Monday, April 4, 2016

FACULTY SALARIES ISSUE Monday, April 4, 2016

Vol. 126, Issue 51

MONEY TALKS see FACULTY SALARIES, pages 2-6

Jasmine Oo | The Cavalier Daily

BY THE NUMBERS: FACULTY SALARIES PAGE 4

GENDER GAP IN FACULTY PAY PAGE 6

BASEBALL LOSES, BUT FATE ISN’T SEALED PAGE 7

LEAD EDITORIAL: ON BRIDGING THE PAY GAP PAGE 9

NASU POWWOW BRINGS NATIVE CULTURE TO U.VA. PAGE 15

N news

David Schutte Associate Editor

The University’s School of Medicine received more operating sources than any other department during the 2015-16 fiscal year.

The School of Medicine had $359,281,086 in operating sources, which was 32.5 percent of the total operating sources for the University’s 10 schools.

These operating sources are collected from areas such as tuition, fees, grants, contracts, gifts and supplemental funds sup-

The Cavalier Daily

2

Law School faculty has highest average salary Medical School receives more operating sources than any other department plied by each respective school.

The Law School faculty had the highest average salary of any department, with an average of $135,471 across the 191 faculty members.

The School of Medicine employs the most faculty members — 2,540 — with an average salary of $81,111.

University Deputy Spokesperson Matthew Charles said in an email statement that the University’s compensation philosophy “emphasizes the University’s investment in staff and faculty and recognizes that their talent is our greatest asset.”

With nearly half of the College’s faculty to be replaced by

the 2018-19 year, salaries need to be competitive in order to attract the best faculty possible, according to documents from Cavalier Connect.

Most of each school’s expenses were associated with personnel services and financial aid, but the schools are also investing in new technologies and programs. The Engineering School’s portion of the University’s annual fund, for example, will go toward expanding its graduate student population from 600 to 900 students in the next 10 years.

Marshall Bronfin| The Cavalier Daily

The Law School faculty had the highest average salary of any department, with an average of $135,471 across the 191 faculty members.

U.Va. offers housing for non-tenured professors Cost of living in Charlottesville 5.1 percent above national average

Madelyn Weingast Associate Editor

The average annual salary for faculty and staff at the University is $77,409. According to recent census data, the median household income of a Charlottesville resident is $59,173, while the median home price is $262,800.

Currently, the cost of living in Charlottesville is 5.1 percent above the national average. Curry Prof. Walter Heinecke said cost of living should factor in determining faculty and staff salary.

“While the greater Charlottesville-Albemarle area had been comparatively affordable in the past, that is changing rapidly,” Heinecke said in an email statement. “I know in high cost of living areas like Stanford, the university helps new faculty with down payments and loan

subsidies. It's part of [its] ability to attract high-quality candidates who otherwise would not be able to afford to live and work in the area.”

University Deputy Spokesperson Matthew Charles said the University’s compensation philosophy emphasizes investment in staff and faculty and recognizes that their talent is the school’s greatest asset.

“Our compensation philosophy supports the University’s goals of attracting, developing and retaining employees, using pay practices that reward performance,” Charles said in an email statement.

The University offers faculty and staff housing in the Charlottesville area to non-tenured faculty, research associates, research assistants, post-doctoral candidates, visiting faculty members and full-time classified staff members.

The options range from Pied-

mont ranch-style and split level homes to Stadium Road town homes, Oakhurst Circle apartments and rooms in the Orchard House. The monthly rates have increased slightly by $30 to $50, with the cheapest option — Orchard House — charging $600 and the most expensive — Piedmont houses — charging $1,375 per month.

However, not all faculty and staff opt for on-Grounds housing. Joe Garofalo, associate professor and faculty member of the Board of Visitors, said faculty live all around the area and beyond, with many residing in Albemarle County and in Charlottesville.

“We are fortunate to have lots of options within an easy commute to the Grounds — condos, city houses, houses in suburban developments and in rural developments, and even farms,” Garofalo said in an email statement. “Some faculty and staff

live in surrounding counties like Greene, Nelson and Fluvanna, and there are some who live in the greater Richmond area.”

Kathy McHugh, Charlottesville City Council housing development specialist, said the city published the Comprehensive Housing Analysis and Policy Recommendations in January 2016 to study workforce housing issues among other things.

“Our objective was to look at where people were living currently, why they selected that housing and what they would do differently if looking to move in the next five years,” McHugh said.

McHugh said Charlottesville is 10.4 square miles; however, there are designated growth areas designed to limit the impact of sprawl, so options for building new housing is limited.

“Obviously the Charlottesville housing market was/is influenced by the larger econo-

my. I do know lots of folks have bought outside of town, whether because of affordability, value or the simple fact they want to live ‘out in the country,’” Jennifer Stertzer, chair of the University General Faculty Council, said in an email statement. “On the other hand, colleagues have recently purchased homes in Charlottesville — condos, town homes, single residences — so that's encouraging.”

Heinecke said it is also important to think about wages of the University staff in particular.

“While it is important to think about the cost of housing for younger faculty, it is as important or more important to think about affordability for staff at the University, especially for contract workers who do not make a living wage,” Heinecke said. “It can't be an either or but must be a both. Gentrification is a real issue in Charlottesville.”

NEWS

Monday, April 4, 2016

3

Average salary not affected by new hires Highest paid faculty part of Law, Darden, Medical schools

Change in Average Salary by School

10% 8% 6% 4%

Batten

cture Archite

Nursin g

Engine ering

Curry

erce Comm

nd Sci ences

-2%

Arts a

Law

0%

n

2%

Darde

In 2015, the highest paid faculty members were employed at the Law School, Darden School of Business, and School of Medicine. Former University president and English Prof. John T. Casteen III received a salary of $430,000 — the highest in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Dean of the Batten School Allan Stam said one to two staff members and three to five faculty members are hired each year, though this number does not affect average salary.

“We are committed to real salary equity as compared to our peer external markets,” Stam said. “We work hard to not fall behind in compensation.”

Stam said raises are often given out annually in most cases, as well as in retention cases as they occur.

Dean of the Engineering School Craig Benson also said the number of hires is not a factor affecting compensation in his department.

“Compensation is driven by market conditions,” Benson

said. “The academic hiring market is extremely competitive.”

Benson said the Engineering school would hire about 12 professors this year, though the exact number depends on need and budget availability.

“Assistant professors are the most common [hires], but the distribution of rank in a given year depends on needs and opportunities,” Benson said.

Assistant professors are also the most common hires in the Batten school. Stam said annual salaries are subject to the University, state policies and appropriations.

Benson also said salaries only go up over time for faculty who are brought into the University. Though raises are generally given out annually, the frequency of raises depends on external demands, budget availability and economic conditions.

“In some cases, mid-year adjustments are made to address special factors, such as external pressures,” Benson said. “When economic times are more challenging, raises may not be given.”

al

Associate Editor

Medic

Kathleen Smith

Lucas Halse | The Cavalier Daily

Fogarty talks teaching in multiple departments Religious Studies professor discusses cross-listing classes, resulting salary

Elizabeth Parker Associate Editor

Some University professors teach in multiple departments across different disciplines, which can affect their departmental status, who enrolls in their classes and what their research covers.

Gerald Fogarty is a Jesuit priest on the faculty at the University and the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of the History of Christianity. Although his “home department” is Religious Studies, he frequently teaches cross-listed classes in the Corcoran Department of History.

“What I have is what we call a courtesy appointment. I can offer courses in the History Department, but I have no voting rights in the department,” Fogarty said. “[I cannot vote on] appointments for new faculty and so forth — curriculum changes and such.”

Fogarty said in order to crosslist one of his classes, he calls the History Department and asks if they would be interested.

“If a course is cross-listed, there’s a certain way we allocate seats to students from different departments,” Fogarty said.

For example, Fogarty said he usually allocates 15 spots for history students, and the His-

tory Department gets credit for those 15 spots, while the Religious Studies department gets credit for the remaining five students.

“It’s sort of a game,” Fogarty said.

Fogarty has published an wide array of articles relating to both history and religion, and his current research focuses on the United States and the Vatican in World War II and the Holy See and American Catholicism from 1789 to 1870.

He has a total of 10 degrees in diverse subjects like Theology, History and Classics. He has held appointments at the Catholic University of America,

Boston College and Fordham University, among other institutions.

“The graduate degrees [I have] that really count are all in history. I have two master's degrees and a Ph.D. in history,” Fogarty said. “Though I studied religious history at Yale, it was in the history department.”

Although Fogarty teaches in two departments at the University, his salary comes from Religious Studies.

He receives no special bonus or additional money for teaching in more than one department. His current salary is set at $95,800, according to University documents.

“In 1993, I was promised a salary of $90,000 to match another offer I received. Twenty years later, I am at [$94,000], which is barely over the mark,” Fogarty said. “I have held an endowed chair for 22 years.”

Fogarty said he enjoys teaching in two departments and cross-listing courses because of the diversity of students he encounters and their different perspectives.

“Getting history students is really much better because they’re attuned to history, whereas religious studies majors many times are not,” Fogarty said.

