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BY KATIE FAHER'fY Vonck, a research assistant and doctorial candidate at the universi­ Copy Editor ty, accepted congratulations after the results were announced at the City Mayor Harold F. Godwin and 6th District Councilwoman Municipal Building and said he was elated about his victory. Christine Rewa were defeated in Newark's Tuesday election. "We got a great, diverse turnout in District 6," be said. Vance A. Funk III won the race for mayor, while university gradu­ With 186 votes, Vonck defeated Rewa, who had 121 votes, as well ate student Kevin J. Vonck won the 6th District city council race. as fellow challenger Kenneth L. Bartholomew, who had 115 votes. Funk defeated Godwin by a margin of 2,642 to 925. Funk said he At 23, Vonck will be the youngest ever to serve on the City was shocked that he won by such a large margin. Council. "We thought we'd have about 65 percent of the vote," he said, "but "I'm really excited that people saw past the traditional student when it came in at 74 percent, I was amazed." stereotype," he said, "and saw a young, excited, enthusiastic person Funk said he felt good about the campaign and thought his per­ who could bring a fresh perspective to the council." sonal visits to residents added greatly to the effort. Vonck said there are three issues he wants to concentrate on as a member of the council: completing the reservoir, focusing on public He attributed the victory mainly to the multitude of campaign vol­ Counesy of Vance Funk ill unteers. For example, Funk said, student volunteers picked Rp senior safety and initiating curbside recycling collection. citizens Tuesday and drove them to the polls so they could have the Rewa said she intends to stay involved in the community and has Vance Funk defeated Newark mayor Harold F. Godwin by opportunity to vote. an interest in how Vonck handles his new position. a 74 percent margin in the city election Thesday. "We assembled an incredibly large group of volunteers and work­ "He's got a lot of energy and good ideas, and I'm interested to see ers," he said. "From that point on I knew we were going to win." what he can do," she said. Annabelle Wollaston said she has volunteered at the polls for many Funk's first focus as the new mayor will be to resolve the issues Lifelong resident Bob Wollaston said he had placed his vote early years and that this year's turnout was relatively normal. with the partially built reservoir. that morning. "It's been steady all day," she said. "The second thing I want to work on is the quality of life in "I think Newark's ready for a change," he said. City Secretary Patricia Fogg said 15,315 residents were eligible for Newark," he said, "make it a friendlier place, a cleaner place, a place Inside the 4th District voting location, Wollaston's wife sat at a Tuesday's election and 3,567 citizens voted, a 23 percent voter turnout. not drowned out with loud noise." · long table, checking identifications as voters trickled through the door. " It was certainly a bigger turnout than usual," she said. Speaker ponders Del. debates ChinaS future bar liability

BY JOE OLIVIERI pendence, and the Chinese govern­ BY JENNIFER LUCAS Staff Reporter ment responded with military Stoff Reporter A former secretary of defense action?" he said. Legislation intended to increase liability for bars warned that China could face great "The second one is what if that serve alcohol to customers who are already intox­ difficulties in the next decade that North Korea refuses to give up its icated is being considered by the Delaware House of would threaten recent increasingly nuclear weapons program, conduct Representatives. positive Sino-American relations. atomic bomb tests, and the United State Sen. Karen Peterson, D-9th District, said the William Perry, secretary of States responded with military legislation was scheduled for voting in the House on - Apri!.+but was postponed until April 28 because there defense during the first Clinton action? THE REVIEW/Jamie Edmonds was not enough time to complete the meeting before administration, highlighted three "Finally, what if the economic the House went on recess. possible scenarios that would growth that China has enjoyed for Former defense secretary William Perry explains the changing Peterson introduced the bill to the Delaware State endanger the stability of the the past three decades stalled, with dynamics of China's role in the international community. Senate on June II because of the death of Shaun Chinese government and harm unemployment and the economic Loomis, a 16-year-old Elkton resident who was killed diplmnacy to approximately 340 consequences so severe the Chinese are patient and allowing the integra­ ernment is willing to negotiate with in a head-on collision with another driver. people in Mitchell Hall Wednesday government is then destabilized?" tion process to proceed at its own them. Peterson said the man involved in the crash had during this week's installment of Perry said Taiwan had recently pace." "And while North Korea is been drinking at a pizzeria in Newark for seven hours the Global Agenda lecture series. shown preliminary signs of declar­ North Korea, Perry said, has willing, even eager, to meet with the and had a blood alcohol level of .22, more than twice Perry said China has improved ing independence, aspired to have nuclear weapons for United States, it is still not clear the legal limit. remarkably in the past 20 years, "Their push last month for a more than 20 years. that the North Koreans are really "Delaware's law already prohibits bartenders weathering international economic Pakistani scientists, he said, willing to give up their nuclear from serving already intoxicated people," she said. referendum was a dangerous step in "The problem is we don't have enough people to problems and reaching out to other the direction of a formal declaration sold technology and materials to weapons program." North Korea for a comprehensive He said North Korea holds on enforce it." countries. of independence," he said, "and I Peterson said there are not enough police officers nuclear program. to its nuclear weapons for protec­ "They've established harmo­ truly believe that a declaration of to sit in every bar and make sure the bartenders do not tion out of fear of a preemptive nious relations with their neighbors independence would result in mili­ "It is certain that they have over-serve customers. for the first time in decades," he tary action." 8,000 rods of spent fuel for a reac­ attack from the United States. Even when police do catch a bartender over-serv­ said, "and have worked to become a Fortunately, he said, the refer­ tor," he said. " It is certain they have " It is because of the North ing, she said, the only way to enforce the law is with a responsible member of the interna­ endum was not passed but its main the capabilities to reprocess the Korea's nuclear weapons program $250 fin e. tional community including mem­ supporter, the president of Taiwan, fuel, giving them the enough pluto­ that they have anything to fear from "Nobody cares about a $250 fine," she said. bership in the World Trade was narrowly reelected, keeping the nium to make about six nuclear the United States," Perry said. Peterson said Delaware is one ofonly seven states Organization." issue unresolved. bombs." Lastly, China could face prob­ that do not hold bars liable for over-serving customers. Perry said his view of the last Perry believes tensions Despite China's intercession lems if its prosperous economic Studies have shown that dram shop laws, like Shaun's Law, she said, are the most effective way to three decades in Sino-American between China and Taiwan will be and regional countries meeting for development were to slow down, curb over-serving. relations have been positive, but he resolved peacefully due to rapid diplomatic discussion, the results of Perry said. these talks are of questionable rele­ The communist government, he "At least five studies have shown that dram shop would not say that will necessarily economic, cultural and social inte­ laws can reduce alcohol related deaths by I 0 percent," vance. said, is unable to justify itself on hold true for the future. gration. Peterson said. Three situations would chal­ " I believe that the political "The United States is willing to ideology anymore and is main­ Some people are opposed to the bill, she said, lenge this prosperity. integration will fo llow in time," he meet with North Korea," he said, tained public support solely through because they think people should take personal "but it is still not clear if our gov- "What if Taiwan declared inde- said, "provided both governments see GLOBAL page A3 responsibility for being intoxicated. "The problem with that is alcohol impairs your judgment," Peterson said. "The bartender is suppos­ edly sober. He's the gatekeeper." A more valid concern is that the increased liabili­ ty will cause insurance premiums to increase, she said. "Any time you add liability the costs will go up." Bush defends policy on war, terror However, the premiums will not increase as much as the Delaware Restaurant Association says, she said. Increases of 30 to 40 percent are more reasonable. BY ERIN BURKE answered," he said. "Who will we give power to? questions, he repeatedly said the war in Iraq was "My bill places a $250,000 cap on liability," National/State News Editor How will we maintain stability? The president a war against terrorism," she said, "but he did not Peterson said. In his first prime time news conference of did not answer these questions." give any evidence that there was a connection Carrie Leishman, president and CEO of the DRA, the year Tuesday night, President George W. During the press conference, Bush was between ai-Qaida and the Iraqi government. said quotes from insurance companies indicate that Bush addressed the future of the reconstruction asked about his responsibility regarding the Sept. "What are the links? No one asked him." premiums will rise from an average of $500 to effort in Iraq and the war on terror, after an espe­ I I, 200 l terrorist attacks, whether he made any Goldstein said she found the press confer­ $10,000. cially tough week for coalition forces. mistakes arid whether he felt he owed the ence unsatisfactory. "The only thing it does is raise the insurance rates Before taking questions from reporters, American people an apology. "I didn't learn anything new from the con­ for small businesses to astronomical levels," she said. President Bush took a moment to speak to the Bush did not admit direct responsibility or ference," she said. "The only thing I learned was Although this was a major concern of the DRA, American people about the current situation in personal mistake for the attacks. that the president could not think of any mistakes Leishman said this is not her greatest concern with Iraq. "If I had any inkling whatsoever that the he has made." Shaun's Law. He said the violence seen in Iraq is an people were going to fly airplanes into buildings, Elizabeth Wenk, spokeswoman for Rep. "The biggest problem with this law is it opens the attempt at a power grab by extremists who want we would have moved heaven and earth to save Michael N. Castle, R-Del. , agreed that nothing door for frivolous lawsuit abuse," she said. to run the United States out of the region but is the country," he said, "just like we' re working new was introduced in the press conference but Legislators need to concentrate on existing laws not a civil war or popular uprising. He said most hard to prevent a further attack." said it was a reaffirmation of the president's to address the problem of alcohol related deaths, of Iraq is relatively stable. Although the former counterterrorism offi­ goals and principles. Leishman said. Enforcement of existing laws and edu­ Bush said a central commitment of the cial, Richard Clarke, gave an apology to the "Congressman Castle believes it is general­ cating and training bartenders would do more to fix the American mission is the transfer of sovereignty American people for failing them prior to Sept. ly helpful in difficult times if the president problem. back to the Iraqi people. . II, the president did not offer one. speaks to the public about the situation," she "I've heard that the classes we provide aren't any "We have set a deadline of June 30," he said. "The person responsible for the attacks was said. good," she said. "If the training isn't any good, we "It is important that we meet that deadline." Osama bin Laden," Bush said. "That's who's An increasing amount of Americans have need to focus on that." He was not clear, however, on whom the responsible for killing Americans. And that's problems with the mi ssion in Iraq as the election Leishman said Shaun 's Law would be ineffective United States wi ll be handing the Iraqi govern­ why we will stay on the offense until we bring is quickly approaching. at reducing alcohol related deaths, and it is just intend­ ment over to on June 30. people justice." Bush said he plans to retain the presidency ed to fix current laws. "We' ll find that out soon," Bush said. Ghent said there is enough blame to go come November. "This legislation acts as a band-aid," she said. The president said the commitment to the around for everyone and questions have been "I don't plan on losing my job," he said. "I Greg Patterson, communications director for Gov. success and security of Iraq will not end at the raised as to how much the administrati on knew plan on telling the American people that I've got Ruth Ann Minner, said the governor has not decided June 30 deadline. and why they did not know more. a plan to win the war on terror. And I beli eve yet if she will sign the bill if it passes in the House. "On July I and beyond," he said, "our The fa ult also falls on the previous adminis­ they'll stay with me." "We haven't really looked at it yet," he said. reconstruction assistance will continue and our tration, he said, but we are more concerned with Ghent aid the decreasing public support Shaun's Law passed in the Delaware State Senate military commitment will continue." how we will move forward then with placing could hurt Bush. on June 19 with a vote of 11 -9, with one enator not Bill Ghent, press secretary for Sen. Thomas blame. It has been shown that it is already hurting voting. The bill is currently in the House Business, R. Carper, D-Del., said the senator feels, in terms Leslie Goldstein, political science professor, him in the polls, he said , and the publi c support Corporations and Commerce Committee. of handing power over in Iraq, there are some said she feels the president failed to address cer­ could fu rther erode by November. serious problems. tain pressing questions. "Some seri ous questions have not been "In the speech [Bush] gave before he took A2. THE REVIEW. April 16, 2004 DuPont cuts jobs worldwide

