoubtedly divide the crowd into upset uber-nerds, peeved patrons and the occasional favorable film fanatic. In the theater that I saw “Iron Man 3” in, patrons were so upset that some of them burst into angry shouts, and the man behind me threw his popcorn bucket down the isle in disgust. This turn in the plot is enough to create discussion between moviegoers for years to come on whether it was a good, bad or ugly decision, and maybe that is what director Shane Black was going for. However, this is not what you want to do with a major motion picture franchise that people have invested so much time, money and likability in. You want to bring the crowd together as a collective whole and rejoice over the stunning and unstoppable work you have created (such as in “Iron Man 1” and “The Avengers”). On the other hand, the dialogue in this movie is astounding (particularly one moment shared between Robert Downey Jr. and his child co-star Ty Simpkins) and for the majority of it, the action was spot-on. My personal opinion? The first half of this movie was incredible! It had me wanting more and more. My faith was insured for the coming closing scenes to follow. There was surely no way they could mess this up, I thought. But then, as mentioned previously, they really dropped the ball. I wish that I could come out and say the plot twist that is bothering me about this movie. However, this is a “spoiler free review” so I must bite my angry, raving tongue. I tried so hard to like it after the fact, but the bile in my stomach began to rise more and more after every forced chuckle and phony smile. This plot twist was a giant middle finger to fans of the series and the comic books. I am definitely not saying that everything needs to be page for page from the comics,
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but show a little love to the fans that have followed the material. You can still give nods and keep true and bring in a new fan base without turning them off. But, I digress. The bottom line is, personally, I would give this movie a solid two out of five stars. I only give it two stars for the first half of the movie, which will eventually mean nothing at all after the second half. As I mentioned before, the dialogue is great, the action is relatively on par and the cinematography is well done, but the plot twist and the missing armor (for about 95 percent of the movie) really hits an uncomfortable spot for me (and from what I can tell from general feedback, many other people out there). Why is it that the third in a series has to be the disappointing one (i.e. “Spiderman 3,” “X-Men 3: The Last Stand,” etc.)? “Iron Man,” why dost thou deceive us? We are now in need of a solid superhero movie to bring our summer into full swing (supes, I’m looking at you!), and, maybe in the process, wash clean the taste of “Iron Man 3.” This has been a spoiler free review on “Iron Man 3.” Until next time, keep your iron clad suits on and stay metal. —James Rysak slothforpres@yahoo.com
“The Place Beyond the Pines” is a complex triptych, a three part film, of two families; one bluecollar and one middle-class, whose lives eventually collide to secure their imminent fate. Writer and director Derek Cianfrance takes a huge risk in presenting events out of chronological order, which makes the movie a little lengthy at just over two hours. Cianfrance uses intricate motifs of fatherhood, social class and corruption, allowing the audience members to choose where their moral compass points. The industrial town of Schenectady, N.Y., where the film takes place, provides its residents with few opportunities, which may explain why most of the film’s characters continually act on their desires without much consideration for the morality of their choices. For those unfamiliar with the film’s location in upstate New York, this movie will help you see how limiting life can be for individuals in that area. Cianfrance begins this brilliant story in “Part I,” where audiences first meet Luke (Ryan Gosling), a tattooed high-wire motocross rider who performs with a traveling circus. When he passes through Schenectady, he attempts to rekindle his old romance with Romina (Eva Mendes), only to discover she lives with another man, Kofi (Mahershala Ali) and has given birth to Luke’s son Jason during his absence. Determined to piece together a functioning family, Luke decides to settle down and takes a job as car mechanic with Robin (Ben Mendelsohn) who owns a repair shop deep in the woods outside of town. The theme of social class becomes evident when Robin discovers Luke’s extraordinary talent and sees this as an opportunity to strike it rich by robbing a series of banks. Luke agrees, and becomes
a skilled bank robber. However, his greed and naive desire to make a good life for his son lead him to his inevitable collision with the law in a dramatic turn of events involving a rookie cop, Avery Cross (Bradley Cooper). In “Part II,” Cianfrance hands the story off to Avery Cross, a middle-class cop with a law degree who serves as the antithesis of Luke. However, Cross shares one similarity with Luke, as he too has a one-year-old son. The rookie is faced with a lifechanging challenge that police officers face all too often, but he is not without morality. As an overeducated cop stuck in the corrupt Schenectady Police department, Avery needs to find a way out, but is cornered by a deceitful detective named Deluca (Ray Liotta). Avery’s wife Jennifer (Rose Byrne) manages to see his inescapable fate, and as their relationship deteriorates, Avery becomes too blinded by selfinvolvement to realize the effect it will have on his son, AJ. Finally in “Part III” of this marathon film, viewers are introduced to their sons, Jason (Dane DeHaan) and AJ (Emory Cohen), 15 years later when they are grown. AJ Cross returns back to Schenectady to spend his final year of high school with his father, who is now running for District Attorney. When Jason and AJ meet at Schenectady High School, they are immediately drawn to each other, continuing their fathers’ legacy into the next generation. When they finally realize their shared destiny, everything comes full circle. —Megan Matteson, mhmatt@udel.edu
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The Spinto Band performs in Bacchus Theatre
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Local indie-rock group The Spinto Band, who is scheduled to play at Firefly Musical Festival, performed in Bacchus Theatre on Thursday as part of WVUD 91.3 FM’s spring concert.
