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VP Biden visits UD Univ. alum donates senatorial papers

BY DARREN ANKROM Managing News Editor

Vice President Joe Biden returned to his alma mater Friday to donate his Senatorial papers to the university library and give the inaugural James R. Soles lecture.

Biden was more professor than politician, drawing on more than 20 years of experience t e a c h i n g constitutional law. One day before the 224th anniversary of Constitution Day, Biden referenced pivotal events and political f i g u r e s Biden throughout the nation’s history, and staunchly defended American politics.

“I stand before you today […] ready and willing to defend politics […] because politics is what those 50 gentlemen, who met 224 years ago, participated in and vindicated,” Biden said. “Politics. And it’s what, in the end, will continue to make us secure and strong.”

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Protesters chant, “Stop the pipeline, help us Joe!” on The Green Friday to get the attention of Vice President Joe Biden, who spoke in Mitchell Hall.

Group protests oil pipeline before speech

BY BRITTANY LENNON Staff Reporter

Protestors planted outside of Mitchell Hall last week chanted “Stop the pipeline, help us Joe!” minutes before Vice President Joe Biden gave a speech inside.

Nearly 20 demonstrators, holding various cardboard and cloth signs, protested the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline System during the vice president’s visit to

the university Friday.

The pipeline, which would extend a crude oil pipeline that transports synthetic crude oil from Alberta, Canada to American refineries in the Gulf Coast, has drawn criticism from many environmentalists.

Graduate student Amy Roe, who was arrested four weeks ago during a similar demonstration in front of the White House, said she was excited to

get a chance to reach Biden.

“Nothing feels better than being in front of a beautiful building, holding a sign and standing up for what you believe in,” Roe said.

As Biden arrived at Mitchell Hall to donate his Senatorial documents to his alma mater, demonstrators stood on The Green holding signs that read “Listen up, Joe” and “A climate change is not the change we are looking for.”

Graduate student Chad Wasileski said he hoped the protest would persuade the vice president to consider advising President Barack Obama to reject the proposed pipeline.

“We’re here to put a bug in Joe Biden’s ear,” he said.

The Keystone Pipeline would be powered through a process called

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Techno bus loses lights, music for safety regulations

BY TOM LEHMAN Managing News Editor

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Nader Assawah, the driver of the famed techno bus, must downsize his vehicle’s club-like atmosphere due to safety concerns.

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The techno bus may have dropped its final beat.

University Transportation Services prohibited the adornment of party lights and speakers to the interior and dashboards of its buses, when they realized such devices violated federal safety regulations, university officials said.

Transportation Services employee Nader Assawah, known by students as the “techno bus

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driver,” said he was informed that party lights and iPod speakers he brought onto his bus to create a club-like atmosphere during latenight shifts, are no longer allowed because of the potential for injuring riders.

“They told me I could play music on the radio, but it doesn’t have the same character,” Assawah said.

Assawah, who has operated the techno bus for more than four years, said he has not regularly covered the Hen After Ten route in months, but

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had planned to pick up a portion of a late-night shift. He was told he could not attach his lights to the cabin of the bus or place his speakers on the dashboard of the vehicle.

Transit Supervisor Tim Conrad said department officials realized the university could be held liable if one of Assawah’s devices fell from its post and struck a student. He said the department feared a lawsuit if a student was injured during an accident or within the course of

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UD profs dispute recent plagiarism report

BY DARREN ANKROM Managing News Editor

When English professor Michael McCamley first gave his all-about-Nebraska quiz to his technical writing class, he was willing to trade high marks for first dibs on a class project.

What McCamley didn’t count on was the rush of cell phones he quickly noticed hiding under desks, scouring for trivia answers about his home state.

“The first time I gave that quiz, I did not even think to say turn off your smartphones,” McCamley said. “And I was going ‘how do you know this? No one knows this!”

Data from a recently released Pew Research Center survey suggests that technologyaided cheating should come as no surprise. In “The Digital Revolution and Higher

Education,” Pew asked 1,055 college presidents about the effect of increased technical capabilities on their colleges. Fifty-five percent noticed a rise in plagiarism during the past 10 years.

Eighty-nine percent of those who noticed an increase put the blame on new technology, prompting Time Magazine to claim college plagiarism is at record heights. University faculty, however, do not see the same doom and gloom scenario.

English professor John Jebb, former director of the writing program, has not noticed this trend, and said that teachers have a strong ability to prevent cheating.

“I have not seen as much in the last three years as I had before that,” Jebb said. “I think professors who do a lot with the writing process, they’re not going to notice the increase. I think they’ll forestall it.”

Jebb said professors that require multiple essay submissions and stress the writing process can act as a preventative measure to plagiarism, but that these steps are not always taken.

“In an upper-level class, where the professor might not feel there’s time or the need for that many steps, that’s where it will rear its ugly head,” he said.

Although McCamley conceded that technology has made cheating in general easier, he does not think there is enough data to justify calling plagiarism an epidemic.

“The other side of the issue is that technology has made it easier to catch plagiarism,” McCamley said. “That could be another part of this - maybe we’re just catching more instances of plagiarism, where before we couldn’t.”

According to Michael Fernbacher, assistant director of

the Office of Student Conduct, close to half of the university’s academic honesty cases involve plagiarism, and he said this rate has remained consistent over the last few years.

Fernbacher also said 10 to 15 percent of cases that Student Conduct deals with regard academic dishonesty.

For McCamley, an important distinction should be made when involving disciplinary action.

That distinction is between total dishonesty when, “you’re absolutely trying to pass somebody else’s work as yours,” and between inappropriate source use.

“I prefer plagiarism to be an educational opportunity rather than a prosecutorial one, if at all possible,” McCamley said. “There are times when you can tell that a person is trying to integrate a source into their own writing, and

they’re just not doing it well.”

Sophomore Nick Masters said that proper citation, especially when utilizing internet sources, can be tricky.

“Citation online is somewhat difficult. You have to scan the page, and sometimes it’s not really obvious who wrote the article, what the date was, who published it,” Masters said. “You have to really take a look at that.”

Improper source attribution presents a teaching opportunity for McCamley. He said when students are unsuccessful at citing sources it’s his responsibility to remedy that situation.

“That is a time for me as a teacher to intervene and say that what you’re doing is inappropriate, and in many situations will get you dinged,” McCamley said.

“But I’m going to show you.”

SAT, ACT scores now optional at some schools UD says standardized tests still matter

BY LINDSEY TRIBA Staff Reporter

Studying for SAT and ACT tests can sometimes cause added stress to high school students when preparing to apply to college, but many universities are lifting that burden.

Approximately 860 schools are adopting a new application process that does not require reporting standardized test scores, according to the Center for Fair and Open Testing. The list includes American University, Wake Forest University, Franklin & Marshall College and DePaul University.

At DePaul, admissions officials decided to make test scores optional, beginning with the 2012 admissions cycle, according to Jon Boeckenstedt, associate vice president of Enrollment Management at the Chicago school Applicants who don’t submit their test scores to DePaul must answer four short essay questions.

Boeckenstedt anticipates 80 percent of applicants will submit their scores, but those who choose not to will be evaluated based on essays and their high school GPAs. “There are so many people out there who understand what the SAT and ACT are and understand, more importantly, what they’re not,” Boeckenstedt said. “They’re not intelligence tests. People are really grateful and appreciative that we’ve taken a different approach to this.”

He said he has received an “overwhelmingly positive” response from students, parents and high school counselors about the change.

Despite the support of the new system at DePaul, university director of admissions, Lou Hirsh, said the University of Delaware has no plans to become a test-optional school.

Hirsh stated in an email message that the university’s admissions process

takes a holistic approach to each applicant and considers collective aspects such as students’ grades, extracurricular activities, test scores and personal essays when evaluating prospective students.

“When colleagues at other colleges tell me that they are going test optional, I’m tempted to ask them, ‘Why wouldn’t you want to see the same kinds of information for all of your applicants?’” Hirsh said.

“Saying you’re test-optional makes no more sense to me than saying you’re ‘admissions essay-optional’ or ‘letter of recommendationoptional’ or ‘transcript-optional.’”

While the university may not be moving toward a test-optional policy, Hirsh said it is reasonable to not consider test scores if schools conduct research and find they add little value to the admissions process.

Boeckenstedt said the decision to invoke a test-optional policy at DePaul came after five years of research and discussion.

“This is a very emotional topic for a lot of people and we wanted to treat it as rationally as possible,” he said. “You need good data and good information.”

According to Boeckenstedt, several studies conducted by DePaul and other higher education institutions showed a high school GPA predicts how a student will perform in college almost as well as the SAT and ACT. Making test score submissions optional will allow DePaul to accept students with high GPAs even if they have low test scores, Boeckenstedt said.

“There are characteristics of your personality like drive, determination, leadership, etc., that have something to do with whether or not you’re successful in college,” Boeckenstedt said. “When you couple those factors with GPA, it

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Students use new tablet and flat-screen technology in Gore 218.

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Gore classroom gets gadget update

BY LAUREN PITRUZELLO Staff Reporter

In professor Stephen Bernhardt’s classroom in Gore Hall, students can use an iPad to write on a whiteboard hanging across the room as their classmates can project their laptop screens onto five flat-screen TVs lining the room.

“One student said, ‘Oh, this is like a spaceship,’” Bernhardt said.

Bernhardt teaches an introductory writing class in Gore 218, a conference room that was recently transformed into a high-tech classroom by the university’s Academic Technology Services.

Bernhardt, who began using computers in class in the 1970s, said the tools offered in Gore 218 can foster more student participation.

“It de-centers the teacher and gets students actively working,” Bernhardt said.

Sophomore Nicole Seymour, a student in Bernhardt’s class, said she was initially unsure what role the room’s gadgets could fulfill, but after editing her paper with a group on a flatscreen TV, the effect of technology on her work became clear.

“The professor will tell us to get our writing out there for people to see,” Seymour said. “It makes us more aware

of our writing.”

Gore Hall also has a new iPad cart that can be requested by any professor teaching in the building.

The cart’s devices include applications like Keynote, Molecules, National Geographic World Atlas and the Wall Street Journal.

Professor and associate director at the Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education, Mark Serva, said technology helps professors gain immediate feedback from students and creates a more collaborative learning environment.

Serva is curious how professors will apply iPad technology to their lessons.

“How iPads can be used is still kind of an open question,” Serva said.

“I have one, but I’ve never used it in the classroom.”

Freshman Tyler Sherman said he was impressed with the technology because it allows for stronger participation in group discussions.

He said new technology may not be effective in every classroom, however. In Bernhardt’s 25-student introductory writing course, it may be easier for the professor to communicate with everyone.

“I’m not sure that this can work in a class of 200,” Sherman said.

Bernhardt said the only drawback

he has encountered so far, the amount of time needed to prepare and operate the new technology.

He said problematic issues with technology have taken time out of lessons, although some days are better than others.

“It takes a little more time to manage the technology and it’s only a 50 minute class,” he said.

Paul Hyde, manager of ATS, said he is unsure if new technology will be able to implemented throughout campus. Currently, ATS staff members use Gore 218 to test new technology and determine whether it is effective in classroom use and if it can be applied throughout campus.

“It’s like a sandbox,” Hyde said.

“We are learning from this and seeing what we can apply to other classes and larger classes.”

Hyde said he thinks the technology allows students to perform group work in a more dynamic way and to be more engaged during class. He also believes it benefits professors because they can communicate with each student more effectively.

“What we’ve hoped we’ve done is lost the front of the classroom,” Hyde said.

“No student can get lost in the back row.”

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This week in history: Sept. 20, 1974 - Students used to grab a couple beers after classes at The Rathskeller, a bar formerly located in Daugherty Hall.

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Armed robbery reported at Embassy Suites Newark police officers are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the Embassy Suites hotel on South College Avenue early Saturday morning, according to Newark police spokesman MCpl. Gerald Bryda.

According to the hotel’s clerk, the suspect entered the hotel lobby at approximately 3 a.m., went behind the counter and began removing cash from the register while the clerk was in the back room, Bryda said.

When confronted, the suspect displayed a handgun and fled the hotel lobby with an undisclosed amount of money, Bryda said.

The suspect is described as 6 feet tall with an average build.

Man charged with assault Newark police charged a man with third-degree assault after an early Sunday morning incident, according to Newark police spokesman MCpl. Gerald Bryda.

At approximately 2:02 a.m., officers responded to the first block of Choate Street after receiving a report of a fight in progress, Bryda said.

They observed a large crowd of approximately 70 to 80 people leaving a residence’s backyard. Officers immediately attended to an injured victim whose nose was bleeding and appeared to be broken, Bryda said.

The victim told officers a fight broke out between two groups of people when one group attempted to enter a party. The victim, who was allegedly struck during the altercation, was able to provide the description of a suspect. Police found the suspect minutes later, Bryda said.

The man was also charged with underage consumption of alcohol.

Man charged with disorderly conduct Newark police charged a 22-year-old man with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest early Friday morning, according to Newark police spokesman MCpl. Gerald Bryda.

At approximately 12:40 a.m., a police officer responding to the areas of Ivy Hall Apartments and witnessed a local security guard arguing with a man in front of the apartment complex.

When the Newark officer exited his vehicle, the man began running toward the security officer. The man then tripped and fell, and the officer took him into custody, he said.

The security officer told the Newark officer that the man was asked to leave the premises after attempting to start fights with people in the courtyard between apartment buildings, Bryda said.

Police vehicle damaged by brick An unidentified person threw a brick through the rear side window of a Newark police vehicle early Saturday morning, according to Newark police spokesman MCpl. Gerard Bryda.

Officers responded to Chapel Street after reports of large crowds leaving parties in the area, Bryda said.

While clearing out foot traffic, an officer parked near the corner of East Main and Chapel streets to begin a foot patrol, Bryda said.

When the officer returned approximately 15 minutes later, a brick had shattered the rear passenger window, Bryda said.

There are no suspects at this time. The charge would be criminal mischief.

—Martin Martinez

Students cheer on the university’s football team at a home game at Delaware Stadium.

THE REVIEW/Christos Philippou

in brief UDairy Creamery announces ice cream flavor contest UDairy Creamery announced a contest designed to find a signature Blue Hen ice cream flavor.

Participants must think of a creative and delicious idea for a flavor and provide a short explanation of the flavor and why it should win Applications are available at the Creamery and online. All applications are due by Sept. 21 and all members of the university community are invited to participate in the contest.

After all of the flavor suggestions are in, the Creamery will choose eight finalists with the best flavor proposals and transform them into real flavors. The

top eight finalists will have their flavors created and taste-tested and a winner will be declared. The winner will be announced on Nov.12 at the university’s homecoming football game.

Harrington indefinitely

Fitness

Center

closed

The Harrington Fitness Center has been closed indefinitely for renovations.

It has been upgraded with a new carpet, paint and equipment. The fitness center will now house newer fitness equipment, including strength training equipment and free weight benches and racks.

The reopening date remains tentative, however, and the Independence Fitness Center on Laird Campus and

things to do Submit events to calendar@udreview.com

Carpenter Sports Building remain open to all students.

Office of Public Safety joins Twitter The Office of Public Safety created a Twitter account Wednesday. University police officials will tweet crime statistics and information about campus safety.

The page will also inform followers about department services and events, such as police auctions.

Department officials said the Twitter account will not replace UD Alert messages as the university’s preferred method of emergency communication.

Students can follow Public Safety at @udelpolice.

Friday, Sept. 23 Gay Day at Six Flags with Haven Bus leaves at 4 p.m. from Trabant University Center

Tuesday, Sept. 20 UD Alternative Spring Break information session 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Gore 217

Saturday, Sept. 24 MLK Memorial Bus Trip 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., group leaves at Center for Black Culture

Wednesday, Sept. 21 Zumba Club meeting 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Ewing Room in Perkins Student Center

Sunday, Sept. 25 Taste of Newark 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., Old College lawn

Thursday, Sept. 22 WVUD Fall Concert: A Great Big Pile of Leaves 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Bacchus Theater

Monday, Sept. 26 Deltones “Sing-Off” premiere party 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., The Scrounge

September 20, 2011

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Politics Straight, No Chaser Divide over jobs bill widens

THE REVIEW/Vanessa Di Stefano

The grant the university recently received represents the largest amount of money awarded to a university through the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative.

