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Editor in Chief Laura Dattaro Executive Editor Brian Anderson Editori!ll Editors Sammi Cassin, Caitlin Wolters Cartoonist Jan Dickey Copy Desk Chiefs Sarah Esralew, Jennifer Hayes Photography Editor Ricky Berl Assistant Photography Editor Justin Bleiler Staff Photographers Steven Gold, Melanie Hardy, Justin Maurer Layout Editor Andrea R~msay Graphics Editor Katie Smith Web site Editor . 9uentin Coleman Managing News Editors Jennifer Heine, Josh Shannon Administrative News Editor Kaitlyn Kilmetis City News Editor Lydia Woolever National/State News Editor Maddie Thomas News Features Editor Samantha Grayson Student Affairs News Editor Ashlee Bradbury Senior News Reporter Brittany Talarico Blogger Caitlin Wolters Managing Mosaic Editors Caitlin Birch, Larissa Cruz Features Editors Sabina Ellahi, Am;: Prazniak Entertainment Editors Ted Simmons, James Adams Smith delaware UNdressed Columnist Alicia Gentile Fashion Forward Columnist Sabina Ellahi Managing Sports Editors SeifHussain, Ryan Langshaw Sports Editors Patrick Maguire, Alex Porro Copy Editors Jordan Allen, Greg Arent, Nicolette Lotrionte, Andre.w Lynch, Emily Riley Advertising Director Alexa Hassink Business Manager Lisa McGough September 16, 2008 3 Stud-ent wins lawsuit against university BY ASHLEE BRADBURY Student Affairs Editor More than a year after senior Maciej Murakowski filed a lawsuit against the uni versity, a federal judge ruled the university violated Murakowski's First Amendment rights when it suspended him for writings on his Web site while on the university's server. On Sept. 4, the court decided education al institutions may restrict speech in some cases in order to protect the educational environment and the well-being of its stu dents. However, the court found the univer sity had not presented sufficient evidence to show Murakowski's posting caused such a disruption and posed such a threat that the First Amendment would allow restriction. In May 2007, Murakowski was sus pended from class and banned from campus because of po stings on his Web site while living in Sypherd Hall. The university charged him with violat ing the Responsible Computing and Use of University Computing Resources policy and the Disruptive Conduct policy. According to court records, in June 2005, Murakowski established a personal Web site that consisted of controversial post ings, including satirical essays such as "how to skin a cat" and an article titled, "The Sociopath," which refers to a man giving a woman a hot bath and massage and then set ting her on fire. "It was basically a blog," Murakowski said. "The fact that it was on the Internet allowed others to view it but I didn't actual ly promote it. It didn't really matter to me if others saw it. It was my own thing but if other people saw it, then I wouldn't com- plain." Murakowski sued the university in August 2007 for violating his First Amendment rights. He sought reinstatement, credit for the classes he would miss and Murakowski said he felt he was treated unjustly by the university. "I think that no one would have cared if Virginia Tech had not happened," he said. Murakowski said he would not have punitive damages. . "At first there was the basic anger and the feeling that this was just a horrible, horrific injus tice," he said. "Then I tried to work within the university's system to get this resolved and when that didn't work, I went out of their system to the courts." "I felt violated, trampled, all those fun little words. If I didn't feel this way, I wouldn't have sued." sued the university if he did not feel his rights were infringed. "I felt violated, trampled, all those fun little words," he said. "If I didn't feel this way, I wouldn't have sued." At Murakowski's May 2, 2007 Judicial Affairs hearing, officials deter mined he was to be sus pended from classes and banned from campus until the end of the year. After Murakowski said the university became aware of his Web post ings after a brother of a female student com plained. - Maciej Murakowski, that, he had to be readmit- . ted to the university fol- sen/or, lowing a meeting with a David Finger, Murakowski's lawyer, said last year the univer sity never ordered Murakowski to remove on suing the university psychiatrist. .. . . "Once the psychlatnst /n defense of hIs said I was OK and not a the Web site from its server after the first two complaints. The site had received three complaints since November 2005. "The university pretty much ignored it for a couple of weeks," Murakowski said. "Then after the [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University] shootings, they continued to ignore it for about three days. Then I was suspended." Web site threat, I was all.owed to go to my classes, Just not the dorms," he said. Murakowski was charged with failure to comply after the university discovered he used his access card to enter residence halls on two occasions. Murakowski said he was then suspended for one semester. The court ruled this month that while the university was wrong to suspend Murakowski for his Web site, it was j~stified in suspending him for entering his residence Paperless billing raises concerns, questions BY KAITLYN KlLMETIS Administrative News Editor Student billing will be paperless start ing Winter Session 2009. Although the university cites a number of reasons why replacing pager bills with 'e-bills will be effective, some students have raised con cerns about being billed online. Melissa Stone, director of billing and collection, said the change was implement ed to support the university's "Path to Prominence" by creating a greener campus through decreased .unnecessary paper use. Stone said paperless billing also reduces costs in postage, printing and per sonnel, so the money saved can be used to increase budgets for other initiatives in the university's strategic plan. "Costs are skyrocketing across univer sities, so we are trying to find ways that we can put these costs to better uses," she said. The university's new billing style will have an improved format, greater efficien cy, better access to account information and guest access, Stone said. Freshman Laura Mascari said she was dissatisfied with the switch to paperless e billing because she believes it makes the payment process more difficult and does not take students' needs into account. "I thought it was kind of annoying how they decided to do this because since I'm a new student I'm not really familiar with billing, tuition and financial aid," Mascari said. "They just decided that it's all online now. It might be easier for them but I don't think they took into considera tion our feelings about it." She said although she supports the green initiative and cutting costs on cam pus, she feels e-billing will require more effort from students. "In the scheme of things I think it is a good idea but I just don't like that it is more of a hassle for me," Mascari said. She said since her parents are not comfortable using computers, the respon sibility to pay bills and access account information will now fall into her hands. Stone said she recognizes online billing may require more student participa tion but she does not necessarily believe it is a negative thing. "This process may benefit students from an educational standpoint to look at their finances and realize what's going on," she said. Stone said she does not anticipate the process being any more work for students. "If anything, if a student really looks at it, it may really help them to start realiz ing early on what their financial responsi- See SWITCH page 10 1, 200S - Fall 'OS - Semester Payment Due 1, 200S - Fall 'OS - 2nd Instal ment Payment Due 3, 200S - Fall 'OS Classes Beg'n 16, 200S - Fall 'OS - End of Free Drop/Add penod 1, 200S - Fa! 'OS . 3rd Insta lment Payment Due 1, 2008 - Fa I 'OS - Flna! L'lsta:lmer.t Payment Due 2009: . 12, 200S - 'linter '09 - Winter '09 Pcl';ment Due l')re'-re(lIStE!red students) 5, 2009 - Winter '09 Oasses Begin S, 2009 - Winter '09 - End ct free Drop/Add period S, 2009 - WlOter '09 - Winter '09 Payment DUe glstrants) Cutline ges here and here and here, hall without permission. Murakowski was awarded nominal damages of approximately $10. His suspension has since expired and he currently lives off campus and is studying chemical engineering at the university. "In terms of freedom of speech, I guess the ruling was in my favor," Murakowski said. "I think the judge got one thing wrong in that she decided that because un said they implemented their policies fairly, that they did. Really, I think the only reasonable thing would be to have had the case sent back to the university to be reheard." Dean of Students George Brelsford said the university has a behavioral concerns committee that meets biweekly. "The university's primary concern is always with the security and safety of stu-. dents," Brelsford said. Junior Jillian Saunders said she feels the university took the right steps in addressing this issue. "After something like Virginia Tech, colleges across the country need to be aware of potential threats," Saunders said. "I don't necessarily .agree with the way the universi ty went about this process, but it is important that the administration is being proactive when it comes to a possible risk." Junior Frank Corkery said the Virginia Tech shootings made the country more con scious of students' behavior. "I really think that with the shootings at Virginia Tech, colleges across the nation are becoming more alert," Corkery said. "You need to act attentively when a student com plains about feeling threatened by another student." 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For nlore information, please call 831-2117 or visit udel.edu/stuguide: Application Deadline is September 15th September 16. 2008 ? ? lton 14----------~~--~--------~--~------------------------ Campus crime isn't "normal" University should do more to prevent recent thefts Since before the semester start ed, crime has been off the charts throughout Newark. There have been break-ins and muggings at gunpoint in the area leaving stu- . dents and residents wondering what is being done to combat crime. When questioned about the increase of crime, Public Safety and Newark Police respond by saying it is consistent with past statistics. However, it seems crime is progres sively getting worse and little is being done besides reassuring stu dents that this is "normaL" The police have not had much of a role in preventing muggings from occurring. Public Safety offi cials claim to have more officers patrolling the campus but few are seen during the times it is most cru ciaL While they may be on higher alert for residence hall areas, stu dents who live off campus are left to their own defenses on streets that . are becoming more dangerous. It is important for university police to recognize that places around campus like Cleveland Avenue and South College Avenue are home to a mostly student popu lation. It is unfair to pass over places like these that face the highest threat . Furthermore, if the police are correct in saying that crime increas es at the start of every semester, then it would be beneficial to step up pre vention before the semester starts. It is completely unacceptablt; for a student to be held up with a gun shoved in his or her face, only to have it brushed off by police as a normal occurrence. The "Path to Prominence" pro gram has been a central focus on the inner-workings of the university. To think the university would include the safety of its studen~ as a pri mary goal wouldn't be too much to ask. Instead, we remain uneasy that crime isn't going to get any better and that nothing will be done ' to eliminate it. University President Patrick Harker refuses to comment on the crime increase. While it's great to be~ able to take trips to visit Chinese universities or reinvent the Web site, that money should go to promoting a safe, crime-free environment This school is home to so many students. No one should have to walk around campus in fear of being held up and knowing that the administration is essentially doing nothing, to protect the studeats who call the town home. Speeding fines help pedestrians Strict traffic laws aim to improve safety in Delaware As crime becomes more of an issue in areas around the uni versity, being hit by a car on the way to class or getting into a fender-bender on Main Street is pretty low on the list of things to worry about. But the truth is speeding is a big problem, in Delaware and all over the United States, and while it may seem like there are bigger problems to worry about and more pressing issues to address, speeding can be just as dangerous as walking home alone at night. In an effort to crack down on speeding, anew law was institut ed in Newark that will make the penalty for speeding more severe. Instead of a set penalty in place for all violations, the miles per hour being driven over the speed limit will be taken into account and defenders will be penalized based on the severity of their cr1me. The new law, although harsh, makes sense because the punish ment will now fit the crime. If a driver is only five miles over the speed limit, the possible damage is less than if a driver was going 30 miles over, and therefore the fine is less. With so many one-way streets and residential areas around Newark, steps to enforce speeding violations more strictly will make these areas safer. Furthermore, on heavily populat ed areas like Main Street where there are few stoplights and stu dents are cO,Ilstantly crossing where there are no crosswalks, drivers may be encouraged to slow down. The new law is a severe enough penalty to prompt drivers into slowing down, and not just when there is a police car behind them. Overall, the higher fines and more severe penalties are only a burden to the drivefs who get pulled over. The hope is -if the new violations and financial issues that go along with the tick ets become a big enough problem for those who continue to get caught, they will slow down for good and make Delaware streets safer for everyone. Shrub Toons THE REVIEWI Jan Dickey "Return the makeup. You know you had a good time." WRITE TO THE REVIEW 250 Perkins Student Center Newark, DE 19716 Fax: 302?831-1396 E-mail: theudreview@gmail.com or visit us online at www.udreview.com The Editorial section is an open forum for public debate and discussion. The Review wel comes responses from its readers. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit all letters to . the editor. Letters and columns represent the ideas and beliefs of the authors and should not be taken as representative of The Review. Staff editorials represent the ideas and beliefs of The Review Editorial Board on behalf of the editors. All letters become property of The Review and may be published in print or electronic form. The Review welcomes guest columns from those interested in writing. Please e-mail theudreview@gmail.com for more information. www.udreview.com September 16, 2008 ? ? o InIon 15 Palin unfit for vice presidential ticket Guest Columnist Andrew Grzywacz Relatable personality doesn't trans- late to iob exp.erience . San1hPalu1 IS dangerously unqualIfied to be vice president. Don't get me wrong - I can and do certainly respect Palin as a person. But just the slightest look past her cheerful person ality and hockey-mom image will reveal that the Alaskan governor has no plan, no experi ence and seemingly no idea what she's even talking about. The fact that Palin's campaigning thus far has been virtually nothing but Republican pan dering rhetoric is a bad omen - even more alarming is how sq many people are buying into it. Take a look at her RNC speech, a stirring address of factual errors and schmaltzy "I'm just like you!" fluff. She spends a good chunk of her speech playing up the family angle, despite protests just days earlier for the media to leave her family out of the campaign. She may have said, "Thanks, but no thanks" to a congressional earmark for the "Bridge to Nowhere," but what she neglected to mention was that she only said, ''No thanks," after Congress had already refused to pay for it. Before then, she was very much a support- er of that earmark - and I think it goes without saying that receiving federal funding for that bridge lies very much at odds with McCain's vehemently anti-earmark position. Palin argues for energy independence, a stance that no American would disagree with, but she doesn't offer any kind of realistic plan as to how to lay pipelines, build nuclear plants and use alternative energy sources. A nice sen timent, but I'd love to know how utilizing every conceivable source of energy while simultane ously researching new ones would be even remotely affordable, especially with those tax cuts she and McCain are promising. Even more telliog of Palin's total lack of geopolHfcal knowledge Is her now infamous Interview with Charlie Gibson from ABC news. I say infamous because it was Palin's first real attempt at expressing her political views - not herself or her family but her actual policies - and she did virtually anything but. On more than one occasion, Palin not only dodged Gibson's questions, but straw manned a completely different issue into her response. For example, Gibson cites how McCain upheld Palin's command of the Alaskan National Guard as national security experience since "Alaska is so close to Russia," and then asked Palin if those are sufficient credentials. Rather than respond with a yes or no answer, Palin shifted to discussing energy and how working as a chairwoman for the Alaskan Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is "a cre dential [she does] bring to this table." The initial reference to McCain is ridicu lous because unless Russia is planning a ground invasion of th~ United States by entering through the small string of islands that connects Siberia to Alaska, then, no, that does not count as substantial national security experience. Even worse is that Palin doesn't even answer the question. She asserts that "energy is a foun dation of national security," which you could argue but that wasn't the question - she was asked if she had national security credentials. And she had no straight answer. The most baffling segment of the inter view was undoubtedly on the topic of the Bush Doctrine. For those who aren't aware - Palin apparently being one such person - the Bush Doctrine is the belief that the United States has the right to launch a preemptive strike against any country considered a credible threat. When Gibson asked Palin if she agreed with this men tality, her response was that of utter confusioh. "In what respect, Charlie?" she asked. There is no room for interpretation - you either agree with it or you don't. Either you support preemptive military action or you oppose it. When Gibson clarified his point for her, she remarked on the president's commit ment to battling Islamic extremism and a McCain-Palin administration would correct the mistakes of Bush's military campaign. Another nice sentiment - but absolutely nothing to do with the question at hand. It took Gibson five times to get an answer that resembled something of a ''yes.'' When Gibson moved the topic onto whether or not Palin would support military action in Pakistan without the approval of the Pakistani govern ment, she began blathering on about how the United States should focus on forging alliances and considering war as a last resort - another meaningless blanket statement that has nothing to' do with Gibson's very specific point as to whether or not crossing the Pakistani border in the War on Terror is justified. Gibson reiterated the question twice more until finally settling on an answer that barely even addressed the Pakistani situation. The only real credential Palin brings to the McCain ticket, is the PTA-hockey-mom image designed to capitalize on bitter Hilary support ers. Pitbull-with-lipstick jokes may prove enter taining for now but her. ability to relate to every day people won't amount to anything when it comes to dealing with Iran or alleviating the national debt. Palin herself said it best, ''When the cloud of rhetoric has passed, when the roar of the crowd fades away ... what exactly is [Obama's] plan?" I'm wondering the same thing about you, Governor. Andrew G~acz is a sophomore at the uni versity. His viewpoints do not necessarily rep resent those of the Review staff. Please send comments to g~acd@,udeLedu. 'I don't read' is no excuse for college students Birch Barking Caitlin Birch Keep 'booking it' even after second grade It was possibly my favorite evening each month. I didn't fully understand how or why I just knew that once every 30 days or so, the pizza was free. It must have been second grade when BOOK IT! fever struck me. So there I was, a wide-eyed, fresh-faced second grader, and I was told by my teacher, Ms. Smith, that reading reaps rewards. (Ms. Smith's real name was Ms. Panicucci but you can't pronounce that, so I changed it for you.) Ms. Smith loved reading. She also loved pizza, so Pizza Hut started BOOK IT! - a pro gram where she could read to pizzas all day long. (That's entirely false. Pizza Hut launched BOOK IT! in 1985 to encourage kids to read in exchange for free personal pan pizzas.) Anyway, long story short, I became a frenzied BOOK IT! participant in second grade all because of Ms. Smith. I loved BOOK IT! I'm so glad Pizza Hut included an exclamation point in the program's name because it saves me the trouble of writing in my own when I'm feeling particularly pas sionate about the whole experience. In all seri ousness, BOOK IT! afforded me with the opportunity to read books as a kid - which I already enjoyed, and tum in an adorable record of my literary achievements for free pizza, which anyone would enjoy. Now that I've been in college for a few years, I've noticed many of my peers have stopped booking it. Granted, there are other ways to get free pizza now - attending club meetings, showing up at residence hall events, playing food frenzy, dancing on tables. etc. However, just because the pizza is still free doesn't mean the reading should have stopped. There's nothing worse than opening a vafued friend's Facebool< profile and scrolling down to "favorite books," only to find the words "I don't read" printed. There are actually a lot of things worse than that, but the point here is that the valued friend suddenly becomes a stranger. I don't read? You're wrong, valued friend. You had to read the words "Favorite Books" in order to type "I don't read," so maybe you should tack a "books" on to the end of that response. Even if valued friend did that, though, I'd still have an issue. Reading books is one of the best things I do for myself and my slightly bookwormish friends seem to feel the same way. Non-readers among us can write that off, saying, "To each his own - I'd rather play Guitar Hero all day," but the issue runs deeper than free time and personal preferences. Historically, the ability to read has been a liberating factor in countless lives. As an illiter ate, a person's options in life were often limited by the number of words he could read or write. Literacy set men and women free - even in particularly challenging circumstances, people in societies across the globe used the ability to read as a means of advancing their opportuni ties. How lazy, even ungrateful, it must seem to those still struggling with illiteracy when today's college kids say, "I don't read" - essentially, "I've been given all the tools but they don't interest me." It's the equivalent of sitting in front of a starving man and saying, ''Hrrun, I just don't think I'm hungry for this New York strip anymore." According to a 2007 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization estimate, as many as 774 million adults lack basic literacy skills. Most of these adults grew up in countries where their primary school education and thus their exposure to reading were not priorities. It seems to me with such a looming world wide literacy challenge still on our hands, those of us who booked it through elementary school are all the more accountable for what we do with our literacy skills. We're fortunate that we can read, and we oUght to want ' to read - foundering the gift makes the global illiteracy problem that much more deplorable. So read. Read anything. Charles Dickens. Leo Tolstoy. VIrginia Woolf. The New Yorker. "Goosebumps." US Weekly. The instruction manual to your microwave. Just read. And when you're done reading this, con veniently leave it on your non-reading book hater friend's pillow. Even if they choose not to .open it, they'll still wake up tomorrow morning with newsprint on their face - some lucky classmate will have a little reading material during lecture. And after that obvious display of literacy heroism, buy yourself a pizza. It may not be free, but the BOOK IT! high is priceless. Caidin Birch is a managing mosaic editor for The Review. }ler viewpoints do not necessarily represent those of the Review staff. Please send comments to jecabi@udeLedu. 16 September 16, 2008 www.u el.edu/i ternatlonal CombininQ your nursinQ education with UD Army ROTC means you'll Qraduate with the skills of a urse and the respect of a Officer, a leader of the U.S. Army. 