4

NEWS

The Cavalier Daily

AVERAGE AND HIGHEST SALARIES BY SCHOOL Medical

By the Numbers

Darden Law Commerce Art & Sciences Curry Batten Engineering Nursing Architecture 0

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

Salary ($)

600000

700000

800000

SALARIES BY NON-ACADEMIC DIVISIONS Health System President始s Office Diversity Student Affairs Athletics

TOP EARNERS Richard P. Shannon

$721,000

David S. Wilkes

$600,000 $561,100 $550,000 $534,700 $525,000 $520,000 $518,900 $500,000 $495,800

Irving L. Kron Robert O. Anae Teresa Sullivan Larry Fitzgerald Scott C. Beardsley

Robert F. Bruner Bronco Clay Mendenhall Paul G. Mahoney

Provost

Avg. Salary

Max. Salary

$71,632 $99,105 $92,791 $67,786 $92,271 $69,412

$450,600 $400,000 $338,800 $262,400 $550,000 $252,000

BIG NAMES Teresa Sullivan Bronco Mendenhall John T Casteen Tony Bennet Larry Sabato Pat Lampkin Kenneth Elzinga Allen Groves Lou Bloomfield

$534,700 $500,000 $447,500 $400,000 $400,000 $262,400 $221,800 $208,000 $138,800 Cindy Guo and Lucas Halse | The Cavalier Daily

NEWS

Monday, April 4, 2016

5

UJC holds first general meeting of term Committee sets general goals for year Mark Felice Senior Writer

The University Judiciary Committee had its first general body meeting of the spring term April 3 to introduce the new executive board members and go over general goals of the coming term.

The committee is the central governing and operating body of UJC and is responsible for investigating alleged violations of the University’s Standards of Conduct.

The committee is comprised of twenty-three representatives who

are elected from the eleven schools at the University.

The new executive committee consists of third-year College student Mitchell Wellman as chair and third-year Engineering student Jacqueline Kouri, Law student Peter Bautz and College graduate student Deborah Luzader as vice chairs.

Third-year College student Jenny Brzezynski serves as senior investigator; law student Alex Haden and third-year College student Emily Woznak serve as senior counselors; and second-year Commerce student Kimberly Flintsch

Medina serves as senior educator.

First-year Engineering student Kevin Warshaw is the senior data manager; and first-year College students Jordan Arnold and Megan Routbort are the FYJC chair and vice chair, respectively.

The entire body discussed general goals for the term.

“The goals are that we want to always keep the UJC mission in mind, and that means we are serving all education regardless of their background or the context of their incident. We want to increase our outreach in quantity and quality,” Wellman said. “We want to battle

the question of what is the difference between UJC and Honor that we all know is a problem we face.”

The committee has also set new goals for the functionality of UJC and its operations at the University.

“We want to work towards a better training system for support officers this focus,” Wellman said.

“We want to have more substance in our cases that are standard ones, those hard cases where we need witness testimony, where we need evidence to make the hard calls about guilt and sanction.”

One of the main goals set out

during the UJC general body meeting highlighted changing the perception of the role of the committee in contrast to the Honor Committee’s role.

“Honor deals with students who have apparently lied, stolen or cheated on something, and we deal with any other conduct that might not be representative of a U.Va. student or upstanding community member,” Wellman said. “We have twelve standards of conduct that stipulate what behavior we expect from students.”

UJC will be holding meetings every two weeks on Sunday.

Civil War conference held by John Nau III Center Friday Inaugural installment of lectures brings two guest speakers Courtney Stith Senior Writer

The John Nau III Center for Civil War History held its first signature conference Friday. The event — titled “War as Muse: Revisiting Iconic Texts of the Civil War Era” — featured six keynote lecturers from the University, University of California at Los Angeles and Mercer University.

Speakers included Nau Center Director Gary Gallagher, History Prof. Elizabeth Varon, UCLA Prof.

Brenda Stevenson, Law Assoc.

Prof. Cynthia Nicoletti, English Prof. Stephen Cushman and Mercer University Prof. Sarah Gardner.

William Kurtz, research associate and Digital Historian and Archivist at the Nau Center, said the purpose of the event was to share scholarship done by University professors with the community and to educate the public about the Civil War. “It’s all about bringing the scholarship we do here at the University into a public setting,” Kurtz said. “Not everybody has the opportunity to read our articles and books that our scholars produce, but it’s all about bringing the Civil War to the community and educating them about particular aspects of it.”

History Prof. Gary Gallagher said Charlottesville is a premier location for the center because the history of the Civil War still affects the community, citing the example of the debates surrounding the Robert E. Lee statue in Lee Park. “[The history] still resonates today and that’s evident from the debates over the Lee statue in Charlottesville, for example,”

Gallagher said. “The memory of the Civil War, the incidents of the Civil War, are often still very much debated in modern American history.”

Kurtz noted symbols of the Civil War around Grounds.

“There are symbols of the Civil War all across campus,” Kurtz said.

“Off of Alderman Road there’s the Confederate cemetery [and] on the Rotunda there’s a list of Confederate dead who attended U.Va.” In addition, Kurtz said Charlottesville is part of a nationwide discussion over Civil War monuments.

“Right now as the community grapples with [the Lee statue debates], that’s part of a larger story of our nation trying to understand ‘how do we come to grips with the different meanings of the Civil War for so many people across the nation?’” Kurtz said. “‘How do we as a nation remember that past but also learn from it?’”

Gallagher said the center will hold similar events in the future to produce better scholarship and teaching.

“We have programs that are going to be aimed towards graduate students, undergraduate students, the general public, conferences such as the one we did today,” Gallagher said. “We want to help produce scholarship and better teaching and to reach a public history audience.”

Gallagher also said this event will be the basis of a book produced by faculty in the Nau Center.

For full coverage, go to www. cavalierdaily.com.

Courtney Stith | The Cavalier Daily

History Prof. Gary Gallagher said Charlottesville is a premier location for the center because the history of the Civil War still affects the community, citing the example of the debates surrounding the Robert E. Lee statue in Lee Park.

The Cavalier Daily

F

A gender gap in faculty salaries

focus

Women hold few high-paying positions, lack tenure at U.Va.

Mark Felice

Focus and News Writer

Information released to The Cavalier Daily by the University under the Freedom of Information Act containing faculty and administration salaries for the 2015-16 academic year shows two women — across all divisions — in the top 20 earners at the University. Those two women are President Teresa Sullivan, who is fifth on the list, and Katherine Peck, chief operating officer of the Medical School, who is 15th on the list.

Narrowing down the list to the top 10 salaries in each of

the University’s 10 schools, the College, the Commerce School and the Engineering School have zero women in their top 10 salary earners. The Darden School of Business and the Medical School only have one female faculty member in the top 10.

curred only once in the 2011-12 academic year.

With the recent economic recession, 0 percent increases had become a harsh reality before the 2013-14 annual increases came into effect. Even with those increases, women hold fewer top-earning faculty spots. Salary determinants for all entry-level faculty at the University are widespread, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Kerry Abrams said.

“Nationally, salary ranges vary considerably by field and our salaries, like salaries at other universities, reflect those differences,” Abrams said in an email statement. “Once faculty are members of the faculty at U.Va., they are eligible for annual merit raises in years that raises have been approved by the Commonwealth.”

As part of the budget authorization, Virginia annually offers across-the-board increases to staff and merit increases to faculty within state higher education institutions, Abrams said.

“The University then awards increases to faculty salary based on performance,” Abrams said.

The University’s salaries range from $11,220 per year, which Aaron Mackey earns as an assistant professor in the Medical School, to $721,000 per year, which Richard Shannon earns as the executive vice president for Health Affairs of the Medical School.

How salaries are established Salaries have increased across the board by an average three percent for the past three years, according to the University’s Budget Office. In 201112, staff received a 2 percent increase, and in the three years prior received 0 percent increases in their normal salaries, while those on the Virginia Retirement System received 5 percent increases. This VRS increase oc-

Top 20 University Salaries Top 20 University Salaries 10%

Male 10%

Male

Female

Female

90%

90%

Salary breakdown by gender In 2012, the University’s for-

Top 10TopSalaries

By School 10 Salaries

By School Arts & Sciences 0% Arts & Sciences

0%

Batten

Batten 0%

0%

Darden

Darden Nursing

Nursing

Medicine

Medicine

0%

Law

0%

Law Commerce 0% Commerce Curry

0%

CurryArchitecture 0%

ArchitectureEngineering

10

0% 0

Engineering 0

10

6

20

20

30

30

40

50

Percentage 40 of Women 50

60

60

70

70

80

80

Cindy Guo | The Cavalier Daily

Percentage of Women

mer Executive Vice President and Provost John Simon appointed a Faculty Salary Study Task Force to conduct an examination of faculty salaries at the University. This task force had eight members, as well as five legal and administrative members who were there in an ex officio capacity, or by virtue of their position or status.

The University’s report showed differences in salary by gender and a lower percentage of female faculty who received tenure. With Sullivan at the helm, the University is working to combat these problems, Abrams — one of the members working in an ex officio capacity — said.

“Our active recruitment efforts include efforts to recruit women at the highest levels, including administrative positions and endowed chairs,” Abrams said. “Recruiting more women to these positions would, over time, change the number of women earning the top salaries at U.Va. … In addition, our efforts to foster the development of our current female faculty should increase over time the number of ‘homegrown’ senior women.”