UD receives solar energy grant U.S. Department of Energy allots $9.1 mil for interdisciplinary research

BY JESSICA KLEIN Staff Reporter

The university recently received a $9.1 million research grant, which the Institute of Energy Conversion will utilize in producing efficient renewable energy. The IEC was created in 1972 and focuses on converting solar radiation into clean energy.

The grant, awarded through the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative, will fund five projects on campus. By offering such grants, SunShot looks to make solar energy cost competitive with other forms of energy by the end of the decade.

The grant represents the largest amount of money awarded to a university through SunShot.

Of the 24 states competing for funding, Delaware received the third largest grant, behind only California and Colorado.

Gov. Jack Markell attributed the award to prior acclaim the university has received over the years in the area of solar research.

“The grant makers recognized the long history of leadership that the university has demonstrated with respect to this research,” Markell said.

“They have confidence that the university remains on the cutting-edge.”

Besides the environmental advantage of relying less on fossil

fuels and more on renewable sources of energy, Markell said advances in solar research also have great implications for the prestige of Delaware.

“It’s a virtuous cycle of great talent. These projects attract research dollars, which attracts more talent, which attracts companies as they decide where to locate,” Markell said.

Other projects utilizing solar energy have recently appeared in Delaware, including solar parks in Dover and Wilmington.

According to Markell, these projects require partnership with the university, because these jobs are often filled by students who have the necessary scientific knowledge.

Professor Juejun Hu of the materials science and engineering department is leading one of the research projects funded by the grant. He said that decreasing the thickness of solar cells allows for longer propagation of light, which increases the cells’ absorption of solar rays. His project will utilize funding from the grant to design a method of trapping light so that it has more time to absorb, thereby improving the efficiency of the cell.

“The department of materials science and engineering now has a lot more opportunities for resources in the area of solar

cells,” Hu said. “This is the first time that we can combine different kinds of sciences in interdisciplinary, cutting-edge research.”

Mark Barteau, Senior Vice Provost for Research and Strategic Initiatives at the university, believes alternate energy research is an area of strength at the university. The university has taken strides in the development sources of renewable energy, notably the wind turbines on the university’s Lewes campus, said Barteau.

“We need a range of solutions, a range of sources and technologies,” Barteau said.

“UD has surprising breadth and depth across the spectrum of energy development. The comprehensiveness of our approach has made us one of the national leaders in this area.”

According to Barteau, the grant money will go towards manufacturing the technology to produce more efficient solar cells at an economical cost. Officials also hope to maintain and increase the U.S. market share of manufacturing solar cells.

“Energy is the grand challenge of our time,” he said. “It’s very exciting to be in the middle to address these challenges and to do so in an impactful way.”

“I need a dollar, a dollar is what I need,” is the bluesy opening line to the theme song of HBO’s slice-of-life comedy drama, “How to Make it in America.” The show follows two twenty-somethings as they navigate the New York City social scene to achieve a modernized sense of the American dream. The path to the American dream in this show, it appears, includes missing rent payments, taking loans out from whichever morally questionable person is willing to issue them, and getting fired to receive unemployment benefits.

The show captures much of the current postgraduate culture, not the least of which is the inability of many to find meaningful employment, let alone find the wildly successful and lucrative opportunities for those willing to work hard for them, something seemingly omnipresent for generations past.

Last week during a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama proposed a $447 billion plan to boost job growth and consumer spending across the country, a plan he thinks would help people like the fictional characters in “How to Make it in America.” This week the nation was hit by the shocking revelation that the poverty rate has reached its highest level in more than 50 years of tracking such data.

“The number one issue for the people I meet is how we can get back to a place where we’re creating good, middle-class jobs that pay well and offer some security,” Obama said.

In short, the president’s latest jobs plan aims to provide relief for middle- and low-income workers and create incentive for business to make new hires in this economic climate. The plan would increase and extend payroll tax breaks for workers. Payroll tax is the money taken out of each paycheck for both the employer and employee. This plan would effectively cut these taxes in half for employers.

Part of the plan also includes a long-awaited series of public works projects aimed at improving an aging American infrastructure and providing long-term work to those who’ve been without it.

This basically takes a page out of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, which helped the country climb out of the Great Depression.

The beauty of public works projects is that they can be localized to just about any region in the country. In this case, regions hit hardest by a tough economy would be targeted.

The last major piece of the plan would provide funding for states to help avoid cutting essential jobs in emergency, medical and education fields. The hope is to avoid a scarcity of essential services on behalf of the nation’s economic woes.

Gallup has reported that more Americans, by a 45 percent to 32 percent margin, want their representatives to vote for rather than against Obama’s plan. Twenty-three percent reported they didn’t know or

refused to say either way.

Economists widely approve the president’s plan, most saying it has but one flaw. Many people affected worst by our current economic crisis have found themselves financially underwater due to poorly managed mortgages. Many owe more money on their mortgages than their homes are actually worth, and can never realistically hope to pay what they owe. Legislation could be passed that would allow people to stay in their homes and have their payments adjusted so the banks can still make a profit.

Matt Friedman As for the politics of the plan, it has found a tepid reception in the face of a Republican Party thus far unwilling to find much to support the president on. Republicans support sections of the plan that involve tax cuts but oppose those that increase spending.

Though Obama has requested this legislation be passed immediately, it will no doubt face tough negotiation in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and the Democrat-controlled Senate. Even in the Senate, Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D−Nev.) has not yet made the bill a priority, citing more pressing legislation.

Lack of support for Obama’s jobs plan from the Republican camp can’t be blamed entirely on obstructionist politics, as some pundits have made it out to be.

The GOP has opposed everything Obama has put forth, but in this case, they fundamentally believe that government is unable to create jobs. Whether or not this is true, supporting any kind of legislation that seeks to create jobs through anything other than deregulating the private sector is against their ideals.

There is no question that in a time when Wall Street is doing record-breaking profitable business, Main Street could use a little help.

The president’s plan, or something like it, needs to be passed to remove some of the stress facing everyday Americans across the country.

Further, it must be done in a way that can keep essential government operations intact and functioning.

With new public works projects, not only can people be put back to work, but America may also see its outdated infrastructure begin to receive some much needed repairs and updates. Finally, the president’s plan is also fiscally sound and paid for, so it won’t add to the deficit. The American people are desperate for relief, and right now, this is the only significant jobs plan on the table. ­­—Matt Friedman, mjf@udel.edu @MattJFriedman

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CNN’s political reporter discusses capital’s gridlock

BY ABIGAIL STOLLAR Staff Reporter

THE REVIEW/Vanessa Di Stefano

CNN political reporter Candy Crowley spoke at Mitchell Hall Monday.

CNN senior political reporter Candy Crowley spoke about the effect of political rhetoric on the national conversation and her hopes for the American political future during a speech Monday in Mitchell Hall.

Crowley, who kicked off the Center for Political Communication’s 2011 National Agenda lecture series, said the current gridlock in Washington, D.C. is caused by a lack of commonality between Democrats and Republicans, the 24-hour news cycle and the anonymity of the Internet as causes of political gridlock.

“In terms of pure vitriol, this is the worst I’ve ever seen,” Crowley said.

The absence of understanding between Washington politicians leads to less compromise and more frustrations for the American people, Crowley said.

She said politicians rarely come together in a truly bipartisan manner anymore.

“I think what we have in Washington is a failure to understand,” Crowley said. “No one gets where the other guy is coming from, nor do they want to get it.”

According to Crowley, the continuous news cycle also puts

significant pressure on politicians to be the first to make a statement about a particular hot-button issue, one that is quick and colorful enough to get the media’s attention.

“The first guy to get to the camera wins,” she said. “In a city that revolves around power, I think every day is a violation of your mother’s rule to think before you speak.”

Crowley also discussed how anonymous comments on Internet webpages have coarsened American language and allowed people to be easily manipulated.

Although Crowley’s speech focused on many negative aspects of American politics, she said people should still have hope for the country, and that Congress is trying to improve the country.

“The parts are better than the whole,” she said. “By and large, these are people who come to Washington wanting to help.”

Crowley said she understood that some Americans are dissatisfied with the Obama administration but believes the president could win reelection because many voters want him to succeed and he inspires hope in some of the electorate.

“He is still a strong motivator. There’s a lot vested in this president, more so than any president in the past,” Crowley said “It carries him to a certain

point.”

However, she said his reelection will depend heavily on the country’s economic condition this time next year.

Although she said she cannot predict who will win the Republican primary or the general election in 2012, she promised the audience she would come back in a year and tell them exactly who was going to win.

Some students, such as freshman Lauren Mick, said Crowley was very down-to-earth and her talk felt more like a conversation than a speech.

“I loved her speech,” Mick said. “It was really insightful into how our political system works and how there is still hope for us yet.”

Freshman Zack Baum said he found Crowley to be rational and easily approachable, and took a picture with her following her speech. He did, however, say that part of her talk seemed hypocritical.

“I do think there’s a little hypocrisy there because some of the problems she talks about come mainly from her industry, though not necessarily from her,” Baum said. “Many would cite the news networks like Fox, MSNBC and maybe even CNN as leading to the divide she talked about.”

BSU rally sheds light AIDS-related issues Third annual event raises money for AIDS Walk Delaware, educates campus community

BY MOLLY TORRES Staff Reporter

In recognition of the 30th anniversary of the first reported case of AIDS, the Black Student Union held its third annual AIDS rally Sept. 12.

Their “Stop A.I.D.S., Acting Indifferently During Sex” rally featured informational display tables from local organizations and a panel of speakers in the Perkins Student Center’s Bachus Theater.

Organizers of the event said they wanted to raise awareness about the disease and encourage students to talk about AIDSrelated issues.

BSU co-hosted the event with Delta Sigma Theta, a historically black sorority. Senior Sharonne Temple, president and sole member of Delta Sigma Theta, said her cousin died from AIDS when she was three, and the loss motivated her to get involved with HIV and AIDS awareness.

“My personal goal for the event was to make sure my peers and faculty got the message that HIV is serious. It’s real,” Temple

said. “I wanted everyone to just talk about it and be open about it.

It’s not weird.”

Another goal of the event was to raise money for AIDS Walk Delaware. The event raised $100 for the organization.

Jacqueline Aldridge, assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, came to the rally to show her support, and said she wanted students of different backgrounds, majors and interests to come together at the rally. She said it is crucial for students in the state of Delaware to be aware of the disease, because the state has a high rate of AIDS-infected individuals.

Aldridge said although Delaware is the second-smallest state in the country, it has the fifth largest per capita amount of HIV and AIDS infections.

“We have to learn how to embrace the facts,” she said.

Students learned about the disease at educational tables assembled by various local organizations, including AIDS Delaware, student LGBT group Haven, Planned Parenthood and Beautiful Gate Outreach Center,

a local HIV testing and education site.

Junior Keith Greer, who manned the table for Wellspring, the university’s student wellness group, said he wanted to participate at the event because he is passionate about increasing HIV

“It’s 100 percent preventable and can be avoided.”

-Darcy Brasure, manager of AIDS Delaware and AIDS awareness.

“A lot of people have come over and I’ve given them information on stuff like oral sex,” Greer said. “They can get free condoms and actual information here without it being awkward.”

Senior Matt Coogan, director of public relations for Haven, said

it was important for students to support and fund AIDS research.

“I think it’s really great, for as much progress as we’ve made, AIDS is still a taboo subject,” Coogan said. “It’s not the death sentence it once was, but it’s still difficult to talk about.”

After students visited the tables, Junior Kinnethia Tolson read a poem about HIV and AIDS, and Vocal Point, a student a cappella group, performed.

Speaker Darcy Brasure, manager of HIV counseling and testing for AIDS Delaware, urged students to take advantage of free AIDS testing at AIDS Delaware on South College Avenue in St. Thomas Episcopal Church.

Brasure gave attendees HIV data, but also some good news.

“HIV is growing in the younger populations,” Brasure said. “Sixty-six percent of HIV cases in Delaware are AfricanAmerican, but it’s 100 percent preventable and can be avoided.”

Renee Beaman, executive director at Beautiful Gate Outreach Center, reminded students that the group most at risk for contracting HIV and AIDS is young women of

color under the age of 25, though she stressed that the disease is an issue that affects all people.

“We need to remember that this is a rally and we want all students to join in the fight against HIV and AIDS,” Beaman said.

“Protect yourself, get tested and take action.”

After giving an educational presentation on the disease, she was joined by two HIVpositive individuals who shared their personal experiences with the disease. During this panel portion of the rally, students asked questions about terms like the “window period,” which is the three-month period from infection to detection of the HIV virus, and other issues.

Senior and BSU president Babatunde Cadmus said the rally was a success.

“I saw a lot more new faces this year, which is a good thing,” Cadmus said. “We did a little something different by having a panel of people with HIV, which had a better effect. White, black, whatever — it brought diversity.”

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UD employees learn positive parenting skills

BY LINDSEY TRIBA Staff Reporter

Yvonne Nass, mother of three, stepmother of five, grandmother of 12, knows a thing or two about parenting.

In fact, she has been teaching it for nearly 40 years.

Nass offers her expertise to all university employees with children four to 12 years old in a three-part “Positive Parenting” workshop hosted by the university’s Faculty and Staff Assistance Program. Her proposed strategies involve empathy, encouragement and mutual respect between parents and children.

As a certified parent educator, Nass teaches parents how to build relationships with their children, and has taught and developed specialized courses for divorced, imprisoned and teenage parents.

She uses her personal experience as a parent during her lessons, presenting herself as proof that certain

parenting strategies really do pay off.

“I have lots of stories and lots of examples about how this works,” Nass said. “So what I try to do is say, ‘Okay, I’m one of you and this is what’s worked for me and this is why.’”

Nass said the workshop will also explore communication skills that encourage analytical thinking in young children. Too often, children are given solutions to problems rather than guided towards them.

Parents can do a lot more to promote this kind of thinking at an early age, she said.

“It’s the idea of raising a problemsolver, not a problem,” Nass said.

“Our children are being told what to do, directed what to do, and so they’re not really developing the life skills of decision-making and problemsolving.”

Food & Resource professor and human development specialist Patricia Nelson stated in an email message that stress overwhelms all parents at times,

but in excess can have a negative impact on parenting.

“Stress undermines our ability to make good decisions, and our ability to be loving and nurturing – things children need from their parents to grow up healthy and ready for success,” Nelson said.

Human development and family studies professor Bahira Sherif Trask, a mother of five-year-old twins, said parents are often overwhelmed by stress from their own lives and have a difficult time coping with the pressures of parenting.

“Everybody says, ‘Make some time for yourself,’ and people know that,” Trask said. “But then in the reality of their lives, becauase almost everybody is working and juggling a job and family life, that piece falls by the wayside.”

Nass said parenting courses are especially important because family life has changed drastically in recent years. Technological changes and a

changing society have led to the loss of extended family, role models and time spent together within families.

“All you have to do is open the newspaper and see the problems that we’re having,” Nass said. “No matter how parents try, there is lots of competition out there.”

It is important for parents to hold realistic expectations and build a solid support system to rely on when stress becomes too overwhelming, said Nelson.

For faculty and staff in various stages of parenting, the “Positive Parenting” workshop will act as a support group, Nass said.

Parents are always looking for new information, and can learn from each other by interacting and implementing new skills to use in a group setting.

“That’s what I love about the group process- someone will ask a question that you might be thinking,” Nass said.

Linda Spotts, a part-time FSAP counselor, attended the class’ first session. She hopes to learn ways to avoid making mistakes while raising her 21-month-old daughter.

“The sooner the better to attack any kinds of mistakes I’m making and to learn new skills, new strategies, to better manage her behavior,” Spotts said.

