November 18, 2013

Monday, November 18, 2013

Vol. 124, Issue 25

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Courtesy of Restore Access UVA

Students stand against AccessUVa cuts ‘We wanted to make a powerful demonstration ... and show that we aren’t going anywhere’ Jenna Dickerson Senior Writer

Students gathered on the Rotunda steps Friday – in the midst of the November Board of Visitors meeting — to protest recent changes to AccessUVa, the University’s financial aid program. Participants dressed in black and wore duct tape over their mouth’s with the words “Access Denied” written on it.

During the summer, the Board voted to require all students receiving aid from AccessUVa to take out loans, regardless of income level.

Before the changes, students from the lowest income brack-

et could receive all-grant aid from the program, but now these students must take out federally subsidized loans capped at four-year totals of $14,000 for in-state students and $28,000 for out-of-state students.

Students held signs conveying what AccessUVa meant to them, with messages such as “equal opportunity for equal efforts,” “working together,” “being the first person in my family to graduate college,” and “a diverse community.”

After the protest, the signs were taped to the statue of Homer on the Lawn.

Third-year College student Katy Hutto, co-founder of event co-organizer United for

Undergraduate Socioeconomic Diversity at the University, expressed frustration at the lack of response the group has received from the University.

“So far, I do not think that we have been properly represented,” she said. “We wanted to make a powerful demonstration at the protest and show that we aren’t going anywhere.”

Changes to AccessUVa not only threaten low-income students, but also reflect poorly on the University’s priorities, said fourth-year College student Hajar Ahmed, vice president of the Multicultural Greek Council, another organizer of the event.

“AccessUVa’s costs are

only a tiny percentage of the University’s overall budget,” Ahmed said. “The main issue is that we are not a priority to [the] administration... We are calling on the board to reorganize their priorities.”

At one point during the protest, students entered the board room, standing silently for Board members to see.

Fourth-year College student Elizabeth Bickley said that she thought the protest went well.

“We had solidarity and conveyed our message to people who may have not heard it,” Bickley said. “Our signs really registered with people.”

Lital Firestone contributed to this story with reporting.

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BOV addresses faculty, mission Members hear administrator, faculty, student concerns at November meeting, approve strategic planning document

Buildings and Grounds Committee William Marshall Senior Writer

The Board of Visitors’ Buildings and Grounds Committee convened Thursday in its final meeting of the academic semester to sign off on project proposals and discuss future improvements to the University.

The committee’s primary order of business was approving designs for the Education Resource Center, a $29.86 million expansion of the Health Center located between the Lee Street Parking Garage and the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center.

“We’re trying to integrate it and we see it as an addition to the Couric building,” University Architect David Neuman said.

The education center will mimic the material palette used for the surrounding buildings, featuring an extensive glass facade as well as a green

roof with terrace access.

The building is one addition to a series of construction projects that have brought state-of-the-art medical facilities to the Lee Street portion of the Health System. The building is projected for completion in 2016.

The committee also approved the construction of a new Newcomb Road chiller plant. Though there is already a chiller plant for the area, its placement next to the University bookstore obstructs the line of sight to Central Grounds, Neuman said.

“We’re trying to emulate the details on this building to blend in with Memorial Gym and the Parking garage,” Neuman said.

This latter project fits with the University’s attempts to make the Emmett-Alderman street intersection — an important gateway to the University — more pleasing and conducive to higher volumes of traffic, Neuman said.

Student Affairs and Athletics Committee Henry Pflager Senior Writer

The Board of Visitors’ Student Affairs and Athletics Committee met Thursday to discuss the importance of student self-governance and to express support for members of the University’s athletic community.

Patricia Lampkin, vice president for student affairs, began the meeting by speaking about student self-governance within University student organizations and how it allows engaged students to deal with the frustrating “messy realities” of leadership.

“We don’t automatically relieve them of that frustration,” she said.

“We think there is much to be learned in that phase of leadership ... The freedom to create and develop, and sometimes to fail, is funda-

mental to student self-governance.”

Three University student leaders present at the meeting all echoed Lampkin’s support for student self-governance, drawing on their own experiences.

“There is something communitarian about the whole project — about the endowment of this responsibility in the student body even as older students leave and new students come in,” said Honor Committee Chair Evan Behrle, a fourth-year College student.

The focus soon shifted from student self-governance to the success of the tennis team, which recently recorded the program’s first national title under coach Brian Boland. The team recorded its 100th straight ACC victory last year and has not dropped below three in the national rankings in more than eight years.

“It’s not about one person,”

Boland said. “It takes a village to achieve anything of greatness. It started from the top, and I’ve had that support from the day I’ve arrived.”

Athletic Director Craig Littlepage touched on the successes of the men’s and women’s soccer team this fall, as well as those of the cross country team. He also defended football coach Mike London, who is in the midst of a seven-game losing streak this season, and confirmed his earlier public remarks that London will be coaching next season.

“With football, obviously it’s been a challenging year,” he said.

“But I remain very, very confident in Mike London and the rest of the entire coaching staff. The team continues to work hard, recruiting is continuing to hold up, and I promise we will get our football program on track.”

Education Policy Committee Matt Comey

Assistant Managing Editor

Marshall Bronfin | The Cavalier Daily

Members of the Board of Visitors gathered Thursday and Friday last week to discuss the University’s future. The Board, above, approved the University’s Strategic Plan.

Special Committee on Strategic Planning Michael Drash Associate Editor

The Special Committee on Strategic Planning met with the full Board of Visitors Friday to discuss the aging population of University faculty and the need to adopt a new hiring plan.

Batten Dean Harry Harding and Education Dean Robert Pianta also reported on their schools’ needs for faculty recruitment.

The Education School is not just concerned with having to replace older faculty at some future date, but is confronting fiscal constraints that have made necessary hiring difficult in the past sev-

eral years, Pianta said.

“We have not been able to hire a lot of faculty over the last couple of years, but when we have hired we have hired very strategically,” Pianta said.

In her opening remarks, University President Teresa Sullivan said that in addition to a large wave of impending retirements, strong faculty recruitment was necessary to keep pace with a growing student body.

“The generational turnover of faculty needs to be addressed,” Sullivan said. “[T]he Board has decided to increase the student body and we need to have additional faculty to teach additional students.”

Harding said the University is able to

attract faculty because of its “power of place,” referring to the inherent attraction of Charlottesville. This draw, however, does not overcome the need for competitive salaries, he said. “[Our location] may in some ways be marginally helpful to us but we need to pay market salaries,” Harding said.During the meeting, about 20 members of a silent protest against changes to AccessUVa, the University’s financial aid program, entered and sat in public seating.

Their mouths were covered with black tape that said “Access Denied.” Each protester wore a sign around his or her neck which began “Access means…” followed by a personal definition, such as “Access means equal opportunity.”

Dragas, who was speaking at the time, did not acknowledge their entrance, nor did any other Board member.

The Board of Visitors’ Education Policy Committee met Thursday afternoon to discuss a new University mission statement and the future of the school’s global presence.

University President Teresa Sullivan approached the Faculty Senate earlier this year about revising the current mission statement, which was developed by the Faculty Senate and approved by the Board in 1985.

“Over the ensuing months [after Sullivan approached us] we reviewed many statements from many other schools in the country,” Faculty Senate Chair Chris Holstege said.

“In May we drafted it and it was put before the Faculty Senate and approved on May 15.”

The new mission statement is much shorter than the last one, and stresses accessibility and excellence. The committee unanimously approved it and the full Board passed it Friday.

“The University of Virginia is a public institution of higher learning guided by a founding vision of discovery, innovation and development of the full potential of talented students from all walks of life,” the statement reads. “It serves the Commonwealth of Virginia, the nation and the world by developing responsible citizen leaders and professionals; advancing, preserving and disseminating knowledge; and providing world-class patient care.”

Later in the meeting, Politics Prof. Jeffrey Legro spoke to the committee about the new University efforts to develop a global presence.

“We know our students will live much more global lives than has been the case to date,” Legro said. “Additionally, students who study abroad are smarter… They literally become smarter because their brains develop differently… Students without this global experience are at a disadvantage.”

Legro said to meet this goal the University is already in the process of developing a global studies major and a Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation.

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Committee approves Strategic Plan, discusses finance Big Data Institute shows Strategic Plan in action, Sullivan says; ‘[T]here is no disagreement on the values and merits’ Sandridge says Matt Comey

Assistant Managing Editor

The Board of Visitors approved the University’s strategic plan Friday afternoon, allowing administrators to proceed with implementing the various strategies they believe will allow the University to remain one of the nation's best.

As University President Teresa Sullivan and the rest of the University administration sought the Board’s approval of their strategic vision at Thursday’s Strategic Planning Committee meeting, several committee members questioned the plan’s vague price tag.

“If we approve [the plan], aren’t we just setting up contention at later meetings year after

year?” Board member Frank Genovese said. “We don’t have a framework of the financials.”

Sullivan, along with other Board members, argued specific costs would be worked out in the annual budget process, but unless the University gets approval to pursue the plan’s 15 strategies first, the administration would be severely constricted.

“This process has been very inclusive,” Board member Linwood Rose said. “But there comes a time when we want to be more than just inclusive, but decisive … There are a lot of things we need to get a move on. We’ve got to establish priorities.”

After the passionate discussion, the committee voted unanimously to send the proposal

along to the full Board meeting on Friday, where it was passed.

