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Monday, April 21, 2014 *Revenue increase from out-of-state students. This does not include changes to AccessUVa or differential tuition for any undergraduate student. These calculations reflect the tuition increase’s impact if it occurred this year.

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61.9% revenue increase from out-of-state students*

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University to increase tuition

Commonwealth’s Supreme Court says ATI FOIA request stifles academic discourse Owen Robinson Associate Editor

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In-state tuition to rise 4.3 percent, out-of-state to go up 5.9 percent during 2014-15 school year Caelainn Carney Senior Writer

University officials and student leaders met Friday to discuss implications of the proposed tuition hike for the 2014-15 academic year. The budget, which puts forth a 4.3 and 5.9 percent increase in overall tuition and fees for instate and out-of-state undergraduate students, respectively, will be put to vote at this coming Wednesday’s Board of Visitor’s meeting.

The proposed change will increase in-state tuition by $540, to $12,998, and out-of-state tuition by $2,340, to $42,184, excluding the consideration of room and board, dining and other academic costs such as books. When adjusted to include these factors, the change represents a 3.6 percent increase for in-state and a 5 percent increase for out-of-state students.

Mark Hampton, assistant vice president for budget and financial planning in the University budget office, said his

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office began work on this budget this past summer. Though tuition must be adjusted for increases in inflation, Hampton said much of the increases stem from increasing costs in faculty salaries, staff salaries, health care and retirement plans for faculty and staff, as well as construction projects for the University’s buildings and facilities.

“We are still very vulnerable to the risk of losing the people who make U.Va. a great place to work and study,” Hampton said.

“We have to maintain our student to faculty ratio.”

Hampton said despite increases in tuition, the budget office has worked to streamline unnecessary costs for the University.

“We have $11.5 million in targeted savings,” Hampton said.

According to Hampton, $5.5 million of these savings will come from more efficient health care plans, while the other $6 million will come from strategic workforce planning, strategic sourcing and process simplification, the deferment or elimi-

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Va. court protects Mann’s emails

nation lower priority expenses and the negotiation savings on procurement contracts.

During the meeting, some students raised concerns about what the tuition hikes will mean for AccessUVa, and how the University plans to manage growing costs, particularly for low-income students.

Colette Sheehy, vice president for management and budget, said though the current plan is to have students without financial needs pay more for this increase through their tuition, the University is looking for alternate solutions.

“We are looking for more private sources to fund AccessUVa,” Sheehy said.

When asked at the meeting why students only had the opportunity to comment on the proposed tuition increases less than a week before the Board of Visitors vote, Hampton and Sheehy said the anticipated increases in cost are not discretionary.

“We are very sensitive to make sure that students are engaged,” Hampton said. “The big

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cost drivers tend to affect faculty and staff more directly.”

“We typically don’t consult students at the front-end,” Sheehy said.

Hampton said, overall, it costs the University about $100,000 per year to educate an undergraduate student. Student tuition and fees only pay for 32.9 percent of this cost.

“It is actually pretty modest, relatively speaking,” Hampton said.

Sheehy said much of the trouble in minimizing tuition costs comes from the state government’s treatment of higher education funding.

“Unfortunately, higher education is a pretty discretionary part of the state’s budget,” Sheehy said. “We try to promote higher education as an economic engine for the commonwealth.”

Hampton said state funding for higher education has seen a net decrease since 2000.

“It has just gone down, down, down and has had to be made up by tuition increases,” Hampton said.

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The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday to uphold the decision to deny the American Tradition Institute access to the emails of Michael Mann, a climate scientist and former University professor, staying consistent with the Prince William County Circuit Court’s previous ruling.

The American Tradition Institute, now E&E Legal, said it has the right to receive the documents under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The Court, however, ruled this circumstance fell under one of FOIA’s exemptions, arguing the disclosure of Mann’s correspondences may bring to light some of the University’s research, thereby reducing its competitiveness.

The lawsuit began in 2011 after ATI filed against the University for failing to disclose documents within a previously agreed upon time frame. David Schnare, ATI’s lead attorney in the case, said the institution suspected misconduct in Mann’s research work — dismissed as misrepresentation by University faculty — based on emails the University released. ATI said it wanted further evidence to supplement its suspicions, which were only bolstered by the University's failure to release the additional emails.

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Corrections In an April 17 issue of The Cavalier Daily, an opinion column with the headline "The power of activism" was was incorrectly placed in the paper.

The headline was for an article about AccessUVa written by columnist Conor Kelly, which can be found in its entirety on our website. The article which ran under the wrong headline, also

by Conor Kelly, can be found in today's paper under the headline "Choose option two."

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MANN ATI contemplates ‘competitiveness’ appeal Continued from page 1 The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday to uphold the decision to deny the American Tradition Institute access to the emails of Michael Mann, a climate scientist and former University professor, staying consistent with the Prince William County Circuit Court’s previous ruling.

The American Tradition Institute, now E&E Legal, said it has the right to receive the documents under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The Court, however, ruled this circumstance fell under one of FOIA’s exemptions, arguing the disclosure of Mann’s correspondences may bring to light some of the University’s research, thereby reducing its competitiveness.

The lawsuit began in 2011 after ATI filed against the University for failing to disclose documents within a previously agreed upon time frame.

David Schnare, ATI’s lead attorney in the case, said the institution suspected misconduct in Mann’s research work — dismissed as misrepresentation by University faculty — based on emails

the University released. ATI said it wanted further evidence to supplement its suspicions, which were only bolstered by the University's failure to release the additional emails.

“A large number of emails had already become public and they demonstrated a considerable amount of improper action and misbehaviour,” Schnare said. “Our position was ‘if it was out of context then give us the whole thing.’”

Richard Kast, associate general counsel to the University, said the University hesitated to reveal further faculty correspondence because faculty members would be less inclined to collaborate and debate on research issues if their opinions and ideas are in danger of being made public before publication.

“The issue is whether everything they’re talking about, before they come to conclusions, is going to have to be disclosed,” Kast said.

While the case exclusively concerned Mann’s research, Kast said the implications went well beyond his work.

“Michael Mann is one of the prominent climate scientists; climate sceptics have been after him and oth-

ers in his field for some time,” Kast said. “However, this issue doesn’t concern just them, but any kind of controversial issue or research.”

If the Virginia Supreme Court had ruled against the University, organizations seeking the release of any research communications could have cited this case as precedent. Ultimately, the potential for dangerous precedent contributed to the court’s decision.

ATI's stance "is not consistent with the General Assembly's intent to protect public universities and colleges from being placed at a competitive disadvantage in relation to private universities and colleges,” it read. “In the context of the higher education research exclusion, competitive disadvantage implicates not only financial injury, but also harm to university-wide research efforts, damage to faculty recruitment and retention, undermining of faculty expectations of privacy and confidentiality, and impairment of free thought and expression.”

Mann said he was pleased with this outcome, and expressed his gratitude for the University’s defense and the court’s decision in a statement

posted on Facebook.

“We are glad that Judge Sheridan's decision was upheld by the Virginia Supreme Court,” he wrote. “This is a victory for science, public university faculty, and academic freedom. We are grateful for the vigorous defense waged by the University of Virginia in protecting their faculty and the integrity of research and scholarship.”

The legacy of this case largely depends on whether or not E&E Legal is awarded a rehearing, which Schnare said remains a possibility based on his belief ATI’s argument was misinterpreted. Schnare said ATI did not neglect to consider the trial's impact on University competitiveness when making its case.

Kast said it is possible the case could face a rehearing, though they are not frequently awarded. However, as the verdict stands now, Kast said he believes this case has the potential to set important precedent going forward.

Mann said he hoped other universities would be able to look to this case for support in protecting faculty from unfair disclosures of information.

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Albemarle School Board increases faculty-to-student ratio 3.9 million dollar cut increases class size, reflects $1,200 per pupil state funding decrease since 2008, School Board Member Koleszar says Jenna Dickerson Senior Writer

The Albemarle County School Board met to discuss necessary cuts to the county’s

budget Thursday night.

The School Board, who has to cut $3.9 million total from its budget, proposed an increase in average class size by .21 students and to only give teachers a 1 percent pay increase instead of the

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Monticello High School, above, will see an increase in its student-to-faculty ratio as part of Albemarle County School Board cuts passed last week. The Board will confirm the cuts this week.

2 percent previously voted on by the county.

Pamela Moynihan, the Rio magisterial district board member, said the numbers this year are the worst she has ever seen during her four terms on the board.

“Every single initiative that was proposed in this year’s budget was cut,” Moynihan said.

“This includes a new evaluation system for teachers that, if we had been able to implement it, would have saved us money.”

Stephen Koleszar, the Scottsville magisterial district board member, said the philosophy of the Board has always been to make cuts furthest from the classroom, but this year it was not enough.

“We cut everything that we thought we could but there was still a gap, so we had to increase class size,” Koleszar said. “This eliminates 10 teaching positions in the county.”

The Board also proposed cuts to discretionary budgets, which are allocated to each principal

to use at his or her discretion, by 5 percent, and to cut funding to the county’s Bright Stars program, a preschool initiative designed to jumpstart education for at-risk county youths.

“The last thing I wanted to do was increase class size and cut discretionary budget but you have to do what you have to do,” Moynihan said. “I’m sure we will make due to with what we have and provide an excellent education for the children.”

Kate Acuff, the Jack Jouett magisterial district board member, said though this year’s cuts are bad, the real problem will come in a year or two when even more cuts are forced to be made.

“There are going to have just as bad or worse cuts next year to the budget,” Acuff said. “We are at the cusp of really having an adverse effect.”

The Board did propose to keep funding to upgrade the science labs at Western Albemarle High School, in line with its initiative to jumpstart the upcoming environmental science

academy program, and to start foreign language programs in elementary schools.

“Both initiatives are part of a strategic plan for the county developed a couple years ago and delaying either would be disruptive,” Acuff said.

Koleszar said this decrease in funding comes from state legislature, which has reduced funding by $1,200 per student since 2008.

“However, despite the lack of funding, I believe that the quality of the instruction is more important than class size, and we will continue to have high quality instruction,” Koleszar said.

County Board members are still hopeful the Board of Supervisors will allocate more money to the county.

“We will continue to persevere and do the best we can and hopefully we will see more money after we vote on the budget,” Moynihan said.

The Board will vote Thursday to confirm the proposed budget cuts.

Goodwin named Gillespie Co-Chair Board of Visitors member donates large amount to state, national Republican candidates Sarah Hainbach Senior Writer

Board of Visitors member William H. Goodwin Jr. was appointed as one of four finance committee co-chairs for Ed Gillespie’s senatorial campaign Wednesday. Gillespie, a communications consultant and former White House aide, is the likely Republican nominee for the Virginia seat in the Senate currently filled by Sen. Mark Warner.