Jack’s Jams: Fitz and the Tantrums with Jack Cobourn It’s incredible what has crossed my YouTube views this week. From an addictive cover of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” by The White Stripes, to “Five Green Queens And Jean” by The Pogues, it has been a varied week. But one band has been coming up a lot lately on my YouTube feed, and that group is worth a listen to. It seems it is a band that people find from other people, as Adam Levine signed the members up to support Maroon 5’s 2009 college tour after his tattoo artist played their debut EP “Songs For A Break Up” for him. But I originally found Los Angelesbased soul/indie band Fitz and The Tantrums thanks to my dad, who watched a show called “Live From Daryl’s House,” where bands come to play for and with former Hall and Oates singer Daryl Hall. While they played a couple songs off their 2010 album “Picking Up The Pieces,” the three that stood out were “Moneygrabber,” “Picking Up The Pieces” and “Breakin’ The Chains of Love.” “MoneyGrabber” is soulful, driven by the
piano, maracas and percussion section. The vocals of singer Michael Fitzpatrick reminds me of Daryl Hall in the way he belts out the words, all the while creating a Motown style vibe throughout the song. “Breakin’ The Chains of Love” is a magnificent blend of main and backing vocals, plus electric organ. Backup singer Noelle Scaggs’ voice gives Fitzpatrick’s voice the perfect push it needs. “Picking Up The Pieces” is a deep, strong song that opens with both electric organ and woodwinds that add to the song. Scaggs has a larger role in this song, singing the verses, with Fitzpatrick coming in on the chorus. It has a perfect dynamic. If you want to hear more of Fitz and The Tantrums, you’re in luck. The band’s newest album, “More Than Just A Dream” came out Tuesday. If you want to hear them live in the area, they will be coming to the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on June 24 with Bruno Mars, and then the band will be back in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend playing at the Made In America festival.
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FashionForward My Fashion Finale with Megan Soria The summer before my senior year, I spent time in London concluding my most challenging and rewarding fashion internship. While there, I visited all my favorite Renaissance masterpieces and felt obligated to check out the Tate Modern art museum before departing. It’s an epic building to say the least, but modern art is like a foreign language to me, and the chances that I would comprehend anything abstract was unlikely. That is, until I found myself standing in front of a massive painting divided into squares of nine colors- black, white, gray, three different shades of dark blue, red, yellow and teal. “This is art?” the man next to me muttered. He seemed confident that the little kid holding his hand could’ve painted the same thing in arts and crafts. But it was the only piece I instantly understood. The random colors made sense to me because they didn’t make sense at all. “I wanted to show how any color goes with any other color,” the artist, Ellsworth Kelly, later commented about his piece “Mediterranée.” The painting represented everything I believed in about fashion. Influenced by my grandmother’s elegance, my views on fashion developed at an early age. Petticoats, puffed sleeves, Peter Pan collars and bows were common elements of the dresses she made for me. I was also a ballerina for 13 years, so naturally, I grew to love tulle, chiffon, silk and lace. Soon enough, my favorite color was pink—sort of a pale blush hue of pink to be exact. While I was beginning to develop my own sense of style, I still had a narrow-minded view on fashion, as I continued to follow the subconscious rules and specific aesthetic I thought fashion to be. Eventually, I combined my girlish style with a grungier look. This was inspired by my big brothers whom I adored, followed and mimicked. Growing up, I was exposed to a crazy world of music and went to every Warped Tour, festival and sold-out show my brother’s band played in, and was thrown into a scene of flannel, Converse and leather. I remember watching in awe as he opened for Blink-182, completely entranced by the blasé, rock outfits, all the while falling in love with these androgynous pieces forever. After that, I developed an array of interests, from European history to skateboarding brands. I drew inspiration from everywhere and, subsequently, wore everything. My polar opposite tastes taught me to experiment with different textures and patterns, to develop my eye, and to mix, match and combine. My views on fashion completely transformed, and I strongly believed that fashion was a means of self-expression that didn’t need strict rules, only a little guidance. Luckily, three years ago, I was given the chance to express my opinions. With absolutely no fashion experience or any intention of writing, someone offered me the opportunity to write a fashion column for The Review. As a freshman, and even now as a senior, writing gave me anxiety. But for some reason, I accepted the offer and began stringing together corny sentences, only to have my horrible column returned to me by my managing editor. I soon realized that if I really wanted to express my views, I’d have to work hard to do so. After this initial setback, I managed to produce my first column, “Bending the Rules the Comfortably” If
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One of Megan’s projects was designing a T-shirt, which she dedicated to her brother, Maxim, for the band Valencia. someone were to tell me back then that I would write 75 more columns featuring articles about my experience assisting on an independent film, covering fashion shows, styling music videos as well as a Grammy award winner, dressing Florence + the Machine or designing a T-shirt worn in front 2,350 people in memory of my brother, I would have laughed in their face. And I wouldn’t have been able to accomplish any of it without this opportunity at The Review. It taught me about myself, exercised my aesthetic and forced me to delve deeper into the subject of fashion to deliver articles on its cultural impact every week. If there’s anything I strived to make clear in my columns, it’s the importance of both acknowledging and ignoring trends and wearing what you love regardless of whether or not it’s “in.” What makes you feel great as an individual, even if that means stepping out of your comfort zone, should define your style. The fashion world isn’t all that evil, so don’t feel pressured to wear Prada just because the devil does. Fashion, just like any other art, is subjective, and though there are standards of taste, relevance and coordination, when it comes to building an ensemble, there is only one real rule—anything goes as long as you love it. Because in fashion, when there is a will, there is a way—just like the nine squares in “Mediterranée.” A special thanks to every member of The Review. My respect and admiration for the staff has driven me to become a better writer and to continue my column over the years. I’m honored to have shared the masthead with such talented journalists at this impressive publication. To the EICs and Execs: Josh, Maddie and Ale, Marina and Nora, Kerry and Justine—thank you for
