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Check out these articles and more on UDreview.com . • 'SO SEXY -SO SOON' Tweens feel the pressure to mature faster • MAKING THE MOVE Students weigh on-campus safety against off­ campus freedom • WINTER COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER CHOSEN Assistant U.S. District Attomey to speak at graduation .• SPANISH MAJORS OFFERED SERVICE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY Two conversation classes work with community THE REVlEWlMike DeVoll THE REVIEWlMeaghan Jones as optional component The Red Ribbon Project hosted the World AIDS Newark prepares for the holidays by decorating Main Concert on Friday iii. the Rodney Room. Street with lights and an ice sculpture.

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The ideas and opinions of advertisements appearing in this Kristin Vorce Entertainment Editor publication are not necessarily those of The Review staff or the university. Enterprise News Editor Corinne Clemetsen, Andrea Ramsay Meghan Lobdell December 5, 2006 3 Police raise reward SUPREME COURT REVISITS SEGREGATION CASE For the first time in a decade, the In Seattle and Kentucky, several Supreme Court will revisit the legacy white parents sued to have the plans of a landmark case: the Brown v. declared unconstitutional after their Community urged to help find rapist Board of Education decision of 1954 children were barred from enrolling that declared the racial segregation of in the school of their choice because public schools unconstitutional. of their race. The Supreme Court BY GEORGE MAST sexual assaults attributed to the gesture, she said, because it helps Senior News Reporter to raise people's awareness. Separate schools for black and voted in June to hear their appeals, rapist in the past month, the dan­ white children are "inherently leading many to predict the justices It has been more than one ger has not subsided, he said. Senior Lindsay Sharpe said unequal," Chief Justice Earl Warren are poised to outlaw "racial balanc­ month since the last of three sexu­ "I would ask the public to she does not feel any safer now said in an opinion that helped launch ing" in the public schools. al assaults that occurred in the continue to remain alert and be even though talk about the rapes vigilant on has quieted down. the Civil Rights Movement. President George W. Bush's Newark area, and the once hyster­ State-enforced segregation laws administration lawyers, who joined ical community has quieted its reporting suspi­ "The fact that "Things haven't are long gone, but for school officials the case on the side of the parents, excitement over the incidents. The cious activity," really changed so today, a key question remains: Did said the Brown decision sought to university raising the reward Simpson said. the person has why feel more the historic decision commit them to move the United States toward a money on Nov. 21 to $20,000 "The fact that the comfortable?" a policy of seeking integrated color-blind policy. They said race­ served as a reminder that a serious person has not not struck again Sharpe said. schools, or did it tell them not to based decisions are racial discrimina­ problem still exists. struck again does does not mean She said she assign students to a school based on tion, even if the officials are pursing Cynthia Cummings, associate not mean that he does not think their race? a laudable goal. vice president for campus life, has gone away." he has gone much has been stated in an e-mail message that He said the accomplished the university decided to increase police depart­ away." since the crime RUMSFELD MEMO REVEALS ALT. PLANS FOR WAR the award with the hope it would ment is continu­ - Sgt. Gerald Simpson forum and would Nearly four years after invad­ drawdowns of American forces to encourage anyone with informa­ ing .to use all of like to see the uni­ ing Iraq, President George W. encourage Iraqis "to pull up their tion to come forward. their available Newark Police versity be more Bush is sorting through an array of socks, step up and take responsi­ Sgt. Gerald Simpson of the resources in an open about the options - none of them easy - bility for their country," Rumsfeld Newark Police said there are still effort to investigate and arrest the rapes. for a way out, including a partial wrote. no identifiable suspects in the con­ person who is responsible, but still "I personally think they withdrawal of U.S. troops from The Rumsfeld memo suggests tinuing investigations involving need the continued help of the should release more information violence-plagued cities and a rede­ that in the days leading to the Nov. the rape and sexual assaults that community. about it than they have," Sharpe ployment near Iraq's borders with 7 election, the administration was occurred in October. All three inci­ "In cases of this nature you said. "I would be more impressed Iran and Syria, his top. security tom between staying on course in dents happened in the early morn­ have to work the leads and when with that than the money they're aide said Sunday. Iraq or considering options it ing hours in homes off campus and leads start to dry up we have to offering. " The options include the rede­ repeatedly had rejected. it is believed the same suspect turn back to the community and She said she does not think ployment of substantial U.S. Rumsfeld's resignation Nov. 8 committed each of the crimes. say, 'Help us out,' " Simpson said. the reward money will be enough forces to areas near the Iranian and was widely seen as a nod to voter One suspect fitting the physi­ One problem the officers have to'make a person tum in a friend. Syrian borders, withdrawing U.S. anger over the war and discontent cal description of the rapist was is when people report suspicious Freshman Alexandra Gouveia troops from especially vulnerable within GOP ranks. taken into custody on Nov. 3 after activity several days after the inci­ said although people may not be positions and starting modest being reported for suspicious dent occurred, he said. talking about the dangers as much behavior on South College Reports would be more effec­ as they were, she still thinks most Avenue. This suspect was elimi­ tive in determining if they are people are nervous and scared. MIDTERM ELECTION OFFERS HOPE FOR GAY RIGHTS nated from the investigation after related to the rapes or even in Gouveia said after the assaults The gay-rights movement suf­ ensure passage of at least the hate determining he had no connection catching the suspect if they are occurred she began to lock her fered a setback in last month's crimes bill, and perhaps the dis­ with the prior rapes, Simpson said. given immediately, Simpson said. doors constantly and use Public midterm election when seven crimination measure, which once Although there have been no Freshman Katie Chepiga said Safety's escort service whenever states passed initiatives banning failed in the Senate by one vote. she feels less concerned now than she went out. same-sex marriage or domestic The hate crimes bill would she did after the 'rapes first She sai.d even though another partnerships. But with Democrats provide federal resources to local occurred because there has been rape has not been reported, she about to take control of Congress, law enforcement officials. It has less talk about it in the news. still takes all those precautions some of its other legislative goals the backing of 175 organizations. "There haven't been any because the suspect is still on the appear within reach - including The legislation was prompted by issues on it recently," Chepiga loose. making violence against gays a the 1998 killing of Matthew said. "I haven't heard anything so "If he is not caught he is still hate crime and outlawing work­ Shepard, a gay man who was beat­ I guess it has kind of died down. I out there," she said. "It's just scary place discrimination. en and left for dead on a prairie feel more comfortable." because it happened close to For the last 12 years of outside Laramie, Wyo. However, she said her initial things on campus. Girls in our Republican control of Congress, The bill to ban workplace dis­ reaction was one of surprise and school got raped and nothing gay-rights organizations set aside crimination because of sexual ori­ fear. changes that - that's scary." their push for legal protections in entation failed by one vote in the "I was shocked because I did­ order to defend against conserva­ Senate 10 years ago. Such dis­ n't think the school I would be If anyone would like to contribute tive measures such as same-sex crimination is legal in 33 states. coming to would have a serial money to the reward, they are Courtesy of Newark Police rapist on campus," ehepiga said. asked to contact Public Safety'S marriage bans. Conservatives believe that busi­ With no leads on the case, a With the re-alignment of the nesses should be free to hire The reward being issued by Chief of Police James Flatley at House and Senate next month, gay employees who reflect their val­ reward of $20,000 has been set. the university is an appropriate (302) 831-1204. and lesbian groups say they are ues. close to having enough votes to 1)()1ic(~ reports U.S. AMBASSADOR TO UNITED NATIONS RESIGNS President George W. Bush 2005. That appointment expires MAIN STREET MCDONALD'S ROBBED accepted the resignation of John when the current Congress An unknown suspect robbed the McDonald's on East Main Street Wednesday at approximately 10:36 p.m., a Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the adjourns. Formal adjournment Newark Police spokeswoman said. A 35-year-old female employee was behind the register when the man walked into United Nations on Monday, could come as soon as the end of the restaurant. expressing deep disappointment this week, but no later than the The suspect reached across the counter and stole an undisclosed amount of money from the register, the spokes­ that "a handful'" of senators had beginning of January. woman Said. The suspect wrestled the employee for the money after she tried to grab it from him during the time of blocked his confirmation last year. Bush nominated Bolton in the incident. Bolton, 58, submitted a resig­ March 2005 for the U.N. post. The s~spect fled the restaurant and drove away in a Dodge Ram full-sized, short-bed pickup truck, the spokes­ nation letter Friday after it became However, the choice quickly ran woman Said. The truck is midnight blue and has tinted windows. A witness in the parking lot reported that the truck clear he was unlikely to win a new into opposition from Democrats had partial tags with the numbers being either 12490 or 14290. confirmation battle in the Senate, and a few Republicans over alle­ The suspect was of a medium build and wore a camouflaged jacket with a white shirt wrapped around his face where Democrats won a narrow gations that he tried to spin intelli­ the police spokeswoman said. ' majority in the Nov. 7 midterm gence to support his political elections. views and bullied subordinates DOVER POLICE RETRIEVE STOLEN VEHICLE Bolton's nomination had been who disagreed with him. Some A 27-year-old victim of the Christina Mill apartments discovered her Green 1997 Honda Civic Del Sol had been blocked by a Democratic filibuster critics also made an issue of his stolen between 4 p.m. last Tuesday and 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, the spokeswoman said. threat last year, prompting Bush to sometimes prickly personality, A Dover police officer retrieved the vehicle downstate after making a traffic stop, the police spokeswoman said. place him in the U.N. post through arguing he was too combative for The officer noticed the vehicle's ignition had been severely damaged. The suspect is a male employee of a Honda deal­ a recess appointment in August international diplomacy. ership in Dover and reportedly used a slim jim to break into the car and then hotwired it. Dover Police are currently obtaining warrants in order to obtain the stolen property. - Kevin Mackiewicz '--__- compiled from the L.A. Times and Washington Post wire reports

:- --.- -.-~-::-- --~-::---:-:----=----.-':'-=-:----:-~---~-::----= --:'-.-=-=-:'---: :-:;-.---- -.-.- _~-: ___ ' 4 December 5, 2006 l!t Activist group addresses racial profiling BY SARAH KENNEY ridiculous in Raiz's case, because the bomber was a white male. The phrase "We Will Not Be Silent" was originally used by Senior News Reporter "They didn't profile people who looked like Tinnothy the White Rose movement in Germany, which was a student "With my first name being Muhammad and my second McVeigh, did they?" she said. resistance to the Nazis in World War II, the activists said. name being Hussain, I am definitely always scrutinized," junior Riaz said neighbors recently called the FBI on his family Even though she is Jewish, Arbeiter said she became and vice president of the Muslim Student Association said. because the seats of their van were in their backyard. involved in the Artists Against the War because as a child she On Nov. 28, three activists from Artists Against the War, a "My family is in the catering business," he said. "They need always questioned how people had allowed the Holocaust to protest ~oup based in New York, came to the university and that extra space in their car. It was ridiculous. But there was a happen. spoke to students in a presentation arranged by the Muslim white van outside the house for a while after that." Immediately after Sept. 11, she said she saw a lot of ques­ Student Association and the university chapter of the American Riaz also said his father sent $25,000 to Pakistan two years tionable behavior by New York officials. Civil Liberties Union. ago to buy property there. "A few blocks from where I live, officials were rounding up Students shared their experiences of ethnic profiling at the "Homeland Security is still holding on to the money," he anyone they suspected to be Muslim and taking them to the event. said. Metropolitan Center in Brooklyn," Arbeiter said. Recently, Hussain said, his family's car was pulled over and ' The activists spoke against ethnic profiling and in support Muslims were tortured there, she said. thoroughly checked at the Canadian border. He said they also of freedom of speech. Shirts designed by the activists, reading "Some were put outside in cold weather. Others were put received threatening phone calls. "We Will Not Be Silent" in Arabic and in English, were provid­ into stress positions," she said. "No charges were ever filed "People just go through the phone book and fmd us," ed. against the perpetrators. Shops that had been run by those Hussain said. Activist Caroline Parker said Raed Jarrar, a Muslim man, Muslims were shut down. That happened in Nazi Germany." He said this reaction to his name and Islamic faith was noth­ was forced to change out of his shirt before boarding a Jet Blue Arbeiter said after witnessing this, she felt she had to act. ing new. After the September 11,2001 terrorist attacks, someone flight at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in August. "If that is happening just blocks from my home and I do drove a truck into his old mosque in Evansville, Ind. Arbeiter said she had met hinn before the incident. nothing, how can I question how the Germans allowed the Senior Abrar Riaz, student adviser to MSA, said even "He had gotten that shirt from us a few months earlier when Holocaust to happen?" she said. before Sept. 11, he felt his family had been profiled. he saw us protesting in front of the White House," she said. Ryan Silberstein, former president of the College "On the day of the Oklahoma City bombing, my family and Parker said Jarrar had been returning from Jordan through Republicans, said he agreed with ethnic profiling as a general I were moving," he said. "We went to get a V-Haul truck, but no New York City, with a final destination of California. policy, though he felt it was unfortunate. one would give us one." He had gone through all the detectors and was sitting down "It really does not make as much sense to search 96-year­ Activist Laurie Arbeiter said profiling was especially to wait for his flight when Transportation ' Security old white grandmothers as it does to search someone who fits the Administration employees came and told hinn he could not get profile we have," Silberstein said. "It's unfortunate that we have on the plane, she said. According to the employees, the T-shirt he to take that step, but I think we do." was wearing caused fellow passengers to complain. Protest groups can use any slogan they want to, he said, but Jet Blue employees came and brought hinn another shirt to he disagreed with the parallel the activists drew between wear, Parker said. America and Nazi Germany. The activists said they proved the incident involved racial "We obviously haven't put Muslinns in intemment camps," profiling because they purposely boarded a Jet Blue flight out of Silberstein said. the same airport the next week. The flight carried four female Lara Rausch, current president of the College Republicans, passengers wearing the same T-shirts. They were not stopped. said she did not blame the Jet Blue passengers for their concern, None of the female activists were Muslim. but she thought Jarrar should have been able to wear what he "I felt them watching us, bu.t no one said anything," she wanted. said. "We were able to wear the shirts and he was not." "I don't think it's unreasonable for people to be uneasy," The activists also discussed a more recent event. she said. "9/11 is still so fresh in our minds. But no action should On Oct. 9, college student Stephanie Schwartz boarded the have been taken." Staten Island Ferry in New York wearing the "We Will Not Be Parker said their protest is very important. Silent" shirt, Shirazi said. Schwartz ws surrounded by the Coast "Maybe the terrorists were Muslim," she said. "But you Guard. cannot criminalize a language or a people because of the actions "They told her she could not wear an Arabic language shirt ofa few." on the ferry," she said. Keith Pluymers, co-president of the university's ACLV, The following week, 100 protesters rode the ferry wearing said he hopes Tuesday's event and future events will change peo­ THE REVIEW/Josh Baumann the shirt, Shirazi said. The protest went without incident. ple's attitudes. Members of Artists Against the War spoke to students in a "They didn't say a word to us, but we were surrounded by "Hopefully, this will be the first step toward change," forum sponsored by the Muslim Student Association and Coast Guard ships on the way back," she said. "I guess in case Pluymers said. "Ethnic profiling and repression of free speech is we caused any trouble." not something we should accept." the university chapter of the ACLU. Pollution: a solution to end global warming? BY LAUREN DEZINNO Philippines as an example of the effect pollution in the atmos­ ''I'm not even sure if trying to use pollution as a means to Senior News Reporter phere can have on the Earth's temperatures. shield the Earth from the sun would actually change a tempera­ Paul Crutzen, a 1995 Dutch Nobel Prize winner in chem­ Mount Pinatubo, the second largest volcanic eruption of the ture average," Hasbargen said. istry, has proposed a possible solution to stop global warming - 20th century, erupted in June 1991, releasing millions of tons of Sophomore Jordan Wolfson said he thinks the costs of deliberately dispersing a layer of pollution into the Earth's sulfur dioxide into Earth's atmosphere and cooling the planet's Crutzen's plan would outweigh the benefits. atmosphere in order to protect the planet from the sun's harmful temperature- for several years. "It's ironic that someone wants to make the Earth better by rays. Pershing said although research suggests Crutzen's plan creating more pollution," Wolfson said. "We may potentially get The new proposal has created great controversy in both the could succeed, no one can anticipate the consequences of the rid of one problem in exchange for another." scientific and environmental communities, as the "global haze action. Legates said he agrees pollution, for the purpose of decreas­ theory" could potentially do more harm than good. "There are a number of solutions -that we know could ing global warming, seems inappropriate. Geography professor David Legates said the earth has work," he said. "It might be a different story in 20 years if we "It's a never-ending problem, so it's a better idea to leave it warmed approximately one degree Fahrenheit over the past 100 have done nothing. The kinds of damages from c1innate change alone," he said. "The long-term problem it would have, is it years and there is no easy way to slow down the process. are huge. At that point, instead of looking at major loss of life, would take away money and effort from things that would have "It is a natural process that takes place," Legates said. "It we may want to think about these solutions." a much better innpact on human society." may slow down on its own. Research shows the sun may be Pershing said the global haze theory is a disconcerting going into a quiet phase." notion because the consequences are unknown. He said he believes humans would leam to adapt to the "We're playing this experiment with the Earth and it seems change in temperature if the Earth's temperature was to contin­ like a very bad idea to use another experiment to try ane( correct ue to increase. the first mess you've made," he said. "I think it is fundamentally a bad idea," Legates said. "I'm There are better alternatives to reduce global warming, afraid doing this will create even more problems." Pershing said. Not only would the plan create an unbelievable monetary "Our cars could be more efficient. Our power plants could expense, but there is no way to know the effect it would have on be more efficient," he said. "I think if we did that, we'd buy our­ the Earth's inhabitants, he .said. selves tinne to produce better technology." "Once you put pollution up into the atmosphere, it's not Geology professor Les Hasbargen said he does not think likely to stay there," Legates said. "Of course if the sun gets Mount Pinatubo is a good indicator of the possible outcome of weaker and we go into a cold period, you have to stop what you the global haze. are doing and reverse it." "If you wanted the same effect as a volcano, you would Jonathan Pershing, a spokesman for Washington's World have to put up the same gas, the same dust and the same materi­ Resources Institute, said he does not think now is the tinne to al," Hasbargen said. "That's a different chemical composition implement this plan. than pollution." "I actually think the Crutzen argument is fairly valid," He said the main concern right now is the level of carbon Pershing said, citing the Mount Pinatubo eruption in the dioxide in the atmosphere. )t December 5, 2006 5 Law students give back to community