Goodwin, the vice rector of the Board, was approved as vice chair of the Board’s executive committee in September. He is based in Richmond, Va. and owns a host of real estate properties, including the historic Jefferson Hotel.

Paul Logan, a spokesman for

the Gillespie campaign, said the finance committee focuses largely on fundraising.

“The finance committee members will help raise the money needed to get Ed Gillespie’s message to Virginians,” Logan said in an email.

According to the Virginia Public Access Project’s website, Goodwin donated $238,250 to Virginia campaigns from 2011 to 2013. From 1993 to 2013 Goodwin’s total donations to Virginia campaigns amount to $688,923.

According to the website OpenSecrets, Goodwin — potentially with the help of his son, because the website does not distinguish between junior and the third — has donated $559,095 to national campaigns in total, $198,350 of which was given from 2012-14. The vast major-

ity of Goodwin’s donations are to Republican candidates and conservative causes.

Logan said Goodwin was appointed as a representative of the state of Virginia.

“The finance co-chairs represent respected leaders in all corners of the Commonwealth,” Logan said. The Gillespie campaign aims “to build on a strong first quarter in which 15 donors who previously gave to Mark Warner contributed to Ed Gillespie.”Financial giving to political causes and campaigns is not unusual for members of the Board. Data from the Virginia Public Access Project shows the vast majority of current Board members — 15 out of 17 — contributed to the campaigns of the governors who nominated them to the Board.

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Board of Visitors member William Goodwin, above, was named Co-Chair for the Ed Gillespie for Senate Campaign. Goodwin has given more than $1 million to state and national Republican causes since 1993.

As of October, Goodwin was the most active political donor on the Board. He contributed $1,156,989. The governor’s office said political contributions are

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Goodwin could not be reached for comment for this article.

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National graduate survey shows grad student apps from China decline University maintains its trends, sees small uptick in graduate applications coming from India Allison Phanthavong Senior Writer

The Council of Graduate Services released the results of its 2014 International Graduate Admissions Survey this past week, synthesizing data involving the application, admission and enrollment of international students pursuing graduate schooling in the United States.

The study shows a 7 percent increase in the number of international applicants from 2013 to 2014.

“The 7 percent increase in applications from prospective international students to U.S. graduate schools in 2014 is substantially higher than the 2 percent increase in 2013,” the study said. “[These figures are more] analogous to rates of increase in applications between 2006 and 2012.”

According to the study, physical and earth sciences had a 16 percent increase in international applications, and engineering had a 14 percent increase, with arts

and humanities increasing by only 3 percent and life sciences decreasing by 6 percent.

Pamela Norris, associate dean for research and graduate programs at the Engineering School, said she did not see any major trends in her reports on international applications at the University.

“Our fluctuations vary so much from year to year from applicants for each of these countries,” Norris said in an email. “When you see an increase [in applicants] from one country, often that means faculty have established research collaboration in that country.”

China —the nation most prospective international students apply from — saw a decline in applications compared to recent years, regardless of the 7 percent overall increase in international student applications, according to the CGS study. Meanwhile, the survey showed an increase in the number of applicants from India.

“This is of particular concern given the fact that prospective students from India have not ex-

hibited large and sustained yearto-year increases in applications in the same way that prospective students from China have,” the study said. “Although China remains the largest country of origin for international graduate students in the United States, continued declines in applications from prospective students from China could ultimately begin to lead to decreases in overall applications from international students to U.S. graduate schools."

Norris also commented on region-specific applicants at the University.

“Our percentage applications from China has held at the levels seen in 2011 and 2012 and there has been a slight increase in applications from India,” Norris said.

In a recent press release by put out by the group, CGS President Deborah W. Stewart addressed the importance of recruiting international students to graduate programs.

“Historically, our ability to recruit the best and brightest international graduate students has en-

abled the U.S. to become a leader in ground-breaking research and innovations,” Stewart said in the press release. “International students stimulate the U.S. economy and research enterprise in many

important ways, and we must develop policies that encourage strong, stable growth in international graduate applications and enrollments.”

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The Council of Graduate Services released its annual survey on international graduate applications to U.S. schools last week.

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The ninth-ranked Virginia men’s lacrosse team posted a dominating second-half performance against Bellarmine to earn a 12-8 victory Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Cavaliers halted a three-game losing streak and finished the regular season at 9-5.

Prior to the game, 13 Virginia seniors were honored in a ceremony commemorating their time with the program.

“It was cool to help the seniors on maybe their last game at Klöckner,” freshman goalkeeper Matt Barrett said. “We played for them to make sure they got out of here with a W.” The Cavaliers’ (9-5, 1-4 ACC) emotions from the Senior Day ceremonies may have carried over into the early portions of the game, as the Knights (6-5, 0-4 ECAC) jumped out to a 1-0 lead less than two minutes into the first quarter.

The Cavaliers were quickly able to right the ship, however, and senior midfielder Rob Emery put away his 13th of the year to tie the score at 1-1.

The Emery goal spurred a short Virginia run to take the lead, with junior midfielder Ryan Tucker making the score 2-1 with just more than six minutes remaining in the quarter. Leading scorer and senior attackman Mark Cockerton then put away his first of the game with a wicked bounce shot

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Virginia bests Bellarmine on Senior Day Cavaliers’ strong second-half performance spurs 12-8 victory, program honors 13 seniors in pregame ceremony to stretch the Virginia lead to two.

Though it seemed as though Virginia held all of the momentum, Bellarmine was able to draw within one when senior midfielder Cameron Gardner’s shot found the back of the net with 10 seconds to play in the frame.

The two squads traded blows for the majority of the second quarter. The Knights were able to pull even early in the quarter, but an incredible underhanded finish from sophomore attackman James Pannell — who was facing away from the goal — re-established a one-goal Cavalier lead. Cockerton put home his second of the afternoon 15 seconds later, giving Virginia an apparent stranglehold on the game.

The Knights, however, would not quit. They responded to this two-goal spurt with a three-goal run of their own to take a 6-5 lead with just less than six minutes to play in the half.

“I was disappointed with how we played in the first half,” coach Dom Starsia said. “I didn’t think we started off the game very sharp.”

Virginia’s sloppy passing in the restraining box hindered its scoring chances for several minutes, but Barrett stood tall in the crease and prevented the Bellarmine lead from growing to more than one.

Eventually, after more than six scoreless minutes, sophomore midfielder Greg Coholan found the back of the net and Virginia drew even. On the ensuing Cavalier possession, Starsia called a timeout to settle his team and draw up a play — a strategy which immediately paid off.

Tucker took the ball himself from behind the net and perfectly executed a swim-dodge to get past a Bellarmine defender, firing a hard shot past senior goalkeeper Will Haas to give Virginia the lead going into the half.

The second half seemed to pose an entirely different game. Virginia came out of the intermission on fire, as Cockerton completed his hat trick just 24 seconds into the period to make the score 8-6.

“I tend not to be a blackboard beater, I tend to trust the kids,” Starsia said. “All we kept talking about was playing a complete game. I said, ‘Let’s get to it and let’s do the things we talk about doing every single day.’”

Virginia would score twice more in the third period, but the defense stole the show. The Cavalier midfielders and defenders swarmed the ball, suffocating the Knights’ attack. With expertly executed slides and well-timed checks, the Cavaliers allowed just two shots on goal in the quarter — both of which were swallowed up

by Barrett.

“The defense played really well, especially in the second half,” Barrett said. “I owe a lot of saves to them keeping the ball out and letting me see from far away.”

Cavalier junior midfielder Tyler German’s tally at the start of the fourth capped a six-goal Virginia run that gave the team a comfortable five-goal advantage in the final frame. Bellarmine attempted to muster a comeback by scoring two of its own the final 10 minutes, but Virginia’s stifling defense proved to be too much to overcome.

Freshman attackman Ryan Lukacovic drove the final nail in the Knights’ coffin with his 10th of the season at the 3:48 mark, making the final score 12-8.

“We were better in the second half overall and it was enough to get the W today,” Starsia said.

“We’re going to have to do better

than this if we want to continue to play in the month of May.” Virginia will be back in action Saturday, April 26, when the team travels to Philadelphia, Pa. to play in the ACC Championship Showcase Game against North Carolina.

Faceoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

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Senior attackman and leading scorer Mark Cockerton scored four goals in Virginia’s 12-8 victory against Bellarmine Saturday on Senior Day.

Cavs finish ACC slate undefeated

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Senior Alex Domijan defeated No. 21 Amerigo Contini, 7-5, 6-3, in Virginia’s 7-0 sweep of Virginia Tech Saturday. Domijan and sophomore Harrison Richmond also won their doubles match.

Men’s tennis finishes eighth consecutive undefeated ACC slate The No. 4 Virginia men’s tennis team traveled to Blacksburg during the weekend, clinching its eighth consecutive undefeated conference record with a victory against No. 36 Virginia Tech. The win also extended Virginia’s winning streak to 11 straight matches — both in the series with the Hokies (13-10, 5-6 ACC) and on the season overall.

Led by senior Alex Domijian and sophomore Harrison Richmond, the Cavaliers (20-2, 12-0 ACC) gained an early advantage by winning a tight doubles point.

Domijan and Richmond won in a

tiebreaker against Virginia Tech junior Hunter Koontz and sophomore Joao Monteiro. The No. 55 pair Domijan and Richmond remain undefeated on the season.

In singles, senior Justin Shane doubled Virginia’s lead with a victory against sophomore Aaron Gomez at No. 6. On the first court, No. 17 Domijan extended the Cavaliers’ advantage as he took down No. 21 sophomore Amerigo Contini, 7-5, 6-3.

And for the third straight match, No. 45 sophomore Ryan Shane clinched the match for the Cavaliers with a win against Koontz at No. 3.

No. 2 junior Mitchell Frank came back to win his match

against sophomore Andreas Bjerrehus after dropping the first set.

Freshmen Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and J.C. Aragone would close out the match with victories to shut out the Hokies, 7-0.

The Cavaliers will begin postseason play this weekend at the ACC Tournament in Cary, N.C., where they are seeking their eighth consecutive ACC Tournament title. By virtue of holding the No. 1 seed, Virginia will receive bye during Thursday’s opening round and face the winner of No. 8 seed Florida State and No. 9 seed Miami Friday morning.

