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34 Sports THE REVIEW/Sara Davidson Flowers are a sign of spring, but the April weather remains frigid in Newark. 37 Sports Commentary

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Enterprise News Editor Corinne Clemetsen, Andrea Ramsay Meghan Lobdell ')t April 10, 2007 3 ·in the news DEMS LOOK TO VETERANS FOR HELP IN RUNNING PRIMARIES MORE EDUCATED WORKERS MAKE UP FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY The Nevada Democratic Party is draft­ begun raising the $2 million they think their The federal work force has become more the CBO found full-time employees are clus­ ing veterans of Iowa's famous caucuses to caucus will cost, but little organizing has highly educated, increasingly clustered in tered in two basic groups: those who Q.irect its Jan. 19 nominating campaign, been done yet. professional and administrative jobs, with remained in government after the downsizing jncluding building a new precinct-level The Democrats are well on their way, substantial numbers of employees switching of the 1990s, and those who were hired as part organization and adapting a computerized fueled in part by a growing sense of confi­ agencies and occupations each year. With of the post-September 11, 2001 terrorist tabulation system initially designed for Iowa. dence that they can tum the state's five elec­ higher education levels and more complex attacks buildup. The party plans to spend more than $2 toral votes - which President Bush won by jobs, average salaries have increased. The newly hired employees are not espe­ million as Nevada moves to second on the approximately 20,000 votes in 2004 - from Those findings are drawn from a recent­ cially young - 36 years, on average. The 2008 Democratic primary caucus calendar in red to blue come November 2008. ly released report from the Congressional average age in the civil service is 47. an effort to reverse its largely irrelevant past The caucuses will be much more geo­ Budget Office, "Characteristics and Pay of Because of their job experience and edu­ role in determining the party's presidential graphically spread out than in the past. Federal Civilian Employees." The analysis is cation, thes~ new hires are joining govern­ front-runner. Organizers say they expect as Traditionally, the party holds all of' a coun­ based on data for approximately 1.4 million ment at higher grade levels than in the past. many as 100,000 ofthe state's 494,000 regis­ ty's precinct caucuses at one central site. salaried, full-time government workers in The CBO found 55 percent of new employees tered Democrats to take part, an exponential Come January, it hopes to run caucuses at December 2005. had a bachelor's degree, compared with 49 increase over the 8,000 who· turned out in scores of sites around the state, down to the Understanding federal work force trends percent of all full-time civil servants. 2004. precinct level in urban settings such as Las has been increasingly important for the Employees covered by the General Nevada Republican leaders agreed Vegas and in centralized locations in rural Congress. Projections show approximately 60 Schedule, the largest federal pay system, informally last month to move their caucus areas such as Elko County, which covers percent of federal workers will be eligible for received an average pay of $63,000 in to Jan. 19. The shift is expected to be ratified more than 17,000 square miles of northeast retirement over the next 10 years, putting gov­ December 2005, the CBO said. The average at the state central committee meeting April Nevada. ernment programs at risk if agencies falter in professional employee earned approximately 21, during which new state leaders also are hiring replacements. $80,000, and federal executives were paid, on expected to be elected. Party officials have In its review of the federal work force, average, $147,000.

STAlES REJECT FUNDING FOR ABSTINENCE-ONLY SEX EDUCATION GINGRICH CALLS FOR RESIGNATION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL In an emerging revolt against abstinence­ undermine the progress they have made to fight Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has touched off a political frrestorm and only sex education, states are turning down mil­ teen pregnancy and curtail the spread of sexual­ urged Attorney General Alberto R. become a test of the ability of Gonzales to lions of dollars in federal grants, unwilling to ly transmitted diseases, are becoming increas­ Gonzales to resign, saying the "self-creat­ manage the sprawling Justice Department accept White House dictates that the money be ingly alarmed. ed mess" over the firings of eight U.S. and its 110,000 employees. used for classes focused on teaching chastity. States have used the money to help public attorneys last year has hampered his abili­ Gonzales has said be was not involved Six states - Ohio, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and private schools start and run educational ty to do his job. in the details of deciding which prosecu­ Rhode Island, Montana and New Jersey- plan programs, develop classroom instruction for Gingrich, who is believed to be con­ tors were to be replaced, although his to drop abstinence-only programs, which is nonprofit groups and pay for advertising and sidering a run for the 2008 GOP presiden­ statements have been contradicted in managed by a unit of the U.S. Department of other media campaigns. tial nomination, is the latest prominent sworn testimony by his former chief of Heath and Human Services, by the end of the To critics, the policy shift addresses grow­ Republican to speak out against the attor­ staff, D~ Kyle Sampson. year. ing concerns that sexually-active youth are not ney general, and Democrats said the "' Gonzales is scheduled to appear April The program does not allow the money to getting access to medically accurate information remarks were evidence of waning support 17 before the Senate Judiciary Committee be used to promote condom or contraceptive about use of contraceptives and disease preven­ within Gonzales' own party. /. in what many view as a make-or-break . use, and requires teachers to emphasize ideas, tion. Gingrich defended Bush's right to opportunity to defend his handling of the such as bearing children outside of wedlock is In an Qct. 3 report that surveyed abstinence replace the federal prosecutors, who are all controversy and try to save his job. The harmful to society. nrograms in 10 states, the Government presidential appointees. But he said the White House bas said that Bush still sup­ Because states are walking away from such Accountability Office concluded that such pro­ administration and Gonzales had bungled ports Gonzales, a close adviser since the funding, abstinence-only groups, who insist that grams have not proven to work, and at times the explanation ofthe moves and should be president's years as governor of Texas, but cutting off this source of revenue will close teach kids medically inaccurate information held accountable. believes he has to repair his relations with dozens of nonprofit sex education groups, will about condoms and AIDS. The ?uster of the eight prosecutors Congress.

- Compiled from the L.A. Times and Washington Post wire reports State police officer BULLET STOPPED BY REFRIGERATOR A 23-year-old victim reported a bullet was shot at her home on Patrick Henry Drive in the neighborhood of Cherry Hill between 9 p.m. on March 31 and 6 a.m. on April 1, Cpl. Paul Feld said. Newark police charged with rape responded to the scene and found the bullet had struck through the rear- sliding door and stopped after hitting the refrigerator. · Police conducted a search around the neighborhood and located a 54-year-old male suspect who also lives in Cherry Hill, Feld said. Police Ocean View officer· accused of having obtained a search warrant to search his home and found several weapons. A small-caliber band gun shot the bullet that struck the victim's home. A 26-year-old male was at the home when the bullet bit the refrig­ consensual sex with a 17-year-old girl erator and told police .he heard a shot at the time of the incident,' Feld said. The case is ongoing and police do not currently believe the incident BY WALLACE MCKELVEY the victim is less than 18 years old the future of the case. occured with vicious intent, Feld said. 'rhe crime is being filed as reck­ Staff Reporter and the suspect is more than 30 "The sentencing range is ail less endangering in the 1st degree. A Delaware policeman was years old. over - from probation to two or arrested and charged with statuto­ Whitmarsh said Johnson was three years in jail," he said. ry rape after an jnvestigation apparently unaware of the victim's According to Ocean View uncovered he had consensual sex age. Police said the teenaged girl town records, Johnson was hired BURGLARY ON NORTH CHAPEL STREET with a teenaged girl, Delaware cooperated with investigators. in September 2005 and graduated An unknown suspect broke into a home on North Chapel Street State Police said. Johnson surrendered the same from the Delaware State Police Saturday between approximately 7 p.m. and 11 p.m., Feld said. The sus­ State Police spokesman Cpl. evening police obtained the arrest Academy in January 2006. pect knocked down the back door, entered the residence and stole sun­ Jeff Whitmarsh said Walter warrant. He was arraigned and Robert Powell, public infor­ glasses, an iPod and a Dell laptop. Johnson, a 31-year-old Ocean released on $40,000 unsecured mation officer of the Millville The 22-year-old male victim came home at night and observed the View police officer, had sex with a bail. Volunteer Fire Company, said damaged door and saw the inside of his residence had been disturbed, 17-year-old Dagsboro resident Johnson was unavailable for Johnson was appointed fire chief Feld said. twice between October and comment. this January, but resigned volun­ The total value stolen is reported at $1,480, and the door is estimat­ November 2006. "As a condition of his bail, he tarily following the incident. ed to be worth $50, Feld said. An investigation was is to have no contact with the vic­ "He joined the company as a There are no leads and the case has been handed to the Criminal launched after a third party report­ tim or any persons under the age junior when he was 15 years old," Investigation Division. ed the incidents, Whitmarsh said. of 18," Whitmarsh said. Powell said. Police obtained arrest war­ Adam Gelof, deputy attorney During his time with the fire rants for two counts of rape in the general of the Rape Unit for the company, Johnson had also served fourth degree on March 30, he Delaware Department of Justice, as rescue captain and deputy chief, ---'-Kevin Mackiewicz said. Rape in the fourth degree said a preliminary hearing was he said. refers to consensual sex in which scheduled for April 5 to determine 4 April 10, 2007 . ~ Birth control prices rJse at-colleges Medicaid cuts cause contraceptive price changes

BY MATTHEW GALLO affected in the pocketbook," Jessop undergraduate women use oral con­ said originally she assumed the $50 ... StaffReporter said. "For students on tight budgets traceptives, according to recent sur­ fee per month she pays on her tuition For the typical college student and working one or two jobs it has a vey done by the ACHA. Due to the bill was the reason why students A Closer Look money does not come easy. significant impact." increase in costs of birth control, the received discounts on campus. Accompanying a full load of classes, The federal law dealing with spokeswoman for the ACHA does "A lot of students will weigh some students are forced to work Medicare and Medicaid - the main not think the percentage of females their options and see if their insur­ BIRTH CONTROL long nights to help pay off their federal health insurance for the poor who use birth control will cease to do ance plans are cheaper than the expensive college lifestyle. Recently, - no longer exempts health centers, so. health center," Evans said. • Birth control pills are the most with the drastic increase in prices for he said. As a result, some pharmaceu­ Sophomore Nicole, who wished Joseph Siebold, director of the popular form of contraceptives birth control, college students are left tical companies are no longer offer­ to withhold her last name, said prices university's Student Health Services, among women, with approximate­ looking for answers on how to stay ing discounts to university health of certain brands of birth control pills stated in an e-mail message that SHS ly 39 percent of undergraduate women using them. safe without emptying their pockets. centers like they have for the past 30 have doubled and even tripled. has no control over the pricing struc­ Hugh Jessop, executive director years. "It's unfortunate the prices went ture of pharmaceutical companies or of health services at Indiana A spokeswoman for the up because it was very convenient their products. • Approximately 70 percent of University, said prices for birth con­ American College Health buying the pills right on campus," "The ACHA, which is a nation­ undergraduate women report hav- . ·trol pills have seen drastic increases Association wh(> wished to remain Nicole said. ''Now I'm going to have al organization of university and col­ ing had one to four sexual partners. at university student centers across anonymous said federal Centers for to look elsewhere to try and save lege health services, offers a united the country. The increase is a result of Medicaid and Medicare Services money." response to help address the prob­ • Out of the college-aged the Medicaid rebate law that ends an should have included health centers Jessop said he does not think lem," Siebold said. women who reported having sex incentive for drug companies to pro­ on the exemptions list. The ACHA is students will stop using oral contra­ Towson University nurse Anne within the 2005 to 2006 school vide discounts tQ colleges. currently reviewing the proposal in ceptives because of the increase in Royer said the university's student year, 2 percent said they had an "It's very unfortunate this is an attempt to revise the bill. price. Birth control at the Indiana health center cannot control the unintentional pregnancy. happening because students are Approximately 39 percent of University Health Center has jumped prices it buys the contraceptives at · from $1 0 to $40 per month. from companies, but can control how - Compiled from the "It's better safe than sorry, so I much they sell them to their students. American College think students will tum to private "We are able to bump up the Health Associations physicians or other means to buy prices a few dollars, depending on Spring 2006 National birth control," Nicole said. "Students the brand," Royer said. CollegeHealth Assesment should definitely think twice about Before the bill passed in paying the increase costs at health January, Jessop said universities Norinyl were two brands affected services." were able to bulk up on oral contra­ and have either been removed from Over the course of 12 months, ceptives at the original cost. The our pharmacy or priced high starting students will see an increase from Indiana University Health Center is at $40." $120 to $480 or more depending on currently selling the remaining She said the health center has their brand, Jessop said. inventory at Medicaid-discounted seen a decrease in the number of stu­ Junior Jennifer Evans said the prices. dents who previously purchased the steep increase will not deter her from "We are slowly running out of two brands that have seen drastic buying oral contraceptives from most of the brands at the old prices;" increases in prices. Student Health Services. he said. "When students come in Students will be forced to pay "Since my parents are self­ prior to summer break, they are going higher prices until the ACHA is able employed, I don't have the same to be disappointed at the increases." to lobby successfully in getting an insurance benefits as other people," Royer said only certain brands exemption that allows the college Evans said. "Outside of the student were affected at Towson by the new health centers to become entitled to health center I could pay anywhere bill passed in January,. the discount again, Jessop said. from $40 to $50 a month." "Most our oral contraceptives "If no agreement is met, then Evans, who paid $12 per pack­ are still priced at $15 to $16, depend­ prices will continue to increase," he THE REVIEW/Mike DeVoU said. "The only hope of prices level­ Birth C_$)ntrol prices could increase fourfold on campus in the next year. age last semester, said she was sur­ ing on the brand," Royer said. prised by the recent increase. She "However, Ortho Tri-Cyclen and ing off is the introduction of gener­ ics." Green· job m.arket flooded ·by global warming

