Special Issue: While You Were Gone Thursday, February 10, 2011 uieVI..e_w.......... Ibreaking news and more. Volume 137, Issue 15 Men's mnning programs cut Athletes left in limbo; UD administration cites Title IX BY ALEXANDRA DUSZAK we looked at and in the end, this was to gender equality in athletic programs. Executive Editor the best alternative," athletic director In order to comply with Title lX, schools Bernard Muir said ''It was a difficult must make one of three assurances. The university will reclassify the decisioh nonetheless, because you're They must offer varsity-level athletic men's cross country and outdoor track impacting the lives· of people who opportunities that are proportionate to teams from varsity to club status in order wanted to be varsity athletes and wear the gender distribution at the schooL to comply with Title IX regulations, the uniform here." They must demonstrate that they have officials announced Jan. 19. The change The portion of Title IX legislation and will continue to increase varsity TilE REVIEW/James Diana will take effect this fall. relevant to athletics was passed in 1979 Students at a basketball game last month protest the university's deci­ 'There were a number of options See TRACK page 22 sion to cut men's track and cross country. and mandates a three-pronged approach Del. drivers Univ.to banned from consider using phones law school Motorists to be fined BY NORA KELLY for talking, texting - Managing News Editor In December, the Board of BY STEPHANIE POLLOCK Trustees gave university officials Administrative News Editor the green light to begin A new state law banning the a feasibility use of hand-held cell phones while study and operating a motor vehicle officially create a went into effect last month, making business plan Delaware the eighth state to issue a to establish cell phone ban. a new law The law prohibits the use ofhand­ school at the held cell phones to talk, text, send and university. The read e-mails, browse the Internet or authorization play games while operating a vehicle. was announced However, the law still permits the use Courtesy ofAudrey Helfman at the board's of a Bluetooth or a speaker system Protesters set a truck oil fire outside of Professor Audrey Helfman's hotel room in Cairo last month. White s em i ann u a I installed in the car. meeting Dec. Emergency vehicles and working 7. vehicles that use two-way radio Students evacuated from Egypt A task force of university systems are exempt from this law. officials is now working on State Sen. Karen Peterson various aspects of the study and (D-Stanton), who sponsored the bill business plan, including financial, in the Senate, said her decision to Study abroad programs cut short by political turmoil curricular and space planning, support the ban was rooted in personal BY JOSH SHANNON the last time I was that scared," students were on a leadership trip according to Lawrence White, experience. the· university's vice president Editor in Chief Dolbin recalled this week. "I to Alexandria. "One night I was sitting at a red and general counseL White is a light going out on Kirkwood Highway, thought there was a possibility we Another student, senior Liza On the afternoon of Jan. 28, would just have to go into survival Melms, was on a solo research trip member of the task force. and an 18-wheeler was driving past He said the university is one me with a cell phone in one hand and tear gas began seeping into senior mode." funded by the Plastino Scholars Laura Dolbin's dorm room in Dolbin was one of 23 program. of a small number of state flagship a cigarette in another, and I thought to universities that does not have Cairo, Egypt. She and the other university student~ who were Protesters took to the streets myself, 'Who's driving?"' Peterson a law school, medical school or said. students on their study abroad trip caught in the middle of the of Cairo and other Egyptian could hear the sounds of the riots political riots that broke out across cities, c\tlling for President both. According to a university State Rep. Darryl Scott, press release, the establishment of (D-Dover), the primary sponsor ofthis engulfing the country-guns being Egypt ' !ate last month. She was Hosni Mubarak to . resign. By fired, people screaming, protesters one of l 0 students on a black Jan. 28, tens of thousands had a law school would fit in with the chanting. American studies and psychology See PHONE page 9 "I honestly can't remember trip to Cairo, while 12 other See EGYPT page 6 See LAW page 8 1 News 10 Editorial 11 Opinion 13 Mosaic 19 Classifieds 20 Sports Letter· from the Editors Interested in joining The Review? Come visit us tonight at Spring Activi­ ties Night from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Trabant University Center. 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Staff Photographers Lauren Montenegro, Megan Krol, Spencer Schargorodski, Online Editor Read The Review online and sign up for breaking news alerts: Lauren Scher, Dan Scrutchfield Lauren Zaremba Senior News Reporter www.udreview.com Jessica Sorentino High-profile homicide brings national attention to Newark Body of former Pentagon official discovered in landfill BY REITY O'BRIEN information officer the week prior," Wilmington and the FBI. City News Editor FarraH said. "It was stepping right "This is a pretty regional into the storm, for sure." investigation throughout a pretty The investigation of the FarraH, who served as deputy large geographical area," FarraH homicide of former Pentagon official public information officer in the said. "You have the body that was and defense contractor John Wheeler Newark Police Department 12 years found in Wilmington, dumped in drew national ago, said the Wheeler investigation Newark, and the victim had a home media attention is his first experience dealing with in New Castle city." to Newark for the media on such a large magnitude. He said FBI assistance in a the first few "I would check my voicemail, homicide investigation is typical due weeks of 20 11. then return some calls or do an to the agency's extensive resources. Wheeler's interview, and come back to my desk Bureau officials' interest in the body was a half an hour later, and there would case is not connected to Wheeler's discovered be 30 or more messages," he said. meritorious military career or at the Cherry By Jan. 4, investigators political stature. Island Landfill determined using video surveillance "We don't have a homicide unit in Wilmington that Wheeler had been in downtown because we maybe have a homicide on Dec. 31, and Wilmington on Dec. 30, the day or two a year," FarraH said. "We're before his body was discovered fortunate in that respect." THE REVIEW /Lauren Scher Wheeler an investigation Yogoberry Premium Yogurt is one of two frozen yogurt shops opening revealed that in the landfill.