Leonard Sandridge, a special advisor to Sullivan, stressed that the debate at the table Thursday was relatively minor in scope.

“One thing I have observed is that there is no disagreement of the values and merits of the pillars [of the strategic plan],” Sandridge said. “[Passing the plan] would be a huge step forward if I were in the position of executing the plan.”

Sullivan noted that actions already taken by the Board in approving parts of the plan have gone a long way.

“At the August retreat, you told us to go ahead and get started with the Big Data Institute,” Sullivan said. “A number of corporations have already come to us about getting involved. Stu-

dents have told us they want to come here because of what we are doing. All this is coming together because you gave us the green light in August.”

While some priorities in the plan, like the Big Data Institute, have large price tags, many of the plan’s strategies simply require a shift in organizational practices. For example, one strategy titled “Continuous Active Recruitment of Faculty” would simply change the ways deans and the Provost’s office hire faculty.

“There’s a lot we can do by reorganizing without new expenditures or revenues,” Sullivan said.

Even after the Board approved the five-pillar plan — each pillar is comprised of several specific strategies — at

Board of Visitors welcomes new members

Friday’s final session, Sullivan and Senior Vice Provost J. Milton Adams stressed that a continued effort will be required for the plan to work. To meet this need, a Continuous Planning office has been created to ensure the plan is properly implemented and realized.

Though the Board passed the plan, members emphasized that specific details, particularly financial ones, would still be subject to Board approval in the future.

“Just to make sure no one reads too much into this, there’s a line that says this has to be worked through the annual budget process,” committee Co-Chair Frank Atkinson said “[But] we want to salute the quality of work that’s been done.”

Leopold Spohngellert Associate Editor

Fay opposes AccessUVa decision; Griffin, Genovese bring business, philanthropic background

Gov. Bob McDonnell appointed three new members to the Board of Visitors this year. They began their terms in July.

John A. Griffin

Kevin Fay

A Commerce graduate, Griffin serves on the Board’s Buildings and Grounds Committee, Finance Committee, Student Affairs and Athletics Committee, and Committee on the University’s College at Wise. He is president and founder of Blue Ridge Capital LLC, a multi-billion dollar hedge fund based in New York City. In addition to his Board involvement, Griffin serves on the McIntire Board of Trustees and has been a visiting professor and guest speaker. In New York City, he serves on the Board of Directors for iMentor, a program that guides low-income students to successful educational paths. He is a major donor to Republican political campaigns.

Fay serves on the Board’s Advancement and Communications Committee, the Audit and Compliance Committee, and the Buildings and Grounds Committee. In August, Fay and former Rector Helen Dragas cast the two dissenting votes in the Board's decision to replace AccessUVa grants to low-income students with loans in an effort to cut costs.

“The decision we made in August didn’t make AccessUVa sustainable,” Fay said in an October interview with The Daily Progress. “It’s a short-term Band-Aid that reduces costs for the next few years.”

Fay is president of Alcalde and Fay, a government and public affairs consulting firm based in Arlington, Va. A specialist in environment and energy issues, Fay has been recognized multiple times by the Environmental Protection Agency. He is a 1977 College graduate and a renowned fundraiser for many causes, including the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, Catholic education and various election campaigns.

Frank Genovese “I am extremely impressed and pleased with the dedication and work effort of the U.Va. president and her staff,” he said. “Their goal is to keep the University of Virginia one the best universities in the world and to create and implement plans to keep us at the top.”

Before his appointment to the Board, Genovese served as a trustee on the Darden School Foundation, as well as chairman of the Darden School Foundation’s Building and Finance Committee. He awards the Genovese Fellowship annually to exemplary second-year Darden students who wish to work in operating management positions.Genovese is a Darden alumnus and a Marine Corps veteran. He is president of the Rothbury Corporation, a Richmond-based investment company. Genovese supports University President Teresa Sullivan’s vision for the University.

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New Board member Kevin Fay, along with former Rector Helen Dragas, above, cast one of two dissenting votes on the decision to cut AccessUVa benefits.

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Navy Sec. Mabus to give commencement address Matthew Comey

Assistant Managing Editor

The University announced Thursday that Ray Mabus, the United States secretary of the Navy, will deliver the commencement address at Final Ex-

ercises in May. “I am honored to have the opportunity to address the Class of 2014 and congratulate them for their years of hard work,” Mabus said in a University press release.

“The principles of service and dedication to the search for knowledge learned at the University of

Virginia will serve as a foundation for their success in life, and inspire them to be part of something larger than themselves.”

Mabus has held his position since 2009 and has since helped the Navy reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and dramatically increase its shipbuilding efforts —

in the four years before he arrived, the Navy contracted 19 new ships, but since he arrived, 60 have been contracted.

Mabus also served as governor of Mississippi from 1988 to 1992 and as ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1996.

“This is a great selection for Fi-

nal Exercises,” Sullivan said at Friday’s Board meeting. “Mabus will provide a great example for our students.”

Final Exercises will take place May 18. Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning will deliver the Valedictory address the day before.

OYFA holds vigil honoring Philippine typhoon victims

Katie Hall | The Cavalier Daily

Group begins two-phase fundraising campaign to provide immediate relief, long-term aid; affected students seek community support Owen Robinson Senior Writer

The Organization of Young Filipino Americans held a vigil on the Rotunda steps Friday evening for victims of typhoon Haiyan, which recently devastated the Philippines. The storm

hit last Nov. 7, killing a confirmed 3,600, displacing nearly 700,000 others, and impacting an estimated 10 million people.

Attendees divided into groups based on their respective stages of grief. Families of at least two University students were directly impacted by the disaster.

Greg Hsu, the campus minister for the Asian-American Intervarsity, who helped plan the vigil, said the event was intended to provide an “all-inclusive” space. “[People needed a space to] personally process their experience,” Hsu said. “Members of the [Charlottesville] community

are still hearing from family [in the Philippines].”

Currently, transportation and communication is severely limited in affected areas in the islands. An estimated 11 million Filipinos remain in need of assistance, and the process of identifying and caring for the dead is moving slowly, accord-

ing to a United Nations press release. The UN has called for $301 million in aid.

Since the typhoon struck, OYFA has begun a dual-phased relief effort, focusing both on providing immediate necessities and foodstuffs to the Philippines, as well as raising funds for future rebuilding efforts.

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HEALTH & SCIENCE

FDA approves Imbruvica, now one of most expensive cancer drugs on market; new medicine treats Mantle Cell Lymphoma at $130,000 annual price tag

Megan Thornberry Staff Writer

The Food and Drug Administration announced Nov. 13 its approval of Imbruvica, an expensive drug designed to treat Mantle Cell Lymphoma in patients who have previously undergone at least one type of treatment already. Jesse McGreivy, chief medical officer of Pharmacyclics, Inc., said Imbruvica — generically known as ibrutinib — is the first drug for which the company has received FDA approval.

MCL is one of many types of lymphoma, the most common form of blood cancer, and occurs in B-cells, a type of white blood cells.

Imbruvica works by inhibiting an enzyme called Bruton’s tyrosine kinase that plays an important role in the growth and survival of malignant cells.

The University Health System participated in clinical trials for Imbruvica, testing both its safety and effectiveness, and will begin using it to treat patients.

Asst. Internal Medicine

Prof. Michael Douvas said trials at the University showed positive results.

“Mantel cell lymphoma patients [being treated with Imbruvica] overcome non-Hodgkin lymphoma with relatively few side effects,” Douvas said.

But the drug’s success is matched by its high price tag.

According to a “New York Times Magazine” report, Imbruvica will cost about $90 a pill. By taking the recommended dosage of four pills a day, a year’s worth of treatment could cost upwards of $130,000.

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia can also be treated with Imbruvica and requires fewer pills, lowering the average yearly cost for patients to about $98,400 a year. The high pricing is because of a current law allowing drug companies to patent the products they produce, rather than the production process, eliminating direct competitors that could drive prices down.

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ket. Still, the company admits that the price may just be too much for some, and plans to offer financial assistance to many patients.

“I have patients from all walks of life,” Douvas said.

“Some get covered by govern-

ment programs, some through programs by the hospital, and some get covered through their companies. We can apply to programs and they usually come through for people.”

The University Health System is currently conducting

tests to see what, if any, other medications can be used in conjunction with Imbruvica for better, safer treatments. Because clinical trials of Imbruvica began only two years ago, no data exists regarding its longterm effects.

Scientists develop Get your head out of the game ‘mosaic’ brain model University researchers use new technology to study concussions in athletes Alexandra Hardesty

Study may help explain neuropsychiatric disorders Ishaan Sachdeva Senior Writer

Mike McConnell and his research team at the Medical School's Center for Brain Immunology and Glia have developed a new way of understanding the brain: the Mosaic Model.

The model proposes that each neuron may have a unique genome, a departure from the traditional conception that suggests the genomes of all cells are identical.

McConnell, an assistant professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, said the research began with a simple observation in neuron variation.

“We found in the study of single cell neurons that several neurons had variations in their genome,”

McConnell said.

The study analyzed two types of cells: pluripotent stem cells, which are derived from neurons and have the ability to differentiate into any germ layer, and fibroblasts, which are the precursors to neurons.

In this case, the pluripotent cells showed much more genome variation, indicating that such variation occurs within neurons, McConnell said.

