Monday, February 29, 2016

Monday, February 29, 2016

Vol. 126, Issue 43

WARMBIER SEEN AFTER TWO MONTHS For first time since his detainment, third-year Commerce student confesses in North Korea press conference Tim Dodson News Editor

Third-year Commerce student Otto Frederick Warmbier confessed to stealing a political banner in a press conference in North Korea Sunday, according to CNN. CNN reports Warmbier held a press conference in Pyongyang “at his own request” and confessed to committing a “hostile act” against the state with the support of an Ohio church, the Z Society and the Central Intelligence Agency.

It is unknown if Warmbier was coerced by the North Korean government into his confession.

"I committed the crime of taking

down a political slogan from the staff holding area of the Yanggakdo International Hotel," Warmbier said.

Warmbier apologized to the people of North Korea and said he is a victim of the United States’ “hostile” policies against North Korea.

"My reward for my crime was so much smaller than the rewards that the Z Society and the Friendship United Methodist Church get from the United States Administration,” Warmbier said.

CNN reports a North Korean official said Warmbier researched political slogans of the DPRK online prior to his trip and went into the second floor of the Yanggakdo International Hotel before 2 a.m. Jan. 1 in an attempt to steal a sign with a political

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slogan.

The sign was bigger than Warmbier anticipated and he was unable to take the sign.

“The slogan was bigger than he had thought. So he couldn't take it away and turned it upside down and deserted [it] on the floor when he had pulled it from the hangers," the official told CNN. CNN reports Warmbier said he was manipulated by the U.S. government and begged for forgiveness from the DPRK. “I wish that the United States administration never manipulate people like myself in the future to commit crimes against foreign countries.

I entirely beg you, the people and government of the DPRK, for your

forgiveness. Please! I made the worst mistake of my life!” Warmbier said, according to CNN. A North Korean official told CNN the DPRK believes Warmbier was influenced by a member of Friendship United Methodist Church in his hometown of Wyoming, OH. The church member allegedly offered Warmbier a $10,000 used car if the took a political slogan from North Korea “to weaken the ideological unity and motivation of the North Koreans.”

Church officials have told CNN Warmbier is not a church member.

CNN also reports North Korea believes the Z Society offered Warmbier membership in exchange for carrying out a “mission” of taking a

political slogan.

University officials are not offering comment at this time.

“The University is aware of recent media reports and remains in close contact with Otto Warmbier’s family.

We will have no further comment at this time,” University Spokesperson Matt Charles said in an email statement.

Warmbier was on a trip with Young Pioneer Tours when he was detained at the Pyongyang Airport on Jan. 2. YPT CEO Gareth Johnson said the company declines to comment at this time.

The Z Society did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Parents respond, haven’t spoken to son since detainment Third-year Commerce student Otto Warmbier’s family released a statement regarding Warmbier’s confession to a “hostile act” against the North Korean government on Sunday.

Fred and Cindy Warmbier, Otto Warmbier’s parents, said they have not heard from their son during his detainment in North Korea and they have only seen a few photographs of him.

“He seems to be in good health, although we won't know for sure about his condition until we have a chance to speak with him,” the family said in a state-

ment.

The family said the U.S. State Department and the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang have been working to try to secure Warmbier’s release and thanked them for their efforts.

Their statements follow a press conference on Sunday allegedly arranged at Warmbier’s request in which Warmbier confessed

UNIVERSITY ELECTION RESULTS

COLLEGE GAME DAY RECAP

LEAD EDITORIAL: OPTION 2 DIDN’T PASS, STILL WON

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to attempting to steal a political banner from his hotel in Pyongyang. It is unknown whether this confession was coerced.

In his confession, Warmbier apologized for his alleged actions.

“I hope the fact that he has conveyed his sincere apology for anything that he may have done wrong will now make it possible for the DPRK authorities to allow

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him to return home,” his parents said. “I urge the DPRK government to consider his youth and make an important humanitarian gesture by allowing him to return to his loved ones.”

This is the first public statement from Warmbier’s family since his detainment on Jan. 2 at Pyongyang Airport.

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David Schutte Associate Editor

Emily Lodge, a third-year Batten student and former vice president of organizations, defeated incumbent third-year College student Abraham Axler for the position of student council president. She won 55.45 percent of the total 5460 votes with 3028 votes. The entire student body was eligible to vote, and of the 22,047 possible voters, 22.91 percent responded.Lodge spoke about her experience running and winning the position.

“I reached out to as many new people as I could and tried to give the U.Va. community a sense of my leadership style and capabilities,” Lodge said in an email statement. “But truly the win was a group effort and I could not have done it without such tremendous support and kindness from my friends.”

Sarah Kenny, a second-year College student, won the election

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UBE announces election results Emily Lodge wins Student Council president

for vice president of administration by garnering 56.77 percent of the vote with 2,868 votes.

“From putting up fliers, chalking, and going door to door in the week leading up to the polls closing, to constantly keeping up with social media, to going through a weekend of back to back, stressful endorsement interviews,” Kenny said in an email statement. “I'm incredibly honored to have been elected.”

Second-year Engineering student MacKenzie Hodgson took the final student council spot in contention — the position of vice president for organizations — by acquiring 57 percent of the 4,702 total votes-cast for the position.

Graduate student and incumbent Caroline Herre, along with third year Katharine Graham, won positions as representatives of the School of Architecture to the Honor Committee.

Students elected both thirdyear students Alison Stickel and Ariana Zetlin, who ran unopposed, to be representatives of the Curry school to the Honor com-

mittee. Second year Tamia Walker-Atwater, elected with 133 votes to represent the Nursing School, along with incumbent Austin Sim, re-elected with 479 votes to represent the law school, also ran unopposed.

Other graduate students elected to represent their respective schools on the Honor Committee were Medical students Gregory Streeter and Hannah Chacon, who won 79.28 percent and 66.67 percent of the 111 votes cast, respectively.

The rest of the Honor Committee representatives elected were third-year Commerce students Corinne Thomas and Casey Groves, third-year Engineering student Cameron Kiddy and second-year Engineering student William Rainey, and five thirdyear College students: VJ Jenkins, Katie Deal, Sarah Wyckoff, Matt West and Chad Hogan.

Students also elected thirdyear students Christopher Cortner and Taylor Hillman to represent the School of Architecture on the University Judiciary Commit-

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Candidates gathered at OpenGrounds Feb. 26 to hear the University Board of Elections announce the names of newly-elected student leaders.

tee, who won 59 and 57 of the 75 votes cast, respectively.

Batten representatives elected to UJC were third-year students Jeremy Jones and Katherine Hitchcock, who ran unopposed.

The rest of the undergraduate positions went to third-year Engi-

neering student Jacqueline Kouri and second-year Engineering student Dan Donovan, third-year Commerce student Patrick Rasmussen, and third-year College students Mason Brannon, Mitchell Wellman and Anthony Dunavant.

U.Va. for Bernie holds rally on Downtown Mall Event part of nationwide series of rallies Courtney Stith Senior Writer

University student group U.Va. for Bernie Sanders and the Charlottesville and Central VA for

Bernie Sanders held a community rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) Saturday afternoon at the Freedom of Speech Wall on the Downtown Mall.

The event featured a march down the Downtown Mall and

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Fourth-year College student Michael Willis said the rally showed the power of the grassroots movement.

speeches from University students and community activists.

