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Rotunda column damaged ahead of reopening University Police Department investigating act of vandalism EVAN HENRY | SENIOR WRITER A group of unidentified individuals damaged a column base on the Lawn-facing side of the Rotunda earlier this month, University Spokesperson Anthony de Bruyn said.

“The University is aware that a recently installed marble Dutchman on the South Portico was dislodged and moved across the portico floor by unknown individuals on the evening of September 8,” de Bruyn said in an email to The Cavalier Daily Friday.

A Dutchman repair is a technique for replacing a small portion of a damaged architectural feature—in this case, a marble

section of a column base. The damage to the column has since been repaired.

The incident is under investigation by University Police, de Bruyn said.

The Rotunda is part of Thomas Jefferson’s original Academical Village, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The building has been under renovation since 2012, and will officially reopen to the public on Monday. An Open House will be held this weekend.

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Workers finish repairs to vandalism damage ahead of official opening Monday, Sept. 26.

Jefferson’s records show temperature increase since 1796 Charlottesville has seen warmer summer than usual KATHLEEN SMITH | ASSOCIATE EDITOR September temperatures in the Charlottesville area have significantly increased since 1796.

The increase can in part be tracked thanks to University founder Thomas Jefferson, who was an avid weather observer, and kept a record of temperatures in a meteorological diary. Much of Jefferson’s data — which include records compiled in Williamsburg

and at his home in Monticello — were published in his “Notes on the State of Virginia” in 1785.

Similar to modern weather recordings, Jefferson recorded precipitation amount and the daily temperature range.

"My method is to make two observations a day, the one as early as possible in the morning, the other from 3. to 4. aclock, because I have

found 4. aclock the hottest and day light the coldest point of the 24. hours [sic],” Jefferson noted in his diary.

In addition to recording precipitation and temperature, Jefferson noted events such as the “appearance of birds, leafing and flowering of trees, frosts remarkeably [sic] late or early, Aurora borealis,” and attempted to measure wind pat-

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While Jefferson’s records are incomplete, temperatures in 1796 were several degrees lower than temperatures today.

terns. This was largely unsuccessful due to inaccurate instruments.

Jefferson even took a thermometer to Philadelphia to record the weather on the day the Declaration of Independence was signed, according to an article from the Library of Congress.

Hundreds of Jefferson’s weather recordings have been preserved and are available online. Although the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library does not contain actual weather records kept by Jefferson, curator David Whitesell said some of its Jefferson manuscripts and letters have references to weather.

“My impression, perhaps not fully accurate, is that the systematic recording of weather data was rather unusual until the very late 18th century,” Whitesell said in an email statement. “It was certainly far more common in the 19th century, for which we have many surviving weather records covering decades.”

Jerry Stenger, director of American Association of State Climatologists Designated State Office of Climatology, said Charlottesville temperatures were warmer this summer, but not by a large amount.

“This summer has been warmer than other years, but only by about about 1.5 degrees on average, so it has not been tremendously warmer than normal,” Stenger said.

“There has been an unusually large number of days with 90-plus de-

gree temperatures, but we have not had but about one record setting high temperature this year.”

Stenger said 2016 only ranks about 26th overall in terms of high temperatures out of 118 years of records.

In terms of how rising Charlottesville temperatures relate to global scale increases in temperature, Stenger said it is difficult to take temperatures from one station and relate them to a global station.

“I did an analysis looking at Virginia temperatures statewide from year to year and they have been going up substantially over the past 40 years, but the relationship to the global scale temperatures, which have also been going up, is not all that great,” Stenger said.

Looking at smaller scales of temperature variation often introduces more complicating factors that don’t occur on the larger, global scale, Stenger said.

“Only 25 percent of variation in Virginia average temperatures is explained by changes in global average temperatures, which means that three-fourths of what is going on with Virginia scale temperatures is unknown because it is not necessarily related to global scale temperatures,” Stenger said.

“There is some relationship, but it does not explain but about onefourth of what is going on with the changes in Virginia temperatures.”

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BSA holds die-in outside of Old Cabell Students speak out against racial injustice HAILEY ROSS | SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR More than 100 University students participated in a ‘die-in’ Friday by laying on the ground outside of Old Cabell Hall. The die-in was in commemoration of National Blackout Day, which came following the deaths of Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott.

Students were encouraged to attend the event and wear all black clothing to express support for National Blackout Day. “Black student organizations in several colleges across the nation will be participating in a National Blackout Day to join in solidarity with Terence Crutcher, Keith Lamont Scott and countless others who have lost their lives to police brutality,” a statement released by the Black Student Alliance read.

BSA political action director Wes Gobar, a third-year College student, said he and Anelle Mensah, BSA political action vice director and second-year College student, chose to have a die-in as opposed to other forms of direct action as it both provided a place for students to talk about their pain and conveyed a powerful visual image.

Old Cabell Hall was chosen as the location for the die-in because it was originally built to block out the minority community below it, Gobar said.

“I think one of the most important aspects is confronting people with the actual costs — the number of deaths, the number of families ruined,” Gobar said. “It was great to have everyone come out, have their voices heard, show up in mass and stand in solidarity.”

Gobar began the die-in by giving a speech he wrote while thinking about recent acts of police brutality and then opened up the floor for others to speak.

“I was channeling anger from recent events, from the murders of Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott. I began to think about my fall semester two years ago — coming to U.Va. in 2014, you have Michael Brown, Eric Garner and John Crawford III, who were all victims of police brutality,” Gobar said in an interview with The Cavalier Daily.

“I even began to think about the spring — Martese [Johnson] last year — and just why we’re having to come out and still do these events.”

In his speech, Gobar spoke out against the racist writings recently found in the Kent and Dabney dorms.

“It was only weeks ago that we saw in the Kent dormitory students who were presented with racist and hateful language at the hands of their fellow students,” Gobar said.

“Thus, we hope that this demonstration will prove a catalyst for

future discussion about black oppression, racism and change at this university … those people who wrote those messages on the Kent dorm — they will not win.”

Fourth-year College student Edward Alexander also spoke during the die-in. Alexander said his cousin was killed by an officer, and his uncle was wrongly imprisoned for 10 years based on DNA that he said wasn’t found on him.

“When I speak, I’m not speaking for the macro. I’m talking about me, my personal life,” Alexander said. “So when I say black lives matter, my life matters. Your life matters. How many more videos can we watch?”

Alexander also asked the white community to become more involved.

“While black lives matter, I implore my white friends, my white peers, to no longer just be liberal and just retweet and throw this on your newsfeed,” Alexander said.

“This is your problem. There is no reason BSA has to be the one holding a racial sensitivity talk after white people are spraying [the n-word] on people’s dorms.”

Alexander said attended the diein because he wanted to do something to combat the feeling of powerlessness he often has.

“I just [wanted] to do something. It gets to a point. You feel powerless. I cry almost every day.

It may be a tear or two. I cry every day, but the other day, I sobbed. I broke down,” Alexander said. “I really needed this.”

Alexander also said the point of the die-in was not to come up with a solution but rather to heal as a community.

“This isn’t about figuring out what we’re doing next. We just need to heal,” Alexander said in an interview with The Cavalier Daily. “This right here, this community healing — this is why we need events like this, to heal.”

First-year College student Alazar Aklilu also stood up and encouraged the students who were in attendance by delivering an efficacious speech.

“You are evoking change. By you being here … you are doing something while your friends are out, preparing to go do fun things with the rest of their night,” Aklilu said.

“You have voluntarily committed your time to lie down in front of Old Cabell Hall because you want people to know you’re tired. You’re sick.”

Aklilu applauded students for showing up and taking a stand against injustice.

“By you being in front of Old Cabell Hall today, you are doing

something … Don’t ever, ever feel like you don’t have a purpose in this life,” Aklilu said. “Stand up for those that are being targeted. Stand up when you see inequality. Stand up when you see injustice. Because I don’t want to be lying out here.”

Aklilu had initially just come to the die-in to take pictures but said he realized it was an opportunity for him to vocalize his feelings about racial injustice.

“I realized it’s not good to keep your emotions bottled up. You need a platform to speak on that isn’t social media,” Aklilu said in an interview with The Cavalier Daily.

“Sometimes, when a gathering like this happens, as rare as it is, it’s really important for you to be out here, to voice your opinions.”

Aklilu, Alexander and Gobar were just a few of the many students who chose to speak during the diein. Each had a different powerful message to convey in the half-hour during which the event took place.

Following the die-in, several students stood up, joined hands and created a prayer circle on the grass in front of Old Cabell Hall.

Gobar then ended the die-in by getting up to speak one last time.

“This is our space. This is our University. So yes, we will continue to be out here. We will continue to fight injustice. And we will continue to pursue justice for those who have been shot, who have been silenced, for those families who have lost,” Gobar said. “So thank you all of you for coming out here. I love all of you. Thank you so much.”

Kate Bellows contributed to this article.

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The die-in was held outside Old Cabell Hall to emphasize the significance of the building’s history.

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Several students spoke about their personal experiences with racial injustice.

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Attendees formed a prayer circle in front of Old Cabell Hall as part of the event.