The mosaic model takes this idea of genome variation in neurons and expands it to address potential implications for neurophysiology.

“Individual neurons are in constant communication with each

see BRAIN, page 163

Senior Writer

Medical School researchers are partnering with faculty in the Education School to use cuttingedge technology to study the impact of head injuries and concussions in 130 high school and college athletes — both male and female.

While most studies of concussions in athletes follow just male football players, for example, this study will follow athletes from football, men’s and women’s lacrosse, and men’s and women’s soccer at the University and St. Anne’s-Belfield School.

“The study is driven by a desire to understand what happens when the brain is impacted by multiple forces during athletic play, with the intent of making sports safer,” said Dr. Howard Goodkin, pediatric neurologist and one of the

lead researchers on the study.

Athletes will receive a functional MRI scan to establish a baseline physiology of the brain.

From there, each athlete will wear a sensor behind his or her ear that records not only concussions, but any impact to the head.

“We are looking for changes in the brain in athletes that haven’t necessarily been diagnosed with a concussion,” Goodkin said. “We are hoping to learn if it is one big impact or multiple impacts that lead to physiological changes of the brain.”

Traditionally, such studies have only been conducted with male athletes in helmeted sports where sensors would be placed on the helmet. But according to a 2011 article in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, female soccer players had the highest rates of concussions across all sports.

Part of the reason for this,

Goodkin said, is that females athletes do fewer neck strengthening exercises which help prevent head injuries. With the use of the new behind-the-ear sensors produced

by X2 Biosystems, this study has the unique ability to include female athletes and athletes from sports where helmets are not required.

Early symptoms of concussions include loss of consciousness, change in memory, headache, nausea, fatigue, problems with attention and changes in mood. In the long-term, concussions can cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a progressive brain degeneration often seen in athletes who have experienced multiple head traumas.

Athletes suffering from head traumas and concussions frequently make headlines, most re-

see ATHLETES, page 163

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Mission statement impossible

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The University’s new mission statement neglects to enumerate specific goals that will shape its future

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The Board of Visitors Friday approved a new mission statement for the University, which the Faculty Senate drafted. The new mission statement emphasizes adherence to “a founding vision of discovery, innovation, and development of [students’] full potential.” It also highlights the University’s global presence and the school’s desire to remain accessible to students from all walks of life.

The University’s mission statement had not been updated since 1985. The old mission statement put a premium on “understanding the nature of the universe and the role of mankind in it” through “intellectual and creative” activities.

Both statements synthesize a philosophical vision of the University with a pragmatic understanding of what the school is capable of. But while the old statement is very specific, outlining a series of 14 goals for the University, the new one is broader. It lists three guiding principles for the University: dedication to a residential learning environment; support of a diverse community bound together by

respect and trust; and commitment to excellence and affordable access.

The new mission statement also introduces two key ideas that were not in the old statement: a commitment to global presence and the importance of the community of trust. The updated mission statement is much shorter than the one ratified in 1985. It’s worth reflecting on what elements from the old statement were left out.

One of the goals that the old mission statement listed was “[t]o attract and retain eminent faculty in order to provide the highest quality of instruction and leadership in research.” This and other concrete, enumerated goals appear nowhere in the modified mission statement. For example, the new statement focuses less on faculty — apart from a nod to the University’s aim of “advancing, preserving, and disseminating knowledge” — and much more on student development.

It is difficult to tell why goals such as faculty recruitment didn’t make it into the new mission statement. One possible explanation is that the Faculty Sen-

ate and the Board feel as though these goals are already so firmly rooted in the University’s outlook that they no longer need to be enumerated. The University’s global presence is perhaps a new idea, and so by this logic, including it in the new mission statement would make sense. But the community of trust is a longstanding ideal, so including it in the new statement but not the old contradicts this line of thinking.

Another possible reason why these specifically enumerated goals were excluded is that all of them could be encompassed within the phrase, “Our universal dedication to excellence,” which defines the University, according to the new mission statement.

Perhaps codifying every goal of the University in a mission statement is too constraining, whereas inscribing a broad commitment to “excellence” will enable University leaders to devise new goals and objectives as the University changes and adapts. The strategic plan, which the Board approved Friday, might strike University officials as a better place to lay out specific objectives for the University.

A third possible explanation — that the Faculty Senate and the Board think the goals of the original mission statement are no longer important — is unlikely.

The second explanation seems the most plausible, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that it is a good rationale for scrapping the old mission statement and replacing it with a new one. To delist the goals of the University is to risk the possibility of them being forgotten. And while the new mission statement is sleek and short, it is so broad and intangible that it fails to encapsulate what the long-term goals of the University should be.

If the Faculty Senate and the Board feel that the global perspective of the University is important enough to codify in the mission statement, there is no reason that it could not be added to the previous one, perhaps as goal number 15. The same is true for supporting “honor, integrity, trust and respect.” Such additions could be made through time as we see fit, making the mission statement a solid yet flexible standard of achievement for the University.

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A better alternative

The Cavalier Daily’s digital outlets must be more consistent

Public Editor

I’ve spent a great deal of time exploring The Cavalier Daily’s website and mobile app on both my iPhone and iPad. I don’t have easy access to an Android-based phone or tablet to play with those apps, and I’m very interested to hear from those of you using them. I’ve found that the mobile website is a more userfriendly experience than the mobile app, because of some of the app’s quirks.

Each article in the app has the byline “webmaster@cavalierdaily. com,” followed by the author’s name in parentheses. This is more distracting than I expected. There are also often blank pages where more stories could go. It appears that only the previous week’s stories are included, which is odd for a digital platform. With only a week’s worth of stories and no search option, the app ends up being a surprisingly static thing, rather than something with which readers

can interact.

The main Letters to the Editor The mobile website, though, page has letters that are now more echoes the design of the main, than a year old. Apart from these desktop browser-based site and somewhat random older items, offers a more integrated experience. finding anything older than a week Comments, which are an important is difficult unless the reader can part of The Cavalier Daily’s online recall the column title or the name offerings, are easily accessible on the of the writer in order to conduct a mobile website.

Integrating more of the features of the mobile site into the app would help More often than not, I find myself clicking over to the readers engage more easily digital copies of the print edition and scrolling through to with content, find something I wanted to reread. no matter how they access The Cavalier Daily.

Though the main page of the search. Though the search function desktop browser-based website does allow for some ability to is, to my eye, well-designed and explore past columns and articles, accessible, some of the organization it is often difficult to track down a of the website is still kind of a mess. specific item. More often than not, Recent opinion columns have finally I find myself clicking over to the showed up on the “Columns”page digital copies of the print edition but the vast majority of the items and scrolling through to find on the page are from February and something I wanted to reread. Of March of this year. course, this only works when the

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item was also published in print instead of just online.

As for the print editions, those look to me to be coming together well. There is often an overarching theme for each issue, which I think works. Most recently, for example, the Nov. 14 issue focused on University finances, including a new budget model and explanations of where donations go. There was also coverage of AccessUVa and other financial aid issues. Trying to present a picture of the University’s finances from both an institutional and student level is a great use of the print edition.

The print edition is important in the ongoing success of The Cavalier Daily as a news reporting organization. A recent article in The New York Times, “Black and White in the Red: Student Newspapers Scurry to Make Ends Meet,” chronicled how many student papers around the country have made changes similar to those The Cavalier Daily staff has implemented.

Reducing print editions from five days a week to two and placing

more emphasis on digital outlets and innovations like the mobile app are all common changes at papers around the country. The article, though, notes that in a 2011 survey, 60 percent of college students read their school’s paper and of those readers, 60 percent preferred print to online. It seems there is still something special about picking up a physical paper. I think the print edition of The Cavalier Daily will continue to be successful, but it’s going to drive people to the digital outlets on days other than Monday and Thursday. Those digital outlets need to be more unified and better organized.

How do you prefer to access The Cavalier Daily content? Do you use the mobile apps? What has your experience been with them or with the website? I welcome your input.

Christopher Broom is The Cavalier Daily’s public editor. He can be reached at publiceditor@cavalierdaily.com or on Twitter @CDPublic Editor.

Very superstitious Superstitions allow us to be happier Opinion Columnist

I am irrationally superstitious.

While I suppose you could make the argument that all superstitions are irrational, the fact that I would be so wary of jinxes and stepping on cracks is particularly anomalous, because I like to think I approach most situations from a fairly reasonable perspective. I consider myself a logical person, and yet I make a wish every time the clock reads 11:11. I avoid sidewalk cracks. I have lucky pieces of clothing. I knock on wood to prevent a jinx.

I can’t help myself.

I maintain a strong belief in the power of jinxes, and although it makes me feel silly, I think this belief is here to stay. So it was comforting to me this week when I encountered an article on TIME magazine’s website about the power of being superstitious.

Rarely do you see superstitious people portrayed in a flattering or positive light, so I was vindicated

to see a study in a respected news magazine on superstitious behavior, accompanied by an article explaining the benefits of what journalist Matthew Hutson called “magical thinking.”

The original study came out of the University of Chicago and was published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.

The researchers found that “actions such as knocking on wood or throwing a ball away from themselves helped the volunteers to believe that they had successfully avoided the bad luck to come.” Superstitious

actions, it seems, have actual

psychological consequences.

