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BY STEPHANIE DENlS freshmen throughout South Central residence can take out our anger on Smyt!J,' and then go SwdetU !\/lairs Ediwr Students reacted positively, she said, but halls; trash it," she said. The offi ce of Residence Life proposed a suggested some changes, such as making • a nd opening spaces in Smyth to Cummings said Residence Life is looking Smyth 50 percent freshmen instead of just plan to disperse two-thirds of Smyth Hall upperclassmen. at many ways of improving student life. one-third. freshmen into residence halls along South The proposal a ims to reduce possible "Sometimes all-freshmen donns are not Freshman Matthew Hopkins said he feels Central campus because of Smyth's problems while maintaining a comfortable conducive to academic pursuits," she said. propensity for vandalism. an upperclass presence is a good idea. environment for freshmen. According to the "Students are trying to adjust to campus, This reputation resu!ted from a string of Last weekend, someone tore all the posters proposal, past vandalism in Smyth caused 'the adjust to their independence. They' re off the wall in the hallway, he said. Another incidents in February 1999 resulting in $7,000 residence hall to become a place students and exploring their limits." in damage and the relocation of 11 Smyth time, the water fountain was kicked in. During nonstudents feel they can trash on a dare or Cummings said two residence halls on residents. Homecoming weekend, he said, someone while pledging an organization. South Central - Warner and Squire - are· Public Safety Cpt. Jim Flatley said nine kicked open the water supply valve in the Cynthia Cummings, director of Residence already 50 and 40 percent freshmen, bathroom. incidents of criminal mischief were reported in Life, said Smyth's problems have decreased respectively, and upperclassmen have not Smyth during 1999. Six inc idents have However, Hopkins said, he enjoys living in over the past two years. complained about these arrangements. Smyth. occurred so far during 2000. 'This is not ,specifically about Smyth," she "When freshmen and upperclassmen live Elissa Greenstein, East Campus area '1t' s not that tons of stuff happens," he said. said . " It' s about improving the overall together, freshmen are influenced by the '1t's a few big things." coordinator and author of the proposal, environment for freshmen." behavior of the upperclassmen," she said. emphasized that the plan is very tentative. Cummings also stressed the working nature . However, junior Chiara Ciotoli, pres·ident Greenstein said she believes upperclassmen of the proposaL The suggestions listed in the proposal of the Resident Student Association, said will want to live in Smyth because of its "This idea is nowhere near official," she include: . many students still have a bad view of Smyth. location and recent renovations. said. "It's an idea that's being circulated, and THE REVIEW/Caitl in Thorn • Reducing the number of freshmen living in "Upperclass students or those from outside Ciotoli said Residence Life brought up the Officials are proposing moving upperclassmen Smyth to one-third; we'll weigh the advantages and hear about that reputation and think, 'Oh, we proposal at the RSA meeting last week. disadvantages." into Smyth Hall, which has been plagued by • allocating the remaining two-thirds of vandalism problems for the past several years. Florida Dw~yne Weeks courts to executed by state BY YVONNE THOMAS AND KEVIN decide BARRETT Staff Reporters SMYRNA, Del. - Dwayne Weeks died 12:30 a.m. Friday from lethal injection in president tbe Delaware Correctional Center. Weeks was convicted ot tnurderirtg his BY ANDREA N. BOYLE estranged wife Gwendolyn Weeks and her NatiolliiiiSmte Nell'S Editor boyfriend Craig Williams in 1992. Late Monday afternoon, the Florida Before midnight on Friday, about 100 Supreme Court still had not decided protesters gathered outside the prison gates, whether hand recounts will be tallied praying, waving signs and ringing bells to in the presidential election results. show they disagreed w ith capital punishment. . <~!!~ decision hinges on the court's response to arguments made by "It think it is important that each time Republican Texas Gov. George W. we kill in the name of justice, we kill in the Bush's lawyers, asking that the state name of all the citizens in our state," said acknowledge last Tuesday' s 5 p.m. Kevin O ' Conne ll of Delaware Citizens deadline for recounts in three Florida Opposed to the Death Penalty. " 0 u r counties. ·presence shows a number of citizens don' t If the believe in what's ·going to happen tonight." decision Meanwhile, inside the prison walls, print and broadcast media, prison officials and falls in favor THE REVIEW/Christian Jackson other w itnesses gathered in Building 26, of Bush, THE REVIEW/Christopher Bunn Protesters outside the Delaware ongoing Junior Darrell Edmonds celebrated the football team's come-from-behind win with his recently built by the Delaware Correctional Correctional Center tolled this bell manual recounts will be ignored. teammates. The victory put the Hens at 10-1. The team now prepares for the post season. Center for the sole purpose of housing executions. from midnight until they were told Fourteen days after Election Day, Weeks had died via lethal injection. the nation still waits for the declaration Weeks' death was the first to take place of a victor. in the building. Outside, the protesters, who had not yet After counting the absentee -ballots Witnesses peered through glass panes received word of Weeks' death, continued Delaware seeded No. 2 separating them from the white-clad body with their demonstrations for another half received by the 5 p.m. deadline on Friday, of the approximately 6 million on the gurney. They waited for D wayne an hour. BY MIKE LEWIS into the tournament by virtue of the squad's 24-17 Weeks to die. A ro und 12 :45 a.m., a representative existing Florida votes, Bush held 930 Managing Spons Editor more than his Oct. 7 victory over Richmond. Rena Mack stood among the witnesses. f r o m the Delaware D epartment o f For the fir.st time since 1997, the Delaware Democratic "Obviously, we are delighted to win the ball Mack, the sister. of Gwendolyn Weeks, Co rrections arrived to inform the crowd football team will compete in the NCAA Division I watched as her sister' s killer spoke his final opponent, Vice game," Delaware head coach Tubby Raymond said. that Weeks had been put to death. AA playoffs. words. President AI " If you have to share the championship with The protesters remained o utside the On Sunday, Delaware was awarded with the No. Gore. somebody, it's nice to share it with a team you have Weeks glanced at the crowd through the prison. Standing in the rain, the crowd sang 2-seed in the 16-team tourney, which, if the team windows on his left and right. Then he Tho u gh beaten." hymns of hope and mourning for the life continues to win, will provide it with home-field fixed his eyes on the ceiling. Gore won the · The Hens missed the playoffs during the last two that had ended during their vigil. advantage until the championship game. The Hens nation's seasons, finishing with identical 7-4 records both "Over eight years ago, I asked the Lord Weeks was the II th person executed in play No. 15-seed Portland (Ore.) State next Saturday into my life and make me a new creature in popular vote, years. Delaware since 1992, when convicted serial at noon. here," he said. the candidate The '97 team advanced to the I-AA semifinals killer S teven Pe nne II received lethal The Hens gained an automatic entry into the who wins before falling to McNeese St. 23-21 at Delaware "I say to all who hear my voice: I hope injection. tournament by defeating Villanova 59-42 at F lorida's 25 Stadium. The Hens have advanced to 11 Division I and pray that you, too, ask the Lord to In 1986, the General Assembly passed a Delaware Stadium Saturday afternoon. come into your heart a nd that you are electoral votes AA tournaments since 1981. statute making lf'thal injection the only The win against the Wildcats gave Delaware its saved." will be the Delaware has not won a national championship legal method of capital punishment. first Atlantic 10 championship since 1995, when the Moments after Weeks made h is president-elect. in football since 1979, when the Hens defeated Before Pennell, no one had received the league was known as the Yankee conference. statement, he gasped audibly. Decisions Youngstown St. 38-21 in Albuquerque, NM. for the death penalty in the state of Delaware since The Hens (10-l) ended the season tied with Ninety-two seconds later, his diaphragm made prior to Division IT title. Delaware also won "small college" 1946. Weeks received the death penalty Richmond in the conference standings. Delaware stilled and his eyes narrowed. Monday ' s national championships from the Associated Press for breaking m to his wife' s Wilmington and the Spiders both finished with 7-1 conference Two minutes and 32 seconds later, the Supreme Court in 1946, 1971 and 1972. apartment and fatally shooting her and slates, but the Hens won the league's automatic bid curtains were pull ed and Dwayne Weeks ruling put both was pronounced dead. camps into a see L AST -MINUTE page A 7 tailspin. Ea rl i e r Monday, state circuit court judge Jorge Labarga dealt a blo w to the Gore campaign, by deciding not to grant a Students protest guerilla school new vote for Palm Beach County. Voters in that county argued the BY RANI>I HORNSTEIN the base but not o n it," White said. disobedience, marchers carried a cross Stnff Reporter "butterfly ballo t" confused them. "Last year was said to be the b iggest inscribed with the name of a victim Many, who said they intended to vote Four university students spent the civil disobedience since the C iv il killed by SOA graduates. Protesters for Gore, claim to have mistakenly weekend in Georgia, protesting what Rights Movement." planted the cro sse s in the ground or voted for Reform Party candidate Pat they believe is a U .S. military base Lt. Col. George Ruff of the School nearby as the march continued. Buchanan instead. training Latin Americans in guerrilla of the Americas said the base is a U.S. "After awhile, there were these seas The court cited the state law that warfare. Army tra ining s chool to prepa re of crosses with the names o f people maintains all votes must be cast on the The lOth-annual peaceful protest of students for military service to Latin that had died,'' White said. same day. the School of the Americas took place American countries. In 1989 in El Salvado r, s ix prie ~ t s Friday, the Florida Supreme Court, at Fort Benning from Friday to Sunday. During the three-day protest, events and a child were assassinated, W hite acting on its own authority ruled to Senior Rachel White, who attended included speakers an d marches. A said , and the officer~ responsihle were keep Republican Florida Secretary of the protest, said approximately 12,000 nonvio lent training session was also fro m School of the Americas, sparking State Katherine Harris from her plans people demonstrated. Of that· number, held. national attent ion. to certify the state's election results at 4,000 participated in ci vil d isobedience "Between 3,000 and 4,000 crossed Ruff said that just hecau<,e someone noon on Saturday, when she would by crossing t he line onto the actual over the base line, a nd 1,700 were ha ~ bee n at the ~c hool, and years later have declared Bush the winner. THE REVIEW/Coutresy of Rachel While army base, and 1,200 were taken away processed by the legal fo lks," Ruff co mmits a human righb "iolat ion, it is Four university students travelled to Fort Benning in and processed. said. Georgia this weekend to protest training methods used there. "The demonstration takes place near White said t ha t during t he civil see GEORGIA page A6 A2 • THE REVIEW • November 21, 2000 Buy Nothing Day hits the mall
BY JENNA R. PORTNOY such as, "Santa Claus needs a break" Copy O..sk Chief and "More fun, less stuff." Black Friday traditionally signals the "Buy Nothing Day is symbolic," sfart of the holiday shopping frenzy. White said. "You obviously need to buy Shoppers, bellies full of Thanksgiving some things, but it's the amount of turkey, stonn the malls to get a jump on buying that's in question." the bargains. She and her friends try to spread But proponents of Buy Nothing Day their message in a friendly way, White offer an alternative. said, but their presence and possible The Buy Nothing concept asks influence on shoppers have annoyed consumers to take a break from the mall management. WOMAN WHO SHOT SELF IN HEAD LEFT BY RESCUE "shop-till-you-drop" mentality.· Instead "We just had a message contrary to WORKERS FOR DEAD l of dealing with the stressful spending, the mall's mission of consumerism," TOPEKA, Kan . - A woman who survived a suicide attempt diale~ sinking into debt and overall she said. "They took it as our Santa 911 for help and then passed out - and when rescuers arrived, they wastefulness that result from Claus competing with the mall Santa thought she was dead. She had to call 91 1 a second time before she purchasing expensive gifts. Claus and said children were confused." was given any help. 1 The desire to impress others, fill a Moffat Welsh, regional management Firefighters trained as emergency medical technicians were sent tb void and kill time drive consumerism, director for the Christiana Mall, said she the home of a 53-year-old woman in Soldier Township on Wednesda~ according to adbusters.org, an is unfamiliar with White's Buy Nothing after she shot herself in the head, authorities said. organization committed to changing the Day actions. Welsh said another group Firefighters found her unconscious and assumed s he was dead economic environment on Nov. 24. The also dressed as Santa Claus and his without checking for a pulse. An ambulance was canceled, and site features a photo of a woman efves visit the mall once each year fi~efighters and deputies waited outside the home to protect it as a holding a sign that reads, "America has spreading their anti-consumerism TiiE REVIEW/Courtesy of Rachel White cnme scene. t more shopping malls than high message. Students will be at the Christiana Mall this Black Friday in protest Meanwhile, the woman regained consciousness and called 91i schools." "I wish they wouldn' t wear those of what organizers claim are excessive amounts of commercialism. again. Started in the Pacific Northwest ridiculous costumes," she said. "It's sad Firefighters outside the home were told of the call and rushed One can even donate the cost of eight years ago, Buy Nothing Day fever that they think it's OK to rain on Buy Nothing Day is usually inside to provide medical care. 1 preserving an acre of rainforest in has spread to 30 countries. Celebrations someone's parade." commemorated on Nov. 24, White and "It was a mistake. It should have never happened," said Shawnee her group will probably visit the mall Nicaragua or providing eye care for include various actions, from a credit The mall allows these individuals to County Sheriff Dick Barta. "I've never seen anything like this happen the following weekend when stuaents someone in Guyana. card cut up in Seattle to a meditating express themselves, Welsh said, but in my 32 years of law enforcement." ~ have returned from Thanksgiving White said excessive gift giving Santa Claus in Japan. they cannot distribute flyers or distwb The woman, who was not identified, was listed in fair condition during the holidays proves ironic. For the third consecutive year, senior shoppers. She added that the Santa break. Monday at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Although some prefer to think that Rachel White plans to localize Buy Claus lookalike is "devastating to White said many mall patrons are Kan. 1 curious about Buy Nothing Day and holiday gifts are made by elves in Nothing Day. children." show interest in alternative gifts that can Santa's workshop, she said, some She and half a dozen fellow students "We've asked them out of respect BOY BURIED WHILE DIGGING FOR ROCKS be purchased in the name of a friend or products were manufactured by a and community members dress up as for children to come in nonnal attire," OGDENSBURG, Wis. - A 16-year-old boy was killed when a 12'- Santa Claus and his elves and walk the she said. "It's fine to get your point family member. different breed of elves - sweatshop , foot hole he was digging collapsed on him. 1 Nonconsumer alternative gift idea.s laborers. :Christiana Mall, hoping to remind across, but not at the expense of The body of Andrew J. Hartmann was found Sunday after rescuers "Our goal is to allow people to shoppers of the true meaning of the children's beliefs." include homemade, donation and excavated a spot adjacent to the hole. Hartmann was digging the holb realize that there are alternatives," she holidays. White said her group intends to environmental gifts. An example of a looking for rocks, something family members said he enjoyed doing. ) time gift is a coupon for a half-hour said. "It shouldn't be obligatory for Over their costumes, the activists educate the public positively, keeping "The sides of the hole caved in and buried him. People working people to purchase expensive gifts." sport T-shirts printed with messages the holiday spirit in mind. Although back massage to be redeemed at a later with shovels could not make much headway because the walls kept date. caving in," said Lt. Christ Brogaard of the Waupaca County Sheriff's Department. Rescuers used backhoes to excavate the hole and support planks to prevent further collapse, Brogaard said. ~Fed leaves interest rates at same level More than 50 volunteers helped search for Hartmann, but rescuers BYM.B.PELL The stock market will not gain Arvedlund said he believes the down include a drop in the sale of new were unable to make vocal contact with him. StaffRqJOrter strength until there is an easing of Federal Reserve's decision not to homes, which Lewis said caused a In an attempt to stabilize the interest rates, Bassett said. change interest rates indicates they arc decreased pace of growth in the Gross NURSE ACCUSED OF MURDERING FOR THRILLS economy, the Federal Reserve, as "It costs businesses more money done raising rates. National Product. SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A nurse murdered four patients at a hospit~l anticipated by many experts, did not when interest rates are higher," h~ said. Historically, raising interest rates The options open to the Federal veterans because she liked the thrill of medical emergencie,s raise interest rates on Nov. 15. "Businesses won't borrow as much has caused the economy to slow down Reserve are broad and should be and wanted to tmpress her boyfriend, a prosecutor said in opening Dick Arvedlund, president of and will not expand." nine to 12 q10nths after a hike. studied further before any other actions statements Monday. He also said she confessed to the boyfriend. Cypress Capital Management Inc., an Economics professor Ken Lewis For example, Arvedlund said, in to steer the economy are taken, Lewis Kri~ten Gilbert could face ~h~ death penalty in the federal trial. 1 investment fum, said the decision not said there are psychological and 1994, there was an increase in interest said. Assistant U.S. Attorney Wtlham Welch showed pictures of each of to change interest rates coupled with economical reasons that caused the rates, and in 1995, the economy Both Arvedlund and Bassett said the four men - including one of Stanley Jagodowski in a wheelchair past interest rate raises will create a Federal Reserve to maintain interest slowed down dramatically. they agree the Federal Reserve will with two grandchildren on his lap. He said each man had a normal more restricted job market for rates. Lewis said the Federal Reserve did lower interest rates sometime next heart when he entered the intensive care unit, and Gilbert tried to graduating college students. Psychologically speaking, he said, not raise this fmancial quarter because year. cover her tracks by falsifying medical reports. ' Because businesses face greater consumers who have recently endured they believe the economy has '1 want them to lower interest rates Gilbert, 33, of Setauket, N.Y., is accused of four murders and three expenses when interest rates are high, a series of rate increases will spend sufficiently slowed. Also, they are because the economy is slowing down attempts at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northampton. as they are now at 6.5 percent, they do Jess because they believe the stock influenced by a Jack of inflation, he too rapidly," Bassett said. Welch said Gilbert didn't like to work hard but was "very, very not hire as many new employees, he market is weak. . said. Lewis, unlike Bassett and smart,'' and the one area in which she excelled was in codes, or said. The stock market affects consumer "They want to avoid over Arvedlund, said the action by the medical emergencies. Joseph Bassett, president of Bassett, spending because it is a primary source restraining the economy," he said. Federal Reserve will not affect She liked emergencies because they attracted attention from her peers and from James Perrault, her 'boyfriend who worked as a iBrosius ,' and -Dawson• Inc., , an of wealth; Lewis said ..When PeQple ''aut \f: infl
DRINKING LIKE A FISH police said. DRUNK AT THE WHEEL A 22-year-old university student Officer Scott Horsman said the A Wilmington man was arrested o was taken to the hospital Sunday night victim met a woman who he used to counts of disorderly conduct, drivin after he attempted to swallow a live work with at a Main Street under the influence and resisting arres fish, Newark Police said. Travellodge room on Friday night. after last call Saturday morning Officers responded to a call from The two began consuming alcohol, Horsman said. 315 E. Park Place at 11:30, where they he said, but the victim was drinking He said the arresting officer notic found senior Glenn Feaster whiskey while the woman drank beer. a man slumped over the wheel of hi unconscious ~ He said the victim proceeded to truck in a parking lot at 224 E Dean of Students Timothy F. pass out, and when he awoke, there Delaware Ave. I Brooks said Feaster' s friends had were two men in the room who struck When the officer approached td unsuccessfully attempted to give him and took $120 from his wallet. check the condition of the driver, hq Feaster CPR. He was then taken to When the victim regained found the vehicle to be running and thq Christiana Hospital. Brooks said he is consciousness he wandered into the driver to be ~toxicated. I expected to be released today. street where police picked him up, Upon waking up, Horsman said, th~ Newark police said Feaster's blood Horsman said. driver became belligerent towards thq TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THANKSGIVING alcohol content was 0.20. The victim said he believed the o~ficer by yelling, swinging poori Yt woman set him up for the robbery, as atmed punches and attempting to run SEX CON he vaguely remembers her being on away. Highs in the upper Highs in the lower Highs in the mid I A Newark resident was robbed by the phone while he was passed out. I 30s 30s 30s two men after being lured to a hotel - compiled by Dan Del.orenzd, room by a female acquaintance for sex, I - courte.'y afthe National Weather Servia November 21,2000 . THE REVIEW. A3 -. :~ Underpass TUC event offers Planned for stress relief at UD
BY ADAM MATTHEWS Virtual Reality game. ~1Casho Mill StnffReporter Bell finally triumphed over With finals and the headache of Hartman with a well-placed rocket BY HIDE ANAZA W A the holiday shopping season to the back of his opponent's virtual Senior Staff Report~r approaching, approximately 240 head, sending Hartman tumbling
