An Associated Collegiate Press Four-Star All-American Newspaper ootball Friday Preview The September 20, 1996 University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 VOLUME 123 NUMBER 5 First MBA • In• museum TUCedaway, management groups feel cozy 'This is a cutting-edge THE REVIEW I John Chabalko program,' director says Student leaders using space at the Trabant University BY CHRISTOPHER Y ASIEJKO Aniwant SfUir/( Edaor Center say they are happy with their new location The university·, master of business administration and museum studies programs have collaborated to begin the BY JENNIFER i\IOSES The RSA office will remain in the Trabant The group used to meet in the Abbey, a former nation' first MBA concentration in museum studies. SwtJ Repnrter "This i' a cuning-edge program ... said Bryant F. Tolles Jr.. University Center even after the renovations are campus eating facility. but now a popular study The short cut through the Perkin ' Student director of the museum studies program. '·We're venturing completed in the Perkins Student Center. area. Orr said. Center to East Campus. Center Court and the into new subject areas and meeting the changing needs of the Lesser said his organization might have a ··r think in terms of square footage our office i mu>eum community ... poster sales are all but a memory: even so. many branch office in Perkins Student Center once the smaller than the old one:· said Elana Messner. the of the >tudent groups who occupied the old center The new concentration is a joint venture by the College of renovations are complete. treasurer of DUSC. ··But I like the layout of this are happier to be working on the o ther s ide of Bu iness and Economic and the College of Arts and Science. The o uting club. which used to have an office in office much better. .. campus. It will be offered for the first time this semester. the Perkins Student Center are now sharing office "We are in the center of campu here:· Messner Nume rou student organizations moved their space in the Greek Affairs Building. They are The preferred qualifications for museum management said. "We haven' t had any problems with students offices into the new Trabant University Center this applicants have expanded in the last 15 to 20 years. Tolles planning o n mov ing hack i.nto the Perkins Student finding our office:· faiL said. Center when it is completed in February. Other groups occupying the second floor arc the Eli Lesser. president of Resident Student Museum management professionals frequently deal with Wardwell said she likes the modern new look of Directors Office. Activities Office. Programs Association and a hi story education junior. and the business side of the institution. which makes the new the office. the new furniture and the convenient Office , Hotel. Re staurant and Institutional Rachel Wardwell. a junior business major and a degree an attractive asset to prospective employers. Taco Bell downstairs. Management and the Student Center Program member of RSA, said they like their new location ··I felt that. in the museum studies program. more emphasis "We are making it like home.·· s he said, Advisory Board. beller than their office in the Perkins Student should be pl aced on leadership and management training to referring to the addition of a couch and decorations The Hotel. Restaurant and InstitutiOJlal Center. meet the changing needs of museums:· Tolles said. on the walls of the RSA office. Management Program has a working lab and the ·· we like being close to all the other [student] In recent years. positions in museums have been filled by Bonni Roberts. a neuroscience major. and Bob Vita Nova Restaurant. which also occupies nC\ offices. Delaware Undergraduate Student Congress people from outside the museum field. Tolles said. The Orr. a psychology major. arc both Members of the space on the second fl oor. is right across the hall. which is very convenient. .. R eturning Adult Student Association and arc ' ·The new student center is in a much more purpose for merging the two curricula at the university is to Wardwell said. give graduates the forma l education necessary to run a taking advantage of their ne\\ office by studying in convenient location than the old one:· said Tracey She said she likes being closer to her classes museum or similar institution. it. Durnall. a senior English education major. "IJ" s because it is easier for her to go to the office "It" sa good place to meet people ... Roberts said. '·People "ho are heading museums now are required to right next to c lasses. The only thing it's missing is during her free time. "It's quiet and in a prime location ... a bookstore:· see MUSEUM page A 7 • CAMPUS CLIPBOARD: a look at other colleges WVUacts to level out playing field BY LEO SHANE Ill .