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BY CAITLIN GINLEY Staff Reporter The energy in Mitchell Hall was electrifyin g. The stage was set for dazzling costumes, exotic music and brilliant dancing, as the Indian Stud ent Associati on hosted its 5th annual dance com petition Saturday evening. The event, titl ed, M uqabala 2005, wh ich attracted a crowd of THE REVIEW/File Photo m ore th an 500 peopl e, is an interco ll egiate So uth Asian Alpha Tau ·omega fraternity was found guilty of three dance competiti on, featuring safety and alcohol related violations in a recent rehearing. dance team from four u n i ve r s i ~ ti es competing fo r prizes in front of a panel of three judges. Competing teams im;luded University says ATO . GU Jawani from Georgetown U ni versity, Temple Agni from Temple Uni versity, Rutgers conviction will stand Raga from Rutgers Uni versity and USP Dhamaa l fro m the University of the Sciences in BY MONICA S£MMONS guilty of th e three charges origi Philadelphia, showcasing their News Fearures Editor nally brought against them in ta lent and creativity. The suspension of the January, Brennan said. Those T he audi ence cheered and Epsilon Rh o chapter of the charges in cluded exceed ing clapped, the teams chanted and Alpha .Tau Omega fraternity was building occupancy limits, screamed, each trying to outdo upheld in a second judicial hear endangering the safety of its the other. jng March I 5. guests and one alcohol policy USP Dhamaa l's perform The fraternit y has unti l charge, Brennan said . ance received the largest Wednesday to appea l the deci Roger Akin, Newark city response from the crowd. The sion, which suspends th e chapter attorney, said ATO members are dancers fli pped and j umped, .until spring 2009, John Brennan, all owed to remain in their house smiled wid e and moved in per senior associate director of pub on Courtney Street pending a fect . synchronizati on to the li c relations, said. decision on their appeal. The university granted the If ATO pursues an appeal, mUSIC. T he tea m consisted of all fraterni ty a rehearing last month they will go before the appellate .. m en, except for one fema le after it di scovered an e-mail se.J1't board in early April, Brennan dancer, who appea red from a by fraternity members request said. box at th e back of th e tage. ing the hearing be rescheduled ATO's lawyers were not Junior A rjun Gupta, . p ro was never received. avai lable for comment. gram director for ISA, said THE REVTEW/Jessica Sitkoff The fraternity wa found dan ci ng is a major par( of Indian USP Dhamaal, an ensemble from the University of the Sciences in PWiadelphia, won the cul ture. " 1 hope th e audience will Muqabala 2005 dance competition and $1,000 grand prize. [l eave th e show] learning some the of$ 1, 000 grand pri ze. on campus. "The dances are· what you JUST THE FACTS thing abo ut Indi an c ul ture," he Whil e the team competi " We are friends with people take away from it," she said. .Freshman Rachel E. Payne was fatally struck by a CSX train after said . "We are vibrant and fun tion was certainl y the focal point from other cultures and thi s is a "It's your own interpretation." attendi ng a party at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house Sept. people, and our da ncing gives of the show, Muqabala offered a great way for us to bring th em Juni or James Hayman said 12. Her blood alcohol content was 0.236. off that vi be." · variety of acts. out and show them our cu lture," he was impressed by the per T he M uq abala, whi ch Loca l groups ofhigh schoo l he said. formance from "USP Dhamaal." • The university found ATO gui lty of three charges on Feb. 1: fire means competition, attracted s tud ents and you ng children Junior Parin Patel, vice "I liked the part when . the and safety precautions, exceed ing maximwn occupancy and a11 members from .th e university demonstrated. their own dancing presid etlt of ISA, said the event girl came out of the box, with alcohol violation. The fraternity could not be held responsible for and local communities, Gupta skill s as guest per form ers. brings members of the Indian the li ghts flashing," he aid. Pflyne ·s intoxication: Besides being suspended for four years, ATO said . ISA wanted to include ·Members of ISA performed a community to gether. "The whole performance was members were evicted and ordered to leave within one week. local talent from the uni versity skit, whi ch was interspe rsed "T here aren't many Indians very unique. " and from Newark. · thro ughout the entire show, on campus," she said. "But this Sophomore Katie Rowan • ATO 1iled an appeal against the suspellSion and eviction in tl)e A t the end uf th e show, showing what woul d happen if is a great opportunity for u to · said s)1e attended the perform corning days, saying that the eviction was premature and that the JSA's eX:ec uti ve board "Harold and Kuma r" came to wo rk together." ance to enj oy Indian culture. fratern ity's hearing with the university violated Due Process announced th e event's win ners. Newark, mimicking the moy ie, While the competition " [l'm] obsessed with rights. GU Jawani won B est " Harold and Kumar Go To emphas izes South Asian culture, BoiJywood," Rowan sa id , "so I Costume, Rutgers Raga won the White Castle." Patel said people from any cul came for the dancing and • Less than two weeks later, the university announced it would second pl ace prize of $250 and Gupta said it is always ture can appreciate th e perform- music." rehear ATO's case because administrators did nol receive an e USP Dhamaal walked away with important to promote diversi ty ances. · mail notice that the fratemity's adviser could not attend.
Early Easter affects sales BY NATALIE TORENTINOS Fealutes Editor Junior Tommie Ma nkiewicz bought a Cadbury egg over the weekend, and she said she is still planning to wear spring clothing to Easter celebrations. "We do a family portrait every year at Easter," she said. " We're Catholic, so we have to · dress up ." While some customers on Tf·-IE REVIEW/Jessica Sitkoff Main Street continued their Gayle Kemp and her daughter Gabriella, 2, make decorations during the Family Egg Extravaganza Friday (left). Jackie, 7, Ryan, 1, and Josh Stepler, Easter shopping as usual this 7, count their eggs after the Egg Hunt Saturday morning in White Clay Creek State Park. · · year, in some cases, businesses are suffering from the holiday's early arrival. The earliest Easter in mere than a decade w ill reduce sales of Easter-related goods and Eggstravaganza spring apparel by almo t $1 bil· lion, according to a· National Retail Federation Survey released March l 0. Newark community celebrates Easter with two-day event Ashley Reynolds, manager of Gamble's Newark Florist, said BY GREG PRICE going out to dinner. It's something we can all do." run of the day. she agrees with thi s asses ment Sports Editor The event was for all ages. Newark High School stu BrtJep a1mounced the start of the hunt and the kids cur ince traditional Ea ter plants Families and children participated in the Newark Parks dents, who were looking to fulfill ome of their National ried off will not arrive until three to five and Recreation Department's aMual Easter Egg Hunt fol Honor Society community service hours. Kelly Reynolds brought her three children, Jacob, 5, days before Ea ter. lowed by the first-ever Family Egg ExtravagatlZa at White Junior Jason Angelo, 16, is a member of the Newark Lucas, 3, and Sara, 2, all to the hunt. "We're still getting tulip lay Creek Park and the George Wilson Center Friday night High School Key Club, a national volunteer program, and "The kids love the Egg Hwlt, ' she said. "These are the and hyacinths but possibly at a and Saturday momi11g. attended the event to help out. kind of things they remember and they talk about it all higher price," she said. "We On Friday night, families convened at the George "When parents gel home from work, they can do some year." haven't gotten that many Easter Wilson enter to participate in activities such as egg deco thing with their kids than just watclling television," he said. Lucas discovered one of the special egg with a stripe calls. They seem to be for every rating, an egg trivia contest and drawing a fanlily egg. Saturday, the Parks and Recreation Department scat inside, which eame.d him a gift basket filled with cru1dy and other reason but the holiday." . Recreations Supervis r Sharon Bruen came up with the tered 10,000. egg across a sectioned part of White Clay Ea ter Bunny toys. Bryan Greim, owner of idea for a new fami ly event for all ages. . reek Park, includmg 12 special eggs that earned kid a spe In addition to the Egg Hunt, families took pictures with Main Street Florist, sa1d Spring "We have had acti vities with pecific age groups in the cial prize. the Easter Bunny walking around the grounds. Break has more of an effect on past," he aid. "In lead of excluding people, we tried to do Children were divided into different age groups and Bruen aid the hunt has been a tradition in Newark for ales than Easter. something that included the whole family." given their own section to look for eggs. many years. "A lot of tudents will go Gabriella Kemp, 2, sat between her mother Gayle and Bruen stood at the top of a hill with a megaphone and "When I did my research 1 found records ns for back as home, so we would mis that her fa ther Peter as they all colored in their personal family rumounced a c0U11tdown until the kids could curry through 1969," she sa1d, although the original Egg Hunt happened vein ofbusine s," he said. "Most egg. their area. much before that "I look for family tl'ff to do," Gayle said. "I not just At 10 a.m. the walking to 2-year-old group got the first see HOLIDAY page A3 A2 THE REVIEW • March 22, 2005 enate denie appeal to stop Ala kan drilling
BY PAT '"'ALTER aid. "We need to be drilling more, not less." Anme trickier, spokeswoman for the S1erra Stnckler also noted that mterest of indige Stuff R~pottt:t Sen. Damel Akaka, D-Hawail, who als lub, said she agrees. nous residents are not cut and dry. A sharply d1vided Senate denied an amend opposed the amendment, said both the need for "The U.S. uses about 25 percent of the "The statements made by many pro-drilling ment to prevent dnllmg on the coastal plain of the domestic 011 and the importance of oil develop world's oil, but we sit on only about 3 percent of senators that the indigenous people of Alaska are Arctic National Wildlife Refuge March 16. ment to the local population are paramOLmt. the world's energy reserves," she said. "Energy overv,rhelmmgly in favor of drilling are simply The rejectiOn of the amendment appears to be "For me, this vole IS not a vote JUSt about independence at our current rate of consumplton is false," she said. the final blow in a long fight by environmentalists preservation o( the cnvir nment versus develop impossible, and drilling 111 ANWR will barely Many biologists claim drilltng will ha _ve a sig to keep oil derricks off ANWR. ment," he said. "It is a vote about the self dctenni make a difference." nificantly negative impact on the porcupme cari The refuge has been touted by environmental nation of an indigenous people and their home Sen. Nonn Coleman, R-M1nn . ., supporte.d the bou herd, who e calving grounds lie on the coastal ists as the last survivmg wilderness in America. land." amendment, citmg the uncertainty surrounding plain. President George W. Bu h states accessing the However, Vinay Jain, spokesman for the how much oil is actually available on the coastal Oil d velopment and the wilderness cannot possible I 0.4 billion barrels of oil that may lie National Wildlife Federnt10n, said opemngANWR plain. co-exist, Strickler said. locked beneath the permafrost is a necessary step would do virtually nothmg to reduce dependence Whether reducing fore•gn dependence on oil "As soon as you put in one single oil rig, one toward energy independence. on foreign oil. 1 • or energy costs can be done by drilling on ANWR single road, one single airport, ANWR changes Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said he opposed "At best ANWR contains just a few months of remains uncertain, he said. forever," she said. " It ceases to be a pristine the amendment because the· nation's oil needs are oil at current U.S. consumption," he said, "and "What we do know, especially in Minnesota, wilderness area." at stake. that won't even come on-hne for seven to I 0 years IS that we can achieve thi goal by expanding th e The Senate is expected to vote on the budget "For Louisiana and our nation, more domestic - the U.S. ,cannot dnll its way to energy inde use of renewable fuels like ethanol, biodicscl and by mid-April. oil and gas production is vitally important," he pendence." wind energy," Coleman said. Prof. discusses ,death penalty case
