Thursday, February 20, 2020

The Cavalier Daily

Vol. 130, Issue 21

Thursday, February 20, 2020 EMMA KLEIN | THE CAVALIER DAILY

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Lawn room acceptances released for 2020-2021 The University released its Lawn room acceptances Feb. 12 for the 2020-2021 school year.

47 students have been selected for Lawn rooms, with seven additional spots set aside for specific organizations and awards.

For the first time, a donation from the Seven DANNY BASS | THE CAVALIER DAILY Society will provide students receiving finan- A fund from the Seven Society will provide financial cial aid with monetary assistance to afford their assistance to low-income Lawn residents.

Lawn rooms this year. The Society’s donation totaled $47,777.77. This donation comes amid ongoing discussions about the high price of a Lawn room — up to $7,520 per academic year — which might dissuade low-income students from applying.

The Lawn Selection Committee received 221 total applications this year from 117 women and 104 men. The Committee accepted 27 women and 20 men from that pool — marking a 21 percent acceptance rate.

From the 47 accepted students, 32 students identified as white, eight as Asian, five as African American, five as Latinx and two as Native American, while two others chose not to identify. The College had the most applications and acceptances, with 127 students applying and 31 receiving rooms. Additionally, the acceptees included seven Engineering students, three Batten students, three McIntire students, two Architecture students and one Curry student. Nobody from the Nursing School or School of Continuing Professional Studies received a Lawn room.

The median GPA of accepted students is 3.73 and the average GPA is 3.65 — a decrease from last year’s average of 3.76.

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Tim Longo named Associate Vice President for Safety and Security and U.Va. Chief of Police Tim Longo has been named the University’s associate vice president for safety and security and chief of police, according to a press release from the University Feb. 13.

Longo replaced University police chief Tommye Sutton in October and had since assumed interim responsibilities of associate vice president for safety and security after Gloria Graham, who MARSHALL BRONFIN | THE CAVALIER DAILY had occupied that position, also left the University in October. Longo was initially intending to serve Longo took on interim roles for both positions last October. in these capacities for a 12-month term. Now, both positions have been consolidated under Longo.

“I am incredibly honored to be entrusted with the awesome responsibility of advancing a comprehensive safety and security strategy for our university,” Longo said in an email to The Cavalier Daily. “This important work requires close collaboration with stakeholders across Grounds, and I very much look forward to building and sustaining those relationships.”

Sutton resigned from his position Sept. 27 after having been on paid leave since Sept. 19.

Shortly after his departure, Graham announced her resignation. Sutton and Graham were appointed to the positions at the University in July 2018 and April 2018, respectively.

The reasons for their departures are still unclear.

Prior to his employment at the University, Longo served as chief of the Charlottesville Police Department from 2001 to 2016. He joined the University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies after retiring from this position.

Honor prepares for ‘Bad Faith’ vote The Honor Committee currently is preparing for a vote Feb. 23 to determine a concrete definition of the term “bad faith.”

The phrase appears four times in Honor’s constitution without a written definition.

Honor hopes to clarify the meaning of the term to communicate its meaning more clearly with the community of trust.

The proposed legislation states that “bad CHANDLER COLLINS | THE CAVALIER DAILY faith” is invoked when one of the following The Committee hopes to create a written definition of the occurs — a lack of evidence, a contradicto- term that will formalize its usage. ry timeline of events or testimonies, an explicit statement of the reporter admitting to “bad faith” or the charges being brought before Honor with malicious intent — such as a roommate accusing their other roommate of an Honor charge after the two have a fight.

Either a student or the investigators can make the claim of “bad faith” at any point in the Honor trial. After this has been suggested, the executive committee meets to vote on whether or not the case can be dropped under the “bad faith” claim.

Currently “bad faith” has been defined through a general understanding of its applications.

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Reported gunshots fired on Cabell Avenue Charlottesville Police responded Saturday night to gunshots fired in the Cambridge Square Apartments — a popular off-Grounds housing location owned by the Management Services Corporation ANDREW WALSH | THE CAVALIER DAILY located near Preston Avenue and Cabell No injuries were reported.

Avenue. CPD received the report at approximately 8:52 p.m.

According to Tyler Hawn, public information officer for CPD, no injuries were reported, but evidence was collected at the scene for processing.

A reward of up to $1,000 is available through Crime Stoppers for information leading to an arrest, which can be reached at (434) 977-4000.

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UPD stations crossing guards along Mccormick Road The guards are stationed around Grounds on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Longo said he immediately noticed the high amounts of pedestrian traffic when he arrived on Grounds in October.

The University Police Department began stationing crossing guards around Grounds Feb. 11. Right now, crossing guards are positioned along McCormick Road by the University Chapel, Monroe Hall and the Engineering School on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The new initiative will cost the University $14,140 per month.

The decision comes after months

of planning on behalf of the UPD to address pedestrian safety on Grounds.

According to University Police Chief Tim Longo, the idea originated during a Fall 2019 discussion with University staff about upcoming construction work on McCormick Road.

Longo, who joined UPD as interim police chief in October and was recently named permanent police chief and vice president of safety and security, said he immediately noticed the high amounts of pedestrian traffic throughout Grounds when he arrived at the University.

“During the course of those discussions, we talked a lot about pedestrian safety and also vehicular traffic that will be moving across that roadway during the course of that construction,” Longo said. “One of the concerns that was raised, and frankly, it was a concern that was consistent with my own observations, [was] the large amount of pedestrian activity around McCormick Road, particularly during class changes.”

Operations at the McCormick

Road gates, located near the Engineering School and Monroe Hall, were suspended in 2019. According to University spokesperson Wes Hester, the gates will be replaced as part of the McCormick Road improvement project that is currently underway.

Prior to the crossing guards’ arrival, the University’s only methods of traffic control were crosswalks.

To address this issue, Longo and UPD Lieutenant Matthew McBee reached out to RMC Events — the security company that provides the Ambassadors program, which patrols on and off-Grounds locations — about the possibility of training RMC personnel to do traffic control.

The decision to implement the crossing guards program comes amid rumors of a collision between a pedestrian and UTS bus. However, Longo affirmed that the program has been in the works since late October and was not brought about by any one incident.

“There's no incident whatsoever that triggered this,” Longo said. “What

triggered this is exactly what I said — it was an observation that, to me, is frankly pretty clear to anybody who's paying attention.”

So far, 11 RMC employees have been trained as crossing guards, and McBee said RMC will continue to train ambassadors to serve as crossing guards around Grounds. Soon, A-frame pedestrian crossing signs will be placed near the monitored crosswalks.

Although McBee said he has already noticed improvements in traffic patterns around Grounds, some students say that they find the crossing guards fail to address the root of pedestrian safety on Grounds. Thirdyear Nursing student Jae Guerrant said that he sees the initiative as reactionary.

“In my mind, this is similar to not implementing a helmet policy for e-scooters,” Guerrant said. “The University should take more proactive steps than reactive steps to prioritize student safety.”

Second-year College student Kunal

Chauhan echoed this sentiment, saying that the crossing guards don’t fully tackle issues of pedestrian safety.

“If the goal is to maintain students safety while walking to classes, the focus should be on drivers and students,” Chauhan said. “Drivers should be hyper vigilant when operating a vehicle on Grounds. Students should be encouraged to be aware of their surroundings especially when crossing streets.”

Both McBee and Longo noted that the program is in its infancy, but they’ve already seen a significant difference for both pedestrians and drivers.

“I was able to get through the area a lot faster without having to try to maneuver around people,” McBee said. “Even though it's in its infancy, it seems like it's really working.”

German visiting professor’s visa delayed indefinitely Hajo Funke had planned to come to the University to teach two courses on right-wing populism and collective political memory this spring Emma Scales | Staff Writer

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Funke had previously traveled to Iran to visit his wife’s family for academic purposes.

German political scientist Hajo Funke, the German department’s Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor, is unable to enter the United States to teach at the University because the State Department has yet to issue him a visa. Funke is currently co-teaching two classes with Jeffrey Grossman, chair of the German department, on far-right populism from Berlin via videoconference.

Funke’s research focuses on political culture in modern Germany and far-right extremism. He is an active public intellectual, and was awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit in November for his work.

“I know Charlottesville from my last stay as a wonderful and pleasant place and even more so the colleagues and students,” Funke said.

His two courses — “Right-Wing Populism and the Far Right” and “Historical-Political Memory” — are dual-listed in both the German and Politics Department. Both are continuing with the help of Grossman and a graduate assistant who will be hired shortly.

Grossman, who has a longstanding professional relationship and friendship with Professor Funke, agreed to co-instruct Funke’s courses after his visa was delayed.

“It’s unfortunate — he's a brilliant and extremely knowledgeable man, very articulate, very friendly,” Grossman said. “It’s also very sad, I think, for students to be missing out on this.”

Kat DesCamp-Renner, a thirdyear student in the College, expressed her disappointment at not being able to learn from Funke in person.

“It’s really unfortunate that it’s having to be taught via videoconference … because I think there’s just a huge benefit to having the professor there in the room with you,” DesCamp-Renner said. “My family’s from Germany, and so I was really excited to get to interact with a professor from Germany and

learn from him.”

After receiving an official invitation from the University Nov. 11, Funke submitted all of his information and corresponding documents to the Consulate of the United States in Berlin to request an appointment. He submitted his passport Dec. 10 with a request for a J-1 Visa — Exchange Visitor, non-immigrant category that permits travel for scholars or professors who are engaging in cultural exchange programs. Funke received further questions from the Consulate that same day, but before he could submit his answers, his passport was returned with a letter stating that his visa would require “further administrative processing” that would take an additional three to six months.

To date, Funke has not received any further information or explanation from either the State Department or the Consulate.

“He hasn't been given any reason … we suspect it’s because he has a stamp from Iran in his passport,” Grossman said.

Funke had recently traveled to Iran to visit his wife’s family and for academic purposes.

However, he used the same passport — with the stamp from Iran — to apply for a J-1 Visa in 2018, which was

quickly granted to him. He had a twomonth tenure as a Research Fellow at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies in Washington, D.C. There, Funke’s research culminated in an article drawing comparisons between the right-wing extremist events that occurred in Charlottesville in August 2017, and Chemnitz, Germany in August 2018. Anti-immigrant backlash was sparked in Chemnitz when an Iraqi and a Syrian asylum seeker were accused of a deadly attack on a German man. Neo-nazi protests broke out in the streets, revealing far-right frustration towcaards the influx of immigrants that have entered Germany since its borders opened in 2015.

His article emphasizes the public and political repercussions of these events and highlights the threat these movements pose to democracy. The article is also highly critical of President Donald Trump’s response to the Unite the Right rally and its welcome reception by extremist leaders, calling it a “vindication.”

