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Men’s soccer wins in overtimeSee page 28

College works to save sea turtle eggs

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Town & Gown committee formally dissolved

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Freshman students discover mold growth in RodneyBY NORA KELLY

Executive Editor When freshman Beatrice

Waesche’s mother moved her into her new Rodney E dorm at the beginning of the semester, she noticed a dirty, mold-like substance growing on the vents of the room’s air conditioning unit. Wary, she told her daughter to contact someone about the problem immediately.

But Waesche soon forgot her mother’s advice, and it was only until her floormates noticed mold growing in their own rooms—and began to

feel sick—that she inspected her own.

After finding white dots on her air conditioning vents, she reported the case to her resident assistant and quickly was evacuated from the room Thursday.

“I packed as if I was going on vacation from Rodney,” said Waesche, who moved into temporary housing in Smyth Hall that day with a towel, shower caddy and three outfits in tow.

Waesche’s room was one of 86 affected by mold and excess humidity within the Rodney Complex on West

Campus in the last week. Forty-three of these rooms, located in the Rodney A, C and E buildings, have since been cleaned, according to Mike Gladle, the director of the university’s department of environmental health and safety, which has spearheaded the cleaning efforts.

This is the second time this semester that mold has been discovered in student residence halls. Mold has been found in 55 of the 150 rooms in the Ray Street Complex since late September, and students

Perkins evacuated after reported threat

BY TOM LEHMANManaging News Editor

Senior Brandon Granados could tell something was amiss in the Perkins Students Center last week.

Shortly before the Capoeira Club began practicing on Oct. 10, the group’s president noticed several police officers stationed at the building’s entrance and exits.

As the group, which practices Afro-Brazilian dance and martial arts, prepared to wrap up the meeting, Granados and the club members were told by officers that the group needed to leave the building earlier than expected.

“I went up to one of the officers and asked him why we were getting kicked out,” Granados said. “He said, ‘You’ll find out soon enough’ and that it was for our own safety.”

The evacuation orders came after a Newark resident, 51-year-old Wendell Fisher, allegedly made terroristic threats regarding students inside the student center, according to University police Chief Patrick Ogden.

Ogden would not comment on the nature of the threat, but said

Fisher had threatened to harm the building’s occupants, prompting increased police presence at the location and an early closure of the student center.

“At 9 o’clock we made an assessment and decided to close the building early,” Ogden said.

He said Fisher was arrested Friday on two counts of terroristic threatening. The Newark resident made the calls from two different locations within the city. Ogden said surveillance footage helped police identify the suspect, whose activity was captured by one of the cameras.

Ogden said Fisher, who was formerly incarcerated, was in violation of the terms of his parole at the time of last week’s incident. Investigators discovered the suspect had a connection to the student center, but could not release further details.

University police officers initially arrived at the scene late in the afternoon after Perkins employees reported receiving threatening phone calls.

After securing the building’s

Cosby reflects, jokes with sold-out crowd See page 18

File photoMold has been found in 86 rooms within the Rodney Complex.

University police charge Newark resident with two counts terroristic threatening

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October 18, 20112Letter from the Editors

A squirrel munches on a discarded apple on The Green last week.

Carly-Ann Cropper, a former university student, teaches a hula-hooping class at Mojo Main Satur-day.

Students sell TOMS shoes in the Perkins Student Center last week.

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Newark dissolves Town & Gown committeeBY GINA SERRA

Staff Reporter Newark City Council decided

to disband its Town & Gown committee, which has been used as a forum for students and citizens to communicate. As of late, there had not been any significant discontent between the city and the university that would require a mediated assembly, so the committee was dissolved.

District 2 Councilman Jerry Clifton said the committee was more important during the late nineties and in previous decades, but had lost its relevance in recent years.

Clifton said council members could form new committees to address specific conflicts between the university and Newark.

“Just as we had alcohol issues in 1999, when five people were killed on Chapel Street, what did we do?” Clifton said. “We put together an ad hoc to help with that issue and once that issue was finalized and we had a direction, we put it to rest. I think that’s the direction we need to take with the Town & Gown.”

Council members also cited the absence of university students at committee meetings.

District 5 Councilman Ezra Temko said he thinks the university community displayed a lack of interest and the relationship between students and city council was poor.

“Do we have a partner? Not necessarily right now. So the other

question is what do we do about that?” Temko said. “It sounds like there are some good conversations happening between certain people in a non-public setting, but what we really do need the university to do is step forward as a partner here.”

Some council members said they provided the student body with opportunities to be involved in the local government, but few students, including representatives of the Student Government Association have taken interest.

City council meetings regularly have a time slot for students to take the floor and address the panel. However, students rarely attend meetings or speak about the relationship between the city and the university.

Mayor Vance A. Funk III said the committee’s removal resulted from the absence of student representatives. Some members of the committee said they wanted a response from students, but did not receive one.

“I think the administration’s response is the representative they are sending is as a high level as they are willing to send,” Funk said. “She’s been to a couple meetings and missed a couple meetings and when she comes, she always leaves after an hour. So without the people there, I feel like I’m spinning my wheels here.”

Rick Armitage, director of state and community relations at the university, thinks that city council’s decision reflects positively on the relationship between Newark and the university.

“The ordinance was really created by the city and we were happy to continue if they wanted to,” Armitage said. “We’re happy they feel comfortable enough with the relationship that we can put this on the shelf. That’s a compliment to people working with the city, people in different departments and the university.”

Senior Molly Sullivan, president of the Student Government Association, believes that university students have a positive relationship with the city. A lack of communication problems has not necessitated regular student representation at committee meetings, she said.

“The council is always there and they are always open to us, so I don’t think sidelining the committee is a big issue,” Sullivan said. “If the students and the university feel that the connection is broken, both parties will want to bring the committee back but right now, I know we can shoot the mayor an email and he would be willing to respond.”

Though Sullivan said she was willing to attend the meetings this year. The mayor is still skeptical of her participation in regard

“We don’t know if she’ll come to the second one because last September, we were able to get five or six people from the student body and we had a really nice discussion,” Funk said. “They all agreed to come back and we never saw them again.” File photo

Newark City Council members say students rarely attended Town & Gown meetings, which were held once a month.

Stink bugs resurface in fewer numbers this seasonBY ALLISON KANE

Staff Reporter

After losing as much as 60 percent of his apple yield last fall because of stink bugs, Nathan Milburn hopes this season will fare better.

The owner of Milburn Orchards in Elkton, Md., said he expects to lose another 20 percent this year because of the insects, which re-emerge during the fall.

“It’s nothing compared to what it could have been if we weren’t dealing with them,” Milburn said.

As temperatures drop and seasons change, stink bugs have resurfaced in the environment, irking many university students and frustrating farmers.

Formally known as the brown marmorated stink bug, the shelled insect is an invasive species that came to the U.S. from Asia 15 years ago. The bugs harvest inside warm spaces during autumn, causing them to seek shelter in residence halls in addition to damaging crops.

Some farmers, such as Milburn, are collaborating with the Department of Agriculture to research find methods decrease stink bug infestation. His orchard is one of seven national locations involved in this research.

Milburn hopes the agency’s research will produce a way to prevent the insects from damaging local crops.

“Last year was overwhelming,”

Milburn said. “We were not trying to fight them because we didn’t know what the damage was going to be.”

He said the USDA is currently testing the use of pheromones to lure the stink bugs into traps, rather than using other methods of removal, such as killing them with chemicals.

Milburn said the strong pesticides that effectively kill the stink bugs also kill insects that benefit the environment. A solution so far is the use of pheromones and what Milburn calls “soft pesticides.”

“Everybody thinks farmers are just out spraying anything they can,” Milburn said. “That’s not necessarily true because that’s not an answer.”

Though the creatures are beginning to reappear indoors, some experts say the amount of stink bugs present in the area has decreased this season, compared to last fall.

Brian Kunkel, a university entomology specialist who is researching stink bugs with the university’s Cooperative Extension, said it is difficult to measure the overall insect population because they change their locations seasonally, making it a challenge.

Currently, most of Kunkel’s research is geared toward solutions for agriculture, but will eventually expand to homeowner control options. “There’s a lot about the biology of the bug that we just don’t know yet,” Kunkel said.

Kunkel said the most effective way to dispose of stink bugs found

indoors is to place them in a Ziploc bag and freeze them instead of crushing them, which will produce a foul odor.

Despite a decrease in appearance this fall, some students have been irked by the return of the insects in their residence halls.

David Singleton, vice president of university facilities and auxiliary services said the department had received 53 calls about stink bug complaints last year, but as of last Friday, there were only seven calls this semester.

Although stink bugs do not pose a dangerous threat to students, junior Kelsey Jonas, a Sussex Hall resident, thinks the insects are pests and cause disturbances in her dormitory.

“They’re just really gross,” Jonas said. “They’ll fly right at you and land on you.”

Sophomore Shelby Listokin said she often sees the bugs swarming the window of her 12th floor apartment at Christiana Towers.

“Even though it has a screen, we never open it because we’re afraid of the bugs getting in,” Listokin said.

Kunkel said students should seal up any holes around windows, air conditioners and vents.

“The holes don’t need to be big,” he said. “The critters are small.”

File photoStink bugs are an invasive species that came to the U.S. from Asia approximately 15 years ago.

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THE REVIEW/Amelia WangThe Hens sprint onto the field at Delaware Stadium at Saturday’s game against UMass.

Robbery reported at Margherita’s PizzaA robbery occurred at Margherita’s Pizza last

week, according to Newark police spokesman MCpl. Gerald Bryda.

An unidentified person entered the restaurant through the rear glass door between 12 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 10 after breaking and dislodging it from its frame, Bryda said.

Upon inspection of the restaurant, workers discovered several hundred dollars in cash had been removed, Bryda said.

The eatery was dusted for fingerprints, and evidence was collected and handed over to detectives for further analysis and investigation

The charges would be third-degree burglary, theft under $1,500 and criminal mischief under $1,000. There are no suspects at this time.

Man assaulted on Paper Mill RoadA man was assaulted in front of Timothy’s of

Newark on Paper Mill Road early Saturday morning, according to Newark police spokesman MCpl. Gerald Bryda.

At approximately 12:30 a.m., the victim reported to officers that he had been punched and kicked on the ground by several suspects in front of the restaurant, Bryda said.

As the victim was leaving Timothy’s that night, he was confronted by several individuals who claimed they recognized him from a previous encounter.

After telling them he thought they had mistaken him for someone else, he was punched in the face and knocked to the ground.

The victim, who received minor injuries and did not seek medical attention, believes he was mistaken for someone else, Bryda said.

Charges would be third-degree assault. There are no suspects at this time, and the case is pending further investigation.

Bicycle thefts reported in NewarkTwo incidents of bicycle theft were reported last

week, according to Newark police spokesman MCpl. Gerald Bryda.

The first theft occurred at 2:25 p.m. on Oct. 10 in front of the 500 building of the University Courtyard Apartments, Bryda said.

A witness called Newark police and reported that two men, who appeared to be between 50 to 60 years old and homeless, were allegedly tampering with two bikes in front of the building.

They were last seen walking near the office of the Courtyards with two bicycles, he said.

The second incident was reported the next day, and occurred in front of the 400 building of the same apartment complex.

While there were no witnesses for the second incident, both thefts are believed to have occurred within the same time frame and might be connected, Bryda said.

The charge would be theft under $1,500. There are no suspects at this time.

—Martin Martinez

University director of state and local government relations to retire

The director of state and local government relations for the university since 1988, Rick Armitage, will retire on July 6, 2012. Armitage, a university alumnus, is stepping down after 24 years on the post.

He began working for the university’s government relations department in 1986, serving as assistant to the vice president for government relations. He took his current position two years later.

Before Armitage worked in government relations, he was a member of university law enforcement, starting in 1972.

Faculty Senate set to discuss viability of proposed schedule changes

Two university Faculty Senate committees will conduct an open hearing regarding the proposal of a pilot program that will incorporate 75-minute classes into a Monday-Wednesday cycle.

The program is designed to last three years and will be evaluated during that time. The open hearing will be held Monday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Smith 130.

University IT fair to be held Wednesday

The university will hold an IT fair

Wednesday in the Trabant University Center multipurpose rooms from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Attendees will learn to use university-based technology such as UD Capture, the UD video annotation tool and Sakai. The fair will feature stations allowing participants to demonstrate the various technologies.

The fair also welcomes those who have IT questions to be answered by experts in each piece of technology’s field.

Attendance is open to all and a buffet lunch will be provided. Registration is not required, but those planning to participate are encouraged to sign up in advance.

Tuesday, Oct. 18UDress’ sixth annual Fall Fashion Event

7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Trabant Multipurpose Rooms

Wednesday, Oct. 19National Agenda Series: Joe Slade White and Valerie

Biden Owens7:30 p.m., Mitchell Hall

Thursday, Oct. 20Author Angela Davis to speak for Department of Black

American Studies department6:30 p.m., Mitchell Hall

Friday, Oct. 21Three Voices faculty artist recital

8 p.m., Gore Recital Hall

Saturday, Oct. 22Art Under the Stars festival

7 p.m. to 9 p.m., North Green

Sunday, Oct. 23Alpha Kappa Alpha: Making Strides Against Breast

Cancer Walk8 a.m., Rodney Square in Wilmington

Monday, Oct. 24Actress America Ferrera to speak

7 p.m., Trabant Multipurpose Rooms

review this Oct. 20, 1981 - Senior John Hadfield began teaching a clown class for students, which included instruction in the art of unicycling.

October 18, 2011 5

Politics Straight, No Chaser

Update: ‘Occupy’ protests spreadTwo weeks ago, this column

discussed what was then a fringe crop of protesters who had taken over a small park near Wall Street in New York City. The idea that had become known as Occupy Wall Street was only just spreading to other cities and towns across the country, but news coverage remained weak and limited to allegations of misuse of force by the police in viral videos circulating the Internet. It made for eye-catching stories for local news shows, but substantive reporting was lacking.

