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Vol. 125, Issue 50

AVERAGE AND HIGHEST SALARIES BY SCHOOL Medical Darden Law McIntire Arts & Sciences Curry Batten Engineering Nursing Architecture

BIG NAMES

$561,100

$78,706.48

Teresa Sullivan

$380,363

$518,900

$111,683.13

Larry Sabato $495,000

$133,134.26

$324,450 Patricia Lampkin

$442,900

$129,516.47

$213,000 $430,000

$85,329.62

Allen Groves

$182,100

$372,300

$78,927.03

$93,963.29

$336,000

$77,652.76

$336,000

Mike London

$380,000 Tony Bennett

$254,700 Kenneth Elzinga

$200,000 Gary Gallagher

AVERAGE SALARY

$353,100

$123,839.46

$494,700

HIGHEST SALARY

$270,000

$78,811.98

Anne Owen | The Cavalier Daily

PART-TIME FACULTY POSITIONS INCREASE PAGE 4

DAYS ON THE LAWN VOLUNTEERS ADDRESS CONCERNS PAGE 5

BASEBALL DEMOLISHES JAMES MADISON PAGE 7

LEAD EDITORIAL: AN UNETHICAL ARAMARK PAGE 11

A&E INTERVIEWS DEREK TRUCKS PAGE 16

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Medical school, health system earn highest salaries Richard Shannon, Irving Kron, Larry Fitzgerald receive largest compensation at University Will Marshall Senior Writer

University faculty salaries was recently made public by the University for the 2014-15 fiscal year and reflects last year’s policy to increase salaries across the board.

The The Board of Visitors initiated a plan February 2013 to increase faculty salaries in an attempt to make the University more competitive against peer institutions in the American Association of Universities. A merit-based increase of 4.75 percent was approved in order to achieve that goal, and the policy was implemented last October.

While the data reveals salary averages for most of the University’s various schools far outstripped the 4.75 percent increase — e.g. the Commerce School sal-

aries increased 14 percent — the Medical School fell short of the target with an increase of 4.6 percent.

With five of the top 10 highest salaries, the Medical School and the University Hospital’s faculty and health affairs employees are among the most heavily compensated by the University.

The top earner on the list is Dr. Richard Shannon, the executive vice president for health affairs, who makes $700,000 annually.

Prior to joining the University in 2013, Shannon served as chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

His responsibilities include acting as the liaison between the President, the University’s Health System and the School of Medicine, as well as overseeing the Medical Center and its operating

budget of $1.2 billion. His check comes from the University’s Human Resources department, which means he is denoted as an academic employee.

The next highest earners — both part of the University Health System — are Dr. Irving Kron at $561,100, professor and chair of the Department of Surgery, and Larry L. Fitzgerald at $525,000, associate vice president for business development and finance at the Medical Center.

Kron is a decorated surgeon who works both in academics and at the Medical Center, and Fitzgerald oversees development, which gathers the finances needed for various projects and expansions within the Health System.

Fitzgerald is neither a doctor nor a professor.

The Office of the Provost determines salary levels for the

Medical School and Center based on experience level and employees’ outstanding offers at other institutions.

When attracting new employees in the medical field the University must compete with the lucrative healthcare industry for experienced candidates — and experience comes with a price, one reason medical employees may see higher salaries.

Many medical center and school employees serve as administrators, educators and clinicians in varying capacities, which is another reason for the larger salaries. Research faculty already receive a boost in salary for their role in increasing the University’s prestige, and many Medical Center and School employees conduct research in addition to other duties within their departments.

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Changes in Average Salary

by Department/Division CHANGES IN AVERAGE SALARY

BY DEPARTMENT/DIVISION Architecture CLAS Batten Curry Darden Engineering Law McIntire Medicine Nursing President始s Office

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Athletics Student Affairs Office Provost始s Office Development Office

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Salaries by Non-Academic Divisions Avg. Salary Max. Salary

President始s Office

$92,104

$494,700

Health System

$91,900

$700,000

Diversity & Equity

$89,277

$328,900

Athletics

$76,447

$450,000

Development

$68,443

$437,400

Provost

$67,984

$406,850

Student Affairs

$64,955

$254,700 Cody Simms| The Cavalier Daily

Top Earners始 Salaries Richard P. Shannon Irving L. Kron Larry Fitzgerald Robert H. Cofield Robert F. Bruner Morgan Hale| The Cavalier Daily

$700,000 $561,100 $525,000 $524,345 $518,900

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University shifts toward non-tenure track professors Part-time professor Spencer Phillips says hiring practice helps control costs Simone McDonnell Senior Writer

American colleges and universities are using an increased number of visiting or adjunct professors to teach classes that would otherwise have been taught by tenured professors.

Information released by the University administration under the Freedom of Information Act shows that there were 270 nontenure-track teaching faculty at the University for the 2014-15 academic year, compared to 151 in 2012-13. There were roughly 860 tenure-track professors for both academic years.

Adjunct professors are parttime professors who are attractive to colleges and universities because they can be hired for a single semester to expand course offerings or to meet student de-

mand for a program for which the University does not have a large enough staff.

An adjunct professor is not tenured, meaning a university has the ability to remove an adjunct professor from their faculty by declining to renew his or her contract.

University spokesperson Matthew Charles said the University does not use the term “adjunct” and refers to faculty members as either “part-time” or “full-time” faculty.

“Some part-time and full-time faculty are tenured or are tenure-eligible,” Charles said in an email. “Some are not tenure-eligible. Traditionally, we have called those who are not tenure-eligible ‘general faculty.’”

Charles said there are several advantages in hiring part-time faculty.The University has flexibility to hire individuals who have

expertise in a particular subject but already have full-time jobs elsewhere, and part-time faculty allow for the experimentation with new curricula.

The Provost’s Task Force on Non-Tenure Track Faculty convened Aug. 2013 and has been investigating what policies would best enable the University to recruit and retain dedicated faculty.

“At a town hall meeting last week, the task force discussed some of its proposed recommendations with the faculty,” Charles said. “The task force discussed a proposal for a form of job security within the general faculty ranks that would be attainable after promotion to the rank of associate professor.”

Spencer Phillips, a part-time professor in the Batten School and Economics department, commented on the University’s employment of part-time profes-

sors.

“I imagine that the primary motivation is cost savings, as larger and larger portions of students’ tuition dollars are diverted away from instruction and toward buildings, athletics, administrative overhead, etc.,” Phillips said in an email. “In economic terms, the University can control some of its variable costs by hiring adjuncts at a fraction of the cost of even starting tenure-track faculty.”

Phillips discussed his experience teaching intermediate microeconomics at the University to explain the advantages and disadvantages of using part-time instructors.

“For micro, the downside of my teaching it is that while at some level I do microeconomics every day, I am relatively new to teaching it — which is way harder,” Phillips said. “I don’t have

years of experience to tell me how fast to go, what works and doesn’t work in the classroom [and] where to set expectations.”

Because experience is so integral to becoming an esteemed professor, prospective professors have limited incentive to invest their time into a profession with little job security, Phillips said.

“On the upside, the University is paying me only to teach,” Phillips said. “My students are not competing for my time and attention with expectations about landing grants, producing academic research, supervising [graduate] students’ research ... and attending to departmental administration.”

Phillips said whether the increased use of adjunct professors is a good or bad trend depends on the particular course, the particular professor and the alternatives available.

Number of University Instructors by Title 1000 2012-2013

Number of Faculty Members

800

2013-2014 2014-2015

600 400 200 0

Instructors/ Lecturers

Assistant Professors

Associate Professors

Professors

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Graphic by: Morgan Hale

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Days on the Lawn volunteers address concerns Students emphasize positive University experiences, consider bigger picture Kristen Cugini Senior Writer

Following the release of admissions decisions in late March, prospective students were invited to attend Days on the Lawn from the end of March and throughout April. Days on the Lawn is the University’s program to give admitted students a preview of life at the University through info sessions, walking tours of Grounds and a dining hall food experience.

Given the University’s presence in national media spotlight in the past year, Days on the Lawn volunteers expected tough questions about controversial events from concerned parents and students.

