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Court delivers Cuccinelli, Mann decision

Justices bar Attorney General from accessing scientist’s documents, deem University exempt from Civil Investigative Demands

By Krista Pedersen Cavalier Daily News Editor

The Virginia Supreme Court ruled this month that Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli does not have the right to review former University Environmental Sciences Prof. Michael Mann’s research produced during his time at the University.

The Supreme Court decided state agencies, such as the University, cannot be considered ‘persons’ under the Fraud Against

1999 - 2005 Mann serves as University Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor

Taxpayers Act, and therefore cannot be the subject of a Civil Investigative Demand such as the one Cuccinelli issued.

University President Teresa Sullivan issued a statement March 2 thanking the University’s faculty and the faculty at other universities for their support.

“This is an important decision that will be welcomed here and in [the] broader higher education community,” Sullivan said.

Cuccinelli first requested access to Mann’s research grant

applications and emails April 2010, allegedly to determine whether Mann had committed fraud during his research. Mann, now a member of Pennsylvania State University’s faculty, had been conducting research about global warming while at the University.

Mann was an assistant professor in the University’s environmental sciences department from 1999 to 2005. “[The inquiries are] a coordinated assault against the scien-

August 2010 Albemarle County Circuit Court judge denies Cuccinelli's request to access; Cuccinelli appeals

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March 4 VA Supreme Court hands down decision; Cuccinelli barred from accessing Mann's documents

November 2011 Judge rules Mann can intervene in his case

September 2011 University releases 4,000 of Mann's documents to the American Tradition Institute under Freedom of Information Act; Mann pursues legal action to prevent A.T.I. from accessing further files

April 2010 Cuccinelli requests access to Mann's research

Albemarle County Circuit Judge Paul Peatross denied Cuccinelli’s request to access Mann’s documents in August 2010. Cuccinelli then appealed his case to the state’s Supreme Court. He also filed another CID while the first case was being appealed, which the University filed a motion to deny, University Spokesperson Carol Wood said in an email.

The University spent a total of $570,697.97 to hire Hogan

tific community by powerful vested interests who simply want to stick their heads in the sand and deny the problem of human-caused climate change, rather than engage in the good faith debate about what to do about it,” Mann said in an email.

Mann said the Inspector General of the National Science Foundation had reviewed his research in the context of Cuccinelli’s allegations and had found the allegations to be baseless.

January 2012 VA Supreme Court hears Cuccinelli, Mann case

Ultrasound bill becomes law Gov. McDonnell signs legislation requiring women to obtain pre-abortion imaging; set to take effect July 1

By Kelly Kaler

Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Gov. Bob McDonnell signed House Bill 462 Wednesday which requires women in the state of Virginia to undergo an abdominal ultrasound before receiving an abortion. The bill is set to take effect July 1.

According to HB 462 “a qualified medical professional... shall perform fetal ultrasound imaging and... fetal heart tone services on the patient undergoing the abortion” at least 24 hours before a woman has an abortion.

A woman who resides more than 100 miles from a clinic can have an ultrasound just two hours before undergoing the abortion.

“In Charlottesville, women come from as far as West Virginia... around 100 miles away,” Semones said. “What’s the difference between 100 miles and 99 miles? It just makes for additional costs for childcare, lodging, [and other costs].”

Olivia Gans, president of the Virginia Society for Human Life, said mandating the ultrasound will help pregnant women make more informed decisions.

“I think it’s unfortunate that the discussion in Virginia has taken a turn that doing this procedure, which gives women more information about their Please see Ultrasound, Page A3

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More than 1,000 women and men protested the ultrasound bill the first weekend of March in front of the Richmond Capitol. About 30 protestors were arrested as a result of the protests.

UJC overhauls bylaws Marchetti proposes 11 articles; presents executive committee’s year-long work

By Valerie Clemens

Cavalier Daily Senior Associate Editor

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UJC Chair Victoria Marchetti proposed last night 11 articles which, if all passed by the UJC, will create a new version of its bylaws.

University Judiciary Committee Chair Victoria Marchetti yesterday evening proposed 11 articles which, if all passed by the UJC, will result in a new version of its bylaws.

Marchetti said this is the first time the bylaws have been completely rewritten since 2003.

The executive committee, which includes Marchetti, Vice Chair for Trials Emily Forrester, Vice Chair for Sanctions Cliff Cutchins and Vice Chair for First

Years Charity Harrell, has been working on the document since the summer, Marchetti said.

“It’s important to bring it up to review our process and procedure, to make sure that we have the best procedures that we can,” Marchetti said. “We put the bylaws online so an accused student can easily access the bylaws, [and can] read what we do and their rights and feel more comfortable in the situation.”

Marchetti said during her time in UJC she and fellow committee members have noticed inconsistencies between the bylaws and

UJC practices.

“I realized that there [are] a lot of key elements [in] our procedures that are missing,” Marchetti said. “These bylaws are more comprehensive and include things we were missing that we did in practice but weren’t in bylaws. [They] make procedure more easily understood.”

Many of the changes were merely re-wordings intended to better reflect Committee practice, but Marchetti said there Please see Bylaws, Page A3

IN BRIEF University teams NEWS with Lady Gaga Voter I.D. bill awaits signing Curry School prof. attends Born This Way Foundation launch; seeks to collaborate to prevent youth bullying

By Liz Heifetz

Cavalier Daily Associate Editor The University’s YOUTH-NEX Center collaborated with American pop singer Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation last month to prevent youth bullying.

Dewey Cornell, Education Prof. and YOUTH-NEX Program Director, attended the Foundation’s

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launch event and symposium Feb. 29 at Harvard University. He said the event was a way for the Foundation to gain “input from experts in this field to help them formulate their Foundation goals and priorities.”

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Senate Bill 1, which requires voters to present identification before being permitted to cast a ballot, awaits Gov. Bob McDonnell’s signature following the Virginia House of Delegates’ 66-31 approval of the measure Thursday. The Senate passed the bill last month.

Sen. Stephen Martin, R-Chesterfield, proposed the bill, which would eliminate the provision to allow a voter to sign a sworn statement testifying to his identity. SB 1 instead offers

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voters without identification a provisional ballot which would have to be verified the following day before being officially counted.

SB 1 expands the accepted forms of identification to include a valid identification card from any of Virginia’s fouryear higher education institutions.

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lation, claiming it would result in the widespread disenfranchisement of minorities, young people and the elderly, according to a statement from the Democratic Party of Virginia.

Gov. McDonnell has 30 days to sign the bill, but declined to comment on his position.

McDonnell spokesman Tucker Martin said the governor received the bill Saturday and plans to review it in the next few weeks.

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COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS FIGHT TOUGH TIMES

STOP THE PRESSES, NEWSPAPERS SAY

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Student, commercial journalism suffer financial difficulties; consider transition online, revenue maximizing strategies

By Abigail Meredith

Cavalier Daily Associate Editor For some years journalists have been reporting on the death of their own industry. Newspapers across the nation have had to implement new strategies to attempt to alleviate growing financial concerns. From personnel cutbacks to renting out office space and converting to online models of production, newspapers have looked for innovative ways to maintain readership while ensuring fiscal solvency.

“The idea that there is going to be a print version of newspapers that gets delivered everyday [is] not something that’s going to last much longer,” Media Studies Prof. Bruce Williams said.

Stopping the presses At the University, both The Cavalier Daily and the Declaration have encountered the same problem which is currently facing national newspapers. Caroline Rayner, executive editor of the Declaration, said high operating costs have forced the paper to rework its publication model.

“We’ve had to cut back pretty significantly this semester,” Rayner said.

The Declaration now prints every other week, rather than weekly.

Cavalier Daily Editor-in-Chief Matthew Cameron said daily operating costs make up the vast majority of The Cavalier Daily’s debts.

“We took office and did a comprehensive evaluation of where we are,” Cameron said. “We have a fairly significant amount of debt to Newcomb and to our printer. To take care of that we have to do debt repayment. Most of our costs come from rent, printing and delivery.”

Newspapers rely on advertising to try to fund their costs, but the advent of the Internet and websites such as Craigslist have limited advertising as a revenue source for print journalism.

Although in the past individuals or companies looking to sell products could only reach large audiences through print media, that is no longer the case, Williams said.

Survival of the fittest Student newspapers have looked for solutions to deal with the financial difficulties of print journalism, as well as the changing media culture.

The Student Press Law Center (SPLC) helps educate students about proper journalism practices and offers legal advice to students about their First Amendment rights.

Frank LoMonte, executive director of the SPLC, said he has seen many different solutions to dealing with the current state of student journalism. Some student newspapers, such as The Red and Black at the University of Georgia, have scaled back their print products.

“The Red and Black at the University of Georgia was produced five days a week,” he said. “Now it’s [a] one-week news magazine and publishes primarily on the web.”

Williams suggested student journalists adopt a model like National Public Radio’s. “[National Public Radio is] always struggling for money but they provide exceptionally high quality information,” Williams said. “We have to look for models that would allow for public funding.”

Williams went on to describe the ways to support a public good, including tax returns for individuals who contribute to newspapers and looking at other democratic societies such as England which place high value on public media.

“One of the solutions is that there has to be public support for professional journalism,” Williams said. “The information that journalists provide is a kind of public good. We know that public goods are under-supplied by markets, [and] if you want those public goods you have to figure out a way to pay for them.”

The Daily Illini, the student newspaper at the University of Illinois, is attempting to implement a small student fee per semester to reduce its $250,000 debt to its printers and vendors, said Jill Disis, the editor-in-chief of The Daily Illini.

“We are also looking at a potential student fee, in effect next year, [of] $3 per semester per student to go towards general operating,” Disis said. “A lot of papers do it... [and] we’ve actually never done it before.”

The Daily Illini, however, values its independence, Disis said. To assure the paper’s readers it will maintain its integrity, the editors are drawing up a referendum.

“The biggest issue is that we are going to compromise our independence and integrity, but we are assuring [the student body] that’s not the case,” Disis said.

The Daily Illini is also leasing out the fourth floor of its offices and looking into leasing the first floor.

The Cavalier Daily has made similar adjustments to

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decrease operating costs.

“We decided to curtail our spending and decided to cease [print] publishing on Fridays,” Cameron said.

The Cavalier Daily also decreased the budget for sports reporting travel and has approached new companies for advertisement.

The growth in online journalism The future of student journalism will be influenced by the practices and the outcome of the professional field, LoMonte said.

“If all papers dry up and fade away you have to assume college students will stop wanting that training,” he said.

Following the growth of online media organizations such as The Huffington Post and the transition of traditional news sources online, student newspapers, including The Cavalier Daily, are considering redesigning their online components. “[We are] trying to shift toward a 24/7 content model, invest more in terms of online content, and scale back print editions,” Cameron said.

