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MCDONNELL HEADS TO SUPREME COURT PAGE 2

MENDENHALL & SPRING FOOTBALL CAMP PAGE 6

OPINION: CHALKINGS AND THE WEALTH GAP PAGE 10

U.VA. STUDENT SELLS HOMEMADE BOWTIES PAGE 13

BEYONCÉ’S “LEMONADE” TAKES OVER PAGE 15

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Caitlyn Seed Associate Editor

University President Teresa Sullivan created the President’s Ad Hoc Group on University Climate and Culture in December 2014 to address and explore policies, practices and structures surrounding the issues of student safety on Grounds. The Group had three Working Groups — the Prevention Working Group, Response Working Group and Culture Working Group — to specifically address different components of these topics.

In April 2015, the Response Working Group formally recommended the University implement mandatory single-credit course for first-year students about sexual and power-based violence. Nearly one year after the recommendation was made, no action has been taken to implement such a course.

The Response Working Group was established to discuss and propose recommendations about the University’s current response and reporting system for incidents of sexual assault. The group included faculty, alumni, and undergraduate and graduate students, among other groups.

In the Response Working Group’s Report to the Ad Hoc Group on University Climate and Culture, the working group recommended “all first-year, transfer students and in-

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U.Va. considers sexual violence course A year after Response Working Group’s consensus, some recommendations implemented, others being considered coming graduate and professional school students be required to participate in a one credit course that would last at least half a semester, meeting more than once a week.”

The course would focus on individual roles and responsibilities within the cultural system which concern issues of sexual assault and related topics.

“This course would engage every member of the student body on the definition, causes and costs of gender and power-based violence,” the report read.

Response Working Group Chair Frank Dukes said every group member supported the recommendation.

“We were asking ourselves what kind of culture do we want to have and how do we create that,” Dukes said. “Many people talked about the intersection of gender, race, class and sexual orientation and how they were tied up with issues of violence and power.”

University Spokesperson Anthony de Bruyn said the Ad Hoc Group on University Climate and Culture was purely an advisory system, and not all the recommendations will be pursued by administration, although many are still in review.

“The recommendations from the three working groups were viewed as advisory in nature,” de Bruyn said in an emailed statement. “Many of the recommendations reinforced initiatives that were already underway.

Others, the president noted, required additional consideration and may take time to accomplish.”

The Response Working Group did not include specific details for the course as a part of their recommendation in April 2015. The group had concerns for costs, finding willing professors to teach the course and the merit of having another area requirement for students at the University, Dukes said.

“What could get in the way is funding, for one,” Dukes said. “Adding another requirement is not something anybody at the University takes lightly, either. It’s a pretty big undertaking.”

The University is still considering the implementation of a single-credit mandatory course on gender and power-based violence as an option, but is also assessing and considering other viable options for educating the University community on these topics, de Bruyn said Dukes said he did not anticipate the course would be implemented by this academic year, but is hopeful it may one day become policy.

“I just don’t think we’ve had the opportunity to say whether or not it’s going to happen,” Dukes said. “I think there’s a good chance the class is going to exist, but whether or not it’s going to be a requirement for everybody — I don’t know.”

The University has implemented several of the the three working groups’ recommendations, such as investing an additional $60,000 in permanent funding to support programs affiliated with the Green Dot organization on Grounds, making information about sexual assault pol-

icy at the University more accessible and revising the University sexual assault policy in 2015.

In January, Sullivan released a status report to the Ad Hoc Group and noted that some specific recommendations by the Response Working Group have been implemented, such as initiating discussion about the revitalization of the Sexual Assault Response Team and working with Student Health and Counseling and Psychological Services to ensure sexual assault survivors receive necessarily screenings and treatment.

The University is also currently partnering with the Harvard Law School Gender Violence Program to create a training institute called “Fu-

tures without Violence.” The goal of the program is to create a curriculum to prevent and respond to sexual assault on college campuses across the nation, de Bruyn said.

The University plans to host the first training institute this spring and summer, de Bruyn said.

Dukes said it remains to be seen if newly implemented policies will be successful.

“Are we reducing violence? Are we having more students get counseling services? That would let us know if we’re successful now,” Dukes said. “Maybe in a year or two we’ll get some numbers to be able to tell that story.”

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The University has implemented several of the three working groups’ recommendations, such as making information about sexual assault policy at the University more accessible.

Gray-Carrington scholarship awarded to Stearns Goalkeeper says she was drawn to U.Va.’s strong academic, athletics programs Thrisha Potluri

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Morgan Stearns is a goalkeeper on the Virginia women’s soccer team.

Third-year College student Morgan Stearns has been awarded the University's Gray-Carrington memorial scholarship, which includes paid tuition, room and board for one year.

The scholarship, established in 1971 in memory of Arthur P. "Pete" Gray IV and expanded in 1987 to include Edward C. Carrington Jr., honors two outstanding alumni whose achievements have served as an inspiration to others. The Gray-Carrington Award is given to that student who excels in personal integrity, achievement, leadership and humility.

I still cannot believe [the

committee has] chosen me from the other amazing finalists,” Stearns said. “It really could have been any one of us and the group [of finalists] that was chosen this year was truly remarkable.”

Chief Operations Officer Pat Lampkin said in an email Stearn’s selection was a decision made through a confidential selection process by a committee of students who represent the organizations Carrington and Gray were involved in while they were students, as well as the growth and the diversity of the University.

“The student committee accepts nominations and confidentially researches the individuals to send a group of seven final nominees to the Trustees,”

Lampkin said.

Following a dinner with the Trustees and former scholarship recipients, the seven finalists are then interviewed by the panel of Trustees in February.

After a decision had been made, the scholarship award was presented to Stearns at the annual Alumni Award banquet held this month.

According to Lampkin, the scholarship is funded from an endowment set up by the Trustees for the Gray-Carrington Foundation.

“The endowment has come from gifts to the scholarship from friends, family, former recipients and alumni over the years,” Lampkin said.

A native from San Antonio, Texas, Stearns serves as a goal-

keeper on the Virginia women’s soccer team. Stearns said while balancing academics and soccer is not an easy task, she was drawn to the University’s strong standing in both areas.

“Really, it was one of the biggest reasons I wanted to come here to have access to an amazing sports school and a top academic school,” Stearns said.

“So it's really not easy, but with support of the people around me including our academic staff, teammates and professors, it's been well worth it.”

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Supreme Court hears McDonnell’s case Lawyers attempt to define “official act” in corruption case

Hailey Ross Associate Editor

The U.S. Supreme Court heard former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s appeal of his conviction charges April 27.

Bob and his wife Maureen McDonnell accepted more than $177,000 in gifts and loans from Star Scientific executive Jonnie R. Williams, Sr. in exchange for McDonnell’s promotion of the company’s dietary product, Anatabloc.

Following a six-week jury trial in 2014, McDonnell was charged with 11 corruption convictions and sentenced to two years in prison. His wife was convicted of 9 charges of corruption and sentenced to one year and one day in jail. However, one of her convictions was later thrown out by the trial judge on a charge of obstruction of justice.

McDonnell is accused of attempting to pressure the University to do clinical studies of the dietary product after being bribed by Star Scientific to do so.

University Law Prof. Luke William Hunt, who teaches courses in criminal law and jurisprudence, said he believes McDonnell’s case is an interesting one.

“Both Democrats and Republicans think it’s overreaching by the government,” Hunt said. “It makes it seem like he’s just sort of getting picked on.”

However, Hunt also said the fact that this case is being taken so seriously is a good thing.

“Perhaps we want to push back a little bit on this sort of politics as usual and this sort of blurring the lines on official acts in exchange for financial support or certain benefits,” Hunt said.

McDonnell’s attorney Noel J. Francisco argued before the Supreme Court that the jury in the six-week trial had not been properly instructed as to what exactly they were supposed to be finding McDonnell guilty of.

“Legally, you still need to instruct the jury that it had to find that Gov. McDonnell tried to actually influence a government decision,” Francisco told the court. “And here it wasn’t instructed.”

Additionally, Francisco said none of the instances in which McDonnell accepted gifts and money could qualify as being official acts.

“I don’t think any of those things, as they actually came into evidence, demonstrated ‘official acts’ because in none of them did Gov. McDonnell cross that line in trying to influence the outcome of any particular decision,” Francisco said. “And just as critically, the jury was never told it had to find that.”

Much of the case revolved around defining whether an official action is limited to exercising actual governmental power or just threatening to exercise it or pressuring others to use their power.

Deputy Solicitor General Michael R. Dreeben pushed back by saying the line Francisco wanted is one that is “a recipe for corruption, not a recipe for drawing a safe harbor for public officials.”

“I think the message that would be sent, if this court put its imprimatur on a scheme of government in which public officials were not committing bribery when all they did was arrange meetings with other governmental officials, without putting, in his metaphorical way, a thumb on the scales of the ultimate decision, would send a terrible message to citizens,” Dreeben said.

