Monday, February 23, 2015

Monday, February 23, 2015

Vol. 125, Issue 40

Student committee releases Lawn room decisions

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LAWN COMMITTEE SELECTION PROCESS Dean of Students

Dean of the Office of African-American Affairs

Director of Information Technology in Housing & Residence Life

Senior Resident of the Lawn

Student Council President

Honor Committee Chair

University Judiciary Committee Chair

Undergraduate School Council Chairs

Selection Committee composed of

Members include: 24 of these students are chosen randomly

24 of these students

48 fourth year students

are made up of individuals representing specific groups in the University community, including all seven undergraduate schools

who are prohibited from applying for Lawn residency

Lawn Room Residents

• Lawn Senior Resident • President of Student Council • Honor Committee Chair • University Judiciary Committee Chair • President of Fourth Year Trustees • Asian Student Union • Black Student Alliance • Inter-Fraternity Council • Inter-Sorority Council

• Multicultural Greek Council • National Pan-Hellenic Council • Global Student Council • Latino Student Alliance • Middle Eastern Leadership Council • Queer Student Union • Student Athlete Advisory Council • Transfer Student Population

251 applicants

110 applicants

received two ‘yes’ [votes] and were rated by the committee

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Kathleen Smith Associate Editor

Selection Committee chosen by

NEW BOV STUDENT MEMBER APPOINTED

Committee receives 251 applications, selects 47

DATE SET FOR JESSE MATTHEW TRIAL PAGE 5

NO. 1 BASEBALL REMAINS UNDEFEATED PAGE 10

47 applicants received offers

OPINION: GUNS WILL NOT STOP SEXUAL ASSAULT PAGE 12

The Lawn Selection Committee released decisions last week determining Lawn room residency for the 2015-16 academic school year.

Out of 251 applicants, 47 were selected by the committee for residency. An additional seven will be determined by a process separate from the committee.

The process — one of the most competitive at the University each year — has been quietly criticized for a perceived lack of diversity among the incoming 2015-16 Lawn class.

The selection committee is made up of 48 fourth-year students themselves prohibited from applying for Lawn residency.

While 24 of these students are chosen randomly, the other half is made up of individuals representing specific groups in the University community, including all seven undergraduate schools.

A space on the committee is reserved for the Lawn senior resident, the president of Student Council, the chair of the Honor Committee, the chair of the University Judiciary Committee and the president of the Fourth Year Trustees. Members are also selected from the Asian Student Union, the Black Student Alliance, the Inter-Fraternity Council, the

see LAWN, page 6 SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION DISCUSSED PAGE 16

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Panel addresses multi-sanction proposal Honor Committee considers issues, answers questions surrouding new addenda, referendum

Jenna Dickerson Senior Writer

The Honor Committee held a panel Thursday in the University Chapel to give the community the opportunity to hear honor representatives’ thoughts on proposed referenda. The panel was chaired by fourth-year Commerce student and honor representative Joe Martin, vice chair for trials Nick Lee, a fourth-year College student, graduate Medicine representative Michael Billet, third-year Education representative Jessica Drews and graduate College representative Ben Liebov.

The panelists went through the three referenda, discussing their opinions and answering student questions. Drews said the first referendum — which calls for a Committee constitutional change establishing biannual honor popular assemblies — would be beneficial to the community. She said if the measure is approved it will allow the student body to come forth in a more organized manner to discuss all issues pertaining to the honor system.

“While there are definitely pros and cons to this, I personally think it’s a great idea,” Drews said. “It allows more communication between the Honor Committee and students and maybe allows students to think more about questions and concerns they may have and do something about them versus just talking about it.”

Martin said while he likes the

idea, he thinks it may be better to add to the bylaws than to the constitution.

“The Honor Committee should be seeking to engage the student body,” Martin said. “The only concern that I see with this is that I’m not sure if the Constitution is the right place to put this idea because I could see, maybe eight years down the line, the Honor Committee decides that this may not be the most effective way to engage the student body, but then it is already in the Constitution.”

Liebov had similar thoughts, saying Honor meetings are already held once a week and offer the opportunity to address community concerns. However, students rarely show up with any questions or concerns.

The second referendum also calls for a constitutional change, one which would hold the Honor Committee accountable to considering non-binding resolutions approved by the student body. Drews said one positive of this referendum is that it would ensure questions brought up by the student body are addressed by the Committee.

“I think it’s a responsibility of our school to not lose track of issues that do matter because year by year, the Committee deals with issues that are completely different,” Drews said.

Martin said while he agrees there are a number benefits inherent in this referenda, he sees a few cons.

“The first negative is that we hold committee elections, where people run on platforms and ideals, and people might be elected to

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Honor Committee members answered questions from members of the audience and offered their opinions on the proposed referenda.

a committee, but then they could be required to consider another non-binding resolution from the term before, questions that they did not run on,” he said.

Martin also said the wording of the referenda is a little unclear as to how to proceed in future years.

The third referendum — a non-binding sanctioning reform — seeks to assess student body opinion on a multi-sanction honor system as a replacement to the current single-sanction system.

Liebov said he is not a fan of the single-sanction system because he thinks it does not promote reporting and fails to serve as an educational tool to teach students how to act more morally.

“Personally, I am less afraid to

report cheating at my previous undergrad than here,” Liebov said. “I think here it is very threatening to report due to the current system.”

In contrast, Drews said she thinks the single-sanction system holds individuals to higher standards.

“Putting a multiple sanction system is place for acts of lying, cheating, or stealing loses some of the integrity that the system currently possesses,” she said.

Drews also said if honor were no longer a single-sanction system there would be little difference between the Honor Committee and

see HONOR, page 5

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Miller Center panel discusses CIA torture practices

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Professional experts consider recent Senate report, historical context of agency’s actions

Kayla Eanes

Senior Associate Editor

The Miller Center hosted an event Friday titled “The CIA and the Question of Torture: Reading the Senate Report on the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program.”

The program included a panel of professional experts who debated the significance of the Senate’s recent torture report and placed them into broad historical context.

Prof. Richard Immerman, former Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence at the US State Department, said the original mission of the CIA when it was first established in 1947 was to provide policy makers with intelligence analysis, not to collect intelligence or engage in covert activities. He claimed this was one of the underlying issues the report grappled with.

“The agency acquired these responsibilities incrementally and largely by default,” Immerman said.

“The debate over the program and all the reports and responses have ignored the question of whether these activities are the best use of the CIA’s resources and what have been the effects on the agency.”

Frederick Hitz, the CIA's first statutory inspector general, went further to emphasize that another important consideration in analyzing the procedures of the agency is addressing the ineffectiveness of using operators who have not been prepared for what is done during interrogations.

“The CIA, having gone through the Iran-Contra business and several other difficult situations, determined that it needed some strong legal support for what it was going to do,” he said. “What were the limits of the methods we could use to conduct a so-called lawful but hostile interrogation?”

Hitz said one of the CIA’s failings was the amount of training given to employees compared to what was actually needed for interrogations.

He said interrogators received only two weeks of training.

“We had one essential positive going for us, and that is this could all take place out of the eye of cameras, reporters, and the world in these secret prisons,” he said. “We have created a situation which we should have avoided.”

Hitz also said that concern surrounding interrogation techniques and the availability of information were not directly responsible for

sparking concern about CIA operations, but rather cited an incident in the Iraqi prison Abu Ghraib in which pictures were leaked of reserve officers dressing prisoners in “girly underwear.”

Benjamin Wittes, senior fellow at the Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, said an often overlooked feature of the Senate findings is that the CIA not only misrepresented its program to its congressional overseers, but also misrepresented it to the Bush administration.

“The normal pattern, when Congress blows the whistle on a terrible overreach by one of the intelligence agencies, is that the political echelon runs for cover,” he said. “Here the opposite is happening. Congress is saying the political echelon really didn’t know what was going on, and the political echelon is rushing to say ‘yes we did, and we stand by it.’”

Wittes said this is a unique occurrence in the history of intelligence scandals.

“It’s happening for two reasons,” he said. “One is because I think the Bush administration understands that this program is part of their legacy, whether they take responsibility for it or not, and so they’re being smart and taking responsibility for

it.”

Wittes notes the second reason as being that he thinks the Bush administration knew about as much as they wanted to know.

Immerman said categorical answers are almost impossible to reach.

“The issue is not settled,” he said.

“It’s a he-said, she-said type of thing, which I think is unfortunate. I also think will contribute to the lack of anything particularly constructive coming out of this exercise, other than perhaps conversations like

we’re having now.”

Immerman also said the report had its failings, mentioning that it was heavily influenced by partisan politics.

“What happened is that the Republican party didn’t really zero in on CIA behavior as much as it did the Democrats themselves, criticizing the report,” he said. “It did not raise questions about morality, it didn’t refer to the preparation, it didn’t really do any of that.”

Jenna Truong | The Cavalier Daily

The University Miller Center hosted a panel of professional experts who discussed the recent Senate report on CIA detention and torture program.

French professor addresses Charlie Hebdo attacks Visiting lecturer Vincent Michelot discusses wide-ranging sociopolitical, cultural factors

Xiaoqi Li| The Cavalier Daily

Vincent Michelot, director of Sciences Po Lyon, spoke to the University community about the causes and implications of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.

