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BY DAWN E. MENSCH connected to the Y2K bug in any P o li ce monito red busy typically has about six officers, was Senior News Editor way, Vitelli said. i ntersection s and directed traffic. called into work earl y," he said. Just a few minutes after 7 p.m. on With no power, restaurants o n F lares warned drivers to be careful There were no other reported Wednesday night , the city of Main Street were forced to stop at the minor intersecti ons. incidents s uch as accidents or Newark went dark. serving food. But c rowds still Cpl. Mark Farrall, of th e Newark looting. Farrall said a rash of crime City officials said a lightning remained. P o li ce Department, said extra in the cit y during a power outage reactor located o n Elkton Road "We served the tic kets we officers were call ed in to assist with wou ld have surprised him. failed, which caused a section of the already had in, but did not take any the e mergency. The only problems "I don't think we live in the kind city's power to go out. A glitch in more ," said D arre n Carpenter, a reported to the police were of community where there would be the relay system created a citywide manager at Klondike Kate's. malfunc tio ning security alarms and looting," he said, "especially during blackout. The restaurant did not have any traffic concerns. this sho rt a power outage." Ric k Vitelli , Newark's electric generators but there was some back "The dispatch ce nter was hit While it is common for the power d irec tor, said the cit y provides up lighting. The bar, illuminated by pretty hard with people calling to to occasional l y go out, thi s e lectricity to about I 0,200 candles, remained o pen. Carpenter report power outages," he said. widespread failure is unusual. c u stom e rs. H e said power was said it was operating only throug h Extra officers were called in to Vitelli said the o u tage s h ou ld restored to about 75 percent of the cash transactions. he lp direct traffic. Delaware have been isolated, o nly affecting city within 55 minutes . All the Curious onlookers loitered o n the Department of Transportation ab out a quarter of the c ity. But a lights were back on shortly after 9 streets, asking for information as to bro ught in generators t o p ower failure in the line, coupled with the THE REV lEW/ Mike Louie p.m. what caused the mysterious powe r majo r inter ection , Farrall said. The failure of a lightning reactor on Elkton Road caused The power o utage was not failure. " The midni g ht hi ft, wh ich see POWER page A7 a two-hour blackout in Newark Wednesday night. Grad student, Peterson released prof injured early, heads home in automobile to New Jersey BY JOHN YOCCA sentence of only two years in prison. National/State News Editur Junior Brandon Bies said he doesn' t accidents Bri a n C. Peterson w as released think it 's fa ir that Peterson g ot an from prison Tuesday after spending 17 ea r ly re lea e, let a lon e a lig ht mo nths in a De laware correctional sentence. fac ility. "I think it's ridicul ous," he said. ·'I Grad student run over by Pe te rson , n ow 2 1 , was released think he should have at least been in from the John L. Webb Correctional jail for 20 years." truck while riding bike Facility at Prices Corner earlier than Junior Laura Stephens also said she his sentence called for, officials said. fe lt Peterson's sentence was ludicrous As he walked as a free man for the and that he should have served much BY HIDE ANAZAWA fi rs t time i n almos t two y ears, more time. Staff Reporter P e t e r son put hi s a rm around his "He's getting off rea l easy," she A university graduate student on her bicycle was mother, quietly walked to a Lex us ami said ... I t hink ~0 year \.1-o uld h ave run over by a truck as she rode down Main Street on left for his home in Wyckoff, N.J. been fine. He still ki ll ed his child. It Dec. 8. In front of his affluent New Jersey doesn' t maner if he pleaded guilty." Yunae H wan g , 24, was riding west when a s uburban home, Pe terson read a D e p a rtme nt o f C o rrectio n freightliner truck to her left inched statement to reporters. spokeswoman Eli zabeth Welc h s aid toward h e r in avoidance of an ,_...... ,...... _, "I want ever yo ne to know how Peterson was re leased 125 days earlier approaching vehicle in tl·.e far left sorry I am for my part in the tragic than his original re lease date of May lane, Newark Poli ce said. See events that occurred three years ago," 9,.2000. Hwang - according to a Newark relate a he said. "I am very happy to be home We lch said there are two ways an Police report - was caug ht with my family and loved ones and I inmate can have his entence reduced. between the freightliner on her left look forward to resuming my life." '·The y can ea rn 'good time' fo r -an
BY SI'EPHANIE DENIS Students who have fulfilled their degree also witness the awarding of the Medal of Administrative News Editor requirements have a final check-out with the Distinction to the Rev. Jane Nuckols Garren, a Six hundred seniors out of the 1,000 eligible dean's office of their college, Pennington said. member of the class of' 57. to do so will graduate Saturday at the 16th Graduating senior Jason Thomas said senior "The Trustee Committee on Honorary annual Winter Commencement taking place at check-out takes place one semester before Degrees and Awards reviews all nominations the Bob Carpenter Center, officials said. graduation. for Medals of Distinction," Pennington said. Senior Secretary of Alumni Relations Alison 'They go over your courses with you, which "Nominations are received from the university Roath said the ceremony, which begins .:u 10:30 ones you s:ill have to take," he said. comr.-;unity." a.m., will last about two hours, and will feature Senior Andrew Towle is graduating a The university has awarded thi s medal since Rhodes Scholar and university alumnus semester early as a result of taking winter and 1979, she said. Leonard P. Stark. summer sessions, but he chose not to walk "In any given year, there may be as many as Christy Pennington, assistant director of during Winter Commencement. Instead, he will five medals presented," Pennington said. Alumni Relations, stated in an e-mail message walk in the spring ceremony. " Usually medals are presented at already that Stark, a member of the class of '91 , is "I want to walk with all the people I've gone existing ceremonies, such as Honors Day, New currently employed as a litigation associate. through school with," he said. Student Convocation, College Convocations The Office of Alumni and University Pennington said all requirements must be and Winter Commencement." Relations chose Stark as the keynote speaker, completed by the end of December in order for Past recipients include history professor she said. a student to graduate at Winter Commencement. Carol Hoffecker and William B. Allen, class of In order to graduate, students must complete In additio n to hearing Stark speak, ' 72, architectural historian for the United States certain procedures, Pennington said. Pennington said, an expected 5,000 guests will Capitol, she said. THE REVIEW/ Mike Louie Belinda Orzada, an assistant professor at the university, recently won an Approved by the award for her creation of a "landscape cape." Trustees approve Board of Trustees: Prof wins international ******** funding proposals • a $2.8 million loan to Delaware Technology Park award for wearable art BY PAUL MATHEWS construction of a new lab was a result of the • Construction projects, Administrati\·e News Editor joint venture between the State of Delaware, 'inchiding", a parking BY PAUL MATHEWS Her husband originally drew the pictures The Board of Trustees approved a request for local businesses and academic institutions Adm inistratil't! News Editor of classmates in sixth grade, and got in trouble more than $100 million in state funding for a including the university. garage/office ·!>uilding, and Assistant professor Belinda Orzada has for it. variety of improvements ranging from In a previous article in The Review, Daniel renpvatio~~ to Squire Hall, been given an international award for making "When he first drew them, his mother was construction to new facuity and scholarships, Carson, chairperson of the department of the memories of her childhood in southern called into school by his teacher," she said. officials said. biological sciences, said, "The building will East Hall, the Fred Rust Georgia a bit more tangible. But the images that got him in trouble earned Also passed at the semi-annual meeting was house common resources available to both Ice Arena and the south Orzada , a professor of consumer studies, her international recognitio n when s he a motion to give academic departments and industrial and academic partners alike." was honored for th e "landscape cape" she reinterpreted them. programs, currently considered experimental, The university will own the building debt grandstand.s in Delaware embroidered with a scene from the rural area Orzada said thi s year's competition was permanent status, university President David P. free in approximately 20 years, Roselle said. Stadillin. . , where she grew up. held in two stages. · . -·•""• ·Y~~· Roselle stated in an e-mail message. The university' s agreement wilh the The piece. titled " So uthern Living: Slides :md a description indicating the Among the items approved were: Collegiate Housing Foundation and the • Country Roads Cape," was designed using insp iration for each design had to be • a $12 million project including a three-story Ambling Companies makes the university the embroidery, applique and picture smocking submitted in advance for preliminary judging, parking garage and an adjoining two-story financial beneficiary of the new apartment teclmiques, she said. she said. office building next to the Perkins Student complex under construction. The visually stunning cape features a dirt The finalists for each category traveled to Center; University treasurer Stephen Grimble said road, a pond, cypress trees, a cemetery, a bam Santa Fe, N.M . The entries were paraded 'This was most likely a response to positive • the renovation of Squire. and East halls, as well the Collegiate Housing Foundation is a non and tractor, and agric ultural prod ucts down the runway, and then the winners were as the Fred Rust lee Arena; profit organization, so any cash left over at the student interest," Roselle said. including pumpkins and com in an explosion announced. • a $300,000 renovati0:1 of the south end of the project must be donated to a While some programs were given a more of colors and textures. Orzada's design was named the "Best of permanent place at the university, the human grandstands in Delaware Stadium; legitimate tax-exempt entity in order for them to "It's nm a piece you would wear on the Fiber/Wearable Art." Other categories at the • an interest-free loan of $2.8 million to the maintain their non-profit status. development and family processes program was street-it's an art piece," Orzada said. competition included "Best Fashion Design" Delaware Teclmology Park for the construction For the purposes of this project, the cut due to lack of student interest, Roselle said. This is the second time Orzada has been and "Best Functional Design." of a 66,000-square-foot office and lab facility; university is acting as the tax-exempt entity, he He said another reason the program was cut recognized at the International Textile and The competition was divided into faculty and said. was the existence of a program conSisting of a Apparel Association's annual competiti on and student levels. "The student winners very similar line of study at the university. • an agreement with Collegiate Housing The project is funded by state bonds, which since she came to the university's consumer received monetary prizes," she said. Foundations and Ambling Companies making will be paid off in 32 years, at which time the Roselle said all proposed resolutions were studies department in 1994. "Unfortunately , the faculty winners did the university a financial partner in an apartment project will be donated to the university, passed at the meeting. She said she won recognition in 1997 for a not." complex soon to be located on South Chapel Grimble said. ''Each of the resolutions presented has been dress called "Have You Seen Me." The name Instead, Orzada said , she received a Street. A motion offering permanence to the approved by one or more committees of the of the piece was a reference to postal inserts certificate of recognition, a computer-aided The parking garage and an adjoining two Women's Studies program was also offered to Board of Trustees prior to it appearing on the for lost children. design software package, a subscription to story office building will be constructed to ease the family nurse practitioner program and the agenda for the meeting of the entire Board," Orzada said "Have You Seen Me" was a "Sew News Magazine" and an illustration of parking problems, Roselle said. finance management, marketing and operations Roselle said, "so it is typical that the resolutions formal dress with caricatures of children her cape done by an international fashi on The university' s approval of funding for the management program majors. are adopted as proposed." embroidered along the coll ar and waistline. illustrator. UD students fight Grading systein does not genocide abroad always deliver on time
BY STEPHANIE DENIS "I believe everything was posted BY JONATHAN RIFKIN Bright said. "We had an hour and a Administratirt! Nt!u ..·s Editor M(ll!(lging News Editor by the 21 st, or at least 99.9 percent half to read, analyze and scan relevant The pro m ise made by the was," he said. Two university students were called stories so we could send them down university that students' fi nal grades Brown said, "The 72-hour rule is a upon to serve in a milita1y support unit range [to the front line]. They needed will be available online 72 hours af1er guideline for people who have exams in the U.S. peacekeeping mission in the the information quickly so the generals taking their final exams does not sch'eduled early and in the fanner Yugoslnviu. The United States could talk to the press intelligently always hold true. intemtediate period of exams.'' entered the conflict due to known acts about any incident that may have University Regist ra r Jose ph He said there is ten ion between of genocide by Serbs upon ethnic occurred." DiMartile said the 72-hour policy is two goals - making sure the teacher Albanians. Later in the conflict, the During his workday, which could written on the academic calendar. takes time to do careful work, and United States would defend the Serbs last as long as 12 hours, Vadak.in said, "At one point, [grades were due] getting the grades submitted quickly. from retaliatory violence. he became aware of information that in 48 hours, but that apparently was In the past, some faculty members he felt justified the U.S. presence in not enough," he said. hav~< complained about the 72-hour Across the way, two men began a Yugoslavia. What he learned also The facu lty Senate passed a ru le because they felt this amount of screaming match. The foreign tongue disturbed him. policy asking instructors to submit ti me did no t al low them to gi ve in which they spoke made it impossible "At first I was real worried about their grades to the registrar' s offi ce proper attention to the grading of to decipher what they were saying, but whether we had a right to be doing wi thin 72 ho urs after an exam, lengthy papers due at the end of the the animosity they had for one another what we were doing," Vadakin said. DiMartile said. semester, he said. became apparent when the two began "But when the news started coming Ro bert Bro w n, professor o f Jan Blits, professor of education, to beat each other. about how bad things were, I realized ph ilosophy and c hair o f the THE REVIEW/Internet Photo stated in an e-mai l message, "The E-4 specialists James Vadakin and we were actually doing a good thing. Undergraduate Studies Committee in po licy is take n seriously b ut the James Bright of the 444th Delaware "We were stopping genocide." Two university students helped in a peacekeeping mission in the former Yugoslavia. the F aculty Se nate, said faculty deadlines are not seen as Draconi an." National Guard unit, both university In the reports Vadakin read, he said, members must have their c lass's Brown said, "Fo r a while they students, watched the violent spectacle he learned of atrocities not seen in and his mother,' " Bright said. ''The When Bright wasn't traveli ng, he grade roster filled out 72 hours after tried to en fo~ce it by having a modest from a street comer. They had arrived Europe since the Holocaust and people were all murderous to each said, he had only minor problems the exam is admi nistered. fme, but that wasn't a very workable in Heidelberg, Germany, just days Stalin's Russia other, but I think we were right to adjusting to a foreign lifestyle. DiM artile said that fo r those system: · before to do military public relations "There were camps dedicated to intervene. History would have shown "German li fe and our life is only classes without a scheduled exam. He said the fi ne was $25 charged work for the U.S. peacekeeping raping people over there," he said. "I'm us to be guilty if we had done nothing." slightly different," he said. "It's like grades are due n hours after the final to the offe nding department, though mission in Yugoslavia. glad we might have slowed down the Bright said the reaction to the ours but more rigid. class meeting. he is unsure whether any money was The two men, who left their 1999 process, but I think that no amount of American involvement from the "There are no supermarkets, so Employees fro m the registrar' s ever collected. Spring Semesters to heed the call of Western or European interest will do Europeans he interacted with on a daily everything is specialized. If you want offi ce 'pick up certain grades every Brown said he believes most their country, debated how to handle permanent good until people's hearts basis varied from voiced approval to bread, you go to the baker. If you want two or three days. The grade heet i grades are posted on time. the situation unraveling before them. . over there change." gesticulations of malevolence. meat, you go to the butcher. This was the n run thro ug h the registrar' s "But if there After one of the men emerged the Vadakin said due to the volume of "I did quite a bit of traveling," he difficult because the stores opened after co mputer on the same day, Brown are p ubl ic victor, he continued to bash his foe's information he dealt with and the fact said. "One guy who saw me walking in we were at work and closed '?efore we said. r el a tions head into the pavement. Noticing the he was so far away from the front line, my uniform slowed down to give me finished. But we dealt." DiManile said faculty member pro blems with See Editorial apathetic stares of the other onlookers, it was easy to become desensitized to the finger and spit in my direction. Vadakin said he enjoyed traveling also have the option of posting grades students, t hen A8 Vadak.in decided something had to be the violence taking place. Another lady I spoke to in a small shop through the big cities, but it was the themselves on SIS+. perhaps it might done. "Every part of it was seen through told me she was glad we were doing many small villages that made the trips "All grades ultimately go through be better if the Dressed in his military uniform, he TV," he said. "It all could have been a what we were doing. worthwhile. us," he said. "But teachers can either st udents weren' t told that g rades ran toward the two men, yelling the feature-length film on TNT. Five "For the most part all of us tried to "I bought a bike and rode down to a use a normal Scantro n sheet to would be available in 72 hour ," he only German word he knew. hundred dead here, a cleansed village, keep a very low profile." nearby river while I was in Germany. submit grades, use a secured screen said. "HALT! HALT! HALT!" he a blown up hospital·- it just becomes Bright said he and his fellow All the people lie out by the river and which we give them secure access to, DiMartile said the period of ti me screamed, causing the one man still the nightly news." guardsman tried especially hard to see the castles from where we would or transfer their grades to us by PC deemed acceptable to co mplete all physically capable. of doing so to flee Even still, when he took a step back remain inconspicuous during their lie," he said. "It was timeless." file." grades was chosen by the professor from the scene. from the daily grind of his j ob, recreational leaves. Both Bright and Vadikan said that DiMartile said teachers who are themselves. Vadakin said he felt it was an Vadakin said, he understood what his The leaves, which consisted of a in their ni mh month, they felt the time not ready to tum in their grades at the "If a different amount of time is to appropriate way for his tour as a role was. possible 20 days of traveling, allowed had come to go home. due date can request an extension. be chosen it must be pa ed in a