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"I thought, 'This is a great way to generate publicity.' " Haldas Brothers Meats, which specializes in gourmet burgers and meats, sells the patties for $4.99 per pound. Melhem says there has been immense buzz about the burger, bringing in curious customers from all over the country and causing business to grow. "We've got people who've landed at the Philly airport and would come straight here just to try the burger," he says. Melhem says word of mouth has spread to Beau Biden, Biden's son and Delaware's Attorney General. "We've sent down orders to his office, so hopefully [Joe] Biden will hear about it soon enough," he says. The market, which has been in business since 1917, is the last butcher shop in north Wilmington. Owner John Eleutheriou says the business is now morphing into more than a butcher shop. "We're offering catering services and continuing to make creative recipes like the Biden Burger to attract our old and new customers," he says. Melhem says there have been customers who come in and tell him specifically that they're Republican, but are willing to try the Biden Burger anyway. "I can't tell you how many people have done that," he says, laughing. "But they like it." Eleutheriou says, jokingly, that the burger seems to help Haldas Brothers Meats created the Biden Burger. fade the division between Democrats and Republicans, even if it's just for the sake of eating. "I like to refer to the Biden Burger as the bi-partisan burger," he says. "It seems to be bringing people together." The Biden Burger features what Melhem calls the three all-American main ingredients - fried onions, American cheese and bacon. Each ingredient represents the three coun ties of Delaware, with the black crusted pepper garnish around the edge of the patty representing the fiery personal- ity of Biden. . - Biden is not the only politician with a burger named after him. In fact, the Juicy Wine Co. restaurant in down town Chicago offers the ObamaBurger, which restaurant employee Les Molbar says has been selling out every Tuesday when it's offered as a special. "We launched the burger the Tuesday before the Democratic convention," Molbar says. "We started ordering a limited supply but they sold out within three hours, so we've had great receptions." The ObamaBurger, he says, features marble-rye bread, which celebrates the candidate's bi-racial background; Kobe beef, which reflects on his Pan-Asian upbringing; American cheese because, well, he's American; and finally, bacon to demonstrate that Obama is not Muslim. The dish includes a side of Harvard Yard baked beans, reflecting his days as the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. Molbar says the burger is an expression of the restau rant's liberal patriotism, which may explain why he hasn't seen any self-proclaimed Republicans come in to try it - or at least they don't admit it. "Judging from the atmosphere and the area that this restaurant is in, if a Republican came in here to order the burger, they would probably keep their mouth shut," he says. While there are no reported burgers named after Republican nominee Sen. John McCain or his running mate, Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin, the success of the ObamaBurger and the Biden Burger convinced Melhem to say celebrity does indeed sell, at least judging from what he has seen since the launch of the Biden Burger. "It's a great marketing strategy for small businesses like us," he says. "I feel like Delaware especially benefits from that because we really don't produce many celebrities or widely-known public figures." In the end, Melhem says the burger's creation is not about the store's political affiliation with any parties, but to celebrate hometown hero Biden and what he means to Delaware. "It's not a political issue by any means," he says. "It's purely a Delaware issue in the fact that we're excited some one from Delaware potentially will be in the White House next year." Local orchard produces fruitful program BY ZOE READ Staff Reporter This fall, apple harvesting is making a comeback, thanks to the growing concept of agritourism. Established in 1919, Fifer Orchards is a family-run business and farm based in Wyoming, Del. The farm has made a name for itself through the concept of agritourism, which is bringing people to farms by serving as an entertainment venue. Fifer Orchards recently added aU-Pick program, which allows visitors to pick their own fruits, including Fifer's popular apples. Apple harvesting has become a growing trend, but Fifer Orchards is the only orchard in Delaware that offers a U-Pick program. Mike Fennemore, manager of retail oper ations at Fifer Orchards, says U-Pick is a great way one can support local farmers. "U-Pick is the holy grail of buying local," he says. Fennemore says U-Pi.ck is a hot trend and provides agricultural entertainment and edu cation. "We provide an authentic experience, family fun and education," he says. "We host school group tours where students can learn how things are grown and the life cycle." Fennemore says Fifer Orchards uses high quality progressive techniques, such as using the more efficient dwarf tree, to grow their apples. The orchard grows 25 varieties of apples, including their popular Arkansas Black. Fennemore says there' are more than 2,500 varieties of apples worldwide. "The varieties have been around for years," he says, "but they have become more 'popular in recent years." Not only does the entertainment factor attract visitors to Fifer Orchards, but the econ omy also affects how people buy their food. "People are eating at home to save money - one way to do this is support local farm ers," Fennemore says. "A poor economy can be positive for local farmers." He says U-Pick programs help generate revenue, and therefore, students of agriculture should educate themselves about U-Pick. Fennemore says the program also reaches out to the community. "The older generations have many child hood memories of picking fruit and want to pass the tradition down to their children," he says. Gordon Johnson, extension agent for commercial agriculture and horticulture at the university, says students of agriculture should be interested in programs such as U-Pick because it's important to understand different ways to bring people to the farm. "Not only should agriculture students educate the public, but learn about direct mar keting and managing a business," Johnson says. He says agritourism generates income to farms, especially in urban areas. Agritourism helps promote and build an understanding of agriculture, which is what Fifer Orchards has focused on with its U-Pick program, festivals and tours. He says not only are the visitors attracted to the entertainment, but people living in urban areas normally don't have access to the THE REVIEWlRicky Berl See U-PICK pg 22 Fifer Orchards in Wyoming, Del. offers the U-Pick program to its visitors. / / The Mosaic I'nterview: Girl Talk BY BRIAN ANDERSON Executive Editor If you ever thought the Jackson 5, Rihanna and Queen would be good together on the same song, your dream has become reality. Gregg Gillis, also known as Girl Talk, is the king of sampling and brings hundreds of songs and artists together on one album. A former biomedical engineer in Pittsburgh, Penn., Girl Talk's life now revolves around playing with other people's music. He mixes, mashes and combines samples to create the songs that fill up his albums and play during his shows. Just don't call him a DJ. On his most recent album Feed the Animals, Girl Talk samples beats and lyrics from artists both new and old. Whether it's Kanye West, Sinead O'Connor, Outkast or Dexys Midnight Runners, you'll find it on Feed the Animals. Before coming to perform at the university in front of a sold-out crowd on Thursday, Girl Talk found some time to talk: to The Review. Do you do college shows a lot? What do you like about the college crowd? Recently it's been going up a bit with college shows - this year it's been a lot. Starting at the beginning of this year I was planning to take January through March off to finish my new album. In that time, I got a lot of college offers so I decid ed to start picking them up, so I started doing a bunch of col lege shows then. In general, it's cool. A lot of colleges are not in an actual city or don't get that much entertainment provid ed. Kids are ready to go bananas at all the shows. It's kind of less pressure - I feel like at the college shows, people are less likely to judge or critique the performance. They're more into just getting into it and that's what I'm about. I don't really like to play shows to a bunch of critics - I like playing to a whole bunch of people who are ready to get crazy. How many songs are in your library now? I actually don't collect digital music. Not for any reason - I just buy a lot of CDs and vinyl. That's kind of the way I listen to music. On my computer when I perform live, it's all live sample triggering. If you hear a medley from a song or a drum beat from a song, I probably don't have that song on my computer - I may own the CD at home. Live, I have thou sands and thousands of loops and samples from songs, but I probably have maybe 100 or so MP3s on my computer. Night Ripper and Feed the Animals clock in at just under an hour each and there are hundreds of samples thrown together on each album. How long does it take you to make a CD? The past two have taken me two years each. Every time I perform live, I change up the set. I introduce small, new ele ments - 30 seconds here, one minute here. I'll work all week and hopefully come up with a few minutes worth of new material. If! can change up two minutes of the set every week, then over the period of time, large chunks of it will change. For the past two albums, I've done a year and a half or two years worth of live shows, just constantly generating material, trying to figure out ideas and see what happens. People see what I like. Once I feel like I have enough interesting materi al to dump into an album, it usually takes me about six months. Branching off of that question, how do you go about mak ing a song? Does an idea just come to you or do you sit down and play around with samples until something makes sense? It's very trial and error for me - it's not intuitive. I'll have a bunch of songs, ideas and things - I'm always jotting notes to myself, texting myself song ideas, something I hear I'll be able to work with. I sample, isolate those parts, catalog them, take a beat from a song, take a melody, not really wor ried what I'll be able to do with it. Then I sit there and try a whole bunch of different things. Sometimes things stick, but more often than not, things don't work. The more and more I sample, the more possibilities something will work. At this point, you can probably name an artist. I probably have a loop to some of their music in my computer. YOll seem to really embrace pop music and the songs I hear on the radio. Why do you decide to play around with pop music when there's so much other stuff out there? Why heavily rely on Top 40 material? What I sample is what I'm into. I have a background doing more experimental music and I'm interested in stuff like that, but I just really appreciate pop art. I think it's an amazing piece of art if you can get the whole world to know your song and know your face. Some music has changed over the years, but the general idea has stayed the same. I want to manipulate familiar elements and twist them into a new light. I like to take things people have heard and their standards and take people's nostalgic connections and their memories with these songs and with how they understand them and just play with the relationship, with the music. You sample artists like James Taylor, Jay-Z, Twisted Sister and Kanye West. Do any of the artists you sample ever contact you about your work? Any really like it, really hate it? . I haven't ever had anyone come out to me in a negative manner. Big Boi from Outkast came out to my last show in Atlanta. My friend was doing live visuals, things you do with touch keys to trigger specific effects and things on the key board, Big Boi ended up standing next to him and actually helped run the visuals for the last 30 minutes of the show - he was triggering effects while I was doing remixes of his songs. I ran into him after the show and he said he had seen me previously in Vegas and he knew my work. That was cool - I've been an Outkast fan forever. It was in Atlanta on a Saturday night, and he chose to come out there. A couple ran dom run-ins, but everyone's been cool about it. I heard you don't refer to yourself as a DJ. What do you tell people you do? I'm a producer. I've never spun records - I've never tried to beat-mash records. My shows have been performing for eight years and I've never played an all-out whole song. I've never queued up a song. I never wanted to do that, espe cially in the early days. I never play with DJs in clubs. I've always done the live performance thing. To me, I'm trying to make creative, original, transformative music based out of people's samples. I want to make music, rather than play music. Radiohead made the news by releasing its CD online, allowing people to pay what they want. You did it with Feed the Animals. Did you or your record label decide to do it? Why? The label came up with the initial idea. I wasn't even thinking about it - they just threw it at me. I was completely down with it. For me, the album, I had been working on it for so long - a lot of people had been asking about it - so my goal was to get the music out in the most efficient manner pos sible. The pay-what-you-want-thing - everyone is connected to the Internet, everyone realizes you can download basically any song for free once it becomes digital on the Internet. It seems ridiculous to ignore that - I'd rather be up front with people and say, "I know you can get it for free - if you want it for free, take it for free. If you want to pay, pay for it." It just seemed reasonable. To me, buying a CD in a record s.tore is like donating. You could go home and look up those songs on YouTube or download them so you can get them for free, but you chose to pay that cost because you want to support that artist. That's the way it is. Buying music in 2008 is all dona tion based. Why not work with that system, rather than ignore it? You quit your day job. Any regrets with that? Hell no. It's been excellent. I mean, the job was fine, but I hate waking up and I hate dealing with people that I don't want to deal with. Right now, I feel like I don't really have a job - I just do music, which is something I've always done for fun. The shows are cool. Magically, a paycheck occasion ally appears in my hand. How long can you see yourself doing this? Artists will always be putting out new music and there's an endless supply of samples out there - when do you call it quits? I want to make music until I die. I don't really care about sustaining this as a career. I can't see myself going back to the day job or even getting into other styles of music - there's always collaging music and chopping things up to make music. There's a lot of different angles you can go - you can do a variety of things with it. I don't see myself stopping regardless of the level of popularity or the number of people coming out to my show or the number of people downloading or buying records. I don't really see that fazing me in any way. September 16, 2008 1 9 - - - Girl Talk will perform at Trabant Uuiversity Center Thursday. 