Even with these efforts, many of the women contacted for an interview for this article declined out of fear of repercussions, as most of them do not have tenure. Denise Walsh, associate professor of Politics and Women, Gender and Sexuality, said there are a number of reasons why female faculty might be hesitant to speak.

“People may be reluctant to comment because they are concerned about legal issues or because they do not consider themselves well informed enough about the legal ramifications of their comments,” Walsh said in an email statement. “Others may be concerned about generating controversy for the University or for themselves.”

According to the task force report, the difference in salaries for female assistant professors compared to male assistant professors ranged from -3 percent to 7 percent. This gender difference changes dramatically for associate professors, full professors and tenured faculty. For female associate professors, the gender difference ranges from -9 percent to 0 percent. For full professors, it ranges from -7 percent to 1 percent, and for tenured professors it ranges from about -6 percent to 0 percent.

What this means for representation Of the tenured professors surveyed by the task force, 260 out of 904 were women. Most University programs had less than 50 percent female faculty representation. Specifically, women were poorly represented in fields such as engineering and law, with 15.1 percent 22.7 percent, respectively.

Dora Illei, a fourth-year College student and president of Feminism is for Everyone, said she thinks this deficit in diversity shows “who is the most valuable” at the University.

“The problem is that it gives a very narrow representation of the University, but it also shows a lack of support for certain groups of people at the University,” Illei said.

Some of this issue lies in the difficulty of getting tenure and the way in which it given, Illei said.

“I don't know the details financially of how that is organized, but I think the administration should look at the way funds are divided between the departments and decided [and] how this is affecting pay between gender,” Illei said. “They also should look at field and tenure.

I don’t think it can be changed until the University and administration acknowledged that it is an issue.”

While women may be underrepresented in the University’s top leadership roles, Walsh said she hopes Sullivan’s position as the first female president of the University inspires faculty and students to see women as leaders.

“Do I think that by having a woman president people talk differently about women faculty? The answer is no,” Walsh said. “Do I think that having a woman president is important?

Yes … I hope that it inspires all of us to do everything we can to diversify leadership and faculty, and most importantly, to challenge discrimination wherever we may find it.”

Marcus L. Martin, vice president and chief officer for Diversity and Equity, declined to comment for this story.

S

sports

Monday, April 4, 2016

Baseball drops series to NC State Ryan Williamson’s big Sunday gives rubber match to Wolfpack

Grant Gossage Senior Associate Editor

Wearing its orange uniforms and camo caps Sunday, No. 14 Virginia baseball hosted No. 23 North Carolina State in the rubber match of a weekend series at Davenport Field.

Six gutsy innings from junior pitcher Ryan Williamson and two-out hitting lifted the Wolfpack (19-9, 5-5 ACC) past the Cavaliers (18-11, 6-6 ACC), 5-2.

Sophomore pitcher Tommy Doyle, who has assumed a spot in Virginia’s starting rotation this season after working out of the bullpen in 2015, got the ball in the finale Sunday. As amped up as ever, the 6-foot6 right-hander walked the first batter he faced.

Doyle recorded outs on a sacrifice bunt and grounder to second base, but then left an 0-2 slider over the heart of the plate. A resulting single off the bat of junior catcher Andrew Knizner gave NC State a 1-0 lead in the first. Doyle muttered choice words into his mitt.

“You can’t do those things, and [Tommy] knows that,” coach Brian O’Connor said. “I know that he’s growing. … Hopefully, Tommy can continue to develop, because for us

7

Alicia Wang | The Cavalier Daily

Junior shortstop Daniel Pinero had one of Virginia’s six hits Sunday against Wolfpack starter Ryan Williamson.

to take that next step forward and be a little more consistent, certainly he’s going to need to do some good things for us.”

Over five and a third innings of work, Doyle allowed five runs on 10 hits. The Wolfpack scratched across

two more runs in the second inning, again with two men down. Both sophomores at the top of the NC State lineup — second baseman Stephen Pitarra and center fielder Josh McLain — had sent RBI singles into right.

Spotted an early 3-0 lead, Williamson went to work against Virginia hitters in the bottom of the second inning. Two walks, an airmailed pickoff throw and a base-knock later, the Cavaliers had loaded the bases for sophomore third baseman Justin Novak.

Williamson hit Novak with his very first pitch, and it appeared he and the Wolfpack might unravel.

Credit to Williamson, though, who bore down in 3-2 counts and struck out Virginia’s star sophomores, center fielder Adam Haseley and second baseman Ernie Clement, to preserve a 3-1 advantage.

“We have to do a better job of executing in those situations, because with a pitcher on the mound like that, you’ve got to capitalize in those moments,” junior shortstop Daniel Pinero said. “We definitely didn’t do that today, and we really needed those runs.”

Williamson’s stress on the mound Sunday was mostly self-induced — after all, he needed 127 pitches to get through six innings. Mixing in a nasty breaking ball, Williamson yielded just three hits and sat down 10 Cavaliers, doling out sombreros [three strikeouts] to sophomore first baseman Pavin Smith and Haseley.

In the third frame, Williamson walked three Virginia batters to load

the bases before spiking a delivery in front of home plate. Junior catcher Matt Thaiss barreled home from third on the wild pitch to cut the deficit to 3-2. Williamson induced a groundout to limit the damage, and from then on, the Cranford, N.J. native located his filthy offspeed stuff.

“He got people off balance,” Pinero said. “I think as the game went on, his fastball started to get slower, and then he had to rely on his breaking ball. We had a hard time staying back on it. Give credit to the guy — he pitched well, and we just couldn’t figure him out.”

Wolfpack senior pitcher Will Gilbert recorded three shutout innings in relief of Williamson. The lefty Gilbert exchanged Haseley and Smith’s sombreros for golden ones [four strikeouts] in the ninth, and NC State secured an impressive series win in Charlottesville. Defending champion Virginia is scuffling, having lost five of its last six games. But if the past is any indication, the Cavaliers have not sealed their fate.

“We’re still searching to find what it’s going to take for us to be consistent,” O’Connor said. “You understand what we went through, not only last year but the previous years, that this is not an easy thing. It’s a development process. We’ve got guys who are still learning.”

Virginia blanks Richmond, 9-0 Junior goalie Matt Barrett did not allow the rising Richmond lacrosse team to earn a win against its in-state foe Saturday afternoon. Barrett recorded 12 saves to give the Cavaliers a 9-0 victory — the team’s first shutout win since 2007.

The Cavaliers (6-5, 0-2 ACC) came out ready to play against the Spiders (7-3, 3-0 Southern) — who were off to their best start in program history. Virginia struck quickly, just 56 seconds into the game, after Barrett made a quick save after the opening face off. After the clear, junior attackman Ryan Lukacovic put one between the pipes for the first goal of the afternoon.

Following the ensuing face off, junior attackman Mitch Goldberg, Richmond’s leading scorer, went down with a non-contact injury. He did not return to the game, leaving the Spiders without a key player.

The Cavaliers finished out the second quarter with a goal from sophomore attackman Mike D’Amario. Sophomore midfielder Matt Emery kicked off the second quarter with an unassisted score followed by

a goal from senior midfielder Greg Coholan, giving Virginia a 4-0 lead at the half.

The third quarter saw three more goals for Virginia. A pair of Cavalier junior midfielders caught nylon, as Zed Williams and AJ Fish tacked on two goals. Lukacovic closed out the third quarter with his second goal of the afternoon.

In the fourth quarter, Barrett made five saves to secure the shut out for Virginia. Fish and Emery tacked on goals for their second scores of the game, bringing the contest to its 9-0 final score.

The victory gives the Cavaliers a winning record for the first time all season. The win also marked Virginia’s best streak of the year, as the team earned its third win in a span of just seven days.

The Cavaliers will seek their first ACC victory of the season Sunday when they travel to Chapel Hill, N.C. to take on No. 17 North Carolina.

—compiled by Mariel Messier

Katie Johnsen | The Cavalier Daily

Junior goalie Matt Barrett recorded 12 saves in a shutout effort against Richmond, the Cavaliers’ first blanking of an opponent since 2007.

8

SPORTS

The Cavalier Daily

Women’s lacrosse edges Eagles on Senior Day Virginia honors five seniors, Jackson, Behr each score four goals

Jack Gallagher Associate Editor

Enduring Boston College’s late offensive surge, the No. 15 Virginia women’s lacrosse team held on to defeat the No. 10 Eagles (6-5), 15-14, on the Cavalier’s (6-6) senior day. The win marks Virginia’s first in the ACC play and third over a top-10 opponent this season.

“I thought our girls really did a really nice job in starting strong and playing just tough enough down the stretch to be able to come up with a really important win for so many reasons,” coach Julie Myers said.

The Cavaliers led 12-5 with only 17:28 remaining in the game after a goal by sophomore midfielder Kasey Behr. However, right as it seemed that Virginia would cruise on to victory, Boston College responded with a 7-1 run over the following 11 minutes to cut Virginia’s lead to just 13-12 with 6:24 left to play.

Goals by freshman midfielder Maggie Jackson and senior attacker Kelly Boyd put Virginia up three with 4:05 left. But two quick Boston Col-

Marshall Bronfin | The Cavalier Daily

Senior attacker Mary Alati scored a goal and chipped in two assists on Senior Night.

lege goals cut the Cavaliers lead back to just one goal, 15-14, with 1:09 remaining.

