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Honor chooses leaders Ensey elected Judiciary Chair Berhle runs unopposed for chair, encourages community outreach, engagement

Wey, Mathews, McAuliffe take vice chair positions, hope to streamline, improve Committee efficiency Joseph Liss

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Third-year College student Conor O’Boyle, Curry student Andi Chernau, College student Even Behrle, College student Brittany Wengel and College student Michelle Butler, left to right, were chosen as the Honor Committee’s incoming executive committee on Saturday night and Sunday morning. They will take office April 1.

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Senior Associate News Editor Third-year College Student Evan Behrle was elected chair of the Honor Committee this weekend during the Committee’s annual retreat. He ran unopposed for the position and will replace fourth-year College student Stephen Nash when the new committee takes office on April 1.

The Committee also elected its four vice chairs. Third-year College student Conor O’Boyle was elected vice chair for trials, third-year Education student Andi Chernau was elected vice chair for investigations, third-year College student Brittany Wengel was elected vice chair for education and third-year College student Michelle Butler was elected vice chair for community relations.

T h e m e m b e r s o f H o n o r ’s executive committee said that Behrl“I think I can say with

a pretty high degree of confidence that I didn’t run unopposed because other people were lazy,” Behrle said. “I think at the end of the day, people were particularly passionate about certain elements of the system.”e ran unopposed because they each had full confidence in his ability.

Each of the incoming Committee members said they were excited about the conversation the recent election had generated. Although the Committeeproposed Restore the Ideal Act did not pass, the student body passed an amendment put forward by second-year Law student Frank Bellamy to enact informed retraction. The proposal allows students to admit guilt once formally notified of honor offense accusations and leave the community for two semesters.“It’s a very unique opportunity,” Wengel said. “I think we need to capitalize on the momentum we have.”

All five incoming members of the executive committee said they were pleased informed retraction passed, but said the full effects of Bellamy’s constitutional reform remain to be seen.

“We don’t really know what to expect out of this,” Chernau said. “We all have different opinions and bets on how it’s going to play out with Honor. … I personally think there’s going to be less of a need for investigators.”

Butler said the reforms have initiated a conversation with the University community that needs to be continued as the Committee seeks to improve support for the revamped system.“We really need to get more buy-in from the faculty, who end up being our largest reporters,” she said.

The incoming executive committee also stressed aligning Please see Honor, Page A3

The University Judiciary Committee elected third-year Engineering student David Ensey as its new Chair Sunday evening, in addition to selecting its three new vice chairs.

Ensey said the new Committee leadership was generally pleased with the way the Committee was currently being run but hoped to improve the efficiency of the process.

“I think the four of us that have been elected to the voting membership on the executive committee are committed to bring a sense of efficiency to everything that we do,” Ensey said. “We owe it to any accused party to make the process as streamlined as possible and as fair as possible.”

Second-year Law student Kyle Mathews, the incoming vice chair for trials, said the new Committee needed to

improve outreach to graduate school students.

“I think that one of the things that you [will] see is a very concerted push to let first-year undergraduate students know what the UJC is,” Mathews said.

Ensey said the diversity of schools represented in the Judiciary Committee’s incoming leadership was an asset and reflected the organization as a whole.

“Because the Judiciary Committee is so central to student self-governance, one of its greatest assets is that we draw from every school,” Ensey said. “We’re able to find people committed to student self-governance, and it doesn’t matter where they come from.”

The new committee will be choosing its new senior support officers for councilors, education, and investigations Please see UJC, Page A3

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The University Judiciary Committee held a meeting Sunday evening before the incoming committee selected its officers. Sean McAuliffe, right, will serve as the vice chair for first-years starting April 1.

NEWS

IN BRIEF

Nursing School recieves $5 million gift

Nursing School Dean Dorrie Fontaine confirmed last week that Bill and Joanne Conway will give $5 million in the next five years to the Nursing School to double the size of the Clinical Nurse Leader program.

The masters degree program trains students with a non-nurs-

ing background to become registered nurses and also teaches them to evaluate the health care system as a whole. “[CNL students] have a degree in another field and they take a very intensive two-year program,” Fontaine said. “They learn how to lead systems and

change and fix the broken health care system.”

The gift will be used to create the Conway Scholars program, which will help provide needbased financial aid to students in the program, allowing each year’s class to expand from 48 to 96 students in the next five

years.

“For each year, we are going to grow students and give them financial aid so they don’t have to work [while studying, because] this program is expensive like any graduate program,” Fontaine said.

The grant will also allow the

Nursing School to hire a few additional faculty members for the program, Fontaine said.

“The faculty are definitely going to be teaching our Clinical Nurse Leader students,” Fontaine said. “There is a big need for faculty, and this is going to give us much needed resources.”

Groups recognize World Water Day U.Va. Sustainability, Global Water Brigades, others showcase local, internaitonal water use issues Joe Liss and Mathew Fay Cavalier Daily Staff Writers

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U.Va. Sustainability placed 1000 plastic water bottles, collected from around Grounds during two days last week, outside Newcomb Hall, encouraging Univesity students to think about their personal water use on Friday.

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Environmental groups across Grounds joined together to celebrate the United Nation’s World Water Day on Friday, raising awareness about local and international water issues.

U.Va. Sustainability, a student-run organization supported by the University’s Office of Sustainability, set up several tables on the west plaza of Newcomb Hall to educate students about their water consumption.

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Fourth-year College student Danielle Martin, a U.Va. Sustainability student-employee, said her organization has been putting on events for World Water Day for several years, but hoped changing the location of the event this year would attract more attention.

Students stopping by the event this year seemed engaged with the issue, said Paige Hutchinson, state coordinator for the Water Education for Teachers project.

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Tuition hikes impact University graduate students studying abroad, reward early degree completion Grace Hollis

Cavalier Daily Focus Editor A recent proposal to raise graduate school tuition for doctoral candidates by nearly $4,000 for the next academic year is part of an effort to ultimately lower tuition costs, said Philip Zelikow, associate dean for graduate academic programs.

Monday Feb. 25, Arts & Sciences graduate students were greeted with an email from Assoc. History Prof. Max Edelson, the director of graduate studies, detailing the proposal: “Under its terms, the total costs of tuition and fees will increase for doctoral students in the third year of study and beyond to $7,382 per year,” he said in the email.

“For students on non-resident status, the total costs of enrollment will rise to $4,520 per year.”