BY ANDREA RAMSAY Staff Reporter Shae Chasanov, a Widener A Closer .Look University law student and 2003 .& Delaware alumna, spends her Monday afternoons mentoring PROJECT,CITIZEN middle school-aged children at the Neighborhood House. Chasanov and other Widener law students • These"coordinators work with are developing a plan to improve tile if llJembers of Congress, busi­ community centers geared toward ,ness and community leaders, and physical activity and getting chil­ tocal educators to contribute to dren off of the streets in the the success of the program. Southbridge area. THE REVIEW/Jim O'Leary , "The career we are entering is • Project Citizen promotes Restaur!,nts are not required to post health inspection ratings according to state law. a service-based career," Chasanov competent and responsible par­ said. "As law students, it's my ticipation in local and state gov­ opinion that we should get ernment. involved and help our community Hidden h'ealth ratings in Del. whenever possible." For the first time, law students • As of November 2006, at Widener are reaching out to the approximately 22,500 teachers BY JASON CLINE the kitchen staff pays attention and deaths. Many cases of salmonella, children of Wilmington by partici­ h1),ve taught Project Citizen to Staff Reporter' follows these standards, then it would which can be deadly, and E, coli were pating in Project Citizen, a pro­ over 1,400,000 students. - The unique stainless-steel not be a problem for any restaurant." reported in Delaware from 2001 to gram dedicated to teaching young details, nostalgic jukebox and _the Tauginas said he thinks posting 2005 due to unsanitary conditions people about public policy and ' -Compiled from the Center for round-booths that wrap the exterior ratings would be helpful in making present while preparing food. raising civic awareness, Civic Education Web site walls have become a haven for satis­ restaurants raise their standards, By Carrie Leishman, president of The national program, whic'h fying those late-night, a1cohol­ concerning themselves more with the Delaware Restaurant Association, was created by the Center for young to. fully grasp what they are induced hunger pains, For many col­ food safety and sanitation, the experi- said everyone should take food safe­ Civic Education along with the doing when it comes to public pol­ lege students, eating at the Komer ence for .consumers would be more ty seriously, especially since it is cur­ National Confederation of State icy," he said, "But it gives them Diner has become a ritual weekend safe and enjoyable, rently such a hot topic in the media, Legislatures, is expanding politi­ the chance to see that people out­ outing, The service is good, the food "After seeing a restaur£int's rat- She said it is important to feel confi­ cal education from the classroom side the community do care for is always satistying and yes, its "por­ ings, many people would make their dent while dining out in Delaware to a community setting by working their well-being," . tions are massive." It is an overall decision based on how well the place and that local restaurateurs are pas­ with organizations such as In 2002, participants proved pleasing experience - only, what is did," Tauginas said, "If they had a sionate about providing a safe dining Kingswood Community Center, they could make a difference when happening behind those closed _bad rating then people wouldn't con- experience for all customers, the Latin American Community they testified to pass regulation kitchen doors? tinue to eat there, I think it is a fair The DRA provides and encour­ Center and Westend Neighborhood regarding drug paraphernalia laws Currently, it is not mandatory step needed to help increase restau- ages all operators to become certified House, in Delaware . for restaurant inspection reports to be rant's standards." in food safety training through the . Pat Quann, executive director However, Finkelstein said the readily available -to the public in Junior Trish Carbone said it is Servsafe program, the world's leader of the ' Delaware Law Related most inspiring and valuable fea­ Delaware, though many other states strange not to have easy access to in comprehensive training and certi­ Education Center wqo organizes ture of the program is the opportu­ require these scores and inspection inspection ratings and would like to fication, so that health inspections the program for the state, said par­ nity it provides for inner-city chil­ certificates be posted at the establish­ have access to that type of informa- run smoothly; she sajd. ticipants identify a public issue in dren to work closely with universi- ment. These reports, which rate tion without having to search for it. Leishman said the biggest factor their community then look for ty and law students, . restaurant quality, service and clean­ "I think it should be mandatory in determining a restaurant's score is alternatives, propose solutions and - "The students are interacting liness would .be reflected in a grade­ to post inspection ratings in the inspectors themselves, create a plan to fix the problem, and sharing ideas with the kids, like manner. In many states, a rating Delaware restaurants. I feel that, ulti- "Every inspector is different. "It's a great way to help kids acting as mentors to show them is displayed as an A, B or C score and "mately, restaurants would benefit They are not always going to be learn how to gain access to their who they can be in the future," she placed on a placard in the front win­ from having the ratings be so public,". equal upon comparison," she said. government and understand how it said. "This underlying benefit dow of the business. Carbone said, "Having the establish- Leishman said she does not works in a practical way," Quann seeps into every aspect of this Kazy Tauginas, owner of the ment improve on their ratings would believe posting restaurant quality rat­ said. project - it is the true goal." Komer Diner, said he supportshav­ make the restaurant a better place." ings inside the business should be an Although the law , students Sophomore Brittney Russell, ing these ratings be made mandatory, She said she takes a very close obligation, only because it may not receive no credit or compensation president of the Pre-Law Student He said inspe<;tors are not asking look at the restaurant's appearance accurately reflect the true food safety for their work, Arlene Rivera Association at the university, said anything uncommon or unreasonable before deciding to dine there. • record because of possible inconsis- Finkelstein, head of the Pubhc there are no similar service'-based of restaurants during these quality "The overall app~arance of the tenc'ies. She said restaurants should Interest Resource Center at programs which are required or investigations, restaurant absolutely affects the way , not pave anything to hide and most Widener, said the ' law profession encouraged for students interested '''In general, the rules established I look at it. I make a mental note of restaurants would comply, encourages attorneys to serve their in law. However, Russell said she make complete sense," he said. "If. anything that bothers me and will "I think most reputable opera­ communities whenever possible, hopes it is something that will be 4""<'::'>%',.. give the place one more shot," tors would not have problems with "There are so many rewards emphasized in the near future. Carbone said, tfie scores of their inspections being that this program gives to our stu­ "Personally, I think it is very /4~nook - Jennifer Wooleyhand, spokes- posted," she said. dents, such as instilling an early valuable for students to be put into woman for the Delaware Division of Junior Brett Cordrey said interest in service," Finkelstein a setting where you can utilize Public Health, stated in an e-mail although he has never requested said, "It feels good to do public your skills," she said. "We don't message that when regarding inspec- restaurant inspection ratings from the interest work." really have an opportunity here to tions and rating availability, the Division' of Health, it is a good idea With the help of the law stu­ practice or go out into the commu­ ers wearing gloves Division of Public Health complies to post them in order to make certain dents, participants of Project nity." /roper food-handling with the state's Freedom of the restaurant is up to standards, Citizen are addressing issues, such Finkelstein said any chance Rnt (such as tQngs, spatu- Information Act. This act establishes "Restaurants are providing a as access to inner-city libraries in students have to teach others is which government information is service to the community and should Wilmington, which , they hope to invigorating, and programs which public. be responsible for ensuring the health present to the state legislature in provide opportunities for them to "Restaurant inspection reports of their consumers," Cordrey said, January, • Is the food cooked to proper are public records and have always Even without requesting inspec­ do so should be adopted by other temperatures? Jeff Oster, Widener law stu­ universities, even at the under­ been provided to the public at their tion records, he said, the overall envi­ dent and 2003 Delaware alumnus, request," Wooleyhand said, "The ronment of the restaurant will affect graduate level. Project Citizen has • Is kitchen manager well­ works alongside Chasanov at the been as beneficial for her students division photocopies the reports and his eating decisions: versed in safe-food handling mails them to the requestor, which "I usually check to see how Neighborhood House, Oster said as it has to the participants of the practices? he was initially drawn to the pro­ program. can take approximately one week." clean the restaurant is, especially the gram due to the opportunity of According to the Centers for bathroom, I also look at the staff's "It is a hands-on, grassroots, '. Is there an insect or rodent working with kids to better their empowering program for both the problem? Disease Control and Prevention, appearance and their demeanor," he community through the political kids and the law students," she there are an estimated 76 million said. "If I don't like what I see I cases of food-borne illness annually won't come back, but if I think it is process. . said, "It helps them realize you • Is food properly -date'd? "Since we are working with really can make a difference." in the United States, including too bad then I will just leave." kids who are 9 to 13, they are too 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 6 December 5, 2006

lvll()'S }vl)() ill Newark An eye for perfection: stylist brings flair to hair BY CAITLIN BIRCH quiet life in Newark, even after the glamor of the European Copy Editor industry. The clock on the marble counter rests in the arms of an "I like it here. I'm used to it," he said. "] have a lot of orange cartoon-like cat and ticks softly as the morning sun re~ular clients and friends. I'm happy." streams through the windows. Goldfish dart through aquat­ Biklarian said the inspiration for his Newark business ic plants in the large fish tank on one wall. Outside, the came from his fascination with the cat's eye stone, a highly­ usual Main Street traffic bustles by, punctuated by the occa­ valued yellowish crystal gem. sional revved engine or honked horn, but inside all is quiet, The tradition behind the stone suggests if given as a waiting. gift, the cat's eye will bring good luck to the recipient. He The back door slams, interrupting the lazy atmosphere. said after his mother bestowed the stone upon his brother­ Striding across the black-tiled floor, the owner of Cat's in-law instead of him, he made the decision to create his Eye Hair and Tanning Salon announces his arrival. own cat's eye. "Nick is here," he sings out, a grin spreading across his "] said, 'If I ever start a business, I'm going to call it tanned face, just below the full salt-and-pepper mustache. Cat's Eye. If it can be used on jewelry, it can be used on His greeting reverberates around the room, then it is beauty,' " he said. down to business, preparing his first client of the day for her On to another client now, Biklarian looks to the black cut and color. pouch circling his waist. It looks like a tool belt, and it "My dear lady, I love you honey and thank you," he might as well be one as he lifts the flap to reveal an ammu­ said, his voice laden with the affection clients quickly come nition of gleaming silver scissors, shecrs and miscellancous to expect from him. utensils. Nick Biklarian has been gently reassuring his clients at He takes a step back, gazing intently at the head full of Cat's Eye for the past 20 years, ever since moving from wet hair, ·then goes to work. Europe to Newark with his wife, a university alumna. Armed with two sets of scissors, Biklarian grasps a Although his parents are Armenian, Biklarian said he handful of hair, pulls it taut above the head and attacks it was born in London, where his father worked for British THE REVIEW/Allie Williams with remarkable grace and accuracy. He spends the next few Petroleum. Nick Biklarian has owned eat's Eye Hair and Tanning minutes sweeping the hair above the head, cutting away "\ always looked up to him," he said, his voice unique­ with seemingly dangerous speed, dropping it and then div­ ly accented by his mixed fluency of English, Armenian, Salon for 20 years. ing in for another handful. German and Farsi. "I wanted to be like him." hair cut. Hair is artistic, why don't you do hair?' " he said. He calls it "Biklarian's double-sheer texturizer," and it When his dad gave him advice, he listened. No longer satisfied with simply watching his sister at took him all of one day to perfect the daring technique many "He told me, 'Never do anything for the money, do work in her salon, Biklarian said he entered the Vidal years ago in London. somcthing that you like because if you do something you Sassoon Academy in London to learn the art himself. As random chunks of hair go flying, the hair takes on like, you'll be good at it, and if you're good at it, you'll The following five years found him in England, the perfect amount of bounce and volume, making make the money,' " Biklarian said. / Germany and Italy, cutting hair for Vidal Sassoon and rub­ Biklarian's trademark technique a popular request around After leaving behind the degree he earned in civil engi­ bing elbows with the rich and famous. Biklarian said Cat's Eye. neering, he seems to have found something he likes. besides the successful models he frequently worked on, he "There's never a dull moment," one co-worker said. "I Biklarian cannot keep the song out of his voice or the smile had the opportunity to work with several famous actors. work with him every day and every day there's a story." off of his face as he deftly weaves coloring foils in and out "I cut Jamt

BY MEGHAN LOBDELL "overwhelming"? Enterprise Editor Whether you are only home for AHHH! Just thinking about the a few weeks and then heading back next two weeks of your life makes to campus for Winter Session,' hop­ you sick to your stomach - study­ 'Ping on a plane after New Year's to ing, papers, packing up. Your only study abroad or toughing out the hope is when you get through it, the entire break back home, it will be stress is over... right? Wrong! over before it began. Going home for break means The clock is ticking and The squeezing a million activities into a Review has kindly compiled a "to small amount of time. Can you say do" list just for you::.so get on it! )it December 5, 2006 7 Mechanical malfunctions plague elections

