BY MARINA KORENAssistant News Editor

CourseHero.com, a Web site that allowsstudents to post exam questions and home-work solutions, has raised legal issues forprofessors and faculty, causing the universi-ty’s lawyer to take action against the poten-tial misuse of copyrighted intellectual prop-erty.

Cihan Cobanoglu, hotel and restaurantmanagement associate professor and FacultySenate president, said the university is inves-tigating CourseHero because it may containmaterials copyrighted by university facultysuch as old exams, handouts and scannedtextbooks.

Posting such material without a profes-sor’s consent is illegal, Cobanoglu said, who

recently searched the site to make sure nomaterials from his course had beenuploaded.

“I’m an author myself, and I have a text-book,” Cobanoglu said. “If I were to see thison there that I spent years writing — first ofall, it would be illegal, and second, it wouldmake me upset.”

Cobanoglu said he found pages of text-

books and assignment solutions posted onthe site, which is illegal and unprofessionalwhen no consent was given by the professorto make the work public, he said.

“If you do research and you foundsomething, of course you can share itbecause that’s your own work,” he said. “But

BY JOSH SHANNONEditor in Chief

The Student GovernmentAssociation is undergoing a com-plete restructuring this year, achange officers say will make theorganization more representative ofthe student body.

The SGA senate, previouslymade up of all registered studentorganization presidents, now con-sists of 28 members, who are elect-ed or appointed for a year-longterm.

Though last year’s systemallowed hundreds more to vote inthe senate, few showed up on a reg-ular basis, SGA Vice PresidentCorrie Bonham said.

“There was no commitmentinvolved —you could come if youwanted to or you didn’t have tocome if you didn’t want to,”Bonham said. “It was kind of

BY ERICA COHENStudent Affairs Editor

Most students in front of Kirkbride Hallwill occasionally look up or offer angrylooks, but rarely stop to listen to the preach-er in front of Kirkbride.

“I don’t think people really listen to him,it’s ridiculous some of the stuff he says,” sen-ior Sam Michel said.

Mark Johnson has been preaching for thepast 13 years. And not just at the Universityof Delaware.

Johnson also preaches at the Universityof Pennsylvania, Temple University,University of Maryland, Baltimore Countyand Towson University.

Throughout the year, students can seeJohnson with his arms in the air, gesturingpronouncedly as he shouts his messages,ranging from marriage, the church, fornica-tion and politics.

“I met Jesus when I was a college stu-dent many years ago, and it’s the Lord’s com-mand to preach the gospel to the lost,”Johnson said.

Although Johnson has been preachinghere for more than a decade, a job he saysdoes not follow societal norms, he neverenvisioned himself here.

Prior to his current role as a preacher,Johnson worked at a ballistics lab, but real-ized he had a new path, and began to preachfull-time.

“The Lord has a way, and when you sur-render to the Lord you give up your will tohis will, and he actually makes what youwant to do desirable to you,” he said. “So Iwould never have thought I would be doing

this.”Johnson says he

preaches at universi-ties because collegestudents are at an ageat which they aregoing to make mostof their life choicesand get locked intotheir view of theworld. He said hechose Kirkbride Hallbecause there arealways students sit-ting in the courtyard.

Over the years,Johnson has madefriends through hiswork, like fellowpreacher Joe Toy,who also works out-side of KirkbrideHall to gain the atten-tion of students. It isToy who createsmany of the drawingsused by both preachers.

Johnson’s messages are felt rather thanplanned and the drawings that he keeps onhis easel are often done by himself or byfriends. Johnson said he tries to write mes-sages on the board in large print so that evenstudents who do not want to stop will seewhat he is talking about.

“It comes out of personal time with theLord. I am staying fresh my relationship withhim and it comes out of that,” he said. “If youtry to put a message together, it’s unnatural.”

Preaching is his only job, and his incomecomes from the churches and religious indi-viduals in the surrounding area who supporthim financially. Johnson said it is everyChristian’s job to preach, but in his case, it isalso his livelihood.

Although many of the messages hepreaches are Evangelical-based and are dif-ferent than those of some students at the uni-versity, he said he has had very few fights oraltercations with students.

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In the Sports section, as you may have noticed, managing editors PatMaguire and Matt Waters have started a similar feature, calledChicken Scratch, that brings together UnderpReview, Hen Peckings,the sports calendar and their weekly calendar all on one page.

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BY JOHN MORGERAStaff Reporter

Latino Hertiage Month, which concludes this week hasprovided an opportunity to invite others to learn about theLatino culture, especially that which is present at the universi-ty, HOLA president Cesar Lopez said.

“On this campus, we’re a really small community,”Lopez said. “When we do throw events, it’s nice to see all theLatinos come out, but it’s also nice to see people from differ-ent cultures come out.”

The Hispanic community makes up only 5.4 percent ofthe campus population, Lopez said.

Lopez and HOLA, a RSO dedicated to highlighting theLatino community on campus, have worked with the LatinoHeritage Month Committee and Campus Alliance de La Razato provide different activities. The month kicked off with actorEdward James Olmos, and will unofficially close with FiestaLatina on Thursday.

HOLA was not the only organization involved in plan-ning. Two other groups dedicated to acknowledging theHispanic community, the Campus Alliance de La Raza and thesorority Lambda Pi Chi, also co-sponsored events.

Lambda Pi Chi president Sarah Piñón said she thoughtthe festivities were successful.

“It’s a great way to show the achievements of Latino stu-dents here as well as Latinos worldwide,” Piñón said.

The Hispanic community has increased on campus thelast few years. In 2004, there were 570 Latino students, com-prising 3.7 percent of the undergraduate population accordingto the Office of Institutional Research. The number grew to831 in 2008. The percentages of Black, Asian or PacificIslander students on campus have remained mostly stagnantsince 2004.

Lou Hirsh, director of admissions, said ethnicity and racedo play a part in a student’s acceptance to the university, butno differently than anything else. He said race factors in thesame way geography, life experience and talents like music or

sports would.“We’re trying to bring to the university the most

interesting 38,000 people,” Hirsh said. “Every freshmanhas something to learn from another student.”

For the 2009 school year, 70.4 percent of theHispanic students who applied to the university wereaccepted, Hirsh said. Of the 724 Hispanic studentsaccepted, 218 enrolled at the Newark campus.

Although there has been an increase in undergradu-ate numbers, the graduate program has seen the Hispanicpopulation decrease according to the Office ofInstitutional Research. In 2004 there were 55 Hispanicgraduate students, comprising 2.2 percent of the pro-gram. In 2008, there were 50 Hispanic graduate stu-dents, which was only 1.9 percent.

However, Mary Martin, assistant provost for gradu-ate and professional education, stated in an e-mail mes-sage that the university had an increase in Hispanic stu-dents in the graduate program this semester. She said 8.4percent of the 2,184 graduate students enrolled for theFall semester were Hispanic.

Martin said the Graduate Studies Committee report-ed a 10.4 percent increase in first time enrollment ofHispanic students. She said the university is trying toincrease the minority population in her program.

“The University of Delaware welcomes applicantsfrom all underrepresented populations,” Martin said.“Faculty regularly participate in recruitment events andconferences where underrepresented populations are present.”

Lopez said while he has been pleased with the turnout toevents, he still feels that the community can grow. Lopez saidthere are usually 20 to 40 people at the meetings, not countingthe 13 executive board members.

“We have increased, but there are a lot of Latinos Ihaven’t seen,” he said. “It’s hard to say. I feel like it’s a smallcommunity.”

Piñón said she thinks the slight rise in Hispanic students

is warranted, considering the university’s declared support fordiversity.

“Because the Latino population across the country isgrowing, I’d like to see that reflected,” she said.

Lopez said he also felt like the university should reflectthe country’s increasing diversity, and feels things are going inthe right direction.

“When I first started here, it didn’t seem like diversity

Heritage month highlights Latino culture

Hispanic community at UD continues to grow

THE REVIEW/Ayelet DanielEdward James Olmos kicked off Latino Heritage Month.

Organic cuisine, local produce a priority on Vita Nova’s plateBY ERICA COHEN

Student Affairs Editor The university has made a long-term

commitment to finding and utilizing envi-ronment-friendly initiatives through thePath to Prominence, and Vita Nova, thestudent-run restaurant in the TrabantUniversity Center, is no different.

Vita Nova prides itself on usingorganic ingredients and locally-grownproducts, such as the herb roast chicken,the pan seared free-range duck breast andthe pine nut and basil crusted Scottishsalmon, in its facility for environmentaland health purposes, Julie Fagan, thedirector of restaurant operations stated in

an e-mail message.Organic products or foods are those

grown without the use of pesticides, fertil-izers, chemicals or engineering of the ani-mals.

“It gives us great pleasure to purchasefrom relatively small family-run organicfarms when possible,” Fagan said.

The menu specifies the organic farmsor regions the ingredients come from,such as the Pennsylvania Dutch farmwhere the organic chickens are raised.

Many of the wines served there arealso organic, meaning the grapes aregrown without the use of chemicals.

She said the restaurant also useslocally-grown ingre-dients, such as milkfrom the university’scows to make icecream and mushroomsfrom Kennett Square,Pa.

“Anything wecan get local we doand anything else wehave to buy from ourregular producers,”Fagan said.

Senior MichelleGentile, a hotel andrestaurant manage-ment major said shebelieves the schoolstarted using organicproducts because ofpush for the greentrend.

“We’re doing good things for theenvironment and trying to make sure ourproducts are environmentally friendly andsound,” Gentile said. “We’re proud to be apart of it and proud to offer organic food.”

Joe Digregorio, the kitchen managerand executive chef, is responsible for theorganic menu, as well as choosing wherethe products used by Vita Nova are pur-chased. It is Digregorio who taught thestudents about the benefits of using organ-ic ingredients.

Senior Allison Gran said Digregorioexplained the menu to students and saidthere are three different items that areorganic.

“He went over where they came from,why they’re organic and the differences intaste,” Gran said.

Gran recently tasted the organicchicken and duck and compared it to thetaste of non-organic versions. She saidboth the chicken and duck were muchsofter because they were organic and theduck was also more tender.

The duck is one of the kitchen’s mostpopular items, and Gran believes thismight be because of the organic mentionon the menu.

The students recently had the ownerof the duck farm come to class to explainmore about how the animals are raisedorganically, with free range and betterfeed.

Digregorio and the university checkout the farms to make sure that their prac-tices are actually organic.

“They look to make sure that the

farms are clean and that the poultry lookwell maintained and that there’s a feelabout the farm and the way people areraising them,” Gran said.

While many ingredients on the menuare produced locally or organically, it isnot economically feasible or possible touse all organic ingredients. Fagan pointedout that the chocolate-covered strawber-ries given to diners with their checkswould be impossible to get locally out ofseason.

Fagan said the restaurant could not be100 percent organic despite the staff andstudents desire for that to happen.

Besides the specificity of ingredients,there are other things the restaurant doesto maintain environmental initiatives.

The restaurant has recently changedits to-go packaging from aluminum con-tainers to a biodegradable box and paperbags. Employees have also begun to recy-cle all of their glass and cardboard.

While much of the organic initiativehas been taken by Digregorio, it is also upto the students to produce the food as wellas add input about the direction of therestaurant.

Overall, both the students and thestaff are happy to be using these types ofingredients, and keep in line with the uni-versity’s green goals. Gran believed thatthis trend is a result of the student popula-tion.

“I think our generation is more tunedin to eating healthy and eating organicfood, which is definitely better for you,”Gran said.

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Courtesy of Vita NovaChef Joe Digregorio at Vita Nova uses organic food.

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Star Spangled Banter:Lydia Woolever writes about WallStreet executives returning to giv-ing employees high salaries.

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Tuesday Oct. 20:

Love Your Body Day 1 pm - 9:30 p.m., Perkins StudentCenter, Perkins Gallery

Wednesday Oct. 21:

University and Choir Singers Concert, 8 p.m., LoudisRecital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building

Thursday Oct. 22:

Sustainability Day, 12-5 p.m.

Friday Oct. 23:

Get Wacky Not Wasted!, 8-11 p.m.,Trabant Room 209

Saturday Oct. 24:

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, 2 p.m. and7:30 pm Thompson Theatre, Roselle Center for the Arts.

Sunday Oct. 25:

Wind Ensemble Concert, 8 p.m. Puglisi Orchestra Hall, Roselle Center for the Arts

Monday Oct. 26:

Internship Search, 4-5 p.m., Career Services Center

This Week in HistoryOct. 22, 1984 - Fire ripped through the NewarkOpera House (now Grassroots) as hundreds of peoplewatched from below. Police ruled the fire suspicious.

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Items stolen at Ivy Hall partyA 20-year-old university student reported

Sunday that there was a theft over the weekend at aparty at Ivy Hall Apartments, Cpl. Gerald Bryda ofthe Newark Police Department said.

The student said an Apple Macbook Pro and aniPod were stolen between 11 p.m. Friday and 2 a.m.Saturday.

He said there were approximately 20 people atthe residence for a social gathering, but there wereunknown guests present during that time.

Flag stolen of porchA resident reported Friday at 2:24 a.m. that a

young man removed an American flag from thefront porch of her home located in the 300 block ofSouth College Avenue, Bryda said.

The resident said he observed what appeared tobe a group of people taking pictures under the hang-ing flag. He then witnessed one of them grab theflag and run north with it towards East Park Place.

He said the suspect appeared to be 20 to 24years old, approximately 6 feet tall and was wearinga white and blue striped polo shirt.

Indecent exposure at Iron Hill BreweryA server at Iron Hill Brewery on Main Street

reported Oct. 11 at 12:30 a.m. that two men at oneof the tables in the restaurant exposed themselves,Bryda said.

The server said she overheard one of the men atthe table say to the other man that he would buydrinks for whoever would expose themselves. Shewalked toward the table to tell them the policewould come if any of them did such a thing, whenone man stood on top of a chair and exposed hisgenitals.

Bryda said the men were told to leave and thatthe police were being called, so the group wentacross the street to another business. He said war-rants are pending against one of the two men. Thesuspect is estimated to be in his early 20s.

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YoUDee joins students at the Pink Out Thursday to promote breast cancer awareness.

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Police ticket 18 in latest jaywalkingenforcement

Pedestrians have been keeping tothe crosswalks recently, said Lt. BrianHenry of the Newark Police Department.

During the latest jaywalkingenforcement Oct. 7, 18 tickets were writ-ten in a three-hour period, a decreasefrom the 44 that were written in a three-hour period on Sept. 23, Henry said.

He said there will be more enforce-ment this winter, but the next date hasyet to be decided.

The number of tickets writtendecreased because more people knowabout it now, Henry said.

He said at this point, he is not awareof any new jaywalking incidents inwhich a pedestrian was injured.

Plouffe to speak WednesdayDavid Plouffe, President Barack

Obama’s former campaign manager, willspeak at Mitchell Hall Wednesday at7:30 p.m. as part of the semester-long“Assessing Obama’s First Year” series.

Plouffe attended the university from1985 to 1988.

Wednesday will mark Plouffe’s sec-ond visit to campus since the election.Last spring, he spoke at a joint appear-ance with Steve Schmidt, a senior advi-

sor to Sen. John McCain’s campaignwho also attended the university.

Wednesday’s event will be moderat-ed by communication professor RalphBegleiter, student Antonia Borelli, andAshley Biro, a managing editor for TheReview.

Halloween parade set for SundayThe annual Newark Halloween

parade will take place Sunday at 3 p.m.on Main Street.

Main Street will close from 3 to 5p.m. Delaware Avenue will close from 3to 4 p.m.

tthhiinnggssttooddooUD Review Music Blog:Ryan Conaty writes about theLosing Feeling EP just releasedby NO AGE.

Green Love:Maddie Thomas writes abouthow to make Halloween celebra-tions more environmentallyfriendly.

Check out these posts and more online at:

www.udreview.com/blogs

A sampling from The Review’s blogs this week

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Engineering students helppurify water in Cameroon

BY SAMANTHA BRIXCopy Editor

The university’s chapter of Engineers WithoutBorders will call the mayor of Bamendjou,Cameroon this week to discuss the continuation of aclean water supply project.

Junior Taylor King, Cameroon project managerof the university’s EWB chapter, said he went toCameroon in January and June with members ofEWB to implement a Potable Water Supply andDistribution project. He said the group, consisting offour students and one professor, built sand filtersand wells in order to provide clean drinking water tothe people of Bamendjou.

Steven Dentel, professor of civil and environ-mental engineering, said he has been the facultyadviser on all five EWB trips to Cameroon.

He said they chose Cameroon because theyknew a Cameroonian student, Olivia Mukam, whowas a member of Johns Hopkins University’s EWBchapter. Dentel said Mukam put them in touch withher father, Emmanuel, who is the mayor ofBamendjou. Emmanuel is an engineer and knewthere needed to be an engineering solution to waterproblem.

Dentel said he spoke with the mayor manytimes about diseases that people in the region werecontracting by drinking unsanitary water fromstreams.

“There’s a lot of sickness there, especially dur-ing the rainy season because the only water theyhave to drink, before we did this, carried all kinds ofgerms,” Dentel said.

A university EWB group first went toCameroon in June of 2007 to establish connectionswith locals, do water tests and survey people to dis-cover the most significant illnesses, which werediarrhea, malaria, typhoid, dysentery, fever andcholera, Dentel said.

King said the streams are infested with manybacteria, namely fecal coliform, a bacterium thatseeps into the water from human and animal feces.

To reduce disease there, Dentel said EWBinstalled eight sand filters that are 100 percent effec-tive in removing fecal coliform and other types ofillness-causing bacteria from the water.

“Without the filter, they’ll get sick,” he said.The group also installed three wells in

Bamendjou, King said. EWB wanted to install moreeffective wells after observing the government-builtwells and the physical labor required to use them.

“Usually small children have to [use the wells].You see them jump up and down to get the water,”King said. “Our main objectives were to provide aclean source of water for the community that will

reduce sickness, and reduce the amount of time ittakes so that women and children have more time todo other things to improve their lives, like go toschool and work.”

