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THE PURPLE SHADOWS: AN INSIDE LOOK PAGE 3

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University plans GivingToHoosDay Organizers hope 24 hour fundraiser will build community, encourage philanthropic change

Caity Seed Associate Editor

The University is set to host its 24-hour online fundraising event “GivingToHoosDay” Tuesday, April 12 — the day before Founder’s Day. Patrick Stanley, manager of digital strategy at the Office of Engagement and University Annual Giving, said GivingToHoosDay is an effort to raise money for the University and University projects by promoting a sense of community and change among students, alumni and other potential donors.

“It lets us promote people getting involved in philanthropy and promote a feeling of giving back,” Stanley said. “There is never a feeling of my part doesn't make a difference.”

Throughout the day, hourly challenges are set up to encourage donations and involvement by community members, Stanley said. There are also two other challenges: the Dollars Challenge and the Gifts Challenge.

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Fairchild said GivingToHoosDay is an important way to showcase the talents and opportunities at the University.

the University can earn a share of a pot of $40,000 based on their percentage of the total dollars raised or the number of gifts they raise, respectively.

“I think it’s really set up for a lot of success. Our big focus is trying to tell the stories of people here at the University who are trying to make a difference,” Stanley said.

“We want to highlight the work people are doing here.”

On the GivingToHoosDay website, the Office of Annual Giving highlights several community projects by University students and faculty, which potential donors can look at to understand how their donations might be utilized on Grounds.

Darden Prof. Gregory Fairchild is one such example — he leads a project with Darden students and local alumni to educate local inmates at a women’s prison, men’s prison and juvenile detention center. Members of the program teach entrepreneurial skills, including the basics of financial literacy, resume building and interview skills.

“Let’s take a day to think about how when we give to the University, we give to these people because the work that we do impacts the world that we live in, whether locally or globally,” Fairchild said.

GivingToHoosDay is in part about encouraging others to be involved in change right now, Fairchild said.

“U.Va. people are people that want to make change,” Fairchild said. “The interesting thing is that we often think when you go

to school now you have to wait until late in your life to make that change.”

Fairchild said GivingToHoosDay is an important way to showcase the talents and opportunities at the University.

“I think the more opportunities we create like this — creative opportunities — the more U.Va. is a special place,” Fairchild said.

“It’s more than our buildings, it’s more than what even happens in our classrooms — it’s the way we change the world.”

Stanley said the University has no particular fundraising goal it is trying to achieve during the 24hour event and said the goal is to build a sense of community and philanthropic change.

If all alumni or other community members can do is share the hashtag #GivingToHoosDay online, then that’s still a successful way to support the University, Stanley said.

“I think any way people can get involved is great,” Stanley said.

“You’re making a gift to an area you know does great work, and you can see it in action. That is our goal.”

Jefferson Trust to award $7 million in grants Recipients to be announced April 15

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social entrepreneurship curriculum at the Batten School, small Pavilion seminars on the Lawn, Greens to Grounds and an overnight retreat called PULSE, which is associated with the Sustained Dialogue Institute.

The most successful student grant was made to Student Entrepreneurs for Economic Development, “which brought together a group of students to look at how social entrepreneurship might be able to grow at the University of Virginia,” Cozart said.

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The Jefferson Trust will be announcing this year’s grant recipients April 15 to coincide with the week of Thomas Jefferson’s birthday.

This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the trust, which provides funding for projects pertaining to the University community that align with Jeffersonian ideals.

Wayne Cozart, executive director of the Jefferson Trust, which is run through the Alumni Association, said the trust will award over $7 millio n in grants — more money than it has ever been given out before.

Cozart said it is important for a state university to have money outside of its state-funded operating budget to fund student-initiated projects and programs.

“For many state universities — including the University of Virginia — the decrease in

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Cozart said he sees the Jefferson Trust as a form of alumni self-governance, much in the way those alumni saw student self-governance while studying at the University.

support from the state has left little opportunity for new ideas to get off the ground because we are essentially at subsistence level in term of our finances,” Cozart said. “[The trust] gives

the opportunity for the University through grants to start programs that might not be able to start without that help.”

Among other things, the Jefferson Trust has helped fund the

That grant led to the addition of social entrepreneurship to the Batten School curriculum.

“Ultimately, we gave a second grant to the Batten School itself to initiate that. That was by far the most successful and had the huge impact,” Cozart said.

“That one was student-initiated, which was very, very important [to us].”

Second-year College student Haden Parrish attended PULSE over Spring Break and said he

enjoyed the weekend, which was made possible by the Jefferson Trust.

“PULSE allowed a safe and confidential place for its fellowship to share, and it allowed us to feel unique but united in our experiences,” Parrish said in an email statement. “My small ‘hand group’ got incredibly close, and many of us shared personal stories that we had never shared with anyone else before.”

Cozart said trustees play an important role in giving out the grants and are engaged both in giving and in selecting the winners.

“For me, I see [the Jefferson Trust] as alumni self-government in the same way [that] student-self government rules when they are undergraduates,” Cozart said. “I’m particularly excited that it is a program where the decisions are made by alumni and parents.”

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Purple Shadows to commemorate Founder’s Day Cozart talks history of secret society David Shutte Associate Editor

This Founder’s Day, the Society of the Purple Shadows will take part in its annual procession on the Lawn and lay a wreath in front of Thomas Jefferson’s statue in honor of the University’s Honor code.

Wayne Cozart, executive director of the Jefferson Trust, said the Purple Shadows formed to support the Honor system.

“The Purple Shadows were formed probably in 1963 to really look at the honor system, for preserving the content of honor and preserving the University,” Cozart said.

The society is infamous for having broken into the office of Robert Canvari — the dean of students at the time — and leaving a dagger and a note written in their signature purple ink in protest of the dean cancelling the “Easters” festivities.

This offense led to a University Judiciary Committee investigation that failed due to the society’s unwillingness to reveal

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The cloaks are not only worn for show, however. All of the Purple Shadows’ activities are done anonymously, and Cozart said the cloaks protect this anonymity.

itself and an anonymous presence that prevented the committee from finding the society’s members.

The Purple Shadows also take part in leaving note cards for first-year students at convocation, as well as awarding the

James Hay Jr. Award to a student or faculty member the society believes has embodied the principles of the Honor system.

Cozart said their “primary motivation of interest” is commemorating Jefferson’s birthday, although their day-to-day activ-

ities are unknown.

The inspiration for the society’s name presumably comes from James Hay Jr.’s 1903 poem “The Honor Men,” which describes “remembering purple shadows of the Lawn.”

The group’s cloaks are not only worn for show, however.

All of the Purple Shadows’ activities are done anonymously, and Cozart said the cloaks protect this anonymity.

Students often gather on the Lawn to witness this yearly phenomenon, despite the event’s brevity.

Lucy Fitzgerald, a second-year Engineering student, stayed up all night before going to see the procession last year.

“They come from the direction of Rugby Road, they march up in their pointed purple hoods, put a wreath down in front of the Jefferson statue, stand there [and] then leave,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s sobering, with the wreath and the letter left in front of the Jefferson statue.”

Cozart said the emergence of the Purple Shadows saw the

emergence of other secret societies as well. The University is known for having a large number of secret societies, including the Z Society, the Seven Society, the Thirteen Society and the IMP Society, among others.

“They come from the fraternal orders of the 19th century,” Cozart said. “And so you see several groups who were secret, but really [besides] the Z Society being the first society and the Seven Society in the early 20th century, there really [weren’t] any new secret societies until the Purple Shadows in the 1960s.”

Since then, Cozart said there are new secret societies being formed every year.

“I always say that for every single secret society, 10 years later another secret society is going to be formed, probably because there might be some envy of people being able to do something and wanting to fill that group,” Cozart said.

Courses to highlight Jefferson, the University Profs. discuss “Jefferson classes” offered this fall Alexis Gravely Associate Editor

During the fall and spring semesters, students are given the opportunity to take a variety of courses with the University’s founder Thomas Jefferson as the center of the class’s curriculum.

An array of courses on Jefferson have been taught in recent years, including “Jefferson vs.

Hamilton: The Early American Republic, 1783-1826,” “Age of Jefferson,” “Slavery, Jefferson and U.Va.” and “Mr. Jefferson and his University.”

This fall, students have the opportunity to choose from two courses about Jefferson — ARH 1700 “Thomas Jefferson’s Architecture” and INST 1605 “History of Mr. Jefferson’s University.”

Architecture Prof. Richard Wilson said “Thomas Jefferson’s Architecture” will cover a variety of material related to Jefferson’s life and his architectural influence in the United States.

“I’m assuming a lot of students in there don’t have a lot of

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This fall, students have the opportunity to choose from two courses about Jefferson — ARH 1700 “Thomas Jefferson’s Architecture” and INST 1605 “History of Mr. Jefferson’s University.”

background in the history of architecture, so I spend about two class periods sketching in the background the history of architecture especially as he knew it at that point in time,” Wilson said. “[I do] a little bit about American architecture prior to Jefferson … [and] I do a lecture or two on his life.”

From there, Wilson said he discusses some of the buildings Jefferson designed, including Monticello, the Virginia State Capitol and Poplar Forest. He concludes the course by discussing architecture at the University.

Throughout the semester, the class takes a number of field

trips to view Jefferson’s architecture. The class looks at architecture on the Lawn and in the Pavilions and also takes a trip to Monticello.

Wilson also takes his class to visit the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library to view some of Jefferson’s architectural drawings and designs.

Wilson said he hopes he class will also be able to take a trip to Richmond to visit the Virginia State Capitol.

