Thursday, November 19, 2015

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Vol. 126, Issue 25

Becoming Title IX compliant University policy changes reflect agreement with Office of Civil Rights Kayla Eanes and Mitchell Wellman Staff Writers

Accepting refugees Accepting refugees but lobbying for increased screening Has said they are not accepting refugees No statement

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McAuliffe supports refugee resettlement State delegates cite security concerns in opposition to granting Syrian refugees asylum Grayson Kemper and Austin Goode Senior Writers

Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Monday that Virginia would not oppose the resettlement of Syrian refugees within the state.

The proclamations made by governors of many states regarding the acceptance of refugees were sparked when it was discovered that one of the attackers in last Friday’s massacre in Paris had been granted access into France through a fake Syrian passport, similar to those used by refugees seeking settlement within European nations as well as in the United States Yesterday, as reported by the Cavalier Daily, Brian Coy, spokesperson for the office of Gov. McAuliffe, addressed the concerns expressed by many state governors by iterating how the state of Virginia would uphold a strict vetting process for all incoming refugees. Coy, however, also emphasized the lack of state agency in the process of refugee resettlement, as the process is mostly carried out by the federal government and contracted to private organizations.

College Republicans Chairman Jay Boyd,

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a fourth-year College student, took an oppositional stance towards Gov. McAuliffe’s lack of resistance regarding the flow of refugees into the state.

“I think [Gov McAuliffe’s stance] is unfortunately short sighted,” Boyd said. “We need to at least pause the acceptance of these refugees into US and Virginia until we can vet them more.”

While refusing to issue a statement on behalf of the entire organization of the College Republicans, Boyd was overall critical of the agenda of US president Barack Obama in allowing for Syrian refugees to flow across American borders in general, claiming that Obama had “failed in this issue”.

Regarding the suggestion that the United States should perhaps vet refugees on a religious basis, as has been proposed by some republican presidential candidates, Boyd was unsure of the logistical ability to carry out that process, claiming there was no effective way to police which religion a given refugee identifies with.

Boyd’s arguments were countered in full

by Sam Tobin, Vice President of University Democrats, who expressed an official statement of support for McAuliffe’s actions from

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the organization, claiming that the existing system for vetting refugees has proven effective.

“First off, most [of the refugees] are women and children and they already have to go through screening process which lasts 18-24 months as well as through the UN,” Tobin said. “Saying we won’t take refugees isn’t productive. Our process is very good. It’s very strong”.

Tobin elaborated on his stance towards resistive policies, expressing concern over the legacy the United States may be constructing through explicit resistance to allowing for the resettlement of refugees.

“We are the leaders of the world, and we want to be remembered on right side of history. The United States has a bad history with [resisting refugees]; we didn’t accept Jews before the Holocaust” Tobin also took cues from President Obama in his claims that displaying overt resistance towards the resettlement of refugees would work in favor of the Islamic State, as it would market and reinforce the terrorist organizations narrative of holy war between Islam and the West.

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The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights found the University to be in violation of Title IX regulations from the 200809 to 2011-12 academic years and in two cases during 2013 and 2014, according to a September 2015 report.

Since 2011, the University has operated within three different policies outlining procedures for handling complaints of sexual assault or harassment. The Sexual Misconduct Policy was in place from July 2011 to March 2015. An interim policy was adopted from March 2015 to July 2015 until the Policy on Sexual and Gender-based Harassment and Other Forms of Interpersonal Violence was enacted in July 2015.

The report found the University’s Sexual Misconduct Policy did not provide for the “prompt and equitable resolution of student and employee complaints in violation of Title IX.” More specifically, the informal resolution process under this policy was found to be inequitable to both the complainant and accused parties as it allowed for sanctioning based on admission without conducting an independent investigation.

The report also found some cases addressed through the formal resolution process were not handled promptly and equitably, and the University failed to handled promptly and equitably “many” reports of sexual violence not filed as formal complaints during the 2008-12 academic years and in two cases from 2013-14.

The results of the federal investigation came 10 months after the publication of the Nov. 19 Rolling Stone article, “A Rape on Campus,” which depicted the University as an ineffective in disciplining students in cases of alleged sexual assault. The article has since been retracted.

The University entered into a formal agreement with the OCR on Sept. 17. It said it would continue to implement steps to address sexual assault and harassment, and would also implement specific steps to remedy areas of noncompliance.

While OCR will “monitor closely” the University's progress, “based on the commitments the University has made in the Agreement,

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Lawsuits filed against Rolling Stone, Erdely Eramo, Phi Kappa Psi, former fraternity members seek damages

One year ago, on Nov. 19, 2014, Rolling Stone released an article titled, “A Rape on Campus,” written by Sabrina Rubin Erdely. Shortly after the article was published, The Washington Post investigated factual discrepancies in the article, which led the story and the integrity of Erdely’s reporting to become the center of a media controversy which lasted months. The Columbia Journalism School investigated the article and found a multiplicity of journalistic failings, after which Rolling Stone fully retracted the article. Subsequently, three separate lawsuits have been filed against Erdely, Rolling Stone and affiliated companies by the parties implicated in the Nov. 19 article.

ERAMO V. ROLLING STONE LLC

ELIAS ET AL. V. ROLLING STONE LLC ET AL

VIRGINIA ALPHA CHAPTER OF PHI KAPPA PSI V. ROLLING STONE LLC ET AL

Date Filed: May 29, 2015 Plaintiff: Nicole Eramo, University of Virginia associate dean of students Defendants: Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Rolling Stone LLC , Wenner Media LLC Location: Charlottesville (Western District Court of Virginia) Nature of suit: Defamation in Rolling Stone’s print and online editions of the article, and in subsequent public statements Demand: $10 million ($7.5 million in compensatory damages, $3.5 million in punitive damages and legal expenses and any further relief the Court deems necessary)

Date Filed: July 29, 2015 Plaintiffs: George Elias (IV), Stephen Hadford, Ross Fowler Former members of Phi Kappa Psi Defendants: Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Rolling Stone LLC, Wenner Media LLC Location: White Plains, New York (Southern District Court of New York) Nature of suit: Defamation, negligent infliction of emotional distress Demand: Amount excess of $75,000, to be determined in trial

Date Filed: Nov. 9, 2015 Plaintiffs: Phi Kappa Psi at the University of Virginia Defendants: Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Rolling Stone LLC, Wenner Media LLC, Straight Arrow Publishers LLC Location: Charlottesville (Circuit Court) Nature of suit: Defamation in Rolling Stone’s print and online editions of the article, and in subsequent public statements Demand: $25 million in addition to $350,000 punitive damages against each defendant

Trial by jury set for July 18-29, 2016

Trial by jury requested, date not yet set

Trial by jury requested, date not yet set

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Continued from page 1 OCR has determined that it is appropriate to consider this complaint resolved,” according to the report.

Among other provisions, the agreement requires the University to make explicit to student organizations, including fraternities and sororities, that they may be cut from University affiliation if they do not maintain agreements prohibiting “sexual violence, sexual harassment, and retaliation.”

After suspending all Greek social activity in the wake of the Rolling Stone article, the University required fraternities sign onto new

Fraternal Organization Agreements stipulating stricter policies about alcohol consumption and alcohol safety.

Also addressed in the resolution agreement is OCR’s finding that the University did not comply with Title IX between 2008-12 because “the Title IX Coordinator did not adequately coordinate and oversee all Title IX complaints with regard to employees.” Last summer, the University hired Kelley Hodge as the University’s first full-time Title IX coordinator.

Another new hire, Assistant Vice President for Equal Opportunity Programs Catherine Spear, has been working with Hodge on addressing such complaints, President Teresa Sullivan said.

“We also have issues that come up among employees,” Sullivan said. “This new office takes care of complaints one employee makes against another employee, that a student makes against an employee, that a student makes against another student. It’s an office that can handle all of those.”

Starting last year, the University has also made structural changes to who handles complaints and cases of sexual assault, moving the job out of the Vice President for Student Affairs Office and into a separate office, Sullivan said.

“One reason for this is the appearance of a conflict of interest if you have one office at the University that takes your complaint, provides you with counseling,

then investigates your complaint, runs a judicial hearing, and [deals] out punishment,” Sullivan said. “In effect, we were asking that office to be all things to all people.”

The new office will investigate complaints and make recommendations which will be heard by a panel that will then decide on an appropriate sanction, Sullivan said.

New training and prevention programs have been implemented for both students and employees, including awareness campaigns such as Not on Our Grounds and #HOOSGotYourBack, as well as bystander education program Green Dot. The University formed the President’s Ad Hoc Group on Uni-

versity Climate and Culture in December 2014. The group serves as an advisory body to the president and “explore[s] policies, practices, and organizational structure” to foster the safety and wellbeing of students while providing a strong education.

OCR cited the University’s current policy on sexual harassment as compliant with Title IX regulations but stated the University will still have to submit documentation in the future to prove its continued compliance, including all reports by students alleging sexual harassment and violence starting with the 2014-15 academic year and the University’s response to these reports.