Anna Higgins Associate Editor

The French department hosted a discussion Friday — featuring visiting lecturer Vincent Michelot — about the recent terrorist attacks in France. Titled “Je Suis Charlie: A Rorschach Test of the Republican Compact,” the talk attracted roughly 55 attendees and focused on the Charlie Hebdo attacks, including its causes and its implications.

Michelot currently serves as the Director of Sciences Po Lyon, a French university which specializes in sociopolitical sciences and international relations. Michelot was also a Fulbright Scholar at the University and has lectured at Amherst College and Brown University.

Assoc. French Prof. Janet Horne organized the event. She has worked previously with Michelot in developing the University’s program in Lyon and said picking the lecture subject was easy because of the political and

social causes and implications.

Horne said Michelot’s lecture was more reflective than reactionary, in part because of the time passed since the attacks. “[Michelot has] had time to think about it more in terms of not so much as the events themselves, but what they mean looking forward for France and what are the main challenges facing France today, how do they maintain their constitutional principles and still address much needed social and cultural reform,” Horne said.

In his talk, Michelot spoke about the current French sociopolitical situation and drew comparisons between the Charlie Hebdo attacks and the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. He also noted the changes in the relationship between the two countries in light of terrorist attacks.

“In France, we were all Americans [after 9/11],” Michelot said. However, “the minute the President of the United States [Bush] uttered the word ‘crusade,’ it was the end of any kind of solidarity between the two republics.”

Addressing the contrast he believes France offers, Michelot gave an altered version of France’s motto, “liberté, égalité, fraternité” — “liber-

ty, equality, fraternity” — by adding “laïcité,” a French word with connotations of secularism and separation of Church and state.

“We tend to define freedom to a very large degree as the absence of religion from the public sphere,” Michelot said. “We are free because we do not have religion in the public sphere, but that means that one has to guarantee that religion is [wholly separate] from the public sphere, and who else can guarantee that the church is absolute from the public sphere but the government?”

Michelot also discussed how France’s efforts to maximize equality and freedom of expression have ironically led to less cultural acceptance and sensitivity. He said because France has been so adamant about freedom of expression, the press has much more ability to be blasphemous in their publications.

“Equality in France is an inability to recognize differences,” Michelot said. “By leading the crackdown on freedom of speech and freedom of religion, we brought Charlie upon ourselves.”

Michelot said it is important for students to understand the Charlie Hebdo attacks because they resonated so deeply with the younger gener-

ation in France.

“Freedom of press does not mean the same thing to a person who is 19 and thinks freedom of press should be absolute and someone who is 40 and realizes freedom of press is important, but also realizes someone who harbors these religious feelings may be hurt by a cover of a newspaper that is insulting to the prophet for example,” Michelot said. “It is this kind of approach that is very generational.”

Third-year College student Katherine Krudys said she thought the talk was both relevant and effective in clarifying the French sociopolitical situation.

“I thought it was very interesting because it brought together the problems with equality in the U.S. and in France and the differences that get lost in both literal and cultural translations,” Krudys said.

Overall, Horne was pleased with the turnout and the student participation at the event.

“I thought it was great. He came mainly to speak to our students and I wish we had more time for questions,” Horne said. “I was very happy with the attendance and [a] large majority of people in the room [was] students.”

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Daniel Judge named new student Board of Visitors member Judge will assume position formerly held by Meg Gould, serve as non-voting representative

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Daniel Judge will help to communicate wide-ranging student concerns to the Board of Visitors.

Reade Pickert Senior Writer

The Executive Board of the Board of Visitors selected thirdyear college student Daniel Judge on Friday as the new student Board of Visitors member. A double ma-

jor in political philosophy, policy and law (PPL) and philosophy, Judge currently serves on Student Council as an Academic Affairs Committee co-chair and as a student liaison to the SIS Advisory Board.

The BOV student member selection process was broken down into three parts this year: a written

application, an interview in front of a panel of students and a final interview in front of the Executive Committee of the Board. This year there were 37 applicants.

Fourth-year College student Meg Gould — former Board of Visitors student member — said this position is vital to the Board in affording a greater awareness of community issues.

“Each member of the Board of Visitors has a day job and is doing this as a voluntary honor and responsibility in how they can be a part of the University community and make lasting changes,” Gould said. “What they don’t have is the on-the-ground experience: the concerns students have and the realities of a lot of the policies they are making. That opinion is very crucial when the Board is setting a direction for the University.”

Gould said one of the key responsibilities of the student member is to relay issues affecting the student body while at the same time avoiding focusing on specific

groups.

“It is very important not to have tunnel vision in terms of how students are feeling,” Gould said. “In a school of 22,000 students, there is no way that there is only one opinion on an issue.”

Judge felt this would be an important part of his duties in the coming year and said he was ready for the challenge. “[I will] take all the issues and hear all these perspectives and try to distill them without losing the essence of any of them,” Judge said.

“I am expecting it to be difficult but not insurmountable.”

Judge said part of what motivated him to apply was seeing the ways in which the Board influenced the University — something which became especially visible during the tumultuous Fall semester.

“Last semester we saw a lot of Board involvement because it was dealing with big issues,” Judge said. “[I] got a better sense of what the board did and how the student member interacted with the Board.”

Although the student member is on the Board, the position is a non-voting one. Gould said her day-to-day activities and responsibilities fluctuated but included organizing student panels and participating in groups such as the Student Affairs Committee and the Education Policy Committee.

Gould offered advice to Judge and any other future student members, mainly saying that the member itself is responsible for the impact he or she has on the community and commented on how much they get out of it in return.

“This position is what you make of it,” Gould said. “There aren’t necessarily tasks you check off. Don’t narrow yourself in any way in how you engage with students and how you present those concerns to the Board. It is important to realize the point of this position is to really serve as a conduit, to create a more accessible person for the Board to include the opinions of all stakeholders. It is very valuable for them to have this opinion.”

Two University professors receive Outstanding Faculty Award McAuliffe presents English Prof. Cushman, Asst. Biology Prof. for teaching excellence Urvi Singhania Senior Writer

The 29th Annual Outstanding Faculty Award Ceremony, acknowledging excellence in teaching, research and public service, was held Thursday in Richmond. Gov. Terry McAuliffe presented awards to 13 Virginian educators, two of whom were University professors — English Prof. Stephen Cushman and Asst. Biology Prof. Sarah Kucenas.

University spokesperson Matt Charles said the award, Virginia’s highest honor for college professors, reflects highly on both professors.

“The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Outstanding Faculty Awards are the Commonwealth’s highest honor for faculty at Virginia’s public and private colleges and universities,” Charles said in an e-mail.

“These awards recognize superi-

or accomplishments in teaching, research and public service — all critical elements of the University of Virginia’s mission.”

English Department Chair Cynthia Wall agreed, saying the award shows how dedicated these University professors remain to teaching at what is a large research university.

“It is the highest teaching award in the state” Wall said.

“Faculty from U.Va. have received internal and external teaching awards…this is a great honor.”

Cushman said he was thrilled and grateful and felt the award was not just for him but for everyone in the University community and in the state. “[I’m] accepting it on behalf of all the people at the Commonwealth of Virginia and the faculty, of everyone,” Cushman said.

“It’s not an award just about me.”

He said the award was inspiring and helped reaffirm his commitment to his students and

his work.

“I am even more committed now to working hard for my students,” Cushman said. “It’s easy sometimes to be distracted by many demands that one has on one’s time, but this award makes me [want] to be a good teacher.”

Kucenas said she felt similarly honored and humbled, especially given the achievements and prestige of her peers.

“It’s definitely very humbling...there are so many great universities here,” Kucenas said.

Kucenas said the award was particularly special because of the importance students played in the nomination process.

“Students can nominate for this award — it all starts with the students,” Kucenas said.

“They’re the reason we get the award. If not for their activity and contribution, we wouldn’t have received the award.”

Wall said Cushman was a fantastic teacher, one whom many at the University try to emulate.

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Prof. Stephen Cushman said he accepted the award on behalf of all those in the University community and beyond.

“[Cushman] always gets raves, whatever he teaches — he’d probably get 5s [on his teaching evaluations] for ‘The Art of the Phonebook’,” Wall said in an e-mail. “[He’s] intellectu-

ally rigorous, philosophically challenging, deft in directing discussion, memorably effective in teaching writing, close reading, and argument and hilarious.

He is what we all want to be.”

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Date set for Jesse Matthew’s Albemarle trial Process will begin June 29, separate Fairfax case will commence June 8

The Albemarle County Circuit Court scheduled a threeweek jury trial Wednesday for Jesse Matthew on murder charges against second-year College student Hannah Graham. The trial will take place from June 29

Jesse Matthew’s Trial

to July 17.

Matthew has been indicted on counts of first-degree murder, abduction with intent to defile and reckless driving in connection with the disappearance and death of Graham. His lawyer, Jim

February 18 A three-week jury trial on the Hannah Graham Case was scheduled for June.

March 4 Pre-trial motions hearing for Graham Case.

Camblos, requested a bench trial for Matthew, but was overruled.

Both Camblos and Albemarle Commonwealth’s Attorney Denise Lunsford have requested that parts of the case be closed to the public, but no decision has yet

March 9 Original Fairfax City trial date. Delayed for a later date.

been made on those motions.