“I would say it’s his most important building — not his greatest building — but his most important because it was the first public building built after the [American] Revolution,” Wilson said.

Students also have the opportunity to take “History of Mr. Jefferson’s University” this fall.

Second-year Batten student Juliana McCormick — one of two students to teach the course this past fall alongside Assoc.

Prof. Kirt Von Daacke — said the class “covers the complex history of the University of Vir-

ginia, detailing its founding and founder as well as the many changes that have occurred at the University since it opened its doors to students in 1825.”

The class includes a range of topics, including Jefferson and the early University, slavery at the University, the Civil War, integration and co-education, student protests and secret societies, McCormick said. The course is offered to 60 students.

McCormick said she believes it is important for the University to offer courses that “critically examine Jefferson.”

“He was our founder and his contributions to our nation are paralleled by few,” McCormick said. “However, there is a culture of unquestioning adoration of Jefferson that is common on our Grounds, and I believe it's imperative that students understand both Jefferson's contributions and his contradictions, like his declaring that ‘all men are created equal’ while owning enslaved laborers.”

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Founder’s Day tree recognizes contributions to U.Va. community Prof. Jim Murray to be honored at planting ceremony Maddy Weingast Associate Editor

Since 1970, the University has planted a tree each year on Founder’s Day to honor an individual who has made significant contributions to the community.

This year’s recipient is Professor Emeritus in Biology Jim Murray.

The University’s Arboretum and Landscape Committee takes nominations for the honoree, evaluates the nominations and ultimately recommends an individual, or short of list of individuals, to University President Teresa Sullivan for selection.

Worthy Martin, chair of the Arboretum and Landscape Committee, said the committee is also in charge of recommending the tree species and location.

“If the individual has had a particular impact on a given district of the Grounds, then that is part of the consideration of the location,” Martin said in an email statement. “However, there is a Master Plan on tree planting and the specific location and species is selected … from that Master Plan.”

University Landscape Architect Mary Hughes said the committee looks at a broad range of factors when determining the recipient.

“They look for people who have made a really great lifelong contribution to U.Va., but also because the nature of the honor is the planting of a tree, we look for somebody who has had an interest in University landscape and Grounds as a second qualification,” Hughes said.

Murray formerly served as chair of the Arboretum and Landscape Committee.

“I am both surprised and delighted,” Murray said in an email statement. “I hope that this yearly ritual encourages the community to cherish and enjoy the remarkable collection of trees that we are privileged to share on the Grounds.”

Martin said Murray has played an important role in developing the University’s landscape.

“He was the chair … during several crucial periods of development of the Grounds and has been committed to having a vibrant and engaging landscape in

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Since 1970, the University has planted a tree each year on Founder’s Day to honor an individual who has made significant contributions to the community.

all areas of the Grounds for more than 30 years,” Martin said.

Holding the ceremony on Founder’s Day is a suitable way to honor the University’s founder Thomas Jefferson, Hughes said.

“Jefferson himself was a great

lover of gardens and plants,” Hughes said. “It seemed like an appropriate one of many ways to honor his tradition.”

Murray said the tradition of associating particular trees with special persons goes back to the foundation of the University,

with the oldest association being James Monroe and the Monroe Walnut.

The Founder’s Day tree planting ceremony will be at 11:15 a.m. on April 13 in front of Cocke Hall.

Tom Tom Festival honors Jefferson’s legacy Week-long celebrates innovation, risk-taking Gaston Arze Senior Writer

The weeklong festival brings bands, artists and founders to nearly 60 venues in Charlottesville “to celebrate and empower the founders of creative, civic and entrepreneurial projects.”

To date “the Festival's attendance has exceeded 78,000, and featured 260 bands, 224 speakers and dozens of artists and installations,” according to the festival’s website.

Tom Tom Festival project manager Celia Castleman said the name of the festival, in honor of Thomas Jefferson, is intended to pay homage to the former president while still remaining light and whimsical.

The festival’s celebration of founders of businesses, ideas

and creations is intended to reflect Jefferson’s intellectual curi-

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The festival’s stylized buffalo logo is also a nod to Jefferson’s legacy.

osity as a polymath, Castleman said.

“Founding is a major theme throughout the entire Festival.

We celebrate ‘founders’ of businesses, ideas, creations,” Castleman said in an email statement.

“Thomas Jefferson was a polymath and we think of the Festival in the same sense.”

Castleman said the festival focuses on four main tracks: art, food, innovation and music.

However, there is also an emphasis placed on the way these tracks interact and overlap.

“There isn’t a boundary between an entrepreneur and an artist and a foodie and an athlete … they flow in and out,” Castleman said. “So the tracks we have … overlap and intertwine.”

The festival celebrates successful entrepreneurs, artists and explorers who, like Jefferson, took risks, Castleman said.

“At the Founders Summit, our audience hears inspirational stories from the nation’s top

thought leaders and hopefully learn both pragmatic lessons in how to start something as well as spark new ideas and partnerships,” Castleman said.

The festival’s stylized buffalo logo is also a nod to Jefferson's legacy and is inspired by the buffalo hide Meriwether Lewis and William Clark gave to Jefferson after their expedition to the western United States.

Pete Caramanis, one of the original members of the Tom Tom Founders Festival advisory board, said he was drawn to festival director Paul Beyer’s vision for Tom Tom “because of its attempt to connect the Charlottesville area with [Jefferson] beyond simply honoring his past accomplishments.”

“Mr. Jefferson was certainly an innovator and valued innovation and continual progress,”

Caramanis said in an email statement. “This community has always celebrated his innovation, but not always done the best job of celebrating present day innovation as Jefferson would have wanted us to.”

Caramanis said Jefferson’s quote from an 1816 letter to John Adams — “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past” — is a “Tom Tom tag line.”

“The Tom Tom Founders Festival, in the spirit of Mr. Jefferson and his and our dreams of the future, celebrates the innovators of our community and puts Charlottesville back on the map as a place of innovation as it was in Mr. Jefferson’s day,” Caramanis said.

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The complex history of Jefferson Respecting Jefferson as the University’s founder, recognizing his history with slavery

“I think, with Jefferson, we have a tendency to put him up on a pedestal. Because he was put up on a pedestal for so long and exempted from criticism, now there is a tendency to go in the other direction and throw rocks at this guy on a pedestal.”

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Ankita Satpathy News Associate Editor

As a man who played an integral role in the founding of the University and the United States, Thomas Jefferson is highly memorialized by students and faculty alike. In recent years, the University community has become more focused on understanding the totality of Jefferson’s life rather than focusing only on its positive aspects. The result is a constant endeavor to respect the University’s founder while also recognizing his flaws.

Remembering Jefferson While students walk by statues of Jefferson every day, they may not realize there are several organizations on Grounds which pay homage to Jefferson in some way, though not all of them are directly involved in research about his life.

Urban and Environmental Planning Prof. Frank Dukes, founder of University and Community Action for Racial Equity, or UCARE, discussed three different levels of emphasis on Jefferson. The first is a superficial level which uses his name, the second pays more attention to his life’s work and the third involves actively

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studying him and furthering his legacy through publications.

“Sometimes we do too easily sort of default to naming something after him,” Dukes said. “Maybe it blinds us a little bit to some people, but I don't think it’s stopped the academic pursuit of knowledge.”

Despite the frequent use of Jefferson’s name on a superficial level, Dukes said he does not think Jefferson is overemphasized at the University. In fact, he said some aspects of his life, such as critical analysis of his writings, are underemphasized.

“I think if you were a student here and you wanted to explore Jefferson, it would be very easy to understand the totality of his life and his work, at least to the extent that we’re knowledgeable about that,” Dukes said.

History Prof. Alan Taylor, chair of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, said he agreed that while Jefferson is not overemphasized at the University, he is a complex figure.

Furthermore, some of his values — such as democracy, higher education and separation of church and state — remain relevant to University life today, Taylor said.

“I think almost any time there is a communication from administration there is a quote of Jefferson or a citation of his tradition as something we should be consulting,” Taylor said.

“I'm hoping that the University, and Iʼm including myself in that, so all of us, are willing to have conversations and to explore the history thatʼs oftentimes uncomfortable for some of us.”

(Frank Dukes, Urban and Environmental Planning prof., founder of UCARE)

“[We cannot consider him] a uniquely good or maligned figure.”

Thirdy e a r College student Nicholas Richardson, chair of the University Guide Service, cited the tradition of student self-governance as the most obvious example of Jefferson’s lasting influence on the University.

“The Jeffersonian ideal of decentralized power kind of manifests itself I think in giving the students a lot of agency and autonomy in student groups around Grounds,” Richardson said.

Slavery and the University Despite abolitionist statements and his advocacy for ending slavery at the time of the Revolutionary War, Jefferson owned over 600 slaves in his lifetime. And while Jefferson designed the University, the majority of its construction and upkeep was done by slaves, from laying the cornerstone in 1817 to ringing the bell in the Rotunda in the mid-19th century and myriad tasks in-between.

University President Teresa Sullivan’s Commission on Slavery and the University was formed to “provide advice and recommendations to the president on the commemoration of the University of Virginia’s historical relationship with slavery and enslaved people,” according to the commission’s website.

While the administration does not explicitly highlight the negative aspects of Jefferson’s life, it is not necessarily their role to do so, Dukes said. Regardless, the University community is now more concerned with learning about the connection between slavery and the University.

Lucas Halse | The Cavalier Daily “I think,

with Jefferson, we have a tendency to put him up on a pedestal,” Taylor said. “Because he was put up on a pedestal for so long and exempted from criticism, now there is a tendency to go in the other direction and throw rocks at this guy on a pedestal.”