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University holds remembrance vigils following Paris attacks Students gather, honor victims of terrorist attacks Jack Tuftie, Kathleen Watson, and Kristen Cugini Staff Writers

University students planned and executed two vigils honoring the victims of last week's terrorist attacks in Paris, Lebanon and around the world. The French House hosted one vigil Monday evening, and Student Council helped organize another vigil Tuesday evening.

In response to the attacks in Paris, fourth-year College student Radobice Fass and fellow residents of La Maison Français collaborated to create a meaningful event Monday night.

"After we heard about what happened, we made sure our residents were fine, their families were fine [and] we started to think about how to honor the memories of the people who were killed," Fass said. "Since we are the French House and we are the center for the French population on Grounds we thought that it would be good to have [a vigil] here right in front, so it would be a symbolic spot."

The vigil began with French music as students, faculty and residents of La Maison Français gathered on the porch and on the front lawn. Candles were passed to each attendee as students read speeches and poems in both English and French.

A second vigil was held Tuesday evening and was sponsored by Student Council, Global Student Council, Middle Eastern Leadership Council, the Muslim Student Association, La Maison Français and the French Department.

"After discussing with other student leaders we...decided that it would be best for us to memorialize the victims of terrorism that have occurred really in the last week, but just more generally the horrible incidents of terrorism that have been somewhat recurrent since earlier this year," second-year College student, Katie Brandon, Student Council legislative affairs committee co-chair

said.

Student Council sought to provide an opportunity for the entire University community to come together and show solidarity for all the victims of terrorism, Brandon said. "[It is] important for the U.Va. community to come together as a whole and recognize that these attacks are not just occurring here at home, but they’re also occurring in our allied nations and those that we may not typically think of when we go about forming memorials," Brandon said.

Scott Beardsley, dean of the Darden School of Business, delivered a speech in both French and English at the vigil, highlighting the recent attacks in Paris. Beardsley himself is a dual citizen of both France and the United States and spent over twenty years living abroad. “[The attacks are] a reminder that we can never take for granted our quality of life and freedom in the large and complex world in which you, the students and future leaders of this world are being groomed to lead,” Beardsley said.

Following Beardsley’s speech, the University Singers sang the French national anthem, followed by a moment of silence to honor the victims of the attacks.

In addition to the attacks in Paris, over 40 people were killed in a double suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon the preceding day, President of the Lebanese Club Caline Shamiyeh, a fourthyear College student said. The bombing was the deadliest since the end of the Lebanese Civil War twenty-five years ago.

“We must actively work to condemn these acts of terrorism and prevent this sort of violence from being normalized as something that only happens in specific parts of our world,” Shamiyeh said.

“Terrorism is the same, whether it is in Beirut or any other place, and each victim of these senseless attacks is as important as the next.”

While recent events have captured the attention of the American people, terrorism is not new to many global citizens, third-year

College student Adrianna Taweel, President of the Middle Eastern Leadership Council, said.

“Through these attacks humanity has been lost and replaced with chaos and fear,” Taweel said.

“We are forced to see what other countries have seen for years — a complete disregard for human life.”

Taweel encouraged attendees to work together for peace, awareness, empathy and unity to bring back the humanity lost through

terrorism.

“In this time we must all cling to each other, to a community and to a glimmer of hope,” Taweel said. “No matter who we are or where we come from, tonight we must stand together and light a candle for the world.”

The vigil Tuesday was widely attended by students, faculty and members of the Charlottesville community. Almost one thousand people responded to the event on Facebook, and attendees nearly

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filled the amphitheater.

Fourth-year College student Kelly McNally said this was a time for students to stand in solidarity with one another.

“It’s important to stand in solidarity as a university and to come together as global citizens to respect the people that have lost their lives due to terrorism,” McNally said. “It’s a way to come together with your peers and sort through all the different emotions you’re feeling.”

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Vetting U.Va.’s campus climate survey

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Results of University’s AAU survey show comparatively large response rate sities,” Cantor said. “Nothing particularly stood out to me.”

Although the results of the survey were similar to the averages results of the other 26 universities that participated, the University’s results diverged in several instances. Only 28 percent of students said they believed it was very or extremely likely that University officials would take action against an offender in a case of sexual assault, compared to the AAU average of 45 percent.

University students are also significantly more likely to say sexual assault is a problem on Grounds than are students at other schools.

Nearly 39 percent reported sexual assault is very much or extremely problematic, compared to an overall average 20 percent.

When compared to the aggregate AAU survey findings, University students reported more knowledge of resources, policies and procedures surrounding sexual assault, such as the University’s Counseling and Psychological Services and the University’s Title IX coordinator.

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On Sept. 21, 2015, the University released the findings of a comprehensive survey intended to measure the effects of sexual assault and violence on Grounds.

The University was one of 27 members of the Association of American Universities to participate in the survey, which was designed and conducted by statistical services company Westat.

This survey, known to students as the Campus Climate Survey, was circulated to all undergraduate and graduate students by the Office of Institutional Assessment and Studies during the 2014-15 academic year.

The primary goals of the survey were “to estimate the prevalence of different forms of nonconsensual sexual contact, harassment, intimate partner violence and stalking, to better understand the attitudes and experiences of students with respect to sexual assault and sexual misconduct, and to gauge students’ awareness of available resources in response to such incidents,” according to a press release.

Confirming statistical significance The results of the survey revealed that of the 20,743 undergraduate and graduate students that received the survey, 5,476 students responded while 15,267 students did not.

This represents an overall response rate of 26 percent.

Cantor said the overall response rate is lower than Westat would have liked. He partially attributed the lower-than-expected response rate to an overly ambitious timeline that could not be followed.

“We started this process at the beginning of the school year with the intention of finishing within the

Comparing survey results The survey revealed that nearly one in four University women has experienced sexual assault or misconduct by touching since enrolling at the University.

David Cantor, one of the survey’s authors, noted that the results of the University’s survey demonstrate results similar to the aggregate results seen amongst all AAU members that participated in the survey. “[The results] were certainly in the range of a lot of33% other univer-

same calendar year, but that time frame was extremely ambitious,” Cantor said. “We had to send it out at the end of the school year when students are busy with finals and have already completed a lot of surveys at this point.”

Although seemingly low, statisticians such as Karen Kafadar, chair of the statistics department, said the low response rate does not invalidate the findings of the survey.

“Response rates on these kinds of surveys are notoriously low,” Kafadar said. “I wasn’t surprised to see such a low response rate, as it’s very hard to get a high response rate on a survey. You get a better response rate if you actually talk to the person, which becomes a very expensive survey.”

Cantor said if anything, the results of the survey suggest an overestimation of the number of sexual assault incidences on Grounds, as those who have not been victims of sexual assault or violence tend to be less likely to respond to surveys on the subject.

“Our analysis so far suggests that a few of the estimates are a bit too high,” Cantor said. “If there is a problem, it’s that people that have not been victims tend not to respond.”

However, Cantor does not believe this factor to be statistically significant.

Kafadar added that Westat conducted analysis to determine whether or not the people who participated in the survey are systematically different than the people who did not, and then adjusted the results accordingly. In other words, Westat used statistical analysis to project what the results may have been had all 20,743 students who received the survey responded.

Overall, the results of this pro-

jection were not found to be significantly different than the raw data actually collected.

In general, graduate and female students were more likely to respond to the survey. However, Cantor said the reason that most students tended not to respond is not because of a demographic characteristic, but a human characteristic.

“Most people don’t respond to surveys simply because they don’t want to do a survey,” Cantor said.

“That’s why having a low response rate doesn’t necessarily mean there’s a bias, because most of the non-response tends to be random.”

The University response rate was significantly higher than the AAU response rate of 19.3 percent amongst all universities that participated in the survey. Although there is no evidence, both Cantor and Kafadar said Rolling Stone’s now-discredited article, “A Rape on Campus,” may have brought attention to the issue of sexual assault on Grounds.

Acting on the survey results Christina Morell, associate vice president for student affairs and University point-person for the survey, said that because this was the first survey of its kind conducted at the University, it was intended to provide administration and the broader community with a baseline of knowledge regarding sexual assault.

“Because it was our first survey of this nature and intended to provide us with baseline data, we had no preconceptions of the results,” Morell said in an email statement.

However, the survey revealed particular areas that need the most improvement, or that fell furthest below the aggregate average of other AAU universities that participat-

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“The results show that there are opportunities for increased education and engagement across our entire community, as well as in certain populations such as female graduate students, students with disabilities and students who identify as LGBTQ,” Morell said.

The findings of the survey are being used to better inform the efforts of programs and initiatives that preceded the administration of the survey, Morell said. These include the implementation of the Policy on Sexual and Gender-based Harassment and Other Forms of Interpersonal Violence, improvements to the Just Report It system, the GreenDot bystander intervention strategy and the mandatory online training modules introduced in August.

Specifically, Morell noted that the results of the survey have proven helpful in assessing which groups in the University community are most vulnerable to sexual assault and violence.

“The campus climate survey data are being used to further inform specific education and program strategies, including opportunities to better support some of our most vulnerable populations,” Morell said.

