Monday, October 20, 2014

Monday, October 20, 2014

Vol. 125, Issue 16

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Graham search team finds human remains

Crime scene established in abandoned Albemarle County property off Old Lynchburg Road, authorities awaiting test results for body identification Andrew Ellliott and Joseph Liss Cavalier Daily Editors

A police search crew looking for evidence related to the disappearance of second-year College student Hannah Graham found human remains shortly before noon Saturday.

Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo said the team from the Chesterfield County Sheriff 's office made the discovery while searching an aban-

doned property on Old Lynchburg Road.

The remains have not yet been identified, but Albemarle County Police Chief Steve Sellers said the Graham case is now a "death investigation" which will be handled by the Albemarle County Police Department.

“As soon as the discovery was made, the Albemarle County Police Department, the Charlottesville City Police Department and the Virginia State Police responded to the scene to begin

the investigative process,” Sellers said. “The remains will be taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for autopsy and investigation.”

Police have not disclosed the exact location where the remains were found, but an area of Old Lynchburg Road around Walnut Creek Park — about 11 miles southwest of the University — was blocked off Saturday and Sunday. Albemarle County Police have also established a police command center inside the park.

Detective Sergeant James Mooney, who led the investigation into Graham's disappearance, called Graham's parents Saturday to inform them of the update.

Graham was last seen by eyewitnesses on the Downtown Mall in the early morning hours of Sept. 13. Charlottesville resident Jesse Matthew is being held on a charge of abduction with intent to defile in the Graham case and faces a Dec. 4 court date.

Sellers said police are likely to

release only limited information about the evidence found as the investigation continues.

“So I’m asking the public’s patience as we moved forward and pursue a new, ongoing death investigation,” Sellers said. “We can’t, we cannot, we will not jump to any conclusions about today’s discovery.”

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management canceled a community search of Walnut Creek Park, originally scheduled for Sunday.

Second-year Engineering student passes away 19-year-old Connor Cormier dies, University Police report responding to suicide call at 215 Hereford Wednesday, Oct. 15 University Police discovered the body of second-year Engineering student Connor Cormier Wednesday. The medical examiner has not yet determined the precise time or cause of his death.

Police responded to a reported suicide at 215 Hereford Drive Wednesday, Oct. 15, according to a police report posted on the Uni-

versity's webpage. A University Police spokesperson confirmed the report refers to Cormier's passing.

The Fredericksburg, Virginia native was a computer science major and participated in the International Collegiate Programming Contest, according to an email to students from Patricia Lampkin, Vice President and Chief Student

Affairs Officer.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with Connor’s parents, Mark and Heidi Cormier, his brother Alex, other family members, and his friends at this difficult time," Lampkin said in the email.

Cormier was 19-years-old and a graduate of Colonial Forge High School, according to a memorial

page on Covenant Funeral Service's website.

Lampkin urged students to reach out to Counseling and Psychological Services if they need support.

"Mid-fall is a challenging time in terms of academic stress, and this has been an unusually difficult semester for the entire University

community," Lampkin said. "The loss of Connor deepens the grief we have experienced over the disappearance of Hannah Graham.

In addition to calling on CAPS, please reach out to one another in kindness, support, and the sense of community that help us face difficult times together."

—compiled by Andrew Elliott

John Simon to join Lehigh University

Visiting Prof. Reyes talks Hong Kong protests

Q&A: An interview with actor Kevin Spacey

Love Connection: Virginia & Austin

Top 10 people you meet in airports

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Department of Education updates Clery rule Schools now required to report stalking in annual reports, expand discrimination criteria to include gender identity

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Diana Yen Senior Writer

The U.S. Department of Education announced Friday the publication of final changes made to the Clery Act by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. The new changes include requiring institutions to report incidents of stalking and incorporate a statement of policy about programs aimed at curbing dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking in its annual security report.

The combination of the new changes and existing standards aim to render the Clery Act more effective to address sexual

Corrections In the Oct. 6 issue of The Cavalier Daily, the front page graphic incorrectly identified the location of Hereford Residential College. The position on the map refers to Gooch and Dillard dormitories.

violence on college campuses.

The Clery Act requires institutions of higher education in the United States to disclose crimes which occur either on campus, on public property adjacent to or within campus, or in campus-affiliated properties.

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Under Secretary Ted Mitchell and Lynn Mahaffie, acting assistant secretary for postsecondary education, held a press call Friday, opening the floor for questions about the updated requirements.

“The Department has the responsibility to ensure that all students have the opportunity to learn and grow in a safe environment,” Mitchell said.

In addition to the new stalk-

ing requirements, the changes also mandate the inclusion of gender identity and national origin as categories of bias that serve as the determination of a hate crime.

“Hopefully it'll help bring … issues more into the national discourse and give more attention to issues like intimate partner violence at U.Va.,” said third-year College student Sara Surface, the external chair of the Sexual Violence Prevention Coalition. “I'm happy to see that the issue of sexual assault is finally getting the attention it deserves.

It's good to see [the Department of Education] tackling the issue, but there will always be tensions when the people making policy aren't the ones actually working

on the ground with the issue.”

Surface said there is much work to be done in regards to definitions of consent and how colleges can apply these definitions.

The final rule will not go into effect until July 1, 2015. It will be formally published in the Federal Register on Monday, Oct. 20. Because VAWA statutory provisions are currently in effect, institutions are expected to make a good faith effort to comply with the requirements.

Duncan said he does not know if there would be any fines levied against schools that do not include certain categories, such as domestic violence and stalking, in their reports before July 1.

Honor Trial Public Summaries: September 21, 2014 Public summaries are reported and provided by the Honor Committee. Summaries have been approved by both the Committee’s legal advisor and involved parties. The trials are listed as trials 5 and 6, but the summaries refer to a single trial which involved two students. All identifying information has been removed.

Public Summary: Trial 5 A student in the College of Arts and Sciences was accused of cheating on two homework assignments in an economics course. The case was reported by the course professor.

The Community argued that the Accused Student used the work of other students from past semesters to complete his homework assignments.

The reporter testified that the use of outside sources on assignments was forbidden by the course policies, and that any reasonable University student would know that this could be considered an Hon-

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or Offense.

The Accused Student argued that the syllabus allowed consultation of outside sources on assignments that were not graded and that the outside source was consulted for data only. The Accused Student also claimed that he made a good faith effort to interpret the data and provide original analysis.

A panel of randomly-selected students found the Accused Student not guilty on the basis of Act and Knowledge.

A student in the College of Arts and Sciences was accused of cheating on two homework assignments in an economics course. The case was reported by the course professor.

The Community argued that the Accused Student used the work of other students from past semesters to complete his homework assignments.

The reporter testified that the use of outside sources on assignments was forbidden by the course policies, and that any reasonable University student would know that this could be considered an Hon-

or Offense.

The Accused Student argued that the syllabus was ambiguous and that it could be interpreted to allow the use of outside sources on ungraded assignments.

A panel of randomly-selected students found the Accused Student guilty.

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Students gather to remember Harrington

Virginia Tech student’s parents speak out on fifth anniversary of disappearance, honor other missing local women Katie Grimesey Senior Writer

In remembrance of the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, Harrington’s parents hosted a memorial service Friday on Copeley Road Bridge, where Harrington was last seen before her body was found in January 2010 at a farm 10 miles away from Grounds.

Community and University members, media and family of Harrington and other girls who have gone missing in the area gathered to pay their respects to Harrington and other young women reported missing in the area, including second-year College student Hannah Graham, who went missing Sept. 13.

“They say it takes a village to raise a child,” Morgan’s mother Gil Harrington said. “It also takes a community, a village to mourn a child. … This kind of anguish affects an entire community.”

Morgan’s father, Dan Harrington, spoke to remind those in attendance that perpetrators could be anywhere, and it’s a community’s responsibility to remain aware of their surroundings.

Gil Harrington tied a fifth black ribbon around a streetlight on the bridge, where a ribbon has been tied every year since Morgan disappeared. An orange ribbon was tied in memory of Graham; a pink for Alexis Murphy, who went missing in 2013; and a rainbow ribbon, in memory of all of the other women who have been reported missing in the area.

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Students, family and friends joined on Copeley Bridge (above) Friday, the last place Harrington was reportedly seen before her disappearance.

chorus performed the song “Give Us Hope.” Ribbons and posters of the missing girls adorned the bridge, as well as chalk on the sidewalks in memory of those missing.

Heather Kesler, a second-year Nursing student, has worked with other students to establish a chapter of “Help Save the Next Girl” at the University. The non-profit organization was founded by the Harringtons to educate young women and protect against gen-

der-based violence.

“We really focus on missing persons,” Kesler said, “[Also] education on how to prevent future missing persons cases, so we’re thinking about wanting to do an awareness week and partnering with organizations that are already at U.Va. to get education pamphlets and stuff out there.”

Kesler said the organization is awaiting full approval from Student Council, but has already ap-

pointed officers and will host their first information session in a few weeks.

Gil Harrington read a poem dedicated to the memory of her daughter, and expressed her gratitude to the community for their ongoing support.

“Charlottesville, you have responded magnificently,” she said.

“We are most grateful for the outpouring of compassion and caring.”

University Executive Vice President John Simon to join Lehigh Head of academic division to leave following spring semester, Sullivan says leadership has ‘positioned the University for even greater success’

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Executive Vice President and Provost John Simon (above) will leave his current post to become the 14th president of Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.

Owen Robinson Associate Editor

John Simon, University executive vice president and provost, will become the next president of Lehigh University, the school announced last Friday. His term will begin July 1.

Simon has served as University's chief academic officer since 2011.

"U.Va. is an outstanding institution," Simon said in an email.

"I have enjoyed working with the faculty and fellow leaders to advance academic excellence. I will miss the people, especially

[University] President [Teresa] Sullivan, the student and faculty leaders I have had the privilege to get to know, and the team of vice provost and vice presidents I have so much enjoyed working with."

Simon said his work with the University has prepared him for serving at Lehigh.

"I have greatly enjoyed getting to know the Lehigh community during the search process and am impressed with their commitment to teaching, research, and service," he said.

"I think U.Va. has prepared me well."

