Issue 4

Page 1

Female students notified of sex offender neighbor See page 3

Alum opens food cart on South Campus See page 18

Field Hockey beats Monmouth on Friday See page 28

The University of Delaware’s Independent Newspaper Since 1882

Check out the website for breaking news and more.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012 Volume 139, Issue 4

Cooke sentenced to death by lethal injection BY DANIELLE BRODY Managing News Editor

James Cooke Jr. was sentenced to death again yesterday for raping and killing then-sophomore Lindsey Bonistall in 2005. Bonistall was found raped and strangled in her apartment at the Towne Court, now called Studio Green Student Village, when police were investigating a fire in the apartment. In 2007, Cooke was found guilty on 11 counts of the charges including rape, murder and arson and was sentenced to death. Two years later, the Delaware Supreme Court overturned the conviction claiming Cooke’s rights were violated because his legal representative submitted a “guilty but mentally ill” plea despite the defendant’s objections. Now, more than seven years after the crime, Cooke, 41, will be put to death by lethal injection. File Photo

James Cooke Jr.

Retired prof. with dementia now missing for four days BY PAIGE CARNEY Copy Editor

THE REVIEW/Bo Bartley

Vice President Joseph Biden disembarks from Air Force Two to visit the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire Sept. 13.

Biden talks student impact BY BO BARTLEY

Administrative News Editor

At a campaign stop in Eau Claire, Wis., Vice President Joe Biden discussed the key differences he sees between his and President Barack Obama’s campaign and Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney and Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan’s campaign. Biden focused on issues that could affect young voters–the job market, education costs and healthcare reform. Local fire officials estimated the crowd to be nearly 3,000 people, most of them students. The campaign was expecting 1,700. Wisconsin became a target for the Obama campaign when Romney selected the state’s Republican representative, Ryan, to be his running mate.

Wearing a blue polo and standing in front of a “FORWARD” banner at the University of Wisconsin’s Zorn Arena, Biden said the key to the United States remaining the No. 1 economic force in the world is its education system. “We have to be the single besteducated nation in the world in order to be able to do that,” Biden said. “That is not hyperbole. We must be the single best-educated nation in the world.” Biden cited some programs that he and Obama supported in order to fund secondary education. He mentioned the American Opportunity Tax Credit, a $2,500 credit redeemable for students whose households make less than $80,000 or $160,000 for married couples filing a joint return.

See BIDEN page 9

Members of the Newark Police Department said they are hopeful they will find retired university professor John Dohms. Dohms, 64, who suffers from dementia, left his home on East Cleveland Avenue on Thursday. He did not return, causing the police to send out a Gold Alert, a form of a missing persons alert. According to animal and food science professor Mark Parcells, Dohms was also a professor in the department of animal and food sciences, specializing in the microbiology of infectious diseases. Parcells stated in an email message that he enjoyed the humor Dohms brought to his work and classes. “His animal diseases class was very popular with undergraduate animal science majors,” Parcells said. “His breadth of life experience, sense of humor and vitality were always very inspirational to students, staff and faculty.” Animal and food sciences professor Lesa Griffiths stated in an email message that Dohms’ sense of humor extends beyond the classroom. “I am not sure who has more great stories to tell about each other, the students or John,” Griffiths said. “Most of the stories were about catching fish—fish that I never saw—typical fisherman!” Dohms enjoys fishing and many other outside activities, according to Griffiths and Parcells, who described him as an “avid outdoorsman.” Griffiths also stated that she

hopes the skills he acquired as an outdoorsman assist him now. The university police assisted the Newark police in following a lead that Dohms may have been in White Clay Creek State Park. The university also posted signs around campus urging students to call the police if they see a man matching this physical description of Dohms which stated, “Dohms is described as a white male, 6 feet 1 inches tall, 165 pounds with gray hair and blue eyes. He is believed to be wearing tan shorts, however, the rest of his clothing is unknown. He is known to frequent stores in and around Main Street and the Pomeroy Trail.” The Newark police said they hope that he will be found safe. According to Lt. Mark Farrell of the Newark Police Department, they are still receiving calls and following leads as to Dohms’ location.

See MISSING page 12

Courtesy of the University of Delaware

John Dohms is 64 years old and suffers from dementia.

Univ. employees see recycling efforts go to waste BY BRIANNA DINAN Staff Reporter

According to students who work in Dining Services, waste in recycling bins eventually ends up in the trash. Rachel Bristol, a graduate student and employee of the university’s Dining Services, said the university puts out recycle bins at their catered events in order to give the impression that they are recycling.

1 News

“During training, we were told that it didn’t matter what bins we put things in, trash in the recycling or recycling in the trash, since it was all going to the same place,” Bristol said “On an average night, we throw away a couple cases of glass bottles. Everyone in catering and bartending is very open and casual about the fact that the university doesn’t recycle.” Kevin Burkett, a university alumnus who worked at Rodney Dining

10 Editorial

11 Opinion

Hall, said he also witnessed a lack of recycling on West Campus. “There’s recycling bins in the dining hall, but most people don’t use them,” Burkett said. “If the university really cared, they’d have someone there enforcing it, but they obviously don’t [care].” University spokeswomen Andrea Boyle stated in an email message that Dining Services is involved in reduce, reuse, recycle initiatives, as well as

15 Mosaic

composting. “A composting program is in place at Rodney Dining Hall and Clayton Hall, large university-catered events and football concessions,” Boyle said. Composting turns organic waste like leaves and coffee grounds into useful products, while recycling takes manufactured items like bottles and cardboard and converts them to a new product, according to the National Geographic website.

19 Fashion Forward

The university did not comment in regards to recycling at universitycatered events. Junior Kathleen Grimes, president of Students for the Environment, said she was appalled to hear that the university may not recycle as much as their recycling program promotes.

See RECYCLING page 7

23 Classifieds

24 Sports


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.