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No. 1 Baseball takes two from Tar Heels Cavalier pitching leads to Friday, Saturday wins, Fisher returns from injury after 25-game absence Matthew Morris Senior Associate Editor

Fisher returns after missing 25 games due to injuryThe visiting North Carolina Tar Heels handed the home-cozy Virginia baseball team its third loss in 25 games this season at Davenport Field Sunday afternoon.

Sophomore left-hander Brandon Waddell gave up his first runs in the month of April, and junior first baseman Mike Papi’s batting average slipped below .300.

No. 1 Virginia, though, had plenty to feel good about following the 4-2 defeat. The Cavaliers (33-7, 16-5 ACC), the winningest Division I baseball program since 2009, had taken two of three games against the Tar Heels (23-17, 10-11 ACC), whose 266 victories in the same period trail only Virginia and No. 6 South Carolina.

Total attendance for the weekend surpassed 14,000 fans. And in the finale, junior left fielder Derek Fisher returned to the lineup, batting eighth, after missing 25 games with a broken hamate bone.

“He’s an All-American kind of player, and when you get him back in there and he gets more at-bats, I hope that it can make a big difference for us,” coach Brian O’Connor said.

Fisher had not played since March 9, when the Cavaliers were in Durham, N.C. for a three-game series against Duke. He worked his way back slowly, wearing a cast at first, but said he felt Sunday was finally his day to play.

“I started taking BP a few days ago and it felt good, and each and evJunior Jordan Lavender was named the women’s running MVP of the ACC Championships after defending her title in the 400-meter dash and placing second in the 200-meter dash.

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ery day [I] kept doing the same thing, and they left it up to me,” Fisher said.

“And, you know, I felt comfortable, I felt good in batting practice, and quite frankly, I just couldn’t watch in the dugout for much longer.”

With Fisher back in the lineup, the Cavalier offense is expected to pick up. Virginia scored eight runs in three games against North Carolina, and after junior shortstop Michael Russell jacked a two-run shot off Waddell in the fifth inning Sunday, the Cavaliers proved unable to rally.

Russell racked up six hits on the weekend, leaving town with a .348 batting average — and Waddell’s respect.

“He’s an absolutely great hitter, as you could see the whole weekend,” Waddell said. “You know, whether he’s in a bad count or he’s in an even or a plus count, regardless of what it is, he finds a way to get it done.”

Sophomore closer Reilly Hovis retired all 11 batters he faced to secure the save for North Carolina, a ball club O’Connor and the Virginia players consider top-notch despite its struggles in the talented ACC. “It’s a credit to North Carolina, coming here and losing the first two and finding a way to win game three,” O’Connor said. “Hopefully we can just try to get a little bit better and get back after it again on Tuesday.”

Virginia started the weekend with a 3-2 win against sophomore righthander Trent Thornton, whose high leg kick calls to mind the delivery of legendary San Francisco Giants southpaw Juan Marichal. Thornton entered the series with the secondlowest ERA in the conference, his 1.50 mark bettered only by Virginia

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Junior left fielder Derek Fisher returned to face North Carolina in Sunday’s finale after missing Virginia’s previous 25 games due to injury.

sophomore left-hander Nathan Kirby — his Friday-night adversary.

Kirby and Thornton each put up a quality start, but in the end, Virginia’s ace trumped North Carolina’s. Kirby pitched into the eighth inning, fanning 12 Tar Heel batters and picking up his eighth win.

Redshirt senior right-hander Whit Mayberry struck out sophomore third baseman Landon Lassiter with a man on second in his one-out appearance, and junior closer Nick Howard shut North Carolina down in the ninth, recording three swinging strikeouts with his diabolical mid-80s slider.

“Kirby’s throwing unbelievably well,” junior center fielder Brandon Downes said. “He’s just unreal right now. And Whit literally is a grinder.

He comes in like any time — he could throw like five pitches and go into the game. He’s just ready to go. He’s amped up, and I love him

for that. And Howard comes in just throwing absolute fuzz. It’s just really exciting to be able to have one-run leads and hold them with our defense and pitching.”

Downes, in a slump for much of the year, launched a two-run home run in the second inning and added a sacrifice fly in the sixth to lead the Virginia bats.

“You know, he’s really been scuffling,” O’Connor said. “But he hasn’t quit on himself. He’s come to the ballpark every day. He’s working hard. He had a monster year last year hitting in the four-hole for us all year, and it just hasn’t went his way this year. And, he has made the decision to keep working, keep being positive and knowing that his teammates are going to count on him, and it was huge for us today.”

Junior infielder Kenny Towns had his own redemptive ballgame Saturday, when Virginia claimed a 3-1 win despite tallying three hits to

North Carolina’s 10. Towns, primarily a third baseman last year, played a spotless first base and blasted his first home run of the year.

Sophomore right-hander Josh Sborz, who gave up one hit to each of North Carolina’s batters — “I was just trying to spread the love,” he said — also said he was appreciative of Towns’ performance.

“He played really well today,” Sborz said. “He picked me up a lot, especially those plays at first where he put them like perfect where I could catch it. But that home run released a lot of tension … once I had that three-run lead, I felt like I could really pitch and have fun.”

The Cavaliers play Virginia Commonwealth on the road Tuesday and Richmond at home Wednesday. First pitches against the Rams and Spiders are set for 7 p.m. and 6 p.m., respectively.

Five Cavaliers win individual titles Virginia track and field wrapped up three days of competition at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday, with the Cavalier women finishing seventh with 60 points while the men placed eighth after collecting 53 points. Florida State was the champion for both the men’s and women’s sides.

Both Virginia teams scored three points during the first day of competition. Freshman Sarah Fakler set a new Virginia freshman record in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 34:15.20. Fakler’s record time was good for seventh place.

Junior Ryan Satchell finished eighth in the men’s triple jump,

also setting a personal record of 23’ 3.25”.

Sophomore Kyle King won the men’s 3000 meter steeplechase on day two of competition. His 8:48.47 time was the fifth-best in program history, and King became the first Virginia steeplechase champion in 10 years.

Freshman Filip Milhaljevic continued his recent run of excellence, throwing a 58’ 4.5” to earn third place and All-ACC honors in the shot put. On the final day of the ACC Championships, he won the discus throw with a mark of 181’ 8”.

Milhaljevic was one of four Cavalier champions crowned Sat-

urday. Junior Jordan Lavender defended her title in the women’s 400-meter dash, and her 52.48 time was second-best in school history. Additionally, Lavender placed second in the 200-meter dash and was selected as the meet’s women’s running MVP. Graduate student Dallas Rose won the women’s triple jump with a hop, skip and jump of 42’ 4.25”. Not to be outdone, Satchell claimed the men’s title in the triple jump, clearing 51’.

The team has the next two weeks off before hosting the Virginia Challenge May 9 and 10.

—compiled by Matthew Wurzburger

SPORTS

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Golfers place second at ACC Championships Despite entering the tournament ranked behind three other teams, the No. 23 Virginia women’s golf team claimed second place at the ACC Championships in Greensboro, N.C. this past weekend.

The Cavaliers edged out NC State by a single shot after three days, carding a team total of 37over 889. No. 3 Duke was the runaway winner with a 10-over 862, winning its third consecutive ACC title and 19th overall. The tournament was Virginia’s fourth runner-up finish, along with 2006, 2008 and 2010. The Cavaliers have never won the conference championship.

Junior Briana Mao led the way for Virginia with a 5-over 218, placing third among all golfers. In her previous two seasons at Virginia, the lowest she had finished at the ACC Championships was 11th during her freshman year.

Sophomore Lauren Coughlin was not far behind in fifth place with a 7-over 220. Mao and Coughlin were the only non-Duke golfers to place in the tournament’s top-five, as Blue Devil sophomore Celine Boutier recorded a 3-under 210 to take medalist honors.

The three other Cavaliers who competed — freshman Lauren Diaz-Yi and seniors Portland Rosen and Elizabeth Brightwell — all finished in a tie for 25th at 16-over 229.

No. 21 North Carolina came in at fourth place with a team score of 44-over 896, while Notre Dame and Miami tied for fifth at 53-over 905. No. 12 Clemson, in only the program’s first season, entered the tournament as the secondhighest ranked team in the ACC behind Duke, but finished in a tie for ninth with Maryland out of 11 teams with a 69-over 921.

NCAA Regionals begin May 8,

Courtesy Virginia Athletics

Junior Briana Mao led Virginia with a third-place finish at the ACC Championships, shooting a 5-over 218 over the weekend. Mao’s finish at the conference championship surpassed her previous best of 11th during her freshman season.

with team selections and seedings to be announced in the near future.

Twenty-four teams are chosen to

play at each of the three regionals, so with a top-25 ranking and a second-place finish at the ACC

Championships, Virginia should receive a favorable selection.

—compiled by Peter Nance

Notre Dame softball sweeps three-game series against Virginia Velk provides spark throughout weekend against Fighting Irish, program honors Bowdren, Harris, Johnson Saturday for Senior Day Matthew Wurzburger Associate Editor

Virginia softball concluded the home portion of its ACC schedule this weekend against No. 22 Notre Dame. The Cavaliers’ (6-38, 1-22 ACC) bats betrayed them in the first two games before coming alive in a thrilling Senior Day game, though ultimately the squad still lost all three matchups.

Senior pitcher Laura Winter singlehandedly won the opening game for the Fighting Irish (29-

9, 9-4 ACC). She did not allow a Virginia baserunner in a ninestrikeout perfect game. She also hit a home run to drive in three runs in a five-run first inning.

“We weren’t aggressive at the plate,” coach Blake Miller said.

“When you aren’t aggressive at the plate, things like that will happen.

It was of our own making — when you don’t take the bat off your shoulders there’s nothing you can do about it.”

Notre Dame got to sophomore pitcher Aimee Chapdelaine again in the top of the fifth, tacking on

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Junior outfielder Heidi Velk was a bright spot offensively for the Cavaliers, getting on base and scoring runs in the second and third games of the series against Notre Dame.

three more runs. Chapdelaine threw a complete game, giving up eight runs — seven earned — and allowing 10 hits and four walks in the 8-0 loss.

Virginia did not fare better in the latter half of Friday’s doubleheader, losing 12-1 in five innings.

The Fighting Irish wasted little time in jumping on Chapdelaine. Junior infielder Katey Haus singled in two runs to give Notre Dame a first inning lead.

Following nine innings of frustration, Virginia batters reached first base in the bottom of the first.

Junior outfielder Heidi Velk hit a leadoff single, but was caught stealing second base. Freshman shortstop Madison Labshere added another first inning hit.

Chapdelaine hit another bump in the road in the third inning when Notre Dame’s bats exploded for seven runs on seven hits.

Again, Winter contributed with a two-run double.