Members of the University

community praised Simon's work at the University. Sullivan said she was grateful for the work he has accomplished."John has an abiding commitment to academic excellence," Sullivan said in a press release. "Working in close collaboration with the faculty, staff, students and academic leadership, his support of our mission of teaching, research, patient care and service has positioned the University for even greater success. U.Va. is extremely grateful for his leadership and contributions, and we wish him the very best as he assumes the presidency at Lehigh University."

Simon said there have been a number of changes he has witnessed at the University, but felt his term here has been a successful one.

"There [have] been substantial leadership changes over the past three years, and this has resulted in the hiring of a great cohort of deans and senior administrators to lead the institution forward," Simon said. "Perhaps the largest changes currently occurring are the implementation of a responsibility-centered management budget model and integrating the entire health care enterprise under the new EVP for Health Affairs."

He said he was particularly proud of the Provost Office’s work in establishing the Advance Research Institute and the Data Science Institute, in addition to addressing faculty pay through the salary equity study released earlier this semester.

During his remaining time in Charlottesville, Simon will be involved with the implementation of the Cornerstone Plan, the University’s five-year strategic plan.

The University’s provost oversees the academic administration of the institution’s 11 schools, in addition to its library system, museums, foreign study programs and public service activities. With a budget of $1.4 billion for the University’s academic department, he is responsible for the academic endeavors of 2,200 instructional and research faculty, 14,500 undergraduate students and 6,500 graduate students.

Simon's replacement has not yet been determined, but Sullivan said the search will begin soon.

Lehigh officials voiced excitement at the announcement of Simon’s decision and Brad Scheler, Lehigh’s Chairman of the Board of Trustees, said Simon's past experience makes

him ideal for the post.

“I could not be more proud that John Simon will become Lehigh’s 14th president,” Scheler said in a Lehigh University press release. “He has achieved at the highest levels as a scholar, as an administrator, and as a dynamic leader in higher education, and his record of success speaks for itself.”

Prior to his work with the University, Simon served as the vice-provost for academic affairs at Duke University and oversaw the school's strategic planning and its efforts to connect the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Prior to acting as vice provost, Simon chaired the university's chemistry department for five years. Before joining Duke in 1998, Simon spent 12 years with the University of California, San Diego.

Simon has published three books and authored more than 250 publications. He is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society.

He received his bachelor's degree from Williams College in 1979 and his master's and doctorate from Harvard University, in 1981 and 1983, respectively.

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Hong Kong Prof. visits U.Va., discusses current protests

Prof. Alejandro Reyes addressed students in Nau Hall Friday to discuss current protests in Hong Kong surrounding the elections of the city-state’s chief executive.

Reyes says pro-democracy groups fragmented, unable to agree on common platform Urvi Singhania Senior Writer

University of Hong Kong visiting Prof. Alejandro Reyes addressed University students Friday regarding current protests in Hong Kong, often called the “Umbrella Revolution."

“I have been working on the Hong Kong protests all summer long,” said fourth-year College student Gabriel Noronha, one of the organizers of the event. “I’ve been monitoring them from far before Western media picked up on it. …

I really wanted to have something which could engage the student body and get them more informed about what is really going on, sort of beyond what’s on the news headlines.”

Currently, in Hong Kong, several hundred protesters are stationed in Admiralty, outside the Central Government’s offices, as well as Causeway Bay, a shopping and residential district, and the Mong Kok area, a business and residential district.

The main organizations involved in the protests are the Hong Kong Federation of Students, Occupying Central with Love and Peace, and Scholarism, led by a 17-year-old university student.

Reyes said the election process of the chief executive of Hong Kong, currently Leung Chun-ying, was the crux of the current conflict.

“The population of Hong Kong has been agitating for the opportunity to directly elect [an executive] because the current chief executive, Leung Chun-ying was elected by an electoral college of 1,200 people — people who are chosen by professional groups: legislatures, business associates, professions,” Reyes said.

“The way the election committee was set up, was mostly pro-Beijing, so it was not surprising that Ying, someone who was pro-China, was elected.”

For someone to be elected, they need to have the support of oneeighth the election committee.

“Beijing had promised the Hong Kong people that by 2017 they could have universal suffrage — everybody choosing the

chief executive — but there would be a nominating committee that would be provided for in the basic law of Hong Kong’s constitution,” Reyes said. “At the end of August, the standing committee of [the National People's Congress] said from 2017 [they] can directly elect the chief executive with universal suffrage, but the nominating committee will elect two or three candidates, and these candidates must get the support of half the nominating committee. So going from oneeighth to half the nominating committee, was one little slap in the face to the pro-democracy side.”

Agitated protesters are calling for open and public nominations.

“When they asked hard-core students to not aggravate the situation by taunting the police, they refused to, and now the police have ... overreacted and now we have a situation that is somewhat unguided or rather misguided,” Reyes said.

“Then you have a government that does not know how to deal with them ... and the capacity of the police is limited. [The police] messed up by using tear gas so early on

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[and] got chastised by the international community.”

Reyes said it was unrealistic and illogical to expect China — a sovereign power — to give Hong Kong democracy. He maintained that the one country-two systems approach could be practiced by China because it recognizes Hong Kong’s special status.

“Pro-democracy people have become very fragmented,” he said.

“All the different groups don’t quite work together, they can’t agree on a common platform, even on how the nominations committee should be. ... This has been one of the failings

[of the movement]."

Ryes also stressed how the protests were being misrepresented by social media.

“It is not a revolution, it is not about overthrowing a government,” he said. “The protesters said it is a movement. This is an important distinction, one that mainland leaders understand.”

Reyes was educated at Harvard University and Oxford University.

He serves as a senior advisor in the eighth US-Asia Institute in Washington, D.C. and has served as a consultant to the World Economics Forum in Geneva since 1997.

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Slavery commission hosts commemoration ceremony Event at African-American burial site honor slavery’s role in University’s history, part of on-going effort to increase awareness Rachel Taylor Senior Writer

The President’s Commission on Slavery and the University hosted a commemorative ceremony at the African-American burial site in the University Cemetery Thursday in part of this week’s Universities Confronting the Legacy of Slavery symposium.

The ceremony included remarks by local Reverends Alvin Edwards and Almeta Miller, as well as Prof.

Gertrude Fraser. A poem titled “Field Work” by Brenda Marie Osbey was read aloud to commemorate the lives of the enslaved at the University. A Commission Choir sang hymns to accompany the ceremony.

“It’s unfortunate that the graves were forgotten over time, however their rediscovery … gives us an opportunity to commemorate the enslaved and free African-Americans that contributed so much to the building of the Charlottesville community,” Fraser said at the ceremony.

“They’ve done their part, and now we need to do ours,” Edwards said of the enslaved workers.

The ceremony was concluded with a candlelight procession into

the cemetery.

The Commission is comprised of 26 members of the University community, including students and University professors. According to the Commission’s website, their charge is to explore and report on the University’s historical relationship with slavery, highlighting opportunities for recognition and commemoration.

In 2012, 67 graves were discovered when the University was planning to expand the cemetery, said Commission Co-Chair Marcus Martin, a professor of emergency medicine who also serves as the University's chief officer for diversity and equity.

“The bodies were unidentified because the cemetery was covered over for many years and it is believed that the people buried there were African-American servants at the University,” Martin said.

Forty percent of the graves appear to be children based on the size of the grave shafts, Martin said.

In light of the discovery, the University established the Gravesite Commemoration Committee and added sod, a fence and signage to the area.

Commission Co-Chair Kirt von Daacke, a history professor, said the Commission needs to exist because

it is important for the University to investigate and understand its history.

“U.Va. used the labor of the enslaved when it opened,” von Daacke said. “There were about as many slaves as students on Grounds. …

This is a much larger conversation that involves the surrounding community. You can’t separate the story from the recent past and present, and from inequality, poverty and race relations in Charlottesville.”

The Commission plans to implement future projects and events regarding slavery at the University, including memorials, an extended walking tour of the Academical Village which includes slave history, interactive media in the Rotunda and scholarships and endowments named after enslaved persons.

Another possibility is the expansion of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies.

“We are trying to establish trust and relationships with the local community through engagement forums,” von Daacke said. “We want to create something lasting through a monument; not a physical monument but something we pay forward … and what we learn has a continuing impact at the University.”

Thursday’s ceremony featured remarks by local reverends and members of the University faculty, including Commission CoChair Marcus Martin, left.

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SPACEY All photos courtesy Marshall Bronfin|The Cavalier Daily

The Cavalier Daily takes a look at — and sits down with — the second President’s Speaker for the Arts

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Arts & Entertainment Editor

The University welcomed worldrenowned entertainer Kevin Spacey to John Paul Jones Arena Saturday, in the second installment of the President’s Speaker for the Arts series.

The sold-out event was preceded by performances from University dance students and selections from the University Singers’, in celebration of the University’s revitalized commitment to enriching arts initiatives and programs across a variety of creative outlets. The student performances were followed by words from Jody Kielbasa, vice provost for the arts, and University President Teresa Sullivan.

The speaker series underscores a “broad, multifaceted effort to make the University of Virginia a world-class center for the fine and performing arts,” Sullivan said.

Though Spacey does not have a direct tie to the University like the inaugural speaker of the series — “30 Rock” star and University alumna Tina Fey — his talk was littered with nuances of Cavalier life. He connected Sullivan’s challenged presidency to the “political lawn game” his character Frank Underwood practices so carefully in the Netflix series “House of Cards.” Numerous nods to Wahoo minutiae such as University housing, the student-painted Beta Bridge and the University’s rivalry with Virginia Tech grounded his advice and recollections in a world more familiar than the various corners of the entertainment industry he has inhabited.

“I remember college," Spacey said.

"Actually, I never went to college."

Despite never graduating from Juilliard, Spacey structured his talk around five life lessons tailored for a college

community, each revolving around vignettes from his career and an accompanying quote from “Cards,” which he delivered in Underwood’s unmistakable Southern drawl.

His stories ranged from earning an audition for a stage role alongside his idol, the late Jack Lemmon, to his midcareer decision to assume the role of artistic director at London’s Old Vic theater at a critical and commercial height in his film career.

Spacey asserted the importance of testing the limits of talent and ambition.

