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Hens survive early mistakes, defeat Jacksonville 51-35

BY PAUL TIERNEY Managing Sports Editor

Even before Jacksonville University quarterback Kade Bell found wide receiver D’Andre Randle for a 13-yard touchdown pass with 3:54 to play in the first quarter of the Delaware football team’s season opener , the mood inside Delaware Stadium had already gone from celebratory to one of scathing frustration.

Just three plays after senior wideoutRob Jones muffed a punt, Dolphins wide receiver Anthony Robustelli caught his first of two touchdowns on the night. On the ensuing kickoff, Hens junior defensive back Jordan Thomas was stripped of the football, and Jacksonville’s Andre Addison recovered on Delaware’s 13-yard line.

Bell found Randle on the very next play.

In just seven seconds, the Dolphins had scored two touchdowns, leaving the Hens down 14-0 to a team without a single scholarship player on its roster.

“It’s Jacksonville,” one fan blared from atop Delaware Stadium, as if first-year head coach Dave Brock was unaware his team was on the verge of embarrassing itself during his head coaching debut.

But then senior quarterback Trent Hurley, fresh off of a disappointing 2012 campaign in which he threw more interceptions than touchdowns, emerged from the sideline with his composure intact and led the Hens back into the contest.

“We just kept playing,”

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Junior quarterback Trent Hurely (no.2) takes a snap from senior offensive lineman Brandon Heath during Delaware’s victory over Jacksonville University on Thursday night.

Hurley, who completed 19 of 29 passes for 238 yards, said after the game. “We talked earlier about how adversity was going to strike, and it did. We didn’t panic.”

On Delaware’s first drive of the second quarter, Hurley led the

Hens 39 yards downfield on six plays, culminating with a lateral to senior wide receiver Michael Johnson on an option run for the team’s first touchdown of the night. On Delaware’s next drive, Hurley found junior tight end Nick Boyle wide open for

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a 1-yard touchdown pass after Jacksonville’s defense bit hard on play-action.

However, it didn’t take long for the Dolphins to regain the momentum.

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he believes King would have embraced the middle class’ struggle in the same way he embraced the civil rights movement.

“For what does it profit a man, Dr. King would ask, to sit at an integrated lunch counter if he can’t afford the meal?” Obama said.

Jim Newton, a former professor in the Black American Studies department, went to both Washington, D.C. in both 1963 and in 2013.

A new fraternity, Pi Alpha Phi, will be joining the Greek life community this year. The fraternity, which is dedicated to uniting the Asian-American community, is currently recruiting students on campus, bringing the university its first Asian-interest fraternity, according to Adam Cantley, assistant director of fraternity and sorority life.

According to Cantley, the fraternity presented its request for validity to the Multicultural Greek Congress during the spring semester of 2013. Student members at the time voted to grant the fraternity membership, and national representatives of Pi Alpha Phi will spend this semester recruiting members and building a presence on campus.

“The students were excited to bring a new opportunity to UD,” Cantley stated in an email message. “We hope to see new members wearing letters on campus by December.”

Cantley said Pi Alpha Phi’s main statutes would be similar to most other fraternities and sororities, except that one main focus of their organization is the American-Asian community as a whole.

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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King delivers his now-famous “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington in on Aug. 28, 1963.

Nation commemorates 50th anniv. of March on Washington

BY MATT BUTLER Student Affairs Editor

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

These words were spoken

by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during his speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28, 1963. That historic

rally was commemorated this week in the nation’s capital by thousands of people celebrating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

Guest speakers included President Barack Obama, as well as former President Bill Clinton and a litany of celebrities and civil rights figures. Obama spoke on the similarities of the civil rights movement of the 20th century and the efforts to empower the middle class that are occurring today.

Regarding this, Obama said

Obama proposes incentive to keep tuition rates low

BY MATT BUTLER Student Affairs Desk Editor

President Barack Obama has announced a new initiative to keep college tuition costs at a reasonable rate for future students. During a speech on Aug. 22 at the University at Buffalo, Obama introduced his plan to institute a new system that would reward universities that keep the cost of their education down by

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providing them with higher amounts of federal aid.

Obama’s announcement showed progress in lowering student tuition and loan rates, something he has campaigned for since his election in 2008, and touched upon during this year’s State of the Union on Feb. 12.

He said college is key to supporting the middle class, and in turn it is essential for today’s job market, calling upon Congress to take action.

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“We have made college more affordable for millions of students and families over the last few years,” Obama said. “But taxpayers cannot continue to subsidize the soaring cost of higher education. Colleges must do their part to keep costs down, and it’s our job to make sure they do.”

Now, seven months later, Obama has proposed a more comprehensive version of that plan. Obama said he wants to form a ranking system that

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would rate schools based on their tuition prices and how high their peripheral education statistics are.

A White House statement from the Office of the Press Secretary identified other statistics such as graduation rates, debt and earnings of graduates and the percentage of students attending the university who are from low-income families.

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CALIFORNIA FIRE FOURTH LARGEST STATE FIRE IN KNOWN HISTORY

After two weeks of battling the Rim Fire in Yosemite Valley, the blaze has officially become the fourth-largest wildfire in California’s recorded history, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. This fire has edged out the 1932 Matilija wildfire in Ventura County for the fourth position and is still growing.

Despite the fire’s continued growth, approximately 40 percent was contained as of Sunday’s report and this number has remained steady.

As of Sunday, the inferno scorched 222,777 acres of land and threatened 4,500 homes, destroying 11. While nearly 5,000 fire personnel are currently fighting the fire, it is estimated that the damage costs could reach up to $47 million.

Fire officials are maintaining the use of a Predator drone to give early views of flare-ups across the region. It is expected to take three weeks to completely surround the inferno, though the fire will most likely burn longer than that.

Although the Valley has been open to visitors since the fire’s beginning, spreading smoke in the area on Friday has deterred visitors from the area. While nearly 620,000 tourists usually visit the area in August alone, the numbers are expected to drop until the blaze is fully controlled.

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U.S. WOMAN FIRST SWIMMER TO NAVIGATE FLORDIA STRAITS

American swimmer Diana Nyad became the second person to swim from Cuba to Florida Monday and the first to do so without a shark cage.

Nyad, 64, departed from Havana on Saturday and arrived in Key West around 1:55 p.m. after traversing the Florida Straits.

Nyad previously attempted the swim four times, once in 1978, once in 2011 and then twice in 2012. It is approximately 110 miles from Havana to Key West.

During the swim, Nyad wore a cream on her face and a special suit designed to protect her from jellyfish. A jellyfish sting ended one of her attempts in 2012, and Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel was forced to give up her quest in the middle of it after being stung in June.

In 1997, Australian Susie Maroney crossed the Florida Strait in 25 hours with a protective shark cage around her.

Nyad was accompanied by a support boat, which provided food to her every 40 minutes.

During the course of Sunday night, Nyad turned down food, opting to keep swimming in hopes of staying warm. Divers traveled ahead of her and moved jellyfish out of the way during the course of Nyad’s swim.

Nyad called the swim a dream she had been chasing for years.

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COLOMBIAN FARMERS PROTEST AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES

Tens of thousands of farmers, students and supporters of Columbia’s food producers took to the streets of Bogota last week to protest the government’s agricultural practices. The protests resulted in the deaths of two and the arrests of 175 last week, according to the Associated Press.

President Juan Manuel Santos responded to protests by sending out 50,000 troops Friday to calm the crowds. The protests, which involved clashes between police and demonstrators, were organized to stand in solidarity with farmers nationwide blocking highways until the Colombian government met their demands.

The residual effects of free trade, high import tariffs on fertilizers and cheap imports are among farmers’ grievances. On Friday, Santos said he sees the legitimacy in these claims, attributing protests to “years of government neglect” of the agricultural sector.

Talks between farmers and government officials took place this week, but no official negotiations have been made. This most recent spur of protests reflects a level on unrest that has taken place in Colombia since 2010.

Demonstrations regarding high gasoline prices, pesticide spraying of the Colombian countryside and other social issues has taken place, leaving the political future of Santos in uncertainty.

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NELSON MANDELA RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL

After three months of treatment at a South African hospital suffering from a lung infection, former president Nelson Mandela has returned to his home in Johannesburg. On Monday, Mandela was transported via ambulance to his home where photographers surrounded his property in hopes of catching a glimpse of the 95-yearold.

Mandela’s history of illness began late this spring when he was hospitalized for a case of pneumonia.

The former president was discharged only to be readmitted for a lung infection on June 8, which marked the fourth time he had been in the hospital since December 2012.

On June 23, current South African president Jacob Zuma announced Mandela’s doctors considered his situation “critical,” but he said the physicians were doing everything possible to help him improve. According to legal papers filed by Mandela’s family, the former leader was on life support while in the hospital. Throughout the past several months, reports that Mandela was close to death frequented headlines.

Currently, Mandela remains in critical condition and will continue to receive care from home, according to the most recent statement from Zuma’s office. Reaction to the news of Mandela’s release has been largely positive amongst the South African people who consider him a representative of peace.

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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PLANS ATTACK AGAINST SYRIA

After more than two years of fighting and over 100,000 dead as a result of the Syrian civil war, the United States appears ready to intervene. Secretary of State John Kerry recently said the United States has evidence chemical weapons were used by the Syrian government against the rebels, and the Obama administration could intervene even without the support of the U.S. Congress.

Protests against President Bashar Hafez al-Assad began in 2011 in the wider Arab Spring movement. Government forces attempted to crack down on the demonstrators, and as a result, the protesters formed an armed opposition. At present, the opposition is made up of a variety of groups seeking to overthrow the president.

The Syrian government is supported by Russia and Iran, while the United States, United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia are among the nations supporting the rebels. On Thursday, the British Parliament voted down a measure to take military action against the Syrian government.

President Obama has, in recent days, been attempting to convince members of Congress to support the motion to utilize a military strike against the Syrian government. A vote in Congress on whether or not to act could occur in as little as one week.

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NEWTON: ‘IT WAS ALSO THE MOST COMPELLING EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.’ Continued from page 1 He said when he went to the original march and saw King speak, he was a college student, and it was not until he arrived at the march that he was fully able to appreciate the changes happening around him.

“There was an air of civil rights surrounding the march,” Newton said. “The speech was such a turning point in America’s outlook on race and racial relations.

King pretty much re-embraced the principles of the founding fathers and re-embraced the founding principles of American democracy.”

Newton said one of King’s most essential gifts was his ability to articulate the fundamental rights and freedoms that were intended for all American citizens in the Constitution and place them in a positive, peaceful racial context. Although there were countless turning points and steps taken during the struggle for civil rights for AfricanAmericans, King’s “I Have a Dream” speech was the single most important event during the 20th century’s modern civil

rights movement, he said.

“It is the most significant event for modern civil rights,” Newton said. “But it was also the most compelling event in the history of American democracy.”

Although there is some uncertainty about the direction of racial relations today, Newton said with half of the country believing there is nothing left to be done, he looks at the past figures who have influenced the civil rights movement, like King and Abraham Lincoln, and he thinks there is a bright future for racial equality in America.

Sophomore Alexander Hunt said he thinks if Martin Luther King was still around today, he would be proud of the progress successive AfricanAmerican generations have made. He said he thinks there is still more work to be done in terms of racial relations, but society is on the right path.

“I think the direction is generally a positive one,” Hunt said. “Of course, there are always those who are not positively progressing, but I feel like most of the current generation is trying to be better

people and do great things.”

Hunt also said he wishes there was someone who could dedicate themselves to leading African-Americans further, someone who could serve as a King-type leader for the generations to come. Although Barack Obama might very well be the most important AfricanAmerican in modern history, he has to focus on things other than racial equality in order to be an effective president, Hunt said.

Newton said he believes the most important aspect of the civil rights movement, and one that sometimes is forgotten, was the number of young people and college students who were involved in the movement. King’s declaration has a timelessness that makes it still relevant to the young people today, Newton said.

“King’s speech is one that all Americans can embrace because it highlights the hope of broader humanity,” Newton said. “King opened the doors to a greater humanity, and that is why King’s speech will live on as one of the foremost speeches of all time that embraces humanity.”

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Students enjoy games, music at first Hen Fest

BY JACK FISHER

Administrative News Editor

On Friday, the Division of Student Life and various members of Registered Student Organizations held the first Hen Fest, a welcome event featuring a variety of food vendors and entertainment that took place on the North Green.

Heather Maginnis, director of New Student Orientation within the Division of Student Life, said the event was designed to welcome all students back to campus. What sets Hen Fest apart from other events that typically take place at the beginning of the fall semester, Maginnis said, is it is not specifically focused on welcoming new freshmen.

“We also need to welcome back returning students,” Maginnis said.

Maginnis said Hen Fest is also different than other welcoming events in that it is planned by both the Division of Student Life and several RSOs. “It’s been a great experience and a neat collaborative effort,” she said. “I hope it continues.”

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Hen Fest works to engage all students regardless of age.

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“It’s been a great experience and a neat collaborative effort, I hope it continues.”