“The fact that the passport was sent back for three months without further explanation — regardless of further written statements from me — seems inconsistent to me and seems to be an expression of the growing

arbitrariness of the institutions concerned,” Funke said. “In any case, this arouses suspicion about the fair treatment I expect.”

Grossman speculates that the cause of the visa delay “has to be” the Iranian stamp in his passport, but also raises the concern that it could be due to his research in far-right extremism.

“I tend to think that’s less plausible … but you never know … especially since they won’t tell us anything,” Grossman said.

University faculty from both the Provost’s Office and the Office of the Dean of Humanities have written letters to the Consulate and the State Department, but according to Grossman, have gotten no significant response.

In the past year since Funke last procured a J-1 Visa, there has been growing concern about visa delays for both international professors and students. A June 2019 New York Times article details the detrimental effects of these increasing delays, including job loss, financial hardship and withdrawal from classes. “[Funke] wanted very much to come to Charlottesville,” Grossman said. “It’s unfortunate for educational purposes for our students at U.Va., but what it signifies, of course, is also very disturbing and troubling.”

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U.Va. clarifies MSC is open to all students A viral video emerged Feb. 12 of a student stating that white people should be more cognizant of the space they occupy Nik Popli | Editor-in-Chief

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The MSC offers a space for marginalized or underrepresented communities — which comprise roughly a third of the University community.

The University released a statement on social media Feb. 12 affirming that all members of the community are welcome in the recently expanded Multicultural Student Center after a video of a student stating there were "too many white people" using the facility went viral.

“In order to foster the diversity of experience and ideas that make UVA a great and good place to study and work, these centers are open to all members of the University community,” the University wrote in a statement. “They complement existing student-focused spaces such as the 1515 Building on the Corner, opened in March 2017, and Ern Commons in the Alderman

Road residential area, opened in March 2012.”

In the video, which has over 5.3 million views, the student states that the MSC is a space for people of color, adding that white people should be more cognizant of the space they occupy.

“Frankly, there's just too many white people in here, and this is a space for people of color, so, just be really cognizant of the space that you're taking up because it does make some of us POCs uncomfortable when we see too many white people in here,” the student said in the video.

Young America’s Foundation, a conservative youth group, criticized the student’s statement as an example of “racial intoler-

ance.”

The student did not respond to a request for comment as of press time. However, several other students tweeted in solidarity with the student in the video, saying that white people did not frequently visit the MSC when it was located in the basement of Newcomb Hall.

Prior to becoming the MSC, the Center for Cultural Fluency originated in 2004 in the wake of a racially-motivated assault of former Student Council candidate Daisy Lundy, a Korean and African American student who was forcefully slammed into the wheel of her car by a man who also made a racial slur about her candidacy. The MSC official-

ly opened in October 2016 as a “student-centered, collaborative space that supports underrepresented and marginalized communities, while cultivating the holistic empowerment of all students."

The center was originally located in the Newcomb basement with a maximum capacity of 49 people, prompting students to advocate for a larger and more visible space. The University’s decision to relocate the MSC to the second floor of Newcomb was initiated in June 2019 as part of the 10-year strategic plan project, which aims to focus on student diversity development.

According to the most recent diversity data from 2018, 32.5 per-

cent of U.Va. students are people of color, while 56.8 percent are white.

At the grand opening ceremony Feb. 6, University President Jim Ryan praised the student leaders who advocated for the new and expanded student centers.

“As president, I believe deeply that we need to build a community that is not just diverse, but also inclusive,” Ryan said.

Vicki Gist, assistant dean of students and director of Multicultural Student Services, declined to comment for this article.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones speaks at the Rotunda, the Haven Hannah-Jones called for free tuition, reparations for descendants of enslaved laborers at the University Ali Sullivan and Zach Rosenthal | News Editor and Staff Writer

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During the question and answer period, community activist Tanesha Hudson and first-year College student Zyahna Bryant brought up issues of space and place at the University.

The University’s Democracy Initiative sponsored Nikole Hannah-Jones — a New York Times writer and creator of the 1619 Project — Feb. 17 at the Rotunda for a discussion with University President Jim Ryan. The event at the Rotunda quickly sold out, prompting event organizers to hold another discussion later that evening at The Haven — a homeless shelter and event space in Downtown Charlottesville — moderated by Jamelle Bouie, a columnist for The New York Times.

The 1619 Project, published in The New York Times Magazine last August, consists of a collection of essays exploring different facets of American life that have roots in slavery — such as sugar, traffic jams and the criminal justice system.

Paper copies of the magazine sold out the first day they hit newsstands.

Hannah-Jones began her discussion in the overflowing Rotunda Dome Room by speaking about her day in Charlottesville — a place she had never visited before — during which she did a walking tour of the Confederate monuments and visited Monticello. “[The University] is in some ways the perfect place to have this conversation,” Hannah-Jones said.

“All the hypocrisies and ideals the project tries to lay bare, so much of that begins right here.”

During her second discussion at The Haven, Hannah-Jones stated that the “entire University campus is a monument to white

supremacy,” referring to the Rotunda, which was built by enslaved laborers, yet has come to represent Thomas Jefferson.

Hannah-Jones also frequently mentioned the idea of reparations — that descendants of enslaved workers are owed some monetary compensation. She suggested that the University could provide monetary reparations to descendents of those who were formerly enslaved laborers.

“There should be free tuition at this University for every family member of the enslaved who worked here, period,” Hannah-Jones said.

At the discussion in the Rotunda, Hannah-Jones said that those uneasy about reparations should introspect.

“If you’re really uncomfortable with that notion, you really have to ask yourself why,” Hannah-Jones said.

The Project’s origins Hannah-Jones traced the origins of the 1619 Project back to her personal studies of Black history in high school, when she read “Before the Mayflower” by Lerone Bennett Jr. It was then that she first saw the date August 1619 — when the first African slaves arrived on American shores.

“I remember feeling a jolt when I saw that date because I never knew that we were in the country that long,” Hannah-Jones said.

“Even as a 16-year-old, I knew that there was a power in that erasure, and that erasure was very inten-

tional.”

That date stuck with her for 25 years, and as 2019 — the date’s 400th anniversary — approached, Hannah-Jones pitched the 1619 Project to her editors at The New York Times. The collection of essays from different authors analyze different taken-for-granted parts of American life, tying them back to the effects of slavery — all with the goal of displaying “what slavery wrought.”

After a brainstorming session with a group of historians, sociologists and other scholars, Hannah-Jones decided on 11 topics — democracy, capitalism, bias in the medical profession, healthcare, reactionary politics, traffic jams, the racial wealth gap, black music, prisons, the law profession and a collection of poems and stories about African American history.

Hannah-Jones, who wrote the project’s first essay on democracy in America, said her essay details the contradiction between the claims of equality among men in the Declaration of Independence and the existence of slavery.

“I wanted that essay to call that hypocrisy out right from the beginning and to say that, though we like to think that the true heart of America is the Boston Tea Party, the abolitionist North, people were bought and sold in Boston too,” Hannah-Jones said. “Our founders are very heavily Southern, so you cannot erase the South from the true heart of America.”

In response to criticism Ryan then turned the conversation to criticisms launched at the 1619 Project, namely that the Revolutionary War in large part occurred to preserve the institution of slavery.

“I didn’t just sit down one day and say ‘I’m going to make up some sh–t about the revolution,’” Hannah-Jones said to laughter from the crowd. “When I write that preserving slavery was a major cause in the Revolutionary War, it’s because I got that from historians who have historiography showing that.”

Hannah-Jones said she thinks the criticism stems from her lack of credentials as a historian and people’s reluctance to accept a counternarrative about the effects of slavery in America.

During the discussion at The Haven, moderator and New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie asked Hannah-Jones about how she reacted to the responses to the project.

In response, Hannah-Jones said that reactions critical to the project were not that surprising.

“You don't create a project with The New York Times that argues that 1619 was actually the founding, not 1776, that slavery is actually foundational to America, that black people are actually our Founding Fathers, and not expect that's gonna upset a lot of people,” Hannah-Jones said.

Making progress?

Toward the end of the Rotunda discussion, Ryan asked Hannah-Jones whether there was hope for progress — a question she quickly shot down.

“I get asked about hope every time I give a talk,” Hannah-Jones said. “The motivation is, if I’m hopeful, then the people who benefit from the system don’t really have to do the work to destruct the system that keeps us on the bottom.”

As a 43-year-old black woman, Hannah-Jones pointed out that she is part of the first generation of black Americans to grow up with full citizenship, and the history of African-American disenfranchisement is recent history. She added that, for her, hope isn’t a useful emotion.

For universities to address the lasting effects of slavery, she called for monetary reparations to descendants of enslaved laborers and free tuition for the descendants of the enslaved laborers who built the University.

“All this studying is well and good, but slavery was designed to

extract wealth and profit from human beings, so if there’s no … monetary repair, then I don’t think any of these universities [with a legacy of slavery] are serious about what they intend to do about the legacy of slavery,” Hannah-Jones said.

Questions from the audience followed along this topic, as Myra Anderson, a descendant of enslaved laborers at the University, asked Hannah-Jones how to further advocate for the University to honor the legacy of those who built the institution — beyond the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers.

“As a descendant, I’ve found that it’s sometimes hard, lately, to try to get voice at the University and understand what we can do to further their commitment in honoring the legacy of the work that our ancestors did at places like this,” Anderson said.

Hannah-Jones urged Anderson to keep speaking out and showing up to events of similar nature.

In response, Ryan added that the University is working to study and contact the descendants of enslaved laborers through the President’s Commission on the University in the Age of Segregation.

Ryan did not specify what will be done with the results of the commission’s work.

Community activist Tanesha Hudson and first-year College student Zyahna Bryant also brought up the issue of space and place at the University, particularly in light of recent controversy surrounding use of the new Multicultural Student Center.

After Bryant, who doubles as a Charlottesville community organizer, inquired about how the University benefits from the exploitation of marginalized students, Hannah-Jones gave Bryant the floor to say, in her opinion, what the University has to do. Bryant called for the University to fund the Office of African American Affairs, pay a wage above $15 to workers and support black faculty.

“We need to have a real conversation about race,” Bryant said.

“The fact that we’ve given this halfbaked statement saying that the University needs to have spaces for all of its students, we know that that’s not true.”

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KSA holds its annual Taste of Korea event Roughly 200 attendees showed up to the Korean Student Association’s annual fundraiser to try a variety of homemade, affordable Korean dishes Charlie Teague | Feature Writer

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When attendees entered the dining area, they received menu slips that they filled out to indicate what they wanted to order before seating themselves.

The smell of fresh, homemade Korean food and the sounds of lively chatter and buoyant Korean pop music filled the ground floor of Shea House — the University’s multilingual language immersion student housing complex — Saturday afternoon.

