Senate Resolution 192-the Collegiate Initiative to Reduce Binge Drinking, which Biden introduced in the Senate-outlines six actions to help curb binge drinking. Delaware Sen. William V. Roth Jr. is a co-sponsor of the resolution.
"What has been done here at Delaware should be replicated throughout the country," Biden said, noting that his resolution resulted from a conversation with Roselle.
Commending Roselle for his leadership on the issue, Biden said, "It is somewhat ironic that I'm the sponsor of this legislation, when the largest and most prestigious University in my state has already put into effect every single thing that the Congress is urging the rest of the colleges in the United States of America to do."
Specifically, the resolution calls on universities to:
-Beth Thomas
David Butler, executive director of Housing and Conference Services, said housing personnel had expected a drop of about 100 applications because of stronger enforcement of alcohol policies within the residence halls.
You can catch UD students wearing the very latest fall fashions in the August issue of Teen People, a new magazine for teens from the editors of People.
The magazine's "fashion van" came to campus in April, equipped with make-up and hair stylists and full of fall fashions and accessories. Adhering to the magazine's policy to feature real teens instead of professional models, Teen People staff selected students for the fashion shots from among those who gathered at the van. MTV also was on hand, covering the event for an August back-to-school broadcast.
UD was chosen because of fashion director Haley Hill's memories of a campus visit during her college years, and from the recommendations of UD alums who work in New York's fashion and publishing industries.
The chosen few models climbed aboard the Teen People van and each selected an outfit from items that will be on the market this fall. After professional make-up and hair styling by Teen People staff, the students accompanied a fashion photographer to locations the staff had scouted out earlier in the day.
Because the magazine wanted to feature clothes, creative director Deirdre Koribanick explained that the background for the shots was kept to a minimum. "This whole campus scene is so great, but we have such limited space and we want to make sure people look at the clothes," she said.
-Beth Thomas
Daniel McDowell baked about 100 batches of chocolate chip cookies in his senior year-all in the name of science, of course.
The animal and food science major worked with Y. Martin Lo, assistant professor of food processing and engineering, to find a way to make soy flour more appealing.
With an $8,000 grant from the Delaware and Maryland Soybean Boards and the collaboration of UD faculty and Cooperative Extension, McDowell worked on the project to lift the legume's public image and create a microwave-ready, soy flour cookie dough that would appeal to American consumers.
"We've come a long way," McDowell, AG '98, says. "One of the things we've discovered is that the appeal is all in the texture. Whether the cookies are made with white flour, whole wheat flour or soy flour, people like them if they like the texture. Some people like chewy; others like crispy."
Lo says he thinks soy-based cookies can find a market niche, especially because soy-based products are more nutritional, provide more amino acids and contain a group of compounds that may help reduce the risk of cancer.
Yes, it's true. Concrete floats. Just ask members of the UD student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), who placed third overall and came home with four trophies from this year's annual Concrete Canoe Competition, sponsored by ASCE and held in April on Peace Valley Lake, near Doylestown, Pa.
Sea Biscuit, named after a racing nag in a Three Stooges movie, was a sleek 170 pounds. Students worked for months experimenting with different batches of lightweight concrete before coming up with the right mix-a fiber-reinforced mixture including Kevlar(TM), Spectra(TM) and nylon.
They made a fiberglass mold using a traditional canoe. Through a method called scrimping-a process by which epoxy resin is sucked through a mold by means of a pressure vacuum-they poured in the concrete, reinforcing it with wire mesh and carbon fibers and using foam bulkheads. The mold was removed and revealed a traditional-looking concrete canoe, more than 18 feet long and ready for racing.
"Although Drexel came in first and Penn State second, as they have for several years, we made a much better showing than in other years and definitely offered them strong competition," faculty adviser Kevin Folliard, assistant professor of civil engineering, said.
Team members included Robert Harbeson, chapter co-president, EG '98, Dan Bartlett, EG '98, Newark, Del., Meagan Coar, EG '98, Georgetown, Del., Damon Drummond, EG '99, Lanham, Md., Dan Feinblum, EG '99, Annapolis, Beth Kenderdine, EG '98, Plainfield, N.J., Jason Kyler, EG, '98, Kimberton, Pa., Alyson Radel, EG '98, Wilmington, Del., Joy Ressler, EG '99, North Hampton, Pa., Rob Schimmel, EG '98, Newark, Del., Gary Wenczel, EG 2001, Newark, Del., and Ed Starr, a Continuing Education student from Newark, Del.
The ASCE student chapter is selling Sea Biscuit T-shirts to offset the canoe-building expenses. Anyone wishing to order one may contact Ressler at (302) 369-6476.
-Sue Swyers Moncure
Cows who feel at home on the fields of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources in Newark will be joined by some new friends this fall when UD and Rutgers University combine their milking herds. At the same time, UD's heifers will be going across the Delaware River to a new home at Cook College on the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick, N.J. *
Dosoo Jang, a doctoral student in marine policy, has been recognized nationally as a coastal hero. He is a recipient of the Walter B. Jones Memorial and NOAA Excellence Award for Coastal and Ocean Resource Management from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Identified by judges as "an outstanding student who has made exemplary contributions in research and public service activities," Jang is one of four students to receive the award for excellence in coastal and marine graduate study.
At UD, where he is a research assistant, Jang's research focuses on the emerging field of integrated coastal management. This management approach, now at the forefront of marine policy, encourages the incorporation of science into the policy-making process and views the marine environment as a whole rather than as a series of separate and unrelated parts--from wetlands to fisheries.