The national media was slow to react and take these protests seriously. Significant coverage didn’t begin on stations like MSNBC, the Fox News Channel and CNN until about a week ago. Few thought these protests had a chance to take hold, but they have spread to nearly every major U.S. city and at last week’s end, had gone global.

The protesters call themselves the “99%,” a play-off of the statistic that 1 percent of the United States’ population controls over 40 percent of its wealth. With so many people falling into the proverbial 99 percent, it is no wonder their cause has spread so rapidly.

Yesterday marked the one-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. That makes one full month of protestors living in New York City’s Zuccotti Park and elsewhere, and the organization has netted $300,000 in contributions. In addition, donations of food, gear and other essential supplies continue to pour in from across the country.

So, what does it mean to “occupy Wall Street?” Well, those occupying Wall Street are actually occupying Zuccotti Park, which, as it turns out, is not actually on Wall Street. It is a large square of foliage surrounded on all sides by concrete, glass and skyscrapers located about two blocks northwest of the famed financial trading hub, whose practices the movement is so vehemently against. Tarps and tents make the grass hard to see, and the park is filled to capacity with people. Some have described it as resembling a shantytown or a well-organized homeless encampment. Saturday and Sunday saw the rallies swell during the day to nearly reach the World Trade Center site, another two blocks away.

The protesters have had to give in to certain demands by the New York Police Department. One of those demands prohibits the use of microphones or any kind of amplification devices, so the occupiers have created an interesting tactic to combat this policy. One person will yell instructions or chants of protest, and then the hundreds standing around that person will repeat it for all to hear, emulating a human megaphone.

It came to light over the weekend that Zuccotti Park is actually private property that is open to the public. The park’s owners, who have a maintenance agreement with the city, have threatened the occupiers with eviction, so the protest organizers have been careful to keep demonstrations

calm, orderly and as clean as possible. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced last week that the park would need to be evacuated for cleaning and that people would not be let back in with any kind of sleeping gear or supplies. After suspicions that this was simply an attempt to try and disrupt the protests’ progress, Bloomberg backed off on this threat. The park’s owners likewise agreed to let the protesters stay.

Regardless of political views, it appears the Occupy Wall Street movement is here to stay. Predictions that it was going to fizzle out as people lost interest or the weather turned foul have proven to be wrong. Even if the protesters are eventually kicked out of Zuccotti Park, the message has been sent and the movement has begun, and will continue to permeate elsewhere.

Some say that the demonstrators need to establish a defined and coherent message in order to have a real effect on policy. Others say the loose organization and lack of a specific set of demands will actually work towards the movement’s success. The protesters are clear: this is not about one specific policy or issue and it is not a political rally. The people are sick of an establishment that consistently puts the needs of “1%” behind those of the “99%.”

The occupation is a demonstration of the “99%’s” power in numbers over the “1%” in a liberal democratic society.

These protests closely resemble the beginning of the Tea Party movement in early 2009. The Tea Party did not begin as a political party or faction, but as a series of protests from people who had been hit hard by the floundering economy and blamed the government for their troubles. Since 2009, the Tea Party has been usurped by ultra-wealthy conservatives who saw the movement as a means to form a new political faction and elect candidates with their backing.

The big question is whether the wealthy liberals on the other side of the aisle will move to back the Occupy Wall Street cause financially, or if the demonstrators will even allow it. Then we might see the protest become increasingly political and truly mirror the path of the Tea Party.

For now, it appears Occupy Wall Street is content with remaining a different kind of movement, one supported by more grassroots means. With more than a year until the highly anticipated presidential election, they have plenty of time to decide just exactly what they want to be.

—Matthew Friedman, mjf@udel.edu

@MattJFriedman

Matthew FriedmanCourtesy of Hanna Madsen

Protesters gather in Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park Friday for demonstrations.

UD grads ‘occupy’ Wall St.

BY HANNA MADSENStaff Reporter

NEW YORK—A sea of people roamed among makeshift tents of blue tarp and cardboard, as protesters debated and demonstrated about the economy, banks and big business.

Jared Weintraub, a 2011 university graduate, was among Friday’s attendees in Zuccotti Park, the headquarters of the occupy Wall Street movement in Manhattan’s Financial District.

“[The protest is a] completely unique thing that’s new–that’s never happened before,” Weintraub said. “It’s just totally crazy.”

The movement began with a wall post on Adbusters.org calling for 20,000 people to protest corporate greed in late August. But it wasn’t until Sept. 17 that activists began setting up a permanent camp in Zuccotti Park.

The protesters have no appointed leader or official demands. They have focused on the country’s wealth gap, the power of corporations and environmental and educational reform, among other issues.

“Occupy” protests have recently appeared in Chicago, Philadelphia and other cities across the country and in many major international cities like London and Sydney. Closer to the university, an Occupy Wilmington event was held Saturday in Rodney Square.

“You know, we have a recession and two wars going on, and people are sitting on their couches and playing videogames,”

Weintraub said. “But these people—they are actually doing something.”

Weintraub first heard about the movement through news outlets and social media, and began visiting Zucotti Park a few days a week to get a sense of the movement. He said he does not visit to protest economic policies. Rather, he likes to listen in on the different conversations around the park.

“It gives me some kind of hope,” Weintraub said. “It’s a cool kind of thing because people from all over are really listening to each other.”

The protest’s base camp runs day-to-day operations. An arts group hosts poetry nights and puppet-making, a kitchen group provides nightly meals and a “comfort group” gives out tarps, sleeping bags, socks, sweaters and jackets.

One of the working groups is designing a constitution with the protesters’ official demands, which include asking Congress to raise taxes on the wealthy and reinstating certain banking regulations.

Roshan White, a 2011 graduate and private music teacher in New York City, said he has protested for campaign reform five times on Wall Street.

“I think it’s something that will change everything,” White said. “Just the idea that someone’s ideas can be broadcasted louder because they have a pile of money behind them—it’s so wrong.”

White said he appreciates the movements’ efforts.

“It brought back the focus to bank bail outs with these people controlling so much while these people control so little,” White said.

Saul Hoffman, chair of the economics department, said he approves of the protests because they challenge big business on Wall Street.

“We know most of the problems are caused by a combination of Wall Street stupidity and greed,” Hoffman said.

Hoffman cited unemployment rates as an important factor in the demonstrations. 9.1% of the labor force remains unemployed, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“For them, the clock is ticking,” he said. “They want to have a job, a house, get a start—and you just can’t get a start anymore. Their dreams are on hold.”

Public policy professor John McNutt, who studies social movements, said Occupy Wall Street members are the left-wing version of the Tea Party.

“Politics now ain’t what it used to be,” McNutt said. “I think this is all a larger response to the gridlock in traditional government.”

Frustration and the use of social networks, not individual leaders, provide momentum to Occupy Wall Street and he Tea Party, McNutt said.

“Everyone thinks it’s all about Wall Street,” Weintraub said. “But it’s a melting pot of frustrations.”

‘It’s a melting pot of frustrations,’ alum says

October 18, 20116

University community members weigh in on recent gun carry laws

BY LAUREN PITRUZZELLOStaff Reporter

As federal courts prepare to examine the legality of guns in churches, the debate surrounding the possession of firearms in public settings, including college campuses, has been reexamined by some Americans.

Shootings at Delaware State University and Virginia Tech University in 2007 have spurred questions about allowing guns on college campuses.

Kurt Mueller, a regional director of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, said the only way to stop armed criminals is to allow responsible citizens to be armed as well.

Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, a national organization advocating for concealed carry laws for college campuses, was founded shortly after the Virginia Tech shooting. Mueller said restricting the number of locations permit holders can carry their weapon presents dangerous circumstances.

“You’re creating a situation where the only people that are going to have weapons on campus are criminals,” Mueller said.

This summer, Wisconsin and Mississippi legislatures adopted policies allowing those with concealed weapon permits to carry guns onto public college campuses. On Oct. 3, Oregon overturned rules

within its state university system that prohibited guns on campus.

While the state of Delaware has not passed legislation regarding weapons on college campuses, university police Chief Patrick Ogden said the school prohibits all students and faculty from carrying weapons on campus.

Ogden said he believes a greater number of people possessing guns on campus would increase the risk for students, since weapons can be stolen and make their way into the hands of criminals.

“The more guns you have, the greater the likelihood of accidental or even purposeful injuries,” Ogden said.

He understands the argument for firearm possession as a means of self-defense, but believes students shouldn’t feel the need to interject themselves into a conflict and risk their own safety or the safety of others.

“There might be very well-intentioned students who would never dream of hurting anyone, but they still put themselves at such a greater risk,” Ogden said.

Constitutional law professor Wayne Batchis said the only Supreme Court precedent self-defense acknowledges the right to possess a weapon in the home, while school environments are considered more sensitive and require more scrutiny.

Batchis believes the Second

Amendment should not be taken as a sweeping right to possess a gun in every situation.

“No constitutional principle, as important as it may be, is absolute,” Batchis said.

Senior Garrett Jenkins, president of the College Republicans, said guns can make people less vulnerable to assault. He supports the mission of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus and believes carrying a firearm could help students protect themselves from criminals.

“You’re pretty much like a sitting duck when you’re following the laws,” Jenkins said. “Criminals don’t do that. They don’t follow the laws.”

Junior Michelle Dickerson said she would not feel safe with a policy allowing guns on campus. She believes some students could have legitimate reasons for carrying weapons, but thinks the risks of accidental injury outweigh any potential benefits.

“If they’re not trained, they could end up really hurting bystanders,” Dickerson said.

Freshman Courtney Taylor said she thinks worrying about safety on campus should not lead to dramatic protective measures.

“It shouldn’t result in feeling a need to carry a gun or a knife on campus,” Taylor said.

New study abroad director appointed

BY BRIDGETTE NEALONStaff Reporter

Business professor Matthew Robinson will serve as the new director of the Institute for Global Studies, and the institute will receive the guidance of a new research board.

Robinson began as director on Sept. 1, replacing former director Lesa Griffiths.

“I think global is a major part of the overall university’s strategic plan,” Robinson said. “I’m excited about the opportunity to be involved with promoting that global agenda through our students and faculty.”

He said most people view global studies as education within an American context, but he wants students to be more knowledgeable about foreign countries themselves.

Robinson said students should familiarize themselves with other cultures, because today’s job market often requires interaction with foreign nations.

“I truly believe that in the world we live in today, every student should have an international experience,” Robinson said.

Robinson has experience abroad, as he became involved in a coaching education program in Turkey eight years ago. His experience expanded to other countries, and he recently created a program focusing on Olympic

coaches. He currently works with nearly 100 coaches from 40 different countries.

Deputy Provost for the university, Nancy Brickhouse, who led the search for a new director, is working with other members of the Global Research Consortium, the newly-created research board that will consider improvements to the department.

The board will identify a short list of the department’s strengths, and then work to enhance those areas.

“We’re going to find our strongest areas in Global Relations and work to make them even stronger,” Brickhouse said. “It’s going to create a better outcome than just focusing on a bunch of aspects.”

The university was the first in the country to offer a study abroad program 75 years ago, and now runs over 70 programs annually.

Nancy Guerra, associate dean for research of the College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed head of the Global Research Consortium over the summer. Once established, the new committee will analyze the program’s strengths within the research department and focus on those areas, she said.

“It’s going to make [the Institute for Global Studies] a lot stronger in the long run,” Guerra said. “It’s going to help so much with our global agenda.”

UD recognizes Nat’l Coming Out Day

THE REVIEW/Nick WallaceHaven, the on-campus LGBT student group, placed rainbow flags on The Green Oct. 11 to recognize National Coming Out Day. “Coming out” as a gay individual is considered a rite of passage in the LGBT community.

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THE REVIEW/Amelia WangSanta Fe owner Javier Acuna hopes the new bar area will bring in more customers.

Santa Fe to stay open ’til 1 a.m.

BY GINA SERRAStaff Reporter

Santa Fe Mexican Grill will soon feature late-night hours and a bar area.

Newark City Council passed a motion during their Oct. 11 meeting allowing the restaurant six stools at their back service bar, and permitting operation until 1 a.m.

“We are excited for this next step, to bring more employment and for people to see more of our place,” said Javier Acuna, owner of Santa Fe.

According to Acuna, the restaurant first sought the inclusion of a bar area seven years ago. He thinks the proposal’s approval took years to resolve because of constant modifications to city legislation.

“The city has been changing and the rules have been changing,” he said. “I think the city has become more business oriented and they are making sure they can enforce laws and prevent any possible problems.”

Roy Lopata, director of Newark’s planning and development department, said he thinks the approval will lead the city in the direction of standardizing alcohol rules for restaurants in downtown Newark.

“We have changed alcoholic beverage regulations on so many occasions that almost every restaurant has different standards,” Lopata said. “This is part of the effort to standardize the regulations, so at least going forward we will try to reduce that by having the same set of rules for everybody who has a restaurant in the downtown area.”

Acuna expects the bar stools will bring in more customers, but he does not know if the establishment will become a nighttime hotspot for the community.

Senior Sam Rivera said she would attend Santa Fe more often with an increase to its bar space, because the current sit-down style isn’t what she looks for on a weekend night.

She thinks it will take the restaurant some time to make a name for itself as a bar. Santa Fe brings in students with its margarita specials, but Rivera believes they will need something more to entice customers at night.

“I feel like if Santa Fe becomes as popular as other bars, it will probably be a while, unless they have something special to offer that nobody else has,” Rivera said. “It’s kind of far down Main Street, but I guess an advantage is that it would be the only Mexican place.”

Newark approves new hours, bar space

SGA announces proposal to overhaul advising system

BY SAMANTHA TOSCANOStudent Affairs News Editor

The Student Government

Association announced its intention to modify the student advisement process at an Oct. 11 meeting.

Senior and SGA president Molly Sullivan, said the advising system is unclear and needs to be changed so advisers can be easier to contact and students can be better informed of their degree progress and graduate on time.

