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The University of Delaware's independent student newspaper since 1882 | udreview.com “The big bad wolf of drug culture” Armed Inside the Delaware heroin epidemic robber) maybe drug- related

SARAH GIBSON Senior Reporter

On Feb. 27 at approximately 1:20 a.m., three still unidentified men armed with handguns robbed a home on the 200 block of E. Main Street. The robbery allegedly was drug related and the home may have been specifically targeted, according to police. The suspects stole the victims’ cell phones as well as money, identification documents and drugs. There were JACK BEATSON/ THE REVIEW three victims in the home. None of After nearly $500,000 worth of drugs were discovered in Delaware, it is evident that there is a heroin epidemic present in the state. them required medical attention. According to the home’s resident, a 21-year-old university student who has yet to be publicly JACK BEATSON good friends, as well as classmates, he knew w hat he w as in for, got him all anymore at that point,” he said. identified, was at home with two Staff Reporter since we ere young. Throughout set to go. Thorton, in his current state After two months of his bingeing, friends when the suspects knocked his teenage years, Thorton dabbled of mind, was not v ery concerned about a group of his friends confronted him on his door. When he answered, On Feb. 17, The News Journal in many different areas of drugs the long term effects of the drug. .As about his usage and told him it had the suspects struck him in the announced that 48,000 bags of heroin —everything from psychedelics to he had once kicked an addiction to gone too far. Thorton realized that face, possibly with a handgun. had been seized from a total of five narcotics, including experimental Oxycodone, a commonly abused they were right and quit cold turkey, A friend of the victims, who New ark and New Castle area residents. research chemicals, such as MXE, a painkiller, he convinced himself that he said. wished to remain anonymous, This amount, worth 5488,000, is the drug which functions primarily as an he could beat heroin, that it would be a For eight months he once again was not at the house during the largest seizing in the state’s history; antidepressant. Thorton did his best one-time thing or, at worst, something enjoy ed a heroin-free life and he had robbery. However, they said they Delaware’s heroin epidemic has not to discriminate when it came to the he did on occasion. no temptations to go back to using, knew more about the robbery than exploded in the past couple of years; use of drugs, but even for him, heroin “The first time doing that stuff Thorton said. That is, until one day the press release told. the drug took 180 lives in 2015 and w as off limits. was pure euphoria,” Thorton said. “1 when he was shov eling the snow from “It was a random robbery, but has continued to work its way into “It’s the big, bad wolf of drug honestly couldn't have cared about his driveway and began to develop everybody is fine,” they said. “They circulation in both the downtown and culture,” Thorton said. “It’s like...not anything even if 1 wanted to.” terrible back pains. got some money taken from their suburban areas of Wilmington. ev en the potheads will do this!” A month later, Thorton tried As the pain got worse, Thorton wallets and their phones taken.” Nineteen-year-old W ilmington How ever, when Thorton was 17 he heroin for the second time. This time began to think more about returning They said the victims found resident James Thorton, whose name found himself caught up in the middle he began to seize and his friends drove to using He sought out one of his their phones outside the house has been changed, has had more of some heroin users. They were not him home while he was v omiting. friends, purchased a bag usually after the robbery took place. than his fair share of experiences people with whom he generally hung “I didn’t really think that it was a containing 100 milligrams of heroin, Victims described the with drugs. He has seen the effects of out around, but shortly into their problem at the time,” Thorton said. “I for 10 dollars. Thorton’s relapse lasted suspects as, “light-skinned black heroin firsthand and fought against time together, the group began using. thought 'oh, I just did too much.’” for fiv e days. males, approximately 18-22 years its addictive properties not once, but Thorton recalls an initial intent to stay His usage only continued to get Thorton was high on heroin of age,” according to a police press twice. away from the substance, but as he more frequent from there. It got to at virtually every minute of those release. .All three suspects were “I was very fond of pot,” Thorton continued to be exposed to its usage, a the point where he was snorting the five days, he said. He was hardly wearing dark colored sweatpants, said, sitting across from me on a desire began to creep over him. powder as much as he possibly could, home during this time, and was sweatshirts with the hoods up and couch in my apartment’s living room. “I was dealing with terrible said Thorton. He often found himself mixing depressants with stimulants bandanas obscuring their faces. “Smoking pot was my thing. At least, depression - it w as extremely bad. And nodding off during his classes, and constantly as well. Police have no more so 1 thought.” so 1 though' ‘y ou know what? F—k it!”’ was overwhelmed with a feeling of information on the suspects. Thorton and I have been fairly he said. general apathy. See HEROIN on page 3 His friends, after confirming that “I wasn’t really feeling much Newark crime trending down

JILLIAN HAMMOND according to university police Chief Since the app has been created, there Tieman said. said. Staff Reporter Patrick Ogden and Captain Jason has been more help from students With robberies down and Freshman Sarah Harlan said she Pires. This advantage has allowed reporting crimes, Ogden said. clearances up, this allows officers to has never felt threatened but does During the past six years, the dispatchers to notify officers and The goal for the UDPD, Ogden said, have the upper hand on offenders. notice consistent UD alerts for a university has seen a decrease in prevent crimes Ogden said. is to not just arrest away problems. “I think word goes out if you get specific location. crime on and off campus with nev The UDPD has added another “Our mission is to get out in front caught in Newark, you have a good “That’s the only thing I feel like technology sources, programs and detective who focuses on crime of the problem,” Ogden said. chance of getting picked up,’ Tieman I’ve been getting alerts about, is stuff methods used by the University of analysis. This detective sees when, The effort from the UDPD and said. happening on Cleveland Avenue,” Delaware Police Department (UDPD) where and what time crime happens. the NPD has been able to decrease New surveillance cameras and Harlan said. and the Newark Police Department This then allows police to deploy crime in the city of Newark. The NPD license plate readers have allowed Senior Brad Wolak has noticed (NPD). resources to a scene, Ogden said. specifically has reported an overall 48 officers to solve crimes and follow a decrease. He remembers freshman Between the years of 2010 to Unlike previous years, the UDPD percent decrease in “Part 1” offenses up on previous crimes. Social media year, getting three alerts a week for 2015, the UDPD has reported an has more officers in the field. Ogden since 2006. has also helped with sending alerts Haines Street. Though Wolak sees overall 44.87 percent decrease in “Part said they have officers on bikes, on Since Chief Paul M. Tieman joined according to Lt. Bill Hargrov e. alerts have decreased, current alerts 1” offenses, which includes aggravated foot and ones in plain clothes. the NPD in 2007, many changes have Both departments hope to have described more violent offenses. assault, tneft and robbery. Chief Ogden assures that adding been made to decrease crime. connect with the public through “You can’t get it to zero," Wolak The UDPD has implemented new these different officers will only help The department has been things like the “Copline Bling” video said. programs and technology sources that make the univ ersity community safer. fixusing on its Street Crimes Unit and the “HugACop” event. UDPD has The UDPD plans to continue the have allowed it to track crime more “The people who commit these and Fall Suppression plan, which also added two new officers who will use of their new programs and remain efficiently than before. robberies are looking for an easy places officers in spots with high walk and talk with students to build a open to new methods. In 2010, the police department target,” Ogden said. criminal activity. This has helped with rapport with them. “It’s extremely safe, but we try to started with 35 video cameras in the The LiveSafe app has also helped, pre' ention, Tieman said. Students have their own views. figure out ways to make it safer,” lires field. Over the last five years, nearly Ogden said. It allows students to A grant helped the NPD with its Sophomore Olivia Roclore said she felt said. 430 cameras have been accounted for, submit tips anonymously and receive Special Operations Unit. These officers students received more UD alerts last instant feedback from dispatchers. only focus on quality of life issues, year. The' are not as frequent now, she

LU DON’T MESS WITH LO BOOK BANDIT VICTIMS TAKE THE STAGE □ < MM The Review followed a Main Street Student-founded app creates new A closer look at the journey of Sage Carson I O) parking policewoman on her beat textbook martketplace and Harry Lewis £ z NEWS Page 3 NEWS Page 4 MOSAIC Page 9 MARCH 8, 2016 2 udreview.com

11? - Free Lunch Friday Speaker Series, *ENC 11:10 -12:10 p.m., Venture Develop­ ment Center - SCPAB Presents: “Spotlight,” 8 -1 0 English 110 Book Bandit IT IK 1 p.m., Trabant Theatre II 1 - Perkins Live: WVUD Open Mic, 9 - 11:30 p.m., Perkins Student Center There is a lack of consistency A student startup has cut out within English 110. While it is a the middleman in the secondhand required class, all students have Main Street rent textbook market on campus. different experiences. Jim Jannuzzio, a junior, John Ernest, the chair of the Main Street’s storefronts have launched his book selling app, English department, said he knows experienced a surge in rent pricing. BookBandit, in January Available TUESDAY, MARCH 8 SATURDAY, MARCH 12 English is a complicated subject. Rich Dudek, a listing agent online, in the App Store and on There are 200 sections of English for Patterson-Woods Commercial Google Play, BookBandit allows - City Year Information Session, 4 - 5 110 for 4,000 students a year, Properties, has represented many university students to sell their - iMusic IX Concert, 5:30 p.m., Mitchell p.m„ Gore Hall 114 which is a real logistical problem. Main Street properties. He said used books directly to other Hall - Project Sunshine's UDance Chipotle Ernest said it’s hard for within the past 10 years, Main students to avoid getting undercut - Weekly Blues Dance, 7 p.m., Central Fundraiser, 5 - 9 p.m., Chipotle Perk students to care about a required Street has begun to thrive like by bookstores. Mexican Grill - Trabant Now NSBE Fashion Show class, and the English deoartment never before—it has become a The university is the primary - Harlem Globetrotters Performance, 7 Afterparty, 10 p.m. - 3 a.m., Trabant MPR understands that. Therefore the destination of sorts. market for the app right now, but p.m., Bob Carpenter Center program has been going through To date, Dudek’s biggest every college in the Unites States - USC Quizzo: TV Series with 5+ revamping for a few years now, he transaction remains the Main is also available on the app. It is Seasons, 7 - 8 p.m., Perkins Student Center, West Lounge said. Street Court apartments, which currently in use at schools such as he sold for $9.75 million. He said the University of Arizona, Clemson part of the reason it has become University and LaSalle University. such destination is the amount In order to register with vehicular and pedestrian traffic on BookBandit, a university email WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 SUNDAY, MARCH 13 Main Street everyday. must be provided and a Facebook Many of the vacant spaces account must be linked, Jannuzzio ready for leasing on Main Street said. - Employer Mock Interviews, 1 - 4 - Sit-In & Study Sunday, 2 p.m., Purnell have high mortgages, often much p.m.. Career Services Center, Hall 236 & 116 more than their estimated worth. Workshop Room - Baseball vs. Birmingham, 1 p.m., Bob - UD Writing Center Spring Workshop Hannah Stadium Series, 3:30 - 5 p.m., Morris Library, Room 017 - REP Presents: “To Kill A Mockingbird," 7:30 p.m Center for the Arts, Thompson Theatre

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Students in a convertible drive down Main Street before the rigid parking rules that are enforced now.