-HEATHER MAGINNIS, DIRECTOR OF NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION “We figured having something in the beginning of the fall semester would be new and fresh,” Schmidt said.

Sophomore Pernilla Mpasi said she liked the idea of the event

being at the beginning of the fall semester because it helps students meet other people and relax amid the stresses of the beginning of the school year.

“It’s a great stress-reliever,” Mpasi said. “The first week of classes is done, and everyone is really exhausted. It reminds people of why this school is really great.”

According to Mpasi, a popular attraction of the Hen Fest was a trampoline students could bounce and do flips on while being attached to a harness.

Sophomore Krystal Kaiser said Hen Fest is particularly beneficial to freshmen because it helps them assimilate to the campus in a relaxed way.

“They do not really know how to be one with the campus yet,” Kaiser said.

Kaiser, a transfer student, said she decided to come to the university in part because of its school spirit. Hen Fest is a good example of the university’s spirited activities that draw students to the school, she said.

The entertainment provided by both RSOs and private vendors in this year’s Hen Fest drew a large crowd, Schmidt said.

“It’s a fun time,” she said.

“There are a lot of people coming out.”

Campus trees protected during time of frequent construction at university

CANTLEY: ‘WE ARE EXCITED TO SUPPORT ANOTHER CULTURALLY BASED FRATERNITY.’

BY JACK FISHER

Administrative News Editor

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The missions of the fraternity, as featured on the Pi Alpha Phi website, is “academic excellence, Asian American awareness, brotherhood, leadership and philanthropy.”

However, Cantley said membership in Pi Alpha Phi is not exclusive to AsianAmerican students. According to the Pi Alpha Phi website, the national fraternity was originally founded in 1929 by six Asian-American men at the University of California-Berkeley, and now boasts a strong international student population.

The fraternity’s official colors are blue and gold. The stated philanthropic missions of Pi Alpha Phi are the Jade Ribbon Campaign, which is dedicated to helping those in the Asian community with Hepatitis B, as well as the Wounded Warrior Project, which assists wounded veterans when they return from war. Pi Alpha Phi currently has 12 chapters across the nation, with an additional four “colony” chapters.

“Today, the founding principles of the fraternity are not only valued, but instilled through educational, service and leadership opportunities,” the website stated. “Pi Alpha Phi is proud of its role in developing tomorrow’s leaders.”

Cantley said the process to become a recognized fraternity on campus is a complicated path. He said every governing council has different policies when it comes to recognition, with the university specifically requiring a minimum insurance rate, affiliation with a national chapter and at least six members per chapter.

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member of Student Government, an RSO that helped plan Hen Fest, said the university usually holds small carnivals toward the end of the spring semester.

fraternity for students to join and expand their horizons on campus, Cantley said he believes the organization will further campuswide diversity, and provide another opportunity for students to explore diversity in a social and communitybased setting.

“The group will add to our campus not only in terms of membership opportunities, but also through their mission, service and programming,” Cantley said. “We are excited to support another culturally based fraternity at UD. We hope this portion of our community continues to grow and develop in a purposeful way.”

Several students from the university agreed with Cantley, including Scot Pang and Fei Xu, two Asian-American students who said they thought diversity at the university would be helped by a new, fresh fraternity coming to campus, regardless of ethnic affiliation.

They said it would not matter to them if the fraternity they join is Asian-American or not.

“I think they would be the same,” Xu said. “But I think any diversity helps a campus.”

Xu said although he does intend to rush a fraternity this semester, he would not necessarily join one simply because it was focused on the Asian-American community.

Pang said he would want to get involved in helping those communities, but he did not think it would dictate which fraternity he was going to join.

“It’s something I would be interested in,” Pang said. “But I can always do it on my own, without a frat.”

According to Peter Kingshill, arborist and local manager of Bartlett Tree Experts, a tree and shrub maintenance company, the university has been proactive in its protection of a grove of trees. By fencing in the trees and marking them as “Tree Preservation Areas,” the university has managed to preserve the trees located near Alison Hall during ongoing construction, he said.

“The grove consists of trees that have been on that site for a very long time,” Kingshill said.

“The university has a high level of concern for their trees, particularly in that area.”

The preservation areas are designed to protect the trees’ critical roots centers, the parts of the roots that are closest to the center of the tree, Kingshill said.

Michael Loftus, assistant director of Grounds Services, said the precise location of the preservation areas are based on the trees’ diameter at breast height (DBH).

“DBH can help determine the location of the tree’s critical root

zone,” Loftus stated in an email message.

Kingshill said certain types of trees are “predisposed to construction injury,” including beech trees and hardwoods, which are the types of trees in the grove near Alison Hall.

“The damage that could occur to the trees includes compaction of the soil from construction, the root system being run over, trenching and the use of the shade of the trees as an area for laying down construction equipment,” Kingshill said.

Trenching is the process of using a backhoe or other type of equipment to excavate soil, which could cause damage to a tree’s roots, Kingshill said.

While construction poses a risk to trees on university grounds, other activities, such as pedestrian and vehicular traffic, must also be considered when the university designs measures to protect trees, Loftus said.

He said Grounds Services has recently taken some measures to further protect trees in light of these other risks include the installation of signs, fences and seating walls that direct traffic around plantings.

“Additionally, the Grounds department will install stakes and barriers during high traffic times, such as student move-in, to prevent people from driving on lawns or over tree roots,” Loftus said.

Kingshill said the university’s precautionary measures have been effective in ensuring that no damage occurs to the grove near Alison Hall. He described the university as “a good steward of its trees.”

Loftus said construction projects can often have impacts that can be predicted or controlled, which is why university officials strive to plan for any potential issues.

Sophomore Carrie DePasquale said the university’s maintenance of green areas on campus is essential to its small-town feel and differentiates it from the frenetic surroundings of schools located in cities.

She said the university should consider expanding green areas as new construction projects arise, perhaps by setting a “ratio” of green space to building space.

“Green areas welcome students and make the university look good,” DePasquale said.

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Newark Bike Project location moves to central Main Street

BY ELIZABETH QUARTARARO Executive Editor

Newark Bike Project, a nonprofit organization promoting bicycling and community building in Newark, has moved its location from 7 S. Main St. to its third location and the space formerly occupied by Delaware Book Exchange at 58 E. Main St. Graduate student Niki Suto, a co-founder and former chairwoman of Newark Bike Project, said president and owner of Lang Development Group Jeff Lang got the organization its two first spots in Newark. The current space is being rented to Newark Bike Project by Tsionas Management, Suto said.

In each of Newark Bike Project’s three locations, developers have granted the organization subsidized space in buildings slated for redevelopment, Suto said.

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money to have a 10-month lease,” Suto said. “The locations would otherwise be empty.”

Paying a subsidized rate at the temporary location allows Newark Bike Project to provide all of its biking and community-related initiatives free to participants, Suto said. The organization pays for its portion of rent and utilities through bike sales and said is run by volunteers, Suto said.

In addition to acting as a community repair shop, Newark Bike Project hosts events such as open mic nights, community service programs, movie showings, a monthly devotional for discussing meaningful topics and community dinners with Down to Earth Food Cooperative.

“Having the flexibility of not paying full rent is allowing us the flexibility to do programming that we would not otherwise be able to do,” Suto said.

Graduate student Justin de Leon, a co-founder of

the organization and former chairperson, said the new space is about four times bigger than the old space.

“Our goal is to maintain a level of intimacy and keep it organized,” de Leon said.

The space is one big floor room, he says, and has areas for bike repairs and sales, as well as for a designated area for the communitybuilding events that reflect Newark Bike Project’s focus on community, education and empowerment.

De Leon said the new location affords the organization a certain amount of legitimacy by being centrally located on Main Street.

“I feel that the move is an opportunity to continue to let the community know that there is a group of people that are interested in building community and building tighter bonds of friendship among people who wouldn’t have ordinarily met,” de Leon said. “It’s all centered around this physical bike and this metaphorical bike and being able

to expand your boundaries and do things you’re not used to.”

Suto said the move to central Main Street will allow the organization to expand its reach.

“We have had a strong community presence at the bike shop,” she said. “So even in the summertime, when the students are gone, we still have very busy nights because there’s the community and the ELI population are coming out to support us. But we really haven’t tapped into the university student population, and this centralized location will allow us to do that.”

De Leon said the shop is open Tuesday nights and, because of the additional Main Street visibility, is looking to expand hours “very, very soon.”

The shop relies on volunteers to run, and mechanics and the people manning the desk are volunteers, almost all of whom also work fulltime jobs, outreach coordinator Sindhu Siva, 22 of Newark, said.

“We’re always welcome to

more volunteers,” Siva said. “The biggest challenge to having a second open shop night is that we depend exclusively upon volunteer help right now.”

Siva said she hopes the increased visibility and high pedestrian traffic in the new location will make students aware of the bike shop so they will “follow” the shop when it moves again.

Undergraduate years are a time when students are trying new things and being exposed to a diverse group of people, de Leon said.

The shop, which attracts a diverse group of people, can provide a valuable community to students in this position at the university, de Leon said.

“I would certainly say that if the undergraduate population were to get involved, the bike shop would benefit,” de Leon said. “I would also make the assertion that I feel that the student population that would assist us would also be getting a lot out of the experience.”

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 THE REVIEW

New iClicker issued, not required

by UD

PERMAR: ‘THE MINIMUM STUDENT LOAN, IS STILL GOING TO LEAVE ME [CLOSE TO 25,000 DOLLARS IN DEBT.]’ Continued from page 1

BY MATT BUTLER Student Affairs Editor

New iClickers have come to university classrooms this year. The updated version of the remote device used in classrooms to take attendance and answer in-class questions now features a screen that allows students to view which letter they have selected.

According to the university’s iClicker webpage, as of Aug. 26, all classrooms will be equipped with an iClicker receiver, but iClicker 2 will be the latest in iClicker technology at the Barnes & Noble bookstore on Main Street.

Students who wish to use the older, original iClicker version will still be able to use them in classrooms. However, any student without an iClicker will be prompted to buy the newer versions of the device when ordering their textbooks online through Barnes & Noble’s website.

Although the Information Technologies (IT) department could not be reached for comment, their website provides a comprehensive explanation of the new clicker system.

Their website answered the question some students have on their minds: “Can I use my original iClicker?”

“Yes. Both the original iClicker and iClicker2 remotes can be used to respond to multiple choice (A-E) questions,” the website said. “Indicators suggest that the vast majority of clicker questions will remain multiple choice even when text and numeric entry is an option. We anticipate the original iClicker will be in circulation on campus for several years.”

The original iClicker no longer appears on the official distributing website, and the device has been replaced by both the iClicker 2, as well as the iClicker+. The original iClicker is still available for purchase at Lieberman’s bookstore, according to Lieberman’s website.

According to the university website’s iClicker page, the IT department has formally encouraged faculty members to allow students to utilize both

THE REVIEW/MICHELLE MORGENSTERN The new iClicker now features a screen, arrow keys and a send and delete button. You can now see the answer you choose on the screen. the original model as well as the updated model. The IT department wrote this would remove some of the financial burden on students, making it so that students are not required to update their models at an additional cost. Currently, the iClicker2 is selling for $48.35 on Lieberman’s website, while the original model is priced at $38.16 on Barnes & Noble’s website.

The iClicker change is part of an overhaul of the iClicker system that took place at the university over the summer. According to the Clickers@UD page, changes have been taking place all summer. The website lists other new hardware changes as the implementation of white iClicker receivers in every scheduled classroom, but black receivers are not compatible with the updated software and must be returned to the university. The updated software offers a few different changes and improvements for teachers as well, according to the

clickers webpage.

Students, such as sophomore Lizzy Bartley, are unsure if the new changes are worth the increased price. Bartley said she has not seen much from the new models that seem like they offer that much of an upgrade over the original models.

“The screen just doesn’t seem like it is necessary at all,” Bartley said. “I know what I pressed, I honestly don’t need a screen to tell me what I’m answering. The old ones were not bad at all, there was nothing wrong with them.”

Bartley also said she hopes the university continues to allow students to use the original model instead of the new one.

She said allowing students to use both makes the change less of a problem for students, and she thinks it will make it less complicated for incoming students as well.

Books are expensive enough

as it is, Bartley said, and as long as the university continues to allow students to use both clickers, then students will be less likely to feel taken advantage of by booksellers.

However, sophomore Omar Montero said he thinks the new clicker advances will be beneficial in the future, even if it doesn’t seem warranted for now.

“I am actually excited to see where they go with the new screen,” Montero said. “I think that could go a lot of directions.

Sometimes things don’t seem useful or smart right when they come out, but then they become something a lot better than the original.”

While he is hopeful the iClicker evolves, Montero said he thinks the price for a new clicker was too steep for the university to enforce a change requirement.

Fifty dollars is a lot of money for a rather small upgrade, Montero said.