“Sometimes it is really hard to find your adviser and sometimes the advisers make great professors and not so great advisers,” Sullivan said. “We want to fix the system, starting with [UDSIS], so students can make sure they know what classes to take.”

Sullivan said the first step is to make UDSIS, the university’s registry website, more accessible for students.

SGA vice president and senior Jessica Ma said they hope to begin reformatting the website in the near future. She said the web page’s current design does not provide students with an easy way to determine their degree progress.

“People have different advisers throughout college so we are trying to counter this by making a change to UDSIS so students can see their transcript and other information and a more

simplified version of their degree process,” Ma said. “It would be another alternative for students.”

In addition to updating UDSIS, Sullivan said SGA is also working on creating college advisory boards, which are student-run committees that will act as SGA’s liaison to the deans

of university’s seven colleges.Sullivan said the executive

board hopes to have members from college advisory boards, including a member representing the Honors Program, present at the meetings by the end of December.

“[Ma] and I are meeting with all the college deans to create student committees within the colleges to give the dean’s feedback,” Sullivan said. “These committees would then elect a senator to come to our meetings.”

In addition to the announcement of future SGA plans, the body’s director of public relations, junior Michelle Barineau called for a vote to change the rules for the appointment of RSO presidents.

Barineau said previous rules stated graduating seniors were not allowed to create new student organizations in which they are elected to be a self-appointed officer of the RSO.

SGA voted 48-0 in support of the change in phrasing so graduating seniors will have the same opportunity as other full-time matriculated students to create a new registered student organization and become its president.

“Sometimes the advisers make

great professors and not so great

advisers.”

-Molly Sullivan, SGA president

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Some banks charge fees for debit card useBY DANIELLE BRODY

Administrative News Editor

Some debit card holders might think twice the next time they get ready to swipe their cards at a cash register.

The Durbin Amendment, enacted Oct.1 and named for its author, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), limits the fee that banks can charge retailers for debit card transactions. The amount of money retailers have to pay banks for each debit card swipe will decrease from 44 to 24 cents.

The amendment is part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which went into effect in July 2010, which increased government involvement with and control over large corporations. It also helped identify and address gaps in regulations that could affect the country’s overall financial stability.

In an effort to make up for a loss in revenue, several banks have levied additional fees on their debit card using customers.

Wells Fargo Bank and Chase

will charge $3 a month for debit card users. SunTrust Banks will charge $5 a month, and HSBC and TD Bank will increase their ATM fees.

In addition, Chase, PNC Bank and Wells Fargo Bank eliminated their rewards programs, which rewarded customers with gift cards who frequently swiped their debit cards at cash registers.

Trish Wexler, a spokeswoman for the Electric Payment Coalition, an organization representing a collection of banks and financial companies that transmit electronic payments, such as HSBC and Wells Fargo, said most banks would try to recoup their losses through the additional fees.

“If you have a debit card, chances are your bank that issued that card is going to have to find away to make up for the lost revenue,” Wexler said. “Some banks will charge for checking, some will charge for debit, some other banks will lay people off.”

On Wednesday, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.) announced they are creating a bill to repeal the

Durbin Amendment because of the consequential effect on customers.

Wexler said reversing the law would help reduce restrictions on purchases made by consumers.

“If it’s repealed, we can go back to the free market pricing,” Wexler said. “At that point, consumers would certainly benefit—anytime there’s less regulation on a market consumers are the beneficiaries of that.”

Fred Solomon, a PNC Bank spokesman, the university’s financial services partner, said his bank will not charge an additional fee.

“PNC does not charge its customers a fee for debit card use and PNC has not announced any plans for such a fee,” Solomon said.

Economics professor Burton Abrams said the law is both a price relief for businesses and a method of cost control that can distort the market, which is why banks are charging extra fees.

“On the surface it’s trying to help the business owners, but it’s a price control and whenever you

control a price, whoever’s able to get the product for a lower price benefits,” Abrams said. “But there are other losers that occur.”

He said the law may not help business owners as much as some might think.

“I’ve heard some discussion that maybe all of those cost-savings aren’t passed through to the merchant quite as the law seems to indicate it should be,” Abrams said.

Ritchie Colliss, manager of Cucina Di Napoli, said it is beneficial for him as a business owner to be charged less for transactions, however, it is negative for customers who are charged these additional fees.

“I’d say all round the spectrum it’s a sh—y deal—getting charged for any debit card period whether it’s the business owner or the other person,” Colliss said. “It’s just a transaction from your account, not any line of credit, so I don’t see how they could try to get money from you in that sense. It’s essentially your own money.”

Wexler said debit cards are the most popular noncash method

of payment among consumers and students are a large percentage of those users. Senior Shaun Markowits, said he uses his Wells Fargo debit card frequently. He believes the charges are unfair, and is seeking out a new bank because of them.

“Even [$3] sounds like such a small amount, because we’re keeping our hard-earned money in the bank, it was what the bank was made for, to be charged for that doesn’t seem to be logical to me,” Markowits said.

Sophomore Stephanie Meyer said she has bank accounts with PNC and Citiiank, which are not currently charging for debit cards. However, she said she sees both sides of the situation.

“It’s kind of tricky because they’re trying to make up for the fact that they did have a different source of revenue and now they don’t have it anymore,” she said. “I know a lot of people who do rely on their debit cards, and that’s going to hurt them.”

Ag school diversifies vegetation to study H2O qualityBY LILIA MELIKECHI

Staff Reporter

Breaking from normal horticultural methods, a College of Agriculture and Natural Resources research team is studying water quality in lawns with diverse vegetation, in hopes of recommending sustainable landscaping to the university.

The team believes that diverse vegetation will prevent the production of polluted water, said Professor Doug Tallamy, chair of the Entomology and Wildlife Ecology department and a member of the team.

Tallamy said their study differs than traditional water quality management efforts. Normally, contaminated water is intercepted before it gets into water systems, but researchers are seeking ways to keep water clean from the start, he said.

“If we put more plants in the landscape, they absorb water, they don’t let it run off,” Tallamy said.“You don’t fertilize diverse plants like you do a lawn.”

Susan Barton, a member of the research team and professor of plant and soil sciences at the university, said pesticides used in traditional lawn maintenance pose a significant threat to humans and the environment.

“Overuse can hurt non-target organisms,” Barton stated in an email message. “Pesticides should be used only as specified on the label and at the right time of year and on the correct pest life stage.”

In the researchers’ proposed diversified lawns, fewer pesticides would be necessary and therefore less water would be polluted.

Tallamy said the ecosystem

will also see benefits, because plants support biodiversity and biodiversity is essential to the ecosystem.

The study will be conducted at Winterthur, a garden, museum and library located in Wilmington. Data will be collected from a mowed lawn, a nearby meadow and a forest area.

Winterthur has six watersheds featuring varied plant life. A watershed is an area of land where all the water under or draining off of it goes to the same place, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Barton said the location was chosen because it is a large space with potential for public outreach.

She said the team hopes the demonstration will inspire residents to remodel their landscapes in an aesthetically appealing yet sustainable way.

If the study supports the researchers’ hypothesis, the team plans will recommend

landscape diversification to the university. Although the team is not in charge of landscaping, Tallamy said they have conducted some research on Laird Campus.

In 2008, the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources oversaw a study to measure student support of landscape diversification.

“We have released some areas that were formerly mowed and allowed them to be meadows and in a couple other places we have planted or seeded meadows,” Barton said.

Researchers found that students in Independence Hall were accepting of the changes, but their approval was improved by signs explaining the study’s purpose.

Sophomore Laura Young, a wildlife conservation major, said it’s important to get rid of barren lawns because fewer animals can survive in such an environment.

“I would rather have more diverse vegetation [around campus] because more animals and organisms can live in taller vegetation,” Young said. “We would have a lot more wildlife on campus and we would have a lot

more to look at.”Barton said that birds in

particular would benefit from increased vegetation diversity.

“Diverse vegetation—more different plants, especially more natives—will support more wildlife, even on campus,” Barton said. “More insects mean more food for birds”

Sophomore Matt Eherts, a biology major, suggested the

inclusion of cacti. Eherts said because cacti require minimal water to survive, the saved water could be directed towards other uses.

“It sucks walking to class when you see the same plants over and over again,” Eherts said. “We need more bright colors and big leaves.”

THE REVIEW/Amelia WangMembers of a College of Agriculture and Natural Resources team believe diverse vegetation will prevent the production of polluted water.

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Move to cancel summer progam reversed

BY DANA FINKLEStaff Reporter

A recent decision to cut the university’s Summer College Program was reversed after parents of students who attended the program fought for its reinstatement.

The program, which allows high school sophomores and juniors to take courses for college credit while living on campus, will continue and be reevaluated by university officials over the next three to five years.

Michael Bower, whose daughter participated in the program last summer, was one of the parents who took action.

“I’m really pleased. I think what happened is the program got ended before people really took a look at it,” Bower said. “At least we made them think about it again. They realized they might have something useful there.”

Students from any state can apply to the program, though most participants are from the greater Delaware area. Applicants must meet specific academic requirements, including maintaining a 3.0 grade point average and scoring a combined 1,000 on the math and

verbal sections of the SAT or PSAT.Senior Maddy Wright, who

serves as one of Summer College’s assistants, said the decision came after funding to the university was cut from this year’s state budget. University officials decided to cancel the program to conserve funds for other college programs.

Other schools, such as University of Maryland, Boston University and University of Michigan, offer similar programs to high school students.

Wright was surprised by the decision to cut the program given its history.

“It seemed kind of shocking that after 28 years, they decided to cut a program that had approximately 80 kids enrolled for the summer,” Wright said.

Wright said the Summer College program is an effective recruiting tool for the university because of the experience participants get living and studying on campus.

“A lot of them had written off [the university] before coming, but were now considering it,” she said.

Accepted students can take the same college courses offered to university students during summer sessions. Upon completion, they are

given a transcript with up to seven college credits.

Professor Michael Arnold, director of the Honors Program, which oversees the Summer College

program, said the decision to cut the program was because of state funding issues. Currently 25 percent to 35 percent of the program’s budget is funded by the state.

Arnold also said declining

registration numbers over the past few contributed to the decision.

“We need to get about 120 students regularly attending the program in order to break even,” Arnold said.

Two years ago the program had enrollment numbers in the 60s, whereas this past summer, 85 students signed up, he said.

Parents in support of the program protested the cut with phone calls and letters to state legislators. They also created a Facebook group to help organize their efforts. It was time to reconsider, Arnold said.

Bower wrote a letter in support of the program, which he sent to Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, university President Patrick Harker, The News Journal and others.

“[Participating students’] enthusiasm for post-secondary education, for attending UD and keeping their tuition and spending dollars in-state, and for the word of mouth that these student leaders brought back to their high schools made this inexpensive program one of the most cost-effective recruiting, outreach and advertising investments for UD and Delaware,” Bower stated in that letter.

Emily Bower, Michael’s daughter, is a high school junior at Caravel Academy in Bear, Del. She participated in the program last summer. Although she did not plan to attend an in-state college, she wanted a head start on earning college credit so she could major in nursing.

“Then I went and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh. It has everything I wanted in a college,’” Bower said. “It’s all right here.”

Wright said she helped organize activities such as a Bollywood dance night, trips to the beach and study sessions outside of the classroom.

“We just wanted to show them what could happen on a college campus and what college could be like if you make the most of it,” she said.

By working to reinstate the program, Bower said he wanted to make sure others had the same opportunity as his daughter.

“I think [Emily] really had a good time,” he said. “My thought was that we’ve got younger kids, friends with kids and neighbors with kids who could really benefit from it.”

University’s Summer College Program for high school students reinstated after local parents protest cancellation

“At least we made them think about it again. They realized

they might have something useful

there.”

-Michael Bower, program supporter

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UD, JPMorgan Chase partner for ‘innovation center’

Courtesy of the University of DelawareUniversity officials announced the opening of the JPMorgan Chase Innovation Center in Purnell Hall. The center will offer students on-campus job opportunities and a space to work with company employees on joint research projects. JPMorgan Chase has pledged $5 million to support the partnership with the university.

THE REVIEW/Megan KrolAuthor Rebecca Skloot spent 10 years researching for her book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.”

Author speaks to freshmen about chronicling Henrietta Lacks story

BY JENNA DEANGELISStaff Reporter

Henrietta Lacks, who died in 1951 at age 31 after a battle with cervical cancer, continues to have her story told today.

HeLa cells, named by abbreviating Lacks’ first and last name, were taken from her in 1951 during a cervical cancer biopsy while she was under care at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Cells from her tumor were kept alive and grown, a medical first at the time. They were discovered to be an immortal cell line, meaning they grew indefinitely.

In time, the HeLa cell line became an essential factor of many medical advancements, such as the polio vaccine, cloning and in vitro fertilization. The Lacks family was unaware of the HeLa cells or their usage until nearly 20 years after her death.

Rebecca Skloot chronicled this story in this year’s suggested reading to incoming freshmen, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” Students are encouraged by the university to read the book, in hopes that common reading will help freshmen better transition to college.

Skloot shared her story with university students Thursday, describing its applicability to beginning college life.

“It wasn’t a book about a

woman whose cells were taken and used in science,” Skloot said. “The story is about the repercussions of that, what happened to her family as a result and also the amazing science from that.”

Skloot connected her path of writing to that of a freshman adapting to college. She believes the best way to approach college is without defined plans.

“The most successful people in the world take rough and imperfect paths to reach that success,” Skloot said.

She said she was inspired to write at 16 during a basic biology class at community college, when her fascination with Lacks began. Years later, Skloot chose to write her first University of Pittsburgh graduate school assignment on Lacks, which began her 10-year journey learning about the Lacks family.

The Baltimore family struggled financially and didn’t have health insurance, while at the same time Lacks’ cells were a major factor in multiple healthcare advances, Skloot said. She said that Lacks’ daughter, Deborah, was a main source of inspiration for the book.

