Nov. 11, 2014 - Issue 11

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University donations include gifts from corporate partners JAY PANANDIKER News Assignment Editor In the 2014 fiscal year, over 37,000 donors contributed money to the university through annual giving. Gifts can range from small alumni gifts, to millions of dollars donated by corporations and foundations. In total, the donations added up to $63.9 million. In 2014, 45 percent of the amount raised came from individuals while 37 percent came from corporate donations.

The largest corporate donors to the university include DuPont and WhitingTurner Contracting Company.

Over 800 corporations and foundations donated to the university in fiscal year 2013, according to the President’s Report on Philanthropy.

Among the companies that donated, several maintain business relationships with the university, including PepsiCo, Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Pepco Holdings and Aramark.

University Giving Monica Taylor, vice president for Development & Alumni Relations, said donations to the university are necessary because tuition does not cover all the school’s expenses.

“The work we do within our entire operation is to fill up the gap, and make up the difference that tuition dollars and other dollars are not doing,” Taylor said.

The donated funds can have direct and indirect effects on the students, Taylor said. Direct benefits include donations for scholarships and financial aid for tuition and study abroad. More indirect benefits could be corporations or individuals funding endowed professorships.

“It enables the university to attract and retain some of the best faculty minds possible,” Taylor said.

Most of the Development Office’s focus is on individual donations, and a few companies approach the university about donating,

Taylor said.

“The relationship is typically one where we will work with companies to ask for support of the university and various units within the university,” she said.

While individual donations are traditionally larger than the amount donated by corporations, numbers in 2013 were equal due to a large donation from JPMorgan Chase.

JP Morgan’s donation funds the JP Morgan Innovation Center as well as the financial service analytics Ph.D. program.

The $16.6 million donation was the largest corporate donation to the university for a specific program, and made the company the largest corporate donor in the history of the school. More recently, the company has donated $2.5 million to expand Purnell Hall.

Depending on the relationship between the company and the university, donations can be earmarked for specific programs or contribute to the general fund, Taylor said. Companies more often donate to specific programs than to the general fund, she said.

A number of companies, including major donor Exxon Mobil, also have matching gift programs, meaning that if an employee donates money to the school, their corporate employer will match the gift, Taylor said.

The Donors A broad range of corporations donates to the university each year, ranging from investment and accounting firms to petrochemical companies.

Donations range from a couple hundred dollars to millions.

Some corporate donations fund endowed fellowships, others are from future employers and some are from outside vendors with presences on campus, including Whiting-Turner, Aramark and Pepsi.

Accounting and law professor Sheldon Pollack said when a corporation donates to the university, they should not

expect anything in return.

Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, which handles many of the construction projects for the university, made the one of the two largest corporate donations.

Currently the company is building the Academy St. Dining and Residence Hall as well as the expansion to Purnell Hall. Whiting-Turner was the contractor for the ISE Lab and the Independence Complex.

Aramark is the operator of the university dining facilities, and Pepsi is the exclusive beverage provider on campus.

Whiting-Turner’s 2013 donation was in the range of $1 million to $5 million, according to the President’s Report on Philanthropy.

“Nobody gives you over a million dollars and doesn’t expect something in exchange,” Pollack said.

Pollack said the flipside is that the company may get repeat contracts because they do a good construction job or have competitive prices.

A representative for Tim Regan, CEO of Whiting-Turner, said the details of the company’s donations are private and confidential.

University spokeswoman Andrea Boyle said such confidentiality standards are common across higher education, and fully comply with the standards set forth by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

In 2010, WhitingTurner donated $5 million of unrestricted funds to the university, according to a UDaily report at the time. A portion was directed towards the construction of the ISE Lab. The university’s Office of Facilities Planning and Auxiliary Services manages many of the contracts with outside vendors, including those with WhitingTurner, Aramark and Pepsi.

Alan Brangman, vice president of Facilities, Real Estate & Auxiliary Services, said the Whiting-Turner case is not unique within the university.

In a small state like Delaware, many contractors may also be donating to the university, which is not unusual, Brangman said.

Brangman said situations like this are common at

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of the amount raised by donations came from individuals.

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36% of the amount raised by donations came from corporations, in part due to large donation from JP Morgan Chase

of the amount raised by donations came from corporations.

In 2013:

Pepco Holdings, Inc donated <$49,000 owner of Delmarva Power/university electricity provider

Aramark donated $50,000-100,000

food service: operates the university dining halls and food courts

Whiting Turner Contracting Company donated $1 million-$5 million

building Purnell expansion, ISE Lab, Academy St. Dining and Residence Hall

KRISTA ADAMS/THE REVIEW The university receives donations from thousands of donors, dominated by some companies that have a very large presence on campus. universities nationwide. He said he does not think having vendors and contractors donate money is a problem, because they are required to disclose donations to the school.

“The key is to understand that there are those potential conflicts, and make sure that those conflicts don’t get in the way of business relationships,” Brangman said.

Brangman said there is a process that companies go through when the university signs contracts with vendors and contractors. The university will issue a Request For Proposal (RFP) and various contractors or vendors will pitch their proposals to a selection committee, he said.

The committee includes

between three and 13 university officials, including representatives from facilities, construction and stakeholders in the project. Several factors are considered including cost and the university’s previous relationships with the company, Brangman said. Whether or not the company donated to the school is not considered, he said.

“If there is any potential for conflict of interest or any favoritism given to a company because they are a donor, that’s not the way we would go,” Brangman said. “I would argue, that’s not the way to do business.”

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Standard of proof in sexual assault cases debated by professors MATT BUTLER Managing News Editor

BLUE HEN YEARBOOK Dickinson Hall C in 1975, one of the earliest West Campus residents.

West Campus to close after next semester CADY ZUVICH Executive Editor The university announced last week the official closing of Rodney and Dickinson residence complexes, eliminating West Campus in its entirety.

The plan to close Rodney Residence Hall and Rodney Dining Hall was revealed last April with the intention of keeping Dickinson Hall open. The updated plan, announced Nov. 6 by university spokesperson Andrea Boyle, will now close all of West Campus come May 2015.

“The complexes will be shuttered, as both are reaching the end of their

useful life as high quality housing,” Boyle stated in a press release.

Rodney Hall opened in 1966 as the first residence hall with air conditioning.

Dickinson Hall opened two years later as home to the Honors Program. According to Residence Life and Housing surveys, students in Dickinson and Rodney make 20 to 30 personal connections at the end of their freshmen years, making them historically known as two of the university’s most social dorms.

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The university’s attempt to revitalize and improve its Title IX adherence was on full display Monday night at a faculty open hearing called in order to allow faculty to voice their concerns on new guidelines undertaken by the Faculty Welfare and Privileges Committee.

Over the past several months, the university has seen the topic brought to its doorstep after being placed on a list of 85 universities under investigation by the federal government for Title IX violations. The topic has loomed even larger since the revelations of sexual harassment claims made against sociology professor Eric Tranby, who is now on a leave of absence.

Faculty members discussed the balance of building a safe student environment while trying to avoid handing over too much power to university administration. At the core of this balance –– as it became apparent throughout the meeting –– is the utilization of preponderance of evidence versus the clear and convincing standard when dealing with allegations of sexual misconduct against a faculty member. The preponderance of evidence allows for lower standard of proof when

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deciding the verdict in sexual assault cases, typical in civil court decisions.

The revisions will have their fates decided during the December Faculty Senate meeting when they are up for a senate-wide vote.

Larry White of the university’s General Counsel, said more and more universities are being compelled by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR)––a federal agency in the Department of Education––to revise their sexual misconduct procedural guidelines to use preponderance of evidence.

Philosophy professor George Draper said the school

should consider taking the government to court over the Department of Education’s interpretation of Title IX, and he believes they would win.

He said faculty members are already not afforded as much protection in the university setting as other alleged offenders are, and this lessens those protections further.

“I do think that the standard of preponderance of evidence is way too low when it comes to something like faculty dismissal,” Draper said. “I think strongly that the clear and convincing evidence standard is appropriate.”

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KIRK SMITH/THE REVIEW Professors debated federal standards for when universities handle sexual assault cases.

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PENCIL IT IN TUESDAY, NOV 11 -“Modern War, Modern Poems: American Poets and the First World War” featuring Robin Schulze, 12:30 - 1:15 p.m., Old College Gallery -Being Professionally Social: A Social Media Workshop, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Career Services Center, Room 178 -Navigating the UD Curriculum-information on registration, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Smith Hall, room 130 -USC Quizzo night: “Scandal,” 7 - 8 p.m., Perkins Student Center, West Lounge WEDNESDAY, NOV 12 -CAA Blood Challenge, 7 a.m. - 9 p.m., Trabant Multipurpose Rooms -Materials Science & Engineering Guest Lecture featuring Joseph Fox, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., ISE Lab, Room 322 -ECE Distinguished Lecture series: “5G: Technology Opportunities and Challenges” featuring Reinaldo Valenzuela, 3:30 4:30 p.m., Mitchell Hall -National Agenda-Battle for Congress: Meaning of the Midterm Elections featuring Mike McCurry, 7:30 p.m., Mitchell Hall THURSDAY, NOV 13 -Registration for spring semester 2015 begins -Test Taking Workshop, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Sharp Lab, Room 131 -National Geographic Screening of “Battle for the Elephants,” 7 - 9 p.m., Mitchell Hall -“Macbeth,” Opening Night, 7:30 p.m., Roselle Center for the Arts FRIDAY, NOV 14 -Free Lunch Friday Entrepreneurial Speaker Series, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Venture Development Center, 132 E. Delaware Ave -“Survivor Objects” symposium, 1 - 4:30 p.m., Clayton Hall, Conference Center -International Coffee Hour, 4 - 6 p.m., 44 Kent Way, Reception -Men’s Soccer vs.

Northeastern, 7 p.m., Grant Stadium -E-52 Presents, “Pride and Prejudice,” 7:30 - 10 p.m., Pearson Hall Auditorium -UD Opera Theater Fall Opera Concert, 8 p.m., Amy du Pont Music Building, Loudis Recital Hall SATURDAY, NOV 15 -Deltronic presents: Fall Drop 2014 ft. ExMag, 6 - 10 p.m., Trabant Multipurpose Room -“Deltones is the New Black” Fall A Cappella Concert, 8 - 11 p.m., Mitchell Hall -YChromes’ 20th Anniversary Concert, 8 9:30 p.m., Newark United Methodist Church SUNDAY, NOV 16 -Women’s Basketball vs. Marist, 2 p.m., Bob Carpenter Sports Center -International Film Series: “Locke,” 7 - 10 p.m., Trabant Theatre -Men’s Soccer CAA Championship MONDAY, NOV 17 -Preparing for Finals Workshop, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Smith Hall, Room 130 -Trombone Choir Concert, 8 p.m., Center for the Arts, Puglisi Orchestra Hall -UD Ballroom Team hosts “Salsa Night,” 9 p.m. 12:30 a.m., Klondike Kate’s Restaurant and Saloon, Second Floor

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SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS DOZENS IN NIGERIAN SCHOOL

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Six weeks ago, a group of 43 student teachers disappeared in the Mexican southern city of Iguala.

On Friday, Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said the students were likely massacred in a rubbish dump by a gang after they were abducted by local police.

The attorney general also implicated the local mayor saying he ordered the attacks and that his wife is involved with the Guerreros Unidos drug gang. They were arrested in Mexico City earlier in the month after going on the run.

In reaction to what has become

the greatest crisis of Enrique Pena Nieto’s presidency, citizens took to the streets this weekend to protest.

The protests, which ranged from peaceful gatherings and marches to attacks on public buildings, demanded the return of the students but also criticized the government’s handling of the situation.

Protesters held signs reading “Ya me cansé” (which means “I’m tired”) in reference to a portion of the attorney general’s announcement.

The phrase now has transformed to express public exhaustion with violence in Mexico, particularly due

to criminal activity and corrupt t authorities. w “These killings and forced P disappearances reflect a much w broader pattern of abuse and are largely the consequence of the t longstanding failure of Mexican o authorities to address the problem,” José Miguel Vivanco, the director r of Human Rights Watch in the h Americas, said. s

In hopes of being recognized globally as Catalans one day soon, the people of the northeast region of Spain in Catalonia held a straw poll, or informal ballot, Sunday to gauge secessionist support.

Although the Constitutional Court of Spain claimed the vote was illegal and ordered Catalonia to avoid going through with the polling, 1.6 million of over 2 million votes were in favor of seceding from Spain.

Considering the vote invalid, the Spanish government, located in the capital of Madrid, asserts

that the country’s constitution does not allow for a region, of which there are 17, to unilaterally secede.

Because the vote was unofficial and questionable, the regional government of Catalonia, led by Artur Mas, looked to 40,000 volunteers to man the polling stations rather than official election officials.

Mas is now calling on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to hold a more formal referendum, similar to the one Britain authorized for Scotland in September in

which Scotland voted to remain associated with the United Kingdom.

During the last regional elections, held in 2012, 1.8 million votes of the 3.7 million cast were in support of secessionist parties.

However, due to changes in voting qualifications and the informal straw poll, comparisons are difficult to analyze.

On Monday, a suicide bomber disguised as a student detonated an explosive in a school auditorium during an assembly, killing 48 and injuring 79, according to Reuters. The school is located in Potiskum, Nigeria, which is close to territory held by Boko Haram, an extremist militant group.

In the aftermath of the blast, residents of the area clogged streets and walkways around the school, angry at the attack and preventing emergency personnel from

arriving. Locals said they were attempting to avoid a repeat of last week’s chaos, when after another bomb in Nigeria claimed the lives of 30 people, police officers began firing on residents.

Boko Haram has ramped up its violence after the government announced a ceasefire in October, though the terrorist group has denied such an agreement.

Though they have been waging war for around five years, Boko Haram led to international notoriety in the past several months

after the ongoing hostage situation of 200 Nigerian girls kidnapped from a school. The girls’ release, which was announced as part of the ceasefire agreement, has also not been granted.

Fifty people have been been arrested in connection to the beating and burning of a Christian couple because they allegedly desecrated the Quran, according to Pakistani police.

Hundreds of Muslims took part in the attack last Tuesday, local police officer Mohammad Iqbal said. The mob allegedly went to the couple’s house, broke down their door, dragged them outside beat them and threw them into the brick kiln where they both worked.

The couple, Shehzad and

Shama Masih, were the parents of three children, and Shama was said to be pregnant with her fourth child.

Most reports suggest the attack originated due to a financial dispute between the couple and the owner of the brick kiln, who reportedly beat the couple in a closed room. Later, Shama had reportedly swept up their quarters and burnt some discarded papers, which later circulated into rumors that the discarded papers were pages of the Quran, escalating to the

blasphemy accusation.

Under Pakistan’s antiblasphemy laws, desecration of the Quran is punishable by life imprisonment or death.