Although it is difficult to ignore the “shoulds” of parenting, Nass said the process is less about being a good parent and more about the child. She said her ultimate goal in teaching the workshop is for parents to relax and enjoy raising their children.

“I want them to walk away with the feeling that, ‘Wow, whatever comes into my life, I now have some tools to deal with it,’” Nass said. “I want them to go away feeling confident in themselves and in how to handle all the curveballs that their kids are going to throw them.”

Newark residents, students flock to Community Day

BY MARTÍN MARTINEZ City Editor

Although his face wore a confident look as he chopped wooden tiles with his hands and preformed high kicks above his partner’s head, Yuval Griffin, 9, was very nervous as he and members of his tae kwon do studio stepped in front a talkative audience and performed outside of Wolf Hall this weekend.

“I wasn’t scared until I saw that there were a lot of people there,” Griffin said.

Griffin’s demonstration was surrounded by a crowd of leather-clad bikers, exotic belly dancers and some of the thousands of Newark residents attending the 39th annual Community Day event Sunday afternoon.

Artisans, businesses and politicians showcased themselves and their services to the Newark community throughout North Green and Delaware Avenue, which was closed down to accommodate the crowds and food vendor booths.

Newark Mayor Vance A. Funk III handed out blue university tote bags in front of the Taste of Newark booth.

He said organizers began setting up for the event that morning.

“I started at six and after talking to the coordinators to make sure everything was OK, I then went to Main Street and began to pick up trash to make it look nice for people once they arrived,” Funk said.

He said he was glad to see so many people who moved out of Newark return to visit the city and see its attractions.

“It’s been non-stop greeting for me, because I’ve been in so many organizations, every time I look up I see someone I know,” Funk said.

After arriving at the event, Dorothea Ormsby, 39, said she already learned how to use a defibrillator at a Newark police kiosk, though her 6-year-old daughter Olivia was not so excited.

“It’s been really good so far, but that part was scary,” Olivia said.

Dorothea, who brought her family to Community Day last year, said she believes the event helps show the diversity of Newark businesses and organizations.

“There are certainly many things to see and do here,” Dorothea said.

Joe Spadafino, recreation superintendent for Newark’s Department of Parks and Recreation, said he was pleased with how this year’s Community Day turned out.

“All of our vendors did a great job, and brought great local flavor,” Spadafino said. “It was also nice to see all the vendors participating and visiting other booths if they could.”

Those who attended the event could choose between a variety of options for food, including corn dogs, funnel cakes and water ice.

Jake Miller, 76, along with members of Soloman Lodge 36, a masonic lodge, sold hot dogs, soda and chips while promoting their organization.

“We have been doing this for eight or 10 years now,” Miller said. “All of the funds go towards buying charitable gifts throughout the year.”

District 2 Councilman Jerry Clifton said he was a big fan of all the food vendors.

“It’s not long before I find myself trying all the different food options at any event,” Clifton said.

District 4 Councilman David Athey said he was impressed with the vibrancy of the Newark community.

“Regardless of your beliefs or opinions, it really says something when everyone can come together and display the best of our community,” Athey said.

Clifton said he believes Community Day is a valuable opportunity to meet people that, as a city councilman, he doesn’t usually get to see.

“It’s the perfect time to meet those people you don’t know and don’t interact with,” Clifton said.

Several students, like senior Amy Facciolo, stopped at booths and watched multiple performances.

“The amount of things to see is really amazing,” Facciolo said. “I just got here and I don’t know where to start.”

Senior Emily Taylor, who spent last year’s Community Day helping her father promote his business, said she was happy to experience the event from the other side of the booth.

“I hope that I’ll get to see a lot more than I did last year,” Taylor said.

“It’s really nice to see all the different business in the area.”

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The 39th annual Community Day was held Sunday afternoon on The Green and on Delaware Avenue.

People who had moved away from Newark returned for Sunday’s festivities on campus.

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Study shows early risers may get better grades

BY SAMANTHA TOSCANO Student Affairs Editor

For students who may be feeling some remorse after registering for 8 a.m. classes, a recent study released by two St. Lawrence University professors offers good news: earlier classes lead to better grades.

Prior to conducting the study, psychology professor Pamela Thacher at St. Lawrence University advocated later classes to promote more sleep for students. However, after surveying 253 college students who completed cognitive tasks and a one-week sleep diary, as well as questionnaires about sleep, class schedules, drug and alcohol use and mood, Thacher said she now realizes that classes later in the day might affect students’ decision-making.

“Those who choose later classes also tend to sleep longer and consume more alcohol and other substances, while those who elect earlier classes may be more motivated to find ways to offset the early time by making healthier choices about their daily living,” Thacher said.

The university offers more than 100 classes beginning at 8 a.m. this fall semester. This list includes 18 sections of English 110 courses, which are required by all students at some point in their college careers.

After evaluating the survey, university psychology professor Beth Morling said the study is more correlational and does not indicate a

cause and effect.

Morling said while it is known that dreams support effective learning and that rapid eye movement sleep is linked to retention, the study does not present enough information to conclude how the election of class times, the use of alcohol and the quality of sleep are connected to grades.

“In order to generalize the study, we would need to know how the students were sampled and if it was random, not how many students,” Morling said. “But is 253 students enough to detect a pattern? Yes.” Freshman Julia Straus, who has an 8 a.m. Introduction to Linguistics class Tuesdays and Thursdays, said she does not mind having an early class. If she studies and puts in the work, she feels she will do well regardless of when the class takes place.

“If it was proven that [8 a.m. classes] mean better grades, then I would take more, sure, why not?”

Straus said. “But I think this study is basing it too much on drinking.”

Sophomore Ian Pass has 8 a.m. classes every weekday, but not by his choice. He sees the St. Lawrence study as nothing more than a correlation.

“It’s not like if you get up at 5 a.m. for class, your grade goes up five points,” Pass said. “If that was the case, I would be getting up at 1 a.m. for class.”

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Researchers claim students who choose later classes tend to sleep longer and use alcohol and other substances.

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Dining halls host eating contest Fraternity returns

after 19-year hiatus

BY KEVIN NAI Staff Reporter

Delta Tau Delta rejoined the university’s Greek community earlier this month, bringing the fraternity back to campus after nearly two decades of absence.

The university’s chapter, which has 46 members in its founding class, will revive the legacy of its former establishment while adopting its own identity, according to Delta Tau Delta president Dan Andrusko.

“I’d just like this group to become the product of all of its members,” Andrusko said.

Delta Tau Delta was active on campus beginning in the 1940s, until the group went on a 19-year hiatus in the late 1990s, according to junior and secretary Zachary Sidrane.

Sidrane said he has no record of why the fraternity left campus.

He said that the national fraternity wanted to establish a presence at the university and dispatched colony coordinators to meet with potential members of their founding group. After they received approval, Sidrane said they made arrangements for formal initiation and began planning rushing events.

Approximately 100 national alumni, including Tom Carper (D-Del.), gathered for the chapter’s formal initiation on Sept. 10 at the Trabant Multipurpose Room to welcome the incoming members.

Despite not having an official

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Freshman Vinnie Papa won a burger-eating contest held Tuesday in Pencader Dining Hall. The contest was held in dining halls across campus, and each winner was awarded 100 points for their dining plans.

AEPhi suspended for one year

BY SAMANTHA TOSCANO Student Affairs Editor

The university suspended Alpha Epsilon Phi this week for violations to the university Code of Conduct stemming from their formal last May. Scott Mason, associate director of Student Centers, said some sisters and their dates were responsible for behaviors deemed inappropriate, including disruptive conduct an failure to comply, in violation of university policies.

Mason said the entire chapter, regardless of the number of students involved in the violations, will be held accountable by the university’s

conduct system because it was a sorority-sponsored function.

Despite an appeal, Alpha Epsilon Phi received a one-year suspension, effective through spring 2012. This is the sorority’s first violation in 10 years.

Mason said the sorority will not be allowed to recruit, host functions or attend events as a sorority at the university during their suspension.

Senior and Alpha Epsilon Phi president Talia Fishbon said approximately eight students who attended the formal acted inappropriately.

Mason said the chapter is determining how to respond to sisters

who violated the conduct policy.

“We accepted the responsibility of this as a group despite the majority of our chapter’s good behavior,” Fishbon said.

A sorority has not been suspended by the university since Phi Sigma Sigma was suspended in May 2007 for alleged hazing and alcohol violations.

Fishbon said she did not think the sanctions were appropriate for the situation.

“We are disappointed by this outcome and would have liked to see a more fitting punishment given the situation,” she said.

house, the fraternity has hosted several Rush events at brothers’ houses and one at Grotto Pizza. The chapter will add 15 new members this fall.

“Members are generating ideas for fundraisers that will be popular with the students,” Andrusko said.

Delta Tau Delta philanthropy chair Adam Sedaka said the fraternity plans to partner with a local high school and tutor students, work with the American Cancer Society and plan a Wounded Warriors project.

Sedaka said he hopes fraternity brothers will continue to look for charitable causes.

“If somebody in or outside the fraternity has an idea for a good cause, then we’ll definitely try to work with that person to get it set up,” Sedaka said.

Sophomore Dom Brockaway, who is rushing Delta Tau Delta, said he wanted to join the fraternity because he knew many of the current brothers and found their Brockway said if he becomes a brother, he hopes to go to the fraternity’s social events, make wellrounded friends and gain networking opportunities.

“These are the type of people I get along with most,” Brockway said. “They have a good balance between having fun and being good, nice kids.”

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City approves annual budget

BY MARTÍN MARTINEZ City Editor

Newark City Council approved the capital improvement program and annual operating budget for 2012 to 2016 last week.

The budget is used to finance all city services and projects for the next five years.

Newark City Manager Kyle Sonnenberg said the budget provides funding for construction on the city’s physical infrastructure and utilities.

“We also try to maintain a financial strength for the city through prudent investments that we predict in the capital improvements we foresee in the near future,” Sonnenberg said.

He said the budget is created by his office and the city finance department.

The city manager’s office sits down with all city departments about capital improvement projects they would like to propose for the next year, while the finance department focuses on project utility costs and

overall balancing of the budget.

Dennis McFarland, director of Newark’s Finance Department said the budget forecast for 2012 is used to predict the budget for the next four years, even though the annual breakdown of the budget may vary. The budget balance for each year will not be as it is forecasted this year, he said.

“We actually have a deficit forecasted right now for 2013.

When we get there it won’t actually end up being that way,” McFarland said. “We actually end the period having a surplus of around 1.5 million dollars each year.”

He said official predict the city will have a cash balance of $26 million by 2016, which will allow the city to achieve AA credit rating.

McFarland said his team did not forecast a significant utilities rate change based on New Castle County utility rates, but said that a rate increase would be needed in 2012.

“A one-time increase should

Tests: UD won’t go test-optional Continued from page 3 tells us something different.”

Although Hirsh believes the option to submit test scores will put applicants with test anxiety at ease, he said four short essay questions are not an adequate replacement for SAT and ACT scores. These tests evaluate quantitative and scientific reasoning skills, which will be difficult to measure through essays, Hirsh said.

With the college application process still fresh in her mind, freshman Summer Kates said four essay questions are a more accurate and less stress-inducing measure of a student’s abilities than test scores.

“Some people aren’t good testtakers, so it’s like your whole college future is depending on this test,” Kates said. “With the essays, you can sit there, have time to think, and you have four different opinions that you could get across.”

Freshman Michelle Haney said students should have the option to write essays instead of submitting test scores. She said standardized tests are an inaccurate judge of student’s performance.

“I was a straight-A student my entire life, I always did all my homework, I always got great grades,” Haney said. “Then the SATs came around and it’s not a good test to show how good a student you are and how successful you’re going to be.”

While the test-optional policy is a welcome change for some students, others, like Sophomore Emily Strasburg believe that test scores are still the best tool a university can use to decide whether or not to accept an applicant.

“Anyone can write an essay and I know people at my high school had tutors help them, so it’s not guaranteed that you’re getting the work of the student submitting them,” Strasburg said “People get SAT tutors but it’s just you taking the

test so it’s more of an individualized thing.”

Although the test-optional policy is becoming more popular, Boeckenstedt said it is unlikely that it will become a nation-wide phenomenon.

Universities like Harvard, Princeton and Yale are less likely to embrace the change because they value test scores as a way of selecting among “extraordinarily qualified students,” Boeckenstedt said.

“The average SAT and ACT of the incoming freshman class just isn’t that big a deal [at DePaul],” Boeckenstedt said. “Our identity just isn’t tied up in that number, but for other institutions it is and it would take them a big leap of faith to make that move.”

Some universities continue to value test scores even after becoming test-optional institutions. Hirsh said he finds it troubling that certain test-optional schools still report the average SAT and ACT scores of their incoming freshmen.

“If you don’t think that these scores have validity, then why are you reporting them?” Hirsh said.

He also questions the motivation behind some schools dropping the test score requirement from their applications.

“While many schools have gone test-optional for reasons that are legitimate, I fear that there are some that have done it because they want to raise their average SAT scores and they know that it will be the weaker test-takers who will choose not to submit scores,” Hirsh said.

As the first round of test-optional applications approaches at DePaul, Boeckenstedt said he is optimistic.

“My hope is that what it will tell students is that the four years you’ve spent in high school are far more important to how you’ll do in college than the three hours on a Saturday morning when you take the test,” he said.

be enough to cover us, and allow us to continue to maintain margin, but we should still need to track any changes done by the county to their rates,” McFarland said.

District 1 councilman Mark Morehead said he was concerned about whether this capital budget included positive steps to infrastructure maintenance, specifically utilities “The capital plan certainly looks like we are working within the bounds of what we need to do,” Morehead said. “We tend to push maintenance back a lot, so does budget continue to push back or are we fixing these past issues?”

McFarland said the budget has been designed efficiently and said the forecasts appear accurate “We aren’t in a position where we can spend and do whatever we want, but we also aren’t in a position where we can’t spend anything at all,” McFarland said.

“If look at some other cities, we are actually doing pretty well.”

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The budget was determined by the city manager’s office and the city finance department.

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Biden: ‘Oh, but the rest of the nation understand the Delaware way. Literally,’ says VP Continued from page 1 Biden drew parallels between fierce debates in American history, from the Andrew Jackson-Thomas Jefferson feud over the merits of a national bank to the passing of the Civil Rights Act, to today’s political climate. Each debate, Biden said, always came to the same conclusion.

“In each instance in our history, we have found a way to moderate the extreme reactions that threaten to tear us apart, and found the path to progress,” he said.

Biden, who graduated from the university in 1965, was sworn into Congress eight years later.

Since the institution’s creation in 1789, 1,931 senators have served, and Biden’s 32 years of service are surpassed by only 14 other senators.

Before the vice president spoke, University President Patrick Harker discussed the impact of the gift to the university, and noted the importance of Biden’s role in recent history.

“I’d like to thank the vice president for this extraordinary donation of his Senate papers—a true abundance of materials that will illuminate decades of U.S. policy and diplomacy, and the vice president’s critical role in its development,” Harker said.

“I can’t imagine a collection that would shed more light on this nation’s recent past and the dynamic processes of our democracy.”

Susan Brynteson, university vice provost and May Morris Director of Libraries, discussed the main impact of Biden’s donation after Harker finished speaking.

“The priceless value of the gift of Joe Biden’s senatorial papers is that the collections as a whole will shed light on the power of personal bonds and leadership qualities, and how these forces work in such a democratically diverse institution,” Brynteson said.

Biden’s records include papers, digital media and correspondences. His materials will join those of Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), former Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) and former Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.), among others, in the university library.

Biden said he hopes two things will happen following his donation. First, he joked that scholars will not judge his inability to spell, because he “never thought it a worthy undertaking.”

On a more serious note, he said he hopes people continue to respect the Senate.

“I hope years from now that they will walk away not having a higher or lower estimation of me,

but believing as I do, that despite all its imperfections, it’s still the most deliberate, significant body of governance ever created by the hand of man,” he said.