peacekeeper to begin. He felt even "By putting on that uniform I Bright to visit Barcelona, Prague, Bright sai d he fe lt their job had These new deadlines are never resolution by the Faculty Senate.'' he more so when he found out from became a part of all of it," he said. Munich and Amsterdam. beco me unnecessa ry, ca using his extended more than 72 hour beyond said. another onlooker that the men involved "Because it was a j ust thing to do, I "I j oined the National Guard superiors to create "projects" whi ch the last test taken during fi nals week. Freshman Josh Hub ne r aid, in the dispute were a Serb and an was a part of the justice." expecting to travel," he said. "My mom could easily have been done by one "We are adamant in the registrar's "With a lot of teachers, [l ate grade ] ethnic Albanian. Bright, who said the job his Public was a big world traveler, so l was person. o ffice about having grade in 72 are excusable because a lot of factors Both Vadakin and Bright said this Relations unit carried out was at times actually pretty excited when I found "I just began to say to myself, 'This hours after the last exam [of the go into the fin al grade.'' was the closest they came to combat unnecessary, said all the information he out I was being shipped off." has been a lot of fu n - now send me semester] . However, he aid, the univer ity during their nine-month tour of duty, was exposed to changed his view about Bright said his favorite city to visit home,' " Bright said. "Everyone was "Ninety-nine-point-nine percent of hould not advertise grades as being which began last March. the people the United States and was Munich, Germany. Munich was ready to leave." the time a teacher will call in and just available in 72 hour whe n they However, their jobs would expose United Nations were trying to mediate. especially enjoyable because of the Vadakin said coming home was a ay they are going to be a day late ... mi ght not be. them to a war far more brutal than He said after the Army went in and summer season. While there, he said, wonderful experience. He and Bright he said. Judy Byerly. academic ad\ isor. anything they could have encountered began investigating war crimes, the he participated in countless festivals watched a war of atrocity through the If teachers do not have their grades said. ·'J know it's a problem for the on a German street comer. Albanians who had previo usly been and carnivals. eyes of the media for nine months and in after final deadline, the registrar· tudent becau e orne are graduating Bright, a senior communjcations terrorized by the Serbs began "The way I see it, the winters there are here to tell about it. office notifie that teacher's dean. and need to know how they did." major, said their jobs required them to retaliating against their now disarmed are so long, cold and gray that in the Surviving another semester at the Very fe w teachers are excessive ly Fre hman Greg Buckma tcr aid. read a series of news papers and foes. summer they will use any excuse they university should be a piece of cake. late, D iMartile said. Less than 25 "Say you ' re a scntor and you' re compile a daily report of references to "I guess the thinking was, 'He raped can to barbecue sausage and drink percent of th e fac ulty asked for wai ting for that grade to graduate. the U.S. mission in Yugoslavia. and killed my sister, so I'll do it to him beer," he said. extensions. That would really sud.." "Our day would begin at 4:30a.m.," SECOND
January 7. :2000 • TH E RE\"IEW • A3 600 seniors to graduate on Saturday
BY STEPHANIE DE!\'lS Student who have fulfilled their degree also witness the awardtng of the Medal of Admmistroll t e Neu.,· Editor requirements have a final che ck- out with the Disti nction to the Rev. Jane Nuckols Garrett. a Six hundred seniors out of the 1.000 eligible dean's office of their college. Pennington said. member of the class of' 57. to do so will graduate Saturday at the 16th Graduating senior Jason Thomas said senior "The T rustee Committee on Honorary annual Winter Commen ement taking place at check-out take s place one semester before Degrees and Awards review all no minations the Bob Carpenter Center, officials said. graduation. for Medals of Di tinction.'' Pennington said. Senior Secretary of Alumni Relations Alison 'They go over your courses with yo u, which ·'Nominations are received from the university Roath said the ceremony. which begins ;::r 10:30 ones you s:ill have to take," he said. com11·.unity." a.m., will last about two hours. and will feature Senior Andrew Towl e is graduating a The un iversity has awarded this mctlal since Rhodes Scholar and uni versity alumnus semester early as a result of taking winter and llJ79, she said. Leonard P. Stark. summer sessions. but he chose not to walk .. In any given year, there may be a< many as Christy Pennington. a sistant director of during Winter Commencement. Instead. he will fi ve medals presented." Penningto n said. Alumni Relations, stated in an e- mail message walk in the spring ceremony. .. Usually medals are pre entcd at already that Stark, a member o f the cia of ' 91. is .. I want to walk with all the people r ve gone existing ceremonies . such a<; Honors Day, New currently employed as a litigation associate. through school with : · he aid. Student Convocation. College Convocations The Office of Alumni and University Pe-;mington said all requirements must be and Winter Commencement. .. Relations chose Stark as the keynote speaker. completed by the end of December in order for Past recipie nts incl ude history professor he said. a swdent to graduate at Winter Comm encement. Carol Hoffecker and Willi am B. Allen. cla~s uf In order to graduate, students must complete In additio n to hearing Sta rk speak. ·n. archit ectural historian for the United States
certain procedures. Pennington aid. Pennington said. an expected 5,000 guests wi ll Capitol. she said. THE REVIE\\'/ \1•~~ Lou•~ Belinda O rzada, an assistant profes. or at the uniYcrsity, recently won an Approved by the award for her creation of a " landscape cape." Trustees approve Board of Trustees: Prof wins international ******** funding proposals • a $2.8 tnillion loan to Delaware Technology Park award for wearable art BY PAUL lATHEWS construction of a new lab was a result of the • Construction projects, Adminisirmh·e News Editor joint venture between th e State of Delaware. including a parking BY PA UL MATHEWS Her husband original ly tlrew the pictures The Board of Trustees approved a reque t for local businesses and academic institutions Admini.~ll'tl!l\ 't! .\"e11S EA.iaor of clas mate in ~;i xth ~rrade. anti !!Ot in trouble more than $100 million in state funding for a incl uding the university. garage/office building, and A .. istant p ro fe~ so r Belintla Ou:atla has for it. - - variety of improvement ranging from In a previous article in The Review. Daniel renovations to Squire Hall, been given an international award for making .. When he fiN drc\\ them. lm mother wa.s construction to new faculty and cholarships, Carson, chairperson of the department of the memories of her childhood in outhcrn callctl into school by his teacher." :.he said. officials aid. biological sciences. said. 'The building will East Hall, the Fred Rust Georg ia a bit more tangible. But the images that got him in trouble earned Also passed at the semi-annual meeting was hous; common resources available t o~ both Ice Arena and the south OrLada . a professor of consumer stuclic . her in ternational recognitiOn \\hen -. he a motion to give academic departments and industrial and academic partners alike.'· was honored fu r the '·landscape cape .. she reinterpreted them. programs, currently considered experimental. The university will own the building debt grandstands in Delaware embroidered with a scene from the rural area Orzada said th is year' cumpctillon was permanent status, university President David P. free in approximately 20 years. Roselle said. Stadium where she grew up. held in two stage~ . Roselle stated in an e-mail message. The university's agreement wi1h th e The piece. ti tled ··s outhern Living: Sl ides ~1nd a d~~cript i on indi<.:ating the Among the items approved were: tollegiate Ho using Foundation and the • giving the Women's Country Roatls Cape.·· was designed using inspiration for each de ign had to he • a $12 million project including a three-story Ambling Companies makes the university the Studies program and others embroidery. applique and picture sm01..:king submitted in advan e for preliminaf) judging. parking garage and an adjoining two-story financial beneficiary of the new apanment permanent status techniques. he said. she said. office building next to the Perkins Student complex under construction. The visually stun ning cape features a din The fi nalists for each category traveled to Center; University treasurer Stephen Grimble said road. a pond. cypress tree . a cemetery. a bam Santa Fe. 1.M. The entrie were paraded • the renovation of Squire and East halls, as well the Collegiate Housing Foundation is a non 'This was most likely a response to positive and tractor, and agricultura l products down the runway. and then the winners were as the Fred Rust Ice Arena; profit organization, so any cash left over at the student interest," Roselle said. including pumpkins and com in an explosion announced. • a $300,000 renovation of the south end of the project must be donated to a While some program were given a more of colors and texture . Orzada's de ig n was named the .. Be t of permanent place at the university, the human grandstands in Delaware Stadium; legitimate tax-exempt entity in order for them to '·It 's not a piece you would wear on the Fiber/Wearable Art.'· Other categories at the • an interest-free loan of $2.8 million to the maintain their non-profit status. development and family processes program was street - it's an art piece;· Ot-Lada said. competition included '·Be t Fashion De ign" Delaware Technology Park for the construction For the purposes of this project, the cut due to lack of student interest, Roselle said. This is the second ti me Orzada ha been and "Best Functional De ign.'· of a 66,000-square-foot office and lab facility; university is acting as the tax-exempt entity, he He said another reason the program was cut recognized at the International Textile and The competition was divided into facu lty and said. was the existence of a program consisting of a Apparel Association's annual competi tion and tudent levels. '·The tudent winner • an agreement with Collegiate Housing The project is funded by state bonds, which very similar line of study at the university. since she came to the uni versity's con umer received monetary prizes.'' he said. Foundations and Ambling Companies making will be paid off in 32 years, at which time the Roselle said all proposed resolutions were studies department in 1994. .. Unfonunatcly. the faculty winners did the university a financial partner in an apartment project will be donated to the university. passed at the meeting. She said she won recognition in 1997 for a not:· complex soon to be located on South Chapel Grimble said. "Each of the resolution presented has been dre called "Have You Seen Me:· The name Instead. Orzada said. she received a Street. A motion offering permanence to the approved by one or more committees of the of the piece was a reference to postal inse11s cenificate of recognition, a computer-atded The parking garage and an adjoining two Women' s Studies program was also offered to Board of Trustees prior to it appearing on the for lost children. design oftware package. a ub cription to story office building will be constructed to ease the family nurse practitioner program and the agenda for the meeting of the entire Board," Orzada said "Have You Seen Me.. was a ·'Sew News Magazine .. and an illu tration of parking problems, Roselle said. finan ce management, marketing and operations Roselle said, "so it is typical that the resolutions formal dress with caricatures of children her cape done by an international fa hion The university's approval of funding for the management program majors. are adopted as proposed." embroidered along the collar and waistline . illu trator.
UD students fight 1 Grading system does not genocide abroad always deliver on time
BY STEPHANIE DENIS .. 1 believe everything was posted BY JONATHAN RIFKIN Bright said. "We had an hour and a AdmmHtnuin' .Vc'H5 Edam· by the 21st, or at lea t 99.9 percent Managing Ne"'s Editor half to read, anal yze and scan relevant T he pro mi e made by the wa :·he said. Two university snulenrs were called stories so we could send them down univer ity that students· llnal grades Brown said . .. The 72-hour rule is a upon to serve in a milita1y support unit range [to the front line]. They needed wi II be avai lable on line 72 hou rs after guideline for people who have exam in the U.S. peacekeeping mission in the the information quickly so the generals Serbia taki ng their fi nal exam docs not chedulcd early and in the former Yugoslavi!.l. The United States could talk to the press intelligently always hold true. intcn11ediate periotl of exams:· entered the conflict due to known acts about any incident that may have Uni ve rs ity R eg i ~trar Jose ph He saitl there is tension between of genocide by Serbs upon ethnic occurred." DiMani le said the 72-hour policy i · two goal - making sure the teacher Albanians. Later in the conflict, the During his workday, which could written on the academic calendar. takes time to do careful work. and United Stares would defend the Serbs last as long as 12 hours, Vadakin said. '-...., ~ .. At one point. [grades \\ere due] getting the grades -,ubmitted quickly ...... "':. from retaliatory violence. he became aware of information that in -+8 hours. hut that apparent!) was In the past. some facu lty member he felt justified the U.S . presence in Montene.grCi:':: .. not enough:· he said. have complained about the 72-hour Across the way, two men began a Yugoslavia. What he learned also . .--t T he Facul ty Senate pa ~eel a rule because they felt this amount of screaming match. The foreign tongue diswrbed him. ,., Kos.ovo policy asking instructors to subm it time did not allow them to give in which they spoke made it impo sible ·'At first I was real worried about their grades to the registrar's office proper attention to the grading of to decipher what they were saying, but whether we had a right to be doing withi n 72 hours after an exam. lengthy paper due at the end of the the animosity they had for one another what we were doing," Vadakin said. DiManile said . semester. he saitl. became apparent when the two began '\ "But when the news started coming .. Robert Brown. profes or ol Jan Blits. profes~o r of education. to beat each other. about how bad things were, I realized phi losophy and chai r or the -.tatctl in an e-mail me sage ...The E-4 specialists James Vadakin and THE REV IEW!ln!emct Photo we were actually doing a good thing. Undergraduate Stutl i c~ Committee in poltc~ is t:: ken serious!) but the James Bright of the 444th Delaware "We were stopping genocide." Two university students helped in a peacekeeping mission in the former Yugoslavia. the Faculty Senate. said fac ult) deadlines are not seen a~ Draconian:· National Guard unit, both university In the reports Vadakin read, he said. members must have their cia s·, BrO\\ n said ... For a v. hile they students. watched the violent spectacle he learned of atrocities not seen in and his mother,' ·· Bright said. ·'The Wh en Bri ght wasn't traveli ng. he grade ro ter fi lied out 72 hours after tried to enforce it b) having a modest from a street comer. They had arri ved Europe since the Holocaust and people were all murderous to each said, he had only minor probl em the exam is admimstercd. fine. but that wasn 't a \Cry workable in Heidelberg, Germany, just days Stalin 's Russia. other, but I think we were right to adjusting to a foreign lifestyle. DiMartile said that fo r those system." before to do military public relations "There were camps dedicated to intervene. History would have shown '·German li fe and our li fe is only classe wi thout a cheduled exam. He said the fine was 25 charged work for the U.S . peacekeeping raping people overthere," he said. 'Tm us to be guilty if we had done nothing." slight ly different,'' he said. "It' s like grades are due n hours after the final to the offcndt ng department. though mission in Yugoslavia. glad we might have slowed down the Bright said the reaction to the ours but more rigid. class meeting . he is un ure whether J.n) money was The two men, who left their 1999 process, but I think that no amount of American involvement from the "There are no supermarkets, ~o Employees from the r c g i~ t rar' e\ er collcctetl. Spring Semesters to heed the call of Western or European interest will do Europeans he interacted with on a daily everything i pecial ized. If you want office pic k up certain g rade~ every Brov.n said he believe~ most their country, debated how to handle permanent good until people' hearts basis varied from voiced approval to bread, you go to the baker. If you want two or three day . The grade sheet i'l grades arc posted on t11nc. the situation unraveling before them. over there change." gesticulations of malevolence. meat, you go to the butcher. This will. then run through the registrar's .. But if there After one of the men emerged the Vadakin said due to the volume of "I did quite a bit of traveling," he difficult because the stores opened after comput er on the ame day, Bro\111 arc public victor, he continued to bash his foe's information he dealt with and the fact said. "One guy who saw me walking in we were at work and closed be fore we said. r~:lations head into the pavement. Noticing the he was so far away from the front line , my uni form slowed down to give me finished . But we dealt ." DiMartile said facu lt y member~ problems with See Editorial apathetic stares of the other onlookers, it was easy to become desensitized to the finger and spit in my direction. Vadakin said he enjoyed traveling also have the option of po ti ng grades ~tudcnts. then A8 Vadakin decided something had to be the violence taking place. Another lady I spoke to in a small shop th rough the big cit ies, but it was the themselves on SIS+. perhaps it might he better if the ...______. done. "Every part of it was seen through told me she wa glad we were doing many small villages that made the trips ..All grades ult imatdy go through Dressed in his military uniform, he TV," he said. "It all could have been a what we were doing. worth while. us.'' he said. "But teacher can either students 11 crcn't told that grade ran toward the two men, yelling the feature-length film on TNT. Fi ve "For the most part all of us tried to "I bought a bike and rode down to a use a no rmal Scantron sheet to woultl he a\ ai lahlc tn 72 hour-.:· he only German word he knew. hundred dead here , a cleansed village, keep a very low profile ." nearby ri ver while I was in Gcm1 any. submit grades. u~e a secured screen <,a ttl. " HALT! HALT! HALT!" he a blown up hospital - it just becomes Bright said he and his fellow All the people lie out by the river and which we Qive them secure access to. Dil\lartile aid the period of ttme screamed, causing the one man still the nightly news.'' guardsman tried especiall y hard to see the castles from where we would or transfc( thei r grades to us by PC tleemed an:cptable to complete all physically capablt. of doing so to flee Even still, when he took a tep back remain inconspic uou during thei r lie,.. he said ...It was timeless." file:· gJJ.tie-, \\a' cho-.cn h) the profc~sor· from the scene. from the daily grind o f his job. recreational leaves. Both Bright and Vadikan said that DiManilc said teachers who arc thcnhelvc Vadakin said he felt it wa an Vadakin said. he understood what hi s The leaves. which con isted of a in their nint h mont h. they felt the time not ready to wrn in their grade. at the .. If a tliffcrcnt amount l!f lime i-. to appropriate way for hi s tour as a role was. possible 20 days of trave li ng. allowed had come to go home. tl ue tlate can request an extcns1on he cho en it must he pa-.,ed 111 a peacekeeper to begin. He felt even I " By putting o n th at uni fo rm Bright to visit Barcelona. Prague. Bri ght said he fe lt their job hat! These nc\1 deadlines arc nc\·cr r~:,olutJnn h~ the Facult~ Sen ate." he more so when he found out from became a part of all of it: · he said. Munich and Am terdam. bccon;c unnecessary, causi ng his extcntlcd more than 7"2 hour' heyontl \~tit!. another onlooker that the men involved ·'Becau e it was a just thing to do, I .. I joined the National Guard supe riors to create "project ·· which the lasttC'it taken ULtring finals week. Frc-.hman Jo.,h Hubner 'a1tl. in the dispute were a Serb and an was a part of the justice." expecting to travel:· he sai d . ..M y mom could easily have been tlo nc by one ..V\ 1c arc at! amant in the rcgtstrar'' .. \\.ilh .t ltlt lll tcaLher'. !late g1atle-,J ethnic Albanian. Bright. who said the job his Public was a big world trnveler. 