While this may seem slightly bizarre or unhealthy, since your happiness is essentially a result of delusion, it seems to me that if something works, we should not fight it. Irrationality can manifest itself in negative or hurtful ways, but “magical thinking” seems a relatively harmless and easy way to alleviate stress.

In an accompanying article,

Hutson argues that if you think a behavior is likely to make you lucky, the outcome of a situation will be more positive.

In one study he cited, a group of people was asked to make 10 golf putts. Half the group was

feeling higher levels of selfefficacy.

Hutson identifies as a skeptic, but he concludes that a little “magical thinking” is a good thing. Hutson contends that we are all irrational, and our belief in sup erst it ions is deeply rooted.

But that’s OK. He says, “There’s such a thing as a positive illusion and it’s To this day, I maintain a strong belief in the power of not always best jinxes, and although it makes me feel silly, I think this to have a cleareyed picture belief is here to stay. of the world.”

I tend to agree told that they ball they were with him. using was “lucky,” and that half Sometimes the world is harsh putted successfully 35 percent and cruel and bad outcomes more often. Holding a “lucky seem completely random; bad charm” also resulted in higher luck seems to be arbitrarily scores on cognitive tests. When distributed. It can be difficult asked to perform a task with to reconcile ourselves with an object that they considered that lack of control. No, being “lucky” in the room with them, superstitious does not actually participants completed tasks help me control the universe more successfully and reported or my own life, but people who

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truly allow themselves to indulge in “magical thinking” tend to feel better and perform better on tasks. That’s a powerful tool — why not take advantage of it?

I found this research incredibly interesting, and I write to encourage you all to invite a little more magical thinking into your lives — the science says that you’ll be happier, and maybe even luckier. According to Hutson, “Being a little overconfident and a little over optimistic appears to be part of mental health.” So knock on wood. Hop over that sidewalk crack. Wear your lucky T-shirt to all five of your final exams — you may reek and your friends may stop talking to you for a few days, but you may also get a higher grade. Believe in the power of magical thinking; there may be tangible benefits to allowing yourself to have that faith.

Ashley Spinks is an Opinion columnist for The Cavalier Daily. Her columns run Mondays.

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Up in the air but still preparing for take-off Having direction is more important that following a specific path Guest Columnist

I am en route to San Francisco for a job interview, sifting through the pages of “The Defining Decade” by Meg Jay. Some might venture to say that I’m preparing to enter the real world. Meanwhile, I have Lorde's "mainstream-societycan-shove-it" lyrics buzzing in my ears. Which perspective resonates more: the audio or the visual? Well, try listening to a catchy song the next time you read for class; wait until you realize you've been mouthing the words and can't remember a single sentence the author wrote.

In reality, I find myself trapped in this perpetual

paradox, and I like to think I am not alone. Some days I wake up determined to go outside the bounds of what's expected — hey, I'll go WWOOF on a vineyard in Italy for three months, talk about a life experience that no

of bed, snag a Starbucks and scour CavLink for the latest job opportunities. Maybe I’ll even dial up a networking call if I'm feeling ambitious. That is after all, what got me on this plane in the first place. Then I think: am I going to San Francisco because I want the job, or did I sign up for the red-eye simply because I had an itch to go The reason I want to do something ‘different’ could out west? It was a simply be because I am afraid I’ll never measure up little bit of both, honestly. to my friends who chose the ‘right’ path.

During my layover in Atlanta, Delta offered a one else will understand (see $600 voucher to anyone willing “CAPPS: Did I mention I was to switch flights. Half of me abroad?”). Other days I hop out yelps at the chance to snag the

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ticket even though I would cut it close to being on time for my interview (NB: this voucher could pay for my spring break ticket or the post-grad European excursion I have no way of financing at the moment).

Somehow, the majority of my willpower restrains that freeflying wannabe.

The reason I want to do something “different” could simply be that I am afraid I’ll never measure up to my friends who chose the “right” path. Like everyone else, I use my friends as a reference point whether I like it or not. Do I feel a little behind when people talk about the incredible offers they’ve already accepted? Sure. Am I afraid that I might not garner as prestigious a name on my

resume? That too. You do, after all, have to tell people what your job is about 2,014 times before you graduate. Pride matters, arguably too much.

At this point in our lives, I would argue that it’s not the path we choose that is important, but that we choose a path in the first place. Delaying the launch of our post-grad identities won’t get us anywhere. Some readers may think I’m just some indecisive introspectionist. But understanding where you are now and your motivations for where you want to be will allow you to learn from whichever experiences you pursue.

Mike Rusie is a fourth-year trustee.

More equal than others Marriage equality should not be the LGBT movement’s only goal Opinion Columnist

Following the June repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, president of the Human Rights Campaign Chad Griffin released a statement in which he estimated that marriage equality would exist in all 50 states within five years. With Hawaii and Illinois recently moving to legalize same-sex marriage, Griffin’s prediction seems reasonable. The inevitable arrival of nationwide marriage equality is exciting; however, we must exercise caution in framing marriage equality as the primary goal of gay rights movement.

Legislation that ensures nationwide marriage equality is not a cureall for the injustices and inequalities associated with sexual orientation.

A 2012 Gallup poll revealed that LGBT Americans tend to have lower education and income levels.

The Williams Institute, a think tank at the University of California at Los

Angeles School of Law, conducted a not end inequalities associated with study regarding the relationship be- sexual orientation. tween homelessness and sexual oriInequalities associated with entation, reporting that more than sexual orientation also intersect 40 percent of those served by home- with racial inequalities. Mainless youth organizations are LGBT. stream queer culture is largely white Furthermore, House Republi- and upper-class (think Anderson cans are refusing to address a bill passed by the Senate that would prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Legislation that ensures nationwide marriage equality A significant conis not a cure-all for the injustices and inequalities tingent of Ameriassociated with sexual orientation. cans continues to believe that millions of other Americans do not deserve such protections. Cooper, Lady Gaga and San FranCivil rights legislation in the 1960s cisco). Following the 2008 pasdid not entirely rectify issues of sage of Proposition 8 in California, racial inequality, as evidenced by a state amendment overturning persisting disparities in class and same-sex marriage, members of education associated with race. mainstream queer politics betrayed Likewise, legislation that brings significant disdain toward racial nationwide marriage equality will minorities who had voted in large

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proportions for the passage of the proposition. Gay rights activist Dan Savage wrote a blog post entitled “Black Homophobia” in which he discussed the extent to which “the huge numbers of homophobic African Americans are [a problem] for gay Americans.” Under the assumption that the interests of LGBT and African American communities are mutually exclusive, Savage’s post illustrates the divide between mainstream queer culture and people of color who are LGBT. Such destructive thinking reinforces inequalities within the LGBT community and between white LGBT people and LGBT people of color. These are inequalities that we must address, in addition to inequalities existing within the institution of marriage.

I do not mean to downplay the importance of organizations that aim to secure nationwide marriage equality. Groups and coalitions with specific objectives are necessary in building a movement to protect gay rights. If the objective of nation-

wide marriage equality is achieved, a greater number of Americans will certainly be more receptive to creating legal protections for members of the LGBT community. Nevertheless, nationwide marriage equality should exist only as a proximal goal.

The ultimate goal of the gay rights movement should be complete equality.

It would be wrong to say that inequalities affecting racial minorities in the U.S. ended with civil rights legislation. It would also be wrong to say that inequalities affecting LGBT persons will end with nationwide marriage equality. We must look beyond marriage equality and at inequalities such as those associated with class, education, labor and race intersecting with sexual orientation.

Nazar Aljassar is an Opinion columnist for The Cavalier Daily. His column run Fridays.

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Entering another dimension Schools must incorporate 3-D printing into their curricula

Opinion Columnist

How close are we to a society where there is a 3-D printer in almost every household? Now with the click of a button, you can create any object you desire: clothes, books, glasses, jewelry or food.

Unfortunately, it is not as close to an affordable level as we may hope, but the 3-D printing movement is growing by the day.

There is conclusive evidence that 3-D printing is the future of technology in which we can print any object we need on demand. Recently, 3-D printers have become useful in the manufacturing of customized products such as almost all in-ear hearing aids as well as the clear, customized pop-out “braces” called Invisalign. With faster and higher-quality printers becoming more commonplace, 3-D printers may soon be ready to make an impact in the manufacturing sector. Businesses will potentially save millions of dollars by printing thousands of customizable products through a few 3-D

printers that cater to their needs.

A clothing company, for example, could print thousands of T-shirt designs through a single printer.

Yet before 3-D printing can reach a global level affecting almost everything we manufacture and buy, it must be learned by regular people, so we can use it as a fundamental technological operative, just like Microsoft Word and Excel.

AJ Perez, CEO and co-founder of New Valence Robotics, which aims to offer 3-D printing opportunities for students, said that until there are employees with a proper understanding of 3-D design, it is unrealistic in the near future that every household will have their own 3-D printer.

“There are currently not enough people who have skills to leverage the power of 3-D printing,” Perez said in an email interview.

New Valence Robotics is a 3-D printing company that focuses on leasing higher-end 3-D printers to schools so that students can bring their ideas to life. NVR has created the world’s first fully automated 3-D printers, in which, through a cloud-based interface, parts can be printed without any physical

interaction with the printer.