Additional policy changes on the horizon include subsequent follow-up surveys and the launch of a student committee that will advise the Title IX coordinator.

“We plan to continue to collect data in the spring, not only from a follow-up survey but from student focus groups, to ensure our programs and measures are effective in ensuring a safe environment free of sexual and gender-based harassment and violence and one that reflects our values,” Morell said.

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sports Ben Tobin Associate Editor

After an improbable 73-68 upset loss to George Washington in the nation’s capital, the Virginia men’s basketball team is slated to take on Bradley Thursday in the first round of the Charleston Classic in Charleston, South Carolina.

The No. 6 Cavaliers (1-1) started the season off well, defeating Morgan State 86-48. While the team coasted, making roughly half of its shots and scoring its most points since January of last year, the game against George Washington was a different story.

However, Virginia coach Tony Bennett refuses to believe the defeat was a fluke.

“We can't [say], 'We were just off, it wasn't our game.' It wasn't that,” Bennett said. “We got outplayed. We got out-executed.”

As well as George Washington played, with junior forward Tyler Cavanaugh and senior guard Patricio Garino scoring 18 points each, the Cavaliers shot themselves in the foot. Making only 40.3 percent of all shots and 25 percent of its threepoint attempts, Virginia trailed George Washington 35-32 at the half and struggled to gain momentum throughout the rest of the game.

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Men’s basketball to battle Bradley No. 6 Cavaliers take on Braves Thursday night at Charleston Classic following defeat at GW

Additionally, Virginia committed 24 personal fouls and sent George Washington to the charity stripe 28 times — awarding the Colonials 23 free points.

“We lacked the discipline required, and that was the message after, ” Bennett said. “First comes discipline, and then comes freedom after that.”

Although the team performed poorly overall, there was one bright spot: a more aggressive senior guard Malcolm Brogdon. Taking 18 shots and making half of them, Brogdon scored 28 points — 20 of which came in the second half. Coming from someone who averaged 14.0 points per game last season, this could be a positive omen for a revitalized Cavalier offense.

“He was a little out of sorts early, and then certainly got aggressive,” Bennett said. “I liked how he responded in the second half when we really needed him to.”

With Tuesday’s loss behind them, the Cavaliers will take on Bradley (1-1) this Thursday. Finishing last season with a record of 9-24 (3-15 MVC) and getting blown out by No. 12 Arizona 90-60 Monday, Bradley is not one of Virginia’s stronger opponents this season. However, the team does have potential: it remained resilient in its 54-53 season-opening victory against Ball State. Also, London native freshman guard Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye put up 18 points

in his Bradley debut and is currently leading the team in points per game with 12.

Complacency might be what caused Virginia to fall to George Washington, and if the Cavaliers aren’t careful, there is no guarantee an upset won’t happen against a Bradley team that has nothing to lose.

“In competition at this level, there’s so much parity and that margin of error is thin,” Bennett said.

If Virginia wants to beat Bradley and remain competitive this year, it must return to what has been the staple of the Bennett era: lockdown defense. Last year, the Cavalier defense held opponents to 51.5 points per game. That defense, which never allowed opposing teams to score more than 73 points in regulation, played with much more energy and stinginess than the defense that showed up against George Washington.

Additionally, it’s time for other players to step up and help Brogdon shoulder the scoring load. The departure of last year’s second-leading scorer, then-junior forward Justin Anderson, has forced the team to look to other players for offense. While Brogdan has been playing well, leading the team in points per game as he did last year, he needs some support for Virginia to score efficiently.

The loss against George Washington was surprising for the team and the Cavalier fan-base alike. However, against the Braves, Virginia will have

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Senior guard Malcolm Brogdon put up 28 points and eight rebounds in Monday’s 73-68 loss to the Colonials, but Virginia shot poorly as a team and committed 24 fouls.

the chance to find its footing before the level of competition increases in the coming months. Bennett recognized the importance of establishing an identity early.

“We have to keep finding our-

selves,” he said. “Who are we, how do we need to play, how disciplined do we need to be?”

Tipoff is scheduled for 9:30 p.m.

The game will be aired on ESPN2.

Virginia opens title defense against Rider Squad returns to action after 11 days off, seeks return to College Cup after winning national title in 2014 Samyak Dixit Staff Writer

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Sophomore defender Sheldon Sullivan, still on the mend, will not play Thursday night, coach George Gelnovatch said Monday.

Asked how well-rested his team is for its NCAA tournament opener, Virginia coach George Gelnovatch compared his team’s energy to that of last year’s NCAA championship-winning squad, saying it was “reminiscent of last year.” Cavalier fans certainly hope so, as their team plays Rider at home on Thursday to kick off its title defense.

Virginia fans are looking forward to welcoming their team back to Klöckner Stadium for the first time since Oct. 30, when the No. 19 Cavaliers tied North Carolina 0-0 following two overtimes.

Overall, the team ended the regular season with a 4-2-2 ACC record, an improvement from last season’s 3-3-2 conference mark.

After ending the regular season, Virginia lost 1-0 to Notre

Dame Nov. 8 in the ACC tournament and has since had 11 days to prepare for its NCAA tournament opener. The road to the Sporting Park in Kansas City is long, made even longer by Virginia’s unseeded status in the draw and the possibility of playing some of the country’s best teams like Clemson, Wake Forest and Notre Dame.

But the Cavaliers can certainly embrace this position, as they were underdogs for last year’s championship and managed to win the title. Gelnovatch pointed out that the 10 to 12 days of rest time, mostly spent in training, is the same schedule the team faced last year and said his players are responding positively by bringing energy to training while having a “same old, same old” attitude.

This squad feels like it has been here before, as 18 current players were part of the championship-winning team from last year.

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m’s exciting freshman class, with players like midfielder Derrick Etienne — who is having a breakout season — and it is easy to understand Gelnovatch’s cautious optimism.

However, the Cavaliers are determined not to get complacent Thursday night, as Gelnovatch talked about about recording “over 100 games from past championships” and using them to define Virginia’s playing style for the recently sorted bracket, which he called “a fair draw.”

Gelnovatch quelled any fears of not having enough time to prepare for Thursday’s game, dismissing the fact that his team would have to go through a “crash course” regarding the Rider team.

He stressed that this time constraint was “very similar to the Tuesday-Friday” schedule that the team deals with during the regular season.

One recent concern for the

team has been an injury list that included the likes of senior midfielder Scott Thomsen and junior forward Riggs Lennon, who were both suffering from nagging injuries but returned to action against Virginia Tech Oct. 23.

The long rest period following the ACC tournament game has meant that experienced upperclassmen have been able to play their way back into shape, providing a valuable postseason boost with their freshness and experience.

However, Gelnovatch confirmed that sophomore defender Sheldon Sullivan was still not fit enough to play against Rider, saying he “was not quite there yet.”

Promising a team performance full of energy and acumen, the coach hopes to get his attempt to lead Virginia to its eighth national title off to a winning start Thursday.

Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m.

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Unbeaten Cavaliers, Tigers to clash at Auburn Arena Keeping Tanner off glass, playing aggressively out of halftime is key for Boyle’s group against athletic SEC foe Grant Gossage Associate Editor

A season ago, Virginia beat Auburn 66-51 at John Paul Jones Arena behind a 19-3 second-half run.

Tiger three-quarter-court pressure, which coach Joanne

Boyle expects her guards to contend with again Thursday, forced a string of Cavalier turnovers from the tip.

“They’re a very athletic team,” Boyle said. “They’re going to press the whole game, so it’s about being composed and breaking the press and scoring off it. We need to con-

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Freshman center Debra Ferguson chipped in four points and three rebounds in 10 minutes Monday.

tinue to be aggressive and make them pay for pressing.”

Virginia (2-0) settled down eventually, relying on then-junior guard Faith Randolph and then-senior center Sarah Imovbioh — who later transferred to No. 2 South Carolina for her fifth year — to attack weak spots.

Auburn (2-0) kept it close in the first half behind the sharpshooting of then-sophomore guard Brandy Montgomery, who has averaged a team-high of 23 points per game this season. Montgomery tallied 16 points in 18 first-half minutes on that October afternoon.

The Cavaliers were up five at the midway point. In the final 15 minutes of regulation, Randolph locked up Montgomery, while then-freshman point guard Mikayla Venson ran the show and Imovbioh owned the boards.

Imovbioh also held the Tigers’ leading scorer, then-junior forward Tra’Cee Tanner, to only six points and four rebounds. The Birmingham, Alabama native has put together 16 and 18-point performances in 2015. With Imovbioh gone, Tanner could have a field day if the Cavaliers do not break a bad habit.

“Moving forward, I think our weak-side rebounding has to be better,” Randolph said. “As a team, guards and post, we all have to re-

bound and crash into the boards.”

Boyle acknowledged her group has competed intensely during practice and throughout the season-opener at Middle Tennessee State, a tone-setting 70-66 victory.

But she did not like what she saw effort-wise in a rollover 86-50 win Monday night against Norfolk State.

“We have to be more disciplined,” Boyle said. “In practice, we’re doing a good job on defense and closing out hard by moving our feet. Again, I thought we got a little lazy there when the score got up big. That’s the difference between being good and being great.”