The Declaration also has decided to rejuvenate the online aspect of the paper.

“We are trying to create a different online aspect with video content and multimedia,” Rayner said of The Declaration. “It seems kind of frustrating at first, but we are trying to think more creatively about the paper.”

Regardless of the medium, the need for the production and distribution of credible information is vital to a democratic community, Williams said.

“The question is not whether... publication will be online,” he said. “That’s already happened. That doesn’t bother me.

It doesn’t matter very much what the medium that we are using to convey information [is], but how we pay for the gathering of this information.”

LoMonte, however, said print journalism still remains more convenient than online alternatives. Because students have easy access to a free paper while on campuses, many are more likely to read the print edition than search for the online content, LoMonte said.

“What we hear from people around the country is that students largely still like and use the print product,” LoMonte said. “Because it’s free and because it’s convenient they’ll pick it up. [There’s] so much distraction on the web, it’s not plausible to think you can reach 40,000 students on the web as effectively as racks of free newspaper.”

Student journalism still news-worthy The Daily Illini, The Cavalier Daily and the Declaration have all faced financial difficulties, but all maintain the newspaper is something which will continue to thrive because it is an asset to their universities. “[We are a] nationally and statewide recognized paper,” Disis said. “Just because there is a difficult situation I don’t think that’s going to subside. We’ve gotten a lot of support from alumnus [sic], from faculty members, locals and students. I don’t think that the paper going away forever is something that they have to worry about.”

Rayner said the Declaration will keep a print edition for as long as it is financially able.

“What’s interesting is print does better... because students are more likely to pick up a copy on their way to class than check the website later, so I definitely think we will keep the print issue as long as we possibly can and try to refresh it,” she said.

LoMonte said he believes student journalism will play an important role in the future as local media opportunities disappear.

“More and more the only person covering a [local] courthouse is a college journalist,” LoMonte said. “They will be the first line of defense for a community instead of just being a supplement. There’s going to be increasing responsibility and reliance [on them as the] primary providers of community [news].”

Despite the difficulties, student journalism still has an important role in the college community.

“Student newspapers just live in general in a different economic environment than commercial newspapers,” Williams said. “They rely primarily on volunteer labor [and] they are distributed for free. They, like other newspapers, rely on other ads. The economic pressures that are really crushing commercial newspapers are operating on student newspapers in a slightly different way.”

Williams stressed innovation and a recognition of civic duty as crucial to ensuring the survival of journalism, both commercial and student.

“We say in a democratic society that informing the public about the world around them is a vital role that has to be fulfilled... [but] the commercial model doesn’t seem to be working very well right now,” Williams said.

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NEWS

Monday, March 12, 2012 | The Cavalier Daily

Three-Day Weather Forecast TODAY High of 70˚

TONIGHT Low of 51˚

Increasing clouds with a chance for showers. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Cloudy with a slight chance for showers. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

Provided by the Cavalier Weather Service

TOMORROW High of 74˚

TOMORROW NIGHT Low of 51˚

A chance of morning showers, otherwise partly cloudy skies. Mostly clear. Lows in the lower Chance of precipitation 30 50s. percent.

Unusually mild conditions greet us for the first week back from Spring Break as we seamlessly transition to springtime from a near absent winter. Expect temperatures to skyrocket into the upper 70s by mid week under mostly clear skies. Low temperatures will be mild as well, rarely dipping below 50. Time to start hauling out the spring wardrobe.

WEDNESDAY High of 77˚ Sunny and warm. Westerly winds around 5 mph.

To receive Cavalier Weather Service forecasts via email, contact weather@virginia.edu

Mann | Budget may reimburse Supreme Court case costs Continued from page A1 Lovells, a Washington, D.C. law firm, to fight the CIDs. Wood said all funds came from private funds.

Virginia Senate Democrats at Wednesday’s legislative session presented amendments to the proposed budget which would reimburse the University for the funds spent in the fight.

Jeff Ryer, spokesperson for the Senate Republican Caucus, said the amendments were so new he could not yet gauge Senate support.

“I don’t think anyone’s had

an opportunity to analyze it; I understand [it was proposed] less than 48 hours ago,” Ryer said Friday.

Though senators did not complete deliberation of the budget

by the Saturday deadline, Ryer said the Senate Finance Committee analyzed the reimbursement Friday.

—Michelle Davis contributed to this report

Ultrasound | Police arrest 30 Richmond Capitol protestors Continued from page A1 bodies, [about] the state of their pregnancy, and about the development of their unborn child... all of which are completely relevant medical information,... [is bad],” Gans said. “To suggest that women shouldn’t or don’t want medical information is a bit hypocritical on the part of abortion providers.”

The bill also requires the medical professional performing the ultrasound to offer the patient a printed copy of the ultrasound image, which is then kept in the patient’s medical file for the next seven years.

“The bill’s effects will be felt in the kind of treatment women will now receive from their doctors,” University Democrats President James Schwab said. “The ultrasound requirement places Gov. McDonnell and the Republican state legislatures directly between a woman and her doctor in requiring unnecessary steps to

receive legal medical services.”

Gans, however, said she felt the bill is entirely “pro-woman.”

“It is important that we not deny [a woman] information because some in the abortion industry might not want her to change her mind,” Gans said.

Tanya Semones, field coordinator for Planned Parenthood in Southwest Virginia, said she did not think the bill would affect the number of women seeking abortions. “[These women] have already made their decision,” she said.

“The bill just makes it harder for them [to execute it].”

The University’s Center for Politics spokesperson Geoff Skelley said the conservative-leaning bill reflects Republican control of both houses of the General Assembly as well as the governorship.

“You saw this at a national level in 2008 and some people thought the Democrats overreached there,” Skelley said. “[A

party] does [its] best to satisfy their base and I think that’s what the Republicans were trying to do [with the ultrasound bill].”

The bill signing comes at a critical time, with McDonnell on the short list to be the Republican vice presidential candidate should Mitt Romney win the party’s presidential nomination, Skelley said.

“This complicates things for [McDonnell],” Skelley said.

“Romney’s message now and in the general election is the economy... this issue will distract from that.”

Semones said protests held during this past month in response to this and other controversial bills regarding women’s rights have impacted pending legislation. In its original form, HB 462 imposed a transvaginal ultrasound requirement on women seeking abortions. The signed law instead requires an abdominal procedure. Semones said “the only reason [the ultra-

sound bill] was amended was because of” these protests.

More than 1,000 women and men protested the bill the first weekend of March in front of the Richmond Capitol, resulting in the arrests of 30 protestors.

“No other bill has created such backlash from the Virginia populace,” Schwab said.

Protesters from Roanoke, Richmond, Northern Virginia and Virginia Beach rallied for changes to legislation Feb. 23 for Virginia’s pro-choice day of action. “[These rallies] were a great opportunity to engage supporters in Virginia and raise awareness about women’s health,” Semones said.

McDonnell also pushed for the transabdominal amendment to the original HB 462. Skelley said McDonnell’s changes hinted at attempts to find middle ground on the ultrasound issue.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) condemned the bill for

being physically invasive and economically burdensome.

According to ACOG’s 2009 bulletin, “the use of either two-dimensional or three-dimensional ultrasonography only to view the fetus, obtain a picture of the fetus, or determine the fetal sex without a medical indication is inappropriate and contrary to responsible medical practice.”

Under these standards, an ultrasound must only be performed if there is a valid medical indication.

Because McDonnell had expressed support for the bill and his legislative record implied agreement, Skelley said the Republican Party’s control of the General Assembly made the bill’s passage almost inevitable. “[McDonnell] had previously co-sponsored legislation in this realm,” Skelley said. To lessen the shock value, however, “we did see him hesitate for a moment and have [lawmakers] make it a less aggressive bill.”

Bylaws | ‘Purpose,’ ‘UJC Overview’ sections head new bylaws Continued from page A1 were some substantive changes.

The executive committee wrote two sections placed at the beginning of the bylaws titled “Purpose” and “UJC Overview,” which did not previously exist.

Marchetti said the two sections outline why and how the UJC functions.

Another substantive change is the embedding of the First Year Judiciary Council information into the committee’s bylaws.

Previously, the FYJC had its own constitution and bylaws.

Marchetti said including the information twice was “redundant,” and the change makes it easier for a student to see how the FYJC functions, regardless of his academic year.

The amendments also add a section to the UJC bylaws which outlines the procedure for notating a transcript of a convicted student.

Marchetti said in the past permanently marking a suspended or expelled student’s transcript occurred in practice, but was never explicitly codified in the bylaws.

The new bylaws also include a section which outlines case documents and clarifies the amount of time the UJC should keep files.

The change requires the body to keep for 20 years documents dealing with any student who was suspended, expelled, or found in violation of Standard 1, physical or sexual assault, or Standard 2, threatening health and safety of others. All other case documents are kept for 10 years. Marchetti said this was another common practice which has never been codified.

Several UJC members at yester-

day evening’s meeting expressed their concerns with the way the new bylaws had been written.

Concerns ranged from comma placement to the specific definitions of certain words.

“There [were] a lot of grammar and wording changes; they help make the document easier to read and clear,” Marchetti said.

Medical Rep. Cutchins said it was important to gain different University perspectives for the changes. “[F]rom all the different schools of the University, you get really good insight from all

of them,” Cutchins said.

Harrell noted the importance of the bylaw changes. “[The change is] good because it flushes [the processes] out not only for the committee but for all the students that come through our system,” Harrell said. “It just helps all parties involved.”

The UJC discussed and passed four complete articles and part of a fifth from a total of 11 proposed articles . The body will continue discussion later this week to complete ratification of the document.

Bullying | ‘I want everyone to feel safe in their community,” singer says Continued from page A1 Center to Promote Effective Youth Development, and it encourages healthy youth development through research, training and service, according to the Center’s website.

The Foundation aims to foster a safe community by helping adolescents develop the skills necessary to create a “braver, kinder world,” according to the Foundation website. Gaga and Cynthia Germanotta, the singer’s mother, lead The Born This Way Foundation, a name derived from Gaga’s song “Born This Way.” Experts at the symposium and

launch discussed methods of encouraging bravery and tolerance using classroom curricula.

“We [wanted] to identify the cutting-edge next steps to take in addressing the problem of bullying,” Cornell said.

Other major topics addressed at the launch last month included anti-bullying legislation, the use of television and social media to empower individuals, and the promotion of a healthy culture in schools.

Cornell, who has been studying youth violence and school safety for more than 25 years, said he hopes to use his and YOUTH-NEX’s research to collaborate with the

Foundation.

