----------- ---------------------------------- Tuesday, October 11, 2005 Volume 132, Issue 6 Student surfer catches a Delaware football wave and sits loses 10-6 to Hofstra on top of the in the Homecoming world game Saturday The University of Delaware's Independent Student Newspaper Since 1882 c Page 18 Sports Page 29 THE REVIEW/Mtke DeVoll Left: Hens lost 10-6 to Pride. Right: Students cheered in the rain. Alumni, students Newark gather despite rain Police BY JULIA PARMLEY "It's not a good day for football strained Staff Reporter so the fact that anyone showed up is Early on Homecoming morn­ great." BY SARAH LEWIS ing, students rushed to put on "Go Simione, class of 1995, said she Staff Reporter Blue Hens" T-shirts and apply paiQt joined the alumni relations staff Homecoming weekend con­ to their tired faces. Hopping into after attending alumni events in s-ists of football, friendship and cars and buses, they made the traf­ Baltimore and becoming interested fun, but for Newark Police, it fic-jammed trek to Delaware in returning to work with alumni. often brings traffic problems, Stadium. "When I was in school there public drunkeness and vandal­ But students were not the only weren't as many places to live and ism. Hens having fun. Hundreds of alum­ there was no Trabant," she said. Newark Police Lt. Susan ni came to celebrate the day, reflect "Most improvements to the school Poley said most officers are on on their experiences at the universi­ are for the better, and I think when duty during Homecoming. ty and offer their input for its future. people come back and see them they "Homecoming is a drain of Alumni of the marching band, THE REVIEW/Mike feel it raises the value of their diplo­ DeVoll our resources," she said. "People department of physical therapy and ma." who normally would have the 10-year reunion tents from 1960, Alumnae Robin Towey, BE Above: The day off need to work." 1980, 1995 and 2000 were only '95, and Beth Brand, AS '95, came rain did not Newark Police Cpl. Tracy some of the groups gathered before to Homecoming for their reunion. Simpson stated in an e-mail mes­ the game in the Field House for Towey said she was disappointed deter student sage the department adds 20 Reunion Row. The first innaugural more people did not come from their tailgaters. extra officers for the football Spirit Row provided an opportunity class. game. for members of student organiza­ "I still keep in touch with a lot "We add additional officers tions such as Blue Hen of people in Delaware," she said. "I Left: Newark to foot patrol around the parking Ambassadors and the university thought maybe years down the road areas of the football game," she Dance Team to reconnect. we'd tailgate with our kids." Police said. The weather diminished atten­ The Hen House, a free play increased its In addition to Newark Police dance at some of the reunion tents. area for children, provided such as patrolling officers, New Castle County Lauren Simione, assistant director moon bounces, jugglers and some during Police and Delaware State Police ofAlumni Relations, said 700 to 800 exotic animals. A steel band filled officers also assisted during people were expected to attend the indoor . track with Caribbean Homecoming Homecoming, Poley said. Reunion Row and Spirit Row, but beats as graduates sampled some of events. Besides underage drinking less participated. the many catered dishes and talked and public drunkeness, Simpson "As college classes get bigger with old friends. said traffic and crowd control are there is less alJegiance to class and Alumnae Margie Teschke- additional problems due to the more to department," Simione said. See ALUMNI page 3 See EVENTS page 3 2 October n, 2005 The Review INSIDE News 2 Police Reports 4 Editorial 14 Gosaic 17 Movie/CD Reviews 23 CAMPUJ&.y 26 COMM Classifieds 27 Sports 29 Sports Calendar .31 Editor in Chief Andrew Amsler Executive Editor Erin Biles Editorial Editor Stephanie Andersen Copy Desk Chief · Sara Hasyn Art Editor Dan Lisowski Photography Editor Daniel Egan Assistant Photography Editor Meaghan Jones THE REVIEW/Kate Rosenblum Three comedians performed in Mitchell Hall Saturday night. Managing News Editors Mike Hartnett, Monica Simmons, Devin Varsalona Senior News Editor Jia Din Administrative News Editors Susan Rinkunas, Patrick Walters City News Editors Caitlin Ginley, Emily Picillo National/State News Editors Sarah Cochran, Cait Simpson 'Black Comedy Tour' News Features Editors Brian Citino, Natalie Torentinos Student Affairs News Editors Leah Kiell, Dane Secor Managing Mosaic Editors Brian Downey, Christopher Moore Features Editors Jenna Alifante, Carson Walker Entertainment Editors Kim Dixon, Lee Procida comes to Delaware Assistant Mosaic Editor Carter Perry BY MIKE MATTHAEUS "I'm really looking forward to this show and I'm Managing Sports Editor Dan Mesure, Greg Price