Virginia has produced more consistently on the offensive end, where everybody who steps onto the floor seems to contribute.

Monday, the box score listed seven Cavalier players in double figures.

The versatile Randolph led the way with 17 points on 6-9 shooting.

Two Virginia reserves, who were not included in that double-digit scoring club or the main rotation, showed some promise in their limited minutes.

A 2015 graduate of Amherst County High in Madison-Heights, Virginia, freshman center Debra Ferguson tallied three rebounds and four points over 10 minutes.

Sophomore forward Jae’Lisa Al-

len, who appeared in four games last year, added zero points and one board over seven.

“It was nice to get Deb and Jae’Lisa in a little bit,” Boyle said. “[Deb] was very productive in her four minutes tonight and it bought others some time. If we can get five to 10 minutes from her every game, that would be huge.”

Ferguson and Allen may not see a whole lot of court time Thursday, but they will be two of the first to jump to their feet and high-five tired teammates. Those Virginia players who do see action should be ready for a different kind of game than the one they played Monday.

The Auburn offense, which has scored 82.5 points per game, will keep its lackluster defense in the game, at least through two quarters. How the Cavaliers respond in the third will likely determine whether they remain unbeaten in this young season.

“Going into the third quarter, we emphasize attacking and not letting teams get into it,” sophomore forward Lauren Moses said.

“We really want to make that effort to get going in the third quarter and be that attacker.”

Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Auburn Arena. The matchup will be televised live on the SEC Network.

Volleyball preps for NC State, UNC Long-awaited return to NCAA tournament remains within reach for Virginia Rahul Shah Associate Editor

Despite coming off a huge weekend that saw convincing victories over ACC opponents Clemson and Georgia Tech, there is no time for the Virginia volleyball team (17-10, 9-7 ACC) to bask in the success of their two wins. In a quick turnaround this weekend, the Cavaliers will finish off their fourgame home stand with matches against fellow ACC teams NC State and North Carolina.

The No. 22 Tar Heels (18-8, 15-2 ACC) are one of the hottest teams in the nation, having reeled off 10 consecutive wins. They are coming off a dominant weekend that saw them handily beat both Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech in straight sets.

In addition, the Tar Heels beat NC State in four sets on Wednesday.

Virginia coach Dennis Hohenshelt knows Saturday’s match will test his team’s physicality.

“For sure UNC is a very, very physical team,” he said.

NC State (15-14, 4-13 ACC) will try to bounce back from a tough 3-2 loss to Pittsburgh last Saturday and the 3-1 midweek loss to UNC. Hohenshelt knows the Wolfpack will also present challenges.

“NC State does not have a lot of wins, but they are a pretty physical team,” Hohenshelt said following Virginia’s win against Georgia Tech.

“They have some nice momentum going.”

Virginia knows that strong play this weekend will be crucial, especially with the season winding down. The Cavaliers have one goal in mind: to make the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1999.

The Cavaliers understand that the NCAA tournament is a very possible reality and are doing what they can to remain focused. This includes using a whiteboard to remind themselves of what they have an opportunity to accomplish.

“We have a whiteboard down there that we put up two weeks ago, and it was basically with 10 matches left and so [if] we beat someone the name goes on the whiteboard — at the top of the whiteboard it says NCAA,” Hohenshelt said. “That is really the motivation for these kids right now. With two weeks left in the season they are now playing for [an] NCAA tournament.”

Virginia will get the luxury of playing at home again this weekend, something the Cavaliers have enjoyed in six of their last eight matches. They have gone 4-4 during that span and will look to add a couple of wins this weekend.

“To win at home is very important right now,” Hohenshelt said.

“Every win is very important for us in terms of the NCAA.” Hohenshelt knows that with the regular season winding down and the NCAA tournament just around the corner, every opponent will pose a challenge.

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Senior middle hitter Natalie Bausback has racked up 291 kills and 227 digs this season. She ranks second on her team in both categories.

this time of year,” Hohenshelt said.

“If we can keep getting with our block and defense and serve tough, that is what we are going to require.”

After a week of practice, Virginia will be looking to ride its momentum and have a successful

weekend before heading on the road to finish up the regular season.

The Cavaliers will play NC State Friday at 7 p.m. and North Carolina 24 hours later. Both matches will be contested at Memorial Gymnasium.

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The dire implications of University’s loss to GW, as told by a fan message board The following is a narrative well deserved!!! formed exclusively from more This is the most uninspired than a dozen fan posts to TheSa- Virginia team I’ve ever watched. bre.com made in the I will have little conaftermath of the Virfidence in our team MATT COMEY Sports Columnist ginia basketball team’s until they can prove loss to George Washthey can play against ington on Monday a really good squad. I night. The posts came from this was hoping for a more enjoyable message board: http://chat.virgin- November and December. This is ia.sportswar.com/message_board/ unacceptable. If you think otherbasketball/ wise, you’re wrong.

Did Tony Bennett let us lose Damn, now the BB team plays on purpose to teach a message? like crap. Will the sun rise tomor- No, but he still hasn’t taught an row? Because I feel like it’s going adequate offense. to explode… like my heart :’( Defense no longer exists for GW is NOT a good team. It's U.Va. At no point last night did an inferior team. We lost. Losers we look like the team from last lose to inferior teams. We will go year.

1-29 this year. Overratted chants We might need to rename the

pack line defense. Nothing is packed anymore.

To me, this team has lost its edge and confidence. This is a holdover from the end of last season. We need to get it back.

And soon. Everyone not named Malcolm Brogdon played like a steaming pile of crap.

But I think, at times, Malcolm is too deferential to his teammates. And sometimes, like tonight, he can throw a lot of bricks. Malcolm is skilled and savvy but a pretty average athlete.

Unfortunately, some of our sophs seem to be in a sophomore slump already. The sophomores we were counting on are the problem.

And we have no shooters. For ex-

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ample, Tobey and Perrantes have not improved their shooting and scoring skills in 2 years. Bench them. I can’t remember a U.Va. team with zero threats from beyond the arc. We have one shooter that can shoot half way decently and the rest are terrible.

Gonna be a lonnnngggg season.

We’re gonna lose many more if London Perrantes plays like he did tonight. He may have read too many press clippings this offseason. I wish Perrantes would do something or either just go to the bench.

The hair is really hard to look at. Stupid haircuts: look stupid, play stupid. The haircuts are just one of the signs that certain players’ heads is getting too big.

Time for a group trip to the barbershop.

I also believe we are closer to a top 20 team than a top 10 team.

I'm predicting a regular season record of 22-8 this year. You can make any excuse you want, but I know what I just saw.

With that loss, we are now projected as a sixth seed in the tournament. And that seems generous.

Matt Comey is a weekly Sports Columnist for The Cavalier Daily.

He can be reached at m.comey@ cavalierdaily.com. Follow him on Twitter @matthewcomey.

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With their recent mathematical elimination from bowl-eligibility, the Cavaliers have adjusted their goals for this season. The team's new focus: going .500 in the ACC for the first time since 2011. The road to accomplishing this task starts Saturday afternoon at Scott Stadium when Virginia (3-7, 2-4 ACC) takes on Duke.

“We’re focusing on the opportunity to go 4-4 in the conference, which is important,” coach Mike London said on Monday. “And then probably one of the biggest things is to focus on the fact that our seniors, the guys that are finishing their eligibility, go out on a positive note.”

Virginia and Duke (6-4, 3-3 ACC) will enter this game hungry for a win, as both teams are riding losing streaks into the weekend.

Ever since the last-second, eight-lateral play that propelled Miami over Duke three weeks ago, the Blue Devils have played like a completely different team than the one that started this season.

Before the game against Miami, Duke was sitting near the top of the ACC with a pristine 6-1 record (3-0 in the ACC).

Since then, the Blue Devils have gone 0-3, with all of these games played versus ACC opponents, dropping them to third place in the Coastal Division.

During this stretch, Duke has faced significant difficulties on the defensive side of the ball.

The Blue Devils have given up 170 points over the past four games for an average of more than 42 points per game. Virginia's offense has not been stellar this season, only scoring an average of 24.7 points per game, but Duke's defense must play better this week to keep Virginia at or below this average.

Injury issues plaguing junior quarterback Thomas Sirk have also contributed to the Blue Devils' recent struggles. Sirk, although never a superstar quarterback, had been efficient and careful with the football during the first nine games since he started this season, throwing only five interceptions over this span. Sirk's current status for Saturday is questionable and

LIMIT MENTAL ERRORS: Self-inflicted wounds have become Virginia’s calling card. The case was true against Louisville. The Cavaliers conceded a go-ahead touchdown after muffing a punt, but crawled back to within a touchdown before seeing a recovered onside kick wiped out due to a penalty. Virginia must cease to be its own opponent on the gridiron.

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will be something to monitor closely as the week progresses.

On the other side of this matchup is a frustrated Virginia team coming off two consecutive one-possession losses, both against ACC opponents.