Nour Sulaiman, lead organizer for U.Va. for Bernie Sanders said the purpose of the event was to motivate the Charlottesville community to vote in the Virginia primary election.

“Right now, we’re trying to get people motivated enough to go to the polls,” Sulaiman said. “We’re trying to get people that already support Bernie Sanders or are leaning towards him to go to the polls and vote during the primary election.”

Third-year College student Anousheh Bakhti-Suroosh said the rally is important because voting participation is low.

“Encouraging people to actually get out of their seats and go and actually vote is a problem because a lot of people support politicians but they just don’t think it’s necessary [to go out and vote],” Bakhti-Suroosh said.

Sulaiman also said U.Va. for Bernie Sanders started before Sanders’ official campaign opened an office in Charlottesville.

“We had started grassroots ef-

forts months before the campaign office ever opened,” Sulaiman said.

“The U.Va. for Bernie Sanders group is quite separate from the Bernie Sanders campaign.”

Fourth-year College student Michael Willis said the rally showed the power of the grassroots movement.

“It’s important for us to come to events like this to show the power of the grassroots movement as [it is] occurring in this country,” Willis said.

Community activists spoke about topics such as the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, minimum wage, immigration and the treatment of Muslims in America. First-year College student Hojung Lee said although she cannot vote, she believes Sanders will support minority rights.

“I’m actually not even a citizen and I can’t vote but I feel like Bernie Sanders is the best candidate to support racial and minority rights,” Lee said.

Students at the event said they thought rallies add energy to Sanders’ campaign.

“A lot of Bernie [Sanders’] sup-

port and the momentum from his campaign comes from movements like this where you see people from the general population coming out to support him,” first-year College student Belle Cifu said.

Sulaiman said U.Va. for Bernie Sanders is canvassing and using phone banks to energize voters.

She also said the student group has sponsored a petition to make the voting process easier for students.

“Right now we have over 550 signatures from students and the number keeps increasing every day,” Sulaiman said. “That petition asks for the University to give a day off or alternatively promote a more lenient policy with professors scheduling exams and allowing their students to go out and vote on the day they have class.”

The rally was part of a national march for Sanders. Other cities which have held marches include Indianapolis, Indiana, Dallas, Texas and Chicago, Illinois. However, Sulaiman said U.Va. for Bernie Sanders and the Charlottesville and Central VA for Bernie Sanders tried to make the event as local possible.

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Honor discusses options following UBE votes Independent commission may be created to evaluate current system David Schutte Associate Editor

Neither of the Honor Committee sanctioning options up for vote Friday — option one preserving the single sanction system and option two potentially allowing for the implementation of a multiple sanction system — received enough votes to pass in the University elections.

The Honor Committee’s constitution mandates that, for a proposal to pass, it must garner at least 60 percent of the total vote. The first option garnered 41.12 percent of the vote, while the second option received 58.88 percent of the vote.

At Sunday’s meeting, the Honor Committee discussed the measures it will take in order to best determine the student body’s opinion of the current single sanction system, whether the system should be replaced with a multiple sanction system and what any proposed system will look like.

The main initiative discussed was the creation of an independent commission which will evaluate the current system using surveys of students, student focus groups and outside faculty advisement.

Honor Committee Chair Faith Lyons, a fourth-year Commerce student, said the commission’s focus would be to find out exactly what is desired from students rather than

simply make them choose between options the committee created themselves.

Batten Representative Matt Comey, a graduate student, said getting as many different types of people on the commission is important, but the committee should still have a role in gathering this information, since ultimately it would be the committee drafting the proposals.

“Any member of the committee that wants to be in the commission should be able to, and we should work hard to get a really diverse body,” Comey said.

Another reason for the importance of diversity is the homogeneity of those who ran for honor committee positions during the election.

Of the 15 candidates for the Honor Committee polled by the Cavalier Daily, three said they supported option two, and 12 said they supported option one. On the question of supporting the single sanction, 13 candidates said they supported the single sanction, and two said they were undecided on the issue.

These results were not reflective of the nearly 60 percent of students who voted for option two.

"The Committee is going forward with the IRC in an effort to be proactive in understanding student opinion beyond the results of the vote instead of reactive like we were this year,” Lyons said.

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Another reason for the importance of diversity is the homogeneity of those who ran for Honor Committee positions during the election.

University plans Forums for Class of 2020 New course clusters will address central themes of undergraduate requirements Jack Tuftie Senior Writer

University President Teresa Sullivan discussed a new “Forums” program for the College of Arts and Sciences at the Board of Visitors meeting Feb. 20.

The program consists of tailored groups of courses organized around central themes or topics, Academic Program Manager Clarence Odom said. These groups of courses will only be available to the incoming Class of 2020 and will be an alternative way to fulfill the College’s general education requirements.

Odom said all students who participate in the fora will take courses in fields like natural sciences, social sciences and humanities which meet the College’s area requirements.

“Students will be exposed to a broad range of inquiry through study with distinguished faculty and have the opportunity to research and investigate contemporary and real problems facing the world today,”

Odom said in an email statement.

Students in the Class of 2020 will be able to apply to participate before summer orientation, and up to 40 students will be selected for each forum, Odom said.

Each forum will be 30-34 credits — or 10 to 11 classes — and will include an introductory seminar in the first semester and a capstone project in the fourth semester, Odom said.

The five proposed Forum topics are “Creative Processes and Practices,” “Visions of the Good,” “Mobility and Community,” “Epidemics” and “Human Impact on the Environment,” although Lorenzo Perez, senior writer in the Office of the Dean, said “Visions of the Good” is still pending approval from from the College faculty.

Odom said the Forums model was approved by the College faculty in the spring of 2014, although efforts to “conceptualize a new and innovative General Education experience” have been underway for six years.

Media Studies Prof. Bruce Wil-

liams, who chaired the committee that designed and adopted the Forums, said the problem with the current undergraduate general education requirements is the lack of cohesion between the various classes undergraduates take in their first semesters at the University.

“The problem is that when you add all the classes up that a student takes within their first two years they don't connect to each other,” Williams said. “They are a series of disconnected classes, and that is not the goal of a liberal arts education.”

The central goal of the Forums is to have students in their first two years taking classes which are connected to each other and for students to use critical reasoning to see connections between different areas which look at the world in different ways, Williams said.

Although the Forums will require a lot of faculty resources in order to teach the courses differently and collaborate across disciplines, but Williams said the effort is worth it.

“The good thing is that, the Forums, they are off the ground, and we are going to be offering more of them,” Williams said. “What we’re going to be proposing to the faculty at the end of this semester is much

more dramatic in terms of how it changes the first two years for every student that comes in, but that’s a little down the road.”

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Bruce Williams said the problem with the current undergraduate general education requirements is the lack of cohesion between the various classes undergraduates take in their first semesters.

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Virginia outduels North Carolina Brogdon scores 26, four Cavaliers score in double figures

Robert Elder Sports Editor

By all accounts, Saturday wasn’t prototypical Virginia basketball.

The Tar Heels, after all, dropped 74 points on coach Tony Bennett’s vaunted pack-line defense, which by game time Saturday was holding teams to 59.7 points per game.

And not just that — North Carolina shot 49.2 percent from the floor, including 47.4 percent from the three-point line.

But on a night when ESPN’s College Gameday was in town for the top-10 ACC matchup, Bennett will gladly take the win, however it comes.