-3 The need for pedestrian safety triggered the students sought relief at the third down in a bloody sprawl. 'p lanned construction of a underground v. alkway on annual Fall Stress Reliever at the "It's a really nifty game, but I .oCasho Mill Road to alleviate concerns voiced by Trabant University Center Friday suck at it," said Hartman, who lost ·~ewark residents. night. five kills to one. The main objective of the tunnel is to decrease For a $2 fee, students Even so, Hartman said, the game ':}the risk of pedestrian accidents, said Ri chard . participated in events ranging from whetted her appetite for virtual Lapointe, director of Newark Public Works. massages to sand art. violence. \J=onstruction for the 50-foot-long tunnel is set to The night kicked off with the "Laser tag is next," she vowed. ·begin in spring 200 I. Singles Game, a game show At the crowded make-your-owp- "The purpose [of the project] is to separate modeled after the MTV dating music-video booth, senior Nicole ~pedestrian from vehicle [traffic,]" he said. show "Singled Out." Schallehn helped Brad Thomas • The Delaware Department of Transportation Contestants answered questions recreate the video for Sir-Mix-A- .\viii hold a meeting today in Dover to explain the and role-played different situations Lot's "Baby Got Back." process of constructing the walkway, De!DOT THE REVIEW/Chri stian Jackson for their potential "dates," to the Schallehn and two other girls .!spokesman Mike Williams said. The concern for pedestrian safety has prompted officials to plan the construction of an delight of the boisterous audience. provided the rump shaking, while 1 "The bids will be open next wee~ to help underground walkway on Casho Mill Road. Construction will begin in spring 2001. One contestant's promise to "go Thomas lip-synced and danced in ·(participants] understand how constructiOn works back to my crib, watch a little TV the Sir-Mix-A-Lot role. BY RHIANON ZALENSKI shrines, and in 1993, 17 percent of BY MIKE FRAZER My skills were easily transferable Staff Reporter Ame ricans believed he was still Copy Editor and something I could carry with Religion and society of the past alive." The director and assistant me through the university." and those of the present are not as Constable held up a bumper director of the Office of Annual Manza said she does not expect unrelated as some might think, a sticker that said "Honk If You Are Giving have resi g ned their any problems during the transition history lecturer said Thursday night Elvis" and the ballot for the vote in positions, effective this week, to new staff. in Clayton Hall. which one million people selected the officials said Friday. " I think the impact on. the Medieval saints a.1d modern · Elvis stamp. Director Victoria Wilt has left university will be minimal," she heroes were the subject of a speech He stressed how Americans made the office and the university to said . " Most of the university delivered by Giles Constable, a Elvis a representative of middle pursue other interests, said Maggie won' t even notice." Princeton· University professor and Ame rican values but hardly ever Masso, assistant director. Masso said staff turnover graduate of Harvard University, to make references to the drug usl!, sex Former director Joe Bradley, within the department is constant, approximately 70 students and or divorce in his life. who is still e mploye d by the but us ually with student workers faculty members. "Sexuality was part of his university, will be replacing Wilt, rather than full-time staff. "Saints and heroes are the same sanctity," he said. "Jesus died for our assistant director Traci Manza Masso said it was unfortunate thing, created in the same way to sins, and Elvis died from our sins." stated in an e-mail message. that both she and Wilt are leaving meet personal and social needs," he Constable said each country has a " We have Joe Bradley acting as at the same time, but the office, in said. 'They perform spiritual and hero and a saint. He described the the interim direc t o r until a o peration since 1982, will practical functions that embody evolution of saints and the history of re placeme nt is identified," s he continue to operate as usual. She social values like nationalism." their canonization. THE REVfEW/Mami Lowitz said. said the summer is their busiest Constable began his lecture on "Pope John Paul II created more Giles Constable, a Princeton professor, spoke in Clayton Hall Masso is also leaving the office time of year, so things have heroes by saying, "One man's hero is saints than any other Pope because of about medieval saints and modern-day heroes. but will remain with the university slowed down. often another man's villain." He used his desire to broaden the Catholic in the Office of Academic " At this point, even until we the example of the American national church," he said. saint because of her association with Senior Kelly Mayberry, a history Programs and Planning. hire someone new, it's all a matter hero George Washington to illustrate Francis of Assisi and Joseph were colonization and the expulsion of major, said she attended the lecture "[Annual Giving] is not an area of smooth sailing," she said. 'The how myths are passed down. some of the we ll-known saints Jews in Spain," he said. because of her interest in medieval you ' re going to stay in for 10 gifts are still going to co me in." " We know there was never a Constable mentioned, describing how Constable was introduced by saints. years," Masso said. "It' s an area cherry tree or him telling his father they challenged the church and university his tory professor ''This is the first time I've attended where you gain your s kills, get - Adam Matthews and Eric J.S. he cannot tell a lie," he said, "but we became spiritual heroes to ma ny Lawrence Duggan, a long-time friend a guest lecture," s he said , "and I your experience and then advance. Townsend contributed to this story .continue to tell the. s&ot.)t ~ause it-is. believers.· '~'' • · • • • and former student. found it very interesting. I was • - o -: ~ I f_ - I part of our history." - "Up to the 15th century, people Duggan said he studied unde r especially amused when he used Constable focused on the heroes did not know what to ~mak e o f St. Constable during his years at Harvard Elvis as an example of a hero." Albert Einstein, the 1950s scientist Joseph," he said. "He became a new University and stressed how Junior Erin Murphy, a history Albert Schwitzer and Elvis Presley, type of spiritual hero for the urban fortunate he felt to have worked with education major, said she attended who he said was a rebel remade into classes, royalty and educators him. because she thought the speech an icon, he said. because he was a father, hard worker "We would go to his ho use and would be interesting. He pointed out that in a poll a nd educator filled with family into his library, which was garnished "My favorite part was the question conducted by Time magazine in affection with a celibate way of life." with medieval decorations," he said. and answer," s he said. "It was January 2000, E lvis was voted Constable also s poke about " We would have inte llectual amazing to see him relate our modem "Person of the Century," followed by modern controversies surro unding conversations and end the night with heroes to medieval ones." Holiday Gift Ideas ... former Israe li Prime Minister people in line for canonization, such his wife serving us beer and snacks." Constable's lecture was a part of Yitzhak Rabin and Adolf Hitler. as the fo rmer Queen Isabella of Consta ble said he has been the Alumni L ec·ture Series, a "Some colleges offer courses on Spain, who ruled in the 15th century. pleased to see several of his former sequence of alumni-funded lectures Elvis," he said. 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'( November 21, 2000 • THE R EVIEW • AS RSA wins regional honor BY SHARI ABRAJ\1SO N said she looks forward to the national r.n the proposal, Zavada explained Staff Reporter awards ceremony, which a handful of how the suitcase party could be adapted The Reside nt Stude nt Association un iversity delegates will attend in Los for use in other colleges. won the regional Program of the Year Angeles. " [t was an incredible honor to win award for its "Sui tease Party" held last "T here are e ight regions including this award,".Zavada said. "The suitcase semester. ours a ll over the country that will be party was chosen because it promoted This was the first time RSA has won competing for this award at the national po sitive res idence halls and involved the Program of the Year award , which level," Zavada said. campus unity. It also deterred students makes the organization eligible to win a Cioto li said part of the appl ication from drinking." nationa l a w ard in May, said j unior process required her o rgan izat ion to Ciotoli said some administrators also Chiara Ciotoli, RSA president. subm it a 20-p age document that congratulated RSA on its achievements. The M a rc h " Suitcase Party" gave described the program. " We are very excited about this participants the o ppo rtunity to w in a Zavada said it described who put on award and about the nati o nal trip to Baltimore's Inner Harbor and the event, h o w muc h it cost , w ho conference," she said. "It really is a big $ 100 in prize m o ney. A ll of t he attended and why the un iversity' s RSA deal." attendees bro ught a packed bag a nd should win the award. Zavada said if the university's RSA were prepared to leave d irectly fro m " We had to put as much into it as wins the national award, officials will the event. possible," Ciotoli said. be asked to give a presentation on the The award was presented to the RSA The night's events included casino suitcase party for the Association of at the annual Central Atlantic Affil iate t a bles, c o untry l ine dancin g a nd a College and University H ousing of College and University Residence murder mystery. More than 100 people Officers Intern ational. Halls meeting held at Kutz town attended, she said. C iotoli said other programs the RSA University Nov. 3 through the 5. Zavada and senior Tom Gorczynski, and Residence L ife sponsor include a Sophomore Meredith Zavada, t he a f aculty senato r , w ro te the bid hay ride, blood drive, AIDS walkathon, National Communications Coordinator, focusing on the suitcase party. trips to New York City and Mallstock. THE REVIEW/Marni LoY.-itz August Ellis, ·owner of August Moon Tatoos and More, told students Thursday that they Research center opens in new space should be careful that they choose a clean, safe place to get their tattoos and piercings. Move provides more Local tattoo artist space, technology BY KIMBERLY SIMPSON Staff Reporter The Undergraduate Research Center now provides more space and warns ofcraftS risks technology due to a move from the Honors Program building to 188 BY KATIE ANDERSON February 1995, is one of the largest in Orchard Road. StaffReporrer Delaware. He said he employs.five full-time "Previously we accommodated about Decorated with colorful designs covering tattoo artists and one piercer, Jesse Cowden. 300 students coming in and out of the both arms, a local tattoo artist educated Cowden, 24, said he began piercing at center," said Joan Bennett, coordinator students Thursday night and answered Ellis' shop two and a half years ago as an of the research center. " Now we can questions about tattoo and piercing safety, apprentice and is now an experienced have more than 600 undergraduates and procedures and conditions. piercer. 500 faculty members doing research." August Ellis, owner of August Moon At the event, he was frequently asked Bennett said the transition provides Tattoos and More in Bear, Del., spoke to about a bump many students get from more space for the Honors Program and approximately 20 students in the Ray Street cartilage piercing. . allows for better interaction between C lounge. Cowden said this bump is .keloid scarring, students and administrators. "Never get a tattoo or piercing anywhere which is caused when a piercing gun is used " Faculty will have the ability to but an actual shop, and make sure [the shop] to puncture cartilage rather than a conduct advisement in larger, more is sterile," he said. hypodermic needle. He said the best way to quiet areas," she said, "and students The most important thing to do before get rid of this scarring is to use a hot salt- will have a better environment to go getting a tattoo or piercing water compress and and seek help." is research, Ellis said. ------· massage the bump with The new building, originally used for Inexperienced or nonsterile lotion twice per day. university postal services, includes tattoo parlors give other Ellis said he is not student-oriented areas, said Sue Serra, safe artists and shops bad known for a particular assistant coordinator of the center. names. "If ' tt• style but is more of a "The university fixed this place up "Thes.e people just don't YOU re ge Ing "street-tattoo artist" who very nice for us," she said. "We now care," he said. "They are pierced and YOU specializes in cover-ups have a large conference area for student probably just trying to pay and color tattoos. presentations, along with indiv idual their rent." h d• The most popular advisement offices." Ellis said there are about ave a ISease, des ig ns are s olid bl ack The new center has inco rpo rated 146 diseases, including we are more at tribal ones, he said, and- computer access so students can access hepatitis C, that can result the most covered-up a research library, Bennett said. from tattoos or piercings ri·sk than you " tattoos are names. Staff assistant Sally Poultney said thatarenotdoneinasterile • Ellis said the most the increased space is a drastic improvement. THE REVIEW/Christian Jackson environment or taken care painful spots on the body The Undergraduate Research Center hosted a reception to celebrate of properly. -August Ellis, owner ofAugust to be tattooed are the "Generally, we used to have four or its move from the Honors Program building to 188 Orchard Rd. Studios that make safety Moon Tatoos and More sternum, the inside of the five people working in the space the a priority have stainless ankle and the feet. Getting size of a closet," she said. "Most of the Senior Mike Rulon , a n s aid she will use the new researc h steel work counters, sinks a tattoo in one of these time, we all looked like a bunch o f undergraduate participant in the facilities to research her senior thesis. at every station and areas is so painful, he said, marching ants." ' program, said the new establishment is "Most of the students in the program hospital-standard sterilizing he refuses to do one on While neither faculty nor students less intimidating and the reso urces are us ing the center for their senior equipment, he said. someone who has no other complained about the cramped spaces more accessible. theses," she said. "Increased space wi ll "It's almost impossible to get anything in tattoos. they encountered in the other building, "I used to be scared to go up the attic allow for more computer access and my shop," Ellis said, "but we don't follow Junior Mike Riskus, who has six tattoos, Bennett said, everyone is thankful for fo r research because of the stee.p , area for more students to work at once." you home to make sure you take proper care said he came to the event to see some new the change. rickety stairs," he said. "This place is a The ce,nter is mo re aesthetically of it." tattoo designs and learn more about them. "Space has always been as issue, lot prettier, and the space will be well pleasing as well, Serra said - artistic He said the most common disease caused ''I'm addicted to tattoos," he said. "I've even though we managed with what we utilized." works hung aro und the b uilding are by nonsterile equipment is a staph infection, had six pieces done in seven cities in under had," she said. Senior Kate Gamblee-Wallendjack student-produced. which can resemble a skin rash and can be two years." cured with frequent cleansing. Sophomore Mackenzie McCormick said Despite the risks, Ellis said, there has she attended because she has thought about never been a reported case of HIV caused by getting a tattoo. the procedure, and the people most at risk for " I wanted to know more about the ,, disease are the piercers and tattoo artists. process," she said. . ,. r ------"If you're getting pierced and you have a Ellis said it is important to be aware of the I . ~1 disease, we are more at risk than you," he level of safety of the tattoo parlor or artist "· : The Review Online said. "If you lunge and we accidentally stick that is being used. ourselves with the needle, it's not a good "I stand behind everything th(!t comes out www.review.udel.edu thing." of my shop,'' he said. "Once I get a client, I ! Hollywoot(IqT~ ! Ellis sai·d his shop, which opened in rarely lose them." No Apts. Needed! Open 7 Days • The Only 8 min. Tan! 1 . All New: All Yours: All Free / - -·------...... The Earth is · ~re ~ou . 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"The leaders there probably drug that combines three medications Bradbard said drug recipients effecti veness of the drug varies with will be an issue. won't support the making or buying should be aware of the side effects th e patient," she said. "It's hard to of it." BY DAVE O'NEILL prevent the virus from replicating, caused by one of the drugs, Ziagen, tell exactly because we don't have a Sophomore Sarah Lovecchio said Stf(ff Reporter she said, and the combination of which has been known to bring lot of history on the long term." "That should she thinks the latest approval is An important step in the battle three drugs into a single dosage will about hypersensitive reactions. Bradbard warned that "miracle positive. agains t the AIDS epidemic was make it easier for patients to keep up " Ziagen contains the drug drugs" could be very detrimental to give hope to "It's great that they' re making made Wednesday after the approval with their medication. Abacavir, wh ich has been known to a society that is not prepared for advancements in mv studies," she of a new drug by the Food and Drug " Dealing with such a large spur flu symptoms along with a rash them. victims of AIDS said. "That should give hope to Administration. combinat ion of drugs can be in 5 percent of the patients who have "Anytime a drug is easier to give, victims of AIDS that there really The Glaxo Wellcome Company overwhelming," she said. "If you're taken the drug by itself," she said. the disease is very bad and the side that there really might be a cure in the near future." has designed a pi II that combines not often thinking what time it is, Bradbard said takiing the drug effects are very bad, the Senior Jeff Mcilvaine said this three already existing medications compliance with the regimen is very after a hypersensitive reaction could admin istration of the drug can be might be a cure topic reveals how college students into a single pull. difficult." be lethal. dangerous," she said. can often neglect issues outside their FDA spokeswoman Laura Dr. Kelly McNe lis, a clinical "If one has these symptoms, they "The drug will eventually make it in the near protective "bubble." Bradbard said the new drug, pharmacy specialist at Christiana must stop taking them," she said. "A to Africa. There they don't have the "Sometimes we don't see AIDS Trizivir, combines the major drugs Care, said patients taking this drug re-challenge of the medication will physicians to deal with the fatal, future." effects because we are in our own Ziagen, Retrovir and Epivir into one combination usually have to take lead to a very hi gh chance of death." hypersens itive reactions to a re private utopia at the university," he pill that can be taken twice daily. repeated doses. Bradbard said other side effects challenge - ·they'll just hand these - sophomore Sarah Lovecchio said. "Breakthroughs like these open The purpose of the drug is to ''It's less of a pill burden to take of T rizi vir have not yet been pills out to people standing in a our eyes to real-life issues." Online retailers look 27th Turkey Trot forward to holidays draws 250 in Del. BY KRIST A PRICE the impact of the ho lidays in a Assistant Entertainment Ediwr few weeks. With the aid of online retail, Huston said his company has BY JASON LEMBERG Department. c ustomers can say goodbye to tried to promote its success by Administrative News Editor Keeping with the holiday theme, empty shelves, long lines and joining up with Toys ' R' Us and The tradition continues. 20· top finishers received turkeys to herds of frustrated s h opper s Hewlett Packard to expand its For the 27th straight year, runners bring home for Thanksgiving dinner. during the holiday season. advertising base. He said the from the Delaware Valley area took Other than prizes for the top Chip Huston, distribution connection is necessary because part in the Turkey Trot, Delaware' s finishers, Bruen said, they also had center controller for Amazon.com marketing is Amazon.com's second-oldest annual.race. other giveaways. in New Castle, Del., said the biggest expense. More than 250 people turned out "We put random prizes in the online company is expecting a lot "As we've g rown over the Saturday morning at Handloff Park in runner's registration packets," she of business during the holidays. years, it's a much highe r the sub-freezing weather to participate said. "Whatever packet they pick up Amazon.com estimates fourth market," Huston said. in at least one of the three events - has a prize in it, such as a pizza from quarter sales to be between $950 Junior Allison Sabo said she lOk run, Sk run and 5k walk. · Papa Johns or a pair of runner's million to $1 billion, a 47.9 acknowledges the advantages of, While many of the runners said mitts." percent increase from last year' s online shopping but prefers to they have taken part in the event in Jackie Strauss, 26, of Wilmington, fourth-quarter sales, Huston said. make purchases in person. past years, one trotter said she has not like many others, made it a family · · "Amazon does project that it " I don't buy things o nline," missed the race since its inauguration affair. will be the No. 1 site to go to for she s aid . " But if there was in 1973. "My sister said she was going to Christmas shopping," Huston something I wanted tha t I Eighty-one-year-old Becky run her frrst lOk, so I thought I would said. "At least that's our plan as a couldn't find in the store, I would Yencharis of Claymont, Del., finished come out and run with her," she said. company." check the Internet." first in the female 60-and-over Other runners said they used the · , He said the season w iII be Sabo said she thin ks more division of the 5K run, crossing the race as a practice event. ~. busier than previous years people will begin to shop online line in 42 minutes and 40 seconds. Greg Cauller, 41, of Lancaster, Pa., . because the company has taken because more stores are making Yencharis said she could not have who finished ftrst in both the lOk and ··" on the responsibility of shipping Internet shopping avai !able. done it wjthout help from above. 5k, said he approached the day as a ,,, Toys 'R' Us products. When "It's very efficient," she said. "If it wasn't for the dear Lord and chance to get two workouts in. customers go to the toy store's " You don' t have to deal with the my husband still coaching me up in "It's off racing time for me right Web site, they are automatically crowds and the ·parking. You can THE REVIEW/Internet photos heaven, I couldn't do it," she said. now, so most of my races are just ~ sent to the Amazon.com ordering buy everything with the click of a Internet retailers like Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com "It's j ust like playing basketball or workouts," he said. "I am fortunate to ~ sjte. mouse." are expecting big business this holiday season. football or anything, it's team work." win. I didn't expect that, I just expect Trotters said they had many to run hard and I ended up doing ,1 "The- toys h it hard," Huston Stores such as the GAP utilize Web si te, has advantages. " If we don't have what the different reasons for participating in well." .. • said. " Everyone wants their Web-based re tail but said they Howe vu, she said, most customer wants in the store, we the event. Sophomore Michelle Nardone said scooter or their Barbie as soon as benefit less because of the nature customers will continue to come call and order it from Gap.com," The opportunity to take home one she and friends participated just for •· possible because they a re of their products. into the store to s hop because she said. "The store doesn't carry the vapous awards given a\¥ay.al~ .. - fon,-not.to <;ompete...... :. _ ~ ; ~ limited. " ··,, -;~ 1 · : ~~.r ··'t r, ~}~"" Lesley Tepner, assistant they like ro':try things on. · items such as extra-short pants, so of Although ·books, music and manager of the Gap on Main The Web site offers certain if people want them they can just provided motivation for runners, said ... 