Applause grew as the document making the donation official was passed from Brynteson to Harker, culminating in a standing ovation as Biden’s pen touched paper.

While signing, Biden joked that “there is no promissory note attached,” drawing a laugh from the crowd.

Biden was then introduced by international relations professor Joseph Pika before beginning the first Soles lecture. Though Biden graduated from the university three years before Soles began teaching, the two knew each other well.

Soles taught courses in American government and public law until 2002, and died in October 2010.

The annual lecture bearing his name focuses on constitution and citizenship.

“Of one thing I am certain— Jim Soles was a believer, as I am.

Politics is not a dirty word,” Biden said. “At the end of the day, politics is the only way a community can govern itself and realize its goals without disorder.”

He focused on the Constitution, and the defining message he took away from his years of senatorial service.

“This is the ultimate lesson of our history, the lesson I took from 36 years as a United States senator,” Biden said. “The greatness of our Constitution is the promise that every single voice can be heard. Our government processes are designed to blend those voices together, perhaps not always in harmony, but ultimately in unity.”

Biden was joined in the packed Mitchell Hall by many of Delaware’s current representatives, including Carper, Gov. Jack Markell and Chris Coons (D-Del.). Biden served with Carper in the Senate and referred to him as “Tommy” throughout the lecture.

“In all the years Tommy and I worked with the governor and previous governors, there was never a harsh word among us. Not one single public harsh word,” Biden said, dropping his voice to just above a whisper. “Oh, but the rest of the nation understand the Delaware way. Literally.”

Tickets to the event sold out in less than one hour, and freshman Zack Baum managed to secure a seat. He also took a picture with the vice president after his lecture.

“He was amazing. He’s such a dedicated public servant,” Baum said. “He embodies all the values Americans want in those holding public office.”

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Vice President Joe Biden signs an agreement to donate his senatorial papers to the university library as University President Patrick Harker and Vice Provost Susan Brynteson look on.

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Vice President Joe Biden address the crowd at Mitchell Hall Friday afternoon.

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12 September 20, 2011 Protest: Feds say pipeline will create more job opportunities Continued from page 1 fracturing of natural gas. Fracking can pollute watesr with toxins and consumes millions of gallons of fresh water, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The U.S. Department of State released a report that said the pipeline would have no “significant impact” on resources surrounding the project. The release also said spills along the pipeline would be limited and recommended going forward with the project.

Roe said the Obama administration wants to proceed with the plan to create the Keystone XL Pipeline because it will create revenue for American oil companies. According to the TransCanada website, the $13 billion pipeline system will directly connect the country with oil from Canada and create jobs during its construction and after its completion.

Protesters handed out brochures quoting Obama during his Presidential campaign, which read, “Let’s be the generation that finally frees America from the tyranny of oil,” implying his

change in policy.

Senior Jason Freeman, who was standing in line for Biden’s speech and watching the protesters, said he did not think the demonstrators effectively communicated their message.

“They weren’t that loud and people were kind of laughing at them,” Freeman said. “I wasn’t really moved by them,” Sophomore Abby Barber, a demonstrator at the event, said she participated in the protest because she believes Biden has the potential to influence Obama’s decision.

“Joe Biden can do something about this as Obama’s right-hand man,” she said. “He must have something in his heart for this school.”

Obama will make the decision to reject or support the construction of the pipeline extension in December.

Although Roe thinks oil companies will be pressuring Obama, she said it is important for Americans to voice their disproval.

“The corporation’s voice is loud,” Roe said. “We as Americans need to be louder.”

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A student holds up a handmade cardboard sign at Friday’s protest in front of Mitchell Hall on The Green.

Students line up early for Wiz Khalifa tickets

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Students gather in the Trabant University Center multipurpose rooms Sept. 13 to buy tickets for a Wiz Khalifa concert, which will be held in the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday, Oct. 2. Several students slept outside of Trabant the night before. They received call numbers from box office officials that morning representing their place in line for the tickets. Once their numbers were called, students were able to purchase their tickets.

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Techno: ‘Now freshmen won’t get to experience it,’ student says Continued from page 1 normal travel, because the devices could not be securely fastened to the interior.

“We want the students to have a safe ride without worrying if they could get hurt,” Conrad said.

He said the bus’ atmosphere was not the primary reason for prohibiting the lights and speakers.

Conrad, a former driver who also drove a similarly themed bus, said he did not think the bus promoted unsafe behavior from its passengers.

“The issue was safety and possible lawsuits that might come out of it,” Conrad said. “We don’t want to open ourselves to that risk.”

Assawah said the bus had gained a popular reputation on campus and students who rode it kept each other in line.

Although he said he could accept the bus’ lack of lights, he said he did not believe he could continue his signature theme without iPod speakers.

During daytime routes, which he currently drives, he created custom playlists of slower, calmer music to be played during the ride, as opposed to those heard during latenight hours.

“All that, I cannot do without an iPod,” Assawah said. “I have never had any problems with the iPod.” Many students, like junior Lorraine Reyes, said they were

disappointed that Assawah’s bus routes will no longer feature its signature sounds.

“I think it’s sad,” Reyes said.

“It was known on campus, and now freshmen won’t get to experience it.”

She said she didn’t believe potential injury during transit was enough of a reason to ban the placement of the lights and speakers.

“I don’t think that’s a good reason.” Reyes said. “People are standing on the bus anyway, that’s going to cause injuries.”

Freshman Alex Rendon said he was disappointed he would not get to experience a ride on the techno bus.

After hearing about the bus from a Blue Hen Ambassador during a visit to campus as a prospective student, Rendon said he was looking forward to hitching a ride with Assawah.

“I was kind of looking forward to riding it because it was kind of badass, so it sucks that it’s gone.”

Rendon said. “It’s not like it’s a major blow to my college experience, but it would have been cool.”

Sophomore Mike Granger said he thought the techno bus was a significant part of weekend nights at the university. He said if he saw the bus while walking around, he would go out of his way to get on it because it put him in a festive mood.

“It’s like a weekend tradition,” Granger said. “You get on it and you’re really excited.”

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14 New technology not instant success

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Updated Gore classrooms might not enhance learning Students who have class in a few select rooms in Gore Hall may notice several technology-based upgrades in the rooms. At first glance, using an iPad to write on a whiteboard, and projecting student laptop screens on television screens may seem useful, but all of these additions may not be fully necessary.

As one professor noted, setting up the systems can take a good amount of time, and in a 50-minute class, even five minutes is valuable time wasted. Plus, an entire lesson may have to change if it relies on using solely computers and tablet technology. While the university offers free informational technology classes for staff, if professors do not take the time to learn how to use the technology they are given, having this equipment may not sucessfully supplement their class material.

As for students, multitasking in this type of setting may become overly distracting. Trying to write notes in a notebook while listening

to a professor, watching a computer screen and operating an iPad could easily prove frustrating and difficult, especially for those who would rather just listen to lecture material and write down notes.

For classes that use computerbased learning and teaching methods, however, this new classroom technology could be beneficial, and such new devices should be placed in buildings where these classes are usually held.

Centralizing placement in a general building such as Gore Hall could sound to some like a move to attracht new students to the school during tours down The Green.

In the end, students can be given the newest and most innovative tools, but it is still their responisbility to use them to their full advantage.

In addition, we are told from a young age that TV and computers are detrimental to our learning, and using them as an educational resource could easily backfire.

SATs and ACTs still needed one thing that can level the field for applicants across the board.

There are numerous standardized testing options, however, and perhaps it would be wise to put some more weight on these. SAT subject tests and AP exams use the same structure and test material for every student taking them, but don’t punish those are who stronger in math and weaker in verbal skills. It is also worth noting that the admissions officers review all application materials, and decisions are not just based on a single test.

At such a large university with students applying from extremely diverse backgrounds, different application options are important, but standards still need to be set. There are problems with the current means of testing though, and admissions officers should take these into account when reviewing new student applications.

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THE REVIEW/Megan Krol

DePaul University in Chicago recently modified its admission practices to make the SAT and ACT optional for students applying to the school.

If a student chooses not take one of these standardized tests or disclose his or her scores, he or she would need to answer four short essay questions instead.

Our university, on the other hand, still believes that the SAT or ACT is a critical part of the college application process.

There is no denying that these standardized tests have a history of receiving criticism for things such as grading processes and the fact that they only test specific and not generalized skills, but it is important to have some kind of constant when applying for college. With so many high schools using different grading standards and offering different extracurricular activities and programs, standardized tests are

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Standardized tests level field for broad applicant pool

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Q: Did you attend the university-organized 9/11 vigil?

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‘Daging’ no longer limited to the ‘bro’ population Pat Gillespie

Pat’s Point of View

Day drinking parties give many different groups of students a chance to interact.

Sun-kissed dresses brush up against throwback basketball jerseys. Girls incessantly take pictures, documenting moments of no significance. Boys pump the kegs, which have started to cook in the warm afternoon sun, while fist-pumping to Avicii’s newest track.

It’s dage season.

Several day drinking parties this September have featured gigantic crowds, bro fashion and a collective embrace of collegiate clichés. Many of my friends say they’ve seen dages in excess of 300 people this fall. My roommate Dave described the dage scene as, “Suns out, guns out. Pretty girls in sundresses. Baseball caps and RayBans. Music heard by not only the party, but the surrounding two-block radius.”

Newark Police spokesman Lt. Mark Farrall told me day drinking parties are not on the rise this year, but said students should be aware of certain risks involved with afternoon parties.

“There’s a number of dangers and public safety issues related with large parties of that magnitude,” Farrall said. “It’s difficult to police a party, a group that size. It’s difficult for the residents that have a party that size to control their guests. And when there are large parties, it tends to disturb the quiet of the city.”

Although day drinking is a staple across many college campuses, it appears to have recently had some interesting effects on this school’s student culture.

Dage—an astute fusion of “day rage”—is the newest colloquialism to hit the off-campus lexicon. Of course, it brings along every usage possible: dages (both verb and plural noun), daging, dagest, dagers and daged, the last of which is a term fit for the black-out-by-5 p.m. crowd.

The attire at these events seems to have a strict, unspoken code. Last spring, I attended a dage packed with babes, beers and bros. Wearing a white T-shirt and khaki shorts, I was probably the only guy not wearing a beater or vintage basketball jersey, and I felt slightly out of place. Ladies do not break day-drinking fashion tradition, generally donning colorful sun dresses.

Some gents have become creative though. Although I was a few Keystones deep, I do recall seeing a fellow at a re-

cent dage who had stepped up his game.

He wore a Kobe Bryant jersey, gym shorts, black Ray-Bans, a backwards hat with every Major League Baseball team’s emblem on it, high-top Jordans and—what sealed the deal—blatantly untied shoelaces. All that effort to conjure the perfect outfit, and he wouldn’t tie his shoes. What a hazard— he could get tripped!

Dage is more than just drinking; it’s a statement about who students are willing to socialize with. Four years ago, I would find it hard to believe my fraternity brothers and I would attend a dage hosted by another fraternity, club sport team or student group. We had our niche, and thanks but no thanks, we won’t intrude on your patch of sun-stained grass. I truly believe we weren’t anti-social—it just wasn’t the norm to integrate with other groups of guys.

This season, an open attitude dominates many dages. I attended a dage on Saturday populated by several different fraternities and even some club sport athletes. There wasn’t much middle school dance fever either, as everyone seemed to be mingling with everyone. It was a pleasant sight to witness, an almost Utopian college scene, stripped of any petty social barriers.

“We’re more similar than you think,”

my friend, who I promised not to name, said. “All these clubs generally have the same purpose raging, and we mix well in the day.”

Perhaps our laissez-faire party policy will fade with the late summer sun. It’s reasonable to expect people to be more willing to have strangers in their backyard than in their living room. But I hope not.

College is about branching out, and if that happens with a Natty Light in hand and Swedish House Mafia in the background, so be it.

If daging cements the university as a “party school,” that would be a rash judgment. It is a great academic school, and I know many dagers who are, in fact, scholars. You just have to look past the excessive bro outfits and constant picture-taking.

My friend Dan summed up dage well.

“Partying together = community,” he wrote in an email. “Community is good because it shows a nonexclusive environment of people with equal intentions of having an amazing time.”

Pat Gillespie is the senior reporter for The Review. His viewpoints do not necessarily represent those of the Review staff. Please send comments to phg@ udel.edu.

GQ article full of inaccuracies about university students Marcus Spera

Guest Columnist

University students prove to be ‘douchey’ in different ways than a recent GQ article describes.

The August 2011 issue of GQ Magazine featured an excerpt from “The Rogers & Littleton Guide to America’s Douchiest Colleges” where the university is ranked as No. 8 of “The 10 Douchiest Colleges”.

Now, I’m not inclined to disagree with the statement. In fact, most people who I’ve discussed this with agree that our college is “douchey,” but not for the reasons listed in the article.

Other schools feel this way as well.

One review on Amazon.com read, “I just graduated from one of the colleges listed in this book and there are tons of ways to make fun of my school, but this book totally ignores those and actually made things up. For one, my school didn’t even offer the majors this book listed.”

The section on the university proclaims our school is “Home of the ‘Tokyo Drift’ douche,” and then the article pro-

ceeds to fill out each category with Asian stereotypes (tricked out Scion, Transformers, etc.). This profile is unfitting, not just because it’s racially insensitive, but because it’s also fairly inaccurate. This university may seem like it has a large Asian population if you happen to be on a particular bus route or in a particular class, but in reality, only 5 percent of the undergraduate population is Asian. Compared to data of other schools on the list like Cornell University (20 percent) or a school that was not included like Rutgers University (23 percent), our school looks pretty white and the article’s authors look pretty lazy. If the authors wanted to find a college with a higher percentage of Asians, they could have just visited any other college.

That being said, not everything was completely inaccurate about our school’s section. In the “Spring Break Plans” section, it states, “You were thinking about going to Cozumel with your bros from Sigma Alpha Mu, but then one guy offered up his dad’s house in Rehoboth Beach.”

They mentioned Rehoboth Beach (proving they can use a map) but Sigma Alpha Mu (a fraternity that hasn’t been here for three years). They also state that our nonalcoholic drink of choice is “Muscle Milk Light with ice cubes made from toxic

groundwater” which makes fun of Delaware’s grounwater toxicity (even though it perfectly complements the aroma of the manure used for growing mushrooms).

But the one thing that was most accurate was probably the label of “Large Colleges with Mediocre Sports Programs.”

While the university is a Division I school, many teams are mediocre. Granted there are exceptions, like football, (where we’re really good at almost being champions), crew (All-American rowers, sub-par parties) and lacrosse (present in the big tournament, absent from class). But in a school where more kids go to the tailgate than the actual game, something is wrong (mostly the lack of kegs inside the stadium).

The authors completely missed plenty of reasons that students themselves make fun of the university and the state of Delaware. In-state and out-of-state students alike make fun of the university for having some of the lamest anti-drinking ads, school sponsored events and slogans such as “talent magnet,” “East Coast classic,” and “citizen university,” which is ironic given the number of non-citizen students (about 12 percent). Let us not forget our dear mascot, the Blue Hen, which many have said sucks.

Many out-of-state students make fun of the school for being quaint, polite and

well-mannered (we’re really not used to that kind of thing), but the best way to call the university “douchey” is to make fun of the students themselves. They might as well call this university “The College of New Jersey II” because there are tons of Jersey kids here. Out-of-state students that complain about the university and surrounding area also make us all seem like douches because they chose to come here and are upset the entire state of Delaware hasn’t changed to fit their needs.

Pennsylvanians are no treat either. As a friend of mine pointed out to me, many Pennsylvanians seem to be aspiring to look like Andy Reid, but don’t seem to aspire to arrive on time, given their general speed on the freeway. In-state students can be douches, too, as northern Delawarean students seem to separate themselves from “slower lower” students—you know, the students with the same area code.

These are only a few simple replacements for “the ‘Tokyo Drift’ douche,” but I’m certain there are many others.

