Monday, February 20, 2017

VOL. 127, ISSUE 40

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2017

WEEK THREE WOES

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WHAT’S INSIDE CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES PAGE 2

VIRGINIA GOP CANDIDATES DEBATE PAGE 3

LEAD EDITORIAL: AUTOMATIC APPLICATION FEE WAIVER PAGE 12

FOR, AGAINST PROPOSED HONOR AMENDMENT PAGE 13

PREVENTING FOOTBALL PLAYERS INJURIES PAGE 17

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Student election costs estimated at $6,800 Both candidates for StudCo president said their campaigns are self-funded HAILEY ROSS AND THOMAS ROADES | SENIOR WRITERS According to an interim expenditure report released by the University Board of Elections, the current total projected campaign expenses for student elections is approximately $6,800, a number which more than doubles last year’s total of nearly $3,000. The majority of candidates listed projected expenses between $25 and $75.

Candidates were required to fill out the interim report, which was conducted by way of a seven question Google form, by Feb. 13. The report only projects expenses. It does not give the actual verified sum of money spent on the campaign nor does it require candidates to state where the funding is coming from.

“The only thing we can do in that first one is basically ask them to on their honor using their best judgment to project their expenses — give us a rough estimate of what they’re going to be able to spend,” Casey Schmidt, UBE chair and a thirdyear College student, said.

There seemed to be confusion over how to fill the form out. For example, several students listed an itemized expense with a monetary value such as $30 for fliers, but then put a total projected expense of $0.

Some students chose to list the same costs for both the “list of exp The numbers are also likely to change as both candidates for Student Council president — third-year College student Sarah Kenny and third-year Batten student Kelsey Kilgore — have said they expect their spending to be different than what they had originally projected, makingcostsinterim expenditure report somewhat arbitrary.

Kenny listed her itemized projected campaign costs as fliers, a whiteboard and markers and Facebook post boosts.

Kenny said the projected total expense of $200 she listed on the form is no longer accurate because she will be spending more money to compete with her opponent, Kilgore.

“I am going to be spending more than that on flyers and handbills,” Kenny said. “I did not expect to be competing with an opponent who is buying food and t-shirts and Red Bull and other things for the people she’s hoping to get to vote for her.”

“I think it is horrifically unfair and an exclusionary process to a lot of students because of how much it costs to compete,”

Kenny said. “I really hope that our University can do something to address this because it is not fair if we’re looking for representation from all students being able to run.”

On the other hand, Kilgore said in an email to The Cavalier Daily that the $2,490 she put as her projected total expense was an overestimation of the money she will actually be spending on her campaign.

Kilgore included t-shirts, Red Bull, coffee, stickers, fliers, food, buttons and yard signs in her itemized list of projected expenses.

“To date, we have spent less than previously anticipated as far as my expenditure report details,” Kilgore said. “I would estimate it is nearing $1,500 …

I overestimated the cost of production of certain materials and food just to be safe in my budget planning because I would have rather sent in a number that was over the actual spending number because I knew that it would be hard for an outsider to run a campaign and win.”

“The campaign is being funded by myself, Kelsey Kilgore. Of course, I have the support of my parents who contribute here and there, like cases of water and some of the food,” Kilgore said. “I grew up in the political world as my father has served roles in Virginia politics, and certainly understand what it takes to run an effective campaign.”

Jerry Kilgore, Kelsey’s father, served as Virginia Attorney General from 2002 to 2005 and was the Republican nominee for governor in 2005. Although Kilgore was defeated in the 2005 gubernatorial race by Sen. Tim Kaine, he has remained active in state politics and is currently the finance chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia.

Several students approached The Cavalier Daily alleging a connection between her and the conservative nonprofit organization Turning Point USA, which works to promote grassroots activism and describes itself as working to “organize, train, and equip student leaders on college campuses in all 50 states.” Kilgore, however, denied receiving monetary funds from the organization.

“While I have attended a Turning Point USA event in the past, and have attended a U.Va. chapter Turning Point USA meeting here on Grounds, and

had asked friends who are members of the organization to help volunteer on the campaign, I have not received monetary support from the national Turning Point USA organization,” Kilgore said. “I am lucky enough to have the resources to responsibly execute my campaign.”

Likewise, Kenny too denied receiving funds from any organizations, endorsing or otherwise. She also said she funded her joint campaign with Abraham Axler last year by herself.

“I am paying for everything myself,” she said.

After running a stressful

campaign last year, Kenny said she advocated for a shorter campaigning period, which was meant to lower the cost of running and improve mental health for candidates.

“Last year the period of campaigning and voting was several days longer than it is this year,” Kenny said. “I advocated for shortening that window down to what it is now, which is just a week.”

The shorter voting window was one of numerous changes implemented by UBE this year.

Schmidt explained that since the University is a public school, it

must be careful in restricting campaign finance, since campaign donations can be considered a form of free speech.

“We’re operating within the legal parameters of restricting people’s ability to donate to campaigns and spend money on political campaigns,” Schmidt said. “I think if something was to be looked at with this sort of thing it would definitely involve [the University’s] general counsel and the legal team because as you know issues of speech and campaign finance can be touchy issues.”

HIGHEST PROJECTED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES 2017 Data from 2017 UBE Interim Campaign Expenditure Reports

$2490 KELSEY KILGORE Student Council President

$245 JOHNNY PACE Third Year President $200 SARAH KENNY Student Council President $200 REBECCA SOISTMANN Third Year Vice President $150 DIJANNI HODGES Batten Undergraduate Council Honor Representative $130 IAN WARE CLAS Student Council Representative $100 UHUNOMA EDAMWEN Batten Undergraduate Council President $100 JEFFREY WARREN CLAS Honor Representative $100 LUKAS PIETRZAK CLAS Student Council Representative $100 JACK BRAKE CLAS UJC Representative 0

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COURTESY OF SARAH KENNY AND KELSEY KILGORE

Third-year College student Sarah Kenny and third-year Batten student Kelsey Kilgore are running for Student Council president.

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Republican statewide candidates debate in Charlottesville Event touched on health care, rising tuition costs ANNA POLLARD AND KATE BELLOWS | SENIOR WRITERS The Millennial Advocacy Council (MAC-PAC) and NextGen GOP, two Virginia-based conservative political organizations, hosted a debate for Republican statewide office candidates Saturday afternoon. The debate was part of MAC-PAC’s inaugural Phoenix Summit, a weekend-long conference at the Paramount Theater.

Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore gave the keynote speech and talked about the future of the Republican Party of Virginia following the election of President Donald Trump in November.

“We now have an opportunity for change that we never would have had today had Hillary Clinton been elected,” Gilmore said. “Donald Trump promised change, and that’s how he got those votes.”

“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Gilmore said. “And we need millennials to do it.”

Debate moderator John Whitbeck, chair of the Republican Party of Virginia, introduced John Adams, Republican candidate for Attorney General, who spoke about former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, whom Trump fired after she refused to defend his immigration executive order.

“Blatant disregard [for the law] is exactly why I’m running for Attorney General,” Adams said. “The Attorney General is to be a faithful servant to the people, and I will ensure that you will have the opportunity

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Republican statewide office candidates particpated in a debate Saturday afternoon at the Paramount Theater as part of MAC-PAC’s Phoenix Summit.

to govern yourself the way you see fit.”

Whitbeck asked the candidates what they would do to reduce millennial political skepticism. Chuck Smith, a candidate for Attorney General, said he wants to help millennials who have lost faith in the government.

“What will make me a more attractive Attorney General is making our system more fair,” Smith said. “Millennials believe our system is corrupt, and as Attorney General, I want to make sure our courts are enforcing the Constitution and that people coming out feel as though they've had justice.”

Whitbeck then asked Lieutenant Governor candidates

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Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie speaking at the debate.

Del. Glenn Davis (R-Virginia Beach) and Sen. Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania) about college tuition hikes. Sen. Jill Vogel (R-Winchester), a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, was not present at the debate.

“Millennials didn’t cause budget and tuition problems, and that’s what we have to fix for you,” Davis said. “It’s about time that we freeze tuition costs.”

When asked what the candidates would do to make Virginia a more appealing work force universally as millennials flock to urban areas, Reeves said a smaller government would help with urban economic development.

“Economic development is huge in cities, [and] you all [are] the leaders for the next generation, [so] the best thing I can do is to get government out of your way,” Reeves said. “[Ronald] Reagan said we have the opportunity to stand for freedom, fairness and liberty, and that’s what I’ve been working for my whole life.”

All four Republican gubernatorial candidates were present at the debate — former National Republican Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie, distillery owner and former NSA contractor Denver Riggleman, State Sen. Frank Wagner (R-Virginia Beach) and Corey Stewart, chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors.

Whitbeck asked the gubernatorial candidates about how they would alleviate college costs and tuition for students and their families. Gillespie said there should be more opportunity for higher education.

“We have to make college more affordable, [and] the gov-

ernor has a lot to do and say about that, because they appoint boards of visitors, [whose] sole mission should be to answer to the students, parents and taxpayers,” Gillespie said.

Wagner said Virginia public universities should prioritize Virginia residents and operate with budgets.

“Each [Virginia] citizen owns the colleges, and they should have first priority,” Wagner said.

“We capped tuitions, and universities still maintained their ratings — you have to live within your budget every day, and once you have capped tuition, universities can live within their budgets.”

When Whitbeck asked candidates about their visions for healthcare, Stewart said he thinks the best option would be capping federal healthcare spending.

“How many of you think you’ll benefit from Social Security and Medicaid?” Stewart asked. “By the time millennials come of age, there will be nothing left, [and] the only way to [save] this, is to work with the Trump administration to cap Medicaid spending at 20 percent.”

Second-year College student Adam Kimelman, College Republicans Vice Chair of Campaigns, attended the debate and said two ways candidates can reach out to millennials are by speaking to University students and focusing on issues like student debt.

“On the Republican side, like in the 2016 election, we didn’t really hear that much about student debt, and how that was a problem and how we were going to fix it,” Kimmelman said. “The candidates talked about that [today], but that needs to be a top priority if you want to win millennials.”

The Republican primary will take place June 13.

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Virginia gubernatorial candidate Corey Stewart addressing the crowd.

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Honor considers proposed Informed Retraction reforms Potential changes involve expanding reach of Informed Retraction KATE BELLOWS | ASSOCIATE EDITOR The Honor Committee discussed several Informed Retraction reform proposals at their meeting Sunday night. Students voted to amend the Honor Committee constitution in 2013 to include the Informed Retraction, which permits students who have been reported to the Honor Committee to admit guilt for alleged offenses, make amends with affected parties and take a two-semester leave of absence from the University.

“The adoption of the proposal that the committee ultimately decides on will have a real positive impact on students who do wish to take an IR, but may have committed multiple, though related, offenses,” said Matt West, a fourth-year College student and chair of the Honor Committee.

“We’re confident that the change … will make the IR more fair, more equitable for students who are reported to the Honor Committee.”

The Honor Committee is considering expanding a clause of the IR in the Committee’s bylaws which says that students may submit a single IR for all offenses resulting from a “single nexus of events.”

“What we’re looking at is expanding the definition of what can be included under one IR to give more students the opportunity to take it if they’ve been reported for multiple

acts,” said Sarah Wyckoff, a fourthyear College student Sarah Wyckoff and vice chair for investigations of the Honor Committee.

