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Graham enters Tempo Bar and Restaurant on the Downtown Mall with Matthew shortly after 1 a.m.. They leave after about 15 minutes.

9/13

Matthew leaves the Downtown Mall in a 1998 burnt orange Chrysler coupe.

Police said they believe Graham may have been in the vehicle.

9/17

Police hold first press conference in Graham case.

Footage showing Graham outside McGrady’s Irish Pub and Shell gas station is also released.

9/19

Police issue search warrants for Matthew’s car and Hessian Hills apartment.

Evidence from these searches is still being examined.

Police search for person of interest Jesse Matthew disappears after speaking with lawyer, authorities seek him for further questioning

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Police have identified Charlottesville resident Jesse Matthew as the man seen walking with missing second-year College student Hannah Graham on the night she disappeared. Graham has been missing since the early hours of Saturday, Sept. 13.

State police issued two arrest warrants for Matthew for reckless driving, a classone misdemeanor under Virginia law.

Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo said officers, who were overtly monitoring Matthew's movement, watched him flee at a high rate of speed Saturday afternoon.

Longo said the officers following Matthew were forced to disengage “for their protection,” and have said he was not the only one in the vehicle.

Longo said authorities are “aggressively pursuing” Matthew's location.

Matthew voluntarily walked into the Charlottesville Police Station with family members earlier in the afternoon Saturday and asked to speak with a lawyer. Matthew remained within the station for about an hour, but was not questioned by police, who have maintained they do not have probable cause to arrest Matthew in connection with Graham’s case. Police have not identified Matthew as a suspect, though he remains a person of interest in the investigation.

“I don’t know whether that lawyer was

ever retained,” Longo said. “I know they talked for a little bit. And I know they walked out that door. And I don’t know any more about his interaction with Hannah Graham than I did the moment he walked in.”

Longo said police believe Matthew was the last person seen with Graham before her disappearance. Surveillance footage obtained from Tuel Jewelers on the Downtown Mall shows Matthew and Graham walking together at 1:08 a.m. last Saturday morning.

Eyewitnesses told police they saw Graham and Matthew at Tempo Bar & Restaurant, located just off the Downtown Mall, shortly after they walked past Tuel Jewelers.

The two stayed at the bar for 15 minutes.

Police said they believe Matthew left the Downtown Mall between 1:20 a.m. and 1:40 a.m. in a 1998 burnt orange Chrysler Coupe and have reason to believe Graham was in the vehicle. Police obtained a warrant for Matthew's vehicle Friday morning and upon searching the vehicle found probable cause to obtain a warrant to search his Hessian Hills apartment.

Longo said they are waiting to hear back from the Department of Forensic Sciences about evidence yielded during these two searches. He said he expects these reports to come in Monday or Tuesday morning at the latest and is prepared to put pressure on the department to expedite the process.

Graham’s phone has not been recovered, and authorities are still working with

phone companies to obtain records which may validate time stamps on text messages sent by Graham that night.

John and Susan Graham also spoke in their first public appearance since their daughter's disappearance. Visibly distraught, they thanked the Charlottesville community for its help in massive search efforts held this weekend, and implored anyone with information to come forward and speak with police.

"We have been utterly overwhelmed this week by the generosity of spirit," John Graham said as his wife stood beside him.

"I think that the reason Hannah has such marvelous support is that this is every parent's worst nightmare."

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management's community search this weekend drew more than 1,200 volunteers.

The search is expected to have comprehensively covered 85 percent of the City of Charlottesville by Sunday night.

Detective Sergeant Jim Mooney said police have received more than 900 tips in connection with Graham’s case so far, and have spoken with between 50 and 75 eyewitnesses.

Longo emphasized that police are pursuing Matthew, but will continue to follow all leads in the case.

"I don't want you to get tunnel vision just because we have a name," he said.

Anyone with information on Graham’s disappearance should call the police tip line at 434-295-3851.

9/19

Police hold second press conference to discuss new developments.

They have identified a person of interest, but do not reveal Matthew’s name.

9/20

A community search is launched for Graham.

More than 1,200 volunteers search on foot, covering 85 percent of the city by Sunday night.

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Police hold third preference in Graham case in which they identify Matthew as a person of interest. He has not been identified as a suspect.

Anyone with information on Graham’s disappearance should call the police tip line at 434-295-3851.

Photos Courtesy Marshall Bronfin, Kelly Kaler and Charlottesville Police Department

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Sarah Hainbach and Reade Pickert News Writers

More than 1,200 volunteers spent the weekend searching Charlottesville for missing second-year Hannah Graham. The Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group (BRMRG) and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) organized the search in conjunction with the Charlottesville and Albemarle police departments.

Virginia’s search and rescue officials addressed the crowd of community volunteers during a briefing at John Paul Jones Arena Friday evening. There, volunteers were assigned a shift on either Saturday or Sunday to begin searching at 8 a.m. Volunteers were grouped and bussed to locations throughout the city.

“This is about one thing and one thing only, and that is finding Hannah,” Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo said.

“Don’t ever lose sight of that until that young lady comes home.”

Virginia Secretary of Public Safety Brian Moran said state and local governments are working together to bring Graham home.

“We are working together as a community, as a very special college community and as a very special commonwealth,” Moran

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Graham community search draws 1,200

University students, Charlottesville residents spend Friday evening training, Saturday and Sunday searching for evidence

said. “We are very hopeful that black mesh, and black, capri gence of check in and sign out tomorrow’s search will find Han- pants, somewhat tight-fitting,” protocol. nah ... I want to assure you that he said. “She also had on white “We [do not need] a second the state government is working shoes and was carrying an search for a missing searcher,” he in coordination with the local iPhone 5s with a pink cover.” said. [police forces].”

Eggeman said he planned Gil Harrington, mother of Mark Eggeman, chair of the to search almost every mile in Morgan Harrington, who went State Search and missing in Rescue Coordi2009, and Trina nation Council Murphy, aunt (SSARCC), exof Alexis Murplained which phy, who disapareas had alpeared last year, ready been also spoke to searched and the volunteers outlined the at JPJ. plan for con“It’s very tinuing the efh e ar t w ar m i ng fort. Eggeman to see all of you,” told volunteers Murphy said. “I the search had think back to a been in full force year ago when since Monday so many people evening, using came out to canine groups, search for Alexaircraft, rescue is… It’s humboats, and tips bling. We have from the comto find Hannah. munity.

It’s not an opEggeman tion not to.” credited the Greenbrier community reElementary sponse with the School teacher latest progress Andrew MacMarshall Bronfin| The Cavalier Daily in the search.

Danel and his “You should be Volunteer search teams (above) were placed throughout Charlottesville Saturday and Sunday. By wife, Heather, proud of your- the end of Sunday’s search, they covered 85 percent of the city. said they were selves,” he said. motivated to Each volunteer group was Charlottesville. volunteer by their desire to give assigned an area to carefully in“We’re going to be searching back to their community. spect for any physical items that areas of the city that have not yet “If it was my daughter, I could be evidence towards the been searched or where previous would want everyone out there case. searches have not been as good looking, so I need to do my part,” “Hannah was wearing a mid- as they could have been,” he said. Heather MacDanel said. riff top, sequined, glittery, with Eggeman emphasized diliThird-year Continuing and

Professional Studies student Landon Wilkins agreed.

“I have a six-year-old,” Wilkins said. “And if he went missing I would want everyone out of their house and looking.”

Third-year College student Avery Bailey said University students seem to be more cautious in light of recent events.

“It was just an awful thing to happen,” he said. “I think right now people are on their guard…

My friends have stopped walking alone at night.”

Charlottesville resident Candace Widmer recalled her experience in the search effort when Morgan Harrington disappeared.

“It took much longer to put together a search [that time],” Widmer said. “I remember how frustrated the search and rescue people were. [By the time of the search], so much evidence was washed away or pushed away…

They just had so much they wanted to do and they couldn’t.”

Widmer said the Charlottesville community has learned from the Harrington experience.

