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Vinyl record sales on the rise despite digital downloads

Marching band practices pay off with friendship

Football players heal injuries during bye week

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Univ. offers reward for missing prof.

Chem prof. suffers heart attack, dies BY KERRY BOWDEN

BY RACHEL TAYLOR

Editor-in-Chief

City News Editor

Mary Beth Kramer, a university chemistry professor, died of a heart attack in her home on Sunday. “This came with little or no warning,” John L. Burmeister, alumni distinguished professor and associate chairperson of the chemistry department stated in an email message. Kramer was a Courtesy of the University of r e s i d e n t Delaware of West Mary Beth Kramer Chester, Pa. taught chemistry. Kramer graduated from Villanova University and went on to receive her Master’s of Science degree from the University of Delaware in 1976, Burmeister said. After working in the field for the next 10 years, she joined the university faculty in 1986.

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Gentile said that Biden’s performance brought out his leadership skills and Ryan’s overall inexperience with politics. “Biden was on the attack,” Gentile said. “He was much more forceful than Paul Ryan was. Ryan came off as somebody that would not be able to take over and run the country.” Senior Sarah Vlach said it was easier to understand and engage in what Biden was saying because he was more passionate than Ryan.

John Dohms, a retired university professor, has been missing since he left his home on East Cleveland Avenue on Thursday, Sept. 13. According to Newark police officials, Dohm’s last believed sighting was in Hockessin, Del. on S u n d a y, Sept. 16. Dohms, 64, suffers f r o m dementia, and the university Courtesy of the is offering Dohms family a $10,000 Image generated to reward for reflect his expected information current appearance. that will lead to finding him, according to Newark Police Spokesman MCpl. Gerard Bryda. Despite police efforts, Bryda said the case has moved on to the investigative phase.

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ABC’s senior foreign affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz moderated the debate on Thursday evening.

VP debate tackles social, economic issues BY APRIL INGENITO Staff Reporter

Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Paul Ryan faced off in the only vicepresidential debate Thursday evening in Danville, Ky., arguing about issues ranging from nuclear weapons in Iran to abortion. ABC’s senior foreign affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz moderated the event. Political science professor Joseph

Pika was among the viewers who thought Biden dominated the debate. “Biden came out swinging until the end,” Pika said. Each candidate had different challenges, he said. Ryan had to establish himself as a “heavyweight” because he is new to the national stage and show he could serve as president if he is forced to do so, while Biden had to be more energized than President Barak Obama had been in the presidential debate the week before. Senior political science major John

Female science students see no gender discrimination despite study BY ZAINAB AKANDE Staff Reporter

A recent study conducted by Yale University and published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that professors in American universities view female undergraduate students in the math and science fields as less capable than males in those same fields. However, many female students said they have neither seen nor felt any gender discrimination at the university, despite the study’s findings. Sophmore Kat Caola, a computer science major, said gender biases in

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the sciences have not had an impact on her personal experiences. She said she has never felt discriminated against, and the only time she has ever felt uncomfortable in her major was when she realized she was a minority amongst her peers. “Last year I had a class where I was the only female, and I’ve felt awkward in realizing that I may be the only female in some of my classes,” Caola said. Senior Jen Moye, a mechanical engineering major, said she is also often the only female in her classes but does not feel discriminated against or disadvantaged by it. She said she feels comfortable as a minority in

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her major, and there are benefits to standing out from the crowd. “I think it’s sort of an advantage,” Moye said. “Because there are so few girls our professors know us by name.” The study said even when a male student and female student share the same abilities, female students are viewed as less competent and given fewer opportunities in comparison to males. However, Moye said she thinks women who are science majors have a better chance of getting a job after graduation than male applicants. Chemical engineering professor Annette Shine said she has never

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personally witnessed any biases towards male or female students at the university. However, she said three different female students came to her office in May asking for advice about discrimination they were experiencing. Despite not having witnessed any gender bias toward students, she said she has felt it at the faculty level. In May, Shine spoke to the press about her own experiences with gender discrimination at the university after reaching her breaking point of experiencing gender discrimination for 23 years. “My disgust with the sexism in the department became public before

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the article was published,” Shine said. The Yale study reinforces her negative experience as a female professor in chemical engineering, she said. John Pelesko, chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, said he thinks subtle gender biases do generally exist because the fields of math and science have long been dominated by males. He said the gender makeup has only changed within the last 50 to 60 years and it takes people a long time to change their beliefs.

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