BY MONlCA SIMMONS bring in businesses that are hiring and edu­ company in some means, directly or indirect­ StaffR eporter cate those being released on entrepreneurship ly." DuPont Co. will cut 650 jobs in opportunities, he said. According to figures collected by the Delaware in the next several months as pan "We plan to do everything in our power department, Delaware lost 5,800 more jobs of a major restructuring that will ultimately to help those targeted secure alternate posi­ than it created between 2001 and 2003, she eliminate 3,500 jobs in North America and tions," Webb said. "We are trying to make said. Europe, officials said Tuesday. this as easy as possible." The degree of impact on the state's econ­ Clifton Webb, company spokesman, DuPont is currently negotiating a deal to omy, Lindgren said, largely depends on what said the company is decreasing its work force sell In vista, a subsidiary of DuPont that pro­ types of jobs are lost. /. by approximately 6 percent to increase its duces nylon, to Koch industries in Indiana, he Since many suppliers of the company BUSH BACKS ISRAEL'S WEST BANK CLAIMS competitiveness in growing countries abroad. said. are local, she said, production losses would WASHINGTON, D .C. -President George W. Bush endo rsed~ Most of the jobs will be eliminated by Invista employees are not included in the have the greatest impact. Wednesday Israel's claim to parts of the West Bank seized in the 19(fh mid-summer, Webb said. current job cut, Webb said. "This is certainly not DuPont's first Middle East war and asserted that Palestinian refugees cannot expect to "The redesign will ensure the future of However, if Invista is sold, its employ­ labor cut," Lindgren said, "and I don't expect return to their homes inside Israel, an explicit shift in U.S. policy imme"' the company," he said. "It will help sustain ees would be transferred to Koch; he said, it will be the last." diately attacked by Palestinian political leaders. - ... our growth abroad as product markets shrinking the company's work force by Petra Chistmann, economics professor Standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Whit~: House, President Bush said it would be "·unrealistic" to return to the ' approximately 20,000 people. become increasingly competitive." at the University of Virginia, said many cor­ region's prewar boundaries, affmning that some large Israeli settlements:· The company informed its employees "This re-organization is more multi­ porations like DuPont are scrambling to cut long considered illegal by American and international diplomats will be... Monday morning via e-mail and meetings faceted and comprehensive than just cutting costs in order to increase their edge in allowed to remain. ·· with unit managers how each unit will be workers," Webb said. increasingly competitive markets. Bush stopped short of specifying which settlements Israel should keep , affected, Webb said. Debbie Lindgren, senior market analyst The real challenge for DuPont, she said, but in publicly backing an Israeli strategy developed without Palestinian The company expects most cuts to be for the Delaware Department of Labor, said will be whether they can produce innovative input, he set aside years of U.S . policy that deemed the West Bank settl~­ salaried workers, he said, not necessarily the numbers released by DuPont officials products that will eliminate the need for labor ments as obstacles to a lasting peace in the region. , hourly employees. marks the largest labor cut in the state since reduction. The shape of the border and the fate of any refugees it created were tO. Employees have the opportunity to vol­ 2001. "You can't sustain a company in the be settled in final negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. ·' unteer to be laid off and accept severance "This will no doubt ripple through the long-run by merely cutting jobs," Christmann The new U.S. approach is aimed at breaking a three-year stalemate in packages before April 29, Webb said. state's economy," she said. "Almost every said. "Sooner or later, it will have to resort to the peace process marked by deadly violence, reprisals and deepening despair. DuPont plans to set up a career fair to person in Delaware is dependent upon the other methods to maintain its success." Bush administration officials said they concluded the best hope of jump-starting the search for peace was to embrace Sharon's unilateral strategy, which includes withdrawing Israeli settlers from the PalestiniaJ!-• controlled Gaza Strip and building a security wall between Israelis and, Palestinians. .. At the same time, some Middle East specialists warned Bush's embrace­ J. of Sharon and his plan risked undermi ning U.S. ambitions in the region .. ~ Del., N protest VX disposal Reaction from Palestinian leaders was swift and pointed. Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia said the move kills the rights of the Palestinian. people. BY E. KULHANEK Jeff Lindblad, public The proposal calls for the Rep. Gregory Lavelle, D- "We cannot accept that," he said. "We reject it and we refuse it." Staff Reporter affairs spokesman for the Army, plant to treat between 5,000 to 11th District, said he has a num­ Bush and Sharon each had domestic political reasons for reaching an Gov. Ruth Ann Minner and said he is not sure if Brownlee l 0,000 gallons of the waste­ ber of issues with the proposal. agreement, with a U.S. presidential election less than eight months awa.l{··. New Jersey Gov. James E. has received the letter yet. water per day, he said. "My gut reaction as a citi­ and Sharon's Likud Party due to vote soon on his strategy of disengaging·. from the Palestinians. .-.;. McGreevey sent a letter to Les "The plant treats more than zen was, 'You have got to be "We will look at the letter Officials said a desire to avoid further alienating Arab public opiniop Brownlee, acting secretary of and address the issues it con­ 15 million gallons per day. That kidding me,' " he said. helped keep the White House from backing Sharon's entire plan. . ,. the Army, April 8 urging the tains," he said. "There will be makes the ratio of VX waste­ Several environmental and The Bush administration, entangled in an increasingly bloody battle for Army to reconsider its plan to some sort of response letter." water to non VX wastewater civil groups, as well as citizens, Iraq and a global fight against Islamic extremism, is widely perceived. transport 1,2 69 tons of the VX The Army has not yet 2,000 to 1," Farina said. Lavelle said, have contacted abroad to favor Israel itt the expense of the Palestinians. nerve agent to a DuPont waste­ awarded the contract to DuPont, Stockpiled chemical him with anxiety concerning water treatment facility in Lindblad said, and no contract weapons are targets for terror­ safety issues. U.N. ENVOY CALLS FOR DISSOLVING GOVERNING COUNCIL Deepwater, N.J. will be awarded until the ism, he said, and threaten the "My primary concern is the HWNE~ - Currently, 1,200 gallons of Centers for Disease Control and well being of Americans. impact this will have on our BAGHDAD, Iraq- A U.N . envoy proposed on Wednesday that Iraq's"'.. the wastewater containing the Prevention conducts a formal "We feel that through our environment and on our river," U.S.-appointed Governing Council be dissolved when the United States:: agent are being stored at an review of the Army's proposal. unique capabilities, we would he said. "I have a number of hands over power on June 30 and replaced with a caretaker government of-­ Army site in Newport, Ind. Anthony Farina, be best suited to eliminate this issues of whether or not it can technocrats ~ho would rule until elections are held. With less than 70 days before the handover of power, the initiative by Last year, the Army sub­ spokesman for the DuPont Co., possible terrorism threat," be done safely here." former Algerian foreign minister Lakhdar Brahirni amounts to a last-ditch mitted a proposal to treat the said DuPont and the Army have Farina said. The best result for every­ effort to cobble together an interim government after repeated Iraqi objec­ wastewater at a public waste­ set aside time for a public com­ According to 2003 U.S. one involved would be to treat ti ~ms to earlier U .S.-crafted plans, including one to hold regional caucus­ water treatment plant near ment period that is in effect Bureau of Labor Statistics, the water at or near the site es. Dayton, Ohio but withdrew the until Aprill9. DuPont's safety record was 10 where it is currently being U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, who will review Brahimi's pro_: . proposal due to opposition from "We understand citizens' times better than the average stored, Lavelle said. posal before it is formally released later this month, dispatched the veter­ local citizens. concerns and we are sensitive to record in the U.S. industry, he "I do not want our river to an diplomat to Iraq at the behest of the Bush administration to resolve dis-,;. The United States must that," he said, "but make no said. become a choice destination for agreements among Iraqi leaders over the political transition. , .... dispose of 31 ,5 00 tons of stock­ mistake about it, we would only However, lawmakers as this type of thing in the future," Brahimi said the interim government should have a cabinet of minister~ · ·' piled chemicals by 2007 in be involved with this if we well as citizens in Delaware and he said. led by a prime minister, as well as a president who would serve as the head order to comply with an interna­ could treat the water safely and New Jersey have concerns over of state. Although some Iraqi politicians and officials of the U.S,. -, tional treaty. effectively." the issue. government have favored handing power to the 25-member Governing .. Council or an expanded version of that body, Brahirni ruled out that approach because of questions about the council's lack of popular support, ' Brahimi wants the ministers, the president and two vice presidents tQ.. . be chosen by the United Nations, in consultation with the U.S. occupation.; authority, the Governing Counc,il and other. institutions. - Although U.S. administrator L. Paul Bremer and other administratiol}.~· States ,consider weapons ban officials have endorsed that approach, it could prove controversial among Iraqis, including some Governing Council members, who want a more_. active role in selecting their interim government. . n., It is not known how the cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, feels about .. BY ANDREW G. SHERWOOD would support an extension of the federal ly trying to mislead the public." Brahimi 's proposal. Staff Reporter ban. "The executive order passed in 1989 did The U.N. envoy was unable to travel to the holy city of Najaf, where­ In an attempt to outlaw assault weapons Although the president supports extend­ not prohibit all of these 19 firearms," he said. Sistani lives, because of a standoff there between U.S. troops and militia- before a decade-old ban expires in ing the 1994 federal assault weapons ban, he "It only. banned the Uzi and the AK-47 from men loyal to a rival cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr. .. September, some state lawmakers are spon­ said, leaders in Congress have vowed to let being manufactured outside the U.S. and Brahimi spoke to Sistani 's son over the telephone and U.S. officials:. soring legislation to ban the weapons within th_e gun control measure expire this fall. imported in, any that were made in the U.S. have asked interlocutors to explain the proposal to Sistani directly. ... their states. Rob Wilcox, assistant director of com­ were available for the public." Early this morith, a Maryland State munications for the Brady Campaign For 2003, Delaware received a grade of EUROPEAN NATIONS REJECT BIN LADEN TRUCE Senate committee defeated a proposal to ban Against Gun Violence, said intense lobbying "C" on the annual report card done by the BERLIN - Great Britain, Germany and Italy turned down a purport­ assault weapons, ending all possibilities the from the National Rifle Association is mak­ Brady Campaign, Wilcox said, and ed offer from Osama bin Laden yesterday to call a truce with them if they General Assembly will put a gun control bill ing it nearly impossible to pass the law. pulled their troops out of Muslim countries. Delaware has no law restricting assault "There can be no discussions with terrorists or criminals such as Osama,-: into effect in Maryland before the federal "The NRA has promised to derail any weapons. bin Laden," a spokesman for the government of Germany said. "The inter-.. · ban expires. attempt to ban assault weapons at the state Gregory B. Patterson, director of com­ national community must continue its fight against terrorism and.: • Diane Walker, spokeswoman for level," he said, "and they're consciously try­ munications for Gov. Ruth Ann Minner, said Germany will continue to play its role." Maryland State Sen. Robert Garagiola, D- ing to mislead the public. Delaware was not trying to ban assault Germany has sent troops to Afghanistan. ,, 15th District, the sponsor of the bill, said this "If the public is made aware of this ban weapons within the state, nor had the gover­ An unnamed spokeswoman for the British Foreign Office said they. • was the last chance for the bill to pass in and how effective it's been, we believe it will nor taken a position on the renewal of the would not deal with terrorists. ~~- Maryland. be renewed." federal assault weapons ban. "We cannot negotiate with al-Qaida," she said. "Their attacks are ~: "It has to be done at the Federal level Wilcox said the federal ban specifically Bill Ghent, spokesman for Sen. Thomas against the very idea of co-existence." now," she said. "There's nothing else we can outlaws 19 firearms, including the Uzi R. Carper, D-Del., said the federal assault Bri tish troops have joined in the U.S .-led conflicts in Afghanistan and do." assault rifle, the AK-47 and other mi litary­ ban has ceased for the year. Iraq, with 8,700 stationed in Southern Iraq. . . After a similar bill failed in Illinois, style weapons. "We voted for it in March, but the Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini dismissed the idea of a deal. . Gov. Rod Blagojevich threatened to veto a Brian Hyder, spokesman for the NRA, Republicans and the NRA loaded the bill with al-Qaida. pro-gun bill if it does not include an assault "It is completely unthinkable that we could start negotiations with bin . . said the Brady Campaign is the one misin­ with loopholes, and it had to be scrapped, Laden," he said. weapons ban. forming the public. and that probably means it won't be renewed There are 3,000 Italian troops in Iraq. Alan Sager, spokesman for Blagojevich, "The Brady Campaign is lying when before September," he said. The responses fo ll owed the airing of an audiotape from a person iden- said despite pressure from the governor, they say that unless the assault weapons ban Olivia Kurtz, spokeswoman for Rep. tifying himself as bin Laden, the al-Qaida leader. _ ?" Illinois lawmakers want to wait until is renewed, these illegal weapons will be Michael N. Castle, R-Del., said the Addressing "our neighbors north of the Mediterranean," the speaker; September to see whether Congress actually legal again," he said. "The truth is that these Congressman has supported the renewal of said: "I announce a truce with the European countries that do not attack.· lets the federal ban expire. firearms were prohibited in 1989 by execu­ the federal ban. Muslim countries.'' ': "It seems that legislators want to avoid tive order, and that wouldn't change if the "Do the American people really want The seven-minute statement said the offer was good for three months a debate over this," he said, "and they're opt­ ban expires." Uzis and AK-47's on the streets where they and that the truce would begin when the last soldiers of the European ing for a wait-and-see approach." When asked about the 1989 executive li ve?" she said. "If the ban expires this countries left the Muslim countries. Ken Lisaius, spokesman for· the White order on assault weapons, Wilcox said the September, we could very well face this real­ - compiled by Erin Burke f rom LA. Times and Washington Post wire House, said President George W. Bush NRA was "blatantly wrong" and "conscious- ity." repOrt!i ,,

BREAK IN AT EAST CLEVE­ ued at $1 ,065, Simpson said. In this particular case, she .. LAND AVENUE HOUSE There are currently no leads, said, there are no leads. An unknown person entered she said. and removed property from uni­ PROPERTY R EMOVED ~: versity students in a house on VEHI CLE REMOVED FROM F ROM CAR IN DICKEY . ' East Cleveland Avenue between WELSH TRACT ROAD PARK LOT approximately 12:40 a.m. and An unknown person removed An unknown person removed · · 12:50 a.m., Newark Police said. a vehicle from a parking lot out­ property from a vehicle on. Cpl. Tracy Simpson said the side of the Villa Belmont apart­ ..1a dison Drive in the Dicke y intruder entered through an ment complex between approxi­ Park lot between a p p roxim a tel y ~ unlocked back door. mately 6 p.m. Tuesday and 5 a.m. 10 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a .m. ;: One of the students just Wednesday, Simpson said. Wednesday, Simpson said. _. ; · returned home, she said, which is The person entered the She said the person broke a why the door was unlocked. owner 's unlocked truck, sbe said, window on the vehicle and Simpson said the span of time and removed the keys to hi s 2002 removed a camcorder an ~ --. between when the student went Honda Accord from the glove approximately 50 CDs. upstairs and the intruder removed compartment . Damage to the vehicle is esti- - . the property was approximately Simpson said the person then mated at $200, Simpson sai d, and FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 10 minutes. drove away in the Accord. the property is valued at $900. A Dell laptop, a Samsung flip The car is valued at $1 4,000. She aid there are no suspects Mostly sunny, Partly cloudy, Partly cloudy, phone and two purses were she said. and the case would remain inac­ removed from the first floor of Simpson said there has recent­ tive. highs in the 60s highs in the 70s highs in the 70s the house, she said. ly been a series of stolen vehicles The property removed is val- from the Villa Belmont area. - courtesy of the National Weather Service - Stephanie Andersen ' April 16.2004 . THE REVIEW. A3 City opens emergency notification system

