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rnreVIew\\WW. I Check out the Web site for Tuesday, October 20, 2009 ·com breaki news and more. Volume 136, Issue 8 'Kirkbride preacher' here to stay Some students tune out sp~aker's religious beliefs

BY ERICA COHEN this." THE REVIEW/Josh Shannon Student Affairs Editor Johnson says he Corrie Bonham, vice president Most students in front of Kirkbride Hall preaches at universi­ ofSGA will occasionally look up or offer angry ties because college looks, but rarely stop to listen to the preach­ students are at an age er in front of Kirkbride. at which they are SGA revamps "I don't think people really listen to him, going to make most it's ridiculous some of the stuff he says," sen­ of their life choices . . ior Sam Michel said. and get locked into representatton. Mark Johnson has been preaching for the their view of the past 13 years. And not just at the University world. He said he of Delaware. chose Kirkbride Hall in senate body Johnson also preaches at the University because there are of Pennsylvania, ·Temple University, always students sit­ BY JOSH SHANNON University of Maryland, Baltimore County ting in the courtyard. Editor in Chief and Towson University. Over the years, The Student Government Throughout the year, students can see Johnson has made Association is undergoing a com­ Johnson with his arms in the air, gesturing friends through his plete restructuring this year, a pronouncedly as he shouts his messages, work, like fellow change officers say will make the ranging from marriage, the church, fornica­ preacher Joe Toy, organization more representative of tion and politics. who also works out­ the student body. "I met Jesus when I was a college stu­ side of Kirkbride THE REVIEW/Ayelet Daniel The SGA senate, previously dent many years ago, and it's the Lord's com­ Hall to gain the atten­ Mark Johnson (right), pictured with Joe Toy, has preached in made up of all registered student mand to preach the gospel to the lost," tion of students. It is front of Kirkbride hall for 13 years. o~anization presidents, now con­ Johnson said. Toy who creates Sists of 28 members, who are elect­ Although Johnson has been preaching many of the drawings Preaching is his only job, and his income ed or appointed for a year-long here for more than a decade, a job he says used by both preachers. comes from the churches and religious indi­ term. does not follow societal norms, he never Johnson's messages are felt rather than vidualS" in the surrounding area who support Though last year's system envisioned himself here. planned and the drawings that he keeps on him financially. Johnson said it is every allowed hundreds more to vote in Prior to his current role as a preacher, his easel are often done by himself or by Christian's job to preach, but in his case, it is the senate, few showed up on· a reg­ Johnson worked at a ballistics lab, but real­ friends. Johnson said he tries to write mes­ also his livelihood. ular basis, SGA Vice President ized he had a new path, and began to preach sages on the board in large print so that even Although many of the messages he Corrie Bonham said. full-time. students who do not want to stop will see preaches are Evangelical-based and are dif­ "There was no commitment "The Lord has a way, and when you sur­ what he is talking about. . ferent than those of some students at the uni­ involved -you could come if you render to the Lord you give up your will to "It comes out of personal time with the versity, he said he has had very few fights or wanted to or you didn't have to his will, and he actually makes what you Lord. I am staying fresh my relationship with altercations with students. come if you didn't want to," want to do desirable to you," he said. "So I him and it comes out of that," he said. "If you Bonham said. "It was kind of would never have thought I would be doing try to put a message together, it's unnatural." see page 8 Ki:RKB~E see SGA page 9 University lawyer tar-gets exam-sharing Web site

BY MARINA KOREN Cihan Cobanoglu, hotel and restaurant recently searched the site to make sure no books and assignment solutions posted on Assistant News Editor _ management associate professor and Faculty materials from his course had been the site, which is illegal and unprofessional CourseHero.coin, a Web site that allows Senate·president, said the university is inves­ ~~~~ ' when no consent was given by the professor students to posk~xam questions and home­ tigating CourseHero because it may contain "I'm an author myself, and I have a text­ to make the work public, he said. work solutions, ltas raised legal issues for materials copyrighted by university faculty book," Cobanoglu said. "If I were to see this "If you do research and you found professors and faculty, causing the universi­ such as old exams, handouts and scanned on there that I spent years writing - first of something, of course you can share it ty's lawyer to take action against the poten­ textbooks. all, it would be illegal, and second, it would because that's your own work," he said. "But tial misuse of copyrighted intellectual prop- Posting such material without a profes­ make me upset." . erty. sor's consent is illegal, Cobanoglu said, who Cobanoglu said he found pages of text- see WEB SITE page 7

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Heritage month highlights Latino cUlture Hispanic·t;ommunity at UD continues io grow

BY JOHN MORGERA sports would. Staff Reporter "We're trying to bring to the university the most Latino Hertiage Month, which concludes this week has interesting 38,000 people," Hirsh said. "Every freshman provided an opportunity to invite others to learn about the has something to learn from another student." Latino culture, especially that which is present at the universi­ For the 2009 school year, 70.4 percent of the ty, HOLA president Cesar Lopez said. Hispanic students who applied to the university were "On this campus, we're a really small community," accepted, Hirsh said. Of the 724 Hispanic students Lopez said. "When we do throw events, it's nice to see all the accepted, 218 enrolled at the Newark campus. Latinos come out, but it's also nice to see people from differ­ Although there has been an increase in undergradu­ ent cultures come out." ate numbers, the graduate program has seen the Hispanic The Hispanic community makes up only 5.4 percent of population decrease according to the Office of the campus population, Lopez said. Institutional Research. In 2004 there were 55 Hispanic Lopez and HOLA, a RSO dedicated to highlighting the graduate students, comprising 2.2 percent of the pro­ Latino community on campus, have worked with the Latino gram. In 2008, there were 50 Hispanic graduate stu­ Heritage Month Committee and Campus Alliance de La Raza dents, which was only 1.9 percent. to provide different activities. The month kicked off with actor However, Mary Martin, assistant provost for gradu­ Edward James Olmos, and will unofficially close with Fiesta ate and professional education, stated in an e-mail mes­ Latina on Thursday. sage that the university had an increase in Hispanic stu­ HOLA was not the only organization involved in plan­ dents in the graduate program this semester. She said 8.4 ning. Two other groups dedicated to acknowledging the percent of the 2,184 graduate students enrolled for the Hispanic community, the Campus Alliance de La Raza and the Fall semester were Hispanic. sorority Lambda Pi Chi, also co-sponsored events. Martin said the Graduate Studies Committee report­ Lambda Pi Chi president Sarah Pinon said she thought ed a 10.4 percent increase in first time enrollment of the festivities were successful. · Hispanic students. She said the university is trying to "It's a great way to show the achievements of Latino stu­ increase the minority population in her program. dents here as well as Latinos worldwide," Pifion said. "The University of Delaware welcomes applicants THE REVIEW/Ayelet Daniel The Hispanic community has increased on campus the from all underrepresented populations," Martin said. Edward James Olmos kicked off Latino Heritage Month. last few years. In 2004, there were 570 Latino students, com­ "Faculty regularly participate in recruitment events and is warranted, considering the university's declared support for prising 3. 7 percent of the undergraduate population according conferences where underrepresented populations are present." diversity. to the Office of Institutional Research. The number grew to Lopez said while he bas been pleased with the turnout to "Because the Latino population across the country is 831 in 2008. The percentages of Black, Asian or Pacific events, he still feels that the community can grow. Lopez said growing, I'd like to see that reflected," she said. Islander students on campus have remained mostly stagnant there are usually 20 to 40 people at the meetings, not counting Lopez said he also felt like the university should reflect si1;1ce 2004. the 13 executive board members. the country's increasing diversity, and feels things are going in Lou Hirsh, director of admissions, said ethnicity and race "We have increased, but there are a lot of Latinos I the right direction. do play a part in a student's acceptance to the university, but haven'tseen," he said. "It's hard to say. I feel like it's a small "When I first started here, it didn't seem like diversity no differently than anything else. He said race factors in the community." same way geography, life experience and talents like music or Pinon said she thinks the slight rise in Hispanic students see HERITAGE page 8

Organic cuisine, local produce a priority on Vita Nova's plate

BY ERICA COHEN an e-mail message. "We're doing good things for the farms are clean and that the poultry look Student Affairs Editor Organic products or foods are those environment and trying to make sure our well maintained and that there's a feel The university has made a long-term grown without the use of pesticides, fertil­ products are environmentally friendly and about the-- farm and the way people are commitment to finding and utilizing envi­ izers, chemicals or engineering of the ani­ sound," Gentile said. "We're proud to be a raising them," Gran said. ronment-friendly initiatives through the mals. part of it and proud to offer organic food." While many ingredients on the menu Path to Prominence, and Vita Nova, the "It gives us great pleasure to purchase Joe Digregorio, the kitchen manager are produced locally or organically, it is student-run restaurant in the Trabant from relatively small family-run organic and executive chef, is responsible for the not economically feasible or possible to University Center, is no different. farms when possible," Fagan said. organic menu, as well as choosing where use all organic ingredients. Fagan pointed Vita Nova prides itself on using The menu specifies the organic farms the products used by Vita Nova are pur­ out that the chocolate-covered strawber­ organic ingredients , and locally-grown or regions the ingredients come from, chased. It is Digregorio who taugh_t the ries given to diners with their checks products, such as the herb roast chicken, such as the Pennsylvania Dutch farm students about the benefits of using organ- would be impossible to get locally out of the pan seared free-range duck breast and where the organic chickens are raised. ic ingredients. _ season. the pine nut and basil crusted Scottish Many of the wines served there are Senior Allison Gran said Digregorio • Fagan said the restaurant could not be salmon, in its facility for environmental also organic, meani_ng the grapes are explained the menu to students and said 100 percent organic despite the staff and and health purposes, Julie Fagan, the grown without the use of chemicals. there are three different items that are students desire for that to happen. director of restaurant operations stated in She said the restaurant also uses organic. Besides the specificity of ingredients, locally-grown ingre­ "He went over where they came from, there are other things the restaurant does dients,. such as milk why they're organic and the differences in to maintain environmental initiatives. from the university's taste," Gran said. The restaurant has recently changed cows to make ice Gran recently tasted the organic its to-go packaging from aluminum con­ cream and mushrooms chicken and duck and compared it to the tainers to a biodegradable box and paper from Kennett Square, taste of non-organic versions. She said bags. Employees have also begun to recy­ Pa. both the chicken and duck were much cle all of their glass and cardboard. "Anything we softer because they were organic and the While much of the organic initiative can get local we do duck was also more tender. has been taken by Digregorio, it is also up and anything else we The duck is one of the kitchen's most to the students to produce the food as well have to buy from our popular items, and Gran believes this as add input about the direction of the regular producers,': might be because of the organic mention restaurant. Fagan said. on the menu. Overall, both the students and the Senior Michelle The students recently had the owner staff are happy to be using these types of Gentile, a hotel and of the duck farm come to class to explain ingredients, and keep in line with the uni­ restaurant manage­ more about how the animals are raised versity's green goals. Gran believed that ment major said she organically, with free range and better this trend is a result of the student popula­ believes the school feed. tion. started using organic Digregorio and the university check "I think our generation is more tuned products because of out the farms to make sure that their prac­ in to eating healthy and eating organic push for the green tices are actually organic. food, which is definitely better for you,'' Courtesy of Vita Nova trend. "They look to make sure that the Gran said. 1Chef Joe Digregorio at Vita Nova uses organic food. -·------J 4 October 20, 2009 "lit

Items stolen at Ivy Hall party A 20-year-old university student reported Sunday that there was a theft over the weekend at a party at Ivy Hall Apartments, Cpl. Gerald Bryda of the Newark Police Department said. The student said an Apple Macbook Pro and an iPod were stolen between 11 p.m. Friday and 2 a.m. Saturday. He said there were approximately 20 people at the residence for a social gathering, but there were unknown guests present during that time. Flag stolen of porch A resident reported Friday at 2:24 a.m. that a young man removed an American flag from the front porch of her home located in the 300 block of South College Avenue, Bryda sajd. The resident said he observed what appeared to be a group of people taking pictures under the hang­ ing flag. He then witnessed one of them grab the flag and run north with it towards East Park Place. He said the suspect appeared to be 20 to 24 years old, approximately 6 feet tall and was wearing a white and blue striped polo shirt. Indecent exposure at Iron Hill Brewery A server at Iron Hill Brewery on Main Street reported Oct. 11 at 12:30 a.m. that two men at one of the tables in the restaurant exposed themselves, Bryda said. The server said she overheard one of the men at the table say to the other man that he would buy drinks for whoever would expose themselves. She walked toward the table to tell them the police THE REVIEW/Ayelet Daniel would come if any of them did such a thing, when one man stood on top of a chair and exposed his YoUDee joins students at the Pink Out Thursday to promote breast cancer awareness. genitals. Bryda said the men were told to leave and that the police were being called, so the group went across the st~;eet to another business. He said war­ rants are pending against one of the two men. The suspect is estimated to be in his early 20s. -Katie Speace Police ticket -18 in latest jaywalking He said at this point, he is not aware sor to Sen. John McCain's campaign enforcement of any new jaywalking incidents in who also attended the university. Pedestrians have been keeping to which a pedestrian was injured. Wednesday's event will be moderat­ the crosswalks recently, said Lt. Brian ed by communication professor Ralph Henry of the Newark Police Department. Plouffe to speak Wednesday Begleiter, student Antonia Borelli, and During the latest jaywalking David Plouffe, President Barack Ashley Biro, a managing editor for The enforcement Oct. 7, 18 tickets were writ­ Obama's former campaign manager, will Review. ten in a three-hour period, a decrease speak at Mitchell Hall Wednesday at A samplingfrom The Reviews blogs this week from the 44 that were written in a three­ 7:30p.m. as part of the semester-long Halloween parade set for Sunday hour period on Sept. 23, Henry said. "Assessing Obama's First Year" series. The annual Newark Halloween . He said there will be more enforce­ Plouffe attended the university from parade will take place Sunday at 3 p.m. ment this winter, but the next date has 1985 to 1988. on Main Street. Star Spangled Banter: yet to be decided. Wednesday will mark Plouffe's sec­ Main Street will close from 3 to 5 Lydia Woolever writes about Wall The nnmber of tickets written ond visit to campus since the election. p.m. Delaware Avenue will close from 3 Street executives returning to giv­ decreased because more people know Last spring, he spoke at a joint appear­ to 4 p.m. ing employees high salaries. about it now, Henry said. ance with Steve Schmidt, a senior advi-

UD Review Music Blog: Friday Oct. 23: Ryan Conaty writes about the Losing Feeling EP just released Submit events to [email protected] Get Wacky Not Wasted!, 8-11 p.m.,Trabant Room 209 by NO AGE. Tuesday Oct. 20: Saturday Oct. 24: Love Your Body Day 1 pm - 9:30p.m., Perkins Student Cat On A Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, 2 p.m. and Green Love: Center, Perkins Gallery 7:30pm Thompson Theatre.' Roselle ·center for the Arts. Maddie Thomas writes about how to make Halloween celebra­ Wednesday Oct. 21: Sunday Oct. 25: tions more environmentally friendly. Uni'versity and Choir Singers Concert, 8 p.m., Loudis Wind Ensemble Concert, 8 p.m. -Puglisi Orchestra Hall, Roselle Center for the Arts Check out these posts and more online at: Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building Monday Oct. 26: www.udreview.com/blogs Thursday Oct. 22: Sustainability J?ay, 12-5 p.m. Internship 8-eatch; 4-5 p.m:, "Career Services Center October 20. 2009. 5 StuArt showcase transforms sketchbook drafts into exhibit