Wyckoff said the Honor Committee is considering two avenues of expansion. One keeps “single nexus of events,” but adds the language “inextricably linked” to describe the facts surrounding the offenses.

“If you cheated on two assignments, but used the exact same source, the assignments would be ‘inextricably linked’ because the source was used that was the same on both of them,” Wyckoff said. “Potentially if you were to cheat on 10 lab assignments, and they were all within one class, they could be construed as inextricably linked because of the nature of the assignments building on one another.”

The second possible avenue of expansion cuts the “single nexus of events” language and adds “substantially similar benefit” to describe the student’s intent by committing multiple Honor offenses.

“With ‘substantially similar benefit,’ it’s not approaching it from the facts of the case, but rather the outcome,” Wyckoff said. “Are the acts of lying, cheating or stealing towards a substantially similar benefit or towards a singular goal?”

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Matt West, fourth-year College student and chair of the Honor Committee.

West said the purpose of the IR is to reward honesty and allow students to reaffirm their commitment to the University’s community of trust.

“We believe that the expansions that we’re considering would both al-

low the Committee to more effectively [allow students to make amends] and would allow students who have committed technically multiple Honor offenses, but in situations in which those multiple Honor offenses could

be construed as a single mistake … to utilize the IR as an opportunity to make those amends,” West said.

At the meeting Sunday night, the Committee also discussed changing the IR to include a post-leave of absence check-in, where Honor would send an email to students after they return to the University. Wyckoff said the email could be used to gather feedback with an optional survey.

“The purpose of this email wouldn’t solely be the feedback,” Wyckoff said. “Also [we would] have that as a way for us to gather the information … that’s coming to Honor.”

Any changes to the bylaws would need to be approved by the Committee and none of these proposals were voted on at Sunday’s meeting.

Honor Committee elections begin Feb. 21 and end Feb. 23. The committee discussed how to ease transitions into the next term, with West suggesting each committee member submit transition documents. Wyckoff said IR reform has played a part in candidates’ campaigns.

“I would say a buzzword in many of the Honor candidate platforms is ‘IR reform,’” Wyckoff said. “This has been something that Honor has been working on for the past two semesters at this point.”

UJC meets to discuss referenda, widening sanctions Representatives from U.Va. Recycling, Gordie Center speak at meeting RILEY WALSH| SENIOR WRITER The University Judiciary Committee met Sunday to discuss initiatives to widen possible sanctions and impending referenda which, if passed, would change UJC’s constitution. The committee also heard from representatives from the Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and University Recycling — two organizations that help students fulfill sanctions.

UJC Chair and fourth-year College student Mitchell Wellman opened the meeting by discussing the referenda in next week’s University elections. The committee is planning to have members not running for office table across Grounds in an attempt to increase voter turnout.

“The nice thing about a table is that it’s easy for you, you’re walking to class, and it’ll take you a few minutes and there’s a person there who can answer questions,” Wellman said.

“There’s a person there that motivates you to go ahead and fill it out and get it done, to check off that box.”

There are four changes will be voted on, but Wellman said he doesn’t

predict much controversy over their content.

“Our [referenda] are housekeeping measures about ensuring the consistency and integrity of our constitution, and I think that’s a value most people can get behind,” Wellman said. “I don’t see a lot of window for controversy.”

The meeting then moved on to Amy Ackerman, vice chair for sanctions and graduate Curry student, and her discussion of exploring new sanctions for the committee.

Ackerman said responsibility to fulfill sanctions after trials usually falls on the students.

She recommended the committee should focus on “keeping [students] responsible, but still being helpful.”

Two representatives from University organizations students commonly complete sanctions with were present to talk about their roles and experience working with students.

Tia Mann, the basics and recovery support coordinator for the Gordie Center, also spoke at the meeting, and said she sees her role as to help

students recover.

“I’m not there to judge them, or shake my finger at them or lecture them,” Mann said. “I see my role as initiating a conversation.”

University Recycling Supervisor Victor Martin also spoke at the meeting and said he welcomes the help provided by both student volunteers and students sanctioned by the UJC. “When someone comes to me, I don’t ask them what they did,” Martin said. “Whenever we get help, it really does help out.”

The judges in UJC cases have a list of common sanctions they can choose from, but Wellman said the UJC constitution does not limit them to that list.

“Over time, our sanctions have narrowed and narrowed,” Wellman said in an interview. “We have a common sanctions list that our judges train from and look at, and those sanctions become exhaustive for them. I think that they look at those common sanctions as the only sanctions that are available.”

The committee’s goal is to start

using more sanctions tailored to a student’s experience in a way that will be more educational.

“We’re not just sort of approximating the experience because we lack the necessary sanction power,” Wellman said. “We are actually ex-

ploring those opportunities to sanction them to something that’s going to make a difference.”

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UJC Chair and fourth-year College student Mitchell Wellman.

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House subcommittee tables medical marijuana bill Proposed legislation would expand affirmative defense for possessing cannabidiol, THC-A oils KATHLEEN SMITH | SENIOR WRITER Senate Bill 1298, which was introduced by Sen. Jill Vogel (R-Winchester) last month, would have enabled patients with diseases such as cancer, Crohn’s disease, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, hepatitis C and multiple sclerosis to possess cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil with written approval from a physician.

The bill passed the Virginia State Senate last month with a vote of 29-11, but the House of Delegates Criminal Law Subcommittee voted for a motion to table the bill by a voice vote.

“I was prepared to vote for some expansion on the bill, but a motion to table means we will not work on it anymore,” Bell said. “[There is] nothing to stop it from coming back next year.”

Although it was tabled, Bell said the Joint Commission on Health Care will review the bill and come back to the subcommittee with recommendations.

The Joint Commission is a yearround body that specializes in healthcare legislation.

“Everyone — even the people who voted for the motion to table and the people who voted against the motion to table — wanted some guidance from the Joint Commission,” Bell said.

“We can handle the legal side, but the medical side is not our focus.”

Bell also said he has asked researchers at the University to review the medical evidence of using marijuana oils for medicinal purposes.

“We have reached out to U.Va. take a look at the research to help us understand,” Bell

said. “We are mostly lawyers and we’re trying to read medical journals.”

Bell said because marijuana is a scheduled substance, there are limitations on its research in the U.S. “There is currently discussion in Washington, D.C. about rescheduling marijuana,” Bell said. “Right now it cannot be

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SB 1298 aimed to give more patients an “affirmative defense” for the possession of medical marijuana oils.

studied and there are significant limitations.”

Although possession of marijuana is illegal under federal and state law, there are current studies being conducted to determine whether oil extraction from marijuana can be used to treat some diseases such as epilepsy. Neurology Prof. Nathan Fountain, the Director of the FE Dreifuss Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, said one such study is focusing on the use of extracted cannabidiol oil in the treatment of epilepsy.

“The preliminary results from studies have so far suggested that it is likely to be effective but we won’t know until the final results are available,” Fountain said in an email to The Cavalier Daily. “The other main ingredient in home-grown or other types of marijuana is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) which is not known to be effective for seizures and is the part responsible for the euphoric effects (‘high’) associated with recreational marijuana use.”

Fountain said the CBD oil does not have any psychoactive effect.

Some studies have also shown marijuana can reduce some

symptoms in patients with glaucoma. Dr. Peter Netland, chair of the University Department of Ophthalmology and president of the Albemarle County Medical Society, said many physicians and patients are hopeful about the use of medicinal marijuana.

“The epilepsy group was the most clear beneficiary of this approach, but there are implications for other groups too,” Netland said. “Cancer patients advocated for medical marijuana because of nausea and pain.

Glaucoma patients advocated for medical marijuana because it has been found to lower the intraocular pressure, which is what causes the damage to the eyes in glaucoma.”

Netland said many clinicians support the use of marijuana because of its “known medical implications,” and are hoping to refine how it may be used in patient care.

“I think that most clinicians that take care of glaucoma patients recognize the potential benefit,” Netland said. “How to use that clinically is something we don’t yet understand.”

Bill would rename Charlottesville courthouse after Scalia City mayor, stuents weigh in on Tom Garrett’s proposal to honor late Supreme Court justice with name change to federal court building ANNA HOUGHTON, JOSHUA OKADA AND ISABEL JONES | STAFF WRITERS Rep. Tom Garrett (R-Va.) proposed a bill in Congress Feb. 13 that would rename Charlottesville’s federal courthouse after former University Law School Professor and late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The building would officially be named the Justice Antonin G. Scalia Federal Building and United States Courthouse.

This is Garrett’s first bill as a representative of Virginia’s 5th Congressional District.

Scalia, who taught at the University from 1967-74, was famous for his originalist way of thinking and belief that the Constitution should be understood and interpreted in the way that is was originally written.

While Scalia was a controversial figure, Elliot Harding, chair of the Albemarle County Republican Committee and legislative counsel to Garrett, argued that his talent and contributions to

the legal field are undeniable.

“I think it’s reasonable to note that a lot of people have problems with opinions that are written by all justices,” Harding said. “All justices can be praised for some things and loved for others and chastised for others … Even those that disagree with him can recognize his talent and his contribution to the legal field.”

Virginia Chambers, University Democrats communications coordinator and a first-year College student, however, described the bill as relatively “inconsequential” and said she does not think the bill should be Garrett’s main priority.

“There are plenty of first bills from many novice senators who kind of start off a little slow to get their footing,” Chambers said. “I think that this is purely harmless, it won’t really affect many people, it doesn’t have

huge monetary restrictions or anything, but I don’t know if it’s the most productive thing to do even though it’s not going to be actively harmful.”

Chambers, as well as Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer, expressed their hope that Garrett focus on more pressing issues affecting the district’s working families.

“I suggest [Garrett] focus on delivering results for working families, not more political theater for the far right,” Signer recently told The Daily Progress.

Signer did not return a request for comment Thursday.

Harding fired back at Signer’s criticism and said the mayor has been “tying up the city of Charlottesville for a significant amount of time regarding statues and memorial debates.”

On Feb. 6, City Council voted in favor of removing a statue of Robert E. Lee from Lee Park in

downtown Charlottesville. Signer and Councilor Kathy Galvin voted against the proposal to remove the statue.

“I think if the mayor believes in history and if the mayor believes in recognizing significant figures that spent impactful time in the area, then he should be in favor of it,” Harding said.

“All it does is continue to add to the reputation of Charlottesville being the home of residents that have shaped their nation in the most fundamental ways.”

Adam Kimelman, vice chairman of campaigns for College Republicans and second-year College student, said he believed it was unreasonable for Mayor Signer to oppose the proposed bill.

“I think that the mayor doesn’t agree with Garrett and his politics,” Kimelman said.

“But he is going too far here by attacking him trying to honor

such as great guy as Justice Scalia.”

Chambers also acknowledged Scalia’s impact on the Charlottesville community and his achievements.

“While we don’t really agree with most of Scalia’s decisions … we recognize that he was a very important juror and his legacy has continued and will continue probably for generations,” Chambers said. “Given that he did teach at U.Va.’s law school for a little bit in the beginning of his career, it’s not outside the realm of what would be appropriate.”

The bill is currently in the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and if approved, will continue to the House floor.

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Top 10 cocktails that best suit U.Va. majors Drink suggestions from the ‘Mudslide’ to the ‘Jedi Mind Trick’ ABIGAIL LAGUE | FEATURE WRITER 1. Environmental Science majors — The “Mudslide” One part Kahlúa, three parts Baileys Irish Cream. This drink is perfect for cozy nights watching Discovery Channel and reading National Geographic … this is what I assume environmental science majors do in their free time.