Matthew will also stand trial in a separate case in Fairfax County for charges of attempted capital murder, sexual penetration with an object and abduction with the intent to defile a

Fairfax woman. The two week trial — originally scheduled to begin on March 9 but delayed at the request of the defense — will begin June 8.

—compiled by Katie Grimesey

June 18 Three-week Graham trial.

June 29 Two-week trial for Fairfax City Trial.

HONOR Committee members express proposal concerns Continued from page 2 the University Judiciary Committee, which currently operates a multi-sanction system.

Second-year College student Alec Grieser, who was in the audi-

ence, said he has been involved in the Preserve Honor campaign and came to the panel to hear what people on the Committee had to say about the referenda.

“Going through the referenda again, considering all their positives and negatives, hearing new view-

points that I hadn’t heard before was helpful,” Grieser said. “I don’t think it changed my mind on any of the referendum, necessarily, but it has given me a new light in how to look at the problem.”

Third-year College student Allie Ivener said she came to get some of

her questions answered and hear student opinions from outside of Honor.

“I am a part of Honor, so I have a background on what the referenda were, but hadn’t had an open dialogue about it and also haven’t really heard other students opin-

ions outside of Honor,” Ivener said.

“I was mainly interested in hearing what students not involved in Honor had to say because I think that is really important for the committee as well.”

Referenda voting will be open online Friday.

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City Council approves greater housing regulations Resolution allows for increased short-term rental oversight following community concerns Brendan Rogers Senior Writer

The Charlottesville City Council passed a resolution Tuesday authorizing a zoning text amendment aimed at more closely regulating short-term housing rentals.

The resolution is partially a result of the increasing popularity over the past couple of years of short-term home-sharing websites such as Airbnb, which listed around 350 spaces available in the city for anyone to rent at press time.

City Councilor Dede Smith said current zoning codes do not adequately address the issue of short-term housing and leave room for unintended consequences in the future if not revised.

“The real sticking point is it’s

not really clear what you would have to do [to legally rent out your home on Airbnb],” she said.

“It just needs to be better defined.”

The impetus for City Council to act on the issue came primarily from neighbors of the homes which are being rented out, who raised concerns about the effects of the frequent turnover of shortterm tenants.

“There are a couple of situations that Council is concerned [with],” Smith said. “One is that a residential neighborhood will become non-residential [as a result of more transient residents].”

Smith said another cause of concern among neighbors is the growing trend of investors purchasing homes in neighborhoods with the sole purpose of renting them out through Airbnb or other short-term rental websites.

“One of the alarm bells that

went off…was investors going into neighborhoods that are zoned for single family residences,” she said.

“Will people buy houses just to rent them out on Airbnb, and how will this change the character of a neighborhood?”

Smith said there are a few potential solutions to the pressing issues. “[We are] considering whether it should [have to] be owner occupied, or whether there should be a limit on number of bedrooms or people who can be allowed [to stay],” Smith said. A requirement which obligates hosts to notify neighbors about their home sharing could also improve the situation, she said.

Aside from neighbors, some long-standing, local short-term housing providers have also felt the effects of Airbnb arrangements.

Susan Lanterman, proprietor of the Leathers-Snyder Bed and Breakfast, said Airbnb has affected her business to some extent, despite her prime location on Ridge Street in Historic Downtown.

“There are weekends where I would have expected that I would have had a full house,” she said. “I think [Airbnb] will continue to affect [my business] if there is not more regulation.”

Lanterman also said an Airbnb host renting out his or her home “off the books” could draw people away from her business simply because of the cost margin.

“People who are dealing with Airbnb may or may not be paying any taxes,” she said. “We have to charge more than someone who is not recording and paying taxes.”

Lanterman said she estimates state and city transient taxes cost

her guest an additional 11.5 percent on top of the cost of their stay.

In addition to taxes, she said, Airbnb hosts might skip out on liability insurance and do not necessarily have to comply with the same business regulations as she does, such as parking requirements.

“I think [more regulation] levels the playing field,” Lanterman said.

City Planner Matt Alfele said the city’s planning commission will have a work session Tuesday to brainstorm potential changes, and the city will host an open house on Thursday to get feedback and ideas from residents.

The planning commission has until the last week of May to submit a recommendation to the city council, which the council will then review and vote on.

LAWN Decisions made using modified selection process Continued from page 1 Inter-Sorority Council, the Multicultural Greek Council, the National Pan-Hellenic Council, the Global Student Council, the Latino Student Alliance, the Middle Eastern Leadership Council, the Queer Student Union, the Student Athlete Advisory Council and the transfer student population.

The committee is overseen by the Lawn Selection Process Organizing Committee, run by Dean of Students Allen Groves. The organizing committee is composed of the Dean of the Office of African-American Affairs, the Director of Information Technology in Housing and Residence Life, the Senior Resident of the Lawn and the presidents or chairpersons of Student Council, the Honor Committee, the University Judiciary Committee and the seven undergraduate school councils.

The committee used a new system this year to allocate Lawn rooms, after concluding that old methods failed to fully evaluate candidates. Fourth-year College student Sky Miller, the current senior resident of the Lawn, said revisions were made based on

feedback from former selection committee members.

“Feedback from the last few years of selections processes indicated that members of the committee were not able to adequately review over 250 applications,” Miller said. “Members found themselves not reading applications in their entirety, not engaging with essays and going to easy measures like GPA to make decisions.”

The administration was not involved in this change. Although the organizing committee consists of administrators in part, Groves said the selection committee — which sets its own procedures for choosing applicants — is wholly student-run.

“Although I pull together the group of students charged with organizing the selection process, I play no role in review of applications or selection decision,” Groves said.

Lawn room applicants were considered through a blind ranking system under which, according to a University website, each application is assigned a number used to identify the applicants. The selection committee was broken down into groups — and while all applications were considered by at

least two people, not every committee member read every submission.

“In our new system, committees first reviewed applicants to determine if they were qualified to live on the Lawn,” Miller said.

“A ‘yes’ vote given by a committee indicated their belief that an applicant was qualified for selection.”

Miller said if an application received two “yes” votes from two different committee members, it would advance to be rated by each individual committee member from those committees.

“Of the 251 applicants, 110 received two ‘yes’ [votes] and were rated by the committee,” he said.

“The top 47 received offers and then the next in line received waitlist offers.”

The order in which rooms are chosen — aside from the endowed and reserved rooms — is determined by a lottery.

Miller said he was pleased with the way the selection committee worked this year.

“While it was logistically challenging and there are certainly aspects to improve in the years to come, the process allowed for an in-depth review of applicants and a fruitful consideration through the

Committee system,” Miller said.

“The rating system allowed members to distinguish great applicants from good applicants among those they believed were qualified to live on the Lawn.”

However, Miller said there is rising concern among students that there is a lack of diversity within the Lawn community. The majority of those chosen to live on the Lawn this year identify as white. No black students were selected.

“I think last year’s Senior Resident said it best — that we can only select from those that apply, and obviously you don’t necessarily get the entire University represented in the applicant pool,” Miller said.

“There are 47 rooms available but far more than 47 communities at the University.”

Some students have voiced their belief that Lawn resident selections are not appropriately representative — an argument often rooted in the overrepresentation of certain student groups among Lawnies. This year, nearly half of those chosen by the selection committee are currently members of either the Honor Committee or the University Guide Service.

However, Miller said this statistic

is misleading.

“Those groups have been majorly represented, but many of those students are all in different corners of the University,” Miller said. “It’s easy to say there are this many UGuides, but people don’t look at their other activities.”

Although Miller said diversity and comprehensive representation within the Lawn community should be emphasized, he also said that statistics can provide a skewed interpretation.

“It’s important to remember there’s a lot more to the picture in terms of diversity and representation than just the numbers.”

Third-year Commerce student Elyse Eilerman, who was chosen to live on the Lawn next year, said she believes that the blind application process allows for fair selection.

“The other Lawn residents that I know are incredibly accomplished, intelligent, motivated, inspiring people, and I think that it does them an injustice to insinuate that they somehow are less deserving of their selection because of this issue,” Eilerman said in an e-mail. “Furthermore, their interests, talents, passions and contributions to U.Va. are incredibly diverse and unique.”

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Head-on collision with Brogdon leaves Perrantes with likely broken nose, Atkins steps up in second half

Matthew Morris Sports Editor

Florida State freshman forward Phil Cofer drilled a 3-pointer from the left wing with 14:39 to go in the second half Sunday night at John Paul Jones Arena.

The basket cut the Virginia men’s basketball team’s six-point lead to three with plenty of time left for either team to seize control.

But the crowd went quiet for another reason immediately following the play. Standout guards junior Malcolm Brogdon and sophomore London Perrantes collided, head to head, and both were noticeably shaken up. Brogdon left the court holding the side of his head and Perrantes his bleeding nose.

“I was trying to avoid him,” Brogdon said. “I’m sure he was trying to avoid me. But it was happening too fast.”

His starting backcourt momentarily out of commission, Virginia coach Tony Bennett subbed in guards freshman Marial Shayok and redshirt freshman Devon Hall, who took the court

alongside forwards senior Darion Atkins, junior Anthony Gill and freshman Isaiah Wilkins.

Though that group held down the fort until a bandaged Brogdon returned with 12:59 to play, the Seminoles and No. 2 Cavaliers had to battle for a while longer. Bennett’s 200th win, and 131st at Virginia, a 51-41 decision before a packed house, was not in the bag until very late.