The Cavaliers got to freshman pitcher Rachel Nasland in the third inning for their sole run of the game. Velk singled and promptly stole second base.

Freshman third baseman Lindsay Mayer drove in Velk with a single to left field.

“Velk did a really good job of setting the table and trying to get things going all series,” Miller said. “She’s had a good season, but we have to remain focused on being aggressive and consistent.”

The Fighting Irish tacked on one run in the fourth inning and another two in the fifth inning to end the game via slaughter rule.

Again, Chapdelaine went the full five and was charged for all 12 runs.

Before Saturday’s series finale, Virginia’s three seniors were honored for their contributions to the program. Second baseman Marcy Bowdren, outfielder Stephanie Harris and infielder Karli Johnson were showered with love and appreciation by the crowd.

Bowdren will finish her career with her name firmly rooted in the record books, but hopes her presence runs much deeper than that.

“I want to be remembered as a good teammate,” Bowdren said.

“This has been a great group of girls to play with and they have a bright future ahead of them.”

With Winter back on the mound for Saturday’s finale, the prospects for the Virginia offense looked bleak. She mowed through the Cavalier lineup through three innings and appeared to be on track to throw another perfect game.

However, Virginia had different plans and flipped the switch in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Already trailing 12-0 the Cavaliers posted five runs and chased Winter from the game.

Again, Velk provided the spark by leading off the inning with a single. Mayer doubled to bring

Velk home. Labshere doubled into left field to bring home two.

And during the next at-bat, when junior first baseman Megan Harris homered, it appeared as if the comeback was engaged.

“We finally realized that Winter was sticking to one spot,” Labshere said. “We stopped guessing and started sitting on her spot.

From then on we had her number.”

The Fighting Irish added two insurance runs in the top of the fifth to further their lead, but the Cavaliers would promptly get the two runs back in the bottom of the inning.

The same cast played the significant roles in the sixth inning.

Velk led off with another single and would eventually score on a Mayer walk. Later in the inning, Labshere walked with the bases loaded to score freshman outfielder Iyana Hughes.

The rally soon fizzled out though. Virginia scored one final run in the sixth inning then went down tamely in the seventh frame to end the game and series, 15-8.

The Cavaliers exhibited more fight in Saturday’s game than they have most of the season, and believe it bodes well for the future.

“I characterize this game as a win for us,” Labshere said. “We’re growing, and it is starting to show.

Now we need to carry this momentum and seriousness into next week.”

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LEAD EDITORIAL

United we educate

opinion

Graduate student unions will have a positive impact on the quality of universities’ educations

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The University of Connecticut recognized a union composed of about 2,100 graduate assistants Friday. The graduates will be able to negotiate wages, hours and working conditions, but will have no power over academic decisions, like curriculum content and tuition.

Many public universities have unions for graduate students, which need not be recognized by the state as long as the graduate students are not considered state employees — though many state legislators do support them.

Some professors oppose graduate student unions because they think the graduates should be focused primarily on their studies rather than their compensation. Some administrators also fear unionization may worsen relations between graduate students and professors.

Graduate students though, are a vital component of undergraduates’ education, and since their compensation, hours and working conditions greatly impact the undergraduate students whom they

teach, unionization will improve the quality of that education. A graduate teaching assistant working too many hours for insufficient pay may not have the time or the motivation to put their full effort into planning lessons for their undergraduate students and grading their papers or exams. Unionization will give graduate teaching assistants the power to change the conditions which do not foster the best educational experience.

There is also evidence which suggests unionization has a positive effect on relations between professors and graduate students.

A study done by two Rutgers professors and a New Mexico State assistant professor compared unionized and non-unionized universities, and found either no difference in professor-graduate relationships, or better relationships at the unionized institutions.

Graduate students who were in unions reported their advisors “accepted them as professionals” more often than those not in unions. This kind of relationship would likely increase graduate

students’ efficacy in their research and in their classrooms.

The study also found graduate students at the unionized universities were more likely to report they were compensated fairly.

Some make the comparison between graduate student unions and athlete unions, arguing that if you allow one you have to allow the other. But we have previously argued against student athlete unionization because it would risk diverting attention from a university’s primary role — education. Though the graduate student union at Connecticut will have no impact on academic decisions, their ability to unionize will directly impact the academic experience of undergraduate students.

A athlete union, however, would treat students as players first and students second, compromising the educational mission of a university.

While the creation of the union does recognize the graduate students primarily as employees, their role in the university has already been established as primari-

ly academic, and such recognition would increase their motivation to advance their professional careers in their field of study.

Another concern with the prospect of athlete student unionization, as we have written before, is that it would give privilege to male athletes over female athletes, since men’s sports are higher revenue drivers. Male athletes have more power to leverage unionization, and if unionization leads to athlete compensation, female athletes would likely get little or no money for performing the same amount of work male athletes perform.

Graduate student unions do not carry the risk of unequal treatment between the sexes, and will likely positively impact a university’s ability to educate rather than detract from it. The University of Connecticut governing board’s decision to recognize their graduate assistants’ union will likely improve the institution overall, and will hopefully set an example for more universities to make similar decisions in the future.

Comprehensive coverage The Cavalier Daily has done a good job synchronizing news reporting and opinion content Public Editor

The Cavalier Daily played to its strengths in the last couple of weeks. With Pride Week on Grounds the week before last, Take Back the Night week this past week and questions about the future of graduation ongoing, there were major stories that required coverage from multiple angles. For the most part, I thought the staff did a good job with all of them.

With the major construction work on the renovation of the Rotunda set to begin immediately following Final Exercises next month, the class of 2015 will have a different graduation process than graduating students have had for the past few decades. Exactly what that new process will look like is still in question.

Kaelyn Quinn’s cover story in the April 14 print edition on the three options the administration has presented to students laid those options out succinctly and described the broader context

well. A few days later, three opin- staff ’s efforts to both inform via ion columns each advocated for newswriting and advocate for one of the three graduation op- student involvement and action tions. While it would have been via their Opinion pages. This good to have those columns out brings me back to a question I’ve a couple of days earlier (when the posed a few times this year: what online survey went live for stu- is the purpose of The Cavalier dents to vote) they were informa- Daily? tive and helpful. Aligning news I wrote a few weeks ago that coverage and opinion columns where appropriate remains a strength the Cavalier Daily staff should look to employ when Newspapers like The Cavalier Daily that are possible.

For both completely independent from their school and are Pride Week and not subject to oversight by the administration can Take Back the Night week The be vital, objective news sources in the changing Cavalier Daily media landscape, but the reporting will have to be print editions consistently excellent and thorough. had full-page cover stories.

The April 17 edition for TBTN it is not the job of the newspaalso had a lead editorial and an per to increase voter turnout or opinion column that expanded participation in student elecon some of the important issues tions. I think that idea needs to TBTN week planned to address. be refined a bit. It is neither the I applaud The Cavalier Daily job of the newswriting arm of the

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Christopher Broom

paper to increase voter turnout nor is it the job to increase participation in events like TBTN or Pride Week. Increasing civic participation might very well be the job that Opinion Columnists choose to take on. In that context, it makes sense to argue that readers should make themselves more aware, participate in more events and make the effort to vote, whether in an election or for which graduation option the class of 2015 should use.

This same question — what is the purpose of The Cavalier Daily — may well matter even more in the coming years. In the New York Times on April 13, Jennifer Conlindescribed how increasing numbers of local newspapers are scaling back their coverage or production. In their place, in many cases, college newspapers are filling in with local, nonschool specific news coverage.

While this shift creates exciting opportunities for many reporters at such college papers, it is complicated by the fact that many college papers are funded by and subject to oversight from their

schools and the school administration. Newspapers like The Cavalier Daily that are completely independent from their school and are not subject to oversight by the administration can be vital, objective news sources in the changing media landscape, but the reporting will have to be consistently excellent and thorough.

Finally, the past few weeks I’ve noted pieces on the opinion pages published as, “Guest,” “Letter,” “Viewpoint” columns and “Opinion Columnist,” and in some cases none of the above, only a brief description of the writer. More specificity and consistency in how pieces are labeled and what those labels mean would help readers place them in context more effectively.

Christopher Broom can be reached at publiceditor@cavalierdaily.com, or on Twitter at @ CDpubliceditor.

OPINION

Monday, April 21, 2014

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Choose option one

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The best option for Final Exercises is to keep all graduates together on the Lawn and limit everyone to two tickets

s Final Exercises do not be- on the Lawn since 1953. stow diplomas, what is their Beyond mere tradition, Final purpose at the University? A purely Exercises on the Lawn have strong symbolic one. Therefore, when fill- symbolism because the Lawn — not ing out the survey of a sports arena — is lohow graduation should cated at the heart of the be altered during Roacademic center of the tunda renovations, we University. Therefore, should choose the opthis location emphation that best maintains sizes that the true Unithe symbolism that versity experience and makes Final Exercises source of school pride is worthwhile. We should primarily academic and elect to preserve graduonly secondarily athation on the Lawn and letic. Many universities keep all graduates to- ELAINE HARRINGTON currently hold gradugether by voting for opations that, like option Opinion Columnist tion one: “Stay on the three, are at football staLawn, Sharply Limit the diums with unlimited Number of Guests.” guests allowed: Virginia Tech, James The Lawn holds a special signifi- Madison University and the Unicance for many University students, versity of North Carolina are three. particularly because we expect to Switching venues for Final Exercises graduate there. At Convocation, be- would displace the unique demonfore we had attended a single class, stration of academic pride with a less each undergraduate present at the meaningful athletic one; and, as one University sat on the Lawn facing user on Yik Yak crudely stated, “No the Rotunda to signify our entrance one wants to be reminded of our to the University, which would be s***** football team on our last day contrasted with our facing away on grounds.” from the Rotunda upon our deparI appreciate that option three inture. We had no reason to doubt this cludes “walking the lawn” in its plan, tradition, as students have graduated but this inclusion does not accurate-

ly uphold tradition and is, moreover, impractical. Walking the Lawn is not equal to graduating on the Lawn, as the time spent processing through a quarter mile of Lawn en route to Scott Stadium is easily dwarfed by the duration of the traipse across Grounds and the ceremony itself.

The approximately ¾ mile distance between the Lawn and Scott Stadium is also problematic. Particularly for women in heels, the walk in the sun would likely be more of a burden than the “march” it is intended to be.

There is also value in everyone’s graduating together, especially for undergraduate students. These students collectively signed the Honor pledge at Convocation, lived in first year dorms and witnessed the President Sullivan scandal. Many of the students who would graduate separately from the College in Option Two spent two years in the College before being admitted to the McIntire School of Commerce or the Batten School. As diploma ceremonies are already separate, a communal graduation is necessary for Final Exercises to demonstrate University unity. This need to prove that the University is greater than a collection of schools is becoming even

more important as class sizes expand and more programs, such as the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy in 2007, are added.

