oo© © u d re v ie w T he R eview TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2016 VOLUME 142, ISSUE 9 The University of Delaware's independent student newspaper since 1882 | udreview.com President Assanis talks “evolving” future of the university Homecoming and Halloween JOHN RYAN BARWICK role is to lead the charge, and set weekend kept & MICHAE l T. HENRETTY JR. the vision to move the university Executive Editor to the next level. I find this [to be] & Managing News Editor a great responsibility." university Previously the provost President Dennis Assanis' at Stony Brook University, morning begins around six, Assanis worked for 17 years with a cup of coffee and a at the University of Michigan, police busy review of the emails sent to him serving in several positions. overnight. Next, he exercises Assanis holds four degrees from before responding to his mail the Massachusetts Institute and preparing for his morning’s of Technology and one from meetings. He then heads to his SEASON COOPER Newcastle University in England. office, working until midnight. Senior Reporter Born in Greece, as evidenced With typically less than by his accent, Assanis was the 20 percent of his time spent This weekend, which first member of his family to in the office, most of Assanis’ included both Homecoming and attend college. His father was a day involves him moving from Halloween celebrations, saw an sea captain for 23 years, taking meeting to meeting, making increase in arrests for underage Assanis with him as a young boy announcements and policy consumption. Last year there for voyages stretching up to 23 proposals and attending were 11 reports of underage days at a time. On these large luncheons and alumni meetings. consumption throughout bulk carriers, Assanis learned “I wouldn’t take it any other Halloween weekend, two public to connect with the diverse way,” he said. “I’m an intensive intoxication arrests and two characters that lived on the ship, guy.” arrests for marijuana and he said. His time at sea inspired With his first semester in full paraphernalia possession. There him to pursue a bachelor’s swing, Assanis has fully assumed was also an incident of property degree in marine engineering his role as the leader of the damage in Gilbert Residence Hall. from Newcastle. university, succeeding Interim While at Stony Brook, one President Nancy Targett in July. According to university of Assanis’ most distinguished Targett had been promoted to reports, there were a total accomplishments was hiring 250 interim president after former of 17 incidents of underage new faculty members. Crossing President Patrick Harker departed consumption during Homecoming disciplinary boundaries, these from the university to become Weekend this year. The weekend faculty members worked the president of the Federal also saw four reports of marijuana collaboratively to move the Reserve Bank of Philadelphia in possession and consumption. university forward in both its March 2015. There were also four reports ol research and teaching efforts. “My first couple months property damage. Other incidents “Within five years, you can have been amazing, exciting and included one incident of theft see a transformation in the exhilarating,” Assanis said. “The and a motor vehicle collision. One institution that's now addressing University of Delaware is an report was recorded at Christiana some of the big challenges in MINJI KONG/THE REVIEW amazing place, obviously with the Hospital for offensive touching. society, with new clusters of The Review sat down with President Dennis Assanis to talk about the semester potential to be even better. My Despite this, there are no reports thus far and his ideas about the “evolving” future. of sexual assault. SEE ASSANIS PAGE 4 Alumni reserve Yiannopoulos tickets, leave ha) f of seats empty in protest MICHAEL T. HENRETTY JR. unhinged element of the alt-right — “And I think that’s kind of a cop out. Managing News Editor including Milo and his audience — Is it right to call people freaks or stalking, harassing and threatening idiots, just for being who they are? When Milo Yiannopoulos me as they have done to others they No.” arrived in Newark on Monday night don’t like. “I respect his right to say it,” for his “Dangerous Faggot” speaking The source, unlike other Fox said. “I would never call for him tour, his event in Mitcnell Hall had participants in the protest, still lives to De arrested or any thing like that, been publicized as “sold out.” in Newark. but 1 think we need to come together Several university alumni, however, Britta Peterson, a 2005 and recognize that that has no place knew that more than half of those graduate, reserved 30 tickets to in our society.” seats would remain empty. the event, without the