BY KATHERINE DIMAGGIO Deanna Fox and Robin StaffRep orter Hollinger, two seniors who attended To Allie Push, a senior fine arts the event, said they enjoyed the major at the university, displaying show. artwork is not just an invitation for "It kind of seems more personal, praise but a raw expression of emo­ just to see their thought process," tion. · Fox said. "I thought it was a really According to Push, 'treasurer of good idea." · StuArt, a gallery of artists' sketches Hollinger, a fine arts major said has a different feel than a typical art the sketches in the show will proba­ show. StuArt is a student organiza­ bly never turn into final pieces of tion that started three years ago and work. To her, it makes it more inter­ is dedicated to showing student art­ esting to see thoughts and ideas with­ work in galleries and preparing· stu­ out necessarily a finished product in dents for the professional art world. mind. "I feel like with the sketchbook Neither Fox nor Hollinger are Courtesy of Engineers Without Borders show it's a good chance to show peo­ members of StuArt, but they said Members of Engineers Without Borders traveled to Camer(_)on to help build wells. ple's preliminary works," Push said they look forward to attending more of the sketchbook show StuArt held ofthe club's events. in Taylor Hall Oct. 12. Esteban Pilonieta, a senior and The show included works in part of the installation committee in progress by a variety of students, the StuArt, said that Taylor Hall is more Engineering students help majority of which were from StuArt or less an unbridled space for the members. The audience· of appro xi~ club, allowing it to hold a show like mately 30 people was also mostly this usually once a month. comprised of members of the club. Pilonieta was in charge of purify Water in Camero.on The nearly 75 pieces of artwork in arranging the artwork at the sketch­ the show included a variety-of medi­ book show. He said he let the artists ums, including pages ripped straight have free reign of where and how BY SAMANTHA BRIX reduce sickness, and reduce the amount of time it from a sketchbook, sculptures and they hung their work for this particu­ Copy Editor takes so that women and children have more time to loose-leaf paper with intricate doo­ lar show, as it complements the The university's chapter of Engineers Without do other things to. improve their lives, like go to dles. ' unstructured feel StuArt was aiming Borders will call the mayor of Bamendjou, school and work." . Push, who has been a member of for. Cameroon this week to discuss the continuation of a He said on the most recent trip in June, the StuArt since her sophomore year, StuArt is anticipating expanding clean water supply project. EWB students installed solar-power water pumps, chose several different sketches to and getting involved in different Junior Taylor King, Cameroon project manager letting electricity from the sun, instead of children, include in the show. Additionally, ways. Senior Anne Yoncha, co-presi­ of the university's EWB chapter, said he went to pump the water. The water is pumped into three she displayed different art mediums, dent of the club, said StuArt is look­ Cameroon in January and June with members of storage tanks, which hold a combined volume of such as photography. She also com­ ing to collaborate with other student EWB to implement a Potable Water Supply and 3,000 liters, providing plenty of sanitary, readily­ piled a· miniature sketchbook filled organizations to attract a more Distribution project. He said the group, consisting of accessible water. with various collages of the sketches diverse audience to their events. four students and one professor, built sand filters A non-government organization in Cameroon from her collection. Additionally, Push said StuArt and wells in order to provide clean drinking water to is currently conducting a study for official results on Unlike Push's work, some has recently begun a relationship the people of Bamendjou. the wells' effectiveness in reducing disease, King pieces in the art show were photo­ with the Starbucks on Main Street to Steven Dentel, professor of civil and environ­ said. While he was in Cameroon, he spoke to one copied renditions of the sketches get students' artwork sold at the cof­ mental engineering, said he haG been the faculty local man who gave testament to the wells' success. themselves. fee shop. adviser on all five EWB trips to Cameroon. "I asked· him how it was working and he said Senior James Proctor, webmas­ All of the art currently on sale at He said they chose Cameroon because they very well, and he told us he wasn't getting as sick as ter of StuArt, chose not to take his Starbucks is by StuArt members, and knew a Cam.eroonian student, Olivia Mukam, who he was before," he said. sketches directly from his book. th~ are hoping to set up this kind of was a member of Johns Hopkins University's EWB The total cost of the trip, including travel "It's kind of personal," Proctor arrangement with mote locations on chapter. Dentel said Mukam put them in touch with expenses and all building materials, was approxi­ said. "I like to keep mine on me." Main Street. her father, Emmanuel, who is the mayor of mately $45,000, King said, which came from a Proctor had shown his artwork Hollinger and Fox both praised Bamendjou. Emmanuel is an engineer and knew Clinton Global Initiative Grant the _chapter received, in a StuArt show his freshman year, StuArt and their efforts to include all there needed to be an engineering solution to water alumni awards and from the chapter's main funds. before becoming a member of the types of art from different groups of problem. He said in January, EWB will again travel to organization as a sophomore. people. bentel said he spoke with the mayor many Cameroon, this time to build a gravity-fed distribu­ He said some art shows on cam­ "It's pretty relaxed as a group," times about diseases that people in the region were tion system. pus are a bit more selective with the Hollinger said. contracting by drinking unsanitary water from "Instead of pumping water throughout the vil­ art they choose to include. This Fox agreed and talked about the streams. lage, we'll just let gravity kind of carry the water sketchbook show, however, like most group's most positive quality. "There's a lot of sickness there, especially dur­ where it needs to go," King said. of StuArt's productions, is open to "They are very welcoming," she ing the rainy season because the only water they The system consists of a tank at the top of a hill anyone who would like to partici­ said. have to drink, before we did this, carried all kinds of which allows water through underground pipes, pate. germs," Dentel said. allowing for clean drinking water that is close to A university EWB group first went to people's homes. Collecting water from the wells can Cameroon in June of 2007 to establish connections take people in Bamendjou up to two hours, but the with locals, do water tests and survey people to dis­ new system will take approximately 20 minutes, cover the most significant illnesses, which were King said. diarrhea, malaria, typhoid, dysentery, fever and King said the group is also planning a trip to cholera, Dentel said. San Jose Petacalapa, Guatemala in January to build King said the streams are infested with many a bridge that will allow locals of the farming-based bacteria, namely fecal coliform, a bacterium that town to access their crops. seeps into tP,e water. from human and animal feces. "The purpose is to connect the community to To redm:e disease there, Dentel said EWB over a thousand acres of their fields that they lose installed eight Sai!d filters that are 100 percent effec­ access to during the rainy season when the river tive in removing fecal coliform and other types of floods," he said. illness-causing bacteria from the water. Dente! said some skills needed to build a bridge "Without the filter, they'll get sick," he said. are taught in engineering courses, but most is self­ The group also installed three wells in taught. Bamendjou, King said. EWB wanted to install more He said the trip to Guatemala, like all EWB effective wells after opserving the government-built projects, will implement the organization's sustain­ wells and the physical labor required to use them. ability goal. "Usually small children have to [use the wells]. "Students are learning how to build a bridge You see them jump up and down to get the water," using local material and local construction .tech­ King said. "Our main objectives were to provide a niques," Dentel said. Courtesy of Esteban Pilonieta clean ~<;>.1J!Cy .fofJhj, C~UWtx -J}t~tGV'f!i~ StuArt held an art show ip Taylor Hall last week. 1 .ef.wa;er .r:r.- ~ .. r • ., "~B ~.J. ~~~r:'t:'~ ... ·( ·1c.'J-.? 6 October 20, 2009

Talking crosswal~ assists visually-impaired pedestrians

BY ERIN QUINN legally blind senior at the university. Winters, Staff Reporter who always walks to class, said she benefits Newark pedestrians now have a new voice from these audible crosswalks because she is to obey when crossing the street. unable to see the other side of the road. She An Accessible Pedestrian Signal was said she has found the crosswalks helpful, but installed on the comer of South College believes they should be in other locations since Avenue and Park Place on Sept. 25. she has no need to be on South College Mark Galipo, an engineer from the Avenue. Delaware Department of Transportation who "Talking crosswalks should be in high designed the signal on South College, said its volume pedestrian areas where people are purpose is to communicate verbally to pedes­ more likely to be hit," said Winters, who was trians when it is safe to cross. hit by a car on Delaware Avenue earlier this The crosswalk signals were installed as semester. "A lot of drivers don't think they part of a requirement of the Americans with need to stop _on Delaware Avenue." THE REVIEW/Ayelet Daniel Disabilities Act, according to the Delaware Although the talking crosswalks are Some houses, like this one on Cleveland Avenue, are still for rent. Department of Transportation Interim denied in areas without traffic signals, Winters Guidelines for the Installation of Accessible said she believes such areas may be the loca­ Pedestrian Signats. tions in which they are most necessary. Galipo said the crosswalks were installed "They would be most useful on Main only as an aid to the visually impaired because Street since there are no lights, and you are just Qff-campus housing vacancies they are expensive. The signal on South expected to go and cars are assumed to stop," College Avenue and Park Place. cost almost she said. "The light at Trabant would also be a $44,000, he said. good spot if it was the evening or very early "As of right now, they're installed for the morning. These are dangerous spots because result in renovations visually impaired," Galipo said. "The only way cars don't necessarily stop." they'd install it is if a visually impaired person The voice of the audible crosswalk tells put in a request for it. We're just not putting pedestrians when it is safe to cross the street BY MIKALA JAMISON comes down to size," Dutt said. "But them everywhere because the state would have and repeats the word "wait" when it is not safe. Staff Reporter for houses, you have to think about funding issues." Nick Bucci, a sophomore who lives on Some landlords in Newark are tak­ roofs or siding as well." The guidelines state that the ADA requires Kells Avenue, is one student who noticed the ing advantage of the economy by mod­ He said he believes Newark that the public right-of-way is accessible for new voice when walking to class. ernizing their older properties and rais­ renters would prefer to live in houses people with disabilities. The Accessible "I pass the sign to get to all classes," Bucci ing the rent. rather than apartments because of the Pedestrian Signals address the difficulties of said. "There are a huge number of people that Owner and manager for Blue Hen space, freedom and parking availabili­ people who are visually impaired by featuring pass there because of the Ivy Hall Rentals Hal Prettyman said although ty. a raised arrow on the button, Braille writing Apartments." properties continue to be rented Apartments around Newark still and a loud voice that dictates the correct action Bucci said he also noticed the audible regardless of the economic downturn, fill up, however, said Cheryl Webb of to take. crosswalks may not always provide the most property owners sometimes have to EJS Properties. Webb manages Galipo said Accessible Pedestrians efficient navigations of the streets, since they consider renovations for their tenants. Kershaw Commons, University Signals are installed under strict guidelines. take a long time to change. Prettyman said he rents out houses Commons as well as some freestanding "Every time we touch an intersection, we "I understand the benefit to people with on streets throughout Newark includ- houses in Newark. She said all of her have to bring it up to ADA regulation," he said. disabilities," he said. "My only complaint is . ing Elkton Road and North Street. He properties in the apartment complexes The ramps have to be at a certain slope, how long it is. It's a little bit of a nuisance so said he rented all the property he are filled. the push buttons for you have to intended to this year, but did pull some "We do sometimes have to tum pedestrian · adjust your of his properties off the market to ren­ people away," Webb said. "It depends have to be at a schedule to it if ovate. on how many people we have on our tain height and 're on your "We rent all types of )louses, some waiting list." tain distance and way to class." new, some in good condition and some Junior Laura Natali, who lives in pedestrian pretty old," Prettyman said. "We kept the newly built Amstel Square apart­ themselves Although the some older houses off the market this ment complex on the comer of Amstel be a certain u'"""L''-'" audible cross- year to fix them up, update them and Avenue and Elkton Road, said she did from the walks take a make them more modern by changing not have to stay on a waiting list for Galipo said. longer time to some of the floor plans." her apartment but there are no vacan­ Currently in change than ordi- He said he has to raise the rent of cies in her building. Although her city of Newark, crosswalks, his other properties when he pulls apartment lacks a yard or porch, she only crosswalk said he thinks houses off the market to compensate. It said she appreciates that there is less speaks is the one they are a good will ultimately satisfy his renters more maintenance involved with her living South idea. if the houses are fixed up. choice. Avenue and "I "There is no resistance to raising "I wanted an apartment because I Place, Galipo believe it will rent in this market if we are trying to felt like an apartment was more "The actually help peo­ make our places more up to date," secure," Natali said. "It's closer to ones have an with disabili­ Prettyman said. other people and there is an additional ble tone. It's " Bucci said. Matt Dutt, who manages approxi­ security factor, since we have to beep same type of signal. The new mately 60 properties in Newark on into our building with a card." If we have crosswalk signal Cleveland Avenue, Benny Street and However, she said, parking is an crosswalks includes what is Courtney Street, said all of his proper­ issue for her and her roommates. come together considered the ties have also been rented. "We only have two parking spaces most up-to-date "In all my 20 years of doing this for five people," Natali said. "There technology that job, I have never had a vacancy," Dutt was another one available that we-had helps visually said. to pay extra for." impaired pedes­ He also said he believes that Prettyman said that sometimes the trians, Galipo renters would like to have older prop­ biggest factor in renting an apartment said. erties updated. While he has not pulled or a house. is actually finding a proper­ "I any houses off the market for renova­ ty. He said he gets the word out about believe this is the tion this renting season, he said he his rentals ·by placing advertisements latest and great­ plans to take at least one property off in the newspaper, and he hired some­ crosswalk." est," he said. the market next year for renovations. one to design a Web page for him as The .n.~' ""''"""'" "I want to expand and update; and well. Pedestrian once I renovate the rent will be higher, "Students don't know where they are not but renters want updated houses," Dutt can go to get a house," Prettyman said. the necessary said. "Other universities have offices of off­ according to stu­ . . Houses require renovations more campus housing, but our students are dents such as Sara DeiDOT recently installed a talking crosswalk at the than apartments do, he said. left to do it themselves." Beth Winters, a corner of Park Place and South College Avenue. "For a~ ~partment building, it all Jlt October 20, 2009 7 Students to help in Honduras during Spring Break

BY MIA POZZANGHERA lizing clean water. Borer, along with the other Honduras know the importance of water and said she is very excited to· be going. • StaffReporter . members of the campus organization, are cleanliness, Borer said. "It's a chance for me to make some sort March may be months away, but for stu­ traveling to Honduras in the spring. "It's one thing to help them improve the of impact," Patel said. "It's more meaningful dents in the Delaware Global Water Brigades, He said he became involved with the water system but if they don't understand the because it's a physical contribution, not just spring break plans are coming together well group after a friend of his at New York necessity for clean water, then it's not really sending money or something like that." in advance. University became involved with the Medical working," he said. Although not every member of the group Approximately 10 students in the group Brigades. Borer said funding for the trip comes is going to Honduras, tlie Global Brigades will travel to Honduras for a week-long trip to "I think it's an awesome idea," Borer from fundraisers and donations from family organization on campus encourages people to help implement a water purifying process and said. "You're actually making a difference in and friends. come to interest meetings and get involved in educate locals about the importance of having people's lives and you can see that by going Senior Nia Patel, public relations the cause, she said. clean drinking water. down there. It's a powerful experience." spokesperson for the RSO, said she loves Borer said the campus-based organiza­ Members of two groups, the Delaware Borer said students will be participating being part of the organization. tion was founded just this past year, but he Global Water Brigade and an off-campus in a variety of old and new projects during "The Global Brigades group on campus was excited to have approximately 20 people Water Brigades group, will be flying to their spring break in Honduras. is mainly an informational group to spread at the latest interest meeting. Honduras during spring break. "Some people will be doing things like awareness about different issues," Patel said. Patel said the group is important to her Eric Borer, president of the Water laying pipes or doing water quality assess­ Patel said she got involved in the group and the more people they have contributing to Brigades RSO on campus, said the main goal ments and others will do things relating to the because she was interested in the issues that the cause, the better off our efforts will be. of the organization is to focus on health issues educational aspect of the project," he said. people in Honduras face such as water clean­ "We're putting a lot of hard work in to in Honduras as they pertain to water and to One of the major goals of the Water liness and wanted to do something to help. this," she said. "It's definitely worth it raise awareness about the importance of uti- Brigades is to make sure the people of She will be traveling to the country this spring though."