Undergrad researcher helps expand food bank’s reach

BY CADY ZUVICH Managing News Editor

Every Thursday at the corner of North Jackson and West 10th Street in Wilmington, baskets filled with fresh produce line the tables­—a common sight at most farmers markets. However, this farmers market, Wilmington Farmer’s Market at Cool Springs Park, provides more than just fruits and vegetables. It provides opportunities, senior Milagros Chiri-Zapata said.

In conjunction with the Office of Service Learning and the Community Supported Agriculture program of the Food Bank of Delaware, ChiriZapata said she worked this summer to recruit low-income Delawareans of the Latino community to the Wilmington Farmer’s Market. Through interviews, on-site experience and observation, Chiri-Zapata said she hopes to give this population diversified food options.

“In Delaware, the Latino community is a very vulnerable group,” Chiri-Zapata said.

“However, only a small percentage of the population participates in Food Bank programs.”

Food insecurity, defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as “the consistent access to adequate food,” runs rampant in the Latino community, with Latino households twice more likely to be food insecure than other minorities.

Additionally, these households are less likely to have access to fresh produce, ChiriZapata said. Because of this inaccessibility, the Food Bank of Delaware created the Community Supported Agriculture Program, which allows families receiving Supplemental Nutrition

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Assistance Program benefits, or food stamps, to obtain fresh produce. At the market, “shareholders” can pay $10 a week upfront for a bag to fill with seasonal, fresh and locally grown produce, according to the Food Bank.

Due to a $300,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the program will be funded for three years, according to a press release by the Food Bank dated back to November 2012.

“Through partnerships with community-based organizations we provide not only immediate food assistance, but the education needed for families to make informed, healthy decisions about eating within a limited budget,” Patricia Beebe, president of the Food Bank of Delaware, stated in a press release. “This program will allow us provide outreach to households about not only healthy foods, but how local farmers play a key role in our food supply.”

After conversing with locals, Chiri-Zapata said many participants questioned why produce was not accessible to everyone.

“Why can only people with money eat healthy?” one program participant asked, according to Chiri-Zapata.

Another participant said she noticed her husband’s blood pressure drop after they got involved in the program, according to Chiri-Zapata.

Chiri-Zapata, an immigrant from Peru, said she worked as a “liaison” with this population due to her Spanishspeaking skills, as well as her personal understanding of not having access to “culturallyappropriate” food. Because she is a native Spanish speaker, she said participants could better

relate to her.

As a Service Learning Scholar, Chiri-Zapata said she was completely immersed into the Food Bank, working side-by-side with coordinators and talking with program participants. A primary goal of her project was to recruit new members from local Hispanic centers, explaining to them the benefits of obtaining a “share” to the Community Supported Agriculture program.

The program, which runs through Oct. 3, has seen an estimated 50 to 60 percent of its participants are of Latino heritage, Chiri-Zapata said. Though she notes the significance of this turnout, she said the program did not receive as many participants as coordinators hoped.

“We estimated getting 100 families to turnout,” she said.

“We’ve gotten 50 to 70 families.

That means at least 30 families are not taking advantage of the program.”

Despite not reaching its goal this year, Chiri-Zapata said coordinators hope to expand the program in the future. One of the goals, she said, is to establish a close relationship with local Latin American Community Center in order to recruit more members. And although funding will run out after three years, the ultimate plan is for the program to become completely selfsufficient, she said.

Her contract may have ended at the conclusion of the summer, but that does not mean it’s the end of what Chiri-Zapata said was a meaningful experience.

“My contract with Service Learning has ended, but I’m still working with the program,” Chiri-Zapata said. “It will always

THE REVIEW/SARA PFEFER Senior Milagros Chiri-Zapata helped to further the reach of the Wilmington Farmer’s Market to low income Delawareans of the Latino community.

When a school scores high on the criteria of the ranking system, students who plan to attend that school would receive a larger amount in federal grants, as well as more affordable loans.

Obama said in his speech in Buffalo his goal is for the legislation to take effect before the 2015 school year, and by 2018, the rating system-federal aid link would be in place as well. The current system of federal aid distribution, which totals $150 billion according to the White House statement, based primarily on the size of a school’s enrollment.

According to the College Scorecard published on Feb. 13—the day after Obama’s State of the Union— by the College Affordability and Transparency Center, a branch of the Department of Education, the university and students would benefit from the change.

The typical in-state cost of the university, or average net price for an education, is $13,376 per year, which scores a “low” ranking compared to similar institutions.

Also, the university’s graduation rate, which the Scorecard lists at 78.4 percent, is considered in the “high” range, while the rate of students who were unable to pay off their student loans within three years of graduation was far below the national average. The only negative from the report was the median borrowing amount for students, calculating the money borrowed by families to fund undergraduate studies, was rated “high” at $247.42 per month, or $21,500 over ten years.

Delaware’s national representatives are also working toward achieving the goal of lower tuition costs. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) has introduced a bill called the American Dream Accounts Act, in conjunction with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), which would establish a savings account for federal aid to students, among other things. Rep. John Carney (D-Del.) said in an email he has been trying to connect with Delawareans who are struggling to deal with the burden of financing a college education.

“I’ve spent the past few months meeting with Delawareans around the state who are dealing with the challenge of rising tuition costs,” Carney said. “The president is right that we can’t keep tinkering around the edges of this problem. I plan to keep working with my colleagues in Washington and parents and students here in Delaware to get to heart of the problem.”

Sophomore Jillian Permar said she believes the price of a good education, although tough to properly value, has to come down if the United States is going to continue building its economy. She said it was demoralizing to think about coming out of school already several thousand dollars in debt.

“I think, I’m taking out the minimum student loan, and it’s still going to leave me something close to like 20 to 25,000 dollars in debt after I graduate,” Permar said. “It has to be horrible for people who need bigger loans to go to school here. The hole just keeps getting deeper and deeper.”

Permar said due to graduate school becoming more essential to finding a job, she thinks the amount of money she has to borrow will steeply increase.

Sophomore Alexis Ryan said she agreed with Permar’s sentiment, and the only factor that could determine whether or not the debt she will incur from school was worth it will be the job she is able to secure as a result of her experience at the university. She said lower income students are at a serious disadvantage.

“The debt will be worth the education if my education continues to afford me the opportunity to meet career goals throughout my life,” Ryan said.

On the issue of the federal government involving itself further in the education system, particularly at the collegiate level, Ryan said she believes the government should limit itself and tread lightly, only injecting help when absolutely needed.

“The government should only be involving itself in education if what they do is going to benefit students in the long run,” Ryan said. “I know a lot of the time that sort of thing is hard to predict, but I think that’s a great reason for more students to get involved in the decision making process that’s happening in our nation’s capital.”

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 THE REVIEW

FINANCIAL LITERACY

UDMB, GOLDEN GIRLS AND COLOR GUARD RECIEVED NEW UNIFORMS FOR THE 2013 SCHOOL YEAR

CREATING A BUDGET: INCOME VERSUS SPENDING

MARCIN CENCEK Creating and following a budget is one of the most basic necessities in maintaining a financially responsible lifestyle, but it can be challenging to get started.

This is even more true in college, where income can be inconsistent and expenses are harder to predict.

The value in eliminating or limiting these variables is tremendous.

Understanding your income is a prerequisite. This includes all sources of money, whether it is a job, FLEX points, a meal plan or even some spending money your parents may send your way. Make sure you understand the recurrence of each one and the certainty that the income in question will still exist in the foreseeable future. (Your oncampus job is closed for winter session? Take that into account.)

Likewise, create a similar understanding of your largest expenditures and figure out which ones are regularly recurring necessities (rent, car payments, other bills) and which ones are necessities, but vary from month to month (food, gas, electric bill). The first number should be fairly easy to figure out simply by adding all the bills, which should remain mostly consistent from month to month. The latter can be more of a challenge. Thankfully, modern tools make this task a lot simpler without needing to rely on traditional methods, such as counting receipts.

Online bank accounts keep track of all your transactions in real time. At any given moment, you can log into your bank account or credit card and see not only how much money you spent but where that money actually went.

Vendors are clearly marked, and most online institutions are now rolling out features to “categorize” spending into broad groups, such

as restaurants, grocery stores and so on.

If your bank does not provide this sorting feature or you have your spending spread throughout several banks or cards, there are plenty of tools you can use that conglomerate this information together. Currently, the most popular app for this purpose (and my personal favorite) is Mint, which allows you to easily sort all spending into custom categories.

Furthermore, Mint automatically downloads spending data from your banks to constantly maintain the most up-to-date information, and can even keep track of cash spending.

To those that may be wary of storing financial information on an app, note that Mint—like most other apps in this category—can only read and sort data and cannot actually move money from one account to another. This is just one of many features that ensures your money is safe.

When your expenditures are sorted, calculate the average and maximum spending in every category. If you figure out you spent an average of $50 a month in bars during the past year, for example, but realize the maximum was $120, you have two very important pieces of information—the $50 per month average makes long-term forecasting easier, and the $120 maximum hints at a possible trend.

You can use this information to plan accordingly for the same time period next year (maybe a series of birthdays). If no reason for this outlier exists, you know you simply went off-budget that month, which can be a crucial piece of information in and of itself.

Ultimately, having an understanding that “this” is my income and “those” are my expenditures is priceless. It becomes possible to note where too much money is going and make the cuts if necessary. Saving cash for a big purchase in the future is suddenly that much easier. While this advice may be rather basic, the benefits are not. Calculating your spending history and analyzing your trends is just the first step in maintaining your budget. Next week, I will continue this topic with a comprehensive overview of how to create a strict set of rules to ensure your spending falls within your plan, with a bit of savings on the side.

— Marcin W. Cencek mcencek@udel.edu

CONTRIBUTED BY SARA PFEFER & DEENA FRANK

This fall the university Marching Band, Golden Girls and Color Guard recieved new uniforms, which debuted Thursday at the first football game of the season. Above, sophomore Brittany Frankel, senior Matthew Wiltshire, senior Samantha Rooney, junior Maggie Kehoe and senior Jacquelyn Cawley pose in their new uniforms.

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EDITORIAL

New approaches may facilitate learning second language

JASON HEWETT

I think there’s an interactive element missing from most of our foreign language curriculums.

After studying for six years taking advanced Spanish classes throughout high school and five classes at University of Delaware, I felt fine reading signs and listening to tour guides while I studied abroad in Spain this past summer, but I struggled terribly with interacting.

The first day in Madrid, I walked into a cafe thinking I knew Spanish well enough from my six years of advanced-level classes to ask what the server might recommend to someone on a gluten-free diet. Evidently I was wrong—I was floored when I only understood half of what he was saying, and I knew it wasn’t just his accent. I simply wasn’t as fluent as I thought I was. Maybe I could have communicated more effectively by writing him a timed essay explaining my situation and asking the same question, but I didn’t feel adequate speaking and responding—until I practiced and learned the hard way.

There seems to be no substitute to living in a foreign country to learn its language, but at the same time, I wonder why we don’t try to learn foreign languages the way we learn our native language. I agree it’s important to study grammar, and maybe even do all of those painfully repetitive exercises for homework every night, in order to build a base of vocabulary and understanding the language. But at the same time, I think we might learn a language better if we try to use it instead of memorizing it.

In the classroom, I’ve learned Spanish almost entirely through translation. But when I began to learn English, it was with tangible things. I’d point to something and would tell me what it is 1 someone and explain it to me. In Spain, I

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learned the same way. I didn’t learn difference between “chorizo,” “salchicha” and “morcilla” by translation—I learned by tasting them. I learned what a “fregadero” was when I helped my host family clean the dishes. Though I’m sure I’ve studied that word thousands of times for various exams, it never truly resonated until I had actually used it and applied it to tangible things.

I’m not sure if I’m more of a visual, audio, or kinesthetic learner, but when it comes to learning a native language, I think everyone relies on all three strategies, and our classes seem to forget about the third. I think the most useful exercise I’ve ever done in Spanish class was a job-interview simulation in Spanish. There was hardly any time for preparation, so it forced our class to think on our feet. Moreover, it created a practical use for all the language tools I had been acquiring.

Consistent practice with simulations like this gives students confidence and skills they need for interactions that they experience when using a second language in the real world. Every class I’ve taken has had oral exams, skits, and presentations which students are given time to prepare for. But we don’t rehearse realworld conversations or even brief interactions. To prepare for them. it helps more to perform problem-solving situations, such as one student taking on the role of a car salesman and the other as a customer. One student is a patient, the other a doctor trying to prescribe the right medicine.

I know as well as any foreign language student that performing improvised scenarios like that in front of a class is daunting, and making mistakes is embarrassing.

But I now know as well as anyone who has ever lived in a foreign country how much more embarrassing it is to struggle with a language in a real-world scenario.

The way I learned Spanish—in school and in Spain—was by taking risks and experimenting.

Making mistakes is an unavoidable element of learning, but it’s better to mess up in practice rather than the game. That said, I think many of my classmates sacrifice experimenting for a better grade.