This celebration — known as Taste of Korea — is the Korean Student Association’s largest annual fundraiser in which student officers cook a variety of homemade Korean dishes for attendees, each priced at $1 per serving.

Approximately 200 members of the University community attended the event.

“Taste of Korea is basically [KSA’s] annual event ... to just show the community what Korean food is and to offer an outlet for people who are missing Korean food,” said Valerie Young, KSA vice president and thirdyear College student.

Taste of Korea was set up like a restaurant on the ground floor of Shea House, which contains a kitchen and dining area with

tables. When attendees entered the dining area, they received menu slips that they filled out to indicate what they wanted to order before seating themselves.

KSA officers operated as servers, taking the slips to the back of the dining area where all of the prepared food was set up and brought to attendees at their tables.

Lauren Eller, KSA fundraising chair and a fourth-year College student, emphasized the convenience of the event’s format. “[Attendees] can order … as much as they want,” Eller said.

“We make their plate, and it's all ready to go. So it's super fast and very cheap. They just eat ... pay and then leave.”

Menu items included authentic Korean dishes like kimchi fried rice, buldak chicken, tteokbokki or chewy fried rice cakes stir-fried in spicy red sauce, mandu dumplings with the option of either a vegetable filling or beef and vegetable filling and jumukbap, a round ball of rice

containing seaweed flakes, spam and other types of seasoning.

According to Young, this year’s Taste of Korea menu featured a greater diversity of dishes than it has in years past.

“Usually ... we offer pretty typical, basic Korean foods, but this year we've added more to our menu,” Young said. “We've added this one item called jumukbap, which is ... not really a food you would usually see at … Americanized Korean restaurants. So we're trying to add a little bit more of a twist to this event this year.”

Additionally, this year’s menu included a deal on a drink called Sikhye, a sweet Korean drink made with barley malt powder, sugar and rice that is usually served as dessert. If attendees spent $5 or more on dishes, they were given a free serving of Sikhye.

Planning for the event began at the end of last semester.

“We made our preliminary menu … last November, and then room booking happened prob-

ably in January,” Eller said. “We first came up with the menu … based on what we liked and what we didn't like from last year and what was profitable for us because it is a fundraiser.”

The process of preparing the food began a week before the event. A few days before, Eller drove up to Fairfax, Va. to pick up the necessary ingredients, as most of the dishes on the Taste of Korea menu required ingredients that were not sold at local Charlottesville grocers. After getting the ingredients from Eller, KSA officers cooked the event’s dishes — some of which were prepared using instructions on ingredient labels and others using recipes from home — at their apartments the day of the event.

In total, putting on the event cost about $500, drawn from KSA’s other fundraising efforts and concession sales throughout the year. The funds raised at Saturday’s event will go toward the club’s spring culture show, K-EXPO, which will be held in March.

KSA spread the word about the Taste of Korea using a variety of different advertising methods.

“In addition to Facebook event marketing and changing our cover photos and our profile photos, we've also been flyering around grounds,” Young said.

“And some people [made] memes, videos and TikToks just to promote [the event].”

First-year Engineering student Wen Ip, who attended Saturday’s event, heard about Taste of Korea through Facebook.

“I heard about the event from Facebook because all of my friends were liking it … so I decided to come because my other friends were coming too,” Ip said.

“I just wanted Korean food that was cheap, so that’s why I came … the food was really good, so I think it was a success.”

First-year College student Angela Deng expressed similar sentiments but also suggested a few structural improvements that could be made in the future.

“I think the overall event is pretty good, and I think the food is good too, I just wish ... they could [have kept] it hot,” Deng said. “The [Vietnamese Student Association event] that we went to, they had someone who would come and actively take our order.

I think that would have been better, but overall, I think the organization was good.”

According to Eller, Taste of Korea is a valuable cultural event both for its organizers and members of the community who attend.

“In Charlottesville we have a lot of Asian restaurants, but I think a lot of people miss that real authentic Korean food from back home,” Eller said. “I think it's really valuable to have an event like this where we have culturally accurate food … where we can spread our culture to other people, not just people who miss home but also those who have never experienced it before … I think it's really valuable both to the Asian community and people outside of it as well.”

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Coronavirus fears and their effects on Asian students Addressing the ways in which fears surrounding the coronavirus outbreak have manifested in the broader University community Samantha Cynn | Life Columnist It is an understatement to say that COVID-19 — more commonly known by the the family of viruses the disease belongs to, coronavirus — has been a prominent force in the global public consciousness over these past few weeks. In December 2019, a mere handful of cases with pneumonia-like symptoms arose in Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei province and one of China’s largest cities. However, today, the country estimates that there are 74,000 total infections and over 2,000 deaths, making the disease more infectious and deadly than the SARS epidemic — the most recent worldwide outbreak, which also originated in China and infected 8,000 people.

Every day, dozens of articles are published around the world, updating us on the latest news pertaining to the contagious virus — its infection rate, its gradual expansion across numerous countries and the growing death toll. As of today, over 76,000 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed or are suspected in nearly 30 countries, with few able to confidently predict just how far the disease will spread.

During this time, it is necessary to look at how people's negative perceptions of coronavirus have led to harmful assumptions about Asians and Asian Americans, as uninfected members of those communities have endured mockery, distrust and outright hostility from non-Asian majorities — even at the University.

It’s reasonable to be concerned about the damage coronavirus has already caused, and that alone is more than enough to make anyone anxious. These fears have reverberated even within our own community. When a George Mason University student was suspected of being infected after displaying symptoms consistent with coronavirus, I know people who openly feared the consequences of a coronavirus outbreak so close to the University. Some students from Northern Virginia worried about their hometowns, scared by George Mason University’s proximity to their families and loved ones. One of my friends even said he would avoid going back if coronavirus was indeed present in the area. Though the student ultimately tested negative, these reactions to the mere possibility of an infection are a testament to the ways in which coronavirus fears are now affecting normal life here at the University.

That being said, it’s hard to understate the ways in which these shifts are felt specifically by Asian and Asian American individuals both on and off Grounds. Because the vast majority of infected people

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Uninfected Asian and Asian American communities have endured mockery, distrust and outright hostility by the non-Asian majority — even at the University.

are Chinese and the virus originated in Wuhan, many around the world have expressed animosity towards those of East Asian descent as the virus continues to expand and grow.

Asians in the United States have faced discrimination and have even been attacked under the assumption that they are coronavirus carriers. University of California, Berkeley faced severe backlash from its student body after their University Health Services posted an infographic listing common reactions to the spread of coronavirus that included xenophobia, appearing to normalize feelings of open fear and racism towards Asian students.

Chinatowns in cities like New York City, Boston and Houston have been impacted by significant decreases in visitors to Chinese-owned businesses. A Chinese woman wearing a face mask was allegedly assaulted and called “diseased” on a New York City subway, and a 16-year-old Asian American boy in California was physically attacked by a group of bullies who accused him of having coronavirus. The explosion of incidents involving Asian American victims as of late is indicative of the perilous effects of rampant

fear left unchecked.

While life on Grounds has been nowhere near as violent or aggressive as other instances across the nation, the influence of this widespread fear still remains. I have seen students cross the street to seemingly avoid walking near Asian students and exchange looks at the sight of an Asian person wearing a face mask. While everything is left unsaid, it’s these small, mundane things that make the University experience just a little more uncomfortable and less welcoming for both its international and domestic Asian students.

As an Asian American, I have experienced the discomfort of being associated with coronavirus firsthand. In one of my classes, a trio of girls loudly discussed coronavirus while staring at me — the only Asian student in the room.

Another time, I coughed in a small discussion classroom and couldn’t help but notice the way a nonAsian student looked up in my direction and proceeded to back away in his seat, his eyes darting towards me for the remainder of class.

These things are subtle, extremely so, and that, perhaps, is the worst part of it. Because of the sub-

tlety, I can’t help but wonder afterwards if it was all in my head or if it was really my race that motivated these actions, and the paranoia that ensues after each encounter is agonizing. Each time, despite knowing that there is nothing to be ashamed of, a wave of embarrassment washes over me as well, leaving me self-conscious over something that is entirely out of my control — my race. I have not been alone in experiencing these alienating emotions over the past couple of months, as other Asian students have shared their similar experiences with me.

One person even told me how a student covered his mouth and nose while walking past her, despite her perfect bill of health, as if he would catch the contagion by sharing the same air as her.

I’m not trying to say that these experiences have irreparably impacted my time here or that I have suffered more than anyone else at the University. That’s far from the truth. In fact, I am incredibly lucky to live in a space that prides itself on inclusivity and acceptance, and it is this desire to embrace those of diverse backgrounds that pushes the University community to do and be better.

However, this pattern of xenophobic behavior has continuously affected Asian and Asian American students on Grounds — and never in a good way. Though I am certain that the overwhelming majority of this wariness does not come from a place of malicious prejudice or racism, it’s important that we remain conscious of things that we do and say that may, intentionally or not, alienate or make specific groups of people feel like the “other.”

The University should first and foremost be a place where everyone can feel like they belong, and I’m hopeful that the fears we face in this moment will actually provide an opportunity for us to reassert the values that make our community strive to be great in the first place.

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Love Connection: Vilas and Sydney Vilas and Sydney went to Monticello on Saturday around noon Katherine Schwartz | Love Connection Writer

MEETING UP

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Vilas Annavarapu: Fourth-year College student Dream job: Crossword editor for The New York Times If you were a plant or an animal, what would you be?: My betta fish, Giovanni Deal Breakers: Pretending you’re in the D.C. metro area when you’re in Springfield

Vilas and Sydney met outside Alderman around noon.

Vilas: We messaged a little bit beforehand, so [we were] not just going in completely cold. I really wanted to do something that was more than just, I don't know, bagels on the Corner and try something a bit more adventurous. So I asked if she was down to do something crazy or a little non-traditional, and she was like, “Yeah!” I asked her if there’s anything she hasn’t done in Charlottesville before. And she said, “I haven’t been to Monticello in a while, nor have I been to the Fralin,” so I said I haven't been to Monticello for years. So we decided to go to Monticello and do the Sally Hemings tour. Also any opportunity, I think, in The [Cavalier] Daily or just among general discussion, [that] race can be brought up, I think that's important, and I hope more students generally go and experience what the Sally Hemings tour is like and the thought that went into it.

Sydney: He texted me in the evening, and it was Thursday. He asked me what I'd be interested in and if I’d want to do something low-key, or if I would want to do something kind of different. So we ended up deciding on going up to Monticello, and he was interested in the Sally Hemings tour, so we had decided on that. We had talked a little bit throughout Friday, kind of just about the tour and Monticello in general. I had a car, so I decided to drive us up there and we met out front of Alderman.