The proposal will affect students with non-resident status — students who do not study on Grounds or use University facilities. The current tuition program charges students with non-resident status the same as any other doctoral candidate.

“Under the current system there is no difference in fees you pay here or away, and we’ve reformed the system to reduce the fees,” Zelikow said. “Many students who study abroad now are being charged tuition and full University fees — their number will be significantly reduced.”

Many students, however, reported only having to pay a $4200 fee for their non-resident status in recent years rather than full tuition and fees. Arts & Sciences graduate student Kristen

Lashua, a doctoral candidate in the history department, is one such student. “I spent all semester in London on my history dissertation, and in the old plan being nominally involved in U.Va. doing these programs was only $200 dollars so it didn’t pose that big of a financial burden, but under this new reform it would cost several thousand dollars,” she said.

Zelikow said, however, that students who have been paying only a $200 fee for non-resident status have been abusing a program of continuous enrollment that was not designed for doctoral candidates simply completing work away from the University.

“The separate issue is we’re curbing abuse of continuous enrollment system [for these doctoral candidates] because that’s not an appropriate use — if you’re a student you should be paying your fair share,” Zelikow said.

In addition to curbing the abuse of continual enrollment, the new proposal seeks to generate more revenue for individual departments, and to incentivize students to complete their dissertations more quickly so as to avoid incurring the additional fees.

Arts & Sciences graduate student Jim Ambuske, a doctoral candidate in the history department, described the new financial program as a “stick-and-carrot for students to finish faster to avoid tuition increases.”

Doctoral students have also expressed concern about how the department will assist students who will be negatively affected by the new changes.

The Feb. 25 email announcing the raise vaguely addressed this concern. “We are

taking special note of those of you who may face an unexpected burden next year because of this higher tuition charge, and we will petition on your behalf to cushion the blow of this increase,” Edelson said.

This vague language, however, has done little to alleviate graduate students’ fears, Ambuske said. “We’d like to know more about it; what would make more people at ease is if we had understanding of how the budgetary process is going to work,” he said. “The graduate school administration has said there will be bridge funding for the old funding model into new model, but we don’t know what that means and haven’t yet seen a dollar

figure.”

Although the new tuition fees will apply to doctoral students across all graduate departments, students are also concerned departments that do not typically receive large grants or other outside funding will be disproportionately affected.

“The tuition hike doesn’t affect [certain students] because some outside source is paying that money, whereas in the history department that’s not the case,” Lashua said. “Most of graduate schooling isn’t going to be funded by outside sources.”

The change is also a departure from a credit-hour-based tuition system that charged students depending on the number of classes in which they were enrolled. Doctoral students will now be charged a flat rate based on their year of study.

The new rates will go into effect in the fall semester, pending approval by the Board of Visitors during its meeting in April.

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Honor|Leaders to work with Honor Caucus, Butler says Continued from page B1 the Committee’s objectives with those of the student body and working with those orga-

nizations most opposed to the honor reform effort. “We want to work with the main organization that was against reform, which was students’ Honor

Caucus,” Butler said. “We hope to realign our objectives and goals with theirs.”

Behrle said the new Committee has come into office with

more energy and a stronger honor system, due to informed retraction, than any Committee in the past decade.

“What’s really exciting for

me is that what you saw during the campaign…was a lot of honesty,” Behrle said. “[We had] an honest engagement with the downfalls of that system.”

UJC | Committee to quickly select senior support officers Continued from page B1 within the next week-and-ahalf, Ensey said. Third-year Commerce student Kelvin Wey, the incoming vice chair for sanctions, said he was looking for “past commitment to the Committee

and ideas for moving forward” when selecting senior support officers.

Third-year College student Sean McAuliffe, the incoming vice-chair for first-years, said he hoped to increase outreach efforts and better coordinate with the Resi-

dence Life staff to improve recruitment.

“One thing we did really well last year…is making sure that we’re getting the best first-year student leaders that we can,” McAuliffe said. “You’re developing leaders for the Judiciary Committee and

you’re also developing leaders for the community at large.”

Outgoing Committee Chair Emily Forrester, a fourth-year College student, said her role with the Committee would end almost entirely after the transition on April 1.

“After next week, one of the benefits of the job is when you’re done you’re done, due to the confidentiality aspect,” Forrester said.

“This is really the week when I can be very forthcoming and very detail-oriented in helping them transition.”

Water | Passers-by, students engage with group’s eco-initiatives Continued from page B1 of students are stopping, but it’s enough that I would say it’s a worthwhile endeavor,”

Hutchinson said. “And they’re asking questions, which I appreciate.”

Global Water Brigades and Charity: Water coordinated with

each other to set up tables on the Lawn for World Water Day. Second-year College student Frankie Epps, who was with Global Water Brigades, said the

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“It was all put together pretty quickly along with Charity: Water,” Epps said. “[We thought] why don’t we get in on this [and] raise awareness.”

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Opinion Monday, March 25, 2013

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.”

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The cat’s meow

The University is right to stop using cats in medical training, but it should offer a public explanation for why it dropped the practice The University’s use of live cats to train graduate physicians on how to insert breathing tubes into critically ill newborns has drawn ire from animalrights groups around the country. Dozens, including former Charlottesville mayor Dave Norris and a man in a full-body cat suit, demonstrated in front of the Rotunda last April, and former “The Price is Right” host Bob Barker, who gave the University $1 million in 2009 to establish an animal law program, penned a letter to University President Teresa Sullivan protesting the training technique. But the Medical Center last week quietly abandoned the practice.

In a semester rife with public-relations challenges — students campaigning for a living wage staged a hunger strike outside the Rotunda, and former University student George Huguely stood trial for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Yeardley Love — last spring’s cat controversy attracted a surprising amount of attention. A change.org petition protesting the University’s use of cats in medical training garnered 185,120 online signatures. This number, it turns out, is more than 60,000 signatures per cat. Only three felines — Alley, Kiki and Fiddle — were part of the intubation training.

The University has now adopted out its three cats, which went to local residents. The Medical Center does not intend to replace the animals.

It is not surprising that the Medical Center has abandoned the somewhat antiquated practice of training with cats. But it is puzzling that the University has not broadcast the news or offered a public explanation for why it has stopped using the animals.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that opposes the use of animals in medical school curricula, was one of the cat-intubation policy’s most ardent opponents. John J. Pippin, the committee’s director of academic affairs, told The Daily Progress this weekend that the group uncovered the Medical Center’s shift through public-records requests.

