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BY SAMANTHA BRIX mainly targeting windows, lighting and ventilation. New build­ A major recommendation from the town hall meeting was a Staff Reporter . ings should also be designed with energy-efficient measures larger awareness effort among students and administration. The revealing of the university's carbon footprint sparked from the start, such as window placement for the most effective Byrne said improved communication on environmental issues interest and input among the community at a town hall meeting natura1 daylight distribution. will be facilitated through a future interactive Web site. Nov. 18, identifying the main sources of carbon emission and "How you orient the building and how you distribute natu­ Knab said student support is essential in future action plans areas for reducing energy consumption around campus. rallight inside is important in new buildings - where you put to reduce carbon emission. . The carbon inventory study by the Carbon Footprint windows, where you put people with respect to windows," Nigro "Going forward, student involvement is very important in Initiative was supervised by John Byrne, director of the univer­ said. shaping our action plan," he said. sity's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy. He said blueprints of new buildings will have these energy­ Senior Tim Cribbin said although many students seem Drew Knab, business and project analyst in the office of the efficient measures, and old buildings will undergo essential interested in energy and the environment, few people he knows executive vice president, said the study's· $60,000 cost was a gift changes, but will never be destroyed. actively attempt to save energy. from the Class of 2008. He said 1,300 students voted on giving "We wouldn't destroy old buildings for the purpose of put­ "Not many people cut down their emission or even think their gift to this project, following a trend of the last two classes ting in energy efficiency," Nigro said . ."Those buildings are part about renewable energy on a day to day basis, and they should," that donated to environmental projects. of the university's heritage." Cribbin said. Ralph Nigro, policy fellow at the Center for Energy and Nigro said the university will also implement smaller meas­ . He thinks students living off campus should be especially Environmental Policy, led a group of students into buildings and ures to mitigate energy use, such as monitoring vending wary of their energy use since they have to pay electric bills. heating and cooling plants at the university for two months dur­ machines. He said vend misers turn off the lights and lowers the "You should want to save electricity," Cribbin said. "Save ing the summer. They set out to determine the university's car­ temperatures of vending machines when they are not being used, your money by using less energy." . bon footprint by calculating carbon emission ~ from energy and which reduces power consumption. to identify opportunities to reduce that carbon footprint. "These things seem trivial, but with hundreds of vending According to the carbon inventory study, the university's machines, the little things add up," he said. carbon footprint is macl.e up of carbon emissions from buildings, The carbon study also dissected transportation, the second transp~tion, waste, landscaping and food services. Buildings largest cqntributor which makes up 21.5 percent ofthe footprint. disproportionately emit the most carbon, making up.78 .1 percent Nigro said programs will be enacted that will encourage mass of the carbon footprint, or 120,450 metric tons of carbon diox­ transit, bicycling and walking. ide. He said individual action can play a huge role in energy Nigro said the three biggest energy consumers in any build­ consumption. As a collective effort, simple acts like ' turning ing on campus are heating, cooling and lighting. He said the stu­ lights off in unoccupied rooms, taking shorter showers and turn­ dents he oversaw conducted tedious work, counting light fix­ ing the thermostat down in the winter can greatly impact energy tures, recording areas of windows and inspecting heating and reduction. cooling equipment. . "We take energy for granted in this country," he said. The students identified two measures to reduce the carbon Byrne said students' interest in the project was highlighted footprint at the university, one being increasing energy efficien­ by representatives from the Student Govemment Association, cy. The plan includes efficiency upgrades of the university's the Graduate Student Senate and the Resident Student boilers and energy recovery, which is reusing air that is heated Association. He said the environment is a fairly prevalent issue and. cooled. for students, continuing to rise in importance. Another way to reduce carbon emissions is using alterna­ "I think President-elect Obama received a lot of support tive energy sources, like solar and wind. Nigro said these renew­ from university-age individuals in part because he · represents able sources are collected through photovoltaics, a technology such a strong green position," Byrne said. that generates electricity directly from sunlight. He said although He said the green movement overlaps with other issues photovoltaics are fairly expensive, when combined with other important to college students,such as human rights conflicts in energy efficiency measurements, the technology can be cost­ Africa. Crises like the genocide in Darfur are exacerbated by effective overall. . environmental problems. . . THE REVIEW/Steven . Nigro said there are approximately 25 distinct measures to "Sub-Saharan Africa has suffered extended drought, and - The university's carbo.n fo.o.tprint was .anno.unced at a reduce and eliminate carbon emissions in university buildings, climate change may playa role in that," Byrne said. to.wn hall meeting No.v. 18.

College dean named finalist for Auburn University provost . • BY SOPHIE LATAPIE provost, Apple would report directly to the presi­ _ Staff Reporter dent and act for the president on behalf ofthe uni­ Tom Apple, the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences versity when the president is not available. Apple and professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the universi­ .would also be responsible for all academic mat­ ty since 2005, has been nominated for the position of provost . ters, including budget and space, which hehan~ at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala. Apple is one of three dIes in his current position as the dean of the final candidates being considered for the position. College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Finalists for the POSition of Provost Auburn University's new president, Jay Gogue, invited Delaware. and Vice-President for Academic Affairs applications and nominations to fill the position of provost, On the Web site, Auburn University also for which Tom Apple was nominated. _ posted a list of qualifications for the job, which In his cover letter to Auburn University, which is avail­ included being distinguished scholar-teachers able on Auburn University's Web site, Apple expressed inter­ with records of successful and responsible leader­ est in the position. ship at a large, multidisciplinary institution and "Thank you for your letter informing me of my nomina­ are also expected to have a thorough familiarity tion for the position of provost at Auburn University," Apple with the philosophy and responsibilities of a large said. "Your letter prompted me to investigate Auburn land-grant institution with teaching, research and University via the Web, and I find myself intrigue

BY LYDIA WOOLEVER rules, Drane said. with us, if they had to do it in-house, because weeks ago during our discussions with City News Editor He said Eastern Michigan University we classify the buildings and their locations, it improving our Web site," he said. "We have UCrime.com, a crime-tracking Internet recently got fmed $35,000 for not reporting would costs of millions of dollars," he said. not gotten to the point of laying out the struc­ database, reached out to the university's their crimes. "We are giving it away for free." ture or identifying the internal sources yet, but administration earlier this month, asking them Drane said some universities do not offer From a business perspective, it does not it is a direction we are going." to share their crime data. The university crime information to the public because it make sense for universities to create their own As students have seen in recent months, responded by stating that it was not interested. deters prospective students. systems, Drane said. campus security is taking stringent measures UCrime.com currently offers data from "It's bad press," he said. 'There is no "I can't say we'll never charge for it, but to increase safety on campus. the university, which comes from a combina­ incentive to accurately report the crime and for now, if a university doesn't like it, they can "We are in favor of any measures that tion of software that combs the Internet for there's more than enough incentive to under­ go build their own or build their own while would promote transparency and safety," related information and manual labor. report or report in different formats. still utilizing ours," he said. Homiak said. Drane attempted to contact university "There's plenty of evidence where uni­ "Ultimately I want to work with the uni­ In the meantime, Drane said he does not President Patrick Harker early in November versities have not reported efficiently. I'm not versity, so I don't want to insult them, but I do think it's possible for a university to create to start a conversation about the site and the saying it's done deliberately but it's done with have a motive. My motive is to create a work­ their own system without spending exorbitant possibility of sharing real-time data. He was a high enough frequency. Universities have an ing business and to help your university and amounts of money. referred to the Department of Campus Safety. interest in not reporting crime on campus." all universities to be safer by delivering time­ "I've been working with UMD so I know "This was back when the home invasions The University of Virginia was fined for ly and accurate crime information so people the difficulty of a university to create the map were occurring and a few shootings hap­ reporting the crimes at a lowered level of can make better decisigns. that I created," he said. "I bet $100,000 that pened," Drane said. "In order to get to the severity. "They continue to control the informa­ your university cannot create a map as good campus' chief of police, you have to go Skip Homiak, executive director of cam­ tion because as soon as you give it to me, it as mine within six months." through three levels of people.'" pus and public safety, stated in an e-mail mes­ becomes an independent source and they lose For the most part, the university did not sage that there was no need to discuss the control of that. It's still yet to be proven, but I A Closer Look seem interested, he said. . inquiry from UCrime. am a strong believer in if you put this infor­ "The verbatim comment I got was, 'The "I routinely receive several calls and e­ mation in the public's hands, they're going to Newark's crime index has been higher than university does not need a map because stu­ mails from various vendors regarding a prod­ help the police solve crimes and prevent the national index every year since 2001, dents know where the buildings are,' " Drane uct they are trying to sell; I evaluate the mer­ them." the most recent year for which data is said. "It basically said, 'No, go spin a wheel. its of each product and decide whether there is SpotCrime has faced similar problems, available. We're going to create something ourselves.' " value to the university, students and staff," Drane said. UCrime.com is a descendant of Drane's Homiak said. "In this case, the vendor is try­ "If you looked at most cities a year ago, There were 14 rapes, 10 arsons and 91 larger company, SpotCrime.com, he said. The ing to sell a product that provides crime infor­ none of them felt comfortable giving away assaults in Newark in 2006. company tracks crimes in most major cities mation and alert services." their data," he said. throughout the country. . He said the university currently utilizes However: across the country, cities have There have been two murders in Newark UCrime was created approximately three various means to publish ·crime data, includ­ become more open, Drane said. since 2001. months ago and is based out of Baltimore. ing the Public Safety Web site and Ubaily. . He said with the exception of New York Currently, it works with nearby universities "We strive to be very transparent; feeling City, Detroit and Omaha, U.S. cities directly - compiled from www.City-data.com such as University of Maryland: College Park, that informed citizens are a part of the crime­ feed data to SpotCrime. University of Maryland: Baltimore County fighting strategy," Homiak said. "Campus and While UCrime.com does not get its infor­ In 2007, there were no reported incidents and American University in Washington, D.C. Public Safety is also in the process of revamp­ mation from the university, it also is not affil­ of arson or non-forcible sex offenses on It is a free system and survives by the adver­ ingits Web site and we are looking at leverag­ iated with the Newark Police Department. campus or in the residence .halls. tisements run on its pages. ing internal UD resources to possibly provide "Up until now, we have actually not The crime deployment system offers a a crime-mapping component to the site." heard of the Web site," Lt. Brian Henry of the Arrests for liquor law violations by univer­ map, an RSS feeder, e-mail alerts, cell phone Additionally, the university has several Newark Police Department said. "They do not sity police far exceeded all other arrests in alerts, an iPhone optimized page, an iPhone means to provide instant messaging in case of get their and around campus in 2005 (133), 2006 application and a Facebook page. a significant incident, he said. information from us, but our reports are pub­ (153) and 2007 (146). . The site also stemmed from the Clery Act "All of this information was provided to lic, so they could have found them by some of 1990, which requires all universities to dis­ Mr. Drane from UCrime," Homiak said. other means." Public Safety provides daily crime updates close information about crimes on and around "Unfortunately, it appears he is trying to apply The site's most recent crime is dated back on its Web site, with archived reports since their campuses. pressure to purchase his product by utilizing to Nov. 6. Henry said the data is not up-to­ 1997. Crimes at off-campus student organi­ The legislation stemmed from the rape the media." date. zations are monitored and recorded by the and murder of Jeanne Clery, a 19-year-old However, Drane said for a university to Homiak said the university is currently Newark Police. Lehigh University freshman, in her campus recreate his technology, it would cost mil-. looking into creating an in-house system sim­ residence hall in 1986. Universities can now lions. ilar to that ofUCrime. - compiled from Public Safety s Web site be fined large sums for not abiding by these "When I talk to universities who work "We just began discussing this a few Speaker discusses living with AIDS

BY DANIELLE ALLEN your name?" StaffReporler Fried focused on this question because the man who gave Scott Fried, a motivational speaker and authOl: affected by him the disease did not know his name. AIDS, delivered a presentation titled "AIDS, Love and Staying He said he believes the reason he now has AIDS is because Alive" to the university on Wednesday and Thursday in the in a way, he thought he deserved it. Fried said he did not fight Trabant University Center's Multipurpose rooms. _ hard enough not to contract the disease. Fried's visit to the university was sponsored by KOACH, "I didn't have a death wish," he said, "but I didn't have a a conservative Jewish Registered Student Organization on cam- life wish either." pus. Fried told the audience to realize they are worthy of love Janice Neiman, social chair of KOACH, said she believed no matter what clothes they wear or what grades they receive. Fried could bring a message to the university that no one else He also stressed the importance of being able to reveal one's could. secrets to someone who actually sees oneself. "He relates to every student, Jewish or not, and he makes . "Everyone has a closet of secrets," Fried said. "Closets are us all realize there are stories behind the AIDS disease," not just for the gay community." . Neiman said. . All people long for the moment they can come out of their Fried also spoke to classes at the university and at a serv- closet and have a loving other see them for who they really are, ice at the Kristol Hillel Center on Friday night. he said. Fried contractedHIV on Nov. 30,1987 in his first and only Fried said practicing safe sex is one way for people to love unsafe sexual encounter. who they are. He discussed different scenarios in which college He h~ been speaking around the country at schools, students could find themselves in on a regular basis. He had one churches and synagogues for 17 years about topics ranging main piece of advice. from AIDS to college life to Tikkun Olam, a Jewish idea of "Just wear a condom," Fried said. making the world a better place. In all of his presentations there Sophomore Ivy Cohen said she realizes casual sex acts are is one prevailing message - "You are enough." not as stigmatized as they were in the past, but it is still impor- Fried began his presentation by asking the audience three tant for people to protect themselves against diseases. questions: "Who are you?" "Whose arms do you fall into?" "Students do not take safe sex seriously enough," Cohen "Are you enough without those people?" said. "They need to put more effort into making the right deci- He told 019 Testament stories about Abraham, ·Isaac and THE REVIEW/Steven Gold Jacob. In all of the stories, the central question was, "What is ' See LECTURE page 13 Scott Fried contracted HIV 21 years ago. November 25, 2008 5 Panel brings ·light to death penalty issues

BY MARINA KOREN other ways to keep us. safe." Staff Reporter Kevin O'Connell, associate public Professionals in the fields of law and defender, said he agreed with Froehlich education raised an important question at about the lack of any clear benefits provided the death penalty panel discussion held by the use of the death penalty. O'Connell Wednesday in the Trabant University has met individuals who have committed Center, spurring long-winded discussions heinous crimes and said there is more to from both sides: What is just? Presenters those people than their actions, he said. and students discussed for more than two "It diminishes them all when we take hours the way .society views capital punish­ their lives in the name of justice," O'Connell said. "It diminishes us all." Job growth in Aberdeen, Md., may provide relief for displaced Chrysler plant workers. ment and its justification today. The American Civil Liberties Union, O'Connell said capital punishment Students in the Public Interest and Amnesty endorses violence as a solution to social International, organizations whose goals are problems. Rise said that is not the case. The to raise awareness about human rights, death penalty provides retribution, he said. Newly elected officials organized the panel discussion. The event "If anyone deserves retribution, it's attracted approximately 30 undergraduate society," Rise said. "It's justice for society." and graduate students and featured four pan­ The panel discussion was seen by stu­ elists, one for the death penalty, one against dents in attendance to be informative. make Chrysler 'plant priority it and one moderate who is currently Graduate student Sean Jacobs said he against. . learned from the forum. BY NICOLE BECKER He said there was a talk at the university The panel addressed such matters as the "While it reinforced my beliefs, it did StaffReporter Friday about the possibility of creating electric deterrence effect of the death penalty,. the not change my opinion," Jacobs said. "It The Newark Chrysler assembly plant will cars. difference between retribution and revenge makes more sense to me though." close on Dec. 31, nearly a year before it was State officials also continue to hold a by families of the victims, the financial cost Senior Kate Mallary said she enjoyed originally slated to close. A number of newly­ great deal of concern for who will inherit the of housing criminals, the effect of capital the panel and listening to the members fea­ elected and re-elected officials are- putting site. Among those interested is the university. punishment on society, and whether life in tured. forth effort into finding a future owner for the How~ver, while many feel the ·land may be prison without parole is a better option. "I feel like I'm pretty confident about site as well as providing aid to the estimated beneficial for the university, it may not be as Steven Wood , state deputy attorney what I think about the death penalty, but 1,000 people who will lose their jobs a year beneficial for the state and city, Kowalko said. general and prosecutor of more than 20 Steven Wood definitely raised some points earlier than expected. "I think the problem facing some of the homicide cases, said he did not come to the that made me think," Mallary said. State Sen. Liane Sorenson, R-Hockessin, community is if the university takes over that . panel to try to convince anyone of what is Sophomore Max Davis said the topic of said the early closure of the plant came as a entire piece of land, it becomes a non-taxable right or wrong, but said the matter of the the death penalty is very complex. shock to many state officials. The plans for the item," Kowalko said. ''The city certainly has death penalty and its use is an important "I think compassion is a very big aspect future of the site remain indefinite because the an interest in what is going to happen to that topic. when it comes to the death penalty," Davis plant expected to have another year before the site." . "This is a serious issue in contemporary said. "It's good to see people still have com- closure left more than 1,000 people unem- He "said before anyone can mOJle onto the America," Wood said. "I used to be against passion." . ployed. . . site, it must first be tested for contamination. the death penalty because I thought it was Freshman Orion Kobayashi said he "It is absolutely a real top priority," Due to the nature of the plant and the lopgevi­ wrong for the government to have that level enjoyed listening to the variety of points Sorenson said. "We have traditionally had a ty of its existence, there are reservations of authority over people." brought up by the panel members. relatively low unemployment rate compared regarding the safety of the site. He said he has come to believe the "I thought the panel was great," to the national average and now there's defi­ - "There is suspicion that a plant has been death pena)ty is justified if the crime com­ Kobayashi said. "All of the members had nately going to be a significant increase in that there from the World War IT days that has had mitted is "awful enough." ~reat backgrounds and strong opinions." number due to the significant amount of peo­ extensive dealings with paint, that there could "It's the only way society can protect He said he thought the points raised ple who are going to be losing their jobs." be some sort of potential in-ground contami, itself with such a level of certainty," he said. throughout the night about the issue of the . State Senator-elect Bethany Hall-Long, nation," Kowalko said. "I don't know that Wood was the prosecutor in the 2007 death penalty were both interesting and D-Glasgow, currently a state representative, there is anything, but it would be inappropriate trial of James Cooke who was convicted of complicated. said she recognizes the imminent need to not to investigate and conduct studies. Then murdering university student Lindsey "The question of the death penalty isn't determine the future of the site as well as the we would have to determine if either the buyer Bonistall. as simple as you might think," Kobayashi 1,000 people who will lose their jobs. or seller would be responsible for that clean-up Wood presented statistics and legal said. "I plan to actively work with the city of before a finar move for the site." information about the Newark, as well as other elected officials to In order to help the recently displaced death penalty but .said .----~....,..,-.".__----:r---,.----,-_r_r.,_w__----r_-__:n make sure that property be utilized to the workers of Chrysler, a task force has been pro­ that in the end, statistics greatest benefit to the community," Hall-Long posed t(1 help take advantage of. the Base do not matter. said. "Over the last few months I have been Realignment Commission, Kowalko said. A "It's not about the pleased to meet with several of the local and nationwide realignment of military equipment stats," he said. "It's about national officials of Chrysler to discuss sever­ and personnel will bring enormous growth to if you think it is ever al severance packages for the employees who the base in Aberdeen, Md., approximately 30 right for the government will be losing their jobs." miles from Newark. With it will come many to take someone's life in Dina Reider, director of marketing and companies that provide the base and its your name." communications for the state of Delaware, employees with various support services. Eric Rise, associate said the Delaware Economic Development "There is an estimated job growth in professor of criminal jus­ Office has recently founded the Intellectual Aberdeen of somewhere around 12,000 imme­ tice,said he does not Property New Business Creation Program, a diate jobs as a result of base closures and the have moral objections to portfolio of258 patents and emergent technol­ move there," Kowalko said. "There can be as the death penalty. Rise ogy packages donated by DuPont and many as another 20,000 to 30,000 support brought up the question Hercules. The program is designed to encour­ jobs, such as satellite businesses, which will of whether or not the age and aid people in starting their own entre­ .extend into our area as well." existence of a death preneurial enterprises. Governor-elect Jack Markell said last penalty would prevent "The patents are available to those who 'week he will meet with representatives of the people from committing are looking to start their own businesses," automakers to see what the state can do to murder. Reider said. ''Now, why is this important to help. . "I think the death Chrysler? Because a number of these packages Sorenson said while there are a number of penalty must have some open themselves to those people who already rumors surrounding who will take over the site deterrent effect," he said. have the necessary skill sets, like those famil­ of the Chrysler plant and what will become of Kristin Froehlich; a iar with automotive coding." the 1,000 displaced workers, nothing is known hospice social worker, State Rep. John Kowalko, D-Newark for sure. ' said she is fully ~gainst South, said the control that state officials have "I hope that we can get something in the using the death penalty. over the site is limited because it is privately­ sight that is good for the economy and the "The death penalty owned land. However, officials continue to community as well," Sorenson said. "There involves moral, practical, formulate the options they feel would be most are some rumors as to who is going to take financial and social beneficial to the community as a whole. overthe site, but nothing is certain yet." aspects," Froehlich said. "Certainly we haven't given up hope as to "I don't think it makes us the possibility of its future as an auto plant," safer. There should be Kowalko ,said. The death penalty panel was held on Wednesday in Trabant. 6 November 25, 2008 a peckahove . . Each week, The Review will feature a professor, employee or staff member at the university. Know of someone noteworthy? Send your idea to [email protected]. Prof. communicates-life lessons to students