INITIAL INTRODUCTIONS Vilas: We went to Monticello, and she picked me up, and it was a really beautiful day. We got to the ticket office, and I had bought my ticket earlier that day. And when we got there he was like, “I'm so sorry. They're all sold out.” So we freaked out a little bit because I'd bought it and they have a no-returns policy, and she didn't have one because she was just planning on getting one there.

Sydney: I didn't realize that he had already bought his ticket, and I had not bought mine. So we went up to Monticello, and I went to purchase a ticket, and [the ticket vendor] said they were all sold out.

They were all sold out because it was Presidents’ Day weekend, apparently. We wanted to try to get just one ticket, but they said they couldn't do that.

Vilas: Apparently it's Presidents’ Day weekend, and I did not know that, so that’s why it was crowded … When we were standing at the ticket counter, I just really didn't know what to do for a minute, so that was a little awkward but it worked itself out pretty well … We basically moved my tick-

et to another day, and we just went around the museum and looked around. There was a video they showed about Thomas Jefferson's life that we looked at, and then we just saw the museum and just hung out there for a bit before coming back.

CASUAL CONVERSATIONS Sydney: They had a film there about Monticello in general and Thomas Jefferson, so we watched that. It was probably like 20 minutes to half an hour maybe, and then we went and explored the museum.

That was really nice because I don't think I've ever been to that part. We just went and explored the bottom and then the top [of the building] and we were talking throughout it. He was a pretty easy guy to talk to.

We talked pretty much the whole way there and the way back.

Vilas: I really liked seeing the focus placed on enslaved laborers throughout the exhibit because that has been something Monticello and U.Va., for that matter, have really struggled to discuss and unpack in the past. So we talked a lot about that and the different profiles of workers that they had and their role in making Monticello what it is. And I think, going into this, I was not really sure if they would do a good job, and I thought I might be frustrated. But it was really cool to see a lot of the work that they did in displaying the history, so we talked about that. But we also talked about our lives and stuff and our friends while we were going through the museum and commenting on different things we thought were interesting.

Sydney: I can't remember exactly what [his thesis was], but it was dealing with race and politics, I believe, because he said that he was passionate about researching that kind of stuff. So, I thought it was nice to know that we could get to see some different sides of, not just Thomas Jefferson, but also the slaves and to see how they were. It was nice to kind of review that history because I'm a history minor.

Vilas: She's super close to her roommates which I appreciate, and she talked about how she met them. She doesn't like scary movies, but her roommates, knowing that, will scare her during scary movies.

Sydney: We ended up talking about the topic of [the film] “Parasite,” and he was talking about the movie “Us” and “Get Out.” I haven't seen any of those, although I have been wanting to see them, so, he was just talking about those and what they were and recommending them. I told him some stories of my best friends because my best friend loves horror movies. I was telling him some funny stories about how she would scare me during horror movies.

Vilas: She buys small gifts for her friends, which I was huge fan of, because I think we've as a society made this transi-

tion to acts of love for everybody. So I told her that I bought my mom cookies for Valentine's Day and had them delivered to her office. We talked about how we like doing things for the people we’re really close to.

Sydney: I found it really interesting that he's got a job as a teacher working down in Mississippi after he graduates. He lives in a Lawn room, which is something that I had wanted to do as a first-year, but I ended up not.

REFLECTIONS Vilas: Going into this experience, in the spirit of being weird and non-normative, I had a list of crazy things I wanted to do, just to see what the response would be, but then I thought maybe that would be a little excessive. I wanted to take my shoes and socks off when I walked into the car, constantly look over my shoulder, or pretend to swat a fly that wasn't there. I was gonna do all these different things, but she's really sweet and very nice and I was like, ‘I would rather just make a good first impression.’

Sydney: He’s a really talkative person, I mean, he's just kind of a very friendly guy, and he wasn't shy. I think he was just an easy guy to talk to, so there weren't any real awkward moments. There weren't any red flags, either. I thought he was a really nice guy. He seems like someone who could be a really good friend.

Vilas: There was never a point where I didn't want to be there, you know, and I think when you're just randomly meeting a person for the first time the dynamic could be a little bit off, but there's always something interesting to talk about. I think when you go into something like this, it's hard to really have expectations. My goal was just that this experience was not going to be similar to other things in the past, and it would be something spontaneous and random and hopefully it was that.

FUTURE PLANS Sydney: I thought it was going to be really awkward, going on a date with someone that you’ve never even met before, so I was kind of nervous about that. But the conversation I think flowed fairly well, so that kind of made me a little less nervous.

He seems to be motivated, and I have a feeling he’ll probably be successful in life, just based on how he seemed to be very dedicated to his thesis.

Vilas: I think people should be adventurous. They should explore narratives that they might not otherwise come across, and they should do it with cool people who are willing to engage them. I got to have that experience and it was really awesome, and I'm sure we're going to hang out at another point before we both graduate.

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Sydney Cubbage: Fourth-year College student Dream job: FBI agent If you were a plant or an animal, what would you be?: Wolf Deal Breakers: Doesn’t like Marvel

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Top 10 ways to avoid the mid-semester slump It is a typical dreary Charlottesville winter, which means it’s prime time for students to begin burning out on classes — hang in there, it gets better.

1. Connect with friends

Make time for lunch or even just spend time in the library to study. Hanging out with friends will allow you to momentarily unwind and relax enough to get your mind off of school. If you are stressed, being with those you care about can help lower your stress levels, leaving you ready to get work done whenever you return to the tasks you have due.

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4. Go to sporting events

Basketball, baseball and swim and dive are just a few sports currently in season that are open for students to attend. On nights when the homework load isn’t too much, take some time to support your favorite Hoos. Sports games are incredibly captivating, so they can help distract you from the idea of classes in the morning and give you something to look forward to. Random basketball games on Tuesdays can make a drab day of the week so much more exciting.

5. Try studying somewhere new

The middle of the semester creates routines that you weren’t even aware of before winter break. All of a sudden, you might find yourself in the same room of Clark or the same floor of Clem every single day of the week.

Evaluate this. If you get work done there, then you should definitely stay and make it your nook. However, if you can’t get work done anymore and have begun to despise a specific library, switch it up and try somewhere else. There are numerous coffee shops and study sports on the Corner along with spaces in almost any academic building designated for studying — explore and find your best fit.

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2. Make spring break plans Spring break is from March 7 to March 15 and will be a nice week off from classes. Without the standard grind, students at the University undoubtedly have a huge variety of plans. Whether you are taking a trip, heading home or staying in Charlottesville, there will be a lot of fun to be had, like catching up on some sleep or eating different foods than you are used to. Start planning in advance, so that during this last push towards the break, you are motivated to make it to the time off.

3. Switch up the weekend routine Instead of sleeping in Saturday, take a friend and head to the Downtown Mall for brunch. Being productive on the weekends even in a fun way will make you feel refreshed and ready to go. After having a nice time away from school for a few hours, you will be ready to check back in and get back on the grind of school work.

6. Practice self-care

8. Always utilize office hours

Throughout the semester, there will be some classes that take higher priority than others in some weeks. During the weeks off, always be sure to go to office hours in classes that you may need to catch up in or focus more on.

Professors and TAs hold office hours to be able to assist their students and offer instruction in smaller settings.

These office hours can be beneficial if you have specific questions or even just need help understanding a broader concept so they should be utilized.

9. Reach out for advice and help

The University has many resources for students who are stressed or having any sort of issues throughout the semester. Student Health has the Counseling and Psychological Services and Health Promotion and Wellbeing services integrated into its programming. There is likely a hotline to call or resources online for any more information students may desire. There are also human resources scattered around Grounds in first-year dorms and within the faculty and staff at the University.

This is super important. Taking care of yourself and your health is more important than anything else at the University. Wash your hands and make sure you are getting enough sleep. For something less vital though equally as fun, do some facemasks and take a day or night to yourself and focus on relaxing and living for yourself rather than worrying about school.

7. Explore dining options Particularly for first years and second years on dining plans, food is becoming hard to find. The dining halls are still all there, though I’m sure that slowly the food is becoming less exciting, and you are probably looking to order more food from outside restaurants. Before you pull up the delivery apps, think about the potential to use meal exchanges and plus dollars. Don’t forget about the food trucks by the Amphitheater and the many cafes scattered around Grounds that accept Plus Dollars and Cavalier Advantage.

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10. Join a club or activity

Finding something outside of classes to participate in can help bring a student out of the slump they find themselves around mid-February. Spending quality time exercising or socializing with people about things that are not class related will allow time away from the books and improve one’s day. Just a brief break will allow for a more fond memory to become attached to the University and maybe new connections to be made with new people.

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Jocelyn Willoughby is a model student-athlete Virginia’s star guard eyes the future while reflecting on her storied playing career Muhammad Amjad and Alex Maniatis | Staff Writers As a swarm of orange Clemson jerseys hastily scramble to set up on defense, there’s a panicking look that overcomes them, as senior guard Jocelyn Willoughby slowly brings the ball up the court.

Directing her teammates to their positions, she’s already determined exactly how she’s going to dissect Clemson’s zone defense.

She passes the ball off, immediately sets an off-ball screen and fades to the corner. Knowing her defender will fall for a pump-fake, Willoughby freezes her assigned matchup with her signature hesitation pump-fake and immediately attacks the rim. She side-steps her next defender before laying the ball effortlessly off the glass.

A roar erupts from the John Paul Jones Arena crowd as many of the Virginia faithful witnessed another vintage Willoughby performance. In one play, the icon of Virginia women’s basketball demonstrated why she’s one of the most celebrated and graceful basketball players the program has ever showcased.

Fast forward 12 hours after recording another 20-point performance, Willoughby sprints back into the gym anxiously.

The ACC’s leading scorer just finished up her weekly visit to a local middle school and is elated

to tell the entire team’s staff about how much she loves the kids she gets to meet every week. She recounts each student she met and what they talked about, and her face lights up in anticipation of volunteering again.

This is who Willoughby is — not only a fearless competitor on the court and generational talent for a storied program, but also a dedicated young woman who’s passionate about being a leader and role model above all else.

“She's Superwoman,” sophomore forward Dani Lawson said.

“Jocelyn does everything, whether it's from leading the team and helping us with anything we need or off the court, like helping with school work or personal life stuff.

Jocelyn is a great teammate, and she's always been there for me especially. I feel like that's a sentiment the whole team shares.”

The well-known shooting guard has made the most of her time as an undergraduate student-athlete at Virginia. In competition, Willoughby has consistently led the team in scoring and rebounding.

This season, she leads the ACC in scoring with 19.6 points per game, and she is currently the 12th alltime scorer in Virginia program history.