The couple is the latest in a stream of vigilantism against anyone accused of blasphemy.

As a religious minority in Pakistan, Christians often face some of the worst retribution when accused of blasphemy.

After nearly two years of tension stemming from territorial disputes, President Xi Jinping of China and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan met at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in Beijing Monday, fueling rumors that the two nations have a chance at reconciliation.

The two shook hands in what appeared to be an “awkward first gesture” according to reports, but their meeting showed to be a sign for continuing diplomatic relations. The friction between China and Japan began over

the uninhabited East China Sea islands, which the two countries have been fighting to control.

The situation has raised concerns of a military confrontation between patrolling military vessels around the islands, potentially bringing Japan’s ally, the United States, into the conflict.

President Obama was also present at the APEC summit to address underlying tensions between the U.S. and China.

President Xi said if Japan were to adopt prudent military and security policies, the two

could follow a path of peaceful development. Prime Minister Abe said the meeting helped the countries stop the territorial dispute from escalating, but they have yet to agree on the specifics of the division.

“I believe that not only our Asian neighbors but many other countries have long hoped that Japan and China hold talks,” Abe said. “We finally lived up to their expectations and made a first step to improve our ties.”

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BRANGMAN: ‘THE KEY IS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE THOSE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS.’ Continued from page 1 Pollack said it’s unlikely that there is a quid pro quo when the university enters business relationships.

“The people involved are way too honest and have more integrity than that,” Pollack said.

“It’s a lot more subtle.”

Pollack said it is more likely that companies donate in order to maintain a friendly relationship with the university for when contracts do come up. If a company donates to an organization, the organization is less likely to do business with that company’s competitor, he said.

“If I work for a company, they pay me. Why would I give them a gift? The only reason I would is to make them like me,” Pollack said. “It mystifies me why you would give money back to a company you make money off of.”

According to the president’s report, other companies that have a presence have made smaller donations.

Aramark made a $50,000 donation in 2013

to fund the Hospitality Entrepreneurship Summit, said Karen Cutler, director of Corporate Communications for Aramark. The summit is designed to educate and encourage promising underrepresented business and hospitality students to consider establishing businesses and/or franchises in the hospitality and tourism industry, according to the summit’s website.

It’s also unlikely that the university would be swayed by small donations, Pollack said.

He said that while $50,000 may seem like a lot to a student or to a professor, it is pocket change for a large corporation and probably is not influencing anything.

Pepco Holdings, Inc., the owner of university electricity provider Delmarva Power, is also a donor to the university, but only through tuition rollbacks for children of employees, said Nicholas Morici, Media Relations Manager for Pepco. Morici said Pepco had not made a direct donation to the university since 2008, when university president Patrick Harker joined the

company’s board.

“The reason there has been no giving since Mr. Harker joined our board is because it would have been a conflict of interest and our ethics guidelines preclude that,” Morici said.

As part of the board of Pepco, Harker is a member of several corporate governance committees, which monitor and make decisions for the company. He has been on the board of directors since 2009.

Morici said Pepco donated to Delaware as part of their larger social responsibility initiative, that they have donated to other colleges and universities as well.

Morici said he did not see a problem with Pepco donating to a customer, because Pepco shares the university’s mission and vision for the greater community.

“Participating in initiatives or programs that fit both the business partner and the company’s values and beliefs is a benefit to each organization’s constituents,” Morici said.

Know Your Trustees is a series about the Board of Trustees, a group of people who hold a great deal of power within the university but would not be recognized walking down Main Street by most students. For the next several weeks, The Review will conduct a Q&A with a member of the board to try and learn more about who the trustees are and what brought them here.

Allison Castellanos considers herself the Sussex County representative, making decisions about the university. She is a native Delawarean, born and raised in Sussex County, and a 6-year-veteran of the board who comes from a long line of university graduates.

Castellanos is known around Delaware as one of the founding board members of La Red Health Center, a fullservice clinic initially designed to serve impoverished immigrant communities of the Georgetown area and Sussex County. She also served on the boards of La Esperanza Community Center and El Centro Cultural. She saw the desperate needs of her community, she stated in an email interview, and was inspired to get involved.

“To see friends of mine who could not speak English, did not have a phone in their house, or did not know how to drive a car,” she said. “And then 15 years later they can buy their own home or start their own business and enroll their children in music or swim classes is a miracle.”

Castellanos said she was chosen as a member of the board because she brings to it a sense of diversity, familial connections and board experience, along with having lived in the area for so long. In addition to her work in health care, Castellanos also serves as a faculty member at Delaware Technical Community College and said she has worked in higher education for 15 years.

“I understand the challenges and the trends in higher education,” Castellanos said. “As an English as a Second Language teacher, I understand the changing demographics and emerging demands on college students.”

As an advocate for the poor, she said she believes the financial aid office is one of the most impressive offices on campus and has seen students from her community who thought they would be unable to pay for college receive financial advice and monetary assistance that helped them achieve.

She said she has also been impressed with the school’s direction recently,

particularly with the hiring of José Aviles as admissions director following Louis Hirsh’s retirement in 2012.

She said the school is in a good position now to become more diverse by casting a wider net with admissions across the country and the globe.

However, Castellanos said, as the university diversifies its population, services will have to be maintained and expanded in order to assist students in graduating. She said for some of these students it might be the first time anyone in their family has attended college, so additional tutoring, career guidance and advisement may be necessary and should be provided.

Castellanos said despite the recent Title IX issues at the university, which have included a federal investigation and sexual harassment claims against a professor, she does not feel any additional pressure as a woman on the board.

“As a woman, I do not feel any added responsibility because I believe that Title IX issues are always at the forefront of the conversation for all board members,” Castellanos said. “I serve on the Student Life and Athletics committee and this issue is always present and considered when all decisions are taken.”

TURKEL: ‘IT IS DUE PROCESS THAT PROTECTS BOTH COMPLAINANTS AND PERPETRATORS IN THESE CASES.’ Continued from page 1 Professors at Harvard Law School in October wrote a letter in protest of the preponderance of evidence, stating that it violates due process and the rights of the accused. In total, 28 current and retired Harvard professors signed the letter as the standard “could be considered structurally impartial.”

Though other professors brought up the possibility of fighting the government on the fairness or constitutionality of their Title IX guidelines, White said this undertaking would be far too big and ambitious for the university.

“It would be unacceptably risky for us to chart our own course given the unambiguous signals that OCR has been sending,” White said.

White said preponderance of evidence is more thoroughly defined by the federal government as “it is more likely than not that sexual harassment or violence occurred” while the clear and convincing statute is defined as “it is highly probable or reasonably certain that sexual harassment occurred.”

If a school is not using the preponderance of evidence in sexual misconduct procedures, it is in violation of Title IX guidelines in the eyes of the federal government, White said.

This is clear in a Nov. 5

letter issued by the OCR. The federal agency found Princeton University violated Title IX in its handling of sexual assault cases.

In its resolution, the OCR letter stated Princeton University would follow the lower standard of evidence.

Some faculty members in attendance were concerned that a lower standard of evidence may give a faculty member less protection should they be accused of sexual misconduct.

Matthew Kinservik, vice provost of Faculty Affairs, said despite faculty concerns, the university has much of a choice in the matter between use of clear and convincing standards and preponderance of evidence due to federal government insistence.

There was a split in the room, however, as some faculty supported the lower burden of proof as a means of creating––in reality and perception––a safer place for students.

English professor Miranda Wilson said while the discussion at the hearing had been primarily about faculty protection, if the university were to fight against the government and try to institute a version of the clear and convincing statute, it would be sending a strange message.

“It makes me extremely uncomfortable to think that we would be putting ourselves forward in the public eye as the kind of institution that

Not your ‘diverse learning experience’: Trans author Janet Mock talks privilege, representation MEGHAN JUSCZAK Managing News Editor

Know Your Trustees: Sussex County’s Allison Castellanos MATT BUTLER Managing News Editor

AARON TREDWELL/JANETMOCK.COM Mock spoke about her experiences detailed in her memoir “Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More.”

does not, first and foremost, consider how we create a safe environment for our students and for ourselves,” Wilson said.

The thought of taking on the government is losing sight of the real problems the university is facing when it comes to students feeling safe and having a fair system to turn to in the case of a sexual offense, Wilson said.

“The most important issue is that––as an institution––we failed,” Wilson said.

Though all professors seemed in agreement over the ultimate goal of a safe campus climate, some were worried about the implications the rule change could have on their livelihood.

Kathy Turkel, women and gender studies professor, said the student environment should be the most important factor, but that the lower standards of proof violate due process rights of the professors.

She said the benefits that a higher standard of proof would bring would outweigh the negatives, and it would actually help both the accuser and the accused in cases of sexual assault.

“It is due process that protects both complainants and perpetrators in these cases,” Turkel said. “We are heading down a terrible road.”

It’s a little like we’re on a talk show, alumnus Nick Gottuk said when he sat down with transgender advocate and bestselling author Janet Mock Friday.

The arrangement, with the two chairs set up facing each other on the stage in front of the audience, was at Mock’s request. She wanted the event to feel like a conversation rather than a lecture.

“I don’t like this idea of me coming into this heavily privileged, academic space and being paid to teach people as this authoritative figure of the [transgender] experience,” she said. “I don’t want to stand up somewhere and be the only trans woman of color in a room. I’m not going to be this thing, this object that is here for your teaching and understanding and ‘diverse learning experience.’ You know, then you all leave, turn up and forget about it.”

Mock is currently traveling around the country promoting her memoir, “Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More,” and although the book focuses heavily on her experience coming to terms with her identity as a transgender woman, she said she was glad to have the opportunity to banter with Gottuk about other things, like Instagram, natural hair, makeup, Beyoncé and her dog.

Mock also applauded Gottuk, who developed an educational presentation called “Trans 101” while he was a student at the university.

“Trans 101” travels to classes and organizations to provide the campus community with basic information about what it means to be transgender.

Mock said she cannot do that with her life because she does not have the patience and was “radicalized” at a young age as a young, trans woman of color.

She referenced “This Bridge Called My Back,” a feminist anthology by women of color and said that book, and ones similar, deeply affected her.

“There is a line in this poem where she says, ‘I will not be this bridge to your understanding and liberation about my experiences,’” she said. “And I will not be this thing you can check off as the PC, liberal, progressive thing, like, ‘Yeah, I read Janet Mock’s book, and I’ve completely got it.’ No, you don’t ‘got it’ if you say you’ve got it.”

Mock was frank when she spoke about her growing fame and said she has felt pressured to be a figure representing the experience of all trans women of color or even all trans men. One of the first things she wrote in her book was a disclaimer in her author’s note that reads, ‘This book is not to be representative,’ she said, because her experiences are very specific.

She does love when her memoir connects deeply with

people, however, despite not wanting it to serve as a representation of all of their experiences. Once during a talk, a 14-year-old Latina girl stood up and asked Mock what advice she would give to trans girls going to high school.

“It was bizarre because I literally wrote the book for her,” she said. “That’s probably even more shocking than being taught alongside Audre Lorde and bell hooks. Like, that’s great, that’s about the work, but that is life. It’s someone’s life. I wish I would have had access to a mirror like that growing up. It always makes me a little emotional.”

Still, she hates when the mainstream media proclaims people to be “the voice of” something, because despite similarities in identity, she differs greatly in lived experiences even from other trans women of color, she said.

“Representation is so reductive and so basic—like, don’t be basic!” she said, laughing.

Making assumptions about people’s experiences, she said, is something that really bothers her. This is why she does not like giving general advice to groups— she is far from an “advice queen,” she said, when Gottuk asked what guidance she would give to trans people on coming out to their partner.

If you feel safe enough to share that with a person then you should, she said.

But it is also important to remember disclosure is sometimes dangerous and risky, and trans women face very real violence all the time, she said, especially if they are visibly transgender and do not “pass” as cisgender women. Gottuk said the level of violence gets “more and more scary” as you go down a minority line, and experiences are even worse for trans women of color.

Junior Sam Brant said Students Acting for Gender Equality talked about Mock at its most recent meeting where they watched interview clips and discussed intersectionality.

“Since then, it’s been a journey of discovering this—I don’t want to say, ‘goddess,’ but yeah,” Brant said. “Everything she said tonight really resonated with me and things I like to think and talk about.”

Haven President Jeremy Mathis said bringing Mock to campus has been a goal ever since he read her memoir earlier this year. He said it took a lot of campus support from other RSOs, large campus offices and departments to get her to the university, but he was “overjoyed” to see intersectionality and acceptance were important to many areas of campus outside of Haven.

“I have had the honor of being president for what has been two years now, and I couldn’t be happier to end my term with this event,” he said. “Hands down it was my favorite event that we put on, but then again I’m a little biased.”

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AN ELECTION ABOUT…NOTHING? DYLAN GALLIMORE

Much will be written about the Republican sweep of 2014.

The GOP marched to a historic victory, netting seven seats in the Senate, three pickups in statehouses across the nation and expanding their majority in the House of Representatives to the largest it has been in over eighty years.

However, the argument over what exactly this election was about is not quite settled.

While the Democratic wave of 2006 was a referendum on the Iraq War, and the Republican Wave of 2010 was a referendum on the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the midterm results of 2014 seem to lack a central theme.

Republicans have insisted that this election is about Obama and his administration’s incompetence and policy failures. Democrats tried a number of issues—women’s rights, racism, income inequality—none of which seemed to stick. And while the discussion remains unsettled, pundits have suggested that perhaps, this election was about nothing at all.

It’s an interesting proposal, the idea that the United States held an election just because it was scheduled, and that Republicans happened to sweep to victory simply because midterms are typically harsh on incumbent president’s parties is intriguing and unique. But it should not go unchallenged.

This election was absolutely about the Democratic Party.

Barack Obama has been president for about six years now, and Harry Reid has been the Senate Majority leader for every single one of them. His party doubled down on the playbook it used against Mitt Romney in 2012—challenging that Republicans are rich, out-of-touch plutocrats who oppose women’s rights and the rights of minorities—and came up empty. There are two big, big takeaways from this.

First, the Democrats will need a new approach going forward. Congressman Cory Gardner of Colorado successfully demonstrated how to outmaneuver the Democratic challenge that Republicans are harsh

on women’s issues by emphasizing personal freedom for women, enhanced by selling birth control pills over the counter. Gardner ousted Senator Mark Udall, who has been criticized for running a one-issue campaign.

DNC Chair Debbie WassermanSchultz has taken heat from her own party by employing over-the-top rhetoric, especially when she claimed Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin gave women “the back of his hand,” a comment she has since walked back on.

It may be a bit of a reach, but it seems that if the Democratic Party wants to chip away at the new Republican majority in 2016 and hold the White House, they’ll need a new, more comprehensive playbook.