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the opportunity to share my views through a creative outlet. To my Managing Editors, Ale and Ted, Brian and Zoe, Anne and Chelsea, Elizabeth and Erin, Kelly and Lauren—thank you for morphing my scatter-brained musings on ethereal gowns and cool shoes into something articulate. To the former columnist, Jackie Zaffarano, for passing along the fashion column to me, and to all of the readers for making it worth writing—thank you. Thank you to my best friends, from home in Philly and on campus, for supporting my fashion endeavors and listening to me rant nonstop about Alexa Chung and potential column ideas. To Tom Vellner, for teaching me so much about the craft of journalism, and for reading over my columns at 2 a.m. and minutes before deadline. Thank you to my parents for the sacrifices and constant support, and to my big brother, Mel, for urging me to write this column in the first place. To my grandmother and Aunt Day, thank you for being inspirational women and for instilling in me a sense of creativity and fashion for as long as I can remember. And, last but not least, no words can express the thanks I have for the most inspiring person I’ve ever known, who influenced my creativity through music, fashion and art. His incredible talent, work ethic, interests, example, advice and persona shaped me for 20 years and will continue to motivate me in everything I do. None of my columns would’ve been possible without my incredible brother, Maxim. —megsoria@udel.edu
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Events Final Quizzo: Superheroes Today, 7 to 8:15 p.m. Perkins Scrounge UD Botanic Gardens Presents: Elevating Your Garden’s Interest with Climbers and Espaliers Wednesday, May 8, 7 tp 9 p.m. Townsend Hall, The Commons Senior Fling Featuring Timeflies Friday, May 10, 4 to 7 p.m. The Green UD Opera Theatre present Falstaff Friday, May 10, 8 p.m. Thompson Theatre, Roselle Center for the Arts The Rubber Chickens Present: Amanda y Alejandro Friday, May 10, 8 to 20 p.m. Bacchus Theatre Sesame Street Live Saturday, May 11, 5:30 p.m. Bob Carpenter Sports Center
What We’re Hooked On Graduation Edition Parents: We wouldn’t be here without the support of our loving parents, but that doesn’t mean we’re not going to take advantage of eating something other than ramen while they’re here. Try Soffrito Italian Grill or Brio Tuscan Grille for off-campus options. Crafts: Between decorating graduation caps (check out Sam’s column for ideas) and creating homemade gifts for friends, craft nights are going to be a must to relive memories of the past four years. Did Someone Say Celebrate?: As hard is it is to move on, we’re taking this opportunity to get together with friends, old and new, to celebrate the time we have left. Grab some champagne and music and enjoy the last few weeks. Blue Hen Pride: Words can’t describe how much fun we’ve had at this wonderful school and the love we have for this incredible place. Leaving it will definitely be bittersweet. Blue Hens forever. —Lauren Cappelloni & Kelly Flynn, Managing Mosaic Editors
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How To: decorate your grad cap with Samantha Toscano Dear “I don’t want to graduate,”
DO:
The good news is that you are preaching to the choir (the choir being none other than this incredibly nostalgic senior who is writing her last column for this paper at this very moment). The bad news? Well, whether we want it to be or not, May 25 is just around the corner and approaching at an alarmingly rapid rate. While I have personally chosen to opt out of taking part in depressing countdowns and using the phrase, “Can you guys believe this is the last time we will be…,” I will admit that knowing I will never be an undergraduate at this amazing university with the wonderful people I have met along the way is a hard pill to swallow. But it’s not an impossible pill to swallow for the simple fact that we are seniors—we are the ones who are going on bar crawls, we are the ones who are hanging out on the Grotto’s porch or Kate’s deck when it seems like an absurd time to be doing so and, most importantly, we are the ones who are absolutely cherishing and appreciating every moment we have in the next couple weeks. We are living out our days in ways that I hope all freshmen learn to because college is too short to forget to make the most of. And so is the time just before we head to our commencement and convocations finally hatch into Blue Hen alumni. So my advice to you is this—stop counting and start living. Don’t worry about how many hours you have left living with your roommates. Make a big dinner together with lots of fun cocktails instead. And rather than freaking out because it might be the last time you walk down The Green as an undergraduate, go live out an unspoken tradition and jump in the fountain with friends. Or at least forget about the tears you cried when you picked up your cap and gown by following the advice in this week’s column. All I am saying is that it has been an unbelievable fouryear journey, and I am not about to let the sadness of graduation try to overpower the laughs and smiles I have had and intend to keep having until my very last moment here. I encourage you to do the same. And congrats, grads! We did it!
Shout out to the parents.
Not only is it a classic decoration option to go with the “Thanks Mom and Dad,” but you know your parents will love it and appreciate it as well. I myself might go with this one because they really have gone above and beyond to support and encourage me throughout my collegiate years (and not to mention the 18 before that!), and it’s a safe bet we will be getting some tears from mom and a bear hug from dad.
Show your school spirit.
You’re already decked out in blue and gold, so why not take it to the next level? Something along the lines of “Dare to be a graduate!” or “This Blue Hen is hatching!” is the perfect way to prove just how much you have enjoyed all that the university has given you and the opportunities you have had along the way.
Offer some inspiration.
While some might argue that it is a bit cliché to include a quote or motivational phrase, I have to say I do not agree. Being an English major, I am by no means a proponent of clichés, but if there is ever a time to “Reach for the stars,” it’s at this huge transition we call graduation.
Team up with a dear friend.