The Virginia offense stole the spotlight, as four Cavaliers reached double figures in a 79-74 win against No. 7 North Carolina (236, 12-4 ACC). Senior guard Malcolm Brogdon scored 26 points, just two shy of his career high he hit again Monday against Miami.

The All-American was just part of the puzzle, however, as Virginia took down the Tar Heels to improve to 5-1 against ranked opponents this season. The No. 3 Cavaliers (22-6, 11-5 ACC) never pulled away by more than 11 points, but they dictated the game, only allowing North Carolina to lead for 1:36 over the full 40 minutes.

“The biggest factor in the game to me is they played with a high level of intensity on both offense and defense,” North Carolina coach Roy Williams said. “They were the actors, and we were the reactors.”

Brogdon dropped 17 points in the first half, going 6-for-8 from the field, including 2-for-2 from

deep. He also snagged four of his six rebounds and showed hustle on the defensive end, hitting the deck to swat away a pass in transition.

“Malcolm in the first half was as good of a performance as we’ve had against us this season, [and] maybe several years,” Williams said.

Still, Brogdon’s final first-half basket came with 6:37 to play, and although he remained on the court, playing 38 minutes Saturday, Virginia found the balance it was lacking against Miami.

Sophomore guard Devon Hall buried two treys, including one from the top of the arc that broke a 7-7 tie 3:40 into the game. Sophomore forward Isaiah Wilkins, a surprise start after leaving the Miami game with a head injury, practiced Thursday and Friday, allowing him to add six of his eight points in the first half.

“At Miami, Malcolm was terrific and there wasn’t as much balance in our scoring,” Bennett said.

“Tonight, we had four guys in double figures [and] Isaiah with eight.

To beat a team the caliber of North Carolina, you have to have that offensively.”

Virginia outscored the Tar Heels, 32-28, in the paint, a notable accomplishment given that North Carolina led all power-five conference teams by averaging 41.0 points in the paint per game entering Saturday night. With senior forward Brice Johnson and junior forwards Kennedy Meeks and Isaiah Hicks all listed at or above 6-foot-9, the undersized Cavalier frontcourt did a good job controlling the paint.

Although North Carolina outrebounded Virginia, 36-33, the Cavaliers led in second chance

points, 14-10. Johnson, a candidate for ACC player of the year, was held to 12 points and seven rebounds, along with five turnovers, including a wild second-half pass that went several rows into the stands. “[I] tried to deny [Johnson] the ball as much as possible — he can’t score if he doesn’t have the ball — and keep him off the glass,” Wilkins said.

The Cavaliers used a 16-5 second-half run and six straight points from senior forward Anthony Gill to take a 65-54 lead with 8:34 left to play. Gill, who had been in a recent slump, was one rebound shy of a double-double, scoring 15 points and grabbing nine boards, including four on the offensive glass.

“In these last couple games, I haven’t been putting the ball in the basket like I should be,” Gill said.

“It’s no lack of confidence, the ball just hasn’t been going in. Tonight was an opportunity for me to really show that I can continue to help this team out.”

A three by North Carolina senior guard Marcus Paige with 17 seconds to play made it a onescore game, but Hall sank his ensuing two free throws to seal the win.

Virginia shot 44.3 percent from the field, including a 7-of-16 effort from three and an 18-of-21 performance from the charity stripe.

“They were so much more aggressive on both ends of the court,” Williams said. “Their offense was more aggressive than our defense was, and their defense was more aggressive than our offense was. I think they are really a good team.”

Virginia will next face Clemson Tuesday in Greenville, S.C. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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ESPN’s College GameDay visited John Paul Jones Arena for the second straight year. The Cavaliers put on a show in the primetime spotlight, defeating No. 7 North Carolina 79-74.

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Virginia rallies on Brogdon, downs No. 7 North Carolina

alcolm Brogdon’s team- at least one basket. Of those seven, mates left Miami deeply four scored in double digits — inindebted to the fifth-year senior cluding Brogdon with 26. guard. That debt, howThe starting lineup ever, was settled on Satdid the heavy hitting MATT WURZBURGER for Virginia — starters urday night.

Sports Editor Against the Hurriscored 72 of the team’s canes, Brogdon scored 79 points — in a game 28 points on an efficient that served as a re12 of 18. Still, this was not enough, minder the Cavaliers are a legitiand the Cavaliers dropped the mate title contender. game, 64-61.

Brogdon solidified himself as That night, eight other Virginia the front-runner for ACC Player players contributed 33 points on of the Year with a heroic run in the 13 of 40 shooting — just 32.5 per- month of February. The Atlanta, cent — in a one-man effort on the Ga. native averaged 22 points per road against a top-15 team. game on 57 percent shooting in Brogdon was not left holding seven February games — not necthe bag against No. 7 North Car- essarily because he wanted to, but olina. In what could only be de- because he had to. scribed as a total team effort, the “He’s been terrific most all Cavaliers (22-6, 11-5 ACC) kept of conference play,” coach Tony alive the possibility of claiming Bennett said. “Really most of his at least a share of the ACC regu- career, I should say. He was as effilar-season title with a 79-74 victo- cient as ever.” ry against the conference-leading In the six February games leadTar Heels (23-6, 12-4 ACC). ing up to Saturday, Cavaliers other With all the fanfare associated than Brogdon broke double digits with ESPN’s College GameDay seven times. Only once did multicarrying into the 6:30 p.m. tip-off, ple other Virginia players score 10 Virginia came out of the locker or more points in the same game room ready to play. 10 Cavaliers — Anthony Gill, Isaiah Wilkins took the court against North Car- and Mike Tobey did so against olina. Of those 10, seven recorded Virginia Tech.

With two games remaining in the regular season the Cavaliers appear to be coming together once again on the offensive end.

Virginia’s February slide coincided with a month-long slump by Brogdon’s long-running partner in crime, Gill. The High Point, N.C. native entered February scoring 14.9 points per game and shooting 60.4 percent, but averaged only nine points per game on 40 percent shooting in the first six games after the start of February. Compounding the issue was a drastic decline in Gill’s visits to the charity stripe.

“There’s no confidence drop,” Gill said. “For some reason my shot wasn’t falling. I just stay with it, and tonight was a case of my teammates continuing to trust me and coach Bennett still putting me in those positions to score.”

The fifth-year senior forward looked more like his old self on Saturday. Against a loaded Tar Heels’ front court, Gill scored 15 points on 6 of 11, grabbed nine rebounds and made three of his four foul shots. More importantly, he scored 11 of his 15 in the second half and carried the team in the final 20 minutes after Brogdon cooled down from a red-hot start.

“Whenever I’m not making shots and being productive on the offensive end, it really hurts our team,” Gill said.

When Gill is aggressive in the low post it lifts a tremendous burden off Brogdon’s shoulders and allows everyone on the court more room to operate.

Junior guard London Perrantes scored seven in the second half on just two shot attempts and went 4 of 4 from the line. Sophomore guard Devon Hall shook off a miserable shooting night to knock down two clutch free throws to double the Cavaliers’ margin with 15 seconds remaining.

Saturday night was reminiscent of another big-time game played at John Paul Jones Arena earlier this season — the Dec. 19 matchup with Villanova. In that game the Cavaliers joined together and smoked the Wildcats’ defense. Gill and Brogdon scored 22 and 20, respectively, and Perrantes chipped in 19 in an outing that solidified Virginia’s place in the national championship discussion.