Boston College won the proceeding draw and held the ball in the final

minute with a chance to tie. However, the Cavaliers got the stop and came out victorious.

“We shot really well today,” Boyd said. “We had a heavy focus on shooting this entire week in practice, so I’m just glad we were able to hit them on game day.”

Strong play by Virginia’s seniors helped lead the team to victory. Honored before the game started, senior attackers Brooke Boyd and Kelly Boyd, senior midfielder Mary Alati and senior defenders Ella Cooper and Sarah Gillespie played with passion on what could possibly be their final game at Klöckner Stadium. All five of seniors started for the Cavaliers, with Kelly Boyd scoring three goals while Alati chipped in a goal and two assists.

“It was a great celebration and awesome recognition before the game,” Kelly Boyd said. “Our class is really close since there is only five of us. It’s been a great four years with my best friends and I couldn’t have asked for anything more.”

Myers added that the seniors have also added valuable contributions on the field.

“I think our fourth years have done so much,” Myers said. “This group has done everything the right way and they’ve worked their tails off.”

While the emphasis of the game was on Virginia’s senior class, the future of the program also looked bright in the Cavalier’s victory. The leading Virginia scorers in the game were a freshman and a sophomore, as Jackson and Behr each had four goals. Additionally, sophomore midfielder Lilly DiNardo, junior attacker Posey Valis and junior attacker Besser Dyson all scored one goal apiece.

Sophomore goalie Rachel Vander Kolk made 10 saves for the Cavaliers.

“Everybody really stepped up and contributed,” Myers said. “I know the younger players kept saying ‘let’s do it for the fourth years,’ so I wasn’t surprised to see some of the younger players have big games today.”

Virginia was outshot by Boston College 33-24. The Eagles also held the edge in draw controls, 20-11.

Virginia opened the game with two goals by Jackson to go up 2-0. After a Boston College goal, the Cavaliers responded with one of their own

by DiNardo at the 18:17 mark to lead 3-1.

The Eagles scored less than 30 seconds later on a free position shot.

Virginia then followed this with back to back goals by Valis and Behr to lead 5-2 with 8:57 left in the first half.

Boston College next scored two consecutive goals to cut Virginia’s lead to one with 4:53 remaining in the first half. But another goal by Behr with just 1:58 left before halftime put the Cavaliers up 6-4 at the half.

Virginia started the second half on fire, scoring six of the game's next seven goals in a less than 10-minute span. Starting with a Behr goal at the 26:45 mark, the Cavaliers pulled ahead, 12-5, with 17:28 remaining in the game.

Boston College then went on their big offensive run, outscoring the Cavaliers 9-3 for the rest of the game after Behr’s goal. Still, it wasn’t enough to entirely cut the Eagles’ deficit, and Virginia survived for the win.

The Cavaliers will next play Navy (7-4) Wednesday as Virginia tries to pick up its first road win of the season.

Women’s tennis drop two weekend matches Virginia falls against Duke, 4-0, Georgia Tech, 4-3 Hunter Ostad Associate Editor

It was a big weekend for the No. 12 Virginia women’s tennis team, as they had two important matches against No. 10 Duke Friday and No. 16 Georgia Tech Sunday at the Snyder Tennis courts. However, the Cavaliers (11-9, 6-5 ACC) could not pull out a win and ended the weekend with two tough ACC losses.

Friday, the Blue Devils (14-3, 7-2 ACC) travelled to Charlottesville and defeated the Cavaliers, 4-0. The match began outdoors but late thunderstorms forced the match to move indoors midway through singles.

The Cavaliers had to fight through adversity with two of their top three players sidelined with illness or injury.

In the match, the Cavaliers lost the doubles point, with Duke taking two out of three double competitions.

In singles, the Cavaliers lost at two, four and six on the ladder, with Duke junior Chalena Scholl defeating junior Victoria Olivarez 6-3, 6-1, Virginia freshman Erica Susi falling to Duke sophomore Samantha Harris 6-3, 6-1, and Duke freshman Jessica Ho defeating senior Taylor Wingo 62, 6-3.

One bright spot on the day was senior Danielle Collins putting in a good performance in her unfinished match, where she was up 6-2, 5-2 before play was stopped.

Sunday started off cold, but ended up being a beautiful, sunny day for tennis. Georgia Tech (13-6, 8-2 ACC) defeated the Cavaliers in an incredibly close 4-3 match. The Cavaliers lost the doubles point, as Georgia Tech came out hot, taking two sets quickly.

The match became interesting in the singles point. The Cavaliers lost at two on the ladder with senior Julia Elbaba falling against Georgia Tech sophomore Paige Hourigan 61, 6-1. Collins responded by winning at number one against sophomore Johnnise Renaud 6-3, 6-2.

The Cavaliers lost at number six and were facing a 3-1 deficit. Virginia had a spirited comeback when both freshman Meghan Kelley and senior Stephanie Nauta dug out two tough wins to tie the match at 3-3. The Cavaliers couldn’t close the deal as Georgia Tech sophomore Alexis Prokopuik defeated junior Victoria Olivarez 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the deciding match.

It was a tough weekend all around for the Cavaliers, but there is still room for optimism, Collins said.

“I think we had a good effort

across the board, it didn't quite go the way we wanted to,” she said. “But we have a couple more matches in the regular season and then the ACC tournament, so we have some more opportunities our way. So, this kind of gives us a little more insight into what we need to do and the adjustments we need to make for the rest of the season.”

Looking forward, Collins knows she needs to be a leader for this team and help them get over the hump.

“There’s definitely been an emphasis on working really hard and bringing a lot of intensity to practice and in the locker room,” she said.

“And then also using some of the losses we’ve had as a positive and a learning experience so we can do better in the future.”

Looking back on the weekend’s defeats, coach Mark Guilbeau knows just how much potential this team has if they can put it all together. “[It was a] tough weekend obviously. I thought we were really spirited on Friday and I mentioned that,” Guilbeau said. “[Sunday] we came out a little bit less than that and maybe to credit Georgia Tech, they were really on it at the beginning and they also imposed. I thought we fought back, but really the doubles comes back to hurt us a lot, and then we

fight back and ends up making it a really good match, but a lot of credit to both teams, but Georgia Tech was just a bit better today.”

Looking to the future, Guilbeau understands the Cavaliers have a hard road ahead, so they will need to take advantage of their coming days off.

“Number one, we’re going to rest a little bit, and get a chance to have two days off, which is important,” Guilbeau said. “Just keep perspective like we have. I constantly try and teach other things aside from tennis… but

keep our heads up and understand that when the spirit is strong, we’re going to do better.

In all, it was a tough weekend for the Cavaliers with an especially devastating loss against Georgia Tech.

However, if the team fixes some minor inconsistencies, they can make some noise in the postseason.

Mariana Frasier| The Cavalier Daily

The Cavaliers lost two weekend matches while two top-tier starters missed action due to illness or injury.

O

Monday, April 4, 2016

9

LEAD EDITORIAL

opinion

Gender pay gap at U.Va. remains wide The University lacks women in high-earning positions

Comment of the day

This academic year’s faculty salaries data reveal an important trend: female faculty and administrators at the University continue to be underrepresented amongst top earners.

A 2014 study of more than 900 tenured and tenure-track professors at the University confirmed the existence of a gender pay gap, with female professors earning 2.7 percent less than their male counterparts. This number was even higher for female associate professors, who earned 5 percent less than their male counterparts.

While the study did not determine causality for this difference, a noticeable problem is the lack of women in higher-paying positions in general. The issue is not necessarily that men and women at the University are paid equally — it also has to do with the difficulty that female faculty members face

“Being patient and gathering details is no fun, though! And who will I be outraged with when the details prove my anger to be unfounded?!”

by “Leon” in response to the March 31 lead editorial “StudCo was unfairly criticized for DREAMers incident.”

in receiving promotions. Nine of the top ten earners for the 2015-16 fiscal year are male. Among them are Patrick D. Hogan, executive vice president and chief operating officer; Scott Beardsley, dean of the Darden School of Business; and Richard P. Shannon, executive vice president for health affairs, who, with a salary of $721,000, is the top earner. The highest paid female at the University is President Teresa Sullivan, who earns $534,700.

At issue is not whether these salaries are appropriate, but whether they are accessible to women. Pay equity between males and females in different departments is certainly a problem the University should address, but the nearly all-male list of top 10 faculty earners shows that promotion of women to academic dean positions and executive roles deserves

more attention.

Moreover, the issue of female faculty promotions is not limited to top positions at the University.

Most female faculty members are not tenured or are only adjunct professors. Addressing the gender promotion gap at the bottom level would better set up female faculty members to become academic deans or assume other executive roles at the University.

Discussion of male-female pay equity and of departmental pay equity reappears each year following The Cavalier Daily’s release of University faculty salaries. Addressing these issues will require long-term solutions from the administration such as directed initiatives to promote women to leading University positions. Gender pay gaps are a reality across the country, and the University is no exception.

THE CAVALIER DAILY The Cavalier Daily

The Cavalier Daily is a financially and editorially independent news organization staffed and managed entirely by students of the University of Virginia.

