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Cooke trial rules 11-1 for death

Party rep decreases, alumni say

BY DARREN ANKROM

LINDSAY EISENMAN

Contributing Editor

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In an 11-1 ruling last week, the jury that convicted James E. Cooke Jr. of killing a university sophomore in 2005 recommended he receive the death penalty.

Superior Court Judge Charles H. Toliver IV is expected to announce Cooke’s punishment for murder, rape and arson charges by the end of the month.

In May 2005, Lindsay Bonistall was found raped and strangled in her bathtub during an investigation of a fire in her Towne Court apartment, now called the Studio Green Student Village.

Two years later in court, prosecutors matched DNA obtained from Bonistall’s body to Cooke, and he was found guilty of all 11 counts with which he was charged.

In 2009, however, the Delaware Supreme Court found that a plea of “guilty but mentally ill” had been entered by Cooke’s legal representative despite Cooke’s objections, which violated the defendant’s rights. Due to this violation, the court overturned the 2007 conviction.

His retrial, in which he was again found guilty of rape, began in March and concluded in midCooke April.

single “Animal” reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was No. 1 on the Alternative Rock Chart.

According to junior Nicole Rasco of SCPAB, approximately 3,000 students attended the free event to listen to the music, enjoy food and enter to win the senior prizes. There were also free products from UDairy Creamery, Pespi, Muscle Milk and Rock Star Energy.

Chris Barton, who graduated from the university in 1992, said he remembers that while he attended the university, there was talk of the school’s reputation taking a turn for the worse.

“There was a lot of news coverage around that time about Delaware being a party school,” Barton said. “I was always entertained by it, because all we ever did was drink beer.”

Barton, 42, of Landenberg, Pa., is among numerous university alumni who believe the school’s image has changed significantly since the 1990s by becoming less of a party school and one that is more focused on academics.

Kathryn Goldman, the director of the Office of Student Conduct, said school officials increased enforcement against potentially unsafe behavior in the ‘90s after the Harvard University School of Public Health and the Robin Wood Johnson foundation identified the university as a school with “serious binge drinking problems.”

To address the issue, Goldman said school officials enacted numerous policy changes, such as increased university police enforcement during David Roselle’s term as the college’s president, which began in 1990.

“A lot of community and

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THE REVIEW/Amelia Wang Neon Trees performed at the Senior Fling event on Friday on the North Green after two bands headlined the performance.

Utah rock band heads Senior Fling ALEXA PIERCE-MATLACK Sports Copy Editor

A glowing pink microphone stand, leather pants and cotton candy-colored hair were the first things students saw of Neon Trees’ at Senior Fling. Lead singer Tyler Glenn, who wore a T-shirt with “School Is Cool” handwritten on the front and the UD logo on the back, was all about crowd participation as

the attendees put their hands above their heads and danced to the music.

This annual event, sponsored

by SCPAB to honor the graduating class, was held Friday on the North Green. The bands, The Active Set and AWOLNATION, opened for headliner Neon Trees.

Neon Trees is an alternative rock band from Utah that received nationwide exposure after opening for The Killers in 2008. Their first

Harker email causes confusion among graduating students

BY KERRY BOWDEN Editor-in-Chief

Senior Josh Lucas received an email from President Patrick Harker addressed to “Alexander” congratulating him on graduation and asking him to donate to his soon-to-be alma mater.

He was not the only senior who received the email addressed to a name other than his own.

“At least I had the right gender,” Lucas said. “My one roommate who is

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Alexander got Alexandra.”

He said he thinks he will still donate $100 because he wants to give back to the university, but he thought the error was funny.

“The fact that they could botch something that bad while they were asking people for money,” Lucas said.

“The fact that it’s become an Internet joke is even better.”

Senior Tiara Goode said she received an email addressed to “Lucy” and will not donate to the senior gift after receiving the email. She said if she

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were to make a donation it would be to her own college.

“I thought it was unprofessional,” Goode said. “It was bad enough when an email like that is not personalized, but they completely messed it up.”

Beth Brand, associate vice president for university development, said the mishap happened in her department because they mixed up data fields.

Brand’s department was notified of the error within seven minutes after the emails were sent out. Approximately

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an hour and a half after the email was sent, officials sent a follow-up apology email. Brand said they wanted to find where the error had occurred and gather information before they sent the second email.

“Of course it is embarrassing for us,” she said. “I hope that they could see through the error and embrace the spirit of the email.”

From the apology email, Brand said about five students clicked the link to the donation website. Her office does not have real-time data to know if

those students made a donation or not.

She said officials plan on sending out additional apologies through Facebook and Twitter.

Senior Christopher McElwee, cochair of the senior class gift council, said he hopes the email will not affect donations because they have had a strong campaign up until this point.

“I hope that in working with the apology email and with the support so far that this would not cause any

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Official admissions director to be chosen

BY DANIELLE BRODY Managing News Editor

THE REVIEW/Stacy Bernstein

Recent graduates see trouble with current economy, jobs

BY HABIBEH SYED Staff Reporter

Some university seniors say they are having a hard time finding jobs after graduation in an increasingly competitive job market. Instead of leaving college unemployed, they have decided to continue with their education.

Senior Josh Humberston said he decided to go to graduate school at the University of New Hampshire in the fall. He said he hopes the additional education he will receive will make him a better candidate for employers in the future.

“I want to continue going to grad school so that I can get a better education and that will better my chances to get a job after I graduate,” Humberston said.

Although he has chosen to defer the job-hunting process for another few years, he said he has heard from friends that the job market is difficult to enter postgraduation.

Saul Hoffman, professor and chair of the Department of Economics, said the national unemployment rate is higher than usual at 8.2 percent, and attributes the rising unemployment of college graduates to the poor economy.

“We’re still feeling the aftereffects of that huge financial crisis, compounded by the inability of congress and the president to agree on sound economic policy,” Hoffman said. “The economy has not improved as dramatically as anybody would like. Over the last few years, the unemployment rate remains high.”

According to the Economic News Release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of April 2012, 4.2 percent of college graduates are unemployed.

Hoffman said although college graduates are not entering

the same kind of labor market they would have found four years ago, they are still in a much better place than if they didn’t have a college degree. The unemployment rate for those with only a high school education is 7.9 percent as of April 2012.

“In general though, do appreciate that unemployment rates are much higher for high school graduates than college graduates,” he said. “I always think that UD graduates with a lot of skills may take a little longer, but they will find themselves jobs and move into the labor market constructively.”

Instead of graduating this spring, senior Alejandra Gonzalez said she is choosing to stay an extra fall semester in order to take more classes and be better prepared for the workforce.

“The more credits and experience I have, the better chance of finding a job after finishing school,” Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez said she plans to pursue a career in education, which she thinks is one of the hardest fields to enter.

“In my personal experience, unfortunately, teachers, especially secondary and elementary school teachers, are not valued as they should be,” she said.

Gonzalez said she is worried she will not be able to pay off student loans without a job secured after graduation.

“Not being able to find a job right away and having a lot of student loans that I have to pay back is very stressful,” she said.

Economics professor Laurence Seidman said students will benefit in the long-run with a college degree and should not regret going to college because it is an investment in their future.

“Students should not think, ‘Well, then it was a mistake to

spend the time and the money to get the higher education,’” Seidman said. “You’re getting the higher education for the next 40 years. You happen to have had the bad luck of when you are coming out of it to have a bad economy that’s still recovering.”

Matthew Brink, Career Services Center director, said he stresses to students the importance of networking with professionals and potential employers before they graduate.

“Stick to a very steady dose of networking,” Brink said. “Get in touch with a very high quality contact who can open doors and can introduce you to other folks and their network that can lead you to opportunities.”

Hoffman said he predicts the unemployment rate will drop within the next few years.

“I don’t think the job market is quite as bleak, especially for college graduates,” he said. “I think UD graduates have a lot of skills. They should expect to be successful.”

Hoffman said when students consider where to apply for jobs, they should be flexible. Moving to another part of the country may bring opportunity, he said.

“It’s not a simple situation where you can expect to sit back and look for a job in one place and expect to be successful quickly,” Hoffman said. “Be persistent and don’t take it personally.”

Gonzalez said she is optimistic despite the stress of finding a job and finding a way to pay back her student loans.

“I feel well-prepared and I have a lot of experience,” Gonzalez said. “It might take a little more work finding a job and getting interviews, but I’m definitely not terrified. You always have to look at the glass half-full.”

University officials will soon choose the next admissions director after the three finalists visited campus in the past few weeks.

Peggy Bottorff, the university’s associate provost, stated in an email message that the search committee, senior administrators and other stakeholders will provide input into the decision, which she hopes will be finalized in “the coming weeks.”

She said the committee was impressed with the three top candidates who visited the university at the end of April and earlier this month to meet with faculty and make a public presentation, which involved a prepared speech and a question and answer session.

Each visit lasted three days and the candidates met with various faculty, staff and student employees at the university’s Office of Admissions Undergraduate Admissions.

“We are very pleased with the talented finalists and their interest in the position and preparation for their visits to campus,” Bottorff said.

The candidates included Jose Aviles, director of admissions at Millersville University, Leon Braswell, director of admission and financial aid at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, and Dale Bittinger, director of undergraduate admissions and orientation at University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Bittinger spoke to faculty and students Wednesday in Gore Hall about increasing diversity, partnerships and how to effectively treat students.

To increase diversity, he said it is important to start a conversation about the issue. At his current job, to increase the Hispanic population, the office created a Hispanic and Latino Admissions Advisory Council. He said the admissions office would host a reception for those students off-campus, but through discussions during the council meeting, realized an on-campus overnight session would be more effective.

Bittinger said he relies on listening to other people’s perspectives to make decisions and this helped to improve outreach to Hispanic students.

“Part of the job it’s relationshipbuilding, getting to know the campus community,” he said.

He said at his previous school, there was a multicultural recruitment chair, which was a problem in itself.

The job has been eliminated because every admissions officer should be committed to recruiting a variety of students, he said.

Bittinger said his goal is for students to be “community learners” who are involved in school activities.

He said it is important to acclimate students before they matriculate to increase their chances of success.

At UMBC, his office creates public service announcements to inform prospective students about the school. There are also “Just for Juniors” days where students can learn about majors before they enroll so they have a better understanding of what they want to study.

There is a perception that it is

more difficult for in-state students to be accepted into the university, even though the opposite is true, Bittinger said. He is studying access for rural high school students for his doctorate degree and said he is interested in targeting more students from southern Delaware.

He said it is also important to have a proportionate number of in-state and out-of-state students because they bring different perspectives to the university.

He said while he understands the value in international students, they have to be selected carefully.

Bittinger has recruited in China, but said he does not bring students to UMBC just because it is a “cash cow.” He said the Saudi Arabian government pays for some students to attend UMBC, and Bittinger said some of them are not as invested as other students.

“It’s a very different student experience when you’re coming and the government’s paying for it,” he said.

Bittinger said he believes in giving students with financial need enough money so they can attend the university for the full four years.

Yet, he said it is important to allocate resources efficiently and offer only the amount the student needs. He recalled that there were students at UMBC who were profiting from the school through full-ride scholarships and financial assistance.

He said he disapproves of using “back-door ways” to admit students with lower grades or SAT scores, by admitting them for spring or accepting them to alternate campuses, so their statistics are not included in the annual report.

He said the reports at UMBC are “unadulterated.”

When Bottorff asked about his most fulfilling day, Bittinger said it was when a student from Virginia, who Bittinger thought was a perfect fit for UMBC, decided to enroll after being unsure. He is used to working “crazy hours,” but does it because he enjoys building relationships with students.

“Where do you get your energy from?” Bittinger said. “The students, that’s why we’re in this profession.”

Faye Duffy, senior associate director of admissions, said she saw all the presentations, and while she could not give her opinion, said she thinks the process was comprehensive.

“They had days of interviews, they’re meeting with several University of Delaware people from around different departments, so I think it’s a very thorough, probably very exhaustive process for the candidate,” Duffy said.

Bottorff said she is hopeful the new director will start by early July.

She said the students, faculty and staff that have been involved in the selection process will help make the incoming director’s transition easier.

She said the committee will choose someone who will fit in well at the university.

“The director is a multifaceted position so we are looking for someone with not only a wide array of skills but also a passion for the position, admissions and the university,” Bottorff said.

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Doctor arrested for unlawful sexual contact Doctor Pierre Leroy, 84, of Newark, was arrested earlier this month by the Newark Police Department for unlawful sexual contact with a 35-year-old patient, according to a police news release.

An investigation revealed that when the victim visited Leroy’s office on April 12 for medical treatment, he made unlawful sexual contact with the victim. The victim reported the incident on April 16, and the Newark Police Department began a formal investigation with the state’s Attorney General’s Office and the Division of Professional Regulations in Delaware, the release said.

Leroy was arrested on May 4, for five counts of unlawful sexual contact. He was released after posting a $2,500 secured bond.

Homeowner apprehends burglar

A 24-year-old man was detained and then arrested after attempting to burglarize a Newark home last week, according to a police news release.

Newark Police Department officers responded to the call at approximately 3:30 a.m. on May 6 where Richard Flemming, of York Haven, Pa., was being detained by the victim in the roadway.

During the attempted robbery, the victim awoke to his dogs barking and discovered Flemming inside his home, the news release said. Upon discovery, Flemming fled the scene. The victim chased Flemming and took his car keys until the police arrived and took the man into custody.

Flemming was arrested for second-degree burglary, attempted theft and criminal mischief. He was released on $5,600 bail and was told not to make contact with the victim, according to the release.

Shortly after he was discharged, one of Flemming’s associates contacted the victim, advising that Flemming apologize for the incident, the release said. Flemming was later seen near the area to pick up his associate. In response to his bail violation, an additional warrant is on file for breach of release.

Reward offered by family of hit-and-run victim

The family of a fatal hit-and-run accident victim in April is now offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the driver’s arrest, according to a police news release.

Newark resident Helen Yang, 76, was killed April 25 in the collision while crossing Library Avenue. Newark police believe the vehicle involved may have been a black 1998-2002 four-door Honda Accord with right side damage, including the right side mirror, according to the release.

In order to earn the reward, those with information must report to the Newark Police Department at (302) 3667110 ext. 450 or in person at 220 Elkton Road.

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An American flag blows in the wind on the North Green.

in brief Memorial service for theater professor A memorial service for the late professor Fritz Szabo will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Gore Recital Hall of the Roselle Center for the Arts.

Szabo, a theater professor for 11 years, died March 8.

Journalist to speak about Iran British journalist Christopher de Bellaigue will discuss his new book about Iran’s former prime minister in a speech titled “The Struggle for Iran: Muhammad Mossadegh and the Anglo-American Coup,” this Thursday at 6 p.m. in 127 Memorial Hall.

Bellaigue has worked in the Middle East and South Asia since 1998, and was a Tehran correspondent for The Economist from 2000 to 2005.

Prior to the lecture, which is sponsored by the Center for Global and Area Studies and the Islamic Studies Program, there will be a public reception on the third floor of Memorial Hall at 5 p.m.

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Tuesday, May 15 May Fest: Outdoor Festival 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., North Green Wednesday, May 16 African Heritage Caucus 2012 Spring Social 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Caffé Gelato Thursday, May 17 Final examinations begin

University renews REP’s funding George Watson, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, announced last Friday that the Resident Ensemble Players, the university’s professional theater company, will continue to receive funding for productions for the next five years.

A record 21,958 people attended the REP’s performances this year, and all performances were at an average of 84 percent of total seating capacity. Since the REP was founded in 2008, ticket sales have increased yearly. Subscription sales and overall ticket sales increased by 40 percent and 80 percent, respectively.

Friday, May 18 Bike-to-Work Day in Newark 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Trabant University Center patio Saturday, May 19 Baseball vs. Northeastern 1 p.m., Bob Hannah Stadium Sunday, May 20 Newark Memorial Day Parade 1 p.m., Main Street Monday, May 21 Dumpster Detour 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Rodney and George Read residence halls

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University’s final two theater majors graduate

BY CHELSEA HOLLOWELL Staff Reporter

When seniors Danielle Goldstein and Carolynn Ashoff graduate in May, they will be the final students to graduate from the university as theater production majors, after their program was eliminated in fall 2009.

Goldstein and Ashoff enrolled in the program in spring of that year, becoming the only two students pursuing the major before it was discontinued.

“I didn’t know when I applied to UD that I would be a part of the last class of theater production majors,” Goldstein said.

Theater professor Allan Carlsen said he and professor Sanford Robbins, director of the graduate theater program and theater department chair, were surprised to see Goldstein and Ashoff in the system as majors. He said he allowed it because legally, they had been accepted before the termination of the major.

“They got in when the software hadn’t shut down and nobody knew they were there,” Carlsen said. “I’m in charge of all the courses and everything, and everybody goes, ‘What’re these two people doing here, what’re these two majors? We have these freshmen coming in the fall. We

don’t have a program for them.’”

Robbins decided to cut the major because fewer students were enrolling in the program.

“The department did not have enough faculty members to offer more courses than were being offered to such a small number of students, and the courses being offered were often not full,” Robbins said.