BY JIADIN "It's a good way to get information cialist for Newark, said the city is not used by various networks in several hun­ city an accurate list of citizens and their Staff Reporter out quickl y to the city," Houck said. "It's primarily using the system for emergen­ dred cities across the country, such as contact information, Herring said, and Newark has recently implemented a a good tool as far as being able to pro­ cies but also fo r daily information. school districts, health departments and will show the willingness of people to city watch information system by which vide service and emergency informa­ "It's for anything and eve1ything police departments. participate in this system. citizens can be notified of important tion." that's deemed important to the citizen," Cpl. Tracy Simpson of Newark Houck said citizens who have announcements and emergency informa­ She said other areas such as Bethany be said. "It can be used for something Police said the department has yet to enrolled will have the option of choosing tion through a computerized system. Beach and New Castle Coun ty have been simple, like telling people there will be become involved in using the program. how they would like to be notified. The Carol Houck, assistant city adminis­ using similar systems. It appeared useful sidewalk work being done in your neigh­ "We would like to use it in the automated system can send out informa­ trator, said the City Watch Community and appealing for Newark, which is why borhood, to information about a missing future," she said, "but right now we are tion via telephone, e-mail or fax . Notification System is an autojTlated the city purchased the program from chil d in your area." not." There are strict guidelines as to service, which calls people to let them Avtex, a telecommunications company. Houck said the city used this system Herring said citizens will soon have what sort of announcements can be made k:how important information. Don Denman, vice president of for the fi rst time last week by notifying the choice of whether they want to enroll through this new system, she said. The system is geo-coded, meaning Avtex, said this system is useful because all residents with registered phone num­ so they can be included in the notifica­ "I know we are all sick of sales that it can call citizens on specific streets it enables cities to become involved in bers of differing days of trash pickup due tion system. calls, so we set up strict procedures that or portions of the city or send calls out to crime prevention and unifies the commu­ to the Good Friday holiday. Citizens can enroll by filling out a will allow us to limit and have control the entire city depending on the circum­ nity by giving them information quickly " People get confused and forget form attached to their utility bill, by over the messages that are sent out," .stance, she said. The program can be and automatically. when to put their trash out during holi­ going in person to the municipal building Houck said. "This is not to be a bother­ used to notify people of missing chil­ " It can actually save lives," he said. days," she said, "so the message went or by signing up on the city Web site, he some thing. dren, electrical outages, ·storms or other "It has in numerous cases." out to remind people of this change." said. "This is a good community tool and information pertaining to the city. John Herring, systems support spe- Denman said City Watch is being The enrollment process will give the we don't want to abuse it." Universities contest school ranking methods

BY KRISTEN LAUERMAN longer provide them with information, Lampe said. "The toughest stuff to measure is how imagina­ The business schools are trying to deny people StaffR eporter "We are just asking them to follow normal jour­ tive a school is in serving the students," he said. access to information that is needed to make an Harvard Business School and the University of nalistic procedures," he said. "There is no other indus­ Visiting the school and talking to students is the informed and intelligent decision, Palladino said. Pennsylvania Wharton Business School will no longer try where they ask for contact information." best way to get an accurate picture of the school, Hirsh "At a time when the public demands accountabil­ provide student contact information to all commercial Patrick Harker, dean of the Whm1on School, said. ity from its business leaders and institutions," he said, outlets, including media groups that create college which ranked fifth, stated in an e-mail message that the • The survey system does not include employment "Harvard and Wharton's attempt to curb the most com­ rankings, in an attempt to combat what they call mis­ rankings produce useless information. after graduation, he said, which is one of the most prehensive, independent source of student opinion leading rankings. "The external rankings fall far short of supplying important outcomes of a degree. about the quality of their education is shameful. " David Lampe, executive director of marketing the type of objective comparative material from which "Ranking focuses attention on the top l percent of Ronald Ehrenberg, who specializes in ranking and communication at Harvard, said the ranking sys­ prospective students or recruiters can make the most schools in the country," Hirsh said. "Employers usual­ systems as a professor at Cornell University, said stu­ tem provides an inaccurate picture of the school, informed choices," he said. ly have successful graduates from a whole range of dents and parents pay too much attention to the rank:­ which ranked third in 2002. The surveys can be misleading, Harker said, and colleges." ings, and they should be cautious in doing so. · "Individual schools have. different strengths and the methodologies used change from year to year pro­ Andrew Palladino, director of communications "They are totally inaccurate," he said. "The approaches to education," he said. "What matters is ducing an incorrect ranking. for "Business Week," stated in an e-mail message that weights are arbitrary and changes in rankings often finding the right match between the interests and ambi­ " Some of the rankings are driven more by edito­ the organization has other reporting resources and are reflect changes in the weighting scheme rather than tions of the student and the school." rial agendas than by objective data," he said. moving ahead with their survey. anything changing at the institutions." Lampe said the ranking system conflicts with the rich Louis Hirsh, director of admissions at the Palladino said he disagrees with Harvard and Ehrenberg said typically high-ranking schools, diversity of the students. University of Delaware, said the rankings do not take Wharton's decision to try and discourage "Business such as Harvard and Wharton, will not be affected, but .. "It makes each student and school sound alike," into account individual student perspective or what a Week" from doing its survey. if a school with a lesser reputation tried to withhold he-said. "Business Week'' will still be allowed to con­ student needs to know when making a college deci­ "This is a bad decision that should be reversed," student contact information it could hurt those schools tact the students independently, but Harvard will no sion. he said. ~ badly. CAC considers environmental initiatives for Newark

BY SARA J. GRAHAM One of the biggest concerns expressed was the university's part in the fill waste, including the risk of impurities like dioxides being released StaffR eporter impending taxation. when waste is burned, he said. The Conservation Advisory Commission met Tuesday night to dis­ The university may already have a permit for its impervious surfaces, Members also addressed the threat of developers buying 34 acres of cuss storm water utilities, land preservation, energy alternatives and the Dente! said, making it exempt from the city's taxes. land in New Castle County, commonly referred to as the Wilson property. annual community cleanup. Working with the university on this issue is a possibility, he said. Robert Bennett, English professor and committee member, said he A main issue addressed at the meeting was the prospect of new taxes Kurt Philipp, board member and ecological consultant, said he was was concerned about the city losing the property to developers without for Newark homeowners and businesses that have impervious surfaces, concerned that the university would want to function independently from preservation of the historic site. which are causing excess storm water to run off into Christiana River and the city regarding storm water management. In addition to the environmental implications of developing, he said White Clay Creek, resulting in unnatural erosion. "I would imagine the university would be dragged in here kicking he was concerned about the preservation of the historic farmhouse locat­ Impervious surfaces include paved lots or roofs, which do not allow and screaming," he said. ed on the property. rainwater to percolate naturally into the ground, but force it to drain else­ No one from university Facilities Plaruling and Construction was "The property is exciting," Bennett said, "but the house is even more wtiere. available for comment. exciting." Steven Dente!, civil and environmental engineering professor and In the past, the university has taken separate jurisdiction regarding The Wilson property has a Swedish farmhouse circa 1740, he said, committee chairman of the CAC, said addressing erosion and storm water this issue, although if it is not currently operating independently from the and the Delaware Nature Society has expressed interest in conserving the drainage problems is imperative, although it requires extra costs for the city, it is subject to taxation, as the university has IJlany large, impervious property. city. surfaces, Philipp said. "To lose that [house] would be very sad," Bennett said. "The problem with storm water is the more paved surfaces you have, , In addition to storm water management, alternative energy sources .l,)eveloping this land wou ld~ cause a loss of open space, more paved you have more' flooding and more erosion," he said. for the city were also discussed. surfaces, possible flooding and an increase in traffic, he said. The taxes for impervious surfaces would work as a fee paid for water The city is purchasing a small percentage of non-fossil fuel energy. At the meeting's close, committee members made plans for the utility or wastewater management, Dente! said. Property owners would Dente! said approximately .02 percent of Newark's energy is coming upcoming Community Clean-Up, sponsored by Parks and Recreation of pay a specific fee that would go to the city to take care of storm water from methane gas, which comes from burning landfi ll waste. Newark on April 24. drainage. There are concerns about the process of deriving energy from land- Coffeehouse comedian recalls college experzence•

BY AARTI MAHTANI the alarm and hitting the snooze button. for the club. studying for a theater and communications degr~e Staff Reporter The nine minutes of sleep he got when he hit "We get tapes from our agents of comedians and performing improv in college. Comedian Tim Young performed m the the snooze button, he said, were like "sleep hero­ and choose which ones are the funniest," she said. Freshman Deena Lopez said although she has Scrounge Tuesday to an audience of 50 students in," in which you loved every minute of sleep in Young said the show was his best time per­ been to a few Coffeehouse Series events before, for the weekly Coffeehouse Series, sponsored by that brief time-frame. forming at the university. she attended this particular show because it was a the Student Centers Programming Advisory Board. Young also described growing up with a strict "Out of a I 0, this performance was about an Sigma Alpha pledge event. Spectators drank free coffee as Young dis­ father. eight or nine," he said, "which is very high because She said her favorite part was when he was cussed various college experiences, such as morn­ "When we were in the car, my father would some colleges are usuall y four or five." making fun of people in the audience. ing classes, drinking, women and dating, safe sex, tum around and say, 'Don't make me come back Yo ung said he performs at different venues with "[He's] one of my favorites," she said, "and spring breaks, loans, beat-up cars, parental prob­ there and separate you,' he said. "I knew he was various types of comedic style, from comedy the audience was laughing hysterically." lems, study habits and politics. serious because I was by myself in the back seat." clubs, to talk shows and universities. Senior Jason McEwen, chairman of films and Young kicked off his comedic act by choosing Senior Kaitlin Hoffman, vice president of "The comparison of venues varies widely, but Webmaster for SCPAB, said he attends most of the a few spectators, which were the main targets for variety events for SCPAB, said Young has been l usually enjoy comedy clubs because that's where Coffeehouse series events and enjoyed Young's some of his jokes, incorporating their participation seen on MTV, Comedy Central and "Late Night comedy was born," he said. "But there's something performance. in his stand-up. with Conan O' Brien." cool about performing at colleges." "I liked when he interacted with the crowd," He said his 8 a.m. classes were horrible expe­ Hoffman said SCPAB decided to ask Young to Young said he started getting into comedy he said. "I enjoyed how he incorporated college riences for him when he was in college. He perform for the Coffeehouse Series because he was when he became a member of a comedy group in examples into his jokes." described the unpleasant feeling of waking up to a popular comedian and has previously performed high school but got into professional comedy when Winning student scripts performed at Lieberman's

BY MELISSA MARGAVICH of all different ages, not just college students. playwrights, and especially enjoyed Hernandez's "Dominos." StaffReporter The English department sponsors the event every year, Walker said, "It was a complex piece, and I immediately understood the main The cluttered Lieberman's bookstore was transformed into a make­ because scriptwriters need a way to see their plays developed for improve­ character's dilemma and empathized with it," she said. shift theater as actors performed the winning scripts in the seventh annual ment and recognition. Volansky said it was striking to see the individual and unique voices student playwriting competition Tuesday. Walker said the competition is also a way for the writers to have a the playwrights possessed. She believes that all three winners have enor­ Senior Edwin Hernandez was this year's winner with his script titled better sense of what would happen in the real theater. mous potential as writers. "Dominos." Gwen Thorson, president of E-52, said she was pleased with this "The death of theater was predicted for hundreds of years," she said. There was a tie for second place with junior Gary Bundy's "Dillner's year's performance. The highlight for her was having enough male actors " It is good to know the death bell is not ringing quite so loudly." Books" and senior Mikaela Larraga's "Kissing You." to pull off the scripts. . Although Hernandez is a chemistry education major, this was his first First place received $500 and second and third place each received "Finding male actors on campus is very hard," she said. shot at scriptwriting and he said he enjoyed it. $350. Michele Volansky, dramaturg for the Philadelphia Theater Company, "I was really hoping my play would speak to different people and I The English department and the E-52 Student Theater group cospon­ judged the event. was really glad I could accomplish that," he said. sored the event. She has earned two Broadway credits in her career for her work on Bundy, a theater major, won the Delaware State Festival last year for This was the first year the plays were performed at Lieberman's Sam Shepard's rewrite of "Buried Child" and Dale Wesserman's "One playwriting and plans to pursue it in the future. bo9kstore. Previously, the event was held at Rainbow Books and Bacchus Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." "Scriptwriting is something I could be broke the rest of my life and theater. Volansky said she was part of the ensemble cast that won the Tony still do," he said. · Jeanne Walker, Engli sh professor, said having the event at Award for Best Revival of"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Lieberman's helped to create a link with the town and attracted members She said she was very impressed with the potential of the student Global Agenda speaker addresses U.S .-Chinese relations

continued from Al The country suffers from vast dent China can remain stabilized, given on China,'· he said, "not only in govern­ open fo rum for questions. unemployment, Perry said, especially its excellent track record for hand ling ment, although it was a special role in "What I found most interesting was delivering growth. farther away from the coastal cities. difficult internati onal and domestic situ­ government, he was the first one to the comments on North Korea's nuclear "It's successful," he said. "In fact, "Already unemployment there is ations. open up and sign this ·agreement with weapons and the steps that would actu­ each year for the last 20 years or so serious enough that millions, litera lly Ralph Begle iter, distinguished the Chinese military, but also after leav­ ally occur as a result of these actions," they've had about 8 to 10 percent millions of Chinese. ha\·c migrated journah~t in rcstdcncc and modcrator of ing government he continues to be sent she said. " 1 think all the information he growth. And so the increasing standard from those in land regions seekin; \\Ork .thc Gl•lb·d \gcnd<~ snics. ·