BY KATHERINE GUINEY and said something like, 'No, we just move in together.' " Staff Reporter He related that story to cultural differences and it makes When he's not coaching his son's LEGO league or students remember the lesson, Leahy said. trekking through White Clay Creek State Park, communi­ "In a lecture hall of the size that I'm in, there's like 300 peo­ cation professor Steven Mortenson can often be found ple," she said. "It's really hard to teach, but he does a good job. doing one of the things he loves most: teaching. If you didn't come to class, you'd probably miss out." What Mortenson refers to as teaching, Dana Arschin, "It's my only class on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, but I a senior communication major, refers to as therapy. still go," Leahy said. "When you're in the class, you feel like it's a therapy Despite the positive reception as a communication profes­ session," Arschin said. "He really uses a lot of personal sor, Mortenson had not originally planned on going into the experiences, and that makes you want to share." communication field. When teaching, Mortenson, who is up for tenure this He said he originally thought he was going to be a psychol­ year, his sixth at the university, likes to prod his students ogist. But, as he got into it more, he realized playing with rats with questions trying to get them to both learn and grow and exhausting his energy jump-starting other people all day personally. long was not for him. Susan Reeser, assistant to the communication depart­ The interpersonal communication course he took at Golden ment chairperson, said although Mortenson's teaching West College, the junior college he attended for two years, put style may be different, students keep coming back for Mortenson on the path that led him to communication. more. . "What I liked about it was that I could use the theories "When students come in, they just say, 'I love him as when I walked right outside," he said. "I thought, 'This is what a teacher - I want to take him again,' " Reeser said. "He I want. '" has a wonderful personality, is very clever and very funny." After getting his doctorate at Purdue University, Mortenson Arschin, who took Principles of Communication went on to teach at Georgia Southern University for four years. Theory (COMM 256) and Theories of Interpersonal When it rained, the light fixtures would fill up with water. Communication (COMM 341) with Mortenson, said his "We taught in this trailer building," Mortenson said of his teaching is the reason she concentrated in interpersonal time in Georgia. "We said working there was like Mother instead of mass communication. Theresa in the ghetto." "I want to be a TV news reporter and that's mass Although he enjoyed the experience in the South teaching comm," Arschin said. "He's basically the sole reason I am what he calls some of the most openly curious students he has an interpersonal comm major. So I can take more classes ever encountered, Mortenson moved to Delaware in 2003 after with him." he got his current position in the communication department. She said she is not the only student who feels this way. "My wife couldn't live in the South - she's too much of "I think students like him because he's funny, but at the Professor Steven Mortenson originally wanted to be a psychologist. an emancipated woman," Mortenson said. same time he's really great at getting the points across," Since beginning at the university in 2003, Mortenson has Arschin said. The stories, Mortenson said, keep students interested in tried to transform, as well as inform, his Delaware students. This fall, Mortenson is teaching Principles of class. . "They are the smartest, most driven, disciplined students Communication Theory, with approximately 300 students, and a "If you want 100 out of300 people to pay attention or even I've ever seen," Mortenson said. "There's a very low bone-head graduate course, Epistemology and Theory in Communication consider paying attention, you've got to throw down the the­ quotient. But, there's an addiction to perfection that I try to make (COMM601) . atrics," Mortenson said. them aware of." Bridget Leahy, a sophomore in Mortenson's COMM 256 One of the stories, Leahy said, revolves around This approach to teaching makes some students question class said she enjoys having him as a professor. Mortenson's time in Sweden. whether they are sitting at a desk in class or lying on a couch at "I think he's really nice and a lot of the things he said in "He says he went into a bar and started asking Swedish peo­ a therapist's office. class I find myself telling my friends," Leahy sa,id. "His stories ple how they date," she said. "He told them that in America, we "Some students say, 'Is this class like therapy?' I'm like, are just so funny." go out for pizza together. But the Swedes looked at him funny 'No, it's called personal growth,' " he said.

Grant to help expand single-stream recycling

BY ANNA CRAMER throughout the core of campus, specifically DNREC and the Recycling Public Advisory Anyway?" Staff Reporter the Green, Knab said. Council (RPAC). Katheryne Larrivee, executive director The university was awarded a recycling . "Four thousand dollars is a lot of Miller said the chosen organizations at Iron Hill Museum said the program edu­ assistance grant of almost $5,000 from the money, it can provide enough containers to chosen were ranked and scored on various cates various schools throughout Delaware Delaware Department of Natural Resources improve recycling on the Green, as well as in criteria and then the $50,000 state funds about recycling. It is designed to teach chil­ and Environmental Control to improve upon all of the buildings on the Green," he said. were divided between them. dren how to recycle, what to recycle and the the single-stream recycling system, which Knab said there is more to be accom­ ~'The impact in terms of numbers of stu­ benefits of their actions. allows people to combine all their recyclable plished with the grant money. The original dents in any recycling program is great, but Larrivee said the program is helpful goods in one container instead of having to goal was to give students and faculty the a recycling program in an educational envi­ because it helps educate younger generations separate them. opportunity to recycle, by expanding access ronment, where it can become part of the in hopes that they will build a brighter future Andrew Knab, a business and project . Another important aspect of this goal how­ habits of students, really has a larger for themselves and others, and gets the infor­ analyst for the executive vice president, said ever, Knab said, is to educate the campus on impact," Miller said. mation out to families all across Delaware the university decided to start a pilot single­ why it is important to recycle and how easy The university is required to show some who would not normally hear it. stream program beginning this past summer it is. forms of progress throughout four periods of "We have to take care of our world, Our after the Faculty Senate confIrmed students "This is a starting point for people to the fiscal year, Miller said. earth, because, if we don't take care of it, we had expressed issues with the lack of recy­ understand their impact on environment," he According to the DNREC, other recipi­ won't have it much longer, by educating cling around campus. said. "Even on a small scale, recycling ents of the grant included organizations such younger generations we'll teach them how to The pilot test included 2,200 desk bins shows greater awareness." as Midway Little League, Arbor Park Civic live a good life," Larrivee said. and 200 hallway bins throughout Laird and Bill Miller, environmental scientist at Association and Wilmington Montessori Knab and Larrivee both said they South Campuses. the Solid and Hazardous Waste Management School. These organizations all aim to not believe their organizations were chosen for SingH~-stream recycling also helps Branch of the DNREC, helped decide the only improve their recycling techniques, but he grantbecause they represented a real improve the diversion rate, Knab said. The winners of the grants. Miller said there were also to educate others about the importance change and potential to improve not only as university hopes to reach a 30 percent diver­ a total 19 applicants for the fiscal year of of the environment. a campus or museum, but as a community. sion rate this year, as opposed to last year's 2009 and 11 of these were chosen to receive Iron Hill Museum, located on Old "We're producing students and citizens 17 percent. Diversion rate refers to the funding, nine with full funding and two with Baltimore Pike, just south of Newark, that will be living in the environmental cen­ amount of waste that is recycles rather than partial. received a $7,000 grant from the DNREC, tury," he said. "Our generation is bound to sent to a landfill. The recycling assistance grant is seven the largest grant awarded in the Newark have environmental challenges, but we can The grant money will focus on expand­ years old and comes from state funding. The area. The grant will go toward the museum's do easy things on a daily basis and greatly ing the number of small and large bins program was established with the help of the three year old program, "Whose Trash is it reduce impact and influence the future." November 25, 2008 7 International fair celebrates world cultures

BY KATHERINE GUINEY grounds, some students observed the differ­ Staff Reporter ences in the American way of life. With Middle Eastern music blaring and AI Ahmari, who entered ELI four months people in ethnic garb pouring in and out of the ago from Saudi Arabia, said he has noticed the doors, students passing by Trabant University cultural differences. Center's Multipurpose rooms on Friday could "The very common thing here, in not help but look inside. An international cul­ America, they're very honest," he said. "They tural fair, sponsored by the university's say, 'I don't want this or I hate this.' " English Language Institute, was taking place. Aside from their honesty, Americans, AI Approximately 200 ELI students from 20 Ahmari said, seem to treat their senior citizens nations manned tables with information about differently. their homeland and shared their culture with "The difference is the old people here that everyone who walked through the doors. are homeless. I see so many," he said. "I won­ Deb Detzel, assistant director of the ELI, der, 'Where's the organization?' We do care." said the event is the best kept secret on cam­ Felipe Ospina, .a native of Bogota, pus. Colombia, said he sees both good and bad "It's incredible," Detzel said. "When you things about the American lifestyle. come, it's truly like stepping into another "The American people spend a lot of time world. When you go around to these tables, moving, traveling from house to university or it's like taking a world tour." jobs," Ospina said. "In Colombia, everybody She 'said the students in the ELI program lives near their jobs. We're very close." have a passion for their native culture. The "In America, the people love to drive," he ELI at the university offers English programs said. "You spend a lot of time in your life in to foreign students and business professionals, your car." as well as others who want to prepare for an Even though Americans spend so much American university or further their careers. time in the car, Ospina said that they have The cultural fair, one of the events of more time to give in general. International Education Week, featured enter­ "A beautiful thing about American cul­ Economy's effect on tainment including a lion dance, the perform­ ture is their longevity - in mind and body," ance of a Chinese song, a Tai Chi demonstra­ Ospina said. "The people in Colombia work tion, a Korean drum performance, a Turkish until 50 years, maybe less. Then they don't do wedding dance, a fashion show and a anything. People die in Colombia very foreign stud.ents unclear Colombian dance troop. young." The fair, in its fifth year, was one of 15 Ospina used the example of Sen. John BY JONATHAN BLEIWEIS what the United States has to offer." events showcased in International Education McCain to illustrate his point. Staff Reporter Although the U.S. economic situation Week, a week of global programs geared "A guy 72 years old wants to be a presi­ Although the United States is going has been a financial strain for international toward sharing international culture and an dent for the next four or eight years," he said. through an economic crisis, international stu­ students, Verma said she thinks the situation initiative of the U.S. Department of State and "He shows a big wish oflife." dents are still competing to come to the uni­ will not hinder international students from the U.S. Department of Education. Sophomore Mike O'Donovan said he versity to get a higher education. seeking' a higher education in the United ELI students at the Taiwan table passed thinks events such as the cultural fair are Susan Lee, from the Office of Foreign States. out a drink called milk tea and salt water taffy­ important because they show Americans the Students and Scholars, said emollment num­ Lee said one of the ways costs can be like green tea candy. Students from the United way other cultures live. bers for the 2009 Spring Semester have covered for international students is through . Arab Emirates had people lined up at their "It opens up people's eyes and their increased and the country's economic crisis scholarships. The university does not offer table to get Henna tattoos. Those at the minds," O'Donovan, whose Bosnian room­ has not been a detriment or reason for decline financial aid to international students on the Colombian station piled fruits together, mate was part of the fair, said. in applications submitted. undergraduate level. Students can apply either stacked sugar blocks and passed out Juan Lesa Griffiths, director of the Center for Lee said the number of international for merit or athletic scholarships. Valdez coffee. International Studies, said she hopes students applicants for the semester increased from 10 "Foreign students will work their asses Saad AI Ahmari, an ELI student, said he understand the extent to which globalization in spring 2008 to 219 in spring 2009. off to get a scholarship," Verma said. attended the fair to represent his country of has occurred and that people have to know The deadline for undergraduate appli­ Lee said international students come to Saudi Arabia. how to move in between cultures. cants to submit an application for the Spring study at the university purely by reputation "We are happy to present our countries "I think if students wander into 'one of Semester was Nov. 1, during a time when the and word of mouth because the university and Ouf cultures," Al Ahmari said. "There's a these events and think about that," Griffiths United States' economy was a concern. does not do any international recruiting. lot we're proud about." said, "then it's been successful." Lee said she cannot see any issues in the Both Verma, an accounting major and While celebrating their native back- future regarding the number of foreign appli­ management information systems minor, and cants at the university. Jimenez Diaz, a chemical engineering major, "I still think it's a good bargain for the said they discovered the university because of kind of education and the quality of education the strong academic programs it has to offer in that we provide," Lee said. their respective fields. Junior Neetika Verma, from West Jimenez Diaz said he would not be sur­ Moorings, Trinidad and Tobago, said she prised if the number of foreign students at the thinks the U.S. economic situation impacts all university decreases because the students may countries in the world. not be able to support themselves financially. "It's like, the dominating country," "The economic impact would be too Verma said. large for foreign students to come to the USA Junior Manuel Rafael Jimenez Diaz, even if they want it more," he said. "Even if from Mexico City, Mexico, said as a result of their efforts to get the necessary resources the economic collapse of the United States, increases, they will not be able to get enough Mexico's economy has been affected because of them to get a higher education in the U.S." of the close ties between the two countries. He Louis Hirsh, director of admissions, stat­ said a typical college education in the United ed in an e-mail message that while he is see­ States costs nearly four times as much as it ing an increase in the number of applications does in Mexico. to the university, overall, b,e is unsure whether After considering his scholarships, the number of international applicants will Jimenez Diaz said a college education in change in the future because of the economy. Mexico would cost 50 percent less than it "At this early stage, I cannot speculate on would in the United States, but like many for­ that," Hirsh said. "We need to know more eign students here, he wanted to have an edu­ about how severe the recession will be and cation abroad. which countries in the world are most likely to Verma said the United States offers better be affected by it." educational and job opportunities for students Verma said she thinks foreign students from developing countries, and they are aware will continue to pursue higher education of this. opportunities in the United States. "For a lot of foreign students, the United "Foreign students will face the financial States is the place to be," she said. "Because strain to get here," she said. "The financial we come from less, we know the value of payoff is bigger in the end." Approximately 200 students worked at the International Fair on Friday. 8 November 25, 2008 Ice cream shop runs on the sun

BY JONATHAN BLEIWEIS plier of renewable energy systems. Staff Reporter The installation process was held up for more than one month The Creamery at Woodside Farm is becoming one of the because components of the framework were on back order due to largest solar powered systems for commercial ventures in the state an increasing demand to transition to solar power, he said. of Delaware. A solar power plant being installed on the farm will Mitchell said the system should be able to start functioning as generate 85 percent of the farm's total electricity. soon as the end of December or early January. Jim Mitchell, owner of The Creamery at Woodside Farm in While it will take seven or eight years to payoff, Mitchell Hockessin, said he wanted to produce his own power independ­ said the solar power system should function for 25 years. He said ently. the transition to solar power is a good investment because after the "We liked the idea being able to generate our own electricity system is paid for, power for the farm will be produced for free. and cover our own needs here on the farm," Mitchell said. "It kind He said, in the long run, paying for refrigeration without solar of goes with the sustainability of a farm, where we recycle our energy is much more expensive. nutrients here, and now we are able to produce power right off the Part of the cost of installation is covered by the Delaware farm, so it all works in together." Green Energy Fund, he said. The solar power plant, located on the south side of one of the Lynch said the Delaware Green Energy Fund acts as an bams on the farm behind the creamery, consists of 8,500 square incentive toward the installation of renewable energy systems. The feet of panels, he said. . fund is accumulated by a collection of public benefit charges that Scott Lynch, green energy program planner at the Delaware are attached to every kilowatt-hour used in a power provider's Energy Office, said as a whole, the Il2-kilowatt-hour plant is the jurisdiction. The power provider takes out these charges and sends second largest series of solar paneled systems in the state. it to the state of Delaware. THE REVIEWfMelanie Hardy Mitchell decided over a year ago to power his fann with solar "We needed to have their cooperation to make it financially The solar power system at the Creamery at Woodside energy. Installation of the panels started in August, by Sun See CREAMERY page 13 Farm will take approximately seven years to payoff. Technics, soon to be known as Conergy Inc., an international sup- Safety of commonly used plastics disputed