“We are interested in ways to empower youth to take an active role in directing their development and influencing their peers in positive ways,” Cornell said.

In a video recording of the launch event, Gaga said she hopes the Foundation will help young people create the safe environments they need to thrive as individuals.

“I want everyone to feel safe in their community,” Gaga said. “The three pillars are SSO — Safety, Skills, and Opportunity... Once you feel safe in your environment and you acquire the skills to be a loving and accepting person, the

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opportunities for you are endless to become a great, functioning human in society.”

Gaga said the Foundation will also encourage young people to face challenges bravely and to help one another.

“This is about transformative change and culture,” she said.

“This is not an anti-bullying foundation — this is a youth empowerment foundation.”

Education School spokesperson Ellen Daniels said YOUTH-NEX and the Foundation have similar goals and viewpoints.

“As the U.Va. Center for Effective Youth Development, YOUTH-NEX focuses on the assets of youth,

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not simply viewing adolescents through a negative lens,” Daniels said. “The YOUTH-Nex vision aligns very well with that of the Born This Way Foundation in that we seek to help our nation’s youth, a rich, often untapped resource, to flourish.”

YOUTH-NEX is sponsoring a state conference on bullying in June.

School administrators, counselors and other educational specialists attending the conference will discuss legislative and liability updates, research about effective preventative measures and practical approaches for school improvement. A follow-up conference is scheduled for October.

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The Cavalier Daily “For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.”

—Thomas Jefferson

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Texas hold ‘em

A plan to provide a $10,000 college degree misses the mark Before Texas Gov. Rick Perry hit the campaign trail, boots hitched to saddle; before he rode toward sunset, errors beaten like a dead horse, his reputation for political boldness had been bolstered by his demand for some college degrees in Texas to cost less than $10,000. Many said this demand was far from bulletproof and pocked with holes all over. Perry’s proposal, made February 2011 at one of those poorly named “State of the State” addresses, had not been taken seriously until the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin on Tuesday. We can only hope a plan so off-target goes back in the holster before someone pulls the trigger.

One aspect of the plan announced at SXSW involves a partnership between Texas A&M University at San Antonio and the nearby Alamo College system of community colleges. The premise is that multiple institutions would collaborate on a program — in this case, a bachelor’s in information technology — to make the overall cost of a degree less expensive. Beginning in the fall, this prototype will be implemented through a host of mechanisms: Students will begin taking college coursework while in high school, then further their education with one year at an Alamo College before moving on to the campus at A&M, San Antonio.

As students take home their I.T. degrees, policymakers may point to the receipt. But if reducing the overhead comes at the price of buying a Rube Goldberg machine, which comes far from well-oiled, we reiterate the $10,000 question: at what cost?

Another idea pitched at the SXSW conference aimed to achieve Perry’s objective by promoting a piecemeal shopping for electronic textbooks, where students would only download and pay for relevant course content. Those at the conference also discussed tailoring degree requirements to the individuals’ academic

competency rather than broad curricular requirements.

Like any visionary agenda, the problems are less glamorous. While offering colleges classes at younger ages is promising, this plan fails to expand opportunities for those not yet prepared to do such work in high school. Moreover, studies show more students arrive ill-prepared to college, and so restructuring college degrees based on competency requirements would further aggravate the disadvantages for those not yet qualified. Not only would this phenomenon, known as tracking, become incentivized, but students would not be taking advantage of the full four years of high school.

This initial plan, while giving more exposure and student course hours to community colleges, seems at the same time to be discrediting their reputation.

By agreeing to serve as a one-year stepping stone to bigger Goliaths, Alamo College has dropped its slingshot and ensured that no one remembers the battle for community colleges. It does not take a scientist, or rather an information technologist, to see the main economic engine driving the cost reduction in this plan is the coursework at high school and the oneyear stand at community college. Not only are fouryear universities not contributing to the tuition goal, but legislators are ignoring that community colleges are a solution in search of a problem.

For our University, the main bullet-point to be taken from what was first loaded by Perry is that setting a goal of $10,000 or some other target will be outside the range of possibilities unless state governments are willing to back up their fighting words with action.

Until then, education policy analysts are merely shuffling decks, and if state legislators keep playing their political hands close to the chest without going all-in, the whole house of cards may collapse.

Editorial Cartoon by Peter Simonsen

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“It seems that Mr. Novack was arguing against making repeated apologies all the way up at the presidential level. His piece never once said that we should ignore mistakes as previous comments seem to indicate.

Acknowledge mistakes and punish those responsible, but don’t apologize over and over for a small mistake when a number of Afghan troops are responding by turning guns on their own Western advisers. Our ‘enemies,’ as Sam Novack seems to describe them, are the elements within the Taliban and other groups that actively try to incite people to violence and terror. I would hope that such people are the enemies of all free men, and not just Mr. Novack.”

“Joel Taubman,” responding to Kelsey Goodman’s Feb. 29 guest viewpoint, “Bend it like an ally”

Letters to the editor Bursting your bubble

I am writing in response to Emily Churchill’s Feb. 29 column, “Fairy-tale Charlottesville.” As much as I appreciate the flowery fairwords from a “first-year,” I have just a few objections to her fervent fairy-tale fantasy. To put it simply, the University is a diverse place. The pretty scenery and abundance of students wearing designer clothing may be important factors which draw some students to our University, but as a second-year graduate student I care much more about the large number of professors here who are both renowned researchers and wonderful educators.

As safe as parts of Charlottesville usually are — I usually see a “Crime Prevention” vehicle outside my neighborhood at night — it is misleading to say that “it appears completely safe to walk around Grounds alone, late at night.” There are certain areas around the University, especially around the Corner, which at certain times can be very dangerous if you are not careful.

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The University cannot just nod along to the Living Wage Campaign’s demands without listening

the University has refused to R. STRINE, I would like to respond take responsibility for the wages to the email you sent to paid by its contracted partners. the University community on the The University, however, directs evening of Feb. 29 attempting to contract hiring rates by setting a policy of lowest-bid reaffirm the UniCHRISTINA MCRORIE contracting, with versity’s “continGUEST VIEWPOINT no wage floor. It ued commitment is misleading to to improving salaries for all University employ- defend this state of affairs as unavoidable. As the example of ees.”

Firstly, you note, “Resources the City of Charlottesville has that fund our core missions are demonstrated, public entities in more constrained than ever.” I Virginia can require that conunderstand that the University tracted work carried out on its has many obligations, and a behalf be compensated at — or finite amount of resources. I do above — the rate which it has set not envy the difficult decisions for its direct employees.

A r e i n d i r e c t l y c o n t ra c t e d you and the Board of Visitors must make regarding how to employees not a valuable part of allocate funding. The “difficult the University community? Even position” you find yourselves recently, the administration’s in, however, in no way vitiates choice to downplay mention of the moral claim that University these employees in public stateemployees have upon University ments on compensation demonresources. Resources are always strates a lamentable failure to limited — this is a perennial fact recognize the integral contribuof history. It is, in fact, because of tion which these workers make this that budgets are inherently to University life. In light of this, moral documents: They accu- I appreciate what appears to be a rately reveal our priorities. Cur- move toward transparency, and rently, University budgets reveal I urge you to move quickly to a deplorable lack of respect for its gather the necessary information and report upon the labor condilowest paid, full-time employees.

Secondly, you write that “we tions of these employees.

Finally, you write that “we listen will begin to gather information on key contracting and trends, to and are considerate of others, which will help us better manage especially those affected by our and communicate to the Board of decisions.” I applaud this aspiraVisitors regarding our reliance on tion. Unfortunately, it appears contracted partners.” I commend the University has not listened this step, if by “on key contracting enough — at least not yet. It and trends” you mean to indicate cannot have escaped the adminthat the University will gather and istration’s attention that many publicize information regarding University employees struggle compensation and benefits paid to live on the insufficient wages to employees of contracted part- provided by the University’s conners such as Aramark. In the past, tracted partners. Indeed, the

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Living Wage Campaign at the University has spent the last 14 years announcing the moral urgency of this situation and petitioning for improved working conditions and compensation. The campaign’s hunger strike was an attempt to publicize the University’s shameful refusal to respond appropriately to these requests. Why has the University administration remained inactive in response to the campaign’s requests for genuine negotiation?

Mr. Strine, consideration alone is not enough to create the caring community President Sullivan envisions. Without action, listening becomes patronizing. Please act now to improve compensation for the University’s lowestpaid employees. I ask you this as a graduate student of this university and as a resident of Charlottesville’s historic Fifeville neighborhood on Prospect Avenue, where many University employees live. More importantly, I ask you this as a person of the Christian faith. Matthew 25:40 records the words of Jesus thus: “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

It seems obvious to me that the poorly compensated, full-time employees at the University are our brothers and sisters, even if they are often treated as the least among us.

Please do more than listen and consider. Please do everything you can to institute a living wage at this University.

PETER MOODY GSAS II

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Crime logs are important resources to check before entering any community regardless of how safe it looks.

I will not even get into the disparaging remarks Ms. Churchill makes about my undergraduate university Virginia Commonwealth University, and what she seems to suggest about members of the Richmond community. I will only say that stealing is wrong no matter how well-versed students are in the honor code.

And opening a lost backpack just might help you identify the owner and get it back to them sooner than otherwise.

Richmond, as well as Charlottesville, has a lot to offer in terms of arts, music and culture. It is up to students to go out and find it. Being able to discern what is of value in a particular area and being able to deal with unfamiliar circumstances sometimes are important life-skills which students even at the University can acquire. Your bubble is only as small as you make it.

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The Cavalier Daily’s continued coverage of the Living Wage Campaign is an example of how newspaper reporting should improve over time

G O O D m e a s u r e o f a it could have been better.

Early on, (“Student activists newspaper is how it c o v e r s a c o n t i n u i n g seek living wage,” Feb. 2) Carl story, particularly one which David Goette-Luciak, identified draws attention from lots of as a second-year College student and member out-of-town of the campaign, media. The TIM THORNTON declared, “To pay L i v i n g Wa g e OMBUDSMAN all of our workers Campaign has enough to meet been that kind of story for The Cavalier Daily. the basic cost of living would Even ESPN covered the issue require only one-tenth of one when Joseph Williams, a walk- percent of our annual budget.” on safety for the University’s Reporters are famously allergic football team, joined the cam- to math, but this claim needed paign’s hunger strike. That is to be checked. That would have a story the paper missed, but taken some time and research, The Cavalier Daily has hardly but it is better for students to ignored the Living Wage Cam- know whether speakers’ claims paign. The paper published at are accurate. People get away least a dozen columns and edi- with the most outrageous things torials on the issue in February. when they are allowed to build The Cavalier Daily also ran a their arguments on fuzzy or dozen news stories on the cam- nonexistent so-called facts. paign between the beginning of Claims based on actual facts which have been verified by a February and Spring Break.