“Morgan was seen as a college girl at a concert, out for a good time,” she said. After her tragic death, the community has learned that whatever the circumstances, when someone goes missing, “it’s the real deal.”

The official tip hotline is 434295-3851. Please call if you have any information that could aid the police in finding Hannah Graham.

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Study finds schools struggle to meet enrollment goals Gallup surveys 406 admissions directors, finds nearly 60 percent fail to fill classes by traditional May 1 deadline Jenna Dickerson and Timothy Ford News Writers

Many universities have struggled to reach their enrollment totals in recent years and are planning to increase recruiting efforts for the coming application season as a result, according to a Gallup study released last week.

The web survey gathered and analyzed input from 406 admissions directors who responded to questions generated by the website Inside Higher Ed. Respondents represented 187 public institutions, 192 private institutions and 16 institutions from the for-profit sector.

Forty-seven percent of admission directors, up one percent from last year, said they are very concerned about meeting their new student enrollment goals this year, and 32 percent said they are moderately concerned, up two percent from last year, according to the study. Only 5 percent of admission directors say they are not concerned at all.

“Last year, just under 60 percent of admissions directors said they had not filled their fall class by the traditional May 1 deadline,” the study stated. “This year, that total was up to 61 percent.”

Universities which can't reach enrollment targets typically face budget shortfalls, which can lead to layoffs and cut program funding.

Contrary to the results of the study, Dean of Admissions Greg Roberts said the University has not had any problem reaching its enrollment totals in recent years.

“We have nearly 31,000 people applying for 3,700 spots in the class, so there’s not any risk of not being able to enroll the size class we want to enroll,” Roberts said.

Roberts said though the number of students graduating high school has remained relatively constant, universities across the country are increasing their enrollment goals, which is the main cause of the problem for other schools.

“I don't think that a place like U.Va. and the schools we compete with have these problems, it might be more of a problem with smaller, regional schools that are lesser known,” Roberts said.

The survey stated 58 percent of admission directors strongly agree they are very likely to increase recruitment effort, and they emphasized efforts to attract full-time students, transfer students and minority students.

Roberts said the University is always looking for ways to improve communication with students. But he said their efforts are not in response to low enrollment totals, like other schools in the survey.

“We have a terrific applicant pool that is strong and deep every year,” Roberts said. “We are always working to improve on how we

communicate with students; there are always new technologies that allow for new ways to reach students.

Our goal this year and every year is to reach as many students as possible.”

The study said many universities will also attempt to attract more international students primarily through “pathway” programs, which allow international students without fluent English skills to learn the language at an American university and later enroll in that university as a full-time student.

The study also reported that though the Common Application has gained popularity in the past decade, several problems were reported with the software this past year.

“Eighty-one percent of admissions directors at institutions using the service reported that their institutions had difficulties last year because of problems with the Common Application,” according to the study. “[But] only 2 percent of those using the service said that they no longer plan to do so.”

Roberts said the Common Application has worked hard to correct the issues since the 2013-14 admission cycle, and there have been no problems so far this year.

The study also discussed upcoming changes to the SAT. The College Board recently announced that they would overhaul the pre-college aptitude exam, adding a new writing

If colleges fail to meet enrollment totals, layoffs and funding cuts may ensue. Dean of Admissions Greg Roberts said this is not a problem for the University.

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test and moving away from an emphasis on "obscure vocabulary."

Most of the admissions directors, 91 percent, said they favored the changes to the test. Despite the changes, though, more universities have been going test-optional in past years. Forty percent said their colleges should have test-optional admissions policies.

Roberts said though the University considers applicants’ SAT scores, they are by no means the most important factor in admission.

“Our reviews have been consistent over the years," he said. "SAT scores are a part of each applicant’s review, but it not the most important part of the review. We are most interested in the strength of their

program and how well they have done in their courses.”

At the start of the 2013-14 academic year, President Barack Obama announced plans to create collegiate ratings to help students understand more about colleges, and subjects like their costs, graduating low-income student rates and post-graduation salaries.

With the 2014-15 academic year already underway, these ratings have yet to be released. But the study reported that the admission directors have little hope for the system. Only 14 percent of the directors said they thought the rankings will help college applicants better understand their institutions.

White House announces new campus sexual assault initiative ‘It’s On Us’ public awareness campaign partners with almost 200 colleges, universities, program draws from task force suggestions Katie Grimesey Senior Writer

Senior WriteThe White House announced the launch of a new "It's On Us" sexual assault prevention initiative Friday, a new public awareness effort to help curb sexual assault on college campuses.

The campaign was driven by the White House’s Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, convened in January 2014. In April, the Task Force launched the “1is2many” public service announcement and the “Not Alone” Report to more effectively address sexual assault on college campuses.

The University is one of close to 200 universities which have partnered with the “It’s On Us” campaign.

Associate Dean of Students Nicole Eramo said her office is considering how the campaign will function with pre-existing sexual assault awareness groups on Grounds.

“It’s really a media campaign,

it’s not really programming what [groups like] '1 in 4' [does],” Eramo said. “It can certainly enhance and be another component of what they can offer, or how to raise awareness for their own programming.”

“It’s On Us” stresses the importance of male involvement against sexual misconduct. Eramo said the Office of the Dean of Students is considering asking the InterFraternity Council to adopt some of the practices advocated by the campaign.

“We were actually planning to approach some of the men’s athletic teams,” Eramo said. “NCAA has adopted the program, so I don’t know if it’s actually going to come down from the NCAA as well. … We’re looking at different men’s organizations and how they might integrate into some of their programs since it is focused on engaging men.”

University alumna Emily Renda, who worked with the White House Task Force last spring and interns in the University Office of Student Affairs, said the new campaign will

change the language used to discuss sexual assault prevention.

“Men weren’t particularly engaged with sexual violence pre-

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The Obama administration has launched several efforts in the past year to combat sexual assault on campuses.

vention because the only thing we were really pushing as part of [it] was ‘don’t rape people,’ which is not

exactly a very proactive thing to tell people to do,” Renda said. “The language is starting to shift more to healthy conversations about healthy sexuality and consent, and having those for both men and women as kind of an engagement point.”

Renda said the changed approach will involve men who have felt alienated and broadly characterized as perpetrators of sexual violence, as well as women who have felt alienated and broadly characterized as victims.

“This campaign and the stuff that U.Va. is already doing, is irrespective of gender saying ‘it is, in fact, our responsibility just as individuals and humans, regardless of our gender,’” she said. “It’s a lot about pulling back on the victimperpetrator dichotomy we were using before.”

“It’s On Us” follows the path of University initiatives like “Hoos Got Your Back” and “Not On Our Grounds” in stressing the importance of bystander education and

intervention against sexual assault.

“We intended for 'Hoos Got Your Back' to be an introduction to bystander [intervention], and to raise awareness for how important bystanders can be in fighting sexual misconduct,” Eramo said. “We kind of considered it our first step, and our next step is working on developing and implementing some training programs for students, so I think you’ll see more of that coming towards the end of this semester and into the spring semester.”

“It’s On Us” will work alongside the University’s sexual assault awareness groups to empower the initiative on Grounds.

“What [“It’s On Us”] will hopefully do is augment the messaging we already have,” Renda said. “The hope is that “It’s On Us” can … be some sort of sub-campaign within [the] broader, more University specific [groups], because we want to keep the language that’s relevant to our community, while still looking into the national prevention effort.”

Sara Rourke Associate Editor

The University offers 19 languages in the College — everything from Arabic to Urdu — as part of a robust foreign language requirement, which calls on all College students, with the exception of Echols Scholars, to complete as many as 14 foreign language credits.

Each language department approaches the competency requirement differently, however.

Where some departments emphasize immediately teaching in the target language — conducting the entire course in the language within the first semester — many others focus on developing grammar before speaking.

Meeting the requirement Students have to complete through — or earn exemption through testing from — the 2020 level in a target language.

“Each level requires another level of proficiency,” French Department Chair Prof. Ari Blatt said. “There’s no exit exam, but they need to get a passing grade in 2020.”