'o I was person. office ahtHtt h.l\ 1ng grauc~ in 72 .11..: C\cU\ctPI.: because a lt>t 111 f.tc't BY JENNA R. PORTNOY ''La t February we had lots of the flu ],'' he said. " A ll of my friends were s ick Student AJ1turs Editor sick ki ds on campus as well as in While vaccination is the best way before break and during fina ls Despite intense media coverage the community," he said. to prevent infection, Siebold said, it week,'' she said. of the impending innuenza season Delaware Public Health does t ake a couple of weeks to Highl ighting vaccination as one and Student H ealth Services' immunizat ion program totally k;ck in. of the most important advances of administration o f more than 800 representative Bill Baker said only a "T r.e vaccination helps generate the last 100 years, Siebo ld said it vaccinatio n . the re have been no few documented ca es of influenza antibodies in your body,'· he said. h as many advantages in th e do ·umented cases of the flu on are needed to put out a warning. Delaware Public Health workplace. campus. " Lab cultures are not always pokeswoman Allison L evine also "The more vacc ination, the less Student H ealth Services is obtained and there's not always an e mphas ized the importance of likely that it will spread," he said. usually the fir t to get notice that o fficial diagno is," he said. vaccination. Senior Seta B havsar said she's the nu season is beginning to kick Siebo ld said while the e lderly " W e' re rea lly e nc o uraging encountered many sick students. up, Director Dr. E . F. J oseph ''There was a guy sitting next to Siebold said. me in class coughing all over the With the flu ea on running from place," she said. December to March. the number of "When I came back to school I "Also, some girl had to leave my commo n cold patients i"n general class this morni ng because she was has picked up. he said. started to get cold symptoms. It gave coughing so badly." Mary Petrucci, a ophomore, said me a reason not to do schoolwork." With o nly 160 fl u shots left as of THE REVIEW/ Mike Louie ·he drank lots of Gatorade and tried Dec. 3, Siebold said, Student Health Flu vaccinations are available at Student Health Services to get plenty of rest when her cold -sophomore Mary Petrucci S ervices' overall vaccinatio n symptoms began on the evening o f program went well. intensifies,'' he said. unive r ity students, Baker said. Jan. 2. " With all the advertising I Baker warned anyone who think The flu is spread through ""When I came back to school I and those prone to chroni c iII ness people to go to their doctors and get tho ught we'd see even more." he they may have the nu to see their couohing and sneezing, he said. The tarted to get cold ymptom ." she a re strongly encouraged to get flu hots if they haven't already," said. ~ . . primary care phy ician. number of virus droplets m the au said. "It gave me a reason not to do vaccinations. so sho ul d anyone who she said Siebold said in the event of an "Common sense tells me that effects the number of people w ho schoolwork.'" doesn't want to get sick. "l t' s not too late, and that goes especially busy flu season, Health they should get plenty of bed rest, are infected. Febru ary is Health Serv ice' s "In recent years, vaccinations are for students too." Serv ices is prepared to cater to drink lots o f fluid and treat the Bake r said, ''The vaccination Sophomore Liz Houser said she's busiest month, Siebold said. This is of more interest to healthy adults more patients in the same amoun t of fever." he said. protects against the three strains of not ju t becau e o f the onset of who would like to avoid aching, noticed an influx in the number of time. Precaution s uch a a voiding the flu generally idenri fied by the bone-chilling pains [associated with sick students on campus recently. Spring Semester. " Everybody's level of work malls and parties are difficult for World Health Organization." Accident Student refocuses still in efforts on serzous• truck ban condition continued from AI BY LURLEEJ"' BLACK anyone other than family. Only City News Editor select information is known. With renewed interests, residents Natalie D y ke, spokeswoman and city o fficials are o nce again for Christiana's Corporate looking to restrict trucks from Communications, said Hwang is driving through city streets, since a in " ser ious condition" in their truc k hit a university gradu ate intensive care unit. student in December. THE REVIEW/ Mike Louie According to Yongkeou ng While riding her bike side-by A graduate student is still in serious condition after a collision with a truck. Soh, a university research side with a car-carrier truck, Yunae assistant at the Center for Energy Hwang apparently struck a parked Nancy Turner, president of to reduce truck traffic. Luft also said the city streets will ourselves," he said. " We primarily & Environmental Policy , the car. fell off of her bike and was then Citizens Against Traffic, said trucks "Trucks that make deliveries to wear down sooner than anticipated need Pennsylvij.nia's cooperation."' truck ran over Hwang' s run over by the truck on Dec. 8, have no bus iness traveling on local businesses li k e C h rys ler because of the heavy a m ount of Mayor Harold F. Godwin said he abdominal area. Newark Po lice said. heavily populated streets. should find alternate ways of getting traffic traveling the roads. has met wit h township in Hwang, a second year Cpl. Mark Farrall said upon " If we didn' t have a ll b f these their goods to the establishment," he " W hen the streets were b uilt Pennsylvania which border the 896 Master's s tudent fr om South investigation of the incident, police trucks, [Hwang] probably would not said. "They shou Id try the rai I corridor. Korea, is a graduate assistant in concluded that the re were two years ago, the bui lders did not have been run-over,'' she said. " You lines." · anticipate the generous amount of "I told them a bout how we the School of Education. trucks riding next to each other. One j ust can't mi x 18-wheelers. bicycles But Farrell said he does not want truck moved over in its lane . traffic that we have now," he said. wanted to restrict truck traffic in and pedestrians.'· local businesses to s uffer from a "The streets j ust were not made for Consequently, the oth er tru ck our area and they liked the idea,'· • Turne r said she believes city potential restriction on trucks. the heavy trucks." moved slightly over in its lane. he said. "We are just waiting for officials should take action instead "If we deny all deliveries we will '·Both trucks move d over but Luft said in order to pass a truck the Delaware Departm'ent of of just talking about a plan. hurt local business," he said. restriction in the city, cooperation Transportation to finish the ir they both stayed in their respective "I'm tired of city legislators not City Manager Carl Luft said the lane ,'' h e said. " Apparently, of other states is needed. statewide study o n freight Online taking responsibility," she said. "It's city does n o~ want to do away with [H wang] moved over when it "We need to actually move state movement, and we can take more ashamed that o ur students come to all trucks in the area. It only wants www.review.udel.edu seemed that the trucks were coming ro utes and we c an ' t d o that by steps from there." ' college a nd get injured or killed to restrict certain areas of town. toward her and she struck the car." every year." 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BY JONATHAN RIFKIN 1\1anaging News EJiwr transition, officials aid. "Final testing was completed in late fall , and Since Information Tec hno looies was the we we re fairly confident in our systems by the If gamblers had placed bets on whether the widely publicized Y2K department most likely to be affe~ted by Y2K, time the change occurred. problem would cause ATM s to spit out $20 bills. they should have bet on several staff members were on duty Dec. 3 1 and "Some computer and other network systems the less exciting possibility that nothing was going to happen. many oth ers we re on call, IT Director Betsy were shut down for periodic maintenance during But if those same gamblers had gone to Delaware Park, Dover Down or M ~c kenz ie aid. the holidays. All systems were up and running Hanington Raceway to play the slot machines on New Year's Day, they "Most IT staff spent New Year's Eve nearby by 7 a.m. Jan. I ," she said. might not have been able to gamble at all on certain machines due to a Y2K glitch. so that they could respond quickly in the event Other departments that worked on New THE REVIEW/ Mike Louie o f an emergency," he aid. Year's Eve included Dining Services, which had The university weathered the Y2K bug Wayne Lemons, director of the Delaware State Lottery, said that in the e Mackenzie said that while she was on-site at one supervisor on duty in case of problems, and well, with only a few glitches reported in three gambli ng establishments about 150 of the 4.200 existi ng machines Chapel Street, several staff members from Media Facilities Management , which watched for desktops with false dates. were rendered useless because they were not Y2K compatible. Services were located in interactive classrooms interruptions in utilities, power and services. This incident was one of the few publicized Y2K-related problems in the in Pearson Hall to monitor the transition. Not only were computer networks and other campus a larms, and a backup r ad io country. Contacts were assigned by Uni versity Media systems monitored on New Year's Eve, but communications system was put in place, he But Lemons said it was a minor inconvenience that did not affect the Services to monitor ystems such as campus communication was also important for safety said. casinos' operation or the revenue they generated. cable and interactive television networks in case and security. Thornton said although Y2K-related problems In fact, he said, the revenues any problems occurred. Lawrence Thornton Jr., director of Public were corrected, a sufficient amount of staff was surpassed last New Year's by She said she wa pleased there were not any S a fety , said planning for Y2K within the on duty to react to any problems that could affect 30.9 percent. "There was a lot of major problems, and most computer and network department began early in the s ummer and the security of persons or property on campus. Lemons said the problem systems continued running smoothl y. continued through the Fall Semester. With all of the preparations, Thornton said, occurred New Year's Eve after hype about Y2K However, some minor problems occurred, "We had prepared for a smooth transition by they were able to roll over into the new year the machines were programmed s uch as Web fo rms a nd desktops displaying having extra staff on duty in the event of without any emergencies. to run for 72 hours, as they are and I know the incorrect dates. s he sa id. The problem was equipment failure," he said. 'Things went smoothly," he said, "and we did every third day. corrected by resetti ng the date to D marooned BY PAUL MATTHEWS eliminated by the others because Administrative N~ws Editor they think that you will win." 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" The comm unication that occurred The general m e mbership of WVUD "If you look at the board," he said , between the members of the constituti on "you ' II see that there aren' 1 many slots voted 87 to 6 last month in favor of a new review committee and the gener a l available to fit a student' s schedule." constitution that encourages s tuden t membershi p was what helped to create the involvement. High school student Zach Baddorf, who sound document which was voted upon on runs a show from 3 to 6 a.m., said he General Manager Giancarlo Negovetti Dec. 14," he said. agreed that the constitution will get more said since the station "the voice of the i~ Bixby said the meeting was longer than people involved. University of Delaware" it makes sense usual because the constitution underwent He said the bylaws will require all that students should have fi rst priority in some subtle, last-minute changes. terms of obtaining airtime. members to volunteer a set number of "We finalized the wording,'' he said. hours sorting and organizing the music "I am very pleased with the way the '·We went through the constitution again, library as well as helping out at events. voting turned out," he stated in an e-mail mak ing su re it was exactly what we Negovetti said the station is committed message. 'This is just one step in the right wanted." to university students. direction for WVUD.'' Senior Ja o n Hinmo n , a mass "We will continue our push fo r more Last revised in 1983. the constitution communication major and WVUD deejay, student on-air staff at the station," he said. now requires that the operations board be said the constitution seeks to change the Negovetti also said impending changes comprised of mostly students whereas fact that mo t of the on-air personalities will impose a two-ho ur limit on existing before nonstudents made up most of the are comm unity members not associated s hows in order to make room for more board, Program Director Dustin Bixby with the university. said. shows and will strictly enforce attendance " Since it' a univers ity station, more of meetings. "We were concerned with updating the students use it for experience purposes," "Our next step," he said, "is going to be positions," he said . "so they fit for now:· he said. Negovetti said that while community to the continued revision o f our written wvuo· 24-hour format makes i t documents, such as the bylaws, code of members comprise the majority o f the difficult fo r student to run regular radio conduct and handbooks." THE REVIEW/ Mike Louie station's general membership, all members WVUD's new constitution may favor students more than the previous did. High school student may lose radio job BY MARCEY MAGEN THOMAS Sraff Reporrer " You learn about all t h e di fferent But WVUD would like to see more equipment, how the media works and also Revisions to the constitut ion of the univ ersity student representation in the how to just throw yo ur ideas o ut at station' s future. university's radio station could put a high meetings," he said. school student out of a job. " Right now, there's a 70:30 community Station manager Chuck Tarver said Zack Baddorf, I 6, helps run WVUD - member to student member ratio," Baddorf Baddorf has been an outstanding member of said, "and they'd like to see that reversed." an unusual job for a high school student. WVUD. The board has not yet discussed how the Yet, with future m odific ations to the "Some high school students come to the constitutio n , his position - along with new changes will affect Baddorf' s position. station and the first question that comes to "I don't know if it will affect me or not," o ther community members' positions - mind is, 'Will they be able to keep up?' " could be reconsidereu. Baddorf said, " but right now I'm not really Tarver said. worried." Baddorf said he sits on the operations "But Zack is the kind of student who just board and holds the position of assistant Baddorf said although he enjoys his takes to things, always knowing what to position at the station, he is not committing training director at WVUO, where he helps do." himself to a future in radio broadcasting with promotions, digital training and Baddo rf said he enjoys his experience miscellaneous needs of the staff. just yet. with WVUD and has learned a lot from the ''I'm not sure what I want to do," he said. He also co-hosts a Sunday morning show staff. with Matt Herron, called " Insert Title "I might look into communication, politics " Everyone has a good working or even the press." Here," which includes a talk session, news relationship," he said. "My managers have commentary and music. Tarver said he thinks Baddorf has a lot of been really helpful in teaching me how to During his term at WVUD, Baddorf has the necessary skills needed to go into do shows." broadcast as a career. · established a radio club for high-school Tarver said community members - like students. The club' s 18 members gain radio "Zack has an understanding that media Baddorf- are appreciated because the will be much broader than what it is now. It experience on WVUD-2, which is broadcast station runs constantly. THE REVIEW/ Scott McAllister only on campus. is moving in an entirely different Zach Baddorf, a 16-year-old high school student, is an assistant "WVUD runs 24 hours a day and 365 Baddorf said working at the radio station direction," Tarver said. · training director and sits on the operations board at WVUD. The new days a year," he said. "So we need the "He has created a real advantage for constitution may leave him without a job, however. has taught him about the broadcasting field community members to keep us active." and also strengthened his personality. himself in terms of a future in media." t 1 3 wv G c SUNDAY MONDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Java Time The Morning Fog Even Steven's 6am-8am WVUD'S Morning Overture (Varie ty) Sunday Morning (6am -9a m) Boptime Sleepy Heads 6am-10am 8am-9 am The Morning After Roots 9am-noon Fire on the Blue Hen Folk Music ( 9~m-noon ) Mountain Sports Cage 10am-12n 12 n-1pm Feedback Fine Tuning 1pm-2pm Rural Free Radio Alchemy Delivery 2-2:30pm Classical Music (noon-3pm) Breaking the 12n-2pm Silence 2:30pm-3pm C I u b 91 three A Gift of Song A Room of One's Urban: rap, hip-hop, club, rab Own (3pm-5pm) Gospel Jubilee · 3pm-4pm 2pm-4pm All the World's a Stage Cutting Edge Radio Uno 4pm-5pm A lte rnative Rock (5pm -8pm) Raga 4pm-6pm 5pm-6pm Crazy College 6pm-7pm Avenue C Hip City Part 2 Ss:ratchy Gro~ves 6pm-9pm · 7pm-8pm Jazz (10pm-1am) In a Mist 8pm-11pm Ruffage Crash & Burn 9pm-12am 11pm-1am Overnight Overnight 1am-6am Variety ( 1am-6am) Overnight 12am-6am Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Map of the World All Tomorrow's The Greenwillow Reggae Sound Red Hot & Blues issue. Parties Splash WVUD- University of Delaware- Perkins Student Center- Newark, DE 19716 Phone: 302.831.2701 - Fax: 302.831.1399 Email: [email protected] Web: www.udel.edu.wvud January 7, 2000 • THE REVIEW • A 7 Producer of swimsuit calendar decides to go on to more lucrative ventures continued from A I The poster s hould prove lucrati ve, co-sponsored a beauty contest th at turned into Schneider said, because the cost of poster a strip show in the Brickyard Tavern and Grill. After a~ cssing the popularity of the first production is lower than that of the calendar S c h neider said he refused to reward t h e calendar. Sc hneider said , he was satisfied and it wi 11 be marketed nationally. winner with the promised two-year modeling when sale of the 1999 calendar equalled his Setting himself up for even greater profits, contract after s he exposed herself t o the costs. Schneider said, he has been taken under the audience. However, S chneider wasn ' t the on ly wing of collegeclub.com But he said that the controversial beauty member of the calendar's production team that T he heavy traffic of the Web site wi ll give pageant h ad no thing to do with t h e worked for no money. Kristy Damato, a model his ideas more exposure, he said. disconti nuance of the calendar. His reasons. for the 1999 calendar. said the models were "I've never heard of another modeling he said, were strictly financial. not paid to pose. But she said the experience agency that works with only college students," In fact, he said he felt the attention created was till rewarding. he said. "They·re treating me as an incubator. by the event helped his business. "It was very .;:,onhwhile and very fun," It's a strategic alliance." Some of the attention was less than Damato aid. '·I was always interested in Under their guidance, Schneider said, he approving. modeli ng. and it gave me the experience I plans to launch a 2001 collegiate calendar, In a column published in The Review in wanted." which will feature men and women from a reference to that incident, university student Schneider a lso said he feels the calendar broad scope of universities. Jen Guise accu sed Schneider of being was worth the effort in spite of the lack of However, Desanno said she does not think a hypocriti cal by refusing to pay the winner. financial gain. He viewed the enterprise as a . calendar featuring both sexes •will sell as well "When you objectify women and define THE REVIEW/ Scou McAllister promotional tool for his company instead of a as the one sold the previous tW{} years. them by their physical attributes, how can you The university and the city of Newark were without power moneymaking scheme. Coughlin said he beli eves the local angle of be appalled when they step beyond your Wednesday night, due to the failure of a reactor on Elkton Road. Now that he's given ·up the calendar, he the old calendar was part of its charm. boundaries in an attempt to impress you and said. he plans o n making money. "I like to see the girls in the calendar, you win that modeling contract?'" Guise a ked. After this year's Spring Break, Schneider know, girls that you know in the calendar and But Schneider said he believes the lack of said, he will team up with fellow alumnus Rob g irls that you would like to get to know," profits show that his heart was in the right Power outage Stein of locally based UConnections. Coughlin said. place. The two will develop a poster of models While the calendar has its fans, some "A lot of people said I was trying to sell from universities across the country, which he oppose a reemergence of a calendar for moral sex," he said. 