One area that Virginia must improve this week is its run defense. The Cavaliers have given up nearly 400 rushing yards in their past two games. If Sirk doesn't play in this game, the Blue Devils will likely focus their offensive attack on traditional running plays more so than usual. Virginia needs to be ready to combat the run game.

On offense, Virginia has recently been relatively successful with the passing attack. This success has been fueled by the prowess of senior wide receiver Canaan Severin, who led the Cavaliers with 116 yards and three touchdowns last week at Louisville. Look for the Duke defense to key on Severin, as he has been the offensive catalyst for the Cavaliers as of late.

Another source of hope on the offensive side of the ball for Virginia has been the recent play of junior quarterback Matt Johns.

"Matt has improved,” London said. “He's steadily improved. …

He's gotten better as a football player and a tremendous leader, and we need him these next two games."

If Johns and Severin have as strong of a connection on Saturday as they had this past weekend at Louisville, the Blue Devils will have their work cut out for them defensively.

Off the field, there has been much discussion among Virginia students and fans about London's job security for next season.

When asked for his take on what the future might hold, London said, "The biggest thing right now for me is dealing with focusing on all opportunities for these seniors. I never think about myself."

All in all, this Saturday's contest has no shortage of compelling storylines for Virginia and Duke. Expect there to be no shortage of emotion and determination as both teams run out of the tunnel.

The Cavaliers will kick off against the Blue Devils at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Scott Stadium.

At 3-7, the Cavaliers have locked up a fourth-consecutive losing season and will not go bowling. Still, Virginia will need to play with the mindset that something is on the line over the final two games of a disappointing 2015 campaign.

TIGHTEN UP THE DEFENSE: Louisville gained 425 yards on Virginia’s defense, including a whopping 266 on the ground. While the Cavaliers dominated possession, the Cardinals did more in their limited time with the ball — averaging 2.3 more yards per play than Virginia.

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By the numbers:

DUKE

TOP PASSER

TOP RUSHERS

TOP RECEIVERS

TOP TACKLERS

Junior quarterback Matt Johns (62 percent completion rate, 2,295 passing yards, 17 touchdowns, 14 interceptions)

Junior running back Taquan Mizzell (577 rushing yards, 4.2 yards per carry, 2 rushing touchdowns) and junior running back Albert Reid (239 rushing yards, 4.8 yards per carry, 2 rushing touchdowns)

Mizzell (63 receptions, 628 receiving yards, 3 receiving touchdowns), senior wide receiver Canaan Severin (50 receptions, 699 receiving yards, 7 receiving touchdowns) and senior wide receiver T.J. Thorpe (15 receptions, 237 receiving yards, 1 receiving touchdown)

Sophomore free safety Quin Blanding (94 tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss, 0 sacks), sophomore inside linebacker Micah Kiser (90 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks) and junior strong safety Kelvin Rainey (58 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, 0 sacks)

TOP PASSER

TOP RUSHERS

TOP RECEIVERS

TOP TACKLERS

Junior quarterback Thomas Sirk (59 percent completion rate, 1,979 passing yards, 12 touchdowns, 5 interceptions)

Sirk (555 rushing yards, 4.9 yards per carry, 5 rushing touchdowns) and senior running back Shaquille Powell (474 rushing yards, 4.6 yards per carry, 3 rushing touchdowns)

Senior wide receiver Max McCaffrey (42 receptions, 503 receiving yards, 3 receiving touchdowns), Powell (31 receptions, 194 receiving yards, two receiving touchdowns) and freshman wide receiver T.J. Rahming (21 receptions, 269 receiving yards, one receiving touchdown)* * Second-leading receiver junior Johnell Barnes (34 receptions, 411 receiving yards, two receiving touchdowns) was dismissed from the team Tuesday, as were two teammates.

Duke: Senior safety Jeremy Cash (88 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks), senior linebacker Dwayne Norman (88 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sacks) and junior safety DeVon Edwards (85 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sacks)

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Matt Johns

Thomas Sirk

Johns put forward an excellent effort last Saturday against Louisville. The junior completed 25 of 41 pass attempts for 260 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions. The contest against the Cardinals marked the first time the Chalfont, Pa. native finished a game without an interception since the second game of the year against Notre Dame. The season has been tumultuous for Johns, who is third in the NCAA with 14 picks. However, Virginia’s signal caller does have 17 touchdowns and a solid 6.9 yards per attempt average.

Canaan Severin

Severin reeled in three touchdown passes against Louisville in an effort that garnered the senior ACC Receiver of the Week honors. The Marlborough, Ma. native currently sits on 50 receptions this season for 699 yards, seven touchdowns and 14 yards per reception — eclipsing the career highs he set last season in all four categories. Last season, Duke limited Severin to 11 yards on only two receptions.

Taquan Mizzell

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2015 continues to be the year of ‘Smoke.’ The junior tailback showcased his dual-threat ability in Virginia’s last game, gaining 89 yards as a receiver and rushing for 40 more. Last Saturday, the Virginia Beach native surpassed 1,000 career receiving yards and in the process became only the fifth Cavalier with more than 1,000 rushing and receiving yards to his name. Arguably, Mizzell has been far more potent as a receiver of the ball, as he is currently tied for the fourth-most receptions in a season by a tailback with 63, which is also the fifth-best single-season mark by any player in Virginia annals.

Sirk is the engine that drives Duke’s offense. A dual-threat quarterback, Sirk leads the Blue Devils in both rushing and passing with 555 and 1,979 yards, respectively. The Macclenny, Fla. native missed Duke’s last game, a 31-13 loss at the hands of Pittsburgh. The Blue Devils are currently in the midst of a three-game slide, which began with Miami’s miraculous win in Durham. If he does play, Sirk will enjoy a matchup against a Virginia defense that is dead last in pass-defense efficiency.

Shaquille Powell

Powell leads his team in all-purpose yards with 668. A senior tailback, Powell has rushed for 474 yards and netted another 194 as a receiver. The Las Vegas native also has three rushing touchdowns and two receiving touchdowns on the year.

David Cutcliffe

Duke’s coach is the poster child for coaches doing less with more. Cutcliffe took control at Duke in 2008, and has never had a recruiting class ranked higher than 51st according to Rivals. In spite of this, Cutcliffe has guided the Blue Devils to three consecutive winning seasons, three straight bowls and has Duke postseason eligible in 2015.

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A new platform to report sexual assault A year after Rolling Stone, the University should provide better options for survivors to report sexual assault

Comment of the day “Perhaps our public schools should include a class on debating, so that Americans learn again that the foundation of our pluralistic society is the competition of ideas.”

“EPluribusUnum” in response to Matt Winesett’s Nov. 17 article, “Thought police at the gates.”

Today marks the one-year anniversary of “A Rape on Campus,” the now-debunked article by Sabrina Rubin Erdely claiming several members of Phi Kappa Psi gang raped a woman named Jackie. The article generated continuing discussion pertaining to sexual assault on Grounds, with the issue of low reporting rates remaining a focal point. Per a recent Association of American Universities study of 27 schools, about one in four female undergraduates at the University said they had experienced nonconsensual sex or touching since entering college. A majority of those students said that they did not report instances of sexual assault to school officials or support services.

The disparity between the staggering number of female students who experience sexual assault and those who report those assaults results in part from the emotional difficulty of reporting. Sexual Health Innovations, a nonprofit software

startup, has developed a digital reporting system for sexual assault survivors to detail their assaults. The online platform known as Callisto saves and time-stamps the report in case survivors decide later on that they would like to provide the information to their school or police. By providing a way for survivors to create a written report immediately after an assault, Callisto presents an effective solution to the sexual assault reporting gap.

Right now, only Pomona College and the University of San Francisco are testing Callisto. U.Va. has invested heavily in student safety over the past year through initiatives such as the Ambassadors program and through modifying our sexual misconduct policy. Administrators should consider adopting Callisto or creating an internal reporting system so survivors at this school will have a better avenue through which they can report an assault.

Current procedures for re-

porting a sexual assault can be difficult for survivors. Walking into a building open only at certain hours with the uncertainty of who will be there or what they will ask may discourage survivors from reporting, according to Jessica Ladd, the nonprofit’s founder and chief executive. Callisto removes human interaction from the process of reporting an assault.

For many, verbally discussing a sexual assault with another person can be traumatizing.

An online reporting system also offers the benefit of being very accessible. If University students were to have negative experiences reporting assaults to our school’s administration, then others may be discouraged from reporting. It would be much easier for survivors to record an assault through a program such as Callisto given its digital reach and limited uncertainty compared to an in-person report with a school official.

Even if survivors ultimately decide not to share their infor-

mation with school officials or police, Callisto plans to share aggregated data with school administrators. This will allow administrators to discern patterns that would assist in sexual assault prevention efforts.

At the University, if such data were collected, it would improve our own prevention efforts by informing us of when, where and under what conditions these assaults occur. Certainly, there are issues inherent to an online reporting system, including a higher likelihood of false reporting; however, the benefits of such a system outweigh the potential for a small number of false reports.

Thus, an online sexual assault reporting platform serves not just as a way for survivors to record assaults immediately after they occur, but as a way to analyze trends associated with sexual assault. Such information could be vital to sexual assault prevention efforts on Grounds and at other universities.