20 September 1 6, 2008 Coen brothers get burned "Burn After Reading" Mike Zoss Productions Rating: t'ct'c 112 (out of t'ct'ct'ct'c) The Coen brothers' formula most often . involves poor protagonists with some desire to escape the commonplace or to seek money - and in the process, unleash a domino effect of stupid mistakes and misunderstandings. In "Bum After Reading," their newest effort at offbeat comedy, this formula is just about all there is. The foremost problem is the story is too familiar. Rather than two vigilante parents seeking a baby like in "Raising Arizona," it's a self-conscious fitness trainer (Frances McDormand) seeking money for surgical reconstruction and a former CIA agent (John Malkovich) trying to get even with the corrupt system. George Clooney and Tilda Swinton just want to escape boring marriages. Brad Pitt's character, another fitness trainer, is too pea brained to have any real desires. The foolishness of the main characters overlaps when Pitt finds a confidential disc belonging to Osborne Cox (Malkovich) on the floor in the women's locker-room at Hardbodies Gym (the characters use the words Cox and Hardbodies excessively). Pitt and McDormand get in over their heads when they decide to blackmail Cox with the disc. Clooney meets McDormand on an online dating Web site and is having an affair with Malkovich's wife (Swinton). Through all this, the govern ment is watching closely - although even they have no idea what's going on. The irony of all these characters being so well-connected in an urban sprawl like D.C. reduces the weight of the comedy - it's more slapstick than anything else. This humor, although outdated, is one of the few things holding the film together. Pitt dancing around as a clueless gym body and McDormand using her sim plistic charm blend into an amusing chemistry. Clooney is a self-pitying womanizer looking for one thing - sex. The most sincere character is the ex-priest-tumed-gym manager Ted Treffon (Richard Jenkins) who expresses subtle fondness for McDormand. The main problem seems to be with. the editing, In dry comedy, there should be carefully measured spaces between each one-liner. With the exception of a few cases, the funny scenes are uneven and forced, creat ing a sense of comedy without any real sub stance. The Co ens have scripted two identities in their movie-making skills - one for thrillers, which has succeeded with films such as "Fargo" and ''No Country For Old Men," and the other for comedies, which has proven inconsistent. What the Coen brothers were aiming for remains clear - a dark and offbeat satire of a modem, aimless society seeking satisfaction and an ignorant and faulty government admin istration. It seemed like a good idea, but with America's loyalty to the brothers Coen aside, something here went terribly wrong. - James Adams Smith, smithja@UdeLedu A modern-.age knight Year of the Gentleman Ne-Yo DefJam Rating: t'ct'ct'c 112 (out of t'ct'ct'ct'ct'c) A gentleman does more than hold the door. He compliments his lady. He is loyal to her. He admires her without being submissive. And a gen tleman knows when the spark is gone, when to let past loves move on and wish them the best. Ne-Yo tries his best to glorify chivalry in an otherwise void landscape. With his third album Year of the Gentleman, the singer-songwriter proves he has not only a golden voice, but an unwavering ability to write hit singles. _ The CD's first track and single "Closer" is No.8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has listeners singing "I just can t stop," along with the artist. But a gentleman also knows it isn't all about him. He knows to admire a woman for her intel lect and style, which is exactly what Ne-Yo does on tracks like ''Nobody'' and "Miss Independeut." A gentleman also knows that romance does n't always end neatly, or in his favor. On "So You Can Cry," Ne-Yo provides his comforting shoul der, and sings, "I'll ask the sun to shine away from you today so you can cry / If that s what you want, alright." Elsewhere, on "Fade into the Background," Ne-Yo sings about attending the wedding of a for mer flame. His actions would make Mr. Fonzworth Bently proud, as he plans to smile, say congratulations and fade into the background. But if a gentleman knows anything, it's knowing exactly what to say to a prospective, or current, missus. If a gentleman has an argument right before bed time, he knows it's important to reconcile before the new day. On "Mad," N e-Yo sings, "Girl I don t want to go to bed mad at you and I don i want you to go to bed mad at me." TIle disc's best song is the Pollow Da Don produced "Single." Ne-Yo sings to all the single girls out by themselves, telling them, "You ain i gotta be alone / I'll be your boyfriend." "Single" is that combination of expert song writing and top-notch vocals that has propelled Ne-Yo to the top ofR&B. He sings with enough charm and sophistication to take the whole club home. While Ne-Yo's vocal capabilities put him on par with Usher and Chris Brown, his ability to pen the perfect romantic tune gives him that much more edge above the rest of his class. It's with class that Ne-Yo delivers his third album, like a true gentleman. - Ted Simmons, tsim@UdeLedu Big names, small story "Righteous Kill" Millenium Fills Rating: t'ct'c 112 (out of t'c t'c t'c t'c ) Welcome to the Al Pacino and Robert De Niro show - the story of two seniors wrangled into doing one more movie for old time and box office sake. "Righteous Kill" follows the two, who play NYPD detectives, as they search for a serial killer, who more than likely is a fellow cop. It's the pinnacle of buddy-cop movies, as the two acting legends reunite for their first film since 1995's "Heat." Naturally, they've been partners and friends for decades. Turk (De Niro) is a loose-cannon tough guy who appropriately coaches girls softball in his spare time. Rooster (Pacino) is the quick-tongued nice guy, and Turk's counterpart. Together, they're the old savvy vets at the station. Turk's lips are well trained to spew out any four-letter expletive, or berate the bad guys, but his depth is about as large as his vocabulary. He's a bumbling brute who carries a gun because it makes him feel like the big bad good guy. At one point, he's referred to as "a pitbull on crack." Rooster, on the other Overcome All That Remains Prosthetic/Razor & Tie Rating: t'ct'ct'c (out of t'ct'ct'c~t'c) The Massachusetts-based meta1core act All That Remains has taken a few more steps away from its hardcore roots with its newest release Overcome. This is not to say the members of All That Remains lost -any power - they simply modified their own sound. OrigInally a side project of Shadows fall vocalist Phil Labonte, the band began with a hardcore-inspired sound. Ironically, the band has since moved back toward the classic metal sound of Shadowsfall. Overcome features an abundance of clean vocals to a slower, heavier back drop of broken chord progressions. There are fewer thrash-driven beats than before, but the sound is clearer and more hand, has more friends at the precinct - he has more to say about a crime scene and is generally more likeable. It's safe to say Pacino wins the acting duel. The crime caper is much more diffi cult for the characters to figure out than the audience. Each time the judicial sys tem fails to put a suspect behind bars, a serial killer murders that suspect at home, and leaves a poem as a calling card. The ensuing hour and a half shows the group of NYPD officers going from scene to scene, each time coming to the same conclusion about the killer's identity. The story is interesting in the fact that De Niro and Pacino are in it. This is clearly just a vehicle for them to team up again and create some famous mob ster magic. Watching the film is like driving in a car with De Niro and Pacino in the middle of central Florida. There's enough to look at and the company is worthwhile, but you know where you're going and your entertainment is limited to what's in the car. The ride isn't too painful, since see ing Pacino and De Niro playoff each other is like watching Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. Granted, they're far from their primes and would make less than-stellar cops, but seeing the two together is delightful, and the story pro vides enough suspense and intrigue to ~eep innocent viewers alive and watch mg. - Ted Simmons, tsim@Udel.edu inVIting with classical gui tar solos breaking into speedy guitar riffs. Hardcore bands such as Atreyu and Eighteen Visions have failed in the effort to move into mainstream metal, but All That Remains succeeded. The band has maintained its consistent identity, while edging its way toward the melodic sounds of Killswitch Engage. Although the album hasn't broken any new ground, it does offer a powerful tribute to classic metal. - James Adams Smith We Global DJ Khaled Koch Records monotony of listening to one artist repeatedly through one sitting. though. He thrives on a mainstream style and never steps outside that realm. His tracks, which are suited for purely Rating: t'ct'c (out of t'c t'c t'c t'c t'c ) DJ Khaled, known for his popular singles li~e "We Takin' Over," releases his third album We Global, which includes the hit jams "Out Here Grindin'" and "Go Hard." The tracks come equipped with a star-stud ded list of rap artists that bring legitimacy to each of Khaled's hits as well as the rest of his album. The collaboration of artists frees the listener from the Khaled provides no variety in his songs, mainstream reasons, become repetitive and one-dimensional. The title track "We Global," which fea tures Fat Joe, Ray Jay and Trey Songz, is about how the group is metaphorically on top of the world. There isn't deep meaning in any track and the album is as average as can be expected. - Bryan Berkowitz, bberk@Udel.edu deJalyarel INdressed Stuck ? In Being stuck in the friend zone is less than ideal. Is there room in that zone for flexibility, or are you in for good? And why is it that guys tend to get in the friend zone, while girls are often more for- tunate? The friend zone is a place where no male wants to find himself, especially when he fancies someone. It's when a man becomes so close to a female friend that when they decide there might be relationship poten tial, they can't start one - they're trapped as friends and friends only. I've found that guys can't be friends with girls the way girls can be friends with guys. I can confidently say I can look at a guy and never think anything dirty. I can even look at a foxy man and want nothing from him other than a pleasant conversation and good com- pany. Guys, on the other hand, usual ly have other intentions. This truth is the foundation for what I like to refer to as the unfortunate and slightly brutal "friend zone." It's a zone many good guys find themselves in due to the fact friendships are not always mutual when it comes to gender. The friend zone happens to the nicest of guys - the guys who make an effort to actually listen to what their female friends have to say, or the ones any girl can call up to chill out with and watch a movie, no strings attached. Friend-zone men are capable of reading women well and, for the most part, are trustworthy. These are some of the rea- Tell me what th" k you In ... for next week: 1. Do you believe chivalry exists on college campuses? 2. WHat type of behavior would be classified as chivalrous? Respond to aliciarg@udel.edu sons they find themselves acting the part of best friend instead of lover. Friend zone guys are the ones girls go running to when a chump breaks their heart. I feel for them because of that. Imagine having to sit down and listen to how some jerk screwed over the girl you're in love with. That's a hard-knock life. The reality is mutual friendships between genders are difficult and take patience. If you've dated each other in the past, I'd go as far as to say it's impos sible. For the most part, guys know when the zone they are stuck in the friend zone - stuck being the key word because they can>t fully get out. Perhaps it's because they've always felt there was more to their cooed friendship. I asked my brother and a good friend to back me up, and it seems I'm not too far off. Both agreed men can't be friends with women the way women want them to. And once they're stuck in the friend zone, there's really no getting out. Girls, on the other hand, don't worry about the friend zone, mainly because it's not much of a burden for them. We actually enjoy having guys that are that close to us - it gives us a good outlet to get the inside scoop about what men are discussing. It's unfortunate many of our good guy friends are stuck here, but there's a way to break the existing barrier. The remedy is maturity. As people get older, friend zones break, probably because outlooks on relationships change. People start to crave more of a com mitment, and who better to commit with than with someone who can understand women without trying to undress them with their eyes? mediadarJing Keeping the Oogg on a tight /eosh Upstanding citizen. It's a bit of a stuffy term these days, but the implications are still good. ?nonetheless. It suggests community leadership, civic responsibility, moral aware ness and a well-pruned lawn. It speaks vol umes about one's character, service record and golf game. Suburbia is full of upstanding citi zens, but who do these stand-up ladies and gents most likely model themselves after? The most upstanding of them all, of course - S N-double-O-P-D-O-double-G. . Snoop Dogg - given name, Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. - is as upstanding as they come. The 35-year-old rapper and sometimes actor has sold more than 17 million records, according to a Sept. 12 Reuters article, and has invested every cent of his earnings respon sibly. Snoop has purchased self-esteem (every rapper feels prettier with some ice), happiness.