Web site: Some professors concerned to see their material posted

Continued from page 1 president and general counsel, said "The whole idea just bothers me," site versus students giving exams to each CourseHero raises legal issues because some McCamley said. "I took terrible notes in col­ other?" you cannot share my textbook, my exam materials are considered intellectual proper­ lege and no one could use them but me, so I Sophomore Ale Conway said she per­ questions and my intellectual property that I ty of the professors who write it. The Web can't imagine how other people's notes sonally would not use the Web site because didn't give you the right to distribute to other site previously featured thousands of univer­ would be helpful." it offers an unfair advantage to students who people." sities without permission, he said, which He said the site raises a lot of intellectu­ learn a professor's exam style before actual­ Cobanoglu said professors who choose were removed after lawyers from several al property issues for professors. ly taking the test. to distribute old exams are aware the tests universities complained. "They'd be disturbed to know the work "Students are using this to find the eas­ will change hands, but those who do not give "A lot of faculty members feel it's not they're putting in is profiting someone else," ier way to succeed," Conway said. "Yes, them to students would be disturbed to find worth it to react to these Web sites. They're McCamley said. "I know from a professor's they're using learning resources, but they're them posted online. indignant about it because it's so pervasive," perspective, it would give a professor just finding a quicker way to get the easy A." "We would encourage any faculty to go White said. "A lot of people yawn at a site pause." English professor Marcy Dinius said see if their materials are on there, and then like CourseHero because it disappears when Sophomore Kiante Tomlin said the issue she believes if a service is making money notify the site using the template," he said. legal action is taken, but pops up again depends on what students are using the from students who subscribe, then its goal is "Exam questions are owned by the profes­ after." information on CourseHero for. not to aid learning, but only to make a prof­ sors, not by the students. Is this site easy? To help solve this problem, White said "If they are using the materials to help it. Yes, it's easy, but is it the right thing? I don't he has developed a template for a take-down them study for a course and to understand "The founders claim that it's about think so." notice that professors can send to the man­ the material, then the site is fine," Tomlin increasing the power of social networking Free membership to the site is granted agers of CourseHero, informing them that if said. "If the students are using it to cheat, and facilitating learning, and I think if that's when users upload docm,nents. Uploading 40 their course materials and other -copyrighted then a site like that is not a good thing." the case, then make it non-profit," Dinius documents offers a free membership period content are not removed, they will take legal Students use old exams to study and said. "The university itself is a social net­ of four months, while posting 400 docu­ action. learn the style of a professor, Tomlin said. It work and we're not in it for profit, we're in ments grants a period of 12 free months. "The fact that this is a company that has may be unfair to professors, but past exams it for learning." Alternatly, a. ·one-year subscription costs a profit motive is disturbing," he said. have been accessible to students before Dinius ·said the site seems like a nice $6.95 a month and offers unlimited docu­ English professor Michael McCamley CourseHero came along, she said. · excuse to make a quick buck. She worries ment and textbook searches, along with said he was not sure how accurate and help­ "Are the professors angry that their old that CourseHero will become a shortcut for complete textbook solutions, according to ful CourseHero would be for students, espe­ exams are up on the site? If so, students give students and will get in the way of learning, the Web site. cially because some professors change their other students old exams all the time," she she said. Lawrence White, the university's vice curriculum each year. said. "What's difference that it's on a Web 8 October 20, 2009 :m RSO's ~ostume swap provides inexpensive alternative to buying Halloween attire

BY BRIAN RESNICK. Sophomore Lexi Rich handed in a used years. A main StaffReporter Eskimo costume at the Trabant kiosk. goal of the event To make this Halloween more wallet­ "I know I won't be wearing this costume is to raise aware­ friendly, the Eating Disorder Awareness again," she said. "And I don't really have the ness that the club Committee is holding a costume swap and is money to spend on a new costume this year." exists on campus, donating money to National Eating Disorder Junior Kevin DiGirolamo was also excit­ Diegel said. Awareness. ed about the costume swap. He said "It's hard to The costume swap will be taking place in Halloween is his favorite holiday and the cos­ attract people to a Trabant Multipurpose Room B today at 11:30 tume swap is a great way to save some cause where there a.m. money. might be a social Kirsten Diegel, vice president for public "College students' costumes tend to be stigma," she said. relations for the Eatin& Disorder Awareness unique," he said .."This seems like a great-way · "A lot of Committee, said when participants bring in a to get a great costumeY people don't lightly-worn costume, they can take another However, Diegel said the turnout could know what we costume for free. have been better. do,"Melissa Diegel said the idea for the event came "A lot of people have shown interest, but Boleslawski, a Iii.!!"!' from other members of the club who did not we haven't gotten many costumes yet," she member of the want to keep spending money on new cos­ said. club, said. tumes every year. She said it doesn't make She is hoping that more people will come She said sense to keep an expensive costume that you the day of the swap to donate costumes. people see the might never wear again. "We hope people realize they can save club's name and "Most people spend between $30 and money by participating in the swap," Diegel get scared. $60 dollars on a costume," she ·said. "Why said. "Eating dis- buy one when you can switch?" Emily Hartline, president of the organi­ orders are a lli!;.!::.;..t,..;______...!!O,_::.._:_ _ ___!::.______j Diegel said she herself is also looking zation, said if people do not have a costume to depressing topic," THE REVIEW/Brian Resnick forward to saving money. donate, they can pay $5 for a costume. Boleslawski said. The Eating Disorder Awareness Committee collected costumes in "I know last year I spent $60 on a cos­ "We will match all money we make and "This is some­ Trabant last week in preparation for today's costume swap event. tume," she said. "But this year I want a much donate it to National Eating Disorder thing fun to get cheaper costume." Awareness," she said. our name out." confident," she said. The RSO had a kiosk in the Trabant National Eating Disorder Awareness pro­ Although the event doesn't specifically Diegel remains confident about partici­ Student Center last week to accept donations vides support for people with eating disorders match up with the goals of the club, Hartline pation in the drive and hopes that students are for the swap. Participants who donated were and promotes knowledge (!bout various dis­ said Halloween can actually be a good holi­ motivated by the economically smart idea. given a voucher for a free costume. However, eases, Hartline said. day for body image. "We hope people realize we are a club people can come the day of the event to The National Eating Disorder Awareness "Halloween is a time when y.ou can and that they can save money by participating donate or pick up a costume, Diegel said. Committee has only been on campus for two break out of what you usually look like and be in the swap," Hartline said.

Heritage: Festivites culminate Thursday Kirkbride: Man preaches at five schools

Continued from page 3 Continued from page 1 Junior Kate Welsh echoed this atti- sible for them, even if they aren't the maJ· or- tude insisting that most students proba- was a priority, but now there is more of a Johnson said sometimes students bly do not pay attention to what he is Latmo. presence m· t h e a d mmtstratton,· · · , ity population in college." W1'11 come up t o hi m and speak WI'th h.1m saying. She said that the university has been b t th d' 'th Lopez said. a ou messages ey tsagree WI • "You kind of tune him out," Welsh He said he is glad that Latinos are tak- very supportive to Lambda Pi Chi and the "I wouldn't be doing my job if no said. "I couldn't tell you one thing he's ing bigger roles in society, from new National Association of Latino Fraternal stud ents got angry, "he sat·d . "For a kid said. I think he's completely aware that Supreme Court Justice. S oma. S otomayor to Organizations, of which she is also presi- t o ge t b e 11·tgeren t , h e h as t o h ave tssues· no one cares about what he says." the university's deputy provost Havidfm dent. going on in his life. I'm just represent- Despite these student reactions, "The support is out there, and when we · G d d 1 't fi ht 'th Rodriguez. mg o , an peop e can tg Wl Johnson said he has had life-changing "We're becoming more recognized as a sought support, we got it," Pinon said. God." conversations with students and has group, but we h ave a 11tt. 1e ways to go,', h e Latino Heritage Month was first estab- 0· ngma· · 11 y, J o hnson sat'd h e even come to know some students who. said. lished in 1988 under former President preach e d m· th e courtyard m· front o f visit often enough. Hirsh sat'd t h e umverstty· · h op·es to rna k e Reagan, after President Lyndon B. Johnson Kirkbn 'd e, b u t w h en h e fioun d ou t the He has also spoken on campus to more progress towards increasing the commissioned one week to celebrate Latino sch oo1 ts· a pnvate· mstltutlon,· · · h e was religious groups throughout the years . ll d. . heritage in 1968. Latino Heritage Month k d t t d th th ·d f th Hispanic commumty, as we as tverstty as as e o s an on e o er Sl e o e including Campus Crusade for Christ. a whole. He said the university already has officially begins on Sept. 15• when many wall on public property. At other . "I direct Christian students, the . . Latino countries declared their independ- h 1 h 'd th" · t bl programs hopmg to encourage mmority stu- sc oo s, e sat IS ts no a pro em ones that are hungry for the Lord, to dents to choose to come to t h e umverstty.. . ence. Officially, the month ended Oct. 15, and h e ts· abl e t o s t an d on sc h oo 1 proper- Intervarsity, Campus Crusades or There are overnight programs, and but on-campus events will continue into ty or call ahead and let schools know he Warriors for Christ," Johnson said. other minority students call prospective stu- November. w1·11 b e t h ere. He said he plans on continuing to dents after thetr· a d mtttance.· Htrs· h a 1so sat·d Latino Heritage Month will culminate "The Sl·d ewa lk ts· Cl·ty property , no t come to the university to preach in the officals are trying to reach out to midd1 e at Fiesta Latina, an event on Thursday sch oo1 property" , sco tt M ason, associ-· years to come, preaching his main rues- schools in Delaware, so that the university which will have a band, food and dancing. ate d"trector o f stu d ent centers, sat·d · sage, that Jesus is the truth and the life, can reach prospective students and give Both Piii6n and Lopez were pleased "He •s b een h ere fior Go d knows h ow and that no one can enter heaven, except families guidance on preparing their chil- with the turnout at the opening ceremony, long." through Jesus. dren to go toth e umverstty.. . and both are expecting a good turnout to M an·1 y n p nme,· dtree" t or o f stud en t "Believing·in the gospel is not like Fiesta Latina. "d "fh h "My hope is we'll see larger amounts of centers, sat l e was to preac on cam- an invitation where you can come or not . . Piii6n said she sees Latino Heritage ·t ld h t b thr h tu applicants from not on1 y mmonty groups, pus, I wou ave o e oug a s - come," he said, "it's more the only = . h providing new students, especially fresh- d t · t. t. 'ty · but from diaerent economic groups,'' e en organtza ton or ac lVl . hope." said. .. men, an opportunity to meet people from Lt· B nan· H enry o f th e N ewar k It is'· controversial messages like Both Lopez and Piii6n would like to see similar backgrounds. She thinks that the Police Department said Johnson is not these that lead students like Michel or the university d o more to reac h out to university has provided a lot of resources b reaki ng any 1aws b Y preac hmg. on ct·ty Welsh to either not listen or shrug off ·d h ld for Hispanic students, and it is up to the stu- rty Hispanic stud ents. Lopez sat e wou dents to take advantage. prope . many of his comments. Despite some like to see more work done in the communi- "There's no permit needed for pro- unfavorable student opinions, Johnson . . . h · h · "There's always more that can be done, t t d h 1 h · 't ty, especially m Wt 1mmgton, w ere t ere IS ec e speec . s o as ong as e tsn plans on continuing his preaching for but I personally see the university reaching · typ f bl l'k di a large Latino presence. causmg some e o pro em 1 e a s- years to come. "The outreach has to be there to he1 p out," Piii6n said. "Students need to reach turb ance, h e can stay, "Henry sat·d · "Reaching people of other reb- support families that haven't dealt with col- out to get that help." He said he had not heru:d of a~y gions, that is my goal, to convert the lege admissions before," Piii6n said. problems or formal complamts wtth whole school, including you," Johnson

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October 20, 2009 9 b JltSGA: . Senate contains 28 mem ers Continued from page 1 satisfied with how they were repre­ sented, so that was a big project we ineffective in that we couldn't get.a wanted to take on this year, how to solid group of people who were able structure SGA better to better reflect to take on the big projects that SGA the interest of students," Bonham wants to do." said. The restructured senate consists The changes were suggested by of two representatives from each of the outgoing officers last year, . she the seven colleges, appointed by the said. dean .of the college. In future years, Bonham hopes . that increasing the student body will be able to vote the number of elected positions brings for the representatives from their col­ more interest to the annual elections, lege, Bonham said. which suffered from low turnout last Deans appointed the members year. . this year because the changes were Ninety-six students voted m the made over the summer, too late for election last semester, which saw only the college representatives· to be one uncontested race. The election included in the April elections, she was first announced to the student said. body by a UDaily press release the In addition, 10 members, are day before voting took place, and stu­ selected by the SGA officers through dents could not see a Jist of candidates an interview process, and the Gre~k until logging in to vote. Council, Multicultural Counctl, "I don't think there was a con­ Resident Student Association and scious decision not to promote it, I club sports each appoint a member as just think there was never a decision well. to actually go out there and promote SGA still encourages RSO pres­ it," outgoing president. Teagan idents to attend senate meetings, but Gregory said after the electlon. the presidents will no longer have This year's election will be pro­ voting privileges. moted more, Bonham said. The organization also el!mffiated "There are so many more people its executive board, transfemng most who are going to be running in the of the board's duties to the senate. In election we're going to be able to previous years, the board, appointed push it ~ a much bigger thing," she by the officers, made most of the said. decisions, Bonham said. The changes to SGA also expand "The RSO presidents came up the pool of students eligible to run for with some ideas, but it was not as ijil officer position. Last year, only the fused as we wanted it to be and they 14 executive board members could didn't really know the things we were run. Now, any senator is eligible. working on and the things the admin­ "We're going to have a lot more istration was working on," she said. competition and a l~t more deba~e," Bonham said the new system Bonham said. "I think the electlon will give students more of a voice and this year is going to be a lot different make senators more accountable to than it has been in previous years." their constituencies. SGA retained In addition to restructuring the some appointed seats as a way to student government, SGA is petition­ ensure continuity from year to year, ing state transportation officials for a she said. crosswalk on Cleveland Avenue and "Even if you were to dream up working with the University that those 10 would do everything the Bookstore to encourage professors to officers want to ~. that's not enough submit their Spring Semester boo~ to swing the vote," Bonham said. orders in time for students to sell therr "We're trying to make sure we have a books back at the highest price possi­ smooth transition from year to year ble. The organization is also hosting a and make sure. to upkeep the long­ leadership conference for high school term visions that we want to have." students next month. The six SGA officers, who ran SGA holds biweekly senate together in April on the Blue Party meetings, open to the public, at 5 p.m. ticket, have made reforming SGA a Tuesdays in Gore 104. On weeks priority, in part because of criticism when the senate does not meet, the that the organization didn't represent five SGA committees hold meetings. students. "We heard that people weren't

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THE REVIEW/Josh Shannon The SGA senate now has represe)Ui'Uives from each of the seven ·' tolleg.es.· ~~~~~======~;:~~~-~~~~r. October 20, 2009 • • ton 10 Web site not acting as a hero for university students Com.:seHero.com's copyrighted postings are illegal and should not be utilized Letters to the Editor CourseHero.com is a new Web site that allows stu­ to use to ask the site to take down their materials. Gay Rights, the American Way The Delaware Department of dents to access exams and homework for their classes Professors should visit the site and search for any Five bills that greatly affect Insurance said they had received without university consent. Content may include materi­ posts of their past tests or texts. They should also com­ gay and transgender citizens are hundreds of calls today. als copyrighted by university faculty, and professor con­ plain and the material should be removed. Copyright laws before the U.S. Congress. One I am a UD junior, a 63-year­ sent is currently not needed are in place for a reason and would topple the so-called Defense old Baby Boomer with heart dis­ for its promotion. Therefore , should not be violated. of Marriage Act (DOMA}, which ease and Parkinson's disease living the site's services are' At the same time, students bans federal recognition of same­ on a fixed income and an ADA stu­ immoral and should not be EVflffn.UN~ tA~ should be utilizing their time gender marriage even in states dent. utilized by university stu­ Ne-602- No2 m the classroom, their notes where it is legal. President Obama had recently dents. r' and the textbooks to which Another would prohibit anti­ hinted at eliminating the Medicare In order to receive free (;d~.AO"" T E" ... they are assigned. College is gay and anti-transgender discrimi­ 'Advantage' options but I never membership, students must W/O .eV6(l.... expensive enough as it is, stu­ nation in the workplace. Another thought insurance companies upload 40 documents for a ~lfll6l dents on a budget should not would allow foreign same-gender would dump us so fast. This is a four month membership or . be paying additional costs for spouses of American citizens the medical and financial crisis. pay $6.95 a month for '2- c..a...ASS- the information they can same immigration rights as bina­ Is this what the Obama health­ unlimited homework solu­ ·- ...... receive by simply going to tional heterosexual couples. care plan is offering up for those of tions, exam questions and - class. Another bill would allow gays to us seniors and disabled Americans textbook searches. Overall, it comes down to serve openly and without lying in who have fixed incomes? However, most of these Cd I~ the legality ofthe issue over its the military. Another would protect Obviously I am not the only materials are considered morality. Web sites like this from hate crimes. senior citizen or disabled student intellectual property, which ~ should not exist as they only These five bills represent who is concerned about how our raises legality issues. The function to weaken student rights so basic they are taken for healthcare benefits are going down '\!~··...% •• 0 ••.. 0 ..• ·- ••••·~\ university is currently creat- study processes and reduce granted by heterosexual while costs are rising. ing a template for professors ~···· ·-·--" the importance of education. Americans. Far from the sinister -Kenneth Adams, Class of2011 motives our opponents impute to SGA revamp necessary for university, student voice us, we who are gay and transgen­ Parents Weekend performance a der American citizens only want to hoax After criticism, Student Government Association takes the appropriate steps - marry and live with our spouses, to Recent coverage by The be employed, to serve in the mili­ Review and the promotional mate­ The Student Government With a student body of approx­ these student senate members must tary and to be safe from hate rials sent by the University to par­ Association has begun a plan of imately 15,000, the need for an be one of SGA's highest priorities. crimes. This is that frightening Gay ents for Parents and Family restructuring after public distress accessible, proactive, fair and bal­ Many universities across the Agenda of which we have all Weekend would have led one to over last year's election. The SGA anced student government is clear. country hold massive campaigns for heard. believe that Colin Quinn was the senate, previously made up of all Undergraduate students should feel their student politicians, rallying, Put even more succinctly, the headliner for the show performed registered student organization pres­ confident they are being represented debating and actively inyolving stu­ Gay Agenda is simply this:equal on Friday, Octobi(F 9 at the Bob idents, now consists of 28 members, by SGA executives they choose and dents in all aspects of elections. For rights in every state. Sounds pretty Carpenter Center. elected or appointed for a year-long who understand their interests. It is an institution of higher learning to American to me. Turns out Colin was just an term. about time for a change to be made. lack a true election process goes - Douglas Marshall-Steele, Milton opening act - a fast 15-minute set Concerns over unopposed and Having a representative from against the values of fair election DE and he was gone. under-promoted elections, as well as each college is a positive step in and democracy that we as a commu­ The "headliners" were TV­ miniscule voter turnout, were raised making sure the needs of different nity hold in highest regard. Healthcare costs are a concern Oddity Kathy Kinney - Mimi last year. These changes to the SGA students are met. Broadening the The SGA should also make sure for all · from the Drew Carey sitcom- and in an attempt to make it more repre­ spectrum of student involvement to publicize these and future I was both scared and out­ Chip "the unknown improv comic" sentative of the student body will will hopefully make the SGA more changes, making it a priority to let raged today to receive a notice Esten, who got top billing, doing hopefully prove an adequate relevant to studentsrwho in the past students know how they are adapt­ from Aetna Medicare that it is no 45 minutes of "Whose Line Is It response. have often viewed it as a. rarely- ing under the new structural system. longer offering its Golden Choice Anyway"-style comedy. The restructured senate consists - understood entity. While these changes are posi­ Regional Standard Plan for senior Maybe my son and I should of two representatives of each of the Since the.newly-organized stu~ tive, they are long overdue. The stu­ citizens and disabled persons in have "invested" our time and enter­ seven colleges, appointed by the dent senate has been put into effect dent body should remain aware of Delaware. We have until Dec. 31 to tainment dollars more wisely with deans of each college. In future within an election year, university the problem that previously plagued find another option. The notice to "Ghosts (& History) on the years, the smdent body will be able deans appointed its members. While SGA and become more involved in seniors and disabled dido 't even Green?" to vote for the representatives from this action may have been necessary the more easily accessible governing have the decency- of an explana­ - Guy VanderLek their respective colleges. for this year, the future election of system that is now in place. tion. y:ol JDon 'tSa;y:

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Of study and stress, the going will only get more tough that one of my best friends took it for her asked how they studied for three tests and What happened to good old-fashioned Maddie Thomas ADD. wrote two papers in 48 hours time. It was time management? You know, that ancient When she was on Adderall, all our other spoken about pretty matter-of-factly, as if it concept reinforced to us when we were but Who's Your friends knew instantly. Her mood swings, sui- were a normal and expected response to tack- wee tikes in elementary school? lenness, loss of appetite and ability to write a ling so much schoolwork. · I'll tell you what happened. As soon as Maddie? ten-page paper in one sitting (without getting My question is: how did our generation we realized what we were up against in the up for breaks) were telltale signs. · start feeling so much pressure to take on real world, time management and normal Besides that, I knew r=-----~----r------"---,more work than we can natu- workloads were replaced by shear panic to Students take extreme measures to really nothing about it. rally manage and why do we build up our resumes and take on as much increase their productivity and grades. Because it was prescribed, I feel like we have to take on so work as possible to "help us get ahead." These days, it's hard to tell who is and considered it a pretty heavy much all the time? I've definitely succumbed to the pressure who isn't on Adderall when they're studying. duty drug - something only / Is it because of the non- and have had many a near meltdown over my I have to wonder as I look around the library for those who actually _...... existent job market and the future as an aspiring journalist. I've sacrificed or in the coffee shops on Main Street who needed it. competition that it creates sleep and gotten over my hatred of coffee, might have popped a few milligrams of the Maybe I was being -.._ among us for jobs when we just so I can take on more work. "wonder drug" in order to sacrifice food, naive, but I was shocked graduate? Do we all feel like Take right now as an example: it's 12:19 sleep and normal social behavior to work for V. when I started hearing sto- ~ ,..,.,. we need to go above and a.m., the night before, well, morning before hours upon hours. ries of students at the uni- J .,.___ .,- \ beyond our peers and take on this column is due. I've never taken Adderall, though, and I versity taking Adderall to more schoolwork, extracurricu- To get into the health risks of abusing plan on graduating in May with my "Adderall study, cram and complete Jar activities and resume- Adderall to study is a whole other issue that I V-card" still intact, so to speak. ridiculous amounts of work builders than we can conceiv- won't even begin to go into detail with in this We all know Adderall is practically too l5" on time. ably handle? column. The point is, that while it's definitely easy to come by. Despite it being a prescribed Around the middle of I feel like now, more than important to succeed academically, there's medication, it takes way less than six degrees my freshman year, those ever, an absurd amount of pres- only so much we as students can put on our of separation to fmd someone to score you a kids were few and far sure has been placed on our plates and we (myself included) have to stop few pills without breaking the bank. It seems between- just rumors of generation. Not only do we bringing the stress and enormous workl()ad like Generation Rx is becoming an increas­ kids on my floor scoring a few pills to man~ have a failing economy looming over our upon ourselves. We're only in college. ingly more appropriate title for us. · age their work during midterms. It was still heads like a huge, tempestuous cloud, but the Popping pills just isn't worth it. When I graduated high school in 2006, somewhat difficult to get the pills, then. concepts of success and financial security are Adderall was something associated only with Gradually though, more and more people barraged at us on a daily basis. kids who had Attention Deficit Disorder and I knew either tried Adderall to study or start- The societal pressures placed upon us are Maddie Thomas is the executive editor of The Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. I ed using it on a daily or weekly basis. It was- suffocating, at times - especially for those, Review. Her viewpoints do not necessarily barely knew anything about the medication n't a hushed topic anymore, but rather some- like me, who are approaching graduation represent those of The Review staff Please except that it was often over-prescribed and thing people whispered about when they were much too quickly. send comments to [email protected]. ' News coverage reaches appalling heights with Balloon Boy ground. set free to create content "for the show" . family receives the therapy it so clearly needs, CNN and almost every other news entity Busted. Later on, news broke that the and you are able to reevaluate your priorities Haley Marks in the country devoted complete coverage of father of little critter called local television sta- in time to save your children from a fate you ongoing newscasts to monitoring the situation tions before dialing 911 to report that his son might soon meet, one that includes jail-time. Mark unfolding in Colorado. was sailing away in a homemade flying saucer I'm not one to climb atop a high horse Luckily for the boy and his family, Falcon completely alone. Local law enforcement at and claim that I'm above a wacky story, or My Words was never in the balloon during its flight over first denied any foul play but then recounted intellectually superior to the sensationalism Colorado. Instead, he was hiding in the attic of their stance, officially announcing that an that too often engulfs American mass media, Country panics over media maniacs. the family's garage, apparently scared that if investigation into the hoax would be made. but in this case, a line really needs to be drawn. If you missed the international media sen- he appeared he would getr---''------=------=--=----,Charges are expected Balloon Boy may have been a newswor- sation that was Balloon Boy - as the media in trouble for unhooking to be made tomorrow thy story, but was it worth the massive so wittily named him - this past week, let me the balloon in the first at which time, it has amounts of attention it received, hoax or no give you a brief overview of what went down. 'place. been reported, the fam- hoax? How many average Americans can A family of five, headed by an obviously So the story ends, ily will surrender them- name a single other news story from last media-whoring father, with apparent anger right? Wrong. The selves to police. Thursday? How many viewers were able to management issues and the vocabulary of a Heenes weren't about to Bravo, Heene sift through the onslaught of Balloon Boy cov- fourth-grade child just introduced to vulgarity, give up their third family. Shame on you erage and read the news ticker below as it took the country for a quick trip to crazy town attempt at fame- they America for allowing a read, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader and fooled us all along the way. had appeared on two UFO conspiracist, Ginsburg was hospitalized, British Prime Richard Heene, a Z-list reality TV star episodes of ABC's amateur weather track- Minister Gordon Brown announced that he and aspiring storm chaser, built a homemade WifeSwap and often er to manipulate the will send more troops to Afghanistan, or that a helium weathe.r balloon in the backyard of his posted videos on media to the extent that Taliban attack in Pakistan killed 39? Colorado home; On Thursday afternoon, YouTube, including he did. Glorification of Broadcast news looks for viewers, just as Falcon (yes, F'alcon), his 6-year-old son, some of their sons rap- a possibly life threaten- print looks to entice readers. We as the audi- . allegedly snuck into the aircraft right before it ping expletives while playing on train tracks. ing accident involving a 6 year-old caused the ence. need to reevaluate our appetites when it got unhooked from the backyard and floated The parents of the year began a massive media National Guard to waste thousands ofoollars, comes to news stories in order for the media to 7,000 feet above the ground. For hours follow- assault once the child was found unharmed. thousands more to be spent on media cover- focus on issues that actually matter, rather than ing, total hysteria ensued. Without continuing to perpetuate their age, and all to actualize the dreams of a media hoaxes schemed up by a creepy mad- For almost an entire day, people legiti- sorry attempt at fame, let's just say that their deranged man whose sole goal in life is to man from Colorado. mately thought that a child's life was in irnme- media circuit included Falcon vomiting on make it on TY. 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BY HILARY KARPOFF Pinocchio." make a movie, even when they're trying to be true to the StaffReport er These adaptations always have a posttlve impact on book." With the debut of the movie version of Maurice Sendak's young readers, according to children's librarian Lisa Beamer, Whether these movies are true to their books or not, they beloved "Where the Wild Things Are" hitting screens around a children's librarian at the Newark Free Library. tend to have a strong box office draw, and become top sellers the country, people of all ages are being happily transported "Actually, it doesn't matter if it's a child's book or an and rentals. Sophomore Tyler Waad, who works at the College back into their childhood memories of Max's - and maybe adult's book," Beamer says. "Any time they turn a book into Square Blockbuster store, says he always notices how popular their own - wild rumpuses. a movie, we see a big resurgence in people's interest in the these movies are immediately following their release as Director Spike Jonze's adaptation of the 1963 classic book, and we always have to buy additional copies. We can DVDs. children's picture book- which.is a mere 40 pages and 340 expect that we are going to get more reserves on a book, so we "Movies that come out based on books in general tend to words long- into a feature-length film, may seem hard to always have to make sure that we have plenty of copies on have a lot of hype around them," Waad says. "If there's a book imagine, but it continues Hollywood's longstanding practice hand." out there popular enough to make it into being a movie, a lot of making children's books into feature films, going back to Often, Beamer says, the public's curiosity is piqued of people have heard of it and a lot of people are excited about Disney's 1936 release of "The Adventures of Pinocchio," because they're curious about how the book will translate. it." originally a book by· Carlo Collodi titled "Le avventure di "I think most people expect that what Hollywood does The release of "Where the Wild Things Are" brings back with a book is not necessarily going to be exactly like how the strong memories of the book for him. book is, and sometimes it's very, very different, or there's a lot "I remember that book from my childhood, I remember it that's left out," she says. "The nice thing is that it makes peo­ very vividly. It must have been read to me like 100 times," he ple interested. Sometimes you might disagree with what says. "I'm defmitely going to have to rent it when it comes out they've done, but at the same time it's nice that people are tak­ here." ing an interest in the book." For Junior Claire Macdonald, fall break was the perfect Martha Buell, a professor of early childhood education at time to see "Where the Wild Things Are" because it provided the university, agrees. a day off to take a trip down memory lane. "If you see the movie first and then read the book, people "I've heard really good things about it," Macdonald says. often like the book just as much," Buell says. "So, I think that "I heard it was emotional, I feel like it will bring me back to maybe there's something about [the fact that] once we come my childhood, and it's a good opportunity to see it with my to a decision about how things are in our mind [it's hard to family." · change that], but if you see the movie and then read the book, An elementary education major .specializing in special you apprise what you know from the movie to the book in education, Macdonald says she sees movies as an especially your mind's eye." powerful medium for translating children's books. While it's sometimes hard to keep movies true to the "I think that presenting -stories in different forms of books that inspire them, Buell says there are instances where media, anything, helps to promote children's desire to be edu- it can be done, and that staying true to the source is easier with cated," she says. · picture books like "Where the Wild Things Are" and "Cloudy Thinking of her future a:s a teacher, she realizes that it is with a Chance of Meatballs." vital to get children to enjoy reading in any way possible. "Often books are much more evolved if it's a chapter "I think that by a child knowing that there's a movie out book; if it's a picture book, the movie's often much more about a book, it will definitely help them to become more evolved than the book," she says. "There's really not a whole interested in it, or even, I guess it works both ways," lot of plot in a picture book, but once you get into a chapter Macdonald says. "It will make a child want to see a movie book that actually has a long narrative arc, there's usually more if they read the book and it will make a child want to The book "Where the Wild Things Are" has only 340 words. things that happen that they don't get exactly right when they read the book if they've seen the movie." .)R October 20, 2009 ] 5 Vintage bikes spin new .wheels Cyclists· turn transportation into hobby and recreation

BY ALEXANDRA DUSZAK and gave it to Lambert. Managing Mosaic Editor "I feel like if you have one that's a classic, They're everywhere :.___ in front of Sharp Lab, behind everyone wants to talk about it," says Julie Brew Ha-Ha! and on the porches of South Chapel Street. Brask, a senior civil engineering major who rides Chances are, you're passing by one right now. a Schwinn Caliente. "It's kind of like a car. Road bikes - more specifically, fixed-gear bikes - Everyone's pretty proud of theirs." are all over campus this fall. Buhse rescued his first road bike from the A fix-ed-gear bike is one where the rear gear is fixed garbage, and had one other bike before his dad onto the wheel so that if the wheels are turning, the pedals gave him his old 1981 Fuji Monterey. Buhse has will move. There's no way to coast, which requires the rider made the bike his hobby - he's changed the to pedal at all times, says John Zerhusen, a senior at the uni­ handlebars, tires and rims, and recently spent versity and an employee at Wooden Wheels in Newark $90 on a new bike seat. Shopping Center. "It's leather," Buhse says. "It's kind of like "It's a different way to ride," Zerhusen says. "It's a a Birkenstock for your ass." new, fun, interesting way to ride that's not just steering Different parts of bicycles can easily be around. You can slow down with your pedals, speed up with removed and reattached, something Bohse fore­ your pedals." sees having to do with his leather bike seat Fixed-gear bikes, or "fixies," demand a lot from their because of the rainy Delaware weather. riders - a biker needs strong legs and knees to ride one, ·"They're all like interchangeable compo­ especially on hills, says Arthur Wicks, president of the UD nents," he says. "It's kind of like Eli Whitney's Cycling Club. gun thing. They're all made basically the same "The big problem with it is you get a lot of people who way, unless it's like a French bike." don't know what they're doing," Wicks says. New road bikes can cost $1,000 or more, but Although Zerhusen has plenty of experience with bicy­ for college students, hitting up craiglist or their Road bikes have narrower wheel treads than mountain bikes. cles - he has worked in bike shops since high school and parents' basement is a much more popular way to owns three bikes, one of which he sometimes converts to a get their hands on a road bike. Buhse and to share the road. fixed gear - he's still tnanaged to have a mishap or two Rooney both ride their dads' old bikes, and Brask purchased The number of cyclists in Newark" might seem over­ while riding. hers on craiglist for $50. whelming at that particular time, but Wicks says he first "When you tum, there's a pedal that's always going to "If you have even the slightest idea of what a bike started noticing more fixed gear bicycles two years ago, be close to the ground," he says. "The one time I crashed, might be worth, it's really easy to find good deals there," which he attributes to the growth of the hipster culture in my pedal bottomed out on the ground and flipped me over." Brask says. "People have these bikes. in their garage that Newark. Despite the danger of fixed gears, there's an undeniable they bought in the '70s and they've just been sitting in their "There's been an increase in the hipster culture and part convenience to having a road bike: they're one of the fastest garage ever since then." of that is having a fixed-gear bike," he says. ways to get around campus. The bicycle frame, typically Zerhusen sees a lot of customers coming into Wooden Zerhusen says he's noticed that fixed-gear bikes are made of steel or aluminum, is lighter than the frame of a Wheels looking to upgrade the older bikes they've pur­ definitely more popular with a certain crowd. mountain bike, and the narrow wheel treads mean that each chased. He says spray paint is one of the most popular and "There is a culture about it," Zerhusen says. "I don't pedal stroke takes the rider further. easy ways to give an old bike a new look. know what it is about bikes that attracts the hipsters. It Christopher Rooney, a freshman chemistry education Although Wooden Wheels and other bike stores sell might be old school, retro kind of vibe that fixed gears major, says he has found his bike to be especially valuable attachments like racks and baskets, Brask typically uses her have." now that he's at school. backpack to carry whatever she needs. Road bikes are also a popular method of cross training. "I use it for everything here," Rooney says. "Ifl forgot "If I'm just going to the supermarket to get one bag of Lambert, who is on the cross country team, says she and her to bring it or just hadn't thought to bring it, I would've had groceries, I'll ride my bike," she says. "Last year, I wanted teammates use their bikes when they need a break from run­ my dad mail it to me." • a pumpkin and I didn't have a car yet, so I just put this ning. Lambert also uses her bike to get to class, for It seems many students have the same mentality. pumpkin in my backpack and was riding home with it." triathlons - and for fun. Although bicycles have long been a popular means of trans­ Biking alongside traffic isn't always easy or safe, which "[A friend of mine] and a couple of guys from the team portation for university students, senior Dan Buhse says Brask finds frustrating. · rode up to Milburn Orchards," Lambert says. "We biked tip he's noticed a lot more bikes around Newark this fall in gen­ "There's nothing illegal about riding a bike on a road, there and picked appleS:" eral. but at the same time, people in cars are incredibly mean to Road bikes serve a variety of needs for university stu­ "You go to the library and it's really hard to get a spot," bicyclists," Brask says. "They throw stuff at them, try to run dents - some use them for exercise and some use them to Buhse says. "I feel like it's at an all-time high right now." them off the road. They yell at them." commute in a more environmentally friendly way - but Buhse says he found the speed factor of road bikes particu­ But on the last Friday of every month, the cyclists get one thing is clear: across campus, students are resurrecting larly appealing. their revenge. At 5 p.m., biking enthusiasts from all over old bikes and finding a new hobby and a new connection to · Road bikes can often become something of a conversa­ Newark meet at Wooden Wheels and ride down Main Street the road. tion piece. Ali Lambert, a sophomore biology major, rides a en masse as part of the Critical Mass Movement, whi<:,b. "I have a car on campus," Buhse says. "I think I've Condor, an Italian bike which she got from a friend who originated in 1992 in San Francisco as a way to protest how used it twice since I've been at school. The only thing fuel­ purchased the bike at a yard sale in Alabama. After her unfriendly the city was towards bikers. It is now an interna­ ing [the bike] is me." friend purchased the bike, she realized it was too big for her tional movement of bikers peacefully protesting their right -3!-=-~~ 16 October 20, 2009 Gory thriller breaks the Childhood favorite still

laws of the genre enjoyable and heartwarlfling.....