BY MATTHEW GALLO est, political and public awareness is growing sors at Harvard School of Public Health, Yale Perfitt said alternative energy classes, such as Staff Reporter drastically." School of Forestry and · University of Green Chemistry (CHEM 667), are available Standing at the threshold of the real The number of safe energy classes has Wisconsin's Environmental Center. at the 600-level for seniors and graduate stu­ world, students often dream of making a dif­ increased in the past five to 10 years, he said. Hegedus said the career opportunities in dents. ference in the world and gaining wealth imme­ The university continues to offer classes in a alternative energy have improved over the Many of our energy sources are decreas­ diately out of college. Students can achieve variety of majors. Interdisciplinary classes op. past several years. Students with engineering ing due to population increase Kalbacher said, both those life goals, as the growing concern off-shore wind energy in the College of degrees can immediately work at companies since not all of our resources are unlimited. over global warming has more U.S. colleges Marine Studies, renewable energy in the developing wind, solar and fuel cells right out "If we are going to stay on this earth much offering careers focused on saving the envi­ College of Engineering and classes in the of college. longer, then we need new resourses of alterna­ ronment. Energy and Environmental Policy Department "Companies are hiring graduate students tive energy and, more importantly, college stu­ Global warming, which may eventually about sustainable energy systems are current­ as soon as they finish schooling," he said. dent that can help," he said. lead to rapid increase in temperatures and ly offered. "Sometimes, the companies even try and lure Although Perfitt is currently focusing on astronomical flooding, has caught the atten­ University of California Berkeley energy them into leaving school early." chemical engineering, he said the transition to tion of college students who are now seeking professor Dan Karnmen stated in an e-mail While global warming continues to be an a career in alternative energy is easy. His engi­ careers in alternative energy. message that eurollment in the energy and issue, Hegedus said a greater emphasis is now neering classes open the door to study nuclear Energy conversion professor Steven society classes offered has grown from 80 stu­ being placed on energy efficiency as compa­ energy, energy transfer or electrical engineer- Hegedus said classes in alternative energy are dents in 2005 to an expected 150 students in nies are investigating efficient lighting, trans­ ing to help our environment. , becoming popular among students from all 2007. Since 2000, the Department of Energy portation and heating systems. While a career path in alternative energy sorts of fields, adding innovative capacity and and Resources Group at U.C. Berkeley has Utilities, large industries and municipal looks promising, Hegedus said not all invest­ further breakthroughs in research. tripled due to increasing global warming con­ power regulators need to be kept informed ment and start-up companies are going to be "With global warming becoming more of cerns. about applying new technologies to meet reg­ viable businesses in the long term. He said a concern every day, a new-found emphasis Karnmen said the growing interest in safe ulatory standards or to implement clean ener­ there will be a narrowing the playing field and has been created in this field," Hegedus said. energy among students is important for the gy programs, he said. technologies as new concepts and products are In the technical fields, careers such as electri­ future of our environment. · Sophomore engineering students Evan tested in the marketplace. cal.and mechanical engineering, wind energy "America's future leaders are finally get­ Kalbacher and Adam Perfitt agreed that a "Right now there is lots of optimism and and solar electricity are gaining more interest ting educated on the key issue of our economy career in alternative energy is a viable option cash flow in this area," Hagequs said. "But it from seniors and graduate students, he said. -energy," he said. since the market is growing in this area. is likely that winners and losers witl start to "This is a very exciting time to be getting Success is evident in the field of alterna­ "There is a lot more research and jobs separate in the next few years, which could involved in the area of safe energy," Hegedus tive energy, as several ofKammen's graduate going into fmding alternative energy sources," influence the employment situation." said. "After years oflow investment and inter- students have taken jobs as assistant profes- Perfitt said. }Jt Aertl 10. 2001 5 The Muslim experience on campus Part one -of the four-part -student religion sertes

BY JOE ZIMMERMANN Islamic faith, which has 6 million fol­ students to study at the university ' StaffReporter lowers nationwide, the political sci­ than vice-versa. A November 2005 headshot of ence and international relations "We have a partnership with a Drew Marshall shows a boyish major is one of hundreds of campus program from the United Arab young man in transition. A wide students balancing a life of academic Emirates," she said. "They have stu­ smile and tasseled, chestnut hair off­ achievement and devout religious dents here but we can't send students set the maturity ofhis sharp jawlines adherence. For Ahmad and the other there." and strong chin. Clean-cut and clad 30-plus members of the Muslim Some Muslim students feel in a blue striped shirt and silver tie, Student Association, pursuing both other state institutions have made Marshall cheerfully poses as if he is ac

lvho~s who in Newark Newark resident lives life 'in the past lane' BY MOLLY MACMILLAN one-of-a-kind retro dresses or tuxedos. She said the store sells 'staff Reporter mostly retro garments for special events but also carries sev­ The store is eclectic. The owner is animated. Main Street eral new gowns. is a little more dynamic. Patterson keeps a stack of Polaroids behind the counter Newark resident Sandi Patterson fulfilled a lifelong that feature the employees' favorite vintage pieces at the dream when she opened her retro clothing store, Clothes in store, as modeled by the newest owners. These pictures cap­ the Past Lane, approximately one year ago. ture gowns such as a dress worn in a "Miss Georgia Peach" "I wish I'd done it 10 years ago," she said. "I just didn't pageant that was made out of an old curtain, much like have the time qr the wherewithal." Scarlett O'Hara's dress in "Gone With The Wind." Usually Patterson, a Delaware ·native, said she fmally found the they only take pictures of the retro items, but sometimes they time to begin her business after a series of lay-offs from make exceptions, she said. ,. human resources jobs, joking that employers cut staff so often "A couple jeans are so dam cute, we just had to take a ;~that she began to take it personally. The idea of the store was picture," she said. "We just have a ball." )!always in t.he back of her mi~d as something she would like . Patterson said she aims to have the store offer a variety f; to do and, m 2006, she made It happen. of clothing in all price ranges and feels the store needs to <;; Her face brightens when she talks about Clothes in the change constantly. Customers compare the store to shops on 1

BY SARAH LEWIS after junior year have some type of experi- relations major, said she feels pressure to Student Affairs Editor ential job depending on where they want to have an internship. M!lking Dean's List, taking a tough go," Berilla said. "There's been a big "There is internal pressure, pressure course load, participating in extracurriculars increase in the past fiye to eight years in stu­ - ·from parents and pressure to have an intern­ and getting good grades are not enough any- dents seeing the necessity in having experi­ ship the summer of your junior year because more. To be competitive in the job market ence in their field before they graduate." then you won't be as likely to get a job when • upon graduation, students must also have·an Some companies and corporations will you graduate if you don't have one," Kolluri internship on their resume. hold experience in the field in higher esteem said. Dave Berilla, the associate director of than they hold GPA, he said. Employers University culture in general dictates • ith people in a possible profes­ of interest to get more informa- Bank of America Career Services, said look at academic records plus work and that having an internship is important, sh~ regardless of whether students hold a paid internship experiences. said. or unpaid internship, the experience is cru- "I had someone with a 2.4 cumulative "There's. more pressure from the job cial. GPA a few years ago," Berilla said. "He was market to have work experience than from Use the two search engines provided "It is an absolute necessity in this day a chemical engineer and had three summers the university," Kolluri said. ' by Career Services: CareerSearch and in age to have experience in your field of job experience. lie was heavily in Especially with her major, she said an Reference USA. before you graduate," Berilla said. demand with companies after graduation." internship is essential. "Employers value experience more so than · Engineering is a field 1with a large num- "With liberal arts, having done things li Make an appointment with a Career GPA." her of students involved in before you graduate, like internships, jobs Services counselor to get direct infor­ mation concerning the area of interest of Students should utilize 1 1 1 internships - as high as 70 and work experience are more important," the tools offered at Career percent especially Kolluri said. "Liberal arts doesn't necessari­ your internship. . There s more - Dave Berilla, Associate Director Services including preSSUre frOm the among juniors entering ly translate you into a specific direct job or eRecruiting.com and other • · · their senior year, he said. career." . ofBank ofAmerica Career Services search engines, he said. Keller,_ a Eric Lochtefeld, CEO of University of jOb market to _J~nior ~atie. "We have close to 1,000 _participants "The No. 1 thing for have WOrk CI~Il. engm~ermg maJor, Dreams, said his company helps students all students, freshmen said mtemships are a good get internships, as well as provides housing, this summer, with 300 in New York City and 250 in Los Angeles," Lochtefeld said. through graduate students, experience than !est for students t9 discover meals and transportation to and from work. is to be part of the f th · If they chose the correct The company targets undergraduate and Included in the internship are weekend eRecruiting system," career path. graduating students. •· The program costs excursions and guest speakers, he said. rOm e Students live together as part of the experi-, Berilla said. "Second of university 11 · '!Textbooks are one between $6,500 and $9,{)00 depending on all, students should look at • thing," Keller said, "but the city. ence. the direction they might doing it for real makes it fit, "When students apply to our program· "It's a lot more than just getting an want to go in life and start · R "th K . . . . it's like putting five or six and get accepted, they get assigned to a internship," Lochtefeld said. 11 Univeristy of Dreams selects the talking with people in that - Onjl 0 Uri, }Untor classes together. 1' placement agent and they get to cnose from profession to get more She said students often 2,000 internships and over 400 employers," employers sttJdents can·work for, he said. information concerning that area of inter- worry about finding the perfect internship. Lochtefeld said. "Seventy-seven percent of "When we look at companies we ask, est." "There is definitely anxiety. People are participants get their first choice." 'U I was a college student, where would I be He said in recent'years, more students worried about finding something," Keller The company has internships in excited about working?' We make prelimi­ have relt .mt job experience when they said. "We will all find something, but it may Chicago, San Francisco, Barcelo)la, nary lists and contact employers," graduate. not be our first choice." London, New·York City and Los Angeles, Lochtefeld said. "We're not a job board, we "A vast majority of students, especially •Junior Ranjith Kolluri, an international he said. hand-pick employers."

'• i/•' J1t A~rillO, 2007 7 Wampler challenges 'funkytown'

BY SARAH KENNEY convince them to stay here," Funk reduced the number of burglaries in a popular attraction has benefited the accommodate their own parking, he & nior News Reporter said, "though we are working closely the area. businesses on Main Street, Funk said. said. Today, Newark residents will with the Delaware Economic Although he has sometimes "We've developed downtown as The reservoir is an important vote between mayoral incumbent Development Council and our sena­ been blamed for the litigation involv­ a strong destination," he said. issue in the campaign even though Vance A. Funk ill and challenger tors to come up with a plan for ing the reservoir in Newark, Funk However, these festivals have Funk was not mayor at the time of Thomas Wampler to determine Chrysler in the event that it does said he is not responsible because the been a point of contention for some the alleged infraction, Wampler said. Newark's leader for the next three close." lawsuit began befor~ he became people. "The fact that three years later years. Since the plant is not slated to mayor. As it currently stands, the city Wampler said he is running for it's still not resolved is a problem," he Funk has served one three-year close until 2008, he said there is still owes the reservoir contractor $37 mayor because. he feels Newark is said. "He's a lawyer." term as mayor and Wampler served time to solve this problem. million. The trial is ongoing and the going in the wrong direction under The settlement should be on the city council for 10 years and lllegal activity is not an over­ city's lawyers expect to establish Funk's leadership. He said Funk's reduced to a sum the city could rea­ was deputy mayor for two years. whelming problem in Newark, Funk reduced figures. main problem is that he focuses on sonably afford, Wampler said. Funk said the main issues said. He reviewed the crime figures Funk said he is proud of how he social events rather than the crucial Funk and W~pler have gone Newark faces include the loss of for the first 12 weeks of the year and has contributed to Newark's festivals, issues affecting the city. out into the community to talk with jobs, presence of crime and traffic found that crime has decreased by 10 friendly atmosphere and community. "Vance sees himself as the people and promote their campaign. congestion. percent. The arrest rate is currently While in office, he initiated The Taste social director of Funkytown," Newark resident Paul Johnson He said he is focusing on resi­ higher than in the past, he said. of Newark, the Food and Wine Wampler said. "Those sorts of cere­ said he is voting for Wampler dents' concern about the closing of "Our police department is doing Festival and Restaurant Week. monial, social things are nice, but because of Funk's stance on crime. the Avon Inc. plant and the difficul­ an outstanding job," Funk said. "People want to be in Newark they are not the top priorities." "Mayor Funk has accented ties facing the Daimler Chrysler He gave credit to the ~'Burglary because of all the festivals," he said. Wampler said the main issues some good things about Newark, but plant. Yet he remains hopeful that the Task Force"- a unit of state, coun­ "They attract people from a large are the loss ofjobs and the crime rate. at the expense of a comprehensive Chrysler plant will remain open, ty and city police officers who area and once they come here, they With the closing of the Avon plan and lack of attention, until very despite the announced closing. worked together to respond to a surge like it." · plant and potential closing of the recently, to an increase in crime," "We will do whatever we can to of burglaries in late 2004. The team The development of Newark as Chrysler plant, Newark needs a long­ Johnson said, adding that the term plan for future employment, he Burglary Task Force was introduced said. Newark is an ideal location for after Funk's own house was broken industry becatise of the university's into. presence and proximity to the rail­ He said Wampler has a better road, but it may take time to come up plan for Newark, particularly as it with a comprehensive plan. pertains to the relationship between "We need to get our ducks in a landlords and homeowners. row," Wampler said. "And it may Resident Shirley Anderson said take years to do that, but we can do she supports Funk. Although she it." does not always agree with him, she He said it appears crime is rising thinks he is good for Newark. in Newark, despite Funk's claims it is "I think he's an honest man and -decreasing. a good mayor," Anderson said. "There seems to be a rash of Though she wants Funk to be re­ burglaries, drug-related crimes and elected, she said she is glad there is assaults," Wampler said. "This is an an election. She said she was unhap­ area where people are often confront­ py that no one contested the seats of ed late at night." the three council members whose He said as mayor, he would rec­ seats were theoretically open this ommend outreach programs that year. would educate people about safety The campaign began in mid­ issues. He was unsure how effective March, after Wampler announced his Funk's efforts had been at reducing candidacy. If no one had contested crime. Funk's seat, he would have continued Another persistent problem in another term. Newark is parking, Wampler said. He would recommend a moratorium on Look for breaking news on the TilE REVIEW/File Photo, Courtesy of Thomas Wampler parking waivers. Engineers should mayoral race at UDreview.com. Newark Mayor Vance A. Funk ill (left) is up for reelection today against challenger Thomas Wampler. redesign their building plans to Profs travel abroad to addr~ss prejudice