It’s also a great calming concoction for when you contemplate the irreparable damage to the earth and imminent extinction of numerous animal species due to human activity. Cheers!

3. English majors — The “Hemingway Daiquiri” A half-part grapefruit juice, a half-part maraschino liqueur, three parts light rum and one part lime juice. A rumored favorite of Ernest Hemingway — although he had many “favorite” drinks — there are a good number of English majors that may just drink this on principle. Imagine their thought process: “Wow, this is horrific … but Hemingway … I’ll just pretend to like it and then move on to something better when I’m done …. ” Ironically, this is very much how I felt while reading the Canterbury Tales.

5. Biology majors — The “Finding Nemo” A half-part Blue Curaçao, a half-part pineapple juice, one part lime juice, one part Hypnotiq, two parts coconut rum and a Swedish fish. This blue sweet, blue concoction is fun and a great way to forget that test next week. Why wait to drink it during the weekend? You can make it anytime, anywhere … doing homework, during lab … while studying for the MCAT. Remember, you can always just be a chiropractor. Also, there’s candy in it! Who doesn’t like candy?

7. All Batten School majors — The “Patriotic Blow” Three-fourths-part sloe gin, three-fourths-part Blue Curaçao and whipped cream. I kind of just assume that all Batten kids love this country and want to make it better or something. Also, I’m just going to add politics majors into this one. So go ahead you ambitious bastards! Go and make the world a better place! Just make sure not to drink this in front of anyone important. A blue drink is not dignified. Opt for a nice wine instead.

9. Psychology majors — The “Jedi Mind Trick” Two parts dark rum, two parts amaretto, two parts Kahlúa, two parts Baileys, three scoops of ice cream and two cherries. Well doesn’t this just sound absolutely amazing? I imagine psychology majors drinking (eating?) this while panicking over all of their self-diagnosed mental disorders.

They’ll probably go heavy on the ice cream. Don’t worry psychology majors, I’m sure only half of you are crazy.

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2. All E-School majors — The “Adios Motherf—kers” One part vodka, one part rum, one part tequila, one part gin, one part Blue Curacao, four parts sweet and sour mix and four parts 7 Up. This drink may kill you. I feel compelled to let everyone know that a “part” in this piece is 1/2 ounce. Please keep this in mind.

As for why E-School kids need this drink, well, no one needs to relax more than them. No one. I have a friend in the E-School. I haven’t seen her in weeks. She lives in the apartment under me. What is the E-School doing to these students! I want my friend back!

4. History majors — The “Hundred Years’ War” One part vermouth, one-half part orange liqueur, six parts gin and one drop of bitters. I had a hard time choosing between this and the Old Fashioned, but decided to mix things up a little. Everyone’s heard of an Old Fashioned.

Like the English major, there’s a good chance the history major will just drink this out of respect for history while not-so-subtly eyeing whatever sweet orange juice / vodka concoction is closest. Sorry history majors, I couldn’t find anything less horrid to assign you.

6. Art History Majors — The “Poor Man’s Pie” One part apple schnapps, one part cinnamon schnapps. To all art history majors, I would like to cordially apologize for assigning the drink that implies you made a horrible decision regarding your major. I really am. I’m an English major, trust me, I sympathize.

However, it was just too easy!

The low-hanging fruit was within reach, and well, I’m a naturally lazy person. But, hey! Apple and cinnamon sounds tasty, right?

8. All A-School Kids — The “Pink Cement” One part razz rum, one part strawberry cream liqueur. So apparently this drink goes into a shot glass and is supposed to … coagulate … hence the cement part of the drink. Well, that sounds fun. I chose this drink (shot?) because cement is used to build stuff and I honestly have no idea what A-School kids even do. I assume they make buildings using pipe cleaners and macaroni. Feel free to correct me on this one, but I’m like 80 percent sure that’s it.

10. All Comm School Majors — The “Humble Pie” Two parts blood orange vodka, two parts Aperol, a half-part lemon juice and club soda. Lol.

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Wyatt Andrews reflects on journalism career U.Va. alumnus, former CBS correspondent shares memories of time on Grounds, highlights of reporting NEHA KULKARNI | FEATURE WRITER Although many professors have a background in academia, students can also learn invaluable lessons from those who have worked in the professional workforce. Wyatt Andrews, a professor of practice in the Media Studies Department, has worked as a journalist for more than 40 years.

After graduating from the University with a B.A. in Government and Foreign Affairs with honors in 1974, Andrews returned in the spring of 2016 to assist students in preparing to enter the media industry.

Why Andrews became a journalist When Andrews entered the University, he aspired to become an attorney — not a journalist.

“To further my real-world education and learn the ability to think on my feet, all in the context of being a lawyer, I decided to cover the news at a local radio station,” Andrews said.

By his fourth year, Andrews worked 20 to 30 hours per week at the WUVA radio station, then operated out of the basement of Le Fevere. Though a low power radio broadcast with few listeners at the time, Andrews emphasized the high standards he and his team imposed on themselves.

“I spent probably 20 [to] 30 hours per week at the radio station, deeply getting into the editing and the how to write and [the] fairness of interviews and what I should ask in the interviews, and never saw it as work,” Andrews said. “It was finally an epiphany to me that what I really wanted to do was be a journalist. And that lightbulb moment was the epiphany of my life.”

From aspiration to career Andrews then began working at Charlottesville Cable — a new local cable company. The company was looking for a student to fill a half hour broadcast on Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m.

“No one wanted to give up their Friday night [to do the broadcast], but I jumped at it, and I was able to persuade a news director in Richmond that the journalism I had done as a college radio student and my ability to look at the camera was enough for a job in Richmond,” Andrews said.

Although he prided himself on his ability to adapt quickly to a full-time position, Andrews quickly found out he had much to learn.

“I remember my first assignment to this day [as a] 21-yearold college graduate student with a degree in foreign affairs and college radio experience trying to

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During his time at the University, Andrews was involved with WUVA. In 1974, Andrews graduated with honors with a B.A. in Government and Foreign Affairs.

pull off this job as a full-fledged Channel 6 reporter,” Andrews said.

Andrews was assigned to cover a murder trial, even though he didn’t know much about the court system beyond popular shows like “Perry Mason.” Andrews recalled the panic he felt in needing to understand and report upon the trial when not fully comprehending the case himself.

“Finally, there was a break, and I pushed the Commonwealth’s Attorney against the wall and I literally said. ‘I’m brand new at Channel 6, I have no idea what I’m doing, can you please tell me what’s going on?”, and he did,” Andrews said.

The experience left a lasting impression on Andrews.

“There are so many lessons there,” Andrews said. “The best news reporters anywhere in the world are not afraid to grab a source and say, ‘I don’t [know] anything about this, will you catch me up?’ and people appreciate that. I learned that when you had done the homework, it’s okay to fake it a little. You learn that in the first couple years of your profes-

sion, everyone’s faking it a little.”

After his time in Richmond, Andrews reported for two Florida news stations in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He joined CBS News in 1981, where he would eventually become a foreign correspondent and travel overseas, most notably reporting from places like Tokyo, Moscow and London. As CBS’ State Department correspondent, Andrews covered the career of former Secretary of State George Shultz and worked as a backup White House correspondent to Leslie Stahl, a former anchor of “Face the Nation.”

A reflection on his career Some of the biggest stories Andrews reported on included the 2008 election between Sen. John McCain and former president Barack Obama. When Andrews, along with other journalists, uncovered former Governor Sarah Palin’s “Bridge to Nowhere” scandal — discovering she did not deserve any of the credit she claimed for savings to the federal budget.

As a result, CBS producers made Andrews the primary correspondent for the “Reality Check” segment on the Evening News, in

which he analyzed and critiqued claims made by the presidential candidates and their respective running mates using hard facts.

“Any time McCain or Palin or Obama or Biden said something sketchy, we would do a very straight story, you know, ‘Here’s what they said, here’s why we’re fact checking it, here are the actual facts, here’s what we found, here are our sources’,” Andrews said. “It was very straight stuff and it was a very successful segment. The blogosphere was on fire, talking about how I would go after Republicans more than I would after Democrats, and that was tough because I faced internal criticism.”

Andrews said accusations of bias and dishonesty were difficult.

“I was raised in Catholic schools by a naval officer, and then I came to U.Va,” Andrews said. “These are three huge cultural forces in my life, all of which begin with ‘You always tell the truth.’”

Andrews also reflected on the technological innovations he has seen throughout his 41-year career as a journalist. Perched on a

shelf, Andrews keeps a baby blue typewriter, which was used in most ’70’s newsrooms when he joined Channel 6 in Richmond.

“I actually keep it there to see how many students would ask about it because that is such old — almost pre-analog — to think about where we are now,” Andrews said. “One of the sad innovations that’s coming to the news industry in your lifetime is the news will be presented by a computer-generated robot, an animated creation.”

Second-year College student Molly Newell, who is currently enrolled in Andrews’ News Media class, said Andrews acknowledged the possible death of traditional news reporting in his lectures.

“I really like how he’s willing to integrate newer forms of media into the lectures,” Newell said.

Over the span of Andrews’ career, he developed an understanding about the world around him, characterizing this set of experiences as “the best career I could have possibly imagined.”

“I look back on the experiences I was able to have with tremendous humility and gratitude because I would remember … the North Vietnamese took us on an overland tour of North Vietnam to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu,” Andrews said.

“And even though I’m eating rice cakes in the back of a really bad van overland on dirt roads for three days on the way to reach Dien Bien Phu, being fed nonstop propaganda by the North Vietnamese, I had this big smile on my face, feeling it to be a privilege. It was a sense of disbelief that someone was paying me to have these experiences.”

Today as a professor, Andrews teaches classes on multimedia reporting and the news media. In addition to teaching these classes, Andrews also hopes to instill in his students a sense of urgency in finding themselves and their passions.

“Treat the University like a buffet, looking for who the real you [is] through coursework,” Andrews said. “Apply the same thought that I did — what do you do that doesn’t feel like work? Is there something you do that, no matter how hard it is, you can’t wait to do it the next day? That’s an internal sign that that’s what you should be doing.”

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Students foster, adopt pets with SPCA Roommates foster two puppies ELIZABETH CORNICK | FEATURE WRITER After moving out of the University dorms or other housing arrangements, some students choose to either foster or adopt pets for their apartments and houses. While a few humane societies host adoption events in Charlottesville — including Cat’s Cradle — the SPCA of Albemarle County is the most popular among students. A non-kill organization, the SPCA has an active foster program that appeals to many University students who want to take care of furry critters for a week or two but are unable to adopt.

Fourth-year College students Amanda Finn and Madeleine McDonald, as well as their eight other roommates, fostered two puppies last week from the SPCA. With a lighter class load schedule in their fourth year and the desire for furry friends, they said one of their roommates applied to the foster program and within a week they were delivered two puppies. Finn said that they could not adopt pets because a number of their roommates have dog allergies, so they compromised by fostering the dogs for a five day period. “[SPCA] provided us with the crate, water bowls, basical-

ly everything,” McDonald said. “[The] only thing we bought were some treats and toys to spoil them.”

Although there is little to no monetary cost involved, the girls said the time investment involved with fostering the puppies was more than they had anticipated. Despite living in a house of ten students, Finn said that they still have friends come over throughout the day to help them walk the dogs, Marco and Luca.