Marcus Spera is a guest columnist at The Review. His viewpoints do not necessarily represent those of the Review staff. Please send comments to mspera@ udel.edu.

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BLUE HEN ART HITS NEWARK

Also Inside Beer & Brats in ‘Bavaria’ Breathing new life into old books

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Professor fuses music, environmentalism

BY ASHLEY PAINTSIL Staff Reporter

In a dark theater in Gore Recital Hall, a screen flashed phrases from the Bible, the Qur’an and Scandinavian proverbs describing the Earth’s creation.

Slowly, the lights brightened and music swelled as worldrenowned violinist and music professor Xiang Gao performed original works about sustainable environmentalism.

The performance marked the opening ceremony for the Energy and Sustainability Conference Thursday night, where Gao performed works from his production “Ode to Earth,” which he created last year to celebrate Earth Day. Graduate student Roy Murray, the conference spokesperson, says he invited Gao to rouse public interest in energy and sustainability.

This is the university’s fifth year hosting the conference, and although professors come from all over the country to speak, Murray says he felt the public needed to get more involved.

“Not many people are interested in the environment or science,” he says. “We wanted to do more outreach that I guess would have that same environmental feel, but maybe not as just getting talked to for 30 minutes.”

Gao says he decided to perform because of his passion for preserving the environment for future generations.

“I’m a father of a 6-yearold, and I think as a musician, it is very important that we could bridge many art forms together and serve a larger audience and a bigger purpose than just a concert production itself,” Gao says.

He believes the underlying message of environmental research and the protection of natural resources made the music more meaningful. He wanted the audience to go home after the performance and help the planet, whether by turning off their faucets, conserving energy or making donations to environmental research.

“My instrument is made from trees,” Gao says. “And a lot of composers and musicians are inspired by nature, so it’s all

related.”

Graduate student Nicole Kotulak, co-chair of the event, says she thought Gao’s performance could help incorporate the humanities into the traditionally technology-focused discussions at the conference.

“I always had this feeling that the arts and the humanities had an understanding of energy and sustainability and how to take care of the earth long before any of the technology or policy got involved,” Kotulak says.

The university’s Botanical Gardens provided plants for the stage, and the one-page programs were made of recycled, seedembedded paper that members of the audience could use to plant wildflowers, she says.

Kotulak says the performance showed the core relationship between music and sustainability.

“If there’s one thing that we all have in common, it’s that music has the ability to make us feel,” she says. “Music has the tendency to be inspired by nature, so it’s a way of experiencing nature beyond the lab or the research and the very academic things that we do every day.”

Courtesy of John Palmer

Renowned violinist Xiang Gao hopes his performance will inspire environmentally-responsible action.

Cathy Yang plays the erhu, or spike fiddle, alongside Gao Thursday night at the conference.

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September 20, 2011

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UD profs, students speak out about unpublished children’s diet book

BY ALEXANDRA NAU and MORGAN WINSOR The Review

Author Paul Kramer recently sparked national controversy with the anticipated release of his new self-published book, “Maggie Goes on a Diet.” Critics, including some university community members, say the book’s message and target audience do not match up.

The children’s book, to be released in October, is about an overweight 14-year-old girl named Maggie. She is constantly teased by her peers and unable to fully participate in sports, so she decides to lose weight in order to feel better about herself. The book follows her diet and workout regimen, culminating in a weight loss of 51 lbs. As a result, she scores the winning goal of her soccer game and ultimately becomes both confident and popular.

Amy Wilcoxon, a nutrition counselor at the university, has taken issue with Kramer’s approach in promoting his message. Her main concern is that the word “diet” is in the title.

“We never try and associate that [word] with happiness and weightloss,” Wilcoxon says. “Why does it have to be diet talk?”

Wilcoxon, who focuses on general nutrition, diabetes and issues associated with eating at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, says the word “diet” has a totally different correlation in the hospital. She says doctors might encourage individuals to “diet” for health reasons, but society has twisted the definition into meaning strictly weight loss for aesthetic reasons.

Jaehee Jung, professor of fashion and apparel studies, says the word “diet” has specifically become

associated with eating disorders.

“I feel like this title is the reflection on society,” Jung says.

“Certainly [the author] succeeded in getting attention.”

But Kramer says he never intended to create such controversy and encourages people not to judge the book by its cover. “‘Diet’ to me is not a dirty word necessarily,” Kramer says.

Kramer, owner of Aloha Publishers based in Maui, has published numerous children’s books that touch on relevant issues like “Bullies Beware,” “Booger Bob” and “Do Not Dread Wetting the Bed.” He says Maggie could be a “fun role model” for obese children and could encourage them to eat healthier and exercise when they are capable of doing so. According to Kramer, their overall quality of life can change, as Maggie’s did in the book.

Although Maggie is 14 in the book, Amazon has labeled the book appropriate for four to eight yearolds while Barnes & Noble decided it is appropriate for readers aged six to 12. Kramer says the reason for this inconsistency in age groups is the formatting of the book—written in rhyming sequences and accompanied by pictures.

Wilcoxon says she’s concerned that Kramer’s message isn’t appropriate for a picture book. Young children are very impressionable, and seeing Maggie’s transformation through the pictures could make them think they should follow the same path.

Jung says the book’s correlation between weight loss and perceived happiness exemplifies “risky behavior” at an age when physical maturity has not been reached.

According to Jung, the younger the age of concern about body image, the sooner the threat of an eating disorder.

Courtesy of Paul Kramer

Some fear the story of an overweight 14-year-old becoming popular after losing weight sends the wrong message.

Sophomore Vicki Arthur, president of the National Eating Disorder Association Committee on campus, says she was disturbed by the book’s targeted age group. She thinks discussing weight and body image issues is inappropriate for such a young age group.

“At 10 years old, a body image issue is not something you should be worried about,” Arthur says.

For Arthur, the correlation is personal. Having dealt with her own body image issues in the past, she says she does not agree with the message that losing weight equals happiness.

“You’ll never achieve true happiness if you’re defining it by other’s peoples’ version of happiness,” she says.

Childhood obesity is currently one of the nation’s greatest health concerns, according to first lady Michelle Obama, who launched the “Let’s Move!” initiative in February of 2010. The program emphasizes providing information to parents on healthy choices for their kids, serving healthier options in school cafeterias, ensuring families the accessibility to healthy food and promoting more active lifestyles for children. President Obama created the first Task Force on Childhood Obesity to enforce the “Let’s Move!” campaign.

Lack of information and accessibility to healthy food are not the only obstacles that obese children face on a daily basis. According to Jung, “Maggie Goes on a Diet” may be the least of the nation’s problems in terms of delivering the wrong message to children. Peer groups, parent expectations, thousands of TV shows, advertisements and teen idols encourage weightspecific stereotypes for the younger generation, she says.

“We are giving attention to this one book, but there are messages everywhere,” Jung says. “They’re going to get the message no matter what.”

But Wilcoxon says she doesn’t see how the book could make matters worse. Diet and weight loss are hot topics and there’s a niche in the market for them.

“I can’t blame someone for making a living in something he has a passion for doing,” she says.

Still, Wilcoxon suggests some ways to improve Kramer’s book such as shifting the focus from losing weight to just being healthy, removing the word “diet” from the title and making Maggie popular the whole way through the story despite her weight. She says giving the book a more positive name such as “Eat Great, Feel Great” would be a significant improvement.

Kramer responds that critics should wait to read the book themselves before expressing an opinion. He says it’s unfair that criticism is based on the book’s front cover, a jarring illustration of overweight Maggie standing in front of a mirror and seeing a slimmer self.

“They are judging this book by the cover and we’re taught not to do that,” he says.

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Panko is a contestant on ‘All American Handyman’ on HGTV.

University alum puts ‘handyman’ skills to work on reality show

BY REBECCA MCCOLL Staff Reporter

Andy Panko, a university alumnus, wasn’t much of a handyman in college. Although he grew up helping his father with remodeling projects, Panko was a finance and marketing double major during his time at the university, and his projects were limited to small fixes around the house he rented on New London Road.

“I think I fixed a dryer once,” Panko says. “Friends from college all knew I was somewhat handy, but I don’t think they knew the extent of what I was capable of doing.”

Panko, who graduated in 2000, is now a contestant on the HGTV reality series “All American Handyman,” which pits 20 contestants against each other in home improvement challenges.

Currently a credit risk analyst and an adjunct finance professor at Rutger University’s MBA program, Panko started out with desk jobs right after college. After a few years, he decided to try his hand at the home improvement business and began working two days a week in 2006.

“I decided I wanted to try to do home improvements as a profession,” Panko says. “I had always had an interest in the hobby, and there’s nothing satisfying about sitting at a desk all day.”

However, Panko quickly found he no longer enjoyed working on renovations, and decided he didn’t have any interest in doing it full time.

“Doing it as a profession takes the fun out of an otherwise enjoyable hobby,” he says.

Panko still enjoyed working on personal projects though, and went on to renovate his house. The projects started out relatively small,

Panko says, but eventually grew in size and complexity.

After seeing the first season of “All American Handyman,” Panko sent in his application.

“I realized it would be something that I was good at and that would be fun to do,” Panko says.

Despite his success on the show, Panko feels he made the right choice by picking a major that offered more stability.

“Life is expensive,” Panko says. “You need to do something you enjoy, but life has bills.”

Junior Olivia Welna, an exercise physiology major, agrees with Panko’s advice. Although she enjoys hobbies outside of her major, such as cooking, she believes that many students relinquish what they are passionate about in order to find a major with more financial stability.

“I’m in that boat,” Welna says.

“I feel I’ll be happier in the long run if I know that I can support myself.”

Senior Tiffany Jones believes that many students pick certain majors in order to avoid financial difficulty in the future.

“I think a good number of students do,” Jones says.

“Especially the way the economy is going.”

Panko’s passion for renovation will be broadcast to viewers across the country starting Sunday at 9 p.m. on HGTV. The show’s website allows viewers to vote for Panko as a fan favorite.

Panko says he used one of the episodes of the show as an opportunity to display his Delaware roots.

“I wear a clearly visible Blue Hens sweatshirt for the first half of the episode,” Panko says. “That would be a great plug for UDel.”

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sights & sounds

“Straw Dogs” Screen Gems PPP (out of PPPPP)

The very title of “Straw Dogs” foreshadows darkness and eventual tragedy that will befall the characters in the film. In the ancient Chinese text “Tao Te Ching,” a “straw dog” is a dog that has a specific purpose in life—to be used as a sacrifice.

Rich screenwriter David (James Marsden) and his actress wife Amy (Kate Bosworth) move from Los Angeles to blistering Mississippi.

David flaunts a brand new Jaguar, white pants and a fresh pair of Sperry shoes—all qualities that initially isolate David and Amy in the traditional Southern town. Before long, the couple is facing the town’s “straw dogs,” a group of former football champions who fall into insignificant lives and turn to violence.

“Straw Dogs” boasts an A-list cast, featuring Bosworth, “True Blood” hunk Alexander Skarsgård as the smoldering Charlie and “Family Guy” veteran James Woods as the town

drunkard. The characters powerfully capture the feeling of making critical choices in tough situations, and raw scenes of sexual assault and murder are sure to make viewers uneasy. Themes of sexuality, violence and power are key to the film, and build up to a devastating resolution.

This psychological thriller is a remake of the 1971 version starring Dustin Hoffman. It is easy

OFF THE

RECORD Finding The Meaning in LyricalBased Rap M o r e often than not, trying to Ethan Barr come across meaningful lyrics in rap songs on the radio is a losing battle. Even artists that put very little emphasis on the messages behind their music are hailed as “talented lyricists.” However, it is possible to find rappers who assign meaning to each word— it just takes some direction and commitment. Behind every 50 Cent, there is a Common. For those who have only been exposed to the rap on the radio and may not know who Common is, I urge you to read on.

It is my personal belief that there is little justification for hailing Lil Wayne as a gift from the gods of rap. Every four months or so he squeezes out a song that sounds exactly like his

these days for remakes to seem like unnecessary attempts to improve the original. However, Lurie’s plot is so intricately executed, as are the actors’ representations of the characters, that the film stands up on its own.

—Quindara Lazenbury, qlazen@udel.edu

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last. The majority of listeners seem to think that “Now I got her hollering/ Sounding like a siren” is an artfully crafted metaphor.

Should he release another album in his “Tha Carter” saga, Biggie will most likely roll over in his grave. “Weezy,” as he likes to refer to himself, has shown zero growth as an artist and continues to disappoint with his cliché phrases and barely conscious demeanor.

To the die-hard “Black and Yellow” fans out there—this next statement might make you cringe. Wiz Khalifa also doesn’t quite make the cut as a musical mastermind. His first album discussed a great assortment of topics, but lately each track seems to repeat itself, contentwise.

Khalifa consistently references his roots in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, brings up his avid marijuana use and praises himself for his multimillion-dollar salary.

His more recent beats are lackluster, sounding like something more along the lines of Young Jeezy. In the past year, I’ve heard “Black and Yellow” blaring from car windows more often than I’ve heard “Wonderful Christmastime” by Paul McCartney over the past 15 holiday seasons. Will I be attending his concert on campus come October? Absolutely, but

“Drive” Bold Films PPPP (out of PPPPP) Action movies with car chases are a dime a dozen— “Fast Five,” anyone? But “Drive” stands out from the pack with gritty chase scenes and an incredibly diverse and talented cast that makes the movie truly shine.

Ryan Gosling’s character, known only as Driver, is a Hollywood stunt driver during the day and a getaway driver at night. The anonymity is intentional, and reminiscent of Clint Eastwood’s character The Man with No Name from “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.”

Gosling gives a very notable performance, exhibiting a silent charisma throughout the film. Action movies rarely allow the protagonist to show a wide range of emotions, but that convention works for “Drive.”

The rarely emoting Driver remains mysterious due to the fact that none of his history or motivations are presented to the audience.

Fortunately, “Drive” steers clear of computergenerated “Fast and Furious”style chases. The film uses the chase scenes as part of the story, deploying them only after the proper buildup

more for his showmanship and crowd-amplifying prowess than for his lyrical talent.

For those who bask in the glory of old-school rap and wonder where the creative investment in lyrics other than “Yeah” has gone, there exists a handful of rappers who break the mold of mainstream rap entirely.

Common consistently reminds me there is still hope for rap as a genre. Rarely does one hear lines such as, “She said, ‘Afrocentricity, was of the past’/So she got into R&B, hiphouse, bass and jazz” in a club or on the radio. He demonstrates his dedication to each track and message he sends out to the masses. Rather than focusing solely on womanizing or the status of his bank account, he brings a realistic vision of what he sees in the hip-hop world to his songwriting.

Aesop Rock is also a perfect example of progress in rap music. His lyrics are much more subjective and abstract, making them slightly less accessible to the average listener. For example, he opens up one track with “Flash that buttery gold, jittery zeitgeist/Wither by the watering hole, border patrol.” Many of his songs are also a bit off the wall, using syncopated beats and strange sound effects.

of tension, which keeps the film from being rushed or, alternately, dragging out.

The car chases are especially reminiscent of “Bullit,” a 1968 vehicle (no pun intended) starring Steve McQueen. While there is a wide array of movies that seem to influence “Drive,” the flick still retains its originality.

The movie’s cast stands out, in particular Albert Brooks, best known for voicing Marlin in “Finding Nemo,” who plays gangster Bernie Rose. “Mad Men’s” Christina Hendricks, “Sons of Anarchy’s” Ron Pearlman and “Breaking Bad’s” Bryan

Cranston, all famous for their television roles, also deliver strong performances.

Finally, “Drive” contains a small love story, with Carey Mulligan playing the Driver’s love interest. Their chemistry is impressive, especially considering how little they say to each other over the course of the film.

Overall, “Drive” is an incredibly entertaining movie, and while it doesn’t break any new ground in its genre, it will likely have a strong following after it leaves theaters.