BY ASHLEY Sl GER the cutoff age, which was 16-years-old at the grounds and 58 percent do not know their Stn!T Repor1er time. His coll aborators were given a deal place in society. A c'riminal justice professor shared and testified aga inst Simmons. Before mandatory minimum scmcnces, information based on the U.S. Supreme The jury found the defendant guilty and judges could impose whatever sentences Court decision that declared the juvenile Simmons was sentenced to death. But the . they considered appropriate. death penalty unconstitutional Friday after- Missouri Court overturned the jury's sen Milford resident Ken Novak suggested noon in the Milford Public Library. . tencing, stating there is a national consensus hi s own solution to the situation. Valerie Hans gave a lecture Friday against capital punishment of minors. " Why can't the convicted person make afternoon about the juvenile death penalty "We lake note of the practice of the the deci i n? Death or life with paTole, or from the perspective of capital jurors. inten1ational and legal community in ban jail for life?" he said . )he Supreme Court outlawed the exe ni11 g the execution of juveniles," Hans said. Leonard Ott, a Milford resident, sa id cution of juvenile offenders who have com " It was not used as a central decision, how many people fail to understand how mitted a crime prior to adulthood March I, ever we do observe what other countries are extremely important j ustice is, until it hils 2005, slating it is a violation of the Eighth doing." you on a personal level. and Fourteenth Amendments. Hans noted many ' juries have found "Life in prison doesn't always mean life The United Stales is ne· of five coun growing trends in the characteristics of juve because inmates gel off on good behavior tries to recently execute juveniles. niles brought on trial. everyday," he said. The court declared capital punishment "Seventy-nine percent of cases involv Sociology and criminal justice profes of juveniles is cmel and unusual based on a ing juvenil es have some formal confession sor Benjamin Floury-Steiner and two THE REVIEW/Rosie Snow the Missouri Supreme Court ruling in Roper to the police, compared to 39 percent of the research scientists at Northeastern Sophomore Tia Jackson and graduate student Armando v. Simmons. cases involving ad.u lts," she said. Univer ity, William Bowers and Michael E. hristopher S immons, · 17, bragged In addition, Hans said 54 percent of the Antonio, collaborated with Hans on a recent Caro took part in the 18th Annual Multi-Ethnic Career about gettin g away w ith murder, unaware of , convicted juveniles come from poor back- book concerning the juvenile death penalty. Development Conference Saturday.
., I Club sponsors Panel talks working celebration of zn 'the real world' BY LAURA LOPEZ eni or Krystal Paul said she S t c~{f Repor1er attended the conference to meet The 18th Annua l Multi minorities who have recently Japanese culture Ethnic areer Development graduated an(! have started their Conference, aimed at preparing careers. minority students for their pro " I was told to come to the BY JENNIFER FYNES every day in gym." fessional careers after gradua-. conference because it would be Stll/f llep9rle1· The membets . prepared lion, was he ld Saturday afler a great opportLmily to network," The "Reverse Fes tival," tables with highlights of n on in the Trabant Univer ity Paul said. presented and sponsored by Japanese culture su<; h as music, Center. Spon ors in cluded the Otaku 2, celebrated popular popular festivals, games and The theme of the confer 811\ck Leadership ouncil, Japanese culture Saturday in the food. ... ence was "The Real World, Will Black Student U ni on, Cultural Perkins Student Center. Samples of Pocky, oria of Yon Be Re11dy? " The event's Programming Board, HOLA UTTERER APPREHENDED Pathfinder was parked in the lot, she said. Damages arc estimated at $250 and th ere are no suspects at this A man was arrested Friday night for walking down Prospect When the woman returned to her car in the moming she noticed a time. Avenue with an open container of alcohol and leaving it in the street, red, tieky substance was covering her hood and driver 's side door, Simpson said. Simp on said. There were also numerous scratches on the car. MAN ARRESTED WITH WEAPON At approximately II :45 p.m. the man was spotted by police walk When police arrived at the scene they sa id the substance appeared A man was arrested Sunday morning after leaving a party on East ing to a car parked in front of a residence, she said. Officers noticed to be transmission fluid , she said. Cleveland Avenue, Sgt. Rick Williams said. he was carrying an open can of oors Light. Damages arc estimated at $300 and there arc no uspects at this Police re ponded to a call of a suspicious unknown man at a party When U1e man saw the officers looking at him he pr ceeded to ·et time. at appr ximalely I :45 a.m., he aid. the can on the ground and keep wa lking, Simpson said. Students at the party su pee ted the man of being involved in a fight Officers arrc ted and charged the man for po se sing an open con PATROL CAR VANDALiZED that had taken place at a party a few weeks ago, Williams said. tainer and for littering. The windshield of a Newark police patrol car parked on East When police arrived at the cene Lhey stopped the man while he was lcveland Avenue was hit with a rock Sunday morning, Simpson said. walking down the street, he said, and found he was carrying a 9 mm SUSPICIOUS LIQUID Between approximately l :45 and 2:15a.m. an offi<;er parked his car handgun. A car was vandalized while parked in the city parking lot located on in the street and responded to a rep rt of a possible burglary, she said. The man was arrested and charged with concealment of a deadly Center Street sometime early Friday morning, imp on aid. When he returned to his car he noticed the wi11dshield was broken weapon, Williams said. Between approximately midnight and 9 a.m. a woma n '~ 2003 and it had been hit with a rock, impson said. - Katluyn Dresher Editor In Chief Editorial l'dltor Administrat:he ew~ }:ditors A"lo;tant Entertainment Edilon Sharon Cho De\ m V.1rs.1lona Katie Grass-4') S1ephanic Andersen Amy Kal BY M. OELLE FRJ K V8, a campus organization that promotes non SraU Reporter alcoholic activittes and co-sponsor of the event, Local bands perfonned in the Bacchus Theater served mocktails during intermission. Saturday night at the third annual Rock Against Rape Glow sti cks were also sold to increase fund concert, which raised approximately $1,200 to bene raised for the cause. fit sexual assault prevention awareness programs. Freshman Emily Limaye said she enjoyed the Senior Matt Winn, of the Men Against Rape concert and finds the issue of transportation a concern Society, a co-.sponsor of the event, said the proceeds for women's safety. of the event will go to the sexual assault division of " I think they need to address the issue of night the Christiana Hospital. transportation, maybe by increasing the availabillty of "There needs to be more aware ness of rape, that's late night rides by both Public Safety and the shuttle why I' m in MARS," Winn said. "The primary moti busses," she said. va tion of our organi zation is to fight indifference." Tyler Ingersol, drummer for Omni soul, said this Winn said eliminati n of rape can start with pre was the band's second year performing for Rock ve nting the general disrespect toward women. Against Rape, and agreed to do the benefit concert "The ep id em ic, or th e problem we are fighting, is again because they are friends with Winn and enJOY the objectification and the lack of respect for doing benefit concerts. women," he said . "Events follow each other, and it Community member and attendee Julie leads to rape." Zolotarjova said students can make a difference The ban ds performed a mix f alternative rock to regarding rape preventi n through charity events. a crowd of approximately 150, with opening band "Sufficient funds can be raised to be used for Long Walk Home, of the Wilmington area, playing education and prevention, as some people are still upbeat melodies. unaware of the prevalence of rape," she said. T he crowd showed its appreciation for the main Limaye said many students are naive when it act, Omnisoul, by dancing and cheering. comes to rape. At the end of the performance, the audience com "Stud ents are aware of the prevalence, but don't TH REVIEW/Jessica Silkoff manded one more song from Omnisoul, and the baud think it can happen to th em," she said. Omnisoul headlined the Rock Against Rape concert Saturday in Bacchus Theater. gave two. Wilmington residents petition Minner BY CHRJSTJNE PASKA ed effort." want to become highly visib l.e. will be taken Lo make Wi lmington Siaff Reporter Gerdts said she started the We have to be abl e to be idcnti- a safer city. Residents of Wilmington petition because she was tired and ti ed in areas wh ere there has been Even with increased task delivered petitions containing sadden!'l d by the increase in trouble. We are go ing to be more forces, Rev. Gerdts said it is more than 450 signatures to Gov. crime. proactive." going to take the effort of th e Ruth Ann Minner March 14 to "Vio lence has e calated in Although a general opinion entire community to solve the ATTENTION STUDENTS: It's not too late to voice concerns about increased our · neighborhood and we need has been til:l at Minner and th e state problems. score a great summer job! We are College Pro Painters . crime in the city. help," the petition reads. "As we have failed to respond to th e situ- "The police that we have in The Rev. Doug Gerdts of the went to the p li s, we placed our ation in Wilmington, h e said the Wilmington are terrific but it is a and we are currently hiring for the sum mer. First & entral Presbyterian trust in you, believing you would city has been working c losely bi gger problem than just the city Church, and his wife Wa lle listen to those who elected you. with county and state officials to can ha ndle," he said You could earn $3000 to $5000 Plus! Gerdts, have taken action by col We need th e city and increase the task force. We ll s said certain crimes, lecting signatures to encourage state to work together . • "We have such as robbery and car theft, are cooperation among tate, local on both sho1i and long See edltonal, AS received cooperation decreasing, but the hi gh rate of NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY and regional agencies in impl e term programs to make fro m the state of shootings in 2004 concerns most • We are currently hiring for Pai.nter and Job Site l\I:mager· menting procedures and to make our city streets once again a place Delaware and New Castl e County people. Wi lmington sa fer. where we can fee l safe to wa lk, in many ways," he said. Crime is decreasing, he said ; positions. Many positions are avaiL1ble throughout your state. Despite popular belief, Rev. shop and take our children." "Especiall y in helping to bring in and with increased task forces the • We offer an awesorilc bonus structure for those who want to erdts. said the peti tion was not . Gerdts said, "I can hones tl y more people. goal is to reduce shooti ngs in directed toward any single gov tell you that of all the people I "We have been getting help 200 5. cam evenmor·e money. ernment officia l. The intention is have gotten a signature from I from the state so I can 't reall y say Last year there were 97 to encourage coopera ti on nly had three peopl e turn me · Gov. M inner is not doi ng her job. shootings in Wi lmington, 17 of • You can work outside with other students and make new between the city and state and down. When people hear about I th in k that those are just accusa- which were fata l. ft·icnds. address the problems. th is they stop. The minute you tions people are making when Rev. Gerdts said he has a lot ''The petition was because of say a petition to stop violence in they don't know a ll of th e of confidence in the mayor and • You c:m lcam usethl skills such as plarming, organization, frustrati on that we didn't sense Wilmington, they sign." deta il s." the chi ef of police. the city and the state were work Sgt. Willi am Well s of the Minner could not be reached As more community mem and customer relations. ing on a united front with any of Wil min gton Poli ce Department for comment. bers become involyed, he said, this," he sa id. "lt is a problem that said acti ons are already bein g Gerdts aid with increased the futu re w ill look brighte r. is larger than the city. Jt is a state taken to reduce the crime ra te. task force and a meeting " l th ink that we need to have CALL NOW TO SECURE YOUR POSITION (888) 277-9787 not a regional problem and we "One of the th ings we are between Mayor B aker and hope," he said. 