The fourth-year New Jersey

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During her first year at Virginia, Willoughby started every game, making an immediate impact.

native has been equally passionate and successful in her academic pursuits. Last May, Willoughby graduated early and received her degree in global development studies, and she is currently pursuing her Master’s degree at the Batten School of Public Policy and Leadership. Willoughby has yet to finish a season without earning All-ACC Academic honors.

Off the court, the former Lawn resident is virtually unrecognizable from her on-the-court presence. When wearing her No. 13 jersey, Willoughby’s competitive spirit and commitment to the team lights a fire under her. She aggressively attacks the basket, defends tenaciously and asserts dominance wherever she is needed. Yet when she’s not playing basketball, Willoughby is almost an entirely different person with her easygoing, genuine and kind personality.

Remarkably, her current level of sophistication and maturity has been a defining characteristic ever since joining the Virginia community. During the transition to being a Division I athlete her first year, Willoughby entered fully focused. She largely avoided the plethora of distractions that generally sidetrack new college students.

In terms of adjusting athletically, she only experienced a small learning curve and began contributing to the team almost immediately, averaging 29.9 minutes and 9.8 points per game in her first season with the Cavaliers.

While she was originally recruited by Coach Joanne Boyle, a coaching change for women’s basketball took place in her second year when Boyle was replaced by Coach Tina Thompson, who continues to lead the Cavaliers today.

Without wasting any time, Willoughby embraced the new situation and got to work.

“We definitely have a professional relationship where we’re about doing work and getting things done and trying to be better,” Willoughby said. “Our relationship is very centered around what we need to do to get this team and program better.”

Going the extra mile, Willoughby is always looking for ways to improve her game. Specifically, she is proud of the growth in her mid-range game development, and she has made significant strides in “reading the defense better and figuring out how to time [her] pull-up jumper instead of driving the lane

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In her last year at Virginia, Willoughby is both a team leader and role model for Virginia women’s basketball.

and getting charges.”

Willoughby’s passion for public policy and her pursuit of intellectual hobbies like reading, cooking and journaling are emblematic of her unique personality.

“I think policy is so broad and there’s so many levels and areas you can work in ” Willoughby said. “I’m trying to figure out what particular field and level I want to work in still.”

With all her experience and pedigree, Willoughby has always adopted a team-first mentality and knows what she and her teammates need to do to help the women’s basketball program.

“Being consistent in the little things and being disciplined is our biggest area of growth and what we’re going to focus on because that’s going to set the foundation for this program in the years to come,” Willoughby said.

Over her four years, Willoughby has used her positive energy, competitive drive and passion for the game to leave an everlasting impact on Virginia women’s basketball.

“Jocelyn is the one that keeps everybody focused and [makes] sure everybody's on task so we can get through stuff,” freshman guard Carole Miller said. “She's a good role model because she's always

giving her best. As a first year, it has been great to look up to her and see how we should do things.

It has helped us know what to do next year for the next group of student-athletes coming in.”

Looking into the future, the Virginia legend plans to temporarily stop working on her Master’s degree in pursuit of a professional basketball career.

As the interview came to a close, Willoughby made sure to wish Melissa Dudek, women’s basketball’s Sports Information Director and “team mom,” a happy birthday all while brushing off her best performance of the season in favor of talking to the women’s basketball staff about a book she just finished reading. The entire scene encapsulated Willoughby’s identity — both as a person and as a player.

“There’s never been a recruit like Jocelyn,” Dudek said. “She was a very unique first-year. There’s never been anyone with a smaller learning curve. She came in more seasoned. Jocelyn had it all figured out. A lot of people think they have it all figured out, but she actually did.”

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A student-athlete romance: Austin Katstra and Laurel Ivory How two Virginia athletes went from complete strangers to dating for two and a half years and counting Vignesh Mulay | Sports Editor Junior forward Austin Katstra is a national champion men’s basketball player, and junior goalkeeper Laurel Ivory is one of the best women’s soccer players in the entire country. Together, they are one of the most recognizable and lovable couples on Grounds. However, their two-and-a-half year journey wasn’t straightforward.

From meeting each other’s families within weeks of meeting each other to a surprise “I love you” barely a month into the relationship, the couple has had their fair share of twists and turns. Let’s take a look inside Katstra and Ivory’s real-life rom-com.

It all started in July 2017 — the summer before their first year at the University. At a mandatory student-athlete event during the third summer session, around 100 students were split up into eight groups, and Katstra and Ivory found themselves in the same one.

While it wasn’t exactly love at first sight, their initial impressions of each other were certainly positive.

“I looked at him and I was like, ‘Oh, this is going to be nice, I can meet someone on the basketball team and get tickets,’” Ivory said.

“I don’t have to go through the lottery.”

Katstra shared similar thoughts about his first meeting with Ivory.

“I didn’t really have any idea that we would be dating right now,” Katstra said. “I just thought it was cool to know someone who’s like the next star for the U.S. women’s national team. I told my family too.”

While this event marked the first time the pair met, Katstra had already done some research of his own. After Ivory missed the first week of orientation playing for the U-20 U.S. women’s national team, Katstra — with some help from senior linebacker Charles Snowden, who would happily take credit for starting the relationship — looked up Ivory and her impressive career online. By the time Katstra actually met his future girlfriend, he was already a big fan of hers.

After that initial meeting, Katstra and Ivory’s relationship progressed gradually. They ran into each other frequently at social functions and dorm mixers since they both lived in the Gibbons dormitory. At some point, Katstra asked the all-important question — “What’s your Snapchat?”

“I figured out his intentions pretty fast,” Ivory said. “I was just like ‘Oh my god, I just got to college. I’ve never even been in a relationship. I’ve been preoccupied

with the national team and school all the time’ … I was just like, ‘This is not happening. We’re not doing this.’”

Despite Ivory’s initial resistance and the fact that both athletes came to the University not wanting a relationship to start off college, the two eventually went on a date.

“It was my birthday in August and he took me out for my birthday and bought me dinner — wings [at Wild Wings Cafe],” Ivory said. “We’re really classy. That was our first date.”

Even after that first date, Ivory was still hesitant about the relationship. Given all the pressures that come with dating as students — combined with the additional challenges of being athletes and new to college life — her concerns were certainly justified. However, Katstra proved that, with some perseverance, anything is possible.

“He was just really persistent about dating me,” Ivory said. “I knew that he wanted to date me and I just thought that we were hanging out right now, having a good time, getting to know each other. Two days later, he asked me out again, and I just knew that I was going to end up dating this kid, so I said, ‘Yes.’” Before Katstra and Ivory were officially in a relationship, an interesting development sparked some drama in their lives — their families.

For most couples, meeting the parents is a major milestone in their relationships. However, Katstra and Ivory met each other’s parents before they even started dating.

“I think the most significant thing that happened was when my family was in town the week before we started to date,” Ivory said. “I told him that I’m probably not going to see him this weekend.

This kid waits for me after [my] game and my family is there and he’s just waiting. There was no way of getting out of that situation.”

While Ivory wasn’t exactly happy at the time, Katstra and her parents seemed to hit it off.

In fact, they even made plans for the upcoming football game that weekend with Katstra’s parents, who live in Charlottesville.

“At the end of the conversation, they said that they were coming to tailgate with my parents for the football game on Saturday,” Katstra said.

Although it may have started off in an awkward place, Katstra and Ivory’s families play an integral role in their relationship to-

day. Ivory mentioned how her dad, her brother and Katstra are like best friends and text each other constantly. Katstra also emphasized how Ivory is like a sister to his younger sister, giving her advice in areas like recruitment since Katstra’s sister is committed to row for Duke. Because of this, the two families are extremely close.

“If we stopped dating, [my family would] probably still invite her over for dinner pretty frequently,” Katstra said.

Soon after the two families met, Katstra and Ivory officially started dating each other. However, it didn’t take long for this story to take another interesting turn.

“He [said ‘I love you’] first,” Ivory said. “He was just not really thinking and kind of blurted it out, and we were like a month in.

It was four days after a full month of dating.”

The two responded quite differently to the sudden proclamation.

Katstra simply thought to himself, “Ooh, why did I say that?” while Ivory “shut down for two days.”

Since the first “I love you” wasn’t exactly smooth, after realizing her feelings for Katstra, Ivory made sure the second time counted.

That day was Valentine’s Day 2018 when Ivory gifted Katstra a watch, which included an engraved message about how she loved him.

The next two or so years were full of ups and downs for the couple. Dating in college is already difficult — dating as student-athletes presents unique challenges.

For instance, the first year of the relationship was particularly hard.

In addition to adjusting to a brand new life, Ivory was traveling with the U-20 national team, meaning she was away from Charlottesville for long periods of time. With such hectic schedules, Katstra and Ivory realized that the key to their relationship had to be communication.

“It’s just so big to be able to communicate, work out differences and trust that, at the end of the day, we have each other’s back no matter what and always want what’s best for each other,” Katstra said.

Ivory echoed the importance of communication, especially when balancing academics and athletics. “[Communication] is probably our biggest thing,” Ivory said. “We always have to sit each other down and make sure we know where we both are at. When he’s in the easy part of his schedule, I’m in the thick of it, and I’m exhausted and vice versa … We have to respect

where each of our bodies are in terms of rest and recovery. That’s definitely something we’ve had to openly discuss.”

In addition to their busy lives, there is one more major obstacle in Katstra and Ivory’s relationship that has caused plenty of conflict — football. Both of them are football enthusiasts, Katstra a loyal Kansas City Chiefs fan and Ivory a loyal New England Patriots fan.

“I think I’m most mad at him when it comes to football,” Ivory said. “Like when the Patriots and Chiefs play each other, we can’t watch together. He can’t hold back. I’m trying not to be the cocky, annoying New England fan … but he just goes in and pushes my buttons. I will hold it back and hold it back, and then, I’ll just let loose.”

Even if being student-athletes in a relationship can be hard at

times, both were quick to share a long list of their favorite memories together — frequent trips to Wild Wing Cafe, a Fourth of July vacation in Newport, R.I., learning about themselves through faith, Katstra arguing with the referees during Ivory’s games and Ivory keeping up with Katstra’s national title run last year.

Although it's impossible to ignore the fact that Katstra and Ivory are extremely gifted athletes, their best talents might actually be their ability to have an honest conversation and make each other laugh. In many ways, they’re like a lot of other couples — except they’re probably in way better shape.

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Austin Katstra and Laurel Ivory have shared many experiences together like Laurel’s end-ofseason banquet for Virginia women’s soccer.