Blatt noted some universities require students to successfully pass a “proficiency interview” in order to fulfill the language requirement. Blatt previously administered proficiency interviews at another university.

“There’s been some talk of that,” Blatt said. “I thought it was fun to administer. I think the students felt a sense of accomplishment afterward.”

There are currently no plans to initiate a language proficiency interview in the University’s French Department.

“Nobody’s expecting that by the time a student finished 2020 or even a French major that they’re going to be speaking or writing like someone with native French,” Blatt said. “But the idea is to get them as close to that as we can.”

Language in the classroom Each foreign language department upholds four pillars of language: writing, reading, oral comprehension and speaking. No department explicitly prioritizes one skill above the others, but instructors emphasize the importance of exposing students to relevant language as early and as often as possible.

As students complete their Foreign Language Requirement, experiences vary widely across departments Modern Hebrew Program Coordinator Zvi Gilboa said students must practice speaking skills right away in order to attain fluency.

“Learning a foreign language is a very long process,” Gilboa said.

“I put an emphasis on students being able to be fully functional, regardless of the shortcomings of their skills or vocabulary at any point.”

This technique of immersion is a fairly new approach to language acquisition.

“It used to be that you could learn, learn, learn and then you have learned everything you need to know,” Gilboa said. “The approach that I take is that you actually have to jump into the water from the very first moment and realize that the gap between you and where you want to be is gradually going to become smaller.”

Gilboa encourages his students to practice their speaking skills at all levels, even if they feel discomfort or uncertainty with learning a language.

“As a speaker of a foreign language, a lot of your ability and competence depends on your ability to hide your inabilities,” Gilboa said. “You have to partici-

class it’s more speaking, but at home it’s more writing, so it really rounds itself out.”

Though Krooks said he has noticed an improvement in his Hebrew skills, he would not feel comfortable conversing with a native Hebrew speaker at this juncture.

“I definitely can say that [the Hebrew department is] doing a great job,” Krooks said. “I didn’t know any Hebrew beforehand, and now I am much more confident in my abilities. Every day I see an improvement.”

Each language poses its own unique challenges. For example, faculty members of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures said it is often difficult for students to speak Slavic languages until later on in their course of study because even simple sentences require multiple cases and it takes several semesters to completely introduce each grammatical case.

Maria Ivanova, a lecturer in the Department of Slavic Language and Literature, teaches first-year Polish as well as second- and fourth-year Russian.

Ivanova noted that particularly in Slavic languages, it is very difficult for students to learn basic concepts without using a fair amount of English.

“Even in “The approach that I take is that you actually have to the beginjump into the water from the very first moment and ning levels realize that the gap between you and where you want to I try to use be is gradually going to become smaller,” Gilbao said. as much of the language as possible,” Ivanova pate even when you don’t exactly said. “I will use the words that understand everything that’s be- they might not necessarily uning said to you. That is the true derstand but can figure out with art of learning a foreign lan- context. I try to expose them to guage, of operating in a foreign the language as much as I can language, and also teaching in a without scaring them.” foreign language. It’s faking it all Ivanova said students often the time until you no longer need experience a boost in confidence to fake it.” once they master basic grammatSecond-year College stu- ical concepts. dent Zak Krooks is a student in Lilia Travisano, associate proGilboa’s Intermediate Modern fessor of Russian and coordinator Hebrew course. Krooks noted a of the Russian Language Proconcerted effort to develop all as- gram, agreed. pects of his language skills.

“I tell students that Russian is “I think that Zvi attempts to an exceptional language, because really give a complete teaching,” almost every single grammar rule Krooks said. “We do try to do has tons of exceptions,” Travisano as much writing as speaking. In said. “It’s the kind of language

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Acquiring language competency that we don’t expect conversation right away. … It’s slower than other languages.”

Third-year College student Ben Gorman is a student in Travisano’s first-year Russian course.

He has only been studying Russian for about three weeks.

“You really just have to practice every night and keep up with it,” Gorman said.

long you’ve been taking it, it’s not your first language.”

The University also offers a wide variety of study abroad programs which can help students develop their language skills.

Students can choose to study abroad during the school year, during January Term, or during the summer in locations such as Delhi, Dublin, Lyon, Rabat, Valencia and many more.

Ivanova noted the benefits of studying abroad in developing language skills.

“Lots of stuWe’re doing everything that a textbook would do, dents gain confibut we are looking at historical topics and drawing dence when they study abroad, on authentic materials,” Achilles said. and after they return they really see how their grammar can work,” Beyond the requirement Ivanova said. “Everyone starts The language departments speaking significantly more conat the University offer various fidently if they go abroad and they programs to enrich the study of are immersed in the language.” language, which many students choose to take advantage of.

Creating a global community For example, the German deBlatt said studying other lanpartment has recently introduced guages and cultures is especially a content-focused seminar on important in today’s increasingly modern German history as an al- globalized world. ternative to the traditional Inter“Learning a second language mediate German course. Manu- is useful for your brain,” Blatt ela Achilles, associate director for said. “It exercises your brain that the University Center for Ger- learning something else is not man Studies, teaches the course. going to do. Knowing something “We’re doing everything that about another culture and knowa textbook would do, but we are ing their values and history.” looking at historical topics and Blatt and the French Departdrawing on authentic materials,” ment are attempting to provide Achilles said. “It’s a class that students with a curriculum which tries to add an experiential level acknowledges and embraces gloto learning.” balization.

Achilles said she believes the “We changed our name reinclusion of a theme adds an ele- cently; we’re no longer the Dement of interest to the course. partment of French Language “It helps that you have a more and Literature, we’re the Departconcrete experience so that you ment of French,” Blatt said. “We can build vocabulary around the do language to be sure, but we theme,” Achilles said. also do literature, we teach about Third-year College student North Africa, we teach about the Ravynn Stringfield dedicates her- Caribbean, we teach about other self to applying her foreign lan- Francophone countries. There’s guage skills outside of the class- a lot more that goes into it, and room while living in the Maison I think the language is really Française, the University-owned important, but getting to know French House. the world — getting out of the Stringfield said in Maison “America-Box” that a lot of stuFrançaise, faculty advisors allow dents get into in college — is reher to practice her language skills ally useful.” on a regular basis.

Fourth-year College student “It’s definitely intimidating, Dylan Herrmann chose to conbut I feel comfortable holding tinue his study of French past the my own with a native speaker,” language requirement by becomStringfield said. “They usually ing a French major. understand that no matter how

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No. 2 Virginia wins ACC opener Cavaliers fend off aggressive Miami squad, remain perfect through nine games Jacob Hochberger Associate Editor

The No. 2 Virginia women’s soccer team opened ACC play Saturday night against a reeling Miami team desperate for its first conference road win since 2012. The Cavaliers, meanwhile, were looking to extend a program record 24-game home winning streak and notch their 39th straight win against a non-ranked opponent.

Virginia (9-0, 1-0 ACC) came out strong against an extremely physical Hurricanes squad (2-7, 0-1 ACC), who looked desperate for a break to swing momentum in their favor — an aggressiveness which resulted in a second-minute yellow card issued to junior forward Ava Ambrose. Though Miami’s physicality continued throughout the ACC opener, Virginia would ultimately prevail, defeating the Hurricanes, 3-1.

“It fired us up a little — it’s obviously frustrating,” freshman midfielder Olivia Hazelrigg said. “We like a challenge, so it’s okay.”

Virginia dominated play early and consistently moved the ball into the box, but failed to convert its many chances, scoring three goals on 20 shots.

In the 17th minute, however, the Cavaliers exploited Miami’s over-aggressiveness and maximized their own creativity. Junior Kaili Torres, junior forward Makenzy Doniak and sophomore

defender Kristen McNabb combined for a spectacular goal involving a pair of lob passes over two defenders and the goalie, setting up McNabb to finish her second career goal.

“You’ve got to take your wins at home,” coach Steve Swanson said.