The help from fellow students and dog walks had them more social and active during the day, but also complicated their evenings. McDonald said that at least one of the roommates had to stay home with the puppies at all times.

“I’m definitely glad they’re going home soon, as much as I love them. They are a lot of work,” Finn said.

Academically, the fostered puppies posed a little bit of a challenge. Finn said that one of the roommates had to miss a few classes to take care of the dogs, and that one of the puppies had issues with stitches after a recent neutering surgery, which required many of the roommates to come home and figure out

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Finn and McDonald take one of their puppies from the SPCA foster program for a walk.

how to help.

“It’s like having a child!” Finn said.

Despite all the hard work involved in fostering the puppies, McDonald said that they loved

the experience and their companionship during the short week. After the successful fostering stint, they both said that they would consider fostering another pet from the SPCA later this year,

and recommend fostering any pet while being a student.

“They’re little rascals,” McDonald said. “But they were well worth it.”

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Men’s basketball drops third straight game No. 14 Virginia falls at No. 10 North Carolina GRANT GOSSAGE | SPORTS EDITOR The No. 14 Virginia men’s basketball team (18-8, 8-6 ACC) shot just 27.8 percent from the floor Saturday night, falling to a more talented No. 10 North Carolina program, 65-41, at the Dean Dome.

“We fought hard against Duke and came up short,” coach Tony Bennett said. “[We] fought hard at Virginia Tech, played some quality ball, came up short. Tonight we weren’t even close, so we regroup. We battle.

There are still a number of games left, and we’re still playing for stuff.”

Sophomore forward Justin Jackson led the Tar Heels (23-5, 11-3 ACC) with a game-high 20 points.

Knocking down four of six threepoint attempts, the Wooden Award candidate scored 18 in the first half to spot North Carolina a 34-22 lead.

Star sophomore point guard Joel Berry II didn’t have his best offensive game, but he did do a terrific job defensively on his counterpart, as senior guard London Perrantes is the Cavaliers’ only player this season averaging double figures in scoring.

With Berry fighting through screens and on him step for step, Perrantes couldn’t find his rhythm and struggled to hit shots. He finished with 12 points on 3-of-10 attempts, and was just 1-6 from behind the arc.

Besides junior forward Isaiah Wilkins and junior guard Marial Shayok, who drained six of 12 looks and led Virginia with 13 points, the shooting woes affected every player on Bennett’s roster who saw considerable minutes.

Three of the Cavaliers most efficient scorers, junior Devon Hall,

freshman Kyle Guy and freshman guard Ty Jerome, combined to take 18 shots — 10 of which were three pointers — and didn’t make a single one. As a team, Virginia shot 2-of-20 from three.

The Tar Heel’s physical man-toman defense certainly had something to do with that.

Virginia got into big trouble after sophomore Jack Salt picked up his third foul with a little over six minutes remaining in the first half. Wilkins, who contributed seven points on three of seven shooting, had to bear the burden of Salt’s absence on the defensive end.

North Carolina then turned to its wealth of post players, including junior Isaiah Hicks, junior Kennedy Meeks, freshman Tony Bradley and even redshirt freshman Luke Maye.

Hicks tallied 10 points and a game-high eight rebounds, while Meeks added 13 points, seven boards and two assists. Bradley recorded only one point but was otherwise active, blocking three shots and snatching three rebounds. Maye chipped in five points, knocking down his only three-point attempt and seven boards.

The Tar Heels outrebounded the Cavaliers 44-26 on the night. North Carolina shot 46.6 percent from regulation and 36.8 percent from threepoint range. The six to nine turnover difference and free-throw margin in favor of Virginia had little to do in determining the victor.

With the loss Saturday, the Cavaliers dropped their third straight game. The last time that happened was in January 2011 when Virgin-

ia fell to North Carolina, Duke and Boston College. In only his second full season in Charlottesville, Bennett hadn’t established a winning program by that point.

The Cavaliers finished the season at a mediocre 16-15, were eliminated in the first game of the 2011 ACC Tournament and did not even receive an invitation to the NIT. Those days a three-game skid for Virginia probably wouldn’t have been in the national conversation, warranting a ticker mention at the bottom of ESPN. Now, after following up the 55 point struggle against Duke with just 41 points over 40 minutes Saturday, it seems like the only thing anybody can talk about is how the Cavaliers have reverted back to those early Bennett years, to the “no-offense era.”

They have an argument. Granted, the performance against North Carolina was kind of an anomaly.

If Guy, Jerome, Perrantes and Hall shoot anywhere near their averages, it’s a tighter contest. When somebody asked him in the post-game press conference if he was proud of his team’s defensive effort Saturday, Tar Heel head coach Roy Williams admitted Virginia hadn’t brought its usual, efficient offense.

“I have the utmost respect for [Tony Bennett] and his club, and I have never seen his team miss that many shots,” Williams said. “We were playing pretty well defensively sometimes, and sometimes they got wide-open shots and they just didn’t go in. That happens in the game of basketball.”

This year’s team doesn’t have the offense to overcome continual break-

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Junior forward Isaiah Wilkins chipped in seven points in the loss to North Carolina.

downs on the other end. It can’t get into the business of trading buckets like it did at times against Pittsburgh, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Duke and others. But, when confident, the Cavaliers possess enough shotmaking in Perrantes, Shayok, Hall, Wilkins, Jerome and Guy to reach that magic number — say 66.

Nobody is 24 points better than Virginia. To beat Bennett’s program, it takes a Malachai Richardson, a Dwayne Bacon, a Jayson Tatum, a Jamel Artis or a gutsy team effort like

West Virginia’s that still comes down to one or two possessions at the end.

Sure, it was an ugly week. Everybody has them.

You can bet Williams expects the Cavaliers will give North Carolina a 40-minute fight when the teams meet again in eight days. For now, Virginia returns home for a matchup Monday with Miami (18-8, 8-6 ACC). Former Cavalier standout Malcolm Brogdon will have his No. 15 jersey retired prior to the contest.

Women’s basketball takes down Virginia Tech on road Virginia wins 63-55, sweeps season series with rival Hokies ALEC DOUGHERTY | SENIOR ASSOCIATE The Cavaliers got off to a hot start against the Hokies, jumping out to a 19-8 lead in the first quarter with seven different players making successful shots. Virginia Tech hung around and bested Virginia in the second quarter, but a jumper by senior guard Breyana Mason with six seconds left in the half gave the Cavaliers a 10 point advantage into halftime.

The third quarter was a defensive slugfest, with the Hokies besting Virginia 10-8. Hokies continued to claw back in the fourth quarter and got to within one point with 1:36 remaining, but a layup and-one by Dominique Toussaint silenced the crowd and solidified the win for the

Cavaliers.

Virginia had a balanced scoring attack against the Hokies, with four players scoring in double digits. Mason led the Cavaliers with 13 points, while Toussaint and junior guard J’Kyra Brown chipped in 11. Junior forward Lauren Moses helped the Cavaliers on the boards with eight rebounds and added six points. The Cavaliers stifling defense held the Hokies to only 32.8 percent shooting.

Virginia next travels to Louisville, Ky. for a tough matchup with No. 14 Louisville (23-6, 10-4 ACC) in its second to last regular season game.

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Junior forward Lauren Moses recorded six points and a team-high eight boards in the win over Virginia Tech.

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No. 7 Virginia wins home opener thriller against Drexel Lars Tiffany gets first win in Charlottesville RAHUL SHAH | SENIOR ASSOCIATE The No. 7 Virginia men’s lacrosse team followed up their season opening win over No. 9 Loyola University Maryland with a thrilling 18-14 win over Drexel in their home opener at Klöckner Stadium.

In front of a packed crowd on a warm day, it was junior attackman Mike D’Amario who stole the show, lighting up the scoreboard by scoring seven goals to lead the way for Virginia (2-0, 0-0 ACC).

Coach Lars Tiffany had high praise for D’Amario and his ability to remain confident even when things aren’t going well.

“That man steps on the field and he wants to shoot the ball every time he touches it,” Tiffany said. “He reminds [me] of some of those guys that are like ‘Hey, if I’m a 35 percent shooter and I miss my first 10 — then you better watch out because I’m a 35 percent shooter and I’m going to get to my ratio.’ He just has that instinct.”

He added D’Amario was able to provide a lift for the offense when some of the other attackmen were struggling.

“He is a natural born scorer,” Tiffany said. “We needed him to step up.”

Virginia got off to a strong start against Drexel (0-1, 0-0 CAA), grabbing an 8-3 lead before Drexel closed the gap towards the end of the second quarter. The Cavaliers headed

into halftime with a slim 9-8 lead.

The game would have a similar up-and-down rhythm in the second half, with the Cavaliers coming out of halftime on fire, taking a 13-8 lead. However, Drexel closed the gap with a 5-1 run to make the score 14-13 in Virginia’s favor.

Virginia was able to bounce back once again, scoring four additional goals to Drexel’s one, finally taking the lead for good and securing the 18-14 victory.

Despite the win and great start to the season thus far, Tiffany said there were a lot of things Virginia could have done better.

“We found 14 mistakes [last week] that we did again,” Tiffany said.

He added that Virginia cannot put too much weight on the wins, because there is still a lot of work to be done.

“Fourteen philosophical things we need to change on the offense and defense ends after the first game [at Loyola],” Tiffany said. “I give Drexel credit for taking advantage and taking them up the field today, but we have a lot of work to do here. We have to get better in transition defense for sure.”

Virginia will now look to continue the momentum built in this young season, as the team has a quick turnaround before hosting Siena Tuesday night at 6 p.m.

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Junior attackman Mike D’Amario scored seven goals in Virginia’s 18-14 win over Drexel.

Softball goes 2-2 in Charleston tournament In its second tournament of the season, the Virginia softball team evenly split wins and losses.

On the first day of the Charleston Southern Buccaneer Invitational, the Cavaliers (4-5) opened with an 11-3 win against ETSU. The Bucs (4-6) were coming off winning the AmerInn Classic last weekend, but that didn’t stop the Cavaliers from handily beating them. Virginia took the lead in the second inning with the help of a solo home run from junior Allison Davis, and maintained the lead the whole game.

Later in the day, the Cavaliers took on Charleston Southern in a contest where the Buccaneers (56) edged out Virginia 4-3. Senior McKall Miller recorded her third home run of the season in the close loss, and Davis notched another homer for herself. The

Cavaliers finished the day with five home runs.

Day two of the tournament began with another matchup against East Tennessee State, where Virginia picked up an even more dominating win against the Bucs than the day before. The 9-0 win for Virginia marked the first shutout for sophomore pitcher Lacy Smith. Smith also collected her first career home run, with a two-run homer to end the game.

The Cavaliers led the game from the first inning then extended it with a homer from sophomore Olivia Gott in the third inning.

After picking up a few more runs as a result of poor defense from the Buccaneers, Virginia’s victory was a done-deal with Smith’s home run.

In the Cavaliers’ last game of the tournament, a strong pitching performance from UNC

Wilmington gave the Seahawks (3-1) a 2-1 win over Virginia. The Cavaliers also put up a good pitching performance, with sophomore Erika Osherow only allowing one earned run in six innings. Offensively, Virginia was not able to get a hit until the fourth inning, and took until the sixth inning to get on the scoreboard with an RBI single from Gott. However, it was not enough to beat Wilmington in their first game of the season.