Quoting Lemmon, Spacey stressed the importance of reciprocity.

“Send the elevator back down,” he said, “because there’s always someone a floor below.”

Spacey gives back to the community through the Kevin Spacey Foundation, which brings arts programs to young talents.

Spacey acknowledged the changing climate of media and entertainment, citing the Internet as a place where “the rules don’t matter.” The freedom and liberation such a technology has provided for young creative types has only amplified the power of taking risks.

“Don’t be afraid to shake things up, … be willing to try things and attack [them] in the wrong way," Spacey said.

"You learn more from failing than you do from succeeding.”

Spacey’s illustrious career can be summarized with a combination of experimentation and a desire “to remain interested.” He said his greatest pleasure comes from “what [he doesn’t] know.”

In one of his final remarks to his audience, Spacey remained hopeful his best performances and contributions are “ahead, … not behind.”

The Cavalier Daily had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with Mr. Spacey after this weekend’s meditation on the arts.

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Arts & Entertainment: One of the strongest aspects of the University Arts community lies in its drama students and productions. You’ve had significant experience in film, but you began your career — and have since returned to a life — on stage. How would you describe your transition from stage to screen?

Kevin Spacey: For me, there really hasn’t been a transition. I’ve never looked at the theater as a stepping-stone to movies. There are some people who do — there are some people who have really wonderful careers in the theater and then they make it in movies and never come back — but that’s not me. I suppose that’s partly because I was influenced by people like Katharine Hepburn and Jimmy Stewart and Jack Lemmon who continued to have a great love for the theater through their entire careers. A lot of people think that Henry Fonda’s last performance was in “On Golden Pond,” but it wasn’t. It was in a little

play he did called “Showdown at the Adobe Motel” in Connecticut that I went [to] and saw twice.

For me, theater is a viable, important and hugely significant part of my life and I don’t really separate or look at it as a transition.

What I could say is that I think that I have learned so much about the craft of acting and storytelling out of the theater. [It has] hugely influenced the way I approach creating a character in film. I am very grateful to the experiences I have had in theater because I think they have made me a better actor and helped me prepare for being on a film set, which is a very different environment. Theater is really organic and film is not organic at all. You just have to learn to work around those parameters.

A&E: It seems your roles in film are definitely theatric, to use an adjective. One role I can particularly view this way is your work on “The Usual Suspects,” where you play a character with cerebral palsy. Through the role, you brought an issue — disability — to a wider audience.

KS: I met with a couple of doctors who really helped me understand because I wanted [my portrayal] to be accurate. I got a lot of really cool letters from people who have [cerebral palsy] who felt like it was pretty accurate. I did cheat a little bit because I glued my hand and thumb together so it would stay. I

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remember [Unusual Suspects director] Bryan Singer and I being in a restaurant one day and I was trying different walks and limps. I learned a lot about [cerebral palsy].

A&E: Let’s talk about “House of Cards.” In your talk you talk about the liberating power of the Internet. Do you think the entertainment industry should shift in this direction in regards to content delivery and distribution?

KS: I think there are a couple of things that are at play here. It didn’t surprise me that Netflix decided to get involved in the game of producing their own original content because if you look at all these companies that have made [billions] of dollars as portals for entertainment, if they are going to compete at some point they are going to end up doing their own stuff. It didn’t surprise me that Netflix

was the first — what surprised me is that paying attention or they’re going to lose I was a part of it. As you’ve seen, on the that talent. Why should that talent partner heels of Netflix [are] Hulu [and] Amazon. up if they’re going to get all this money on All these channels and companies are now their own? getting into the game. Two days ago HBO We see examples of what happens and CBS announced [that] they’re doing when industries are so star-driven. The their own streaming services as well as theater is a perfect example — it’s very what they do regularly. difficult to get a play on Broadway that I do think that maybe the thing we’ve doesn’t have a major star in it and that’s done that is the most unique — and may- a mistake. The owners have not taken rebe the most disruptive — is releasing an sponsibility for making the theater affordentire season on one day, giving the audi- able to young people. If you are a young ence the opportunity to watch the series however they want to watch it. I think maybe that is a valuable lesson that we are showing we learned what the music industry didn’t learn — give people what they want, when they want it, in the form You’ve got to go, you’ve got to get up, you’ve got to be they want it in, at a reasonable price, and the chances are willing to stand up and maybe feel embarrassed and not they’ll buy it and not steal it. sure if you can do it.

That doesn’t mean that piracy will go away, but I think we take a bite out of piracy. I think there is a rea- person and it’s going to cost you $125 to go son that “Game of Thrones” is the single see a Broadway play, you’re probably going largest pirated show in the history of the to save your money and buy something medium: people can’t get it fast enough. By else. You force every producer to cast a star giving it to them all at once, I think we take instead of discovering [a] star or creating a a bite out of piracy. I think the ground is star. There is too much short-term thinkshifting and I think it’s going to be very in- ing and not enough long-term thinking in teresting to watch how my industry deals how we build audiences. with things like disruption and chaos. But — — — it’s not just my industry — a lot of inA&E: We’ve touched on user-generdustries are having to move very fast ated content and distribution in the Inand learn to respond. At the end of ternet age, but let’s return to film for a the day, the audience is telling us moment. Have you ever brought one of what they want. They don’t care your creations home into your personal about the platform, they care life after a day of filming, whether acciabout the content. dentally or intentionally?

KS: I’m sort of the guy who when he A&E: You assumed the hangs up the costume at the end of the role of executive producer night the character stays with it. There are for “The Social times when you have to, if you’re shooting N e t w o r k ,” a particular scene and it’s going to take you a movie a couple of days to complete it, you might based on have to live with something — a feeling, a a n o t h e r tone, an attitude — that you need to stay Internet- in in order to be in that world. But most c e n t r i c of the time I’m fortunate that I don’t take p o w e r - characters home. house, Facebook. With FaceA&E: In your talk, you assured the book, the platform audience you didn’t go to college. Seeing allows users to be as your words were delivered at U.Va.., the content they cre- how important do you think formal create and see. Should the dentials are to the world today? entertainment industry KS: It seems to be different for differstart welcoming more user- ent people for different reasons. There are generated content and less some businesses that people go into where “star power”? degrees are very important. There are othKS: I think they are either ers where the most important degree you going to make the ground have is your talent and what you with it very welcoming and fertile and how you challenge it. It’s different for or we’re going to have a lot different industries. I went to Juilliard. It of people who are going to was a four-year program [and] I quit after self-produce, self-publish two years. My parents were like, “You’re [and] self-distribute, and the not going to get your degree,” and I was entertainment industry is go- like, “I think it’s going to be OK.” That ing to get none of that. We was a choice I made. There are also people see it happening right now. who went through the whole program and It’s incredible now that some- came out of it and had very successful caone can find an audience on reers. [Actor] Val Kilmer went to Juilliard the Internet without a lot and other people that I obviously know of money behind them and who did very well in the program and got without having the biggest their degrees and have done very well. To microphone. The studios, me, it’s very individual. It always works for the networks, the theaters — everybody [and] it’s different for everythey’re going to have to start body.

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A&E: What advice would you give the individual — say, one who’s not necessarily indoctrinated in the U.Va. arts community — to get involved in the arts here on Grounds?

KS: There are lots of ways to get involved in the arts. You can do it in your own community. Every single city and town has a community center and they tend to have programs there that are sometimes theater programs or they put on shows. Sometimes you can just get involved [based on what they] need. Sometimes people need somebody who can work Internet; sometimes they need somebody who can type.

[There are] any number of things you can get involved in any tiny or small way that would mean a lot to them. In terms of participating, you’ve just got to show up. You’ve got to go, you’ve got to get up, you’ve got to be willing to stand up and maybe feel embarrassed and not sure if you can do it.

[These are] things we’ve all gone through when you’re suddenly in a room and you’ve got to face your peers and share something. It’s always an incredible feeling when you do it and when you get through it and when you get over that fear. Fear can be a great motivator. When I do workshops, I’m always looking for the shy person in the corner because that was me. I know what it is like when you watch someone have an experience and become involved in a way they never have before.

When you see the nickel drop in their eyes when they just discovered something about themselves they didn’t know they were capable of, that they can express themselves in a way they never imagined, that’s an incredible thing to watch, and it’s also an incredible thing to feel. You’ve got to be willing to get up and try it.

A&E: That being said, there’s a lot you haven’t done. Is there something in particular you’d like to try in the future?

KS: I haven’t done a horror movie and I haven’t done a big, big action like “Iron Man” kind of movie. That would probably be kind of fun.

A&E: So what’s the future look like for you — if you’re not immediately donning a superhero cape or a bloody mask?

KS: That’s the most exciting thing — I don’t know. At least I know about “House of Cards” and that we’re probably going to go on and do some more of them, and I’m loving that experience. But in terms of theater I’m not sure and in terms of film I’m not sure. I do know I want to do more singing. I have such a great time doing it and it’s so much fun. People seem to enjoy it when I do it — they don’t run from the theater. So I think there’s probably more of that. That’s the exciting thing — it’s always about figuring out what is next and being open to things you haven’t thought of before so I try to keep myself open.

A&E: But you want to end up on stage?

KS: I will die on stage. Absolutely.

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sports The Virginia football team fell 20-13 to Duke Saturday, as the Blue Devils scored with just more than seven minutes remaining to knock off the Cavaliers. Duke (61, 2-1 ACC) now stands tied atop the ACC Coastal Division with Virginia (4-3, 2-1 ACC) and Pittsburgh (4-3, 2-1 ACC).

On the opening drive, senior receiver Miles Gooch fumbled the ball. Senior receiver Darius Jennings attempted to recover but he dropped the ball, allowing the Blue Devils to recover at their own 38-yard line. Duke used the turnover to jump out to an early lead, as senior quarterback Anthony Boone completed a oneyard touchdown pass to go up 7-0.

The Blue Devils then added a field

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Virginia suffers first ACC loss at Duke goal to push the lead to double digits before Virginia could respond.

With nine minutes to play in the first half, sophomore quarterback Matt Johns found senior running back Khalek Shepherd in the endzone to put the Cavaliers on the board. With time expiring in the half, Virginia knotted up the score with a 21-yard field goal from junior placekicker Ian Frye.