intention of Jennifer Lambe, a According to university attending the event. She said that if communication professor and spokeswoman Anarea Boyle-Tippett, given the chance, she would do the expert in First Amendment rights, university security counted the same thing over again. said the tactic of reserving seats number of attendees at the event. “I actually thought it was with the deliberate intention to leave Boyle-Tippett stated in an email a brilliant idea, Peterson said. them empty is a form of protest. message that 280 people attended “Protesting I think, at this point, “From a legal standpoint the “sold out” event, which left has become a little bit ineffective. what they did is not censorship,” roughly 59 percent of Mitchell Hall’s Especially with someone like Milo, a Lambe said. “Censorship is when 684 seats empty. lot of the stuff that he does really is the government acts in some way to A group of alumni, led for attention. I thought it was a very stop expression from happening, or by a source who wished to remain good idea, a very peaceful way of to punish the expression after the anonymous, reserved a large not feeding into all of the attention fact for any harm caused. “ seeking that he does, but still getting Every little effort with the amount of tickets for the event LAUREN' A/THE REVIEW (which were free of charge) with the the point across.” protest counted for something, Alex intent of leaving them empty. Their This mentality can be found Martinez said. A 2011 graduate, Milo Yiannopoulos begins his 90 minute presentation in Mitchell Hall. protest against Yiannopoulos, a among other alumni who reserved Martinez reserved “between ten and controversial political commentator tickets without the intent to show 20 tickets” over the course ot several and editor for Breitbart News up. Steven Fox, a 2008 graduate, days. Network, may be responsible for reserved around 50 tickets, Although Martinez had to “I posted a status about it Lipman, co-chairs of the Delaware severely decreasing the event’s according to his estimates. go through the work of making a on Facebook and me and my other Federation of College Republicans, attendance. Fox said that the event was new Ticketmaster account for each comedy friends all had fun reserving have not yet responded to The The anonymous source initially hosted on Eventbrite, which individual ticket, he still thinks that tickets under stupid aliases,” Morales Review’s request for comment. reserved 106 individual tickets for allowed him to reserve up to thirty the protest was a success. Each stated in an email message. “I fully When asked to comment on the event, each under a different tickets at once, on one account. The account required a new email and expected all of those reservations the ticket-reserving protest for his Ticketmaster account. The source’s group of alumni got that first event password. He faked several of the to be thrown out since they were event, Yiannopoulos responded in 106 tickets comprised nearly 16 page sold out “within a couple of email accounts. so obviously fake.” She reserved an email message with the following percent of Mitchell Hall’s seating. hours,” Fox said. "From the way [the event) one ticket under the name “Donald statement: An alumnus of the class of This Eventbrite page was was described as being ‘like half Trump’s B-hole.” “No, just faggotry.” 2009, the source chose to remain taken down, and all reservations empty,’ it means there were less “Hard to say a concrete anonymous because he feared for thr jugh Eventbrite were considered people who were able to show numoer of tickets that were Editor's Note: The F-word is used his safety and does not want to invalid. Fox then reserved tickets support for someone who I think is a reserved this way,” she said. While in this story without censorship become a target of harassment for again through the Ticketmaster site. sociopath,” Martinez said. she does not view the protest as an in order to offer a full report. The Yiannopoulos supporters. “I know a lot of this was Alise Morales, Class of “organized effort,” Morales said that Review condemns the use o f this “I don’t need these people talking about free speech, and a lot 2012, reserved between five to ten her Facebook status about reserving slur but also wanted to convey the making trouble for me, the of people were saying that it’s cool tickets. seats out of protest had “like 50 likes content of interviewee comments as source said. “I’m worried about the because it’s free speech,” Fox said. and 30-plus comments." clearly and accurately as possible. Daniel Foltz and Andrew CZ) LLI KNOW ASSAULT, WILL DELAWARE LEGALIZE HALLOWEEN PARADE i— Q NO ASSAULT MARIJUANA? The 68th annual parade down mainstreet C/5 New university campaign addresses Sen.