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Presidential Senate hears QSU, Divest U.Va. proposals Group gives seal of approval to gender-neutral housing commission THOMAS ROADES | SENIOR WRITER The University’s Presidential Senate heard and voted on two presentations: one from Divest U.Va. proposing that the University should withdraw financially from investing in fossil fuels and one from the Queer Student Union proposing an auditing commission to gather student opinions on gender-neutral housing.

The Presidential Senate consists of student leaders from 189 different organizations on Grounds. At each meeting they vote on whether to award their Presidential Seal to the causes which are presented. The QSU proposal received the seal, with 93 percent of attending members voting in favor, while Divest U.Va. did not, with only 38.1 percent voting in favor.

Third-year College student Maria DeHart and second-year College student Tom Sobolik presented on behalf of Divest U.Va. Sobolik began the presentation by explaining the group’s mission, stating its goal is to convince the Board of Visitors to stop investing endowment money in companies that burn fossil fuels. He also emphasized the urgency of the issue.

“I’m sure a lot of you are already familiar with the climate change issue but we’re beginning to see it pop up in alarming ways,” Sobolik said. He cited several recent events

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in order for a proposal to earn the presidential seal, it must receive at least 50 percent of votes from committee members.

including a recent New York Times article on flooding coastlines.

DeHart agreed and said the University should not be complicit in actions that harm the planet.

“It’s an important statement that the University must make,” she said of the divestment proposal. DeHart and Sobolik described difficulties in getting the BOV’s attention on the issue, and said they hoped to gain credibility with the Presidential Senate’s support.

Arts and Sciences graduate student Ben Vaughan said during the

question and answer section that while he agreed with Divest U.Va.’s mission, he worried it could be counterproductive because fossil fuel companies fund research into alternative fuel sources at the University.

Vaughan said his own research into fuel cells, as well as other research efforts in clean energy, could lose funding if the University divested from fossil fuel companies.

Divest U.Va.’s proposal did not receive the senate’s approval, with 38.1 percent abstaining from the

vote and 38.1 percent voting in favor — not reaching the 50 percent majority required for the Presidential Seal.

Next, third-year College students Jack Chellman and Shannon Khurana, along with second-year College student Natalie Snitzer, presented on behalf of the QSU. Chellman explained that gender-neutral housing would begin to be implemented in all upperclassman on-Grounds housing next academic year. The QSU’s mission is to gather student opinions and get

input from the University community on how best to implement gender-neutral housing.

“We believe that open housing is a fantastic idea, but that it really needs student involvement,” Chellman said.

Snitzer said a small pilot program has already begun in one building, with promising results.

“There is a pilot going on right now in Copeley with three apartments, and there have been no issues raised,” she said.

Khurana agreed the Copeley pilot has seen positive results, and said she was optimistic about the possibility of expanding gender-neutral housing beyond upperclassmen housing in future years — even possibly to the Gooch-Dillard dorms due to their suite-style structure.

“We definitely feel in QSU that we are going in the right direction,” Khurana said.

The proposal for a commission on gender-neutral housing received the Presidential Seal from the Senate, with 93 percent of members voting in favor and 7 percent against.

Sullivan visits Honor, talks Strategic Investment Fund Organization considers changing plaque wording MARK FELICE | ASSOCIATE EDITOR The Strategic Investment Fund — a controversial topic among students, Virginians and state legislators — was a key topic at this week’s Honor Committee meeting. University President Teresa Sullivan, who rarely comes to speak to the committee, gave a statement during the community input period and took questions about the fund.

“We have no relationship with the Strategic Investment Fund,” Honor Committe Chair Matt West, a fourth-year College student, said. “I believe President Sullivan took the opportunity to come to the committee tonight just to further clarify the purposes of SIF and the reasons why it was created in the first place.”

Although the fund, dubbed a “slush fund” by former Board of Visitors Rector Helen Dragas, came to light this past July, many of the Honor Committee representatives were still uncertain about where the money for the fund came from. Third-year Engineering representative William Rainey asked Sullivan about the spe-

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The Honor Committe will consider a proposal to change the Honor plaque pledge to reflect the goal of collaboration in the classroom.

cific breakdown about the fund’s financial sources.

“Some of it is the portion of the endowment that was unrestricted, so a donor did not say, ‘You have to

spend my money on this or that,’” Sullivan said. “Some of it was earnings on the endowment that had not been spent. A quarter of it came from the Health System, then about

a quarter of it comes from reserves in what’s called the academic division.”

Another topic discussed at the meeting was the possibility for a change in the wording of the Honor plaque, which appears in every classroom around the University. This was brought up by Vice Chair for Education Ariana Zetlin, a fourth-year Curry student.

The current honor pledge, as stated on the plaques, reads “I have neither given nor received aid on this assignment.” An alteration has been proposed to rephrase the pledge to read as “I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid in this assignment,” a change in language which already appears in the 2014 Honor Handbook for Faculty Members and Teaching Assistants.

“The current plaques we have now don't promote collaboration,” Zetlin said. “We want to change that wording to make sure that people know that they can help each other and work together in our community as long as it's allowed by the profes-

sor.”

This process is still underway and is in the beginnings of a conversation between the committee and its members. The committee will continue to look at it as an option and will continue to have a discussion.

Lastly, the committee heard a report by second-year College student Soleil Reed about the recent history of Honor outreach. This report highlighted the outreach numbers that the committee had achieved with regards to minority students and groups.

“This past spring, we created a program that allowed three of our support officers for Honor to apply for the opportunity to complete a summer project,” West said. “[Soleil’s] project pertained to the past outreach initiatives to diverse and minority students.”

The Honor Committee will meet after fall break for an open session Oct. 9 in Newcomb Hall.

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UJC welcomes 42 new members in general body meeting Chair Mitch Wellman emphasizes importance of diversity in organization DAISY XU | SENIOR WRITER The University Judiciary Committee had its general body meeting with its new members Sunday.

Jacqueline Kouri, fourth-year Engineering student and vice-chair for first-years, announced 12 new First-Year Judiciary Committee members who will serve as judges during trials for alleged first-year misconduct.

Six new educators, 14 new counselors and 10 new investigators will assist the operations of UJC. UJC Chair Mitchell Wellman, a fourth-year College student, went over information about new members by the numbers.

Among the new members, 45 percent are first-year students, 40 percent are second-year students and 15 percent are graduate students.

Seventy-four percent come from the College, 10 percent are from the

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UJC discussed potential changes to its constitution that would be voted on by the student body during the spring semester.

Engineering School and 12 percent are from the Law School.

Of the new members, 52 percent are male and 48 percent are female. Sixty-three percent live on Grounds, while 37 percent live off Grounds.

In terms of racial and ethnic diversity, 65 percent of new members are white, 13 percent are Asian, 8 percent are Hispanic/Latino, 8 percent are black/African-American, 3 percent are Middle Eastern and 3 percent are listed as “other.”

Wellman said the importance of sharing demographics of new members is to emphasize UJC’s efforts to maintain diversity among its general body.

“Students [affected by our cases] come from all backgrounds, and having diversity in our committee makes sure we provide fair and unbiased judgements,” Wellman said.

“It is more than race and ethnicity — considering other factors, such as age, is also crucial.”

Wellman explained why a big portion of the committee is made up of first-year students.

“New members need to go through a semester of training, and they usually come to the peak after the year they are selected,” Wellman said.

Wellman also mentioned implementing changes to the language of the Sanction Enhancement Clause

of the Committee’s Constitution.

“This change is to align with the University’s policy to address and prevent discrimination and hazing,” Wellman said.

Amendments are proposed and passed by a two-third vote of the committee and a petition fulfilling the requirements set by the University Board of Visitors.

The proposed amendment will then be open to the public. At least 10 percent of University students must participate in the voting, and at least a two-thirds vote is required for the amendment to be approved.

These actions will take place in the spring, and Wellman said he expects the members to serve as grassroots to encourage people around them to participate.

Curry expands, innovates with new programs Teaching interns sent to new school districts, given option of longer, two-year teaching fellowship KATE LEWIS | SENIOR WRITER ,The Curry School of Education is currently processing applications for its new Teaching Fellowship, a two-year program satisfying Virginia state requirements for teacher clinical experience and providing more longterm University support and training to new teachers.

The Virginia Department of Education requires student teachers to gain 300 hours of supervised clinical experience — or classroom time — in order to obtain state licensure as educators.

Curry students currently satisfy this requirement through a semester-long teaching internship, which places them in a Virginia school division based on their own regional preferences and the needs of the school districts in partnership with Curry.

Most students are placed in Albemarle County and Charlottesville City schools. Students with a local Charlottesville residence are guaranteed placement within an hour’s drive, and the living arrangements and transportation needs of students placed in more distant counties, like Northern Virginia or Richmond, factor into that placement.

As field placement coordinator for the teacher education program, Adria Hoffman was responsible for placing 150 student teachers in internships this year.

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The Curry School is creating a new teaching fellowship program to give students an opportunity to earn more experience in the classroom while being paid.

whole-classroom facilitation, Hoffman said.

“You phase up or scaffold up to the point where you’re meeting your student teaching requirements,” she said. “That’s really more of an internship, and that’s why the field of teacher education often refers to student teaching as an internship.”

Currently, internships last 16 weeks and take place during the fall semester of a student’s final year in the master’s program.

The first teaching fellows are scheduled to begin their residency period next fall.