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However for some, the most stressful Students need to see tf a course time comes at the end of the emester. they took wi II count toward their Sometimes it's not the final exams, major or minor in order to construct but waiting for the fi nal grades that their schedule for next semester. They really keep students on the ends of may need to submit their GPAs on their seats. resumes for internships or job oppor- They try to distract the mselves tunities. Or the final grades or GPA during the 72-hour period after the may be required when applying for a final exam - the time given to teach- scholarship. ers before the grades are due in to the It is not fair for professors or the registrar. ....------,university to But as soon as Review This: delay, and maybe the three days cause students to pa s. many stu- .It's not fair for lose. opportunities dents ru h to their professors or the becau se they pho nes or com- could not fulfill · pulers to check university to delay, and their responsibili- their final scores. ties. However. they are maybe cause students to It is not that sometimes disap- lose, opportunities students don' t pointed. want professors to They e nte r because they COuld DOt grade assignments their social securi- fulrlll their carefully, but ty numbers and since professors wait anxiously responsibilities. . know about the for their scores to ..______. rule, they be announced, but often hang up or shpuldn' t assign projects that would log off un atisfied. extend the grading past the due date. Ifs past the allotted time for teach- Maybe it' s not the assignment, but ers to submit the g~ades , but almost the time that is the problem. If 72 25 pe rcent of professors have gotten hours isn' t enough to calculate grades, 1 extensions to submtt then grades extend the time limit by a day or two. 1 later. But the new designated time should Or maybe the 72-hour policy is not be strictly adhered to or else profes- 1st ri ctly enforced by the regi strar's sors should be punished. office. Whether with a bad evalution or by Etther way. some students are being given the last choice for class de nied knowledge of their fina l times for the upcoming semester, pro- grades. fessors should in some way be penal- Whik for some a fin al grade may ized for submitting their grades just serve a a reward for a job well beyond the due date. Letter to an ex-con Letters to the Editor Thanks to The I decided against living in Hon Every place the word " megabyte" warily wavin g to and fro. The Dear Brian Peterson, ors housing for the remainder of was used, it sho uld actually be blue- light phones , bastions o f Congratulations on your early release from prison. Good behavior and Review for bringing my time at the University of "megabit." This is a big difference security that let us all sleep peace participation during your time served paid off. Delaware. It's not an ideal social si nee the current rate the article fu lly at night, were rendered impo You werc;released 125 days early from your o·riginal sentence and nine attention to the situ!}ti on for a student of color, or quotes, " 15 megabits per second," days from your earfy release tlate. tent. The darkened c rosswalk any student who craves diversity, is eight to I 0 times faster than the Three and a half years ago you made the biggest mistake of your life. important issue of lights waited for innocent pedestri In Nov. 1996. you took your newborn baby, shoved him into a plastic garbage race unity for that matter. actua l 15 megabits per second ans to be picked off by passing bag and put him into a Dumpster outside a local hotel in Newark. Interestingly, I requested non connection we have now. F o r firetrucks. Hopefully you have thought about your mistake every minute of every Honors housing on East Campus example, if we really had that kind Be glad the ligh ts returned day of your 17-month sentence. I just finished reading Sha un for my sophomore year, but my of connection we wouldn' t e ven when they did. T he squirrels' ul ti Now you are out and on probation for two years. Your baby is under Gallagher's column in the Opinion request was denied and I was need the lnternet2. The Internet2' s mate plan was thwarted this time. ground, buried forever. s ection of The R eview about assigned to Laird Campus. Is it a 155 megabits per second is actual They know that RAs must eventu We want to offer you some advice. You did what you had to do to get desegregating freshman Honors coincidence that East Campus is ly about 15 megabytes per second. ally evacuate resid.ents from bui !d released from prison early. You followed all of the rules - tutoring inmates housing (Dec. 7 issue). I am in almost all white? I don't know, but ings without emergency lighting. and participating in oth er pri on programs. to tal agreement with his view on I do know that there are minority Matt Chiglinsky They were waiting fo r that; squir Now prove yourself worthy of li ving in society. this topic. students who have requested to Senior rel snipers watched for the herds You said in a written statement, "I am very happy to be home with my As a freshman in the Hono rs live there who have been denied mattsc@ udel.edu o f emerging peo p le that nev er family and loved ones and I look forward to resuming my life." Program last year, I was the only -repeatedly. came. Another key element of the Show the world you mean it. African American student in Lane - Housing segregation is an issue squirrels' plan was m ark s men You are 21 years old and have your whole life ahead of you. You Squirrels around Hall (with the exception of one at the univers ity. I'm glad that poised to enter ever y dormitory, made a mistake and you paid for it. RA who moved into the building campus strike again Now it's time for you to make a difference. someone else has realized this. systematically assassinating stu late in the year). I was extremely The end is the beginning. The dent after student with their acorn Talk to expecting fathers. Help them to make responsible decisions. frustrated with the lack of diversi Convince them to tum to their families or loved ones for support. Keeley McGill squirrels have finally struck, as all guns. Work with children so you can remember every day what you did to ty in the building and the lack of Sophomore of Newark went black Wednesday Be glad th at, tr·is ti me, the your late and beautiful son. concern displayed by the Honors [email protected] night. This was no procrastinating squirrels were defeated. But who Make yourself a better person. Program as well as Hous ing Y2K glitch, nor a freak accident knows what will happen next? The Then maybe 20 years from now people will forget what you did and Assignment Services. A writer's word - it was obviously a calculated, end is nigh. We survi ved Jan. I, remember who you became. May be Housing and Honors choice was wrong malevol!!nt manuever by the hos but can we survive the furry threat Sincerely, simply do not care. But l do, and ti le rodents who will soon subj u that awaits? I ' ve expressed my views to my In the Dec. 7 issue of The gate the university. classmates and even to Housing Review, there was a slight mis The magnitude of this assault is Brian Rhea Cfhe c.Review Assignment Services, but I haven' t print in the article "Internet2 will awing. Freshmen in Russell cow Senior seen any changes. make computers 10 times faster." ered in darkness, their flashlights [email protected] More than tax-free shopping and murder covering the trials of the high school sweet Growing up back home in Pennsylvania, it Advertisin hearts, who had single-handedly dealt a black was popular to take shots at states like West Matt eye to the state's image. Virginia and Maryland for their backwoods Steinmetz Apparently, D elaware's reputation as a cultures and pickup-loving citizens. And when dumping ground for unwanted children recent it' s mentioned, Delaware is included in this Dawson? ly prompted a Pennsylvania couple to cross the dubious grouping more often than not. border and allegedly abandon their I 0-year-old But I'm not happy about it. son at a local hospital on Dec. 26. We may not be the biggest state in the union, The parents, charged with child abandon nor will we ever be the m ost populated. But "Del a-Where?" ment and conspiracy, left a note saying they there's a lot more to Delaware than Purdue I went home over break and found that to be could no longer care for the boy, who suffers chickens and Delaware Park. the greeting of choice from many of my high from Cerebral palsy. Perhaps state government is partially to school friends. More bad publicity for a state known across blame for this unattractive perception. Maybe I' II admit that, at first, I found their jokes the nation for little more than being the first to we need to start billing ourselves as more than about our tiny state humorous. sign the Constitution. just the "home of tax-free shopping." After all, we do attend school in a state that Then, in perhaps its most notable contri bu Because as it stands now, we are selling ranks 49th in size. All 600,000-plus residents tion to the tabloids, Delaware hosted another ourselves short. wouldn' t even account for half the city of media feeding frenzy a year ago when Wilm I'm looking forward to the day when these Philadelphia' s population. ington attorney Thomas J. Capano was fo und horrible baby-dumping incidences are replaced WHERE TO WRITE: So I guess it's not surpris ing Delaware isn't guilty of murdering Anne Marie Fahey. on fro nt pages by stories of the First State as a the most well known place in America. T he case was loaded with deceit, cold leader among states in the 2 1st century. The Review Yet for such a small, unpopular s tate, bloodedness and familial betrayal. When potential employers find that I attend 250 Perkins Student Center , Delaware sure has fo und itself making national The pro fessio na l connectio n between ed school here in Delaware, I want them to Newark, DE 19716 headlines ·lately. Capano and Fahey provided particularly juicy shake their heads in admiration- no t disdain. Unfortunately for the First State - and for coverage. But until then, I guess my lone comeback Fax: 302-831-1396 many of us - much of this notoriety has been Not surprising thoug h, said The Washington when my out-of-state friends ri p on our fine E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] of the negative variety. Post. citing Delaware as an ideal setting fo r state will remain: " Hey, at least I can bu y Just three years ago, Newark caught the such turmoil. something for $.99 without breaking another The Opinion/Editorial pages are an open forum for public debate and dis nation ' s attention when then-university student " If the political community of most states dollar." cussion. The Review welcomes responses from its reade\s. For verification Amy Grossberg and her boyfriend Brian Peter feels like a small town," it wrote, "in Delaware purposes, please include a daytime telephone number 'with all letters. The son dumped their newborn child in a parking it's more like a crowded house." editorial staff reserves the right to edit all submissions. Letters and columns lot Dumpster just off campus. That statement in itself was a cheap shot Matt Steinmetz is a managing sports editor at represent the ideas and beliefs of the authors and shoUld ·not be taken as The baby was found wrapped in a plastic directed at our state. Yet such stabs are not The Review. S end comm ent s to representative of The Review. · ' bag and the national media had a fie ld day uncommon. mstein@ udel. edu. 1/ Copy Desk Chief: City News Editors: Managing News Editors Eric J.S. Townsend Entertainment Editors: Lurleen Black Jen Lemos Editor in Chief: Liz Johnson Lina Hashem Jonathan Rifkin Heather Garlich Clarke Speicher Steve Rubenstein Susan Stock Editorial Editors: Nationai!State News Editors: April Capochino <;ory Penn Features Editors: Andrea Boyle John Yocca Mana&ing Mos'aic: Editots: Shaun Gallagher Ben Penserga Mike Bederka Maria Dal Pan Photography Editor: Student Affairs Editors: Administrative News Editnrs: Adrian Bacolo Jenna Portnoy Executive Editor: Brian Callaway Mike Louie , l\1anaglng Sports Editors: Stephanie DeiUlis Paul Matthews Domenico Montanaro ,, Matthew Steinmetz Art/Graphics Editors: Sports Editon: Selena Kling Deji Olagunju Mike Lewis Rob Niedzwiecki ·: ... ~ .. December 7, 2000 A9 The public should not be so quick to judge others clothes. Steve n requires constant s upervision and hospital, somewhere where they knew he left in some parking lot o r de cned build Dawn E. Steven Kelso uffers fro m cerebral care. On a good day, he o nly has a few would be cared for. It was a place where ing. They could have dropped him off at Mensch palsy. C o nfined to a wheelchair, he seizures, but he may have more than 60 on people knew Steven. Certainly his parents orne tore. The results could have been requires around-the-clock care. his bad days. were aware that it was just a matter of devastating. That's With her husband waiting in the car, Since the birth of her child, Dawn Kelso time before they were caught. And they But instead. th ey left him where they Garbage Dawn Kelso de manded that her son be hasn' t worked. Instead, s he stays home to should pay for their crimes. knew he would be cared for. admitted into the A.I. DuPont Hospital for care for her son. In addition she has devot It's scary to think about the countless Children. He had been a patient there ed her life to making others aware of the other families that are forced to deal with many times before. When the h ospital difficulties of caring for the disabled. But the disabled children without the financial There are some things money can't buy. would not admit him, Steven's mother left she can't do i't alone. Nurse and care It's scary to think about the resources the Kelso possess. Money can' t buy anity. him there, with only a note saying that she givers help Steven 24-hours-a day. countless other families that Hopefully, some good will come from Money can' t buy peace o f mind. could no longer care for him. But during the hoiiday season, the the ituation. By thi becoming a national It can't buy an an wer to the unanswer The couple, which is very wealthy, was Kelso family had trouble finding adequate are forced to deal with story, hopefully the problems facing the able question - why - that tortures the arrested a few days later and charged with help. The couple was taking turns staying familes of disabled children will become a parents of di abled children. the abandonment of their child. The two up all night to care for Steven. · disabled children without the national issue. Only then can children like And when tho e parents have been dealt will be tried in a Wilmington court. It appears they had more than they financial resources the Kelsos Steven Kelso and the countless others more than they can handle, when they just This story is certainly tragic. Regardless could take. Driving from their afflu ent receive the attention and care they can't take it any more , no amount of of the outcome of the legal battles, a child suburban neighborhood to Wilmington, a possess. deserve. money can help. is the one who is reall y hurt. trip they had taken countless times before, How can you put a price tag on that? The day after Christmas, Ri chard and While I can't condone the actions of one can only imagine what was going Dawn Kelso. of Exton, Pa., loaded their this couple, I am hesitant to judge them. through their heads. Think about how much worse the situa Dawn E. Mensch is che senior news editor car with their 10-year-old disabled son This couple is facing a situation that is But this wasn' t abandonment in the true tion could have been. He could have been for Th e Review. Send comments to dmen Steven. and hi toys, medical supplies and hard for the average person to imagine. sense of the word. They took their son to a hurt and left alone. He could have been sch @udel.edu. Just because Y2K is over doesn't mean our work is done virtues. Kids bring guns into their schools A new plan needs to be implemented on country that women are equal in capacity that the world could unite over something Cory and shot their classmates. There are more a world-wide scale but that works from the to men -a concept that may seem simple like a computer bug and not join forces to Penn single mothers than ever. Gang wars con individual level upward. to some, but that will manifest itself when eliminate real problems like starvation, the tinue. Our president "was found cheating these children grow o lder and elect women gap between wealth and poverty and racial on his wife. leaders to guide them. They will see that if equality. Penn's Something is seriously wrong here. Being comfortable and women are given authority, there may be Maybe it's because computers seem to Landing Many of the wrongs in the world can be looking out for only less wars since women won't want to send effect our lives more immediately. Or traced back to bad decisions based on Jack their husbands and c hildren onto the bat maybe it" just that we' re not used to of moral values. ourselves will just lead to tlefield. examining our daily lives closely enough So the world survived Y2K. Nobody' s flawless, but it' s not about our own individual Or they will learn that treating their for character faults. Big whoop. attaining perfection - it" s about striving wives, s isters, daughters and female You may lie more times than you check Just becau e your computer didn' t blow toward being a better person. advancement. neighbors and friends with respect is con e-mail. 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The sounds of cheap, street vendor-bought noisemakers and good ol' fashioned screams echoed back and forth CITY TO BE between the skyscrapers, adding splashes of color to the otherwise sterile structures. "5! 4! 3! 2 ! 1 !" TERRORIST Thus, the dawn of a brand spankin' new millennium. That is, if you lived in Cairo, Jerusalem or Johannesburg. The New York City revelers remained unfazed by the fact CENTRAL. that they still had some more time before their own New Year' s celebration- seven hours to be exact. Many of the devoted street dwellers made their claims to INSTEAD, history in the wee hours of the morning. And the NYPL' stood armed and ready for them. Clad in shielded helmets and wielding menacing night PEACEFUL sticks, the boys in blue didn' t take any chances. Like cattle on the way to the slaughterhouse, the millions of partiers DRUNKENESS were wrangled through a couple of fenced-off alcohol and weapon checkpoints. Worrisome teen-agers jettisoned bottles of vodka and RULED THE unopened cans of Guinness mere feet from the guarded gate. It seemed the fear of getting caught far outweighed taki ng a chance on a few hours of drunken rapture. LAND. JUST However, deep coat pockets became a friend to many, as smuggled intoxicating brews warmed numerous celebratory souls throughout the night. And, like with most parties, peo WAIT [/NTIL ples' inhibitions slowly dripped away. The much-anticipated hate and violence were not invited to the Times Square 2000 festivities. Instead, cultures from NEXT YEAR ... all parts of the globe peacefully united over the course of a night. Ha.itians and Germans swapped their life stories (and explained to each other exactly where their countries were located). Americans videotaped Japanese people singing the New Year' s classic "Auld Lang Syne." And a Swiss man gladly posed for a picture with a quartet of Mexicans. Sadly, the air still felt heavy with the threat of mi llennial terrorism. Every time a helicopter flew high above, people' s necks flung upward, praying for the best - expecting the 2ooo· SQuARED worst. But the hovering contraptions only shot o u£ spotlights and then quickly flew away. · The night' s lone point of negativity came when New York City tough-guy Mayor Rudolph Giuliani appeared on the big screen televisions scattered around the Square. Amid a sprinkling of boos, he waved obliviously to the su r rounding masses. The angry chorus changed its tune quick- • )y, thougll ·· • Rudy' s apptarance marked the beginning of the end. l-ie pushed the lever that lowered the sparkli ng I ,070 pound New Year' s Ball. The trembling white numbers appeared once again- bu t this time, it was no drill. And it took no time at all fo r any one to realize the significance. Arm in arm, people alternated their stares between the jumbo screen and the glowing ball. And when the clock struck midnight, all seemed ri ght in the world. Sprays of champagne drenched even the soberest of spectators. Doomsday predictors and Y2K worrywarts probably watched from their homemade bunkers and fallout shelters in disbelief. The only bombs that burst in the air were those fabulous ly bright fireworks. Maybe this monumental event showed that some hope still exists for the human race. Perhaps all the races and reli Photos by Mike Bederka gions can all get along without blowing up each other. One drunken reveler, top, had a little too much smug Maybe we can make it to the end of the next century - per haps even to the year 3000. gled brew before the ball dropped. Meanwhile others, But then again, we shouldn' t get our hopes up too high. above, waited until midnight to show their true spirit. The start of the new millennium isn' t really until Jan . I , The booming New Year's fireworks display, right, 2001, right? caused some to think Armeggedon had finally arrived. Curiously Strong: The Breath Mint Challenge BY SHAUN GALLAGHER s·ure, they have a dumb name . But boy do Features £di1o r they pack a punch! Nothing is more distressing than taking Several taste testers compared Smint, a date to a hamburger joint, ordering the which is about the size of a pretty worn large onion rings, then realizing that your down pencil eraser, to that of the powerful breath mints don' t have enough vigor in Altoids, whi ch are more than twice as them to counteract the overpowering large. effects of your snack. Junior Kindra Yancey says the teeny The Review conducted a taste test of Smints completely wiped away the taste of five different breath-freshening mints to the sour cream and onion chips - a victory! see which of them could save the day. The taste test was simple. First, we CERTS' COOL MtNT DROPS asked volunteers to munch on some sour Certs' Cool Mint Drops received mod cream and onion potato chi ps. Next, they erate marks from most of the taste testers. ate the mints. We then polled their reac It seems the wimpy sour cream and tions: Did their mouths feel minty fresh? onion fl avor turned out to be no match for Did the mi nts completely subdue the taste the breath-freshening Retsyn center of the of the chips? Cool Mint Drops. "It takes the taste away," sophomore ALTO IDS Kate Ramsey says. Touted as "curiously strong," Altoids Junior Adam Tanverde says, "I don' t enjoy a cushy place at the top of the breath know if it' s making my breath smell any mint totem pole.