More grammatical errors in oral exams and writing assignments means more points taken, so to avoid that, we tend to keep our sentences as elementary and to the book as possible. I think students would benefit more from being awarded points for good usage of grammar and making an

effort to emulate native speakers and writers. It encourages them to use the language to the best of their ability, which is how we communicate in the real world.

In my experience, Spanish teachers and professors have always encouraged students to pursue the language, but the goal of every course is to make students successful. We seem to view success as more of an academic achievement than an intercultural journey. If the reason behind requiring all students to take foreign language courses is to give them exposure to a foreign culture, why don’t our courses focus more on preparing students to do that?

Putting two beginner-level Spanish students together and expecting them to hold a fluent conversation is like expecting two beginnerlevel pilots to start flying a plane.

But pilots aren’t expected to fly a plane based on an instruction manual either. They usually take some sort of simulation course before getting off the ground.

I think interactive preparation in class would significantly ameliorate the sink-or-swim nature of learning by living in a foreign country. This sort of emphasis fosters collaboration, encouragement, experimenting and learning, whereas our current focus on flawless essays and test scores is based on individual achievement, memorization, and formulaic learning. The latter approach works well for learning math perhaps, but even with all the rules and grammar that govern our languages, communication is always an art, not a science.

Before becoming fluent in my second language, I always thought that learning Spanish was a process with stages that each student overcomes with time, discipline, and study. I saw reaching the end of this process as an ambitious goal, and becoming fluent an achievement, like acing an advanced level course or completing a Spanish minor. But I realize now that it’s an ongoing process to improve my Spanish— just like the ongoing process to improve my writing in English. I think there are a lot of people who study foreign languages for the wrong reasons, and many others give up their hopes of learning a second language because they become frustrated by how difficult and discouraging the process can be. It was, and still is, a difficult process, but I think classes could facilitate this process by emphasizing preparation and encouraging students to dare to experiment.

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Smart phones should be used as a resource, not an iSolator

If you’re like me, you’re probably sick of those “backto-school” commercials where the girls dressed in cute outfits say, “It’s important to look good the first day.” Truth is, it doesn’t matter what you look like the first day of school, because nobody will be looking at you as you walk to class. Most likely, the majority of people will have their faces buried in their smart phones.

I find that the idea of a smart phone is a flawed one, because, while it’s great to look at the Internet in case a friend needs directions or to answer a question (such as, “Who is Spider-man’s mortal enemy?”), smart phones often insulate us from the outside world.

In the late 1980s, the famed tennis writer Richard Evans said the Sony Walkman was the reason for tennis players not hanging out together anymore because it insulated them and they didn’t have to talk to one another. Today, I have the same problem with people and their smart phones. I walk down The Green around 9:30 a.m. surrounded by people who have their headphones in, looking down and texting or talking to someone on the phone loud enough so that I can hear snippets of their calls.

I’ve been guilty of this insulation too, as I’ve been caught listening to my Walkman as I bop across campus. But if I see someone I know, I like to stop the tape and have a short conversation. It’s not the worst thing in the world to interrupt my isolation. In fact, sometimes it makes my day.

One thing that really irks me is when two people are walking together or sitting in a restaurant and one is on the phone. To me, this is the epitome of rudeness. You have a perfectly good friend standing or sitting right next to you, and you choose to talk to someone on a phone? It’s kind of like you’re saying to your friend, “I like you and all, but I don’t find you that interesting.”

The end-all be-all of these smart phones is when people complain about the fact their phone does not have certain applications. Why not just get the phone with the apps you want? I mean, I would not buy a certain car if it did not have what I wanted, so why should I buy a phone if it doesn’t have features I like? I guess it’s one more thing for our generation to complain about.

I feel that when a new technology is released to the world, it does one good thing, but it comes with a ton of unintended side effects, like a new prescription drug.

I don’t mean to sound too much like an old man on his soapbox, saying, “It was better in my day.” I can appreciate the need for smart phones, but I think we should take care not to use them to close ourselves off from the world.

Meanwhile, if you see a kid bopping along with stereophonic headphones plugged into a black box attached to his waist, it’s probably me. Come over and say hello, because whatever you have to say is probably more important than the ‘80s hits I’m listening to.

Students should take advantage of services, community offered

by Newark Bike Project Newark Bike Project, now centrally located on Main Street, provides great opportunities for community members.

Right now, residents and students can visit the bike shop for bike repairs, bike sales and community events. The shop is only open for bike fixes and sales on Tuesday nights, but organizers are considering offering these services more frequently provided they have sufficient volunteers.

The organization’s mission is to focus on community, education and empowerment in a way that encourages sustainability. Volunteers host trainings in bike repairs and are available to help with bike problems. In addition to bike repairs, there are many interesting events hosted by Newark Bike Project designed to bring people together.

Newark Bike Project hosts

dinners with Down to Earth Food Cooperative, a multifaced prayer night, open mic nights and movie nights with friends. They also run multiple service initiatives.

Most volunteers with the organization are Newark residents and graduate students, but we believe more undergraduate students should take a look at the organization’s online calendar of events and also consider volunteering. It’s a great way to bring undergraduate and graduate students as well as non-students together.

Newark Bike Project provides an extremely valuable resource to Newark by serving as a center for uniting people of diverse interests with common goals of communitybuilding and sustainability.

With expansion, Newark Bike can become a great asset for all members of our community.

Students appreciate professors’ flexibility with technology

“What’s so different about you?” “I cost more.”

THE REVIEW/EMILY DIMAIO

The newest and most expensive iClickers have hit the shelves, but thankfully many professors are not requiring students to upgrade.

There seem to only be a slight difference between the old and new iClickers, and the upgrade represents a larger issue in the education market. Like many textbooks, the new iClickers have updates students do not absolutely need, but the products still cost more.

Thankfully, many professors seem to support students when it comes to this issue, especially with regards to technology.

Many professors allow old and new clickers for their courses, and in some instances, students have been able to use an app on a smartphone instead of an iClicker.

Registering iClickers, especially the app versions, can be a rather difficult process.

Though clearly a necessity to prevent academic dishonesty, facilitating this process so students can use the apps would save students money and also perhaps increase participation, as students would be less likely to forget their phone than their iClicker.

There seems to be no reason to produce a new iClicker other than taking advantage of students who need to buy materials for class. Our professors’ awareness and support is greatly appreciated by those of us who still have old versions of the clicker or the app on our phones. By looking out for students in this way, professors are facilitating academic success at the university.

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TOP: Kirk Smith, Rubber Chickens performing at the Bacchus Theater on Friday.

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TOP RIGHT: Rachel Gioia, coffee at the corner seat at Central Perk.

SECOND DOWN LEFT: Chris Merken, a baby goose roaming.

THIRD DOWN LEFT: Alexis Miller, people gathered at a Drug Overdose Awareness vigil hosted by G.R.A.S.P. ABOVE: Jack Cobourn, women’s UD field hockey game.

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School district breaks Lego tower record

BY CHRISTINE BARBA Staff Reporter

Byron Murphy, principal of John Dickinson High School, said he was amazed at the stream of cars that came to view the Guinness World Record breaking Lego tower project sitting outside his window.

“As that thing went up in the parking lot, I was absolutely amazed at how much attention it got,” Murphy says.

The project that garnered this attention was a nearly 113-foot-tall Lego tower. The tower was made from over 500,000 Lego bricks and was built by students of the Red Clay Consolidated School District, parents and the local community.

More than 30 schools participated in the construction of the tower and some students volunteered to spend part of their lunch break or summer vacation to help complete it.

The idea for the tower was originated at the beginning of last year, but the record was broken on Aug. 19, Mervin Daugherty, superintendent of Red Clay Consolidated School District, says.

Ted Ammann, assistant superintendent of Red Clay Consolidated School District, says once they decided to try to break the record, they had a contest amongst all their students to design the tower.

“Some of them were very elaborate towers,” Ammann says. “We did have one that was designed by a student at Dickinson High School, and it was not the exact idea, but it was similar.”

Students built the individual segments to represent their schools, many of which featured their school logos, Ammann says.

All of the schools wanted their Lego pieces back once the project was completed, Daugherty says.

“We liked the idea of the Legos, and that, once we finished the project, we could take the Legos and give them back to the schools so it wasn’t a one-time opportunity,” he says.

Ammann says they wanted to come up with a way to tie this year’s project into construction, as they are doing renovations in most of the school district.

“Every year, we start the year with a theme,” he says.

“We’re doing renovations in most of our schools. We wanted to do something with construction that would relate to kids, and all kids can relate to Legos from our youngest elementary school kids up to our high school kids.”

Teachers in some schools tied the project into their lessons, Ammann says. In math classes, students were figuring out how many bricks it would take to build the tower, and, in a few geography classes, kids figured out where all different bricks might come from.

Students were also taught how to build the Lego tower so they could understand how to make it stable, Daugherty says.

“We had to teach students how to make it a very strong and sturdy structure, so they were learning about the dynamics of building as well, just another piece of the project that we weren’t even thinking about,” he says.

Allen Jayne, civil and environmental engineering professor, says projects like this one are very useful to students, as it gets them passionate about engineering at an early age might push them to consider it as a career in the future.

“The younger they get the

students involved, the better,” Jayne says. “I think they really foster creativity and develop enthusiasm. Once a student gets excited and sees their efforts rewarded, you can see them doing who knows what.”

Jayne says there is a big push toward STEM education, or education involving science, technology, engineering and math. He says the university fosters a kindergarten through 12th grade engineering outreach program, and projects like these should be done as often as possible.

Aside from educational lessons, Daugherty says the project also taught students the importance of working together with their community.

“We wanted to have a project that would involve our parents, our students and the community to develop a collaborative idea and we found the Lego tower,” Daugherty says. “We thought it was an awesome idea to bring everyone together.”

Various firms and companies donated their efforts to help complete the tower, Daugherty says.

Amongst the contributors, he says an architectural engineering firm became involved in the project and got a structural engineer to help with the project. In addition, multiple construction companies and pipe fitters donated their time and materials to help the school district reach their goal.

Daugherty says his major objection to this project was that sometimes people think things are impossible to do.

He says this project shows students how they can do the seemingly impossible.

“That one Lego piece doesn’t do a lot, but when everyone puts their brick together with the same focus, we can do the impossible,” he says.

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The record breaking Lego tower built by the students of the Red Clay Consolidated School District.

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Sights&Sounds One Direction: This Is Us

A movie theater filled with fellow One Direction fans, a safe haven where I could wear my One Direction T-shirt and fangirl spastically without judgment—this was my Saturday night (wild and crazy, I know).

Sandwiched between my little sister and best friend, I put on my 3D glasses and prepared for the emotional roller coaster that was “One Direction: This Is Us.” As a One Direction fan, I find myself with a deep emotional attachment to these five boys from across the pond.

The band, comprised of Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik, was put together on the X-Factor in 2010 by Simon Cowell after they each auditioned with aspirations of becoming solo artists. They are relatable, goofy and grateful to their dedicated fans.

They often refer to their brotherly bond that makes their experience so worthwhile and keeps them grounded and are also fervently against being a stereotypical boy band.

“This Is Us” was intended to show their personalities, as individuals and as a band, in order to symbolize their nonconformity to the boy band model. Running for roughly an hour and a half, the film

documented the boys’ “Take Me Home” tour in the U.K., Europe and Mexico, as well as their sold-out show at Madison Square Garden, and all of their endearing antics in between.

As the film opened with old family photos flashing across the big screen and each of the boys telling stories about their childhoods (and me almost choking on my Sno-Caps out of excitement), the audience got a feel for how important the boys’ roots are to them and the value they place on how far they’ve come.

The film continued with footage from their tour, beginning with “Up All Night,” the same song that began their show. Although the film technically falls into the “concert” genre, it is filled primarily with behind-the-scenes footage of their usual mayhem, as well as touching interviews with the boys and their families. The performances from various concerts serve to break up the different segments or to balance particularly sappy moments with lighthearted ones.

The dynamic of the band is what really set this movie apart from other concert films, such as Justin Bieber’s “Never Say Never” or Katy Perry’s “Part of Me,” which documents just one individual’s journey. The interaction of the One

Direction boys gave the movie a special quality that caused even non-“Directioners” (a.k.a. my best friend’s 22-year-old sister) to admit being “kind of in love” after seeing it.

“Upon returning home, I spent 45 minutes dancing in the kitchen,” she confessed. And if that’s not true love, I don’t know what is.

The 3D element of the movie definitely had its pros, but was a bit cheesy at times. For example, every time Liam reached out to the crowd, I am now 100 percent certain he was reaching toward me (and seeing them all shirtless in 3D wasn’t too bad either). However, that element was somewhat overused during the concert footage. Some of the animated graphics shown on the screens during their shows were 3D, and that came across as slightly corny but was still a cute effect.