The University’s decision to stop using cats as part of its medical training flies in the face of the school’s earlier public justifications for the practice. In a Jan. 2012 letter to Pippin, Steven DeKosky, then-Medical School dean, contended that the use of cats in the breathing-tube training provided physicians with a level of proficiency they could not gain from practic-

ing on simulators.

Even if DeKosky’s assessment was correct, the decision to use live cats in training requires tricky moral calculus. Is inflicting harm on a cat — even if the harm is minimal, as the University claimed — justified if it saves the lives of multiple newborns? Or does using a cat as a training object diminish the animal’s dignity to a point that is unacceptable? The better route, regardless, is to pursue a more effective simulator. A better simulator avoids the moral problem of inflicting harm on animals. It would also provide physicians with better training. The anatomy of a cat is quite different from that of an infant.

In a Nov. 2011 press release the University claimed that the “expertise gained in intubating cats…prevents the damage done to babies by inexperienced responders.”

If such justifications for why the Medical Center persisted in using cats as part of the curricula were accurate, it would follow that the school has developed a better simulator for the intubation training.

Otherwise, if we take the University’s earlier claims about the necessity of using cats at face value, the decision to no longer use cats in the absence of a more effective simulator would come at the expense of good pediatric treatment.

It seems that the University would want to loudly announce that it no longer uses cats for medical training. Such an announcement would gain the school well-deserved points for ethically conscious medicine and respect for animals. Considering how much negative publicity the cat-intubation procedure sparked last year — and considering the school’s defense of the practice — the University should have issued a public statement explaining why it dropped the procedure.

Having a public-records request unveil what should be positive news for the University puts the school in an awkward position. University officials should have seized the chance to tell this story, which does, after all, cast the school in a good light. But they let the news go by without a purr.

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Read the Cavalier Daily Probing the Profs The Cavalier Daily should quote the professors on their perspectives for relevant University issues The Cavalier Daily should follow-through on major events quote the professors on their months later. More significantly, perspectives for relevant Uni- it pinpoints the moral the Board of Visitors needs to learn, callversity issues Like plant stems eagerly soak- ing for a future where “faculty ing up water, we absorb their consultation in major decisionwisdom every day. Like young making is common practice.”

On this same article, History children to their mothers, we listen with rapt — or not so rapt Prof. Robert Geraci comments — attention to the lectures that online, “If the past isn't dead … may determine our futures. Like why haven't you said a word online shoppers looking for the about the information I revealed … back in Novembest bargains, we ASHLEY STEVENSEN ber”? Though prowl rating webPUBLIC EDITOR Geraci’s purpose sites for the brightis to accuse The est, the funniest, Cavalier Daily of participating the most life-changing.

“They” are our professors — in the crime it reports, his comthe reason we students come ment has a tangential implicato this great University. Yet, tion: reach out to our professors. focused on the classes they “Faculty consultation,” The Cavteach, we all too often forget alier Daily itself rightly argues, they hold valuable opinions out- should be common practice.

Articles in this newspaper only side of those classes, opinions that could help students flesh occasionally incorporate quotes out the content of The Cavalier from faculty, yet there are many places where professor opinion Daily’s stories.

In a March 18 lead editorial, would be a valuable addition — “The past isn’t dead,” The Cav- particularly where the story’s alier Daily Managing Board content directly relates to acawrites, “Faculty are more inti- demia.

Survey, for example, recent mately involved than any other group … at the University. The lead editorials. “Words rarely success of the institution’s mis- spoken” (March 20) discusses sion depends on its faculty.” a language-exchange partnerThis article, recalling the events ship between the University of last summer, deserves com- and Duke. “On the razor ’s mendation; it points out the edge” (March 20) analyzes the precariously ephemeral quality demographics of the audience of news and the risk of dropping at visiting University of Cam-

bridge Prof. Stefan Collini’s lec- for Duke’s Creole ones. Clearly, ture. “The politics of research” this is a novel partnership with (March 21) reports on the Sen- strong implications for the facate’s decision to reduce funding ulty involved. Why not, then, ask them to weigh in? If it’s in political science.

These stories collectively paint difficult to predict language a strong image of future impli- use, what thought went into the cations in academia, forging decision to seek out Creole? The links between the University Managing Board also offers an opinion on the and its broader use of digital c o m m u n i t y.

“Articles in this newstechnology in While admirapaper only occasionally the classroom. ble in breadth of content, the incorporate quotes from S o , h o w d o our Tibetan articles exhibit falculty. Yet there are professors feel an unsettling many places where pro- a b o u t s u c h dearth of one important fessor opinion would be incorporation video techthing: quotes. a valuable addition - par- of n o l o g y, p a r Let’s go t h r o u g h t h e ticularly where the story’s ticularly with above articles content directly relates to regard to the nascent rise in respectively. academia.” online educaI n “ Wo r d s tion? rarely spoken,” We see simiThe Cavalier Daily explicates wonderfully the lar opportunity in “On the razor’s importance of the issue, claim- edge.” Again, The Cavalier Daily ing, “Expanding the school’s makes a poignant point: “So it’s language offerings would … too bad that he [Stefan Collini] entail hiring multiple faculty was … preaching to the choir: members. Such an effort may be because while those in attencost-prohibitive, especially for dance … likely had heard similar more rare languages...” Accord- arguments before, the students ing to the article, however, "it who remain outside such conis difficult to guess which lan- versations would benefit more guages might become crucial...” from an inspiring reflection on In this case, the University has why they are at the University." chosen to extend to Duke its In this case, “those in attenTibetan classes in exchange dance” are faculty. So, why not

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ask these professors to offer that new perspective students are missing? What can faculty members pull from Collini’s lecture that might help guide students toward that “inspiring reflection”? The Cavalier Daily has a chance to begin solving the very problem it identifies.

Finally, we turn to “The politics of research.” Government funding choices have a trickledown effect. For a University largely judged on its own research output, and with a well-renowned politics department, it could be eye-opening to learn professor opinions on how changes in the government’s prioritization of research could, in parallel, affect their own academic work.

Our professors have more to offer than just facts from their personal fields. In addition, The Cavalier Daily is a Universitywide newspaper, an outlet not solely for students, but also for the faculty whose involvement determines, as The Cavalier Daily put it, “the success of the institution’s mission.” Consider probing the professors for their thoughts more. We could well benefit from hearing their unique perspectives.