Second, Republicans now have a golden opportunity that they waste at their peril. With a new majority and a leader who has promised to restore dignity to the Upper Chamber, the GOP has an opportunity to demonstrate that it can govern effectively, and yes, moderately. Marriage equality and legal marijuana are quickly becoming new norms across this country. If the GOP can accept this and govern effectively and reasonably, instead of performing as the Democrats have warned that they will, Republican candidates will find themselves in an incredibly advantageous position going into the next election.

So, the notion that this election was about nothing must be challenged.

It was about a little bit of everything—Obamacare, foreign policy, leadership, women’s issues, race issues, the economy—quite literally almost everything. And the voting public has laid the failures in these issues at the feet of the Democratic Party.

Just because the discussion was broad doesn’t mean it was content-free, as so many in the pundit class have suggested.

—Dylan Gallimore

Columnist

The views reflected in this column do not necessarily represent the views of The Review.

SGA president visits White House to learn about “It’s On Us” campaign JAGODA DUL Managing Mosaic Editor University concern of sexual assault policies and programs has now grown in scope. Student Government Association (SGA) president senior Ben Page-Gil traveled to Washington D.C. on Oct. 31 to learn more about other universities’ plans and techniques to combat campus sexual violence.

Page-Gil was accompanied

by Alexandra Nau, senior and president of Greek Council, and junior Rachel Zolotarsky, president of the Resident Student Association.

Pennsylvania State University, Temple University and Carnegie Mellon University were also present at the meeting to get a student perspective on how to get the “It’s On Us” campaign off the ground, Page-Gil said.

Temple University formulated their own version of the pledge, which is a key tenet of the campaign, PageGil said. This seeks to include

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all members of their campus community to get behind the campaign.

Penn State created public service announcements tailored to each specific group on campus. For example, athletes were featured in the PSA targeted at the athletics department.

The National Campus Leadership Council and Office of Public Engagement is spearheading the “It’s On Us” campaign in Washington D.C. One attendee of the meeting said he feels passionately about this campaign because his sister was raped at Dartmouth College, Page-Gil said.

Page-Gil said he hopes to bring what he learned at the meeting to the university campus. He said he plans to highlight the upcoming National Week of Action by raising awareness through a to-be-determined method.

“It was interesting to hear their points of view from the top down,” Page-Gil said.

The Faculty Senate voted unanimously to approve new general education objectives last Monday, a decision likely affected by September’s open faculty hearing discussing the need to improve the current breadth requirement system.

There are three main reasons behind updating the general education requirements: the need to keep the requirements relevant, the new standards issued by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and the need to assess progress toward meeting these general education goals, said Fred Hofsetter, education professor and Faculty Senate president.

“Although UD previously had ten gen ed goals, I believe you would be hard-pressed to find many faculty or students who could tell you what they were,” Hofstetter said.

According to the Faculty Senate’s new resolution, the university should seek to prepare students to be engaged citizens in the world around them, understand

their intellectual strengths and ethical values, interpret the arts and culture of societies and equip them with the skills necessary to thrive in a “rapidly evolving world” and become a lifelong learner and innovator.

“We want to move away from just checking the requirements off of a list,” Deputy Provost Nancy Brickhouse said.

The five objectives of general education that were passed include reading critically, communicating effectively in written and oral forms, work collaboratively and independently across cultures and differences, critically evaluate ethical implications and reason more scientifically, according to the resolution.

“Laying out the purposes and the objectives is really critical, so we can all agree that this is what the general education should deliver,” said Norman Wagner, chair of the Faculty Senate general education committee.

The next step is to figure out how to implement and assess these goals and objectives.

Another open hearing will be held in the spring and the general education committee

SARA PFEFER/THE REVIEW The Faculty Senate voted to change the objectives of the general education program in order to adapt the system to contemporary needs.

needs to bring forward an implementation plan by April 1, he said.

“One of the changes I think you will see this coming this spring is an attempt to align the high impact practices such as the Freshman Year Seminar [FYE], the Discovery Learning Experience and the capstones and the university breadth courses with the five new gen ed objectives,” Hofstetter said.

Hofstetter and Wagner said the general education committee targets not only students with this change but also potential employers.

“Recently I had a hallway conversation with the CEO of a major employer who told me she wished she could hire more of our graduates, but they seem to fall short in the 21st century skills that are so vital in today’s workplace,” Hofstetter said.

According to a recent poll

by Northeastern University, 87 per­cent of business leaders believe today’s col­ lege grad­ u­ ates do not have the essential skills to succeed.

“There is value in this document too because employers can say, ‘Gee, that’s the kind of person I want to hire, this is the kind of education I want to see in my employees, these are the skills and abilities a person working in my company should have,’” Wagner said.

In the spring, the changes will have to be approved by the Faculty Senate and ultimately ratified by the Board of Trustees.

These changes will hopefully impact incoming freshmen while current students would be grandfathered in, he said.

Wagner said students are encouraged to contact the general education committee, to come to the open hearings and to make their voices heard.

“It’s all about the future of our students,” Brickhouse said.

The Horn Program’s “Pitch Party” offers opportunity for innovation, business development KELSEY WENTLING Staff Reporter For inventing “The Throwback”—a device that allows you to play catch without a partner—senior Zachary Migliozzi won this year’s Pitch Party.

The Pitch Party, hosted by the university’s Horn Program in Entrepreneurship, is an annual competition in which contestants make a 60 to 90 second pitch for a new invention or business in front of a panel of judges and live audience. Success means a $1,000 reward that can be used in the development of the winner’s business..

The world has changed rapidly, said Dan Freeman, marketing professor and director of the Horn Program, perhaps why the program is so important.

“The career path that you think you wanted when you started as a first year student may be fundamentally different and-or gone by the time you graduate,” he said.

“So regardless of whether you ultimately become an entrepreneur, you’re going to want to be entrepreneurial in your career.”

The competition hosted 20 different ideas, ranging from high heels that collapse into flats to a living graph created by 3-D printers that creates channels for people undergoing bypass surgery. Each idea was judged based on the idea’s feasibility, the pitch quality and the level of innovation and creativity.

“I’m a firm believer that everyone should have some business background, whether you’re even a teacher because at some point in time you’re going to have to sell yourself, sell your product or sell your skills,” Migliozzi said.

Migliozzi’s background as a member of the university’s club baseball program combined with his exercise science major and biomechanical minor allowed him to take his partner’s idea a step further through conducting the biomechanical research and testing. “The Throwback” enables baseball players to simulate the throwing motion safely and accurately, an

invention that could be critical in physical therapy offices.

One of the organizers of the event, Christopher Kilgus, who is in the MBA program, said the Pitch Party provided students with the opportunity to present their ideas in a setting that would allow them to grow their ideas into larger projects and businesses. Not only does it benefit the students, but Kilgus said it had advantages for the university as well.

“The more startups that come out of UD, the better it is for the university’s reputation,” he said. “For example, I know that the iPhone touchscreen technology came from students at UD and something like that puts UD on the map and adds prestige to the university, which adds more prestige to the degree our students get. It adds value to the education.”

Dave Nagy, an alumnus and entrepreneur, wanted to be an inventor when he was a child. On Friday, he returned to campus to serve as a judge for the Pitch Your Path competition after having introduced his own products to the market and establishing his own software company and accounting firm.

Jaclyn Anninos, a comanager of the event, said one of the things the coordinators look for is a diverse judging group.

“We really wanted that different type of experience, but it all came back to that entrepreneurial passion that entrepreneurial spirit,” Anninos said.

Nagy was also looking for passion and spirit in the contestants. Most businesses fall short and end up misreading their market and misinterpreting a burning desire for a certain product or service, he said.

“There’s a lot that I enjoy. I enjoy the creative aspects of it and the idea of doing something new that someone else has never done,” Nagy said. “You’re solving a problem, identifying a problem and trying to find ways to solve it, so I like the aspect of helping.”

In fact, last year’s winner junior Yael Bloom, harnessed innovation and problem-solving to create UDwell, a website that compiles information about off-campus housing in the university area.

Bloom and Migliozzi both said Pitch Your Path gave them a competitive edge and enabled them to gain practical experience in the business market.

“As for personal learning, everyone in this competition had great ideas. That’s definitely first and foremost,” Migliozzi said. “Hearing other people’s paths towards success or soonto-be success, it’s nice to see that innovative thinking is kind of out there, so it’s nice that there’s someone always on your heels.”

And to those on his heels, Migliozzi offered up some advice.

“Keep at it,” he said. “The answer is never ‘no’ until you ask.”

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Forensic Science minor will incorporate professional insight, hands-on learning SARAH HABERMAN Staff Reporter

ALI WILSON/THE REVIEW The engineering sorority hosted an event last spring to encourage younger girls to enter STEM fields.

National Science Foundation awards university $3.3 million grant JASMINE RIDER Staff Reporter The National Science Foundation has awarded the university with a 3.3 million dollar grant. The university was one of four other institutions to receive the National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Grant.

According to the NSF site, the goal of the ADVANCE program is to increase the representation of women in academic science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

Beth Mitchneck, program director for the program, said that the “grant invests in the future of women in STEM.” “Supporting institutional change that furthers the advancement of women faculty is a means to making the institution more receptive to talent from all backgrounds,” Mitchneck said.

Mary Anne Holmes, program officer at the National Science Foundation, said the NSF collects data on who gets a degree in various majors. There has been an increase of women getting degrees in mass science and engineering over time, but you do not see an increase in women faculty, she said.

“ADVANCE was designed to see what it is about academic institutions that poses barriers to women’s participation to become faculty,” Holmes said.

Holmes said the award process was competitive with more than 40 universities applying for the grant.

However, the university’s plan stood out, she said, as it collected information about faculty and conducted interviews around campus to gain a better perception of the school climate and any barriers that exist.

The five-year grant will be used to form the university’s ADVANCE Provost’s Institute: Women faculty to Leadership (W2L). One of the goals of

W2L is to educate, mentor and support female STEM faculty, especially women post tenure and women of color.

Heather Doty, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and coprincipal investigator for the university’s ADVANCE team, said even though this is a STEM grant, it will affect faculty across campus.

“One of our goals includes improving the climate for all faculty with the understanding that improving the climate for everyone will improve the climate for women,” Doty said.

Doty said historically, men have dominated STEM departments and that makes it hard for the first women to succeed. This is partially due to a lack of female role models or mentors in their departments, Doty said, as a result of the low overall amount of women in the field.

Doty said that the grant would not only affect faculty, but students majoring in STEM fields as well.

“Research has shown that one of the primary predictors of female science students’ persistence in the field is the number of female professors that they have,” Doty said.

“The more women professors they have, the more likely it is that they’ll stick with the major.”

Doty said a part of the team’s program is to inform the provost of research in the field including best practices for mentoring and recruiting faculty. They then analyze that information to see how policies could be created or adjusted to improve the climate for faculty.

Working as advisors to the provost, Doty said the team hopes to not only spread fact and research driven information, but also make people more aware of problems that exist within the current school climate.

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Students are finding that forensic science may be very little like it’s portrayed in television and movies, as the subject is added to their course load this semester. This fact, however, has not stopped students from pursuing the newly added minor.

The department of medical laboratory sciences has been offering an introductory forensic science course for the last five years, but the minor is new this semester.

Donald Lehman, professor of medical laboratory sciences, said the university did not have enough faculty to offer a major. Instead, they decided on a minor that incorporated classes from other disciplines, including several classes taught by professionals in the forensic science field.

Dana Coyle, a junior health sciences major, was a student in Dr. Lehman’s introductory forensic science course.

“It was awesome that we had guest speaker almost every week. We met a medical examiner, an arson investigator, a forensic nurse, ballistics expert, a canine unit policeman and more,” Coyle said.

When creating the curriculum for the minor, Lehman said he consulted with

some of the guest speakers in his introductory forensic science course. With their information, he formed an advisory committee, which worked together to set up the courses required for the minor, he said.

According to Lehman’s proposal, other requirements of the minor include classes in anthropology, chemistry, biochemistry, criminal justice, kinesiology and applied physiology, but introduces two new courses to the university.

The first class, Crime Scene Investigation, is a course taught by Delaware State Police Detective Scott Kleckner. The course includes topics on how to analyze blood splatter patterns, how to collect evidence, how to transport that evidence back to the laboratory and how to testify in court, Lehman said.

The other new class, Forensic Science Practicum, is a practical internship course.

Students will coordinate internships with local labs and Lehman will communicate with the director to work out specifics of the experience. While the course has been approved, it is not yet offered as the faculty works on the logistics.

“We’d like to do more like offer a lab, but again we’re kind of confined for lab space,” Lehman said. “Our majors take up a lot of lab space we have

WEST MIDLANDS POLICE/FLICKR CREATIVE COMMONS The minor is interdisciplinary, includes hands-on experience and draws on knowledge from professionals in the field.

so we don’t really have the opportunity yet to offer any labs in forensic science, but someday we might be able to do that.”

Mary Ann McLane, professor and Faculty Senate representative for the medical laboratory sciences, said the Faculty Senate was very supportive of Lehman’s proposal.

“When that proposal came before the [faculty] senate, I enthusiastically approved it,” McLane said. “Our medical laboratory science faculty, especially Dr. Don Lehman, have worked hard to put together a minor which merges our skills in diagnostic testing with the current popularity of the forensic field.”

The department is small, and this could be very beneficial for visibility, McLane said.

Lehman estimates about 15 to 20 students are currently enrolled in the minor. Lehman foresees more enrollment in the future seeing as this is the first semester the minor has been offered.

The field of forensic science is in need of entry-level positions, Lehman said.

“There are lots of jobs that need to be filled,” Lehman said.

“There’s a backlog for DNA testing and people are being arrested, yet they’re being released from jail because they’re not granted a speedy trial because there’s delays in getting the lab tests done.”

Coyle is optimistic about the possibilities the new minor may bring students.

“I think anyone can take this minor, because there are so many different careers involved with forensic science, and many different avenues you can go through to be involved in the field, if you so choose,” Coyle said.

But both Lehman and McLane assure students that forensic science is not what they might expect.

“They find out what they see on TV and films isn’t exactly what it’s like in real life,” Lehman said.

NEWS IN BRIEF Fire damages Main Street apartment above Jimmy John’s A fire burned out an apartment building early Friday morning on Main Street above Jimmy John’s sandwich shop.

Fire crews responded quickly, bringing the blaze under control less than an hour after it was reported at 4:10 a.m.

According to the Newark

Post, 45 firefighters arrived on the scene, many from the nearby Academy Street firehouse, as well as the Ogletown Road firehouse.

Fire department spokesman John Farrell said all occupants evacuated and there were no injuries reported, though the

apartments will have to be gutted and rebuilt.

There was no damage to Jimmy John’s, apart from mild water damage according to the Newark Post. The cause of the blaze is still undetermined.

Suspects in DSU shooting arrested Delaware State Police and Delaware State University (DSU) police have arrested two suspects wanted for the Nov. 3 shooting at an off-campus living facility at DSU. Reports say a male DSU student was wounded in the shooting with non-life threatening injuries.