Admittedly, this won’t be the most earth-shattering movie to hit theaters this year, or ever, but the entertainment value was well worth my Saturday night and $15. So if you’re in the mood for a good laugh, music and other fun things, or just need something to do, you need to go see “This Is Us.” —Christa Zeladonis cez@udel.edu

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New Species Hidden Right Under Our Noses It’s not difficult to imagine that scientists discover a new species every day. After all, just think about how much of the ocean we’ve yet to explore and how many creatures could be hidden down there, out of sight. Just think about the millions of tiny insects living in nearly every environment imaginable—surely some of them have never been seen by human eyes before, right?

Plants, bacteria, fungi, insects, plankton, deep sea fish…we’ve probably only scratched the surface as far as species identification goes. But what if I told you that, for the first time in more than 30 years, scientists have declared the discovery of a new species of mammal?

The olinguito is the smallest and newest member of the Procyonidae family, which includes raccoons. Procyonids are small, omnivorous mammals that live in a variety of environments all over the world. Olinguitos eat mainly fruit, but also eat insects and plant nectar. They are strictly arboreal, meaning they live up in the tree tops. They have been seen in the wild in Ecuador and Colombia, but likely inhabit the trees over other countries in South and Central America.

The discovery of this new mammal was announced on Aug. 15. Kristofer Helgen, the curator of mammals at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, was doing research at the Field Museum in Chicago when he noticed some specimens there didn’t seem quite right. He had skeletons and pelts from mammals all called ‘olingos,’ but they looked to him like they came from two different animals. He ran some DNA tests, and sure enough, the two animals were different enough to warrant a new species being named.

The olingo is the closest relative of the olinguito (“little olingo”) and has been known for years. In fact, the Smithsonian National Zoo had some olingos back in the ’70s, and they tried to breed their stock with other olingos from zoos across the country. One of their olingos, a small female named Ringerl, refused to breed with any of the males, and she

was deemed “fussy.” She died in 1976, but it was later discovered she wasn’t picky, she just wasn’t an olingo! Not only has an unknown species of mammal hidden from us for so long, but it lived right under the noses of some of the world’s greatest mammal experts for years without being identified.

After DNA tests in Chicago, Helgen amassed a team of experts, including olingo specialist Roland Kays, and headed into the field.

The group found an olinguito its very first night in the cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador.

It’s hard to see how these two species were confused for so long. Olinguitos are much darker and smaller than olingos, and much fuzzier as well. Pictured for comparison is the olingo and below that is it’s new little cousin, the olinguito.

Many people are surprised to hear we haven’t identified all the species on Earth yet. However, nearly everyone thought we were done finding large, cute, mammalian animals that live out in the open! The discovery of the olinguito just goes to show you that science really is a process—a neverending search for explanations and truths.

—Rachel Ibers eyeburz@udel.edu

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SCPAB boosts social media presence

BY CHELSEA SIMENS Features Editor

KATIE ALTERI

OFF THE RECORD ALBUM REVIEW: Big Sean’s Hall of Fame Big Sean is back at it with his sophomore album, “Hall of Fame,” which was released on Aug. 27. His first album, “Finally Famous,” had radio hits like “My Last,” “Marvin and Chardonnay” and “Dance (A$$)” that garnered a loyal fan following.

“Hall of Fame” differs from Big Sean’s debut studio album in the sense that no tracks stand out as definite hits, aside from this summer’s “Beware.” Yet, this produces a consistent message throughout the album that hard work is a vital component of life, and this is something the rapper thanks for his successes.

The lyrics in many of these songs share the thought that despite adversity, Big Sean was able to gain the fame he sought after for many years before becoming famous. Tracks like “Nothing is Stopping You,” “All Figured Out” and “Fire” make the album seem overwhelmingly personal and reflects on Big Sean as a rapper. “Nothing is Stopping You” even features his mom sharing her words of wisdom at the end of the song.

In addition to the theme of “Hall of Fame,” the album features an all-star cast of artists on numerous tracks. From Lil Wayne to Miguel to Ellie Goulding, the album is immeasurably better with the addition of these collaborations as Sean incorporates the talents of singers and rappers different from his own style, making the album more versatile.

Big Sean falters in a few songs, which seem thrown together and rely too much on repetitive verses and needless sexual lyrics.

“MILF,” which features Nicki Minaj, is actually more humorous than something anyone would want to admit listening to. It seems as if the rapper modeled the song after his last collaboration with Minaj, “Dance A$$” from his first album, but “MILF” comes off as creepy instead of playful.

A few other songs evoke this reaction, such as “Toyota Music.”

While Big Sean’s previous tracks that tried to use racy lyrics to grab listener’s attention seemed to be worthwhile, this album is not able to do this in a desirable way..

Despite a few minor setbacks, Big Sean’s personal touches to the album still outshine the seemingly forced tracks. “Ashley” is an impeccable example of Big Sean’s ability to stray from his typical tracks and make them a success.

The track was written for Sean’s ex-girlfriend, and it is emotionally authentic with the combination of honest verses from Sean and smooth vocals from Miguel. The track might differ from the rest of the album, but it’s undoubtedly one of the best.

Big Sean may still be a rookie in the world of rap with “Hall of Fame” only being his second studio album, but the songs presented on this album highlight his talent as a rapper and his journey to gaining fame.

—Katie Alteri kalteri@udel.edu

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After being sent home at 3 p.m. on Thursday because they arrived too early, students returned, this time for good, to line up at 6 p.m. outside the Bob Carpenter Sports Center and Trabant University Center.

Students whipped out their sleeping bags and playing cards, ordered food and took turns waiting in line until 8 a.m. on Friday when tickets went on sale for Student Centers Programming Advisory Board’s fall concert.

Senior Taylor Jayne, the president of SCPAB, says she would have loved for Taylor Swift to perform the fall concert, but budgetary limitations crashed that dream. Big names like Taylor Swift are out of the price range, but SCPAB did manage to score Taylor Swift’s opening act and co-singer Ed Sheeran.

Jayne says securing a big name to perform boosts the university’s prestige, or at least, students’ perception of it.

“Opinion of the university changes a lot depending on who you get,” Jayne says. “If it’s someone people are excited for, students enjoy it more and will say, ‘Oh, UD is so cool,’ but if [it’s] someone they’re not excited about, you can definitely feel it on campus.”

Junior Tori Nadel, vice president of variety for SCPAB, says students’ ideas of SCPAB also change in accordance with

whom the organization books.

“The vibe of the campus and students’ attitude toward SCPAB definitely changes,” Nadel says.

“It either brings people together or not.”

SCPAB booked Bo Burnham for freshman convocation, Ed Sheeran for the fall concert and will help out with Jim Gaffigan for parent’s weekend.

Senior Andrea Seeley, vice president of major events for SCPAB, says this year, the group is focusing more on advertising for big events. Specifically, Jayne says SCPAB is putting more of a focus on social media. Instagram is the group’s newest venture, something it started doing last academic year. For this upcoming semester, SCPAB members are thinking about venturing into Pinterest and Snapchat, Nadel says.

Before announcing the major events, SCPAB periodically posts hints on its Facebook and Twitter accounts. Hints, such as “Not a rapper” or pictures of the U.S. and the caption “Not from here,” prompted students to guess who the fall performer would be this year. SCPAB gained more than 300 followers on Facebook due to the increased social media efforts.

“We’ve come to realize that paper ads don’t do as much,” Seeley says.

Seeley says the group has been more interactive this semester. To promote Ed Sheeran, SCPAB adorned the floor of Trabant University

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Students secure a spot in line for Ed Sheeran tickets more than eight hours before they are released in hopes of being automatically entered to meet a meet and greet with the singer.

Center with decals of his face as well as carried around a cutout board of the singer. This type of advertising, Seeley says, has more of an impact on students.

In order to decide who to book, SCPAB asked its followers on Facebook who they would like

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Hundreds of students eagerly waiting in line for Ed Sheeran tickets in the Trabant University Center Multipurpose Room on Thursday. Sheeran will perform Sept. 18.

to see and what kind of music they’re interested in. According to Seeley, SCPAB has a list of people who will be on tour around the area and what it would cost to book them. The group also generates lists of backup performers to ensure students will be satisfied.

Seeley says SCPAB looks at past and current events in order to secure a unique experience in order to diversify the talent performing at the university and allow students more choices. SCPAB also wants to communicate more with other organizations.

“We try to monitor what everyone else is doing and then go from there,” Seeley says.

Jayne says part of her goal as president is to see SCPAB become more involved with other organizations on campus.

“If we can achieve that, then we’ll have a lot of events that students want to go to and appreciate and just love UD, that much more,” Jayne says. “In the end, even though we are a separate entity from the university, we still are an integral part of the university.

The hope, according to Jayne, is to unite students for the future.

“We’re here to bring them events that they enjoy,” Jayne says. “We’re not just putting these on for us, we want people making memories.”

SARAH’S SPOTLIGHT ProjectMUSIC

SARAH BRAVERMAN The big kids were always the coolest—the ones who got to carry those funny-looking guitar cases on the bus, who chewed on wooden sticks while snapping together a bigger version of my plastic recorder and who stomped around outside of the high school banging on funny drums they wore like backwards backpacks.

I didn’t know it then, when I sang in the third grade chorus and was taught to play “Hot Cross Buns” on the recorder, but I grew up in a town with a phenomenal music program. Children are exposed to the arts as early as elementary school, and the opportunities to get involved only increase and diversify with age. My experiences in public school in Randolph, N.J. are what inspired me to become involved in the arts.

Randolph Township Schools have repeatedly been named one of the Best Communities for Music Education by the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation, most recently in 2012. At this point in my college career, it’s safe to say that working, playing and learning in the performing arts have shaped me as a person— so much so that I hope to work in arts administration after graduation.

Thinking back, my favorite times of the year in elementary

school were before winter recess and before spring break. Why, you ask? Because I got to watch and listen to a concert played by the older kids! Choir, orchestra and band shared the stage twice a year, and it brought immense joy to my little heart. Those concerts inspired me to get my own “funny-looking guitar case” and to play the violin from fourth grade all the way through my senior year of high school. The music bug stuck—I played in University Strings for my first few semesters, too.

I connect my childhood musical exposure to ProjectMUSIC, a servicelearning program that brings university music students into local elementary and middle schools. The program is entering its eighth year.

I spoke with senior music education major Sarah Kutash about the program and about her four years of involvement in this Project of Music Uniting Students Inspiring Communities.

Originally, ProjectMUSIC sent university students into elementary and middle schools to work with children and to get them involved in music outside of the classroom.

“This year, we’re continuing that and revamping the process so it’s better for them,” Kutash says. “We’re also expanding into the community and on campus to engage the community in music.”

Kutash is a ProjectMUSIC scholar and works as a program organizer.

She coordinates with schools and community partners, organizes the groups of university students (teaching artists) who go on trips and works to make sure the process runs smoothly.

ProjectMUSIC currently offers three different types of programs. At the elementary school level

there are two programs. First is ProjectMUSIC Opera at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, which enables university students to direct and perform alongside students in their own musical. The second program sends university ensembles to Richardson Park Elementary School to perform for the children and to teach them general music topics.

At the middle school level, teaching artists sit in ensembles at Shue-Medill Middle School with the students and play along with them. Teaching artists also break up the ensemble into smaller sectionals to teach and coach the students.

When you’re in elementary and middle school, the big

kids still have that cool factor, especially if those big kids are in college. I would have loved to work with ProjectMUSIC as a kid, and I can only imagine how much fun the students are having working with their teaching artists.

ProjectMUSIC is open to all music majors, minors and graduate students, and involvement is being offered as a new zero or one credit course this semester, Kutash says. If you’re interested in joining ProjectMUSIC, make sure you attend the kickoff meeting on Thursday at 7:15 p.m. in Amy E. du Pont Music Building.

—Sarah Braverman braves@udel.edu

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ProjectMUSIC scholars Sarah Kutash, Trey Williams and Stephanie Espie work with the service-learning program.

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“Let’s Eat!� series on food culture begins with lecture on the refridgerator

BY JACK FISHER

Administrative News Editor

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Senior Melissa Warshavsky (bottom left) and her team on the MEDLIFE trip to Peru.

University students share MEDLIFE experiences

BY CHELSEA SIMENS Features Editor

When senior Ashley O’Connell, president of Medicine, Education and Development to Low Income Families Everywhere— also known as MEDLIFE at UD, traveled to Peru with the organization, she found it to be very humbling and eye-opening to teach children and communities about health, she says.

“Half of the children don’t understand what a toothbrush is,� O’Connell says. “They think it’s a toy and play with it in the dirt. Seeing that we’re teaching them these basic things, like how to brush your teeth, is one of the most rewarding parts.�

According to its mission statement, MEDLIFE hopes to help low-income families by partnering with poor communities and working to improve their access to MEDs: Medicine, Education and community Development. The group achieves this mission through volunteer trips, the MEDLIFE Project Fund and student empowerment, according to its official website, medlifeweb.org.

Junior Enoch Lee, vice president of MEDLIFE, says the acronym can be a bit misleading. “Contrary to the name, MEDLIFE is not entirely focused on medicine,� Lee says. “Combining all those aspects, we like to go out to different countries. We do focus primarily on mobile clinics, we also help with the developmental process and do youth education.�

Currently, MEDLIFE has chapters at 70 universities

across the world. In 2010, a chapter was founded at the university.