BY TIM MISLOCK Bilewicz, a psychology professor, said "By changing which groups people professor Thomas DiLorenzo, the chair of Staff Reporter this year's conference will focus on preju­ think they belong to and making them see Delaware's psychology department, and Two university psychology professors dice in groups with a victim and perpetrator they all belong to one group, the relation­ professor Janusz Grzelak, the psychology will be traveling to Poland next weekend for relationship. ships will increase with others and it will chair at Warsaw. · a conference on prejudice at the University "The aim of the con­ decrease bias," Gaertner The agreement consists of three general of Warsaw. ference is to bring together said. areas of activity between Delaware and the Samuel L. Gaertner and James M. social psychologists from ''I am going to try People tend to treat others Warsaw: student and faculty exchange, the Jones will be giving keynote addresses at different parts of the world they recognize as members exchange of graduate students and faculty in the conference, which takes place from whose interests encompass to show certain of their social group better terms of research development and the April 13 to 15. The conference, entitled inter-group relations, instances of how than those they see as out­ Delaware's assistance toward the Center for "Victim/Perpetrator Relations in a Changing stereotypes and prejudice," side of their group. People Research on Prejudice, Kuhlman said. Europe: Prejudice Escalation and Prejudice Bilewicz said. "We know blacks and whites are more forgiving of trans­ Warsaw's psychology department is Reduction," was organized by the Center for that we should learn from can work gressions to those that they located in a historically-prejudiced area, he Research on Prejudice at Warsaw, according experiences and studies see in the same group as said. The building is located within the for­ to Master Michal Bilewicz at Warsaw performed in different together to themselves, he said. mer Jewish ghetto and the building itself University. parts of the world - this is creole a better "Instead of seeing black­ was once a Gestapo headquarters. Across Bilewicz stated in an e-mail message the mily strategy to be able and-white or professor-and­ the street from the psychology building is a that Gaertner and Jones were chosen as to overcome prejudice." ·society." student relationships, one memorial on the site where Jewish residents keynote speakers because. they are well-rec­ Gaertner said he plans -James M. Jones can look at each being ~art were put on trains headed to labor camps. ognized researchers in the psychology of to discuss different ideas of ' of the UD commumty, Jones said his speech, entitled, prejudice and racism. group identity and ways of psychology professor which will increase their "World's Apart: Diversion Experiences of "We are honored that they accepted our decreasing racial bias and relationship with o~e Blacks and Whites in the U.S.," will focus invitation to speak at our keynote session," aversive racism. Aversive racism is a subtle another," Gaertner said. on how the targets feel and respond to Bilewicz said. "The presence of Professor form of bias, he said, which occurs when According to university -psychology racism. Samuel Gaertner and Professor James Jones well-intentioned people who do not believe professor Michael Kuhlman, the universitY "I am going to try to show certain at the keynote session is part of our inten­ they are racist find themselves uncomfort­ and Warsaw have arranged a formal agree­ instances of how blacks and whites can sive collaboration project with the able when interacting with a member of a ment between their psychology depart­ work together to create a better society," he University of Delaware." different race. ments: The arrangement was developed by said. j

I I \ 8 April 10, 2007 Jlt Men check out women's studies BY ADAM ASHER ing feminists in any of my classes." Staff Reporter Mazik said despite his first impres­ "I've never felt like a minority sions, he also found class surprising­ before," sophomore Ken Mazik ly interesting and open to discus­ said. sion. -That all changed when he "There was no stereotyping," decided to take an introductory he said. women's studies course (WOMS Christy said he quickly made 201) last fall. friends in his classes. He is now one The university's women's stud­ of only three men in the major and ies program reaches an estimated has gotten involved in the communi­ 3,500 students per year by teaching ty by counseling rape victims with a wide variety of topics in approxi­ the group Sexual Offense Support. mately 40 courses, according to He said his classes have taught Jessica Schiffman, assistant director him that gender roles affect both of the department. There are approx­ men and women and by simply pay­ imately 60 students in the major and ing attention in class, men can learn • THE REVIEW/File Photo 150 students in the minor, but, on about themselves as well as the Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., raised $25 million in the first quarter of the 2008 presidential race. average, less than 10 students in opposite sex. each class are male. "A lot of people tend to sit in "Whenever they got into the the back and complain for the whole controversial issues I would sort of class or don't even show up," slouch down because I didn't want Christy said. "They're so caught up Fundraising gives 2008 to offend anyone," Mazik said. in blowing off the curriculum that Although he was one of three they are missing out on the point of males in a largely female crowd the courses." when he took his course, he said it He is now enrolled in his eighth was an experience he would recom­ women's studies course and plans to candidates early edge mend to any curious guy. continue this area of study in addi­ "It's definitely a good way to tion to his political science major. BY ELAN RONEl'\! mary in 2004. date," Wagner said. "It also pro­ meet women while learning about Schiffman said Christy and Mazik Staff Reporter Damien LaVera, a spokesman vides the media with data to hand­ their history in international socie­ are good examples of how the pro­ The early stages of the 2008 for the Democratic National icap the race." ty," Mazik said. gram is growing to reach a more presidential race reached a climax Committee, said the first-quarter He said the news media and Schiffman said women's stud­ diverse audience. last week as candidates reported results are a strong indicator of Republican activists treat Romney ies classes were fust offered in "The numbers have more than their fundraising totals for the first popular sentiments towards the as a serious contender because of 1974. The minor became available doubled since I've been here," she quarter. George W. Bush administration. the money he has raised. to students in 1978 and the major in said. "This is relatively new as a Sen. Hillary Clinton, b-N.Y., "The energy is on our side," Although money is important, 1994. field and neither men nor women led the pack witli a reported $26 LaVera said. "The American peo­ Wagner said it is not all-encom­ She said men may feel uncom­ have any previous concept of it." million in contributions, followed ple are clearly looking for a passing. fortable when they enter the class­ The women's studies program closely by Sen. Barack Obama, D­ change in the White House." "Candidates still need to go room, but it is important to learn to now spills into other areas, with fac­ Ill., with $25 million. The DNC has raised $14 mil­ out and meet the voters, especially be comfortable despite being differ­ ulty working in the music and fllm The former Governor of · lion thus far, $6 million more than in the early primary states," he ent. departments. Many students may Massachusetts Mitt Romney the same quarter in 2003. He said said. "These are the kinds of condi­ have been affected by women's gained media attention by raising the success of the DNC is a result Statistics published on the . tions that increase people's com­ studies and did not even realize it, $23 million. of the new "50-state strategy," a Federal Election Commission's fort," Schiffman said. "There is a Schiffman said. Despite recent popularity plan which provides resources to Web site demonstrate that the level of comfort with whatever dif­ By reaching out to male stu­ polls, former New York Mayor local democratic parties in every influence of money is pervasive ference you identify ~th." dents and increasing diversity in the Rudy Giuliani and Sen. John state rather than in only swing throughout the presidential race Sophomore Andrew Christy is classroom, she said the women's McCain, R-Ariz., trail Romney in states. and that its role has increased in one student who has been able to get studies program can spread a mes­ contributions, with $15 million "It is happening county by recent years. comfortable. He said he was turned sage of equality. and $12.5 million, respectively. county, neighborhood by neigh­ Scott McLarty, spokesman for off by extremely liberal feminists in "We have to understand where These figures shattered the borhood and district by district, in the Green Party of the United high school, but taking a course in all of us fall and how it affects our previous record for first-quarter every state in the country," LaVer~ States, said the party's platform on women's studies during the fall of lives," Schiffman said. "You have to fundraising of $7.4 million, set by said. campaign finance conflicts strong­ his freshman year changed his life. reach out to people from all sorts of Sen. John Edwards in a similar Members of the Republican ly with the current system. "There's no reason for men to backgrounds and provide them with period prior to the presidential pri- National Committee could not be "We favor general reforms be intimidated," Christy said. "I've information that they didn't get in reached for comment, but a state­ that make it possible to run with­ never met the stereotypical man-hat- high school." ment by McCain's campaign man­ out millions of dollars at the con­ A Clos~r Look ager, Terry Nelson, downplayed gressional and presidential elec­ the significance of the first-quarter tions," McLarty said. fundraising victories of He said the Green Party sup­ Democratic candidates. ports public financing, a system in • In 1996, the total amount of "Fundraising in the first quar­ which the government would fund money raised by all candidates in ter is no more important than part of the candidates' campaigns, the primaries and general elec­ fundraising throughout the entire but would put limitations on how tions was $478 million. In 2000, election campaign," Nelson said in much they could raise privately. the amo\ffit was $649.5 million a statement on MSNBC's Web Wagner said the Green Party and in 2004 the total reached site. does not accept contributions from $1.02 billion. While the first-quarter results corporations because corporations may or may not be a reflection of are not individual people and • In 1996, former president "Bush fatigue" or certain strate­ should not be able to contribute Bill Clinton raised $42.5 million gies employed by the two major additional money to a specific can­ for the primaries while parties, the sums aggregated by the didate. Republican candidate Bob Dole pack of presidential hopefuls shed He said money has become raised $44.9 million. In 2004, light on the importance of too integrar to the presidential President George W. Bush raised fundraising in presidential elec­ election process. $269.6 million for the primary tions. "It's almost as if the e~ected race while John Kerry raised Political science professor winner is the one that rai?es the $234.6 million. Mike Wagner described the signif­ most money," Wagner said. "The icant impact funding has in the presidential race should not be a early stages of the presidential fundraising contest. People are -Compiled from the Federal race. getting elected based on dollars THE REVIEW/Meaghan Jones Election Commission Web site "At this stage in the game, it not on votes." Willie Mobley is one of the few males in Women's Rights in American confers legitimacy on a candi- History (WOMS 367). )lt April 10; 2007 9 csx·train safety goes off-track

BY LAUREN DEZINNO He said members of CSX Senior News Reporter have set up booths at various cam­ T-he Federal Railroad pus events, such as last semester's Administration recently released a Community Day and at basketball report stating the CSX corpora­ games. They hand out fliers and T­ tion, the company which operates shirts encouraging the practice of the trains that run through the uni­ railroad safety. versity's campus, violated a series Sophomore Ciana Gingola, of safety regulations ·during its who lives in Ivy Hall Apartments, January inspection. said she had no idea the CSX cor­ CSX, based out of poration was undergoing inspec­ Jacksonville, Fla., services 23 · tion for the failure of safety regu­ states and covers more than 21,000 lations. miles. Although the FRA's inspec­ "It makes me nervous, but I'm tion followed derailments in New not going to move because of it," York, Kentucky and West Virginia, Gingola said. Delaware has not yet incurred · She said the company needs such accidents. to be more responsible. Michael Ward, CSX chief "They obviously need to fix executive, stated on the company's their trains and their tracks Web site that the company is try­ because it's just not safe for all the ing to eliminate safety concerns. people who live near the railroad "Safety is our top priority and tracks," Gingola said. we welcome the FRA's inspections Funk said CSX is doing and insights," Ward said. "We are everything it can to maintain a safe committed to working closely with environment for residents whose FRA on all safety issues." homes are located near the tracks. Mayor Vance A. Funk III said "I've been down on the tracks CSX's efforts in keeping the city for different reasons periodically safe has been stellar. over the last five years and the "Their involvement with the tracks are in really good shape," students at the university during he said. "They may have problems the past two years is better than it with the tracks in other areas, but I has ever been before," Funk said. do not see any signs of that here." 1()~ __10~,_20~0_7 ______~

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"What can we do to committee is working to create a . - supplement all that is happening Web site, which will establish here already?" what the committee is doing and As the DUSC adviser, she let students know what is currently facilitates the decisions the com­ happening, such as the locations of mittee makes and helps direct the new recycling areas and how thetn on how to get things done. they can help, he said. "I am experienced in "The Web site is an educa­ fundraising and help the commit­ tional tool to get the word out," tee focus on the best strategies for Haas said. fundraising," Barron said. Barron said there are many Senior Amanda Conforto, co­ ways that not only seniors, but chair of the Senior Class Gift undergraduate students can con­ Committee, said instead of putting tribute to the fund. Class of 2007 on recycling cans "Underclassmen can give as around campus, the committee has well," she said. 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Three more years of Funkytown The Review chooses to 'adVance' the city a second term The City of Newark needs quirkiness brings a relatability to three more years with Mayor Vance the office that a town like Newark A. Funk III. needs. As a voice for students, The At the same time, Funk's back­ Review endorses the incumbent ground as a la\vyer does bring the candidate and hopes the city resi­ needed profession.alism to the dents that go to the polls and vote office and to Newark. today feel the same way. One of the problems with his Funk has done a lot for the campaign has been his denial of the community in his crime problem in three years at the "People want to be in the city. Funk needs helm. He has started to get his head out parades and festi­ Newark because of all of the clouds and vals which bring the the festivals. They admit that there is a university and city attract people from a problem. He should residents together. large area andohce be more proactive The biggest toward the situation. struggle for a town they come here they Wampler's with such a large like it," downfall is that he student population does not have a spe­ WRITE THE REVIEW is the student-resi- -Mayor Vance A Funk Ill cjfic plan for the l'O Reod Kyle ond Brion's ~ dent relationship. city. While he takes 250 Perkins Student Center , Funk has made the ·cheap shots at Newark, DE 19716 weekly sociol ond involvement of students in the city Funk's personality, he has not out­ Fax: 302-831-1396 a main priority. While his opponent lined any specific plans to improve E-mail: [email protected] political columns. Thomas Wampler is not anti-stu­ the city. or visit us online at www.udreview.com dent by any means, Funk has Funk has the proven track shown more initiatjve to incorpo­ record and cares about the city The Editorial section is an open forum for public debate and discussion. The Review wel­ rate students into events and plans. immensely. , · comes responses from its readers. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit all letters to log on to udreview.com Wampler said he wants to Tomorrow we hope Funk the editor. Letters and columns represent the ideas and beliefs of the authors and should every Fridoy bring a professionalism back to the returns to his plush office on Elkton · not be taken as representative of The Review. Staff editorials represent the ideas and office of mayor, but Funk's person­ Road for another 'term. beliefs of The Review Editorial Board on behalf of the editors. All letters become property ality fits in well with the city. His of The Review and may be published in print or electronic form. April 10, 2007 • • ... .. 0 llliOll