'IJNe just Mta nted t~ 3o a 1 ace Sharon Bruen, recreation supervisor because it's fun and to support the video sales are currently lagging, Street, said she thinks shopping sizes and styles that the store may go to the Web site and purchase he said, Amazon.com will feel at Gap.com, the clothing chain's not carry, Tepner said. the·m." for the Parks and Recreation Newark community," she said. Georgia proteSt fights training at Fort Benning continued from A l violations," she said. was going on," Lee said. Ruff said a few graduates have committed White said the school was established in 1946 hard to connect that with "the school. violent acts against civilians after graduating as a U.S. Army and training center in Panama. "The Unibomber was a graduate of Harvard, from the school. It was renamed the School of the Americas but we don't blame Harvard," he said. "Critics might say things, but they are not with the purpose of teaching Latin American She said another mo tivation for the always true," he said. armies to defend against Cubans and Soviets, she demonstration is the use of U.S. tax dollars to Latin America is growing in importance to the said. fund human-rights violations in Latin America U.S., Ruff said, which is why the school trains "We are moving to close SOA with religious through the school's training techniques. these students. leaders and groups in a positive way," White said. "It is important to protect the corporate interest "It is the only region we have positive trade Sophomore Ellen Thomas said she believes it in Latin America, and the U.S. military has balance with," he said. "It's our backyard. is important for her voice to be heard at the expressed this through SOA," she said. "We have graduated more than 60,000 officers protest. He said student enrollment at the school, from 23 Latin American countries and the United "I d isagree with what's going on with the which has a 3.2 million budget from the Army States." graduates," she said. "They are taking away school and 1.2 million from a International White said she learned about the SOA through people's civil rights." Military Education Training budget, is her sister's involvement. The movement stresses Thomas said in the future she hopes more approximately 1 ,000. Of this number, 180 are awareness of the school and its training tactics. students will be able to go down. U.S. citizens, he said. "Even a trainee found out what was going on "We need to get the word out," she said. However, Ruff said, the SOA is careful to and now speaks out against the school," White Kenneth Campbell, assistant professor of educate its students regarding human rights. s.aid. political science and international relations at the "We are unique because we provide a wide Freshman Rosie Lee attended the protest. She university, said the SOA was a hot topic in the variety of military and human rights programs," said since the SOA is a branch of the American 1980s. ~ .. he said. military that the public does not hear about, the "The protests have been going on for many •. White said she disagreed. school's training methods have not been brought years," he said. "The impact of the protest needs : TiiE REVIEW/Courtesy of Rachel White " It trains soldiers from Latin American ~ Students travelled to Georgia to protest alleged guerilla training to light. to find a way to prevent human rights violations taking place on a military base there. countries how to torture and commit human "America would be outraged if they knew this of Latin American military officers." v\i( ~~ ~D H O\t' is your SJJring Schedule shaJJi ng liJJ? MARKET 'l.oAD . Winter Session can help you fill some gaps. Grand Opening Now Through November 2Z'd 'i • ; 1 Ifyou miss the Outer Limits, we are the store for you. We have a Late Registration and Drop/Add . larger selection and still carry the old favorites like Birkenstocks, . ' clothing, beads, futons, tapestries, soaps, sweaters and incense. are available right 11ow J All BIRKENSTOCK SANDALS 20% OFF on the Web and UDPHONE. Come enter our drawing for great prizes like a pair of Birkenstock sandals or a $50- gift certificate. see: www.udel.edu/winter 54 East Main Street Newark, De 1971 1(302) 266-0776 November 21, 2000 • THE REVIEW • A 7 Winterthur expands garden Muslim BY ALIZA ISRAEL donations from their children and collaborative effort," Magnani said. Stn.ff Re{Xmer grandchildren, is the first significant The materials for the garden were Woodland fairies created the new addition to the Winterthur garden since mostly found on the property - a large Enchanted Woods at the Winterthur the death of duPont in 1969, officials spiral made of old stones and artifacts is holiday gardens in Wilmington, or so the myth said. a seating area for storytellers or goes. The garden's main purpose is to speakers, while a hollowed-out tree Three acres filled with everything attract more people to Winterthur and to serves as the Tulip Tree House, from a large circle of mushroom help children develop a close and spokeswoman Jackie Reardon said. stresses statuettes to a fairy cottage will soon lasting relationship to nature, said In addition to everyday visits, become a permanent feature at the Denise Magnani, a university alumna Magnani said, these elements will be museum founded by Delaware and director of the project. used for many special activities, millionaire Harry Frances duPont. Spokeswoman Anita Alvare said she including workshops ranging from According to the myth now attached finds the Enchanted Woods unique nature walks to lessons on how to make restraint to the garden, the fairies were so because of its suburban setting. fairy wings. distraught when duPont's daughters left "There is none like it in the The Enchanted Woods might serve BY RlllANON ZALENSKI the grounds that they created the special location," she said. "It is embedded in as children's frrst direct encounter with Stn.ff Reponer garden to invite others to play with the woods, and the elements look like the natural environment, she said, as Ramadan, a month of abstinence them. they have been there already, created by some visiting children will not have had from food, drink and sex lasting from On June 17, Winterthur will open the fairies." the opportunity to regularly live and sunrise to sunset, begins Nov. 27 for $2.4 million addition to the museum's Magnani said the elements set the play in nature. Muslims. gardens. The year 2001 will mark the garden apart from others, such as the Leslie Greene Bowman, director of Saddaf Chaudry, president of the entire 60-acre garden's 50th Camden Children's Garden in New Winterthur, said many children today Muslim Student Association, said the anniversary, said Cathy Larkin, media Jersey and the New York Botanical are overscheduled with activities and Islamic holiday teaches piety and self relations coordinator for Winterthur. Garden in New York City. spend their free time on computers. restraint. The Enchanted Woods, which is Many .university alumni participated "They aren't spending time in the THE REVIEW/Christian Jackson "It is a cleansing period in which partly funded by a unitrust established in the design process, she said. natural world," she said. Children of all ages are anticipating the opening of the Enchanted we pray and perform good deeds," she by late patrons of Winterthur and "The process was a wonderful Woods in June of 2001. The garden turns 50 next year. said. Muslim men are encouraged to pray often during Ramadan and participate in ltikaf, a time when they spend the last 10 days of the holiday in Speaker cites need for Bispanic administrators a mosque in deep prayer and reflection, she said. BY DAVE O'NEn.L Hernandez said there are only 65 in the administration. Instead, they are 'There's·a lack of mentoring from York and taught classes at New Jersey Ramadan occurs at a different time Staff Reporter Hispanic administrators in America's either moving to !faculty or leaving the presidents," he said. "There's no City University, where he stayed for 27 every year because Muslims use the It took a random woman Carlos universities, most of them located in the academy. I naturalness to the creation of a years. lunar calendar, Chaudry said. Hernandez met in college to help him South and Southwest. university president - it's very Before his presidency, he said, he '1t's easy this year because the days realize his true identity. 'There are only eight administrators calculated." took the job of assistant president under are so short," she said. "It is more "Until I met her, I was known as in the Northeast," he said. "These Hernandez said Hispanic student Bill Maxwell. difficult over the summer when the Charles," said Hernandez, the eight numbers are poor, considering we have "At this.rate, there ratios often corr~late with Hispanic '1 didn't fmd this out until recently," days are longer." year president of New Jersey City around 3,500 institutions of traditional teacher and administration ratios. These he said, ''but Bill was trying to mentor Chaudry, a senior, said she wakes University. "She told me to get my birth higher education in the United States." will be.only 12 administrators, in turn, need to bring in the person that would succeed him" up before sunrise to eat, and when the certificate, and sure enough, it was Hernandez said these numbers are more Hispanic teachers to serve as role Maxine Colm, vice president for sun sets, her family gathers for an Carlos- that's the way it was for not improving, and the longevity of [Hispanic] college models for the students. administration at the university, said she elaborate dinner. Latinos back than." Latinos administrators is decreasing due 'The fact that you're here, the odds is a long-time friend of Hernandez. , "Ramadan brings us closer Hernandez gave a speech at the to external as well as internal pressures. presidents left in are against you, you are bucking the ''Mentorship does not have to be the together," she said. "We all come Trabant University Center Thursday "Some pressures are definitely statistics," lie said to the few Hispanic province of the group," she said. "You home at sunset to eat, unlike the rest of afternoOn about his career after growing internal," he said. "None of the the country in 10 students in the audience. "But if the do not need to be a member of an ethnic the year when we are all in and out of up as a Latino in working class Spanish presidents I interviewed expect to be Latino student finds a mentor, they group to make changes-Bill Maxwell the house at different times." Harlem president in a few years. Latino years." usually will persist beyond the frrst year is a great example of that." The MSA has approximately 100 Hernandez focused on the presidents also have among the highest in college." Junior Mark Ruiz said he understood members, Chaudry said, and throughout the holiday, dinners are importance of Latinos establishing their divorce rates and depression rates in the ~ Carlos Hernandez. president Hernandez spoke of his background everything Hernandez said. identity as administrators in the nation's nation." and his road to the presidency. After '1 can relate to him because I came hosted at the Islamic Society of ofNew Jersey City University universities. The average term of a Hispanic moving to Jamaica Queens, he from a similar background," he said. Delaware, a mosque in Newark. He said the 1970s were built to be president is three to four years, as graduated from high school and "He opened my eyes." · "We had Ibrahim Memon from the decade of the Hispanics, but opposed to six to seven years for the attended Alpha College, an Misinformed directions steered a New York come speak to us on the contemporary society does not reflect majority group, Hernandez said. Hernandez said his greatest regret experimental branch school of New number of students to the Perkins rewards of Ramadan," Chaudry said. this. "At this rate, there will be only 12 and the biggest downfall of some York University, with only five Student Center to hear the speech, "He spoke on the deeper meaning of "All that happened since was [Hispanic] college presidents left in the universities is not recruiting enough Hispanic students out of 200. consequently leaving the crowd in room the holiday and how it isn't about Reaganomics - and salsa became the United States in 10 years," he said. Latino staff to fill positions and assume He later received his doctorate in 209(211 of Trabant at an intimate 20. fasting- it's about piety." chip dip of choice in the states," he said He said Hispanics are not advancing positions when administrators retire. psychology from the University of New The MSA meets every Tuesday for religious study groups, she said. The women meet with her in the Perkins Student Center, while the men meet Last-minute appeals with her husband, Sumair Balkhi, in the Trabant University Center. "Our religion expresses that we have minimal time with the opposite fail to save·...murderer ... sex," she said. '1 find that the women '" J are able to open up more and are more continued from Al recommended and the judge sentenced comfortable when it's just us." Weeks to receive the death penalty. Senior Hasan Ali, a member of Williams through the head while she made Weeks' lawyers also appealed because MSA, said Ramadan is a time for a 911 call. of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that spiritual cleansing. Weeks' attorneys had appealed his the jury must unanimously' vote to seek "Ramadan is an uplifting period," sentence to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of death in a capital case. he said. '1 get myself into focus and Appeals in Philadelphia. They claimed In Delaware, the decision for capital make sure my mind and soul are in the ' Weeks had ineffective assistance of punishment does not have to be right place. counsel. He claimed he pleaded guilty unanimous. "When you' re not eating, you believing he would receive a lighter In a statement to the media after the realize how valuable food is and how sentence. However, he said, his lawyers execution, Mack said she felt a' sense of the poor must feel. You learn to had failed to inform him that he could still closure. · humble yourself. Self-control is receive the death penalty. "This has been a long eight years for THE REVIEW/Christian Jackson necessary to live a good life, and when After considering the aggravating my family," she said. "A lot of People protesting the death penalty gathered in the rain early Friday morning. you fast, you build your self-control." circumstances of the crime, the jury unnecessary pain." Dwayne Weeks was executed by lethal injection in Smyrna, Del., at 12:30 a.m. Ali said·practicing Ramadan was more difficult while he was in high ··- - ·- - ,...------., school because of a set lunch period. He said he has fasted since he was 13 and feels that the mental aspects of :anly two mbrl!-· it improve each year. ""olunteer With Ramadan occurring during . issues of :~ ,· finals, Chaudry said, it .is difficult to balance her studies and devote enough time to her prayers. • • The Review '1t is hard when you have class at uour t1me 10 five o'clock and all you want to do is this seme~,er. eat," she said. "But the holiday does help me put things in focus and A WA!J thAt strengthens my faith." GNC Live Well. mAtters. 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This is not shopping sea- likely to change son. anytime soon. Nearly every Some might store in every see Buy Nothing mall in every R .ew This· Day as a threat town will have eVI · • to their personal a big sale to Buy Nothing Day is freedom. But no get the season • + one is telling off to a good an opporturuty tOf you that you start. everyone to take can't buy what- Nov. 24 will ever you want. also mark the another look at Instead they eighth-annual how they consume. are asking you to Buy Nothing re-examine the D ay. manner in which Started in you spend. the Pacific •. , On this level, Northwest, L------' Buy Nothing groups across the world now try Day is a noble effort. Ameri- to bring attention to the degree cans have a tendency to spend of consumerism that people not only beyond their needs but indulge in, especially at this also their means. time of year. This day provides a chance The intention is not to stop for re-evaluating the motives people from buying things but for this spending. to make them aware of the Hopefully, this intellectual wastefulness inherent in this appeal will find a way of pene- type of spending. trating the consciousness of the The day is me'ant to be a hordes of mindless shoppers on largely symbolic gesture, which Black Friday. The football team has put a losing season was in 1987. together an outstanding season, However, not until this sea- posting an impressive 10-1 son has it received such consis- Letters to the Editor record. tent support from the student The only game it lost this body. year is one that it probably With exciting players like Turkey slaughter article ways to adopt a turkey and pay for the life that using obscenity and profanity to express should have won. senior Matt Nagy and junior- would otherwise find its demise come the holi ideas." It made the playoffs for the Butter Pressey, the team has was missing something day season. Share in the season of true thanks Wrong. Obscenity and profanity demean and first time since 1997, and play- done something special to of all the beings on earth, and share a Tofurkey debase human language and usually are corro The article in Friday's issue of The Review, on Thanksgiving with the people you love. sive to true communication. ers did so in attract these stu- ·" Who are you calling chicken?" about the b rea t h t a k i n g dents to the sta- Shakur also said that "minority" is a word gruesome details of the slaughter of turkeys fashion with a dium. you should not use unless you feel you are that will take place this Thanksgiving was dis Marisa Thompson "less than white people." come-from- Players have Review Thls• gusting and unnecessary. President Huh? behind victory · .• l?,y c p m ~ ·, ,, ~ ~ !Turkeys are beau~iful , living, b~eathing over Villli'h'dva ·· rr;fJ.;.I.: : n~~q.g to-W~m_ i~ - :; v sb • (rtJ ' 6f :!~ p{~ e ·_ Campus Animal Rights EducatqrJ ,, II , Attending a women' s college in Texas, il· was lll ~fUl.Wl e'r'.Pil!¥,.L h m•r 1'1 riJ')?. " r'tl,.,'l b ~i ngs that fee l pam. I do not thmk that Marisaann_t@ yahoo.com in the minority - a male. 'I did not fee l less University. The . 'l' .. ror tne umverst- I' n'; I ref . . Thanksgiving is only about the slaughter of than anyone (except, perhaps, academically). team was down ' a v- reco .- ' ty. these birds. It is instead about family and 25 points at one Perhaps it's Speaker's message flawed due Living in a section of West Philadelphia, I and winning thanks. was in the minority - a Caucasian. I did not point. , . . . the nature of Although food is a big part of Thanksgiving, to lack of perspective During the the COnference· . ~allege athlet- feel less than my wonderful neighbors. turkeys are not the only food served. Thanks On that sweltering hot day in Washington, game, Delaware ICS, but the foot- championship the · giving can be wonderful fall festival full of D.C. in 1963, I was in the minority (an army fans threw little . ' _ ball team has delicious vegetarian dishes too. plastic footballs football teain . become t~e fa~e If Black Panther Collective speaker Bilal enlistee and a Caucasian) when I heard Dr. There was not o ne mention of the great Shakur wishes to play the raging separatist Martin Luther King Jr. offer those ringing at the opposing of the umverst- has helnAA uDite foods that vegetarians will eat come Nov. 23. "victicrat" - with all the overheated rhetoric team' s cheer- ~ ty. words of hope and grace, and I did not feel less For example, the Newark Natural Foods Co-op and bloated sophi stry - oh well. But racism is than those in the majority. leaders. students. There are few could have mentioned their Tofurkeys that are Sure, one ' ; other things that racism, whatever its tone, tint or texture. Rather, I felt a deep; profound kinship - a great protein source during the holidays. During his recent campus hissy fit, Shakur something I sincerely hope Bilal Shakur will could make the bring students Although they resemble turkeys, they do not argument that together in a said (ironically, perhaps), "I don't want you to someday feel. represent any of the atrocious death painstak believe a thing I say." this was an example of poor positive manner. ingly described in the article. sportsmanship, but it was also The team has a legitimate Hmmm. OK. Boden Platt Day If people think that the annual slaughter of Shakur also said that "there is no harm in Newark Resident an example of enthusiastic stu- chance of winning the Division turkeys is disgusting and unnecessary, there are dent support. I-AA championship for the first It has been a long time since time in the history of the uni- students have exhibited this versity. degree of energy in supporting The team has earned the the football team. . respect of the students, and the The team has a very success- students have responded to its ful history. The last time it had success with support. WHEREI . TO·, WRITE:• •••••••••••• The Review ,------·------··------·--- 250 Perkins StUdent Center - ,~w I LA~ Lt-!~ £.~ --- _._ ------Newark, DE 19716 , ~ .= ·• ------,..,~ 1\...tA 7 Fax:302-831-1396 · ____ -- ~'€:~-- ___L T'__ - ~1~'::=> _ J.."v~ ... ., ----. --- E-mail: picasso @udel.edu The Opinion/Editorial pages are an· open forum for public debate and discussion. 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Otherwise it llml!-ho nored American tradi would be doomed to fail. ti on of gorg1ng your:,elf to the Telling peopl e not to shop in point of purging. a mall o n Black Friday is like Another tradition occurs the walking into a whorehouse and day after 1n commerce cent ers preaching abstinence. arL1 und the nation - Black Fri The U.S. econo my is , and dav. This is the day that mark!> a I ways has been, dri ven by th~ off1cial start of the holiday exorbitant spending. This is not shopping sea- likely to change ~on. an ytime soon. Nearl y every Some mi gh t store in every see Buy Nothing mall in every Day as a threat town will have Review This: to their personal a big sale to Buy Nothing Day is freedom. But no get the eason o ne is tell ing o ff to a good an opportunity for you that you start. everyone to take can' t buy what Nov. 24 will ever you want. also mark the another look at In stead they eighth-ann ual are asking you to Buy o thing how they consume. re-examine the Day. manner in whi ch Started in you spend. the Paci fie On th is level, o rthwest, Buy No thin g groups across the world now try Day is a noble effort. Ameri to bring attention to the degree cans have a tendency to spend of consumeris m that peo ple not onl y beyond their needs but indulge in, especially at this also their means. time of year. This day provides a chance The intention is not to stop for re-evaluating the mo tives people from buying things but for this spending. to make them aware of the Hopefully, this intellectual wastefulness inherent in this appeal will find a way of pene type of spending. trating the consciousness of the The da y is meant to be a hordes of mindless shoppers on largely symbolic gesture, which Black Friday. Getting it done The football team has put a losing season was in 1987. together an outstanding season, However, not until this sea posti ng an impressive 10- 1 son has it received such consis Letters to the Editor record. tent support from the student The only game it lost this body. year is o ne that it probably With exciting players like Thrkey slaughter article ways to adopt a tu rkey and pay for the life 1hat us ing obsceni ty and profanity to exp r e~s would oth erwise find it demise c.:ome the holi ideas.·· should have won. seni or Matt Nagy and junior was missing something It made the playoffs for the Butter Pressey, the team has day season. Share in the season of true thanks Wrong. Obscenity and profanity demean and of al l the bein gs on earth. and share a Tofurkey debase human language and u ual ly are corro first time si nce 1997, and play d o ne something spec i a I to The article in Friday's issue of The Review, attract these stu on Thanksgiving with the people you lo ve. sive to true communication. ers did so in '·Who are you ca lling chicken ?" a bo ut the breathtaking ~------, dents to the sta Shakur also said that "minoril y" is a word gruesome details of the sla ught er of turkeys you shou ld not use unless you fee l yo u are fashion with a dium. th at wil l take place th is Thanksg ivin g was di s come-f r o m Players have M a ri sa Thompson ·'Jess than white people.'' gusting and unnecessary. 1 behind victory Review This: beco me a Prcsidenl Huh ' ·Turkeys arc beautiful , li Yin g. breathing Camp11.1 Animal H1~1t1 .1 Edu( at on Attending a women ' s college in Te xa~. I was over Villanova In putting together : .· . s 9. ~rc~ of pr.fd, ~ . beings that feel pain. I do not think that University. The for the uni versi Marisaruu1 _11:.!l .