He said on the most recent trip in June, theEWB students installed solar-power water pumps,letting electricity from the sun, instead of children,pump the water. The water is pumped into threestorage tanks, which hold a combined volume of3,000 liters, providing plenty of sanitary, readily-accessible water.

A non-government organization in Cameroonis currently conducting a study for official results onthe wells’ effectiveness in reducing disease, Kingsaid. While he was in Cameroon, he spoke to onelocal man who gave testament to the wells’ success.

“I asked him how it was working and he saidvery well, and he told us he wasn’t getting as sick ashe was before,” he said.

The total cost of the trip, including travelexpenses and all building materials, was approxi-mately $45,000, King said, which came from aClinton Global Initiative Grant the chapter received,alumni awards and from the chapter’s main funds.

He said in January, EWB will again travel toCameroon, this time to build a gravity-fed distribu-tion system.

“Instead of pumping water throughout the vil-lage, we’ll just let gravity kind of carry the waterwhere it needs to go,” King said.

The system consists of a tank at the top of a hillwhich allows water through underground pipes,allowing for clean drinking water that is close topeople’s homes. Collecting water from the wells cantake people in Bamendjou up to two hours, but thenew system will take approximately 20 minutes,King said.

King said the group is also planning a trip toSan Jose Petacalapa, Guatemala in January to builda bridge that will allow locals of the farming-basedtown to access their crops.

“The purpose is to connect the community toover a thousand acres of their fields that they loseaccess to during the rainy season when the riverfloods,” he said.

Dentel said some skills needed to build a bridgeare taught in engineering courses, but most is self-taught.

He said the trip to Guatemala, like all EWBprojects, will implement the organization’s sustain-ability goal.

“Students are learning how to build a bridgeusing local material and local construction tech-niques,” Dentel said.

Courtesy of Engineers Without BordersMembers of Engineers Without Borders traveled to Cameroon to help build wells.

BY KATHERINE DIMAGGIOStaff Reporter

To Allie Push, a senior fine artsmajor at the university, displayingartwork is not just an invitation forpraise but a raw expression of emo-tion.

According to Push, treasurer ofStuArt, a gallery of artists’ sketcheshas a different feel than a typical artshow. StuArt is a student organiza-tion that started three years ago andis dedicated to showing student art-work in galleries and preparing stu-dents for the professional art world.

“I feel like with the sketchbookshow it’s a good chance to show peo-ple’s preliminary works,” Push saidof the sketchbook show StuArt heldin Taylor Hall Oct. 12.

The show included works inprogress by a variety of students, themajority of which were from StuArtmembers. The audience of approxi-mately 30 people was also mostlycomprised of members of the club.The nearly 75 pieces of artwork inthe show included a variety of medi-ums, including pages ripped straightfrom a sketchbook, sculptures andloose-leaf paper with intricate doo-dles.

Push, who has been a member ofStuArt since her sophomore year,chose several different sketches toinclude in the show. Additionally,she displayed different art mediums,such as photography. She also com-piled a miniature sketchbook filledwith various collages of the sketchesfrom her collection.

Unlike Push’s work, somepieces in the art show were photo-copied renditions of the sketchesthemselves.

Senior James Proctor, webmas-ter of StuArt, chose not to take hissketches directly from his book.

“It’s kind of personal,” Proctorsaid. “I like to keep mine on me.”

Proctor had shown his artworkin a StuArt show his freshman year,before becoming a member of theorganization as a sophomore.

He said some art shows on cam-pus are a bit more selective with theart they choose to include. Thissketchbook show, however, like mostof StuArt’s productions, is open toanyone who would like to partici-pate.

Deanna Fox and RobinHollinger, two seniors who attendedthe event, said they enjoyed theshow.

“It kind of seems more personal,just to see their thought process,”Fox said. “I thought it was a reallygood idea.”

Hollinger, a fine arts major saidthe sketches in the show will proba-bly never turn into final pieces ofwork. To her, it makes it more inter-esting to see thoughts and ideas with-out necessarily a finished product inmind.

Neither Fox nor Hollinger aremembers of StuArt, but they saidthey look forward to attending moreof the club’s events.

Esteban Pilonieta, a senior andpart of the installation committee inStuArt, said that Taylor Hall is moreor less an unbridled space for theclub, allowing it to hold a show likethis usually once a month.

Pilonieta was in charge ofarranging the artwork at the sketch-book show. He said he let the artistshave free reign of where and howthey hung their work for this particu-lar show, as it complements theunstructured feel StuArt was aimingfor.

StuArt is anticipating expandingand getting involved in differentways. Senior Anne Yoncha, co-presi-dent of the club, said StuArt is look-ing to collaborate with other studentorganizations to attract a morediverse audience to their events.

Additionally, Push said StuArthas recently begun a relationshipwith the Starbucks on Main Street toget students’ artwork sold at the cof-fee shop.

All of the art currently on sale atStarbucks is by StuArt members, andthey are hoping to set up this kind ofarrangement with more locations onMain Street.

Hollinger and Fox both praisedStuArt and their efforts to include alltypes of art from different groups ofpeople.

“It’s pretty relaxed as a group,”Hollinger said.

Fox agreed and talked about thegroup’s most positive quality.

“They are very welcoming,” shesaid.

StuArt showcase transforms sketchbook drafts into exhibit

Courtesy of Esteban PilonietaStuArt held an art show in Taylor Hall last week.

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BY MIKALA JAMISONStaff Reporter

Some landlords in Newark are tak-ing advantage of the economy by mod-ernizing their older properties and rais-ing the rent.

Owner and manager for Blue HenRentals Hal Prettyman said althoughproperties continue to be rentedregardless of the economic downturn,property owners sometimes have toconsider renovations for their tenants.

Prettyman said he rents out houseson streets throughout Newark includ-ing Elkton Road and North Street. Hesaid he rented all the property heintended to this year, but did pull someof his properties off the market to ren-ovate.

“We rent all types of houses, somenew, some in good condition and somepretty old,” Prettyman said. “We keptsome older houses off the market thisyear to fix them up, update them andmake them more modern by changingsome of the floor plans.”

He said he has to raise the rent ofhis other properties when he pullshouses off the market to compensate. Itwill ultimately satisfy his renters moreif the houses are fixed up.

“There is no resistance to raisingrent in this market if we are trying tomake our places more up to date,”Prettyman said.

Matt Dutt, who manages approxi-mately 60 properties in Newark onCleveland Avenue, Benny Street andCourtney Street, said all of his proper-ties have also been rented.

“In all my 20 years of doing thisjob, I have never had a vacancy,” Duttsaid.

He also said he believes thatrenters would like to have older prop-erties updated. While he has not pulledany houses off the market for renova-tion this renting season, he said heplans to take at least one property offthe market next year for renovations.

“I want to expand and update; andonce I renovate the rent will be higher,but renters want updated houses,” Duttsaid.

Houses require renovations morethan apartments do, he said.

“For an apartment building, it all

comes down to size,” Dutt said. “Butfor houses, you have to think aboutroofs or siding as well.”

He said he believes Newarkrenters would prefer to live in housesrather than apartments because of thespace, freedom and parking availabili-ty.

Apartments around Newark stillfill up, however, said Cheryl Webb ofEJS Properties. Webb managesKershaw Commons, UniversityCommons as well as some freestandinghouses in Newark. She said all of herproperties in the apartment complexesare filled.

“We do sometimes have to turnpeople away,” Webb said. “It dependson how many people we have on ourwaiting list.”

Junior Laura Natali, who lives inthe newly built Amstel Square apart-ment complex on the corner of AmstelAvenue and Elkton Road, said she didnot have to stay on a waiting list forher apartment but there are no vacan-cies in her building. Although herapartment lacks a yard or porch, shesaid she appreciates that there is lessmaintenance involved with her livingchoice.

“I wanted an apartment because Ifelt like an apartment was moresecure,” Natali said. “It’s closer toother people and there is an additionalsecurity factor, since we have to beepinto our building with a card.”

However, she said, parking is anissue for her and her roommates.

“We only have two parking spacesfor five people,” Natali said. “Therewas another one available that we hadto pay extra for.”

Prettyman said that sometimes thebiggest factor in renting an apartmentor a house is actually finding a proper-ty. He said he gets the word out abouthis rentals by placing advertisementsin the newspaper, and he hired some-one to design a Web page for him aswell.

“Students don’t know where theycan go to get a house,” Prettyman said.“Other universities have offices of off-campus housing, but our students areleft to do it themselves.”

Off-campus housing vacanciesresult in renovations

Talking crosswalk assistsvisually-impaired pedestrians

BY ERIN QUINNStaff Reporter

Newark pedestrians now have a new voiceto obey when crossing the street.

An Accessible Pedestrian Signal wasinstalled on the corner of South CollegeAvenue and Park Place on Sept. 25.

Mark Galipo, an engineer from theDelaware Department of Transportation whodesigned the signal on South College, said itspurpose is to communicate verbally to pedes-trians when it is safe to cross.

The crosswalk signals were installed aspart of a requirement of the Americans withDisabilities Act, according to the DelawareDepartment of Transportation InterimGuidelines for the Installation of AccessiblePedestrian Signals.

Galipo said the crosswalks were installedonly as an aid to the visually impaired becausethey are expensive. The signal on SouthCollege Avenue and Park Place cost almost$44,000, he said.

“As of right now, they’re installed for thevisually impaired,” Galipo said. “The only waythey’d install it is if a visually impaired personput in a request for it. We’re just not puttingthem everywhere because the state would havefunding issues.”

The guidelines state that the ADA requiresthat the public right-of-way is accessible forpeople with disabilities. The AccessiblePedestrian Signals address the difficulties ofpeople who are visually impaired by featuringa raised arrow on the button, Braille writingand a loud voice that dictates the correct actionto take.

Galipo said Accessible PedestriansSignals are installed under strict guidelines.

“Every time we touch an intersection, wehave to bring it up to ADA regulation,” he said.

The ramps have to be at a certain slope,the push buttons forpedestrian signalshave to be at a cer-tain height and cer-tain distance and thepedestrian polesthemselves have tobe a certain distancefrom the curbs,Galipo said.

Currently in thecity of Newark, theonly crosswalk thatspeaks is the one onSouth CollegeAvenue and ParkPlace, Galipo said.

“The otherones have an audi-ble tone. It’s thesame type of signal.If we have twocrosswalks thatcome together onone corner, we haveto have a ten-footseparation betweenthe pedestrian polesto have an audibletone,” he said. “Ifwe don’t have thatseparation, thenwe’ll do the talkingcrosswalk.”

The AccessiblePedestrian Signalsare not present in allthe necessary placesaccording to stu-dents such as SaraBeth Winters, a

legally blind senior at the university. Winters,who always walks to class, said she benefitsfrom these audible crosswalks because she isunable to see the other side of the road. Shesaid she has found the crosswalks helpful, butbelieves they should be in other locations sinceshe has no need to be on South CollegeAvenue.

“Talking crosswalks should be in highvolume pedestrian areas where people aremore likely to be hit,” said Winters, who washit by a car on Delaware Avenue earlier thissemester. “A lot of drivers don’t think theyneed to stop on Delaware Avenue.”

Although the talking crosswalks aredenied in areas without traffic signals, Winterssaid she believes such areas may be the loca-tions in which they are most necessary.

“They would be most useful on MainStreet since there are no lights, and you are justexpected to go and cars are assumed to stop,”she said. “The light at Trabant would also be agood spot if it was the evening or very earlymorning. These are dangerous spots becausecars don’t necessarily stop.”

The voice of the audible crosswalk tellspedestrians when it is safe to cross the streetand repeats the word “wait” when it is not safe.

Nick Bucci, a sophomore who lives onKells Avenue, is one student who noticed thenew voice when walking to class.

“I pass the sign to get to all classes,” Buccisaid. “There are a huge number of people thatpass there because of the Ivy HallApartments.”

Bucci said he also noticed the audiblecrosswalks may not always provide the mostefficient navigations of the streets, since theytake a long time to change.

“I understand the benefit to people withdisabilities,” he said. “My only complaint ishow long it is. It’s a little bit of a nuisance so

you have toadjust yourschedule to it ifyou’re on yourway to class.”

Although theaudible cross-walks take alonger time tochange than ordi-nary crosswalks,he said he thinksthey are a goodidea.

“Ibelieve it willactually help peo-ple with disabili-ties,” Bucci said.

The newcrosswalk signalincludes what isconsidered themost up-to-datetechnology thathelps visuallyimpaired pedes-trians, Galiposaid.

“Ibelieve this is thelatest and great-est,” he said.

THE REVIEW/Ayelet DanielDelDOT recently installed a talking crosswalk at thecorner of Park Place and South College Avenue.

THE REVIEW/Ayelet DanielSome houses, like this one on Cleveland Avenue, are still for rent.

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Students to help in Honduras during Spring BreakBY MIA POZZANGHERA

Staff ReporterMarch may be months away, but for stu-

dents in the Delaware Global Water Brigades,spring break plans are coming together wellin advance.

Approximately 10 students in the groupwill travel to Honduras for a week-long trip tohelp implement a water purifying process andeducate locals about the importance of havingclean drinking water.

Members of two groups, the DelawareGlobal Water Brigade and an off-campusWater Brigades group, will be flying toHonduras during spring break.

Eric Borer, president of the WaterBrigades RSO on campus, said the main goalof the organization is to focus on health issuesin Honduras as they pertain to water and toraise awareness about the importance of uti-

lizing clean water. Borer, along with the othermembers of the campus organization, aretraveling to Honduras in the spring.

He said he became involved with thegroup after a friend of his at New YorkUniversity became involved with the MedicalBrigades.

“I think it’s an awesome idea,” Borersaid. “You’re actually making a difference inpeople’s lives and you can see that by goingdown there. It’s a powerful experience.”

Borer said students will be participatingin a variety of old and new projects duringtheir spring break in Honduras.

“Some people will be doing things likelaying pipes or doing water quality assess-ments and others will do things relating to theeducational aspect of the project,” he said.

One of the major goals of the WaterBrigades is to make sure the people of

Honduras know the importance of watercleanliness, Borer said.

“It’s one thing to help them improve thewater system but if they don’t understand thenecessity for clean water, then it’s not reallyworking,” he said.

Borer said funding for the trip comesfrom fundraisers and donations from familyand friends.

Senior Nia Patel, public relationsspokesperson for the RSO, said she lovesbeing part of the organization.

“The Global Brigades group on campusis mainly an informational group to spreadawareness about different issues,” Patel said.

Patel said she got involved in the groupbecause she was interested in the issues thatpeople in Honduras face such as water clean-liness and wanted to do something to help.She will be traveling to the country this spring

and said she is very excited to be going.“It’s a chance for me to make some sort

of impact,” Patel said. “It’s more meaningfulbecause it’s a physical contribution, not justsending money or something like that.”

Although not every member of the groupis going to Honduras, the Global Brigadesorganization on campus encourages people tocome to interest meetings and get involved inthe cause, she said.

Borer said the campus-based organiza-tion was founded just this past year, but hewas excited to have approximately 20 peopleat the latest interest meeting.

Patel said the group is important to herand the more people they have contributing tothe cause, the better off our efforts will be.

“We’re putting a lot of hard work in tothis,” she said. “It’s definitely worth itthough.”

you cannot share my textbook, my examquestions and my intellectual property that Ididn’t give you the right to distribute to otherpeople.”

Cobanoglu said professors who chooseto distribute old exams are aware the testswill change hands, but those who do not givethem to students would be disturbed to findthem posted online.

“We would encourage any faculty to gosee if their materials are on there, and thennotify the site using the template,” he said.“Exam questions are owned by the profes-sors, not by the students. Is this site easy?Yes, it’s easy, but is it the right thing? I don’tthink so.”

Free membership to the site is grantedwhen users upload documents. Uploading 40documents offers a free membership periodof four months, while posting 400 docu-ments grants a period of 12 free months.Alternatly, a one-year subscription costs$6.95 a month and offers unlimited docu-ment and textbook searches, along withcomplete textbook solutions, according tothe Web site.

Lawrence White, the university’s vice

president and general counsel, saidCourseHero raises legal issues because somematerials are considered intellectual proper-ty of the professors who write it. The Website previously featured thousands of univer-sities without permission, he said, whichwere removed after lawyers from severaluniversities complained.

“A lot of faculty members feel it’s notworth it to react to these Web sites. They’reindignant about it because it’s so pervasive,”White said. “A lot of people yawn at a sitelike CourseHero because it disappears whenlegal action is taken, but pops up againafter.”

To help solve this problem, White saidhe has developed a template for a take-downnotice that professors can send to the man-agers of CourseHero, informing them that iftheir course materials and other copyrightedcontent are not removed, they will take legalaction.

“The fact that this is a company that hasa profit motive is disturbing,” he said.

English professor Michael McCamleysaid he was not sure how accurate and help-ful CourseHero would be for students, espe-cially because some professors change theircurriculum each year.

“The whole idea just bothers me,”McCamley said. “I took terrible notes in col-lege and no one could use them but me, so Ican’t imagine how other people’s noteswould be helpful.”

He said the site raises a lot of intellectu-al property issues for professors.

“They’d be disturbed to know the workthey’re putting in is profiting someone else,”McCamley said. “I know from a professor’sperspective, it would give a professorpause.”

Sophomore Kiante Tomlin said the issuedepends on what students are using theinformation on CourseHero for.

“If they are using the materials to helpthem study for a course and to understandthe material, then the site is fine,” Tomlinsaid. “If the students are using it to cheat,then a site like that is not a good thing.”

Students use old exams to study andlearn the style of a professor, Tomlin said. Itmay be unfair to professors, but past examshave been accessible to students beforeCourseHero came along, she said.

“Are the professors angry that their oldexams are up on the site? If so, students giveother students old exams all the time,” shesaid. “What’s difference that it’s on a Web

site versus students giving exams to eachother?”

Sophomore Ale Conway said she per-sonally would not use the Web site becauseit offers an unfair advantage to students wholearn a professor’s exam style before actual-ly taking the test.