“I thought our guys just found a way, and that’s what we had to [do] when London went out and Malcolm for a little bit,” Bennett said. “We just challenged them — just dig down deep.”

Perrantes returned to the bench with 6:47 remaining and his team up by two, but he donned a shooting shirt shortly thereafter and never took it off. In his absence, the Cavaliers (24-1, 12-1 ACC) looked to Brogdon, Shayok, Hall and junior forward Evan Nolte to keep taking care of the ball. And though Florida State (15-13, 7-8 ACC) boasts three 7-footers, in the end Virginia stood tall.

Brogdon’s rebound and outlet pass to Shayok, who threw down a breakaway two-handed jam with 1:16 to play, seemed to seal

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Senior forward Darion Atkins scored 11 points on seven shots and nabbed a career-high four steals against the Seminoles. He made consecutive baskets after guards junior Malcolm Brogdon and sophomore London Perrantes had to leave the game.

the victory. The slam dunk put Virginia in front by eight, a margin Florida State did not threaten in the final minute.

Gill paced the Cavaliers with game highs of 13 points and nine rebounds, scoring in double figures for the 32nd time in his Virginia career. But it was Atkins

who delivered consecutive baskets after Brogdon and Perrantes left the court, with both coming in the paint, where the Cavaliers scored two-thirds of their total points.

Atkins finished with 11 points on seven shots and a career-high four steals.

“Just to be aggressive and lead my team — that was really my mindset,” Atkins said of his thoughts in the moments after the collision. “And I feel like I

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Women’s basketball dominates Tech Virginia earns 18th straight win in Commonwealth Clash, snaps four-game skid

Chanhong Luu Associate Editor

In a tale of two halves, the Virginia women’s basketball team snapped a four-game losing skid with a 73-59 win over Virginia Tech at home Sunday afternoon.

The win adds a half-point to the Cavaliers’ total in the Commonwealth Clash. The Cavaliers have also now won 18-straight against the Hokies.

“I’m just excited to get back in the win column,” coach Joanne Boyle said. “I thought we played a really good second half and really finished the game strong to come out with a [win]. I’m really pleased with our effort. I thought we executed well down the stretch. We used the clock, and we got good shots; we got to the free throw line and made our free throws.”

The first half was sloppy, to say the least. After winning the opening tipoff, Virginia opened the scoring with a three-pointer by sophomore guard Breyana Mason

in the last ten seconds of the shot clock but Virginia wouldn’t be so lucky in its next few possessions with the shot clock winding down.

The Cavaliers turned the ball over three times in its next four possessions before freshman guard Mikayla Venson hit a three-pointer to give Virginia the lead again, 6-5.

“We just didn’t play,” Boyle said about the team’s first few possessions. “We had no chemistry out there. We were just running around. We didn’t have a flow, and I think that lingered around. I think obviously in the second half we did much better.”

Virginia Tech made its first two baskets but missed its next four before making back-to-back threes to take an 11-10 lead. The two teams proceeded to trade before Virginia lost another three possessions to turnovers. Yet, Virginia Tech could not capitalize — only scoring one bucket in that span to allow Virginia to tie it back up at 13-13 with a three-point play from Mason.

The game would go back and

forth until Virginia made three of four buckets and two free throws to take its largest lead of the half, 28-24 with 4:22 remaining.

Virginia Tech countered by ending the half on a 7-0 run to extend its lead to three, 31-28, its largest of the game. The Hokies only made one of their last six buckets in the half but were able to hit four free throws, while the Cavaliers simultaneously turned the ball over three times and missed their last four buckets.

In the half, the two teams combined for a total of 21 turnovers with Virginia contributing 12 of those 21. Tech outrebounded the Cavaliers 17-11 in the first half, the difference coming on the offensive end — Tech had eight offensive rebounds compared to Virginia’s two. Tech was also able to drive to the basket for 14 points in the paint, while Virginia only scored six in the post. Additionally, eight of Virginia Tech’s 10 buckets were assisted while only two of Virginia’s eight buckets were assisted.

In the second half, Virginia

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Senior center Sarah Imovbioh tallied just five points against the Hokies, but she also grabbed a team-high seven rebounds in her 24 minutes on court.

only had two turnovers, while outscoring Tech in the paint and outrebounding the Hokies on both the offensive and defensive ends. Each team also had the same number of assists in the second half.

“[The message to us at halftime] was to just keep our energy up,” Venson said. “We made some

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Virginia steamrolls ‘Cuse, 6-1

The No. 7 Virginia women’s tennis team beat No. 59 Syracuse 6-1 Saturday in the Cavaliers’ first ACC match of the season.

Virginia (7-2, 1-0 ACC) jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead to start the day by winning the doubles point. Juniors Danielle Collins and Stephanie Nauta won 8-2 on court one. The point was clinched on court three where junior Maci Epstein and sophomore Marie Faure tallied an 8-3 win. At the time the point

was clinched, No. 22 freshman Cassie Mercer and junior Skylar Morton were leading 7-5 on court two.

In singles, the Cavaliers only dropped one match, which came in a thrilling three-set match on court five in which Mercer lost 3-6, 7-5, 15-13. On courts one and two, No. 30 Collins won 7-5, 6-3 and Nauta won 6-3, 6-3, respectively. On court three, Morton clinched a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 victory, while No. 102 Epstein won 6-2, 7-6 on court four. On court

six, Faure dominated in a 6-1, 6-1 win.

Virginia was scheduled to play Sunday at 11 a.m. against Boston College, but the match was postponed due to inclement weather which left Boston College unable to get to Charlottesville. The new date of the match has not yet been determined.

The Cavaliers will resume ACC play Friday, Feb. 27 at Pittsburgh. The first serve is scheduled for 2 p.m.

—compiled by Daniel Fisher

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Junior Danielle Collins posted wins at both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles against the Orange.

Men’s lacrosse routs Rutgers, 14-5

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Sophomore midfielder Zed Williams scored a career-high four goals in the win.

For the second consecutive week, snow showers dusted the field and the Virginia men’s lacrosse team shoveled out a win.

Behind a career high four goals from sophomore midfielder Zed Williams, the No. 6 Cavaliers (3-0) dominated all facets of the game Saturday en route to a 14-5 takedown against Rutgers (1-2).

Williams tallied the first goal just over five minutes into the game. Virginia added two more from redshirt-freshman midfielder Matt Emery and junior midfielder Greg Coholan to race out to a 3-1 lead through the first 15

minutes.

The onslaught continued as Williams found nylon twice more in a second quarter where the Scarlet Knights failed to connect on any of their 12 shots. Junior attackman James Pannell added another goal to give the Cavaliers a 6-1 halftime advantage.

Despite Rutgers scoring first to start the third quarter, Virginia used a 3-0 run with goals by Williams, Coholan and senior attackman Owen Van Arsdale to quell any remaining hope in High Point Solutions Stadium.

After a 3-1 run by the Scarlet

Knights, Virginia closed the deal, netting the game’s last four goals in the final 6:08, capped by two strikes from sophomore attackman Ryan Lukacovic.

Sophomore goalie Matt Barrett recorded 12 saves in goal, including 11 in the first half. For the first time this season, Virginia won the faceoff battle, taking 12 of 23 attempts.

Virginia will next travel to the Carrier Dome to take on No. 3 Syracuse. Opening faceoff is scheduled for Sunday at 12 p.m.

—compiled by Robert Elder

No. 1 baseball stays undefeated

Virginia rolled to a 9-1 victory in their first game against Marist Friday. Junior Nathan Kirby (2-0, 0.73 ERA) started the game on the hill and pitched 5.1 innings of one-run ball while striking out nine.

The Cavaliers sprinted out of the blocks and never looked back.

Virginia scored three runs in the bottom of the first, and the first four batters reached base.

The team tacked on two more runs in the second inning on a two-out single by freshman first baseman Pavin Smith. The Jupiter, Florida native also notched his first career home run in the sixth.

Freshmen Derek Casey and Bennett Sousa combined to keep the Red Foxes’ (0-3) bats silent.

The duo allowed only four hits in

2.2 innings to close out the game.

Virginia’s offense continued to run on all cylinders Saturday, cruising to an 8-3 win over La Salle and topping Marist 7-2.

Once again, freshmen had a big day at the plate. Both Ernie Clement and Smith collected four hits over the course of the day, and each jacked a solo homer.

Sophomore Connor Jones (2-0, 0.00) surrendered two unearned runs over five innings en route to a victory over the Explorers (4-3). Junior Kevin Doherty pitched two clean innings to earn the save.

The Cavaliers scored five runs in the seventh inning to pull away from Marist Saturday night. Virginia entered the inning with a 2-1 and sent 11 batters to the plate. Sophomore Matt Thaiss

drove in two of those runs on a wall-ball double that nearly left the park.

The Red Foxes and Cavaliers required 18 innings to decide the winner in Sunday’s finale — the longest game in program history.

Freshman Christian Lowry drove home Thaiss with a walk-off single into left-centerfield.

Virginia’s pitching staff shut down the Marist bats after the seventh inning. Junior Josh Sborz and Doherty both threw five innings of two-hit ball, and Sousa threw one inning to pick up the win.

The Cavaliers now return home for a Tuesday afternoon contest with George Washington.

First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.