Chief Justice John Roberts, in

trying to define an official act, asked Dreeben if he would consider it a felony for a governor to accept an afternoon of trout fishing and discusses official business with a CEO who wants to open a plant in the state but is only able to do so if he receives tax credits from the state.

Dreeben said he did not consider that to be a felony, but if an afternoon of trout fishing was changed to a family vacation to Hawaii — at which time policy would be discussed — that would qualify as a felony.

Associate Justice Elena Kagan clarified with the prosecution that the controversy was “the attempt to get the University of Virginia to do clinical studies of [Star Scientific’s] product.”

Dreeben urged the court to look at the pattern of what McDonnell did and the power McDonnell had over the University, as he was responsible for appointing members of the Board of Visitors and setting the University’s budget as well.

“If you look at the pattern of what he did, directing people to meet with Star’s representatives, arranging events at the mansion in which Star could bring together its chosen guest list, the doctors who it wanted to influence it, the governor is taking every step he can do short of saying to U.Va., do the studies, which his chief counsel told him would be inappropriate, and he wasn’t going to do,” Dreeben said.

Francisco said while both parties agree McDonnell held “bully pulpit authority,” the former governor had little authority over University researchers and did not urge researchers to take any specific actions.

McDonnell’s attorney also said the only time McDonnell had contact with University researchers was at a luncheon held at the governor’s

Marshall Bronfin | The Cavalier Daily

McDonnell is accused of attempting to pressure the University to do clinical studies of a dietary product after being bribed by Star Scientific to do so.

mansion, and witnesses at the luncheon say McDonnell only asked neutral questions.

“He simply asked neutral questions that didn't try to push the researchers' decisions one way or another,” Fransisco said.

Throughout the case, several of the justices expressed skepticism at the government's argument that McDonnell’s actions constituted “official action.”

Roberts took notice of an amicus brief filed by former counsel to Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan that said "if this decision is upheld, it will cripple the ability of elected officials to fulfill their role in our representative democracy."

“I think it's extraordinary that those people agree on anything,” Roberts said, drawing laughter from the courtroom.

Associate Justice Stephen Breyer said his issue with the government’s argument is “the criminal law as the

weapon to cure it.”

Breyer said there is a “vagueness problem” with the government’s definition of quid pro quo and a “separations of powers problem.”

“The Department of Justice in the Executive Branch becomes the ultimate arbiter of how public officials are behaving in the United States, state, local, and national,” Breyer said.

“And as you describe it, for better or for worse, it puts at risk behavior that is common, particularly when the quid is a lunch or a baseball ticket, throughout this country.”

As the court case came to a close, Dreeben was recognized for arguing this case as his 100th case in front of the Supreme Court. He is the second person to reach that milestone during this century.

Outside, McDonnell thanked family and friends for their support.

The Supreme Court should release its decision in June.

Black flags raise awareness of suicide To Write Love On Her Arms, Z Society fill amphitheater with 1,1000 flags

Matt Brown Senior Writer

From April 25-27, 1,100 black flags filled the Amphitheatre to represent the number of college students

in the United States who die by suicide each year, according to the sign accompanying the display.

To Write Love On Her Arms, an organization that supports those who suffer from mental illness, addiction and self-harm, placed the flags in the

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“We hope that students realize that mental illness is a really big issue in colege, especially with young adults,” Dister said.

Amphitheatre with the support of the secretive Z Society.

Second-year College student Megan Mason Dister, vice president of To Write Love On Her Arms at the University, said the purpose of the display is to raise awareness of college students’ struggles with mental illness and remind those suffering that help is available.

“We wanted to … raise awareness that suicide is a really big problem, especially for college students,” Dister said. “[We wanted] to make people realize that they’re not alone in their suffering, that help is available and that mental health resources are around on Grounds and in the Charlottesville community.”

Dister said To Write Love On Her

Arms is a national organization that seeks to educate students about mental illness and self-harm. It also provides resources for suicide prevention and mental health wellness.

“On the wall of the Amphitheatre, we have a poster that says [the organization’s] message, ‘Hope is real, Help is real,’” Dister said. “The goal of To Write Love On Her Arms is to promote hope. [The founder] wanted to create this community of hope where people could go and be together and learn about mental illness and promote suicide prevention.”

Second-year College student Audrey Stephenson has noticed the flags and said they bring awareness to the struggles that every student faces during college, even if those students

sometimes seem okay.

“Someone could appear completely happy, but they actually [are having] bad thoughts,” Stephenson said. “It’s a good reminder to look out for our friends and to check on people.”

Dister said she hopes that, from this event, students understand how big of an impact mental health has on the college student.

“We hope that students realize that mental illness is a really big issue in college, especially with young adults,” Dister said. “We need to be there to support one another and to just educate the community about the resources that are available.”

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U.Va. to require students to change passwords annually Password policy changed due to “increasing cyber security threats” Alexis Gravely Associate Editor

The University is now requiring students to change their account passwords annually.

This change is due to “increasing cyber security threats,” according to an email from Information Technology Services sent to the University community April 26.

University community members will be required to change their account passwords once a year, which is less frequently than several other institutions, Chief Information Security Officer Jason Belford said.

“As we were discussing this change, we looked to external companies and other educational institutions where this expiration is already in effect,” Belford said. “Most were requiring users to change the password every 90-120 days.”

Because this short timespan had more impact on users but did not significantly provide additional security their accounts, an annual system was put into place, Belford said.

This change applies only to systems maintained by ITS. Departments such as the Darden School of Business and the McIntire School of Commerce run their own systems and have their own policies about password management.

The new policy was put into place after recent security incidents at the University, Belford said. Multiple external entities

reviewed the University’s security systems and suggested that passwords within the system be changed routinely.

Additionally, it is required by most of the legal and regulatory agencies that audit the University, Belford said.

The goal of the policy is to ultimately prevent cyber threats from affecting members of the University community. The University has previously faced cyberattacks originating in China.

“If you pick up any paper these days, you will realize that cyber threats are not decreasing,” Belford said. “To better protect users and data, companies are having to find ways to better address these threats.”

When users change the passwords on their accounts, it’s helping to ensure that they are the only ones using that account. Once a “bad guy” has a username and password for an individual, he could perform tasks such as reading emails and reviewing transcripts, or something more harmful such as sending emails and dropping classes, Belford said.

“By changing the password, it thwarts attempts for a bad guy to try all possible combinations of passwords,” Belford said. “By the time the bad guy would get through his list, the user would have changed the password again.”

Some students welcome the policy changes, especially since the goal is to ensure their accounts are protected.

“I think it’s a good habit to keep changing your password to keep your account secure, so if U.Va. is making us do that, I think it’s fine,” first-year Engineering student Aditi Narvekar said.

However, although the change is viewed as positive, first-year Engineer student Neel Patel said the constant change will eventually become an inconvenience.

“The passwords are like ab-

surdly long and complicated so it’s a hassle, but better safe than sorry,” Patel said.

Students can change their passwords on the ITS website or at password.virginia.edu.

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This change is due to “increasing cyber security threats,” according to an email Information Technology Services sent to the University community.

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focus Hailey Ross Focus Writer

The spring Foxfield Races — an event where thousands of students gather to watch horse racing — has seen its fair share of arrests and medical emergencies over the years.

However, Lt. Mike Wagner of the Albemarle police department said the number of arrests made over the past three years has fallen.

Albemarle police officers attribute this decline to bad weather, increasing safety awareness and efforts of peer groups, like the University’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team. However, despite the lower number of arrests, the number of people needing medical attention has remained high, making safety a primary concern for officers attending the event.

Decline in arrests Last year, seven people were arrested at Foxfield, as opposed to 18 in 2014 and 33 in 2013. Each year, the majority of arrests were alcohol-related.

“Over the last three years, we have had a decrease in number of persons arrested at Foxfield,” Wagner said. “At one time, it was well up in double digits, but now it’s decreased probably about 50-60 percent.”

Wagner attributes the decrease to officers’ zero tolerance stance on alcohol abuse and their efforts to educate people to recognize when someone needs medical help.

“What we’re trying to do, as opposed to taking those people into custody, is we’re trying to educate them to use the buddy system to assist in getting medical treatment,” Wagner said. “I think that our education and awareness program has allowed peer groups to recognize the signs of alcohol poisoning and over intoxication and seek medical treatment before these persons become unruly and leave us no other option than to arrest them.”

In addition, the amount of people arrested at Foxfield each year might be affected by the weather. Last year, due to the rainy and cool weather, Ben Rexrode, crime prevention coordinator for the University Police Department, said there were fewer arrests than usual.

“Especially if it’s a really hot day and not only students, but anybody attending is drinking heavily … the effects of alcohol can definitely speed up,” Rexrode said.