Sanford said the program offers undergraduates three minors including theater production, theater studies and performance studies. More than 200 undergraduate students are enrolled in the minors, and some of the programs are the most

THE REVIEW/File photo Seniors Danielle Goldstein and Carolynn Ashoff are the last two theater production majors to ever graduate from the university.

popular courses at the university.

Theater professor Kainoa Harbottle said the three programs are collectively the fifth most popular minor, which places it behind Spanish, psychology, disability studies and economics.

“We’ve serviced many more students with the new three theater minors then we would ever have serviced with the one production major, and we’re serving broader diversity in the theater,” Harbottle said.

He said the structure of the program is beneficial for the university and the surrounding community because it allows those interested in the field to pursue a minor and learn from the Resident Ensemble Players, a collection of 10 equity actors who serve as mentors to theater students. Students who complete the program can apply to the department’s graduate program and may be hired by the group after fulfilling its requirements.

While Goldstein and Ashoff were unexpected additions to the major, Carlsen said he has enjoyed teaching and advising them during their undergraduate careers.

“It’s really been great because they’re special people,” Carlsen said. “They’re both very bright.

They’ve both been an asset to the university and certainly to the theater program and what a nice way to kind of go out with your last major in production with them.”

Ashoff said being one of two people in the major has helped her hone her skills.

“Since there is only myself and one other person in the major, we have been given different opportunities to work closely with the faculty,” Ashoff said. “We have been able to focus on our specific interests in theater as well as gaining a great foundation of knowledge.”

When the university’s last theater majors graduate this month,

their convocation ceremony will be combined with the music department’s celebration, Carlsen said. He said he will speak briefly during the ceremony about the program and its two students.

“Carolynn and Danielle represent the very best of our theater program and positively showcase the excellent students that we have here at our university,” Carlsen said. “They will be greatly missed by all of us on the faculty and by everyone in our department and lastly, by all the REP actors who have worked with them both on and off stage.”

Goldstein said she understands why their ceremony is jointly shared with the music department, and isn’t disappointed because of their placement.

“No matter what, I think it’s going to be a really special experience between Carolynn, Professor Carlsen and me,” Goldstein said.

After graduating, Goldstein, who is a psychology major, will start working as a psychiatric technician at a mental health ward in Dover, but said she remains interested in her other major.

“I still love and am passionate about theater,” Goldstein said.

Ashoff plans to continue her theater and psychology education and pursue a career in drama therapy, a technique used to facilitate personal growth and mental health, at Lesley University’s graduate program in Cambridge, Mass.

Although Carlsen supported the decision to cut the theater major a few years ago, he said it could be revived if circumstances change.

“I think maybe down the road Sandy [Robbins] envisions the dream world would be maybe to bring a theater major back sometime, but the university would have to gear towards that, too,” Carlsen said.

Board of Trustees discuss construction, progress

BY BO BARTLEY

Administrative News Editor

University officials discussed the ongoing and future construction on campus, the incoming class of freshmen, the university’s progress and awarded faculty and students at the semiannual Board of Trustees meeting last Thursday in the Trabant University Center.

President Patrick Harker said construction at the Science, Technology, and Advanced Research campus is underway.

The university recently announced its first partner on the site, Bloom Energy, a California-based fuel cell manufacturing company. He said Bloom Energy will help bring hundreds of jobs to the area.

“It’s a celebration of manufacturing strength, when that sector is hurting so badly nationwide,” Harker said. “It’s also a celebration of clean-energy leadership—the university’s and Bloom’s.”

He said STAR campus will provide an opportunity for faculty and students to gain practical experience working on a manufacturing site.

Harker said other construction projects on campus are progressing on schedule, including the Bob Carpenter Center, East Campus and the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory on Academy Street.

“The number one thing that students used to request to improve was the Bob Carpenter Center,” he said. “We have begun construction and students will be able to access the new facilities by the summer of 2013.”

He said the East Campus residence halls, which will house 767 freshmen, and the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory will open in the fall of 2013.

After the president’s remarks, the Board reviewed the various subcommittees’ work and presented

all resolutions unanimously. Some included changing the name of the department of women’s studies to the department of women and gender studies, a 5.5 percent increase in both dining and residence hall rates and authorizing Harker to confer degrees at commencement.

Outgoing director of admissions Louis Hirsh presented his office’s final status report, saying he was especially proud that the incoming freshman class will represent minorities more fairly than any other year.

“When the Class of 2016 comes to UD this August, nearly 20 percent of the students will be students of color whose heritages are Asian, Black, Hispanic, American Indian and Pacific Islander,” Hirsh said.

The student body represents 19.4 percent of minorities and has been increasing over the past five years, according to the university’s Office of Institutional Research.

Both Harker and Hirsh said the increase in freshman minorities was due to recently instituted outreach campaigns. Hirsh said admissions officers circulated recruitment literature written in Spanish to focus on Hispanic students.

“What we found is that it’s not communicating with students that’s an issue, it’s communicating with parents,” Hirsh said. “We release information in our pamphlets and online that is written in Spanish so that it is more accessible.”

Harker said the university works within Hispanic communities in southern Delaware to provide education for students whose primary language is not English.

Following Hirsh’s remarks, Provost Tom Apple commended faculty members and students for their work during the current school year.

Sociology and criminal justice professor Joel Best received the Francis Alison Faculty Award, the university’s most competitive

honor.

“The university continues to be a leader in academics and many of our professors were recognized nationally this year,” Apple said.

Seniors Robert Pagels and Gealina Dun received the Alexander J. Taylor Sr. and Emalea Pusey Warner awards respectively.

The awards signify the two as the outstanding male and female graduating seniors.

Pagels said he was proud to win the award for his major, chemical engineering. He said he was selected because of the research he conducted in his field which he plans to continue with after graduation.

“A lot of the things I was honored for was research I did outside of the class,” he said.

“Vindication is the wrong word. I was selected for doing things that helped other people, not completing my normal courses.”

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Newark Nite changes its hours for safety measures

BY JESSICA FRIEDMAN Staff Reporter

THE REVIEW/Rachel White Locals gather at Newark Farmers’ Market on Sunday to purchase locally-grown produce.

Newark Farmers’ Market attracts local buyers, food

BY LEAH SININSKY Contributing Editor

Paul Hauser sold his crop of spring produce grown in his four greenhouses at the Co-op Farmers’ Market on Main Street last Sunday.

Hauser, 61, of Lincoln University, Pa., brought vegetables including asparagus, lettuce, spinach, and a selection of herb, vegetable and flower plants to the market on May 13. He has been selling his produce at farmers’ markets for 18 years, and has been coming to the Co-op Farmers’ Market, which is located in the parking lot in front of Newark Natural Foods, since it first opened 11 years ago.

“I’ve seen it from its original inception of their ideas until where it is now,” Hauser said. “[It’s] a bona fide, legitimate farmers’ market.”

The market, which is sponsored by local farmers and the Newark Natural Foods Cooperative, reopened on May 6 and will continue through the first week of November.

Karen Taylor, 37, general manager of Newark Natural Foods, said the farmers’ market expanded this year with six new spaces for community outreach businesses and nonprofits, including the

Newark Bike Project and the Delaware Food Bank.

Local farmers, entertainers, craftspeople and community members stopped by the market to sell and purchase handmade jewelry, pizza, organic lemonade and other products.

Taylor said there have been many visitors to the market in the first two weeks.

“We’re already seeing a larger foot traffic in the past two weeks than we would normally see in the first two weeks,” she said.

So far, this year’s weather has not affected any of the market’s crops, Taylor said. However, she said recent frost that hit delayed the production of some of the store’s produce.

Hauser, who grows produce on his own farm, said he harvests within a day or two before selling.

He said it is important to buy locally because food from other countries, such as Mexico and those in South America, may contain certain sprays that are not considered safe in the United States. Additionally, he said it supports the local economy.

“Farming and preservation is an important consideration,” he said. “Keeping farms open, keeping green spaces. The easiest way to do it is buying locally

and making farms economically viable.”

University alumna and Newark resident Autumn Labinowski, 36, said she tries to go to farmers’ markets whenever she can. She said she has been shopping at Newark Natural Foods since she was a student at the university in the mid-nineties.

“I like to support the local economy,” Labinowski said. “I like my food fresh—I grow my own vegetables in my backyard, so I like to support all of that.”

Deborah Anderson, 40, of Big Sky Bread Company, said she has been going to the market for three years and said she enjoys the community feeling. She sold an array of breads and cookies at her table.

“I like the food, the entertainment,” Anderson said.

Taylor said her favorite aspect of farmers’ markets is that they create a place for community members to meet.

“It’s an opportunity to see your neighbors and spend time and hang out,” she said. “People used to gather at the coffee shop and what not. This is an opportunity for folks to gather and be together in the community on a bigger picture.”

opportunity for people to walk This year, the 27th annual down the center of Main Street Newark Nite will change its name and celebrate the weather and the to Newark Day due to various community.”

Although the city is incidents that occurred after the attempting to avoid any potential festivities in the past, according to criminal activity, sophomore city officials.

Danny Roberts, originally from Joe Spadafino, Recreation Superintendent for the Newark Newark, said he has attended Parks and Recreation Department, Newark Nite with his family in said the change will make the the past and is not sure switching event, which normally attracts the event to the daytime will have approximately 30,000 people, any effect.

“I feel like it won’t change safer.

“A couple of years ago, anything,” Roberts said. “A lot there were a few fights and other of people with young kids will incidents at the end of the event, do it, get dinner and go home, but later on in the evening,” Spadafino the people who will stay later, the said. “Young kids were staying high school kids, are the ones who would get in fights.” around after the event ended.”

Despite his skepticism about In order to make the event the effectiveness of the time more family-oriented, Newark Community Affairs Officer Dana change, he said changing the event Johnston said Newark Day will to daytime will help ensure that take place from 12 to 5 p.m. on families with young children leave June 2, instead of 4 p.m. to 8:30 before things get out of control.

“It was usually big with the p.m. high school “We want kids,” Roberts parents to feel said.

“Around comfortable 10 o’clock, bringing their whenever it kids, that was the ended, a ton of premiere reason people would be for changing the skateboarding event,” Johnston and biking on said. the street. But no She also said one is going to while no criminal have their kids activities ever out at 10 this happened during year.”

Newark Nite in the Jane Keeper, past, there were of Newark, -Dana Johnston, some incidents in an afterward that Newark Community stated email message required police Affairs Officer that she plans to attention.

This attend Newark year, the city is Day in June with taking action to her family. She create a different atmosphere for said Newark Nite has always been Newark Day. “There will be a bigger focus enjoyable and she did not see any on the kids’ area, where there are of the violence or criminal activity games and different activities for city officials are trying to prevent.

“I am only aware of Newark them,” Johnston said. “We are moving the main stage from the Nite issues I have read about Newark shopping center to Old in the newspaper, we have not College lawn so that it is more experienced anything negative,” centered and closer, so families Keeper said.

Assistant Vice President of don’t have to walk far.”

Although locations have the Office of Alumni Relations, changed, the main events taking Cindy Campanella, said Newark place at Newark Day will remain Day will coincide with Alumni the same, Johnston said. Some Weekend which is June 1-3. She attractions will include arts and said the two have been planned for crafts tables and live music, while the same weekend to encourage a the main feature will be Dustin crossover of attendance for both Lynch, a current top 25 country events.

“We encourage alumni to music artist. She said local shops spend time at Newark Day, to and restaurants will also provide return to campus and visit all their attendees with samples and old haunts on Main Street, while discounts on products and food.

Johnston said Newark Day is some guests attending Newark held to help residents reacquaint Day will walk around to see what themselves with the various we are doing and come to some businesses and restaurants in of our events,” Campanella said.

Newark, as well as provide them “Having it during the day is a with an opportunity to walk great advantage.” through Main Street without cars.

“It’s a sort of welcoming to the spring,” she said. “[It’s] an

“We want parents to feel comfortable bringing their kids.”

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Social media surveys see a rise in popularity

BY BEN COOPER

News Features Desk Editor

When senior Megan Huber needed student opinions on a new chair and desk being implemented on the university campus for her leadership class, she sent a link to an online survey to all of her Facebook friends.

She said she uses online surveys to get respondents when she needs student opinions for class assignments.

“They’re quick and easy,” Huber said. “[Online] surveys just make the most sense to get quick information, rather than trying to conduct personal interviews.”

Social media is one of the easiest and fastest ways to reach a larger population, she said.

“I send a link to the surveys to all my friends on Facebook through an event invite,” she said. “Usually it’s a group project, so if we all send it to all of our friends, we can usually reach about 1,500 people.”

Sophomore Caitlyn Goodhue stated in an email message that she uses online surveys in her communication research methods class because they can be sent to people living in different areas.

“Online surveys are useful because they allow someone to reach a large number and range of people,” Goodhue said. “For example, if someone wanted to poll friends or people they knew in other parts of the country or abroad.”

Despite their potential to reach a wide range of participants, Paul Brewer, associate director of research at the Center for Political Communication, said distributors of online polls are often unaware that these sampling procedures can lead to skewed results.

“Their samples are not representative. They are not generalizable to the broader population,” Brewer said. “You can’t say whether the results from your survey tell you anything about the people who weren’t in the survey.”

Brewer said reputable polling is conducted through probability sampling, which means every member of the population being researched has a chance to participate in the survey.

“There are some organizations who try to do representative online surveys,” he said. “But your garden variety online survey doesn’t go through that trouble.”

Brewer said Internet users taking the same online poll tend to have similar interests and generalize the sample population.

“If you post a link to an online survey to a Facebook page, you are going to get people who were looking at that Facebook profile, or people who happen to be looking at that website, which probably aren’t going to be typical of the broader population,” he said.

Freshman Emma Glickstein said she isn’t bothered by online survey requests through Facebook because she hasn’t received many this year.

However, she said when she does receive the surveys, she doesn’t put much effort into them.

“Sometimes I barely read the question,” Glickstein said. “Also, I just answer what seems appropriate or what most people would answer.”

Brewer said he while online surveys are very effective in reaching a large number of participants, the biased population sampling cannot be ignored.

Ed Ratledge, director of the Center for Applied Demography

and Survey Research said people will continue to use online surveys despite their flaws.

“They’re so easy to do,” Ratledge said. “Our traditional methods of surveying can cause up to 30 to 40 dollars an interview as opposed to zero.”

Huber said when analyzing the results of an online poll, it is important to take the unrepresentative sample into consideration.

“Surveys are relatively effective for school projects,” she said.

“Teachers are pretty understanding of the fact that your results may be biased toward college students and their points of view.”

Huber also said she agreed online surveys may not be appropriate in situations outside of the classroom.

“If I were doing a real-world research project, I would have to try to find a different method, or else find a better way to distribute the survey other than Facebook,” she said.

Ratledge said many online surveys do not require respondents to complete the entire survey.

“It has to do with the privacy rights that an individual actually has,” he said. “It is done in order to eliminate uneducated opinions. If you don’t have an opinion, we don’t necessarily want you addressing the issue.”

Although conventional phone and in person surveys are more expensive, Ratledge said he advocates for more traditional methods of research when attempting to draw conclusions or make predictions.

“All you can report from an online survey is, ‘here is what we asked and this is what they said,’” Ratledge said. “Just don’t tell me that this is the way the entire population would respond.”

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Delaware State Senate passes Cyberbullying bill

BY BO BARTLEY

Administrative News Editor

The Delaware State Senate passed a bill in April that will lead to the creation of a statewide policy on cyberbullying.

According to a press release from Attorney General Beau Biden (D-Del.), Senate Bill 193 will mandate the Department of Justice and Department of Education work together to determine a set of policies regarding cyberbullying between public school students.

“Thanks to constant communication and social networking, there is no such thing as a ‘schoolyard bully’ anymore,” Biden said. “Kids who face bullies face them all the time–at home, at school and everywhere in between.”

The bill seeks to unify the state school districts’ existing policies, according to Biden.

The alignment will allow the Department of Justice to better defend school districts’ rights to discipline students who engage in cyberbullying.

“For schools to be the safe places that children deserve, they must be able to effectively fight bullying that may originate off school grounds, but follows its victims 24 hours a day,” Biden said.

STOP Cyberbullying, an awareness group that educates children about the dangers of the Internet, defines cyberbullying as “when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones.”

According to the organization’s website, cyberbullying has been linked to physical violence as well as teen suicide.

Delaware is one of 35 states that have legislation on cyberbullying. Delaware’s law, known as the School Bullying Prevention Act, requires all public and charter schools in the state to establish a policy on bullying prevention. The act, passed in 2007, includes electronic forms of bullying.

Newark Sen. David Sokola (D-Del.) introduced the bill to the Senate’s Education Committee April 3. It left the committee on April 25 and passed in the Senate the next day. He said Bill 193 will give Biden’s office legal precedent to begin the policy changing process.

“A lot of the kinds of controls that have worked in other media haven’t been as effective in the online world because of

instantaneous and permanent nature, but we know some things have worked,” Sokola said. “And we can’t give up, we need to look at what’s being done to successfully curb cyberbullying elsewhere and use it here.”