(it makes no difference if it was in an illegal powdered form) and most importantly, self-defense (he keeps a blue flag hanging out his backside, but only on the left side). There's just little to find fault with when it comes to Snoop - he doesn't have a bad bone in his body. It makes no sense, then, that Australian immigration officials refused him entry into the coun try for the past year, only granting him a visa Friday. According to Reuters, Snoop wasn't even allowed to apply for a visa in 2007 because of his criminal record and this year, he almost met the same fate. The rapper slated his "Smoked Out" tour for an October appearance in Australia, but groups for victims of crime within the country complained and Snoop had to undergo a governmental charac ter assessment before earning his visa, accord ing to a Sept. 12 Associated Press article. As part of the visa agreement, Snoop has to sub mit to counseling before traveling to Australia, and he'll be completing charity work with at risk kids once he gets there. I'm sorry, did this man kill somebody? And don't answer "Yes" to that"question - he was acquitted of that murder charge in 1993. The Aussies are handing down such strict stip ulations for Snoop's entrance into the country, I can't help but wonder what the poor Dogg did to deserve it. It seems Australians view Snoop Dogg as some kind of threat to society. They're mildly displeased with his behavior following an appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in March 2007, according to the Associated Press. That was just a little slip-up involving possession of marijuana, cocaine and guns charges. It wasn't as bad as the time he and his posse roughed up seven British cops in an airport. Or the multitude of times he was charged with possession of a fuearm. The bottom line is: why wouldn't you want this guy spending some QT with your at risk youth? He's touring with Ice Cube and Thugs-N-Harmony, too, so maybe they'll come with. This tour could be the beginning of a beautiful relationship between the chil- . dren of Australia, the rappers of America and undisclosed amounts of illegal substances. Australian immigration officials have clearly made the right choice here. Let's face it - Snoop was already banned from entering the United Kingdom in March 2007, according to an April 2007 BBC article, and he was arrested in Sweden on narcotics charges in the same month, according to a March 2007 Reuters article. How much more international flogging can the rapper take? It's obvious Australia is tailing the in crowd. First the Brits and then the Swedes give Snoop a thrashing, so the Aussies think they'll follow suit. I don't entirely blame them - they're on the bottom of the globe and they're bound to feel left out and slight ly unpopular from time to time. That's not a valid reason to attack an otherwise upstand ing citizen like Snoop Dogg, though. My recommendation? Drop this visa issue like it's hot. - Caitlin Birch, jecabi@udeLedu September 16, 2008 21 fasbion.forward A week for the fortunate few It's that time of year when the leaves are changing colors, the tem perature is going down and tents are going up in Bryant Park. That's right mes am is, it's every fash ionista's favorite time - New York Fashion L..-_--l-=-__ ....I Week. Sabina Ellahi ( "/111/111/11 Designers, mod els, magazine editors, department store buy- ers and celebrities base their schedules around this important week - with London, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks to follow. During Fashion Week, designers show their innovation and cre ativity - or utter destruction, depending on your tastes - with hopes that their hard work turns into success as it enters the mass market. But in the midst of the glamour and sophis tication that couture tends to bring comes the more important, grim thought due to the deterio rating economy - the prices. In a time when we're all scrambling for ways to keep a decent wardrobe while being money-conscious, it's a wonder anyone can actu ally afford $500 shoes or $3,000 bags. Of course, there are people out there who are actually buy ing clothes and accessories at these prices, but I feel there are much less people doing so than pre vious years. While the high-end fashion houses like Louis Vuitton can afford to stay afloat,. competi tion is increasingly difficult this year for young designers. More is at stake for them and their businesses as production costs rise and the U.S . . dollar continues to weaken - not to mention the $28,000 price tag for a tent in Bryant Park. But it's not necessarily the economy that designers opt to blame. In recent years, the rise of disposable fashion, or trendy and often inexpen sive clothes, has greatly affected the fashion market - not just in the United States, but glob ally. The constant turnover of merchandise in retailers who follow this marketing strategy and the frequeRt need for change in trends has immensely transformed the insights of the fash ion consumer. The typical mentality of a shopper is, "Why spend $200 on a Diane von Furstenburg top when I can get the same kind for $50 at Banana Republic?" The idea of luxury is nice, but it's not worth breaking the bank to a point where you get a bad case of buyer's remorse. I'm not going to lie to you - I enjoy luxu ry items just as much as any other fashionista out there. Who doesn't? But for most, when it comes down to paying for one thing for its versatility and for the built-to-Iast purpose versus getting multiple items that essentially provide a new wardrobe tOr the same price, why wouldn't one opt for the second choice? Even with the strong capitalist belief in our culture where we strive to have something better than everyone else, most Americans don't feel inclined to spend extravagant amounts on a piece of fabric . It's understandable, but unfortunate for the designers who are still trying to break into the industry. Putting economy and technicalities of the market aside, it's hard not to appreciate the designer's creations. Fashion Week is not just a week for buyers to figure out what's best to be sold in their stores, but it's a week to admire the visionary designs of hard-working artists. It's a form of artistic expression, even though most people don't see it that way. Even if the price tag is outrageous, just remember - don't blame the designer. Besides, things always end up going on sale. - . , . ? 2~2~Se~p~te~m~b~e~rll~6,12~OO~8L-________________________________ ~ __ -------------------------------------lft U-Pick program promotes agricuffuraleducafion Continued from page 20 farm environment. While many peo ple attend events like those at Fifer Orchards, more families are still out of touch with the farm. "My grandparents were the last generation of farmers," he says. "Most folks are removed from the farm - they don't have the ability to interact with farms." Johnson says people should reconnect with rural areas. "People should learn where food comes from and how it is grown and understand the benefits of maintain ing rural neighborhoods," he says. Brian Hearn, farm manager for agriculture research and education at the university, says people should be better educated. "I was teaching kids and they had no idea how things were grown because they aren't taught afhome," he says. "When I was. a kid, my fam ily taught me so It was second nature." Hearn says many people are out of touch with farming today because people do not know how to ~row anymore, nor do they have the tI~e, energy or money. He says while farms are decreasing, people are becoming unfriendly about .farms. "Sometimes people III urban areas complain about farms, such as the smell," Hearn says. He says he feels people should educate themselves about agricul ture. Hearn agrees with Fennemore and Johnson that students of agricul ture should be interested in programs like V-Pick. "It is a great opportunity to get into," Hearn says. "There i.s money to be made - students need to learn how to plan and keep an operation." He says V-Pick opera~ions p~o? vide farmers a consumer base, which usually has the same people coming back often. "People don't get to see farms ' every day," Hearn says. "Lots of people come all th~ way fn;>m Baltimore for a particular V-Pick every year." He says there are many benefits of visiting local farms. "There have been many con cerns about contamination recently," Hearn says. "It is popular to buy local because of safety issues." He says he urges families to seek the benefits of supporting local farmers and take part in the family fun and entertainment that business es such as Fifer Orchards provide - just as Fifer's logo states, "Eat local. Taste Fresh." THE REVIEWlKatie Smith )1t September 16,2008 23 Locals on the hunt for hidden treasure Geocaching takes' students, adventurers on outdoor missions BY AMY PRAZNIAK Features Editor Michael Ott, who refers to himself as the "unofficial president" of the Delaware Geocachers, jokes that geo caching is "basically nerds in the woods." "All you need is a $100 GPS unit," he says. "I do it because of the hiking part of it - there's a little bit more of a purpose to the hike, and it gets you outside." According to Geocaching.com, "Geocaching is a high tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices." Ott, who is one of the founders of the Delaware Geocachers, says he got involved in geocaching when he visited the official Web site, and discovered there was a geo cache two miles from his house in Newark. Ott says he already had his own Global Positioning System that he had used for hiking in the past, so he began to use it for geo caching. Junior Katie Keeports states in an e-mail message that she used to be involved in geocaching because her mother did a lot of hiking in White Clay Creek State Park and her friends enjoyed the outdoors. "Caching not only gives. outdoor lovers the opportunity to spend time hiking, but it provides competition and social stimulation that perhaps these people otherwise would have difficulty locating," Keeports says. "It's like a giant, secret treasure-hunt that spans the world." She says the caches can be anything from coiled-up pieces of paper stuffed inside a tube to large ammo cans. The online profiles of the caches contain information about the cache, like size, purpose, themes or hints. She says once the cache is found with the help of a GPS, it contains a log in which one records the date and time the cache was found, whether any items were removed from or placed in the cache and a brief message for its owner. Keeports says once geocachers return home to their computers, they'll log back onto the geocaching Web site and record whether the cache was located succesfully and whether they removed any of the "travel bugs" it contains. She says a travel bug is an item with a dog tag attached to it that bears a specific serial number, allowing it to be identi fied online by whoever discovers it. Travel bugs move from cache to cache around the world. "I succesfully logged 38 caches. This pales in compar ison to my mom who has found in total 1,204 caches," Keeports says. "I did, however, enter a travel bug named 'Alex the Centipede' in a race against other travel bugs to see how large of a distance it could cover within a certain amount of time. He won the race." She says "Alex the Centipede" made it to Alaska. KeepoI'ts says caches range from being tiny in size to larger than the size of a shoe box. She says smaller caches, called micro caches, are geocaches which contain only a log ~~~~~~i,! that are often wedged Pictures courtesy of Katie Keeports inside of magnetic Junior Katie Keeports and her mother used to geocache at White Clay Creek State Park. spare-key holders to film cans. These caches are often found in urban areas so the geocacher in search of a microcache must be extra secretive when searching for them. "Non-geocachers, referred to 'as 'muggles' by geo cachers, are often present during the search for geocaches," she says. "So cachers must be clandestine in their search operations." Keeports says the larger caches typically contain logs, small trinkets and fun gifts for the "first-time finders." She says most of the time the caches contain objects like chil dren's toys, cards, small collectible items and travel coins. "Once I found a dragon stuffed animal that I still keep on my bookshelf," Keeports says. Ott says if a finder chooses to take an item out of the cache, he or she has to put something back in return. He says he's had a matchbox car that's made it 24,000 miles circulating around the globe. map instead of a GPS. He says he prefers caches that take him on adventures that involve off-road bicycling and long hikes. He says geocaching can sometimes become an obses sion and competitive for participants. "It is a phenomenon as to why it is so addicting," Petrucci says. "I think it may be because it is something that is so easy to do, and it really