But those performances have been too far and few between. Virginia is an alright-to-pretty-good team when Brogdon’s cohorts

feel content standing around and watching their yawning leader go to work.

For the Cavaliers to be an elite team — a team that can win it all — Brogdon needs all the help he can get.

Losing is a harsh teacher, but it has also shown Virginia must play on offense as they do on defense — as a team.

“When you lose and you struggle, then you learn,” Bennett said.

“We realized how fine of a line it is with this year having lost and struggled in some tough conference games as of late….it makes you understand how on point you have to be in all of those areas that are important to us.”

As to whether or not Virginia has learned its lesson and will commit to playing together on offense, only time will tell.

Matt Wurzburger is a Sports editor for The Cavalier Daily. He can be reached at m.wurzburger@ cavalierdaily.com or on Twitter at @wurzburgerm.

Women’s basketball loses to Virginia Tech, ends regular season

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Sophomore guard MiKayla Venson lead Virginia with 16 points in a 60-55 defeat in Blacksburg. Virginia ended their regular season on a sour note, but will play Duke in the second round of the ACC Tournament on March 3.

Through three quarters of hard-fought play Sunday, the Virginia women’s basketball team led 44-36 in Blacksburg. However, over the final 10 minutes the Hokies (17-12, 5-11 ACC) outscored the Cavaliers 24-11 and snatched the victory, 60-55.

Shooting discrepancies between the two teams during the fourth quarter stand out on paper. Virginia (16-14, 6-10 ACC) shot just 5 for 18 and 0 for 5 from three-point range in that decisive quarter.

The Cavaliers attempted only two free throws and sank one.

Virginia Tech drained eight of thirteen field goals and seven of eight from the charity stripe — albeit Virginia fouled once or twice in order to stop the clock.

During the game, the Hokies and Cavaliers were nearly even in rebounds, field-goal percentage and assists. Virginia Tech snatched 36 boards to Virginia’s 34 and shot 41.5 percent from the floor to the Cavalier mark of 37.3. The Hokies dished out 10 assists, to the Cavaliers’ nine.

Once again, free throwing shooting proved pivotal. Whether a result of hometown officiating or greater aggressiveness off the bounce, the Hokies took 18 free throws and converted on 13, while Virginia shot 83.3 percent from the line, but out of a mere

six attempts.

Freshman guard Chanette Hicks — who scored eleven points on 3-of-7 shooting back in the 66-46 win Feb. 7 in Charlottesville — finished with a game-high 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting Sunday. She hit seven of eight free throws.

Junior forward Sidney Cook — who led all scorers Feb. 7 with 23 points — struggled offensively Sunday. She tallied seven points on 3-of-13 shooting and three turnovers.

Although four players scored in double figures for Virginia — a typical sign of a Cavalier win this year — the team still lost. Sophomore point guard Mikayla Venson led the way with 16 points.

Senior guard Faith Randolph and sophomore guard Aliyah Huland El both scored 11, while junior guard Breyana Mason added 10.

Losing a contest it could have and probably should have won against the Hokies, Virginia didn’t end its regular season as it would have hoped.

However, the Cavaliers will turn their attention to an 8-9 matchup with Duke in the second round of the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament, set for March 3 in Greensboro, N.C. —compiled by Grant Gossage

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Cavaliers salvage final fame of series Junior pitcher Alec Bettinger rebounded, Virginia won 4-2 Sunday Grant Gossage Senior Associate

The sun having already set behind the mountains that backdrop Davenport Field, Virginia baseball (4-3) entered the ninth inning with a 5-4 lead in Friday’s opener of a three-game series against East Carolina (6-1). rebounded,worebound, wiCoach Brian O’Connor called on junior righthander Alec Bettinger to close out the game. The Woodbridge, Va. native had an opportunity to redeem himself. At the Caravelle Resort Tournament Feb. 21, Bettinger picked up the loss after two walks and a base hit allowed Coastal Carolina to plate the goahead run in the eighth inning.

History repeated itself Friday.

Bettinger gave up a leadoff single and then — worked into a 3-2 count — threw ball four low to the next Pirate he faced. East Carolina senior outfielder Parker Lamm — who didn’t make the bus trip due to illness but rallied and drove to Charlottesville in his car — stepped up to the plate with teammates on first and second and nobody out.

Lamm laid down a sacrifice bunt that moved both baserunners into scoring position. Tasked with manufacturing the tying run, junior second baseman Charlie Yorgen lined out to right field, deep enough for the Pirates to tag and score a run. Bettinger struck out junior catcher Travis Watkins to end the frame, but not before East Carolina had leveled the score at five.

The middle of Virginia’s lineup

was unable to produce any magic in the bottom of the ninth, despite junior catcher Matt Thaiss’ lead off single. Sophomore first baseman Pavin Smith flied out to left, while junior shortstop Daniel Pinero and senior catcher Robbie Coman both whiffed on third strikes.

“Their relief guy that came in, he did a nice job for them,” O’Connor said. “But we didn’t execute and have competitive enough at bats in the back half of the game. You know, you get a chance at home to extend the lead, we had opportunities to do that and didn’t do it.”

Returning to the mound in the 10th, Bettinger surrendered three more runs on one hit, two walks and a wild pitch. The Cavalier offense was unable to make up the deficit, and Bettinger picked up his second loss in relief as Virginia fell 8-5. Thaiss — who went 3-5 with three RBIs and one run Friday — stood by his pitcher in defeat.

“I think Alec is very suited and know’s what he's doing,” Thaiss said. “He’s got great stuff, and he’s got the mentality for it. I don’t think anyone on the team doubts that he’s got what it takes, and he’s going to get it done when we need him to.”

Competitors to their cores, Thaiss and O’Connor were both visibly unsettled in the press conference. They made no excuses.

O’Connor credited the Pirates’ toughness and pointed out Virginia’s failures to throw strikes or produce runs late in the game. Thaiss dwelled on one controllable.

“Today really hurts, because they outplayed us,” Thaiss said.

“Everything we stand for they beat

us in. Everything we try to do here as a program and as individuals on this team, you know, they outdid it.”

It wasn’t until Sunday — following a 6-1 defeat Saturday and the first home weekend series loss to a non-conference opponent since O’Connor took over Virginia in 2004 — that the Cavaliers exuded their trademark aggressiveness.

Sophomore center fielder Adam Haseley set the tone, slapping the first pitch he saw into the gap in left-center field.

Pirate senior center fielder Garrett Brooks sprinted to cut it off, and Haseley made the hard turn for second. He slid in just ahead of the throw, hopped to his feet and fired up his teammates in the dugout.

“The previous two days we’d been kind of passive as a team,” Haseley said. “Before today, coach said he wanted us to be aggressive and attack. I guess you could say it set the tone, but I was just trying to get a good pitch early in the count to hit hard.”

East Carolina made two of its five total errors soon after sophomore second baseman Ernie Clement’s sacrifice bunt moved Haseley to third. A throwing error allowed Thaiss to reach base on his RBI groundout, and Pinero’s fly ball off the left fielder's glove plated Thaiss.

Virginia had quickly spotted sophomore starting pitcher Tommy Doyle a 2-0 lead in the first.

Doyle turned in another quality start Sunday. The 6-6 righthander was coming off six innings of work a week ago against Coastal Carolina, in which he yielded two runs on four hits and struck out six. Over

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Junior reliever Alec Bettinger made two appearances over the weekend. Bettinger blew a save and took the loss on Friday and earned the save in Sunday’s 4-2 victory over East Carolina.