—compiled by Matthew Wurzburger

Courtesy Virginia Athletics

Sophomore designated hitter Matt Thaiss scored the winning run in Sunday’s 18-inning, 5-4 victory against Marist. Freshman Christian Lowry singled to score Thaiss in Virginia’s longest-ever game.

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Cavaliers win unprecedented eighth consecutive ACC crown

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The No. 8 Virginia women’s swimming and diving team entered the last day of competition down 22.5 points to North Carolina but soon stormed back.

The Virginia women’s swimming and diving team entered the fourth and final day of the ACC Championships in second place — 22.5 points behind leader North Carolina. But the No. 8 Cavaliers (3-2, 1-1 ACC) used a dominating performance Saturday to surge past the rival Tar Heels and earn their eighth consecutive conference championship.

Virginia finished the meet with 1,308.5 points, while North Carolina managed 1,255. Virginia Tech placed third with 1,018.

The Cavaliers were sitting at fourth after the first day with 144 points. Still, Virginia put up multiple strong performances, as both the 200-yard medley relay and the 800-yard freestyle relay teams broke ACC records en route to event wins.

Virginia moved up to first at the conclusion of the second day, where sophomore Leah Smith captured the 500-yard freestyle.

On the third day, junior Court-

ney Bartholomew and Smith won the 100-yard backstroke and 200yard freestyle, respectively. Sophomore Kaitlyn Jones broke the program record in her second-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley while the 400-yard medley relay team broke the ACC championship record in its event win.

The Cavaliers got off to the strong start they needed on the fourth day, as Virginia went 1-2 in the 1,650-yard freestyle, with Smith taking the event win and junior Hanne Borgersen claiming second.

Bartholomew won the 200-yard backstroke for the third consecutive season with a program and conference record time of 1:49.87. Sophomore Laura Simon went on to win the 200-yard breaststroke, allowing Virginia to cruise to a championship clinching a second-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay.

The title marked the program’s 13th conference crown, and its second under coach Augie Busch.

—compiled by Robert Elder

Women’s lacrosse to visit Syracuse for Monday night clash No. 7 Virginia seeks win against team that knocked it out of NCAA Tournament in last year’s semifinal round Chanhong Luu Associate Editor

The Virginia women’s lacrosse team’s 2014 campaign for a national title came to an end when Syracuse defeated Virginia 16-8 at the national semifinals last season.

But in the new season, a rematch between the two powerhouses will take place inside the Carrier Dome at Syracuse on Monday evening, where the No. 7 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (1-1) are seeking their first win against No. 3 Syracuse (3-0) since 2012.

“I think definitely after losing to them in [the] Final Four — that was a big loss for us, so this game is a little bit more personal for some of us,” sophomore attacker Kelly Reese said.

In the NCAA Tournament and regular season matchups last season, Virginia was unable to overcome early deficits.

During the semifinal game, Virginia trailed 9-3 at halftime and was outshot 30-19 for the game.

The Cavaliers also had 17 turnovers compared to Syracuse’s 11.

The Cavaliers return nine of 12 starters from that game, which will be a crucial factor in

the matchup, according to coach Julie Myers.

“I think we’re veteran,” Myers said about the biggest difference between last season’s team and this season’s. “I think we have a lot of great experience and some key players and we have some good excitement coming in. I’m just excited to get into the meat of our season. It seems like a long time to wait to start and all of a sudden the games start, and they come one after the next, and it’s just a really exciting time for everybody.”

The Cavaliers are coming off their first win of this season against Richmond last Wednesday. Playing in the frigid cold, the Cavaliers won 14 of the 22 draw controls and outshot the Spiders 36-18. In their first game of the season, the Cavaliers lost to Northwestern 6-5 after a late Northwestern goal on a free position shot sealed the victory for the Wildcats.

After beating Virginia in the national semifinals, the Orange set the single-season school record for wins and advanced to their second national title game in three years, where they lost to Maryland 15-12. The Orange have started the 2015 season with three wins in a doubleheader against Denver and Can-

isius, both of whom played in the NCAA Tournament last season, and against Canisius again the following week.

“Syracuse is a great opponent,” Myers said. “We’re excited to play a quality team, but we know we’re going to have our hands full trying to stop Kayla Treanor and a bunch of other attackers. Their defense is high pressure, so our attackers will really need to be on and probably hit 50-60% of their shots because I don’t think they’ll be a ton of shots taken in the game, so we’ll really need to be accurate with them.”

Treanor was named a preseason First Team All-American by Inside Lacrosse after making the team last season, in which she led the nation in scoring with 117 points, and was second in the nation in goals scored, scoring a school-record 79.

Virginia’s senior midfielder Courtney Swan and senior defender Morgan Stephens joined Treanor at training camp for the U.S. Lacrosse Women’s National Team this summer. They were three of 38 players named to the team out of a pool of 81 invited players.

“They lost a lot of starters from last season, so they’re kind of going to be a new team,” Swan

said. “Their defense is pretty new. They’re always a physical team, so it’s always fun to play them. I think we lost by one in season, so we really want to come out of there with a win.”

Syracuse will look different from a year ago, as attacker Alyssa Murray — who was second in the team in points with

110 — graduated last spring.

Murray and Treanor were finalists for the Tewaaraton Award.

The Orange also lost their best defender in Kasey Mock who led the team in caused turnovers last season.

The first draw is scheduled for 6 p.m.

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Senior midfielder Courtney Swan, a 2014 Second-Team All-ACC selection, recorded a goal and an assist in the Cavaliers’ 14-6 win against Richmond.

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M BASKETBALL Gill leads Virginia in scoring, rebounding Continued from page 7 contributed really well tonight.”

Atkins’ second basket pushed Virginia’s lead to 35-30 with 13:18 to play. Nineteen seconds later, Brogdon reentered the fray.

Still, Virginia hardly pulled away in the minutes that followed.

The Seminoles actually took the lead at 37-36 on sophomore forward Jarquez Smith’s jump shot with 10:08 left. Hall responded with a reverse layup that

ended up as his only basket of the game, and the shot proved big — Virginia never relinquished the lead after that bucket, though that lead remained uncomfortably narrow until the final minute.

Brogdon said he received three stitches for his cut, while Bennett said Perrantes had likely broken his nose. Atkins said he saw Perrantes’ nose post-treatment.

“He has about five stitches in his nose and hopefully he’ll get a mask and he’ll come back,” Atkins said.

The Cavaliers and Seminoles

shot 36 and 36.4 percent, respectively, in the first half, with Virginia taking a 22-21 lead into halftime. To that point, Florida State freshman guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes — who had drained two 3-pointers and tallied 10 points — was keeping his team in the game.

But Rathan-Mayes scored just three points after halftime, when Florida State — a perennially dominant defensive team enduring a subpar season by longtime coach Leonard Hamilton’s standards — tanked to 29.2 percent

from the field. In addition, Rathan-Mayes had to be helped off the court late in the second half, though he subbed back in for the duration with 3:48 to go.

Virginia squared off against Florida State last year in ACC opener for both teams. Less than three minutes had elapsed when star guard Joe Harris departed with a concussion. Harris also took a kick to the face from forward Bernard James, who apologized to Virginia in a written statement, in March 2012.

Atkins said Florida State’s

tough brand of basketball is not new to them.

“They’re a really physical team,” Atkins said. “We knew they were going to play like that, and [with] any team like that, we just have to match their physicality. It doesn’t really matter what happens on the court as long as we get it done.”

Virginia will play Wake Forest Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Winston-Salem, North Carolina before returning to JPJ to play Virginia Tech in its final home game of the season.

W BASKETBALL Cavaliers play North Carolina Thursday in Chapel Hill Continued from page 7 mistakes, but we couldn’t let that stop us. Play smart, play continuously aggressive, and just push the ball. We still pushed the ball but didn’t force passes that weren’t there, so we just had to stay poised and continue to play our ball.”

In the second half, Virginia senior center Sarah Imovbioh also got her first points of the game after being limited to only nine

minutes in the first half due to foul trouble. Imovbioh’s layup at the 18:32 mark started a 7-0 Virginia run as the Cavaliers made three of their next four shots to retake the lead and extend it to five, 38-33.

“I felt that we were moving the ball more in the second half, calming down a little bit and getting into our flow,” junior guard Faith Randolph said. “We hit some good shots and got good ball movement.”

The Cavaliers extended the

lead to nine with 7:38 remaining in the game before Virginia Tech made its next five buckets, including two threes and a layup and an-one by senior guard Vanessa Panousis to cut the Virginia lead down to three with 4:07 left in the game. But Virginia answered with three straight layups and made its free throws as Tech missed seven of their last nine shots to close out the game.

“Obviously in the last couple of games, that has happened to

us, but I thought we were poised,” Boyle said. “We knew what we were looking for. We didn’t shoot the ball too quickly. We got the ball inside, so I think that all helped us.”

Imovbioh finished with five points in the half in fifteen minutes, while freshman guard Lauren Moses paced the team with 11 second half points and zero fouls in 16 minutes after only playing four minutes in the first half with two fouls.

“It takes pressure off of SI,” Boyle said. “I told her in the locker room that she had one of her best games. She really was complete for us on both ends of the floor tonight.”

Panousis led the Hokies with 17 points, while Venson and Randolph finished with 22 and 17 points respectively to lead the Cavaliers in scoring.

