Junior Dies in Alcohol-Related Car Accident
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A 0 o 'Pride' for Hot: tra Malcom score 30 points in the Junior Deniz A az give Hens' 62-56 home finale victory, keeping omething to dane about women' ba ketball at No. l in the AA. Mosaic I 81 .Sports/ B6 Junior dies in alcohol-related car accident BY JIADIN BMW driven by ·Brian Me lafferty, 20, of underneath the Route 141 overpass and hit the injured. Swdellt Affairs Editor Wilmington, who was intoxicated and driving with median, at which point Laws was ejected fromuthe Zane said McClafferty is in stable condition, A university student was killed Saturday a revoked license. car. with bruised lun ~nd a pelvic fracture, and morning when a car driven by a drunk driver sped The BMW sped and crossed highway lanes Pieces of guardrail broke off into the lanes of Gifford has been rei sed wtth a broken leg and into a guardrail on Interstate 95 near New Castle. before it spun and struck a guardrail on the shoul 1-95 and hit a Ford F-250 driven by Willard bruises. Cpl. Helen Anne . Zane of the Delaware der, ejecting backseat passenger, . Stephani~ Simpson, 55, of Pennsylvania. The northbound lanes ofl-95 at the 1-295 split State Police said junior Kierre Laws, 22, of Gifford, 20, of New Jersey, from tl)e car. After examination of the accident, it was were closed for approximately five hours after the: Wilmington, died at the s~e ne of the crash. After hitting the guardrail, the BMW spun found that none of the three passengers of the accident. Zane gave the following account of the· acci back into traffic and McClafferty was thrown from BMW were wearing seatbelts. Investigation regarding the crash is ongoing dent in a press release issued by the Delaware the car. McClafferty, Gifford and Cuddus were taken and charges are pending. State Police: A Ford Taurus, driven by Saba uddQ , 47, of to Christiana Hospital. Cuddus was admitted in Laws was in the passenger seat of a 2004 Newark, collided with the BMW as it traveled stable condition with bruises. Simpson was not Monologues return to UB V-DAY sponsors anti-violence show BY AARTI MARTANI Junior Jaime Perez said this is the first "Vagina Stude11t A.ffalrs Editor Monologues" performance she has attended. She Students and community members attended this wanted to see the show based on great reviews she weekend's annual performances ofV-DAY's "Vagina heard from students and cast members, she aid. Monologues," which positively discussed the word Throughout the show's comical and serious "vagina" and all its aspects in relation to socie~y. points, she said she realizeS changes need to happen. Cast members performed 20 monologues, " I reall y liked the [monologue on the] angry including "Hair," which discussed the need to love vagina,'~ Perez said. "A lot of women can relate. [t pubic hair in .order to love the vagina, "The Little makes such a controversial topic funny and more Coochi Snorcher That Could" and "Smell." open to public." Each monologue, either humorous or solemn, Cast member sophomore Darley Tom said discussed an aspect of women and their vaginas. although her monologue was more of a serious role, Sophomore Olea James performed the mono the show itself encompasses a serious and funny logue titled, "My Angry Vagina." side. After she sternly marched on stage, she angrily "Some [monologues) arc just about general discussed vagina re lated topics, su h as gynecologist empowerment," Tom said. "My [monologue] was visits, thong underwear, feminipe hygiene products more sad, but it gives you a feeling about why we're and tampons. doing this. Jame~ also described the horrible feeling of a " There are women out thete that need to be gynecological visit and the weird tools the doctor he;ud and their stol'i es need to be heard " uses, like t!1c flashlight. Tom said she noticed a fuller crowd at Friday "Why the fla hlight all up in there like Nancy night's performance, but saw diversity in the ages of Drew?" she said . those that attended Saturday afternoon matinee At the end of James' monologue, her seriou show. side came out as she de cribed what her vagina Her favorite part of the how, he said, was wants. when all the ca t member were together. "My vagina wants sex, it wants kindness- my To clo e the show, ca .t member . or "Vagina vagina want everything " she said. Warriors," linked arms on tage. ln between monologues, additional ca t mem enior Carolyn Schnek, pre 1dent of V-DAY, bers posed questions to the audience. discussed ways to fight violence and paid tribu1e to "What docs your vagina smell like?" they asked. univer ity alumna and fellow "Vagina Warrior," Pineapple, Paloma Picasso, heaven and the Rachel Meyer, who brought ··vagina Monologues" to South Pacific were orne of the cast members' campus. · re ponses. A ide' from ticket ales, V-DAY members and The audience roared with laughter when several volunteers raised money by selling T-shirts and raf cast members came on stage and let out fake_ fle tickets. orgasms. One of th e raffie prizes was a 25 gift certificate Some of the orgasms included the almost moan, to lron Hill Brewery. the elegant moan, the doggy moan, the cheerleader Ten percent of all proceeds are donated to the moan and the Latino moan. international V-Day potlight, Tom sa1d. The first hour of th e how, or "Foreplay," fea The remaining 90 percent of proceeds are donat • THE REVIEW/Mary Beth Wilde tured student performance groups such a university ed to community groups such as Contact Delaware, Three "Vagina Warriors" participate in the Vagina Monologues Saturday in a capella groups Dcltones a nd Golden Blues and the YW A Domesti c Abuse Outreach enter and tbe Mitchell Hall. Delaware Repertory Dance Company. Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Celebration marks City elections approach BY Ll DSEY BO ISTALL politician," he said. "I've always Staff Reporter looked at things from a non-partisan, ·-.Chinese New Year Citizens interested in running common sen e angle.'' for city council are encouraged to After stepping down, Farrell start organizing their campaigns for said he will be free to devote more BY HRJSTl E PASKA 'election. ity council terms expire time as public information officer Staff Report.r , thi pring, leaving at least one seat for Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder More than 350 students, faculty and community members celebrat open. Co. ed the hinese New Year, the year of the Rooster, in the Trabant After five years on the council, He said he feels confident he Multipurpose Room Saturday evening. John Farrell, lst District, said he has completed what he set out to do, The hinese New Year's Festival and ommunity Rally, spons red decided he should allow another cit and thinks it is time for someone by the hine e ultural tudentAssociation and Organization of Chinese izen the opportunity to address the new to take over: Americans Delaware hapter, featured a combination of 34 different important 1 sues of his or her com Athey, a resident of ten years, Asian foods as well as II traditional hinese performances. ml!nity. said he decided to first run for city Junior ScWen " andy'' hen, pre ident of SA; said the event "Someone new might come in council last term, and this year he is sought to increase awareness about hinese culture and provide a forum with a fire - like 1 had when I start running again becau e he is still for a fusion of cultures. ed," he said. working on pccific projects. "We basically want hinese people to come to have a cpmmunity Mayor Vance A. Funk Ill said Athey said he feels ·trongly gathering," hen said, "but we a! o want a lot of non-Chine e people to the city is di ided into six districts, about addressing problems with come to team ab ut our culture and learn about our tradition . each with a council member to rep pedestrian afety adjacent to the uni "We fee l like there is not a lot of diversity on campus, so in order to resent them. versity, including working on traffic help other learn more about Chinese people, we thought this would be Councilman David Athey, 4th laws to make walking along outh helpful." District, aid twice a month mem College Avenue safer. Pingsheng Ken Hu, director of C SA and president of the 0 A ber of city council meet to di cuss " People just peed up South Delaware hapter, said he hoped the audience would learn about Chinese issue within the community such as College. and I want to address tbat culture and the importance of understanding andre pecting different cul ordinance or laws, budget plan , and make some changes," he aiel ture from this e ent. expenditure and subdivision plans. He also said he wants to work "People are different and an event like thi bring them together. l Farrell said the job involve a on coordination between city and am hine e and I am American, and I want our cultures to come togeth lot more work than some people university regulation ·. er," Hu aid. "The U .. and hina are two of the most powerful coun· mtght think. Funk said m order to run for the tries." "It's not just two meeting a council, candidate mu t go to city The highlights of the event were the authentic performance and the month, there IS far more involved hall with a petition to run for office wide vanety of food.