"Law Abiding Citizen" "Where the Wild Things Are" Overture Warner Brothers Rating: t'r 1/2 (out of t'rt'rt'ct'c) Ratjng: t'rt'rt'r (out of t'rt'rt'rt'r) "Law Abiding Citizen" is an overly Max is the wildest thing of all in gruesome take on a vigilante thriller. director Spike Jonze's adaptation of Gerard Butler plays Clyde Shelton, a "Where the Wild Things Are." While that genius engineer seeking revenge for the is partly because the beasts are relatively death of his wife and daughter. Shelton tame, it's also because of a lively perform-. witnesses the murder of his entire family, ance by Max Records, who plays the · and when one of the killers gets off on young protagonist of the same name. charges · of third degree rather than flrst The movie is a better-than-average degree murder, Shelton decides to take conversion from book to flhn, but like matters into his own hands. He declares many of this geme, it still has problems, war on Philadelphia's entire judicial and most stem from turning a 10-sentence branch, especially Nick Rice (Jamie book into a 100-minute fihn. To accom­ Foxx), the lawyer responsible for the mur­ At the culmination of the fihn, the plish this seemingly impossible feat, the the screen, including wild oceans and derer's light sentence. plot makes the leap from dumb to dumber beasts become considerably more human­ cliffs, forests and beaches, and a barren Foxx's performance lacks the. same as Shelton's revenge spirals out of con­ ized in order to develop a time-consuming desert inhabited by a lone but huge dog. depth and devotion that won him his trol. Just when the fihn becomes pre­ plot. However, the wild things lose their The indoor scenes are original as well, and Oscar in 2005 for "Ray." This role for dictable, the movie takes an absurd twist. terrifying animal edge that was so apparent somehow the movie always finds a way to Foxx is far from meriting a possible sec~ The ending is in fact more outlandish than in the book. tell the story, very literally, from every dif­ ond Academy Award, and doesn't deserve you could have guessed. The movie ·The second - albeit minor - prob­ ferent angle. Max's boat ride, which makes any recognition. His shallow actin~ in makes feeble attempts at tackling big lem with the movie is that it switches the the power of the sea readily apparent and "Citizen" makes it difficult to beheve issues such as the justice system and jungle-like, vine-filled forest depicted in very frightening, is powerfully pho­ anything his character says, while his morality and instead leaves viewers feel­ the book to a more temperate climate. In tographed in a scene strangely reminiscent pompous, 1-own-the-room attitude makes ing nauseated and slightly confused. doing so, the f1lm loses the sense of wild of. the ending of''The Truman Show." him less than loveable. As for Butler, this The fllm isn't completely terrible, adventure that jungles bring. The wild things don't "gnash their role is yet another average performance in however. Most scenes are fairly entertain­ Max Records keeps the movie ram- terrible teeth" too much, and their ''terrible a mediocre fihn which pales in compari­ ing and a few parts are actually exciting. • bunctious and wild though, by yelling eyes" are vaguely sad and cute. Still, the son to his previous action roles. Ladies will enjoy a back-shot of the "Woman, feed me!" at his mother, played movie retains a good portion of the book's At points, "Law Abiding Citizen" hunky Butler's bare bottom, which, for by Catherine Keener, and threatening to character. Jonze's creation stands as a work could easily be mistaken for any "Saw" some, will justify paying $10.50 for · a eat her up. In contrast to his energy, the in itself, and instead of a story about Max movie, leaving audience members check­ ticket. beasts look tame, sleeping in a large heap dealing with anger, it becomes a story ing for the correct theater. This fihn is Gallons of blood, and missed like a bunch of kittens. about Max . dealing with emotions and nothing but overly violent and pointlessly attempts at witty humor define "Law All of the performances were wonder­ responsibility. Altogether, it's a beautiful brutal, especially in a scene where Abiding Citizen" and should be watched fully done, but the movie was also punctu­ and heartwarming movie. Shelton hacks away at a celhnate with a if there are no other options. ated by cinematography that is impossible -Aaron Dentei-Post, steak bone. - Lexi Louca, alouc~deLedu to dismiss. Beautiful landscapes jump off adente/p@udeLedu ·

TheBQE not this is for the Sufjan Stevtns best is a big ques­ Asmathic Kitty Records tion indeed, as ·Funny men get :Freaky Rating: t'rt'rt'c 1/2 (out Stevens-' lyrics are of t'rt'rt'rt'rt'r) poetic and thought­ I Told You I Was Freaky In his ninth studio provoking - the Flight of the Conchords album, Sufjan Stevens high point of Sub Pop pays tribute to the Stevens' swirly, Brooklyn-Queens Rating: t'r'il-t'r~ 1/2 (out of ~t'ct'rt'r) trippy dreams. · The dynamic duo from New Zealand is Expressway. Although the That said, the back with a new album. Flight of the album takes its title (rom lack of lyrics makes Conchords' sophomore effort, I Told You I Was the famed road, it might the album the per­ Freaky, offers the same good-spirited mockery be more appropriate for fect study sound­ and ridiculous antics as their flrst album. The BQE to stand for The track, and with its The songs are original tracks from the TV Biggest Question Ever. tracks divided into series "Flight of the Conchords" about two Known for his alter­ a series of inter- question ever is this: is twenty-something immigrants from New native, soothing and often ludes and movements, the The BQE a better sound­ Zealand living in New York trying to make it otherworldly sound, album has a very grown­ track for studying or big - delving into their hilariously awkward Steyens abandons lyrics up, almost classical, feel falling asleep? tendencies and the trials and tribulations they altogether on The BQE for being created by an -Alexandra Duszak, have with the girls they meet along the way. and takes the next exit for artist in his mid-thirties. [email protected] The songs cover a wide range of subjects, dreamland. Whether or The second biggest from Bret and Jermaine's "Sugalumps," the male equivalent of The Black Eyed Peas' "lady lumps." The singers also show their a soft spot with a ballad tp all of Jermaine's ex-girlfriends. "Rambling Through the Avenues of Time" sounds oddly similar to Billy Joel's "Piano Man." In the song, Bret sings about a girl he claims to have met in the streets and the love­ at-first sight feelings they experienced. Jermaine is entirely indifferent to the tale Bret tells about the love of his life, evident in his response to the sorig. "So did you get the bread or ... 'Cause I've been waiting here with all my sandwich fillings all ready. " At the end of the song, Bret admits to 95 percent of the song being a lie - the only part that was true was . that he had seen a girl. Another parody is the boys' rendition of "We're Both in Love with a Sexy Lady," a mockery of R. Kelly and Usher's song "Same Girl." This song, like many others on the album, is essentially sing-songy conversations between Bret and Jermaine;rtljlw>:co~ver~Jt\WJlS October 20, 200917 dela}yarel INd res sed When booty calls ... The skinny on expectations on either end or emotions last attached to the act itself, then problems will week. This is arise. Regardless of who is making the call, supposed · to be fun, Ralph Lauren e·~.·..· ... ··'tJ ... you need to be fair. You need to get it out· not teary-eyed confes- rVJ there before you put it in there. Honesty is sion time. Talk about how At one point or key. much fun you've had when another, most little girls ,, • j . If you are going to enjoy the experi­ you're out with your friends or fantasize about becoming l..•....- •.··· .. .,."·.·· . ence of a booty call on more than one occa­ about a funny part in a movie or a . .. fashion models. The job .11 Brittany Harmon sion, there are few rules you must abide by. good joke. The reason you're here seems to be the epitome . ;' Coi;IIIIIIIVI Rule #1: Know your role- you're a booty is because your partner isn't going to of glamour, but with big­ . call. If you don't get a return phone call, text mess up the mood for sex - so play time modeling comes cut­ It's 2 a.m. and while message or e-mail, realize they are not along! throat reality. If you c..•• llllb I . you're dreaming of living available. Booty calls aren't required to Rule #3: No sleepovers. There's no don't have the look, Jackie Zaffarano happily ever after with David need to sleep over unless he enjoys morn­ the size, the walk, the Co/umnt\1 Beckham, your cell phone vibra­ Tell me what ing sex. If it's that good, maybe you should smile, the non-smile tions wake you and you read the stay up all night. One of the best parts of a or even the right nose, you're gone. words, ''you should come over." you think booty call is not sharing the bed and not But if a model is lucky, she will have found Now, you can choose to go back having to decide who is sleeping on what a designer that sees her as a muse - the man or to sleep or you can truly "ride" off ... for next week: side. Sleeping over requires a special type woman he keeps in mind as he creates his col­ into the sunset, or sunrise for that of relationship beyond the stan- lection. Five-foot-ten, 120-pound Filippa matter. Have you ever given or dard booty call. Hamilton may have thought she was secure A booty call is the act of calling or Rule #4: This relationship received a promise ring? ~ with Ralph Lauren in this way - that is before contacting a person for the sole purpose of is based on a sexual understand­ they dropped a bomb on her. having sex. Such relationships - based on Wtite to columnist Btittany Harmon ing. The two of you aren't dat­ You may recognize this size four, Swedish­ these phone calls - usually have no strings at [email protected] ing, you're not meeting his French and, needless to say, gorgeous model attached, and there is an understanding family and you don't spend from several of Ralph Lauren's ad campaigns between the individuals that there is noth­ holidays together- there's over the past eight years. In April 2009, she was ing else between them except the physical maintain constant contact with you nor are no need to expect a date for fired. need for each other. Peter K. Jonason, a they required to answer all the ''why" ques­ dinner, movies, or coffee. Despite having been Lauren's muse and a psychologist at New Mexico State tions: "Why aren't you answering your Each person needs to decide contributor to· the brand's image for so many University writes, "often people you call phone?" "Why are you out with someone what is right for herself. years, Hamilton lost her job over her weight ­ in this manner are viewed as attractive and else?" "Why can't we hang out?" These If you feel it is morally an issue that, in almost any other industry, likeable enough to sleep with, but not to questions get extremely annoying and pos­ wrong to make or take a booty wouldn't be worthy of attention. With her natu­ have a long term relationship with." sibly complicated. call, then by all means ignore rally. slender yet perfectly healthy model So, when is it considered okay to make Rule #2: Keep the talking to a mini­ the rules. But if you indulge physique, Hamilton just wasn't thin enough. a booty call? Both parties need to be mum - there's no need for in-depth con­ that late-night text mes­ · According to MSNBC's Web site, fully aware of exactly where they versation. If you get asked a smpid question, sage, have fun and be Hamilton said in an interview with Ann Curry stand with each other. Each per­ it will undoubtedly kill the mood and ruin safe - and be sure that of "The Today Show" that Ralph Lauren wrote son needs to know the booty your chances of scoring that night. Do not your cell phone is not on a letter to her agent saying something along the call is nothing more than talk about all the problems in your life, like silent. lines of "We're terminating your services that. If there are failing your exam or the shoes you bought because you don't fit into the sample clothes that you need to wear." Employed by the brand since age 15, it comes as no surprise that the now 23-year old model was affected by this news. When I first read the article, I didn't quite believe that Ralph Lauren thought Hamilton was too large for the company's sample gar­ ments. Anyone with eyes would know that mediadarling Foxy actress can't transform Hamilton is tall and thin, and if she's a size four, she most definitely fits into sample sizes. I She's the girl most guys drool over, The match is perfect; a job that sym- She once told GQ, "Olivia Wilde is so sexy thought f!erhaps the brand was altering its fit or and the chick girls will call overrated bolizes all that her image stands for. So, she makes me want to strangle a mountain had to let her go for other reasons. despite the fact that they can't deny her ox with my bare hands." Okay, then. Fox A campaign ad for Ralph Lauren had made attractiveness. She's all over Perez should probably stick to scripts and photo its way onto the Internet site BoingBoing.net on Hilton's radar, an actress and cover girl shoots. Oct. 6 that featured Hamilton- or so it seemed. for several magazines - she's Megan She will undoubtedly be recognized in · The ad, which had appeared in a mall in Japan, Fox. the ads by millions in several countries, featured a distorted looking girl with Hamilton's What is it that keeps the public want- and she is no stranger to the camera-:- it's head on her shoulders. The model's body looks ing more Megan? Well, undoubtedly it's her ideal situation. Anyone who's seen emaciated, with hips more narrow than the her sex appeal - let's be real. Of course these ads knows they can get a little width of her head. she keeps the guys interested because steamy. Of course for guys, the ads will The company released a statement claim­ she's hot, and even though the girls may spur love at first sight. Girls will have ing that firing Hamilton stemmed from her agree, many won't praise her for it. Even even more of a reason to call Megan Fox "inability to meet the obligations under her con­ so, the world has an interest in what she's overrated, while of course searching for tract." In her defense, the model claimed to have up to. her every possible flaw, and secretly envy- been "very loyal" to Ralph Lauren, calling the So what comes after "Jennifer's ing her looks. Some may try to say she's company her second family. In response to inex­ Body" for Megan Fox? Well, it seems she harsh looking and not even pretty - just cusable body image manipulation, Polo Ralph has next year's work cut out for her. Not provocative and frankly, idiotic. Lauren claims the image was "mistakenly only wi:ll she be returning to the role of She's the hot girl in class who is at released" and says it was not the version Mikaela Banes in a third installment of once idolized and hated, given the stink approved to run in the United States. According "Transformers," which begins production eye or stared at, but always ogled. All she to the statement, the company says, "We take in 2010, but she will also ·be featured in has to do is exist - guys love her, and full responsibility for allowing this image to run "Jonah Hex," a Western to be released girls love to hate her. Either way, they'll as this is completely inconsistent with our cre­ next June. Even"with movie matters aside, still be looking. Looks- that's what she ative standards and brand values." we can expeft to see a lot more of Megan thrives on. Regardless of what country the ad was intended for, somebody somewhere employed - quite liter'i!}ly. Megan will soon grace Why is s~e famous? Because she's billboards as Armani's newest model of hot. What does she have to do to sustain by Ralph Lauren had the thought to make an Emporio Armani underwear. and Armani the star status she's acquired? Be in more already thin model look thin to an inhuman jeans. · photographs, while still looking hot. The extent. As for Ms. Fox's newest undertaking, love-hate following she's acquired keeps The incident only reinforces negative con­ it involves combining the expected - the her at the center of attention. If this is her notations associated with apparel brands and camera loving her (not surprising) - with way to success - and it seems to be - advertising for the superhumanly skinny. In any a little bit of high end Italian fashion. let's explore why this would be so. then Megan Fox isn't going anywhere fast. case, let's hope that no Bratz doll-looking girls begin roaming the planet because of it. However, we have yet to see how much of Do we really know Megan Fo~ for ~.lthough, her picture will in fact soon Although ... the ad should only have been seen in itshe'Jl~G.mally be wearing, as t~e-<\ds wiJl mo.J;e t~lip her looks or the obscun~ p:1eces b~ ~0\IJ.g ,everywhere . t !\J11PW111'ight-RltlPh'l=CI'J',n;..l t, I~ ,y,~ lli!>N•!li require her to be scantily clad:· · ' · •-''of ihfoirnatio'B 'she's "'Shatetl!aboUtl.'Mfself? 'h'~ - 2Jitc!lci'tllza.ffrirlmo,' fat:litez@udeLedu 18 October 20, 2009 Jt Record stores capitalize on popularity of nost(!lgia ..... '• BY ANNE ULIZIO come by, says owner Demitri Features Desk Editor Theodoropmdos. In the not-so-distant past, to dust off Theodoropoulos and his wife have an old Jimi Hendrix record and set the nee­ owned Wonderland since 2003, and the dle of the turntable to the record's ribbed store has been open since 1972. He says he black plastic with a look of nostalgia WfiS and his wife have always had a taste for to seem obsolete and out-of-touch. great music, and as for their media of The tables have turned - no pup choice: vinyl. intended - and now vinyl sales are grow­ "Records are an event, an experi­ ing thanks to some new technology and ence," Theodoropoulos says. "You sit consumers' renewed appreciation for the down and listen to the album and get into full experience of purchasing an album. it more than you can with a CD." John Pyle, whp has been an employee Theodoropoulos makes no effort to at Rainbow Books & Music on· Main keep his preference for vinyl a secret. As a Courtesy of Crystal Kiawu Street for approximately a year and a half, musician himself and as a customer of Patrick Mureithi visited Rwanda four times over a two-month period to shoot "lcyizere: hope." affirms this statistic. Wonderland even before he owned it, "If you're into music, there's that Theodoropoulos sees vinyl as the musical importance of the artwork and the visual media that promises of the ultimate audial aspect," Pyle says. experience. Catering to multiple senses is only "People used to have records parties From horror to hope: film one of the myriad benefits of vinyl. between 10 to 15 of their closest friends," "With a decent turntable, your sound he says. "They'd all just sit around and lis­ quality will be much better," he says. ten to vinyl all day long. That's something "Some [records] are now packaged with this generation is missing out oil." looks at genocide aftermath digital downloading coupons." Theodoropoulos and manager Joe Some may be surprised to know that Ruthig attribute the recent boost in vinyl one can even find USB turntables to hook sales to the lack of good music on the mar­ BY JORDAN ALLEN 2006, he heard about a group calied the African up to a Mac or PC on the shelves today. ket today and the incomparable sound Senior Mosaic Reporter Great Lakes Initiative, which raises funds and "With the increase in digital sales, quality that vinyl offers. They admit to A woman named Mama Aline sits with helps support a program called Healing and there hasn't been as much of a demand for having turned away customers who came tears in her eyes as she tells how her husband Rebuilding Our Communities (HROC). The CDs," Pyle says. "It's definitely had an in to the store looking for Hannah Montana was murdered. She says she and her husband purpose of HROC is to take about.20 people, effect universally." CDs. were in different hiding places when their 10 from each side of a conflict, and bring them However, vinyl sales seem to be Buying vinyl is sometimes the only neighbors came to kill them. In fear, she let out together for a three-day workshop that helps inlmune to the convenience and popularity choice for customers, as some older music a scream, and her husband was captured and them deal with their trauma and learn how to of point-and-click online music purchases. is impossible to find because the vinyl was killed when he went over to help her. have normal relationships with one another "It's something tangible, you know, never converted to a digital format, they Jean Baptiste participated in mass killings again. not some 'binary code' floating around in say. in 1994 and was released from prison 2007. He "For me, to see a survivor and a perpetrator your computer," he says. "Ifyou take good Wonderland takes pride in its selec­ says he had no peace and could not eat after the who lived in the same neighborhood who care of your vinyl, it could last forever." tion of new and used vinyl, which goes acts he committed. He lived in fear of what he couldn't look each other in the face willing to Chris Avino, the owner of Rainbow, through a careful screening process by had done. His wish, he says, is to learn to live try and rebuild a relationship as neighbors, it agrees vinyl sales have experienced what Theodoropoulos himself. He goes to among the people he wronged and to ask their gave me a sense of hope," Mureithi says. he calls an iexplosive growthl in the past garage sales and various obscure locations forgiveness. He started filming the documentary in July three to four years. Vinyl sales account for hunting and scouting for decent vinyl. He Mama Aline, Jean Baptiste and approxi­ 2007 and spent two and a half years raising about 15 percent of Rainbow's overall says only about 20 out of every 100 mately 20 others were the subjects of a docu­ money and acquiring footage. He went back to sales, Avino says. records he picks up make it onto the mentary directed, edited and produced by Rwanda to film four times over a two-month Avino says record buyers at Rainbow shelves because he won't sell records he Patrick Mureithi titled "Icyizere: hope." It out­ period and shot 100 hours of footage. seem to fall into two categories. thinks are unworthy. lines the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Senior Mfon Umoren, President of DASA, "The younger demographic of college Theodoropoulos and rest of the Rwanda, a genocide th~t lasted 100 days and says DASA decided to show the documentary students pick up used vinyl because it is Wonderland family are so partial to vinyl, resulted in the deaths of an estimated 800,000 because they don't typically talk about the peo­ the cheapest way to get old music - you in fact, that they plan to phase out CDs to 1 million people. During this time, two eth­ ple affected by events like genocide or its after­ can find used vinyl here for anywhere from from their stocks almost entirely in the nic groups called the Hutus and the Tutsis were math. one to five dollars," Avino says. "The other future. The decision makes sense - the pitted against each other by the government, "It's important to see the community after group consists of the people who used to informed customer who believes in the which ordered the Hutus to eliminate all the the fact, see how people are trying to help buy vinyl, saved it, maybe got rid of it, and advantages of vinyl over CDs accounts for Tutsis in Rwanda. themselves, trying to rebuild the community," now are moving back to purchasing 65 percent of Wonderland's annual sales. The film was shown at the university in Umoren says. "It's important to see that mov­ records instead ofCDs." The sound quality is essentially what Smith Hall Tuesday Oct. 13 by the Delaware ing forward." He also says vinyl will last forever if drives the preference for vinyl at African Student Association (DASA) and the Freshman Etambuyu Akapelwa says she properly taken care of, and that the sound Wonderland. department of anthropology. The documentary attended the event because she likes to be quality of CDs doesn't even compare. "The sound is so incredible. There's highlights the process of reconciliation aware of what is going on in the world. As she ''Now matter how good your digital· something almost sterile about the sound between genocide perpetrators and survivors in watched the film, she says she thought about system is, there's always something miss­ of CDs," Theodoropoulos says. "And a Rwandan town called Gisenyi. how many people take things for granted. ing," Avino says. there's something almost inhuman about During the speech he gave after the film was "I come from a Third World country but it Another place to pick up new and the sound from a turntable. There are fre­ shown, Mureithi said he first decided to make is a very peaceful country," Akapelwa says. used vinyl in Newark is Wonderland, quencies that we can't necessarily hear, but the film in 2006. He grew up in Kenya and was "You hear about wars and you hear about peo­ located at the end of Main Street. The floor we can feel. CDs miss those frequencies 18 years old during the time of the genocide in ple dying but the reality never hits you until is dotted with boxes and boxes of new and entirely," Theodoropoulos says. Rwanda. you actually see stuff like that and hear peo­ used vinyl, some of which are quite h.ard to "I was concerned with three things: the ple's stories. It still gets me every time even national exam, the government and MC though I've seen so many documentaries on Hammer," Mureithi says. "I was oblivious to these kinds of things, it still gets me that people the fact there was a genocide going on." suffer that much it just makes you appreciate He says he didn't hear about the genocide life more." until several years later when he was a student Mureithi says his main goal is to share the in the United States. He watched a showing of documentary with as many people as possible. "Ghosts of Rwanda" on PBS which depicts the He showed it at the Rwandan film festival in horror of the genoc;ide. Mureithi says he was so 2008 and 2009, where the audience was appre­ mortified by what he saw he was physically ciative, especially of the perspective of a repen­ unable to move. tant perpetrator interviewed in the film. · "It depressed me that it happened so close He says he hopes people will watch the doc­ to my home and I had no idea, and the fact that umentary, see themselves as the subjects and human beings were doing this to other human take time to reflect upon their lives - perhaps beings," he says. taking the time to let go of grudges or ask for Though he believes humans are inherently forgiveness. good, Mureithi says watching the film about "This film is definitely about more than just the Rwandan genocide changed his outlook and the R\\'~dan $tory, or even the<.4frican story," left him deeply depressed. About a year later;l.n Milleitli1 says. "''ft's aoout the numan story." - October 20, 2009 19 .