The Cavaliers will return to action Thursday when they face NC State.

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LEAD EDITORIAL

Guns won’t stop rape on campus Bills supporting campus carry will not prevent sexual assault on college campuses

Comment of the day “The Honor Committee is made up of students, only students, a distinction unheard of at most schools in this country... the misplaced conception that the Committee is not a powerful example of student governance is a disservice to the century of hard work and dedication our fellow students have put into the honor system.”

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In the latest push for legalizing firearms on campus — something we have previously argued against — lawmakers in at least 10 states are arguing allowing students to carry firearms will protect them against the dangers of sexual assault. This is a veiled attempt at pushing a progun agenda, and demonstrates a complete misunderstanding about sexual assault at colleges on the part of these representatives.

Perhaps the most obvious flaw in the gun lobby’s argument is that allowing campus carry would not exclusively put guns in the hands of potential victims — it would also allow assaulters to legally carry guns on campus.

Potential rapists would now have a new tool in their arsenal with which to attack.

But aside from this obvious lapse in logic, the idea that guns

would affect rates of sexual assault demonstrates how little legislators understand the fundamentals of sexual assault on campus. College women, according to The New York Times, are typically assaulted by someone they know, making them likely reluctant to use a gun against their attackers. There is also the question of whether individuals will even have access to guns in an instance of assault — would a typical student realistically carry his or her gun to a party?

Even if the answer to that question is yes, this presents its own set of problems. With binge drinking at parties, the chance of gun accidents would be high.

John Thrasher, president of Florida State University, is a vocal gun rights supporter who opposes guns on campuses. This is due to the death of a student in 2011 who was shot and killed

when another student, showing his friends his rifle, shot the student when he didn’t realize his weapon was loaded. Add alcohol and the general recklessness of a college environment, and the potential for more stories in a similar vein is high.

One rape survivor, Amanda Collins, has stood on the progun side of this debate, claiming that her 2007 rape at the University of Nevada — in which a stranger pinned her down and pressed his own gun to her head — could have been avoided had she been carrying her licensed gun. Survivors should always have a significant presence in debates surrounding sexual assault, and the value of their perspective cannot be overstated.

Collins’ own story is haunting, and her points are persuasive.

But Collins’ personal example is not representative of the ma-

jority of campus sexual assaults, which tend to happen between individuals who know each other and not in unfamiliar settings.

Moreover, there is truly no way to know if having a gun in those circumstances would prevent these violent acts from happening — no matter how good a shot someone is.

It appears lawmakers are taking advantage of the widespread attention the very serious issue of sexual assault is receiving in order to further their own agenda. This is not befitting of the elected positions they hold.

Campus sexual assault is a national problem that requires serious analysis in order to achieve real solutions for the men and women affected by it. It is obvious lawmakers have particular constituents in mind when they push these bills — but not the ones they claim to have in mind.

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again (the case might reach the Supreme Court, in which case it could have a monumental effect on the populus). So, who are we to say our sentiments for a particular lifestyle trump those of

lege fun.

There’s certainly a lot to say to the proponents of this worldview. Even if you feel comfortable being extremely promiscuous, there is a high chance one of your nocturnal encounters does not. When you share a moment with one of these adoring mates yet hold no intention of promoting further actions, don’t I honestly believe no one has the right to you hurt them in determine which lifestyle, or which culture, some way? Is it not somewhat immorcollege campuses should adopt. al to lead someone on? particular Mormons or even of Obvious counterpoints and 453 other societies around the supporting arguments exist for world? all sides of the argument; each On the flip side, maybe you viewpoint clearly has its own think the ideal hook-up culture respective pros and cons. The should promote complete sexual question then remains: can we freedom. It is okay if every night really declare any definitive you go out, bring home a special right and wrong code of confriend, get it on, go your separate duct? ways and then rinse and repeat.

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Debating over something so polarizing will never yield a true, positive result.

Everyone should follow his own code of conduct. If you want to play the dating card, I’m positive you will find someone around Grounds that shares a similar sentiment. On the other hand, if you strictly yearn for countless sexual conquests, I’m sure several others will join you in your sexcapades. Either way, never once should you judge someone else by his code of conduct. Whether one has sex with the whole school or absolutely no one, the most important thing is to feel comfortable doing it — literally and figuratively. Confidence is the key, for as long as you don’t physically break any hearts, you’re in the clear. Get out there and have sex — or not. Whose opinion matters but your own?

Nate’s column runs bi-weekly Mondays. He can be reached at n.menninger@cavalierdaily.com.

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While many recent articles were informative and interesting, some remained difficult to locate online might quickly become the norm for students entering as first-years but for others it seems much of this information can become lost.

I’ve noted in the past that the salary index, housing and budget features that are permanently linked at the top of each page of The Cavalier Daily website are some of the best work The Cavalier Daily has produced. It seems like a similar sort of permanent feature (perhaps based on the explainer graphics in last Thursday’s print edition) would be helpful for those new to all of the various elected bodies and other parts of student government at the University.

Christopher Broom is the Public Editor for The Cavalier Daily.

He can be reached at publiceditor@ cavalierdaily.com or on Twitter at @CDpubliceditor.

Rethinking “slacktivism” ast semester, Opinion col- mitment. Activism is “a doctrine umnist Hasan Khan heralded or practice that emphasizes direct Buddies on Call as “exactly the type vigorous action especially in supof reaction students port of or opposition to should have to tragone side of a controveredies that affect our sial issue,” according to University,” in “An Merriam-Webster. With end to slacktivism.” this in mind, the pejoFounder Jack Capra rative of “slacktivism” quickly coordinated a ought not to denounce HooApps app, Google activities that were Voice technology and never activism at all, secured The Women’s including most organCenter as a nighttime ized altruistic activities headquarters. He inor on grounds.

ELAINE HARRINGTON online terviewed 150 candiDonating three dollars Opinion Columnist dates, selecting an exto Wikipedia, buying ecutive board and 96 Challah for Hunger and buddies. Yet Buddies working your fraterniwill not be operational in the near ty’s philanthropy event does not an future: in January, Capra learned activist make.

Student Council could no longer Delineating what activism infacilitate the initiative. Buddies’ pre- volves is crucial, as it prescribes dicament alters our conception of what an activist should theoretiwhat activism and “slacktivism” can cally do. By definition, an activist mean at the University. While stu- seeks the most direct and vigorous dent self-governance give us more action he can pursue to support his ability to enact change, our efforts cause. For University students, this face delays by practical barriers, the has particular meaning. While we necessity of sustainability and a cul- may perceive boycotts, protests and ture of tradition. sit-ins as the toolkit of an activist, “Activism” is a term used quite student self-governance allows us loosely today, often to describe any more direct options. In many cases, philanthropy, awareness-raising or the changes we seek to create are participation in an initiative. Such ones we are able to do ourselves. use is too unconstrained, as previSelf-governance can therefore ously argued by Opinion column- empower change beyond what our ist George Knaysi in his take on administrators and elected leaders the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The — people less invested in the cause word’s definition actually entails a than the activist — are willing to do. high level of involvement and com- Capra and Buddies seek to make

the University community feel and be safer. Rather than lobby the administration and hope for change, they are creating and executing a solution they deem most fit. This same spirit allows activists to pursue initiatives not as ends in themselves, but to prove their commitment to a cause. In response to AccessUVa changes last academic year, Student Council encouraged fourthyears to donate their class gift to the fund. This monetary commitment demonstrated to administrators and alumni that financial aid is a chief concern of the student body, per-

sion back to the status quo. Therefore, activists must look past the momentary hype to their efforts’ sustainability. Can their legacy extend beyond graduation? To this respect, I agree with columnist John Connolly that the University’s emphasis on tradition is actually healthy for activism — he writes, “Our reverence for tradition, combined with a thorough examination of issues and a keen sense of when to act, gives this University the confidence to uphold the traditions that make it great and the strength to change them when necessary.”

While careful planning delays action, it increases the likelihood of success. The University features few protests each year, but less “upheaval for the sake of Donating three dollars to Wikipedia, buying upheaval” allows each Challah for Hunger and working your fraternity’s initiative to be taken philanthropy event does not an activist make. seriously. Capra prefers the expansion of the SafeRide program to his own initiative, haps even more so than the silent but understanding SafeRide’s exBoard of Visitors meeting protest. pense, chose to create Buddies as a While this activism has not yet led more pragmatic solution to student to institutional change, University late-night safety.

Bookstore Executive Director Jon The current agenda of Buddies Kates cited community response as on Call demonstrates the munthe impetus for donating bookstore dane reality of assessing the feasiprofits to AccessUVa. bility and sustainability of plans.

Activists often seek to incite While Capra’s initiative is clearly “change,” but accomplishing change noble, its target user is likely alone, is meaningless if followed by rever- intoxicated and/or lost. While its

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“Slacktivism” serves as an interim sign of support while students develop thought-out initiatives effectiveness derives from Buddies’ work with the greater student body, reaching beyond its volunteers is risky. This presents a significant liability the University will not cover under Student Council insurance.

Buddies now hopes to become a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation and purchase insurance themselves.

They also lowered their expectations. “We’re shrinking back our operation. Our goal is for when we first launch to keep it small, to keep it on-Grounds and to make sure we can do everything perfectly,” Capra said in an interview.