------~------17 What ever happened to good manners? for you, horrible person, and anyone who it sad that we live in a community where that Then just grab another one!" Well if this is the Moral chooses to practice a lifestyle similar to yours. is a concern? You expect to get things stolen in accepted attitu.de, then beware because it is Last week, a heinous human being delib­ New York City, but shouldn't we feel safe here now my tum to steal something, and that Compass erately dug behind an ATM machine at at school? You also might think I'm stupid for something just might be yours. Klondike Kate's wearing a jacket I Nobody likes a show-off I should have Meg Lobdell to snatch my love out on a seen the writing on the wall back in freshman favorite jacket Saturday night. year. A girl who lived two floors down decid­ from what I However, the ed it would be hilarious to steal all of my wrongly per­ value of a stolen friend's clothes out of the Dickinson dryer. You stole my favorite ceived as a object is insignifi­ She then proceeded to sport the clothing jacket... and I want it back. clever hiding cant. Everything around for the rest of the year, fully aware that place. As I wan­ that belongs to me the rightful owner lived under the srune roof. I only have a few pet peeves with my fel­ dered home in is valuable because Are you kidding me? low college students. It's funny, but the idea the bitter, chill­ it's mine. Well, The golden rule: Please and thank you. I they were cold-blooded thieves never really ing cold, brav­ now it's someone was never approached with a "please, may I crossed my mind. I was more concerned with ing Arctic tem­ else's. steal your jacket?" or a "thanks for the free the vast majority of away messages featuring peratures in I remember when coat!" but I suppose I can at least have the statements like "out with my hot roomate!" short sleeves I first carne to UD, courtesy to say "you're welcome." It absolutely blows my mind how many since I no I laughed at one of There ate consequences to your actions. I students spell the word roommate with one longer had a the buses that was never parti~ipated in Mischief Night because "m." I used to sit around thinking about this jacket to keep plastered with it made me feel bad. You never know if the for hours. I'd reason, "well, either you have a my poor, frost­ information on person's house you egged is an elderly person room-ate, which I suppose is hungry Pacman­ bitten arms how to be a good who lives by himself and has to clean up that like living quarters, or a roo-mate, which toasty, I began citizen. I thought, mess. But then again people who steal jackets means you have a friend who is a joey from to ponder: How "Is that some sort don't recognize personal actions affect others, Down Under... and I'm immensely jealous." had I not real­ of joke?" But now like .me and my naked arms walking home in I have been so mistakenly fixated on stu- ized students' I understand why a blizzard because of someone's selfishness. . dents' inability to spell one of the most impor­ lack of concern YouDee felt the Oh, and if you happen to have recently tant words in college lingo, I have entirely for others . need to spoon-feed acquired a white cropped jacket with sweater overlooked the fact that some are more than before? morals to supposed young adults. These basic trim and a rip on the inside, let me know. I'd horrible spellers - they are horrible people. I began to ask around, and sure enough, rules should have been laminated on your really appreciate it back. No hard feelings. Well, maybe I shouldn't say horrible peo­ almost every person I talked to has been classroom wall in first grade. Apparently not. ple. I am more referring to a horrible person. I robbed on or around campus. Many have been Let's start with stealing. In case you were Meg Lobdell is Enterprise Editor for The am hoping that person is female, but I could victims four or five times: jackets, bags, in the dark about this, stealing is mean and bad Review. Her viewpoints do not necessarily be wrong and that brings a whole new level of books, Sun Chips ... and the list goes on. and just plain cruel. represent those of The Review staff. Please awkwardness to this issue. Regardless, this is I realize one may think it is idiotic to 1Wo wrongs don i make a right. I heard a send comments to mlobdell@udeLedu. leave anything of value lying around, but isn't girl at the coat-rack say, "It's not there! Ugh! Unprepared troops sent to Iraq's front line

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BY LAURA DATTARO Features Editor The world of the deaf is not one into which the hearing­ capable often ventul'e. There, hand signals form words, lip movements cue understanding and sounds are lost in the break between the mouths of the hearing and the ears of the deaf. Danya Lang is trying to bridge the gap. Lang, a 21-year-old university junior from Somers, N.Y., was born almost entirely deaf. Her left ear, d,eclared severely impaired, allows her to hear sounds such as loud bangs or screaming voices. Her right ear does not function at all - it i.s profoundly impaired, the worst level of hearing impairment. . Speaking with Lang does not immediately reveal her hearing loss. Her·speech is bright and mostly clear, with soft "r's" and "s's" that occasionally prompt questions about the origin of her unusual accent. · • It is not until one sees the two-and-a-half-inch battery, short, gray wire and small, round magnet hidden under the curly black hair above her right ear that he or she realizes there is something different about her. The devices are the external portion of a cochlear implant, ~relatively new technology Lang received in 2004 to improve the hearing in her right ear. Before her operation she wore a more traditional hearing aid in each ear, which she still uses for her left ear. The combination of an implant and a hearing aid makes Lang unique in the world. Receiving a cochlear implant requires an operation in which a small, tail-like device is placed into the snail-shell­ shaped cochlear in the inner ear. The tail receives vibrations for the hairs that are supposed t<;> collect sounds- in Lang's case, the hairs have.been broken since birth. . . The internal and external magnets work together to send Courtesy of Danya Lang signals to the brain, allowing a previously-useless ear to func­ Junior Danya Lang talks about getting a cochlear implant to improve hearing in her right ear. tion at 90 percent of its ability. trained to work with the ear. The longer parents and doctors The filming and research for Lang's video will begin this "I didn't want it for the longest time," Lang says. "I wait to place a child in speech therapy, the more of an imped- · summer and will take, by her estimate, at least two years. thought it was complicated for sorp.e reason, but I am so glad iment it will become later ·in life. , By visiting camps for deaf children and speaking with · I got it. It's so much better. 1t ended up that summer that I Lang realized that her early years were not unusual - families with a hearing-impaired member, Lang and Rose worked at a glass-blowing place and the machines are so loud. many parents don't know what to do when they first realize hope to educate others on the world of'the deaf and how its I realized ifl didn't have my cochlear implant I wouldn't have their child is deaf. citizens can be brought into the world of the hearing. been able to hear my bosses so well.'! "You have to automatically choose if you want ·your "We want to make it more of a personal experience than When Lang was born, her parents, both from Israel, real­ daughter or son in the hearing or deaf world," she says. "You an educational video," Lang says. "We want emotions. We ized she was deaf immediately. They would make loud sounds have to choose one because you can't be in between. If you're want parents crying, siblings angry, hearing-impaired kids or call her name from behind, but she would not respond. in between, it's not a good thing. You don't fit in either one of happy. We want to go a way that nobody has ever gone before. Her dpctors did not agree with the diagnosis. the worlds." There are so many documentaries out there, there are Web "[They] did tests on me and I would react to the tests. Lang's parents chose to put her in' the hearing world. sites, there's everything. But we want people to watch this and Somehow, I don't know, I must be a genius," she says laugh­ They made this decision again, 18 months later, when see that things turn out to be good. We want to give them an ing, "but I would react." they realized their second daughter, Savyon, was profoundly opportunity to see what goes on in that world." . When an audiologist finally agreed to give her hearing deaf in both ears, despite the perfectly-capable hearing ofboth The future of the documentary is unclear, but Lang hopes aids at age 2, Lang's capability to learn to speak was already parents and their first child, Lavie. - it will one day be provided for children going through speech dwindling. When a person is deaf, she says, the brain must be · Savyon, a freshman at Muhlenburg College in therapy, people who have just received a cochlear implant, Allentewn, Pa., has two cochlear implants: The adults who lose hearing after a disease or accident and any two surgeries brought her into the hearing world in other members of either the deaf or hearing world who might a way just as remarkable as her sister's. need. the information, Those who choose to live in the deaf world, People like her parents, Lang says, who worked and Lang says, are isolating themselves and their chil­ fought for their daughters' rights to a fair education. dren. Her high school was often reluctant to provide necessities Some deaf people believe that being deaf is such as a computer and interpreter in the classroom. not a disability and that deafness should not be Now, she says, the university is eager to help. corrected. They never learn to use speech, and Lang utilizes real-time captioning, a system in which a instead rely on lip reading and sign language. laptop on her desk is wirelessly connected to ~ computer in "I haven't really decided if I view it as a the back of the classroom. A university employee accompa­ disability," Lang says. "I see it more as if you have nies her to each class and takes notes on the professor's lec­ a way of fixing something, then fix it. If you don't ture. The notes are then transferred to the screen on .Lang's have perfect sight, you get contacts or glasses. If desk. . you can't walk, you use a wheelchair. You treat it. "Some teachers turn around to write something on the Deaf people don't like it, and I don't understand board, and every once in a while I can't get what they're say­ why." ing so I just look at the computer," Lang says. "It's funny The lack of a connection between the hear­ because everyone in the classroom doesn't pay attention to the ing and the deaf inspired Lang and a hearing­ teacher, they pay attention to my computer screen." impaired friend, Aaron Rose, who attends the Lang, a photography major, hopes to one day own a mag­ University of North Carolina, to start planning a azine that will serve as a home for underground artists and documentary which would assist others like them­ musicians. Her plan, like her documentary, simply serves to' selves. The two met early in life and reunited two showcase her desire to cross boundaries between the main- years ago at a Virginia camp for the hearing­ stream world and those who live in its margins. ~ impaired. "I am who I am and that's it," Lang says. "I have a hear­ She cites a video she recently saw in which ing impairment but I don't see myself as having a hearing pedestrians were approached about the definition impairment. People are afraid to ask about my hearing impair­ of a cochlear implant. ment. Someone will be like, 'You know, I've been wondering "If you ~ad to choose," the video asks; for a while, don't be offended, but what is that? How do you "where would you put it?" use that?' Or, 'How does it work?' And I'm like, 'I would love "In your heart," one respondent said ~ to explain it to you, I don't mind at all.' I enjoy doing that. It's "Up your nose." - · part of me, you know? So I would love to share it with the "In the back." people I know or people I'm getting to know.'' "It's an operation on your elbow." )1t Aprii]Q, 2llQZ23 The Mosaic Inter-view: Indigo Girls

BY CORINNE CLEMETSEN became obviously more than that. So, instead, we Entertainment Editor did a public concert and invited everyone to come After 20 years, 11 albums and seven Grammy nomina­ for free, and that was really cool. And lots of peo­ tions, the Indigo Girls are still singing, performing and being as ple showed up - diversity is that empowering outspoken and racy as ever. Now touring for the duo's newest light that shines. album, "Despite Our Differences," which features guest spots from Pink and Brandi Carlile, the Girls are simply looking to You recently worked with Pink for your new have some fun., make music and sell a few more albums (to album. What was that like? date, the duo of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers has sold a total of It was great. She's amazing. She invited us to 12 million records). do a song on her re.cord, "Dear Mr. President," and "Despite Our Differences," which was released on Sept. that was great. We all had great chemistry. We 19, 2006, reflects the Girls' inherent style and unique chem­ found out that she's an Indigo Girls' fan, which istry, but also incorporates several new components. With a really blew us away because I'm a huge Pink fan. new producer, Mitchell Froom, a new record label, Hollywood While we were recording, she was around, so we Records, and a whole new perspective on life in general as invited her over and Amy just chanted her the lyrics open lesbians, political activists and environmentalists in their she had never heard before and she just nailed it. 40s, the Girls' latest album is all about change. She did it so quickly we ended up outside for the The duo is currently on tour and played Wilmington's rest of the night talking politics. Grand Opera House on March 24. Saliers spoke with The Review on the duo's long history, exciting present and certain What makes this album stand out from the rest?, future. Do you feel that the two of you have matured since your beginning? -. How long have you two been together as a band? It's a diastic music departure. These songs . We started in 1980 in high school professionally, then we reflect where we are in life- when you're in the started recording around '85 - people are calling it our 20- 40s you're at a different point than you're at in your year anniversary, professionally, I guess. If you count playing 20s - neither of which are neeessarily better or open-mic nights, we've been around much longer. worse than the other. We also have a new producer, Mitchell Froom, How have you been able to stay together for so long? which changed things. There's some energy We met in elementary school, went to the same elemen­ infused in the record that hadn't been there before tary and high schools. In high school, we were both the girls because of the change of who we're working with. who played the guitar and wrote songs. And we were in chorus Mitchell brought out the true essentialness of the together, and that'S' how we got close. Eventually we started songs. It's the fastest record we've ever made. just hanging out, playing and writing songs - we immediate­ There's a real energy on the record- I personally think it's our You're both in rather serious relationships, right? Are ly started learning stuff together. Just one little step at a time. best record. there any marriages in the future? We had immediate chemistry. Amy is in a long-terin relationship and I'm sort of in Being open lesbians, do you believe this bas burt or something. We'll see. I don't know if there's marriage in the Is it true that your high school tour performances were strengthened your fan base? future, to be honest. I believe in gay marriage and I believe in once banned? Why? I think a little of both, I know we've been pigeon-holed as fighting for it. I would fight very hard for gays to win the right We set up a tour a few years ago - it was career days for an acoustic folk band, but I think we're more than that. But to marriage just as heterosexuals do, but that does not necessar­ high schools. A lot of the times the shows are underage shows people hook onto labels and it's hard to break away from that. ily mean I would get married. It's about being able to have the and we thought it would be cool to talk to them about being in The record labels let us make our records the way we want and legal and spiritual option. the music business. They were all free shows and eventually our fans have stuck with us. There aren't enough gay people to some conservative parent caught wind of it and knew we were fill the seats, so I know we have a great diversity. It's all about Have you performed in Delaware before? What was it like gay. It became a domino effect of concerts being canceled being true to who we are and being who we are and our fans · and do you look forward to this performance? because we were gay. I actually met and spoke with one stu­ have not felt the tension of us being gays. It's just about us We've performed in every state I'm pretty sure. I'm look­ dent who protested and was expelled right before graduation. being us and them being them and us all being together. It's ing forward to Delaware- it's fun to be on the East Coast and In the end it was all very positive. It was at first said that about the music. the weather is getting warm, Spring is coming. It makes me it was because we said the F-word in a song, and then it feel grateful for our career. Mess it up: why clutter might be beneficial