· A ltoids might have ego better, but the taste of the chips is going problems (a recent advertisement boasts, away." "Our mints could beat up your mints"), but its claims are certainly justified. BREATH SAVERS Sophomore Megan Wendelken says she Breath Savers, from the makers of Life didn' t even need to taste them to give her Savers, are li ke the Energizer Bunny. endorsement. Their minty taste lingers longer than the Sophomore Shawnta Lorthridge said crumbly Altoids, and their packaging she agrees. brags that they work "even after the mint "I already know they work," s he says. is gone." Breath Savers have the familiar shape SMINT and fl avor of their Life Savers cousins. Smints are the Rocky Balboa of breath fresheners. Sure, they' re kinda scrawny. THE REVIEW I Mike Louie see MINTY-FRESH page B4 Choose your weapon: Liquor may be quicker, but with .these minty candies you might have a dandier time with a date. 82. THE REVIEW. January 7, 2000 "THE CIDER HOUSE RULES" Dr. Larch's practice of performing abortions. MrRAMAX FILMs This difference in opinion leads Homer to leave St. RATING:~~~~ l/2 Clouds in search of a new life with Candy Kendall (Charlize Theron) and the Air Force officer Wally Wortrungton (Paul Rudd), a couple who arrive at the orphanage to abort an unplanned pregnancy. Though Homer longs to see the world, the real search is to find his true self. His life up to this point had always been shaped by other people's expectations. Playing big brother to fellow orphans and serving as Dr. Larch's protege were two such roles that he felt pressured to till. With Candy and Wally's arrival, comes a doorway through which Homer can discover what he truly wants out BY CLARKE SPEICHER of life instead of what others expect of rum. Emerrainmenr Editor This doorway leads Homer to a Life as a lobsterman and an Homer Wells has been told all IUs life by IUs mentor and apple-picker, jobs that he learns with ease and enthusiasm. caretaker, Dr. Wilbur Larch, to "be of use." Homer has tried Despite disapproving letters from Dr. Larch that he is to follow this guideline, but refuses to do so if it sacrifices wasting his talent on such menial work, Homer maintains society's guidelines. that he abides by the doctor's mantra of "being of use." However, in the emotionally resonant 'The Cider House While Homer continues to enjoy his newfound freedom, Dr. Rules," Homer learns that sometimes a person has to make Larch begins to fear that he has lost Homer to the world. his own rules. As Dr. Larch plots to win Homer back, conflicts arise in Homer (fobey Maguire) has been a resident of an the young man's life that help him decide his future, includ orphanage in St. Clouds, Maine, for almost his entire life. ing the discovery of an incestuous relationship at the orchard Aside from his two adoptive families, both of which returned and a budding romance with Candy. perfect pace- never slow enough to lose the audience's created a character that captures hi s wide-eyed innocence. 'The Cider House Rules," though publicized for its con him, Homer was raised with special attention by Dr. Larch interest, but not so fast that the narrative becomes convolut Magui re's performance makes the audience care about (Michael Caine) to someday take the doctor's place at the troversial views on abortion, is a relatively simple film , espe ed. his outcome and makes his final decision all the more believ cially in comparison to such recent releases as "Being John orphanage. As opposed to recent adaptations of John Irving' s books able. Malkovich" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley." Homer has different ideaS, especially when it comes to ("Simon Birch" was based on his "A Prayer for Owen Caine has IUs best role in years with the character of Aside from Homer's odyssey to find himself, the film Meany"), "Cider House" generates genuine emotions Wilbur Larch. The antit!Jesis of his boisterous rum in 1998's also explores the relationship between parents and cruldren. instead of relying on cheap manipulation. "Little Voice," Caine subtly nuances Larch into a complex The Gist of It Dr. Larch, though he daims to be the "caregiver to many, Irving, taking no chances after the "Simon Birch" deba character worthy of our sympathy. father of none," he is the ultimate father to the orphans of St. "C!"C!"C!"C!"C! Woodchuck cle, adapted the novel himself and wrote an excellent script Theron, Rudd, Delroy Lindo as the boss of the apple pick Clouds. "C!"C!"C!"C! Hornsby in the process. Fans of the book may be disappointed, how ers and singer Erykah Badu also give admirable perfor Homer fulfills the role of Dr. Larch's favorite cruld, "C!~ooCc Hard Core ever, since the film takes place over months instead of years. mances. although the orphan grows and matures to become a father ooCcooCc Cider Jack In the part of Homer Wells, Maguire has finally found a In a season full of outstanding films, 'The Cider House in his own right. star-making tum. After supporting roles in the critically Rules" fmnly resides among the best and most fulfilling ooCc Sparkling Apple Juice Under Lasse Hallstrom's direction, the film moves at a acclaimed 'The Ice Storm" and "Pleasantville," Maguire has motion pictures in current release. "THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY" "MAN ON THE MooN" PARAMOUNT PICTURES UNIVERSAL PICTURES RATING:~~~ RATING: "Cr~~"Cr "The Talented Mr. Ripley" has a labyrinth-like Andy Kaufman believed in the theater of life, playing plot, similar to the tho ughts of Ripley (Matt Damon) on the emotions ·of his audience to bring about shock, as he finagles his way into the li ves of Dickie anger, joy and awe. Greenleaf (Jude Law) and his fiancee Marge Whether these techniques proved Kaufman to be a (Gwyneth Paltrow) by mere chance. comic genius or completely insane is left up to the viewer The film has the same aesthetic beauty of "The in "Man on the Moon." The film documents the journey English Patient" as director Anthony Minghella from Kaufman' s beginnings of unconventional stand-up focuses the camera on the scenic boulevards and comedy to his untimely death from cancer. alcoves of Italy, instead of the stars' acting capabili Jim Carrey eases into the role of Kaufman, emulating ties. his facial expressions and subtle movements with an eerie "No one can have three talents," D ickie tells authenticity. Carrey's imitation of his voice is accurate Ripley, which can be compared to Damon·s perfor he uses money and his renowned Greenleaf name to enough to leave the viewer feeling that Kaufman has truly both on the air and behind the scenes of the show. mance as well. He definitely fills the-shoes of a psy open doors - often forgetting about his admirers, been reincarnated. The movie also focuses on Kaufman's alter ego, offen chotic killer, but falls short when it comes to the cha·r which proves to be deadly. Playing the role of Kaufman's girlfriend, Lynne sive lounge singer Tony Clifton. Kaufman uses this char acter development that Patricia Highsmith created in The drawn out length of the film made all the head Margulies, Courtney Love again proves her ability to shine acter to take his charades to even further extremes and her novel. bashing and long sequences seem interminable, which on the screen as well as the stage. She portrays the charac create ultimate chaos. Paltrow, a strong actress known for such films as proved to be a major flaw for the late-night moviego ter with a true understanding of the woman who stood by Kaufman's tale is fascinating enough to want a glance "Shakespeare in Love," disappoints as she plays an er. Kaufman's side throughout his darkest moments. into the life of a man who aroused such amazement incredibly weak and pathetic persona in such a dis Ripley encompasses the poor skills of Dru;non Although it might be disappointing to Kaufman, most throughout his short career. turoing plot, attempting to create the misgivings of a madm,an as he remember him best as "Latka," the quirky foreign Although one might never understand the reasons why Law plays a believable character whom everyone says, "I've made a mess of being Dickie Greenleaf, mechanic on the sitcom "Taxi." Members of the original he fe lt the need to grab our attention, Kaufman captivates wants to hate but merely cannot because of his good haven't I?'' cast, including Matilu Henner and Judd Hirsch, play the audience once again. · looks and charm. Like any decent Princeton dropout, - Heather Garlich themselves to give the viewer insight on what happened -Paige Wolf Talking Heads By Shoun Gallagher Hey, Pat. I've heard you joined the Reform Party. Why would a strong 'Nell, George, conservative like yourself join such here's how I a liberal party? see it.._ ' •":...- - ·- . / Quote of the W eel~~ "Nah, I don't make those. No, wait, I've decided These days, the status quo is more liberal than conservative. l.. as a conservative, to smoke even more." am liberal - in that I plan to change the status quo with my conservative agenda. - acto r Johnny Oopp on :-.!ow Year's resolutions lfs sorta like in that T.V. show: 1'When the outlaws become the good, the good Cosmopolit:an January 2000 must become outlaws .~' The nation has become non-<:anformisL so I must conform in order to be the true non-conformist, you see. For example, if two square dancers Going to prison isn't as much just as cuddly and lovable as a are each told to doe--seEKioe to the right, one will go to the other's left, since that's fun as it used to be. Opened in real pet fish - meaning that it 1994, the Administrative swims around and occasionally his right. So you see. even though the Reform Party seems leftist- to me, it's rightl Maximum Facility, o r ADX, is the blinks- and it's even being used federal government's h ighest to stoc k fish farms, where security prison, ho using the Japanese angle rs can cast a line or "worst of the worst" ... Many pris two when they' re not busy dying oners spend 23 hours a day alone from overwork. Pat, what's wrong with in a seven-by-12 foot c~ ll. Maxim Maxim January 2000 you? I haven't heard Howdy! Coutdn't've Jwwarr 2000 such unintelligible In Colombia, people sip cham sald it better myself, babble since my father Acres of hemp grown by " patri pagne from new glas es and eat Pat! oti c" U.S .. farmers in 1942 at the 12 green grapes. 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Featurt!S Editor games with my older brother I grudgingly head for the refrig As I wake up on Dec. 31. 1999, Nelson, watching college football erator to get the bottle. my New Year· celebration plan i on television and napping. Even My brother follows me into the a simple one. though everything appears to be kitchen, unsure of my cork-pop No crowd . No end of the mil fine . there is still something nag ping prowess. lennium blowout . Ju t a quiet ging at me in the back of my mind: "Be careful," he warns. "It evening with my family. will the world blow up at mid could shoot out and break some After pe nding another post night? thing." finals/vacation morning sleeping "What?" I ask, turning and until II :00 a.m., I finally get the inadvertently pointing the bottle at ball rolling on my New Year' s him. Eve day. My first order of I g rab the cork. Both of us wait My first order of bu iness is to business is to go to nervously for a massive explo go to Wai-Man - not to pick up sion. supplies in case the Wal-Mart- not to It comes out without a hitch. Y2K/ Armeggedo n/cveryone-is With the hour creeping to an going-to-die prophecy comes true pick up supplies end, I turn my attention to New - but to get some teel brackets in case the York City's Times Square to see to reinforce a drawer that my dad that huge ball drop signifying the is working on. 1(2RJAlruneggedon{ beginning of a new year. Nelson I enter Wal-Man around 3:00 brings up a problem. p.m. expecting bedlam: people in everyone-is-going--to "What happens if the ball gets a mad rush to get things, shelves die prophecy comes stuck?" he asks. I recite a possible bare and, perhap . total anarchy. countdown. Instead, an elderly store greeter true - .but to get "Five, four, three, two, two, two," I offer. approaches me. offering a shop some steel brackets to THE REVIEW I Selena Kang ping can to use. My family and I watch the ball I decline. · reinforce a drawer drop. We wish each other well and Upon returning from my toast with our glasses of cham Many mega-concert events were forced to cancel sojourn to the store, I turn on the that my dad is pagne. television and see Peter Je nnings working on. When no one is looking, I give BY HEATHER GARLICH concert. and ABC's all-day coverage of half a glass to my dog. He seems Entatainmenr Editor However, Phish fans were not deterred by possible celebrations around the world. I to enjoy it. The thought of bringing in the millennium with big crowds as thousands piled into vans and drove to watch a segment where someone By 8 p.m., my family is riveted After finishing my drink, I head venues serving up scores of talent in one large space Florida's Big Cypress Indian Reservation to escape gives tips to help you survive to the TV, watching all the differ back to the kitchen and open a seemed ideal for some concertgoers - but there was a Y2K. should there be some sort of glob ent festivities around the world, door to my patio. I can't see my price to pay. Junior Tracy A venia says she had an incredibly dif al breakdown. from New York City. Washington yard due to a mysterious white The excitement of the New Year infiltrated many ferent New Ycar's experience at the Phish concert for I think to myself, "Make sure D.C., London and Paris. I, howev cloud. peoples' minds and wallets with promises of unforget only $1 SO. Balloons dropped on the crowd instead of a you remember this- it will prob er, stay upstairs and continue to Is this the end? Is this some sort table events. However, with ticket prices hitting three ball igniting the New Year. ably be some MacGyver-e que fight Nazis on my Playstation of post-nuclear explosion mist? figures, many had doubts. "We were out in the middle of nowhere, and we did trick that could save your family." game "Medal of Honor." No- it's just fog. Contradicting the fee of other events, New York n't know what was going on in the rest of the world "Here·s one thing you could By 11 p.m., I plod downstairs By 12:40 a.m. I am back in my City officials offered. a free concert with such acts as it was ·amazing," she says. "I would have been scared do;· says the s miling expert. ' Fill in my jeans, T-shirt and bare feet bed, feeling secure that nothing . Bush and Puff Daddy to please tens of thousands who if I were in New York -it was just a happy concert." up your bathtub with water, so to finally join my family. bad has happened due to the new waited for the ball to drop. And Washington, D.C.. had Fear also played a factor in the unwillingness of that way you' ll be able to flush the My dad tells me to get the millennium. a massive showing for the concert on the steps of the people to buy concert tickets because of potential ter toilet if there is a power outage.'' champagne ready for the toast. I But right before I doze off, I Lincoln Memorial with performers like Will Smith and rorism and violence. Willey, a New Jersey resident, Well, I guess M acGyver would don't want to do it just yet. come to a horrible realization. Trisha Yearwood. says she and her friends decided against going to Times do that. "It' s only II :30," I argue. I have to be back at school in Free seemed to be the magic word for many party Square. As the day goes on, I follow my "Get it ready, get it ready," he two days. people as large venues charging high prices lost sales "I think we all wanted to stay as far away from the and had to cancel because of the stiff competition. city as possible," she says. "We didn't know what was The cancellation of the "National Countdown" at the going to go down." MCI Center, sponsored by Shack Events, disappointed The Artist gave another option for people who want many in the D.C . area as bands such as Third Eye ed to play it safe·. For a few dollars, homebodies could Blind; Fuel and Everclear headlined. However, the watch "Rave Un2 the Year 2000" on pay-per-view planned concert did not meet ticket sale expectations as New Year's Eve. He also made history by retiring his the pricey evening reached close to $400 for some now passe song " 1999." seats. The regular networks had a ratings war of their own. The exorbitant ticket prices definitely swayed many ABC lead the charts with 25 hours of continuous cov university students from shelling out their plastic, and erage. The feuding networks rivaled· for viewership some said they found it hypocritical compared to such with each racing around the world to show the fanfare reasonably priced aU-day concerts. in exotic regions from the Pacific or landmarks like Sophomore Allison Willey says she enjoyed the rev Paris. elry qf the H.O.R.D.E. Festival and found it to be Sophomore Liz Izower admits that she and her worth the price, unlike the options on the eve of the boyfriend made appearances at a few parties but decid millennium. ed to stay away from the city, not out of fear, but just "You shouldn't have to pay that much just because because her heels wou.ldn' t hold up for 12 hours. it's New Year's," she says. "In Times Square, you had to stand there all day, New York City' s "Celebration 2000" also fueled and I knew by the time the ball dropped I would be more frustration of making plans for the millennium exhausted," she says. when the event was dismissed after poor ticket sales. Yet some people still put on their platforms and Sting was supposed to be one of the performers for the joined the crowds in Times Square or Washington, "mere" price of $75 to $999 - and that was after the D .C. - but not Seattle as the needle was dully lit clearance sale from the whopping original asking price because of the ominous presence of terrorism. of $2,500. Luckily, the menacing hype surrounding the dawn Ottawa, Canada, had a similar problem when orga of the new millennium· never materialized. The only nizers of the "Millennium House Party" said they had misfortune seemed to be the escalating ticket prices to cancel the event featuring Our Lady Peace because and huge venues th'at were left vacant - but overall, they overestimated the popularity of the New Year's fear was forgotten with every last call and finale . . The best of the best BY CLARKE SPEICHER first proclaims, "You ain't heard nothing step for movies toward showing the real Entenainm~nt Editnr yet," movies would never be the same. istic repercussions of violence - and a 1999 was seen as a revolutionary precursor to bullet-ridden films from year for moviemaking by many film "SNOW WIDTE AND TilE 'The Wild Bunch" to "The Matrix." critics, and some even regarded it as a SEVEN DWARFS" ; foreshadowing of things to come in the DisnP-y films have been a cultural "2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY" new millennium. mainstay for genern::ons, and it all start When it was first released in 1968, From "Being John Malkovich's" ed with this 1937 .;1 ·sic, the very first