~·a/wo.co m in the minority - a male. I d id not fe el l e~s a 10-1 record Thanksg iving is on ly about the slaughter of than anyone (except, perhaps, ac ademically). team was down ty. these birds. It is ins tead abo ut family and 25 points at one Perhaps it ' s Speaker's message flawed due Living in a section of West Philadelphia. I and winning thanks. was in the min ori ty - a Caucasian. I did not point. t he nature of Although food is a big part of Thank sgivin g, to lack of perspective During the the conference co ll ege athlet fee l less than my wonderful neighbors. turkeys are not the onl y food served . Thanks On th at sweltering hot day in Wa shington, game, Delaware ics, but the foot giving can be wonderful fall festival full of fa ns threw little championship, the ball tea m has D.C. in I 963, I was in the minority (an arm y delicious vegetarian dishes too. If Black Panther Collective speaker Bilal enlistee and a Caucasian ) when I heard Dr. plastic footballs football team become the face The re was no t one mention of th e great at the opposing of the universi Shakur wishes to play the raging eparatist Martin Luther King Jr. offer those ringing has helped unite foods that vegetarians wi ll eat come Nov. 23. "victicrat" - with all the overheated rhetoric words of hope and grace, and I did no t feel le:-~ team 's cheer ty. For example, the Newark Natural Foods Co-op There are few and bloated sophistry - oh we ll. But racism is th an th ose in the majority. leaders. students. could ha ve mentioned th ei r Tofurkeys that are Sure, o ne oth er things that racism, whatever its tone. tint or texture. Rather, I fel t a deep, profound kinship - a great protein source during the holidays. During his recent campus hissy fit, Shakur something f sincerely hope Bilal Shakur will could make the bring students Although they re emhle turkeys, they do not argument that together in a said (ironi cally, perhars), "I don' t want you to someday feel. represent any of the atrociou!> death pain~tak believe a thing r say." thi s was an example of poor positive manner. in gly described in the article. The team has a le gi timate Hmmm. OK. Boden Platt Day sportsmanship, but it was also If people think that the annual slaughter of chance of wi nning the Di vision Shakur also sa id that ·'there is no harm in Ne u·a rk Resident an example of enthusiastic stu turkeys is di sgusting and unnece ary. there are dent support. I-AA championship for the first It has been a long time si nce time in the history of the uni students ha ve exhibited this versity. degree of energy in supporting The tea m has earned the Here's what we found in our mailbag this week. th e football team. respect of the students, and the The team has a very success students have responded to its fu l history. The last time it had success wi th support. Cute, but we'd prefer some letters. WHERE TO WRITE: •••••••••••••• The Review 250 Perkins Student Center 12._0.} t-E w . Newark, DE 19716 I 1...-_(ca;; {H. I;' Fax: 302-831-1396 jpt:;2> tT' ~~~€ (Viti 7 E-mail: [email protected] The Opinion/Editorial pages are an open forum for public debate and discussion. The Review welcomes responses from its readers. For veri 'it'S 0 ~ D fication purposes, please include a daytime telephone number with all letters. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit all submissions. 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I'm tempted to say that this could Another common argument against not possibly get the proper message Kill 'em All the death penalty is wrongful convic 50 Eggs across. I am presuming that the tion. Like this country is just offing intended message is killing is innocent deviants as a pastime. wrong. The aforementioned laborious The death penalty qualifies it. As Dwayne Weeks gasped his last Delaware executed Dwayne Suddenly, it is a conditional. appeals process that is required by law Weeks Friday, making him ,the lith breath and slumped to his death in makes the occurrence of such an injus Killing is OK as long as it occurs silence Thursday night, Delaware person put to death in the state since under a specific set of conditions. tice statistically negligible. 1991. stayed steady as the state most willing Besides, the wonder of DNA testing Sure, I get it. I'm really learning to execute violent criminals. Weeks was convicted of murder to appreciate the value of a human is fast eliminating this problem. The ing his estranged wife and her friend The 11 murderers executed in use of genetic fingerprinting has exon life now. Delaware since 1991 give it the dubi in 1992. His wife was shot twice in I used to think that as a society erated some 40 percent of death row the head and her friend was shot ous distinction of having the highest post-conviction appeals while it has we had at least a minimal under per capita execution rate in the nation. three times by Weeks' accomplice. standing of this concept. But then I confirmed the conviction of another 60. Weeks was sentenced to death. I think that's great. Thus the wonders of modem tech see people so adamantly in favor of Honestly. His accomplice was not (though the capital punishment that they are nology come to the aid of society once death penalty was recommended by Think about it this way - we beat again. Now we can be more sure than clamoring for the opportunity to wit out Texa,s and they execute about two the jury). ness one of these atrocities. ever that we kill the right criminal. Early Friday morning approxi people per week. The biggest argument against the Fear not, my poor misguided That means that Delaware, by mately 25 people watched as the compatriots. One of the prisoners death penalty, cumbersome and outdat lethal injection was administered. killing a total of 18 criminals its histo ed though it may be, is morality. scheduled to be executed in ry, executed a greater percentage of its . Dwayne Weeks is dead. This Delaware has the option of being I recently had a discussion with a does not begin to change what he convicted murders than Texas, and friend who said it was wrong to kill hanged. That ought to make quite a they have put more than 447 convicts did. His wife remains dead, as does show. under any circumstances and society her friend. to death. should not condone it. I don't understand people like They say the death penalty does not I would not even think of arguing this, and I fail to see the logic in She added, strangely, that life that Weeks was a good man. I find deter murderers. Well, maybe it does in imprisonment was a better solution for such behavior. Delaware. the crime that he and his accomplice OK, you believe that killing is our most dangerous criminals because committed reprehensible. But he If we kill more of our ;nurderers it was a life worse than death. wrong. So wrong, in fact, that it than Texas and we have Qnly had to should not have been put to death. should be punishable by death. As I understood it, her logic rejected I believe that the death penalty is kill 18, I say we're doin6 something the death penalty because it was inhu Disregarding this previously dis right. one of the most archaic and ineffec cussed paradox, how can a society mane, but she preferred life sentences tive features of the American justice If you don't agree with me, wait because they are less humane than exe that claims to be so opposed to death until a friend or family member gets system. be so eager to engage in it? cution. It's based on the idea of "an eye murdered and see how you feel. Right. Another problem with the death I know I would have no qualms for an eye." It is motivated by noth penalty is the inconsistency with May I offer that people who feel this ing more than revenge. about lending my hand to the trigger, way simply lack the gumption to exe which it is applied. lever or needle. Perhaps my ideals are set too Why was Weeks put to death, but cute. Maybe they fear for their karma. high, but the justice system should Since revamping its capital punish I applaud Delaware for sticking by his accomplice given only jail time? ment statute in 1991, this state has sent not be in the revenge business. It The Delaware statute on the death its word regarding capital punishment. should focus only on deterring peo a simple message to its morally Other northeastern states like Pennsyl penalty leaves the final decision up depraved - if you feel like you need ple from perpetrating a similar to the judge. The jury gives its rec vania and New Jersey have more offense in the future. to kill someone, we'll be more than sat killers than Delaware but fail to exe ommendation, but the judge is not isfied to permanently remove you from As originally envisioned, putting required to follow. cute the punishment regularly even people to death was as much about the population. though their laws allow for it. Talk about playing God. This • And why not? spectacle as anything. It was based means that the decision is left up to In fact, the only problem I have with on the same principle as walking These murderers do not have a gen Delaware's recent execution is the one person. uine chance to safely return to society. around with someone's head on a Each and every judge in ' marketing. We could generate a lot of pike. It was a warning. · They serve no purpose, so let's cut the revenue if we air this stuff on pay-per Delaware may be thoroughly quali- ' fat rather than wasting tax dollars on There was no mistaking the mes fled to make this decision. But I'm a view. sage - if you do this, then the same their miserable existence. I've got a better idea. One of the cynic. I fear that just once a judge Of course the first thing that any fate will befall you. could let his personal feelings deter next guys scheduled to be executed in However, the manner in which anti-death penalty minded individual Delaware has the option of being mine his sentencing. will tell you is that it costs more money capital punishment is handled now The death penalty is a cop out. It ' hanged because he was convicted makes things a bit cloudy. to kill someone than it does to keep before 1991. essentially says "we give up.': , .,. - l them in pri~on,. . No }onger. do1 -re hJve ex~qtions n .Coo~raln.lalionsf; DeJ.aware. You H -.· To hell with all this closed-door .,.,_._Tt.> Jt:IC(TO' 1 • That argument is a load of crap. in a public' squ~re. lnstelad, We'tillve g•ve.up on pnsoners at a greater per • nonsense, let's do this one at the Blue THE REVIEW/ Adrian Bacolo decided 'that 'they shouiCI be carried People die for free every day, all over Rocks Stadium. capita rate than any other state in the · the world. out in the early hours of the morning union. It' ll ~ally be an event. That figure rpepresents money spent with only a handful of witnesses in as humane a manner as possible. on lawyers and appeals over the aver Dan DeLorenzo is a city news editor Paul Mathews is the editorial editor age 18 years that a prisoner spends on For the record, there is no for The Review. Send comments to • for The Review. Send comments to hen humane way to take someone's life.· death row. drix@ udel.edu. [email protected]. Driver delivers tip: Nader stole the election doesn't stop there. Nader takes liberalism to Steve the extreire. pay well or starve · Rubenstein He agrees with no one. He hates every thing. He sees only one point of view - his. on a weekend night for t-he drivers Nader's candidacy was thoughtless, bor of two or three restaurants to arrive Is This Sarah dering on irreSponsible. at a destination at one time. We Brady Thing On By entering the race, he didn't bother to huddle around the call box, looking think about the consequences of his actions. at our orders and comparing notes Nader knew he couldn't win. He ran to Brady's with each other. We know who you I spend half my Sundays at PSINEf Sta shake things up. Bombs are and we know how you tip. dium in Baltimore. Watching the Ravens Unfortunately, success for him will be bit This is not a threat. This is a plea gives me a break from the usual news - tersweet Nader handed the White House to for kindness. which for two weeks now has been dominat Picture it: You're a freshman liv ed by the presidential brew-ha-ha in Aorida. Bush. With it, he surrendered the Supreme Most of the people delivering Court, our nation's prosperity and America's ing in a freshman residence halls your foQd are students. We should But on any given Sunday, as an Oliver (i.e. Smyth, Rodney, Dickinson) Stone movie said, everything can change. common sense. be treated like your friends and This man's antics have confused this and you've just gotten horne from a peers. Not like servants. Even while watching the Ravens' 27-0 killer fraternity party. trouncing of the Cowboys, I couldn't escape country more than when the Ravens failed to For all of you unfamiliar with score a touchdown in five garres. Baltimore Drunk as hell, you decide a pizza tipping etiquette, here' s some politics. rebounded, and so will the country. would hit the spot. You search for a advice: A few fans sported Bush/Cheney stickers coupon, call the first number you THE REVIEW/ Paul Mathews and others waiting in line for beer chatted Our nation's divide will be harder to Don't show up at the door, cash bridge than Baltimore's offensive slump, but find and impatiently wait for your in hand, and then put some of the about the growing legal debacle. tasty feast. Half an hour later, some going out with friends. poor lighting should reflect this fact During the post-game interview, a gloat the scars will last. The next president will money back into your pocket when always be labeled illegitimate by half of the sober senior shows up with your you just tipped 50 cents. Take the Now, here are some tips to keep in their tips. ing Baltimore Raven's tight end Shannon voters. food and buzzes your room. time to ask how much your order is your driver happy and to ensure you The point of this story: The peo Sharpe laughed off a bystander's comment You trudge down the two flights get fast, quality service the next ple delivering your pizza· and sand "Sharpe for President" I admire Nader's spirit. He wants to ahead of time and then come to the change a system·he believes corrupt. to the front door, carrying a handful door prepared with the correct time you order: wiches are relying on your kindness ''Make it [quarterback Trent] Dilfer for of nickels that amounts to the total Do tip well. If your friends are and compassion to make it through president, I'll be vice president," Sharpe said. In football, you don't stage a comeback amount. by throwing a 90-yard t0uchdown bomb. In of your bill and maybe a few cents Don't wait until the driver rings willing to throw in an extra buck or the long, lonely nights. While we The whole day made Ire think only one politics, you don't change the system by run more for the poor sap who just your room to ask friends for money. two, take it. might seem like faceless beings thing. ning for the presidency. stood in the cold waiting for you to You are leaving someone in the Do anticipate the delivery per behind a wall of tomato sauce and I hate Ralph Nader. He's screwed up everything. This whole If Ralph Nader wanted to contribute to gather money from your drunk cold, and it's just not polite to keep 'son's arrival and try to have the dough, we are indeed real people friends. money ready to go when he or she with real expenses like towed cars, mess is his fault If he wouldn't have stuck the rise of the ~ns . he should have run for someone waiting for more than two the U.S. Senate. A true grassroots organiza Here's the problem: That poor minutes. gets there. · tuition bills, rent and food. his nose in things, AI Gore would be dancing the tion needs time to grow strong and evolve. sap that you just gipped relies on Don' t have 400 people scream Do be nice. It's just that simple. So the next time you're craving on streets of his horne state, Tennessee, which he didn't carry. He ran to bring the spotlight on himself. your tips for food. ing in your room when you answer A smile or a "have a nice night" can that 2 a.m. pizza, take a minute to The solution: Tip better. really brighten a driver's shift. 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G ' '( • • llllOll November 21 , 2000 A9 A closer look: Is capital punishment the answer? It only took eight years from his ini This is the contradiction inherent tial incarceration to send Weeks to his Paul in the death penalty. Killing some Dan grave. Now that's got to be cost effec one for killing someone. DeLorenzo tive. Mathews I'm tempted to say that this could Another common argument against not possibly get the proper message Kill 'em All the death penalty is wrongful convic 50 Eggs across. I am presuming that the tion. Like this country· is just offing intended message is killing is innocent deviants as a pastime. wrong. The aforementioned laborious The death penalty qualifies it. Delaware executed Dwayne As Dwayne Weeks gasped his last appeals process that is required by law Suddenly, it is a conditional. Weeks Friday, making him ,the lith breath and slumped to his death in makes the occurrence of such an injus Killing is OK as long as it occurs person put to death in the state since silence Thursday ni ght, Delaware tice statistically negligible. under a specific set of conditions. 1991. stayed steady as the state most willing Besides, the wonder of DNA testing Sure, I get it. I'm really learning Weeks was convicted of murder to execute violent criminals. is fast eliminating this problem. The to appreciate the value of a human ing his estranged wife and her friend The 11 murderers executed in use of genetic fingerprinting has exon life now. in 1992. His wife was shot twice in Delaware since 1991 give it the dubi erated some 40 percent of death row I used to think that as a society the head and her friend was shot ous distinction of having the highest post-conviction appeals while it has we had at least a minimal under three times by Weeks' accomplice. per capita execution rate in the nation. confirmed the conviction of another 60. standing of this concept. But then I Weeks was sentenced to death. I think that's great. Thus the wonders of modem tech see people so adamantly in favor of His accomplice was not (though the Honestly. nology come to the aid of society once capital punishment that they are Think about it this way - we beat death penalty was recommended by clamoring for the opportunity to wit again. Now we can be more sure than the jury). out Texa,s and they execute about two ever that we kill the right criminal. ness one of these atrocities. Early Friday morning approxi people per week. The biggest argument against the Fear not, my poor misguided mately 25 people watched as the That means that Delaware, by death penalty, cumbersome and outdat compatriots. One of the prisoners lethal injection was administered. killing a total of 18 criminals its histo ed though it may be, is morality. scheduled to be executed in Dwayne Weeks is dead. This ry, executed a greater percentage of its . I recently had a discussion with a Delaware has the option of being does not begin to change what he convicted murders than Texas, and friend who said it was wrong to kill hanged. That ought to make quite a did. His wife remains dead, as does they have put more than 447 convicts under any circumstances and society show. her friend. to death. should not condone it. I don' t understand people like They say the death penalty does not She added, strangely, that life I would not even think of arguing this, and I fail to see the logic in that Weeks was a good man. I find deter murderers. Well, maybe it does in imprisonment was a better solution for such behavior. Delaware. our most dangerous criminals because the crime that he and his accomplice OK, you believe that killing is If we kill more of our murderers it was a life worse than death. committed reprehensible. But he wrong. So wrong, in fact, that it should not have been pl!t to death. than Texas and we have only had to As I understood it, her logic rejected should be punishable by death. I believe that the death penalty is kill 18, I say we're doing something the death penalty because it was inhu Disregarding this previously dis one of the most archaic and ineffec right. mane, but she preferred life sentences cussed paradox, how can a society tive features of the American justice If you don' t agree with me, wait because they are less humane than exe that claims to be so opposed to death system. until a friend or family member gets cution. be so eager to engage in it? It's based on the idea of "an eye murdered and see how you feel. Right. Another problem with the death for an eye." It is motivated by noth I know I would have no qualms May I offer that people who feel this penalty is the inconsistency with ing more than revenge. about lending my hand to the trigger, way simply lack the gumption to exe which it is applied. Perhaps my ideals are set too lever or needle. cute. Maybe they fear for their karma. Why was Weeks put to death, but Since revamping its capital punish I applaud Delaware for sticking by high, but the justice system should his accomplice given only jail time? ment statute in 1991, this state has sent its word regarding capital punishment. not be in the revenge business. It The Delaware statute on the death a simple message to its morally Other northeastern states like Pennsyl should focus only on deterring peo penalty leaves the final decision up depraved - if you feel like you need ple from perpetrating a similar vania and New Jersey have more to the judge. The jury gives its rec offense in the future. to kill someone, we'll be more than sat killers than Delaware but fail to exe ommendation, but the judge is not As originally envisioned, putting isfied to permanently remove you from cute the punishment regularly even required to follow. the population. people to death was as much about though their laws allow for it. Talk about playing God. This · spectacle as anything. It was based And why not? In fact, the only problem I have with means that the decision is left up to • These murderers do not have a gen on the same principle as walking Delaware' s recent execution is the one person. around with someone's head on a uine chance to safely return to society. marketing. We could generate a lot of Each and every judge in They serve no purpose, so let's cut the pike. It was a warning. revenue if we air this stuff on pay-per Delaware may be thoroughly quali- ' fat rather than wasting tax dollars on There was no mistaking the mes view. fied to make this decision. But I'm a their miserable existence. sage - if you do this, then the same I've got a better idea. One of the cynic. I fear that just once a judge Of course the first thing that any fate will befall you. next guys scheduled to be executed in could let his personal feelings deter anti-death penalty minded individual Delaware has the option of being However, the manner in which mine his sentencing. will tell you is that it costs more money capital punishment is handled now hanged because he was convicted The death penalty is a cop out. It ' to kill someone than it does to keep makes things a bit cloudy. before 1991. essentially says "we give up.'