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For a college student, such addictions could be any a universal language. With just one Ethernet cable and a differentiates between playing video games a lot and being number of vices - partying, Newark Deli & Bagel, jay­ little XBOX Live, a gamer from Newark can link up with addicted to them. walking - but there's another, more subtle addiction that a gamer in Japan or one in France. Americans may be "For something to be an addiction, it has to mean more Kanye neglects to mention which afflicts the male popula­ resistant to the sport of soccer, but they aren't immune to than you do it a lot. It has to mean that you do tion- video games. In my house, it's FIFA, FIFA's allure. it in such a way that it damages your life," the soccer simulation produced by According to a 2007 Harris Interactive poll of children Gentile says. "Almost one out of every Sports. ages 8 to 18, 23 percent said that they felt "addicted to youth garners show enough damage to FIFA 10 was released today. video games," with 31 percent of males and their school, family, and psychological !;; Anticipation of the game's release was 13 percent of females saying they i functioning to merit serious concern." · g. at a fever pitch, and intense binges are addicted. Now age those who were 18-year­ Aside from the immediate spike in ~ sure to be shortly underway. After it olds two years, give them the freedom to play time, there is likely no serious g was released in Europe on Oct. play to their heart's content and see if cern on my end toward the amount ~ FIFA soon became the highest selling anybody in your dorm doesn't stay glued FIFA 10 I see being played by my peers. ~ video game of all time, moving 1. 7 to their controller. In fact, it's probably a fantastic video ' g, million units in its first week. The I'm not saying video games are an game, and I will play as well. But I will ! ~ game has over 30 multi-national absolute evil. We need distraction and also eat, go to class, sleep, do work, listen ~ leagues and over 500 teams. There are entertainment to counteract the hours to music and take part in many other things 8 11 different covers, with specialized we pour into studying and the stress that present themselves as either necessary • 9 trios of players for the United Kingdom, that accompanies worrying or fun. Australia, Germany, Italy, France, grades. We earn those hours of down- So to all those who have been wait­ Spain, Poland, Portugal, Russia and time, and we deserve them. But as · ing for this circled calendar day and Hungary. It's kind of a big deal. always the trick with balancin·g already have FIFA 10 spinning in your ' Except in America, right? Here and play, we need to be mindful ·console, remember, addiction is a slip­ soccer is met with resistance because whether we place an emphasis on one pery slope, and it will slide tackle you it's "their" sport, not ours. Yet, there's or the other. from behind if you're not watching. nothing more· indicative of ownership In the same Harris Poll, Douglas - Ted Simmons, tsim@udeLedu than paying $60 at the mall and walk­ Gentile, director of the Media Research ing out with something very real and Lab at Iowa State University and the tangible in your hands - in this case, director of research for the National FIFA 10. And video games truly are Institute on Media and the Family,

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E-mail us at [email protected] 20 October 20,2009 how bazaar you speak out Each week in How Bazaar, Mosaic will feature a different component of everyday life that we wouldn't otherwise have space to cover. This week, entertainment editor Allyson Heisler gives some tips for turning drab dorm walls into seasonal art projects.

For those with a creative If you would rather What do you think spmt, decorating for decorate for the whole fall Halloween can be · a fun season instead of for activity to do with your Halloween, try hitting up of booty calls? roommate and/or suitemates. Jo-Ann Fabrics. They have The question on everyone's numerous items with beau­ mind is 'How can I afford to tiful red, orange and yel­ decorate if I'm already buy­ low leaves that you can ing a costume?' Well, with leave up from the begin­ some bargain hunting, deco­ ning of October until just rating doesn't have to be for­ after Thanksgiving. If you gotten in the wake of an want to get a head start on I guess it's pretty nor­ expensive costume. decorating for mal as college goes I Wal-Mart, Dollar Tree, Thanksgiving, try a string Five Below and Jo-Ann of leaves on your walls or guess. If I hear one of Fabr4:s are the best places to around the door frame. my buddies say it, or if start looking. This will add a burst of I even hear a girl say it, · Several door hangers color while you study or ~t's not really surpris­ with witches, ghosts and when you walk through the mg. pumpkins cost only $2 at door after a long day of - Carl Woodward, Wal-Mart and with only a bit classes. of tape, my roommate and I Now, if you're very sophomore have a festive door to dis­ ambitious, you can make play to our floor. My suitem­ your own door design or ate had an even better idea holiday decorations with - using a tablecloth from a construction paper, glitter, dollar store to decorate her glue, tape, markers, col-. ored pencils or crayons. door. Although the tablecloth lanterns, spider webs, gravestones, was bigger than the door, she wrapped Let your imagination run wild with black and orange lights, stuffed animal creativity. Make a graveyard scene, a the entire door with it and had a fun ghosts, pumpkins and skeletons. In the I think it's really dis­ 'Happy Halloween' ·design decorating witch riding a broomstick, {lr lots and paper goods section of the store, I gusting. I think people her door. We also found cheap card­ lots of pumpkins. picked up black and orange streamers Of course there's always the ever­ should try to find board posters with paper pumpkins for only 75 cents each. My roommate popping out from the front at the dollar popular jack-o-lantem, but unlike your someone who is more and I wrapped them around each other, carved out pumpkin, paper decorations willing to be their part­ store. creating orange and black-spiraling Five Below also had Halloween won't rot and stink up your room come ner instead of just for streamers for our walls. decorations for sale, including Nov. 1. sexual things like that. It degrades women. -Rebecca Cruz, freshman 6 5 2 4 1

I hate them, and I 9 6 get them but they're really annoying. I feel like it really 7 turns you off to 5 - . 9 someone when they give you a booty call when you realize 4 2 6 8 that that's all they want. -Sophia 3 Kauffman, junior

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Compikd by Senior Mosllic Reporter Jordtm Alkn October 20, 2009 21 ~Rap .tcon. exp1 atns . Htp- . h op KRS-.01!-e preaches genre's philosophy

BY JUSTIN BENNARDO hop, is not really discussed in the Rap began, KRS adds, when StaffR eporter university environment, the colle­ the philosophy of Hip-hop was put Whoop Whoop! It's the sound giate environment, the academic into use and those with the unique ofKRS-One! On Wednesday, it was environment," KRS says. skill of being able to rhyme not the sound of the police that KRS was not referring Hip-hop declared themselves the greatest in brought fans of Hip-hop music and as it might be discussed in the class­ their circles. culture to Mitchell Hall, but the room, but rather to the difference "Once you declare greatness opportunity to hear an industry leg­ between Hip-hop and its sister and step into that personality the end speak. genre, rap. change in your outlook creates a In an event organized by the "There are hundreds of col­ change in the environment that you Cultural Programming Advisory leges offering hip-hop courses," he will be in," KRS says. Board, recording artist and social says. "There are thousands of pro­ The connection between Hip­ activist KRS-One, famous for songs fessors and scholars that teach hop and rap evolved from these dis­ such as "Sound of Da Police," them. And they are all wrong! Hip­ advantaged artists' ability to will delivered a thought provoking lec­ hop and rap are two different things, success upon themselves. They ture entitled "The Fundamentals of rap cannot exist without Hip-hop used their talent with words, their Hip-hop" to a crowded auditorium. but Hip-hop exists without rap." own greatness and their environ­ Prior to KRS taking the stage, KRS says Hip-hop is a back­ ment, KRS says. there was an undeniable nervous bone for many other genres. Viewing Hip-hop in this light energy among those who had "Hip-hop is the energy and enables KRS to dispel the exclu­ braved the inclement weather for a consciousness that influences the sionary beliefs that Hip-hop is chance to hear the hip-hop icon artistic expression frequently asso­ exclusive to African-American cul­ deliver his refreshing brand of ciated with rap in the forms of rap ture. Instead, he argues that the spir­ social commentary. music, break dancing, aand graffiti it of Hip-hop is inclusive to all cul­ Unbeknownst to the general writing," KRS says. tures. audience, however, CPAB organiz­ KRS argues that as a result of KRS is also able to apply his ers began to worry that the lecture Hip-hop's spiritual nature, it is near­ beliefs about the spirit of Hip-hop would not be able to begin on time ly impossible to understand its true and the ability to change one's envi­ as KRS, in a move atypical of most meaning by examining the history ronment to financial matters. Hip-hop artists, had decided to of the rap genre as many scholars "You create your wealth with drive by himself from his home in typically do. To be able to fully your perception of your environ­ the Bronx. During the trek he had explore the fundamentals of hip­ ment," he says. becQIDe lost, but upon his arrival hop, KRS suggests that one must He also offered some advice to KRS eased all worries by delivering look deeper - past the racial sig­ the crowd, which was made up his speach with characteristic nificance usually associated with mostly of students. warmth. the African-American culture - to "Start your business now," Dressed in a crisp, simple out­ the spirit and beliefs that the KRS says. "And if you want to get fit topped by a knit New York Mets essence of Hip-hop embodies. rid of your student loans, find a way skullcap, KRS portrays himself dif­ · "You must shed the idea of to bring money into the university ferently than those familiar with his race and instead view yourself as a because I guarantee you if you fmd iconic status might expect. but human first to understand hip-hop," a way for the school to make money rather, as just another unassuming he says. "If I am a human first, I or get more funding, you won't man one might see on the street. have the ability to create myself and need student loans anymore." KRS did not need the typical status my reality into whatever I want it to KRS advised students to symbols such as expensive clothing be." choose their identity and proclaim it and jewelry one associates with hip­ This level of deeper thinking to take advantage of the many hop artists in order to signify his and the ability to determine one's opportunities available to them. iconic status - his message and the own reality is the true spirit of Hip­ "It's wake up in the morning content of his lecture would suffice. hop, KRS says. and say . 'I am,' and walk in the Years of performing as as MC It was the disadvantaged direction of the 'I am,' " he says. paid off have paid off for KRS - African-Americans living in the "You will notice that doors will when he took the stage at 7:30 p.m. bleak urban landscape of the 1970s open up for you, the people you he was in his element in front of the Bro~ who coupled this philosophy need will come to you because you large audience. with the developing skill of are being the real you. And this is "This is a historical night, and rhyming to beat breaks, KRS says. the fundamental principal in hip­ here's why: What we are dis­ From that creative pairing, rap hop - can you be the real you?" cussing, the fundamentals of Hip- music and culture was born.