“Students are using this to find the eas-ier way to succeed,” Conway said. “Yes,they’re using learning resources, but they’rejust finding a quicker way to get the easy A.”

English professor Marcy Dinius saidshe believes if a service is making moneyfrom students who subscribe, then its goal isnot to aid learning, but only to make a prof-it.

“The founders claim that it’s aboutincreasing the power of social networkingand facilitating learning, and I think if that’sthe case, then make it non-profit,” Diniussaid. “The university itself is a social net-work and we’re not in it for profit, we’re init for learning.”

Dinius said the site seems like a niceexcuse to make a quick buck. She worriesthat CourseHero will become a shortcut forstudents and will get in the way of learning,she said.

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October 20, 20098

BY BRIAN RESNICKStaff Reporter

To make this Halloween more wallet-friendly, the Eating Disorder AwarenessCommittee is holding a costume swap and isdonating money to National Eating DisorderAwareness.

The costume swap will be taking place inTrabant Multipurpose Room B today at 11:30a.m.

Kirsten Diegel, vice president for publicrelations for the Eating Disorder AwarenessCommittee, said when participants bring in alightly-worn costume, they can take anothercostume for free.

Diegel said the idea for the event camefrom other members of the club who did notwant to keep spending money on new cos-tumes every year. She said it doesn’t makesense to keep an expensive costume that youmight never wear again.

“Most people spend between $30 and$60 dollars on a costume,” she said. “Whybuy one when you can switch?”

Diegel said she herself is also lookingforward to saving money.

“I know last year I spent $60 on a cos-tume,” she said. “But this year I want a muchcheaper costume.”

The RSO had a kiosk in the TrabantStudent Center last week to accept donationsfor the swap. Participants who donated weregiven a voucher for a free costume. However,people can come the day of the event todonate or pick up a costume, Diegel said.

Sophomore Lexi Rich handed in a usedEskimo costume at the Trabant kiosk.

“I know I won’t be wearing this costumeagain,” she said. “And I don’t really have themoney to spend on a new costume this year.”

Junior Kevin DiGirolamo was also excit-ed about the costume swap. He saidHalloween is his favorite holiday and the cos-tume swap is a great way to save somemoney.

“College students’ costumes tend to beunique,” he said. “This seems like a great wayto get a great costume.”

However, Diegel said the turnout couldhave been better.

“A lot of people have shown interest, butwe haven’t gotten many costumes yet,” shesaid.

She is hoping that more people will comethe day of the swap to donate costumes.

“We hope people realize they can savemoney by participating in the swap,” Diegelsaid.

Emily Hartline, president of the organi-zation, said if people do not have a costume todonate, they can pay $5 for a costume.

“We will match all money we make anddonate it to National Eating DisorderAwareness,” she said.

National Eating Disorder Awareness pro-vides support for people with eating disordersand promotes knowledge about various dis-eases, Hartline said.

The National Eating Disorder AwarenessCommittee has only been on campus for two

years. A maingoal of the eventis to raise aware-ness that the clubexists on campus,Diegel said.

“It’s hard toattract people to acause where theremight be a socialstigma,” she said.

“A lot ofpeople don’tknow what wed o , ” M e l i s s aBoleslawski, amember of theclub, said.

She saidpeople see theclub’s name andget scared.

“Eating dis-orders are adepressing topic,”Boleslawski said.“This is some-thing fun to getour name out.”

Although the event doesn’t specificallymatch up with the goals of the club, Hartlinesaid Halloween can actually be a good holi-day for body image.

“Halloween is a time when you canbreak out of what you usually look like and be

confident,” she said. Diegel remains confident about partici-

pation in the drive and hopes that students aremotivated by the economically smart idea.

“We hope people realize we are a cluband that they can save money by participatingin the swap,” Hartline said.

THE REVIEW/Brian ResnickThe Eating Disorder Awareness Committee collected costumes inTrabant last week in preparation for today’s costume swap event.

RSO’s costume swap provides inexpensive alternative to buying Halloween attire

Johnson said sometimes studentswill come up to him and speak with himabout messages they disagree with.

“I wouldn’t be doing my job if nostudents got angry,” he said. “For a kidto get belligerent, he has to have issuesgoing on in his life. I’m just represent-ing God, and people can’t fight withGod.”

Originally, Johnson said hepreached in the courtyard in front ofKirkbride, but when he found out theschool is a private institution, he wasasked to stand on the other side of thewall on public property. At otherschools, he said this is not a problemand he is able to stand on school proper-ty or call ahead and let schools know hewill be there.

“The sidewalk is city property, notschool property,” Scott Mason, associ-ate director of student centers, said.“He’s been here for God knows howlong.”

Marilyn Prime, director of studentcenters, said if he was to preach on cam-pus, it would have to be through a stu-dent organization or activity.

Lt. Brian Henry of the NewarkPolice Department said Johnson is notbreaking any laws by preaching on cityproperty.

“There’s no permit needed for pro-tected speech. So as long as he isn’tcausing some type of problem like a dis-turbance, he can stay,” Henry said.

He said he had not heard of anyproblems or formal complaints withJohnson.

Junior Kate Welsh echoed this atti-tude insisting that most students proba-bly do not pay attention to what he issaying.

“You kind of tune him out,” Welshsaid. “I couldn’t tell you one thing he’ssaid. I think he’s completely aware thatno one cares about what he says.”

Despite these student reactions,Johnson said he has had life-changingconversations with students and haseven come to know some students whovisit often enough.

He has also spoken on campus toreligious groups throughout the yearsincluding Campus Crusade for Christ.

“I direct Christian students, theones that are hungry for the Lord, toIntervarsity, Campus Crusades orWarriors for Christ,” Johnson said.

He said he plans on continuing tocome to the university to preach in theyears to come, preaching his main mes-sage, that Jesus is the truth and the life,and that no one can enter heaven, exceptthrough Jesus.

“Believing in the gospel is not likean invitation where you can come or notcome,” he said, “it’s more the onlyhope.”

It is controversial messages likethese that lead students like Michel orWelsh to either not listen or shrug offmany of his comments. Despite someunfavorable student opinions, Johnsonplans on continuing his preaching foryears to come.

“Reaching people of other reli-gions, that is my goal, to convert thewhole school, including you,” Johnsonsaid.

was a priority, but now there is more of aLatino presence in the administration,”Lopez said.

He said he is glad that Latinos are tak-ing bigger roles in society, from newSupreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tothe university’s deputy provost HavidánRodríguez.

“We’re becoming more recognized as agroup, but we have a little ways to go,” hesaid.

Hirsh said the university hopes to makemore progress towards increasing theHispanic community, as well as diversity asa whole. He said the university already hasprograms hoping to encourage minority stu-dents to choose to come to the university.

There are overnight programs, andother minority students call prospective stu-dents after their admittance. Hirsh also saidofficals are trying to reach out to middleschools in Delaware, so that the universitycan reach prospective students and givefamilies guidance on preparing their chil-dren to go to the university.

“My hope is we’ll see larger amounts ofapplicants from not only minority groups,but from different economic groups,” hesaid.

Both Lopez and Piñón would like to seethe university do more to reach out toHispanic students. Lopez said he wouldlike to see more work done in the communi-ty, especially in Wilmington, where there isa large Latino presence.

“The outreach has to be there to helpsupport families that haven’t dealt with col-lege admissions before,” Piñón said.“Students of color need to know UD is pos-

sible for them, even if they aren’t the major-ity population in college.”

She said that the university has beenvery supportive to Lambda Pi Chi and theNational Association of Latino FraternalOrganizations, of which she is also presi-dent.

“The support is out there, and when wesought support, we got it,” Piñón said.

Latino Heritage Month was first estab-lished in 1988 under former PresidentReagan, after President Lyndon B. Johnsoncommissioned one week to celebrate Latinoheritage in 1968. Latino Heritage Monthofficially begins on Sept. 15, when manyLatino countries declared their independ-ence. Officially, the month ended Oct. 15,but on-campus events will continue intoNovember.

Latino Heritage Month will culminateat Fiesta Latina, an event on Thursdaywhich will have a band, food and dancing.

Both Piñón and Lopez were pleasedwith the turnout at the opening ceremony,and both are expecting a good turnout toFiesta Latina.

Piñón said she sees Latino Heritageproviding new students, especially fresh-men, an opportunity to meet people fromsimilar backgrounds. She thinks that theuniversity has provided a lot of resourcesfor Hispanic students, and it is up to the stu-dents to take advantage.

“There’s always more that can be done,but I personally see the university reachingout,” Piñón said. “Students need to reachout to get that help.”

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ineffective in that we couldn’t get asolid group of people who were ableto take on the big projects that SGAwants to do.”

The restructured senate consistsof two representatives from each ofthe seven colleges, appointed by thedean of the college. In future years,the student body will be able to votefor the representatives from their col-lege, Bonham said.

Deans appointed the membersthis year because the changes weremade over the summer, too late forthe college representatives to beincluded in the April elections, shesaid.

In addition, 10 members areselected by the SGA officers throughan interview process, and the GreekCouncil, Multicultural Council,Resident Student Association andclub sports each appoint a member aswell.

SGA still encourages RSO pres-idents to attend senate meetings, butthe presidents will no longer havevoting privileges.

The organization also eliminatedits executive board, transferring mostof the board’s duties to the senate. Inprevious years, the board, appointedby the officers, made most of thedecisions, Bonham said.

“The RSO presidents came upwith some ideas, but it was not asfused as we wanted it to be and theydidn’t really know the things we wereworking on and the things the admin-istration was working on,” she said.

Bonham said the new systemwill give students more of a voice andmake senators more accountable totheir constituencies. SGA retainedsome appointed seats as a way toensure continuity from year to year,she said.

“Even if you were to dream upthat those 10 would do everything theofficers want to do, that’s not enoughto swing the vote,” Bonham said.“We’re trying to make sure we have asmooth transition from year to yearand make sure to upkeep the long-term visions that we want to have.”

The six SGA officers, who rantogether in April on the Blue Partyticket, have made reforming SGA apriority, in part because of criticismthat the organization didn’t representstudents.

“We heard that people weren’t

satisfied with how they were repre-sented, so that was a big project wewanted to take on this year, how tostructure SGA better to better reflectthe interest of students,” Bonhamsaid.

The changes were suggested bythe outgoing officers last year, shesaid.

Bonham hopes that increasingthe number of elected positions bringsmore interest to the annual elections,which suffered from low turnout lastyear.

Ninety-six students voted in theelection last semester, which saw onlyone uncontested race. The electionwas first announced to the studentbody by a UDaily press release theday before voting took place, and stu-dents could not see a list of candidatesuntil logging in to vote.

“I don’t think there was a con-scious decision not to promote it, Ijust think there was never a decisionto actually go out there and promoteit,” outgoing president TeaganGregory said after the election.

This year’s election will be pro-moted more, Bonham said.

“There are so many more peoplewho are going to be running in theelection, we’re going to be able topush it as a much bigger thing,” shesaid.

The changes to SGAalso expandthe pool of students eligible to run foran officer position. Last year, only the14 executive board members couldrun. Now, any senator is eligible.

“We’re going to have a lot morecompetition and a lot more debate,”Bonham said. “I think the electionthis year is going to be a lot differentthan it has been in previous years.”

In addition to restructuring thestudent government, SGA is petition-ing state transportation officials for acrosswalk on Cleveland Avenue andworking with the UniversityBookstore to encourage professors tosubmit their Spring Semester bookorders in time for students to sell theirbooks back at the highest price possi-ble. The organization is also hosting aleadership conference for high schoolstudents next month.

SGA holds biweekly senatemeetings, open to the public, at 5 p.m.Tuesdays in Gore 104. On weekswhen the senate does not meet, thefive SGA committees hold meetings.

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THE REVIEW/Josh ShannonThe SGA senate now has representatives from each of the seven colleges.

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yoUDon’tSay:Natalie Carillo,Photography Editor:“I thought that senioryear was supposed to bestress-free — the besttime of your life. Thenwhy am I so stressed outall the time?”

Claire Gould, CopyDesk Chief:“Someone should makea reality television showabout all of the commo-tion that goes on withincollege newspapers. Itwould be really greatentertainment.”

Lydia Woolever,Editorial Editor:“What happened to fallthis year? It wentalmost straight fromautumn to winter inbarely any time. It’sfreezing, and I wantIndian Summer!”

Web site not acting as a hero for university studentsCourseHero.com’s copyrighted postings are illegal and should not be utilized

CourseHero.com is a new Web site that allows stu-dents to access exams and homework for their classeswithout university consent. Content may include materi-als copyrighted by university faculty, and professor con-sent is currently not neededfor its promotion. Therefore,the site’s services areimmoral and should not beutilized by university stu-dents.

In order to receive freemembership, students mustupload 40 documents for afour month membership orpay $6.95 a month forunlimited homework solu-tions, exam questions andtextbook searches.

However, most of thesematerials are consideredintellectual property, whichraises legality issues. Theuniversity is currently creat-ing a template for professors

to use to ask the site to take down their materials.Professors should visit the site and search for any

posts of their past tests or texts. They should also com-plain and the material should be removed. Copyright laws

are in place for a reason andshould not be violated.

At the same time, studentsshould be utilizing their timein the classroom, their notesand the textbooks to whichthey are assigned. College isexpensive enough as it is, stu-dents on a budget should notbe paying additional costs forthe information they canreceive by simply going toclass.

Overall, it comes down tothe legality of the issue over itsmorality. Web sites like thisshould not exist as they onlyfunction to weaken studentstudy processes and reducethe importance of education.

Letters to the Editor

The Student GovernmentAssociation has begun a plan ofrestructuring after public distressover last year’s election. The SGAsenate, previously made up of allregistered student organization pres-idents, now consists of 28 members,elected or appointed for a year-longterm.

Concerns over unopposed andunder-promoted elections, as well asminiscule voter turnout, were raisedlast year. These changes to the SGAin an attempt to make it more repre-sentative of the student body willhopefully prove an adequateresponse.

The restructured senate consistsof two representatives of each of theseven colleges, appointed by thedeans of each college. In futureyears, the student body will be ableto vote for the representatives fromtheir respective colleges.

With a student body of approx-imately 15,000, the need for anaccessible, proactive, fair and bal-anced student government is clear.Undergraduate students should feelconfident they are being representedby SGA executives they choose andwho understand their interests. It isabout time for a change to be made.

Having a representative fromeach college is a positive step inmaking sure the needs of differentstudents are met. Broadening thespectrum of student involvementwill hopefully make the SGA morerelevant to students who in the pasthave often viewed it as a rarely-understood entity.

Since the newly-organized stu-dent senate has been put into effectwithin an election year, universitydeans appointed its members. Whilethis action may have been necessaryfor this year, the future election of

these student senate members mustbe one of SGA’s highest priorities.

Many universities across thecountry hold massive campaigns fortheir student politicians, rallying,debating and actively involving stu-dents in all aspects of elections. Foran institution of higher learning tolack a true election process goesagainst the values of fair electionand democracy that we as a commu-nity hold in highest regard.

The SGA should also make sureto publicize these and futurechanges, making it a priority to letstudents know how they are adapt-ing under the new structural system.

While these changes are posi-tive, they are long overdue. The stu-dent body should remain aware ofthe problem that previously plaguedSGA and become more involved inthe more easily accessible governingsystem that is now in place.

SGA revamp necessary for university, student voiceAfter criticism, Student Government Association takes the appropriate steps

Gay Rights, the American WayFive bills that greatly affect

gay and transgender citizens arebefore the U.S. Congress. Onewould topple the so-called Defenseof Marriage Act (DOMA), whichbans federal recognition of same-gender marriage even in stateswhere it is legal.

Another would prohibit anti-gay and anti-transgender discrimi-nation in the workplace. Anotherwould allow foreign same-genderspouses of American citizens thesame immigration rights as bina-tional heterosexual couples.Another bill would allow gays toserve openly and without lying inthe military. Another would protectfrom hate crimes.

These five bills representrights so basic they are taken forgranted by heterosexualAmericans. Far from the sinistermotives our opponents impute tous, we who are gay and transgen-der American citizens only want tomarry and live with our spouses, tobe employed, to serve in the mili-tary and to be safe from hatecrimes. This is that frightening GayAgenda of which we have allheard.

Put even more succinctly, theGay Agenda is simply this:equalrights in every state. Sounds prettyAmerican to me.– Douglas Marshall-Steele, MiltonDE

Healthcare costs are a concernfor all

I was both scared and out-raged today to receive a noticefrom Aetna Medicare that it is nolonger offering its Golden ChoiceRegional Standard Plan for seniorcitizens and disabled persons inDelaware. We have until Dec. 31 tofind another option. The notice toseniors and disabled didn’t evenhave the decency of an explana-tion.

The Delaware Department ofInsurance said they had receivedhundreds of calls today.

I am a UD junior, a 63-year-old Baby Boomer with heart dis-ease and Parkinson’s disease livingon a fixed income and an ADA stu-dent.

President Obama had recentlyhinted at eliminating the Medicare‘Advantage’ options but I neverthought insurance companieswould dump us so fast. This is amedical and financial crisis.

Is this what the Obama health-care plan is offering up for those ofus seniors and disabled Americanswho have fixed incomes?

Obviously I am not the onlysenior citizen or disabled studentwho is concerned about how ourhealthcare benefits are going downwhile costs are rising.– Kenneth Adams, Class of 2011

Parents Weekend performance ahoax

Recent coverage by TheReview and the promotional mate-rials sent by the University to par-ents for Parents and FamilyWeekend would have led one tobelieve that Colin Quinn was theheadliner for the show performedon Friday, October 9 at the BobCarpenter Center.

Turns out Colin was just anopening act — a fast 15-minute setand he was gone.

The "headliners" were TV-Oddity Kathy Kinney — Mimifrom the Drew Carey sitcom— andChip "the unknown improv comic"Esten, who got top billing, doing45 minutes of "Whose Line Is ItAnyway"-style comedy.