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Shut down for-profit colleges

his week the nation’s second T largest for-profit college, Education Management Corporation,

Current reforms don’t do enough to alter the higher education landscape

by the Department of Defense last month from recruiting and receiving tuition-assistance funding following reached a settlement a federal investigation with the Department of into the college’s illegal JARED FOGEL Justice to pay roughly recruiting and marketing Opinion Columnist $90 million, resolving practices. Meanwhile, accusations of illegal one of the other major employee incentive U.S. for-profit colleges, compensation, according to The Corinthian Colleges, filed for ChapNew York Times. The case is mere- ter 11 bankruptcy in May, and the ly one more in a long list of recent Department of Education has underbattles between the Department of gone an extensive plan of loan forEducation and for-profit colleges. giveness for former students.

For-profit colleges, once a platform Several factors are causing the for older or underprivileged students decline in for-profit institutions. to receive a college education, have Aside from the illegal practices that become a source of deception, stu- have led to countless settlements dent debt and unemployment. Be- and fines, for-profit institutions are cause for-profit education is already responsible for extremely high stuon the decline, it is time to phase dent debt, low graduation rates and these colleges out of U.S. education sub-par job placement. Although and focus instead on the promotion students at for-profit institutions repof public and community college in- resent 11 percent of the higher edustitutions. cation population, they account for For-profit education has been 44 percent of all federal student loan declining at a rapid rate over the defaults. These figures are a testapast couple years. The University ment to the unreasonably high costs of Phoenix, the largest for-profit of these colleges, inadequate job college in the United States, has placement to afford these student seen its student enrollment decline loans, and misaligned incentives in the past five years from roughly that encourage for-profit schools to 460,000 students to around 200,000, increase student borrowing because with enrollment expected to decline they aren’t actually the ones lending further. The college was suspended the money.

Shutting down these for-profit colleges may take years. The opposing argument is that the shutdown process would leave hundreds of thousands of students without an education and with ridiculous amounts of student debt. A similar situation occurred last year with Corinthian Colleges, in which tens of thousands of students were left to decide whether to transfer to a new college or drop their credits and attempt to get their loans discharged. It is clear that if this occurred on a much larger scale, there would simply be too much student debt for the Department of Education to handle.

Instead, through stricter regulations to prevent further fraud and deception, such as President Obama’s new “gainful employment rule” that plans to hold for-profit colleges more accountable, for-profit education should be phased out of the United States through a more longterm plan. This rule plans to cut off federal student aid from for-profit institutions, which accounts for 90 percent of their revenue, if they cannot comply with more stringent transparency and student debt affordability laws. For instance, the gainful employment rule states that programs will only receive federal aid if the annual loan payment of

a typical graduate does not exceed eight percent of her total earnings.

Furthermore, these programs must now publicly provide accurate data on whether students graduate, how much they earn and how much debt they accumulate. These regulations will continue to effectively downsize the for-profit industry through declaring for-profit institutions ineligible to receive federal aid, so that over time the industry will continue to shrink as the University of Phoenix has over the past five years.

On the other hand, in order to combat the absence of opportunities for higher education created through the downsizing of the for-profit college industry, the Department of Education will need to revamp the community college and public institution landscape. Obama has attempted to do this already this year through his push to make community colleges across the nation tuition-free. Such a plan seeks to fill the opportunity void created from the decline and eventual shutdown of the for-profit college industry.

Thus far, five states and communities have created new programs to provide tuition-free community college. Senators in Congress have proposed the America’s College Promise Act of 2015, and 11 states have

introduced legislation to achieve these ends.

Other states have been hesitant to introduce the program, likely due to its enormous costs. For instance, the program, which is estimated to cost $60 billion over 10 years, has stalled in Congress due to its steep price. Thus, the initiative may have to spread organically, state by state, and each state would need to make the conscious decision that tuition-free community colleges are required to combat the decline in for-profit colleges.

Although the for-profit college industry is declining at a rapid rate, there is still an immense amount of debt that the Department of Education must deal with before shutting down for-profit colleges for good. Through strict regulations and through the promotion of tuition-free community colleges as well as cheaper public institutions, Obama can effectively downsize the industry and provide new opportunities to aspiring students with increased transparency, lower costs and lower student debt.

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

Don’t hate on consulting T

There are a lot of good reasons to join the industry

his semester, two of my fellow so, he provides a narrow scope of Opinion columnists have writ- consulting firms, which often serve ten pieces concerning the presence of non-profit companies as well, while consulting on Grounds also failing to at least recand its effects on the ognize the ways in which ALYSSA IMAM University’s community. money incentivizes busiOpinion Columnist More specifically, Jesse nesses to serve us.

Berman focused on how While it may seem the overrepresentation of consulting immoral to make money through firms at job and internship fairs can helping companies profit, it is imresult in apathy towards the events portant to consider the scope of amongst students uninterested in the what those companies will be using field. Meanwhile, Will Evans sought that money for, which could include to illuminate the dishonorable as- purposes most people would categopects of entering the financial servic- rize as noble, such as research and es sector in an attempt gain a higher development for new treatments status, encouraging students to look for illnesses. For example, Bain and to other, “nobler” next steps in life. Company’s work with PillCo, an While both pieces were well thought international pharmaceutical comout and contained understandable pany, enabled its research and deconcerns, I take issue with the nar- velopment department to reach its row scope of consulting they rely on goal of bringing an average of 2.5 and the stigma they place on those blockbuster New Chemical Entities choosing careers in search of wealth. (drugs that FDA have approved and Evans points out that the Univer- found to contain to active moiety) sity’s competitive atmosphere lends to market each year. Another secitself to the financial services sector, tor in which Bain’s work has helped creating a culture in which success is produce positive impact in aiding often equated with securing a posi- companies such as Lavazza reduce tion in a top firm, eventually leading energy consumption. to wealth and status — a point on Evans notes Swarthmore Psywhich I would definitely agree. How- chology Prof. Barry Schwartz’s findever, he then goes on to characterize ings that most people do not work working for a for-profit company as simply to make money, but to ima “shallow pursuit in life.” In doing prove the lives of others. When one

considers this finding, as well as the fact that many jobs in the financial services sector directly or indirectly improve others’ lives, it becomes clear pursuing a job within consulting does not necessarily mean selling one’s soul.

Additionally, this characterization of those pursuing careers resulting in wealth illustrates a stigma that our society too often places on those motivated by and in search of it. While money should by no means be the only reason for which someone seeks out a career, it is also unfair to label as greedy someone who may choose a particular path partly due to a desire to utilize the wealth it would provide. As cliché as it may sound, money is a tool. Pursuing it, both on the part of individuals and companies, means pursuing the means necessary to provide for those around you, carry out a mission or prove one’s worth to society (although different people may see varying amounts of wealth as necessary to fulfill their desires). Keeping in mind this view of money, it becomes harder to consider working for a for-profit company, or a consulting firm aiming to help one, an endeavor that could result in one’s sacrificing “even the slightest degree of dignity.”

Furthermore, Evans notes cor-

porations enticing students with the “idea that top University graduates become analysts, analysts become associates and associates become vice presidents.” However, this depicted chain seems to be one that could only be attained by working your way up, and I have a hard time understanding what is so bad about attaining status and wealth if it is the result of hard work and talent, as well as putting in that work due to that desire to attain it. While Evans most likely did not mean to demean hard work or talent, I do not think his contention that the initial motivation to join consulting is in certain ways a corrupted one holds due to the broad nature of consulting, the various ways in which people view money and the fact that it is human nature to desire wealth. Due to the many motivations driving people into fields such as consulting, it seems unfair to say that for most people, the end result of wealth and status may not be what they hope.

One problem is that Evans seems to set pursuing the financial services sector and the liberal arts in opposition. Wanting “more” in terms of status and wealth is human nature, so I also doubt that students would not seek a way into “the high life” if consulting firms did not have such

a large presence on Grounds. It only makes sense that students would simply seek out that status in other pursuits, although it may seem less obvious if it were not in competition toward one area to which our community attributes value, but many different areas instead. Consulting hardly creates a desire for status, (other than a “cool factor” that its competitiveness may lend it while still a student) but rather channels pre-existing desires to one area.

While pursuing a field simply out of a sheer desire to enact change is certainly noble, it is also not feasible for most people. Furthermore, the characterization of the financial services sector, specifically consulting, as a dishonorable path due to its role in making money off of helping people make money is unfair, because it fails to recognize the ways in which that money is then often used to serve society’s needs and desires. It also places an unfair stigma on those who wish to pursue wealth for various reasons.

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Thought police at the gates The University should follow other schools’ examples by affirming its commitment to freedom of expression W hen fascism comes to Amer“ ica,” I am repeatedly warned by bumper stickers on Priuses and

committee crafted a statement declaring that the proper way to cope with ideas one finds repugnant is not with censorship, Mini Coopers, “it will but “by openly and vigbe wrapped in the flag MATT WINESETT orously contesting the and carrying a cross.”

Opinion Columnist ideas that they oppose.”