Frick and frack don’t have to stay as high school superlatives forever—they can graduate too you know. Find a friend who has been there from the beginning and celebrate your achievement together with either matching caps, an awesome and non-offensive inside joke or a simple “I’m with the graduate” and arrows pointing to each other.
Sincerely, Samantha P.S. Feel free to send questions, comments and post-graduation job offers for a full-time columnist my way at stoscano@udel.edu.
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DON’T: Take the bedazzling to a whole new level.
If you have never picked up anything with rhinestones or added gem accessories in any way shape or form, now is not the time to try out the bedazzling practice that should have died with shoulder pads in 1986. Besides, it is probably going to be sunny and no one wants to be blinding by your horribly gaudy headpiece.
Write anything grandma wouldn’t want to see.
Even if your grandmother will not be making an appearance, someone’s will be. So will people’s parents, young siblings and many others who don’t want to be turned off by anything on a special day like graduation. Save it for the bar crawl shirts.
Include something you will regret.
Ever see a picture of you when you were little and ask yourself, “How did anyone ever let me leave the house?” Don’t let graduation pictures go straight into that photo category. So instead of going with something that is painfully specific to 2013 or that one funny moment you had while you were decorating, go with something classy and timeless.
Use it to replace your resume.
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While it might seem like an appropriate time in your life to use your cap as a calling card, it is not and never will be. Saying things like, “Hire me!” or “Will work for beer!” might seem witty to you, but it makes you look desperate and the rest of us (even those of us without jobs!) feel awkward and uncomfortable about the whole situation.
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Marshall’sMugs The Final Chapter The final Marshall’s Mugs will not be dedicated to a craft beer. I thought for a long time about what beer I should review, but nothing came to mind that would be good enough for my last ever column for The Review—not Delirium Tremens, Goose Island, Russian Rivers Brewing Company or Samuel Adams. We have traveled to brown ales, stouts, porter, ales, wheat, lagers, Belgians and IPAs, just to name a few. But why not sit down and taste the most celebrated beverage of the college student that I have defamed since my first review? So, I dedicate this to the ultimate college brew. The Natty Lite. Known for its low price and non-filling flavorless body, Natural Light allows just about anyone to fill up on countless cans or solo cups without feeling full. But I have to ask the question. Is it something more? Is it a rite of passage to begin those drinking years with the lightest of beers? Are fraternity, sorority and bonds of friendship sealed by this fizzy golden concoction? As I finish my final days on this campus, these are the questions I ask myself.
It inevitably leads me to this sacred day to actually review it. Natural Light pours an almost crystal clear golden yellow with a bubbling white collar that disappears faster than the Phillies offense. The aroma is mostly corn sugar, and that is all I get. The taste is light and ineffective in swaying any craft beer drinker. I must say the fact that I am actually drinking a Natty Lite at a cold temperature does make it more enjoyable. Also, probably because it is not out of a semi-warm keg, a broken tap or consisting of all foam, it is bearable. The only thing that pairs with Natural Light is a twin in the other hand. No food needed here—no clams, barbeque or smoked meats. If you must know, my favorite beers I reviewed were Tröegs DreamWeaver and Sly Fox Rt. 113. That’s all she wrote for the beer column at The Review. Thank you for continuing to read each week and enjoy your final years or weeks at the university. For the final time. —ryanmars@udel.edu
with Ryan Marshall
QUICK REVIEW: (all mugs out of 5)
Memories: You can’t have a fun weekend at any college on the East Coast without running into Natty Lite.
Hangovers: Nothing like fermented corn to absolutely block your senses when you wake up in the morning. After a 30-pack in the sun, Natty Lite spells fun.
Beer Pong: My favorite beer pong brew is Sam Adams Summer Ale, but I guess Natty is a good substitute.
Drinkability: It goes down as smooth as sparkling water. Who can drink the most cans in a day on campus? I’d like to know.
Overall: It really is a rite of passage to adulthood. While some dive into the craft world sooner than others, Natty Lite will always hold a special place as a Newark standard.
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Jamnesty concert rocks the Scrounge BY JACK COBOURN Sports Editor
In an effort to make some noise for human rights, three musical groups performed at the ‘Jamnesty Concert’ last Thursday at the Scrounge. The concert was presented by a collaboration of Amnesty International and Model UN, as well as a few other clubs on campus. Senior Mahel Hamroun, president of Multicultural Students Organization, says the idea behind the concert was to bring human rights into the minds of the student body while teaming up with other organizations to achieve a common goal. “Our goal with this event is to spread awareness in the student body about issues around the world where human rights are violated,” Hamroun says. “I think that any event that brings together diverse student groups and connects them is a wonderful thing. That’s what student groups are for―bringing
students together and sharing ideas.” Outside the Scrounge in the lobby, tables were set up for various groups to present their objectives. Similar to Amnesty International and Model UN, Students for Justice in Palestine and Equality Delaware also had their own information stations. Sophomore Ariel Kuciel, special events coordinator for Amnesty International, says she came up with the idea after hearing of the event’s success at other universities. Although it was a lengthy operation to plan the concert, Kuciel says there will be more to come in the future. The Amnesty International club spent the semester planning for the concert, which combines the subject of human rights with music, Kuciel says. “The club plans to make this an annual event in which students at UD can come enjoy music acts while signing petitions for the
various issues discussed during the semester,” Kuciel says. Amnesty International, founded in 1961, is a worldwide group made up of three million people in over 150 countries around the world, according to senior Lindsay Romano Romano, who is the president of Amnesty International at the university, says the club was formed to motivate people to become more politically active, not just on campus, but also in local and national governments. “Amnesty International contributes by shining a light on human rights,” Romano says. “By sharing our mission with others, we hope to foster a community that will fight against human rights abuses while in college and after [graduation].” The concert had a diverse number of musical choices from DJ Dien Bien Fou dropping remixes of the latest hits, to an acoustic alternative singer, Sam
Goldring, who was jamming and improvising music on stage. Tristan Tasker, 22, of Newark, is known as “The Small Wonder” and usually performs with a group called P.F.C. He says he has been performing for over a year now and finds his music to be “unique, passionate and innovative.” Tasker says he learned of the concert through word of mouth and came because he enjoys doing what he does as a musician. “I came here because I love performing,” Tasker says. “It’s for a good cause, and any exposure I can get, I will take.” Freshman Rachel Travis says she heard about the concert through Model UN, a club she actively participates in. She says she enjoyed the event because its setting was appealing to college students. “Jamnesty was a great event,” Travis says. “It was free, with a chill atmosphere to hang out with friends and listen to some new
local music.” Recent graduate Nermin Zubaca, who works for the English Language Institute, came to the event as part of the Multicultural Student Organization. While he was not familiar with the bands, he says he enjoyed coming to the show. Zubaca says the booths that the organizations had set up to promote themselves added to the quality of the event. The Jamnesty concert, he says, was an effective platform to bring awareness to causes the clubs involved are truly interested in. “Jamnesty has a wonderful idea of raising awareness about human rights violations around the world and promoting local artists at the same time,” he says. “I think that this is a great way to go promote causes while still getting the college community involved. I hope there are many more similar events organized on campus in the future.”