takes no special skills to become an 'expert' geocacher." While Petrucci says geocaching is a fun activity, he feels there are geocachers who aren't as "green" as they could be. "Geocachers tend to think of themselves as people who love the outdoors and want to protect the environment," he says. "But these same folks burn gallons of fuel and spend hours of time driving from cache to cache to feed their obsession. How 'green' is that? "Also, consider the person who places a cache. Everything is great if we assume that only good people put out caches, but we know that isn't realistic. I could put out a cache that will attract the geocacher of my choice to a remote wooded area just about anywhere. As more kids become interested in geocaching, I'm very' concerned that Glenn Petrucci, who has participated in geocaching in Delaware as well, states in an e-mail message that there are limited amounts of caches to find in Delaware, which has led him to travel long distances around the country in search of caches. He says he enjoys finding "signature" items, or more personalized findings, in the cache, rather than the usual "bric-a-brac" that are put into the containers. Petrucci says geocaching can also be done with just a See EXPLORERS pg 25 Travel bugs, a popular component of caches, are tracked using dog tags. Geocaches include collectible items like travel coins and other gifts. ,--~- - - - --------------------- - - - --------- - ------ ------- - 24 September 16, 2008 Bringing art scene back to life in Wilmington BY LEXI AMBROGI Staff Reporter Just northeast of Newark, a world of high culture lies waiting for students. Wilmington is home to a bustling art community. The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, distributes more than $1.75 million annually in grants to artists and for local art programs, director Paul Weagraff says. These grants help finance artists like Peter Williams, an art professor at the uni versity. This year, Williams received a grant from the DDOA for emerging artists and used the money to create new work. He refers to this process as "quid pro quo" - artists are given money by groups like the DDOA in return for the work for which it pays. From Sept. 5 to Sept. 26, Williams' work is on display at the DDOA Mezzanine Gallery in Wilmington. The show, "Working Space and Other Ideas," features pieces made from Sunday comic strips from his hometown of Detroit. "I found a box of these old strips, and I couldn't remember why I'd brought them with me when I moved here," Williams says. "Arrangements and patterns and ideas emerged as I played around with them." Though the bulk of Williams' work consists of paintings, these cartoon col lages proved to be a relaxing break for him. "I think I needed to get away from the stress of painting," he says. Williams says he compares his usual painting style to nonfiction, whereas his recent cartoon images are "complete fan tasy." Another spot for local artists is the Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts in Wilmington. With 26 on-site artist studios, the DCCA features 30 exhibits annually from local, national and international artists. Like the DDOA Mezzanine Gallery, the DCCA relies on the backing of donations and grants. Carina Evangelista, newly appointed Gretchen Hupfel Curator at the DCCA, says earlier in 2008 the organization received a generous endowment gift from an anonymous friend of the late artist Gretchen Hupfel, which finances Evangelista's full-time position, the first of its kind at the center. With Evangelista's help, the DCCA is able to expand upon its programs. Evangelista's daily duties at the DCCA include writing grants to fund new exhibits, researching new artists and their work and writing promotional texts for shows. "We've never had a full-time curator before," Evangelista says. "It's kind of a lUXury." Evangelista and Williams agree that one of the best ways to take advantage of the Wilmington art scene comes the first Friday of every month. Dubbed the "First Friday," and with the goal of bringing together art aficionados, the event features a bus loop around the DCCA, the Delaware Art Museum and more than 30 other venues and galleries in Wilmington. "Turnout is pretty good," Williams says. "It's not New York or Chicago, of course, but there are enough people who come out to enjoy art and engage in dis cussion." Evangelista says she hopes to expand upon the art resources in the area and looks to increase membership at local museums. "For a city this size, it's pretty good," she says. "But it's always better to widen and deepen viewership." Emily Bunker, an art major at the uni versity, says she enjoys the First Friday loop for the free food, wine and music in addition to the new art pieces. "The idea isn't unique to Wilmington," Bunker says. "Philly has a really good loop. But it seems to be gain ing strength here." THE REVIEWlMelanie Hardy The local art community showcases its work at musuems around town. Courtesy of Amazon.com "On the Mason-Dixon Line" features the work of several university professors. Delaware 'authors join in new anthology BY MIA POZZANGHERA Staff Reporter "On the Mason-Dixon Line: An Anthology of Contemporary Delaware Writers," is a collection of essays, poems and short stories by Delaware's? own authors, including several professors from the university. The book, printed by The University of Delaware Press, is a compilation of 52 pieces of work from 45 different writers, each of whom has a special connection to the state of Delaware. It will be available in the Morris Library, as well as for sale in most major bookstores. Karen Drumliner, managing editor at un Press, says the ' collection is special because several Delaware writers are fea tured in one anthology. The book features three poet laureates, including renowned poet Joann Baliing, who currently holds the title. Along with these poets, the book also features published and unpublished writers. "There are even everyday folks who are great writers too," Drumliner says. Jeanne Murray Walker, an English pro fessor at the university, has two poems pub lished in the anthology. One of the poems, titled "Betting in Bright Sunlight at Delaware Park," was written for her friend Rick Smyth. Walker says her inspiration for the poem was a memory she had walking with Smyth around the race park one day watching the horses. The poem, a sestina, contains six six line stanzas. Each line of every stanza is fin ished with the same six words in a different order. Walker says she felt this style was an appropriate way to express the theme of th~ poem. "I thought the form of the poem had a lot to do with betting and luck," she says. "So I wrote this poem for Rick." The book's publisher, Billie Travalini, says she spent nearly five years compiling pieces of literature from various writers to publish the anthology. She says when she came up with the idea for the anthology, she pitched it to a group of peers whom she had worked with closely. "I wanted a focus, but people lost inter est," Travalini says. "I thought it would be a wonderful way to have the voices of Delaware heard, so I just kept going." She says she devoted a great deal of time to calling authors from around the area and asking for work to publish. "They were very happy to do it," Travalini says. "They loved the idea and thought it was worth doing." Travalini says working on the book was exhausting. Fleda Brown, a peer whose name appears adjacent to Travalini's on the book's cover, called one day offering assis tance. "She looked at it with fresh eyes and I think that made all the difference," Travalini says. "She didn't want much credit though - I had to fight her to put her name on the cover." Travalini says Brown came up with the title and eventually both agreed on it since the Mason-Dixon Line is a large part of Delaware 's history and helped tie every- thing in the book together. . Travalini says she would love to work on something like this again and says this generation along with each succeeding gen eration will have something different to say. She also says it's important to include writ ers of varying age, style and ability. "It was a labor of love," Travalini says. "Not just to the writers of Delaware, but the history and documentation of Delaware." The unique aspect of the book, accord ing to both Walker and Travalini, is that many of the authors featured have worked with each other in some way. They attend each others readings and go to workshops and classes together. Travalini says because Delaware is such a small state, it offers an opportunity for writers to work closely in a tight-knit community. "All of these people [in the book] I have worked with - we all know each other, in some way or another," Walker says. ~ September 16,200825- Having a ball in a .basement band Local rock group takes name and inspiration from former Phillies outfielder BY JAMES ADAMS SMITH Entertainment Editor In the basement of Peter Bothum's house lies an assortment of guitars, a drum set, 8-track recording equipment and an orig inal Nintendo - and they don't belong to his kids. When Bothum isn't being a family man or working as an editor at The News Journal, he plays guitar and sings for Von Hayes, a Newark-based rock act named after the former Phillies outfield er. The band was recently featured by ESPN.com for the sports related name. "We just play once a month, because my family would kill me," he says. "A lot of bands now don't even tour." The band's drummer, Andrew Zitelli, coined the term "hobby rock" to define this balance between work and family life and playing in a rock band. Bothum says Zitelli came up with the name of the band. They considered using a number of baseball player names, including Lou Whitaker. They finally decided on Von Hayes, the Phillies outfielder who hit two home runs in the first inning of a baseball game, winning against the New York Mets 26 to 7 in 1985. "We decided on Von Hayes as a cheeser," he says. "For example, we play Nintendo in the basement and stuff. We're all into this outdated retro stuff. I love the Phillies, so you know I like Von Hayes." He says the band took off after its first session when chem istry seemed to form between Jake Leach and Zitelli on a song called "Life Kicks Ass." "Those two guys knowing each other, not even meeting," he says. "That's when it started." The band then played its first show at East End Cafe. "We played this acoustic show," he says. "It was just terri ble. We weren't good at playing - you have to be a good play er to be in an acoustic band." He says they recorded the whole album on 8-track tapes in four different locations, including his basement setup. Bothum says since forming, the band has actually had an encounter with the real Von Hayes. "I've been worried that he was going to sue and shut us down and hate it," he says. Hayes is the manager of the Lancaster Barnstormers, a minor league team in Pennsylvania. Bothum says someone from a rival Pennsylvania team, York Revolution, saw the band's story on ESPN.com and asked them to play the national anthem at a game. "They were going to have us play their last home game against Lancaster, against Von Hayes' team, to just stick it to him," he says. What neither the York represen tative nor the band realized at the time was that the two teams had the same owner. Bothum says the real Hayes was OK with the name, but because of the ownership overlap, the national anthem prank most likely won't be allowed. "We joked about the national anthem," he says. "We would just Courtesy of Sarah Allard and Peter Bothum Von Hayes includes bassist Jake Leach, drummer Denny Hehman and guitarists/vocalists Peter Bothum and Andrew Zitelli. butcher it." . Bothum says the band is inspired by '''80s cheese stuff," such as Bryan Adams, John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen. Although the band has often been referred to as "lo-fi indie," Bothum says he has problems with the exact meaning of the term. "We just do quick songs with decent hooks that people remember," he says. "We're just redoing the songs, but not rewriting it." Bothum says the band has used Myspace.com as a resource for sharing its music. "Everybody rips on Myspace, like it's for little kids and child porn freaks," he says. "It's actually a good resource for bands." Denny Hehman, 30, plays drums for the band when he's not working full-time as a civil engineer. On his way to work, 'he THE REVIEWlKatie Smith explains the role the band plays in his life. "I love beating the hell out of my drums after a long day at work," he says. "I work a ton of hours. I have to work a lot of weekends to make up for the time I spend doing music." Hehman, a university alumnus, at one time played in the marching band. . He got involved with Von Hayes after hearing about it, _ through a former drumline member playing in the band Terminal ' Lunchbox with Bothum. "It's not work at all to me," he says. "There's no uniform. It's not strictly structured. Music is a huge part of my life - I couldn't just be an engineer." Hehman says qe brings a background in jazz to the band, while Zitelli comes from punk roots. He says the band members have grown close, which makes the band work. "I think when you get older, you like to be surrounded by good people who are clean," he says. "It's not good to be wrapped up with people who don't have their lives together." The band recently signed with State Capital Records through Dan Hewitt, who started it with his own wallet. . "He's done a ton for a guy that's works