-\tlnum,tratl\ £. Nell.\ Edttor A new West Virginia University practice facility THE REVIEW I Bonnie Schmelz for both men · s and women's sports teams has Left, HRIM majorJessica Wilkinson welcomes focused more att ention on how thi' school deaL visitors to the Vita Nova in the Trabant University with gender equi ty and sports. West Virginia Uni,ersit y recently an nounced the Center. Right, three students prepare a meal in the constructi on of a $7.5 million practice facility for its restaurant's kitchen. sport s teams. Jo hn Twining, assistant athletic director at West Virginia. said the huilding will house facilities for the men'; football team. men' and women· s soccer team and women· s gymnaMics team. Hands-on learning equals good food Twining said the new building will help the university meet their Title IX requirements. which mandat~ equal levels of support must be given to BY CII'\DY MCDANIEL will be graduating either this year or which c lass they arc taking. Lynch sai d. A future series of guest chefs from all both men's and women's sports. Staff Rt:tmrter next year arc ju t about to go o ut into "We quiz them and they arc graded ... over the world will be scheduled to teach The facility will be used by the teams because of This classroom is a 65-seat gourmet this industry and their new life ... They also learn to run the res taurant the students. DiGregorio aid. various reasons. such as poor weather. Twining said . restaurant. Student . under the Lynch. along with dining room from a managerial and financi.al A fully stocked bar. including non­ ··we just have a real need for space ... he >aid. ·•and supervision of a team - an executive manager Sharon Brooks-Moses. and standpoint while taking care of the alcoholic wines. is in a special room most major Division One team have such practice chef. dining room manager and executive chef J ose ph DiGregorio. guests· needs, he said. behind the Vita Nova kitchen. facilities.'" restaurant manager- do it all. supervise the students at Vita Nova. The st ud ents are not employees. Bartenders who meet the legal age The new athletic facility is similar to ;everal It is lunchtime. Guests are seated in They designed the menu and developed Brooks-Moses said. 'They get academic requirements run the bar. Brooks-Moses university sports buildings, such a the Bob an atmosphere of relaxed formality a the curriculum for the new program. credits for this. It is part of their c lass ... ;aid. Carpenter Center and the Fieldhouse. they eat. The team is devoted !O the student . Quantity foods c lass students, who are Krissic LaPlaca. 20. a junior in the The uni versity's Athletic Director Edgar Johnson Juniors and seniors in the Hotel. and they want to make sure the students juniors. work the luncheon buffet and HRIM program. is one of 86 students said he has always tried to promote gentler equity Restaurant and Institutional Management have the best educati onal experience are required to attend a lecture enrolled in the c lasses at Vita ova. among the sports teams on campus. program arc here to learn the details and possible . They have to learn whftt ·s component. as well. LaPlaca, who has no previous ··we·ve had a long time policy of sharing complexity about ordering and preparing needed to be successful in this indu try. Commercial foods class students. who re taurant experience. plans to be a facilities;· he said. ··whether it" s equity in the fine food. serving their guests and Lynch said. are seniors. work the dinners and are banquet manager in a Florida hotel after batting cage or the weight room;. we are clo ing down the house. ··we a re looking at attention to detail: either taking quantity foods at the same graduation. successful." The wait ervicc is attentive. The attention to the service details, food time or have taken it previously . She said she believes working at Vita Johnson said he tries to rotate practice times of buffet is tempting. details and the presentation ... said Vita Nova·s kitchen. which is in full Nova will give her an edge in the real both the men's and women·s teams. so no one team Vita Nova. located on the second Lynch. who added that the restaurant is view of the guests, serves as a workplace world. So far she has worked under the is favored. floor of the Trabant University Center, is small by design because the focus here is for five chefs during dinner. supervis ion of DiGregorio in the kitchen. "Everybody wants 4 to 6 p.m.:· he said. "We try the newest training facility for the HRIM the classroom.