—Jeremy Brooks, jbrooksz@udel.edu

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Music enthusiasts salivate over his melodies and lyrics that formulate an alternative rap genre, but most people may not exactly understand his material.

Rap is still a relatively young genre, originating in the mid1970s and reaching its peak the following decade. It started with a focus on the rhyme scheme and the intricate use of sampling and beats.

Unfortunately, the majority of rappers in the hip-hop industry today seem to only care about their salaries with major record labels.

Even Eminem has inevitably sold out on a mainstream level, although some of his rhymes remain adequate enough.

You might have to commit a bit more time to excavating the proverbial catacombs of oldschool rap or do some extensive Googling of lyrical-based rap to find exceptional talent these days, but if you are sick of hearing the same beats and are looking for a bit more inspiration, your time doing so will be well worth it.

—Ethan Barr, ebarr@udel.edu

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September 20, 2011

Day Trippin’: With Jen Rini

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Oktoberfest in Newark

Newark may be a small town, but it’s certainly not short on miscellaneous, if not wonderfully random, events. German-rooted folk were thriving in the 302 as they celebrated their heritage this past weekend at the Delaware Saengerbund Oktoberfest festival.

Located in a field after rows of classically suburban houses off Salem Church Road in Newark, Oktoberfest festivities brought the beer, bauernwurst and Bavarian flavor back with a lot of rip-roaring fun from Sept. 16 to Sept. 18.

At the risk of boring you with a history lesson, here is the blast-from-the-past rundown of Oktoberfest’s origin. As with many famous celebrations, it all began with a wedding. Five days after the wedding of Bavarian King Max Joseph and Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen on Oct. 17, 1810, a huge party was held in Munich. Around the same time each year following the wedding, people celebrated the couple’s union, and each year more and more horse races, beer pubs and delicious fare were added to the festivities. Now, nearly 200 years later, the tradition still carries on for those of German descent.

Much to my chagrin, horse races were not a part of the Oktoberfest I attended, but there were more than enough carnival rides, food and live music to make up for it. If you so fancied, you

could play a variety of boardwalkesque games to win some giant stuffed animals—like a stuffed banana with Bob Marley braids. If I had more cash in my pocket and a bit more patience, that banana would have been mine.

After indulging in some carnival rides, I wandered around the copious beer and food tents while listening to music performed

by Die Sandler, a renowned German musical group based in the town of Steinach, Germany. Both children and parents alike ran through the crowds holding hot dogs smothered in sauerkraut, pretzels, funnel cake and all kinds of traditional German treats. No one seemed to be without a frothy mug of beer or Das Boot—the large boot-shaped glass popularized by the movie “Beer Fest” back in 2006—which in my mind is synonymous with Das A Huge Cup of Beer. Some of the beer offered at the International Bier Pavilion included Paulaner Oktoberfest, Twin Lakes Pale Ale and Yuengling Lager.

As I wandered, I noticed an older gentleman who seemed friendly dressed in traditional German garb. I approached him, and we got to talking. My new buddy Arno Fels, 75, has been working the festival for 20 years. For the entire weekend, he was decked out in lederhosen, which are buckskin leather pants with suspenders, along with tall socks and a sweet hat.

“That hat speaks,” Fels assures

me.

It certainly does, as it rests on his head, emblazoned with beautifully vibrant painted scenes ranging from German women in traditional dress to depictions of the Oktoberfest festivities.

Fels says as many as 17,000 people wandered through Oktoberfest over the weekend enjoying the food, beer and good company. The festival’s chefs made the food themselves, the main dish being three tons of German potato salad. After all that beer and potato, I can only imagine a nice long food coma in store by day’s end.

Before heading back to Newark, I was lucky enough to catch a show by the Enzian Volkstanzgruppe dance group of the Delaware Saengerbund. They perform customary Bavarian dances in traditional costumes to the rising and falling beats of an accordion.

One of my favorite dances included shoe-clogging and a circular interpretive dance with hoes and rakes in what I attribute to be a harvest-themed fashion.

If this story of Oktoberfest has piqued your interest and you missed the Newark celebration, don’t fret, you can still catch a festival in the mid-Atlantic area. Next weekend in Hyattsville, Md. there’s the Das Best Oktoberfest by the National Harbor. Das sounds like a good time to me.

—Jen Rini, jenxwill@udel.edu

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Jen Rini explores Bavarian traditions at Oktoberfest, making new friends.

Fashion sense...

Fashion Forward: of humor In a world of fierce catwalks, posh spectators and stoic models, it would seem high fashion has little room for a sense of humor.

Fashion can be Megan Soria i n t i m i d a t i n g at times, especially when it’s comprised of tough profiles like Kelly Cutrone and Naomi Campbell. And don’t forget Meryl Streep’s ruthless role in the movie “The Devil Wears Prada,” inspired by legendary Vogue editor Anna Wintour—it’s no wonder high fashion has a reputation for being stuck up.

Fortunately, that’s not the case for Markus Lupfer, a London-based German designer who took an unconventional approach to his 2012 Resort Collection. Instead of holding a typical runway show, Lupfer decided to premiere his collection in a funny retro fashion film—and I was there to witness it.

It’s kind of a funny story. Aldene Johnson, fashion stylist for Florence Welch (check out last week’s column for my interview with her), styled the film and invited her nephew Dylan and me to attend the premiere. We reported to The Mondrian Hotel

in New York City just as the fancy invitation had instructed, and hit the elevator button for the 45th floor. Not knowing what to expect, we were surprised when the elevator doors opened to an exclusive rooftop party at a penthouse with a 360-degree view overlooking the city. Freelance fashion columnist Lynn Yeager, style icon Sky Ferreira and Lupfer mingled among other VIP guests, while “It Girls” Tennessee Thomas and Cory Kennedy DJed the party.

As waiters rushed to us with drinks, I couldn’t help but laugh—clearly they hadn’t realized I wasn’t on the Condé Nast payroll.

We were led to a room that streamed the fashion “mockumentary,” called “The Puzzle of the Mysterious Mind.” It imitated old ‘60s laboratory films, but in lieu of serious experiments, the film displayed silly characters with strange personality disorders—“The Introvert,” “Out of Focus,” “The Asymmetric,” “The Globophobe,” “The Monologists” and “The Hoarder.” The cast included Welch, actress Sadie Frost and models Mary Charteris, Iringa Lazareanu and Liddie Holt, who were all dressed in pieces of the resort collection.

The clothes featured were just as comical as the film. I had the opportunity to go through the collection and see all of the clever designs up close and in person. The

collection consisted of sweaters with quirky accessories, like a sequin body bag sewn into the fabric. A graphic tee featured a skull donning a masquerade mask made of blue feathers. Bold colors gave a modern twist to classic ‘60s-inspired dresses, and there was a mix of fun stripes in the collection as well. Lupfer added playful details to classic contemporary pieces, and though the clothes had a silly edge to them, they remained chic, sophisticated and stylish. It was refreshing to see a high-end collection with a great sense of humor.

We’re in a day and age where anything goes, and it’s wonderful how designers are pushing boundaries and lightening things up.

At Mercedes Benz Fashion Week last week, designer Jeremy Scott sent cow prints and potato sack dresses down his spring 2012 farm life-inspired runway, while Betsey Johnson presented flirty frocks inspired by rap songstress Nicki Minaj. Fashion isn’t always about strict structure or clear, defined rules.

It’s fun, artsy and creative, so be sure not to confuse a tinge of playfulness for distasteful fashion.

Did you know that the novel and film “Fight Club” are fictionally set in Wilmington?

“I am Jack’s Complete Lack of Surprise.” Well, maybe not. Who knew that the 1999 box-office hit and 1996 best-selling novel, “Fight Club,” was fictionally set less than half an hour away from the university? Take a closer look at the movie and the evidence is there. The motto for Pearson Towers, the apartment building where Ed Norton’s character lives, is “a place to be somebody”—the motto of the city of Wilmington.

Also, the label on a shipping package sent to Tyler Durden in the movie reads “Tyler Durden 420 Paper St. Wilmington, DE.” The phone numbers mentioned in the film, however, lack the 302 area code.

The crew originally intended to film the movie in Wilmington, but ended up filming the majority of scenes in Los Angeles. Oddly enough, some of those scenes in L.A. took place in an area named Wilmington in Calif., which is known for its high crime rates.

Lou’s Tavern, where Brad Pitt’s --Megan Soria, character first creates the rules of megsoria@udel.edu Fight Club, and the house where Pitt and Norton train the fight club

members, were both located in Wilmington, Calif.

Although none of the characters explicitly say they are indeed in Delaware, New Castle, Delaware City and Penns Grove, N.J.—all locations relatively close to Wilmington—are mentioned during the scene in which Brad Pitt’s character intentionally crashes the car.

So why did author Chuck Palahniuk choose the “place to be somebody” for the setting of his novel? It makes sense for Palahniuk to set “Fight Club,” where the master plan is to terrorize big credit card companies and essentially wreak havoc on the financial system, in Wilmington.

The city is a national center for the credit card industry—Bank of America, Chase Card Services and Barclays Bank Delaware are all headquartered in Wilmington, as are more than 60 percent of the Fortune 500 companies.

--Anne Ulizio, aulizio@udel.edu

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THE REVIEW/Amelia Wang

Newark community members at Captain Blue Hen Comics view the ‘Comic Relief’ hen by Yolanda Chetwynd.

Blue Hen art nests on Main St.

BY BRIDGETTE NEALON Staff Reporter

A flock of hens recently touched down on Main Street, though they won’t lay eggs or wake students up at the crack of dawn. Instead, they decorate storefronts and city buildings from Captain Blue Hen Comics to the Downtown Parking Office.

Niki Rose Chester, treasurer for the Newark Arts Alliance, came up with the idea to display colorful hens around Main Street while vacationing in the Catskills in New York. There, she noticed various aluminum trout decorating buildings around the area and learned that they were part of a fundraiser for a local fishermans’ organization.

“They were beautiful,” Chester says.

Once she returned from her trip, Chester hatched the idea with Terry Foreman, who helped found the Newark Arts Alliance 20 years ago. They chose 20 alliance members and asked them to decorate plywood bird cutouts however they wished.

Local storeowners paid $100 each to have a hen nest at their shops. “Hunter S. Chicken,” dressed as a photographer, hangs in Cameras Etc.’s window, while “The Vegetarian Chicken,” designed with a vegetable motif, is located in Newark Natural Foods.

Other designs included “Trashy Chicken,” embellished with garbage, and “Polluted Poultry/Clean Clucker,” which was designed to demonstrate addiction and recovery.

Local artist Karen O’LoneHahn’s hen sits at the Flip Flop

Shops. She covered her piece of plywood with little pink flamingos.

“I just wanted to be silly,” O’Lone-Hahn says. “I wanted it to be fun.”

On Saturday, 15 community members walked the length of Main Street to visit the hens, starting at the Newark Arts Alliance building, located behind Mojo on Main, and ending at the Galleria. Artists posed with their work and friends and family snapped photos as Foreman and Chester discussed the project.

The hens will stay on Main Street until Taste of Newark on Sept. 25, when the artwork will be auctioned off at the event and online. Proceeds from the hen sales will benefit the local arts.

Alliance members have raised between $2,000 and $3,000 so far, Chester says.

Blue, green and silver mosaic tiles decorate the alliance’s doorways and windows, and inside the studio are various displays, all of which are submitted by local artists.

“Our goal is to promote artwork in every form it takes,” Foreman says.

She says anyone can submit artwork for display at the Alliance, and a board decides on pieces for each spectacle.

“It could be a 15-year-old doing it at their kitchen table or someone with a master’s in art,” she says. “You just don’t know.”

Foreman says members of the alliance wanted to find artists who would give an interesting twist to their projects.

“We needed people willing to work out of their comfort zone and work with a different material,”

she says.

O’Lone-Hahn says the project is one of several ways the alliance supports the arts in Newark.

“If they didn’t exist here, a lot would be lost,” she says.

THE REVIEW/Amelia Wang

‘Funky Flamingos’ by Karen O’Lone-Hahn hangs in the Flip Flop Shops.

The Newark Arts Alliance houses several of the decorated hens in its gallery.

THE REVIEW/Amelia Wang

September 20, 2011

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Bookateria gives used books a second chance

BY GINA SERRA Staff Reporter

At The Bookateria, a used bookstore on Cleveland Avenue, books cover the walls and line seemingly endless bookcases. The air smells of must and mildew, brought on by the books’ well-worn pages and exhausted bindings.

Debbie Galla, owner of The Bookateria, says her store gives used books a second chance.

“The benefit of a used bookstore is the recycling of books,” Galla says.

“We give the books a home rather than them ending up in a landfill.”

The Bookateria, which opened in 1974, sells some books for less than a dollar, and customers can trade in their own books for ones of equal value.

The shelves are stacked with titles like “Scandalous Brides” and “A Stranger’s Caress,” but The Bookateria carries much more than romance novels. Veronica Mundis, a Bookateria employee for 10 years, says the store is also home to a selection of reference books and children’s books deeper within the maze of literature.

“Some school libraries are underfunded in the area and librarians will come in to buy children’s books that fit into their budget for the kids,” Mundis says.

Galla says The Bookateria is popular in the Newark community with high school students looking for their summer reading requirements and avid readers seeking less expensive tomes.

Not many university students buy books at her shop, but she thinks the students have helped her more than she has helped them.

“We don’t get a lot of students, because we don’t have books that are assigned by professors,” Galla says.

“But the students have brought in a variety of books that come with such a diverse community.”

Mundis says Galla counts on her regular customers for business, some of whom even tell her they came to the store as children.

Bookateria has been offering discounted second-hand books for over 30 years.

“She relies on the older customers, but now a lot of them have moved to Florida or away from the area,” Mundis says. “But today, there were actually four or five students who came in and I was surprised by it.”

Senior Stacie Mesuda, who calls herself an avid reader of used books, has not heard much about The Bookateria and says she believes students do not know about the store because many don’t pass it on the way to class.

Although there are already stores where students can buy used books, Mesuda says she is interested in exploring the shelves of The Bookateria.

“I’m always looking for something new to read,” Mesuda

THE REVIEW/Nick Wallace

Bookateria is on the corner of Cleveland Avenue and Wilbur Street.

says. “And it definitely helps to buy used because you get a popular book for around half-price.”

Mundis says coming to the store is a special experience because

customers can peruse the shelves in a quiet, stress-free environment.

“It’s a place you can come to release stress because you can look at the books and just walk around

THE REVIEW/Nick Wallace

like it’s another world,” Mundis says.“You feel like you go back to a place when things were simpler and you could just enjoy a good book.”

THE REVIEW/Nick Wallace

Storeowner Debbie Galla says students are more likely to sell books back than to purchase them.

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EATER’S DIGEST

Events

Pour some (fake) sugar on me We all know that those colorful packets on the tables at restaurants and cafes can’t possibly be the real deal. They dissolve faster and taste sweeter, but not many people can p i n p o i n t exactly what they’re made of. This begs the question— are they really safe?

We l c o m e the Abby Engel to wonderful world of artificial sweeteners. Food scientists have discovered ways to sweeten our food without expanding our guts.

Sweetness without guilt is an ever-expanding market for those who hope to lose a few pounds or prevent weight gain. Some of these envelopes contain substances that provide nutrients to the body in the form of calories and are called nutritive sweeteners. Table sugar is a nutritive sweetener and provides the body with four calories per gram. The sweeteners that do not provide any calories are called non-nutritive.

The blue envelope, better known as Equal, is a nutritive sweetener. This sugar substitute gives Diet Coke its sugary taste and is made of two proteins that, when combined, produce a chemical called aspartame. This protein also provides the body with four calories per gram, and

produces a taste between 180 to 200 times as sweet as table sugar.

Math would tell us that using a single teaspoon of Equal would make your morning cup of coffee 180 to 200 times sweeter than a single teaspoon of table sugar, or sucrose, would. Voila! Sweetness without the guilt. Although there are many claims that aspartame causes a multitude of health issues, from migraines to multiple sclerosis, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration maintains that this artificial sweetener is safe except in massive doses.