The opinions expressed in The Cavalier Daily are not necessarily those of the students, faculty, staff or administration of the University of Virginia. Unsigned editorials represent the majority opinion of the editorial board. Cartoons and columns represent the views of the authors.

The managing board of The Cavalier Daily has sole authority over and responsibility for all content.

No part of The Cavalier Daily or The Cavalier Daily online edition may be reproduced in any form, in whole or in part, without the written consent of the editor-in-chief.

The Cavalier Daily is published Mondays and Thursdays in print and daily online at cavalierdaily.com. It is printed on at least 40 percent recycled paper. 2016 The Cavalier Daily Inc.

Have an opinion?

The Cavalier Daily welcomes letters to the editor and guest columns. Writers must provide full name, telephone number and University affiliation, if appropriate. Letters should not exceed 250 words in length and columns should not exceed 700. The Cavalier Daily does not guarantee publication of submissions and may edit all material for content and grammar. Submit to opinion@cavalierdaily.com or P.O. Box 400703, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4703

Questions/Comments

To better serve readers, The Cavalier Daily has a public editor to respond to questions and concerns regarding its practices. The public editor writes a column published every week on the opinion pages based on reader feedback and his independent observations. He also welcomes queries pertaining to journalism and the newspaper industry in general. The public editor is available at publiceditor@cavalierdaily.com.

FOLLOW US @CAVALIERDAILY

MANAGING BOARD Editor-in-Chief Dani Bernstein Managing Editor Kayla Eanes Executive Editor Nazar Aljassar Operations Manager Jasmine Oo Chief Financial Officer Lianne Provenzano EDITORIAL BOARD Dani Bernstein Nazar Aljassar Conor Kelly Ella Shoup Sara Rourke JUNIOR BOARD Assistant Managing Editors Jane Diamond Michael Reingold (SA) Harper Dodd (SA) Courtney Guerette (SA) Trent Lefkowitz (SA) Ben Tobin (SA) Carrie West

News Editors Tim Dodson Hannah Hall (SA) Thrisha Potluri Sports Editors Robert Elder Matthew Wurzburger Jacob Hochberger (SA) Grant Gossage (SA) Mariel Messier Opinion Editors Gray Whisnant Hasan Khan (SA) Matt Winesett Humor Editors Patrick Thedinga (SA) Nancy-Wren Bradshaw Focus Editor Allie Jensen Life Editors Kristin Murtha Margaret Mason Arts & Entertainment Editors Candace Carter Noah Zeidman (SA) Sam Henson (SA) Ben Hitchcock (SA) Flo Overfelt

Health and Science Editor Meg Thornberry Production Editors Sean Cassar Charlotte Bemiss Danielle Dacanay (SA) Caity Freud (SA) Alex Nebel Graphics Editors Cindy Guo Kriti Sehgal Kate Motsko Photography Editors Celina Hu Lauren Hornsby Video Editor Courtney Stith Online Manager Leo Dominguez Social Media Managers Malory Smith Miska Chehata Ads Manager Kirsten Steuber Marketing & Business Managers Grant Parker Andrew Lee

WWW.CAVALIERDAILY.COM

10

OPINION

The Cavalier Daily

An unconventional education initiative his spring, the Contem- surrounding pressures. In 2010, plative Sciences Center, or researchers directed a series of CSC, collaborated with Inward studies to explore the effect of Bound Mindfulness mindfulness training Education to create a on stress reduction.

LUCY SIEGEL program for the UniWhen participants in Viewpoint Writer versity students to a mindfulness-based take a five-day trip stress reduction group over spring break in the coun- were compared to participants tryside of Virginia at the Sereni- in a control group, researchers ty Ridge Retreat Center. During discovered that the mindfulthis retreat, the students partic- ness group had drastically lower ipated in mindfulness activities rates of anxiety, depression and in which they developed their distress. This does not go to say “skills of focused concentration, that people who participate in introspection, compassion, and mindfulness training courses insight.” While mindfulness ed- will never experience high levucation can be seen as a form of els of stress; instead, they learn narcissism insignificant to a stu- useful strategies that allow them dent’s well-being, it is necessary to process emotions differently that we incorporate this intro- so the outcome is positive. Holspection and meditation in col- ocaust survivor and psychiatrist lege life through programs such Viktor Frankl says, "Between this retreat, as it can significant- stimulus and response there's ly reduce stress and motivate a space, in that space lies our self-reflection to strengthen the power to choose our response, mind and body. in our response lies our growth There is no doubt college and our freedom." In essence, students experience amazing we have a choice in how we reamounts of pressure and stress act to stress and anxiety. Mindeach day. Mindfulness, “a state fulness training can make us of active, open attention to the aware of this space that Frankl present,” allows the body to acknowledges, giving us the opwind down and escape from portunity to channel these feel-

ings in a way that helps instead of hurts. When we tap into our minds and begin to learn about ourselves, we can abate stress, “interrupt this cycle and create more choice in life.”

According to Tibetan Buddhists, the mind is not hidden from us.We are in control of how we perceive ourselves, others and the world around us. In order to see the abilities of our minds and distinguish our true motivations, we must undergo

idea of deeming self-reflection as narcissistic: “Quality self-focus is about one having an accurate view of the self for the sake of self-understanding. Narcissists, on the other hand, are focused on the self in pursuit of vanity, egotism and an inflated sense of self importance.” Thus, true self-reflection is not narcissistic. We need to take time for ourselves; it is not a luxury.

UCLA researchers proposed the existence of a fourth state of consciousness in the 1970s, one that is proven to be key “for positive human transformation and full awakening of consciousness.”

Transcendental consciousness is deWhile self-reflection may be seen as a form of scribed as “the esnarcissism, it is critical to motivating positive sence of who we are — our inmost self.” change and behavior.“ With this realization, which can be self-reflection through medita- achieved through mindfulness, tion. While self-reflection may we can connect with ourselves be seen as a form of narcissism, fully, ultimately fostering our it is critical to motivating pos- well of potential and reaching itive change and behavior. Dr. heights we did not even know Allen McConnell unfolds this existed. When the mind set-

“

T

Introducing mindfulness education will help reduce student stress tles inward, we make this connection between the body and mind, which enables a deeper understanding of oneself.

This retreat presents the opportunity for self-discovery and the formation of mechanisms for coping with stress and anxiety, both of which are critical for leading a healthy and wholesome life. Students should take advantage of opportunities such as these in order to uncover that which is untouchable from the surface. Richard Burnett speaks about the importance of mindfulness in schools in his TED Talk, explaining that we teach biology, English and math in schools, but “we very, very rarely teach young people to use the lens, to best use the lens, through which all of their experiences, both at home and at school, is being filtered.” We need to bring our education full circle by incorporating exercises in mindfulness through extracurricular activities and retreat programs that can profoundly shape our mental health and happiness.

The failure of #familyfirst n early March, Chicago by LaRoche’s teammates, so he White Sox player Adam La- should have respected that and Roche retired from professional complied with them to be a baseball because the good team member. organization attemptCARLY MULVIHILL His son’s spot in the ed to limit the amount clubhouse was a stipViewpoint Writer of time LaRoche’s son ulation in LaRoche’s could spend in the contract, though, and clubhouse. LaRoche disagreed it was not fair of the White Sox with this request and retired, to cut this off completely. citing the fact that his family That being said, LaRoche’s was his most important prior- statement that he quit baseball ity. His statement has ignited because he is “#familyfirst” imcontroversy in the media and in plies that the White Sox organithe White Sox organization. The zation does not prioritize family. decision to quit is LaRoche’s It does not make the White Sox only, but his situation created an anti-family to ask that a child unrealistic expectation for the spends less time at work with his role of children in the American father, because most children workplace. would not be afforded the same One of the biggest problems courtesy in their parent's workin this entire debate is that La- place. Though unconventional, Roche ignored initial requests the ballpark is still a place of to cut back on his son’s visits to work. There are few professions the clubhouse. The administra- in America where one can bring tion did not originally ask his their child to work for every son to cease attendance entirely. minute of every day.

LaRoche refused to comply with If anything, LaRoche was their request and, so leadership awarded a better deal than most in the White Sox organization American workers, in terms of to ask him to stop bringing his the role his son played in his son to work. The requested cut- work environment. Though his back was a result of complaints career required him to spend

large amounts of time away from his family, his contract stipulations made up for that fairly. By allowing LaRoche to spend time with his son at the clubhouse, the White Sox compensated in a fair manner for the long hours that LaRoche had to spend away from his family.

Also, while I admire LaRoche’s dedication to his family, many Americans cannot afford to live his version of #familyfirst. He retired at the age of 36 because he couldn’t bring his

ment benefits kick in. LaRoche implied in his statement that to be #familyfirst, one must quit his or her job to spend as much time with family as possible. In contemporary American society, however, #familyfirst could also be a single mother working 12 hour days to provide for her family. LaRoche is lucky that his profession has provided him with enough money to live by this #familyfirst ideal, but for the average person, it is just not practical. This is not to say that LaRoche’s hard work didn’t deserve contract-stipulated family time as a reward, but his belief that the workplace was an ideal location for 24-hour If anything, LaRoche was awarded a better deal father-son bonding than most American workers, in terms of the role time was unrealistic and quitting his his son played in his work environment.” job outright was not the mature way son to work with him every day, to solve the problem. LaRoche when most Americans struggle was ultimately an employee of to make ends meet by working the White sox organization and 40 hour weeks for the full 66 he should have respected their years before full-time retire- initial views on the controversy.