But the University also needs These 3-D printers are to recognize that 3-D printing starting to be incorporated into goes well beyond engineering. In the curriculum of a few select the near future, 3-D printing can high schools in the Boston area be economically incorporated in subjects such as geometry, into architecture, geology, robotics and other sciences, but Perez suggested that the printers can extend beyond these subjects.

It is thus clear Now with the click of a button, you can create any object that educating you desire: clothes, books, glasses, jewelry or food. students on the software is key in raising a generation that can better work with 3-D printers. archeology, biology and other Students must become familiar subjects. Imagine an architecture with the technology that will class where you can print out define our future. your 3-D designs, an archeology The University recognizes class where you can print out students’ needs to study and use ancient artifacts, or a biology class 3-D printers, as it currently has where you can print out DNA or seven “state-of-the-art” dimension organelles. This is all possible 3-D printers for undergraduate from the same printer. There may mechanical engineering courses. even be the need for a class that These no doubt will greatly teaches on the structuring of 3-D enhance engineering courses, printers. given students’ ability to bring According to The Telegraph, CAD — computer aided design in the past month, the U.K.’s — creations to life.

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revealed that a 500,000-pound fund is now being established for 60 “teaching schools” to “buy 3-D printers and train teachers to use the technology effectively with a view to expanding it across the state education system.” These printers are being incorporated into the curriculum of British secondary schools in order to drive up standards in STEM subjects.

To compete with our international counterparts and keep pace with technology, it is now more necessary than ever for schools to incorporate 3-D printers into their curricula. 3-D printers will not only provide a more hands-on and interactive experience in the classroom. They will also help students familiarize themselves with this expanding technology. The University has made strides to do this, but with cheaper, faster and higher-quality 3-D printers being created, it is time to adapt for the future.

Jared Fogel is an Opinion columnist for The Cavalier Daily. His columns run Fridays.

Better than average Students should not obsess about their GPAs Opinion Columnist

With work piling up and the semester coming to an end, students may be feeling overwhelmed. We spend hours in libraries; meals become a hassle and a waste of our precious time; sleep is a luxury. Students here at the University, like those at other top schools, work hard, and it pays off. But when we begin sacrificing necessities such as food and sleep, and when we start giving up other aspects of University life to get a high GPA, we are hurting ourselves more than we are helping.

By focusing too much on GPAs we increase our stress levels. So we need to manage our priorities. It is not that grades need to become less important to us, but that we need to view grades as one important aspect of our lives among many other priorities.

We all have ambitions. Some of us want to get into our desired majors and others want to be accepted to graduate school. Earning good grades is key to achiev-

ing those goals. But grades are for getting a good grade, but this only one aspect of our lives at the method does not increase knowlUniversity. They measure how edge or help us to apply what well we take what we learn and we learn. Therefore, putting our apply it in exams and other as- GPAs above all else can be counsignments. But our identities are terproductive and can decrease made up of much more than our our enjoyment of the educational GPA, and process. there are Then other asthere is pects of our charUn i v e r acter, sity life also not that are quantifie q u a l l y [O]ur identities are made up of much more than able, but or more rather our GPA. imporbased in tant than large part the grades on our transcripts. on our ethical reasoning skills.

For example, we should focus How amiable and approachable on how we absorb knowledge, we are is important, and learning how much we actually learn and interpersonal skills is an essential how we use that knowledge in our part of our time here at the Unilives outside the classroom. GPA versity because those skills play is an imperfect proxy for assess- a large role after we graduate and ing learning. But in a real-world beyond. context, what matters most is not Extracurricular involvement is the number on our transcript but another important aspect of our what we actually know. In class, time at the University that does we tend to memorize as much as not get reflected in GPA. Activiwe can and then discard that in- ties outside the classroom are a formation after the final exam. great way to discover what we are This might be a successful tactic passionate about and provide us

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with outlets to our busy, academic days.

Finally, spending hours studying is inevitable in college, but time needs to be put aside for food and sleep. There is no way we can maintain a good GPA if we don’t take care of our bodies. Our health should always come first.

Our ability to absorb and maintain knowledge, the manner in which we speak with others and the ways in which we participate outside of the classroom are all important aspects of life here at the University. However, there seems to be a huge emphasis on grades in society today, which sometimes makes these other things seem less important. Our education is essential, and students should work hard and take school seriously. But if grades become the center of a student’s world, and if that student begins to eliminate all other aspects of his or her University experience in an attempt to chase a high GPA, that is a problem. Worrying too much about grades leads to high levels of stress, which can be detrimental to a student’s health.

A 2012 study by the American

College Counseling Association found that 37.4 percent of college students seeking help had severe psychological problems, including various forms of anxiety. That study only accounts for the students seeking help, and there are an unknown amount who internalize their stress without seeking help. These high levels of stress could potentially be mitigated by better eating and sleeping habits and by participation in extracurricular activities that a student enjoys. Students should stop making their GPA the focus of their worlds.

Grades are only one indicator of success. Students should know that though grades have their place, so do many other important features of University life. As much as it seems our GPA is our identity, it is not. Students cannot continue to let grades define them. Let’s work on deflating the hype about grades and start balancing out our lives.

Meredith Berger is an Opinion Columnist for The Cavalier Daily. Her columns run on Mondays.

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Cavs drop ACC title game, 1-0

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Ryan O’Connor | The Cavalier Daily

Freshman forward Nicko Corriveau scored the game-tying goal in the 86th minute Friday to lead Virginia to a thrilling overtime victory against No. 1 Notre Dame in the ACC semifinal matchup.

Sunday afternoon in Germantown, Md., the Virginia men’s soccer team stumbled late against longtime rival Maryland, losing 1-0 in the ACC Championship game. The No. 10 Cavaliers ceded an own-goal in the 88th minute to hand the No. 4 Terrapins the title after keeping the game scoreless for nearly two full halves at the Maryland SoccerPlex.

Virginia (10-5-5, 4-4-5 ACC) missed a chance to capture the program’s 11th ACC Championship despite outshooting Maryland, 6-5. The top-seeded Terrapins put three shots on goal to the Cavaliers’ one and had a 4-1 advantage in corner kicks and ultimately capitalized.

Virginia and Maryland faced one another in the ACC Championship for the seventh and final time since the postseason tournament’s inception in 1987. The two programs have now combined for 15 conference championships as the Terrapins earned their second consecutive title in their last year before leaving the ACC for the Big Ten. Virginia advanced to the conference final Friday night in thrilling fashion by

overcoming a two-goal deficit in the last ten minutes of regulation against No. 1 Notre Dame before winning the penalty shootout for a 4-3 win. Sophomore midfielder Marcus Salandy-Defour sealed the victory on the last of the 10 PK’s to keep the Cavaliers’ championship hopes alive.

Virginia trailed Notre Dame 2-0 at halftime and 3-1 after senior defender Andrew O’Malley scored on a rebound goal in the 80th minute. Salandy-Defour halved the Virginia deficit four minutes later, and freshman forward Nicko Corriveau notched the tying goal off Salandy-Defour’s helper in the 86th minute.

Sophomore defender Scott Thomsen, sophomore forward Darius Madison, freshman forward Riggs Lennon and SalandyDefour all found the back of the net for Virginia in the shootout against the Fighting Irish.

The NCAA selection committee will announce the tournament bracket Monday at noon and the Cavaliers are expected to open NCAA Tournament play Thursday.

—compiled by Matthew Morris

Virginia rebounds, routs Saint Francis Cavaliers bounce back from first loss, dominate Red Flash, 5-0, to advance to NCAA Tournament second round Ryan Taylor Associate Editor

After tallying its first loss of the season one week ago to in-state rival Virginia Tech, the top-seeded Virginia women’s soccer team got back to its winning ways Friday, trouncing Saint Francis (Pa.) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, 5-0.

Virginia (21-1, 13-0 ACC) asserted its dominance early in the match and never gave the Northeast Conference champions a chance. Before the first half was at its midpoint, the Cavaliers had already recorded 13 shots — two of which resulted in goals. Sophomore forward and leading scorer Makenzy Doniak tallied two goals in a two-minute span to break the game open for Virginia.

Doniak’s first goal came in the 19th minute when she finished a beautiful feed from senior midfielder Kate Norbo from deep inside the Saint Francis box. The Cavaliers immediately regained possession after the strike and launched another flurry of shots at Red Flash freshman goalkeeper Abbey Collins. Though she was able to briefly hold Virginia at bay, she was merely delaying the inevitable. When Collins attempted

a soft clear out of the box, Doniak easily intercepted it and put the shot away for her 17th goal of the season.

“We saw that they try, at times, to play the ball out of the back with their goalkeeper," coach Steve Swanson said. "So we were aware of that, so [Doniak] did a great job of jumping all over that one,” Saint Francis (13-8-1, 7-1-0 NEC) was unable to halt Virginia’s momentum, which continued to build throughout the half. The Cavaliers put on a passing clinic and made a usually tough Red Flash defense look porous. Saint Francis gave up an average of just 1.24 goals per game prior to Friday’s matchup, but Virginia nearly tripled that number by the 31st minute after junior midfielder Morgan Brian added the team’s third goal of the half.

“Our chemistry is the biggest thing that sets us apart from other teams,” Doniak said. “We connect defense to midfield to the forwards, and I think that shows. We trust each other on and off of the field and that has made a difference this year.”