BY MADDIE THOMAS According to the 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition liquids. National/State News Editor Examination Survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Foster said avoiding exposure to phthalates can be difficult, Lining the refrigerated cooler shelves at the Trabant Control and Prevention, 93 percent of 2,517 urine samples from as there are no requirements by the Food and Drug University Center and Perkins Student Center are rows of per­ people ages 6 years old and older had trace amounts of BPA in Administration under the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act fectly chilled sodas waiting for the next student in need of a them. requiring the listing of phthalates in certain ingredients, such as sugar or caffeine fix to pluck from the rack. While these person­ Researchers are concerned about the safety of BPA expo­ fragrances. al and portable plastic bottles may be convenient for students on sure for humans because the chemical is a known honnone dis­ "It's really difficult to avoid exposure because on many the go, emerging research suggests these beverages may be rupter, Foster said. Honnone disrupters affect the development products, there is no requirement to label," he said. becoming contaminated with toxic chemicals leaching from of reproductive systems and cause birth defects. According to Green Guide, another plastic consumers their plastic containers. Depending on the plastic involved, the The National Toxicology Program Web site states BPA is should avoid are products labeled with a number six, as these health effects of consuming contaminated plastics include dizzi­ also used in the production of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy plastics can leach styrene, a possible carcinogen. ness, nausea, depression and reproductive and honnonal defects. resins. Epoxy resins are used as lacquers to coat metal products Brennan said as of now, there is no alternative packaging of At Trabant, there are many products that are packaged in such as food cans, bottle tops, water supply pipes and some den­ products available for students to purchase on campus and that PET and PETE (polyethylene terephthalate) plastics - plastic tal sealants. most major manufacturers of bottled beverages currently do not products labeled with a No. 1 on their container. The safety of John Brennan, director of public and media relations at the offer any alternatives, such as com by-product packaging, a safer No. 1 labeled plastics is disputed. According to Natural office for communications and marketing, stated in an e-mail plastic alternative. Solutions Magazine, reuse of these bottles is not recommended message that Dining Services is aware of the issues surrounding "Students have the option to purchase fountain beverages due to their potential to release toxins into food and beverages. the safety of some plastics. and utilize refillable mugs and jugs," he said. "Dining Services Trabant's PET and PETE plastic products include all "This academic year, we discontinued utilizing plastic #5, will evaluate any alternatives when they become available." Minute Maid juices, Coca-Cola brand sodas, regular and diet Dr. which contains biphenol-A, for our refillable jugs," Brennan There are three plastic types safe for human interaction Pepper sodas, Powerade and Dasani water. Food choices pack­ said. "The studies we have reviewed on polyethylene terephtha­ Green Guide states. These are plastics labeled with a two, four aged in PET and PETE plastics include salads and fruit and late and antimony indicate that the amount of antimony that is and five. yogurt parfait containers. . leached into the beverage is far below limits set by regulatory Number two bottles are known as high-density polyethyl­ Paul Foster, acting chief of the toxicology branch of the agencies around the world. Dining Services will continue to ene plastics and include milk bottles. At Trabant, the only bever­ National Toxicology Program, part of the Department of Health monitor research in this area." age option available to students made with this type of plastic is and Human Services, said phthalates are one type of chemical Nalgene, one company that manufactures water bottles with Hy-Point Farms milk. found in PET and PETE plastics and are used to make plastics BPA, recently announced its transition away from polycarbonate Number four and number five bottles, low-density polyeth­ more flexible. plastics in its products, according to the Nalgene Web site. ylene and polypropylene plastics, include some food wraps and He said in some experiments in which animals were Diane Spencer, representative from the Center for the food-storage containers. All of these plastic brands are recycla­ exposed to high amounts of phthalates, the occurrence of birth Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction of the National ble as well, according to the magazine. defects increased. Toxicology Program, said diet is the primary means of exposure Senior Jennifer Warren said it is important for consumers to "You can use levels of phthalates where you can get almost to BPA. be educated on the potential hazards of some plastic products 100-percent levels of birth defects," Foster said. BPA can leach into food from the coatings of canned foods and to know which types are safe to come into contact with. There are more than 30 to 40 different types of phthalates, and from the plastic containers of food storage containers, "It's part of the whole movement toward eating healthier he said, and not all of them are linked to causing developmental Spencer said. A container is more likely to leach more or less and removing chemicals from the environment," Warren said. effects in humans and animals. Foster said consumers are more BPA depending on the age and temperature of the plastic. "As we get more knowledge, we should try to improve our qual­ likely to be exposed to phthalates through mixtures of chemicals, To reduce exposure to BPA, she advises consumers to avoid ity oflife." rather than from individual chemical exposure. microwaving and dishwashing products with a number seven In 2006, a study conducted by professor William Shotyk on their label, reducing the use of canned foods and using and co-workers at the Institute of Environmental Geochemistry products that are either BPA-free or made of stainless steel, at the University of Heidelberg discovered the heavy metal glass or porcelain when handling hot foods and liquids. antinomy also leaches out of PET and PETE containers, accord­ "IfI had a Nalgene bottle I used everyday and put it in ing to Elizabeth Royte in "Bottlemania: How Water Went on the dishwasher, I would get rid of it," Spencer said. "Don't Sale and Why we Bought It." reheat things in plastics. I don't reheat plastics anymore. For According to the book, ingestion of small doses of antimo­ anything that's labeled a five or a seven, I don't even reuse ny can result in dizziness and depression. Ingestion of the metal it." in large doses, on the other hand, can inflict nausea, vomiting Steve Hentges, executive director of the polycarbon­ and death. atelBPA global group of the American Chemistry Council, a Shotyk discovered the longer fluids remained in PET and trade association for U.S. chemical companies, said plastics PETE containers, the greater the increase in the amounts of anti­ made with BPA are safe for human use because they contain mony present in the liquids. After three months, antimony levels only trace amounts of the chemical. He said because of BPA's doubled and after three additional months, they doubled again. short half-life of four to five hours, the chemical is quickly Scientists are also in the middle of a debate pertaining to the excreted from the human body. safety of No. 7 plastics - most specifically, whether the chem­ "There really aren't any products that you can buy that con­ ical bisphenol A poses any dangerous threats to humans. tain more than trace amounts," Hentges said. Plastics containing BPA, labeled with a number seven on National Geographic Society's Green Guide magazine the bottom of the container, are used in food and drink packag­ states another plastic of concern for many researchers are prod­ ing including baby bottles, compact disks, medical devices and ucts labeled with a number three. These vinyl or polyvinyl reusable water bottles, according to the National Toxicology chloride products are known to leach phthalate plasticizers, Program's Web site. another honnone disruptor similar to BPA, into foods and )1t November 25, 2008 9 Prof. Pika distinguished as named professor

BY ELLEN CRAVEN . colleagues have heard me lecture, so it was a little StaffReporter bit intimidating." On Nov. 17, approximately 70 university stu­ The lecture drew a crowd of those who knew dents, alumni and faculty assembled to hear Joseph of and wished to celebrate Pika's distinction, as well Pika deliver his inaugural lecture as the university's as political enthusiasts unfamiliar with the speaker first James R. Soles Professor of Political Science himself. and Intemational Relations. Sophomore Andrew Meltzer said he was not Audience members at the Louise and David a student of Pika or familiar with the professorship Roselle Center for the Arts were treated to what Pika had received, but the topic of the lecture lured Pika called "Joe the Professor's view, not Joe the him to attend the event. Plumber's view," on the 2008 presidential race, in "I learned what he specialized in and I saw his lecture titled "The 2008 Presidential Election: him on Election Night at Trabant giving a talk," What Have We Seen and What Does It Mean?" Meltzer said. "Judging from the lectures I've seen, Julie Demgen, assistant to the dean of arts and he seems to be an expert. I love presidential politics sciences, said usually a named professor would not and I think he did a great job breaking down all the be expected to give such a presentation until one categories and themes." year after being named, but because the election Bauer said she enjoyed the "illuminating" coordinated well with Pika's area of expertise, the lecture. She appreciated Pika's perspective on the lecture was scheduled early. 2008 election campaigns. A named professorship is the highest ranking a She said since many university professors professor at the university can receive. On Sept. 1, and students closely followed and were involved in Pika became one of three named professors in the the 2008 campaigns, his lecture was fitting. department political science and international rela­ "It was nice for someone to kind of summa­ tions. The university Web site lists 44 named pro- rize and analyze the campaign and offer a few fessors in the college of arts and sciences and 97 Joseph Pika is the university's first James R. Soles Professor of ... "',,, ... ,,.,,, thoughts about what the future holds," Bauer said. named professors throughout the entire university. Pika told his audience that Soles was the first Gretchen Bauer, chair of the political science and interna­ recognize those who demonstrate the same dedication to public person he met on campus on his first day of interviewing at the tional relations department said this particular professorship was service Soles did throughout his career. university. He said he hopes his work will live up to the legacy created in honor of James R. Soles, alumni distinguished profes­ Invitations for the Nov. 17 event were sent to out to faculty, Sole's public service has set. sor emeritus of political science and international relations, who alumni and Pika's friends and family. The event was also open Paraphrasing Lloyd Bentsen speaking of Jack Kennedy in a attended the lecture on Monday. A few years ago, several uni­ to the public. Pika said speaking in front of a group so familiar 1988 presidential debate, Pika described the honor he feels in versity alumni and faculty members raised donations to create to him was a novel experience. being named the James R. Soles Professor and the challenges it the James R. Soles Undergraduate Citizenship Endowment. "Some of the members of my family have never heard me presents. The endowment funds undergraduate citizenship stipends, lecture before, so that was a little unusual," Pika said in his lec­ "I know Jim Soles; Jim Soles is a friend of mine, and I'm graduate fellowships and the professorship in political science to ture. "It was nice to have former students there. I don't think my no Jim Soles," he said. Students learn about election in new ways

BY ERICA NARDELLO Begleiter said the course is fairly tradi­ Staff Reporter tional in that it contains a midterm and a fmal On Wednesday, students in this semester's exam, as well as quizzes. But that's where Road to the Presidency (COMMJENGLIPOSC much of the customary teaching style ends 467) class made presentations about the 2008 and the innovation begins. election. An undergraduate course that requires The two professors work together to cre­ a group project may seem common, but few ate a unique learning experience for the stu­ classes open those presentations to the public, dents - Pika puts the election in historical require students to contribute to a wiki page context, while Begleiter helps the students and are taught by two professors in one sec- understand the role and behavior of the media tion. . in the campaign process. Students are required Road to the Presidency is a class co-taught to follow the campaign closely to get a sense by Ralph Begleiter, Rosenberg Professor of of what is going on while contributing to a Communication, and Joseph Pika, James R. wiki, a Web page that allows users to change Soles Professor of Political Science and or add to the content, Begleiter said. Finally, International Relations. The students focused the students are organized into a think tank to.. . on the developments of the presidential cam­ present their findings on different aspects of Students m Road to the PreSidency (COMMIENGLIPOSC 467) presented to a public paigns and the role of the media throughout the the election and give recommendations in audience as part of their grade. 2008 campaign process, Begleiter said. public group presentations, he said. Pika and Begleiter also taught the class in "It was really an opportunity for students "There are a lot of traditional things about ment of pressure to the students, Begleiter said. 2000 and 2004. to learn from each other, not the fountain of teaching that are important," he said. "You Their findings must reflect an accurate under­ Senior Chelsea Sizemore, a student in the knowledge or the professors in the class," Pika have to have lectures - how are they going to standing of the material, a unique perspective class, said Road to the Presidency made her said. be able to talk about things that they've never on the election and a way to draw in the atten­ feel as though she was included in the learning Begleiter said the students, from various had access to?" dees, he said. process. majors including political science, communi­ Hence, the first one-third of Road to the Emerson Rana, a junior accounting and "It felt not like the professors were teach­ cation and English, have gained an understand­ Presidency is focused on lectures and giving management information systems major who ing us a set thing, but like I was more involved ing of different learning styles, different points the students a broad base of knowledge to attended the presentations, said he appreciates in the class," Sizemore said. of view and different ideas by working togeth­ build upon over the course of the semester. It unconventional methods of learning. While the first part of the class contained er and discussing their findings. All ofthe stu­ would be difficult to teach introductory level "For me, learning different points of view the traditional elements of a university course, dents had a general base of knowledge from classes in this way, and no matter what level and different teaching styles is important to concentrating on assigned readings and lec­ their close following of the election, but the course is taught at, it's costly to the univer­ learn how to adapt in different classes," Rana tures, in the second part, the course turned to through the group projects were able to acquire sity to do so, Begleiter said. said. "I wouldn't want to go to a class that's discussion as the students become more more specialized knowledge about certain Sizemore said the teaching style was ben­ the same old boring lecture." entrenched in the election and the campaigns, aspects of the campaign, Pika said. eficial for a class focusing on the election, but Rana said he immediately realized the stu­ Pika said. After the election, the class turned its Although these alternative teaching styles perhaps not the best for all students and set­ dents had great public speaking skills and focus to what happened in the election, why it - having multiple professors, making presen­ tings. knew the material well. happened and what its implications are for the tations to the public, analyzing current events "I think it works well for this one because Begleiter said he hoped attendees were future, he said. in historical context and relating it to what is it wasn't like history - it was what's happen­ able to see the impact of having a number of "We really kind of migrate over the course going on in the media - may be beneficial to ing now," she said. "I think it worked with this different student perspectives in the classroom. of the semester from more traditional to less students, Begleiter said conventional styles of topic, but I'm not sure if it would work in other "I wouldn't mind if people walked out traditional," Pika said. teaching remain relevant. kinds of classes." saying, 'Damn, those students are good,' " he The public presentations also add an ele- said. 10 November 25,2008 Finding a safer manicure Nail salon employees at risk from chemicals in commonly used products

BY MADDIE THOMAS "If we find out the lady is pregnant, National/State News Editor we ask them to leave and then come back The manicurist's station is neatly because the chemicals are bad for the arranged with little glass bottles of nail polish babies - they are killing the babies," labeled with names like, "Orange You Cute," Banh said. "Berried Treasure" and "Ru-by or Not to Be." The ingredients found in nail polish, She takes her customer's hand gently in including formaldehyde, toluene, phtha­ hers and dips the brush carefully into the bot­ lates acetone and methyacrylates, are tle of polish, using the lip of the bottle to some of the most toxic chemicals listed remove the excess color. Hunching over so in the Skin Deep database, the nonprofit she can get a closer look of the nails that Environmental Working Group's safety await painting, she delicately applies the first database of toxic ingredients in cosmetic stroke of vibrant color in one smooth sweep. and personal care products. Little does she know, the fumes she is breath­ According to the book "Not Just a ing in and has been breathing in for the past Pretty Face: The Ugly Side ofthe Beauty few hours throughout her shift may be slowly Industry" by Stacy Maikan, the toxic trio damaging her health. of nail product ingredients are the chem­ Despite high levels of intellectual dis­ icals dibutyl phthalate, toluene and abilities and birth defects .occurring among ' formaldehyde. the children of nail salon workers, very little Although employees of nail salons research has been conducted on the effect of are required by law to receive a material the toxic chemicals found in nail polish on safety data sheet outlining the chemicals reproductive health. used in nail products and the hazards Nancy Chung, reproductive justice and associated with them, the sheets mayor public policy fellow for the National Asian may not be translated into other lan­ Pacific American Women's Forum, an organ­ guages, even though 40 percent of all nail The Shilling-Douglas School of Hair Design on Amstel Avenue teaches nail care to its ization dedicated to advancing the social jus­ salon workers are Vietnamese immi­ students. The safety of chemicals in some nail products is being questioned, but an employee tice and human rights for Asian-Pacific grants. of the Shilling-Douglas School says theirs are approved by the Nail Council of America. American women and girls, said a group gave "The question is, are they available the forum information concerning a number in other languages and whether all the Demasculinization can include symptoms protect from cancer and to protect from the of Vietnamese nail workers who have given bad chemicals are listed on them," Chung such as lower sperm counts, testicular atro­ chemicals killing their lungs," Banh said. birth to disabled children. said. "We don't know if that's a complete phy, undescended testicles and other birth He said he often receives complaints Out of confidentiality, she could not list." defects of the penis including hypospadias, from neighboring offices about the smells of name the group who came forth to the forum. James Collins, director of professional where the opening of the urethra occurs on chemicals drifting in from his salon. "We recently came across someone who regulation of the Department of State's the underside of the penis instead of the tip. Formaldehyde, the final chemical of the came to us from a Vietnamese community Division of Professional Regulation, said Toluene, another chemical component of trio, is a known carcinogen, according to the center," Chung said. "We interviewed a bunch material safety sheets as well as licensing the trio, is a colorless liquid that acts as a sol­ Silent Spring Institute's Web site. Used as a of women and about half of those women exams are often not translated from English vent. It is used to suspend the nail pigment nail hardener to create a smooth finish, who had worked in nail salons have children because the state wants nail technicians to be throughout the polish and is responsible in formaldehyde is an irritant to the eyes, nose with mental retardation and with birth proficient in English. creating a smooth finish, according to and throat, and exposure can lead to skin irri­ defects." "I've heard the board discuss the lan­ "Glossed Over: Hearth Hazards Associated tations such as dermatitis. She said many Vietnamese women are guage issue, and they prefer the exams to be with Toxic Exposure in Nail Salons," a report Certain manufacturers of nail products unwilling to come forward about their chil­ given in English," Collins said. by Alexandra Gorman and Philip O'Connor, have removed components of the three chem­ dren's disabilities due to cultural and immi­ According to the Silent Spring Institute Web for Women's Voi~es for the Earth, a grass­ icals from their products. Nail product manu­ gration reasons. site, an organization that studies the links roots environmental justice organization. facturer aPI, for example, eliminated dibutyl At The Nail Stop· salon on East Main between the environment and women's "Toluene is volatile and evaporates into phthalate from its nail lacquers, nail treat­ Street, manager Le Banh said he gives his health, dibutyl phthalate, the most toxic the air as nail polish dries," the report states. ments and nail hardeners in 2006, according employees leave if they become pregnant. chemical of the phthalates group, has damag~ "Exposure to toluene can affect the central to the company's Web site. In 2007, it ing reproductive nervous system with low-level symptoms removed toluene from its nail lacquers, nail effects. such as headache, dizziness and fatigue. treatment and nail hardener products. "Dibutyl phtha­ Toluene is also an irritant to the eyes, nose "Toluene-free formulas have been late, for example, and throat. At very high exposures, toluene approved for all of our nail yreatment and nail which is used to has been found to be toxic to the kidneys and hardener products; some of these formulas are keep nail polish liver, and is a possible reproductive or devel­ already being manufactured, and the others from chipping, opmental toxin." will be on the market in the next few months," has been found to At The Nail Stop, Banh said he and his aPI's Web site states. increase the like­ employees often smell strong odors of fumes Newark Natural Foods offers several lihood that labo­ and chemicals in the salon. Banh said he and non-toxic nail products from Honeybee ratory animals his staff worry about how their health is being Gardens, including nail polish free from will give birth to impacted by their work environment. odors, toluene, formaldehyde and dibutyl offspring with "Yeah, we do have concerns sometimes," phthalate, . and an odorless nail polish birth defects, he said. "Sometimes we get headaches. In the remover. especially of the summer, the heat gives us headaches because Secret Charles, community outreach male reproduc­ of the fumes." consultant for the Community Coalition for tive system," the Among headaches, nail salon workers Environmental Justice, a coalition whose mis­ Web site states. have been documented to be frequent suffer­ sion is to achieve environmental and econom­ Dibutyl phthalate ers of asthma and skin problems and are ic justice in low-income communities and blocks male hor­ prone to decreased attention and processing communities of color, believes nail techni­ mones, called skills compared to women who do not work cians should continue to receive education androgens, and in salons, "Not Just a Pretty Face" states. about toxic chemicals in nail products after results in the "de­ Banh said he often keeps an air ventila­ they receive their licenses. masculinization tion system running in his salon in order to "They should create a mandate to go of male babies, keep the smell of fumes at bay. He also back for continuing education every six according to "Not requires each of his employees to wear masks months to a year to show they are aware of Just a Pretty when working with customers. the environment," Charles said. "They want F ace . " "They wear masks to protect their health, to stay healthy themselves." JR November: 25, 200811 in the news Not a warm holiday season Bush holds last meeting with RU,ssia President Bush held his last Moscow over the Georgian war, mis­ meeting with a Russian leader on sile defense and other intractable for. Main~ Street. businesses· Saturday, saying he had worked to conflicts. Their private session took forge a "cordial relationship" with place hours after Bush issued a state­ President Dmitry Medvedev and to ment hailing the fifth anniversary of .be "respectful" when they disagreecl. the "Rose Revolution" in Georgia. . BY PAT MAGUIRE was confident her marketing methods would keep sales Attending the annual Asia- At the summit, leaders of the Sports Editor up as the holidays came along. Pacific Economic Cooperation sum- 21-nation group endorsed an agree­ Roz Maeuro and Pamela Losey perused through "I'm not worried, and maybe I should be," Patterson mit in Peru, Bush also won pledges ment reached at an earlier Grassroots Handcrafts last week, interested in what the said. "Things have been pretty steady and I think I'm not to keep Pacific Rim markets open Washington summit to adhere to Main Street store had to offer. The women were in worried because of my price points." during the fmancial crisis and made free-market principles while enacting Newark visiting their daughters. Maeuro, from Georgia, Patterson's "Price Points" is a system in which shop­ modest gains in stalled negotiations tough financial reforms. The APEC and Losey, a New York native, were enticed by the large pers can buy slightly damaged items for a cheaper cost. over North Korea's nuclear weapons nations also vowed to "refrain within sign outside that said, "SALE." With a hurting economy The system is working well for the store so far, she said. program. the next 12 months from raising new and tighter budgets, the women knew that holiday shop- . With business remaining steady for Patterson, she The meeting between Bush and barriers to investment or to trade," ping was going to be different this year. ' does not plan on significantly changing her methods. Medvedev came at a time of deepen- and pledged to move ahead next "I'm not doing as many details as I used to, meaning "I think I'm probably going to do a couple of sales ing tension between Washillgton and month with a global trade pact. I would have a present then I would wrap another on top to entice people to come in," she said. "I think that's the of it or something," Losey said. "I'm just not doing all of par of the course. You always have your sales and things Iraq urges U.S. troops to stay three more years those extras." like that." , Iraq's defense minister warned his language Saturdaywas unusual­ Losey and Maeuro aren't the only ones cutting back While Patterson said she has not noticed a signifi­ Saturday the government would Iy stark. He said at a news confer­ as a result of the economic downfall. The drop in holiday cant difference, Short said Grassroots' sales are on a swift declare a state of emergency if there ence that if there was a sudden U. S. shopping is concerning the owners and managers of downfall. was no agreement to keep U.S. withdrawal, "we shall wait for a some Main Street businesses, and the drop in sales is "People aren't coming in the store," Short said. forces in the country past the end of 'strike agajnst us, in our mids.t." already beginning to show for some. ' "You really don't have a chance if they don't walk in the the year. The vote on the agreement was . "We're· extremely, extremely concerned," Kristin door. We're marking things down. We're running sales The threat by Abdul Qadir originally set for Monday but was Short, the company manager at Grassroots, said. "We've every weekend. We just have to get people to come in." Muhammed Jassim appeared aimed moved to Wednesday because par­ already laid off two managers, and we're possibly dos­ Avino said Rainbow is taking slight precautions to at pressuring parliament to approve ties wanted more time to review it, ing a store of our four locations." adjust to the downfall as well. While the store has not a security accord allowing U.S. officials said. Parliament is sched­ Grassroots has stores in Wilmington, Newark and had to layoff any employees, it is taking steps to make troops to stay three more years. uled to adjourn this week to allow Hockessin. The layoffs were the first for the chain in its sure the situation does not get significantly worse. Jassim has been a strong sup- lawmakers to make the hajj pilgrim­ 34 years ofexistence. . "We're being really, really tight," he said. "Keeping porter of the agreement, which age; they are not expected to recon­ "That just speaks to the seriousness of the economy the payroll down, adjusting store hours - stuff like that." would replace a United Nations vene until mid-December. right now," Short said. "It's scary. It really, really is. Rainbow has reduced its hours by two hours per mandate that expires Dec. 31. But We're doing everything we can just to weather it and get weekday, opening at 11 a.m. and closing at 8 p.m. through it." ~ Short, who said Grassroots' sales usually nosedive Ob,ama begins plans for country before entering office Stores on Main Street have felt the sting of the econ­ between mid-January and Valentine's Day on a typical With a series of forceful down payment on the type of omy for months now. While the last quarter usually gen­ year, does not see a bright future for her store with the actions in recent days, amid an reform my administration will erates half of the business in the whole year, Short said, economy's current state. almost unprecedented set of chal- bring to Washington." stores like Grassroots are already taking precautions. "We are not projecting it's going to get better," she lenges, Barack Obama has taken Obama has moved with Chris Avino, the owner of Rainbow Records , saw said. "We don't think it's going to get better through the an unusual step for a president- unusual speed to fill most of his sales drop at the end of the summer. The declin~ has not end of the year, and we're actually worried about next elect: attempting to alter the coun- top White House staff positions. stopped since. . year." try's perilous course even before And,in recent days, he settled on a "It started at the end of the summer because people While store owners work hard to try to attract much­ he takes office. number of key Cabinet appoint- were paying $3.50, $4.00 for gas," Avino said. "Now needed customers during the holiday season, shoppers The most dramatic examplements designed to remove the people are just holding onto their money." like Maeuro and Losey continue to browse stores, mak­ came Saturday, when Obama uncertainty that has sparked turbu­ In addition to a decrease in sales, Short said it has ing sure they are meeting the needs of a tight budget. announced a far more aggressive lence in the financial markets and been difficult to get people to just walk into the store imd However, for the women, it could be worse. economic stimulus plan than pre- replace it with a sense of confi­ shop . . While some owners said they did not plan on "I think about the people who are really strapped for viously promised - a two-year dence in the administration-in­ adjusting their pricesl other managers are using different money;" Maeuro said. "It's so hard - it's a really hard program to add 2.5 million jobs waiting. strategies to entice snoppers. time of year." - that he said represented '.'an early Sandi Patterson, owner of Clothes in the Past Lane, - compiled from the L.A. Times and Washington Post news wire poljce repOrts SCOOTER STOLEN ON WEST MAIN STREET A motorized go-ped scooter was reported stolen off the porch of a house in the 100 block of West Main Street on Saturday, CpJ. Gerald Bryda of the Newark Police Department said. The victim, a 21-year-old male university student renting the house, was not home at the time of the incident. The victim's roommates hosted a party ouring the timeframe ill which the incident occurred, sometime between 10 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday. The scooter cost approximately $600 and had no distinguishable marks on it. There were no witnesses present dl,lring the theft and there are no leads at this time, Bryda said.