In the context of Jefferson’s time, he was not unlike other intellectually-powerful white males, Taylor said.

“On the one hand, you can say he was a man of his time, but that’s not fully an excuse [for] some of the opinions and beliefs he propagated,” Richardson said.

Nonetheless, Taylor praised the work of the commission and a group called Memorialization for Enslaved Laborers and said people should follow their lead to uncover information about Jefferson in his totality.

“I don’t think their purpose is to tear down Jefferson, I think their purpose is to understand the University,” Taylor said For the time being, Dukes said the commission, UCARE, MEL and several individuals

the darker aspects of Jefferson’s life, some believe these organizations must further their work to create change.

Second-year College students Bryanna Miller, Black Student Alliance president, and Wes Gobar, BSA political action advisor, said the work of these organizations is not sufficiently publicized.

“Right now, the University is, in some respects, outsourcing publicity of the work of enslaved laborers to students and faculty,” Gobar said in an email statement. “The president’s commission has undertaken important research, but it is not well publicized or spread to the general population outside of interested parties or academic circles either.”

Miller suggested more widely publicizing the commission’s work as well as working in tandem with MEL. “The University should work alongside MEL to design and fully fund an adequate memorial that would recognize the contributions of

“On the one hand, you can say he was a man of his time, but thatʼs not fully an excuse [for] some of the opinions and beliefs he propagated.”

(Nicholas Richardson, University Guide Service Chair) researching who actually built the University are sufficient to recognize the influence slaves had on the University.

“I'm hoping that the University — and I’m including myself in that, so all of us — are willing to have conversations and to explore the history that’s often times uncomfortable for some of us,” Dukes said Additionally, the University Guide Service has made a conscious effort to discuss slavery, race and gender relations at the University in the past decade, Richardson said. “[The mentality is] let’s talk about it and then how can we work together as a student body to counteract some of those long-standing prejudices that might be kind of embedded in the University structure,” Richardson said.

What else can be done While organizations such as UCARE, MEL and the President’s Commission on Slavery and the University are conducting work to make the community more aware of

[enslaved laborers],” Miller said in an email statement.

Richardson and Dukes both cited Gibbons dorm — named after a slave family who went on to be intellectual, active members of the community after being freed — as an example of the University recognizing the influence of slaves.

“Naming Gibbons … yes it’s honoring that family, and it’s a tremendous family, but we’re really doing it to make more real our complex history,” Dukes said.

Though there is some disagreement over how much the University needs to do to paint an accurate portrait of Jefferson and his position on and involvement with slavery, positive contributions to this effort are already being undertaken, while work remains to make the University community completely aware of the complexities of Jefferson’s life.

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Baseball drops series to BC

sports Absent from the top-25 rankings for the first time in 2016, the Virginia baseball team headed north to Chestnut Hills, Mass. for a threegame weekend series at Boston College. Behind the arm of junior ace Connor Jones, the Cavaliers (20-14, 7-8 ACC) blanked the Eagles (16-11, 5-8 ACC) on a windy opener Friday, 3-0.

Jones went the distance on 116 pitches, yielding just one hit — a base-knock off the bat of sophomore right fielder Donovan Casey to begin the bottom of the second.

Fittingly, with two men down in the bottom of the ninth, Jones struck out Casey — the batter who had spoiled his shot at a no-hitter — and recorded his first career complete-game shutout.

Freshman starter Jacob Stevens and the Boston College bullpen limited Virginia to only four total hits Friday. Three errors with runners on base cost the Eagles early, accounting for all three Cavalier runs. A wayward throw and botched grounder loaded the bases in the third before Stevens walked junior shortstop Daniel Pinero to scratch across Virginia’s first unearned run.

In the top of the ninth, once sophomore third baseman Justin Novak had reached base on a hit by pitch, another Boston College throwing error enabled Novak to score from first and sophomore center fielder Adam Haseley to reach third. Then, sophomore second baseman Ernie Clement lined an RBI single to left field that plated the Cavaliers’ final unearned run Friday.

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Adam Hasely delivered an impressive performance on the mound Saturday, surrendering two runs over eight innings of five-hit work.

A role reversal occurred Saturday, as Virginia committed two critical errors in the ninth inning of a 2-2 ballgame. After striking out the leadoff guy and inducing a pop up, sophomore pitcher Tommy Doyle fell behind 3-1. Boston College junior catcher Nick Sciortino drove the next pitch back up the box — a sign of a well-timed swing. On standby, freshman outfielder Dominic Hardaway pinch ran at first for Sciortino.

The speedster Hardaway took off for second — most didn’t even see him steal the base. The cross-diamond throw from junior catcher Matt Thaiss skipped into center field,

permitting Hardaway to advance to third. Doyle kept his composure on the mound.

The former Flint Hill Husky baited a 2-2 swing and missed on a pitch in the dirt, but Thaiss flung the ball wide of first. Gliding down the third-base line, Hardaway scored easily. His Eagle teammates raced out of the dugout in celebration of a 3-2 walk-off win.

Lost in disappointment, the pitching performance Haseley lent his Virginia team was exceptional Saturday. He surrendered only two runs – both in a taxing first frame – over eight innings of five-hit work.

Cavalier hitters again struggled at

the dish, collecting only four hits, including sophomore first baseman Pavin Smith’s game-tying double in the sixth.

Virginia regrouped overnight and returned to John Shea Field for the rubber match Sunday. Making his first start of the season, junior pitcher Alec Bettinger shut down Boston College through five innings, allowing just three hit and striking out five. His Cavalier teammates finally put a run on the board in the fifth.

Freshman infielder Ryan Karstetter doubled into the left-center gap and moved up to third on freshman right fielder Cameron Simmons’s

bunt single. Novak, who continues to produce at the bottom of the order, grounded into a force out to give Virginia a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom of the fifth — what would be Bettinger’s final frame — the Eagles responded with a run of their own. The first batter Bettinger faced, junior utility man Michael Strem, singled into left field, bringing about an obvious sacrifice situation. Strem advanced into scoring position on junior shortstop Johnny Adams’s bunt down the first-base line.

Senior left fielder Logan Hoggarth singled up the middle to drive home Strem and tie the game, 1-1.

That score stood until the top of the tenth when Smith clobbered the first pitch he saw for a go-ahead three-run homer to right.

Trailing 4-1 in the bottom of the tenth, the Eagles loaded the bases with one out. Freshman pinch hitter Gian Martellini fouled out to Thaiss, though, and it appeared Boston College had squandered a potential rally. But Strem slapped a two-bagger down the left field line that evaded the Cavaliers’ no-doubles defense, cleared the bases and tied the score 4-4.

Two innings of stalemate later, Adams smacked a one-out double to right center off Virginia freshman reliever Chesdin Harrington.

Exposing Harrington’s inexperience, the Eagles drew a pair of free passes between a strikeout to load the bases again. This time sophomore right fielder Scott Braren drilled a walkoff single into right. Boston College had snatched ‘Championship Sunday’ — as Virginia coach Brian O’Connor calls the last Sunday game in a series — from Virginia.

—compiled by Grant Gossage

Men’s tennis slams Georgia Tech, Clemson

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Collin Altamirano won his match 6-3, 6-4 against Georgia Tech and 6-0, 6-0 against Clemson. The Cavaliers went 2-0 over the weekend.

With two ACC matches on the weekend, the No. 3 Virginia men’s tennis team had their hands full, but ultimately emerged victorious in both matches to record their 19th and 20th wins of the season.

These two matches closed out a lengthy road trip for the Cavaliers (20-3, 9-1 ACC), as they notched victories at No. 31 Georgia Tech Friday and at Clemson Sunday.

Against Georgia Tech (15-6, 8-3 ACC), the Cavaliers captured the doubles point with a 6-4 win at No. 1 and a 6-3 win at No. 2 to open up the match.

When it came time for singles, it was the depth of Virginia that led the team to victory.

At No. 3, sophomore Collin

Altamirano continued playing solid tennis by picking up a 6-3, 6-4 win over Yellow Jacket junior Cole Fiegel.

In the first singles match to finish, junior J.C. Aragone recorded a quick 6-1, 6-3 victory against Georgia Tech freshman Andrew Li. In the clinching match, Virginia sophomore Henrik Wiersholm defeated senior Nathan Rakitt, 7-5, 6-1.

The two top players on the Cavaliers’ singles ladder, senior Ryan Shane and junior Thaison Kwiatkowski, both suffered tough three-set losses, but due to the Cavaliers depth, the team still managed a 5-2 win.

Clemson (13-13, 4-7 ACC) proved to be an easier win for the Cavaliers. Virginia won

every match en route to a 7-0 sweep of the Tigers. Altamirano’s 6-0, 6-0 win against Clemson senior Austin Ansari at No. 2 and Kwiatkowski’s 6-0, 6-0 win against junior Daffra Sanon gave the Cavaliers a pair of shut-out wins.

The Cavaliers now look forward to two huge matches next weekend against Wake Forest and Miami. The match against the Demon Deacons will likely decide the ACC regular season champion, while Virginia will celebrate senior day against Miami.

—compiled by Hunter Ostad

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Men’s lacrosse loses ACC tilt at UNC The No. 20 Virginia men’s lacrosse team fell against No. 11 North Carolina at Kenan Stadium Sunday afternoon, 16-8. The loss snapped a three game win streak for the Cavaliers (6-6, 0-3 ACC) and allowed the Tar Heels (7-4, 2-0 ACC) to maintain their unbeaten conference record.