BY BROOK PATTERSON you live off-campus, you can't go before the final exam period. good questions, however the rain questions that addressed schedul­ panel was a great opportunity for National/State News Editor crazy." "The Morris Library is a 6- may have kept some students from ing and courses. students who have an interest in Students were given the Lawrence Thornton, director acre building with secwity issues attending. "It's important to accommo­ what goes on around campus. opportunity to voice their concerns of Public Safety, addressed a con­ every day," she said, "so a lot of "It was very useful," he said, date students in their goals and we "All questions were regarding different areas ofthe uni­ cern of students regarding universi­ work and planning went into this "and I think it is a good idea to are trying to admit students to their answered," he said, "but if students versity Tuesday night at a round­ ty police and their access to fire decision." keep doing it." first choice," he said. want, they have the opportunity to table discussion consisting of 45 arms. Rich said the actual idea for The most important topic dis­ Junior Kyle Somers, program­ follow-up on their questions and students and 12 members of the Members of the university the extended hours came from cussed, DiMartile said, were the ming delegate for DUSC, said the get the full story, which is great." administration. police, he said, have access to DUSC. The Delaware Undergraduate weapons in their car and are able to Senior Morgan Long, presi­ Student Congress hosted the event use them if they deem it is neces­ dent of DUSC, said the roundtable to allow students to discuss any sary. was a success, however they were issues they may have with various Officers must justify the use expecting a larger turnout. aspects of the university and better of a weapon, Thornton said, which "Everyone asked a great understand why the university is includes documenting the reason amount of questions," she said, run the way it is. and the steps that occurred when "and every panelist was addressed Junior Dhiren Ponnambalam, the weapon was fired. which was a very good thing." diversity co-chairman of DUSC, "We have had 18 to 20 In upcoming semesters, Long said a lot of people on campus have instances where officers had to be said DUSC hopes to have panels questions about the university, and armed," he said. "This procedure once or twice a semester and have the best way to get answers was came about not because of things a more focused topic with different through the roundtable discussion. on campus, but because of things administration members. "We wanted students to have surrounding the campus." "It depends on how the pan­ the opportunity to air their ques­ Sandra Wither, assistant direc­ elists see it from here on in," she tions directly," he said. "We see tor of Morris Library, told students said. [the panelists] all the time, but not about new extended hours of the DiMartile said the discussion everyone does." Library Commons that will begin went well and the students asked Most of the questions students asked regarded scheduling of final exams, course requirements and the hiring of new faculty. The majority of the concerns were directed to Joseph DiMartile, uni­ versity registrar, and Daniel Rich, STUDENT provost. DiMartile was asked if the university would ever consider adding more reading days prior to the final exam period. He said there are enough read­ ELECTIONS ing days offered. The academic cal­ endar allows for 68 days of instruc­ tion each semester, he said, and six days of scheduled exams in order to spread the exams out and not Enroll now for the stress students. "Depending on the days that 2004 exams fall on," he said, "it Rutgers-Camden becomes a juggling act some­ times." Rich addressed the issue of the Summer Session! growing number of faculty mem­ DELAWARE bers retiring. This results in a short­ age of instructors and low avail­ Join us this summer for ability of courses some students need to graduate. UNDERGRADUATE "Currently, we are putting a rewarding and together a plan to replace and fill every position with a full time fac­ STUDENT CONGRESS ulty member," he said. "All posi­ exciting experience. tions will be filled." MiJce Fernbacher, a represen­ tative from the Office of Judicial RESIDENT STUDENT Affairs, addressed issues such as the notification of parents when a .~: ' ' fky: - - - - ... student gets in trouble, why stu­ • More "than 300 undergr;ldlJate and graduate class~s. ASSOCIATION dents are not allowed to have an attorney present when they go • 50 academic departments;including liberal arts, before the judicial affairs board and sciences, business and MBA. the process of having to go before "' . ~ -;:.:_ the board for off-campus viola­ tions. • Convenient locations in Camd~n · and Atlantic City. "We notify parents because -~ ~ ~>~ ~_.f;__ ,;·,_-0:. >:·· X'-. i we believe it is a teamwork situa­ •· Competitive prices and small class: sizes. • ~~- ..,. . VOTING DATES tion to earn a degree," he said, "and we want to partner with the par­ ents." As for off-campus violations, For more infonnation: Fernbacher said the university THE STATE UNIVERSI1Y OF NEW JERSEY APRILII' 20 ·IE 21. would likely be more lenient with call {856) 225-6098 punishments, considering the stu­ RUTGERS dent is already in trouble with Online registration CAMDEN either the city or state police. STAY CLOSE, GO FAR WWW.UDEL.EDU!VOTE/ " All Alderman's Court docu­ and infonnation at: ments come to the university, but they are handled differently than on http://summer.camden.rutgers.edu campus violations," he said. "We want to make sure that just because

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President George W. Bush by the White House press corps hosted a · press conference - a challenge that is not partic­ Tuesday evening in a rare ularly hostile, aggressive or opportunity to address the unreasonable. ,. American public directly on The president was in Texas ;··· several different subjects. during the bloodiest week in _ However, the president did Iraq since hostilities ended. This I', ...... ~ l 1 not seem to consider it an press conference could have ./ 'opportunity. been an important opportunity I ! Bush was unprepared to to reestablish a connection with / answer some this country and / / ·questions, was answer ques­ altogether eva­ tions about the ·Sive and spoke unacceptable .fo the White state of affairs in ' House press Iraq. Instead, corps in a Bush insisted on ~ atronizing "staying the manner. course," imply­ ·, He refused ing that any to directly questions the <~nswer a ques­ press put forth to ~ion about why him, any direct he would be challenge to his J.estifying for actions, would the 9/11 com­ me(j_n that sol­ 'mission with diers have been Vice President dying in vain. 'Dick Cheney. This rhetoric is He would not the same manip­ :answer anoth­ ulation previous .er question administrations .about whether have used during ' he believed he has made any times of war. Bush is repeating mistakes during his presidency. the same hollow phrases he has And he once again failed to always used in reference to the <1ddress the glaring discrepancy Sept. 11 , 200 1 attacks and the In the WMD issue. war in Iraq, but they do not help Acting in an evasive and to directly address any of this patronizing manner to the press country's serious concerns. is a bad quality for a country's Bush is giving the American eader in any situation, but infi­ public little reason to have con­ nitely more so during a time of fidence in his abilities to lead war. the country. Only a more direct The Review believes and honest approach to press Americans deserve the respect events in the future could help 'of straightforward and candid alleviate this most recent disap­ responses to questions put forth pointment in his administration. Top Ten Reasons to Pick Up The Review:

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Freedom, equality, justice and the belief in democratic principles 9/11 testimony are just a few of the many values held by most Americans, right? As you all ~ Unfortunately, it seems that (hopefully) know by · these are all concepts reserved for now, National Security Republicans and people on the right at Advisor Condoleezzl} ;: present. Rice testified before Only those who vehemently support the war in Iraq and cherish our the panel investigating': foray overseas are viewed as true to these values. This idea is simply absurd. polarized the left with its characterization of the "enemy." the Sept. 11 , 2001 ter- · To consider people on the left unpatriotic or uninterested in global free­ Iraqi Freedom was essentially sold to the American people with the use rorist attacks - the 9/1 1 commission, as it's more commonly ~ dom because of their stance on Iraq or Afghanistan is an outrageous claim. of colorful language intended to make it unfavorable to think differently. known. Much of this can be attributed to the Bush administration's use of repet­ No one in their right mind would side with thugs or terrorists, so the You probably know that in President George W. Bush 's ~ itive propaganda in defining the conflict overseas. Bush administration used these terms as its method of propagandizing the daily briefing of Aug. 6, 2001 our esteemed leader was presen,t" ~ When President George W. Bush uses terms such as "thugs" or "terror­ war. ed with a memo entitled "bin Laden Determined to Strike with~ ' ists" to define our "enemy," or characterizes them as people who hate free­ What many people seem to forget is that individuals who have raised in the United States." ·• dom and liberty, it becomes easy for Americans to associate Operation Iraqi concerns about the war in Iraq have little complaint about ridding the world You may even know that Richard Clarke warned the presi~ ~ Freedom with a noble quest for peace. of terrorism, but are instead critical of the Bush administration's implemen­ dent and Dr. Rice of so-called "sleeper cells" of a1 Qaeda terror~,: Hell, even the name "Iraqi Freedom" bas this connotation. tation of its program for peace. ists in the United States as early as January 2001. ~ !~ Just as television commercials use key words to ingrain products into the Most people, save the terrorists themselves, are of the opinion that ter­ All this came out in Dr. Rice's sworn testimony before the :· minds of consumers, Bush terrifi~s millions of Americans to the point that rorism is a bad thing and must be attacked with might. Fighting terrorists is commission and is now fairly common knowledge. However;~ •' they follow their fearless leader without question. Anyone who does not sim­ one thing, but sending thousands of young soldiers overseas based on loose there are several things you may not know. ..• \ ply line up in blind faith, however, is labeled as unpatriotic or a bad person. connections to terrorism is the ultimate sin. The most important thrng I'd like you to know about Dr;~ It is despicable to think in this way. ln addition to liberty and justice, The federal government may have been rash in its call to action in Rice's testimony is the price the commission paid for it. : ~ Americans also enjoy the right to challenge their leadership. Afghanistan, and then in Iraq. This rashness has left two countries in turmoil ln exchange for the testimony of the National Securit;t! Constructive criticism, as it is often called, helps people realize and even · and little to be desired in the way of actual democratic values. Advisor - testimony the commission certainly needs to inves :, correct their flaws. Why should this be any different with regard to the pres­ The next time Bush is speaking on television, which may be soon con­ tigate the most serious breech of national security ever - tho ~ ident of the United States? sidering the amount of criticism surrounding his actions, pay close attention commission agreed to allow the president to have his main cronY, : The fact is, liberals do care about freedom. They do care about equality to the language he uses. with him when he makes his own statements. . , { and promoting the principles that have made the American democracy the If the public is informed about the use of propaganda, it will become Yes, that's right, when Bush testifies before the 9/1 1 co;n;~.. best in the world. more difficult for presidents like Bush to make their case to America with mission, Vice President Dick Cheney will be by his sid!!;: They do care about these things, but instead have serious problems with words alone. Whispering into his ear. Making sure he doesn't make any ofhii · The dumbing-down of politics to the point where a few words can incite famous Bushisms. · the ways in which the Bush administration has gone about tackling the chal­ • ~ •~ lenges posed by terrorists. popular support is a scary trend in recent years that only works to the advan­ This is pure speculation, of course. I obviously have no idea · Shoddy pre-war intelligence, lack of global support, dubious fiscal tage of a select few politicians. whether or not Cheney will whisper into the president's ear as tie: i impacts and the idea of leaving Iraq in shambles are all concerns voiced by Instead of making political action into a commodity that can be sold to testifies. • ' : ~ people on the left. Americans through the use of television, it is necessary for people to be ade­ And I probably never will. You see, Bush's testimony wil t ~ In many cases, these concerns are well-founded, but are often character­ quately informed about a topic before supporting it. Once this is done, be private. Not public and televised as Dr. Rice's was. PerhaJ?sj ized as the views of crazy liberals and not true Americans. American citizens will have greater control of their own democracy and the so his approval ratings don't slide any more. Perhaps so Cheney; : Perhaps if the Bush administration had won the support of the United White House hardliners will not be able to polarize certain groups of people can field most of the questions. But who can be sure? • • Nations, been able to reduce impacts on the American economy alone and at the expense of the nation as a whole. What I am sure of is that our president owes it to this conn-:: voiced a clear plan for the future of Iraq, people on the left might have lined try to make sworn, public testimony before the 9/11 commi~..:.. , up as well. Andrew Amsler is a copy editor for The Review. Send comments to acam­ sion. And I know the image of Cheney by his side is one t:im(:...• However, none of this has taken place and the right has· successfully [email protected]. makes me very, very uncomfortable. • • ..> When President Clinton made his testimony in the Mon~~ Lewinsky fiasco, Vice President Gore was not with him. When~~ President Reagan testified in the Iran-contra scandal, he did ·:a Fuss over recent death anniversaries have Vice President George H. W. Bush with him. And Presid~~ Nixon testified without Vice President Ford in the Watergate:~ scandal. •.: The White House has given two reasons for the joint te$!• evokes memories of forgotten souls mony of Bush and Cheney. The firSt is that their time is valuabl • and it wastes less time for each of them and less of ftte commis... • ~• sion's time if they testify together. ! "Clothes make the man. Naked people have ln today's world, most comedians don't know Since both are so busy, I imagine it was difficult to fmd~~ L a s t little or no .effect on society. " - Mark Twain. how to write at all, let alone how to write about time when Bush and Cheney both had the same three hours free-.; week "It is better to keep your mouth shut and sacred hamburgers. They just climb up on stage, to talk to the commission. Wouldn't it be more effective fore~-: was the appear stupid than to open it and remove all mostly wasted, with jokes that other people wrote to testify at his earliest convenience? .::: l 0 t h doubt. "-Mark Twain. for them, using facial expressions to make people The second reason is that Bush could not possibly kn~: anniver­ "Always acknowledge a fault. Th is will throw think they are hearing something funny. everything there was to know about the intelligence the com~; sary of those in authority off their guard and give you an Take Comedy Central's Tough Crowd, for mission will be asking questions about, and Cheney is needed to:. Kurt Cobain's death. Everyone started rambling opportunity to commit more."- Mark Twain. instance. Colin Quinn, Jim Norton and whoever .... clarify the details. •• .. on and on about how terrible it was and how they Tell me that's not the work of a mastermind! else they can dig up sit around and discuss recent If the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Centtil~ remember that day like it was yesterday .. . Sacred cows make the best burgers . . . how can events while trying to make the studio audience Intelligence Agency and Richard Clarke were all telling Busfi · By everyone, I mean the DJs on every rock you not laugh? I'm laughing right now! Ha ha! laugh. I'm sure they have something prepared about the possibility of an attack, as each has claimed, there is radio station. Kurt Cobain Weekend was defmite­ Twain (a.k.a. Samuel Clemens) died on April beforehand but mostly they're just put on the spot. no excuse for Bush not knowing all the details. ly the "in" gimmick to have last week. 21 , 1910. One of the greatest authors and And the studio audience doesn't laugh much. Even if Bush didn't know about the intelligence before­ Then this past Sunday was, of course, Easter humorists in American history, he was 74 years That is why comedic writers, like Twain, are hand, he certainly should have been told about it once the attacks Sunday, the 2,000th or so anniversary of Jesus' old. Everyone knows him as the creator of often a great deal more intelligent with their happened. death. More reminiscing about the good old days Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. And he had humor - they aren't winging it. At the very least, Bush could be sufficiently briefed on what when that Sermon was preached on the Mount ... some sort of riverboat fetish or something. One of my favorite writers is Dave Barry. If Cheney knew before he goes before the commission to testify More crying from the DJs? Resurrection But what impresses me is that I still find you read one of his columns, "intelligent" proba­ about the details of what his administration knew. Saying he Weekend? "We're bringing old music back to funny today what he wrote way back in the late bly isn't the first adjective you' re going to come needs Cheney to clarify the details is like saying he's too stupid life?" 19th century. up with since he always finds room for the words to remember them for the few hours it will take to testify. I'm pretty sure someone is going to hell for I mean, usually I just associate his time peri­ "booger" and "underpants" in his columns. That Clinton and Gore made their testimony before the commis­ that one. od with the Civil War. N eedless to say, I don't find said, he was the first writer to make me laugh out sion last week too, and while their testimony was private, each But I' m getting sidetracked, my point is that the Civil War funny, mostly because everyone loud. He only writes one column a week, but he testified alone. And they testified under oath, as did Dr. Rice. ' with all the recent love for cool dead people, why wore fake beards and cried a lot (watch that movie wrote in one of his books that he sweats and ago­ Bush and Cheney will not testify under oath. This mearls is no one donning the black veil for my man Mark "Gettysburg"). But Twain, a war veteran, some­ nizes over every word. that if they lie - which both have been known to do, whether Twain? how managed to become one of the pioneers of In no way am I trashing all of today's come­ about drunk driving convictions or ties to oil companies - nei­ Come on now, you' re not going to have a modern humor. dians. I like Chappelle's Show just as much as the ther can be impeached on charges of petjury. Huckleberry Weekend or swap theories on how I think one of the reasons his work still stands next guy. I watch Tough Crowd every once in a Petjury, not adultery, is the charge for which Clinton was Grandma Love really did it? The man was a is because instead of all this improvisation and while. I even found the movie ''Rocketrnan" to be impeached. And what he lied about wasn't exactly his knowl­ genius! reality stuff you see today, he actually put some hilarious - how lame is that? edge of possible terrorist attacks. "Sacred cows make the best hamburge1: " time into what he wrote. But more and more, comedians just aren't If Bush lies to the 9/ 11 commission, shouldn't we be able to - Mark Twain. "Wrote" is the key word there. doing it for me. There are no more Mark Twains hold him accountable? If we can impeach a president for lying out there and it bothers me. about adultery, lies about prior knowledge of terrorist attacks Twain once said that the best way to get to should be subject to at least the same punishment. know a community was to watch who they buried By not testifying under oath or before the public, Bush is with the most ceremony. saying he should not be held accountable if he chooses to lie. So next week, if you can, pull yourself away And regardless of whether Bush lies to the commission or not, from the Bible and that new Kurt Cobain conspir­ having Cheney by his side looks weak. acy theory book and take a moment to remember It looks weak to the American public, it looks weak to the Mark Twain. terrorists threatening to kill American captives and it looks weak "! think we never become really and gen­ to the terrorists who mutilated American contractors in Fallujah uinely our entire and honest selves until we are last week. dead - and not then until we have been dead Our president should be capable of testifying alone, in pub­ years and years. People ought to start dead, and lic and under oath before the commission investigating the they would be honest so much earlier. " events on which he is basing his campaign for re-election. - Mark Twain.