The organization currently has seven locations it travels to, such as Ecuador, Peru and most recently India and Tanzania.

“Whenever you go on a trip like this... I think the most shocking part is how good we have it.�

-ENOCH LEE, VICE PRESIDENT OF MEDLIFE AT UD By bringing mobile clinics around to different communities, the volunteers of MEDLIFE are capable of seeing more patients.

Although his trip to Ecuador last spring was his first with MEDLIFE, Lee previously went to Nicaragua and Bolivia on similar programs. MEDLIFE differs from other volunteer programs, Lee says, due to the mentors, who are either medical students or people who work with the national charter, involved. They don’t just focus on the medical aspect but instead cater to a wide variety of interests, Lee says.

Junior Shaivi Patel, a member of MEDLIFE at UD, went to Peru over the summer with the organization. Patel was the only student from the university on her trip. Since she didn’t have time over the school year to travel, Patel took advantage of other trips offered through the national organization website, she says.

Patel saw first-hand how medicine, education and development are intertwined, she says. “It was good to see the interplay between lack of development and lack of education and how that in turn affects their health care,� Patel says.

Time abroad during a MEDLIFE trip is divided between serving at a local clinic and participating in a community project, Patel says.

Lee says the trip also helped him make connections with people all around the world who had similar passions and interests. “Whenever you go on a trip like this—any part of the world where it’s a developing country—I think the most shocking part is how good we have it,� Lee says. “We know these poor people exist, we know there are Third World and developing countries, but the main shocker is how great, as Americans, we have it. If you juxtapose two societies and how different they are, it’s definitely shocking.�

Senior Melissa Warshavsky, a member of the executive board for MEDLIFE at UD, went to Peru during her spring break of sophomore year.

The “Let’s Eat! The Material Culture of Food� series commenced Wednesday as Sandy Isenstadt, art history professor and associate director of the university’s Center for Material Culture Studies, gave the first lecture of the series, a presentation about the refrigerator.

According to Deborah Andrews, English professor and director of the Center for Material Culture Studies, the series will consist of 14 lectures and is designed in part to turn students on to the study of material culture.

Andrews says she was eager to choose Isenstadt as the first lecturer of the series because she wanted to start it off with a “bang.� “The term ‘material culture’ does not resonate with undergraduates,� Andrews says. “The goal is to bring them in so they can think about the relationship between people and their things.�

The Center for Material Culture Studies’ “Let’s Eat!� series is the Center’s sixth lecture series, and food was this year’s chosen topic, due to the fact that it is everywhere from the kitchen table to social media, Andrews says.

Isenstadt says his research on American suburban homes inspired him to create a lecture on the refrigerator. “I had simply noticed that products—like refrigerators— were consonant with high-end architectural discussions,� he says.

The refrigerator is a facet of food-related material culture in that it is often “commensurate� with the architecture of the home in which it lies, Isenstadt says. “It’s surprising to think of an enclosed, finite box being related to a broad landscape view,� he says.

The refrigerator has historically been either emblematic of or hidden in the house in which it is located, Isenstadt says. He mentioned

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THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRARIAN the destiny of density

YOSEF SHIRAZI The urban jungle of New York City is built from concrete, steel and glass. Many claim that its residents are nature-deprived, wasteful and energetically gluttonous Americans. The few remaining creatures that pass for wildlife are rats, pigeons and roaches. In fact, this tiny area of urban wasteland is responsible for nearly one full percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. According to “Green Metropolis� by David Owen, humans are crammed in such tight quarters that roughly one in 35 Americans calls New York City home.

Wait. Did you catch that?

Allow me to place these last two figures next to each other. New York City is home to nearly three percent of the U.S. population but emits less than one percent of the nation’s greenhouse gases according to New York City’s own sustainability report. At 7.1 tons per person per year, New Yorkers have the smallest carbon footprints in the country!

Nothing short of remarkable,

really.

Despite the popular connection between sustainable livelihoods and rural living, city dwelling represents the most environmentally sound lifestyle for the vast majority of Americans. A variety of statistics affirm the city dweller’s relatively benign environmental impact.

According to New York City’s 2010 Greenhouse Gas Report, the majority of New York City households do not own a car, 10 percent of residents walk to work compared to the national average of three percent and electricity consumption per capita is less than half the national average. To a large extent, these same trends apply to other great American cities like Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Chicago.

The city’s environmental achievements don’t stem from the uber-green motivations of an environmentally-focused populous. Rather, it is the physical properties of an urban system that enable a lower impact lifestyle to be achieved effortlessly. Stated more simply, the benefits of urban living are rooted primarily in density and require no conscious environmental effort from its inhabitants.

Rather than an environmental scourge, cramped living

the Philip Johnson Glass House of New Canaan, Conn., a house renowned for its modern architecture, as a prominent example of a home in which the refrigerator is tucked away according to standards of highend architecture.

If technology, such as the refrigerator in the Philip Johnson Glass House, does not conform with the architecture of the home, it is put in a less prominent part of the house, Isenstadt says.

The lecture also featured advertisements that relate food to gender roles and sexuality Isenstadt says.

One advertisement showed a mother unconsciously holding two parfaits garnished with cherries in front of her breasts.

A young boy, presumably the woman’s child, is seen in the advertisement gazing at the two parfaits, a phenomenon Isenstadt dubs the “edible Oedipal.� “Our relationship with food is not strictly utilitarian,�

Isenstadt says.

Sophomore Sarah Morrissey says she enjoyed attending the lecture, as it gave her the opportunity to learn about something she would not normally study through her major. “It’s interesting to learn about something that’s not in my field,� she says. “I really enjoyed learning about the evolution of a product that we always take for granted.�

The refrigerator is remarkable because of its engineering that was considered to be advanced when the machine was invented, as well as the way that advertising companies presented it, Morrissey says.

Andrews says the university has a reputable material culture studies program nationally, internationally and locally that has recently advanced outreach efforts to undergraduate students. “One of the problems with undergraduate life, in general, is that so much time is spent on screens,� Andrews says. “It [material culture studies] allows us to have a new relationship with the objects in our life.�

conditions enable a system that greatly benefits the environment. As living spaces become increasingly compressed together, all types of services become far more efficient. Public transportation is more convenient and cost effective. People are able to move around using less energy and have far shorter distances to travel to fulfill their needs. Biking and walking also become far more practical in a city where nearly everything is available within a few short blocks.

As people live closer and in smaller homes, there is also less need for energy services like space heating and cooling. The typical apartment has less surface exposed to the warming or cooling of outside conditions. Less land is needed to house people when we build vertically rather than horizontally.

Distribution of public services like electricity and water also becomes more efficient and disturbs far less land. For example, one mile of electric line or sewer pipe serves far more people in New York City than similar ones in a suburban or rural landscape.

Imagine the city of New York didn’t exist, and all eight million New Yorkers instead lived in low density suburban environments across the country. The small

urban jungle we now know as New York City would revert to a far more natural state. At the same time, a much larger area would be consumed by sprawling development to accommodate all eight million residents.

Gone would be vast stretches of natural and agricultural land that once supported untold numbers of wildlife and humans alike.

Countless developments would dot the landscape with large yards and require expansive sprawls of roads, strip malls and all the other signs of American suburbs.

A good rule of thumb seems to be that “density is destiny,� at least as far as environmental impact is concerned. Western Europe inherited the destiny of density long ago, before the advent of the personal automobile. Towns with walkable centers are the norm there, not the exception. Homes are smaller and closer to vibrant town centers (even in the countryside). Mixed zoning between residential and commercial uses also allows homes and shops to be in close proximity, eliminating much of the need for constant automobile transport. Just like New York City, much of Western Europe represents a lifestyle of lower environmental impact, not from the abundance of local altruism

but to the inherent environmental advantage of dense urban areas that requires no additional effort from inhabitants.

All of this is not to say rural lifestyles are by definition more harmful to the environment. It is quite possible to live sustainably in a rural setting, though such living requires immense work, foresight and/or willingness to enjoy a far simpler lifestyle. It is also true that cities rely directly upon a variety of goods and services from rural areas, not just food. Without thriving rural communities and healthy ecosystems to rely upon, cities would not be possible.

The premise of “density is destiny� is also not without certain caveats. Ecosystem function in and around the city is severely impaired. For example, the nearby Hudson Estuary, once famous for bountiful oyster harvests, is now so polluted it is deemed unfit for recreation use involving direct contact. Nonetheless, for the vast majority of Americans who only consider environmental well-being as one important cause among many, the most environmentally sound decision one can make is to move to an urban area with a dense center.

I will conclude with one thought found in “Green Metropolis,â€? the work that served as the main inspiration to this article. In it, Owen opines, “Wild landscapes are less often destroyed by people who despise wild landscapes than by people who love them‌â€?

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 THE REVIEW

Special Olympics College among new RSOs on campus

BY MATT BITTLE Copy Desk Chief

There are over 300 Registered Student Organization on campus, and they cover a very wide range of interests. Whether your forte is video game music, chocolate or fishing, there is likely a club for you.

Soon, there will be at least three more organizations working to get students interested in different fields. One such club is the Special Olympics College at UD, which senior Rachel Grimm helped found.

Grimm says there are different chapters of the Special Olympics at other schools, and while she wanted to start the club at the university last year, she did not have the opportunity.

However, after interning with the Special Olympics Delaware this summer, Grimm says she had a chance to found a campus-based version.

Grimm says she was able to connect with other students who volunteered at Special Olympics Delaware, and the current club membership, which consists of about a dozen students, is made up of those volunteers. Since then, the club has formed a constitution and is in the process of applying to become an official RSO, something she says will be completed by spring.

A variety of people will likely join the club, as the Special Olympics College at the university provides a way to get involved in a worthy cause, she says.

“Lots of athletes [will join] because a lot of the teams put on camps with Special Olympics of Delaware,” Grimm says. “It’s a well-known nonprofit. People will be drawn to the name.”

The Special Olympics College at UD is not the only new soon-to-be RSO. Senior electrical engineering major Adam Stein says he began the Design, Innovation and Positivity Movement about a month ago.

The club is focused on new and

original inventions, and aims to provide a forum for students to discuss such products and work on their ideas, Stein says.

“Essentially [it is] really to inspire and excite students with awesome products,” Stein says.

As an electrical engineering major, Stein says he has always been interested in technological design. He says he created a website showcasing new products that interested him and often spends several hours a week looking for such products to update his site. These products include a type of paint that, once applied, allows one to write on a wall as though it is a dry erase board, as well as handmade clothing and a patch that repels mosquitoes.

Stein says he recruited a few friends who were interested in the same things, and he plans to pass around information about the club through word of mouth. Once the club is formed, which Stein says will be within the month, he aims to start a group collaboration to engage all members of the RSO. In addition, he says he believes his club could allow students who have product ideas to network and connect with like-minded individuals.

Stein says he believes his club could help popularize a variety of products. “[We] could be one of the first groups to get new products and publicize them,” he says.

One of the aforementioned products Stein says he is interested in is handmade clothing, a product of the fashion industry. Another new organization on campus aims to draw the attention of people interested in that field and help them learn about it.

The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists was started by a group of university students who visited the main organization in North Carolina during the winter for a study abroad session. Emma

Sidoriak, a senior majoring in economics and apparel design, is the president and one of the founders of the university’s new AATCC chapter.

Sidoriak says she hopes the club will officially become an RSO by the end of October, as the club’s constitution is written and needs university approval.

The members of the club hope to provide opportunities for students to learn more about fashion, Sidoriak says.

“The goal is to bring students together with people in the fashion industry, whether that be the designers, the people that work in the warehouse, people who are behind the shipping or the manufacturing, like any part of the fashion cycle,” Sidoriak says. “We want to introduce to our students and open them up to things they might not know about.”

As per that directive, the club will be traveling to a nylon exhibition in Wilmington and listening to speakers who are involved in fashion, she says.

University AATCC officers will also attend meetings for other sections of the AATCC, which are on a number of other college campuses, Sidoriak says.

Approximately 12 individuals are interested in the club so far, Sidoriak says, and she is optimistic about spreading the word regarding the AATCC. “Our main focus is on the apparel design and fashion merchandising majors,” she says. “We’ll use word of mouth among them, flyers in Allison Hall where a lot of us are for class, go into some classes and introduce the club, especially to freshmen who are looking for something to do.”

Sidoriak says she believes the club could benefit the Fashion and Apparel Studies department in the future.

“It’s still in the beginning stages, but I’m really excited because I feel like this could be a big club,” she says.

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The Transfer Student Association (TSA) is a new student organization that started last year to help transfer students meet other transfer students. From left to right: Lauren Hall, Alex Farrell, Tyler Ribera, Cheri Skipworth (Complex Coordinator), Sonny Yin, Laura Libassi and Hannah Boyle.