7 innings Sunday, he allowed only one earned run on seven hits.

“Tommy Doyle was terrific,” O’Connor said. “Again, you don’t win that ballgame if Tommy Doyle doesn’t go out and give you seven innings.”

Virginia also wouldn’t have won Sunday if not for Bettinger. Having doubled their 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 3rd on a Haseley single, Pirate error and Clement double, the Cavaliers saw their 4-0 margin cut in half after the seventh and eighth innings.

Coman — a converted pitch-

er — got the ball in the ninth but tossed only three pitches, as he suffered an arm or elbow injury. His bullpen short-staffed, O’Connor called on Bettinger once again. Two pop ups and a strikeout later, the struggling reliever had closed out a 4-2 Virginia win.

“I was just really proud of Alec Bettinger,” O’Connor said. “I think that speaks to the character of somebody that they bounced back after what happened Friday night, came back and saved the game for our team and the weekend quite frankly.”

Men’s swimming and diving takes sixth place

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Senior swimmer Yannick Kaeser placed fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke and second in the 200-yard breaststroke.

Last year, the Virginia men’s swimming and diving team placed eighth at the ACC Championships — the worst finish in program history. This year — with a total of 737 points — the Cavalier men improved from last year’s result with a sixthplace finish.

Many Cavaliers helped contribute to this placement. On the first day of competition, the team of junior Austin Quinn, sophomores Nick Magana and Luke Georgiadis and freshman Bryce Keblish set a good tone by placing third in the 800-yard freestyle relay. On the third day, Virginia’s most notable swimmer, senior Yannick Kaeser, placed fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke. Additionally, on that same day, Quinn finished in

second in the 400-yard individual medley.

On the final day, Virginia saw its freshmen shine. While Kaeser placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke, freshmen Sam Magnan and Zach Fong made a big splash for the Cavalier men. In the 1,650-yard freestyle, Magnan finished third and set a personal record of 15:06.45.

Meanwhile, Fong took home fourth place in the 200 fly.

Currently, Kaeser is the only male Cavalier who has qualified to compete at the NCAA Championships in Atlanta, Ga. from March 23-26. The official list of qualifiers will be released in two weeks.

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LEAD EDITORIAL

Option 2 didn’t pass, but it still won

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The Honor Committee should continue to investigate a multiple sanction system

Comment of the day “It’s really interesting to hear the opinions of other law students on this issue, but I would disagree with your contention that there is a ‘very clear body of case law’ against Jaeyoon & Ian’s argument. I think it’s an important to point out that, in fact, the case law says the opposite of what you claim: even a brief survey of existing precedent shows us that (1) procedural due process and vagueness concerns are separate inquiries, and policies that satisfy one protection does not remedy a failing in the other; and (2) both protections apply to student disciplinary regulations (like our honor system).”

Tom B. in response to Michelle Butler and Austin Sim’s Feb. 23rd guest article, “Honor sits squarely within the law.”

ast week, students voted L on an amendment to the Honor Committee’s consti-

tution which contained two options concerning the single sanction system. A majority of voters supported the second option, which would allow the committee to “impose lesser sanctions” on students who commit honor offenses.

However, the Honor Committee requires a 60 percent supermajority for an amendment to pass, and just under 59 percent of students voted for Option 2. Although the constitutional change will not be put into effect, the fact that a majority of students supported this change suggests committee representatives should continue to closely examine the possibility of a multiple sanction system.

Prior to the voting period, the committee published an op-ed in which it stated that if Option 2 were to pass, then the committee would plan to

form an independent review commission composed of various community stakeholders who would investigate the implementation of such a system. The commission would present a rewritten version of the bylaws to the committee to recommend fully a multiple sanction system. To determine which type of multiple sanction system students prefer, the commission would extensively poll the student body. Since a majority of students voted in support of Option 2, the committee should form the independent review commission despite Option 2 not having passed. After more than a year of preparing a multiple sanction system recommendation, the committee can then offer students a more complete constitutional amendment.

Performing the research necessary to determine which type of system to implement would take multiple years;

thus, an independent review commission with stakeholders who commit more than a year would be appropriate in developing this system. With so many students supporting Option 2, it is clear the issue of single sanction reform will return to future committees.

By creating the commission now, the committee can sooner present a more thorough proposal for a multiple sanction system to students.

Additionally, a common criticism of Option 2 from those who support a multiple sanction system is that it would have granted too much power to the committee. Some felt it would allow the committee to institute a multiple sanction system by rewriting its bylaws without input from students because the constitutional change would allow the committee to do so. The benefit of forming an independent review commission to explore lesser

sanctions over multiple years is that the multiple sanction system recommendation would be based on what students would want such a system to look like.

The debate about multiple sanctions has appeared and reappeared throughout the University’s recent history.

This year, over 34 percent of students voted on the amendment, a significant increase from the less than 20 percent of students who voted on last year’s Honor referenda. Given this increase in student engagement, the Honor Committee should feel especially obliged to respond to the student body’s endorsement of a multiple sanction system.

The creation of an independent review commission would provide the committee with a more detailed understanding of how to structure a multiple sanction system — a system the student body clearly supports.

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Increase the number of outside voices

s this week wraps up gen- can be great. Yet we must adhere eral elections for various to objectivity. We must think councils and honor referenda, through our own perspectives we continue to see our and arrive at some University paper crank understanding SASAN MOUSAVI greater out opinions advo— ideally, at least.

Public Editor cating for and against What has been various issues. This great about this week’s outburst of democratic discourse Cavalier Daily coverage has been is necessary for the cultivation of the paper’s willingness to prodialogue within our community, vide opposing perspectives on doubtlessly. But how can we, as important issues like the honor readers, writers and thinkers, ex- referenda. Readers have been pand it even further and make its able to peruse, for instance, an scope broader? article decrying the current sinMy last column was con- gle sanction system and argucerned The Cavalier Daily’s ob- ing for a multi-sanction option jectivity and writing about polit- instead. In response, two more ical topics. In it, I advocated for guest columnists wrote a rebutthe paper’s employees to “[tread] tal, trying to advocate for the the line between the promotion sanctity of the current procedure of facts and opinions” as careful- and inspecting the claims made ly as possible. The temptation to by the former authors. express one’s viewpoint over deI applaud The Cavalier Dailiberately engaging an audience ly for covering all possible bas-

es. It’s integral to bolster as many voices as possible when it comes to such important issues at our University. How, though, can this be strengthened more?

ples already presented: those of the Honor vote this week. We’ve received articles from those looking at the system from the outside in. These authors are simply advocating their beliefs, albeit with both factual and opinionated points. But what of those who have no stake in the argument — who can provide no bias, but What other voices and perspectives can be woven instead an objective into the democratic fabric that is the newspaper standpoint? Or, for instance, those who here, and where can they be found? have been convicted under the curWhat other voices and perspec- rent single-sanction procedure? tives can be woven into the dem- These are the types of angles that ocratic fabric that is the newspa- can broaden contentious subper here, and where can they be jects like Honor even more. found?

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Publishing more guest columns will allow issues to be examined from a wider perspective increasing the amount of guest columns. The same is appropriate here regarding issues that matter to the greater University community. If The Cavalier Daily can expand the number of outside voices — those otherwise ignored or marginalized by larger ones and organizations — then issues such as honor can be examined from a wider spectrum. While the paper has no responsibility itself to trend in one direction or another, providing readers with those directions is the ideal for making informed choices in elections as important as these.