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BY T IM NICHOLS Staff Reporter Ever fantasize about being a squirrel, bouncing up and down a tree like a furry woodland creature? If so, then the answer might be the sport of tree climbing. ,.,. Once relegated to lumberjacks -.. and 7-year-olds with overactive imaginations, tree climbing schools are popping up and allowing people to satisfY their urge for scaling if.Video game depicts Earth's majestic fo liage. Abe Winters, a 60-year-old for­ mer Army Special Forces sergeant, started Tree Climbing USA in 1996, ·realities of battle giving interested customers a chance to tackle a tree like a chipmunk. ... BY JENNIFER LUCAS Since launchi ng his business in • StaffReporter Fayetteville, Ga., Winters says he has . ~ . With ,bullets flying, missions to complete and enemies threatening to attack, one might · climbed with more than 8,400 people . :think they re m the Army, but they don't have to enlist to be a soldier. of all ages and sizes. . . The online video game, America's Army, allows players to go through basic training· and A rope and pulley system simi­ .then JOm other players in assignments and missions. larly used in rock climbing allows : The highly realistic ~arn e has become so popular that several tournaments are planned tree ascenders to bounce up a mighty .for May and June, accordmg to www.americasarmy.com, the official Web site for the game. • The game, developed by the U.S. Army, is available at www.goarmy.com and can be hardwood or pine tree with ease. played in teams of four to six players. Competitors must go through basic trainincr and then instead of utilizing just the :can form teams with other players to complete missions. "' upper body to scale the tree, a dou­ Several measures were taken to make the game look and seem more realistic. ble-rope system allows a novice Actual photographs of Army training locations are used as background images for the climber to use their legs. game and movements of the soldiers were created by transferring movements of real people After securing the line over a ·to computer data. · sturdy branch, a foot loop is made Additionally, game developers went through basic training in Ft. Benning, Ga., to devel­ with the remaining slack. The loop : op a sense of the soldiers' experiences. serves as a kind of mobile ladder : . Paul Boyce, public affairs specialist with the U.S. Army, says America's Army was fi rst where a climber can start the joum ey. . ava1lable onlme July 4, 2002, and was so popular that the Web site crashed. Registration for the fi rst qualifY ing round starts today. The best 16 players from th tour­ Wi nters defines recreational tree · There are almost three million registered players, with over 64,000 new players regis- nament will be entered into the semi-final round, from which four players will be chosen to : tered so far in April. go to Los Angeles to play against the Army soldiers. climbing as the vertical pursuit of the "It's extremely popular on a day-to-day basis," Boyce says. The winners of the Army vs. civilian game will receive $5000 and airfare and hotel canopies of both the urban and rural America's Army was not developed as a recmiting tool, he says, although several peo­ costs. fo rest. The veteran cli mber help ple have reported becoming interested in the Army because of the game. AI10ther tournament, in Ft. Si ll s, Okla., will take place between July I and July 4. people of all ages with the ropes and "You need never visit a recruiter or supply information about yourself to play the oame" While America's Anny may just be a game to some, Ron Betts, a member of the is always inspired by how quickly ~ h e says. "We designed the game so people could play it anonymously." "' ' Viemam Veterans Against War. says the use of a video game to represent the Anny shows his customers grasp the concept. Boyce says the Army wanted the game to appeal to a broad audience. policy makers do not really understand war. To them, war is imaginary, just like video games, " Pure play is what this is all he says. . "We wanted to be sure it was a game everyone could play," he says. "So it's rated 'T about," Winters says. " It's about "[lt's] a world of black-and-white heroic deeds, ju t like when they played soldier in :: for Teen.'" doing something in a natural way." . Players in the game are vulnerable to weapons and disciplinary action just as in the real their back yards as little kids." he says. Craig AI1derson, psychology professor at Iowa State University, says games like Winters holds recreati ona l · Army, Boyce says. cli mbs in his Fayetteville fo rest on · "You can't shoot your drill sergeant," he says. "lf you do that, you will go to jail. You America's Army can be used effectively as an enlistment strat~gy. Sundays but also directs climbing : can't have bullets bounce off your chest." "The Anny reports great success with this as a recruiting tool," he says. : The purpose of the game is to give young people infonnation about the Atmy, Boyce AI1derson also adds violent video games. such as Ainerica 's Army. affect the beha\'ior excur ions to places like the . says, since many grow up knowing only what the Army was like dllling World War ll. of those who play them. Panamanian rainforest. · "The game was designed to show you what it's like to be in the Anny today," he says. "Violent entertainment media have been shown to increase the likelihood of aggressive Tree climbing can also give " A lot has changed in the Army in the last 60 years." behavior," he says. ~ enthusiasts a chance to appreciate the An update to America's Ain1y, allowing players to go through Special Forces trainino, Tom Baxter, also a member ofVVAW, says video games cannot re-enact war. longevity and durability of trees . . ~as recently released. Players who excel with this training can move on to Green Beret trair~­ "But they can make you think war is a lot cleaner and a lot more fun than it is," he says. On a particular climbing excur­ ing, much like real soldiers. "They let you kill without danger." sion near the Florida State University A tournament in Los Angeles on May 13 will feature a team of real Army soldiers play­ Teams in the quali fying rounds for the Ft. Sills toumament, unlike real war, can experi­ ing a team of civilians who have qualified through two previou rounds. ence a ti e at the end of a round if all members of both teams are killed during the mission. see TREE page B4 -, f ~ B2 • THE REVIEW • April 16, 2004 ~ ------

"Kill Bill: Volume 2" and her master Pai Mei and The Bride's climactic Miramax Films final encounter with Bill. The training scene is eas­ Rating: ~:.'c~.'i' 112 ily the high point of the film - it's funny, well­ shot and much more engaging than anything else found within. Conversely, the final encounter with Bill, while very revealing, is ultimately a disap­ pointment. Essentially, this scene is what the first two hours of this film and the entire 111 minutes of ,. the original were leading up to, yet it is stiflingly ..... uneventful. ... H..Q~L-Y --~ o Q~~ ~6tt David Carradine (Bill) is as perfect in his role as "",... Uma Thurman is in hers as The Bride. Though --- present only through his voice in volume one, As the story goes, writer/director Quentin Carradine is now a dominant presence, doing an Tarantino had originally intended for both volumes excellent job of delivering Tarantino's long-wind­ ~ of "Kill Bill" to be released as one fi lm, and after ed dialogue. It's impossible not to be drawn into : viewing this supposed second half of an original whatever story or example Bill is explicating while J" whole, it appears this could have been achieved if on-screen, yet at times he comes off as a man, like : Tarantino was not so in love with his dual abilities Tarantino, too in love with the sound of his own ? t of writing and directing. voice. :;. Unlike the original, much of volume two feels It is Thurman, though, who once again steals the ::. : extraneous, for there is much build-up but little show in her role as The Bride. Her physical ~- : payoff, lots of talk and little action. More so than prowess having already been well established in granted the phrase "The Matrix" in their title, desire one may have had to see volume two a • : the first, volume two bas the stamp of a Tarantino volume one, here she is much more fleshed out and would have gone straight to video. ond time will be quashed by a want to re-watch th~ film, as the oft-bizarre and hokey dialogue sprin- given greater emotional depth. This is both a bless­ Nonetheless, this movie would likely have been original, conveniently released this week on DV~ . kled throughout volume one has been replaced by ing and a curse; on the one hand it's nice to leam much more satisfying had there been someone to Those who loved volume one solely for i t~. . the witty and pop-culture laden scripting found in more about her origin, on the other, it's somewhat tell Tarantino that sometimes less can be more. incredible score and dazzlingly choreographed .: Tarantino's first three movies. unnecessary in a film with so simplistic a storyline. Perhaps the film's biggest flaw is its sheer fight scenes will likely find themselves sorely dis;>· ~ This is not to discredit Tarantino as a writer; More often than not, the superior writing does­ departure from the action-driven feel of the first­ appointed with volume two, for it is almost a~: ~ : many of the scenes are brilliantly scripted, most n't make up for the lack of style and action that there is only one fight scene in this entire movie. entirely different sort of movie. For those wishin~:· •. notably the training sequence between The Bride were so crucial to the success of the original. The It's spectacularly done, of course, but falls far to learn more about The ·Bride, how and why her·· score, which bad such an important presence last short of the amazing battle between The Bride and entire wedding party was murdered and what hap~:.: The Gist of It time, seems to have faded more into the back­ the Crazy 88s in volume one. pened to her daughter, the film delivers, thoug!l: ground as well. Once again, this seems due to Also unlike the original, there is no immediate often much too excessively. ~ ~~~"Cn~~ " Kill Bill: Volume 1" Tarantino's love of his own dialogue. desire to rush out and see this movie again. Even " Kill Bill: Volume 2" is not disappointing' "C:c~~~ ''Kill Bill: Volume 2" Tbankfuily, Tarantino never stoops to the though there are a handful of captivating scenes, it because it's a bad movie; rather, it's disappointingj ~~~ " R eservoir D ogs" appallingly self-indulgent level of the brothers would hardly seem worth sitting through the rest of because volume one was so much better. · ~~ " Pulp Fiction" Wachowski, who after creating a truly captivating the film for a second go-round just to re-experi­ James Borden is an entertainment editor for The : and spectacular fi lm in "The Matrix" chose to ruin ~ " Jackie Brown" ence them. In fact, as the end credits utilize a vari­ Review. His past reviews include "The United States ; its sequels with films so bad that had they not been ety of the sequences from the first mov1e, any ofL eland" (uuu 112) and "Hellboy" (fl) •

'. ' "Connie and Carla" "The Punisher" t Spyglass Entertainment Lions Gate Films - Rating: ** 112 Rating: uuu . Connie and Carla is a heartfelt comedy about two StaJring Tom Jane ("61*"), this new cinematic ~· small town girls whose love for dinner theater makes it adaptation of the popular comic book series "The ~ evident they were born a generation late. Punisher" is worlds beyond the 1989 Dolph Lungdren •; Connie and Carla will not stop until their dreams of version. However, this is something like saying the ~ stardom are achieved, even if that means becoming what Hitchcock version of "Psycho" is better than the Gus "' they call "women dressed as men dressed as women," Van Sant remake - it's an accurate statement, but far : otherwise known as drag queens. will be looking for is drag queens. What ensues is a too broad. not a superhero with any special powers - he's not ~ven ,: Connie, played by Nia Vardalos of "My Big Fat goofY film full of both the physical comedy and the As this is yet another in a recent slate of comic­ a martial-arts/weapons/computer expert like Batman ;...__ • Greek Wedding" fame, who wrote both films, is the go­ theme of poking fun at stereotypes, which made book movies, many will hold it to the gold standard of he's just an incredibly tough former marine and ex-F)3J :. getter of the duo, while Carla (Toni Collete) prefers Vardalos' last film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" a great "Spider-Man" and the two X-Men films. Though it agent with nothing to lose. Thus there is little CGJ irlthe ,, things much less risky. Connie propels the duo into the success. never quite reaches the level of any of these, it does rank film (save for a money shot at the end) and the figh~are Life as drag queens turns out to be great for Connie long and gritty. There is one scene where the Punislter ~ "Connie and Carla" show at a midwestern airport above dismal eff01is such as "Daredevil" or "Hulk." lounge, where the two sing show tunes and dance in ter­ and Carla, and their new show at the gay cabaret bar is a The plot is pretty simple: A man's entire family is takes on a seemingly unstoppable and hulking Russian .• rific dinner theater style. The show receives minimal huge success. However, things start to go south when wiped out, he decides to go on a murderous revenge opponent, and in the process is thrown through walls, attention, consisting mostly of snoring, from their jet­ Connie falls for Jeff (David Duchovny) the long lost spree and much blood and violence ensue. John Travolta pummeled mercilessly and nearly killed. lagged audience. brother of a fellow queen from the bar. plays crime boss Howard Saint with little energy or ''The Punisher" ultimately feels like a film that One of the few supporters of the girls and their show, Collete and Vardalos' comedic performances in their enthusiasm, leaving Jane to carry much of the weight of could have been made 20 years ago, and with its stan­ their boss Frank, turns out to be the impetus for what overdone makeup, huge wigs and falsetto voices is cre­ the film. Though he is further bogged down by two dard direction, poor score and sub-standard supporting leads them on their journey to change. Connie and Carla ative and the two easily get a laugh from the audience. wholly unnecessary comedic sidekicks and a not-so­ cast, it easily could have been a complete disaster. .f!ut witness a mob hit on Frank, and are forced to run for "Connie and Carla" clearly echoes "Big Fat Greek interesting love interest in the form of Rebecca Romijin­ •Jane is the film's saving grace, an action hero in the vein their lives. Wedding," but in a refreshing, un-repetitive way. This Stamos, Jane proves himself more ·than capable in the of Charles Bronson or Steve McQueen for a new gener­ Los Angeles becomes the city of choice for the run­ film proves life is not always a drag. role of the embittered Frank Castle. ation, and is nearly flawless in his portrayal of the - Crista Ryan Punisher- he's even got the one-liners down. ~ways, and Connie decides the last thing the mobsters The Punisher is an interesting character in that he's -James Borden

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t ' April 16,2004 •THE REVIEW • B3 Five films successfully seek·revenge

BY JAMES BORDEN Entertainment Editor In honor of the release of two classically revenge-driven films this weekend ­ "Kill Bill: Volume 2" and "The Punisher"- The Review takes a look at some of the best of the revenge genre.