This year, around 150 officers will be attending Foxfield, and their number one priority will be ensuring people’s safety, Rexrode said. “[Officers] want to make sure

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Foxfield arrests decline over years Growing emphasis on safety at annual races that everyone has fun, but does it safely,” Rexrode said. “The biggest thing you look for is those people who may be having an alcohol overdose and are in need of medical help.”

Reasons for arrests Officers at Foxfield are on the lookout for several illicit activities, including violations of Foxfield rules, underage drinking, as well as situations affecting public safety, including people who cause a potential danger to themselves or others and people who need medical assistance.

“There’s definitely going to be officers that go out, and if there’s somebody who appears to be under 21, they very well may go up and ID them, and officers can do that,” Rexrode said. “The biggest thing I say is not to draw attention to yourself. If you’re doing something crazy or doing something outlandish … that’s just drawing a police officer’s attention.”

Police officers are also very aware of those who may be breaking rules specific to the Foxfield event.

“We prohibit any type of beer pong games, and there’s also an implementation of music restrictions so that we don’t get large gatherings with big speakers and it just becomes a free for all,” Wagner said. “Usually those types of things draw our attention along with [people] that appear very intoxicated and unable to care

for themselves and/or are passed out to some degree.”

In addition, some of the rules regarding bringing alcohol to Foxfield have changed over the past few years.

“The size of the coolers that you’re allowed to bring into the event has changed dramatically,” Wagner said. “You are limited in the amount of alcohol in the coolers that you’re allowed to bring to the event.

The theory behind that is that it reduces alcohol consumption.”

Those who are arrested at Foxfield are normally incarcerated on charges of being drunk in public. If someone is arrested as a University student, they will be treated as if they were arrested anywhere else, except the University and the University Police Department will be notified.

An arrest by University police could also lead to charges being brought before the University Judiciary Committee.

“The most common one you’re going to see at Foxfield is drunk in public, which is where somebody is highly, highly intoxicated and staggering around and could even cause injury to themselves,” Rexrode said.

“They’re going to be arrested, and they’ll be taken from there to the local Charlottesville-Albemarle regional jail.”

However, students get charged

with an offense more often than they get arrested and brought to jail.

“For another offense, say underage possession of alcohol or simple possession of alcohol, that would just be where you get a summons, which is similar to a traffic ticket, but it’s a criminal offense,” Rexrode said. “You’d get a ticket, be released and have to show up at court.”

While the majority of arrests at Foxfield are related to alcohol, people are also arrested for the possession of narcotics. All arrests in 2015 were alcohol-related, but four arrests in 2014 were based on drug possession — three for possession of cocaine and one for possession of marijuana.

Promoting safety Second-year Curry student Taylor Campbell, an intern with ADAPT, helped run a campaign which promotes safety at Foxfield.

This past Tuesday and Wednesday, she tabled with other interns, handing out t-shirts to anyone who signed the Savvy Fox Safety Pledge.

“Anyone who signs the pledge [is committing] to be an active bystander and use the buddy system to keep friends and others safe, not drinking and driving of course, not getting into a vehicle with a driver that has been drinking or letting friends get behind the wheel impaired, as well as to practice safer drinking habits,”

Campbell said.

ADAPT will also have a tent at Foxfield, where they will hand out water, sunscreen and snacks to anyone who visits.

If the weather is warm, becoming intoxicated at the beginning of the day could lead to an individual requiring medical assistance at the end of the day, Wagner said.

“We encourage people to moderate their alcohol use, not provide alcohol to those who are underage and to seek help if they feel like they’re becoming disoriented or too intoxicated,” Wagner said.

Even though the number of arrests has dwindled over the past few years, the number of people needing medical attention has been increasing, Wagner said.

“What we have seen is an increase in medical and alcohol poisoning related incidents probably by about 50 percent, and that’s more of a concern for us,” Wagner said.

If a friend or a stranger seems to need medical help, someone should bring the individual to medical personnel regardless of their age, Rexrode said.

“The last thing we want people to do is say, ‘I don’t want a police officer because they’re underage and I don’t want to get them in trouble,’” Rexrode said.

Arrests at Foxfield

Types of Arrests All alcohol-related, including drunk in public and underage possession

2015 Mostly alcohol-related, 4 drug arrests (3 cocaine, 1 marijuana), 1 arrest for inciting a riot*

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Arrests made at the spring Foxfield Races have declined over the past three years. Most arrests have been alcohol-related, although four arrests occurred in 2014 based on charges of drug possession.

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sports Porter Dickie Feature Writer

When coach Bronco Mendenhall took over the Virginia football program, he knew there was much to be done before the Cavaliers’ opening game in August. In March, Mendenhall maintained that after initial work and analysis of his new players, he thought they needed “instant accountability and immediate discipline,” making those two of the center pillars of his new program.

In addition to those pillars, Mendenhall has established the the “earned, not given” mentality as the central platform of his program.

“Earned, not given” has already made itself quite apparent during Mendenhall’s short tenure. The mindset has prompted the members of the team to prove to their new coaching staff that they have earned the right to play. As one of his first actions as head coach, Mendenhall has taken what was previously a given — including all of the players’ numbers — and is forcing them everyday to fight to earn what they desire.

It’s been working.

As spring camp drew to a close Saturday with the Spring Football Festival, Mendenhall was pleased with the progress his players had made.

“I think we are slightly ahead in terms of the number of concepts,” Mendenhall said. “To our players’ credit, they are slightly ahead of where I thought we would be. It has been a pleasant surprise.”

For those players, including senior quarterback Matt Johns, the transition has not been an easy one, but one that has pushed them to continually improve. “[In] the beginning, it was hectic,” Johns conceded. “We made some mental mistakes because of the fast pace, but now that we are to move on, we’ve gotten a lot better.”

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Spring camp proves successful step forward for Cavaliers tion for next season is just a daily attempt to improve upon their work from the previous day.

“We aren’t going to get it the first day — we knew that,” Matteo said. “But something we also do know is that you have to build on what you have done.

The first full practice is not going to be the smoothest, but the next day, the next opportunity to be successful, that has got to be the one we hone in on. And if everyday we can just get better at one thing, then you know, we can come out with a successful spring. And that is what we have done.”

Johns indicated the discipline pillar is still firmly in place, as is obedience to Mendenhall.

“Anything he has ever said, we don’t question,” Johns said.

“He says it, we do it. There is no question about it. If you want to question it, you might want to leave this locker room because you’re in the wrong place …

What he says goes, and we are going to follow his lead.”

As the expectations have been laid out and the players have adjusted themselves to the new guidelines and demands, the Cavaliers are placing their focus on moving forward on the technical. “[We need to work on] different schemes, different terminology,” Matteo asserted. “But really we just [have] to hone in on the craft.”

Mendenhall said each practice focuses on a specific area needing improvement.

“We have just continued to assess where we need the most work, where we need the most emphasis, how we can improve our team,” Mendenhall echoed.

“And so about the last four or five practices, we shift the segments of practice.”

Although much work still lies in front of this Virginia squad over the summer months, Johns maintained an optimistic outlook.

“At this point, I think [we’re] pretty good,” Johns concluded.

“You know, we know what to expect. Then from there, it is just a matter of … build[ing] up our will and maintain[ing] it all practice.”

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The Cavaliers are taking it day by day under new coach Bronco Mendenhall. Spring practice concluded Saturday.

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Men’s lacrosse gets set for greatest challenge Virginia faces No. 2 Brown Saturday night Mariel Messier Senior Associate Editor

After a final ACC loss to No. 14 Duke just two weeks ago, the Virginia lacrosse team was slated to play in the ACC-Brown challenge in Kennesaw, Ga. Now, the challenge aspect of the game, which is taking place as an alternative to the ACC Tournament, comes literally to the Cavaliers (7-7, 0-4 ACC), who will be taking on the No. 2 Bears (12-1, 5-0 Ivy League).

Brown has posted an impressive season record, going undefeated in the Ivy League, and suffering just one loss all season, in overtime to No. 20 Bryant. The Bears clinched the Ivy League championship for the regular season last week with wins against Providence and Cornell.

“They’re hitting on all cylinders,” coach Dom Starsia said.

“Their goalie and their faceoff kid are having a great year, and they’ve got three scorers on the attack that are just through the roof.”

Brown’s goalie, senior Jack Kelly, leads the nation in save percentage, currently recording an average of 62.1 percent. The All-American was named the USILA/Lids Team Sports National Defensive Player of the Week.

The Bears also boast an impressive staff on offense — as their

three starting attackmen have combined for 494 career points.

Senior attacker Kylor Bellestri leads the nation in goals with 3.38 per game and is ranked just second in overall points behind teammate junior Dylan Molloy.

“They have three good attackmen with 40-plus goals, and they run up and down, get a lot of shots,” junior midfielder AJ Fish said. “We just have to slow that down and play our game.”

The Cavaliers will have to work on slowing down Brown in transition, where the Bears have become especially potent, leading the nation in both ground balls and scoring margin.

