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The ideas and opinions of advertisements appearing in this Katie Rogers, Brittany Talarico Larissa Cruz publication are not necessarily those of The Review staff or the university. )1t May 13, 2008 3 Lecture attendee protests Shell Oil president •. Protester arrested by Public Safety; faces court date and fine BY WALLACE MCKELVEY It was also a conscious decision, Begleiter Staff Reporter said, to ignore the protester during the question For David Cole, the final straw came when John and answer session that proceeded Hofmeister's Hofmeister, the president of Shell Oil Co., said the world is presentation. not running out of oil during his presentation Wednesday at "There were a lot of people with questions Mitchell Hall. and none of them had had the chance to express Cole, a former Delaware Technical and Community their point of view," he said. "[The protester] had College student, rose from his seat in the front row, turned to expressed himself for 45 minutes." face the audience and spread his legs apart to steady himself. Begleiter said he likely would have called He crossed his arms behind his back and stared, expression upon Cole if he had sat in his seat through the less, away from the speaker. presentation and raised his hand at the end. By When ushers approached and asked him to leave, he standing up while Hofmeister was speaking, he whispered a decline. Cole took one step back to sit on the singled himself out. edge of the stage. There were two ways to treat Cole when he He remained there for approximately 45 minutes. stood and began to ask his question without being Hofmeister concluded his lecture with a plea for an end acknowledged, he said. to the "paralysis of partisanship" and the need to explore "One way to do it is to appease the protest "cheap oil" on federal land, a reference to Shell's recent er," Begleiter said. "In this case, my feeling was attempts to tap oil reserves in the Arctic National Wildlife that wouldn't have diffused the situation." Refuge in northern Alaska. The moderator said he feared others would The protester returned to his seat and ,raised his hand do the same thing or that Cole would take over throughout the question and answer session. After a half the presentation by taking the opportunity to lec hour, Cole broke his silence to ask a question, although mod ture the invited speaker. erator and Global Agenda lecture series director Ralph Begleiter said the audience came to hear the Begleiter had not, and would not, call on him. speaker, not the protester. "You've had your moment in the sun," Begleiter said, Walking from the scene of her boyfriend's before asking Public Safety to escort the protester from the arrest to Public Safety headquarters, Chelsea building. Zaldivar said Cole never wanted the spotlight, "I am passively resisting arrest," Cole said on his way only answers. up the aisle, flanked by officers. "I have done nothing "I kind of knew something would happen," wrong." Zaldivar said. "I knew he was depressed about Cole said he had three questions for the president of the state of the world." · Shell that went unanswered as he was arrested and charged She said she did not foresee Cole's protest, with trespassing, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. but was proud he stood up for what he. believed. Begleiter, a professor of communication, said it is not a "If they just let him ask a question, none of protester's job to walk the fine line between expressing his this was going to happen," Zaldivar said. or her protest and respecting others' right to speak. That job She had remained seated and was one of the falls to the moderator. first to ask Hofmeister a question, though she "I have a room full of people to whom I have a respon said she was dissatisfied with the answer. sibility, not just me and the protester," he said. "My job is to Cole said Hofmeister skirted the real issues, keep the event on keel." never addressing the root causes of global warm When Cole. first stood in protest, Begleiter said he ing or rising oil prices. THE REVIEW/Justin Bleiler scanned the audience for cues about what was happening "I stood up when he started telling bold John Hofmeister, president of Shell Oil Co., spoke at Mitchell Hall on because he could not see the protester's face. faced lies," he said. Wednesday night. "If I saw the audience looking at him and interacting Chief among Cole's concerns is that the oil with him, I would've gotten a. cue," he said. "I made a con company is not doing enough to solve a problem it helped "I think as students we should have the right to question ~cious decision. He's not doing anything, so I let it be." create. He said the $100 million Hofmeister said Shell what's going on," Hughes-Lampros said. "It's our responsi spends each year researching alternative ener bility to stand up." gy sources is a drop in the bucket. With a court date, fines and legal fees on the horizon, According to Shell's investor reports, the Cole said he is searching for a pro-bono lawyer. He said company made $7.8 billion in the first quarter because of his low income, he is unable to take care of the of 2008 alone. costs of his protest. "He probably knows the year in ~hich we "I don't want to incur more legal e?'penses," he said. won't have any more oil left," Cole said. "But I need to at least not go down without a fight." "He's putting his energies into ensuring he'll Cole said it would be easier to let the courts do what control the supply of oil, and when it's gone, they will with him. At this point, he believes his statement he'll control the alternative energies." · has been made, and he does not have any ambitions to argue As for his protest Wednesday night, Cole for his First Amendment rights in the Supreme Court. said it was spur of the moment and unplanned. He said every day he is depressed about the state of the "I recognize there were things I shouldn't world because of his perception of self and the environment. have·done," he said. "But that's what happens "I look at myself as an extension of the planet," Cole when you act without thinking about it care said. "That may sound crazy, but where do you think the fully. atoms that make up your body came from? We think we're "One of the things that upset me most was polluting the Earth, but we're only polluting ourselves." when the officer was on top of me, wrestling· Begleiter said there has not been a big student turnout to my arm away from !lle, and he said, 'You this year's Global Agenda lecture series, with much of the know what the worst part is, man? I agree with audience being professors and citizens of Newark. you.'" "This isn't some esoteric topic no one can understand, Sophomore Nate Wells said he has known but students don't seem to be willing to devote a small part Cole since high school and thought the police of their time to these issues," he said.