1. "Count of Monte Cristo" There have been countless film adaptations of this classic Alexandre Dumas novel, and with good reason- it is the ultimate tale of revenge. Set in the good old, bad old days of 19th century France, it tells the story of Edmond Dantes, a man falsely imprisoned who spends his 13 years in hellish confinement plotting to get back at those who put him there. Upon his release, Dantes recovers a hidden treas­ ure and creates a new identity for himself with which he is able to exact his vengeance. It's hard to say which version is best, but most will find something to like in the 2002 version starring Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce- it's well acted and written and its pacing helps make the inevitable revenge of the third act all the more satisfying.

2. "The Crow" In "The Crow," Brandon Lee plays a rock star who is murdered alongside his fiancee on the night before their wedding. As the film explains it, when one dies, their soul is carried to the afterlife by a crow, which will sometimes allow the per­ son to return to earth if they have unfinished business there. Of course, Lee's character returns from the dead to seek revenge on those responsible. The film's hard rock soundtrack, surreal visuals and bizarre characters lend it a very distinct feel, however it remains somewhat tainted due to the tragic and accidental death of its star during filming.

3. "The Sting" The plot of "The Sting" is as revenge-driven as any other on this list, but unlike most vengeance-oriented films, the protagonists seek their retaliation through finan­ cial, rather than violent means. The classic 1973 film stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford as two conmen who decide to take a mob boss for all he is worth after he murders a mutual friend of theirs. The nonviolent revenge motif is established early in the film when Redford's character comments, "I don't know enough about killing to kill him." Much more comedically driven and filled with more twists and turns than are found in a standard revenge flick, the movie easily withstands the test of time and proves that you don't have to kill someone to get even with them. ·

4. "Death Wish" Even though it spawned four atrocious sequels (all of which, sadly, star Charles Bronson), this original remains a gripping and highly entertaining vigilante film. The story is simple enough - Charles Bronson is a peaceful Manhattan archi­ tect whose world is shattered when his wife is murdered and his daughter raped. After conveniently meeting a client with a fondness for firearms, Bronso!l obtains a gun and uses it to murder two would-be muggers. Soon after, he goes on a killing spree, taking his own brand of justice to the thugs, lowlifes and criminals of New York City.

5. "Point Blank" When Lee Marvin attempts to help his gangster friend, he is shot and left for dead by none other than his own wife and his gangster friend. Marvin's character, Walker, survives the ordeal and decides to take his revenge not just on his ex-wife and former friend, but the entire criminal organization for which his friend works. This stylish and influential thriller is surprisingly well-done considering its standard and (at least nowadays) overused plot line. The film raises a number of questions that have no easy answer, utilizing flashbacks, visual metaphors and clever imagery to help get its message across that vengeance is a hollow, de-human­ izing process that will never satisfy. Flexitarians defy vegetarian cuisine Vegetarianism expanded by some followers

BY RACHEL SHAPIRO one. We just provide healthy food for everyone Staff Reporter no matter what you call yourself," Aber says. The term "flexitarian," which describes Whether ordering chicken or Home someone who is considered a vegetarian while Grown's own "veggie chicken"- made out'of still enjoyi ng an occasional hamburger, is quick­ wheat gluten - it is easy to satisfy carnivores ly growing in popularity. and flexitarians together under one roof, Ader The term was coined by a group of linguists says. and has recently found its way into the media to Carolyn Manning, nutrition. professor, says describe a new breed of vegetarians who occa­ she is unfamiliar with the flexitarian idea, but sionally indulge in meat. agrees that some meat intake for vegetarians is Because of growing health data that sup­ healthy. ports cutting back on meat products, many peo­ "A diet deficient in meat and meat products ple have made the move toward vegetarianism. allows for zero intake of the vitamin B 12, which But at the same time, they find it difficult to supports the red blood cells and protects against completely give up their certain types of anemia," carnal tendencies. Manning says. Suzanne Havala, The B 12 vitamin is author and nutrition advi­ only found in meat and sor for the Vegetarian meat products, she adds. Resource Group, says the With or without pro­ term flexitarian is not claiming oneself a flexi­ accepted among the veg- tarian, Manning stresses etarian community. the importance of includ­ ugar Ray fans discover "I don't know of any ing· some meat or meat vegetarian that has ever "It's not as if we products for a healthy used the term," Havala balanced diet. says. "Some terms that would tell Junior Jamie Watts, a Wit's not over' at Kahunaville are used and accepted vegetarian for eight among the vegetarian [flexitarians] they're years; doesn't personally community are 'semi­ agree with flexitarians BY REBECCA MOFFITT crowd when he constantly puts his microphone down vegetarian' or meat­ notoneofus.Eating calling themselves a type Staff Reporter his pants between song verses. He is extremely restrictors," Havala says. of vegetarian. . , Sugar Ray launched its college campus and club active, as be jumps from each side of the stage, and According to meat just has nothing "People have the _tour April 3, making an energetic appearance at the be interacts with Sheppard and Karges singing and Havala, flexitarian IS right to call themselves Kahunaville Concert Hall in Wilmington on dancing as well. most likely a word used to do with being a whatever they want," she ~ Saturday. These actions draw out tremendous response as by the mainstream to says. ' The doors to the island-themed concert hall people crowd closer to the stage. Much of the audi­ express a general accept­ vegetarian." Because Watts does­ : open at seven and groups of all ages make their way ence are women and view McGrath as a sex symbol, ance of the idea that cut- n't believe in eating the : to the front of the stage. The tropical surroundings, and as his on-stage activities continue, their noise ting back on a heavy -junior Jamie Watts, flesh of animals, she • along with the simple stage layout, make for a casu­ level increases considerably. intake of meat and meat a vegetarian for eight years finds other ways to get ~ al entertainment atmosphere. The show features two opening acts: Newark products is a healthy the benefits of the pro- ' When the band - vocalist Mark McGrath, based Omnisoul, and New York City's Lola Ray, move. tein found in meat · drummer Stan Frazier, guitarist Rodney Sheppard, which will be opening for Sugar Ray in its other tour But Havala believes through a variety of veg­ bassist Murphy Karges, (turntables Craig "DJ venues until April 30th. Omnisoul highlights their she is not convinced flex­ etarian-friendly fa re that Homicide" Bullock is absent due to the death of his five song EP and Lola Ray plays songs from their itarian is worthy of publi­ can be fou nd in the father) - takes the stage at approximately I 0 p.m., forthcoming album to be released May 4, during cation, but rather an idea supermarket. Watts says the audience gathers near the stage and prepares for their half-hour sets. that people are conscious her favorites include the a lively and high-energy sho w. Despite the presence of heavy security, the audi­ of the heal th risks veggieburger and other Unlike previous tours, this one caters to Sugar ence is not prevented from freely reacting to the per­ involved with too high of ======;;;; fake-meat products made Ray's early fans, and features several tracks from the formance of all three bands, but most powerfully to a meat intake. from soy. 1995 album "Lemonade and Brownies," such as Omnisoul and Sugar Ray. "The concept is here to stay but the term Watts believes that people who are vegetar­ "Iron Mic," "Rhyme Stealer·· and " I 0 Seconds Although Sugar Ray did not have a new album flexitarian is most likely not," she says. ian for political reasons really have no right to Down." Sugar Ray choo es to open the set with a for fans to purchase at the show, McGrath notes that Sasha Aber. a 15-year vegetarian and owner consider themselves a type of vegetarian and song from this album rather than a better known the band is currently writing new material fo r its of Main Street's Home Grown says the term is sti II consume meat. song. Coupled with more recent tracks, including a sixth album for Atlantic Records. not compatible with vegetarianism. "It defeats the whole point," Watts say . lively version of "Waiting," as well as "When It's Sugar Ray's tour wi ll also be the basis of a new Although Aber admits she ha recently who has managed to maintain a healthy diet Over" and the ever-popular "Fly," the set is well­ reality show, which will air on Spike TV beginning begun to add meat into her diet, he does not despite an ab ence of meat. rounded, showing the evolution of the ba nd 's sound. June 18. The premise of the show revolves around consider herself a flexitarian. She ays she would never consider switch­ The set li st shows the heavier origins of the eight people who work for the band on tour, doing " It would be hard to become a full-blown ing over to flexitariani sm becau e it simply band as well as its transition into a mainstream pop everything from on-stage work to handling public meat eater after so many years of being a vege­ makes no sense to her. band. The band tries to alternate playing these older relations. During the show's six-episode run, con­ tarian, so I'm slowly introducing meat back into ·'It's not as if we would tell (flexitarians] songs whi le showcasing its more familiar side. testants will vie for a position at a record company as my diet. they·re not one of us," Watts says. '"Eating meat McGrath elicits reaction from the women in the well as to win a new Kia automobile. "Everyone wants to put a label on every- just has nothing to do with being a vegetarian. -, B4 • THE REVIEW • Aprill6, 2004

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on who I should tackle in football, and was like me. It's called the Quick Start button THE REVIEWffodd Miyas~ro always active in recreational league softball and you simply push it, and boom: the and high school level volleyball. machine is up and running. From the out­ I go through stages where I am very seri­ side, I will appear to be working out, but in ous about improving my self-image, includ­ reality, it's just a mechanism for buying fi. - - ing using Colgate White-Strips (fell off that time. With this Quick Start button, I would band wagon about three nights in), eating have an opportunity to take stock of all the II I am a virgin. Yes. I said it. I am a gen­ healthier (I had my first salad ever sopho­ buttons in front of me, make sense out of all _;I uine, validated, (almost) 21-year-old Gym­ more year of college) and jogging (for about the different speed settings and things of ti Ij Virgin. I hold my V-Card most sacred and a week). So you see, it is not that I do not that nature, and begin to figure out how the valuable, almost as highly as I do my Pog care. The gym just is not my thing. machine works. - ~-· i collection, complete with super slammers. To me, the gym is a vast universe of I am sure, or at least I am hoping, that I've never been to the gym, I don't associate whirring machines and intimidating people. there are girls out there just like me, who myself with the gym, and if I'm found I have no clue how to meander my way don't go to the gym. And why should we? If sweating and panting, it is most definitely through the gym and feel if I attempt it this I can still fit into my jeans from freshmen not because I have just treated my body to a late in my college career, I will be ridiculed year, why should I fret about my body? hardcore fitness regimen at the Bob. and shunned, especially by those hardcore I am confident, I am healthy, I am active, Before I delve into why I hold this virgin­ gym people who can navigate it with their and besides, I exercise in other ways. Do ity so sacred, l want to erase certain images eyes closed. If you are a gym-goer, you you know how much muscle strength I build that are possibly circulating through your know the people I mean. I've spotted them up in my calves and thighs by teetering mind at this moment. I am not someone who through the windows when I do my usual around on my stilettos all around campus? A does not take care of her body. I do not sit in walk-bys to see if there are few enough peo­ lot my friend, a lot. Even having American my room all day, lackadaisically munching ple working out that I can get in and get out Online Instant Messenger installed on my away on whichever food is in my reach without making a scene. computer contribute to my body strength. (although as I am writing this, I am staring a These people multi-task like I have never With at least fifty buddies on-line at a time, hole through the carton of E.L Fudge guys seen before. Listening to music, watching checking away messages for each person at one of my roommates foolishly left open on highlights ofCNN on the gym TVs, school­ least twice every thirty minutes gives a very the table) and watching reruns of Ally books folded out before them, water bottles through upper body workout. McBeal. OK, maybe on Saturdays. But who in hand, and all the while they manage not I plan on running more once the Delaware doesn't? to fall off the running-track thingy. I weather breaks, so look for me on the track I am not someone who is inactive. I've applaud you. sometime in mid-July. played sports ever since I could pick up a I have been told, from someone on the I'll be the girl with the box of Dunkin' ball, earned the unceremonious nickname of inside, that there is this magical green but­ Donuts. "The Bulldozer" by the boys in my fifth ton on the machines, made for people just grade class for my un-discriminatory view MTV rolls 'Pimp My Ride' onto the big screen :~ ; BY JESSICA ROLAND movie about street racing and the culture, then I Staff Reporter would hope they don't put any artists in it. None of MTV Films is revving its engine at the starting them are into cars like real people are. They're not · line of a new project. "So far there has been 'The Fast and the Furious' part of the scene. They barely even drive those The company announced April 2 it will be pro­ cars." ' ducing a film based in the car culture world. and 'Too Fast, Too Furious.' Both movies were hor­ Hill says because the film is still in the prelim­ Janet Hill, senior vice president of corporate inary stages, she is not sure how similar it will be to communications for MTV networks, says the film is rible representations of what the real car scene is the "Fast and the Furious" films. still in the early stages, but will focus on the grow­ "It's going to be more of a comedy," she says. ing trend. like, and both of them portrayed car modifiers as "The script isn't written yet, so we' ll see when the "The tuner trend has become really popular," final draft is in." ---; she says. "Children and adults are spending a lot of young punk kids who break the law and act like Hill says MTV Films is always excited to help : money on their cars. A couple of shows have taken turn an underground movement into a cultural trend.__: that into the entertainment realm, like MTV's morons." "That's kind of the business that we're in," she. "Pimp my Ride" and Spike TV's "Funk Master says. "Hopefully this movie will do that for tile. Flex." - sophomore Charlie Baynes tuner culture." Hill explains the film might have some quali­ Thomas Leitch, English professor specializing; ties of these shows, but would not be a spin-off. in film, states in an e-mail message that MTV could Kim Watson and Alonzo Brown, best known cars. He and his two roommates spend a lot of their Not long after the first movie's release, Baynes be making a good marketing move with the film. ;-;- for their script for the film "Honey," will be writing time modifying their Mazda RX-7s. says he began to get stereotyped. "At a time when every single movie audience ' the film, which according to Hill, will be full of But Baynes says he will most likely wait to see "It's annoying," he says. "I don't think you can except 12 to 18-year-old boys is considered a niche:.: music. the film on video. really capture the car modifying scene in a movie. audience, it makes perfect sense for MTV to make The company is currently working to schedule "So far there has been 'The Fast and the It would have to be more of a documentary with and market fi lms based on trends that are currently· cameos by popular artists. Furious' and 'Too Fast, Too Furious,' " he says. people doing research and filming all over the U.S." fashionable within that target demographic," h~ ·· " We haven't signed anybody yet," she says. "Both movies were horrible representations of what Baynes also says he doesn't care to see any says. " It ?oes n ' ~ follow that !hese films will mak.e : "But we' re in talks with a lot of great artists." the real car scene is like, and both of them portrayed musical guests in the film. · , . the Am. enc~~ Film Institute s Top 100, but yQu ~ Sophomore Charlie Baynes says the movie car modifiers as young punk kids who br~ ak the law .- ~'lL4fpends W.ill..MIY..is...~qg to fo~,u~,91) in, ~ever kil.ow. r ~ sounds interesting to him because of the focus on and act like morons." the movie~" he says. "rl t'hey' re trying to do a Viewers want their·viaeoless VHl SheiTY does not:· . woiTYabout < . • The music networks new lineup includes '/Love the '90s' and 'Best Week Ever.'