BY BRITTANY TALARICO counted. other 14,500 were using the other two servic­ Staff Reporter "We have to accept the fact that there is es." Tens of thousands of voters all over the going to be a slight error," Mycoff said. "It is ook People who used electronic voting country encountered serious voting problems at the nature oflarge numbers." machines had problems and questions, Boyle the polls, including complications with new He said he observed first hand the prob­ said. They were trying to vote for one candidate advanced voting machines and confusion over lems that voters experience. and felt that their vote was not registering. newly-implemented identification rules. "An older woman who was voting in front Other problems reported were issues with Faulty election procedures pose the ques­ of me did not push the green button to cast the tes used electronic voting sys­ absentee ballots and identification, she said. tion - does every vote really count? vote," Mycoff said. "Her vote was essentially Sf or the first time experienced States such as Georgia and Nevada recent­ Electionline.org is a non-partisan clearing eliminated. You need to complete the whole 'lems on election day. ly changed form of identification needed caus­ house of election information. The Web site process." ing confusion, Boyle said. released a 2006 election briefing report. The main problem with electronic systems ore than 38 percent of voters used She said Common Cause is pushing for Editor Dan Seligson said the majority of is the lack of a paper back-up, he said. these machines in the 2006 midterm Congress to pass a bill that would require the problems in the midterm elections had to do Registration problems can also occur and affect election. . electronic voting machines to produce a paper with the new, complex voting machines and voting procedures. trail and have random audits. just over 38 percent of voters used these Mycoff said sometimes voters are moved • Incidents of "vote flipping," in which , "Right now with some of these machines, machines in the election. from one voting precinct to another and are the machines did not record the vote you just cast your vote and it goes off into the "It was inevitable that there was going to unaware ofthis, someone's name can be purged accurately, were reported all over the guts ofthe computer and there is no trail to look be mistakes," Seligson said. "When this many from the role by accident, or someone could country. where your vote was cast," Boyle said. "We people are using new machines in a big elec­ share the same name as a convict and be cast need to make reforms or people are going to ,tion, problems are going to be encountered." offby mistake. -compiled from Electiononline.org lose confidence and faith in the voting process, With new technology, there is also an He said in general the problems would which is the whole cornerstone of our democra- increasing complexity in poll workers' jobs, he have to get really bad for people to stop voting. system," Calio said. "It is an easy way of vot­ cy." said. These people do not work at the polls very After the extremely close 2000 presiden­ ing in Delaware." . Sophomore Morgan Hedden went home to often and as a result are not well-equipped to tial election, an enormous drop offwas not seen He said Delaware uses full-faced ballots in Pennsylvania to cast her vote. handle problems with confusing technology. in the number of voters, Mycoff said. which all the information is on one page so the Hedden said one of the machines at her Voting problems occurred all over the . Congress passed the Help America Vote voter goes right down the list and only needs to voting site happened to be broken, but overall, United States including incidents in Florida, Act in 2002 to increase t):J.e number of electron­ be concerned with what is on the screen. Voters it was a positive, exciting experience. Colorado, Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois, ic voting machines and to eliminate the use of simply have to push a button on a screen to "I remember voting with my parents and Missouri, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, more outdated punch cards or paper ballots, mark their votes. watching them punch through ballots and hav­ South Carolina and Washington, Seligson said. things that have not worked in the past, he said. "We have had full-faced ballots since 1995 ing to flip pages over," she said. "Now the polls In Denver, electronic toll booths broke The people at the polls could miscount the and never had a challenge for any vote or any are more efficiently run and organized." down all over the city and people were waiting vote on purpose, throwaway ballots or add office," he said. "Before 1995 push levers were Hedden said she believes that ballots do in line for three hours, he said. extras at the end of the day, Mycoff said. used. The levers were very old and would often not have anything to do with people deciding to Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois, Electronic machines were implemented to help break." vote. Pennsylvania, Ohio and South Carolina all had prevent these occurrences. There is no confusion with the identifica­ "It has more to do with the economic and proble~s with electronic voting machines, "In college I served as an election observ­ tion rules in Delaware because of the Help political state of America at the time ofthe elec­ Seligson said. Massachusetts and Missouri had er in Pennsylvania and watched to make sure America Vote Act, which states that voters do tion," she said. trouble with ballot shortages. nothing nefarious was going on," he said. not need to have a photo identification, he said. Sophomore Conner Murray said he was "We don't hear about many problems in In very close races, such as the 2000 pres­ In Delaware, voters can use any form of happy to cast his Republican vote at the Delaware," he said. "They have been doing the idential election, the little inistakes can start to identification like a tax bill, water bill or any Wilmington Charter School and did not same thing the same way for a very long time." have a larger effect, Mycoff said. There are a utility bill that shows where a resident lives, encounter any problems. Seligson said this election was not suc­ fair number of elections nationwide where Calio said. "Even though Republicans did not have a cessful because people were prevented from there is a very small margin of victory, and one Mary Boyle, press secretary for the public chance of winning Delaware, it was nice to voting. vote could make a difference. interest advocacy group, Common Cause, said make an effort for what 1 believe in," Murray "If someone has to wait in line for three "In the most recent election, there were they ran a national voter hotline during the said. hours, that is a disfranchisement that has to be several positions for Congress, which were' midterm elections. He said if the ballots had a makeover it corrected," Seligson said. undecided because the election took a couple of Through the hotline, voters could call and would not change things. The saving grace of this election was that days," he said. "If the margin of vote is less report a problem, call and put in their ZIP code "The main issue with people and voting is the races in the places where most voters had then a 10th of a percent difference that could and phone number .to find address of voting getting to the polls and registering," Murray difficulty were not that close, he said. trigger an automatic recount." place, or be connected to local election office said. "The only reason more than 30 percent of "The margin of yictory exceeded the mar­ Frank B. Calio, elections commissioner officials, Boyle said. eligible voters voted in the midterm election is gin of error," Seligson said. for· Delaware, said there were no problems "More than 16,000 calls were directed to because there are big issues on the block, main­ Jason Mycoff, political science professor, reported concerning voting procedures. that line," she said. "About 1,500 of those calls ly the war in Iraq." said it is impossible to ensure that all votes are "We have a very efficient and accurate were people reporting actual problems. The 'Noi.sy Methodists' -a mainstay ~n Main Street BY BRIAN STElMERS firecracker wedged into the wooden eaves of the roof and the Staff Reporter church burned to the ground. The Newark United Methodist Church on Main Street has "There was nothing that could be done," King said. "They become an identifiable landmark, standing for more than 150 let it burn to nothing." years. The prominence it holds today did not exist when the , By 1865 the church was reconstructed with two floors that church and its members struggled to get it running years ago. cost $12,000. King said the church played an important role in Janet King, an active member of the church, said the con­ the community and benefited from the rising commerce in gregation had difficulty looking for a place to meet in 1851. 'Newark. "We were known as the 'Noisy Methodists' due to our Several new additions have been made to the church, as the singing," King said. "Nobody was willing to sell us a lot." structure extends back to Delaware Avenue, King said. The The idea of having the Methodist Church on Main Street church is currently home to a preschool program that was added was met with little support from the community because of the in 1965 and continues to grow. disturbance of loud meetings. The steeple which towers over businesses on Main Street According to James B. Owen's book, "The Noisy was not added until the late 1940s. The latest series of renova­ Methodists," John Fletcher Williamson helped establish the tions completed in 1991 include a new parking lot off Delaware church by contacting D.W. Black, the owner ofthe lot where the Avenue, a new pipe organ, an elevator and chancel renovations, church currently stands. Black was not a local and was unaware she said. of the community's reluctance to sell land to the Methodists on The members helped raise more than $800,000 to complete Main Street. the additions. Black sold the property for $330 and construction was com­ Palmer said the church opens its doors to all non-profit pleted in March of 1852. This gave the Newark Methodists a organizations seeking use of the building and participates in place to congregate. downtown Newark celebrations. The Rev. David Palmer said the church's location in "Ten years ago the church made a conscious choice to stay Newark is important and attracts members from a three-state on Main Street," he said. "They were looking at options to move region. out of town but thought it was important to be here." "They sort of finagled their way here," Palmer said. Each year Main Street echoes with the sounds of the choir THE REVIEW/Josh Baumann , Ten years after the church opened a fire ravished its grow­ singing carols in honor of Newark's Winterfest celebration. The Newark United Methodist Church has stood for more ing status on Main Street after a young boy accidentally set it "We try to patronize their businesses and they help us out than 150 years. ablaze while playing with firecrackers, according to Owen. A with donations," Palmer said. 8 December 5, 2006 )It Professors get personal via blogs on Internet

BY KATIE SULLIVAN friends informed on what mischief StajJReporter her two hounds Buford and Della With Web sites such as have been creating. Postsecret.com, Blogger.com and Her other blog, however, is even Donald Trump's TrumpU.com about the marching band. She said it featuring blogs, it is no wonder pro- gives people a different look at the fessors nationwide are starting to band aside from the traditional, use online journals. more formal Web site format. Unlike written journals, "There are many parents and Internet blogs are a way for people fri ends of band members who never to relay their interests to unspecified get to see the group perform, hence numbers of people every day. They the creation of Sarv blog," Sarver talk about their lives and practically said. "I thought it was important for anything and everything else. others to know my thoughts because Robert Caret, president of the many of those people have a vested Towson University, has his own interest in the band." blog called "Bob's Sarver said the Blog." Caret said "I thO k th t bl blog serves as a it is important to In a og- vehicle for com- have a strong gin~ can bring munication and sense of commu- f . h t keeps the band nication between use u ennc men members as well :e~~::ty,a~~ :~l~ to lecture courses. :fu~~~ fa~~ti~~~ as to inform stu- It's an exploration about band events. dents about what f . d· tl Individual and THE REVIEW/Jim O'Leary is occurring across 0 Issues Irec Y family studies pro- Freshmen Brandon Comer and Anthony San Felippo fuse their holiday traditions. campus. related to the fessor Robin "Communication d · Palkovitz also is always a major aca emlc maintains an challenge for any content of online course blog. organization. How " He said he uses it 'Tis the season to decorate do you let people my course. as a way to engage know what is students in writing going on, what - Robin Palkovitz and discussion Students display their holiday spirit your plans are, Family Studies Professor outside the class- what you need room. Stud.ents them to do and where we are all can respond to his entries on the BY DESIREE NORWOOD decorate for whatever holiday you they feel their room is more fes­ going?" Caret stated in his blog. blog, which counts toward their par­ StajJ Reporter celebrate, but you have to make tively decorated than Comer and "One of my rules has been when you ticipation grade. The Christmahanakwanzaaka sure that everyone knows that you San Felippo's room. think communication is going well, "I think that blogging can bring commercial that people know and are open to other things." "We go back and forth all the you are at about 10 percent of where useful enrichment to lecture cours­ love has manifested itself in the She distributed a survey to her time, but they said that ours wasn't you need to be." es," Palkovitz said. "It's an explo- residence halls this holiday season, . floor to make sure that everyone on good enough because we didn't Heidi Sarver, music director at ration of issues directly related to Two of these people are fresh­ the floor was represented, she said. have Hanukkah," Wortmann said. the University of Delaware, keeps the academic content of my course." men roommates Brandon Comer For the curriculum in "But we have mistletoe." two blogs on her Web site, heidis- Sophomore Danielle Becker and Anthony San Felippo who Dickinson the focus for the fresh­ Richter said she plans for the arver.com. She said blogs help her to said she has had both Sarver and decided to bring the at-home holi­ men is diversity, education and floor to get together and decorate enhance her professional career Palkovitz as professors and has kept day feel to their Dickinson Croom. involvement, Richter said. Along the lounge. while keeping readers updated on a blog of her own. She finds blogs "We both have a lot of holiday with other Dickinson RAs, they "We are going to do current events. help students to see professors as spirit, and I think we both wanted have decided to unite and partici­ Christmahanakwanzaaka in the One blog is what Sarver calls human beings and not just part of to do something different than the pate in a joint program for the hol­ lounge," Richter said.- "a running diary of sorts" about her the podium, making them more rest of the floor," Comer said. iday season. Jim Tweedy, associate director Bassett Hound dogs. She said the approachable. Their tiny Dickinson room "We are doing a huge program of the Office of Residence Life, blog, featuring a picture of a floppy- "It helps us see them more as was divided into two holiday on the different winter holidays, stated in an e-mail message he esti­ eared mutt, is mostly for fun. Sarver people who have lives outside the halves. Comer's side of the room describing what they are and the mates 10 to 15 percent of students said it is a way to keep curious lecture halls," Becker said. represented Hanukkah with white different religions," she said. will decorate to some degree for lights accented by the blue and "There will be involvement activi- the holidays. In past years, some white menorah stickers on the . ties and trivia." students have violated regulations . wall. San Felippo has decorated his Richter said there is some­ "We have occasional viola­ side of the room with multicolored thing about the season that encour­ tions, primarily with the use of lights accompanied by Christmas ages decorations. spray-snow on the windows and figures on his wall. The two sides "I think it is more festive," she inappropriate use of lighting," meet with a miniature Christmas said. "There are some students Tweedy said. "Students generally tree topped with a menorah. who cannot go horne. I think deco­ follow our fire-safety codes well " It shows diversity," San rating here just makes it easier." and have been well-educated to Felippo said. "It makes me feel The interest in decorations stay away from water sprinkler like I'm at home." and holiday spirit has opened the heads." Brittany Richter is the resident door for more communication He said he finds more decora­ assistant for this Dickinson C floor between her residents, Richter tions in the upperclassmen hous­ and said her residents presented said. ing, especially in the Christiana her with the idea of decorating. "I think it brings everyone Towers on Laird campus. . Some of her residents have closer because it is like, 'Oh come "I think as students stay inquired about the restrictions that see my room,' and if you haven't longer in the residence halls they are in place when decorating for seen someone's room before it attempt to give their room a more the holidays. might be the first time you are real­ home-like feel," Tweedy said. "They asked me about the ly talking to someone a lot," He has seen his share of outra­ lights because we arc not allowed Richter said. "I feel like it brings geous decorations in the residence to have extension cords," Richter people together as corny as it halls, he said. said. "Holiday lights do not sounds." "We have certainly had stu­ count." Decorating for the holiday has dents who have gone all out with She said abiding by the rules created a friendly competition decorations and have covered their are important, but for her, broaden­ between the residents on this entire room with lights, a tree, win­ ing the minds of her residents and Dickinson floor. dow paint as well as dressing for bringing them together is the goal. Freshmen roommates Marla the part," Tweedy said. "These "Everyone has to be open," Cicchino and Amanda Wortmann, folks are generally nice enough to Richter said. "You are allowed to who also live on the floor, said also bake cookies for the floor." )It December 5, 2006 9 Harker elected as Roselle's replacement BY JULIA PARMLEY & CAIT SIMPSON appointed by the Board of Trustees, worked "That's the key word, impact - the Contributing Editor & Executive Editor over the summer to research candidates and impact that we have on the young men and Patrick T. Harker was named the 26th interview potential presidents. ook women who come here to study every day, the president of the university last Friday at a The committee kept its search closed impact we have on our alumni community, press conference at the Center for the Arts. during the research process. The only students· the impact we have for our leadership, the Howard Cosgrove, chairman of the involved were Blue Hen Ambassadors who faculty leadership, in dealing with the diffi­ Board of Trustees, announced the election. formed a focus group during the summer, cult problems we face as a society and the "During the process of searching for a according to the committee's Web site. • opportunity to advance not only the state, but new president, we found Dr. Harker to have Rose Overbey, president of the Delaware the nation as a whole," Harker said. an excellent combination of experience and Undergraduate Student Congress, said she The university administration responded skills that will be of great value in leading the wished the focus group was formed at a time hite House Fellow in 1991 positively to the election results. University of Delaware forward," Cosgrove more convenient for other students. Roselle said he believed the university said. "I had a number of people on the execu­ will be in good hands. Harker has been the dean of the Wharton tive committee who I thought would be inter­ • lSI Highly Cited Researcher in 2004 "Pat is an absolutely first-rate member of School at the University of Pennsylvania ested but everyone was home for the sum­ the Penn faculty and a first-rale administrator since 1999. mer," Overbey said. and I believe an ideal choice to serve as the Harker's record at Wharton was a decid­ DUSC was only contacted when the can­ • Trustee of Goldman Sachs Trust and next president of the University of ing factor in his election, Cosgrove said. didates had been selected. She said she Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust Delaware," he said. "He has managed with foresight and cre­ attended the RSO leader meetings to talk with Thomas Apple, dean of the College of ativity and innovation, expanding the reach of the two prospective presidents. Arts and Sciences, stated in an e-mail mes­ the Wharton School across the country and Regardless, Overbey said the committee • Four degrees from the University of sage he was not on the search committee, but around the world," he said. was thorough and she is happy about the deci­ Pennsylvania in civil engineering and , had the opportunity to meet with Harker. Harker said though he has spent approx­ sion to elect Harker. "I am thrilled by his selection," Apple imately three decades at Penn, the University "I think the most important thing now is economics. said."He is a dynamic, brilliant leader with a of Delaware was an exciting prospect for him. for students to reach out to him to a build a - Office of Public Relations great track record. I think UD will do great Cosgrove said the Executive Committee good relationship," she said. things under his direction." of the Board of Trustees made its decision to Cosgrove made sure to point out that the "Under President Roselle's leadership, Provost Dan Rich stated in an e-mail hire Harker on Wednesday. search committee had a Delaware has built its legacy of innovation message Harker is an excellent choice for the The board sought someone large pool of candidates and entrepreneurship through investments next university president. who would continue univer­ "He is a. dynomic, with a long list of qualifica­ and highly talented faculty and staff," he said. "He is an outstanding scholar and an sity President David P. brilliant leader tions. "While many will point to this beautiful experienced academic leader," Rich said. "He Roselle's legacy. Cosgrove cited the chang­ campus as his legacy at this institution - and has a documented record of exceptional "We believe Pat Harker with a great ing student body and faculty it clearly is one of his many legacies - I accomplishments as dean of the world's pre­ to be the best person to as significant aspects of believe the quality of people, who are here mier business school." carry forward and expand track record. I Roselle's tenure. today at this university to be the hallmark Rich said the university has emerged his legacy of achievement, think UD will do "The University of which will define his leadership." over the past 15 years as a top-quality nation­ with his vision, enthusiasm Delaware is greatly indebted Harker said he planned on working with al university recognized for the overall excel­ and commitment, we very great things to David P. Roselle, whose Roselle to develop a new plan for the future lence of its faculty, students, programs and much look forward to his under his service to the institution and of the university. However, he does not know facilities. arrival on campus next sum­ the state has been nothing enough yet to articulate his specific plan of "As a result, it is now appropriate to rec­ mer," he said. "We expect direction.' , short of spectacular," he action. ognize a new University of Delaware, one Dr. Harker to take office on _ Thomas Apple, said. "Dr. Roselle has trans- "I don't know what that is exactly, ·that's that embodies a much higher standard of aca­ around July 1,2007." formed the university entire­ because it needs a lot of conversation, but I do demic performance and that has the solid Harker will take the Dean of the College of ly, from the student body to know one thing - that the new agenda, the foundation and high expectations needed for place of Roselle, who has . the faculty." new approach that the university will take even greater distinction in the future," he said. served as president since Arts and SCiences Harker mentioned will be built on this incredibly solid founda- "Patrick Harker has all the qualifications 1990. Roselle announced Roselle's presidency in his tion," Harker said. . to take advantage of this exceptional opportu­ his plan to retire to the B6ard of Trustees last address as well, attributing the enthusiasm He said the influence the university has nity and to lead the university to higher levels spring. and commitment of the faculty, staff and stu­ on the community will be his main focus. of success in the future." The Presidential Search Committee, dent body to his predecessor. Movin' on up from SuperS Motel to Holly Woods