StaffReporter really glad it sold out," she said. "I have seen all the Senior Sports Editor Tim Parsons More than 600 people attended a sold-out comedy comedians on TV so I'm really looking forward for the Sports Editors Ravi Gupta, Steve Russolillo show Saturday night in Mitchell Hall for the Cultural show myself." Assistant Sports Editor Kate Dieffenbach Programming Advisory Board and Center for Black All of the comedians who performed at the univer­ Culture's third-annual Homecoming event. sity have had their share of stardom. "Money Mike" Copy Editors Christine Alhambra, Stephanie Students laughed along with HBO and BET Williams has been in the movie "The Friday After Next: Haight, Christine Paska, Kenny standup comedians Katt "Money Mike" Williams, Christmas in the Hood" and has appeared in "NYPD Riedel, Kyle Siskey ' Deon Cole and Michael Blackson. Each comedian took Blue," "The Tracy Morgan Show" and "Nick Cannon his time to joke about humorous such as having white Presents Wild N' Out." Advertising Directors Sarah Dixon, Lauren Nahodill friends, complications during an infamous menage a Blackson, a native of Ghana, was also in "The Business Managers Ashley Jenkins, Jordan Deputy, trois and infatuations with a clean stack of napkins. .Friday After Next" and has been a standup comedian Timothy Lowe Junior Tiffaney Hickman said she learned about for 13 years, he said. the event through friends and e-mail advertisements. Cole starred in the movie "Barbershop" and in "I think this is a really good event for us all to Jamie Foxx's standup comedy show "LaughaPalooza," come together as a community," she said. "I'm really which premiered on Comedy Central last year. The Review is published once weekly every Thesday of the school year, excited to see Michael Blackson." Blackson said he had fun performing at the univer­ except during Summer Session. Our main office is located at 250 Perkins The comedians are part of a nationwide comedy sity and was happy with the audience reaction to the Student Center, Newark, DE 19716. If you ha,ve questions about advertising show agency, "The Black Comedy Tour," which fea­ show. or news content, see the listings below. tures the nation's top black comedians. "The Black "I really enjoyed myself," he said. "I really felt the Comedy Tour," in its lith year, visits tp.ore than 200 love from the crowd." Display Advertising (302) 831-1398 schools a year and is involved with approximately The comedians ~ingled with students and alumni Classified Advertising (302) 831-2771 1,500 college organizations. after the show, signing autographs and taking pictures Fax (302) 831-1396 Senior Keean Williams, CPAB historian and event with their fans. · E-mail [email protected] chairman, said he helped organize the event. Freshman Katie DuPont said she enjoyed meeting Web site www.udreview.com "We chose these comedians because of who was the comedians after the show. available and how the campus would react," he said. "I think it was a great way to end the show," she The Review reserves the right to refuse any ads that are of an improper or inappropri "This show gives us a chance to allow students to relax said. "It was really cool to be so close to-famous people ate time, place and manner. The ideas and opinions of advertisements appearing in and unwind, especially on Homecoming." like that." this publication are not necessarily those of The Review staff or the university. Sophomore Sylvia Bullock, CPAB parliamentari­ an, said she was excited to see Katt Williams. The Review October n, 2005 0 ...... Homecoming has long history at UD BY CLAIRE CUNNINGHAM "President Perkins was real big on pep "Perkins pretty much ordered attendance The football game is the hallmark o· Staff Reporter rallies and drumming up student spirit," of freshmen to pep rallies," Janssen said. "I Homecoming, and this tradition is compara Letter jackets, bobby socks, pep rallies Janssen said. · have a hard time seeing anyone ordering ble to colleges across the country. and parades - these were once the staples of The decadent parade around Newark was freshman to do that today. The University of Connecticut'. Homecoming. the grandest event. "Student activities have changed in the Homecoming itinerary includes a parade The earliest reference to the word "Floats were made by fraternities, dorms past couple of years, so some of the traditions alumni events and musical entertainmen1 Homecoming at the university was in 1933, and other student groups," Janssen said. "If have faded." Many students prefer football games, such a ~ according to Ian Janssen, assistant archivist. you look at the yearbooks, they're pretty cre­ Mike Davis graduated in 1976 from the junior Dathan Zabel. However, alumni have been coming back ative." university and since then: has attended "Here, we all go to the game," Zabe1 since the 1800s, he said.