Ashley Stevenson is The Cavalier Daily’s public editor. Contact her at publiceditor@cavalierdaily.

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Where the fault lies As a society, we need to change the way we educate about sexual violence While writing my column this Candy Crowley posed the quesweek I struggled to find the right tion: “What’s the lasting effect … words to articulate what I was on two young men being found feeling, which was offended, guilty in juvenile court of rape?” shocked and sadCNN’s Poppy Harlow discussed dened. This week, ASHLEY SPINKS how the boys had two football playOPINION COLUMNIST to watch their ers from the athlet“lives fall apart” ically prominent Steubenville High School were and CNN’s Paul Callan said being convicted of raping a 16-year-old labelled as sexual offenders girl. The arguments against rape would “haunt them for the rest and sexual assault don’t need of their lives.” A better concern to be made — most everyone to raise would have been the realizes that both are heinous emotional impact the crime and and unacceptable crimes. If the highly publicized trial would this is true, though, how can have on the victim, and what we explain the disappointing the trauma meant to her future, and skewed news coverage of but this perspective was rarely the trial? The Steubenville con- explored.

The central issue in this case troversy disturbs me because it points to the larger societal prob- became that the victim had lem of perpetuated rape culture. been drinking prior to being Society as a whole needs to work assaulted by the boys. Despite on changing attitudes towards numerous text messages writrape and its victims. ten by the victim on the night of Throughout the Steubenville her assault, which read “I said trial, media outlets such as CNN no” and “[the boys] were taking almost exclusively played the advantage of me,” along with role of rape apologists. Again testimony that she had never and again the public was asked been seen more intoxicated to empathize with the convicted and photographic evidence that boys. The New York Times used she was at one point passed a photo of the boys crying to out unconscious and being caraccompany their news story. ried away by her eventual rapCNN drew notable criticism for ists, the victim’s credibility and their coverage of the trial, which honesty were constantly quesattempted to humanize the two tioned. Had she been aware of convicted boys by focusing on what she was doing? Had she their athletic talents and their actually consented to the sex academic achievements rather acts? For those who don’t know, than their crime. CNN reporter rape wasn’t the only charge in

the trial. The defendants also the fact that women are taught circulated nude photos and by their parents, rape prevenvideo of the girl and bragged tion seminars in college, and about their sexual triumphs on other sources to anticipate rape social networking sites. Who if they happen to get drunk. would consent to that? The vic- Instead of sympathizing with tim’s classmates can also be seen guilty men so easily, parents in the video laughing and taking and institutions should focus on teaching respect and decency. no action to intervene.

Rape culture needs to be eradLet me make something very clear: if a girl (or anyone) is icated, and there are many passed out or clearly intoxicated ways we could do that. I am not at a party, the right thing to do is saying all rapes are committo call her an ambulance, a cab ted by men, or that the victims or at the very are exclusively least leave her female. That “[P]arents, schools, alone. Women is not the case, do not invite and all types of and the news media rape, ever, sexual assault are should teach men to and the fact abhorrent. Generthat issues like respect woman’s space, ally, though, pari n t o x i c a t i o n privacy, and vocalized. ents, schools, and level or choice the news media opinions instead of of attire are should teach men focusing on indoctri- to respect a womeven brought up in c r imi nating women with a an’s space, priand vocalnal rape trials constant sense of fear.” vacy, ized opinions demonstrates instead of focushow twisted ing on indoctriour view of the nating women crime is. Those boys made a conscious choice to with a constant sense of fear. impose themselves upon a girl In sexual education classes, the in a compromising situation. importance of consent should The girl should not be shamed; be discussed frankly alongside the boys should. things like birth control and STI I am not condoning irresponsi- prevention. We should focus ble drinking practices. The safest more resources on funding choice would be to go to a party, PSAs and ad campaigns about remain completely sober and be consent and how to navigate aware of your surroundings. But difficult situations such as parthere is something unjustified in ties with alcohol. We also need

to encourage media outlets to be more responsible with their coverage of delicate topics such as rape and to present a factual and unbiased, rather than emotional or sensationalized, view of the issue.

The Steubenville case effectively proves that rape culture is pervasive and yet almost unacknowledged in American society. There are resources available to educate oneself about issues such as these, but most people are not proactive or concerned enough to take advantage of them. Some people don’t think twice before labeling a girl a “slut,” making a rape joke, or feeling sympathy for a convicted rapist. We are all responsible for the perpetuation of unfair stereotypes, such as the mistaken conviction that victims, drunk or sober, could ever be “responsible” for their rapes or that boys are only being boys when they commit sex crimes.

We need to be more conscious of our actions and words to combat this trend. We need to train ourselves to speak more delicately, reach out to victims, and sift through the biased coverage that news networks offer us until things change in a more permanent way.

Ashley Spinks’ column appears Mondays in The Cavalier Daily.

She can be reached at a.spinks@ cavalierdaily.com.

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Freshman guard Taylor Barnette sparked his team with a career-high 13 points off the bench including three 3-pointers in the win Sunday morning.

If the motto for March is “Survive and Advance,” the V i r g i n i a b a s ke t b a l l t e a m should have left John Paul Jones Tuesday night pleased with the result. But after beating overmatched Norfolk State in the first round of the NIT Tournament 67-56 in an allaround eyesore, the Cavaliers could hardly mask their disappointment.

Just days after learning that their season would not culminate in an NCAA Tournament appearance, the Cavaliers lack of passion was apparent. For a team that has thrived off the energy of its home crowd to become one of the most dominant squads at home in the country, Virginia mirrored the

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demeanor of a largely subdued fan base.

“I don’t know, I guess it’s a mental hangover from not making the tournament – that really upset the guys,” junior forward Akil Mitchell said. “It’s a weird tournament for me.

You kind of got to get yourself ramped up to play in the NIT because everybody dreams of making the tournament and when you don’t make it, that disappointment kind of sits in your chest a little bit.”

Meanwhile, the upset-hungry Norfolk State squad — which also faltered in its conference tournament to squander a chance to return to the NCAA Tournament for a second straight year — built off the excitement of a small but vocal green-clad section to stay close

Other than those who attend particularly enthralling church services, enjoy “Meet the Press” or simply choose to ignore their homework, college students tend to find that Sunday mornings represent the antithesis of fun. In a University culture that emphasizes the balance between academic achievement and social interaction — and especially “lubricated” social interaction — waking up Sunday morning doubly hammers us with a reminder of our cascading workload and the realization that that late-night White Spot excursion was more ill-advised than CBS’s decision to hire Doug Gottlieb. If the college experience marks “The Dark Knight”like apex of our lives, Sunday mornings definitely equate to all the scenes with Maggie Gyllenhaal.