He is currently recovering at

Bayhealth Medical Center.

Marshawn Fortner, 25, of Dover was arrested in downtown Dover on Nov. 4, while Michael Clark, 25, was apprehended in Dover on Nov. 5. They are currently being charged with firstdegree assault, second-degree conspiracy and possession of

a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony.

Both suspects are being held on bonds upwards of $70,000 in Delaware Correctional Facility in default of their bonds. No other suspects are being sought in this case.

Tanzania’s Minister of Health talks water, economy LINA SORG Staff Reporter Fifty-nine percent of people in rural African communities do not have access to clean water.

But everybody in the Trabant Theater Monday night likely had water within arm’s reach, said speaker Stephen Kebwe.

Kebwe, Minister of Health and Social Welfare in Tanzania, spoke to a modest audience about the acquisition and usage of water in developing countries in Africa. Senior environmental studies major James Leitner, who has led well-building projects in Tanzania, organized the event.

Because parts of Tanzania are semi arid, many people have to travel up to 15 to 20 kilometers to fetch water for domestic use, including drinking and bathing, Kebwe said.

“You are very lucky because in Africa, in Tanzania, a woman walks a whole night sometimes,” Kebwe said.

Women, rather than men, consistently fetch water for their families. Margareth Awiti, president of the Philadelphia Serengeti Alliance (PSA), a nonprofit dedicated to developing water resources and improving the quality of life in Tanzania, joined Kebwe

on the stage. She discussed the alliance’s dedication to women’s rights.

“Sometimes it’s not easy to go to school because when you’re searching for water you can’t find the time,” she said.

Awiti, whom Leitner affectionately calls “Mama Margareth,” said the PSA’s purpose is in part to allow girls the opportunity to go back to school.

In addition to impacting education, the arduous trek to obtain water negatively influences women’s health.

Because women in Africa get married in order to have children, women who make the trek are frequently pregnant, Kebwe said. Many times, women must make the journey to obtain water while pregnant or carrying a young child on their backs. The demanding physical labor is quite difficult, he said.

“They get abortions, you see, because of the physical activity,” Kebwe said. “It is too much, they cannot bear the burden of pregnancy.”

Kebwe also addressed waterborne illnesses that plague African countries, including typhoid and cholera.

These diseases occur more frequently during the rainy season and are easily spread through water

transport, he said.

Kebwe said an improving economy might allow for better water management techniques.

“Globalization is bringing us together,” he said. “We believe the young generation as they grow, and the economic growth in Africa, can really address the issue.”

Tanzania has the fastestgrowing economy in Africa and it continues to grow exponentially, Kebwe said.

He said if the upward economic trend continues, poor communities will eventually reap the benefits.

Kebwe also recognized that the issue is complicated by the growth of cities and continued efforts to repair and expand infrastructures.

He said there are fundamental differences between the priorities of countries like the United States and countries in Africa. America has landed men on the moon and Africa is still competing to meet basic needs, Kebwe said.

Leitner proposed a scenario to put things in perspective for the audience. He told students to imagine if they had to walk from South Campus to the nature center in White Clay Creek every day before classes.

“One bucket is 45 pounds,

and they do it five times,” Leitner said of women in Tanzania.

For senior Sara Albrecht, Leitner’s scenario brought new perspective.

“We do take water for granted, and he gave the example that we can all relate to,” Albrecht said. “I just can’t imagine how different my life would be if I had to do that for my family every morning.”

Leitner praised the PSA’s recent efforts to facilitate water attainment. The PSA currently oversees three well projects in three separate villages. Leitner estimates the projects are supporting 500 to 600 people, and encouraged the audience to join the UD Water Project, an on-campus RSO with the same goals as the PSA. See LEITNER page 6

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Ellerby delivers lecture on reframing gender equality ANDREW SOMMERS Staff Reporter Women’s rights were the subject of a lecture given by Kara Ellerby, professor of political science and international relations at the university. In the lecture, Ellerby said the issue of gender equality should be reframed and refined as women’s inclusion.

The lecture was an attempt

to summarize Ellerby’s longer research paper on the topic, titled “Add Women and Stir.”

The audience consisted of colleagues and graduate students.

Ellerby examined the economic rights of women, violence against women as well as “gendered binaries,” the idea that there are two genders that stand in direct contrast with one another.

COURTESY OF UNIVDELAWARE/YOUTUBE Kara Ellerby emphasized the need for inclusion in gender discussions, instead of a one-sided fight for women’s rights. The lecture came at a time when domestic violence has been a hotly-debated topic nationwide.

Ellerby’s overriding message was the need to reexamine the term gender equality and the need for progress in framing.

Instead of the term gender equality, Ellerby called for a focus on women’s inclusion.

“The idea isn’t to change the recipe,” Ellerby said. “It’s just to add women to it.

There’s nothing wrong with the institutions, except that there are formal barriers.”

Ellerby said the terminology was a big piece of these barriers.

Ellerby said when people talk about gender, they often depoliticize feminist efforts and shift the focus toward why these problems exist in the first place.

Ellerby said systemic inequalities still remain due to the outdated nuclear family model and said women’s inclusion differs from country to country. For instance, Sweden is by far the most inclusive country for women, she said.

Much of the problem has to do with how vague the idea of equality is, Ellerby said.

“What do we really mean when we say ‘equality’?” Ellerby said.

Violence against women is also disappointingly common, Ellerby said. Approximately one in three women experience some form of domestic violence or sexual assault in their lifetime, and the averages are about the same no matter where you go, she said.

Violence against women is at epidemic levels, Ellerby said, and some studies have shown it is not slowing down.

In terms of occupation, Ellerby said while there are often not any formal boundaries, women are almost always bounded by informal customs in society. According to Ellerby, these informal obstacles tend to herd women into certain professional jobs and environments.

“What a lot of the evidence shows is women are not assumed to be competent if they occupy positions of leadership,” Ellerby said. “They have to prove their competency.”

Ellerby said the reframing of the very ideas of the words “gender” and “equality” will help to eliminate many of the barriers women still face in the

contemporary world.

Gretchen Bauer, professor and chair of the department of political science and international relations at the university, gave her thoughts on the issue.

“When people talk abouta gender mainstreaming, they’rer really not talking about gendert equality,” Bauer said. “They’rev just trying to get gender ideasi o out there.”

Political science professorm Stuart Kaufman said he attendede to support his colleague in hero work and offer suggestions.s Instead of just pretending tot protect women’s rights, he said,s it is important to actually make s an effort to do so.

“My biggest takeaway ist that there is a huge differenceg between the degree to whicht countries have put in new rulesc that are meant to help and include women in various ways and how much they enforce those rules,” Kaufman said.

“There are a lot of laws against violence against women, for example, but then they don’t tend to get really enforced.”

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DOTY: ‘WE HAVE AN EMPHASIS IN OUR GRANT ON SUPPORTING WOMEN OF COLOR ESPECIALLY.’ Continued from page 5 Doty said the university will be having professional development workshops and panels for faculty at all levels.

During the second year of the grant, the team will be holding a national research conference on the subject of women of color in academia.

“We have an emphasis in our grant on supporting women of color especially,” Doty said.

According to the university’s ADVANCE team’s proposal, women of color, defined as African American, Hispanic and Native American, had very low hire rates and few of them were in

STEM departments.

According to the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness, as of 2013, Hispanic and African American women made up .05 percent and .07 percent of the university’s faculty.

According to the team’s ADVANCE proposal, the university hired 22 black

faculty members from 2005 to 2012, but in that same time frame, 13 left.

A long-term goal for the team is to make the university a welcoming workplace for faculty, especially women faculty and faculty of color. Doty said that once accomplished they should be able to recruit more diverse

faculty and have them stay.

“Nationwide what tends to happen is that women faculty in STEM and faculty of color will come to a university for a few years and then leave,” Doty said. “We don’t want that to happen, we want them to come to UD, be happy and stay.”

LEITNER: ‘It’s hard to picture when you’re here in America versus in Tanzania.’

Continued from page 5 Leitner said the clean water goal has been his passion since high school, and he hopes to remain involved in it beyond college. He began

by donating to non-profits, but grew tired of that and wanted to take more initiative, he said. After meetings with multiple engineering professors, Leitner was introduced to Awiti. Together

they founded the PSA, which gained official non-profit status last December.

Leitner said he spent last August in Tanzania, visiting the communities that benefit from wells, and loved being

there.

“It’s hard to picture when you’re here in America versus in Tanzania,” he said.

Both Kebwe and Awiti are hopeful for future progress, but acknowledge that

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Sobering myself in the back road biker debate

In 2012, the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center reported that 726 people lost their lives in bicycle/motor vehicle crashes. Some are incidents of road rage and others are accidents. Many, like my previous self, assume an entitlement to the road because of dominion, power, pounds, space and speed, but these things are foolish in respect to safety and logic.

A few years ago, I was not so wise. On my way home from track practice, I approached a gang of adolescent bikers on their journey through the pike creek valley of Newark, Del. The

driver in front of me, lead the way in beeping as she pulled right around them, speeding away up the hill on Limestone road. Where she was going, I couldn’t be sure, but I too was entitled to the path ahead. I was in a rush to get home. Following her lead, I gave my horn a few pecks, but the boys didn’t move.

Instead they taunted and jeered, giving me the worst case of road rage that’s every emerged from my chest.

My breathing became shallow, heart thudding in what was now my stomach, and I itched for power: a way around these circus clowns who didn’t

Parking fee hikes I have noticed that the UD parking garage fees have risen at an alarming rate. I have been a student here since 2009 when parking was affordable. Today I parked for one hour at the CFA to attend one class, assuming it would b e a couple of dollars like last semester. When I got

back to my car, my parking fee was $4.00! I remember paying .50 cents per hour back in the day. Not only that, the garages started to round up the fee to the nearest hour, so if you’re parked for one hour and fifteen minutes you’ll be paying for two hours. There are no/few signs explaining the pricing fees.

belong in my way. They could have moved to the road’s large shoulder, but they kept on.

Minutes later, a straight strip of road presented itself as the perfect passing point. When I tried to swerve around them, their leader blocked me with his sinewy body. I laid on the horn, feeding their excitement like a hungry fire, much like the anger that blazed inside me. The ringleader, as I thought of him, turned over his right shoulder and, taking his right hand off of the handlebars, delivered his middle finger and a smile. Now this was war.

I proceeded to scare them

with my 2,000-pound Ford Explorer by revving the engine, waving my hands, and throwing a hissy fit with my horn. The look in their eyes finally changed as a cold sweat broke over my forehead. Like a bad joke gone wrong, the look of fear in their glassy eyes haunts me to this day. Finally, one of the lesser ones ushered me along as they agreed their time was up. As I passed, dramatically stomping on the gas pedal, I looked back to see a motorcyclist stopping to have a word with these kids.

“Phillip A. Bishop was killed about 8:45 p.m. Friday on Brackenville Road as he

rode home from his job as a supervisor at PureBread Deli in Greenville,” the opening sentence of a Delaware Online article reads. He had taken every precaution: wearing a helmet, headlamp, flashlight and rear flashing red marker light on his bike. Suddenly a wave of conviction hit and my eyes began to well with tears. He wasn’t an adolescent teenager, or a middle finger-waving back road bully. He was a responsible user of the road, much like other athletes riding the back roads.

God forgive me.

Additionally, full time staff employees do not get free parking. They have to pay for a yearly pass.

This seems like an outrageous price hike for the location and the quality of the parking garages here. I can find cheaper parking garages in Philadelphia of equal quality and some even have valets.

UD parking garages often have malfunctioning credit card

machines and exits.

The reason I am concerned about this is not only because I am broke (like many other college students) but because the university recently released tuition rates for this academic year and prided themselves in the fact that for the first time in decades they will not be raising a few student fees, and included some rhetoric about being committed to students

and the community. It seems like they decided to make up the difference through these ridiculous parking fees!

I have emailed the administration about this issue.

Hopefully someone will get back to me, but I am not counting on anything.

—Natalie Pesetsky

Sincerely, Anastasiya Pronina

Students remember Enoch Lee “Enoch was passionate about so many things and committed to his strong values.

Through his selfless character, he made his friends a priority and made a huge impact on their lives. He inspires others and inspired me to be my best and to do my best, which I will forever be thankful for. Enoch was the truly greatest friend anyone could ask for.” —Haley Johnson

Quotes compiled by editorial contributor senior Cleo Reiss.

On Oct. 17, the university lost an incredible person: Enoch Jae Lee. Enoch meant so much to so many different people.

All those who knew Enoch— whether they be close friends or acquaintances—loved and admired him. Below is a collection of quotes that paint a beautiful picture of who Enoch was to many people in his life. We can’t bring Enoch back to us, but we can honor him by living our lives a little bit more like he lived his. For those who knew him, these quotes will be a constant reminder of what Enoch meant to each and every one of us. For those who did not know Enoch, I hope these quotes shed light onto what an important person Enoch was to his family, friends, and the Newark community.

—Cleo Reiss, creiss@udel.edu “Enoch was an unbinding beacon of hope for the future and had enduring faith in it.

When I questioned my dream of becoming a doctor, he responded: ‘If you want to become a doctor, you will. The world needs people like us to help others.’” —Catherine Tauro “Enoch was a person who drove you to be better than you thought you could and live each day better than you thought you would.” —Melissa Verlaque “To me, Enoch was a blessing to this earth. He did so much in such a short amount of time, and I’m truly lucky to have known him. Thank you for always asking, ‘How’s life?,’ for listening to my problems and for constantly putting a smile on my face. Your memories with me are forever in my heart. I love you always, my angel.” — Stephanie DeNigris “He always made my day when I saw him, but now he makes my day whenever I think about him. The memories I have of him will always make me smile.” —Billy Boyer “Enoch was the music to my ears, my inspiration, a dear friend, but most importantly, he was my greatest gift. Anyone who knew Enoch was beyond blessed to have had him in their life because knowing him was truly a privilege. Enoch’s legacy lives on through the countless people he has touched and through all of us.” —April Gulotti “The most selfless person I met at UD, able to turn any frown upside-down. A passionate, talented, intelligent individual, who crafted a mean Snapchat story.” —Alli Tracy “Enoch had the profound ability to make even the most mundane situations exciting.

His presence automatically made you feel more content with yourself.” —Chris Mosca “Enoch Jae Lee was a gift.

Through his passion for music, medicine and volunteering, he touched and inspired so many

people in such a short amount of time. He was an amazing friend who believed in me and always wanted the best for me, and I will always be thankful for that. I am so blessed and thankful that I got to have someone as amazing as him as one of my best friends. I will always cherish the memories we had, and he will always have a place in my heart.” —Kelsey Goggin “Enoch embodied everything the quote ‘live your life to the fullest’ stands for. He was kind, compassionate, hard working, and most of all, he was a great friend. His passion for music is what inspired me the most. He was able to touch so many lives in such little time.

