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oo© @ u d r e v ie w The University of Delaware’s independent student newspaper since 1882 | udreview.com T he Review ------------------------- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 VOLUME 142, ISSUE 1 --------------------------- KIRK SMITH/ THE REVIEW The new normal: Half of freshmen living in triples HANNAH TATE one other roommate,” she said. Senior Reporter This year the students also knew their housing assignment by the The university will become time they came to orientation, so more selective with admissions they knew' if they would be in a next year after welcoming another triple or a double room, she said. record breaking freshman class, The university has consistently according to Chris Lucier, the received about 26,500 applications vice president of enrollment the last few years, with about management. Fifty percent of the 23,500 coming from out of state class of 2019 is housed in triples and 3,000 coming from in state this fall, up from 30 percent last students, Lucier said. KIRK SMITH/ THE REVIEW year. This is the first step in changes The fourth annual Twilight Induction Ceremony featured a keynote address from Nancy Targett, acting president. “Students who were admitted the university will make in order to two or three years ago might not prevent another year with a class be admitted next year,” Lucier said. size well over 3,800 students. The Lucier said the university is large class sizes have put a lot of Kildare’s closes, realtor discusses what’s expecting this year’s freshman stressors on the school system, class size to be around 4,120 which makes it harder to provide students. The official number the ideal type of student experience next for space cannot be determined until the end we want, Lucier said. of drop-add week on Sept. 15. One such system that has dealt with the majority of this stress is ALISON WILSON Nietubicz said. Owners of the Pizza is interested in expanding If the estimate is correct, there university housing. Last year, 30 Managing News Editor former restaurant, Dave Magrogan into the space, but when asked will be about 80 less students Group, could not be reached for about this possibility an employee than last year’s record breaking percent of the freshman class was assigned to forced triples. With all the additions to Main comment. at the Newark location declined to freshman class of 4,200 students. To improve the housing Street this year comes the loss of The length of time before an comment. This is still larger than the 3,800 situation, the university took on Kildare’s Irish Pub. incoming storefront is up and With all the action on Main students the university aims for in the strategy7 of transparency with Just weeks after the restaurant running depends on the amount Street, Kildare’s vacancy will be its freshman class size, a number students and families. Residence closed its doors on Aug. 8, the of work that needs to be done to filled quickly, White said. the university is hoping to return Life made an effort to be open with agent for the Main Street Galleria the space. It can be as short as He said with 18,000 students to for next year’s class. students and parents throughout said there is tremendous amount several weeks or as long as several spending disposable incomes in Senior Sydney Scheiner, who orientation, explaining that a large of interest in the space given its months, Nietubicz said. If massive such a concentrated area, he does worked as the student coordinator number of students were going to location. It should be filled by renovations including structural, not expect business to be impacted at New Student Orientation (NSO), have two roommates, Lucier said. another business within the next plumbing and electrical changes by the loss of one restaurant or said in an email that there was Ali Hill, a freshman in a forced 90 days. are necessary, it would be the bar. much more transparency with triple in Caesar Rodney Residence Agent Chuck White of White latter. “There is plenty of business to students this year compared to Hall, said she does not think the Realty Associates said his current Nietubicz mentioned Grain go around,” he said. last summer. The orientation likelihood of extended housing prospects include a restaurant and Craft Bar + Kitchen, which took However, Nietubicz said with leaders were also careful not to was emphasized properly at NSO. a drug store. over the location which previously the loss and addition of new use the term “forced triple” with “I don’t think they expressed it According to Downtown housed Mojo Main. The owners storefronts, Main Street changes. freshmen, since all the rooms that enough because so many kids are Newark Partnership community were able to turn the space “It’ll be interesting to see are triples were apparently