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OPINION

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LEAD EDITORIAL

The Editorial Board is not endorsing a Student Council President Although both candidates offered compelling ideas, underlying questions remain

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his past weekend, The Cavalier Daily Editorial Board interviewed both presidential candidates for Student Council — third-year College students Hunter Wagenaar and Ellen Yates — and took a wide range of factors into consideration for its endorsement. Specifically, we asked the candidates about their previous experience with Student Council, what they see as the most practical part of their platform and their thoughts about how to make the Council more transparent. While we firmly believe that both candidates provided platforms that could benefit the University community, they portrayed significant shortcomings that prevent us from being able to endorse either of them at this time.

The candidates presented impressive platforms and came from different positions and experiences within Student Council. However, we were unable to come to a clear decision as to who would serve better in the role. Due to the importance of this position — both as a figurehead for student self-governance at the University

and an advocate for the student body as a whole — we cannot definitively endorse a Student Council President.

It is unclear to us who would best serve the University community — in fact, we feel we would be doing the student body a disservice if we were to claim that we do know who would be a better Student Council President.

Firstly, Wagenaar’s platform — entitled “Empower the Student” — introduces many initiatives. For example, this would include a “complete rewrite” of the Student Council constitution to incorporate the perspective of CIOs and “starting a cultural arts fund to focus on culture-centered arts projects.” Additionally, in his interview, Wagenaar identified the most important part of his platform as the establishment of the Vice President of Student Resources, which would add a third Vice President to the current Student Council Executive Board.

This position would advocate for student workers. Wagenaar also mentioned that he would repurpose Student Council offices to serve as storage space for CIOs.

Although Wagenaar does not currently serve on Student Council, he was elected as a Student Council Representative for the College in 2019 and served as Chair of the External Affairs Committee and Chair of the Renaming, Recontextualizing, and Removal Committee.

Wagenaar’s platform is exceptionally bold — in the most refreshing and optimistic way. We positively believe his ideas would make the University a place that prioritizes the interests of students over those of the administration. Nevertheless, the Editorial Board questions the practicality of some of these initiatives. While some have doubted the impact that Student Council policies can have on their lives, perhaps a complete rewrite of its structure and governing constitution would create more obstacles to tangible change. For example, at a University with over 650 CIOs, it seems far-fetched to assume they would all participate in such a large project in a short amount of time.

Furthermore, Yates’s platform is grounded in pursuing “Presence, Partnership, Accountabil-

ity.” Yates, who is currently the Vice President for Administration, asserts that the most important part of her platform is creating more engaging partnerships between Student Council and different communities on Grounds.

Yates outlined specific plans to build coalitions to increase engagement and bring to light the issues faced by many marginalized communities. For example, she proposed roundtable discussions with those affected by the issues that she hopes to tackle as well as called for the translation of more University legal and financial documents into Spanish. Additionally, Yates has worked on Student Council since fall 2017 in a variety of positions, including Chief of Cabinet, Chair of the Student Life Committee and Chair of the Student Dining Advisory Board.

However, she acknowledged very few issues with the transparency of the internal structure and operations of the Council. As a whole, Yates did not offer enough change to the current system that would persuade our endorsement — instead of changing a perhaps overly bureaucratic structure,

she simply wants the students to have a better understanding of it.

While this is a fair claim, issues such as lack of engagement, low voter turnout in student elections and little understanding of the bureaucratic structure of the Council should require structural improvements which Yates does not address in her platform.

In light of these considerations, this decision ultimately should lie with the students themselves. As such, contact the candidates, attend the Student Council debate and question their provided platforms. And, most importantly, vote in the upcoming University-wide elections any time between Feb. 26 and 28.

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Toward a shared sense of purpose and community President Jim Ryan responds to concerns regarding inclusivity at the University

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he recent controversy over the Multicultural Student Center sparked a firestorm on social media and resulted in a flood of calls and emails to my office and across the University, as well as threats and racist comments toward the student involved and students of color generally. Most of what I heard expressed outrage at the student, suggested this was blatant racism and demanded some sort of punishment.

Some, however, suggested just the opposite — that the University support not just the student and her well-being but endorse her statement. As often happens with these flashpoints today, sides were drawn quickly and the battle began.

My own views don’t fit neatly into either camp, nor are they easy to explain on social media, so I’m grateful for the invitation from The Cavalier Daily to say a bit more than I could in other formats. I’d like to share a few brief thoughts on the controversy and then spend most of my time on the topic of diversity and inclusion more broadly.

First, the easy part. On the surface, this is straightforward. The Multicultural Student Center is, will and should remain open to all students. It is meant to be a place where students from different backgrounds come together. To suggest that some students should be excluded on the basis of their race or any other aspect of their identity is, to me, inconsistent with the very purpose of having the center. More generally, and to be plain about it, no student should be denied access to a University program or space because of race.

At the same time, and equally easy — the vitriol and threats expressed toward this student and other students of color are reprehensible and something all members of this community should reject. The point of free speech is to allow for the expression of all ideas, including those that make some uncomfortable and those that offend. Disagreement, even strenuous disagreement, is obviously fine, to be expected and just as important a part of free expression. But as a community committed to free speech, we should stand beside and work to protect anyone — particularly a student — who is facing physical threats

for expressing unpopular views.

The harder part is to put this statement in context and to think more broadly about diversity and inclusion today. The Multicultural Student Center at U.Va., similar to such centers at other universities, has traditionally been a place where students of color, more so than white students, gather and find community. In a university that was exclusively white for a very long time and remains predominantly white today, the MSC has been a welcoming place for students of color. I cannot put myself in someone else’s shoes, but the comment about white

sic of which is this — how do we reconcile a commitment to inclusion with organizations that are, at least on the surface, somewhat exclusionary?

I cannot claim to have all of the answers. Instead, I offer, with deep and sincere humility, some observations and some thoughts.

First, we are clearly drawn to groups with which we have some affinity — whether a shared attribute, history, experience or interest. It happens on Grounds through political clubs, sports clubs, religious organizations, fraternities and sororities, and in centers like the MSC and the

velop friendships. For this reason, we should applaud students who cross bridges to explore and affiliate with organizations that are not explicitly designed for them, and we should encourage organizations to welcome those students with open arms.

But this is hard work. Universities are among the most diverse communities in our country.

We too often assume that these are easy places to navigate. They aren’t. We ask our students, who are young adults, most of whom are living away from home for the first time in their lives, to do things older adults rarely do —

It’s nonetheless worth confronting the reality that there are still places on Grounds — and off — where individuals are made to feel, either subtly or explicitly, unwelcome because of some aspect of their identity, including race. students at the newly renovated MSC, in this context, is to me a statement of concern that one of the few places traditionally “for” students of color would turn into a place dominated by white students.

Not all would agree that this should be a cause for concern, to put it mildly. And, as I said, the MSC will remain open to all students. But it’s nonetheless worth confronting the reality that there are still places on Grounds — and off — where individuals are made to feel, either subtly or explicitly, unwelcome because of some aspect of their identity, including race. We could sidestep this reality and pretend we have reached the point where all are welcome wherever they travel. But that mistakes aspiration for reality and ignores the challenge in front of us.

The real challenge is to think hard about what an inclusive community should look like. It is not an easy exercise. Today’s University, thankfully, is remarkably diverse across a host of dimensions. Perhaps because of this and the natural instinct to find those who are similar, U.Va., like many universities, features numerous organizations whose membership is based on a particular aspect of someone’s identity, from gender to sexuality to religion to race and ethnicity. This raises a host of thorny questions, the most ba-

LGBTQ center. Students bond with others in those groups, and to be in their company offers both comfort and joy. Some of these places, like the Interfaith Center or the Latinx center, also provide students the opportunity to support one another. In my view, this is not a bad thing but something we should respect. To foster inclusion, we should support the wide array of groups and places that exist around Grounds that help create a sense of belonging and can help make a large university feel smaller.

Second, and somewhat paradoxically, universities are and should be places of exploration — where students are enticed, encouraged and sometimes forced to encounter those who are different across an array of attributes.

This is one of the fundamental purposes of universities, and it is why we work so hard to assemble a diverse student body. We believe students can and should learn from one another, especially those from different backgrounds and with different perspectives.

We should therefore strive to be places where exploration is not only possible but encouraged — indeed, where it is unavoidable.

The hope is that in doing so, our students will not only better understand different perspectives but also realize points in common with others — that they will not only learn from each other but de-

to live, work, eat meals, interact, depend on and commune daily with people from vastly different backgrounds and whose opinions are sometimes radically different from their own. We should expect some flareups, and we should take a deep breath and show compassion when we encounter them.

After all, it is not as if there are a lot of examples of frictionless, incredibly diverse communities that suggest this should be simple.

All of which is to say that inclusion, at this stage of human progress, is complicated and a bit messy. It’s not linear. It’s not altogether consistent. It’s about both bonding with “your people,” however defined, and bridging to meet and develop relationships with those who are not yet “your people.” What we can try to do, as a university, is to enable students by the time they leave this place to have a much broader view of who they consider “their people.”

This is not the only way to measure inclusion, obviously, but it’s not a bad place to start.

There’s one last element to this, and that is a shared sense of purpose. One of the best ways to bring a community together is to have a common purpose.

To cite a small but telling example — diverse members of sports teams, the armed forces, bands and theater troupes tend to see more in common with each other than they do differences, and that

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is undoubtedly connected to the fact that they are pursuing a common purpose.

Which is why, to me, part of fostering inclusion is fostering a shared sense of purpose. And this is why I have said over and again that we should strive not just to be great but to be good, and by “good” I mean nothing more complicated than serving a purpose beyond our own self-advancement. We all came here from different backgrounds, and different points of privilege. But being here makes everyone privileged as compared to those not fortunate enough to be here or someplace similar. To me, this should instill a sense of obligation to pay back our good fortune by creating opportunities for others and by making the world a better place in some way.

This does not mean that we will all agree on the best ways of improving the world, and that’s as it should be in a university.

But if we can commit ourselves to the fundamental idea that we are here in part to learn to serve, I believe we can be one of the most inclusive universities that has ever existed. A university where, yes, students will hang out in their fraternities, sororities, the LGBTQ Center, the MSC or the rugby club. But one where they will also venture forth and connect with others beyond their places of comfort, confident in the knowledge that they are not just a member of a single, exclusive group, but that they have a shared identity as a U.Va. student. And because of that, they are connected to a larger, common community, dedicated to serving the world beyond U.Va. in one way or another.

This may seem overly idealistic, and I am not naïve enough to believe it will happen overnight or that it will ever be perfectly realized. There will continue to be challenges. I nonetheless remain as dedicated as ever to working with others to foster a shared sense of purpose and therefore a shared sense of community.

JIM RYAN is the ninth president of the University of Virginia. The opinions expressed in this column are not necessarily those of The Cavalier Daily. Columns represent the views of the authors alone.

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HUMOR

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The University announces new TikTok initiative We are pleased to announce that after much student uproar, University President Jim Ryan and the rest of the University’s board members have decided we are at a crucial point in education. We have faced many developments in education throughout history — books and written language, digital calculators, computers in the Internet age.