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V' March 22,2005 AS Wilmington Petition Res1dents of Wilmington have be needed for the city and state to taken matters into their own hands recognize it. and delivered petitions containing The Review encourages 1more 450 signatures to Gov. Ruth Ann citizens to take initiative and sign Minner on March 14. the petitions. The Rev. Doug Gerdts of the On the other hand, the city and First & Central Presbyterian state must take this effort serious- Church , and · his wife, Walle ly and address the issue. The city Gerdts, decided to take action and needs to listen to it s reRidents and encourage cooperation among respond. state, local and regional agencies Wilmington Police must be to implement procedures to make applauded for being proactive in the city safer. their attempt to reduce crime. The petition is a great grass- , The department is cooperating roots effort. with New Castle County and sta te The people realized ======~ officials and are working vio lence has escalated Staff Editorial to increase thei{· task in their neighborhood, force. ' and simply want the Sti ll , the residents are streets to be safe for their children the ones who feel the daily strain to play on once agai'n. ofliving in a vio len t envi ronment, According to Wilmington and if they say more needs to be Police, last year there were 97 done, then more needs to be done .. shootings in Wilmington and 17 Gerdts said he has confid ence were fatal. in the mayor and chief of police The Review commends the and that the people of Wilmington Gerdts and all those who signed need to keep hope ·alive. the petition for an admii·a ble and It is going to take a large effort pos iti ve effort to create change to make Wilmington a sa fer city, whcr.e it is needed. but with more efforts like th e However, more signatures will Gerdts' , it can be done. Stajfeditorials represent/he opinon~ of The R ~v iew Editorial Board WHERE TO WRITE: The Review. 250 Perkins Student Ce11ter Letters to the Editor Newark. 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I have not spoken to one of the girls since December, and name. now I get to look like an idiot and ca ll to demand money from some Ow· monthly bill had never been one 1 barely know. Love, more than $40, which means the And of course, it is the La vender luck I swear, the gas bill is i11 my Vaflda five Of LIS each drop approximately name, so the longer it takes us to pay it off, the worse it looks on my La $8 a month for hot water and pro credi t. Great. tection from U1e frosty winter 1 recently received Febmary's gas bill, and since we have not fig nights in a bi g drafty house. ured out the gassy situation, the new bill is for more than $.1, 114. My mouth litera lly !tit the floor when l noticed the littl e box on U1e The woman on the phone told me that she cou ld schedule a time upper right hand .side of U1e bill. It read: "Please Ray this amount by for an employee to come to the bouse and put a device on the gas meter Mar. 7." The amount due was $924.79. Are you senous? that wou ld always give them a con·ect reading, and we should never We were all in a state of hock because, besides my monthly cred have this problem again. Thanks for telling me nine month after I have it card bill, I have never seen a higher bill in my 22 years. been sending a check in my name. None of us know anything about gas, except maybe how to pass The funniest part is, she scheduled the appointment on a Ftiday it, so the gas dclivc•y summmy meant nothing to us. between noon and 4 p.m., and 1 made ·sure I was home at 12: 15 after How does Conectiv Power Delivery expect five college girls to more money out of my Tilt jeans' pocket. class. Another roommate was home, but we both had work to do in our drop $ 1,000 in a month for a gas bill? The remaining $697.03 was the con'cctions from the estimated gas rooms. My monthly eamings are a little more thm1 $500, and 1 have to pay readings that Conectiv bad been petfopning since September - the ·I Jive on the third floor, and I told her to keep an ear out for a knock the water, cable and electricity bills as well a groceries and my month last time they had a "real" reading. at the door. I come downstairs at 2:23, and Conectiv had left a note ay ly credit card statement. The blame was on us for not being home when m1 employee can1e ing they came at 2:20 p.m. Another hassle to get the employee to tum I fmally got the courage to dial U1e 1-800 number, and I pushed the to read the meter, which is located in our ba ement. So, since we did aroll!1d and come back for a total of five minutes. button to speak to a customer service representative. I wa determined not answer our fro nt door, we have to magica ll y pull out·at least $150 Well, Conectiv, please pay this amow1t by March 7: GOSH! to get some answers. each and hand it over to tl1 e company, or else. The woman on the phone explained the bill to me. January's gas What is even more of a hassle is the fact our house has become a bill was for $227:16, mind you that only two of us were paying for this revolving door and we have had fow· different girls live in one of our Lindsey Lavender is a City News Editor at The Review. Please send com bill beca!Jse the rest of the girl ' were in Australia, which equals even rooms. ments to lavpac udel.edu. Diner food is a Jersey girlS cure for the common hangover My apprccia - creamer in by squeezing th e bottom like you are My second reason for loving diners would be listen to music and chill out while you dine. Hcidi lion for diners "milking a cow" - so mature. So ever since my for late night eating. Nothing is better than com The server there arc usually pretty laid back started back in experiences back in the day, 1 have been one big in g out of a bar and wa lking into a place where and si nce they are not that bu y, they never give Owsley eighth grade at diner lover. you can get whatever you want no matter what you a hard time for sitting there as long a you The Concord The menus include everything and anything time it is. It is better ti1.an delivery or standing in want. One of my friends and I are known for sit Diner in n~y you could possibly want. Plus, they are open 24 line for pizza. The only problem I have found ting in a booth at the Komer Diner for more than Heidi hometown m hours so you can show up anytime and order, with this late night pleasure is the pounds it tends an hour - yes, we know this is definitely cool. New Jersey. My which can be a very dangerous thing. Diners are to pack on. Diner are cool but can be a little dan Diners are great becauO e of how cheap they H 0 II er friends and I key for a number of reasons. My first reason, and gerou . are as well. You can get eggs, any style, home ------' used to ride our probably mo t important, wou ld be a hangover Diners also seem to work for late night fries. toast, chocolate milk and coffee all for bikes after cure. "dates." Sounds a little tacky, well it is actually a appro imately eight buck . For a girl like me school or during the summer to "The ord," and Almost every Sunday I wake up feeling love little tacky, but I know a bunch of people who with no money and who hate to cook, it is just a we would sit there for an hour or two eating, ly from the night before and take a wa lk across ha ve gone to the diner afler meeting someone at great deal. playing the jukebox and having "extremely deep" the su·ect to the Komer Diner. My personal the bar. I guess it is a great way to get to know Diner are awesome. I recommend you go to eighth grade conver ations. I was not a coffee favorite is definitely an egg white omelet with that guy you were dancing with all night - right. one right now and have eggs for dinner. fiend ju t yet but my two friends were, and they American cheese, peppers, onions and mush 1 am also a huge fan of diner because of the taught me one of the coolest ways to put creamer rooms amazing. I usually si t in a booth with a atmosphere. Diners always have booths, my in your coffee, "milking the cow." bunch or my hungover girls and piece together favor ite choice of seating in any casual restau You take the cup of creamer and poke four our nights. Coffee is unlimited so why rant, and some of U1em even have jukeboxes. So Heidi Ow.vlcy IS. a Copy Edrtor for The Revrew. wholes in the top wtth a rork. 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No one had ever done this before. forum for women to create new leagues. The Gotham So far, the roller derby resurgence has been suc skates and pu lling up fishnet to join the revolution to We were building it from the ground up," she says. Gu·ls rallied interest through lJ Yahoo! group, and The cessful because women want to skate and people want revitalize and reclaim a long-forgotten port. Anned With the same grassroots spirit of the Lone Star Windy City Rollers recruited .online and created th eir to watch. The Gotham Girls' first bout attracted more with a helmet, a do-it-yourself attitude and a mean Ro ll ergirls, do-it-yourself women have created own Web site for derby news and skater pro{iles. than 600 spectators, all drawn to "new school" roller pair of hot pants, women are joining new roller derby leagues in their own cities with a little inspiration. Gomez stated that she wanted to get derby in Chicago derby for different reasons, Blair says. leagues and finding an active way to fonn a sister Elizabeth Gomez, 30, aka Juanna Rumbel, and the minute she "googled" it. "There was kind of a mixed crowd: mostly urban hood. In the last year more than 20 leagues have her co-worker Kell y Simmons, 34, aka Sister "I looked it up online and I fell madly in love hipsters. But it [the audience] also included family turned up in cities from New Yo rk to Seattl e to Sledgehammer, had the id ea to form the Windy City with it," she says. members and old scbool derby fans who were excited Tuscon. Even Philadelphia has caught derby-fever, Roller in Chicago after a "rollergirl" served them at Rebecca Ninburg of th e L.A. Derby Dolls co to see some derby action," she says. with the new inception of the Penn Jersey She Devils. a restaurant in Austin in April 2004. Impressed w1th founded the L.A. league by posting ads on For every woman longing to beat the stuff out of The rules of roller derby state two teams with what they thought was a tattoo on her hip, the waitress craigs li st.com, the amalgamative classifieds Web site, her fellow sister. all in good fun , there will soon be a five players per team and three positions, the pivot, a revealed it was actually a "derby