Duke regained the lead on its first possession after the break with a 25-yard field goal, but it was short lived, as Frye responded with a 30-yarder of his own just three minutes later. Neither team could hit pay dirt until late in the fourth quarter, when Duke’s short-yardage quarterback Thomas Sirk converted a bit of trickery in the form of a fake draw, jump-pass into the game-winning touchdown.

Virginia’s offense had two op-

portunities to respond but was unable to find the endzone. The Cavaliers had the ball with just more than 30 seconds remaining but ran out of time. The game ended with Johns completing a short pass over the middle to Doni Dowling, but the freshman receiver was tackled at Duke’s 47yard line before he could get out of bounds to stop the clock.

Despite the loss, Virginia can take some positives away from the game, including the continued improvement of Johns, who posted a career day with 325 yards on 22-of-45 passing. Gooch also strengthened his position as an elite wide receiver with his sixcatch, career-high 129-yard day.

The Cavaliers will look to rebound Saturday when North Carolina (3-4, 1-2 ACC) visits Scott Stadium. Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m.

—compiled by Ryan Taylor

Senior wide receiver Miles Gooch had six catches for a career-high 129 yards Saturday against Duke.

Courtesy Brianna Siracuse, The Chronicle

Field hockey splits weekend games, honors seniors No. 6 Virginia dispatches Liberty in overtime Friday evening, falls to ACC-rival Louisville in Senior Day matchup as Vittese continues red-hot play

Ashley Nguyen | The Cavalier Daily

Freshman midfielder Tara Vittese scored two goals and an assist Friday against Liberty, including the game-winner in overtime. Vittese leads the team in goals, assists and points.

Porter Dickie Staff Writer

The No. 6 Virginia field hockey played its final two home games of the regular season Friday evening against Liberty (9-6, 3-0), followed by a Sunday afternoon matchup

against No. 19 Old Dominion (96, 2-1). Virginia split the pair of games, beating the Flames 3-2 in overtime, while falling in the final two minutes, 1-0, to the Monarchs.

Sunday, the final home game of the season, was also the team’s Senior Day, held in recognition of its five seniors following the Old

Dominion game.

Friday, the Cavaliers spent a significant portion of the first half in Liberty’s territory, with four shots and two penalty corners, while Liberty also managed three shots on goal. Approximately 23 minutes into the game, junior forward Sarah Gipe passed in front of the goal, created space and was able to score to put Liberty up, 1-0.

Following their first goal, the Flames gained and maintained momentum throughout the rest of the first half and into the second half, when sophomore midfielder Bethany Barr got on the scoreboard around the 45-minute mark after an initial save off of a corner penalty.

However, during the final 20 minutes of the second half, Virginia mounted a comeback, with freshman midfielder Tara Vittese scoring at the 61-minute mark off of an assist from sophomore midfielder Lucy Hyams. Seven minutes later Vittese returned the favor, setting up Hyams for the game-tying goal.

The Cavaliers then headed into their fifth overtime game of the season following Hyams’ equalizer. After 10 minutes of play that included three shots by Liberty and two by Virginia, Vittese was able to put home the game-winner off of a penalty stroke.

“At first, we had a lot of opportunities to capitalize, but we just couldn’t finish,” Vittese said. “Then the second half came, and we turned things around. I think put-

ting a lift on the pass really helped us because they were really strong on the ground and that helped us get corners and get the ball in the net.”

Vittese’s two goals in the game propelled her season total to a team-high 15 with two games remaining in the regular season.

She also leads the team in points scored and assists, with 46 and 16, respectively. Vittese’s 16 assists are already the most in a season by a freshman program history.

“Big players have to play big in big games, and Tara and Lucy and everyone was doing the work all over the field,” coach Michele Madison said.

Sunday’s game against Old Dominion was well-matched, with both teams posting strong showings on both sides of the field.

The Cavaliers and Monarchs each spent a fair amount of time in the opponent’s territory during the first half. However, neither team was able to capitalize on their offensive attacks, despite each team firing six shots and two penalty corners.

But, when the teams came back out for the second half, the Monarchs put Virginia on the defensive. Old Dominion tallied eight shots compared to Virginia’s two, and had three more penalty corners than the Cavaliers, who had none.

However, until the very end of the game, a strong defensive performance kept the game knotted at 0-0. Senior goalkeeper Jenny

Johnstone carried the defense with seven saves. But with 1:28 remaining in the game, Old Dominion sophomore midfielder Megan Byas scored the only goal of the game off of a penalty corner, sealing the win for the Monarchs as the Cavaliers were unable to rally in the short remaining time.

“That’s the game,” Madison said. “Old Dominion has a great press, and I saw that they have been keeping most teams to one or two goals a game or none, so I knew it was going to be close and we would have to be able to create some attack.”

Despite the loss, the team still celebrated all five of their seniors in a ceremony following the game.

“They are great leaders, they lead by example, they are always there working hard,” Madison said. “Even today, they stood out because they were the ones trying to make something happen and tried to energize the team to turn the game around to victory.”

Although this was the last regular season game at Virginia’s Turf Field, the Cavaliers have games at Boston College and Boston University coming up next weekend.

“We have to rest [the team] up and get them ready,” Madison said.

“It was an emotional day being Senior Day. It is a young team, but they will bounce back, they have bounced back before. We are going to go to Boston College and we are going to go after the [ACC] title, that is for sure.”

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Cavaliers fall at Clemson, 2-1, ending four-match win streak The No. 10 Virginia men’s soccer team continued its woes against Clemson Friday night, as the Cavaliers dropped their third consecutive match against the Tigers, 2-1.

The loss halted Virginia’s (8-4-1, 3-2-1 ACC) recent fourmatch win streak and ended a span of 387 minutes in which the Cavaliers had not allowed a goal, dating back to their Sept.

30 match against James Madison. It marked only the second time this season in which Virginia conceded multiple goals.

Clemson (7-6, 4-2 ACC) began the scoring in the 37th minute when senior midfielder Manolo Sanchez ripped in a deflected shot into an open net.

Sophomore forward Austen Burnikel extended the Tigers’ lead to two in the 68th minute after knocking in a cross from just seven yards out.

The Cavaliers cut the deficit to one in the 81st minute when sophomore forward Sam Hayward crossed a ball into the box to senior midfielder Eric Bird, who shot and scored his teamhigh fourth goal of the season.

Virginia nearly evened the match in the 86th minute when senior midfielder Ryan Zinkhan sent the ball into the net, but a Cavalier foul moments before the shot negated the goal.

Each team took 11 shots.

Clemson held a 6-4 advantage in shots on goal and a 6-3 advantage in corner kicks. Senior goalkeeper Calle Brown recorded three saves for Virginia.

The Cavaliers will play their final midweek game of the regular season Tuesday night against Radford. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Klöckner Stadium.

—compiled by Robert Elder

Sam Bergeron | The Cavalier Daily

Senior midfielder Eric Bird scored his team-high fourth goal of the season Friday night at Clemson, but his goal was not enough to overcome the Tigers, who bested the Cavaliers for the third consecutive year, 2-1.

No. 3 women’s soccer wins fourth straight, outlasts Louisville, 2-1

Lauren Hornsby | The Cavalier Daily

Sophomore forward Morgan Reuther assisted on both of the Cavaliers’ goals Sunday in the program’s first-ever matchup against ACC-newcomer Louisville.

With the 2014 regular season winding down and engrossed in the ACC stretch run, the thirdranked Virginia women’s soccer team traveled to Kentucky for its first-ever matchup with new ACC foe Louisville (6-7-2, 2-3-2 ACC).

Coming off back-to-back sixgoal performances against Boston College and NC State, the Cavaliers (14-1, 6-1 ACC) were brimming with confidence as they took on the Cardinals, who have struggled thus far in conference play, winning just two of seven ACC games in their inaugural season. The Cavaliers dominated the early stages of the matchup, but Louisville struck first in the 19th minute when freshman forward Alison Price connected on

a curling, upper-90 finish from the top of the box, pushing the Cardinals ahead on their first shot of the game.

While this early strike, combined with an unfamiliar environment and 1,875 shouting fans, might intimidate other teams, the Cavaliers quickly reasserted their dominance behind the play of junior forward Makenzy Doniak. In the 24th minute, Doniak settled a cross from sophomore forward Morgan Reuther and finished inside the far post for her team-high tenth goal of the season, further extending her ACC points lead.

With the game tied and the momentum on their side, the Cavaliers capitalized once more. Just before

halftime, in the 43rd minute, Reuther made her presence felt once again when she fired a shot off a corner on goal that sophomore goalkeeper Paige Brown confidently saved. However, the rebound fell to sophomore defender Tina Iordanou, who knocked in her first goal of the season — marking the 14th different Cavalier to score thus far.

Both teams were held scoreless in the second half, as the Cavaliers clinched their fourth consecutive win.

Virginia continues its threegame road trip Thursday when the team takes on Duke in Durham.

Gametime is set for 7:00 p.m. and can be viewed online on ESPN3.

—compiled by Jacob Hochberger

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Mitchell Vaughn Staff Writer

Asst. Nursing Prof. Camille Burnett received a $312,000 grant by the National Institutes of Health to evaluate the most effective way to get pregnant women to report abuse.

Intimate Partner Violence affects approximately 1.5 million women each year, and as many as 324,000 who are pregnant, according to the Center for Disease Control. The CDC’s definition of IPV includes physical and sexual violence, threats and psychological abuse. These numbers are likely underestimates because most incidents do not get reported.

Burnett, a Roberts Scholar, is currently researching whether surveying pregnant women for IPV through computer programs is more effective than questioning them in person.

Prof. to evaluate abuse reporting Camille Burnett given grant to study whether pregnant women more likely to report face-to-face or online To do this, Burnett is conducting a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the “Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Intervention” study, which involves two parts. DOVE I uses inhome medical visits for pregnant women. DOVE II uses tablets to query for abuse.

The DOVE study’s Principal Investigator is John Hopkins University Prof. Phyllis Sharps. University Nursing Prof. Linda Bullock conducted the DOVE I study in Missouri and served as co-principal investigator of DOVE II, conducted in rural Missouri and Virginia.