Although the offense — which registered 20 shots on goal in the game’s first 45 minutes — stood out in the first period, the team’s defensive play was also impressive. Virginia allowed just one shot in the pe-

Marshall Bronfin | The Cavalier Daily

Sophomore forward Makenzy Doniak recorded her first career hat trick to lead her team to a blowout victory Friday. The top-seeded Cavaliers scored three first-half goals and finished with 37 shots overall to set up a Nov. 22 second-round matchup against Georgetown in Charlottesville.

riod as Saint Francis was rarely able to generate offensive chances.

The Cavalier defense — seniors Shasta Fisher, Annie Steinlage and Morgan Stith and sophomore Emily Sonnett — successfully kept Red Flash standout senior forward Tesa McKibben, the NCAA’s active leader in career points, in check. McKibben is the only player in NCAA history to win four consecutive conference player of the year awards, but she was held to just one shot on goal in her final collegiate game.

The second half was virtually identical to the first. The Cavaliers increased their overall shot count from 20 to 30 less than 15 minutes into the second period and played as they pleased deep in the attacking

third. Saint Francis dropped all of its players back in an effort to clog the middle and limit chances. Virginia countered by consistently throwing long crosses into the box from the flanks — a strategy which became increasingly more effective as the game wore on.

“Our ball movement was very good,” Swanson said. “Sometimes when teams drop back that far, you stop playing as fast as you could and should, and we didn’t do that. We found the space, which was on the flanks at that point, and we got some good goals off of crosses.”

The tactic finally paid dividends in the 63rd minute, when junior midfielder Danielle Colaprico’s cross from the far side of the field found

Doniak charging into the box. The sophomore headed home her 18th goal of the season to complete a hat trick. Virginia was not done, however, and 20 minutes later sophomore forward Brittany Ratcliffe headed in another cross from senior defender Molly Menchel to push the lead to five.

“My hat trick really speaks to how well we played as a team tonight,” Doniak said. “I give all of the credit to my teammates because we worked really hard as a team.”

The Cavaliers will hope to repeat Friday’s 37-shot performance when they take on Georgetown at Klöckner Stadium Nov. 22 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at 7 p.m.

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No. 7 U.Va. eliminated from NCAA Tournament

Kelsey Grant | The Cavalier Daily

Senior forward Elly Buckley finished her Cavalier career third in career points and fourth in career goals in program history. She also leads the ACC this season with 20 goals and 49 points and is one of just 11 players in conference history to earn All-ACC honors four times.

The No. 7 Virginia field hockey team fell to No. 10 Massachusetts in overtime Saturday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, ending its season. The Minutewomen did not lead at all during regulation, but they found an equalizer in the final minutes and scored a golden goal in the first overtime period to eliminate the Cavaliers.

Virginia (15-6, 3-3 ACC) scored first when senior forward Elly Buckley found freshman forward Caleigh Foust stationed in front of the net for a quick goal. Massachusetts (194, 7-0 A-10) then tied the game with about three minutes remaining in the half, sending the teams into the break even at 1-1.

Foust scored her second goal of the game five minutes into the second half to put Virginia back on top.

Freshman midfielder Lucy Hyams

tallied her team-leading 11th assist on the play. That lead did not hold long, however, as the Minutewomen tied the game just three minutes later.

Virginia once again broke the tie with nine minutes remaining in the game when freshman forward Riley Tata scored an unassisted goal. The Cavaliers looked poised to survive and advance in the final minutes of the game, but the Minutewomen tied the game for the third time with 1:08 left on the clock. In overtime, Virginia tallied a pair of shots on goal, but could not break through before Massachusetts ended the game 11 minutes into the period.

The loss marked the end of Buckley’s brilliant Cavalier career. She finishes third in program history in points and fourth in goals.

—compiled by Matt Comey

Franklin, Imovbioh engineer offensive explosion for 95-82 win Cavaliers score 62 second-half points, notch highest point total since Nov. 2009 to beat Louisiana Tech as five players reach double-figure points Matthew Morris Associate Editor

Early in the first half of the Virginia women’s basketball team’s home game against Conference USA foe Louisiana Tech, senior guard Kelsey Wolfe intercepted a Techster pass and took the ball to the rim for an easy two. On the Techsters’ very next possession, the Cavaliers pressured Louisiana Tech into another turnover and capitalized on the error when Wolfe found senior guard Ataira Franklin for an in-rhythm transition three.

Moments later, senior guard Lexie Gerson drove baseline and knocked down a pull-up jumper.

Virginia’s three backcourt cocaptains moved in lockstep for the first five minutes of the Cavaliers’ tilt with the Techsters, and by the end of the 95-82 win, the whole team had joined the dance. Five Cavaliers scored in double-figures as Virginia (2-1) poured in 62 second-half points in a free-wheeling affair at John Paul Jones Arena.

“It was a great game for us, quite high-scoring,” coach Joanne Boyle said. “I was really proud of the girls.

I felt we had great energy out there … there was a really good flow out there tonight.”

Franklin was back in the starting lineup after coming off the bench in a Tuesday night win at High Point, and she fired with aplomb all game.

She started out 1-of-5 from the field, but by the end of the game,

the Preseason All-ACC selection had scored a season-best 16 points on 5-of-9 shooting. Franklin hit her fourth and final 3-pointer of the afternoon when she ran along the baseline, received a chest pass from sophomore guard Faith Randolph and rose up in the left corner with 10:48 to play to put Virginia ahead 62-50.

“You know, you just have to let it fly sometimes,” Franklin said. “You know, when you hit a shot on offense, then you’re a little more aggressive on defense, and then you kind of get going and you’re more in the flow of the game.”

Randolph contributed 14 points off the bench to continue a hot start to her sophomore season. The attacking guard did not hesitate when presented with an open lane, and her 6-of-10 shooting display was easily her most efficient of the year.

“I think getting that one year under her belt has really been tremendous for [Randolph],” Franklin said.

“Faith — you can just tell — the way she plays she has a whole different level of confidence.”

Freshman guard Breyana Mason took a page out of Randolph’s book, taking the ball right at the Louisiana Tech defense until the Techsters stepped up to slow her down. After the Techsters cut the Cavalier lead to eight with 12:51 to play, Mason trucked into the paint, flipped the ball high off the glass and absorbed the contact on the successful basket to tack on a foul shot. The bulky left-hander scored a career-high 13 points, and also showed off her outside touch with two 3-pointers.

Techster junior forward Whitney Frazier was effective inside for Louisiana Tech (0-2), using her quickness to score against the stronger Virginia frontcourt. Frazier was 6-for-6 at the free throw line and finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds.

But Virginia had an answer for Frazier: Cavalier junior forward Sarah Imovbioh scored a team-high 19 points and corralled eight offensive rebounds. Imovbioh missed a few close-in looks, but remained active on the glass. On one sequence, she managed to rebound her own putback and give Virginia a bucket on her second effort. The springy forward grabbed 13 boards overall, and junior forward Sarah Beth Barnette teamed with Franklin and freshman forward Sydney Umeri for 16 more as Virginia edged Louisiana Tech 42-41 on the glass.

“Everyone was boxing out down low, even the guards, so it was much easier for me to get in and get those rebounds,” Imovbioh said. “So, I think they really, really helped.”

The Cavaliers threw a 1-2-2 press at the Techsters on made baskets and settled into man-to-man defense on misses. Louisiana Tech responded by looking to run before Virginia could set up its pressuring defense. The Techsters drove the lane throughout the game — earning 30 free throw attempts — but also launched 22 long-range attempts while making only six. Virginia held Louisiana Tech to 40.9 percent shooting, though the Techsters did score 57 points in the second half.

“We had breakdowns in our de-

fense,” Boyle said. “They had their fair share of second-chance points.

I mean, there were things that we definitely need to tighten up and

clean up.”

Virginia will return to action Tuesday against Liberty in Lynchburg, Va.

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Senior guard Ataira Franklin rejoined the starting lineup, scoring 16 points Saturday after coming off the bench Monday against High Point. She made 4-of-7 attempts from long range.

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Sophomore forward Mike Tobey came off the bench to score a team-high 18 points Saturday. He made 8-of-11 field goal attempts and grabbed seven boards.

Virginia beats Davidson, 70-57 After a disappointing 59-56 loss to No. 14 Virginia Commonwealth Tuesday, the No. 25 Virginia men’s basketball team went to North Carolina Saturday looking for redemption. The Cavaliers found it against Davidson as sophomore center Mike Tobey led the way with 18 points and 7 rebounds in a 70-57 win.

The teams traded leads early in the game and were tied 8-8 just more than seven minutes into the contest. Sophomore guard Malcolm Brogdon played well early, scoring six of the team’s first eight points. He finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and two assists in the game.

Virginia (2-1) then went on a 16-5

run to take a 24-13 lead, but Davidson (0-3) answered with a 14-5 run to send the game into halftime with the Cavaliers clinging to a 29-27 edge.

The Cavaliers, however, used a big second half to pull away from the Wildcats. By the 13:38 mark, Virginia had taken a 13-point lead at 43-30, and Davidson would get no closer than nine for the remainder of the game. A 3-pointer from Wildcat senior guard Tom Droney closed the deficit to 58-49 with 2:56 to play, but Virginia clinched the victory by outscoring Davidson 128 in the remaining time.

Virginia started three guards against the Wildcats, with freshman London Perrantes making his first

collegiate start in place of sophomore swingman Justin Anderson. Perrantes finished with five points and five assists in a team-high 32 minutes of action.