“

I

The workplace is not a place for family bonding time LaRoche’s stance brings up the social question of how much time a child should be able to spend in their parent's workplace. While it is fun to experience Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day every year, LaRoche’s situation was more disruptive than educational.

Americans do have a problem with creating a balanced relationship between family and the workplace, but that will not be solved by just bringing a child to the office every day. By spending all of his time at work with his dad, LaRoche’s son gained baseball knowledge but was denied valuable time with children his own age. Ultimately, the work-family balance if just that: a balance. A child should not be in the workplace with a parent every day but, in a situation like LaRoche’s, some visits from his son were appropriate. A parent can teach their child valuable lessons in the workplace but children do not belong there for extended periods of time.

OPINION

Monday, April 4, 2016

11

Applauding the paper’s coverage of DREAMers ewspapers have a mission do so, and Student Council later to investigate political en- approved DREAMers. tanglements. Journalists have a reHowever, the controversy sponsibility to fearlessly deepened when an obcover intriguing stories jectionable response SASAN MOUSAVI that the public has a to the initial voting Public Editor need to know. The Cavoutcome emerged. A alier Daily has done its Facebook post by Law part in reporting on controversial School representative, in the eyes subjects, and this week’s issue add- of DREAMers, dishonorably celeed another one to the pile. brated the result of the vote, with Recently, the paper published a triumphant “#conservative” as its an article about the student group exclamation point. The group citDREAMers which applied to gain ed it as an “openly [disrespectful]” CIO status from Student Council. gesture, which unfairly let them The organization, representing un- know in advance of their failure. documented students, was initially It additionally obscured, in their denied this by the vote of the leg- argument, what should have been islative body. The main reason was a clearer process of notification, that some representatives within which was instead rife with this Student Council had “questions particular legislator’s political bias to the organization’s mission ases. Because of this, and the apand operation” within the Univer- parent “lack of communication” sity community. Yet pushback by between both parties, the applicaDREAMers, along with other mi- tion process is now being re-examnority student groups on Grounds, ined to be better understood in the prolonged the debate and brought future. the transparency of the voting proWhile these political issues are cess into question. Support of mar- difficult to wrangle with, I absoginalized students on Grounds, lutely applaud The Cavalier Daily they felt, was too important to not for covering this one. They provid-

ed a well-researched, lengthy story in order to inform readers of what was occurring during the course of the week. In addition, it catalyzed some discussion online, and also in person — I have discussed the article and affair with some individuals this past week. Valuable articles like this one can drive necessary discourse on a variety of platforms, online or in person.

But they may also raise questions

dent Council and the greater University communities is perhaps the most interesting takeaway from this story. The legislative body admits the ratification of such bills “isn’t well-understood by most individuals or groups outside of the organization.” How can the average student, then, better do so?

Well, it’s up to outlets like The Cavalier Daily to supply that clarity and to help elucidate the processes and doings of these political bodies. Such journalism can serve as a mediating force between the group and the public. Here, though the article doesn’t clarify the Notably, the dilemma of transparency between legislative process, it still holds it as a vital groups like Student Council and the greater question. It presents a list of possibilities University communities is perhaps the most to solve the conuninteresting takeaway from this story.” drum in the future.

That, itself, is a step about our lives here that have gone in the same direction. unacknowledged.

Furthermore, this piece conNotably, the dilemma of trans- tains information that compleparency between groups like Stu- ments the course of events well.

“

N

The Cavalier Daily has covered the DREAMers approval process fairly and completely Details such Reimer’s Facebook post may seem trivial at first. Yet they add value to the article. My predecessor wrote about reporting on the juicier stories at the University and how they would properly attract readers looking for a good story. Here, I concur — though a social media status may seem unnecessary, it can rouse enough attention to reframe the process entirely. There’s just enough controversy and gusto to keep readers, well, reading and (hopefully) discussing.

In all, such exchanges are worth writing about, simply to keep the greater community abreast of the political happenings here.

The Cavalier Daily has done that splendidly with this week’s issue. It should continue to do so to keep students discussing the organizations around them at the University.

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

A vandalism at Emory legitimately feared for my life.” — not simply the innocuous behavSo said a freshman at Emory ior of faculty members and student University after several chalk mes- journalists. sages appeared around A recent piece at the campus, airing slogans libertarian site Reason MATT WINESETT like “Vote for Trump,” notes that Emory is a priSenior Associate Editor “Trump for Pres” and vate institution that can the ominously-worded set whatever regulations “Accept the Inevitable: Trump 2016.” on campus chalking it wants. AcAt first glance, this student’s response cording to The Emory Wheel, chalkand the campus protests that ensued ing zones must be approved through after the chalking seem to validate the university, and students may only the perception that political correct- chalk on ground surfaces. However, ness on college campuses has run pictures of Emory’s campus indicate amok. Indeed, our editorial board whoever wrote these messages viohas even weighed in, declaring the lated this policy. Moreover, Georgia student response at Emory an over- has already held its primary, so any reaction. They undoubtedly have a benefit gained from writing Trump point. However, there is an under- slogans on the university’s asphalt explored component of these pro- seems negligible. From these two tests concerning the role of private facts, it seems reasonable to conclude property at Emory, prompting me that the Trump messages were not to make a limited defense of these simply innocuous political adverprotesters. tisements by well-meaning Trump I am certainly no apologist for supporters. Rather, they were acts of campus political correctness. Af- trespass likely carried out for some ter protests at Yale, Missouri and other reason than swaying public elsewhere earlier this school year, opinion. Perhaps this is why liberI penned an op-ed lambasting the tarian writer Jeffrey Tucker, who speech-suppressing tendencies of actually was present at Emory at the campus activists. However, the char- time the chalk appeared, concluded acteristics of protests at Emory are the pro-Trump scrawling “absolutely different than at Yale or Missouri. intended to intimidate everyone and Emory students are currently re- it worked.” sponding to what may very well be This is an important point to bear an act of intimidation and vandalism in mind when mocking the hyster-

ical-sounding responses of Emory students. Emory has a significant minority student population, and the Trump scribbling (which serves no real political purpose at the moment in Georgia) can send a racially prejudiced message to students in a way that the name of other presidential candidates could not. Because this message violated private property, it seems more fair to judge the situation as a matter of vandalism and possible intimidation than free speech. I may be giving the protest-

ing a perceivably predatory message that the Emory faculty did not immediately respond to.

With that said, I find it unlikely the culprits behind the Trump slogans are malicious villains carrying out “an act of violence,” as one Emory student suggested. On the contrary, it seems obvious to me that the pro-Trump chalking was a prank designed to incite exactly the kind of reaction on campus we are currently witnessing. I’m shocked no one (yet) has painted “Make America Great Again” on Beta Bridge just to see if students here react in a similarly hysterical fashion. Any conceivably good case the protesters could have pursued against the Because this message violated private property, university has now it seems more fair to judge the situation as a been squandered by matter of vandalism and possible intimidation their excessive hyperbole. Violating private than free speech.” property to send an intimidatory message ers too much credit here, but the is a legitimate cause for concern, but issue isn’t whether or not students to then argue the action of these treshave a right to advertise whichever passers — which merely repeated the candidate they want -- they unques- slogan of a presidential candidate — tionably do. The larger issue is that is tantamount to “having a KKK rally these Trump sloganeers resorted to on campus,” or painting swastikas vandalism rather than the proper on a Jewish fraternity, only serves to channels of chalking at Emory, send- discredit the protesters’ case. These

“

“I

The Trump chalkings at Emory are a violation of private property over-the-top responses only make me more likely to believe the now widespread mockery of these students is well-deserved.

Perhaps this is simply a naive attempt on my part to capture the nuance in an already established narrative of special snowflakes on campus, but I think understanding the origin of this issue is important. The original Trump chalking was not as innocuous as many of the media outlets currently mocking the Emory students present. It violated private property, likely intending to provoke a reaction, and we should factor this into our judgment of the situation.

However, the subsequent student response at Emory has made it difficult to sympathize with the protesters, who appear more interested in being protected from the very existence of Donald Trump than expressing their displeasure with Emory for not immediately responding to a possible act of intimidation. As impartial observers of this spectacle, we should acknowledge the legitimate concern the original chalking may have caused, but I don’t see the need to defend the protesters any further.

Matt’s columns run Fridays. He can be reached at m.winesett@cavalierdaily.com.

PU ZZLES

The Cavalier Daily

12

April 4, 2016

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

ACROSS

1. Esau's brother, in the Bible 6. Beauty superstore in the Barracks shopping center 10. Montana neighbor 11. Part of KFC 12. Where to order a "deli egg": 2 wds.

14. Tee preceder 15. X-rated Snapchat transmissions, say 16. Address for the king 17. UVA football kicker Frye 20. Popular place for painted messages near Grounds: 2 wds.

23. Thomas ___ Edison 24. Board game with Colonel Mustard and Professor Plum 25. Boylan Heights purchase that contains many bottles: 2 wds.

29. Sky light?

30. "My goodness, old chap": 2 wds.