In order to maintain the Lawn location and the graduating class unity, option one requires compromises. It reduces the number of tickets students receive from three to two and eliminates the opportunity for other spectators to stand in ropedoff sections of North Lawn. Instead, guests beyond those two with tickets would watch a live-stream of the ceremony from indoor viewing locations across Grounds. When one considers how these changes would affect the average student, they are not too troublesome. For many, the two tickets on the Lawn will go to the student’s two parents. For others, they will go towards the student’s choice of among their parents and stepparents, an awkward decision already with the existing three tickets.

Extended family will be relegated to viewing centers, which I see as a minor issue. Graduation is an honor earned by the student; therefore it is not selfish for students to choose the best experience for themselves rather than for others. Any students comfortable with extending Final

Exercises from two and a half hours to three and a half should choose Option One to give themselves this best experience. Family and friends can wait until dinner or diploma ceremonies to congratulate their graduate; in fact, this change may save them from the confined spaces, reduced bathroom access and poor views in the standing room only sections of the Lawn.

Expanding class sizes will continue to make graduating on the Lawn seem unfeasible. Therefore, it is important for even the Class of 2017 to choose Option One and show President Teresa Sullivan we are willing to make accommodations so that we can maintain the symbolism of our Final Exercises. The Rotunda renovation project gives the unique chance for the University to demonstrate that we can safely continue to graduate on the Lawn with reduced space before greater change becomes urgent. It would be foolish not to take advantage of this opportunity.

Elaine’s columns run Wednesdays.

She can be reached at e.harrington@ cavalierdaily.com.

Choose option two

hatever graduation plan is guests at graduation will significantly chosen, one thing is certain: affect one’s preference, yet it would next year’s graduation is bound to be safe to assume that many students be an interesting one. In considering will desire to have more than two which graduation plan guests on the Lawn. The is best, it is necessary to value of that experience define what it is about is immeasurable and the graduation experishould not be divested ence that must be prewhile other options reserved. Obviously, the main plausible.

Lawn must continue to To that end, I admit play a central role, if a that the second plan somewhat altered one. does not provide an Upon closer examinaadequate answer to the tion, however, I find that ticketing issue, as it also only the second option only allows three guest CONOR KELLY fulfills this goal. The tickets per student. At a Opinion Columnist first option, in limiting recent town hall hosted the number of guests to by the combined class two, dismisses the right councils, one student of parents and friends alike to par- suggested the implementation of ticipate in the ceremony. By conclud- a ticket-sharing system. If such a ing graduation in Scott Stadium, the plan could help to connect those third option unjustifiably removes who have tickets to give away with the Lawn from the core of the expe- those who need extras, as intended, rience. it would allow for increased attenLimiting the amount of guest dance without creating further comtickets to two per graduate in 2015 plications. (three per graduate in 2016, if the The physical restraints imposed Rotunda construction proceeds by the Rotunda renovation will apace) and eliminating standing make graduating the entire Univerroom-only spaces seem to be the sity class at one place and time an critical flaws of the first option. The arduous task. The first option, howexperience of graduation should be ever, provides no practical means witnessed and shared by all those for reducing that strain. Insufficient who matter in one’s life. Granted, the space would increase the ceremony’s level of value given to the presence of duration from approximately two

hours to three and a half, or longer. es. The Lawn, therefore, must play as Though theoretically feasible, a four- prominent a role as possible. To that hour ceremony will impose serious end, the second option is most satdiscomfort. isfactory. If the majority of students The third option seems to resolve wish to keep final exercises fully on the issues of time and of guest atten- the Lawn, an assumption that I feel dance, but at a damaging price. As safe in making, then the choice is long as options keeping the gradua- naturally restricted to the first and tion fully at the Lawn remain on the second options. As enticing as the table, any option proposing to move prospect of unlimited guest tickets the bulk of the ceremony elsewhere may be, a deliberate choice to hold should receive more exacting scrutiny. Moving final exercises to Scott Stadium willingly would forfeit what has long been the defining aspect of a University graduation.

Needless to say, the Lawn is what makes graduatIf a ticket-sharing system would allow students ing from the University to have more guests on the Lawn, it would be a unique experience. It is, therefore, quite shocking more advantageous to choose the second option that the third option consince it guarantees a shorter ceremony. signs the Lawn to a secondary status, making it a mere transitory feature of an other- most of the ceremony away from wise conventional, stadium-packed the Lawn surrenders a fundamental graduation. On a personal note, and distinctive aspect of a University graduating in a football stadium was graduation. not what I had in mind when I chose If a ticket-sharing system would to attend the University. allow students to have more guests Though supporters of the third on the Lawn, it would be more adoption have pointed to the similar vantageous to choose the second strategies of schools such as Yale, the option since it guarantees a shorter University should seek to preserve ceremony. Moreover, several univerthe unique quality of its final exercis- sities extend graduation ceremonies

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Holding two separate ceremonies for Final Exercises on the Lawn is the best available option over multiple days, including Notre Dame. Students have raised logistical challenges such as the separation of speakers and split departmental ceremonies. These concerns, however, seem unsubstantiated. The option’s effect on the speaker schedule is not yet clear, and divided departmental ceremonies would not occur if the entire College were to graduate in one day, as proposed.

On that note, students should be careful skimming over the comments made by Pamela Higgins, the Director of Major Events too quickly.

A rapid read of a recent Cavalier Daily news article describing the options might lead one to believe there are two critical flaws with the second option. However, Higgins’ comments refer explicitly to a “similar idea” to split the undergraduate and graduate ceremonies, an initial proposal that is no longer on the table. The flaws she discussed would not apply to the second option as proposed.

Whatever your preference, take time to read through the options carefully and discuss them with friends and family alike; no matter what the outcome may be, we will all be affected.

Conor’s columns run Tuesdays. He can be reached at c.kelly@cavalierdaily.com.

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Choose option three ednesday, surveys were re- that the first option would result in leased to gauge student opin- extended family and siblings beions regarding the University’s final ing absent from the ceremonies. exercises for the coming years. The Instead, grandparents, brothers, surveys focus on the sisters or maybe even Class of 2015 and 2016 friends would be forced graduation ceremonies, to watch the ceremony which will both occur from “remote viewing alongside the Rotunda sites across Grounds,” renovations. But they whereas now they are also bring up the more typically able to watch pressing topic of how from the standing room the University will renear the Rotunda. spond to the challenging According to The task of fitting growing Cavalier Daily’s regraduating class sizes cent “Where will you JARED FOGEL on the Lawn. The most graduate?” article, the Opinion Columnist advantageous solution first proposal “will take for the short-term and more than double the potentially the long-term is to move amount of time” with the ceremony final exercises to Scott Stadium. lasting “an estimated three and a half In her letter to students, President hours or longer.” This is due to proSullivan presents three options: keep cession changes in accordance with all graduates on the Lawn, split the Rotunda renovations. As much as ceremonies into two days or move students want to cherish the last mothe ceremonies to Scott Stadium. I’ll ments they have when they gradubegin with the first. For the Class of ate, an hour or more increase to the 2015 and possibly 2016, option one procession would no doubt bore would allocate only two guest tickets both students and guests who wish to each student as well as no-stand- to spend their time celebrating with ing room area (this number rises to family and friends. three tickets, the current quota, if the Although the second option Rotunda renovations are completed would handle the guest situation betin time). My immediate qualms are ter, it also splits the graduating class

in half. I realize that this is the point Of course, the most common of this particular proposal; however, objection to this option is tradition, it would mean that many students one of the most important values will not be graduating alongside here at the University. On the other friends they’ve spent the last four hand, with clear space issues during years with. Moreover, it wouldn’t the Rotunda’s renovation, at what solve the problem of potentially point does practicality take precovercrowded valedictory exercises, edent over tradition? For example, which would be moved to Friday of the Honor System is one of the Unithe ceremony weekend. If there were versity’s greatest traditions, yet it is to be another keynote speaker as re- shaped everyday by the changing nowned as Peyton Manning speak- times and situations that each new ing for the Class of 2015, it could year presents. Much like the Honor be much more difficult to regulate seating.

Option three solves the problems the other two options cannot by keeping the graduating class together while also retaining plentiful guest seating. Students can not only With clear space issues during the Rotunda’s invite as many guests as renovation, at what point does practicality they please to join them take precedent over tradition? for this special day, but all guests can also sit together.

This differs from the current system System must undergo change, so too in which the three guests with tick- must Final Exercises, in order to acets are separated from the standing commodate the Rotunda renovation room guests. Additional benefits next year and growing numbers in include “restrooms rather than port- the future. This option presents the a-johns,” more “easily accessible” opportunity to start a new tradition, concessions, and “better accommo- and the class of 2015 would be the dations for guests with wheelchairs.” first class to have their graduation

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Moving final exercises to Scott Stadium is the best solution to the graduation dilemma ceremony at Scott Stadium while still retaining the tradition of walking across the Lawn.

Most importantly, moving the graduation ceremony to Scott Stadium offers a trial run for potential future use. President Sullivan, in her letter to students, states that one of the two issues shaping plans for finals weekend in coming years is the “growing numbers of people who attend Final Exercises.” This number will continue to climb as long as the graduating class numbers keep rising as well. Simply from the transition from the 2012-2013 academic year to the current one, there has been a rise in student enrollment from around 14,600 undergraduate students to over 16,000 students.

This means that even after Rotunda restoration is complete, there will still be the persisting predicament of how to accommodate the increasing numbers of students and their guests. With its massive guest seating, Scott Stadium offers both a short-term and long-term solution for the University.

Jared’s columns run Fridays. He can be reached at j.fogel@cavalierdaily.com.