The fellowship is taken as an alter-

native to the internship and lasts two years: one year of residency and one year of supervised teaching. Teaching fellows are required to remain within the school district of their fellowship for at least three years after the program.

In addition to the much more extensive guidance and support provided by the fellowship, Hoffman said a major benefit of the program over an internship was the paid residency period.

“One of the big challenges in our field — overall, our entire field nationally — is that teachers are expected to go into teaching, to have this

full-time experience, this internship — they don’t get paid for it and they’re paying tuition,” Hoffman said. “We’ve all done it as teachers, and I can tell you — it’s hard to pay the bills.”

The fellowship is supported by the Jefferson Trust. It was one of 18 funding proposals the trust awarded funds to this year.

“One of the Jefferson Trust’s goals is to fund innovative new projects, and this really kind of fit that innovative portion of what we’re looking at — it was a new idea, it was exciting, it was getting a lot of positive feedback from both students in the program and from the school districts that they’re partnered with,” Amy Bonner, the grant administrator for The Jefferson Trust, said.

The Curry Teaching Internship itself is also expanding to accommodate more students and an increase in school districts specifically requesting Curry students.

Beverly Kerr, a teaching mentor at Carysbrook Elementary in Fluvanna County and a new Curry mentor trained as part of this expansion, emphasized how intimidating clinical experiences can be to interns.

“It’s more difficult than people realize it is, and so whenever you put a student from doing these isolated lessons in a classroom to doing what they do during the internship … it can be very stressful,” Kerr said.

She said she was excited, however, by the level of support and preparation Curry provides its student teachers.

Nancy Poole, elementary school staffing specialist of Virginia Beach City Public Schools and an alumna of the Curry School, said she felt fortunate to play a part in the expansion of Curry’s teacher education programs into her own division.

Curry’s fellowship draws from research showing greater success among teachers who gain both experience and permanent employment in the same type of teaching environment and school division, Poole said.

“The fellowship is something that is new and unique,” Poole said, “I don’t know if after doing this other universities will reach out, but this is our first effort with this type of initiative and we’re very excited about it.”

Curry’s student teachers attract the attention of administrators like Poole because, rather than interning in an established classroom, both teaching interns and fellows begin their clinical experience at the start of the year, setting the tone for classroom conduct, Hoffman said.

“One of the reasons that superintendents across the Commonwealth often reach out to us and often tell us that they seek out our candidates is because instead of student teaching in a spring semester at the end, ours actually start when the teachers report back,” Hoffman said. “So they learn how to set up a classroom, organize a classroom, instead of walking into something that’s already functioning.”

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Virginia surges past Central Michigan, 49-35 Cavaliers earn first win of the Mendenhall era, Benkert breaks program record for single-game passing yards MARIEL MESSIER | SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR

As the Virginia football team stormed onto the field to face Central Michigan, there was a nervous feeling amongst the crowd — a worry of impending doom.

“We’re not immune from that being past history and I’m not sure the stadium was,” c oach Bronco Mendenhall said. “It seemed like there was this cultural, ‘We know what this feels like’ and I felt that."

However, the Cavaliers (1-3) appeared to be a transformed team over the course of the first quarter against the Chippewas (3-1).

Virginia was an unstoppable force for the first 15 minutes of the contest.

Junior quarterback Kurt Benkert finished an impressive showing with 421 yards and five touchdowns. His performance was historic, as he broke the school’s passing yards record in just his fourth start as a Cavalier. Benkert was reluctant to take all the credit for his accomplishment.

“It was a collective effort from a lot of different guys,” Benkert said.

“The offense is just coming together really well.”

The sidelines were surging with energy after the defense forced a three-and-out and the Central Michigan punt was short, allowing Virginia to start the drive in its opponent’s territory for the first time this season.

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Junior quarterback Kurt Benkert broke Virginia’s single-game passing record with 421 yards in just his fourth career start. Benkert threw five touchdown passes on the day.

Benkert polished off the drive with a 15-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Olamide Zaccheaus. The Cavaliers continued to make stops, and the offense added more to their score as senior big back Albert Reid ran four yards for a touchdown. Redshirt freshman tight end Richard Burney rushed into the end zone to give Virginia the twopoint conversion — the first successful two point conversion for the Cavaliers since attempting one in 2013 against Georgia Tech.

Benkert continued to hit his targets early in the second quarter when he connected with senior wide receiver Keeon Johnson for his second touchdown pass of the after-

noon. Virginia added its last score of the half early in the second quarter when senior tailback Taquan Mizzell stormed into the end zone.

The Cavaliers held a lead of 28-0, and finally it seemed as if Virginia fans’ previous worries could subside.

However, the Chippewas started to cut into the Cavalier lead in the second quarter, adding on two touchdowns, including one 85-yard touchdown pass with just over two minutes left in the half to knock the wind out of Virginia before the intermission.

Central Michigan continued to chip away at the lead after halftime.

Junior defensive back Amari Coleman intercepted a Benkert pass and returned the ball 47 yards for a touch-

down, bringing the score to 28-21.

The Chippewas stopped the Virginia offense in their tracks — keeping them from scoring in the remainder of the third quarter.

The worries of Cavalier fans started to creep up once again.

Central Michigan confirmed those worries when they tied up the score 28-28 at the beginning of the fourth quarter with a 14-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Cooper Rush.

“There were players going up and down the sideline and rallying the team,” Mendenhall said. “They were saying that we need everybody.”

The encouragement helped, as the team’s energy never wavered, and Scott Stadium was filled with the sounds of the “Good Old Song” once again.

“We got rid of [the mindset] that when we get down or somebody comes back that the game is over,” Reid said. “We just keep going.”

The Virginia faithful were rewarded with 9:36 left in the game, as Benkert fired an 82-yard pass that landed perfectly in the hands of Zacchaeus for a touchdown. Sophomore placekicker Alex Furbank sent the extra point straight through the uprights to give the Cavaliers a 35-28 lead.

The defense kept the momentum going on the ensuing Central Michigan drive, forcing the Chippewas into another three-and-out. The of-

fense followed suit, as Benkert kept the chains moving in a 73-yard drive.

Reid ran into the end zone to extend Virginia’s lead to 42-28.

“We practiced that all week, we practice when things go wrong, somebody has to step up,” Reid said.

“We knew it was going to be a breakthrough.”

Not only did Cavalier fans breathe a collective sigh of relief — they rejoiced — as redshirt freshman center back Kareem Gibson intercepted a Rush pass to stifle the Chippewas again and give Virginia possession.

“When my coaches said, ‘We’re coming to you,’ and I said, please do,” Mizzell said.

The ball was passed off to Mizzell on the ensuing drive, and he smoked the Central Michigan defense for 53 yards to the endzone, giving the Cavaliers a 49-28 lead. Central Michigan added on a late touchdown to bring the final score to 49-35, but it was all but forgotten after back-to-back sensational Virginia plays.

“That's a happy group of young men in that locker room,” Mendenhall said. “I'm certainly not saying we've arrived, but it's a nice start.”

Yells and cheers from the neighboring locker room punctuated Mendenhall’s postgame press conference. With Saturday’s victory, the coach earned his 100th career win.

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unior quarterback Kurt Benkert entered Saturday’s game against Central Michigan with soso numbers. The transfer from East Carolina had tossed a total of five touchdowns to four interceptions – the most among ACC quarterbacks – and averaged roughly 232 yards passing per game.

Benkert’s average quarterback rating – a metric that ranks each signal caller on a 1-100 scale based on his “clutch” or win factor – barely broke 50 prior to Saturday.

He’d struggled to settle in his last time out, completing only 23 of 42 passes for 243 yards and no touchdowns in the painful 13-10 loss at Connecticut. A forced throw early in the fourth quarter found the arms of an opposing defender, handing the Huskies back the football the very next play after the Cavalier defense had recovered a fumble on its own 23-yard line. The turnover set up Connecticut to score its only touchdown of the afternoon.

Meanwhile, Benkert held up his limp left shoulder on the sidelines.

Another hit he’d taken that spun him, slammed him and crumpled his side inward seemed to have done some

amount of structural damage. But the tough kid Benkert stayed in the game and, down the stretch, gave Virginia a chance to win. Afterwards, the cameras showed his shoulder propped in a sling.

To let alone suit up a week after the physical and mental toll he took was gritty. But then to do what Benkert did on the field – shattering the school record for passing yards in only his fourth ever start as a college quarterback – man, was that studly.

“It was a lot of collective effort from a lot of different guys,” Benkert said. “That last one, Smoke [Mizzell] took a swing for 53 yards, and I mean, I didn’t really have to do much. We’ve got a lot of really good players, and our o-line is getting so much better every week. And it’s just, the whole kind of cohesiveness of the offense is coming together really well.”

En route to a 49-35 win, his team’s first of the season as well as coach Bronco Mendenhall’s career 100th, Benkert completed 27 of a season-high 43 attempts for 421 yards and five touchdowns. After a shaky opening drive that narrowly ended in a pick only to end in a 3-and-out, Benkert took advantage of a short

field.

The Cape Coral, Fla. native delivered a spiral 15 yards to speedster wideout Olamide Zaccheaus in the end zone for the game’s first score.

Benkert, Zacchaeus and the rest of the Virginia offense were just getting started Saturday. By the 10:34 mark of the second quarter, the Cavaliers led Central Michigan 28-0. Albert Reid and Mizzell had each added 4-yard rushing touchdowns, bookending Keeon Johnson’s 13-yard touchdown reception.