I am grateful to have known him and am so happy I got to call him a good friend. He will forever hold a place in my heart.” —Kristen Darling “Enoch was like a ray of sunshine––he was always glowing and warm, and he had the ability to illuminate everyone around him.” —Alaina Prevot “Enoch and I became close during our sophomore year.

He was not only a good friend but also a role model. I admired his faith in God, his generous nature and his ability to make anyone smile. Seeing him always brightened my day, and I am honored to have had such a beautiful person in my life.” — Angela Stegmuller “Enoch’s ability to reach through to others and create a bond out of nothing. I will never forget the first time I met Enoch; he was playing guitar outside of our dorms amongst a group of people and realized that he had never introduced himself to me. Immediately, he put down his guitar and wanted to know my story, wanted to be friends. I was hesitant and skeptical of his enthusiasm, but it didn’t take much longer than ten minutes to realize the extent of his sincerity. Enoch was the type of person who, without trying, caused you to drop your front and let your guard down in one conversation. That is an incredibly rare thing to find in someone.” —Brigitte Barron “To me, Enoch was my better half, my best friend and the light of my life.” —Connie Chen

“Enoch was the reason I played lacrosse in high school.

If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t have made many of the friends I had in high school. My freshman year, there was a week where Enoch came to my house everyday to help with learn how to play lacrosse. He introduced himself to my parents as, ‘Enoch, but you can call me Bruce.’ He was one of the nicest, warm-hearted people to be around and an amazing friend.

It was impossible to be anything but happy when anyone was in his presence. He just had such a positive vibe. He became a brother to me and was one of my best friends throughout high school.” —Dustin Tresolini “Enoch was a lover. He was completely selfless and never hesitated to meet new people, ask them how they are doing and make them feel like somebody important. One would never know about half of his talents and good deeds because he never bragged or talked too much about himself.

Instead, he was a listener, and when he wasn’t using his voice to make others joyous through his singing, he was using it to comfort, help or please somebody in some way. Enoch was and is special because he continues to inspire us for the person he was and the things that he did, and I am forever grateful I got to have him in my life and see firsthand how much he impacted the people closest to me in such a positive way.” — Dominique Carpio “Enoch was beyond spectacular. He lived his life in humility, always making everyone around him feel significant. I don’t think he ever realized it, but he was a role model for many people and exhibited a genuine love for others that was truly admirable.

He had a big heart and an even bigger voice that will echo into eternity.” —Mirette Boushra “Enoch was the kind of person that genuinely cared about what you had to say, how you were doing and what was going on in your life, no matter what he had going on. He was the kind of friend that is hard to come by and a blessing to have.

Enoch will be missed by all who had the honor of knowing him and having him in their lives.” — Sarah Page

“Enoch brought us together with his genuine, loving spirit and a little help from his dreamy guitar playing. He was the kind of friend that made us all feel like family. He’ll never know the mark that he has left behind, but he will be so widely missed and always so greatly loved.”

—Gianna Mercadante “Enoch was the type of person who would go out of their way to try and make your day better. Through his kind words and singing, he really knew how to brighten your day. He was a great friend and roommate and will be missed but not forgotten.” —Zach Zeren “Enoch was such a genuinely caring person. From a classmate to a good friend, Enoch will always be the guy who made me want to be a better person and who changed my life for the good.” —Helena Gaitan “Enoch was a celebrity. He was the guy you would text your friends and say, ‘Guess who I saw today?!...Enoch.’ And it made your friends jealous that they had not seen him, too.

Everyone aspired to be more like him.” —Cleo Reiss “Enoch was one of the first people I met at the University of Delaware.

His bubbly personality and thoughtful qualities are what makes him stand out from others. Enoch always went out of his way for me since I met him and brought our entire freshman floor together. Enoch would ask how my internship was going constantly this past summer and remembered such specific things about people, showing he took genuine interest in so many people in his life. I think this is something that we can all take with us and live by, to keep pieces of Enoch alive.” —Jaclyn Murray “An especially important part of our friendship was the music that we created and shared with each other.

Whenever I heard Enoch sing, my day would become instantaneously better. Enoch was more than just an amazing musician. He was an amazing person. I feel blessed to have had the chance to share such amazing moments with him and I will always remember the great times we had together.” —Alex Fang

“Enoch listened. It sounds like such a simple skill, but a friend who really listens to what you have to say is a rare find.

Enoch Lee was a friend to many, but he somehow found a way to make each and every friend feel like they were the only one who mattered in the world.” —Diana Groody “An inspiring individual and a talented intellect. What fascinated me most about Enoch was his ability to make anyone feel like he’d known them forever.” —Talha Bhatti “Enoch wasn’t just a friend, but an advice giver, a helper and one of the best people I will ever know, I’ll never forget the times he changed my gloomy days into a more colorful one, and my frown into a huge smile. He would never leave a conversation without telling me he loved me and I will always smile knowing I had the pleasure of having someone so incredibly amazing a part of my life.” —Tara Tresolini “Enoch was one of the few genuinely good hearted, loving people I’ve met in my life. It really is such a rare thing and I feel extremely lucky to have had the chance to know him. The memory of Enoch will always be a reminder to appreciate the truly good people you find in life and to never take them for granted.” —Jake Mulcahy “Enoch was my protective older brother always looking out for me. He was a true friend and inspiration and brought out the best in all of us. I’ll miss you and love you forever Enoch. Rest in peace my friend.” —Raina Parikh “Enoch was one of the most genuine individuals I have ever met, and our love for Ecuador bonded us. We all miss his beautiful soul.” —Devika Banerjee “Enoch Lee was one of the kindest people I have ever met who sought to make everyone he met smile and dedicated his life toward a career in helping others. Enoch’s biggest asset was his ability to inspire others, and he continues to inspire all that knew him everyday.” — Arjun Patel “True compassion is caring about others. Enoch illustrated true compassion in his every day life and treated everyone like family. He will always be my brother.” —Max Isaac

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hen Ph.D. student Katie Mulrey looks out the window on her way to work, she does not see trees or houses or even other vehicles.

For miles on end, she can see nothing but the white snow and ice.

For the past two weeks, Mulrey has been working at McMurdo Station, a research center located on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica, on the third launch of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) campaign. From October through December, this team of roughly 15 students, professors and researchers will build, launch and monitor a scientific balloon that scans the entire continent of Antarctica for neutrino and cosmic ray detection.

Cosmic rays, or particles that travel to the earth’s surface from anywhere beyond its atmosphere, are highly charged and move at speeds close to that of light.

When these particles collide with electromagnetic energy left over from the Big Bang, they produce high energy neutrinos, or the fundamental particles in nature.

“I chose ANITA specifically because it’s a project that will get big science results, but it’s also small enough that you can get your hands in everything,” Mulrey says. “I can sit at a desk and read about it, but there’s nothing like going out there and actually touching the parts of the instrument and breaking things and putting

them back together—and just really getting a fundamental understanding of how everything works.”

Should the ANITA III flight produce viable results, Mulrey will use the data for her thesis.

At a conference in 2002, physics and astronomy professor David Seckel was approached with the idea for ANITA. Intrigued and more than willing to partake in the idea, he joined forces with nearly 10 other institutions looking to launch the project.

After a few proposal cycles to NASA and a proof of principle prototype flight, ANITA I officially launched in 2006.

Seckel has served as a theorist, phenomenologist and interpreter on this project since its inception as well as Mulrey’s thesis advisor for several years. He said he is predominantly interested in the theory of how these cosmic rays and neutrinos are produced.

To prove the existence of neutrinos, each ANITA project entails flying a balloon detector over the continent of Antarctica. The balloon, made of low-density polyethylene, weighs nearly 5,000 pounds and, according to Mulrey, is around the size of a football field when inflated.

It is attached to the main structure, or the “payload,” also 5,000 pounds.

While ANITA I and II were made of aluminum, Seckel says ANITA III will utilize lightweight carbon fiber tubing to allow for the attachment of more antennas.

The team is currently building the payload to be launch-ready by Dec. 1, but Mulrey says the team could

wait up to two weeks for the weather to cooperate. It carries 48 antennas that face in a complete circle and are configured to detect radio signals that occur in a certain pattern.

These signals can not be repeatable, and they are unable to be traced back to an identified source, such as another research station. If that pattern is displayed and ruled out as simple “noise,” it is labeled an “event” and stored, tagged and recorded on hard drives.

ANITA I included 32 datacollecting antennas, whereas ANITA II, which launched in 2008, was modified to include 40 antennas. ANITA III has 48 antennas, which adds more sensitivity, Seckel says— allowing the team to see more “events” or radio signal detections.

If ANITA III receives information on these interactions, Mulrey says it could potentially shed light on where high energy particles are produced, such as different galaxies or supernova, and how they travel to the earth’s surface—a testing of the Big Bang theory itself.

Mulrey also says Antarctica provides the perfect medium for detecting these radio emissions, as the ice acts as a mirror off of which radio signals can reflect, emitting sharp pulses of radio signals in different directions.

Through the Antarctic Polar Vortex, winds travel from east to west along the outer perimeter of the continent, causing the balloon to move along its designated path. The entire orbit takes 15 days, and ANITA III will circle the continent three to four

times.

Once ANITA III completes its orbit around Antarctica, a switch will cut the balloon from the payload, causing the structure to drop 50,000 feet.

A parachute is then enabled to slow ANITA’s descent, and the hard-drives are physically retrieved. Seckel says only one in a hundred “events” tracked from the orbit are sent in real time to computers, and the rest are saved on the hard drives.

According to Clem, as the data is retrieved, a team of people at the university must interpret and analyze the findings. This Group Support Equipment (GSE), currently in creation, provides the software to properly read the obtained data.

“Hopefully we’ll be able to utilize GSE soon if we get a good launch,” professor John Clem, principal investigator of the project, says. “Currently the crew is getting the instrument flight ready, and it always takes a little bit longer than expected. But we’re always optimistic.”

Seckel says the core technology in the ANITA I flight was revolutionary and that it has only incrementally improved since. The team will look to make significant changes for the recently approved ANITA IV. “Ten years ago we were a bit more optimistic, but you learn stuff in between,” Seckel says. “So it’s not a surprise that we haven’t gotten anything at the moment. But there are reasonable expectations for being able to see something with the next generation of COURTESY OF KATIE MULREY experiments. Nominally, we’re like five years away from this With 48 antennas, the ANITA III payload must be lifted

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DEERHOOF: “LA ISLA BONITA”

JAKE KAIRIS There are almost no music commonalities to note between Madonna’s 1987 single “La Isla Bonita” and Deerhoof’s latest release of the same name. But if you ask Deerhoof lead vocalist and bassist Satomi Matsuzaki about the shared title, she’ll assert that it is no coincidence. She titled the album with Madonna’s single in mind. And if you struggle to find the Latin pop and Spanish guitar influences in Deerhoof’s “La Isla Bonita,” you’re not alone.

The paradoxical contrarianism of the titular relationship suggests the trend-bucking history of Deerhoof’s rollercoaster 20-year tenure as a band.

The modicum of weight to the Madonna shout-out may lie in the first track, “Paradise Girls” but the song serves more as a grinning mockery of tropical romance than an ode. Satomi’s crystal clear blue-water vocals coo, “Girls… / Who are smart / Girls… / Who will test / Girls… / Who play the bass guitar.” Greg Saunier’s drums groove in uncharacteristic consistency, and John Dieterich picks a bright sunshine-y guitar hook, leading Deerhoof into some of their most accessible territory, but it’s for the most part a fleeting moment.

The rest of “La Isla Bonita,” although awash with the gorgeous reverb-y melodic guitars of “Mirror Monster” and “Black Pitch” leaps across caverns of stylistic modes far too frequently to allow the listener to remain comfortable.

Pop sensibility reigns in greater design than in Deerhoof’s previous 11 albums, but its manifestation is far from focused.

For drummer Greg Saunier (the only truly original band member remaining in Deerhoof) the pop categorization is a misnomer, “because pop music is the one genre that isn’t a genre.

If the kids like it, then that’s what defines it as pop music. Pop music is just something new.”

So by that definition, Deerhoof has been releasing pop music from the beginning because the one reliable factor in each Deerhoof album is the music’s newness, branching out further in every direction, never refining, always expanding.

This is partially due to the wide breadth of backgrounds that its members come from. Satomi Matsuzaki is Japanese-American, joining the band just shortly after moving to San Francisco from Japan with no previous music experience. Greg Saunier has a degree in music composition from Conservatory of Music. And the band members all make their homes in separate parts of the United States, composing songs on their own before reuniting in the studio for a period of blending, partitioning and recording.

Apparently this recent session involved a lengthy discussion about whether to sound like Joan Jett or Janet Jackson.

As much change as Deerhoof endures, a few things stay the same. Song structures still refuse to adopt predictable patterns.

Saunier’s drumming still punishes drumheads with a force like they did something wrong. Matsuzaki’s lyrics continue their blissful absurdist quips.

For a band that releases relatively small albums with brief, in-the-moment tracks, 20 years of Deerhoof together as a band is delightfully surprising. They present a case of immortality through constant change.

—Jake Kairis jckairis@udel.edu The views reflected in this column do not necessarily represent those of The Review.

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New Group D lab blends cooking and sciences RACHEL WILSON Staff Reporter Hunger––not kitchen experience or a science background––is the only prerequisite for a new lab course being offered this winter session.

SCEN107, or “Snack Science: The Kitchen as Lab,” is being offered for the first time this winter. It mixes ingredients like chemistry, biology and cooking for a delicious payoff: a fulfilled lab requirement.

In addition to developing the course, Trevor Daly, an instructor in the Interdisciplinary Science Learning Laboratories, will also be teaching the winter class.

Open to all majors without prerequisites, it is intended to take concepts normally found in introductory chemistry and biology courses and apply them in the kitchen. It also fulfills the Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology, or Group D, lab requirement, Daly says.

“When people ask me about this course, they ask if I’m a good cook,” Daly says. “I like to say I’m a better eater.”

The class is structured like a typical lab course with a lecture and lab component.

Since it is running during winter session, however, there will be three days of lecture and two days of lab, both two hours and fifteen minutes in duration, Daly says.

“The goal is definitely

to have people who don’t have that strong science background come and hopefully leave a lot more excited about science than when we started the course,” Daly says.

Students can expect labs involving the science of lollipops, the elements of bread rising and the making of cheese. There is also an independent project that will allow students to explore an aspect of the kitchen that interests them, Daly says.

cooking does, the more apt you’re able to explore and appreciate the food that you’re eating,” Jungck says.

Sophomore Molly Blumenthal is a human services major and says she favors humanities courses and has not yet taken her lab requirement at the university.

“That’s definitely more appealing than a normal science class,” Blumenthal says.