“There’s a lot of things we did better in this game, so [we’re] taking the positive out of that. I think our finishing can be better. That’s something we can improve on. I thought we did a good job creating [chances], but we didn’t break the game open.”

Though the Cavaliers outshot Miami 10-3 in the first half, the Hurricanes appeared poised to head into halftime down just one goal. But with just 12 seconds left in the half, freshman defender Megan Reid found Hazelrigg at the top of the 18. Hazelrigg collected the ball and fired a rocket into the side netting for her first career goal.

“It was kind of a relief,” Hazelrigg said. “You want to make a good impression from the start and in that first conference game, it’s a good feeling.”

The goal doubled the Cavalier lead to two, capturing all momentum as the teams entered their respective locker rooms at halftime.

“That was huge,” Doniak said.

“Going in with a 2-0 lead is pretty big because you have a little more of a cushion. It was Liv’s first goal, so it gave us more confidence going into the second half.”

Though Miami is a particularly physical team, it has generally

played smart as well — committing just 52 fouls so far this season, for an average of 6.50 per game.

After 45 minutes Saturday night, the Hurricanes had tallied six fouls, inciting groans and calls for cards from the 2,231 fans at Klöckner Stadium. They were, it seemed, in rare form as they took on the second-ranked Cavaliers.

“It’s the first game of the [ACC] season, so everyone wants to get out on the right foot,” Hazelrigg said. “Our team moves the ball quickly, so I think a lot of teams are going to try to beat us physically. This team’s just really good on the ball so I think we can get around it.”

The Hurricanes countered 15 minutes into the second half, when senior defender Maddie Simms found junior forward Natalie Moik, who converted for her first goal of the season and cut the Cavalier lead in half.

“We let a team back into the game when I thought we had the game,” Swanson said. “We’ve got to do a better job of handling those situations and finishing our chances.”

But as they have time and time again this season, Doniak and senior midfielder Danielle Colaprico combined for a goal, working a technically stunning one-two which resulted in a Colaprico cross and a confident Doniak finish. The goal, Doniak’s sixth of the season, pushes her into a tie for fourth on Virginia’s all-time scoring list — and after only three years.

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As of halftime Saturday in Provo, Utah, the Virginia football team — just a week removed from knocking off then-No. 21 Louisville, 2321, in Charlottesville — led No. 21 Brigham Young, 16-13.

The Cavaliers’ promising start, though, fizzled after the break as the dangerous Cougar offense — led by junior quarterback and dark horse Heisman candidate Taysom Hill — exploded for 28 points.

Unable to match Brigham Young’s barrage, Virginia (2-2, 1-0 ACC) departed LaVell Edwards Stadium with a 41-33 loss.

The Cavaliers fell behind, 27-16, when junior running back Jamaal Williams rushed two yards for a touchdown with 2:23 left in the third quarter.

Virginia answered in half-measure shortly thereafter, as junior place kicker Ian Frye connected from 46 yards out to trim his team’s deficit to eight points.

From there, the Cavaliers and Cougars (4-0) traded heavy blows.

Brigham Young sophomore receiver Mitchell Juergens hauled in a 50-yard touchdown pass from Hill with 10:17 left in the fourth quarter to put his team up 34-19.

Virginia sophomore backup quarterback Matt Johns — who entered after sophomore quarterback Greyson Lambert left with an ankle injury — then cobbled together a nine-play, 75-yard touchdown drive that ended with three consecutive rushes by senior running back Khalek Shepherd, the last going for nine yards and breaking the goal line.

Just as the Cavaliers seemed to be gaining momentum, Brigham Young junior return man Adam Hine punctured Virginia’s comeback balloon, taking the kickoff back 99 yards for a quick six points. After the extra point, Brigham Young was back in the driver’s seat at 41-26 with 7:50 to play.

Though Virginia found the end zone once more — this time on an 11-yard pass from Johns to sophomore receiver Kyle Dockins — the touchdown came with 1:48 remaining, too little time to fully rally.

Brigham Young secured the onside kick and ran out the clock, avenging last year’s 19-16 season-opening loss at Scott Stadium.

Virginia will return to action against Kent State Saturday, starting at 3:30 p.m. at Scott Stadium.

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together so I think all of them have a good understanding,” Swanson said. “We had some great linking play today and that was really nice.

We got to some good places with our ball movement.”

The Hurricanes’ physical presence only grew more intense as the night wore on. In the second half, Miami players were issued two more yellow cards, and their aggressive play warranted 12 more foul calls.

“It was quite a physical game, but the key for us was to not let them shift our play,” Doniak said.

“Staying composed on the ball is the most important thing.”

In contrast to Miami’s physical-

ity, Virginia’s calculated, cerebral play led to 20 shots throughout the game. Doniak said she believes the team’s consistently high energy was the key to its fifth-straight conference-opening win.

“I feel like we picked it up toward the end,” Doniak said. “I don’t think we ever had a shift in our energy, so it looked like they slowed down toward the end.”

Virginia has a few days off before its next matchup — a Thursday night home game against Wake Forest. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

Junior forward Makenzy Doniak scored her sixth goal of the season on a cross from senior midfielder Danielle Colaprico. Doniak is now tied for fourth on Virginia’s all-time scoring list.

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Cavaliers tie Irish, 1-1

Bird nails equalizer against reigning national champions Robert Elder Associate Editor

Just as in their last meeting, Virginia and Notre Dame battled right to the finish in Sunday’s game. Though the regular season rematch could not end in penalty kicks, it provided all the drama of last year’s ACC semifinal.

Playing with only 10 men for the majority of the second half, Virginia rallied from a 1-0 deficit to even the game with a goal from senior midfielder Eric Bird in the 68th minute.

After 20 minutes of extra time, neither team managed to score the game winner. Still, No. 7 Virginia (4-1-0, 1-0-1 ACC) came away very pleased after earning a 1-1 draw against No. 5 Notre Dame (3-1-2, 1-0-1 ACC).

“Whenever you lose a guy, especially against a great opponent like Notre Dame, you don’t really expect to get a point out of the game,” Bird said. “I was especially proud of us going down — after we went down to 10 men — and then answering with a goal ourselves.

It was a complete team effort, and I couldn’t be more proud of the guys.”

The first half between the two programs played out as competitively as expected, with no team ever taking clear control.

The Cavaliers were able to withstand several Fighting Irish scoring opportunities midway through the first half, including shots in the

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21st and 24th minutes and a corner in the 25th minute.

But Virginia responded with a few near misses of its own. Senior forward Kyle McCord, junior midfielder Scott Thomsen and senior forward Ryan Zinkhan could not connect on shots in the 29th,, 32nd and 33rd minutes, respectively.

The Cavaliers’ best scoring opportunity came with just two minutes remaining in the first half.

Freshman midfielder Jake Rozhansky sent a cross in front of the goal to junior forward Darius Madison, who gave a touch to McCord from six yards out. McCord’s rip was saved, though the play was offset by an offside penalty.

The match was tied 0-0 at the break, with each team only taking four shots. Virginia managed three corner kicks to Notre Dame’s two, in addition to the half ’s only shot on goal.

The second half began slowly, with Virginia and Notre Dame taking just two and one shots, respectively, in the first 20 minutes of play.

But in the 65th minute, Virginia was victimized by a deep pass which snuck behind the Cavalier three-man back line. In an effort to save a one-on-one opportunity with Virginia senior goalkeeper Calle Brown, redshirt freshman defender Wesley Suggs raced back, slide tackling Notre Dame junior midfielder Patrick Hodan in the penalty box.

Suggs was issued a red card on the play — leaving Virginia a man

ingering questionsVirginia’s and Louisville, the offense didn’t offense finally hit its stride show up in an impressive fashion Saturday against Brigham Young, — Virginia turned the ball over putting up 519 yards six times in those two on a school record of games.

102 offensive plays.

Then we have the The Cavaliers held offensive explosions the ball for more than — relatively speak41 minutes and put ing — against BYU up 30 points for just and Richmond, where the sixth time in the the Cavaliers put up a past three years. combined 78 points.