Stanley Kubrick's innovative master highly original concept to the dazzling animated feature. This was the film that piece really only gained appreciation by special effects seen in 'The Matrix," revolutionized animation. using the the stoner crnwds. Now it is considered cinematic storytelling reached an apex technique to create complex characters a classic - not only for its technologi in style and creativity not seen since and themes. cal achievement that would be unsur 1969. However, in some way or anoth passed until that "other" space movie er, every movie owes a tremendous debt "CITIZEN KANE" was released in 1977 - but also for its to those who cleared a path for innova Orson Welles was only 25 when he blind cinematic ambition. tive filmmaking. made arguably the greatest film in the history of cinema. His 1941 classic rev "JAWS" "THE Bmrn OF A NATION'' olutionized films in a way that is still In 1975, the term "blockbuster" was D.W. Griffith's 1915 masterpiece is evident even in today's films, though it redefined when Steven Spielberg's opus "Snow White" makes the cut perhaps the first film to truly master the was considered cinematic heresy when was released to an overwhelming art form. At 159 minutes, the film is it was initially released. response at the box office. "Jaws" estab for revolutionizing animation. considered to be the fLTSt epic and also Though he wasn't the ftrst to use such lished summer as the prime time for ushered in the era of the feature ftlm. techniques as deep-focus cinematogra films and emphasized the importance of However, this motion picture is for phy, over-lapping dialogue, flashbacks special effects to attract audiences. In ever tarnished by its blatant racism or trick photography, he did so in such a some ways, it's both a blessing and a where the heroes of the film are mem way that made it all seem new. curse. bers of the Ku Klux Klan. "SHADOWS" "JURASSIC PARK" ''BATILESHIP POTEMKIN" In 1961, John Cassavettes made the In 1993, for the first time in 65 mil In 1925, Sergei Eisenstein introduced first independent motion picture - if lion years, dinosaurs roamed the earth the world to two new moviemaking only in spirit and not in fact. Movies had - and movies were changed forever. tools - the montage and the use of film been made outside of the studio system With the advent of computer animation, as propaganda. The movie's controver before, but "Shadows" st::.nds as the film movies now have a seemingly limitless sial story, which follows a revolution led that gave birth to the i.ndie movement palette to create new and imaginative by Russian sailors, was even considered and proof that bigger is nrn always better. stories. "Jurassic Park," in essence, set dangerous enough to be banned in some the stage for filmmaking in the 21st cen countries for decades. ''BONNIE AND CLYDE" tury. •Add that to Eisenstein's own revolu People looking for someone to blame tion - the Odessa steps montage that has for the growing trend of violence in With a new millennium of cinema been imitated countless times and has left movies need look no farther than politi now upon us, one wonders how these ·an indelible mark on motion pictures cal activist Warren Beatty. As Clyde films will stand the test of time. Will Barrow and Bonnie Parker, Beatty and "Citizen Kane" continue to be the epito "THE jAZZ SINGER" Faye Dunaway turned the notorious me of motion pictures? Will "2001's" Though its story isn't anything to bank robbers into heroes. effects still be as dazzling? Will any of marvel at - AI Jolson longs to sing But what really angered conserva these films even be remembered? In any "My Mammy" - 1927's 'The Jazz tives when it was released in 1967 was case, it is hard to deny the indelible mark lEW THE REVIEW I File Photo Violence became an art form Singer" is most notable for being the the slow motion bloodletting that serves· these films have left on the cinematic art ''Battleship Potemkin" introduced the world to two new moviemak .ficst "talkie." From the moment Jolson ·as the film's finale. It was an important form. in 1967's~Bonnie and Clyde." ing tools - the montage and the use of film as prqpaganda. ' B4 • THE REVIEW • January 7, 2000 Me~il Darllnt You'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLES SCHULZ a nd 21 languages. After 50 years and more than 18,000 He can never fly a kite without getting it stuck in a BY MIKE BEDERKA trips. Schulz is finally putting down his pen. The 77- tree. And then, of course, there is T he Little Red-Haired All of our minds have fluttered away during some of year-old artist, recentl y diagnosed with colon cancer, wants to concentrate on treating and recuperating from Girl - the object of Charlie's affection for many of his those seemingly endles college lectures. Certain pro 50 years. She embodies all those crushes anyone has OI4, 600D fessors' ramblir.g fl oat high above common recogni the disca c. But tile comic pages may neva fully recover- the ever gotten tongue-tied over, no matter what the hair tio n, and only one repetitive sound emanates from th eir " Peanuts" characters truly have become the essence of lips. color. what burns deep in everyo ne's soul. In fact, this elusive character comes from Schulz's GR IEF ! "Waa waa wa waa wa." Linus' unwavering devotion toward the mythical own personal life. He once fe ll in love with a redhead. It may not translate too well into print, but you Great Pumpkin displays the youthful innocence that but she married someone else - a part of his life that should all know the high-pitched squeal I'm talking should never be forgotten. he carried into the hearts of millions. about. Snoopy. a.k.a. Joe Cool and the World War I Flying Clues to Schulz' s life also become apparent in his In fact, so did Charles M. Schulz- beloved creato r Ace, shows the pure brilliance of a powerful imagina · other works, namely, "A Charlie Brown Christmas.'' of the world-renowned "Peanuts" comic strip. tion. Sure, the religious overtones might bother a few, but if Charlie Brown. Sally, Lucy, Linus: Peppermint Lucy and Sally never give up on their dreams you don't tear up when the gang decorates the "Charlie Patty, M arcie, Schroeder, Pig Pen and Franklin all are (Schroeder and Linus respectively), despite whatever Brown Tree," yo u have ice in your veins. victims of their teacher' s monotonous wrath. Luckily. Woodstock. Snoopy and Rerun (Linus' pre-educated obstacles that come in their way (Schroeder and Linus All the applause aside now, folks ~ I' II be the first respectively). to admit "Peanuts" does not split open your sides with younger brother) escape unscathed. This brings o ur conversation over to the lovable, laughter. T he witty "Calvin and Hobbes" and bizarre But we should also realize that Schulz's lessons take wishy-washy Charlie Brown - known as Chuck, or "Far Side" c learly blow Charlie and company away on the reader far beyond the c lassroom. The trials and even ''Blockhead," to some. the funny meter. tribulations of the "Peanuts" gang embody a little part The punchline from the very first "Peanuts" strip had But come to think about it, that doesn' t even matter. of each of us. These days are numbered, however. The last daily this round-headed kid on the botto m of someone's " Peanuts" strip ran Monday, and the final Sunday shoe. Mike Bederka is a managing Mosaic editor for The "Good ol' Charlie Brown," a "friend" commented. Review. Within his first 24 hours back in Newark, he installment hits papers on Feb. 13. " How I hate him !" discovered thar his house had no ru nning water, the In the spirit of the comic, though, we should not mourn the retirement of a legend - we should praise "Good grier· indeed. post office "couldn't find" the mail he put on hold and Chuck represents the everyman and sadly absorbs all his answering machine broke. In the words of the him. the pratfalls that come with ·the title. immortal CHarlie Brown, "Aaaaaargh." Get well soon "Peanuts" reaches 355 million readers around the world. It appears in 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries He can never win that big baseball game. Charles Schulz. Send questions, commen.ts and criri He can never kick the football that Lucy holds. cisms to [email protected]. The winter of the moviegoer's discontent A preview of the upcoming' films that should make some noise BY CLARKE SPEICHER Two swindlers search for a very (Walter Matthau) becomes ill in "Scary Movie." Shannon Elizabeth Entertainment Editor different kind of paradise in the "Hanging Up." ("American Pie") stars as the terri Between January and May, animated " The Road to El "The Virgin Suicides" also con fied object of a serial killer' s men motion pictu re studios release Dorado." Voiced by Kevin Kline cerns sisters, all five of whom seem ace. films that can mostly be described and Kenneth Branagh, the two to be doomed. T he film stars As if the suburbs didn't have by one word - crap. acquire a map to the lost city of Danny DeVito and Josh Hartnett as enough problems, Ice Cube comes After putting out all of their gold, but the road leads to misad men who become obsessed with the to town to live with his rich cousins good movies in . December and venture. sisters in this comedy directed by in "Next Friday." preparing their blockbusters for the Gary S.inise, Tim Robbins and Sofia Coppola. Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. summer, the studios mainly release Don Cheadle travel to a far more Julia Roberts takes a break from and the Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon their left-over drivel in the mo nths exotic location - Mars. The first ro mantic comedies and gay best and Power investigate why white between, hoping audiences will be ; oft wo films about the red planet to friends in " Erin Brockovich." teen-agers are fascinated by hip suckered in to see movies that are be released this year, "Mission to Roberts stars as a law firm secre hop in the controversial " Black and generally an insult to the viewer. Mars" fo llows the adventures of a tary who pursues a case which White." However, some films are coming group of astronauts who discover leads to precedent-setting environ Teens are also the subject .of out in the next few months that something mysterious - and then mental victory. "Final Destination" and " 0 ." In might actually be worth the trip to lose all contact with Earth. Although the film sounds like a "Destination," Devon Sawa keeps the local multiplex. Two other s pace flicks - rip-off of "Norma Rae" and "A six passengers from boarding a THE ReV LEW I Internet Photo "American Psycho" tops off the "Supernova" and "Pitch Black" - C ivil Action," expectations are plane that crashes moments after Leonardo DiCaprio makes his triumphant return in "The Beach." list as one of the most highly antici also concern the da.ngers of space high for this drama because 'of take-off, only to see the people he pated films of the season. Well travel. director Steven Soderbergh, who has saved murdered. Mekhi Phifer received at the Sund'ance Film Bill Paxton, who played an ill has electrified the screen with "Out stars in " 0 ," a modem retelling of Festival, "American Psycho" stars fated astronaut in "Apollo 13," of Sight" and "sex, lies, and video Shakespeare's "Othello," set on a Christian Bale as a yuppie serial stars a lo ngside Matthew tape." high school football team. killer who amuses hjmself by tortur McConaughey and Harvey Keitel Though not as big of a marquee Adults can find solace in ing and murdering young women. in the submarine adventure " U- name as Roberts, Ashley Judd has "Reindeer Games" - starring Ben As if that weren't enough, he then 571 ." beeu gold at the box-office lately Affleck as a reformed criminal who decorates his apartment with their In the same vein as "A Few and may be able to attract a sizable is lured into a heist to rob a casino remains. Willem Dafoe and Reese Good Men" and "The General's audience with her latest offering, - and "Play It To the Bone," star Witherspoon co-star in the adapta Daughter" comes "Rules of "Eye of the Beholder." Judd stars ring Woody Harre lson and Antonjo tion of Bret Eaton Ellis' book. Engagement." Tommy Lee Jones as a serial killer trailed by eerie Banderas as best friends and retired The eagerly awaited " Scream 3" stars as an attorney and Vietnam private investigator Ewan boxers who are lured back into the also slashes into theaters. It claims vet who defends Samuel L. Jackson MacGregor. ring for one last fight. to be the final installmeiit of the after he orders his troops to fire on In addition to "Scream 3," "Lost Bruce W illis also stars as a popular series, but this seems unarmed civilians. Souls" and "T he Ninth Gate" also reformed criminal who moves in doubtful with the recent boom rn If testosterone-heavy action serve up hea lthy doses of horror. . next to an uneasy Matthew Perry in horror movies. In the latest outing, films aren't your taste, you can Winona Ryder stars in "Lost the comedy "The Whole Nine Neve Campbell heads to have "The Next Best Thing" star Souls" as a young woman who has Yards." Hollywood to lead a new life as an ring M adonna and Rupert Everett. unwillingly become a pawn in Finally, "T he Drew Carey actress in a low-budget horror The t wo star as best friends who Satan' s attempt to roam the earth. Show's" Craig Ferguson stars as a movie. However, members of the accidentally sleep together and the Meanwhile, Johnny Depp is a rare Scottish hairdresser who comes to crew suddenly fall prey to a cloaked Material Girl ends up pregnant. book dealer who is unwittingly L.A. to compete for the prestigious -, killer. However, the situation is further used by a rich man who wants to Platinum Scissors Award in "The "The Beach" is sure to excite complicated by the fact that Everett release Satan in "The Ninth Gate." B_ig Tease." hormonally charged females is gay. With the resurgence of the hor With s uch an abundance of around the globe since it features Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton and ror genre, it was only a matter of movies arriving this season, one of the triumphant return of Leonardo Lisa Kudrow co-star as sisters who time before a parody was released. them should be worth a look - or THE REVIEW I Internet Photo DiCaprio, as he trots around the humorously deal with love, life and Now, from W ayan s brothers ~t least simply a break from study Do you like scary movies? "Scream 3" comes out in February. Pacific in search of paradise. I • death when their wild father Marlori, Shawn and Keenan comes mg. ttfJiL PLEASE~ •• } The minty ,,,, ,, ,., y,, ~ •t Wa~ It That Way, • Backstr•et Boyt .,.,... ,, Mtn, •'"'""'"' Black lollkth · . "Mary,·,,A,ius • Mary J. B ilge fresh test ·BeBw , Cher •Marit Maria," Santana ~814 Blood, • Ministry •Mr lo~t Is Your Love, N Whitney Houston •min' Lt \"t4a Lon,• Ricky Martin "Kiss Mt," Sixpence None the ··&fer S.nd•en," Mo~htad · "ft." R. Kelly continued from page B 1 "AD Star,• Sltuh Mollth ·s •• ott.,. samu ·'SfirkcktJt; tnc~, • Nine Inch Nails ."Bade It One," Brian McKnight However, their weakness... well... is •No Scra~J," nc ·unpretty,· TLC Rolr lom•ie .. "F•n••il, • .·s,,.,.,.tt,. {'' nc . their weakness - if only they had t tasted stronger, they would have beat flit A/W if y,, . 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S(A littfe 8ft i!;J•LH •• · •Lit Up, • BQcbMrry "A•erlcln Beaufy" With a couple of these bad boys "Stpo,.An4r,. J . •Bawitil••/' KW Roek "A~tstin Pewers: Tlie ·spy Who Shagged Me" tucked safely in your pocket, your •Liwln' La VW. loa,• RlcJcr Martin 'Freak on 1 letth," Kom 1he Matrix" breath can be as ure as your deodor "The Prince ol Egypt • ant, and those onion ring will be no ·srend New o.,,•Stilt •Notkie," li•P. BiZklt weat. "Whiskey In a Jar/ Mettllia "Ttrttll" •I INTENTIONAL SECON B4. THE R EVIEW • January 7. 2000 Media Darling You'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLES SCHULZ and 21 languag~s. After 50 years and more than 18.000 He can never fl y a kite without getting it ~tuck in a BY Ml KE BEDERKA strir~. Schul; i~ finally putting down his pen. The 77- tree. )~ar - old ani~t. rc:cently d iagnosed wi th colon cancer, And then. of course. the re is The Little Rcd-Hi!ired A ll of our minds have nuttcrcd away during ~ome of \\anL to concentrate on treating and recuperating from Girl - the object o f Charl ie's affectio n for man) of hi s those seemingly endless coll ege lectures. Certain prn the disease. 50 years. She embodies all those crushes anyone ha OH,GOOD frssor~· rambli t~gs fl oat high above common recogni But titc comic pages may nevt:r ful ly recover - the ever gotten tongue-tied over. no mallcr what the hair tion. and only one rcrctiti ve sound emanates from th etr lips. "Peanut<... characters truly have become the essence o f color. GR IEF ! what burn~ deep in everyone's soul. In fact. this c lu ivc character comes from Schulz' s ··waa waa wa waa wa ... Linu~· unwavering devotion toward the mythi cal own personal life. He once fell in love wi th a redhead. It may not tran late too well into print. bll[ you Great Pumpkin displays the youthful innocence that hut he married someone else- a pan of hi s life that should all know the high-pitched squeal I'm ta lking should nc,·cr he fo rgotten. he carried into the hearts of millions. abo ut. Snoopy. a.k.a. Joe Cool and the W orld War l Flying C lues to SchulL's life also become apparent in his In fact. o did Charles M. chuiL - hclon:d creator Ace. shows the pure brilli ance o f a powerful imag ina · other works. name ly, ''A C harlie Brown Christmas ... o f the world-renowned "Peanuts" comic strip. ti on. Sure. the rel igious overtones might bother a few. but if C harl ie Brown. Sally. Lucy. Linus: Peppermint Lucy and Sall y never give up on their dreams you don't tear up w hen the gang decorates the "Charlie Pa tty. Marcie. Schroeder. Pig Pen and Franklin ail arc (Schroeder and Linus respec ti vely). despite whatever Brown Tree ... you have icc in your veins. victims o f their teacher' s monotonous wrath. Lud.ily. obstacles that come in their way (Sc hroeder and Linu A ll the appla use aside now. fo lks- I'll be the first W ood tock. Snoopy and Rerun (Linus' pre-educated re ·pcctivcly). to admit '·Peanut ... does not split open your sides with younger brother) e cape unscathed. This brings o ur conversation over to the lovable. laughter. The witty "Calvin and Hobbes .. and bizarre But we sho uld also rcali;:c that chulz's lcs ons take wi hy-wa~hy Charlie Brown - known as Chuck, or "Far Side .. clearl y blow C harlie and company away on the reader far beyond the classroom. The tri a ls and even " Blockhead." to some. the funny mete r. tribulations of the '·Peanuts .. gang e mbody a litt le pan The punchline fro m the very fi rst " Peanuts'' trip had But come to think about it. that doesn't even matter. of each of us. this round-headed kid on the botto m of someone· s Th e~e days arc numbered. however. T he last daily shoe . Mike Bederka is a managing Mosaic edi10r for The .. Peanut. .. strip ran Monday. and the final Sunday "Good or C harlie Brown ... a .. friend .. commented. Reviell·. Within his first 24 hours back in Nell ·ark. he installment hits papers on Feb. 13. .. How I hate him,. discorered thar his house had no mnning H'ater. the In the pi ri t of th e comi c, tho ugh. "e ~ h o uld not .. Good grief indeed. post office "couldn't find" rhe mail he put on hold and mourn the retirement o f a legend- we should praise Chuc k represents the every man and sadly absorbs al l his CI II S\\'ering machine broke. In the \\'Ords of the him. the pratfalls that come with the title. immortal Charlie Broll'n, ''Aaaaaargh ... Get ll'e!l soon "Peanuts .. reaches 355 million readers around the He can never win that big baseball game. Charles Scl111l::.. Send questions. commems and criti world. It appears in 2.600 newspapers in 75 countries He can never kick the football that Lu cy holds. cisms to [email protected]. The winter of the moviegoer's discontent A preview of the upcoming films that should make some noise BY CLARKE SPEICHER Two swindle rs search for a very (Walter Matthau) becomes ill in "Scary Movie ... Shannon Elizabeth Entertammoll Editor different kind of paradi e in the "Hanging Up ... ("American Pie'') stars a the terri Between January and M ay. animated " The Road to EI "T he Virgin Suicides .. also con fied object of a serial killer's men motion picture studios release Dorado ... Voiced by Kevin Kline cerns isters. all fi ve of whom seem ace. film s that can mostly be described and Kenneth Branagh, the two to be doomed. T he fi I m ·tars As if the suburbs didn't have by one word - crap. acquire a map to the lost c ity o f Danny DeVito and Jo h Hartnett as enough proble ms. Ice Cube come After putting out all of their go ld. but the road leads to mi sad men w ho become obse sed with the to to wn to live wi th hi rich cousins good movies in Dece mber and venture. sisters in this comedy directed by in "Next Friday.'' preparing their blockbuster for the Gary Sini se. T im Robbins and Sofia Coppo la. Ben Stiller. R obert Downey Jr. summer, the studios mainly release Don Cheadle travel to a far mo re Julia Roberts takes a break from and the Wu-Tang Clan' Raekwon the ir left-over drive l in the months exotic location - Mars. The first ro mantic comedies and gay best and Powe r investigate why white between, hoping a udiences wi ll be · of two films about the red planet to friends in "Erin Brockovic h ... teen-agers are fa cinated by hip s uckered in to see movies that arc be released this year, ''Mission to Roberts stars as a law firm secre hop in the controversial '·Black and generally an insult to the viewer. Mars .. fol lows the adventures o f a tary who pursues a case which White.'