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More than a year after senior Maciej Murakowski filed a lawsuit against the university, 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.
Student billing will be paperless starting Winter Session 2009. Although the university cites a number of reasons why replacing paper bills with e-bills will be effective, some students have raised concerns about being billed online. Melissa Stone, director of billing and collection, said the change was implemented to support the university's "Path to Prominence" by creating a greener campus through decreased unnecessary paper use.
One female was knocked to the ground and had her back stomped upon until she let go. Her friend was choked around the neck and thrown down upon the ground. A third female was grabbed by her hair and struck across the face. Two males were forced to lie in the street, then stripped of their belongings.
Junior Veronica Tucker said she remembers the chilling walks to her residence hall freshman year. She said getting to Dickinson Hall requires traveling through a long, desolate road some students have named the "Rape Trail." Tucker said after dark, the poorly lit road lined with trees is a potential breeding ground for offenders.
The university has hired a former state trooper to head its department of Public Safety. Albert J. "Skip" Homiak Jr., who previously served as a field operations officer for the Delaware State Police, will serve as the executive director of campus and public safety, a position that includes leadership of the branches of law enforcement, emergency preparedness and occupational health and safety Homiak said he anticipates that his prior experience will prepare him for his new position as executive director of campus and public safety.
As diversity continues to grow at the university through foreign students and staff, a growing complaint among students is they have professors they cannot understand because of their thick accents and poor command of the English language. Senior Glenn Puzio said as a chemical engineering major, he has struggled with a foreign language barrier in a majority of his classes, hindering his learning process.
Senior Eric Dramstad opened up shop, selling laptop-sized, orange plastic trays in response to Dining Services' decision to go trayless in the dining halls. Dramstad bought 20 trays from a restaurant-supply Web site and sent a message to members of the Facebook group "Protest Dining Services Trayless Initiative," to let students know the trays were for sale at an off-campus location.
In a time when the price of food has skyrocketed and many people, from low-income families to college students, are looking for a bargain, the Food Bank of Delaware has found a way to offer affordable prices with their newest program, The Market. The Market is the Food Bank's version of a discount grocery store.
When Tyra Cornish worked as a front-line server at Russell Dining Hall last year, she often marveled at the reaction of students when they received their food. However, she wished she was able to play a role in cooking the meal. "I wanted to know that I was part of the reason they have a smile on their face and they enjoyed the meal because I prepared it, instead of just serving it," Cornish, 21, a Wilmington resident, said.
Capitalizing on the night-owl tendencies of college students, Midnight Munchies, delivers the convenient store to your door, from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. every night of the week. Midnight Munchies is a Newark-based company that serves students living on and off campus and residents in the Newark area.
The new kid on the block seems to be having no trouble fitting in. After a busy opening month of August, the manager of Kildare's on Main said he expected September to have a steep boost in sales with the welcomed return of students. Brian Houck, general manager, said the opening weeks did not disappoint.
Drivers may need to start paying closer attention to the posted speed limit signs displayed around Newark, beginning this month. As of Sept. 1, fines for speeding violations have increased. According to Ordinance No. 08-14, the amendment reads: "Whoever violates this section who exceeds the maximum speed limit by less than 15 miles per hour shall be fined an amount equal to the number of miles per hour over the maximum speed limit multiplied by itself.
The city of Newark completed a project to enhance pedestrian Main Street this summer. Mayor Vance A. Funk III said the project was needed to increase the city's image and safety. Funk said one of the main issues for the project was the crosswalks, especially the crosswalk by Klondike Kate's because of the heightened number of people in that area.
Now a multi-million dollar industry, energy drinks can be found in nearly any convenience store. As popular as they may be, some researchers wonder how safe these drinks really are because their lack of strict regulation by the Food and Drug Administration has provided scarce research on their ingredients.
Approximately 55 percent of college students have considered suicide at least one point in their lives, a new survey reports. Six percent of students surveyed reported they had seriously considered taking their own lives, David Drum, a professor of education psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, who conducted the survey, said.
As students hurried off to their classes on Sept. 11, the university held a pep rally in Trabant University Center to encourage support for the football team in its first game of the season. Because of some fans' existing love for the team, the enthusiasm to attend the game was already there.
MAN ARRESTED FOR LOCAL SOLICITATION Police responded to a report of an unknown suspect soliciting door-to-door without a city permit on Monday, Sept. 8, at 7:08 p.m., on the unit block of Odaniel Avenue, off of Elkton Road, Cpl. Gerald Bryda of the Newark Police Department said.