As far as Sunday mornings go, then, Virginia’s pulsating 68-50 victory against St. John’s in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 8,457 at John Paul Jones Arena highlighted an unusually entertaining one. The specific manner in

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U.Va. sweeps NC State No. 13 team improves to 22-2 with impressive weekend against ACC rival

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As junior reliever Kyle Crockett slammed the door shut on No. 18 NC State in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday, he added one final shining moment to a statement weekend for the No. 13 Virginia baseball team. Behind dominating pitching and timely hitting, the young Cavaliers put together an impressive sweep of the Wolfpack at Davenport Field and have staked a strong claim as one of the top 10 teams in the

nation.

Weather forced the Cavaliers (22-2, 7-2 ACC) into a whirlwind two-day stretch, with three games taking place within just over 24 hours. Virginia did not show any fatigue, however, taking Saturday’s doubleheader with 8-2 and 4-3 wins and completing the sweep with a 6-3 victory Sunday.

“I thought it was a great weekend for us, obviously,” coach Brian O’Connor said. “Any time you can win three games in this league — especially against a high-quality opponent like NC

State — it’s a big step forward for us, obviously. There’s a lot of baseball left in this season … but certainly this weekend, I think our guys showed something with winning all three games.”

In Saturday’s first game Virginia was matched up against NC State (16-9, 3-6 ACC) ace sophomore Carlos Rodon, the reigning ACC Pitcher of the Year. The Cavaliers were held scoreless through the first five frames, but freshman lefty Brandon Please see Baseball, Page B3

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Freshman starter Brandon Waddell pitched 5.2 innings Saturday afternoon, allowing just two earned runs and striking out six in the 8-2 victory.

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Junior attackman Mark Cockerton paced Virginia with four goals on 10 shots, but his efforts were not enough in the blowout loss to the Blue Jays.

The No. 14 Virginia men’s lacrosse team found itself on the wrong end of a 15-8 beat down against No. 10 Johns Hopkins Saturday in front of 10,487 fans at M&T Bank Stadium in the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic. The loss was the Cavaliers’ first in an Inside Lacrosse event and third consecutive regular

season loss to the Blue Jays.

Sophomore goaltender Rhody Heller made his second consecutive start and third of the season between the pipes for Virginia (5-4), but was helpless against a Johns Hopkins (6-2) offense that outscored Virginia 9-1 in the first half. Sophomore attackman Wells Stanwick and freshman

attackman Ryan Brown paced the Blue Jays with three goals and one assist each.

Junior attackman Brandon Benn scored off an assist from Stanwick to open the scoring at the 8:56 mark. Three seconds later senior midfielder Mike Poppleton won the faceoff and increased the lead to 2-0. Junior attackman Mark Cockerton put the Cavaliers on the board with a goal at 7:25, but Stanwick scored just a minute later to begin a nine-goal streak by Johns Hopkins that lasted 30 minutes and 19 seconds.

Junior attackman Nick O’Reilly finally broke through for Virginia with 5:58 left to play in the third quarter, but by that time the game was all but out of reach. Consecutive goals by Cockerton and O’Reilly cut the deficit to 11-4 late in the third quarter. After another Hopkins goal, junior midfielder Pat Harbeson found Cockerton for one of his team-high four goals on the day.

Virginia opens ACC play against No. 1 Maryland Saturday at Klöckner Stadium at 2 p.m.

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The No. 9 Virginia women’s lacrosse team and No. 6 Duke entered Saturday afternoon’s showdown at Klöckner Stadium under similar circumstances. Virginia was in the thick of a three-game winning streak, while Duke had not

lost in its past four contests.

Though both squads found themselves ranked among the NCAA’s best teams, the Cavaliers owned a 1-4 record against fellow top-10 units and the Blue Devils were winless in just one try.

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Casey Bocklet scored a team-high two goals Saturday against the Blue Devils but Virginia was outscored 7-2 in the second half in the loss.

Women finish 18th at NCAA Championships The Virginia women’s swimming and diving team completed its season with an 18th place finish at the NCAA Championship meet in Indianapolis.

Nine different Cavalier swimmers were able to make it out of prelims to score points for the team.

Virginia (9-0, 3-0 ACC) placed in the top 20 at this meet for the sixth consecutive year, finishing second among ACC teams behind only North Carolina,

which finished 12 th overall.

Georgia claimed the title, beating out second place California, the two-time defending national champions.

T h u r s d ay, t h e first day of competition, the Cavaliers made it out of prelims in only the 200 freestyle relay, which placed 15th. That team consisted of senior Lauren Perdue, juniors Rachel Naurath

and Emily Lloyd and sophomore Emily Dicus. The Cavaliers finished the day with four points in the meet, sitting at 26th place.

The Cavaliers fared better Friday, sending another relay and two individual swimmers out of the morning prelims. Freshman Courtney Bartholomew won the 100 backstroke consolation

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final, which was good for the ninth overall spot, and Perdue finished second in the 200 free consolation final, good for 10th overall. The 800 freestyle relay team of Perdue, Naurath, junior Caroline Kenney and sophomore Ellen Williamson finished 11 th . Virginia ended with 28 points on the day and moved into 18th place.

Saturday, the meet’s final day, Virginia sent a third relay and three more individual swim-

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Bartholomew earned a 10 th place finish in the 200 back, while sophomores Alison Haulsee and Sarah White finished 14 th and 16 th in the 200 fly, respectively. The 400 freestyle relay of Perdue, Williamson, Lloyd and Dicus finished 16 th overall.

The Virginia men will compete in their end of the NCAA Championship later this week.

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Matmen shine at NCAAs A banner hanging on the wall of Memorial Gymnasium with the names of every Cavalier wrestling All-American proudly overlooks the floor where the team competes. Following their tremendous three-day performance at the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, redshirt senior Jedd Moore and redshirt sophomore Nick Sulzer will have their names added to that banner as the 14th and 15th All-Americans in program history.

The path to All-American honors was not an easy one for either wrestler. Sulzer opened Thursday with consecutive overtime wins, defeating Stanford

junior Bret Baumbach in the opening match before overcoming No. 9 seeded redshirt junior Josh Veltre of Bloomsburg. Sulzer alternated wins with losses Friday, but a 3-2 victory against Oklahoma redshirt senior Patrick Graham gave Sulzer his All-American title as he took eighth place at 165 pounds.