Sasan Mousavi is the Public Editor for The Cavalier Daily. He can be reached at publiceditor@ cavalierdaily.com or on Twitter at @CDPublicEditor.

Expand academic advising

The University should hire specially designated academic advisors advisors until they declare a major, which can be as late as their third year in the College. Until education and in the then, students usually workplace. A good meet with their adviCARLY MULVIHILL sors once a semester advisor can guide stuViewpoint Writer dents to academic exjust to get their SIS cellence and develop unlocked so they can relationships with adregister for classes. visees that open doors to intern- I’m sure the University intendship and job opportunities. Un- ed for the professorial advising fortunately, the professor-driven system to move professors into advising system at the Univer- mentorship roles for their advisity is seriously flawed and stu- sees, but since few are immersed dents rarely reap the benefits of in similar programs of study to great advising. The University their advisees, the positive efcould easily correct its advising fects get lost in translation. problems, however, by hiring a Other academic institutions team of professional academic such as the University of Chiadvisors. cago and Temple University At the University, students employ full-time professional are assigned professors as their advisors, so they have the opacademic advisors once they portunity to dedicate as much enter. Certain students can get time as possible to building to know their academic advisor successful relationships with through a COLA class in which students. Jeffrey J. Selingo, authe professor teaches a small thor of “College (Un)Bound: number of advisees about a se- The Future of Higher Education lect topic, but many first-years and What It Means for Students” do not have the opportunity to and a contributing editor to The take these classes due to enroll- Chronicle of Higher Education, ment limits. explored Temple University’s As a result of this, students professional advising system in are often assigned academic ad- his 2014 New York Times artivisors with whom they share few cle on the benefits and costs of common interests. They struggle professional advising networks. to build relationships with these While Selingo explained it is

difficult to tell if professional advisors are actually better at advising than faculty, Irina Veramidis, a professional advisor at Temple whom Selingo interviewed, said “we’re always here and we’re less intimidating than faculty, who are inaccessible to a certain extent.”

At a school like the University, with nearly 16,000 under-

ying academic programs. Faculty members are experts in their respective crafts, but they are not usually well-equipped to advise students who are interested in academic departments other than their own. A key benefit of professional advisors is that they would be experts in the craft of counseling and helping students through the difficulties of post-secondary education, rather than just experts in a specific academic field.

Having a network of people whose only job is to advise would also solve numerProfessionals would have the time to dedicate to ous other problems with the the advising program that professors, by nature associated current advising of their career choice, just do not have. system. For one, eliminating advising responsibilities graduates in need of advising from the schedules of professors help, accessibility and availabil- would allow them to focus more ity are of utmost importance for heavily on educating the stuadvising. Professionals would dents who have elected to take have the time to dedicate to the their classes. Professors would advising program that profes- still be able to maintain mensors, by nature of their career tor-mentee relationships with choice, just do not have. their students but they could Professional advisors are also elect to do it on their own time trained to assist students in var- through office hours.

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igh-quality academic adH vising is a major key to success both in post-secondary

Though hiring a group of professional academic advisors would require the University to incur an expense, high-quality professional advising is another way for the University to differentiate itself from its competitors. Many of the University’s in-state academic rivals, such as the College of William and Mary, use faculty members to advise. By creating a network of professional advisors, the University would reap all of the benefits listed above and could attract prospective students and their parents by explaining the quality and amount of time that full-time advisors would dedicate to students.

As a top-notch academic institution, the University cannot afford to deprive its students of the advising attention needed to attain academic success.

The system currently in place is doing just that. Changes need to be made to ensure that e ach student has the resources he needs to thrive. A successful professional academic advising would only solidify the school’s reputation as one of the best of the best.

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Roll back Russian alarmism fear of ruining any negotiations.

The Baltic states are also in prime position for Russia to take the greatest existential territory from, but as threat to the United members of NATO BOBBY DOYLE States. This election Russia would have to Opinion Columnist campaign has reflectrisk activating Article ed this attitude, with 5, which states that if many candidates calling Putin one member country is attacked, a “bully.” Since the invasion of it should be treated as an attack Crimea by “unaffiliated” Russian against all NATO countries. The forces, many have started throw- benefits Russia might receive ing around the idea of a new Cold from regaining the Baltic states War. After two decades of being do not make up for the possibilignored, Russia is scary again — ity of a war with NATO. Added or is it? Despite many reasons for to this is the fact that occupying fearing Russia, the threat it pre- the Baltic states would most likesents has been exaggerated. ly cost Russia monetarily, strainWith the annexation of ing its already faltering economy.

Crimea, one of the main fears Crimea is already costing Russia, is additional Russian expansion. with the Russian government But to where would Russia ex- having to pay $2 billion just to pand? Ukraine is the obvious meet the region’s energy needs. target. However, beside the alMilitarily, Russia is not much ready autonomous regions of of a threat. The U.S. defense Donetsk and Luhansk, there has budget is around $569 billion per been no additional land lost to year while the Russian budget separatists. Russia is working to totals just $53 billion per year. end the sanctions placed on it for Add to this the collective milevents that took place in Eastern itary budget of NATO and it is Ukraine, and it’s unlikely it would clear Russia cannot win a tradiintervene in the region again for tional conflict. Technology-wise,

the United States is also far in the lead. The only area where there is parity between Russia and its enemies is nuclear capability.

The Russian nuclear arsenal can still reach and destroy most of the world, but Russia is almost as reluctant to use nukes as the United States. Russia will lose any little standing it has in the international community if it uses even tactical nukes.

Europe’s dependence on Russian energy is another reason

Even Germany gets around 45 percent of its gas from Russia.

If Russia decided to stop selling its gas to Europe, which it could since the gas industry is controlled by the state, it could trigger a crisis and cause domestic energy prices to spike. But this is not a realistic option for Russia.

The Russian economy is already heading into a deep recession with the double whammy of sanctions and record low oil prices. If Russia stopped selling its gas, it would lose a sizable chunk of its remaining economy.

Along with these concerns, Russia is undermined by many smaller probWe should take Russia as a serious threat and as lems. The country is plagued with cora strong state, but not as a nation that we need ruption, getting a to fear. ranking of 119 out of 168 on the corruption perceptions people fear Russia. Four counindex. There is large scale youth tries — Latvia, Estonia, Finland emigration and people who stay and Lithuania — have an almost have to live with a deeply flawed full dependence on Russian gas. public health system. There are

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ast year Chairman of the L Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford called Russia

The United States need not seriously fear a weakening Russia

constant terrorists and separatist threats from domestic and foreign organizations. There is also the tension caused by the Russian limits on freedoms, especially the press, though the problems this creates for Russia have been relatively minor.

Looking at Russia as a whole, it does not stand up to the scary picture many people paint of it.

Russia’s greatest power is its ability to act decisively to further its interest, using conventional and unconventional forces. It is intimidating to face a country that is willing to act suddenly and unexpectedly. That said, this bravado should not distract us from the very real constraints on Russian power and actions. We should take Russia as a serious threat and as a strong state, but not a nation that we need to fear.

Bobby’s columns run bi-weekly on Mondays. He can be reached at b.doyle@cavalierdaily.com.