.' • them in pri;on,. . I\ No longer do we have executions To hell with all this closed-door ~,; S~Utt tt'tl] i o~s; ; DeJ.aware. You ~~ That argument is a load of crap. nonsense, let's do this one at the Blue in a public squ~~e . Instead, -\v'e 'have gtVe up o~ pnsoners at a greater per • People die for free every day, all over Rocks Stadium. ======T=H=E=R=E=V=I=E=W=/=A=dri=·=an=B=a=c=oi=o""" decided 'tfla't 'they shouli:l be carried caf?ita rate than any other state in the : the world. out in the early hours of the morning It' II r~ally be an event. umon. That figure rpepresents money spent with only a handful of witnesses in on lawyers and appeals over the aver as humane a manner as possible. Dan DeLorenzo is a city news editor Paul Mathews is the editorial editor age 18 years that a prisoner spends on For the record, there is no for The Review. Send comments to hen for Th e Review. Send comments to • death row . humane way to take someone's life. drix@ udel.edu. picasso@udel .edu. Driver delivers tip: Nader stole the election doesn't stop there. Nader takes liberalism to pay well or starve Steve the extreme. · Rubenstein He agrees with no one. He hates every on a weekend night for the drivers thing. He sees only one point of view - his. Sarah of two or three restaurants to a.rrlve Is This Nader's candidacy was thoughtless, bor Brady at a destination at one time. We Thing On dering on irreSponsible. huddle around the call box, looking By entering the race, he didn't bother to think about the consequences of his actions. Brady's at our orders and comparing notes with each other. We know who you I spend half my Sundays at PSINEf Sta Nader knew he couldn' t win. He ran to Bombs are and we know how you tip. dium in Baltimore. Watching the Ravens shake things up. This is not a threat. This is a plea gives me a break from the usual news - Unfortunately, success for him will be bit for kindness. which for two weeks now has been dominat tersweet. Nader handed the White House to Picture it: You're a freshman liv Most of the people delivering ed by the presidential brew-ha-ha in Aorida. Bush. With it, he surrendered the Supreme ing in a freshman residence hall s your food are students. We should But on any given Sunday, as an Oliver Court, our nation's prosperity and America's (i.e. Smyth, Rodney, Dickinson) be treated like your friends and Stone movie said, everything can change. common sense. and you' ve just gotten home from a peers. Not like servants. Even while watching the Ravens' 27-0 This man's antics have confused this killer fraternity party. For all of you unfamiliar with trouncing of the Cowboys, I couldn't escape country more than when the Ravens failed to Drunk as hell, you decide a pizza tipping etiquette, here' s some politics. score a touchdown in five games. Baltimore would hit the spot. You search for a advice: A few fans sported Bush/Cheney stickers rebounded, and so will the country. coupon, call the first number you Don't show up at the door, cash THE REVIEW/ Paul Mathews and others waiting in line for beer chatted Our nation's divide will be harder to find and impatiently wait for your in hand, and then put some of the about the growing legal debacle. bridge than Baltimore's offensive slump, but tasty feast. Half an hour later, some money back into your pocket when going out with friends. poor lighting should reflect this fact During the post-game interview, a gloat the scars will last. The next president will sober senior shows up with your you just tipped 50 cents. Take the Now, here are some tips to keep in their tips. ing Baltimore Raven's tight end Shannon always be labeled illegitimate by half of the food and buzzes your room. time to ask how much your order is your driver happy and to ensure you The point of this story: The peo Sharpe laughed off a bystander's comment voters. You trudge down the two flights ahead of time and then come to the get fast, quality service the next ple delivering your pizza ·and sand "Sharpe for President." I admire Nader's spirit. He wants to to the front door, carrying a handful door prepared with the correct time you order: wiches are relying on your kindness "Make it [quarterback Trent] Dilfer for change a system he believes corrupt. of nickels that amounts to the total amount. Do tip well. If your friends are and compassion to make it through president, I'II be vice president," Sharpe said. In football, you don't stage a comeback of your bill and maybe a few cents Don't wait until the driver rings willing to throw in an extra buck or the long, lonely nights. While we The whole day made me think only one by throwing a 90-yard t0uchdown bomb. In more for the poor sap who just your room to ask friends for money. two, take it. might seem li ke faceless beings thing. . politics, you don't change the system by run stood in the cold waiting for you to You are leaving someone in the Do anticipate the delivery per behind a wall of tomato sauce and I hate Ralph Nader. ning for the presidency. gathe r money from your drunk cold, and it's just not polite to keep 'son's arrival and try to have the dough, we are indeed real people He's screwed up everything. This whole If Ralph Nader wanted to contribute to friends. someone waiting for more than two money ready to go when he or she with real expenses like towed cars, mess is his fault. If he wouldn't have stuck the rise of the Greens, he should have run for Here's the problem: That poor minutes. gets there. · tuition bills, rent and food. his nose in things, Al Gore would be dancing the U.S. Senate. A true grassroots organiza sap that you just gipped relies on Don' t have 400 people scream Do be nice. It's just that simple. So the next time you're craving on the streets of his home state, Tennessee, tion needs time to grow strong and evolve. your tips for food. ing in your room when you answer A smile or a "have a nice night" can that 2 a.m. pizza, take a minute to which he didn't carry. He ran to bring the spotlight on himself. The solution: Tip better. the phone. It's hard enough to hear really brighten a driver's shift. It's show your appreciation to the driver Nader got 100,000 votes in Aorida. Texas As a successful consumer activist, Nader has As a delivery driver, I can tell through those call boxes - it's even hard to deliver to drunk kids when who just braved the elements to Gov. George W. Bush's lead is slightly less helped millions of people through his work, you that we keep you on record in harder when your buddy is scream you're staying sober, having no fun make sure you get fed. Your mother than 1,000. I think even the rocket scientists especially in the auto industry. our minds. If you consistently order ing about shotgunning beers. and making no money. would thank us. at Voter News Service could do the math on As a selfish politician, he has succeeded from a restaurant that offers deli v Don't assume if your pizza is late And let's not forget the danger this one. in nothing. His run for president will only ery, the drivers become familiar . that it's the driver's fault. The peo factor in a job like this. Sarah J. Brady is an administrative Without Nader, Gore would have been a weaken our prosperity and deprive a rightful with your phone and room number. ple making your pizza are responsi A couple of weeks ago, two news editor for The Review. She's . lock in Florida and a lock in the White winner from office. We sometimes recognize your face. ble most of the time, not the driver. delivery drivers were robbed at gun fed up with your crap and will drop House. If I know someone constantly Don't tell the driver about your point. It's scary not knowing who is your pizza upside-down if you don't As the Green Party's presidential candi Steve Rubenstein is the senior news editor tips poorly and is rude, I'll be less awesome night and how messed up behind the door when you ring the tip her well. If you have an extra date, Nader swept across the county, bashing f or the Review. He'd vote for Pauly Slw re likely to make them the first stop on you are. Remember, they are work bell in those off-campus houses. buck and a smile, send an e-mail to Gore and Bush. His politics are left of center, bef ore Ralph Nader. Send comments to my run around town. It's common ing and don't have the privilege of People in scary neighborhoods with [email protected]. much like those of the Democrats. But he [email protected]. 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Try these election films, 83. playoffs on its home turf, C1. E NTERTAINMENT T HE A RTS P EOPLE F EATURES Tuesday, November 21 , 2000 ITS THE BUBNINIIIJUESTION: HOWHOT IS TOO HOT!' BY RHIANON ZALENSKI Polaroid pictures of themselves with a 'The first time, I did it just to try it," Sra.ff Repot1er rubber chicken placed on the ''911 Wall he says. 'The second time, my friend Here's a challenge for those who of Flame." convinced me to do it with him, and the like it hot. More cautious customers can order third time, I wanted something spicy." It involves something that could 911 sauce on their chicken fingers or He says he would do it again make bodies sweat, eyes tear and wings, smother them in blue cheese and because work gets boring and taking mouths water. It's red, hot and bursting quench their mouths with a 32-ounce the challenge makes the night more with flavor, but it's not found in a· pink lemonade. interesting. pornographic video store. Fitzsimmons, who sticks to the tra All three times were intense, In fact, it's found in any grocery ditional wing sauce, says he has seen Honeycutt says, and the five-minute store. many different reactions from cus waiting period was horrible. He says It's hot sauce. tomers who take the ''911 Challenge." the second time he tried it, the sauce People either love it or hate it. The "Everyone sweats, some people seemed extra hot. teen-age aliens on the show "Roswell" throw up, but during the five-minute 'The 911 tastes different every day smother it on everything, including ice waiting period almost every contender because it is made on the premises," cream. The university has even bottled paces or runs," he says. Fitzsimmons explains. "Ciuck-U sends its own hot sauce mix , while different us all of the sauces except Cajun, Newark restaurants create trendy teri yaki and 911. They send us bottles names for their sauces. of pure capsaicin, which is used to Cluck-U on Main Street has several "I am fully make 911." different hot sauces with names like Capsaicin is the oil extracted from "traditional ," "global nuclear'' and aware that I am the habanero pepper, the hottest pepper ''911." ·known to man, Fitzsimmons says. As customers work their way up the about to eat the He says they stop serving 911 after hot scale, eventually they are presented midnight because their late-night cus with 'The Cluck-U 911 Challenge." hottest wingers tomers are usually drunk and very often The hundreds who have taken the get sick from the hot sauce. challenge over the last three years have known to man." ''When rude drunks come in before all been presented with a "911 midnight and order 911, we make sure Waiver." The bold print jumps out: '1 - release waiver to put the smothered wings in the am fully aware that I am about to eat for the Cluck-U 911 Challenge microwave for 30 seconds so the hot the hottest wingers known to man - sauce soaks in and makes the challenge the dreaded Cluck-U '911 ' wingers!!!! even harder," Fitzsimmons says. This is not a joke!!!" Fitzsimmons says many people of He says 911 is usually ordered three Cluck-U manager Caleb Middle-Eastern descent eat the 911 to four times per day during the week, Fitzsimmons says the waiver protects sauce like it's mild, while women but on the weekend there are at least 10 Cluck-U in case someone suffers any rarely take the challenge. challenges per day. severe gastrointestinal problems, aller "A couple came in here the other "Over the weekend, 911 is more THE REVIEW I Christian Jackson gic reactions or eye injuries if the sauce night The guy convinced the girl that popular-people are more daring," he is accidentally rubbed in. they should take the challenge together. says. "Over Homecoming weekend, a Cluck-U customer Karl Schaugh Fitzsimmons explains the rules of Somehow he talked' her into it. lot of alumni came in to take the chal (above) takes the 911 Cha.llenge. the challenge: ''He fmished - she ran to the bath lenge again. They wanted to see if their l. You must eat six whole wings. room after two wings." stomachs can still handle it." Contestants who successfully complete 2. You cannot drink anything while Cluck-U employee Dave Honeycutt Sophomore Brandon Torres and the 911 Challenge get their pictures eating the wings. says he has seen some entertaining senior C.B. JeJl!lings frequently have posted on the Wall of Flame (left). 3. You cannot put one drop of blue reactions from custo~rs.. Clu~l<-JJ delivered W me»- :bo.use. cheese dressing O_!l the wings. "One time, this guy ate all of the Torres says he orders from Cluek-U 10 4. You must wait five minutes after wings, but during the five-minute wait to 12 times per week. They both love finishing your last wing, then you are ing period, he decided to run around hot sauce and have a fridge that cur allowed to have a drink or do whatever outside, scream and flap his arT)1S up rently holds six different types. you can to save your burning mouth. and down," he says. Torres says 911 is his favorite sauce Brave souls who complete the chal Honeycutt says he has taken the lenge are rewarded with autographed challenge three times. see SPICY page B4 Pro wrestling at the Bob BY JEFF GLUCK Sports Editor When Jeff Porter proudly walks into a room, people pay attention. ''He has what they call 'the look,' " trainer Jim Kettner says. " 'The look' is when some one walks in the room and everyone turns their heads. Some guys have it, some guys don 't." Porter, a senior, is currently training to become a professional wrestler - a goal he says is a lot harder than the general public would imagine. Porter is a massive specimen who sports a body seemingly made of nothing but muscle. Plainly said, he's huge. "I want to go all the way," Porter says. "I want to be in the WWF." Porter and upwards of 30 other wrestlers from the East Coast Wrestling Association will appear at the ECWA show on Nov. 25 at the Bob Carpenter Sports Center. THE REVIEW I Adrian Bacolo The show will also feature appearances Newark resident Mildred Sharp, a former university employee, has from World Wrestling Federation television lived in her Courtney Street home for the past SO years. personalities Michael Cole and Kevin Kelly, along with wrestling legend Capt. Lou Albano. THE REVIEW I Jeff Gluck The ECWA is a minor-league organization, Senior Jeff Porter shows no mercy to fellow wrestler Rufus Roush. a sort of training ground for furure stars that Lifelong resident, 87, School in Hocke!.sin. He also walked on to the feeds to the WWF. looms large. This is the school - all lessons Current pro wrestlers who have passed take place in the ring. Delaware football team a11d played two years through Kettner's ECWA include Christian, The ring is in what basical ly amounts to a as a defensive tackle. remembers simpler times Test, Scotty Too Hony and Kidman, who was storage garage. But Kettner says he likes it that Along with the Battle Royale, the event trained by Kettner for three years. way. will feature nine other matches in a Pay-Per BY KRIST A PRICE'-. age. Borri in 1913, she has lived in The school is located in an unassuming "''m not here to make a quick buck," he View-type atmosphere. Assistant Entertainment Editor ~ Newark her entire life. The house where Newark business park off Rt. 273. There are says. '1 try to keep the price reasonable for stu '1t's going to be great," Kettner says. Mildred Sharp prepares herself'a- she was born on Cleveland Avenue hasn' t no markings on the outside of the building that dents. I'm not going to charge a lot just so I "We're going to have a huge screen over the bologna sandwich, some potato chips and changed much, but the rest of Newark has would indicate Kettner is training some of can have painted walls and picrures all over entrance area, with videos and music for each an iced tea. She hasn't been outside in two undergone dramatic changes, she says. wrestling's future talent inside. the place." wrestler." days, and her appetite isn' t big today. "You wouldn't know Main Street Porter walks through the entrance, stepping With three decades of expe The ECW A has a local fol The li ving room of her Courtney Street today," she says. "If you were here years into a modest office. Kettner, 46, sits at his rience in the wrestling busi ECWA Wresting lowing, as it produces many home darkens as the sun sets, and the glow ago, back when I was young and even desk, working the phones to promote the ness, Kettner has worked with local shows that usually take of her aged yet animated face brightens the now, you wouldn' t believe how much it show. nearly every big name. Saturday, Nov. 25 place in a Wilmington church, home 's warm interior as she recounts the has changed." Ket;tner is a slight man, small in stature. "One of my goals was to at 7 p.m. in the Bob St. Matthews Parish Center. However, Kettner says, he past 87 years in Newark. Reminiscing, she recalls the businesses One would never think this man has dedicated work for Vince [McMahon], Carpenter Center. She sits in her favorite plush pink chair that occupied Main Street when she was a moved the event to the Bob the past 33 years of his life to the wrestling and I did that," he says. 'Tve Tickets, $13 to 18, are and turns on the television. The voice of child. Carpenter Sports Center for a business. had nearly everyone pass on sale at the BCC Jenny Jones echoes throughout the room. "There was a drug store run by a Mr. "You'd never know he was the best trainer through here at one time or rare appearance. She isn't particularl y interested in the pro Buckingham, a barber shop owned by in the country just by looking at him," Porter another - Mick Foley, Kurt Box Office. ''We just said to ourselve , gram, but the noise is better than sitting in Barrow, and a hardware store - what was says. "But believe me, th is guy knows Angle. 'We have to play the Bob,' " silence. hi s name?" wrestling inside and out." ·we all evenrually cross patl1s." Kettner says. ( Her handmade white doil ies are perfect Squinting her eyes and leaning her head The main question on anyone's mind after Tonight, Porter has come in to tune up his The main event of the night'will feature ly placed on each pi ece of fumiture. The against the creme colored doily on the entering the office might be, ''Where's the ring skills. Cheetah Ma~ter, who is challenging J.J. The beds are made, there are no dishes in the back of her chair, she struggles to remem ring?" ·'He's only been here three or four months," Ring Crew Guy for the ECW A Heavyweight sink and the photographs of her famil y are ber the name . Sharp can picture him plain The small piece of paper on a nearby door Ketter says. "So he's relatively new. Title. well dusted. as day. indicates where the actual training takes place. Depending on how hard he wants to work, he But the biggest attraction for fans may sim Sharp's laugh is deceivingly youthful, Before moving to Courtney Street, 'Through these doors walk the wrestling could go anywhere with this." ply be to see the future talent that nms thro ugh but her failing memory is evidence of her see SHARP page B4 stars of tomorrow," the sign reads. Porter, who will be featured in the event's the Newark area and judge for themselves The ring is set right inside the door, and it Battle Royale, is a graduate of McKean High which wrestlers have .. the look.'' I B2. THE REVIEW. November 21,2000 Sade is still a smooth operator "Lovers Rock" Her uncanny ability to produce hits, When things get shaky, li steners can Sa de without compromtsmg simplicity or count on her soothing vocals to ease their Epic Records integrity, has carried her band through soul and caress their hearts. Rating: r.'c ~ 1-'n;.•, ne arly 20 years of music. "You think I'd lea ve you baby I You Sade makes her way back to the record know me better than that I You think I'd ing studio after an eight-year absence leave you down I When you're down on with a sensual , 11-track venture. The your knees II wouldn 't do that, " she sings disc features calming on "By Your Side." vocals that can make an Other notable tracks include "Flow," uneasy situation seem where the singer's vocals glide across a better, or provide the smooth guitar and hip-hop drum sequence, topping on an already and "Every Word," where Sade expresses perfect day. disapp()intment in a two-timing mate. In usual Sade fashion, her images Sade branches away from romance on BY IMANI POWELL of heartache, pain and oppression are easy "Immigrant," which addresses discrimina Staff Repurtu to relate to on "Lovers Rock." tion toward Africans. It stands as a Pure, honest and unique, Helen Folsade The only drawback to this disc is the poignant statement to racial tensions in Adu possesses the qualities of an accom lack of variance between "Lovers Rock" America. plished singer and songwriter. and previous works like "Love Deluxe" or "He didn 't know what it was to be black The legendary vocalist separates herself "Stronger Than Pride." I 'Til they gave him his change I Bur did from "fly by night" performers through But in Sade's case, consistency could " 't want to touch his hand," she sings. her power to transcend beyond flat, soul prove more favorable than harmful. Long While the title track' s chorus - " You less songs. time fans will instantly recognize and are the lovers rock I The rock that I cling Sade has secured a place in the hearts of gravitate toward the familiar sound on to I You 're the one I The one that I swim to listeners since the early '80s with songs "Lovers Rock." in a storm" - refers to a bond with a sig like " Kiss of Life," "Smooth Operator" Sade produces all of the songs, along nificant other, fans can relate the feelings and "Your Love is King." with some assistance from ·Mike Pela, of the song to her lyrical ability to say just Stuart Matthewman and Paul Denman, the right thing, no matter the situation. who have helped on previous projects. Though Sade's fifth project varies little The Gist of It The acoustic guitar riffs and Caribbean from previous works, it is just as beautiful, · influences sprinkled onto each song make emotional, passionate and essential as her i,'c i,'c i,'c i,'c i,'c ' N ' Roll each piece melodic without being monoto music from the ' 80s. i.'ci.'ci.'ci.'c Alcatraz nous. Hold tight. i.'c i.'c i.'c PI ymouth Sade will garner new and younger fans i.'ci.'c Gibraltar through the first single, "By Your Side." i.'c Jingle Bell It's a remarkable display of Sade's eternal lmani Powell's past reviews have included voice, which, like her music, has also Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek, "Reflection undergone little change since her hiatus. Eternal: Train of Thought, " **** 112. "H.N.I.C." "Conspiracy of One" Prodigy of Mobb Deep The Offspring Loud Rec:ords Columbia Records Rating:*~* Rating: ***112 While the infamous Mobb Deep has experienced pros The Offspring is back again, and its latest release, perity over the past year thanks to 1999's "Murda "Conspiracy of One," will please most long-time fans Muzik," some things have not changed at all. but fail to draw in new listeners. Even with Prodigy at the helm on "H.N.I.C.," the beats The album brings back sounds reminiscent of its are still piano-laced backdrops for aggressive street iap. earlier hits such as "Come Out and Play" and " Ki ck The majority of his solo debut reads like a typical Him When He's Down" - a refreshing step away Mobb Deep script with tales of urban rivalry, suspect from the popular, radio-friendly pseudo punk songs female relations and gunplay braggadocio. However, over an album produced mainly by The like "Pretty Fly for a White Guy." Alchemist, Rockwilder and partner Havoc, Prodigy seems "Conspiracy's" first single, "Original Prankster," passionate about being honest, or at least keeping it real. with its swing-like beat and cameo by rap artist "I'm not a 'Boyz N the Hood' addict I 'Menace' fanat Redman, is the album's weakest track and a poor indi ic I I Li ve the street Life for real so I could brag it," he says cation of The Offspring's talent. on "Infamous Minded" - a track inspired by Boogie Other tracks, including "Come Out Swinging" and Down Productions' "Criminal Minded" from 1993. "One Fine Day," make ammends for the disappointing Far better than the first single, "Keep it Thoro," is 1998 release "Americana." "Rock Dat Shit," which is premier, unadulterated From beginning to end, group members provide Prodigy. Prodigy's affluence as a lyricist is more evident when hard-driven, upbeat performances, proving to critics "Warning") have failed. But as rebellious as the band "I rock bandanas like a gang member I But I'm a infa- he's not insinuating homicide and larceny. "You Can and fans alike that major-league music labels haven' t tries to sound with its whiny vocals and aggressive mof4s repres~.ntative, do'! 't get i~fucke,d ~p." . Never Feel My Pain" is a harsh and unforgiving - but changed their original sounds. guitar riffs, its shock value pales in comparison to the . 'H.N.I.C. does nothm~ to atd r~p ~ til rep!ltatiOn. for earnest and real - introspective tale of his suffering from Some listeners looking for. experimentation and "Limp Bizkits" 9f the PFcade. ~ ..be~ng overl.y. <;_P~C·~~~ : ~t!b . ~u"?amty s pr~.~e~ ;Y; tc.~s : ;.s it!G'Je ; cf!Jl ' a'nemia . ~· , ! : : :~ 7: ·.:;:.::".;;:. ··;·: ; ·;· ... :;:··· •. , .; ·• •: irtnovatioh may· ·be disapp'o'inted by the similarity B f~t!~J<~ ~t,i>: tn e' phiyful punk style _:,;,1Rstead of - money!and VIOlence. " ., , ! ' , • li fo¥ cry~ng 'cause you broke'frorri'the projects; tha~'s b'etwe'eri the tracks. However, the continuous flow pre--· selling out to a trendy teenage audience - The .. Al~ngstde Noreaga on What U ~ep, J>t:odigy .says, not pain that's emotions," he says. "You a bitch, I'm talk vents the album from sounding disjointed. Offspring won't disappoint true fans looking for a new yve hke.!o blow faces and pop slugs m your tllest mggas ing 'bout permanent physical suffering." The Offspring succeeds where other mainstream addition to their music collection. nbca.ges. · - Adrian Bacolo Ntce. punk rock groups' recent efforts (Green Day's - Carla Correa Ur~an Legend Masterpiece Cinema: Rent it this weekend of the VI eel<: 'Wild ·Turkey' "Weekend" Godard has many more surprises in store. •·oNE OF THE MOST The fourth Thursday in November 1967 Contemplating the suppressed violence in IMPORTANT FILMS - it's a day when millions of students Directed by Jean-Luc Godard humanity's nature, the director depicts a world GODARDHA.S travel borne to relax and regain all that coming apart at the seams, headed toward anar EVER 'MADE.·.~. weight they lost in three months of eat "Weekend" is a very challenging film in its chy. 1 •'"'' " .