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University improving STEM HEROIN

minority issue Continued from page 1 many users of impure heroin can mistakenly “Your body is not supposed to take pure heroin, which is substantially constantly be in a state of physical stronger, Thorton said. depression like that,' Thorton said. “So When people who generally you keep that up for a certain amount use impure heroin take the same of time, and your body doesn’t quite am ount of pure heroin, they will work properly.” more than likely die by overdosing. In addition to snorting heroin, This is heroin’s most common way Thorton was already doing cocaine and of killing, he said. abusing the ADHD medication Focalin, A veteran officer with the as well as other dextroamphetamines, Wilmington police force, who he said. During this time, he was so wishes to remain nameless, can out of it - both physically and mentally attest to this. The officer has spent - that he did not even protest while most of his 18 year career on the dng mugged, he said. streets, watching the epidemic While driving around on the fifth unfurl. night of his relapse, Thorton noticed “Once that s—'s here and it’s he was being tailed by a pair of police on the street, we’ve lost,” he said. officers, he said. After pursuing him The officer has spent the past for quite a while, they finally pulled few years working in prisoner fhorton over, opened his door from processing, and says that all of the the inside, and slammed Thorton drug-related cases he sees come KIRK SMITH/ THE REIVEW against his own car. through are all heroin-related. The university is increasing minorities presence in STEM on campus. Thorton demanded to know what “You can look at somebody he had done while being placed in and you can tell. I mean heroin EMILY RUFO to as a “leaky pipe,” the opportunities the preliminary stages of creating a handcuffs and into the back of the cop does that to you.” Staff Reporter for children to become educated in program to increase STEM education car. For the next twenty-five minutes As Thorton said, the officer STEM begins to drop off before high by collaborating with the Boys and or so, the cop’s partner searched confirms that the dealers are not The National Science Foundation school. Girls Clubs of Delaware. Thorton’s car, he said. the ones who are doing heroin. (NSF) is making strides toward a “Focusing on making sure that The Boys and Girls Oubs of “I had a bunch of crazy s— in While the dealers are moving more diverse STEM workforce and everyone that is capable of succeeding Delaware has a mission to inspire there,” Thorton said. “I had a machete hundreds or thousands of bags, the university is heading in the same has the resources they need to succeed and enable children, most of which - who the f- knows why I had a they’re not using. The officer direction. is another really important part of the are underrepresented, and give them machete? - a ton of spray paint, and describes a recent case in which Last week, the NSF launched a puzzle,” Zide said. “If you don’t fix the a place to realize their full potential, about sixty empty bags or something a man, who was already on parole new initiative called NSF INCLUDES, leaks in the pipeline, then at best you flourish and become responsible and like that.” for dealing, was found with 800 which stands for Inclusion across the can do minor improvements.” successful adults. There are currently The officers, assuming Thorton bags of heroin in his car. Nation of Communities of Learners Thanks to platforms like the 44 locations in Delaware that all was a homeless man, had not followed According to the officer, of Underrepresented Discoveries in UD K-12 engineering program, together serve more than 30,000 procedure in their detainment of the only way that the police can Engineering and Science. The initiative these concerns are being addressed. children annually. him. This allowed Thorton to get off usually bust dealers is due to them focuses on broadening participation Programs like this help to present The proposed Pelesko and his team with probation for minors, his only receiving anonymous tips. Even to underrepresented communities, younger students with the resources will be presenting to the university is requirement being periodic drug tests. when they are caught, dealers which include women, people of color and tools they need to thrive through based on providing training for the Otherwise Thorton would have been usually don’t have their entire and persons with disabilities. college and beyond, Zide said. teachers who work at the Boys and tried as an adult and faced up to 40 supply on them. For all of the The NSF will award 30 to 40 Faculty and staff across campus Girls Clubs. The program will involve years in prison, he said. heroin that is seized from each institutions with roughly $300,000 are beginning to come together in bringing those teachers to campus Thorton’s encounter with the law dealer, there is sure to be more out each to help test innovative ways of hopes of availing themselves this for training by faculty here, so that had awakened him to just how serious there somewhere. broadening participation in STEM. opportunity with NSF INCLUDES. Since they can increase the level of MEM his addiction had become and, as a “If they’ve got 10,000 bags, Diversity in STEM majors has this is a limited submission initiative, education for the children. result, he once again quit cold turkey. there’s probably still 100,000 out been increasing, not only in the only one proposal per institution is “We are in the stages of fleshing This time, however, he did not look there,” the officer says. According classroom but with the professors allotted. On April 15, preliminary out exactly what that will look like," back, not even once, he said. to him, the Wilmington police force as well. According to Joshua Zide, an proposals are due to NSF, giving the Pelesko said. Thorton is an example of someone gets calls relating to heroin on an associate professor in the engineering university a short amount of time to While focusing mostly on who has faced the juggernaut of heroin almost daily basis. department, there have been four choose one proposal to submit. computer science education, this addiction and emerged victorious. Even though police are recently-hired professors in the College “We run an internal competition program will increase the desire to However, there are many just like doing what they can to tackle of Engineering—two are women and first at the university, so we select study STEM during the most vital time him who have not been as fortunate. the situation, it seems to be one is a Hispanic man. what we think is the strongest one,” for these children, and with luck, this Although the heroin initially comes impossible for the flow of heroin “For faculty, our diversity has been Charles Riordan^ the deputy provost program will help fix the leaks in the in through poorer, inner-city folk, in Wilmington to be stopped. The improving pretty steadily,” Zide said. for research and scholarship, said. pipeline, he said. the main demographic of users are lives of all kinds of Wilmington “As for the diversity in the classroom, I “Choosing only one can be a difficult This program is a small step middle-class white kids, Thorton said. residents who get sucked into it don’t have hard numbers, but it seems task.” forward in solving the issue of According to Thorton, much continue to be placed in danger by like improvement.” John Pelesko, a professor in the increasing underrepresented groups of the heroin which is circulating in the drug’s presence. It seems the issue of diversity in department of mathematical sciences, in STEM. Delaware is impure, mixed with other “1 feel like anybody who has STEM has a much deeper root. The said he hopes the proposal he has been opiates, such as fentanyl. This also an idea of what heroin is and still problem, Zide said, comes from the working on is the one that is selected. means that it’s easier for users to get wants to do it has a death wish,” lack of communication and schooling Pelesko and his team of colleagues hooked on. As it’s difficult to tell the Thorton said. “It f—in’ changes for students at a younger age. Referred from numerous deoartments are in difference between pure and impure, people man. It's a s -ty time.”

Tow-away zone: A day in the life of a Parking Ambassador

PATRICK WITTERSCHEIN making the rounds checking Main Street for four hours at a time Senior Reporter meters and keeping traffic flowing. — the other four hours of their The black S.U.V. pulled into “We are good people, we’re not workday are spent driving the rest the lot and stopped in a no-parking mean, we're not out to get ’em,” of the city’s streets. zone, blatantly disregarding the she said. “We’re not hiding to get At $1.25 per hour, downtown bright yellow fire lane it was them. They’re just there at the time parking is a significant source obstructing. that we're there.” of revenue for the city. In 2014, Just in time to witness the “It’s like a hit or miss thing, Newark collected over $500,000 violation was Lo Decker, who called and you just happen to be there,” in parking violation fines, while the suspect back to the scene of she said. it budgeted over $1.5 million in the crime. In a busy parking lot, It takes a special type of revenue from meters. she stood on the edge of the curb person to deal with the hostility A typical ticket can run and explained the problem. and disrespect that parking anywhere from $ 15 for an expired “I saw you park your car, look ambassadors receive every day. meter to $75 for parking in a fire right at me and then walk away,” She is regularly accused of hiding, lane. For Newark drivers, an expired she said. “That’s a $75 ticket for waiting for meters to run out and meter is almost a good deal — the blocking a fire lane.” even deliberately trying to ruin same ticket is $36 in Philadelphia Defeated, the man got in his someone’s day. and $40 in Wilmington. car and drove away. These stereotypes are a stark In a typical shift Decker “If you’re not a fire truck, contrast to the qualities that Decker can expect to write about 50 you’re not in a fire lane,” Decker believes make a good ambassador: tickets and encounter a host of said, shaking her head. “He knows patience, understanding, physical disgruntled drivers unfamiliar better.” fitness and consideration. with the intricacies of Newark’s Decker is a Parking “I just try and keep my mouth parking regulations. She said there Ambassador for the City of Newark, closed and do what I have to do are about 60 different violations a ticket printer on her hip and a and move on,” Decker said. “The on the books. portable radio on her shoulder. She less said the better when they’re Some people are so desperate walks and talks with the swagger rude like that.” to avoid a parking ticket that if of someone who’s seen it all, or at For Decker, the job is about they see Decker they jump in their least all that could happen on Main more than forcing violators to pay car to drive away — which won’t Street. Violators have been warned up. She said she’s even willing to help because the city can find a and scolded by her severe Philly cut people a break from time to violator’s address from just their accent for 30 years, and she shows time — especially if they are willing license plate number. Decker said no signs of stopping anytime soon. to talk to her and fix the problem. sometimes they get away, but no Her work uniform and tools “I’m not here to bust anybody’s parking ticket is worth getting hurt are strictly functional: tactical chops,” she said. “I’m just here over. cargo pants and heavy-duty work to keep everybody paying and Still guarding the fire lane, boots; a portable printer and radio everybody moving.” Decker paced back and forth with on her belt and an iPhone with a The highlight of Decker’s a watchful eye. In her element, stylus. In the winter she wears a career came when she faced off she is a force to be reckoned with, thick jacket and hat. She said in with the eternal adversary of traffic dedicated to defending the streets the summer she sometimes wears cops everywhere: the scofflaw. In from scofflaws and enforcing shorts. one day, she was able to call in tow regulations for everyone. Her job is to keep the streets trucks for 11 cars with outstanding She couldn’t step out of the lot of Newark safe and free from parking fines. before another car brazenly pulled congestion, and she takes that In this town, Decker is the law. alongside the bright yellow curb. job very seriously. She deals with Anyone foolish enough to double- Decker placed one hand on her angry drivers, ignorant violators park, stop in a loading zone or portable printer and moved toward and drunk students. Her job is one shortchange a meter will soon the car. of the least respected and least enough pay the price. “The tickets come right to you,” understood in the public eye. Between 8 a.m. and 1 a.m., she said, as she leaned toward the Decker said most people have one of the seven city parking driver’s window. “You don’t even PATRICK WITTERSCHEIN/ THE REVIEW a twisted idea of who is actually ambassadors takes a turn walking have to walk to them.” Lo Decker writes a ticket in downtown Newark. Decker has been a city Parking Ambassador for 30 years. ) MARCH 8, 2016 4 udreview.com Students Iron Hill may leave Main and faculty Street due to parking issues weigh in on English 110

MELISA SOYSAL/ THE REVIEW Owners of Iron Hill Brewery said they may not renew its lease due to parking issues in the city.

Iron Hill Brewery owner Mark Post, the Traders Alley parking commission said the project would Edelson said in a Newark City lot behind Iron Hill is often full, not “improve the area.” Council meeting last month that as students take advantage of Ricky Nietubicz, Downtown the long-time Newark staple may the free parking. This leaves Newark Partnership administrator, not renew its lease when it is up little space for customer parking, told the Newark Post he does not in a few years. Despite its 20-year Edelson said. For years, there want Iron Hill to leave Newark, history on Main Street, Edelson have been proposals to build a as it was a ma,or contributor to said the lack of parking in the city parking garage behind Traders the revitalization of Main Street. has the establishment considering Alley, which houses Iron Hill and He said the future of the parking other locations. the surrounding establishments. garage, and therefore Iron Hill, According to the Newark Last month, however, the planning depends on city politics. KIRK SMITH/ THE REVIEW The department hired two experts, Melissa lanetta and Joseph Harris, to tackle the organization and structure of English 110 and to ensure the best professors are teaching the classes.

RAQUEL MORRIS it’s hard for students to care about BookBandit app finds textbook steals Staff Reporter a required class and the English department understands that. The English 110 program is not Therefore the program has been standardized for everyone. Every going through revamping for a few student has a different experience years now, he said. and that can be a major problem in The department hired two the long run. experts, Melissa lanetta and Joseph Juliette Lynch, a sophomore Harris, to tackle the organization biology education major, is not and structure of English 110 and one of those students. She is in the to ensure the best professors are honors program, where students teaching the classes. get to choose which English 110 Professors and students alike class they want to take, unlike non­ have talked about the benefit of honors students who are randomly mixing different skill levels in placed in their sections. Lynch said the classroom. Ernest believes she took a class on YouTube videos students at a lower skill level can and learned that it is possible to benefit from the help of someone analyze any online video like a more advanced. Meanwhile, other written piece of work. parts of an advanced student’s Honors students also take a skills could be tested, such as their COURTESY OF JAMES JANNUZZIO colloquium class, which is not an editing abilities. He also mentions The BookBandit app allows students to sell books to each other instead of buying used textbooks through bookstores English class, but requires a great that there is no easy way to deal of reading and writing. Lynch evaluate writing, like there is with Jannuzzio said he believes the accounting class from another student math and science. MICHAEL HENRETTY said that even though it was not Senior Reporter app’s process is a simple one. When on campus. Dorsey said she needed the specifically an English class, she “Jit’s] everybody’s job to teach you go to list a book for selling, the app book without the access code and that someone how to write,” Ernest got a lot out of it because the A student startup has cut out presents you with the average selling both Barnes & Noble and Lieberman's professor was a hard grader and said. He says that it is not only the price of the book when it's both new only sold the book new with the access English department's job to teach the middleman in the secondhand cared about the students’ writing, textbook market on campus. and used. Jannuzzio said this assures code included. rather than content. and hold students accountable for sellers can set a fair price, usually “I ended up getting a $200 book their writing. If other departments Jim Jannuzzio, a junior, launched “I think writing isn’t valued his book selling app, BookBandit, in lower than the retailer’s average. for literally $10,” Dorsey said. “I met enough,” Lynch said. “Everyone focused on students writing too, The second step in the transaction the guy selling me the book at El then it would make for more January. Available online, in the App is pushing math and science. Store and on Google Play, BookBandit is the actual meet-up and exchange Diablo, handed him a $10 bill and he No matter how good at math successful alumni in the future. of books and payment. .After the handed me the book. I didn’t have to “No matter what profession allows university students to sell and science you are, it’s really their used books directly to other exchange occurs, both parties involved wait for the book or pay for shipping your writing that shows your you go into, an English major are presented with a bill of sale and are and handling.” thrives,” he said. “The difference students to avoid getting undercut by intelligence. How well you write bookstores, able to rate the transaction from one Jannuzzio has made it a point to is how well you communicate and is working for other people versus to five stars. take his newfound success and use it people working for you. One’s BookBandit has been downloaded form your ideas.” more than 1,200 times since launching. Student Center Program Advisory to help the community around him Lynch said she wishes the career is going to change three Board President Craig Levergood He’s doing lust that this semester by to four times in a life and you’re The university is the primary market university required researched- for the app right now, but every college said he has saved money by using holding a contest to benefit UDance, in based English classes, because going to need a lot of the skills of BookBandit to purchase his textbooks which sororities, fraternities and other an English major.” in the Unites States is available on the that’s what she will need in the app. The app is currently in use at for this semester. RSOs will compete to see which group future. She said science is about Even though Ernest is the “The fact that the website is so can download BookBandit the most head of the department, he knows universities such as the University presenting research and explaining of Arizona, Clemson University and accessible is what really sets it apart," times. the though behind an experiment. writing is tough. Levergood said. “It presents you with BookBandit will donate $250 to “No one likes to feel foolish,” LaSalle University. Without the ability to convey the In order to register with the prices of 15 different well-known the team that gets first place in the thought behind their research, he said. vendors, which really lets you see contest, $ 150 to the second place team Social media makes it so that BookBandit, a university email must scientists won’t be successful, she be provided and a Facebook account just how big the separation of prices and $100 to the third place team. said. people are writing all the time, but between them really is." “I'm using this as a means of not in a formal way. It’s becoming must be linked, Jannuzzio said. John Ernest, the chair of the “We want students to know Sophomore Valerie Dorsey said in a promotional expense, but more English department, said he knows harder to differentiate between the her sorority, Phi Sigma Sigma, all the importantly we’re trying to help kids two styles, he said. who they’re buying from and selling English is a complicated subject. to,” Jannuzzio said. “By linking to members have downloaded the app out,” Jannuzzio said. “Cancer is very To put it into perspective: there His advice is to “get over that and used it to buy some of their books. familiar in my family, my father passed and learn how to write,” he said. Facebook, the app can show you a are 200 sections of English 110 for picture and how many mutual friends The app boasts a chat feature, away from it when 1 was 15 years old. 4,000 students a year, which is a you have with the person you’re which allowed Dorsey to set up a It’s always good to give back to the real logistical problem. Ernest said dealing with." meeting to purchase a book for an community in any way that we can.” MARCH 8, 2016 udreview.com |