Senior guard Joe Harris had just one point in the game — a free throw — but added four rebounds. In addition to Brogdon and Tobey, Virginia had two other players score in double figures. Anderson had 12 points, while senior forward Akil Mitchell contributed 11 points and nine rebounds as the Cavaliers dominated on the boards, out-rebounding Davidson 4230.

Virginia returns to Charlottesville Tuesday for a matchup against Navy.

—compiled by Michael Eilbacher

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Men, No. 11 women both qualify for NCAA Tournament with strong showings

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Two teams earn automatic bid in same year for first time since 2008; women win Southeast Regional Championships at Panorama Farms Friday, men finish second Matthew Wurzburger Associate Editor

Panorama Farms quickly turned into a scene of unadulterated joy Friday for the Virginia men’s and women’s cross country teams as both qualified for next weekend’s NCAA Championship meet. The No. 11 women captured first place, beating No. 19 William & Mary while the men finished second, trailing only No. 17 Eastern Kentucky.

Friday’s action began with the men’s 10km race. Sophomore Kyle King and senior Thomas Porter stayed with the pack early, but Porter surged ahead once the pace slowed. Porter held the lead for a short distance before finishing ninth while King held steady and placed fifth with a time of 28:53.7.

Behind King and Porter, sophomore Zach Herriott was 18th, redshirt freshman Adam Visokay was 32nd and junior Drew Paisely was

34th to round out the five Cavaliers that scored points. King, Porter, and Herriott were AllSoutheast Regional selections.

Despite having two top10 finishers, it was the strong effort by the back three that assured the team would have a successful showing in the final tally.

“The guys in the back were the ones that won it for us.” Porter said. “Kyle and I did our jobs, but it was the guys in the middle fighting for every spot.”

Virginia likely would not have been selected for an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships had they not finished in the top two during the meet.

“I told the boys that we were going out swinging,” Watson said.

“There was no consolation for finishing third. It came down to who wanted it more in the last two kilometers, and they wanted it more than anyone else.”

The women’s team would not be outdone by the Cavalier men,

finishing with 57 points and defeating the second-place Tribe by a 12-point margin. Senior Barbara Strehler continued a great season by finishing the 6km race in third place.

Injuries plagued Strehler in the beginning of her collegiate career, but she has been healthy for the better part of a year-and-a-half and has shined for the Cavaliers since. Strehler ran the fourth fastest 5000m time in school history at the NCAA East Preliminaries last spring to qualify for the NCAA Championships for the first time in her career.

“Her first few years had spots of success with a lot of letdowns,” women’s coach Todd Morgan said.

“She has strung together about 18 months of solid work, and it is a testament to her work ethic.”

Rounding out the other top female finishers, freshman Maria Hauger placed ninth, fellow freshman Sarah Fakler placed 11th, redshirt freshman Cleo Boyd placed

14th and junior Kathleen Stevens’ placed 20th. All five runners received All-Southeast Regional honors.

The Cavalier women were practically assured an at-large bid to the NCAA championships had they not finished in the top two, but they were determined to make a strong impression nonetheless.

“We tried to execute what we’ve been doing all season” Hauger said. “We wanted to run together, push ourselves and see where it took us.”

This season marks only the sixth time in school history that both teams will compete at the NCAA Championships in the same season.

“There aren’t going to be a lot of teams with the men’s and women’s teams at the meet,” Morgan said. “We will take a lot of pride to be in that class.”

The NCAA Championships will take place Saturday in Terre Haute, Ind.

Freshman Maria Hauger was one of six Cavalier women to earn all-region honors. She finished ninth in the women’s 6k with a time of 20:36.5.

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Student-run WTJX cultivates new interest in radio Hannah Patrick | The Cavalier Daily

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Nothing says “college” more than working at a college radio station, and WTJX, a new student-run station, hopes to live up to its ideal and re-energize the student music scene.

A smaller branch of long-standing radio station WTJU, the WTJX office is tucked away in Lambeth Commons with its parent station.

The organization structure differs from that of WTJU, which is run by community members and community members as opposed to just students.

Third-year College student Hannah Patrick serves as WTJX’s coordinating director and thirdyear College student Corrigan Blanchfield is the programming director. Both started by working for WTJU. “[WTJX] was the brainchild of Nathan Moore, who is the general manager of WTJU,” Blanchfield said. “He thought the student presence was a little bit lacking so he wanted a University radio project.”

Operating using leftover equipment, the station works with a

smaller budget than WTJU and broadcasts online and on the 1620 AM frequency. The low-cost station also has plans to potentially evolve into a low-powered FM station in a few years.

“We call it the ‘Frankenstation,’” Patrick said. “It’s all these dead parts of other radio stations put together to make one functioning station.

We had all the parts, we had all the technology — we just needed the DJs. And they came flooding in.

Only a few months after its inception, WTJX already has more than 80 disc jockeys and operates from 4 p.m. to midnight. The station has plans to offer 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. programming in the next few weeks, expanding to provide constant content when listeners tune in.

“The increased presence of the students in the station itself as DJs increases knowledge of the station, interest in music [and] interest in Charlottesville music, especially,” Blanchfield said.

The station will receive help from Students for WTJU, a new contracted independent organization started by fourth-year College student Susan Gravatt and secondyear College student Sakura Lim,

the WTJX’s public outreach and engagement interns. Due to its CIO status, Students for WTJU will be able to apply for funding to aid WTJX’s extremely small budget.

“We are the bridge between WTJX and WTJU,” Gravatt said.

“Consequently, we plan to do more outreach in the Charlottesville community.”

WTJX maintains few restrictions on content and style, allowing for “freeform” radio DJing and more diverse genres of music to be played.

“WTJU is great in meeting community members, but it’s not very conducive to meeting other students or [creating] a college radio culture,” said fourth-year College student Emily Masterson, a WTJX DJ. “I see that more in WTJX, which is what drew me to it.”

Moving forward, WTJX also hopes to pick up “special programming,” inviting various clubs and organizations in for 30-minute radio segments. On top of promotional segments, the station plans to add student spotlights and more indepth discussions issues that affect the University community at large.

“It isn’t about us,” Gravatt said.

“We’re here for you.”

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The student-run radio station WTJX has more than 80 student DJs and operates daily from 4 p.m. to midnight online and at 1620 AM. The station plans to expand its hours in the near future.

LGBTQ community hosts Proud To Be Out Week Student groups join to celebrate equality, pride during weeklong series of events Samantha Needham Feature Writer

Freedom of speech and love LGBTQ Center’s Proud To Be Out Week provides celebration and support

By Samantha Needham Features Writer Stepping up to the podium, fourth-year College student Arni Mapili turned to face a crowd of about 70 onlookers.

Poised and confident, he began a well-rehearsed speech — his coming out story.

The speech was a part of Coming Out Stories, an event held during the LGBTQ Center’s biannual Proud To Be Out Week. The week’s events included the Queer Student Union’s Drag Bingo, LGBT (Let’s Get Brunch Together) On The Lawn, free and confidential HIV/AIDS testing through the AIDS Services Group and an international gay rights seminar. Additionally, Sigma Omicron Rho, the only queer and allied fraternity on Grounds, worked to make a “Pride Quilt”

by the Lawn, and queer spoken word poet Andrea Gibson performed later that week.

Coming Out Stories, in particular, served as a resource for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students to vocally affirm their sexual orientation or gender identity. “[The speakers] are sharing a piece of themselves that might hurt to share,” fourth-year College student Abe Wapner said. “[They are] making it visible, showing it’s okay to come out and that you’ll have a support network.”

Many speakers cited familial and social relationships as defining their coming-out process.

“My parents were very devout Protestant Filipinos, so there was a wide variety of socially conservative influences in my household,” Mapili said.

“It was very difficult convincing myself it would be okay to be an LGBTQ person in their eyes.”

At the University, however, many LGBTQ students find

themselves in a completely different atmosphere.

“Even in the last three years, I’ve seen an increase in support at U.Va.,” Wapner said. “Living on the Lawn and being openly gay, I feel so comfortable.”

Many people in attendance applauded the University for its efforts in reaching out.

“It [may be] one of under 50 institutions in the nation to actually have an LGBTQ Center with someone hired just to meet our needs,” fifth-year Curry student Cindy Gray said.

In addition, programs such as Proud To Be Out Week provide a constructive outlet for students who are not yet involved to become active in University’s LGBTQ community.

Gray believes many students who attended the Coming Out Stories event are those considering coming out themselves.

“It helps people realistically see when to come out,” Gray said. “A lot more positive stories [are put] out there, and hearing those kinds of stories is really inspiring for people who are thinking about coming out.”

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Last week’s Proud to be Out Week saw events such as Coming Out Stories, Drag Bingo and a brunch on the Lawn.

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Student groups gather for eco-friendly cause, showcase sustainable art Darby Witherspoon Feature Writer

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Crafting for Conservation and Student Council’s Sustainability Committee hosted a Sustainable Art Gallery on Friday in the Garden Room to showcase art made from renewable, recycled and environmentally-friendly products.

Student group Crafting for Conservation and Student Council’s Sustainability Committee gathered in the Garden Room on the Range to present the first Sustainable Art Gallery on Friday and to celebrate “America Recycles Day.” The room, located just above West Range Café, was transformed into a cozy art gallery with the help of a jazz band and food catered by University Dining. The displays included art such as pressed leaves, bowls made from melted records and cork art.