Another weekend on the road awaits the Cavaliers, as they are scheduled to play in the East Carolina Pirate Invitational next weekend. After that, Virginia will have its first home game against in-state rival Virginia Tech March 3.

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Senior infielder McKall Miller hit her third home run of the young season this weekend.

— compiled by Emma D’Arpino

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Junior first baseman Pavin Smith had a big weekend, smacking two homers and driving in seven runs.

A thrilling comeback against Kansas Sunday capped a perfect 3-0 weekend for the Virginia baseball team (3-0) to start its season. No. 16 Virginia’s offense carried the team in victories against Liberty, the Citadel and Kansas in the tournament sweep.

The Cavaliers’ season started off with a bang Friday, plating six runs in the first two innings against Liberty.

Sophomore outfielder Jake McCarthy contributed a three-run home run in the fourth inning. Junior first baseman Pavin Smith added two RBIs for the Cavaliers’ offense and sophomore pitcher Daniel Lynch threw a solid 6.1 innings, only allowing one run and striking out six en route to the team’s 10-2 victory.

Virginia once again got off to a hot start against the Citadel Saturday, jumping out to a 5-0 lead after two innings. Sophomore outfielder Cameron Simmons led Virginia’s offense with four RBIs and Smith and junior outfielder Adam Haseley added their first home runs of the season.

Sophomore pitcher Evan Sperling allowed only two hits and no

earned runs — one unearned — in six innings on the mound. Virginia won 10-6 after squandering a Citadel comeback in the last three innings.

Virginia earned its win Sunday against Kansas with less ease. The Jayhawks plated four runs in the third inning and two more in the sixth to jump out to a commanding 6-0 lead.

The Cavaliers began to claw back in the top of the seventh inning, with a three-run home run by junior outfielder Charlie Cody putting Virginia back in the game.

Smith nailed a two-run homer to knot the game at six in the top of the eighth inning. Junior second baseman Ernie Clement put the Cavaliers ahead for good with an RBI single in the top of the ninth, and a two run double by McCarthy added insurance and cemented a 9-6 win over the Jayhawks.

Virginia showed off its powerful offense in the first weekend of play, and will look to pick up another and will look to pick up another win in its home opener against VMI Tuesday.

Malcolm Brogdon to join Virginia basketball greats Malcolm Brogdon started as No. 22 and came to Virginia from Atlanta, Ga. in 2011 relatively unheralded, despite averaging 25.7 points in his high school senior season.

Malcolm Brogdon In 2016, he left Virginia as No. 15, first-team All-American, ACC Player of the year and proud recipient of a master’s degree.

The Virginia men’s basketball team retires the No. 15 jersey Monday night during halftime of the Cavaliers’ contest against Miami — No. 15 will remain Brogdon’s.

During his five years at Virginia, Brogdon helped lead the team to an ACC Tournament Championship, two ACC regular season championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances.

Individually, he ranked ninth on the Cavaliers’ all-time scoring list with 1,809 points. He also ranked first in free throw percentage (87.6), second in games played (136) and sixth in 3-point percentage (36.5).

Brogdon also earned All-ACC first-team honors three times. The Atlanta native earned ACC Player of the Year, ACC Defensive Player of the Year and NABC Defensive Player of the Year in his final season, becoming the first ACC player to win both Play-

er of the Year and Defensive Player of the year at the same time.

Brogdon’s impressive 2016 season led him to an NBA career with the Milwaukee Bucks where he is currently in his rookie season — emerging as one of the league’s top rookies this year.

There’s much more to Brogdon beyond statistical strengths. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the College and completed the accelerated master’s in public policy from the Batten School.

He was honored with a Senior CLASS Award, named an Allstate NABC Good Works Team honoree and was a John R. Wooden Citizenship Cup finalist for his academic excellence and work in the community.

Both Brogdon’s impressive statistics line and his contributions to the University community factored into the program’s decision to retire his number Monday during halftime against Miami. Brogdon’s No. 15 jersey will join just seven other Cavalier legends whose numbers have a permanent place in Virginia basketball history.

Monday’s game tips off at 7 p.m.

— compiled by Mariel Messier

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Former Virginia standout Malcolm Brogdon will be honored Monday during the Miami game.

THE CAVALIER DAILY CORRECTIONS In the Feb. 16 edition of The Cavalier Daily, in the lead editorial “Class council endorsements,” Commerce Council presidential candidate Lauren Fogel’s past experience was misstated. She was not previously a part of the Commerce Council but a part of her class council. In addition, the UJC Candidate at a Glance questionnaire did not report Jack Brake’s answers, and his answers have since been recored online.

LEAD EDITORIAL

Eliminate application fee for low-income applicants U.Va. should automatically waive fee for first-generation, low-income prospective students

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ttending college is one of the best ways for an individual to rise out of poverty. In most cases, however, first-generation and low-income college students confront significant obstacles before even stepping foot on a campus. In spite of the generous financial aid available at schools like U.Va., the request for application-fee waivers alone can prove to be discouraging. Instead of requiring students to request waivers, the University should adopt an automatic application-fee-waiver policy for first-generation and low-income applicants.

The expenses associated with the application process are often underplayed. The cost of sending test scores, creating a CSS profile and

paying the application fee represents money that could have otherwise gone towards food, rent or other vital expenses. According to a White House report, waiving these fees and reducing additional paperwork would encourage students to apply to more colleges. The report states that a 13 percent decrease in application costs induces students to apply to one additional college, which in turn increases the probability of enrolling by 18 percent.

A recent New York Times study found that, at elite colleges, “the share of students from the bottom 40 percent has remained mostly flat for a decade.” The study also shows low-income students’ ability to apply to these colleges has not changed

much throughout the last decade.

Moreover, a study conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research found over half of the most talented potential applicants from low-income families never apply to a competitive college. Although the study does not specifically mention application fees, it signals there are more low-income students of high academic talent which the University is not able to consider.

On Feb. 15, student-body presidents and student groups from Ivy League and other elite institutions launched an initiative urging their respective administrations to consider a similar proposal. At the University, student leaders should play a similar role in improving socioeconomic di-

versity among applicants. Members of Student Council should push the initiative by presenting it to the Board of Visitors and making arrangements to meet with University officials to discuss its importance. This is a relevant issue not just to certain demographics on Grounds, but also to the vibrancy of our undergraduate community.

While the University has shown significant effort in providing increased financial relief to students in recent years, the financial barriers students face during the application process have yet to be addressed. Lowering these barriers will allow the University to significantly increase socioeconomic diversity within its student population.

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PROPOSED AMENDMENT CONTRADICTS CONSTITUTIONAL PURPOSE Members of Law School speak against ‘Empowered 55’ amendment

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n 2005, the Consensus Clause amendment to the Honor Committee’s constitution narrowly failed to pass ratification by the student body, garnering 59.5 percent of the popular vote. This result even beat out last year’s multi-sanction vote of 58.9 percent. The Consensus Clause would have required a majority of the entire student body to vote in favor of the constitutional changes affecting sanctioning. This would have effectively set the single sanction in stone, as the largest voter turnout in recent history failed to even reach 41 percent (because not all authors uniformly support the single sanction, we will not comment on the merits of the Consensus Clause).

Why does a failed amendment in 2005 matter in 2017?

The so-called “Empowered 55” has been billed as a means to a multi-sanction end, but if it had been the status quo in 2005, multi-sanction would be a practical impossibility. As such, this tangibly demonstrates the dangerous and misguided nature of this amendment. The primary purpose of designating a document a “constitution” is so that it may serve as “a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means,” and this amendment

threatens to render Honor’s constitution’s designation obsolete.

From the viewpoint of constitutional construction, a constitution is meant to preserve a small subset of fundamental rights and principles above other mere laws. While some constitutional scholars recognize the inherent tension between countermajoritarian constitutionalism and populist democracy (see, e.g., Richard Albert, Constitutional Handcuffs, 42 Az. St. L.J. 663, 664 (2010)), a balance must be struck to avoid “frequent reference[s] of constitutional questions to the decision of the whole society” driven by populist passion over reason and understanding.

While five percent may seem like a minimal change at first, it is a definitive step towards delegitimizing Honor. It makes it easier to disenfranchise the minority in the face of a smaller majority separated by a large swath of the indifferent. Our concept of democracy must encompass more than merely the voices of the many. It must also recognize and protect ideological minorities in decision-making. The sponsors cite “egalitarian[ism]” as a value and “injustice” as something to eschew, but isn’t it true that this amendment allows a small-

er majority to impose their will?

The validity of amendment procedures rests on such minority protections and constitutional constancy. (See Richard Albert, The Expressive Function of Constitutional Amendment Rules, 59 McGill L.J. 225, 235 (2013)). These procedures are the key to changing every other aspect of a Constitution, determining “peaceful continuity [versus] suffer[ing] alternations of stagnation, retrogression, and revolution.” The principle of loss aversion also guarantees that

constitution raises grave issues of notice (both legal and conceptual) and reliance, eroding the function and value of Honor.

Focusing on amendments, what is to stop future student bodies from resetting the minimum to a simple majority? A plurality?

Removing the “10 percent of all students” threshold? Every decision students make in reliance on a document that will become the “so-called Constitution” will be in question. Why would anyone trust the current consequences in the face of unending

While five percent may seem like a minimal change at first, it is a definitive step towards delegitimizing Honor.

such a reduction will never be taken back and will only move further down. The small majority should not be able to use this amendment as a “convenient response to [a] hot political problem[].”

In addition to stripping minority protections, “Empowered 55” will lead to destabilization.

Inviting continual change to a

change? This does not result in a “health[y] and…robust” system. It erodes it away to nothing more than “cavalier language.”

Using the current supermajority to moderately entrench formal amendment procedures does not immunize Honor from change. The data do not support this contention. Out of the eight referenda proposed since

2010, six have been ratified by the student body (2010, 2011, 2013, two in 2015 and 2016).

The argument that one or more of these amendments were not controversial does nothing to delegitimize their passage. On the contrary, if an amendment were not controversial, would we not be more comfortable with less representation? If an amendment were controversial, would we not want more input?

Because controversy indicates a large divide in opinion, would we not want more opinions going into the final decision? To do the opposite as “Empowered 55” aims is shortsighted and irresponsible.

Even procedural rules of formally ratifying amendments enshrine constitutional values. A vote for “Empowered 55” signals that we no longer value the governance of our system. A vote for “Empowered 55” signals that we no longer value Honor.

AUSTIN SIM, MAGGIE ROWE, OWEN GALLOGLY, LINDSAY FISHER, THOMAS HOWARD, HUMZA SALIM, AND JAMES BILLARD are all students at the Law School.

‘EMPOWERED 55’ WOULD MAKE HONOR MORE RESPONSIVE Proposed amendment is an important first step towards overcoming voter apathy

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n Feb. 12, a large group of students sat in on a Honor Committee meeting and made the case for the proposed democratization amendment during the community concerns portion. The amendment would lower the threshold for voting on constitutional change to from 60 percent to 55 percent. During the meeting, students faced hesitation and pushback from some members of the committee, presumably because the amendment did not originate from the Committee itself.

Ideally, student self-governance at the University should work through two primary avenues, indirect representation and occasionally direct democracy from constitutional referenda.

For years, students have seen that elected representatives of Honor have consistently been resistant to change and have failed to respond properly to student demands. Last year was another of many other close attempts to reform the Honor system through direct democracy and make it more reflective of student desires. Although an overwhelming

majority voted in favor of a multiple sanction system, student representatives have been slow to respond.