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DEIRDRE MCANDREW but not mine." on Main Street as the “first floor Staff Reporter As a long-term resident, Abbott community.” describes his love for Main Street “I love Newark,” Sullivan said. Prospective students and Newark during simpler times when he would “The atmosphere, the older fed and newcomers admire the hustle and ride his bicyde from his home in the sense of community among store bustle of Main Street, while the long Brookside to his father’s shop. At owners and customers.” term store owner of Abbott’s Shoe this time, the store was located in the The old bungalow storefront that Repair reflects on simpler times when back of the building with a plumbing Bloom currently resides in adds to the the only restaurants were the Post company in the storefront. When he bohemian flare of Sullivan’s inventory. House and the National 5 & 10. began working for his father at 15, the She worries that when the building sells Eric Mayer of Gilbert Holding only two places to eat on Main Street she will not be able to find a storefront Company has struggled to sell 92 East were the National 5 & 10 and the Post with a similar style and price on Main Main St. for almost two years at an House. Street. Throughout the early stages of approximate value of $200,000. Store “Newark is a great town to work in, her pricing process, Sullivan noticed owners leasing this space have not my customers have been wonderful," that the most reasonable prices are been informed when it is predicted to Abbott said. located in commerdal shopping sell, leaving them with uncertainty of “Downtown Newark remains centers or outside of Newark. when they will need to close or move one of the most desirable areas for Sullivan had a storefront in Center elsewhere. commerdal real estate in the State City, Philaddphia at one point. She was Xbbott’s Shoe Repair, located of Ddaware and the market value confident that location would be the at 92 East Main St., is closing after of rental property reflects that,” City most expensive lease. However, rent 65 years of business. Regardless of Communications Manager Kelly inflation has caused the Main Street when the building sells, Abbott's will Bachman said. location in Newark to exceed Philly’s close in mid July. Owner Phil Abbott While Main Street is a desirable costs. shares that his choice to dose his place to lease, the price tag that comes Sullivan’s favorite aspects of shop is unrelated to Gilbert Holding with operating a business there is Bloom’s current Newark location Company’s decision to sell 92 East a hefty one. The price of leases are indude the amount of foot traffic the Main St. .Abbott feels he is putting too based on what property owners and store gets and the variety of customers much time into a job all on his own. landlords believe is fair market value. that visit the store. After 12 years, she “It’s because of my age,” Abbott However, store owners and Newark still looks forward to new residents said, wearing a brace on his right hand. dtizens tend to disagree with these and students. MORGAN BROWNELL? THE REVIEW “My hands don’t work like they used to rates. “My dientde changes every The Humane League is an animal rights organization that was brought to the uni­ and my knees are shot.” “We are committed to keeping year,” Sullivan said. “Having UD right versity by the Veg Club to educate students about vegetarianism and veganism Abbott has noticed major the lines of communication open and around the comer has been fantastic differences in Main Street compared to working with storeowners to ensure for business and gives me a larger the earlier years of his family business. they are successful at hdping maintain demographic.” KELSEY LATTA in New York, going undercover and He has noticed an increase in rent, a vibrant, welcoming downtown,” Sullivan has noticed that her Staff Reporter filming inhumane practices that are many vacant properties and an influx Bachman said. Newark location attracts a wider age Animal rights organization featured in most factory' farms. of new business. These trends have Abbott’s storefront neighbor, range of patrons than her Wilmington The Humane League describes the “I thought it was a good balance of never affected Abbott’s Shoe Repair, Bloom, is an eclectic specialty boutique store’s location. problem with factory farming in three information and gore,” Tara Woodbury, since rent has never been an issue for owned by Mim» Sullivan. After years “I love Newark, and the rent I parts: animals are confined indoors a senior nursing major said when she him. of traveling due to her studies and am currently paying, so moving will for their entire lives, they’re together came to check out the event. “It had “My rent is comparatively cheap," career in fashion and design, she definitdy be difficult," Sullivan said. in close confinements and they receive more education for people who have Abbott said. “Most landlords can get found Newark in 2004. Sullivan refers no individual veterinary attention. no idea what’s going on.” away with charging $2,500 a month to herself and fellow store owners The Humane League, brought by Clarke’ Snell, president and the university’s Veg Club on Tuesday founder of the Veg Club, said her night, has offices across the country, in RSO is one that focuses on education, local cities like Philadelphia, Baltimore activism and outreach. and Boston. Its purpose, as stated on its “We liked the idea of campus website, is “to reduce animal suffering outreach events like this one,” Snell by creating change at all levels.” said. “It teaches people about different Rachel Atcheson, the Senior ideas like Meatless Mondays and other Director of Campus Outreach, events to attend.” previously worked at the organization’s Atcheson showed the attendees Philadelphia office to enac* Meatless different things that they could do Mondays in the Philadelphia School in order to help with the movement District. She also educated students besides handing out leaflets on the ibout factory farming, vegetarianism issue, trying to talk to friends and and veganism. family about what the problem is or Atcheson said factory farming immediately jumping straight into accounts for 37 percent of the methane becoming a vegan or a vegetarian. emissions produced. She also said 200 However, Atcheson said eating million male chicks are killed by the vegetarian leads to lower cholesterol, U.S. egg industry each year. lower heart rate and an overall “ Animals are smart, unique healthier lifestyle. individuals,” Atcheson said. “There’s “You can start with Meatless no one-click solution to fix this Mondays, and then move to cutting problem." out poultry and other meat and dairy MELISA SOYSAL/ THE REVIEW products,” she said. “It's a social justice As an increasingly desirable place to lease, price tags on Main Street businesses have skyrocketed in recent years. Atcheson also shared a video from another animal rights organization, movement that happens three times a Mercy For Animals. The video day: breakfast, lunch and dinner.” documents Cody Carlson, a writer Human error plagues Main Street thrives as hospitals, speaker says business destination ANNIE RUDOLPHI mother described her daughter as of mistake can cause patients to Staff Reporter being extremely thirsty'. When given develop urinary tract, bladder or a bath, Josie sucked frantically on kidney infections, which can lead to ALEXAGAHAN “There [are] a lot of people walking In January 2001, 18-month- the washcloth and cried at the sight death. Staff Reporter by your store,” Dudek said. “Landlords old Josie King was admitted to the of a cup of water. “Now it’s something we put are able to set a price that they believe Johns Hopkins Hospital as a result As days passed, Josie’s eyes emphasis on in my unit,” she said. From bars to boutiques, the store is fair, and there is always going to be of suffering third degree bums rolled back in her head and she “We have new protocol for labeling fronts that inhabit the university’s someone who is willing to pay that from a hot bath. Within weeks she developed a fever and diarrhea, both which syringe is for each.” regaled Main Street spots have price.” healed and was scheduled to be common causes of dehydration. Jess Madiraca is a nursing experienced a surge in rent pricing. Many of the vacant spaces ready released. Two days before Josie was Despite constant questioning by professor at the university. There are some staples on Main for leasing on Main Street have high scheduled to go home, the young Josie’s mother, the toddler died Madiraca recalls 10 to 12 different Street that seem to operate on an mortgages, often much more than toddler died as a result of careless of dehydration in one of the most medical errors that she witnessed almost eternal basis. The fashion their estimated worth. As reported human medical error. renowned hospitals in the world. during her practice. Additionally, boutique Grassroots has been open for by FindtheData.com, 45 E Main St., On February 29, Josie’s mother, Following Josie’s death, Sorrel she describes one mistake she nearly 41 years; it moved to its current the restaurant space that formerly Sorrel King, spoke at the university King and her husband took steps made herself. storefront on the comer of Main housed Kildare's Pub, has an estimated about human medical error. in order to sue Johns Hopkins “I administered the wrong dose and Academy Streets in 1997. The worth of approximately $1.63 million. Through the Josie King Foundation, Hospital. Months later, the couple of a medication to a patient through National 5 & 10 has been providing Meanwhile, 74 E Main St., home of the King has been able to promote decided to settle, taking Hopkins a careless error,” Madiraca said. customers with everything from wigs new Dairy Queen, is mortgaged at $2.5 greater awareness of medical error money in order to start a foundation “I thought the syringe someone to notebooks since 1911. million with an estimated worth of in hospitals through the story of for their daughter. The foundation handed me was the dose I requested However, there are a few venues $141,426, Dudek said. her daughter. takes Sorrel King all over the United but it was actual five times more that are not as enduring. Kildare’s “Downtown Newark remains This case shows that healthcare States to speak to health care than prescribed. Luckily the patient Pub, located above the beloved Grotto one of the most desirable areas for in the United States is not as safe professionals about Josie’s story did not have any adverse reactions Pizza, closed in August with little commercial real estate in the State as it should be. According to two and medical error. but I became more aware of my warning to customers and employees. of Delaware and the market value of major studies, as many as 98,000 “The way I see it is that 1 have environment.” Sushi bar Mizu and neighboring SAS rental property reflects that,” Newark people die in hospitals every year an hour to reach an audience of 500 Human error is something Cupcakes also closed its doors over Communications Manager Kelly as a result of human medical caregivers and 1 am going to use that will continue to be prevalent the summer as well. Bachman stated in an email message. error. High error rates are found every second of that hour to inspire among hospitals, but King hopes Rich Dudek, a listing agent Bachman said rates have gone up in stressful medical environments them to fix the culture and to really for improvement. for Patterson-Woods Commercial due to property owners and landlords. such as intensive care units, think about patient safety,” Sorrel “I hope for a future in the Properties, has represented many Main She said it is up to them to set what operating rooms and emergency said. “1 tell myself how lucky I am healthcare industry where patients Street properties. He said within the they believe to be fair market value for rooms. that hundreds of caregivers want to and their families are really listened past 10 years, Main Street has begun to the properties they own. One of the main reasons hear Josie’s Story.” to,” King said. “Where there is thrive like never before—it has become Though the cost of Main Street has for medical error is the lack of Mary Kate Griffin, a graduate openness and transparency, where a destination of sorts. steadily crept higher and higher, it is patient integrated care. Patients of the university nursing program, teamwork and communication “The summers used to be pretty evident by the thousands of students see multiple different doctors is currently employed by a hospital continues to improve, a culture quiet around here, and you had to get who flood its bars and inhabit its over the course of their stay in the in New York. Sne states that she where no one is afraid to speak up.” all of your work done in nine months,” apartment buildings that it will remain hospital, none of which have access personally witnessed medical error In order to reduce error, medical Dudek said. “Now, it’s a year-round a prime location for a long time. to a patient’s complete file. This in within her first year of work. staff needs to take appropriate business.” “It’s basic economics 101: supply turn, makes it easier for doctors to Griffin said a resident on her measures to provide a safer hospital To date, Dudek’s biggest and demand,” Vice President of Lang make mistakes, causing the loss of unit made a careless error on one environment, Madiraca said. transaction remains the Main Street Development Group Chris Locke said. thousands of lives every year. of her patients. The resident used “No matter how good of a Court apartments, which he sold “The demand for locations on Main In the case of Josie King, the a contaminated syringe and flushed hospital, while there is room for for $9.75 million. He said part of the Street has increased dramatically hospital staff failed to recognize fluid into the bladder of a patient. improvement, humans are not reason it has become such destination over the past seven to eight years and that Josie was severely dehydrated. While this soecific incident perfect and it will never be an error- is the amount vehicular and pedestrian therefore value goes up.” Days before Josie’s death, her didn’t kill the patient, this type free world,” Madiraca said. traffic on Main Street everyday. f MARCH 8. 2016 6 iidreview.com Students review VolHENteer newsletter misconduct cases connects students with opportunities