Fourth-year College student Eleanor Daugherty, Days on the Lawn co-chair, said volunteers were prepared to answer these questions in a reassuring but honest way.

“We just explained to the students everything that’s going on so that they would be equipped to answer,” Daugherty said. “We explained what the police are doing with that new substation on the corner, we explained what all the new fraternity rules are [and] what the Green Dot is.”

Third-year College student Patrick Kelly, who served on the student panel during Days on the Lawn, said he planned on emphasizing the positive side of recent events.

“If I was asked about it I would just say that the recent events were pretty traumatic here,” Kelly said. “But in some ways it’s a good thing because it’s brought the community together and pushed U.Va. to the forefront of college student safety.”

Daugherty said volunteers coordinated with the University to present a united front despite the trying times the University has faced.

“We coordinated with the admissions office to get what they were officially saying so that we weren’t saying anything

different, and then we really just laid it all out,” Daugherty said. “We really told them to be honest. If you don’t feel safe at night tell the parents that but tell them why.”

Kelly said that overall, volunteers received very few questions about the University’s presence in the media. At a prospective student panel, questions revolved around classes, dorm life and extracurricular activities.

“The panel questions have mostly focused on nervousness and academics,” Kelly said.

Similarly, other tour leaders and other volunteers said they were surprised they did not receive many questions on the University’s recent media prominence.

“The overarching questions is: ‘why do you like it here?’” Daugherty said. “They want to know what our personal story is and what drew us to U.Va. They ask, ‘How do you like your department that your major is in?’ I studied abroad so they ask a lot of questions about that. They ask what I liked about my first year dorm, how the food [is]. It’s really kind of generic stuff.”

Kelly said parents tended to be more skeptical than students and raised deeper concerns about the controversies that surrounded the University. ”I was eating lunch and one of the moms came up to me and asked, ‘Is this school safe?’” Kelly said. “I know there have been a lot of traumatic events that have occurred in the recent past, but to be honest, that doesn’t represent what U.Va. is.”

Daugherty said prospective students do not seem troubled by the unfortunate events and still appear enthusiastic about attending the University.

“Most of the students here are here because they’re deciding between this and other schools,” Daugherty said. “There are a bunch of students who’ve decided not to come because of everything, but they’re not here. The students who are here are trying to come in with an open mind and get all of the information.”

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Accountant releases interim report on Sweet Briar finances College spokesperson says report not independent Caelainn Carney Senior Writer

Forensic accountant R. Steven Spitzer released an interim report Monday on the finances of Sweet Briar College. In the report, Spitzer said Sweet Briar College’s finances do not support its decision to close after the 2015 summer session.

Saving Sweet Briar, Inc. — the organization working to keep Sweet Briar College open — published a press release summarizing Spitzer’s findings and reproducing his report. According the press release, Spitzer’s report found — as of August 2014 — the college’s finances were stable enough not to warrant closure of the school.

Spitzer’s report also said Sweet Briar College ranked well according to several measures which considered the schools’ finances. In a July Forbes study, Sweet Briar College performed better than many other institutions.

“Sweet Briar College received a

grade of 3.899 out of 4.50 and was given an ‘A.’ The College ranked 88 out of the over 900 institutions studied,” the report states.

“Only four institutions in Virginia ranked higher: Washington and Lee, the University of Richmond, Hollins University and Randolph College. The remaining 23 Virginia institutions ranked by Forbes fell below Sweet Briar College.”

The report also said the statement made by Sweet Briar College’s Interim President James F. Jones, Jr. — which said the school would need an endowment of $250 million to stay open — is a gross overestimate.

“Sweet Briar College has about 700 students. Colleges and universities with $250 million endowments are typically much larger, and include Duquesne University (about 10,000 students), Seton Hall University (about 10,000 students), and Ithaca College (6,723 students),” the report reads. “If Sweet Briar College had a $250 million endowment, as Interim

President Jones suggests is required, it would rank third in endowment-funds-per-student in the region — above the University of Virginia. It is difficult to imagine why Interim President Jones would claim that an endowment of this magnitude is necessary to keep Sweet Briar open.”

Sweet Briar College spokesperson Christy Jackson said Spitzer’s conclusions unsurprisingly come very close to those previously made by a group of advisors to Saving Sweet Briar.

“Far from being an independent report, Mr. Spitzer's work is paid for by Saving Sweet Briar,” Jackson said in an email.

Sweet Briar College responded to Saving Sweet Briar’s attorneys in a letter March 30. The college said recent allegations of statutory violation, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud are absurd.

“As much as we would like the financial situation to be different, it is not,” the letter reads. “Sweet Briar College simply cannot survive.

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With declining enrollment, unsustainable tuition discount rates,and dwindling endowment, Sweet Briar’s closing was inevitable. The only decision for the Board to make was when that closing should occur.”

Saving Sweet Briar spokesperson Eric Cote, said the college’s decision to close is not supported by its finances this past summer. Cote said the next step for Saving Sweet Briar is to see how a suit filed by Amherst County Attorney Ellen Bowyer against Sweet Briar College is decided. The court date for the suit is set for April 14.

“Saving Sweet Briar is very hopeful that the Amherst County Attorney will prevail in her argument,” Cote said. “The County is arguing for a preliminary injunction to stop the college from closure, while this longer term issue is closing.”

Cote said regardless of the outcome of the lawsuit, Saving Sweet Briar is working in a multitude of ways to try to stop the closure of the college.

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Saving Sweet Briar is expected to continue working to keep the college open.

“Saving Sweet Briar continues to raise money to help close the financial gap,” Cote said. “They continue to work to assess ideas to strengthen Sweet Briar College and help to lead it in a new direction.”`

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Baseball demolishes James Madison

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Bats burst out with 14 runs on 18 hits, Cavaliers snap home losing streak despite stormy weather

Matthew Wurzburger Senior Associate Editor

Nothing could stop No. 15 Virginia baseball Wednesday night at Davenport Field. Not even the weather. Clad in their 1980s throwback uniforms, the Cavaliers (20-12, 6-9 ACC) blew past James Madison, 14-1.

“Certainly after this weekend, this was a big win — a big day — for us,” coach Brian O’Connor said. “For the first few innings there we certainly capitalized on a lot of opportunities, which was great to see from an offensive standpoint.”

Virginia put up 14 runs on 18 hits — both season highs. All nine starters recorded a hit — six collected multiple. While the feat is not wholly unexpected — the Dukes have a 6.18 ERA — it is remarkable nonetheless.

“I think today we just came out with a great approach right from the start,” senior third baseman Kenny Towns said.

The Cavaliers wasted no time in pouncing on Dukes freshman Tucker McCoy. Freshman Adam Haseley and sophomore Daniel Pinero led off the game with back-to-back singles — the latter scored by Haseley. Towns added two more with a homer to left field, his second of the year.

This first-inning advantage

marked the first Virginia lead since the fourth inning of their midweek game against VMI. But the Cavaliers were far from done. They scored four more runs in the bottom of the second on four hits, including a two-run single by Towns.

An 85-minute rain delay interrupted the second inning, but it could not dampen Virginia’s red-hot bats. The Cavaliers hung three more runs on the board in the ensuing frame.

James Madison (12-18, 2-7 CAA) scored its only run in the third inning against freshman righty Derek Casey. Junior Kyle Weston led off the frame with a single and later scored.

The contest was all but over by the end of the third. At that point, Virginia led 10-1, had nine hits and had sent 25 batters to the plate.

Somewhat surprisingly, Casey returned to the mound following the break. He threw four strong innings of one-run ball, walking three, allowing one hit and issuing no free passes.

“It was good to see Derek Casey go out and give us another strong start,” O’Connor said. “He certainly could have went deeper into the game, but there were other pitchers that I wanted to get out there in that situation to get them some work.”

As was to be expected, Virginia fell off its searing pace in the final two-thirds of the contest.

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Senior right fielder Thomas Woodruff piled up four hits in five trips to the plate against the Dukes. He scored three runs, drove in another and also stole a base.

They did tack on two more runs in the sixth on RBI singles from senior Thomas Woodruff and sophomore Matt Thaiss.