She would be open to taking this course over a

committee at the university.

The proposals were then reviewed by the Department of Physics, which oversees SCEN courses, and finally submitted to the university level, Jungck says.

These courses are only offered during summer and winter sessions. While these courses serve students in terms of providing material relevant to their interests, Jungck says.

The creation of these courses also provides an opportunity for the younger members of

“WE’RE GETTING STUDENTS AND FACULTY TO SEE THAT WE’RE NOT UNIDIMENSIONAL.”

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Director of Interdisciplinary Science Learning Laboratories While students will be able to taste some of their lab creations, the course is not intended to be a cooking class.

The course will focus on the scientific aspects that relate to food and cooking and how to apply them in the kitchen, Daly says.

John Jungck, director of the Interdisciplinary Science Learning Laboratories, wants others to see the connection between food and its nature.

“The more you understand the nature of food and what

traditional science course, especially during a winter session.

The course is the second of eight courses in a series that aims to apply interdisciplinary sciences in an unusual context.

The premier course in this series ran this past summer and focused on origami and its use in science, math and engineering, Jungck says.

All of the courses in the series were subjected to a proposal process that was reviewed by a college

the Interdisciplinary Science Learning Laboratories, like Daly, to take on the responsibility and ownership of a course.

Jungck says the goal of the professors involved with the series is to engage students in a way that makes science more accessible to all, regardless of their educational backgrounds.

“We’re getting students and faculty to see that we’re not unidimensional,” Jungck says.

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Mosaic Tries Something New: Graveyard Camping

ABBIE SARFO Mosaic Assignment Editor The night is dense and still. Never before have I been around hundreds of people and experienced such utter quiet.

Of course, this might have something to do with the fact that all of these people are dead.

Being neither Goth nor miscreant, hanging out in graveyards had never been my cup of tea. But now that I live across the street from a cemetery, I feel that it’s time to bond with my “neighbors” on the other side of the road.

So here I sit, camping with corpses. The ground below is weirdly firm, which reminds me that it’s made of people.

I survey the tombstones. The memorial closest to me marks a family of four, the youngest member died in 1955. After

a cursory search, the oldest gravestone I find belongs to a man who died in 1927.

If I weren’t afraid of the consequences, I would ghost whisper the hell out of these guys.

Originally, that was my plan, to hold a séance. But like all good kids, I eventually concluded that the downsides of occultism outweigh the benefits. Mostly, I wanted to avoid the possibility of getting haunted.

I’m not particularly superstitious, but I still feel there’s a decent chance some malevolent spirit could attach itself to my mortal being. And while that might be cool for like a day, I’m certain it would get old, fast.

If I didn’t like “The Conjuring” in theaters, I’d probably hate it in my own life.

Besides the issue of haunting, what if I summon a boring ghost? Just because you’re dead

doesn’t mean you’re interesting.

If I summoned a dentist or something, the disappointment would be crushing.

I’ve decided to simply sit and observe for the evening. As it turns out, when everyone around you is bereft of life, they’re a little boring to hang out with. (Dead people are notorious for ruining parties. They always spoil the mood.)

I expected to be creeped out here, but the opposite is true. I haven’t felt this relaxed in a while.

This place is so calm! No wonder everyone’s resting in peace.

I can’t remember the last time I’ve done anything so lovely yet at the same time morbid.

Distant shouts ring out in the lot. It seems a band of drunken interlopers are using my graveyard as a shortcut. They duck behind grave markers and scream at each other, utterly

delighted to be cavorting atop the cadavers.

I shrink down. Have they seen me? I kind of hope not, lurking in the dark among tombstones is not a good look.

The group is now walking past me. As they pass, I shift my weight, catching the eye of the fellow closest to me. He lets out a small gasp of surprise.

Nothing to see here, dude.

It’s just me, graveside chillin’.

“Oh man, isn’t this so nice?”

He gestures grandly around the cemetery. “I do it too!”

He then steps forward, slowly opens his mouth and unleashes a torrent of blood because HE’S BEEN DEAD FOR FIFTY YEARS! WOOOOOO! Not really, but he is obnoxious. From here on out, don’t talk to me unless you’re dead.

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Laura Stevenson, Menzingers return to Newark MANDY WASSUM Staff Reporter

Take the Mic has proved that punk is not dead.

Punk bands The Menzingers, Laura Stevenson and the Cans, PRIESTS, f Cayetana and Solids were greeted by a crowd of 110 d people Thursday night in Perkins Student Center. The event was hosted by Take the Mic, a student organization dedicated to creating an active music scene on s campus and in Newark.

Solids, a two-man band based out of Montreal were s the first to play. Members y Xavier Germain Poitras and f Louis Guillemette have a sound that can be most readily described as “indie/ noise punk.”

“We come from a more aggressive background,” Poitras says. “We used to play in hardcore bands.We wanted to keep that intensity and urgency but we wanted to keep a melody to it.”

Their latest album, k Blame Confusion, came out y in February.

Performances by s Cayetana, an indie punk band from Philadelphia, and e PRIESTS, a post punk band , from Washington, followed.

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ALEXANDRA STRAUSMAN Newark Deli and Bagels 12:15 p.m., sesame bagel scooped out, toasted, lettuce, tomato, low-fat chicken salad. Nbd #foodporn.

If that was the sorority girl sandwich on campus, I failed to notice—not.

The microphone at the register was the perfect addition to the morning auction my fellow loyal customers and I would like to say that we are

very appreciative for. No longer do my ears strain to hear “118, 279, 290” called out before they somehow muster up my number after I feared it was lost.

The perfectly crisp bagel and the cornerback table under the glow of the green walls at Newark Deli and Bagels soon make me forget the background yelling as I take the first bite. Glory.

A girl came and dropped two boxes of doughnuts on the front table of my four-hour night class last Wednesday. Okay, first of all, you are a saint. The bottomless pit that is the basement of Memorial had never seen light until those doughnuts made their way into the windowless room. Seriously, food has become such a topic of conversation—it is literally in the top three things I care most about in this world—said every foodie ever.

You’ve heard the term

“foodporn.” it’s the G-rated kind of virtual pleasure. If you haven’t instagramed pictures of your greatest #eeeats, then stop being a prude and get in the game.

Show off those calories!

It’s somewhat of a fantasy to be drooling over empty calories virtually during class when no one is looking. Even the nonfoodies are doing it because, lets face it, #foodporn is cool.

The hashtags relating to food and the tagging hoping to feature personal #eeeats on well-known Instagram accounts are overriding the classic #mcm (Man Crush Mondays) and #wcw (Woman Crush Wednesdays) making every day #fcd (Food Crush Day) and I, for one, am not complaining.

The creative captions are becoming more and more on point. Up until recently, no one knew John Legend was singing

about food when he sang: “all of me loves all of you.”

It’s kind of like realizing all of Taylor Swift’s songs are about food and not boys. “You belong with me” is how my eyes feel when the glass windows protect food, separating the object of my affection and me until purchase.

It becomes an adoption process where you have to pay upfront. Ohana.

Magic happens when the unnamed server hands you the treat of your choice. Life is forever changed, and then all of a sudden Taylor belts in your head: “you’re beautiful, every little piece, love.”

The idea that Instagram and social media accounts preserve food through photographs has become trendy. It is a high fashion trend to follow food for the sake of our food-crazed media generation, and it is slowly becoming awkward for those

non-foodies to participate in a world where food is on the rise to becoming the main focus.

Main Street has become a jungle allowing one to discover what species of food to Instagram next. The truffle blondie at Brew Ha Ha?! The spicy mac-andcheese from Bucky the cart guy?

The half-priced Tuesday nachos at Klondike Kate’s?

In my eyes, accomplishment stems from the owner at Central Perk, welcoming me back after a long summer only to say: “you want a strawberry pineapple blueberry smoothie large to go.”

I nod in solidarity.

-Alexandra Strausman astraus@udel.edu

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EVERYDAY RUNWAY

WHO. WHAT. WEAR.

For the past 53 days, 18 hours and 31 minutes, I’ve been counting down the minutes until Cosmopolitan’s Fun Fearless Life event for young women.

I’ve eagerly loaded and reloaded the webpage to see who will be speaking at this two-day event, and the lineup is pretty incredible.

It includes Joanna Coles, Kelly Osbourne, Shay Mitchell, Chrissy Teigen and many more.

Cosmopolitan has done a damn good job at building excitement for the event with persistent Facebook notifications, tweets and emails. And while I’m enthusiastic about preparing my portfolio for the event, creating the perfect outfit for this weekend keeps gnawing at my psyche.

If I could wear absolutely anything, I’d pull from my dream closet a pair of black Spike Me Louboutins, a pair of 3x1 Wrap Zip Skinny in black NO3, a Theory Nabiel C Boxy suit jacket, The Row Lunette V-neck cashmere

Black will transition well from a day-to-night look, so let’s add that to the official look.

The top is where things can get tricky. Do I only wear one top and add killer accessories to transition the look, or do I bring extra clothes? I’m leaning toward the killer accessories option, but also packing an extra shirt, just in case I decide to showcase my klutzy side and spill coffee over me and someone important.

Here’s what I’m thinking. The silk spotlight shirt from Madewell in black or warm bluegrass. This shirt––perfect for fall––will look great paired with a neutral fur vest or even a leather jacket and some statement jewelry, which will help with the seamless transition into nighttime attire.

Now that I’ve gotten every piece itemized, it’s time to hit the mall. And while this article will be published after I’ve attended the Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Life event, I’ll be sure to report back on the success or failure of my outfit choices as well as all of the interesting things I’m sure I will see and learn.

Until next time…don’t fall off the runway.

—Madison Fertell mfertell@udel.edu

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top and some statement jewelry from Dolce & Gabbana. Maybe one day, but now is not the time to dream.

I’ll be realistic in terms of clothes that I actually own and can afford as well as what’s practical for a two-day event filled with various functions. Most of the perfect-outfit-anxiety stems from Saturday where I’ll be listening to various speakers all day and then attending a networking event that night. So not only do I need the perfect outfit, but I also need one that can transition from day to night, perhaps business casual to business chic all with the adjustment of a few things. I’m thinking jewelry.

So let’s work from the bottom up. Shoes. I think that wearing high heels all day will hurt, boots are too casual and a traditional black flat is just kind of boring. That leaves me with my go-to compromise—a bootie.

And I’ve found the perfect pair: MTNG Originals “Becca” bootie.

Now I just have to decide if I want them in black or Antic Silver. I’m thinking black, but it’ll have to be a gametime decision while in Nordstrom.

For bottoms I’m thinking I definitely have to go jeans, not jeggings, not leggings, but 100 percent denim. So again we are down to the color question— black or a traditional blue wash?

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more of when we first started playing. [...] There’s a different kind of energy here.”

The Menzingers played a high energy show, featuring songs like “Obituaries” and “I Don’t Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore.” A mosh pit emerged, and many members of the audience sang along.

May says the biggest accomplishments as a band is their ability to tour the world, as well as their growth over the years.

Last Friday, May says his band played “The Fest” in Gainesville, Fla., a festival the band played at during its first year touring. This year, Mays says the audience reached over a thousand.

“It was cool to see how it came full circle,” May says.

Freshman Shawn Bahm came out to see their performance. As a musician himself, Bahm feels familiar with their punk sound and the attitude that small, local shows have, he says.

Bahm says its important for students to support live music.

“I feel like music is such an important thing,” Bahm says. “When you’re supporting it from the ground up, that’s how people get out there.”

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and like a hurricane or a tornado, you just have to get it all out of you,” says G.L. Jaguar of PRIESTS. Their performance was loud and interactive, with lead singer Katie Alice Greer cracking jokes and demanding the crowd get as close as possible to the stage.

Laura Stevenson and the Cans, based out of Long Island, N.Y., had a sound much more folk based, in strong contrast to the other performances that night.

“I like her voice a lot and how it comes through with the layering of the instruments and the accordion,” senior Madeleine Rouviere says.

Their set included “Master of Art” and fan favorite “Sink, Swim.”

Both The Menzingers and Laura Stevenson and the Cans have performed at the university before, with Laura Stevenson and the Cans headlining a show last May, and the Menzingers back in 2013.

The Menzingers are an indie punk band based out of Philadelphia. Members Tom May, Greg Barnett, Eric Keen, and Joe Godino formed the band in 2006.

“Here playing in Newark is a different environment,” May says. “It reminds us

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MOVIE REVIEWS

‘INTERSTELLAR’

‘BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP’

2.5 OUT OF 5

5 OUT OF 5

STARS

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“I don’t think it was worth sitting through most of the movie wondering if the climax was going to occur ‘before I go to sleep.’”

“To call ‘Interstellar’ out of this world would both be an understatement and a pun that would mean my banning from writing film reviews.”

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CHELSEA WHITE Guest Columnist “Slow-paced” and “lacking” are the words that came to mind while watching Rowan Joffe’s thriller adaptation of S.J. Watson’s novel, “Before I Go to Sleep.”

A 40-year-old amnesiac, Christine (Nicole Kidman), wakes up each morning thinking she’s 27. Her husband, Ben (Colin Firth), then has to inform her that she was in a car accident 13 years ago that severely impacted her ability to form new memories—at least that’s his version of the story.

The opening scene depicts a typical morning for Christine. She wakes up next to a stranger with his arms around her, and then enters the bathroom to observe the wall of pictures Ben has made to help her understand their life together.

After Ben has simply given Christine a recap of the last decade of her life (which doesn’t take him long since he leaves her at home to do nothing each day), he goes to work, leaving her devastated by her condition. Shortly after, Christine’s therapist, Dr. Nasch (Mark Strong), calls and tells her to check the video diary she’s been keeping, unbeknownst to Ben. The videos ultimately prove to be a key component in piecing together the events leading up to Christine’s amnesia.

Firth’s performance of Ben was spot-on.

He not only portrayed a loving husband, but also an enigmatic man with a dark side, which I think contributed the most to the movie’s suspense. Strong’s performance of Dr. Nasch was similar, as he seems to care about Christine, but his actions are questionable at times. Kidman was mediocre in her role as a timid and confused amnesiac that doesn’t know which man to trust, but I was hoping for her to be more resilient towards the end.

As the film progresses, it seems to get very repetitive and lackluster. Christine continues to wake up confused, have her condition explained to her, see her therapist, make her daily video diary—either telling herself she loves Ben or to not trust him, then goes to sleep. Once she falls asleep, she has cliché thriller-movie flashbacks of the night she lost her memory.

While the first hour of the movie dragged, the last thirty minutes somewhat made up for it. The plot twist was extremely unexpected and did a good job of tying up loose ends. However, I don’t think it was worth sitting through most of the movie wondering if the climax was going to occur “before I go to sleep.”