a full-time job and doesn't have a million dollars," he :;ays. "He's put a lot of stuff on his credit card. I guess we're signed, whatever that means." Bothum says the members have been in former local bands such as Terminal Lunchbox and Te~ble Friends. The band played a show Friday night in a liquor store with a makeshift venue in Trenton, N.J. - bar fight included. While Bothum's kids are playing in the living room of his Newark home, he says that bemg in a band is something he's always wanted to do. "I just have to be in a band," he says. "I have to do it." Explorers search for geocaches it's also possible now to log caches right from the cache site using a GPS enabled cell phone, yet it seems no one is taking this as a serious security problem, Petrucci says. that's special to visit. He says he's seen a lot of places because of geocaching that he never would have seen. Petrucci says some of his most memo rable searches were "virtual caches," which have no container or log book - one simply finds an object such as a certain rock forma tion or a man-made oddity using coordi nates, and a picture is taken to prove it has been found. However, virtual caches are no longer supported by the geocaching Web site, Petrucci says. but when you are clamoring over boulders, some covered in ice, banging your head into rocks hanging from above and crawling through narrow passageways - all in total darkness - three-quarters of a mile seems like a long, long way." Continued from page 23 predators may use geocaching information ~s a tool for luring their prey to unsafe areas to put them in harm's way, or even worse situations." With the advancements in technology, Keeports says many cachers will create all-day or weekend outings to other areas, collecting over 10 caches in one day. She says most of the cachers involved in Delaware geocaching are also involved with the Friends of White Clay Creek, a vol unteer organization that helps maintain and develop the White Clay Creek State Park that surrounds Newark. Ott says the Delaware Geocachers sponsors four to eight events a year. He says he enjoys geocaching because a lot of the caches are in an interesting place or one "One of our favorite memories is find ing a virtual cache in northern Arizona that took you three-quarters of a mile under ground into a lava tube," he says. "Three quarters of a mile doesn't sound very far, Ott says anyone can create a cache, by submitting a form online on the geocaching Web site. Keeports says she has met another uni versity student who is involved in geo caching as well. Together, they made a dis covery on campus. "After multiple tries, we were able to locate the microcache in the overpass between Gore and Smith," sh~ says. 26~~~~ ____________________________________ ~ Sf 10 I ' I- \ '" '" 1 }' I "' 1 l " -hI r Jff f" lU,? 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FREE TO GOOD HOME Please contact Johnny at (610) 656 3210 September 16, 2008 Breaking News: Planned unveiling of new football .stadium design postponed until later date. -------------#~~~~------------------------------------28 lyeekly calendar ... Tuesday, September 16 Volleyball vs. Temple 7 p.m .. Wednesday, September 17 Mens Soccer vs. Monmouth 7 p.m. Tbunday, September 18 Friday, September 19 Volleyball vs.Gardner-Webb, 4:30p.m. Women's soccer @. Saint Josephs 7 p.m. Field Hockey @ Temple 3 p.m. Saturday, September 20 Football@ Fwman 2 p.m. Mens and Womens XC @ Delaware Invitational Volleyball vs. Duke 11 a.m. Sunday, September 21 Field Hockey vs. Saint Josephs 1 p.m. Men's soccer @ Rider 2 p.m. UO-West Chester rivalry still beneficial to Hens? BY PAT MAGUIRE the best atmosphere their team plays in." Sports Editor The Hens football team rumbled to a 48-20 win over longtime Division-II rival West Chester on Saturday night, in the latest series of a long line of games which has seen Delaware annually beating up on its "little brother". 'Saturday's game sold out with an attendance of 22,029, marking the fifth straight sellout on a home opener, three of which have been against West Chester, a team accustomed to playing against smaller, Division-II crowds. Hens' head coach K.C. Keeler saw the game as an opportunity to look for progress in his squad, although he was quick to praise West Chester's effort and determination to take down their "big brother" to the north. "We've been doing this for 49 years," West Chester Director of Athletics Edward Matejkovic said. "It's become a tradition." While the annual meeting provides a guaranteed home game and what usually results in an addition to the win column for the Hens, West Chester heads to Delaware each year looking for tough competition to help them Saturday's blowout marks the 15th straight time Delaware has defeat ed the Golden Rams, a string of games that are often decisive victories, highlighted by an 84-0 blowout in 2000. Delaware's overall record versus Westchester improved to 43-6-1 since their first meeting in 1941, which resulted in a 7-7 tie. as they move on to the rest of their Division-II schedule. ' West Chester head coach Bill Zwaan said the challenge and the opportunity to step up on the big stage benefits the Golden Rams each year. Although the annual meeting does not usually result in a thriller, it has mutual benefits for both schools. "Although we haven't been very successful at beating Delaware, I think it's a great opportunity for our kids to step up a level," Matejkovic said. "What I like about them is that they're willing to come to our stadi um," Delaware Director of Athletics Edgar Johnson said. "It's probably For Delaware, it was undeniable that West Chester was a step down from the rest of their schedule, particularly after playing Football Bowl Subdivision school Maryland in their fust game two weeks ago. "Athletic ability and size and weight and stuff like that," UD running back Johnathon Smith said. "That's the only difference, but they played hard." Smith, along with most of Delaware's starters, did not see much action in the fourth quarter, which gave the second string a chance to see some time. The West Chester game has become a stage over the years for the Hens to show off and assess their depth chart early in the season. Starting quarterback Robby Schoenhoft was replaced by Lou Rittaco shortly after the start of the final quarter. Rittaco spent the majority of his time handing the ball off to backup running backs Jared Bradley and Jerry Butler, who rushed for a combined total of 170 yards. Keeler said wide receiver Aaron Love hurt his hamstring earlier in the week and though the injury did not turn out to be serious, Keeler decided . to limit the starter just as a precaution. Love did not see a play from scrim mage and was relegated to punt return duty for the majority of the game, allowing sophomore Tommy Crosby to make his fust career start. Delaware's contract with Westchester expires in 2012. Although Edgar Johnson said he has not thought that far in advance, the question lingers as to whether or not Delaware will continue to play the Golden Rams. . THE REVIEW/Steven Gold Phillip Thaxton crushes a West Chester defender into the field. "It could end any time," said Matejkovic. "You never know what's going to happen in the future. Early issues test m~n's soccer team BY DAVE THOMAS Staff Reporter After a rough start, the men's soccer team faces the task of quickly righting their ship. With a record of 1-3-1, (0-0 CAA) and all three losses coming in overtime, the team has dug themselves an early hole. Though the team is 70 percent under classmen, they feel confident they can overcome this early obstacle. "The start was always going to be difficult," junior forward Darren Christie said, "I think it will . benefit the team in the long run." The goal now is to take the lessons learned in the first four games and apply them as a team in their upcoming matches. Head coach Ian Hennessy said the tough early season'schedule will be benefi ciallater in the season. "We put our team in the nation's best arenas," Hennessy said, "It's a tough schedule, but they are much more experienced now." So far this season the team has lost close matches to Rutgers, St. Josephs and Lasalle. Hennessy said the early adversity will help build essential character on the young team. The team, he said, has already started to mold together. Christie, a native of South Africa, is one of the players who will be expected to help turn things around. A rising star who was kept scoreless throughout the 2007 campaign, leads the Hens thus . far with three goals. While he downplayed the added burden of the winless start, Christie said the internal pressure to perform is always there . "I always put pressure on myself," he said. "I just have a longing to do better. Last year I didn't score, so this year is my time to score." While the offensive production has increased from last year, the defensive side of the ball seems to be the weakness of this year's team. The Hens have had trouble keeping leads, giving up two one- See TEAM LOOKS page 31 Courtesy of SportJ Information E.J. Alvarado will try to bolster the offense. 29 September 1 6, 2008 Greeks square off on the gridiron BY DAN MOBERGER Staff Reporter Rivalries occur between siblings or friends, professional teams or college alliances. One rivalry that may be overlooked by those not involved is the one among college fraternities. Here at Delaware, contention linking fraternities has now found a new outlet on the football field, namely in the sport of flag football. Starting this year many on campus fraternites will be com peting in flag football tournaments against one another. Is former high school basketball star Elena Delldonne making. the right choice by switching from basketball to volleyball? The teams begin practicing far in advance of their annual meeting and take every minute of practice seriously. There are heated arguments about calls, members carry clipboards full of plays and everyone goes full speed at every practice. Now in its third year, the competition has undergone changes and will feature a campus-wide tournament, open to any of the recognized fraternities on campus. "Good for her, if she does not want to play she should not have to just because she is good at it." -Brian Steele, Freshman Perhaps the most notable rivalry among the fraternities is between Sigma Phi Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Mu. But the "SigEp" versus "Sammy" charity game has become a tradition. They will play under the lights on the new turf field on Laird Campus on Oct. 11. This celebrated rivalry has given the players many benefits. "Whatever makes her happy, that's what she should do, life is about more than money or fame." Senior Ricky Hopp, who plays run ning back and wide receiver for SigEp loves participating in the game each year. -Steve Sidebotham "Pride, camaraderie. It brings back the whole varsity sports mentality", he said. Courtesy of Steve De Lucia Many more campus fraternities will square off in flag football this year Other fraternity chapters take the com petition just as seriously, including Sigma Chi. Participants, such as Phil Wyman, do not only get their competitive nature out when they play, but they reap the benefits of the sport. graduated last year and some kids that did- licized for an extra year, more people are n't get to play last year are going to play. becoming interested and recognizing its Our chances art;. definitely improved." importance. What began as one game has Besides the rivalries, competition and now stemmed into a tournament and the athletic involvement, the fraternity flag rivalries have continued to heat up. "We get aerobic activity, fraternity bonding, hanging out with the guys," Wyman said. football game has a much deeper meaning. Though the rivalry can cloud some of When it started two years ago, the fraterni- the more benevolent motives behind the ties created the event intending to raise annual showdown, the two groups share money for a charity. one noble purpose at the end of the day. Coming into this year's game, SigEp players are very confident. They have won the past two years and have been practicing constantly since coming back to campus. Sammy members think that the tide could be turning this year, however. "We started it as a philanthropy event Each chapter gets a chance to help those in for youth AIDS research," Hopp said. "A need of assistance, a place to exercise their couple hundred people came the first year, competitive drive, good physical activity, a a few more last year. Now we are at the chance to entertain hundreds of people and new turf field under the lights." at the end of the day they all carry them- "I think we're going to do great this year," Sammy president Jason Aaron said. "We have a new coach because our old one The charity game has evolved into selves as true competitors with a sports something much bigger in just two years. It man's spirit. ALEX PORRO "Athletes are people too" still focuses on raising money for an AIDS organization, but now that it has been pub- Here we are, as sports fans, perched teeter ing on the edge of a new era in fanhood, and we need to take a long, hard look in the mirror and decide if we are going about our duty as fans in the right way. . This January, UCLA freshman Kevin Love walked onto -McArthur Court in Eugene, Oregon and the nation got a disturbing look at what is slowly becoming the norm in fan-athlete rela tions. Love, an Oregon native who starred at Lake Oswego High, signed to play for the Bruins in sunny Southern