· However. some film s are coming group o f astronauts who discover leads to precedent-setting environ Teens arc also the subject o f out in the next few months that something m ysterious - and then mental victory. " Final Destinatio n" and '·o:· In might actual ly be worth the trip to lose all contact with Earth. Altho ugh the film ounds like a "Destination.'· D evon Sawa keeps the local multiplex. T wo o ther space fl icks - rip-o ff of '·Norma Rae·· and "A six passenge rs fro m boarding a THE REVIEW / lnlcmet Pho1o '·American Psycho" tops off the ·' Supernova· · and " Pitch Black" Ci vi I Action.·· expectations are plane that crashes m oments after Leonardo DiCaprio makes his triumphant return in "The Beach." li st as one o f the most highly antici also concern the dangers o f space high fo r this drama because of take-off, only to see the people he pated fi lms of the season. Well travel. director Steven Soderhergh, who ha saved murdered. Mekhi Phifer received at the Sund'ance Film Bill Paxton. who played an ill has e lectrified the screen with " Out star in " 0 ,'' a modern retelling of Festival. " American Psycho'' stars fated astronaut in '·Apollo 13 ... of Sight .. and ·'sex. lie . and video Shakespeare's "Othello." set on a Christian Bale as a yuppie erial stars a longside Matthew tape. high chool football team. killer who amuses himself by tortur McConaughey and Harvey Keitel Though not as big o f a marquee A dults can find solace in ing and murdering young women. in the submarine adventure ··u- name as Roberts. Ashley Judd has ''Re indeer Games·· - starrinl! Ben As if that weren't enough, he then 571. .. been gold at the box -office lately Afneck as a reformed criminal who decorates his apartment with their In the same vein as '·A Few and may be able to attract a sizable is lured into a heist to rob a casino remains. Willem Dafoe and Reese Good Men" and "The General's audience with her latest offe ring. -and "Play It To the Bone," star Witherspoon co-star in the adapta Daughter" comes ·'Rules o f " Eye of the Beholder.'' Judd stars ring Woody H arrelson and Antonio tion o f Bret Eaton Ellis' book. Engagement." Tommy Lee Jones as a serial killer trailed by eerie Banderas as best frien ds and retired T he eagerly awaited " Scream 3" stars as an atto rney and Vietnam private in vestigator E wan boxer who are lured back into the also slashes into theaters. It claims vet who defends Samue l L. Jackson MacGregor. ring for one last fi ght. to be the final installment of the after he orders his troops to fi re on In addition to "Scream 3," '·Lo t Bruce Willis a lso stars as a popular series, but this seems unarmed civilians. Souls" and 'The Ninth Gate" a lso reformed c riminal who m oves in doubtful with the recent boom in If testosterone-heavy action serve up healthy do e of horror. . next to an uneasy Matthew Perry in horror movies . In the latest outing, fi lms aren' t your taste, you can Winona Ryder stars in "Lost the c om edy " The Whole Nine Neve Campbell heads to have "The Next Best Thing" star So uls'' as a young woman who has Yards .'· Ho lly wood to lead a new life as an ring Madonna and Rupert Everett. unwillingly become a pawn in Finall y, " The Drew Carey actress in a lo w-budget horror The two star as best friends who Satan's attempt to roam the earth. Show's" Craig Ferguson stars as a movie. However, members o f the accidentally sleep together and the Meanwhile. Jo hnny Depp is a rare Scottish hairdres er who comes to c rew s uddenly fall prey to a cloaked Material Girl ends up pregnant. book dealer who is unwitting ly L.A. to compete for the prestigious killer. However, the s ituation is further used by a rich man who wants to Platinum Scissors Award in 'The '·The Beach'' i sure to excite complicated by the fact that Everett release Satan in '·The Ninth Gate ... Big T ease:· hormo na lly charged females is gay. With the resurgence of the hor With s uch an abundance of around the globe since it features Meg Ryan. Diane Keaton and ror genre. it was only a matter of movies arriving this season, one of the triumphant return of Leonardo Lisa Kudrow co-star as sisters who time before a parody was released. them should be worth a look - or THE REVIEW / lnlemel Photo DiCaprio. as he trots around the humorously deal with love. life and Now, from W ayans brothers at least simply a break from study Do you like scary movies? "Scream 3" comes out in February. . . Pacific in search of paradise. death when their w ild father Marlon, Shawn and Keenan comes tng. THE 4fND ANNU~L BRAMMY .NOMINEES {DRUM ROLL PLEASE... } The minty- Rmrd 9f the Ym ev Porform~nee, Duo Of Groqpwifh Vm/ . Mm/Performges .RUAI/tum fresh test "I W11nt It Thot Way," Backstreet Boys I Wont It That Way," Bt~ckstreet Boyt "Iron Man," BIGck Sabb12th "Mary," Mary J. 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"Supernatural," Santana "Mirrorbllll," Sarllh Mclachllln "Caiilornimion, Red Hot Chili Peppers "Wild Wild Wett," Will Smith "Fonmail," TLC "Brond New Day," Sting "Supernatural," Santana "Changes," 2Pac Ttc TAcs Tic Tacs are the placebo of breath Song 91 the Ye1r {$on~rlfif« lll(lfj) FemQ/e l?oelt Vml PerfotmlfiU Altllf!itirl Musk P~rfqwnct l?ap Prirm~nu b.y R Duo qr Crqup mint · Their sugary taste and tiny size "I Want It That Way, • Andreas ~lsson &Max Martin "Bliss," Tori Amos "To Venue and Beck," Tori Amos "What's It Gonna Be?f," Burla Rhymes couldn' t match up to the stronl!er ze t "livin' La Vida Lm," Dn11ond Child & Robl Rm "Sweet Child 0' Mine," Sheryl Crow •Mutations,• Beck featuring Janet Jackson of the other breath fre hener ~ Head "S11ooth, • ltaal Shur & Ro& Thomas "Jukebox," Ani Difranco "'fou'n Collie a Long Way, Baby," Fatboy Slim "Satisfy You," Puff Doddy feohtring R. Kel~ to-head, Tic Tacs fail pitifully. · unpretty,• Dallu Aurlin &Tionne 1-Boz" Wat~ins "Angels Would Fall," Melim Etheridg~ ·~r.· Mo&y "Still O.R.E.," Dr. Ore leoturing Snoop Oogg "I. don' t think it works:· junior "You''It Cot • Way," Ro&ert John Lange & Shania T~tain "Possession" (Li11e), SarGh Mclachlan-' "The Fragile, Nine Inch Nails ~Guilty Conscience," Eminem & Dr. Ore Sachm Jam says. ''In fact. it's prett)' "You Got Me," The Roots leaturing Ervkah Badu bad." NwArfi# M1fe Rock Vml PW,tr!fpu f«mlft RI!.B Vml Pwqrmw, . F~cs hman Erin Scott decided to Chrirlina Aguilera "Can 't Change Me," Chris Cornell "All That I Can Say," Mary J. Blige RtpAihutt bite mto her Tic Tac. • Macy Grov "What It's like," Everlut "AI11orl Doesn't Count, Brandy "E.LE.," Burla Rhymes "If.. you chew on them. they do work, he ays. ''If you uck on Kid Roek "Am erican Woman," Lenny Kravitz "Do Something," Macy Gray "Do Reo i·World," Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott them. they don't." Britney Spears "The Promise, • Bruce Springsteen "Evervtll~g Is Everything," Lauryn Hill "The SlimShacJr LP, • Eminem "Hold On," Tom Woits "It's Not Right but It's Okay/' Whitney Houston "I Am, Nu Suson Tedeschi Clearly, Tic Tac were the hands "Things Fall Apart, • The Roots down lo ·er of our Breath Fre. hener fem1/e Pop Voul ferhrm1nee l?oek Petform•nes hy 1 Puo or Group ttith Vqul Mile RIJ! Vml Pmourr1nee Challenge. "Genie in o Bottle/ Chrirlina Aguilera "Special," Garbage •ow '( ou Ever Know," Peabo Bryson Coun1; Album · Cert. . Cool Mint Drops finished a "Beautm.l Stranger,• Madonna "Black Balloon," The Goo Goo Dolls "When • Woman's Fed Up," R. Kelly "Ride with Bob," sleep ot the Wheel rcspcctahlc founh. 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"I need to adjust to the speed of top I [University of] Notre Dame and Ohio State A players and obviously NFL players. strong showing [University]. I adjusted fine and held my "I just need to get stronger and faster." own." Luckily for Stull, he's had plenty of prac Stull said he felt he proved his worth in tile tice in self-improvement. earns NFL looks game as well, though he was disappointed in one particular play. BY ROBERT NIEDZWIECKI "I did give up a sack one time, my man just Sports Editor be'at me," he said. "I could have done a little Though the Blue-Gray All-Star Classic better on that play, but I fe lt I played pretty would be a large factor in whether Jim Stull consistentl y throughout." had the necessary ability to play in the Stull, who stands at 6-foot-6 and weighs National Football League, the feeling Stull 30 I pounds, has the size the NFL is looking had prior to the game wasn' t nervousness. for, which is why Hens head coach Tubby It was excitement. Raymond said he recommended him when he· After a full week of practice for the 78 ath was given a questionnaire by the organizers of letes who competed, Stull said the relations the Blue-Gray Classic. between the players had become so comfort Scouts then came to watch him play, and able that the players had no anxiety, even with play he did. scores of NFL scouts in the stands. For Stull, it was a season full of accom " Everybody was pretty much friends at plishment. He has been named to the All that point,'' he said. "We were there to have Atlantic 10 First Team and All-East Coast fun and showcase ourselves, so nobody was Athletic Conference First Team, in addition to really nervous." · being named Atlantic 10 Academic All The Blue-Gray All-Star Classic, which Conference. took place on Dec. 25; is a game that gives However, when Stull first came to some of college football 's lesser known play Delaware, this type of accomplishment might ers a chance to shoy.rcase their talent for pro have been hard to imagine. fessional scouts. Stull came to Delaware weighing 330 Needless to say, Stull, who completed his pounds, and had a body fat percentage of 30. collegiate career at Delaware this past fall, He has now cut that percentage in half, and was pleased when he learned of his selection. after getting down to 290 pounds, he has "I was definitely honored," he said. "It's added weight - but this time in the form of rare that guys from smallt:r schools like bulk strength. Delaware get selected, and it gave me a great "He came to us as a poorly conditioned big chance to get exposure for the NFL." man," said Gregg Perry, offensive line coach. Stull became the fourth player in school "To his credit, he worked with former history to play in the annual game played in strength coach Tony Decker, and he got phys M ontgomery, Ala., joining centers Chris ically big enough to become a better football Coyne (1987), Brian Cook (1998), and wide player." receiver Eddie Conti ( 1998). Raymond said Stull's hard work I? get Stull was one of 17 athletes competi ng himself into better shape has benefitted the who were from schools below the Division I rest of the team. A level. Though he knew ht> would have tn "He's worked very hard to bring his weight · play against many players from top Division down," he said. "You see that, and it encour I-A programs, he was not intimidated prior to ages other players to work." the commencement of practices before the Stull has worked hard since he first arrived game. at Delaware, but the Blue-Gray All-Star clas " I felt pretty confident going in," he said. Senior offensive tackle Jim Stull was selected to .the Blue-Gray· All-Star sic showed him he needs to work harder. . Classic on Christmas Day. Stull is only the fourth Hen to be chosen. Hockey to play top two ACHA squads get some solid goaltending, and you give Michigan, the Hens do not have to find UD will face hardest yourself a chance to win ." much motivation, Brandwene said. To Due to the fact that all the teams in the knock off the best team in the ACHA test of the season this ACHA have taken at least a month off, A ho would surely provide a boost to an up and said there might be some ugly play in the down Delaware squad. weekend in Michigan beginning of the game. In the Hens' last three losses, they've. BY JEFF GLUCK "It' II be sloppy in the first period," Aho allowed six goals each game and have been Staff R~porta said. "Yeah, it' ll. be ~ hi ppy. It's crucial for outscored 18-4 in those games. However, - The weekend does not get much tougher us because it's our fi rst game ------in the last three than this for the Delaware ice hockey team. back after such a long break." Delaware wins, they've The Hens (8-7- 1) will be on the road Brandwene bluntly di s- "Q scored at least six goals, against American Col!egiate· Hockey agrees. ur team has been outscoring their oppo- Association No. 2 University of Michigan "Actually, I think it will be nents 20-2. at Dearborn (1 7-5) tonight and No. I quite the opposite," he said. Skating Well .. . we're As far.as playing up Eastern Michigan University (16-4-2) on "Our team has been skating game ready .'~ to their potential with well in practice, and I think consistency, "we' re get- Saturday, with both games at 7:30 p.m. - Delaware head coach Josh ~ ·Every game is important, [but] these they' re very refreshed. We' ve ting there," Brandwene teams provide ari extra ------ had a chance to Brandwene said. "Instead of play- challenge," said Delaware heal from ing well at some times head ice hockey coach some bruises and poorly at others, Josh Brandwene. "W e •re playing at and broken bones. We're we' re getting to the point where we'll be The No. 8 Hens have game ready." playing well all the time." not played since December home, SO We should Last year, Delaware 4, when they dropped the beat the Wolves twice in second game of a home probably win." overtime to propel them ·series against Ohio - Mich.-Dearoom head coach selves deep into the ACHA University. . IosAho playoffs. T his year, Delaware has been ------llllllililioiMI~ Michigan-Dearborn beat 1. swept in every home series this year, and the Hens twice at home, defeating has gone 2-6 at home overall. Howeve r, on Delaware by two goals both times. the road, the team is 6-1-1. So that means However, in the end of the second game Penn State that the Hens should have a good chance, . against the Wolves, Delaware began to turn right? Not according to Michigan it .around. Ohio University Dearborn head coach Joe Aho . 'They took it to us in the end," Aho said. Arizona ~ "Well , we're playing at home,'' Aho "Delaware out-shot us pretty good." said, "so we should probably win." As a result of these teams playing each Iowa State · ~ · While Delaware should be faced with other, a growing rivalry has resulted. Arizona State two hard games, Brandwene said he knows "It's definitely turning into a great rival his team is capable uf surprising both the ry, with tbe·two overtime games lasr vear Delaware THE REVIEW/Mike Louie Wolves and Eastern Michigan if they and then us beating them at home twice Minot State Junior goaltender Bjorn Christiano and the rest of the Delaware squad will achieve two goals. this year," Aho said. "It's a fierce competi head to Michigan this weekend to take on the top two ranked A CHA teams. "Consiste ncy and confidence,'' tion out there." 10. lllinois Brandwene said. "Put the puck in the net, As for the game against Eastern SEV E N GREATEST SPORT S FIGUR E S Hens track and field looks FROM N E WARK to repeat strong seasons according to Sports Illustrated BY VICKI CAREY Head women's coach Susan McGrath Staff R•porta Powell said her team needs to stay competitive In the Dec. 27,1999- Jan. 3, 2000 Despite some · key losses, the Dela ware throughout the season and keep improving. issue of Sl, they rated the Top 50 men's and women's track and field teams are "Every y.:! ar is interesting," she said. "We Greatest Sports Figures from every preparing for a strong year in 2000. are a little more complete than last year, qut They kick off their season today at 5:30 state. Ifyo u live in Delaware, you got we still have a ways to go ." p.m. with the first Delaware Invitati on·aJ of the Senior captain and distance runner Caron the SI that describes the 50 Greatest year. Marra said the Hens expect to move up in the Delaware Sports figures in detail. Last year the men's team captured the title America East this season after fi nishing fi fth at the America East indoor conference c hampi Here are the seven that were listed (in in the conference meet last year. onship. "For the America East I think we are a top order) from Newark. Head men's coach Jim Fischer said the four team,'' she said. I HAROLD ''TuBBY" RAYMOND, UD Hens are capable of keeping the T he women' s distance runners football coach. 284- 109-3 record . conference title in Delaware. have filled in a lot of the gaps from "We lost an awful lot of talent TRACK AND last year, M arra added. from last year," he said. "We are not ,»( ~·_ A FIELD' rtlEVIEW "This season each runner will be very experie nced in that aspect. It able to concentrate on a specifi c will be difficult for us to repeat what event or two," she said. 3 FRANK MASLEY, member of 1980, we did last year, but I think we can "My personal goal this season is ' 84, ' 88 Olympic luge team. do it." to qualify f0r the ECAC [Eastern College 4 TERENCE STANSBURY, mst""'De....._.l.__ For the team to be successful, Fischer said Athletic Conference] meet. My concentration there is one major key. and best chance to qualify this season is in the native to reach NB_A.~_...__ "Each person has to take care of their own 3000-meter." 5 CONWAY HAYMAN, played six years jobs,'' he said. Sophomore thrower Jennie Chiller said the with Oilers. All -America guard at UD. Senior captain and middle di stance runner Hens can place higher this year than they did Mark Coyle said the Hens have the potential to last yt ..tr. 6 DERRICK MAY, batted .271 in 10 win the conference cha!!!;>ionship again in "I think it is going to be a good season,'' she yrs. with 6 clubs. Best- .295 {1993). 2000. said. "Everyone is working hard during prac 7 SPENCER DUNKLEY, UD center set "The distance squad is stronger," he said. tice and I think we are going to build up real- "The freshmen on the team are a lot more tal ly well." · THE REVIEW !File Photo u...,_l_3_s=c=h=o_o_l _re_c_o_rd_s_._P_Ia.. y...e d= in= C=B=A=. = d en ted than we have had in the past." The men's and women's track and field teams open their seasons today. lt1111tt11:1 .... 2f)()() • fHf IU.\ If\\ • 87 Stull holds own at Blue-Gray .. It " a' definite!) a ~ lcp up in competition. ''There's always room for impro\'cmcnl." Graduate line1nan 's go1ng up aga in ~ t guys from school like he said. "[ need to adjust to th e speed of top I !Un i\ cr~i t y of! No1re Dame and Ohio Stale A players and obviously FL players. strong sho1ving !Univer>ily!. I adju ~ t cd fine and held my "I just need to get stronger and fa tc r." uwn . Luckily for Stull. he·s had plenty of prac Stull said he felt he proved hi s worth in the ti ce in self-improvemenl. earns NFL looks game as well. though he wa disappointed in nne particular play. l.IY ROBERT i'IEDZWIECKI ..1 did give up a sack one time. my man just '''''!/' l:.~htot heat me:· he said . .. 1 could have done a lillie TlhHI!Ch lh<' Blue - Gra~ All-Star Clas~1c h..:llcr on lhat play. but I fe lt I played pretty '' •uld he a lan!e !actor tn whether Ji m Stull con istcntly throughoul." Six Delaware football players have lud til<' nece~~ar~ ahilily to play in the Stull. who stands at 6-foot-6 and weigh named to the annual Atlantic I 0 Acad~:.m.icl '-:,llHHhll All-Conference team.· Fn1>thall League. the feeling tull 30 I po und ~. has the size the NFL is looking had pri~>r t\> the game wasn·t ne rvo usness. for. which is why Hen head coach Tubby The six Hens named to the team It \\,1\ e.\ CIIemenl. Raymond said he recommended him when he offensive guard John After a full week of praclicc for the 78 at h was given a questionnaire by the organi zers of senior fullback Steve Ricco, · letes ''h1.1 competed. Stull said the rel:uions the Blue-Gray Classic. sive tackle Jim Stull, sophomore spread between the player; had become so comfort Scouts then came to watch him play. and rett Veach, junior tight end/offensive ,thle lhatlhe pia) crs had no anxiety. even with play he did. Adam Wachter and sophomore · · L·ore~ of NFL ~co ut~ in lhc · t and~. For Stull. it wa a sea on full of accom back Dan Speciale: ' · .. E, cr~hod) wa pretl y much fri ends at plishment. He has been named to the All A total of 57 players from the leagpe's that pom1:· he ~aid . --we were there to have Atlantic I 0 First Team and All-East Coast member schools were honored. To be fun ,md o, ho\\ Case our;clves. so nobody was Athletic Conference Fir t Team. in addition to ble, student-athletes must be a starter rcc~llv ncrvou · :· being named Atlantic 10 Academic All reserve and have a 3.0 or bette.r '-'"''"u•.... ••v·c• The Blue-Gra) All-Star Classic. which Conference. grade index. ' tunk place on Dec. ::'.5 . is a game th at gives However. when St:JI: first came to --compiled by L. Miliei:l:iC{j• .Mom•a :,ome of college football's lesser known play Delaware. thi s type or a. · ~o mpli s hment might er~ a chance to showcase their 1alem for pro have been hard to imagine. fc ·sional scouts. Stul l came to Delaware weighing 330 Needles!