BYGREGLISI Junior Rachel Bloemer said moving into her room during Staff Reporter the busiest time for classes is challenging. The move-in Students have finished moving into the new Holly Woods process is slow because her first priority is to complete school­ Luxury Townhomes on South Chapel Street Nov. 16, ending work. their two-month stay in the Super 8 Motel. Approximately 55 "Between classes, exams and moving in, I've had very students were forced to live in the local motel since the begin­ little time to relax," Bloemer said. ning of the semester because the construction of Holly Woods She said being in her new home is a bittersweet feeling, had not been completed. but could not be happier to finally start settling down. Junior AJ. Minite said the feeling of finally being able to "It's unfortunate that the semester is almost over at this move in has been surreal. . point," Bloemer said. "But I guess it's better late than never." "I can't believe this is actually happening," Minite said. The tenants were not required to pay rent during the time "For a while there I thought we would never move in." they were staying in the motel. Cochran paid for the cost ofthe Chris Cochran, the landlord of Holly Woods, said con­ motel. struction on the new houses was delayed because of the Canon Patel, manager of Motel 8, said he is adjusting to extremely hot weather during the summer months. Workers life at the motel without the students. Their presence was a were not physically capable of laboring in the dangerous con­ strong boost for business during those months, but said he had ditions for more than a few hours per day. mixed emotions when the students departed .. The situation was unfortunate, but the city-inspectors "They brought in a lot of business, but they also took up were helpful in trying to expedite the process so the students a huge block of rooms that could have been sold at higher could have a place to call home, Cochran said. The townhous­ rates," Patel said. "I'm just happy they are finally in their es were certified two and a half months behind the original homes." scheduled date for opening. Junior TravisPincoski said he did not know how much "I'm glad we were able to finally get these guys in here," longer he could have gone on living in the motel without he said. "I just wish it could have been a lot sooner." breaking down. Living out of a motel and his car is not an Cochran operated the High Energy Gym for 25 years, but experience he wants to revisit. said the experience of being an owner of townhouses is new. "Living in a motel for two months was hell," Pin co ski Last spring the gym was knocked down so construction could said. "Just driving by the place gives me chills now." begin on the new complexes. Junior Samantha Fitzgerald said she is not upset about He said he dealt with various complaints from tenants having to leave the Super 8. who had grown impatient while waiting for their homes to be "The only thing I'll miss is having somebody clean my THE REVIEW/Erin Rosenthal fmished,. but it was understandable considering the situation. room and make my bed for me," Fitzgerald said. "But it's nice After living in a motel for more than two months, 55 stu­ "I don't blame them," Cochran said. "I wouldn't want to to be out of there and sleeping in my own bed again." dents were able to move into Holly Woods Apartments on be stuck living in a motel for two months either." South Chapel Street on Nov. 16. 10 December 5, 2006 )It SCP AB brings soulful artist to Scrounge

BY JASON CLINE Junior Ashleih Walsh said she Staff Reporter enjoyed listening to Cauley's music "Sorry ifI squeak. I've already and would definitely see him again. gone through puberty. I promise," Although she had not heard of Chris Cauley said as he opened his him previously, Walsh said Cauley set to a packed house of more than impressed her with his unique 100 people at the Scrounge. The sound and engaging stage presence. concert was sponsored by the "I think he is awesome," she Student Centers Programming said. "He really gets into perform­ Advisory Board. ing and when he is having a lot of From start to fmish, he com­ fun it makes everyone else have manded the stage with his raw tal­ fun." ent, emotion and soulful persona. After hearing Cauley in con­ Not even a bronchial infection cert for the first time, Walsh said could hinder the smoky rasp and she plans to find out more about power of Chris Cauley'S impecca­ him and support his music. ble vocals on Saturday night. Junior Chelsea Johnson, the With more than an hour-long head chair of SCPAB's minor con­ set, a few cover songs and a forgiv­ cert division, said the organization able technical difficulty, Cauley has been planning a free event for a ended his 2006 college tour on a while. Plans fell through earlier in high note. the year, however, and they have "The show was a blast," not been able to get any act not Cauley said. "As an artist, I know affiliated with the university, she when we have bad shows, but we said. have to suck it up and keep playing. "We decided to book Chris THE REVIEWlMeaghan Jones It is always good to end on such a because he has played at the univer­ Carlton Cooper, professor of biological sciences, warned students of the dangers of HIV and AIDS. high." sity before and he has a big name He said the best thing about around campus," Johnson said. touring is that he never knows what "Each time that he has played here to expect. He meets a lot of fans and he has done things differently." makes many friends while on tour, Johnson said SCPAB tries to and those people are the reasons for . book acts upon student requests, but performing. would love to have Cauley return. World AIDS .Day Cauley said he always tries to After having worked with make his shows personal for the Cauley on three projects, she said audience and hopes they enjoy his he is always willing to come to the show. The-response at the universi­ university. Cauley has much sup­ ty is always positive and he makes port from SCPAB and from students New uncontrollable strain sure to stop by when on tour, he on campus. said. "The best thing about Chris is "I know everybody says this, his voice and that fact that he is not but really, I couldn't think of a bet­ over-produced," Johnson said. "It is of H IV discovered in N. Y. ter place to end our tour," Cauley hard to believe this incredible, soul­ said. "This is the fourth time we've ful voice comes out of this little come here and we have always had white guy." a great time." BY JENNIFER HAYES progression to AIDS can be any- said. Honest disc.ussion is needed Staff Reporter where from two to 20 months." and people should feel comfort­ "Even if the other person is Although this new strain has able talking iibout it. HIV negative, you should never be not been found Since there is no involved in unprotected sex," bio­ anywhere else, " way of control- logical sciences professor Carlton doctors and . It is ling the new HIV Cooper said. researchers are important strain, it is A threatening new strain of keeping a close .important for HIV has the ability to progress track of updated that we people to protect rapidly into AIDS in a matter of cases, Cooper e'ducate themselves, he months and resists nearly all med­ said. said. ications, Cooper said to students at "This is scary ourselves. Because HIV a speech sponsored by the Office because we are • can be transmit- of Residence Life on Thursday, the right next to New Global Issues ted through any eve of World AIDS Day. York," he said. affect us all." form of sex, Because it resists nearly all "We are already at including vagi- anti-retroviral drugs, this form of a high rate." - MicheJe Kane nal, anal or even . HIV cannot be controlled, he said. Cooper, who . . oral sex, Cooper Therefore, people, especially has researched ASSistant Director said it is impor- members of younger generations, HIV-related virus- of Residence Life tant to be aware need to be aware of how to prevent es in cows and of one's HIV sta- it. spent time as an tus. This new strain was found in a HIV counselor, Michele Kane, male in his mid-40s in New York said Wilmington is ranked fifth in an assistant director of the Office last year, Cooper said. The man the nation in HIV and AIDS cases. of Residence Life, said she hopes had numerous male partners and Signs of HIV include flu-like students . leave the discussion was using crystal methampheta- symptoms, such as fever, chills understanding what they have mine. and swollen glands, he said. Fungi learned deeply affects them and In November 2004, the New infections such as yeast infections the people around them. York man developed flu-like and herpes may become present, "It is important that we edu­ symptoms, which are a common as well as viral and bacterial infec- cate ourselves," she said. "Global first sign of HIV In December, he tions, pneumonia and tuberculosis. issues affect us all." . was diagnosed HIV positive. It World AIDS Day should be 'Freshman Emily Wallhauser only took another two months for recognized because HIV is an epi- said widespread education about the man to develop AIDS, Cooper demic worldwide, Cooper said. It HIV and this new strain is imp or- said. affects everyone. tanto "A typical HIV strain usually "It brings out hate, but it also "We all get educated but so THE REVIEW/Harry Caufield takes 10 to 20 years to progress brings out compassion," he said. many people don't know about it Guitarist Chris Cauley performed in front of more than 100 people at into f}I).1§.:;jlYos.ai'!,. :;!-t:~\l~¥>hm. :J.J .u.1¥}1jlHj~~~.&>J>jljl".!".ijljllA~k'}.!~Jai~'X~:!Bij~}liPx t .,9J,e ~~~~~~;~~~_~_~~~_~~!~_~!~I:t~~:.-:~.:-::.-::_:=-:._:.:_:--:_::_:_::_~::_:._~ :::.:,_~_::--:,:, ~ , Jlt- December 5, 200611 New course promotes responsible decisions Wednesday Dec 6th . mE BY TALIA KATZ academia and I have seen alcohol Staff Reporter misuse be potentially life changing Deer Park Tavern Freshmen at the university had and have a devastating impact on ESTAlIUSHED 1851 NEWARK, DE SIENNA a new course to add to their work­ some students who · over consume, load this year, AlcoholEdu. binge drink and are essentially out 108 W. Main st., Newark, DE Qa:l of tlassesl AlcoholEdu is a course teach­ of control," DeMicco said. 302-369-9414 t,; ing students to make responsible "I am in favor of alcohol educa­ www.deerparktavern.com choices regarding alcohol. tion and letting students, faculty and Tracy Downs, program coordi­ staff know the standards of the uni­ nator at Well.spring, said students versity." were given deadlines by the univer­ Downs said in January, the sity to complete the program. So far, University Alcohol Policy and 3,200 students have completed the Education 'Council will receive the course and a few hundred have not. results of the survey that asked stu­ If the students have not taken the dents about their drinking behaviors course they will not be able to sign and whether this course prompted up for spring courses, she said. them to change. "AlcoholEdu is a three-hour, Freshman Joey McCaffery online comprehensive alcohol edu­ said, the course did not teach him cation program aimed at helping anything new. . students to make healthier decisions "It's supposed to make you feel if they choose to drink," Downs different but it doesn't," McCaffery said. said. The course contains two parts, Freshman Rachel Kessman said three surveys 'and an exam that must she learned a lot of statistics from be passed with at least an 80 per­ the course. - cent, she said. "It was a pain to answer all the Saturday Dec 9th Downs said the.course provides questions, but it did make me more students with essential facts about conscious," Kessman said. alcohol consumption. Donna Budani, anthropology MAD SWEET PANGS! "The course includes informa­ professor and LIFE mentor, said stu­ tion about how alcohol affects the dents may not have taken it serious­ body, what constitutes a drink, the ly at first, but in the long run they problems related to high-risk drink­ will benefit from this course. ing behaviors and how alcohol "In truth, J think most students' abuse interferes with learning and entered the course and viewed it as a memory retention," she said. joke," she said. "However, at some Fred DeMicco, hotel, restaurant point during the course something . and institutional management pro­ engaged their attention and then fessor and LIFE mentor, said alco­ they listened. hol education is a must for students. "Those that do listen are better, "I have spent half my life in more responsible students." The Review will return to print in februQry.

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Committee rushes decision Univ. presidential search completed abruptly ® Patrick T. Harker will be taking dent. Almost two months ahead of o the place of President David P. schedule, the decision was rushed Roselle at the end of Spring and may not have evaluated all of o Semester. the possible candidates. Not sure who Harker is or how The committee was completely he was chosen? You are not the only ignorant to students' needs . and one. failed to address the issues sur­ It seems tlJe students at the roul)ding campus. Neither candi­ University of Pennsylvania knew date knew much about the commu­ about the selection before Delaware nity and its relationship with stu­ students did. Penn's press release dents. came out a full hour and a half More time ' devoted to the before Delaware's press confer­ process could_have been used for ence. additonal focus groups to address Students across' campus are student concerns. The student focus confused with the decision for the groups only included Blue Hen future president. Ambassadors, who are not an accu­ THE REVIEW/ DOlllenic DiBerardinis Letters are pouring into the rate representation of the student office at The Review, and the criti­ body. cism of the Presidential Search Given . that the system was Committee's process is warranted. flawed and was unable to include a LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Its Web site can only be described ran~e of students in the process, the Praising the Presidential hand-picked student representa­ tory. as poor and it lacked timely facts on chOIce of president was a good one. Search Committee tives showed up to the question­ I believe the university has candidates and the search process. Harker has every intention of and-answer session with the can­ Not only was the information interacting with students and The improved greatly during the coming out of the Web sites Review commends this initiative. I am writing to congratulate didates. This is yet another exam­ Roselle Administration, but delayed, it was also useless to 'stu­ He has a history of involve­ and thank the Presidential Search· ple of why this search was inef­ crime, the way tbe university dents. ment with students. At the Committee for ajob well done. fective and did not reflect the true handles judicial affairs, and stU­ More frustratin~ than the Web Uniyersity of Pennsylvania he held Against all odds, the committee viewpoints of the student body. dent ethics are all major issues site was the process Itself. Less than town hall meetings with students. found a .candidate with distin­ The coverage on the search that need to be addressed. Having . a week after deciding upon two can­ His plans for.the university include guished iecord ,and trajectory that committee's Web site was terri­ Blue Hen Ambassadors partici­ didates and only one campus visit student-run steering groups and the wiJl be tequired ofa leader who ble. When they finally decided to pate in finding someone to tackle by each, Harker was named presi- same town hall meetings. hopes toContiuue the almost update it, the Web s!te contained these issues is fine, but why not unimaginable path established by information that was outdated have the representation from ath­ President Roselle. ' and obsolete. For example, sever­ letes, club members and the aver­ Health reports elude the public It appears that, after tremen­ al months ago, the results from age stUdent? . . dous improvements in quality and the consultant's focus group I am embarrassed by the lack DPH allows restaurant conditions to fall under the radar stature under Roselle's tenure, meetings were posted. I never of . student participation at tbe the university may still have its. received an e-mail from the com­ question-and-answer session. But Imagine enjoying a delicious . There is, however, a way for best years ahead. mittee asking if there was interest from what I have seen, I cannot meal at your favorite restaurant the public to gain access to these . for stUdents to participate in these blame the students for the lack of only to find a band-aid or fingernail inspection records. They must sub­ Dab. Smith focus groups. interest. in your food. Gross, right? mit a formal request to the Division Alumnus Instead, the committee used I blame the university for not Because you frequent said of Public Health, who, in tum, dlsmith&O@gll}ail.com Blue Hen Ambassadors as the creating interest, something tbat establishment, you are appalled to mails the results approximately one student representation. Quite could have been solved by simply learn that the health standards are week later. Criticizing the Presidential frankly, a Blue Hen Ambassador sending out an e-mail. nowhere near satisfactory. It does not have to be such a $earc.h Committee is not the best representation for Maybe there is a reason for In Delaware, this is not unreal­ hassle. to ensure you are dining in a the students. They are employees the university not wanting stu'­ istic. The state is one clean environment. t lfit were not for The Review of the university and it is their job dent interest. of few in the country All restaraunts have 1 would not be aware that the to represent the a.dministration's who are not required "Restaurants are to do is post their Presidential Search Committee polisies to the public. Because of Owen Smith to post their health providing a service ratings. had selected two candidates for this, they may not have a progres­ . Sophomore inspection ratings to the community The DPH could tbe position of Univctsity sive view toward the future of the [email protected] for customers to see. also help by making President. university, instead they have a When people and should be these records more You mention in "Replacing view that the status-quo of the go out to eat, they responsible for easily accessible. A Roselle" (Nov. 21) that only ;ten current administration is satisfac- are attempting to posting on their Web devour tasty food, ensuring the health site would perfectly not contract vicious of their consumers" serve this purpose. diseases and infec­ -Junior Brett Cordrey By making the WRI'TE TO THE REVIEW tions. public more aware Send letters ond comments to By not posting of the conditions, 250 Perkins Student Center their respective restaurants will start Newark, DE 19716 [email protected] health inspection ratings, restau­ improving conditions so they . can Fax: 302-831-1396 rants are not only keeping con­ stay in business, benefiting every­ E-mail: revieweditorial@gmaiLcom sumers uninformed, they are taking one in the end. or visit us online at www.udreview.com Pleose include 0 nome ond advantage of them. People like to know exactly People have a right to know what they are getting when going to The Editorial section is an open forum for public debate and discussion. The Review wel­ doytime telephone number with how clean the place they are eating a restaurant and withholding this comes responses from its readers. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit all letters to '011 submissions for verificotion is. As paying customers they keep information is a disservice to cus­ the editor. Letters and columns r~present the ideas and beliefs of the authors and should the business alive so they should be tomers, and an invitation for busi­ not be taken as representative of The Review. Staff editorials represent the ideas and purposes. able to know if what they are eating nesses to set the bar low for our - beliefs of The Review Editorial Board on behalf of the editors. All letters become property will keep them alive. health. of The Review and may be published in print or electronic form. December 5, 2006 • • p~11t.kk T. Harker: 77% MidteI J. Mogan: 23% o InIon