North Carolina struck quickly, scoring a goal just 29 seconds into the game. Just minutes later though, junior midfielder AJ Fish tied the game for Virginia to bring the score to 1-1.

However, the Tar Heel offense caught momentum shortly after with a 9-0 run, holding the Cavaliers scoreless for 21:46.

Senior attackman Steve Pontrello rounded out the run for North Carolina before Virginia answered with a 3-0 run of its own. Cavalier senior attackman James Pannell tallied two goals and Fish added another score to bring the score to 10-4.

But Virginia could not keep up the momentum, and North

Carolina reached its largest lead of the game with a 4-0 run to bring the score to 14-4 in the fourth quarter.

Despite a goal from senior midfielder Greg Coholan with 9:41 left in the game, Virginia was never able to recover from the Tar Heel run. Pannell and junior attackman Ryan Lukacovic finished out the scoring, as the Cavaliers went on a 4-2 run in the final 10 minutes to end the game with a score of 16-8.

Junior goalie Matt Barrett made 12 saves, while North Carolina’s goalies — sophomore Brian Balkam and freshman Colin Reder — combined for 15 saves on the afternoon. The Tar Heels also dominated in ground balls, 31-17, and shots, 56-33.

Virginia has a chance to bounce back and earn its first ACC win of the season when No. 13 Duke visits Charlottesville Sunday, April 17 at noon.

—compiled by Mariel Messier

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Senior attackman James Pannell netted two goals Sunday in a 16-8 loss against North Carolina.

Pitching stuggles cost softball series Cavaliers win opener, drop following two games Rahul Shah Associate Editor

The Virginia softball team returned to action this weekend, taking on ACC rival Syracuse for a threegame series. The Cavaliers (13-27, 3-8 ACC) hadn’t played in over a week, and expressed their excitement about getting back onto the field.

“We were really excited to come out and play,” junior catcher Katie Park said. “Honestly, we’re really bummed that we didn’t get to play Boston College, so I think if anything we were really excited to get out here.”

Virginia channeled that excitement and used it to take down the Orange (19-17, 6-8 ACC), 5-3, in the series opener Saturday. Freshman shortstop Allie Arneson hit a solo homerun to give the Cavaliers the lead, eventually allowing Virginia to close out the win.

Coming into the second game of the series, Virginia’s pitchers had been playing some of their best ball of the season. However, in the last two games of the series, it was Virginia’s pitching that faltered. The Cavaliers lost both games 10-8 and 8-4, respectively.

“They just weren’t as sharp as they have been,” coach Blake Miller said. “Maybe it’s not getting to throw midweek or as much as they have

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Freshman shortstop Allie Arneson hit a solo homerun in Virginia’s opening win Saturday. The Cavaliers lost the next two games to drop the series against Syracuse.

been. [They’re] just not as sharp as they needed to be.”

Pitching wasn’t the only thing with which the Cavaliers struggled in their two losses. Miscues on the defensive side of the field contributed to the team’s deficiencies on the mound.

“We made two crucial errors [Saturday] and two crucial errors [Sunday],” Miller said.

“That kind of put it over.”

Despite losing the last two games of the series, Virginia’s offense played well in both contests. The Cavaliers put up eight runs in Saturday’s loss, jumping out to a 7-4 lead early on in the third inning. However, Syracuse got back into the game with a big fifth inning, scoring four runs to take the lead.

In Sunday’s series finale, the Orange got off to a hot start, scoring six runs in the second inning. Virginia knew it needed to stay focused and not let Syracuse’s large lead negatively af-

fect the way the team played.

“We knew that we need to scratch back any way possible so we could take advantage of all the opportunities we gave ourselves, so I think we still stayed offensive-[minded],” Miller said. “It changed a little bit, but doesn’t matter if we’re up six, down six, we all have the same mentality at the plate; we got to get on any way possible and make something happen.”

The Cavaliers responded to make it interesting with a big fifth inning in which they brought in four runs, aided by a three-run homer by junior outfielder Iyana Hughes. Though ultimately it wasn’t enough, overall, the offense hit the balls well Sunday, showing their ability to make contact and the drive the ball deep. However, many of the balls they hit went straight to Syracuse’s outfielders.

Miller said Virginia’s hitters need to continue to become more disciplined in order to hit more consistently.

“I mean we hit some balls hard, basically it comes down to our discipline,” Miller said. “We should hit more hard, I mean if we hit more hard, then we miss the outfielders.

You’re going to hit a few right at people, that’s why .300 is a good average, so it just is what it is.”

Virginia will look to bounce back next weekend when they take on North Carolina at The Park.

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Women’s tennis defeats rival Hokies, 6-1 After a tough loss against Georgia Tech last Sunday, the No. 15 Virginia women’s tennis team travelled to Blacksburg Sunday to take on its instate rival in No. 30 Virginia Tech. The Commonwealth clash always is a meaningful contest for both sides, and Sunday the Cavaliers (12-9, 7-5 ACC) emerged victorious with a dominating 6-1 win.

The match started out well, as Virginia captured the doubles point with a quick 6-1 win at No. 1 and the deciding 6-3 victory at No. 3.

During singles play, the Hokies (14-7, 7-5 ACC) quickly evened up the score when senior Raluca Mita defeated Cavalier freshman Erica Susi at No. 5, 6-0, 6-3. But that would be the last match Virginia dropped that afternoon.

Soon after the defeat, senior Danielle Collins earned a 6-0, 6-4 win against Virginia Tech junior Francesca Fusinato at the top of the ladder. Next, senior Stephanie Nauta pulled out a tough 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 victory against Hokie sophomore Caroline Daxhelet to put the Cavaliers up 3-1. The match was then clinched when Virginia freshman Meghan Kelley notched a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 win against senior Kelly Williford.

The Cavaliers also won the final two games of the match to close out a 6-1 win that should serve to revitalize the Cavaliers as the postseason looms.Virginia has two more home matches scheduled this weekend, as the team looks to gain momentum before the ACC tournament begins next Wednesday.

—compiled by Hunter Ostad

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Track and Field puts up strong performance Virginia wins UVA Quad, impresses in Saturday invitational Ben Tobin Associate Editor

This weekend provided a tale of two home meets for Virginia’s track and field teams. Friday evening, both teams competed against Columbia, Maryland and Pennsylvania at the UVA Quad.

On the following day, the Cavaliers hosted the Lou Onesty/Milton G. Abramson Invitational.

Both the No. 3 men’s team and the women’s team dominated the UVA Quad, handily sweeping the other three teams in dual-meet scoring. On the men’s side, the Cavaliers won seven events.

One of these victories came by junior Henry Wynne, whose winning time of 13:49.35 in the 5,000 meters marks the sixth-best time in the nation this season. Additionally, three freshmen — Hilmar Jonsson, Oghenakpobo Efekoro and Charles Bowman — also won events.

Meanwhile, the Cavalier women won eight events Friday on their way to winning the meet.

Both sophomore Bridget Guy and junior Christine Bohan — who won the pole vault and the shot put, respectively — broke school records.

These performances have made Virginia coach Bryan Fetzer optimistic about the future of this season.

“Everybody is starting to click,”

Fetzer said. “We had some great positions. It’s all building to the championship time.”

The success didn’t stop on Friday for the Cavaliers. The following day at the Lou Onesty/Milton G. Abramson Invitational, the men won a total of three events while the women won five.

One of these event winners for the women was junior Andrea Wright, who finished with a time of 24.21 to win the 200 meters.

For Wright, performing at home at Lannigan Field was helpful, she said.

“It feels great,” Wright said. “We practice here everyday, so it feels pretty normal.”

Sophomore James Williams, who finished third in the men’s discus with a personal best of 52.04 meters, echoed this sentiment.

“It’s always good throwing at home,” Williams said. “You feel good in your home circle, and you got friends and family watching.”

The weather provided an obstacle for the Cavaliers Saturday.

With extremely blustery winds and low temperatures, Fetzer said the conditions were the second worst he has ever seen for a meet in his coaching career. However, the weather did not shake the team.

“My college coach said, ‘Be oblivious to other external distractions,’” Fetzer said. “No matter what’s going on around us, our team is able to focus on what we’re

trying to accomplish. You can’t let what you can’t control dictate your performance.”

Notable for Virginia this weekend was how many Cavaliers contributed to the results. While both teams have consistent stars — like Wynne and junior thrower Filip Mihaljevic for the men and Bohan and senior sprinter Peyton Chaney for the women — several members for both teams were crucial to the successes of the teams this weekend.

“We’re always supporting each other, from preseason to now,” Wright said. “We’re always there for each other.”

According to Williams, these meets show that the team has grown and will continue to do so this season.

“As our team, we’re progressively getting better as the season goes on,” Williams said.

For Fetzer, he sees these results as a sign that his athletes are bouncing off one another to push themselves.

“Everybody breathes success, and it feeds off of each other,” Fetzer said. “When one person is getting better, it causes the other ones to step up.”

This upcoming week will provide Virginia time to rest. The following week, the Cavaliers will return to Lannigan Field to compete in the Virginia Challenge — one of the most competitive regular-season meets of the year.

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Bridget Guy broke the program record in the pole vault Friday at the UVA Quad. Virginia won the meet Friday and impressed at the Lou Onesty/Milton G. Abramson Invitational Saturday.

Derek Bard misses cut at Masters Virginia junior golfer Derek Bard missed the cut at the Masters after shooting a 5-over 77 in Friday’s second round. With his first round score of 4-over 76, Bard finished the two rounds at 9-over par — three shots behind the cut, which was 6-over.