26 May 7, 2013 THIS WEEK’S CLUES Across 1. “Your everyday life stories” 2. Online photo editor (for biddies) 3. Christine O’Donnell reputation 6. Unofficial senior fling 7. Celebratory parade style 8. Flu scare 9. Kanye single (2008) 12. Natty vs. ________ 13. “Dare to be different” 15. Dorm door decor 16. Bar hopping Down 1. Don’t get caught jumping in 4. Freshman honors dorm (‘08-’09) 5. Commencement apparel 6. Face time with friends 10. Moves from right to left 11. Party theme 14. Fought for our right to party (RIP) 15. 93.1
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Backups wave the white flag, blue team dominates 38-6 BY MATT BITTLE Copy Desk Chief
For the first time since 2001, the Hens entered spring practice with a new head coach. Dave Brock, the offensive coordinator at Rutgers University in 2012, led the football team out onto the field for the annual spring game Saturday at Delaware Stadium. Saturday’s Fandemonium IV featured a number of festivities in addition to the game. The event began at 11 a.m. and included live music, inflatable houses and Delaware giveaways over the course of two hours as the team prepared to play its scrimmage. At 1 p.m., the Blue-White Football Scrimmage kicked off, with the Hens divided into two teams, essentially consisting of starters and backups. The blue team was largely made up of starters and veterans, such as junior running back and 2012 captain Andrew Pierce. The game’s first half consisted of two 12-minute quarters, while the second half used a 25-minute running clock. Sophomore quarterback Justin Burns started for the white team, with junior Trevor Sasek taking the snaps for the blue squad. Sophomore
quarterback Trent Hurley, who started 10 games in 2012, did not play, as he is recovering from an injury. Brock said he enjoyed being out on the sideline and felt the game was a good experience for the team. “Today really was just a function of trying to give the people who support the program something to enjoy,” Brock said. The white team received the ball first and went three-and-out. Seven plays into its drive, the blue team turned it over when Sasek was picked off by freshman defensive back Khaliq Gatson. The sides then exchanged punts before the white side got on the board, courtesy of a 1-yard rushing touchdown by freshman wideout Brandon Favro seconds into the second quarter. The two-point conversion failed, making it 6-0, white. The blue team scored on the next play, however, with senior receiver Rob Jones finding junior receiver Mike Milburn for a 70-yard touchdown pass. The subsequent point after by junior kicker Sean Baner made it 7-6 in favor of the blue squad. Brock said he wanted to be aggressive in his play-calling. “They’d worked on it for a
couple days, so I’m glad they got a chance to call it,” he said. “Again, when you practice stuff like that, it’s your obligation as a play-caller to call it. Kids love it.” After a fumble by Favro, the blue team tacked on a field goal from freshman kicker Brandon Tuozzolo to make it 10-6. The white team then went three-and-out, setting up a 1-yard scoring run by Pierce. The first half concluded shortly afterward, with the score sitting at 17-6, blue. Junior tailback Julian Laing carried the load in the second half for the blue side, with Pierce sitting for the final 25 minutes. The blue team received the ball first and scored in nine plays, with Laing touching the ball on every play but one. Laing said he started off slow, but with the help of the coaching staff, he was able to find success carrying the ball in the second half “I was just running and I wasn’t getting the success that I wanted and I was looking to bounce outside, which is not good on inside run zones, so they told me to trust the run game and get what I can get, and when you do that, big plays happen,” Laing said.
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THE REVIEW/Sara Pfefer
Running back Andrew Pierce returned from last season’s injury to play in the blue and white football scrimmage on Saturday.
Blue Hen Poll results are mixed, 60 percent rarely attend games BY RYAN MARSHALL Managing Sports Editor
THE REVIEW/Addison George
Approximately 18 percent of UD students said that they never attend sporting events.
Delaware athletics is in a period of transformation. A new athletic director is bringing in personalized staff, the flagship sports team has a new head coach and the university’s biggest star has left for Chicago. Students have given this new administration something to think about. Despite a Sweet 16 berth, an appearance in the National Championship Game in 2010 and multiple other athletic team runs into NCAA and CAA Tournaments, about 60 percent of the student body would either “rarely” or “never” attend a varsity-sporting event, according to the Blue Hen Poll.