They were rolling, thanks in large part to the decision-making of their signal caller, but then the Cavaliers halted. A capable Chippewa offense closed out the half with a one-yard touchdown run and then an 85-yard touchdown reception to cut it to 2814. Benkert had completed just one pass over Virginia’s final two drives, each of which ended in a punt. His stagnant offense couldn’t make anything happen out of the half either as punter Nicholas Conte’s big leg was called upon once more.

When the Cavaliers stopped Central Michigan in the red zone on its ensuing drive and then as an added plus the Chippewa kicker botched his

29-yard field goal attempt, the game felt safer. Sure, there was a lot of time left on the clock, 7:34 in the 3rd, but the momentum appeared to be back behind Virginia.

What a difference one moment can make.

Three plays later, Central Michigan defensive back Amari Coleman read the eyes of Benkert – who’d at times telegraphed the quick screen to Zacchaeus – and darted to the football. Without much pursuit, Coleman returned the interception 47 yards to the house. A groan from the Virginia crowd echoed in Scott Stadium.

“It just happens,” Benkert said. “It is football. They jumped the screen…

I didn’t think he was going to actually catch it, but it was a really good play by him. We’ve been in tough situations already earlier this year, and none of that really shakes us.”

Even after Central Michigan tied the score, 28-28, concluding its methodical 11-play, 89 yard drive with a 14-yard touchdown catch at the start of the fourth, Benkert and the Cavaliers believed in their preparation and will to win. They responded to adversity in a way that no other recent Virginia football team has.

If ever there were a definitive transition to the Mendenhall era, it was the final ten minutes Saturday.

Benkert at the helm, the Cavaliers scored the game’s next 21 points on drives of 86, 73 and 53 yards, respectively, to seal the deal. The big-play potential of Benkert and Virginia was finally on full display, the quarterback connecting with Zacchaeus for an 82-yard score and later Mizzell for a 53-yard touchdown.

Mizzell met his quarterback Benkert in celebration. The two Virginia players haven’t been together very long, but their trust in one another is evident. Even when Benkert threw the pick-six, that trust endured.

“He’s a first year starter,” Mizzell said. “He’s just settling in, taking what the defense gives him. That’s our quarterback. I believe in every decision he makes. Whether it’s a bad decision or the right decision, you know I know he’s going to come back and capitalize. And that’s what he did.”

GRANT GOSSAGE is a senior associate sports editor for The Cavalier Daily. He can be reached at g.gossage@ cavalierdaily.com.

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Women’s soccer play Florida State to rain-soaked draw

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The Cavaliers rebounded from a disappointing loss at Miami with a 1-1 draw against No. 3 Florida State Sunday in a game marred by two weather delays.

In a tumultuous game spoiled by two lightning delays, No. 2 Virginia and No. 3 Florida State played to a 1-1 tie before officials had to call the game due to weather.

Coming into this game off a disappointing loss against Miami, the Cavaliers (8-2-1, 1-1-1 ACC) came into this top-five matchup eager to rectify some of the mistakes made Thursday.

Virginia started the game hot when sophomore midfielder Hana Kerner found junior forward Veronica Latsko who powered the ball into the net to give the Cavaliers a 1-0 lead in

the ninth minute.

After an extensive lightning delay at halftime, the teams came back on the field a little unsettled by the lengthy wait.

Florida State (8-1-1, 2-0-1 ACC) found the equalizer in the 68th minute after forcing a turnover and firing in a goal from six yards out.

As the game went on, the Cavaliers stepped up the pressure, looking for the winner, but neither team could find the breakthrough.

Still facing a tied score after the opening 90 minutes, the teams moved on to overtime. In

the overtime period, the Cavalier defense came up huge and made some key stops to keep the game even.

In the 100th minute, the referees called the game after another lightning delay, ending the match in a 1-1 draw.

Virginia’s next contest will be another huge ACC matchup at home against North Carolina next Sunday.

—compiled by Hunter Ostad

No. 13 Louisville dominates men’s soccer, 6-1 The No. 16 Virginia men’s soccer team (3-2-2, 0-2-1 ACC) had a tough weekend, falling to ACC rival Louisville, 6-1, in a lopsided match. The No. 13 Cardinals (7-1-1, 3-0 ACC) have had a phenomenal start to the season, beating several top teams and maintaining an undefeated conference record.

The Cavaliers were overwhelmed from the start by a strong performance from Louisville, who jumped right out of the gate to take a commanding 4-0 lead. This set Virginia behind the 8-ball, and the Cavaliers could not muster up a comeback to dig themselves out the hole that they had created.

Louisville had five different

players score a goal, including junior forward Mohamed Thiaw, who scored twice. The Cardinals were able to execute on all cylinders offensively, with their goals coming in a few different ways, including plays off of free kicks and shots either kicked or headed for goals.

Virginia scored its only goal in the second half, courtesy of sophomore forward Wesley Wade. The goal was Wade’s second of the season. Redshirt junior midfielder Pablo Aguilar was awarded the assist on the play.

The lopsided nature of the match was evident in the stat sheet, with Louisville outshooting Virginia, 20-1.

The Cavaliers now look to

rebound from a rough match with a three-game homestand that begins when Cornell visits Charlottesville Tuesday. The game is scheduled to take place at Klöckner Stadium at 7 p.m.

Virginia will then take on in-state rival Virginia Tech in a Commonwealth Clash battle Friday before hosting Hofstra the following Tuesday.

—compiled by Rahul Shah

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Redshirt junior midfielder Pablo Aguilar was awarded the assist on Virginia’s lone goal.

Volleyball’s skid continues after tough weekend

MARIANA FRASER | THE CAVALIER DAILY

The Virginia volleyball team dropped to 3-11 on the season after losing its first two conference matches against Wake Forest and Duke Friday and Saturday, respectively, at Memorial Gymnasium.

The Virginia volleyball team could not break its losing streak in its first weekend of ACC play, falling to Wake Forest Friday, 3-1, before losing a heartbreaker Saturday against Duke, 3-2.

The Cavaliers (3-11, 0-2 ACC) came into Friday’s matchup looking to end an eight-game losing streak in its second half of tournament play after a solid week of practice.

The team won the first set against the Demon Deacons (5-8, 1-1 ACC) but dropped the next three to end the match. The second and third sets were decided by two points.

Senior outside hitter Haley Kole led Virginia with 23 kills, but the team could not contain Wake Forest’s outside hitter combo of freshman Caroline Rassenfoss and junior Kylie Long, who went off with 26 and 15 kills, respectively.

In their second game of the weekend, the Cavaliers faced the Blue Devils (8-4, 2-0 ACC) in an

absolute thriller.

After Virginia took the first set, Duke grinded out a second set victory in a 32-30 tiebreak.

Duke would take the third set, but Virginia answered with a 26-24 tiebreak win in set four to force a final set.

The Blue Devils topped the Cavaliers, 15-7, in set five to take a hard fought match against a major ACC rival. Kole once again led the Cavaliers with 25 kills against a balanced Blue Devils attack that had four players attain double-digit kills.

Virginia will once again go back to the drawing board to find out how it can finally end its losing streak. The Cavaliers hit the road to take on archrival Virginia Tech (6-7, 1-1 ACC) Friday before heading north to play Pittsburgh (11-3, 2-0 ACC) Sunday.

—compiled by Alec Dougherty

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Governors shouldn’t have the power to slash higher ed The Kentucky Supreme Court’s ruling is a win for public universities The Kentucky Supreme Court recently ruled against a lower state court’s decision that allowed Republican Gov. Matt Bevin to limit public college funding without the permission of the state legislature. Fortunately, the change will result in the release of a previously withheld sum of $18 million to Kentucky universities.

In response to the ruling reversal, the governor’s press secretary released a statement which argued that the withheld $18 million comprise just 0.27 percent of Kentucky univer-

sity expenditures, and that the money would help solve the state’s $35 billion underfunded pension liability. While Bevin claims the decision to reappropriate public education funding was well-intentioned, subjecting state university budgeting to the whims of a governor sets a bad precedent.

A checks and balances system limits executive power by providing representatives an opportunity to conduct more rigorous reviews of policy changes. Given that politically charged controversies often arise

in higher education, granting a single governor the power to withhold state funding over a disagreement in political beliefs is a dangerous path to follow. One could easily imagine a situation in which a governor may disagree with a professor’s views on climate science and then withdraw state funding. Consider the controversy that ensued when former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli demanded global warming research files from former University professor Michael Mann. Were Cuc-

cinelli to have won the 2013 gubernatorial election, he could have been in a position to defund the University over its practices — something the Kentucky decision forbids. This type of situation would be easier to avoid if a state legislature approves changes to the planned budgeting process than if a single governor makes the choice.

While Bevin’s team argues the budget cuts are insignificant, we can’t lose sight of the fact that 0.27 percent of state university expenditures still represent millions of dollars at some

institutions. Bevin tried to cut nearly $6 million from the University of Kentucky and nearly $3 million from the University of Louisville. This was likely a preview of more cuts to come.

Kentucky’s Supreme Court made the right ruling last week. Bevin’s withholding of state funds further politicizes higher education instead of addressing the real financial challenges these institutions and their students face.