Maybe my son and I shouldhave "invested" our time and enter-tainment dollars more wisely with"Ghosts (& History) on theGreen?"- Guy VanderLek

Country panics over media maniacs.If you missed the international media sen-

sation that was Balloon Boy — as the mediaso wittily named him — this past week, let megive you a brief overview of what went down.

A family of five, headed by an obviouslymedia-whoring father, with apparent angermanagement issues and the vocabulary of afourth-grade child just introduced to vulgarity,took the country for a quick trip to crazy townand fooled us all along the way.

Richard Heene, a Z-list reality TV starand aspiring storm chaser, built a homemadehelium weather balloon in the backyard of hisColorado home. On Thursday afternoon,Falcon (yes, Falcon), his 6-year-old son,allegedly snuck into the aircraft right before itgot unhooked from the backyard and floated7,000 feet above the ground. For hours follow-ing, total hysteria ensued.

For almost an entire day, people legiti-mately thought that a child’s life was in imme-diate danger. Colorado Army National Guardeven sent a UH-58 Kiowa helicopter and waspreparing to send a Black Hawk UH-60 to tryand save the little boy from plummeting to the

ground. CNN and almost every other news entity

in the country devoted complete coverage ofongoing newscasts to monitoring the situationunfolding in Colorado.

Luckily for the boy and his family, Falconwas never in the balloon during its flight overColorado. Instead, he was hiding in the attic ofthe family’s garage, apparently scared that ifhe appeared he would getin trouble for unhookingthe balloon in the firstplace.

So the story ends,right? Wrong. TheHeenes weren’t about togive up their thirdattempt at fame– theyhad appeared on twoepisodes of ABC’sWifeSwap and oftenposted videos onYouTube, includingsome of their sons rap-ping expletives while playing on train tracks.The parents of the year began a massive mediaassault once the child was found unharmed.

Without continuing to perpetuate theirsorry attempt at fame, let’s just say that theirmedia circuit included Falcon vomiting onlive television and a confession on Larry KingLive by the tyke that the family specificallytold him not to reappear once the balloon was

set free to create content “for the show” .Busted. Later on, news broke that the

father of little critter called local television sta-tions before dialing 911 to report that his sonwas sailing away in a homemade flying saucercompletely alone. Local law enforcement atfirst denied any foul play but then recountedtheir stance, officially announcing that aninvestigation into the hoax would be made.

Charges are expectedto be made tomorrowat which time, it hasbeen reported, the fam-ily will surrender them-selves to police.

Bravo, Heenefamily. Shame on youAmerica for allowing aUFO conspiracist,amateur weather track-er to manipulate themedia to the extent thathe did. Glorification ofa possibly life threaten-

ing accident involving a 6 year-old caused theNational Guard to waste thousands of dollars,thousands more to be spent on media cover-age, and all to actualize the dreams of aderanged man whose sole goal in life is tomake it on TV.

Well Mr. Heene, you made it, and havejoined the ranks of all-time infamous mediahoaxes in the process. I can only hope your

family receives the therapy it so clearly needs,and you are able to reevaluate your prioritiesin time to save your children from a fate youmight soon meet, one that includes jail-time.

I’m not one to climb atop a high horseand claim that I’m above a wacky story, orintellectually superior to the sensationalismthat too often engulfs American mass media,but in this case, a line really needs to be drawn.

Balloon Boy may have been a newswor-thy story, but was it worth the massiveamounts of attention it received, hoax or nohoax? How many average Americans canname a single other news story from lastThursday? How many viewers were able tosift through the onslaught of Balloon Boy cov-erage and read the news ticker below as itread, Supreme Court Justice Ruth BaderGinsburg was hospitalized, British PrimeMinister Gordon Brown announced that hewill send more troops to Afghanistan, or that aTaliban attack in Pakistan killed 39?

Broadcast news looks for viewers, just asprint looks to entice readers. We as the audi-ence need to reevaluate our appetites when itcomes to news stories in order for the media tofocus on issues that actually matter, rather thanmedia hoaxes schemed up by a creepy mad-man from Colorado. Haley Marks is an editorial editor for TheReview. Her viewpoints do not necessarilyrepresent those of The Review staff. Pleasesend comments to hmarks@udel.edu.

Students take extreme measures toincrease their productivity and grades.

These days, it’s hard to tell who is andwho isn’t on Adderall when they’re studying.I have to wonder as I look around the libraryor in the coffee shops on Main Street whomight have popped a few milligrams of the“wonder drug” in order to sacrifice food,sleep and normal social behavior to work forhours upon hours.

I’ve never taken Adderall, though, and Iplan on graduating in May with my “AdderallV-card” still intact, so to speak.

We all know Adderall is practically tooeasy to come by. Despite it being a prescribedmedication, it takes way less than six degreesof separation to find someone to score you afew pills without breaking the bank. It seemslike Generation Rx is becoming an increas-ingly more appropriate title for us.

When I graduated high school in 2006,Adderall was something associated only withkids who had Attention Deficit Disorder andAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Ibarely knew anything about the medicationexcept that it was often over-prescribed and

that one of my best friends took it for herADD.

When she was on Adderall, all our otherfriends knew instantly. Her mood swings, sul-lenness, loss of appetite and ability to write aten-page paper in one sitting (without gettingup for breaks) were telltale signs.

Besides that, I knewreally nothing about it.Because it was prescribed, Iconsidered it a pretty heavyduty drug —something onlyfor those who actuallyneeded it.

Maybe I was beingnaïve, but I was shockedwhen I started hearing sto-ries of students at the uni-versity taking Adderall tostudy, cram and completeridiculous amounts of workon time.

Around the middle ofmy freshman year, thosekids were few and farbetween— just rumors ofkids on my floor scoring a few pills to man-age their work during midterms. It was stillsomewhat difficult to get the pills, then.

Gradually though, more and more peopleI knew either tried Adderall to study or start-ed using it on a daily or weekly basis. It was-n’t a hushed topic anymore, but rather some-thing people whispered about when they were

asked how they studied for three tests andwrote two papers in 48 hours time. It wasspoken about pretty matter-of-factly, as if itwere a normal and expected response to tack-ling so much schoolwork.

My question is: how did our generationstart feeling so much pressure to take on

more work than we can natu-rally manage and why do wefeel like we have to take on somuch all the time?

Is it because of the non-existent job market and thecompetition that it createsamong us for jobs when wegraduate? Do we all feel likewe need to go above andbeyond our peers and take onmore schoolwork, extracurricu-lar activities and resume-builders than we can conceiv-ably handle?

I feel like now, more thanever, an absurd amount of pres-sure has been placed on ourgeneration. Not only do we

have a failing economy looming over ourheads like a huge, tempestuous cloud, but theconcepts of success and financial security arebarraged at us on a daily basis.

The societal pressures placed upon us aresuffocating, at times — especially for those,like me, who are approaching graduationmuch too quickly.

What happened to good old-fashionedtime management? You know, that ancientconcept reinforced to us when we were butwee tikes in elementary school?

I’ll tell you what happened. As soon aswe realized what we were up against in thereal world, time management and normalworkloads were replaced by shear panic tobuild up our resumes and take on as muchwork as possible to “help us get ahead.”

I’ve definitely succumbed to the pressureand have had many a near meltdown over myfuture as an aspiring journalist. I’ve sacrificedsleep and gotten over my hatred of coffee,just so I can take on more work.

Take right now as an example: it’s 12:19a.m., the night before, well, morning beforethis column is due.

To get into the health risks of abusingAdderall to study is a whole other issue that Iwon’t even begin to go into detail with in thiscolumn. The point is, that while it’s definitelyimportant to succeed academically, there’sonly so much we as students can put on ourplates and we (myself included) have to stopbringing the stress and enormous workloadupon ourselves. We’re only in college.Popping pills just isn’t worth it.

Maddie Thomas is the executive editor of TheReview. Her viewpoints do not necessarilyrepresent those of The Review staff. Pleasesend comments to mtthomas@udel.edu.

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BY HILARY KARPOFFStaff Reporter

With the debut of the movie version of Maurice Sendak’sbeloved “Where the Wild Things Are” hitting screens aroundthe country, people of all ages are being happily transportedback into their childhood memories of Max’s — and maybetheir own — wild rumpuses.

Director Spike Jonze’s adaptation of the 1963 classicchildren’s picture book — which is a mere 40 pages and 340words long — into a feature-length film, may seem hard toimagine, but it continues Hollywood’s longstanding practiceof making children’s books into feature films, going back toDisney’s 1936 release of “The Adventures of Pinocchio,”originally a book by Carlo Collodi titled “Le avventure di

Pinocchio.”These adaptations always have a positive impact on

young readers, according to children’s librarian Lisa Beamer,a children’s librarian at the Newark Free Library.

“Actually, it doesn’t matter if it’s a child’s book or anadult’s book,” Beamer says. “Any time they turn a book intoa movie, we see a big resurgence in people’s interest in thebook, and we always have to buy additional copies. We canexpect that we are going to get more reserves on a book, so wealways have to make sure that we have plenty of copies onhand.”

Often, Beamer says, the public’s curiosity is piquedbecause they’re curious about how the book will translate.

“I think most people expect that what Hollywood doeswith a book is not necessarily going to be exactly like how thebook is, and sometimes it’s very, very different, or there’s a lotthat’s left out,” she says. “The nice thing is that it makes peo-ple interested. Sometimes you might disagree with whatthey’ve done, but at the same time it’s nice that people are tak-ing an interest in the book.”

Martha Buell, a professor of early childhood education atthe university, agrees.

“If you see the movie first and then read the book, peopleoften like the book just as much,” Buell says. “So, I think thatmaybe there’s something about [the fact that] once we cometo a decision about how things are in our mind [it’s hard tochange that], but if you see the movie and then read the book,you apprise what you know from the movie to the book inyour mind’s eye.”

While it’s sometimes hard to keep movies true to thebooks that inspire them, Buell says there are instances whereit can be done, and that staying true to the source is easier withpicture books like “Where the Wild Things Are” and “Cloudywith a Chance of Meatballs.”

“Often books are much more evolved if it’s a chapterbook; if it’s a picture book, the movie’s often much moreevolved than the book,” she says. “There’s really not a wholelot of plot in a picture book, but once you get into a chapterbook that actually has a long narrative arc, there’s usuallythings that happen that they don’t get exactly right when they

make a movie, even when they’re trying to be true to thebook.”

Whether these movies are true to their books or not, theytend to have a strong box office draw, and become top sellersand rentals. Sophomore Tyler Waad, who works at the CollegeSquare Blockbuster store, says he always notices how popularthese movies are immediately following their release asDVDs.

“Movies that come out based on books in general tend tohave a lot of hype around them,” Waad says. “If there’s a bookout there popular enough to make it into being a movie, a lotof people have heard of it and a lot of people are excited aboutit.”

The release of “Where the Wild Things Are” brings backstrong memories of the book for him.

“I remember that book from my childhood, I remember itvery vividly. It must have been read to me like 100 times,” hesays. “I’m definitely going to have to rent it when it comes outhere.”

For Junior Claire Macdonald, fall break was the perfecttime to see “Where the Wild Things Are” because it provideda day off to take a trip down memory lane.

“I’ve heard really good things about it,” Macdonald says.“I heard it was emotional, I feel like it will bring me back tomy childhood, and it’s a good opportunity to see it with myfamily.”

An elementary education major specializing in specialeducation, Macdonald says she sees movies as an especiallypowerful medium for translating children’s books.

“I think that presenting stories in different forms ofmedia, anything, helps to promote children’s desire to be edu-cated,” she says.

Thinking of her future as a teacher, she realizes that it isvital to get children to enjoy reading in any way possible.

“I think that by a child knowing that there’s a movie outabout a book, it will definitely help them to become moreinterested in it, or even, I guess it works both ways,”Macdonald says. “It will make a child want to see a moviemore if they read the book and it will make a child want toread the book if they’ve seen the movie.”

BY MARINA KORENAssistant News Editor

This year, store-bought Halloween cos-tumes are likely to run upwards of $50. But tosave her wallet from damage — and to make alittle pocket change — one student is teamingup with her sewing machine to create customdesigns for a reasonable price.

Junior Amanda Taylor started Taylor’sTailoring as a project for her economics ofentrepreneurship class. The assignment was tostart up a business of any kind, and a tailoringservice made sense because she already knewhow to sew, Taylor says.

The business has proved profitable, shesays, earning her about $60 dollars per week-end. She has found that she is profiting moreoften than breaking even.

“I didn’t spend much at all because Ialready have a sewing machine and threadsince I’ve been sewing for a long time,” Taylorsays. “Some of my clients bring their own fab-rics, so that helps a lot. I made a ninja costumeout of two shirts that cost only $7, and I chargedthe client $30.”

To figure out how much to charge herclients, Taylor says she looks up pricing at localtailors and cuts the price in half. A flare-to-skinny jean transformation costs $10, customHalloween designs range from $20 to $30, andalterations cost between $5 and $10.

Taylor, who has been sewing clothes andcostumes since she was 10 years old, credits heraunts for teaching her how to sew.

“I used to go to their house and they’dteach me little things,” she says. “I got reallyinterested so I just kept going with it.”

When Taylor was younger, she says shewould help her mother create Halloween cos-tumes, ranging from spiders to pumpkins.Later, she altered clothes for herself.

“I would usually buy lots of stuff that’s toobig and then sew it to fit me,” Taylor says.

“I’ll change necklines and take sleeves off,depending on what I want it to look like.”

Taylor advertised her business by postingfliers in residence halls and creating a Facebookpage. She invited her friends to become fans ofthe business, who then told others about it. Shesays word spread successfully, and the ads andfan page have garnered her 15 clients.

After receiving invitations for the Taylor’sTailoring Facebook page, juniors SamanthaPenta and Karen Benavidez came to Taylor forcostumes for Swing UD’s annual Halloweendance. The girls wanted period piece ghost cos-tumes, complete with corsets and dramaticsleeves. Penta and Benavidez provided thematerials, which included yards of gray fabricand lace.

“We had an idea about what kind of cos-tumes we wanted, but we didn’t think we’d findthem in stores,” Penta says. “So we came toAmanda.”

Benavidez has never bought a Halloweencostume, always opting to make it herself or tohave it made, she says.

“Halloween stores are expensive, and thisis really reasonably priced,” Benavidez says.“$30 for an entire costume — custom made —is pretty good.”

Sophomore Laura Sears turned to Taylor’sTailoring for her costume after seeing a flier forthe business in her residence hall. Taylor creat-

ed a ninja costumefor Sears, whosays she was satis-fied with the wayit turned out. Thecostume only costSears $30.

“It’s half theprice it wouldhave been if I’dordered it online,so I was reallyexcited about it,”Sears says.

Sears saysshe may enlistTaylor’s help inthe future if sheneeds an originaldesign for a cos-tume for eventshosted by theAnime Club.

Junior Melanie Walter has known Taylorsince the fourth grade, when they attended ele-mentary school together, but says she had noidea Taylor could sew. When Walter receivedthe invitation to the Facebook page, she con-tacted Taylor about a pair of pants that neededmending. It cost only $4 to fix the pants, and thefinished product turned out very well, she say.

“I would recommend Amanda because sheis as good as she says,” Walter says. “Shesewed a pair of pants that had holes in theseams of the leg and it turned out great. Herbusiness is a good resource if I ever need anyaltering in the future.”

Taylor, who is majoring in marketing,recently picked up a minor in entrepreneurialstudies because she wants to eventually openher own business.

“I’ve always thought about doing some-thing like this and just jumpstart it with a proj-ect,” Taylor says. “I’m not sure exactly what itwould be yet, because I like to cook a lot too, soprobably something along those lines.”

While she has made several costumes forherself in the past, Taylor’s focus for the monthof October is designing custom madeHalloween costumes for her clients.

“So far everyone’s loved what I’ve madefor them,” she says.

When bedtime stories become box office hits

Amanda Taylor charges $10 to change flared jeans into skinny ones.

Student takes her pasttime andstitches together tailoring business

The book “Where the Wild Things Are” has only 340 words.

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BY ALEXANDRA DUSZAKManaging Mosaic Editor

They’re everywhere — in front of Sharp Lab, behindBrew Ha-Ha! and on the porches of South Chapel Street.Chances are, you’re passing by one right now.

Road bikes — more specifically, fixed-gear bikes —are all over campus this fall.

A fixed-gear bike is one where the rear gear is fixedonto the wheel so that if the wheels are turning, the pedalswill move. There’s no way to coast, which requires the riderto pedal at all times, says John Zerhusen, a senior at the uni-versity and an employee at Wooden Wheels in NewarkShopping Center.

“It’s a different way to ride,” Zerhusen says. “It’s anew, fun, interesting way to ride that’s not just steeringaround. You can slow down with your pedals, speed up withyour pedals.”

Fixed-gear bikes, or “fixies,” demand a lot from theirriders — a biker needs strong legs and knees to ride one,especially on hills, says Arthur Wicks, president of the UDCycling Club.

“The big problem with it is you get a lot of people whodon’t know what they’re doing,” Wicks says.

Although Zerhusen has plenty of experience with bicy-cles — he has worked in bike shops since high school andowns three bikes, one of which he sometimes converts to afixed gear — he’s still managed to have a mishap or twowhile riding.

“When you turn, there’s a pedal that’s always going tobe close to the ground,” he says. “The one time I crashed,my pedal bottomed out on the ground and flipped me over.”

Despite the danger of fixed gears, there’s an undeniableconvenience to having a road bike: they’re one of the fastestways to get around campus. The bicycle frame, typicallymade of steel or aluminum, is lighter than the frame of amountain bike, and the narrow wheel treads mean that eachpedal stroke takes the rider further.

Christopher Rooney, a freshman chemistry educationmajor, says he has found his bike to be especially valuablenow that he’s at school.

“I use it for everything here,” Rooney says. “If I forgotto bring it or just hadn’t thought to bring it, I would’ve hadmy dad mail it to me.”