Moore played the role of spoiler early on Thursday, upsetting No. 5 seed senior James Fleming of Clarion. Moore would then win comfortably in the next match to reach the quarterfinals where he fell to Northern Iowa senior David Bonin. Two seeded opponents separated

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Moore from All-American glory.

Moore proceeded to take down No. 5 seed redshirt senior Jesse Dong of Virginia Tech in sudden death overtime and pin No. 4 seed sophomore James Green of Nebraska. When all was said and done, he finished sixth at 157 pounds.

The outstanding performances of Sulzer and Moore along with deep runs by redshirt senior Matt Snyder and freshman George DiCamillo led Virginia to a 21st place finish, extending its streak of top-30 finishes to four seasons.

The Cavaliers’ strong showing in Des Moines ends an exemplary season, one the team will look to build on next winter.

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Norfolk State gave Virginia a late scare, but the Cavaliers came through with just enough poise late to come away with the victory. Senior forward Rob Johnson, who led the Spartans with 16 points and 13 rebounds, converted an and-one with 3:26 remaining to bring his team within 51-47. Standout freshman guard Justin Anderson answered the call late by draining a pair of free throws and knocking down a pull-up jumper from just inside the 3-point line to put Virginia back up by eight.

Anderson scored a team-high 15 points to help Virginia avoid another impressive upset by Norfolk State. The Spartans became the fifth 15-seed to win a first round game in the NCAA Tournament when they shocked Missouri in the first round of last year’s “Big Dance.” Norfolk State was able to keep within

striking distance throughout, largely because of one of the poorest performances of the season by the Cavaliers usually potent trio of Mitchell, junior guard Joe Harris and senior guard Jontel Evans.

“Joe and Akil … they were out of sorts as far as the turnovers,” coach Tony Bennett said. “We just needed someone to make some plays and get us some easy buckets, and Justin did that.”

Mitchell and Evans combined for seven turnovers and four points in the opening period and Harris was missing in action, scoring just five points on three shot attempts. The Cavaliers mustered just 26 first-half points and had 10 turnovers compared to just four assists in the period.

“We were just making some very unsound plays,” freshman forward Evan Nolte said. “We needed to have more ‘ball sureness,’ as we call it. We were just making some bad plays, and we need to just focus more on keeping control of the ball and not

making stupid passes.”

Meanwhile, the Spartans floundered as well in the first 20 minutes, missing 20 of their final 22 shots from the field in the period after opening an 8-0 lead to start the game. Johnson got hot out of the gate, drilling three 3-pointers in the first nine minutes, but Norfolk State did little else well at its end, shooting a horrific 19 percent from the field in the period.

With Evans reeling, freshman guard Teven Jones gave Virginia a spark by knocking down a pair of 3-pointers off the bench.

His trey with 9:57 remaining gave Virginia its first lead of the game, 12-11. The Cavaliers were able to grab control by closing the first half on an 8-0 run on three points by freshman forward Mike Tobey, a Harris 3-pointer and an Anderson jumper to take a 10 point lead into the break.

The Cavalier lead remained fairly steady until a Spartan 7-0 spurt brought them within three with 10 minutes to play

in the second half. From there, Norfolk State made just one field goal over the next seven and a half minutes, but Virginia was unable to firmly pull away because of poor execution. Fifteen missed free throws and 17 total turnovers marred the team’s first postseason victory outside the ACC tournament since 2008.

“We got just enough stops, obviously, to be successful,” Bennett said. “But we had trouble handling the ball, making free throws, keeping them off the glass. Those plays kind of cost us.”

Evans provided a rare jolt of energy for the home crowd when mid-air he absorbed a hard blow from redshirt junior guard Malcolm Hawkins. Evans converted the layup and lay on the ground while a trainer came out to check on him, and he was forced to exit the game. Mitchell was selected to take the free throw by Spartan coach Anthony Evans, and he answered by knocking the foul shot down to

extend the lead to 47-40 with 6:54 to play.

Mitchell, who entered the game averaging 17.3 points and 9.7 rebounds per game in his last six contests, was one of the prime culprits for the team’s struggles.

He went 5-for-11 from the line and had five turnovers despite finishing with a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.

Despite the uneven showing, he helped seal the game with a pair of monstrous one-handed dunks in the final 2:09.

“Just trying to make myself feel a little better about having such a bad game,” Mitchell said.

“They were taunting me, they had fans, so I just kind of wanted to send a message.”

The Cavaliers will host St. Johns in the second round of the NIT Tournament. The date and time of that game has not yet been announced.

“To advance, to win in a tournament setting, I think is important,” Bennett said. “And now you regroup and play a Big East team that’s very talented.”

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Metzinger | Cavs’ freshman ‘just happy to play basketball’ Continued from page B1 which the Cavaliers advanced to the NIT quarterfinals, in fact, pegs this game as one of Virginia’s most authentically fun performances of the season. Simply put, this game belonged to freshman forward Justin Anderson.

And Anderson, though far from the perfect player, harbors a passion for basketball which epitomizes everything sports could and should be.

I try to restrain myself from participating in the psychoanalysis that mires a lot of sports discourse these days. That’s why I’ll reference Joe Harris’ 23-of-71 shooting slump since his breakout Duke performance rather than offering appealing, but ultimately speculative, conjectures about whether the Cavaliers’ star guard is fatigued or mentally rattled.

But in light of what we now know, we can safely say that coach Tony Bennett’s young, overachieving roster felt the strain of external expectations during its wobbly 1-3 stretch to finish the regular season.

Whether the missed shots and constant hiccups that started

accumulating in the Boston College mishap caused the Cavaliers’ to tighten up or vice versa, a team that thrived on emotion for the lion’s share of the season seemed more business-like away from home as the stakes escalated. The effort never wavered, but an enjoyable game seemed to morph into a tedious mission for Virginia these past few weeks.

Thanks in large part to Anderson’s efforts Sunday, though, smiles replaced the determined scowls Virginia had previously donned in March. Harris still failed to remove the lid on his rim and junior forward Akil Mitchell continued his recent inexplicable affinity for throwing the ball to spectators. But, Anderson sliced the St. John’s zone defense with bulldozing drives and precise passing, stuffed three shots on defense and constantly jolted the Sunday morning crowd into alertness en route to an 18-point, 4 assist virtuoso performance.