Biden said his campaign to change cyberbullying laws will implement four steps, the first of which involved statewide public hearings last month to gather evidence about the disruption cyberbullying causes. School administrators and parents were questioned about the off-campus activity that led to incidents involving children. The hearings, held in every state county, were open to anyone willing to testify.

Biden said the next steps involve the Department of Justice and the Department of Education drafting a policy based on the evidence they acquired during the hearings. The Department of Education will then issue a regulation that requires all public and charter schools to adopt the state’s policy.

Biden and his office will then help to enact legislation that gives the Department of Justice the ability to defend schools in court that use the statewide policy.

Camilla Conlon, a board member for 14 years at Cape Henlopen, a public school district

in southern Delaware, said it is difficult for the board members to create effective policy when it comes to cyberbullying.

She said her school district has a discipline dean on staff, which does not actively research the cyberbullying taking place online, but investigates claims if the situation manifests itself in an altercation at school.

“Most of the fights that happen at school happen in the morning when kids get off the bus,” Conlon said. “These are things that have been building up in the community all night. It is not really a fair statement about the atmosphere of Cape.”

She said the nature of cyberbullying is more vicious than traditional bullying. She said cyberbullying is particularly dangerous because the internet allows the bullies to torment their targets at all hours. She said victims of bullying are often unable to get the help they need until the situation becomes violent.

“There is a lot of stuff taking place between the hours of 4 p.m. and 7 a.m. when the students aren’t in school,” Conlon said. “We are trying to make a policy that lets students know they still need to act as students when they are out of school.”

Wendy Lapham, manager of

public information for the Christina school district, said the staff in her schools has not noticed many problems with cyberbullying, but she understands the need for a comprehensive policy. She said the school computers have blocked certain websites.

“We have our own systems locked down pretty tight,” Lapham said. “Students can’t access YouTube, Facebook, or anything like that. We have our own Facebook page to monitor things in the community. We do know that there are things students may be doing, but we can’t really tell if they don’t do it here.”

She said her school board has been working with the state of Delaware to create cyberbullying policies. She said she was not familiar with Biden and Sokola’s recent legislation, but thinks it is a step in the right direction to protect public school students.

Conlon said she thinks Biden’s plan will help public schools, including her own, and knowing the Department of Justice is willing to protect public schools is reassuring.

“They’re really hitting the nail on the head with this,” Conlon said.

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City council votes for charter school expansion

BY RACHEL TAYLOR City News Editor

The Newark City Council unanimously voted in favor of the charter school’s expansion at their bimonthly meeting last night.

Newark Charter School Fund requested rezoning for 20.63 acres of property in the Newark Interstate

Business Park, located near Elkton Road, and asked for development approval for the Newark charter upper school, according to the official request for the subdivision.

The upper school will host facilities for junior and senior high school students, including outdoor playing fields.

A charter is a public school that

admits students through a lottery system and does not take race or income into consideration. With the expansion, the school can double its size and more students will be admitted.

Lisa Goodman, a lawyer from Wilmington who concentrates in land use and zoning law, spoke on behalf of the Newark Charter School.

File photo City council members discuss charter school expansion.

“The question tonight is not if there is going to be a high school, but where the high school is going to be,” Goodman said. “We believe this is an ideal site for the high school.”

She said the location is the best choice for the charter school.

“This site is particularly wellsuited for a school,” Goodman said.

“If you had to find the ideal setting, this is pretty much it.”

Goodman said members of the community worried that because of the expansion, there would be more buses that would lead to traffic congestion. She addressed residents’ concerns and said only three buses would be added to the 19-bus fleet.

A group of opposing residents, including Rosanne Murphy, a former teacher in the Christiana School District, presented potential negative effects the upper school could have on the community. They said they think the school does not fairly admit students, adding that there are more high-income students and not many minorities.

Murphy said the school does not need additional students. “[The charter school] has more than adequate capacity now,” she said. “[The charter school] has significantly excess capacity already.”

Gregory Meece, Newark Charter School director, said the charter school has become a vital part of Delaware’s public school system, despite mixed reactions to its creation. He said the expansion will help revitalize Elkton Road and encourage families to

explore parts of Newark they might not have visited before.

“The local business community encourages [the charter school expansion] because it’s vital to economic interest,” Meece said.

“Property values depend on educational choices for families.”

District 6 Councilman Stu Markham supported the Newark Charter School’s initiative and said he wondered if the issue would have been as controversial if a school other than the charter school was asking for the vacant property.

“The project is going to happen no matter what, it’s just a matter of where it goes,” Markham said. “Is this the best use for this property? I think it makes sense.”

Luke Chapman, District 5 councilman, said he supported the expansion of the charter school, but said it is unfortunate the issue is upsetting some members of the community.

“This is not an issue where the community is becoming united,” Chapman said. “It’s an issue where we’re seeing a division and I’m saddened by that.”

Mayor Vance A. Funk III was the final member of the council to declare his support. He said he voted yes because of educational and economic reasons.

“The purpose of Newark is to manufacture education,” Funk said.

“We’ll also get a nice building permit fee.”

Rick Armitage to retire this summer after 27 years at UD

BY TOM LEHMAN Contributing Editor

After serving as the university’s liaison to city, county and state governments for more than 25 years, longtime administrator Rick Armitage will retire this summer.

Armitage, a university alum and the director of state and local government relations, will officially leave the university in July, having worked in multiple departments and with numerous local legislators.

“It was a privilege to have represented UD for 27 years with every level of government,” Armitage said.

While studying at the university, he became a member of the school’s campus security force in 1972. He attended the New Castle Police Academy in 1979 and was one of the first two university police officers to be assigned to work with Newark’s department.

District 3 Councilman Doug Tuttle, who previously served as the director of the Office of Public Safety, worked with Armitage since he joined the university’s police force. He said the two worked during a time when the role of police officers at the university was in transition.

Tuttle and Armitage worked closely as members of the crime prevention unit as officers. He recalled an occasion when the two observed a member of the school’s

housekeeping staff through a ventilator in Recitation Hall to see if the suspect was stealing money from a desk.

“We put up a bogus sign about a field trip saying, ‘Get your money in today, so you don’t miss the field trip,’ then we laid in wait,” Tuttle said.

He said the investigation did not lead to criminal charges and was handled by the human relations department.

While working for the Office of Public Safety in 1986, Armitage began representing the university at state legislative meetings in Dover and was promoted to his current position two years later.

University President Patrick Harker stated in an email message that Armitage’s work at the university has been positive.

“Rick has been a great asset for the university for nearly 40 years,” Harker said. “Over this time he has strengthened ties and enhanced relationships between UD and state and local government officials that have benefited our students, faculty, staff and community.”

Although Armitage worked with numerous state legislators during his career, he is known by many for his frequent appearances at Newark City Council meetings and would make presentations regarding university construction projects.

Tuttle, who has been a councilman since 2006, said Armitage’s presence at city council

meetings was beneficial because he was often the university’s sole representative. He informed councilmembers about university initiatives.

“Part of Rick’s value is that he’s devoted the time to be there,” Tuttle said. “He’s in the room, which is a lot. He’s been to more council meetings than practically anyone on council.”

Newark Mayor Vance A. Funk III, Armitage’s neighbor for eight years, said the outgoing administrator also has a positive personality that wasn’t always reflected by his position.

Funk recalled Armitage’s willingness to help him after he suffered a stroke in 1993, which Funk said displayed his generosity to help others.

“I mean, he was constantly calling my wife trying asking, ‘Do you need any help? Do you need anything from the store?’”

Funk said. “He was just a quality person.”

He said Armitage’s representation at council has been positive because it allows city and school officials to easily interact.

“For us, he’s the go-to guy if we have a question about something going on down at the university and we’re having difficulty getting an answer,” Funk said. “He helps us find the answer and if it’s a problem between the city and the university, he’s very good at smoothing the way to a solution.”

Courtesy of the University of Delaware Unviersity alum and the director of state and local government relations is set to leave in July.

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Email: Glitch a ‘human error,’ UD senior gift council co-chair says Continued from page 1 disregard,” McElwee said.

He said if he had received the email he wouldn’t be discouraged from donating. He said he would overlook the glitch because he understands the importance of giving back to the university.

“Basically it was just human error with the data, for which we’re

terribly sorry about,” McElwee said.

Senior Anthony Maiello, who had not thought about donating to the university, said he received the email addressed to “Morgan.” He said the email did not help to convince him to donate.

“If they want me to think we’re more than just a number here at UD, this definitely isn’t helping their case,” Maiello said.

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File photo Last Friday, Provost Tom Apple was recommended to be the next chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The outgoing University of HawaiiPresident M.R.C. Greenwood recommended Apple, who was a top finalist in the school’s national search and visited the campus last month. He also applied to be the president of the University of Vermont and in February, he said school officials notified him that he was their second choice. The Board of Regents will vote on Greenwood’s recommendation Thursday.

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Annual staff, faculty Donation Campaign asking for $2

BY DANIEL MCINERNEY Sports Editor

The annual Staff and Faculty Donation Campaign this year is aiming to raise $2 million, which is three times more than the amount of donations raised last year.

Monica Taylor, vice president for Development and Alumni Relations, is leading the donation campaign and said each year, the office encourages employees to donate to the university. She said in addition to raising more money, she hopes faculty and staff participation increases to 50 percent.

This year, the campaign encourages faculty and staff to donate through payroll deduction, Taylor said. She said faculty members will have the option to select the amount of money they would like to donate and how often they wish to do so. The donations are then automatically taken out of the staff or faculty member’s paycheck.

“That’s the way most faculty

and staff give, they do it through payroll deduction,” Taylor said.

“It has been very well-received because of the simplicity of it.”

Donors are able to choose a specific college or field to donate to, or can elect to donate to a general fund, she said. Regardless of which college donors select, Taylor said all gifts are used to improve the university and generally focus on academics.

Taylor said she researched how other universities conduct their donation campaigns and decided to implement changes to improve the university’s efforts.

She established a committee system designed to better represent each of the colleges at the university.

“This year we went to a committee structure where we have faculty doing peer-to-peer requests,” Taylor said. “Within each college, we have a different group of people talking to the staff about the campaign.”

A few faculty members are running the campaign, which is

being co-chaired by a member of the staff and herself, Taylor said. She said each college has a committee made up of its own professors who can encourage their colleagues to donate to the university.

She said the switch to a committee system allows those in charge of the campaign or serving on the committee to have more personal interactions with other faculty and staff members.

According to Taylor, another advantage of the committee system is that it encourages the faculty and staff to donate to the college they teach in. The committees usually give the funds to scholarships, awards and grants, she said.

Taylor said the use of a committee structure also allows information regarding the campaign to spread more quickly because committee members are in contact with coworkers daily.

After establishing committees, campaign leaders notified faculty and staff of their new goals through email messages, as well

as through the mail.

William Latham, an economics professor and a member of a donation campaign committee, said he supports the campaign yearly. Latham has been teaching at the university for 41 years and is a longtime donor. He said donations are important because they improve the university for students.

“The things that make our university’s students’ experience a better one, those are often supported by donations,” Latham said.

Fred DeMicco, business professor and ARAMARK chair of the Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management program, said he is also a member of the committee that represents HRIM faculty and staff.

He said those who donate more than $1,000 a year become members of the Delaware Diamonds Society.

Members of the DDS receive invitations to events, a personalized brick in the Diamonds Walkway and

recognition for contributions, he said.

As a member of the DDS, DeMicco said he wants to improve the university through faculty and staff donations.

“This is a win-win for all involved and also feels good to give back to a university that has shaped us all so positively,” he said of faculty donations. “Our investment helps shape the future success at Delaware.”

Junior Tim Sumereau said he understands why the university is asking for donations, but said he disagrees with the campaign. He said both of his parents are high school teachers and they have never been asked to give money back to their schools.

“If I was a faculty member, it would take a lot of convincing to get me to donate back to the place I work at,” Sumereau said.

Karie Simmons contributed reporting to this article.

Student fees increase

BY BO BARTLEY

Administrative News Editor

Starting next fall, dining hall, residence hall and student health fees will each increase by more than 5 percent, according to university officials.

The university’s Board of Trustees approved the resolutions recommended by the Student Life subcommittee to change the rates last week.

The previous health fee of $238 per student per semester, which was set last fall, will increase to $252 next semester. All full-time students are charged for Student Health Services at the beginning of each semester.

According to the Office of Institutional Research, a traditional double room, the most common housing assignment, costs students $6,176 this year, while next year that will cost $6,516. The most expansive meal plan, 19 meals a week, costs students $4,020 this year and will cost $4,241 next year.

Students are only required to pay the dining hall fee if they have a meal plan and the residence hall fee if they live in a dorm.

In contrast to previous years, student union and miscellaneous fees were not increased. The student union fee has increased by approximately 8 percent each year for the last 10 years and the miscellaneous fee went up by 92 percent in 2010.

David Singleton, vice president of Facilities and Auxiliary services, said his department worked with the Board of Trustees Student Life subcommittee to change the dining hall and residence hall fees.

“Fundamentally, housing rates need to cover the housing costs,” Singleton said.

He said a portion of the housing fee helps fund new building construction on campus. Singleton said new rates reflect higher dorm operational costs.

Joseph Siebold, director of Student Health Services, said he worked with the board’s subcommittee to change the student health fee.

He said Student Health Services is completely supported by the fee,

which also funds staff salaries, the university’s counseling center and Wellspring, the university’s student wellness center.

“We’re a self-supporting unit in terms of health services,” Siebold said.

“Everything from the shingles on the roof to the heat and electricity—we run this as if it’s a practice.”

He said funding for the Healthy HENS Program, an initiative of Student Health Services that focuses on preventative care, was provided by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.

“One of the things we’ll always be looking for is anything we can get from outside sources,” Siebold said.

Freshman Briar Buchanan, who lives in Russell Complex, said she is displeased with the state of living on campus and is unhappy the university is raising housing costs.

“Living in a dorm is beginning to make less and less sense,” Buchanan said. “A lot of my friends didn’t get [their first choice of on campus] housing for next year and they had to find somewhere off-campus. They found places that were much cheaper and closer to class.”

She said next year will be her last year living in a residence hall and the increase in housing cost confirmed her decision.

“They move kids out of Rodney [Complex] into my dorm because of mold and then they raise the costs,” she said. “It doesn’t make any sense.”

Senior Scott Slavens said he has only visited Student Health Services once during his four years as an undergraduate. He said he doesn’t think paying a fee every year was worth one visit.

He said he has noticed costs have increased while living on campus for four years, but doesn’t see the immediate benefit to current students.

“I understand why the costs are going up but it’s for things that aren’t important,” Slavens said. “I guess the new buildings are important because they advance the university, but I won’t see it.”

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Bike repair shop expands

BY ERIC ROBINSON Staff Reporter

Two recent college graduates are expanding their new, commuter-friendly bike company in Newark, according to the founders.

Sandeep Gopal, 30, and Jason Hoover, 24, recent Northwestern University Engineering Design and Innovation Program graduates, founded their company, called Edi Bikes, in March. They designed the bikes for commuters living in urban areas and Gopal said they are a safe, efficient way to ride to work.

“We’re starting with a bike company, but what we’re really looking to do is create a transportation company for students and professionals that live in cities,” Gopal said.

While Edi Bikes has a center of operations in Philadelphia, the founders are building a number of mobile stations within surrounding cities where customers can bring their bikes in for easy-access repairs based on a monthly fee, Gopal said. He said customers can schedule appointments to get their bikes repaired or to do a test ride.

“We will be partnering with local coffee shops to help introduce our bikes to the public,” he said. “When looking for repairs, customers will be notified about which of our mobile stations are currently being maintained for that day.

This way, the customer can come in on a Saturday in the early afternoon to hang out and converse with people at a local cafe while we service their bike.”

Hoover said while most bicycle companies appeal to a more technical audience whose focus is on mountain biking and street racing, or the casual customer looking for a simple beach cruiser, he and Gopal of Edi Bikes want to target urban commuters who navigate city streets and traffic. He said the bikes are “user-friendly.”

“The bikes are purposed to be efficient, safe and comfortable,” he said.

“They feature a light and speed system that both switch automatically given the current condition of riding.”

Edi Bikes, which cost $850, feature a three-speed system to help the rider move quickly along the roads, as well as

deal with hills and incline, Hoover said.

Attached to both the front and rear of the bicycle is a built-in light system that charges while the user is pedaling.

Hoover said the bike can detect outside light levels and automatically activates on its own, even after the user has stopped pedaling. He said the chain guard built into the bike is designed to keep dirt and grease off of clothing.

Gopal said he wanted to explore a market he thought had been ignored.

After six months of design and planning, Gopal and Hoover developed a model that emphasized their goal of sustainable and practical transportation for daily commuters.

“There’s no great bike company that focuses on transportation,” Gopal said. “We wanted to create a comfortable bicycle that would be great for traveling three to five miles and give the customer a safe mode of transportation that would help avoid dealing with the average commuter’s problems of dealing with traffic and looking for parking.”