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"Grindhouse" leg eaten off, it is "Blades of Glory" to know the pacing of a film such as this is the Dimension Films replaced with a Paramount Pictures No. 1 priority. Too often, dwnb-funny films are Rating: ~~~ (out of~~~~) machine gun to fight Rating: ~~ 1/2 (out bogged down by ill-advised plot turns, but not In this double-feature tribute to every the spreading evil. of~~~~) with "Blades of Glory'' - the film is roughly ' 70s B-movie you never saw, you get two The film is Another year, 90 minutes and frequently stays on track, most doses of beer-inspired, reckless, nihilistic laughable from another "Frat Pack" likely because of the strong supporting cast. ,.. mayhem in a raunchy, action-packed, beginning to end, offering. The term, The Van Waldenbergs, the brother-sister joyride. with the exception of coined by USA Today, pair and main competition for Michaels and Directors Robert Rodriguez and disgust extracted describes a tight-knit MacElroy, are played with pinpoint hilarity by Quentin Tarantino join forces to bring a from splattering guts, group of actors that Will Arnett ("Arrested Development") and handful of dying genres back to life with popped eyes and fly­ includes, but is not . Saturday Night Live's Amy Poehler, while Fire new edge and style in two separate films - ing testicles. But limited to, Will Ferrell, and Ice's choreographer is played by the "Planet Terror" and "Death Proof." overall, Rodriguez Ben Stiller, Vince always-consistent Romany Mateo. While Grindhouses were traditional urban the­ packs a fun flick that Vaughn and Owen and Ferrell and Heder will receive the comedic atres in the '70s and '80s that played non- has a good pace and Luke Wilson. The lat­ spotlight, it's these characters that make the .stop, low-budget exploitation flicks, which · raw humor. est Frat Pack film is film truly funny. is the sole source of inspiration for this col­ · In Tarantino's the figure skating ditty This only accentuates the film's gift and lage. The formula for this juxtaposition "Death Proof," "Blades. of Glory," curse - Ferrell. Many scenes feel as if the includes fiery explosions, stomach-blowing Stuntman Mike (Kurt starring Ferrell and Jon directors allowed Ferrell free reign to ad-lib guts, werewolves, lesbian hookers, wild car Russell) •is a somewhat likeable killer who Heder, and produced by Stiller. Unsurprisingly, whatever was on his mind. On paper, this chases, nudity and flesh-eating zombies. stalks and crashes into girls in his mean the film runs like an extended episode of a seems like a fine idea, as it's the what-will-he­ Both films are cut in a style that fits the stunt hot rod. After a drawn-out bar scene favorite brainless sitcom: fast, shallow and, say-next type of comedy Ferrell prefers. But genre with scratched images, missing reels and the attack on a set of unlikable women, most importantly, instantly gratifying. he's a better actor than even he admits (proven and several hilarious spoof trailers directed Mike starts to follow a new set of gals gone Ferrell, as· Chazz Michael Michaels, and by his heart-breakingly funny lead role in by Rob Zombie ("House of 1000 Corpses"), wrong - feministic stuntwomen with a Heder begin as rivals. Michaels' skating repre­ "Stranger Than Fiction"). Eli Roth ("Hostel") and Edgar Wright high for highway recklessness. sents fire - on the ice, he is emotional, uncon­ Ferrell is at a crossroads. His left-field, ("Shaun of the Dead"). In "Death Proof' Tarantino delivers ventional and uses his sex appeal to draw in talking head approach is waning, as his charac­ The first package, "Planet Terror," is m'uch of his typical off-the-wall dialogue, fans and high scores. Heder, whose acting can't ters are having trouble carrying films Rodriguez's recreation of the traditional artistic cinematography and meat-packed stray far from the stale bread and butter that ("Anchorman" or even his guest spot ·in zombie film with more power than the excitement that has many qualities of "Pulp . was "Napoleon Dynamite," plays Jimmy "Wedding Crashers"). Luckily for Ferrell, Energizer Bunny. Think "Evil Dead" corni­ Fiction" and "Kill Bill," but woven to fit the MacElroy, the ice to Michaels' fire due to his "Blades of Glory" is a team effort and his sup­ ness alongside a parody like "Shaun of the genre in a way that works and even admits technical skating and statuesque personality. port brought their bats. The film's efficiceny Dead," but with more flavor, more camp to its 1971 predecessor "Vanishing Point." After their heated rivalry leads to their banish­ lies in its simplicity - the jokes come fast, not and enough laughs to lose 'ten pounds. This is one to catch in theaters, after ment from competition, a loop-hole is found: giving the audience time to second guess The story follows Cherry (Rose you have chugged yoUF beer, left the strip Michaels and MacElroy can perform as pairs. what's funny and what isn't. But the Frat Pack, McGowan), a go-go dancer who is reac­ bar, put on your combat boots, picked up And while there are speed bwnps, their skating especially Ferrell, should be concerned- the quainted with her ex-boyfriend Wray your girlfriend and bought a large bag of improves, as does their relationship. audience can only bear the same punchline so (Freddy Rodriguez) in the midst of a virus popcorn, because this is what action movies This is where the fun comes. Directors many times. outbreak that has turned everyone in a small are all about. Will Speck and Josh Gordon are smart enough - Wesley Case, wescase@ldeLedu Texas town into zombies. After getting her - James Adams Smith, smithja@udeLedu

"Timbaland Presents: Shock Value" games (50 Timbaland C e n t , In search .of a. clean soul Blackground I Interscope M i s s y Rating: ~~(out of~~~~~) Elliott). "Cassadaga" Talk about a mess. There's no question And let's Bright Eyes whether Timbaland, the producer responsible forget Saddle Creek for shape-shifting the Hip-hop and pop music about the Rating:~~~~ (out of~~~~~) worlds for more than a decade, is capable of unfortunate According to Cassadaga. com, the town of crafting hits. He helped launch the careers of rock pair­ the same name is located 45 minutes northeast Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, Missy ings (Fall of Orlando. In the Web site's "History" section, Elliott and Aaliyah, but his latest solo albwn, Out Boy, it reads, "This is a place that's out of the main "Tirnbaland Presents: Shock Value" proves he She Wants stream, a place to relax and get back in touch should stick to other artists rather than him­ Revenge). with yourself." Or in simpler terms, it's a spir­ self. Even when Timbaland and Co. hit the itual haven for those in search of assistance There are a lot of problems and not much mark ("Give It To Me" with Timberlake and from "America's finest psychics." redemption. The songs, although many fea­ Furtado), it's quickly forgotten. But that's Conor Oberst, Omaha's often-lauded, 27- ture the trademark manic-Timbaland sound, what happens when Mr. SexyBack sings a few year-old singer-songwriter behind Bright Eyes, come off as lazy and trite. To boot, the artists songs later, "Bounce like your ass has the hic­ must have inhaled too many Manhattan fumes. featured on the albwn are past their prime (Dr. cups." After his New York love letter, 2005's "I'm Dre rapping? Magoo?) or don't bring their A- - Wesley Case Wide Awake, It's Morning" and the electroni­ Cool, We Can Still Be Friends") in his parents' cally-spastic "Digital Ash in a Digital Urn," basement. Apparently Oberst isn't sold either - he sings "Oh, I've made love, yeah, I've Bright Eyes returns with "Cassadaga" - a "Santi" mixed results: soundtrack. Although it miss­ fully realized and satisfying albwn that is beenfucked, so what?" on "Hot Knives." While the songs are immediately beautiful The Academy Is ..• When the boys allow es, "Santi" offers a sense of unafraid not only to ask far-reaching questions, Atlantic their former selves to peak optimism for the band's but to live with its gray uncertainty. (long-time Bright Eyes producer Mike Mogis is a likely reason), it's the tracks' desires for Rating: ~~ 1/2 (out of through (the adrenaline­ future. Oberst isn't afraid to attack religion (the ~~~~~) soaked "Same Blood," - Wesley Case single "Four Winds") or war ("No One Would something greater than instant pleasure that solidifies "Cassadaga's" excellence. It seems bands just aren't "We've Got A Big Riot For Less"), but mostly, the battle is within content with their sound for Mess on Our himself. Throughout "Cassadaga," Oberst The last two songs at least offer a shed of light: "I Must Belong Somewhere" is Oberst too long anymore. Artistic Hands"), the record sings like a nomad blindly walking to no­ growth is encouraged, but soars. But when the where, all in search of something intangible. So scribbling to leave things, both serene ("Leave the oceans roar in the turquoise shelf') and when you're The Academy group's new influ­ then where is Oberst's source of disenchant­ societal ("Leave the poor black child in his Is .. , the drawing board could ences take over (the ment? have waited. rockabilly-infused It could be the bad taste left in the singer's crumbling schoof'), behind only because they must, without explanation, have a place on After releasing its "Bulls in Brooklyn"), mouth from his high-profile relationship with insanely catchy debut in the actual players are actress Winona Ryder (Oberst sings on earth. If "Somewhere" is Oberst's valiant attempt at reason, then closer "Lime Tree" is February 2005, "Almost lost in the shuffle. "Classic Cars," I get out of California, I'm "If his acceptance of incomprehension. After a Here," it seemed the Chicago "Santi's" saving going back to my home state I To tell them all act was destined for TRL star­ grace: "Everything that I made a mistake.") or his yearning for friend's abortjon, Oberst is left with no answers but feels content by the song's end: "I felt lost dom. But when it didn't We Had," the group's another woman (the gorgeously sweeping come, the boys filled their stab at a ballad, gush­ "Make a Plan to Love Me"). But it doesn't add and found with every step I took," proving that cleansing can only occur when you're ready sugar-induced cavities and es with melodrama up -this isn't the same sad-faced teenager replaced them with a straight­ and would fit perfect­ writing pathetic break-up songs (2000's "It's for it. - Wesley Case, wescase@ldeLedu ahead rock record that yields ly on a Hollywood AprillO, 2007 25 delawa •·el INd ressed The rules of ex-attraction · fa sll i()J) r.~rwa rd Fashion asked, you may not get the real answer, ommend which could later put your friendship on getting into thin ice. something like that. philanthropy First, figure out if you can get a lit­ Neither does tle taste without losing your friend. What Danielle, a senior. For me, fashion is a .----..,:::-----, kind of friend is this? Is it a best friend or "I've been ·dating Mike selfish hobby. Aside from is this one of those say-'What's up'-to­ for four years," Danielle says. simply covering my body, at-the-bar type of friend? "If we broke up tomorrow and I buy things that make me Assuming you're a smart college any of my friends tried to date look and feel good. So it's student, you already figured that out and him, I'd probably kill them. Well, nice when fashion can you already know that it's so much worse not really, but you know what I incorporate a little selfless­ Exes are exes for a mean." ness once in a while. reason. Once the flame is You also have to consider the Retailers offer "a-por-. Susan Rinkunas put out, both partners go actual break up and who did the break­ tion-of-the-proceeds" ( 'ofllllll/1 1/ back on the market, right? Tell me what think: ing up. If it was a messy break-up or products all the time and Hell yeah - unless your friend was dumped, don't add any­ they're smart for doing so your friend was in that rela­ you more weight to their already-crushed - stores look like martyrs and consumers feel tionship. heart. like good Samaritans. But when charity Hooking up with your Do you think virginity However, if they are real exes - becomes trendy, non-profits might benefit from friend's ex could either be like completely-moved-on- people who know little about their cause. breaking every cardinal rule of in college is taboo? and-don't-get-nervous-butter­ But Anna Ciulla, chair of the medical tech­ friendship or just getting a little taste of flies-in-their-belly-when­ nology department, says the reason you buy a your friend's former flame. So can you E-mail Laura: they-see-each-other exes - charity product doesn't matter - what matters do it? • your green light is flashing. is that you bought it at all. That's the problep1 with getting [email protected] If you decide to go Ciulla sells beaded jewelry made by involved with your friend's ex, there ahead and get some of women of the Acholi tribe in Uganda and sends isn't one simple answer. There are too what your friend used to the profits back to their country. Members of the many variables that go into the equation to step on the toes of your best friend have, be up front and tribe were forced to relocate after the nation's that will decide if you're doing some­ rather than just an acquaintance. honest about it. You don't civil war and, as a result, they live in life-threat­ thing right or wrong. Now, how about their actual rela­ want your friend finding ening poverty. Ciulla says some people buy the I mean, you could just come out and tionship. Long, short, fought a lot, just a out through the grapevine jewelry specifically to support the cause, while ask. That, of course, seems like the hook up, high school lovers? All that that you ana his or her ex are others purchase it because 11"\ey like the way it most obvious and easiest way. But let's goes into the equation, too. If itwas one getting close behind their looks - and either reason is just fine with her. be real, you already know if your of those freshman year hook ups and back. "When the general public sees them they friend is still into his or her ex or not. you're now a senior, you have better But if that's not find them interesting and intriguing," Ciulla It's one thing for friends to admit odds of not hurting your friend compared your style, it's easier to says. "But when people hear the story, it opens they're still not over their ex, but to if their relationship ended before ask for forgiveness than up their hearts even more so." it's another for them to admit Spring Break and now you want a piece. ask for permission. She says jewelry sales and other fundrais­ they're holding onto a rela­ But if it was one of those long, so­ ing efforts in the past year have put 32 children tionship that's over. in-love relationships where they were in school. Ciulla says she sells the jewelry at Even though you "that couple" on campus, I wouldn't rec- craft shows, church fairs, · lunches and by appointment. The problem with charity however, is that it can demoralize people. Ciulla says of the Ugandan tribe, "They don't want a hand out." That's part of the reason why she and her niece make it a point to pay the Acholi women for conce:rtspotlight Dancefloor euphoria their work, not just throw money at them. Big corporations can be guilty of the latter but, at some point, large donations are needed. Girl Talk He didn't need much time. Within Take M·AC Cosmetics for example. Since April 6, 2007 five minutes, Gillis transformed 1994, its VIVA GLAM lipstick line has raised The Ottobar- Baltimore, Md. into the mythological Girl Talk more than $86 million for the M-AC AIDS Gregg Gillis, the mastermind behind Girl and was on stage in Wayfarers Fund, an organization that supports people liv­ Talk, is leading a double life. Last year, he and a gray hooded sweatshirt. ing with HIV and AIDS. Lipstick doesn't bear a revealed to Pitchforlanedia that he was a bio­ "Baltimore, are you with brand name when you wear it, so VIVA GLAM medical engineer by day and a performing me," Gillis screams into a micro­ supporters aren't advertising their charity as artist by night. What Gillis does is simple and phone. trendy- unlike the Bono's brainchild, PROD­ complex - he takes Top 40 radio hits and Then the party began: an a UCT (RED). meticulously blends, crushes and pulverizes capella version of Rich Boy's The (RED) campaign enlists major brands them into brand new compositions. Gillis' "Throw Some D's" hit the speak­ to sell a special product or line of products and results are some of the most thrilling party ers over a thumping bass line. The donates 40 to 50 percent of the proceeds to the music ever created. - crowd, a mixed bag of hipsters, Global Fund, which provides treatment, coun­ His latest album, the masterwork ''Night drunk girls and everyone in seling and testing for people in Swaziland and Ripper," fuses classic, universal pop and rock between, imploded - from the Rwanda. (RED) items are easily identifiable by songs with contemporary Hip-hop choruses top of the balcony to the bottom their candy-apple hues or catchy Gap screen­ and verses. The album opener, "Once Again," of Ottobar, not one person stood prints like "ADMI(RED)" or pairs the Ying Yang Twins' "Wait (The still. The dancing ranged from "EMPOWE(RED)." Whisper Song)" with The Verve's male-to-female grinding, stereo­ Gap made a globally-responsible move by "Bittersweet Symphony" only to transition to typical ecstasy-induced spazz employing workers in the African country of Noel Gallagher's acoustic strumming on outs and general rug cutting. It Lesotho to produce its PRODUCT (RED) T­ Oasis' "Wonderwall" under Slim Thug's deep wasn't long before the party goers shirt, made of 100 percent African cotton, Southern drawl on "I Ain't Heard of That." rushed the stage to dance and sweat next to Kansas' "Carry On My Wayward Son," according to the Gap Web site. The workers in This isn't child's play - Gillis isn't a Gillis. Clipse's "Wamp Wamp" and The Breeders' Lesotho will receive wages, which will go into "mashup artist" or a DJ (his T-shirts say so), This is the beauty of Girl Talk live. While "Cannonball," to name a small fraction of the the economy and potentially do greater things but rather an artist creating something brand concerts are exciting because it's an opportu­ samples used. It was a clear reminder of the than humanitarian aid could do alone. new with established material. nity to see an artist perform his or her craft, a power of music and the unadulterated joy that The partnership between charities and Gillis, who is a white, skinny, gyrating Girl Talk show is more stripped down - the comes with it. retailers is a good solution for now. The non­ machine on stage, sold out Baltimore's audience is just there to dance. There were All credit is due to the half-naked, profi~ get greater exposure and monetary sup­ drenched-in-sweat man behind the laptop. Ottobar Friday night. The club is quaint - points where the show resembled an epic, port ~om people who wouldn't ordinarily get tiny floor space, small balcony area - and Hollywood-produced house party rather than Gillis is the ringleader while the rest of us involved, retailers profit from increased foot was a perfect house for the dance party wait­ a small club in Maryland. So while it's hard to dance, and he likes it that way. traffic and hard-core advocates get to support ing to commence. After drinking beer and explain what Gillis does, the results are sim­ "Any night can be the best show ever," their cause. But retailers should follow Cuilla's dancing on stage to opener Dan Deacon, ple: those in attendance Friday lost them~ he says repeatedly. and Gap's lead by trying to invigorate the Gillis came out and tested the levels of his selves for approximately 75 minutes. They At least for that hour-plus in the smelly, economies of impact countries instead of dump­ laptop. He quickly excused himself, telling lost themselves in Biggie's "Juicy" verse over disgusting pit of the Ottobar, it was the perfect ing money in their coffers. the crowd he had to stare at himself in the mir­ Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" piano part. They battle cry. - rinkunas@ldeLedu ror and think about what his life had become. lost themselves in Three 6 Mafia's "Stay Fly," - Wesley Case, wescase@ldeLedu 2 6 April 10 , 2007 Choosing charity over celebration Junior attends MTV 's Alternative Sprin g Break