“Ultimately, polls are polls,” head football coach Dave Brock said. “It’s reflective of who you talk to. I don’t know what the number of people were or who they were, but I think there are a lot of kids on campus that’ll love to come to the games.” Since 2008 the Blue Hen Poll has garnered student opinion about the Delaware campus. This year featured more athletic department questions such as why students do or do not attend games and how often they do. While over 60 percent of the population felt athletics as a whole are doing above average, about 26 percent said they don’t know how teams are fairing. Also, 63 percent of students said if the team is more
competitive, they would be more likely to attend. Men’s soccer head coach Ian Hennessy said he remembered two years ago when the stands at the Delaware Mini-Stadium were full during successful CAA and NCAA Tournament runs. However, this year it was not the same as the younger team failed to make the conference tournament. The fan base is very important to the team, he said. It is human nature to want people to come watch your athletes perform their craft, it builds their egos and makes them proud to play for the university, he said.
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ChickenScratch Commentary
“More than just a game” BY Daniel mcinerney As I sat at my desk on my final day at The Review staring at a wall littered with old newspaper clippings, inside jokes scribbled on Post-it notes and a collage of funny pictures, I began to reflect on my time at the university, the decisions that have led me to this very place and my lifelong obsession with sports. Often our love for sports goes much deeper than just the games themselves. We find ourselves engrossed in a player’s life, marvel at those who fought through seemingly unimaginable hardships to become world-class athletes and immortalize our favorite players for their accomplishments. While on-field accolades, recordsetting feats and championships trophies are celebrated with lavish parades and yearlong bragging rights, the best sports stories are often those that do not end with a team hoisting a trophy. In fact, many of
these stories begin under heartbreaking circumstances. Take Noah Roberts, an 8-year-old who was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis in 2010 and has already undergone several surgeries to remove the potentially cancerous tumors from his nervous system. On April 20, Roberts and his family were invited to Eastern Carolina University’s spring football scrimmage where he received a special surprise. Noah thought he was going to attend practice and hang with the players, but quickly learned he would be doing much more. When he entered the coaches’ office he was told that he would be playing in the scrimmage and Roberts did his best to hide his fear (after all, he is only in elementary school). In the fourth quarter Roberts took a handoff and ran 40 yards for a touchdown. There was not a dry eye in the stadium as Roberts and the ECU players rejoiced in the end zone. Roberts and his family were on their way to Washington, D.C. where Roberts would be tested to see if any more tumors had grown and the pit stop at ECU might have been just what the doctor ordered. Earlier in the month, Jack Hoffman, a 7-year-old brain cancer survivor and die-hard Nebraska Cornhusker fan, suited up for Nebraska’s annual spring football game. Hoffman and Nebraska running back Rex Burkhead met last year and instantly became sources of inspiration for each other. Lined up in the backfield, Hoffman ran left, reversed field and ran 69 yards for the touchdown in front of over 60,000 fans. While 2013 looks to be a promising season for the Cornhuskers, there will not be a moment better than Hoffman being lifted
Friday-Saturday Rowing at Dad Vail Regatta Friday-Sunday Baseball at Northeastern
Women’s Outdoor Track and Field: The Delaware women’s outdoor track and field team posted its best finish in two decades when it finished second at the CAA Championships, held at Towson from Friday to Saturday. The Hens posted four first-place finishes and senior Vicky Caruso and sophomore Amira Idris both won Meet Outstanding Performer Awards for their performances. Caruso won the 200 meter dash and the 4 x 400 meter relay along with senior Nijah Dupiche, sophomore Toresha Foster and freshman Chelsi Campbell. Idris won the triple jump with a leap of 41 feet, 1 inch to beat her own school record. Delaware also claimed the 100 meter hurdles event, thanks to junior Latoya James.
Send questions, comments and your feelgood sports stories to Daniel McInerney at dmac@udel.edu.
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to the eventual-world champion Baltimore Ravens, Pagano was also on the sideline. We often take for granted that our favorite athletes and coaches are humans just like you and me. They are fallible, capable of making mistakes and in the worst cases, susceptible to life-threatening diseases. While sports often offer us a welcome distraction from our problems, they can also bring to light the suffering of others, resulting in an enormous outpouring of support. CHUCKSTRONG, a research campaign fund created by the Colts, has raised over $1 million dollars to date. Team Jack is a research fund set up by the Hoffman family. It recently received the support of Ndamukong Suh, former Cornhusker and current Detroit Lion. These are just two of the countless organizations dedicated to increasing awareness about cancer and other diseases with the goal of eventually eradicating them. Sports, like a plate of good food, or a funny joke amongst friends, has the uncanny ability to lift one’s spirits. Whether providing a welcome distraction or bringing to light stories of people persevering through trying times, sports will forever have an impact on our lives long after the clock hits zero.