Woodruff was the star of the game. The Clifton, Virginia native went 4-5, scored three runs, drove in one more and stole a bag. Entering Wednesday’s game, Woodruff had four hits in 34 at-bats.

“It was a lot of fun,” Woodruff said. “I kind of saw it coming in

[batting practice]. This being my last year I really try to take every opportunity to get out there and have some fun.”

Following a series against Louisville in which the Cavaliers failed to take care of the game, Virginia minded the details with greater attention. Freshman second baseman Ernie Clement did commit an error, but the team was markedly improved in the field.

Cavalier hurlers issued only three free passes.

Towns led Virginia with five runs batted in. He and freshman Pavin Smith were the only Cavaliers with multiple RBI. Junior Robbie Coman was a late scratch after a grounder struck him in the face during warmups. His status for the weekend series with Georgia Tech is uncertain.

Rising star Young competes in hammer throw Sophomore aims for top-five finish at NCAA Championships, credits Maric, Mihaljevic for spurring growth Grant Gossage Associate Editor

The hammer throw is a herculean event: a competitor uses a wire and metal ball to whirl around like a human top. He or she lets go after four violent rotations and often yells with an intensity that matches his or her sport.

For almost four years, sophomore transfer Jordan Young has been there and done that.

“During the summer of my junior year in high school, I threw the hammer for the first time,” Young said. “Early on, I had a lot of trouble figuring it out. The turning made me dizzy, and it took a while for that to go away.”

Now, Young is an elite thrower at the Division I level and experiences an entirely different sensation in the circle.

“That 16-pound ball seems weightless when I’m spinning it around and when the wire leaves my hands,” Young said. “A good hammer throw is such a satisfying feeling. That ball goes a long way, and it’s kind of effortless.”

Young is launching the hammer farther than ever before. In Berkeley, California on April 4, he beat Vincenzo Chiariello’s 2012 program record by almost three meters. Young’s mark of 67.15 meters would have secured an eighth-place finish at the

Zoe Toone| The Cavalier Daily

Sophomore Jordan Young has high ambitions for this year’s NCAA meet.

2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships, where he finished 14th (63.73 meters) in his final appearance as an Arizona Wildcat.

Young is now a student at the University and said his decision to attend was largely influenced by his peers.

“My buddy Trent [Corney], who I knew from highschool track and field in Canada and is on the football team here, sent me a text message after the NCAAs,” Young said. “He told me how great of a school Virginia was and that he’d only heard positive things about the track and field coaches from other athletes. I decided to check it out, and it wasn’t long before I knew this was where I

should be.”

In less than a year, Young’s shear strength and versatility have elevated coach Bryan Fetzer’s program to new heights.

Three weeks ago, Young earned first-team All-American honors with a fourth-place finish in the weight throw at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships. He led the Cavalier men’s team to a top-25 finish.

Young didn’t have much time to reflect or unwind, though. As spring snuck up he transitioned into the outdoor season and the hammer throw.

“Going right from the weight throw to the hammer throw is not an easy transition,” Young

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Softball splits home doubleheader with Virginia Tech Charles Siegel Associate Editor

The Virginia softball team again demonstrated its ability to rebound after a tough loss, as it dropped the first game of a doubleheader against Virginia Tech before rallying to claim the second game.

Although both teams are part of the ACC, the games will not be marked as conference games, as the Cavaliers (12-31, 3-12 ACC) and Hokies (29-10, 6-8 ACC) were not originally scheduled to compete.

Nevertheless, the Cavaliers’ victory in this year’s iteration of the Commonwealth Clash should serve as a confidence booster as they edge closer to the postseason.

Early in the first game, the Hokies’ sturdy pitching stifled the Virginia bats. Virginia Tech was able to take a 4-0 lead in the third frame when freshman outfielder Breanna Davenport launched a two-run homer and junior infielder Kelsey Mericka followed through with a two-run double. Tech extended the lead to seven runs in the fifth when the Hokies strung together three hits and took advantage of a Cavalier error to plate three more.

The Cavaliers came charging

back in the bottom of the inning.

Freshman catcher Brittany McNulla and her classmate third baseman Lauren Heintzelman drew consecutive walks, followed by a fielding error by the Hokies that allowed freshman shortstop Allison Davis to reach safely. With the bases loaded, sophomore outfielder Iyana Hughes stepped to the plate and sent the ball soaring over the left-center fence to cut the Hokies’ lead to three. However, this marked the end of the Cavaliers’ scoring, as they were only able to follow Hughes’ grand slam with one hit in the bottom of the seventh and fell, 7-4.

The game was interrupted in the midst of the second inning by a one one-hour, 46-minute rain delay.

In the second game, Tech again pounced on the lead in the first inning, drawing three consecutive walks and scoring two on a sacrifice fly and a Virginia error. However, the Cavaliers were able to knot things up when Davis laced a two-run shot over the left-center fence, her seventh home run of the season.

The game remained even until the Cavaliers broke away with three runs in the bottom of the fifth. Davis and Hughes each notched sin-

gles before sophomore first baseman Kaitlin Fitzgerald placed the ball through the middle to plate Davis. Freshman designated player/infielder Danni Ingraham contributed with an RBI groundout before sophomore catcher Katie Park roped a single to right center to score junior outfielder Taylor Sarcone, pinch running for Fitzger-

ald, and push Virginia’s advantage to 5-2.

Freshman pitcher Andie Formby also settled down and took control of the game before being relieved by her classmate and sister Alex Formby after the third inning.

Alex Formby then shut down the Hokies to seal the 5-2 win for Virginia. The Formby sisters combined

to throw a no-hitter, the first for the Cavaliers since 2009.

The Cavaliers will return to conference play this weekend, when they will host a three-game series against North Carolina State. As the season nears its end, the Cavaliers will hope to collect some ACC victories and slide into postseason eligibility.

Lauren Hornsby | The Cavalier Daily

Sophomore right fielder Iyana Hughes supplied Virginia’s offense in the opening game, launching a fifth-inning grand slam.

Women’s lacrosse hosts Louisville in Sunday mattinee No. 6 Cavaliers stay ‘hungry’ after streak-ending loss, take on No. 11 Cardinals for first time Chanhong Luu Associate Editor

After an uncharacteristic 144 loss Saturday to Notre Dame snapped its six-game winning streak, the Virginia women’s lacrosse team looks to bounce back Sunday by staying “hungry” against Louisville in the Cavaliers’ third straight home game.

“We kind of talked about it in the locker room that this game doesn’t really define our season and our team,” senior attacker Daniela Eppler said after the loss. “It’s just another day, and we’ve been doing what we need to be doing so far, so it’s just a kind of game where we learn from it and move on and have to come out hungry the next weekend [for] the next big game.”

Eppler was one of the bright spots for the No. 8 Cavaliers (95, 3-3 ACC) against No. 12 Notre Dame, scoring two of the her team’s four goals.

During their six-game winning streak, the Cavaliers averaged 15.2 goals per game, while scoring 13 and 15 goals, respectively, against two of the conference’s top-three teams in Duke and Boston College.

But against Notre Dame, Virginia failed to score until the 17:57 mark of the second half. The Irish outshot the Cavaliers 32-22 while maintaining possession for most of the game after winning 13 of 20 draw controls.

“Notre Dame played much better than the other teams that we have played during that stretch,” coach Julie Myers said. “They were very deliberate on their attack. They took the air out of the ball, and they did a nice job on the draw control in particular in the second half.”

After allowing 14 Irish goals and 13 Irish draw controls, the Cavaliers will not have an easier opponent in No. 18 Louisville (9-4, 1-3 ACC), which ranks 11th in the nation in goals per game at 14.23 and first in the ACC in draw controls with 16.38 per game.

Louisville is also third in the ACC in ground-ball pickups, which has been an issue for the Cavaliers all season. Virginia is last in the league in ground-ball pickups and Saturday picked up five fewer ground balls than the Irish.

Last weekend’s matchup between Notre Dame and Virginia was only the second ever between the two teams. Notre Dame is competing in

its second year in the ACC. Similarly, the Cavaliers have never played Louisville, which is competing in the ACC for the first time this year after a historic 2014 season in which the Cardinals won the Big East Tournament and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.