In an opinion article opposing the amendment, writer Olivier

populists like Donald Trump or to vote for Brexit either because they felt that their vote would not create change or because they were desperate for change by any means. Of course, we do not face

A common refrain is that change must be slow and cautious, but too often caution can revert into inaction.

Weiss asserted that we “should not be lowering the bar for constitutional changes at a time when institutions on all levels are being beset by a wave of popular disruption.” However, Mr. Weiss forgets exactly why these institutions on all levels are endangered in the first place. Voters are more apathetic regarding democratic forms of government than ever.

Only 30 percent of U.S. residents born in 1980 rate it necessary to live in a democracy. Many citizens were willing to vote for

such dire stakes at this University, but it would be a grave loss if students were to lose faith in student self-governance. Only 34 percent of students turned out for the honor referenda in the last election. This not indicative of a general lack of interest about reforming the Honor on the part of the student body, as turnout for most other parts of the ballot were not much higher or lower.

Many students at this university do not feel that the Honor system represent them. “Lowering

the bar” to 55 percent would be a small price to pay for making our system more responsive to change and for making students regain ownership in the system.

I do not deny that the catalyst for the current amendment was last year’s vote, but we cannot allow this debate to become a referendum on a multiple sanction system. The democratization amendment has plenty of merit on its own, and the debate should be separated from ongoing debate over multiple sanction systems. Members of the Honor Committee and opponents of the amendment often tout the Honor Audit Commission and tell students to wait for institutions to work. However, most solutions that the Honor Audit Committee will come up with will likely require another vote with the high 60 percent threshold.

Thus, the reforms from the audit commission will not have merit without the democratization amendment. Furthermore, in a time where the status of international and low-income students are increasingly at risk, we must find new innovative solutions

to reform the Honor system. A myriad of solutions exist, including a mediation extension of the Informed Retraction, which does not involve a multiple sanction system. However, all of these solutions will inevitably require constitutional change and a vote from the student body.

Any reforms to the Honor system will require a multi-faceted approach and should consider all avenues available. A common refrain is that change must be slow and cautious, but too often caution can revert into inaction.

Passing this amendment will strengthen the honor system by restoring faith in student self governance and by ensuring that any future changes proposed by the HAC will pass.

WESTON GOBAR is a third-year College student and political action director of the Black Student Alliance.

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ADDRESSING THE COMPLEXITIES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM While the board’s recent editorial on arrests presents valid points, it fails to present substantiated arguments

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n a recent piece, The Cavalier Daily’s editorial board asserted that arrest rates in the United States are generally too high and can have damaging effects on communities and individuals. There is a substantial amount of literature and empirical evidence detailing disparities in the criminal justice system from policing practices to bail and plea bargains. However, the authors did not provide enough background and did not detail existing laws surrounding arrests. The argument stands relatively unsupported and is generally ambiguous. This brief article may leave readers with some unanswered questions about current policy and the power that police officers have to arrest an individual.

The Fourth Amendment in the United States Constitution grants police officers the

power to arrest an individual if they have “probable cause.” It is true that police officers have a fair amount of discretion when making the decision to arrest an individual and it seems that the authors are arguing against arrests for low-level infractions, which may result in nothing more than a fine. The source cited at the beginning of their article details the social, psychological and economic costs related to arrests of low-level offenders, or arrestees who quickly have their charges dropped. The authors may have a fair point, although it is not clearly articulated to readers.

The authors also claim that being arrested is causally linked to an increase in future arrests without citing a source. The general sentiment that arresting an individual and temporarily taking away their freedom

may impact them in the future is not wrong. However, authors should be careful when making such strong assertions without

with solving.” It seems that this is a reference to cases of neighborhood disputes or issues involving mental health, but it is

This brief article may leave readers with some unanswered questions about current policy and the power that police officers have to arrest an individual.

providing empirical support for their argument. The lack of citations detracts from the overall effect of the article. Some of the language in the article is vague and it is not evident what types of cases they are discussing.

Specifically, the authors mention, “the kinds of disruptive behavior police are usually tasked

not immediately apparent.

When tackling a topic as important and vast as high arrest rates and criminal justice reform it is necessary to provide context, substantive evidence and consider narrowing the scope of discussion to a smaller area such as Charlottesville. It was an exceedingly ambitious dis-

cussion to have in less than 400 words. The points made in the article are not invalid. However, high arrest rates have far-reaching impacts and should be discussed with a serious understanding of the gravity of this topic. In the future, authors and editors should work to present a cohesive, well researched and substantiated argument — especially when the subject has such serious ramifications for members of the community.

JACQUELYN KATUIN is the Public Editor for The Cavalier Daily.

She can be reached at publiceditor@cavalierdaily.com or on Twitter at @CDPublicEditor.

SENATORIAL BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN OVERLY DIVISIVE

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ast week during the confirmation hearing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, something unusual happened: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was barred from speaking against Sessions by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for the remainder of the hearing. While it is unusual for a sitting senator to testify against another sitting senator’s confirmation hearing — Sessions was a senator from Alabama — McConnell’s rebuke of Warren will have modest, but lasting, consequences on the political situation in this country.

Above all, this move will only serve to empower Warren’s leftwing populist brand and deepen the ideological divide already present in the nation’s capital.

Warren was not the only sitting senator to testify against Sessions’ nomination; Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) also felt it necessary to voice his concerns.

Sessions’ opponents claim he has worked against civil rights causes throughout his time in public service, which is a com-

Behavior in the U.S. Senate is only worsening our lamentable disunity, partisanship

pelling reason why he was denied a judgeship for Alabama’s southern district in the 1980s.

Thus Booker, an African-American, felt it necessary to express his opposition. McConnell wisely allowed Booker to speak because rebuking him might have cast the Republicans as racially insensitive and would have played favorably for powerless Democrats.

Yet, McConnell’s rebuke of Warren will have a similarly

Within hours of McConnell’s decision, the hashtag “#ShePersisted,” — which were the exact words McConnell used to justify his verdict — became a rallying cry for feminists and Warren’s 700,000 twitter followers; several clothing companies have even begun to sell t-shirts that feature the hashtag. It seems though the actual reason Warren was speaking against Sessions in the first place is no longer important.

Thanks in no small part to

Situations such as these only deepen our ideological divide because they enable political parties to portray rival parties as representative of only certain citizens. damaging effect for the Republican Party’s image. Just as Booker could have claimed that a rebuke on him would be racially insensitive, Warren now can argue that the rebuke on her was sexually insensitive.

McConnell, Warren has solidified herself as the champion of feminism and liberal activism.

However, this comes at the expense of political unity in the U.S. In all likelihood, McConnell did not rebuke Warren be-

cause she is a woman but rather because she was delaying the confirmation of a fellow Republican senator. Yet, because Warren is a woman, McConnell has given her the ability to make this an issue about gender. It also reinforces the left’s narrative that women are unable to enjoy the same sort of treatment in the workplace as men.

Situations such as these only deepen our ideological divide because they enable political parties to portray rival parties as representative of only certain citizens. In this case, some Democrats have sought to portray Republicans as insensitive about race and gender in order to depict the party as unfit to represent minorities or women.

Although this has long been a complaint from the Left, McConnell’s rebuke of a female senator because of her concern over a prospective Attorney General’s racism certainly does not help McConnell’s party avert this criticism. These sorts of ingroup perceptions of political parties are extremely harmful

because they inhibit the party’s ability to expand its appeal in any attempt to unify the citizenry.

The senatorial drama that ensued this past week is detrimental to our country’s political unity because it will serve to empower far-left populism and distort the messages of our two major political parties. If Americans are to abridge the ideological chasm that has plagued our political discourse, citizens from both sides of the spectrum will have to come together to find common ground on key issues and beliefs. Yet if the leaders of our major political parties continue to act so divisively, then we cannot expect to cross this bridge anytime soon.

JESSE BERMAN is an Opinion columnist for the Cavalier Daily.

He may be reached at opinion@ cavalierdaily.com.

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WE NEED MORE CIVICS EDUCATION

American society is suffering from widespread ignorance, indifference toward civic literacy

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t is no secret a significant portion of the American public lacks fundamental knowledge about how the federal government works.

A study conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania found that only 26 percent of Americans could correctly name all three branches of government while only 54 percent

the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In an ever-increasingly partisan and acrimonious political environment, promoting civics education in the U.S. would perform multiple vital services to the American public in educating citizens about the functions of government while promoting civil engagement.

Jefferson and the Founders believed that a nation that governs itself, like ours, must rely upon an informed and engaged electorate.

of those surveyed correctly knew that only Congress has the power to declare war. At the same time, voter turnout in the U.S. lags behind that of other developed nations; the Pew Research Center reported that the U.S. ranks 31st out of 35 countries in

While it may be argued that greater crises face America — such as ever-growing national debt, deteriorating infrastructure or increasing economic disparity between the rich and poor in the U.S. — the issue of civic disengagement is not one to be

ignored. Another report produced by the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools revealed that “given the close link between civic learning and preparation for twenty-first century workplaces… four in ten employers have been unable to find high-school graduates possessing the “soft skills” necessary for entry-level positions.”

Indeed, a lack of civic engagement, by extension, reduces community involvement. The CCMS’ report noted that “between 1973 and 1994, the number of people who have served as an officer of a club or organization, worked for a political party, served on a committee, or attended a public meeting on town or school affairs declined by over 35 percent.” Low civic participation encourages low voter turnout. Larry Bartels, a professor at Vanderbilt University, has warned that “political influence seems to be limited entirely to affluent and middle-class people… millions of ordinary citizens in the bottom third of the income distribution have no discernible impact on the behavior of their elected representatives.”

The benefits of promoting civics education are threefold: increased community participation, higher voting turnout and greater civic action in both national and local politics. The CCMS’ report found that “students who receive effective civic learning are four times more likely to volunteer and work on community issues.” The same report also found that Americans “who know more about government are more likely to vote, discuss politics, contact the government, and take part in other civic activities.” In addition, Americans who complete one year’s worth of classes in American government or civics are three to six percent more likely to vote in comparison to those who lack such teaching, and those who discuss politics at home are 7-11 percent more likely to vote compared to the average citizen. There is reason to be optimistic that both political parties can promote civic education; for example, Pennsylvania House Bill 1858 — which requires students to pass a civics test identical to that used by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-

tion Services in order to graduate — holds sponsors from both the Democratic and Republican parties.

Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, in his radio address to the country on Sept. 10, 1988, stated that “since the founding of this Nation, education and democracy have gone hand in hand… Jefferson and the Founders believed that a nation that governs itself, like ours, must rely upon an informed and engaged electorate.” In an age of rampant political divisiveness, the promotion of civics education — which can boost civic participation, knowledge of government functions and prevent misinformation — in our public and private institutions is more vital than ever.

WILLIAM WONG is an Opinion columnist for the Cavalier Daily. He may be reached at opinion@cavalierdaily. com.

FAMILY STRUCTURE PROVIDES MORE BENEFITS THAN COSTS Gorman’s column overlooks critical benefits to a more traditional family structure

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ast week, fellow columnist Ryan Gorman wrote an article where he proposed eliminating traditional family structures in America in order to eradicate inequality. Although Gorman clearly did a great deal of research on the topic and brings up some interesting points, his argument is entirely faulty. Gorman states, “the driving force of American plight is not the free market, nor is it the clash of regional values or the structure of our quasi-federal government; it is the American family — the culture of decentralized guardianship that necessarily breeds context-based inequalities.” However, Gorman completely ignores the positive social, cultural and behavioral effects that parental nurture has on children.