LAURA LYMAN “I was looking to go to law Staff Reporter school and thought it was cool to use the code of conduct and Junior Vaughn Renner found be able to apply it to actual cases his way to the Office of Student going on at the school,” he said. Conduct for a noise violation. After To qualify as a member of the his sanctions were filed he chose to student for the board, applicants appeal them through the Appellate must first go through a two-step Board. interview process. The appellate board is the final “It is very important that the reviewing body for cases that have person understands the student gone through the Office of Student body and has experience in being Conduct. It is made up of a group of engaged as a college student,” students whose job is to determine Holli Harvey, assistant director in if the grounds for appeal are met. the Office of Student Conduct, who By incorporating a student into oversees the work of the appellate the appeal process, the university board, said when searching for allows room for the student new members. “They must not be perspective. The board is set up so afraid to share their opinion even that there are an odd number of though it may be different from the other two people on the board people voting on the case. The final ANDREW KUCZMARSKI/ THE REVIEW vote goes with the majority, which that day.” Once selected, the student SGA and BHLP connect students with volunteer and community service opportunities like UDance through their new makes the student’s voice just as initiative critical as all the others. A chair must attend several hours of officer — who does not get a final training where the conduct book vote in the process — presides is reviewed and discussed. A copy community service e-newsletter as be an aid for both students looking of the code of conduct is always in LEANNA SMITH over the board to orchestrate the Staff Reporter well as on an instruction manual for volunteer opportunities as meeting and makes sure every the room when the board meets in on how to maintain sustainability, well as RSOs and other service talking point is discussed. case they need to reference it. though she struggled with trying to organizations who are in need of Renner’s appeal didn’t end on The Student Government “We find out the person’s name Association (SGA) and the Blue find someone to run the program volunteers. going up for appeal beforehand a happy note. In his opinion the in the future. “I think we’ll know that sanctions were too extreme and Hen Leadership Program (BHLP) so that if we know them, we can launched their first edition on “The service was a lot of work VolHENteers is successful on a remove ourselves from that case,” harsh for a noise violation. to develop and the prototype numbers basis if we can really “I’m not a bad kid, and I am Monday of VolHENteers, a bi­ Matthew Conrad, a senior on the weekly community service was essentially good to go, but I boost the involvement on Student appellate board, said. “This way, it being punished as if I am one,” couldn’t do it alone,” Halfacre said. Central and if we get feedback from Renner said. “Nowadays, I feel like newsletter aimed at informing is not biased.” the student body of volunteer A group of sophomore BHLP students that appreciate having Conrad became involved with I’m walking on thin ice around students, Kanak Chattopadhyay, a one-stop place to hear about cam pus.” opportunities available. the board after hearing about it This service is the brainchild Shannon Burke, Marissa Timoner opportunities and participate during one of his resident assistant of Ellie Halfacre, SGA student and Cassie Benzenhoefer, was in them at their own leisure,” training classes. affairs senator. She was inspired working on their “Tier 2” project Chattopadhyay said. to make volunteer opportunities and collaborated with Halfacre Moving forward, the group more accessible to students because they were interested in aspires to expand the scope of after working as a site leader supporting student service. volunteer opportunities in the at the university’s MLK Day of The group was excited to newsletter. For now the team is Service, she said. She heard peers learn about Halfacre’s volunteer trying to gain more subscribers complain about having difficulty e-newsletter service because they through publicity events and finding volunteer opportunities on wanted to create a similar project, having an increased social media campus. Chattopadhyay said. presence. The problem is not the Before learning about the “Expansion is our main goal university’s lack of service newsletter concept that Halfacre right now,” Burke said. “We hope to opportunities, as there is an discovered through her research, partner with new groups and more abundance of service RSOs, the group had difficulty pinpointing Greek organizations and eventually fundraisers and one-time volunteer the best method to distribute get the entire UD community aware events on campus, but rather a information about volunteer of and in support of this program." lack of a streamlined method opportunities campuswide, Burke Subscribers to the first edition of informing the public about said. of the e-newsletter can expect to these resources. Hedfacre began “These like-minded, service- see information about UDance, researching the organizational oriented, passionate people were local fundraisers and Stand for strategies of approximately 20 the perfect group to help get things Freedom, Halfacre said. other colleges and universities and in motion,” Halfacre said. Students interested in this found that a majority of them had Having the prototype filled bi-weekly e-newsletter can sign databases, listservs or newsletters with campus partners after months up via Student Central. In the dedicated to community service of preparation and emails was a coming weeks, PDFs of archived initiatives. rewarding feeling for the group, newsletters will be available on the Half acre spent months working Burke said. VolHENteers Student Central page. 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Specifically, they asked important issues, including his about an off-the-record interview support of Planned Parenthood. with the New York Times during However, the most significant which Trump allegedly took back attacks against Donald Trump many of his previous statements ;am e from Texas Sen. Ted regarding immigration policy. Cruz. In a litany of very specific Furthermore, Trump supposedly charges, Cruz accused Trump of admitted that many of his most contributing to many Democratic reliable applause lines are merely campaigns, soliciting political political rhetoric. favors to benefit his businesses While Trump did not deny and switching his stance on many the existence of an audiotape key principles. of this interview, he refused Cruz listed the Democratic Cruz’s request that he permit the campaigns that Trump has newspaper to release the tape supported, including those of and allow the voters to judge for liberal stalwarts Harr) Reid, Nancy themselves. Pelosi, Jimmy Carter and even Throughout the course of the Hillary Clinton. These campaign debate, Trump touted his flexibility contributions are part of the public on issues like immigration and record. Cruz angrily stated to the healthcare. When asked about audience, “For 40 years, Donald his ability to compromise, Trump has been part of the corruption stated, “There’s cdways give and LORRAINE COOK/ THE REVIEW you're angry about.” take. We need give and take in Cruz asked, “If Trump formerly government, you’re never going to supported Hillary Clinton, how can agree on anything.” he be trusted to run against her?” In the coming weeks, English 110 is a requirement for professors. or she is not going to be placed in a Trump looked uncomfortable when Republican primary voters e\ cry student at the university. Clearly, This could be the first time many calculus course. Likewise, if students Cruz listed grievances against him will have to sort out candidate improving the critical reading and of these graduate students are teaching who took adv anced placement and responded to this criticism by Trump’s numerous contradictory writing skills of incoming freshmen a course, yet they are put in charge of calculus in high school are placed calling Cruz a “liar." statements and decide whether has been named a priority. However, a section of what is arguably one of the into a lower level course such as Debate moderator and Fox or not he should be the party’s the structure and format of the English most important classes that students pre-calculus or statistics, they are News host Megyn Kelly asked standard-bearer in November. 110 class mandated by the university will attend in the course of their less likely to learn anything they do Trump many detailed questions While the conventional wisdom has not been similarly prioritized. undergraduate career. Between these not already know. It is only when about his supposed flip-flopping has been that Trump is a right Even freshman is forced to take graduate students and the adjunct discussing English placement that we on issues that are core principles wing extremist, his crude personal the class by the end of his or her first professors recruited to teach sections are reluctant to divide students by skill to many conservatives. Trump insults, past support for liberal year, yet there are dozens of different of the course, it is nearly impossible level. By ignoring the chasm in skill struggled to formulate coherent causes and candidates and current professors that teach the class, and to standardize what course material level between those in the same class, responses to these inquiries. unwillingness to disavow groups professors can take radically different is taught, let alone how the material is we reduce the value of the class for Kelly asked Trump about like Planned Parenthood provide approaches in their teaching methods taught. everyone. switching his stances on the war in ample reason to doubt whether and choices of material. Many of these Ultimately, the value of the class If the university truly does want to Afghanistan, immigration and the there is merit to those claims. professors are not even full time is limited by a student’s prior writing prioritize critical reading and writing Syrian refugee crisis. The network faculty, but instead, adjunct professors skill. In any given English 110 section, as skills that are essential to the played clips from interviews where -Katie Mazur, freshman and graduate students. there will be students who struggle success of undergraduate students, Trump said one thing and reversed km azu [email protected] That is not to say adjunct with writing and those who excel. For then it has to address the fact that the his stance, sometimes within 24 professors and graduate students those who walk onto this campus as required English 110 class does not hours. cannot be excellent instructors. freshmen with a strong background provide students a reliable foundation. Trump attempted to interrupt However, this reveals a discrepancy in in writing, this course has little to no It is poorly designed for those who Kelly during these attacks, but to what the university says it prioritizes value as the professor has to spend struggle with writing and would no avail. Kelly continued to list and wnat it actually chooses to time on the basics they have already benefit from the class, and it is quite invest time, effort and money into. mastered. At the same time, when frankly a waste of time for those with By mandating English 110 for all students that struggle with writing a strong background. It is time for the students as a university requirement, are placed in the same course as those university to face this issue head-on the university has made the statement who excel, they might be less likely to and embrace reform that every student should experience a admit their struggles or ask questions, college-level writing course in order to limiting their ability to improve. Editorials are developed by The University’s SAT lay a comprehensive foundation in the .After all, those required to enroll Review’s editorial staff, led by editorial subject. But if the university considered in a mathematics course freshman editor Jacob Oriedge, who can be this course a priority, logic follows that year are placed into the appropriate contacted at [email protected]. optional pilot program a the course would be taught by the level by a placement test. If somebody most capable and qualified full-time only has a background in statistics, he good idea