------~------13 Safety concerns taken to extreme city go from a peaceful, small college town This does not mean our town is about to anywhere by myself is a bit extreme. I to one filled with thoughts of fear and vio­ become the next Camden, N.J. respond with the point that yes, perhaps no Fleahing lence. People are not getting shot every time one is walking with me, but there are plenty the scene Just a few months ago, I never had to they leave their houses. I have yet to hear of other people on the street. T may be walk­ worry about forgetting my key. We rarely about a drive-by on Cleveland Avenue. ing by myself, but I am not by myself. I am locked the back door and one of the windows Female students are not getting raped walk­ not walking down some smoky alleyway full Leah Kiell did not even lock. If! were ever locked out of ing down Main Street. The rapes and sexual of junkies and gang-bangers. my house, I simply had to slide open the front assaults occurred in their own unlocked Maybe I have just been lucky, but in the window and summersault through, landing homes. entire time I have lived in Newark, T have With the recent rise in on the conveniently placed couch. Honestly, if a rapist really wanted to never once felt threatened or unsafe. crime, university students push Getting robbed, assaulted or raped never break into my house, three locks are not I am more scared of the spooky woods security over the limit even crossed my mind. going to stop him because easily-breakable behind my home in Virginia than Main Street Now, I have three locks on my front door glass windows line the first floor of my at 3 a.m. Approximately two weeks ago, I came and my roommates are talking about putting house. I'm quite sure I'm not the only person T am not saying leave a keg on your front home from a long day of work and classes to locks on their bedroom doors. Coming home in this situation. porch and expect it to be there in the morn­ find that my landlord added two locks to the at night is such a hassle as I have to spend Perhaps to ward off all this so-called ing, but I do believe you can spend your front door of my house and an additional lock five minutes just trying to get into my house. chaotic violence, we should put bars on every entire college career here without being to my back door. Girls carry mace in their purses and window, walk around campus with police harassed or assaulted. I was immediately saddened. delivery drivers take knives or batons in their escorts after sundown and mace anything that In the midst of all these rumors of vio­ Why do I need five locks on my doors in cars. On Mondays, rumors of the past week­ moves. lence and drunken debauchery, I can not help order to feel safe? end fly around campus about so-and-so get­ Clearly, this is a bit ridiculous. but want to open all of my windows and I grew up in a house with an ADT secu­ ting robbed, assaulted or stabbed. I can understand the importance of being doors and walk up and down Cleveland rity system and simple locks on doors and The drastic measures campus has adopt­ aware of one's surroundings. Even locking Avenue by myself in the middle of the night. windows. They are rarely used. ed has forced me to question why this semes­ one's door is probably a smart move. I refuse to be scared, and T certainly do When my friends came to visit they ter has served as such a rude awakening to Anything further seems excessive. not want my fellow students to have to be would drive down a one-lane dirt road that students. What events have occurred to cause Mace is not necessary. T am waiting for scared. winded through a heavily forested area and me to be lectured for walking home by the police to report an incident where a lock their car doors. I would joke, "Are you myself after my 7 p.m. class? female student maces her roommate because afraid a deer is going to steal your car?" Not much. she thinks it is a rapist who has broken into Leah Kiell is a Managing News editor for I understand Newark is not Mason Neck, Yes, there was a serial rapist and yes, her house. The Review. Please send comments to Va., but I am still disappointed to witness this there have been assaults around Newark. The fact that I get yelled at for walking [email protected] McDonald's: golden arch of American society offers thousands of sick children in approxi­ ment. Cows do not have feelings. If they did, Laden is still on the loose. mately 48 countries hope and it inspires courage. they would not be called animals, they would be Another problem often falsely attributed to The pen is They say laughter is the best medicine and noth­ called furry, delicious people. McDonald's and other fast food restaurants is its ing makes people smile more than a Happy Cows are also a dangerous source of alleged contribution to the obesity epidemic. mightier Meal. methane pollution and according to nation algeo­ This claim does not make sense scientifically, as The company also offers job opportunities graphic.com, cows and sheep are responsible for increasing amounts of research is linking obesi­ Dane Secor with the chance approximately 20 ty to a genetic problem. The finger pointing is to climb the rank percent of world aimed in the wrong direction - McDonald's is and receive methane emissions. not responsible for these people's weight and An objective view on how ~reat pay By eating cows, health problems. Obese people should look up at one fast food resturant is saving mcreases and people are reducing the bending limbs of their family tree and place the world benefits. There pollution, and satis­ the blame on their ancestors. is no glass ceil­ fying activists like The smear campaign linking McDonald's ing on this cor­ Al Gore who con­ to obesity is further enforced by misleading I'm hungry, starving even. I need a burger, porate ladder, tinue to perpetuate movies such as Morgan Spurlock's "Super Size a salad, freedom fries, chicken and a fruit par­ and with a few the global warming Me." At the conclusion of his experiment, fait, and I need it now. There is one place I know myth. Spurlock claimed he gained approximately 25 will serve it fast and will never let me down - years of hard Additional pounds over the course of his McDonald's-only McDonald's. work, employ­ methane could also diet. He eventually lost the weight and returned When I'm hungry, walking through the ees can settle be used as a fuel. to his original size, which proves McDonald's Golden Arches is the closest thing to a religious comfortably into Some farms are has no weight-gaining effects on the body. awakening I have ever encountered. an assistant already powered by For further proof that McDonald's has been My experiences with fast food restaurants manager posi­ using the gas from unfairly labeled as unhealthy one need only look have led me to question the motives of the tion, enjoying all their cows. This ' at past spokesmen. Michael Jordan and Larry industry's opponents, whose numbers are only the perks that could be an alterna­ Bird ate McDonald's and they are famous and growing with help from mud-slinging books and come with tive fuel, and along successful former athletes. The only way they movies such as the recently released "Fast Food authority. with the War in Iraq, could make all the impressive shots they dis­ Nation" film. Critics eventually need to face the Critics con­ played in the commercials is with the magic of fact that McDonald's does more help than harm stantly label the help ease our in the world. restaurant's nation's oil con­ McDonald's. cerns. People need to stop complaining and final­ For starters, McDonald's takes steps slaughter activi­ McDonald's is ly accept McDonald's for what it really is - a toward reducing world hunger. Impoverished ties as animal consistently blamed for harmful environmental respectable business, a hero to the little guy and nations can benefit immensely from the dollar cruelty, saying the creatures undergo torturous one hell of a restaurant. menu, which allows those with Iittle-to-no conditions and are killed in an inhumane man­ problems, with accusations ranging from defor­ income the opportunity to dine on a vast array of ner. I have trouble arguing with this position and estation to make room for cattle ranches to its delicious fast food. agree that the animals should be killed as quick­ packaging being a top source of litter. These crit­ Dane Secor is the News Features editol'for ics need to focus their attention elsewhere and it The Review. Please send comments to McDonald's' philanthropic activities do not ly and efficiently as possible. It cuts down on the is hard to imagine being concerned about end there. 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"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for launches himself out of a rocket, Steve-O feeds himself to Make Benefit Glorious Nation of sharks and Chris Pontius feeds his penis to a snake. There's Kazahkstan" . no question why such antics please a college crowd and We liiiiiiike. Possibly the funniest man in America why the apparently insane group of men that-make up the these days, British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen "Jackass" bunch keeps us laughing. "Number Two" made introduces to the ''U. S. and A" Borat Sagdiyev­ "Jackass" stunts even more extreme and life-threatening, the often-confused, anti-semetic, sex-crazed TV inviting bigger laughs (and gags) than the first feature film. reporter from Kazahkstan who ventures to America Although the Knoxville gang probably won't be receiving to film a documentary for ~s country and shag Oscar nods for their courageous work, we love them for Pamela Anderson. Along the way, audiences and giving us more than 90 minutes of mindless pleasure. critics alike have raved about Borat's ability to pro­ "United 93" duce side-splitting comedy while also . exposing Director Paul Greengrass took on what seems like the Americans as they often are - racist, sexist and most challenging project a director could have after the homophobic. Controversy has surrounded "Borat" Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks - skillfully portraying a since its debut, and it doesn't look like the film or part of the events on the big screen. Fortunately for him, the character will stop making ripples in society any time soon. and for the loved ones of the victims of the attacks, he did That's niiiice. the job with just the right balance of sensitivity and "V for Vendetta" coUrage. ''United 93" tells the story of the passengers of the Only two Hollywoo~ actresses have pulled off a shaved fated flight Through phone calls from family members alert­ head and still looked hot - Demi Moore and now, Natalie ing the passengers of World Trade Center attacks, the passen­ Portman. Portman stars in this politically-driven action/thriller as gers stormed the hijacked cockpit, causing the hijackers to the young, British TV reporter Evey Hammond. Set in the year crash the plane in Shanksville, Pa. Greengrass reportedly 2020, Evey is saved from rape by the anarchist/terrorist V, whose interviewed hundreds of people to hypothesize what actually mission is to inspire change through terroristic acts in a totalitarian happened on the flight, so the film allows audiences to expe­ Great Britain. V's free-the-people idealism is what granted the film rience '9/11 through the eyes of the passengers themselves. so much hype. In a post-Sept. 11th society, the risk of Thankfully, Greengrass steers clear of the big picture, leaving presenting the world with a likable terrorist was a ball­ out details and events the passengers didn't know and the pub­ sy move for Warner Bros. and director James McTeigue. lic wouldn't know for months, making "United 93" a true Plot summary and acting performances aside, "V for memorial to the victims and one of the year's best films. Vendetta" did what any good movie is supposed to do: "Casino Royale" start a conversation. When English actor Daniel Craig was named the sixth "The Departed" leading man to portray the famous agent James Bond"the It's a Martin Scorsese film, starring Leonardo backlash was immediate. Uproarious fans threatened a boycott DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, and a Web site, CraigsNotBond.com, was even created to Mark Walhberg, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Anderson and voice disapproval. Alec Baldwin - enough said. Scorsese rarely misses After the release of "Casino Royale" this past November, and with such a star-studded, capable cast, how could the critics quickly changed their minds. And for good reason, he? A twisted, suspenseful crime/drama, "The . because "Casino Royale" is the best Bond film in recent years. Departed" was in the top 10 of the USA Box Office for Craig is a 007 triple threat - acting chops, confidence and a an impressive six weeks and has had Scorsese fans and sense of vulnerability that has been missing in previous film critics across the country raving about the seasoned . "Bond" films. Instead of the usual invincible, gadget­ director's ability to crank out Oscar-worthy film after happy Bond, Craig brings a new level of honesty to a film. "The Departed" has DiCaprio playing an under­ character that was in a desperate need of revamping. cover Boston cop infiltrated into the Irish mafia - the Alongside a strong supporting cast including Judi Irish mafia that has direct connections with a member ofthe Dench and Eva Green, Craig makes "Casino police department (Matt Damon). The scandal unfolds as Royale"one of the most enjoyable films of 2006. the two pawns, unbeknownst to each other, struggle with "Little Miss Sunshine" the psychological effects of carrying their dueling secrets And now from the indie-film world, Fox and testing their loyalties. After yet another great film, our Searchlight presents the soulful, off-the-beaten-track loyalties to Scorsese remain strong. family drama that touched the hearts of movie-goers "Thank You for Smoking;' across the country. The surprise darling of the Cannes First-timer Jason Reitman made us laugh our Film Festival, "Little Miss Sunshine" sheds a hip light butts off in this comedic take on a traditionally serious on the dysfunctional family and what it really means to issue. "Thank You for Smoking" is a brilliant satire about be beautiful. Abigail Breslin stars as the 7-year-old the tobacco industry and the power of the lobbyist in big Olive, a wannabe beauty queen who drags her mom business. the film stars Aaron Eckhart as Nick Naylor, (Toni Collete), motivational-speaker dad (Greg chief spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies. Kinnear), suicidal uncle (Steve Carell), muted Along with fellow 10bbiers of sin deemed the Merchants of brother (Paul Dano) and coked-out grandfather Death, or the MOD Squad, Naylor attempts to rid the world (Alan Arkin) from Albuquerque, N.M. to Redondo of anti-smokers and convince both politicians and the pub­ Beach, Calif. for a beauty pageant. The plot seems lic that smoking is beneficial. With anA-list supporting cast simple enough, but the journey soon becomes more including the likes of William H. Macy and Katie Holmes, than a road trip - it tUrns out to be a heartwarming the film sparked a conversation in Hollywood about the bonding experience for the characters and an uplift­ effect celebrities, politicians and the media have on the ing trip to the theater for viewers. public. The issues are serious, but Reitman makes inhaling "You, Me and Dupree" such a debate smooth and painless. Owen Wilson can do comedy. So can Kate "Babel" Hudson. So can Matt Dillon and Michael Douglas Like its predecessors "Amores Perros" and "21 - and this movie has them all. With both extreme­ Grams" "Babel" proves to be the "Crash" of 2006 ly good and entirely forgettable romantic comedies stringi~g together multiple, seemingly unconnected coming out of Hollywood, it's difficult to produce storylines that become inextricably linked to reveal a one that is both wildly funny and new. "You, Me number of things about human nature. The most and Dupree" is just that. The film has the important aspect - we are all connected. Directors comedic appeal of "Wedding Crashers" tied Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Guillermo Arriaga to a fresh storyline and convincing, entertain­ connect the most unlikely of subjects in their newest ing acting. Playing Dupree, the kooky ne'er­ feature: an American couple on vacation in Morocco, do-well thirtysomething who crashes with their children who are taken to Mexico with their his best friend and his new wife, Wilson is nanny, a family of Moroccan farmers and a deaf, lovable .and almost inspiring. He causes angst-ridden teen in Tokyo. The directors weave the mayhem with Carl (Dillon) and his wife three stories together in a way that blends the lives of (Hudson) by clogging the toilet, outing their subjects while spanning continents arid lan­ Carl's porn collection and even setting the guage barriers. The film's multilingual title lends to house on fire. Dupree is perfect comic relief, its malleability and universal appeal, which is part of but the real story is about Carl's quarter-life the reason why Inarritu won the best director tag in crisis and how Dupree helps him cope with Cannes, and why the public and. critics alike have adulthood - something approaching all of been raving about the film since. us much too quickly. . "Jackass Number Two" -Kim Dixon, This one's self-explall~tpP'i ,JPMnY, ~px,;,ill¥ f Managing Mosaic Editor December 5. 200619 - Breakthroughs and revitalizations Best # 41: .. /II. t"C Justin TImberlake - "FutureSex/LoveSounds" (Jive) If we've learned one thing this year, it's producer extraordinaire Timbaland is capable of Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Stadium Arcadium" (Warner Brothers) exceeding his Hip-hop past. The most glaring example is Double albums are a tricky breed but the Red Hot Chili Peppers proved its worth with the his work on Justin Timberlake's 28-track "Stadium Arcadium." The album marks the Chili Peppers' reappearance from a four "FutureSexiLoveSounds," a triumphant follow-up to year hiatus (a 2006 trend?). The rock veterans returned to form with its usual fare - Flea's 2002's "Justified." While critics thought Timberlake unmistakable bass lines, Chad Smith's on-point drumming, John might have prematurely hit his creative peak with his Frusciante's guitar riffs and Anthony Kiedis' instantly recognizable debut, "FutureSexILoveSounds" trumps it in every way vocals. "Stadium Arcadium," the band's ninth studio album, garnered - thanks in large part to Timbaland's futuristic beats. praise and recognition, most likely from the strength of the record's Timberlake rode the wave of the lead single infectious first single, "Dani California." "SexyBack's" success to only reaffirm his place in pop Lupe Fiasco - "Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor" music with the incredible TI.-assisted "My Love." The (1st and 15/AHantic) 2006 King of Pop's new-found swagger and willingness This year's breakout Hip-hop artist, Lupe Fiasco, is responsible for to push pop's modem day boundaries (most likely pro­ 2006's strongest debut album. Fiasco's album is an interesting case as it vided by Timbaland) proved his sophomore was first leaked to the Internet months before its release. In response, the release is no slump, but rather the best pop Chicago MC went back into the studio, added pop-influenced hooks and album of the year. featured choruses and verses from heavy hitters like Jay-Z (the album's The Fray - "How to Save a Life" (Sony) executive producer) and Jill Scott. The result was an even better album Every year radio stations latch on to a because while the new bells and whistles were enjoyable, Fiasco's MC band tighter than a Vulcan grip. For 2006, The and lyrical abilities were still at the forefront. Tracks such as "Hurt Me Fray's sound of agreeable, non-threatening pop Soul" and "Daydreamin' " showcase a gifted rapper with an affinity was inescapable. As if millions of radio spins for wordplay. "Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor" serves as an impres­ - weren't enough, the band's second single, sive display of talent and a likely sign of things to come. "How to Save a Life," was featured on the just­ My Chemical Romance - "The Black Parade" (Reprise) as-popular television drama "Grey's New Jersey's My Chemical Romance burst on the scene with its Anatomy," proving it wasn't one-hit wonder memorable hooks and flair for theatrics on 2004's "Three Cheers for material. The Fray's two infectious singles, Sweet Revenge." But when the group released "The Black Parade" "Over My Head (Cable Car)" and the title this past October, it was an entirely different beast. "The Black track, were popular with twentysomethings and Parade" is as adrenaline-filled as it is somberly melancholic, but either their parents alike. The Fray's debut is as easy way is enthralling and excellent. And while it's pegged as to swallow as it is catchy, and from the looks a concept album involving death, don't let the drama over­ of things, isn't going anywhere soon. ' shadow its merit - "The Black Parade" is the year's best Clipse - "Hell Hath No Fury" rock album. . (Re-Up/Jive) Snow Patrol- "Eyes Open" (Interscope) Hell hath no fury like two brothers in For "Grey's Anatomy," blowing up one band to interna­ record label limbo. Pusha T and Malice, the tional stardom wasn't enough. Enter Snow Patrol - the brothers Thornton that make up Clipse, have northern Ireland rock band that is currently as ubiquitous finally returned from their four-year hiatus as The Fray, both thanks in part to the ABC drarna. with "Hell Hath No Fury," a disturbing, yet ,''-::= ,...... : "Chasing Cars," the band's mainstream breakthrough, was beautiful album of cocaine-laced ("It's not used by "Grey's" in its season [male. The reception was 'Pac inspired / but crack pot inspired") tales. warm and Snow Patrol's fourth album is a multiplatinum, Setting themselves apart from their one worldly success. dimensional peers through their lyrical Rascal Flatts - "Me and My Gang" prowess, Pusha T and Malice's lyrics don't ____ (Lyric Street) glorify their past form of employment but The nationwide country resurgance among rather portray the rappers as men pushed to teenagers can most likely be attributed to Rascal the limits of survival. With the brothers' lit­ Flatts. The group's concerts are now events in the era'ry rhymes on top of minimalist same vein as a Dave Matthews Band or O.A.R. Neptunes beats, Clipse have not only justi­ show - an excuse to gather your friends and tail­ fied its return to rap but also made the best gate in the parking lot until the country jams take Hip-hop album of the year in the process. place. The group's latest effort, April's "Me and John Mayer - "Continuum" My Gang" was certified triple platinum due to the (Columbia) singles "What Hurts the Most" and the title track. Mayer's third album, "Continuum," is T.I. - "King" (Grand Hustle) the singer/songwriter's most mature album Before Clipse released its monster "Hell Hath No Fury," the "King to date, most noticeable in its lyrical con­ of the South" TI. was in the running for best Hip-hop album of the year. tent. Mayer's first stab at a political song is And for good reason - "King's" air of arrival, regality and triumph is one of his most successful singles - apparent through opt the entire album. TI. 's swagger is unmatched, while "Waiting on the World to Change." Also, his rhyming abilities luckily back up his claims. Featuring the best rap sin­ Mayer's recent turn to his blues roots (see The John Mayer Trio), especially gle of the year, "What You Know," "King" allowed T.!. to cross over from in his guitar playing, is most evident on this album. Finally, "Continuum" a southern artist to an international superstar. With MCs like TI., Hip-hop's succeeds because Mayer was able to put his legendary live-show abilities deteriorating old heads should make way - there may be a new king. into the album's writing process. "Album" images courtesy of Amazon.com - Wesley Case, Managing Mosaic Editor