built in triples, and I didn’t realize how affairs officer Ricky Nietubicz, around in a few months with whether the popularity of other for three people. high of a possibility it was,” Hill whenever there is a vacancy on what Nietubicz called “moderately restaurants and bars evolves with “The university was very open said in an email message. Main Street there is always a high substantial renovations.” These time,” Nietubicz said. “Especially with the fact that 50 percent of renovations included electrical and with the new tenant.” students would have 2 roommates level of interest. See CLASS OF 2019 page 3 Kildare’s is currently looking plumbing work and refinishing. and 50 percent would have just to sell the space to a franchisee, It is rumored that Grotto KIRK SMITH/ THE REVIEW Kildare’s Irish Pub shut its doors for good this summer. The broker is in touch with prospective tenants and expects the space to be filled in 90 days. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////^^^ CZ) LU DUCK DONUTS TARGETT Q&A RAINBOW REVAMPED Q The acting president opens up about New Main Street location is After years of struggling, Rainbow her plans to be proactive and present in Records plans a grand reopening. i CZ) more addicting than quack. her new role. MOSAIC Page 9 z NEWS Page 6 £ NEWS Page 3 » 4 * * * SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 2 udreview.com J P E N C I L ^ FRIDAY, SEPT. 11 - Field Hockey vs. Temple, 7 p.m., Fred P. Rullo Stadium - IFC Rush Kick-off Open House, 6 - 8 TL;DR p.m., Perkins Student Center K I T I M 1 - PERKINS LIVE: Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Co.: A Night of Comedy, 10 p.m. -1 a.m., Perkins Changes to sexual misconduct Construction update Student Center policy As fall semester gets underway, The Title IX office announced students may notice changes as TUESDAY, SEPT. 8 SATURDAY, SEPT. 12 over the summer that it has ended Main Street update they return to campus. A new - USC Quizzo: Movie Quotes, 7 - 8 - Football v$,. Lafayette, 6 p.m., the full hearing system of sexual extension to the Life Sciences p.m., Perkins West Lounge Delaware Stadium misconduct cases and will instead The map of Main Street Research Facility is in the works on - Resume Reviews for Business - SCPAB Presents: Chiddy Bang, implement a more private, one-on- features several new locations this Delaware Avenue, which will house Majors, 1 - 4 p.m., Alfred Lerner 9:30 p.m. -1 a.m., Trabant Multi one guided process for student semester with the grand opening the first fMRI on campus. After a Hall, Atrium purpose Rooms cases. Assisting the transition of multiple eateries, shops and a semester of squeezing like sardines and overseeing other duties that new apartment building. Though into the side door of Purnell WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9 SUNDAY, SEPT. 13 previously were the responsibility Newark lost Kildare’s Irish Pub and Hall, the new JPMorgan Chase of Student Conduct will be newly Mizu Sushi Bar, it welcomed Duck Innovation Center’s construction - Countdown to the Fall Fair, 11 - Men’s soccer vs. Lehigh, 12 hired Title IX investigators, Fatimah Donuts, Grain Craft Bar + Kitchen, has been completed. It will host its a.m. - 2 p.m., Trabant University p.m., Stuart & Suzanne Grant Stone and Michael Kelly. Both Unique Impressions and a new official ribbon cutting ceremony Center patio Stadium Stone and Kelly have backgrounds apartment building into the mix. Oct. 8 for business students. The - Department of Psychological - AGcelerate Start the Semester center will act as a satellite office to and Brain Sciences Colloquium in law enforcement, higher Dairy Queen and Honeygrow are Right Night Dinner, 6 p.m., Klond provide internships for university series featuring Chad Forbes on ike Kate’s education, human resources and also set to open this fall. - “Learning to let go: Why women - Newark Bike Project speaker the investigation of sex crimes. students. are more likely to leave STEM do series, 6 - 8 p.m., Newark Bike These changes have been Rodney and Dickinson mains,” 4 - 5 p.m., Gore Hall 116 Project made in light of Sue Groff, Title Residence Halls have officially - LAIS Film & Culture Series, 5:30 IX coordinator, expressing her closed. The new freshman until 8 p.m., 111 Memorial Hall frustration with not having enough residence and dining hall on - National Agenda Series: Race in time to handle all her duties and Academy Street opened in August America, 7:30 p.m., Mitchell Hall responsibilities at a SGA meeting after two years of construction, in March. adopting the former residence hall name, Caesar Rodney. There are THURSDAY, SEPT. 10 MONDAY, SEPT. 14 also new signs outside Perkins and Trabant Student Centers, as well as - Financing Study Abroad, 3:30 - - Time Management workshop, a few other university buildings.