31. What something hushhush should be kept on: 2 wds.

33. Making out in the hallway before class, briefly 36. Coveted Yik Yak user icon 39. Phobias 40. Dummy 41. Fingernail tool 42. Word shouted while holding a newspaper

DOWN

1. Be in accord (with) 2. States of commotion 3. Misbehaving men 4. "Well, lookie here!"

1

2

3

4

5

6

8

9

17

18

19

33

34

35

11

10 13

12 15

14 16 20

21

22

23

24

25

26

29

30 31

36

7

27

28

32

37

38

39

40

41

42

Š April 4, 2016

5. Sarajevo's land 6. Sudden impulse to do something 7. Remains at rest: 2 wds.

8. ___ Aviv, Israel 9. Some Super Bowl highlights?

11. Stereo knob that balances volume 13. Area outside the city, informally 16. Top-billed actor 18. Bust ___ (roar with laughter) 19. Word before a married woman's maiden name 20. Cheese in Buffalo Wild Wings dressing 21. Occurring someday 22. Gross

23. Targets of crunches 26. J-___ ("Baby" singer, to fans) 27. Food inspection inits.

28. "I'd love to hear from you!"

32. Roll call shout 33. USB ___ 34. An open one marks a metaphor for opportunity 35. Elsa's sister in "Frozen" 36. Closest pal, in texts 37. Souvenir from Hawaii 38. Fish served at 12-Across

FOR SALE

T-CUP YORKIE GORGEOUS male/ female. AKC reg., shots/ deworm. reg., papers. 13wks. $550. pgpets70@yahoo.com, 434.402.6636

HELP WANTED MEDICAL TECHNICIAN Busy medical practice is looking for an entry level medical technician. Must be dependable, good customer service and computer proficient. Please send resume to : imanager97@gmail.com

SUMMER JOBS MOVING POSITIONS F/T & P/T! Taking time off from school this summer? Work for Student Services Moving & Storage Co. $11-$16/ hr. Travel, tips & bonuses. Valid drivers license and background checks required! Submit an application through our website http://www.studentservicesmoving.com/jobs.php

UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday 4/4 Resumes, Cover Letters, References Workshop, 5-6pm, Newcomb 182 How to Stand Out at a Career Fair, 3-4:30pm, Newcomb 182 Tuesday 4/5 McIntire Department of Music Presents: Ensemble Berlin Piano Percussion, 8-10pm, Old Cabell Hall How to Stand Out at a Career Fair, 2-3pm, Newcomb 182 Wednesday 4/6 Together We Rise Presents: Fig Benefit Night, 5:30-7:30pm, Fig Bistro Baseball vs. George Washington, 5pm, Davenport Field Resumes, Cover Letters, References Workshop, 1-2pm, Newcomb 182

L

Monday, April 4, 2016

life

LOVE CONNECTION:

EMMA

CHRISTIAN

13

Year: Second Major: Government U.Va. involvement: Chi Psi, NROTC Hometown: Southampton, NY Ideal date: Thin, on the shorter side, I’m a sucker for blue or green eyes (but brown eyes aren’t a deal breaker).

Ideal date personality: A person who is willing to be adventurous and try new things and can get lost in conversation. She may need to withstand a corny joke or two … or more.

Ideal date activity: I’m pretty open to most things. I think food should be involved in almost every date.

Deal breakers? Doesn’t like to leave the house, short hair.

Describe a typical weekend: I go out on either Friday or Saturday. I grab a bite to eat with friends at least once.

The rest of my time is spent watching Netflix, at the gym or doing work.

Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, Netflix, dad jokes, going to the beach.

What makes you a good catch? I can cook (I’ll even do the dishes). I think gifts given for no reason at all are the best kind. Even if things don’t work out romantically, I’m the kind of guy who will always say hi to you when I see you.

What makes you a less-than-perfect catch? Sometimes I’m a bit old fashioned.

What's your favorite pick-up line?

Do you have a Band-aid? Because I scraped my knee falling for you.

Describe yourself in one sentence: I’m a hopeless romantic who is always looking for the next new experience.

CHRISTIAN Courtesy Christian

Going back to basics: Basil Kay Kosbayar Love Guru

Christian and Emma met in front of the Rotunda at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday evening and went to Basil on the Corner.

Christian: I only dated one person in college, and that was continuing from high school. So I figured [signing up for Love Connection] could be a fun way to get to know someone.

Emma: I actually [signed up for Love Connection] with my best friend. We filled out each other's profiles. So I guess Christian matched with my best friend's idea of who I am. That was kind of fun, being able to describe my girlfriend like "here's all these great things I see in her that she may not be able to see in herself and vice versa." I actually haven't seen the profile she made for me.

Christian: [When I found out I was chosen] I thought this could either be really good or really bad.

Emma: I was actually on my way back from a work trip and I got the text and was like "Oh this is cool. This is exam week but let's do this, yeah, why not." I needed a study break and thought this was something fun to do.

Christian: I had never been on a blind date before. I didn’t really have any expectations — I just wanted to go with the flow.

Emma: My grandmother has always wanted to set me up with a guy. Whenever I go home she's like, "Oh I have this boy for you!"

I'm like, "Grandma, please tell me he's not 30."

So I have this really bad impression in my mind about what blind dates are. But this date was not like this at all. Grandma would not have picked this boy.

Christian: I got [to the Rotunda] first. So I waited around for a little while. People were going in and out of places and I was like, "Is that her? Or maybe her?" But she was right on time.

Emma: Christian actually beat me there. I felt a little bad since I was running from class.

Year: Third Major: Ethics and Economics U.Va. involvement: U.Va. Fencing President, Peer Health Educator, Fourth Year 5K Intern Hometown: Montclair, NJ Ideal date: The taller and more awkward the better, brown hair, dad bod.

Ideal date personality: Goofy, nice, simultaneously smother me with affection and respect my aversion to intimacy.

Ideal date activity: Jet skis and horses, preferably at the same time.

Deal breakers? Procrastinators, weakness, strong moral compass.

Describe a typical weekend: Travelling across the country so that I can wear suits (aka referee fencing tournaments).

Hobbies: Teaching Sexfest to fraternities, drinking cider and eating Thai food, crafting.

What makes you a good catch? Passion, motivation, insane organization skills.

What makes you a less-than-perfect catch? My driving.

What's your favorite pick-up line? I like my men like I like my coffee … Creamy and sweet.

Describe yourself in one sentence: I’m allergic to everything, but I’m really awesome.

EMMA

So I'm there with my backpack like, "Hi! I'm here!" He was standing by himself, and we kind of both looked at each other and were like, "Hey, is this you?" And I wasn't sure what we were going to do … but he had it all figured out on where he wanted to take me.

Christian: [My first impression was that] she was very outgoing and seemed nice.

Emma: Christian is cute. I was really impressed he had a whole plan for what he wanted to do. He has really good manners.

Christian: The first thing she asked me was, "What do we do?" I already had planned to go out to dinner. I decided on Basil because it's right on the Corner and really popular.

Emma: We ended up going to Basil for dinner. Isn't that a nice date? I figured, "Oh, we'll go to Newcomb." That's the horrid date that everyone talks about. But he picked a nice place.

Christian: I feel like it was very basic conversation. Just getting to know each other type of questions. Sometimes it didn't feel natural.

Sometimes I thought maybe it was forced conversation. I feel like there [were] one or two

awkward silences, but other than that it flowed pretty well.

Emma: If anything, he let me dominate the conversation. He was really willing to talk about the things I'm interested in which you always look for in a person. Again, he's super polite. But I feel bad about that. I wish I could've gotten to know him a little bit better too.

Christian: We didn't have all too much in common. We have some geographic similarities.

Emma: We're both out of state, he's from Long Island and I'm from [New] Jersey. Jersey girls don't usually date boys from the island, but it's a Jersey Shore joke. Our majors are similar too. He's doing Foreign Affairs, and I'm doing Ethics. We had taken some of the same classes, and he also has a younger brother.

Christian: She happened to be close friends with my suitemate from first year. It was funny because what a small world.

Emma: He's a Republican and I'm a Democrat. We agreed on not Trump. [But] I'm a nationally ranked fencing referee, and he's not

Courtesy Emma

into sports, so that was a little awkward.

Christian: [The vibe] was not romantic, it was platonic. I think we'll be the type of people on Grounds who see each other and wave hi, but that’s about it.

Emma: I figured out that Christian is taking over one of my friend's leases and moving in with my guy friends. So there's a little too much connection there. Maybe [we'll be] friends. He's moving in with my best guy friend, so I don't want to make anything awkward.

Christian: I paid for dinner. She had to go to class.

Emma: He paid. We did the wallet dance, but he won. My dad always taught me, "You always offer to pay." It's always important.

Christian: [The date was] a 6. We didn't really click. I feel like if we saw each other at a party we'll say hi. But she was really nice.

Emma: It was a really good date. The date was a 7. Christian is probably a 9, just not for me. I'd totally set him up with my friends though.

14

LIFE

The Cavalier Daily

Financing professors on Study Abroad Looking into costs, benefits of international programs Sarah Ashman Feature Writer

The study abroad program at the University is successful and extremely renowned. In 2015, the University was ranked among the top 25 colleges sending students on study-abroad programs in the Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange for the first time in the University’s history, with 1,617 undergraduate students and 645 graduate students participating in 38 international programs in 28 countries.