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ON THE HAZARDS OF SELF-DRIVING CARS Automated automobiles pose numerous safety issues and can hurt the economy

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his month, the federal government published a 15-point checklist about the safety of self-driving cars. Uber recently released self-driving vehicles on the streets of Pittsburgh as part of a pilot program to test the technology. The prospect of self-driving cars sounds like a major breakthrough, particularly for those with disabilities that keep them from driving, but the technology should not be championed until automotive companies address the safety issues related to the way by which self-driving vehicles navigate the flow of traffic. Additionally, self-driving cars have to potential to harm laborers around the world who derive their income from piloting automotive vehicles.

One of the biggest issues related to self-driving cars is that the technology inherently discourages learning how to drive. One of the rules outlined by the federal government states, “Carmakers must show how their vehicles can safely switch between autopilot and human control.” Though the cars will have the capabilities for human driving, they still have the potential to make driving obsolete. In the same manner by which automatic cars

have come to outnumber manual cars in the United States, self-driving cars will outnumber cars that require human driving. Ford plans to roll out self-driving cars by 2021

sequences in the case of emergencies.

Though one may point out that questions like these are always presented with the invention of new technologies, the failure of a self-driving car

A self-driving car takes that decision away from people.

in cities around the United States and many other companies are following similar patterns. Studies also show that by 2060 all cars in North America will likely be automated. Though both the change from manual to automatic transmission and from human-driven to self-driving cars can be described as providing a new ease of operation, phasing out driving all together could have dangerous consequences. Human driving is the emergency back up for self-driving cars and, if people never learn how to drive, there will be safety related con-

and subsequent lack of ability to drive it could have far more disastrous consequences than the failure of a GPS. Self-driving cars, particularly if used to replace human Uber and taxi drivers, have the potential to negatively affect the economy. Though self-driving cars would ultimately make these rides more economical for consumers, they would phase out the large group of drivers who currently operate Uber rides around the world. In 2015, Uber more than doubled its fleet of drivers to around 327,000 but the advent of self-driving

vehicles would put these people out of work. Additionally, an article in the San Francisco Chronicle explained that the projected success of self-driving cars would hurt truck drivers.

Though Tesla CEO Elon Musk is behind some of push to develop these vehicles, he expressed caution in regard to the self-driving cars’ effects on the job market. He said, “If you have self-driving cars, then what happens to the 12 percent of the population whose job it is to drive a car or drive a truck?” He also added that self-driving vehicles have the potential to cause “tremendous upheaval in terms of employment.” The article also remarked on the fact that few plans have been made to cushion the financial effects that self-driving cars could have on businesses like truck stops and companies that rely on insuring truck drivers. On the surface, self-driving cars might seem like a win to consumers, but the negative effects that they would cause on the job market are a reason to remain cautious of the technology.

Traditional traffic related issues may also pose problems with self-driving cars. Speed limit is a specific issue that already caused

increased accidents by self-driving cars. They are designed to go the speed limit and nothing more which caused problems because, particularly on certain highways, it can be more dangerous to follow the speed limit than go over it. If self-driving cars strictly obey the speed limit in all areas, there is more potential for accidents, as a result of the natural flow of traffic. To maintain the highest sense of safety, self-driving cars will need to accommodate varying speed limits. The ideal self-driving car is like a safer version of a human driver but, if the car cannot accommodate varying speeds and traffic flows, in addition to other safety issues, they will never take the road as a fully safe option for consumers.

CARLY MULVIHILL is an Opinion columnist for The Cavalier Daily. She can be reached at c.mulvihill@cavalierdaily.com.

THE REALITY OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT Relocating displaced Syrians to nearby countries would be safer and cheaper

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hat happens when an unstoppable conviction meets an immovable sentiment? Two recent columns in The Cavalier Daily demonstrate the predicament. First, the conviction: As Lucy Siegel writes, we must take more refugees. It’d be morally repugnant not to; we’d be simultaneously spitting in the face of Lady Liberty and Emma Lazarus.

But then there’s the pesky problem of public sentiment. Significant chunks of people in essentially every Western country aren’t happy with mass migration. They express their frustration by voting for politicians promising to stem the refugee tide. But Bobby Doyle tells us these leaders are invariably dangerous; indeed, “the world is much worse off with rightwing populists taking control.” So what to do when the establishment left’s favored policy serves to catalyze its worst fear?

Our leaders should adopt a strategy of tactical concession — slowing the flow of refugee resettlement in order to stave off nativist uprisings — and liberals should adjust their views to this political reality. This counterintuitive approach is necessary to cope with the anti-immigrant sentiments revealed this past year. Donald Trump suffering an embarrassing defeat in November won’t rid the world of populist concerns. Even if he loses, seemingly discrediting his ideas of border walls and Muslim bans,

support for those proposals won’t go away. As Doyle reminds us, Trumplike politicians are ascendant in Britain, France, Germany, Denmark and Hungary as well.

Moreover, anti-refugee or an-

is to be done?

We could advocate stopping the refugee crisis at its source, supporting an intervention in the Syrian Civil War to cripple President Bashar al-Assad’s war-making capacities and

We could resettle more refugees closer to Syria, rather than in Western countries where their arrival will fuel populist backlash.

ti-Muslim sentiments aren’t even confined to the right. Only 36 percent of American voters support accepting Syrian refugees into this country, and 34 percent of Democrats and 49 percent of independents support a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States. Outside the United States, the French far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon considers refugees “nothing but those seeking jobs under the false cloak of political persecution.” If the election were held now, he is expected to garner nearly the same amount of support as France’s Socialist President François Hollande.

So, as a socialist far more distasteful than Melenchon once asked, what

enforce a no-fly zone. If successful, an intervention would certainly reduce the main push-factor causing so many Syrians to flee, reducing Assad’s usage of barrel bombs and preventing Russian air strikes from continuing to target the UN’s humanitarian aid convoys. But this solution is unlikely for a number of reasons. It’s fraught with the danger of military escalation with nuclear-armed Russia.

President Obama has reportedly already declined to intervene in Syria to avoid upsetting our new Iranian friends. And liberals would be loathe to support it. As the Washington Free Beacon’s Noah Pollak argued, “liberal anti-interventionists believe there’s something worse than mass civilian

slaughter: U.S. military intervention to prevent that slaughter.” He’s intentionally polemical and ignores other cost-benefit analyses of intervention, but he conveys an important message: If helping the refugees is of such overriding importance, shouldn’t those demanding greater refugee resettlement also demand taking action to prevent the creation of refugees in the first place?

Alternatively — and probably preferably so far as the public is concerned — we could resettle more refugees closer to Syria, rather than in Western countries where their arrival will fuel populist backlash. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, it costs roughly 12 times more to resettle refugees in the United States than neighboring Middle Eastern countries. More specifically, as Reihan Salam argued in Slate, we could use the resources we’d spend on resettlement to instead help the refugees flourish in specially created economic zones close to home. The benefit of this approach — further fleshed out in Foreign Affairs by Alexander Betts and Paul Collier — “is that it provides Syrians with a measure of economic self-sufficiency and cultural autonomy in exile… [and] the costs of getting it off the ground would be a small fraction of the costs of successfully integrating refugee families into European societies that are at best ambivalent about welcoming them

into their societies and economies.”

Redirecting more refugees to Middle Eastern countries — though not without its drawbacks, as the European Union’s deal with Turkey revealed — could allow Western nations to be more selective, accepting families and children while avoiding childless, single men.

In order to ensure an open and liberal world order for the future, we can’t be overzealous today. Blanket bans on Muslims and refugees are poor policies, but banishing any similar skepticism regarding mass migrations from the ranks of elite conversations, or dismissing them as mere xenophobia, only exacerbates the problem. Atlantic senior editor David Frum put it well: “the refusal of responsible leaders to address real and important voter concerns does not banish those concerns: it only opens the door to extremists and demagogues who will promise to address issues that the mainstream won’t acknowledge.” Unless we want to continue to endure more demagogic buffoonery every few election cycles, we better take these concerns more seriously.

MATT WINESETT is a Senior Associate Editor for The Cavalier Daily. He can be reached at m.winesett@cavalierdaily.com.

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‘RUB SOME DIRT ON IT’ IS STILL TIMELESS ADVICE Helicopter parenting is harming our generation

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he elementary school playground fight: a childhood rite of passage — well, it used to be. It seems as though the days of mulch throwing, monkey bar fighting and hair pulling on playgrounds are coming to an end. John Tierney of The New York Times wrote a piece on the increasing disappearance of jungle gyms from playgrounds over the years.

Ellen Sandseter, a psychology professor at Queen Maud University in Norway, speaks to this shift away from the desire to conquer fear and develop a sense of finesse: “Children need to encounter risks and overcome fears on the playground…

As playgrounds become more and more boring, these are some of the few features that still can give children thrilling experiences with heights and high speed.” When is enough enough? Helicopter parenting as well as a rising fear of failing is leading our generation to yield to emotional fragility.