“What we’ve been trying to work on this week is minimizing their transition,” sophomore defenseman Scott Hooper said.

“They score a lot of their goals on transition in the first 30 seconds of possessions.”

Hooper is one of the key players that Starsia will be expecting to step up in Saturday’s game if Virginia hopes to quiet the Brown offense, and Starsia seems to have confidence that he can do so.

“He’s grown up a lot in a year,” Starsia said. “He’s had some games this year where he’s been a force all over the field. He’s going to be a leading player for us.”

The Cavaliers have other tools at their disposal, as junior long

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Sophomore defender Scott Hooper is tasked with slowing down Brown’s fast-paced offensive attack.

The Cavaliers face a must-win game to keep their NCAA hopes alive.

stick midfielder Michael Howard has put together an impressive season averaging 3.57 ground balls per game, and was just named to the All-ACC Men’s Lacrosse team.

Virginia also has three players who have reached 100 career points this season, with senior attackman James Pannell, senior midfielder Greg Coholan and junior midfielder Ryan Lukacovic all reaching the century mark.

“I think we have a nothing-tolose attitude,” Hooper said. “If we go there and play hard throughout we’ll do well.”

The Cavaliers are going into Saturday’s game with a national tournament attitude, as the result of the game possibly determines if Virginia will make a NCAA postseason appearance this season.

“This really and truly is like it’s the first round of playoffs for us with it being a one-and-done sort of thing,” Starsia said.

After another dismal conference record, the Cavaliers will be taking the result of their failure to make the ACC Tournament and turning it into a chance to propel themselves back into postseason

play.

“We need a win against a team of this caliber in order to be able to justify our season going forward,” Starsia said. “I think we’ll have a shot at the playoffs if we get this one.”

Starsia, who was the head coach at Brown, his alma mater, for 10 years and led the team to two Ivy League championships, makes Saturday’s contest even more significant. Starsia became the head coach at Virginia in 1993, where he has remained for 24 years and earned four national championship titles.

“It is kind of ironic the way things come around full circle sometimes,” Starsia said. “[It’s] coming down to Brown, in this game and at this moment.”

Saturday’s game, which starts off at 7 p.m., may be the last chance for the Cavaliers to prove themselves this season. Virginia has experienced ups and downs throughout, losing three key games by just one point each, and posting an impressive three game winning streak mid-season that saw a win over No. 8 Johns Hopkins and a shutout victory against Richmond.

“We’ve been close,” Starsia said.

“That big performance is still out there, and we’re still hoping we can make that happen.”

Women’s lacrosse kicks off ACC Tourney No. 5 seed Virginia plays No. 4 Duke in quarterfinals Jack Gallagher Associate Editor

The No. 5 seeded Virginia women’s lacrosse team will begin its postseason this Thursday against No. 4 seeded Duke in the quarterfinals of the ACC women’s lacrosse tournament.

The single elimination tournament will be held over the weekend in Blacksburg, Va., with the championship game slated for Sunday.

Last season, Syracuse won the tournament as the No. 6 seed, upsetting No. 1 seed North Carolina 9-8 in double overtime. This year, with seven of the eight teams in the ACC conference currently ranked nationally in the top 20, the tournament looks to be just as competitive and wide open as last year.

“Not only is this preparing you for the NCAA tournament, but it’s also just old school rivalries,” senior midfielder Mary Alati said. “It’ll be a lot

of fun to watch. Every single game is competitive.”

To advance out of the first round, the Cavaliers (9-7, 3-4 ACC) will have to avenge a midseason loss. Duke (97, 4-3 ACC) defeated Virginia earlier this season March 26, 11-8. However, both teams enter this rematch with different momentum compared to their first meeting.

For the Cavaliers, the loss against Duke came in the midst of a midseason slump, and it marked their fifth loss in six games. But since losing to the Blue Devils, Virginia has won four of their past five games, with their only loss coming on the road to No. 1 Maryland.

Meanwhile, for Duke, the win against Virginia was at the time the team’s fourth victory in a row. But since the win, Duke has dropped three of four games. The Blue Devils’ most recent game was a 16-8 loss to No. 3 North Carolina.

“We are going to be well prepared and really excited to play in this

game,” head coach Julie Myers said.

Alati agreed.

“I feel like of late we’ve been playing really well and have fixed issues we had earlier this season,” she said.

“We’re entering this game feeling good, and we want to beat them after having lost to them previously.”

To beat Duke, the Cavaliers will need to find a way to crack the Blue Devils’ stingy defense. Led by two First Team All-ACC players in senior goalie Kelsey Duryea and junior defender Maura Schwitter, the Duke defense is ranked No. 27 nationally in allowing just 8.38 goals per game.

But Virginia’s offense has been clicking as of late, as the team has averaged 11.6 goals scored per game over the past five matches.

The Cavaliers will look to utilize the balanced offensive attacking style that has brought them recent success against Duke.

“I think we just need to play our game and focus on us,” Alati said.

“We can’t let them dictate how we play,” Myers had a similar outlook.

“We need to make sure that we are focused on our game plan, and really execute the details of it early on and just build our momentum from there,” she said.

On offense, Duke is led by sophomore attacker Kyra Harney. Harney is the Blue Devils’ leading scorer with 43 goals this season.

To stop her, the Cavaliers will rely on senior defenders Ella Cooper and Sarah Gillespie, as well as junior defenders Wyatt Whitley and Maggie Preas. This quartet of defenders has started every game for Virginia this season.

The winner of the game will go on to the semifinals and play the winner of the No. 1 seed North Carolina (132, 7-0 ACC) vs. No. 8 Virginia Tech (5-12, 0-7 ACC) matchup. The semifinal game will be played Friday at 5 p.m

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Prioritize academic and student service spaces

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The BOV should proceed with new construction projects

Comment of the day “If you’re going to have mandatory new requirements for college kids, classes/seminars on things like personal financial management, adapting to the new app-based business model, and how to establish and maintain sustainable development projects, etc, would be much more useful...”

by “Shambala Green” in response to the Editorial Board’s April 26t article, “Diversity makes sense as a gen ed requirement.”

Renovations to the Rotunda are wrapping up soon, but we all know construction at the University never stops. At a recent Board of Visitors meeting, board members discussed projects and proposals including a new Contemplative Sciences Center and relocation or expansion of the Elson Student Health Center and the Frank Batten School of Public Policy. One of the chief considerations for the board was lack of availability of space on Grounds. Faculty Member Joe Garofalo expressed concern with the fate of the basketball courts located behind Ruffner Hall.

While basketball courts offer the community a useful location for recreation, the University should use this space for more important

purposes if available space does not meet the demand for planned projects.

Current space open to the University includes the Ivy Corridor, an area of land at the intersection of Ivy Road and Emmet Street, and other parcels of land outside of Central Grounds. But few spaces are as centrally located as the plot of land behind Ruffner. An outdoor basketball court is an enjoyable amenity, but increased classroom space is of greater importance. The University already offers plenty of recreational space at locations such as the Aquatic and Fitness Center and Memorial Gymnasium. However, increasing class sizes and a push to expand some of our programs such as public policy necessitate the prioriti-

zation of on-Grounds space, and academics should come before recreation.

The space behind Ruffner is primarily being considered for the Contemplative Sciences Center, which certainly merits space. This need applies to other projects as well. The Batten School is quickly rising in the ranks of top public affairs schools around the nation. Accordingly, application numbers and class sizes in the school increase each year. The program, founded in 2007, initially consisted of just 25 students but has grown to accommodate approximately 300.

Batten Dean Allan C. Stam has voiced concerns with the physical limitations of Garrett Hall, the building which currently houses Bat-

ten. Student health services could also benefit from increased space, given that, in the words of Patrick Hogan, University executive vice president and chief operating officer, it is “bursting at the seams.” Though some Charlottesville residents make use of the basketball courts, the advantages of an academic or service-based expansion behind Ruffner are paramount to the benefits an outdoor basketball court currently provides our community.

As the University continues to grow and look for central spaces to develop, we should bear in mind that basketball courts are expendable — essential services, such as academic programs and student services, are not.