Some online commentators disinterested party — a newsthink the Cavalier Daily is giving paper, for example — gain more the Living Wage Campaign too weight.

In the same story, graduate much coverage, but it is an important issue and one that’s student Emily Filler said the specific to the University, so it is lowest paid workers on Grounds the very definition of the kind of “are paid considerably below story The Cavalier Daily should the poverty line even if they cover better and more com- work 48 hours a week.” That pletely than any other media. cried out for context. Below The coverage has been good, but the poverty line for a family of

four or an individual? What is or university to go against the the poverty line? How much opinion of the Attorney Genmoney do those workers earn in eral’s office...” (“Strike enters 48 hours? How much of that do 12th day,” Feb. 29) when the Virginia Supreme Court was conthey take home? sidering a case O n Fe b . 8 , f o l k s c a m - “Every story published is in which the University was defypaigning for another opportunity to ing the attorney a living wage d e l i v e r e d a fill in details and answer general’s request for records. The petition to Uniquestions which were reporter should versity Presioverlooked before.” have asked Wood d e n t Te r e s a to explain that Sullivan advoapparent contracating a minimum wage of $11.44 per hour. diction.

In the same story, it is made At other times and in other places, protestors advocated a clear that the 2006 attorney $13 minimum hourly wage. That general’s opinion the University contradiction was not explained referenced as a reason it could until Feb. 27, when an article not require contractors to pay headlined “Living Wage: the a specific minimum wage is not campaign through the years,” really binding.

Attorney generals’ opinions explained that data from different years were used to reach the simply are not legally binding. different numbers. That should But in an addendum published online ­— something more pubhave happened sooner.

Protestors want the University lications should do with more to raise its own wages and to regularity — the current attorrequire contractors to do the ney general’s spokesman said, same. There is some argument “[T]he law is clear in this regard, about whether the University and no state agency can require can make contractors do that. a contractor pay a ‘living wage.’”

It was amusing to read Uni- Perhaps that is so, but he does versity spokeswoman Carol not say what section of the ComWood declare, “It is not normal monwealth’s code makes this procedure for a state college clear. A reporter should ask,

then do the reporting to see if he’s right.

Sullivan pointed out the discrepancy between the $11.44 wage called for in the petition and the $13 wage protestors called for at other times. She also pointed out that although Charlottesville officials backed the campaign and the City pays a living wage, 20 job categories listed on the city’s website have a starting wage only eight cents higher than the University’s minimum wage (“Administration, campaign still far apart on living wage,” Feb. 24). A reporter should have put that information in a story before Sullivan brought it up.

Deadlines and other pressures cause these sorts of oversights.

It is not a serious crime. It is doubtful any story will ever reveal every nuance of every side of such an issue. But the good news with this kind of story is it will go on for a while.

Every story published is another opportunity to fill in details and answer questions which were overlooked before.

Tim Thornton is the ombudsman for The Cavalier Daily.

He can be reached at ombud@cavalierdaily.com.

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Irrelevant issues should not distract students from the core values of the Living Wage Campaign

ULL DISCLOSURE: I am I thought it was juvenile or even a white, female, middle- unwarranted. I found myself c l a s s u n d e r g ra d u a t e more worried that the amount of student in the College. I was, and time and effort the participants’ always will be, a supporter of minds and bodies would be able to exert would be the Living Wage greatly diminished Campaign’s misEMILY LORANGER by fasting, and that sion. I have not GUEST VIEWPOINT the level of activbeen an active ism this campaign member in the campaign, nor had I participated requires would suffer.

As the strike and campaign in any large way in the hunger strike. I am not speaking for or unfolded, this had not been the as a representative of the cam- case. Listening to the comments paign. I love being a student of students and the stories of at the University and am so the strikers and workers, I realthankful for the opportunity to ized that my position was just study here. I value the work of as damaging to the campaign as all members of the community calling it irrational. I had forgotfrom the person who makes sure ten the best thing about humans there is toilet paper in the bath- is our ability to fight, survive room, to the nurses at Student and overcome. I had dismissed Health, to my professors and the validity of their concerns teaching assistants, to the deans and the urgent nature of the and President Sullivan. The situation because I doubted their climate and tone of the student strength and organizing power. community in response to recent The tactic may not be traditional events, however, is disappoint- nor make everyone comfortable, ing — our privilege has been but that does not detract from its made more visible and instead value — or more generally from of responding with the mindset the mission of the campaign. of working to change and make The members of the campaign our community a better place for had been extremely thoughtful everyone, we have responded by and conscientious in addressing waving these privileges like a the more problematic aspects flag under the guise of rational- of a hunger strike, especially in terms of health, duration and ity and educational superiority.

I will be the first to admit that sustainability. The beauty of the when the hunger strike began hunger strike was how it had I was conflicted about where it evolved into such a communal was going and its effectiveness effort — as strikers were physias a means of achieving the cam- cally unable to continue, new paign’s goals. It was not because strikers often joined. They have

the support of faculty, staff, stu- community are constantly being dents, community members and derailed by the administration outside organizations. They are and student body with argua wonderful example of what a ments about rationality, motive, legality, methods and timing. caring community can be.

The campaigners Ye t w h e n were not strikI heard my “This is not about the ing because they fellow stuadministration’s politics were irrational dents talkor the reputation of the or filled with ing about the campaign in University. Stop making it hatred toward the University. classes, at about those things. Stop They obviously meetings and talking and listen.” care deeply events, it was about this comnot about the m u n i t y. T h e y actual issues which the campaign was bring- were striking in solidarity with a ing to light. It was about how a vital part of the University comstupid hunger strike was, how munity which has been silenced small three dollars was, how the and ignored for many years. So campaign should better cater what this means is simple. This to their audience of the student is not about the students. This is body, and how the campaign’s not about the administration’s actions were unreasonable and politics or the reputation of the University. Stop making it about unfair to the University. those things. Stop talking and Pause. Say what?

So, what we are saying is that listen.

Listen to the worker’s testimothe campaign should take into consideration the demands of nies. Hear the stories of some privileged students, or only do of the strikers and what the whatever would make them strike meant to them or why comfortable? Or stop demanding they joined. You might learn a living wage merely because the that not everyone sitting in your University is suffering injustice classroom had the luxury and at the hands of twenty students stability of your own life. They had to fight like hell to get here hunger striking?

That does nothing to address or and I think we have lost sight of change the fundamental issues how amazingly strong they are the campaign raises. Issues for it. We can argue economics of social, racial and economic and politics all we want, but it inequality, how we value work, is at the expense of the workers, poverty and the University’s their families, the University role as a power structure in the community and Charlottesville

as a whole, and we have to stop denying that.

And then think.

As you write your rent check today, think about how difficult it would be to be paid minimum wage — or even $10 an hour — and write that check. Now add two kids and gas and car insurance — because housing close to Grounds is too expensive. Or bus fares if you cannot afford a car.

Do not forget about utilities and medical bills. Most of us are not facing that battle right now, and often the rent check is not even coming from our bank account.

Yes, I am aware students work and take out loans — I am one of them. Yet it is uncomfortable to imagine. We do not like to think about it, but we must. And we must have critical conversations about it. Otherwise, we will continue to take for granted the opportunities we are given and fail to see the struggles and amazing strength of those around us. That is what this is about.

The University can fight and work to find ways to pay a living wage. The University would still be a successful institution after implementing a living wage. The testimonies and spirit of both the strikers and workers have shown how strong and cohesive this community is and can be.

Stop doubting it.

Emily Loranger is a third year in the College.

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Few faults in these ‘Stars’ New young adult novel overcomes flaws with beautiful prose; treats heavy themes delicately by caroline gecker The Fault In Our Stars would be a troublesome novel if it were not so beautifully executed. While its characters — and I mean, every character — are contrived figures of fanboy fantasy, and any potential for narrative realism is completely lost with an ill-advised plot twist halfway through the book, I was more than happy to suspend my disbelief to keep enjoying the insightful lyricism of author John Green’s prose.

The Fault in Our Stars is Green’s fourth solo novel. Sixteen-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster is our narrator, and in the book’s opening pages we learn of her battle with thyroid cancer. Although she is in stable condition thanks to an experimental miracle drug called “Phalanxifor,” her projected lifespan is unknown, and she still thinks she’s dying. Her gloomy outlook changes when she meets Augustus Waters, a 17-year-old now in remission, whose osteostarcoma took most of his right leg.

Brought together by their diseases and their shared love for existentialist literature and lofty metaphors, the teens enjoy their unorthodox courtship. The fun of The Fault in Our Stars lies in the development of this relationship, during which

Hazel comes into her own, even as she is once again forced to question the relative brevity of her existence.

A No. 1 New York Times Bestseller heralded as a revelation by top critics and seemingly every literary blog in existence, The Fault In Our Stars has all the makings of an instant young adult classic — and yes, the movie rights have already been optioned. Even before the book’s Jan. 10 release, Green had already made a name for himself among the intellectual youth culture familiar with his previous novels. He also has more than one million Twitter followers and 600,000 YouTube subscribers, a growing mass of fans he affectionately deems “nerdfighters.”

As poignant and heartbreaking as Hazel and Augustus’ doomed love story is, they are by no means realistic characters. We would all love to believe people like them exist: introspective mini-philosophers with the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it wit of a Diablo Cody screenplay and the ravishing good looks that even advanced-stage terminal illnesses can’t conceal. Hazel certainly has

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a Manic Pixie Dream Girl vibe about her, and it’s no wonder old-soul Augustus is captivated by her quirky brand of sexuality. But, taken individually, these two are caricatures.

The fact that I simply did not care about the book’s unrealistic characterization speaks volumes about Green’s beautiful style, which can only be described as flawless. Sometimes grandiose — “My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.” — sometimes understated — “Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.” — the prose itself made me more than willing to overlook the lack of a relatable protagonist. There’s a refrigerator magnet waiting to happen on every page,

and I mean that in the best way possible.

With his penchant for spinning tearjerking tales of unrequited young love, I would call Green the Nicholas Sparks of the Juno generation, but that would be far too generous to Mr. Sparks. Both can pile on the melodrama, to be sure, but Green has an uncanny ability to make sense of the monumental unfairness of 16-yearolds dying of cancer with words of wisdom like, “What a slut time is. She screws everybody.” Black humor is difficult to pull off, and yet Green does it page after page with remarkable ease. I hate to dishonor the complexity of Green’s writing with a cliché, but I laughed, and I cried. And then I read it again. 3

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by andrew shachat Super Mash Bros. only do one thing — they make mash-ups. But what they do, they do phenomenally. Arguably the best mash-up artist out there (sorry Girl Talk), Super Mash Bros. have churned out consistently stellar mixtapes since 2008, and their newest project, Mile(y) High Club, stands out as their greatest achievement yet. Mixing hundreds of songs into just sixteens tracks, this latest project combines humorous clips and expertly mixed music into a sublime synchronicity of sound.