catch phrase "bringing sexy back," which has bcen utilized by the the quartet was plucked likes of Lil' Kim, Al Gore and nearly every photo caption on from the mile-high city Singles Facebook. Regardless of whether "sexy" needed a revival or not, and now monopolizes this single left no doubt that JT has said "Bye, Bye, Bye" to his radio stations across the "Sexy8ack" - Justin Timberlake bubblegum-pop image and has firmly established his spot in the nation. Justin Timberlake certainly proved he was worthy of his sex­ Hip-hop world. "Crazy" Gnarls symbol status when he released the smash hit "SexyBack," featur­ "Over My Head (Cable Car)" - The Fray Barkley ing Timbaland. The single was the first otT his sophomore album There is no doubt that "Over My Head (Cable Car)," the Danger Mouse and "FutureSexiLoveSounds," hitting No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100, debut single by The Fray, helped launch the Colorado-bred alter­ Cce-Lo, the dynamic duo as well as topping charts native rock band into main­ who teamed up to create 'I in Australia, the United stream stardom. This year, the Gnarls Barkley, set the bar . : Kingdom, Ireland and single went platinum and high when they released " Ncw Zealand. With reached the top 10 of the their first single "Crazy," provocative lyrics invit­ Billboard Hot 100. It is an which became an instant ing listeners to whip him emotional recount of a fight worldwide sensation six months before the group debut album "st. ifhe misbehaves, it's hard between lead singer Isaac Elsewhere." It's simple yet soulful with an insistent beat that does­ to believe this good-boy­ Slade and his brother Caleb n't get old. With Cee-Lo's high-pitched, distinctive vocals mixed gone-bad was ever danc­ (aka Cable Car) when he was with the genius work of Danger Mouse, one of the most success­ ing around the set of the forced to leave the band. The ful and innovative artist/producers in the world, it is no wonder Mickey Mouse Club. Yet song is characterized by the people worldwide have been going "crazy" over it. This uncon­ with his sluggish, but band's piano-based melodies, ventional Hip-hop song is smooth and catchy, danceable and inevitably sweet voice, JT strong vocals and catchy singable - one that deserves all of its hype. coined the now immortal lyrics - clearly proving why - Andrea Ramsay, Entertainment Editor "Singles" images courtesy of Google 20 December 5, 2006 , '

"Grey's Anatomy" "PrQject Runway" Sexy surgeons, cut I)"AD wires and dysfunc­ .t}s season three of "Project Runway" came to a close tional. interns, what's not to Jove? 111 season. thret;, at New ,York's fashion. week, only four contestants the focus has shifted off. our wary-haired heroine remained. In the end, Jeffrey's fashion forward, risk-tak­ Meredith Grey, but not before she convinced two ing approach landed him the first-place position. hot doctors to fight OYer her. ThankfullY, she ditched Although each season's cast of competitors adds its own the vet, and we let out a sigh of relief·to find her charm to the show, let's be honest, who doesn't love back with McDreamy. Somewhere .jn between get- ting kicked out of theptogram and . pundteds 1'A~!r,ta~~~~~~p Model" of muffins, Izzie StevepS manage t engaged, Tyra Bank's self-proclaimed "dramality" series steal an organ, lose her fiance al1dinherit$S;7tniF pumped up the drama once. again in its fourth season. lion. McSteamyjoined the cast at Seattle ()race for The shOw attempts totrausform women into potential . good, Derek and Addison finalj~ed theh: divorce and mqdels Wruuuing them through the gauntlet of Yang and ;Burke teamed up to bideJ3urke~!J tremQr. Dr. Torres . n faux .pas and tcaching them a crash course in said it best in this season's opening episode; "Jt's basically Super ModeJ 101. Apparently inspired by actual jobs high school with scalpels," . lyra has taken on, the aspiring models face hairy spi­ "The Office" del'S, .sparktanks, nudity, brutal hair cuts and make-up The EmmY-Award-winning mockurp;focuses on mishapsJ\.U for our enjoyment the seetningly average lives of. the Dr ,fflin Paper "TQP Chef" Company's employees. An adaptatioll .from aBBC show Fifteen more up-and-coming chefs are competing witb the same name, tpe drY humor of; "The Offj,ce!' Works on season two of Bravo's "Top Chef." Each week, con­ well with the improvisationalbackgrounds6fit~ cast..This testants·participate in a quickfire challenge, whose season, the drama is focused On the. budding relationship winner is granted immunity inthc elimination chal­ between best friends . Jim and pam. Although the ·seaSon lenge. The challenges reflect actual cooking dilem­ finale left us hanging, Steve CareH's antics alWays lighten mas <1ndencourage the competitors to make cre­ ~ the mood in this Scranton, .Pa. Comedy. ative dishes. From 500 calorie meals for a kids' J "Entourage" health camp to a vending~machine-inspired amuse In the first two seasons of '~Entourage,." bonche, the potential Top Chefs have their work cut "Aquaman" star Vince Chase gained fa.tI}e anU ogered out, sauteed and fried up for them. his band of followers the fabUlous Ufe ofFtoll}'Wood. "Dr. 90210" The show centers on the absurdity of Vince's It.seems thel'e are quite a few sexy surgeons on ·"entourage," his .Holl}'Wood has-been manager and our list, but Dr. Robert Rey is the only one with an stepbrother, JohMY Dra~ . his over-confident; sar- actual;P~.p, Watching his through-the-navel breast castic agent Ari and thex-est oillis 1'ot-& .. . rew. implant surgery is always a treat for the plastic sur­ This season focused on Vince's rise to after gery starved. When this self proclaimed "Aquaman's" release in theateci:Bven th?ugp this "Renaissance man" isn't busy studying martial arts, eating a dozen season left us with the inevitable clifthanger, We can't egg whi~es for breakfast or ignoring his wife, he manages to find be mad .-... there afe few things more addictive than time to make Bevedy Hills' incredibly vain even more so. these outrageous tales of the lives we wish wewetelivil1g. Specializing in breast augmentation, tummy tucks and vaginopJas­ "House" ties (yes1 vaginoplasty)~ Dr. Rey removes the real from the people Fox's "House" stars an infectiOus disease speciaijstand of,realjty TV. Whether it's his remarkable surgical abilities, his nephrologist, Dr. Gregory House.pespitehis quest~onable ents 01' his one-of-a-kind,sleeveless scrubs, Dr. Rey bedside manner and general :rudeness~ ijquse manages to accu­ to have cornered the market on reality-plastic-surgery TV rately diagnose the most bizarre illnesses week. after week. "Laguna Beach" From cancerous tumors to tlesh-e' . ,House contine Just when you thought Orange County was so last year, ually amazes his interns while beg coxppletip.g lUs t-agtina BeaCh, like the Ugg boot, won't seem to go away. When mandatory clinic duty. l\1ystery diseases~ deceptive patients ;Kristin graduated in season two of Laguna Beach, MTV appeared and recurring plot points make House captivating week by to have a dilemma on its hands. "The Real World" marathon or week, yet easy to follow withoutwatclUng itreljgionsly. endles$ episodes of "Parental Control?" As a compromise, the "Nip/Tuck" ever.,ingenious network chOSe to air Parental Control marathons The tangled web of deception and infidelity tllafctl:i.e writ~ by day, and a new cast ofincreas­ ers of Nip/Tuck have created has finally reached a.disturbing ingly moronic. Laguna Beachers by breaking point. In season three, the CarVer .' ami while night. .Even though no one could Dr. Sean McNamara put the pieces back Truss ly believe Rocky, Tessa, however, it seems that Sean is the one Who n · and~Yndra are actually tons .. from his closet. 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Best Tm nn[Jl[Jgy Nike+ Nintendo Wii A blessing to fitness gurus and music addicts alike, Nike and Self-Parking Lexus Nintendo's latest creation, the Wii, is a far cry from the Apple have teamed up to produce the Nike+, a virtually The 2007 Lexus LS boasts features common in high-end clunky gray console from the days of Duck Hunt. Contained seamless integration of Nike shoes and the iPod. Nike+ Lexus vehicles. With power door and trunk closers, a naviga­ in a white console about the size of three DVD cases, the shoes feature a pocket under the insole that holds a sensor, tion system, climate control seating and Bluetooth mobile Wii, priced at $249, revolutionizes the way gamers interact which wirelessly connects to the user's iPod. Through this technology, it's no disappointment to drivers accustomed to with their game system. In the fashion of the Duck Hunt gun, wireless communication, the iPod can display time elapsed, Lexus' sleek lUXury vehicles. Its most talked-about new fea­ the Wii uses a controller designed after the familiar and com­ distance run, calories burned ture, however, is the fortable shape of a TV remote control. Connected to a sensor and the pace of the ruMer. Advanced Parking bar that can communicate with players up to 30 feet away, None of this disrupts the iPod's Guide System, the remote can function as a gun, tennis racket or steering original purpose of playing which essentially wheel. The optional attachment r------..,,----, music. Runners can set a allows the car to of a "nunchuck," featuring an power song, accessible by the parallel park itself analog stick for better ease of controller's center button, for with minimal assis­ movement, allows for ambidex­ those moments when they need tance from the driv­ trous play in a way that unttl an extra boost. The iPod even er. After aligning now has not been accomplished. acts as a coach, congratulating the vehicle with the And traditionalists, don't worry, the runner vocally when they curb, all the driver must do is push a few buttons on the in­ a standard gaming controller can achieve a personal best in distance, time or calories. dash screen, place the car in reverse, remove their hands from be purchased that connects Unfortunately, the potential Nike+ user has a lot of gear to the steering wheel and lightly press the brake pedal as the car directly to the console. purchase since they will need Nike+ shoes, an iPod and the does the rest. The sedan is offered in two models, the LS 460, - Laura Dattaro, Nike+ iPod Sport Kit. starting at $61,000, and the LS 460 L, starting at $71,000. Features, Editor December 5, 200621 ' Best~ With the year finally coming to a close, so are the and insane Black nail polish marriages of four of Hollywood's most respected and your actors and entertainers. Reese Witherspoon, Ryan mom's Goth kids have been sporting black tips Phillippe, Britney Spears and Grammy-nominated for years but the fashion world wouldn't breakout touch the stuff until the hue appeared on the Kevin Federline. role was Just kidding. Federline will never see the likes of hands of Paris, Lindsay and Ashlee as early playing a as last year. Chanel even made a limited­ anything remotely resembling a Grammy. He may, chi c k however, win an award for being the most fertile edition tint called "Black Satin" ($18) that n arne d has sold out in stores, but you can snag homie on the West Coast. " Joe y.:' Reese and Ryan were by far the most horrific There real­ some on eBay for $28 to $85. Ifblack is too split. You'll hear rumors that Ryan cheated on his harsh for you, stylists say you should opt for ly is no a dark shade of red or purple. But please, Southern belle, but we refuse to believe them. The hope for victim here is Phillippe himself. The lovely Ms. follow the socialites' cue and keep black you. And nails short and well-manicured, othcr­ Witherspoon has talent far exceeding that of her we know ...... ,...,.." wise you'll be channeling Morticia you're instead of Mischa. going to be Skulls screwed up With his dirty dreds and shredded w hen duds, who knew Jack Sparrow's style you're would make a hit this Fall? Skulls finally old enough to comprehend t~e extreme have movcd from pirate sails to amount of money your parents got when they sold Alexander McQueen scarves and Dior your pictures to the media. Oh, that's right, it was gowns and the morbid symbol has Shiloh who got a reported $4 million for her shots. .even popped up on items like iPod -­ Mom and dad "sold" you for free when no one would cases, crystal jewelry and hand tow- agree to pay the $3 million they originally requested. els. Nicky Hilton's own line, "Chick We're Suri, so Suri. by Nicky Hilton," features the bones . Another Best of 2006 celebrity is the de-lish knitted into cardigan sweatctr patterns. Rachael Ray. She went from "30-minute Meals" to Even guys can play with the style. Get . "$40 A bay," gained some weight, made friends with a skull T-shirts and wear it under a blazer and people will mistake you for Oprah and then got her own daytime talk show. Ray Pharrell or Justin Timberlake. Shiver me timbers! is one of those down-to-earth celebs who's so perky Belts you want to smack her, but then you'd be missing out The former pants-holder-upper has on one of the yum-o dishes in which she specializes. headed North and has rested under In her show, Ray combines her love of "cutie" male downright slammin' husband, and has the Oscar to women's racks for the entire season. celebs with her love of food and her dog, Isaboo. And When Fendi introduced its hugely over­ prove it - "Because you're mille, I walk the line" has Rach even managed to stay out of the tabloids for a suddenly been changed to "Because you're not quite good part of her TV stint. However, we did hear sized B-belt (as in big-ass buckle), women as good an actor as me, I'll sign. this li,!e. On the everywhere began to cinch their coats, through the grapevine that she was cheated on by her dresses and tops, and the belt lost its nmc- divorce papers." Moral of the marnage: Girl pow~r! hubby. Who . tionality. Londoners Sienna Miller and So if you can't be a golden couple, why not stnve compares to for white trash status? Rachael Ray, Victoria Beckham popularized the two­ Well done, Spederline. buddy? She's sizes-too-small strap around the rib cage It's not even worth and American celebrities have followed got EVOO suit. Buckles have made their way on to questioning where that's Britney Spears and K­ what we're purses, wallets and shoes, showing that . the belt was supreme this fall. And, as an REVIEWiM.kc DeVoll fed went wrong, as talkin' about. their Southern hospital­ T his added bonus, large belts work best with . . . . ity wasn't hospitable was also the long tops so fashionistas can finally cover therr over-exposed httle bootle~. . enough to maintain a year of - Susan Rinkunas, Copy Oesk CI/le! marriage. Oh well; Brit celebrities wants the kids and Leggings . coming out. In the 14th century, leggmgs were dammit, she deserves Or, perhaps them. And who knows? more accu­ worn by both men and women as an extra Now that she's buddy­ rately, veri­ layer of warmth. Soldiers also used them to buddy with Paris and fying what keep mud from seeping into their socks Lindsay, perhaps they we already before the invention of high combat boots can babysit Brit's two knew. during World War n. By the 1960s, the little nightmares - For fashion statement of leggings emerged - there's no one more example, worn with slip-on heels or ballet flats and trustworthy to prevent a child from entering the dip­ former 'N an oversized belt - they were a sexy alter­ filled jaws of white-trashdom than a bratty he.iress native to' jeans. Come 1980s, nylon-Iy~ra Syncher/wannabe astronaut Lance Bass revealed this leggings became popular gym wear (think and a coked-out actress. Moral of the marnage: year that he is, in fact, a homosexual. No way. What Budweiser + revealing track suit + microscopic brain Richard Simmons). about the time he made out with Lucy on "7th The fashion was reborn in 2005, cou­ capacity = two kids and a divorce. Heaven" - was he secretly wishing he was kissing Moving on. . pling capri-length leggings with mini skirts Simon? Or even more likely, Justin Timberlake? or baggy, long sweaters. By the time 2006 Let's talk a bit about celebrity offspring. Funny Neil Patrick Harris of "Doogie Houser" fame is how the couples who have children out of wedlock rolled around, leggings became an all-out also among the men who came out this year, as did fashion craze. Whether black, gray, brown, always seem to stay together. Case in point: Grey's Anatomy star T.R. Knight. Clay Aiken, how­ Brangelina and TomKat. Shiloh, Angelina's first kid . laced ankle-length or capri-length this ever, is where the true scandal lies. fashion statement can spice up an outfit while being comfortable that doesn't hail from a third world CO).mtry, has been If you ask America, Aiken came out the second ev~ryday forever immortalized in at the same time. he hit the American Idol Skinny Jeans wax at Madame Tussauds stage. It was Rosie O'Donnel in New York. Hi, what the First it was the skinny, then the flare, then who really outed the little the bootleg and now we're back to the skinny. hell? The only remarkable guy though. Kelly Ripa made thing this kid did was It seems like every year there's a new fashion the comment, "I don't know statement to make with a simple pair of jeans. spring forth from Jolie's where that hand's been" loins and she gets a sculp­ This year it is the skirmy jean. They're worn when he grabbed her face on with heels, flats (which were also big this year) . ture of herself? What's a recent episode of "Live going to happen when or tucked into boots, and are meant to elongate with Regis and Kelly." Then, legs and leave very little to the imagination - Brad realizes Angie only O'Donnell made a big stink wants him because there is they're as tight as possible. about Kelly "assuming" Although increasingly popular on the run­ a 165 percent chance their Aiken's a homosexual. Quit way and in the chic closets of celebriti~s kids will be dreamboats? . ~ trying to steal the spotlight (resulting in their presence on campus. this They'll have to set fire to Rosie, and get with the pro­ daddy's wax figure and gram. year), the skinny-jean fashion statement IS!1't move baby Shiloh over to for everyone. Skinny jeans arc made for skin­ The Hollywood lesbians ny legs, it doesn't take a designer to know that make room for the prod­ came out in 1997 - it's the ucts of the next 12 times curves don't look pleasant in painted-on, men's time to shine. straight jean fabric. Angie gets knocked up . It - Becky PoZini, takes a village, Ang. Contributing Editor Suri CTuise, we're - Corinne CZemelsen, Entertainment Editor sorry your dad is so short L-..:....:._ ...... l....:..~ ______--I 22 December 5, 2006 }It How to make the most of your ski season Hitting the slopes should be easier than the bunny trail