The often-competing ideals of student self-governance and tradition at the University allow for true activism, but at the expense of expediency. This creates a gap in student support of causes which so-called “slacktivism” fills nicely. While these actions require little time or effort, they keep students from appearing apathetic in a culture of quality yet protracted change. This concern is cheap, but it still has a role. While tweeting #BringHannahHome, wearing the Love is Love t-shirt and attending vigils are not activism, they remind us our fellow Hoos are not unfeeling, despite a preference for well-calculated campaigns.

Elaine’s column runs bi-weekly Fridays. She can be reached at e.harrington@cavalierdaily.com.

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Monday, February 23, 2015

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Vote “no” on Referenda Two and Three The language in these referenda are too ambiguous

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he Opinion pages of The dum Two reads: system proposal before the stuCavalier Daily have recent“Should a majority of voting dent body for a vote next year, ly been marked by polarized students vote affirmatively on a should it pass along with their arguments over the non-binding question proposed non-binding question merits of the Honor NICHOLAS HINE of opinion pertaining of opinion. But Referendum Committee’s sancto the Honor System Two and the non-binding quesGuest Viewpoint tioning system. Is a in a University-wide tion, if passed together, do not multi-single sanction election, the Honor appear to require that on clossystem firm in its morality? Do Committee shall, in the follow- er read. The simplest interprethe three proposed referenda ing year, put such a question be- tation of “such a question” and represent a moral failure? This fore the student body as a bind- the language that follows in Refis an important debate, and one ing constitutional amendment.” erendum Two is that it requires I’ve been pleased to see and take Judging by their campaign the Honor Committee to ask the part in. But when voting on a platforms, the authors of this approved non-binding question series of proposed reforms to again, in binding the honor system begins Friform. This would day morning, I hope we do not not be misaligned merely consider the philosophiwith the rhetoric of cal implications of a vote on our the Campaign for sanctioning system. As stewards Self-Governance of the honor system, we have a if the non-binding responsibility to consider the question detailed practical realities of the specific I will vote no on Referenda Two and Three — not sweeping mulreferenda put before us. ti-sanction change. out of support for the single sanction — but I will vote no on Referenda because I do not know what these referenda will Here’s the issue: the Two and Three — not out of language of Refrequire the next Honor Committee to do should erendum Three is support for the single sanction — but because I do not know not aligned with they both pass. what these referenda will require the presumed purthe next Honor Committee to pose of this camdo should they both pass. These amendment — Jaeyoon Park and paign. proposals’ obfuscated meaning Ian Robertson — assume this The language of the should concern every student, language would require the Hon- non-binding question in Refsingle sanction supporter or not. or Committee to put a constitu- erendum Three is as follows: The exact language of Referen- tionally binding multi-sanction “Should the Honor Committee

consider implementing a multi-sanction system?” Given the language of Referendum Two, it should be of great concern that the non-binding question is so general that it could not coherently amend the constitution if proposed in binding form. If passed, the Honor Committee would presumably have to propose its own version of the current non-binding question next year. And to remain faithful to the language of this non-binding question, the Committee would be justified in and perhaps required to propose an amendment binding the Committee to consideration of sanction reform.

The authors of these referenda are multi-sanction proponents who express frustration that the Committee considered, but did not adopt, a multi-sanction system after a 2004 vote approved the same non-binding question that appears this year. But by utilizing the same non-committal language (either by mistake or in an effort to make the question more palatable), they have put forth a proposal that would bind the Committee to do no more than it did

after 2004.

I do not know who will be on the Honor Committee next year, nor do I know exactly how they will interpret the mandate of these referenda should they pass. But I do know one thing: language matters. We all have an interest in ensuring ambiguous language stays out of the governing documents of our University’s Honor Committee. We would be poor stewards of the system if we left the Committee with crucial questions over the interpretation of its constitution, and it would be irresponsible to vote for an amendment with unclear implications for honor at our University. I sympathize with the authors’ intentions, but responsible self-governance is not rooted in obscure constitutional mandates. We may not all agree on the single sanction, but we should all oppose ambiguity.

I will vote no for Referenda Two and Three.

Nicholas Hine is a fourth-year in the College and the chair of the Honor Committee.

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Misunderstanding Modi ccording to Godwin’s compared to the socialist Indian Law, comparisons to Na- National Congress, and I agree zism will inevitably conclude a Modi’s failure to impede the Gulong-enough online jarat Riots was a critdiscussion. I bet the ical and unforgivable same would also aperror, I find Doyle’s ply to a long-enough portrayal of Modi article.

Viewpoint as a ruthless, powwriter Bobby Doyle’s er-hungry fascist dicrecent article, “Why tator — as evidenced Modi should scare

by Doyle’s numerous you,” details the rise references to fascism of Hindu nationaland his portentous ism in India and the warning that a “naexpansion of nationtionalistic man leadBRENNAN EDEL alist groups like the ing the Indian state Opinion Columnist Rashtriya Swayamshould be very scary sevak Sangh. Prime to us all” — decidedly Minister Narendra exaggerated and unModi has been heavily criticized founded. for the apathy he displayed durLet’s first clear Modi’s name ing the 2002 Gujarat Riots, a a little bit: despite Doyle’s brutal clash of Hindus against since-corrected assertion that Muslims following the deaths of Modi is a member of the militant Hindu pilgrims. Following those organization RSS, Modi is in fact riots, Modi was in fact banned not. He is a former full time from entering the United States member. More than that, Modi due to U.S. religious persecution left the organization before its laws. Although I do agree with rapid modern radicalization.

Doyle that Modi and his party, By the time Hindu extremists the Bharatiya Janata Party, are had destroyed a mosque in Aydecidedly Hindu and right-wing odhya, “Modi had transferred to

the BJP.” So Modi isn’t “backed by millions of trained patriot-soldiers,” as Doyle claims. In addition to being divorced from

has been relatively stagnant. On the other hand, Gujarat’s annual GDP growth under Modi’s watch from 2001-2012 averaged almost 10 percent, a faster rate than India as a whole. More than that, under Modi’s watch the electricity supply of Gujarat, once in a deficit, has moved, according to The We don’t need to fear Modi.

Economist, “to a surplus, despite the the RSS for over 20 years, Modi energy demands of a booming has actively championed goals economy.” I can’t say whether in opposition to RSS doctrine this economic success offsets and his Hindu ideology, such as the permanent stain of the Guadvocating public toilets before jarat Riots for Modi, but it defitemples. Modi has effectively nitely proves he hasn’t spent all “emancipated himself ” from the his time rousing Hindus against RSS. Muslims and Christians.

And despite Modi’s incomWe don’t need to fear Modi. As petence in preventing Gujarat’s mentioned earlier, Doyle writes riots, in most other ways his about the “scary fact that India long tenure as governor of the is headed by a popular nationalIndian state has been riotous- ist leader who is backed by milly successful. But, although out lions of trained patriot-soldiers,” of all Indian states only three but besides being fallacious, that have a lower level of poverty, claim is just plainly misleading.

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Fears about India’s Prime Minister are based on groundless hype got the immediate impression that India was posed to invade Europe or annex Pakistan. That is simply not the truth. Modi’s “agenda for governance” has little in it about a Muslim question.

Modi may not be able to competently address India’s social ills; he may not be the man to calm religious unrest; he may pander too much to business interests.

We might not ever forgive him for his treatment of the Gujarat Riots. Modi may have purchased Gujarat growth at the expense of more income inequality, but he’s definitely not a fascist dictator, ready to force his dogma on the world. In the end, fear of Modi is simply misplaced. There’s been a lot of debate over India’s new prime minister, but that’s not because he might be a warlike, dictatorial leader, it’s just because he might not be the right leader.

Brennan’s column runs Thursdays. He can be reached at b.edel@cavalierdaily.com.

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H&S Analyzing abuse in ‘50 Shades of Grey’ health & science

Vanessa M. Braganza Associate Editor

While “50 Shades of Grey” opened to soaring box office sales a little over a week ago, evidence suggests the movie may showcase several of the signs of abusive relationships set out by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lists 18 signs of abusive relationships on its website — eight of which appear in the relationship between Ana Steele and Christian Grey, the two main characters in “50 Shades of Grey.” Four are depicted more than once.

Over the course of the movie, Christian monitors Ana’s movements without her consent and discourages her from seeing other male friends.

Grey also contractually requires her to take oral contraceptives, and limits her to a diet of prescribed foods and limited alcohol intake on five separate occasions. He verbally threatens her with physical punishment twice. In one scene, he beats her six times while she cries in pain and humiliation.

All of these meet the DHHS stand-

Best-seller contains multiple warning signs outlined by Department of Health and Human Services

ards of an abusive relationship.

While relationships involving bondage, dominance, submission and masochism (BDSM) are supposed to occur with mutual consent, the movie depicts elements of unhealthy levels of domination in all aspects of the relationship — not just in the BDSM scenes.

“I exercise control in all things,” Grey said in one scene.

Grey fulfills the DHHS abusive relationship criterion of “[monitoring] what [one’s partner is] doing all the time” on four occasions. For example, in one scene, he follows Ana to her mother’s house in Georgia without her knowledge or consent. In another, he illegally tracks her phone to a nightclub, from which he then physically removes her, carrying her unconscious body back to his hotel room without telling anyone.