~ · -.,...... n-. ·u t. .. , ..., , _. "';. ing dining ball food. disregard for traditional directorial techniques "Weekend's" narrative begins to disintegrate, Alas, Thanksgiving is often a stress and its thought-provoking themes. echoing this societal breakdown. Its protagonists ful time. There's a reason grandpar A harsh satire, this harrowing, watershed seem perpetually numb - incapable of commu ents, aunts, uncles and cousins don't work portrays a world lapsing into turmoil, nication or emotion - as the film switches from live in the same bouse year-round. Thanksgiving Day, comes home stum dying from its own emptiness and greed. one nightmarish vignette to the next. Hence the common rumor that bling and falls asleep on the sofa with Jean-Luc Godard, a member of the 1960s' One of the film's memorable and startling America's suicide rate increases dra his pants zipper down. "New Wave" school of French filmmaking, was sequences is a nearly 10-minute tracking shot of matically during the holiday season. A while later, his teenage sons one of many directors who sought to create the traffic in the wake of a car wreck. What More stress, mounting debts and less come home and decide to play a prank. works contrary to what was then typical. seems to begin as a mundane irritation - a traf daylight leads to frequent leaps off They get a turkey neck out of the He intended to make his audiences think - fic jam - is resolved in horror. bridges- makes sense, doesn't it? refrigerator and arrange it dangling not just passively consume. Like Stanley Kubrick (" A Clockwork However, studies by the Mayo from his fly. Laughing, they go For many, the apocalyptic "Weekend" Orange"), Godard masters the unflinching cine Clinic and other research organizations upstairs for the night. remains Godard's most fully realized work and matic gaze. A ruthless examiner, he refuses to have shown that the number of sui In the morning, Mom comes down the apex of his career. tum his camera from disturbing scenes. cides on any major holiday is below stairs to fmd the family cat noisily The f ilm follows the travels of Corinne "Weekend" concludes with a title card that the daily average. gnawing on the turkey neck protruding (Mireille Dare) and Roland (Jean Yanne), a reads, "The End of Cinema." Such a statement at Even if your Thanksgiving festivi from her husband's fly. young couple, as they embark on what they first appears hopeless, but it seems to declare ties are less than lighthearted, a house She faints. intend to be a peaceful weekend getaway. Godard' s rejection of accepted notions of what a bound student can think up some cre Did this ever really happen? It's It's not long, however, before their odyssey film can and should be. ative ways to lighten the atmosphere. now impossible to tell, as the ~e is begins to turn dark. In his work, Godard opened up realms of pos Take your cue from this famous holi older than last year's leftovers. Early on, the viewer realizes the two lovers' sibility. day urban legend: plan to kill each other. Strangely, neither seems Countless filmmakers have since fo llowed in A dad goes out drinking' _on -Melissa Scott Sinclair concerned with the other's motives. hi s path. While this might seem shocking enough, - Chris Smith Libra Aquarius Gemini (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) (May 21- June 20) Quote It' s no secret to you or Reality check. No matter Afraid you might gain I your lover that thi s is an how much you work out at weight with the holidays empty relationship. Get the Little Bob, you will coming around? Good! For of the Week some self respect - get never like your thighs. God's sake, eat something. out of there and be your Learn to love the inside You're not supposed to be own person. first. able to see your ribs. "When I see turkey, I Scorpio Pisces Cancer think, 'Mmmm. (June 21 - July 22) The Rev. Massimo Salani, a leading In 1999, only two counuies executed (Oct. 23- Nov. 21) (Feb. 19 - March 20) juvenile offenders - Iran and the Thanksgiving food. ' " Following the in-crowd by OK, so that random hook Learn from the experience Roman Catholic theologian, was quoted up Friday night makes and move on. You can be in the Italian Bishops daily newspaper United States. acting and dressing like Gear everyone else doesn' t how many total lovers? f riends as soon as you m, saying that McDonalds hamburgers - sophomore Bummi Babalola make you normal. It Shocked at reali zing the reali ze you can' t be are "not Catholic." He said that Italians makes you a sheep. sum? Maybe it's time to lovers. must give up fast food because it repre The Review, Nov. 17, 2000 get your nasty ass tested. sents an expression of the Protestant A survey of Indian women has found Sagittarius Leo ethic. that more than half believe wife beating (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) Aries (July 23 - Aug. 22) United Press ltuemmionnl can be justified under certain circum 'The American people have spoken, but Quit complaining about (March 21 - Apr. 19) Take out the trash, wash Nm•. 13. 2000 stances. These included improper cook it's going to take a liule while to deter having no money. Life is Ever stop to think and for the dishes, pick up your ing, disrespecting in-laws and leaving mine what they said." sweet when Mom and Dad get to start again? If so, dirty laundry and go gro Fred Rogers, known to generations of the home without infom1ing thetr hus still pay for everything. maybe you sucked in too cery shoppin g. I promise bands. Pre.Hrfefll 8 1/1 Clullon much Nitrous this week your roommates will start fans as Mr. Rogers, has announced that Just imagine when you he will end the 33-year run of "Mr. Reurers Neh·.rweek graduate and they expect end. Or don' t you remem talking to you again. Nm·. 17. 2000 Nell'. 20. 2000 you to provide for yourself. ber? Rogers Neighborhood" at the conclu Virgo sion of the 2000-2001 season. The 71- (A ug. 23 - Sept. 22) year-old Rogers will continue to work The winner of a Thai beauty contest was " If a frog had side pockets he'd carry a Capricorn Taurus hand gun." (Dec. 22- Jan. 19) (Apr. 20 - May 20) Being from Newark does with children via the Internet, in publi forced to abdicate her crown and rerum Do you even reali ze how Stop blaming others for n't make chin straps and cations and through his work with her winnings. when it was revealed that stupid you sometimes your acade mic failings. gold teeth acceptable. museums. she was actually a man. Dnn Rnther, dunnx CB n wemge f{ elerwm ms:ht sound? Shut up and listen Just accept th at you' re stu Have some sympathy and United Press lluenllltUJIWI to yourself for once. You pid and work from there. compassion for the people Nov. 17. 2000 Nm ·. 17. 2000 may just figure out why no wh o have to look at you. - compiled by Dan Strumpf one li kes you. Lose the ghetto style. November 21,2000 . THE REVIEW. B3 . .. •· . ·v "The Faimer's Daughter'' {1947) ··. · - ·~~ eo~w' {1998) Katy Holstrom' (Loretta:"Xoung in an Oscar-win 1.... t .,: ·In' 1992, a,goveffior 'frorn a small Southern . oi!Jg ~ormanCe} becomes jl congressman's maid r - sta~ ma style, Tim Robbins ''State ot tbe'Union" (1948) former Wall Street ''Bulwottli'' (1998h '" . · · · ~ Grant Minhew~ (Spe~eer Tracy) is plucked " . '·~ .. ~' )' dle -'1~ ,e~ , year, the American the· lzll1Qg . 't.L.. ~ :r··" • ,, from·his )ob,:a~ a ~~cces~f~l aircraft tycoon ~Y ..1 ~:~ ;.~ -t.o say the least. Jay' .Republicans to rUn for .p~~s•dent. But to wm, , ~tty) ~es as the COWltty's be's exPected to·'satrifice 'bis ideals. " ·· pp1iie dishes of truth to· . ·Giant has .-~en;:biggef,:problems with his ' ' nt..'·4~ A'"''~;~- · . . estranged Wife ~x... (Ka~~e Hepburn), who · ctton his own life, ~ ~ campaigns rtlerely to main tam public appear ' tioernt~ iiU1n the voter-friend- ances. Surprisingly, she becomes his strongest ly views he's been forced to hold during his office. ally and reminds him of values he once held _ . Before long, he's rapping in South Central, LA., dear. on ways to improve race relations and condemning Tracy and Hepburn are· at their best-as a the stagnation in Washington today. , squabbling couple and som<:how manage tci . • B~ny addresses the cwrent state of American make a presidential campaign look fun. politics with passion, pointing out tbe faults in the system that liave become.even more obvious this . election year. · n) has visions of .~ kit' school's student system...... -to · .Yone stand in her After the public begins to take'notice ~it looks . Clinton's win .. ,"' .. },e.;;£:;~J;:{~,~;[.~al "" , · ,, : mg a fiendish guidance council actually mightbave a chance at winning, McKay's, ::-:.: ))Jre£'tors Chri~ Hegedus and D.A. Perutebaker (Matthew .Brodeijclc), a na!ve football player (Chris ers tty to change his platf9nn :i'Iom ,w~t. he believes to use only the raw footag!!. tbeyjshot of the cam : )Gein) and ·his budding lesbian sister '(Jessica make hirtliOOre .acceptable' to the voters: > ,, •: •. ' ,,,._,,: '. •. paigners atwork;Jn~tea(f of using i'nterview.s ur. Campbell)...... It'.s a humorous look at the hollowne~ ,9f runniri~foi ' ; narration. to fill' in the gaps. They give, perhaps·; . .. It's <1 ~sm ~fWashington pc)Jitics; vicioys- · office, bound to make any BY AMY CONVER years to remain independent, the tiny pendence. Now it's. just about money," Ferdinand and Isabella. Overseas Co"espondent kingdom was invaded and occupied by says Alejandra, also 18 and a student in The president of Andalucia and other GRANADA, SPAIN- A month Castile. The monarchs of Navarre fled to Granada. "Spain's never going to give heads of state paid their respects and ago, a 59-year-old government official the northern part of their territory, which them their freedom." later gave speeches at a rally against was assassinated blocks away from my was later annexed to the French crown. Both students agree the chance of EfA led by heads of the University of Granada apartment. The cwrent Basque country is divid Spain's submitting to ErA's requests is Granada, where Portero was a fonner · Luis Portero was shot several times ed politically between France and Spain. very slim. professor. on the doorstep of his house, while his EfA has a sister organization in France Surprisingly, Marta and Alejandra Erin Rathmanner, a University of wife and four children were just inside. named Iparretarrak (IK). aren't afraid of EfA , even after close to Delaware senior and a University of Executed by Euzkadi Ta Azkatasuna Both groups share a desire for the 10 car bombings and several assassina Granada student, recalls the protest as a (Basque Fatherland and Liberty) or conservation of Basque traditions and tions in the last month. powerful assemblage. EfA, a Basque terrorist organization, for sovereignty, though IK is decidedly "I'm not going to be a direct target," 'The whole town of Granada was Portero is just one of more than 800 peo less terroristic than EfA. Alejandra says. "A random victim of a there," she says. "A lot of people had ple who have been killed since EfA Opinions abound abOut the ancient placed bomb is another story." their hands covered with white chalk farmed in 1959-with.the aim of claiming Basque culture (the language is older Marta corlcedes stte is afraid' of get ·and 'were' shbuil' n~\'<\Huf estamos, por ..) )I ' II ' I ~~ YtJ an independent homeland based ' on thah Latin), as well as the rampant ter ting on public buses, since two ~eeks favor no nos rna \nere we are, Marxist principles. rorism. ago, several people were killed and please do not kill us)." Few people outside of Western In reality, only 10 percent of Basque many more injured when a car bomb Rathmanner says EfA 's recent activ Europe have been affected by, let alone voters support EfA's activities, which went off next to a stopped bus in Madrid. ities affect her at times. heard about, EfA, though the organiza are financed through kidnappings, rob The students, who were very reluc "Sometimes I'm a scaredy-cat," she tion has been responsible for numerous beries and extortions. tant to talk about EfA in the first place, says. "I get scared when I walk past cars assassinations of high-ranking Spanish "People continually vote for the polit say they don't foresee an end to the vio" by myself late at night I constantly won officials. ical party that supports EfA because lence in the near future. der if [targeted] political dignitaries live Even fewer people know that the they' are afraid to vote othetwise," There have been several truces nearby." Basques have been fighting external University of Granada student Marta, between Spain and EfA since the terror The insatiable desire for freedom that domination since the 800s. 18, says. "EfA controls everything in started in the '60s, but unfortunately for has in large part instigated ErA's terror In 824, all Basque-speaking territo Pais Vasco." Luis Portero and other victims, nothing ism is something to remember as ries were united for the first and only Alejandra, who, like Marta, refused has been pennanent. Americans, who have more freedom time in history under the kingdom of to give her last name, says she d6esn't Portero's funeral was held in than people in other countries can only Navarre. THE REVIEW I Justin Malin understand why EfA has to kill. Granada's historic Capilla Real (Royal imagine possessing, watch their newly After fighting for more than 1,200 "Before, [ETA] truly wanted inde- Chapel), which contains the tombs of elected government take office. Dead actors walking With so many dubious career moves, these actors' careers clearly should have fizz.led. BY ELISA FRANCO morphin'g into other characters and kicking 1998's "Burn Hollywood Burn: An Allen Staff Reporter the crap out of the good guys. She only Smithee Film," that audiences don' t waste Actors and actresses are among the high managed to mutter one line - one time. their time seeing. est paid entertainers in the world. Tyra Banks strutted her stuff in last sum Making multi-millions per picture, these mer's "Coyote Ugly." Playing a law-stu CUBA GOODING JR. charmed actors are idolized and deified. dent-by-day, bartender-by-night, Banks's Cuba Gooding Jr. takes the inspirational Their mission - to make audiences feel acting proved as stale as last night' s beer. and sensitive actor bit to a new level. good about the eight bucks they just Take it from Kathy Ireland, who tried to With every role Gooding accepts, view J dropped on the movie. break into showbiz in 1987 with the movie ers can expect a nauseatingly histrionic But even with their hefty paychecks, a "Alien from L.A." - if a model can't act, performance. quality performance seems too much to she can't stick around. His movies always have some sappy ask. Her four-film career ended in 1992, with ending where Gooding stares longingly Again and again, audiences are forced to "Mom and Dad Save the World," and the into the distance while his eyes well up sit through painful performances and watch silver screen hasn' t seen her since. with tears. these people mutilate the script. It began with Rod Tidwell, the fading Viewers emerge from the movie, wish KEANU REEVES wide receiver in "Jerry McGuire" who just ing death upon the overpaid, untalented If the words "whoa" ·and "dude" were wanted a Nike contract. actors who should just end their careers. taken out of the English language, Reeves While shamelessly plugging the athletic THE REVIEW I Justin Malin would be unemployed. wear company, Tidwell still managed to MODELS TURNED ACTRESSES Reeves, whose acting career has score a -touchdown and win the game and than $220 million worldwide. WINONA RYDER Ah, the beautiful women of the runway spawned such blockbusters as "The the hearts of audience members alike. But Williams, even with such a lucrative The last box-office hit Winona Ryder had who strut up and down the catwalk radiat Matrix," "The Devil' s Advocate" and Ever since then, the only fun one can movie career, still seems to stumble across was "South Park: Bigger, Longer and ing confidence and style. "Speed," is one of the highest paid actors of expect at a Gooding movie is to see if the lame movie roles. Uncut." These women, whose images are hi s generation. viewer can cry as many times as he does. He played Popeye in the movie version And that wasn't even really her. splashed across magazine covers and bill Yet he plays the same character in every Gooding, take some advice from Troy of the cartoon, a boy that ages four times Ryder's last two movies bombed at the boards, captivate men and women alike. movie. Donahue and dry your eyes. Donahue did faster than normal humans in "Jack" and box office - all in the past year. Fascinating and alluring, yes. Talented Where would Reeves be today had he the whole over-dramatic bit - he starred the absent-minded professor who invents a "Autumn in New York" grossed a mere actresses - no. not played Ted in "Bill and Ted's in 1959's tear-jerker "A Summer Place," as green blob of energy in "Fiubber." $26 million and remained on the box-office Making hundreds of thousands of dollars Excellent Adventure" in 1989? Since that well as countless others. These box-office misses, as well as oth top 10 li st for onl y three weeks. modeling per hour, these gi rl s consistently role, audiences have watched the same But after 10 to 15 years of drama, audi ers like "B icentennial Man," "Jumanji" The horror movie "Lost Souls" frightened trade in their stiletto heel s and Versace character under different circumstances. ences grew tired of Donahue, and now he and "What Dreams May Come," waste the audiences from even seeing the movie. In wardrobe in an attempt to conquer the sil Reeves always plays th e wide-eyed, stars in movies like . his latest, 1997's Academy Award-winner's talent as well as October, the movie lasted two weeks in the ver screen. clueless, perpetually surprised man who "Bimbo Movie Bash." !>is fans' time. aters, never making it into the top 10. But models usually just end up playing just so happens to emerge victorious at the Watch out Williams. Dudley Moore was Ryder needs to start being more choosy in models in the movies or on the tube. movie's end . ROBIN WILLIAMS once eq ually popular. Moore, who was at her movie roles, or she' ll end up like Cindy Crawford, in 1995's "Fair Game," If Reeves doesn't take a few acting This actor can attract and repel audi hi s best during the 1970s and 1980s, Hollywood's ex-sweetheart Sandra Dee. grunted painfully through her lines adorned lessons, his career could end as tragically ences faster than he can jump in and out of starred in blockbuster movies like "Micki Dee channed audiences and went on to in ti ght T-shirts and hip-pinching designer as 1970's actor Ryan O' Neal. Like Reeves, sanity. and Maude" and "Arthur." make box-office hits like 1959 's "A Summer jeans. O'Neal's smoldering good looks carried He has made such audience-pleasing But after a string of bad movies, the last Place" and "Gidget." Rebecca Romijn-Stamos' s costume in him through blockbuster movies. ge ms as "Good Will Hunting," time Moore was seen was in 1992's "Blame Dee began to fi zzle out in the 1970s but this past summer's "X-Men" was literally O' Neal is sti ll making movies today, but "Awakenings," "The Birdcage" and "Dead it on the Bellboy." insisted on maki ng bad movies until she painted on her . The model spent the movie th ese are low budget, B-movie flicks like Poet's Society," which each grossed more finally called it quits with 1983' s "Lost." B4. THE REVIEW. November 21 , 2000 Media Darling The boy band phenomenon BY KRIST A PRICE Vanilla Ice gone sour for all they care. The screeching while ushers double-check ticket stubs of girls sining on TH E REVIEW I Justin Maim girls are just happy to be out at 9 p.m. on a school night. friends' laps in the front rows. (Names and locations have been changed to protect all The lights go on, and people race to buy popcorn and "He was looking right at me," one fan says to her pal. boy bands from further ridicule.) cotton candy before the headlining band. Conon candy ''I think Butch saw the sign I was holding up for him," she On an average day at 5 p.m., Interstate 405 is packed a concert isn't a concert without some. adds as she slips the 3-by-5 note card back into her pock with commuters. Today is unusual. As the lights dim, preppy cardigans are flung into par et. The Main Street exit is experiencing a minivan and ent's arms. Girls as young as 9 or 10 reveal more skin than Much like the crowds, slow songs are not interspersed, Volvo standstill. Kiddies are squished into backseats like women do at night clubs. but they arrive in banalions. "You're an Angel, Just Like theaters on the opening day of ''Pokemon: The Movie." Sequins, gliner, zebra print, snakeskin and pleather My Last Girlfriend" and "Love is Preny Cool" are Cheeks and finger-painted signs are plastered to windows. abound in the arena. received warmly, but the night is no longer young (it is But this isn't the opening of Sesame Place- it's 30 Glow sticks on strings are flung, wailing reaches an past 10 ) and the concession stands forgot their coffee minutes before a ''HarMoney" concert. ultimate high and tears pour down cheeks as band mem makers. The parking lot charges $8 to park what seems like 70 bers Chuck, Herman, Butch and Norman emerge on People begin to yawn, especially parents, and the only miles away from the arena. People have been waiting in stage. hope for a mental espresso shot is the hit song ''Hi Hi Hi." line outside for more than two hoW'S, but no one is com In matching tight black leather pants and snug ribbed The evening's fmal moment rejuvenates the crowd as plaining. tops (even the members lacking any muscle tone whatso fans stand on chairs and shake their bon bons to the encore The souvenir stand is draped with tacky ''I love ever), the band strikes a pose preparing for its set list. song. HarMoney" T-shirts, over-priced Butch dolls and $20 "Why I Think You're Swell" and ''Will You Be My As the lights go on and fans exit the arena, sneaky fake press passes. The line is huge and continues to grow. Steady" are welcomed with additional tears and shaking "salesmen" approach fans with bootleg T-shirts for only Girls panic, fearing only the Herman doll will be left. hips. $10. The moment the doors open, people plow through like But hips aren't the only body parts shaking. Admirers Fatigued kids and parents pile back into their family elephants competing for the last peanut. Once fans in sparkling tube tops and back-less shirts shimmy to the mobiles, fasten their seatbelts and head back onto remember there's an opening band, they slow their pace pop beats while parents peer at them out of the corner of Interstate 405. from a sprint to a quick jog. their eyes in disapproval. Kids in backseats reenact the evening, gawk.over new Barely making it through the metal detectors without For the hit song ''I Have Too Much Money For My posters and turn CD players up to listen to the latest losing friends and family, fans drop off gifts to band mem Own Good," older fans (we're still talking only 11 or 12 ''HarMoney" album. bers in "gift drop-off boxes" located at all entrance!). here) knock down smaller kids with promotional glow They will never get enough. Flowers, cards and teddy bears overtlow the bins within sticks while competing for the sweat-drenched towel 20 minutes. tossed into the crowd by Chuck. Krista Price is the assistant entertainment editor for The No one's ever heard of the opening band. It could be The cola vendors walk through the aisles with $4 sodas Review. Email her at jelly@ udel.edu. r:~ r~.·"' In :1~-.-;f.l r-: (y~l, , :~""~"''-·'·'" Ads too good to be true ''Make BY CAROLYN DELICCE says. Freshman Chris Daniels says he doesn't trust this Staff Reponer 'This business is for yourself, but not by yourself," kind of offer. fast cash Study by day and make fast cash at night-sounds Moore says. ''I certainly would look into it because the money like a lucrative· proposal. Some students are dubious about the promised suc sounds interesting," he says. "But it does not seem log . It is easy to be enticed by vague ads posted on tele cess. Freshman Christina Moeller says sales may not ical. It seems like a rather big task." straight phone poles and bulletin boards, promising students be her thing. Another ad on campus offers students a chance to "Need easy money. Expensive holidays are approaching and ''I think it would be tempting for college students," make money while they sleep. from·your students are strapped for cash. she says. ''Personally, I would not be good at it if! did Local company Special Care hires students as com "Own a computer? Put it to work!" not like the product- I carmot lie. But if I did like the panions for elderly people in their homes. Other tasks dorm'' "Are you addicted to makeup? Earn $500 to products, I guess it could be profitable." include·doing laundry, grocery shopping and preparing $1500!" Another job promises easy money by sitting at the meals. atew MaryAnn Murray, director and owner of Special "Learn and EARN from your dorm." computer. The Career Services Center warns students that "Anyone with access to computers- a student, a Care, says students don' t need medical expertise to be advertisements like these may be too good to be true. mom, a paraplegic can subscribe and start referrals," hired. "Anyone seeking these jobs should do research on says Bob Bliss, founder of the Internet company Busy students can benefit because they choose their extra the companies that are advertising," says Jack ZigOnline.com. hours and can also get schoolwork done on the job, Townsend, director of Career Services. Ads on campus advertise his way of making easy Murray says. Although any company posting material on campus money by referring people to motivational speaker Zig Some situations are weekend live-ins, others require has been verified by the university, Townsend says, Ziglar's Web site. , . four hours per day and some are just overnights, she bucksil students shouldn't trust everything they read. Ziglar offers information on professional, family, says. Investigating these mysterious solicitations reveals educational and personal life, Bliss says. 