BY LEE PROCIDA the top mountains are, where the best gear is If you are traveling from school, The you're just trying to support your healthy Web site Editor and how to get ready for a day at the slopes. Review made a list of the top 10 day trips addiction to shredding powder. UD Snow, the Northern Delaware is a unique place for OK, so you're a beginner. Your warmest you can make to hone your skills or just take university's ski and snowboard club, is plan­ skiers and snowboarders. Its location pro­ jacket is a hoodie, the only moguls you know advantage of free time by having some fun at ning trips this winter to some of the best vides easy access to eight states with quality of include Rupert Murdoch, and you don't the mountain. Most of the mountains in the mountains in the Northeast. Boarders and resorts - from Maryland and West Virginia, even know if you are going to be standing on area are big enough to provide variety and skiiers of all ability levels are welcome up to Pennsylvania and New Jersey, then to one or two pieces of aluminum and fiber­ relief from lift lines, but have an appropriate according to club president Andy Deitchman, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and glass. You can do a couple of things. mix of trail difficulties so beginners and pros and this year looks to be a great one for the Maine. There's no sales tax here, so you can First, you have to get some clothes. can all go on the same trip. club after a season filled with trips last year. drop $4,000 to get completely hooked up Chris Laughlin, assistant manager of local Depending on your hometown, though, You can get all the information on member­ with gear without the $60 extra in tax. And, ski/surf/skate superstore The Ski Bum, has you could have a different mix of local ski ship, prices and destinations at their Web site: specifically to Newark, there's nearby stores some common knowledge pointers for begin­ resorts. If you live in New York, you are http://copland.udel.edu/stu-org/snow/. and local ski/ride groups so you can jump in ners. Check them out on the step-by-step going to be a lot closer to mega-resorts like Still lost? There is tons of information on a group discount to some incredible guide below, accompanied by helpful Ski Killington and Sugarloaf, some of the best on the Internet to answer all your skiing and mountains while doing minimal planning Bum erpployee models wearing some of the mountains in North America. If that's the boarding queries, from weather, to snow yourself. top gear at The Ski Bum this season. case, or you don't mind making the five-to­ cover, to the best mountain nightlife that will Sold yet? Well, ski season is just about Once you're all geared up and can at seven hour ride up to Vermont from Newark, ensure this to be your best ski season ever. starting with a few mountains open right least get off the chairlift without running over there are plenty of mountains in the And if you still can't get it together, maybe now, and most Qfthem opening this weekend kids in ski school, you should start checking Northeast worth spending the week or week­ you should stick to sledding. or shortly after (depending on snowfall). And out some of the mountains around your area. end. Check out the top 10 list also on the next whether you're an expert or novice, there's a If you're taking Winter Session or live near page for information on some of the biggest - Additional reporting by lot of information you should know when it the university there are a lot of gr~at places to resorts on the East Coast. Corinne Clemetsen comes to skiing and snowboarding - what go for a day or two. Or maybe this is all old news to you, and

'Getting started: How to stay warm~ look cool and have fun

Chris Laughlin, assistant manager of • Dress right: The old skiier maxim is cot­ • Save money: Travel in a group to get dis­ • Have fun: Check out mountain Web sites the Ski Bum, has probably heard it all ton equals death, since it absorbs sweat and counts, book your trip early to get good rates, to sec their upcoming events and deals. A lot when it comes to questions about skiing makes you colder. Wear multiple layers, cinl­ and don't get sticker shock when looking at of mountains have college-aimed events dur­ and boarding. Here's a helpful list he pro­ duing a base of long underwear, an insulating equipment - quality gear is an investment and ing Winter Session. And go during the week if vided so you can maximize comfort and sweater or vest, and breathable, waterproof last you more than 15 years of use. Shopping possible - you'll avoid lift lines and cluttered save money -- not to mention save face outwear. Socks, gloves and hat should be in Delaware with no sales tax can help a lot as trails, giving you more time to enjoy yourself when you don't have to worry about dumb wool, and pack an extra fleece if it's going to well. on the slopes. questions. be really cold.

Ski Bum employees Dan and Tori show off some of the hottest gear this ski season has to offer:

Anon "Majestic" goggles Oakley A Frame goggles $85 $85

Burton "Mr. Roper" hat $19.99

Rossignol Tracks jacket $280.00 . Bonfire "Reflection" Women's jacket----____ Nitro Fate board $270 $399.95

Head Monster 77 wi Celtek Elemental glove Tyrocia lD 12 binding $60 $849.99 K2 Virtue bindings $179.99

K2 5 Speed poles Rossignol "Ride" pant $170 --=------::-. $60 Salomon Kiana boot $219.95

Tecnica Vento 8 boots $399.99

For color versions of these images see UDreview.com )t December 5, 2006 23 - .Day Trips: Getting ·going: some of the Long . 1. Blue Mountain 25 trails Weekend: 1 ,083 ft. vertical drop * best resorts around the area 1 terrain park, 1 half pipe 11. HUnter Mountain Distance: 2 1/2 hours 53 trails skibluemt.com We divided up some of the best mountains in the Northeast according to their acces- 1600 ft. vertical drop , siblity. "Day Trips" designates some of the best that are only a short trip from school. If 1 terrain park, 1 half pipe 2. Jack Frost 28 trails you're planning a week outing or at least a couple days take a look at the list for "Long Distance: 5 hours, 20 min. 600 ft. vertical drop Weekend" - these are more accesible to students living-farther north, but are so incred­ huntermtn.com 5 terrain parks Distance: 2 112 hours ible they're worth the hike from Delaware. 12. Belleayre Mountain jfbb.com 42trails 3. Big Boulder 1 ,405 ft. vertical drop 14 trails 1 terrain park, 1 pipe, 1 rail 601 ft. vertical drop Distance: 5 hours, 20 min. 1 terrain park, 1 half pipe belleayre.com Distance: 2 1/2 hours jfbb.com 13. Windham Mountain 4. Camelback 43 trails 33 trails 74 skiable acres 801 ft. vertical drop 1,600 ft. vertical drop 1 terrain park, 1 half pipe -- Distance: 3 hours 4 terrain park skicamelback.com Distance: 5 hours, 20 min. windhammountain.com 5. Montage Mountain 20 trails 14. Gore Mountain 1,000 ft. vertical dropp 1 terrain park 87 trails Distance: 3 hours 2,10 ft. vertical drop skimontage.com 1 terrain park, 1 half pipe Distance: 7 hours 6. Shawnee Mountain goremountain.com 23 trails 700 ft. vertical drop 1 terrain park, 1 half pipe 15. Mount Snow Distance: 3 hours 135 trails shawneemt.com 1,700 ft. vertical drop 7. Elk Mountain 4 terrain parks, 2 half pipes 27 trails Distance: 7 hours 1,000 ft. vertical drop mountsnow.com 1 terrain par~ Distance: 3 1/2 hours 16. Stratton elkskier.com 90 trails 8. Hidden Valley 2,000 ft. vertical drop 12 trails 1 terrain park, 1 half pipe 620 ft. vertical drop Distance: 7 hours, 30 min. 1 terrain park Distance: 3 hours, 40 min. hiddenvalleynj.com 17. Okemo 115 trails 9. Mountain Creek 2,200 ft. vertical drop 46 trails 5 terrain parks, 2 half pipes 1040 ft. vertical drop 1 terrain park, 1 half pipe Distance: 7 hours, 30 min. Distance: 3 hours, 40 min. okemo.com/okemowinter mountaincreek.com 18. Whiteface!Lake Placid 10. Big Bear 76 trails 25 trails 650 ft. vertical drop 3,160 ft. vertical drop 3 terrain park, 3 half pipe 1 terrain park, 1 half pipe Distance: 4 hours Distance: 8 hours ski-bigbear.com 19. Holiday Valley *Distance is based on times sup­ 52 trails plied by Google maps. 750 ft. vertical drop 3 terrain parks, 2 half pipe *Refers to the length from the Distance: 8 hours bottom of the mountain to the top. holidayvalley.com

20. Killington Vail, Colo. 'Tremblant, Quebec "Mammoth, Calif. 200 trails Spring Break 193 trails 94 trails 156 trails 3,050 ft. vertical drop Ski season doesn't have to end 3,450 ft. drop 2,116 ft. drop 3,100 ft. drop 4 terrain parks, 2 half pipes when Spring Semester starts. These Season: November­ Season: November­ Season: November - Distance: 8 hours are a few resorts that cater to killington.com Spring Break crowds with plenty of mid-April Easter June fun on and off the mountain. vail.snow.com tremblant.ca mammothmountain.com Remember: what happens in a gon­ dola, stays in a gondola. 24 December 5, 2006

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For some of us, it is going to be It's cold outside so and now, for people 18 and older, a long seven weeks of no worries why not rekindle an old EC is available over the counter. except staying at home on your flame and keep yourself comfy couch to eat, drink, be merry warm? Living at home and Stop by Planned Parenthood on and get fat (you can worry about at school is like living two lives. So December 6, 2006, and receive your Spring Break body after New you may have someone at school, Year's) while watching re-runs of butI bet you have someone at home, FREE EC· to keep at home - just "The Real World." too. in case Some of us will be back here Whether it's an ex or an old for the ever-popular Winter Session. summer fling, seeing that person But the real lucky ones take that will bring back memories of your "'one per customer Winter Session abroad to some exot- time together. 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Lupe Fiasco song to breathe by not rapping over Gold: $1000 Nov. 30, 2006 singer Matthew Santos' chorus. Sykes Ballroom, West Chester But then Fiasco's reality reared Silver:' $800 University - West Chester, Pa. its head. Bronze: .$400 Live Hip-hop shows seem to Throughout the night, Fiasco fall into two· categories. On one incessantly returned to the same live Computer Security Awareness hand, the MCs can truly bring their show maneuver - at the end of each Video Contest 2007 music to life, which is not an easy song, he'd repeat the last lines of the task as rap songs usually consist of song a cappella, hoping the crowd Sponsored by: The EDIJCAUSEIIrIte COmputer and NelwodI Secudty T_ Forte, looped, repetitive beats rather than would pick up on the lyrics and say with tile IIeIp of The Resean:h ChaMeI live instrumentation. On the other, them with him. It's a mediocre idea the memorable Hip-hop performanc­ in theory, but when the crowd refus­ es are the rare occasion when songs es to participate, the artist is in trou­ from the artist's album smoothly ble. translate in a live setting. For rap­ At the end of "American pers,.more often than not, the strug­ Terrorist," Fiasco repeated the lyrics gle to put on a good show is too for what felt like an eternity: daunting of a task. "Don ~ give the black man food, For 2006's breakthrough MC, give red man liquor / Red man fool, Lupe Fiasco, his unique brand of black man n-a / Give yellow man sweeping musical backdrops and tool, make him railroad builder / tongue-twister-inspiring lyrics falls Also give him pan, make him pull somewhere in the middle. gold from river / Give black man The 75-minute performance, crack, glocks and things / Give red which took place in West Chester man craps, slot machines." University's Sykes Ballroom (a hall The MC would say the first comparable to the Trabant words and have the audience fill in Multipurpose Rooms), was a telling the last part. But on the fourth repe­ example of where Fiasco's career tition of "give black man crack," currently stands - on the brink. someone yelled "food" to Fiasco's Although the Chicago MC obvious disappointment. gained recognition from his single "CRACK, n-a!" "Kick, Push" and his strong, debut Fiasco's dilemma was fully full-length "Lupe Fiasco's Food and exposed. Even if he is 2006's Hip­ Liquor," he is still not an instantly hop golden child, that doesn't neces­ recognizable name or figure. sarily put all of the pieces together. This was glaringly obvious Bluntly, the concert was middle Thursday night as the crowd's reac­ of the road - Fiasco's delivery is tions were consistently mixed. neither sluggish nor expedient but Fiasco opened the show with rather nimble, yet the lack of crowd cult-favorite mixtape tracks such as support for non-singles bogged the his rhymes over the peculiarly cho­ entity down. While this may seem sen Gorillaz's "Feel Good, Inc." out of Fiasco's control, it didn't help beat, to tepid results. It was only that his set list was jumbled and anti­ until the opening string section of climatic (the show finished with a "Kick, Push" did the crowd show medley of "Food and Liquor" first signs of life. And while it sounded verses). great and on-point, it came extreme­ Ultimately, if the West Chester ly early in the set (approximately the concert proved anything, it was that fifth song) and left Fiasco valiantly Fiasco has made an initial impres­ attempting to regain the enthusiasm sion on Hip-hop fans, but how last­ "Kick, Push" incited. ing of an impression remains to be The most telling part ofthe con­ seen. cert came during "American Terrorist," a "Food and Liquor" Wesley Case is a managing Mosaic track that points out America's own editor for The Review and his historical flaws. 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The sports staff hands out grades for Delaware's 2006 football s season. page 30 28 A tale of two teams: basketball squads start in opposite directions Men start 0-6 and Women start 6-1, lose tW.O players near top 25 ranks