The Cardinals started the 2015 campaign with five straight wins before hitting ACC play, where they have only won one game after facing off against Boston College, Duke, Virginia Tech and North Carolina.

With a 1-3 conference record, the Cardinals certainly resemble the Notre Dame team that came to Charlottesville last weekend, but after their loss, the Cavaliers are aware of the possibility of an upset when opponents are hungrier than they are.

“Notre Dame was truly in desperation mode,” Myers said. “They hadn’t had an ACC win and were looking at maybe a .500 record if they were to lose a game. It was kind of a reversal from last year when we were really desperate and knocked them off at home in a very similar fashion, so I think desperation can really help you out in sports if you

can kind of reign it in and play it to your advantage.”

Leading the Cardinals this year are senior attacker Faye Brust and junior midfielder Kaylin Morissette, two of seven returning starters for Louisville. Brust averages 3.46 goals per game, tops in the ACC and seventh in the nation, while Morissette leads the league in draw controls per game. Morissette was also named one of 50 players on the Tewaara-

ton Award Watch List for the best lacrosse player in the nation.

“We need to be hungry,” Myers said. “We need to make sure we’re going forward and we’re the most aggressive team and we’re the hungriest no matter who we’re playing against and no matter what our record is.”

First draw is scheduled for 1 p.m.

Sunday at Klöckner Stadium.

Zoe Toone | The Cavalier Daily

Senior attacker Daniela Eppler scored twice Saturday in the loss to Notre Dame. She has started every game for Virginia this season and has 10 goals and four assists to her name.

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n a post-game interview Mon- Anthony Davis, who each played day night that was nearly lost one year at Texas, Memphis and in all the hullabaloo Kentucky, respectively, surrounding Duke and before leaving for the MATT COMEY Coach K’s fifth nationNBA. Sports Columnist al championship win, Fans are split about Wisconsin Coach Bo the one-and-done rule Ryan took an interesting jab at the — and I assume the majority of Blue Devils’ program, saying, “We opinions are as much based on don’t do rent-a-player.” what their favorite teams are doThe comment — made in ref- ing as they are actual ideology. If erence to Duke freshmen Jahlil you’re a big fan of Kentucky, Duke Okafor and Justise Winslow, both or Kansas — which seems like half of whom are expected to declare the country — then one-and-done for the upcoming NBA draft — is probably great. If you’re a fan of came right after some harsh words a team that has to play Kentucky, about the officiating in the game Duke or Kansas, you probably and can be easily understood as hate the rule.

Ryan simply making excuses. But But the arguments against oneit addresses a qualm about NCAA and-done are often misdirected, hoops that many fans have had for with pundits, fans and coaches almost a decade now. (see Ryan, Bo) blaming the NCAA In 2005, the NBA and the play- and individual programs for leter’s union reached a new collec- ting it happen. There’s this idea tive bargaining agreement that re- that these programs are breaking quired anyone entering the NBA some unspoken rule, sacrificing draft to be at least 19 years old and team-building and developed at least one year removed from systems — the fundamentals of high school. After the change, the traditional college basketball players like LeBron James, Kobe landscape that older fans are nosBryant and Kevin Garnett, who talgic for — for fleeting success. all opted not to play in college These attacks are misguided. and went directly to the NBA, The claims of the phenomenon were succeeded by players like being bad for college basketball Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose and may hold water, but don’t blame a

program for wanting to do whatever it takes to win a national championship. If a coach thinks that bringing on freakishly athletic but raw talent improves his chances of winning, he can and should make that choice. As much as fans and donors may like to see a “classy” program that reflects second-half 20th Century college basketball, they’ll always enjoy winning championships more.

If, however, college basketball stakeholders think the system as a whole is toxic and bad for the game, then one-and-done needs to be addressed systematically — not by chastising individual programs or banning freshman competition at the conference level. And since the NCAA can’t force players to stay in college, the change needs to come from the NBA. One of two things could happen to fix the problem: the CBA could either raise or lower the age limit. Raising it would keep stars in college for longer and likely elevate the level of play in college basketball but would also require the best players to forego potentially millions of dollars in income, which would be even more unfair to these players than the current system.

The prefered option would be to eliminate the age limit and let the one-and-dones go straight to the NBA. An even better option would be to simultaneously expand the NBA’s D-League and add rounds to the draft. This way, the best players get paid right away, the college teams lose the pressure of having to take players that will only stay for a year and the risks aren’t as high for the NBA teams who opt to draft players right out of college.

The thing is, the NBA has very little incentive to make this happen. The franchises are just fine not having to take risks on high school players and subsequently develop them, so long as they have a fair shot of drafting them when they become eligible. Current players are fine not having young stars on their rosters, who often times unjustly take up salary cap space and whose immaturity could be detrimental to the success of a team.

However, there certainly is value in a larger draft or an expanded farm system. Major League Baseball and European soccer leagues seemed to have learned that. Teams are always looking to gain a competitive edge, so if

they’re willing to take some risk on young and undeveloped talent, they should have the means to do so without taking up precious cap and roster space. Teams may be able to make some money through ticket sales for games, but the greatest value comes with the prospects of picking a superstar before anyone else notices him.

This system also alleviates some of the issues surrounding paying college athletes. One of the biggest problems with the way things currently work is that the top players don’t have many options besides playing for free at a college. An expanded farm system would allow the best players to get paid without having to move to a foreign country, should they so choose.

The main point is that the oneand-done phenomenon in not a result of wayward and unorthodox head coaches, or even the much-maligned NCAA; rather, it is a product of the NBA’s stubbornness. Its practice of discriminating on the basis of age for little legitimate reason needs to stop for the good of the players, the NBA teams and college basketball. How exactly the NBA could be persuaded to do this, I don’t yet know.

TRACK & FIELD Arizona transfer shining in Charlottesville Continued from page 7 said. “There are technical differences, especially with timing. It takes two or three weeks of drills to adjust, but even then I’m still working on my release point.”

Young emphasized the importance of practice and precision in the hammer throw.

“Consistency is so important in the hammer throw, because

one little mistake can throw everything off,” Young said.

“I’ve made thousands of practice throws to develop that muscle memory. But I know I can be even better, even more consistent.”

Two members of the Cavalier track and field program — assistant coach Martin Maric and sophomore thrower Filip Mihaljevic — have made an especially strong impact on Young by stressing the significance

of preparation and repetition.

Maric, a 2009 NCAA Champion at the University of California, represented Croatia at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the 2012 Games in London. Maric’s teaching moments are invaluable to Young and his teammates.

Mihaljevic and Young also learn from one another.

“It’s been amazing to practice with Filip,” Young said. “I looked forward to it from day one — learning from another

sophomore who was already a two-time outdoor All-American. Filip’s technique is better than mine, but I’m stronger than him. So we are even, and we push each other all the time.

He’s helped me progress faster than I ever thought I could.”

Young — also known as “Danger” — has set high goals for the hammer throw this spring.

“I want to be a first-team All American,” Young said. “If I stay

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consistent with my technique then I’ll have a great opportunity to do that. I also want to make a throw over 70 meters and finish in the top five — if not first — at the NCAA Championships.

I know I can give those two or three favorites a run for their money.”

Young competes in two weekends at the Virginia Challenge, April 17-18. You’ll be safe in the stands or around the fence at Lannigan Field.

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LEAD EDITORIAL

Aramark proves unethical once again The University should reconsider its relationship with the food services company

Comment of the day “Since when did a University have the right to establish a ‘tax’ on a subset of its student population to pay for other students?”

“Taxed Again” in response to the Managing Board’s Apr. 7 lead editorial, “In favor of ‘Affordable Excellence.’”

]In a new addition to an existing string of offenses, it has recently come to light that Aramark — the same company that serves food at the University — has been serving garbage to inmates at a prison in Michigan.

More specifically, prisoners at Saginaw Correctional Facility have been served food that was previously thrown in the trash.

In the past, Aramark has also underfed inmates and fed them dog food, worms and scraps of food from old meals, as well as sold generally degraded qualities of food to prisons.