Saccharin is the white substance found inside Sweet ‘N Low, which comes in a pink envelope. It is approximately 300 to 500 times as sweet as sucrose, and provides the body with no energy regardless of the level of intake. It is one of the oldest artificial sweeteners and has been banned several times since its first appearance on the market, mostly due to a Canadian study that suggested saccharin causes bladder cancer in rats. However, it has never been known to cause cancer in humans. In 2001, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services conducted its own research on saccharin and found insufficient evidence to claim it as a carcinogen.

A relative newcomer to the world of artificial sweeteners is a chemical called sucralose, found in the sugar substitute Splenda.

Splenda is a non-nutritive sweetener and is a whopping 600 times as sweet as sugar. This

Kildare’s Networking & Business Card Exchange Kildare’s Irish Pub extreme sweetness is too much for the human palate, so sucralose is often cut with a starchy powder called maltodextrin to create a tolerable sweetness. It is a chlorinated form of sucrose, meaning that parts of the original sugar molecule have been replaced with chlorine atoms and cannot be broken down by the body. Its use as a sugar substitute in baking increases its commercial value.

Even after this onslaught of information, you may still be wondering—which sweetener is best? The truth is, they are all similarly safe and similarly suspicious. They can all cause adverse health effects in high doses, but so can plain old sucrose.

Extremely large amounts of any food can be detrimental to your health. The fake sweets redeem themselves by dissolving easily in liquids, not affecting insulin levels for those with diabetes and not providing food to the bacteria in our mouths that cause cavities.

These artificial sweeteners won’t kill you and probably won’t even hurt you, but then again, neither will the 14 calories you consume in a teaspoon of regular sugar. ­­­—Abby Engel, amengel@udel.edu

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Wednesday, Sept. 21, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

A Great Big Pile of Leaves and Atlas Bacchus Theatre Thursday, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m.

Villains Like You and Still Moon Servants Mojo Main Friday, Sept. 23, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

E-52 Presents Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” Pearson Hall Saturday, Sept. 24, 7:30 p.m.

“Twelfth Night” or “What You Will” Chapel Street Playhouse Saturday, Sept. 24, 8 p.m.

Deltones Sing-Off Premiere Party Klondike Kate’s Monday, Sept. 26, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Across 1. Whistle while they work 4. Ariel and Lumiere’s wish 8. “Mistress of All Evil” 11. Parisian hermit 13. Andy’s favorite toy 14. Tarzan’s girlfriend 15. Wendy, Michael, John 16. UP! bird 18. White-tailed fawn 20. Wise mandrill 23. Bernard and Bianca 24. Rides a white horse

Down 2. Jasmine’s tiger 3. Sophisticated felines 5. Triton’s kingdom 6. 2000 upgrade 7. Where Aladdin finds the lamp 8. The mouse that started it all 9. Rapunzel’s weapon 10. There’s no man in town half as manly 12. Frollo’s song 17. Flotsam and Jetsam 19. Robin Hood’s fellow outlaws 21. Shares spaghetti with a lady 22. She won’t say she’s in love

LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS Across 3. Danish 6. Burma 8. Kudzu 9. Nesting 13. Nessie 14. Heidi 16. Navajo 17. Delight 19. Asante Sana 21. Priscilla 23. Laos 24. Dunkin 25. Westminster 26. Barrow Down 1. Nerfertiti 2. Baobab 4. Quoi 5. Turin 7. Mendel 10. Stockholm 11. Greenland 12. Union Jack 15. Sera 18. Marsupial 20. Eh 22. Salazar

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Club practices juggling, stilt-walking

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Sophomore Zach Fox wears jumping stilts on The Green while other Juggling Club members practice behind him. “It feels like I might fall,” Fox says. “But other than that it’s kind of cool. It’s like moonwalking.” He says more experienced club members are able to juggle while on the stilts and even run.

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Students ‘make and take’ keepsakes on The Green

BY HANNA MADSEN Staff Reporter

While other students darted around The Green in a frenzied rush to get to class, freshman Katherine Caola sat in front of Mitchell Hall, serenely painting blue and gold boxes.

Approximately one hundred students attended the first Office of Alumni Relations’ “Make and Take” event in front of Mitchell Hall last Monday afternoon.

“I love how college brings the little kid out,” Caola says. “I’m a creative person and I love doing my own thing—like making arts and crafts.”

The “Make and Take” event allowed students to create keepsakes for their university memories, including plain picture frames or wooden boxes to paint with university colors and their favorite quotes.

But for students caught up in the stress of the first weeks back at school, like junior Orion Kobayashi, “Make and Take” was a chance to sit outdoors and be a kid again.

“I feel like UD is creating a good sense of community here,” Kobayashi says.

Regina Donato, associate director of Reunion & Student Programs, says the “Make and

Take” event is part of a larger campaign promoting tradition and history on campus. The selection of blue and gold paints reminds students of the school’s colors and increases school spirit, she says, while a trivia pinwheel teaches students about university history and past traditions.

“Just to get our name out there,” Donato says. “Instill pride.”

There will be a second “Make and Take” event the Friday before Homecoming weekend, which will include a sheet-decorating contest for students.

Junior Yuchan Liu, who works for Alumni Relations, says that it’s important for students to learn about their university’s past.

“When I ask something at the pinwheel and the students get it wrong, it’s okay,” she says. “I know they learned something.”

Freshman Melissa Berger says she enjoyed having a free activity available on The Green.

“I love arts and crafts,” Berger says. “I’d come for anything.”

Sophomore Taylor Klein smiled as she put the finishing touches on her artwork.

“It’s a good way to end the afternoon,” she says.

Students decorate wooden boxes and picture frames with blue and gold paint.

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Delaware safety Jake Giusti was named the CAA Defensive Player of the Week.

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Blue Hens shut out DSU 45-0

BY PAT GILLESPIE Senior Reporter

When Gov. Jack Markell presented the First State Cup to the Hens Saturday, some players reached out to touch it, but, for the most part, a lack of enthusiasm filled the air. This year’s Route 1 Rivalry game suffered from a lack of, well, rivalry, as the Hens defeated the Delaware State Hornets 45-0 on a crisp, Saturday evening.

The blowout victory for the Hens questions how much of a rivalry the three-game long interstate match-up actually is. Delaware has won each contest by at least 10 points and, in two games, by 30 points or more.

Even the home crowd of 18,011— the lowest regular-season attendance since 2000—lost interest early on in the game, with most leaving by halftime.

“All that talk in [the locker room] was, ‘It’ll be a rivalry when they beat us, so let’s not make it a rivalry,’” head coach K.C. Keeler said about his pregame comments to his players.

“I was really happy our kids played pretty consistent, at a high level for almost the entire game.”

Delaware improved to 2-1 on the season, but it’s difficult to gauge the Hens considering their competition thus far—Navy, West Chester and Delaware State—are well above or below the Hens’ typical talent level.

Keeler and many players said they believed this past week featured the

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Kyle Ellis (2) scored the Hens’ lone goal in their 1-0 victory over Columbia Sunday afternoon. The senior midfielder has three goals this season.

Delaware men’s soccer remains unbeaten

BY TIM MASTRO Managing Sports Editor

Three times the men’s soccer team found the back of the net in the first half against Columbia on Sunday. Three times the Hens’ celebrations were cut short by the assistant referee raising his flag for offside.

In the second half, luck was on their side. Senior midfielder Kyle Ellis manufactured a goal seemingly out of nothing with a stunning volley in the 59th minute.

Ellis’ strike held up as the Hens withstood Columbia’s second half attacks to give them a 1-0 win.

Delaware has opened their season 4-0-1, its best start since 1985.

“It feels unreal,” Ellis said. “It’s the first time it’s happened in a long time so it’s a great start. I hope we can continue.”

Ellis’ third goal of the season came from a free kick by Darren O’Connor after forward Evans Frimpong was dragged down from behind. O’Connor took the kick quickly, finding an open Ellis before the Lions’ defense could get set up.

Ellis hit the ball before it could bounce, while falling backwards and toward the far right post. It dipped under the crossbar and out of the reach of Columbia goalie Zach Bubliak.

“The whole game the defender was face-guarding me and it was really awkward, you don’t really

see that,” Ellis said. “Darren played a great ball and since [the defender] wasn’t looking at the ball, it was very easy to position myself. A little luck goes a long way.”

It might have been a lucky strike, as both Ellis and head coach Ian Hennessy pointed out, but it still counted on the scoreboard.

“As long as that net shakes, I don’t care and he doesn’t care,” Hennessy said. “I’m thrilled for Kyle. He’s a senior. He’s having a good year, so I’m very happy for the kid.”

Delaware’s defense rebounded to keep a clean sheet after letting up three goals earlier in the week in a 5-3 victory over Navy. Goalie Kris Devaux made three saves.

This weekend, the backline was able to deal with Columbia’s physical presence in a match that saw 12 fouls called on each team and several nearskirmishes breakout.

O’Connor was partnered with sophomore Yoan Fontaine in the center of the defense as captain Tobias Müller received a rest.

Together with sophomore Prince Nartey and freshman Kyle Nuel, they were able to keep the Lion attack at bay.

“Tactically, we just dropped back and let them play in front of us,” O’Connor said. “They’ve got a very good, strong squad, but I thought we were fantastic. I thought Yoan was

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Giusti fights his way back onto the field

By TIM MASTRO Managing Sports Editor

THE REVIEW/Christos Philippou

Jake Giusti returns a fumble for a touchdown Saturday.

Jake Giusti was not even supposed to be on the football field this year. He certainly was not expected to be in the end zone.

But Saturday night, there he was, picking up a fumble and returning it 42 yards for a score.

“I saw the ball just pop out,” the sophomore defensive back said. “The first thing I thought in my head was ‘scoop and score.’”

Not bad for a player who the coaching staff was planning to give a medical redshirt to for the 2011 season.

Giusti returned to the field Sept.

10 against West Chester. Before that, his last play came in the third quarter of

the national title game against Eastern Washington in January.

It was a play that would greatly affect the outcome of the game, and ended Giusti’s promising freshman year a quarter and a half early.

Delaware had just scored to take a 19-0 lead with seven minutes left in the third quarter. The Hens were kicking off and Giusti was on kick coverage, as he had been all year.

He was second from the outside, and his job was to contain. As the play developed, Giusti saw he had the chance to make the tackle, so he cut inside toward the ball carrier.

Right when he turned, he was hit from behind. He went down and his right leg stuck in the ground with his body going one way, and his knee

going the other.

Giusti heard two pops and immediately grabbed his leg in pain as he fell to the ground. He tried to stand up, but the knee was weighing him down.

“I hate staying down if I’m injured,” he said. “I always tried to pop back up and keep playing, but this was something that kept me down.”

He knew right away he tore something and it was confirmed after the game with the official diagnosis being a torn ACL. Giusti’s season might have ended on that play, but the Hens still had a game and a national championship to win. His injury is often described as the turning point in the game. Eastern Washington would go on to score 20

unanswered points to win 20-19.

With Giusti sidelined, the Hens had to switch up their secondary coverage. Giusti was the starting dime, and when he went down, seniors Anthony Walters, Anthony Bratton, Tyrone Grant and Darryl Jones had to play a zone defense in the secondary instead of the man-to-man defense that kept Eastern Washington scoreless until Giusti’s injury.

All Giusti could do was watch from the sidelines––propped up on crutches in a leg brace.

“It was a big deal I was able to start in the national championship game as a freshman,” he said. “But just knowing that I couldn’t be out there playing

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chicken scratch

weeklycalendar

commentary

Tuesday, Sep, 20 Volleyball vs. Delaware State 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Sep. 21 Men’s Soccer at St. Peter’s 4 p.m.

Field Hockey vs. Monmouth 7 p.m.

Friday to Sunday Men’s and Women’s Tennis All Day Friday, Sep. 23 Women’s Soccer vs. UNC Wilmington 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sep. 24 Football vs. Old Dominion 12 p.m.

Men’s Soccer vs.Georgia State 7 p.m.

henpeckings Volleyball: The Hens won 3-0 against Kent State in the opening round of the Pitt Blue and Gold Tournament. On Friday Chelsea Lawrence led the team with a .412 hitting percentage. The first two matches ended with a score of 2513. The last set was closer, with a score of 25-20. On Saturday morning the team lost to New Mexico 3-1. Later in the day, the Hens made a comeback win against host Pittsburgh with a score of 3-2. Katie Hank was the first Hen since 2007 to tally 30 kills in a game. Delaware, Pittsburgh and New Mexico all ended in a tie for the tournament championship with a 2-1 score. The Hens match up against rival Delaware State on Tuesday at home.

Men’s Basketball: Head coach Monté Ross named the captains for the upcoming season. Juniors Jamelle Hagins and Kelvin McNeil, along with sophomore Devon Saddler will be the three captains. Hagins enjoyed a breakout season as a sophomore in 2010-11. He was on the CAA AllDefensive Team and the Collegeinsider. com Mid-Major Defensive All-America Team. Last season McNeil appeared in all 31 games and started 10. Saddler was named the CAA Rookie of the Year. He broke UD freshman single season records with 411 points, 13.3 points per game and 149 field goals. The first game of the season will be Nov. 11 at Radford.

Women’s Soccer: Won against Delaware State at home on Friday night 2-0. Junior forward Ali Miller scored both of the goals for the Hens. This was the third straight win against Delaware State.

Men’s Golf: Last week the CAA named junior Ben Conroy golfer of the week.

Conroy finished second in the Navy Fall Classic’s individual standings. The tournament was the second Conroy has played in as a Hen. He shot three under par with a 71-68-139. His round of 68 on Sunday was the lowest in the tournament that day. The next tournament for the team is the September 24 and 25 in Ithaca, N.Y. at the Cornell Invitational.

“STRUGGLING TO EXPLAIN A BOSOX MELTDOWN”

BY DAN MOBERGER Red Sox fans at Delaware may not have the overwhelming numbers that Philly and Yankee fans do, but we do our best to represent our team proudly among a lot of hatred down here. That being said, the skid they are in right now is making it difficult to wear my BoSox garb out in public.

Besides last season when the Giants won the World Series, I’ve had to deal with two of the teams in closest proximity to Delaware, the Yankees and Phillies, bringing home trophies during my tenure here.

As I was classically trained in my Boston suburb to hate the Yanks, the 2009 championship for the Bombers was the more difficult of the two for me to take. I would have gladly endured another Philly-Phanatic coming out party over the Yanks bringing home banner 27.

The problem with this baseball season for me isn’t that the Phils and Yankees are both tearing it up. The real problem is that the Sox are stuck

in this slide out of first place and look as though they’re well on their way out of the Wildcard. They aren’t doing it because the teams they’re playing are better on paper, because this Sox roster is stacked with All-Stars. Injuries have pushed a few of the better players into some struggles, but I don’t want to use that as an excuse. The downward trend over the past month is inexplicable to me.

In case you haven’t been paying attention to my hometown team, they are blowing a regular season lead right now that could end up as one for the history books when it’s all over.

After starting the season abysmally, the Sox rebounded and were 67-33 over the first 100 games. Their initial 2-10 start wasn’t worrisome to me. While much of Boston lost sleep over the fact that fantastically expensive off-season acquisitions Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez were not going to end the three-year World Series drought, I knew that the team just needed to gel.

And during the summer, they looked like they were going to prove me right. Jacoby Ellsbury, who I admittedly never thought would live up to the hype, has played well enough to get MVP consideration. Josh Beckett has had a great year after some disappointing ones. Adrian Gonzalez hasn’t played great, but he has stayed healthy and hit the ball fairly well.

The team played well through injuries to some of their better players, namely Clay Buchholtz, and others like Kevin Youkilis, who is still trying to play through his ailments. They played well through the struggles of other high-priced guys like John Lackey, whose ghastly ERA alone could be posted in a haunted house in Massachusetts around Halloween this year to frighten some eight-yearolds.