And now finally a culmination of all of these advancements — interactive learning via TikTok. Under the TikTok Interface Trial To Improve Educational Services — T.I.T.T.I.E.S. — the University will be investing a base amount of $25 million to kickstart several U.Va. TikTok accounts.

When asked if this money could be better invested elsewhere, President Ryan remained adamant.

“I mean, sure, we could build onGrounds housing that ISN’T rat infested, or get some edible food

in the dining halls, or air freshener for Thornton Hall, but we wanted to focus on the one thing students are TRULY passionate about. Besides, LAST time I tried to invest in a nice new space, you guys started a Twitter war! Plus, TikTok told me that they’d pay for my Rogaine treatments as long as I don’t mention they’re stealing all your datWAIT DON'T WRITE THAT!” How will this work? Every professor will give their regularly-scheduled lectures, but afterwards, they will boil the day’s core concepts down into a one-minute TikTok for easy consumption and review by their students. While reciting the main points of the lecture, professors will also be asked to learn the ‘Renegade’ dance, among others, to keep their students engaged. One complaint students have about large lectures is a lack of accountability to attend class

or keep up with reading. To help quell this issue, President Ryan suggests that professors pick students at random to come to the front of the class and perform the previous night’s TikTok dance. In addition, during office hours, professors will also vow to have their TikTok DMs open, and students can even do duet videos with the professor’s lecture for maximum retention.

This plan has been touted as a way to increase student engagement, especially in an era where students may use TikTok at a rate of 300 percent more than homework time. It takes the average person 16 views of a TikTok to learn a typical dance. If students are watching the video several times to prepare for the atten-dance, they will also retain the lecture audio playing in the background. Imagine — you’re going down an hour long TikTok spiral, avoiding your home-

work and suddenly on your “For You” page pops up Economics Professor Kenneth Elzinga renegading along while teaching you the principles of supply and demand! What could be more engaging?! If you have doubts about the effectiveness of this campaign, I ask you to consider just how often you hear a Vine video quoted. Now consider if you could recite your psychology as well as you do with the “I sure hope it does” Vine.

Group testing has warranted several positive responses. “I didn’t get my intro Italian class until I heard Roddy Ricch in the background!” College student Sarah H. said. “I really liked the ‘POV: you’re a finch in the Galapagos.’ It totally helped me for my Bio test,” Nursing student Daniel R. said.

The University prides itself on being on the cutting edge of technological advances, and this is no

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exception. In order to establish the right foundation for this department, the University will be recruiting TikTok’s most viral eboys and egirls, or as they will be referred to at the University, ‘escholars’. The school would like to facilitate a quick and comfortable transition to on-app learning, so there will be a training session hosted in the Dome room of the Rotunda announced next week. Stay tuned for developments, as there are even rumors of a TikTok concentration within the Media Studies department!

EMILY PORTER is a Humor Columnist for The Cavalier Daily. She can be reached at humor@cavalierdaily. com

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PUZZLES WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE Aaron Rose | Puzzle Master

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Lumineers enchant JPJ Stopping in Charlottesville on their “III” world tour, The Lumineers show off their immense talent Cate Pearce | Senior Writer

COURTESY DANNY CLINCH

Folk band The Lumineers stopped by John Paul Jones arena Feb. 15 as part of their “III” world tour.

The folk-rock group The Lumineers came to John Paul Jones Arena Sunday night on their world tour, entitled “III” — their third studio album. “III” is a story about a family riddled by addiction, divided into three chapters with three songs each. The co-founders of the group, Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites, drew from personal experiences to sing candidly about the struggles families face. Although the songs are sonically similar to prior Lumineers songs — happy and intricate — the band chose to juxtapose their style with a subject matter that is aching, raw and disturbing.

The audience at JPJ was in-

troduced to this dichotomy with a video that played before the band came on stage. In the video, a mother chugged liquor from a bottle while holding her infant child in her arms to snippets of the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter.” This video is from the short film, also called “III,” The Lumineers produced to accompany their new album, which was shown in the background on stage throughout the concert. In this way the band weaved stunning cinematography with an outstanding musical narrative for a live show.

The concert’s defining feature was the band’s genuine and fun interaction with the crowd. All

members of The Lumineers were energetic on stage and made JPJ feel like a small, intimate venue. Schultz’s storytelling ability does not end at the lyrics he writes, but continued into his performance when he explained the deeply personal experiences behind some of his songs. For example, he explained that “Gun Song” was written after he found a gun in his deceased father’s sock drawer, creating questions about his father’s life that can never be answered.

The Lumineers performed two covers, “Subterranean Homesick Blues” by Bob Dylan and “Democracy” by Leonard Cohen. The cover of “Democracy” is a bonus

track on “III,” but these two songs combined the concert’s storyline with a subtle reflection of today’s political landscape through the lens of poverty, community and family. Despite having many positive songs in their repertoire, the band wasn’t apprehensive about playing a concert that compelled the audience to empathize with disturbing topics. In between enthusiastic renditions of their more popular hits “Ho Hey” and “Cleopatra,” songs like “Leader of the Landslide,” “It Wasn’t Easy to Be Happy For You” and “Salt and the Sea” urged the audience to sit down and experience what being in a family plagued by addiction feels like.

Folk music has been a catharsis for generations of tribulation.

What is striking about The Lumineers is that they have been able to pay homage to folk’s historical roots while still being successful in the age of synthesizers and auto-tone. The passion they have for their craft was on display through the many different facets of their show. Each member of the band plays multiple instruments, and they all are dynamic on stage.

The eternally barefoot Stelth Ulvang had deep scratches on his acoustic guitar from strumming too harshly with his pick, Byron Issacs constantly had a smile on his face while playing his bass and Schultz jumped off the stage and walked through the crowd, even up into the seated sections. Lauren Jacobson’s violin brought forth the uniqueness of the band’s sound and the deep percussion of Brandon Miller and Ulvang encouraged the audience to clap and stomp along throughout the show.

The Lumineers’ concert showed the audience that even though bad things are inevitable in life, coming together to express negative emotions through song is healing. This world tour will surely cement The Lumineers’ status in music history as the effervescent folk group of our generation, following in the windy path left by Crosby, Stills & Nash, Bob Dylan and the Almanac Singers.

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Tied for First: ‘If You Knew’ by Jeff Buckley The perfect soundtrack to a cold, rainy winter’s day Stefan Lizarzaburu | Senior Writer It’s been raining recently. Lots of grey, lots of splash. In the past few weeks, I’ve done what any other rational twenty-something would do in these conditions — listen to sad music without feeling remorseful about my actions.

It’s because it’s raining, okay?

But in this drizzle-laden stupor, I quickly re-discovered a hidden gem — one of the uncut variety.

It’s “If You Knew,” live, by Jeff Buckley, off of his “Live at Sin-é - Legacy Edition” album recorded in 1993. And it’s the best song of all time.

For context — this “Live at Sin-é” album is pretty tight, tubular, terrific. Sin-é was a small coffee shop in New York City, East Village. It was this teensy tiny venue where young, aspiring New York musicians could come and showcase their talents.

The last rendition of the original Sin-é shop closed in 2007, but its legacy lives on here with Jeff Buckley. At the time of recording, Buckley was a relatively unknown artist, mostly recognized as the son of folk-legend Tim Buckley. Jeff, however, wanted to pave the way for his own legacy — a legacy removed from the father he barely knew. He would begin this legacy at Sin-é.

The set-up at this coffee shop was, well, a coffee shop. The stage wasn’t even a stage — it was just a space against the wall where the waitstaff cleared tables out of the way. So when I first listened to the album, I was astonished — it sounds like Jeff Buckley’s performance took place in Luray Caverns. Or like, I don’t know, inside a sinkhole. It sounds immense, important, gripping and immediate. It’s a voluntary moment of solitary confinement for your ears for about 4 minutes or so. It encases the listener in feeling. But mostly, it stirs. This song literally made me buy a Fender Telecaster — Buckley’s electric guitar of choice. You think I’m kidding? I wish I was. This song, this album — they’re just that good.

Buckley, at this point in his musical canon, had amassed a small following, mostly from fans of his performances at Sin-é.

They knew what to expect when he performed — some haunting falsettos, some shredding on a Telecaster, some original material and some covers. On this special summer’s night in 1993, the crowd was special enough to bare witness to a cover of legendary proportions — Nina Simone’s “If You Knew.”

Hats off to Simone for an absolutely impeccable original

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rendition. Goodness, this song is something. Reading the lyrics off a piece of paper might leave you partially shaken, but overall OK. But by golly goodness, the vocal performance can have you from zero-to-fetal in 2.5 seconds.

Missing someone and longing for their presence can’t always be said eloquently, even if you might want to say it eloquently. In longing and absence, sometimes there’s complexity in simplicity. Simone’s delivery is wrought with a passionate fire — a short and flickering flame that burns hot at its center. She gets it.

So thank you, Nina Simone.

The original version is spectacular and without a doubt deserves its own article. But here we are, going with the lanky Cali boy

over the high priestess of soul.

It’ll make sense when you listen to the song because the feeling lingers with you. Buckley gets it too.

It’s actually shocking to imagine that there are people just sitting in a coffee shop. Just casually sipping on their spiced lattes — or whatever people in New York drank in the ‘90s — listening to this angelic serenade. If I were there, I would no doubt have to take a breather outside after that out-of-body experience and pinch my skin to see if I’m still there. The lyrics, the performance, Buckley’s tear-drop croon, the gently twanging guitar — they all metamorphosize into a really somber, grayscale butterfly. It hurts. He hurts. He might

as well be weeping like a little baby into the microphone — but weeping in a poignant, emotionally-mature manner.

What is so incredibly compelling about this live performance is you hear absolute radio silence in the background — no clinking, no clanking, no footsteps, no tea cups clattering, no silverware. They’re in a coffee shop, with so many available stimuli, and yet all you can hear in the background is the reverb of the Telecaster’s amplifier. The first thing you hear from the crowd after the performance is over, after some time where the air sits still, is a man. A man who so eloquently, with simplistic poise, says — “Yeah.” Imagine being so dumbfounded by a performance

that all you can muster up in response is a quick, airy, “yeah.” It seems like this mystery yes man gets it too.

Listen to this song when it rains. Listen when you miss someone. Listen when you kick up puddles on a spring morning.

Listen to pay attention and to reflect. But whatever you do, for your own well-being, do not listen when you’re actually already sad. It’s just the rain, I promise.

I get it too.