This past summer, the University renewed its contract with Aramark and set the contract for 20 years. This decision came with significant concerns regarding wages, as Aramark can pay its employees as little as the federal minimum wage — $7.25 an hour — and, since they are contract employees, they are not eligible for benefits from the

University.

While we have yet to hear of negative altercations between Aramark’s U.Va.-based employees and the company itself, Aramark has not treated its workers well in the past. It has refused to bargain with unions, withheld union dues, avoided paying unemployment insurance taxes and allegedly pocketed workers’ tips and service charges.

The University’s contract with Aramark is a business, and not ethical, contract. And in the world of business transactions, there will often be trade-offs between low-cost solutions and efficiency and the moral character of a company. In Aramark’s case, however, the trade-offs are simply not worth it.

With a history of gross mistreatment of a population of consumers — i.e., inmates — and a history of mistreating employees, there is, at this point, very little to be said for

Aramark. It has, to its credit, arranged to take some positive steps for our University — including investing $20 million in improvements and renovations for dining facilities and committing to a $70 million escrow fund from which interest can be pulled to fund University initiatives.

Such financial benefits could not come from a company less successful than Aramark, nor, according to Pat Hogan, the University’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, could they have happened without extending as long a contract as the University did. These are serious gains for the University. But, as outlined above, they come alongside serious, larger costs.

Aramark’s investments are a financial incentive for the University to uphold this existing contract, and at this point, with a contract already set, it is high-

ly unlikely the University would undermine its relationship with Aramark and break that contract. So perhaps this can serve as a lesson for the future, if nothing can be done about the contract now. The University is not, itself, a business — it is an educational institution. While it can be swayed by financial decisions, it should not be constrained by them when ethical issues as egregious as Aramark’s come into play. Other schools, like Yale University and Hampden-Sydney College, have ended contracts with Aramark, even, in Hampden-Sydney’s case, after 56 years of partnership.

It is by no means financially unfeasible for us to contract with a different company or even internally provide food services without contracting out. In Aramark’s case, ethical qualms are enough to justify finding a different source for our food.

Religious freedom isn’t a license to discriminate ubstantial controversy has cise.” Because birth control is not a been raised over Indiana’s re- basic human necessity — and thus cently passed Religious Freedom denying birth control does not necRestoration Act, which essarily inhibit an indi— in essence — openly vidual’s civil rights — RYAN GORMAN allows businesses to disthis decision may have Opinion Columnist criminate against poindeed been rational for tential customers by citthe specific case. Howing their right to the “free exercise ever, the true power of the Supreme of religion.” This piece of legislation Court lies in its ability to set legal has caused serious uproar across precedents, and the precedent set the nation; pundits, celebrities and for businesses to act as quasi-indipoliticians alike have denounced vidual religious entities is a dangerthe inhumane precedent the RFRA ous one. has established and called for its reArguments stemming from peal. This law raises pertinent ques- the supporters of the RFRA place tions about the concept of liberty a great stake in the Hobby Lobby in the United States; specifically, do precedent, claiming that the free businesses truly have the claim to practice of religion should not be liberties imparted to the individual inhibited anywhere on American by the Constitution? At what point soil. In other words, they are esdo an individual’s rights take prec- sentially arguing that the tenets of edence over those of a corporation? any particular religion are justifiIn recent history, the Supreme cations for discriminatory business Court has backed the claim that practices, or that the leaders of an the liberties of businesses should institution can dig around through be protected by the Constitution. their religious texts to find some The Hobby Lobby case of 2014 reason to deny service to an indivisively established in a five to dividual. While the extent of the four decision that businesses are “free exercise” clause is unclear, it indeed entitled to constitutional can be argued that as soon as reliliberties, as the Court ruled that gion touches others outside of the a for-profit retail corporation has sphere of worship, it ceases to be the right to deny contraception to a purely “religious” practice, inits employees by citing “free exer- fringing on the inherent mandate

of secularity in this nation. Specifically for Indiana businesses, this infringement on secularity poses serious issues, for what constitutes a religion? And at what point does the denial of service become not only a misuse of “free exercise” but a detriment to the livelihood of the patron?

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg argued in her dissenting opinion in the Hobby Lobby case that “approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the very 'risk the [Consti-

can act — and thus can discriminate — in any way they choose. In fact, an Indiana resident named Bill Levin recently started The First Church of Cannabis as a result of this law’s passage, which supports the recreational use of marijuana in a state that restricts marijuana usage entirely.

Furthermore, there is an infinite number of hypothetical situations in which the denial of service based on religious discrimination could cause serious harm to a customer. The RFRA upholds the right of an institution to act in any manner it desires so long as the business does not violate the “compelling interest” of the state, a notion that is hardly defined whatsoever by the legislators who created this law.

While ambiguity can The precedent set for businesses to act as quasi- often be a legislator’s individual religious entities is a dangerous one.” best friend, there is a point at which discrimination based tution's] Establishment Clause was on religious beliefs passes from the designed to preclude.” Because the realm of being simply unethical to idea of “religion” is so inherently the realm of outright inhibiting an abstract, the RFRA has theoreti- individual’s right to life. The RFRA cally paved the way for an onset fails to accommodate for the fact of new religious organizations that that many citizens — especially in

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Indiana’s recently-passed statute neglects individual rights in protecting corporations impoverished communities — do not have multiple options for the goods and services they need in order to survive. Every time a citizen is denied service due to discrimination and does not have the means to obtain that service somewhere else, the state of Indiana has effectively valued the “freedom” of an institution over the worth of an individual’s life.

An individual’s civil liberties are not contingent on whether an institution deems them worthy; this nation has fought since its inception for individuals’ rights to pursue their personal endeavors without unjust interference, a tenet that has expanded to nearly every demographic in the country in the past 50 years. Institutions should not be able to deny the right to life of citizens at their own discretion, and although in certain instances businesses should have some individual rights, those rights should never take precedence over the constitutionally-mandated civil liberties of the individual.

Ryan’s column runs Thursdays.

He can be reached at r.gorman@ cavalierdaily.com.

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In praise of the thesis hink we can all agree that that the University allows students crafting the perfect résumé is to potentially jump that fence: the becoming a bit of an obsession in University’s honors programs and distinguished majors our modern, hypercomprograms confer adpetitive culture. Greatly ditional honors. These exaggerating the extent programs, in departof job responsibilities ments spanning from and selectively choosEconomics to English, ing extracurriculars entail writing an underthat will generate emgraduate thesis under ployer interest rather the supervision of a than one’s own interest faculty advisor. Some, are certainly problems. such as the Philosophy Achieving the college and Politics honors proideal is now less about BRENNAN EDEL grams, are composed making some friends Opinion Columnist of seminars and honors and learning about Kant examinations in addithan starting several tion to a thesis. At the philanthropic organizations your second year and becom- end of it all the exemplary student ing the leader of five clubs. Howev- gets honors added to their degree: er, we could always derive comfort “with highest distinction” or “with knowing that a 4.0 was the limit to highest honors.” And with that, they anyone’s academic endeavors. De- communicate to employers or gradspite how many hours one locks uate schools one more thing they did onself in Clemons, or how careful- that their peers didn’t.

Except that writing a thesis is the ly one crafts his schedule, a perfect transcript is will continue to be the sort of résumé padding that I can get behind. Besides the fact that spendupper limit.