STUDENT INVOLVED IN ALTERCATION A 21-year-old university student and a 19-year-old employee of Margherita's Pizza got into an altercation on Main Street on Saturday at 2:26 a.m. at the business, Bryda said. The student suffered a severe laceration on the back of his head and was taken to Christiana Hospital by Aetna Hose Hook & Ladder Ambulance. It appeared that the student and his friend went into Margherita's and made comments and/or compliments to their female waitress, Bryda said. The waitress then told her boyfriend, an employee at Margherita's, about the comments. As the student and his friend were leaving the restaurant, several employees confronted him and his friend, leading to a pushing match that resulted in the suspect punching the student in the face. The student hit his head on the curb outside and received a golf-ball­ sized laceration that was bleeding profusely, Bryda said. The assault is being investigated as to determine who pushed whom first. .

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Continued from page 4 Fried's favorite connection to "Rent" comes from one of his best sions." friends. The producer wanted to write . Fried lives with the conse­ a song about a blessing, but his friend quences of not using a condom on refused to hear it. School ofUrban Affizirs & Public }Jolicy that November night 21 years ago. "She said that people with AIDS He goes to the doctor every three would never bless the disease," he months, gives 11 test tubes of blood said, "and the producer went back to and waits for his T-cell count. At his the drawing board." last appointment, he said his T-cell Fried honored his 138 friends OPEN HOUSF, count had doubled. who have died from AIDS at the end frid."l)'7 Dcc.~" I), 2008 Until two years ago, Fried only of his presentation. He displayed a 9;OO.-.ID. iIInd ll;3Ua...... took vitamins, herbs and other sup­ video he composed of snapshots and plements to reduce his AIDS symp­ voices from his answering machine On the: piemrc:sqoe NC"Woiltk campus toms. He brought 45 pills with him to of his friends who have"passed away. his presentations and swallowed "I was blessed to have known them three at a time. them," Fried said. Freshman Eric Oppenheimer He said he was always very reli­ attended one of Fried's presentations gious and family-oriented as a child "in high school and was amazed by and young adult, but his bonds with what he saw. It was the first timt; he his family and perception of God realized what someone with AIDS have changed since he found out he went through. had AIDS. "It was heart-wrenching," Fried's greatest accomplishment Oppenheimer said. in the past 21 years has been his rela­ Fried has now started taking tionship with his father. His disease prescribed medication to fight his opened up the loving and "healing disease. He appears healthy, but said relationship both had always wanted. he feels nauseous every morning Fried has also found new meaning in from the drugs. the Jewish holiday Sukkot since he Fried finds strength in his AIDS was diagnosatl with AIDS. support group based in New York "The sun shining in the stain~ City, where he lives. The group pro­ gl~ed window is brighter," he said. vides" a place for those with the dis­ "The prayers touch my heart in a way DEGREE PROGllAMS ease to talk, but Fried's group also they never did before." .. ~ftU.. i'&U JlkD.in 'llid:rutA.ff.lits& Public Pt*l" has a special place in Broadway his­ Fried said his main purpose in tory. delivering speeches about AIDS is to • .N'atianaJIyn.u~MA.m t.Jdut..w=oJiB&:NbIic: I\tIH..'} The Broadway musical "Rent," educate people of all ages. • NASI'AA:OIL~.Monta"''PuLIi.:.AdnUr.btr''''''1 is based partly off friends Fried met "I want people to not feel distant • Bahdutt.ti'Sduu1-.. LAIIIr..,.,..,. in his support group. He said one of and shut off," he said. "I want to his friends always mentioned how he make people feel less alone in their measured a year in cups of coffee and lives because there are others like 1-'0,. ,tircr.;.Uonl :;lind ql~[I'aL;aQ ...Ic::u."!ii: (lund. indudal). that was the inspiration for the song them." ':::llm:o}C[ a~ u.(3U2) ~31-U'iHI""" mwww_udcl.cduhll;flj'lp "Seasons of Love." Creamery converts to solar power " " ConHnued from page 8 ing the cleanest energy we know of," Shelton said. "ICs a huge financial viable to do it," Mitchell said. "We're undertaking." able to get that cross-share from them Junior Stephan Labelle said he to help with the system." supports Woodside Farm using a Solar panels are primarily made renewable energy source and that of crystal and wafers that allow them more businesses should do the same. to absorb sunlight, even when it is "We need to find a way to har~ cloudy, Lynch said. The panels con­ ness the solar energy so that busi­ vert the sun's energy into free-flow­ nesses can potentially run how they ing electrons, or direct current elec­ normally run without it," Labelle It's Cool to Give Green! tricity, similar to the energy used by said. "If that is possible, then I batteries. An inverter then converts believe all businesses should run on the direct current electricity into solar energy." This HoUday Give a Hybrid Solar Charger - alternating cJ.llTent electricity, the Graduate student Patrick most widely used form of power. Hauske said he appreciates the farm On-lhe-go and .Sf

14------~~--~------Shrub Toons Proposition 8 passage is disgrace In a time of hardship, let people love who they want America owns the reputation of included with a marriage certificate. //)1 being the pinnacle of human rights When two people in the United ! , and equality - right? But on Nov. 4, States get married, they have the abil­ one of the greatest moments in this ity to share these things with their country's history occurred when the partner. Without these, a civil union first black m<:m was elected president. is a small step above a piece of paper This was a proud moment for every . saying two people are involved in a American - regardless of color, relationship. gender and sexual orientation. Separation of church and state However, while celebrating was created to do just that. If a partic­ President-elect Barack Obama's vic­ ular religion does not believe in gay tory as a win over negative race rela­ marriages, then it doesn't have to tions and stereotypes, Nov. 4 also allow them. After all, there is a differ­ stood as a giant step back for another ence between civil marriage and reli­ group that has been experiencing gious marriage. A simple definition prejudices. Proposition 8, an amend­ of "marriage" should not involve ment banning · gay marriage in whether the person is a man or a California, was passed. woman. It should be based on the one In a time when acceptance thing that makes a union survive - should be the norm, this is an out­ love. rage. There shouldn't have to be This is a frustration in a country another civil rights era for a group that is fighting two wars, seen an eco­ that is being oppressed. This banning nomic recession and experienced the stands for all groups, current and worst terrorist attack in history. future, who have faced injustice and Instead of arguing over basic civil have been ignored. rights and denying happiness to those Homosexuals are the same as who desperately want it, we need to anyone else - we all breathe the focus on the issues that are causing same air, eat the same foods, share problems for every American. With "The big cheese." the same earth. There isn't any rea­ the passing of Proposition 8, the time son why a gay person can't have the has come to stand up and support same rights as a straight person. those who don't have equal opportu­ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Civil unions are not an appropri­ nities and futures simply because of ate match in comparison to marriage. what they do behind closed doors. Harker's letter contradictory provided with a $1,000 budget, which free inflatable blue and gold tubes to Everything from taxes to medical It's clear that the time has come final­ we ~t taking President Roselle out slap together in applause. At floor rights, insurance to health care, is ly to say, this is wrong. In a recent e-mail to all universi­ to dinner at the Blue & Gold Club. meetings, useless fliers, question­ ty students, university President Multiply that $1,000 by however naires and packets are handed out by Patrick Ha.rl<:er said the following, many Life clusters exist, and that sum the ream. I literally got a flier that told Public Safety rejects help from site "Our challenge is clear. We must quickly becomes astronomical, not to me I could get killed ifl passed out on University refuses to collaborate with crime Web site work together now to reduce non­ mention the rest of the funding the railroad tracks. Tbaitk:s ResLife. essential expenditures, build reseJ;Ves, involved - the end-of-the-semester That's not what happened. ExaII!Ples of reckless and whimsical Before the semester even increase efficiencies and innovate - "Life Fest" held at the Bob Carpenter spending are to be found at every cor­ began, the number of crime reports When the creator of Ucrime.com and continue to ensure that the first Center comes readily to mind ner of campus and frankly, I'm called in to the local police depart­ approached Homiak to put the uni­ and foremost priority remains the suc­ My sophomore year, I lived in offended thatHa.rl<:er would ask me to ment was unusually high. As stu­ versity on the site, he refused to cess of our students." Gilbert and around Thanksgiving be more frugal after the university dents returned to campus to start the cooperate. When asked to comment I am in utter shock. My fresh­ time, the ResidentAssistants frOm my metaphoricalfy wiped itself with my new school year, many weren't on the decision, Homiak again man year, I was compelled to partici­ building got together and had our hard-eamed money. even aware of the rising crime rate refused and gave no clear reason for pate m the Life program, which con­ building make construction paper on and around campus, or didn't his decision. sisted of little more than pseudo-ped­ turkeys. As far as I know, they uSed Louis Thibault take it seriously. After several rob­ Creating an iii-house program, agogical activities like talking about Residence Life funds to do so. At [email protected] beries at gunpoint in areas heavily which Homiak said he would rather self-esteem. As I recall, we were also football games, students are given Senior populated by students, the problem do as an alternative to joining became more serious and top offi­ Ucrime, would require a significant Corrections Programniing Advisory Board. We misquoted -a study as saying cials at the university made stite­ amount of time and money, as apologize for the oversight. "3,830 bats were killed over the ments assuring its students that they opposed to the W~b site, which is In last week's article "The Mosaic sea." It should have said, "3,830 were doing more to ensure safety. already up and running. Interview: O.A.R." The Review Last week's article "Bats endan­ bats which were in danger of being UCrime.com, a free Web site Furthermore, UCrime is Facebook neglected to mention that the event gered by offshore wind farms" killed over the ocean." where users can view a map of their and iPhone compatible, which was hosted by the Student Centers college town and see the exact spot would allow students to readily where various crimes have taken access and utilize it. place, is a helpful tool in informing There may be legitimate rea­ WRITE TO -THE REVIEW The Review gladlj people about the safe and dangerous sons for Homiak's negative feelings 250 Perkins.Student Center areas in their town. toward joining the Ucrime network. welcomes readers Many colleges are members of Nevertheless, it seems like the right Newark, DE 19716 to write in for leHers to - Fax: 302-831-1396 UCrime, meaning the site will thing to do on the surface and at the editor and receive daily crime updates and first glance there don't really seem E-mail: [email protected] post them on a map of the campus. to be any drawbacks to joining the or viSit us online at www.udreview.com guest columnists. With the surge of crime on the uni­ site. Until Public Safety or the uni­ If you have any questions The Editorial section is an open forum for public debate and discu~sion. The Review wel­ versity's campus this year, it would versity gives a reasonable explana­ feel free to contad us at make sense for Executive Director tion for not cooperating with the comes responses from its readers. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit all letters to of Public Safety Albert Homiak, to Web site and providing students the editor. Letters and columns represent the ideas and beliefs of the authors and should join forces with any person, pro­ with another tool to encourage safe­ not be taken as representative of The Review. Staff editorials represent the ideas and [email protected] gram or organization. whose goal is ty, Homiak's decision will remain beliefs of The Review Editorial Board on behalf of the editors. 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------~------15 Writing isn't as much fun as it used to be I get excited when I have an idea for a fifth grader's book reading and discussion, Where did that part of me go? paper topic. It feels like some shockwave or one night only - one of my classmates, and Writing in college isn't fun. I always say Guest surge of energy happens- in my head. In my I sat vulnerably in front of dozens of parents, that I'd rather write four or five papers for a notes I enter a space of timelessness. I try to both of us in dress shirts and ties, ready to course than have to take three exams. I hate Commentary capture details from the farthest point of sweat through our books. His was about a tests, and I hate the word hate. But mulling where I can go with my writing. Somewhere, soccer match and how he scored the winning over your ideas, putting them into charts and though, I lose it. It turns mechanical. goal. Mine had a two-page illustrated spread grids, making a systematic story that is stale Sean Mis of a Utopian island that secretly held the key the second I press Control-P, iS ,no fun. My stream of consciousness to immortality, So, as you might expect, I When I was a freshman and taking a Writing was fun when imagination writing turns into "point A con­ was asked a lot of questions. composition coU{se, my professor tried to took over nects to point a," and so on. I "How did you come up with an idea like help. He told me about the only tools he The problem I have with writing is that have been trained to do this, this?" needs to write - pen, paper and scotch. He it's not fun. It's not a pastime for me any­ and I know I can explain and "I really have no idea," Aw, man. I was knew I was 21 at the time, so maybe he more. I keep hearing that putting your elucidate as to why I reform doing exactly what I was asked not to do. thought he was removing a blindfold for me. thoughts down on paper is the hardest thing my ungoverned thoughts Into Before the reading I remember thinking Alcohol, eh? You sit down at night, pour anybody ever has to do. "God, it's like a structure, but I cannot about how I would explain where this idea yourself a glass and with the warm light of pulling teeth." And it is. It's like pulling explain where the child In me came from. Of course someone would ask me your desk lamp, let your thoughts become brain-teeth from the jaws of the cave in your went. this question. I tried to think about when I words and the rest will follow. But don't for­ mind. had the initial thought as I sat at my desk, but get to look it over in the sobering morning I do not accept the fact that whatever I In fifth grade, at my prestigious Roman I really didn't have any plan for what I was light, just to make sure you didn't get off can think I can write. That is not even a fact. Catholic grade school, I wrote a book. It had about to write. "It was diabolic inspiration." track. When I was a kid, writing was fun. I pictures - more pictures than words - and No, no - I couldn't say that in a Catholic I never explicitly tried this, though remember lying in my bed after homework was a work of fantasy, institution, and plus, I didn't know much unconsciously I am sure I have, but I would was done, writing about parts of my dream I "The Search for the Fountain of Youth," about Satanism in the fifth grade. Well, undoubtedly trade any single malt scotch - had the night before. It wasn't easy because I called it. My teachers were impressed, and maybe divine then. Nope, I couldn't explain however long it's been aged in oak-casting by that point all of my dream-memory-teeth they decided to let me give a reading at one that one either. It was just my imagination, - for my youthful naive imagination, now were almost shut tight. I recalled enough of of the school's open houses that year. If this was 10 or 15 years in the future lost in songs of ~xperience. the magic, however, and wrote some of it "Now, Sean, make sure you answer any and I was explaining a piece of fiction or cre­ down. Writing made it feel like I was just re­ question with some detail about your story ative non-fiction that I wrote, I would bring dreaming it all. It wasn't work and I liked it. and how you came up with it, OK?" together what part of my life experience I . Other times I would pick up a notebook - "Alright," I thought. But what was there to included, what theorists I was reading at the Sean Mis is a guest columnist for The Review. writing something like this, just less, urn, explain? I wrote something and the explana­ time, what film's central dialogue I dissected His viewpoints do not necessarily represent uptight - and just fill page after page with tion is in the book, isn't it? and expanded. But this was me as an ll-year­ those of the Review staff. Please send com­ nothing in particular. The night of the reading - the seminal old, untainted by any formal discourse. ments to smM@udeLedu Damn - where did this part of me go? -Why I'm afraid -of a few gray balloons "party" or "dance." While most schools have ty, he notes, that also applies to our own tices we might not understand. Racism isn't ESL programs (English as a Second American flag. over, Colbert, and it probably won't be for Pint-sized Language), mine had ESOL - English for The best part of it all is that Booker isn't decades, but we can't start truly battling it until Perspectives Speakers of Other Languages, a difference I we fully acknowledge its existence. I'm a reli­ . only recently discovered and one I can only You and I both enjoy Irish giously ambiguous white girl with a comfort­ conclude exists to avoid offense. My school bagpipes, he tells Coltsert, and able middle-class upbringing. I know I don't Laura Dattaro had one of the most diverse student bodies in aren'f we fortunate to live In a have mvch in common with a first-generation the county, and yet we weren't allowed to country where we can find immigrant whose parents can't communicate We're really not all the same color. acknowledge it. people who play them. with his teachers, or a kid who grew up in I've always wanted a hero, and I think I Our country is constantly living a monu­ Harlem who can't to afford college. But found him - on "The Colbert Report," of all mental oxymoron - in order to embrace just a philosopher preaching his lofty ideolo­ instead of pretending this disparity' doesn't places. diversity, let's make everyone the same. Don't gies to a scorned, divided public. The funda­ exist - America is the land of opportunity On Nov. 20, Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory celebrate birthdays, because it might 'offend the mental idea seems sound, you might say, but where everyone can win! -let's acknowledge Booker appeared on the show to talk about his kid whose parents are Jehovah's Witnesses. how can we actually make it work? (The it, and more importantly, learn from it, before - hopes for the future of the country, including Stop playing Christmas songs at band concerts, Review, for the record, addressed this issue in we all end up like the bald, genderless, mud­ his desire to "luxuriate in the racial delicious­ because there aren't enough Chanukah songs an October editorial criticizing the university brown Goobacks the writers of "South Park" ness of this country." (and close to zero for Kwanzaa or Ramadan) to for making "diversity" its buzzword without predicted back in season four (thanks, Trey Fabulous word usage aside, Booker is my make it fair. presenting any solid plans for how they plan to Parker, for the month's worth of nightmares). hero for voicing on a huge public stage Rather than squelching our differences - "embrace" and "promote" it.) At the end of the interview, Colbert thoughts that have been fermenting in my head racial, cultural or social - we should be cele­ According to the Disaster Research recalled Booker's inauguration day, in which since high school. Prior to his appearance, brating them. Eradicating Christmas parties is Center, Newark, N.J. had more than 1,000 vio­ he personally chased down a robber and put Colbert opened the show by declaring racism an easy solution to calm minorities who feel lent crimes per 100,000 people in 2005,. the him in jail, asking him, "Are you, in fact, The (b. 1776, d. 2008) to be over amidst a swarm of (rightfully or not) that they are underrepresent­ most recent year for which statistics were Batman?" Booker just laughed, but I think drab, gray balloons - "with racism over, this ed, but its devastating consequences are available. Nationally, the rate was slightly Colbert might have him pegged - he's a reg­ is the color we all are now," Colbert declared. twofold: one, it silences important conversa­ under 500. Booker, though, has been able to ular vigilante, purging the streets of blind-eye Booker disagreed, and so do I. I went to tions from which everyone would benefit; and reduce murder and shooting by 40 percent, turners everywhere. To me, at least, a true high school in Columbia, Md., in the heart of two, it cements the divides that exist between which he told Colbert was accomplished hero. Howard County, a mysterious land where vale­ the multitude of cultures living in strained · through encouraging differences in the form of dictorians don't exist and students are given quasi-harmony everyday across the country. new businesses, from soul food restaurants to Booker offered up a number of metaphors health care programs. "People have come "E's" instead of "F's" because no one is a fail­ Laura Dattaro is the editor in chieffor The ure. The word "Christmas" was replaced with to support his ideals. A concert is entertaining together," he said, "each contributing their because it is composed of many instruments uniqueness to the common pot." Review. Her viewpoints do not necessarily rep­ "holiday," and later with "Winter," whenever resent those of the Review staff. Please send used in front of something like "concert," playing together. A rainbow is beautiful We need to stop being scared of offend­ because of its many distinct colors - a quali- ing, and instead learn about cultures and prac- comments to ldattaro@udeLedu. 16 November 25, 2008