BY ANDREW ABEL from the flood waters dotting the Staff Reporter sides of the road like speed bumps While most college students and small lizards running across spent their Spring Break at beach white picket fences, Williams resorts or relaxing and enjoying beared the 80 to 90 degree temper­ their free time, junior Amanda atures. The Louisiana humidity Williams spent the week learning didn't drop below 92 percent how to put a roof on the house of either, Williams says. Mrs. Marva, a hurricane victim "It's like walking through a living in Louisiana. pool the whole time," she says. "I could build you a roof now Everyday" the people of if I needed to," Williams says. Louisiana can be seen picking up Williams, a 21-year-old edu­ debris and Clearing yards. Many cation major, was part of a four­ residents are forced to live with week project hosted by the United relatives, crowding into houses Way, aimed at helping those who that haven't been destroyed or had are struggling in the wake of their foundations carried off into Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. the bayou. Others live in trailers Williams has been involved in parked in the front lawn while numerous community service rebuilding their homes or waiting projects in the past, but she has for government aide. rrever taken one on as daunting as After seeing the state of disar­ this. ray Louisiana was experiencing, After seeing an advertisement Williams mustered her energy to on MTV, Williams went online and make Mrs. Marva's house the way filled out an application to be part it was before the hurricanes. Directions of its "Alternative Spring Break." "At week one, her house was the norlh: Take 1·95 South to Oel-are Exit Route 896 North. Continue straight approximetely one mile on 896 From 1·8: / She didn't think anything nothing more than a concrete North. The Bob Carpenter Center will be on the right, across the street from the T.G.I. Friday's/Sieep Inn/Embassy Suites. would ever come of it, but when slab," she says. "But now it actual­ From the !lOUth: Toke 1-95 North to Oelewere Exit 1; Route 896 North. Continue stllllght approximately one mHe on 896 she found out that she had been ly looks like a house." North. The Bob carpenter Center will be on the right, across the street from the T.G.I. Friday's/Sieep Inn/Embassy Suites. chosen out of the thousands of In four weeks, contractors, applicants, she says she was plumbers, electricians and ecstatic. Williams' female crew managed to "It was so awesome," says set Mrs. Marva's life back in the Susan Williams, Amanda's moth­ right direction. er. "I couldn't wait to tell all my Williams, with the help of two friends and family. We were so other girls, tarred and shingled the proud." roof. Even though the sun was hot, MTV picked 100 people for knowing that someone in need is each of the four weeks the pro­ benefiting from the work made it gram ran. Williams chose to attend so much better, she says. the fourth and final week because But waiting. for an advertise­ it coincided with the university's ment to flash on the television Spring Break. After paying her air­ screen is not the only way to get fare, she flew to Louisiana to meet involved. • a group of 60 strangers. Junior Alexa Keane, a 20- Williams' group arrived at year-old medical technology stu­ Lake Charles in Calcasieu Parish. dent made the trip to Louisiana Just 20 minutes to the north is through her church group. She is Cameron Parish, an area located part of the Baptist Student on the beach that was hit hard by Ministry and, like Williams, Hurricane Rita approximately four Keane is no stranger to communi­ months after Katrina. Cameron ty service. Once a week she spends Parish doesn't get as much atten­ her day at the Emmaus House, a tion as other areas because there homeless shelter in Newark. were no casualties, but the devas­ Keane spent her week in tation was just as bad, Williams Louisiana gutting houses and says. treating them for mold. She helped Because of Hurricane Rita, fix up the house of a nun who runs children were kept out of school an after-school program. Keane is for four to five months. The Marsh lucky enough to have helped out Bluff Middle School was almost last year as well, so she can now obliterated. All that remains is the see all of the progress that has gym. However, a new middle been made. Last year she cleaned school has been built since then and gutted a house owned by a and the old one has been renovat­ woman named Mrs. Betty, and this ed and currently houses volunteers year she returned to see the signif­ and aid workers such as Williams. icant improvements made since "Essentially there are two big then. rooms lined with bunk beds," she "It's very rewarding to see a says. "One for the guys and one house at its worst and then to for the girls." return a year later and see how Williams spent the week get­ much better it looks," she says. ting up at 6 a.m., eating breakfast, Williams says, "It feels good traveling to the work site and helping people that don't have the working from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. She advantages I do. If everyone took a ate a bagged lunch in the middle of week of their time to volunteer, the day, but this was no picnic. there would be a lot less to com­ With alligators disoriented plain about." ·· Apr!! 10. 20Q7 _27 .. WANT. CLOSE PARKING??. 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You may register for parking online for the 2007-08 year beginning April 4th by visiting www.udel.edu/permits, reading the registration information, and using the express li~k at the bottom of the page to begin. Log in and follow the on-screen instructions. Registering online will: Eliminate standing in line to purchas~ a permit Allow the fee to be billed to your student account if permit registration is done early Assure you the closest av~ilable parking at time of registration ' If yoy plan to live on campus nextyear, you do not need to know your residence hall assignment to register for a permit. ·Lots are assigned after housing assignments Courtesy of Tiffany Scott are completed. Tiffany Scott poses with actor Will Ferrell (middle), and fellow skat­ ing doubles Patrick Han~ock (left) and Ethan Burgess (right). Parking Services strongly encourages students living on campus to purchase permits for the FULL ACADEMIC YEAR to retain the closest lots and be placed in the queue for even closer lots as they become available. Lot availability is very limited by spring_ Senior skates her registration with most new lot assignments being issued for lots 1 and 88 (by the field house). way to Hollywood If you plan to commute nextyear, purchasing your permit for the full year is more cost-effective than purchasing for shorter periods of time. BY MAGGIE SCHILLER around famous skaters in the past, If you plan to·get a new car, register any family vehicle and update your web Sports Editor she did not get too star-struck. While several university stu- "I told them I admired their registration by August 1. If your car purchase is after August 1, contact Parking dents saw "Blades of Glory" in the- work," she says. "Then they would Services by e-mail at [email protected] [email protected] with the new vehicle aters over Spring Break, senior say to me, 'What! What about you? information, and we will updat~ your permit for you. Tiffany Scott, an applied nutrition I can't believe how good of a skater _major and coach of the university you are.' So it was really cool that intercollegiate skating team, trav- they felt the same way about my eled to Los Angeles for the premiere skating as I felt about their work." of the movie, since she appears as Scott says they were all very the skating double for actress Amy down-to-earth and easy to talk to. Poehler. She says she never got -the sense In the movie, Poehler plays the they were uppity. competition for the two male pair "All the actors are really funny skaters, Will Ferrell and Jon Reder. / in real life, too," she says. "Will is so Scott, a 29-year-old former talented. When you see him in the Olympian, says because she is well movies he is usually adding and known in the skating world, the ·coming up with his own lines. I · movie choreographer suggested she . don't know where he comes up with play the role because of her physical. the stuff but they will film him and resemblance to Poehler. let him go off." "They called me out last For an athlete who is used -to January and asked if it was some- being in the spotlight, the movie thing I would be interested in premiere was a different experience doing," Scott says. "I flew out to get for Scott, as she says no one even measurements and to make sure knew who she was. Amy and I were a physical match. I "I liked that I was able to sit went out again at the end of back and take it all in," she says. "I February for a week to meet the ·liked not being in the spotlight, but other skaters and the choreographer. taking part in it." In July, I went for seven weeks to Scott says there was a blue car- . film the movie." pet instead of a red one, to symbol- Scott says although the days ize ice. she went in to work were long _:_ "I got to walk down the carpet, sometimes· 14 to 15 hours at a time which was pretty neat," she says. _:_it. was interesting to see how the "There were celebrities everywhere, Make your su-mmer count - filmmaking process worked. and I was like, 'Whoa, I am among "When I went out in July, we all of these famous people.' It was take a course at.NJIT practiced with the actors and had to nice to feel like a nobody." • Learn from the experts at New jersey's science and technology university study them and see how they moved Aside from her movie appear­ and learn to move in a similar way, ance, Scott is a well-known figure in • Choose from more than 400 course offerings so that replacing our faces would be the skating world, competing in the • Get a head start . easy," she says. "They were able to · 2002 Winter Olympics and, with • Redesign your future take the skaters faces off and put the skating partner Phillip Dulebohn, actors' faces on, which was awe- was the 2003 United States National • Residence hall rooms available some." Champion, six-time National • Take advantage of flexible-learning options with day or evening, Scott says there are parts in the medalist and went to the World movie where she cannot tell if it is Championships four times. · online and hybrid courses her or Poehler, because it is Scott says she would recom­ Check out the schedule: Poehler's face but her own body mend "Blades of Glory" to all uni- skating. versity students. · www.njit.edu/Registrar/Courses/Summer/ While being able to spend "It was so hilarious just to see 'Registration begins April 2 seven weeks with actors like Ferrell Will on skates in those tight little and Poehler may seem unreal to sev- outfits," she says. "I've seen, it twice Summer Session begins May 22 'eral-students, Scott says froin being: so far and I want to see it again." NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - 28Aen110. 2oo7 _ ~ Beer pong tables become 'a pride thing'

BY CORINNE CLEMETSEN houses- a proud display of the guys' part­ gossip. the Bob Carpenter Sports building - down to Entertainment Editor time jobs. Junior Lee Millstone, after realizing his the precise wood pleating and hand-painted No matter how decorated and clean stu­ Their communal table is lined with talent in building when he constructed a bar for YouDee emblem. ~ dents keep their living spaces, one thing can Astroturf and hangs by blue ropes at the front friends and received beer as payment, started "It's a pride thing. We take special care of shout, "We have a nice place" better than any­ doors on the porch of his own one-man busi­ this table as you can see. No dust," Jefferson thing else - the beer pong table. their self-proclaimed ness. He designed a table says, referring to the extra bed sheet used to Beer pong tables have become a status "one house with two that is connected to the cover the table when it's not in use. symbol across campus. Every party has a beer doors." The simple green wall - folding out with Jefferson says when they first finished the pong table. Even residence halls frequently table can be raised and the pull of a string for table after a "ridiculous" amount of time and utilize the easily-removable closet doors. lowered for weekends game time and folding hard work, they were offered $400 for it. Some are slabs of plywood resting on trash and casual weekday back together and resting Although they only paid approximately $150 cans, some are unhinged bedroom doors or games, stowing away up against the wall and for wood, paint and other materials, he says the extra-thick cardboard, but others are painted, perfectly in the ceiling of out of the way when it's amount of hours in labor and emotional attach­ signed, decorated with enormous pictures and the front porch when it's not needed. ment couldn't amount to any monetary value. bordered with flashing lights - all saying not in use. Unlike Last Cup "During parties I'm always around the something about the people and the house. With a pull of a Design, when Education table like, 'Get that beer can off of there,' " Senior Mike Bleinberger joined the world string and the assistance Essentials - the name Jefferson says with a semi-joking, mostly-seri­ of beer pong artistry when he and three friends of a roommate, Millstone gave his work ous, don't-me$s-with-my-table attitude. started a company called Last Cup Design last Bleinberger lowers the for easy word-of-mouth Walsh's table is nothing less than what June. He says tables, although mainly used for green ~ble with triangle advertising and a title for she calls the "extreme" example of beer pong the game, are now used as a form of expres­ cutouts at each end for his self-made business table art. Plexiglas covers the Vegas-themed sion. the perfect cup place­ cards - makes a table, table containing dice, cards, $100 bills, a "It says a lot, just like anything else now," ment. it's left unpainted and roulette wheel centerpiece and the phrases Bleinberger says. "It says something about "Hey! You guys completely customiz­ "Hey there Big Spender" and "Are you feeling who you are. Like fraternities having tables playing later?" shputs a able. lucky?" in ironed-on lettering. All of this is with letters on it - that represents you and neighbor as he eyes the "I don't paint surrounded by a string of flashing white lights you represent that." table that sways back them," he says. "I think and held up by stacked green, white and red Last Cup Design began when friends and forth. that's what people like. poker chips. noticed the expertise involved in the making of "Yeah, maybe People want to paint Walsh says there's no ceiling to creativity the table for their neighboring houses on later," replies a room­ their own table." with the beer pong table obsession. Cleveland Avenue and asked the· foursome, mate with a shrug and a Senior George "I love it," she says. "I guess it's because including Bleinberger, for help in making their laugh. Jefferson and junior in a college apartment, what else can you show own. The new business P.artners have gone on Although expres­ Ashleih Walsh have off, you know? Especially at a party - a lot of to help approximately 60 other clients. sion and art are major done just that, and taken people have other nice things like guys hav.ing The company quickly acquired its small components to an the idea of customization huge TVs, but at a party you don't really see business license and Limited Liability admirable beer pong to the next level. that stuff. Especially at a party when it's dark Company status, which Bleinberger says is for table, convenience is Jefferson's table in here, you can still see the lights going. I "if things break." The license hangs on the another important asset is a replica of the univer­ think it's also become like a competition - wall in the foyer of one of the two neighboring in having a table worth sity's basketball court in everybody wants to have the nicest one." Like saving money? Step · into my office.