Moreover, if a plan like Gorman’s became law in the U.S., citizens would be discouraged from having children because they would be unable to take an active role in their upbringing.

Gorman’s plan would completely cut out the positive effects of parental nurture from an emotional stand-

point. His argument focuses on the economic downsides to a traditional family structure, ignoring the positives related to personalized nurture.

Researchers have found that parental nurture can be one of the most positive contributions a parent can give to their child’s development. The relationship that is forged between parent and child helps children build positive social and behavioral skills and Gorman’s idea disregards this.

Gorman proposes a cold, bureaucratic system where parents are separated from their children and kids are raised in the public sphere. Not only would this plan be nearly impossible to carry out, but it also removes the positive aspects of raising a child, namely personal warmth, that contribute to growth. Poor nurturance from a young age can lead to negative behavioral issues later in life.

Additionally, Gorman ignores the cultural implications of his own plan. Each child is raised in an environment that is shaped by his or her family history and culture. Gorman

views this as a manner by which inequality is created, due to historic economic advantages and disadvantages. However, this has also lead to the cultural diversity that we currently celebrate in America. Gorman uses the phrase, “contextual sameness,” to

traditional family structures, this rich tradition would die out.

Gorman believes that parents would volunteer to be a part of a social experiment of this nature but it would likely be a hard sell. Additionally, if the U.S. government mandated

Gorman’s plan would completely cut out the positive effects of parental nurture from an emotional standpoint.

describe his plan, which suggests that a homogenous population would be preferable in all realms, not just economically. Though Gorman believes that this sameness would be a solution to economic issues, it would be a detriment to cultural diversity. Cultural stories are passed down through the family tree and without

that parents were no longer allowed to raise their own children, many adults would probably choose to not have children. Though every man and woman has their own motivations for choosing to have children, they ultimately consider that, if they decide to have kids, they will raise them. A radical shift in attitude would have to oc-

cur to convince many parents to give up their children to the state. There is a reason that our structure is referred to as “traditional family.” Bringing up your own children when you have planned to start a family is an American tradition and there would have to be a considerable amount of trust between the state and the people for citizens to even consider giving up their children. Overall, Gorman’s plan represents what, ideally, might be a utopia for some, but pointedly neglects the negative aspects of raising children communally. American traditional family structures have positive effects of both children and parents and breaking up those structures is not the way to completely eliminate inequality.

CARLY MULVIHILL is the Opinion senior assoicate for the Cavalier Daily.

She may be reached at opinion@ cavalierdaily.com.

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WEEKLY CROSSWORD SAM EZERSKY | PUZZLE MASTER

The Cavalier Daily Crossword Puzzle by Sam Ezersky, Class of 2017

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Monday 2/20 Men’s Basketball vs. Miami, 7pm, John Paul Jones Arena Men’s Tennis ITA Championship, TBA, Snyder Tennis Center Malcolm Brogdon’s Jersey Retirement, 7-10pm, John Paul Jones Arena Students United Presents: Nonviolent Direct Action Workshop, 7-8pm, Minor 130 The Future of Cities: Design Your Own City, 6-7pm, HackCville Tuesday 2/21 Trivia Night at the Library, 5-5:30pm, Alderman 421 Baseball vs. VMI, 3pm, Davenport Field Men’s Lacrosse vs. Siena, 6pm, Klockner Stadium University Peer Advising Link Presents: Majors Panel, 3-5:30pm, Ern Commons The Educational Experience of Young People of Color at U.Va., 6:30-7:30pm, Garrett Hall Capital One Careers Presents: People + Money at U.Va., 6-7:30pm, Newcomb Theater Jewish Social Connection Presents: S’mores on the Lawn, 8:30-9:30pm, Room 25W Trump and the Middle East, 6-7pm, OpenGrounds Wednesday 2/22 Hoo Crew Trivia Night, 8-10pm, Boylan Heights Econ Club Presents: Professor Meet and Greet, 12-2pm, Monroe Courtyard

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Fighting ‘mortality shock’ with a laugh Gabriel Flood speaks on experiences with cancer, healing powers of humor RUHEE SHAH | SENIOR WRITER Gabriel Flood — a self-described “writer, storyteller [and] cancer survivor” — gave a talk to the English Students Association Monday on the topic of intersection of cancer, humor and mental illness.

According to Selina Horsley, fourth-year Curry student and president of the English Students Association, there were originally meant to be separate talks with the Virginia Journal of Bioethics, the English Student Association, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines and To Write Love On Her Arms at U.Va. The groups eventually decided to co-sponsor a single event focusing on various aspects of his story. Horsley had high expectations for the talk, realizing Flood was a gifted public speaker when she first met him.

“I could tell he’s going to be a good public speaker because the way he tells stories is so charismatic, and it really gets you listening to the story in a way that makes you excited to hear what he has to say,” Horsley said.

Flood began by joking that he was there to talk about puppies, then quickly deadpanned “Just kidding guys — it’s cancer.” He emphasized everyone’s journey with cancer is

unique, and that his particular journey was as straightforward as it could have possibly been, while simultaneously upending his world and outlook on life.

Flood began the story talking humorously about April 2013, when he first noticed something was wrong.

“April 2013 — my life was in the toilet,” Flood said. “And I want you to have a clear vision of this. Because what might’ve popped into your head might’ve been your toilet — but your toilet is cleaner than the toilet that my life was in. I’m talking like subway public restroom with like the chart above the wall, name of the last guy who cleaned it and the date that’s like 2010 … that’s the toilet my life was in at the time.”

It was amidst months of unemployment that Flood first noticed a large lump in his neck, and upon conferring with WebMD, realized there was a distinct possibility that he had cancer. He waited, hoping it was nothing, but he began feeling worse and noticed dark veins in his chest, which prompted him to see a doctor.

Without insurance, the only doctor he could see was at a 24-hour urgent care center, who told Flood he had an allergic reaction and needed an anti-inflammatory cream.

Talking about his experience, Flood realized he could now see specific turns in his journey that ended up saving his life. His decision not to accept an easy diagnosis when he knew something was deeply wrong was one of those turns. After seeing another physician, he was told to go immediately to an emergency room, and on a whim, he decided to go to Augusta Medical Center rather than the local Harrisonburg hospital nearby. Though Flood did not know it at the time, Augusta Medical Center had a new cancer center headed by a decorated doctor from the Mayo Clinic, which may have helped his recovery.

According to Flood, waiting in the emergency room that day was the first moment he began to regain his agency. His parents and best friend were there, and he noticed the room filling with tension, so he started telling jokes — and the tension melted away, making him feel better.

It was there that Flood received what he called his first “mortality shock” — a moment where he realized he had a distinct chance of dying.

“How you react to the mortality shock changes you, but you get to choose whether it takes your agency,” Flood said. “Where I was able to re-

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Facing cancer drove Flood to find the positive in life through humor.

tain my agency I did instinctively.”

According to Flood, this shock was the catalyst for him to regain direction in his life through positivity, humor and writing. He began to consciously joke with nurses before chemotherapy treatments, and the nurses reflected that positivity back.

“I seized on the only power that I had, and that was — if these people have the power to give me a varying quality of care based on their day, their mood, their life — how do I tweak the odds in my favor?” Flood said. “And there I found power where

powerlessness lives — I found that when they smile — when they see me — I feel better.”

Flood began writing and injecting that same positivity into blog posts, and people wrote back wishing him well and telling him they related to his story. He notes it wasn’t what he was writing about — cancer — but the way he wrote about it. He realized that his words had power.

“Cancer didn’t give me a lot,” Flood said. “But it did give me purpose where I had lacked it before.”

U.Va. researchers make NFL players safer Center for Applied Biomechanics investigates injury-prevention gear BRANDON CHO | STAFF WRITER The Center for Applied Biomechanics at the University is currently conducting innovative research on how to improve NFL player safety by engineering injury prevention gear using state-of-the-art lab technology.

Jeff Crandall, Director of the Center for Applied Biomechanics, and Deputy Director Richard Kent are currently investigating how to improve gear used by the NFL to prevent both short-term and long-term injuries prevalent in professional football.

Kent said his lab started researching automobile safety about 30 years ago, and has since studied topics ranging from automobile safety to military protection and sports injury.

“We were doing some of the earliest work on lower limb injury around the time seatbelts and airbags were first being used,” Kent said. “A lot of people in accidents were living with bad lower limb injury and we were investigating how we could prevent that.”

The prevalence of similar injuries among professional football players prompted the NFL to contact

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Professor Kent has spent nearly 10 years helping the NFL develop safer football gear.

Kent and Crandall about 10 years ago.“They wanted to understand the mechanics of lower limb injury and injury prevention,” Kent said.

Along with the research for NFL player safety, the Center for Applied Biomechanics is also currently involved in automotive research, building computer models for human injuries and a research project with

the Department of Defense, known as the WIAMan project. The Center — at about 40,000 square feet in size — is capable of conducting full scale crash tests. It has about 50 to 60 researchers, mostly consisting of professionals and graduate students.

The Center’s research with the NFL first started as engineering better cleats for different turfs. They

have since expanded to improving shoulder pads, knee pads and helmets. Crandall and Kent are involved in the NFL’s Engineering Roadmap and they are now collaborating with other researchers across the country to investigate concussion prevention.

“The Engineering Roadmap is really a plan that we put together for transformational change and head protection that significantly improves the safety of NFL players in three to five years,” Crandall said.

With his expertise in automobile safety research, Kent said one of his main goals is to increase the level of safety in the sports industry to that of the automobile industry.

“We have a vision that if we take these tools and — from the experience that we have — our role is to come up with tests and sort of connect the marketplace and educate the people about how concussions occur and promote networking,” Crandall said. “We share our research with NFL players, medical personnel and manufacturers.”

The NFL’s Engineering Roadmap

is divided into four tracks — characterizing the on-field environment, testing methods of evaluating the helmets and gear, developing new tools and connecting the marketplace and educating the general public.

“In a longer-term of five years, we want to better understand what’s occurring on the field for each position and engineer position-specific gear,” Crandall said.

Crandall also said he hopes his injury prevention research with the NFL has a much broader applicability to other sports, as well as feedback to his automotive safety research in preventing the less severe injuries in automobile crashes.

Kent sees a lot of potential in this project improving the industry.

“The world is going towards individualization, and we are getting to a point where we can create computer models of individuals and we can study how your injuries can be prevented, and it’s custom to you,” Kent said. “Our goal is to optimize performance and minimize risk.”

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Jeff Scholar Foundation brings acclaimed neuroscientist Northwestern Professor J.C. Cang awarded endowed professorship MADISON HECHT | STAFF WRITER The Jefferson Scholar Foundation announced last Wednesday the recipient of its first endowed professorship — J.C. Cang, a neurobiology professor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. As recipient of the Paul T. Jones Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professorship, Cang — along with his wife, Xiaorong Liu — will become a joint member of both the psychology and biology departments within the College in Fall 2017.

“Professors Cang and Xiaorong Liu will be instrumental components of the teaching and research

missions of the University,” Ignacio Provencio, head of the professorship search committee and professor of biology, said. “Both of them will teach classes to undergraduate and graduate students, have active federally-funded labs and provide service to the University by participating on relevant committees.”