Bard’s second-round performance was very reminiscent of his first round, in which the back nine took a serious toll on the amateur golfer. Starting the round with a bogey on the first hole, Bard made the turn at

2-over. After recording his first of two birdies on the day on the par-four tenth, Bard bogeyed holes 12 and 15, double bogeyed 16 and bogeyed 17, before closing out the round with a birdie on 18.

Bard wasn’t alone in his second-round struggles. Friday was an extremely tough day on the course for the entire field, with only four of 89 golfers — Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Daniel Berger and Troy Merritt — shooting under par for the day,

all four of whom only mustered 1-under 71. Jordan Spieth maintained his lead from Thursday’s first round — his sixth-straight round leading the Masters counting his victory last year — after shooting a 2-over 74.

Spieth (-4) will be paired with McIlroy in tomorrow’s round, who he leads by a single stroke.

Bard again finished behind the field in most statistical categories, as he did Thursday. In rounds one and two, respectively, he hit 50 percent and 44 per-

cent of the greens in regulation.

He did improve on his putting from Thursday, averaging 1.5 putts per green in the second round.

Bard qualified for the Masters after finishing runner-up at the 2015 U.S Amateur Championships. The winner of the U.S Amateurs, Bryson DeChambeau, is one of only two amateurs to make the cut at the Masters.

Following his return to Charlottesville, Bard will rejoin the

Virginia team, which next plays April 16-17 at the Wolfpack Invitational in Raleigh, N.C. He will also have another shot at the majors this summer when he participates in the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club — a tournament he also qualified for with his finish at the U.S Amateurs.

—compiled by Grayson Kemper

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Banning Yik Yak won’t get at the root of the issue

Comment of the day

Universities should not block social media platforms

“It’s also notable that the law will be patchy at accomplishing its goal with respect to bathrooms. ... Each state has its own laws as to what’s needed to change your sex on your birth certificate, so people at identical points in their transitions may be considered different sexes based solely on where they were born.“

Since last year’s murder of University of Mary Washington student and popular campus feminist Grace Mann, some have called for an end to Yik Yak, the anonymous social media platform, including via formal complaint to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. Mann was murdered by one of her male roommates after receiving verbal threats, both in person and over Yik Yak. Recently, civil liberties organizations such as the National Coalition Against Censorship sent a letter to the OCR arguing inclusion of speech in Title IX harassment regulations would threaten free speech rights. The letter also urged education officials to consider the harmful effects of restricting access to Yik Yak on students’ educations. While concerns about the hostile nature of Yik Yak messages are le-

by “Alex” in response to Lucy Siegel’s April 8 article, “A chapter in America’s horror story.”

gitimate, censorship is not the answer, and the Department of Education should not mandate that schools introduce social media bans.

We recognize that hateful messages on Yik Yak can make students feel targeted.

The previous managing board wrote an editorial in which it commended the University of Rochester’s request for Yik Yak to turn over information about users who had posted offensive and threatening messages. In cases of harassment directed at particular individuals, Yik Yak should absolutely provide universities or law enforcement with the IP addresses of the attackers. However, a blanket ban on social media platforms is not tenable, especially at universities. Blocking Yik Yak would not end hate, nor would it prevent the proliferation of another anonymous social me-

dia platform.

In fact, Yik Yak could become a tool for universities to monitor their students if administrations are willing to take up the challenge. Yik Yak does not necessarily encourage hate, but it certainly exposes it. And if students are publicly sharing hateful comments, then universities have a chance to identify and counteract them. One should not overlook the useful benefits of an anonymous social media platform such as Yik Yak. College leaders should always be wary of censorship, especially because colleges are places where the freedom to state your opinion or spread information is so highly valued. A block on university networks would not be productive, especially at colleges such as ours where no similar Internet bans exist.

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The perils of a Brexit The British exit from the European Union would hurt American trade and security ion article by The New York Times editorial board lays out all the benefits in depth. The conclusion of the if he were voted back article states, “Ultimateinto the office, he would ly, separating from the BOBBY DOYLE hold a referendum on union is highly unlikely Opinion Columnist whether Britain should to yield the economremain a member of ic bounty supporters the European Union. He has kept have promised and it would leave to his word, and a few months ago Britain more isolated and probahe announced June 23rd as the date bly poorer.” No one, least of all the of the referendum. Even though United States, benefits if the British Cameron strongly supports British economy starts to weaken. In Jan. membership of the EU, he prom- 2016 alone we exported $3.9 billion ised the referendum in response to and imported $3.6 billion worth a recent rise of anti-EU sentiment of goods from Britain. Britain will in Britain, though recent polling is face new tariffs on this trade if they still fairly split on whether British leave, which will ultimately hurt citizens support the “Brexit.” This our economic relationship. may seem a distant issue for people While every American may not living in the United States, let alone notice the economic impact of BritCharlottesville. However, Britain ain leaving in their daily lives, they leaving the EU would not only hurt will all notice an immediate differBritish citizens, but Americans as ence strategically. The United States well. benefits greatly from the strength of The first problem is that a Brexit the EU, and the Brexit would signifwould damage the British econo- icantly weaken an already reeling my, in which the United States has EU. Britain is the fourth largest a vested interest. An excellent opin- contributor to the EU budget and

third largest by population. Losing Britain would also make other countries question their membership. Euroscepticism is rising all over Europe, especially with the current refugee crisis, and many countries could follow Britain if it

would like nothing more than to be able to deal with 27 different European countries rather than the EU as a whole. The recent aggression

by Russia was halted, in part, by EU sanctions. That sort of collective action is what makes the EU so powerful. The United States can try to check Russian power, but it will be a great deal harder to influence Russia without a strong EU in the region backing our actions.

We also need a Euroscepticism is rising all over Europe, strong EU due to the especially with the current refugee crisis, and continuing threat of many countries could follow Britain if it exited.” terrorism. Europe, even more so than the United States, has become a major exited. target for Islamic terrorists. One Although the EU can be a rival thing that makes terrorism so hard of the United States at times, right to deal with is that it operates with now it is in our interest to have a little regard for borders or jurisdicstrong EU. Russia is the first big tions. The EU is an essential part reason for that, as its government of cooperation on intelligence and

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hile campaigning for reelecW tion, British Prime Minister David Cameron promised that

terrorism measures. A Brexit would only increase the distrust between EU partners, heighten isolation and make neighboring countries less likely to work together. The United States also benefits from the EU’s ability to fight terrorism, and so the less competent Europe is, the less safe we are.

Overall, we will be poorer and less safe if Britain leave the EU. Britain is one of our oldest allies and what voters choose on June 23rd will ultimately affect us. Europe is in crisis; Greece, the refugee issues, terrorism and an economic slowdown are just a few of the problems. Weakening the EU does not help anyone in Europe and does not help the United States.

Bobby’s articles run Mondays. He can be reached at b.doyle@cavalierdaily.com.

A Student Council for all praise for its honor code and community of trust. One of the core principles of this community of cial purpose of Student Council is trust is for students to “seek to to protect and improve conduct ourselves the rights, opportuniwith integrity, reties, and quality of life MEGHAN GRUMBLING specting the work Viewpoint Writer of every student at the and property of our University of Virginia.” fellow students.” Is In its initial denial of the CIO ap- it not the responsibility of every plication for an organization that member of the University to rerepresents undocumented stu- spect all students, whether docudents, DREAMers, Student Coun- mented or not? I personally supcil failed to adhere to its obligation port the mission of the DREAMers to respect every student. on Grounds “to create a more inWhile it is important to un- clusive environment and an overderstand that undocumented all safe space for undocumented students are composed of many students at U.Va.,” and we should different ethnicities and races, the all, at the very least, support the majority are, indeed Hispanic or DREAMers because they are felLatino. Many studies have shown low students who simply want that undocumented students face their rights as students recognized. incredible burdens that are diffi- Creating a more inclusive Univercult to overcome. A University of sity — one that actively welcomes California professor found that students from varying races, gen“As adults, these young people ders, socioeconomic statuses, wind up making less money, are documentation status and so on less likely to own their homes and — is a goal for which we should have less schooling — discrepan- all strive. cies which are directly linked to Unfortunately, some do not their immigration status.” And the seem to share my sentiment. Law University is not an exception — school representative Erich Reas of 2010, just under 6 percent of imer, posted the following status the student body identified as His- to his Facebook: “UVA Student panic or Latino. As such, we need Council News: bill approving a to take steps to ensure that every student group to support illegal student is represented and their immigrants at UVA has been derights are protected. feated! #conservative.”

The University receives high It is appalling to me that some-

one in such a position of power would let their political views take importance over their duties as a Student Council representative. I am disappointed in Reimer, and I find his behavior inexcusable (particularly so because he campaigned for Student Council using a satirical platform “Make

power, and I make no exception with Student Council. According to the DREAMers petition, derogatory comments such as “this group could compromise the University’s image” were made during the discussion of the organization.

For a Student Council executive board with little minority representation (no African-American or Hispanic or Latino re p re s e nt at i v e s ) , it is disappointing to know that there was an astounding lack of communiStudent Council failed to adhere to its obligation cation between Student Council and to respect every student.”