BY MELISSA MARGAVICH cally lasts four minutes and if someone doesn't like the once a week. The goal of the show is to highlight the · ,~ StaffReporter video, they simply change the channel. If a show is on, he entertaining news and developments of pop culture to Say goodbye to Bruce Springsteen music videos and believes viewers will develop an interest in the show and explain why the week in particular topped the previous continued from B 1 Pop-up videos and say hello to VH 1' s new programming. be less inclined to switch channels. week. it means we run through one way, then go , Including shows such as "Best Week Ever" and the The current programming of VHl is drifting more Along with its new programming, VHl will also be upcoming show "I Love the '90s." VHI is straying away toward shows . than just music videos. According to running new episodes of old favorites such as "Driven," back · from showing music videos. Defrank, this has to do with the evolution of the music "Fab Life," "Bands Reunited" and "VHl ILL-ustrated." The dirt or "skin" of the infield is eaS= In the beginning, VHl started out in the same man­ channel. He says VH 1 still wishes to have the aspects of According to Defrank, the changes are ·"a breath of ier to maintain than grass, Sherry sayS: ' ner that every other music video network began, by what the music channel used to be while tapping.into dif­ fresh air in comparison to before." especially in the beginning of the season:': showing: hours and hours of music videos. ferent aspects of pop culture. Jennifer Gregan-Paxton, department of business For example, the skin requires less wa~~ According to Louis Defrank, VH 1 coordinator, the According to the VH 1 press release, "I Love the administration, attributes the changes ofVHl 's program­ ing in spring because the ground is darnp,eb'! network discovered there was a change in the viewing '90s," which debuts July 5th, is using the same approach ming to the fact that they have "become more focused, than the heat of summer. : · ~.; 1 audience and certain things needed tweaking to keep as "I Love the ' 80s" and "I Love the ' 70s" while giving which is appealing to a coherent target market." As a baseball enthusiast, Sherry hoPSs :, viewers tuned in. . viewers a piece of the music, movies and highlights of Gregan-Paxton believes there is a smaller segment of working for a Yankees affiliate will present •? Another reason VH 1 changed their programming, pop culture of the era. people that wants to watch music videos and VH 1 is now the opportunity 'to meet star athletes. Whil~ • according to Defrank, was because a music video typi- "Best Week Ever" will be 13 episodes and will run using a diversification strategy to cover both bases. at the Orioles, she met Cal Ripken Jr. and more recently she spoke to Tommy John;'a·• pitcher who attained 288 wins, famous tv,"¥\ undergoing the game-changing surgery that helped sustain his 26-year major l eag~:~e 11 Tree climbing isn't just a childhood pastime career. -.q ._ "I just met Tommy John of 'Tomrrfyt John surgery,' " she says. "I actually got to continued from B 1 not pitch their tents on the ground, but literally in the tree. meet the man behind the name of the SuP-'~ campus, Winters and his arbor disciples ascended pine gery." .. ·" Using a stretch of canvas called a tree boat, an arbor trees off a nearby lake. Sherry says she wasn't the only·-:. camper sets up base in a majestic tree overlooking cre­ Faced with whipping winds approaching 35 miles­ ation. While laying down stretched over the limbs of a woman interested in grounds keeping white .' per-hour and the inevitable move- at the university. ·· · ' tree many feet above land sounds like a ment of the tree, Winters says potentially frightening situation, "Most of the girls wanted to go inoo- • nature teaches people a beautiful landscaping," she says. "I think I'm the · Summers says reaching a level of assur- lesson about the strength and only one who wanted to work at a ball.: ~ . ance in the equipment, instructor and nobility of trees. "Once you reach park." ·· "Not only is there the joy of tree itself can be a liberating experi­ ence. Her college career began at Delaware being in the tree, there's the sense that trusting "Once you reach that trusting place in Technical and Community College after­ of a measure of danger," Winters yourself you can experience a lot of graduating from St. Mark's High School. in ~ says. "It can be disconcerting until place in yourself serenity in yourself and in the tree," she 1995. you center yourself and say, ' My . says. "That's a very neat place to come She earned her Associates Degree iii · goodness, this tree has been here you can experi- to and serenity is something our culture agriculture from Del Tech and eventually a for 200 years and how many times doesn't support you to see. There's no Bachelors Degree in the same field from • has the wind blew since then?'" ence a lot of money in it." the university in February 2003. While physically thrilling, However, the peace, spiritual awaken­ The New Castle native is the lone ~ there is an emotional and nearly serenity in your­ ing and visceral thrill of climbing fai ls woman in charge of five men who work as ­ spiritual element tree climbers to completely satisfy some people. a team to preserve Waterfront Park · experience while ascending these self and in the For individuals so comfortable with Despite the almost entirely male atmos~ · ancient plants. wif~ climbing that trees fee l like second Councsy ofTree Climbing USA phere at the ballpark, Sherry hasn't : Genevieve Summers, fo under tree." ~ home, the International Tree Climbing nessed any discrimination. ' · of Dancing With Trees, says Groups such as Tree Climbing USA offer adven- Championships allow these people to "I haven't as of yet had any unfah- :.:. cli mbers often experience a con­ - Genevieve Summers. ture outings with recreational tree climbing. test their arbor abilities against others. treatment because l'm a woman," she says. nection with the tree while climb­ founder of Dancing With Trees Sanctioned by the Intern ational event testing the competitors' rope installation abilities. "Everyone has been really great." --: ing. Through climbing, she expe­ Society of Arboriculture, the champi­ The award for becoming a world champion tree Although Sherry, a born and rai s~a ~ riences the close bond that trees onships allow arborists a chance to climber is nominal. This year, first place receives Phillies fan, is happy with her new job, she ~ and humans share. boast they are the best in the trees. between $2,000 and $5,000 worth of money and prizes would love to work in a major league pari( "They get to know their climbing tree intimately," Jim Skiera, executive director of the JSA, says the along with the coveted championship belt buckle. like Heather abozny. Nabozny, the o~~ :-­ she says. "It 's like everyone knows trees are there, but two-day championships attract both recreational These athletes, Skiera says, do not care solely about woman head . gro~dskeeper in ~e majo.r..: then they consciously choose to appreciate or ponder climbers and those who make their living in the branch­ winning. They are doing what they love in the plants leagues, .mamtams the Detroit Tigers :; how vital that relationship is." es, such as arborists and tree surgeons. they care about most. Commercia Park. : ..:. Summers says she always pauses before climbing to The 28th World Championships take place August 7 "There is an unbelievable amount of passion for the "l'm happy where lam and I have-a ·. acknowledge the vital connection between human and and 8 at West Park in Pittsburgh, Pa. Events include a work they do," he says. "A plumber on the weekend lot of room to grow," Sherry says. "It ~ l i ~~ - . straight climb up a tree, a technical slalom course on the depends on how my life changes over the :: Based in Alto, Ga., Summers offers not only climb- doesn't work for fun , but tree climbers are always look­ tree, a work area, a rescue competition and a throw-li ne ing for a bigger tree." next few years, but ultimately I would lov~ _ ing excursions but also camping adventures. Campers do to have a major league field of my own. · ~ ~ _ The Review 831-2771 ' r • ..

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~he lVI arch • •t= l>i11111es n•=•=ds y• •ur h•=lp! Sunday, April 25, 2004- UniV"~rsity e>"F D~lavvar~ Fi~ld He>us~ R~gistratie>n b~gins at 9:00a.m. 4- mil~ \1\/alk starts at 10:00a.m. Please contact Margot Carroll (831-2200) . margotc@)udel.edu or Suzanne Deshong (831-8964) ;. deshong@)udel.edu to "Find out the many vvays you can volunteer to help! The 'First 'Fifty members o-F the University community vvho : register vvith $25 in pledges vvill receive a FREE University of : Delavvare \Nalk t-shirt! (Hand in your pledges to the UD ; team captains, Suzanne or Margot, by 4/21/04 to receive - your t-shirt be-Fore the V\/alk.) April16, 2004 • THE REVIEW. B7 UPDATE Nonsense FOOTBALL about my BY ROB MCFADDEN On March II , Judge Thomas E. Connolly ruled Sports Editor that Brown had "willfully and intentionally favorites The 2004 football season is still several months breached hi contract" and that UMass "actively away, but dates on the calendar are already being cir­ induced the breach." An injunction was passed, pre­ continued from page B8 cled in the Atl antic 10. Northeastern and 2003 co­ venting Brown from working at UMass. Geez. conference champion UMass are especially anxious Judge Connolly lifted the injunction April 7, I seem to have gotten back to face each other after Huskies' head coach Don allowing Brown to work while UMass and to the NFL without even know­ Brown resigned to take over the Minutemen's vacant ortheastern work out a settlement. ing it. As I ignore the NBA head coach position. The two teams pl ay each other Nov. 13, the p layoffs (is that going around Former head coach Mark Whipple left UMass second to last weekend of the regular season. this year?), I guess I'll have to to become the quarterbacks coach for the Pittsburgh Richmond athletic director Jim Miller make a quick prediction: Steelers. On Feb. 9, UMass athletic director John announced Feb. 23 that Dave Clawson would be tak­ Detroit in seven over the McCutcheon announced that Brown had been ing over as the new head coach after former head Lakers as Rip Hamilton named the new head coach. That same day, coach Jim Reid resigned to become the defensive becomes a star. ortheastern athletic director Dave O 'Brien line coach at Syracuse. Picking against the West! released a statement saying that UMass had talked to Clawson arrives after coaching Patriot League He must be drunk. Brown after being denie.d permJsston by power Fordham for five years, bringing the Rams Now back to the foosball THE REVIEW/File Photo Northeastern and that Northeastern would "review their first ever conference championship and and this draft (which appears to Is there anything scarier than Tim Curry in Legend? [its) legal options in addressing the ethical and legal Division I-AA playoff berth. be the point of this column). Do fiQncerns stemming from UMass' actions." Delaware graduate Jim Pletcher was named some hai.rcut, but also that he So lose yourself in the yourself a favor and tell the On March 10, Rocky Hager was named the William & Mary's new defensive coordinator March has one of the greatest jobs in moment, ladies and gentlemen. boss you' re sick. Reserve that Huskies' new head coach. Hager led North Dakota 4. Pletcher brings almost 30 years of coaching expe­ the world , second only to the You own it. Lay-Z-Boy before your room­ State to four Division 11 national championships rience to the Tribe, including stints at current A-10 College Game Day crew. You own it. mates call dibs on it and sit between 1987 and 1996. Prior to being hired by schools Northeastern (1981-1983) and James Thatchannel never changes back and enjoy. Northeastern, he had been a tight ends coach and Madison ( 1985-1995). Pletcher graduated from on those late April weekends, The NFL draft might take recruiting coordinator at Temple. Delaware in 1973. because as football fans this is Jon Deakins is a sports editor for forever, but we just can't turn our one taste, one teaser, one The Review. Send questions, com­ the TV off. It's the only time of glimpse so to say, of real foot­ ments and back issues of Ladies the year when Mel Kiper Jr. ball in these post-Super Bowl Home Journal or 0 to jondd@hot­ awakens from hibernation and months. mail.com. Hens begin quest to proves he not only has an awe- defend Div. 1-AA title , The Revie~ ;1s planning an NFL Draft extravaganza continued from page B8 candidate to take over for up and replace seniors Rick r ~s sue for,qe~t;Friday. In-depth coverage on UD players, Adams at free safety. Needles to Lavelle and Jesse O'Neill. the field to a rousing round of say, he has quite an act to fol­ sifi':sqouting t~ptics and historical information will be on applause from the fans in atten­ low. dance. Brown and Bleiler were #87 - TE Steve Selk (So.) ~'0 " '· · dj~p~~§ :,pithe April20 edition of The Review. both running backs in ·high A Newark High School school that were moved to dif­ grad, Selk wi ll be asked to step ferent positions at Delaware because of the logjam at the STAY TUNED ... position. With the path clear, both pl ayers would love to carry the ball this season and it will be interesting to see what Keeler does. Will they be the • The • next " Porsche" and "Cadillac" in 2004? #95-DL Rachid Stoury (So.) Road Report Delaware's depth at defen­ sive line got even deeper when - Stoury transferred to Delaware. The 5-foot-10, 288-pound line- _No. 17 Hens fall to Towson - man will join an experienced rotation up front and get the chance to contribute that never Two straight losses for the men's lacrosse third quarter when Tigers freshman Jonathan materialized at West Virginia. team have seriously dampened Delaware's hope Engelke put the ball in the back of the net, start­ #13-DB Zach Thomas (So.) to be the No. 1 seed heading into the Colonial ing a 3-0 run for Towson. Thomas returns to the Athletic Association Tournament. Delaware once again fought its way back, defensive side of the ball after 12-rank.ed Towson narrowly held on for a trailing 11-10 with j ust 20 seconds left, but the moving to wide receiver when two-goal victory over the Tigers were able to put the game away with a late­ he arrived at Delaware. The loss No. 17 ranked Hens (8-4, game goal. The loss was Delaware's fourth 1-2 CAA) on Wednesday. straight to Towson. The last Hens win over the of seniors Mike Adams and MEN'S Leon Clarke has opened up The Hens were lead by Tigers came in 2000 when Delaware won 15-13. opportunities in the secondary LACROSSE senior Matt Alrich, who The Hens have two CAA games remaining on and it will be interesting to see netted two goals and an the schedule, with the first coming this weekend where Thomas fits in . THE REVlEW/FiJe Photo Hens 10 assist, and freshman Cam when Delaware hosts Drexel on Saturday at 7 Departed quarterback Andy Hall has left a sizable hole at #17-DB Dave Camburn (Sr.) Towson 12 --« Howard, who registered p.m . the QB position, leaving room for the possible emergence _..,.....,__ ,;,; ___ one goal and three assists. The Hens will close out conference play Camburn is the most likely of Ryan Carty, Brad Michael and Sonny Riccio. Despite being outscored 3-1 in the opening against Sacred Heart next week. Delaware will period, Delaware did not lose hope, tying the need to finish in the top four in the CAA to qual­ game with just six minutes remaining in the first ify for the CAA Tournament. half. Weekend Previe~w, The Tigers led 7-6 with 5:06 remaining the - Compiled by !Job Thurlow