Another pale year for the Oscars A “What’s the Word” column The #OscarsSoWhite controversy stems from the lack of black entertainers (and people of color, Leonardo DiCaprio fisave director Alejannally win an Oscar? Will dro Iñárritu and cineKEMI LAYENI Chris Rock lambaste matographer Emmanuel Guest Writer the Academy with huLubezki of “The Revemor over another “pale” nant”) being nominated Oscars? I do not know, but what I for a single award in any category. do know is that the Academy has a What makes this controversy even huge problem. And their problem is more severe is this is the second just a microcosm of a larger set of is- year in a row with a lack of black sues that have to deal with diversity entertainer nominations. 2015 saw and inclusion in America. stellar performances and work in Consider the following quote films by Michael B. Jordan, Ryan from 1926 by African-American Coogler, Oscar Isaac and the cast of scholar W.E.B. DuBois: “After all, “Straight Outta Compton” to name what have we who are slaves and a few. Why wasn’t their work worthy black to do with art?” As the #Os- of approval and nomination by The carsSoWhite controversy broke Academy? out, there was talk about how black There are many underlying isentertainers and any black person sues at play here. The first is that of who cared about the controversy diversity. Many people have been should focus on more important is- calling for diversity, but what do sues such at the water crisis in Flint, they actually mean when they say Michigan or police shootings of un- that? Diversity becomes a platitude armed black people. Of course these when it has no definition. Does diissues are important, but so is this versity mean just nominating a few one. Some people consider racial di- more black entertainers? versity in the arts a frivolous underFor example, let’s look at the taking, and they believe real change governing body of the Oscars. On can only be achieved through poli- Jan. 22, the Academy released a tics and legislation. But art has the statement titled, “Academy Takes power to make us take a hard look Historic Action to Increase Diverat ourselves and realize that we are sity.” One of the goals the Academy both more wicked and more good will commit itself to is “to double than we realize. the number of diverse members by

2020.” On its website, the Academy boasts of being “comprised of 7000+ accomplished men and women working in cinema.” But let’s say hypothetically speaking there are 150 women in the Academy and that by 2020 there will be 300. Is that progressive diversity? According to a Los Angeles Times article published at the end of 2012, the Academy was 93 percent white, and 76 percent of their members were male with an average age of 63. How much has changed now?

play here, including representation.

When non-white entertainers win an Academy Award, what kind of roles do they play? For black actors, many of their Oscar winning roles come when they play slaves, criminals, dictators or abusive parents.

There has also been a trend in black films that either focus on slavery, biopics or the era of the Civil Rights Movement. Marc Bernardin’s headline for The Hollywood Reporter sums it up well: “#OscarsSoWhite: Why Black Films Have to Be About MLK and White Movies Can Be About a Mop Inventor.”

Earlier in this article, I asked why black actors’ work wasn’t worthy of the Academy’s approval. I inEspecially for entertainers of color, one’s worth tentionally worded should not be predicated on the opinion of a my question as I did to point to how the group that is mostly white and male.

Academy exists in the imagination of actors Earlier when I mentioned stand- and filmmakers. I understand the out performances of 2015 by people importance of an Academy Award of color, I mentioned no women of nomination and a win for a person color. That is also an issue. As Vio- of color. However, especially for la Davis remarked in her historic entertainers of colors, one’s worth Emmys acceptance speech in Sep- should not be predicated on the tember last year, “The only thing opinion of a group that is mostly that separates women of color from white and male. anyone else is opportunity.”

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created the best art they could and told the stories they set out to tell, would that be enough? This is not to say wanting an Academy Award as a person of color is superfluous, but that maybe we should celebrate ourselves.

My point is not that the Academy should nominate entertainers just because they are black or Latino or gay. I aim to highlight the issues of diversity and challenge the invisibility of whiteness. Yes, whiteness is invisible. Because whiteness is the norm in America and is dominant, it is invisible. It’s the same reason that if you search “beauty” on Google you will see mostly white faces. It’s the same reason I can go to Walmart and find hair products based on the Ethnic Hair Care sign. It’s the same reason why minorities can be African-Americans, Native Americans, Latino Americans and Asian Americans but not solely Americans. It’s also the same reason that for the second year in a row, there are no nominees of color in acting for the Academy Awards. Whiteness is invisible, difference is not.

Kemi Layeni is a guest writer for The Cavalier Daily and Black Student Alliance’s bi-weekly “What’s the Word” column.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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Kenyon: I was signed up by my friend Julia. We were in [Clemons] and made profiles for each other and I was the one that got selected.

Amy: My roommate and I got a big kick out of it our first year, and had always wanted to do it. She’s had a boyfriend since then so I ended up being the one to do it.

Kenyon: When I found out I was chosen, I started laughing — I wasn’t expecting it. A lot of my stuff in my profile was made up, but I wasn’t going to be a poor sport about it. I thought it’d be fun to just go for it.

Amy: At first it wasn’t great timing because I’ve got a test this week, but since I’d wanted to do it for a long time I was excited.

Kenyon: I may have been like one minute late to the Rotunda, but we were both pretty much right on time. Upon first impression she seemed super nice, and I could tell by the way she carried herself that she was a caring individual.

It was definitely [a] good conversation and an overall positive first impression.

Amy: I was basically right on time and he was two minutes late. I’m usually late to things so it wasn’t a big deal, and he apologized for being late. My first impression was that he was immediately friendly and relaxed. I suggested Mellow

Year: Fourth Major: Youth and Social Innovation U.Va. Involvement: International Justice Mission at U.Va., Entrepreneurship/HackCville, and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Hometown: Elkton, VA Ideal date personality: Adheres to the six pillars of character from elementary school Ideal date activity: Although dinner or a movie can be fun, I’d prefer an actual activity. Think hiking, or a clown convention.

Dealbreakers? Arrogance and excessive cussing Describe a typical weekend: Time with my housemates, homework, church, third wheeling with my best friend Katie and her boyfriend — looking for the fourth wheel so we can finally play Taboo Hobbies: Graphic design, soccer, biking, running slowly, watching any movie with Tom Hanks, finding free t-shirts What makes you a good catch? My high school senior superlative was “Best to Take Home to Mom and Dad.” I can eat a whole slice of Benny’s pizza What makes you a less-than-perfect catch? I’ve only read one and a half of the Harry Potter books (no spoilers please… I’m working on it) and the latest one is a month overdue at the library What is your spirit animal?: A kangaroo What is your favorite pick-up line?: “Your hand looks heavy, can I hold it for you?”

Describe yourself in one sentence: I’m spontaneous, love to laugh, resourceful when necessary, and still mispronounce URL as “earl” unless I consciously correct it.

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Mushroom and Basil and he liked the idea of Basil — I had never been!

Kenyon: Overall the conversation was pretty balanced. I asked a lot of questions sometimes if it was in a lull or quiet at all. She did have some funny stories about growing up in a rural town in Virginia. As a whole the conversation wasn’t awkward at all.

Amy: It was pretty easy and friendly.

On the way to the restaurant he ran into four different friends on four different occasions, which was pretty funny. He even knew someone at the restaurant!

The conversation was pretty even — he let me talk a lot (probably too much) and we talked about travel, activities in life,

where we’re from, etc.

Kenyon: There wasn’t a whole lot of common ground because she had a different major than me, was from a different area and didn’t really have any similar interests as me. We did have a lot of interesting things to talk about though. I paid at the end.