There is some security in that, ing fourth year writing 40 or more similar to the security of a play- pages of deep academic discourse is ground fence. It bounds us all in. not something that one does merely We can’t get to a better jungle gym on a whim, writing a thesis confers, or a cooler seesaw than the ones in addition to the honors, a deeper right here. However, some might and more pointed understanding of be surprised, and aggrieved, to learn the major than only coursework can

provide. Spending months researching, writing and finally producing a unique thesis about one single topic instills and inspires the sort of hard work and creativity that is truly distinctive. The achievement of producing unique academic research, in addition, also smoothly transitions the graduate school-bound student into the trials of higher level research or grants him an area of expertise that can lead to a doctoral thesis. I don’t begrudge anyone their honors. Unlike hoarding club memberships, the undergraduate thesis, if

simply do not have the resources to provide that many advisors who can intimately evaluate every thesis with the attention it deserves. Princeton University uniquely among American universities requires a senior thesis, in addition to a junior paper, from every one of its students. The school contends that writing a thesis allows “students to enhance skills that are the foundation of future success, including creativity, intellectual engagement, mental discipline and the ability to meet new challenges.” I would tend to agree. Although Princeton’s thesis requirement has met opposition for many years, with many arguing that the thesis is an unnecessary obstacle to graduation rather than a boon, for many it is the defining Excessive extracurricular involvement stretches students out; writing a thesis brings them back in.” effort of their experience. Among other successes, Wendy it becomes the next fad in inflating Kopp proposed Teach for America résumés, will actually lead to some in her undergraduate thesis, which good. Excessive extracurricular in- she then founded. Rather than seevolvement stretches students out; ing thesis writing as an unfortunate writing a thesis brings them back in. symptom of college-level competI would go so far as to say that itiveness, we should actually be the thesis is so valuable, the only encouraging more students to write reason the University doesn’t re- one by more openly advertising disquire it of every student is that we tinguished major programs. Most

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Unlike extracurricular resume padding, the thesis is a centering academic institution are quietly listed on department websites. There should be more hubbub about these things. Academic advisors should be informing their students of the option of writing a thesis. Departments should be more forthright about the opportunity by pursuing capable students and holding information sessions. Writing an undergraduate thesis takes more than a year of planning — if students don’t know about it early, they can’t do it.

The University already exempts — or robs, depending on your point of view — students from a first year academic writing requirement if they meet certain criteria, a choice that is made more with expenses in mind than charity (Duke, for instance, requires first year writing classes for all undergraduates). If administrators are removing academic writing on the front end, then they should at least be adding it on the back end by encouraging qualified students to write theses.

The undergraduate thesis is the capstone of a rigorous and rewarding undergraduate experience. The only problem with undergraduate theses is that everyone can’t write one.

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

Language, liberalism and marginalization Chalking up outrage to “political correctness” is dismissive to the concerns of marginalized communities ecently, Zeke Reed wrote an ar- Schmears” and presumably minor ticle in response to backlash to racial epithets like “Dances with The Cavalier Daily’s April Fools’ edi- Wolves,” “unfortunate” and “untion. To my understandnecessary” attempts at ing, Reed’s argument JACQUELINE AKUNDA “cutesiness.” What the rested upon the idea that few students who took Guest Viewpoint liberals police one anothit upon themselves to er’s language to the point produce this piece pubof paralysis. For most lished cannot be viewed part I would agree with his claim. We, as a slight infraction on the part of the assumed left, should not be afraid some poorly spoken liberals. Words to make mistakes when debating is- are particularly powerful. When sues that matter to all of us. That said, those in power use language to ridimembers of the dominant left must cule and delegitimize the experiences be ready to admit what they do not of others it is not just “unfortunate,” know and open themselves to criti- it is systemic. It is not a matter of “secism. In the case of “excessive political mantics” but performative power. correctness” in the April Fools’ issue, Questioning this language is not Reed’s argument is just plain wrong. “oversensitivity” by the “illiberal libHis social location allows him to per- erals” but an exercise in speaking ceive people’s well-articulated outrage truth to power. The University has as a matter of “political correctness.” a language problem. Part of our soReducing real intellectual criticisms cialization into “University culture” to matters of hurt feelings underlies hinges upon control of language. what many of us on the margins see Upon my acceptance into this school, as an insult to our intelligence.

I was sent a pamphlet instructing Reed’s characterization of the ar- me as to how to construct myself. I ticles’ language minimizes racism, a become a “first year” while my peers function of power and prejudice to were off being freshmen, and I would diminish mere “puns” and “quips.” become a part of “Grounds” while He calls statements like “Trail of others had the misfortune of attend-

ing campuses. This control of language becomes more insidious when we begin to refer to some as “townies,” clearly not a part of “our” University community. From the margins, I can see what Reed calls “semantics” to be part of the liberal debate on the “ideological underpinning” we are assumed to hold in common, not a “misguided and overbearing attempt to police language.” I guess I missed that convention.

My next criticism is over Reed’s

racism. The “illiberal liberals” seem to be those of us on the margins of liberal culture. Just because we can agree that climate change is real and the United States went to the moon does not mean “liberalism” advocates for me. We’ve seen this argument made before by bourgeois (white middle-class) feminists in “the” feminist movement. Taking a “one-dimensional perspective on women’s reality” could only be afforded to women like Betty Friedan. In “Black Women: Shaping Feminist Theory,” bell hooks says “these women were able to make their interests the primary focus of [the] feminist movement by employing a Reed assumes a commonality on the left that rhetoric of commonality.” Reed assumes a does not exist.” commonality in the left that either does conception of the “illiberal liberal.” not exist or at its worst assumes that Who exactly are most “severe and whatever Reed describes as “real consensitive among us?” I assume it is troversy and material issues” are the not Reed, a self-described “straight issues we should focus on. white male,” because he clearly is not Reed, as your “fellow liberal,” I am too hurt about the articles’ blatant not dismissing your argument be-

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cause of your sociopolitical position.

I’m asking you to examine your silencing of those on the margins of the leftist movement, still trying to have our issues put on the party docket. In voicing my concern I hope not to discourage you from “combating the reality of systematic injustice.” My hope is that you understand that those “illiberal liberals” whose outrage and dialogue you describe as “excessive political correctness” are those on the margins of liberalism hoping to be treated better by our “allies.” This is the problem we have yet to name. I’ve spoken to many peers wondering and they often ask how to be good “allies.”

I do not have any definitive answers, but I can tell you what not to do. For those of you who are allies, please do not tell me what issues should matter most. Please, do not tell me when I can and cannot have legitimate feelings about an issue. In doing so, you add to the long rap sheet of imposing bourgeois ideals on my person.

Jacqueline Akunda is a second-year in the College.

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The power of the University’s brand t took one month for Brandon to any of New York’s excellent uniStanton, the photographer be- versities — Columbia, New York hind Humans of New York, to raise University or Juilliard to name a few. over $1.4 million dollars Instead, they allowed the for an underprivileged brands involved in the school in one of the city’s LAUREN JACKSON campaign to commuOpinion Columnist toughest neighborhoods. nicate implicit messagHis aim was simple: raise es to them about trust, enough money to send prestige and what they every student at Mott Hall Bridges desired for themselves and their Academy on a class trip to Harvard. children. After all, if underprivileged The popularity of his Indiegogo cam- kids in Brooklyn had access to Harpaign ultimately reveals one thing: vard, didn’t that mean anyone’s chiltoday, more than ever, brands matter, dren had access too? and Stanton’s campaign underscores Ultimately, the campaign was a the hierarchy of collegiate branding juggernaut of social appeals, fueled in a way that should force us to think by two powerful brand names and a critically about our own University Cinderella storyline filled with charbrand. acters everyone wanted to believe in When Stanton’s trusted brand of and root for.

Humans of New York presented a The question is, though, if one of story that encapsulated the Ameri- the two brands had been removed can Dream and the current myth of from the picture, would the mission social mobility almost too-perfect- have galvanized even a quarter of the ly, it created a firestorm of media same support it received? If Harvard attention and galvanized potential had been replaced with Princeton, contributors. The story, like Stanton’s or Yale (the students will pass New blog, was innocent and well meaning Haven on their bus ride to Camenough to make it immune to criti- bridge), I think the campaign would cal analysis. No one dared point out have still succeeded — for the brand the aid allocation flaws in the logis- association of those alternate Ivies tics, even if they saw them. No one carries the same gravitas as Harvard. wanted to be the person to question But what if it was our University why Stanton and Nadia Lopez, the they were going to visit? I daresay school’s principal, weren’t sending the campaign would have fallen flat, kids on more cost-conscious trips or at the very least would have been

subject to far more criticism about the logical fallacies in transporting students to a university hours from more logistically accessible options.

This is because we simply do not have the national reputation of selectivity, prestige and excellence that Harvard has. So while we often tout ourselves to be a “public Ivy,” I think we need to be more realistic about where we stand in the hierarchy of collegiate brands.