All Photos THE REVIEWI Andy Howden

Rapper KRS-One delivered a .thought provoking and ground-breaking perspective on what it means to be part ofthe Hip-hop culture. I u~.\U--. ''"'\.""t . ' ·l I (J11_, ~• _,;~, ,i~. ·, "'\:" ~ "• ·'' .~ ·~ ~ll'W) J 1 II 22 October 20, 2009 Rain can't dampen

volunteers' spirits . -.... BY ARIF ZAMAN dants. Capone has been volunteer­ Department of Public Safety Staff Reporter ing for the American Cancer A bright pink ribbon shined Society for many years. She called Lost and Found Property Sale . through the rain Thursday after­ volunteering a year-round commit­ noon, inviting passersby on the ment and not just a handful of North Green in the midst of the events scattered throughout the Lucatiuo: Perkins Garaget Al."lldemy Street~ Newark Camp u.s torrential downpour that was last year. Thursday morning. Fusaro agrees. Date: October 14, 2009 The UD Colleges Against "Every month we hold kiosks Cancer and American Cancer in Trabant to educate people about · Time: Sale star-ts promptly at S:OO a.m. Society participated in Pink Out, ways to stay cancer free and ways an event held in an effort to to get involved with the American increase campus awareness about Cancer Society," Fusaro says. breast cancer. UD CAC hosts several events Items for sale include: Junior Andrea Fusaro, presi­ throughout the year, including.· Bicycle~ back1~acks, calc ulaton, jewelry, u mh rellas, watches, etc. dent of UD Colleges against Relay for Life, which Fusaro says Cancer, stated in an e-mail mes­ raised $150,000 dollars last year. sage that two volunteers from the "The event is meant to cele­ ACS contacted her to set up the brate cancer survivors, remember All items are sold AS IS event. those we have lost to cancer, and No refunds or returns "The idea for the event was fight back against the disease," she based upon the hope that we could says. All sales are final get the entire community dressed She says these events have in pink for a photograph on the had a visible impact on students' North Green," Fusaro says. "Our • awareness of cancer. intent with the event was to edu­ "I think that many students Payment: cate people on the topic of breast are coming to the realization that Casb and check only cancer awareness." the battle against cancer is still October is National Breast going strong," Fusaro says. Cancer Awareness Month, and the She also said that the Pink ACS has been working with the Out last Thursday led to many e­ All proceed5 benefit Crime Prevention Prugr~ m.s Newark Arts Alliance and various mails from students who were stores on Main Street to help interested in the focus of the event spread the word. Even College and publishing information about Taxi one of the new pedicab serv­ it. ices in Newark was present on the Fusaro says she has seen stu­ North Green with a pedicab paint­ dents around campus wearing ed pink. shirts made by UD CAC - a sign Shawn Gines, an American that more university students are Cancer Society worker at the being reached by cancer aware­ event, says event organizers were ness organizations. The things a criminal record can do to your future planning on having stands for UD CAC will hold a second ought to be a crime ~ttendants to line up on and take a Pink Out event on Thursday, picture. However, it wasn't possi­ Fusaro says, in hopes of drawing ble due the muddy grounds of the the crowd kept away by the rain. What's the value of a clean record? Employers, graduate schools, the military North Green. "I have heard from many peo-. services, professional licensing boards, immigration authorities-- the gate keepers to a lot While efforts to congregate ple that had the weather been large numbers of participants were nicer, they would have came out, of the good stuff in life--look carefully at your record. Exactly how much a criminal foiled by the rain, many people so hopefully the rain will disap­ record will affect your life, no one knows. What is known is that many students-­ walking past stopped by to see pear and allow for us to reach our because of stepped up efforts to control alcohol, occupancy of private residences, or what was going on and to talk with greatest potentials this week," noise-- will be arrested this year. volunteers. There were even extra Fusaro says. umbrellas for those who were left Fusaro says she is expecting Most things for which you receive Citations from the University or Newark unshielded from the rain. about 80 people to show up, as police are reported as criminal arrests in national and State crime reporting. Convic­ Volunteers described the long as the weather is decent. tions of City ordinances are reported as criminal convictions. They are not like "parking event as fairly touch-and-go, as "We work throughout the year tickets". And an arrest record will turn up in the future. On background searches for those who stopped by only stayed to plan events which incorporate for a few minutes due to the survivors and students. We are try­ employment. In FAFSA applications. When you request a passport. Or want to do weather. ing to do as much as we can to military service. Or apply to graduate school. And an arrest can result in University Lois Capone, a retired teacher show them that the battles they discipline, up to and including expulsion. Even if you complete PBJ successfully afi:er an from Mount Pleasant High School fought, or are fighting, are in our arrest, the arrest will still show on your record unless it is expunged. Scrutiny of criminal was one of the Pink Out atten- thoughts," she says. records for all these purposes has increased dramatically since September 11, 2001, as reported in the Wall Street Journal.

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24 Men's and women's swimming post wips in opener

BY EMILY NASSI on the pool deck, but in the pool they've already Sports Editor showed some of the upperclassmen that it's going to Coming off a combined 20-5 record in the 2008- be an interesting transition." 09 season, the Delaware men~s and women's swim Junior captain Marianne Flynn agrees that the teams are looking to repeat their performances this recruiting class will aid with getting outside points, season and make their presence known in the CAA. but also believes the team as a whole is stronger. "Last year we had the perfect season, with the "We have a lot of fast freshmen that came in, and exception of injuries," head coach John Hayman said. our depth is a lot stronger," Flynn said. "We graduat­ "But besides that each meet they got faster and that's ed so many girls, but we have a huge incoming class real uncommon in swimming." and this year we don't graduate anyone." The Hens are off to a bright start, with both Courtney Raw and Sarah van Doren are two teams winning their first meets on Oct. 17. The men's freshmen who show potential for the remainder of the team beat Howard University 145-87, while the season. Both secured wins in their collegiate debuts. women's team emerged victorious with a 156-73 win. Raw took the 50-yard freestyle and the 200 back­ Hayman said that the confidence of the team definite­ stroke, while Van Doren won the 200-yard breast­ ly benefited from the wins. stroke last weekend against Howard. "The competition wasn't real strong, but the con­ Junior captain Dom Pavlik is also looking to be a fidence they got was that they could swim fast early," leader for the freshman class and the rest of the team. said Hayman. "We want to push them to their limits every day, Junior Ross Buckwalter had a strong showing make them realize that working hard is going to get against Howard, finishing first in both the 100- and them recognition rather than them just being low on 200-yard breaststrokes. He echoed Hayman's senti­ the totem pole," Pavlik said. "They can be just as big ments. contributors as everyone else." · "It's good to see we're swimming fast so early in As for the conference season, Delaware faces a the season," Buckwalter said. "It's definitely going to number of challenges. At the 2009 CAA champi­ be motivation to work hard in practice and I'm going onships, the men finished third while the women to look forward to racing more at meets." placed fifth. Delaware will have its work cut out for it, how­ Going into the conference opener against George ever. Hayman said the schedule will be a true test of Mason, Delaware split the meet with the women win­ ability. * ning 168.5-131.5 while the men fell "with a close "It's a tough one," Hayman said. "It's probably score of 157.5-142.5. the toughest one I've had in 15 years." Cortney Barry led the way for the Lady Hens, However, the freshman recruiting class shows securing wins in both the 500- and 1000-yard promise, he said. freestyles, while sophomores Elise Kanegwa and THE REVIEW/Andy Bowden "They know how to race," Hayman said. "They Delaware hopes to continue the success they posted in 2008-09. probably won't do much leading in the locker room or see SWIMMING page 27 Strieftky kicks old records, holds them all

BY TIM MASTRO Striefsky won the stirring job in pre-season and friend of mine," he said. "It shows that I put Sports Editor · had his breakout year, being named an All­ the work in, had the right people around With a 23-yard field goal against American, the first Delaware kicker in history me, and had the right support system to Massachusetts, senior kicker Jon Streifsky to receive such an honor. really succeed and hopefully we won't stop added yet another chapter to his story at "I think I've had a lot of success in my at 33, we wilr keep going on. I want to Delaware. From a walk-on in 2005 to an All­ career and I've been fortunate to get the oppur­ thank Ed [Wagner], Ted Sheggs, -he's American in 2007, Striefsky is now Delaware's tunity to do this," Streifsky said. "All the helped me for the last two seasons, Zack all-time leader in career field goals with 33. accomplishments I've had here I've been very [Reed], who's been a great long snapper, "It's a great accomplishment," Striefsky proud of regardless of being an All-American and the guys who have blocked for me said. "Anytime you break a school record it's or getting a scholarship or breaking the school cause I really couldn't have broken the something to look at and say, 'wow that's a real­ record." record without them." ly good feeling."' Striefsky was a integral part of the Hens' In his senior year, Striefsky is five-for­ Hens head coach K.C. Keeler was even run to the National Championship game in six on possible field goal chances, the one more surprised than his kicker. 2007. miss being a potential game winner that "I didn't realize those numbers were there He hit two game winning field goals in the was blocked against No. 1 Richmond. He until Jon hit [the field goal]," he said. "Jon's hit postseason against Northern Iowa and Southern has also taken on a greater role of leader- THE REVIEW/Josh Shannon a lot ofbig field goals for us in his time here. If illinois, a 46-yarder and one season-long 47- ship for the team, something his holder and Striefsky ranks 9th in the CAA in field goals. you don't know the Jon Striefsky story at all, yarder, respectively. He also broke the school close friend Ed Wagner, a transfer from coming from a walk-on to a guy we didn't even record for most field goals in a season, hitting Michigan State, recognizes. number one goal for the team. know his name to becoming an All-American, 21 out of 24 attempts. Striefsky now holds "He was the first person on the team that "I have a good feeling about what this it's pretty cool." .. every possible field goal record at Delaware: really warmed up to me when I came here and team can do and wl!at we're capable of. All my Striefsky first joined the Hens as a walk-on most career field goals, most field goals in a we became great friends," Wagner said. goals at this point are feam goals and that's in 2005 and only saw action in one game. He season, and most field goals in a game (three), "We've pretty much worked out together going to conclude with wanting to win a nation­ was unexpectedly thrown into action in a game a feat he once again matched against UMass. everyday since I've been here so we obviously al championship," he said. "At the end of the against defending national champions James "It's a good indication of where I've been have a bond. Being a holder, it's different year is the time to look back and see what you Madison, handling kickoff duties and missing and where I've come to now. From being a because I have to know what he likes on the did personally, but from this point on as long as his only attempt at an extra point. walk-on and playing three years here out of the field, off the field. I'm just doing my job getting our team is unified around that one goal, win- . In 2006, he was the No. 2 kicker the entire five that I've been on the team to get to that him points." ning one game at a time and doing what this year and did not see any game time. In 2007 he point and break a record of a kicker that was a team is capable of everything will sort itself out As his career winds down, Striefsky will in the end." was not expected to see action again; however, great caliber P,lay~r, _ ~~Jl~ _Shusman, a close not let his personal success get in the way of his l . • 25

of either. He and Mark Duncan are becoming game on the ground this season, but the 27 one of the best tandems in the division, rushing touchdowns posted by Navy this hooking up this week for both of Devlin's season means they should not be taken light­ passing touchdowns. This is the second week ly. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 in a row that Duncan has caught two touch­ The battle against Villanova will be one Men's Soccer at Towson downs, and he was the leading Hens receiv- . against both their offense and defense. 3:00PM er vs. Towson, catching six passes for 99 Through seven games, the Wildcats have yards on the day. scored an average of 30.6 points per game Friday, October 23, 2009 This week, however, the ground game and have allowed just 13.7 per game. Out of Field Hockey vs. Towson was more important than the passing game. the final two games of the season, this may 7:00PM Senior Jerry Butler led the way in yards with be the easiest for the Hens if Devlin and the Ice Hockey vs. West Chester 82 yards on just 13 carries, but it was the running game continue their dominance 7:00PM young gun, freshman Leon Jackson, that hurt down the stretch. Delaware has scored over Volleyball vs. James Madison the Tigers as he had three touchdowns and 40 points the past two games and every 7:00PM 52 yards on the ground. · aspect of the offense has clicked, so stingy Women's Soccer vs. Georgia State Now, at 5-2 overall and 3-2 in CAA defenses won't be an issue as long as the 7:00PM "JUDGMENT DAY" play, the Hens have four games left to storm chemistry is there. into the playoffs. Now ranked at No. 19 in It's exciting that after Delaware's worst Saturday, October 24, 2009 the Sports Network FCS poll, Delaware has season last year, a team of mostly new faces Men's and Women's Tennis at Lehigh After another strong win vs. Towson 49- two home games and two away games left, and a new leader has already surpassed last . _ Tournament 21 this weekend, the Hens are starting to none ofwhichare "gimme" games: home vs. year's win total of four. Not many people TWO DAY EVENT look like a team with serious playoff poten­ James Madison, who was just bumped from looked at this season as one with a lot of Men's Soccer at UNC Wilmington tial. The offense, led by Jerry Butler and the FCS rankings, home vs. 4-3 Hofstra, potential, but Devlin has stepped up and suc­ 7:00PM Leon Jackson on the ground, looked great away vs. Navy in a game that will test the ceeded sooner than expected. And freshmen Ice Hockey at West Chester against a Tiger defense that clearly wasn't Hens against higher-caliber players and running backs David Hayes and Leon 7:30PM ready for all the weapons the Hens brought finally away vs. Villanova, currently No. 4 in Jackson have brought a dimension back to Volleyball at George Mason to Towson. the FCS rankings with a 6-1 overall record. the run game that left when Omar Cuff grad­ 7:00PM . The Hens jumped out to a 7-0 first quar­ The Hens need to win both games at . uated. ter lead against Towson before scoring four home, as JMU and Hofstra aren't simply . Oct. 31 holds special significance this Sunday, October 25, 2009 touchdowns in the second to seal the game playoff teams and won't represent the kind year, and not because it's both Homecoming Rowing at Princeton Chase 35-0 at halftime. They weren't done, though, of talent that plays in the FCS playoffs. lf and Halloween. It's an early judgment day ALLDAY and at the end ofthree quarters the score was Delaware can't beat them, this conversation for the Hens, who don't get anything if they Women's Soccer vs. UNC Wilmington an embarassing 49-0 before Towson scored is pointless. win, but lose everything if they drop the 1:00PM three touchdowns in the fourth quarter. It So, with Delaware at a hypothetical 7-2, must-win to James Madison. The postseason was too little too late. their first hurdle comes in Annapolis vs. the may not start until late November, ·but start­ Monday, October 26, 2009 Delaware quarterback Pat Devlin didn't Midshipmen. Navy is boasting an impressive ing on Halloween the Hens need to play with Golf at UNC Wilmington follow up his four touchdown game against 279 rushing yards per game this season, a one-and-done mentality. ALLDAY Massachusetts with another thriller. Instead, which doesn't bode well for a team that Matthew Waters is a managing sports editor at the Review he went 9-16 for 127 yards and two touch­ allowed 231 from two-win Towson. Overall, Send questions, comments, and a plane ticket to Chattanooga downs, which isn't anything to be ashamed the Hens are allowing just 11 0 yards per to [email protected].