Amy: He paid for dinner — he said his mom would kill him if he didn’t.

Kenyon: I got more of a friend vibe.

She seemed like a great person and I could see myself spending time with her.

Our interests don’t align super closely but that doesn’t mean we couldn’t be friends.

Amy: It was definitely more of a

friend vibe, but we did make jokes about it being a date. He was a lot of fun to be around but I don’t see us going on another date.

Kenyon: It ended with me walking her back because it was on the way home for me. We hugged and we went our separate ways.

Amy: We almost got hit by a car, hugged and said goodbye. As he was leaving I shouted down the street afterwards because I realized I didn’t know his last name. We then became Facebook friends later on.

Kenyon: I would go with a 7.

Amy: I’d give him a 7.6. It was a generally good time and I had fun!

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Celebrate Every Body Week comes to Grounds Week-long event highlights body positivity Joslyn Chesson Feature Writer

Last week, the Department of Student Health and the Eating Disorders and Exercise Concerns Coalition hosted the annual “Celebrate Every Body Week.” The week-long event included activities like yoga and Zumba, as well as art exhibitions.

Celebrate Every Body Week seeks to encourage a “weight-neutral approach to healthy living for people of [all] shapes and sizes through mindful eating, energizing activity, rejuvenating rest and solid support,” according to its website.

“The overarching goal of the week is to bring awareness to body image concerns and for everyone to realize that they can be happy in their own bodies and that their bodies can be celebrated no matter what they look like,” Laura Widener, Women’s Center intern and thirdyear College student, said.

The Eating Disorders and Exercise Concerns Coalition helps organize and execute the event and hosts a variety of events on Grounds

throughout the week. The coalition is made up of individuals from the Women’s Center, Peer Health Educators, Hoos Open to Preventing Eating Disorders, the Office of Health Promotion and the Athletic Department.

One of the events — the “Jeans Exchange” — is an event throughout the week during which students can donate jeans which no longer fit them.

“We collect jeans to donate to the Shelter for Help and Emergency,” Widener said. “Then students, if they donate something, get a T-shirt in return or a water bottle.”

To promote the event, the Eating Disorders and Exercise Concerns Coalition gave out T-shirts printed with their logo.

“I definitely think people over the years have gotten more and more involved in donating clothes,” Widener said. “Everybody who I’ve come into contact with this week who has donated or just even my friends have wondered where they could get a shirt that has this positive message on it.”

Caitlin Santucci, a board certified art therapist, facilitated an event for

Celebrate Every Body Week titled “Love Your Genes Art Exhibition.”

Santucci works for Prosperity Eating Disorders and Wellness Center, whose goal is “to help sufferers of eating disorders find a full recovery by meeting their psychological, medical, nutritional, spiritual, emotional and relational needs,” according to their website.

“We took jeans and we cut them up and wrote on them messages that we’ve told ourselves or have heard from others that we want to let go of — so negative messages,” Widener said.

Through the repurposing of old jeans, participants created artistic expressions of body positivity. Widener said the Women’s Center has plans to hang the collection in its building.

“Instead of fitting the fashion standards and fitting the media perceptions of beauty, a part of our mission is to step out of this standard and embrace and love your body for what it is,” Pinky Hossein, Peer Health Educator and third-year College student, said.

In future years, the members of the Eating Disorders and Exercise

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The event celebrated body positivity through a week of athletic and recreational events as well as inspirational art installations.

Concerns Coalition hope to broaden the event, making it more inclusive for all members of the community.

“One way to make Celebrate Every Body Week more gender inclusive is to promote certain events that cater to not only people who identify as females, but everybody at the University,” Hossein said. “The tough thing about eating disorders and exercise concerns is that a lot of

men don’t think that the issues pertain to them.”

Widener said she was happy to see students participating in addressing the issues of body image and eating disorders on Grounds while promoting body positivity.

“It’s a great thing to see students really excited about such a positive message and that awareness is being drawn to important issues such as body [image],” Widener said.

Student Spotlight: Phoebe Willis Second-year Law student chosen as Board of Visitors student representative Sarah Brotman Feature Writer

Phoebe Willis is not the University's typical second-year Law student. In addition to writing papers and studying for tests, Willis also has the lofty task of representing the 23,000 students at the University to the Board of Visitors.

Willis was recently selected to be the Board of Visitor’s new student member. In this position, she will advocate for the best interests of University students.

“If the board is considering something, they ask for my student perspective,” Willis said. “For example, the board is considering upperclassman housing right now, and they want to know what areas of Grounds students would rather live closer to. It’s my job to go out and talk to students and see how they’re feeling.”

Willis plans to set goals for herself as she prepares for the beginning of her term in June.

“I want to reach out to different student organizations and be present at events,” Willis said. “I want

people to feel free to over-invite me to things; I am going to try my best to be a presence. People shouldn’t have to make an extra effort to tell me their feelings. If I’m doing my job right, I will already be there.”

Willis’s passionate connection to the University community drove her to apply to be a student member of the BOV. She has three siblings — one who currently attends the University, one who previously attended and one who will be attending in the fall.

“Having my three siblings all go to U.Va., and us all having such different interests, it really speaks to the diversity of options that U.Va. offers,” Willis said. “Whatever your interest is, it’s going to be well-run and do great things.”

In addition to being a second-year Law student, Willis attended the University as an undergraduate, where she played on the varsity field hockey team. While she devoted a significant amount of time to athletics, Willis also raised money for childhood cancer through St. Baldrick’s.

“In November when field hockey ended, I decided to shave my

head for child cancer research,” Willis said. “Through that process, I was supported by so many people throughout the University and the alumni community. That environment was really special. To have the opportunity to help keep this place so great, and ensure it stays that way in the future, that’s the dream.”

She will begin her term in June, entering the role as fourth-year College student Daniel Judge, a political philosophy, policy and law and philosophy double major, finishes his year-long term.

“I am really excited about Phoebe being the new student member,” Judge said. “She’s really prepared, she sees the University through the perspective of a graduate, a former undergrad, a student athlete [and] so many other perspectives, and she’ll serve the University and the board really well.”

As Judge begins the last phase of his term and Willis prepares to begin the first of hers, the two have been collaborating on the transition process.

“It’s really a credit to Daniel because he’s such an open and welcoming person,” Willis said. “I don’t

want to jump in and reinvent the wheel. I want to build off of what Daniel’s done — he’s actually laid a really great foundation.”

Willis plans to continue the practice of holding office hours for the student body Judge instated during his term.

“He has office hours every week on main Grounds and the Law School,” Willis said. “I talked to him about maybe expanding that concept to different schools on Grounds, so having office hours at the E-school, or the [Architecture] school. By doing that, we’d have 11 or 12 locations as opposed to a couple.”

Willis’s overall goal for the year is to promote more transparency about the BOV and its role at the University.

“Its 2016, this position shouldn’t just be a ‘word of mouth’ thing.

Everyone should have equal opportunity to apply,” Willis said. “BOV makes some really important longterm decisions that would impact future students. Current students have a great perspective on the needs of future students because they’re the ones living college [life]

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Second-year Law student Phoebe Willis will serve as student liaison to the Board of Visitors.

at the University right now.”

While Willis does not officially start until June, she is already hard at work planning for the year ahead.

“What better way to give back to a university that has given not only me so much, but also my family and most of my closest friends, than to help make it a better place?” Willis said.