bum" injury. and describes the response to her ad as "overwhelm league she can join. Until then, Blair is enjoying the jammer and three blockers, must skate around the rink Gomez and Simmons went home to do some ing." Since then, the L.A. Derby Dolls maintain their exciting ride. in two-minute intervals. Moving in a pack, the pivot research on how to start n league of their own. By . own site. " It 's a nation of derby girls," Blair says. "You sets the pace, and the jammer of one team tries to pass September they had thrown a recruitment party, and ·"I can't even fathom what it would be like to deal always have a couch to sleep on." the pack of the opposing team without being blocked. When a player is blocked, she runs the ri k of falling and causing a derby pile-up . The competitions arc called " bouts" and many times draw audience mem bers looking for a good fight on the rink. Born out of the tradition of speed and couple skating, ro ll er derby evolved into a spectator sport during the Depression era in Chicago when team member accidentally fell on the track, says Tim Patten, 52, owner of the Bay ity Bomber league since 1988. When skaters accidentally bumped each other and fell , the audience loved it, and derby became a contact sport. Roller derby later became fema le-dominated, and the appeal of women knocking down their oppo nents on skates co ll ected a cult audience when the sport reached its height of popularity in the '60s and '70s. Always irreverent , roller derby chall enged the idea America had about female athl ete and drew fans from everywhere. "These women represented girls all over America a11d that they can do things that aren't feminine," he says. Just like the roller derby of the '60s and '70s, new leagues are packing all the punches origina l fa ns long for. This time around, th e women are bringing their own brand of bad-ass by assuming pseudonym and hosting bouts with half-time punk rock shows. The rock 'n roll kater persona and kitch pectacle combined with athleticism i proving the perfect out let for women. Natily Blair, 27, aka inger Jiap ofNew York's Gotham Girls Roller Derby, describes the sport as the perfect combination of femininity and violence. Blair works as a performer and graphic designer when she's not kicking butt on the rink. " We get to be tough and skull-cracking and sexy all at the same time," she says. "And it's a lot more exciting than going to the gym." The punk rock roller derby ~tarted 111 Austin four year ago. Heather Burdick, 35, and several friends and co-worker started a league w ith Bad G1rl 0 od Woman Pr du ctions. h ping to rc urrect roller derby and include rock 'n r 11 acts in the pectacle. In a town that Burdick describes as "a great mus1c town with a lot of support," roller derby turned 11110 a phenomenon among people 111 the Austm mu ·1c scene. and the Lone Gotham Girls Roller D rby in ew ork is on of the man branch of the grm i.ng high-energy sport. • I chuman after all-' "Human After All" Not ports Hlustrated swim ·how the inventiveness that I have and "Televtsion Rules the Nation." Daft Punk suit issue excited, that's onl y come to lo ve from these zany In both of these ongs 1t seems Virgin Records reserved for Radiohead and the frenchmen. as if the artists forgot how to r Rating: ;;'c ."c Beatles (please find some hidden What's that? They did throw change beats and the o.verall flow recordings) more like Maxim this together in a few weeks? They of the songs and just kept the same exc1t ed, so when Daft Punk only spent two weeks recording line going throughout. And yes, 1 released its first new studio album and another couple in th e produc know that works sometimes, but in almost four years I made sure I ti on room. What a let down. l not with these songs, be ause the got to Bert's before class. know Thomas Bangalter and Guy lyrics in the songs are the same When l left the record store I Manuel De Homem- hristo have too. , It's a place of honor when was li ke a kid on Chnsttnns mom- been busy producing movies basecj After listening to the album a " hands find themselves on one of 1ng searching for any way to get to on thetr mu s-1c, but guys, only couple times , I get the feeling that my mixes. I'm like John u ack in the inside of my newest toy and about a month of work on your these are not the same people who , "High Fid el ity," spending hours, my mind started goin g o er some first album in years? created " Digital Love." These are , even days, sifting through music to of th e pos ible locations I cou ld But on the plus side, the more like Terminator dupli ates ,, find the best songs in the best loca- put some new tracks into my ele c album could be worse and there trying to conquer the world tions for a compilation, so you troni /dimce mix (and yes, I do arc a few alright tracks on it. The through dance. could say I get a little carried away have a dance mix). title track is probably the best Fortunately they wi ll never with my music. What a wasted thought. From example of how Daft Punk st11ys succeed because, as demonstrated Hell, L have even thrown a tht: band 1 thought wou ld be the with what it knows: heavy synthe in Terminators 1 and 2, humans ',parade or two over the year to cel leader of the dance-punk move sis and vocoder u age and the always win. ,1 e.brate music greatness, o when ment forever, the album title told result i a tolerable song, but it's As for the dance scene, n wer one of the key bands in my arsenal me the cold hard truth: Daft Punk probably the on ly track on the bands like!!!, Fisher pooner and , roleases new stuff I get a little is "Human After All ." album that is S\ICcessfl.ll as a good L D oundsystem (who's big sin ;1 excited. And I know I can' t be the only dance track. gle off its new album is called fa n who is disappointed. The Not that there are no other ''Daft Punk is Playing in my band's 200 I release " Discovery" is good tracks, "Make Lo ve" and Honse") ha e picked up where "~About Me," Trace Adlcins the peak \ hen it comes to killer - "Emotion" ar probably the be t their predecessors left off.. , "Uve In Hawaii," Jimmy Buffett The Gi ·t of It "Ghetto Bells," Vic C:nesnutt dance record , mainly because it two, but they are softer and feel It 's just like the taltoo on my "'evil's Playground," Billy Idol :r.L'<-'<.'< Hurnan fea tures the two greatest songs of more like M83 tha11 Daft Punk. left calf sa s: " Dance never dies." its genre, "Digital Love" and I've mentioned the good. I'm "The Orie," Frankie J. :r.'<.:r .'< Monkey "Harder, Better, Stronger, Faste r. " · ignoring. the bad, but the ugly just Bob Thurlow is the Senior Sports "Lifehouse," Lifehouse J' · ~·c.:r .'< LlanHl This new album . eem like it can't be o erl oked. Editor at The Review. His past "The Best Little Secrets Are Kept;' Loui&.XlV 11Live at Earl's Court," Morrissey , .'<:< Gerbil wa. just thrown together in a few There are two so ngs that stand n• 1·iews include Green Day weeks, not that it's a horribly pro". out. as awe omely bad : " Robot "Lullabies to Paralyze,'' Queens of the Stone Age r ." "Kasabian" composed of songs for the ound "V bat To Do When You Are the lines, "Believe the news, I'm ~asabian tra k to anybody's coolest., most Dead" gone for good I Call of!th e search, Arista far-fetched "John Travolta in Armor For lecp no one will know that I'm down •Rating: ~'c .'c~ . · aturda; ight Fever'" moment '. Equal 1sion Records here." The eq ually striking "The ' Ask K.asabmn about the crux of After one li ten, Metghan's arro Rating: -cc ' ;;'c\i Truth About Heaven" sulks for hi s problem in 'the music indu. tJy, and gance might be justified. The title of Armor For Sleep's distant lover down 011 ea rth. 'fiofltman Tom feighan will liJ..el Kasab1an creates space-age e ond album immediately alludes Each song possdsses perfectly mutter a melange~ of curses and grooves by blending rob tic synths to the morbid subject matter sec constructed litera1y arrangement insu lt s as he regurg1tate his usual and low-pitched guitars and bass. onds after pre ing play. After the fitting together as one complete \:lidtribe on the lack of f-mg origi-f- Its ubmerged kick-drum beats will release of thi s Jersey quartet's story. Though some may lind the ing-na lity. · mysteriou ly reveal themselves debut album "Dream To Make morbid theme disturbing, the ,. Meighan's eccentnc arrogance is only later, when one has "Club Believe" in 2003 , "What To Do vehement emotions portrayed 'Ike nucleus of Kasabian · elf-mled Foot" or "Cut Off' tuck in thei r When You Are Dead" introduces through thi s stream of conscious debut - as it mu t be. head while swaggering cooly to the vertible top down. edgier, darker lyrics with lhe same ness writing - loneli ness, isola addi tion to the impre sive harder . .•, If the album rested on his horrif beat. 'Yet, the blending of the trucks signature melodic sounds of the tion and blllt - are relatable to sound that co nstmcts this song, i '1yrics, he'd be more deserving of Electronica and post-punk sty les crea tes songs that so und too simi lar. emo-punk genre. Thi s change everyone. th ere are ound e!Tects re sembling 'llis 'own insults for declaring it the are combined to crea te a dark , When played in full , the 53-minute could be in part due to the pres The instrumentals and bea t of thunder and rain which tie into the. '\vake-up cal l to British music." futuristic edge usually over-done by album feels too lengthy. Don 't be ence of new producer Machine, "A Qu ick Little Fli ght" resemble lyrics, "It :f raining outside }.. uch lyric cliches as "! rei/ you I most bands who attempt it, yielding deceive d; Kasabian's origi-f-ing famou s for his work with bands th e more sedated, cadent sound of Th ere :1· a storm front on my back ! waur you I I tell you 1 need you I addictive singles for clubgoers and nali ty is about as dubious as the like White Zo mbi e. Des pite the The Posta l Service. The lyrics are T! J'ing to keep awayji'Oin you." Just ll'ant you near me, " match the rockers alike. But that's the prob album 's cover image, whi ch seems uperfluous word and images lighter, and the whole essence of Emotional rock fans wi II be i~ogical idiocy as "I 'm on it I Get lem. cool until it becomes obvious it's a linked to death, the sound remains this song evokes a dreamlike qual pl easall tl y surpri sed by the consis o, il·l The troops are on fire " and Most of th e tracks on cop-off of the Che Guevera T-shirl primarily upbeat and catchy. ity. Lead si nger Jorgenson sin gs: tency of Armor For Sleep 's har, tfW :only refrain in music history "K.asabian" could be solid singles drawing. This concept album toy wi th "No·w f'm just spacing out moni c quality and yet the gradua more heinous than anything bom of (its U.K. releases consistentl y place Regardless, "K.asabian" is a fan the idea of death, linking each of again I If I 11y hard enough I 'II tion to more mature subject matter '80s New Wave and '90s teenybop high on the charts) and catchy tasti c debut, and Meighan is cor the I I tracks together by describ pretend I Tha t I 'm flying above on their so phomore album. It's ·-pop combined: songs like "Test Transmission" are rect; it's better than most of what's ing the joumey of a wistful subjt:ct some trees I And they're smiling refreshing to lind such a genuine "MiL~ic is my, my love. " made to be played in another of coo1ing out of the U.K. The band who dies, goes to Heaven and and waving a/ me." album in th e emotional rock cate~ Thankfully, Kasabian's shock those imaginary "co I" moments just isn' t as f-ing great as he likes to yearns t come back to be with hi s This track is fo llowed by one go ry that isn't entirely about heart and~awe so unds covertly conceal - on a summer day's drive down believe. loved ones. Th'e first track, " ar with more intensity, "The More break and jea lousy. i lyrical diarrhea. The album is the Califomia coast with the con- - Devin Varsalona Underwater," hits the listener with You Talk The Less [ Hear." In - Kate Hollinger ~ ~, Price of Fame . h :~rosco-- es Lil' Kim has been convicted "Americaq Idol." f):Je1jury and is facing 20 years Hilary Swank just can't stop . ill prison. VHl~c m reports the swinging. Now out of the ting and Taurus Virgo Capricorn · hflnce of her re eiving the full smitten with her Oscar, Swank is (April 2 1- May 2 1) (Aug. 22 - Sept. 23) (Dec. 23 - Jan . 