Unfortunately, it In those games, wasn’t enough. though, the defense A major part of the didn’t perform to its RYAN TAYLOR Cavaliers’ problem expectations, giving Senior Associate Editor was failure to execute up 422 yards to the deep in Cougar terSpiders and 332 to ritory, resulting in junior place- BYU. kicker Ian Frye seeing the field Two weeks ago, I said the Cavmore often than Cavalier fans alier defense has the potential to would have liked. Still, all in all carry Virginia to the postseason.

Virginia posted a strong perfor- I absolutely stand by that predicmance against a stingy BYU team tion. The front seven is scary and on its first road trip of the season. as freshman safety Quin BlandBut a question still lingers: ing continues to develop, the secWhen will we see a complete ondary will increasingly terrorgame from the Cavaliers? ize opposing quarterbacks.

Despite dominant defensive But the bend-but-don’t-break performances against UCLA tactic Virginia seems to live by

down for the rest of the game and resulting in a Notre Dame penalty kick. Though Brown guessed the right side of the net, he was unable to save Hodan’s shot, giving the Fighting Irish a 1-0 lead.

“It looked like a penalty kick,” Virginia coach George Gelnovatch said. “Whether it was a red card or not — sometimes I see it called.

Today we came out on the short end of the stick.”

To compensate for Suggs’s loss, Gelnovatch substituted senior defender Matt Brown — who, despite starting 18 matches a year ago, had yet to see action this season — into the game to take Suggs’s spot at center back.

“It wasn’t easy to come in in that situation,” Gelnovatch said.

“I thought Matt Brown did a very good job.”

Three minutes later, Virginia capitalized on passing opportunities. In the 68th minute, Bird scored when senior defender Ky-

ler Sullivan passed to him just inside the penalty box, turning and ripping a shot which — though deflected by the Fighting Irish goalkeeper — went through a defender’s legs into the left side of the net.

“It was what we worked on all week in practice — getting the ball wide and finding that middle zone,” Bird said. “Kyler picked me up beautifully, I had a simple turn, and I saw the guy open his legs up a little bit. I just tried to shoot it far post and luckily it went in.”

In the final 20 minutes of regulation, neither team could break away. The Cavaliers had opportunities — including a near miss by junior midfielder Nicko Corriveau in the 86th minute and a Zinkhan shot which sailed high with 30 seconds remaining. The Fighting Irish had scoring opportunities as well, including a shot which missed — just high — in the 81st minute.

Virginia possessed the ball for

most of the first extra time period, but failed to ever take advantage.

Meanwhile, the patchwork Cavalier defense held strong, surviving the period despite allowing three shots and forcing Calle Brown to make a save with 10 seconds remaining.

Again, the Virginia defense held strong in the second extra time period, as Calle Brown made several key saves. Virginia halted the Fighting Irish attack for good in the 107th minute when Brown extended high to snag a Notre Dame shot from 15 yards out for his fourth save of the match.

“All of us had to defend, including our one forward,” Gelnovatch said. “If you go down a man, that’s just the nature of the beast. We did a great job of it.”

Virginia will conclude its fourgame home stand against Davidson Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Klöckner Stadium.

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Senior midfielder Eric Bird scored the equalizer in the 68th minute Sunday in a 1-1 tie against No. 5 Notre Dame.

Lingering questions will not work as it gets deeper into conference play, facing the likes of Duke and No. 1 Florida State. The Cougars showed us that yesterday.

When the Virginia defense is at its best, I’ll take it in a goal line stand against anyone in the ACC. Disappointingly, we don’t always get its best. This is perhaps the result of short offensive drives giving the unit little time to rest, or it could be something intangible. Regardless, it’s one of the biggest puzzles the Virginia coaching staff must solve.

On the other side of the ball, the Cavaliers face a similar challenge. Virginia’s opening drive Saturday probably the offense's best performance since I’ve been at the University. Offensive coordinator Steve Fairchild stretched the field, mixed up his play calling, and let his athletes make plays. It was wonderful to watch.

As the game wore on, Virginia fell back into the predictable dink-and-dump scheme that has characterized its offense in

recent years. The Cavaliers were able to move the ball, but a resistance to pass or run anywhere but up the middle on early downs consistently put Greyson Lambert in third-and-long situations that more often than not resulted in field goals and stalled drives.

Speaking of Lambert, he currently has a completion percentage of 64.9 and has thrown just four interceptions. Hopefully the fourth-quarter injury he suffered Saturday wasn’t serious and he will be able to return against Kent State. If not, though, Matt Johns has been an impressive replacement and I like the vertical threat he presents to opposing defenses.

The past several weeks have also seen the emergence of Miles Gooch as the Cavaliers’ primary receiving threat. The 6-foot-3inch senior has been consistent on third down. He currently ranks third on the team with 163 receiving yards and is steadily climbing. Coupled with Darius Jennings and Canaan Severin,

the Cavaliers have the potential to possess a legitimate aerial attack.

With these emerging weapons, Fairchild and the rest of the coaching staff must not overly rely on the team’s senior leader Kevin Parks in offensive series.

This strategy has made the Cavaliers unnecessarily one-dimensional. If they are to succeed, it has to change.

Changing up the play calls keeps defenses on their toes and forces them to play honestly and cover the entire field. I believe the coaching staff took a step in the right direction Saturday, especially on Johns’ final drive.

We’ve seen flashes this season of a team that can perform at a very high level and compete with nationally-ranked competition.

If the Cavaliers can figure out how to deliver the offense from Saturday onto the same field as the defense that opened the season, they will make noise in the ACC this season.

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When conducting surveys, universities must explain their objectives and prioritize student privacy

Comment of the day “I completely agree with this article. This may not have been their intention, but the group planning this rally seems to be taking advantage of a tragic situation to gain traction for their own (perhaps misguided) cause.”

“student,” responding to Brendan Maupin Wynn’s Sept. 19 column, “Don’t Marginalize Survivors of Sexual Assault.”

Clemson University has suspended a mandatory online training program about Title IX after receiving many complaints from students that survey-type questions in the program were too personal.

Some questions asked students how many times they’d engaged in sexual activity in the last three months, and with how many partners.

One student told Campus Reform “I have [no] issue with being trained on Title IX … I have an issue with the personal questions that are asked.” This sentiment is understandable, as there is no clear connection between students’ personal sex lives and Title IX. However, there is a connection between sexual violence and Title IX, because the prevalence of sexual violence on a college campus can be categorized as a form of sex discrimination. Clemson University advertised this program as an educational assignment, but the questions about personal sexual encounters do not contribute to a student’s understanding of the law. Title IX is about institutional practices; it is not concerned with

private lives.

It seems as though Clemson did not clearly establish the purpose of its online educational program. If it really was to educate students on Title IX, it should have solely presented information about the law, and about the university’s procedures to comply with the law, and then quizzed the students on such information. However, the questions contained in the program made it seem more like a climate survey, aiming to garner information about students’ experiences.

Nobody has come forward saying the program included questions about sexual violence or about consent, only about sexual activity and drug use. If Clemson aims to collect information about students’ practices that is in any way related to its Title IX obligations, it should collect information about sexual assault. Asking about the number of sexual partners a student has had does nothing to gauge information about the prevalence of sexual misconduct at a university. An example of a relevant question is if a student has ever had a non-consensual sexual encounter, and how many

times if it occurred more than once.

Part of the University’s new strategy for combatting sexual misconduct is to distribute climate surveys to students, “which will study the prevalence of sexual misconduct at the University and the efficacy of certain measures against it.”

In developing such climate surveys, universities must maintain a balance between their obligation to assess their students’ safety and their obligations to protect student privacy. Students should not be required to answer questions which they feel uncomfortable answering, but in order to get a good sample of information, it is reasonable to require all students to complete a climate survey. To alleviate concerns, when faced with personal questions students can select an option which reads “I prefer not to answer.” Students at Clemson also raised concerns that their answers to the question are not truly anonymous, as the university claimed. Logging in with student IDs is a way of ensuring that all students complete the program, but it should not be necessary for them to provide any additional informa-

tion, and universities should take care to ensure names are not ultimately attached to answers.