'The ages of the clients range from 11 to 102," she what they are truly about. For a subscription fee of $19.95, people can make says. "Not all are just elders. We also provide special The "addicted to makeup ad," is from Herbal Life great income with very Iinle effort, he says . . care to families who are in need." International, which hires students to sell its cosmetics , . '.'110\Y it works is that_gne person is told about the Students may prefer jobs like this one that allow Trv and weighr foss iprOOilcts: "'This ·markefmg company is. bep~fici~l Web site," J}l1s:; ~ys. 'They subscribe. This them to have a one -Q.t)~ one connection with clients. . a good opportunity for college students to earn extra person tells a friend who tells 'Jill,' who then tells her 'This job is direct and persOnal," says junior Sari us1,..... ,,. '·':,l ~ (~OI@J©©lf money and an option of leading to a full time career," father- who tells his work buddy." Budgazad. says company director Edmund Moore. For every person that is referred, participants are She says she might consider working in an environ The company provides a coach who will teach the making money, he says. ment like this. "You are calling someone and dealing ®®UanlrJ@~~~ student a step-by-step plan on how to sell and market ''It's a phenomenon," he says. with actual people instead of computers and Web sites, foundation, lipstick and nutritional products, he says. 'The best part is, there is no catch," he says. 'This like the other job offers." First, the employee must buy the products and then money is real. A check comes monthly and is signed by There is nothing wrong with maJci.ng fast cash - sell them at a suggested re~l price to make a profit, he the Zig Ziglar corporation." just make sure you know what you are getting into. D's Nuts by Dan Strumpf Sharp on Newark continued from B 1 "I have more today than I have ever had in A weekly chronicle of the bizarre and unbelievable Sharp lived on Main Street with her mother my life, and that's still not saying a whole lot. A war is being waged-an epic banle that enjoys computer enhanced Star Trek simula-. and grandfather, across from the National "When we were growing up I couldn' t may change the face of the world as we know tions and ponders the plausibility of the actu 0 Five and 10. In her free time, she would go for afford butter, and I told my mom that if I was 0 it. al science behind the science fiction and u a soda with her girlfriends - a pop was only ever on my own, I would never use mar This collision of ideologies transpires on develops in-depth character analysis. ' cc"' fft ·~ (\! i 10 cents. garine, and I kept to my word." the Internet and threatens to divide one of the One of the most telling differences \ f ,,. ./ Sharp says she went to elementary school She briefly mentions her 16-year marriage oldest and most powerful subcultures of our between the factions is their acceptance of the in Newark but never graduated to the high to her husband. He passed away long before time. various genres. When confronted with the ·}f< school because she had to get a job to help her relocation to Courtney Street, when her The issues threatening to divide the question, ''What do you think ·about Star / ' . ' · \ support her family. children were still young. She says if it was throngs of dedicated and quirky fans of Gene Trek?" a true Trekker will answer ''Which "My mother had to get me working papers n' t for her mother and grandfather, she Rodenbury's Star Trek reach much deeper one?" A Trekkie will simply reply, ''I love it." because she had to stay home and take care of wouldn' t have survived. than any could imagine - and could result in With the conflict clear and banle imma my grandfather, and because I was so young,'' There are no photographs of her late hus a schism in the once rock-solid fan base. nent, there is no hope for reconciliation. she says. band. Visibly shaken by the current topic, an The main issue that seems to wrinkle so Right? ~ At the age of 18, she started her first job as earlier subject is rewoven into the conversa- many already wrinkled K.lingon brows cen Wrong. super-fans just get along? a waitress at the Blue Hen Tea Room. The tion. ters on labelling Star Trek fans as ''frekkies." Although there may be some superficial It may be years until the fans senle their youngest employee by a large margin, she "His name was George, George Apparently a yollllger, hipper generation differences between Trekkers and Trekkies, dispute, and it comes at a terrible price. says, a lot of customers and fellow employees Neighbors,'' she calmly says, giving the name of Star Trek fans has rejected their predeces it only takes one look at their similarities to How many Star Trek conventions will be gave her a hard time. of the hardware store owner. She breathes a sors' title in favor of the distinguished label, see they're cut from the same cloth. marred by vicious fighting? · "It wasn' t easy as a child," she recollects. tired sigh of relief. ''frekkers." Dorky cloth. How many Star Fleet Ladies' Auxiliary "Some of the people didn't have respect for The lights go out, and for a moment she According to various Web sites among the Very dorky cloth. and Embroidery/Baking Society meetings me, I was the smallest there. The cook called sits in the dark. Clappi ng her small hands multitudes of Star Trek pages, there is a real Both the Trekkies and the Trekkers attend will end in name-calling and the throwing of me Tiny." twice, the lights again ill uminate the small difference between the Trekkies of yore and Star Trek conventions, but they remain on official Federation cookie cutters? Sharp says her mother was also born in living room. the Trekkers of today. opposite sides of the room. It seems this banle over simple titles may Newark. She takes a few moments to remem Sharp has two sons. She says her only A Trekkie is generally described as an Both factions dress as their favorite char never be resolved and could signal the decline ber where her father was born, but the infor daughter passed away two years ago from older fan who enjoys puning together scale acters, memoii.ze useless Spock quotes, gov of a once proud subculture. mation escapes her. breast cancer. Her grip on the armrest tight models of phasers and swrships, while con ern their lives ,according to the Prime The world is left to wonder what it will "It's been too long,'' she mutters under her ens. sidering the possibilities of space, the fmal Directive and, most importantly, have trouble take for Trekkers and Trekkies to make breath. She begins to talk about her dad' s "There's noth ing like losing your own frontier. meeting members of the opposite sex. amends and reunite under the title which they black Model-T but quickly returns to past child." she says sadly. "It was two years ago, once proudly shared- Geeks. A Trekker is usually a yollllger fan who With so much in comn.xm, why can't these employment. After waiting tables at the Tea Oct. 26. It's a good thing my boys are still Room, Sharp accepted a job at the factory on with me." Chapel Street. She worked there for 29 years. Following her employment at the factory, "We had fiberglass, parts for televisions, she took a job at the uni versity as a custodian all kinds of stuff," she remembers. "But it and moved to her Courtney Street home. She was dirty work - I mean dirty." has lived there for 50 years. She says the path Sharp worked in the sorting room, sorting she traveled to Allison Hall 20 years ago Spicy contest heats up washers and tubes, running machines, saws looks a lot different than it does today. and band saws. "The east part of campus was just beauti "It was dangerous ,'' she says. "I got cut ful,'' she recalls. "There were just open fi elds, continued from Bl almost every day," he says. She says people who live in a very hot cli several times, but I think my scars are gone no buildings, they were built a lot later on." Torres says he has created. his very own mate use a lot of hot spices in their cooking But she says morning hours of mopping and when they make it really hot, but it's nothing now,'' she says, carefully examining her wing sauce, which is not hot like 911 but very because of the "cooling effect" theory- eat hands. "I cut this finger right through my vacuuming were far from fulfi lling. compared to Dave's Insane Hot Sauce. This is flavorfuL ing something hot causes the body to sweat, nail, and then my thumb. The doctor would "It was just more dirty work." the fiercest condiment he has ever tried. ''I use Tabasco, a lot of Texas Pete Hot cooling it off. n't stitch it up, he said it would hurt worse. Sharp has watched the universi ty develop "One time we bet our roommate Brian to Sauce, World Arbors After Glow, salt, pep Snider says she enjoys spicy foods but There was no anesthesia." from its conception. And although she strong eat three tablespoons of it for $100," Torres per, dried cayenne pepper and buner," he says. would avoid anything as hot as Cluck-U's ly supports the institution, she has observed says. ''He did it. We gave him the money, but · When Sharp worked in the factory, she The roommates say they have never suf- · 911 sauce. made 35 cents per hour, a small increase in how it has engulfed the town. he threw up for nine hoW'S and wanted to go fered any gastrointestinal problems from She offers some advice for hot food pay from the 15 cents per hour her mother ''I'm not saying any harm about the uni to the hospital because his whole body was ingesting hot sauce on a daily basis. lovers: always use gloves when dealing with earned. versity because I was there for ei ght years burning. Sue Snider, extension specialist for animal hot peppers and sauces to avoid gening the "I don' t know how we made it,'' she says. and made my bread and butter over there." "I've loved hot things since I was a kid," and food sciences, says eating hot sauce on a juices on skin or into eyes. "We were in the poor class, very poor, almost she says. "But the school has take n Newark he says. ''I would eat whole jalapeno peppers daily basis does not harm healthy bodies. If you eat something too hot to handle, do at the poverty level. If you didn't work over over." while my family. cheered me on. They got "Doctors used to advise their patients with not drink water, she says. Eat starches like time, you might as well have forgotten about "They want to buy these houses," she says such a kick out of watching a kid eat pep ulcers to avoid spicy foods and stick to a bread and rice, which help to absorb the cap it." in an irritated, yet collected tone. "They aren't pers." bland diet," Snider says. "But now doctors saicin. Now that her financial standing is com gonna get this house as long as I live here. 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If you want to provoke a reaction from a Delaware football fan, just say "Villanova" - unless, of course, you don't have the time to listen to a 10- minute diatribe of the Wildcats. If you do, strap yourself in, because few words inspire more passion and rage in the state of Delaware. There are many reasons for this. Villanova is just a 45-minute jaunt from Newark, providing a chance for the winner to have local bragging rights. There's the fact that the Wildcats have beaten the Hens four straight years, with each coming in more excruciating fashion than the THE REVIEW/Christopher Bunn last - the 1999 loss being one of the most heartbreaking in school history. Junior halfback Butter Pressey plunges into the end zone for a second quarter touchdown. The Hens came back from a 25-point deficit to defeat Villanova. When out-of-town scores are announced over the public address system at Delaware Stadium, fans boo when Villanova is winning and c heer when it is losing. It does not matter if UD comeback shocks Villanova a Wildcats win will improve Delaware's standing in the Atlantic lO BY MIKE LEWIS to get rid of them all." - the fans will hope Villanova loses Mannging Spom Editor Westbrook collected 266 all-purpose yards against the anyway. Sports fans commonly here the adage of "Survive and Hens defense in the first half, including 71 rushing yards, The anger was evident early Advance" during the time of the NCAA basketball tourna- 87 receiving yards and 108 yards on kickoff returns. All of Saturday, as the fans took out their ment. The statement refers to the tight games the champi- this came against a defense that entered the contest rated frustrations by booing Olympic base onship tourney usually produces and the attitude the win- first in the conference in total defense. ball hero and gold medalist Mike ning team has upon success. "That first half was god-awful," said senior linebacker Neill, who was introduced before the Saturday afternoon, the adage became a reality when, tn Brian McKenna, who registered seven tackles and one game. Never mind he was the only front of 22,020 patrons at Delaware Stadium in a playoff- interception on the afternoon . ."We couldn't do anything. Delawarean to play in the Olympics type atmosphere, the ·Delaware football team overcame·~ a "It wasn't like we were stopping them on first and sec- - he had the audacity to graduate 35-10 second quarter deficit and1 survived to defedt ond down and they made big plays·eitfler. 'Fhey were mak- from Villanova. Villanova 59-42. ing plays every single down. I don' t know wh'a't to attribute But Saturday was supposed to be The Hens now advance into the Division I- that to." about more than catcalls - it was AA tournament with the No. 2-seed in the 16- In that brutal first half, Villanova's seven dri- supposed to be the day the players team field. Delaware will take on Portland (Or.) ves resulted in five touchdowns, one missed field and fans received their revenge on the State Saturday at noon in Delaware Stadium. goal and one interception. All five of the touch- Wildcats. Saturday was the day that The victory over the Wildcats also gave the down drives were over 67 yards, and they con- all the pain and anguish they have Hens a share of the Atlantic 10 conference title tributed heavily to the 416 total yards the caused the program in recent years with Richmond. Delaware received the automat- -V--il-la_n_o_v_a--4-2___ Wildcats accumulated in the first half. would be washed away amidst a sea ic bid that comes with the conference crown by Hens 59 ~ "Our offense is very hard to defend against," of touchdowns. virtue of its 24-17 victory over the Spiders on Villanova head coach Andy Talley said. "We THE REVIEW/Christian Jackson The Hens, 9-1 and ranked No. 2, Oct. 7. were on par with every single drive in the first Sophomore linebacker Dan Mulhern struggles to get were going to crush the weak and To advance with momentum into the 1-AA tourney, the half. We feel that our offense is one of the best in the coun injury-ravaged 5-5 squad from Hens were forced to overcome a potent offensive attack try." to quarterback Brett Gordon in Saturday's game. Villanova that had already been from their fiercest rival, particularly from All-American Despite the offensive fireworks, the Wildcats' Achilles said. "To go down there at the end of the second quarter demolished by James Madison and candidate Brian Westbrook. heel this season has been their defense, which had allowed and put up seven points to make it an 18-point game at Massachusetts by a combined 55 The Villanova running back was dominant in the first an average of 30.2 points per game going into the contest. halftime was good for our momentum." points. Piece of cake. half of play, scoring three touchdowns and gobbling up This weakness began to show in the la.st minutes of the first During the intermission, offensive coordinator Ted The score with 3 minutes 40 sec yardage on a variety of plays ranging from draws to screen half, when Villanova held a 35-10 advantage. Kempski told Nagy that the offense was going to be shift onds left in the first half: Wildcats 35, passes to laterals at the line of scrimmage. After the Wildcats' fifth touchdown of the day, Delaware ed into a two-minute mode. This allowed the Hens all-time Delaware 10. "I don't think I've ever seen a better running back in our marched 67 yards down the field in eight plays for a touch leading passer the freedom to determine his own offensive You could hear a giant sucking league than Westbrook," Delaware head coach Tubby down, capped by junior halfback Butter Pressey's four plan. noise envelop the stadium. No, it was Raymond said. "I thought he was invisible out there, and it yard touchdown run in a fourth-and-goal situation. n't the Delaware faithful chanting led me to absolute frustration with the defense. I was ready "That drive was big," senior quarterback Matt Nagy see DELAWARE page C3 that the Hens suck - it was from the giant vacuum that had planted itself over the stadium and taken all the fire away from the crowd. Hens win DiGennaro wins All that talk about how Delaware wasn' t looking past this game, that they were only focused on Villanova -now it all seemed like just a bunch meet in record time of hot air. Not only were the Hens first game about to be beaten by Villan.ova again, BY SARAH J. BRADY it wasn't far-fetched to say they were Adminisrrmive News Editor also playing themselves out of host Johnson scores 25 points; The final race in Mike ing a playoff game. DiGennaro's college career proved Youngstown State dropped from Leyfert 13 in UD victory to be his best when he became the No. 2 to No. 9 following its 21-20 first Delaware runner to win the loss to unranked Southern Illinois, BYJAMESCAREY IC4A Championship Saturday in the and that wasn't even a blowout. Assistant Spons Editor Bronx in New York City. But Delaware closed the score to WEST LONG BEACH, N.J.-Whether a team plays DiGennaro, who took the lead in 35-17 before the half to get some a flawless game and gets a win or a sloppy game and gets the last 200 meters, finished in a momentum, even though it still hadn' t a win, the outcome remains the same. course-record time of 24:52, narrow made a defensive stop. The Delaware women's basketball team did not play ly defeating Yale's Robert Doyle At halftime, someone must have its best against Monmouth on Saturday, but the Hens still THE REVIEW/Andrew Mehan (24:54). cut the vacuum bag with scissors managed to beat the Hawks convincingly by a score of Megan Dellegrotti (right) shoots in a game ear "I just kept thinking that this was it, this was my last run, I better win," because the passion of the players and 76-54. lier this season. She scored 12 points Saturday. the crowd started to rekindle. While Both teams handled the ball carelessly, with Delaware he said. "Coming out of the stretch I head coach Tubby Raymond was ( !-!)committing 19 turnovers and Monmouth (0-l) 30 "She's very talented on the open break," she said. "Our didn' t know if I could do it, but I had wondering whether he should disown turnovers. coaching staff calls her the one-man break. She has a nose to beat him." his defense in the locker room, the "I don't think we played well," Hens head coach' Tina for scoring, and we need her to do that for our team." Coach Jim Fischer said fans were shaking off the effects of Martin said. "We obviously played well enough to win, Beating the Hawks pressure allowed Johnson and DiGennaro's preparations, which included running more than 1,000 the knockout punch they took in the but we're capable of playing better." the rest of the team chances to score, but the defense also THE REVIEW/Courtesy of UD Spts. Info. miles over the summer, led to his first half and inhaling some smelling Delaware had only a seven-point advan- contributed to almost all of the Hens MIKE DIGENNARO salts to prepare them for the second. tage at halftime, leading the Hawks 33-26. turnovers. success. What happened in the second half But the Hens exploded into the second WQMEN'S ''That's always our focus," she said. "We "It was both a mental and physi the spotlight as both he and showed that when the Hens put their half, bombarding Monmouth with an 11-1 run BA'sidt:f;ALL try to attack the press and make them pay. We cal race," he said. "Most will settle DiGennaro were named Ali-Ea t minds to it, they're capable of almost and putting the game away as the Hawks did convert a lot of our points, but at the same for second, but I think that because it Champions in the ceremony follow- anything. ne ver threatened again. ------time we tumed the ball over a lot." was his last, Mike would be wonder ing the meet. Riley The half started off with a fai led Senior guard Cindy Johnson scored a Hens 76 ~ A reason for Delaware's shaky handling of ing forever if he could crossed the finish line stop after chants of defense echoed game-hi gh 25 points, and senior forward Monmouth 54 Monmouth 's pressure was its impatience on have won. He didn' t with a time of 25:33. through the stadium and a sarcastic Danielle Leyfert contributed l3 points and six the floor, junior forward Christina Rible said. have to. He did." CROSS Penn State won the Two people who fin cheer when the Hens stuffed a run steals to lead Delaware to victory. "She just told us to calm down," she said. "We know COUNTRY team championship, ning play. Johnson scored the majority of her points in transition, how to break a press. We just had to take our time and ished simultaneously at defeating Cornell by a 25:20 set the previous But fans and players a li ke were using her quickness and speed to elude Monmouth's bring the ball up the court." margin of 60. Delaware salivating at the thought of fried wild pressing defense. Another key to the Hens offense was their ability to course record for the as a whole placed ninth cat as Delaware's offense repeatedly "Cindy is one of the fastest players you will ever see create second chances on offense. Hens in the mid-80s. In 1998, runner out of !6, a finish DiGennaro said scored and its defense repeatedly play," Leyfert said. "She can go through three or four Delaware utilized 19 offensive rebounds as well as an Dave Geesaman attempted to beat was surprising. forced turnovers. people." overall47-41 advantage on rebounds to compensate for a the record but failed with a time of "I thought we would do better Martin said Johnson is essential to the team's scoring, . 25:21. Teammate Pat Riley also shared see VILLANOVA page C3 especially on the fast-break. see HENS page C2 see UD page C2 (' C2 • THE R EVIEW • November 2 1. 2000 Discovering.what puts the Fight in the Irish chilly autumn air. The roars of past crowds, urg A Review sports editor finds South ing a team to a national championship, come alive in the bleachers of the student section. You get goosebumps as the chorus of our Bend, Ind., zs nothing like Newark National Anthem is sung, followed by a precision fly-by of jet fighters. BY ROB ERDMAN image becomes clearer. The reflections of the pale beams of sunlight Spmt\1:.{/swr I realize the figure is the mural known as cut through the clouds onto the golden helmets 'The only rule abow Notre Dame football ''Touchdown Jesus." and shimmer in your eyes as the team comes weekends is that there are no rules" -- Notre He is standing tall on the face of the 13-story forth from the tunnel under the north end zone as Dame junior A.J. Wright Hesburgh Library, welcoming travelers to the it prepares for battle. Holy Land of college football. The roar of the crowd as the players take the SOlffH BEND, Ind. - As my plane makes The atmosphere that surrounds the entire cam field rattles the very seats they stand on. its final approach to Michiana Regional airport on pus during those six weekends when the Fightin' Your heartbeat begins to quicken as the Nov. II, a figure emerges from out of the clouds Irish host a gridiron war is nothing less than elec marching band plays the familiar Notre Dame and l oom.