It seems many students have the same mentality.Although bicycles have long been a popular means of trans-portation for university students, senior Dan Buhse sayshe’s noticed a lot more bikes around Newark this fall in gen-eral.

“You go to the library and it’s really hard to get a spot,”Buhse says. “I feel like it’s at an all-time high right now.”Buhse says he found the speed factor of road bikes particu-larly appealing.

Road bikes can often become something of a conversa-tion piece. Ali Lambert, a sophomore biology major, rides aCondor, an Italian bike which she got from a friend whopurchased the bike at a yard sale in Alabama. After herfriend purchased the bike, she realized it was too big for her

and gave it to Lambert.“I feel like if you have one that’s a classic,

everyone wants to talk about it,” says JulieBrask, a senior civil engineering major who ridesa Schwinn Caliente. “It’s kind of like a car.Everyone’s pretty proud of theirs.”

Buhse rescued his first road bike from thegarbage, and had one other bike before his dadgave him his old 1981 Fuji Monterey. Buhse hasmade the bike his hobby — he’s changed thehandlebars, tires and rims, and recently spent$90 on a new bike seat.

“It’s leather,” Buhse says. “It’s kind of likea Birkenstock for your ass.”

Different parts of bicycles can easily beremoved and reattached, something Buhse fore-sees having to do with his leather bike seatbecause of the rainy Delaware weather.

“They’re all like interchangeable compo-nents,” he says. “It’s kind of like Eli Whitney’sgun thing. They’re all made basically the sameway, unless it’s like a French bike.”

New road bikes can cost $1,000 or more, butfor college students, hitting up craiglist or theirparents’ basement is a much more popular way toget their hands on a road bike. Buhse andRooney both ride their dads’ old bikes, and Brask purchasedhers on craiglist for $50.

“If you have even the slightest idea of what a bikemight be worth, it’s really easy to find good deals there,”Brask says. “People have these bikes in their garage thatthey bought in the ‘70s and they’ve just been sitting in theirgarage ever since then.”

Zerhusen sees a lot of customers coming into WoodenWheels looking to upgrade the older bikes they’ve pur-chased. He says spray paint is one of the most popular andeasy ways to give an old bike a new look.

Although Wooden Wheels and other bike stores sellattachments like racks and baskets, Brask typically uses herbackpack to carry whatever she needs.

“If I’m just going to the supermarket to get one bag ofgroceries, I’ll ride my bike,” she says. “Last year, I wanteda pumpkin and I didn’t have a car yet, so I just put thispumpkin in my backpack and was riding home with it.”Biking alongside traffic isn’t always easy or safe, whichBrask finds frustrating.

“There’s nothing illegal about riding a bike on a road,but at the same time, people in cars are incredibly mean tobicyclists,” Brask says. “They throw stuff at them, try to runthem off the road. They yell at them.”

But on the last Friday of every month, the cyclists gettheir revenge. At 5 p.m., biking enthusiasts from all overNewark meet at Wooden Wheels and ride down Main Streeten masse as part of the Critical Mass Movement, whichoriginated in 1992 in San Francisco as a way to protest howunfriendly the city was towards bikers. It is now an interna-tional movement of bikers peacefully protesting their right

to share the road.The number of cyclists in Newark might seem over-

whelming at that particular time, but Wicks says he firststarted noticing more fixed gear bicycles two years ago,which he attributes to the growth of the hipster culture inNewark.

“There’s been an increase in the hipster culture and partof that is having a fixed-gear bike,” he says.

Zerhusen says he’s noticed that fixed-gear bikes aredefinitely more popular with a certain crowd.

“There is a culture about it,” Zerhusen says. “I don’tknow what it is about bikes that attracts the hipsters. Itmight be old school, retro kind of vibe that fixed gearshave.”

Road bikes are also a popular method of cross training.Lambert, who is on the cross country team, says she and herteammates use their bikes when they need a break from run-ning. Lambert also uses her bike to get to class, fortriathlons — and for fun.

“[A friend of mine] and a couple of guys from the teamrode up to Milburn Orchards,” Lambert says. “We biked upthere and picked apples.”

Road bikes serve a variety of needs for university stu-dents — some use them for exercise and some use them tocommute in a more environmentally friendly way — butone thing is clear: across campus, students are resurrectingold bikes and finding a new hobby and a new connection tothe road.

“I have a car on campus,” Buhse says. “I think I’veused it twice since I’ve been at school. The only thing fuel-ing [the bike] is me.”

Road bikes have narrower wheel treads than mountain bikes.

Vintage bikes spin new wheels

Cyclists turn transportation intohobby and recreation

All Photos THE REVIEW/ Alexandra Duszak

The BQESufjan StevensAsmathic Kitty RecordsRating: PPP 1/2 (outof PPPPP)

In his ninth studioalbum, Sufjan Stevenspays tribute to theB r o o k l y n - Q u e e n sExpressway. Although thealbum takes its title fromthe famed road, it mightbe more appropriate forThe BQE to stand for TheBiggest Question Ever.

Known for his alter-native, soothing and oftenotherworldly sound,Stevens abandons lyricsaltogether on The BQEand takes the next exit fordreamland. Whether or

not this is for thebest is a big ques-tion indeed, asStevens’ lyrics arepoetic and thought-provoking — thehigh point ofStevens’ swirly,trippy dreams.

That said, thelack of lyrics makesthe album the per-fect study sound-track, and with itstracks divided intoa series of inter-ludes and movements, thealbum has a very grown-up, almost classical, feelfor being created by anartist in his mid-thirties.

The second biggest

question ever is this: isThe BQE a better sound-track for studying orfalling asleep?

— Alexandra Duszak,aduszak@udel.edu

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“Where the Wild Things Are”Warner BrothersRating: PPP (out of PPPP)

Max is the wildest thing of all indirector Spike Jonze’s adaptation of“Where the Wild Things Are.” While thatis partly because the beasts are relativelytame, it’s also because of a lively perform-ance by Max Records, who plays theyoung protagonist of the same name.

The movie is a better-than-averageconversion from book to film, but likemany of this genre, it still has problems,and most stem from turning a 10-sentencebook into a 100-minute film. To accom-plish this seemingly impossible feat, thebeasts become considerably more human-ized in order to develop a time-consumingplot. However, the wild things lose theirterrifying animal edge that was so apparentin the book.

The second — albeit minor — prob-lem with the movie is that it switches thejungle-like, vine-filled forest depicted inthe book to a more temperate climate. Indoing so, the film loses the sense of wildadventure that jungles bring.

Max Records keeps the movie ram-bunctious and wild though, by yelling“Woman, feed me!” at his mother, playedby Catherine Keener, and threatening toeat her up. In contrast to his energy, thebeasts look tame, sleeping in a large heaplike a bunch of kittens.

All of the performances were wonder-fully done, but the movie was also punctu-ated by cinematography that is impossibleto dismiss. Beautiful landscapes jump off

the screen, including wild oceans andcliffs, forests and beaches, and a barrendesert inhabited by a lone but huge dog.The indoor scenes are original as well, andsomehow the movie always finds a way totell the story, very literally, from every dif-ferent angle. Max’s boat ride, which makesthe power of the sea readily apparent andvery frightening, is powerfully pho-tographed in a scene strangely reminiscentof the ending of “The Truman Show.”

The wild things don’t “gnash theirterrible teeth” too much, and their “terribleeyes” are vaguely sad and cute. Still, themovie retains a good portion of the book’scharacter. Jonze’s creation stands as a workin itself, and instead of a story about Maxdealing with anger, it becomes a storyabout Max dealing with emotions andresponsibility. Altogether, it’s a beautifuland heartwarming movie.

— Aaron Dentel-Post,adentelp@udel.edu

“Law Abiding Citizen” OvertureRating: P 1/2 (out of PPPP)

“Law Abiding Citizen” is an overlygruesome take on a vigilante thriller.

Gerard Butler plays Clyde Shelton, agenius engineer seeking revenge for thedeath of his wife and daughter. Sheltonwitnesses the murder of his entire family,and when one of the killers gets off oncharges of third degree rather than firstdegree murder, Shelton decides to takematters into his own hands. He declareswar on Philadelphia’s entire judicialbranch, especially Nick Rice (JamieFoxx), the lawyer responsible for the mur-derer’s light sentence.

Foxx’s performance lacks the samedepth and devotion that won him hisOscar in 2005 for “Ray.” This role forFoxx is far from meriting a possible sec-ond Academy Award, and doesn’t deserveany recognition. His shallow acting in“Citizen” makes it difficult to believeanything his character says, while hispompous, I-own-the-room attitude makeshim less than loveable. As for Butler, thisrole is yet another average performance ina mediocre film which pales in compari-son to his previous action roles.

At points, “Law Abiding Citizen”could easily be mistaken for any “Saw”movie, leaving audience members check-ing for the correct theater. This film isnothing but overly violent and pointlesslybrutal, especially in a scene whereShelton hacks away at a cellmate with asteak bone.

At the culmination of the film, theplot makes the leap from dumb to dumberas Shelton’s revenge spirals out of con-trol. Just when the film becomes pre-dictable, the movie takes an absurd twist.The ending is in fact more outlandish thanyou could have guessed. The moviemakes feeble attempts at tackling bigissues such as the justice system andmorality and instead leaves viewers feel-ing nauseated and slightly confused.

The film isn’t completely terrible,however. Most scenes are fairly entertain-ing and a few parts are actually exciting.Ladies will enjoy a back-shot of thehunky Butler’s bare bottom, which, forsome, will justify paying $10.50 for aticket.

Gallons of blood, and missedattempts at witty humor define “LawAbiding Citizen” and should be watchedif there are no other options.

— Lexi Louca, alouca@udel.edu

Funny men get FreakyI Told You I Was FreakyFlight of the ConchordsSub PopRating: PPPP 1/2 (out of PPPPP)

The dynamic duo from New Zealand isback with a new album. Flight of theConchords’ sophomore effort, I Told You I WasFreaky, offers the same good-spirited mockeryand ridiculous antics as their first album.

The songs are original tracks from the TVseries “Flight of the Conchords” about twotwenty-something immigrants from NewZealand living in New York trying to make itbig — delving into their hilariously awkwardtendencies and the trials and tribulations theyhave with the girls they meet along the way.

The songs cover a wide range of subjects,from Bret and Jermaine’s “Sugalumps,” themale equivalent of The Black Eyed Peas’ “ladylumps.” The singers also show their a soft spotwith a ballad tp all of Jermaine’s ex-girlfriends.

“Rambling Through the Avenues of Time”sounds oddly similar to Billy Joel’s “PianoMan.” In the song, Bret sings about a girl heclaims to have met in the streets and the love-at-first sight feelings they experienced.Jermaine is entirely indifferent to the tale Brettells about the love of his life, evident in hisresponse to the song. “So did you get the breador…’Cause I’ve been waiting here with all mysandwich fillings all ready.” At the end of thesong, Bret admits to 95 percent of the songbeing a lie — the only part that was true wasthat he had seen a girl.

Another parody is the boys’ rendition of“We’re Both in Love with a Sexy Lady,” amockery of R. Kelly and Usher’s song “SameGirl.” This song, like many others on thealbum, is essentially sing-songy conversationsbetween Bret and Jermaine. The conversations

are mostly very inconsequential and ordinary,but what makes the song entertaining is the factthat the two would even sing about or say someof the things they do.

The most loveable thing about the boys isthat they are completely incapable of makingrelationships work because they make stupidmistakes or total fools of themselves. But theydo it with grace and melody.

Other tracks warranting a listen include“Friends” and “Too Many Dicks (On the DanceFloor).” Their rhymes are hilarious and eccen-tric. Their tunes are catchy and they make eventhe most mundane situations seem interestingand comedic. One of the best things about theirmusic and the corresponding TV series is thatit’s hard not to imagine what it would really belike spending a regular day with the wackyNew Zealand natives.

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Street Hop Royce Da 5’9 M.I.C./One Records Rating: PPPP (out ofPPPPP)

Royce Da 5’9 carriesover the strength from hisgroup Slaughterhouse’ssummer release onto hisfourth solo album, StreetHop. It’s a full clip ofdeadly ammunition, withRoyce displaying hisrelentless arsenal withoutapology.

Royce is such a for-midable lyricist becausehe sprints out of the gateon every track. DJPremier, who usuallylends a laid back produc-

tion style, offers threebeats on Street Hop,including “Shake This,”in which Royce turns hisferocity on and off with

the flick of aswitch.

Even when theinstrumentals getmore relaxed ontracks like “FarAway,” the DetroitMC is as tough asever. And when heteams up withS l a u g h t e r h o u s emembers on “TheWarriors,” it’s anexample of the highoctane, take noprisoners style that

Royce and his compatri-ots do bar none.

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It’s 2 a.m. and whileyou’re dreaming of living

happily ever after with DavidBeckham, your cell phone vibra-tions wake you and you read thewords, “you should come over.”Now, you can choose to go backto sleep or you can truly “ride” offinto the sunset, or sunrise for thatmatter.

A booty call is the act of calling orcontacting a person for the sole purpose ofhaving sex. Such relationships — based onthese phone calls — usually have no stringsattached, and there is an understandingbetween the individuals that there is noth-ing else between them except the physicalneed for each other. Peter K. Jonason, apsychologist at New Mexico StateUniversity writes, “often people you callin this manner are viewed as attractive andlikeable enough to sleep with, but not tohave a long term relationship with.”

So, when is it considered okay to makea booty call? Both parties need to be

fully aware of exactly where theystand with each other. Each per-

son needs to know the bootycall is nothing more than

that. If there are

expectations on either end or emotionsattached to the act itself, then problems willarise. Regardless of who is making the call,you need to be fair. You need to get it outthere before you put it in there. Honesty iskey.

If you are going to enjoy the experi-ence of a booty call on more than one occa-sion, there are few rules you must abide by.Rule #1: Know your role — you’re a bootycall. If you don’t get a return phone call, textmessage or e-mail, realize they are notavailable. Booty calls aren’t required to

maintain constant contact with you nor arethey required to answer all the “why” ques-tions: “Why aren’t you answering yourphone?” “Why are you out with someoneelse?” “Why can’t we hang out?” Thesequestions get extremely annoying and pos-sibly complicated.

Rule #2: Keep the talking to a mini-mum — there’s no need for in-depth con-versation. If you get asked a stupid question,it will undoubtedly kill the mood and ruinyour chances of scoring that night. Do nottalk about all the problems in your life, likefailing your exam or the shoes you bought

l a s tweek. This issupposed to be fun,not teary-eyed confes-sion time. Talk about howmuch fun you’ve had whenyou’re out with your friends orabout a funny part in a movie or agood joke. The reason you’re hereis because your partner isn’t going tomess up the mood for sex — so playalong!

Rule #3: No sleepovers. There’s noneed to sleep over unless he enjoys morn-ing sex. If it’s that good, maybe you shouldstay up all night. One of the best parts of abooty call is not sharing the bed and nothaving to decide who is sleeping on whatside. Sleeping over requires a special typeof relationship beyond the stan-dard booty call.

Rule #4: This relationshipis based on a sexual understand-ing. The two of you aren’t dat-ing, you’re not meeting hisfamily and you don’t spendholidays together — there’sno need to expect a date fordinner, movies, or coffee.Each person needs to decidewhat is right for herself.

If you feel it is morallywrong to make or take a bootycall, then by all means ignorethe rules. But if you indulgethat late-night text mes-sage, have fun and besafe — and be sure thatyour cell phone is not onsilent.

mediadarlingShe’s the girl most guys drool over,

and the chick girls will call overrateddespite the fact that they can’t deny herattractiveness. She’s all over PerezHilton’s radar, an actress and cover girlfor several magazines — she’s MeganFox.

What is it that keeps the public want-ing more Megan? Well, undoubtedly it’sher sex appeal — let’s be real. Of courseshe keeps the guys interested becauseshe’s hot, and even though the girls mayagree, many won’t praise her for it. Evenso, the world has an interest in what she’sup to.

So what comes after “Jennifer’sBody” for Megan Fox? Well, it seems shehas next year’s work cut out for her. Notonly will she be returning to the role ofMikaela Banes in a third installment of“Transformers,” which begins productionin 2010, but she will also be featured in“Jonah Hex,” a Western to be releasednext June. Even with movie matters aside,we can expect to see a lot more of Megan— quite literally. Megan will soon gracebillboards as Armani’s newest model ofEmporio Armani underwear and Armanijeans.

As for Ms. Fox’s newest undertaking,it involves combining the expected — thecamera loving her (not surprising) — witha little bit of high end Italian fashion.However, we have yet to see how much ofit she’ll actually be wearing, as the ads willrequire her to be scantily clad.

The match is perfect; a job that sym-bolizes all that her image stands for. So,

let’s explore why this would be so.Do we really know Megan Fox for

more than her looks or the obscure piecesof information she’s shared about herself?

She once told GQ, “Olivia Wilde is so sexyshe makes me want to strangle a mountainox with my bare hands.” Okay, then. Foxshould probably stick to scripts and photoshoots.

She will undoubtedly be recognized inthe ads by millions in several countries,and she is no stranger to the camera — it’sher ideal situation. Anyone who’s seenthese ads knows they can get a littlesteamy. Of course for guys, the ads willspur love at first sight. Girls will haveeven more of a reason to call Megan Foxoverrated, while of course searching forher every possible flaw, and secretly envy-ing her looks. Some may try to say she’sharsh looking and not even pretty — justprovocative and frankly, idiotic.

She’s the hot girl in class who is atonce idolized and hated, given the stinkeye or stared at, but always ogled. All shehas to do is exist — guys love her, andgirls love to hate her. Either way, they’llstill be looking. Looks — that’s what shethrives on.

Why is she famous? Because she’shot. What does she have to do to sustainthe star status she’s acquired? Be in morephotographs, while still looking hot. Thelove-hate following she’s acquired keepsher at the center of attention. If this is herway to success — and it seems to be —then Megan Fox isn’t going anywhere fast.

Although, her picture will in fact soonbe going everywhere.