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READING WITH RACHEL And the mountains echoed

When I heard that Khaled Hosseini, author of “The Kite Runner” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” was releasing a new novel over the summer, I raced to read it as quickly as possible. I have been a huge fan of Hosseini ever since I picked up his first novel and was eager to see what the focus for his newest novel would be.

What I found, I had mixed feelings over. “And the Mountains Echoed” is a complicated, weaving story that follows the lives of parents, children, brothers, sisters, cousins and caretakers through their moral and physical struggles. It begins with a parable about a father who must sacrifice his child to a div, a mythical monster, and almost goes mad. He eventually follows the monster and finds it in an attempt to take his son back or die trying.

Although the div kidnapped the man’s son, it was not for nefarious purposes: the div shows the man that his son is actually growing up in privilege, wanting for nothing and will grow up to be an influential man, an opportunity he would not have had before. The man must choose: take his son home to his family and forsake a life of opportunity for his son or leave him with the div so he can fulfill his potential.

I outlined this story because the choice the father makes parallels to events later on in the story with the man who told the story to his children, one of which he sells to a wealthy family and the other he keeps with him. The story shows what happened to those children and their family members and how it shaped their lives.

While the book is interesting, its format is unusual for Hosseini. Similar to George R.R. Martin’s series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” (the first of which I reviewed last week) each chapter switches to a different member of the family or those connected to the family in various ways. This is where things get a bit complicated.

While I appreciate that switching narrators throughout the various chapters in “And the Mountain Echoed” gives the book a certain depth, one of the

reasons it works with Martin’s books is that he clearly labels each chapter’s narrator with the heading. Even if a reader gets confused, they can always thumb back through the book to look for other chapters labeled with the same narrator and refresh themselves on what was going on with that character last.

With “And the Mountains Echoed,” there is no such aid.

While in the beginning it is relatively easy to figure out how everyone relates to each other, toward the middle it gets a little less clear. It probably didn’t help that I put the book down for a day, then tried to come back to it with a new chapter and had no idea how the narrator was relevant. I vaguely recognized his father’s name, but I’m still not sure how to relate him back to the family the various stories vaguely ties back to.

Another issue I had while reading this book was with the number of loose ends left with several characters. Each chapter was its own story, and while a lot of them were incredibly interesting, deep and heart wrenching (I was particularly moved by the chapter featuring the family’s uncle and the man he was a caretaker for), several of them left out information I felt was crucial, or at least could have added depth to the stories.

For example, the brother who was kept with his father eventually immigrated to America and started a restaurant.

However, he grew up in poverty with his father, stepmother and stepbrother. How did he get the money to get to America?

What made him start the restaurant? When did he leave his family and make the move?

None of these questions were answered and I was left a little dissatisfied, especially since the remainder of his family is left behind in Afghanistan with lessthan-happy endings.

Despite the issues I had, I really did enjoy the book and would recommend it to my friends. However, it was not my favorite of Hosseini’s, so I would definitely recommend his other books first. Also, I read this as an e-book, so I would also recommend trying to find a hard copy to make it easier to flip back sections if you get a bit lost.

Have a book you want to see reviewed or just know a great read? Email Rachel Taylor at retaylor@udel.edu!

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What We’re Hooked On Einstein Bagels: We are so excited about the new food vendor featured in the Ice Lab. Another bagel place on campus is always appreciated.

SCPAB Movie nights: The first SCPAB movie featured this semester was The Great Gatsby, so we can’t wait to see what other movies will be featured this semester.

First football win of the season: The Blue Hens defeated Jacksonville University in the first game of the season this past Thursday. Hopefully this is a good sign for the rest of the season.

Pumpkin flavored drinks: One of the best aspects of the fall season is the return of pumpkin flavored beverages, like the pumpkin spice latte at Starbucks.

Seeing Your Writing in Print: There’s nothing more exciting than getting an article printed. Come to The Review’s interest meeting tomorrow in Memorial 127 at 5 p.m. to learn about reporting for us.

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FASHION’S FINEST I can’t stand Miley, but she dresses well

ASHLEY PAINTSIL Whether we like it or not, Miley Cyrus has done it again.

She’s shifted attention away from more important things like the chaos in Egypt, chemical warfare in Syria and the Fort Hood shooter onto things like her bum and her horrible dance moves.

My phone’s newsfeed has been infiltrated with more news about Miss Cyrus than news about things that are actually important. It seems like every news outlet from ABC to Salon. com has something to say about this little girl.

I recently got an email from LinkedIn to read an article entitled “Miley Cyrus Inc.’s Branding Tips” and another one from the Daily Beast asking “Miley Cyrus: The Nadir of American Civilization?”

Why are we still talking about this child? Actually, why am I even dedicating one second of my time to paying attention to her?

Trust me, it annoys me a lot to write about this girl. I in no way want to provide her with any more forms of advertisement, but unfortunately, even though it hurts me to say this, you can learn from her. But let me make this very clear—the only thing I am saying this girl does somewhat well is how she dresses.

Miley got a boyish haircut and dyed it acid blonde, which prompted Jay-Z to call her “an old world’s worst nightmare” and a “god.” Her new style has helped her gain attention, and strangely enough, you can take tips from her on how you can use clothes to define a whole new you.

Who knows, maybe the acid from the hair dye was what poisoned her brain and caused her to act up at the Video Music Awards?

I can speculate all I want,

but this girl knows how to sell herself.

Hayden Manders, editorial assistant at fashion website Refinery 29, agrees with me.

“She might have slipped up, but people are talking about her,” she says. “It’s fabulous marketing for her upcoming album.”

At first, I was impressed with her penchant for adding a punk touch to designer looks she’s worn, like a vintage Versace leggings and top set, a fishnet Marc Jacobs number, Balenciaga combat boots and camouflage Christopher Kane. Her new look surprisingly even had some of my friends who could care less about fashion impressed by her looks.

“When her infamous twerk video came out and she started doing dance moves black girls have been doing for centuries, she transformed twerking into an international dance craze. But, the magic of her look started to die.”

Now I can’t flip through my Vine, Twitter or Tumblr without seeing a pop-culture obsessed, mindless tween twerking to “Red Nose” or “Don’t Drop That Thun Thun.”

What has our world come to? I couldn’t even enjoy my time at the beach this summer without seeing what seemed like 20 girls walking past me with a “Twerk Team Captain” tank on.

No, young ones, you are not the captain of the twerk team.

On a recent interview with Kelly Osbourne for E!’s “Fashion Police,” Cyrus tried to rectify her complicated love-hate situation she currently has with the media.

“It’s called puberty,” she says in the interview. “Everyone’s done it from the beginning of time—I’m just doing it in the spotlight, so you’re zooming in on it and you’re fascinated by it.”

Well, the only thing you really should be zooming in on is how Cyrus looks. The first tip you can take from her is doing something new with your hair. If you want to make a change that is not as drastic as her but still

impactful, why not try a new hair color or shave a bit of length off your locks?

What Miley does best and what has helped her get to where she is now is her great eye for what works well with her body.

She wears looks that compliment her shape, and she adds punch to them by adding punk assets like boots, pleated skirts, blood red lips and spiked hair.

You may not want to be a punk, but you may want to be an African princess like Solange Knowles. Her stylists, Ogo and Chichi Offodile, have put her in bold, bright prints, long braids and African motifs, and now many people want to listen to her music because she looks really good.

What you can learn here is by changing your look and adding accents from a particular culture or subgroup can really make a positive impact on how others view you and your skills, if you do it right and put together a look that is pulled together and stylish.

A very wise fashion editor Jane Keltner de Valle once said, “Dress for the job you want, not for the job you have.” And she wasn’t lying—Miley has managed to do this well and has gained the job as one of America’s most notorious and talked-about performers.

Nonetheless, I still can’t stand her, and Connie Wang, senior global editor at Refinery 29, sums up my feelings about her best.

“I’m not offended by a 20-year-old being overtly sexual, but I am offended that she was thoughtless in the way she exercised that sexuality,” Wang says. “From the ‘choreography’ to the ‘costumes’ to the lazy and racist appropriation of what she considers ‘hood’ seemed to have taken as much effort as placing one large Spencer’s Gifts order.”

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WARSHAVSKY: “WE’RE TRAINED IN MODERN SOCIETY ABOUT PREVENTIVE CARE.” Continued from page 11 Warshavsky says one of the biggest problems in developing countries is that people don’t understand how to prevent disease and illness.

“We’re trained in modern society about preventive care,” Warshavsky says. “For the people we’re treating it’s a completely foreign concept. They don’t understand about trying to prevent an illness. A huge problem for women is that they don’t get pap smears so they don’t know how to prevent against cervical cancer. MEDLIFE makes sure that women

are getting these, even people who live high in the hills, [doctors] will follow up.”

Lee says MEDLIFE is beneficial for all students, not just those interested in medicine.

“It offers them a global perspective,” Lee says. “The trip is not just for people interested in medicine, there were kids who were pre-law. Nowadays, in order to succeed you have to have that perspective, you can’t just be one-minded.”

For the future of MEDLIFE at UD, Lee hopes to gain more name recognition, he says. The only way to truly understand the importance and impact of the trip, Lee

says, is to actually go on a trip.

Warshavsky says the new executive board for this semester is planning the new fundraising programs and mixers with other RSOs to get ready for the new year. The board will also find out if the new MEDLIFE trips to Tanzania and India were successful.

Patel says she walked away from this experience with a new understanding of the relationship between medicine, education and development, such as how simple things like development of roads can mean a child gets to school, whereas previously they did not.

Although it was from a personal perspective, Warshavsky says her trip helped her realize she no longer wanted to be a doctor.

“I was going to go to physician’s assistant [school], but these trips have actually geared me towards global medicine and global health instead of becoming a doctor,” Warshavsky says.

“I saw what MEDLIFE could do as an organization, people who created and implemented the programs, rather than be the doctor that goes on the trips, I’d rather be the person that implements these trips.”

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Did You Know: The Delaware football team held Jacksonville University to -37 rushing yards in their victory on Thursday night.

Commentary: Tebow good enough to play quarterback for several teams pg 15

PIERCE: LEADS HENS WITH 101 RUSHING YARDS, SCORES FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF SEASON Continued from page 1

Two plays later, Bell hit Robustelli for a 57-yard touchdown pass to return the lead to Jacksonville. But the Hens responded with a 10-play, 67-yard drive that ended with senior running back Andrew Pierce scoring his first touchdown of the season.

After a tumultuous first quarter, Delaware had fought back to tie the game at 21. In the locker room at halftime, Pierce said the team never thought it was in danger of losing the game.

“The coaches came in and made great adjustments at what we needed to do,” Pierce said. “It was a 0-0 game when we came back out.”

Hurley completed his first five passes of the third quarter, leading the Hens down to the Jacksonville 3-yard line, where Delaware was forced to settle for a field goal.

Both teams went three-andout on their n ext possession, and the Hens junior linebacker P atrick Callaway brought the crowd to its feet as he intercepted an errant pass from Bell and returned it 18-yards to the Jacksonville 45-yard line.

“I was playing my zone, and I was surprised he threw the ball straight at me,” Callaway said. “[…]

I took off hoping to score. It didn’t happen like I wanted it to happen, but I got a few yards and showed my speed a little bit.”

Nine plays later, redshirt freshman running back Jalen Randolph scored his first career touchdown on a 1-yard run. On the Hens next drive, senior running back Julian Laing, who finished the game with 97 rushing yards on 13 carries, scored the first of his two touchdowns on the night with a 1-yard run to start the fourth quarter and give Delaware 24 unanswered points.

The Hens’ defense once again forced Jacksonville to go threeand-out on their next possession, but on this night, Delaware seemed determined to keep their opponent in the game.

On second-and-1 from the Hens 41-yard line, Hurley lobbed a deep pass up to Johnson, who had one-on-one coverage down the far sideline. The pass was underthrown, and Dolphins cornerback Antonio McRae intercepted the ball and returned it 63 yards for a touchdown, making the score 38-28.

After the game, Hurley said the play call from the sideline was for a running play, but he audibled into the pass after he saw the defense’s alignment. However, perhaps in an effort to protect his quarterback, Brock told the media he called for the deep pass.

“You can’t tell someone to do something, trust them to do it and then be mad at them when you don’t like the result,” Brock said.

Luckily for Delaware, a 24yard fumble return from sophomore linebacker Jeff Williams with just over three minutes left in the fourth quarter gave the Hens a commanding 51-35 lead. After three incompletions from Bell on the next Jacksonville possession, Randolph took five consecutive handoffs to run the clock to zero.

With the victory, Brock becomes the fourth consecutive head coach in program history to win in his debut. Delaware returns to action on Saturday at home against in-state rival Delaware State University.

Currently, Delaware owns a 4-0 all-time record against the Hornets.

“We’re excited for Saturday,” Brock said on a conference call. “[Delaware State] didn’t play last week, so we are trying to get a feel of what they’ll do.”

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Junior defender/midfielder Kyle Nuel dribbles past a defender in the Hens 3-2 victory on Sunday.