A typical domestic violence intervention includes “safety planning, checking in with the women regarding her situation, resources, assessing the danger assessment, opening the door to communication about the woman’s situation,” Burnett said. The DOVE intervention goes further than this.

Dove II aims to reduce

women's fear or embarrassment which may inhibit reporting partner violence by examining whether inquiring about abuse through tablets will increase reporting rates.

“The tablet is not as personal; it gives the woman more privacy to reveal sensitive matters and also not having to admit it to [a] health professional,” Burnett said. “This creates less embarrassment, less shame perhaps. [It's] easier to admit the abuse to yourself quietly or anonymously than saying it out loud.”

The hope is that this will help uncover some of the many cases of IPV that go unreported each year.

“The tablet creates another opportunity to screen women for exposure to abuse which in turn could potentially identify more women screening positive for abuse,” Burnett said. “It can identify those women based on their responses

Emotions and Judgment

Prof. Gerald Clore describes how emotions affect daily decisions, motivations Vanessa M. Braganza Senior Writer

As students on Grounds battle midterm season, emotions can run high. Psychology Prof. Gerald Clore studies emotions and the key roles they play in decision-making, health and daily life.

“Feelings have two functions: one is to provide feedback, so for learning and solving problems, you’ve got to have negative affect to tell you what’s going on — no pain no gain," Clore said.

Many actions are driven by feelings of anticipation.

When students join a sorority or study for an exam, for example, they may be motivated by feelings they anticipate rather than ones they actually experience.

Positive feeling in particular can be a driving force behind action, Clore said.

“The reason you’re creative when you’re happy is because happiness says,

'Whatever’s at the top of the stack, do it.'” he said. “Positive affect just says, 'Yeah, do more of that.'”

Clore explores this causal relationship between positive affect and actions in his 2011 book, "Social Metacognition." When an action becomes associated with a positive result or feeling, the brain tries to increase the occurrence of the action, so it can receive that positive sensation again.

“The internalization of emotion enhances memory,” Clore said. “We are wired up to remember the important stuff — the things that the system says, 'Oh, that’s interesting.'”

On the other hand, emotional overloads can make this mechanism ineffective. Too much or too little of any emotion can make people emotionally unresponsive.

“If we’re depressed there’s nothing to drive us forward, but if we have too much emotion, ordinary stuff has no value,” Clore said.

In his book, Clore argues that rumination can play a key role in clinical depression. By attempting to understand reasons for negative thoughts, rumination may impair other cognitive processes and reduce an individual’s motivation to seek out positive experiences. People with depression tend to lose interest in positive feelings until they can figure out a reason for their negative emotions. A lack of motivation to seek positive feelings often corresponds to a draining of energy and emotion in patients suffering from depression.

“Most of us can come up with memories if we’re asked, but if you’re deeply depressed and suicidal, [when asked to recall a memory] your response tends to be overly general," Clore said. "What the person is saying is, ‘I’ve got no energy and so many problems, and you’re asking me to spend energy I don’t have.'"

that are in abusive relationships, and refine and expand their definition of abuse. [It] helps also to identify women in healthy relationships.”

Intervening in IPV is especially important in cases where the victim is pregnant, Burnett said. “[The risk] becomes heightened during pregnancy and during the postpartum period as there is the potential for harm for both the mother and her unborn child and eventually the very young infant,” she said. “Violence during pregnancy has also been shown to be more severe than other times in a woman’s life, due to an increased risk for homicide.”

Burnett’s study may have an impact on policy decisions under the Affordable Care Act’s Home Visiting Program, which involves home visits to reduce a variety of risks, including domestic violence.

Courtesy UVA

Asst. Nursing Prof. Camille Burnett received a $312,000 grant to study the most effective way to ensure pregnant women report partner violence.

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Considering the cost

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The Honor Committee’s proposed “pay later” program is well-intentioned, but would have limited practical benefits

Comment of the day “I really don’t agree that ‘there are only two options’ for students at competitive colleges. I’m sure many of those who don’t use Adderall would not admit to falling behind.

Also, the 2013 number for UVa Adderall users is merely 11%, less than a third of UK’s number, and certainly far from ‘whopping.’”

“Hawa” responding to Hasan Khan’s Oct 17 column, “Accepting Adderall”

Let them eat cakeDuring its meeting last week, the Honor Committee discussed a potential program which would allow students to pledge on their honor to pay for their food at Corner restaurants at a later date if they forgot their money. The Committee would pay back the merchant if the students fail to pay.

In general, encouraging students to act honorably in all aspects of life is a good goal.

But how much of an effect this program would actually have is uncertain, and there are some concerns about how the program would function logistically. Andy McClure, owner of The Biltmore and The Virginian, expressed reservations about the idea partly because he didn’t think students would frequently find themselves unable to pay. If Honor were to get the Corner merchants on board with this policy, it likely wouldn’t have an impact on a large number of students.

Some Corner merchants have said they already allow patrons to pay for their order later. Take It

Away Sandwich Shop owner Tom Bowe said letting a customer pay later makes sense for all parties, because the business gains nothing from taking back an order which has already been prepared.

McClure, however, said this kind of program may not be attractive to all business owners.

Another concern he expressed was how the general public could take advantage of the system if they found out about it. Showing a student ID could be proof of enrollment, but if a student has forgotten his wallet, it is likely he does not have his ID, either. The merchant would probably just have to take the student’s word in order for the system to function effectively, but as McClure pointed out, not all merchants may be comfortable doing that, even with the Honor Committee’s promise to pay a debt which is not paid back. How can the Committee justify paying a debt that does not even belong to a student?

Vice Chair for Education Joe Martin said the Committee is not interested in punishing students

who don’t pay their charges. The only punishment they would face is not being able to use the system anymore, but because students will not likely find themselves in this situation often, revoking that privilege will probably not have much impact on them.

So what is the purpose of the proposal then? Perhaps the main goal is to facilitate trust, hammering home the idea that the Community of Trust has practical benefits, thereby encouraging students to perpetuate it. But is it not more practical to focus on facilitating trust among students, faculty and staff, rather than merchants whose businesses are not connected to the University?

We have already discussed the concerns involved with extending the Honor system outside the University in our editorial about bad debts, particularly rent. Many Committee members thought the Committee should not play any role in settling financial matters between landlords and tenants.

We argued landlords should not be able to use the Honor Com-

mittee to collect payments from tenants, partly because landlords’ ultimate interests are in business, not the values of the honor system. So we can ask the same question in this case — do restaurant owners prioritize the values of honor, or would they solely have business interests in mind?

This question may be answered as Committee members survey merchants to see if they would be interested in the program. Presumably, if the Committee cannot solicit enough participants, or if the Committee cannot address the concerns of potential participants, the program would not go forward. But even if it is enacted, the Committee should continue to come up with new ideas which impact a larger amount of students and address other flaws which prevent the Community of Trust from functioning, such as low and disproportionate Honor reporting rates. The Committee’s focus should remain on the flaws within the University community, before it begins to look too far outside it.

Show and tell The Cavalier Daily should deliver news via written stories and digital media Public Editor

Photographs and graphics can tell stories. For some stories a photograph is essential, and in some instances a photograph is all you need. In most every case, for example, a photograph of people on the Lawn on a nice, autumn day will tell the story of the weather and how people at the University responded to it better than a print story will. With a digital platform, The Cavalier Daily staff has the ability to have as many photographs or graphics as it likes without worrying about the confines of newsprint.

But those photographs and graphics should be helpful and do more than fill space, and the digital versions of them shouldn’t be limited by the print version.

News graphics, especially, should be informative in ways text is not. Otherwise, they are at best filler and at worst a distraction from the point of the article.

Sites like Vox, The Upshot at the New York Times and Five Thirty

Eight are examples of publications working to create new, dynamic visual ways to show information. Their graphics are often richly textured and give the reader a way to understand information in a way that simply reading might not get across.

graphics and photographs.

A cover story on competition to gain membership in various groups on Grounds ran in the October 2nd print issue of The Cavalier Daily. Two graphics accompanied the story: what looks like rock climbers ascending a bar graph and what looks like a Microsoft Word table.

Neither did much to help readers understand the points of the accompanying (very interesting) [T]hose photographs and graphics should story. The frontpage print graphic be helpful and do more than fill space, and had no informathe digital versions of them shouldn’t be tion at all and the table looked like a limited by the print version. random selection of information. I still They also use things like simple don’t know what I’m supposed tables when it seems effective to take from the percentage of or skip the graphics altogether applicants who are accepted to sometimes. It’s worth pausing specific groups or whether I’m for a moment to recognize that meant to compare the groups in those are all multi-million dollar the table. There is information, efforts. The Cavalier Daily has but the graphic doesn’t help me had mixed results recently with understand it or connect it effec-

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Christopher Broom

tively to the larger themes and, indeed, the specifics in the story.

Better work can be seen in the housing issue from October 6th.

The front page (and the rest of that issue, in fact) looked good in print and the online story had the virtue of clickable blurbs for descriptions of individual housing options. The main graphic, though, was a static image online and offered very little useful information. The embedded map was a nice inclusion, but with no connection to the blurbs the whole page/article ended up feeling like a choose your own adventure info-graphic. It just made no really effective use of the digital options. One of the best uses of the digital space was back in April with the publication of salary information. There’s a good reason that report is linked to at the top of every webpage at The Cavalier Daily.

The photography for The Cavalier Daily is often excellent but also isn’t often used in the digital space differently than in print.

Galleries in the Multimedia sec-

tion of the website are loaded with photographs which are often very similar to one another.

I end up feeling like I’m scrolling through pictures on someone’s phone albeit with much higher quality photography. I’d like to see more curating of the galleries to help tell stories. And beyond the photography, there hasn’t been a video uploaded to the multimedia section since April.

Moving to a digital-first format offers opportunities for more interesting graphics, more creative photography and richer multimedia content. Indeed, if media trends hold these are all essential for gaining and holding a reader base. The Cavalier Daily needs to figure out how to consistently rise to it’s highest level in this area.

Christopher Broom is the public editor for The Cavalier Daily’s.