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Hire more female conductors rchestral music evokes im- a prominent, female classical comagery of high class living for poser? The same is true for its consome and mind-numbing boredom ductors, virtually all of whom were for others. Mozart’s and continue to be male. serene melodies don’t As of 2013, only one of AARON JACOBS typically capture the inthe United States’s 22 Guest Writer terest of millennials as largest orchestras had a successfully as Taylor female conductor, Marin Swift or Kanye West’s catchy tunes. Alsop of the Baltimore Symphony Professional orchestras seem stuck in Orchestra. When considering the the past and have not uncovered the United States’s 103 largest orchesproper recipe to appeal to younger tras, the ratio is only slightly better. individuals. Although their inability According to the League of Amerito adapt to young people’s demands can Orchestras, women lead just 12 may limit their long-term viability, out of these 103 orchestras. the way in which orchestras have Perhaps orchestras do not adefailed to progress towards welcom- quately consider female conductors ing women as leaders is even more in their selection process. I think the problematic. As many Americans problem runs deeper, though. Many continue to fight for the equal rights fewer women receive doctorates in and opportunities of women, Amer- conducting than men. In fact, over ican orchestras seem horrendously four times more men received these disconnected from society. Women degrees in 2013. When fewer than still rarely serve as the conductors of 30 women receive doctorates in the United States’ major, world-re- conducting in the United States each nowned orchestras (although they year, it’s easy to understand why a do at the University and in the Char- man is statistically more likely to win lottesville Symphony). an orchestral conducting job than a Like most fields and professions, woman. Across all fields, women acsuch as business and politics, men tually receive Ph.D.’s more frequenthave dominated classical music’s ly than men. Why are so few women most revered and influential posi- seeking these conducting degrees? tions for generations. Can you name Whatever the reason, it is detrimen-

tal to the future of American classical music.

Conditions are dire for some orchestras. World-renowned ensembles, such as the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York City Opera, have filed for bankruptcy in recent years. Classical album sales dropped 21 percent in 2012. By 2008, the national median age for orchestra concert attendance rose to 49 years old. In attempts to attract younger crowds, and try to retain their long-term viability, orchestras have begun to break from tradition,

have hired women, those considering doctorate degrees in conducting will see a path forward more clearly, increasing the number of women pursuing these degrees and then the quantity of women from which orchestras can choose. Orchestras should hire more women not only because they deserve equal treatment for their equal skills but also because an exciting change, to welcome a female conductor for the first time in a century or more, might be exactly the spark a professional orchestra needs to attract a new crowd.

Maybe change is on its way, but the transformation towards accepting women as leaders is occurring gradually. Even after Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier in Conditions are dire for some orchestras.”

1947, it took another six years before 10 performing concerts in new venues, African-Americans had earned spots teaming up with rock or pop musi- on major league ball clubs, so it’s cians or playing movie scores that possible the momentum for change younger audiences are familiar with. is building slowly here as well. HowI have another idea: Hire women to ever, Marin Alsop became the music conduct. Once a sizable proportion of director of the Baltimore Symphothe United States’s major orchestras ny Orchestra way back in 2007. In

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An “Our Issues, Our Voices” column the last nine years, no other women have achieved the same status in equivalently renowned orchestras in the United States. Alsop is as surprised as anyone by the slow pace of change, explaining, “The numbers [of women] hadn’t increased in the way I assumed they would.”

It’s time to move forward. Orchestras won’t remain viable if they don’t find new ways to attract younger audiences. Elevating a more diverse array of individuals to the leadership of the United States’s best orchestras may be the catalyst these ensembles need to find new fans. But even more importantly, it’s suspect that women who are as qualified as their male counterparts receive the most prestigious jobs at much lower rates. Let’s hold male and female conductors to the same standards.

Let’s hire more women and help save American classical music in the process.

Aaron Jacobs is a guest writer for The Cavalier Daily and the Minority Rights Coalition’s bi-weekly “Our Issues, Our Voices” column.

Chalk is soluble; laws are not n the evening of April 18, var- equally terrifying: an extremist conious transphobic and racist re- servative class that attempts to use marks were spotted scrawled in chalk the cross to ward off measures that around Grounds. Many promote acceptance and of the students who tolerance, as though the TAMAR ZIFF stumbled across the stateACLU and other civil libOpinion Columnist ments sought to scuff erties groups were vamthem out or erase them, pires. Recently, in March only to see them rewritten during 2016, a month after Charlotte, N.C., the course of the night. One of these passed measures protecting LGBT statements even read, “Confused customers from discrimination, the about your gender? Look down your state legislature nullified them by pants.” Another message explained passing a statewide non-discriminathe wealth gap “through alleged aver- tion ordinance. Legislators called it age IQ differences between white and the Public Facilities Privacy & Secublack people.” The racist notion that rity Act, which provides “statewide there are inherent intelligence dispar- protections [that] cover race, religion, ities between ethnicities was original- color, national origin and biological ly introduced by Arthur Jensen, “the sex — but not sexual orientation or father of modern academic racism,” gender identity.” At the core of the who wrote an article in 1969 titled argument against Charlotte’s law was “How Much Can We Boost I.Q. and ostensibly the issue of bathrooms: the Scholastic Achievement?” In the arti- measures therein would have allowed cle, he claimed that a nebulous “g” or transgender people “to use the bathgenetic factor explained the differenc- rooms that correspond with their es in scholastic achievement between gender identity.” white and black students. Jensen was The RRR in North Carolina, heavily bankrolled by — in the words which has had a GOP-controlled legof the Southern Poverty Law Center islature since 2010 and a Republican — the “racist radical right,” or RRR, governorship since 2012, believes and his writings were used as argu- that transgender restroom use “enments against integration. dangers privacy or creates a threat of Today, the first “R” in the RRR sexual assault,” violating the conservhas changed from overtly “racist” to ative “common sense” gender binary. “religious,” but it is equally strong and Clearly, it’s not just about bathrooms.

The RRR has unfortunately equated “freedom of conscience” with freedom of intolerance by framing laws permitting discrimination against the LGBT community as affirmations of the exercise of religions freedom.

North Carolina’s Public Facilities Act is akin to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act and Georgia’s proposed “Free Exercise Protection Act,” both of which create legal space to deny goods and services to members of the LGBT community as

the words of governor Phil Bryant, who signed the bill, a central way in which “people of faith…exercise[e] their religious beliefs.” An analysis

by Columbia Law School found the bill would make legal several ridiculous scenarios, including “a mental health counselor [refusing] to work with LGBT students…a government agency manager ... [requiring] female employees to wear skirts or dresses… [and] a religious university [firing] a single mother working in the cafeteria.”

The “Protection of Freedom of Conscience Act” prompted a response from SNL, which made a fake trailer for a movie “God is a Boob Religion is not inherently bad, but it is corrupted titled Man.” The trailer when wielded as a political tool.” parodies the recently released “God’s Not Dead 2,” the second a means of “restoring” or “protecting” installment in a series about proreligious freedom. There are numer- tecting religious freedom in Amerous states with such laws: Mississippi ica against “zealous civil liberties was the most recent addition, ratify- group[s]” and championing “God ing House Bill 1532, also known as [in] the classroom—and the public the “Protection of Freedom of Con- square.” science from Government DiscrimSNL bitingly presented an inination Act.” It allows “people with creasingly popular view on what religious objections to deny certain seems like a binary between affirservices to gay couples,” which is, in mation of first amendment rights to

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Stop using religious arguments to legalize intolerance religious freedom and tolerance, or a clash between the secular and the bigoted. The RRR is creating an association between religion and bigotry, which may be a factor in why 36 percent of those born between 1990 and 1996 identify as “unaffiliated” with any religion.

In my own experience, religion may cause people to disagree with certain practices or lifestyles of others, but it also underscores an empathy that emphasizes that in a free and democratic society, the right to eschew a set of practices must reconcile itself with the right of others to embrace them.

Religion is not inherently bad, but it is corrupted when wielded as a political tool. Chalk can be washed away. State laws, unfortunately, cannot. I do not know the motives of those who chalked bigoted messages on Grounds, but they serve as a reminder that although freedom of expression and belief is guaranteed in this country, we must fight against allowing perverse beliefs to gain power and a following.

Tamar’s columns run bi-weekly Wednesdays. She can be reached at t.ziff@cavalierdaily.com.

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More constraints on nuclear weapons use It should be harder for the president to “push the button” heart. As he follows the president, the volunteer would carry with him a large butcher knife. Thus, if the as the Nuclear Football, president ever wanted which acts as a moto truly launch a nuclear BEN YAHNIAN bile hub allowing the weapon, he would have Opinion Columnist president to authorize a to kill, or sanction the nuclear strike from any killing of, an innocent location. When discussing the poperson’s life right before his eyes. In tential launch of a nuclear weapon, Fischer’s words, “He has to look at as has happened numerous times someone and realize what death is — over the last 70 years, there is a real what an innocent death is. Blood on and measurable distance between the White House carpet. It’s reality a staff meeting and the millions or brought home.” In effect, it would even billions of lives that would be force the personal killing of one man affected by a decision made among to start the impersonal killing of an aloof assembly. With the elimimillions. However, when this idea nation of nuclear weapons unlikely was proposed to military personnel to happen anytime soon, the United in the Pentagon, their reaction was States must strike a balance between decidedly unsupportive: “My God, having sufficient constraints and bethat’s terrible. Having to kill someing able to swiftly respond to attack. one would distort the President’s In 1981, Harvard Law Prof. Rogjudgment. He might never push the er Fisher came up with an idea to button.” reconcile this dissociation between While this proposal is certainlaunching a nuclear weapon from ly extreme and would probably an isolated location and the ultimate never be enacted, it raises interesting decision maker — in this case the points about a device that could end president — comprehending the civilization as we know it and the true cost of firing such a device. disconnect between the launcher, He proposed putting the ICBM the target and those caught in the nuclear launch codes inside a small collateral. How can anyone truly capsule and then implanting that comprehend the loss of a billion lives capsule next to the military aide’s or even a million for that matter? It’s

also interesting that the Pentagon’s reaction concerned the effect that the proposal would have on the president’s ability to push the button.