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COURTESY OF LEGENDARY PICTURES JACK CONNORS News Assignment Editor At first look, “Interstellar,” Christopher Nolan’s newest project, appears to be a sci-fi tale similar to “Titan A.E” or “2001: A Space Odyssey” full of adventure and action while roaming the furthest reaches of the universe. While it does not fail to fulfill these expectations, at its core “Interstellar” is much simpler: the story of one man’s love for his family and the lengths he is willing to go to protect them.

The plot is familiar. The Earth is slowly becoming unable to support human life, and a mission has been launched to find a new home. A father leaves his family behind to pilot the mission, joining a junior flight crew. As they search the stars, they encounter unimaginable wonder and loss, dealing with the immense purpose of their mission and their own isolation from everything familiar.

Matthew McConaughey plays the protagonist, Cooper, a father and farmer forced into heroism. Anne Hathaway costars as fellow astronaut Amelia Brand and the daughter of Dr. Brand, played by Michael Caine, who seems to make all of his money playing father figures in Nolan’s films these days. McConaughey steals the

show, believable as both a caring father and a modern explorer. The scenes where he communicates with his daughter, particularly in the early second and late third acts, are full of emotion and anguish.

That aside, every character relationship is believable and convincing, with only a word or two of wooden dialogue in the entire three hour experience. The crew and their loved ones are all uniquely flawed, even the antagonist ultimately coming off as all too human.

Coming in a staggeringly close second to the acting is Nolan’s cinematography.

Every scene is a masterpiece, ranging from arguments over the dinner table to the crew quietly discussing their mission to the jaw-dropping third act. He expertly conveys the vastness of the void with a particularly memorable scene of a space shuttle floating against the backdrop of an immense star.

To call “Interstellar” out of this world would both be an understatement and a pun that would mean my banning from writing film reviews. Nolan flexes every storytelling muscle he has in this production, and it shows brilliantly.

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FILMAHOLIC

My Sci-Fi Romance AMBER JOHNSON What’s more romantic than fighting off legions of dinosaurs together or watching your dreamy crush decapitate her zombie dad?

Absolutely nothing, so check out these short films’ inventive take on love. Do it! Do it right now, or I will shoot you with a laser right through this computer screen!

The Life and Death of Tommy Chaos and Stacey Danger

“The Life and Death of Tommy Chaos and Stacey Danger” is an imaginative exploration of the trajectory of a relationship but with dinosaurs and submarines and detonating spaceships, so it’s much cooler.

Across the battlefield, amid dinosaurs firing death lasers— they have death ray helmets, come on, there is no way they can fit a gun in those wee hands—Tommy meets the eyes of fellow soldier, Stacey. In that moment, he realizes that she will be his greatest adventure. So they climb onto the back of what looks like a cyborg bear and run away together, eventually finding refuge in a submarine. While there, they tell each other all of their stories, the time Stacey escaped North Korea with some peanut butter and

Mosaic guide: surviving the end of the semester ABBIE SARFO Mosaic Assignment Editor It’s the end of the semester, and let’s be real: you stopped caring a month ago. While total apathy may be cool, it’s decidedly not the best approach for tackling finals. So, to avoid derailing your entire semester, consult this handy guide for the final push.

Planners

Remember that planner you used to keep but just kind of abandoned? Now would be a great time to bring it back out. November is a minefield of papers, projects and tests, and organization is key to surmounting such a heavy workload. By keeping track of

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what needs to be done, you’ll be able to manage your work in a way that’s much less daunting. Plus, planners are way more efficient than scrawling everything on the back of your hand. And if you’re still on the fence, Bloom offers a variety of cute planners that just might change your mind.

Time Management If you find yourself helpless against the pull of procrastination, don’t worry. Like everything nowadays, there’s an app for that.

Appropriately named, SelfControl allows you to pick potentially problematic sites and block them for a designated time. Just set a time, add the problem sites to your blacklist and you’re good to

celery sticks to the day Tommy accidently destroyed a Russian submarine. “And when they ran out of their own stories, they told each other everyone else’s stories too so that together they lived a thousand lives and died a thousand deaths.” You know, just one of those same old “how did you guys meet?” story.

Writer and Director Michael Lukk Litwak, in a hybrid of liveaction and old-school animation, manufactures a fantastical world that we all dreamed of as children. He parallels the problems of a typical relationship with otherworldly threats of shark-infested waters and a self-detonating spaceship that represents the disintegration of the lovers’ bond.

The short is homage to those

wild years of youth when our dreams were bigger than our fears of limitations, when we lusted for adventure and challenged the world to stop us.

go. SelfControl will then render these websites inaccessible, and nothing—restarting, deleting the program, pleading with your computer, etc.—will unblock them. SelfControl is for Macs, but PC users can try Freedom, a similar (but paid) app. With these apps in your arsenal, you’ll never be seduced by Facebook again.

Flu Shots

Take a Break

Now that you’ve finally quit procrastinating and started getting some work done, it’s time to… procrastinate? Well, not quite, but you do need to take a break. With workloads increasing, cram sessions and all-nighters are the most evil of necessities. But working intensely for hours on end results in burnout, meaning you’ll be much less efficient in the long run. Allow yourself quick breaks every few hours, especially in between subjects. This will break up the monotony, help you stay focused and keep you from becoming an exhausted, useless shell of a human being.

Additionally, breaks are great mini-rewards to help keep you motivated.

I Love Sarah Jane The film opens with the iconic image of 13-year-old Jimbo (Brad Ashby) riding his bike through a post- apocalyptic Australian town, armed only with a bow and arrows strapped to his back. He does what any other kid would do if his parents were dead and the world became ransacked by reanimated corpses. He goes over to his friend’s house to hang out but mainly to spend time with Sarah (Mia Wasikowska).

In just fifteen minutes, writers Spencer Susser (“Hesher”)

Being sick is terrible.

Nobody disputes this. Perhaps the only thing worse than being sick is being sick AND missing a week of classes. So, now would be a great time to finally get that flu shot.

Student Health offers flu shots for $16 by appointment, and to be honest, it’s a little disappointing you haven’t scheduled one already. Once you’re inoculated against the flu, there’s no guarantee you won’t then catch a cold or dengue fever or something.

Nevertheless, if you refrain

and David Michôd illustrate the intricacies of adolescent love in a very organic manner, given the unorthodox setting. “I Love Sarah Jane” abandons the action packed survivalist approach to zombie flicks in favor of an attempt at normalcy. The undead play second fiddle, decorating the background like uncomfortable furniture in a house, and the effect is quite intriguing because it illustrates that kids will be kids regardless of where they are.

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from licking hands and doorknobs, you’ll probably be just fine.

Treat Yo’ Self

Rewards aren’t just for the end goal. Break your projects into smaller tasks and reward yourself once you complete them. By giving yourself little rewards along the way, you can keep yourself motivated and in good spirits. For example, brain-healthy foods such as flax seeds and leafy vegetables make excellent rewards.

Just kidding! How about a can of frosting and some Netflix instead?

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‘THEY WANT TO PUSH THEIR OWN KNOWLEDGE OF BREWING AND MAKE BEER THAT STANDS OUT. THEY WANT TO SURPRISE THEMSELVES.’ Kyle Janisch UD ALUM COURTESY OF KYLE JANISCH Alumni Colby Janisch and Tucker Littleton (left) opened up a microbrewery in Hoboken, N.J. with their partner, Andrew Brown (right).

Alumni open ‘902 Brewing Company’ in Hoboken GIANNA MERCADANTE Staff Reporter What began with as a hobby with a “Mr.Beer” kit has brewed into a growing craft beer business for two university alumni.

Colby Janisch and Tucker Littleton, class of 2006, have opened up the 902 Brewing Company in Hoboken, N.J. with friend Andrew Brown.

The trio’s microbrewery has helped introduce the small city of Hoboken to the craft beer scene.

“It’s exciting to be one of the first craft brewers actually located in the area and being able to give local clients local product,” Littleton says.

902 Brewing Company gets its name from the tiny apartment the two alumni rented together in 2012 on Washington Street in Hoboken. The 3-bedroom

space was just big enough for Janisch, Littleton and their “Brew Room” where they brewed beer in makeshift buckets.

As they began to enter craft beer contests and their ideas began to expand, so did the scale of their equipment.

Janisch built all of the brewing equipment himself using a 3-D design program, plasma cutters and the knowledge he acquired from his mechanical engineering degree at the university.

902 Brewing Company in 2012 became the first brewery to ever simultaneously win the People’s Choice and Judge’s Choice awards in the Brooklyn Wort Homebrew Competition for their “Black Dynamite” Black IPA. The popularity of their beers incited the owners to implement a business plan. They created a website and launched a Kickstarter

campaign, from which they raised over $36,000.

“We started getting out our brews to different parties and people, and soon enough people started asking for it more and more,” Littleton says. “And we thought, ‘Hey, maybe we can sell this.’”

Littleton says that his hotel, restaurant & institutional management studies at the university have been very helpful in founding 902 Brewing Company. He is currently the director of operations, handling product costs, sales prices and inventory.

The company recently received a distribution license for the state of New Jersey that gives it the opportunity to sell its product to businesses and establish revenue.

“We can distribute to bars, restaurants, liquor stores,” Colby Janisch says.

“Basically anything that sells beer [or] any sort of venue that sells alcohol.”

Obtaining a distribution license was a long and tough process, Littleton says, but it was a necessary step before the company was legally able to move forward.

902 Brewing Company’s next goal is to find a location in Hoboken to open up a full-scale brewery. Its owners are currently renting distribution space from another brewery and have a storage warehouse in Union City, N.J. The microbrewery has brought together a handful of university alumni, including Kyle Janisch, Colby Janisch’s cousin.

Kyle Janisch graduated in 2012 with a visual communications Bachelor of Fine Arts.

“I see a lot in the future for 902,” says Janisch, Janisch, who became art

director for the company, says​ . “When you have the combination of brewers who want to brew forward-facing beer and listen to what the craft culture is saying, you get a brewery that is capable of succeeding.”

Not only did three members of 902 Brewing Company attend the university, but Colby Janisch also met his wife at his fiveyear reunion. The trio plans to maintain its alma mater pride and attend an Alumni or Homecoming Weekend.

Kyle Janisch has helped develop the brewery’s brand by designing labels that capture the company trio’s passion for the business.

“902 is a group of artists,” Janisch says.

“They want to push their own knowledge of brewing and make beer that stands out. They want to surprise themselves.”

Alumnus featured on the Weather Channel and Pandora inspires young musicians

Matthew C. Shuman’s songs accompanied the Weather Channel’s footage of Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

NATALIE PESETSKY Staff Reporter Alumnus Matthew C. Shuman is an original new age piano artist whose compositions have aired nationwide.

A handful of his songs have been played on the Weather Channel’s “Local on the 8s.” In 2012, “Chasing the Wind,” accompanying the Weather’s Channel’s footage of Hurricane Sandy barreling down the east coast, soared to the top of the new age charts on iTunes and Amazon.

Even Pandora, a selective online radio service that only recently began accepting submissions from independent artists, has approved of three of Shuman’s CDs: “Escape from Reality,” “Natural Emotion” and “Sailing Away.” Shuman now has fans around the world, from Argentina to New Zealand.

Shuman was 6 years old when he decided to he wanted to learn to play the piano, just like his older brother.

“My dad went to great lengths,” Shuman says of his

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father’s efforts to provide him and his siblings with instruments.

His father was able to fetch a turn-of-the-century Baldwin piano for free from a nearby church.

“It was really old, and, you know, they didn’t have too much money, but they really wanted to have a piano in the house for us when we grew up,” he says of his parents.

In 2002, Shuman graduated from the university with a degree in music education. By that time, he was for two years an

undeclared major, taking two semesters of environmental science courses and feeling, above all, uncertain.

As part of his degree, Shuman was required to take private piano lessons.

Shuman’s instructor, MarieChristine Delbeau, would see him through seven semesters of some of the most challenging segments of his musical career.

“Whenever I kind of got discouraged, she was always there kind of motivating me to continue on,” Shuman says.

This included Shuman’s

dreaded sophomore review: a performance in which students must play a set number of pieces for a panel of professors.

“They made the decision whether you were able to continue within the program,” Shuman says. “And that was probably the most nerveracking thing I can imagine at that stage of my life.”

After passing the test, Shuman could delve into his passion for writing music. He was hitting the practice room for four to five hours every day.

“I got to know that music building very well,” he says.

Many of the pieces on his CD, including “Natural Emotion,” produced in 2010, were written during his time at the university. Songs like “Mixed Emotion,” “Falling Rain” and “Stormy Sea” have all been written on pianos in the practice rooms of the Amy E. DuPont music building.

Today, Shuman is an elementary instrumental music teacher with Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland.

He teaches fourth and fifth graders—frequently witnessing their tiny hands holding instruments, likely for the first time.

“You know, there are many days where Advil and Tylenol are my friends,” he says with a laugh. “But the reason why I’m at that level is because that’s the level that inspired me when I was a kid.”

Though the job is demanding, it is also rewarding, Shuman says.

“Seeing the spark that’s in these kids’ eyes at that age, when they first have the opportunity to learn about music, [...] is worth its weight in gold,” he says.

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MEN’S SOCCER

CAA Tournament Preview: Can the Blue Hens overcome injuries to take the title?

MEGHAN O’DONNELL Managing Sports Editor The Delaware men’s soccer team limped into its final regular season match against Elon last Sunday.

They emerged as Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) regular season champions for the first time in program history.

Now, with a first round bye and home field advantage, there’s a renewed sense of optimism surrounding the team as it heads into this year’s CAA Tournament.

“We’re making history,” striker Guillermo Delgado said. “With the quality we have, I think we can go far.”

At 12-5-1, Delaware has put together another incredible year. The team is averaging 2.22 goals per game, good enough for seventh in the NCAA, and Delgado is a major reason for that. With 12 goals so far this season, the sophomore leads the Blue Hens and the conference.

Still, despite its record, the team has struggled with injuries in recent weeks.

In fact, following the Elon game, the Blue Hens had only eleven players healthy enough to practice.

“Winning the CAA has been a godsend for us because it gives us two weeks to heal up,” head coach Ian Hennessy said. “We won’t have a full squad for the rest of the year, but we should have 14, 15 warm bodies by next week.”

While he waits to get several key starters back to full fitness, Hennessy has been forced to make some lineup adjustments.

With senior defenders Ignacio Martín and Tobias Müller out, the coach has had to rely on freshmen Kenny McArthur and Matt Mossbarger. The pair stepped into a backline anchored by senior Kyle Nuel and junior Ben Sampson and they’ve done so without missing a beat.

The team is also without the services of sophomore midfielder Jaime Martinez, who terrorized defenders on the wing before a knee injury sidelined him in October. Still, for every player that has gone down, the Blue Hens have had someone else step up and fill the void.

“We have the depth,” Nuel, who’s been forced to play as a center back because of injuries, said. “We have the right guys to do everything we want.”