It is crucial that all universities conduct climate surveys, as well as educate students about what resources are available to them.

Clemson, it seems, combined multiple objectives into one program, did not clearly outline such objectives and did not thoroughly explain the purpose of the questions, which created confusion and frustration among the students. Tackling the issue of sexual misconduct may require asking personal questions, as with tackling the issue of alcohol and drug abuse, and many universities already conduct surveys and require training modules for the latter.

It is important that students know their universities are on their side — that the institution asks such questions because it is primarily concerned with their safety. Clemson missed the mark this time around, but with greater attention to detail the university could accomplish its goal, with less resistance from the students it aims to serve.

Progress past print The Cavalier Daily hasn’t lived up to its ‘digital first’ newsroom model Public Editor

I came on board as the public editor of The Cavalier Daily at the same time that the then-daily print paper shifted to a digital first format. The staff changed from daily to twice a week print in a tabloid format, developed new mobile apps and redesigned the web page.

The move was necessary, in part, because the financial realities facing The Cavalier Daily were stark, and the change saved a lot of money. Borne of that necessity was an opportunity to stake a claim in the future of journalism, especially collegiate journalism. The ability to publish information not just the next morning but constantly, on a range of devices and on multiple platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram also requires different, or perhaps more, foci.

The shift to digital-first news is becoming common for college dailies including The Daily O’Collegian at Oklahoma State and The College Reporter at Franklin & Marshall College. The former reinvented itself entirely as a new website with 3 print issues

per week while the latter chose to continue laying out as though for print and upload a PDF file to their website instead of printing. Mt. San Antonio College, a community college outside of Los Angeles, has also dropped print entirely and is now publishing as Substance on

landscape for college journalism is changing. Further, the advertising landscape is changing. In order to continue, The Cavalier Daily will need to be able to make money in digital advertising. Remember, the organization is entirely independent from the University; they don’t get any funding and they have to earn their entire operating budget from selling ads. (It’s worth noting here: this makes The Cavalier Daily unique, as many student-run papers are offshoots of journalism programs and at least The digital push has to succeed. The partially funded by their Cavalier Daily, though, hasn’t yet found its schools.) footing in the digital space.

The digital push has to succeed. The Cavalier Daily, though, hasn’t yet found Medium. To oversimplify, Medium its footing in the digital space. The is a publishing platform, a set of staff maintains many Twitter feeds, composing tools and an active net- with 11,500 followers on the main work of writers and readers. It is a account and a Facebook page with really interesting way to conceive only 2,800 likes, which seems low, of a college publication. Medium is and there is probably some sort of supporting the efforts of Substance Facebook vs. Twitter lesson here. with, according to the professor Both of these, though, largely push who advises the newsmagazine, a out articles from the main paper full-time tech support person and portion of The Cavalier Daily. access to their brain trust for ideas. Those articles, most of the time, The point is that the publishing read just like they read more than

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a year ago when the paper was printed 5 days a week. I still don’t see any significant changes to how the information flow works to take advantage of and meet the expectations for digital publishing. The iOS app, for example, is clunky and, frankly, unattractive after the home page. It is not intuitive and the layout doesn’t work well on smaller screens because there is no landscape mode and there isn’t a way to resize the text.

The main website for The Cavalier Daily is still frustrating to use.

It remains difficult to efficiently find even recent older articles and columns. That is — if something is brand new it’s fairly easy to locate, but if you browse looking for an Opinion column from longer than about 2 weeks ago you’re out of luck. Some things never change, like the editorial cartoon from February of this year that is still up. The problem, it seems to me, is that the website is basically an electronic newspaper instead of a dynamic platform onto which all kinds of information and content could be loaded.

Over the past year, The Cavalier Daily has often been at its best with breaking stories and especial-

ly with live sports coverage. Using Twitter effectively to disseminate information and collecting new information regularly into longer stories for the website works well.

I’d like to see more information about when and how updates are made to stories (that is, the rules The Cavalier Daily has for itself) so readers can understand changes especially in breaking news stories. In the ongoing story of Hannah Graham’s disappearance The Cavalier Daily has done a good job of getting information out; that’s important not only as a news story but because the public can and is assisting in trying to find her.

The Cavalier Daily is an important piece of the University and Charlottesville communities.

I think the paper, though, is still a paper and it needs to change into more.

Christopher Broom is the public editor for The Cavalier Daily. He can be reached at publiceditor@ cavalierdaily.com, or on Twitter at @cdpubliceditor.

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Don’t marginalize survivors of sexual assault

Constructive anger can help, but QUAA’s campaign politicizing a student’s disappearance hurts her family, and criticizing programs compromises effectiveness Guest Viewpoint

Trigger Warning: The content of this article deals with sexual assault Living with the memory of a sexual assault is unimaginable to me.

And as a male, it’s less likely to be something I’ll ever have to deal with.

But I know that many of you live with this memory every day. Some of you do so silently, feeling you can never report your assailant to the University or to the police. You might think that no one will believe you. You might think that it’s somehow your fault. You might think that no one has your back.

But you should know there are people at this University — students, faculty and staff — who also live with their assault everyday by helping people like you through their CIOs and in their offices. That’s not to say that every person who works on this issue has been assaulted. But when someone tells you the University doesn’t care, or that Hoos Got Your Back and other programs won’t work, they’re wrong. The University does care, and those programs can work.

They believe you.

They know it’s not your fault.

They’ve got your back.

As soon as you’re ready to report, they will be there to get you every

resource you need and deserve. The same goes for people who witness a sexual assault or something that could potentially lead to a sexual assault. Your voice matters, too. If you witness something and say something, your voice becomes another powerful tool that groups on

found on emergency blue lights, which are designed to help people feel a little safer if they need to call for police — not to feel terrorized in whatever scary situation they are already in.

An email sent by QUAA president Greg Lewis was no better. It accused the University — and the people who work here — of not caring about sexual assault. The people who spent months crafting an actionable bystander Our only thought about Hannah should be intervention plan? getting her back safe. The people who should be QUAA decided in one evening that speaking up are those who know any information the program wasn’t about her case, and not people trying to use this going to work. The people who work situation to their advantage. against sexual assault here because of Grounds want to use to help survi- their own personal experiences with vors of assault. But it only works if that matter? QUAA says they are the you speak up. problem.

That’s what bothers me about Lewis’ email also brought Hansigns that recently appeared around nah Graham into the campaign at Grounds reading “Hoos Back is a sensitive time, without consultTurned,” and “No Safety. No Rest.” ing her family and despite the fact This is part of a campaign by QUAA that we do not have any evidence to to silence students and faculty who link her case to a sexual assault. Our have been carefully building support thoughts should be with her family for Hoos Got Your Back, a bystander and their needs. Bringing her into intervention program designed to the picture doesn’t help. Our only combat assault. It’s especially coun- thought about Hannah should be terproductive when those signs are getting her back safe. The people

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who should be speaking up are those who know any information about her case, and not people trying to use this situation to their advantage.

Efforts like Hoos Got Your Back weren’t planned overnight, and they won’t be destroyed overnight by misguided rallies. But if this rally touts websites like HoosBackIsTurned, and discourages survivors and witnesses from reporting, it’s dangerous. If a recent petition keeps its damaging language that blames the University for problems I know for a fact that survivors are here working to make better, then I can’t help but be ashamed of that part of our community.

The petition that is circulating unjustifiably and without any evidence links Hannah Graham to sexual violence. The petition also demands greater patrolling and intervention from the University. This is definitely something worth supporting, but still neglects the fact that most assaults happen indoors by friends and acquaintances. A dialogue with the University and the groups who are actively working to find solutions would be far more helpful than a rally or a petition in helping students understand and combat sexual assault on college campuses.