This is not to say we should refrain from affirming each other’s successes and carefully swinging on the monkey bars, but we must not protect each other from every single hardship life has to throw at us, for those

moments propel us forward so that we may gain purpose. David Brooks asks us to “rethink toughness or at least detach it from hardness” in our journey

ature, showing toughness in the way of civil rights and emotion through his prose. After Yeardley Love’s tragic death, her family dug deep into the pain to find

When children are not given this opportunity of self-growth, there is an intense internal disconnection that can ultimately lead to mental health problems and self-harming behavior.

through life, as there is a distinct difference between resilience and rigidity. Brooks draws upon the world of martial arts to bring his point full circle. He expresses the idea that ardent people are “strong like water. A blow might sink into them, and when it does they are profoundly affected by it. But they can absorb the blow because it’s short term while their natural shape is long term.”

This is what we need to strive to be like: not fragile, yet not hard. W.E.B. Du Bois projected his polemics against racism through beautifully crafted liter-

inspiration and put a dent into this epidemic of violence against women. There is, in fact, a middle ground. It’s normal, healthy in fact, to react to a metaphorical punch in the gut, but how you handle it afterwards determines your emotional strength and endgame for failure. There are going to be times when we feel like giving up. Only then will we truly know if we have what it takes to exchange fragility for grit and resilience and use those tools to find our purpose for living. For without purpose, how can we be tough? Brooks’ words rings true: “people are really

tough only after they have taken a leap of faith for some truth or mission or love. Once they’ve done that they can withstand a lot.” When parents do not give their children the chance to see what they are capable of on their own, “they'll turn to doctors to make their kids into the people that parents want to believe their kids are,” says University Prof. John Portmann.

Further, helicopter parenting is not only a catalyst in the epidemic of emotional fragility, but psychologists have found this type of parenting may actually “be depriving their children of essential brain development, sabotaging their ability to think for themselves and develop the very cognitive skills they need to succeed in life.” When parents take to packaging their children’s lives into perfectly structured, steady boxes, they unknowingly hinder their development in the way of a thickness of skin that is nothing short of essential. In order to reverse this trend, psychology expert and author Hara Estroff Marano proposes that we push our children to engage in “unstructured play,” give them “honest praise and honest criticism” as well as “giving them increasing responsibility.” When

children are not given this opportunity of self-growth, there is an intense internal disconnection that can ultimately lead to mental health problems and self-harming behavior.

Our emotional connections with ourselves and each other are invaluable. I am in no way suggesting that we take steps that may isolate us or label us rigid and unkind. Quite the opposite. The stronger we get, the more likely we can stand up for others who are not. The tough cookies are willing to take that extra jump in the hope that the ends justify the means or that the fall is worth the pain. We should still tell our children to “rub some dirt on it” after a little tumble off the playground slide in the hopes that they too find enchantment in the pain.

LUCY SIEGEL is an Opinion columnist for The Cavalier Daily.

She can be reached at l.siegel@ cavalierdaily.com.

LOOKING PAST THE PERPETRATOR Stop giving individual terrorists so much attention

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few weeks ago, another tragic set of domestic terrorist attacks rocked the nation.

First there was the mass stabbing attack in Minnesota Mall, injuring nine people. Very soon after, there was a bombing in New York and New Jersey, injuring 29 people. It is fortunate that no one died in either of these attacks and that the police were able to capture the bomber alive. Such attacks have become much too commonplace — just looking at the number of domestic terrorist attacks in the last few years is heartbreaking. As the number of attacks has increased, a concerning patterns in the media’s coverage of these events has emerged: an obsession with terrorists themselves. The media and public’s infatuation with perpetrators of terrorist attacks hurts a great deal more than it helps.

It is not hard to see Americans love to learn about terrorists.

Someone can simply type in “New York Bombing” into the Google news search and most of the top results are articles about the attacker. The media plays off the popular attention and publishes articles

not only talking about the current terrorists, but comparing him to a previous terrorist. The fact that people are concerned with whether a terrorist is gay shows how interested in these people they are on

example of this — the terrorist was caught after he was recognized by an officer in New Jersey.

None of these reasons come close to justifying the negative effects that are caused by our terror-

It is ultimately public desire that pushes the media to cover terrorists in such deep detail. a personal level.

It is not inherently bad that people are interested in terrorists — the curiosity of many comes from a desire to understand an action that is unfathomable to them.

There is also a safety concern: what does a terrorist look like, what should I watch for? This might be a petty instinct, but it is also one of the only ways normal people can regain the feeling of security that terrorists take away. Most importantly, the obsession with terrorists helps capture ones that are at large.

The recent bombings are a perfect

ist-mania. There are many studies that have been published on the connection between terrorism and media coverage. Many of these papers come to the conclusion that the media is an enabler for terrorism. Though these papers point the finger at the media, it is ultimately public desire that pushes the media to cover terrorists in such deep detail. The public provides a perverse incentive for people to attack in order to gain fame and a form of immortality. An individual will feel much more confident about conducting a lone wolf attack if he

sees the massive amounts of coverage that another terrorist receives.

The terrorism obsession also leads to the reinforcement of stereotypes. The vast majority of terrorist attacks are undertaken by Islamic terrorists and it is undeniable that there are certain movements in Islam that promote violence.

But when the only time people see Islam mentioned is in the context of a terrorist attack, a biased and false picture of the world starts to form. Focusing on the individual terrorists only exacerbates this fact — news stories about the attacker’s mosque and connections to other Muslims falsely make Islamic extremism seem to be present in most Muslim communities.

The lives of innocent people have been damaged thanks to our fascination with terrorists.

After a terrorist attack, people often engage in a witchhunt in an effort to find the perpetrator. The problem is that witch hunts have the tendency to accuse the wrong person. After the Boston bombing the public went as far as blaming a dead kid for the attacks. False accusations can often ruin people’s

lives, yet we keep jumping at the chance to blame someone for an attack. Leave the investigations for the people who are trained to do them.

I am not arguing there should or could be no coverage of the perpetrators of terrorist attacks. Journalists should, and will, do their job of investigating the facts about and behind each attack. What we need desperately is moderation.

The media and public needs to stop putting these monsters on a pedestal and examining their every detail. They don’t deserve our attention, and we’re hurting ourselves by giving it to them. We only really have to make a simple change to start — don’t display their picture.

If I was able to write a whole article about terrorism without mentioning a terrorist by name, I’m sure we can all talk about terrorist attacks without showing their face.

BOBBY DOYLE is an Opinion columnist for The Cavalier Daily. He can be reached at b.doyle@cavalierdaily.com.

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Love at Lemongrass?

ERIC DOTTERER | LOVE GURU Mallory and Dominick met on Friday at 6 p.m. and went to Lemongrass.

MALLORY: I signed up for Love Connection because I thought it would be a funny experience to try during college. I thought it was funny that I got chosen because I had never been on a blind date before. I expected to get a good story out of it.

DOMINICK: I signed up because I wanted to try something new.

I was excited. I thought it would be a fun adventure. I had never been on a blind date before so I tried to not have any expectations and to keep an open mind.

MALLORY: I went up to him when I got to the Rotunda, introduced myself, and we started walking towards the Corner.

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DOMINICK: I was walking toward the bench and saw that she was right behind me. She asked if I was doing Love Connection, and then we went off to have dinner.

MALLORY: He seemed really nice and friendly. I asked him if there was anywhere on the Corner that he’d want to eat at, and we picked Lemongrass.

DOMINICK: She was very outgoing and bubbly — overall a very friendly person. She definitely seemed nice. I started naming off places and she said she hadn’t been to Lemongrass in a long time and wanted to go back so we picked it.

MALLORY: I definitely felt like I was leading the conversation at times, but he was really nice about it! We talked about where we grew up, our U.Va. involvements, stuff like that. I wouldn’t say it was awkward.

DOMINICK: It was pretty balanced. I think she asked more questions than I did. It wasn’t really awkward. There may have been a few awkward pauses but that’s pretty normal when you don’t know the person. We didn’t have too much in common — she’s in a sorority and I’m not in Greek life, she does spin and I do running and yoga, etc. We did talk a lot about our different interests and what we like doing on the weekends.

COURTESY DOMINCK

YEAR: Fourth MAJOR: Physics U.VA. INVOLVEMENT: Yoga Club HOMETOWN: Miami, Florida IDEAL DATE PERSONALITY: Unorthodox sense of humor, but regular jokes are good too IDEAL DATE ACTIVITY: Apple picking, wine tasting, ice skating (I don’t know how to ice skate), rock climbing DEALBREAKERS?: Very, very, very shy HOBBIES: Yoga, reading, running, water skiing WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD CATCH?: I can cook very well WHAT MAKES YOU LESS-THAN-A PERFECT CATCH?: I forget to empty and run the dishwasher DESCRIBE A TYPICAL WEEKEND: Cook a tasty meal, go for a run, watch a movie, go to the beach WHAT IS YOUR SPIRIT ANIMAL?: Giraffe WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PICK-UP LINE?: Hey, my name is Microsoft. Can I crash at your place tonight?

DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN ONE SENTENCE: What’s the difference between a bus station full of old people and a crab with big boobs? One is a crusty bus station and the other is a busty crustacean

YEAR: Third MAJOR: Finance U.VA. INVOLVEMENT: Inter-Sorority Council, Third Year Council, Delta Zeta, Smart Woman Securities HOMETOWN: Ashburn, Virginia IDEAL DATE PERSONALITY: Enjoys food ’n’ fun!