They have played through so much adversity already. That is why this nosedive is so baffling to me. If you are a fellow Sox fan and get queasy easily, look away because here comes an abbreviated version of the painful September

numbers.

The Sox are 4-14 this month. One-time MVP Dustin Pedroia has gone from hitting .308 to .297 in just two and a half weeks. Jon Lester has lost more games than he’s won in a month for the first time all year. The rest of the pitching, besides Beckett, has been lousy, but it’s been like that all year. Why is winning suddenly a problem?

The schedule this month hasn’t been easy, but games with division rivals like the Blue Jays and Rays should give a talented team motivation to do better, not become a team that can’t even make the playoffs.

As I write this, the Sox have already lost to the Orioles once today. John Lackey has given up three runs in the top of the first in the second game of the double header. I can only hope Monday wouldn’t have marked two losses to one of the league’s perpetually worst teams.

My only explanation is that they’re choking for no reason other than that not one of them has any clutch performances hidden up their sleeve.

I’ll still be wearing my Boston attire no matter how much s— I take and no matter how bad they end up doing this year. There are nine games left and a tight playoff race with only a one-and-a-halfgame lead over the Rays for the final playoff spot.

If we were watching something exciting, I’d quote T.O. and say, “Get your popcorn ready.” Instead we’re watching a meltdown that’s so excruciating I’m tempted to stick my head in the Harrington Beach sand until it’s all over.

The only thing I can think of that would make me more ashamed of my team than this mysterious downward spiral would be if they were the only team in baseball history to lose a best-of-seven playoff series after being up 3-0.

Dan Moberger is a managing sports editor at The Review. Please send questions, comments and an October-worthy pitcher to dmoberge@udel.edu.

underp eview: Delaware vs.

Old Dominion

About the Teams: About Delaware: The Hens are coming off their most convincing win of the season, a 45-0 shutout of rival Delaware State. This will be their first CAA game this year after winning the conference championship in 2010. All signs point to junior Tim Donnelly starting at quarterback again. Donnelly has taken over the starting job since sophomore Trevor Sasek injured his knee in the season opener. Donnelly leads the CAA in passing efficiency with a 170.7 mark. Running back Andrew Pierce had six touchdowns this year.

About Old Dominion: The Monarchs have a young football program, their first full season was two years ago. This year is their first season as a member of the CAA and Saturday is their first ever conference game. They are 3-0, coming off a 45-42 victory over Hampton last Saturday.

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Time: Saturday at 12 p.m.

Location: Delaware Stadium

Why the Hens can win: Old Dominion has never played a CAA game. The Monarchs have also never been to an enviornment like Delaware Stadium. They’ve had success elsewhere, but this game is probably the most important in their history aside from their first ever game and they will be feeling the pressure. Delaware’s offense finally woke up last Saturday and the Hens will want to keep that up.

Why the Hens could lose: The Monarchs play like New Hampshire does, only faster. It’s warped speed, they want to keep the opposing defense on the field without having it make substitutes. The Hens had success against this style last year in the playoffs against New Hampshire, but most of that defense is gone.

If the younger guys start out slow, Old Dominion has the ability to put points up in bunches.

The Numbers: 20-5: Old Dominion’s record since starting its football program in 2009.

42: Points the Monarchs are averaging per game this season.

116: Yards per game Delaware running back Andrew Pierce is averaging in 2011.

The Prediction: This one has the potential to be a shootout. Expect a lot of points to be scored. Andrew Pierce will be the difference maker as the Monarchs have yet to see a player of his quality yet, expect a big day from the sophomore running back.

Delaware 38 Old Dominion 27 -Tim Mastro

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XC comes in 2nd

BY DAN MOBERGER Managing Sports Editor

A sloppy course and gloomy day could not keep the women’s cross country team from placing second in their own tournament at White Clay Creek State Park Saturday morning.

The muddy track was an initial concern for head coach Jim Fischer, but at the end of the race, he had only praise for his team.

“I was a little worried about the course itself just because of all the rain we’ve had,” Fischer said. “We ran really well. We ran really good times for us. We’re so young—we’re just still gaining experience.”

Lindsay Prettyman, who led the Hens in both previous meets this year, continued her strong sophomore season by finishing seventh overall and first among her teammates in the Delaware Invitational. Although six runners finished ahead of her, all of them represented only one school.

The Hens took second in a competition including three other Division I schools and eight Division II and III schools. The only team to beat the Hens in the overall standing was Ole Miss. The Ole Miss runners put together a perfect score by placing first through sixth, and caught the eye of Fischer.

“The top two kids were just outstanding,” he said about Ole Miss.

“Lindsay and Nicole stuck in there with their third, fourth, fifth runners, with the George Mason kids, so that was a great run for them.”

Delaware’s other top-10 finisher was freshman Nicole Daly. Her 10th place overall finish was good for second on the Hens. With two of last year’s top runners out, and a roster that is otherwise dominated by underclassmen, the Hens have relied on young talent this year.

Out of 30 names on the Delaware roster, 21 are freshmen and sophomores.

The influx of gifted underclassmen has given these young runners a chance to not only finish ahead of their teammates, but capture medals too, as they did on Saturday.

“Me and Nicole worked together the whole race and up until the last half mile, I felt really strong,” Prettyman

said. “I’m really happy about how the team did too. A lot of us medaled. I don’t think that’s happened before so we’re definitely improving.”

The duo of Prettyman and Daly have come in first and second for the Hens in each of the three meets this year. Prettyman calls Daly her “minime” because the two have similar backgrounds in the sport. While Prettyman is a sophomore to Daly’s freshman, both of them did not begin racing until their senior years of high school. The similarities don’t end there.

“I did track senior year in the spring and it’s my first year doing cross country, and that’s the exact same as Lindsay,” Daly said. “We stay together in races and pace each other. In workouts we always run together.”

The camaraderie is a contributing factor in what makes the group special, Fischer said. The amount of work they have put in is another reason he has enjoyed coaching this group so much.

“I’m really pleased,” Fischer said.

“I’m not saying that we don’t have more to do, but I really love their work ethic.”

Fischer is not the only one to notice the improvement and the immense potential of his team. Prettyman, only a sophomore herself, looks to the future with this group of “young’ns.”

“I think things are really looking up,” she said. “We’re hoping to get top four in the conference this year, and then we’ll have all our young’ns get better.”

To meet their goal, Prettyman and the Hens have to make a strong showing in the conference meet this year. The CAA Championships, held at Georgia State this year, are two more meets and just over a month away.

George Mason was one of the Division I teams in the field Saturday that Fischer said he believes his squad needs to measure up with.

“They’re going to be a team that we have to look at to run with. Last year, we didn’t run very well in the conference meet and this year we’re hoping to step up even though we have a lot of really young kids,” he said.

“This is building a really good team.

They work hard and they’re willing to put the work in.”

THE REVIEW/Nick Wallace

Junior forward Carley Hecht fighting for a loose ball during Sunday’s 2-1 win over Appalachian State.

Field hockey record to 4-3

BY JAMIE MOELIS Staff Reporter

The Delaware field hockey team pulled above .500 as they defeated Appalachian State on Sunday at Rullo Stadium. The Hens were able to hang onto their 2-1 lead despite facing several late opportunities from the Mountaineers, who remain winless after Sunday’s defeat.

The field hockey squad was coming off of a heartbreaking loss against Temple on Friday evening, as the Owls scored the gamewinning goal in the final three minutes. The Hens were looking to bounce back in the ASU game.

Sunday’s game was scoreless until sophomore forward Toni Popinko opened up the scoring about nine minutes in when she capitalized off a penalty corner opportunity. Senior Kayla Schweitzer fired a shot at the goal that Popinko tipped in. This was Popinko’s third goal of the season and she is now currently tied for

second on the team in scoring.

The lead doubled when freshman forward Meredith Bonnell scored what was the eventual game winner in the 23rd minute of the first half. Kelsey McKee, another freshman, had a reverse sweep hit from 25 yards out and Bonnell tipped it in for her second career goal. At first she did not even know if it went in as it deflected off of several sticks before making its way into the goal.

The Mountaineers pulled back within reach in the second half when freshman Dana Wetmore scored her first goal of the season on an unassisted tip in. ASU had more opportunities to tie the game up in the closing few minutes of the game, but Delaware goalkeeper Noelle Diana came up big. She had a total of five saves throughout the game.

Delaware also had plenty of opportunities to increase their leads, but came up short on several of them. They outshot

the Mountaineers twenty-four to eleven. The Hens had eight shots in the final eight minutes alone but were unable to finish. ASU goaltender Bridgette Stowe made ten saves, including three in the Hens’ final flurry.

Delaware head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof said he will take the win, but was not completely pleased with his team’s performance. He thought his team was lucky to survive.

“It wasn’t our best win,” he said. “We have a team structure that we did not show today. We were lucky to hang on to the victory.”

He noted that the level of discipline needs to improve and that the players need to work on working together as a whole team.

He also emphasized on how they need to execute better.

The Hens now move on to Wednesday night’s game against Monmouth on their home turf.

Giusti: Sophomore defensive back looking to replicate freshman success Continued from page 28 sucked. I wish I could have been out there to help Anthony, Ty, Bratton, DJ and everyone else on the defense.”

There was no penalty called on the play Giusti tore his ACL on. There is a lot of controversy surrounding what some Hens considered a dirty play.

Though Giusti said a penalty should have been called, he chalks it up to just football.

“It was a clip, you could see it on tape it was a clip, I got hit in the back,” he said. “But that’s part of the game, people always try to block somebody and he hit me in the back. It happens.”

Giusti underwent surgery on Valentine’s Day. His rehab, however, started a week after the championship game.

He couldn’t move much, but started trying to get his knee to bend and strengthen the muscles and tendons around it. Because he waited a month to do the surgery, his MCL and meniscus were able to heal on their own.

Once he had the surgery he started adding more things to his rehab regiment, trying different balance

exercises and getting into the weight room to lift.

The whole time, head coach K.C. Keeler and his staff were planning to give Giusti a medical redshirt. But Giusti came to them when he was feeling ready and told them he wanted to play.

“As time had gone on, he’s able to play,” Keeler said. “Why stop him from playing? He’s been very aggressive about wanting to play.”

Giusti missed the Hens’ opener at Navy but was able to make it onto the field for some plays against West Chester, recording his first tackle of this season. But he will still have to wear a knee brace for the entire season.

Giusti does have experience fighting injuries to get back on the field. He dislocated his elbow in high school once but it t didn’t keep him out for too long.

“I played the next week,” he laughed.

Giusti’s role is still somewhat undefined for this year. Last season he was listed as the backup at cornerback to Grant. However, Giusti played safety all throughout high school and saw time there in both the West Chester

and Delaware State games.

“I just want to play,” Giusti said.

“It doesn’t matter which position. Free safety, corner, hawk, dime, nickel—I know it all so wherever [defensive coordinator Nick] Rapone and the defense needs me. Safety is where I would love to play because I’ve always played it. I love when somebody comes right across the middle––you just get to lay them out. That’s my favorite part.”

Juniors Marcus Burley, Tim Breaker, Ricky Tunstall, sophomore Travis Hawkins and redshirt freshman Brandon Cheaton have been alternating throughout the four secondary positions in Giusti’s absence.

Giusti has the most experience at Delaware out of all five with the exception of Burley. Due to the departure of Walters, Bratton, Grant and Jones, the leadership in the secondary falls partly on Giusti’s shoulders.

“It was an honor to be able to play with them,” Giusti said. “They brought Brandon Cheaton and I up. They taught us a lot. They always helped us out and they were always looking out for us.

They always inspired me to play as hard as I could.”

Last year, Giusti’s impact was felt most on special teams. He had the reputation of a sparkplug, almost always getting to ball first on punt and kickoff coverage.

His season included recovering a fumble on punt coverage at James Madison and a highlight reel play against Rhode Island. He was racing downfield to down a punt that was bouncing into the end zone and in an effort to keep it out he did a front flip, while catching the ball and throwing it between his legs out to the 5-yard line, all in one motion.

“I don’t even know what happened,” said Giusti, recalling that play. “I just saw the ball bouncing and I had to get it before it went into the end zone. So I ended up doing a flip.

I would definitely like being on punt again, just go down there and make plays.”

Toward the end of the 2010 season, he not only made plays on coverage, but on returns as well. Keeler made Giusti one of the team’s two kickoff returners. It was a position Giusti had never played before, he returned punts in high school, but never kicks.

He rewarded Keeler’s faith with

a season-high 30-yard return in the semifinals against Georgia Southern.

The usually verbose Keeler had some simple words at the time to explain his decision.

“I didn’t blink,” Keeler said the Monday after the Georgia Southern victory. “I love him. He’s a really good football player.”

Giust said he wants to be back returning kicks as soon as possible.

“Kick returner was something new to me––I loved it,” he said.

“Especially that run against Georgia Southern, I wish I would have brought it back for a touchdown.”

Keeler said Monday the coaching staff is probably going to hold Giusti off kickoffs for the time being, but might put him out in some punt return situations.

Giusti doesn’t mind as long as he’s back on the field and not a redshirt.

“I feel whenever they’re ready to put me back there I’m ready to go back there,” Giusti said of kickoff returns.

“I’m just trying to play my role, be a leader, start wherever possible and try to help this team win another championship.”

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Soccer: Hens off to best start since 1985 Continued from page 28

excellent.”

It was the third shutout for Delaware this season. The Hens have yet to allow a goal at home so far.

“Considering Tobias has been magnificent for us, I thought Darren and Yoan today were fabulous,” Hennessy said. “Darren obviously is all-conference, but for Yoan to step in and play with the comfort level he played with, we need that because we know we can score goals.”

This was also the first shutout without Müller on the field.

For Hennesy, the unbeaten streak to start the season represents his vision for the program when he took over in 2006. The squad has suffered through many losing seasons in recent years, but made the CAA tournament last year for the first time since 1996.

“It feels stressful, to be honest,” he said. “I just want to win. I want to change things and change the culture, and now that we’re close— we were unbeaten in preseason, last five games unbeaten—I think I sense that they feel it.”

THE REVIEW/Christos Philippou

Colin Naugle runs for a touchdown against Delaware State in Saturday.

THE REVIEW/Christos Philippou

Andrew Pierce jukes around some Hornet defenders on his way to three TDs.

Football: Hens to begin conference play Saturday vs. ODU Continued from page 28 best practices the team has had this season.

“I know the kids realize that what we did this week, you got to do next week,” Keeler said, alluding to the CAA opener against Old Dominion.

“It was really evident how much we improved. We played clean and came out with a lot of emotion.”

The victory offered some positive signs for the Hens. Quarterback Tim Donnelly completed 13 of 14 passes for 221 yards, two touchdowns and a career-long 59-yard pass to receiver

Nihja White, which set up an Andrew Pierce score.

Donnelly lost the starting quarterback competition in the preseason to sophomore Trevor Sasek, who was out with a knee injury. Keeler said Sasek should be available next week, but whether he will start is a question Keeler does not know the answer to yet.

Other highlights included sophomore kicker Sean Baner cementing the final score with a career-long, 47-yard field goal in the third quarter and Walter Davis, the

third-string running back rushed for more than 100 yards.

Senior tight end Colin Naugle started the scoring with a 43-yard touchdown reception from Donnelly, the longest scoring play on the year for the Hens.

Pierce carried the scoring effort, running for 106 yards on 15 carriers and three touchdowns. Pierce believes the rivalry game is too young to judge.

“I know the fans love it and we get into it just as much,” Pierce said.

“It’s only our second time playing them [in the regular season], and the

more we play them, the more of a rivalry.”

Delaware looks ahead now to Old Dominion, a team averaging more 40 points per game along with an undefeated 3-0 mark. It will be the Monarchs first CAA matchup as a member of the league.

“We all know how good they are,” Keeler said. “It’s all about, ‘Can we prepare the same way?’ And if we prepare the same way, we will keep on getting better. That would be the challenge for us.”

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