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- 18 November 25, 2008 Breaking th'e code: parents learn to text

BY ALLISON RUPPINO Junior Steph Kraus says her parents Staff Reporter never used to know how to text, but once As I open my book in my British it became increasingly popular, they want­ Literature class, I see the screen from my ed to learn how. cell phone illuminate. I refrain from open­ "I figured if! taught them to text they ing it, but then realize I have six new mes­ wouldn't call me as much," Kraus says. sages waiting for me. I use the height of Unfortunately, Kraus' plan blew up in the girl in front of me to block myself her face. from the professor's inquisitive glare. "They text me all the time now and They are all from my mother, who it's not like normal texting," Kraus says. wanted to know which shirt she should get "It's like a cave man or something." me from Kohl's. She had sent me each This "cave man" style of texting is option in a separate picture message. familiar to many students. An example of When speaking to her on the phone a "stone age" message includes, "How is after class, I found she was enjoying her day going? Good luck with busy school," text message success. which is a message that Kraus' mom once "I bet you thought I wouldn't know sent to her. how to do that, huh?" she says. "My mom uses her own specialized She was right - I was shocked that texting language, and I just wind up ignor- she finally learned how to do it. ing it," Kraus says. . Courtesy of Amazon.com Today there are more parents who text Some parents have a hard time under­ "Twilight" is based on the first book, published in 2005, in Stephenie Meyer's series. their children than ever before. According standing the concept of a text message, to an April 2008 article from The and now they and their children are swap­ Washington Post, a Seattle market ping roles. Parents, who usually are research firm, M:Metrics, did a sfudy that known for teaching their children lessons, A new day dawns found in the past two years, the use of text manners, what to eat, how to stay healthy messaging for people ages 45 to 54 has and much more, are now sitting in the stu­ increased by 130 percent. dent's seat. And now the students - the . According to the article, a text can parents' children - have suddenly help parents communicate with their chil­ become the teachers. for 'Twilight' fanbase dren. For parents with college-aged stu­ Several aspects of text messages can dents, texts enable communication in the be confusing for parents who haven't used BY KATIE SPEACE People of all ages donned fan apparel at least convenient places - in a movie the­ the feature before, but one unforeseen Staff Reporter Regal Cinema. The movie theater, approxi­ ater, in class, at work or even at a weekend complication for some is the startling, Regal Cinema at People's Plaza .was mately six miles south of campus off Route party. Texting proves to be efficient and unfamiliar beeping noise of ail incoming packed Thursday night with dedicated fans. 896, held three midnight showings of works best with the busy schedules of both text message. Junior Suzanne Thayer says Moms and dads were waiting in line with "Twilight" - two of which were sold out by the parent and the student. she had this experience with her mother their swooniI!s teenage daugh!ers, alo?g w!th 10:30 p.m. As hard as it might be for them, par­ before. a significant amount of anxlOus university Sporting their "Twilight" tees, sopho­ ents are trying to adapt to these new mod­ "I tried texting my mom once because students. mores Lauren Zaremba and Melissa Howard ern advances. The accessibility and instant I thought it would be easier," Thayer says, The reason for all the craze - Edward attended the midnight showing with two of nature of texts serve to be the most con­ "but she called all confused about her Cullen. their friends. venient form of communication - and the phone making a weird noise it never made If the name rings a bell, it's because it's Zaremba became a fan when she first easiest. before." the heartthrob main character in the movie discovered the series last summer. Gail Writt, junior Amanda Writt's The text's foreign noises were fol­ "Twilight," which premiered Nov. 21. "Everyone at my work was reading mother, says she started texting because it lowed by a different hurdle - opening the "Twilight" is the story of Bella Swan, a them, so I thought I'd check it out," Zaremba increases her ability to talk to her daugh­ message. . teenage girl who moves from Phoenix to the says. "I read the first one in like 16 hours and ter. "She didn't dreary little town of Forks, Wash., wher~ she then went out and got the other two. I fin­ "I can talk to her wher­ even open the mes- meets her soulmate, the irresistible Cullen. In ished all·three of them in like three days." ever she is, even if it is sage because she all his perfection, he saves her life a few In the fall, Zaremba passed on the infat­ something small," Writt didn't know how," times, but there's a catch - he happens to be uation to her roommates. says. "One time I texted Thayer says. a vampire. "She was obsessed with it when she Amanda while she was "That's the last The film is based on the first book in came to school," Howard says. "I was mak­ seeing 'The Dark time I tried that." Stephenie Meyer's series, published in 2005. ing fun of her and picked it up, but then Ijust Knight,' just to see Some . have Since it was made known that the story got sucked in." what she wanted for s u c c e s s fu 11 y would be adapted to film, "Twilight" has The girls in line unanimously agreed on dinner." taught themselves received a great deal of attention. what makes the novel such a page-turner. Although parents how to send a The craze even caught the attention of "Obviously Edward Cullen," Zaremba are learning about common text that "South Park" writers - days before the says. "Everyone wants to meet that perfect this new technologi­ our technologi­ movie came out, the satirical animated series guy. You just fall in love with the story. It's cal phenomenon, cally-savvy gen- parodied it in the airing of its 12th season an escape from everyday life - reading it sometimes they don't eration would finale, which was about teen vampires. lets you live in the 'Twilight' world for a understand how to consider cool. A Facebook search for the word while and Forks is better than Delaware any apply the modern lan­ Others, on the "Twilight" returns more than 500 inter~st day." guage of texting. other hand, still groups - the one with the most membership, It's hard to understand how teenage girls Writt's daughter says need time to "Because I read Twilight I have unrealistic can fall in love with a fictitious vampire, but she makes fun of her defeat this tech­ expectations in Men," had a whopping Corradin says the idea is rather obvious. He mother for texting in nological beast, 1.07,878 members Monday. says the vampire genre is always about "proper English with like junior The success of the "Twilight" sound­ young, beautiful people. complete sentences Andrea English's track is also a result of its strong fan follow­ "The mythological vampire is the ulti­ and correct punctua­ mother. ing - it topped the Billboard charts two mate gentleman," he says. "Even though tion." "I've had to weeks before the movie's release. he'll eventually do something nasty,the vic­ Junior Patrick show my mom According to John Corradin, owner of tim often enters it knowingly." O'Hara says his par­ like at least 'five the Main Street game shop The Days Of The craze that "Twilight" has brought on ents, who text him times how to Knights, the book's popularity has inspired a isn't just for female readers swooning over "all the time" don't text," English slew of merchandise surrounding the movie. the suave and debonair vampire. English pro­ send him siU:ple text says. "I even His store isn't selling any "Twilight" mer­ fessor Kainoa Harbottle, who looks forward messages. made her a how- chandise at this time, but he says it will most to eventually reading the series, says the "My mom uses to-text for dum­ likely carry a "Twilight" video game if there genre has a lot to offer for a variety ofp.eople. extreme abbrevia­ mies thingy. She is one produced. "Sure, 'Twilight' has all the claSSIC ele­ tions and never gets also signs all of "It's just like the 'Harry Potter' craze," ments - romance, teenage angst, a love that out a full senterrce, her texts with Corradin says. "It's a mass media project that is dangerous to fulfill," he says. "But dark while my dad just 'Love, Mom,' like I gets picked up by stores in the malls." fiction is ultimately about power and how writes book-long don't know it is Hot Topic released a line of "Twilight" you use it. This vampire does good. We like paragraphs," from her or some­ apparel in response to the movie, along with fallen heroes - they take what they've been O'Hara says. thing." posters and items like key chains and pins. given as a curse and use it to help others." )It November 25, 2008 ] 9 In wake of Proposition 8, James Franco takes action

BY JAMES ADAMS SMITH Franco relates the film to the recent riots over Entertainment Editor Proposition 8. Franco, a Californian who grew up in the Bay Since his first big debut as Daniel Desario on the show Area, says he voted against Proposition 8 through an absen­ "Freaks and Geeks," James Franco has played a number of tee ballot. He, Van Sant and Penn attended the recent protest diverse roles, including James Dean, Spiderman's best­ marches in San Francisco following the making of the film. friend-turned-bad, and Saul Silver, a fun-loving drug dealer "I didn't know much about Harvey Milk growing up," in "Pineapple Express." Franco says. "The story involves a lot of issues regarding In the upcoming Gus Van Sant film "MILK," Franco basic human rights. I hope the film will influence a lot of plays the lover of Harvey Milk, who became the first gay people. If it came out earlier, maybe it could have swayed elected official in San Francisco in the 1970s. The film - .the vote on Prop 8 a bit. A lot of people are already fighting which includes the gay rights battle against Proposition 6, a it." proposed ban on gays working in public education - will be From watching the footage on the documentary of Milk, released on Dec. 5 in the shadow of the recently passed Franco says Milk seemed very charismatic and loving. Proposition 8, a law against gay marriages that has caused The film includes some kissing scenes between Franco uproar in gay communities of California and nationwide. and Penn, which he says were new for both of them. Franco In a conference call from New York, Franco says he first says even with female actresses, there isn't much rehearsal heard about the role through his agent two summers ago, or talk before kissing or sex scenes. while studying literature in London through the University "We both knew it was coming in the script, so there of California, Los Angeles. He had long been a fan of Gus wasn't a lot of discussion about those scenes," he says. Van Sant films like "My Own Private Idaho," "Drugstore "Most people know how to kiss. We just came on set and we Cowboy" and "Good Will Hunting" even before he started did it. We didn't discuss it. You just got to do it and move acting, he says. on." "Van Sant's been trying to make this movie for 10 Franco says Milk's story is important to the gay rights years," Franco says. "I figured this is going to be an amaz­ movement and includes themes that are applicable to socie­ ing movie, just because of what the story means to him and ty. It's a story that should be told more in colleges and especially when Sean Penn got involved." schools, he says. Franco's character in the film, Scott Smith, meets Milk Milk's example shows that change doesn't just roll in, in a. train station, and then helps him throughout his career. Franco says. It takes people to stand up and make change Because Smith was an actual person who wasn't as publicly happen. known as Milk, Franco had to find media materials docu­ "Just look at the way gay life has changed," he says. "In menting what he was like. the '80s someone could call someone a 'fag' in movies. "The film is a telling of the life of a figure who meant These days, you don't really find that anymore, but changes so much to a lot of people," he says. "I felt like it was a huge still need to be made." responsibility to get it right. I had to research the time and After marching with more than 10,000 people in a place in general. Scott was there for a lot of big moments. protest against Proposition 8 two weeks ago, Franco says it After Milk was assassinated, he was one of the main people was great to see so many active young people. He encour­ who helped carry on his legacy." ages young people to learn more about the gay rights move­ Franco says he found a book called "The Mayor of ment and what it has accomplished. Castro Street," as well as an old undocumented·reel of an "With Prop 8, I see it as something that isolates one interview with Scott Smith, to get an idea of his character to group, and it says you can't have the same rights as every­ prepare for his role. one else," he says. "I don.'t care who the group is - that's All photos courtesy of Phil Bray "I think the real function of Scott in this movie is to wrong. Playing in this movie inspired me to fight against that Franco stars as real-life gay rights activist Scott· Smith in show a real loving relationship with Harvey," he says. kind of discrimination." director Gus Van Sant's "MILK," a Focus Features release. Effects of Proposition 8 ripple across nation

BY SARAH HUBBS to protest Proposition 8 and demand equality StaffReporter under the law. Jess Diffendall, a former university stu­ The most striking moment for him during dent, always dreamed of her wedding day - the rally was when an angry Mormon began flowers everywhere, a white dress, seeing preaching against gay people, Brown says. But friends and family together and hearing "Here the only chants surrounding the man were ones Comes the Bride" as she walks, down the aisle of love, tolerance and urges to be more open­ to the woman of her dreams. minded. "I think that as a human being, not neces­ "I also saw a lesbian couple 'with their two sarily a gay woman, I deserve to celebrate mar­ very small children, which was really moving riage with my partner," Diffendall says. for me," he says. "Their family's very exis­ .The passage of Proposition 8 on Nov. 4 in tence is being challenged." . California, one of the most liberal states in the Brown says the rally was a peaceful con­ country, banned gay marriage and left uncer­ gregation of many different people - black, tain approximately 18,000 gay couples who . white, gay, straight, young, old. Crowds of married in the past months when gay marriage people marched, chanted and held signs aiming was legal. for equality under the law. And before the argu­ Diffendall says she feels hopeless and ments for civil rights or religious tolerance was unsure of her future with her current partner. the call for love, he says. They met when she moved to Colorado, and California is one of the major states that started dating soon after. would help boost the courage of other states to "All I want is to be able to share a life of join in legalizing same-sex marriage. However, love and care with my partner and to have a Proposition 8 stripped the gay community of family," she says. that right, Diffendall says. Senior Chad Brown'isn't in a relationship, "People who voted (or Proposition 8 but he says he is worried about the vote's believe that the gay community is going to take impact on his hope for a family in the future. away the sacredness of marriage," she says. To voice his concern, he attended a rally in "But how are we to know the outcome of Philadelphia two weekends ago where several thousand people gathered peacefully in the rain See COUNTRY page 24 - 20 November 25, 2008 )R Vamping up Disney strikes the big screen with new film ,