“Her belief in the importance of education and getting her mother’s story out to the public and sharing her mother’s contribution to science is something she felt was withheld from her family for

so long,” Skloot said.Skloot founded the Henrietta

Lacks Foundation after completing her book, which helps Lacks’ descendents receive educational and monetary aid. The foundation has awarded 22 grants as of August 2011.

Meghan Biery, first-year seminar program coordinator, said Skloot’s book was chosen as the common reader because it focuses on various controversial issues.

“The committee believes the book provides a unique opportunity for students to begin to address and discuss important questions related to ethics, science and diversity,” Biery said.

Freshman Akilah Alleyne said the book had a pertinent message to new students.

“The book generally talks about biology, but the message she brought in the book was overall just becoming a better person,” Alleyne said. “I think starting as a freshman reading this book will help you.”

Freshman Sarah Natkins said she would recommend the book to others.

“I think I gained insight into what’s going on scientifically,” Natkins said. “It’s amazing to find out that so much science came from one woman and nobody expected that. I think the advances made with the cells are incredible.”

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Six local minors charged with graffiti vandalism

BY MARTÍN MARTINEZStaff Reporter

After several months of investigation, a multi-departmental police task force arrested six juveniles on charges of graffiti vandalism.

The six juveniles are allegedly responsible for causing over $10,000 in damage throughout the Greater Newark Area, including in parts of White Clay Creek State Park, according to Newark police spokesman MCpl. Gerald Bryda.

“The damage has gone all the way from Newark up to Elsmere and everywhere in between,” Bryda said.

The task force consisted of investigators from the Newark Police Department, Delaware

State Parks Enforcement, Delaware State police, New Castle County police, the university police department and Elsmere Police Department.

Bryda said the task force aims to identify common images, known as tags, which are seen in the area, and then log them into a database.

“They know no jurisdiction, so wherever the tags are, we just start compiling the locations and then we figure out which agency actually has jurisdiction over where the property was damaged,” Bryda said.

He said the juveniles will be tried in family court, where it is possible they will face fines as well as community service hours to clean the damage.

Main Squeeze closes its doors

THE REVIEW/Amelia WangAfter opening less than one year ago in spring 2010, Main Squeeze Juice Bar and Café shuttered last week. The Main Street business, located next to frozen yogurt shop Yogo Berry, sold smoothies, fresh-squeezed juices and organic sandwiches and salads.

File photoOfficers found graffiti throughout the Greater Newark Area, including

File photoA task force of city, county and state police officers arrested six juve-niles in connection with recent graffiti incidents.

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from that complex have also been evacuated from their residences. Fifty-four of those rooms have been cleaned and deemed safe for students to move back in.

Mold was likewise discovered in the Harrington Commons on East Campus in August, temporarily shutting down the fitness center inside.

Gladle stated in an email message that university officials have hired an outside environmental contractor, Pennsylvania-based Bristol Environmental, Inc., to inspect and clean any affected rooms.

“The qualified environmental contractor retained by the university uses standard cleaning practices recommended by [the Environmental Protection Agency],” Gladle said.

Kathleen Kerr, the director of Residence Life at the university, said members of her department have assisted students, like Waesche, with finding temporary housing on campus and coordinating cleaning and moving schedules.

Kerr said she first learned of the presence of mold in Rodney on Tuesday afternoon, and met with other officials Wednesday to formulate a plan to handle the

various cases. She attributes the mold growth to September’s heavy rains, as well as moisture build-up from Hurricane Irene in late August.

Over the summer, officials shut off the residence hall’s air conditioning in an effort to prevent excess humidity from building up, and closed all doors and windows. When students moved back in, that barrier was lifted, Kerr said.

“Facilities and custodial services work really hard to prevent this from happening, but sometimes the environment is our enemy, so to speak,” Kerr said.

She said she doesn’t believe the mold accumulated during the summer in the rooms, which were cleaned prior to students moving in.

Kerr doubts that mold could grow unnoticed.

“As a parent who has a student in college, my hunch would be if I dropped my student off and saw mold, I certainly would have raised a red flag,” she said.

Gladle said after students report fungal growth in their dorms, the environmental contractors typically spend two and a half to three hours cleaning each room. However, the total time needed to clean, dry and analyze each room can take a full day.

He said the contractors first

put up a barrier in the room’s entryway, then vacuum all surfaces of the room, including air conditioning and heating units. They then apply disinfectants to all surfaces and test the room for any remaining mold growth.

According to a 2009 report from the World Health Organization, “Guidelines for

Indoor Air Quality: Dampness and Mold,” excess moisture and mold growth can have detrimental side effects for both healthy people and those with preexisting conditions.

The report cited a 2004 analysis from the Institute of Medicine, the independent, healthcare branch of the National

Academy of Sciences, which stated that the presence of mold in a closed, indoor environment can be linked to coughing, wheezing and upper respiratory tract symptoms. Those with compromised immune systems are especially susceptible to contracting illness from mold exposure, and those with asthma often find their conditions exacerbated when in the presence of mold.

Waesche, who moved back into her Rodney room on Monday, said a few of her friends have felt sick and attribute their ill health to the mold growth. One of her floormates has lost her voice several times over the last several weeks before her room was cleaned, and others have exhibited near-constant cold symptoms.

The air conditioning vents in one of her friend’s rooms was caked with mold, and Waesche likened the growth to the soft, gray stuffing inside of a stuffed bear. She thinks the fungi had been growing in her air conditioning for a while, and many of her floormates feel the same.

“My RA said we’re gonna call [our building] E-Spore,” Waesche said.

Freshman Cassie Flick, who lives one level below Waesche in Rodney E, said most of her floormates decided to evacuate

their rooms last week and during the weekend.

She received an email from university officials last week about the mold and humidity issues found in some of the complex buildings and decided to examine her own room for the fungi. She found white spots of mold and “yucky” green growths on her air conditioner vents, and asked for her room to be checked out.

She thinks the vents were not cleaned before she moved into the room in late August.

“This is a pain,” Flick said. “It seems like a big problem. A lot of people’s room’s needed to be cleaned. They should have checked it out.”

Still, she feels university officials handled the problem efficiently. An inspector from the university’s environmental health and safety department first visited her room on Thursday to examine the mold, and contractors cleaned the room by Sunday afternoon.

Flick said the school officials she has dealt with are approaching the mold and humidity issues with caution.

“Even if they don’t know if it’s 100 percent mold, if it’s dirty and it looks like mold, they’re going to have it cleaned for sure,” she said.

Mold: Officials attribute growth to heavy September rains, Hurricane Irene

“Sometimes the environment is

our enemy.”

-Kathleen Kerr, Residence Life director

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entrances and exits to watch for suspicious or potential threats, Ogden and senior officials discussed the merits of releasing a UD Alert message to the university community, which would also be sent to students’ parents.

“The thinking was, ‘Do we affect those few people who are still in the building who we felt were pretty secure or do we reach out to 20,000 or more people—some of which are in California and New York—that there was a threat and cause unnecessary panic?’” he said.

Ogden said officials decided not to send notifications because the threat was unconfirmed and contained to one location on campus.

The message may have also caused students and parents to call the Office of Public Safety en masse, which could have prevented officers from participating in the active investigation.

Ogden said he could understand why some may have preferred to be notified.

“It’s a touchy subject and I can

see it on both ends,” he said. “I can see how someone says we should send the alerts, and another would say if we send alerts every time there’s an unconfirmed threat, we might be sending a lot of them.”

Vince Jackson, a Perkins building manager, said he and several employees were aware of some details surrounding the threats last week.

Jackson and officers quietly informed students that a situation requiring their departure had occurred in the building and that the entire student center would be closing at 9 p.m.

“We kept a calm manner—apologetic in a lot of cases—because of student organizations that were utilizing many areas,” Jackson said. “But it was mostly a focus of safety and calm manner.”

He said the number of students inside of the building was far less than at peak hours during the day, which would allow for a safer and easier evacuation.

“It was lower traffic than lunchtime obviously, but it was enough that we didn’t want to risk a situation,” Jackson said.

Although the Office of Public

Safety’s website reported police officers responding to Perkins on Oct. 10, there has been no formal public announcement regarding the incident to the university community.

Freshman Sara Jacobson said she would have preferred a notification from the university police regarding the threat.

Jacobson said she and her friends often study at the student center, and thinks if the threat was considered significant enough to evacuate the building, then it would have justified university police notifying students and their parents.

“If it was a serious threat then, yeah, [they should have],” Jacobson said. “Even if it wasn’t 100 percent.”

Granados said it was “nerve-wracking” to be in the dark about the situation, but understood why university officials did not release information about the threat.

“Since it would be sent out to the masses and to parents, it would create entirely too much havoc, especially since it was one building,” he said.

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On Oct. 10, university police received a call from an individual, allegedly making a terroristic threat regarding the Perkins Student Center. Officers then proceeded to evacuate the area by closing The Scrounge and asking students inside other areas of Perkins to exit the building. However, other buildings adjacent to Perkins were not evacuated, and officials did not use the UD Alert system to notify students of the threat. Communicating quickly is absolutely necessary, especially in the case of a terroristic threat.

During this year’s earthquake and Hurricane Irene, the UD Alert system proved to be useful in notifying students about emergencies. Why was it not used in this case? The system is ideal for sending out important information quickly to large amounts of people. While officials may not have wanted to panic students and their parents, college students are adults and can handle the information in a calm manner. If students had been alerted, they would have taken precautions to stay away from the general vicinity.

Although the incident is documented on the university police’s online crime log, students were not alerted through email, text messgaing or any other means.

Those in nearby freshman dorms and the Perkins annex, which houses Dining Services’ offices, the school’s radio station, WVUD, and The Review’s newsroom, were in extremely close proximity to the area of the alleged threat. However, some only learned the student center was evacuated after a Review staffer noticed a police car outside of Perkins and approached university employees keeping watch in the area.

In a post-Virginia Tech and Columbine age, lack of communication is unacceptable when it involves the immediate safety of students. What if there had been an actual incident on Academy Street? Students have a right to be alerted to potentially dangerous situations. University officials need to immediately remedy the plan for notifying students about potential threats in the future.

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Threats require notificationsStudents not alerted about terroristic threat last week

Student voice needed in NewarkSGA should represent campus at city council meetings

After continued debate about the existence of the Town and Gown Committee, city of Newark officials decided to axe the program last week. The open forum, popular during the 1990s, was designed to encourage students and town residents to express their concerns about issues relating the two groups. In the past five years, however, attendance decreased steadily, ultimately leading to the cancellation of the program. Its dismissal is unfortunate, especially since student and community relations can become strained.

The program also held a symbolic importance to campus and community communication. The president of the Student Government Association said she can easily send an email to the mayor and get a response. However, closed-door

communication does not always hold the same weight as open discussion.

The program was not as well-known as it used to be, which may be a reason for the decline in attendance and participation. At city council meetings, there still exists slot on the agenda for student body concerns. As a representative of the students on this campus, SGA should make an effort to attend those meetings, especially since the Town and Gown Committee will no longer exist.

Nonetheless, if SGA does not facilitate communication, students should know they can take it upon themselves to go to council meetings and voice their concern. Frequent discussion is vital in a place where town and campus lines cross every day.

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could you threaten us then?”

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Graduation can’t come soon enough. If I hear one person say how sad he or she is that it’s senior year of college, I am going to scream. Or at the very least, defriend them on Facebook. I am ready to be done with school. As a senior myself, I probably should have taken my mother’s advice and graduated early. I definitely can’t imagine college lasting more than four years. I’ve come to the realization that senior year of college is nothing like senior year of high school. Once those college appli-cations were done, I sat back and relaxed. My coursework was rather easy, and I could focus my last year on swimming and a smaller amount of responsibility. This year, however, I have two jobs and an internship, on top of my classes. I have never been so busy in my life. And now, after 15 and a half years

of classes, I need a break. Though I have found many of them to be extremely worth-while, I’m going to be honest and say just as many were a waste of my time. That’s what happens when you’re a liberal arts major, I sup-pose. I am tired of taking exams and writing papers, espe-cially on sub-jects that I only care about for four months at a time and then proceed to for-get everything about. (Like those three sci-ence classes plus a lab I was forced to take, maybe?) This may sound crazy to some people, especially at this university, but I feel almost pressure to have a social life. I am not a big partier. I’d much rather sit in comfortable clothes on weekends and watch a movie with

people I actually like than stay out until 3 o’clock in the morning in uncomfort-able shoes surrounded by random people that I’m never going to see again in a dark basement or bar.

But if I do decide to stay in, and es-pecially when I’m the only one, I feel guilty for not going out and making the most out my college experi-ence, if that’s what making the most out of it means. So I either stay in and wonder the whole night if I should have

sucked it up and went, or I go and wish I was back inside wearing some sweatpants. This is a vicious cycle I think I might not have to deal with once I become a “real person.”

I want to just worry about myself and what I want to do—not that I’m missing out on anything, even if my heart isn’t in it. I don’t want to have an exam or paper weighing on my mind anymore while I’m editing the editorial section on Mondays. I want to worry about the task at hand, but it’s hard to do so when I have so many oth-er different things to worry about. I’m looking forward to having a regu-lar job. I’m not worried about getting one either, because I am going to apply to ev-ery place under the sun that I have an in-terest in, and will take whatever I get. I just want to be able to focus on that one job, or hopefully, career. I enjoy work-ing at The Review and at my internship, but when combined with hours spent at my other job, spent at classes and spent having a social life, it becomes too much for me. Besides, if I really miss school that much, I can always spend my life savings on graduate school.