DREAMers. Additionally, I am disappointed to know part of the reason UVA Law great again” that spoofs the organization was denied at Donald Trump’s racist campaign). first was because, as the executive Though Reimer did apologize to board stated, “rather very new repthe DREAMers and indicate that resentatives (they had been sworn he will “represent all students on in at this meeting) were unaware campus regardless of political of their responsibilities as repleanings,” the damage of his of- resentatives.” Not only does this fensive comment cannot be taken fail to protect and improve rights away. student organizations have to a Reimer’s words and actions do fair process of CIO approval, but not speak for the entirety of Stu- it also shows how Student Council dent Council, but I believe stu- views the DREAMers as an organdents are justified in their critique ization undeserving of approval. of the Student Council. I am a Though initially denying CIO strong proponent of constructive- status to an organization might ly critiquing those in positions of not be uncommon, I cannot help

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tudent Council is dedicated S to serving students — all students. Its website reads: “The offi-

Student Council did not respond to the DREAMers incident appropriately but think that if this organization had a mission that upholds traditional University beliefs that support existing structures (such as the missions of the University Guides, the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society and so on), Student Council might have taken more steps to ensure the organization was confirmed. While their intent might have been innocent, I expect our representatives to treat all students fairly and to follow the rules they enumerated for their organization.

Despite my qualms with those who do not support the DREAMers on Grounds, I have been comforted by the incredible support for the organization and for undocumented students. More than 1,000 people signed DREAMers’ petition, and 50 students came to the Student Council vote to show their support. Fortunately, after Student Council representatives casted their ballots again, DREAMers was approved as a CIO on grounds.

The failures of Student Council to fulfill its duty to justly serve and represent all students are unacceptable. As students of the University, we should expect more from our representatives, and we should support the DREAMers on Grounds in their efforts to create a more inclusive university.

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A chapter in America’s horror story College students and the ACLU agree North Carolina’s new law is a national embarrassment women’s bathroom. I am also not quite sure how the passage of this bill, a bill that clearly targets a spetransgender people cific group of people, from using public bathcan be seen as an action LUCY SIEGEL rooms that do not ideninvoked out of “common Viewpoint Writer tify with their biological sense.” Sarah Preston, sex, while also preventexecutive director of the ing local cities from passing their American Civil Liberties Union of own nondiscrimination laws. Even North Carolina, speaks to McCrothough Senate Democrats refused to ry’s reason for signing this bill in the vote for this bill, it passed the state same light, saying, “Legislators have House 82-26, as Senate Republicans gone out of their way to stigmatize voted unanimously in favor of the and marginalize transgender North bill. While McCrory claims the pas- Carolinians by pushing ugly and sage of this bill is “common sense” fundamentally untrue stereotypes and ensures an end to a “breach of that are based on fear and ignorance basic privacy and etiquette,” this and not supported by the experience approval marginalizes North Caro- of more than 200 cities with these linian transgender individuals and protections.” McCrory and his allies allows for an intense retrogression do not have the evidence to make in social thought and action. such a claim in support of banning Republicans believe strongly that transgender individuals from usthis intervention explicitly protects ing bathrooms that do not match women and children. Pat McCrory their biological sex. This bill acts as contends that the previous ordi- a rather direct insult to the LGBTQ nance “defied common sense, allow- community in North Carolina, as it ing men to use women’s bathroom/ “will deny lesbian, gay, bisexual and locker room for instance.” Despite transgender people essential protechis claims, McCrory fails to produce tions.” Most of us take having access any such evidence of heterosexual to a restroom and its facilities for males acting inappropriately in a granted, but the transgender com-

munity faces a constant struggle when members of this community are questioned about their gender.

This struggle should by no means exist when we have the means to abolish it, through laws like the city ordinance.

With this bill, local governments are stripped of their ability to pass their own anti-discrimination rules.

The effect of this bill reaches local

lina Attorney General Roy Cooper refused to defend the state, deeming the bill a “national embarrassment,” as well as a means to “set North Carolina’s economy back.”

Over the years, the United States has experienced a rather upward progressive trend in social views, but, as Preston explains, these politicians in North Carolina “crafted a bill that was more extreme than others. They specifically left gays, lesbians and the transgender community out of the antidiscrimination policy. They want to make it plain that they think that kind The students of this generation clearly do not of discrimination is O.K.” This attempt to support such a bill, so why has the legislature preserve a fabricated chosen to represent the voice of yesterday, not sense of privacy has transformed into a today?” declaration on behalf of these politicians and the state of North governments in other ways as well, Carolina that discrimination is in including the fact that businesses fact reasonable, espousing a retroare no longer required to pay their gression in social thought and action employees more than the minimum that goes against the tide of time. wage of $7.25 an hour. North Caro- Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts

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n March 23, 2016, North O Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed a controversial bill banning

agrees that “the General Assembly is on the wrong side of progress,” as this bill truly goes against efforts to improve the current human condition and strengthen social organization and thought.

This bill fails to treat the transgender community with dignity and respect, basic tenets that hold a country characterized by differences and challenges together. Student writers for the University of North Carolina’s paper wrote, “This law is a chapter in America’s horror story.” The students of this generation clearly do not support such a bill, so why has the legislature chosen to represent the voice of yesterday, not today? It serves as the foundation for far-reaching implications, legal challenges ahead, and a template for other conservative laws to launch from.

Moving forward, legislation should work together to talk through viable solutions concerning the passage of this bill, for this solution to a controversial topic is in fact no solution at all.

The Cavalier Daily’s role in the campus free speech debate Successful student newspapers encourage free, open and respectful discussions presidential primaries have been causes of controversy at universities across the nation. Students at host to a multitude of backgrounds Emory, Michigan and Kansas have and opinions that mix together in largely decried pro-Donald Trump various formats. The and anti-immigration college student has the SASAN MOUSAVI chalk messages appearmeans — writings, proing in their communiPublic Editor tests and so on — to ties. Generally, some express his values. But feel an “anti-diversity should a bar be set? What can one subtext” from these writings vido to combat the supposedly un- olates the values to which an acwise usage of such freedoms? ademic institution must adhere.

We’re in the midst of an age Reactions have been both sympawhen it’s easier than ever to rep- thetic and scathing, both emparesent yourself on myriad elec- thizing with and deriding these tronic platforms. Discourse is now students. speeding in cyberspace. Social Two Cavalier Daily articles networks and information medias duly responded to the controvermake it simpler than ever to cook sy this week, both offering further up an opinion. No matter how reflections on a testy topic. The edmany followers or hyperlinks we itorial board largely disarmed the ride, “posting and toasting,” (to severity of the issue. It argued “the borrow a Walt Frazier-ism) allows [Emory University] chalkings in us to constitute our individualism question are relatively innocuous” and defend it from all attackers. compared to more pressing dilemWe post where our voice can be mas present there. Rather than fotransmitted best; consequently, we cusing on these harmless provoca“burn the opposition” to it as swift- tions, “the protesters’ time would ly and securely as possible. be better spent addressing social College campuses are now issues specific to their campus.” seeing what happens when those Overreactions to insipid jibes were obstreperous opinions leak out of not the proper responses at all. our computers. In particular, supThe second piece was more porters of some candidates in the critical. The writer stood askew

from the editorial board and recalibrated the issue in terms of the “intimidation and vandalism” of Emory property. The issue should be interpreted through the eyes of outraged students responding to the violation of their campus, despite the outpouring of political correctness. The plucky pro-diversity, anti-Trump groups offended were likely the targets of those who chalked the cutting comments. But the issue at hand should not be overly exaggerated so as to drown

speech. It’s telling that an organization like The Cavalier Daily, in physical or cyber format, acts as a medium that stimulates discourse about such social issues. If the latter article raises the dilemma of property and free speech, it is only because “spaces” like the Cavalier Daily allow for such discourse.

Rather than focusing on the private, the public space allows us to acknowledge the differences.

Furthermore, though being able to speak freely is a core American right, it shouldn’t stop there.

Measuring and mediating one’s privilege to do so is just as important, to stop one from mouthing off whatever comes It’s telling that an organization like The Cavalier to one’s mind. It’s thusly valuable to Daily, in physical or cyber format, acts as a have platforms like medium that stimulates discourse about such this for that pursocial issues.” pose. Opinionated individualisms, such as those originating the real problem: “violating private in politics, are constantly being property to send an intimidatory loosed to the collegiate winds. message” to others.

Sure, it’s easier (and presumably Both pieces were welcome dis- more pleasurable for the writers) cussions of a nebulous issue: the to anonymously provoke people relationship between space and behind a piece of chalk and watch

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n the average American colO lege campus, free speech can be a fickle beast. Universities play

the ruckling responses roll in. Yet it only exposes the lack of dialogue — safe or unsafe — about controversial subjects like Trump or immigration. Wouldn’t that be a more desirable outcome?

Perhaps. Still, the spaces we do possess are worth holding onto for that particular purpose: to engage with opinions and perspectives belonging to others. If The Cavalier Daily and other student groups here can further that initiative, then the fear and loathing meant behind the “Trump 2016” and “Build the Wall” chalkings can be eliminated completely. Let’s exchange, in the words of Matt Taibbi, the lack of a “tolerance for discomfort” for the engagement of viewpoints that are alien to our own biases.

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

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WEEKLY CROSSWORD

By Sam Ezersky

UPCOMING EVENTS

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

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LOVE CONNECTION:

JACOB

ERICA

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Year: Third Major: Mechanical Engineering U.Va. Involvement: U.Va. Fencing Club Hometown: Marion, VA Ideal date personality: Someone who is spontaneous and isn’t afraid to speak their mind about anything.

Ideal date activity: Going out to dinner or a movie, something easy for both parties involved to relate to that also includes something to talk about if all else fails.

Dealbreakers?: Apathy.

Hobbies: Solving puzzles, playing video games, contemplating any number of subjects.

What makes you a good catch?: I am a very understanding and accepting person.

What makes you a less-than-perfect catch?: I have a tendency to overthink things.