> to say. Stull. who completed his pounds. and had a body fat percentage of 30. collegiate career at Delaware this past fall. He has now cut that percentage in half, and ''a pleased when he learned of hi select ion. aft er gelling down to 290 pounds, he has "I \\a. definitely honored." he . aid. "It's added weight - but this time in the form of mre that guys from smaller schools like bulk strength . Delaware get selected. and it gave me a great "He came to u as a poorly conditioned big chance to get exposure for !he NFL. .. man.·· said Gregg Perry, offensive line coach. Stull became the fourth player in chool 'To his credit. he worked with fo rmer hi stor) to play in the annual game played in strength coach Tony Decker, and he got phys l\1 ontgomery. Ala .. joining centers Chri ically big enough to become a beller football Coyne ( 1987). Brian Cook ( 1998). and wide player.'· receiver Eddie Conti ( 1998). Raymond said Stull's hard work to get Stull was one of t 7 athlete competing himself into bcucr shape has benetilled the who were from schoois below the Division 1- re t of the tP.am. A level. Thou!!h he knew hP would have 1n .. He·s worked very hard to bring his weight play agamst m~any players from top Di vi ion down:· he aid. '·You ee that. and it encour 1-A programs. he was not intimidated prior to ages other players to work .'. the commencement of practices before the Stull has worked hard since he first arrived g1mc. at Delaware. but the Blue-Gray All-Star clas Senior offensive tackle Jim Stull was selected to the Blue-Gray All-Star "I felt prclt) con fident going in:· he said . sic showed him he needs to work harder. '------;,~ . Classic on Christmas Day. Stull is only the fourth Hen to be chosen. Hockey to play top two ACHA squads get some solid goaltending. and ~ou gi\·c :-.tich1 gan. th..: Hen' do not ha\e 10 find UD will face hardest yourself a chance to win : · much mot!\ ,1t1on. 1:3rand\\Cile -,aid. To Due to the fact 1h a1 all the teamo, 111 the kn ock oil the he't team in the ,\CHA test of the season this ACHA have taken at least a month oiT. Aho would ,urcl~ pnn 1dc a hoo\t to an up and said there mi ght he ~omc ugl) pia) in th..: do\\n Dcla\\~Hc squad. weekend in Michigan beginning of the game. In the Hen s· la~t three los~e~. they ·\e BY JEFF GLUCK '·It'll be sloppy in the fir~ t period:· Aho allo\\cd -,i, goah ..:ach game and have been Staff Reporter said . ''Yeah. it ' ll he chippy. 11·-, crucial for ouhcorcd I !1-.t 111 those game'>. Howe\'er. The weekend does not get much tougher us because it's our fi rst game ------1n the last three than this for the Delaware ice hockey team. back after such a long break.'' Del.!\\ arc "in,, they ·"c The Hens (8-7- I ) wi II be on the road Brandwe ne bluntly di s- ,., ~cored ,H lca~l ~i.\ goals. against American Collegiate Hockey agrees. 0 ur team ha.~ bccn Put•. .:Pn:;g 1heir opro- Association No. 2 University of Mi chigan '·Actuall y. I think it \\ill be ncnt' 20-2. at Dearborn ( 17 -5 ) tonight and No. I quite the oppo ·ite.'· he said . skating \\'ell. .. we·r~ A-, far as pia) mg up Easte rn Michigan Uni versity ( 16-4-2) on "Our team has been skating gJm e ready... to the1r potenlial \\ ith Saturday, with both games at 7: 30 p.m. well in practice. and I 1hink con~l\tenc) ...,\c·re get- - Dehn~are ht•ml coach .Josh "Every game is important, [but ] these they·re very refreshed. We've ting there:· Brandwene teams provide ari extra ------ had a chance to Brandwcnc -,aid . .. ln\tcad of pla)- challenge," said Delaware heal frqm ------mg \\ell at ~omc times head ice hockey coach some brui ses ,tnd poorl) at other!>. Josh Brandwene. "We' re playing at and broken hones. wc·rc \\e·rc gelling to the poinl \\here we' ll he The No. 8 Hens have game ready:· playing well all the time:· not played since December home, so we should Lasl year. Delaware 4. when they dropped the beat the Wolve~ t\\ icc in second game of a home probably \Vin." overtime to propel them series against Ohio - Mich.-Dearborn head coach selves deep inlo the ACHA ACHA Rankings: University. Ige Aho playoff'> . T hi!. year. Delaware has been Michigan-Dearborn beat 1. Eastern Michigan swept in every home seri es this year. and the Hens twice at home. defeating has gone 2-6 at home overall. However. on Delaware by two goal> hoth time . 2. Michigan-Dearborn the road, the team is 6-1- 1. So th at means However. in the end of the second gJmc 3. Penn State that the Hens should have a good chance, against the Wolves. Delaware began to turn ri ght? No t according to Mi chi gan it around. 4. Ohio University Dearborn head coach Joe Aho. ·They took it to u~ in the end_ ·· Aho ~a id . 5. Arizona "We ll , we're playing at home:· Aho "Delaware out -shot u. prctt~ good:· said, "so we should probably win : · As a res ul t of these teams p ia ~ ing each 6. Iowa State While Delaware should be faced with other. a growing rivalry has rc~ul t c d . 7. Arizona State two hard games, Brandwene said he knows -- It's definitely tu rning into a great rival his team is capable d s uq:: r: s :1~ g both the ry. with th e twn r\\'crl im e ga m ·~~ la-;1 \Car 8. Delaware THE REVIEW/Mike Louie Wolves and Eastern Michi gan if they and then us beating them at home twice 9. Minot State Junior goaltender Bjorn Christiano and the rest of the Delaware squad will achi eve two goals. this year.'' Aho >aid . "It's a fierce cnmpcl i head to Michigan this weekend to take on the top two ranked ACHA teams. "Consistency and confide nce.'· tion out there:· 10. Ulinois Brandwene said. "Put the puck in the net, As for the game again st Eastern SEV EN GR EATES T SP ORTS FIGUR E S Hens track and field looks FROM N E WARK to repeat strong seasons according IIJ Spons 11/us rrared BY VICKI CAREY Head women·s coach Susan McGrath Staff R january 7, 2000 • 88 Commentary DOMENICO MONTANARO Gannon first UD grad to Pro Bowl BY DOMENICO MONTANARO inside two minutes with a chance to After the ' 97 and '98 seasons Managing Sports Editor win." Gannon's stock soared. He showed When Rich Gannon packs his Despite the Raiders' record, leadership, poise and control while bags for Hawaii he will be doing Gannon said he feels the team has compiling some of his best career something no Hen has ever done made improvements. With a few numbers. before. solid free agents and a good draft The seasoned quarterback was The 1987 Delaware graduate and pick, he said, Oakland could be a picked up before this past season by starting Oakland Raiders quarter real contender. the Raiders and is not looking back. back will be making his way to Gannon said his days at the uni "The last four years in Kansas Aloha Stadium to play in the versity helped prepare him for the City were very similar to the system One· National Football League's Pro trials and triumphs that lay ahead. here [in Oakland]," he said. "I bring Bowl on Feb. 6. "The time spent with Tubby my experience and leadership abili Gannon, 34, is in his 12th NFL [Raymond, Delaware head football ty. I have a wealth of knowledge and season and making his first Pro coach] prepared me mentally for the a drive to be successful that I share Writer's Bowl appearance. He was one of professional football league," he with the younger players." three quarterbacks selected in the said. "I was put in a position to hari Despite the shoulder surgery and American Football Conference dle any situation. Physically, I could a reconstructive knee surgery, Disdain along with Indianapolis' Peyton hang with anyone. A lot of guys Gannon still remains one of the most Manning and Jacksonville's Mark struggle mentally and can't learn at a agile and elusive quarterbacks in the don't know about you, but I Brunnell. rapid pace." NFL. Not only has he passed for am sick and tired of all the Gannon, who is with his fourth One major trial came after the ' 93 11 ,549 yards (I ,000-l ,744; 57 per Top 10, Top 50 and Top 100 NFL team anCI just finished his first season in the form of a blown rotator cent), but he has also rushed for D ''Best of the Millennium" and season with the Raiders, told The cuff in his right shoulder - his I ,212 yards on only 213 carries (5.2 Y2K lists (and that's another thing, I am Review that he has always had con throwing arm. Gannon missed the yards per carry). ready to hang up those two phrases). So fidence in his abilities - he just entire ' 94 season and questions were At Delaware he did much of the I am going to flip it around and reveal needed a chance to prove it. raised as to whether or not he would same and the numbers are stagger my 10 Worst Things About Sports list. "I've been doing this for 13 ever play again. ing. years," he said. "I finally got the "The reality in this league is when In four years, he set 21 school 10. Money opportunity to start and finish the you sit out a year, you don't get a records including total offense The business of sports nowadays is season as a starter." chance to come bac,k," Gannon said. (7 ,436), passing yards (5,927), pass disgusting. Do I really have to tum on And he certainly exploited that But after successful surgery and attempts (845), pass completions the NCAA Di, · : ~;;m I National chance this season. rehabilitation he did in fact make it (462), pass percentage (54.7), 300- Championship game and hear, Although disappointed with the back and was throwing better than yard games (two), and 200-yard "Welcome to the Nokia Sugar Bowl?" Raiders' 8-8 record and failure to ever. games ( 12). or ''This is the 2000 Ford Taurus pre make the playoffs, Gannon was "He told me, 'The best kept secret His senior year he was an honor game show?" and even, "Make sure you impressive. in football is that I can throw again,' able mention All-America and the stay tuned for the National Car Rental He finished the year as the NFL's " Raymond said. Yankee Conference Offensive Halftime Report?''· sixth-rated quarterback (86.5), com Gannon said his arm constantly Player-of-the-Year. As a freshman, That is ridiculous. pleted 59 percent of.his passes (304- bothered him during the ' 92 and ' 93 he was selected ECAC Division I (Oh by the way, this includes, 515) for 3,840 total yards (fifth in seasons. It would take Gannon 15 to AA Offensive Rookie-of-the-Year. Raiders' Rich Gannon has the world at his fingertips after "Gr9rto Pizza Stand Up and Cheer.") the NFL), was third 0n the team in 20 minutes just to loosen the shoul Gannon, who was nearly a year I remember a time not too long ago rushing (298) and e:ven had the most der before Redskins games. younger than his classmates, had being selected as first university grad selected to the Pro Bowl. when universities, professional teams yards per rush on the team (6.5). "They found more junk in [my 4.57 speed in the 40-yard dash. He university, he liked to collect antique and television stations weren't pawns "Now 1 have a collection of "I was happy that I was selected," shoulder] than they expected," said he still breaks 4.7 in the 40-yard model cars. Now he likes to collect ic car ; · he said. "They are all for advertisers. he said, "but most of all I felt like I Gannon said, "but it responded well dash and last season with the Chiefs If it wasn't necessary then, why is it the real things. re tored 50s and 60s models which gave the team a chance to win each to the surgery and rehab. was clocked at 4 .68. " My brother John. who also drive on occasion.'· necessary now? we~k. "I was hungry and anxious to On top of all that, he was he played at Delaware got me started." In jest. Gannon said his "I · was disappointed at 8-8 play. I just needed the right team and. punter hi s senior year. He averaged Gannon said. He brought up this '65 career plans could mean comi 9. Athletes' Attitudes because we lost those eight games the right opportunity." 33.7 yards per punt with a long of What's up with the lack of class and Olds mobile. which I eventuallv back 10 Delaware. by a total of 32 points. We had a He got part of that opportunity 58. Talk about one heck of a threat to bought, and I would drive it around think I'll go back and be an the excessive amount of jackasses in '"I chance to win in each and in seven and experience in Kansas City where fake with. everywhere. The field house back to assisram with Tubby; · he said. "You professional sports? They've got to real of those games we had the ball he was never the outright No. 1. . When Gannon was attending the campus. That wa my first car. know he' ll still be there." ize, whether they like it or not, that they are ·role models and should act accord ingly. Kids sit at home unattended and watch sports. They see how athletes act UD steamrolls past and mimic that. Blame it on society. Blame it on parents who don't take the proper time to monitor what their chil dren watch and whom they idolize. Wildcats; readies Blame it on whatever, but if you athletes aren't man (or woman) enough to stand up and realize that these kids look up to you, then blame it on yourselves. for tough Dutchmen "I am not a role model." Wrong. Yes you are. BY DOMEI\'ICO M0NTANARO Pegues with 18 p0ints and 14 from both Also there's no reason to spastically Manngi11g Sports Editor Presley and senior guard Kestutis dance around after a big hit, touchdown, After nearly two weeks on the road, Marciulionis. three-pointer or slam dunk. Be pumped the Delaware men's basketball team Gordon scored his first points of the up, but make the play and just get back finally returns to the Bob Carpenter regular season as he hit on rwo of five to the huddle or the sideline or on Center to face America East rival three pointers and three of seven from defense. Hofstra University. the field for eigh1 points. He also added And for the first time all season, the four rebounds and two assists. 8. " fhank God" Hens (10-3, 2- 1 America East) have a The 39-point victory margin was the "I'd like to thank God for this victo fully healthy squad. largest on the road for Delaware since ry today." THE REVIEW/Scott McAllister Hens senior guard John Gordon saw defeating Widener University 99-54 in Do you mean to tell me that God Sophomore forward Christina Rible drives baseline as University of Maine's defense collaps his first action (six minutes) Sunday Chester, Pa. on Dec. 8, 1962. hates the other team? against University of Maine since break- The Hens will have their hands full es in Thesday night's 73-58 Delaware Joss. The loss ended the Hens' six-game home win streak. ing his foot in the flCSt exhibition game Sunday with a hot Hoftstra club (7-4, 2- 7. Two-line passes of the season. 0 America East) which Just a stupid rule. If the powers that Unfortunately, Delaware ~ has won four in a row 1 be would like to open up the game of was dropped by the Black N c .'-\.:"> including its second Black Bears claw Hens; Bears 72-68, but were with- straight ECAC Holiday hockey, they should get rid of this con fining reguiation. out head coach Mike Brey. MEN'S Festival at Madison Brey caught the desert B ASKETBALL Square Garden. flu during the team's trip to The Flying Dutchmen 6. Designated Hitter ends 5-game win streak Arizona where the squad ------won ,·n come f A.K.A Stupid Rule No. 2. Is a pitch Hens 97 ~ - rom- finished second in the behind fashion against er not still part of the game? Hey, Babe Fiesta Bowl Classic. New Hamps h. 56 Rutgers University 65-59 Ruth was a pitcher. Are you going to tell BY ROBERT NIEDZWIECKI the place, we just couldn't hit one." push though, because the Black During the tournament, in the semifinals of the me he couldn't hit? Sports Editor The game started with Maine out- Bears responded with a I 0-0 run and Sleep did not come easily for playing Delaware, jumping out to a never looked back. the Hens surprised traditional power- tournament and then tore up Fordham house University of Alabama with a 76- University. 75-50, in the championship. 5. Aerial Blimp Dome Shots Delaware women's basketball head 16-4lead after seven minutes. Johnson said the inability to stay 66 victory. Delaware then moved omo Hofstra is led by senior point guard Why are we looking at the outside of coach Tma Martin Tuesday night, The Hens answered with an 8-2 close due to the poor shooting hurt the final where they lost to host No. 4- Craig "Speedy'"Claxton. Claxton scored some stupid dome? The game is inside. because she knew what might have run to close the gap to 18-12, as the team's chances. been. junior guard Cindy Johnson scored "We really killed ourselves in the ranked University of Arizona. 39 point in a pummeling of Iona The Hens are coming o!T a 97-56 College and 3 1 in a 12-pointloss to St. 4. Foul Shooting The Hens, despite forcing 27 eight of her game-high 22 points dur- first half," Johnson said. "We beat trouncing of New Hampshire University John's University, which finished i.n the · Are you telling me that if you are get 'tumovers from University of Maine ing the run. ourselves." · (I-ll, 04 America East). They started Elite Eight in the 1999 NCAA ting paid $3 million per year you can't and holding a 75-48 shot advantage, That would be the closest Though the Hens struggled on the game with a 17-0 run, with all the Tournament hit a free throw? It's a free throw - a lost 73-58 at the Bob Delaware would get the Tuesday, they headed into the game points scored by senior forwards Mike Delaware has bealen the Dutchmen reward for being wrongly hit, smacked Carpenter Center main- rest of the half, and it on a roll. w Pegues and Presley, and kept building. the last two times they faced each other or pushed. Players like Shaq make it ly due to an inability to ~~ went into halftime trail- Delaware started their winter By halftime, Delaware more than a.1d lost by one point at the bu .zer early look like punishment to go to the line. hit the two easiest shots ing 35-20. break by roaring to a 82-53 victory 7 in ' the game of basket- The Hens could not over Delaware State University Dec. doublt;d the Wildcats' point Iota!, 49-24. last season ar Hof tra. and cruised from there. The Hens and Dutchmen tip off 3. Hockey in Florida ball- free throws and WOMEN'S get going to start the 18 in Dover. Johnson tallied 24 points Is there even ice in Florida? Why do layups. BASKETBALL second half either, but and eight rebounds and Rible poured The Hens shot 50 percent from the Sunday at noon at the Bob Carpenler field (36 of 72). Delaware was led by Center. they have hockey teams? "I'll have a very rtst------they still found them- in 22 points and added I 0 rebounds. less night because I Maine 73 ~ selves trailing just 39- On Dec. 20, Johnson paced all 2. Marching Bands know [the team missed] Hens 58 20 when Johnson hit scorers with 22 points, and sopho Some of these guys come in with the shots that each of those two free throws at more forward Christina Rible record attitude that people are actually there to people in the locker 16:24. ed her third-straight double-double see them. room are capable of making," Martin The two free throws ignited a 12- with 18 points and II boards as the When's the last time you heard, said. 0 run over the next minute. Hens blew away Morgan State "Hey, I hear the band's playing today. Delaware (8-4, 2-2 America East) Sophomore guard Megan Dellegrotti University 91 -6l.in front of the home Maybe we' ll catch a football game too. saw its five-game winning streak dominated the scoring spree with crowd. come to an end with the loss. nine of her 16 points, including two St. Francis (Pa.) College traveled And maybe it's because I am fiom The Hens, who trailed throughout three-pointers. to Newark on Dec. 29, and were sent New York CitY and most of my friends in losing for the 14th straight time to The Hens then went over three home with an 87-68 loss. Johnson have all their teeth, but the No. I worst the Black Bears (6-6, 3- 1), shot 22 minutes without scoring, and Maine again led Delaware with 18 points. thing about sports is ... percent from the field in the first half took advantage of the Hens' drought On Sunday the Hens defeated the and 27 percent for the game. They with a 7-0 run. University of New Hampshire 75-56 I . NASCAR sank only six of 16 free tluuws in the However, Delaware would not go and Johnson led the scoring with 20 Yeah that's right car racing. And th~t first half, hitting 13 of 28 overall. away. It used a 10- 1 run bookended points. Junior forward Daniell e includes monster truck rallies and off- "We missed shots," Martin said. by Dellegrotti shots from behind the Leyfert had a dominating effort, fin 'They hit shots, and that was the ball arc to pull within five at 47-42 with ishing with 18 points and 15 Domenico Montanaro is a managing game. just over I 0 minutes remaining - the rebounds. sports editor for The Review and "We must have missed at least 12 closest it had been since early in the The Hens continue conference play with a trip to Hofstra University insists if you can 'r take a joke, don 'r to 15 layups [in the first half]. We game. THE REVIE W/ colt McAIIis1er Sunday at I :30 p.m. bother sending comments to him at were executing, we had shots all over That turned out to be the Hens last Junior guard Billy Wells driving past George Mason defender. [email protected]