These elements of control are psychological as well as physical. By juxtaposing statements such as “I am incapable of leaving you alone” with “you can leave at any time,” Grey engages in emotionally manipulative — and questionably abusive — behavior.

For example, Grey garners Steele’s sympathy by opening up about his abusive past — even telling her that she should not love him because he is psychologically damaged. This ac-

tually entices her to remain in the relationship to help him, causing her to feel she has a duty to please and care for him. “[Grey’s] confessions of early physical and sexual abuse, along with an almost child-like willingness to open up his painful past to her and her alone, keep [Ana] hooked,” Leslie Morgan Steiner wrote in a recent piece for the Washington Post.

Steele clearly shows the effects of this emotional manipulation. On one occasion, she cries on the phone to her mother, while in another scene she jerks her knee away as Christian touches her under the dinner table.

“Why do you want to punish me?

Why do you want to hurt me?” Steele asks Grey towards the end of the movie.

While Steele does not explicitly revoke her consent until the end of the film, she expresses dissatisfaction with the dominant-submissive relationship dynamic throughout.

“You will never do that to me again,” Steele said following one of the final scenes in which Grey beats her with a belt.

Steele’s unhappy compliance with Grey’s physical violence foregrounds a relationship in which abuse occurs with the victim’s consent — as confirmed by DHHS reference materials.

Anne Owen | The Cavalier Daily

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Monday, February 23, 2015

1. Bliss It’s only 12! I got to first floor Clemons so early there are even open seats near outlets. Look how proactive I am! I am the model of dedication to my studies. My mom would be so proud of me. Thomas Jefferson would be so proud of me.

Honestly, he probably founded this school to attract students like me.

Let me just send a quick Snapchat to my friends to show them how impressive this is. Wow, Buzzfeed is so interesting. It’s only 12 — I have time!

Okay, my friends are here. Ugh, they took so long to get here! At least I can stop posting Buzzfeed articles on their walls and now just whisper-poke them to show them in real life while trying to stifle laughter. Am I being loud? I think everyone around me hates me.

First floor means I can whisper, right?

Wow, everything my friends are saying is so funny I can’t stop laughing.

They’re in my class — if they’re not studying right now, I don’t feel so badly. We’ll all fail and the curve will be great. To everyone else in our class: you’re welcome.

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6. Passive-Aggressiveness Mom, there is seriously no need for you to be calling me right now. Yeah, I love you, I love you, whatever. Oh, did you just say you were going to send me a care package?

That’s so nice of you! You’re the best mom in the world. Mom of the year, even. Hold on Mom, someone is tapping his pencil next to me. It’s super annoying. Maybe if I throw this kid some serious shade he’ll stop. This isn’t working. I’m never going to get anything done with this tapping. Are you kidding me? Can’t you tell by my face and the fact that I’ve been glaring at you for ten minutes that you just NEED to stop?

Oh my GOD, it’s already 4? How did this happen? Why do bad things happen to good people? I’m going to fail.

I’m really going to fail. Forty percent of my grade is a big deal. I didn’t even do that well on the quiz last week. I should’ve studied more for that. I already know I’m going to fail the final and that’s probably 75 percent of my grade. Why did I get into U.Va.? I hope everyone else is doing the same thing I am. They probably aren’t. There needs to be more hours in the day.

5. Bargaining I can wake up early tomorrow and get two more hours in of studying.

You know what? I just won’t even go to bed. Dunkin Donuts is open 24/7 so they can deliver me coffee. Maybe I’ll even get them to waive the delivery fee and get free donuts or something. Okay, after I spend five minutes thinking about these donuts I’ll get back to studying. This can be my break. You know what would be a good use of my time? I’ll calculate the lowest score I can get on this midterm to still have a B in the class if I get an 86 percent or higher on the final. That’s doable. I promise I’ll study more for that test.

10. Acceptance

This sandwich isn’t cooked right. How do you mess up a sandwich? It should have been here hours ago. Why can’t sandwiches take tests?

Speaking of tests, why does this one cover so much information? There are five units to go over- that’s almost 400 pages of reading. I’m mad at my professor for assigning so much. Who does he think we are? We’re just college students.

We have lives outside this class. I have Tuesdays to go out on. How could we possibly keep up with the reading when it was so boring anyway?

9. Remorse

In addition to being pissed off, I’m getting hungry.

Maybe I’ll just go on OrderUp. They can deliver me anything — they’re magical. Wow, I’m so hungry that I can’t even think. Two plus two equals chicken nuggets, and I think my fingers are turning into French fries.

When was the last time I ate? I don’t even remember.

It’s more than just hunger now; I think I’m angry. Being hangry is a seriously debilitating condition.

Well, 2 p.m. isn’t so bad. I haven’t actually been here for that long. Look, I even opened up all my readings on Collab and made a to-do list. My highlighter is out of my backpack and on the table. That’s progress! Real, tangible progress. I don’t have anything to worry about. I got into U.Va. which means I’m smart. Honestly, I doubt anyone else has done anything to prepare either. I was told this class was easy anyway. I don’t need to panic.

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I should’ve started studying when I got here at noon. Then I could’ve avoided this rollercoaster of emotion. I feel badly for myself. I said it once, and I’ll say it again: why do bad things happen to good people?

A wise 13-year-old boy once got the phrase, “no ragrets” tattooed onto his chest. I am the antithesis of that. I have a lot of “ragrets” right now. I have committed a huge wrong and there’s no time left to right it. I will fail this test.

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I did this to myself. Let’s weigh my options. I can a) cry a lot and admit defeat; b) walk home and try to get work done in my house; or c) set small goals and accomplish as much as I can before my eyes shut for good. Realistically, option A is inevitable. Option B is like water in the desert — a mirage of hopes and dreams quickly shattered by reality. Option C seems doable. I can do this. It’s 2 in the

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Suicide awareness and prevention How University students can support each other during vulnerable time

Drew Friedman Feature Writer

For the past two decades, the University has had a consistent suicide rate of 0.5 annually, or one suicide every two years. This number has drastically increased for the 2014-15 school year, however — with three suicides having occurred during the fall 2014 semester.

Psychologist Matthew Zimmerman, associate and director of training at the University’s Counseling and Psychological Services, said at a vulnerable time like this, it is imperative for members of the University community to create strong connections to prevent future suicides. “[U.Va. has had] a huge uptick [in the number of reported suicides], and we know there can be a contagion effect,” Zimmerman said. “When there’s one suicide on a college campus, the risk of consequent suicides goes up markedly. We’re at a precarious place right now and we want to

spread the word that we should all be looking out for each other.”

There are numerous indications someone might be struggling with depression or suicidal thoughts. Aloneness, burdensomeness and withdrawal are three symptoms Zimmerman said are common in someone at risk of suicide, but fourth-year College student Anna Leonard, an intern for Patient Education sessions, said many symptoms can be even more subtle.

“One of the most common symptoms of anyone who is suicidal is feeling isolated,” Leonard said. “So someone who may stop showing up to class, or who may not respond to texts — someone who seems like they’re pulling inward a little bit — that might be a sign. Sometimes they will start acting differently, like eating irregularly, or pretty much [any] big changes in behavior.”

Whatever the indication might be, the most important way to deal with someone who is sending these signals is to be aware and give support, even if

the situation is uncertain or uncomfortable.

“In our society, it’s most of the time uncomfortable asking really specifically, ‘Are you okay?’ or ‘Do you want to talk about what’s going on?’ because we feel like it’s none of our business, or we feel like if they wanted to talk they would tell us,” Leonard said. “It’s been shown that asking drastically reduces the risk [of suicide], so that’s the most important thing. If you notice something, trust your instincts and definitely say something even if you’re afraid you’re going to say the wrong thing.”

For someone at risk of suicide, getting help from someone or talking to someone — whether the person is a close friend or not — is likely to decrease the chance of following through on the action. In a video posted on the CAPS website, CAPS Director Timothy Davis said although it may not be easy to approach an acquaintance about such a heavy topic, it is important to reach out to people beyond just

close friends.

“Check in with at least one person you don’t know very well,” Davis said in the video.

“Reaching out to people that are not in your very close circles can be uncomfortable and awkward.

Do it anyway. We need to be giving one another all the support we can, especially right now.”

At times, someone who is struggling with suicidal thoughts may need to speak to a professional along with a supportive friend, family member or peer.

CAPS provides this service to University students. Students who are at risk are welcome to make appointments during open office hours, or call the 24/7 phone line in case of an emergency.

“We’ve had a suicide prevention program for almost two decades now, but more recently, we have been making a wholehearted effort to support faculty, staff and students with suicide awareness,” Zimmerman said.

“We have a talk that is being widely dispersed and we’re pre-

senting to a lot of groups across the board — Faculty Senate, student leaders, anyone who will have us.” According to Zimmerman, if an individual is uncomfortable with speaking to a medical professional, he or she can still speak to a non-professional to reach out for help.

“It doesn’t have to be a mental health professional — it can be a member of the clergy or a family member or a friend, a professor — it doesn’t matter,” Zimmerman said. “What matters is that they go to someone.”

To strengthen the University community during a stressful time such as this, combining the support of CAPS and family members, friends and peers will likely help.

“At times in the upcoming weeks, you may be the one in need of support,” Davis said in the CAPS video. “Please reach out to friends, family or others in your life and remember that CAPS is here to support you too.”