"Twilight" ery - at times it is "Bolt" (Susie Essman), a stray cat, and Rhino Summit Entertainment downright gawky, but Walt Disney Pictures (Mark Walton), a hamster, who both aid Rating: ~~~ (out of ~~~~) this gives the movie a Rating: ~~~ (out of in his journey to find Penny. "Twilight" is dark and delightful, or maybe sense of charm and ~~~~) The characters are expertly devel­ just delightful. The movie's cold-blooded honesty. Even more Ever since "Toy oped, which makes them enjoyable to killers are .several notches below terrifying, importantly, it pro­ Story" hit the big watch. The chemistry between Bolt and somewhere on the level of a new kitten. It might vides well-intended screen, animated films Penny brings a sense of excitement and bite you, but it's just too cute to care. humorous scenes, have gone through a compassion throughout the film. Walton, Catherine Hardwicke directs the movie - which are a welcome ~ __~ massive overhaul in a virtually unknown actor, brings a much­ based on the first of four books in Stephanie surprise to audiences' style. "Bolt'; continues needed comedic act and evokes laughter . Meyer's top-selling "Twilight" series - which expecting pure this trend, making its every time his character speaks. Essman has been popular enough among teenage girls to romance and drama. mark while avoiding voices the dog's cOUliterpart quite well rival lK. Rowling's "Harry Potter" books. The movie only being lost in the shuffle and delivers great emotion through her Meyer's first book tells the story of Bella Swan, slightly downplays in its genre. relationship with Bolt. a girl who moves from Phoenix to the small the "love at first "Bolt" delivers 96 The downfall for most Disney films town of Forks, Wash. When she gets to Forks, sight" cliche - or minutes of Disney is their predictability. The Disney formu­ Bella meets incessantly rainy skies as well as a rather "at first smell" magic. The characters la has been reused time and time again family of "vegetarian" vampires who live only - presented in the are likeable and have which puts a ceiling on the originality of on animal blood rather than human blood. book. The lack of "I the audience emotion­ the movie. Thanks to a talented cast, the Bella (Kristen Stewart) falls in love with love yous" actually ally attached from the delivery of the personalities outshines the the vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), makes Bella and start. The movie targets shadow of obviousness, and "Bolt" is left .who in the film is charmingly awkward rather Edward's relation­ a younger demographic with a fresh feel. Although the animation than annoyingly perfect as he is in the book. ship more plausible. with a tale of children is ordinary and fails to impress anymore The Cullen family begins to accept Bella as one The intensity is por­ and their beloved pets, than its underwhelming predecessor of their own. Yet, three rogue vampires intrude trayed through their but as with most "Shark Tale," with the addition of bright - killing several Forks residents in scenes that actions rather than Disney films, the colors and characters, the film ends up are neither believable nor frightening, with their their words. movie's heart and sto­ being aesthetically pleasing enough to poor angles and semi-witty banter. One of the The only downside to the film is the special rytelling leave older chaperones content leave viewers in a cheery mood. rogue vampires, James, discovers Bella and effects, which are cheesy and cheap. The film­ with their trip to the theater. "Bolt" excellently explores the depth resolves to hunt and kill her. Edward and the makers compensate in the pivotal ballet studio The film takes viewers into the life of of relationships between living things. . rest of the Cullens agree to do whatever it takes scene, in which James ensnares Bella and is Bolt (John Travolta), a canine TV star The length of the film works perfectly as to keepoBella safe, providing several fast-paced centimeters away from killing her. The floor­ who is convinced life on his show is real­ it ends before the moviegoer checks his scenes and suspense to mix in with the boards are demolished and mirrors are shattered ity. After being separated from his co-star cell phone for the time. It has a typical romance. as an action scene ensues. and owner Penny (Miley Cyrus), man's Disney plot but a great cast makes the Besides Stewart and Pattinson, the cast The film delivers an impressive and believ­ best friend needs to bolt into action to be audience truly care about the characters. consists largely of unknown or newfound able performance. A lot of loving with a little reunited with his owner. Travolta does a The film will keep a smile on anyone's actors. However, this isn't detrimental to pro­ biting and some great awkward moments make satisfactory job voicing the German face, as "Bolt" marks another success in duction. If anything, it adds to the movie's illu­ "Twilight" the new teen hit. Shepherd, but doesn't deliver much more Disney's illustrious animated legacy. sion. The acting is by no means a flawless deliv- - Jordan Allen, [email protected] after that. Bolt meets up with Mittens - Bryan Berkowitz, [email protected]

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today A modern love.story David Byrne and Brian Eno Self-released Rating: ** (outof~~~~) 808s & Heartbreak It's been almost 30 years since the KanyeWest release of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - Roc-A-FeUa Records j a groundbreaking collaboration between o Rating: ~~~ 1/2 (out ~~~~~) music pioneer Brian Eno and Talking 808s and Heartbreak is a tale of love and Heads frontman David Byrne. Since work­ loss. Kanye showcases his love for the AutQ-Tune, ing with seemingly everyone else - David but not without losing his swagger. He takes a lik­ Bowie, U2, and more recently, Coldplay­ ing to singing and sensitivity, but not without sac- Eno has returned to Byrne to give it anoth~ . rificing the signature Kanye soul beats and witty er shot. Overtones," Byrne sings "This groove is out rhymes. .Rather than dark electronic loops and offashion / These beats are 20 years old." Always one for the dramatic, West doesn't world instruments, the album works with The album winks at the aging professors lose his ear for elaborate song structure and acoustic guitars and catchy hooks. The folk and businessmen who were there the first orchestration, and that's what's to love the most in songwriter genre is backed with digital time around. It may be mediocre, but noth­ this story of Heartbreak. . . ambient sounds, all the while remaining ing can stop these gurus from a bit"of fun After breaking up with his fiancee and losing upbeat. reminiscing about the good 'ole days. his mother in the same year, there's certainly emo­ While the sOUIid is warm and humble, - James Adams Smith, tion for West to pour out. He dismisses convention it's not necessarily for the kids. In "Strange smithja@udeLedu and his typical invincible bravado to offer the most and excellence in the soft, subtle keys and the sincere sample of soul that West has ever shown. choppy percussion on "Amazing." Theater ofthe Mind the industry's biggest names, including T.I., This is not a "Stronger" Kanye, but a weaker one. Elsewhere, West is caught between strobe Ludacris Rick Ross, Jay-Z, Lit' Wayne, Common Unfortunately, that emotional candor is and laser lights, as "Robocop" and "Paranoid" Disturbing Tha Peace / Def Jam and T-Pain. These co-stars may seem over­ have sounds of futuristic dance-floor pop - the exclusively accompanied by Auto-Tune, a device Rating: ~~~ 1/2 (out of ~~~*) bearing at first glance, but they actually West uses with quality results, but its excessive irresistible, insanely well-written kind. Theater of the Mind, Ludacris's sixth complement Ludacris, rather than take over use clouds the disc's tone and sound with strained On the disc's final track, "Coldest Winter," studio album, begins by telling listeners to the album. and muffled vocals. West sings of his mother, saying, "Goodbye my "Get your popcorn" because Ludacris is Theater of the Mind starts off strong But heartbreak is only one half of the equa­ friend, will I ever love again?" about to put on an extravagant show. Each with songs like "One More Drink" and tion. The booming drums - provided by the 808 With his new style being somewhat off-put­ song is grandiose and over­ "Call Up the Homies," drum machine - elevate songs like "Love ting, the question is will West's fans ever love the-top, but the Atlanta rapper . but the end of the album Lockdown," which would otherwise be a failed again? From the artist who has done no wrong, proves once again that he is a let-down - the act attempt at emo-electronica. Kanye's new CD is more polarizing than univer­ knows how to take listeners wears thin and drags on On "Welcome to Heartbreak," drums pound sal. While Kanye gets his point across singing into for a ride. too long. Despite this, like a heavyweight metronome, as West sings a his Auto-Tune, it's still not what he does best. The album is a typical Ludacris uses his word­ bridge of "I've seen it, I've seen it before," with Instead, 808s is a rare example of an interna­ Ludacris production - it fea­ play and flow to give lis­ tional pop-star baring his vulnerability and sharing perf~ct placement and timing. tures his creative wordplay teners club-bumping It's easy to get lost in West's Auto-Tune and himself with his audience. Sure, the means by and unique flow as he raps beats and head-nodding harp on his reliance on it. However, anyone with which he shares can be irritating, unauthentic and about girls, sports and his songs that won't disap­ an appreciation for the instrumentation West has some may even say wrong, but there's no denying impact on rap culture. point. provided will be able to see through the robotical­ that Kanye put his heart into this album, and that's Throughout Theater of the - Brian Anderson, ly hazy vocals and pick out the dramatic contrast something every fan can love. Mind, he's joined by some of bland@udeLedu - Ted Simmons, tsim@UdeLedu November 25, 200821

Linked at the el-bro A face for "Most Inseparable" on the superlatives It's page oftheir high school yearbook. They universal for are the kind of friends that go to break­ women to want fast and sit across from each other gaz­ camaraderie more than the fans ing into each other's eyes while remi­ men. Often, girls are con- niscing about the night before. These are nected at the hip - my There's this one signs of a healthy, loving relationship roommate and I are constantly episode of "Friends" I between tWo heterosexual men. doing things together and if we remember where Joey Alicia Gentile A "man crush," on the other hand, is aren't together, chances are we is featured in a Japanese ( '0/1111111/11 a little different. It's when a straight man just left one another or are about to advertisement for lip­ has a crush on another straight man with­ meet up. stick - for men. The "I just wanna go to the out any sexual attraction. Most guys Girls usually want company parody highlighted the rooftops and scream, 'I when it comes to most things. Guys foreign celebrity love my best friend, Evan.' " seem to be more independent' than advertisement move­ This quote from "Superbad" Tell me what th· k girls. ment that was popu­ is an example of the wave of you In For example, when was the last lar in the early man-to-man relationships ... for next week: time you saw a guy go. to the bathroom 2000s. Famous Hollywood actors and actress­ called "bromances." with another man for a "party pee?" Or es would appear in ads ranging from designer A bromance is a lov­ 1. Are you bringing your significant when it comes to sleepovers, it's rare clothing to jewelry to cosmetics and fragrances ing relationship between two other home for the holidays? that guys cuddle up with each in Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. straight, male best friends. We 2. How do you decide when your other in a bed like most girls Today, foreign celebrity a~vertisements all see these kinds of relationships do. aren't foreign anymore and-are finally making among women, but with men it's more relationship is ready for that step? The fact is guys are their way to U.S. and Western European soil, interesting. . becoming more comfortable thanks to that fancy tool we call the Internet. It's time we gave a shout-out to all Respond to [email protected] showing off their bro­ Prior to this, American and British actors were those guys who just love their best mances - either that or reluctant to appear in widespread advertising friends. It's adorable and nice to have a experience a man crush at one point or they aren't doing as good campaigns, due to the fear of selling out or los­ special someone who you can tell any­ another. It only makes sense - some of a job hiding them. ing respect if they were in an ad deemed tacky thing and who can provide you compa­ men are just too good-looking for even It's cute that guys can by critics. ny all the time. guys to disagree. be such good friends, and On the contrary - and to the celebrities' The other day, I was at a party and When men just blatantly think other amusing to witness the delight - most of their ad campaigns seem to overheard a conversation that ended in, guys are attractive, is that just admira­ emotional attachment with­ be well-received, especially by fans. As a "My boyfriend is off for some bro­ tion? No way, that's a simple man crush. out the physical attractive­ result, design houses are embracing this mar­ mance with his best friend tonight." I If you're being honest; Ryan Reynolds ness, and it definitely is keting tactic. Instead of subtley promoting couldn't help but laugh, because that has the body of a Greek god and David refreshing to see many their clothes by having a celebrity wear their sentence is, I'm sure, very true and Beckham is a total babe regardless of. guys open up to other gowns to award shows, they are giving models happens more often than not. your gender. men. Even guys need the shaft - to some extent, at least - by Guys that are in bro­ For the most part, girls tend to need that person to go to, and recruiting big-name stars to be the face on mances are inseparable. more companionship. That's why when a brofriend only makes magazine spreads and billboard advertisements They are the kind of you see two girls exhibiting similar sense. for their coveted brand, but not without a big guys that received actions, you don't think twice about it. price for designers to pay. This year, Gucci recruited James Franco for its men's fragrance line and Rihanna for its UNI€EF holiday campaign, where 25 percent of the sales from the UNICEF Tattoo Heart collection will be used to raise funds for glob­ al poverty projects. Vivienne Westwood Million-dollar babies recently hired Pamela Anderson to be the face of her Spring 2009 advertisements, which is She's beyond famous, and she can the attention, nor do they have a say in the . over the world obviously never chose to be supposedly to be shot in a trailer park. Other hardly even speak. If her name is Google matter, considering half of them haven't the son or daughter of someone famous. famous names include Angelina Jolie for St. searched, more than 2 million results come even developed the ability to communicate Forget family photos and baby pictures - Johns, Scarlett Johansson for Marc Jacobs, up. During the mere two years she's been yet. . when the children are all grown up, all they Kanye West for Louis Vuitton and so on. on planet Earth, her face has been slapped The celebrity children craze is getting need to do is Google search themselves to The big question, however, is how public on the cover of magazines like Vanity Fair, out of hand - Brad and Angelina recently pull up some past memories. Is Suri going relations teams and marketing strategists of a Star and Us Weekly. And now, the angelic sold pictures of their new twins to publica­ to be OK with this when she's finally old designer house decide on whose face would Sufi Cruise has exceeded the level of fame tions for more than $10 million. While the enough to comprehend? best represent their product and the image . for which tons of aspiring actors shoot, by money went to a good cause, it's still hard The saddest part of this whole strange they're trying to convey. I find myself wonder­ being crowned "Hollywood's Hottest Tot" to see how an offer like that is OK. While obsession with celebrity children is that ing whet):1er PR teams who recruit Kate Moss by Forbes.com. . no celebrity's personal life remains private, some of the toddlers on the list are on there think about her hard-partying, drug-infested As if referring to a "tot" as "hot" isn't the, children involved whose faces are all because they were the center of a contro- lifestyle that could potentially be associated strange enough - not to mention versy. Exhibit A: coming in at with their company, or what Marc Jacobs' PR slightly perverted - the kiddy­ No.7 is 3-year-old Matilda Rose group thought of Winona Ryder after her obsessed "professionals" at Ledger, who won her title shoplifting debacle that tainted her name in Forbes state on their Web site because her "hardship" was' Hollywood. that they observed press clip­ "well covered by the media" Surely, designers would think of whether pings and Web presence for more when it came to what Forbes.com their image is at risk, but when thinking about than 50 celebrity spawns of 5 refers to as, "her short life story the big picture, all these celebrities - whether years of age and under during the that reads like a soap opera they face a positive or negative spotlight - past year. In addition to stalking, script." Congratulations to have a strong fan base that would be willing to they also "reached out to Encino, Forbes - you have managed to purchase the clothing and accessories they pro­ Calif.-based polling firm E-Poll give a rank to a little girl's mote in order to build a connection with them. Market Research for both aware­ tragedy. , As proven over the years, celebrities have ness data for the kids and con­ I get it, babies are substantial power when it comes to influencing sumer appeal rankings for their adorable. Perhaps with all the trend.s in the fashion industry. The trends they celebrity parents." Whatever that problems going on in the world create with the products they use or represent means. create an "it" item appeal. Whether they are in r-ight now, people could use a multi-million-dollar ad for a power-house It used to be tiny dogs like something cute and endearing to .- Paris Hilton's Tinkerbell who focus on, like a celeb's child. But designer or on the pages of US Weekly sporting were the "latest accessory for this focus is becoming a creepy a bag, consumers will feel compelled to have celebrities." Now, it's tiny human obsession, and almost like a fran­ t~at item as a way to boost their self-confi­ beings. It's hard not to feel bad chise. Maybe Brangelina could dence or associate their image with the celebri­ for the children of superstars like just quit acting, adopt more kids ty. It just goes to prove that the public will Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and and make mad bank off of some always have a continuing fascination with the "Brangelina" - who had half family _portraits done at Sears. rich and famous, regardless of their behavior their litter on the top 10 list - - Amy Prazniak, - and the marketing teams of designers are because they never asked for all reaping the benefits. amypraz@UdeLedu - [email protected] -. 2 2 November 25, 2008 .}K Book conveys Students return home Newark as with second family

BY ALLISON RUPPINO I got to see what it was like to be Staff Reporter part of Panama." college town For senior Annie Rulli, the In addition to showing her the worst part about living with a host highlights of Panama's culture, Rulli family in Panama was having to says the family spoke only Spanish leave them. . to her. ' BY PAT MAGUIRE has had its "When I left, I bawled my eyes "They use a lot of slang and Sports Editor share of out," Rulli says. "I wanted to go they speak very fast, so at first it was The 1970s were a time of political and social town-gown home to see my family, but it was so a little difficult," she says. "My change and "coming of age" for the average college friction hard leaving my host family." [host] sister was the only person student's parents. In Newark, however, the '70s between According to the university's · who spoke English. She learned meant streaking. students ' Center for International Studies Web English from watching repeats of Back in the '70s it wasn't uncommon to see a and non­ site, when studying abroad, some 'Friends' episodes. She would not display of nude antics while strolling down Main students - between the L-_-===~ -=~ __--, students live in hotels or residence let me speak in English because she Street. For Blake Gumprecht, author of "The ____ university The book features Newark in a halls, while others stay with a host wanted me to learn the language bet­ American College Town," the displays of young family. ter." I and the chapter titled "Town vs. Gown." inhibition are typical of a college town such as Lisa Chieffo, associate director Rulli says she stays in touch Newark. tow n , for the Center for International with her host family. "My book is intended to be a general introduc­ between students' housing that has impacted the Studies, says the goal of the host "As soon as I got home, we e­ tion to college towns," Gumprecht says. "A portrait, larger housing landscape of the town," Gumprecht family program is to improve the mailed each other and we still talk if you will." says. "It certainly fit the bill of what I thought typi­ student's fluency in a second lan­ today," she says. "My [host] sister Gumprecht, a Wilmington native and chair of cal." guage. The students get to practice has Facebook, so we still message the geography department at the University of New The chapter about Newark, titled "Town vs. the native language in a realistic set­ each other." Hampshire, says Newark perfectly fits the mold of a Gown," maps out tensions that exist as a result of the ting. Senior Courie Foster says he normal college town because of the population's extensive student and professor population living in The chance to live with a host had a similar situation when he diversity. a larger community, l;1e says. - family isn't offered in every study stayed with a host family in Puebla, ' "Most of the differences between college towns "Town vs. Gown" is Gumprecht's way of abroad program. Mexico. and other places really derive from their basic fun­ describing how professors, students and the univer­ Chieffo says in general, the "Both my [host] mother and damental differences," he says. "The fact that you sity as a whole can often find themselves s9uar~ng study abroad programs supported by father only 'spoke Spanish," Foster have a high concentration of people in their college off against the townspeople because of diffenng the Department of Foreign says. "It was good practice for me. I years, and in addition to that you have an unusual viewpoints. Language and Literature offer a ' knew enough to get around, and I density of highly educated adults, college professors "Town-gown relations look at the kind of ten­ home-stay component. got used to speaking Spanish all the and graduate students." . sions that exist in a college town when you have so She ·says it gives students the time." In his book, Gumprecht profiles Newark as one many young people, or because you have a studen!­ opportunity to create a bond with Some experiences students of his eight case studies. Each town profiled was dominated housing district or because you have uni­ their host families. have shared with their host families meant to exemplify a typical college town. versities that are such large institutions relative to "Just like how students start out tend to be similar to ones they would "I was looking for a town where the tensions the town," he says. as freshmen roommates, much is the see at home. were pres~nt, and Newark certainly is a place that Gumprecht says although such a melting pot same in a home-stay situation," "My [host] dad and I went a often ,results in friction, it Chieffo says. "Some students stay in couple of times to this barbeque could cause the town to be contact with their families, some go place on the side of the road and he more free-thinking. back to visit them. Sometimes there took me out to get ice cream one "The demographic dif­ is no future contact and for some, it time," Foster says. "My [host] mom ferences also affect politics of just might not work out." would make me dinner and we college towns," he says. Rulli says she has experienced would talk about what I did in "College towns tend to be several home-stay situations while school that day." more liberal and open-mind­ studying abroad. She stayed in , • He says he also tries to keep in ed than other kinds of Panama during Winter Session 2007 touch with his host family. places." with a family she describes as "I definitely miss them," Foster Gumprecht recalled "amazing." says. "I have e-mailed them a few growing up around Newark, "They really wanted me to times. My host dad really is the only , which made it easy for him to learn all about the culture and live as one who knows how to use the com­ write about it in his book. a Panamanian would," Rulli says. puter. I just sent him an e-mail a Since moving to Durham, "They asked me what I wanted to do week ago." . N.H., Gumprecht has noticed all the time, and they brought me to Junior Jill Beitz also shared many subtle differences different cultural places like muse­ moments with her host family in between the two places - the ums. This was by far the best home Argentina. town.of Durham is composed stay I have ever had." "I lived with an older woman mostly of college buildings Rulli says she was able to and her maids," Beitz says. "We had with a smaller downtown attend a big traditional event during dinner together every night, and than Newark. that winter when she was taken to an wat~,hed soap operas before we went The two share many outdoor barbeque. out. similarities in the fact that, as "These little famous singers in She says she c~n't wait to go with most college towns"they Panama were performing," she says. back again to visit. have unavoidable problems, "We were on a balcony watching it , "I was sad to leave my family he says. , from up top. I was the Qnly in Argentina," Beitz says. "But we "Durham has had its American there - no one else got to do keep in touch through problems with student behav­ do that but my family took me to it. Facebook." ioral issues and student drink­ ing like Newark has had in the past," he says, "although Newark was a result of streaking back in the '70s and Durham was a result of sport­ ing events." 6umprecht, who is also the author of "Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death and Rebirth" has been working on his college-town project for the past eight years. Since the release of his book this year, he says he has no immediate plans for a future project. "I haven't begun to think All photos courtesy of Blake Gumprecht about what's next yet," he Wilmington nati~e Blake Gumprecht studied college towns for eight years. says. November 25,2008 23