Switching to vegetarianism is worth a try. It was March of senior year in high school. Feeling antsy to leave school and ready for a change, I decided to become a vegetarian. What started as somewhat of an experiment has now become my lifestyle. Considering that October is Vegetarian Awareness Month (among 50 other causes), it seemed like a good time to share my story and hopefully make some carnivores rethink what they eat. Even though I used to eat meat without any qualms, at that time in my life, I was taking health class and saw “Food Inc.,” a movie that goes inside the meat industry. As a second-semester senior, I had more time on my hands than usual to do some re-search. I also had time to watch Oprah every afternoon, and was surprisingly inspired by Alicia Silverstone, who wrote “The Kind Diet,” a book about being a vegan. Then my two-week bout of vegetarian-ism began, and in my excitement I pledged four weeks on Peta.org. Although it abrupt-ly ended after a meal at the Cheesecake Fac-tory, I eventually found being a vegetarian is very doable, and it’s a way I can help the

environment. Many people see being a vegetarian as solely about protecting animals. That is just one reason. Millions of animals live in disgusting conditions and are killed each year. In the movie “Food Inc.,” chickens are stuffed in tents with barely any room to move. The movie shows owners throwing dead chickens out of the tent. The way ani-mals are treated translates into the quality of the food. Animals liv-ing in close quar-ters can spread disease. Ani-mals’ diets also affect the meat. Cows digest grass more easily than corn, yet are fed corn just to gain weight. Many are fed synthetic hormones so they grow faster. Scientists believe these hormones can have negative effects on humans, and they have been linked to early puberty. Raising billions of livestock is bad for the environment because it’s a huge strain on resources. Sixty percent of corn crops and 40 percent of soybeans produced are used for animal feed, according to Peta.org.

With so many people starving, it’s a huge waste that all that food goes to animals. Two food sources are being used to produce only one. In addition, maintaining livestock is damaging to land. Peta.org reports 260 mil-lion acres of land in the U.S. are cleared to

house livestock. Live-stock’s grazing also leads to soil erosion. Nearly half of all water goes to raising live-stock. It takes more than 2,400 gallons of water to make one pound of meat. Mak-ing one pound of wheat uses only 25 gallons, however. Although meat has a ton of protein, it is not necessarily healthy. The high fat content leads to in-creased cholesterol. To me, all meat is “mys-tery meat,” and it can

carry E. coli and salmonella. Not eating meat makes me feel healthi-er, and I don’t feel that limited in my diet. In the dining halls, there is always a vegetarian station. While some days there are more op-tions than others, I will never go hungry at the dining hall. Everything that’s vegetarian is marked with a green leaf and the menus for all dining areas are online to plan ahead.

Since there’s always long lines for meat en-trees, I usually get my food faster than my meat-eating friends. Tasty meatless meals at the dining hall include vegan nuggets, falafel and salads with tons of toppings, including chickpeas and cheese. Peanut butter and jelly sand-wiches are also a good option. There’s a common misconception that a vegetarian diet doesn’t provide enough pro-tein, but people who eat a lot of meat can actually consume too much protein. Dairy, beans, whole grains, tofu, fruits and veg-etables contain protein. Local restaurants are very friendly to-ward non-meat eaters. California Tortilla offers a “No Meato Burrito” and most burri-tos and fajitas can substitute beans and rice for meat. Almost everything at Homegrown is vegetarian, and the vegan sloppy joe is delicious and tastes like meat. Kildare’s has veggie burgers and even veggie cheesesteak options. The Indian Sizzler has a variety of vegetarian meals and the new food cart on Amstel Avenue offers tofu in most meals in-stead of meat. I think everyone should try being a vegetarian, and if it’s too hard to go full-fledged, they could be a “flexitarian,” which is eating less meat, or at least try Meatless Mondays.

Senior year of college becoming overly stressful

Going vegetarian makes for positive lifestyle change

Emily Nassi is the editorial editor at The Review. Her viewpoints do not necessarily represent those of the Review staff. Please send comments to enassi@udel.edu.

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

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Bill Cosby shares life story with students, familiesBY KRISTA CONNOR

Entertainment Editor Actor and comedian Bill

Cosby, 74, sat surrounded by over 4,500 students, parents and family members—decked out in a Blue Hens sweatshirt and Delaware sweatpants—as he shared stories from his childhood and about his family Friday night in his comedy show at the Bob Carpenter Center.

Cosby is known for his role as Cliff Huxtable, the lively father of five

on “The Cosby Show” which aired from 1984 to 1992. He also created the ’70s children’s show “Fat Albert” and has written books, sung and performed as a stand-up comedian. He is an activist for the black community, encouraging African-Americans to focus on education and instill strong morals in their children at a young age.

This was Cosby’s third performance at the Bob Carpenter Center, after coming in 1992 and 1998. At the sold-out event, Cosby spoke about his own family’s experiences

when his daughter went away to college for the first time. He talked about the mishaps that occurred throughout her college career—poor grades, frequent lies and her shaky commitment to education. He and his wife were ultimately rewarded by seeing her graduate, which he said made the tears and family drama during their daughter’s college years worthwhile.

Cosby sat down with The Review before the event to talk about commitment, hitting rock bottom and helping those in need.

THE REVIEW/Megan KrolBill Cosby shares stories about his childhood and his experiences as a father.

THE REVIEW/Megan KrolThe Review sits down with Bill Cosby before the sold-out show.

THE REVIEW/Megan KrolBill Cosby signed off the show by urging students to appreciate their parents.

Since you’ve been involved in comedy and entertainment for decades, how do you feel about its

transformation over the years?

Cosby: Well, let’s make it clear. We got a lot of things in entertainment. You have

radio, which moved to home entertainment with television, which has moved from three channels. As you move, all of these things have evolved—the technical ways of showing things. You’ve gone from whatever to megaphone to radio stations, that have changed from playing what was a mixture of comedy and singing—the style of the songs. Now you’ve got 900 channels, so to speak, and I just expect more to follow in the world of change and things that I can’t even see that far ahead but I’m sure that some geniuses will be able to tell and invent things that will change the way we look at things—animation, so to speak.

You definitely seem to have taken your own advice in your quotes like, “Decide

that you want it more than you’re afraid of it.” What inspires you to do all that you do—the acting,

the comedy, the activism—and was there ever a time that you were too afraid to try something?

Cosby: A lot of things I was afraid of. And I think the word “commitment” is very

important. But commitment can be the answer to, “How did you succeed?” The fear of making a commitment, of course, is related to the low self-esteem—but how did you get it? What clicked that off for you? And then, there’s that wonderful, mysterious rock bottom which is a mystery to everyone. What is your rock bottom that causes you to look at where you are and feel that you’re worth more than the position you’re in and who can help you more than anyone to get out of it? That was brilliant. And unpracticed!

Can you talk about how you became an activist and how you help the black community?

Cosby: My story goes way, way back. And I never did things to be in the front of

a line or to have my picture taken. I did things in a sort of power

position—I’m talking about my years in the ’60s. We busted unions in California instead of going for a march and we put people to work because we overpaid—paid two for one. And then we aided people running for office—when I say “we,” I mean Mrs. Cosby because her part was monetary as well. In other words, in a marriage, if I give somebody a dollar, 50 cents of that is Mrs. Cosby’s. The idea today, with my speech in 2004, is for people who are in trouble—monetarily, socially and certainly in trouble in terms of a lack of power. It’s for them to get up and make a commitment to protecting the children. Now these are the people I’m talking about if you’re in trouble and you’re looking around and you see your kid is going to be in trouble. You’ve got to make that commitment to save your child. You’ve got to make the commitment in the home to do that. There are things that you will want to do and see happen as a parent, and that’s on you. Parents are supposed to teach, and they’re supposed to teach and prepare children for the next level of life, period. And that we have to continue to do.

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Sea turtles show up on Delaware coastlineBY MORGAN WINSOR

Features Editor

On Aug. 18, a park ranger at Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes, Del., observed a green sea turtle mother laying eggs near a jetty.

The ranger notified Suzanne Thurman, executive director and founder of the Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute, an organization that aims to conserve marine mammals and sea turtles, that the mother was laying her nest on the beach below high tide lines.

This posed a threat to the eggs, as they would be inundated by saltwater on a daily basis and could be washed away.

Thurman knew the eggs would not survive under such conditions. After an initial excavation attempt to keep the eggs in a natural habitat, Thurman and her team decided to move them to an indoor environment. Thurman and her staff decided using space at the university’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment facilities down the street from the institute’s facilities in Lewes was the most

logical solution.The tide was coming in and

they were working against time. However, Thurman says it was necessary to work slowly and carefully, keeping each egg in the same position as it was in the original nest.

“After the first five hours, it could be fatal to the embryos to move them, so we had to work very quickly to get everything in place and also to get the special permits that we needed from the federal government,” Thurman says.

Green sea turtles are a threatened species but are considered endangered in Florida and the pacific coast of Mexico. Once institute staff was initially informed about the late-August nesting on the beach, they realized they had to move the eggs to higher ground to save them.

After four hours of excavation, Thurman and the institute volunteers tried to recreate a nest with the same dimensions as the original on a plot of higher ground on the beach.

However, as a result of recent tropical storms, 14 inches of sand were deposited on top of

the new nest—which would make hatching difficult for the baby turtles—and the temperature of the sand was falling below the necessary conditions for hatching. The eggs needed to be moved again—this time inside under controlled incubation conditions. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control officials helped with the second excavation, transporting the eggs to the facilities provided by the College of Earth, Ocean and Environment.

“Because this is such a northern part of the turtle’s nesting range, we were told to monitor the temperatures,” DNREC environmental scientist Edna Stetzar says. “If [the temperature] got below 26 degrees Celsius, the eggs would not develop properly.”

Nancy Targett, dean of the College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, says she was thrilled to provide the college’s climate-controlled facilities.

“[The institute is] very grateful for the facilities that we’re providing for them but this is really their opportunity to monitor this,” she says.

All 187 eggs are now being incubated in a controlled environmental chamber at the university’s campus in Lewes, the first time a series of such incidents has been recorded in Delaware. Because the green sea turtle is an endangered species, only authorized personnel are allowed to participate in the maintenance of the eggs, Targett says.

The eggs are kept in a Styrofoam core packed tight with moist sand, where institute volunteers periodically mist them with water. According to Stetzar, it’s important to keep the sand moist and the temperature at precisely 80 degrees Fahrenheit in order to mimic the conditions of a real nest.

Green sea turtles typically lay eggs between May and July and have have a nesting interval of two to four years, Stetzar says, but they lay more than one nest per season. This particular mother did not lay within a normal nesting range.

“She could have already laid a nest elsewhere and was traveling, migrating, forging up the coast and happened upon Delaware,” Stetzar says.

Since only authorized personnel are allowed to enter the incubation chamber, Targett says Thurman is working with Joe Scudlark, assistant director of the School of Marine Science and Policy, to set up a “turtle cam” and stream a live feed on both the institute’s and university’s websites so students can watch the eggs hatch.

“And if we get to a point where we can release some of the hatchlings, that might be a time when the students can participate,” Thurman says.

Depending on the water temperature, Thurman says the hatchlings may be released at their original location, which would be ideal. But if the water is too cold when the eggs hatch, they will be transported by boat to the Gulf Stream.

“We just don’t know what will happen but it’s just very exciting,” Thurman says. “We’ll definitely learn something here from the eggs that’ll hatch and continue on to see if this is the first of an ongoing trend or not.”

Annual Harvest Festival features local artists

THE REVIEW/Hanan ZatloffDoortje Shrover’s window jewelry, made with Swarovski crystals and glass from around the world, draws a festival-goer to her stand. Newark Arts Alliance hosted the event on the Academy Building Lawn Saturday afternoon from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Artist booths lined the lawn as local bands performed and children participated in art projects designed by the NAA. More than 15 local artists displayed their wares at the event.

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“Footloose”Paramount Pictures

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The modern remake of “Footloose,” starring former “Dancing with the Stars” pro Julianne Hough and dancer Kenny Wormald, translates the classic story of teenage rebellion and the desire to dance into an edgier, sexier, more youthful film.

Like the original film, the movie begins with a fatal car crash in the small town of Bomont, Ga., prompting the Bomont City Council to pass a law prohibiting public dancing. The rest of the film follows the original “Footloose” almost identically, right down to the opening scene, where the famous “Footloose” theme song is performed by country singer Blake Shelton against a backdrop of dancing teenagers.

There is also similar scripting. The dialogue is almost identical to the original film, with timeless lines reminding audiences of the classic. Wormald’s character, Ren McCormack, even drives the same car as Kevin Bacon did in the 1984 movie—a classic yellow buggy.

The main difference between the two films is the change in the popular music scene. Instead of featuring predominantly country and rock tracks, as the original version does, the remake adds pop and hip-hop to the score.

Hough’s dancing talent is unquestionable, but her acting is not. Fortunately, she is not allotted many speaking scenes—her role focuses primarily on sex appeal and her impeccable moves. Wormald, on the other hand,

is a charming leading man and shows his potential as an actor.

Fans of the original “Footloose” will likely enjoy this spicier, more modern version of the classic. It may not boast award-worthy acting or emotionally moving scenes, but “Footloose” is a fun, lighthearted film that will make audiences want to dance.

—Quindara Lazenbury, qlazen@udel.edu

OFF THE

RECORD

What is R&B?

The other day, someone asked me whether Usher or Bruno Mars

was the best current R&B or soul singer. Honestly, I had to think about it for a second. I couldn’t figure out how “Bruno Mars,” “soul” and “R&B” were even remotely related.

When I think of pure rhythm and blues, the first artists that come to mind are Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and The Jackson 5—essentially any artists associated with the Motown movement of the 1960s.In my opinion, Bruno Mars and Usher have wonderful voices, but they just don’t sound anything like the classics.

The three artists topping contemporary R&B charts are Mars, Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown. I adore Minaj’s spunk, and her lyrics are not only hysterical but also occasionally quite clever. Brown has

dance moves that make the Greek Airband competition look like my dad breaking it down at my bar mitzvah. Mars has a velvety voice that makes the angels above cry tears of joy. However, I just can’t quite place them in the rhythm and blues category. They may have great rhythm, but their complete lack of the blues signals their status as pop and hip-hop artists.