—Jackie Zaffarano, jackiez@udel.edu

17October 20, 2009

Brittany HarmonColumnist

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The skinny onRalph Lauren

Write to columnist Brittany Harmonat bharmon@udel.edu

At one point oranother, most little girlsfantasize about becomingfashion models. The jobseems to be the epitomeof glamour, but with big-time modeling comes cut-throat reality. If youdon’t have the look,the size, the walk, thesmile, the non-smileor even the right nose, you’re gone.

But if a model is lucky, she will have founda designer that sees her as a muse — the man orwoman he keeps in mind as he creates his col-lection. Five-foot-ten, 120-pound FilippaHamilton may have thought she was securewith Ralph Lauren in this way — that is beforethey dropped a bomb on her.

You may recognize this size four, Swedish-French and, needless to say, gorgeous modelfrom several of Ralph Lauren’s ad campaignsover the past eight years. In April 2009, she wasfired.

Despite having been Lauren’s muse and acontributor to the brand’s image for so manyyears, Hamilton lost her job over her weight —an issue that, in almost any other industry,wouldn’t be worthy of attention. With her natu-rally slender yet perfectly healthy modelphysique, Hamilton just wasn’t thin enough.

According to MSNBC’s Web site,Hamilton said in an interview with Ann Curryof “The Today Show” that Ralph Lauren wrotea letter to her agent saying something along thelines of “We’re terminating your servicesbecause you don’t fit into the sample clothesthat you need to wear.” Employed by the brandsince age 15, it comes as no surprise that thenow 23-year old model was affected by thisnews.

When I first read the article, I didn’t quitebelieve that Ralph Lauren thought Hamiltonwas too large for the company’s sample gar-ments. Anyone with eyes would know thatHamilton is tall and thin, and if she’s a size four,she most definitely fits into sample sizes. Ithought perhaps the brand was altering its fit orhad to let her go for other reasons.

A campaign ad for Ralph Lauren had madeits way onto the Internet site BoingBoing.net onOct. 6 that featured Hamilton — or so it seemed.The ad, which had appeared in a mall in Japan,featured a distorted looking girl with Hamilton’shead on her shoulders. The model’s body looksemaciated, with hips more narrow than thewidth of her head.

The company released a statement claim-ing that firing Hamilton stemmed from her“inability to meet the obligations under her con-tract.” In her defense, the model claimed to havebeen “very loyal” to Ralph Lauren, calling thecompany her second family. In response to inex-cusable body image manipulation, Polo RalphLauren claims the image was “mistakenlyreleased” and says it was not the versionapproved to run in the United States. Accordingto the statement, the company says, “We takefull responsibility for allowing this image to runas this is completely inconsistent with our cre-ative standards and brand values.”

Regardless of what country the ad wasintended for, somebody somewhere employedby Ralph Lauren had the thought to make analready thin model look thin to an inhumanextent.

The incident only reinforces negative con-notations associated with apparel brands andadvertising for the superhumanly skinny. In anycase, let’s hope that no Bratz doll-looking girlsbegin roaming the planet because of it.Although... the ad should only have been seen inJapan, right Ralph?

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From horror to hope: filmlooks at genocide aftermath

Patrick Mureithi visited Rwanda four times over a two-month period to shoot “Icyizere: hope.”

BY JORDAN ALLENSenior Mosaic Reporter

A woman named Mama Aline sits withtears in her eyes as she tells how her husbandwas murdered. She says she and her husbandwere in different hiding places when theirneighbors came to kill them. In fear, she let outa scream, and her husband was captured andkilled when he went over to help her.

Jean Baptiste participated in mass killingsin 1994 and was released from prison 2007. Hesays he had no peace and could not eat after theacts he committed. He lived in fear of what hehad done. His wish, he says, is to learn to liveamong the people he wronged and to ask theirforgiveness.

Mama Aline, Jean Baptiste and approxi-mately 20 others were the subjects of a docu-mentary directed, edited and produced byPatrick Mureithi titled “Icyizere: hope.” It out-lines the aftermath of the 1994 genocide inRwanda, a genocide that lasted 100 days andresulted in the deaths of an estimated 800,000to 1 million people. During this time, two eth-nic groups called the Hutus and the Tutsis werepitted against each other by the government,which ordered the Hutus to eliminate all theTutsis in Rwanda.

The film was shown at the university inSmith Hall Tuesday Oct. 13 by the DelawareAfrican Student Association (DASA) and thedepartment of anthropology. The documentaryhighlights the process of reconciliationbetween genocide perpetrators and survivors ina Rwandan town called Gisenyi.

During the speech he gave after the film wasshown, Mureithi said he first decided to makethe film in 2006. He grew up in Kenya and was18 years old during the time of the genocide inRwanda.

“I was concerned with three things: thenational exam, the government and MCHammer,” Mureithi says. “I was oblivious tothe fact there was a genocide going on.”

He says he didn’t hear about the genocideuntil several years later when he was a studentin the United States. He watched a showing of“Ghosts of Rwanda” on PBS which depicts thehorror of the genocide. Mureithi says he was somortified by what he saw he was physicallyunable to move.

“It depressed me that it happened so closeto my home and I had no idea, and the fact thathuman beings were doing this to other humanbeings,” he says.

Though he believes humans are inherentlygood, Mureithi says watching the film aboutthe Rwandan genocide changed his outlook andleft him deeply depressed. About a year later, in

2006, he heard about a group called the AfricanGreat Lakes Initiative, which raises funds andhelps support a program called Healing andRebuilding Our Communities (HROC). Thepurpose of HROC is to take about 20 people,10 from each side of a conflict, and bring themtogether for a three-day workshop that helpsthem deal with their trauma and learn how tohave normal relationships with one anotheragain.

“For me, to see a survivor and a perpetratorwho lived in the same neighborhood whocouldn’t look each other in the face willing totry and rebuild a relationship as neighbors, itgave me a sense of hope,” Mureithi says.

He started filming the documentary in July2007 and spent two and a half years raisingmoney and acquiring footage. He went back toRwanda to film four times over a two-monthperiod and shot 100 hours of footage.

Senior Mfon Umoren, President of DASA,says DASA decided to show the documentarybecause they don’t typically talk about the peo-ple affected by events like genocide or its after-math.

“It’s important to see the community afterthe fact, see how people are trying to helpthemselves, trying to rebuild the community,”Umoren says. “It’s important to see that mov-ing forward.”

Freshman Etambuyu Akapelwa says sheattended the event because she likes to beaware of what is going on in the world. As shewatched the film, she says she thought abouthow many people take things for granted.

“I come from a Third World country but itis a very peaceful country,” Akapelwa says.“You hear about wars and you hear about peo-ple dying but the reality never hits you untilyou actually see stuff like that and hear peo-ple’s stories. It still gets me every time eventhough I’ve seen so many documentaries onthese kinds of things, it still gets me that peoplesuffer that much it just makes you appreciatelife more.”

Mureithi says his main goal is to share thedocumentary with as many people as possible.He showed it at the Rwandan film festival in2008 and 2009, where the audience was appre-ciative, especially of the perspective of a repen-tant perpetrator interviewed in the film.

He says he hopes people will watch the doc-umentary, see themselves as the subjects andtake time to reflect upon their lives — perhapstaking the time to let go of grudges or ask forforgiveness.

“This film is definitely about more than justthe Rwandan story, or even the African story,”Mureithi says. “It’s about the human story.” Students can purchase vinyl records at Rainbow or Wonderland.

Record stores capitalizeon popularity of nostalgia

BY ANNE ULIZIOFeatures Desk Editor

In the not-so-distant past, to dust offan old Jimi Hendrix record and set the nee-dle of the turntable to the record’s ribbedblack plastic with a look of nostalgia wasto seem obsolete and out-of-touch.

The tables have turned — no punintended — and now vinyl sales are grow-ing thanks to some new technology andconsumers’ renewed appreciation for thefull experience of purchasing an album.

John Pyle, who has been an employeeat Rainbow Books & Music on MainStreet for approximately a year and a half,affirms this statistic.

“If you’re into music, there’s thatimportance of the artwork and the visualaspect,” Pyle says.

Catering to multiple senses is onlyone of the myriad benefits of vinyl.

“With a decent turntable, your soundquality will be much better,” he says.“Some [records] are now packaged withdigital downloading coupons.”

Some may be surprised to know thatone can even find USB turntables to hookup to a Mac or PC on the shelves today.

“With the increase in digital sales,there hasn’t been as much of a demand forCDs,” Pyle says. “It’s definitely had aneffect universally.”

However, vinyl sales seem to beimmune to the convenience and popularityof point-and-click online music purchases.

“It’s something tangible, you know,not some ‘binary code’ floating around inyour computer,” he says. “If you take goodcare of your vinyl, it could last forever.”

Chris Avino, the owner of Rainbow,agrees vinyl sales have experienced whathe calls an ìexplosive growthî in the pastthree to four years. Vinyl sales account forabout 15 percent of Rainbow’s overallsales, Avino says.

Avino says record buyers at Rainbowseem to fall into two categories.

“The younger demographic of collegestudents pick up used vinyl because it isthe cheapest way to get old music — youcan find used vinyl here for anywhere fromone to five dollars,” Avino says. “The othergroup consists of the people who used tobuy vinyl, saved it, maybe got rid of it, andnow are moving back to purchasingrecords instead of CDs.”

He also says vinyl will last forever ifproperly taken care of, and that the soundquality of CDs doesn’t even compare.

“Now matter how good your digitalsystem is, there’s always something miss-ing,” Avino says.

Another place to pick up new andused vinyl in Newark is Wonderland,located at the end of Main Street. The flooris dotted with boxes and boxes of new andused vinyl, some of which are quite hard to

come by, says owner DemitriTheodoropoulos.

Theodoropoulos and his wife haveowned Wonderland since 2003, and thestore has been open since 1972. He says heand his wife have always had a taste forgreat music, and as for their media ofchoice: vinyl.

“Records are an event, an experi-ence,” Theodoropoulos says. “You sitdown and listen to the album and get intoit more than you can with a CD.”

Theodoropoulos makes no effort tokeep his preference for vinyl a secret. As amusician himself and as a customer ofWonderland even before he owned it,Theodoropoulos sees vinyl as the musicalmedia that promises of the ultimate audialexperience.

“People used to have records partiesbetween 10 to 15 of their closest friends,”he says. “They’d all just sit around and lis-ten to vinyl all day long. That’s somethingthis generation is missing out on.”

Theodoropoulos and manager JoeRuthig attribute the recent boost in vinylsales to the lack of good music on the mar-ket today and the incomparable soundquality that vinyl offers. They admit tohaving turned away customers who camein to the store looking for Hannah MontanaCDs.

Buying vinyl is sometimes the onlychoice for customers, as some older musicis impossible to find because the vinyl wasnever converted to a digital format, theysay.

Wonderland takes pride in its selec-tion of new and used vinyl, which goesthrough a careful screening process byTheodoropoulos himself. He goes togarage sales and various obscure locationshunting and scouting for decent vinyl. Hesays only about 20 out of every 100records he picks up make it onto theshelves because he won’t sell records hethinks are unworthy.

Theodoropoulos and rest of theWonderland family are so partial to vinyl,in fact, that they plan to phase out CDsfrom their stocks almost entirely in thefuture. The decision makes sense — theinformed customer who believes in theadvantages of vinyl over CDs accounts for65 percent of Wonderland’s annual sales.

The sound quality is essentially whatdrives the preference for vinyl atWonderland.

“The sound is so incredible. There’ssomething almost sterile about the soundof CDs,” Theodoropoulos says. “Andthere’s something almost inhuman aboutthe sound from a turntable. There are fre-quencies that we can’t necessarily hear, butwe can feel. CDs miss those frequenciesentirely,” Theodoropoulos says.

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For a college student, such addictions could be anynumber of vices — partying, Newark Deli & Bagel, jay-walking — but there’s another, more subtle addiction thatKanye neglects to mention which afflicts the male popula-tion — video games. In my house, it’s FIFA,the soccer simulation produced by EASports.

FIFA 10 was released today.Anticipation of the game’s release wasat a fever pitch, and intense binges aresure to be shortly underway. After itwas released in Europe on Oct. 2,FIFA soon became the highest sellingvideo game of all time, moving 1.7million units in its first week. Thegame has over 30 multi-nationalleagues and over 500 teams. There are11 different covers, with specializedtrios of players for the United Kingdom,Australia, Germany, Italy, France,Spain, Poland, Portugal, Russia andHungary. It’s kind of a big deal.

Except in America, right? Heresoccer is met with resistance becauseit’s “their” sport, not ours. Yet, there’snothing more indicative of ownershipthan paying $60 at the mall and walk-ing out with something very real andtangible in your hands — in this case,FIFA 10. And video games truly are

a universal language. With just one Ethernet cable and alittle XBOX Live, a gamer from Newark can link up witha gamer in Japan or one in France. Americans may beresistant to the sport of soccer, but they aren’t immune toFIFA’s allure.

According to a 2007 Harris Interactive poll of childrenages 8 to 18, 23 percent said that they felt “addicted tovideo games,” with 31 percent of males and13 percent of females saying they feltaddicted. Now age those who were 18-year-olds two years, give them the freedom toplay to their heart’s content and see ifanybody in your dorm doesn’t stay gluedto their controller.

I’m not saying video games are anabsolute evil. We need distraction andentertainment to counteract the hourswe pour into studying and the stressthat accompanies worrying aboutgrades. We earn those hours of down-time, and we deserve them. But as isalways the trick with balancing workand play, we need to be mindful ofwhether we place an emphasis on oneor the other.

In the same Harris Poll, DouglasGentile, director of the Media ResearchLab at Iowa State University and thedirector of research for the NationalInstitute on Media and the Family,

differentiates between playing video games a lot and beingaddicted to them.

“For something to be an addiction, it has to mean morethan you do it a lot. It has to mean that you doit in such a way that it damages your life,”Gentile says. “Almost one out of every tenyouth gamers show enough damage totheir school, family, and psychologicalfunctioning to merit serious concern.”

Aside from the immediate spike inplay time, there is likely no serious con-cern on my end toward the amount ofFIFA 10 I see being played by my peers.In fact, it’s probably a fantastic videogame, and I will play as well. But I willalso eat, go to class, sleep, do work, listento music and take part in many other thingsthat present themselves as either necessaryor fun.

So to all those who have been wait-ing for this circled calendar day andalready have FIFA 10 spinning in yourconsole, remember, addiction is a slip-pery slope, and it will slide tackle youfrom behind if you’re not watching.— Ted Simmons, tsim@udel.edu

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What do you thinkof booty calls?

I hate them, and Iget them but they’rereally annoying. Ifeel like it reallyturns you off tosomeone when theygive you a booty callwhen you realizethat that’s all theywant.

— SophiaKauffman, junior

I really don’t know.I think it’s kind oftrashy but I thinkit’s common prac-tice at the sametime. But it’s defi-nitely trashy.

— OwenFrederick,freshman

Compiled by Senior Mosaic Reporter Jordan Allen

I guess it’s pretty nor-mal as college goes Iguess. If I hear one ofmy buddies say it, or ifI even hear a girl say it,it’s not really surpris-ing.

— Carl Woodward,sophomore

Each week in How Bazaar, Mosaic will feature a different component of everyday life that wewouldn’t otherwise have space to cover. This week, entertainment editor Allyson Heisler givessome tips for turning drab dorm walls into seasonal art projects.

For those with a creativespirit, decorating forHalloween can be a funactivity to do with yourroommate and/or suitemates.The question on everyone’smind is ‘How can I afford todecorate if I’m already buy-ing a costume?’ Well, withsome bargain hunting, deco-rating doesn’t have to be for-gotten in the wake of anexpensive costume.

Wal-Mart, Dollar Tree,Five Below and Jo-AnnFabrics are the best places tostart looking.

Several door hangerswith witches, ghosts andpumpkins cost only $2 atWal-Mart and with only a bitof tape, my roommate and Ihave a festive door to dis-play to our floor. My suitem-ate had an even better idea— using a tablecloth from adollar store to decorate herdoor. Although the tableclothwas bigger than the door, she wrappedthe entire door with it and had a fun‘Happy Halloween’ design decoratingher door. We also found cheap card-board posters with paper pumpkinspopping out from the front at the dollarstore.

Five Below also had Halloweendecorations for sale, including

lanterns, spider webs, gravestones,black and orange lights, stuffed animalghosts, pumpkins and skeletons. In thepaper goods section of the store, Ipicked up black and orange streamersfor only 75 cents each. My roommateand I wrapped them around each other,creating orange and black-spiralingstreamers for our walls.

If you would ratherdecorate for the whole fallseason instead of forHalloween, try hitting upJo-Ann Fabrics. They havenumerous items with beau-tiful red, orange and yel-low leaves that you canleave up from the begin-ning of October until justafter Thanksgiving. If youwant to get a head start ondecorating forThanksgiving, try a stringof leaves on your walls oraround the door frame.This will add a burst ofcolor while you study orwhen you walk through thedoor after a long day ofclasses.

Now, if you’re veryambitious, you can makeyour own door design orholiday decorations withconstruction paper, glitter,glue, tape, markers, col-ored pencils or crayons.

Let your imagination run wild withcreativity. Make a graveyard scene, awitch riding a broomstick, or lots andlots of pumpkins.

Of course there’s always the ever-popular jack-o-lantern, but unlike yourcarved out pumpkin, paper decorationswon’t rot and stink up your room comeNov. 1.

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20October 20, 2009

October 20, 2009 21

BY JUSTIN BENNARDOStaff Reporter

Whoop Whoop! It’s the soundof KRS-One! On Wednesday, it wasnot the sound of the police thatbrought fans of Hip-hop music andculture to Mitchell Hall, but theopportunity to hear an industry leg-end speak.

In an event organized by theCultural Programming AdvisoryBoard, recording artist and socialactivist KRS-One, famous for songssuch as “Sound of Da Police,”delivered a thought provoking lec-ture entitled “The Fundamentals ofHip-hop” to a crowded auditorium.