~ behind the north end zone of Notre trifying. fight song, and the crowd sings in unison: Dame Stadium. It wouldn't even be fair to mention Delaware "Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame, wake up The plane descends and gets closer - the football in the same breath, though it is important the echoes cheering her name . . . shake out the to note that the Hens are Division I-AA, and thunder from the sky." Notre Dame is Division I-A. The energy that surrounds today's game The way to put the intensity and passion of against seemingly out-matched Boston College Irish football into perspective is to, very hesitant reaches levels I have not experienced. ly, compare it to Delaware football. The excitement lasts from the opening kickoff Our stadium seats approximately until the final whistle. The fans - T HE REVlEW!Rob Erdman 23,000 fans, and we have close to students, faculty and alumni alike The view from outside Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Ind. The 16,000 undergraduate students here scream, yell and dance to the runes on campus. We, as students, also have of the band and the momentum of Fighting Irish have won 11 national championships in their illustrious history. the ability to attend every game free the game. dium, balloons fill the air, acting as landmarks for fine Saturday afternoon. of charge. One of my favorite crowd activi particular parties. I partied hard all day and all night, celebrating Notre Dame has approximately ties involved shaking one's keys dur Pick-up trucks adorn satellite dishes and tele the tradition of the team with the most national 8,000 undergraduate students and its stadium ing a third down play, as it was a "key" play. visions, guaranteeing that one would not miss championships in history - 1I total. seats more than 82,000 fans. In order for students Another involves members of the crowd loft any of the action from-the games with earlier I witnessed a 28-16 win by the Irish, where the to attend games, they must purchase season tick ed into the air to do a series of push-ups, with the kickoffs. intensity of the game was matched by those ets. total matching the number on the scoreboard after SUV's tum into liquor stores, holding over 50 cheering in the student section and throughout the The Irish sell out every game, and here at each tally by the Irish - an activity that I had to cases of beer and any liquor imaginable. stadium. Delaware it is a constant struggle to fill the stu partake in. The smell of charcoal and lighter fluid over I fulfilled a childhood wish, creating memo dent section of the stadium. As I. enter Notre However, the craziest part about football comes your nostrils, as people dine on hot dogs ries that won't soon be forgotten. Dame Stadium for the Nov. 12 game between the weekends at Notre Dame is the best tailgating and filets. Exiting the stadium, I was greeted with the Fighting Irish and Boston College, I am about to around - before, during and after the games. People wander amidst the maze of cars, stop brilliant glisten of the golden dome that garnish find out the difference between South Bend and Old and young, people drink to their content ping at every other one to say hey or grab a burg es an administration building on campus. Newark. relishing in the fact that Notre Dame has one hell er. As I tum to the right, making my way back to of a football tradition. The overall feeling that permeates from the where I was staying, I again see the image that The tradition of Irish football sends shivers Students "shot-gun" start the morning with a field to the bleachers to the tailgates to the bars is first welcomed me to South Bend. down your spine as you take your first steps into cold one as they make their way to the parking one of utter enjoyment. ''Touchdown Jesus" stood there, hands raised, the stadium. lots. Most people in attendance could not imagine just as the referees did four times over in the THE REVIEW/Rob Erdman Names like Montana and Theisman come to Try to imagine a Delaware Homecoming a better place to be on a cold November after Irish's defeat of the Eagles. Notre Dame players run toward the mind. The echoes of pads crunching in pursuit of times one thousand- minus the cops. noon. His perpetual stance reflects what Notre Dame tunnel at halftime of its win Nov. 11. a Reisman Trophy circulate through you like the Once you arrive at the parties outside the sta- As the game ends, I try to recap what I did that is -the pinnacle of college football. Women win, men lose at Drexel BY ELISA FRANCO sophomore Kevin Weisser, who cap SrajJ Repurtef tured both the 500-meter freestyle Though out of its home environ (4:50 .17) and the l ,000-meter ment, the Delaware women's swim freestyle ( 10:0 1.26) events. ming and diving team traveled to Senior Mike Gallaher won the Philadelphia and defeated host 200-meter freestyle (1:45.24) and Drexel Saturday afternoon with a junior Bryan Kahner took second in 149-85 victory, ending its two meet the 500-meter freestyle (4:51.32) losing streak. and 1,000 -meter freestyle However, the men were not as (10:07.61). fortunate, losing their third consecu Sophomore Rick Dressel slew the tive meet with a 152-89 defeat to the Dragons in the 200-meter butterfly Dragons. with a first p.tace time of 2:01.29. Freshman Meghan Petry led the Dressel said teammates Gallaher women's team m victory after she ~nd Weisser twere inspirations to the won three individual events for the entire team. second consecutive meet. "They don't complain about any Petry captured the 1,000-meter thing- when they have ailments or freestyle with a time of 10 minutes, something bothers them," he said. 23.2 seconds, a time .77 of a second "They go in and get the job done. I faster than her previous school THE REVIEW/Christopher Bunn wish I could take a little of them and record. The Delaware women's swimming and diving team flew away put it everyone." She also won the 200-meter but- Although Delaware lost, Dressel terfly (2: 10.37) and took the 500- from the Dragons, recording a resounding 149-85 victory. said the score didn't tell the entire THE REVIEW/Andrew Mehan meter freestyle (5:07 .83). (206.17 points). through the computer yet," Hayman tale of the meet. Sophomore guard Carrie Timmins and the Hens used an 11-1 "We went into the meet focused," Sophomore Sara Cierski said Three freshmen also played vital said. "But I think 90 percent of the run to start the second half to put away Monmouth Saturday. Petry is an incredible roles in the victory. swims were the season's best." Dressel said. "We kept thinking, athlete. Rebecca Caldwell Cierski said the women are con- 'Beat Drexel. Beat Drexel.' "! think [her wins] are SWIMMING AND took the 200-meter stantly improving. "We took it one race at a time, but 1 before we knew it, the meet was Hens commit 19 ~~~inf a~ier::ies~a~~ . DJtiN~ ~~~as~;~~:ee D~~~~~~~~~ sh~ '!a~~~~~~:r: !od~n;:~i'et~:~l~'~ over." swimmer. You can put and Erin Colbert swam a team - we are working together Dressel said despite the loss, the her in any event and ------legs on the victorious and cheering each other on." men's team kept its head high. she'll probably win. Women 400-meter freestyle relay On the men's side, the tension "At the end of the meet [Drexel] "She gets the team Hens 149 ...,.. team (3:45.07). was thick as Delaware, the four-time did a cheer, 'We'll see you at the turnovers but win pumped up to [break] Drexel 85 Cierski said she was defending America East conference conference [championships).' other records as well." extremely pleased with champion, lost as a result of nine "We said, 'We'll meet you there.' continued from page C 1 Johnson not only guided Delaware to a win, but she also Winners fo r the Men her 400-meter freestyle first-place finishes by perennial con- If they want a rumble, we'll rumble. women included junior Hens 89 relay team's victory. ference runner-up, Drexel. "They can trash talk all they mediocre 39 percent shooting day. placed herself seventh on the Hens :Jenna Blongiewicz, who Drexel 152 ...,.. "Our times are con- Hayman said he was disappoint- want, but I know we are the better Rible led the Hens' rebounding all-time scoring list, passing Lisa won the 200-meter back------stantly dropping from ed with the loss. team," Dressel said. effort with seven offensive boards Cano's 1,188 career points. stroke (2: 13.16). fresh- meet to meet," she said. "We've "I hate to lose," he said, "but I'm The Hens will hit the pool again and 13 total. She also added 13 "Cindy Johnson is the most tal ented player in Delaware history," man lillian Fitzgerald, who took the been training hard and you can tell." smart enough to know that's swim- Dec. 1 and 2 when they host the points for a double-double. Martin said. "When she has the ball 50-meter freestyle (25.97) and Head coach John Hayman said he ming. The sport's pretty objective Delaware Invitational. The meet "If your shots are not falling you can always rebound," she said. "It's in the open floor there's not many sophomore Megan · Rodgers, who has noticed the faster times. -the times don't lie." begins at 7 p.m and 2 p.m. on Friday people in the country that can stop won the one-meter springboard "I haven' t run the numbers Delaware winners included and Saturday, respectively. something that you really can't have an off day on." her. She's an extremely gifted young Johnson agreed with Rible. lady." 'The way we shot the ball tonight Leyfert said unless the Hens win we needed those second opportuni the America East ti tle, Johnson will UD takes ties," she said. "And that's some not be satisfied. thing we usually focus on." "I know [becoming the all-time Leyfert said the squad expects to scorer] won't mean anything to her if beat its opponents on the glass we don't come away with the cham ninth in because of its athletic abilities. pionship," she said. "Any day she "We are the best rebounding team would trade that in." in the conference," Leyfert said. Although it is early in the season, IC4A's "There's not too many teams that can Martin said Delaware must improve rebound better than us. Even though quickly. "It's very young in the season," continued from page C 1 we are not great with our size, we box out and know where the ball is." she said, "but I just thought we were than that," he said. "But we were up Martin said quick shots resulted inconsistent again. We made some against the best. We want to do bet in Delaware's need to rebound. mental mistakes that we ~ an ' t afford ter." "A lot of reasons why we had to make as we move later on in the Fischer said this competitive scored off those second shots is schedule." meet was a highlight for the Hens' because we were rushing our first The Hens' hard schedule demands cross country team. ones again," she said. "We just need them to rectify their early season "This meet proves that Delaware to calm down and finish shots when woes. can be a force in the distant running they are available to us. I'd like to "This is the toughest schedule we community," he said. 'These are see us convert more of our open have had in my five years here," hard workers that are rapidly devel shots." Martin said. "We've got to be a oping into long distance runners." Defensively, the Hens were more consistent basketball team, The women's cross-country inconsistent. defensively and offensively." team also competed this weekend "We tried to pressure thei r N~xt up for Delaware is Long at the ECAC Championship in New guards," Johnson said, "but there Beach State Saturday at 4 p.m. in the York. were times in the game when we first round of a tournament hosted by Junior Aimee Alexander (36th slacked off on defense." the University of Maryland. place) was the Hens' top finisher Marrin said she agreed with "They're a very good basketball for the seventh time out of the eight Johnson. team," Martin said. ''They are much meets the team has had this season. "There were points in the game more athletic and bigger. I don't Freshman Tess Beinke and where we were playing defense think they are much better than junior Lisa Kutzing also participat well," she said. '·And there were George Washington, but they are a ed in the meet. However, Delaware THE REVIEW/Fi le Photo also some lapses that I thought we very good team and we will be the was unable to receive a team score Delaware's men's c1ross country team finished ninth at the could improve on with our upcom underdogs in this game. We have to because a complete squad was not ing schedule." be ready to play." IC4A Championships in the Bronx in New York City Saturday. present. ·' November 21 , 2000 • THE REVIEW • C3 College Football DELAWARE SPORTS CALENDAR 2000 Atlantic 10 Football Standings November 2 1, 2000 Individual Statistics Thes. Wed. Thor. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Attendance: 22,020 Week 12 Dela ware 11/21 11/22 11/23 11/24 11/25 11/27 November 2 l, 2000 I 2 3 4 F Rushing No. Net TD Avg. 11/26 Villanova 2 1 14 7 0 42 Jenkins 12 56 0 4.7 Atlantic 10 Overall Delaware 10 7 25 17 59 O' Neal 6 33 0 5.5 W L Pet. II A PF PA W L Pet. II A PF PA Cummings 7 28 I 4.0 Home games at Delaware Stadium Delaware 7 I .875 3·1 4-0 290 161 10 1 .909 5-l 5-0 456 175 Scoring Summary: Pressey 5 24 I 4.8 Richmond 7 1 .875 3-1 4-0 179 112 9 2 .818 4-1 5-l 225 180 First Quarter Patrick 2 5 0 2.5 Mass 5 3 .625 3-1 2-2 216 166 7 4 .636 5-2 2-2 312 246 10:2 1 VU- Westbrook I yd run Nagy 6 - 19 I -3.2 j. Madison 4 4 .500 4-0 0-4 183 152 6 5 .545 6-0 0-5 300 185 (Birch kick) 0-7 Totals 38 127 3 3.3 New llamp. 4 4 .500 3-1 1-3 181 238 6 5 .545 4-2 2-3 289 314 7:24 UD -Cummings 14 yd Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yd s. TO Wm. & Mary 4 4 .500 2-2 2-2 196 213 5 6 .454 3-2 2-4 268 314 pass from Nagy (Collins kick) 7-7 Nagy 39 23 I 456 3 Maine 3 5 .375 3-1 0-4 206 184 5 6 .454 5-2 0-4 319 256 5: I 7 VU - Westbrook 2 1 yd Receiving No. Y ds. TO Lg. Men's Basketball Home games at Bob Carpenter Center Villano,·a 3 5 .375 2-2 1-3 271 313 5 6 .454 4-2 1-4 385 361 pass from Gordon (Birch kick) 7-14 Elli ott 8 220 65 Rhode Island 2 6 .250 1-3 1-3 118 177 3 8 .273 1-4 2-4 175 257 Loyola Veach 7 93 I 25 Northeastern I 7 .125 1-3 0--t 133 257 4 7 .364 3-3 1-4 279 305 2:03 UD - Collins 35 yd field goal 10-14 Cummings 5 84 1 29 Last Week's Games Pressey 2 51 0 48 Otl'ensive Players of the Week 00:27 VU - Westbrook I yd run .30 p.m. *Delaware 59, Villanova 42 (Birch kick) 10-21 Jenkins I 8 0 8 Totals 23 456 3 65 Brian Westbrook. Villanova *Maine 55, New Hampshire 10 Second Quarter Punting No. Yds. Avg. Lg. Basketball Home games at Bob Carpenter Center Running Back *UMass 29, Rhode Island 2 1 II :29 VU - Cross 6 yd pass from Steiner 2 69 34.5 38 Westbrook amassed an Atlantic 10 *Ri chmond 21 , William & Mary 18 Gordon (Birch kick) 10-28 Long record 458 all-purpose yards and *Northeastern 34, Jm. Madison 30 3:40 VU- White 7 yd pass from Villanova Beach St. scored three touchdowns in Gordon (Birch kick) 10-35 Saturday's Games Rushing No. Net TO Avg. Villano va's 59-42 defeat at 00:57 UD - Pressey 4 yd run I p.m. Div ision 1-AA Playoffs Westbrook 14 73 2 5.2 Delaware ... set an Atlantic 10 record (Collins kick) 17-35 Cross 4 73 0 I 8.3 for ki ckoff return yards (269), tied Third Quarter :Swimming Home meets at Carpenter Sports Building Portland St. at Delaware Noon Ridley 3 15 0 5.0 the conference record for most ki ck 12:00 UD- Collins 24 yd field Youngstown St. at Richmond Noon White 2 -3 0 - 1.5 off returns in a game (nine) and fell goal 20-35 Totals 23 158 2 6.9 nine yards shy of the 1-AA record Defensive Player of the Week 11 :05 UD - Veach 25 yd pass Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds. TO for all-purpose yards in a game from Nagy (Collins kick) 27-35 Gordon 48 36 4 424 4 (467), set by Joey Stockton of Kale Ayi, Massachuselts 7:26 VU- Stopper 6 yd pass Receiving No. Y ds. ID Lg. Western Kentucky in I 995. Linebacker from Gordon (Birch kick) 27-42 Westbrook I 0 116 1 26 Ayi recorded I 3 tackles, includ 7:04 UD - Elliott 65 yd pass Ward 10 100 0 15 J!ome meets at Carpenter Spo~ Marr Nagy. Delaware in g three for loss, as well as a sack from Nagy (Collins kick) 34-42 White 9 126 1 25 Quarterback tn Massachusetts' 29-2 1 win 2:22 UD - Nagy I yd run Stopper 3 17 I 9 Nagy completed 22-of-39 passes against Rhode Island ... tall ied (Cummings rush) 42-42 Cross 2 19 I 13 for 456 yards, the fifth-highest total seven unassisted tackles. Fourth Quarter Ridley I 36 0 36 in Atlantic 10 hi story, and threw I 1:07 UD - Cummings I yd run Brown 1 10 0 10 three touchdowns as he rallied Rookie of the Week (Collins kick) 49-42 Totals 36 424 4 36 Delaware from a 35-10 deficit to 1:38 UD - Collins 19 yd field Punting No. Yds. Avg. Lg. Birch 2 75 37.5 43 defeat Villanova, 59-42 ... his one Antawn Jenkins, Delaware goal 52-42 yard scoring q.tn in the thrid quarter Ftlllback , 00:40eUD - Walker 1.00 yd inter. was his first rushing iouchdown of Jenkins rushed for a team-hi gh 56 ception return (Collins kick) 59-42 the season ... now has 25 scoring yards on 12 carries and added 34 Team Statistics (Final) passes this season, a UD record. yards on two kickoff returns in Delaware's 59-42 win against VU UD VU UD First Downs 29 27 Avg. Gain Per Play 8.2 7.6 Royston English, Maine Villanova ... also had one reception Rushing 6 5 Fumbles: No.!Lost 1-1 1-1 Tailback for eight yards. Passing 22 18 Penalties: No./Yards 9-79 6-37 English rushed for 137 yards and Penalty 1 4 No. of Punts/Yards 2-75 2-69 fi ve touchdowns, tying a Maine Rushing Attempts 23 38 Avg. per Punt 37.5 34.5 school record for rushing touch Net Yards Rushing 158 127 Punt Returns: No./Yds. 1-7 0-0 DENOTES HOME GAME downs in a game set in 1927, as well Net Yards Passing 424 456 Kickoff Ret.: No./Yd. 9-269 7-191 as the Atlantic 10 record in Maine's Passes Attempted 48 39 Interceptions: No./Yds. 1-0 4-127 55- 10 win against New Passes Completed 36 23 Fumble Ret.: No./Yds. 0-0 0-0 DENOTES ROAD GAME Hampshire .. .finished the season Interceptions 4 Possession Time 28:30.31:30 D with 666 yards rushing and 10 rush Total Offensive Plays 71 77 Third On. Conversions 5-8 7-16 ing touchdowns, the most by a DENOTES CONFERENCE GAME Sacks By: No./Yds. 3- 18 l-5 Fourth On. Conversions 1-1 2-2 * Black Bear since Bob Jameson and Total Net Yards 582 583 Andre Pam had 11 each in 1996. Delaware enters Villanova-hating rampant at UD playoffs·· at No~ 2 continued from page C1 were conceding the game on the air. Hens quarterback Matt Nagy continued from page C1 "I knew that we needed some Though it was an impressive was spectacular, passing for 290 win for the Hens, it still left many "I called some plays I felt com body to make a big play," said second-half yards, with 137 of Elliott, who caught eight passes questions about this team. Against fortable with and moved down the those yards going to receiver the wide open passing offenses of fi eld," Nagy said. "We knew that for a career-high 220 yards in the Jamin E lliott. victory. "I always tell myself that New Hampshire and Villanova, e very time we touched the ball, we T he defense was much better, the defense has been ripped to had to put points on the board." ' Big players make big plays in big dropping more players into cover games.' I just wanted to come out shreds by the aptly nicknamed The difference was evident age in the second half and Wildcat teams. Portland State is early in the seco nd half as a Scott and make a big play." decreasing the pressure it put on Elliott's touchdo wn, his sixth of another pass-heavy team. Collins field goal and a touchdown quarterback Brett Gordon. the season, began a run of five One thing that is certain is the reception by Brett Veach - follow The team's hard work paid off team will not be able to wait until ing a Westbrook fumble - nar unanswered tallies to end the gamt; when Craig Cummings ran in a for Delaware. Sophomore corner the second half to make adjust rowed the Villanova lead to eight two-point conversion with 2:22 ments on defense if the Vikings po ints with 11 :05 re maining in the back Ricardo Walker cemented the remaining in the third quarter to win with 40 seconds left by inter start rolling up points. third quarter. tie the game at 42. Though there But give Delaware credit - it And after Villanova ans wered cepting Wildcat9 quarterback Brett was still more than 17 minutes to Go rdon in the end zone and return won in a game it could have easi back. with a seven play, 70-yard THE REVIEW/Christian Jackson play, it was clear that for once, ly rolled o ver and died in. And as drive of its own to up the lead back ing it I 00 yards the other way for a . Senior halfback Craig Cummings had 84 yards receiving and 28 Delaware had finally broken the touchdown. a result, Newark will be a little to 15 points, the He ns offense yards rushing against Villanova. Delaware beat the Wildcats 59-42. Wildcats. Their own radio guys more thankful this Thursday. struck again, this time needing After a porous opening 15 min only one play- a 65-yard pass to utes, the defe nse also raised its to nine first downs - compared to completions. He is just the eighth junio r receiver Jamin E lliott - to level of play, limiting Westbrook · 20 in the first ha·If. quarterback in history to throw for regain the momentum for good . to two rushing yards and the team "I to ld the team at halftime that 400 yards against the Hens. . .. Delaware will play to win because Delaware leads the all-time series they' re up against the wall," Talley against the Wildcats 17-16- 1. said. " I expected the best that they ... The H ens have never met had in the second half, and they Portland St. came back and played exactly that way." · Hen Nuggets: Nagy threw for 456 yards on 23-of-39 passing. The 456 yards are the seco nd-highest total for a single game in Delaware history. Nagy also tossed three touchdowns in the game to set a Hens single-season record with 25 for the year. ... E lliott now has 2,156 career-receiving yards to rank third all-time be hind Eddie Conti (1994-9 8, 3,737 yards) and Co urtney Batts (1994-97, 3,522). Reds hirt-freshma n fullback Antawn Jenkins led Delaware in . rushing for the first time this sea THE REVIEW/Christopher Bunn son. Jenkins carried the ball 12 THE REVIEW/Christopher Bunn Sophomore cornerback Ricardo Walker and a team of blockers times for 56 yards . .. . Gordon fin Antawn Jenkins led the Hens rush down the field during Walker's 100-yard interception return. ished with 424 passing yards on 36 in rushing with 56 yards. )({oore;h~9 )9 points apd ' rebiOUll - compiled by James Carey November 2 1, 2000 • THE REVIEW • C3 College Football DELAWARE SPORTS CALENDAR 2000 Atlantic HI Football Standings Novemher 21 , :woo Individual Statistics Thes. Wed. Thor. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Week 12 Attendan<.:e : :::!2 ,020 Dcl;l\varc 11/21 11/22 11/23 11/24 November 2 1, 2000 I 2 l -+ F Rushing No. Net TD Avg. 11/25 11/26 11/27 Villanova 2 1 1-+ 7 0 -12 Jenkins 12 56 0 4.7 Atlantic 10 Overall Delaware I 0 7 25 17 59 O'Neal 6 33 0 5.5 w L Pet. II A I'F I'A W L Pet. II A PF I'A C ummings 7 28 I 4.0 Football Home games at Delaware Stadium Delaw:.~rc 7 .!175 3-1 ~-0 290 161 10 I .909 5-1 175 Scoring Summary: 5-0 456 Pressey 5 24 I 4.8 P.oitlaoo ·.·· Rkhmond 7 J.!75 3- 1 ~ -0 179 11 2 9 2 .!IU! 4-1 5- 1 225 180 First Quarter Pat rid 2 5 0 2.5 :. ·~. Ui\1ass 5 3 .625 3-1 2-2 216 IM 7 ~ .636 5-2 2-2 312 2..t6 I 0:21 VU - Wc~thron k I yd run Nagy 6 - 19 I -3.2 State .). i\1adisun ...... 500 ..t-0 0-..t 11!3 152 6 5 .545 6-0 0-5 300 185 (Birch ki ck) 0-7 Totals 38 121 3 3.3 New llamp...... 500 3- 1 1-3 I !II 231! 6 s .545 4-2 2-3 21!9 314 7:24 UD - Cummings 14 yd Passing Att-Cmp-lnt Yd s. TD Wm. & i\1ary ...... 500 2-2 2-2 196 213 5 6 .454 3-2 2- ~ 268 314 i'i?;::·:;c·•· pass from Na gy (Co llin ~ kick) 7-7 Nagy 39 23 I 456 3 ~~·~· Maine 3 5 .375 3-1 0-..t 206 18-' 5 6 .45-' 5-2 0-4 319 256 5: 17 VU - West brook 21 yd Receiving No. Yds. TD Lg. Men's Basketball Home games at Bob Carpenter Center Villanova 3 5 .375 2-2 1-3 27 1 313 5 6 AS-' 4-2 1-4 385 361 pass from Gordon (Birch ki <.: k) 7- 14 El li ott 8 220 I 65 Rhode Island 2 6 .250 1-3 1-3 11 8 177 3 l! .273 1-4 2--' 175 257 George Loyola Veach 7 93 25 Northeastern 7 .1 25 1-3 0--' IJJ 257 -' 7 .36-' J-3 1--' 279 JOS 2:03 UD - Collins 35 yd field Mason goal 10-14 C ummings 5 84 I 29 Last Week's Games Pressey 2 5 1 0 48 Otl'ensivc Players of the Week 00:27 VU - Westbrook I yd run 7:30p.m. 7:30p.m. *Delaware 59, Villanova 42 (Birch kick) 10-2 1 Jen kins I 8 0 8 Totals 23 Brian Wesrbrook. VilhiiJO\'(/ *Maine 55. New Hampshire 10 Second Q uarter 456 3 65 Punting No. Yds. Avg. Lg. Women's Basketball Home games at Bob Carpenter Center Running Bad * U Mas~ 29, Rhode Island 2 1 II :29 VU - Cross 6 yd pass from Steiner 2 69 34.5 38 We throok amassed an At lanti<.: 10 *Ri <.: hmond 21 , Wil liam & Mary 18 Gordon (Birch ki ck) 10-28 Long Maryland rewrd -+58 a ll-purpo~e ya rds and *Northeastern 34. Jm. Madison 30 3:40 VU - White 7 yd pass from Vil lanova Beach St. or Wagner s<.: > ·' e ithe.r host Maryland or Wagner, tn• ·,, ·rr;,,m.~~rit~" most valuable who face off in the other semifinal. · play~r. ·.. s~nior forward ·· Norman The championship will take lticHardson, led the Pride's attack place lhe following day at 4 p.m. 2. Our loyal readers·(both of yolJ; with' 21 points and eight rebounds. with the consolation game being .··· . 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