Super Mash Bros. know how to tell a joke. Even without ever speaking on any of their albums, they are masters of wordplay.

Even the group’s name is a clever spin on the world-famous N64 game Super Smash Bros.

Mile(y) High Club is loaded with humorous contrasts, where clips play off of each other to add another dynamic layer to the already enjoyable music. One song, for instance, begins with a clip of Buzz Lightyear stating, “There seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywhere,” only to immediately transition into Ke$ha’s “We R Who We R.” But the clip of a child saying “But dad, this is the best part” preceding a mix of Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” with Ratatat’s “Wildcat” was perhaps the highlight of the album. Super Mash Bros. rock both the beat and the funny bone.

Every track on the almost hourlong mixtape is brimming with brilliantly matched clips, and the project’s incredible cohesion rep-

resents no easy feat.

To create its mashups, the group has to choose the parts of songs it wants to use, make sure the samples are synced correctly to reflect tempo and pacing, and create a flow between those mixed clips so the changes sound not only natural, but enjoyable as well. On Mile(y) High Club, you can go from RENT and Micky Avalon to Lupe Fiasco and the Rugrats theme song, without the slightest sense of discord.

Furthermore, every track has a unique personality which reflects the sampled songs. Super Mash Bros. fuse virtually every genre of music imaginable into one non-stop hour of enjoyable hits.

From relaxing tracks which set an easygoing mood for small gatherings, to fast-paced, bass-thumping hits perfect for a rave, Super Mash Bros.’ Mile(y) High Club offers all the party music anyone could ever want.

There simply is no reason to exclude Mile(y) High Club from your party music library, especially since the mixtape is free.

Yeah, that’s right. Free. Super Mash Bros.’ three officially released mixtapes can all be downloaded gratis from the group’s official website.

So if mash-ups are foreign to you, I highly recommend you check out this album, as well as Super Mash Bros.’ earlier mixtapes, All About the Scrillions and F**k B****es, Get Euros. In the world of mash-ups, this group can do no wrong. 3

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by annie wilmer After almost a year and a half of waiting, Don Draper fans across the country finally get a fix of television’s favorite corporate mogul. Season five of AMC’s Mad Men opens March 25 with a special two-hour-long premiere event, which creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner describes as a “Mad Men movie.”

The show follows the tumultuous lives of 1960s-era Madison Avenue advertising men and their wives, mistresses, secretaries — well, you get the idea. The program’s businessmen drink during the workday, engage in extramarital relationships, and create scores of shallow advertisements, while the show’s female characters struggle to forge new paths for women during a time of social upheaval.

Promotional trailers for Season 5 proclaimed, “Style is back. Confidence is back. Debauchery is back. Lust is back.

Action is back. Don is back.” Needless to say, the Ad Men of Madison Avenue will return. At the end of Season 4, Don, played by Jon Hamm, had just proposed to his cute young secretary; Joan was pregnant with Roger’s baby; and Roger was conspiring to keep Joan’s pregnancy a secret.

For better or worse, the show’s creators have remained remarkably tight-lipped about the new storylines. Weiner is well known for protecting even the smallest plot tidbits from the spoiler-minded press, but he

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has indicated this season will be full of change and character development, as the glamorous men and women struggle to find stability in the midst of turmoil.

A recent promotional video teases viewers with the eventual return of Betty Draper (January Jones), Don’s icy yet glamorous ex-wife. Not to mention, lead actor Hamm directs a few of the episodes for the new season, so audiences can likely expect a more intimate portrayal of Don than we’ve seen in the past.

Unfortunately, fans enter this upcoming season knowing the show’s next season finale might also be one of its last. In 2011, Weiner talked about the ending of the show, but has recently indicated the program will end after it finishes its seventh season.

Weiner wants to close out the show with a modern-day Don Draper, 84 years old, looking back on his time in the 1960s and the decisions he has made in his life.

“I want to leave the show in a place where you have an idea of what it meant and how it’s related to you,” Weiner said. Although this decision will likely tie everything together all too neatly, the seasons so far have demonstrated nothing but artistic genius. If you feel the need to spend time with Don and the rest of the Mad Men clan before the March premier, all four seasons of the stellar show are available for streaming on Netflix. 3

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VIRGINIA EARNS NCAA BID

By Ashley Robertson and Matt Welsh

Cavalier Daily Editor and Associate Editor The Virginia men’s basketball team earned an NCAA bid yesterday for the first time since 2007.

The Cavaliers (22-9, 9-7)

received the No. 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament’s West Region and will play No. 7-seeded Florida (23-10, 10-6 SEC) Friday in Omaha, Neb. “I felt pretty good going in, but I could feel the nervous energy pulsing back and forth, and I think [the team was] really

excited to see it, hoping it would come up,” coach Tony Bennett said of watching the selection.

“Every time I’ve gotten to experience that, both as a player and coach, it’s been a great feeling, so we’re looking forward to that and preparing hard. Obviously, Florida’s a very good team.”

Virginia’s 22 regular season wins are its most since the 1983 Ralph Sampson-led Cavaliers tallied 25 victories. The team also finished with a winning conference record for the first time since the 2006-07 season.

Friday will mark the first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance

for Virginia’s three seniors — forward Mike Scott, guard Sammy Zeglinski and center Assane Sene — a class which suffered its share of losing seasons before turning around the program.

“I know that they’ve been Please see NCAA Bball, Page B3

Cavs crash out of ACC tourney Team goes toe-to-toe against Wolfpack; ACC tournament misery continues with 67-64 defeat

By Ashley Robertson and Matt Welsh

Cavalier Daily Editor and Associate Editor

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Senior forward Mike Scott — recently named first-team All-ACC — contributed a game-high 23 points and 10 boards but shot 10-of-23 against NC State. Sophomore forward C.J. Leslie led the Wolfpack with 19 points and 14 rebounds.

Virginia’s first ACC Tournament game followed a storyline eerily similar to its biggest conference contests this season. Against North Carolina, at Duke and a week ago against Florida State, the Cavaliers hung with their top-tier opponents but could never land a knockout blow and lost each game by three points.

The No. 4-seeded Cavaliers men’s basketball team faced another big stage and another big opportunity Friday at Philips Arena. Ultimately, Virginia suffered another big miss, falling 67-64 to No. 5-seeded N.C. State.

“You definitely want to beat the best teams in the league, but we couldn’t do that this year and we couldn’t even beat N.C. State,” senior forward Mike Scott said.

Virginia trailed 60-58 with three minutes left after a big bucket by Scott, who combined with sophomore guard Joe Harris to hit four clutch free throws thereafter. The Cavaliers’ charity stripe success contrasted sharply with N.C. State’s woeful 5-of-10 free throw performance during the same span. But Virginia misfired on two late three-point attempts, which would have tied the game.

Sophomore forward C.J. Leslie made just one-of-two free throws for a 63-60 N.C. State advantage with 2 minutes 2 seconds remaining, but junior guard Jontel Evans short-armed a rare three-point effort from the corner.

“I was wide open,” Evans said.

“They always say you miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take. I was wide open, I felt

like it was a good shot, I just missed... Now thinking about it, I should have probably done a one-dribble pull-up or just bring it back out and get it to a better shooter.”

The Cavaliers caught a break when their next three fouls yielded just two Wolfpack points from the line, and Harris converted his own two free throws to trim the lead to 64-62 with 25 seconds left. After junior forward Scott Wood split his pair at the line, the Cavaliers needed a deep ball, but Harris could not sink his three with 11 seconds remaining, and N.C. State sealed the victory with two free throws.

“That last look I had my eyes on the rim, I felt like I had my feet set and had a really good look at the rim, but I unfortunately left it a little bit short,” Harris said. “It was a broken play... but I felt like I had a real clean look at it.”

Virginia’s shooters could certainly be forgiven for lacking the legs needed to drain deep threes in crunch time. Anchoring a depth-starved squad, the Cavalier starters rested for just 13 minutes combined — playing an average of 37.4 minutes each — and received next to no help from their beleaguered bench, which finished scoreless for the second straight game.

An energized N.C. State, meanwhile, entered the matchup desperate for a win to keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive and played with a noticeable urgency. The Cavaliers jumped out to a 9-3 lead, but a hungry Wolfpack team pounced on sloppy passes and converted Virginia’s turnovers into easy baskets for a 14-0 run.

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Seminoles defeat Miami, earn first title

Florida State upsets top two seeds; Duke, North Carolina’s missed last-second heaves allow squad’s narrow escape

By Ashley Robertson and Matt Welsh

Cavalier Daily Editor and Associate Editor ATLANTA — Florida State’s first championship capped a classic ACC Tournament featuring burst bubbles, final Selection Sunday statements and

last-second drama: Quarterfinals: Florida State 82, Miami 71 Sitting on the wrong side of the NCAA Tournament bubble, Miami needed to upend thirdseeded Florida State to make its case for March Madness. Before Friday’s quarterfinal match-up, however, Miami announced

it would have to pull off the upset without its leading scorer, junior guard Durand Scott.

The NCAA suspended Scott indefinitely for receiving impermissible benefits. Without its go-to scorer, Miami lacked the firepower to keep pace with the Seminoles and ultimately fell 82-71.

“We’ve been in that type of situation before,” senior guard Malcolm Grant said of Scott’s absence. “We told [Scott] that we had his back, and we would go out and play our hardest for him.”

Grant nearly compensated for Scott’s absence by scoring 19 points, and the Hurricanes man-

aged to cut a 10-point secondhalf deficit to just a 62-59 lead for Florida State. The Seminoles, however, hit 16-of-18 free throw attempts during the remaining five minutes to withstand the Hurricanes, who missed the NCAA Tournament.

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Matmen nab second place Terps earn second straight conference title; Cavaliers win three weight classes

By Zack Bartee

Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Three Virginia wrestlers won individual titles during the ACC Wrestling Championships at North Carolina’s Carmichael Arena, helping the No. 20 Cavaliers to a second-place showing as No. 17 Maryland claimed its second consecutive conference title.

After capturing the ACC crown last year in Charlottesville, the Terrapins won their fourth title in five years with 83 team points.

Maryland had seven finalists

and four individual champions.

Virginia finished with 73.5 points while No. 22 Virginia Tech followed closely behind in third place with 70.5.