California. This apparently angered many fans of Oregon basketbalL In the week leading up to the game, Love allegedly got so many voicemails threatening his life, apparently in fairly graphic terms, he had to cancel his cell phone service, and it only went south from there. During the game, Love, on the court and his family in the stands, which included. his father Stan, grandmother and 13-year-old sister, were subjected to profanity laced taunts, while having garbage heaped upon them from the student sec tion. Though Love enacted his revenge in the form of 26 points and 18 rebounds, he was visi bly shaken before and after the ordeaL This begs a serious question. What would happen if the boos and chants of "You suck" fell on something other than deaf ears? What if, in our frenzy to let players know how we felt about them, we actually hurt them? What if we caused something we never intended, something with serious consequences beyond the field or court? Would you feel responsible or contend that some internal weakness led to their demise and go about your business, perhaps a bit more quietly? Last week Tennes?see Titans' quarterback Vince Young asked to be taken out of the Titans' home opener after being taunted by fans and it got me thinking about the volatile relationship between fan and idoL Fans have become more than spectators. We have taken on an active role in the competition, and with that comes a certain responsibility. Fans must understand the athletes on the field are more than what we perceive them to be from the nosebleed sections. But athletes, and especially quarterbacks, are supposed to be Teflon. It is hard for fans to see superstar athletes as human. If they were human, the things we said about them might have actual meaning. Ifwe consider athletes to be peo ple, like us, the things we say could take root and feed hidden insecurities within the athletes, -and I'm not so sure we're ready to handle that responsibility. Conversely, athletes must realize what they've gotten themselves into. Fans invest a great amount of time, energy and money follow ing a team and its players. At anyone time there are thousands of people collectively hoping and praying for a great pass, a last minute shot or a game-winning goal, and when a player screws that up, the fans are more than willing to share their disappointment. History Professor IInl~~,,~~_ "I would not want to do something that would put pressure on me, so I feel like she should be able to do what she wants." -Erin Morgan Junior It's when these relationships turn ugly that things typically go from bad to worse. The fans feel betrayed and become bitter and scream and yell until their lungs give out, and the athletes hear the taunts. They feel the chorus of boos deep down inside them and some ofthem can't take it. Occasionally they lash out, giving some of it back to the fans, but other times they internalize the criticisms and it affects them in a meaningful way. Fans have the right to cheer and be proud of their teams. They should be able to boo and jeer and carry on, within reason, but how far is too far? To be honest, I'm not sure. These things should be clearer, right and wrong defmed in someone's ethics code would clear things up for us, but they're not. Clearly screaming "whore" at a player's family is cross ing the line, but booing, I just can't say. Fans have to be able to express themselves, or else the passion will be sucked right out of sports. Cheers and boos can defme players, games and even cities (philadelphia anyone?), but when have we taken things too far? Young reportedly frightened his friends and family with talk of suicide. Are the Titans' fans responsible for his mental health? Maybe not, but in this new era of fan hood, we must consider the consequences of our actions. Alex Porro is a sports editor for The Review. Send questions, comments and a big '01 hanky to aporro@udel.edu ... BY RYAN LANGSHAW Managing Sports Editor About the Teams: The Hens: The Hens are coming off of a 48-20 win over Division-II West Chester. The team racked up 308 yards on the ground while giving up just 252 total yards on defense. Quarterback Robbie Schoenhoft threw for two touchdown passes last week and cornerback Anthony Walters came down with an interception. The Paladins: Furman prepares into this weeks game com ing off a big win against Colgate, 42-21. The team is led on offense by quarterback Jordan Sorrells; who passed for 211 yards and three touchdowns last week. Defensively, the Paladins feature senior linebacker Brandon Williams, who leads' the team in both tackles and sacks. underglteview: nme: 2 p.m. Location: Paladin Stadium Why we can win: 4-Headed Monster: Last week against West Chester, the Hens dominated in the rushing game with their split committee of runners If the team can have success with this rusher roulette again, a win could be. in the cards. Something special: In order to win this week, the Hens will need big plays and consis tency from the special teams. The pressure could be on kicker Jon Striefsky late in the game to make a clutch kick. Thankfully Striefsky has looked good so far this season, hav ing nailed field goals of 23 and 37 yards last week against West Chester. Pressure is on: Although the Hens' defensive line has not made a huge impact thus far, both Matt Marcorelle and Ronald Talley seem poised to break out. If they can have some game-changing plays Saturday and disrupt the Paladins passing attack, the Hens could be in position to take control. Why we could lose: Soaring through the air: Last week, the Paladins were very successful passing the ball against a very competitive Colgate squad, finding the end Zone with ease. If the Hens can not slow down that potent air attack they could be in for a long day. Point of No Return: Last week Adam Mims returned three punts for 90 yards. Ifbe can repeat that kind of success against the Hens this week, the field position battle could fall in Furman's favor. Blind Date: Neither of these teams are familiar with each other, which means each team's game plan will be of extra importance. The fact the Hens will be on the road also gives a slight advantage to the Paladins in terms of preparation. September 16. 2008 30 The Numbers: 161: Average passing yards for starting quar terback Robbie Schoenhoft so far this season. 214: Average passing yards for Furman quar terback Jordan Sorrells so far this season. 176: All purpose yards for Hens wide reciever Mark Duncan, which leads the team. The Prediction: This game will probably be the Hens' biggest test early in the season. Furman is ranked No. 23 in the FCS and is coming off a huge victory over Colgate. The Paladins also possess the most potent offensive attack UD has seen so far. Although Johnathon Smith will probably have success running through the Paladins' defense, this game will come down to execu tion and special teams play, which is where the Hens will have the advantage. Hens 24, Furman 21 No stretch to' see value in sports training staff BY ADAM SAMPLES Staff Reporter The Hens' new jumbo screen was blasting music as the football team took to Tubby Raymond Field for practice. Through the Bob Carpenter Center's blue double doors into the athletic training room, a distinctly different noise was audible through the rumble. The sound of athletic tape being ripped off large rolls, people telling jokes and medical advice being shouted filled the room. This is the daily scene for the university'S athlet ic training staff, lead by head athletic trainer John Smith. One of the responsibilities of the athletic trainers is to listen to the players who are injured, which ultimately helps the healing process. Chris Daino, an offensive lineman on the football team, said he is recovering from a dislocated knee that he suffered in March, which required surgery. "I work directly with John [Smith] and he really helps because he understands my injury," Daino said. A redshirte-d sophomore, he said he spends a lot of time in the training room, but said the athletic trainers help him recover from his injuries quickly. Strewn across the dozen or so training tables were ath letes from all different sports. A football player was getting his ankles taped. A field hockey player was receiving treat ment for an assortment of cuts and wounds. A basketball player needed his knee looked at. Smith and his staff attend to each athlete, hoping to help them recover and get back with their teams. "We take some preventative measures so as to avoid injuries," Smith said. "But injuries will happen, and when they do, we deal with them." Linemen on the football team wear knee braces, whether or not they are injured, as a precaution. The equip ment that players are fitted with is all properly adjusted so as to avoid injury. Some injuries can not be prevented. "Some chronic injuries are the real bad ones," graduate assistant athletic trainer Devon Fegley said. "Ones you know will come back." Fegley said she deals with field hockey in the fall and softball in the spring. She said human bodies are meant to walk straight up, not bent over and twisting. For that reason, lower back issues tend to hamper field hockey players, as the natural playing posi tion can be conducive to that injury. Some sports have more common injuries that the athletic trainers treat. In basketball, rolled ankles and jammed fin gers claim victims regularly. Head of bas ketball operations Saul Frankel said he has no doubt his players are in good hands. During visits to the training room, Frankel gets updates on his injured players. "These guys are so good with commu nication," Frankel said. "We always want to know what's happening so we don't put our guys in harm's way." The players work hard with the athletic trainers like senior athletic training student Karen Hsu and Fegley to get back to play ing. In return, the athletic trainers work just as hard, sometimes showing up at 7 a.m. and staying until 7 p.m. "These kids are serious about their injuries," Smith said. "It makes our job a lit tle easier." One athlete had not played all year due to injuries, but when the training staff got her back on the field, it was emotional for the whole team. "All of the girls started crying when she put her pads on," Fegley said. When an athlete recovers from an injury, the athletic trainers know they have done their job well. For some, that moment is the reward and reason they do what they do. THE REVIEW/Steven Gold Athletic trainers have to tend to injured athletes both on and off of the field "A lot of my job satisfaction comes from when a player comes back from an injury," Smith said. "They have success and the idea of being a part of recovery keeps me coming back to the job day in and day out." He said his and the athletic training students' profes sion is not meant to be a glamorous one. When a team does well, or when a star player comes back from an injury, not much is heard about the athletic trainers who helped that player return, but Smith said he is not in his job for the pub licity. "I don't need a pat on the back," Smith said. "I really, really love what I do." .. 31 September 16, 2008 Team looks for success Continued from page 28 goal leads in their loss Sept. 9 to St. Joseph's University. Players ar.e quick to point out that blame for this early struggle is spread through the team. "When we get the lead, every one needs to do their part to hold the lead," sophomore forward Courtney Hewitt said. Hewitt added that the setbacks so far have nothing to do with inexpe rience, but this year, the team did lose one of its best players, Sobhan Tadjalli. Tadjalli, who was drafted by the Philadelphia Kixx of the Major Indoor Soccer League, provided both immense talent and leadership to the team. However, with offensive pro duction up dramatically from one goal through the first four games last year, to five goals this year, the team feels that replacing the former star has proven less difficult than expected. "Sobhan was a great talent," said sophomore rnidfielder E.J. Alvarado. "The team was more geared to him scoring, so there was definitely some pressure when he graduated. But everybody has pressure to score, this year is a bit different th~ last xear, we can do more than ill prevIous years." Freshman forward Andy Streilein said he felt little pressure to replace Tadjalli. Rather, he feels pres sure as a team, spread on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. "You can't put in on one area," Streiliein said, "It's a team game, so everyone attacks, and everyone defends." With conference play still a few games away, the Hens will have a few games left of non-conference play before facing their first c<;m!er ence opponent, Old Domlfllon, September 26. However, with the tough losses so far, every game takes on even greater importance as the season progresses. As for the early pitfalls, coach Hennessy said he feels the team will overcome all the early season issues. With only about a quarter of the sea son in the books, he believes the Hens have both the time and the talent to get back on the right track. "We'll get through it collectively," he said. "It'll be just fine." THE REVIEWlSteven Gold A fan in a No.5 Joe Fiacco Ravens jersey stands in the student section. Johnathon Smith Smith, a senior rurmingback, ran for 101 yards last week against West Chester. He also broke off a long run of 62 yards during the game: Smith, a transfer student, orginally started out hIS college career at the University of Connecticut. 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