For some lucky Delaware high SAT versus not taking it. Delaware, the It’s easy being “green, ” schoolers applying to the university, small wonder that it is the SAT is not longer necessary. According to Delaware Online, Beginning fall 2017, the university will since all Delaware juniors in public pilot a four-year study, making SATs schools take the SAT once free, optional for in state students to see if the university can have access to they should open up the program to all those scores and can compare so why aren’t we? out-of-state students as well. the performance of students who I was the first group in the state of submitted the scores to those who Delaware to take the SAT for free my didn’t. This study also will show if JACK MCMAHON critique that argument itself. While them. Jobs in renewable energy junior year. Since then, the state pays SAT optional applications attract less Political Contributor I disagree with climate-change tended to be higher paying jobs all juniors to take the SATs once, for qualified applicants, as the criticism deniers, their actions are more than the equivalent options in the free, during school. For many students, goes. When it comes to saving the important than their ideology. traditional energy sector, while not this was die only time they took the The fact that the university wants planet, environmentalists just Recently, there have been necessarily needing higher levels test. For me, it was just the beginning. to actually research this decision is a aren’t getting the job done. new ideas about how to spread of education as long as workers I took that test three times along very level-headed approach to such That's not just my opinion sustainable energy use that passed certification training. with two subject tests, probably a sacrilegious decision to make SATs either. Landmark environmental completely side-step the climate I always love the idea of getting trying to prove more to myself than optional. bills have been passed in recent change argument, and these have bills passed by focusing more a university, that I could earn a score By giving students the option years, but progress is nowhere near the potential to change the game. strongly on what would appeal “high enough”—whatever that means. of sending in test scores, the high the rate it needs to be at in order That is because they focus on a to detractors. And that is exactly 1840. to this day, is a number I’ve still performers can still send in the score to create a sustainable future. Only much more universally agreed what this take on the renewable let define me in terms of aptitude— they’re proud of, while the displeased about one-third of materials end upon topic: jobs. Here, I think we energy debate does. Touting your especially my dismal math score— performers can shrug it off and focus up being recycled in the U.S., and have stumbled onto something reasons for liking your own idea despite everything else I’ve achieved on enhancing their application in other since our economy runs on oil, which has the potential to further are unlikely to gain you much thus far. ways, such as volunteering. After all, renewable energy’ only accounts advance the spread of renewable support among those with whom For Christmas that year, I received not everybody can afford to take SAT for about 10 percent of all energy energy forms. Jobs are the most you normally don’t agree. However, an SAT prep book, 800 pages of prep classes and exams multiple times. use. Also consider that we are a important factor in the economy people have a hard time debating teaching you how to take a test. My Interestingly, Delaware Online world leader in renewable energy in the minds of most American their own arguments. In politics, personal favorite was the page teaching reported most students still choose use. Expansionary models predict voters, and so by focusing on them, they won’t be able to disagree if you me how to bubble in my answer. to provide their SAT score. Success that by 2040, renewable energy you are much more likely to create only focus on how a deal falls on I remember the neatly stacked doesn’t always correlate with a use will still be below one-fifth of a base which actively supports the their side of a few key arguments. set of No. 2 pencils, my Ziploc bag of single number. Success is working the total amount of energy used. growth of the alternative energy If a candidate is still unwilling to complex carbs and protein filled “brain hard, persevering and being up for a The outlook does not look good. industry. support your idea after that tactic, food" snacks and a water bottle. I sat in challenge. If a student can demonstrate However, new methods of engaging Those who watched the State you know it is more likely that a chilly, dimly lit random public school his work ethic, not just his ability to the public take a different look at of the Union Address by President their unwillingness is based on cafeteria on an unreasonably early take a test, the university’s applicants things, which may ultimately make Obama this year may have noticed something petty, like partisanship Saturday morning more than once. will be better prepared for college a difference. his section on the environment or personal dislike. And most It’s an experience nearly all of us anyway. I applaud the university for Traditional methods of did not spend much time on the politicians worth their salt know share at this school, the misery of the daring to be the first to do this, and encouraging sustainable energy environment itself. Instead, he that while it isn’t dangerous to SAT. This pilot program could open for recognizing that predicting future aren’t working. It’s hard to convince focused on a very particular set disagree for those reasons, it is doors to many students once hindered success shouldn’t be determined in a people to use renewable energy of facts. An increase in domestic dangerous to get caught doing so. by test anxiety, general bad test-taking test that takes a few hours, but many when it’s often more expensive, renewable energy depletes skills or not enough preparation. years of hard work. and they may not believe in dependence on foreign oil, thereby Jack McMahon is a junior. 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astounding pain Gaga appeared “Growing up, Biden was to be in as she slouched over the always my inspiration,” she piano with messy hair and no says. “I had always dreamed of makeup, wearing just a pair of meeting him for doing work— jeans and a baseball tee, weeping not because he had to tell me and straining to hit the notes. that he was sorry. And I just lost Lewis says her vulnerability it because I was small. I didn’t allowed the performance to feel meet him for my work at school. more like a combined effort for I met him because something everyone involved. horrible happened to me on this ■ ’ By Sunday night, they were cam pus.” on stage, facing bright lights, The next morning, they cameras and celebrities. headed back to the East Coast, “I was like, ‘My p e rp e tra to r having to process the weekend ♦ is watching this right now—I through phone interviews with have to do this just so he sees local media outlets. me and can look at me,’” Lewis “The activist in me feels very says. “So while I was up there, I proud, the activist in me feels a consciously made an attempt to good,” Carson says. “The person > stare him down in some sense.” in me feels a little beat up.” After the performance, “There is a lot of struggling Carson and Lewis decompressed that I am still doing—about what backstage for the duration of this means, and how much of the show, until they were told this is me projecting my own that Joe Biden, who introduced ego and how much of this is me COUBTESY of harry lewis the performance earlier and saying you can’t homogenize promoted the sexual assault survivors’ narratives,” Lewis prevention initiative “It’s On says. “There is so much more Us,” wanted to meet them. to survivorship than just one In a daze, they walked experience. Making it into through the aisles to meet the one narrative hurts survivors ‘TIL IT HAPPENS TO YOU: Vice President of the United because it means that you can’t States. recognize what happened to you As Carson approached Biden, was actually an assault and a she broke down in tears. Taking crim e.” HOW STUDENT ACTIVISTS hold of her hands, Biden put his Pausing for a moment, Lewis head on hers and repeated, “It’s furrows his brow and sighs. not your fault, I’m so sorry.” “I would say I’m glad I did it,” Pulling her feet onto the he says. “Regardless of where I STOLE THE OSCARS chair and wrapping her arms stand on it personally, there are around her legs, Carson rests people that have been positively her head on her knees and looks affected by it and thought, ‘This down. is powerful and I am not alone.’”

MATT MOORE home, the survivors held out film in Philadelphia and New Senior Reporter their arms, displaying words York City. such as “Survivor,” “Not Your Lewis says Ziering called Editors’ note: Due to time Fault” and “You are Loved," them both a week before the constraints, The Review was only written in dark ink. Oscars, asking if they wanted to able to provide a brief recap of A week later, Carson, a join Lady Gaga onstage during Lewis and Carson's appearance junior anthropology and women her performance. The two on the Oscars in last week's & gender studies major and students agreed, and days later, issue. In efforts to convey their intern at the Office of Equity they were in Los Angeles. experiences more completely, we and Inclusion sits tucked back On Friday, Carson and Lewis followed up with them this week. behind a desk in the corner reported to the theater for of her office in Hullihen Hall. rehearsal. There, they met the With fists clenched and Lewis, a sophomore political other survivors, all ranging in age arms outstretched, Sage Carson science, art history and women from 19 to 35. They discussed and Harry Lewis stood onstage & gender studies triple major, is their mutual hesitance in being a with popstar Lady Gaga and 48 across from her. part of such a spectacle, noting other sexual assault survivors “I was thinking about my how often media sources exploit at the 88th Academy Awards on grandma...and how that’s the the stories of survivors. Sunday, Feb. 28. first time she was gonna know Despite their qualms, they While each survivor stared [I was assaulted),” Carson says. began with what Carson and straight ahead, Gaga pounded “She knew that I was doing Lewis describe as a rough and on an all-white grand piano, activism, she knew that I was emotional run-through of the singing “Til It Happens to You,” going out there, but didn't know song with Gaga’s choreographer. the Oscar-nominated song she w hy.” “All of a sudden, I look and co-wrote for “The Hunting Last year, after a panel there’s tiny little Gaga, and she’s Ground,” a documentary on rape discussion and screening of “The sobbing,” Carson says. “She culture on college campuses. Hunting Ground” on campus, just started giving us all hugs, As more than 3,000 people Carson and Lewis met the film’s saying, ‘Thank you so much.’ watched from their seats inside producer, Amy Ziering. They You could feel the relief. It felt COURTESY OF SAGE CARSON both remained in contact with O.K. to be u n co m fo rtab le.” the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles “The activist in me feels very proud, the activist in me feels good,” Carson and 34.3 million watched from Ziering, and Carson even went As rehearsal continued, on to speak at premieres of the Carson and Lewis note the says. “The person in me feels a little beat up.”

Betty Who’s Facebook bio reads, “ I just like to make people dance.” Wednesday night, SCPAB hosted the Australian-born pop singer for its winter concert. Betty had Mitchell Hall grooving to her songs like “Somebody Loves You” and “Glory Days.” She gave a shout out to her opening act—and biggest fan—junior Marielle Kraft, who Betty says comes to all of her shows and “always makes her feel like a queen.” Kraft is a guitarist and singer who performs around campus.

A DIFFERENT BRUNCH-ING IS BACK SURVIVOR TO ATHLETE PERSPECTIVE From omelettes to waffles to croque madames. here Elijah Conte's story of defying the odds from cancer A liberal reporter's take on a conservative political are some options for a Sunday brunch on Main Street. to college lacrosse. convention in Maryland. / PAGE 11 /PAGE 15 /PAGE 10 March 8, 2016 10 udreview.com

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WILLIAM KEBBE w orks. the reign of ISIS. Assistant Sports Editor Valuable lessons on In a chair, hunched over in economic freedom and the power disbelief, I sat next to my fellow Inside the glamourous of the individual were thrown Americans as they supported Gaylord National Resort and my way, and I appreciated the this nonsensical talk. These are Convention Center this past perspective these folks had. my neighbors, classmates and w eekend the annual C onservative However, many of these future colleagues, I thought. Political Action Conference talks came with a heavy dose How can they support someone (CPAC) provided both young of realism. I realized that as a who radicalizes half of our and old conservatives hope for a liberal-leaning ideologue, our country, turning the liberally- future where their voices would country isn’t on its way to a minded into the enemy? no longer be marginalized. more unified future. Or at least, And it wasn’t just Cruz; At least, that was the not any time soon. Marco Rubio spoke down upon message I heard with every talk I Candidates and experts Democrats as much as anyone attended. Every speaker I heard alike were evoking images of else I heard. spoke with powerful rhetoric, fear and anger to an audience It amazed me that at this trying to ignite the most of wide- eyed believers. As I sat beckon of ideas, this conference passionate and demonstrative through most of these talks, I that was supposed to promote sector of the voting base into got the sense that there is no a pragmatic path to making our action. approach to politics that can country great again, there were There were members of accomplished by joining forces such incendiary talking points. I WILLIAM KEBBE/THE REVIEW Congress from far and wide, each with Democrats. People of CPAC, get it: we are close to an election The Review attends the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in giving a condensed lecture on for the most part, see only one and fear-mongering brings out Maryland. topics ranging from the threat of way in accomplishing their the devotion in people. Voters terrorism to economic freedom goal of controlling the White rally behind the candidate who too far to the left is almost opposing side. For Cruz, Rubio to the EPA and climate change. House: crushing Hillary Clinton presents himself as strongest, unacceptable. and all of the other candidates Top conservative journalists and dismantling Democratic but there was little strength to While fear mongering in this election, to try and create shared their insight from the principles. be found in evoking those as and divisiveness prove to be deep ideologically different campaign trail and offered Every NRA spokesperson ideological with such negativity. powerful agents for uniting factions of people does not their views of the candidates. and pro-life supporter I talked to First off, in order to create a people, these ideas crumble p rom ote strong values. It Speaking of the candidates, each used the rage from the speakers more perfect union, there needs when the reality of the situation hinders progress. of them walked into the Potomac and transferred it into their to be more in unison with both is accepted. Pew Research We don’t need to make Conference Room of the hotel stump speeches. They spoke of our peers and those who think Center conducted a study and America great again, as some and spewed their predictable Clinton and the Democrats with differently. Not everyone who I found that 24 percent of people people might say. Trust, talking points to the audience. little respect. They painted the listened to this weekend was so trusted the government in 2014. patience and collaboration with I sat through many lectures. “left” as “liars” and “takers,” devotedly against the opposite That number has not gone above our fellow Americans, no matter I sat through many pundits and people “who don’t know side, but I came around to the 25 percent since 2007. It’s not what their stance, is needed in and journalists who made their what’s best for our country". idea that modern conservatism hard to imagine why this number order to make America uniform attempt at partisan politics, At one point, there was grand isn’t as uniformly level-headed. has remained so low for so long. again. doing their best to be unbiased. applause for Senator Ted Cruz Some, like Cruz and Rubio, Conservative and liberals The views reflected in this Having been fully immersed into when he accused the Obama want their supporters to think alike indeed need to accept column do not necessarily conservatism this past weekend, administration of being weak on Democratic principles means the reality of our times. No represent those of The Review. I gained insight as to how the foreign policy, even going as far giving up on your conservative one benefits from candidates “right-wing” of our country as to accuse Obama of spreading beliefs. Leaning one step speaking so heavily against the