We want and need a community of support. We need a community where survivors feel encouraged

and supported coming forward. We want a community where no one perpetrates gender-based violence — but we cannot get there unless we do it together. We are diverse in our experiences, our anger, our anxiety and our grief. But we have to speak as a community to what we need most: a culture of support and intervention. Language that dismisses the programs trying to achieve that goal is damaging, misguided and dangerous.

I encourage you not to sign this petition that attacks our University administrators and the survivors who work on these programs every day. I encourage you not to attend QUAA’s hasty rally, unless they make significant changes to their goals and tactics.

But I do encourage you to do everything you can to hold UVA accountable, to offer suggestions and feedback regularly to the University.

They are listening. Student organizations combating assault are listening.

But it’s incredibly important to do that in a way that lets survivors — and not attention-seekers — be heard.

Brendan Maupin Wynn is a recent graduate of the College and an incoming student at the Frank Batten School of Public Policy and Leadership.

The fine before the storm

s University fans stormed $25,000 for the second and $50,000 the field after a thrilling up- for the third and subsequent ofset over Louisville last Saturday, fenses. The SEC’s policy for both I couldn’t help but notice the an- court and field storming affects us nouncement that “fans in the ACC, because if are prohibited from the SEC policy proves going on the field at the effective in minimizing closure of the game.” field and court rushThis announcement, ing, then it may spread however, which follows to other conferences all Virginia football and potentially to the and basketball games, NCAA level. This past is not backed up by any weekend there were Atlantic Coast Conthree big upsets in colference (ACC) conselege football: Boston quence or fine. Rather, College over USC, VirJARED FOGEL the ACC crowd control ginia over Louisville, Opinion Columnist procedure responsibiland South Carolina ity “rests with each host over Georgia. Whereas institution.” It is crucial BC and the Univerthat the ACC maintain this current sity enjoyed the benefit of storming policy on field storming, and it is their respective fields, South Carotime that the Southeastern Confer- lina, a member of the SEC, did not. ence (SEC) ends their fines for such The SEC policy is thus unfair to offenses. both students and players, as it deIn 2004, the SEC, one of the prives them of one of the best parts most competitive conferences in of college sports. Rushing the field the country, instituted fines for or court is an old tradition and a excessive celebration when college rare opportunity for college fans fans run onto the field or court to truly feel part of the game. Alafter victories. The fining system though several SEC teams, like Aurequires $5,000 for a first offense, burn in their victory over Alabama

last year, still rush the field anyway, storming. For instance, when the the policy discourages them for do- University students rushed the ing so very often. court after their victory over SyraProponents of the SEC system cuse this year, security was effeccenter their argument on player, tively mobilized to keep the fans coach and fan safety, and this is a contained as well as keep Syracuse valid stance. Near the end of last and Virginia players and coaches year’s football season, three Univer- safe. Such a procedure could be sity of South California fans were implemented for other baskettaken to the hospital following an ball games. The situation becomes upset win and subsequent storm- tougher for football fields, but it is ing of the field. Furthermore, this past college basketball season, when Utah Valley University stormed the court after an upset win, a brawl broke out in which students threw punches at the opposing team. The Rushing the field or court is an old tradition brawl has led both the and a rare opportunity for college fans to Western Athletic Contruly feel a part of the game. ference (WAC) and the Pacific 12 Conference (PAC-12) to consider potential pol- still possible to ensure general oricies like that of the SEC. der with enough security on duty.

Even WAC commissioner Jeff Essentially, order can be mainHurd admits, however, that often tained, as it was during this past there is not sufficient security to week’s Louisville game. stop a court or field storming. It is I would challenge those who beeasier to supply security that can lieve fans are finding every possible effectively monitor field or court reason to storm fields or courts

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The SEC should allow students to storm the field at the end of college games lately. College students deserve to have at least one celebratory court or field storm every year or two. We here at the University do it quite frequently.

Of course, not every injury can be avoided, and field storming has its risks. In 2011, after the University’s upset over unbeaten Georgia Tech, 10 students were injured and three hospitalized in the aftermath of a field storming. But our most recent field storming proves that rushing the field can be kept injuryfree.

At the end of the day, very few of the stormings have occurred in the past few years have involved injuries or brawls. College fans deserve the right to go crazy and celebrate upsets, and the neither SEC nor any other conference has the right to take that away. The SEC should scrap its policy and college students should be allowed to storm away.

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

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SHEEPISH

BY EMILY ZHOU

graphics MOSTLY HARMLESS BY PETER SIMONSEN

MORE AWKWARD THAN SOME BY CHANCE

SOLE SURVIVOR

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Rabita Alamgir Staff Writer

The Association of American Medical Colleges, which administers the MCAT, announced it will offer a revised exam starting April 17, 2015.

The AAMC added content to the natural sciences sections, including biochemistry content, to reflect changes in medical education.

The exam also includes a new psychological, social and biological foundations of behavior section as well as a critical analysis and reasoning skills section, which will increase the test length from three hours and

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The new admissions test will be almost twice as long as the current one; takes six hours to complete 20 minutes to just more than six hours.

“The inclusion of behavioral science speaks to an ongoing evolution of medical schools now more concerned with training backgrounds of psychology and sociology,” said Eric Chiu, executive director of pre-med programs at Kaplan Test Prep.

Chiu added that medical schools may soon change their prerequisite courses.

“In [Kaplan’s] survey, 27 percent of medical schools already require biochemistry, but we predict this may increase to 32 percent for the 2016 class,” Chiu said. “However, we did not see the same impact on prerequisite coursework with psychology and sociology.”

Each section on the 2015 exam will be scored using a 118 to 132

range, with a midpoint score of 125.

Total scores will range from 472 to 528, with a midpoint score of 500.

“The newly included sociology and psychology are not that much of a factor other than slightly changing my electives,” said Matthew Druckenbrod, a second-year College student who plans to take the revised MCAT. “The biggest difference is the addition of a distinct biochemistry section. This adds a major core class that must be fit into my schedule and has changed how I approached completing all the pre-reqs for the MCAT.” According to Kaplan Test Prep’s 2014 survey of 78 medical school admissions officers, 44 percent said it makes no difference which test score, current or new, is submitted, 28 percent recommend pre-meds take the

current MCAT, and 27 percent recommend they take the new test.

“If students are prepared for the old exam, they should take it before it changes,” said Chiu. “The key question is whether they got through their prerequisites for the current exam.“ Fourth-year College student Mary-Kate Amato, who took the current MCAT last spring, said she agrees the updated MCAT may require a greater course load. Nevertheless, she said the changes may “lead to a more holistic approach of judging an applicant's readiness for medical school.”

Emily Wong, territory manager at Princeton Review, said she believes the increased length of the 2015 exam may actually benefit students, providing an extra “opportunity to show what you’ve learned.”

“You are setting the curve, so there could be some wiggle room as AAMC adjusts test scoring,” Wong said, noting a possible advantage of taking the 2015 exam early. “AAMC is trying to encourage you to get on board with [the exam].”

The University generated 353 medical school applicants last year, Kaplan Test Prep spokesperson Russell Schaffer said in an email.

But with the current MCAT exam set to expire in January 2015, premed students may find themselves finalizing timelines for the medical school application process earlier than usual.

“Pre-med students are self-motivated and used to hard work,” Chiu said. “The new test will require even more efficient use of their time.”

Health System receives Govenor’s Technology Award U.Va. Center for Telehealth recognized for bringing specialist care to patients in Commonwealth

Courtesy UVA

The telemedicine program allows University specialists to collaborate with primary care givers in order to provide a wide range of services to otherwise underserved areas of Virginia.

The University Center for Telehealth was presented with a 2014 Governor’s Technology Award for creating easier access to health care for patients across the state through the Telehealth program.

Established in 1996, the University’s telemedicine program allows patients to go to their local medical center to obtain a diagnosis and treatment plan from both a University specialist and local physician.

Prior to an appointment, the patient’s history and medical data are sent to a specialist in the University Health System so a treatment plan can be discussed with the local physician, patient and University specialist. The specialist calls into the appointment using a TV screen, camera and an Internet connection.