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into the air as he celebrated his touchdown. Stories like those of Roberts and Hoffman are just a few examples of the profound effect sports can have on one’s life. Noah and Jack’s spirits were lifted and one of their dreams came true as they crossed the goal line and those in attendance or watching the video online witnessed a story they will not soon forget. There is a certain amount of extra sadness that surrounds a story of a child fighting a terrible illness, but adults battling the ravenous disease that is cancer can certainly bring tears to one’s eyes as well. Shortly after being named the new head coach of the Indianapolis Colts last season, Chuck Pagano began to feel weak and noticed bruises on his body. He finally met with the team doctor, and the results of his blood work revealed his worst nightmare. Pagano was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia, and was rushed into treatment. To say he took a leave of absence from his coaching duties would not be entirely true. Yes, Pagano was not on the practice field or roaming the sidelines during each game, but he never stopped coaching. The Colts sent over tapes of each practice and game, a welcome distraction for Pagano as he watched his team, led by rookie quarterback Andrew Luck, clinch a playoff berth. The amount of support Pagano and his family received was simply remarkable. Several Colts players and even a few cheerleaders shaved their heads and the light in Pagano’s office was left on until he returned to the team. After it was announced his cancer was in remission, Pagano returned to the sideline for the final regular season game, which the Colts won. For their first round playoff game, which the Colts lost
About the teams: About Delaware:
Softball Time: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Location: Hofstra Softball Stadium, Hempstead N.Y.
Why the Hens can win:
The Hens are 35-20 and 12-9 in the CAA. The team has lost 12 of its past 17, although the Hens are coming off a threegame sweep over the weekend. Delaware sits in fourth place in the conference and is the third seed in the CAA Tournament. The team has a .288 batting average and a 2.68 ERA, third in the conference in both categories.
The Hens are patient, having drawn 46 more walks than the Dukes. The team will be counting on sophomore outfielder Jessica Grisler, who leads the CAA with 68 hits.
About James Madison:
The Dukes swept the Hens when the teams played a threegame series last month. James Madison’s Sarah Mooney and Jailyn Ford are one-two in the CAA in batting average and home runs. The Dukes’ pitchers are also better at striking out opposing batters.
The Dukes are 39-13, with a 18-3 conference record. Second-place James Madison has a .314 average and 1.79 ERA. The Dukes are second in the CAA in those categories and are a two seed in the tourney.
Why the Hens could lose:
-Matt Bittle Copy Desk Chief
The numbers: 20: The number of homers the Hens have. The Dukes have hit 44. 61: Delaware’s stolen base total. The Dukes have swiped 133, the most in the nation. 1.16: The ERA of James Madison’s Heather Kiefer. She is seventh in the country in that category.
The prediction: I may be biased toward Delaware, but I think James Madison is just too good. This CAA Tournament is a double-elimination style, so the Hens play the next day with a shot to still win the conference regardless of the result Wednesday. James Madison: 5 Delaware: 2
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Results: 64.1 percent went to men’s varsity event, but only 35.6 attended varsity women’s sporting events Continued from page 28
BY PAUL TIERNEY Sports Editor
After losing four of its first five games, the Delaware men’s lacrosse team still had an opportunity to extend its season into the CAA Tournament with victories over Penn State and UMass in its final two contests. The Hens carried a three-game winning streak into their home matchup with the Nittany Lions, but a third-quarter collapse ended Delaware’s chances of playing into the postseason. This season, seven of Delaware’s 10 losses came by three goals or less. Head coach Bob Shillinglaw said after losing several close games early on, it was difficult for his young squad to regroup for the final stretch of its 2013 campaign. “I’ve gotten comments from opposing coaches before and after games saying, ‘We’re lucky we got out of here,’ or ‘You guys have an excellent team,’” Shillinglaw said. “There were a lot of opposing coaches who felt like our record wasn’t indicative of the quality of the team.” Delaware opened its season with a victory over High Point University but lost its next four games by a combined 10 goals. The streak was highlighted by a 9-8 loss to defending national champion Loyola University, a game that was decided in the final seconds. The Hens rebounded to earn a come-from-behind victory over
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Sophomore midfielder Tyler Barbarich appeared in 15 games this season. Lafayette University but lost their next four games to fall to 2-8 on the season. Senior midfielder Nick Diachenko said the vast range of injuries suffered by several members of the team played a role in Delaware’s inability to win with consistency. “One of the best guys I’ve played with, Dom Sebastiani, had an unfortunate injury during the beginning part of the season,” Diachenko said. “When you have a guy that good, it definitely effects the team. Eric [Smith] with his injury last year and my hip injury last year, it all carries through. We’re old guys now, we’re not young.” Delaware went on to defeat Marist University, the University of Michigan and Saint Joseph’s in consecutive games. After playing Penn State, the Hens gave up eight goals in the second quarter to UMass to drop their final matchup of the season, 16-8. Although Shillinglaw said he wished his team was able to win some of the close games it played throughout the season, he is still proud his senior class and the two
NCAA Tournament berths and CAA conference championship the players helped earn earlier in their careers. “They focused, never complained,” Shillinglaw said. “They were good leaders. It was extremely disappointing for them because they put so much effort into the program. Looking ahead to 2014, Delaware will bring back the vast majority of its talent. All-conference defender James Connolly will play with sophomore Brandon Worrall, sophomore Trip Ashley and sophomore goalie Chris Herbert to lead the Hens defense next season. Redshirt junior midfielder Brian Kormondy, who Shillinglaw said is one of the most athletic players he has ever coached, will come back for his fifth year of eligibility. Senior attackman Eric Smith will not be there to see how the Hens progress in 2014. However, he said he expects better results than he experienced during his final season with the program. “They have all the potential in the world to be successful,” Smith said. “It’s just how hard they want to work to be great.”
“To be honest with the students there’s so much going on,” Hennessy said. “They’re all on social media … Football and basketball attendance is dropping off because you can get these games and more just by looking at your phone and iPad.”