Although Virginia boasted five NCAA Tournament automatic qualifiers and three champions — No. 11 redshirt junior Matt Snyder, No. 7 redshirt senior Nick Nelson and No. 12 redshirt sophomore Jon Fausey — the runner-up performance was largely viewed as a disappointment by the tournament favorites.

“I thought our preparation

coming into the week was the best it’d been all year,” Snyder said. “I honestly can’t tell you what happened. I don’t know.

We came here to be ACC champions, and I think maybe it got to us too much.”

All 10 Virginia wrestlers advanced to the semifinals, as six Cavaliers had first-round byes and the other four won their first round matches. But, the Cavaliers encountered trouble in the semifinals, losing seven of 10 matches and suffering three Please see Wrestling, Page B3

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No. 11 redshirt junior Matt Snyder won the 125-pound weight class at last week’s ACC Championship meet to pick up his first career conference title.

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CALENDAR Events this week MONDAY3 MONDAY Arts Madness Presents: Habibi Rasak Kharban Movie Screening // free // 6pm // Maury 209

TUESDAY Arts Madness Presents: Midterm Study Break // free // 2pm // U.Va. Art Museum Arts Madness Presents: Inedible Jewelry short course // free // 8pm // Limited Availability – register online

WEDNESDAY Arts Madness Presents: Arts Resume Workshop w/ UCS // free // register online // Newcomb Main Lounge Arts Madness Presents: UCS Arts Career Fair // free // 11:30am // Newcomb Ballroom // free // 10pm

THURSDAY Parachute w/ Honor By August and Carleigh Nesbit // $18 adv, $20 doors // 6:30pm // The Jefferson Arts Madness Presents: Behind the Scenes feat. Shakespeare on the Lawn, Opera Viva, First Year Players // free // 7:00

FRIDAY Gomez – The Quinceañera Tour w/ Hey Rosetta! // $18 adv, $20 door // doors open at 8pm // The Jefferson Arts Madness Presents: The Sing Off feat.

Hoos in Treble, New Dominions, The Virginia Gentlemen and Remix // free // 7pm // Chemistry Auditorium

SATURDAY Arts Madness Presents: VAS Film Festival // free // 6pm // Minor 125

SUNDAY Arts Madness Presents: So You Think You Can Dance feat. Irish Dance Club, Disturbance Dance Crew, Virginia Dance Company, AXAdeMIX, Step It Up, and Salsa Club // free // 7pm // Ern Commons

This is madness: the arts invade grounds University organizations unite to spread arts awareness, appreciation with weeklong program by rachel lim Move aside, March Madness — Arts Madness is here. From today to March 20, expect the arts craze to take over during the University’s first annual arts week. This mega-event is a result of the combined efforts of Student Council, the University Programs Council, College Council and the Vice Provost for the Arts Office.

“Raising the awareness of art on Grounds is important not only because it has been neglected in the past, but also because it plays so well off of other endeavors at the University,” said Kelsey Petrie, a member of the Student Council Student Arts Committee. “Visual culture and expression cannot be separated from the sciences, from engineering, and from student life and academia in general because it is, at its core, deeply and irrevocably a result of and influenced by this whole.”

The week features a diverse program of events which cover all the bases of the University arts network, including an a capella group sing-off, a dance showcase and a stage-fighting group lesson.

And the best part? Everything’s free. If this all seems a bit overwhelming, have no fear: tableau highlights some of the events you can’t miss. The full calendar of events is available on the Arts Madness Facebook Page or website: http://www.virginia.edu/arts/artsmadness.

Habibi Rasak Kharban Movie Screening Arts Madness’ opening event features a screening of criticallyacclaimed film Habibi Rasak Kharban, directed by U.Va. alumna Susan Youssef. A story of forbidden love set in the West Bank and Gaza, Habibi recently completed an incredibly successful film festival circuit, including screenings at the Venice, Toronto, Busan and Miami International Film Festivals. Youssef will be available after the screening to discuss her film and answer questions. She will also be the keynote speaker at Tuesday’s Arts Rotunda Dinner, during which she will focus on the arts’ applicability to the real world.

Habibi screens today 6 p.m. in Maury 209.

Short Courses The two short courses offered during Arts Madness add a splash of whimsy to the week’s lineup: If you’ve ever wanted to make jewelry or learn cold glass fusion techniques, you’re in luck. Hosted by two local organizations, Inedible Jewelry and Glass Palette, these short courses present a fun chance to learn a new skill, as well as engage with the Charlottesville community.

Inedible Jewelry offers the opportunity to sculpt polymer clay into tiny pieces which you can bake and wear. The Glass Palette short course will teach you to manipulate glass into jewelry, picture frames, bowls or anything else you can imagine. The courses are first-come, first-served, so sign up soon at the Arts Madness website.

Inedible Jewelry’s short course is tomorrow 8 p.m. in the Newcomb Gallery.

Glass Palette’s short course will be held Thursday, March 15 at 5 p.m. in the Glass Palette studio.

Arts Career Fair and Resume Workshop For those of you still hunting for jobs or internships, take note: This Wednesday, the Arts Career Fair brings nearly 40 different arts employers to Grounds. Participating organizations come from all over the central Virginia area, and represent a variety of artistic organizations, ranging from drama to music to art. The fair will help students — and their parents — recognize that Arts Madness, and arts in general, are valuable to society, said Student Council committee member

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parachute w/ honor by august and carleigh nesbit [thurs. 15 - the jefferson] Come to the downtown mall and see up-andcoming Charlottesville pop-rockers Parachute at The Jefferson Theater Thursday. These alumni will not disappoint. Make sure to come early for the harmonic vocal styling of all-American third-year Carleigh Nesbit.

arts madness presents: the sing off [fri. 16 - chemistry auditorium] Ever watch NBC’s The Sing-Off and wish you could recreate the same experience with a cappella groups you actually know? Now you can! Arts Madness is gathering some of the best a cappella groups the University has to offer and pitting them against each other just like in NBC’s hit show. Expect great performances from Hoos in Treble, New Dominions, The Virginia Gentlemen, and Remix. If you love a cappella, this is a must-see event!

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“As students of the arts, our parents often ask what in the world we are going to do with an arts degree,” she said in an email. “The fair showcases just how many options there are! We also hope that this event will serve a dual purpose: publicity and advertising for local arts organizations, but also potential internship and volunteer opportunities for undergraduate students.”

Participating organizations include Red Light Management, Monticello, the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and the Virginia Film Festival. The fair will be preceded by a Resume Workshop hosted

by University Career Services.

The Arts Career Fair will be Wednesday, March 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Newcomb Ballroom. The UCS Resume Workshop will be on the same day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Newcomb Main Lounge.

Student Art Show and Student Arts Auction While studying for midterms, you’ve probably noticed the artwork that’s gone up on walls and stairwells in Clemons Library. More than 40 pieces of art, all student-made, were selected by a committee to be displayed in the library.

“The main goal was to make art visible to students beyond Arts Grounds,” Petrie said. “We wanted students from all walks of life to be able to benefit from it, and what better place is there to do that than in a library?”

In the closing event of Arts Madness, the pieces will be sold in a real, professional art auction designed to raise awareness of student artists. This classy affair will bring together local art VIPs, catered food and a top-notch host — Vernon Powell from Harlowe-Powell Auction House. All proceeds go to the artists themselves.

Artwork will be on display in Clemons until March 20, when the Student Art Auction will be held 7 p.m. in the Newcomb Ballroom. 

This Week in Arts History:

March 12, 1987: Les Miserables hits Broadway Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Les Miserables opened at the Broadway Theatre in New York City March 12, 1987. Based on the 1862 novel by Victor Hugo, this musical sensation ran for sixteen years, ending its New York reign in 2003.

Set in France in the early 1800s, the musical focuses on the story of Jean Valjean, an ex-convict who attempts to run a small town, raise a child and repeatedly evade the clutches of the sinister Inspector Javert.

The play’s story deals with heavy themes, such as redemption, romance and familial love. To a lesser extent, though, the show also highlights the class conflicts and revolutionary politics of the day.

The first year it opened, ‘Les Mis’ was nominated for twelve Tonys and won eight of them, making it one of the most critically-acclaimed musicals in Broadway history. It also stands as the third longest-running musical on Broadway, surpassed only

by Cats and The Phantom of the Opera.

If you’ve never had the privilege to see it, you can still find an original cast recording. Buy one of the Anniversary Edition DVD performances or check out the upcoming release of Tom Hooper’s film adaptation of the show.

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NCAA Bball | Cavaliers to play formidable Florida Continued from page B1 through a lot of certainly tough losses, a lot of losing close games, [but] they’ve improved every year,” Bennett said. “To be able to go out now and say we got ourselves into the NCAA Tournament, I think they’ll always remember that selection show. Not leaving it there, I want them to play well, but it’s something they’re going to remember, that they left [the program] in a good place.”

The Cavaliers finished fourth in the ACC but had no guarantees on Selection Sunday following their 67-64 loss to N.C. State Friday in the quarterfinal of the ACC tour-

nament. Virginia’s three-point loss characterized a season in which the team repeatedly fell just short of a marquee conference win. The selection committee, however, ultimately valued a résumé which featured steady play against a demanding conference schedule and no ugly losses.

“Throughout the season I feel like we have some really quality wins, and even in some of our losses, I think people have recognized the quality of basketball that we play,” sophomore guard Joe Harris said after the ACC Tournament. “I think [we’re] NCAA Tournament-worthy.”

N.C. State’s upset of Virginia

helped push the Wolfpack into the final field as an 11-seed where it joins the Cavaliers, No. 1-seeded North Carolina, No. 2-seeded Duke and No. 3-seeded Florida State as the ACC’s five tournament representatives.

No. 22-ranked Florida brings a storied legacy of tournament success under coach Billy Donovan to CenturyLink Center against Virginia. While the Cavaliers have appeared in just three NCAA Tournaments since 2000, Donovan has guided the Gators to 11 appearances and three NCAA Tournament finals — winning two back-to-back in 2006 and 2007 — during the same period.

Florida won seven of its first eight conference games this year before dropping four of its last five games, the latest a 74-71 defeat against top-ranked Kentucky in the SEC Tournament semifinals.

The Gators boast five players averaging double digits in scoring and are led by junior guard Kenny Boynton and freshman guard Bradley Beal, two All-SEC first-team members averaging 16.3 and 14.6 points per game, respectively.

“You know that if you’re a 10-seed you’re going to play a very good team, and they’re from a power conference,” Bennett said.

“I know they just played Kentucky

very close in their tournament, and you hope that the ACC prepares us for this.”

Regardless of the result against Florida, however, Bennett recognizes the significance of simply gaining entry into the NCAA frenzy for a fan base starving for March Madness action.