While this message is Princeton University, hyperbolic, no doubt many people fear the influence American University and Purdue of certain right-wing ideologues University soon followed suit, and in America. When these activists our University ought to do the same. pushed for school prayer or support- Such action is hardly unwarranted. ed amendments prohibiting burning In the last two weeks alone, we’ve the American flag, liberals consist- witnessed shocking disregard by ently opposed these measures on the both students and faculty across the grounds that they would curtail First country for rights we consider funAmendment rights. Now, however, damental to a pluralistic society.

At the University of Missouri these same rights are under assault from the left, primarily from our students organized a protest on pubfellow college students and their lic grounds, then demanded that meenablers. Allegedly liberal students dia figures stay away. When one enare demonstrating worryingly illib- terprising student journalist sought eral tendencies at colleges across to photograph the event, a professor the nation, insisting professors retire of communications attempted to for holding unpopular opinions and forcibly remove him from the premdemanding administrators condemn ises, shouting, “I need some muscle flyers promoting the value of free- over here… Get this reporter out of dom of speech. This is a distressing here.” Responding to this event the trend, and on principle our Universi- next day, the vice president of the ty should follow the lead of schools Missouri Students Association told like Purdue and issue a preemptive MSNBC host Thomas Roberts that she is “tired of hearing that First response.

Earlier this year, the University Amendment rights protect students of Chicago convened a committee when they are creating a hostile and on freedom of expression to reaf- unsafe learning environment for firm the school’s commitment to myself and for other students here." this sacred American ideal. The Evidently the learning environment

is not only hostile, it is also free of civics classes.

Such speech-suppressing thinking is not contained to Missouri. Last week, my fellow columnist Hasan Khan penned a thoughtful op-ed on the dangers of “safe spaces,” detailing recent events at Yale and suggesting that demands for safe spaces are becoming “weapons to attack anyone with opposing views” which “pose a different type of intolerance that imperil First Amendment rights to freedom of speech.” Khan succinctly shows how these Yalies seek to bully their dissenters into silence, and there are more troubling trends nationwide. At Amherst, a group calling themselves Amherst Uprising is demanding their university president issue a statement saying he does “not tolerate the actions of student(s) who posted the ‘All Lives Matter’ posters, and the ‘Free Speech’ posters.” Moreover, once found, these thought criminals must undergo a disciplinary process as well as “extensive training for racial and cultural competency.” The irony of claiming to stand for tolerance for all while simultaneously demonstrating extreme intolerance toward any dissenting opinions seems to be lost on the leadership of this organization, but I suppose this is unsurprising. A recent study found that over 50 percent of college students

favor speech codes, and 30 percent of self-identified liberals believe the First Amendment is outdated. We may need to update that bumper sticker.

Obviously, none of this is particularly shocking to those watching or reading the news lately. Editorials, columns, blogs and nearly all imaginable forms of communication have inundated the news media in recent months lamenting the growing intolerance of certain student activists, often pejoratively referred to as “Social Justice Warriors.” Jonathan Chait has been especially articulate in calling out his fellow leftists, warning nearly a year ago that contemporary political correctness is perverting liberalism; after the recent events at Yale and Missouri he has continued urging us to take political correctness seriously. Chait is merely one of many writing on the subject of speech codes on campuses; indeed, these think pieces are so ubiquitous now I questioned whether I ought to even bother adding my voice to the herd.

But this topic is likely to only grow more salient in the coming months, and our University should launch an affirmative defense against the thought police before they reach our gates.

Adopting the aforementioned Chicago statement would be a start,

but Purdue President Mitch Daniels demonstrates how to go a step further. In the wake of these recent protests on campuses nationwide, Daniels began his email in quintessential university president fashion: “First, we strive to be, without exception, a welcoming, inclusive, discrimination-free community where each person is treated with dignity.” But Daniels added an important addendum: Purdue shall remain “steadfast in preserving academic freedom and individual liberty… What a proud contrast to the environments that appear to prevail at places like Missouri and Yale.” In his concise statement, Daniels reminds us that the requests of protesters for a more inclusive environment and the demands of liberal democracy for freedom of expression are not necessarily mutually exclusive. University President Teresa Sullivan has a penchant for sending out long-winded emails that few actually read and that say nothing new. Perhaps she should follow President Daniels’ lead and write a short one.

Matt’s columns run Tuesdays. He can be reached at m.winesett@cavalierdaily.com.

Use student reviews to eliminate bad classes s this semester winds down, it A is once again time for students to think about what courses they will

If the vast majority of students have issues with a class, it should not be offered

dent-run site that takes factors like the professor’s teaching ability, class difficulty and overall class enjoyability be taking next spring. into an overall rating that With class selection occomprehensively averagJESSE BERMAN curring last week, by this es each rating together.

Opinion Columnist time just about everyone While it is ultimately the should know what they decision of the professors will be taking, whether they like it and administration to decide which or not. There is much to be criticized classes should be offered, first-hand about the stressful, arduous course student insights are incredibly valuselection process. Yet, a specific con- able. These are certainly some of the cern that crossed my mind while re- key factors that make a class enjoyacently partaking in this process was ble for students, and we ought to be the numerous course offerings that grateful that such a system has been ought to be scrapped. With tools such put in place, as it makes course selecas the Course Forum and post-se- tion exponentially more transparent mester evaluations in place for this than it might otherwise be. very purpose, the University has Yet the Course Forum and the no excuse to offer classes that have post-semester evaluations used by received overwhelmingly negative the University are unfortunately not reviews from students who have tak- as effective as they should be in their en them in previous semesters. By quest to positively change or disconallowing this to occur, the Universi- tinue the teaching of “bad” classes. ty hinders students from reaping the I took a class last semester that was fullest possible benefits from their utterly underwhelming. While the undergraduate education. topic of the class interested me, the First, it is crucial to consider what class was poorly executed by the proexactly constitutes a “bad” class. The fessor.

Course Forum website is perhaps the Luckily for me, I suppose, my single best indicator, as it is a stu- sentiments were shared by just about

everyone in that class. Course Forum reviews were deplorable. The three aforementioned indicators of class success are each rated on a scale of one to five. The professor rating, difficulty level, and enjoyability of this class respectively clocked in at 1.86, 4.29 (very difficult), and 1, with an overall class score of 1.38. Some comments called the class “painstaking,” “horrible” and “boring”; one reviewer even warned future students to “STAY AWAY.” To compliment these unsavory critiques, many of my peers wrote honest post-course evaluations where we anonymously told the University where the class fell short and why we felt the course should not be offered again in the future.

Needless to say, I was shocked to learn that this course was not only being being offered again this upcoming semester, but also by the same professor. Since this class was a brand new offering when I took it last semester, I did not fault the University for the course’s shortcomings. Yet this time, I absolutely do. At the very least, the University should have attempted to get a different professor

to teach the course. Nevertheless, the fact that hundreds of disgruntled students displayed their frustration for the class in an attempt to ensure that this same dissatisfaction would not befall future students was for naught.

What is the purpose of evaluations if they are not adhered to?

It is surely disheartening that the University seems to be neglectful of these student opinions. More seriously, by neglecting these evaluations, the University robs students of reaping the full rewards of their education. For instance, although the unfavorable opinions of this class are visible on the Course Forum, as of press time 122 of the class’ 140 spots have been filled. Yet, I would hypothesize that this is not because of excitement about taking this class, but rather because there is no better alternative, especially for younger students with later sign-up times. If this class had been replaced with one with more favorable reviews, then these 122 individuals could instead take a better-taught, more enjoyable, less impossible course. Of course, schoolwork is not expected to be enjoyable all the time. Yet, it is not

asking too much to ensure that worse classes are scrapped in favor of the hundreds of alternative courses offered by the University.

I do not mean to bash this course in particular. Rather, I used this example to highlight the notion that student evaluations via both the Course Forum and post-semester evaluations ought to be considered more so than they are in order to ensure that courses such as this one not be offered in the future. Students at the University cherish their ability to learn from the best and brightest in the country, and are constantly seeking to make their educational experience as enjoyable and as rewarding as possible. However, if the University continues to neglect the strong and honest opinions of its students, it does us a disservice.

Jesse’s columns run Wednesdays.

He can be reached at j.berman@ cavalierdaily.com.

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Just for wits.

ejoice, my many readers! Or, Naturally, step two in the Great if we’re being honest about Room Cleaning of 2015 was flipmy readership, rejoice, my parents’ ping over every surface in my Facebook friends! I firoom to ensure the abnally cleaned my room! sence of the aforemenNORA WALLS To begin, I assessed tioned raccoon. Things Humor Writer the situation. My room were now messier than was messy, not dirty – when I began. I grabbed an important distinction. The best the pile of unfolded clothes from way to understand it is to consid- my floor and threw them onto my er one of my greatest fears: rac- bed to begin folding. I immediatecoons. I often hear noises at night, ly fell asleep on said pile of clothes. which are probably the wind or This was problematic because A) my neighbors getting laid, but my valuable time had been lost and B) first thought always seems to be a raccoon easily could have snuck that there is a raccoon living in in while I slumbered, so I had to my room and he’s pacing back and check all the possible hiding spots forth trying to decide which part once again. of me to eat first. Now imagine When I finished folding the that you, too, fear the presence clothes, I moved on to the next of one of nature’s bandits in your greatest offender: receipts. My room. If you can reasonably say room looked like it was tee-peed the raccoon may be hiding in the by some really rich guys who were pile on your floor, then your room too pretentious to use toilet paper is messy. If you can reasonably say so they bought a bunch of stuff there is enough food in that pile just to throw the receipts all over to have kept the raccoon satiated my belongings. This would be until now, then your room is dirty. kind of a dick move but also pretty Either way, there’s a raccoon in awesome. I will probably do that your room and you’re screwed. Say to someone soon. Leave negative goodbye to your limbs. You knew comments on this article at your this day would come. own risk.