Faculty in the International Studies Office believe their programs are a significant part of the higher education sought after at the University.

The office states in its mission “education abroad plays an important role in advancing the University of Virginia’s pedagogic mission, enriching students both academically and personally, and is crucial in preparing students for the challenges of the global world.”

While professor salaries vary based on their personal contract with the University, all professors participating

in study-abroad do so through the University with no personal expense. Dana Elzey, associate professor of Materials Science & Engineering, currently leads trips to Germany.

“There is no expectation on the part of the University or the School of Engineering & Applied Science that faculty will incur any personal cost for creating and directing study abroad,” Elzey said. “Faculty expenses, including travel, are paid for by the University, provided the expenses are legitimate and meet all University policy requirements.”

The cost of sending professors abroad is calculated and included in the expense of the trip for students, and the University reimburses any expenses not provided for in the initial budget to the individual professor.

“The ISO works closely with program directors to estimate the cost of programs and to set program fees and minimum number of participants to cover anticipated costs,” Elzey said.

“Reasonable expenses incurred on the part of faculty, which were not included in the program budget, will likely be reimbursed if the faculty person has

otherwise abided by all policies for travel and reimbursement.”

Whether a professor’s individual income is affected is based on their individual teaching contract with the University.

“For nine-month faculty, directing a summer study abroad program may represent an opportunity for additional income, but is also an opportunity to provide additional service to a department or program in the University,” Elzey said. “Teaching and program direction abroad often forms a component of a faculty person’s expected teaching, research or service load. In such cases, the faculty program director’s salary is not affected by study abroad.”

However, while concrete costs can be excluded for professors, they face the same opportunity costs their students face when traveling internationally instead of teaching in Charlottesville.

“There is always a balance, just as when students take such opportunities to go to other countries; you give something up, but you also get much in return,” Elzey said. “I have also learned that leaving what you know for a while gives new in-

sight and perspective and helps you to better appreciate many of the things in your life.”

One difficult cost professors may face is leaving their families while traveling abroad. However, the University can defray this cost as well.

The University’s policy states “the University of Virginia permits, under certain circumstances, minor children, family members, and other individuals to accompany Program Staff abroad.”

Elzey is one of the many professors who has taken advantage of this policy.

“When I joined a summer voyage of the Semester at Sea program in 2008, I took my family with me. My three kids were at a near-perfect age to enjoy traveling and to form great memories of the experience,” Elzey said.

However, the University does not cover the personal expenses of children or spouses as they do for program staff.

Third-year Commerce student Morgan Gronbeck studied abroad for a semester at Oxford last year and plans on participating in another study abroad trip this summer. While the

courses were taught by Oxford professors, she said she believes the University professors who accompanied her on the trip were absolutely essential.

“U.Va. professors were there to oversee the program and do day-to-day administrative work.

They were there to check up on us and make sure we were getting places on time, as well as handle emergency situations and help us adjust to Oxford,” Gronbeck said. “They are definitely a necessary part of the program, and I definitely think our tuition costs should cover it."

Many professors, though traveling for free, put their lives on hold to direct study abroad trips because they believe in the immense positive impact international education has on their students’ studies, as well as their own.

“The opportunity, as a teacher, to travel with one’s students, to live with them and to share experiences and insights along the way, and to experience firsthand the things you are trying to communicate, is for me the most effective and rich learning experience available,” Elzey said.

Why become a professor?

How Prof. Bob Kemp discovered his passion Allison Turner Feature Writer

.Many will tell you a class is only as good as the professor who teaches it. At the University, students have the opportunity to work with faculty who are experts in their fields with a passion for teaching. Many of these professors returned to academia after years of working in the private sector.

Bob Kemp, Ramon W. Breeden, Sr., research professor at the Commerce School, previously worked in the private sector with organizations including Citibank, Navigant-Tucker Alan, Bank of America and the FDIC. He has been teaching at the University for 36 years.

“I was very successful, but I woke up one day and said is this really the passion — what I want in my life?” Kemp said. “Life is very finite.”

Kemp said because he believes it is most important to pursue your

Courtesy Bob Kemp

Professor Bob Kemp left the private sector in favor of a career of in academia.

passions in life, he elected to leave the private sector and pursue a career in academia.

“The objective of life is to be happy,” Kemp said. “What I know about happy people career-wise is that they have two attributes: they do what they’re good at and what they like to do.”

For Kemp, teaching at a University was both his talent and joy.

Kemp said the decision to become a professor made him happy.

“I tell people the best thing I ever did was marry my wife and have our family, and the second best thing was coming and spending my life at the University,” Kemp said.

Kemp said money was not his primary motivation for going to work every day, and he instead hoped to improve the world one classroom at a time.

“The reality is this: what do you want your life to represent?” Kemp said. “I think when we all go to bed [we] want to be able to say ‘Is the world a better place because I was in it? Did I add value?’”

Additionally, Kemp said it takes a certain kind of person to become a professor.

“As someone put it to me years ago, what you want is an intellectual entrepreneur,” Kemp said. “They just love to create knowledge,

they’re passionate about knowledge and they have a passion to apply that knowledge.”

In assessing his fellow professors, Kemp looks for this passion for knowledge. At the University, he hopes to continually be surrounded by dedicated colleagues.

“When I look at my faculty colleagues, I’m sitting there saying ‘Why do you want to be a professor? Do you have the fire in your gut? Do you have the skill set?’”

Kemp said. “I want my colleagues to get up in the morning and say ‘God I can’t wait to get over to the University and work with my students.’”

At the University, the Curry School, though it does not train students for academia, offers an opportunity for motivated individuals to explore their passion for teaching. Lauren Bostrom, a thirdyear Curry student, hopes to teach government and history.

“Teaching is something that made sense for me … I enjoy

spending time with the students I work with in schools, I am passionate about government and history … and I [hope to] have kids become passionate about things that I love learning about,” Bostrom said.

Looking to her future in education, Bostrom expressed enthusiasm for working in a classroom setting.

“As long as I like the school I am in, it may almost seem like I am not working, which would be nice,” Bostrom said.

Ultimately, teachers and professors can have a profound impact on the lives of many students through their work. For those like Kemp, sometimes this passion can even lead them from the more traditional avenues of success.

“It’s a joy to be a coach,” Kemp said. “I like to think that a little piece of my soul goes with [my students].”

LIFE

Monday, April 4, 2016

15

NASU holds second annual Powwow Event celebrates culture, heritage of Native American students Kate Edson Feature Writer

The Native American Student Union hosted their second annual Powwow April 2, giving University students the opportunity to experience an d celebrate Native American culture through music and dance.

While NASU hosted the Powwow at Hereford Lawn, the drum beats and chants could be heard from as far as Kellogg dorm. The echoing music and the colorful, authentic regalia of the visiting participants provided attendees with a fully immersive experience.

In the fall NASU focused on smaller-scale cultural events and promoting interest within the University community, but plans for the Powwow occupied the organization for the majority of their spring semester.

“It’s a semester long funding application process, and publicity process,” Vice President of Outreach and Financial Officer Evelyn Immonen, a second-year College student, said.

“This year we [had] more co-sponsorships, which I’m really excited about, having the different booths

and having more vendors than we did last year.”

Immonen said she thinks the event is important because in the eastern United States there are not many people who have interacted with a Native American person before.

“I want this to be an opportunity for everyone who comes to see and interact with this culture that means so much to me, personally, and to other members of our club,” said Immonen said.

Sydney Johnson, a fourth-year Engineering student and NASU member, also appreciated how the Powwow, an essential “coming together of cultures,” gave attendees “an opportunity … to get a peek” into Native American life.

The Powwow was centered on the dance circle, which featured dancers from across Virginia, and the Yapatoko and Zotigh drum groups, who played traditional Native American music. All attendees were welcome to learn and partake in the intertribal dances.

Around the spectators, in addition to informational booths representing Virginia Native American

tribes like the Monacan Nation and the Nottoway, vendors sold Native American art, craftsmanship and jewelry, .

Allard Allston, husband of Chief Lynette Allston of the Nottoway tribe, manned the Nottoway tribe’s booth, which featured historical information and an exhibit of crafts and artwork.

“A lot of the Nottoway … work in the Newport News area, around the shipyard related industries … but some of the members still carry on the crafts and things like that,” Allston said.

NASU co-sponsored the event with the Memorialization for Enslaved Laborers.

“I’m excited that spectators [could], in-between songs, or in-between dances, learn about a different side of U.Va.’s history, about [how] these lands once belonged to the Monacan Nation,” Immonen said.

Immonen emphasized the importance of celebration through the Powwow and other NASU events, because, she said, it is rare for only discussions of Native Americans to be in celebratory contexts.

“You’ll hear about these awful

ADVERTISEMENT

Xiaoqi Li | The Cavalier Daily

The event featured colorful performances and an authentic dance circle with drum groups from across Virginia.

things that happen on reservations, or you’ll hear activists speak out when people are stereotyping us in one form or another, but this [was] a chance for us to move past all that

and to just welcome everyone into our culture, to celebrate that with them,” Immonen said. "It’s just a huge celebration and a huge chance for us to show everyone what we’re proud of, and for us to all celebrate together.”

16

The Cavalier Daily

ADVERTISEMENTS