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ALLISON HAGEMAN During training, area leaders Senior Reporter accompany the drivers and teach them each restaurant’s Residents of Newark have preferences for food delivery. been using Zoomer whether they For example, China Garden know it or not, Justin Goldman, prefers drivers to come through Zoomer Delivery co-founder and the front door, while Mad Macs CEO, says. wants drivers to come through Nearly half of all food the back door to the servers area deliveries in Newark are done via while the food is being prepared, the app, and orders from Wings Harlan says. to Go, California Tortilla and From the customer Home Grown Cate are delivered perspective, Katie Grover, a by Zoomer, Goldman says. senior international business Zoomer is a business- major, says she gets food to-business service that was delivered about three times a launched in Newark in June week and never knew her food 2014 from a rented apartment was being delivered by Zoomer on South Main Street, before until her roommate became a relocating to Philadelphia. driver. Then she downloaded It provides restaurants with the tracker app, and started to follow food deliveries. drivers who w ork as in d ep en d en t ZACH ADAMS/THE REVIEW contractors, and customers with Grover says she would recommend the app to a friend, From a first fencing practice to “fencing prom,” reporter Sarah Gibson shares her first experiences with the university's an app to track their food order. fencing club. Essentially, when an order is and likes it because the drivers placed at a restaurant, Zoomer are consistent and sometimes drivers are notified, go to pick faster than the time on the tracker. up the order, and then drivers I had no idea what to it again the following week. Soon In fact, speed and SARAH GIRSON can be tracked on the app in real Senior Reporter anticipate at the practice. I after, I was invited to attend time, Goldman says. consistency are Zoomer’s core didn’t have any of my own the group’s annual club event: values, according to Goldman. “It’s really simple, just like if Last Saturday, I found myself equipment, and fencing had fencing prom. you were tracking an uber driver He says the company was always seemed like such an As it turns out, fencing prom created to help restaurants beat in a situation I wouldn’t have coming to pick you up on the foreseen even two weeks ago- intense and violent sport to is a special tradition for the map,” Goldman says. “Zoomer the headache of dealing with me. The idea of stabbing people university’s fencing RSO. Once delivery, in instances when the standing in Perkins, wearing my offers the same thing for your old prom dress, holding a foil with swords was not something per year, members all ditch food delivery.” driver calls out sick or gets into that I thought I would ever like. their sweaty cotton uniforms an accident. weapon in one gloved hand and Driver Nathan Harlan, a a fencing mask in the other. Let However, I couldn’t have been and put on fancy clothing, go junior plant science major, “Zoomer is a lot faster than more wrong about what fencing out to dinner and return to a typical restaurant—when we me explain. says he found out about the It all started when a news actually entails. the university for an evening job from his driver friends and deliver, we average just over 30 What I didn’t know about of fencing in formal attire in minutes per delivery in Newark,” story led me to the university’s then applied online. Now, after fencing club. While writing about fencing, at least with the foil Perkins. three months of working for Goldman says. weapon that I used, is that it’s Unlike the practices, which Goldman says that it is how the Registered Student Zoomer, he enjoys the flexible O rganization (RSO) funding closer to dancing than fighting. are lighthearted but focused hours and making his own work difficult for a restaurant Everything from the “en garde” on improving everyone’s skills, delivering on its own to compete manual prevents the purchase environment. The only downside of any safety equipment, a stance to the graceful lunging fencing prom was a much less to the job is spending a lot of with Zoomer, which provides and retreating motions to the serious event. The women in the best delivery service. It discussion with two of my best time in a car by yourself, Harlan quick but calculated weapon heels and dresses and the men enhances customer experience friends who are avid fencers led says. me to interview members of the movements is done carefully in ties and suit jackets were “I love the freedom of it, it’s with the driver tracker, allows and with purpose. all attempting to fence, and drivers to make more money fencing club, a group that needs cool because you get to build Even the more aggressive everyone was much bubblier than other delivery places, and protective masks, jackets and relationships with people in saber style of fencing is still a than they had been at practice takes the worry of delivery away gloves to do their sport. restaurants,” Harlan says. “And much more elegant activity than — there was more laughter, an from restaurants. Before I knew it, I was at the in a way, you feel like the people I was expecting. After all the abundance of goofy photographs Since Zoomer was launched group’s annual fencing prom, in the restaurants are your co­ reading and research I did for and playful (but mostly gentle) 20 months ago, Goldman says which occurred Saturday night. w orkers.” After my article came out two my article, it was amazing to see fencing. Drivers communicate with it has been one crazy ride for the equipment in use and the Even with my extraordinarily him and his associates. Now, weeks ago, some club members their “area leader” via the app different styles of fencing all low skill level at the sport, I still after the initial testing period, encouraged me to try fencing. Voxer, pick their own shifts being performed in front of me. had an incredible time fencing the app has expanded from They were all so enthusiastic, and do an optional stand-by Everyone at the practice was with everyone, both at practice Newark to its new headquarters and after researching the sport shift where they sit near their so warm and eager to explain and at prom. And, since I will be in Philadelphia, and numerous and talking to so many fencers phone until an order comes in. the gear and the jargon, and returning to practice this week, I cities in the Northeast and for my story, I was intrigued Drivers are paid an hourly rate to see it for myself. So last my friends as well as other club would consider this experiment regardless of order frequency, Midwest, Goldman says. members were all trying to help to be a resounding success. “Newark will always remain Thursday, I put on sneakers, and this way they do not find sweatpants and a sweatshirt and me understand the sport and themselves dependent on tips, close to our heart, as that's how to do it. 1 felt so welcome where it all began,” he says. nervously walked to the Little Harlan says. Bob. that I decided to go back and try * * < * » 4 March 8, 2016 udreview.com GRAIN’S RECIPE CONTEST IS INSPIRING THE EXTRAORDINARY HOLLY CLAYTOR Senior Reporter

Serving a chocolate cake towering over one foot tall and one foot wide, Newark's Grain Craft Bar + Kitchen is all for taking its menu to unthinkable limits. The rustic-style pub aims to create a social and exciting atmosphere. “We’re all about creating reasons for people to get together,” restaurant owner Lee Mikles says. This semester, the restaurant developed the idea to tie in its menu with the university’s Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional M anagem ent (HRIM) program , particularly the HRIM201 class titled “Food Principles.” Mikles explained how Grain has developed a strong relationship with students who COURTESY OF GRAINONMAIN.COM have been involved in this class, and wanted to incorporate their it actually translate.” Wednesday through Saturday, skills into his business. With this The owners and chef will as well as several other events in mind, the owners and chef of read each recipe that the like “Cards Against Humanity" Grain decided to host a recipe students have submitted and on Mondays and “Brains at contest for the current students judge them based on what would Grain Team Trivia” on Tuesdays. in Food Principles. work well incorporated into their Grain’s aim has been to create On our end, it was: how can menu and made in a reasonable an entertaining ambiance we get that class involved?” Chef amount of time. Wallen will then that brings in all parts of the Bill Wallen says. “So we decided prepare the top four or five com m unity. we were going to put whoever’s dishes, while the students work With this recipe contest, dish I picked onto our menu.” with him to reflect their vision. the restaurant has now been Food Principles focuses These top entrees will then be able to take that communal feel on what goes into the physical judged to determine the winner. and incorporate it into campus, composition of food and its “I told [the students] we were Mikles says. The owners and preparation. As a class project, looking for higher-end entrees— chef of Grain say they hope to the students’ only requirement something crazy and out of the make this contest an annual COURTESY OF STEPHANIE MILES ordinary,” Wallen says. “I want occurrence. (ABOVE) Although she may be busy, was to invent their own entree. The details of the dish were them to feel like it’s their dish, “I would love if we discover university student Stephanie Miles is completely up to the student. 100 percent.” a new take on some entree that dedicated to helping the health of our “Students very rarely get to Once the top dish is decided, the student brings that surprises environment. see their work in the classroom it will be featured on the new us and delights us,” Mikles says. (LEFT) Miles says her seventh grade go out into the real world," co­ menu, which will be available on “I would love for the student be social studies teacher inspired her t owner Jim O'Donoghue says. “It April 4, Wallen says. able to take their family here will be very cool for them to see According to its website, the and say, ‘That's mine.’” pursue protecting the environment. restaurant also hosts live music BRUNCH-ING IS BACK RACHEL CURRY grade social studies teacher, the Staff Reporter one who joked about running for president and was the first to ANNA STATZ At 11:30 p.m., with eyes teach her about environmental Senior Reporter wide and mind alert, Stephanie issues. Miles was finishing up a board “He had all these grand meeting and getting ready to ideas and, as a kid, I was in awe I recently had a conversation delve into a pile of work. of him,” she says. “He talked with a friend, also from the New The 21-year-old senior, who about climate change, and it was York area, who often wondered is working toward a degree the first time I had ever heard of the same thing I did—although in energy and environmental that. It sounded so urgent.” the mealtime known as “brunch” policy, was busy writing two Although working for a is popular back home, does it thesis level papers, both of sustainable future engulfs the even exist here in Newark? After which deal with sustainability. majority of her time, Miles finds this conversation, I set out on a Miles spends most of her ways to enrich her other passion. quest, determined to see if there time working to benefit the “I love playing the drums,” was anywhere actually decent environment, a cause she is she says, lighting up at the to have brunch on Main Street. I utterly passionate about. She thought of the steel band, a then reviewed all brunch menus is president of Students for the group she has been a part of available and now present to you Environment, the university’s since she began college. “I the three best brunch menus that largest and oldest registered wanted to double major in you should try next Sunday. student organization. music. I was really serious.” Home Grown Cafe “We m ake change on Miles works closely with This is a popular spot on campus," she says. “That’s many environmentally-active Main Street, especially for the where the activism part comes faculty members as well, 21 -and-over crowd, with live music in." including McKay Jenkins, a accompanying a delicious (and Two years ago she fought journalism and environmental vegetarian-friendly) menu. Its against the power plant the humanities professor. Jenkins brunch menu does not disappoint, university planned to build on is the advisor for Students for with plates ranging from the campus. The school ultimately the Environment and recently Croque Madame to Buffalo terminated its lease, proving a spoke at one of the group’s Chicken and Waffles (never heard success for advocates like Miles events, discussing the harmful of a better combination). Leave and propelling her motivation effects of herbicides and the the Rodney omelette line behind as an environmental leader. She pressing need to transition to and try some of Home Grown's now leads Green the Green, a natural methods of grounds amazing omelette combinations, committee within Students for maintenance. like the Garden Veggie, a m ixture of COURTESY OF ELLIE HALFACRE the Environment that is working “I’m really pleased to be fresh veggies topped with cheddar Brunch Is back, and with these Main Street restaurants’ menus, it is better to persuade the university to able to work with students jack cheese. For those feeling a bit than ever. transition to natural lawn care. like Stephanie,” Jenkins says. more adventurous, try the Tex Mex As for Miles’ prospects for “Stephanie knows our campus omelette, made with pico de gallo, the university’s future, she is a microcosm for the world at black beans, cheddar jack cheese with truffled honey sauce. Each Kate’s is certainly one of the more maintains hope for a healthier, large, and that changes we make and topped with guacamole (after dish in the omelette selection (the renowned spots on Main Street. more sustainable future. at UD can ripple out to the rest all, who doesn’t want guacamole staple of any brunch menu) is a And its brunch menu, although on everything?) “They did make the right of our community.” masterpiece in itself—the Lejon, perhaps not as exotic as Caffe decision before,” Miles says With all that Miles does on There’s even an entire section for example, is made with sauteed Gelato’s, is one that anyone can about the university’s choice to campus and in the community, of the menu specifically reserved shrimp, crumbled bacon, scallions, enjoy. Take your pancakes, Belgian cancel plans for a campus power she says her concern for the for eggs and hollandaise. If that’s mozzarella cheese and homemade waffle or French toast to Kate's plant. “I believe they can do it world is what motivates her the not brunch genius, I don’t know horseradish sauce. The omelettes Krazy Toppings bar. again.” most, rather than the need to what is. are just the start of the wide egg Enjoy specialty omelets or Miles says that although land a good career. And what brunch menu would selection—they serve farm fresh a variety of two-egg breakfasts Students for the Environment “I think that the science be complete without an extensive eggs made any way you like, or get like the Two Egg Powerhouse, has a faculty advisor, the is there, but people still aren’t cocktail list? Enjoy a build-your- your choice of poached egg, served the Egg White Powerhouse or the students are the ones who make doing anything about it,” she own mimosa bar, choosing from over a toasted English muffin Lumber Jack. Or go a different the difference. says, adding that she constantly a variety of fresh fruit, juices and with Hollandaise sauce, roasted route with the Angus Steak and With graduation right wonders what keeps people herbs (refills included). Bloody potatoes and a small vanilla gelato Eggs, Breakfast Quesadilla or Egg around the corner, she is excited from making sustainable Marys are also customizable— with granola and berries. Wow. Nachos. \nd don’t forget about for what is to come. decisions. “What motivates me choose between a red or green Sweet or savory crepes, an incredible selection of poached Miles landed a position with is to organize people to make tomato blend with either herbs intricately-made French toast and eggs, like the Eggs Benedict, Eggs and spices or a mix of garden fresh Green Corps, which she says change in their own lives.” pancakes, a Spanish paella and Chesapeake or Huevos Rancheros. is the country’s top training She says that even busy vegetables. paninis on fresh-baked focaccia (Yes, there are a lot of eggs on this program for environmental students can make a difference Caffe Gelato are also all options for the more menu.) policy makers. by doing things like biking to If someone ever offers to take voracious (and adventurous) of Craving something a little you to Caffe Gelato, take it “I’ll be traveling around the class and lowering the heat — brunch-ers. And let’s not forget simpler? Try one of Kate’s many country," Miles says. “I’m leaving which saves a few bucks, too. as a compliment. If they treat the drink selection (for those over breakfast sandwich options, in August, but I won't know until Well past midnight, Miles you to Sunday brunch at Caffe 21, of course): choose from a long like the Hangover Helper, which July where I’m going." was still running on caffeine, Gelato, take it as an even bigger list of available wines, whiskeys, might be the call on a lazy Sunday Although she knows that working on plans for a possible compliment. This high-end Italian cognac and craft beers or enjoy morning. And if you’re up to it, the government is needed to put state-funded initiative. eatery on Main Street boasts an SDecialty drinks like the Gelato pair that with a $3 Bloody Mary policies into place, Miles avidly “For now,” she says, “I'm impressive and extensive brunch Cosmo or the Caffe Gelato Old- or mimosa to keep the feel of the believes that individual actions just trying to make a difference menu. The starters themselves Fashioned. weekend going. can make a difference. in this little tiny corner of the are complex dishes like lobster Klondike Kate’s She recalled her seventh w orld.” gnocchi and sweet potato fries There's no denying that < March 8, 2016 12 udreview.com GIRL SCOUTS STATIONED OUTSIDE literary lens GROTTO PIZZA “Rogue Lawyer”