All photos courtesy of THE REVIEW/Justin Maurer UDress's Fall Fashion Event featured a runway model competition. Junior Taj Reed (center) was the male model winner and junior Ali Cohen was the female model winner. Falling for UDress's fashion event

BY SABINA ELLAHI Junior Colleen Waters, fashion event "They said the issue is the most profession­ Clothing, Gecko Fashions, Village Imports Features Editor coordinator, says she was relieved and al to date, which is very pleasing." Fair Trade Store and Clothes in the Past For one night, the Trabant University thrilled at the show's success, but also sad to Lapidos says the fall issue is the biggest Lane and boutiques NV of the greater Center Multipurpose rooms were trans­ see it end after dedicating much of her time one yet and the most sustainable. The mag­ Newark area and Lolita of Greenville. formed into a runway setting under dim to putting it together. azine was printed on 50 percent recycled Trilogy Salon and Day Spa provided make­ lighting with flashing cameras and a fash­ "We've worked on this show since last paper and 25 percent post-consumer waste up and hairstyling for the models. At the end ion-hungry crowd that could easily pass as semester," Waters says. "It's nice to have a paper, all tying in with this issue's theme of of the runway show, the audience voted for one of the many tents in Bryant Park during breath of fresh air again, but it's bittersweet sustainability. The other theme was the idea its favorite male and female model. New York Fashion Week. because the show was my baby." of saving money. Raffles with prizes from participating Yet, it wasn't a fashion show, but rather Junior Jessica Lapidos, editor-in-chief Prior to the runway show, the magazine vendors and sponsors were announced while a gathering to celebrate the release of the of UDress, agrees that it's definitely a sigh hosted a pre-release party for the release of the votes were tallied. After 20 minutes of fall issue of the university's fashion maga­ of relief, but more so because of the success the Fall 2008 issue, which included hors anticipation, the winners were announced zine. It was the third annual UDress Fall she saw Saturday. d'oeuvres, opportunities to shop at tables of - juniors Ali Cohen and Taj Reed. The two Fashion Event, held on Saturday night. "It's great to finally see just how many vendors who sponsored UDress and a vari­ winners will be the featured models in the The magazine's biggest event was a people the magazine reaches out to and how ety of live entertainment from sophomore magazine's main spread in its Spring 2009 combination of the launch of the ninth issue many people read it now," Lapidos says. Jared Weintraub, rock band Shakedown and issue. of UDress Magazine and a runway model In her second year as editor-in-chief, The D-Sharps, an a capella group. Cohen says she was shocked but happy competition. With more than 500 people in Lapidos is pleased with the overall outcome The event featured 49 male and female when she was announced as the female win­ attendance, the event was a chance for peo­ of the magazine and its continuing success. student models. Each of the models wore ner of the runway contest. Since it was her ple to dress their best, mingle and see what "Everyone was so enthusiastic and the clothing by the seven sponsoring vendors - fashions Newark has to offer. professors are excited about it," she says. Main Street favorites Bloom, Flavor See UDRESS page 25 The pilgrimmage to Inauguration Day

BY AMANDA DUNBAR see or hear." the ceremony despite worries about tickets plans to attend other events throughout the Staff Reporter However, the speech isn't the only rea­ and hotels. Freshman Kelly Ehrenreich plans day, like the parade. He says estimates of 4 At the first meeting of College son Connor plans on attending. There will to go even if she doesn't end up getting a million people are anticipated to attend and Democrats since the election, several mem­ also be a parade and other activities in which hotel room. In fact, Ehrenreich says she is TVs will be set up for non-ticket holders. bers bustled around a room in Gore Hall. The to participate. going to drive with a friend and has a better Junior Paul Ruiz, president of College atmosphere had a palpable excitement filled There is another issue she and the other chance of getting a ticket because she is a Democrats, told the group they had worked with squeals of "We did it!" With the success attendees will face - lodging. resident of Missouri. hard making phone calls and knocking on of the election behind them, it's time to start All the hotel rooms in the Washington, "I think I will have a better chance at doors to get votes. planning for another monumental event - D.C., metro and suburb areas are sold out, getting a ticket since I am from Kansas City, Ruiz says he cannot attend the inaugura­ the inauguration. but people are being urged to find hotels in but if I don't, we will just pull an all-nighter tion, but shares in the excitement of his fel­ "It's going to · be a big deal," senior neighboring cities, according to The and go anyway," Ehrenreich says. low members. By attending the inauguration, Tricia Connor says. "I went online the other Associated Press. As the YouTube videos of election night they get a chance to be a part of history and night to try to get tickets but it's probably a Delaware alone has 10,000 hotel rooms, and various Obama speeches continue to be rewarded for their hard work, he says. bit late in the game to look." half of which are already reserved for play, sophomore and communications direc­ "So many people did so much for this For Connor and other members of Inauguration Day, including the Courtyard tor for College Democrats Andrew Grunwald campaign," Ruiz says. "Plus, it's a great College Democrats, inauguration tickets are Newark hotel on campus. The Thursday after says he worked extensively on the Obama chance for UD to be represented again." difficult to get. The public can only receive the election, Delaware Express already campaign and is excited to attend inaugura­ Grunwald, Connor and Ehrenreich are tickets upon request from congressmen or booked all of its buses, according to The tion. He has already made requests to his all anxiously awaiting the historic senators, according to the official inaugura­ News Journal. congressman and senator in Maryland for Inauguration Day of their generation. Each of tion Web site. Connor has decided she will be That fact isn't deterring many members tickets and sent in his letter required to make them says they are expecting a great speech going to the inauguration on Jan. 20, even if of the College Democrats who plan on the request, he says. from President-elect Barack Obama - a she doesn't get a ticket. attending. Connor plans to stay with a former "It's a luck of the draw," Grunwald says. speech they expect to go down in history "I am not expecting to get a ticket, but Democrats member, who now lives in "I probably won't get a ticket, but then I will with the likes of John F. Kennedy, Ruiz says. those are used for a specific area to listen to Washington, D.C. just take the Metro into D.C." "Something this historical only happens the speech," she says. "But there will be Connor isn't the only member of He acknowledges that his chances are a few times in history," Grunwald says. "So plenty of public areas where I will be able to College Democrats who is planning to go to low, but he remains optimistic. Grunwald in 30 years, I want to say I was there." 24 November 25. 2008 ~ Handcrafting style for the East Coast Student expands original board-rider clothing company

BY MIA POZZANGHERA Staff Reporter Clothing brands like Roxy and Billabong have long appeared on the shelves of surf shops near the shores and now, senior Lindsey Pollard is adding competition to the market with the expansion of her own line East Coast Normal, also known as ECN. Pollard, a Delaware resident and an agriculture and business major, originally came up with the idea for ECN during her senior year of high school when an art teacher assigned a project requiring her to design a logo. Pollard's artwork was a picture of a "sun-flake" to convey the idea that ECN goes from "sand to snow," she says. After creating the logo, Pollard decided to build a clothing line around it. She characterizes her business as a board-rider clothing company. Although there is no specific slogan for ECN, she came up with what she refers to as her one-line mission statement, which reads, "Every rider is different - their look should be too." When the company first got started, the ECN team cre­ ated mostly sweatshirts. Since its beginning, ECN has branched out significantly and now includes lines of T­ shirts, sweatpants and sneakers. ECN offers its customers hand-made clothing unlike the mass-manufactured products of mainstream brands like Courtesy of Lindsey Pollard Billabong. The line is growing in popularity, Pollard says, Senior Lindsey Pollard (center) created her own clothing line, East Coast Normal, with the help of her family and friends. but she hopes the company will always be manageable in size so that everything can continue to be handcrafted. beginning and says she has accumulated many articles of "It's pretty cool to walk into a store and see all of her . She says what makes ECN unique is that every design clothing from the company. She says it's always exciting to stuff," she says. is cut, painted or drawn by someone from Delaware, which look back and see how far they've come. In addition to holding various events, Pollard created a helps keep the inspiration close to home. Having spent her "The very first sweatshirts we made looked like a craft Facebook group to advertise promotions, such as new holi­ entire childhood and young adulthood in Delaware, Pollard project gone wrong," Hughes says. "Now everything looks day deals including a free tee, hat or long-sleeve shirt with says Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., have always been very professional." each $100 purchase. prominent aspects in her life as well as the beaches of south­ Hughes is hoping this holiday season Pollard might In the beginning of July, ODYSEA in Rehoboth Beach ern Delaware. With ECN, she strives to combine aspects of make a pair of sneakers for her. sold out of ECN products. Pollard says she is getting her the city and the beach in creative design. Local entrepreneur Pollard learned that, as in any small line to more stores in southern Delaware, as well as in stores Pollard says today the ECN team has doubled in size, town, advertising and promotions are crucial to the success near the popular vacation beaches of the Outer Banks, N.C. bringing the total number of staff members to 10 - most of of a budding business. Last summer she held an ECN fash­ In addition to these locations, Pollard's ECN Myspace page whom are friends and family. Everybody on the team has a ion show and she plans to continue promoting throughout advertises that ECN is selling products down the East Coast, specialized job, ranging from design to silk screening to this holiday season by having a trunk show. from states as far north as Connecticut and as far south as sewing. Lead sewer Kelsey Hughes holds another position "It's going to be in my garage just off 896," she says, Virginia. on the team - the university representative. laughing. "There will be deals and give-aways." Pollard doesn't know what's in store for the future of Hughes says she is involved mostly in the manual work Pollard's sister Morgan, a freshman at the university, ECN, but she's optimistic. and doesn't do much designing, but is more than willing to says although she isn't as connected to the company, she is "I just hope it gets as big as it can before I have to get offer an opinion when Pollard asks how things look. Hughes excited for her older sister's endeavors. She helps out with a real job." was one of the few who was a part of the team since its the sewing and owns a few ECN sweatshirts.

Country reacts to Calif.'s gay marriage ban

Continued from page 19 which bans same-sex marriage. Brown says he was excited for this year's pres­ sex marriages if we don't give them a chance?" idential election and hopeful real change would While Diffendall hasn't attended a rally, she result. After California passed Proposition 8 his pays close attention to the news, articles in the excitement quickly turned into sadness. paper and radio shows when she hears any mention Karen Middlekauff, HAVEN vice-president for of Proposition 8, she says. Recently, she has heard political and sQcial programming, says HAVEN about the "No Gays for a Day" protest event the gay hasn't talked much about reactions to Proposition 8 community will stage December 10. yet, but she and the members she spoke to individ­ On this day, gay people will stay home rather ually said they were crushed. than going to school, work, the grocery store, the "I know I want to get married and have a fam­ mall and even the gas station. The purpose of the ily," Middlekauff says. "But I want to do it right, day, which has gained an Internet following in the and Proposition 8 being passed really decreased form of several Facebook groups, is to make hetero­ those chances for me right now." sexual people realize the gay community has an Middlekauff says HAVEN won't have any dis­ effect on everyday life, she says. cussions about Proposition 8 until the lawsuits are Although lawsuits are forming in California settled and they know the outcome. and elsewhere, life continues as usual for Diffendall Regardless of the outcome, Diffendall says she and others. She says she and her partner go on isn't trying to take away the sanctity of marriage - dates, take weekend trips to Denver and make plans she just wants to be treated as an equal. for the future. "Love is love," Diffendall says, "whether it be Currently, both Delaware and Colorado have love between a man and a woman, a woman and a passed a law called The Defense of Marriage Act, woman or a man and a man." }K November 25, 200825 Local business owner brings street to the page

BY NEENA CINQUINO the wall,' " he says, laughing. Staff Reporter With Street Knowledge Book Street Knowledge Book Center opened Oct. 15 on 4th Center, Jones has made a place for the Street in Wilmington, directly across from Delaware street literature genre in his communi­ Technical and Community College, and still smells of fresh ty, he says. paint. The store is filled with loud conversation and smiles. Jones says his goal is to get the Customers chat and joke with Joseph Jones, the founder of younger generation to start writing, the storefront and Street Knowledge Publishing. especially those with felony charges The Book Center isn't just a meeting spot for friends that are denied employment. He hopes but a means to distribute the works of independent authors these individuals can open their own in Delaware. The books are all labeled under the genre of stores and make a living for them­ street literature. selves. Most street literature books are written from experi­ Jones realizes how easy it is to fall ence. The books are about the authors themselves and what into the trap of making one bad deci­ they've seen on the streets, Jones says. sion after another, as he spent four "They're taking their lives," Jones says, "and basically years in prison for drug trafficking. putting it on paper." Leondrei Prince, Jones' first He says he has always known how to work hard, and author, was also his childhood friend knew how to push, shove and make money. Now he is tak­ and fellow inmate. "Bloody Money," ing the same ideals and work ethics off the streets and put­ which Prince wrote from prison, has ting them toward more productive and positive uses. spurred a' series of books inspired by "I just knew how to hustle," Jones says. "From cutting his time behind bars. grass, shoveling snow, selling candy to drugs." Jones first received the draft as a Street Knowledge Publishing, founded in November stack of lined paper stapled together. 2003, is not only publishing its own authors but is now delv­ Each word was handwritten. ing into distribution. Jones is traveling state to state for his "I'm taking the knowledge I cause. Printing would be the next sequential step, he says. learned on the streets and turning it into "The sky is the limit," Jones says. a legitimate business," Jones says. He aims to be the largest publishing and distribution The Book Center employs Jones' company and has no qualms with doing all the work him­ family and friends. self. He hopes to expand to the big screen as well. "My little cousins - they all Jones says he wants to be behind the scenes and though work," he says. writing isn't his primary vision, he does have one book pub­ Jones gives to the community on a Courtesy of Joseph Jones lished, "Stackin' Paper," which he co-wrote with Joy King. weekly basis. On Mondays, seminars Joseph Jones founded Street Knowledge Book Center in Wilmington. Creating lives for other people, for those in need of on credit and finances are given. On help and those still hustling on the streets, is what excites Tuesdays, creative writing is encouraged through lessons. er," Jones says. "They need sponsors. I sponsor that." him, Jones says. On Wednesdays, black history is taught and on Thursdays, Street Knowledge Book Center is making its mark "My passion is taking nothing and making it into some­ poetry is read, he says. through the store's Web site and magazines. However, thing," Jones says. "There's a lot of people who want to write a book, but prison lists are key in spreading the word, he says. Reactions to the store have all been positive, he says. don't know how to put a book together," Jones says. The store's business card reads, "We ship to state and People in the community are excited and the store isn't He also gives back to the community in other forms. On federal facilities." complete yet, he says. Only one wall holds books but many the Friday after Thanksgiving, Jones will host a "Like I always do, I'm creating something," he says. more are to come. Thanksgiving dinner at the store. "By making a profit, I'm saving other people's lives." "They come in and say, 'Oh my god! All these books on "Some people can't even get a basketball team togeth-

UDress hosts third annual fall event

Continued from page 23 entirely on fashion and clothes. Waters says UDress worked heavily with phil­ first time modeling, Cohen says she anthropic efforts, which it featured in enjoyed the spotlight but not without its charity raffles. Prizes included gift the nervous jitters of being watched by baskets and gift cards to local shops hundreds of people. and restaurants in Newark. Proceeds "I kept thinking to myself as I from the raffle went to the UDress phi­ walked down the runway that I hope I lanthropy, TOMS Vagabonds. don't fall like Carrie Bradshaw from "The charity sold blank canvas 'Sex and the City,' " she says, laugh­ shoes that attendees could decorate ing. themselves," Waters says, "and with Reed, too, says he was surprised each purchase, a pair of shoes is donat­ when he was announced the winner, ed to children in an underprivileged especially since he was randomly country." recruited by the magazine for the show. Waters says UDress also worked "I was just walking in Trabant one with Delaware Does More - a 90-day day and I was recruited by the UDress program organized by the United Way table," Reed says. "I thought it was of Delaware and the Food Bank of neat, so I just signed up." Delaware in efforts to raise money and Though Reed says he modeled food to help Delawareans meet their before for a small portfolio, it was his housing and utility needs this winter. first time on the runway. The support With the growing success of the he had from his family and his friends magazine and the event as it continues made his appearance on the runway a its expansion by working with charities memorable and enjoyable one, despite and local vendors, Lapidos says she his nerves. can only imagine what's in store for "It was so fun and it was such an the magazine's future. adrenaline rush," he says, smiling. "Every year, the magazine seems "Everyone was supportive and it just to grow even bigger," she says. "There made going out on the runway that are just more and more people t~at join our team who are so dedicated. Who THE REVIEW/Justin Maurer much better." But the focus of the event wasn't knows what the future holds for us." UDress's Fall Fashion Event also celebrated the launch of the magazine's Fall 2008 issue. 26 November 25, 2008

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, . , ':)leek], calendar " Student participates in the Philly marathon Tuesday, November 25 BY LEXI AMBROGI were ready with energy bars; fruit StafJReporter and water for her mid-race. Men's Basketball vs. Vennont On Sunday, thousands of "I sent out a Facebook mes­ 7 p.m. spectators lined the streets of sage," she said. "They were sta­ Philadelphia, Pa., to watch the 15th tioned throughout the course to Women's Basketball @ Quinnipiac Anniversary of the annually give me a little pump-up." 7 p.m. Philadelphia Marathon. Heimbach's roommate, Temperatures dipped below 25 Rachel Kessman, was among the degrees as the runners headed crowd of supporters. She said down cool and crisp Ben Franklin there was a caravan of cars driv­ Wednesday, November 26 Parkway at the starting signal from ing up to Philadelphia in the early the race official. Tucked into the hours of the morning to cheer for crowd, a dedicated group of 10 stu­ Heimpach, who wore a neon pink dents braved the cold and wind to hoodie bearing her sorority's let­ cheer for university senior Kristin ters that made her stand out in the Thursday, November 27 Heimbach. sea of runners. "I saw last year's race, and the , "Since day one, she's had a atmosphere was so awesome," calendar with dates and miles Heimbach said. "It made me want marked off behind her desk," Friday, November 28 to jump in and run it myself." Kessman said. "She's very health Heimbach began her prepara­ conscious about food and she's Women's Basketball vs. Dartmouth tions for the grueling 26.2 mile dis­ very into it. We're so proud of 7 p.m. tance in June. She did not know her." much about marathon training, so Heimbach was not the only she Googled training plans and university student with marathon found one by Hal Higdon, senior dreams this fall. Senior Ryan Saturday, November 29 writer for Runner s World. Kapa began his training in the Her workouts began with half­ spring, but was sidelined by mile runs and over a period of four injury in late October. Kapa and Men's Basketball @ Seton Hall months she worked up to five- or Heimbach often hit the gym Noon eight-mile runs nearly every day. together for additional training. Heimbach does most of her runs "It's my ultimate goal to be around campus and up New running Boston," he said. "But London Road. She likes to do her I'm glad at least one of us can run Sunday November 30 weekly long runs in the morning so this weekend." , she can spend the rest of the day Kapa, who hopes to be run­ recovering. ning again by the summer, said "I've done two twenty-mile Heimbach's determination to long runs," she said. "I have a reach the goal of 26.2 miles has route where I swing back to my , helped her training take off. house and grab something to eat "She used to be a runner around mile 15." , back in high school," he said. - Heimbach did not have to "But I'm surprised that she's worry about getting hungry during come this far in such a short her race - a group of her sorority Courtesy of Kristin Heimbach sisters from Kappa ' Alpha Theta See RUNNER page 31 Heimbach got a medal and a special blanket for finishing the marathon.