The managers at Bike Line and Wooden Wheels, bike shops located on Main Street, both declined to comment about Edi Bikes.

Gopal said he and Hoover will visit events such as the Wilmington Grand Prix in May and the Wilmington Ice Cream Festival in July to raise awareness about their product.

Laurie Haas, 24, the founders’ friend and an Edi Bike customer, said she likes the Edi Bikes because they are comfortable and easy to use.

“The bikes are definitely low maintenance,” she said. “I know nothing and knew nothing about bicycles before I got one. I hadn’t found a bike that was tailored towards those who didn’t know anything about bikes before I came across Edi Bikes.”

Junior Josh Hampton, who rides a bike on campus, said he does not have an Edi Bike, but thinks they seem better suited for the town than his own bike.

“I already have a bike to get me places, but it’s definitely not meant for the way I use it,” Hampton said.

“Having an actual bike designed for handling the streets like that would be nice.”

university coalitions came together for a multi-pronged approach to address binge drinking,” she said.

Goldman said during recent years, university police have changed the way they enforce alcohol-related offenses, by targeting potentially dangerous behavior and increasing their presence at events like tailgates before football games.

“They are particularly looking for students that might be so intoxicated they are at risk,” Goldman said.

Junior Jill Kemenosh said when she decided to apply to the university, she heard that the school was ranked as one of the top 20 party schools in the nation. She said she recently heard university officials are working to change the school’s negative reputation.

“Honestly, when I came here I heard it was a party school,” Kemenosh said. “But since I was a freshman I noticed it calmed down a lot. I don’t know if they have changed the reputation academically, but it has changed as a party school.”

Barton said since the late 1990s and early 2000s, the university has been trying to crack down on underage drinking on campus.

“I think the quality of education and the perception of the quality of the education that a student receives at UD has been at the forefront,” he said. “President Roselle really started changing the perception of UD.” University spokeswoman Meredith Chapman said the university has seen an increase of students with higher credentials, which partially reflects the school’s current image.

“It is becoming more competitive to earn a place in our freshman class, and this, combined with the impact our faculty and staff are making in terms of their research, programs and services, is all part of strengthening the brand and reputation of UD as a top research university,” she said.

Chapman said a letter mailed to university students’ parents last month that encouraged students to speak to their children about unsafe consumption of alcohol was meant to publicly highlight the issue.

“We believe that students, their parents, their friends and the University all have an important role in the health and well-being of UD students,” she said.

Senior Steve Rollino said he has noticed more police enforcement on

campus during the last four years, especially at tailgates and daydrinking events, which contradicts an impression he gleaned from accounts by other alumni, some of which were published in a book called “Glory Days at Delaware.” The book contains stories and anecdotes from graduates who attended the university between 1987 and 2007, some of whom recall experiences at parties and bars.

“In the ‘90s this school used to be a free-for-all, but now it is definitely more policed,” Rollino said.

Barton said when he was a student, the university began trying to reduce student drinking by banning kegs on campus and at football games. As a former president of the fraternity Kappa Delta Rho, he said Greeks used to tailgate in a parking lot separate from the rest of the student body during Homecoming until 1991.

“There was a very integrated focused approach on managing campus party life, particularly with the Greeks,” he said. “The one thing that is absolutely obvious is that [now] there aren’t as many fraternity and sorority houses on campus. It’s just a very different landscape.”

Barton said he does not remember police appearing at tailgates, including those held during Homecoming celebrations. He said drinking before football games was less structured than it is now.

Senior Mike Stumpf said when he was a freshman, the university had a “three-strikes and you’re out” suspension policy. Although the system no longer exists, he said he felt it enforced strict consequences for underage drinking.

“Once you got a strike, you didn’t want to be at UD. Going out on the weekends is an intrinsic part of the college experience,” Stumpf said.

“When I was out with friends, I spent half the time having fun and half the time looking over my shoulder.”

Goldman said the three-strike system, implemented in 1998 to deter behavior deemed inappropriate by school officials, was eliminated in 2009 because officials determined that it became ineffective. She said students tried to avoid punishment but were not discouraged from pursuing potentially unsafe behavior.

She said the system sometimes imposed heavy punishments toward students for behavior that was not serious enough to require removal from campus. The policy also allowed some

repeat offenders to remain part of the school’s community.

“Some students did something so bad they needed to leave campus from a single incident,” Goldman said. “Other incidents were so minor in violations that students stayed on campus for more than three strikes.”

Megan Long, 36, of Baltimore, Md., who graduated in 1997, said when she attended the school it was difficult for underage students to enter bars on Main Street.

“It was very difficult. I heard some bars were harder than others,” she said.

“We didn’t really try until we were 21.”

Rollino said he thinks it is nearly impossible for underage students to get inside a bar on Main Street today.

“I’ve never seen a school better at detecting fake IDs,” he said. “I’ve heard at [Klondike Kates] every ID taken is 10 bucks, so bouncers have incentives.”

Lauren Hess, 32, of Bear, who graduated in 2001, has worked at Klondike Kate’s on Main Street as a server since 1999 until she was promoted to general manager in 2006.

Hess said during her time at the restaurant, employees have always been instructed to not serve alcohol to underage minors.

She said the restaurant has an extensive process for checking for false identification. She confirmed employees are offered a $10 reward for each one collected. After being confiscated, she said fake IDs are used as examples when training new employees.

Class of 2008 graduate Nick Fader, of Newark, has worked at Grotto Pizza for seven years and said bartenders and bouncers risk getting fired if they don’t confiscate fake IDs, but can also receive incentives for removing them from circulation. He said some bars give money or drinks to bouncers who catch students attempting to use fake IDs. Fader said he thinks the police crackdown on house parties and outdoor drinking events has been good business for bars.

“The party scene has deteriorated,” he said. “When I was in school here you could party in the dorms. We had Public Safety to worry about, but not the Newark police.”

Barton said the increased enforcement of university policies has drawn more positive attention to the university than in the past.

“When I went here, it was a good school,” he said. “My perception now 20 years out—it’s a great school.”

File photo University students dance and hang out in trees at an outdoor party.

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Rapper Childish Gambino prompts racial discussion

BY ADEM CEMERLIC Assistant News Editor

Students listened to rapper Childish Gambino in the George Read North Lounge last week to prompt discussion about racial identity in music and the concept of “real hip-hop.”

Pamoja, the university’s Black Student Center magazine, sponsored the event called the “Childish Gambino Talk-Back & Listening Party.” Childish Gambino, whose real name is Donald Glover, is a writer, rapper, comedian and recent college graduate. Gambino is also an actor on the television show “Community.” His lyrical message is about his personal struggles dealing with race as he was growing up.

Junior Saliym Cooper, an editor at the magazine and one of the event organizers, said his goal was to start the conversation about important and often neglected issues such as identity, discrimination and acceptance.

Gambino did not attend the event, but Cooper said his music was a way to bring people together.

“We chose Childish Gambino,

not only for buzz, but also for the messages he represents and the things he talks about, which is pertinent to people we know, whether black, white or biracial,” he said.

Cooper said Gambino’s message relates to all listeners because he brings attention to issues that are important, but often too taboo to be discussed casually.

“I really believe he speaks to the black individual; how we’re misrepresented as a race, yet trying to turn negatives into positives,” he said.

Cooper and other event organizers asked the audience questions inspired by Gambino’s lyrics. He asked about students’ thoughts on interracial tensions and why they felt these tensions existed.

Sophomore Jon Seton said he thinks the issue remains due to ignorance and lack of education.

“Not every stereotype you read about is true,” he said. “You have to know about your race and about other people. If you educate yourself on a global aspect, if you know more about other people’s culture, there would be much less

fighting and interracial tension.”

Cooper asked why students felt Gambino’s message was so effective and why people of all ethnic and racial backgrounds were able to relate to his work.

Freshman Andrew Warner said he is a fan of Gambino’s music because his content is different than other mainstream artists.

“Gambino uses his popularity to make great music, but he never forgets to write about meaningful issues,” he said. “He educates the public while entertaining them. It’s great.”

Warner said he appreciated the style of discussion at the event.

“I’m definitely glad I came,” he said. “Not only did I get to listen to one of my favorite artists, but I also enjoyed listening to the perspectives shared tonight.”

Cooper said he was happy with the participation and the fact that the discussion remained civil and respectful, despite some disagreements.

“We are all one,” he said.

“We’re not different. Though we may have different shades of skin, we are one. We should be unified.”

THE REVIEW/Mary-Kathryn Kotocavage Pamjoa sponsors even for students in the George Read North Lounge.

SGA welcomes new members to RSO

BY MAIA MCCABE Student Affairs News Editor

THE REVIEW/Stephen Pope Police Unity Bike Tour rides down Main Street on their way through Newark last week.

At the Student Government Association’s final meeting last week, a Career Services Center representative advised students on ways to prepare for future careers and new members were inducted.

Approximately 50 students, including outgoing and incoming members, attended the meeting in Memorial Hall on May 8. CSC Program Coordinator Jenifer Laird told students that extracurricular involvement and skills are more important to employers than the subjects they study in school.

“They’re looking for interpersonal skills, communication skills, the ability to learn technology; those kinds of broad areas,” Laird said.

She said undergraduate students should consider future jobs while they’re still underclassmen by getting involved in internships and jobs.

The CSC website, which was relaunched last month, has a new feature called the CareerMAP, which is designed to help students plan their future. Laird said the site also includes sections where students can search for jobs that have been posted exclusively for the university and for other schools. There are also postings for jobs overseas.

She said the job listings on the CSC website also specify information, such as what major employers prefer an applicant to have or if they are coming to campus to conduct interviews.

In addition to finding work through the website, Laird recommends students seek out jobs

in person.

“Don’t be afraid to talk to people,” she said. “Walk in and say, ‘I’m looking for experience.’”

Laird said she is also a CSC liaison for student groups and majors such as history, international relations and anthropology, among others. She said every undergraduate student at the university has a liaison for their specific major.

Freshman Danielle Imhoff, a newly appointed SGA Senator for programming, said she’s not very familiar with the CSC website, but thinks it can potentially help her.

“I have never really looked on the CSC website before,” Imhoff said. “I’m only a freshman, I’m going to find it really helpful in the future.”

After Laird’s presentation, junior Michelle Barineau, the incoming SGA president, presented the 2012-2013 proposal for new Senate members. More than twothirds of the Senate were in favor of appointing the new members to the Electoral Cabinet and they were officially inducted.

Outgoing SGA President and senior Molly Sullivan said elections, which took place on April 17, had a high turnout. She later stated in an email message that more than 10 percent of students voted.

“I am very happy with the SGA elections this year,” Sullivan said.

“We had students that were never involved in SGA before come out and campaign.”

May 15, 2012

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Student collects Wi-Fi data around UD campus

BY JORDYN BENNETT Staff Reporter

THE REVIEW/Lauren Sanchez Students engage in spin art on the Green during a service event last week.

Service event inspires creative student volunteering, campus involvement

BY ELENA BOFFETTA Staff Reporter

Junior Chad Potter hopped up and down in a full-body bunny costume, encouraging students to participate in a service event last week on The Green.

Potter, a resident assistant who helped organize the program, said he found the costume in a friend’s closet and thought it would draw attention to the service stations that surrounded the fountain on South Campus.

“I dressed as a bunny to get [students] excited to come out and have a good time,” he said.

Residence Life sponsored “Giving on the Green” on May 8, a service event which included simple activities students could do while passing by, according to Katie Pifer, Residence Hall Coordinator for South Central Campus. Pifer and other resident assistants organized the various stations and music that surrounded the fountain on South Campus.

“We want to make a difference for the community and show the students that they can make a difference,” Pifer said.

Volunteers made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for homeless shelters, created spin art

for patients at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children and wrote letters to troops and state representatives. Event organizers distributed raffle tickets for prizes such as footballs, Frisbees and T-shirts.

“I dressed as a bunny to get [students] exited to come out and have a good time.”

-Chad Potter, Program Organizer Sophomore Stefanie Pierce said while walking near the South Green last Tuesday, she saw the service stations and decided to stop by. She said she enjoys volunteering and liked that this event gave her the opportunity to help in a more creative way than

just giving a financial donation.

“I want to help as many people as I can, not just with money, but also with art,” Pierce said.

Meghan Morrow, a junior and RA in Kent Hall, said her goal in organizing the event was to introduce her residents and other students to service opportunities.

“We want to engage [the students] in something that is selfless and an eye-opener too, regarding the community groups that try to make a difference,” she said.

Pifer said she thought students enjoyed the activities and appreciated that they did not take a lot of time. During the event, she explained which organizations and individuals the crafts and letters would be sent to while encouraging students to stay involved with the groups they were helping.

Senior Kiante Tomlin said she visited the service stations after receiving an email about the event.

She said she enjoys volunteering and her favorite activity at the day’s event was making spin art.

“I like giving back and showing people that we still care although we are in college,” Tomlin said.

On a Wednesday evening, senior Phil Lastner drove around Newark with his laptop and cell phone beside him, trying to map wireless networks—an activity called wardriving.

Lastner, a computer science information systems major, defined wardriving as the process of searching for and recording wireless network names on a device while driving around a specific area. He said he has been wardriving “for fun” for about a month because it is rewarding to know that he can do it.

“It’s just an activity to map out networks for a bunch of nerds like myself,” Lastner said. “It’s so boring for the normal-minded person.”

According to electrical and computer engineering professor Xiaoming Li, wardriving is conducted by companies as well as individuals.

“For example, Google and Apple have population-driven services, which are essentially wardriving,” Li said.

Population driven services are those operated by the average person, such as iPhone applications that act as tools.

Although wardriving can be accomplished using other tools that pick up Wi-Fi networks, Lastner said he uses his Droid smartphone as a global positioning system to locate the networks, and a Bluetooth application on his phone connects to a serial port on his laptop.

He said the process of wardriving begins when he gets into his car, turns on his laptop, and runs a program called GPSD, which reads the GPS data obtained from his smartphone.

GPSD runs in the background after it automatically connects to a Wi-Fi detector called Kismet.

Once the connection is made, Lastner said he can begin “stumbling” wireless networks using Kismet, which displays information about the wireless networks and their locations on his Linux operating system laptop.

“Linux is an open source operating system and it’s more for the programmers in the world because you have to interact with it a lot more than you do Windows and Mac,” he said. “It’s just a different operating system and for me it’s more secure.

It interacts with the system at a real base level.”

Lastner transfers the saved network files to his second laptop, a MacBook, where he runs a script which converts the files into one that can be opened with Google Earth.

A visual map of all the networks he passed while driving is then created, he said.

Lastner said he uploads the maps he makes to a wardriving database called WiGle.net for users to access.

He said he has known about the concept of wardriving for a few years, but has only recently found enough time to devote to it.

“I never really pursued it because I’ve been doing other programming things that didn’t really involve me mapping out networks,” Lastner said.

Although the process is somewhat new to him, he said he is sure university students have created network maps before.

“This is not that hard to do and it’s pretty interesting,” Lastner said.

“I like networking and so do a lot of people in my major. There is no doubt in my mind that people have done this before.”

Electrical and computer engineering professor Stephan Bohacek said anyone can use their smartphone to wardrive because applications that pick up wireless networks are available on all smartphones.

He said the practice of discovering different, open Wi-Fi networks that exist in an area is becoming extremely popular and that wardrivers can utilize the networks as access points to figure out their location.

“Access points have a unique ID,” Bohacek said. “By looking at the set of access points in a location you can determine where you are.”

Li said the information that can be obtained from wardriving is useful in discovering specific locations.

“A good example is the location service that is available on every cell phone,” Li said. “Such services, no matter backed by Google, Apple or phone companies, use the information about the physical locations of 802.11 networks to pinpoint an address or accelerate the searching.”

Lastner said when his computer records the networks, it also records the relatively exact latitude and longitude coordinates of each network, which is how they are placed on a map.

Despite the positives of wardriving, Li said there are some legal and ethical considerations as well.

“Wardriving really lies at the borderline between privacy and public information, which I believe is true at the personal level and business level,” he said. “At the essence, wardriving relies on the technical impossibility of containing a private wireless network.

But does the mere reluctant release of basic information about a network indicate that the owner should be deprived of all privacy associated with such networks? I doubt it.”

Bohacek on the other hand, said he does not think there is anything wrong with wardriving and added that people would benefit globally if they begin to share networks and information.

He said his only concern is once an open network is found through wardriving, information obtained can be employed to use that network. He said the problem lies in the actions of a few people who may use open networks for illegal activity, such as downloading pirated videos or music for which the owner of the network would be held responsible.

Li said that as of now, there are no laws which prohibit wardriving, but the privacy issues involved are still not well understood.

Lastner said he does not use information to gain access to open networks, and thus does not see wardriving as an illegal activity.

“This is completely legal,” Lastner said. “What would be illegal is if I was to hack into one of the networks.”

Maia McCabe contributed reporting to this article.

May 15, 2012

ONLINE READER POLL:

Q: Does the university communicate well with students about what student fees actually go towards?