While there are certainly situations that can arise where a nuclear strike is necessary and a leader with a sound mind must have the mental and physical capacity to launch a nuclear weapon, virtually everyone hopes he never has to push it.

In order to ensure safety and security in a nuclear age, there needs to be a balance between having a streamlined process to launch

yields their own benefits. Whereas the former allows a leader to have greater credibility on the international stage and in their threats against aggressors, the latter ensures that human error or mechanical failure does not lead to the needless deaths of millions. Yet, dangers arise in the lopsided allegiance to one over the other. For instance, the costs of war become substantially lowered when humans are increasingly distanced from the war process. The expanded use of drones which are controlled from thousands of miles away or the development of fully autonomous military weapon systems would both lead to this outcome.

One of the principal constraints placed on a president’s war-makThere needs to be a balance between having ing authority entails a streamlined process to launch a retaliatory the possible loss of American lives and strike and imposing constraints on the firing of a its rippling effects on families throughnuclear weapon.” out the country. If human lives lost are a retaliatory strike and imposing instead replaced by number of metal constraints on the firing of a nuclear drones lost, this constraint becomes weapon. Striving toward each of substantially less effective. However, these two competing objectives overly favoring checks and balances

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on the firing of a nuclear weapon has its own drawbacks as well. If a militant group or rogue nation launches an attack, too many controls and required procedures can undermine the safety and credibility of the nation. Thus, a balance allows for a maximization of their benefits without the perils associated with their costs.

As the number of battle-related deaths since World War II has plunged, some would argue the proliferation of nuclear weapons is the primary reason, while others would counter that a better explanation is American power, Democratic Peace Theory or economic interdependence among nations. No one truly knows yet whether nuclear weapons have made us safer, and 70 years is a small dataset. However, a weapon that can destroy all plant and animal life and which can be deployed in a matter of minutes necessitates at the very least adequate constraints that favor disuse over ones that overly lean toward use. With great power comes great responsibility.

Ben’s columns run Thursdays.

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The real reason for the wealth gap he first night the chalk mes- have historical and structural orisages appeared, I [Hannah gins. First, wealth is cumulative and Borja, guest writer] was walking most Americans store their wealth home around midnight in value of their from Old Cabell with With the creALEXANDER ADAMES home. my friend when I enation of the Federal countered a message on AND HANNAH BORJA Housing AdministraOpinion and Guest Writers the sidewalk that read, tion, blacks were cut “Wealth Gap Explained: out of the legitimate Average White IQ: 102, home-mortgage marAverage Black IQ: 87.” I scuffed the ket from the 1930s to the 1960s by message out and kept walking. Less the federal government, and it was than two hours later, when I was in thus impossible for black families to my dorm and my friend had gone begin to build wealth. Alarmingly, to flyer around Grounds, he tex- this housing market discrimination ted me a picture that showed the is not even that far into the past. exact same message with the same As recently as 2010, Wells Fargo handwriting just under the bit I had was caught preying on black famerased. In response, I went back out ilies. The reverberating effects of and scuffed out that second mes- this these predatory housing polsage. The primary reason I could icies include a nearly inescapable not stand to have the message writ- downward economic cycle in black ten on Grounds did not necessarily neighborhoods and lower wealth have to do with how I feel about return on black incomes in the laracism. The chalk message I en- bor market, all long after slavery countered was simply not true, so and the Jim Crow South.

I saw no purpose in it being there.

The use of IQs to explain the The racial wealth gap can nev- wealth gap is also highly disconer be explained with chalk clauses. certing, echoing biological or sciThere is far too much academic entific racism. We cannot help but research on this subject to even be reminded of Jared Taylor, a presthink that is possible. The reasons ent-day white nationalist and white for the incredible wealth gap be- supremacist who, like the bigoted tween white and black Americans chalkers, attributes the problems in

black America to nature and intelligence. This line of reasoning was previously used to justify the pseudoscience of eugenics. Promoting the notion that some groups were intellectually inferior via their genetics, eugenicists succeeded in passing mandatory sterilization laws, which aimed to expunge particular groups of people, including those with mental illnesses, immigrants, the poor LGBTQ people and black people. American eugenicists actually served as an inspiration behind Nazism and the Holocaust.

these bigoted incidents, they responded to them on social media.

Unfortunately, those who condemn others for being “hypersensitive” in response to microaggressions seem to view microaggressions as isolated incidents. The truth is microaggressions have a cumulative impact on people, so minorities are not simply reacting to one instance of a microaggression but rather to both the present incident and the cumulative impact of past incidents. As leading scholar Derald Wing Sue has shown, these microaggressions can result in psychological and emotional agitations, leading targets of microaggressions to experience higher levels of anger and loss of self-esteem.

Similarly, microagThe reasons for the incredible wealth gap gressions lead people between white and black Americans have who experience them historical and structural origins.” to experience anxiety, depression, stress While these chalking incidents may and feelings of isolation. Knowing not spark such huge consequences, the potential impact of these acts, they do reflect the beliefs of the ris- our community should continually ing white nationalist and white su- condemn all forms of microaggrespremacist movements. sions, expunging them from our As people became aware of culture and protecting our fellow

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The wealth gap is the result of years of predatory housing policies human from potential harm.

These chalk markings reveal two things. Blatant racism is not only real but also present at the University. Minority students, who are as deserving as non-minority students in their right to attend this university, are still at risk for harassment when they are doing something as simple as walking on the sidewalk.

The generally positive response of the University community also deserves to be recognized, as it reveals something else: the University may be moving in the right direction.

Many students and faculty, including those within the racial majority, are willing to at least publicly condemn harassment of marginalized students. Given that the bigoted chalk markings still happened, however, we are clearly not where we want to be.

Alexander’s columns run bi-weekly Mondays. He can be reached at a.adames@cavalierdaily. com. Hannah Borja is a first-year in the College.

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Just for wits.

Summer blockbuster predictions role from “School of Rock” (I didn’t see it — I’m just assuming) to play Gulliver? Well these omniscient get ready for more individuals are going Gulliver, because he’s PATRICK THEDINGA back alongside Jason to shove down our Humor Editor throats and make us Segel in this budenjoy at the movie dy-cop sequel titled theater this sum“Gulliver 2: Lilliputin’ mer. And, since summer is fast in the Work.” The movie was approaching and all we have really only made because the to show for it is the continued writer of the original film had fetishization of multiple comic a whole notepad full of Lillipubook franchises, I thought I tian-based puns, so a lot of the would help predict what will be lines are stuff like “lilliput that the next big films to come out gun down!” and “I think I’m of Hollywood in the coming gonna lillipuke.” Does it sound months. Now I can say right worse than the first movie? now that each and every one of Well, guess what? It’s still going these movies is completely real to gross $120 million at the box and not at all made up, and that office and win a Nickelodeon they will be coming out this Kids’ Choice Award for “Best summer to widespread acclaim.

Co-Star Fart.” Yeah, the Kids’ If there’s anything HollyChoice Awards is weird. wood loves, it’s sequels of films The next film that will certhat no one liked to begin with. tainly go to the top of the box Do you all remember that film office standings is one the bigadaptation of “Gulliver’s Travwigs up in “The Big H” love to els” from 2010? And it had Jack pump out. It’s a rompy, raunchy Black most likely reprising his comedy starring old, famous

actors. This one is called “Pedal to the Metal.” Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Danny Glover and Gary Busey go on a cross country trip to get Busey to the surgeon that will perform his hip replacement.

On the way, they get into some classic shenanigans and find themselves out of their comfort zone often, as their median age is 78 years old. At one point a

first two weeks.

There’s going to be a fullscale reboot of “Lost in Translation” this summer, but instead of changing anything, they’re just going to do a shot-forshot remake with the original cast. It’s going to be the same exact movie. It will make $420 million dollars and re-win its Oscars.

Another critically acclaimed film to come out this summer will be called “White Walls.” It will be about a man in a suit that sits in a chair in a small white room all day.