Prior to KRS taking the stage,there was an undeniable nervousenergy among those who hadbraved the inclement weather for achance to hear the hip-hop icondeliver his refreshing brand ofsocial commentary.

Unbeknownst to the generalaudience, however, CPAB organiz-ers began to worry that the lecturewould not be able to begin on timeas KRS, in a move atypical of mostHip-hop artists, had decided todrive by himself from his home inthe Bronx. During the trek he hadbecome lost, but upon his arrivalKRS eased all worries by deliveringhis speach with characteristicwarmth.

Dressed in a crisp, simple out-fit topped by a knit New York Metsskullcap, KRS portrays himself dif-ferently than those familiar with hisiconic status might expect. butrather, as just another unassumingman one might see on the street.KRS did not need the typical statussymbols such as expensive clothingand jewelry one associates with hip-hop artists in order to signify hisiconic status — his message and thecontent of his lecture would suffice.

Years of performing as as MCpaid off have paid off for KRS —when he took the stage at 7:30 p.m.he was in his element in front of thelarge audience.

“This is a historical night, andhere’s why: What we are dis-cussing, the fundamentals of Hip-

hop, is not really discussed in theuniversity environment, the colle-giate environment, the academicenvironment,” KRS says.

KRS was not referring Hip-hopas it might be discussed in the class-room, but rather to the differencebetween Hip-hop and its sistergenre, rap.

“There are hundreds of col-leges offering hip-hop courses,” hesays. “There are thousands of pro-fessors and scholars that teachthem. And they are all wrong! Hip-hop and rap are two different things,rap cannot exist without Hip-hopbut Hip-hop exists without rap.”

KRS says Hip-hop is a back-bone for many other genres.

“Hip-hop is the energy andconsciousness that influences theartistic expression frequently asso-ciated with rap in the forms of rapmusic, break dancing, aand graffitiwriting,” KRS says.

KRS argues that as a result ofHip-hop’s spiritual nature, it is near-ly impossible to understand its truemeaning by examining the historyof the rap genre as many scholarstypically do. To be able to fullyexplore the fundamentals of hip-hop, KRS suggests that one mustlook deeper — past the racial sig-nificance usually associated withthe African-American culture — tothe spirit and beliefs that theessence of Hip-hop embodies.

“You must shed the idea ofrace and instead view yourself as ahuman first to understand hip-hop,”he says. “If I am a human first, Ihave the ability to create myself andmy reality into whatever I want it tobe.”

This level of deeper thinkingand the ability to determine one’sown reality is the true spirit of Hip-hop, KRS says.

It was the disadvantagedAfrican-Americans living in thebleak urban landscape of the 1970sBronx who coupled this philosophywith the developing skill ofrhyming to beat breaks, KRS says.From that creative pairing, rapmusic and culture was born.

Rap began, KRS adds, whenthe philosophy of Hip-hop was putinto use and those with the uniqueskill of being able to rhymedeclared themselves the greatest intheir circles.

“Once you declare greatnessand step into that personality thechange in your outlook creates achange in the environment that youwill be in,” KRS says.

The connection between Hip-hop and rap evolved from these dis-advantaged artists’ ability to willsuccess upon themselves. Theyused their talent with words, theirown greatness and their environ-ment, KRS says.

Viewing Hip-hop in this lightenables KRS to dispel the exclu-sionary beliefs that Hip-hop isexclusive to African-American cul-ture. Instead, he argues that the spir-it of Hip-hop is inclusive to all cul-tures.

KRS is also able to apply hisbeliefs about the spirit of Hip-hopand the ability to change one’s envi-ronment to financial matters.

“You create your wealth withyour perception of your environ-ment,” he says.

He also offered some advice tothe crowd, which was made upmostly of students.

“Start your business now,”KRS says. “And if you want to getrid of your student loans, find a wayto bring money into the universitybecause I guarantee you if you finda way for the school to make moneyor get more funding, you won’tneed student loans anymore.”

KRS advised students tochoose their identity and proclaim itto take advantage of the manyopportunities available to them.

“It’s wake up in the morningand say ‘I am,’ and walk in thedirection of the ‘I am,’ ” he says.“You will notice that doors willopen up for you, the people youneed will come to you because youare being the real you. And this isthe fundamental principal in hip-hop — can you be the real you?”

Rap icon explains Hip-hopKRS-One preaches genre’s philosophy

Rapper KRS-One delivered a thought provoking and ground-breaking perspective on what it means to be part of the Hip-hop culture.

All Photos THE REVIEW/ Andy Bowden

22 October 20, 2009

Rain can’t dampenvolunteers’ spirits

BY ARIF ZAMANStaff Reporter

A bright pink ribbon shinedthrough the rain Thursday after-noon, inviting passersby on theNorth Green in the midst of thetorrential downpour that was lastThursday morning.

The UD Colleges AgainstCancer and American CancerSociety participated in Pink Out,an event held in an effort toincrease campus awareness aboutbreast cancer.

Junior Andrea Fusaro, presi-dent of UD Colleges againstCancer, stated in an e-mail mes-sage that two volunteers from theACS contacted her to set up theevent.

“The idea for the event wasbased upon the hope that we couldget the entire community dressedin pink for a photograph on theNorth Green,” Fusaro says. “Ourintent with the event was to edu-cate people on the topic of breastcancer awareness.”

October is National BreastCancer Awareness Month, and theACS has been working with theNewark Arts Alliance and variousstores on Main Street to helpspread the word. Even CollegeTaxi one of the new pedicab serv-ices in Newark was present on theNorth Green with a pedicab paint-ed pink.

Shawn Gines, an AmericanCancer Society worker at theevent, says event organizers wereplanning on having stands forattendants to line up on and take apicture. However, it wasn’t possi-ble due the muddy grounds of theNorth Green.

While efforts to congregatelarge numbers of participants werefoiled by the rain, many peoplewalking past stopped by to seewhat was going on and to talk withvolunteers. There were even extraumbrellas for those who were leftunshielded from the rain.

Volunteers described theevent as fairly touch-and-go, asthose who stopped by only stayedfor a few minutes due to theweather.

Lois Capone, a retired teacherfrom Mount Pleasant High Schoolwas one of the Pink Out atten-

dants. Capone has been volunteer-ing for the American CancerSociety for many years. She calledvolunteering a year-round commit-ment and not just a handful ofevents scattered throughout theyear.

Fusaro agrees.“Every month we hold kiosks

in Trabant to educate people aboutways to stay cancer free and waysto get involved with the AmericanCancer Society,” Fusaro says.

UD CAC hosts several eventsthroughout the year, includingRelay for Life, which Fusaro saysraised $150,000 dollars last year.

“The event is meant to cele-brate cancer survivors, rememberthose we have lost to cancer, andfight back against the disease,” shesays.

She says these events havehad a visible impact on students’awareness of cancer.

“I think that many studentsare coming to the realization thatthe battle against cancer is stillgoing strong,” Fusaro says.

She also said that the PinkOut last Thursday led to many e-mails from students who wereinterested in the focus of the eventand publishing information aboutit.

Fusaro says she has seen stu-dents around campus wearingshirts made by UD CAC — a signthat more university students arebeing reached by cancer aware-ness organizations.

UD CAC will hold a secondPink Out event on Thursday,Fusaro says, in hopes of drawingthe crowd kept away by the rain.

“I have heard from many peo-ple that had the weather beennicer, they would have came out,so hopefully the rain will disap-pear and allow for us to reach ourgreatest potentials this week,”Fusaro says.

Fusaro says she is expectingabout 80 people to show up, aslong as the weather is decent.

“We work throughout the yearto plan events which incorporatesurvivors and students. We are try-ing to do as much as we can toshow them that the battles theyfought, or are fighting, are in ourthoughts,” she says.

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Did you know?Delaware’s 49-21 victoryover Towson Saturday wasthe Hens’ largest CAA vic-tory since 2007.

Check out our sports blog at www.udreviewchickenscratch.blogspot.com

BY EMILY NASSISports Editor

Coming off a combined 20-5 record in the 2008-09 season, the Delaware men’s and women’s swimteams are looking to repeat their performances thisseason and make their presence known in the CAA.

“Last year we had the perfect season, with theexception of injuries,” head coach John Hayman said.“But besides that each meet they got faster and that’sreal uncommon in swimming.”

The Hens are off to a bright start, with bothteams winning their first meets on Oct. 17. The men’steam beat Howard University 145-87, while thewomen’s team emerged victorious with a 156-73 win.Hayman said that the confidence of the team definite-ly benefited from the wins.

“The competition wasn’t real strong, but the con-fidence they got was that they could swim fast early,”said Hayman.

Junior Ross Buckwalter had a strong showingagainst Howard, finishing first in both the 100- and200-yard breaststrokes. He echoed Hayman’s senti-ments.

“It’s good to see we’re swimming fast so early inthe season,” Buckwalter said. “It’s definitely going tobe motivation to work hard in practice and I’m goingto look forward to racing more at meets.”

Delaware will have its work cut out for it, how-ever. Hayman said the schedule will be a true test ofability.

“It’s a tough one,” Hayman said. “It’s probablythe toughest one I’ve had in 15 years.”

However, the freshman recruiting class showspromise, he said.

“They know how to race,” Hayman said. “Theyprobably won’t do much leading in the locker room or

on the pool deck, but in the pool they’ve alreadyshowed some of the upperclassmen that it’s going tobe an interesting transition.”

Junior captain Marianne Flynn agrees that therecruiting class will aid with getting outside points,but also believes the team as a whole is stronger.

“We have a lot of fast freshmen that came in, andour depth is a lot stronger,” Flynn said. “We graduat-ed so many girls, but we have a huge incoming classand this year we don’t graduate anyone.”

Courtney Raw and Sarah van Doren are twofreshmen who show potential for the remainder of theseason. Both secured wins in their collegiate debuts.Raw took the 50-yard freestyle and the 200 back-stroke, while Van Doren won the 200-yard breast-stroke last weekend against Howard.

Junior captain Dom Pavlik is also looking to be aleader for the freshman class and the rest of the team.

“We want to push them to their limits every day,make them realize that working hard is going to getthem recognition rather than them just being low onthe totem pole,” Pavlik said. “They can be just as bigcontributors as everyone else.”

As for the conference season, Delaware faces anumber of challenges. At the 2009 CAA champi-onships, the men finished third while the womenplaced fifth.

Going into the conference opener against GeorgeMason, Delaware split the meet with the women win-ning 168.5-131.5 while the men fell with a closescore of 157.5-142.5.

Cortney Barry led the way for the Lady Hens,securing wins in both the 500- and 1000-yardfreestyles, while sophomores Elise Kanegwa and

BY TIM MASTROSports Editor

With a 23-yard field goal againstMassachusetts, senior kicker Jon Streifskyadded yet another chapter to his story atDelaware. From a walk-on in 2005 to an All-American in 2007, Striefsky is now Delaware’sall-time leader in career field goals with 33.

“It's a great accomplishment,” Striefskysaid. “Anytime you break a school record it’ssomething to look at and say, ‘wow that's a real-ly good feeling.’”

Hens head coach K.C. Keeler was evenmore surprised than his kicker.

“I didn’t realize those numbers were thereuntil Jon hit [the field goal],” he said. “Jon’s hita lot of big field goals for us in his time here. Ifyou don't know the Jon Striefsky story at all,coming from a walk-on to a guy we didn’t evenknow his name to becoming an All-American,it’s pretty cool.”

Striefsky first joined the Hens as a walk-onin 2005 and only saw action in one game. Hewas unexpectedly thrown into action in a gameagainst defending national champions JamesMadison, handling kickoff duties and missinghis only attempt at an extra point.

In 2006, he was the No. 2 kicker the entireyear and did not see any game time. In 2007 hewas not expected to see action again; however,

Striefsky won the starting job in pre-season andhad his breakout year, being named an All-American, the first Delaware kicker in historyto receive such an honor.

“I think I’ve had a lot of success in mycareer and I’ve been fortunate to get the oppur-tunity to do this,” Streifsky said. “All theaccomplishments I’ve had here I’ve been veryproud of regardless of being an All-Americanor getting a scholarship or breaking the schoolrecord.”

Striefsky was a integral part of the Hens’run to the National Championship game in2007.

He hit two game winning field goals in thepostseason against Northern Iowa and SouthernIllinois, a 46-yarder and one season-long 47-yarder, respectively. He also broke the schoolrecord for most field goals in a season, hitting21 out of 24 attempts. Striefsky now holdsevery possible field goal record at Delaware:most career field goals, most field goals in aseason, and most field goals in a game (three),a feat he once again matched against UMass.

“It’s a good indication of where I’ve beenand where I’ve come to now. From being awalk-on and playing three years here out of thefive that I’ve been on the team to get to thatpoint and break a record of a kicker that was agreat caliber player, Brad Shusman, a close

friend of mine,” he said. “It shows that I putthe work in, had the right people aroundme, and had the right support system toreally succeed and hopefully we won’t stopat 33, we will keep going on. I want tothank Ed [Wagner], Ted Sheggs, he’shelped me for the last two seasons, Zack[Reed], who’s been a great long snapper,and the guys who have blocked for mecause I really couldn’t have broken therecord without them.”

In his senior year, Striefsky is five-for-six on possible field goal chances, the onemiss being a potential game winner thatwas blocked against No. 1 Richmond. Hehas also taken on a greater role of leader-ship for the team, something his holder andclose friend Ed Wagner, a transfer fromMichigan State, recognizes.

“He was the first person on the team thatreally warmed up to me when I came here andwe became great friends,” Wagner said.“We’ve pretty much worked out togethereveryday since I've been here so we obviouslyhave a bond. Being a holder, it’s differentbecause I have to know what he likes on thefield, off the field. I'm just doing my job gettinghim points.”

As his career winds down, Striefsky willnot let his personal success get in the way of his

number one goal for the team.“I have a good feeling about what this

team can do and what we're capable of. All mygoals at this point are team goals and that’sgoing to conclude with wanting to win a nation-al championship,” he said. “At the end of theyear is the time to look back and see what youdid personally, but from this point on as long asour team is unified around that one goal, win-ning one game at a time and doing what thisteam is capable of everything will sort itself outin the end.”

THE REVIEW/Josh ShannonStriefsky ranks 9th in the CAA in field goals.

Striefsky kicks old records, holds them all

Men’s and women’s swimming post wins in opener

THE REVIEW/Andy BowdenDelaware hopes to continue the success they posted in 2008-09. see SWIMMING page 27

After another strong win vs. Towson 49-21 this weekend, the Hens are starting tolook like a team with serious playoff poten-tial. The offense, led by Jerry Butler andLeon Jackson on the ground, looked greatagainst a Tiger defense that clearly wasn’tready for all the weapons the Hens broughtto Towson.

The Hens jumped out to a 7-0 first quar-ter lead against Towson before scoring fourtouchdowns in the second to seal the game35-0 at halftime. They weren’t done, though,and at the end of three quarters the score wasan embarassing 49-0 before Towson scoredthree touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Itwas too little too late.

Delaware quarterback Pat Devlin didn’tfollow up his four touchdown game againstMassachusetts with another thriller. Instead,he went 9-16 for 127 yards and two touch-downs, which isn’t anything to be ashamed

of either. He and Mark Duncan are becomingone of the best tandems in the division,hooking up this week for both of Devlin’spassing touchdowns. This is the second weekin a row that Duncan has caught two touch-downs, and he was the leading Hens receiv-er vs. Towson, catching six passes for 99yards on the day.

This week, however, the ground gamewas more important than the passing game.Senior Jerry Butler led the way in yards with82 yards on just 13 carries, but it was theyoung gun, freshman Leon Jackson, that hurtthe Tigers as he had three touchdowns and52 yards on the ground.

Now, at 5-2 overall and 3-2 in CAAplay, the Hens have four games left to storminto the playoffs. Now ranked at No. 19 inthe Sports Network FCS poll, Delaware hastwo home games and two away games left,none of which are “gimme” games: home vs.James Madison, who was just bumped fromthe FCS rankings, home vs. 4-3 Hofstra,away vs. Navy in a game that will test theHens against higher-caliber players andfinally away vs. Villanova, currently No. 4 inthe FCS rankings with a 6-1 overall record.

The Hens need to win both games athome, as JMU and Hofstra aren’t simplyplayoff teams and won’t represent the kindof talent that plays in the FCS playoffs. IfDelaware can’t beat them, this conversationis pointless.

So, with Delaware at a hypothetical 7-2,their first hurdle comes in Annapolis vs. theMidshipmen. Navy is boasting an impressive279 rushing yards per game this season,which doesn’t bode well for a team thatallowed 231 from two-win Towson. Overall,the Hens are allowing just 110 yards per

game on the ground this season, but the 27rushing touchdowns posted by Navy thisseason means they should not be taken light-ly.

The battle against Villanova will be oneagainst both their offense and defense.Through seven games, the Wildcats havescored an average of 30.6 points per gameand have allowed just 13.7 per game. Out ofthe final two games of the season, this maybe the easiest for the Hens if Devlin and therunning game continue their dominancedown the stretch. Delaware has scored over40 points the past two games and everyaspect of the offense has clicked, so stingydefenses won’t be an issue as long as thechemistry is there.

It’s exciting that after Delaware’s worstseason last year, a team of mostly new facesand a new leader has already surpassed lastyear’s win total of four. Not many peoplelooked at this season as one with a lot ofpotential, but Devlin has stepped up and suc-ceeded sooner than expected. And freshmenrunning backs David Hayes and LeonJackson have brought a dimension back tothe run game that left when Omar Cuff grad-uated.

Oct. 31 holds special significance thisyear, and not because it’s both Homecomingand Halloween. It’s an early judgment dayfor the Hens, who don’t get anything if theywin, but lose everything if they drop themust-win to James Madison. The postseasonmay not start until late November, but start-ing on Halloween the Hens need to play witha one-and-done mentality. Matthew Waters is a managing sports editor at the Review.Send questions, comments, and a plane ticket to Chattanoogato mgwaters@udel.edu.