The fact is, the majority of the world couldn't locate Virginia on a map, let alone tell you what its flagship University is or who its found-

not tell you a single thing about the University other than what its name reveals: it is Virginia's flagship institution of higher education. This may come as a surprise to those whose universe has revolved around Charlottesville growing up — whether that means hearing about it constantly, living near here or having countless family members and friends attend.

I, like many out-of-state students, have spent the last two years warily annunciating the expanded acronym of “U.Va.” to those in my home state of Arkansas who ask where I go to school. Saying “the University of Virginia” avoids having to clarify for them that I did not say “U of A” or that the “V” does not stand for Vermont.

Visiting my family on Purporting to be more prestigious than we really the west coast, from are oversells our brand and only contributes to a Los Angeles to Seattle, results in similar exreputation of elitism.” planatory small talk.

I am frequently confused by what the er was. Before that is dismissed as University brand means as decided simply a divide between first- and by public consensus. From personthird-world nations, or accredited to al experience I have concluded the a lack of education, let me take it one University brand has yet to transcend step further. I would say the majority regional influence and mean much of people in the United States could to anyone outside of the self-select-

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We should think critically about how the University’s image is perceived ing circles it thrives in (Georgia, North and South Carolina, boarding schools up the coast and a surprising diaspora of interest in the country of Colombia) or the geographic area of its location.

Today, more than ever, college brands matter. Building a brand that transcends the physical location of a school is critical to creating a comparative advantage over other universities, especially with the rise of online courses where no-name institutions stand little chance of competing with recognizable names. The story of Mott Hall Bridges Academy and Brandon Stanton shows us that what a school’s brand communicates about one’s personal value system can have a powerful galvanizing effect. If a brand is a promise, and a reputation is how one delivers on that promise, it is time we critically evaluate what we are communicating with the University brand and get realistic about the perception of this University. Purporting to be more prestigious than we really are oversells our brand and only contributes to a reputation of elitism we, in light of negative media attention in recent months, are trying to debunk.

Lauren’s column runs Wednesdays. She can be reached at l.jackson@ cavalierdaily.com.

The consequences of homogeneity fter witnessing the April sues sensitive to black communities Fools’ debacle at our paper, such as the bloody arrest of Martese I’ve experienced mixed emotions. Johnson. The Managing Board’s I sympathize with the editorials and commenblack and Native Amertary on such issues have ican students who felt been wonderful. What that the April Fools’ happened last week articles trivialized was not the fault of any their experiences. But particular individual. It I also understand that was the result of a staff The Cavalier Daily apand leadership team proached the issue with that lacks significant the good intention of numbers of black writhighlighting important ers, editors and leaders.

NAZAR ALJASSAR issues such as AlcoImagine if a writer Opinion Columnist holic Beverage Control from The Cavalier Daiagent violence and the ly had produced a satiroffensive nature of racical news piece about ist-themed parties. These articles a sexual assault following the rape were not malicious. They were sim- controversy that gripped the Uniply bad pieces of satire that demon- versity last semester. Would The strated a lack of awareness.

Cavalier Daily have decided to run Unfortunately, at no point along it if it used misogynistic language the editing chain did anybody stop analogous to “Strong Buffalo” and to consider that these articles would “Trail of Schmears” in the artibe met with outrage and a feeling cle about ABC agents and Native that the University’s leading publi- Americans? Probably not, because cation had wronged its students. with an all-female Managing Board Aside from April Fools’, I think and a significant amount of female The Cavalier Daily’s writers have membership, somewhere along done a superb job of reporting on is- the editing chain somebody would

question how appropriate it is in light of recent events.

The Black Student Alliance released a statement in which it declared that “this event has only reminded us of the need to bring back a Black publication, for we will not misrepresent ourselves.” The BSA makes a fair point. I do not think the Rosa Parks piece would have been published with stronger black representation in The Cavalier Daily.

Somebody along the editing chain would be aware that the article is

tivity toward issues facing minority communities is a natural consequence of homogeneity in our staff.

We lack the minority representation to be able to effectively do what we do.

We can generalize this idea to other organizations at the University. An Honor Committee without a diverse pool of support officers and leaders cannot respond to issues facing diverse communities around Grounds as effectively — and I use the term “diverse” to refer to differences beyond just skin color, such as Greek affiliation or socioeconomic status. The University Guide Service cannot reach out to a diversity of tourists What happened last week illustrates exactly as effectively without why diversity is so important to our groups and a diversity of guides.

During the reinstitutions.” cruitment period, The Cavalier Daily inappropriate. If I can extract an- should also make a more conscious ything from the publication of the effort to recruit staffers from differApril Fools’ articles, it is that the ent parts of the University by reachpaper’s demonstrated lack of sensi- ing out to those who, for example,

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The Cavalier Daily and organizations around Grounds would be able to address issues more effectively through diverse membership belong to BSA or live in Brown College. I do not know how well organizations such as BSA would respond to outreach efforts given last week’s error. Outreach efforts around the University also tend to be vague and ineffective. Perhaps another solution would involve increasing the number of staffers that read each submission by lengthening the editing chain. If many different pairs of eyes read a piece, the chance that potentially offensive content passes through decreases.

What happened last week illustrates exactly why diversity is so important to our groups and institutions. The Cavalier Daily has produced great work in response to events affecting minority communities, but blunders such as the April Fools’ issue are much more likely to happen if The Cavalier Daily doesn’t seek greater minority representation.

Nazar’s column runs Tuesdays.

He can be reached at n.aljassar@ cavalierdaily.com.

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during work hours and he hadn’t seen Twin Peaks and didn’t really sound like he was going to and I was like “GLENN, you’ll LOVE it,” and he was like “Charlotte, please, I’m taking a test right now.”

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A conversation with Diarrhea Planet’s Mike Boyle

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Dynamic punk band will return to the Southern Friday

Noah Zeidman Senior Associate Editor

Tennessee rockers Diarrhea Planet will be making their third Charlottesville appearance this year Friday at the Southern Cafe & Music Hall. Known for its heavy four-guitar sound, catchy riffs and explosive live shows, the Nashville-based band garnered critical praise with its latest EP, “Aliens in the Outfield.” Arts & Entertainment chatted with one of the band’s often-unsung heroes, bassist Mike Boyle, about his work and the upcoming concert.

Arts & Entertainment: This is Diarrhea Planet’s third time in Charlottesville in less than nine months. What keeps you guys coming back here?

Mike Boyle: I think it’s just always a solid show there. We always have a good time ... The band we’re on tour with this time, Left & Right, they all went to school [here], some of their family’s originally from [here].

So yeah, we have some friends [in Charlottesville], always a good show, good stuff!

A&E: When you’re not performing, what are you favorite things to do in Charlottesville?

MB: I always like going to Tea Bazaar.

We used to play there ... Now I think it’s nice

because you can just go there, get a pot of tea before the show, hang out, chill out before we play, and walk back being all jazzedup on some Golden Monkey tea. It’s great!

A&E: Do you face any challenges as the bassist in a band with four guitarists? How does that impact your playing style?

MB: I think it’s really fun because all I think about … is just locking with the drummer and being as consistent as possible. And I think that ninety percent of the time for me in this band — it just sounds better if it’s simple. So just getting it, holding it down — it’s just really fun. Some other bands, you have a little more space to do some other stuff, but here it’s fun to just try to make it sound really heavy! That’s the main goal for me.

A&E: Who are some of your biggest influences as a player?

MB: The Ramones — that’s probably the way I play bass in [Diarrhea Planet].

The idea is to be pretty driving, simple, not trying to overcomplicate things. I like some other wacky jazz bass stuff like Jaco Pastorius and stuff, but I can’t play like that at all.

I just think that stuff is fun to listen to in a way that’s like, “Oh, yeah, this is totally different from what I do, I don’t even think of my instrument in that way.”

A&E: What’s your favorite song to play

live?

MB: Probably “Hammer of the Gods,” this tour. We didn’t play that song for a long time, and then we just started doing it again a lot this tour. It’s been really fun. It has high energy, lots of guitars!

A&E: Your band started when a lot of you were still finishing up school. Do you have any advice for kids in college maybe considering pursuing music but aren’t sure?