What’s more, fellow freshmen Mike Tobey, Teven Jones and Taylor Barnette thrived on the same enthusiasm, with Barnette in particular combining his pin-

point 3-point shooting with his most inspired defense and passing since arriving in Charlottesville. In short, a team feared for its suffocating defenses and dependent on its savvy veteran stars played its best game in weeks by taking its cue from a bunch of freshmen — especially the irrepressibly boisterous one they call “Simba.”

That the Cavaliers chose this juncture of the season to put forth one of their most spirited, enjoyable efforts is particularly fascinating in that it contradicts what much of our society values in the sports world. On a metascale, an NIT second round game at 11 a.m. on a Sunday morning matters less than what color suit Craig Sager is wearing from day to day. With nothing tangible at stake except a potential NIT championship in a game between an offensively challenged Virginia team and a St. John’s squad that has only been intermittently competent since the days when Aaron Carter claimed to be able to dunk on Shaq, many fans would ridicule the very notion of tuning in.

Still, such shortsighted snobbery exposes fans to a dangerous

pitfall. By restricting ourselves to the games we think matter, we lose sight of what actually matters. We squander the blessing of games such as Sunday’s, when the action itself — with all its exciting moments and intrinsic drama — drowns out all the white noise, the prognostications and implications to which we assign too much importance.

Instances such as Virginia’s scintillating 5-0 run to blow the game open in the second half following Chris Obekpa’s inadvertent, truck-sticking of Anderson or Barnette’s sheepish attempt at a dunk in the game’s final minute arose simply from the Cavaliers’ desire to win a game they deeply cared about, not the desire for recognition or significance.

For two weeks, Virginia had looked like a team suffering through the games to reach some unseen pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Anderson and the Cavaliers, with their tongue-wagging, fist-pumping, rim-rocking — or almost rimrocking, in Barnette’s case — exhibition Sunday, exuded the recognition that the opportunity to play the game itself repre-

sents the more valuable pot of gold, anyway.

Passion alone does not a winner make; if that were the case, Virginia would be rolling to the Sweet 16 and Simba would already be the Lion King. I recognize that 54.5 percent shooting, Bennett’s early adjustments against the St. John’s zone and a Red Storm offensive game plan that was less coherent than the Swedish Chef from the Muppets played monumental roles in Virginia’s ultimate triumph. Still, as a player under intense pressure to become the eventual star of a surging program, Anderson showed Sunday that we’re fools if we let petty roadblocks such as homework, hangovers or outside expectations distract us from how lucky we are to be doing what we love. In the end, quite fittingly, he put it more aptly than I could ever hope to.

“Being a freshman, you are just happy to play basketball,” Anderson said. “We have an opportunity to keep playing basketball, so why not take it?”

That sentiment alone cannot win Virginia games. But it sure as heck made for a fun Sunday morning.

Baseball | Virginia’s 22-2 start resembles dominant 2011 team Continued from page B1 Waddell nearly matched Rodon by surrendering just one run in his first five innings to keep the contest close.

Virginia’s plan of attack was to be patient at the plate, and it helped in the battle against Rodon, who gave up six walks and threw more than 120 pitches. Trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the fifth, the Cavaliers picked up two early walks and capitalized, bringing two runs across the plate to tie the game.

Once Rodon left the game in the sixth, Virginia was able to handle the NC State relievers, breaking through with six runs in the final two innings to seal the 8-2 win.

“I think a sign of a good offensive club is when you do capitalize on those opportunities,”

O’Connor said. “In this league, when you do get those opportunities, you’ve got to capitalize on them, because the pitching’s so good in this league, you just don’t know when it’s going to come back again.”

In the second game Saturday, the Cavaliers continued to roll behind strong performances from their pitching staff. Redshirt senior lefty Scott Silverstein kept the Wolfpack scoreless in the first four innings of the game and gave Virginia the chance to build an early 3-0 lead. NC State picked up a run in the fifth, but Virginia responded immediately as sophomore center fielder Brandon Downes launched a home run to right field to extend the lead to 4-1.

The Wolfpack added two runs in the top of the fifth, but it was not enough to rattle the Vir-

ginia pitchers, who held on for the 4-3 win. The Cavalier staff did not surrender a walk in 18 innings Saturday, a pitching performance that made it hard for NC State to gain momentum offensively.

“It’s hard to believe that in this league, against a talented club like NC State, that our club can go out and have 18 innings and no walks, but that’s just the mentality that they take,” O’Connor said. “[Pitching coach Karl] Kuhn is as good as anybody out there at preparing our guys to go after hitters and executing a game plan… Anything NC State got, they had to earn today.”

Virginia was able to complete the sweep Sunday behind sophomore Nick Howard, who got the start in a game that was moved up from Monday due

to inclement weather. NC State struck first, driving a run across in the top of the first inning, but Howard allowed just one more run in the fourth to keep the score close at 2-0.

Sparked by a pair of walks to begin the bottom of the fourth inning, the Cavaliers were able to push across three runs and build a one-run lead. Freshman Josh Sborz performed well in relief, tossing three scoreless innings, and Virginia added three more runs in the sixth to cruise to the win. NC State looked as though it might threaten in the ninth as they picked up a run to bring it to 6-3, but Crockett killed the threat to end the game.

“We’ve had trouble with [NC State] in my career here,” senior second baseman Reed Gragnani said. “They’ve always played us

tough. … It was a big, big series sweep for us. We knew, even in the last inning there, they weren’t going to go away.”

NC State has not been swept in an ACC series since 2011, and the three wins propel Virginia to an impressive 24-2 record. The dominant stretch has begun to draw comparisons to the famed 2011 team that made a run to Omaha, and some of the older players see the similarities.

“I see a lot of resemblance,” Gragnani said. “We had a lot of adversity that we overcame at the beginning of the year, and the makeup of the team is the same. We’ve got the same confidence, the same swagger, but each team is different in its own way.”

Virginia will look to continue its sparkling run when it hosts Towson this Wednesday.

W Lacrosse | U.Va. still searching for win against top-ten foe Continued from page B1 ACC) 13-7 win against the Cavaliers (5-5, 0-3 ACC), the teams’ situations appear less analogous. The Blue Devils’ winning ways continued and they now have as many breakthroughs as setbacks against top-10 opponents. Meanwhile, the Cavaliers will need to rebound Wednesday at Old Dominion while wondering how they can better compete with the national powerhouses left on their schedule.