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Fee changes inconsistent, unrelated University officials need to act on student concerns The university’s Student Life subcommittee has received approval for its student fee recommendations for the coming year. Dining, residence hall and health fees will all increase by 5.5 percent, down from past years, while student union and miscellaneous fees, two fees that previously increased at a high rate, will stay the same.

According to the Blue Hen Poll, which is not administered by university officials, a plurality of students said they would be willing to pay more for sustainable initiatives such as organic food, solar panels as well as making all buildings handicap accessible.

Despite these results, the university has significantly cut back fees in all areas, even though they would be able to make popular improvements.

Also, the fact that housing fees are increasing by 5.5 percent across the board seems to be a bit unfair to those who will wind up being placed into the Dickinson and

Rodney complexes, which are set to be demolished in two years. To be fair to the university, however, they do guarantee on campus housing all four years, which may be appealing enough to parents that they will look past the jump in fees.

Another major issue with university fees is the fact that they are mercurial and therefore hard for students to keep track of. In fact, the miscellaneous fee increased by 92 percent just two years ago in 2010 and this year it will not increase at all. This also shows further that the university does not consider the student’s opinion in deciding these fees, they merely consider their needs and then fill them out.

Overall, university officials need to increase transparency and communication with students regarding fees and take into account feedback from the student body. Students should know why and what they are paying for with these increases each year.

Donation expectations too much The university’s Staff and Faculty Donation Campaign officials announced their expected donations from faculty members for the year, which total up to $2 million. This goal is three times the amount that was received last year and they also hope to double participation from staff members to 50 percent.

Campaign officials are suggesting that those staff members who do participate in the donations do so in the form of a payroll deduction. While those advocating it may see this as adding convenience, in many ways it just adds pressure to staffers to contribute.

This pressure is also compounded by the fact that there are now committees within each college that encourage their colleagues to donate. These committees will obviously be aware of who does and who does not donate, and this can certainly lead to the formation of a gap between donors and nondonors, causing tension in the work place. Not to mention the fact that those who donate over $1,000 dollars get a place in the Delaware

Diamonds Society, just another incentive created by the university for further contributions.

Also, many companies encourage employees to donate to charitable organizations and say they will match their money, but university officials are telling employees to donate back to the university instead. Donators can choose where to allocate their money within the university, but they still are not giving donators much freedom. Instead of branching out and helping others, they are expecting them to give back a portion of their paycheck.

While there is not much harm in suggesting or asking for a donation from your workers, putting this much emphasis on it can have negative effects. The emphasis on donations may lead to gaps between those who do and those who do not donate and general unhappiness with university officials. Asking for a donation from those who wish to do so is one thing, but suggesting to deduct it from their paycheck is too much.

The Review gladly welcomes its readers to write letters to the editor and submit their writing as guest columnists.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at:

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THE REVIEW/Grace Guillebeau

Too much pressure is being put on faculty to donate

“Listen, either your donation can be deducted from your paycheck, or he’ll handle it.”

Corrections: A May 8 article “Falcon cam chronicles bird development,” incorrectly spelled the word natural with the absence of “l” in reference to the website where footage can be viewed.

A May 8 article, “Fans gather for favorite free comic books, character visits,” incorrectly cited the event as a 10th annual celebration. The event is an 11th annual celebration. This was an editing error. The event also included representatives of comics, not characters.

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Internship application process should be regulated Danielle Brody

Danielle Dishes Applying for internships is an ambiguous, frustrating process.

A few months ago, I rolled up a message, slipped it into a bottle and threw it into the ocean. In other words, I applied to more than 30 internships.

But before this, I was one of the many excited students who filed into the Trabant Theatre, notebook in hand, to learn the secrets of landing an internship from the famous Intern Queen, Lauren Berger. Having had 15 internships herself, she giddily walked around the stage, telling us her proven rules for strengthening our resumes, cover letters and interview skills. She enthusiastically discussed the value of an internship in today’s job market.

I had just started filling out applications, and her speech gave me hope for the summer, because I was sure I would land many opportunities and would be able to choose my best option.

A main part of Berger’s message was the importance of obtaining an internship. Millions of students and I already understand that part — with research showing that 91 percent of employers believe applicants should have had one or two internships. What Berger did not delve into was the sketchy, confusing and unregulated underside

of these resume-building opportunities.

According to Ross Perlin, author of Intern Nation, internships are the only employment group that the Bureau of Labor Studies does not monitor. While there has been recent media attention about how companies often break labor laws by overworking and underpaying, or not paying, their interns, I want to talk about the application process itself.

From January through April, I spent hours, painstakingly rereading and editing my resume and cover letters, tailoring each one to the specific company to which I was applying. My resume includes two internships and my current position at The Review. A career counselor at the Career Services Center approved it, so I believed I was a strong applicant who had nothing to worry about.

With all the time and effort these applications took, I felt like I was going through the college process again. I discussed with friends which places I was applying for but didn’t go into too much detail, because I feared rejection.

But now I realize I shouldn’t have feared rejection. The worst, most agonizing feeling is the non-response. Waiting, thinking has anyone even read what I sent them? Would I even know? So many of these applications are through an external site, so there was no way to check the status of my application by asking a person. Companies are given all of the power.

Out of the 30 different companies I applied to, I only heard back from about five. I even appreciated receiving a rejection, because at least I knew where I stood.

I understand that many companies may have received thousands of applications. Even if that is

the case, they could at least send out an automated message telling me I was rejected. Then I would be able to move on and think about other plans.

I’ve noticed many companies also have no sense of our time frame. A friend of mine applied to an advertising agency in January. By Berger’s standards, she did all the “right” things — sending in her materials on time and following up. She found out last week that she was accepted. That means she waited almost five months for them to make a decision. Other friends of mine are in similar situations, having only recently heard back after months of waiting, and some are still waiting.

What makes this waiting game so much worse, is that, according to Perlin, approximately one-third of internships are unpaid. Thousands of students (and now, more recent graduates) are willingly signing up to give these companies free labor.

Almost every position I applied for is unpaid.

For most of them, I have to receive college credit as a way-out for the company to avoid breaking labor laws while paying me nothing, but I don’t need the excess credit. It is now also a financial burden to add to the time spent applying.

After inquiring about the status of his decision, a contact at my local newspaper said he could not officially accept me without proof of credit. Even after I do purchase the credit, he cannot guarantee that he will hire me.

With two recent cases of suing for over-work at an internship, and this ridiculous waiting game, the internship process needs to be regulated.

Some might say that this is the reality of applying for any job, welcome to the real world.

Except, unlike graduates or adults who are

applying for jobs and are probably unemployed, most intern applicants are busy being students – which is their primary job. We are writing papers, studying for finals and doing extracurricular activities, so when it does come time to get a job, we are qualified.

I guess this process is an eye-opener. If the competition is this fierce for unpaid internships, I hesitate to even think about the real job market.

Applying for internships can be as unpredictable and mysterious as sending off a message in a bottle. I can wait, hoping a wave will gently return it soon, with an invitation to come aboard their company. Until then, there is no way to know who will respond, when they will respond, or if my message has even been received at all.

I know interns are not extremely important to employers. In fact, they may seem like a hassle.

Interns take extra effort because they need to be trained, then just leave after a couple of months.

But, regardless of how low I am as an intern applicant, I put in the time and effort to research and write about each company I applied for, and all I want is some respect back. If a company can’t see the value in interns or follow labor regulations, they shouldn’t be asking for interns in the first place.

Danielle Brody is a managing news editor for The Review. Her viewpoints do not necessarily represent those of the Review staff. Please send comments to dbrody@udel.edu.

Seeing favorite bands live is once in a lifetime experience Emily Nassi

Contributing Editor Seeing favorite artists perform can be rewarding in several ways.

Three nights ago, I attended the sold-out Red Hot Chili Peppers show at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. It sold out rather fast from what I remember, but sometimes that just means the scalpers got to the tickets first.

But that was not the case for this particular show, as every single seat was filled by the time the horrendous opening band finished its set, and the Chili Peppers took the stage around 9:20 p.m. I certainly saw why. This was a phenomenal, high-energy show, attended by people who actually wanted to see the band and not just have a night out. Even from my seat up in the nosebleed section, I was enraptured. I left feeling jubilant and rather smiley.

On the ride home, my friend and I were talking about how the Chili Peppers might be nearing the end of their touring days. Though it’s sometimes hard to tell, Anthony Kiedis and

Flea (who walked across the entire stage on his hands at one point) are 49, and Chad Smith is 50. Not everyone can be the Rolling Stones, a band that will probably continue to play music from beyond the grave.

So I guess I was lucky I got to to to see a Chili Peppers concert, especially since I know people who couldn’t get tickets. It’s something I will remember for a really long time. I felt this way after seeing a few other bands as well, and anyone who has ever gone to see one of their favorite bands in a great venue can definitely identify with that feeling.

I can check the Red Hot Chili Peppers off my list , but there are still a few bands I need to see before I die (or they do). This is not an experience that can be recreated. Listening to the live CD doesn’t cut it, no matter what kind

of stereo it’s being played on.

I hate the phrase “YOLO.” I think it’s just used as an excuse by drunken college kids to act stupidly and then blame it on this whole idea of carpe diem and dying tomorrow. I’m

not sure anyone is actually thinking about how short life can be when he or she screams it at a party on a Saturday night.

However, this is one instance in which “you only live once” is appropriate. If picking up and driving across the country is the only way you are going to get to see your favorite band (and by band, I mean people who actually write music and play instruments and don’t need auto-tune during concerts), then do it. Things happen all the time, bands break up, injuries and illness happens, and sometime it’s not possible.

So if anyone would like to send me money or plane tickets to go see the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Incubus in Spain this July, my email is at the bottom of this page.

That is one concert I would not like to miss.

Emily Nassi is a contributing editor for The Review. Her viewpoints do not necessarily represent those of the Review staff.

Please send comments to enassi@ udel.edu.

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WWE SmackDown tour held in Big Bob

BY ASHLEY PAINTSIL Staff Reporter

Saturday night, a 6-foot-5, 222-pound wrestler walked onto the stage at the Bob Carpenter Center with fists clenched and a scowl on his face. The wrestler, Jinder Mahal, was received with boos from the crowd as his considerably smaller opponent, Ezekiel Jackson, approached the ring.

A bell tolled and the wrestlers began to fight in one of the eight matches at Delaware’s leg of the World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. SmackDown world tour.

The 20 competing SmackDown wrestlers included The Great Khali, Sheamus and Randy Orton.

As Jackson and Mahal fought, the crowd clapped loudly and someone yelled, “Finish him already!” Mahal pushed Jackson down and the crowd called for him to stand, to no avail. Mahal won the match.

Wrestler Daniel Bryan’s catchphrase “Yes, yes, yes,” resonated throughout the stadium as he flipped himself into the center ring. Bryan ranted about how horrible the city of Newark is and complained that the only reason he came was to defend his World Heavyweight championship.

Freshman Alexander Capolupo says he attended the event to support his friend, freshman Missy Morrison and her father, J.J. Dillon, a recent inductee in the WWE Hall of Fame.

Capolupo says seeing the crowd’s reaction to each match was hilarious because they were

heavily engrossed in watching each fight.

“I go to a lot of sporting events here too and usually the crowd’s not this into it,” he says.

Anna Carrillo, 20, from Townsend, Del., says some people may think it is weird for a woman to attend a WWE match. She says she thinks it is normal, though, since she has been watching wrestling since she was a little girl.

Carrillo says she usually follows WWE wrestler John Cena, but came to support her new favorite wrestler Randy Orton.

She says she has always been a fan and it is exhilarating to watch people using all their energy to push each other down.

“It’s just interesting to watch and something always comes out to excite you,” Carrillo says. “You never know what’s coming.”

Junior Ronald Daughtry says he has been watching WWE matches since he was five years old.

Daughtry says he has never been to a live WWE event before, so he was extremely excited to hear that the event would be in Delaware.

Daughtry says the most exciting part of the night was chanting ‘Yes,’ as Bryan emerged and the whole crowd followed.

“Everybody just started screaming ‘no’ and then they stopped,” Daughtry says. “Then I stood up and started chanting ‘yes’ and the whole crowd started chanting ‘yes.’ It was the greatest moment of my life. I checked that off my bucket list.”

THE REVIEW/Mary-Kathryn Kotocavage

Below, WWE stars Kane and Randy Orton wrestle Saturday night in the Bob Carpenter Center (bottom); above, Beth Phoenix takes on A.J. in another match. Other wrestlers at the event included the Big Show, Alberto Del Rio, Mark Henry, Cody Rhodes, the Great Khali, Beth Phoenix, Sheamus, Daniel Bryan and Christian.

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Firefly expected to transform Del. music scene

BY CADY ZUVICH Features Editor

Firefly Music Festival is expected to draw thousands of music fans to Dover for the first time this summer, according to Linda Parkowski, tourism director of Delaware.

The announcement was made on April 2 that the music festival would be hosted near Dover International Speedway this July.

The three-day outdoor festival, created by the Chicagobased entertainment company Red Frog Events, is set to include nationally-known acts such as The Black Keys, Lupe Fiasco, The Killers and Jack White.

Additionally, attendees can ride in hot air balloons to view the festival from above. There will also be an interactive art gallery, an arcade with vintage games and the TOMS Style Your Sole activity, in which local artists paint TOMS canvas shoes.

The festival is creating buzz among music fans and is expected to transform the Delaware music scene and generate tourism revenue for the state.

Linda Parkowski says Firefly is expected to have over 30,000

attendees and bring in about $12.6 million to Delaware’s economy.

“Overall, Delawareans have a very positive reception of Firefly,” Parkowski says. “Anything that boosts state revenue is good for the state.”

The festival will give the state a reputation for having a youthoriented music scene, she says.

The festival will attract a collegeaged crowd from within Delaware and surrounding states, she says, which could improve the state’s perception as an artistic hub.

Junior Jeneen Malin says she will be volunteering at the festival because she wanted to be more involved in it. Malin says she will be part of the “Beautification Team,” which will encourage attendees to recycle. Malin says she found out about the volunteering program through the event’s website.

She says she is most looking forward to seeing some of the lesser known bands, such as Polica, an experimental band from Minneapolis, Minn.

“I’m really excited to see Polica and would rather see them over the headliners,” Malin says.

Malin, a Delaware native, says the announcement of the festival’s location was unexpected for

Delawareans.

“Nothing really happens in Delaware, so most people were shocked,” Malin says.

Gary Camp, senior director

“If [the festival] goes well, it could be the best thing to happen to Delaware” -Jake Banaszak, guitarist of communications at Dover International Speedway, says the festival’s location will make Firefly appealing to concert-goers.

Red Frog Events considered 60 different sites for the festival, but ultimately chose to hold it near the Dover International Speedway, for its central location between Baltimore, New York City and

Philadelphia.

Camp says that both Red Frog Events and Dover International Speedway are hard at work transforming RV Lot 10, an 87-acre wooded area near the speedway called The Woodlands, into a festival-friendly environment.

The Woodlands will include four stages and sections for camping and food vendors. Camp says that the festival’s environment and its proximity to town will compete with similar music festivals.

“The destination is in a woodsy, tucked-away and relaxed environment, but still within walking distances of hotels,” he says.

Sophomore De’Jon Johnson says he is excited about some of the bands playing.

“The Killers and John Legend would be awesome to see live,” Johnson says.

Though headliners at the festival are nationally-known, the lineup also includes Delaware native bands like Lower Case Blues, a self-described jam band that draws inspiration from The Allman Brothers and Jimi Hendrix.

Lower Case Blues, which was formed nine years ago, often plays at festivals in Dewey Beach and

has played at the university in the past.

Lower Case Blues lead guitarist Jake Banaszak says they were asked to join the lineup after Red Frog Events asked a music promoter from Dewey Beach to suggest local bands. Banaszak says he is excited to have landed a spot on the lineup, though he does not know what to expect. He says he hopes that this festival will positively affect the state’s music scene.

“If [the festival] goes well, it could be the best thing to happen to Delaware,” Banazak says.

Freshman Philip Chinitz, who hosts “Phil’s Jam Session” on WVUD, the Voice of the University of Delaware, says the lineup for the festival is “solid,” because of acts such as The Killers and The Flaming Lips.

Chinitz also says bands Bombay Bicycle Club and Trampled by Turtles would be two great bands to see live. Other acts include Passion Pit, Young the Giant and AWOLNATION, which recently performed at the university’s Senior Fling.

“I really think that this festival could throw Delaware on the map,” Chinitz says.

AWOLNATION performs at annual Senior Fling

THE REVIEW/Amelia Wang

AWOLNATION performs as the opening act for Neon Trees at SCPAB’s annual Senior Fling Friday on the North Green. In addition to the second opener, The Active Set, the Senior Fling featured games, free food, a mechanical bull and the chance to win raffle prizes including multiple iPads.

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sights & sounds

“Dark Shadows” Warner Bros.

PPP (out of PPPPP) Tim Burton's “Dark Shadows” is very much a “Tim Burton film”—it provides what is expected of the director, but nothing more.