20) . maximum penal y ~s not probable, again fighting - this time aga inst Don 't get too co nfident when things begin to You are a sup erstar and you know it. Nothing Look for th e nearest possible exit and run for ' butthe Queen Bee is still sweating New Zealand Customs officials. move smo thly for you. If you are stuck in a stands in your way th is week as you live life it. You may have thought yo u were prepared it out until the jury makes a final Swank failed to declare an apple certain situation gel out before you find your- to its fu ll es t. People may become jealou s but to dea l with yow· latest problem but you decision. If only Mattha was still and an orange in her lt1ggagc, and sc i f !Tapped. who cares - look at you. obviously didn't assess it correctly. Take UIJ lock down - the tW \ ha ve gott«n th e chance. to observe my At thi s point, l will mo t likely wish friends and th eir roommates. I have to go back in time and be in the messy, found so me who do not share food , orne smoke-filled space we like to ca ll our who do n t share clothes (the horror!) apattment with my favorite people. and some who do not even speak any But l won' t be back here in the great more. "city" ofNewark. I'll be an alumna with 1 am in no way criticizing the way no roommates . ., Coming soon: May 28, 2005. ot her people live. However, it does make Nothing about that seems really , ,For th ose of you who do not recog me realize how lucky [am to ha ve found appealing right now because it means 1 n\~ . th is date as being important, I envy three of the mo t selfless girls to ever will .have to give up doing the little y9u. For th e rest of you who know May wa lk onto this campus as my roommates things I have taken advantage of for the 2~ is gradu ation day, I am sure you are as and best friends . past three yea rs. d pressed as l am. At thi s point, reality still ha s not Obviously I know there will be Aside from the fears of never push sunk in . The whole idea of packing my weekend visit spent in New York ity iQq, Katie ouric off of her tool at "The place up and walking out the door seems (the best city) and Philly. T{l (lny Show" and living off of my father like light years away. But it isn ' t. I know there will be more crazy fun fo(. ihe next 10 years, 1 am .also fa ced I honestly do not know what 1 am night and I'm ure there will be other wti h another grueling aspect of dooms going to do after the whole idea of being times when we will need each other for d~. without them sets 111 . emotional support dealing with si tua- •1• In just 67 days, I will be forced to Let me give you a little in ight. 1ions only to be understood by the bonds leave behind my second family. I can just imagine the scene. It will we have made through living together for And while l will admit it ts not be about a week that I have been back in so long. a!w;tys a picnic with my roommate , the the fabulous north Jcrz. I'll just be arriv- But I won't be able to walk into my thou_ght f not bein g with them every day 111g home from I' m ure what will be my place and find them lounging on the can very well end me into emotional less-than-stellar job, and I will have the couch, rcad1ng S Weekly and watching ove~drive. urge to tell them some silly story about "Sex and the ity." • I mcun, in all honesty, there are my day that only they would care to hear. I won't be able to plan my weekend S9,lllC moments when I cannot even be in But they won't be there. w1th them or search one of thetr closet the same room as them, but after an hour They will all be 20 minute. away endlessly for the perfect shirt to Impress But I gucs ' thi is life, a senes of son because of the time I have spent with it seems to disappear. What wa annoy from each olhet in the uburbs of Ph illy, that le ·s-than-perfcct boy of the moment. hellos and goodbyes which make up who my roommates and I can only wish for ing me prevwusly seems as tf it never and I will b'e two hours away, up the nd I won't be able to wake up to we are and wh we are going to he 111 the all of you to gam the same from spendmg even happened beautifully landscaped New Jersey the1r sm1ling faces and mterest111g stories future. hmc w1th yours . In my four years at the untvers 1ty, I Turnp1ke. from the n1ght be~ re. I know I have become o better per- /A Whofe 'New You: The inner-mean girl I B EIUN BILE Most (well, all) of my friends did not think l could do 11. They who am I to deny it? 1 Nen.J. Luwu1 Edaor doubted my ability to turn my frown into a scowl and resist mindmg my Flipping off the television I decided that being mean could be so : My first word was "da-da."Typtcal. My second(i h) word was Ps and Qs. fetch. My transformation from polite to Plastic had begun. ' •"pepperoni." Not so lyptcal. Next out of my mouth were "please," Last week, l proved everyone wrong. At the beginning of the movie, Regina says to "always look fierce.'' ;"thank you," "sir" and "ma'am." Again, not so typical. For immediate inspiration I watched the DVD eqmvalent of the That's easy for her to ay, she doesn't have Charlie Brown cheeks a.n~ : Raised, by pare~ts with values of the deep South, I was taught "do Bible for this mission: "Mean Girls." Those Plastics became my role dimples you could fit a quarter 111. But after spending a few extra mm ;unto orhers to the highe~t degree. Respect your elders, always be polite model and I was detern1ined to become the Queen Bee. utes in front of the mirror, r found my bitch face. and fo.r goodness ~ake Enn, sit up straight. According to my mother, any Aside from the obvious, like wearing pink on Wednesdays, break From that point on, l was a Plastic. I was a mean girl. • ;behaviOr th at devtated from polite was simply not becoming. ing out my Tiffany initial necklace and only wearing sweatpants/jeans Sunday, March 13 was my first official day as a bitch. I woke up So when I came to the university, l could not understand why some once a week, I learned a lot from "Mean Girls." extremely hungover and extremely late for my meeting at The Review, .people were so rude. Somehow, my manners became alien to most, and Rule No. I : Use "shut up" as a response to everytJ1ing. Use it like Sounds li ke a good start, but I did apologize profusely as I rushed in th ~ 'I was trapped in a land of bricks, Blue Hens, DuPont and dirty looks. it's going out of style. door (damn). However, 1 did make up for it when l cou ld not contam the : After aiJ!!OSI ~hrec. y~ars at the university, my va lues have not Rule No. 2: Manipulation and lies. Tlm1 everythmg around to cre- carbonation bubbles from my Diet Coke and belched out loud, withou .wavered. I sttll believe tt IS easter to be civi l than rude kind than dis ate drama, even if there's nothing there. saying excuse me. 1 courteous, fri endly than mean. And to prove what 1 h ~ve dubbed my Rule No.3: Be blunt, rude and always inten·upt people. When I got back to my apartment that night I cleaned up for m~ "polite philos.ophi es," I decided to go where no Biles ha gone before. Rule No. 4: Ignore intelligent people. roommates. Again, damn. I doubt Regina or any of the Plastics eve~ I was gomg to be rude. And l was going to be mean. Rule No.5: Take compliments simply by agreeing. I'm fabulous, so came within two feet of a broom. So I left some dishes in the sink tc;. make up for it (tot1gh, I know). • On Monday, I started out strong. And all day, nothing less than ~ scowl cro ed my face. 1 And oh did that bitch face (and attitude) conti nue. At the University Courtyards gym that evening, I officially became my own Queen Bee. • As I was tapping my foot impatiently, waiting for a machine tO: open up, 1 spotted a floor-mate from freshman year on the ellipti cal. I didn't think she lived in the Courtyards, in fact, 1 knew she didn't. Who. did she think she was? Coming into my gym, the gym that I pay for withl my ever-increasing tent, and inaking me wa it for a machine? (in a voice; slightly reminiscent ofChcr from Clueless) l don't think so. •I As a fake smile spread across my face, I marched right up to her anct; asked, "Hey, when did you move into the Courtyards?" Followed by a: ctn1 "And how much time do you have left?" ~ Wow. Deep breath. I couldn 't help but wonder if 1 was getting i111 over my head; those mean questions literall y spewed out like worq; vomit. Sc rc. ~ I was on a roll and just kept on going. Here's a brief recap of a con.;, versa lion I had in my II: IS class the next day. Girl I: (screeching) "This is the first time J've been to this class in like. a month." • Girl 2: (ugh, screeching as well) "Oh me too, I'm going to fail this exam on Thursday." Girl I : "Yeah, I'm like tota ll y tom between studyin g and Kate's." . Me: (whipping around, bitch face on) "Why don't you b thjust shut,the hell up?" This was a completely new experience for me. Everyone has mean thoughts in their heads, but 1 was actually verbali z in g them. I was embracing the ru les of the Plastics and fe lt li ke a new person. . Wednesday, I woke up torn. I laid in bed for a whil e, as my polite philosophies and my rules of the Plastics battled in my brain. , . r persevered for the rest of ~he week being catty, rude and alwi)y$ · wearing my bitch face. But as the week progressed, I became more au.d more sad. .. Each day of my mean week, I woke up unhappy. I experienced some of the worst moods of my li fe and let every negative thing bother me. And I was maki ng other people feel this way as well. ..., •. I can't help but wonder if those peopl e who are contini.t ously rude are happy people. From th is week, I learned that even if my Sou them va lues and polite philosophies are a tad abnormal, I wo uld not change them for the world. ' •. .: Tai Chi for the body and soul. Last week, Mosaic reported on Melissa Marbo and Priscilla Kavanaugh, two fashion merchandising students who created their own line of handbags called FUNKtion~ You can see these bags in person today at the Trabant kiosks from 10-5 p.m.· Fur flies in Wintour bio THE REVIEW/Jessica Silkoff j Russ Mason leads students in the art of Tai Chi. 1 BY CHRJSTOPKER MOORE Oppenheimer, who also penned the salaci ous Managing Moselle Echtor "Martha Stewart: Just Desserts," is skill ed at offering Anna Wintour loves perfection. In fact, in order a biography that, on the surface, is factual and Duid, BY ADELLE MCCAULEY familiar with, like Karate. to present herself in the most pristine fashion, she but underneath is gossip-strewn and on-par with Star StcrJT Reportr:r Tai Chi is based on tl1e idea that every humall A tall, slightly gray-haired man, with a wide insists that her assistant polishes her marble desk Magazine - not a bad combination. has energy flowing through the body called "Chi;": smile and a soothing voice begins with some inspir every night so it sparkles when she comes in the fo l Wintour's trademark bobbed hairstyle, which she Mason says. ing quotations reflecting the peaceful philosophic lowing day. got at 14, is described as the "hair of the '60 ," and The slow, smooth exercises aim to open up the of Tai Chi, encouraging students to release tension Anal retentive? Possibly. A deli ghtful tid-bit of remains the stapl e of her image. T hi s severe style, body o Chi can f1ow. and focus on their bodies. catty gossip the tabloid-loving public would cat up? marked by deliberate fringe sets the tone for . "Tai Chi has many health bcJ~cfit s," he says. "1t Absolutely. Wintour's contrived persona. He starts the movements, which resemble the IS not only good _for s~ ress reductton because of tl\e actions of mattial arts in slow motion. He says they 1 "Front Row: Anna Wintour - The Cool Life and "Front Row" also tells of ho w Wintour, who has med tlatlvc exerctses, tt also strengthens bone m'4J look much easier to perform than they are si nce th ey Hot Times of Vogue's