Stevie Wonder once crooned, “Isn’t she pretty?/Truly the angel’s best/Boy, I’m so happy/We have been heaven-blessed.” Like Wonder, many of the first true soul singers wrote some unbelievable lyrics that, although it may sound hackneyed, came straight from the heart.

Additionally, these words were accompanied by complex bass lines and melodies that would make your heart melt. All I hear these days is the cheese-fest that is “I’d catch a grenade for you/Throw my hand on the blade for you/I’d jump in front of a train for you/You know I’d do anything for you.”

Really, Bruno? Would you seriously jump in front of a train for a girl? Do you honestly think that you could stop the force of a locomotive barreling 90 miles an hour toward you? Oh, I almost forgot—you don’t even write your own lyrics. I’m aware that soul lyrics are supposed to be heartfelt, but I think that you’re going a little overboard.

Now don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of R&B and soul artists out

there today who produce amazing music. Alicia Keys is the paragon of neo-soul music. Her lyrics put the rest of the music industry at a loss for words and she may very well be the best R&B pianist of the modern era. “If I Ain’t Got You” gets me every time and gives me goosebumps.

John Legend is a soul god and his collaboration record with the Roots, “Wake Up!” was quite possibly the best album of 2010. Rapper Aloe Blacc’s “I Need A Dollar” is one of the most played songs in my entire iTunes library.

The point is, there is a plethora of hearty soul music out there, but you won’t find it dominating the Billboard Top 100. More ironically, you won’t find it on the contemporary R&B charts.

To the person who asked me whether Bruno Mars or Usher was the best modern R&B artist—my answer is neither. Both of them write some ear candy that takes the cake in the pop market, but they just don’t fit the R&B or soul genre. Usher used to write some fantastic slow jams until he released “Here I Stand” in 2008. At that point, he made a complete 180 and began writing dance music. I don’t blame him—after all, that’s where the money is these days.

—Ethan Barr, ebarr@udel.edu

“The Big Year”20th Century Fox

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Moviegoers should ask themselves one question before watching “The Big Year”—“Do I like birds?” This simple question addresses the gist of the movie—three friends obsessed with bird watching are at a transitional stage in their life. Each character decides to take a year off to do something birdwatchers call “The Big Year”—a challenge dedicated to seeing or hearing as many birds as possible in one year.

The film, based on a non-fiction book, follows Brad Harris (Jack Black), a divorced, down-on-his-luck computer programmer, retired corporate CEO Stu Preissler (Steve Martin), and Kenny Bostick (Owen Wilson), a building contractor and the current bird-watching champion. A friendly rivalry between the three characters propels most of the humor as they try to constantly one-up each other.

The main appeal of the movie is, undoubtedly, the cast. Strong cameos by major TV and movie actors include Jim Parsons

of “The Big Bang Theory,” Rashida Jones of “Parks & Recreation,” Joel McHale of “Community” and Kevin Pollak of “The Usual Suspects” and “A Few Good Men.” However, the cameo by weatherman Al Roker may be the best. Director David Frankel, known for “Marley & Me” and “The Devil Wears Prada,” showcases the birds and their surrounding scenery exceptionally well. Unfortunately though, the cinematography does not make up for the film’s

generally lax pace and dull humor.

The movie itself comes off as cliché. It also struggles to determine its audience—it’s innocent enough to cater to children, but the bird-watching humor might be geared toward a more grown-up audience. In the end, the movie is enjoyable—if only because of its great comedic cast, and its passionate admiration of birds.

—Jeremy Brooks, jbrooksz@udel.edu

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Odds & Ends

Most Underrated Modern R&B Artist – Erykah Badu

Funkiest R&B Song – “(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again” – L.T.D.

Most Soulful Performance by a Not Predominantly Soul Singer – “Rolling in the Deep”

– Adele

Best Instrumental R&B Song – “Theme From Shaft” – Isaac

Hayes

Most Relaxing Soul Singer – Al Green

Best Soul Singer By Far – James Brown (He’s the well-

deserved King)

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Day Trippin’:With Jen Rini

Caesar Rodney, the namesake of the Rodney Complex on West Campus, was born in 1728 in Kent County. In the 18th century, Delaware was divided into the Court Party, which favored keeping ties with the British government, and the Country Party, which advocated for complete independence from Britain. Rodney aligned himself with the Country Party, working with Thomas McKean and against George Read, both lawyers and

career politicians in Delaware.Rodney served with McKean

and Read in the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776. Congressional members were divided on the issue of reconciliation with the British government, and on July 1, 1776, Rodney received word that the vote for independence was deadlocked. He rode 80 miles through a thunderstorm to vote with McKean the next day. Delaware joined 11 other states in voting in favor of independence, and Rodney signed the Declaration of Independence on Aug. 2.

Rodney briefly joined George Washington in 1777 to fight in the Revolutionary War, but he was soon needed in Delaware to protect the state from British military activity and to suppress loyalist uprisings. A new General Assembly was elected, and Rodney became president of Delaware in 1778, a position previously held by both McKean and Read. He remained president for most of the American Revolution, and despite his relative lack of authority, he had a loyal following in the General Assembly and within the Delaware militia.

—Chelsea Caltuna, ccaltuna@udel.edu

Courtesy of Jen RiniJen Rini attributes her love of travel to her mother Rose (above).

A tribute to the Rini clanAlthough I’m pretty sure

I reference them in 75 percent of my Day Trippin’ columns, this column is dedicated to my parents. As I sat down to write this week’s entry, I realized that this weekend was full of milestones. I turned 21 (now I can legitimately consume the alcohol I always talk about in this column, but never got to drink—win) and it was my last Parents and Family Weekend as an undergrad. Now I know it is a tad bit early to break out Vitamin C’s “Graduation” song and start swaying in a circle, but things have definitely taken a sentimental turn as of late.

Friday, my roommates and I went out to dinner with my family to kick off the weekend, and over cupcakes the Rinis gave us all some dating advice to heed during the last hoorah of college. In the immortal words of my father–make sure the guy you’re dating doesn’t have “alligator arms” and can’t reach for his wallet when it comes to paying for dates. Priceless.

In addition to inheriting an odd sense of humor from the two of them, I’ve definitely inherited my passion for travel from these New Yawkers. The sassy little diva I call Mom has always valued the experience of a trip over, say, the glitz and glamour of expensive jewelry. With her as our resident travel agent, we’ve gone to Connecticut, Lancaster,

Pa. and Cape May, N.J., just to name a few. Maybe Hawaii can be in the works?

My dad has also racked up his fair share of frequent flier miles, hitting most of the United States and traveling all over the globe. And he manages to get mistaken for Michael Caine along the way—sorry Dad, I had to give him a shout out.

We may have lived in the same house in New Jersey for the past 16 years, but I think we embody the mantra “N ever forget where you’ve come from, but never limit where you’re going.” That phrase may never make it inside a fortune cookie, but it definitely describes my family.

With all of their traveling experience, they could probably write a novel about their day trips to Delaware. I don’t know what it is, but they just love this little state.

“It seems like a very together state, and it seems like it really looks out for its people,” Mom says.

And as much as I have tried to deny it in the past, I love this state too. It’s one of the many reasons why I enjoy writing this column—I get to uncover the little gems in Delaware, from historic New Castle to Rehoboth Beach to (hopefully) Pea Patch Island for a ghost hunting adventure. If you give Delaware a chance, you too may fall under its spell.

To wrap up all this drama, I just want to say thanks to Rose and Matt Rini. You’ve put up with my cranky college behind for 21 years, and have given me a laundry list of quotes and wonderful memories to boot.

“What the heck are you writing?” Rose finally says, slightly exasperated. Don’t worry Mom, I think you’ll be pleased.

On a final note, I just have to reference what Bill Cosby said during his comedy show on Friday—hug your parents, kiss them, and who cares what the other students say, it’s your parents that will bail you out in the end.

I liken my family to a traveling circus at times, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Cue the Lupe Fiasco—the show goes on.

—Jen Rini, jenxwill@udel.edu

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Students compete in Miss Newark pageantBY ALEXANDRA NAU

Staff Reporter

WILMINGTON, Del.—While most children were watching cartoons, 2010 university alumna Marcie Smith had her television set to another channel.

“I’ve been watching Miss America since I was five,” Smith says.

Smith, who won the title of Miss Newark last year, competed for the last time Sunday night at this year’s Miss Newark/Miss Wilmington pageant at Harry’s Savoy Grill Ballroom in Wilmington.

This year, the women’s group, ranging from ages 17 to 24, had enough contestants to award separate crowns for Newark and Wilmington residents. Senior Erin Magnin, a music education major at the university, was crowned Miss Wilmington, and Stephanie Bailey won the title of Miss Newark.

Both of these title-holders will compete in the Miss Delaware pageant. The winner will compete for the title of Miss America in January.

Magnin says she’ll walk away from the competition with a handful of new friends.

“I’m having fun,” Magnin says. “The women who compete are really kind and intelligent.”

Bobbey Biddle, executive director of the Miss Greater Wilmington Scholarship Organization, which hosts the

pageant, says anyone who lives, works or attends school in the state of Delaware is eligible to compete at the local level.

“They just have to be prepared to compete in various stages of competition,” Biddle says.

This competition includes private interviews with the judges and an onstage interview question as well as swimsuit, talent and evening wear contests. Biddle says this year’s contestants came to the event eager to win.

“This year seems very highly competitive,” he says. “They’re all strong in different phases of competition.”

Becky Albini, a sophomore food science major who also competed for the Newark crown, is new to Delaware pageants but has competed on stage four times in her home state of Connecticut, winning local titles such as Miss West Berry and Miss Wolcott.

“I’ve done it since I was 16 years old,” Albini says.

Each competitor must choose a social issue to pledge support to in the competition. After Albini was stalked by a sexual predator two years ago, she says she wanted to educate people, especially teenagers, about the importance of knowing how to protect themselves. She saw the Miss America organization as an outlet for her platform of safety awareness.

“You need to be aware of what’s

around you,” she says. “I wanted to be a part of an organization because I can help people.”

Albini says this platform, as well as the scholarship awards, constantly brought her back to the pageant scene. But she says these competitions are often stereotyped as shallow and inconsequential.

“I think people dismiss it before giving it a chance,” Albini says.

Smith, who graduated last year with a bachelors degree in plant science, is using her scholarship winnings to help pay off school debt. Albini used her local winnings to buy textbooks.

In preparation, Albini worked out at the gym several times a week, watched what she ate and spent hours choreographing her tap-dance routine for the talent section of the pageant. She says she also practiced interview questions by watching CNN and Good Morning America.

“It’s a lot of preparation,” Albini says.

After Bailey and Magnin were announced as the winners, camera flashes erupted and the contestants ran to hug their families. Albini was announced as the first runner-up.

Albini says despite the disappointing result, her goal was always to have fun and grow as a person.

“I’m going to make the most of it,” she says. “Everything happens for a reason.”

Courtesy of Alexandra NauSamantha Bailey (left) and Erin Magnin (right) accept their 2012 crowns.

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Wilmington speakeasy brings back roaring ’20sBY CHRISTINE BARBA

Entertainment Editor

Patrons approach a black door embellished with a golden hummingbird. After ringing the buzzer and saying the password, an employee peers out through a peephole on the door and directs the group up a flight of stairs—and into another era.

The glory days of flappers, jazz and Al Capone are making a comeback at the upscale lounge and speakeasy Hummingbird to Mars, located behind Catherine Rooney’s restaurant in Trolley Square in Wilmington.

Prohibition in the United States lasted from 1920 to 1933, banning the sale, manufacturing, and transportation of alcohol. The National Prohibition Act catalyzed a nation-wide reaction—the establishment of speakeasies, or illegal bars.

General manager Jason Holstein says the speakeasy creates an atmosphere of rebellion and excitement, and handcrafted drinks add to the appeal.

“We look at the drinks like we’re preparing a meal, because there’s so many components to it,” Holstein says. “It’s old fashioned—that’s how they did it back in the 1920s.”

He says the strongest appeal of speakeasies is the drinks that were trendy into the ’50s and died out in ’60s and ’70s when the baby boomers became rebellious and popularized infused vodkas and light beers.

“We want the nostalgia,” Holstein says. “We learn from the classics.”

He says the décor is authentic of an actual prohibition-era speakeasy.

“It’s taken on a life of its own in a lot of ways,” Holstein says. “I bought an old-fashioned record player—we don’t have any TVs, but we could play the Phillies game on it and are letting people bring their own records on Sundays.”

Joseph Hiester, a bartender at Hummingbird to Mars, says the restaurant’s name was inspired by a comment from Texas senator Morris Sheppard, who once said, “There is as much a chance of repealing the eighteenth amendment as there is for a hummingbird to fly to the planet Mars with the Washington Monument tied to its tail.” Shortly thereafter in 1933, the 18th amendment was repealed, lifting the national ban.

Hiester says the restaurant plays everything from old jazz to Frank Sinatra and doesn’t solely focus on the ’20s.

“We kind of run through 1900 to 1950s, the timeframe these drinks are coming from as well as the music we play,” Hiester says. “It doesn’t really just focus on the prohibition era—it’s pre-prohibition, prohibition and post-prohibition. The Golden Age of cocktails is what it’s referred to.”

Ann Lewandowski, of Pequannock, N.J., says her favorite drink at Hummingbird to Mars is the Ava Gardner, which combines gin, elderflower liqueur and muddled lime and cucumber.

“The drinks and cocktails are really cool—they all have their own special names and attributes that have to do with that period,” Lewandowski says. “It’s an interesting place to kind of learn a lot too. It has a cool vibe to it.”

Hiester says prohibition junkies like the shirts and ties worn by the men working at the restaurant, as well as a sense of companionship with the bartenders. He says he enjoys both the serious prohibition fans and new customers who provide him with drink requests.