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Girl Scouts have been sitting wide-eyed, eager to sell cookies outside Grotto Pizza on Main Street for the past few weekends. Rewind. John Grisham’s latest Known for the “Satur- novel, “Rogue Lawyer,” offers a ’The l»esi thriller dage,” the university’s local bar, fascinating twist on the author's writer alive’ Km totkn Grotto Pizza, houses around popular legal thrillers. The rogue 350 people at max capacity. So, lawyer in question is Sebastian let’s think about the amount of Rudd, an attorney who takes the drunk students crowded inside dangerous cases and clients that John and in line for the Grotto’s day no one else will represent. drink. Let’s assume Grotto’s is The Washington Post surrounded inside and outside described Rudd as an “equal- with approximately 375 to 400 opportunity offender” in the Grisha stu d en ts. story, when describing how Now let’s take a handful of many people the fictional lawyer badge-wearing, integrity-driven had upset. This is the reason Girl Scouts and place them right that Rudd no longer has an next to this overcrowded rowdy office or a public phone number, bar for some good sales action! and has to carry a gun and wear Don’t get me wrong. I love a bulletproof vest under all his Grotto’s on Saturday, but what clothing. parent made the executive Rudd is a character with decision that cookie sales were a dark sense of humor who more important than a safe recognizes the risks of his Rogue Lawyer environment for these young career choice. He knows that girls? by choosing to represent unpopular defendants, he puts The Girl Scout mission COURTESY OF RENCALAGO.COM is to “build girls of courage, himself at risk. At one point, confidence and character, who Rudd says, “I’m not aware of any make the world a better place,” case in modern times in which LORRAINE COOK/THE REVIEW a criminal defense attorney was extend so far; Rudd is a truly their national website states. So distinctive character who really what kind of character-building Are the values on display on a Saturday at Grotto’s the ones we want to impart gunned down while entering to Newark’s Girl Scouts? the courthouse in the middle makes this book. is this? What badge does this The first few chapters of the merit? Manipulative sales of a trial. Nevertheless, I have resigned myself to the likelihood book each cover a different tactics? This is disturbing the ideals these young girls going to grow character’s legal case, all It irks me that the very of these impressionable young up wanting to mirror the image that 1 could well be the first.” That realistic yet fatalistic represented by Rudd. At first, foundation that wants to girls. of the older “cool" kids they “Rogue Lawyer” could be create high-achieving, well- These young girls are now witnessed on Main Street? way of thinking stays with Rudd throughout the book. Grisham mistaken for a collection of rounded girls is stripping the grouping being drunk and being You have to think that they short stories, but as the novel purity of this program with the happy in the same category. I will. Saturday has come and did a wonderful job of capturing the almost cynical view of Rudd progresses it becomes apparent location of their cookie stand. mean, why wouldn’t they, right? gone once again. Rewind and that Rudd ties all of these self- More offensive is the way that Girls as young as five years old reevaluate next week’s sales while still portraying him as the protagonist and a character who contained cases together. everyone is making this seem are witnessing this behavior as tactics, parents. Grisham definitely set this okay. a good thing. So now what? Are wants to change the world. A good parallel for Rudd is novel up to be the beginning of the character of Sherlock Holmes a new series featuring Rudd, and in the 2009 film starring Robert the great character development Downey, Jr. Like Holmes, Rudd and the unique, captivating plot is rough around the edges and insure that it wiii be successful. always expects the worst, yet he uses his intelligence and insight SARAH GIBSON to get out of bad situations in [email protected] the nick of time. Like Holmes, one of Rudd’s main hobbies is The views reflected in this column SEASON ONE OF ABC’S cage fighting—but he prefers to do not necessarily represent watch rather than participate. those of The Review. “QUANTICO” CONTINUES However, the similarities only

unfiltered commentary ALEXANDRA STRAUSMAN Assistant Mosaic Editor Filling blank pages Welcome back, Quantico! Season one continued this past Sunday night on ABC, catching view ers up w ith the FBI’s emergency command center, which was attacked by terrorists as its team was trying to find the Life goes on. I wonder of all the things I’ll perpetrators of a prior Grand It’s true. We are written in miss most and of all the things Central Station bombing. chapters. We are holding pens, I won’t ever think about again. Let’s refresh our memory. carving memories through blank I think of all the people I know Before the season’s break, Elias pages. We begin again at each but was never close with that I’ll Harper (Rick Cosnett) took new chapter — savoring our last never see again. I wonder if I'll his own life right before the ending and staring nervously remember to miss them like I am emergency command center at new blank pages waiting to reminded now with random run- was bombed. The attack killed be filled. We move through life ins. 32 agents, one being Clayton with adventurous restraints. So what now? We go on. Haas (Mark Pellegrino), father of We hype up the unknown and That's what. It’s scary and simple Caleb Haas (Graham Rogers) and hide from it — we are lost in and exciting and nerve-wracking lover of Caleb's ex-girlfriend the present by wondering of all at once. But what chapter Shelby Wyatt (Johanna Braddy). future possibilities. And still — wasn’t? They all were. And still, The episode ended with an sometimes I yearn for the past. life goes on. We go headfirst, ominous statement: “One agent COURTESY OF TV GUIDE It is almost unimaginable thrust into a new environment will die." ABC’s drama “Quantico” has returned to television with plenty of suspense to that life goes on. Not in a time and time again. Now let’s unpack the drama. keep viewers watching. dramatic way, but in the way of It makes me confident that Throughout the episode, court world systems. High school went we’ve got this. hearings took place over whether on without you and the people The blank pages are in front or not Elias had been acting the two teams became one- her door in present day—not in you knew, almost flawlessly. of us now. 1 have been staring at alone or working with others. moving into each other’s rooms. a romantic way but with a way Soon, college will do the same, them since September wondering Alex Parrish (Priyanka Chopra), Viewers can only anticipate of purpose, fathering her and adopting new faces to carve out who will be there to write about after being pinned as a terrorist the excitement from possible encouraging her to do and say new memories for corners and — who will help me fill them. For mastermind in the earlier half of romance and drama with this what is right. cafe hideaways you once called now, 1 am finishing writing out the season, took the stand and added batch of new characters. We’re left wondering what your own. this chapter. My hand is aching; said that Elias acted alone, even There seems to be something the rest of season one will hold New faces will replace old the memories are carved so though she believed him to be up with Miranda Shaw’s as Parrish receives phone calls faces. It is the way we allow for deep. part of a team. (Aunjanue Ellis) son Charlie Price from the same anonymous others to have at it, filling their For now, my roommates and The series takes place in (J. M allory McCree). Last we knew, callers that took the lives of blank pages. I are taking all our memories, the present and future, flashing he is being kidnapped by four Elias and others long before I wonder about the streets I writing them on note cards and back to when the FBI agents were unknown men his age, ending their actual deaths. call home once I leave them — putting them into a jar. We are just trainees. Each episode, they in his beaten, barely-stable self The episode ends with how new faces will replace the going to watch the jar fill up and go through tasks and exercises somehow situated on his front Parrish taking an anonymous ones I have grown to love and if at the end of this chapter, we are to become better agents. In this door step. His stubborn exterior call under a deserted bridge. the shops I love will still act as going to sit around, open the jar episode, they trained in an FBI seems to mask his manipulative, Colleague Natalie Vasquez hideaways for them, too. and remember all the bits and color war against trainees that shady interior, almost as if he is (Annabelle Acosta) reveals I wonder of Newark. 1 pieces that made it so easy to were a month more experienced plotting something. His mother, herself, not as the caller, but wonder if years from now I’ll fill the pages that were once so than them—the losing team being the assistant director of decorated in explosives. She walk onto Main Street and I’ll blank. having to send five players the FBI, appears to be successful and Parrish exchange looks see it as a stranger or if it will be hom e. in every aspect of her life, except of absolute fright before the preserved as it is now — I’ll walk ALEXANDRA STRAUSMAN Spoiler: the teams tied in for understanding her son. credits roll. into my favorite sandwich shop [email protected] different wins, taking them into Now—the romance. Ryan Looks like it’s going to and they’ll still know — avocado a game of overtime: hostages Booth (Jake McLaughlin) and be a season full of suspicion, on focaccia — as if no time has The views reflected in this column versus agents. With the more Parrish's lost love serves itself threat and desperation to solve passed. do not necessarily represent advanced agents playing the in painful reminders, as his who is behind this—who is the As graduation dinner those of The Review. trainees we have grown to love, necklace appears in flashbacks terro rist? reservations are being made and his actual self shows up to WWW.UDREVIEW.COM x « <■ March 8, 2016 udreview.com 13 A COMPLETELY MESSY PORTRAYAL OF “LOVE”

HOLLY CLAYTOR says, “Ju st because you’re O.K. Senior Reporter with f—ing up your life doesn’t mean you can come in here and Extraordinarily lethargic f—up my life.” and delirious after a night Mickey’s “cool girl” attitude of too much Ambien and is no more genuine than Gus’s breaking up with her drug “nice guy” facade. Continuingly addict ex-boyfriend for the battling addiction throughout umpteenth time, Mickey (Gillian the series, Mickey’s character Jacobs) has her first encounter is far more cynical and self­ with an equally hungover and destructive than Gus wants to heartbroken Gus (Paul Rust) in a believe. m ini-m art. In the first episode, Mickey Netflix’s new series, “Love,” clearly expresses her pessimistic aimlessly wanders through the view on love. lives of “nice guy” Gus and “cool “You said earlier that if you girl” Mickey, yet these characters ask for love, the world will send prove to be far more complex you love back,” she says. “But than their cliches. Right off the I've been asking and asking, and bat, Gus’s “nice guy” attitude I haven't gotten f—ing anything. is slapped in the face after he Hoping and waiting and wishing offers to buy Mickey’s coffee and wanting love...hoping for and cigarettes at the mini-mart, love has f—ing ruined my life.” to which she replies, “Don’t be The series continues for a f—ing hero.” 10 episodes at a frustratingly With his awkwardly- slow rate, which made binge­ proportioned facial features and watching slightly difficult at quirky hobby of writing theme times. It seems that each time songs for movies that don’t the characters find themselves already have them, Gus is a clear together, one of them manages oddball. to screw things up completely. His problem is that he has Despite its title, the show labeled himself as the guy that displays the most unromantic COURTESY OF YOUTUBE every girl should feel bad for, view on love, focusing on the Netflix’s new series, “Love,” shows the intertwined lives of two distinctive and rather pathetic characters. which continually backfires at confusing and infuriating side of opening up your heart. him. Proclaiming to be a nice to rotate until they both explode of cursing, “Love” ends with other; they both have to do that guy doesn’t automatically earn Even when the unstable duo attempt to have a romantic night their emotions that they have Gus and Mickey meeting up at on their own. Gus the title—in fact he proves been shoving away. Mickey tells the exact gas station mini-mart At least each of them can be to be quite a jerk. at Gus’s favorite fancy magic show, Mickey manages to insult Gus what he has needed to hear they first saw each other. Both reassured that they are just as At one point he even tells the entire series: “You pretend characters begin to realize they messed up as the other. Mickey that he’s not just some the performance and curse out the security officers before to be nice...! am who I am. I’m each have their own issues to “Dude, I am the queen ol nice guy she can have sex with not pretending to be anything.” figure out before ever having a eating s—,” Mickey comforts in order to make her feel like being kicked out. The cycle of ups and downs Portrayed with a grungy normal relationship. Even a pair Gus. “You should never be she’s getting her life together. vibe and an excessive amount of unstable people can’t fix each embarrassed.” He continues to yell at her and between Gus and Mickey continue