Editor in hief," by Jeny no training in journali m, rose tlu-ough the ranks, can help wi th hypertension." require a high level of strength in the lower body to Oppenheimer, is preci sely what the title implies - a parading from magazine to magazine wi th the feroci Mason describes his 90 year-old teacher in be performed correctly. front row seat with a spectacular view of the life of ty of a self-obsessed diva. Her revolutionary ideals, Taiwan, with whom be studied for three months The class grows silent as they concentrate on the tempestuous fas hion editor. though, set her apart from her contemporaries. while on leave from the un iversity. perfecting the Dow of their bodies. Resembling a Wintour, credited with revo lutionizing ·Vogue, The details of Wintour's career, though, pale in Unli ke other forms of martial arts, Tai Chi doos choreographed dance, the student focus on the considered by some to be the greatest fas hion maga comparison to the stories "Front Row" offers about not focus on physical strength, but on the mo!l)c - placement or each body part, ensu.ting the proper zine in the world, is painted as a wicked witch of ort her battles w ith assistants, writers and friend . tum of the body, he says. - ; circulation of their "Chi." - icy, controlling, manipulative, heartless, image When she moved from American Vogue to it This could explain hi s lively Taiwanese tcacl#. Russ Mason, a teacher at the university's ob essed and globe trotting. British counterpart, Oppenheimer writes, "Just li ke "He would routinely throw me against : ~ English Language Institute, ha found way to the fear that penneated Madison Avenue Vogue for a wall," Mason recall s witl1 a smile on his face. · • bring a little Ea tern navor to Newark. the two yea rs before Ann a made h er exit, a fee ling of His teacher, Liu Hsi-heng, used to tell Mas n At 8:30 every Thursday night in the George dread hovered over the offices of Vogue House on "the so(le t thing overcome the hardest thing." ' Hanover Square upon her atTi val. " Wilson Community Center, Mason instmcts a dozen Mason says while using Tai hi , a person can stud ents 011 the fundamental cxerci es and ideolo Other Ia ty v ignettes portray Wintour as a fire defend against an attacker by absorbing their energy g ies ofTai Chi, a Chinese combination ofYoga and happy boss going through per nal as istant like and giving it back. Meditation that has been gaining popularity in the D).lfing his class he implements these philoso- most peopl e go through toilet paper. One such assis wet. tant, a middle-aged woman whose all egancc to phies ofTai Chi. . The students file in and prepare with some Wintour was unwaverin g, was fired for leaving a trip "Take energy in, neutralize it, redirect it and put stretches, and the room grows quiet as Mason wel souvenir on her impeccably cleaned de k. it out in a non-violent way," he says to his class. The hilarity of"Front Row," though, is in the sto comes them and thanks them for their dedication For Ma on, these classes are an extension of throughout the year. ries of Wintour' obnoxious behav ior, ranging from how he tries to live his everyday li fe . Afier travelirt,g' Exercises named "White rane Raises Wing" wearing fur to parties in the Hamptons during the to Taiwan, India, Nepal and all over America.: ummer to refu sing to remove her large black sun and "Play Pcpn," a Chinese word for guitar, aim to Mason is able to use unique methods in teaching his glasses during dinner parties. show the students ways to deflect conflict in a non students the fonn of martial arts or one of tris' Her taste in men is dramatically catalogued as violent method. advanced language classes. she marries, divorces and re-marries on whim and After intense concentration and a little bit of Having stud ied martial arts since the '60 , ar\d maintains extra-marital affairs all along the way. weat, the class ends wtth some peaceful exercises Tai hi since 1978, Mason recently expanded hi~ One gets a sense from Oppenheimer's research relating the movements to everyday activitie , such teaching from the English language to the peacefof th at the people who arc eith er friends with her or have ' as painting o fence or closing a car door. Mason form of martial arts when he began tl1is past fa ll. , the misfortune ofwo'rking for her never seem to rec describes how these exercises work as sel f-defensc Milson says he was interested in the cultures of ognize Wintour's inability to U1 aw her ice-queen ways if used correctly . Japan, China and India at a young age and began until she has di scarded them for uselessness or fired "I feel a responsibility to share," Mason says, practicing Zen meditation and yoga at thi time. them for lack of efficiency. ' referring to his nc~ students His interest led him to explore different path ln the gra'nd tradition of celebnty tablotds and "It's excttmg and gratifymg." m life, includmg Buddhism, Hindutsm, Taoism mfd gossip columns, "Front Row" is less driven by hard Ma~on has been tudymg mart1al arts for hnsllalllty. Today, he considers h1mself both if fact and more reliant on personal account by "close decades but was drawn to focus on Tat h1 bccau. e teacher and a ·(udent. 74h~w~~= friends." Though one should assume the "grain of of tis peaceful, calmmg ideologtcs The newest endeavor for him at the university "The atm IS to restore conDtcl tn a peaceful Tl•f' ,A,..tl t .• r...... 111,,, I uuw ,,f I .. 1.~hh 1u·« hwr salt'' philo ophy when reading it, there' no doubt 11 IS an advanced·listemog and spcakmg class, wh1ch way," he says quenches an undying thirst to read about high fashion, focu. es on Amencan ulture m the 1960 where h1 ' couture-dnven, egocentri , celebrity bttch-matchcs, lie mcntton. many pcopl may be urpnsed the student know hun a a qmet, di Ciplined and cr - JERRY OPPENHEIMER first time they see Ta1 'h1 because it does notre em no matter how tacky the overa ll tone ends up being. altve teacher. hie any other form of martial arts they might be 84 . 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We know that we have the most After the Red Sox came back against the potential (and money} for glory, and we don't take it Yankees to win th e 2004 American League for granted; we demand success and we get pissed off hampionship eries, the Red Sox fans in atten when we don 't get it. But we still follow the team to dance danced around Yankee stadium, taunting th ei r demise. their rival fa ns. I think it 's safe to say that if a sim As a die-hard Mets fan, I have dea lt with my fair ilar situation ever happened in Philadelphia, share of pain and grieving, but that 's never stopped itizens Bank Park wou ld be a pile of bri cks and me from watching the games and keeping up with every emergency room in the City of Brotherly what's going on in the clubhouse. Sure, numbers Love wo uld be overflowing wi th patients. In the decl ine when a team is doing worse, but it's not as if words of Mr. T. , I pity the fool who bad talks any we lose total intere t. DANMESURE Philadelphia sports team. RAVIGUPTA WFAN 660, th e• New York sports-talk radio sta Un lik e New York, th e Philadelphia fa ithful tion is ringi ng oJT the hook 24 hou rs per day (I know Alright, so Philadelphia fans are nuts, they're ' only has four teams to root for. In New York if the Fan 1- 1 really like the signings of Kareem from experi ence) with fans willing to talk about any insane, th ey are that crazy uncle everyo ne ro lls Jets are doin g well then everyone claims to bleed McKenzie and Antonio Pierce, both have hu ge thing rangi ng from spring trai ning, to the football their eyes at during th e family barbecue because he Jets green; on th e other hand when th e New York potential and ca n make the di1TereJ1Ce in our year. We oJT-seaso n. One day spent li stening to WFAN and always has to make a scene (Hi Uncle Jim). Sure Footba ll iants arc at the top of th e hea p, surprise may have overpaid for Pierce though . yo u wi ll lind it difficult not to fa ll in love with the they boo th eir own, and maybe a few snow balls just surprise, everyone in New York jumps on their Fan 2- Yeah, New York sucks ... they just, like New York fan base. happened to lip out of their hands and accidental bandwagon. aren't as go d as us, we are the best at everything. What makes New York fans unique, however, is ly found their way atop Santa , laus ' head, bu t there Ma ny peopl e claim they on ly rool for one of Can yo u pick out th e Philadelphia nati ve in this the fear they impose on opposing teams. No one likes is a smorgasbord of great characteri sti cs of Philly th e two team in each oftluee sports (excluding th e dia logue? Okay, that may have been a bit of an exag to play in front of20,000 scream in g Knicks fans who fa ns that often go unnoticed. K.nicks), but fro m my experience I have seen oth geration, but my point is that New York fans are more know more about you than just your name. They li ke Last season th e Phillies had one of the hig hest erwi se. l noticed a number of peo ple sport their knowledgeable th an the average, arrogant Ph illy fan , to attack yo u, and wear you down, a if on the team. attendance ratings among all tea ms in Major Chad Penni ngton jersey one week and th en their New Yorkers, for some part, are allowed to be l hate to use this exa mple, but Pedro Martinez League Baseball. This is rather surprisin g given the Eli Man ning jersey th e next. In New York many cocky because they can back their statements up. couldn 't buy a win in Yankee stadium. It wasn 'tjust fact th at the Phillies are arguably the worst fra n fans try to have th eir apple and eat it too. When was the last time a Philadelph ia team won the Yankees who owned him, but th"- fa ns were hi s chise in th e h.istory of Ameri can sports. Now,l love Jt, is easy to root for a city that consistently something worth gloating about? r don't think 90 "daddy" too. And they let him know it throughout the the Fightins and routinely sup port them (especiall y win s. Since the last Philadelphia championship, percent of thi s campus had even been born yet. co urse of the season. [n tluee games started at Yankee on dollar dog ni ghts), but l'll be lhe first one to say whi ch was th e 76ers in 1983 ; New York has had It's ti me to face the facts Ph illy is just a los- Stadiu m las t season, Pedro went 1-1 with a stagger. · that th ey have a horrible legacy. eight champi onships. During th ose 21 years, th e ing city whose annual dreams go down the drain in g 5.2 1 ERA while all owing 5 home runs. From cheap owners, to under qualified man Phill y faithfu l have experienced th e most faster than a cheesesteak into Andy Reid's stomach. Our fans are smart and dedi ca ted, something agers, th e Phi !li es have year in and. yea r out been crushing defea ts. From a wa lk-off horne That being sa id , the fans seem to only back a most citi es ca nn ot say. Not only are our players disastrous. Through all of th e di sa ppo in tments ru n in th e World Series, to two game team when they are doing we ll. Last year Su perstars, but ou r fans make splashes in the news as the fa ns have always come out to support th eir seven losses in the Stanley Cup finals, during the baseba ll season, and this we ll. Fireman Ed is a national icon with his "J-E-T team. Phil adelphia fan s have still stood by spring, I' ve heard minimal exci te S" chant and "Cowbell Man" at Shea Stad iu m can Now, it eems that whenever people think their tea ms. It wou ld be interestin g to see ment about th e Phillics. The only be linked to several Mets rall ies. of Ph illy sports fans the first thing that comes how the city of New Yo rk thing boosting their attendance at New York fans are a rare breed that no to mind is booing. I' m not go in g to sugarcoat wou ld take it if th ey went games is the allure of the new Philly fan will ever understand, no this or beat around the bush, Phi lly fans ca n through a similar dry-spell . Citizens Bank Park . If they ain't matter how much they try to emu be ob noxious to th eir own teams. However, So, alth ough New Yo