I thought I would help predict what will be the He will not move, next big films to come out of Hollywood in the but sometimes he’ll have a little sip of coming months.” water. The movie will be three hours of us watching a beautiful younger woman will man sit in a chair. It will be come on to Martin Landau and nominated for twelve Oscars he will have a stroke. The movie and win eight of them. will make $300 million in the Finally, the most anticipated

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ach year, people turn E toward the glistening lights of tinseltown, wondering what

and successful of the summer blockbusters to come out will be a classic Hollywood movie. In a stunning show of self-awareness, an incredibly ethnically and culturally diverse group of actors will be cast in the movie adaptation of the Broadway sensation “Hamilton,” which is about the life and times of founding father Alexander Hamilton. The movie is called “Hamilton” (they did not look far for the title) and will feature all of the diversity of the Broadway musical, but every actor in the film will be in whiteface. It will make $600 million in its first weekend and go on to be the highest grossing film of all time with $5 billion dollars in three months.

Patrick Thedinga is a Humor editor for The Cavalier Daily. He can be reached at p.thedinga@ cavalierdaily.com.

Beach week, bike week 2k16 time with friends. Yeah, this may just be me, but I actually enjoy the company of my closest me, I understand your anxie- pals. And excuse me if this is an ty. Tensions are unpopular opinion, high right now. NANCY-WREN BRADSHAW but I find the beach Yesterday I yelled relaxing. Sue me! I Senior Associate Editor at a cricket in my think hanging out bedroom. I don’t with friends at the mean I screamed when I saw the beach could be an appropriate cricket; I mean I shouted mean vacation. things at it. Stress can make you Those who have been to do wacky things, like tell an in- beach week probably have fond sect it is ugly and lazy. However, memories. Maybe you played there is a light at the end of the beach volleyball or flew a kite tunnel: beach week. on the beach. If you’re anything Now, I know many people like me, you drank out of a comdislike beach week. It isn’t at- ically large margarita glass all tractive to everybody, much week. That is not to say I drank like Keanu Reeves. I guess that’s margaritas all week. Sometimes because it’s loud, hectic, overin- I just drank water out of the dulgent and pricy. In that sense, margarita glass! It’s not about beach week is not similar to what you’re drinking; it’s about Keanu Reeves. However, I ap- how silly your glass is. Somepreciate this collegiate tradition times it’s about how silly your because it is a good way to spend straw is. If you walk into a party

with a huge margarita glass and a crazy straw, you don’t have to dance or talk to anyone. People will know how fun you are. Sil-

show off their cool motorcycles.

It’s just a coincidence that beach week and bike week coincide.

I recently spoke to a girl who did not notice bike week at all during her time in Myrtle Beach, which I think is absurd.

There are motorcycles everywhere.

You can hear them Together, we can make this a beach-bike week to coming from a mile People were remember. Also, I want to ride in a sidecar and I away. wearing tee shirts think this is my best chance.” that said, “BIKE WEEK 2K15.” But still, people act like bike week doesn’t ly accoutrements aside, you also exist. And that’s a shame. may remember another notable Ladies and gentlemen, we part of the beach week experi- have a tremendous opportunity ence: bike week. here. We should embrace bike Once a year, bikers from the week as a bizarre, accidental east coast of the United States part of beach week. Respect the get together in Myrtle Beach and bikers who have traveled thou-

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t is late April, so I’m sure I you’re feeling the stress of final papers and exams. Trust

sands of miles, presumably on a bike, to spend a few happy days in Myrtle Beach. If you see a guy showing off the flames on the side of his motorcycle, congratulate him on his cool paint job. If you see a couple bikers in a waffle house, introduce yourself. Let’s make tee shirts that say, “BEACH WEEK BIKE WEEK 2K16.” Together, we can make this a beach-bike week to remember. Also, I want to ride in a sidecar and I think this is my best chance.

Nancy-Wren Bradshaw is a Senior Associate editor for The Cavalier Daily. She can be reached at n.bradshaw@cavalierdaily.com.

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What started off as a final project for fourth-year College student Andrew Burrill has turned into a business venture designing and selling bow ties. Chateau de Beau was started during the spring semester of Burrill’s third year in his costuming class.

“Foxfield was coming and I hadn’t bought a bow tie yet. So, I was like, why don’t I just make my own bow tie?” Burrill said. “I ended up making it, and at Foxfield I had everyone and their brother come up and be like, ‘Oh my God your bow tie is dope!

Where did you get that?’ It just kind of started from there.”

This semester, Burrill came up with the name “Chateau de Beau” and turned his creativity into a business.

“When I was doing a brainstorm about it … the first word chateau came to me and [I was] like what is this the house of?”

Burrill said. “Then I thought about what represents my bow ties the best and I thought of kind of an antiquated, southern, antebellum but still virtuous.

I thought, why not the house of virtue, why not the house of southern aesthetic?”

With the help of his professor and a friend in the Architecture School, Burrill is able to efficiently mass produce bow ties through the use of a Plexiglas stencil.

“It’s like a cookie cutter. A pattern is a cookie cutter, that’s the best way to put it. So the dough is like fabric. You can get fabric like anywhere in the world, as long as you have the cookie cutter, it’s going to give you the same shape,” Burrill said. “One of my friends in the Architecture School took the bow tie and digitized it and then created a laser cut-out stencil, which is Plexiglas, so now I can mass cut fabric with custom Plexiglas pattern.”

Burrill mainly uses high quality American cotton to make his bow ties. However, he can make bow ties out of most material.

“I like to stick to 100 percent American cotton just because I think the quality is a lot better compared to a lot of the different cottons that are imported into America,” Burrill said. “If there’s fabric, I can make a bow tie out of it.”

Burrill is constantly honing his craft. He is currently enrolled in an independent study cos-

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Breaking the bow tie business Fourth-year College student Andrew Burrill builds personal brand tuming class that focuses solely on improving bow tie building methods. Marcy Linton, associate professor of costuming technology, said Burrill had no sewing or construction skills prior to taking this class with her.

“The class has directly affected the way he is constructing [the bowties],” Linton said. “I think more than anything I’ve made him more aware of his product.”

For Burrill, these bow ties are an extension of his work as an artist.

“Art is supposed to be a reflection of humanity and the thing is, what is fashion but accessing that humanity,” Burrill said. “I think that [cultivating] a strong footprint with your identity takes statements, and I think that fashion is one of the best vessels of statement that exists in 2016.”

Burrill keeps in touch with the artistic foundation of creating bow ties by the unique combinations of fabrics and constructions he chooses.

“For Andrew, because he’s still solely involved in his own choices, he’s choosing the fabrics … choosing is part of the creative process.” Linton said. “I think the uniqueness is [in] the ribbon and fabric combination.”

Due to high demand, Burrill has had to export some of his sewing.

“I’ve made over 500 just this semester, which is a lot for one individual, especially considering it just started in the spring of last semester,” Burrill said.

Burrill sells the bow ties on Etsy, at the Charlottesville City Market and mainly by word of mouth. “[I plan to take the business] as far as it will allow me to go,” Burrill said. “I would love to get behind a name brand … I would love to go wherever people want to see Chateau de Beau.”

His clients range from Dean of Students Allen Groves to Hal Turner, the director of Fraternity and Sorority life, to students around Grounds. The adjustable, self-tie bow ties range in size from 9 to 18 inches, which allow for most age groups to wear them.

“You can definitely tell when you see it on you and when you’re wearing it, it looks good and I think that kind of carries over into my own confident personality,” Nicholas Masters, fourthyear College student and Chateau de Beau client, said. “You can tell that whoever made it did an incredibly good job.”

As of right now, Burrill plans

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In a costuming class, Burrill got the idea to turn his bow tie project into an actual business.

on attending the Shenandoah Conservatory and studying performing arts leadership and management in the fall. However, he is willing to follow other pathways.

“I am not opposed to different avenues,” Burrill said. “If I had an investor tomorrow from Wall Street or JP Morgan or Brooks Brothers say, ‘Hey, we want to absorb your brand into my com-

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pany and I want you to work as a designer’ — okay, give me an offer.”

Eventually, Burrill hopes to expand his brand beyond bow ties.

“I am currently researching other products such as frockets, croakies, girl’s wristbands that have bows on them, chubbies-esque shorts, in that style,” Burrill said. “I need more investors in order to take it to the next level.”

Burrill hopes his bow ties bring about positive change in the way people perceive themselves.

“What I’m most excited for is seeing people’s self-confidence rise because of a piece of clothing,” Burrill said. “I think it’s really powerful, like dress for success, if you’re having a bad day and you don’t know what can cheer you up, putting a bow tie on and feeling proud of yourself can give you that extra vibrancy you need to score a job [or] score a date.”

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White Denim pleases crowd at The Southern Indie-rock bands puts on high-energy show for enthusiastic audience

Julia Stembridge Senior Writer

Last week, indie and psychedelic rock band White Denim visited The Southern for a night of rock music, dancing, hollering and all-around good fun. The four-piece band, which has been together for 10 years, has been touring the country for weeks, performing their latest album “Stiff,” as well as a number of tracks from the other six albums their discography boasts.

Opening act Sam Cohen, a four-piece alternative and indie folk band, played 45 minutes of mellow, psychedelic rock.