Over the past few years, Cang has received many of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious awards for young scientists and scholars for his research in neuroscience, notably the Sloan Research Fellowship and the Klingenstein Fellow-

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J.C. Cang will come to the University through the Paul T. Jones Jefferson Scholar Foundation.

ship Award in Neurosciences. Cang hopes to draw upon his skills established at Northwestern while at the University, especially when working with students.

“He has a long history of working with [undergraduates] at Northwestern University, and he plans to continue doing so at U.Va.,” Provencio said.

Cang will help lead neuroscience research efforts at the University, continuing his previous research interests. At Northwestern, Cang’s research is dedicated to understanding the neural basis of the visual system — its organization, function and development. Specifically, his research team has made discoveries concerning the interaction between the sensory experience and visual functions in the cortex during a critical period in early life.

“I will continue this research at U.Va., and this Endowed Professorship will allow me to pursue more ambitious and risky projects along these general directions,” Cang said.

“I am extremely grateful to Mr. Paul T. Jones and the Jefferson Scholars Foundation for their generous sup-

port.”

Both Cang and Liu received doctorates of biology at the University.

As he is already familiar with many members of the University’s neuroscience faculty, Cang looks forward to interacting with colleagues interested in other neuroscience, biology, psychology and cognitive science specialties.“We are excited by the momentum being built across Grounds in neuroscience, particularly as indicated by the newly established Brain Institute,” Cang said. “I feel we can add to this momentum by building a strong research program that studies neuroscience at the circuit and system levels.”

The Brain Institute was established last spring as part of a new multidisciplinary initiative at the University. It is the first of five University institutes created to undertake a few of the world’s most critical and compelling issues.

Established in 1980, JSF holds a reputation for attracting academically talented undergraduate and graduate students to the University.

In 2012, JSF announced the creation of two endowed professorships.

Since the announcement, the foundation has made increased headway, raising enough money to fill eight additional professorships in the coming years.

“We plan to continue raising money for these chairs over the next decade as we believe there is nothing more critical to the University's future than attracting outstanding scholars to the faculty,” JSF President Jimmy Wright said. “Three additional searches for JSF chairs are currently under way at the University — one in the School of Medicine, one in the Darden School and one in the College.”

Through these new professorships, JSF hopes to continue its mission of enhancing the University community through the attraction of talented individuals with remarkable intellectual expanse.

“The Foundation is very excited about and committed to this effort,” Wright said. “We believe it can have a transformative effect on the University, will allow the University to compete for the best minds in the world and will benefit legions of U.Va. students for years to come.”

Contemplation: A new way to improve mental health U.Va. Contemplative Sciences Center offers tools to relieve stress, anxiety SHIYU CHEN | STAFF WRITER Yoga, meditation and mindfulness are common methods for coping with stress. All are forms of contemplative practices, which involve deep reflective thinking over a long period of time. The University Contemplative Sciences Center — founded in 2011 — is dedicated to exploring contemplative values and ideas, their relationship with religion and their impacts on student mental health. The Center brings an alternative angle to educating University students about mental health issues.

Religious Studies Prof. David Germano is the director and one of the leading organizers of the CSC. Germano said he had several motivations when organizing the CSC — providing classrooms with more diverse contemplative practices in addition to the subject matter, connecting students’ residential life and academic life to improve their self-understanding and providing students with methods and tools to deal with mental health issues.

"We have a lot of problems in terms of anxieties, depression, stress, substance abuse, addiction and so forth, and our student health centers and clinics and so forth are over-

whelmed with trying to respond to the crisis of students in urgent need," Germano said. "What can we do — from the day students arrive on Grounds — to help them develop [an] inner resilience and self-awareness and mindfulness, empathy, the capacity to deal with these issue before they become urgent [crises]."

Germano said one unique feature of the CSC is their classroom experiences.

“So we are really just interested in helping professors to create classroom environments that help students connect what’s going on in their personal life to what’s happening in the classroom, and connect that to all the other different aspects [of] the student experience,” Germano said.

Classroom contemplative experiences are an effective way of relieving stress and improving mental health among University students. One of the University classes that aligns with the CSC is “Foundations of Mindfulness Practice.” The course is offered to undergraduates and instructed bocSam Green.

"Stress reduction is the first and most accessible benefit of mindfulness practice,” Green said in an email

to the Cavalier Daily. “I should emphasize that it is not the education that reduces stress, but actually doing the practice. Students who practice regularly virtually all report feeling less stressed, which by itself improves mental health and well-being.”

Former College student Danqi Cai took part in the spring break Mindfulness Retreat in 2016 organized by the CSC and Inward Bound Mindfulness Education. The retreat is a no-cost immersive meditative experience in the Virginia countryside, providing University students the opportunity to explore mindfulness practice.

"I loved the daily yoga and all the different kinds of meditation that were taught. All the teachers and staff there were great and know their subject well," Cai said.

Leslie Hubbard, Program Director for Student Learning and Initiatives at the CSC, is currently one of the two instructors of “Buddhist Meditation & The Modern World.”

Hubbard said contemplative practices give University students a unique angle to look at problems in their lives and a new way to cope with stress.

Hubbard said the class gives con-

text to meditation skills the students are going to learn, but more importantly, it makes these practices secular so more people can take advantage of meditation tools.

Hubbard and Germano said the CSC plans to have a contemplative education class this fall for first-year students. The class is also part of a longitudinal collaborative research project with University of Wisconsin and Penn State University.

Hubbard said the goal for this project is to study long-term impacts

of mindfulness and meditation on various aspects of student life such as career choices, mental health and physical health. It is the University’s first longitudinal study.

“Succeeding as a student — as a human being — doesn’t just mean you have [a] 4.0 when you have [a] double major, it also means that are you a nice a person to [your] friends, you have a community of people you find supportive and you are taking care of your health,” Hubbard said.

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Mindfulness, if practiced regularly, can reduce students’ stress.

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With PWR BTTM, dance becomes revolution Queer punk duo lights up The Southern with glittering, revelatory wonder ALINE DOLINH | SENIOR WRITER “Curse that motherf—ker who would spit upon another's body,” PWR BTTM declared to cheers at The Southern Café and Music Hall Wednesday night. The line came from “Big Beautiful Day,” the first single off the queer punk duo’s upcoming album “Pageant,” and seemed emblematic of the set as a whole — fearless, earnest and sometimes blissfully profane. The Charlottesville show was the band’s first since announcing their latest album — due this May from Polyvinyl Records — and that newness seemed to fill the band and audience alike with a sense of anything-goes confidence.

Seattle-based band Naked Giants roused the crowd early on with blistering, fast-paced rock, while singer-songwriter Mal Blum captivated with wryly self-effacing, punktinged folk tunes. But the room’s energy reached fever pitch when PWR BTTM finally took the stage.

Ben Hopkins sported a pink and green tunic with shimmery makeup to match and Liv Bruce appeared in a floral dress and comparatively bare-faced. The audience showed a similar contrast, from fans resplend-

ent in craft-store glitter to the more subdued — but all were nonetheless caught up in the infectious, feel-good power of the music.

Performance seemed built into PWR BTTM’s DNA that night, especially when so many of their songs confront the nature of dysphoria and uncertain identity. On new song “Sissy,” Bruce questioned the gender binary through cathartic yells of “Who would I be if they never had taken my body / drawn a blue box around it / and put a toy gun in my hand?”

Much of their setlist also consisted of danceable, self-affirming garage-rock anthems, such as “Serving Goffman,” which repeatedly asked, “Am I making a fool of myself? / I hope so, I sure hope so.” Whether singing along to the entirety of fan favorite “I Wanna Boi” — which instructs a potential partner to “drop me a line at ob8419@bard.edu” — or participating in a call-and-response chant with Hopkins, the crowd remained constantly engaged.

Even between songs, Hopkins and Bruce were open and compelling. As they switched off between guitar and drums, their set was

punctuated by anecdotes ranging from heartwarming — such as Hopkins’ mother wanting to follow the band on tour — to the bleak humor of having their tour van stolen the day of the U.S. election results. PWR BTTM’s conscious sincerity wasn’t simply relegated to their music, either — they reminded the crowd to be respectful of one another’s space, a request met with heartening cheers of approval. They even let the audience in on moments of uncertainty, such as the drum kit breaking and the possibility of making mistakes on a song never performed before.

Hopkins closed the set by removing his shirt and performing a relatively spare, plaintive rendition of “House in Virginia,” a song offering both literal and symbolic meaning to a Charlottesville audience. Its stark vulnerability and allusions to HIV culminated in a moment of stunning release, as the crowd and Hopkins alike howled the promise, “I’ll stay up all night.” That night, it became a vital pledge to stay alive and fighting — even in the face of overwhelming bigotry and violence.

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Queer punk duo PWR BTTM performed a rousing, political set at The Southern.

‘Fifty Shades Darker’ soundtrack is fun, flawed Sequel’s soundtrack succeeds best when it sticks to bedroom ANNE DUESSEL | SENIOR WRITER The soundtrack to the first installment of the “Fifty Shades” series proved to be one of the franchise’s best contributions — shooting singer The Weeknd into superstardom and receiving acclaim for singles like Ellie Goulding’s “Love Me Like You Do.” While still offering areas for improvement, the accompanying soundtrack to sequel “Fifty Shades Darker” exceeds the standard set by its predecessor with strong songs by talented artists.

Amazing star power bolsters the album, as artists like Taylor Swift, John Legend and Tove Lo lend their voices to the best songs of the soundtrack. Swift’s involvement in the album’s lead single “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” showcases the star diverging from her normal work. Although not perfectly successful in her attempt to be sexy, Swift’s effort to be bold and adapt for the “Fifty Shades” franchise is on full display.

Other artists stick closer to their wheelhouse. Legend’s “One

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“Fifty Shades Darker’s” soundtrack exceeds the standards set by its predecessor.

Woman Man” would have a home on his most recent album release, but here, it is presented as a hot R&B feature about monogamy.

Nick Jonas and Nicki Minaj in particular steal the soundtrack in their collaboration “Bom Bidi Bom.” Both artists have created careers out of their sex appeal and — as the song’s fun title suggests — relish in using said samesex appeal for the controversial series.

It would be remiss not to mention the less-established talent whose songs provide some cohesion on the “Fifty Shades Darker” soundtrack. JRY and Rooty’s “Pray” blends soulful voice and an energetic beat to complement the more memorable offerings by Legend and Kygo. In addition, Toulouse’s “No Running From Me” works to bridge the gap between pop and jazz.

The soundtrack’s greatest weakness lies in the songs that don’t sound like they belong. For example, take José James’s “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” — which is way too schmaltzy

and old-school to seriously work with the bedroom music which surrounds it. Sia’s “Helium” also sounds out of place as a lifeless, angsty tune that in no way hints towards her past success of performing more emotional songs.

But the worst offender goes to Corrine Bailey Rae’s dull, pointless cover of “The Scientist.” For a song that’s already been beaten to death, she does absolutely nothing to resuscitate it — covers have been performed better by high-schoolers on YouTube.

These unwelcome inclusions clutter the “Fifty Shades Darker” soundtrack and fail to infuse it with the intended powerful emotions.

Like the movie it’s featured in, the “Fifty Shades Darker” soundtrack resembles in many ways a drunk hookup — fun, sloppy and best when it’s not handling serious romantic sentiment. However, the album’s strengths far outweigh its flaws, and it is worth returning to again and again.

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