IDEAL DATE ACTIVITY: Food ’n’ fun DEALBREAKERS?: Unwillingness to laugh at self HOBBIES: Petting dogs I see on the street and over-caffeinating myself WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD CATCH?: My five-star Uber rating WHAT MAKES YOU LESS-THAN-A-PERFECT CATCH?: Still don’t know how to use an “indoor voice” DESCRIBE A TYPICAL WEEKEND: Hanging out with pals, maximizing Charlottesville Instagram opportunities, Alderman Library (home sweet home!)

WHAT IS YOUR SPIRIT ANIMAL?: Taylor Swift (spirit human) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PICK-UP LINE?: “Are you a Founding Father because you’re a HamilTEN” DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN ONE SENTENCE: Gluten-loving life enthusiast

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MALLORY: We didn’t have much in common but we talked about our time abroad because he went to Edinburgh last semester and I went to Valencia last summer.

DOMINICK: It was definitely more of a friend vibe. I might run into her somewhere and I’d

be down to chill as friends.

MALLORY: I thought it was very cordial, friendly and collegial.

It was just like meeting a new friend. He’s an interesting person to know as a friend and to see around Grounds.

DOMINICK: We split the check and walked home. We both said it was fun and nice to meet.

MALLORY: He offered to pay but I wanted to split the check. We kind of live near each other so we walked back in the same direction.

DOMINICK: I would rate it a 7.

MALLORY: I’ll give it a 7, it was a good experience.

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TOP 10 things not to do during an interview Tips for a successful career fair ABIGAIL LAGUE | LIFE COLUMNIST IN LATE 1 ROLL This really shouldn’t

need to be said and yet, there are always those who show up twitchy, sweaty and 10 minutes late. If you don’t 100 percent know where the interview is taking place, do a dry run so that there are no unpleasant surprises. Being 10 minutes early is the ideal arrival time and shows that you’re an organized individual well versed in interview etiquette.

A PAST JOB OR 2 TRASH-TALK EMPLOYER This is not a ‘what’s the worst job you’ve ever had’ gossip fest. Save that for your friends — at least they’ll lend a sympathetic ear and there are far fewer negative repercussions. Speaking poorly of a past employer will show that you have no company loyalty and could turn at any second. You won’t come across as a team player and no one wants a bitter misanthrope hanging around the office. Often during interviews, you might be asked what you would change about your previous jobs or why you left. Keep it professional and

minimize the criticism.

3 DRESS LIKE YOU’RE COMING STRAIGHT FROM THE CLUB A crop top, ripped jeans or your favorite sports jersey — don’t walk in looking like you’re heading home after a long night of drinking and were too hungover to realize that you stumbled into an interview.

While many offices are starting to embrace a casual Friday every once in awhile, it doesn’t necessarily mean your interviewer will be down with it. Unfortunately, the way you dress and present yourself can be the difference between dental benefits and unemployment.

4 BE UNINFORMED If an interviewer asks you what you know about XYZ company and you respond with, “Uhh…,” then you’ve pretty much lost the job.

The information is out there — go forth and Google. With the Internet, there’s no excuse. Even if the question isn’t that straight-forward, prior information about the company can favorably influence your answers and show the interviewer you really care about the job.

ATTACHED TO YOUR CELL 7 AVOID SPECIFIC EXAMPLES THE INTERVIEWER TOO 5 BE 9 ASK PHONE Just saying you’re “successful” MANY PERSONAL QUESTIONS

An affliction more common among younger generations, cell phones have been ruining interviews since their advent. It’s best to just turn the phone off. Even if your phone rings and you choose not to answer, the interview has been interrupted and it’s entirely your fault. Just turn the phone off.

Agreed? Agreed.

6 SEEM UNINTERESTED Slouching, gazing off into space, drooling — believe it or not, these are not the actions of the interested. Maintain eye contact and when asked if you have any questions, be sure to ask intelligent ones — nothing too generic. Similarly, asking a question that the interviewer has already answered projects a distinct deficit in attention. By asking no questions at all, the interviewer will get the impression that you don’t really care about the job and that you’re after position that comes with a paycheck — not exactly the best first impression to give.

and a “team player” doesn’t really cut it. You’re not a politician — it won’t work for you and it barely works for them. Tell the interviewer exactly how you’re going to make their company great again, or risk hearing “you’re fired” before you’ve even secured the job.

ACROSS AS ARRO8 COME GANT No one responds well to arrogance — no one. If you feel like you’ve used the word “I” too much, draw back. At this point you’ve clearly neglected to mention the team that helped in your success in favor of bragging rights. It’s possible an interviewer will wonder what exactly you’ll contribute to the company when “I” is all you care about.

Yes, you should be highlighting your achievements and projecting confidence, but humility is key. Try to brag about the accomplishments of the team while making sure to explain what part you played.

Think you’re forging a connection? An unbreakable bond?

No. You’re just being creepy. Oh, you have kids? How many? What age? Where do they go to school?

Your genuine interest in the best school districts in the area could be mistaken for something a little less wholesome. Regardless, the interviewer does not want to deal with this. They are supposed to be interviewing you, not the other way around.

THAT GETTING 10 FORGET THE JOB DOESN’T MEAN THE INTERVIEW IS OVER Your first day is almost like an extension of the interview. You can technically be fired at any moment, but the first day is an especially important test run. If you did everything right during the interview and then changed overnight, there’s a good chance you could be cut loose. The person they hired after the interview should be the same person showing up to the job.

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These hands don’t haze Hazing Prevention Week lends a hand in the fight

DANAITE SOQUAR AND MARGARET MASON | FEATURE WRITERS University students engaged in Hazing Prevention Week — spanning Sept. 19-23 — aim to bring to light the harmful behavior of hazing.

The U.Va. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team campaign, entitled “These Hands Don’t Haze,” gave students the opportunity to pledge their support throughout the week.

According to the Hoos Against Hazing website, hazing is “any activity that is expected or required of someone to join or maintain status within a group that humiliates, degrades or risks emotional and/or physical harm, regardless of the person’s willingness to participate.” Anything matching this description is considered a crime and prohibited by the University Standards of Conduct.

While on the surface hazing may not seem to impact the average student, the National Study of Student Hazing from the University of Maine found that 47 percent of students experience hazing before even entering college. Hazing Prevention Week sought to bring light to the issue.

“The purpose is to really raise awareness of what hazing is and to take a stand against it,” Gordie Center Director Susan Bruce said. “[We had students] sign the pledge and trace

their hand.”

In signing the pledge, students promised to "recognize the harm that hazing can cause both physically and psychologically” and work to “prevent hazing before it occurs.”

ADAPT partnered with the Inter-Sorority Council to table throughout the week.

Along with signing the pledge, students could participate in a social media contest. To enter, students posted photos of themselves or an organization that promotes a positive image against hazing.

“We’re trying to have a positive message to leaders of organizations and what are the things you’re doing [to prevent hazing],” Bruce said.

To further combat hazing, the Office of the Dean of Students is launching a new program entitled Positive Organization Expectations.

Through the program, peer facilitators can lead student organizations through an open discussion about the values of their organization and the impact of hazing on students.

“The purpose of the Positive Organization Expectations Program is to bring groups together — this could be teams, CIOs, fraternities and sororities — or other groups in a safe,

open-minded environment to start a conversation about the values within these groups,” Prevention Program Coordinator Rachel Kiliany said.

While the program has yet to begin, ODOS is in the process of recruiting and selecting peer facilitators to lead these conversations. Moving forward, there will be two facilitator training sessions, in which participants will learn basic facilitation and public speaking skills, as well as learn the topic of hazing, hazing behaviors, psychological theories about hazing and how to access support resources.

“We are hoping that the program sparks more conversation about what being an inclusive and supportive organization looks like and how hazing can impact that,” Kiliany said.

During the week, several student organizations have taken a stance against hazing. Third-year College student and Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority member Briana Barrett pledged her support.

While hazing is most often associated with Greek organizations, hazing can occur in other clubs and organizations, and within high schools as well, Barrett said. Her sorority has taken a stand against hazing.

“Theta Nu Xi Multicultural So-

rority, Inc. is a non-hazing organization, and we support National Hazing Prevention Week because we do not stand for this demeaning and potentially life-threatening behavior enacted on people,” Barrett said.

“Our sisterhood is centered around accepting people for who they are and helping them to experience life as they want to experience it.”

While Hazing Prevention Week has come to an end, those at the

Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and ADAPT intend to continue their fight against harmful behaviors. “[The banner] will be hung in the Amphitheatre in the spring as recruitment begins for organizations,” Bruce said. “[Hazing prevention] is not just one week, it really has to be ongoing.”

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Volunteers manned tables on the Lawn all week so students could sign the pledge and trace their hands on a banner.

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Cville Veggie Festival celebrates 20 years Vegan and vegetarian community comes together KATIE NICHOLSON | FEATURE WRITER

The Charlottesville Vegetarian Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary this past Saturday at IX Art Park. The free event, which was held from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., hosted more than 60 vendors and exhibitors.

Live, local music added a lively beat to the festival. Vendors and exhibitors ranged from national animal rights organizations to vegan beauty suppliers to vegan food trucks.

“I think they have a great mix of vendors,” Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary volunteer Candace Goodyear said. “A lot of organizations [are] involved in animal care so that’s good.

Everybody has a good time.”