Though the band performed mainly instrumental songs featuring heavy synthesizer and keyboard sounds, the infrequent vocals coming from frontman and the band’s namesake, Sam Cohen, were impressively smooth and soothing. Cohen’s melodic voice contrasted interestingly with the spacey, techno sounds emitting from the group’s four synthesizers, creating a bizarre yet entertaining blend of music.

When White Denim hit the stage, however, the tempo changed from mellow and hypnotic to upbeat and soulful, and

people instantly streamed to the main floor, gathering around the band and grooving. Lead singer James Petralli had a sense of humor and came on stage in a full denim outfit, obviously paying homage to his band name. Without hesitation or a single word to the audience, the band began with “Real Deal Momma,” a fastpaced and funky tune filled with guitar riffs and foot-stomping.

The mood of the crowd changed instantly, and all around the audience got in the groove of this soul-filled music.

The band recreated their own tracks excellently, sounding just as stellar playing live as they do on their records, while also improvising here and there, surprising the audience and deviating from their normal flow.

Petralli’s vocals, while strong, were outperformed by guitarists Steve Terebecki and Jonathan Horne, whose improvised solos left the crowd in awe.

White Denim played songs off of their latest album, which features particularly upbeat and soulful music. Halfway through the show, however, the band began to play some of their older hits, such as “A Place to Start,” transitioning to a slower-paced indie music sound. Petralli even invited Cohen onstage to help with the backup vocals, adding

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White Denim gets soulful in the midst of an impressive performance.

an element of inclusiveness and spontaneity to the show.

After this musical roller coaster ride, the band exited to the stage to abundant yelling from the crowd, who begged

them to come back for an encore to keep the party going. Thankfully, the band listened and came back to play one last track from their first album, “Let’s Talk About It.”

White Denim’s instrumentals were incredible, the singing was just right and the audience’s response was fervent — there was not much left to be desired from their performance.

New ‘Game of Thrones’ proves unsettling Premiere promises potential thrilling season

Thomas Roades Senior Writer

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The “Game of Thrones” premiere starts off with a dizzying number of subplots.

After much anticipation, “Game of Thrones” finally returned this weekend with its season six premiere, “The Red Woman.” The question on fans’ minds since last season’s premiere has been the fate of Jon Snow: Is he truly dead? While the premiere didn’t definitively answer this question, it tied up some other loose ends satisfactorily and set the stage for another great season.

“Game of Thrones” has a reputation for its hundreds of characters and nearly as many subplots, and this episode showed no exception. It jumped from one setting to the next, giving brief flashes of each plotline,

some getting more screen time than others. In total, the episode covered at least nine different subplots in one exhausting hour. “Game of Thrones” fans are no strangers to skipping from one plotline to the next, but it would have been nice to see more focus in a season premiere.

However, it’s easy to see why the show’s writers ended up with such a scattered episode. The last season left plenty of loose ends, and the stage had to be set for the rest of this season — functions this episode performed excellently.

Glimpses into the show’s latest developments, however brief, seemed very promising. Fans saw how Melisandre’s sorcery could play a major role this season with a major reveal in the final scene. The evidence

points to a possible revival of Jon Snow, which would surely make for an entertaining season.

Sansa and Theon’s new partnership with Brienne and Podrick promises to bring an interesting new dynamic to the show as well. It was encouraging to finally see something going right for the group, and empowering to see Sansa finally taking charge after several seasons of abuse at the hands of various characters.

Tyrion and Varys made an entertaining pair during last season, and the prospect of the two ruling a city together is an exciting one. There will surely be much scheming and witty banter to come as a result.

Other plotlines felt frustrating and out of place within the episode, with the Sand Snakes of Dorne being

the main culprit. There’s no reason for the audience to invest in these new characters after six seasons focused on other areas of Westeros, and their continued corny dialogue is no help.

Daenerys and Arya have both been set back in their quests, respectively.

Both plotlines have been building up for some time, and these regressions are frustrating.

As a stand-alone episode, “The Red Woman” was up to par. However, after nine months of anticipation, expectations for the premiere were high and not all were met. Still, the episode showed lots of potential, giving viewers plenty to look forward to.

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The ‘Lemonade’ everyone needs a taste of Beyoncé transcends genres, breaks boundaries with newest visual album Helen Edwards Senior Writer

Last weekend, Beyoncé released her sixth studio album, “Lemonade,” with an accompanying 56-minute visual album of the same name. Initially, the film was initially released solely on subscription-based platforms, HBO and Tidal, but, unsurprisingly, “Lemonade” is still surging to the top of the charts and is projected to start at number one on the Billboard top 200.

The music is a poignant, personal and powerful meditation on identity, relationships and black feminism — all of which is magnified by the film itself. The album seamlessly transcends genre, exhibiting everything from Beyoncé’s iconic pop-R&B style she is known for on songs like “Sorry” and “Hold Up,” to raucous, banging rock and roll with the anthem entitled “Don’t Hurt Yourself ” featuring Jack White. It even holds a soulful, classic country song, “Daddy Lessons,” harkening back to her own southern roots.

The film is an absolutely vis-

ceral and moving experience with an impactful message on the past, present and future of black femininity and the different challenges accompanying it.

Beyoncé showcases how she is both an enigma and absolutely unstoppable. Through the incredible spoken word of Warsan Shire, a British poet whose work is used to transition between songs and sections throughout the film, she reveals her true self, her flaws and her humanity.

The story takes viewers through 11 chapters named after emotional states, including “Denial,” “Emptiness,” “Apathy” and “Forgiveness.” The journey transitions from the antebellum South to present-day New Orleans to VHS video clips of the artist’s own childhood and family and then back to the present. The imagery is fierce, pointed and wholly intentional, juxtaposing moments of violence and anger as Beyoncé smashes car windows with a baseball bat and then drives over the busted vehicles, all while wearing a $40,000 Roberto Cavalli dress. Making a statement against purity and untouched humanity, she stands in

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In “Lemonade,” Beyoncé balances stunning visuals, innovative music and powerful poetry.

the ocean with five other women in “Love Drought.”

The film makes social activism available en masse, while remaining sensual, powerful

and incredibly personal. As she chronicles Jay Z’s alleged infidelity, motherhood, family and fame, the album still stays positive and empowering. “Lem-

onade” has the power to force people to look outside of themselves, whether they are aware of it or not. This album is impossible to ignore.

‘Inside Amy Schumer’ starts slow, promises improvement Season premiere of star’s sketch comedy series leaves much to be desired Dylan Bedsaul Senior Writer

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Amy Schumer’s popular sketch-comedy show has returned for a fourth season.

Season four of “Inside Amy Schumer” rolled out to somewhat of a rocky start for the comedian who could do no wrong in 2015. Coming off her box office hit “Trainwreck” and a Peabody Award for season three of “Inside Amy Schumer,” Schumer set the bar high for a fourth season.

The premiere shows promise in its delivery of thoughtful, feminist-charged comedy, but lackluster sketches and changes in episode structure cast a shadow over the rest of the new season.

The episode’s highlight is the “Dr. Congress” sketch in an uncharacteristically vagina-centric night. Here, Schumer reminds viewers of the absurdity of aloof 60-year-old men making decisions about feminine health policy.

Congressmen bombard Schumer in her gynecologist’s office, obviously not understanding the sexually active, husbandless, childless 34-year-old woman.

“Don’t, like, two of you have secret families with your maids?”

Schumer asks in truth-bomb fashion. The takeaway of the sketch becomes loud and clear when a congressman says the reason there are no women on the Women’s Health Committee is because “that would be like letting the lions run the zoo!” In an otherwise uneventful night, Schumer reminds fans of the importance of female-empowerment and social commentary, both central elements in her comedic agenda.

Beyond “Dr. Congress,” the episode’s sketches are underwhelming and conceptually unoriginal.

“Relationship Center” feels like a carbon copy of “Teaching Center,” a Key and Peele piece, and “YoPuss” pales in comparison to the show’s previous faux-advertisements like “Finger Blasters” and “Amy-Schumer Doll.”

The final sketch, “Betsy Ross,” is Schumer’s attempt at one-upping Lin Manuel Miranda’s “hip-hopera,” “Hamilton.” It is a somewhat painful five minutes showing a short cameo from Miranda, recy-

cled comedic material and lame pop culture references. This sketch clearly tries to attach itself to a particular pop culture moment, but it is lacking in quality.

The episode format was also disappointing. Schumer has abandoned her man-on-the-street style interviews from prior seasons to chat with her comedian friends in a bar. While occasionally funny, the interactions feel like mere celebrity cameos for the newly famous star.

However, the actress’s “Amy Goes Deep” interview segment is still intact. While it certainly provides some comedic fodder for a serial over-sharer like Schumer, it isn’t super compelling, and the jokes are predictable.

Despite this weak follow-up to season three, there are glimmers of hope for a memorable season. Will Schumer be able to continuously deliver her fourth time around?

Her film set for release in 2017 may depend on it.

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