Inspiration for the event came from third-year College student Emily Churchill, who is an executive board member of Crafting for Conservation — a contracted independent organization which meets weekly to make recycled art such as magazine wallets.

“We’re trying to bring together different arts groups and environmentally conscious groups on

Grounds to raise awareness about sustainable living,” Churchill said.

The artists were encouraged to donate their art to Casa Alma, a Belmont refuge home run by a local couple that provides relief and housing for community members in need. “[The goal was] to reach out to students who are really into art,” said third-year College student Rebecca Walker, an event organizer.

“There are ways to incorporate sustainability into every aspect of your life. My specific focus when I do events for sustainability is to try and reach out to a group of people that we don’t normally talk to.”

Churchill said her group is already planning events for Earth Week in the spring, and is planning on doing this same event next year.

“I feel really passionate about working to conserve what we have,” Walker said. “I think that as students at U.Va., one of the best schools in the nation, it’s our job to make sure we protect things for the long-term and that’s what sustainability is to me.”

Dreaming, doodling and realizing dreams one cookie at a time I’ve recently been looking mission was simple: draw the into some addiction therapy coolest design on a blank deprograms, and I’ve read some livery box, Instagram it, drop literature on their a hashtag for the com12-step recovery pany’s advertising purprocesses. No, my poses and beat out any drinking hasn’t and every other joker gotten out of hand. who pretended to love I’m addicted to those perfectly baked something else: biscuits as much as I Campus Cookies. did.

Step One: I adYou bet I was serimit I am powerless ous about this. On top when it comes to of bragging rights, I Campus Cookies get a $100 gift LAUREN JACKSON would and that my life has card and some seriousLIFE COLUMNIST become unmanly sweet swag, includageable. I just don’t ing a hoodie that said know if I want to recover quite “Get Baked.” Because Campus yet.

Cookies are my drug of choice, I recently realized how fanat- the reward could not have been ical I was about the gooey good- more fitting. ness that is Campus Cookies’ So I set to the task and, chocolate chip slices of heaven with the help of the Rotunda, while I was laying on the Lawn sketched out a partial view of for two hours entranced in a de- the Academical Village with just voted project to try to win more the right proportions so when I of them. The Campus Cookies took a step back, the box would Contest had consumed me. My appear to blend into its sur-

roundings. As I worked, I encountered countless friends and enjoyed the prettiest of fall days.

I felt satisfied because I was being creative and conveniently forgot about the two papers, one test and 90 pages of reading I had for the next day.

As I mentioned before, my life had become unmanageable.

I had entrenched myself in far too many involvements and my grades were slipping because of it. Though I’m aware studying more would have abated the problem, I chose instead to lay on the Lawn surrounded by Crayola markers, doodling.

In normal stories of addiction, this is where the patient is struck with an epiphany about the unsustainability of their current lifestyle. Instead, I had one of the best and most eye-opening days I have had at school.

When I was done with my drawing, I was approached by a guy in his mid-30s wearing hip glasses and suede shoes, carry-

ing a high-tech video camera. I was in his way — he was shooting a promotional video for U.Va. and needed a clear Lawn for his ideal shot from the top of the Rotunda steps. Immediately interested in his work, I walked with him and we got to talking.

I asked him about resources for videographers, photographers and graphic designers in Charlottesville.

To my astonishment, he knew every studio, lab and office I could get in contact with — a dream come true. I had spent the whole semester looking for ways to get involved with those things I loved, to no avail. It wasn’t until I stopped looking for what I wanted in the traditional scholastic setting that I found exactly what I had been seeking.

By pursuing what I loved through this miniature art project, I inadvertently ran into everything else I was passionate about. More broadly, I realized I was wrong to feel guilty about

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involving myself in so many CIOs that took time from school work. College is a time to pursue what you love and let it lead you to where you need to be. If microeconomics wasn’t leading me to what I was passionate about, I didn’t need to feel bad about doing minimal work for it in an effort to make time for the things I truly enjoyed. And thanks to Campus Cookies, I’ve realized that is okay.

Rather than move forward, I think I’m going to stay put in step one of the 12-step recovery process. I recognize my life may feel somewhat unmanageable because of that, but the feeling of satisfaction that comes from passionate pursuits will abate the chaos. Everything will turn out better than expected. Don’t believe me? I’ll show you my gift card and hoodie as proof.

Lauren’s column runs online biweekly Fridays. She can be reached at l.jackson@cavalierdaily.com.

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College launches $130 million fundraising campaign University faces retirement wave from 1970s hires, must increase faculty size as undergraduate student population grows, Woo says

By Henry Pflager Senior Writer

The College is expected to soon begin a $130 million fundraising campaign to support the hiring of new professors, as school administrators anticipate a wave of professor retirements in the next five to seven years.

College Dean Meredith Woo said she expects more than 100 professors to retire from now until 2019. Based on past trends, 40 to 50 professors are also expected to leave either voluntarily or involuntarily, Woo said.

The current turnover largely reflects a rapid increase in faculty that occurred in the 1970s, as the University became a co-ed institution. As a large number of women joined the University,

the University increased its hiring efforts to compensate. Now, those professors have aged and are poised to retire. Woo clarified this is assuming that “people retire around age 70 or so.”

“We are at a historically important and critical time,” Woo said. “It happens only once in your lifetime to have this kind of turnover. This is a terrific opportunity for the University of Virginia.”

The campaign, titled Faculty Forward, calls for a combination of long- and short-term funding initiatives. An estimated $100 million of the $130 million goal will comprise the Endowment Goal, while the remaining $30 million will fund immediate impact gifts.

The Endowment Goal will build upon the College’s current

endowment, which was $474 million as of June 2013. For a school as large and ambitious as the College, administrators consider the endowment to be undersized. Immediate impact gifts will be used to attract top professors to the University in the near term.

“A great university is only great by having great students and great faculty,” Woo said.

“And finding great faculty is an arms race, especially with our peer institutions. We want to be sure that we create an environment where excellent faculty can prosper — that it’s a place they want to come.”

Woo said she wants to see the number of professors in the College increase from the current 560 professors to about 600. The projected increase in student

enrollment will fuel a need for more faculty, she said.

“As the student body grows, we need to hire more faculty members,” she said. “We would also like to … improve our student-to-faculty ratio.”

Competitive faculty salaries, increased research opportunities and better scientific laboratories are all a part of making sure that the University will attract better professors, Woo said.

Woo expects the funding to come from alumni, parents and friends of the University and praised donors’ generosity in previous campaigns.

“Alumni have responded with incredible enthusiasm [to past campaigns],” she said. “We also have foundations that show great support by supporting the hiring of humanities faculty. For

instance, the Mellon Foundation supported us in the endeavor to bring in 10 new faculty members in the humanities. So, that’s a vote of confidence for people who are not necessarily our alums.”

Woo also praised the donations and funding efforts of parents in recent years.

“Parents have been absolutely enthusiastic too,” she said. “I think they feel that it’s very important to have a great professoriate to make transformative changes in their children’s lives.”

The College campaign follows the recently completed $3 billion “Campaign for the University of Virginia,” which started in 2006. In May 2013, University President Teresa Sullivan announced the University had exceeded the $3 billion goal.

BRAIN Study could reveal insights about autism, schizophrenia Continued from page 5 other, because they are networked in circuits, so even a single genome variant neuron can influence an entire circuit,” McConnell said.

This particular study emphasizes that the genome variations in neurons is a normal process that continuously occurs in each individual, and is independent of the genome created during meiosis.

“The genome variations found

in neurons are not inherited from parents, they are completely unique,” McConnell said.

The Mosaic Model may help further explain neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. These disorders cannot

be directly attributed to inherited genes, and McConnell believes the answer may lie in the genomic variations in neurons that comprise the mosaic, which are also not inherited. Though each individual has a "mosaic," specific patterns may be

unique to certain disorders, he said.

Ultimately, if a certain mosaic is determined to be related to autism or schizophrenia, he said, the genes that make up this mosaic can be further analyzed to determine how their expression can be prevented.

ATHLETES Research seeks differences between adult, teen brain trauma Continued from page 5 cently in a Washington Post article article Nov. 2 that featured United States National Soccer team goalkeeper Briana Scurry, who was forced to retire from soccer after a severe head injury during a game left her depressed, often unable to

get out of bed and unrecognizable to her former teammates.

Though Scurry did have an occipital nerve release surgery in October, a procedure frequently effective on migraine relief, the practice is not common for concussion patients. Furthermore, much of the details about a concussion are still unknown, leading

to the need for research such as that being performed by Goodkin.

This study will also help differentiate between concussions in adults and in adolescents, paving the way for a better understanding of how athletes’ brains are impacted by their sports.

“We know that adolescents brains are likely different, they are

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still developing, and will respond differently to the same number of hits,” Goodkin said. “The long term goal with imaging is to see physiologic changes in the brain that indicate concussion or changes that indicate it has resolved and you are ready to go back to the playing field.”

Goodkin is working alongside

neuroradiologist Jason Druzgal, neuropsychologist Donna Broshek and kinesiologist Susan Saliba.

“This study is only possible with the cooperation of multiple departments in the Medical and Education school, along with the athletes and athletics departments, with their desire to make their teams safer,” Goodkin said.

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