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BY JOE ZIMMERMANN When she returned from the Staff Reporter camp, Smith had just a few days to When Tyresa Smith first wait before the WNBA draft. walked onto the Bob Carpenter "Those were such tough days Ceuter court a little less than four because you're just waiting and years ago; she l~ft an impressive waiting for the draft, and it's hard trail of high school accolades in not to think about it," Smith said. her wake. 2003 Delaware State "Tuesday night [before Player of the Year, as selected by Wednesday's draft] I couldn't sleep Gatorade and the Wilmington at all." News Journal. First team all-state Smith would not have to sweat as a junior and senior and a state out the draft by herself, though. champion at Polytech High School Martin threw Smith a draft party at in Dover. · Buffalo Wild Wings on Elkton Still, despite her accomplish­ Road. Smith said her family and ments, women's basketball head team were there to cheer her on, as coach Tina Martin· did ·not think well as news reporter-s and the freshman Tyresa Smith was ready men's. basketball coacl}.ing staff. for big time college basketball at She said she was tiot exactly first. sure ~here she would go, but felt "A lot of kids come in here she might go to Detroit with the and they're not ready for Division 11th pick or to Minnesota with the I basketball," Martin said. "Tyresa 15th selection. ·When North was not ready to compete at that Carolina's Ivory Latta fell to the level when. she got here." . Shock at the 11th pick, Smith was Oh, how much has changed in bumped out of the first round. four years. · · "After the first round was over · Smith transformed herself and they didn't call my name, I from an unsure, lanky freshman wasn't disappointed," she said. into a chiseled, confident, scoring "The whole time I was nervous, dynamo. In the 2006-2007 season,. but I had a feeling I might go at the the 5-foot 10-inch Smith showed end of the first round or the begin­ she was ready for the national spot­ ning of the second so I just had to light, totaling 19.8 points, 7.5 wait." rebounds and 2.5 steals per game Smith eventually landed in - leading the Hens to their first Phoenix at the 18th pick, which NCAA tournament berth since THE REVIIiW!File Photo was a surprise to her because she 2001. . Senior guard Tyresa Smith, Delaware's second all-time leading scorer, is the first Hen to make the WNBA. said the Mercury showed her little Smith's long journey from interest at the pre-draft camp. . high school recruit to . senior phe­ her game to the next level but she "Playing in the tournament became aware of the professional Martin said an assistant coach from nom finally paid off when she .was did it. She belongs." was a really good experience, but interest late in the season. Still, the the Mercury commented to her selected 18th overall in the 2007 Smith has been on a roller­ right after the game, Coach Martin fleet-footed guard was thoroughly during the camp how impressed WNBA draft by the · Phoenix coaster ride since March 18, when · said I had a chance to be selected shocked when she found out she the team was with Smith, but that Mercury on Wednesday. the Hens fell to No. 5 seed to go to the WBNA pre-draft camp was invited to play in the March was the extent of Phoenix's verbal "She's worked extremely hard Michigan State in the opening in Cleveland," Smith said. 29-31 ~amp three days after the interest. to get better and this has been a round of the NCAA tournament. The camp, which invites the Hens loss in the NCAA tourna­ After her name was called, progress four years in the making," The star Hen had little time to nation's top 40 seniors to work out ment. Smith said the entire restaurant Martin said. "She wanted to take lament the loss, though. for WNBA coaches and general Smith said she was initially "went crazy" and her mom began managers, serves a similar role as fazed by the prospect of competing to cry. Martin told her after the the NFL's Scouting Combine in against the nation's best in front of selection that it could not happen Indianapolis. While Smith anx­ WNBA brass, but soon found her to a better person. ook iously waited to see if she was own groove. After the draft, Smith talked to selected to go to the camp, Martin · "I was a little nervous going the Mercury ~eneral manager Ann K FACTS: tYRESA SMITH already had a good idea that Smith into the ·camp, but once we got Meyers Drysdale. Drysdale said would be invited. going I settled down," she said. she was looking forward to coming 2 games during 2006-2007 season, First Team All-: "During the year, several "There were assistant coaches and out to Delaware to meet Smith and WNBA scouts came to some regu­ GM's there to watch us. I ·had a · Defensive Player of the Year in each of the past ~o was excited to have her on the ed CAA in scoring for '06-'07. lar-season games;" she said. "I really great time and it was a lot of team. knew there were three scouts at the fun. Training camp starts April22. eraged 19.8 ppg, 7.5 rpg, shot 44 percent from the field, 73 per­ James Madison game when Tyresa "At the same time, I wanted to Martin said Smith's work from the free-throw line, 19 total blocks, 82 total steals. scored 32 points, and that was big show people that I could play with ethic will pay off in the WNBA, because [the Dukes] were national­ these kids because I felt I had but she should also remember • Team's leading scorer in 26 of 32 games this year, including the ly ranked at the time." something to prove." · Martin's season-long slogan. last 17 games. Martin and her coaching staff Smith hit a positive chord with "I always say, 'It doesn't mat­ tried hard to shield Smith from the many coaches and general man­ ter what's on your shirt, it matters • First Blue Hen ever selected in WNBA Draft, No. 18 overall by . WNBA scouts for . fear that the agers, especially after she scored what's in your heart.' And in the Phoenix Mercury. Will join the Mercury's Diana Taurasi, who led added attention would put her off 18 points on eight of nine shooting Tyresa's heart, it's competitive­ her game. Martin said Smith only in a scrimmage game. the WNBA in poi~ts per game with 25.3 last year. ness." )1t A~nllO. 2007 35 Transfer's academic past questioned More Egerson 's high school grades puts Delaware in national spotlight

BY JASON TOMASSINI University and based on his grades at put Egerson in question, there are mixed opin­ Schofield said the reports were erroneous Managing Sports Editor Georgetown, he was admitted to Delaware." ions. The Times report in February 2006 quoted and that Egerson, along with his other students, Despite coming off its worst season in Egerson could not be reached for com­ former Lutheran players saying that they were struggled in a public school system low on school history, the outlook for the men's bas­ ment. not expected to take classes and basketball was resources but shined in a more caring environ­ ketball team has been unusually sunny so far Ross said when recruiting a transfer, high their only responsibility. On March 5, the ment at Lutheran and at the university level. this off-season. Head coach Monte Ross had school academic performance does not come NCAA announced it would no longer accept "We have no dumb kids, some schools enlisted two transfers and four freshman into play. He looks at the player's academic academic transcripts from Lutheran. care more than others," Schofield said. "Public recruits to join the team for his second season at standing at his previous university and deter­ Lutheran head basketball coach Darryl school teachers don't care, because of the way the helm. mines if the athlete could compete in the class­ Schofield said the NCAA's ruling was a result the system is. The system is not structured with But shortly after the season ended, yet room at Delaware. of The Times any discipline." another dark cloud moved in to loom over the "One of the report and had no He said Egerson spent two summers at program. stories that should "One of the stories that merit. Lutheran while enrolled at Delaware public A March 30 report by Pete Thamel of The be written that has "There was so schools, which helped him gain admission to New York Times indicated one of the Hens' not been written is should be written ... is about much made about Lutheran for a full year after high school. transfers, sophomore forward Marc Egerson about a young man a young man who did not me and the pro­ "Had Marc stayed [at Lutheran], he from Georgetown, did not meet the NCAA's who did not do gram that [the would've been in a better position, but Marc minimum academic requirements while at well in high do well in high school, but NCAA] felt it had went back and [the Delaware public schools] McKean High School and Glasgow High school, but "turns to do something," let him slide again," Schofield said. "But Marc School in Delaware. himself around turns himself around." . Schofield said. is a great kid, a kid with a whole lot of charac­ Because Egerson was unable to graduate and got things "I'm always made ter. He comes from a great family." from those public high schools, he went to a done at a presti­ - head.coach Monte Ross on out to be the bad Schofield said many Division I basketball year of prep school at Lutheran Christian gious university transfer forward Marc Egerson guy. The state­ players have academic records worse than Academy in Philadelphia, a school with suspect like Georgetown," ments that [The Egerson's records at McKean and Glasgow, but academic integrity according to The Times Ross said. "But, Times] took, they the NC~ and the media tum a blind eye when report. After graduating from Lutheran, he you know what? That will never sell newspa­ took from kids with no character." it comes to players that can generate revenue. gained eligibility for the NCAA and was given pers." He said The Times report was published "If a fucking cigarette company comes in a scholarship from Georgetown. Edgar Johnson, athletic director, echoed before his evaluation from the NCAA and. that [to the NCAA] and says we'll give you $10 The report was published during Ross' statements, applauding Georgetown for he is confident his school has reached an aca­ million, they'll run their ass out and tell every­ Georgetown's NCAA Tournament run to the giving Egerson a chance and applauding demic status that will result in reinstatement by body to smoke," Schofield said. "If the kids are Final Four and put the academic standards of its Egerson for vindicating the institution's judg­ the NCAA. going to make money for them, it's OK, but if basketball program, as well as Delaware's, ment and performing well. Schofield said the school had 35 students the kid isn't going to make money for them, under fire. Johnson also said it was unfair for The before The Times report, but now they enroll then it doesn't matter." Ross said Egerson met all academic Times to leak Egersot'l.'s high school transcripts, only 12, nine of whom are basketball players. Egerson is currently enrolled for spring requirements while at Georgetown and had no which reported that he held a 1.33 GPA in core The Times reported Lutheran lowered aca­ semester at Delaware and will be eligible to reason to question Egerson's ability in the courses and scored in the 600s on the SATs. demic standards to lure high-profile basketball play for the Hens when the 2007 Fall Semester classroom when recruiting him. "Georgetown University gave an individ­ players and boosted their grades to make them concludes. "No favors were done for me, for the bas­ ual a chance and the individual delivered," eligible for the NCAA. The NCAA has a slid­ ketball program, in regards to Marc," Ross said. Johnson said. ing scale for its eligibility requirements: a high­ Check next Thesday's issue for an in-depth "What happened was, he went to Georgetown As for Lutheran Christian, the school that er GPA can compensate for a low SAT score. look at recruiting at the university. NFL Draft watch: charting tight end Ben. Pcltrick UD All-American meets with Eagles coaching staff last week . , BY BRENDAN REED days after his lifting sessions he heads to the football field to Patrick will undoubted­ Sports Editor sharpen his skills. · ly meet with more teams If anyone could understand the phrase "calm berore the "Usually I'll go out to the guy's football practice, watch, before the draft, but for storm" these days, it's Ben Patrick. The former Delaware tight and then afterwards I'll run some routes and catch sorne balls now .he said he will end, projected to be taken on the first day of the NFL Draft with [Delaware quarterback] Joe [Fiacco] and a couple of the spend the next few (April28-29, New York City) admits his life has slowed down a other receivers," he said. "I'm training to be ready for football days on campus and bit compared to a few weeks ago when he participated in the camp instead of specific drills so the training is a little different." then · head down to NFL Scouting Combine. But for someone who is going through He has now done everything he physically can to impress Atlanta to train with this stressful process, Patrick seems relaxed and prepared to ful­ teams that might think about taking him in the draft. While he his brother. fill his childhood dream of playing in the NFL. cannot run the 40-yard dash or improve his vertical leap, Patrick "It's a game of "For the most part, the middle of the day is just hanging out can improve his stock through personal visits with NFL coach­ speed in the NFL and with friends," the 6-foot-4-inch 250-pound Patrick said. es. Last week, Patrick met with the entire coaching staff of the I'm definitely trying "Sometimes I go for runs on campus just to change up the Philadelphia Eagles. He said the meeting had the dual purpose to get faster," ht scenery, ·but for the most part it's not too complicated right of allowing the coaches to better assess his character - some­ said. "But at the now." thing that carries a lot of weight in the NFL these days -as well same time, --1 want to t If it is not too complicated now, it once was. Patrick has as determine his football IQ. maintain my strength. 1; spent the past few months with other former college players at "I met their entire coaching staff on Wednesday," Patrick My brother has a little the NFL Combine and at their respective Pro Days. At said. "Then on Thursday their position coach [Eagles tight end experience in personal Delaware's Pro Day, held on campus last month, Patrick worked coach Tom Melvin] and I went over some of the things the training so hopefully he out for NFL scouts, catching balls and performing other foot­ Eagles do." can help me out." ball-related drills. It is normal for draft prospects to go on multiple personal But just because his scout work­ visits before the draft and there is no limit as to how many vis­ Part one in a three-part outs have ended does not mean his its players can have. Patrick said his agent lets him know when series about Patrick's personal ones have. Patrick lifts the visits are, but did reveal he's meeting with the New York Jets preparations for the NFL weights every morning tomorrow. Some players projected to go in the top 10 overall can Draft. from nine to 11. Most visit as many 20 teams. · 3 6 Aori! 10. 2QQZ ~ Gay athletes still face challenges Three Hens speak out about dealing with sexuality of UD