Its strong introduction establishes an intriguing premise, which ultimately ends in an unfortunate realization that the film failed to deliver up to its potential. Too much of the film focuses on creating the romanticized fantasy-gothic atmosphere that Burton is known for and too little into actually develops the plot.

The film begins by introducing the Collins family, English natives who settle in Maine to start a prominent fishing business. They grow in wealth and success until Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) breaks the heart of the witch Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green).

As revenge, Angelique kills Barnabas’ parents and causes the suicide of his lover, Josette DuPres (Bella Heathcote). In a moment of tragic romance, Barnabas throws himself off a cliff to take his own life only to realize he cannot die.

Angelique had cursed him to be a vampire and suffer for all eternity.

After spending nearly two centuries buried in a coffin, Barnabas is freed in 1972 and decides to help the modern Collins family return

to its former glory. The problem is overtaking the current top fish cannery company, owned by the familiar witch.

The story continues with an impressive cast including Michelle Pfeiffer as the matriarch of the Collins family, Helena Bonham Carter as the family’s physician, Jackie Earle Haley as the caretaker and Chloë Grace Moretz as the daughter. Noteworthy appearances also include Alice Cooper as himself and a cameo by Jonathan Frid, the original Barnabas Collins actor.

The problem with “Dark Shadows” ultimately comes from the fact that the movie tried to take on too much. Burton attempted to make it a comedy, a fantasy, a romance, a drama and a campy horror story. The director never quite revealed whether the film should be taken seriously or as a parody of the original 1960s American gothic soap opera. This left no room for character or plot development.

As the plot progresses, motives become less clear. Crucial moments, such as the governess Victoria Winters’ (Bella Heathcote) description of her parents’ abandonment, mean nothing, as there is no emotional attachment to the characters.

The climax suffers from a similar problem. The build-up is too sudden and no proper chance is given for the gravity of the

Courtesy of Marvel Studios

situation to be explored by the characters. The conclusion is quite predictable, even though a handful of rather insignificant plot twists occur within minutes of the ending.

The majority of these twists have little to no foreshadowing, making them less than satisfying.

Burton managed to craft

a visually beautiful world and populate it with actors who gave fantastic performances.

Their actions, however, have little meaning and the actual development of the story leaves much to be desired. Fans of Burton's work, especially his recent remakes of “Alice in Wonderland”

and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” will be pleased to know that he stuck to the formula he is known for. Those expecting something new will likely leave disappointed.

having the same legal status as humans, human minds having no thinking advantages whatsoever over computer minds and an eradication of a distinction between humans and machines by the year 2099. Alternatively, microchips implanted into our brains and other body parts may augment mental processing speed and performance, effectively making us part-man, partmachine—hence the saucy pickup line I used to open this piece.

This hypothetical moment in the future would be extremely momentous. But whether you consider it science or sciencefiction, it raises interesting questions about our technological and social progression.

Is technological advance for technological advancements’ sake a good thing to pursue? For many, the idea of living in a world where humans are second-in-command to robots is undesirable, but theoretically, it will occur in our lifetime.

Here’s something to ponder while bored in class: if you uploaded your entire brain’s content—the birthdays, the heartbreaks, the dream of owning a business, the soft spot for pistachio ice cream—onto a computer, then got hit by a bus, but having earlier signed a waiver allowing all of your memories, knowledge, personality and goals to be downloaded onto another human body or even a machine, who could then go, live and walk in the world, would that new person be you?

These are the strange existential questions that become necessary to consider when faced with the unforgiving advance of technology. Are we even ready to answer them? Maybe we should first learn how to play nicely with other nations or subsist on a planet without depleting its resources, before we engineer machines that have the potential to save or destroy us.

—Jock Gilchrist,

—Marcin W. Cencek, mcencek@udel.edu

A TAKE ON TECH “How would you like to become one with a robot?”

Y o u might be hearing, “How would JOCK you like GILCRIST to become one with a robot?” used as a pick-up line sometime in the next few decades. According to many scientists, technologists and “futurists,” technology is progressing towards the development of computerized intelligence, which will be more intelligent than we are. That is, the apprentice becomes the master— in theory, these machines will have no need for us to continue improving them once they are smarter than we are because they will be able to improve themselves.

Such a moment, when artificial intelligence becomes greater than that of humanity, is called “the Singularity.” In the same way that pondering, “What’s outside the universe?” is futile, trying to

predict what will happen once we reach the Singularity is futile because we’re not smart enough to know what something smarter than us will do. The implications are enormous and mysterious.

Computers with superhuman intelligence could find solutions to issues like poverty, disease, hunger and energy consumption.

But they are just as likely to want nothing to do with humans—as one leading artificial intelligence theorist, Eliezer Yudkowsky, says, “The A.I. does not hate you, nor does it love you, but you are made out of atoms which it can use for something else.”

That sounds intimidating—so is it real? Is the Singularity going to happen, for better or worse?

Many say yes. Ray Kurzweil, who supposedly predicted the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989, the defeat of a human by a computer in a chess match in 1997 and the explosive growth of the Internet in the 2000s, is one of the main promoters of Singularity theory.

Kurzweil cites Moore’s Law, which says that the size of processing chips halves every two years. This pattern is comparable to the broader phenomenon of technological growth, as we see computer size and costs getting smaller and smaller, with memory capacity and processing speed increasing exponentially. Moore’s Law has proven eerily accurate, which says something about the possibilities of A.I. in the medium-term future.

But developing robots that walk amongst humans in an “I, Robot”-esque fashion is just one way of reaching the Singularity.

Also feasible is a method of bioenhancement, a la the 2011 film, “Limitless.” Kurzweil and others believe that, in the coming years, we will successfully reverseengineer the human brain, allowing us to reconstruct and improve it, leading to superhuman intelligence. Kurzweil has made other predictions which are slightly unsettling: machines

May 15, 2012

Day Trippin’:

With Kristen Dempsey

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Sipping tea at the British Bell Tea Room

Hello fellow UDelawareans!

I’d like to begin my reign as Day Tripper by ushering in the end of the school year with a fancy English afternoon tea. And what better way to do so than with the previous Day Trippin’ columnist and one of my best friends, Krista Connor. After recently returning from studying abroad in London , I figured I’d try to get people interested in different cultures and afternoon tea is a big part of British culture.

So I donned my favorite skirt and earrings and off I adventured to the great unknown of the British Bell Tea Room, located in People’s Plaza.

While waiting to be seated, patrons can browse through the hundreds of knickknacks, tea cups and saucers, grandfather clocks and china plates that are available in the gift shop in the front of the Tea Room . After I gave the hostess my name for my reservation, she led us through a curtained entrance as if it was a secret gate into a different era.

We were seated next to a large, crackling (well, I pretended it was crackling) fireplace at a round Victorian table with grand, thronelike chairs. In front of us were two mismatched tea cups and saucers with doilies underneath, both

which gave a very “Downtown Abbey” feel to the afternoon.

With a few different menus to look at and a plethora of teas to choose from, I finally ordered the Afternoon Tea, which is what I really wanted in the first place. It consists of a large pot of any type of tea you could ever imagine (I chose the English Breakfast tea), a giant—not to mention delicious— scone, three tea sandwiches of your choosing and an assortment of delectable desserts.

We were given the tea immediately and I dove in. I even forgot to put the loose leaf guard over my tea cup so a few leaves fell into it. I was just too excited; it was like being back in London again.

The food was delivered in a fancy, three-tiered tray and we were given China plates. Everything was just so classy, the way most things in life should be.

Sometimes, though, classy things are just too fancy for us awkward folk and we had a bit of trouble understanding how to eat some of the food. The desserts, although delicious once we finally figured out how to eat them, were especially peculiar. They were small, edible bowl-like things with jam and whipped cream in the center. Krista, very uncertain,

wondered, “How do I eat this? Do I eat it with a fork? I mean...I guess I just pick it up...” We tried picking them up, but figured out that a spoon was best for the job.

The scones were served with jam, lemon curd and clotted cream, which I thought was illegal in the States due to its disapproval by the FDA. I suppose I stand mistaken. In any case, all three condiments were delicious and I highly recommend putting clotted cream on your scone first and then adding the jam. That is, after you are able to slice the scone open: I had a bit of trouble cutting through the deliciousness of my scone, so pieces fell apart and flew off my plate. In my mind, I’m this charming, witty, elegant British belle, but with food flying off my plate, I tell Krista , “I’m not as dainty as I think I am,” and quickly wipe jam off my fingers.

Aside from that, the afternoon was quite a fancy experience. It was very reminiscent of my past semester in England and I enjoyed it entirely. I recommend trying a lovely afternoon tea if you ever get the chance.

—Kristen Dempsey, kdempsey@udel.edu

THE REVIEW/Kristen Dempsey

Kristen Dempsey enjoys a cup of tea at the British Bell Tea Room located in People’s Plaza.

artist OF THE WEEK:

Fashion Forward: The subject of fashion H a v i n g ambition has always been important to me. I grew up around incredible inspirations—a brother in the film industry and another brother Megan Soria in music—and though I was pretty much the last hope for the medical degree my parents prayed for, it turned out I couldn’t help but fall in love with creativity either. I’m lucky to have found a strong passion so early on—fashion has always been what I’ve wanted to do, but my specific goal doesn’t necessarily require a cookie-cutter plan. That being said, I can’t blame people for that assuming I’m a fashion major. “Oh, so you want to be in fashion, what are you studying?” they say. “I’m a European history major,” I reply, preparing my explanation.

There’s no surprise that the response has raised many confused eyebrows; and with jobs being so limited, it’s the worst answer to tell a parent.

Yes, learning the fundamentals of textiles and merchandising is great, and, if you want to be the next Coco Chanel, knowing how to sew is helpful too. But believe it or not, these skills aren’t completely necessary.

The fashion program is tough and I think fashion students are extremely underestimated. I have a great respect for all the fashion students out there who know what they love and are mastering their craft. But for the sake

of my dilettante mindset, history is my approach to fashion.

When I was in the fourth grade, my grandmother made me a gown out of maroon, gold and deep green silk taffeta for a history autobiography project. As the only little 9-year-old Asian in the class, Queen Elizabeth was a little tough to portray, but I managed to pull it off with the stunning gown and my nerdy fascination with Tudor England. Now that I think of it, my fashion taste probably developed from being such a huge historical film junkie. Costume designs in epic period dramas are the epitome of fashion.

Whether it’s Joe Wright’s “Pride & Prejudice” or Cate Blanchett’s fierce performance in “Elizabeth,” nothing compares to great period film.

I could watch Sofia Coppola’s adaptation of “Marie Antoinette” on mute and it would still have the same amazing effect. I find timeless inspiration in everything: the pastel color palette, gorgeous cinematography and the charming cakes and pastries. The Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2012 collection embodies a similar sweet aesthetic with a modern taste. I recommend wearing soft hues and ladylike silhouettes with edgy accents, like a moto jacket, to mimic the Vuitton 2012 look. Incorporate pretty collars—a trend that seemed to start in London last year and has spread everywhere today—into your wardrobe as well.

The British television period series “Downton Abbey” follows the lives of an aristocratic family upstairs and their servants who work below the estate. Though the plots

and writing are captivating on their own, I can’t help but be distracted by the amazing costume designs.

Intricate detail, stylish construction and impeccable taste drive the visual artistry of the show. The show’s wardrobe is outstanding both upstairs and down—that’s right, the servants’ pilgrim-chic housemaid uniforms are just as inspiring as those outfits worn by the family. High white collars, black dresses and the prim and proper aesthetic definitely had an effect on my personal wardrobe. Incorporate silk button-downs, ’20s inspired shift dresses and structured elegant coats to achieve a “Downton Abbey” look.

The stereotype that a fashion degree is the only route to working in the industry is fashion’s major misconception—pun intended. The masterminds behind the fashion house Rodarte, Laura and Kate Mulleavy, found 19th century art history and English literature more attractive than a degree from Parsons The New School for Design. America’s famous celeb stylist Rachel Zoe received a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts, while bridal guru Vera Wang studied art history at Sarah Lawrence College.

Inspiration comes from your own personal interests and whether they’re in business or psychology, that’s for you to decide. I encourage you to explore your interests this summer and draw fashion inspiration in everything from the exciting to the mundane. I’ll be collecting adventures in London to bring back with me for my last year— if I can bring myself to return.

—Megan Soria, megsoria@udel.edu

Jaclyn Feminella Best Coast, a lo-fi, surf rock duo, consists of Bobb Bruno and lead vocalist Bethany Cosentino.

The band comes from Los Angeles and they’re not afraid to be vocal about it. Their second full-length album’s release on May 15 under the label “Mexican Summer,” is a solid summertime soundtrack.

The album has a much more mature tone than their first release, “Crazy for You,” but the themes still center around love, specifically from Cosentino, as she tries to make up for past mistakes.

However, the duo maintains an upbeat tone by focusing on the carefree beach lifestyle that they successfully impose on the listener.

If it’s your first time listening to the record, try the tracks “The Only Place,” “Up All Night” and “Let’s Go Home.” On the second listen, pay attention to “Better Girl” and “How They Want Me to Be.” A solid improvement from their first release with much clearer quality, Best Coast dropped the lo-fi aspect from this album. Listening to some of their older, but still fun,

Best Coast tracks like “Crazy For You” and “When I’m With You,” it’s easy to see how they’ve grown emotionally and musically. With such a vast improvement from a couple of years ago, this band definitely has a future with room to grow toward new styles and themes.

Best Coast has previously toured with The Decemberists, but this time they’re headlining their own tour in support of their new LP, or pre-release, of a few songs from “Mexican Summer.”

They’ll be across the waters in June, but you can catch them at the Orion Music Festival in Atlantic City, N.J. on June 24.

They will also make their way down the East Coast in July and perform at Union Transfer in Philadelphia on July 16 and Terminal 5 in New York City on July 17.

Best Coast has good vibes and relatable ballads and, according to their website, they’re inspired by, “life, love and everything else.” Check out some of their music on www. bestcoast.us/ —Jaclyn Feminella,

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Reel Productions Film Society hosts 2012 campus film festival

BY HABIBEH SYED Staff Reporter

THE REVIEW/Mary-Kathryn Kotocavage

Senior Alise Morales, president of The Rubber Chickens, performs a skit with fellow Rubber Chicken member Jackson Phinney. The Rubber Chickens and Riot Act, improv groups on campus, had their final shows of the year this weekend.

The Rubber Chickens, Riot Act expand, engage audiences

BY SARAH BRAVERMAN Staff Reporter

This past weekend, The Rubber Chickens and Riot Act held their last performances of the school year. Both improvisational comedy clubs on campus say that attendance at events has risen over the years. Audiences now yield full houses, a dramatic increase compared to the small audiences that were commonplace a few years ago.

Sophomore Neil Redfield of Riot Act says he has noticed a higher crowd turnout. He says he has seen well-advertised shows bring crowds so large that the number of patrons exceeds the number of chairs, necessitating that audience members sit on the floor. He says he hopes that both audiences and the number of people who know about improv continue to grow.

The Rubber Chickens and Riot Act say they both welcome active audiences who will contribute to the shows by providing words and situations that determine the theme and structure of the skits.

Freshman Dillon McLaughlin of Riot Act says he believes that improv actors benefit from strong audience interaction.

“You can have realizations about yourself and the nature of humanity,” McLaughlin says. “We’ve realized that there’s a cyclical nature to our performances. You can learn a lot about human nature and yourself through an improv show unintentionally.”

Senior Alise Morales, president of The Rubber Chickens, has noticed an increase in the popularity of improve shows as well and stresses the importance of audience participation.

“For the most part, we want people who are interested in participating,” Morales says. “You need to get a person to come once and then they will come back.”

Morales says the appeal of improv shows is that they are intimate experiences between audiences and performers.

“Because everyone is aware that this is a one-time only thing and it will only exist for that night, you can tailor things to what they want and what they’re responding to,” Morales says.

Jake Meizell, a junior at Newark High School who attended The Rubber Chickens’ final show of the school year, says he has seen improv shows at the university in the past and plans to attend shows next year as well. He says he respects the performers and feels slightly intimidated by their talents. Meizell says he would consider attending a workshop dedicated to improv techniques.

Delaware Improv Club, founded last year by Morales and senior Ned Redmond, a Riot Act alum, offers weekly open improv workshops.

Different regional styles from the three major cities for improv— Philadelphia, New York and Chicago—are displayed in a casual, non-audition setting.

“We thought it would be good for people who don’t have the time to commit to one of the performing groups on campus,” Morales says.

“It’s an opportunity to still be able to do improv and still be able to learn about it without the pressure of being on a team.”

Redmond leads most of the workshops, which offer the basics of short-form improve, games and complicated long-form improv.

“The point of DIC is to get more people familiar with improv,” Redmond says. “The ultimate goal is to get more people to start improv teams.”

According to Redfield, practice is essential to improving as an improv actor. He says he thinks that it takes time to become comfortable improvising.

“I felt a lot stronger after I came back after my first year,” Redfield says.

Aside from structural rules of short-form and long-form improv, there is a lot of flexibility for actors, according to Morales. If a scene begins to fall apart, Morales says it is important for the actors to work together to figure it out.