rk doin ' we ll , it ain 't worth late us. in Phi ladelph ian's minds, on ly th ey fans might have all th e watohin ': the motto of a Phi ll y As much as I would like all owed to b o their teams. glory, Phi ladelphia fan s have fan. lf one were to check out to pity the Phil adelphians, Phil adelphia fa ns boo because all th e guts to sti ck by their the Philli es Fan Club fac ebook . their astoni shin g arrogance they are pass ionate and hate to lose. tea ms thJough good and bad. group, you would see that there do esn't allow me to. They live They are undoubtedl y th e most are on ly 44 members! A in a fantasy world, and don't ...... sports ed ucated fa ns in Ameri ca. schoo l, 40 minute from the Unlik e New York fans who seem Dan M esure is a Sports heart of Phi lly sp01ts, co nsisting to care more about who Mike Editor for The Review. Send. of probably 7,000 "Ph ill y Fans" Ravi Gupta is th e Assistant '', Piazza's bed mate is, Ph illy fans questions, comm ents and a ca n only gamer 44 members in Sports Editor for The Review. only ca re about the games. package of D batteries to a Phillies fan club? Send questions, comments and a What other pl ac~ in America [email protected]. That's absurd. blunt obj ecl to beat back rabid would fan s throw batteries at a The Mets fan club Philly fans lo guy because he didn 't wa nt to almo t doub les ravig@udel,edu play for their team? Now I'm tha i amount with not supporti ng the "stonin g 77, and they are of batteries" given to J.D. the by far the sec - t'l Drew, but th ere is no way ondary team in New aro und it. When fans go York. ' that far for their tea m It seems like if Redshi.rts learn on sidelines Weekend Review , . BY DAN ANDERSON th e film on the coache video through May). taught me a lot. [t's just like the I SwjJ Reporter ca mera. An exa mp le of thi s wo ul d qu arterback situation in foo tb all. • The women's lacrosse team ovettook St. !· Real men of ge niu s. Yo ur teammates slap be an athl ete who quali fies for The third stringer lea rns a lot I: Today we salu te yo u, Mr. lac rosse sti cks with their oppo and attend s a four-year co ll ege from the oldei· more experi enced Mary's on Friday night by a score of 14-7. The Red-s hi rted Lacrosse Pl ayer. nents, while yo u are too busy or uni versity and onl y practi ces quarterb acks , un til it is hi s time Hens broke a 5-5 tie after the first half when they You sweat un m.erci fu ll y slap ping yo ur hands together to wi th the team they join, but does to play. I wouldn 't trade that first registered nine goals in the second.· Senior mid : each and every practice, on ly to cheer them on. not participate in activities yea r for anythin g.'' fielder Erin Edell tallied four goals in the victory. ' freeze on the sideline, each and Without yo u, who else against outside co mp etiti on. Because of hi s redshirting, ; every ga me. would combat the rights to the Because they do not compete in Chris attended five years of col , Yo u are co nstantl y labeled term "rcdshirt" with the navy any games outside of infersquad lege in order to play four years • The softball team went 2-3 dming the Bash at • redsbirts, even thou gh you r and the Star Trek .fan club ? activiti e , then they still have of lacrosse. The fiv e yea rs of the Beach in Georgetown, Del. over the weekend. ' schoo l co lors are blu e and gold . The answer is . . . no one. four co mp lete seasons to partici college helped out a lot Co llins Both of Delaware's wins came against Delaware , When asked at parties how And thi s is why we salute yo u, pate against outside competi sa id . He was ab le to gradu ate , lacrosse is go ing, yo u always Mr. Redshirtted Lacrosse Player. tio n." with more than 140 credits, mak State by scores of 5-0 and 4-3, respectively. The : repl y "good" even though it A "redshirt" is defined by Surprisingly, the decision to in g it poss ibl e for him to gradu Hens' freshman first baseman/designated player · bo thers you to no end tha t yo u' ll th e Na ti onal Co ll egiate Athletic be a "redshirt" is one. made by ate with a major, a co ncentrat ion Barbara Traynor was awarded the Colonial i never play a sing le min ute of Association Eli gibility the indi vidual player and their and two minors. Athletic Association Rookie of the Week honors. ; ga me time during the season. ommittee as "a student athlete fa mili es, not primari ly a deci "The five years at college ... : While yo ur teaqunates score who does not participate in co m sion of th e coach. Head coach were great," Collins said. "It j goals and rack up the points on petition in any sport for one Bob Shillinglaw cannot redshirt really helped me space out my • Three Delaware athletes were honored by th e stat sheet, you are rac king up complete academic year (A ugust players at hi s discretion, like schedul e academica lly, sociall y the CAA this week. The women's lacrosse team's many other un iversities do . The and athl etica ll y." freshman attacker Casey McCudden was given university simp ly do es not fund Coll ins suggest redshirting the lacrosse team enough in to everyone. He acknowledges Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week order tO' rec ruit players and red that the extra year rea lly makes honors in recognition of her three-goal effort in the shirt them. everyone a better player. Matt Hens' 21-4 romp over Villanova. "We are on a partially fund Alric h, a former redshirt at ed scholarship program," Del aware, is now playing on the The softball team's freshman first baseman) Shi lli nglaw said. " lt is not like San Jose Stealth of the Na tional designated player Barbara Traynor was awarded foo tball. 1 ca n't tell th e parents, Lacrosse League. the CAA Rookie of 1he Week honors. 'Hey, why don 't you send yo ur "Matt rea lly stepped it up in Billy Hanis, a sophomore left-handed pitcher kid here I' ll have him sit out lii s fi fth year," Co ll ins said . "[t your freshmen year and pay an helped him become the domi was named CAA pitcher of the week for the first entire year of college?' They are nant player that he is . He must time. go ing to say 'Hey, what are you ha ve had over I 00 points in that ' on coach?'" fifth year, and that is definitely - Compiled by Dan Mesure Seni or goa lkee per hris what go t him drafted." Collins is a former red hirt in hi s Jord an Hall, a ophomore at fifth season and is a two-lime UD was recently named AA All - AA player for the Hens Men 's Lacro sse Player of the lacrosse team. Although co nfess Week. Un like ollins, Hall Lack of ing that hi s first year was tough thought it best to redshirt hi s offe~e not being ab le to play, Co llins fres hman year, after tearing hi s sees hi s redshirting experi ence A L ri ght before the season. He a a positive one. too fo und it va luable to stay for dooms Delaware . He came to tbe uni versity in a fifth year. · 20 00 ready to play, lacrosse. The "The lacrosse team is not an continued from page 86 problem was, there was already Ac ademic Honors lub, the fifth tally," Shennan sa id. "We need to a hi ghly regarded junior starting year rea ll y help you pread more outfielder Matt Lewis and pick up our energy levels and have in hi s position, whi ch gave him your schedule out and do better junior outfielder Lance Thompson a certain swagger about us. It 's a fragile thing but we really need to littl e, opportunity · of play in g in classes," he aid. who each had three hits while knocking in two RB! s and scoring work on it. " time. ollins decided, along Hall had a different redshirt "We are ju t going to start wi th his fami ly and coaches, to ex perience th an ollins had hi s two runs. The Nittany Lions used an 11 - conference play with a clean redshirt. By redshirting, ollins fresb111an year. Becau e of his slate," Menchaca said. "We arc became eli gi bl e for four yea rs of injury, Hall spent an hour and a htt performance on ul}day and a combined 22 htt · on Saturday to going to go int it with a whole game co mpetition, rather than hal f every day in physical th era sweep the I lens. new attitude and come ou t attack spending the entire year on the py. After rehabi litation, it was "Penn tate was just the better ing." bench on ly to collect garbage ofT to practice where he was team, " Sherman said. ·They hit, Delaware finished second m minutes in game , therefore los forced to sit and watch his team p1tchcd and fielded better than we the CAA last season with a 12-11 ing a year of eligibili ty. mates from the sideltn es. did all weekend " conference record and fini hed 33- Co llins attributes his Ali "It really sucked," Hall sa1d . The Hen have m rc than 1ust 24 overall. AA success to hi s rcds l11 rt year. "1 pent at least an hour rehab oiTcnsivc improvement to m'akc The Hens will contmue play Wedne day altern n as they take " I got to learn a lot about bing, then I bad to go watch my 111 order to be successful in THE R VIEW/Steve linn nan Coloma! Athletic Assocwtlon play on New York Tech Wcdne day u1 a what goes on," ollins aid. teammates play, tt was awfu l, 2:30 p.m. contest at B b Hannah enior goalkeeper h is ollins traces hi succ s toda "The coaches and the players but !appreciate it now.". beginning Fnday agamst Hofstra back to his days as a redshirt in 2000. " We arc not very strong men Stad1um. Who popped out this day'! - 1935-- Flash Elorde 1965 - Glenallen Hill city has better fans? 1968 - Ramon Martinez • Redshirted athl tes 1972 - ' hawn Bradley ... see page BS 1974 - Marcus amby March 22,2005 • 86 e hold off Manhattan 9-8 8\ k \ 1 F .'I. h.F\ llowever, the door was left open ,\l Rc"' lc for a Manhattan comeback us fhc Hen~ were ~tttmg l·omfortnbly Delaware's defense started to wane Up thr 't' goals .11 the end of th<; thtrd towurd the middle of the fina l period. pcnod but Manhatt.m 's so.:mor attackers The Jaspers scored three goals in the rdu~ d to let thetr team go down cas first seven minutes of the period and Th h~p ·r • tormcd b;1 k \\ ith found itself down just one. thr I!< al" in the tina I penod before With less than two minutes len in falling jw.t ·hon .1~ Delaware pull ' d the game, head coach Bob Shillinglaw out 11. fifth' tCI<)f\ of the season 9-8. call ed a timeout to discus the team's Thl' '' 111 :lt R1illo tadmm Saturday defensive strategy. com .aner a hearthrcak111g loss to No. "At the end of the game we called 5-ranked !curgctown In ·t week. ltmeout to get the right personnel on the Bracket Thl' Hen· (5- ) en me out of the field. We knew they were going to try gat $lm{ .1: tbn- were down 3-1 after and double team by taking their goali e the !irs! pertl)U, ·hut Colonial Athletic · out to get the ball back," he satd. "We Asst ct:ttton Pia ·cr of the Week Jordan wanted to make ure that if we did lose is busted Hall tumeJ on the jets, sconng his thir the ball we had some players to get tc•mh and fourteenth gMis of the sea back on defense." $on and bnnpng the game to a 3-3 tie In the. end tt was senior goalkeeper \el)onc has om. e metl1 )d of during th • .ccond period. malung his or her C' . hri • ollins' ability to fend off the "\\e were real l1at all day," Hall Tournament picks extra-man advantage that won the game :.::ttd. " We dtdn 't pia) the Wil) we could, II The dte-h:ud lOIIeQe for the Hens as Delaware held w' sunk down to thctr le\ e!, we are bet basketball fan, who '' atche, mo:t of the Manhatta n scorelc s in the final eight ter than a Q_, \\ 111 agatn ·t M::tnhattan.'' major game ltke Duke versu orth minutes to secure the win. Dela\\::tre took firSt lead late in arolina or IllinOis \ersu.- \\ak Fore:t. its Next aturda , the Hens wi ll play the half off of senior midfielder analyzes the eason for ea ·h team Th ~ Tow ·on in a AA conference hO\ - ~ltcardo eltcourt's divi1~g goaL The make it into a Yell tla\lt:d :ctr:nc . \\here · down that could detem1ine wh gets the una -sisled goal came when C'elicourt most of therr ptcks die on the first da~ toummncnt bid in Ma . we a\ ed through four Ja per defense The average fan. \\ ho bnctly '' atcbcs "To get an i) t large bid ) ou have t men and ·dove acro-s the goal lipping games and choo·e. to be '-'Utstde playing beat the Georgetowns and Rutgers. ball pa ' I fanhattan junior goal THE RtVIEW/Steve Hannan . ·sportS them elw.