“I think it goes back to the lost art, and people really appreciate it,” he says. “They all leave happy, whether you come in with these nerds really into prohibition-style drinks trying to throw me a curve ball or people coming in and saying, ‘I don’t really know, make me a gin or vodka’—to me, that’s the most rewarding part.”

The restaurant has live music on Thursdays and Fridays, and jazz sets on the weekends. Food such as smoked salmon, hummus and baked burritos are served.

Bartender Ryan McNiff says one of the most rewarding aspects of the modern-day speakeasy is the history lesson behind it.

“I think the most intriguing thing for me is the history behind all of this, going back to the speakeasies and how people had to be creative,” McNiff says. “And then when you see people get something that they haven’t tasted before and you see the expression on their face, like, ‘Wow, this is incredible.’”

Courtesy of Jason HolsteinBar-goers at Hummingbird to Mars enjoy libations and the zeitgeist of the 1920s.

Courtesy of Jason HolsteinThe speakeasy offers food, drinks and live music on Thursdays and Fridays and jazz sets on the weekends.

Courtesy of Jason HolsteinBartenders mix up custom creations for patrons at Hummingbird to Mars.

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Grilled Cheese and Craft Beer TastingWorld Cafe Live at the Queen

Thursday, Oct. 20, 6 p.m.

Mean Lady and Spontaneous UndergroundMojo Main

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PAWS for People Wag-n-Walk & 5K RunGlasgow Park

Saturday, Oct. 22, 9 a.m.

Fat Daddy Has BeenDeer Park Tavern

Saturday, Oct. 22, 10 p.m.

Newark Symphony Orchestra Presents: “Love and Heroism”The Independence School

Sunday, Oct. 23, 3 p.m.

EATER’S DIGESTConcocting spooky smoke a cinch

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W i t h Halloween less than two weeks away, it’s time to start thinking of creative costumes and party ideas. We may have grown out of the peeled-grapes-for-eyeballs and cold-spaghetti-f o r - b r a i n s phase, but I don’t think I’ll

ever grow out of my fascination with smoking cauldrons full of green “toxic waste” punch. As a science nerd, I’ll forever be compelled to know how to properly make and maintain the illusion of a bubbling potion. The odorless substance that creates the smoky effect is actually dry ice, the solid form of carbon dioxide.

Generally, carbon dioxide is in its gaseous form at room temperature and is part of Earth’s atmosphere. On Earth, the standard pressure exerted on all living things by gravity is about 14.7 pounds per square inch. This may seem like a lot of weight to carry around, but feeling this weight 24 hours a day, 365 days a year since birth makes feeling this pressure normal. But in reality, temperature and pressure are essential in determining the form chemicals take.

There are three phases of matter: solid, liquid and gas. Water, for example, comes in three forms: ice, liquid and vapor. The transition between these phases happens thanks to changes in temperature and pressure.

Carbon dioxide has similar traits, but the changes occur at vastly different temperatures. At temperatures above minus 70˚F, carbon dioxide is in the gas

phase. Unlike water, carbon dioxide is unable to become a liquid unless the pressure is approximately five times the normal pressure of the atmosphere (approximately 73.5 pounds per square inch). This means that liquid carbon dioxide is rarely seen outside a laboratory setting.

If the pressure and temperature are lower, carbon dioxide can transition directly from the solid phase to the gaseous phase, a process called sublimation. The solid phase is the extremely cold substance we call dry ice, named as such because of its unique ability to transform back into gas from a solid as the temperature rises. This eliminates the wet mess we encounter when ice melts—dry ice simply returns to the atmosphere. When you see smoke swirling around a block of dry ice, you are actually witnessing sublimation. Whip that factoid out at your next cocktail party and see how many people you can impress.

Now to the important part— how can you use this information to make your Halloween party a spook-tacular success? First, get some dry ice. Try asking for it at your local grocery store’s seafood counter. If the grocers don’t have any, they may be able to direct you somewhere that carries dry ice.

Before we get to the fun part, here are some safety tips. First of all, never touch dry ice with your bare hands, because it can burn the skin. Always wear gloves (cloth or leather) or use tongs when moving dry ice from one place to another.

Second, keep dry ice in a well-ventilated room. As the solid carbon dioxide returns to a gas, it will remain in the room without sufficient ventilation.

Finally, actually consuming dry ice is a safety hazard, so putting it directly

into a punch bowl is a poor choice. Place the punch bowl inside another larger bowl (or cauldron!) with enough room between the two to place chunks of dry ice. Right before guests start to arrive, pour some hot water over the dry ice to raise its temperature quickly and produce the maximum amount of spooky smoke. Replace the dry ice periodically to keep the effect going.

Fill your cauldron with the Black Halloween Punch recipe I’ve provided below. Consider adding vodka if you and your guests are of legal age. It’s a scary black color, but it tastes great! If you’re feeling really creepy, thoroughly wash a latex glove inside and out. Fill it with water, close with a rubber band, place it in the freezer overnight and put the zombie hand in your punch. It will not only help to keep the punch cold without diluting it, but it will also give your guests a fright to see a hand floating in the punch when the smoke clears. Happy haunting, everyone!

Black Halloween Punch

Ingredients

1 (.13 ounce) envelope unsweetened grape soft drink mix1 (.13 ounce) envelope unsweetened orange soft drink mix2 cups white sugar3 quarts cold water1 liter ginger ale

Directions

Stir together grape soft drink mix, orange soft drink mix, sugar and water until solids are dissolved. Combine with chilled ginger ale just before serving.

—Abby Engel, amengel@udel.edu

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Students, residents celebrate fall with seasonal treats

THE REVIEW/Amelia WangFall- and Halloween-themed cupcakes line the display tray at SAS Cupcakes. Main Street restaurants, like Iron Hill Brewery, also feature autumnal specials like Pumpkin Ale and Oktoberfest brews. Milburn Orchards in Elkton, Md., sells pumpkin pie, pumpkin rolls, pumpkin pie mix and pumpkin ice cream, along with 300,000 pounds of pumpkins during the three weeks before Halloween.

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Did you know?Hens’ striker, Roberto Gimenez, earned the CAA Rookie of the Week award for the third

time this season.

Ellis’ dramatic goal wins it for HensBY TIM MASTROManaging Sports Editor

Overtime has not been kind to the men’s soccer team this season.

It took a little bit of magic from junior midfielder Kyle Ellis to change that fact.

Ellis’ overtime goal completed a Delaware comeback to give the Hens a 3-2 win over CAA foe Hofstra Sunday afternoon. It snapped Delaware’s two-game losing streak, both of which were suffered in overtime.

“It’s devastating when you lose in overtime,” Ellis said. “Sometimes you just got to break the trend. Today we finally did it.”

Roberto Gimenez scored his second goal of the game with 38 seconds left to send the match into extra time. After a scoreless first overtime, Ellis’ game winner came just one minute into the second overtime period.

He picked up the ball from sophomore defender Prince Nartey on the left side around midfield. He took the space that opened up in the Pride midfield and charged toward the net.

Ellis streaked his way past the entire opposing team, juked a defender and finished off his blistering run by tucking the ball past Hofstra goalie Roberto Pellegrini.

“I took a touch, saw there was more space in front of me, took another touch, saw there was no one stepping to me again,” Ellis said. “Finally the center back stepped. I knew all I had to do was take a touch to the side and place the ball.”

The electric charge down half the field brought the Delaware bench and crowd to their feet in anticipation. Even head coach Ian Hennessy started running toward the field before the ball was in the net.

“As soon as he took off, you’re waiting for the next guy to come,” Hennessy said. “I was hoping the gap would open, and it did start to get bigger and bigger. I was almost at the touchline just waiting for him to finish.”

The three points keep the Hens (8-3-1, 3-3 CAA) very much

Football squad struggles against MinutemenBY DAN MOBERGER

Managing Sports Editor Delaware Stadium was filled

to capacity, not counting the perpetually half-vacant student section, with fans of all kinds for the start of Saturday’s Parents and Family Weekend football game against UMass. By the end of the 21-10 Delaware loss, the crowd had dwindled to a select few hardy fans that chose to endure through the Hens’ struggles.

The game had an unusual feel from the start. On the opening kickoff, Delaware’s lengthy return was erased because of offsetting penalties. After a re-kick, on the Hens’ first offensive play, UMass pressured Delaware quarterback Tim Donnelly into an intentional grounding that set the offense into a second and 27 yards to go for a first down.

That drive concluded without any progress. It gave the Minutemen good field position and sparked what would be a historically dreadful quarter for the Hens.

UMass went on to score 21 points in the first quarter, making their way into the endzone on each

of their first three possessions. The Delaware squad, on the other hand, finished their first three possessions with two punts and an interception.

The 21-0 first quarter deficit was too much for the Hens to overcome. While the defense shut out the UMass offense for the rest of the game, the Delaware offense managed to put up only 10 points. The Hens never got into a rhythm and the final three quarters were mostly uneventful.

After the game, head coach K.C. Keeler and junior wide receiver Nihja White both attributed the team’s poor performance to a subpar practice on Friday.

“I wouldn’t say lackadaisical, but just very little focus at practice on Friday,” White said. “We know what it takes to win, so we should’ve been more focused.”

Keeler called that day’s practice “uninspired,” but praised UMass for its game planning and strong performance.

“They did a good job keeping us off balance,” Keeler said. “Everyone can beat you. A great example was today.”

Donnelly finished with 155

yards, completed 46.7 percent of his passes, threw two interceptions and almost threw two more. As the struggling quarterback, he received much of the blame for the loss, but consistent pressure from the UMass defense contributed to his rough day.

Donnelly said after the game the offense’s weak performance put the team in a difficult situation.

“You can’t lose the turnover battle 3-0,” Donnelly said during the postgame press conference. “A lot of that falls on me as a quarterback—falls on the offense—because three turnovers is a lot to overcome.”

Despite holding UMass scoreless in the final three quarters following the rocky start, the Delaware defense failed to make a contribution in the turnover battle.

“As good as we played the last three quarters, we still got no turnovers,” junior linebacker Paul Worrilow said. “We had to get the ball for [the offense] in good field position. Instead we were making them do 90-yard drives, which you can’t put that kind of pressure on an offense.”

Keeler said there was no lone

weakness for the Hens. Both the offensive and defensive statistics were lackluster on Saturday. They were simply outplayed in every part of the game, Keeler said. He also acknowledged that his team never gave up, even though it faced a large deficit early.

“It was definitely both sides of the ball,” he said of the team’s difficulties. “We were intense the whole time, you know, very positive about getting back in it.”

Down 21-10 at halftime, See FOOTBALL page 31

THE REVIEW/Amelia WangDelaware’s defense let up 21 points in the first quarter Saturday vs. UMass.

See MEN’S SOCCER page 31THE REVIEW/Megan Krol

Kyle Ellis (2) scored the game-winning goal in Delaware’s double overtime win over Hofstra in CAA action Sunday.

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Women’s Volleyball: The Hens won a decisive 3-1 victory over Virginia Commonwealth Saturday and swept a CAA weekend on the road. Delaware stopped VCU’s four-match win streak to tie for first place in CAA standings. The game was held at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Va. Junior Chelsea Lawrence led the Hens with a career best 18 kills. Set scores for the match were 25-19, 25-15, 21-25 and 25-19.

Men’s Tennis: The Hens pulled in six wins during day one of the Lehigh University Invitational Saturday. The event took place at the Lewis Tennis Center/Ulrich Varsity Courts in Bethlehem, Pa. The first round of action was against Bucknell. Hen standout singles victories included freshman Troy Beneck defeating senior Gregg Cohenca 6-3, 6-4 and sophomore Adam Lawton beating junior Evan Zimmer 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 in extra sets. The Hens return to Lehigh’s Lewis Tennis Center/Ulrich Varsity Courts on Sunday to finish the Invitational.

Women’s Cross Country: The Hens placed second as hosts of the Blue & Gold Invitational Saturday. The event was held in White Clay Creek State Park. Sophomore Lindsay Prettyman led the UD cross country squad for the third time in four meets this season as she brought the team to a second place finish. Prettyman placed third overall, running the six-kilometer course in 24:02.15. Four Delaware runners were in the top 10 finishers and had a team score of 38. Delaware has next week off to prepare for the CAA championships Oct. 29 at Georgia State.

Men’s Golf: Delaware’s men’s golfers finished 14th out of 17 colleges at the Barnabas Health Intercollegiate on Sunday. The tournament was held in Bedminster, N.J. and was hosted by Seton Hall University. Delaware junior Benjamin Conroy fired an even par 72, having the best day out of his teammates. Conroy carded a seven over 79 in Saturday’s opening round, finishing with a tie for 21st place in the individual standings with a seven over par 79-72-151. The golf squad finishes off their 2011 fall season on October 23-25 when they compete in the ODU Outer Banks Invitational at Kilmarlic Golf Course in Powells Point, N.C.

Wednesday, Oct. 12Men’s Soccer vs. George Mason

7 p.m.

Thursday to SundayMen’s Tennis at ITA Regionals

Friday, Oct. 21Women’s Soccer at George Mason

6 p.m.Field Hockey vs. Drexel

7 p.m.Volleyball vs. Georgia State

7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 22Football at Rhode Island

12:30 p.m.Men’s Soccer vs. William & Mary

7 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 16Women’s Soccer at Towson

1 p.m.

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Delaware vs. Rhode Island

Time: 12:30 p.m.Location: Meade Stadium

About the teams:About Delaware: Saturday’s loss was not what the Hens were looking for at all. Against William & Mary they looked like they had woken up and realized what they needed to do to win in the tough CAA. UMass dealt Delaware (4-3, 2-2 CAA) a blow that it may not be able to recover from. The Hens now need to win the rest of their games to be postseason eligible. Trevor Sasek was named the starter over Tim Donnelly at Monday’s press conference. It will be his first start since opening day against Navy.

