A Soggy, Spooky Homecoming Wet Weather, Hens' Loss Fail to Dampen Saturday's Festivities
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Rugby team ranked . When genocide becomes Commentary: No. 2 in natiOn. - personal A generation of self-love seepage 28 seepage 25 seepage 15 Check out the Web site for Tuesday, November 3, 2009 I breakin news and more. Volume 136, !ssue 10 A soggy, spooky Homecoming Wet weather, Hens' loss fail to dampen Saturday's festivities Students and alumni alike swapped Halloween's orange and black for UD blue and gold on Saturday as thousands braved rainy conditions to root on the Blue Hens, catch up with old friends and eat, drink and be scary. A crowd of 20,639 was on hand to witness James Madison University defeat the Hens 20-8 in a game that saw quarterback Pat Devlin sacked eight times and the offense never reach the endzone. Still, UD spirit never wavered, as costumed fans cheered on the home team. Two robberies in Newark Saturday night tainted the festivities, but overall, police reported one of the least problematic Homecomings in recent memory, as most students dispersed from the tailgate when asked and police made few arrests. PHOTOS BY AYELET DANIEL For coverage of Homecoming festivities see pages 6 and 7, for coverage of the game see page _28 · .1side 1 News 14 Editorial 15 Opinion 17 Mosaic 21 Media Darling 27 Chissifieds . 28 Sports 2 Dear readers, Last week, I had the once-in-a-lifetime chance to visit the New York Times newsroom in Manhattan. As part of a field trip for my Global Media and Politics class, my class mates and I took a tour of the newsroom and met with a for eign affairs editor and members of the Times' editorial board. Few places represent journalism better than the Times' building. One of the most-read and most-respected news organizations in the world, the.paper is one of very few to still have foreign bureaus around the world. 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The ideas and opinions of advertisements appearing in this Nicole Aizaga, Ayelet Daniel, Jordan Allen Business Manager delaware UNdressed Columnist publication are not ·necessarily those of The Review staff or the university. Christine Fallabel ~Mirabito Multimedia Editor Brittany Harmon Fashion Forward Columnist Read The Review online and sign up for breaking news alerts: Michelle Trincia Jackie Zaffarano Layout Editor www.udreview.com Larissa Cruz ,j. IJJ UJU I N 3 s. Secretary of Education visits UD BY ASHLEY BIRO along with former Provost Dan Rich, has been involved with Managing News Editor Vision 2015 from its beginning in Oct. 2006. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke to an audi "As a result of the Vision, we have moved our school of edu than 500 Delaware educators about Vision 2015 on cation toward aligning our future training practices with the Hall. vision ofVision 2015," Harker said. its Web site, Vision 2015 was developed by a Duncan also addressed the issue of making college more connnittee of senior public, private and civic leaders affordable for students and parents, and said the Obama adminis llou1gboutthe state. The program was established to assure tration has created new resources to aid in that process. education for every student in Delaware by 2015. "A historic increase in the Pell Grant, Perkins Loans and addressed the issues facing students in grades K-12, tuition tax credits, over $30 billion already there, another $70 bil students in college. lion coming in this package that could pass at the Senate, to real · has drawn a line in the sand. He has said by ly make sure that every child has a chance to go to college," we have to lead the world in the percent of college Duncan said. Duncan said. "We used to lead the world probably Specifically, Duncan focused on the Free Application for half decades ago. We've flat-lined.· We've stagnated. Federal Student Aid. countries have passed us by, and, collectively, we pay "I want a huge push to dramatically simplicy the financial aid form, the FAFSA form, and those of you who have gone · THE REVIEW/Ashley Biro this is a time of great opportunity for the country and through that form know that the form itself is a barrier to entry," Arne Duncan discussed Vision 2015 Oct. 27: of Delaware to breakthrough and improve in early he said. "You basically have to have Ph.D. to figure it out." education, grades K-12 and higher education. Alison Taub, Red Clay district parent advisory council pres working as teachers in other states, due to the standards of the have to get dramatically better in all of those areas,and ident, said she thought what Duncan had to say was beneficial, education program. to do it now in order to get where we need to go," and she is happy with the direction the country is headed with "We've recognized that part of our mission, as the flagship education reform. · university of the state, is not just for us to produce great students, ..,..,., .. ,,llJ.l""' of a strong educational background starts "His thoughts were very down-to-earth and realistic, but but also for working with the other institutions in the state so we childhood education level. He said the country has with high expectations, which is what we need," Taub said. can learn from each other," he said. to up Mth the different levels of education, and Jill Simonds, member of the Parent Information Center of Taub said she appreciated Markell directly addressing the the chance to be given a great foundation. Delaware, said she thought it was great to hear different perspec issue of the lack of funds for education in Delaware. eau.cau.on, we have to get out of the catch-up business. tives on the issue. "When Markell said, 'I don?t have a Plan B. I'm not going --·•·-·-' · up," Duncan said. ''Universities have "I thought it was phenomenal," Simonds said. "The infor- _ to talk about what happens when we don't get the money because classes. High schools are doing too much of mation was great. It was great to have different people here." we're going to get the money,' I think there's a huge spqtlight on happen in middle school. And, ultimately for us to Delaware Gov. Jack Markell said the state is working toward education in Delaware right now, which is great because it's been the catch-up game, it goes all the way back to early achieving a high leyel of success in the education reform. broken for a long time," she said. education." "Failing school reflects struggling communities and parents, Duncan said he and the Obama administration are working Obama administration is also invested in the communi and until we face this reality head on, we're unlikely to achieve hard to improve and restructure education across the country. · system. Duncan said he thinks community colleges are the level of success we demand of ourselves," Markell said. "The president's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, has a great •:og~:u:'ze<tjewel of the education system continuum. "These struggles are not an excuse of failure, but they must serve line - 'Never waste a good crisis.' Well, we have a couple good it's healthcare jobs or tech jobs, if the country gets as a wake-up call for more urgency." crises on our hands, and it's often in times of crisis, whether we feet, families get back on their feet, we think commu Harker said the university is working with other institutions like it or not, that we get the kinds of breakthroughs we need," are going to play a huge role there," he said.