Exhibitors were there to educate the public about their organization.

Many of the organizations were small nonprofits that rely on donations for funding.

“We’re here today at the Vegetarian Festival for exposure to new people who don’t know about us,”

Goodyear said. “We see a lot of children and we have a lot of things that are geared towards them, including coloring things. We hope for donations and we also sell our t-shirts and hats.”

On top of bringing together the vegan and vegetarian community, the event allowed those in attendance to explore the possible benefits of becoming vegetarian or vegan.

“It’s a community of people who are vegetarian, or interested in vegetarianism for all [different] reasons: health, animals, ethics, environmental reasons, justice,” second-year College student and Animal Justice Advocates co-president Belle Cifu said.

Cifu said the vegetarian community is diverse in both those involved and the issues they care about.

“There are so many different ways you can be involved in vegetarianism. … There are a lot of different people who care,” Cifu said.

“There are a lot of representations of the different issues. They have a lot of information, pamphlets, people you can talk to, ways you can get involved.”

This year’s festival boasted a couple of changes. For the first time, it took place in IX Art Park instead of Lee Park, as it did last year. Other new features included all vegan menus and an evening concert.

“It’s all vegan this year. All the

food trucks agreed to vegan menus,” Cifu said. “This year, there actually [was] a concert afterwards. Around 4, it [shifted] into an evening thing.”

On the hot, sunny Saturday, people leisurely walked from tent to tent learning about the benefits of vegetarianism and veganism. A sizable crowd was in attendance.

“We’ve had a steady stream of people,” Goodyear said.

During the evening, the event

partnered with Levitt Amp Charlottesville concert series, which offers free concerts at IX Art Park to together the Charlottesville community. Local indie-rock band New Boss opened for Eternal Summers at the festival.

“Even if you’re not vegetarian, it’s such a cool culture,” Cifu said. “It’s such a cool lifestyle. And it’s nice to be aware of it and engaged with it.”

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The event promoted the benefits of vegetarianism as well as individual organizations and vendors that rely on donations for funding.

Solving global hunger one grilled cheese at a time FeelGood at U.Va. supports sustainable charity organizations JOSLYN CHESSON | FEATURE WRITER FeelGood — a relatively new contracted independent organization on Grounds — is a chapter of an international non-profit organization that focuses on fighting global hunger and poverty by selling grilled cheese sandwiches on college campuses.

The money raised through hosting grilled cheese sandwich “delis” every other Sunday outside of Clemons Library goes toward the CIO’s four partner organizations — CHOICE Humanitarian, Water for People, The Hunger Project and Pachamama Alliance.

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FeelGood sells their gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches outside of Clemons Library, but the organization is looking to expand to other locations on Grounds.

“All of our resources, the ingredients, grills, everything we use are donated,” third-year College student Naomi Gaba, FeelGood vice president of marketing, said. “So 100 percent of the money people spend to buy a sandwich goes straight to one of our four partner organizations.”

The ingredients necessary to make the sandwiches are donated by local Charlottesville businesses, including Albemarle Baking Company and Whole Foods. FeelGood has also partnered with other clubs on Grounds to raise awareness of the issues associated with global hunger.

For the past two years FeelGood has partnered with Project Peanut Butter and Green Grounds to host a dinner and discussion event called the Hunger Alliance. FeelGood caters the event, and invites students and professors to discuss why fighting global hunger is important.

“We have a presentation about the complexities of hunger,” FeelGood President Joy Otih, a fourthyear College student, said. “We invite different professors who have some type of academic connection to sustainability or hunger or global development.”

FeelGood has also teamed up with the CIO Challah for Hunger in the past, using donated challah for a special grilled cheese sandwich.

A portion of the money made from selling those sandwiches went back

to Challah for Hunger.

The organization’s members come up with themes for the delis and different flavors and types of sandwiches they sell, including savory ingredients such as caramelized onions and marinara and sweet flavors like marshmallow fluff and chocolate chips. The grilled cheeses range from $3 to $5, depending on the sandwich.

After closing the second floor of Clemons library this year, the CIO hosted a deli titled “In Loving Clemory” and sold sandwiches named after each floor of the library. The club is hoping to expand their locations for the delis, because less people are now able to study in Clemons.

“Last year we had a pretty good time drawing people in because so many people were going into Clemons, specifically for Clem 2,” second-year College student and executive team member Michelle Stacey said. “So we’ve seen a drop in the number of people that are coming to our delis because not as many people are going to Clem.”

While the sandwiches are a big part of their organization, Otih said FeelGood is focused on educating every person who purchases one.

“We make a very big effort to when people are order a sandwich or are thinking about ordering a sandwich, telling them what we do,” Gaba said.

Although the chapter of FeelGood at the University does not work directly with the people whom their partner organizations help, there is a sense of “dedication” within the CIO that Stacey described as her favorite part of the club.

“It’s really hard being a part of a charity that doesn’t get to actually be hands-on with as much of the work as we’re trying to see done,” Stacey said. “But, I really appreciate how enthusiastic and super excited everyone is by the fact that we’re working with Pachamama Alliance to get women in South America the safe birthing kits that they need and stuff like that.”

Since its creation in 2014, the CIO has expanded greatly in terms of number of members and amount of money raised. In their first year as an organization they raised around $600, and now they have a monetary goal of $3,200 for the year, which Otih said might increase. They also hope to have a higher percentage of first years join the club this year.

“We love to welcome new people into the club because we’re just so excited about what we’re doing,” Stacey said.

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Target found for cancer, Ebola treatment Protein involved in the growth, spread of cancer cells and virus identified JESSICA CHANDRASEKHAR | SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR

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Lysosomes break down extra material in the cells. Cancer and Ebola can hijack this process, using the materials to support their own growth.

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Christopher Stroupe, assistant professor of molecular physiology and biological physics for the Medical School, has found a potential target for the widespread treatment of cancers and, potentially, the Ebola virus: HOPS — a large multiprotein complex — tethering protein and the recycling function of the lysosome.

The lysosome is an organelle found in most animal cells that allows for the breakdown or digestion of cellular materials such as synthesized proteins, other organelles and even cells. HOPS plays a role in lysosomal function — namely the organelle’s fusion with the membrane-bound region known as the endosome. This fusion allows for cancer cells to recycle cellular materials, which allows cells to grow and survive.

HOPS offers an opportunity for targeting a core mechanism of survival for cancer cells.

“Over the last 10 years or so, there’s been a lot of work showing the connection between cancer and intracellular transport to the lysosome,” Stroupe said in an email statement. “The basic idea is that cancerous cells are enormously stressed because of their fast rate of growth and division.

One strategy they use to survive is recycling used or damaged components in their lysosomes.”

Stroupe’s study — focusing on the potential role of HOPS as an oncological treatment target — received funding from the National Cancer Institute, a branch of the National Institutes of Health. Until this project, the main purpose of the funding was to identify and isolate human HOPS for future disease model studies.

“Up until now, all the work we’ve done on HOPS has been done using HOPS from yeast — the same yeast used to make bread, or beer or wine,” Stroupe said.

While model organisms, such as yeast, can allow insight into cellular mechanisms, results obtained from using them cannot always be translated to human systems. Neither cancer nor Ebola can alter yeast.

The NCI funding allowed Stroupe’s lab to purify and then utilize human HOPS, providing a better opportunity to place discoveries in a human context.

“I really want to emphasize how important basic, curiosity-driven research has been to this project,” Stroupe said. “The genes that encode HOPs were discovered in the 1980’s by several groups, working with yeast, that

were just interested in the molecules that govern how material is sorted and delivered within cells.”

A few years ago, Lukas Tamm, professor of molecular physiology and biological physics, published a study examining the mechanisms for the Ebola infection, which focused on the virus infection cycle.

Biophysics represents a combination of molecular and cell biology, physics and chemistry.

As Tamm described, it focuses on cellular mechanisms at a molecular level, leaning increasingly more towards a quantitative picture rather than a qualitative picture of the system. He and Stroupe similarly utilized this discipline in their independent studies.

“What we discovered a few years ago is that the protein that decorates the surface of Ebola virus changes its shape to a fist after it is internalized into infected cells,” Tamm said in an email statement. “This fist ‘punches’ its way into the cytoplasm and releases the Ebola genome into the cell for replication and making multiple progeny viruses. If this shape change could be inhibited by a drug, the disastrous Ebola virus infection cycle could be interrupted.”

Stroupe’s discovery, however, represents a potential for disruption at an earlier step in the same cycle.

“My faculty colleague Chris Stroupe very recently found small molecules that could interrupt this cycle at an earlier step in the process, namely on the journey of the virus to the endosome,” Tamm said. “[Stroupe] studies a large multiprotein complex called HOPS that is present in all eukaryotic cells from yeasts to humans, and found that some drug candidates interfere with HOPS’ action in intracellular vesicle trafficking that is required for Ebola virus entry and clearance of cancer cells.”

Stroupe sees the potential for additional research for human HOPS, as there is more to learn about how to develop improved HOPS-directed treatments.

“And of course this also is an opportunity to do more basic research, now focusing on the human HOPS,” Stroupe said. “We don’t know nearly as much about human HOPS as yeast HOPS, so anything we learn will be a real step forwards, both in a purely curiosity-driven sense and as a way to devise even better HOPS-directed treatments.”

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