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Thursday, August 30, 2012 Volume 139, Issue 1
Student remembered for outgoing nature AD Muir to go to Stanford BY DANIEL MCINERNEY Sports Editor
Courtesy of Jill Booth
A video was shown at the memorial service illustrating Mayr’s happy and adventurous life.
Friends and family said Mayr was a great dancer BY BO BARTLEY
Administrative News Editor
Whether she was dancing in broad daylight, cooking spinach after midnight, singing for no reason or smiling for any at all, friends said junior Rose Mayr had a resounding effect on those she met due to her lively and spontaneous nature. The nursing student was killed during a train derailment in her hometown of Ellicott City,
Md., on Aug. 21. Her friends said they think she lived her 19 years to the fullest every day. “I feel like everyone should just take more time to enjoy life because that’s what she did,” said junior Kate Whitman, Mayr’s friend and freshman year roommate. Mayr and her friend Elizabeth Nass, 19, were seated on the ledge of an overpass above Main Street in Ellicott City sometime after midnight when a CSX train
passed behind them, according to Sherry Llewellyn, spokeswoman for the Howard County Police Department. The train derailed and open cars of coal tipped over, spewing their contents and burying the two women. She said they were found dead by investigators when police arrived at the scene and an autopsy later determined the women died of compressional asphyxia.
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Former Delaware Athletic Director Bernard Muir announced on July 27 he would be leaving Delaware to take the Jaquish and Kenninger director of athletics position at Stanford University. Muir couldn’t be reached for comment. The university has promoted Samantha Huge to interim athletic director as Delaware searches for Muir’s replacement. “I believe the transition has been quite seamless,” Huge said. Huge has been employed by Delaware since 2009, when she was hired as senior associate director of athletics. Huge was promoted to deputy director of athletics and recreation services in 2011. As deputy director, Huge was a member of the senior management team that oversaw numerous daily operations, including fiscal management, student athlete support services and NCAA compliance. Huge is excited to see Delaware’s athletic programs continue to grow in the upcoming year. “I think we are going to have another really exciting year,” Huge said. “We have the same coaches and a great group of student athletes.” After being hired in July 2009, Muir made significant
contributions to Delaware’s athletic programs during his tenure at the university. As director of athletics Muir oversaw Delaware’s athletic programs become more competitive and made significant strides to expand Delaware’s athletic programs. Under Muir, Delaware’s athletic programs won eight CAA titles in six different sports. In 2009, field hockey won the CAA Championship. In 2010, women’s volleyball won the conference tournament, a feat they would repeat the following year. Football won the conference the same year, and made it to the Division I FCS National Championship game. In 2011 men’s soccer won the CAA title, and men’s lacrosse took their second title in a row. Most recently the women’s basketball team, lead by Elena Della Donne, won the CAA Championship and earned a bid in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, where they advanced to the round of 32. Muir, who was the fourth athletic director at the university since 1940, was able to bolster Delaware’s national presence by securing Delaware as a host for the first and second rounds of the upcoming NCAA division I women’s basketball tournament.
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UD Chorale takes second in Hungary SKYLER GOLDMAN Staff Reporter
The UD Chorale traveled to Hungary in late July and placed second in the highest category of the Bela Bartok International Choir Competition. The Chorale and UD-17, the university’s vocal chamber ensemble, spent three weeks touring Europe where they participated in a variety of performances and competitions throughout Germany, Greece and Hungary, eventually leading them to the Bartok Competition. The Chorale performed in
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approximately 10 concerts and four recording sessions leading up to the competition. Paul Head, professor and chair of the Department of Music and director of the choral studies program, stated in an email message that in the days before the contest, rehearsals were fast-paced and intense. “Think of the final hours of preparation for the Olympics and I think you’d get a pretty good metaphor,” Head says. The Bartok Competition lasted four days. UD Chorale and UD17 were the only choral groups to
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represent the United States. After advancing through three stages of competition, the Chorale entered into the “grand prix” round where they came in a close second behind the Latvian Youth Choir Kamer. Junior Chorale member Christina Aloisio stated in an email message that she enjoyed the opportunity to travel and perform. “It was such an amazing experience being able to be involved in a competition with top notch choirs from all over the world and
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UD Corale traveled to Hungary to take part in the Bela Bartok International Choir Competition.
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