Mind over medicine he healthcare system should al” or promotional material, are used place patients’ well-being to influence doctors’ prescribing above all else. Sadly, when it comes habits. Gifts, however, are just one to drug manufacturers, trying to way to sway physicians. Companies reap additional profits may attempt to percan often supersede pasuade doctors through tient interests. To that free meals, payments end, British pharmafor presenting certain ceutical giant GlaxoSdrugs at conferences mithKline (GSK) is now or by labeling physiattempting to rebrand cians ‘opinion leaders’ its image after being for their work pushing accused of bribery in their products. And, five different countries. frighteningly, these tacGSK is restructuring tics work: research inits sales model by optdicates that doctors are ALEX YAHANDA ing to directly employ often more influenced Opinion Columnist more doctors while by pharmaceutical proceasing payments to paganda than they acoutside physicians. However, it is tually believe. That is, even though still unclear whether GSK truly doctors do not think that pharwants to become an ethical leader maceutical gifts are priming them in the pharmaceutical industry or towards prescribing certain drugs, is just changing its sales approach in the evidence suggests otherwise. In order to save face. Either way, GSK’s one study, physicians were signifirestructuring could lead to further cantly more likely to request drugs calls for necessary ethical reform in for a hospital formulary if they had the pharmaceutical industry. been contacted or influenced by the The amount of interaction that manufacturers of those drugs; in angoes on between physicians and other, physicians who were paid by drug companies is unsettling. It is pharmaceutical companies to give estimated that 94 percent of doctors speeches ended up prescribing hunhave received some sort of gift from dreds of thousands of dollars more the pharmaceutical industry. These of the drugs about which they spoke. gifts, often disguised as “educationOn the one hand, this relation-

ship between the pharmaceutical industry and medical professionals could be rationalized as helpful.

Doctors are ultimately the ones who decide which medications a patient will take. Shouldn’t they be as informed as possible about what they choose to prescribe? Taken in this light, pharmaceutical companies’ promotional strategies do not seem so harmful. Indeed, they seem like a necessary way by which both doctors

panies are always truthful and forthcoming towards doctors about the uses and side effects of their drugs.

This is not always the case, though.

One must look no further than the myriad of lawsuits that have been brought against pharmaceutical companies in the past. Certain companies have been known to obscure dangerous side effects, and have encouraged — or provided incentives for — doctors to prescribe drugs for off-label uses that have little proven efficacy.

Moreover, drug companies have been convicted of multiple submission or selective reporting of study results, both of Doctors are ultimately the ones who decide which artificially inflate drug benefits or downwhich medications a patient will take. play drug hazards.

The contact beShouldn’t they be as informed as possible tween physicians and about what they choose to prescribe? the pharmaceutical industry, then, should be and patients can obtain additional minimized. What is disguised as information. The more a doctor can educational beneficence on the part tell a patient, the better decisions the of drug companies is actually subpatient can make — that is the bed- versive manipulation for the sake of rock of informed consent. boosting sales. As a result, patient Conversely, doctor-pharmaceu- autonomy is compromised rather tical industry associations can be than enhanced: doctors are either dangerous. A healthy partnership unduly influenced or have been fed assumes that pharmaceutical com- false information by pharmaceuti-

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The pharmaceutical industry and doctors should minimize their collaboration on drug promotion cal companies, both of which make establishing proper patient consent more difficult. Doctors who allow themselves to be tempted by big pharma are hurting their abilities to effectively care for patients.

To that end, GSK’s new standards should prove constructive. Although the company will be directly employing more doctors, its efforts to woo outside physicians will decrease. There will hopefully be fewer incentives for doctors to push offlabel uses of drugs, too, since GSK is halting incentives to deceptively sell certain drugs. Despite the fact that this move may not be sincere (GSK could be trying to rebrand itself to help business and not actually care any more about ethics), severing ties between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry is beneficial.

And, if consumers and the media hail this restructuring as a welcome ethical step, other drug companies may soon follow suit and restructure their sales models in a similar manner. With any luck, GSK’s decision is indicative of the future for other pharmaceutical companies.

Alex’s columns run Mondays.

He can be reached at a.yahanda@ cavalierdaily.com.

OPINION

Monday, April 21, 2014

PARTING SHOTS

Fourth-years reflect on their experiences as Cavalier Daily editors

My words, my self

I can pinpoint my self-awakening with unusual precision. In eleventh grade, I joined the staff of my high school newspaper. I had been part of cooperative endeavors before. These activities — sports teams, youth groups — were pleasant but perfunctory. The newspaper, however, marked the first time I felt stirrings of passion channeled into a productive enterprise. As I chiseled words into stories — striving for accuracy and balance, as all journalists do, but yearning also (secretly) for beauty — a glimmer of my adult commitments started to take shape.

I digress into autobiography, perhaps self-indulgently, in an attempt to express how indebted I am to the

as well. I grew close with the family of students who devote their days and much of their nights to writing and editing stories, laying out pages, balancing checkbooks. The remarkable friends I made in the basement of Newcomb have been crucial parts of my education. With these people, with this paper, I was able to flourish.

I didn’t want to write this article.

Given the central role that the newspaper has played in my life in Charlottesville, I feel that to say goodbye to The Cavalier Daily amounts to saying goodbye to the University.

It’s painful to acknowledge that four years of discovery have come to a close, even when I know that more adventures await me.

Working for a newspaper in eleventh grade, I recognized myself for the first time. After four years — another school, another newspaper — what was once a stab of recognition, a flurry of feeling as I realized, this is what I love, now stands as an abiding part of my character. I don’t know what self I would be without the words I poured into The Cavalier Daily’s pages.

Because, you see, for the last four years, I thought I was writing The Cavalier Daily. But the whole time The Cavalier Daily was writing me.

To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield

n many ways, writing this is an exercise in futility.

For one, no one will read this.

Or, more accurately, so few people will read this that Nate Silver would probably call them statistically irrelevant. Believe me — after a year as Managing Editor, and another as Assistant Managing Editor, I’m all too familiar with the number of page views that articles like this receive.

For another, the whole concept of parting shots reeks of the “selfie generation” and the media’s self-importance — life has not happened if we have not personally documented it.

Not to mention the personal toll this may exact. Even on its best days, journalism is a demanding enterprise. It carries the weight of democracy on its back, and requires its practitioners to steep themselves in varying quantities of caffeine, alcohol and cynicism. Dipping my toe back into that pool seems much like King Lear standing on the heath and daring the heavens to do their worst.

For like Lear, I too am a has-been.

The trials of my position have left me battered, bitter and a little less sane — have I any business tempting fate?

And yet, I write.

Take that sentence, replace “write” with a host of other verbs — edit, report, design, brainstorm, direct, pacify, create, innovate, champion — and you have distilled my tenure at The Cavalier Daily into

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four words. In the face of adversity, we persist.

I’ve said that on its good days, journalism is a demanding profession. On its bad ones, “demanding” becomes “draining,” and the weight of the truth on our backs seems like more like an overweight parasite gorging itself on our flesh than a sacred protectorate we carry to the community.

It would have been adversity enough to simply try to make the good days at the office outnumber the bad. But my time at the University coincided with one of crisis for the paper. We’ve all heard the now exhausted adage that print journalism is dying; The Cavalier Daily was never immune. Plummeting revenue and an unsustainable focus on an increasingly irrelevant print product threatened the paper’s very existence.

In the face of this adversity, our — but that obstinate refusal to commanaging board directed one of the promise my ideals has been the fuel most significant institutional chang- behind each laborious step forward. es in this newspaper’s memory. We I will not be defeated by sleep depricut print production to a twice- vation, stonewalling sources or any weekly newsmagazine, took steps to metaphorical storm the heavens rain becoming a digital-first newsroom, down. I will not be defeated. and restructured the way we proI persist because I owe it to the duce news. It may not have made family I have built at The Cavalier us beloved, but thanks to the efforts Daily. Like most journalists, they are of the 124th managing and junior prone to cynicism and armed with boards, The Cavalier Daily persists. an acerbic wit. Come to our offices While making sure The Cavalier in the basement of Newcomb exDaily lived to see another day, I saw pecting angels pure-of-soul, and you enough 3 a.m. nights in the office to will be as disappointed as Saint Peter ask myself the questions my family taking a vacation to another subterand friends asked of me: Why? Why ranean locale. Like the imps they persist in this Sisyphus-like endeavor?

Why beat your head against a wall only to go home, sleep five Even on its best days, journalism is a hours, and return to the same wall the next demanding enterprise. It carries the weight day with an already of democracy on its back, and requires its aching head? practitioners to steep themselves in varying I persist because even the worst failures quantities of caffeine, alcohol and cynicism. of journalism cannot entirely kill the hope that Woodward, Bernstein, Sinclair are, they have taught me to delight and others instilled in an idealistic in revelry and laugh in the face of high-schooler — pick off the scab absurdity. concealing a festering injustice, and But these blackened exteriors the scourge will be washed clean. serve only to throw their brilliant I persist out of sheer tenacity. My cores into sharper relief. They are parents may have bemoaned my brimming with innovative ideas stubbornness as a child — Who am and, more importantly, the willpowI kidding? It irks them to this day er to realize them. Their passion has

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newspapers for which I’ve written. palace intrigue, the crisis that began Some people can find themselves with an email from Helen Dragas without the help of an institution or a and ended with Teresa Sullivan’s reset of friends. (Many of these people, instatement. If I had been an indeI suspect, are libertarians.) I was not pendent agent, I would not have filed so independent. As a sixteen-year- a records request; I would not have old, idealistic but lost, I desperately made any calls. Later, as executive needed a place where I could chan- editor, every day my position called nel my love for writing. And I longed me to account, prompting me to arfor other people who found joy in gue, to evaluate, to explain. I took on words. At my high school newspa- subjects both technical and tragic. I per, I found both words and people. dissected online education, financial And two years later, when I walked aid and the University’s attempts to into The Cavalier Daily office on my position itself as a “global” institufirst day of class, I discovered a place tion. I condemned what I saw as failthat would come to shape my values, my commitments, and my passions, that would harden my vague dedGiven the central role that the newspaper has ication to the written word into a concrete played in my life in Charlottesville, I feel that to pursuit which nonesay goodbye to The Cavalier Daily amounts to theless retained its saying goodbye to the University. amorousness.

My position on The Cavalier Daily embedded me ures of compassion in our communiin a community — a cosmopolitan ty — epitomized by sexual violence, one, we hoped (such is the dream the hazing and the silence that followed Internet offers) but failing that, a lo- the death of a University worker. In cal one, comprised of the University all cases, The Cavalier Daily spurred and Charlottesville. My role on the me to rise to my best. paper compelled me to feel a sense of The Cavalier Daily brought me duty during the June 2012 episode of into the fold of a smaller community

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or most of my life I was not myself.

For a while I was an infant, born premature at two pounds, thirteen ounces, the smallest of a set of triplets. We can glimpse some premonitions of my character even at this young age. I started laughing when I was a week old: a breathy hacking.

I skipped the indignities of crawling and chose instead to tuck myself into a ball and roll across the floor (so my parents tell me).

Then I was a child, playful and solitary by turns. I would curl up on my family’s worn leather couch with a stack of books, poring over countless pages, searching. I didn’t yet know for what.

Next came adolescence. Hot tears, slammed doors.