“You can really do anything you want,” Morales says. “It’s the job of the other people on the team to try to help them; you don’t let them stand up there and fail.”

Redfield says the best scenes are the ones that people think they have messed up.

“Those scenes are perfect,” Redfield says. “The only mistake is thinking that you made a mistake.”

The Reel Productions Film Society showcased short independent films made by students and Newark residents at their annual film festival Thursday night at the Trabant Theater.

Senior Bruce Aldred, president of Reel Productions, says the event featured films that were each four to 10 minutes long. Reel Productions is a resgistered student organization for students interested in film and holds weekly meetings to encourage and develop creative film projects.

Aldred says the festival welcomed submissions from students and Newark locals alike.

“Anyone is welcome to submit short films, both students and the people who have made films in the area as well,” Aldred says.

The filmfest usually features 20 to 25 films, Aldred says. The films at the festival were of different genres and rarely followed a traditional plot line.

This year’s festival included independently made films like “Kidnapping the Panda,” “When I Find You” and “Shoot.” Nontraditional films included a hip-hop music video and “Miracle Water,” a comedic commercial advertising a brand of water.

The event had no admission cost and served movie snacks, including popcorn and ice cream.

Aldred says the event draws a large crowd.

“In the past, there have been anywhere from 60 to 90 students that attend the event,” Aldred says.

“It’s enough to showcase the films with a pretty good audience.”

Freshman Zach Bend, who was elected co-president of Reel Productions for next year, says he wants to expand the club and find new members.

Aside from advertising through the university as a RSO, the film club relies on growth by word-of-mouth.

“We try and have a lot of students who are involved invite their friends,” Bend says.

Junior Muriel Palanca starred in four short films, including a video for a lovesong about a couple separated

from one another called “When I Find You.” Palanca says a lot of work went into the film and she looked forward to the filmfest all year.

“It’s my favorite club. This is the club that I’m most committed to,” Palanca says.

The filmfest appeals to people with different interests in filmmaking, Panalca says.

“We come in with ideas and then we have people who like to edit and people who like to act,” she says.

The film “Backward” was a black-and-white film shot entirely of Bend walking backward around campus. Aldred says he thought “Backward” was one of the most interesting submissions this year. “[‘Backward’] is then played in reverse so the character is walking forward, but the context all remains backward,” Aldred says. “So that’s a pretty quirky one we have this year.”

Aldred says the filmfest’s audience is made up of all types of people from the university and he says he noticed a lot of people from the wart and communications departments, which offer film classes.

“Since the festival is open for the entire community, students come from a wide range of majors and colleges,” Aldred says.

English professor Harris Ross and alum and freelance writer Steven Leech served as judges for the filmfest and chose awards for the best productions. Awards included best comedy, best action or suspense, best drama, best special effects, best editing, best cinematography, best director, audience favorite and best overall film.

The judges chose Tyler Papineau’s “Video Games,” starring video game characters Princess Peach and Mario, for best overall film and best comedy.

Aldred says he was impressed by how well-made all the films were.

He says films were intended to be fun to watch, rather than of professional quality.

“It tends to be the best stuff that UD students make,” he says.

May 15, 2012

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Panel debates efficacy of KONY 2012

BY LAUREN CAPPELLONI Entertainment Editor

Stephanie Fitzpatrick, press secretary for former governor and congressman Mike Castle, Ralph Begleiter, director of the university’s Center for Political Communication, current students and alumni came to speak to students about the KONY 2012 campaign and the effectiveness of social media in advocacy.

The panel took place in the Trabant Theater Wednesday night as part of the fourth annual Discover.

Understand.Change event, says junior Thien-Chan Vu, a member of UD STAND, a genocide intervention group, and founder of DUC. The annual event is planned by leaders from different humanitarian groups on campus. Previous themes include children in conflict, conflict in Africa and peace.

This year’s theme is gender equality, says Vu. The clubs involved include UD STAND, Haven, Sage, UD Democrats, Uganda Untold and Model U.N. Vu says she began the umbrella group her freshman year as a way to allow the clubs to come together for a common cause. The groups had tables set up in Trabant food court earlier in the day to advertise their cause. On Friday they held a concert with three bands.

The discussion began with a showing of the 30-minute KONY 2012 film, made by the nonprofit group, Invisible Children, to raise awareness of Joseph Kony, leader of the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army. The video, directed by Invisible Children cofounder Jason Russell, went viral in early March and encouraged supporters to spread KONY 2012 posters around different cities on April 20 to create even more awareness in an event called “Cover the Night.”

After the screening, there was an informal discussion between students and the panel. Senior Philip Livingston, a political science major and Model U.N. member, and alum Tom Schrandt were also on the panel.

They say the video omitted important details about the conflict

in Uganda and the charity’s financial aspects. In addition, Vu, Begleiter and Livingston say they were in New York City the day after “Cover the Night” and did not see any KONY 2012 posters.

Begleiter raised the issue of truth in social media. He says that user-made videos are not edited by a credible source. He says he wants them to have standards of truth and accuracy.

“This demonstrates how easy it is to follow along with campaigns no matter how much truth is in it,” Begleiter says. “Which click on the internet is the one I should do something about?”

Begleiter also says that the video raised several points, but only offered solutions to one: supporting Invisible Children.

“The video is muddled as to what you’re supposed to do,” he says.

Livingston says the video was self-centered and ineffective because it focused on the platform and the creator before the actual issue.

“Calling attention to the media before the cause put a bad taste in my mouth,” Livingston says, “The use of ‘I’s’ and ‘we’s’ and the pictures of Jason Russell made it egocentric.”

The discussion also encompassed the second Kony 2012 video, which was made in reaction to the harsh criticism the first film received. The second video was not as popular as the original and Livingston says that might be because it gave more facts about the issue, but it was still not enough to properly inform people about the cause.

Schrandt says he wished someone else who was more professional and had goals to remedy the conflict had made the video.

“It has a lot of problems, but they moved the ball down the field,” Schrandt says. “The problem was there weren’t any other players on the field.”

Schrandt says the core problem is the lack of concrete steps that could be taken to solve the issue.

“It should have been a one, two punch,” Schrandt says. “Call your

representative, hang up.”

Fitzpatrick says she favored the video a little more than her peers, but still thinks there are some issues.

“At the end of the day, people know who Kony is,” she says. “It played on people’s emotions, spread misinformation and did not have a great spokesperson.”

A group that is involved with DUC, Uganda Untold, is affiliated with Invisible Children, but members did not attend the event. They prepared a statement that Vu read. In the statement, the advocacy group said the KONY 2012 campaign is legitimate and necessary and the Invisible Children organization is run in an atypical fashion. They say they think the video was successful in raising awareness and they encouraged people to do their own research in an unbiased way.

As host, Vu took an informal poll of how many people who had seen and shared the video, researched the cause or took action.

While many people watched some of the video, hardly anyone did more than that, she discovered in the poll.

Senior Paige Barton attended the event and says her political science class recently had a similar discussion about social media and she was interested in hearing differing opinions.

“It’s undeniable that this is a huge impact and implication for social media,” Barton says.

“It’s a positive campaign in that it made it possible for people in the future to do something similar. It had its flaws, but the method was effective.”

Vu says she thought the discussion was a good way to meet the panel and hear their opinions on the controversial issue.

“Social media is a double-edged sword,” Vu says. “It can get the word out, but the message gets lost.”

Begleiter says people are just grazing the possibilities of social media in humanitarian issues.

“Social media gives you a sense of power,” Begleiter says. “How will we use that power to accomplish something good?”

Fling: bands entertain on North Green Continued from page 1 Every May, SCPAB attempts to bring big name bands that will appeal to the majority of students on campus.

Senior Nicholas Bisignani, says he was familiar with Neon Trees, but not the opening acts, The Active Set and AWOLNATION. “I had never heard of the other two bands, but I love Neon Trees,” Bisignani says. “So when I heard they were playing, I was excited.”

AWOLNATION, an indie pop band out of Los Angeles, has recently been touring with Neon Trees. Their hit single, “Sail,” reached No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard Chart of Alternative Songs.

The Active Set is an indie band from Los Angeles with a post-punk, new wave feel to their music.

The lead singer of The Active Set, Matthew Stolarz, says that they started touring with Neon Trees after Glenn asked if they wanted to open for the band as they toured. He says that performing for Neon Trees’ fanbase is a good opportunity for The Active Set. “That’s part of why we were so excited to get this tour, because I know what kinds of fans they have,” Stolarz says. “They’re people who live it and that’s inspiring.”

Junior Laura Bloemeke says that she heard about the event from SCPAB, which also advertised using fliers and social media.

“I got the SCPAB emails [about the event] and as soon as I heard, I started freaking out because I love them both, Neon Trees and AWOLNATION,” junior Laura Bloemeke says.

This year, SCPAB chose to get feedback from students to help pick the performers.

“We decided to send out an online survey to all of the students,” Rasco says. “We gauged where all of the votes went and we decided who was in the top three and did our own work from there.”

Sophomore Simone Austin says she did not get to see the band she requested, but she still enjoyed the performance.

“I took the survey and voted for someone else, but I was still completely satisfied with who they picked,” Austin says.

Last year, the band Jack’s Mannequin performed .

Bloemeke says, “It’s hard to compare to Jack’s Mannequin last year because they’re different bands, but I think this one was so much crazier.”

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A panelist discusses the role of social media in the KONY 2012 campaign to raise awareness of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony.

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Mom’s Cooking Meets Lighter, Healthier Ingredients T h i s summer, in the comfort of scenic north Wi l m i n g t o n , I’ll be through with eating meals in impersonal dining halls and overpriced Rachel Nass Main Street coffee shops.

With the key exception of Chipwiches, my food will instead be prepared exclusively in a sunny kitchen. The grilled cheese will be free and the walls will be decked with awkward pictures of my childhood.

It’s a wholesome image, but going home also comes with a Russian novel of expectations, culinary and otherwise. Of course, the central expectation is that I will enjoy perfectly cooked and seasoned food, made with fresh ingredients.

With this superior quality of food, though, comes a style that does not score quite as high on the health scale.

As much as I love my mom’s cooking, it is difficult to ignore how alarmingly similar her recipe book is to that of Paula Deen, the bubbly Southern matriarch and reigning queen of blocked arteries. The more food I am exposed to, the clearer it becomes that the cooking tradition I was raised on can be summarized in three of Deen’s favorite words: fried, salted and buttered.

The Food Network superstar faces regular criticism and even derision regarding her Southern cooking, including an incredible

number of Internet memes devoted to the subject. The infamy of her calorie count is such that Deen’s son is currently paying his bills with another program that seeks to offer healthy alternatives to his mother’s tried-and-trues. Before I go home, I am eager to determine exactly where my family’s favorite food crosses the line from decadent to deadly so that I too can tweak my mom’s classics to new, healthier ones.

This summer, I expect to encounter buttery, melt-in-your mouth crab cakes topped with a creamy tartar sauce, flaky rhubarb pie with vanilla ice cream and, with a name that says it all, taco pie.

If something is not coated in salt and butter, it’s drenched in cheese, cream and sugar. Even spinach is a culprit in my house, fried and dripping with mozzarella and bacon. This food weighs you down; I often feel tired after eating dinner at my house, with so much of my body’s energy suddenly allocated to digestion.

Summer is the last time that I want to be weighed down by food; the Memorial to Labor Day season begs for all things light and energizing. My plan to renovate our recipe book begins with thinking carefully about how to make even the richest of my favorite meals light enough for the unbearable humidity of August in Delaware.

Moderation is an obvious fix. With a little restraint and by using spices to flesh out the flavor, salt and butter can be significantly reduced without sacrificing quality. The use of paprika or a side of hot sauce can turn an omelet, saturated in the infamous butter-salt duo, into a heart-healthy source of protein.

Sauces are my second point of interest. My kitchen would probably implode if I were to stop using olive oil or cheese in pasta, but I think it is possible to evoke the spirit of my mom’s seafood linguini with a lot less cream. Olive oil, white wine, pasta water, milk and cornstarch can easily imitate the consistency of a creamier pasta sauce.

I guess something would be missing from my coming-of-age if I didn’t somehow question the environment in which I was raised, including the food on my plate.

When I learned that some of my friends “don’t ever think” to butter their bread, I almost gasped: here are those exotic perspectives that college promised. That distinction alone gave me reason to reflect on the food I ate growing up. “Is someone wrong here?” I wondered.

I no longer think I have to choose. Another important part of growing up involves sifting through all of our experiences in order to form our own philosophies. I can’t help thinking that my mom is simply a better cook than anyone else’s. It is not just the salt and butter that makes her meals memorable, but the time that she allows a pot to simmer, the juiciness of her meat and her obsession with deglazing everything with white wine. I could never abandon all that she has taught me about cooking. While I’ll try to use salt in moderation over the summer and beyond, I know that I won’t hesitate to feed my own kids sausage on Sunday mornings. I also know that life is way too short to not to put butter on bread.

—Rachel Nass, rnass@udel.edu

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Sports in Review: 2011-2012 Best Varsity Team 1. Women’s Basketball The women’s basketball team achieved numerous firsts this past season, winning the CAA Championship and a NCAA tournament game. With a 31-2 record, including a perfect 18-0 conference record, the Hens finished the year ranked No. 14 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and reached as high as No. 8 during this year.

The team started 10-0 before losing to No. 5 Maryland. They rebounded by winning their next 22 games and earning a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament, the Hens’ highest seed ever. The Hens won their first NCAA tournament game with ease, defeating the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 73-42.

Junior forward Elena Delle Donne, Delaware’s first women’s basketball player to be named a first team All-American, led the country in scoring with 28.1 points per game.

She ranked 17th in rebounds per game, averaging 10.2. She was also named the CAA Player of the Year, with junior guard Lauren Carra being named a third team All-CAA player.

Delle Donne led the team in most categories and finished in the top 20 in numerous national categories.

Head coach Tina Martin won her 300th game at the school and was named CAA Coach of the Year for guiding the Hens to the conference title. The Hens ranked 29th in scoring offense and 35th in scoring defense.

They finished in the top 20 in several other categories as well, including rebound margin.

Though the Hens were ousted, 70-64, in the second round of the NCAA tournament by Kansas, hopes for next year are high. An estimated 11 players return as the squad looks to build on a record-breaking 2011-2012 season.

2. Men’s Soccer Men’s soccer had a historic season, winning the CAA championship for the first time and reaching the NCAA tournament. At 13-6-4, the Hens finished fourth in the CAA in the regular-season, but turned it on in the conference tournament.

The team upset No. 20 James Madison and No.18 Old Dominion to win the

CAA, beating both opponents on penalty kicks.

The Hens defeated Virginia in the NCAA tournament’s first round before losing to No. 4 UCLA in the following round. The team finished No. 27 in the final NSCAA/Adidas poll.

Senior midfielder Evans Frimpong was the National Soccer Coaches Association of America second team All-American and a finalist for the Hermann Player of the Year trophy. He was also named the CAA Player of the Year. Sophomore forward Roberto Giménez was first team All-Conference and senior midfielder Darren O’Connor was named third team All-Conference.

Sophomore midfielder Vincent Mediate received CAA Tournament MVP honors.

Frimpong led the team with 29 points and Giménez finished second with 27. Senior goalie Kris Devaux recorded six shutouts and had allowed 1.15 goals per game. The Hens look to defend their conference title in the upcoming 2012 season.

3. Volleyball

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The University of Delaware women’s basketball team huddles before a game against Drexel.

Best Female Athlete 1. Elena Delle Donne (basketball) This one is kind of a nobrainer. Delle Donne simply had one of the best seasons of any athlete, in any sport, in Delaware history. The numbers she put up were historic—28.1 points and 10.3 rebounds per game and 75 assists, 86 blocks and 39 steals this season.

But it wasn’t just her numbers that made the All-American stand out.

She put everything together to rack up multiple prestigious awards.

Delle Donne took home honors on the small scale—First Team AllCAA, nine-time CAA Player of the Week—and the big scale as a National Player of the Year finalist, academic All-American, First Team Associated Press All-American and many others. As she would say, more importantly, she led her team to its first-ever win in an NCAA Tournament game, with the Hens beating the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The Hens then fell in

a disappointing second-round loss to Kansas, but had accomplished more than any Delaware women’s basketball team in history.

Delle Donne didn’t make it that far alone. The rest of the squad turned out performances to earn Delaware a perfect league record and an eventual 31-2 overall record. Delle Donne’s presence on the floor and in the huddle made her teammates better.

She returns for her senior season next year, along with all but four of her teammates and a few promising newcomers. Delaware also hosts first and second-round NCAA Tournament games next season. Delle Donne and company have their sights set on a deeper run in next year’s national tournament.

2. Samantha Carnall (tennis) The senior star of the women’s tennis squad put together another impressive year in her last season

at Delaware. She racked up 18 singles wins, good for second on the team, and another 18 wins in doubles play with various partners.

Carnall already owns the record for most singles wins in a season with 30, but this year she took over as Delaware’s career wins leader when she won her 76th match in September.