BY JOE ZIMMERMANN mates. One member of the Staff Reporter women's rowing team who In the spring of 2003, Andrea requested to remain anonymous Zirnbardi was in a position that said she has endured both good and most college softball players can bad times since she came out her only dream about: she and the rest sophomore year. of the University of Florida Gators "In some sports, it's easier were on their way to qualifying for interacting with gay . teammates the NCAA playoffs. Zirnbardi, the because you're not traveling with team's Southeastern Conference them and sharing beds with them," honor roll catcher, was a senior and she said. "In rowing, it's different. I a captain, a former walk-on that don't want to say that some girls had battled through two knee sur­ are ignorant, but that's what comes geries to win the respect and affec­ to mind when we travel. They're tion of her teammates. afraid that if we sleep in the same Zimbardi's senior season room I'll try to come on to them at would be short-lived, however. She night." was kicked off the team in March · While she has many support­ of that year after her' coach, Karen ive teammates, many others were Johns, alleged that Zirnbardi had hostile toward homosexuality started rumors about an assistant before word had surfaced that she coach and about the program. The was gay. real reason she was booted from "My freshman year, before I the squad, Zimbardi suspected, was even realized I was gay, a lot of the because she was a lesbian. Outcast girls would talk about how they as a pariah by the devoutly wouldn't want to live next to ales­ Christian coach, she could only bian or raise their kids next to a gay watch from the Gainesville grand­ couple," she said." After my soph­ stands as her team advanced in the omore year, they didn't really talk playoffs without her. . about it anymore." Two years, a school settlement She said she is friendly, but and coaching change later, distant from most of the team and Zimbardi - who came to the uni­ she's often uncomfortable when versity last April to speak about her she hangs out with teammates experiences - has put the past socially. behind her. But her case lingers as "It's hard to hang out with the a reminder of the hardships that girls when we party because a lot gay athletes continue to face in the of them are just focused on getting 21st century. drunk and hooking up with guys While a flurry of gay male ath­ and going home with guys and I letes have made headlines over the can't relate to that. They see me past few years, most notably' the hanging out with lesbians, so they mid-February announcement by think, 'If I spend time with her, and former NBA player John Amaechi, she likes girls, will I end up liking there have been fewer publicized girls?'" • cases of female athletes coming The rower said the only way out. Many of those have been ten·­ for teams in all sports to accept gay nis stars, perhaps the most famous members is through better educa­ examples being Billie Jean King tion. and Martina Navratilova in the "Some people are just shel­ early 1980s. tered and there are things they need However, for one Delaware to learn," she said. athlete, the recent gay revelation of Education is one of the focus­ current teJllliS great Amelie Courtesy of Lauren Stephenson es of HAVEN, Delaware's lesbian, Mauresmo has proved to be inspi­ Senior track and cross country runner Lauren Stephenson came out to her teammates freshman year and gay, bisexual and transgender stu­ rational. Senior track and cross called it "ail extremely p_ositive experience." dent organization. country runner Lauren Stephenson Furtado joined HAVEN in the views Mauresmo as a personal "When I came out to my teammates cal 'butch' lesbian," she said. "In ty], but I talked about it openly fall to better connect to other stu­ hero. freshman year, no one made a big some respects, it's to my advantage with my teammates," she said. "My dents in Delaware's gay communi­ "Here is Amelie Mauresmo, deal about it, they said 'so what?' I so people don't label me as some­ teammates were great. Everyone ty. She attended the first meeting the former No. 1 tennis player in don't feel like I'm defined by my thing right off the bat." knows about it now, and this year I with a teammate from the club bas­ the world, and she's tough and sexuality. Junior Stacey Furtado does not fit didn't hide it from the freshmen. A ketball team who joined her to muscular," says Stephenson. "And "It was an extremely positive the common lesbian stereotype few of the freshmen playet=S are show her support. Since that meet­ one of her competitors, Maria experience and I've been lucky to Stephenson references either. The also gay and out about it." ing, she has become increasingly Sharapova, is about to face her and have not had any bad experiences 5-foot 4-inch club basketball point Furtado said perceptions of engaged in the organization and accuses Mauresmo of being a man so far." guard said she is all about ball han­ gay female athletes vary sport-by­ often works with Stephenson, the when she played, but she stayed Stephenson attributed the lack dling on the court, and says many sport, but in general it's stereotypi­ group's vice-president. strong and did not let it affect .her of problems on her athletic teams people think that lesbians are not cally ·assumed that many female Stephenson has been trying to game." to differences between male and supposed to be quick or agile or athletes are gay. incorporate the Delaware athletic Stephenson is also a gay ath­ female · athletes. Female~ are have finesse. "For men, the stereotypes community into more of HAYEN's lete and is driven by that kind of warmer and seem more accepting Furtado's hero is WNBA great aren't there, unless you count activities. strength and determination while than guys, she said, while a typical Sheryl Swoopes, the 36-year-old men's figure skating," Furtado "As the vice-president of she rehabilitates from nerve dam­ male athlete is supposed to be three-time WNBA MVP who came said. HAVEN, I'm really pushing for age suffered last season. manly and macho. If a male athlete out publicly in October 2005. The Massachusetts native said more recognition and awareness of The Long Island, N.Y., native doesn't ftt that profile, they're After a breakup with her her positive exp,erience is most gay athletes in the athletic commu­ came out to close friends during stereotyped by teammates as boyfriend, Furtado came out to likely due to Delaware's liberal nity," she said. "I would like to do her senior year in high school and effeminate or gay and won't be friends during the summer after her atmosphere. If she went to a school some sensitivity training for coach­ to track_ teammates during her considered as strong of a player, freshman yeaF at Delaware. She like Brigham Young University (a .es and teammates. I want to let peo­ freshman year at Delaware. For she said. claimed she was "still getting used traditionally Mormon school in ple know that being gay does not Stephenson, she has faced more Stephenson also said her lean, to things" in the fall of her sopho­ Utah), she said, things would prob­ affect how you play, and some challenges in dealing with her fit cross-country runner body does more year at the start of the club ably have been different for her. coaches need to understand this. injury than as a gay athlete. not distinguish her as a lesbian to basketball season. Not all Delaware lesbian ath­ "I never want to see what hap­ "I never felt any kind of pres­ many people. "I didn't really make an letes have had positive experiences pened to Andrea Zimbardi happen sure as a gay athlete," she said .. "I don't look like a stereotypi- announcement about [my sexuali- coming out and dealing with team- here at Delaware." Jt AprillO, 2007 37 Since you've been gone ... <:ommentacy beyond the flagstick. Effortless, A_look at Delaware athletics during Spring Break like everything else he does. .. This is not British Literature; • Men's lacrosse-The Hens (6- head coach Kim Ciarrocca going on to win 7-1. Delaware third in the words of Shooter McGavin, 4, 1-1 Colonial Athletic Association) announced senior co-captain baseman Ryan Jablonski had a "This is golfl" If Nantz came out to went 1-1 during Spring Break, Stephanie McQuade would miss the career-high four hits. a local municipal course in defeating Hofstra 6-5 on March 24 rest of the season with a tom ACL. Scoring two runs in the top of Newark, would he still be talking and losing 12-6 to No. 5 Against VIrginia Tech, McCrudden the second inning was enough to give like this? Duke just six days later. and freshman Courtney Aburn each the Hens a 2-1 win against Georgia Charles ''Chuckwagon" After defeating the Pride had four goals and two assists. Aburn State on March 30. Delaware pitch­ Bratkowksi steps onto the tee. His in its conference opener, became the first Delaware freshman ers Brent Gaphardt, Chad Kerfoot polyester polka-dot shorts are Delaware moved up the since 1993 to tally six points in one and David Slovak allowed just one interacting beautifully with the polls from No. 14 to No. game. Flego and sophomore run on five hits while striking out brownish-yellow tee box. He s 12, but the loss ~~ Debbie Sloan each added three eight. In game two, with the score JASON TOMASSINI wearing his Sunday red shirt ... to the Blue \\'\\; goals in the win. tied at seven after nine innings, actually I'm hearing from Lanny Devils dropped Senior midfielder Katie Delaware went ahead by one in the A tradition unlike any its a spaghetti stain, what a fear­ the Hens back Muth posted a career-high top of the tenth inning. But in the bot­ other, and lets keep it less competitor. He addresses his to No. 14. seven points in Delaware's tom of the tenth, the Panthers glow-in-the-dark ball at the 98- The game CAA-opening 16-15 win answered back with two runs to win that way yard par-3 eighth. He hits a high against Hofstra snapped against Towson on April 1. the game 9-8. In the rubber match of towering shot - like only the Hens' two-game los­ Because of their play last the series, the Hens were up 7-3 CBS is lucky I like golf so Chuckwagon can - heading right ing streak and was their week, Muth earned the CAA heading into the bottom of the ninth. much. for thejlagstick ... ofthe 13th hole. 13th win in the last 14 Player of the Week award and A two-out grand slam for Georgia ·They are lucky it is one of my Effortless, just like everything else games at Rullo Stadium. Aburn was named Rookie State tied up the game and for the favorite sports, they are lucky I am he does, including his job as mall The Hens were without sen­ of the Week - making second-straight game, the teams were half-decent at it and they are lucky security. ior attackman Cam Howard it the second time headed for extra innings. In the 13th The Masters is one of my favorite The bottom line is, coverage (knee injury), senior mid­ in school history inning, Georgia State won the game weekends of the year. Because for of The Masters, and golf in gener­ fielder Jordan Hall (one­ Delaware has with a walk-off single. all of the sappy, dramatic dweebery al, might be appealing to old farts, game suspension) and ~ ' won both awards in Two days later, Delaware beat I have to put up with just to watch but it is alienating the future dads junior midfielder the same week. La Salle 12-9. The Hens then lost 7-6 it, they probably should have lost a across America. Vincent Giordano (foot injury) but The No. 20 Hens beat George to George Mason, but won the next viewer by now. When the most popular golfer were led by sophomore attackman Mason 15-11, but lost 19-16 to No. 6 two games 6-2 and 12-0, taking the From the floral names given to is a young, charismatic black man Chris Hichbom who scored two James Madison since Spring Break series. each of Augusta National's holes, who appears in Nike commercials, goals. Senior midfielder Dan has ended. The Hens are away to Delaware to the broad, borderline-eerie smile has his own video game and is Deckelbaum extended his point-scor­ State today at 3 p.m. from Jim Nantz in Butler Cabin at married to a supermodel, golf ing streak to 17 straight games by • Baseball - Spring Break for the Green Jacket Ceremony every should not be restricted to middle­ adding a goal and an assist. the Hens was a rollercoaster • Softball - The Hens went year,· The Masters has cemented. aged executives. In Durham, N.C., a slow start starting out on a 4-4 during Spring Break. In itself as the most pretentious event The inability to appeal to a resulted in a 12-6 loss to the Blue an -8-7 win over their first game - a double­ in sports. The fact that I have to younger audience starts with Devils. Delaware, which has not then dipping at Drexel capitalize "Green," "Jacke~," and CBS's broadcast team. None of played Duke since 1989, scored five Delaware went on a 1Uelaware scored once in the "Ceremony," should be proof them are within a John Daly drive of its six goals in the final period. The game losing streak, --··'-'---..-.~ inning and again in the enough of that. of 40 years old, and their inane, loss to Duke was the third of the sea­ again with wins over to cement a 2-1 win. I understand The Masters is, technical golf chatter is about as son to a top-10 opponent. Freshman State and Georgia State, then pitcher Carolynn according to CBS, a "tradition confusing as. the IBM business Kevin Kaminski and sophomore ing with two extra-inning losses ~o.::.~ •.,tu.i1LWent seven innings, giv­ unlike any other," but every tradi­ consulting commercials aired dur­ Nick LoManto each scored twice for Georgia State. up just one run on five tion is unlike any other, that's what ing most tournaments. I'm not say­ Delaware who was down 5-0 after The Hens (9-16, 5-7 CAA) while striking out three. makes it a tradition - it is differ­ ing golf coverage should be turned the first period. Hall returned from used a four-run eighth to beat the nightcap, Drexel ent from everything else. The into "Happy Gilmore," but drop­ his suspension and added a goal and Hofstra in the first game of£ the winning run in the Super Bowl is a tradition unlike ping the cheesy puns ("Tiger roars an assist while Deckelbaum scored a their series, but lost the next of the sixth and won any other, so is the World Series. again!") and the goofy jacket cere­ goal. two 5-4 and 16-8. In the top; 5-4, splitting the doublehead­ Maybe if there were another golf monies (sorry, Jacket Ceremonies), Drexel shut out Delaware in the of the ninth of the second The three-game series tournament' at Augusta National would help keep the youth of today April 7 game's final21 minutes giv­ game, Delaware shortstop concluded one day later with the best players in the world from changing the ·channel. ing the Hens their _second-straight Alex Buchholz turned --.. with Drexel win- called "Screw You,, This Is The But possibly the most crucial loss. The 7-11 loss had some bright unassisted triple play . ning 6-5. Masters," I could see a reason for step - a step that brings up a spots as the Hens led in almost every the ninth triple play The Hens CBS pointing it out. whole other set of issues in sports category and Hall's point-scoring school · history. gave up four runs After more than 70 years of - is to add some diversity to golf. streak improved to 23 games and though the Hens the bottom of the sev­ the tournament that America loves A 2003 study by the National Golf Deckelbaum's moved to 19. six more hits than enth inning, allowing the Dragons to so much, it should b~ time for CBS Foundation found that 15 percent The next game for Delaware is Pride, hitting into four double plays come from behind and win. to stop acting like The Masters is of white adults were golfers. The at Rullo Stadium against Towson on prevented many scoring opportuni­ On March 26, the Hens swept some ballet that viewers are privi­ NGF also reported that 97 percent Aprilll. ties. In the final game of the series, Delaware State in a doubleheader. leged to watch. Sure, no matter of the golf courses that closed last struck early by scor­ The Hens won the first game 2-1 how they cover the event, CBS is year were public, the only tracks us • Women's lacrosse- The nine runs in the with the help of strong pitching from going to get the same ratings, but college kids can afford to play. Hens' three wins during two innings. For Sloat. She went seven innings giving for us college students who will be These statistics prove the break helped bring the ~uu-.JlJu Hens, Scott up six hits, one run and struck out watching this tournament for the whole focus of golf is based Hens up to a respectable 5-3 Shockley and Adam five. Sloat's five strikeouts improved next 40 years, it's time to tone it around old, rich, white men. 1-0 in the CAA. The team, was on Tsakonas each had three her career total to 555 tying her for down. Augusta National's history of not four-game winning streak - · hits and Ryan Jablonski the school record. In the second I recently found an interview allowing women or African­ longest since starting the 2000 sea­ · a home run and game, Delaware scored five runs in of Jim Nantz conducted before last Americans into its club screams son 8-0- was ranked No. 20 in RBI. the top of the first inning and went on year's Masters. Even off camera he "old rich white men" like the last week's Intercollegiate In the first round to win 8-0 in six innings. oozes with sappy, dramatic lan­ Republican National Convention. Women's Lacrosse Coaches the Liberty Bell In a three-game series at guage. During the interview, it The way CBS covers the Masters Association Top 20 poll. It was at Bob Towson, the Hens lost the March 31 quickly becomes evident there is a and the way the PGA and its play­ the first time the Hens were .... Ho

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