' A m-ultitude of athletic events should mean a good weekend for Hens fans ... if Q:J.ey live in Virginia, as most of this weekend's contest will be played in one of th.e nation's oldest common­ wealth. UD signs $2M deal The baseball team opens up a three-game ·series against CAA rival Old Dominion beginning today at 3 p.m. '"'' The Hens (,!4-14, 0:...5 CAA) will begin play today against the Monarchs' highly-scouted pitc~­ er, junior Justin Verlander, who .is holding opponents' batting averages to just .193. Old Dominion with Clear Channel 13-20, J-6 CAA), while not a conference powerhouse, will pose problems to the ;usty Delaware squad who has not played in 10 days. · In the Monarchs last game, they were hitless against Duke junior pitcher.Tim Layden. BY CHASE TRIMMER other team's Web site for the shows for both basketball teams Jarame Beaupre, a Delaware senior, has also pitched a no-hitter this season and he will face Staff Reporter score. and the football team. Old Dominion on Sunday. Delaware's athletic pro­ Martin added that four con­ "We have a tremendous product and we are going to Jbe women's lacrosse team will be on the road for two conference games this weekend. This grams will receive an unprece­ secuti ve 20-w in seasons and 19 afternoon, the Hen.s (3-8, l-3 CAA) will take on Old Dominion at 3 p.m. On Sunday, the women dented amount of exposure wins this year have helped the make moves that get our prod­ uct out there as much as possi­ Will·be in Williamsburg, Va_, to play William and Mary at noon. thanks to a contract extension team's reputation grow tremen­ with media conglomerate Clear dously across the nation. ble for the fans," Krouse said. The Hens l}aye lost three straight games, but two of those loses have come at the hands of Channel Communications that Junior forward Tiara "We want to make sure that peo­ nationally rankedteams (No.8 James Madison and No. 20 George Mason). begins in the fal l, Delaware's Malcom said that the increased ple on their morning drive hear Delaware's leading scorer, Jenny Diana will need to step up and increase orr her 21 goals this director of sports marketing airtime is a refl ection of how the other sport get a mention as season for the Hens' push to qualify for the CAA Tournament beginning on April30. confirmed Wednesday. program is growing. well." The men's and women~s track and field teams will travel to Richmond, Va. to participate in The contract extension "'It may take a whi le for our The deal is a radio rights the CAACharo.pionships being hosted at Virg:iil.ia Commonwealth. renews a previous five-year deal fan support to increase.'' she package that gives Clear Freshman Mandy Stille is a strong contender in the heptathlon and senior Mike Riley will con~ for fi ve more years through the said , "but hopefully people will Channel the ability to sell air­ tinue to be a threat in the 5,000-meter run. spring of 2009, Krouse said, and listen and see how good the time advertising. The men and women's tennis teams will also be traveling to Virginia to take on George Mason the agreement is worth more games are and then maybe According to Fortune tomorrow in an attempt to increase the their conference standings. than $2 million . they' ll start bringing their kids Magazine. Clear C han nel Altl)ough the men are l-2 and in conference play this season, they have shown improvement All men 's and women's to the games:· Communications is based out of and will put up a tough fight against the Patriots. basketball games, home and Krouse said the women's San Antonio and is the fifth For the women, the game at George Mason could be the team ·s best chance to finish with a away, will be aired on commer­ basketball team wi ll be heard on most admired entertainment winning conference record this year as the only remaining conference meet will be against Drexel cial radio for the first time in WTTX ( 1290 AM). "The company. Clear Channel owns next weekend. school history, Curt Krouse Ticker;· next season. Along 1200 radio rations and has out­ The women's rowing team wil1 travel to New Jersey to the Knecht Cup, where the team has said. with men's basketball. all foot­ door advertising displays and been historically successful, including last year when it placed five boats in the finals last season. Women's head basketball ball games will be aired on entertainment venue in 65 coach Tina Martin said she has W~ DX (94.7 FM ) ... The River:· countrie . talked to fans in the pa t who The network will al o The media corporation' -Compiled by Bob Thurlow were disappointed that away broadca t other Delaware port­ motto on its Web ite reads: "We games weren't on the radio. ing events. including baseball. are in the bu. ine s of helping Some even had to go onto the and pre-game and po t-game customers grow their business.'·

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BY ROB MCFADDEN being handed to him, Riccio did not Sports Editor leave his backup job with the Tigers The Delaware football team to play second fiddle at Delaware. closes out its spring practice sched­ But Carty is entering his third year ule tonight at 7:30 with the annual under head coach K.C. Keeler and Blue-White Spring Game. The event knows the system. He performed is open to the public and will give very well last season as Hall's back­ Column fans a preview of what the 2004 up and proved himself to many Fightin' Blue Hens will look like. when he was thrown into the middle A silent auction will take place of the hard-fought season finale at featuring sideline passes to next sea­ Villanova when Hall went down son's Navy game; a helmet signed with yet another injury. It is unlike­ No. 44 by Andy Hall, Shawn Johnson and ly that Keeler will make his decision Jason Nerys, a football signed by until fall, which means both quarter­ gh. Rich Gannon and a pair of Oakley backs will be looking to strut their sunglasses worn by head coach K.C. stuff tonight. Dl These last two weeks have Keeler during the Hen's 40-0 #4 - RB Roger Brown (Jr.), been killer. And besides trouncing of Colgate in the 2003 #40 - RB Niquan Lee (So.) and Lefty coming through, the sports NCAA Division I-AA #22 - TE Sean Bleiler (Sr.) world, a.k.a. life, has been dull to say Championship game. After a record-setting year by the least. What else do we have? The team will also be presented seniors Germaine Bennett and Classes are draining, it's always rain­ with its national championship Antawn Jenkins, a large hole was ing and ... well I couldn't think of rings. left open at the running back posi- , another "aining", but you get the pic­ Players to watch if you go Uer­ tion. Despite the big shoes that need ture. sey # , pos., name, year): filling, the Hens are not short on And to make matters worse, there #5 - QB Sonny Riccio (Jr.) qualified candidates with the tough, are another 146 more days until foot­ and #10- QB Ryan Carty (So.) speedy Brown converting from cor­ ball season kicks off. The big question for next sea­ nerback and the 6-foot, 220-pound Woe is me. son: Who will replace Atlantic 10 Lee looking to build off the experi­ At least us football enthusiasts Offensive Player of the Year Andy ence of last year. Another possibili­ have the NFL Draft coming up next Hall? Riccio transferred from ty is Bleiler, who stole the show at weekend, a two-day time-honored tra­ Division I-A Missouri this winter last Saturday's scrimmage and left THE REVIEW/File PhciiO dition of sitting on the couch and doz­ and, though it was made clear from Former wide receiver Zach Thomas has been switched to defensj:l:e ing off during the hour and a half the beginning that the job was not back for the 2004 season. He is one of several Hens to switch positioi!.S breaks in between picks. see HENS page B7 for the upcoming season. -:- It could quite possibly be the most hyped and anticipated sporting event every April, but ·after the first four picks, we always seem to find our­ selves screaming at the television, try­ Keeler signs ing to rush the other teams. Did someone say Vikings? April has just done nothing for me so far. Albeit the baseball season start­ new extension ed and the NHL and NBA are in post­ season form, but come on Sports Gods. Show me a sign of life. BY DAN MONTESANO which goes to the best team in the The "fightin" Phils are getting Managing Sports Editor Eastern region . TKO'd on a daily basis these days and The university announced Keeler went 6-6 in his first even though our Phillies correspon­ Wednesday that it has extended season as head coach at dent, Ms. Amy Kates, swears an the contract of head football Delaware, after leaving Division improvement is on the horizon, these coach K.C. Keeler through 2009. III Rowan, where he won nearly guys wouldn't be able to hit a beach Keeler guided Delaware to 80 percent of his games. ball right now. its first Division I-AA National After .the Hens dominating The Phils need some consistency Championship in school history march through the playoffs last in the worst way as they only have one after defeating Colgate 40-0 In season, questions arose about the Div. I-AA National player hitting above .300 this season whether Keeler would pursue a coming into Thursday's game. And Championship game last Division 1-A job in the near December in Chattanooga, Tenn. that would be Placido (What we got in THE REVIEW/File Photo future . the Rolen deal) Polanco. Senior first baseman Liz Winslow goes for the tag in an attempted pickoff ear­ "I'm very grateful to the uni­ "There are no handcuffs on Speaking of Rolen, the guy's on lier this season. versity for the commitment it has the contract and it's mutually pace to smash Bonds' home-run record made to my fami ly and to beneficial for everyone," Keeler after hitting five dingers and driving in myself," said Keeler, who cap­ said. "I'm excited to remain a 16 runs in just 10 games. tured a championship in just his part of the Delaware family and it Jokes and syringes aside, Rolen second season as head coach at encourages me to stay around for won't hit more than 45 long balls this Softball set to face Delaware. "I'm also very appre­ a long time." season, but the .34 7 batting average ciative that the university has The Hens produced four All­ he's posting ain't too shabby. encouraged me to stay around for Americans in 2003, as seniors a long time ." · The Phillies current pitching staff Jason Nerys, Germaine Bennett, is obviously their best in years but in It was the first football Shawn Johnson and Andy Hall slumping Patriots championship for Delaware since order to succeed this year with just were all honored with the award. under three runs to work with a game, 1979, a team that Keeler was also Hall al o placed third in the they would need a miracle. BY ROB FRANCE runs larger than Delaware's. Miranda Fox, a part of as a player under leg­ Payton Award voting, which goes (Enter Henry Rowengartner.) Assisrom Sports Editor the Patriot's best pitcher, sports a 2.36 ERA . endary coach Tubby Raymond . to Division I-AA's top offen ive On a lighter note, the Flyers went This weekend, when the Delaware soft­ Their next best pitcher, Megan Farrell is the The Hens went 15-1 last sea­ player. up 3-1 over the Devils earlier this ball team plays George Mason, it will be owner of an unexceptional 4.24 ERA. son. setting a school record for Delaware currently has four week and look to close out the series playing a team in nearly the same dire situa­ While the Hen's hold the advantage in wins in a season on their way to potential picks in this month - Saturday afternoon at home. While tion. After a rough streak of games that left pitching, offensively George Mason totes capturing the Division I-AA NFL Draft, as Hall , Johnson, some might be quick to bring up the the team with just two wins in their last 10 one of the league 's best offenses. Three National Championship. as well Nerys and safety Mike Adams· 2000 conference finals when the games, the Hens ended their weekend series Patriots rank in the league's top ten batting as sharing the Atlantic I 0 title have been receiving Devils came back from 3-1 and Scott with a victory over co-CAA leader Hofstra. averages, headed by Ashley Purcell with a with Umass. Delaware was al o from NFL couts. Stevens ended the seventh of Lindros' This weekend, the team looks to take advan­ conference-leading .409 average and an honored with the Lambert Cup, nine lives, the Broad Street Bullies tage of their weekend series and get back to astounding 45 stolen bases, 25 bases ahead have finally gotten to Brodeur/Satan. their winning ways. of the next player. Stacy James compliments (And by Satan I don't mean the During its current slump, Delaware has Purcell , leading the conference in RBis (32), European chap on the Sabres with the seen its record fall from a promising 15-7 to triples (8) and total bases (79). girly accent on his last name. I mean a modest 18- 15 (3-5 CAA), placing the team Delaware counters with senior third scary ol' Big Red. Tim Curry in in fifth place out of seven teams. Entering baseman Laura Streets, who has the confer­ Legend scary.) the weekend , the Patriots are one ence's second-best batting average While we're on the topic of evil place below at sixth . at .402. She also is the league 's demons from beyond the grave, the Like the Hens, the sixth place SOFTBALL leader in on-base percentage NFL announced their version of the Patriots are coming out of an (.469) and doubles (1 4). She also "Halloween bowl" this year as the equall y unimpressive 10-game is among the confere nce leaders in Baltimore Ravens and their devastat­ losing streak after last weekend 's slugging percentage and walks. ing D travel up I-95 to take on the victory, like Delaware, against a co-CAA Senior first baseman Liz Winslow also has Eagles on Oct. 31. Speaking of the leader, in this case , James Madi on. given fi ne contributions to the Hens with a Eagles: Although their records are simil ar com­ .278 average while knocking in 12 runs. Booo! ing in , the teams rely on different aspects of Defensively, Delaware owns a slight With that said, the game promises their game to win. Delaware boasts the best edge over George Mason statisticall y, with a to be one of the year's best as the two team ERA in the CAA at 1.85, a full 13 fi elding percentage of .959 compared to playoff teams have now developed a points better than second placed Hofstra. .953. Delaware also has the ability to get out rivalry since the Terrell Owens fiasco. Collectively, the Hens have all owed the least of trouble, leading the league by turning 12 Let's see how the Philly fan s react hits and runs in the confe rence. On the double plays. when one of their wide outs is carted mound. freshman Carolynn Sloat leads the Clearly. the Hens will need another fine off the field after T.O . tries to run a Hens with an impressive 1.70 ERA, fo urth performance from its pitching staff in order slant over the middle . I bet all the hi ghest in the CAA to go along with her to cool the dangerous Patri ot ba tters. If they Cobra Kai goons will leave their body league-leading II wins. She i also the can. with ample help from their offen c, bag remarks at home after Ray-Ray league leader in strikeouts with 120. Delaware won't be looking o average any- slaughters, I mean crushes Owens. On the other hand , George Ma on's more. THE REVIEW/File photo pitching has been the second worst in the Head co~ch K.C. K e el~r speaks to th~ audience during the see NONSENSE page B7 CAA. with an ERA of 3.64, nearly two full Hens D IY. 1-AA National ChampiOnship celebration Keeler received a contract extension through 2009. ·