She led her team to a 4-0 win in the first round of the CAA Tournament over Hofstra. The Hens then fell 0-4 to secondseeded UNC Wilmington. Carnall’s performances in her final season earned her a spot on the All-CAA singles second team. She was also named a Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American nominee.

Carnall also shares the record for most doubles wins in a season (35) with Megan Doran.

3. Alissa Alker (volleyball) and Lauren Carra (basketball)

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Elena Delle Donne looks for a teammate to pass to during the NCAA tournament. The Hens defeated University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 73-42.

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There are no more sporting events this year.

The Review sports section would like to thank you for your readership throughout the year. We try to provide you with the best coverage of all your favorite University of Delaware sports.

It was an incredible year sportswise for the Hens, with women’s basketball going to the national championships, and men’s club ice hockey winning a national championship. We hope you will join us for the 2012-13 athletic season.

Have a terrific and safe summer.

Go Hens!

Sincerely, The 2011-12 Sports Staff

henpeckings Softball: Delaware’s softball team played in the CAA Tournament on Thursday and Friday, losing both games to Hofstra and James Madison. The Hens led Hofstra on Thursday, 1-0, before Hofstra’s Krista Thorn brought in two runs in the sixth inning for the 2-1 win. On Friday, Delaware lost to James Madison, 6-3, in an elimination game.

Junior pitcher Chenxi Jiao and freshman infielder Jessica Gristler were named to the CAA All-Tournament team for 2012.

Jiao allowed just two runs on nine hits against Hofstra, while Gristler hit a solo home run during Friday’s loss to James Madison.

Baseball: Delaware’s baseball team played George Mason on Friday and Saturday at George Mason. While Delaware lost Friday’s game, 4-3, due to a ninth inning rally by George Mason, they came back in a big way during Saturday’s doubleheader. The Hens won the first game, 4-1, then exploded in the second to win, 11-6, to secure a CAA Tournament berth.

The CAA named senior right-hander Corey Crispell Pitcher of the Week on Monday. Crispell pitched a 2-0 record and a 1.13 ERA in his last two starts.

Men’s Golf: The CAA named senior Greg Matthias to the All-CAA Men’s Golf Second team. Matthias is one of only three Delaware golfers to play in all 12 tournaments this season, ending up fifth on the team with an average round of 76.62. He finished in the top ten twice, including a sixth place in the George Washington Invitational in Bethany Beach, Del. Matthias will play in the NCAA Regional in Ann Arbor, Mich.

He is one of ten individuals who will be competing at the regional from May 1719 at the University of Michigan Golf Course.

“A SUMMER OF BASEBALL”

BY RYAN MARSHALL Let’s take a look at the state of baseball before we leave you with our final issue this year. Everything seems backward.

Baltimore is in first place of the AL East, wait, Baltimore is in first place? Yes. The Orioles are a full game up on the Tampa Bay Rays and 2.5 games ahead of the New York Yankees.

Last year’s favorites to play in the World Series, the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox, are in last place in their respective divisions. And winter’s big spenders, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, are below .500 as well.

Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers is on track to break Barry Bonds’ singleseason home run record. He had nine home runs in the last seven games, including four

in one game against Baltimore. Finally, on Mother’s Day, the Angels learned how to contain him. Well, at least inside the park, Hamilton had three RBI’s and two hits in a 13-6 win and sweep of Los Angeles.

There are more storylines to watch this summer, however, besides Hamilton’s rise to the top from his alcohol and drug addiction a few years ago.

As I said, my team, the Phillies, are in last place in the NL East. Even the best pitching staff ever assembled needs a bullpen and more than one run a game to win. Cliff Lee went the on 15-day disabled list, but returned to throw a no decision against the Mets. Gee, thanks bullpen.

Seven bullpen pitchers have an ERA over 4.50. The team has lost Roy Halladay’s last five starts.

The hitting hasn’t been any better than the bullpen. Without Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, the Phillies have knocked in only 133 runs this year and have a .258 batting average. Now everyone knows the Phils are a second-half team, but there is some cause for concern. At least Jonathan Papelbon is 10-for-10 in saves.

But no one could be more disappointing than the Red Sox. Boston is 15-19 and no one needed a better start to the season more.

Boston’s collapse in September was one of the worst of all-time and they didn’t make the playoffs for the second time in a row.

After a complete upheaval of a new coach and general manager, Boston was poised for a great season with the talent on the roster. New head coach Bobby Valentine was brought in for Terry Francona, who lost control of the club. Reportedly, pitchers drank beer in the bullpen. Valentine was supposed to fix those problems, but now starting pitcher, Josh Beckett, who has an

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injured back, goes golfing the next day after missing a start.

The Red Sox have been without Carl Crawford all year. Jacoby Ellsbury moved to the 60-day disabled list and Kevin Youkilis is on the 15-day D.L. 34 games into the season and Boston may be looking at another early fall, especially with the upstart Orioles and Rays.

Even the Yankees haven’t even been able to control the AL East as usual. Losing Mariano Rivera for the season did help an already shaky bullpen for the Yanks.

However, New York is the likely team to overpower the young Orioles for the wildcard.

Baseball hasn’t had this kind of switch in the standings in the last few years. Even though some anticipatory fans may be disappointed, the current standings will set the stage for an exciting summer.

So with the baseball world upsidedown, hockey playoffs coming to an end and the sun setting on another spring semester, summer promises more than just tan lines and the beach, but it promises yet another thrilling summer of baseball. What teams will make their playoff run and what team will make history by completely blowing their playoff chances?

The outcome? I don’t know, but see you in the fall with all the answers.

Ryan Marshall is the managing sports editor at The Review. Send questions, comments and a bullpen for the Phillies to ryanmars@udel.edu.

Best Coach 1. Ian Hennessy (men’s soccer) When Hennessy took over the men’s soccer program in 2006, the team had not made a conference tournament or a winning record since 1996.

It had not reached the NCAA Tournament since 1970.

Prior to 2010, the Hens had not finished higher than eighth in the CAA since joining in 2002.

It took a little while for Hennessy to build up the program, but now Delaware is at the top of the CAA. It began last season when the Hens qualified for their first ever CAA Tournament before losing to top-seeded William & Mary in the semifinals with 30 seconds left in double overtime.

This year, the team reeled off seven straight wins to start the season and battled for a top seed in the CAA Tournament.

The Hens finished fourth and swept through the conference tournament before earning the biggest win in the program’s history, 1-0 at Virginia.

Hennessy led the squad to UCLA, who have one of the most successful programs of all time. The Hens lost 1-0 on a late

goal in the second half.

Hennessy’s formation of a 4-2-2-1-1 helped keep Delaware’s chances up in every game, no matter who it was playing. The Hens were strong at the back, had a perfect combination of John Dineen’s strength and Vincent Mediate’s finesse in the center of midfield and had Evans Frimpong and Roberto Giménez up top to score the goals.

2. Bonnie Kenny (volleyball) The most successful team, in terms of regular season and conference championships, over the past several years is volleyball.

The team has parlayed this success into a loyal following and will begin play in their new home down on South Campus in the Carpenter Center expansion.

Head coach Bonnie Kenny has overseen this program as it has risen to be a NCAA Tournament regular.

This year was no different than years past. The Hens rolled through the conference to earn the top seed and home court advantage in the conference tournament for the second

straight year. Just as in 2010, the Hens won both games to qualify for another NCAA Tournament.

It is Kenny’s fourth CAA crown while at Delaware.

She led the Hens into the 2012 NCAAs where they won

their first round game against American University. It is the second time Kenny has won a game in the NCAA Tournament.

3. Tina Martin basketball)

(women’s

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Ian Hennessy led the Hens to their first NCAA berth, but lost to UCLA.

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Best Male Athlete 1. Evans Frimpong (soccer) Senior midfielder Evans Frimpong leaves the men’s soccer program as its most accomplished athlete of all time.

He became the first-ever Delaware player to be drafted into Major League Soccer when the Chicago Fire selected him in the first round of the MLS Supplemental Draft in January. He also earned the CAA Player of the Year award, the first Delaware player to receive such an honor.

This season he led the team with 12 goals and 29 points.

The Hens, helped in large part

by Frimpong, had their most successful season in university history. They won their first CAA

Tournament Championship by winning three games in three days over Northeastern, James Madison and Old Dominion in the final.

Frimpong scored in the semifinal win over James Madison.

Their success carried over to the NCAA Tournament. Making their first appearance in the tournament since 1970, the Hens upset Virginia in double overtime in their first-round matchup.

The season took them to UCLA, where they eventually faltered 1-0.

Frimpong also became the first Delaware player to earn AllAmerican honors since 1984. He was named as one of 15 finalists for the Hermann Trophy, given to the

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Evans Frimpong recieves the ball in a game against James Madison.

top player in all of college soccer.

Besides being All-CAA, he was also named to National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-South Atlantic Region first team, as well as the Eastern College Athletic Conference second team.

Frimpong has since been cut by the Fire and, after trialing with the San Jose Earthquakes, he has signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League.

2. Gino Gradkowski (football) The other player to be drafted professionally this school year was Delaware offensive lineman, senior Gino Gradkowski.

Gradkowski joins fellow Delaware alum Joe Flacco on the Baltimore Ravens. Baltimore selected Gradkowski in the fourth round of the NFL Draft, with the 98th overall pick.

Gradkowski can play either center or guard on the offensive line and played both positions throughout this season. He was the second highest center taken in the draft and the fifth highest guard.

Gradkowski was named to virtually every All-American team and earned All-CAA honors this year for the second season in a row, the last Hen to do that was Charles Graves in 2009. It’s the first time an offensive lineman from Delaware was named all-conference in backto-back seasons since 1968.

He is only the second offensive lineman from Delaware to ever be drafted into the NFL. 3. Greg Matthias (golf)

Best Club Team 1. Men’s Ice Hockey The Delaware men’s club ice hockey team capped off its 40th season by winning the team’s first American Collegiate Hockey Association National Championship.

The team defeated Oakland University from Michigan, 5-1, in the final in Strongsville, Ohio on March 7.

In only his second season, Head coach M.F. Schurman guided the team to a 29-2-1 record and the Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESCHL) regular-season title. They finished No. 2 in the national rankings for club teams.

They won 15 of their last 16 games and beat No. 1 ranked Penn State in November.

Junior goaltender S.J. Broadt

is one of the team’s top players.

Broadt won the MVP at the National Championships, while he was playing with an injured foot. Broadt broke a bone in his toe during a regular-season practice, and was supposed to be out for six weeks.

However, he only missed the ESCHL playoffs, where Delaware lost to Rhode Island, 7-2 in the semifinals and came back in two weeks.

Four sophomore forwards have also made waves this season.

Christian Tasker finished second in the team’s scoring race with 44 points, 14 of them goals. Michael Piet scored 14 goals and 15 assists for 29 points and Chris Volonnino scored 11 goals and 14 assists for 25 points, including the goal that kept the team’s championship hopes

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The men’s ice hockey team poses with the ACHA Championship trophy.

alive. In the national championship quarterfinal game against Ohio University, the Hens were down 4-3 with seven minutes left in the third when Volonnino scored the tying goal. Finally, Mark Zeszut scored the winning goal after 29 minutes of overtime. Zeszut had 16 goals and 17 assists for 33 points.

2. Field Hockey The Delaware club field hockey team won their first National Field Hockey League Championship, in Virginia Beach, Va. The team was ranked No. 3 in the nation with a regular season record of 14-1.

On the first day of the tournament, the team beat Old Dominion, 4-3, Penn State, 3-0, and Maryland, 4-0.

In Sunday’s quarterfinal, the Hens beat Connecticut, 2-1 in overtime.

In the semifinals against Duke, Delaware won, 4-0. Their opponent in the finals was No. 1 ranked Virginia. The game was tied at two at the end of regulation when JaJa Kentwell, one of only two men on the team, scored the winning goal.

Kentwell comes from a field hockey background, with both of his parents playing for their national teams.

Including playoffs, Delaware’s overall record was 20-1, the best in the nation among club field hockey teams.

3. Women’s Ice Hockey and Men’s Lacrosse

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Roberto Giménez moves with the ball during a match this season.

Best Male Newcomer 1. Roberto Giménez (soccer) Spaniard Roberto Giménez, a sophomore forward, led Delaware’s soccer team, along with Evans Frimpong, all the way to UCLA this past fall. Giménez scored 10 goals in the 18 games he played. He was second in scoring, behind the CAA Player of the Year, Frimpong. Giménez led the team with seven assists and he won the CAA Rookie of the Year and Rookie of the Week three times.

Giménez’s highlights include scoring two goals and two assists at Navy and adding another goal against Canisius in the same week.

He was there again with a gamewinning goal against Georgia State the next week to make it two straight weeks as CAA Rookie of the Week.

Giménez was injured in October, but came off the bench against Drexel to score the Hens’ only goal of the game. He started the next game against Hofstra and scored two goals late, including one in the 89th minute.

Giménez scored his final goal of the year against UNC Wilmington to cap off a very successful first year for the Hens.

Giménez’s goals came in spurts for Delaware this year, but many of them were key goals to jump start the Hens attack.

Giménez and Frimpong found their chemistry in the middle of the year. In a crucial game against William and Mary with CAA tournament seeding on the line,

Giménez delivered the ball to the box near Frimpong, but went to Kyle Ellis instead, who passed to Frimpong for a bicycle kick past the goalie. The Hens will be without Frimpong moving onto the North American Soccer League next year, but have a junior that is ready to carry the load in Giménez.

2. Jarvis Threatt (basketball) Jarvis Threatt was included in the CAA All-Rookie Team for his successes this year. He was third on the Delaware men’s basketball team in scoring averaging 10.7 points per game. He led the team with 41 steals and started in two games. He was the Hens best player off the bench, playing in all but one game and averaged 23.9 minutes a game. He led the Hens in free throw percentage, hitting .818 percent of his shots.

Threatt was CAA Player of the Week four times and College Sports Madness CAA Player of the Week once. He made the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Freshman All-American Team.

Threatt broke out against Howard scoring 17 points, his highest total in the first 10 games. Against Georgia State, he put away 30 in a double overtime win.

Threatt is expected to play a bigger role next year on a team that only lost two players.

3. Kyle Anderson (basketball)

Best Female Newcomer 1. Caitlin McCartney (lacrosse) Freshman midfielder Caitlin McCartney was named to the CAA first team for women’s lacrosse this season. McCartney was also the CAA Rookie of the Year, becoming the first Hens’ freshman

to win the award since Nicole Flego won in 2007. She was also named the CAA Rookie of the Week three times this season.

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Female: Newcomers were numerous for Hens this year, Lucas and Richards tied for second, while McCartney scored her way to first place Continued from page 30 McCartney scored 35 goals this season, which is the most scored by a freshman at Delaware since 1981. Her 35 goals tied for the team lead with sophomore attacker Chelsea Fay. She added four assists, bringing her season points total to 39, the most by a freshman since 2007. She also led Delaware in ground balls with 37.

McCartney, of Doylestown, Pa., burst onto the scene with three goals in her first game as a Delaware player. She continued her hot start by scoring a season high five points against Villanova.

Her four goals and one assist helped give the Hens their first win of the season, an 11-7 victory.

She scored multiple points in all but four of the 15 games she appeared in this season.

McCartney recorded four goals in games against George Mason, Denver and Villanova. She scored three goals in three other games, as well as two goals in six more games.

Her average of 2.60 goals per game was eight most in the CAA this season. She averaged 2.62 ground balls per game, ranking

28th in the NCAA. The Hens will look to McCartney to lead the team next year and continue to perform at a high level.

2. Trumae Lucas (basketball) Junior basketball guard Trumae Lucas began her collegiate career at the University of Florida before transferring to Delaware last year. She sat out the 20102011 season due to NCAA transfer rules but was an important player in the Hens’ success this season.

Lucas led Delaware with 3.4 assists per game. She averaged 6.8 points and 1.1 steals per game in 33 appearances this season. Her 35 steals were the third most on the team.

Lucas was an integral part of the Hens team this season that won its first CAA title in school history.

Delaware reached the second round of the NCAA tournament where they lost to Kansas. The Hens will look to reach the NCAA tournament again next year and will rely on the experience of players such as Lucas.

2. Akeema Richards (basketball) Akeema Richards had a similar road to Delaware. She began her collegiate career at West Virginia University and sat out last season due to NCAA transfer rules.

The sophomore guard helped the Hens reach the NCCA Tournament with 6.2 points per game and 1.8 assists per game.

Much like Lucas, Richards started 32 games for Delaware. She was fourth on the team in rebounds with 146 rebounds.

3. Andrea Slane (golf) Andrea Slane was part of the women’s golf team that included only one junior. The other five players were freshmen.

The Hens finished in seventh place in the CAA Tournament April 22 at the St. James Plantation Golf Course, Southport, N.C. Slane finished fifth at the meet vs. Cal State Monterey Bay at the Black Horse Golf Course, Seaside, Calif. Delaware won the meet 321-308, it was their only first place finish of the year.

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McCartney (No. 8) jumps for ball off a faceoff against George Mason.

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