He can be reached at publiceditor@cavalierdaily.com or on Twitter at @cdpubliceditor

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The University should ban smoking on Grounds

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n October 2, the Managing cular disease and lung cancer. The Board published an edito- CDC estimates that nonsmokrial in which it asserted that uni- ers who are regularly exposed to versities should not ban smoking secondhand smoke increase their on their campuses. risk of developing This piece was writheart disease by 25 to ten in response to the 30 percent. Nonsmoksmoking ban enacted ers who inhale the carat each of the 31 public cinogens present in tocolleges and universibacco smoke are 20 to ties belonging to the 30 percent more likely University System of to develop lung cancer.

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Health risks notI disagree, not bewithstanding, many cause I hope a ban students find the smell would make smoking NAZAR ALJASSAR of smoke obnoxious. a socially inconvenient It is hard to walk into Opinion Columnist behavior that would Clemons without conencourage smokers to fronting the oppressive quit. Rather, secondhand smoking miasma of cigarette smoke that so is a problem for nonsmokers that often lurks outside the library’s can be diminished with a public doors. And you can’t descend the smoking ban. steps behind the East Range toThere are real risks associated wards the Health System’s West with secondhand smoking even in Complex without being subjected small amounts. According to the to the cough-inducing fumes of Centers for Disease Control and students and employees who have Prevention (CDC), “there is no colonized that area and made it a risk-free level of exposure to sec- smoker’s alley. Public smoking is ondhand smoke.” Consequences simply a nuisance. of inhaling secondhand smoke inThe Managing Board mainclude increased risk of cardiovas- tains that offering health services

is sufficient for colleges to promote that other pollutants such as vestudent health. I’m skeptical. For hicle exhaust also exist on college the smoker, such resources can campuses and cannot realistically be useful for quitting or receiving be banned. It is true that there is health education. But there are no no way to entirely prevent student ways for the nonsmoker to enjoy a exposure to health hazards. But smoke-free environment, as there shouldn’t we try to mitigate the will always be smokers who don’t effects of air pollution instead of take advantage of health services resigning ourselves to the fact that at the University.

The only solution for the nonsmoker is a public smoking ban.

The Managing Board presents public smoking as A smoker’s right to smoke should end where an issue of liberty.

But that argument a nonsmoker’s right to clean air begins. doesn’t stand because an individual’s personal liberties go out the win- our air quality won’t be perfect? dow once he encroaches upon the Unlike vehicle exhaust, secondrights of others. To quote former hand smoke can realistically be Supreme Court Justice Oliver removed from Grounds. Cars and Wendell Holmes, Jr., “the right to buses are necessary for the Uniswing my fist ends where the oth- versity to operate; tobacco is not. er man’s nose begins.” A smoker’s One cannot draw a reasonable right to smoke should end where parallel between banning public a nonsmoker’s right to clean air smoking and banning vehicles. begins.

Furthermore, the Managing The Managing Board writes Board writes of the inconvenience

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that a public smoking ban would impose upon smokers, particularly those who live on Grounds. And what about the inconvenience that the majority of students experiences when walking by smokers?

The reality is that smokers are a minority on Grounds, and they aren’t a legally protected one. Banning public smoking at the University is a solution that inconveniences the smallest number of people without infringing upon the rights of a protected class of people.

The University should follow the lead of the University System of Georgia by introducing a public smoking ban. “The time to end smoking is now,” Student Council Safety and Wellness Co-Chair Rachel Murphy wrote in an email.

“The longer we wait, the sooner we will see the harmful effects of smoking.”

Nazar’s columns run Fridays.

He can be reached at n.aljassar@ cavalierdaily.com.

Fighting for suffrage The Occupy Central movement is commendable but flawed Viewpoint Writer

Article 45 of Hong Kong Basic Law explicitly guarantees Universal suffrage, but this right is in jeopardy because of other legislative barriers. The clause in Article 45 leaves leeway regarding the selection of the chief executive “through consultations held locally.” The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, by a decision in 2007, explicitly promised universal suffrage in the 2017 election of the chief executive. However, the decision didn’t specify the composition of the nomination committee, which would nominate a group of eligible candidates.

The decision also stated that the Standing Committee would have a final say in approving any alteration in election rules. Therefore, if the plan submitted by the current Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying does not get approval from more than two-thirds of the Legislative Council members, the original election rule would be applied, making universal suffrage null and void, and the selection committee alone would elect the chief executive.

Leung’s proposal to Beijing reserves the exclusive right of nomination to an existing 1200-member committee, and it only offers to increase the size of the committee from 1200 to 1600 at most. The committee, composed of mostly pro-Beijing business-owners who cannot possibly be representative

been a means for Hong Kong citizens to express concern for the demise of democratic development in Hong Kong, especially in 2014 when public confidence in Leung’s administration is decreasing, given its pro-Beijing attitude that has been clear ever since his inauguration. Also, according to a Public Opinion Programme survey carried out by the University of Hong Kong, people’s confidence in the “One Country, Two System” ideal has been consistently decreasing since 2013.

Hong Kong has long suffered from serious However, Beijing social injustice and economic inequality and is not solely to blame. has placed a great burden on the underHong Kong has long suffered from serious educated lower-class people... social injustice and economic inequality of the Hong Kong citizens living and has placed a great burden on in Victoria Peak and Yau Ma Tei, the under-educated lower-class will only offer the Hong Kong citi- people, who struggle to live in the zens up to three candidates from “cage home,” a type of residence which to choose the chief execu- that can only fit in one bunk-bed tive. Occupy Central movement in and is surrounded by a metal cage.

China is a courageous act against The influx of mainland visitors has the prerogative of Beijing and a only benefited certain business justifiable expression of frustra- owners, while inconveniencing tion over economic inequality, but ordinary citizens. These underrepit is not making any progress. resented people, who don’t have a Anti-Beijing protests have long say in the nomination committee,

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have not benefited from the proBeijing policy. Their dissatisfaction with Leung’s administration has led to their active participation in the 2014 protests.

Sadly, the chance of success for the protest movement is very small. Beijing is reasonably concerned that any compromise might affect the internal stability of the mainland. The current Chinese government’s uncompromising attitude toward any political liberation adds to Beijing’s hardline stand. Pan-democracy camp is in an unfavorable position to negotiate with the government.

The movement lacks the support of the business-minded group, which has benefited a lot from its close relationship with Beijing.

Big corporations have issued announcements condemning the movement, and the falling of the Dow Jones and Hang Seng index has caused tension among the investors.

Ironically, largely due to the unbalanced coverage by controlled media, many mainlanders are uninterested in or even critical of this movement, criticizing participants as brainwashed by the western democracy propaganda. Indeed, the protest has very complex origins, and it can never

be easily concluded that universal suffrage will be the optimal choice for Hong Kong. However, the efforts of protesters are highly respectable, their proposal justifiable and their methods of expression reasonable. The debatable nature of universal suffrage and unlikeliness of their success does not change the fact that this is a vivid example of robust political discussion and active civic participation.

After a video of a demonstrator being beaten by the police was leaked in early October, Leung offered to re-open the discussion with students, but now it seems that Leung’s resignation would be one possible way out of the impasse, which might allow for negotiation about universal suffrage after 2017. The succeeding chief executive, who would be restrained by the public criticism of Leung, could negotiate with the pro-democracy and pro-local force when there is less tension and hostility between the two sides. Demise of the political democracy of Hong Kong is inevitable, under increasing pressure from Beijing. However, thanks to the effort and courage of the protestors, it won’t go as smoothly and fast as Beijing wants.

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Broaden the competition

Intense competition for major clubs can be alleviated by wider student participation in less prominent CIOs

couple of weeks ago The Cav- mosphere can be both overwhelmalier Daily ran an article titled ing and exhausting, as there is little “The Competition Effect” focusing chance that students will discover on the tendency for more popular every organization. student groups at the The University University to have acshould tackle this isceptance rates lower sue by taking steps to than 25 percent. The provide more opporstatistics are not surtunities for students prising, yet they also to discover potential reveal what Dean of clubs. For instance, if Students Allen Groves there are multiple accalls in the article “tuntivities fairs rather than nel vision” — when stujust one, students will dents flock to more rechave more opportuniognizable organizations ties to explore. Another JARED FOGEL on Grounds and fail to option is to separate Opinion Columnist notice the multitude of these several fairs by the other student groups. type of group such as This unfortunately leaves many stu- academic, community service, etc. dents who want to be involved out Thus, students can not only focus of luck for one or more semesters; on particular interests and find the however, the University, The Cava- club that is right for them but also lier Daily, and individual professors broaden their choices of potential can all take steps to lessen this pro- clubs to join besides just the most pensity for tunnel vision. popular ones.

The hectic nature of University The Cavalier Daily can also club competition is best displayed contribute to this effort, perhaps at each semester’s Activities Fair. through extended coverage of First-years are heckled by hundreds clubs besides the usual Honor and of student groups to put down their Student Council articles. Yet, the name and email, an act that may problem with extended coverage is cause students to remain on a club’s it might not necessarily draw the listserv for quite some time. The at- highest readership among students.

A solution to this would be for The world scenarios in which students Cavalier Daily to create a “club spot- must compete by filling out applicalight” each week to recognize one or tions, and occasionally interviewtwo lesser-known clubs at the Uni- ing in order to be accepted. These versity that students should con- scenarios also help introduce to sider joining. Over time, by reading University first-years to what many The Cavalier Daily, students can of them have yet to experience after become more aware of some groups their high-achieving high school cathey may never have known about. reers: failure.

Professors too can help students On the other hand, we should learn more about the clubs around question the selectivity of some stuthem. Several lecture course pro- dent organizations. While organifessors already invite students into zations such as The Cavalier Daily their classrooms to introduce a particular organization to the class. This practice should be extended to other courses, as it will increase lesser- The Cavalier Daily can also contribute to this effort, known club vis- perhaps through extended coverage of clubs besides ibility. the usual Honor and Student Council articles.

I want to clarify that I am not arguing that the competition should or performance groups such as the be drastically lessened in any way Whethermen seek out a specific among these popular organizations; type of talent, other organizations rather, I am arguing that students like Student Council or Madison must be aware of their opportuni- House are based on serving the ties in order to combat tunnel vi- University community. Do these sion. Competition and the resulting organizations have the right to deny low acceptance rates for clubs are someone who wants to help out his important because they present real fellow students merely based on an

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interview or written application?