BY JASON TOMASSINI ed it bad, but I just came up BY MICHAEL LORE & Kentucky," Smith said. "We played Managing Sports Editor [Freshman] Brian [Johnson], MAGGIE SCHILLER as a team, shared the ball and did College basketball pundits like the point guard that he is, found Sports Editors what we had practiced. For thc team Dick Vitale always say the game is and I got to step up and knock that PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Nine. to have traveled and to do that felt won with guard play. The men's bas­ shot down." Nine is the number of votes the good. I didn't even think about my ketball team better pray they are The Hens' (0-6) biggest prob­ women's basketball team (6-1, 1-0 record, it was better to win the tour­ right. lems have come on the defensive end Colonial Athletic Association) nament." Senior center Raphael Madera this season. But they came out received in the Associated Press Top Although pleased with the tour­ and sophomore center Matt Hewson, against Vermont (4-4) energized - 25 Poll last week. nament outcome, Fisher said the the Hens' two tallest players, are no giving the 2,925 fans in attendance a It was the first time in school team must be consistent and longer with the team. Hewson has boost as well - taking a 15-5 lead history the Hens were recognized in improve every game. withdrawn from the team witl;1 intent just under eight minutes into the~ the AP poll, even though they have "If we play like the way we to transfer, while Madera has been game after a full-court press yielded earned votes in the USA Today played against Kentucky, we will be suspended indefinitely, head coach two steals and four points. Coaches' Poll in the past. in good shape," she said. "When Monte Ross announced Friday. Delaware led 20-9 with 8:43 Even though it's an honor, head everyone is playing together, when Madera was averaging a little left in the first half but its 27.6 coach Tina Martin said the Hens' we are communicating on defense more than eight minutes per game percent first-half play that garnered the newfound and executing on offense, we are a this season, down from 16.8 last sea­ allowed Vermont to go on an recognition matters most. very tough team to beat." son under former coach David 4 run to take a 27-24 lead . "I am not really into the whole The Hens are second in the Henderson. He started 49 games in halftime. The Hens' hustle and poll thing," Martin said. "We've CAA in points per game, averaging his career, but none this season, while tight defense got them J?ack into~ been playing good basketball, and T 70.6. averaging 4.7 points per game. the game after the break as they ;" think it is nice to be recognized Led by Smith and Fisher, the Hewson saw limited time last led most of the second half. '" nationally for the fact that Delaware Hens are on a five-game winning year, appearing in 27 games. This "There wasn't a moment in that does have a>good basketball team. streak. Smith, two-time CAA Player season he played in only three games. game that I thought we were going to "We don't talk about players of of the Week, leads the team with an "[Ross] said it from the begin­ lose," said Taylor, who led the team the week or the polls. It is more average of 18 points and seven ning," junior forward Henry with 19 points. important to focus on game to game rebounds per game. Olawoye said. "We are a team. You Vermont, a team that has played and what we need to do to beat our Martin said Smith's leadership do not put yourself above the team or at Maryland and Michigan State as next opponent." and play on both sides of the ball has there will be consequences." well as defeating host Boston Co-captain senior Chrissy contributed to the Hens' success The loss of Hewson and Madera College 77-63 this season, looked Fisher agrees with Martin's views thus far. left the Hens with just 10 players in flustered against the usually porous on their ranking. "She is the team catalyst and uniform heading into Sunday'S game Hens defense, committing 22 "I think we are very pleased to spark," Martin said. "She sets the against Vermont at the Bob Carpenter turnovers. receive votes, but our job is not tone for us defensively." Center. Having to use a much smaller done," Fisher said. "We aren't in it During Sunday night's 65-53 "You got to come together dur­ lineup without Madera or Hewson, our goal is to get there. win at Drexel, Smith was plagued ing adversity," junior forward Herb the Hens were quicker, but got out­ of earning votes or by early foul trouble and had to sit Courtncy said. "We lost two of our boarded 42-30 and gave up 20 offen­ earning votes, we are aiming out a significant portion of the first teammates but we have to keep on sive rebounds. for a championship." half. Even though she was on the going." The two-point loss marked only The recognition was the result bench, the Hens' good ball move" Delaware led 55-51 with 1:36 the second time this season Delaware the team's 86-70 victory over ment and stout defense allowed left in the game after sophomore lost by under 10 points. . 20 Kentucky in the Odwalla them to keep their lead throughout guard Zaire Taylor nailed a three­ Ross said while the team c at San Francisco on the game. pointer, but five straight points from played well, he does not want his ov. 24, the first win in Martin said even though Vermont leading scorer Joe Trapani, players to ever be happy with a loss. women's basketball history Sunday'S performance was not their including a three-pointer with 34 sec­ "I won't let them accept losing," over a ranked opponent. The best, they did what they needed to onds left, gave the Catamounts a 56- Ross said. "They know we aren't in won the tournament win. 55 lead. After a Delaware timeout this for moral victories. We aren't in thanks to outstanding play by senior "The sign of a good team is with nine seconds left, freshman this to playa team close. co-captain Tyresa Smith. With 51 when you're not playing well and guard Darrell Johnson had an oppor­ "We're in this to win." total points, Smith brQke the tourna- you get in foul trouble and you still tunity to hit 1\ 15-foot jumper from Delaware will travel to Central ment scoring record and was come out with a win," Martin said. the left comer to win the game, but Connecticut State tomorrow and will named Most Valuable Player. The Hens will travel to play missed. Vermont added a foul shot to not return home until Jan. 8 against Smith shrugged off the individ­ undefeated LaSalle tonight and reach the final tally. Towson. ual achievement, saying the return home Sunday to host Boston "I tried to get the best shot I 's victory was most impor- Universiy. Game time is scheduled could to win the game, but it just did­ - additional reporting by Tyler for 1 p.m. n't fall," Johnson said. "I really want- Mayforth "We were just so excited to beat former UD champs reunited in Las ~;~~: Hall and Haugabrook hope to make same AFL squad

BY TYLER MAYFORTH Haugabrook's post-collegiate career has been circuitous. At Staff Reporter Delaware, he excelled as both a kick returner and the Hens' best The last time they were teammates, former Hens Andy Hall cornerback. Keeler said Haugabrook's adaptability turned him and Sidney Haugabrook stood like gladiators basking in the into a dangerous player. praises of the Colosseum. Fresh off a 40-0 slaying of Colgate in "He was so versatile, we tried him in many situations," the 2003 Division l-AA National Championship game, the team­ Keeler said. "We even ran a couple jet sweeps with him as a run­ mates were perspiring sweat, but were aspiring toward their pro­ ning back." fessional careers. Haugabrook's versatility caught the eyes of several NFL Fast forward to the present day. Hall and Haugabrook are teams, but not enough to have his named called in the 2005 draft. hoping to stand like gladiators again, Las Vegas Gladiators ofthe Two weeks after the draft, the Tennessee Titans signed him as an Arena Football League. Both players were recently signed by undrafted free agent. Haugabrook said he was anxious to get on Las Vegas and will try out for the team in the upcoming weeks. the field. In his senior season at Delaware, Hall passed for 2,764 "I was nervous of course, because you realize you are play­ yards and 25 touchdowns. However, Delaware football head ing with the cream of the crop," Haugabrook said. "But when I coach K.C. Keeler said it was Hall's 873 rushing yards that made got out there, I saw they were pretty much just like me." pro scouts notice the quarterback. He barely had enough time to unpack his belongings, how­ "He's an athlete, plain and simple," Keeler said. "He can ever, as the Titans released him after one month. Haugabrook make plays when there aren't any." went back to Atlanta, his hometown, and said he nearly hung up Scouts were impressed by Hall's play-making ability, good his football cleats. enough to be drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles with the 185th "Whenever you are doing something that you have done for overall pick in the sixth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. so long and they tell you that they want to move in another direc­ Hall would never see the field in a regular season game, tion, it sucks," Haugabrook said. "But you got to keep your head only getting into pre-season games late in the fourth quarter. up and move on." When the Eagles signed Mike McMahon in 2005, Hall was rel­ Haugabrook said he interviewed with several companies egated to the scout team. Keeler said being demoted was not in after being released, trying to take advantage of his degree in Hall's vocabulary. consumer economics. Newell-Rubbermaid offered him a job, Courtesy of UD Photo Services "He just wants to play," Keeler said. "He does not want to and Haugabrook said he was close to attending the company's Sidney Haugabrook (left) and Andy Hall (right) were key sit on the bench. He's a winner. He wants to get out there and orientation. members of the Hens' 2003 National Championship team. compete." "I was supposed to go to training on a Monday, but the The Eagles gave Hall one last chance to impress, sending Hamilton Tiger Cats called me that Saturday," Haugabrook said. "If I could pick any other position for him to play, it would him abroad to play for the Rhein Fire in NFL Europe. In He decided returning kicks were better than returning be receiver," Keeler said. "I am surprised we did not try him Germany, Hall only had 36 pass attempts throughout the year, phone calls, so he joined the Tiger Cats in the Canadian Football there." completing just 16 for 116 yards and a touchdown. The Eagles League. He played in the last five games of the 2005-06 season, While still in the same offseason, Las Vegas purchased his released him in the beginning of 2006. returning kicks and punts. He averaged 24.6 yards on kickoff contract from the Xplorers. Gladiators head coach Danton Barto In October, Las Vegas signed Hall, deciding to give him a returns and said his fondest memory was taking a kick back 50 said it did not take much thought to bring in Haugabrook. chance in the AFL. Hall is again facing a tough challenge as the yards to set up a game-winning field goal against the Toronto "We saw his college and CFL highlights and it was a no­ Gladiators recently signed former Tampa Bay Buccaneers quar­ Argonauts. Haugabrook injured his knee in the last game of the brainer," Barto said. "He can make plays." terback Shaun King to compete for the starting role. Keeler said season, and in the off-season, the Tiger Cats released him. Haugabrook enters his fourth league in two years and said the rules of the AFL should play right into Hall's strengths, He said he went back to Atlanta, but was soon called by the Barto wouldn't make any guarantees about playing time. which hindered him in the NFL. Gladiators' farm team, the Memphis Xplorers, an Arena Football "There are no promises," Haugabrook said. "You just have "In the NFL, they are looking for gun-slingers, like League 2 team. In the AFL, position players besides quarter­ to go out there no matter the situation and perform." [Donovan] McNabb and [Michael] Vick," Keeler said. "That is backs play two positions and Memphis planned to utilize When the AFL begins its mini-camps Jan. 3, and the regu­ not Andy. The AFL has a shorter field, which will allow Andy to Haugabrook as a wide receiver and cornerback. Keeler said the lar season gets underway in March, Hall and Baugabrook hope make quicker reads, which made him so dangerous for us." dual position should suit Haugabrook well. to stand as Gladiators once again. comlllentax:y

direction this program is going Albany - a team without a sin­ sive tackles were moved to the end coach Tubby Raymond. The last two under the tutelage of head coach gle player on full scholarship and position, which hurt the pass rush. seasons featured more of Keeler's K.C. Keeler. one that had never come within 24 As a result, opposing quarterbacks recruits and less of Raymond's. The Hens have an 11-11 record points of defeating an A-lO oppo­ had time to sit in the pocket and pick Next year should be a make-or­ over the last two years. Last year, nent - marched into Delaware apart Delaware's suspect secondary. break season for Keeler. It will mark Delaware was lucky to finish 6-5 as Stadium on Sept. 16 and upset the However, it is rare and almost the first year in which every player it went on the road and defeated No. 11 Hens 17-10. impossible for a team to make it on the roster will have been recruit­ Villanova in its final game to secure Delaware also blew a 20-0 lead through an entire season without ed by Keeler's coaching staff. a winning season. at home during the season [male injuries. Good teams can recover Keeler's job should not be in This year's 5-6 record was against Villanova and was upset 28- from injuries and still be successful. jeapordy now as he should be given Delaware's first losing season since 27, a fitting end to a trying season. One man's injury is another man's the opportunity to win with his play­ 2001 and only its second in the last Keeler consistently blamed opportunity to excel. ers. 19 seasons. It was also Keeler's first injuries, youth and inexperience for Whether it is fair or not, the On paper, next year's roster STEVE RUSSOLILLO losing season as a head coach after Delaware's shortcomings during the head coach has to take responsibili­ looks pretty strong as the offense five seasons with the Hens and nine previous two years. His excuses gar­ ty for his team's shortcomings. 6-5 only loses one starter, senior tight Keeler's seat is seasons at Rowan. ner some merit. Sixty-nine of the 96 last year and 5-6 this year is unac­ end Ben Patrick. The young defense The record alone was not the players listed on the official ceptable. Is Keeler on the hot seat? should also be improved with anoth­ getting warmer only source of embarrassment in Delaware roster were redshirt fresh­ Is his job in jeopardy because of er year of experience under its belt. 2006. In a 49-35 home loss to men, true freshmen or sophomores. Delaware's mediocre play? While Keeler is not on the hot Delaware football is well­ Towson and a 44-24 loss at James The injury bug also continued The answer is no, for now. seat, he should also not be sitting known for its strong fan base and Madison, Delaware allowed a com­ to plague Delaware for the second There is an unwritten rule in college comfortably after the previous two winning tradition. Fans consistently bined 1,169 yards of total offense. It consecutive year. Sophomore defen­ football that states once a coach seasons. This time next year will fill Delaware Stadium with hopes of marked the first time in school histo­ sive lineman Matt Marcorelle and wins a national championship, determine whether his seat will be seeing a playoff-caliber squad strive ry that the Delaware defense junior running back Omar Cuff were he/she has approximately a five­ scorching or if he truly is the right for a national championship. allowed more than 500 yards in con­ two of the most recognizable play­ year grace period before that job man to lead this powerhouse foot­ The high expectations are cer­ secutive games. ers who suffered injuries. should be questioned. ball program. tainly justified. Delaware has com­ The Hens finished last in the Marcorelle sustained a season-end­ In 2003 - only Keeler's sec­ piled six national championships, Atlantic lOin total defense as they ing shoulder injury against Albany ond season with the Hens - with its most recent in 2003, and allowed 397.7 yards per game. and Cuff missed four games and Delaware won the Division I-AA only eight losing seasons since Delaware also finished third to last only saw limited action against National Championship. That Steve Russolillo is a managing 1940. in the A-I0 in scoring defense, giv­ . Richmond because of a high ankle should keep his job safe until 2008 . sports editor at The Review. Please But this rich history does not ing up 25.9 points per game. sprain. However, most of the athletes send questions, comments and include the previous two seasons, The embarrassment does not The defensive line was deci­ on that championship squad were flashbacks to 2003 to and should make fans wonder which stop there. mated by injuries and many defen- recruited by former Delaware head srusso@JIdeLedu. 30 December 5. 2006 Class dismissed: who made the grade this year for Hens football?

BY MICHAEL LORE & BRENDAN REED games due to an ankle injury, rushing for 541 Sports Editors yards and eight touchdowns. While Cuff was For the first time since 200 I, the football out, freshman running back Jared Bradley and team had a losing record, ending 5-6. Its rapid sophomore wide receiver Kervin Michaud decline from the football dominance of only handled the load. Bradley rushed for 307 yards three years ago has warranted many questions and six touchdowns while Michaud added a and the sports desk has decided to answer them touchdown and 247 yards. While Cuff's injury for you. You're welcome. hurt the offense, the Hens realized they have We broke the team down into five cate­ some depth in the backfield. gories: quarterbacks, miming backs, receivers, With the longest rush of the year being defense and special teams and graded each only 39 yards, compliments of Cuff, it seemed spot based on its play this season. the running backs lacked the big play that fans had come to expect in past years. As a team, Quarterbacks: the Hens rushed for only 103.6 yards per game The hot topic of the summer around on 3.3 yards per carry, while in 2005, Cuff Delaware football team was regarding the himself averaged 109.5 rushing yards per starting quarterback. The battle for the starting game on 4.8 yards per carry. job between fifth-year senior Ryan Carty and Grade: B junior transfer Joe Fiacco started last year dur­ ing spring drills. Head coach K.C. Keeler said Receivers: both played well, but gave Fiacco the nod. Senior tight end Ben Patrick, Fiacco's Even though he was named one of the favorite target this year, led the team with 64 offensive captains in the preseason, for the receptions and six touchdowns. Patrick, the THE REVIEWfFile Photo fifth-straight year, Carty was No. 2 on the first tight end in Delaware history to be named Junior quarterback Joe Fiacco threw for 2,783 yards and 18 touchdowns in 2006. depth chart. He did see some action during the first team All-Atlantic 10, also finished second season - the most coming against Hofstra on the team in total receiving yards and yards Defense: week at James Madison, they allowed 542 total when Fiacco sat out a few plays due to a knee per reception. There was trouble before the season even yards, the first time the team has given up 500 injury. On senior day against Villanova, Keeler Sophomore wide receiver Aaron Love began. First-year defensive coordinator Rob or more yards of offense in back-to-back did not allow Carty a chance to stand under showed the most improvement this year with Neviaser resigned after he was charged with an games. The Hens were dead last in the A-lOin center for the last time as a Hen. Maybe the more than twice as many receptions (24 in alcohol-related incident in early September. total defense, giving up 397.7 yards per game. game was too close to for Keeler to take Fiacco 2005, 58 in 2006) and almost three times the Neviaser was supposed to take over for Dave Injuries are always a factor in any sport, out? Who knows. total receiving yards (248 in 2005, 740 in Cohen, who was signed as head coach of and hopefully the sports gods will take it easy Fiacco threw for 2,783 yards with 18 2006) compared to last year. On Oct. 21 at Hofstra. After flipping some staff positions on Delaware next year, allowing the younger touchdowns and 10 interceptions, while com­ Richmond, Love caught seven passes for 160 around, first-year secondary coach Nick players that gained experience this season to pleting 63.3 percent of his pass attempts. yards and two touchdowns. Rapone was named interim coordinator. make the Hens' defense better next year. Fiacco also used his speed and elusiveness to Michaud finished third on the team in Led by senior linebacker KeiAndre Grade: D scramble and avoid sacks. He rushed for 225 receptions (42) and total receiving yards (387). Hepburn, the Hens linebackers were stout this yards and five touchdowns. Freshman wide receiver Mark Duncan saw year. Sophomores Erik Johnson and Brian Special teams: Throwing for at least 200 yards in eight of action for the first time this season after red­ Brown stepped into the starting line-up and Sophomore kicker Zach Hobby hit only his 11 starts, FIacco was the key to the Hens' shirting last year and performed well as the performed nicely. Johnson was second on the 57.1 percent of his field goals attempted on the offensive successes this season and should team's third receiver. In nine games this season team in tackles with 78, behind Hepburn's 94, year, missing five of his last six attempts. He prove to be a valuable weapon come next year. Duncan finished with 28 receptions and 11.6 while Brown chipped in 27 tackles in 10 missed two extra points this year, including a Grade: B+ yards per reception. games. costly one against Villanova. Punter Stuart Sophomore tight end Robbie Agnone The defense was decimated with injuries Kenworthy averaged 37.2 yards per kick with Running backs: proved to be a red-zone threat as his five touch­ this year, especially on the defensive line. a long of51. In 2005, junior running back Omar Cuff down receptions were good for second on the Delaware's 13 total sacks this season ranked Senior Rashaad Woodard and Michaud started all II games, rushed for 1,205 yards team. Despite losing Patrick, the young next to last in the A-IO. averaged 23.1 yards per kick return with no and scored 14 touchdowns. That year, Cuff led receivers and tight ends should keep the The defense reached its low point Oct. 28, scores. Aaron Love was in charge of punt the Atlantic 10 in all-purpose yardage and was offense potent in the coming years. when Towson came to Delaware Stadium. The returning duties for most the season, tallying second in scoring and rushing. Grade: B+ Tigers racked up 627 yards of total offense 112 yards on 11 returns. This year, Cuff played in only seven including 435 through the air. The following Grade: B

THE REVIEWfFile Photo THE REVIEWfFile Photo Junior running back Omar Cuff missed four games due to a high ankle spain. Delaware aUowed 627 total yards to Towson Oct. 28, the third highest in school history. December 5, 2006 31 __

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