SARA PFEFER/THE REVIEW Junior midfielder Joe Dipre pushes past an Elon player Sunday. Dipre has six goals and six assists this season.

What the Blue Hens want is to win the CAA Tournament, though it certainly won’t be easy. The depleted Delaware squad will face a Northeastern team that just knocked off Elon in the CAA quarterfinals.

The Huskies also gave the Blue Hens one of their three home losses this season, a 3-2 overtime defeat in late October. Despite outshooting Northeastern 14-8 in that match, Delaware allowed two

late goals and let the win slip away.

That game seems like ages ago now, however.

Delaware is confident and ready to move forward.

“I think we can accomplish everything we want,” Delgado said. “At least win the CAA playoffs and then head into the NCAA tournament.”

Delaware will kick off their quest for the title on Friday at 7 p.m. when they

host Northeastern in the CAA semifinals at Stuart and Suzanne Grant Stadium.

“This team surprises me all the time,” Hennessy said.

“With the amount of injuries we’ve had and with people stepping in, I think the sky’s the limit for these guys.”

For a Delaware team that has already overcome so much, it’s clear that the season is far from over.

FIELD HOCKEY

Groundwork

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Junior midfielder Michaela Patzner celebrates after scoring a goal during Friday night’s semifinal against William & Mary. Patzner said she felt both relief and happiness in extending the lead.

Lady Hens head back to NCAAs after CAA tournament victory JACK COBOURN Managing Sports Editor After dropping its last two games in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) conference play, the Delaware field hockey team regrouped to take its second consecutive CAA Tournament title, beating James Madison 2-1 in the final at Boston’s Northeastern University.

Head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof said the Lady Hens worked on improving their offensive skill before the tournament.

“We knew we were dominating in the majority of our games this year, but there was something else missing,” said van de Kerkhof, now in his fourth year. “Then we got better at what was missing, and that was just finishing, so we’ve been working on our attacking mindset.”

The action began on Friday night for Delaware, as it faced the College of William & Mary,

a team it beat to open the CAA season. The play was fast, with three goals scored in the first 4:14 of the game for the Lady Hens.

Freshman Taylor Lister scored her second goal of the season 1:49 into the first half.

Next up, junior Jacki Coveleski put one past Tribe goalie Meredith Savage 3:10 into the half to give Delaware a very early 2-1 lead.

It was then junior Michaela Patzner’s turn to work her considerable offensive skill into a goal, which she did to put the Lady Hens up 3-0.

Patzner said her reaction to scoring was one of pure relief of building up the score.

“When you score two goals, it’s like still kind of ‘up in the air,’ the other team can always come back, ” said Patzner, who now has a team-leading 12 goals this season. “But scoring that third goal so early on in the game, it was just a huge relief and it was good just putting that one in.”

Coveleski scored again in

the 10th minute to go up 4-0, and though William & Mary’s Pippin Saunders put one past freshman goalie Emmeline Oltmans in the 54th minute to close the gap to three goals, Delaware stood strong and held on for the 4-1 victory.

The effort the offense put in was helped by strong teamwork, van de Kerkhof said “It was, in a way, surreal, amazing,” he said. “We had so much energy and were eager to attack and work together and we used our speed. It was a great team performance in those first five, ten minutes and that’s how you’d like to start a game.”

While the Lady Hens did not open Sunday afternoon’s final against James Madison in such dramatic fashion, it did not take long for them to take the lead, as sophomore Esmée Peet scored 14:10 into the half.

Peet said the team did well setting up for corners during the game.

“I scored a direct play today, that’s what we’ve been

working on, so that was really good, but I think I had more of the team’s support on the corners,” Peet said. “We worked a lot on corners this weekend, and our corner shots were very good, so I was happy about it.”

James Madison would answer back quickly, as Taylor West, one of the Dukes’ top scorers, scored in the 22nd minute to knot the game at 1-1. It would take until three minutes into the second half for Delaware to break the tie, as Patzner scored again to go up 2-1. Delaware held onto the tenuous lead until the very end.

Van de Kerkhof said the team’s performance today was a good example of the team’s defensive skill.

“We made some adjustments at the half,” he said. “The second half, I would say, we dominated it, even though we didn’t have any goals but we were playing great team defense and that was the difference-maker in the game.”

The Lady Hens’ work is

not done, however, as having won the CAA Tournament, they will receive an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

Last year, they beat Liberty University, 1-0, in the play-in game at Rullo Stadium before falling, 6-2, at No. 3 University of North Carolina in the first round.

This year, Delaware will face Kent State University in a PlayIn Game held at Rullo Stadium on Wednesday at 2 p.m.. The Golden Flashes went 10-10 overall this season, amassing a 5-1 record in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and winning the MAC Tournament, beating Ohio University, 2-0 in the final Sunday.

Overall, the hard work begins now for him and his staff to prepare the team for the upcoming game, van de Kerkhof said.

“The coaching staff will jump on whatever we have to do to get film and start scouting our opponents,” he said.

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SWIMMING & DIVING

Lady Hens take double over Rider, La Salle ERIN BOLAND Sports Assignment Editor The Delaware women’s swimming and diving team scooped up a double victory in a dual meet on Saturday at Rawstrom Natatorium. The Lady Hens earned both wins on the afternoon, defeating Rider University 244-53 and La Salle University 206-93.

The men’s team split their meet, earning a win against Rider with a score of 151-146, but coming up short against La Salle, 188-110.

Head coach John Hayman said he knew this was a big meet, as the teams struggled last weekend at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

The meet would be a competitive one due to the schools’ previous history against the Blue Hens, Hayman said.

“We had a big rivalry with both schools, so we wanted to show them what we had,” Hayman said.

Despite the final score

of the events, both the men’s and women’s teams were victorious in honoring the B+ Foundation, an organization focusing on raising awareness for pediatric cancer.

Senior Brittany Lazear said she was proud to be supporting such a good cause.

“It was an honor to wear the B+ cap today,” Lazear said.

“It’s such a great thing to do for the kids.”

Lazear finished second in both the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:22.86 and the 200-yard freestyle at 1:56.15.

She also ended the afternoon with two first place events: the 500-yard freestyle (5:06.10) and the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:33.11) with teammates Morgan Whyte, Alyssa Sanders and Dominique Montoya.

“Brittany Lazear’s really coming into her own, it’s perfect because she’s a senior,” Hayman said. “She’s really starting to figure stuff out.

Every meet she’s swimming a little bit better and getting more confidence.”

The rest of the meet for

the women’s side was led by junior Alyssa Sanders, who in addition to being on the winning relay team with Lazear, tallied first place in the 100-yard backstroke (57.55), 100-yard butterfly (58.95) and the 200-yard medley relay (1:48.30).

Junior Dominique Montoya also had a winning afternoon at the pool. She took home victories in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.29), the 100yard freestyle (52.42) and the 400-yard freestyle relay.

The Lady Hens also found success on the diving board.

Junior Caitlin Stockwell landed first place in the 1-meter diving event with a high score of 307.50 while junior Kristina Congdon followed suit as she won the 3-meter diving competition with 287.05.

“I felt we had an advantage with our women, but the men really came down to the wire against Rider,” Hayman said.

“The men did not have enough for La Salle today, and the guys are learning that we really need everyone swimming fast

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ANDREW KUCZMARSKI/THE REVIEW Swimmers begin their race during Saturday’s dual meet. Head coach John Hayman said the rivalry between Delaware, Rider and La Salle is a fierce one. to beat teams like that.”

The men’s swim team was led by freshman Nicholas Badsky, who placed first in the 50-yard freestyle for touching the wall at 21.32. He earned himself another victory in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 46.80.

Sophomore Everett Albert also contributed on Saturday, as he placed second in both the 200-yard freestyle (1:42.46) and the 400-yard freestyle relay along with Badsky, Alexander Hillsley and Tomas Elder.

Senior Tim Ware ended the afternoon with second place finishes as well. He completed

the 100-yard backstroke in 50.77 and the 200-yard backstroke in 1:53.31.

Ware said the men’s team gained momentum throughout the meet, which helped the team grab a last-ditch win.

“It was a good meet overall, but we started out kind of slow,” Ware said. “A lot of people had good swims at the end because we rallied, came back and beat Rider in the last relay.”

The Blue Hens will have some time to regroup and practice for the next two weeks.

They will return to competition Nov. 21 as they swim in the Bucknell Invitational.

COMMENTARY

“THE ADVENTURES OF BRADY AND THE GRONK”

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Junior attacker Shannon Hawley battles to maintain control of the ball during a match against Virginia Tech last season.

Hawley scored 37 goals, good enough for second on the team.

Hawley leading the way for Lady Hens MARCELLO DEANGELIS Staff Reporter When Delaware women’s lacrosse junior attacking forward Shannon Hawley arrived in 2012, she already had an impressive resume from her high school career.

She has since added to it by helping the Lady Hens get to the 2014 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament semifinals, in addition to finishing with a 10-7 overall record last season.

Hawley said she chose the Lady Hens because she knew the program gave her a great chance to win.

“I’m from Syracuse, New York, and I wanted to get away and UD was the perfect distance,” Hawley said. “The lacrosse program is excellent, and there’s so many opportunities here.”

Hawley was a fouryear letterwinner at West Genesee High School and led her team to the New York State Championship as a senior in 2012. In addition to the championship, Hawley won various individual awards, including being named to the New York State Championship AllTournament team.

Hawley came into her freshman year ready to compete. However, injuries got in the way and limited her to playing in 13 games.

Even though she battled injuries, Hawley still put up nine goals and one assist in her 13 games played.

During her sophomore

campaign, Hawley appeared in the starting lineup in every game. In 17 games, Hawley managed to score 37 goals, which put her second on the team in scoring. She also tallied seven assists to put her at 44 points for the season.

Hawley said she looks to build off her 37-goal season and be even better by training hard for this one.

“Over the summer I work on conditioning mainly,” Hawley said. “Our run tests when we get back are 120’s and 300’s, and we all have a team standard to pass.”

Since Hawley arrived at the university, she said she has looked up to senior midfielder and threetime letter-earner Caitlin McCartney because of her can-do attitude.

“My biggest on-field influence has been Caitlin McCartney, our captain,” Hawley said. “She’s someone who always finds a way to get it done, whether it is passing a fitness test, winning a crucial draw or scoring a goal when it’s needed most.

She was my mentor coming into school and has taught me so much.”

McCartney said the pair has been close since Hawley arrived.

“When Shannon was in the summer approaching her freshman year, I was her mentor helping her to get adjusted to college and lacrosse,” McCartney said. “We hit it off from the beginning, and she has been one of my biggest supporters

from the beginning and I can only hope that she feels the same about me. I consider Shannon to be one of my closest friends on and off the field.”

Casey Lyons, a junior attacker, said Hawley is a great fit for the Lady Hens offensively. Off the field, Lyons and Hawley are roommates, which Lyons said has created a strong bond between the two.

“Ever since I came to the University of Delaware one year ago as a transfer student, Shannon was always one of the girls who was welcoming and friendly toward me,” Lyons said.

Hawley is looking to get her degree in English Professional Writing with a minor in journalism. She said she has a passion for writing.

“I chose the major and minor because I really enjoy writing and have always wanted to write for a magazine,” she said.

Overall, Hawley said she feels confident about her chances this season.

However, while she has had a strong fall season, there are a few things she needs to correct before spring comes.

“I’ve played pretty well this year so far,” Hawley said.

“I do well with dodging and finishing my shots, but fall is all about improvement. I need to work on my defensive progressions with riding and channeling in transitions.

Draw controls is also an area I need to work on.”

Previously the golden standard of football, the New England Patriots were pegged as the outcasts of the NFL at the start of the ALEXA season.

GAHAN The team had four losses, two in the preseason, under their belt by Sept. 29 with quarterback Tom Brady only completing about 50 percent of passes.

That all changed Nov. 2 when the Patriots faced the Denver Broncos and popular quarterback Peyton Manning, winning the game 43-21. It has been a bit of a bumpy road, however.

The Patriots have suffered injuries and Super Bowl losses. They have a quarterback many thought was getting older and losing his touch. It was clear from the start that the Patriots would have to put a lot of work in to prove themselves as true contenders.

New England’s quarterback Tom Brady has been leading the pack for years, with many saying he is one of the best who has ever played. His only downfall these days seems to be his age, or so everyone says.

At 37 years old, Brady is no spring chicken. Before the season began, many wondered if he would ever return to the Super Bowl winning MVP everyone had come to know and love. And for the first month of the season, he wasn’t doing a great job disproving them.

Over that first month, Brady found himself at the bottom of the league for yards-per-attempt.

For a while, it was difficult to see the team making a comeback.

However, the switch flipped Oct. 5 when the Pats played the Bengals and won 43-17 at Gillette Stadium.

From then on, it has been nothing but victories for the team with five wins in the past five weeks. After the Bengals, the Patriots went on to win over the Bills (37-22), the Jets (27-25), the Bears (5123) and finally the Broncos.

Within this span, Brady earned 18 touchdowns and one interception.

Although this comeback streak was a team effort, many are thanking tight end Rob Gronkowski for the wins over these past five games.

Gronkowski has seen more yards than any other stretch in his entire career.

For the past few seasons, injuries—and seven

subsequent surgeries—have kept Gronkowski out of commission, with his love for the game only exhibited from the sidelines. Fans across New England hoped this season would be different and that a strong and healthy Gronk could be just what the team needed.

At first, it was looking bleak.

Gronkowski—much like Brady had—was having a hard time flowing with the team and nothing seemed to be lining up just right.

However, he slowly began to transform into a force to be reckoned with.

During the Broncos matchup, Gronkowski made an amazing catch with just his left arm as he was falling backward. It was an unbelievable move that even had Tom Brady calling it “one of the best catches I have ever seen.” It was a play that brought tears of joy to diehard fans, one that many thought they may never see again from the tight end.

It may have been a slow start, but Brady and Gronkowski are finally working together in a way that hadn’t quite panned out before. At the beginning of the season, Brady continued to target Gronkowski but barely any of the passes were completed.

During the Broncos game, Gronk caught nine out of the 10 passes Brady threw to him, upping Brady’s completion percentages as well.

“He’s [Gronkowski] a factor in all those situations that we talk about, whether that’s third down, red area, those real critical down and distances,” Brady said during a post-game interview. “I think he’s a major factor.”

And it seems that as long as the pair continues to work together, they will continue to find themselves in the red zone. Plain old teamwork is a philosophy Brady and head coach Bill Belichick will always stand by.

Belichick maintains that what is going to rake in the wins is the way the team works together, not the numbers on the paper.

“It isn’t about stats, this isn’t fantasy football,” he said.

So as the season powers on, don’t count out the New England Patriots. As Brady modestly puts it, “We have figured out some of the things we are good at,” and those things seem to be working quite well.

The views reflected in this column do not necessarily represent the views of The Review.

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