Possible solutions, though controversial, include using a lottery to pick new members or enlisting the help of a professor to determine whether the students genuinely want to be involved or not.

At the end of the day, however, it is the students who are responsible for their own involvement in organizations at the University. If students find themselves facing rejection, they can either apply to the same club the next semester or year, or they can take initiative and seek out other groups they would like to join.

Students that are not involved but want to be should take the initiative. Where the University, professors, and The Cavalier Daily come in is to provide students with the resources to achieve such goals.

With a more active process, more active coverage, and more individual professor involvement, students will have a better chance of finding organizations where they feel at home.

Jared’s columns run bi-weekly Thursdays. He can be reached at j.fogel@cavalierdaily.com.

Accepting Adderall We should decriminalize the recreational use of Adderall for academic purposes Viewpoint Writer

Midterms week is only just beginning to breach universities across the nation, but one can already hear the hushed whispers permeating the palpable silence surrounding libraries.

“Hey, do you have some Adderall I can use?”

A once-modest drug designed to help individuals with ADHD focus, Adderall is now used by thousands of college students as a “study drug” to help maximize productivity. For students, it is a godsend; the drug gives users laser-sharp focus, increases memorization capabilities and wards off unwanted sleepiness.

Currently, it is illegal for an individual to use Adderall — which must be prescribed — without medical need, but many students gain access to it by borrowing the drug or faking ADHD symptoms to a doctor.

Still, decriminalising neuroenhancers like Adderall for academic purposes is frowned upon by the public.

Health experts warn that Adderall is an amphetamine comparable to cocaine, and can cause serious side effects like addiction. Others claim taking the drug is akin to using steroids in sports, giving unfair advan-

tages to users. Still others point out that even if neuroenhancers were to become commercialized in the future, only the rich would have easy access. For many students in today’s hypercompetitive colleges, there are only two options: pop the pill or fall behind. Regardless of its

hancer abuse (like this article, which recounts the story of a young man led to suicide because of Adderall) that tend to skew the image of neuroenhancement. In reading these stories, one view becomes immediately clear: dangerous side effects can result from using these drugs, but only when they are misused habitually.

The fact of the matter is: Adderall only presents a serious threat when it is abused, just like Humans have been modifying the natural order of any other drug. is no statisthings since the evolution of our species. To deem There tic on death from medical enhancement “unnatural” is to deny our Adderall, simply because it isn't that innate propensity for improvement. dangerous when used responsibly. risks, neuroenhancement is part of Even the journalist who reported our future; here is why we should the Adderall-related suicide notes legalize it. that “very few people who misuse Arguably the strongest conten- stimulants devolve into psychotic tion against legalizing performance- or suicidal addicts.” With limited enhancing Adderall use is that it has dosages under doctor supervision, harmful side effects. Headache and neuroenhancer prescriptions could dizziness are common after-effects, become powerful low-risk tools to but rare side effects may include boost productivity. aggressive behavior, heart probThe steroids in sports comlems and exacerbation of existing parison is a common one, but it is anxiety. The media have constantly ultimately flawed. Sports are comadvanced scary tales of neuroen- petitions based solely on individual

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achievement and glory. Meanwhile, academia (especially research) is a not zero-sum game — each person's contribution helps society progress.

A student’s use of neuroenhancers doesn't automatically hurt other students’ productivity — it just helps him excel and contribute to academic progress. Remember, these drugs don't make people inherently smarter or more creative; they just increase productivity capacity for a few hours. Other opponents point out that if neuroenhancers were to permeate the market, only the rich would have access to them. To an extent, this is true, but if one looks at the history of technology, it is clear that the rich always have first access to the most useful items. For example, the rich naturally enjoyed the advantages of computers first back in the 1970s; no one banned their usage. With cheap availability nowadays, computers have practically become a prerequisite for higher education. Ultimately, a technology can always reach a low enough price point for mass availability.

For most, the biggest deterrent is the idea that neuroenhancers somehow alter our nature. But take a look around you. The manufactured coffee sitting next to you is an enhancer; the caffeine inside it provides an “unnatural” boost of

energy. The screen on which you are most likely reading this article is attached to a computer, a technology that has had actual physical impacts on the brain. Humans have been modifying the natural order of things since the evolution of our species. To deem medical enhancement “unnatural” is to deny our innate propensity for improvement.

Neuroenhancers are already being used by an enormous number of college students. In a survey done by professors in the Department of Communication at the University of Kentucky, a whopping 34 percent of college student participants admitted to having illegally used ADHD medication. We should accept the future of neuroenhancement, taking into account its dangers but not discarding the serious benefits it provides. Many students share or sell prescriptions of Adderall — an illegal act — and should rightfully be stopped. But if we can legally commercialize neuroenhancers for academic use, and increase research to develop cheaper and safer neuroenhancers, many of the current stigmas surrounding neuroenhancers will disappear. Simply put, the age of enhancement is upon us.

Only by decriminalising neuroenhancers will society enter a new era of productivity.

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Clara Carlson Senior Writer

The Black Student Alliance kicks off Black Culture Week Monday. The annual series of events seeks to enhance and engage black culture through forums, lectures and poetry readings.

Established primarily by the Black Students for Freedom, predecessor to the BSA, and Joseph Washington, chair of the African American Studies Department, Black Culture Week has been a University tradition since 1970 — just a few years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act allowed black students to enroll in the University for the first time.

History Prof. Claudrena Harold, who taught a course last spring on the history of African American students at the University in the post-Civil Rights era, said the culture week was partly inspired by a desire to

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BSA kicks Black Culture Week

President Joy Omenyi calls Culture Week a ‘testament to how far black life at the University has come’ connect to the Black Power Movement and the Black Arts Movement.

“Black Culture Week was a way to ensure that there would be cultural programming for [black students] and there would be a way in which they could showcase the marvelousness of African American culture,” Harold said. “Black Culture Week was about African Americans taking their place at the University and wanting to ensure that their presence would transform the social and intellectual landscape.”

The first event, The Food Migration, will start 6 p.m. and will feature traditional Ethiopian, Caribbean, West African and South African cuisines. “[Black Culture Week] was predicated on the idea that African Americans had something to teach the University community and the larger world,” Harold said.

The week also includes a presentation of Gordon Park’s photography by Prof. John Mason at the Fralin Museum of Art Tuesday, a panel on “The State of Black Politics in Our Contempo-

rary Moment” Wednesday, and a keynote lecture by North Carolina State University Prof. Blair Kelley titled “Between Barack Obama and Michael Brown: African American History at the Crossroads” Thursday.

BSA President Joy Omenyi, a fourth-year College student, said the BSA aims to create a variety of events to appeal to the University community at large. Omenyi said she looks forward to hearing Emory Professor Andra Gillespie, a member of Wednesday’s panel, and Kelley speak. Both are University alumni who studied African American and African Studies.

The African American Studies Program began a few years prior to the creation of Black Culture Week. Omenyi, an African American and African Studies major, views it as a point of pride that both programs are thriving at the University today.

“It’s a testament to how far black life at the University has come; the fact that we’re able to bring alumni back 20 years later and say that we still have Black Culture Week and Black Culture Week is alive and thriving,”

Omenyi said.

Sponsors of this week’s events include the University Programs Council, Student Council, the Fralin Museum of Art, the Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures, and the Center for Politics, among others.

“The number of sponsors we got … is just truly remarkable,” Omenyi said.

Harold said sponsorship and support from the University was and continues to be extremely necessary to attract speakers to come to Grounds. In the 1970s, Black Students for Freedom hosted icons such as Nikki Giovanni, Harold Cruse, Arna Bontemps, Ossie Davis and Julian Bond.

“I’m very proud of the current BSA leadership, the current BSA executive council for continuing this tradition,” Harold said. “One of the beautiful things about this is it started in 1970 and it’s never missed a year. It’s remarkable that a student organization can maintain a tradition for this long.”

The week will culminate with a poetry slam featuring Virginia Commonwealth University’s

Courtesy Claudrena Harold

Photos above show historical images from past Black Culture Weeks, including dancing and an appearance from actor Ossie Davis.

award-winning Slam Nahuatl Spoken Word Team Friday at 9 p.m. in Ern Commons.

“Taking a week out and sitting down and just celebrating [black culture], expanding it to the rest of the University, gives a chance for everyone to really engage in it,” Omenyi said.

Capitals from Carrara

Photos on wall surrounding Rotunda depict creation of building’s new capitals Allison Turner Feature Writer

The Rotunda’s current capitals have been sheathed by black fabric for a number of years.

Part of the building’s current renovation project is to replace these with new capitals constructed in Carrara, Italy.

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To help lessen the eyesore of ongoing Rotunda construction, Art History Prof. William Wylie added pictures to the wall facing the Lawn.

The pictures document the remaking of the Rotunda’s Corinthian capitals which are being crafted in Carrara, Italy.

“It was a part of Jefferson’s original idea for the Rotunda that the capitals would be made [of marble from] Carrara,” Wylie said. “I think the reconstruction is important for the continued perception of the Rotunda as an important architectural treasure. Remaking the capitals as Jefferson had envisioned, as well as other refinements underway, will renew the luster of the site.”

Wylie has traveled to Italy twice to document the making of the 16 new capitals at the Pedrini Studios.

He spent seven years photographing the city, working there on and off since 2000.

“I am making photographs as they are making the new capitals,” Wylie said. “In a few months, they will ship them over [from Italy] and I will document that, as well as the

replacement of the capitals on the Rotunda.”

Wylie was asked to install his photographs on the wall around the Rotunda to add an artistic dimension to the reconstruction. The first pictures were added in time for fall convocation.

“All of the pictures [on the wall] are from the photographs that I have made as I’ve been going [to Italy],” Wylie said. “They are from inside the sculpture studio where the capitals are being made, or of the quarries themselves where the marble was extracted.”

About 30 pictures have been installed on the wall to date.

“I tried to make it a more interesting inspiration by mixing the pictures up so that it wasn’t just pictures of workers carving on capitals," Wylie said. "Sometimes [the pictures] are of the details, some are large sweeping landscapes and some are workers carving.”