“It’s a great step to get into the NCAA Tournament,” Bennett said.

“It’s been truly infrequent, and hopefully, we can make that consistent... For the guys that have been in the program and have fought hard, I’m pleased for them, and I think it’s an important step in our process to get consistently good.”

ACC Quarters | Mitchell’s efforts keep Cavaliers close Continued from page B1 half was uncharacteristic of us, just forcing things offensively, turning the ball over and not doing a good enough job of transition defense,” Harris said. “We didn’t really match their energy in the beginning of the game.”

During that stretch, Leslie posted 10 points and 5 rebounds while shooting a flawless 5-of-5 from the field. The 6-foot-8 forward scored 18 points against the Cavaliers at Raleigh and only improved in Atlanta, finishing with 19 points on 9-of-11 shooting and 11 boards. Since 7-foot

senior center Assane Sene’s Jan. 23 ankle injury, an undersized Virginia has struggled to defend the ACC’s more powerful big men.

Bennett announced March 5 that Sene will not return this season regardless of his health because he violated team rules.

“Losing Assane makes us thin inside and [the Wolfpack] have some length that we don’t have in there,” senior guard Sammy Zeglinski said. “They’re pretty physical, so they wanted to make an emphasis on getting the ball inside and that’s what they did.

C.J. Leslie did a good job of

converting and played a good game.”

Without Sene, sophomore forward Akil Mitchell has slid into a starter’s role, and he helped Virginia slowly battle back from its early 17-9 deficit. Mitchell played aggressively on the boards, finishing the first half with eight points and ending the game with a career-best 12 rebounds.

Scott “draws so much attention offensively that Akil capitalized on,” Bennett said. “Whether it was a drive to the lane or getting on the offensive glass, that’s the stuff Akil has the physical tools to do, and when he decides he’s

going to battle and make those plays, it helps us out a lot.”

With Mitchell’s effort, the Cavaliers briefly pulled ahead 33-32, but NC State closed the half with a four-point play to regain a 3-point advantage. During the second half, Virginia constantly threatened the Wolfpack but could never grab a lead. Scott finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds and Harris added 18 points, but neither could hit the crucial final shot to advance to the semifinal stage.

Instead, the Cavaliers continued a stretch which has seen them lose 18 of their last 22 ACC

Tournament games, including 12 consecutive ACC quarterfinal contests.

Despite its disappointing ACC Tournament performance, Virginia can take consolation in its first NCAA Tournament bid since 2007. The Cavaliers learned last night they earned the No. 10 seed in the West Region and have a chance to erase memories of last Friday’s loss with a win against Florida Friday.

“I’m very thankful,” Bennett said. “But I realize we’re going to have to play some good basketball to have a chance to advance.”

ACC Bball | N.C. State punches ticket; Miami’s bubble bursts Continued from page B1 Semifinals: North Carolina 69, N.C. State 67 N.C. State also knew it needed an impressive showing before Selection Sunday and fought North Carolina fiercely during Saturday’s semifinal action. Tar Heel sophomore guard Kendall Marshall spoiled the Wolfpack’s run, however, by banking in a game-winner with 10.2 seconds left for 69-67 win.

As he pulled up for his final shot, Marshall knocked down junior forward Richard Howell, but no whistle blew for a charge.

“I feel like in basketball in that situation, they’re not going to call a ticky-tacky foul,” Marshall said.

“We just wanted to get something going toward the rim. And thankfully enough, I was able to get it up on the backboard and it went in.”

The no-call was notable during a game in which both teams’ top players fouled out. North Carolina’s senior forward Tyler Zeller dropped 23 points and nine rebounds before committing his fifth foul with 1 minute 8 seconds

to play.

For the Wolfpack, the officiating proved even more devastating.

Tar Heels junior forward John Henson missed the game with a wrist injury, and without him, North Carolina had no answer for sophomore forward C.J Leslie inside. Leslie tallied 22 points and 7 rebounds, but he picked up three fouls in less than two minutes and exited the game with 8:03 remaining.

Despite the defeat, the Wolfpack’s near-win still proved sufficient to warrant NCAA Tournament selection.

“We had to overcome a lot of foul trouble [and] we had to fight through a lot of different things in the game, but our kids never quit,” N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried said. “We’ve come a long way and we have gotten a lot better.”

—— Florida State 62, Duke 59 With 0.6 seconds on the clock, Duke nearly achieved the impossible.

Blue Devil fans began filing out of Philips Arena after Duke missed its tying three-point attempt with six seconds remaining. But senior

guard Jeff Peterson could not heave Florida State’s inbound passes past Duke’s defense, allowing junior guard Seth Curry to snatch the ball and throw up a half-court prayer which appeared to track toward the basket. Duke’s last hope rattled off the rim, however, and a 62-59 loss ended its hope for a third straight ACC Tournament championship.

“Jeff doesn’t have quite the quarterbacking skills that some of us would like,” senior Florida State guard Luke Loucks said. “All of a sudden, Curry has the ball shooting a pretty nice look from halfcourt. It was like the longest three seconds of my life, and I thought it was going in as soon as he released it. But fortunately for our team it didn’t, and we won the game.”

Florida State led by as many as 10 during the second half but needed some last-minute heroics from Loucks to survive a late Duke charge. The Seminoles’ point guard sank two crucial free throws with 1:00 remaining and then buried a deep two with 11 seconds left to give Florida State its final advantage.

Loucks’ clutch shots preserved

a strong individual effort from Florida State junior guard Michael Snaer, who finished with 16 points and six assists, earning Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s praise as “the best competitor in our league.”

ACC Finals: Florida State 85, North Carolina 82 For the second time in 24 hours, Florida State’s players, coaches and fans felt their hearts flutter as an opponent’s desperation threepointer sailed through the air, seemingly on target. After senior guard Deividas Dulkys drained two clutch free throws with less than four seconds left, North Carolina had the ball at midcourt and needed a trey to tie. Freshman guard P.J. Hairston’s deep heave did not drop though, and the Seminoles survived a furious Tar Heel rally to win their first ACC Tournament title, 85-82.

“We knew, obviously, they were going to get a three-point shot off down three,” Loucks said. “I felt like I had a decent contest, and he had a tough shot to shoot from that far out, and luckily for us he didn’t make it.”

Florida State led 49-40 at halftime thanks to its sharpshooting backcourt trio — which combined to score 44 points — and extended that edge to 14 with 14:37 remaining. Then Hairston caught fire and poured in all 13 of his points as the Tar Heels trimmed the lead to one with 32 seconds left.

Trailing 83-82, Marshall missed a three which would have given his team the lead with 10 seconds remaining before Hairston’s last gasp effort to force overtime.

Snaer led Florida State with 18 points and earned MVP honors for the tournament, which provided the perfect platform for the Seminoles to announce their ascent to inclusion among the conference’s upper echelon.

“A couple of years ago coach [Hamilton] brought us in here and said, ‘You can really change the culture of Florida State basketball,’” Loucks said. “We’re stepping in the right direction of doing that, making our mark that we’re not just some random team from Florida, that we’re in the thick of things every year. I think now we can finally get a little bit of respect from the conference.”

Wrestling | Semifinal struggles cost Virginia championship win Continued from page B1 upset losses.

“We had a really bad round in the semis,” Virginia coach Steve Garland said. “Everything that could’ve went wrong went wrong. But our guys came back and we had some great performances in the wrestle-backs.”

Maryland freshman Geoffrey Alexander upset second-seeded redshirt senior Matt Nelson 5-1 in his first ACC Tournament.

Nelson wrestled back to achieve third place and earn an automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA Tournament in St. Louis.

Another upset came at the 149pound weight class where NC State sophomore Matt Nereim pinned top-seeded sophomore Gus Sako in 1 minute 3 seconds.

Sako also wrestled back to take third but did not automatically qualify for the national champi-

onships. Sako later received an at-large bid to compete in the NCAA tournament.

“People who aren’t wrestlers don’t realize how hard it is to come back and actually wrestle back,” Garland said. “Even that word makes wrestlers sick to their stomachs so you’re always proud of your guys when they suck it up and come back to take third.”

Maryland senior Kyle John upset second-seeded redshirt junior Jedd Moore in a hardfought 9-2 bout. NC State redshirt senior Colton Palmer pinned Moore in 1:46 in his first match in the consolation bracket. An NCAA qualifier in 2009, Moore didn’t score any points for the team in a disappointing showing.

A bright spot for Virginia came in the heavyweight bracket.

Freshman Ethan Hayes stepped

up to take third place at the event, after Redshirt freshman Derek Papagianopoulos sustained an injury in practice just days before the ACC Tournament, “I’m so proud of Ethan,” Garland said. “He found out two days before the tournament that he was wrestling, and he comes out and wins three matches to take third.”

Senior Ryan Malo also claimed third place at the 197-pound weight class while freshman Vinny Waldhauser took fourth place in his first ACC Tournament. Malo led top-seeded Maryland redshirt sophomore Christian Boley in the third period of the semifinals but ended up falling 5-3.

Virginia’s final automatic qualifier came at the 165-pound weight class where redshirt freshman Nick Sulzer wrestled back to

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The Cavaliers swept their final bouts, a significant improvement after losing all four title matches last year.

Snyder won his title match in a 3-1 decision against Maryland sophomore Shane Gentry, after pinning NC State freshman Coltin Fought in 2:08 during the semifinals. Snyder was a twotime ACC runner-up in both 2010 and 2011.

“This was my third time in the finals and I came up short the past two times,” Snyder said. “It’s just good to get the weight off of my shoulders.”

Nick Nelson took home the ACC title at the 141-pound weight class, stealing a thrilling 3-2

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match against NC State redshirt senior Darrius Little in two tiebreaker periods. Little gave Nelson a scare in the second tiebreaker period, but Nelson managed to hold on as Little tried to scramble for an escape which would have forced a third tiebreaker.

“After that last match everyone keeps asking me, ‘What’d you do? What were you thinking?’”

Nelson said. “I don’t know what I did. I just got lost in wrestling.”

Fausey scored an 18-2 technical fall against NC State freshman Robert O’Neill on his way to the finals. Fausey went on defeat North Carolina redshirt senior Thomas Ferguson 4-1.

Six Cavalier wrestlers — Snyder, Matt and Nick Nelson, Sako, Sulzer and Fausey — will take the mat at the NCAA Wrestling Championships at St. Louis beginning Thursday.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Something will take over when you need it most. Maybe it’s a survival instinct, or maybe it’s help from on high. It doesn’t matter what you call this help; you’ll appreciate it all the same.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You will be the purveyor of good taste among your crowd this weekend. Take the responsibility seriously.