What is your spirit animal?: Dog. What is your favorite pick-up line?: Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?

Describe yourself in one sentence: A contemplative old man.

JACOB Courtesy Jacob

Do opposites attract?

Eric Dotterer Love Guru

Jacob and Erica met on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. and went to Lemongrass on the Corner.

Jacob: I signed up for Love Connection because I figured it would be something I might try because I’m trying to get back into the dating game.

Erica: Well about three months ago my friend Jane kind of signed me up as a joke because she works for The Cavalier Daily.

At the time, three of my closest friends had gotten Tinder and told me to get one, but I didn’t really want one, so my friend offered to write [an application] for me, and I said sure.

Jacob: When I found out I was chosen, I was excited in a way. I didn’t really know what to expect, but I knew that something might come out of it even if it’s just a new friend of sorts. I haven’t been on a blind date before, so I didn’t really have any expectations. I kept an open mind about it and figured anything could come out of it.

Erica: I was kind of shocked when I was chosen because I completely forgot about it.

I wasn’t really expecting it. I’ve never been on a blind date before so I didn’t really have any expectations. I assumed it would be a friendly dinner and nothing more. One of my friends had gone on one earlier this year, and he said he’s still friends with the person he went on a date with.

Jacob: I walked over and sat on a bench by the Rotunda and waited for a few minutes — I was the only one there at the benches at the time. I thought that she was cute and she seemed really nice.

Erica: I walked up and saw a guy sitting on a bench, and I assumed it was him. I thought that anyone sitting on a bench in this weather was crazy. I asked if he was

Year: Second Major: Human Biology U.Va. Involvement: Chi Alpha, Madison House Pet Pals, Biology Peer Teacher, Sigma Alpha Omega Christian social sorority Hometown: Manassas, VA Ideal date personality: Any guy who can make me laugh. Easygoing, kind, definitely goal-oriented.

Ideal date activity: Seeing a show, like a concert or comedy show.

Maybe get dinner beforehand. Then afterwards, maybe walk around and talk.

Dealbreakers?: Halitosis, smoking, crude humor.

Hobbies: Baking, watching the hockey games, playing with dogs, Skyping my dachshunds, eating vanilla (not plain) yogurt, taking walks, drinking coffee (it is the nectar of the gods).

What makes you a good catch?: I am the real-life embodiment of Snow White, and I would bake your brains out.

What makes you a less-than-perfect catch?: I’m very school-oriented. My voice has a higher pitch than I would prefer.

What is your spirit animal?: Salmon, ‘cause they swim upstream and are, you know, determined.

What is your favorite pick-up line?: I was reading the Book of Numbers last night and I realized I didn’t have yours.

Describe yourself in one sentence: I promise I’m smart.

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Jacob and he said yes! He looked nice, and I knew that I had never seen him before. He then asked if I wanted to go eat dinner, and I said sure. We picked Lemongrass because he had never been there before and was open to trying it.

Jacob: The conversation was pretty balanced for the most part. There were a few awkward places where we were at a loss for something to talk about. We asked about each other’s lives, majors, clubs and activities.

There really wasn’t a whole lot that we had in common though.

Erica: I think it was a pretty balanced conversation. There were a few silences be-

cause we were eating. It wasn’t too awkward — we just didn’t have anything too much in common. I’m a human biology major and in Chi Alpha while he does fencing and is in mechanical engineering, and I have no involvement with those.

Jacob: It was definitely more of a friend vibe. There wasn’t a whole lot going on there in terms of flirting.

Erica: I definitely think friend vibe. He was really nice, and we had pretty good conversation. I didn’t really feel a spark I guess.

Jacob: After we had been at Lemongrass for about an hour and a half we finally decided to head home. I would be fine with

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talking to her again sometime. I think it’s kind of unlikely though because we seem to have so little in common.

Erica: We split the bill and started walking in the same general direction down the corner. We started approaching the Rotunda and got to the Chapel. We were heading different ways and split up from there. I can see us meeting up for a cup of coffee in the future as friends.

Jacob: [The date was] probably a 6.

Erica: I would say [it was a] 7. It was a pretty good overall date, just like pretty friendly. No romantic connection really on my end.

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Top 5 surprising facts about Thomas Jefferson Little known sides of our dear founder

Annie Mester Life Columnist

1. Jefferson owned two vineyards in Monticello Is anyone surprised that Thomas Jefferson loved spending his Saturday afternoons sitting on the porch of Trump, ironically purchasing “Make America Great Again” hats and accidentally buying the wine fortified with brandy? Though I guess for time and history’s sake Jefferson was simply ‘Making America Great,’ we should find comfort in knowing that our founder would have Instagrammed the scenic vineyards as we do today. Rumor has it Jefferson’s wine bill for his first term as president was about $10,000 — or nearly $190,000 in today's

dollars. Rest easy knowing you’ll probably never be able to spend that much on 7Day’s own Gallo Family bottles.

2. Jefferson loved fossils A gentleman and a scholar, Thomas Jefferson allegedly had just as much of a thing for bones as he did for wine. So much so, in fact, that he had a species named after him when someone mailed him some fossils they had discovered in a cave in Virginia.

Though to be honest, I probably would have liked some chocolate or extremely expensive wine instead of a set of bones, Jefferson’s taste apparently differed from mine. Turns out, this “dumb” (my quotes) gift was an undiscovered species and was thus named after the president himself. Megalonyx jeffersonii was a giant ground

sloth.

3. Jefferson played the violin Was there anything Thomas Jefferson couldn’t do? An expert at digging, wine and apparently also music, the former president was a talented violin player. So into classical music, Jefferson evidently couldn’t handle emerging pop culture — by 1778 he complained about the new style music in America as being in a “state of deplorable barbarism.” This being considered, I’m guessing Jefferson probably wouldn’t have loved being asked to play acoustic renditions of ’90s songs to a crowd of definitely over-21s outside at Crozet. But, this could be different after getting a few Fresh Zens in him.

4. Jefferson wrote about 19,000 letters during his lifetime

Seriously, think about this.

This is some “I wrote you every day for 365 days” type of dedication, but for about 52.05 years.

If I were the mom from “The Notebook,” I would have probably given in and showed Rachel McAdams all those letters. But, one must wonder: whom was Jefferson writing to? What could he possibly have to say in 19,000 different letters? Did anyone write him back? How much did postage cost? Do presidents pay for postage? Do you think he got his rent check in to CBS Rentals on time?

5. Jefferson has his own recipe for vanilla ice cream in the Library of Congress You mean my 4 a.m. Cook Out runs can be rationalized knowing that they’re definitely using the same recipe so lovingly curated by

our third president? After returning from France, Jefferson was so taken by all things French (see: wine) that he just had to have this recipe thrown into the White House cooking rotation. Of all things to bring back from France, I’m curious as to why vanilla ice cream was his culinary choice, but I can’t complain as at least 58 percent of my diet consists of ice cream and about 78 percent of my time is spent thinking about it. Though this is probably pretty unhealthy, I feel a little better knowing Jefferson is out there somewhere thinking about the same thing.

This article has been shortened for print. Check out www.cavalierdaily.com for even more little known facts about Jefferson.

LGBTQ Center hosts Pride Week Celebrating trials, triumphs of being LGBTQ identified at U.Va. Katie Nicholson Feature Writer

Students unite to share their experiences of being LGBTQ or an advocate during Pride Week, formerly known as Proud to Be Out Week, which began April 8 and runs through April 16.

The LGBTQ Center has partnered with numerous organizations to present a wide range of educational and fun events for the University community centered on breaking stigmas and silence and supporting people who have been affected by LGBTQ issues.With the events during Pride Week, the LGBTQ Center aimed to create an inclusive atmosphere for both LGBTQ identified people who are possibly closeted or who are out, as well as allies, Connor Roessler, a fourth-year College student and LGBTQ Center intern, said.

“We wanted … to really show what it’s like at the University and to show all the different experiences people have, because there is not one story of being LGBTQ,” Roessler said. “It is about showing everyone about inclusivity and about wanting people to be able to share their experiences, if they want to, or [to] learn about experiences if they have not had this.”

Shannon Khurana, a second-year College student and Queer Student Union vice pres-

ident of student activism, summarized Pride Week as being “about coming forward and sharing moments and understanding.

“It’s about being proud as an [LGBTQ] identifier,” Khurana said.

The week began with Drag Bingo, which was hosted by QSU and featured prizes, music and a surplus of skittles. The Lambda Law Alliance, Pride at Darden, Queer Grads and qMD –– a medical student LGBT and ally organization, also held the LGBTQ Grad Mixer, a social gathering at the Pavilion Clubhouse.

Last Saturday, a panel called “Beyond the Binary” was held to discuss the issues facing non-binary gender community. The panel explored an array of topics ranging from how to support a non-binary friend to creating a more inclusive community at the University.

“I think a lot of times if you want to find the LGBTQ community here you have to do a little bit of searching,” Roessler, who was in charge of coordinating the week of events, said. “We’re kind of accessible but we want this week to be a statement of ‘here’s what we do’ and ‘here’s what we provide.’”

Monday will feature an event called “Let’s Get Brunch in the Q-munity” on the Lawn hosted by the LGBTQ Center, QSU and Sigma Omicron Rho — an LGBTQ, allied and gender inclusive fraternity. The event is part of an

ongoing series offering catered brunch and community building.

“This one is more pride focused with the Queer Student Union and the SOR being co-sponsors,” Roessler said.

Later in the afternoon, the LGBTQ Center and the Virginia Department of Health will partner to offer free HIV testing as well as free safe sex materials and educational information.