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TEDDY GELMAN The loss concludes a season allALL PHOTOS: MORGAN BROWNELLflHE REVIEW Staff Reporter in which the Blue Hens set a Friday's game against the College of CtCharleston in the - .als was one of school record for consecutive the wwst statistical games in Delaware history. Of the se ^B b ta i attempts in the A season that will statistically losses with 15 and won only two f t gamejpnly two of thMartfirows. sbirttir jws , Wr* successful. / go down as one of the worst in conference games. However, the Blue Hens basketball history development of Holden is a lone came to a close Friday night. bright spot. Delaware fell to the College of “1 learned how to be more Charleston by a score of 67-63 patient, how to become a more in the first round of the CAA vocal leader,” Holden said. Tournament in Baltimore, Md. Ross recognizes the talent Despite a fantastic 30-point that the second team All-CAA effort from sophomore guard member possesses on and off Kory Holden, the Blue Hens the court and considers him a committed 18 turnovers, missed major asset for the team moving seven free throws, and received forw ard. only two combined points from “Now, this is Kory’s team,” starters Anthony Mosley and Ross said. “As we move forward, Devonne Pinkard. he understands that it’s a big “We were just leaning so responsibility when we say it’s heavily on Kory and then it got your team because he will dictate to the point where Skye got going a lot of what goes on. The team so we were leaning so heavily on will take on his personality and both of them and we just needed he’s earned it.” to get more contributions from Despite the loss of King- other guys,” Head Coach Monte Davis to graduation, the team Ross said. will be boosted by the additions The Blue Hens played of sophomore players Chivarsky without senior forward Marvin Corbett and Eric Carter who King-Davis, who missed the missed the season with injuries game with a hamstring injury. In as well as transfer guard Darian his absence, sophomore forward Bryant. Skye Johnson had his best game Beyond Holden, there are of the season, finishing with 15 many question marks, but points and five rebounds. with pieces in place, Ross “I definitely felt like I had understands that his team has a role to fill,” Johnson said. room for improvement next “I mean obviously I can never season. fill Marvin's shoes, but I was “The thing about Kory is definitely gonna try. Every time that he’s not afraid to put them 1 step on the court I just want to work,” Ross said. “We have to to make a contribution, whether go to work and this development it’s filling in for Marvin or just process starts right now.” coming off the bench. Holden and Johnson scored 45 of Delaware’s 63 points while the other three starters were only able to add a combined BLUE HENS ROUGH nine points. Facing off against a Charleston team that entered the game ranked ninth in the nation giving up only 61.8 points SEASON ENDS WITH per game, Delaware’s offense struggled heavily early in the game, committing 11 turnovers in the first 10 minutes of action. LOSS TO CHARLESTON Down the stretch, Holden kept Delaware in the game with five three-point shots and had a chance to tie the game at 65 with IN CAA TOURNAMENT under 25 seconds to play, but his layup attempt was blocked, which sealed it for Charleston.

on my game over the summer great experiences. From being helped me a lot,” King-Davis named to the All-CAA team his said. “I worked on my game on senior season to being a part of KING-DAVIS SHINES IN my own a lot.” the 2013-14 team that earned King-Davis attributes a lot of the school’s fifth ever NCAA his growth as both a player and tournament berth, it’s safe to as a person to Ross. say he has left his mark on the SENIOR SEASON “Coach Ross has helped me program . a lot, he’s a good person and a “As a player on the court, CONNOR MILLIGAN Davis said. “Then I visited the last year a hamstring injury good coach,” King-Davis said. I’d say the hard work has paid Staff Reporter campus and really liked it, which forced him to miss six games. “He will challenge you on and off, and I’ve accomplished all also helped my decision." This season, however, King- off the court, and he pushes you that I wanted to,” King Davis The Delaware men's Jarvis Threatt and Larry Davis has managed to remain to be better.” said. “There’s been a lot of ups basketball 2015-16 season did Savage, two of King-Davis’ AAU relatively healthy, missing just In his four years playing and a lot of downs, but these not go as planned, finishing with teammates in Virginia, also one game to injury. for Delaware, King-Davis has years here have been a great a 7-23 record overall and going committed to Delaware during Although King-Davis made certainly been a part of some experience.” 2-16 in conference play. Despite the recruiting process, making contributions in his first the disappointing season, one his decision to become a Blue three seasons as a Blue Hen, aspect the team could count on Hen that much easier. this season served as his true game-in and game-out was the King-Davis decided to sit breakthrough season. He was solid play from their fifth-year out his first season at Delaware a model of consistency as the senior, Marvin King-Davis. as a redshirt, allowing him to team’s second leading scorer, The 6-foot-7 forward from maintain his eligibility as a scoring in double figures in Richmond, Va. started in 29 freshman. Over the next three all but six games. The athletic of Delaware’s 30 games this seasons, he saw a gradual forward ranked second in the season, logging career highs increase in minutes, points and CAA in rebounds per game, in points per game (14.8) and rebounds per game. During trailing only Hofstra’s Rokas rebounds per game (9.0). his junior year, he started in Gustys. He was one of two Coming out of high school, 23 games, averaged 9.7 points Delaware players to be named to King-Davis was recruited by per game and lead the team in the All-CAA team, earning third Delaware Head Coach Monte rebounding at 5.7 per game. team honors. Ross. In his senior season at But King-Davis’ improvement King-Davis’ development Meadowbrook High School, King- as a player didn’t come without as a player didn’t happen Davis was named a McDonald’s challenges. His biggest was overnight. Plenty of hours were All-American finalist, averaging staying healthy. spent practicing and working 22.6 points, 11.8 rebounds and “I’d say overcoming injuries on his game in the gym, not just MORGAN BROWNELUTHE REVIEW 3.5 blocks per game. has been the toughest thing,” during the season but in the off­ Marvin King-Davis’ final season as a Blue Hen will mark one of the highest-scoring “During the recruiting King-Davis said. season as well. seasons of his career. Despite this, his final season will also be noted with a loss against process, the coaches at Delaware Two years ago, he battled a “I think the extra the same team that beat Delaware in the first round of the 2016 CAA Championships, the really seemed interested,” King stress-fracture in his foot while conditioning and just working College of Charleston.

Batting average of Delaware’s opponents this year, good for third .247 best in the conference and helping them to a 6-4 start.

Sophomore Mariah Kondravy’s batting average through 16 games WEEKLY of the Hens softball season, good for fourth among starters n the .451 CAA.

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Slapshot: The journey through nationals Time is winding down on the clock. The away team has five goals and the home team has one. The clock hits zero and the Blue Hens win the ACHA (American Collegiate Hockey Association) National Championship. Fast forward four years. The Blue Hens had a dismal finish in the ESCHL (Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League) playoffs, yet blaze on into this year’s ACHA National Tournament sitting at 14th in the league. Hope was bleak. Last Thursday, the Blue Hens pulled off an emotional win in the first round of the playoffs against Mercyhurst University. The Blue Hens were first to score, 11 minutes into the game with a goal from forward Cole Zucker. Two minutes afterward, defenseman Justin Hoch scored to COURTESY OF ELIJAH CONTE make it a one-goal game. Elijah Conte's childhood illness hasn't slowed I lim down. Beating a survival chance of 15 percent, Conte is now a fifth-year member of Delaware’s lacrosse team and continues to However, the second period contribute on and off the field with the Hens. was quiet. With the Blue Hens failing to convert on their three power play chances, and Mercyhurst unable to score during BRIANNA CIOCCA his time in the hospital and his fundraising, Conte raised close Foundation directly correlates their two chances, it was still a 2-1 Assistant Sports Editor treatment, he mentions that he to $2,500 — a feat that still to the kind of culture he has in game going into the third period. tries his best to put that time amazes him. the locker room with his team, Early on in the third period, Not many people would period behind him. However, “It just shows how many Conte said. Mercyhurst tied the game on a guess that Elijah Conte—captain, his experience makes him really good people there are out His own hero for the B+ power play goal when forward fifth-year member and four-year appreciate how lucky he is to be there,” Conte said. “1 don’t take Foundation is his best friend, Vincent Zingarelli drew a penalty letter winner as a defensive alive. it as an individual goal — it’s Will. Battling cancer left Will for tripping. After another 17 midfielder on Delaware’s “It makes me take a step just a credit to everyone who with physical limitations, minutes of play, the Blue Hens men’s lacrosse team—was once back at certain points during the really put their foot forward and whereas Conte avoided any and Mercyhurst went into the told th at th ere was only a 15 day and just say ‘wow,’” he said. donated to help a lot of families lasting physical problems. second most anticipated period of percent chance that he'd beat “I realized how lucky I am and to that need it right now." “I know Will says that I’m a hockey game: overtime. his childhood cancer diagnosis. have the opportunities that I've Conte had almost 100 his role model, but he’s actually Players on both sides hoped Now a senior at the university, had after such a life-threatening people donate over the course mine,” Conte said. “Obviously, for the chance to be the hero for Conte continues never to take a illness has definitely humbled of the past two years, which he can’t do a lot of the things their team, making a final overtime day for granted. m e.” he said is a honor to be a part athletically that I can do, but shot, but goalies Adam Goss and “I’ve set a couple goals for Conte is cancer-free, but of something that special. In from an attitude standpoint, Dylan Troiano had other plans. myself this year, being that I continues to give back as much addition to being a part of the he’s 100 times a bigger man Both kept the game scoreless after do have the opportunity for an as he can to families who have HEADStrong Foundation, Conte than I’ll ever be.” another full overtime period. This extra year," Conte said. “I’ve set the burden of dealing with has also joined forces with Despite being in the clear led to the most anticipated period a goal for myself to put in as cancer diagnoses. He led the the Andrew McDonough B+ from cancer, Conte remains of a hockey game: double overtime. many extra hours as I can and team and was among national Foundation. With this charity, humble about his journey and Don’t even talk to me about see how good I can get. I want to leaders in fundraising for the Conte has adopted his own hero wants to do as much as he can triple overtime. stay healthy and set a very high HEADStrong Foundation, an and initiated adopting a hero for for children going through the Overtime is a tough obstacle to example for these guys.” organization for cancer patients the men’s lacrosse team as well. same situation. overcome, physically and mentally. Although Conte was sick as and families, helping them by Since day one, McDonough “You find something that Each shot could be the last, so that a child, he always loved sports providing essential programs has told Conte, “Listen, you’re you love more than anything else means every movement, hockey and was chomping at the bit to and services to improve quality the light at the end of the and if for one second someone stop, transition and hit has an play any sport that he could. He of life. tunnel for these parents. You’re tells you you’re not going to be effect on every second that passes started playing lacrosse in the Over the last two years, what they’re looking for and if able to do it, you need to put by. fourth grade when his dad came Conte has raised nearly $10,000 you can meet as many of these your foot down, chase it and The Blue Hens needed to end it; home with a lacrosse stick. for the HEADStrong Foundation. families as you can, you’re going never stop chasing it,” Conte and that is just what they did. Off As Conte reflects back on He set his first goal at around to give them some hope.” said. of a pass from Zucker, Zingarelli $1,000. Within 72 hours of His work with the B+ put home the game winner and the rest of the team blew a sigh of exhaustion as they came onto the ice to celebrate. Lindenwood University was next on the schedule. Sitting at num ber three overall in the ACHA, the Blue Hens had a tough battle “NON-PROFIT NIGHT” A HIGHLIGHT last Friday. Three goals came for Lindenwood in the first period alone without an answer from FOR DELAWARE 87ERS the Blue Hens. Zucker started the scoring on a power play for the Blue Hens in the second period, only to be answered by Michael Lozano making it a 4-1 game going into the third. JACK RODGERS and awareness for kids affected In the third period, Blue Hen Managing Sports Editor by cancer, but to honor the defenseman Nick Ustaski put away B+ Heroes and their inspiring two, but Lindenwood responded fig h t.” back with two of their own. One The Delaware 87ers donned Joe McDonough, president would be an empty-netter. blue jerseys with yellow of The B+ Foundation, also noted The Blue Hens lost control of stars in honor of their non the importance of the 87ers’ their sticks and m ouths in the third profit night, benefiting the non-profit night to his charity. period, which gave Lindenwood an university’s largest student-run “We greatly value the astounding total of 10 power play philanthropy, UDance. UDance partnership that we have with opportunities. The Lions happily raised over $1.28 million in the Delaware 87ers,” McDonough scored on only two of those 2015 alone and has donated over said. “The team has embraced chances. $3.56 million since its inception The B+ Foundation, UDance In the end, the Blue Hens in 2007. The 87ers would go on and our B+ Heroes. The 87ers suffered a 6-3 loss at the hands of to lose their non-profit night are helping us fight childhood Lindenwood. And that is how it will 114-106. cancer and put smiles on the end for the Blue Hens this season. Ticket sales went toward faces of our B+ Heroes.” Players will graduate and new The B+ Foundation, which is the Friday’s game also noted the players will cycle in. The Blue Hens benefactor of UDance’s annual call up of Christian Wood by the will start to focus on the mountain fundraising campaign. Larry Philadelphia 76ers. Wood has in front of them and not the m issed Meli, president of the Delaware appeared in 26 games with the chances in the past. Life and the 87ers, was excited to set aside a Sevens this season, averaging hockey program at Delaware night specifically for the charity. nine rebounds, as well as 16 will go on, but the next clinch of “For three years, the points on 52 percent shooting in another national championship 87ers have been honored to 27 minutes per game. Thirteen- remains out of reach. partner with UDance and The year NBA veteran Baron Davis, B+ Foundation,” Meli said. who was acquired by the 87ers DEREK FRISICCHIO “Pediatric cancer remains (17-22) several days before Columnist the most underfunded of any Friday’s game, recorded eight cancer research in our country points, four assists after COURTESY OF NBA.COM The views reflected in this column do [...] th is night n o t only gives us replacing Wood. Baron Davis, an ex-New York Nick, got his first start as an 87er last Friday, noting an not necessarily represent those of The the opportunity to raise money impressive dunk along with eight points shooting three for 11 from the field. Review.

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