About Rhode Island: The Rams are only 1-5 overall this season and 0-3 in the CAA. Their record is a bit misleading because they have played tough teams very close. Two of the losses came against opponents the Hens have already lost to, UMass and Maine. The other CAA loss was against Old Dominion, a team the Hens beat earlier in the season by 10 points. Only one of Rhode Island’s losses was by more than nine points, so they don’t back down easily.

The prediction:This should be more of a defensive struggle, but Sasek brings just enough of a spark to get them the victory.

Rams 14Hens 17

-Dan Moberger

Why the Hens can win:As the William & Mary game showed, the Hens can

bounce back from a defeat. They haven’t lost two games in a row all year, but this will be the first road game following a defeat. With Sasek under center, the Hens get a bigger, more athletic quarterback than Donnelly. Sasek had a slow start last week when he came in for the final three Delaware drives. He made a few tight throws and ended up putting together a long drive to end the game.

Why the Hens could lose: As the UMass game showed, the Hens are inconsistent enough to play like a completely different team from week to week. It is hard to tell which Delaware team is going to show up. Either way, the Hens will be led by a different quarterback this week, so the offense will have a different feel than it has the past month and a half. The Hens need to win this game, and the way they will handle that pressure isn’t certain.

The numbers:

6.6: Rhode Island’s average margin of defeat this season.

24%: Delaware’s opponents third down conversion efficiency.

230.7: Yards per game Rhode Island gives up through the air.

“TIME TO GIVE CREDIT”BY TIM MASTRO

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Most of the concentration on Delaware sports in recent memory has been on the football team. This is completely understandable. The team draws the biggest crowds, it’s been to three national championships in this decade and has been on national television probably more than every other team combined.

Amidst all this hullabaloo about football, some other things have stolen the spotlight for brief periods of time. There’s the Elena Delle Donne show and what’s soon going to become the Devon Saddler show.

Men’s lacrosse has established a place in the national picture, albeit in more of a niche sport than a mainstream one.

Then there was all the drama about men’s track and cross country, which made national headlines as those kids offered themselves up as martyrs at every opportunity.

Still, Delaware is by all accounts a football school. But its struggles this year, and their pattern of taking two to three years to reload for another deep playoff run should remind us of something.

Sports are hard.This fact should allow us to appreciate

just how successful the Hens’ volleyball team has been in recent years. They graduated four players who had all-conference ability, including one of the best setters in the country and still, there they are tied for first in the CAA again this year.

Yet you never hear much about them. Why?

Because they have the audacity to win every year so people are used to it by now. What a concept.

If they ever drop off from these winning seasons, I’m sure those who follow Delaware sports will be talking about them, just not in a positive light. They’ll never get their proper due until perhaps many years from now when we’re renaming their home arena, a new one down on South Campus called “Bonnie Kenny Court.” Maybe that’s an exaggeration, but you get the point.

Speaking of coaches who need recognition for a job well done, how about both soccer coaches?

Ian Hennessy and Scott Grzenda were probably both worried about the state of their jobs a couple of years ago. Especially considering a new athletic director was coming in, and he might have wanted to make some new hires of his own.

Hennessy has completely turned around a program that used to be the doormat of the CAA, one of the better men’s soccer conferences in the country. The job he does with recruiting and getting the most out of his team with limited resources is certainly commendable.

The team has already scored more goals this season than its entire total last year. There are still six games left in the regular season. The offense is ranked 12th in the country in scoring.

Grzenda’s squad, like the men’s team, has battled through injuries all year. They are on pace to finish above .500 for the first time since 2005 if they keep up their good form. That was also the last time Delaware made the CAA playoffs, something the team is currently in a position to do.

It’s time for Hens fans to appreciate what they have. If football suffers one more loss, fans will have to look elsewhere, like volleyball or soccer, for some playoff action in the fall.

Or they can wait patiently for Saddler and Delle Donne to bring the CAA Player of the Year awards for both men’s and women’s basketball to Newark.

But that’s a different commentary for a different day.

Tim Mastro is a managing sports editor at the Review. Send questions, comments and some credit for soccer coaches to tmastro@udel.edu.

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Women’s soccer ends weekend with two ties

BY KERRY BOWDENSports Editor

The women’s soccer team came

up shy of moving up in the CAA standings not once, but twice this weekend. Their games against VCU Friday and James Madison Sunday both ended as ties after double overtimes in each match.

Delaware entered the weekend in the middle of the CAA standings at 3-2. The two ties didn’t change that, as the Hens are still on the cusp of making the six-team CAA postseason tournament. James Madison was No. 3 in the CAA with a 4-3 record heading into Sunday’s game, and left Newark in the same position in the standings.

Each team scored two goals in regulation, but could not break the tie through two 10-minute overtimes, and the game ended 2-2.

“I don’t think there were any surprises, we played a solid game,” head coach Scott Grzenda said. “I think there were times where we had a few lapses. You know, we didn’t play as hard as we could.”

Senior captain Amy Pickard scored a goal in each half for the Hens Sunday against James Madison. She scored the first goal of the game approximately nine minutes in, when sophomore Chelsea Duffy assisted her with a header pass.

“The team came out ready to play—we got that early one and then relaxed a little bit,” Grzenda said. “We need to play for 90 minutes.”

James Madison was scoreless in the first half, but put a shot past senior Delaware goalkeeper Breanna Stemler less than 10 minutes into the second half to even the score at 1-1.

Pickard’s second half goal came in the 66th minute, assisted by junior Ali Miller’s cross.

“We need to keep playing the ball wide—we know that, it’s working for us,” Pickard said. “We have a little bit of lapse and coach was talking about how we have to stay on top of that too.”

The Hens could not hold on to another one goal advantage, and with 17 minutes to play, Lauren Wilson

scored James Madison’s equalizer.The overtimes were not without

scoring chances for either team. Delaware and James Madison had four and three shots, respectively, but could not convert. The tie sent each team off the field with one point counted toward their league records, instead of the three they would have received for a win.

“It would have really boosted the confidence level, but we’re still in a good spot,” Pickard said. “We still got two points out of the weekend, which is great, so we’re still moving forward.”

Stemler’s 11 saves during Sunday’s action were a season high for her.

“Before every game we have a scouting report—I was pretty much just trying to focus on the forwards,” Stemler said. “No. 5 in particular was strong on the top.”

There are four games left on Delaware’s schedule, all of which are CAA matches.

While each game moving forward will help determine whether the Hens make the postseason, Stemler said she is personally looking forward to the last regular season game against Drexel because it’s the senior game. Drexel also has a similar record to Delaware in the CAA, making the Oct. 30 matchup integral in establishing the playoff field.

“We need to keep playing how we have been the past couple of weekends,” junior defender Taylor Thompson said. “We need to play our style of game coming out from the start and play for 90 minutes.”

Before Drexel, the Hens play three straight games away from Newark. The next matchup for the Hens is against George Mason Friday, which holds an identical record in the CAA as Delaware.

“We need to make sure we’re healthy—getting everybody back and getting ready to play,” Grzenda said. “We had two decent results over this weekend. We need to come out and get six points next weekend.”

THE REVIEW/Megan KrolAmy Pickard (8) scored both goals for the Hens in Sunday’s 2-2 draw.

Sasek named starter againSophomore will get first start since season opener at Navy

BY TIM MASTROManaging Sports Editor

Trevor Sasek will be the starting quarterback when the Hens travel to Rhode Island Saturday, head coach K.C. Keeler announced at his Monday press conference.

Sasek, a redshirt sophomore, replaced junior Tim Donnelly in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 21-10 loss to UMass. He played the last three possessions.

“There was a point where I said, ‘Well I know I’m gonna go with Trevor [against Rhode Island],” Keeler said. “So we got to get Trevor in to get him to build up some confidence for the next week.”

Sasek was originally named the starter to begin the season on Sept. 3 at Navy. During the game he suffered a contusion to his knee. Donnelly came off the bench to finish the game, going on to start the next six contests.

Delaware went 4-2 with Donnelly at quarterback.

He threw for one touchdown and 155 yards Saturday. He completed 14 of 30 passes with two interceptions.

It was the second time in three games he struggled. He threw four interceptions Oct. 1 at Maine.

“I can’t complain with the way Tim’s performed, sure he

had two bad days but who doesn’t have a bad day?” Erle Ladson, a sophomore offensive lineman, said. “He’s a great kid and he understands.”

Keeler denied any thoughts of rotating the two quarterbacks.

“The thing I told Trevor is the same thing I told Tim, ‘I don’t want you looking over your shoulder, if I’m gonna go with a quarterback, I’m going with you,’” Keeler said. “Trevor knows this is his game and we’ll ride him as long as I feel he’s the guy who’s the best for the situation.”

Sasek saw some action last year as a redshirt freshman when All-American Pat Devlin was injured. Sasek played in seven games, including a start against Duquesne, and led the Hens to a victory at James Madison when Devlin suffered a concussion on Delaware’s first play from scrimmage.

Sasek’s had some trouble staying healthy, dating back to last year, when he was unavailable to be Devlin’s backup due to an ankle injury. He also missed part of spring drills while sick with mononucleosis.

Keeler said Sasek returned to practice a few weeks ago, from his knee injury, but it never occurred to him to switch quarterbacks until the UMass game.

“To me there was no evidence during the week that going to Trevor was the better move,” Keeler said. “You got to remember Trevor’s missed a month of football.”

Sasek’s running ability could add another dimension to the Hens’ offense.

“He gives you an athletic quarterback who can move around the pocket and so some different things,” Keeler said. “That’s kind of the direction that we want to take the offense.”

He said Donnelly handled the change well.

“Tim’s phenomenal,” Keeler said. “I grabbed Tim on the sideline when I made the move with Trevor and he patted me on the back and said, ‘Coach I know.’ He was having a bad day. He’s a great kid. On the sideline you will not see a more supportive player than Tim Donnelly.”

Sasek engineered two scoring drives in his only start this year at Navy and finished with 82 passing yards and one rushing touchdown. Saturday he was 10 of 15 for 89 yards.

Ladson said he’s looking forward to playing with Sasek again.

“I call him ‘Trigger Trev’ cause he has a gun,” Ladson said. “We’ll just ball out.”

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Head coach K.C. Keeler announced at Monday’s press conference that Trevor Sasek (pictured above) will start at quarterback Saturday.

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Keeler and the rest of his coaching staff were making their usual mid-game assessments and looking for possible changes they should make with the game plan. They debated whether to pull Donnelly out and replace him with sophomore Trevor Sasek.

Sasek was named the starter when the season opened more than a month ago, but has been working through an injury, and finally saw a few snaps last week against William & Mary. With Sasek as a viable option, Keeler chose to leave Donnelly in at the start of the second half.

“I don’t want to play with two quarterbacks,” Keeler said. “I have a lot of belief in Tim. I don’t want him looking over his shoulder any time we run through anything that was going to be negative.”

Keeler stuck with Donnelly until late in the fourth quarter. With 6:42 remaining in the game, Sasek entered the huddle to a loud ovation from what remained of the sold-out crowd. Losing 21-10, Keeler said he wanted to see if Sasek could ignite a spark in the Hen offense, and if nothing else, Sasek would get some reps to help

him return to game shape.Sasek ended the game 10 of

15 for 89 yards and was sacked three times. He started off slow on his first two drives, but on his third drive he showed glimpses of what won him the starting job at the beginning of the season. He put together a 12-play, 67-yard drive that ended because the game clock ticked down to zeros.

The loss puts the Hens in a predicament moving forward. They move to 4-3 on the season, but their 2-2 record in the CAA will make it difficult to move into the postseason because they need to win the rest of their regular season game to be eligible for the playoffs. Four games remain on the schedule, all CAA contests, and two teams in the league have perfect in-conference records.

“What’s important for us is taking it one day at a time,” team captain Worrilow, said. “That starts tomorrow. If we want to win next week, we’ve got to prepare tomorrow.”

Keeler echoed his captain’s words.

“We’ve dug ourselves a hole, but the reality is we need to start worrying about winning tomorrow,” he said.

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Football: Playoffs in jeopardy

THE REVIEW/Amelia WangJunior quarterback Tim Donnelly completed 14 of 30 pass attempts Saturday before he was replaced by redshirt sophomore Trevor Sasek.

alive in the CAA playoff picture. They currently hold onto the sixth and final spot for the postseason tournament.

Their hopes almost took a huge hit Sunday. Five minutes into the game, Hofstra was already up 2-0.

Preseason CAA Player of the Year Shaun Foster scored first for the Pride off a corner kick a minute and a half into the match. They went up another goal four minutes later on a counter-attack, when Heidar Emilsson finished from about 30-yards out into the top corner.

Despite controlling possession the majority of the match and outshooting the Pride, Delaware could not find the net until the 75th minute.

“The question for me was, ‘How we did we put ourselves down?’” Hennessy said. “I thought we were the better team.”

Gimenez’s seventh goal of the season finally got the Hens on the scoreboard with 15 minutes to go. Pellegrini had denied sophomore midfielder Mark Garrity, a substitute, from close range but the ball bounced to Gimenez who headed the rebound past the recovering keeper.

With everyone on Delaware

pushing forward in hopes of an equalizer in the final minutes, Gimenez, the club’s second leading scorer, was able to convert again. A long free kick was sent into the box and bounced around as both teams scrambled for possession.

It slid to Gimenez at the top of the box and he blasted a shot into the upper left corner. The tally moved him up to eight goals on the season, one behind Evans Frimpong and set the stage for Ellis’ heroics in overtime.

“You can’t coach drama, you can’t expect the drama that we had today,” Hennessy said. “If nothing else, we can fancy the excitement.”

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Men’s Soccer: Gimenez’s two goals help Hens complete dramatic second-half comeback

THE REVIEW/Megan Krol

Evans Frimpong dribbles toward the Hofstra goal. Frimpong is the team leader in goals (9) and points (21).

THE REVIEW/Megan Krol

Roberto Gimenez (11) scored two goals in the second half of Delaware’s match against Hofstra Sunday afternoon.

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