As I write this piece — my last article for The Cavalier Daily, and the first in more than a year to carry my byline rather than the moniker “Managing Board” — I am twentytwo years old. For about sixteen years, roughly 73 percent of my life to date, I was not myself. What was I? A bundle of desires and vulnerabilities, as we all are as children (and as we all remain, although to a lesser extent). A person without a purpose.

Floating.

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astounded me, thrilled me with the hope that good men will not stand idly by and allow evil to triumph. By being their best selves, they have emboldened me to be mine.

I persist because not doing so would be a disservice to The Cavalier Daily, the University community, and all those who will be a member of either in the future. For it is not only in the classroom that we must courageously “follow truth wherever it may lead,” but in the world around us too.

I persist because we are not Sisyphus. The boulder may roll back down the mountain in our absence — it may even roll farther down than it was yesterday morning — but zoom out, and it is always slowly, almost imperceptibly, being forced forward.

I persist because I know no other way.

If that last sentence is not indication enough, I’ll be blunt: there is no heartwarming message to be gleaned from this parting shot. Like The Cavalier Daily, its staffers, journalism, and life itself, there is simply the bittersweet reality. Each day we struggle — some more than others.

Each day, we search for reasons to continue to fight a seemingly neverending battle. Each day, we confront the forces that would spell our demise.

And yet, we persist. Occasionally, we thrive.

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Sanchita Gupta Staff Writer

Dr. Marcus L. Martin, vice president and chief officer for diversity and equity, presented to the Society of Multicultural Medicine on health disparities Mar. 31.

According to Martin, “health disparity” refers to inequality in terms of quality and opportunity of care. These disparities are especially present in minority communities because of correlating socioeconomic factors, such as high rates of uninsurance, underinsurance, lack of education and lack of transpor-

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Medical society hosts race talk Dr. Marcus L. Martin speaks about health care discrepancies to Society for Multicultural Medicine

tation.

“Access is [a] primary predictor of quality care,” Martin said.

There are also institutional barriers within health systems themselves, such as long waits, inconvenient hours, uninviting settings and geographic barriers, such as rural and inner city health professional shortages.

Poor communities with high black and Hispanic populations are more likely to have physician shortages with about 24 physicians per 100,000 people — compared to 69 physicians per 100,000 people in communities with smaller black and Hispanic populations.

Attitudes and cultural barriers also play a key role in preventing minorities from receiving quality care. Martin said

studies indicate blacks are less trusting of hospitals, of the organ donation system, of medical research and of the reasons behind why physicians use or withdraw life sustaining therapies.

Martin began by presenting data which demonstrated certain diseases disproportionately affect the black population — including that blacks have the highest percentage of diagnosed blood pressure and obesity, and that the rate of infant mortalities, particularly by Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, is highest among black children born of black mothers. For heart disease, cancer and stroke, blacks also have the highest mortality rates.

Blacks also have the highest mortality rates for diabetes, Human Immunodeficiency Vi-

rus and homicide. Even though white women have the highest rate of breast cancer, the highest rate of death from breast cancer is found in black women.

Furthermore, black women have a life expectancy 4.4 years shorter than white women, and black men 6.2 years shorter than white men. Martin said multiple factors contribute to this, including higher mortality rates among young people, but that health discrepancies play a part.

According to Martin, interpreter services, recruitment and retention of doctors in places with large minority populations, proper training, utilization of community health workers would help reduce barriers and to facilitate proper medical care. Additionally, the Afford-

able Care Act will help reduce discrepancies by making more people eligible for Medicaid and preventing insurers from canceling policies if subscribers get sick, he said.

Second-year College student Kathryn Marqueen, a member of the Society of Multicultural Medicine, said she found the presentation worthwhile.

“As future health care professionals, I think Dr. Martin’s talk was very eye-opening to the disparities that exist within our society that we will have to address,” she said. “One thing that really struck me as interesting was his discussion on the culture of distrust among AfricanAmericans [regarding] various aspects of the health care system.”

Heart of Medicine program discusses end-of-life care New initiative seeks to help medical, nursing students better understand how to talk to patients about terminal dianogses Ishaan Sachdeva Staff Writer

In modern medicine, the improvement of drugs, surgical techniques and treatment methods encourage a mindset that almost every condition is treatable.

This is an issue being tackled by Medical graduate student Pranay Sinha, who, along with medical students Chelsea Becker, Hunter Poarch and Susan Murphy, initially participated in the school’s Heart of Medicine program — an initiative to prepare students for cases in which treatment is not possible.

“Often in modern medicine,

when providers aren’t able to treat a patient, it is seen as failure, that nothing more can be done,” Sinha said.

Heart of Medicine strives to change this viewpoint. It emphasizes health care providers’ responsibilities to the patient do not dwindle or end when it is determined medicine cannot save them.

“People have different needs at end of life,” Sinha said. “They need to be medically, psychologically and even spiritually cared for, and they need to live with comfort, dignity and humanity.”

Religious Studies Prof. James Childress, who teaches bioethics, said advanced care planning is an important strategy to im-

prove end of life care. This calls for doctors and other health care providers to discuss end-of-life care with their patients earlier in their course of treatment. This facilitates planning and allows patients to make choices.

“If a terminal prognosis is likely, a patient can create a living will, where he or she indicates what they would like to incorporate into their end-of-life care,” Childress said.

Advanced care planning, and by extension improved endof-life care, requires early and open communication between doctors, patients and nurses, though many doctors find starting these discussions can often be overwhelming. The Heart of

Medicine program focuses on helping doctors to overcome this difficulty.

The program is divided into three sessions. In the first, the students were taken to the Fralin Museum of Art. “We viewed artwork that dealt with themes of death and dying — this was a way to introduce medical students to the grieving process and to help them explore their own empathy and compassion,” said Assoc.

Medical Humanities Prof. Marcia Childress, one of the faculty leaders of the program.

In the second session, the students visited the Hospice of the Piedmont to gain a better understanding of hospice care

for terminally-ill patients.

In the last session, students practiced end-of-life conversations with each other and with faculty in an environment which provided room for error before venturing into real situations.

Ultimately, Sinha and James and Marcia Childress said they hope end-of-life care will become a significant part of any medical school curriculum, ensuring future health care providers are able to communicate with their patients and peers effectively and are prepared for situations to which the science of medicine does not provide an answer.

treat yourself TAKE A NAP. EAT A COOKIE. HUG A FRIEND. WATCH THAT SHOW.

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1. Lilly Pulitzer No, it is not your Aristocratinfluenced eyes playing tricks on you — there really are six girls within a 10-foot radius wearing the same dress. Unlike at your high school prom, though, this is not a complete fashion disaster — instead, a Barbour-esque display of wardrobe choice. (Disclaimer: I own a Barbour. I’m also from New York, and thus have a cynical and hateful view of color.)

Another questionable and curiously common practice you’ll encounter is references to Lilly Pulitzer simply as “Lilly,” as if you’re on a first name basis. Is Lilly your lifelong best friend? Can you tell me the name of her dog?

2. Vineyard Vines Thought the Lilly was bad?

The male equivalent is just as pervasive. Vineyard Vines isn’t, in fact, a wine company. Rather, it is a clothing company defined by an anatomically unsound pink whale — the wardrobe embodiment of “fish are friends, not food.” That tiny pink whale is probably the most popular animal at Foxfield, closely followed by foxes and probably the horses after that.

There are whale stickers, whale shoes, whale koozies, whale hats

The Cavalier Daily and guys wearing whale shorts of a questionable length. If I were a Vineyard Vines executive, I would consider shooting my advertisements here.

3. The nappers For whatever reason, the grass at Foxfield is greener to some than beds, or other places to sleep.

Maybe you’re just trying to get a little tan or are resting your feet because they hurt from standing.

Or maybe you are really trying to let everything sink in. I get it — keeping up with the lifestyle at U.Va. can be physically/ mentally/ emot ionally taxing.

Get at least 10 hours of sleep the night before to prevent the impromptu ground-snooze.

Or, consider taking it easy on the free refreshments. You won’t be able to press the snooze button on the friendly police officer who will most likely be the one waking you up from your nap.

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After a period of inactivity, second-year College student Marwa Hamidi has led the Afghan Student Association to its University comeback this year. The association hosted its first speaker Thursday night, drawing a wide spectrum of students on Grounds.

Hamidi became president of the association in the fall, and said she dealt with the difficulties inherent to restarting a group after prolonged absence.

“It was kind of hard in the first semester just because I had never been president of an organization and there was really no one else helping me," Hamidi said. "It was just me.”

As part of Hamidi’s initial efforts, ASA got involved in the International Dessert Festival and

5. Chicken

6. Cameras

8. Pickup trucks

Judging by the amount of mobile uploads the day after Foxfield last year, it seems a requisite tradition to take a picture with every single person you’ve ever met. That girl from your hall who you could’ve sworn moved out last semester? Say, “cheese!” That guy you accidentally ran into on your way to Two Guys Tacos as you were trying to pretend you hadn’t actually walked in there? Smile!

Your calculus TA from first semester, first year whom you continue to inexplicably receive emails from?

Perfect photoop.

I don’t know what it is, but it seems like Foxfield is synonymous with the Pickup Truck Convention of America. Sure, they’re a pretty commonplace phenomenon around here, but it’s like someone decided Foxfield was the perfect place for every single truck in existence to congregate.

Pulled up on a plot, the truck beds make the perfect place to: a) nap, b) stand on and seem really tall, c) do option “b” in the attempt to find your friends who all wandered away and are wearing the same thing as everyone else and oh my god who can tell hoo is hoo anymore?!

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4. Long lines Thought the line to get into Trinity last weekend was long?

Did you finally make it in, and then proceed to wonder why the line for the Trinity bathroom was so long? Take this exasperation

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and this seemingly endless stream of people and multiply by 12. The line to the potty, a necessary evil at Foxfield, will seem to start and never stop. Consider hopping in the bathroom line early on based on the premise you’ll have to relieve yourself at some point.

By the time you finally get to the front, you’ll probably really need it anyway.

the Multicultural Festival. Thursday night represented a shift, however, as the association hosted its own guest speaker.

Rangina Hamidi, who is Hamidi’s cousin and a University alumni, returned to Grounds to speak about women’s issues in Afghanistan. Hamidi graduated in 2000 with a women and gender studies degree and is now the creative director of Kandahar Treasure, a non-profit project of Afghans for Civil Society.

Rangina Hamidi has spent much of her time since graduating from the University traveling back and forth between the United States and Afghanistan working as a women’s rights advocate. Kandahar Treasure employs more than 400 Afghan women in a traditional embroidery art called “khamak.”