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Sugar, butter, flour — the cast of ‘Waitress’ speaks Another installment of Broadway Talks Back spilled behind the scenes secrets from the beloved musical Eva Sirotic | Staff Writer

COURTESY RILEY WALSH

Former “Waitress” cast members Natasha Yvette Williams (center) and Henry Gottfried (right) shared memories from their time on Broadway with discussion moderator Kristen Kelly (left).

The University Programs Council hosted Broadway Talks Back Saturday night, a program that invites stage veterans to the University to speak on their experience on Broadway. Fourth-year Commerce student Kristen Kelly runs Broadway Talks Back and invited “Waitress” alum Natasha Yvette Williams — who played the role of Becky, the second female lead — and Henry Gottfried — who acted as a swing, which is a performer whose job is to play one or more roles in the acting ensemble of a show when someone else is out.

“Waitress” is a musical with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles, based on the 2007 film of the same name. It tells the story of Jenna Hunterson, a waitress trapped in an abusive relationship. When Jenna unexpectedly becomes pregnant, she begins an affair with her gynecologist, Dr. Jim Pomatter. Looking for ways out — with the help of her fellow waitresses, Becky and Dawn — she discovers a pie contest with a monetary grand prize as her chance.

To begin the discussion, Kelly prompted Williams and Gottfried to share valuable insights into the Broadway process. Kelly

kept the discussion moving with thought-provoking questions for the guests during the program, which was split into sections discussing memories from production, favorite moments and the power of “Waitress.”

Both Williams and Gottfried auditioned three times before they were finally cast in “Waitress.” Gottfried was one of the last people to be cast in the show before it came to Broadway — the show’s producers offered him a final audition one week before previews began. He was in the show for a year and a half and played four different characters — including the male lead, Dr. Pomatter. When he heard the show was closing, he asked for any possible available role so he could be a part of the closing experience.

Gottfried described swinging as challenging but emotionally fulfilling, saying that he loved playing different characters — even turning down a permanent role in the ensemble so that he could continue to swing.

Williams had a similarly lengthy audition process for “Waitress.”

However, in between auditions, she worked with Bareilles for a differ-

ent project. On set, Bareilles told Williams that some people “are good, but just not right” for certain Broadway roles. Williams took this comment personally and felt that Bareilles “hated her” and did not want her in the show. When it came time for her final audition for the show, Williams had to sing in front of Bareilles and was petrified. However, Williams knew that she was perfect for the role of Becky, and after one amazing final audition, she landed the part.

Williams then shared a touching personal memory — her mother passed away three days before the opening of the show. On opening night, the performance of the song “Everything Changes” — a pivotal number in the musical, sung when Jenna has her baby and finally accepts that she is a mother — felt especially poignant to Williams after losing her own mother. In the song, Jenna sings “Everything changes / I didn't know, but now I see / Sometimes what is, is meant to be / You saved me” — and with that song, she said she felt validation from the cast and the audience. Williams called the moment the “highlight of her career.”

Throughout the night, Williams and Gottfried shared more anecdotes, from their favorite lines in the play — William’s is “does your ass ever get jealous of the constant crap coming out of your mouth” — to an unfortunately comical night of the play, when Williams was feeling sick and wound up vomiting in her prop purse.

Both Gottfried and Williams spoke on how much the final show meant to them. The fanbase for the musical is incredibly dedicated and invested in the story, and the audience that night was very charged and powerful. There was immense pressure for each song to go perfectly, as no one wanted to mess up their last performance. Gottfried recounted that after an especially emotional performance of “When He Sees Me,” a number in the middle of Act I, the audience stood and clapped for almost a minute, reducing the ensemble cast to tears.

Williams made history by being a part of the first “Waitress” show to have three women of color in the three lead roles, with Jordin Sparks as Jenna and Jessie Hooker-Bailey as Dawn. This powerful casting took three and a half years to come to

fruition. On the importance of representation in “Waitress,” Williams said it was important that “little brown girls can see themselves in roles with transformation, conviction and power.”

Both cast members also spoke on the certain X-factor of “Waitress,” crediting “empathy queen” Barielles’s music and storytelling as the main reason for the dedicated fanbase. By being personally connected to the show and its story, the cast and the audience experience the vulnerability of the characters and can all meld into the “humanness of the moment” presented on the stage.

To close the event, both Gottfried and Williams reflected on the power of theater. Gottfried noted that in the end people in musical theater are in musicals because they simply love them. They have always been fans of musical theater, and so they are incredibly passionate about musicals and performing. The highs are incredibly high, and the lows are very low. Williams emphasized the the ability to affect people and vice versa — an exchange of energy, which reminds her, in her words, “I am alive.”

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HEALTH & SCIENCE

Navigating acne, sunburns and skincare aisles University medical professionals suggest practical skincare for college students, reveal how to care for acne and protect skin from ultraviolet radiation Haley Stocks | Staff Writer Skincare is something that is a part of most people’s daily routine, but it can be a complicated subject.

There is a copious number of skincare brands, each with their own suggestions and strategies, and dozens of options line grocery store shelves.

With all of this information swirling around, students may find it hard to decide the best method to keep their skin healthy.

A person’s skincare routine can become complicated and may even result in detrimental effects if a person does not know the proper way to care for their skin. As a result, it is important to know how the sun, acne and facial cleansing affect skin health.

Carrying out a skincare routine is the most important ingredient for maintaining skin health. A person’s skincare needs depends on the specific conditions of their skin, so someone may have to change their skincare routine and concentrations of products to best fit their skin’s needs.

One concern that spans all skin types, however, is exposure to the sun.

Ultraviolet radiation is a concern for college students both in the short and long run. While many people may know that ultraviolet radiation causes sunburns, few may know that exposure to ultraviolet radiation can also have effects such as premature aging and melanoma, a form of skin cancer.

"General recommendations, which I think certainly apply to college-age students, is to be careful with ultraviolet radiation exposure and that includes both the sun and tanning beds,” said Mark Russell, vice chair of the department of dermatology and director of Mohs and dermatologic surgery in the University Health System. "Both have been identified as carcinogens, or cancer-causing agents."

Sunscreen is an important part of a daily skincare routine to help combat the negative consequences of exposure to ultraviolet radiation.

“Daily use of sunscreen and/or sun-protective clothing should be an important aspect of any skincare routine, as we are all subject to the potential adverse effects of ultraviolet — UV — radiation, regardless of skin color,” said Keith Pillow, a physician assistant in the University Health System’s dermatology department.

According to the American Academy of Dermatology, sunscreen labeled “broad-spectrum” is the most effective protection since it protects against both UVA rays that prematurely age and UVB rays that cause sunburn. In addition, a higher sun protection factor does not imply

longer-lasting effects. Sunscreen with SPF of at least 30 is recommended, though sunscreen with SPF of 50 slightly increases UV protection but still lasts the same amount of time. No sunscreen can block 100 percent of the sun’s rays.

“The best type of sunscreen is the one you will use again and again,” according to the AAD. In choosing the ideal sunscreen, it is important for people to consider their skin type. For dry skin, dermatologists recommended sunscreen combined with moisturizers. For sen-

age bracket will have some type of acne, there are certain warning signs to look out for.

"If your acne is flaring to the point where you're getting large lesions or painful cysts, it's time to see a physician because that form of acne can lead to permanent scarring," Russell said.

A physician may be able to prescribe medications of greater strength than what would otherwise be available over the counter. Additionally, a dermatologist can offer recommendations tailored to a person's skin specif-

purchased over the counter at a store, online or with a prescription depending on the strength level. However, it may worsen acne or cause skin irritation and dryness during the first few weeks of treatment or skin.

“Should significant dryness, irritation and/or flaking occur, I recommend that patients begin applying Differin every other or every third night, increasing the frequency slowly as tolerance improves,” Pillow said. “Fine skin flaking can be gently removed with a washcloth while bathing, if necessary. Applying Differin at least

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Students can find effective skincare options at drugstores if they learn what works best for their skin.

sitive skin, physical or mineral sunscreen — which includes ingredients such as zinc oxide and titanium oxide to protect one’s skin — would be the best option. For oily skin, non-comedogenic — meaning the product does not block pores — sunscreen is recommended.

Another common skin condition that many college-aged students experience is acne. According to the AAD, 85 percent of people between the ages of 12 and 24 experience some form of acne. Although most people in that

ic concerns, including any acne issues they may have.

If an individual is suffering from acne, there are several ways to approach treatment. Often, it depends on which type of acne the individual is experiencing. Pillow recommends using Differin Gel for comedonal, or non-inflammatory, acne such as whiteheads — closed, clogged skin pores — and blackheads — open, clogged skin pores.

The gel is applied once a day before going to sleep. Differin can be

20 minutes after washing and drying the face can be helpful in reducing the above-mentioned side effects.”

To avoid increasing irritation, Pillow recommended stopping other over-the-counter products.

“Use of other over-the-counter products, such as salicylic acid, harsh soaps, toners and/or astringents should be avoided while using Differin, as concomitant use increases the likelihood and severity of dryness and irritation,” Pillow said.

For individuals affected by inflam-

matory acne, medications containing benzoyl peroxide may prove helpful.

“For patients with inflammatory acne — red bumps and pustules — I always recommend PanOxyl, which is 10 percent benzoyl peroxide,” Pillow said. “Benzoyl peroxide has both antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.

To minimize significant irritation or dryness, Pillow recommends that these medications be used once daily.

“I typically recommend that PanOxyl be used as a face and/or body wash once daily in the morning, giving patients the option to reduce the frequency of use should significant dryness [or] irritation occur,” Pillow said. “Lesser concentrations can also be tried should an individual not be able to tolerate the 10 percent formulation. It should be noted that benzoyl peroxide can cause bleaching of the hair, towels, bedding and/or clothing.”

Deciding which skincare product to use can be complicated. If struggling to decide which product to use, it is best to visit a dermatologist to learn more about skincare and which treatment option works best. When treating skin for acne, it is important to consider how the treatment may affect one’s skin.

"Many over-the-counter topical agents can overly dry your skin, prompting a need to use topical moisturizers to compensate," Russell said.

"Some moisturizers can occlude the pores and lead to a flare of acne."

People may initially look for different things in a skincare product.

In addition to the product’s ingredients, its manufacturing, expense and any recommendations made by friends, family or online sources often influence one’s opinion. “[I look at the] ingredients, dyes, how much salicylic acid that they put in the product and if the product is more natural,” first-year College student Melanie Huff said. “Normally, I ask a friend what they use.”

Skincare can be a complicated process, but an important part of any skincare is establishing a routine. Often, these routines can be made complicated, but they do not have to be, according to Pillow.

“Keep it simple,” Pillow said. “Find a gentle cleanser and daily moisturizer that you like and stick with it. I often tell patients to focus on applying their daily moisturizer nightly after bathing — that way they are using it at the same time everyday — and it becomes part of their daily routine.”

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