“The program brings U.Va. specialists to patients in need of specialty care regardless of their physical location within the Commonwealth, from the Eastern

Shore to far South-West Virginia ... and allow[s] for consultations for new patients, and follow up visits, and management of chronic illness in the home,” said Dr. Karen Rheuban, director of the University Center for Telehealth.

Telemedicine programs have been used since the 1960s. The University Health System has brought more than 40 disciplines of health care to the program, vastly broadening its horizons.

With 132 partners across the state, Virginia is a national leader in the telemedicine field.

“We have spared patients more than 10 million miles of driving for access to care and provide care across the continuum from prenatal to acute care, to chronic illnesses and to remote monitoring and palliative services,” Rheuban said. ­—compiled by Emily Dinning

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Year: Fourth Major: Systems Engineering U.Va. Involvement: German Society, volunteering/tutoring through Madison House and other organizations Hometown: Williamsburg Ideal Date: No more than an inch taller than me, thin and/or athletic, cute smile. I’m not partial regarding hair or eye color Ideal Date Personality: Friendly and outgoing, independent and motivated, adventurous, intelligent and curious, humble, loyal, sarcastic or satirical, caring and thoughtful Deal breakers? Smoking, excessive piercings or tattoos, lots of makeup, very religious What makes you a good catch? I have goals and aspirations. I’m dedicated, thoughtful, caring, motivated, hardworking, organized, clean, gracious, humble and very self-aware.

What makes you a less-than-perfect catch? I tend to try too hard, which is fine until it’s too late for trying to matter. I don’t mind — perhaps I prefer — being alone. I don’t mind just sitting in silence and thinking. Sometimes that bothers people.

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LOVE CONNECTION:

ERIK

TANIA

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ERIK Courtesy Erik

She’s just not that into you

Alex Stock Love Guru

Erik and Tania met at the Rotunda and went to Michael’s Bistro.

Tania: Going on a real date is on the 115 Things to do Before You Graduate list and I wanted to cross that out.

Erik: I started thinking of all the things that could go wrong. I thought, “This was a mistake — it could be terrible.” I started thinking of all the things I didn’t put under “dealbreakers” on the survey.

Tania: I got to the Rotunda earlier and didn’t really see anybody, so I walked to a corner and five to 10 minutes later, Erik appeared and asked, “Are you here for Love Connection?”

Erik: I thought she was really pretty. I was surprised because I was expecting so many bad things.

Tania: I think I was a little overdressed because he was just wearing a T-shirt, jeans and tennis shoes. He seemed really nice, but he wasn’t really my type so I figured it was just friendship from [the beginning].

Erik: We decided to go to Michael’s for dinner. It was mutual.

Tania: At first it was kind of hard to get the conversation going and I felt [like] I was making most of the effort. Sometimes it felt like I would ask him a question and he would give me an answer that didn’t really give me anything to work with.

Erik: I don’t think it was awkward. We left the awkwardness at the Rotunda and after that it was really comfortable.

Tania: I would say the first 30 minutes of the dinner was awkward at times. I think I did

Year: Fourth Major: Biomedical Engineering U.Va. Involvement: Fuego Dance Team, Mahogany Dance Troupe, Madison House Medical Services, Student Interpreter Services, Fashion for a Cause, Project Inspire Hometown: Dorado, Puerto Rico Ideal Date: Tall, dark hair, not too skinny but in shape, ideally green eyes but I don’t discriminate, pretty smile, just overall good looking Ideal Date Personality: Sweet, funny, can carry on a conversation without being awkward, not afraid to be himself or express himself, openminded, easy to talk to, a gentleman, humble, interested in what you have to say Deal breakers? Cockiness and superficiality What makes you a good catch? Aside from the fact that I am pretty, a good dancer and some people even refer to me as a “little Puerto Rican princess,” I have a very compassionate heart and I love helping others. I am open-minded and I give everybody an equal chance when getting to know them. I am smart and I work hard for what I want and those I care about. I am shy at first, but once you know me, I am the most easy-going person you’ll ever meet. I also have an adventurous side.

What makes you a less-than-perfect catch? I can be awkward if I am in an uncomfortable situation, sometimes I am a bit dorky and I get stressed easily.

TANIA

most of the talking.

Erik: We had a lot of little things in common — life things. We are both in engineering. We shared some similar interests, [though] one of her [interests] is dancing [and] I’m not much into dancing. I didn’t tell her that though.

Tania: He told me he wasn’t really involved in anything outside the E-School, so I think the main thing in common [is] that we [are] both engineers.

Erik: We did laugh a lot the whole time. I paid. She offered to pay her half, which was a nice thought, but I paid. When we left the restaurant, she said, “What do you want to do next?” and I felt good about that — she didn’t want to get rid of me.

Tania: We got froyo after dinner because I felt [like] he didn’t really want the date to end.

I asked [for] his number as a way to get his

name because I didn’t remember his name for half the date.

Erik: She asked for my number at Berry Berry. We were talking about our Love Connection applications and I said I [didn’t] want excessive piercings. She showed me her three piercings and I jokingly told her [they were] too much.

Tania: When we were in Berry Berry, I gave him my number as a way to finish the date.

After that, he suggested [we] go to one of the Gardens and I thought it was funny that he was probably trying to make a move and I wasn’t letting it happen.

Erik: We laughed a lot and we picked on each other, too. I guess that counts as flirting.

Tania: We were at the Gardens and to be honest I didn’t know how to leave, so I just said, “I want to go home now.” He walked me home

Courtesy Tania

and I just gave him an awkward hug and told him it was nice.

Erik: I would be really glad to go out with her again. I think there could be a romantic connection.

Tania: I could not see going on a date with him again, but I could see hanging out as friends. I told him to text me when he [got] home safely, but when he told me he got home, I texted him “Okay, have a good night.”

I didn’t really engage in conversation after.

Erik: I’m weary of rating it too high, but I don’t know of many ways it could have gone better, so I guess a 9.

Tania: I would rate the date a 7 because we went to a lot of nice places, but there was no connection.

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ONE@UVA reaches overseas CIO campaigns for legislation addressing elecricity in Sub-Saharan Africa Danaite Soquar Feature Writer

Grassroots activism is a powerful tool to raise awareness in communities near and far. The efforts of ONE@UVA — a bipartisan contracted independent organization working to tackle poverty and preventable disease in Africa — have produced tangible results in the federal political arena.

ONE@UVA is a college chapter of the larger international non-profit ONE, headquartered in Washington, D.C. Last year, ONE@UVA campaigned for the Electrifying Africa Act, a policy aimed at establishing a comprehensive system to provide countries in sub-Saharan Africa with electricity access and subsequently drive economic growth. The bill passed in the House of Representatives this May and is now being debated in the Senate.

One@UVA Vice President Milika Robbins, a fourth-year College student, praised the success of the bill thus far. “[Advocating with One@UVA is] a fulfilling experience,” Robbins said. “We think we have no voice [in] these issues.

Our conceptions as college students is that [we] don’t have political power, but we do.”

Students in ONE@UVA wrote letters to U.S. Representative Robert Hurt in support of the EAA bill. In addition, members held a “Cooking in the Dark” event at Hereford Residential College to portray how difficult everyday tasks become without electricity.

Director of the Center on Critical Human Survival Issues at U.Va. Ravindra Khare said the activism displayed by ONE@UVA mirrors the necessary work to be done within and beyond the Charlottesville community.

“Human survival crises [come] from near and afar these days,” Khare said.

“These are the times when we have to be ever-more attentive to human survival crises as [well] as to development issues now locally and globally present.”

Global Studies Prof. Sahar Akhtar encouraged students interested in the work completed by ONE@UVA to pursue relevant work experience.

“Students should take an interest in development work especially because in the U.Va. community we are trying to shape ourselves to be part of the global community,” Akhtar said. “Students can get involved through many opportunities like internships with NGOs as well as global institutions and non-profits.”