“People come to Delaware because it’s a really big school, but it’s not comparable to USC in terms of football.” -freshman, Shelby Wildgust With that new technology, Hennessy said television has to play a big role for athletics and in the CAA. He said getting baseball, soccer and lacrosse all on TV
would really help get fans out to the fields. Brock also said his players enjoy the atmosphere when there is the student support in the stands. Although he has not experienced a full season yet, he said players put on this type of internal pressure to perform, which goes for any sport at Delaware. “I tell the players it is a twoway street,” Brock said. “If you want people to come support you, you better support them. You better be on campus. You better be active in the community. You better go to other sporting events.” But for some students, not going is about time commitments and attending is about being able to have fun. Senior electrical engineer major Vladyslav Anderson said he had only been to one football game. He said with his six classes that there just wasn’t room in his schedule. However, freshman marketing major Shelby Wildgust said it is all about the pregame atmosphere. Since the security crack down at tailgates, Wildgust said she thinks that is why games are not attended as much. “People come to Delaware because it’s a really big school, but it’s not comparable to USC in terms of football,” she said. “Skill level yeah, but like game day fun, [not really].”
Women’s lacrosse ends season because of game not in their hands, reflect on positives BY JACK COBOURN Sports Editor
Despite defeating CAA rival Hofstra, 7-5, on the final day of their regular season, the Delaware women’s lacrosse team failed to make the conference tournament after the Pride won their final game against Drexel. Head coach Kateri Linville said while the team improved compared to the past two seasons, there were still a few things that needed to be fulfilled. “I think from a program standpoint, we made a lot of progress,” Linville said. “Definitely we competed really hard from start to finish. We achieved some of our goals, but we still have a few out there that we need to accomplish.” The Hens started off their season slow by losing to Georgetown University, 15-12, on Feb. 16. However, Delaware then won three of its next five games before meeting Loyola University on March 13. The game against Loyola was a battle throughout, with the Hens pulling out the 10-9 victory in the last five minutes of play after losing a two-goal
lead. Sophomore midfielder Caitlin McCartney said the match was the team’s best win of the season because it helped create momentum for the rest of the season. “I think that game just brought a whole new level of confidence to a lot of players on our team and made us realize what we were all capable of when we’re working together,” McCartney said. “I think that carried on throughout our season, and I think we should remember that going into our next season.” The CAA regular season saw the Hens go 4-3. It began with a 14-9 loss to Towson on March 31, but grew from there, with a 15-2 victory over William & Mary on April 14. The defense played a key role in helping get the victory. Sophomore goalkeeper Alex Zaugra said the Delaware defense helped her in a big way this season. “They’re always there to support me and pump me up,” Zaugra said. “They’re really good at their communication this year. They knew what they were talking about.” With only defender and captain Angela Biciocchi graduating, Linville
said nine new players will be joining the Hens next year, some from as far away as Canada. Linville said the new players are enthusiastic about playing for Delaware and can fill holes in the team’s style of play. She said some recruits are a mix of lefties, finishers, passers and transition players. “One, they love Delaware and they want to come here and compete for championships and help us get to that next level so they are already passionate about the Delaware experience....” Linville said. “I think they’re a real mix and bring a lot of depth to the team.” Linville, McCartney and Zaugra all agreed that while many of the team’s goals were met, the Hens still needed to do some work over the summer. Linville said the team has been planning its summer workouts and objectives for the upcoming year. She said the news and improved goals for next year will result in better finish to next season. “That’s really working on our stick work and our fitness and our positionspecific skills,” Linville said.
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The women’s lacrosse team finished the season with a 10-6 overall record and a 4-3 conference record.
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Hens lose to La Salle
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Junior quarterback Justin Burns went 9-20 for 128 yards in Saturday’s blue and white scrimmage.
Football: Dealing with injuries Continued from page 28 After a punt by the white team, Sasek moved the Hens down the field through the air, first hitting sophomore receiver Michael Johnson for 45 and then Jones for 40 and a score halfway through the period. Up 31-6, the blue team kept pounding, as Laing recorded a touchdown about 8 minutes later. Laing said he was pleased with how the team stuck together and continued to work after head coach K. C. Keeler was fired in January. The game came to a close a
few minutes after Laing’s final touchdown, with the final score standing at blue 38, white 6. Pierce carried 10 times for 67 yards and one score, while Laing had 17 carries for 153 yards and two touchdowns. Sasek was 9 for 13 for 142 yards and one interception. In total, the blue team outgained its counterpart, 472 to 149. Brock said he was pleased with his team’s performance overall, and although he would have liked to divide the teams up in a different way, he was unable to do so, as a number of Hens are injured. “We’re down on numbers a
little bit, we had a lot of post-fall injuries, some guys who were nicked up throughout spring so we didn’t have the numbers that we would have loved to have and draft a team and make it really, really fun for the players,” he said. Brock said he anticipates the team continuing to make strides over the next couple of months. His offense, which he described as “multiple,” will utilize different tempos and a physical ground attack to wear down opponents and keep them off-balance, Brock said. The Hens host Jacksonville University on Aug. 29 in their season opener.
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The Delaware baseball team lost at La Salle, 3-2, on Sunday. Junior infielder Jimmy Yezzo scored from third base in the top of the fourth to take the 1-0 lead for the Hens. Junior right-hander Adam Davis took the loss after giving up three runs on six hits. The Hens’ record is now 30-17 overall (12-9 CAA).
Softball sweeps UNCW
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Sophomore outfielder Jessica Grisler swings at a pitch during Saturday’s 2-1 extra-innings victory over UNCW at Delaware Softball Stadium. Gristler went 2 for 4 on the day, getting a run when senior infielder/outfielder Lara Andrews hit a triple to right field in the bottom of the sixth. The Hens’ record is now 35-20 overall (12-9 CAA). The team will be the third seed in the CAA Softball Championships starting Wednesday at Hofstra.
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