This event comes one day after National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day. “We love to have a health aspect to this week,” Roessler said.

On Tuesday, the LGBTQ Center will offer free Safe Space training in the LGBTQ Center.

The event is open to the public and is aimed at creating better allies at the University.

Wednesday’s events feature two panels. The Queer Career Success panel, co-hosted by the University Career Center and the U.Va. LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Committee, will feature “LGBTQ identified people in the workplace to talk about some of their challenges and successes and tips for people who might be entering that workspace,” Roessler said.

Another panel titled “Queer Health Series: Queers of Color” will focus on “LGBT people of color [sharing] their experiences of mental wellness in the LGBT community and being of color ,” Roessler said.

On Thursday, the QSU and SOR are co-hosting a pronouns

workshop.

“The purpose of the pronouns workshop is about gender inclusive language,” Khurana said. “This is a skill that applies to everybody, so it’s welcome to everybody to come out and learn what are pronouns like today, how [to] use them, how [to] ask what to use.”

Friday is dedicated to a Day of Silence, a nationally recognized holiday which was started at the University and has now spread to schools and organizations across the nation.

The day is “a collective silence event to try to bring awareness to the issues that LGBTQ [people] face and are often silenced about,” Roessler said, “so it’s a lot about mental wellness and suicidality and being closeted and not being able to express that in order to bring attention to these issues.”

Later, Flux Poetry and the LGBTQ Center will co-host an open mic night called “Breaking the Silence: Using Our Voices through Poetry & Solidarity” which aims to encourage supportive dialogue of LGBTQ identifiers and allies.

Wrapping up Pride Week, students are invited to Pride Dance Night at Escafe Saturday. The event is hosted by the QSU and features free food and music.

“This week is here for everyone at the University, you don’t necessarily have to be LGBTQ identified,” Roessler said. “We

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The Queer Student Union hosted Drag Bingo to kick off the events of Pride Week.

love people who’ve never had an experience at the LGBTQ Center or with any of these organizations to come out and experience an event. There are fun events.

There are educational events.”

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Mark Sherriff earns IEEE Computer Science Award Engineering prof. internationally recognized for innovative teaching Danaite Soquar Feature Writer

Associate Prof. Mark Sherriff in the Computer Science Engineering Department was recently awarded the IEEE Computer Society’s 2016 Computer Science Undergraduate Teaching Award.

Sherriff will be recognized in June in Atlanta for his contributions to the field through innovating, teaching and committing increasing diversity in computer science programs.

Sherriff, who earned the University All-University Teaching award in 2014, said while that award recognized him as an important part of the University community, the IEEE award recognizes him amongst peers in his field across schools.

“One is the community and scholars you work with everyday and the other is the community of people that do the same thing that you do,” Sherriff said. “I was honored just to be nominated and the fact that my colleagues saw it fit to give me … was just really cool.”

In the introductory program-

ming course, Sherriff uses innovative teaching methods like the “encryption chase,” in which students are instructed to encrypt the lecture utilizing class concepts only to be sent on a scavenger hunt across Grounds to decode the lesson plan.

“The first time I do it, and they encrypt something that says ‘pack up your bags and leave the classroom,’ the look on people’s faces is priceless,” Sheriff said. “I like finding new ways for the class to operate. I like breaking people’s expectations for what happens when they come to class.”

Sherriff said his emphasis on creating experiences — like performing skits in class — lends itself to students’ learning.

“I think that people learn best when they can hear the material, see it in action and have a little bit of fun doing it,” Sherriff said.

Dean of the Engineering School Craig Benson commended Sherriff ’s ability to create engaging and informative experiences for students.

“Professor Sherriff is a leader in the kind of hands-on, mindson learning experiences we in-

tend to provide for all of our student at U.Va. Engineering,” Benson said in a press release.

“This award is well-deserved.”

Sherriff seeks to create experiences that speak to his students’ diverse academic interests, a skill which is particularly important for his introductory-programming course, which is open to students from many different schools.

“It’s important to cover information to teach the class, but it’s also important to know who’s in the class so that you can use examples to reach everyone the best you can,” Sherriff said. “Just a few weeks ago we were talking about regular expressions and how you find patterns in text.

I downloaded Alice and Wonderland, and we were wondering if you could figure out who the main character was by how many times their name appears in the text, and that’s something liberal arts majors very well care about — that’s applicable to what they’re interested in.”

In terms of gauging feedback to improve his courses, Sherriff underscored the importance of his teaching assistants, most of

whom are former students.

“The people that keep [me] honest are my TAs, and it is my policy to hire students that have taken my class to come back the next semester and TA the class,” Sheriff said. “Those are the ones that say ‘you screwed up the key’ [or] ‘when you do this assignment next time, could you do it this way?’ They’re invaluable.”

Second-year Engineering student Joseph Ghiorzi, who has served as a TA for Sherriff, spoke to how Sherriff cares for his students not only as learners but also as people.

“Professor Sherriff is a fantastic professor. It is evident that he cares about his students, despite teaching a large intro class,” Ghiorzi said. “He is immensely knowledgeable about computer science, but more importantly he is an incredibly understanding professor who knows how to effectively convey the concepts that need to be taught in an easy-to-digest manner.”

Moving forward, Sherriff hopes to do more with gamification in classes, which includes taking game elements and applying them to his courses. For

example, in his game design classes, he implemented a tool for students to earn “experience points” instead of grades.

“One of the ideas behind that is when you go to take a test, you’re probably thinking, ‘I don’t want to screw up. I don’t want to lose points,’” Sherriff said. “It’s a positive experience, or positive mentality as opposed to a negative mentality. [It’s a mindset of ] ‘I don’t want to be punished’ versus ‘I want to show I know what I am doing.’”

From his vast experience in the field of computer science, Sherriff hopes to clarify some of the misconceptions about careers in his field.

“It’s not about the hacker sitting in his basement with Doritos and Mountain Dew trying to hack the NSA. That’s not the program, ”Sherriff said. “Computer software engineering as a discipline is very human-focused, it’s very customer-focused and it’s very interactive. You’re meeting with people, learning what their needs are and trying to come up with solutions to help them do their own jobs better.”

New additions to Tom Tom’s menu 2016 Tom Tom Founder’s Festival to include more food programming

Jane Winthrop Feature Writer

Charlottesville’s fifth annual Tom Tom Founders Festival will take place April 11-17. The festival began with a focus on three tenets — music, art and innovation. This year, food has become a more integral part of the event.

The food programming includes weeklong events — such as the Farm to Table Restaurant Week and the Craft Cocktail Competition — as well as one-off events like the Iron Chef City Market Competition.

Allison Spain, University alumna and Tom Tom food coordinator, and Maisie Finley, a fourth-year College student and food programming fellow, planned this year’s packed schedule.

“I’m so glad that they’re emphasizing [food] this year because a lot of students are very in tune with the fact that Charlottesville is a very foodie town, but they don’t utilize it to its fullest extent,” Finley said.

Both said the emphasis on food was a natural progression based on the character of Charlottesville and the success of Tom Tom in years past.

“You can look at [food] from a business angle, you can look at it from an eating angle, from producing, so I think our programming really touches on all of those aspects,” Spain said.

“It’s something where we want to celebrate the food itself, but we also want to celebrate the people who prepare it and the people who grow it.”

The food-related events are meant to foster a sense of community and appreciation for the abundance of quality local food in the area. For those with a serious interest in the food industry, Tom Tom is also hosting a Food Business Summit.

“There are lots of different people who have started their food-related businesses here, so it’s an educational event,” Spain said. “We’ll have morning sessions geared to those just thinking about a food business here. [During] the afternoon session we’ll have some more established businesses in the area like Hudson Henry [Baking Company] and Caromont Farm.”

The Iron Chef Competition will bring some excitement to the third Farmer’s Market of the year.

“We’re utilizing the Saturday Farmer’s Market for our Iron Chef

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The Iron Chef Compeition challenges local chefs to create dishes under a time crunch, using ingredients they have sourced from the Charlottesville Farmer’s Market.

competition. The theme is salty versus sweet, and they’re going to have to use all local ingredients and make the dish in some crazy amount of time,” Finley said. “Once again, we are trying to highlight the chefs and those connections.”

Finley’s main project was organizing the Craft Cocktail Competition.

The competition features twelve mixologists who have been challenged to create a special “Tom Tom” cocktail.

“It has to feature at least one local

Virginia ingredient, and there will be online voting so that people can vote for their favorite cocktail, and we’ll announce that at the end of the week,” Spain said.

Finley has high hopes for engaging University students with all facets of Tom Tom and believes the increased food programming may bring more students to the festival.

“It’s all about exposing what we have and letting the student take that leap into Downtown and that extra

step away from a University setting to really jumpstart a wonderful food experience, nutritional experience [and] educational experience,” Finley said.

While Charlottesville’s local food lovers support Tom Tom’s increased focus on food, the festival draws attendees from across the country.

“I think our attendance numbers last year were around 26,000 people, and that many people in town is a good opportunity to come to the Founders Summit and then to enjoy a farm-to-table dinner that night too,” Spain said. “For as many people as we do reach, I know there are many more who would be interested in food programming, and so we’re looking for new ways to get other networks hooked in.”

As the festival continues its to grow in popularity, Finley hopes this focus on food will both benefit from and boost the event’s positive reputation.

“If they could get a renowned chef or food entrepreneur to [come to] Charlottesville to include in their innovative talk, that would be amazing,” Finley said. “Bringing the national food scene to Charlottesville would be completely out of this world.”

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