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Cross CountryThe men came in second place and the womencame in first place at the Blue Hen invitationalthis past weekend at White Clay Creek Park.Jessie Ermak placed fourth and Julia Somersplaced sixth for the women while Nick Pyle ledthe men, coming in sixth place.FootballThe Hens dominated Towson on Saturday, 49-21to advance to 5-2 overall and 19th in The SportsNetwork national rankings. Delaware heads intoa bye week this week where they will rest up fora difficult schedule that includes JamesMadison, Hofstra, Navy and Villanova to roundout the season.GolfDelaware captured its third straight victorySunday at the Lincoln Mercury Intercollegiatehosted by Seton Hall. Junior Justin Martinsonshot 74-69-143 to earn medalist honors.Men’s SoccerThe Hens dropped to 5-9 overall Saturday aftertheir 3-2 overtime loss to William & Mary. TheHens travel to Towson on Wednesday to take onthe Tigers.Women’s SoccerDelaware lost Sunday at the hands of a penaltykick in the final minutes to George Mason. Theydropped to 5-5-4 overall as they round out theirregular season schedule against Georgia State,UNC Wilmington and Drexel.VolleyballThe Hens have won 10 straight after their latestvictory over Georgia State, 3-1. Bonnie Kenny’ssquad remains undefeated in the CAA (7-0) and14-5 overall. They play at James Madison andGeorge Mason on Friday and Saturday, respec-tively.

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About the Teams:About the Hens:

The Hens are ranked No. 17 inthe nation and are 10-4 (4-1 ColonialAthletic Association). Delaware lostits most recent match 4-0 toUniversity of Maryland.

The Hens’ only losses this sea-son have been toWomensfieldhockey.com Top 20opponents Northeastern, MichiganState, Louisville and top-rankedMaryland. Hens players have deco-rated CAA player of the week selec-tions. Before last week, the Hens hadestablished a nine-game winningstreak, the longest in program histo-ry.About the Tigers:

The Tigers are 5-9, (0-5 CAA)and sit at the bottom of conferencestandings. Towson is coming off a 3-0 victory over Appalachian State.The Tigers are looking to add ontotheir first pair of consecutive winsthis season. To date, the Tigers have22 goals in their 14-game seasondate, 17 fewer than Delaware has.

Why the Hens can win:The Hens offense is highlighted by two nationally recog-

nized players and has proven itself extremely powerful thisseason. The Hens’ performance against the Terrapins was notindicative of their potential or success this year. Before theMaryland game, Casey Howard recorded her second hat trickfor the Hens this season against Monmouth University. She andAmanda McCardell have scored 24 of the Hens’ 39 goals thisyear.

Hens defense: Hens’ goalkeeper Noelle Diana made 10saves against the formidable Terrapins.. Before playing thereigning national champions, Diana led the conference with a.80 goals against average and had a .778 save percentage.Michelle Drummonds has six defensive saves on the season.The Delaware defense has only let in 26 goals during this chal-lenging season.. Before the Maryland game, Delaware held itsopponents to two or fewer goals in four-straight contests andfewer than three in 10 games.

Why the Hens could lose: While the Tigers also recently fell to Northeastern, goal-

keeper Jamie Dowling stopped eight shots in the game. TheHens may run into trouble trying to penetrate the Tigers’defense.

If the Hens are too fixated on their upcoming matchagainst No. 1-ranked Maryland going into the Towson game,overconfidence could become an issue. The Hens may runthe risk of underestimating the low-ranked Tigers.

-Ellen Craven

The Numbers:

2-3: score of the Hens lossto Towson in 2008

27-4-1: The Hens lead inseries against the Tigers.

Pat’s Prediction:

This will be a blowout.The Hens are on toomuch of a roll to lose toa lesser team.

Hens 4, Towson 0

Time: Friday, October 23 - 7pmLocation: Rullo Stadium

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MATTHEW WATERS“JUDGMENT DAY”

Wednesday, October 21, 2009Men’s Soccer at Towson

3:00 PM

Friday, October 23, 2009Field Hockey vs. Towson

7:00 PMIce Hockey vs. West Chester

7:00 PMVolleyball vs. James Madison

7:00 PMWomen’s Soccer vs. Georgia State

7:00 PM

Saturday, October 24, 2009Men’s and Women’s Tennis at Lehigh

TournamentTWO DAY EVENT

Men’s Soccer at UNC Wilmington7:00 PM

Ice Hockey at West Chester7:30 PM

Volleyball at George Mason7:00 PM

Sunday, October 25, 2009Rowing at Princeton Chase

ALL DAYWomen’s Soccer vs. UNC Wilmington

1:00 PM

Monday, October 26, 2009Golf at UNC Wilmington

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26October 20, 2009

BY PAUL MUSSONIStaff Reporter

Torie Moore, a SpecialOlympics athlete, handed the foot-ball to senior lacrosse playerCourtney Aburn. She ran, sur-rounded by her teammates and fol-lowed closely by members of thewomen’s rowing and men’s base-ball teams. YoUDee brought up therear, desperately trying, and even-tually failing, to catch up.

This was not a pick-up foot-ball game, but the fourth annualPigskin Pass, a 58-mile charityrelay run between the universityand Towson University. It wasorganized by student athletes ofboth universities to benefit SpecialOlympics Delaware and SpecialOlympics Maryland.

After 29 miles, in AberdeenMd., a Delaware athlete handed theball to a Towson athlete. The ballwas carried to Johnny UnitasStadium in time for the footballgame between the Hens and theTigers last Saturday at Towson.

University athletes began therun at 11 a.m. Friday. Moore gavea speech commending the athletesfor supporting Special Olympicsbefore handing the ball to Aburn,who is also the chairperson for theStudent-athlete Advisory Council.She organized this year’s PigskinPass in conjunction with theSpecial Olympics and Towson stu-dent athletes.

“The most important thing is itis for a great cause,” Aburn said.“Special Olympics provides oppor-tunities for people who wouldn’tnormally get these.”

Aburn said athletes participateby both running and by raisingmoney. Students registered withthe Web site Firstgiving.com andhad family and friends contribute.

Ann Grunert, the executivedirector of Special OlympicsDelaware, said the event was orig-inally the idea of a Delaware stu-dent, Tyler Kupper. There wereapproximately 70 runners the firstyear. This year, there was over 200.

Grunert said the two universi-ties, Towson and Delaware, raiseda combined total of $25,403 as ofOct. 18. Delaware alone raised$13,097. The women’s lacrosseteamed raised the most with$3,070. Grunert said while raisingmoney was important, it was notthe whole point of the event.

“It’s wonderful that the stu-dents have the opportunity to con-nect with another group of athletesthat is just as inspired as they are,”Grunert said.

Lisa Smith, director of specialevents for Special OlympicsDelaware, agreed that money wasnot the only benefit of the event.

“As important as the fundrais-ing is, it’s not the bottom line,”Smith said. “The awareness ismore important.”

The run was divided into 10mile legs. Students were escortedby law enforcement and had theoption of getting on and off ofchartered buses during the run.Some students ran only a milewhile others ran the whole 10-mileleg. In past years, students had tobegin running at 5 a.m.

“The fact that they’re commit-ted to do that is wonderful,” shesaid.

Student athletes could sleep ina little later this year, but they stillhad to run through a bitterly coldmist with temperatures below 50degrees.

Laura Slice, head coach of thewomen’s rowing team, said shecanceled practice and required her

athletes to run instead. All rowershad to run six miles, but Slice saidmany ran the whole ten.

Senior rower Brittany Hayesran more than six miles despitewhat she described as miserableweather.

“I’m a sucker for the wholeathletes-helping-athletes thing,”Hayes said.

Todd Menchaca, a juniorcatcher for the university baseballteam ran six miles. He briefly car-ried the football along the first legof the run. He said having a policeescort made the run more fun.

“It’s neat to do something thatnot many people get to do,”Menchaca said.

Slice said last year membersof the rowing team ran with thecross-country team. The cross-country team decided to increasethe pace and her athletes scrambledto get back on the buses.

“We’re rowers, not runners,”she said.

Meredith Rubin, junior cap-tain of the rowing team, ran on thefinal leg into Frawley Stadium inWilmington last year, which shesaid was a special experience.

“Everyone is cheering foryou,” Rubin said. “The SpecialOlympics athletes run with you.”

Smith said the SpecialOlympics is one of the largestinternational program for athletesincluding children and adults.Special Olympics Delaware workswith over 3,300 athletes.

Slice said it’s nice to see ath-letes get excited about communityservice.

“They’re going to be tired, butthey’re going to feel good,” shesaid. “The soreness will be a goodreminder of what they did.”

BY KATHARINE REINAGLEStaff Reporter

The Delaware field hockeyteam lost 4-0 at the hands of theundefeated Maryland Terrapins(16-0) in a non-conference matchlast Sunday at the Rullo Stadium.

“We enjoyed going againstthe number one team. It allows usto see where we stand,” headcoach Carol Miller said. “Insome situations we did quitewell. With a team like Maryland,you can’t be on your heels causethey’ll take advantage of it.”

The Terrapins are currentlyranked No. 1 in the nation, whileDelaware (10-4) comes in at No.17. In the Colonial AthleticAssociation, Delaware is current-ly tied with Drexel (13-2) andJames Madison (10-5) for firstplace.

“Compared to last year, weheld them off really well,” juniorAmanda McCardell said. “Wecame out defensively strong.”

Terrapins’ senior EmmaThomas and senior NicoleMuracco put up two goals apiecethat went unanswered. The Henswere able to keep Marylandunder its average of five goals agame.

“Maryland’s scoring gamecould have been worse,” Millersaid. “They have a fast game. Weneed to be productive on ouroffense. We just need to go for-ward and make things happen.”

Maryland also featured jun-ior Katie O’Donnell, who afterSunday’s performance movedinto the No. 1 slot in the nationfor assists and is now tied nation-ally for first in points-per-game.

“We treat each player withimportance, and we know wehave to mark up everyone. Wewere able to keep up with them,”Hens’ junior MichelleDrummonds said.

The Hens’ seniors CaseyHoward and McCardell each hada shot on goal during the firsthalf, while the Terrapins had 10shots and two goals. In the sec-ond half, senior Alexi Esbitt,sophomore Carli Shutter and

Drummonds all got a shot onMaryland’s goal with no luck.

“First half, we really han-dled the ball. We were in thegame,” Drummonds said. “Weneed to keep it up. We did dosome things great, and we needto fix or work on the otherthings.”

Even though Delaware wasoutshot 21-5, sophomore goal-tender Noelle Diana had one ofher best games of the season bydenying 10 shots on goal. Dianaholds a .671 save percentage with55 saves for the season.

“They started out more fastpaced. Their elimination passwas amazing,” McCardell said.“[Diana] really stepped upagainst those strong shots. Thedefense held their own.”

Maryland goalie AliciaGrater, who is near the top of theleader board nationally with a.849 save percentage and a .75goals-against average, only need-ed to make one save on the day, asprawling stop off a penalty cor-ner in the first half.

“Offensively, it could havebeen a higher scoring game,”Miller said. “We could showmore aggression by stepping upon ball, intercepting the ball, andcounter-attacking the otherteam.”

Delaware will now take onthe Towson Tigers at 7 p.m. thisFriday at Rullo Stadium. Towsonis in last place of the CAA buthas a two-game winning streak.

“It was definitely a step upfrom how we normally play. Wegained confidence and we needtake it to Towson,” McCardellsaid. “We need to generate moreoffense, and shift our gametempo to our favor.”

Miller said the experience ofplaying the top team in the nationwill only help the Hens as theycontinue through the tough CAA.

“I tried to schedule a diffi-cult schedule so we’re ready forthose fast games,” Miller said.“We've got to be ready. It’s a catfight for this conference.”

Courtesy of Ruth CoughlanYoUDee helped lead the way during Delaware and Towson’s joint effort to benefit the Special Olympics.

Delaware athletes run forSpecial Olympics charity

Field Hockey on slideafter loss to Maryland

THE REVIEW/Natalie CarilloThe field hockey team have dropped two of their last three games.

27 October 20, 2009

BY ELLEN CRAVENAssistant Sports Editor

The men’s club crew team traveled to Bostonthis weekend to compete in the Head of The CharlesRegatta, the largest regatta in the world. The teamentered boats in the Championship LightweightEights, Collegiate Eights, and the Club Eights cate-gories..

Junior Sean Rader, a varsity lightweight, saidthe team went into the race with high goals.

“We’d like to be in the top five. It’s a long shot,but that’s what we’re shooting for,” Rader said.

He said the HOCR is a good indication of fit-ness and measures the team’s progress against otherteams in the country.

The lightweights finished 11th out of 21, aheadof boats from Dartmouth, Pennsylvania andHarvard. The heavyweights finished 13th out of 38boats in front of teams such as North Carolina, St.Joseph’s and Duke. The JV lightweights competingin the Club Eights category finished 32nd out of 46boats.

Junior Pat Kenny of the varsity heavyweightssaid this weekend was an important one for theteam.

“We consider spring season our more competi-tive season, but the fall season is a different type ofrace,” Kenny said. “It’s a head race, which is longerand basically like a time trial system, rather than inthe spring where it’s six boats across in a sprintrace, where it’s really competitive.”

Rader is pleased with how the teams started offthis fall season and the improvement he’s seen.

“We’ve had a few building years and now — Ithink we’re going to do pretty well this year. I thinkeverything is going is a positive direction,” Radersaid. “We’ve definitely been working extremelyhard to make it happen.”

Rader said his boat returned only five athletesfrom last year and with the new rowers, the team istraining with more intensity.

“Everyone has a lot harder work ethic thisyear,” he said. “It's pretty exciting.”Kenny agreed.

“A lot of us are a lot more mature this year andwe have a really good freshman class coming in,”he said. “The team chemistry’s great and with ourclasses coming up, it’s gotten a lot better and I thinkwe’re going to have a really good year.”

The Hens started off their season on Oct. 10 at

the Navy Day Regatta in Philadelphia. Kenny saidboth teams had a good overall showing at the regat-ta. The Hens race again this fall season at the AllHead of the Schuylkill Regatta on October 24-25and All Frostbite Regatta on November 14 inPhiladelphia.

“[The fall season is] a good barometer just tosee where we are against other crews and what weneed to work on and just where we’re stacking upright now,” Kenny said.

Hens coach Chuck Crawford thinks the teamcan repeat their performance at the Dad Vail Regattalast spring. Dad Vails is the largest collegiate regat-ta in the nation.

“The fall season is a preparation for the springand it’s a little bit different,” he said. “For right nowwhat we’re doing is the 4K, 5K, and 6K racing,more like a cross-country season and the spring ismore like a track season with the shorter distance.”

Rader said The Dad Vail Regatta in the springis the pinnacle of the crew team’s season. Last yearthe Hens won the Overall Points Trophy to end theirseason.

Crawford said he is optimistic about the rest ofthe year.

“We’re looking stronger than last year—ofcourse last year being the Dad Vail Overall Pointstrophy champion—I think we’ve got a couple boatsthat are faster than last year,” Crawford said. “Ourlightweight varsity, even though they were rebuild-ing last year were still champions, which is prettygood. If you think of Dad Vails, it’s like winning thesubdivision in football.”

Crawford said the team’s goal in training thisyear will be bigger, stronger, and faster. He said thisseason, the extra year for all the rowers helped inmaturity and strength training.

Rader said he shared Crawford’s enthusiasmfor the season.

“I’m just really excited to see what we’re capa-ble of because last year was pretty much a buildingseason and we should do a lot better,” Rader said.

Crawford said the Hens compete against varsi-ty programs without the same kind of funding thosevarsity programs enjoy.

“It’s very difficult, you know our kids have topay over $1000 a year to row, while other kids atother universities are not in the same position,” hesaid.

Kristen McBrien, junior ErinneButler, and freshman Allie Brownalso posted wins for the women.

For the men’s team, GradyCarter led the way in the loss, win-ning the 50-yard freestyle and fin-ishing second in the 100-yardfreestyle. The depth of the fresh-man class also helped to bolsterthe Lady Hens.

Despite the loss, Pavlik stillbelieves the Hens have a lot toshow for.

“We’re looking to make astatement [at conferences],” hesaid. “We don’t want to back downand let them beat us at the end ofthe year.”

Buckwalter agreed that theteam is much stronger than everbefore and the swimmers are look-ing to make a name for them-selves.

“We want to send a messagethat we’re ready for the season andready for conferences”, he said.“Even though it’s still early, weneed to show people that we’refast and we’re faster than we everhave been.”

Delaware, along with the restof the nation, faces the added chal-lenge of swimming without therecently banned high-tech swim-

suits at championship meets suchas CAA and the NCAA champi-onships. Buckwalter believes itwill make no difference, though.

“I think the suits were a lot ofmental, rather than physical,” saidBuckwalter. “I think everyone isstill going to be fast, but I thinkpeople underestimate how muchwork we actually put in, and theyattribute it to the suits.”

Hayman feels that there is thepossibility of sending Delawareswimmers to the NCAA champi-onships, the biggest stage in col-lege swimming.

“One of my first goals was toqualify a swimmer for NCAAs,”said Hayman. “I would like to getsomeone in the meet. It’s such atough meet; it’s the fastest meet inthe world.”

Whether or not the Hens trav-el to NCAAs, Pavlik still believeshis team will have a successfulseason.“We need to build up and keep [it]in our sites every day,” saidPavlik. “Once you let it slip out,you’re not chasing anything any-more. That needs to be what welook forward to everyday when westep into the pool.”

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Delaware crew competes inHead of The Charles Regatta

Swimming: Hens start season right

Courtesy of Greg HartshorneThe Delaware crew team braved chilly Boston waters over the weekend at the Head of the Charles.

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Hen sports do you follow?

“Girls basketball becauseDelleDonne, who’s really

good, is from Delaware andI’m from Delaware.”

-James Viscount, Freshman

“I’ve been following men’ssoccer recently. They’re

doing pretty well comparedto last year, and winningsome games, so it looks

promising.”

-Tracy Powell, Junior

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