·. ptd. • a fe\\ up. ts here· me basicall) we haYe 1 win our nfer keeper Ju ·tin Hem;. Sophomore midfielder Jordan Hall (left) registered two goals and or t11ere and uoe~ stncth b\ record :md ence to get 10." Ha ll aid. "lt all comes rank. ~ - · A· the game \\Ore on. the Hen down to the Tow·on game. If we beat two assists in Saturday's 9-8 victory over Manhattan. found them elve: 111 throughout Then you ha\·e tho·e people who ptck ~.:ontrol Tow. on we wtll win our conference."· "We ha ve been struggling for the third period. a cumulating an -5 "We are hoping he comes back," every up et based on tlle team'· olors or ome ke) injurie mtght prcwnt depth right now," Hall said. " Hopefully lead at the tart of the fourth. Shillinglaw said. "He has had a great simply its mascot. Delaware from playing at full strenglh. \ e an get Trcntzcb back for Tow on. season for us so far." A goal fr m freshmen attackman Sentor midfielder Joe Trentz ch is The dte-hard fan · hate the e people. \ e need him to win. " The Hens will play Towson at Vincent Giordano just two minute into questionable for aturda 's game with They kilO\\ barely anythmg about college Trentzch who ha l4 goals this R ullo Stadium witb game time set for 7 the final period seemed to seal t!1e basketball, and refer to team like Kan·as an eye injury. He did not pia) in the season, is a possible A ll -American if he Ja per ' fate. p.m. and Oklahoma fate, a ··oh you know, Georgetown loss. can play well this weekend . that team in the 1idwest omewhere." 1 am one of those die-hard fans who try to thitlk of the bracket as a g iant Rubik's Cube waiting to be solved with a lew stmple calculations and twists of the wrist. Tully three wins shy of Right now, I am not doing too badly. Three of my Final Four teams are still in the mix, with Syracuse being the bane of not ju t my bracket but the majority of my friends' and fellow sp01is editors' brackets UD men's tennis record as well. To be honest, J had a hand in my friends' picks last week. BY KENNY RIEDEL send a negative message by givi ng up on points a nd not When the brackets were announced J Staff Reporter playing hard all the time." staned analyzing eve1y possjble scenario 1 Thirty years is a long time. A very long time. As could think up. Travis can' t say enough about Tu ll y 's quiet leader Fred Sanford captured America's hearts with the wis ship. '' The ideal final game would be North dom of Watts, bell-bottoms became a mainstay in clo - "He's been our No. basicall y a ll four years, and as Carolina and lllinois. The teams were the 1 ets nationwide, and the Age of Aquarius gave way to a senior he leads by example and is a quiet kind of guy best all year lortg and have the top ta lent in Disco Inferno, Delaware tennis icon Jon Zolin set a who lets his racquet do the talking." the country. mythical school record for career singles wins, capping Tully grew up just outsid e Rochester in Pittsford, But, like most brackets, you cannot a brilliant collegiate stay with his fifty-seventh "game, N.Y., a town he says is "basicall y in the middle of just pick the final game. You need those set, match" in May of 1975. Zolin's mark has remained nowhere." Pittsford's remote location afforded him few up ets and more importantly, you need untouched - and· virtuall y unchallenged - for three opportunities to gauge his talent and prog ress against plenty of other teams to lose in order to decades, a Holy Grail of excellence that ·looms large in top competition, and tennis at the high school level was have a shot at wirming the pool. UD tennis lore. a cakewalk in the most extreme sense. He was simply Now, I want to say l!rst that I had no • Enter John Tully, the antithesis of glitz, the first superior. mischievous intentions for any of my legitimate threat to Zolin 's c rown since Ira Bernstein " I might get one or two competiti ve matches each actions. I was simply : trying_to help out won 5 1 matches from 1995 through 1999. With 53 year until states," Tully says. "Sometimes we'd drive six friends with making their picks. career si ng les . victori es to his credit as of March 13, hours just to get in a coupl e of good matches in New First there was my roommate Nick. Tully is on track to surpass the Hens' closest thing to York C ity." We have participated in a pool in each year Pete Sampras within a month. To compensate for the scarcity of worthy opponents of college together and the two of us con THEREVIEW/Dan gan And he couldn't care less. , at the scholastic level, Tu ll y p layed on the U.S. Tennis sider ourselves to be pretty knowledgeable Freshman Brandon Menchaca notched " I guess [the record] is kind of important," Tully Association j unior ci rcuit , where he ra nked as hi gh as when it comes to making Tournament pre two hits in Sunday's loss to Penn State. says. "Records are records ·and someone has to get it at twentieth in the eastem region at age 18. dictions. ome point. It's more important for younger g uys to see "Junior te nnis made me more match-tough, so did The one bracket we were having the r someone exceed expectations and do well at UD." n't need much experience to play right away in college," most trouble wi th was the Austin region. Tully, a 22-ycar-old senior who has dutifully Tully says. He thrived immediately as a Hen, posting a I thought Duke was a bad choice manned the first singles slot for head coach Laura Travis 14-6 record his freshman year. because they lack much depth and since his freshman year, ays although tennis is an indi Baseball "A lot of kids who do well in juniors are basically Ketltltcky is inconsistent offensively. vidual sport, he makes every effort to encourage his g uaranteed scho larship money, and some get full rides, My next best choice was of course teammates. but I was a borderline player and I got offers from small Syracuse. They won the Big East "l try to set an example with my attitude and schools that I just didn't li ke." Conference tournament and forward effort," be says."! light for every point. I don' t want to Travis was elated - and mildly shocked - when a by Hakim Warrick and point guard Gerry swept polished, national-cali ber player with a resume that McNamara are definite NBA draftees. rivaled America' best showed up on her doorstep four Nick said Vennont had a shot against years ago. them. I told him, "Dude, no way is it going "We lucked out," she says of winning the Tull y to happen." sweepstakes. "We don ' t offer scho larships here, but Penn St. Of course Syracuse lost in overtime. since he never got the recognition he deserved as a jun Wan·ick bad I 0 tl.lmovers and McNamara ior, he flew under the radar of the major tennis programs shot four of 18. · BY KATE piEFFENBACH and we' re thankful to have him. He's just been awe Staff Reportrr Vermont's forward Gcnnain Mopa some." Njila recorded 20 points a nd the Offensive struggles proved to be the culprit Tully stumbled a bit as a so phomore, when he Catamounts played their hearts out so retir as the baseball team dropped a 7-1 contest emerged at the top of the Hen ' pecking order and took ing head coach Tom Brennan could depart Sunday aftemoon at Bob Hannah Stadium in th e stranglehold on fi rst singles but won just ten matches. with class. a fi nal contest of a three,game series against Pem1 He returned to form the following year, racking up wi ns So much for my expertise. Thankfully State. li ke Gary Kasparov at a YMCA checkers tourney and Nick is a good guy, and only yelled at me The N ittany Lions (7-6) wept the weekend fa lling just three short of Zolin 's sin gle-season standard for an hour or so about how much by also beating the Hens (7-11) in both ends of a I of21. screwed up his chances. double-header on Saturday 6- J and 12-6 respec While Travis marvels at hi s on-court accompli s h I also screwed up the bracket of a very tively. . ments, she contend Tully's academic pursuit~ are more important person in my life, my girlfriend StUlday's matchup proved to be a pitcher's impressive- and more importanl Cat. duel until Penn State came up wi th a big rally in " He's gonna make a big difference in this world She had never done an NCAA pool the sixth inning to break the game open. Tha1lks after be graduates," Travis says of the chemical engi before and I offered to help. She made all to senior pitcher Clint Eury's two-run double off neering m ajo[, who maintains a 3.5 GPA. "I believe he of her picks first and then I went over them the top of the centerfield wall with two outs, the could have graduated early, but he wanted to keep play with her. Nittany Lions were able to jump out to a 4-1 lead. ing for us. He's doing ome rea lly high-tecb things with She chose Vennont as well and 1 told Penn State scored three more insurance runs some of his professors. He' the real deal, th e total pack in the eighth after junior outfield er Lance her to switch to Syracuse. age." More importantly, she chose Bucknell Thompson knocked in two runs on hi first career Tull y says the metic ulous nature de manded of com over Kansas. When I saw thi I said she home mn. puter e ng ineering majors parallels hi s approach to ten had to change it. I mean, c'mon people, its Senior pitcher Scott Rambo took the los for nis. Kansa . Basketball is one of the few thing the Hens w hile allowing four nm on nine hit "1 guess trying to work through the fntstrations th at the sta~e bas going for it. and striking out four in seven innings. Junior Sadly, I was wrong again. I have with c hoo lwork correlate to my frustration on pitcher Alan Stidfole registered the win for the at was not very upset, just disap the tennis court," he says. "You've just gotta work Nittany Lions, a llowing live hit and trik.ing out pointed, and she began throwing thing . thro ugh them." a career high eight in six inning of action. Beside , she picked Wake Forest to And work he does. Three hours a day. Serve after "Scott [Ramb ] really gave us a good oppor wm it all and they lost too. o I really don' t serve, ra lly after ra ll y, 32-ounce Gatorade after 32- tunity -t win today,'' said head coach Jim have to take full blame for her bracket ounce Gatorade. Tully con ide rs himsel f a wily tactic ian hennan. "He just left one pitch over the middle flatlining after the.ftrst weekend. in the mold of Lleyton H ewitt, his favorite ATP Tour of the plate that allowed Penn State to get it start ed in the sixth inning." Like I said before, picking a good pro, and says, like Hewitt, he's a brains-over-brawn bracket is a flawed science. Bucknell does kinda guy. " The Hens s tmgglcd on o!Tense with only six hits in Sunday's contest and only 15 combined win every year and a 1eam does try to win "Ever since he got here," Travis says, "he's been a it all for the Gipper and play the spoiler. hits in aturday's double-header. level-headed guy, very self-sufficient. In the tennis I learned my lesson this year. I won't "If I lalcw t11e magic answer to our hitting world, nobody's there to he lp you or protect you. You ' rc help anyone else with his or her brackets struggles I'd be sitting on a tropical islands me ever again. out on your own, but he knows that and uses his head to w here," said Shennan. "We reall y need to Now 1f you excuse me, I have t catch get wins." , improve our offense heading into conference the North Carolina bandwagon. It's leav '"J've tried to model my game after Hewilt's," Tully play." ing m a few minutes. says. "We're both fiery and competitive, but netther of Delaware was led unday by freshman us lias much natural talent. I 'd like to think I' m a heady mlielder Adam Tsakonas wbo had two hits on the player who can o utsmart opponents, like Hewitt. l 'm not day and knocked in the lone RBl. Freshman out Greg Price is a Sports Editor for The much of a pure athl ete." fielder Brandon Menchaca also had Lwo luts on Rcl'il?'>v. Send questions. comments and a Perhaps mH , but whether he's runmng a baseline or the day. 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