HALF TRUTHS BY MONIQUE MEZHER

At least half of the receipts were for Chinese take-out. I am passionate about Chinese food the way Tom Cruise was passionate about Katie Holmes when he ruined Oprah’s couch. When I was in third grade I had to do this project where I invented a whole new world, and I made a land based on Chinese take-out. All of the people lived in giant upside-down takeout box houses and catapulted to and fro on chopsticks. The world was called Chineseateria (a combo

ever I pleased. All the residents would have to carry chapstick with them at all times in case I needed some, kind of like how fraternities make their pledges carry around cigarettes and lighters. I believe it was William Shakespeare who once said, “All the world’s a frat, and all the men and women merely my pledges.”

I got pretty sidetracked at this point considering whether I might be Willy Shakes reincarnate. I knocked over an open bottle of nail polish and cried, “Out, damned spot!” which, if you didn’t know, is a Shakespeare reference. My parents’ Facebook friends are a wellread bunch, so I exMy room was messy, not dirty – an important pect that one to go over well. distinction.”

The other receipts were mostly of “Chinese food” and “cafeteria”) from CVS, which means they were which, in retrospect, was maybe miles long. Sometimes when I am not the point of the assignment standing at the CVS self-checkout and definitely offensive. If I had to kiosk watching an endless receipt do it all over again I’d title it, “Me shoot out at me I feel guilty. Think Land,” and the law would be what- of all the forests my purchases have

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To clean or not to clean destroyed. This realization had me pretty down for a moment, but I soon remembered that as long as Donald Trump lives, I couldn’t be the worst person alive.

I felt grateful to Trump — gratitude I never thought I’d feel. I’ve always been more of Ben Carson gal. Something about a renowned brain surgeon who can’t put together a reasonable sentence just really gets me. I wonder how it feels to be one of Ben Carson’s former patients and have to watch him on TV and think, “Oh, God, that dude touched my brain.” I imagine it would be kind of like getting your car back from the repair shop, only to find out while driving around a few hours later that your mechanic was actually a baby possum dressed in human clothes with a wrench in his mouth.

This got me thinking, so I Googled, “possums in costumes.”

As it turns out possums are terrifying as hell. My raccoon paranoia grew exponentially upon this discovery. Accordingly, I fled my room and locked the door. I may revisit the situation next year. Until then, dear readers.

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A healthy addition to the University palate

arts & entertainment

Booming Corner restaurant proves health is hip Vondrae McCoy and Jack Nugent Senior Writer and Staff Writer

Go Green

Roots Natural Kitchen is finishing up its first semester as a new restaurant on the Corner. With long lines of hungry customers often spilling out onto W. Main St., it is clear the restaurant has become a hit amongst University students. Specializing in healthy grain bowls and salads, the founders of Roots said their restaurant stands out because it appeals to such a wide audience.

“I think the coolest thing for us is, you get the girl that does yoga coming in here and you get the guy that doesn’t care about

his health and rarely eats healthy and you get the basketball player,” co-founder and University alum Alvaro Anspach said. “It’s not a niche thing.”

With a simple menu featuring nutrient-rich ingredients like beans, kale and tofu, a customer can either customize their bowl or select from the restaurant’s specialty bowls. University alum Alberto Namnum, another founder, said Roots’ healthy menu makes customers feel good long after eating.

“It’s kind of addicting, that feeling of freshness after a meal,” Alberto said. “You stand up and are ready for the next thing.”

From Tex-Mex restaurants — like Two Guys Tacos and Qdoba — to sandwich shops — like Littlejohn’s and Jimmy John’s — it is

often hard to find quick, healthy options. While the Corner offers a wide variety of food options, many of the restaurants served fried foods and cuisines rich in sodium.

For many students, Roots was a much-needed addition.

“A lot of my friends like Roots because it’s a healthier option on the Corner,” second-year Engineering student Joey Castro said.

“A lot of the other options are very unhealthy.”

Providing healthy yet tasty food has proven successful for Roots, and the founders have plans to further promote healthy lifestyles.

“We’re going to try to develop a website with really easy to understand nutrition guidelines that you can apply at any moment of your life,” Anspach said. “We are very

set in trying to take Roots to the next step and make the things that we get excited about a very visible part of the restaurant.”

One downside to these seemingly-perfect meals is the cost — with bowls ranging from $8 to $10, a Roots bowl competes for one of the most expensive fast-food lunch items on the Corner. The restaurant’s most popular special, the El Jefe, comes in at $9.93.

However, a taste of the El Jefe bowl — which consists of kale, rice, corn, chicken and a little bit of Tabasco sauce — makes for a healthy meal both filling and satisfying. While Roots may not be the cheapest option on the Corner, feeling good after finishing a delicious and healthy meal might just be worth it.

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N.O.W! Gallery highlights fourth-year studio art majors’ work Student-driven McGuffey exhibit emphasizes originality, diversity

y: Morgan Hale

Anna Morgan Staff Writer

A group of 35 fourth-year studio art majors currently have work displayed in an artist collective called N.O.W! at the McGuffey Art Center. An eclectic collection of work, N.O.W! highlights talent through numerous mediums, including painting, drawing, book-making, sculpture, cinematography, woodworking and metalworking.

Figurative representations, abstract and conceptual imagery, still life works and depictions of the natural environment all contribute to the diverse composition of the exhibit, ensuring there is something for everyone to appreciate.

“We didn't have an exact theme except for our own personal discovery,” said fourthyear College student Noora Al-Saadawi, the head curator of sculptures. “Everyone seemed to recognize that this was an important show and wanted to go above and beyond.”

Art should push people to think, question and discuss the nature of the work, which is exactly what the N.O.W! gallery

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The N.O.W. Gallery showcases undergraduate pieces from a handful of selected fourth-year students.

encourages. It displays a beautiful collection of student art and manages to fill the space with a cohesive, relatable atmosphere, even if the overarching theme is based on individual expression.

“This show was to exhibit something new and different that you may have not done or shown before,” Al-Saadawi said.

Despite a common thread among works, the gallery succeeds in emphasizing the indi-

viduality and originality of each student. It also highlights the diverse directions a person can take when deciding what to create.

Patrons brought to the N.O.W.! gallery at random would never suspect they were viewing the works of students due to the sophisticated themes, styles and craftsmanship of each piece. The artists’ skills are shown in both delicate and powerful composi-

tions, as well as portrayal of illusions of space, details in each shadow and swatch of light, attention to minuscule details and simplified objects and central ideas.

The exhibit is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and closes Nov. 21. A visit to McGuffey is highly recommended for those who are interested in the arts and those who are not, as it allows students to

support their fellow classmates and celebrate their achievements.

“We all spent so long working on the pieces and then hanging and arranging them in a way to show off every piece,” Al-Saadawi said. “It was also a chance to show off our work to people not involved in the arts and for them to see what all the hard work has gone to.”

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‘The Black Monologues’ breaks barriers, unveils realities of being black Encore performances scheduled for upcoming weekend Kyle Canady Senior Writer

“The Black Monologues” was performed exactly as the name suggests: as a series of monologues about black life, both during students’ time at the University and in the context of changes that occur after admission to the University and arrival on Grounds.

Although the audience “The Black Monologues” aims for is the greater University community at, at times, certain monologues can make white members of the audience uncomfortable.

The humor also heavily relies on culturally specific concepts with

which some audience members may not be familiar.

However, that is not to say that the production becomes malicious or conveys a sense of racial superiority. The play creates a real representation of living as a minority and the difficulties that come along with it. This representation of the realities of race results in a performance that elicits laughter, tears, anger and love.

The monologues themselves represent the varying experiences and levels of perceived “blackness” students feel, ranging from experiences of growing up in Africa to being both black and queer. While “The Black Monologues” definitely address-

es what it is like to live in the predominantly white community at the University, this idea doesn’t define the performance.

It addresses institutionalized racism and cultural ignorance in ways that are emotionally moving, both in a comedic fashion and in a somber one. However, most importantly, “The Black Monologues” promotes self-love and equality which can often be challenging for young black people to feel in a predominantly white setting.

After a request for an encore, students will perform “The Black Monologues” again on Nov. 19-20 at 7 p.m. and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 21 in the Helms theater.

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The Black Monologues will return this weekend to spark a vital dialogue on University diversity.