Julia Loman and Elise Sokolowski, fifth year fellows in the art department, were among the students who assisted Wylie in the installment of the pictures. “[Wylie] asked if we could help, and it was actually really fun,” Sokolowski said. “He had already in-

stalled a couple, and then with the rest we let him direct where we wanted things to go. We tried to find pictures that worked well together graphically and spatially."

Sokolowski said the project aims to benefit the community as a whole.

“All of my memories are of the Rotunda being redone or under reconstruction, and it’s nice that [with this project] it’s a space to show art,” Sokolowski said. “I think there’s been more of an effort to connect the arts at U.Va. to the school and to the greater community, and this has done a great job of bringing attention to [Wylie’s] work and art at U.Va. in general.”

The Rotunda reconstruction is a long process, but Loman said the photos provide evidence the final product will offer students and the community a renewed appreciation for this iconic center of Grounds.

“I think it’s really important that they get the capitals up there," Loman said. "I can tell by the photos that they are going to be beautiful — the Carrara stone is amazing.

It might not be so nice right now, and we can’t enjoy the Lawn like we usually do, but it will be worth it in the end.”

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Year: Second Hometown: Vienna Major: Pre-Comm U.Va. Involvement: Relay For Life, Pikapp, College Mentors for Kids, Project Peanut Butter, IM Sports

LOVE CONNECTION:

Hobbies: Basketball, golf, watching sports, reading

AUSTIN VIRGINIA

Describe a typical weekend: Hanging out with friends and brothers, playing basketball, watching football Describe yourself in one sentence: I’m just your average Joe, except my name is Austin, so I guess I’m your average Austin Ideal date: Easy to talk to, funny, easy-going

AUSTIN Courtesy Austin

A date at Lemongrass brings easy conversation but uncertain flirting Year: Second Hometown: Fredericksburg

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Major: Psychology, possible Economics

Love Guru

U.Va. Involvement: Club Cross Country, Club Rock Climbing, Club Sailing

Austin and Virginia met at 7 p.m. and went to Lemongrass on the Corner.

Hobbies: Rock climbing, jogging and reading

Austin: I was hanging out with some girls upstairs who really wanted to sign up for Love Connection. They filled out a survey for me and I filled out ones for them. We promised each other that if we got picked, we had to do the date.

Virginia: Like all great decisions, I filled out the Love Connection on a Saturday night with friends. They filled out some of the parts for me and I filled out [the others] — I didn’t think I would get picked, but it seemed like a fun thing to do.

Austin: I [have] gotten set up on a couple blind dates as friends of friends for sorority mixers and they [have all been] fantastic.

Virginia: I’ve sort of been on a blind date before. I told my friends in high school I wanted to go on a blind date, so they set one up, but I ended up already knowing him.

Austin: I got to the Rotunda at 7 p.m. on the dot, but I didn’t see anyone for a while, so I thought I got stood up. I was texting my friends asking when I could abort the date if I got stood up. They were trying to convince me to ask out some random girl that passed by if she never showed up.

Virginia: I got there five minutes early and was standing on the wrong side of the Rotunda waiting for him before I finally realized he was on the other side. It was a bit awkward in the beginning because we were both kind of lost.

Austin: After a while, I finally saw her

Describe a typical weekend: Hang out with friends, procrastinate studying, watch too much Netflix and catch up on sleep. Also eating. So much eating.

Ideal Date: Nice, kind, down-to-do-anything guy who can outdork me when it comes to Joss Whedon trivia. Not your typical U.Va. guy who just does small talk. Someone who makes me laugh until I forget everything and anything else.

come around and we said hi.

Virginia: He was tall and had a nice smile and seemed really friendly. We started walking to the Corner and he mentioned that he hadn’t been to Lemongrass before, so we had to fix that.

Austin: The food was good. We talked about a lot during dinner — we both had a lot of interesting stories and she was a really nice girl.

Virginia: We talked about our families, high school and he’s really athletic, so we talked about that. It’s funny because we both used to be super nerds in high school but blossomed at U.Va. There were a couple of awkward [pauses], but it was generally pretty natural.

Austin: I didn’t feel like the conversation was forced — she did a good job of asking questions. I love talking to people and learning stuff about them and she was one of those people that are really inter-

esting to talk to. It was a fluid conversation, but I wasn’t really trying to escalate things.

Virginia: He was extroverted, so really easy to talk to and really funny. We’re pretty [different] though — he’s not the type of person I would usually meet, but he had a good sense of humor and was fun to talk to.

Austin: I think there was a little bit of flirting going on. She seemed to be flirting and it was a fluid conversation. I don’t know if there was a romantic spark, though.

Virginia: There was eye contact and may have been a little bit of flirting, but I’m really bad [at] telling that. He paid the bill after dinner, which was really nice.

Austin: It was a really long date. We went to Arch’s afterwards and got custard.

Virginia: I freaked out because they had pumpkin flavored froyo and he made

VIRGINIA Courtesy Virginia

fun of me for being basic, but a girl’s got to have her pumpkin in the fall. He told me about Yik Yak and now I’m obsessed with it.

Austin: I had to wrap it up around nine because I had a Relay for Life thing, but I asked for her number. I probably should have texted her saying it was nice to meet her, but I’ve been pretty busy.

Virginia: The ending was a bit awkward because I wasn’t sure if he was going to go in for a hug. I leaned in but he didn’t, so I changed it to a wave. I friended him on Facebook but I don’t know if he’s accepted yet. He hasn’t texted me since the date.

Austin: I would rate the date a solid 7. The conversation was great, but I don’t know if there were romantic feelings.

Virginia: I would give it a 7 out of 10.

He was a total sweetheart and it was nice to meet someone new.

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The Cavalier Daily

Annie Mester Life Columnist

1. The nervous traveler

In the time I’ve been abroad, I’ve spent more time in airports than I ever have before. Maybe it’s my nerves of steel or maybe it’s my super heroic ability to fall asleep anywhere, but when the plane takes off I’m usually already mid-snooze with no anxiety to speak of. Those not blessed with my talents are easy to spot. They’ve sweat through their shirts, actually paid attention to how to buckle and unbuckle their seatbelts, and wouldn’t dare to unstow their tray tables before the fasten seatbelt light is turned off. Put your hand too close to theirs and they’ll probably grab it.

2. The matching tour group

Nothing irks me more than groups of adults walking around in identical outfits. Yes, I understand the logic — no one wants to get lost, and shirts that feature some sort of

family crest or travel group slogan are difficult to miss. At the head of each group is the fearless umbrellawielding leader. Bonus points if you spot the same T-shirt crew at a museum the next day, and even more if you ask them when was the last time they’ve washed that shirt.

3. The family with screaming children

You want your three-year-old to go on a trip he’ll never forget but also — given the limited capacity of human memory — won’t actually remember. I understand. There’s a first time for everything, which, I guess, must include subjecting an entire plane to the wrath of your not-yet-potty-trained child. Maybe I’m being too harsh, but on a plane ride from Amsterdam to Florence last weekend, I had the pleasure of sitting beside what could’ve been the worst smelling diaper in Europe.

And though my playlist of 90s pop throwbacks may be a timeless classic, it certainly didn’t sound great accompanied by shrill screaming.

4. Groups of American college students

As much as I try not to perpetuate this stereotype, it is hard to stop the steam-rolling train that is a group of 12 girls seeing their first Starbucks in months. The last time I saw my friends hustle so fast was to get back to their dorms during the great ABC Dorm Raid of the 2013.

Also characteristic of the American college traveling group is a mass quantity of backpacks and the tendency to loudly proclaim their love for free WiFi.

5. The drunkard

Maybe he’s nervous, maybe he’s going on hour seven in the airport, or maybe it really is five o’clock in whatever time zone he’s coming from. Either way, this airport-goer has found alcohol in a duty-free place. He’s where Kristen Wiig got inspiration for her character in "Bridesmaids." He takes the complimentary drink service a little too seriously. He has probably made friends with the screaming baby.

6. The overpacker

For this traveler, the phrase “travel lightly” means picking the suitcase set with the lighter color scheme. He is carrying at least seven 3-ounce travel sized bottles on his person at all times, and would only survive for about 12 minutes in the wilderness due to his inability to part with his tiny dog and its huge, collapsible princess castle bed. To the concierge who has to deal with this traveler at his hotel: I feel for you, and am subtly glaring at said traveler in the hopes that he’ll give you a bigger tip.

7. The business person

Whenever I see a business person in the airport, I immediately think of George Clooney’s character in "Up in the Air" (which, coincidentally, has been the feature film on about six flights I’ve been on).

The business person is an airport whiz: she doesn’t almost trip taking her shoes off and then almost cry because she forgot to wear socks, and she most definitely never sets the metal detector off. She has never waited in a line, and only travels with a briefcase containing, like, six really important papers. If not flying business class (an anomaly), she is most definitely sitting in the emergency exit row, because they can be trusted with that responsibility.

8. The one who’s overdressed

Somehow, it was lost in translation that wearing heels and a tight dress is not conducive to sitting comfortably for extended periods of time. This sitting is bookend-

ed by long walks with stairs and hoards of people to dodge. Maybe she thought airport runways were actual runways? These stiletto-clad wannabe models will forever be an enigma to me.

9. The unaccompanied minor

The phrase “unaccompanied minor” isn’t quite fitting. At any given time, there are at least five flight attendants or airport officials surrounding said minor. I am jealous of this child for many reasons.

First, they most definitely get rides on those cool golf carts that drive in the middle of where everyone is walking just to purposefully be as inconvenient as possible. Secondly, they always get better airplane snacks. Lastly, it’s OK for them to wear a Batman backpack in public whereas I just get a lot of blank stares. No fair.

10. The obvious tourist

I guess everyone can be considered a tourist at an airport, but this person really commits to the role.

There’s often a fanny pack involved, and a strong tendency to stop walking every 10 steps to marvel at how universal McDonald’s are. Oh, you’ve never seen a neck pillow before? You haven’t just spent an entire week on vacation in a given country and thus have already had about seven million opportunities to buy said city’s T-shirt? You really have to stop directly in front of me as I’m sprinting to my gate to consider buying this T-shirt at every store you pass? You’re about to see a new sort of tourist attraction: the sight of my fist hitting your face.