Cross Country 11s~~ The men came in second place and the women ·awaPtl owson came in first place at the Blue Hen invitational this past weekend at White Clay Creek Park. Field Hock·ey Jessie Etmak placed fourth and Julia Somers Time: Friday, October 23- 7pm . placed sixth for the women while Nick Pyle led the men, coming in sixth place. · Location: Rullo Stadilim Football Newark, Delaware The Hens dominated Towson on Saturday, 49-21 to advance to ~-2 overall and 19th in The Sports Why the Hens can. win: The Numbers: Network national rankings. Delaware heads into About the Teams: a bye week this week where they will rest up for About the Hens: The Hens offense is highlighted by two nationally recog­ a difficult schedule that includes James The Hens are ranked No. 17 in nized players and has proven itself extremely powerful this 2-.3: score of the Hens loss season. The Hens'· performance against the Terrapins was not Madison, Hofstra, Navy and Villanova to round the nation and are 10-4 (4-1 Coloniaf to Towson in 2008 out the season. Athletic Association). Delaware lost indicative of their potential.or success this year. Before the Golf its most recent match 4-0 to Maryland game, Casey Howard recorded her second hat trick Delaware captured its third straight victory University of Maryland. for the Hens this season against Monmouth University. She and 27-4-1: The Henslead in Sunday at the Lincoln Mercury Intercollegiate Amanda McCardell have scored 24 of the Hens' 39 goals this The Hens' only losses this sea­ series against the Tigers. nosted by Seton Hall. Junior Justin Martinson son have been to year. shot 74-69-143 to earn medalist honors. Womensfieldhockey.com Top 20 Hens defense: Hens' goalkeeper Noelle Diana made 10 Men's Soccer opponents Northeastern, Michigan saves against the formidable Terrapins .. Before playing the Pat's Prediction: The He~ dropped to 5-9 overall Saturday after State, Louisville and top-ranked reigning national champions, Diana led the conference with a . their 3-2 overtime loss to William & Mary. The Maryland. Hens players have deco­ .80 goals against average and had a .778 save percentage. Hens travel to Towson on Wednesday to take on rated CAA player of the week selec­ ' Michelle Drummonds has six defensive saves on the season. This will be a blowout. the Tigers. tions. Before last week, the Hens had The Delaware defense has only let in 26 goals during this chal­ Women's Soccer , established a nine-game winning lenging season .. Before the Maryland game, Delaware held its The Hens are on too Delaware lost Sunday at the hands of a penalty streak, the longest in program histo­ opponents to two or fewer goals in four-straight contests and much of a roll to lose to kick in th~ final minutes to George Mason. They ry. fewer than three in 10 games. dropped to· .5-5-4 overall as they round out their About the Tigers: a lesser team. regular sea8ou schedule against Georgia State, The Tigers are 5-9, (0-5 CAA) Why the Hens could lose: UNC Wilmington and Drexel. and sit at the bottom of conference While the Ttgers also recently fell to Northeastern, goal­ Volleyball standings. Towson is coming off a 3- keeper Jamie Dowling stopped eight shots in the game. The Hens 4, Towson 0 The Hens have won 10 straight after their latest 0 victory over Appalachian State. Hens may run into trouble trying to penetrate the Tigers' victory over Georgia State, 3-1. Bonnie Kenny's The Tigers are looking to add onto defense. squad remains undefeated in the CAA (7-0) and their first pair of .consecutive wins 14-5 overall. They play at James Madison and this season. To date, the Tigers have If the Hens are too fixated on their upcoming match George Mason on Friday and Saturday, respec­ 22 goals in their 14-game season against No. !-ranked Maryland going into the Towson game, tively. date, 17 fewer than Delaware has. overconfidence could become an issue. The Hens may run the risk of underestimating the low-ranked Tigers. -Ellen Craven October ~0, 200926 Field Hockey on slide

after loss to Maryland. BY KATHARINE REINAGLE Drummonds all -~t a shot on Staff Reporter Maryland's goal witk no luck. . The Delaware field hockey · "First haif, we really han­ team lost 4-0 at the hands of the dled the ball. We were in the undefeated Maryland Terrapins game," Drummonds said. "We (16-0) in a non-conference match need to keep it up. We did do last Sunday at the Rullo Stadium. some things great, and we need "We enjoyed going against to fix or work on · the other the number one team. It allows us things." · to see where we stand," head Even though Delaware was coach Carol Miller said. "In outshot 21-5, sophomore goal­ some situations we did quite tender Noelle Diana had one of well. With a team like Maryland, her best games of the season by you can't be on your heels cause denying 10 shots on goal. Diana they'll take advantage of it." holds a .671 save percentage with The Terrapins are currently 55 saves for the season. ranked No. 1 in the nation, while "They started out more fast Delaware (10-4) comes in at No. paced. Their elimination pass 17. In the Colonial Athletic was amazing," McCardell said. Association, Delaware is current­ "[Diana] really stepped up ly tied with Drexel (13-2) and against those strong shots. The James Madison (10-5) for first defense held their own." place. Maryland goalie Alicia "Compared to last year, we Grater, who is near the top of the held them off really well," junior leader board nationally with a Amanda McCardell said. "We .849 save percentage and a ·.75 Courtesy of Ruth Coughlan YoUDee helped lead the way during Delaware and Towson's joint effort to benefit the Special Olympics. came out defensively strong." goals-against average, only need­ Terrapins' senior Emma ed to make one save on the day, a Thomas and senior Nicole sprawling stop off a penalty cor­ Muracco put up two goals apiece ner in the first half. that went unanswered. The Hens "Offensively, it could have Delaware athletes run for were able to keep Maryland been a higher scoring game," under its average of five goals a Miller said. "We could show game. more aggression by stepping up "Maryland's scoring game on ball, intercepting the ball, and Special Olympics charity could have been worse," Miller counter-attacking the other said. "They have a fast game. We team." BY PAUL MUSSONi Ann Grunert, the executive athletes ·to run instead. All rowers need to be productive on our Delaware will now take on Staff Reporter director of Special Olympics had to run six miles, but Slice said offense. We just need to go for­ the Towson Tigers at 7 p.m. this Torie Moore, a Special Delaware, said the event was orig­ many ran the whole ten. ward and make things happen." Friday at Rullo Stadium. Towson Olympics athlete, handed the foot­ inally the idea of a Delaware stu­ Senior rower Brittany Hayes Maryland also featured jun­ is in last place of the CAA but ball to senior lacrosse player dent, Tyler Kupper. There were ran more than six miles despite ior Katie O'Donnell, who after ·has a two-game winning streak. Courtney Abum. She ran, sur­ approximately 70 runners the first what she described as miserable Sunday's performance moved "It was definitely a step up rounded by her teammates and fol­ year. This year, there was over 200. weather. into the No. 1 slot in the nation from 'how we normally play. We lowed closely by members of the Grunert said the two universi­ "I'm a sucker for the whole for assists and is now tied nation­ gained confidence and we need women's rowing and men's base­ ties, Towson and Delaware, raised athletes-helping-athletes thing," ally for first in points-per-game. take it to Towson," McCardell ball teams. YoUDee brought up the a combined total of $25,403 as of Hayes said. "We treat each player with said. "We need to generate more rear, desperately trying, and even­ Oct. 18. Delaware alone raised Todd Menchaca, a junior importance, and we know we offense, and shift our game tually failing, to catch up. $13,097. The women's lacrosse catcher for the university baseball have to mark up everyone. We tempo to our favor." This was not a pick-up foot­ teamed raised the most with team ran six miles. He briefly car­ were able to keep up with them," Miller said the experience of ball game, but the fourth annual $3,070. Grunert said while raising ried the football along the first leg Hens' junior Michelle playing the top team in the nation Pigskin Pass, a 58-mile charity money was important, it was not of the run. He said having a police Drummonds said. will only help the Hens as they relay run between the university the whole point of the event. escort made the run more fun. The Hens' seniors Casey continue through the tough CAA. and Towson University. It was "It's wonderful that the stu­ "It's neat to do something that Howard and McCardell each had "I tried to schedule a diffi­ organized by student athletes of dents have the opportunity to con­ not many people get to do," a shot on goal during the first cult schedule so we're ready for both universities to benefit Special nect with another group of athletes Menchaca said. half, while the Terrapins had 10 those fast games," Miller said. Olympics Delaware and Special that is just as inspired as they are," Slice said last year members shots !lnd two goals. In the sec­ "We've got to be ready. It's a cat Olympics Maryland. Grunert said. of the ,rowing team ran with the ond half, senior Alexi Esbitt, fight for this conference." After 29 miles, in Aberdeen Lisa Smith, director of special cross-country team. The· cross­ sophomore Carli Shutter and Md., a Delaware athlete handed the events for Special Olympics country team decided to increase ball to a Towson athlete. The ball Delaware, agreed that money was the pace and her athletes scrambled was carried to Johnny Unitas not the only benefit of the event. to get back on the buses. Stadium in time for the football "As important as the fundrais­ "We're rowers not runners" game between the Hens and the ing is, it's not the bottom line," she said. ' ' Tigers last Saturday at Towson. Smith said. "The awareness is Meredith Rubin, junior cap­ University athletes began the more important." tain of the rowing team, ran on the run at 11 a.m. Friday. Moore gave The run was divided into 10 final .leg into Frawley Stadium in a speech commending the athletes mile legs. Students were escorted Wilmington .last year, which she for supporting Special Olympics by law enforcement and had the said was a special experience. before handing the ball to Abum, option of getting on and off of "Everyone is cheering for who is also the chairperson for the chartered buses during .the run. ypu," Rubin said. "The Special Student-athlete Advisory Council. Some students ran only a mile Olympics athletes run with you." She organized this year's Pigskin while others ran the whole 10-mile Smith said the Special Pass in conjunction with the leg. In past years, students had to Olympics is one of the largest Special Olympics and Towson stu­ begin running at 5 a.m. international program for athletes dent athletes. "The fact that they're commit­ including children and adults. "The most important thing is it ted to do that is wonderful," she Special Olympics Delaware works is for a great cause," Abum said. said. with over 3,300 athletes. "Special Olympics provides oppor­ Student athletes could sleep in Slice said it's nice to see ath­ tunities for people who wouldn't a little later this year, but they still letes get excited about community normally get these." had to run through a bitterly cold service. Abum said athletes participate mist with temperatures below 50 "They're going to be tired, but by both running and by raising degrees. they're going to feel good," she money. Students registered with Laura Slice, head coach of the said. "The soreness will be a good the Web site Firstgiving.com and women's rowing team, said she reminder of what they did." had family and friends contribute. canceled practice and required her THE REVIEW/Natalie Carillo The field hockey team have drop-l'~.d ,tw~ ~ft~~if la~t ~~r~e ~!'~~~~ 27 October 20,2009 )t Delaware crew competes in· Head of The Charles Regatta Other than football, which-Blue BY ELLEN CRAVEN the Navy Day Regatta in Philadelphia. Kenny said Hen sports do you follow? Assistant Sports Editor both teams had a good overall showing at the regat­ The men's club crew team traveled to Boston ta. The Hens race again this fall season at the All this weekend to compete in the Head of The Charles Head of the Schuylkill Regatta on October 24-25 Regatta, the largest regatta in the world. The team and All Frostbite Regatta on November 14 in entered boats in the Championship Lightweight Philadelphia. Eights, Collegiate Eights, and the Club Eights cate­ "[The fall season is] a good barometer just to gories .. see where we are against other crews and what we "I've been following men's, Junior Sean Rader, a varsity lightweight, said need to work on and just where we're stacking up soccer recently. They're the team went into the race with high goals. right now," Kenny said. "We'd like to be in the top five. It's a long shot, Hens coach Chuck Crawford thinks the team doing pretty well compared but that's what we're shooting for," Rader said. can repeat their performance at the Dad Vail Regatta He said the HOCR is a good indication of fit­ last spring. Dad Vails is the largest collegiate regat- to last year, and winning ness and measures the team's progress against other ta in the nation. · some games, so it looks teams in the country. "The fall season is a preparation for the spring The lightweights finished 11th out of 21, ahead and it's a little bit different," he said. "For right now promising." of boats from Dartmouth, Pennsylvania and what we're doing is the 4K, 5K, and 6K racing, Harvard. The heavyweights finished 13th out of 38 more like a cross-country season and the spring is boats in front of teams such as North Carolina, St. more like a track season with the shorter distance." - .-. -Tracy Powell, Junior Joseph's and Duke. The JV lightweights competing Rader said The Dad Vail Regatta in the spring in the Club Eights category finished 32nd out of 46 is the pinnacle of the crew team's season. Last year boats. the Hens won the Overall Points Trophy to end their Junior Pat Kenny of the varsity heavyweights season. said this weekend was an important one for the Crawford said he is optimistic about the rest of team. . the year. "We consider spring season our more competi­ "We're looking stronger than last year--of tive season, but the fall season is a different type of course last year being the D!!d Vail Overall Points race," Kenny said. '.'It's a head race, which is longer trophy champion-! think we've got a couple boats and basically like a time trial system, rather than in that are faster than last year," Crawford said. "Our "Girls basketball because the spring where it's six boats across in a sprint lightweight varsity, even though they were rebuild­ race, where it's really competitive." ing last year were still champions, which is pretty DelleDonne, who's really Rader is pleased with how the teams started off good. If you think of Dad Vails, it's like winning the good, is from Delaware and this fall season and the improvement he's seen. subdivision in football." "We've had a few building years and now- I Crawford said the team's goal in training this I'm from Delaware." think we're going to do pretty well this year. I think year will be bigger, stronger, and faster. He said this everything is going is a positive direction," Rader season, the extra year for all the rowers helped in said. "We've definitely been working extremely maturity and strength training. -James Viscount, Freshman hard to make it happen." Rader said he shared Crawford's enthusiasm Rader said his boat returned only five athletes for the season. from last year and with the new rowers, the team is "I'm just really excited to see what we're capa­ training with more intensity. ble of because last year was pretty much a building "Everyone has a lot harder work ethic this season and we should do a lot better," Rader said. _ year," he said. "It's pretty exciting." Crawford said the Hens compete against varsi- Kenny agreed. ty programs without the same kind of funding those "A lot of us are a lot more mature this year and varsity programs enjoy. we have a really good freshman class coming in," "It's very difficult, you know our kids have to he said. "The team chemistry's great and with our pay over $1000 a year to row, while other kids at classes coming up, it's gotten a lot better and I think other universities are not in the same position," he Swimming: Hens start season right we're going to have a really good year." said. Continued from page 24 The Hens started off their season on Oct. 10 at Kristen McBrien, junior Erinne suits at championship meets such Butler, and freshman Allie Brown as CAA and the NCAA champi­ also posted wins for the women. onships. Buckwalter believes it For the men's team, Grady will make no difference, though. Carter led the way in the loss, win­ "I think the suits were a lot of ning the 50-yard freestyle and fin­ mental, rather than physical," said ishing second in the 100-yard Buckwalter. "I think everyone is freestyle. The depth of the fresh­ still going to be fast, but I think man class also helped to bolster people underestimate how much the Lady Hens. work we actually put in, and they Despite the loss, Pavlik still attribute it to the suits." believes the Hens have a lot to Hayman feels that there is the show for. possibility of sending Delaware "We're looking to make a swimmers to the NCAA champi­ statement [at conferences]," he onships, the biggest stage in col­ said. "We don't want to back down lege swimming. and let them beat us at the end of "One of my first goals was to the year." qualify a swimmer for NCAAs," Buckwalter agreed that the said Hayman. "I would like to get team is much stronger than ever someone in the meet. It's such a before and the swimmers an~ look­ tough meet; it's the fastest meet in ing to make a .name for them- the world." selves. •. Whether or not the Hens trav­ "We want to send a message el to NCAAs, Pavlik still believes that we're ready for the season and his team will have a ~uccessful ready for conferences", he said. season. ' -- "Even though it's still early, we "We need to build up and keep [it] need to show people that we're in our sites every day," said fast and we're faster than we ever Pavlik. "Once you let it slip out, have been." you're not chasing anything any­ Delaware, along with the rest more. That needs to be what we of the nation, faces the added chal­ look forward to everyday when we lenge of swimming without the step into the pool." Courtesy of Greg Hartshorne recently banned high-tech swim- The Delaware crew team braved chilly Boston waters over the weekend at the Head of the Charles. October 20, 2009 2 8

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