MB: Just try to have as much fun with it as you can. If other people see that you’re having fun, they’re gonna have fun, and that’s the only thing that’s going to keep you doing it. I think that ... the means to tour and take it to the next level present themselves if you just keep doing it, keep having fun with it. But yeah, go for it! Do it!

A&E: What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen happen at one of your shows, or that you’ve done on stage?

MB: I think the funniest thing I’ve ever seen while we were playing was years ago while we were playing a Halloween party in someone’s house. There was no stage, I was kind of behind one of the PA speakers so I was fine, but the rest of the band was just getting demolished by the crowd. At the end of one song, I saw Brent, one of the guitar players, stand up on the other side of the room with his guitar in one hand,

[without the strap], and his cellphone in the other hand with the flashlight on. I don’t really know how he got there or why that was the situation, but that was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen during one of our shows. As far as the craziest things any of us have done, I think there’s a pretty good picture, I believe it’s from Hangout, where Emmett [Miller] is crowdsurfing playing guitar, and Evan [Bird] had climbed up the lighting rig. And there’s a picture where you can see, they’re kind of pointing at each other and laughing.

A&E: Does it get challenging when the crowd is so in your face at smaller shows?

MB: We haven’t really done stuff like in a little while now because it gets a little bit difficult on the gear [when] everyone’s pedals are just getting stomped on by the crowd. I don’t know, it’s really fun and I think that it has a place, but that’s not something that is practical to try to be doing and recreating every night.

A&E: If this Friday is someone’s first time seeing the band live, what would you tell them to expect?

MB: I think it’s gonna probably be loud!

It’s gonna be loud and there’s gonna be a lot of guitars, and hopefully just a lot of people having fun and getting into it. I think that’s the goal!

A day with Navajo weaver D.Y.Begay Fourth-generation Native American artist completes short residency at U.Va. Alexis Jones Senior Writer

Visiting from Tselani, Arizona, traditional Navajo weaver D.Y. Begay came to Charlottesville last Wednesday to share her culture and hand-made pieces with University students and the Charlottesville community.

Begay led a community weaving at OpenGrounds from 5 to 7:30 p.m April 1. After the event, weavers and non-weavers alike stayed past the end of the event to talk with Begay informally.

The first portion of the weaving circle involved talking with members of the community who brought their portable looms, spindles and fibers.

Community weavers and spinners observed Begay and imitated her patterns and tech-

niques. Margaret Briggs, University alumna and head of the Whirling Whorls, a local spinning club, attended the event, bringing with her a castle Lethrum spinner with two treddles. Charlottesville resident Candy Hargett raises her own Navajo churro sheep — the same breed that Begay uses for her pieces. Laurie Buxbury, also a Charlottesville resident, attended the weaving circle because she also uses a loom like Begay’s, she said.

The women all expressed excitement to learn about Begay’s techniques.

During the event’s second half, the lights dimmed, and attendees gathered around Begay in a circle as she spoke about her work. She introduced herself in her native language and described lineage from her mater-

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nal clan, the Totsoni’ — meaning “Big Water” — and her paternal clan, the Tachnii’ — meaning “Red Running into Earth.”

“Weaving is my life, my job, my tradition that I practice,” Begay said.

U.S. and international museums showcase Begay’s tapestries — pieces of patience and

tradition. Begay raises her own Navajo churro sheep to produce her wool and fiber. She said the washing and cleaning process alone can take several days. This is the preliminary work she must complete before the preparatory work, which she said could take hundreds of hours.

Begay said her mission is to pass down what she learns to the next generation or to anyone interested. Her eight- and 12-yearold nieces have both already produced their first and second weavings, she said.

Begay said that Navajo tradition is fully embedded in her weavings, and that she is inspired by her surroundings —the color, the landscape and the sky. Born and raised on a reservation, she has learned to bring aspects of her home into her tapestries.

When asked if her pieces are

planned, she said, “It’s intuitive.”

“The only requirement I ask them is if there are certain colors they don’t like,” she said.

She also described Navajo sayings and beliefs about weaving. When there is lightning, one is discouraged from weaving, she said, because the warp strings on the loom represent the rain.

Weaving at night is also discouraged.

“If you finish at night, it can affect your eyes, and you can go blind,” Begay said.

Begay spoke to how she recently found her first tapestry, made when she was 12. It was three feet high and two feet wide with a Ganado pattern featuring the colors red, black and white.

“Although my piece is not pretty, it reminds me where I started,” she said.

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Derek Trucks talks Tedeschi Trucks Band Blues guitarist discusses his award-winning band’s upcoming Virginia performances Noah Zeidman Senior Associate Editor

Since its inception in 2010, Tedeschi Trucks Band has been a massive presence in the world of blues music. Led by husband and wife Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, the band has a powerful, classic sound which won them the Grammy for Best Blues Album in 2012. Tedeschi Trucks Band will be coming to Virginia twice this year for a show at Lockn’ Farms April 18 and performances at the Lockn’ Festival Sept. 10-13. Arts & Entertainment talked with guitarist Trucks about the band’s evolution and the current tour.

A&E: What’s your favorite part of performing at the Lockn’ Festival?

DT: It’s a lot of the bands in our circle that we really enjoy being around, enjoy them musically but hanging personally too.

It’s a real communal vibe, the hang is great. And because all the bands are essentially on the same two stages, and the music doesn’t overlap — everyone gets to watch everybody else’s set.

That seems to encourage a lot more sit-ins.

A&E: Is there anyone who’s going to be there this year that you would really love to collaborate with?

DT: There’s quite a few. We’re throwing a special set together one of the nights and we’re going to try to get as many people on the festival to be a part of it as we can, so there’s a lot of stuff cooking. My brother’s playing with Widespread Panic, so everybody and that crew, Jimmy Herring and the whole camp. It’s always fun to hang with those guys.

A&E: Can you talk about your band’s approach to covering songs? How you put your unique spin on them?

DT: Some songs are just tailor-made for a band like this. It’s

an eleven-piece band with a horn section and background singers, so there’s tunes you always heard and wanted to approach but maybe didn’t have the band to do it. This band really gives us the excuse to break a lot of that stuff out … I’ve noticed groups will take the shortcut and never bother to learn it and just kind of approximate. With this band, there’s a lot of attention to detail and I think that gives you a better understanding of where the tune is coming from, and then if you want to change it and make it your own thing you do that … you don’t really overthink it. The drummers have their own way of playing things, and everybody on stage has really good ears so things just kind of morph into what it’s gonna be. That’s what happens when a band really comes into its own and it starts to develop a sound, and almost anything you put through it, whether it’s old music or new music or tunes you write, it kind of takes on a life of its own.

A&E: Is this something that’s taken a while for the band to develop, or pretty early on were you guys at this point when it came to performing together?

DT: There were glimpses of it from the very beginning, certain things just stuck right from the beginning, but it’s definitely gotten better as time has gone on, and it’s definitely more tried and true at this point. There’s certainly no replacement for time spent on the road together and gigs and time in the studio, and if the chemistry is right it just adds layers to it.

A&E: Are there any songs you’re excited to cover on this tour?

DT: We’re working on a record right now, so a lot of the headspace is thinking about those tunes and kind of getting across the finish line with the record. But we try to keep tunes always flowing in the set, so it real-

ly is [different] night to night …

There’s been a few of the musical sections that we’ve been working on for the record that we’ve been tossing in in different tunes just to see where they fit, so a lot of the group improvisational stuff has been a lot of fun on this run.

A&E: Does that [style of production] tend to happen spur of the moment or is it loosely planned out?

DT: It happens both ways. I enjoy with this band driving it

to places it’s not fully ready for because then you get a natural reaction and you find out the way the band works together. So we’re getting much more comfortable in that world of being uncomfortable! I think I’ve enjoyed that a little bit more.

A&E: What would you tell someone who’s never attended one of your shows before to expect?

DT: It’s an amazing group of musicians on stage. It really is a

unique band … There’s also a serious focus on moving forward, so you know it’s different from night to night, and it’s different from show to show, and I think there’s a level of musicianship and a level of quality with this group that doesn’t seem to ever dip below a certain level. So I appreciate that about it, that every night I can look across the stage and somebody’s doing something that is exciting. It keeps us all energized.