“Because it is women’s work, we don’t really have any written record of history of this tradition,

Annie Mester Life Columnist

You probably read the word “chicken” and were confused. Isn’t Foxfield a horse race? In my experience, more people race to the endless trays of Cane’s and ChickFil-A chicken than watch actual horses racing. You’ll look just as cool carrying an open container of chicken as you will an open container of Natty, with the added insurance that an open container of chicken is totally legal. A plot without chicken is like graduation without the walking the Lawn — a sad shell of excitement marred by a lack of tradition.

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7. Police officers

One may say there are more policemen and women than there are horses at the races. One may also say the most entertaining races at Foxfield are not between horses, but between a cop and a student who has clearly “only had two beers.” That being said, enjoy responsibly. At the risk of sounding too preachy, I leave you with this: imagine the line you’ll have to stand in waiting to be bailed out of jail. I’d take a long line for the bathroom over that any day.

9. Country music Often being blared out of the aforementioned pickup truck.

There’s something about horses, open fields of grass and the entire southern population which just screams “Sweet Home Alabama.”

Take the opportunity to sing at the top of your lungs — finals start next week, so the next time you’re shouting at full volume will probably be alone, surrounded by books and wrought with frustration over trying to balance studying for your six exams and finding the perfect Foxfield picture to Instagram.

10. Horses Like the “s” at the end of Foxfield, the presence of horses is uncertain at best.

Afghan Student Association resurfaces with women’s rights guest speaker but we know that this art form has existed in this region and in this province for at least a couple of centuries,” Hamidi said. “[The art] is only done by women and is passed on from generation to generation of women."

Marwa Hamidi said her family’s involvement with activism in Afghanistan is what initially sparked her interest in getting ASA off the ground. She said she also desired to bring members of the Afghan community together — both at the University and in the greater Charlottesville area. “[My cousin] goes back and forth to Afghanistan all the time,” Hamidi said. “She’s really involved and I just wanted her to come and be able to give that perspective to the U.Va. community because I feel like not many people know about women’s rights. It’s just kind of what’s revealed to us through the media, which is not always the

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most accurate information.”

Rangina, who has been nominated for a CNN Hero Award for her work in Afghanistan, aims to create a network of Afghan women.

“Our office facilities allow [women] to meet and share experiences and learn from each other, talk about problems with each other [and] share that knowledge and [create] this sub-network of women workers,” she said. “A strategy that we’re using is not to force anything from the outside, but to have the opportunity for people within the community to spring their own change with themselves.

The Afghan Student Association hosted University alumnus and non-profit founder Rangina Hamidi as a guest speaker.

We believe that when change comes from within, the lasting effects are much stronger rooted and long lasting than ones that are introduced from the outside.”

After seeing how her cousin’s talk helped bring the local community together, Marwa said she hopes to continue planning events to better connect the community through ASA. “The goal is to get people interested and to bring out the Afghans in the community that I don’t know,” she said. “We want them to know that we will be doing things in the future.”

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JASON Year: First School: College Major: Undecided U.Va. Involvement: First Year Culinary Committee Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah Ideal Date: Any hair color but red (sorry, gingers). She can’t be taller than me, as that is my biggest fear in life. I like skinny people, but you should also be comfortable eating large quantities of food. That is one of my favorite past times. Marginally athletic. I like pale skin because I have it, but it’s not necessary. Preferably someone who has swam in the past.

Deal breakers? More than six feet tall, doesn’t speak English, sociology majors Describe a typical weekend: I like to go out and have a good time with friends. On Sunday, I contemplate going to church. Then I watch Netflix and study.

Hobbies: Netflix, swimming, basketball, reading, enjoying unemployment What makes you a good catch? I’m funny as hell. I am very blunt.

What makes you a less-than-perfect catch? Sometimes I get more enamored [with] the food on my plate than the date in front of me. I am very blunt. My social skills are borderline unacceptable.

Describe yourself in one sentence: A marginally athletic, marginally successful student from a marginally interesting state with marginally acceptable social skills.

LOVE CONNECTION:

Jason

Kendall Two first-years find they have little in common over dumplings and frozen yogurt Alex Stock Love Guru

Jason and Kendall met at the Rotunda at 10 p.m. and went to Marco & Luca Dumplings on the Corner.

Kendall: My suitemates and I signed up [for Love Connection] at the beginning of the year together.

Jason: Jake in my hall signed up and was on a recent Love Connection. I just put in an app because he got the A-Chi-O social chair and I was like, "Wow, that seems incredible! Let's see what happens!"

Kendall: I came into it with an open mind and just wanted to see how it would go. I wasn't looking for anyone serious. It would be nice to meet somebody else on Grounds.

Jason: I thought this would be a unique experience, as I'd never been on a blind date. I thought it would be good to [sharpen my] social skills. All my friends were stoked because they wanted to see me humiliate myself in public.

Kendall: I got to the Rotunda early and there were some drunk people hanging out.

My first impression was that he seemed like a nice guy.

Jason: My first impression was that she was fairly good looking. She seemed fairly outgoing — she started talking.

Kendall: We both had eaten dinner and wanted to go somewhere light, and dumplings appealed to both of us. I knew he hadn't been there in a while [because] he mentioned it, so we mutually decided.

Jason: I would say the conversation was fairly smooth. [There were] natural bumps considering it was a blind date, but there weren't prolonged periods of silence. We didn't seem to delve into anything superinteresting — what's your school, where are you from, what's your major, etc. We stuck to safe topics.

Courtesy Jason

KENDALL

Year: First School: College Major: Chemistry U.Va. Involvement: Madison House volunteer for the ESOL program, avid fan [of] my friends’ intramural sports teams Hometown: Shawsville, Va. Ideal Date: Tall, dark hair, preferably athletic, beautiful eyes Ideal Date Personality: A sweet person with a good sense of humor who can laugh at themselves, someone who looks out for their friends, adventurous, free-spirited and intelligent.

Ideal Date Activity: Something relaxed, non-formal. Maybe making dinner together, a takeout picnic or hiking — something relaxed, where it would be easy to talk and get to know each other. Ice cream is always a good backup plan.

Deal breakers? Cocky or arrogant, mean spirited or a smoker, super intense Hobbies: An occasionally self-motivated runner, reading whenever I get the chance, watching 80s movies What makes you a good catch? I’m a really good listener, I’m genuine and I’m down to earth. I’m willing to try new things.

What makes you a less-than-perfect catch? I can be a little quiet when I first meet people, so at first people tend to think I’m shy, and I am a slight control freak.

Describe yourself in one sentence: I aim to always be hopelessly optimistic.

Kendall: The conversation was easy.

There were a couple of points where it was somewhat awkward, but it wasn't that hard to make conversation. I feel like we really both talked equally.

Jason: It didn't appear that there was much in common. She lives in Dillard and I live in Gooch. She's a Chemistry major and I'm not anywhere near the sciences.

Kendall: We actually didn't have that much in common. We both had very different majors and interests.

Jason: She's from Roanoke and I knew that a hallmate of mine was from Roanoke, so I asked her if she knew anyone in Gooch that was from Roanoke and she said no. Later, I

found out that she went to prom with this hallmate junior year, but he didn't want to talk about it.

Kendall: I wouldn't say there was a lot of flirting going on. I think it was a very friendly vibe right from the beginning. I paid for dumplings and he paid for fro-yo so [it] was kind of mutual.

Jason: I didn't feel like there was any flirting going on. I could see myself going out with her in a group, but not individually because I didn't feel like we had anything in common or that [the date] was interesting.

Kendall: He was a really friendly guy, but I don't really see myself hanging out with him.

Courtesy Kendall

Jason: We got the frozen yogurt and walked all the way back to Gooch and she said she had a paper to go write, so we parted our separate ways. The stars didn't align.

Kendall: I would rate the date a 6.5. It was about average. There wasn't really any interest on either side — it was just really friendly.

Jason: I would rate the date a 6. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't outstanding. I had just gotten on the bus to get to the Rotunda when she postponed by two hours, so I have to subtract points for that. The food was good and I'm always up for fro-yo. I'd highly recommend everyone sign up for Love Connection.

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The Cavalier Daily

March of Dimes hosts Survivor Field Day The University’s involvement in the fight against premature births

Kelly Seegers Feature Writer

The University’s March of Dimes collegiate council held its first “Survivor Field Day” last Friday, where students gathered on Nameless Field to compete for prizes with the ultimate aim of raising money to prevent premature birth.

While March of Dimes is a national organization which raises money for research and advocacy programs regarding infant health and pregnancy issues, 84 cents of each dollar raised by the Charlottesville chapter goes back to the local community.

Additionally, according to Bryan Harris, senior community director for the March of Dimes Charlottesville, the national organization plans to give about 1.5 million dollars to the University’s research hospital.

The University Hospital cares for the majority of premature babies borwn in Virginia in its neonatal intensive care unit. Fourth-year Nursing student Margaret Bickley said she believes it is important for students to support those efforts.

“I know the majority of our students aren’t parents, so it could seem kind of abstract,” Bickley said, “But at the end of the day, I think it is important that students are aware of issues other than what they face on a daily basis.”

The University’s March of Dimes collegiate council often works closely in conjunction with the Charlottesville chapter. The regional group hosts an annual March for Babies — to be held April 27 — a fall gala, and various other fundraisers throughout the year.

“We just support that vision, and provide a network for families who have lost children who were born premature or who have chil-

dren that have survived,“ Bickley said.

March of Dimes at the University has only been active for four years, and has remained a small, tightly-knit group. In the past, they have always held a 5k as a fundraiser, but this year the group decided to distinguish themselves by choosing an event more emblematic of the cause they support.

“We called it Survivor Day to show that as you are playing, you are helping a baby survive,” fourth-year College student Evanka Weerasinghe said. “We were just hoping that people would want to take part in fun, relaytype activities to resemble the endurance that babies have to go through to survive.”

There were 10 events overall, each consisting of an activity such as a hula-hoop contest, a dizzy bat race or a three-legged race, and winning teams received gift cards to restaurants on the Corner.

“People our age aren’t really thinking about this, but it is important to be informed about what your decisions now could do to affect your future,” Weerasinghe said.

“Healthy babies start with healthy people, and so we just hope that we are able to inform people about the things that they need to do to take care of themselves.”

Harris said he has seen a large difference in the Charlottesville chapter’s success since the collegiate council was formed. March of Dimes has since become one of the most supported charities in the area, with their fall gala voted in the top two “must attend” galas in Charlottesville.

Going forward, the organization will continue to focus its efforts on the fight to end prematurity and the health risks associated with it. About 500,000 babies are born premature in the United States every year, and the babies who do survive frequently live with heart, lung or other defects.