Delgado helps Hens earn first 2-0 start since 2006

BY HARRISON CORBETT & NICO ABAZAJIAN Senior Sports Reporters

Freshman midfielder/forward Guillermo Delgado slipped past the remaining two University of Seattle defenders and shot at the top right corner, only for the ball to be deflected out of bounds by the goalkeeper. Halfway through the first overtime period, junior defenseman/ midfielder Kyle Nuel lined up for the corner kick.

Nuel hit the ball to the far side of the net, where it connected with senior defenseman Evan Reed. Reed headed it into the back right corner of the net, propelling the Hens to a 3-2 victory on Sunday and keeping the team undefeated this season with a 2-0 record.

“We have to keep playing as a team,” Delgado said. “[...] We have to keep it simple with one to two touches each before passing it off.

We also need to watch our backs when we are defending and we will be fine.”

Seattle scored the first goal of the contest less than three minutes

into the game. However, Delgado responded later in the half with his third goal of the season. Less than 10 minutes later, Hens senior defender Prince Nartey gave Delaware its first lead of the game on a penalty kick. Delaware held Seattle scoreless until midway through the second half, which pushed the game into overtime.

Before the game, head coach Ian Hennessey said the team is in better shape than it was last year, when the Hens finished with an overall record of 4-11-4.

“I was very excited about last year, and then we were absolutely devastated by injuries,” Hennessy said. “[…] We have healthy bodies now, and I am as excited as I was two years ago when we won the conference championship.”

The Hens will return eight seniors this season and added six freshman recruits to the roster as well.

Senior defender Mark Garrity, who is also the captain, said the team has improved from a year ago.

“We had a lot of injuries, and

we didn’t have that much depth last season,” Garrity said. “Now, we have a lot of new guys that really add to the depth of the roster.”

Hennessy said the team’s goal is to get back to the playoffs and more importantly, to win the conference championship. Garrity and the seven other seniors on the team won the championship in 2011 but suffered through a 4-11-4 year last season.

Hennessy said he does not feel pressured by the lack of success the previous year.

“I am very happy with our preparation,” he said. “We are so far ahead this year than before, and it’s great that we haven’t had to spend any time getting the new kids in shape. They came in to the program already prepared and fit.”

Narty said the team must keep the same mentality they have had so far this season.

“We give it our best everyday in practice and that is really showing in our games,” he said. “We give everything we have and may the best team win.”

Delaware takes on Manhattan College on Friday at 7:30.

Scher credits her father for on-field success

BY JACK COBOURN Sports Editor

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Junior linebacker Patrick Callaway’s third-quarter interception played a key factor in Delaware’s 51-35 victory over Jacksonville University Thursday night at Delaware Stadium.

Fifth-year senior goalie Sarah Scher grew up in Pocomoke City, Md., watching her two older sisters excel in the game that would take her all the way to becoming the starter on the Delaware field hockey team.

Scher’s eldest sister, Rachel, went on to play at Cornell University. But Scher said her biggest influence comes from her father, Marc.

“He’s literally been all around the country with me and just always been by my side every step of the way,” Scher said. “I play for myself, I play for my family, but I just know his support next to my goal cage. He’s always on my end, and I look at him and it gives me that extra drive to really make him proud.”

Now, in her final season, she is ready to lead the Hens both on and off the field.

Scher said she wanted to come back for one more year

because of the work she had put in prior seasons.

“I have been working at it for four previous years and wanted to give it the last victory lap for the girls, for the team, for the coaches, for the university,” she said.

Her career at Delaware has been a rough one. After sitting out for the 2009 season to protect her eligibility, Scher wound up suffering a knee injury and did not play in the 2010 season.

exams in January, which will come at the end of a season in which Gray, who was just named one of the team captains, will be expected to lead a squad that includes eight freshmen.

Gray said she gives credit for her leadership skills to the upperclassmen on the team during her first season as a Lady Hen, saying right from the beginning, she was never made to feel like a freshman.

That first year, however, wasn’t without tribulation. In just the third game of the 2011 season Gray was headed in the face, losing a tooth and sustaining a broken nose that required surgery.

Gray said it was difficult not to be able to contribute on the field during the recovery process.

“Honestly, it sucked,” she said. “But it was kind of a good test of character, like a reminder that when nothing goes your way, you can look to your friends and family for support.”

Gray returned to the playing field four weeks to the day after her surgery.

After handling that early bump in the road, Gray has only grown as a teammate and a leader, head coach Scott Grzenda said.

Grzenda, now in his 24th year

at the helm, said Gray has emerged from a leader by example into the vocal presence she is today. He said this development extends to her individual play as well.

“Her first year was all athletic ability,” Grzenda said. “But taking on more responsibility has really allowed her to grow as a player.”

Grzenda said Gray is one of the rare players whose classroom intelligence correlates with her soccer IQ, giving her the ability to read the game. That knowledge gives Gray a confidence about her that teammates are drawn to.

“She’s such a calm player,” said senior midfielder Dianna Marinaro. “And that keeps everyone else calm because we have so much confidence in her.”

That confidence is something the team is hoping the freshmen pick up quickly, as the Lady Hens have dropped their first three contests this season.

Grzenda said he is unperturbed by his team’s early performance. He said he expected some early struggles while the team was still figuring out its identity.

“If she continues doing what she’s doing, she has the ability to be one of the best center backs we’ve ever had,” he said.

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Gray named team captain, makes CAA honor roll

BY TOMMY MANDALA Senior Sports Reporter

If one were to go to the Delaware women’s soccer homepage and click on Allegra Gray’s name, he or she would be linked to a short bio containing information about the junior defender.

Much of that information, such as favorite food and family history, are facts Gray is clearly familiar with. Her on-field accomplishments, however, are becoming increasingly difficult to keep track of, even for her.

Gray said she was pleasantly surprised with how it felt to be the first sophomore in university history to be named first team AllCAA. It’s pretty crazy,” Gray said.

“I don’t feel like I stand out, I’m just thankful for our team and the whole defensive unit.”

Gray was recently appointed to the 2013 All-CAA Preseason team and was named to the CAA Honor Roll the past two seasons.

The junior statistics major is a member of Delaware’s Honors Program and said she tries to excel in the classroom the same way she FILE PHOTO does on the field.

Junior center back Allegra Gray (No. 15) is on track to become Gray said she is planning to one of the best players in Delaware women’s soccer history. take the first of a series of actuarial

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COMMENTARY See Ya Later Tebow

Senior goaltender Sarah Scher makes a diving save.

FILE PHOTO

SCHER: FIVE SAVES IN SEASON OPENER AGAINST OHIO Continued from page 14 Under new head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof in 2011, Scher appeared in five games as backup to Noelle Diana. Scher allowed five goals and made five saves in her 71:47 of playing time.

Van de Kerkhof said Scher has grown as a player from year to year.

“Every year, she has taken a step up,” van de Kerkhof said.

“That’s what you want in your goalkeeper. Because she has done so, she has become more of a reliable member of our program, and with that, she’s earning trust from her teammates.”

Even though Scher has played for the majority of her life, there are some things she said she still needs to work on, including her decision making and consistency.

New goalkeeping coach Kim Kinsella said if Scher allows herself to play in the moment, she is a very strong goalkeeper.

“She just kind of needs to keep herself calm and play what she sees, not what she thinks is going to happen,” Kinsella said. “When she reacts, she has good reactions, so she just needs to focus on what is happening in front of her.”

Kinsella said both her and Scher are getting to know what will work this season in the cage. Scher is also working well with the new freshmen class and is acting as a

mentor, Kinsella said.

Van de Kerkhof said Scher is working very hard to make sure freshman goalkeeper Fran Orella is prepared for this year and to take over Scher’s duties in goal next season.

“Sarah and Fran are our goalkeeping unit right now,” van de Kerkhof said. “They spend a lot of time together. Hopefully, Fran can learn from the more experienced player, and hopefully, that’s going to pay dividends in weeks and months to come.”

At the moment, van de Kerkhof said Scher’s confidence is high and she has continued preparing over the summer. He said Scher worked this summer at the field hockey camps at the university.

In the first game of the 2013 regular season, Scher had five saves in a 5-2 victory over Ohio University at Boston University on Sunday.

Scher, who studies Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management, said she would like to have a career that allows her to see the world after she graduates.

“Next year, I am hoping to pick up a job that would help me travel,” she said. “I’m in hospitality, so the doors are wide open for that. I grew up on the Eastern Shore and went to Delaware, so I’m pretty excited to see what’s beyond the coast.”

Paul Tierney Prior to last season, when Tim Tebow was traded to the New York Jets, he became the only backup quarterback in National Football League history to have his own introductory press conference. At that moment, when the Jets decided to utilize his star power for ticket sales rather than on-field contributions, his career was over, before he or anybody else knew it.

After getting cut by the New England Patriots last week, there’s not a team out there willing to take a flier on a player who just two seasons ago led his team to the playoffs. What perplexes me is that in a league where coaches and general managers are judged solely upon their ability to win games, Tebow will likely never play in the NFL again.

Personally, I can’t stand Tebow. I understand he’s a great person, a worthy role model and a breath of fresh air from the selfabsorbed modern-day athletes who are clearly too immature to handle their own star power.

But I don’t watch football to hear about someone’s religious or moral beliefs. I watch football because it’s an entertaining American pastime that requires complex strategies, uncanny athleticism and a toughness that goes unparalleled throughout sports. And as much as I appreciate Tebow’s upstanding values, they haven’t helped him complete even half the passes he’s thrown throughout his NFL career.

And yet, I feel bad for the guy.

Although Tebow’s college successes have clearly been

useless in his efforts to develop into a starting caliber NFL quarterback, he’s still good enough to play in this league as a backup. Has Chicago Bears backup quarterback Josh McCown ever won a playoff game? Has San Diego Chargers backup quarterback Charlie Whitehurst ever thrown for 12 touchdowns and run for six more in a single season?

There are players in the NFL, right now, who cannot hold a candle to Tim Tebow. The Patriots were perhaps the only team in the NFL with a coach and a pedigree capable of handling Tebow’s off-field baggage, and now his career is in serious danger of either moving up north to the Canadian Football League or just ending completely.

In a world where roundthe-clock news coverage puts celebrities under an unyielding spotlight, any team that signs Tebow would subject themselves to an unhealthy level of unnecessary publicity.

For a player who would have a minimal on-field impact, it may not be worth the trouble.

Tebow himself deserves a portion of the blame for utilizing his public notoriety as a platform to spread his moral beliefs, and in turn subjecting himself to endless media attention. Not until recently has he shied away from the limelight and attempted to shield his teammates from the non-football related storylines that follow him everywhere he goes.

But at the end of the day, football is about winning. If a team’s starting quarterback goes down, there are very few backup quarterbacks out there with the athleticism and experience Tebow brings. He deserves another chance to make an NFL roster, but he’s going to have to wait. For now, the media is going to have to find somebody else’s career to tarnish (cough, Johnny Manziel, cough).

Paul Tierney is the managing sports editor at The Review.

Please send any questions, comments and a job as an NFL general manager to ptierney@ udel.edu.

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HEN PECKINGS Field Hockey: The Delaware field hockey team beat Ohio University, 5-2, at Boston University on Sunday.

Sophomore midfielder Michaela Patzner and freshman forward Meghan Winesett scored two goals each, and sophomore forward Jackie Covaleski scored a goal and an assist to give the Hens the victory. Freshman midfielder/defender Esmée Peet opened up her collegiate career with an assist. On Monday, Delaware fell to the hosts, 2-1. Patzner scored the Hens’ lone goal, while senior goalkeeper Sarah Scher made five saves. Delaware’s record is now 1-1 overall (0-0 CAA).

The Volleyball: Delaware volleyball team lost three of their matches at the Asics Pepperdine Invitational at Pepperdine University. The Hens lost to host Pepperdine on Friday night by the scores of 25-12, 25-7 and 25-18.

Senior outside hitter Katie Hank scored a team-high six kills during the match. On Saturday, Delaware fell to Wisconsin University, 3-0 and Iona College, 25-16, 25-21 and 25-19. The Hens’ record is now 0-3 overall (0-0 CAA).

Women’s Cross Country: The Delaware women’s cross country team won four out of five dual meets at the Mt. St. Mary’s 5K Duals competition on Friday.

The Hens defeated the hosts, American University, George Washington University and Maryland University.

Senior Lindsay Prettyman led Delaware, finishing fourth overall with a time of 18:30.62, while junior Nicole Daly finished eighth overall.

Visiting Chefs’ Program:

Coach van de Kerkhof prepares “Uitsmijter” at Kent Dining Hall

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Head coach of the field hockey team Rolf van de Kerkhof makes lunch on Friday at Kent Dining Hall as part of the Visiting Chefs’ program put on by the marketing department. Van de Kerkhof made a Dutch Uitsmijter sandwich, made up of two openfaced fried eggs, ham and provolone cheese sandwiches. Van de Kerkhof said the sandwich, which means “bouncer” in Dutch, was a part of the culture of the Netherlands.

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