Senior linebacker Erik Johnson stepped Hens took the field against Maryland in week against a Hofstra team that finished 4-7 and a into the press room at the Bob Carpenter Center one. While they lost, it was only by a touch­ Towson team that finished 3-7. shortly after the football team's season-ending down to a BCS team. The Hens were hopeful as It was certainly interesting, and no one 21-7 loss to Villanova. He looked bruised and they began to slowly climb to the first peak of ever really knew what was hext. Tight ends and commentary beaten - disappointment and frustration were the coaster. , wide receivers played quarterback, record lows written on his face. He struggled to speak or Excitement reached a high as they raced to were broken and third and fourth string players find words that could describe how he was feel­ the top, and the team peaked as well. A 48~20 found themselves starting as the season moved ing: victory over We~t Chester in front of a sold-out forward. The seniors on the 2008 Delaware football Delaware Stadium in week two only added For Johnson, at the end of this season the team had just stepped off an emotional roller confidence to a Delaware team Who had lost its ride' came to a halt and it was time to leave the coaster ride. Marked by brief highs and inde­ starting quarterback, runningback and much of amusement park. While the end of the ride was scribable lows, the Hens finished the season a its offensive line the previous season. disappointing, it was a trip that few got to have. dissapointing 4-8. ' Schoenhoft, although shaky at times, was per­ While Delaware's seniors finished their The Villanova finale was a microcosm of forming well. The committee of runningbacks stint with the worst record in Delaware history, the season as a whole. Aaron Love, who broke was getting the job done. they still carry the legacy of advancing to the the record to become the all-time leading As Delaware 'boarded the busses ' for national championship the year before. It is receiver in Delaware history the week before Furman, few could have realized that the coast­ unfortunate that a group of athletes who gave against Richmond, was unable to play due to er's first peak would be its highest. There was the university so much must leave on such a injury. The defense played inspired, forcing a slight dip in the tracks as the Hens lost to the sad note. This dis~ppointing 2008 season turnovers and halting the Wildcats' offense on Paladins, a solid team. The coaster hit a peak should not be their legacy. fourth and short, only to take the field minutes when the Hens returned home against Albany, PAT MAGUIRE later after another offensive three and out or only to be slowed down when running back Pat Maguire is a sports desk editor for The turnover. Coach K.C. Keeler struggled to settle Kervin Michaud sustained a broken clavicle. Review. His opinions do not 1}ecessarily repre­ "Roller coaster ride" on a quarterback, replacing an injured and While there were no catastrophic results, it sent those of The Review. Please send ques­ underperfonning Lou Ritacco with a not much _ certainly wasn't fun: The coaster never quite tions, comments and s.ome tickets to Six Flags better Robby Schoenhoff in the second half. got as high as its West Chester peak. The only to [email protected] No one really knew what to expect as the other victories for the rest of the season came 29 November 25, 2008

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Nov. 25 vs. Vermont Nov. 29 @ Seton Hall BY RYAN LANGSHAW Managing Sports Editor The Numbers: About the Teams: How the Hens can beat the Catamounts: 9:The combined amount of About the Hens: Delaware has started the Vermont comes into this game with a lot of size and skill underneath the bas­ points the Hens won their season off with a 2-2 record, suffering losses to ket. Luckily for the Hens, they have size in key areas to match up with the first two games by this Rutgers and Robert Morris. This week the team Catamounts. will have a home game against Vermont and will The team should be able to get s{;oring from both Marc Egerson and Alphonso season. then go on the road to take on a tough Seton Hall Dawson, who have skill advantages over the Catamounts' guards. team who has already pulled off a national The real difference in this game lies less on the offensive si~e of the ball, and 12: The team~ ranking in upset, beating nationally ranked USC earlier this more on the defensive end. Forcing turnovers and getting a few fast break points season. will help the team set the pace early in this game. Rebounding will also be key for free throw percentage, last in the Delaware. Both teams are about even in terms of size, so the rebounding battle the CAA. About the Catamounts: Vermont has got­ should not be something the Hens lose. ten off to a start that mirrors the Hens, posting a If they do, then they could be in trouble. If UD can start out this game playing 1-2 record in their first three games. The team's consistently, and can keep the rebounding battle even, they should be able to hang The Prediction: only victory came in a 89-58 win against Yale. in the game. The Catamounts are led offensively by junior This week Will be a test for the Hens. Vermont Marqus Blakely, who is posting a three game has hung tough in every game they have played average of 18.3 points per game. this season, and traveling on the road to Seton Hall How the Hens can beat the Pirates: will be no easy task. About the Pirates: Seton Hall has put on However, the Hens are an experienced team, an impressive display, finding its three victories Seton Hall has a lot more talent than the Hens- on paper at least. If the team can get some of the Pirates' big men into foul trouble early on, Seton Hall may be and if the seniors, such as Egerson and Brian against St. Francis, Columbia and USC. The Young, can provide leadership and sufficient scor­ Pirates' only loss came to a nationally ranked forced to go deep into their bench, allowing UD to keep the game close. Containing Hazell will be key for the Hens. Hazell is averaging more then 22 ing, there is no reason to think Delaware will not Memphis squad. The team is led by sophomore come out of this week with at least a split. guard Jeremy Hazell and senior swingman John points per game and is making more then 40 percent of his three-point attempts. If Garcia, who are both averaging more then 10 the Hens can shut down that focal point of the Pirates' offense, it should allow them to keep the game close and pull out a win. Hens 82, Vermont 75 points per game. Seton Hall 89, Hens 70 Goalie is heart of Delaware's hockey hopes

BY JORDAN WOMPIERSKI Nobody is happier the Pflumms decided to Staff Reporter support their son than head coach of the hockey Kurt Pflumm fastens the straps of his white, team Mike DeAngelis. He is hoping that Pflumm blue and gold pad, scattered with black battle can carry the Hens to new heights this season. scars, around his left leg. After that, he does the "He's ~one a great job for us," DeAngelis same with his right leg pad. said. "He should be the guy that can take us all Pflurnm always goes from left to right when the way. We're very confident with him." getting dressed - it's one of his superstitions. Delaware's ice hockey team is ranked No.4 Then he puts on the most important part of in the American Collegiate Hockey Association, his ensemble. Pflumm dons his mask, designed by and they will be counting on Pflumm this week­ a former teammate to resemble those worn by pro­ end to backstop the team against Stony Brook fessional players. University. A "UD" logo is emblazoned on the forehead, So far, Pflumm has made more than 250 his number 39 adorns both sides, and painted saves and notched eight victories this year, both stitch marks show the results of wounds Pflumm career highs. Last year, he served as backup might have suffered without his trusted piece of goaltender after transferring from Hobart equipment. College in Geneva, N.Y. Pflumm, a junior, was practically born with Pflumm has had his fair share of injuries. A skates on---he was playing hockey by age 3. hockey fight left him with a broken nose when Eighteen years later, he is the man behind the he was 15, and his hand was sliced open by a mask for the Delaware men's ice hockey team. skate blade around the same time. If it were not for those goalie masks, Pflumm Earlier this year, his mask came off, and he might not be playing between the pipes. He says was hit in the face by a teammate's stick, send­ he started off as a forward, but his fascination ing a tooth right through his upper lip. with goaltenders led him to change positions. Between the high risk of injury and the hard "I was into the goalies because I thought their rubber pucks that come hurtling toward goalies masks were sick," Pflurnm said. "Once I started at speeds approaching 100 miles per hour,.it playing forward, I used to just jump into the net would be easy to get flustered. Pflumm knows without any goalie equipment on." the pressure that comes with playing such an Pflumm says his parents eventually gave in important position. and bought him some goalie equipment, and his "Nothing rattles him," teammate Andre career as a goalie began. Menard said. "You know he's gonna be there to Investing in the equipment was a big finan­ make the big save if you need it." cial step for the Pflumms. He said even a moder­ One day, Pflumm's mask might even sport ate set of goalie equipment, like what he has now, the logo of a professional team. Pflumm is mod­ still costs around $3,000. est when it comes to talking about his hockey Pflumm and his family have committed, and future, but he concedes he has an "outside shot" spent a lot of money, to get him what he needs. of playing professionally in Europe. "Over $100,000, easy," Pflumm said, factor­ "It all depends on a lot of things," Pflumm ing in a lifetime of equipment, hockey camps, said. "If we have success with our team here, that L-______--' league fees and travel expenses. could change things." • Courtesy of Kurt Pflumm The combined cost of a goalie's helmet and equipment can easily top $3,000. November 25, 2008 . , 30 BlueHenBahhle Which sports moment' are you most thankful for this year?

"I was really happy to see Spain win the European 2008 Cup. They have not won a title in so long, and on top of that I'm a big Barcelona fan .. It was great when their midfielder made that amazing shot. The Phillies winning was pretty cool also."

Alex Billings Junior

"The Jets getting Brett Favre was pretty big. Now we are 8-3 and we just beat the Patriots and Titans. That has got us looking pretty good for the rest of the year."

THE' REVIEW/Steven Gold Kevin Collins (left) Although Delaware swimmers plan to contend in the eAA, they will have to vie with a strong Towson 'team. Freshman

HMichael Phelps winning Hens at home in the water eight gold medals was BY LEXI AMBROGI CAA meet. Head coach John upset both teams," he said. my moment of the year. II Staff Reporter Hayman said the men's swim team The women's team, with a • Earlier this fall, renovations to will contend with UNC Wilmington recprd of 5-1 (3-1 CAA) defeated Emily Nass.i (right) the indoor pool at the ' Carpenter and Old Dominion for first place UNC Wilmington and George Sports Building ran a month into honors. Mason at a meet earlier this month. Freshman the semester. The pool was closed "As of right now, we look like. Strong second place penormapces to all patrons, including the athletes. one of the top three teams," he said. from Cortney Barry in the 1,650- The change of practice location did The women's team is hoping to yard freestyle and from Walker in little to dampen , the spirits of the battle William and Mary, University the 200-yard backstroke helped the "Obviously it would be swimming and diving teams, how­ of North Carolina Wilmington and team advance their record. Joe Fiacco going to the ever. James Madison for a second place "We have a ton of freshmen Though the interruption was an fmish behind perennial powerhouse and they've been swimming really Ravens. He"s from the inconvenience, ~e changes to the Towson. fast times," Walker said. "We're University of Delaware pool will help the teams in the long "The conference has gotten so looking forward most to CAA's." and I'm a pretty big fan run, captain Maryann Walker said. competitive and it's tough to get in Hayman's workouts aim for Changing from a 25-yard pool there," Walker said. "Towson is the swimmers to produce their of Baltimore." . to a 50-meter pool allowed the pretty much untouchable, but I fastest performances in late swimmers to train in long course, think we can improve from last February at the conference meet, Sean Hubbard which she said was beneficial for year's place." hoping to peak after the early sea­ the team. Sophomore Hans Gillan leads son's meets. Freshman For the divers, the trip over to the men's team, with a record of 4- Because of the trouble fmding McKean High School was a little 2 (3-1 CAA), after breaking his own a consistent practice area, the diving more cumbersome, diving coach school record in the 100-yard but­ team does not think their best Pete Metrinko said, terfly (50.27) at a tri-meet again!'t results will come until later in the "The Phillies winning. I "It was really hard to be away LaSalle and Rider earlier this season, assistant coach Peter from our home pool," Metrinko month. He was named CAA swim­ Metrinko said. was born and raised as a said. "But they kept practices really mer of the week for the second time There are no injuries to report Phillies fan. You have to positive." in his career. so far, and Metrinko hopes for big have felt emasculated to McKean has a , single one­ "I've been pretty happy indi­ performances from Lisa Goyette meter diving board, while the pool vidually," Gillan said: "I was striv­ and Shannon Burke, both top 10 be a Philadelphia sports at the Carpenter Sports Building has ing to swim these times this early, scorers at last year's championship. fan up to this point. Philly two one-meter and two three-meter but I haven't swam this well at this "They dive smart," he said. fans are die-hard. Love boards. Still, the team was able to point in the season before." "They dive safe." get in enough practice off the tbree­ Gillan in his first year as a Blue Senior diver and team captain 'em or hate 'em." meter boards as the university's Hen after transferring from the Matt Abbruzzese said he looks for­ pool reopened just two days before University of Georgia, said the ward to preparing for the CAA meet they started their season with a vic­ men's team is a serious threat to in the coming months of practice. Joe Sorrels tory over George Mason. UNC Wilmington , and Old "I want to get big dives in," Junior Both teams are looking to Dominion university in the confer­ Abbruzzese said. "I'd like to try improve upon last year's respective ence. dives with high degrees of d\fficul­ third and sixth place finishes at the "We have enough depth to ty that I haven't done before." 31 November 25, 2008

Dawson led the men's basket­ ball team to their first win of the season against St. Bonaventure Friday night with a game high 26 points-21 of which he scored in the second half. The sophomore was 3 for 5 from three point range and llof 16 total. Dawson's play is picking up where he left off last season. Last year he won four rookie of the week awards, the most ever by a Delaware athlete. He also scored 341 points for the season, a record for a freshman. Cross Country - Christina Antonopoulos Antonopoulos and the women's cross country team placed eighth, with 188 points, out of a field of 11 at the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships last Saturday. The team finished ahead of Duke, Yale and St. Joseph's. The fin­ ish was Delaware's highest since they began competing in the ECAC in 2000. Courtesy of Arthur Wicks Antonopoulos led the women's The cycling team competes in three different events each season, on all different types of terrain. team with an eighth place finish in the 5-kilomoter race, finishing in 18:19. For her effort, she was awarded All­ Pedaling toward success East honors. BY ANNA GESTERAK Senior Mike McGee compare.s focused on the road race, which Staff Reporter the sport to survival of the fittest. means there is longer mileage, gener­ The green and brown leaves line During a race, it becomes clear which ally ranging anywhere from 30 to 40 the track as the team cycles past, their riders are in the best shape. miles per race. The second day con­ zebra-style uniforms catching the McGee said being aware of sists mainly of a criterium. A criteri­ wandering eyes of the spectators other riders around you is alsQ very um is based on laps rather than miles. nearby. As they pass by the crowd, important. "When you're leading a pack of they are left with a brief but memo­ "It's a very equalizing sport." 50 or 60 guys, on a windy road or up rable glimpse of the cycling team and McGee said. "Even though you are a mountain, it gives you a big adrena­ their award-wirining jerseys. competing for your own personal line rush," Kistler said. ~'Win or lose, Grabbing attention has long been key gain, it always is much more enjoy­ it's a great feeling." for the squad, considering they are able with others riding with you. It Senior Corey Kropp said races never in one place, or one area for that motivates you and makes it more are dependent upon teamwork, but in matter, for very long. competitive. " the end cyclists are basically on their . The sport has three distinct rac­ McGee said one of the things he own. Back in March, Kropp placed ing seasons; mounting biking in the likes about cycling is how he can first out of a field of 45 racers at a fall, road racing iri the spring and make it as intense as he wants. race held at Columbia University. track racing in the summer. The uni­ Cyclists generally ride anywhere "We really rely on each other for versity cycling team's main focus is from 20 to 50 miles, some even ride support and encouragement," Kropp on spring road racing, but that doesn't up to 100 miles during their training. said. mean the team slows down all the It can be a very intense sport for . He believes the team has good other months throughout the year. some, he said. The races themselves chemistry and remembers the first Junior Arthur Wicks, president of are two-day events. The first day is weekend when he didn't know any­ the club, has been cycling with the one and found that he instantly team for the past year-and-a-half. became friends with his teammates. What he likes most about the sport Wicks said the sport itself is not is that it gives him a chance to go cheap; and the team tries to 'raise fast under his own power. money through various fundraisers, "It's just you and the bike," such as a recent effort held at Courtesy of Kristin Heimbach Wicks said. Grotto's Pizza. Unlike some of col­ Heimbach had a group of ten supporters cheering her on. Wicks said it is still a team lege teams they compete with, the sport - when you are actually Delaware cycling team is prohibit­ racing you are often not on your ed from sponsorship, putting a Runner competes for charity own. strain on the teams' financial situa­ Team treasurer Jay Kistler, tion. CONTINUED from page 28 agreed with Wicks. Kistler said The team will be hosting a com­ amount of time." cycling is not as much of an indi­ petition on the campus for the first Heimbach raised money for the Friendship Fund, a group vidual sport as people may think it time on March 21 and 22. Kropp sponsored by her sorority that helps girls going through rough is. On the contrary, the team is said although the competition takes times financially. She also received support from friends through­ close-knit. a lot of work to put together, it out the fall semester. "You get very in tune with should-make a lot of money for the "My friends will see me running around campus and ask me each other," Kistler said. "During team and some much-needed what mile I'm at," she said. a race we give water to one anoth­ encouragement from the communi- Heimbach's time of 4 hours and 53 minutes was just under her er other or draft behind a team­ ty. goal time of 5 hours. Leading up to the event, she admitted she mate's wheel." Wicks said being on a student would be content just to finish the race. Kistler said the team travels organized sports team means unity "Completing the marathon was the most rewarding feeling of together just about every weekend and encouragement within the team my life," Heimbach said. "If I had to do it all over again, I don't from early March to late May. is very important to everyone. think I would do anything differently during the actual marathon." They cycle in New Hampshire, . "The people on our team are Crossing the finish line under her goal time made all of the New York, Pittsburgh and Boston. really good people," he said. "I early mornings of training well worth the effort, she said. This allows them time to get to Courtesy of Arthur Wicks learn a lot from them." "There were a million times I wanted to quit," Heimbach said. know each other well and build on Riders can cover up to 40 miles in one race. "Eventually, you just get back into the zone, and you just do it." their team spirit. November 25,2008 32

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