Show the others what they need to do in order to lift the level of artistry and excellence.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your wisdom will kick in before you waste time chasing or striving for something meaningless. It doesn’t matter how you rate against the next person.

You’ll surpass yourself, and this will be an amazingly satisfying feat.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Mothers of toddlers fully appreciate what it takes to get another (often belligerent) person where they need to be, dressed and ready at the expected time. You’ll be in a similar position to the toddler moms now.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll make like an actor now and stretch into the role in which you’ve been cast. You might think of this as an honor, a challenge or a pain. It is likely that all three will fit in some way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your commitment to family means that you are sometimes interrupted by events that are only important to the person experiencing them.

Outsiders couldn’t care less. It will feel good to know that you are on the inside.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You will be susceptible to a fever of impulsivity. Make only thoughtful decisions. If you feel yourself acting rashly, consider that you may feel differently when a few hours or days have passed.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). So many ideas out there in the world, and everyone seems to want to share with you. But you have your own ideas, don’t you? And you’re so independent today that you just may close your ears to the rest.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re a hard worker, but you’re an even harder player. It’s what you do during off hours that will have the most impact. There’s a way to behave responsibly and still follow the call of your wild soul.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your gifts are hard to define. But they are real, and that’s something you shouldn’t doubt. Explore them instead. Enjoy the gift of you. It’s something that is sorely needed in this world.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You have your own peculiar sense of timing. You’ll feel the hand of fate at your back, but you won’t budge. You refuse to be rushed by anyone, including the larger forces like weather and destiny.

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 12). Your friends and ancestors are helping you this year. If you don’t believe that the unseen forces can assist your destiny, you’ll change your mind by April. June will bring an exciting twist to your personal life. Your interests broaden, and your good luck doubles. Professional moves lead to location changes. Cancer and Aquarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 20, 33, 1 and 28.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). People need to be given credit for what they have contributed to your life. No matter how small an effort it might have been, it may be large in their minds, and they are expecting a nod.

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Warm winter brings insects Early spring harms honeybees, increases numbers of pests; extermination companies see profits rise

By Darryl Fears The Washington Post

Courtesy Randall Elley

German-Americans celebrate heritage

A band plays for Oktoberfest in Austin in 2010, when more than half of all U.S. counties contained a plurality of people who describe themselves as German-American. The number of German-Americans rose by 6 million during the last decade to 49.8 million, almost as much as the nation’s 50.5 million Hispanics.

Pres. vows tight borders Sarkozy engages French nationalist voters, promises immigration control

By Edward Cody The Washington Post

President Nicolas Sarkozy, running from behind for reelection, pledged yesterday to pull France out of Europe’s 25-nation visa-free zone unless border controls are tightened to prevent illegal immigrants from sneaking in to find jobs.

The pledge, at a boisterous rally with 80,000 supporters in a Paris suburb, marked the latest in a series of campaign promises designed to appeal to conservative and nationalistic French voters by choking off

long-controversial legal and illegal immigration into France.

It was part of a no-holdsbarred effort by Sarkozy to raise his standing with voters before the two-round ballot scheduled for April 22 and May 6. The president, finishing a first five-year term, has been running steadily behind his main adversary, Francois Hollande of the Socialist Party, in months of polling, leading his followers to worry out loud that he could lose.

In the pressure cooker of the campaign, immigration repeatedly has flared as an emotional issue in a country already

uncomfortable with more than 5 million Muslims — many are French citizens, others fresh arrivals — who live here legally or under the radar and are increasingly visible in a society deeply rooted in Christian tradition.

The latest flareup involved halal meat, or meat prepared according to Islamic tradition.

The far-right National Front candidate, Marine Le Pen, attracted attention by saying it was being widely sold to unknowing French families.

Sarkozy at first dismissed the claim as frivolous.

The eerily warm winter across the nation might soon get creepy.

Awakened from hibernation underground, in rotting wood and the cracks of your house, bugs are on the rise. Ants, termites, mosquitoes, ladybugs and ticks are up early and looking for breakfast.

Orkin, the pest control company, recently said its agents nationwide are reporting a 30 percent increase in calls to treat ant infestations compared with this time last year. Termite swarms do not normally show up until the end of March, but Orkin received 85 termite-control calls in February.

An Orkin branch in Maryland has already responded to mosquito sightings this year. And the National Pest Management Association issued an early warning of ticks, possibly carrying Lyme disease, lurking in back yards.

County agricultural extension agents across the country are sending out bug alerts to farmers.

“These things are cold-blooded,” said Mike Raupp, a professor of entomology at the University of Maryland. “Whenever we have a warm winter, they’re going to be out earlier. How do you stop them? You pray for cold weather.”

A mild winter is not great for all bugs, including some highly beneficial insects. Some were up and about when they should have

been idle and hibernating, burning less energy, experts say. When this happens, they gobble the food they stored for the winter and emerge into a world where food is scarce. Many starve.

Honeybees are a perfect example. Beekeepers say the insect was probably more active this winter, one of the warmest on record.

Several beekeepers said they put sugar water or water mixed with syrup near their hives, worried that queens became active in warm weather and started pumping out thousands of eggs a day.

The situation is more dire because, in much of the country, there was little snow and rain this winter. That means spring flowers may not produce the quantities of nectar needed to feed the workers and the young, and colonies will be more dependent on depleted stores of honey, pollen and water.

“I’m personally concerned that if we don’t get moisture, and have a dry year like we did last year, or even worse, it could be real interesting,” said Brian Royal, owner of Royal Bee Supply in Norman, Okla. “We need some rain. If everything’s dried up, they can’t run down to the local McDonald’s and get something.

They’re just out of luck.”

Bee populations, especially colonies of wild bees, are already in trouble, having been devastated by a mysterious parasite.

Weather-related stresses make a bad situation worse.

Republican primary race slows to crawl Super Tuesday marks last primary day involving more than five states; March may unsettle Romney campaign; April looks better

By Chris Cillizza The Washington Post

The 2012 Republican presidential race began as a sprint, slowed to a walk and now has transformed itself into a grinding crawl that could last for months more.

The rapid pace that dominated the race’s first few votes in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina — all of which cast ballots within 18 days of each other in January — is a thing of the past.

A bonanza of delegates all up for grabs on a single day — as we saw when 10 states handed out more than 400 delegates on

Super Tuesday — is no more.

(There’s no single day when more than five states vote between now and the end of June.)

What’s taken the place of those big moments? A series of isolated and individual votes in which former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum look to claim tactical victories while failing to score the sort of strategic win that would end the race.

Saturday was a perfect example. According to a delegate count provided by the Romney campaign, the former Massachusetts governor won 38 delegates, thanks to victories in Guam and

the Northern Mariana Islands.

Santorum won 34 delegates — 33 of them coming in his sweeping victory in the Kansas caucuses.

Both sides, naturally, declared victory, although all Saturday did was affirm the new reality of the Republican race: It’s going to be nasty, brutish and very likely long. At the end of the weekend, Romney stood at 454 delegates to Santorum’s 217 — neither one even halfway to the 1,144 needed to become the Republican nominee.

I am nothing if not a political realist, however, so with the crawl phase of the campaign officially upon us, here’s a look — by

month — of how the remaining states of the Republican presidential race are likely to play out.

March: Weeks before the Super Tuesday votes, Romney allies fretted privately that if he didn’t wrap up the nomination March 6, the rest of the month looked downright desultory for his chances. And they were right.

Santorum swamped Romney in Kansas, and it’s difficult to see Romney winning either Alabama or Mississippi — though he has a better chance in the latter than the former — on Tuesday. Romney’s best hope Tuesday may be that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich can eke out a win in one

of the two Southern states. The rest of the month is no better for Romney. Illinois, once considered a firewall state for him, now looks to be genuinely competitive, with a new Chicago Tribune/ WGN-TV poll showing Romney with a narrow four-point lead over Santorum.

April: If Romney can weather March, April looks to be his best month in the race — including January and February. There are only two Tuesdays on which votes will be cast. The first, April 3, includes Maryland, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia, all three of which should favor Romney to differing degrees.

Soldier kills 16 civilians American staff sergeant allegedly shoots non-combatants in Afghan village

By Ernesto Londono The Washington Post

An American soldier wandered outside his base in a remote southern Afghan village shortly before dawn yesterday and allegedly opened fire on civilians inside homes, killing at least 16, Afghan and U.S. officials said.

The attack marked perhaps the grisliest act by a U.S. soldier in the decade-long Afghan war and seemed all but certain to stoke anti-American anger in a crucial battleground as foreign troops start to thin out in the south.

Afghan officials said women and children were among those killed in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province, the birthplace of the Taliban movement.

Coming as Afghan rage over last month’s burning of Korans

by U.S. soldiers was beginning to taper off, the killings threatened to spark a new crisis in the strained relationship between Washington and Kabul. The two nations are in the midst of contentious negotiations over an agreement that could extend the presence of U.S. troops in the country beyond 2014.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai called the shootings an “assassination” and demanded an explanation from U.S. officials, the Associated Press reported. “This is an assassination, an intentional killing of innocent civilians, and cannot be forgiven,” Karzai said in a statement, the AP reported.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he spoke with Karzai yesterday and reassured him that the U.S. military was working quickly to determine what happened and “bring those responsible to justice.

“We will spare no effort in getting the facts as quickly as possible, and we will hold any perpetrator who is responsible for this violence fully accountable under the law,” Panetta said.

Panetta said he was “shocked and saddened that a U.S. service member is alleged to be involved, clearly acting outside the chain of his command.”

And in an echo of his comments after the Koran burning, he sought to reassure Afghans and Americans alike that the killings would not tear apart the partnership between Kabul and Washington.

“We are steadfast in our resolve to work hand in hand with our Afghan partners to accomplish the missions and goals on which we have been working together for so long,” he said. “This terrible incident does not reflect our shared values or the progress we have made together.

President Barack Obama said he was “deeply saddened” by the incident and offered his condolences to the families of those killed and the Afghan people.

“This incident is tragic and shocking, and does not represent the exceptional character of our military and the respect that the United States has for the people of Afghanistan,” Obama said in a statement. “I fully support Secretary Panetta’s and General Allen’s commitment to get the facts as quickly as possible and to hold accountable anyone responsible.”

U.S. officials shed no light on the motive or state of mind of the staff sergeant who was taken into custody shortly after the alleged massacre.

“It appears he walked off post and later returned and turned himself in,” said Lt. Cmdr. James Williams, a military spokesman.

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Hostage Survivor Returns Home Don Cooke, survivor of the Iranian hostage crisis, in his home in March in Bethesda, Md., with an American flag that his family flew throughout the crisis.

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