“I think that there were a couple of times we just broke and made a couple of mistakes and ... gave Duke, who’s a really disciplined team and really well-organized team, too many opportunities,” Virginia coach Julie Myers said. “So what we take away from it is we can’t play flat and we need to make sure no matter what the score is or how much time is on the clock, we stay together.”

Virginia left the field at halftime trailing 6-5, and that thin margin held until Blue Devil

sophomore midfielder Taylor Trimble scored with 21:29 remaining. Her tally marked the beginning of a three-goal run that prompted Myers to call timeout with 17:45 to play and her team trailing 9-5.

The Cavaliers responded to the four-goal deficit with defensive grit and offensive spark.

Virginia senior attacker and co-captain Caroline McTiernan scored on a free-position shot with 11:41 remaining and junior attacker Ashlee Warner scored off a pass from sophomore attacker Casey Bocklet less than half a minute later.

But after a nine-minute drought against junior goalkeeper Liz Colgan and the Virginia defense, four Blue Devils combined to reel off four unanswered goals to seal the game.

Duke outshot Virginia 18-9 in the second half and finished with a decisive advantage in ground balls, 11-4. Though Virginia won the draw control battle 13-9, the teams were even in the second half. Blue Devils

freshman goalkeeper Kelsey Duryea notched 12 saves in improving to 5-0 since her insertion into the starting lineup following Duke’s loss to No. 1 Maryland.

“The first half was neck-andneck — we shot and scored; they shot and scored,” Myers said. “Second half, you know, I thought we were coming out sharp and strong. We didn’t make many adjustments at halftime. But I think…[Duke] stayed sharp, and they moved the ball better. And they ran harder offensively as well. I think we got a little bit sticky with the ball, a little bit slower offensively, and that just really tipped the scales to them.”

Eight players found the back of the net for Duke. Senior attacker Makenzie Hommel led all scorers with four goals and one assist and junior midfielder Maddy Morrissey added three goals and an assist.

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McTiernan, sophomore midfielder Courtney Swan and junior midfielder Christie Donovan — a William & Mary transfer — each added one goal. Donovan’s first goal of the season opened the scoring 41 seconds into the game.

Virginia held leads of 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 in the first 13 minutes of the game, but Duke tied the score each time and took its first lead, 4-3, on junior midfielder Molly Quirke’s goal with 11:58 left in the first half. The Cavaliers answered when Swan took a pass from Warner and beat Duryea with 11 minutes on the clock, but the Blue Devils scored the next two goals. Bocklet claimed the final goal of the first half when she juked her defender for an open look at the cage.

The loss was Virginia’s latest to a team ranked above them in the polls. The Cavaliers defeated then-No. 6 Loyola in their season-opener, but have since lost

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to No. 1 Maryland, No. 3 North Carolina, No. 5 Syracuse and No. 10 Penn State. The losses against North Carolina, Syracuse and Penn State were each by one goal.

“I think this just puts it in perspective,” Warner said. “We need to not just come into this game thinking, ‘Oh, we’re just — we’re right there — because we’ve been there for the top-10 teams.’ Like, we need to go into games like, you know, we’re going to win by 10 instead of just trying to stay with them by one.”

Duke knocked Virginia out of the NCAA Tournament last year in the first round after losing to the Cavaliers in the regular season. Virginia fell to 0-3 in ACC play with their remaining in-conference matchups coming against Boston College and Virginia Tech. Senior goalkeeper Kim Kolarik missed her second game in a row because of a hand injury and is questionable for Wednesday’s game against Old Dominion.

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MONDAY Thaler Memorial Lecture: Thomas Woltz // Campbell Hall // 6 p.m. // Free “The Sapphires” film screening // Special Collections Library // 7-9 p.m. // Free

TUESDAY Circulo Literario // International Residential College // 4-5 p.m. // Free “La Faute á Fidel” film screening // Monroe 134 // 7-8 p.m. // Free

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WEDNESDAY An Evening with Charlie Hunter and Scott Amendola // The Southern // 7 p.m. // $15 “Portraits: A Production on Diversity” // Newcomb Gallery // 7:308:30 p.m. // Free

THURSDAY Joshua James WSG Issac Russell // The Southern // 8 p.m. // $10 adv., $12 day of DJ Shadow WSG Ki:Theory // The Jefferson // 9 p.m. // $22 adv., $25 day of

FRIDAY Final Fridays // Arts Grounds // All Day // Free Rosetta WSG War Tempest & Black Clouds // The Southern // 9 p.m. // $8

SATURDAY Australian Aboriginal Art Tour // Kluge-Ruhe Collection // 10:3011:30 a.m. // Free Ellis Paul WSG Jesse Harper // The Southern // 8 p.m. // $15

SUNDAY Aziz Ansari // The Paramount Theater // 7 p.m. // $39 Satisfaction - The International Rolling Stones Show // The Jefferson // 8 p.m. // $12 adv., $15 day of

The arts scene at the University is gearing up for its biggest event of the year: Arts Madness. Orchestrated by the Student Arts Committee, Arts Madness is a week featuring an array of lectures, workshops, shows and films, all celebrating the thriving talent of the student body.

Arts Madness officially kicked off Friday and Saturday evening with a two-part ARTStravanganza. The event served as an opening ceremony for the week, with performances by a number of student groups, including the First Year Players. Participation in ARTSrtavaganza events helps organizations increase their visibility on Grounds, said First-year College student Taylor Goodson, who will play the role of Aunt Eller in FYP’s spring performance of Oklahoma!.

“It was such a rush performing for

ARTSravaganza,” Goodson said. “I think we did a solid job with the song [we performed], so hopefully people enjoyed it enough to come see the whole show.”

Just in its second year, Arts Madness has revamped its schedule from its inaugural year, now favoring quality over quantity.

“Last year, we had so much going on that we realized no one could keep track of it, and as a result we decided to pare down a bit this Spring,” said Student Arts Committee co-chair Kelsey Petrie, a third-year College student. “We have consolidated our events and focused on only one or two per day of the week in order to grasp people's attention in a more focused and effective manner.”

The variety of events ensures that there is something for everyone — the lineup includes film screenings, a talk about

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“The Sapphires” film screening

beginning your own art collection while on a student budget, and a pinhole photography workshop, among many others.

“Arts Madness is focused on bringing the arts to as many people as possible, and being as broad-reaching as possible,” Petrie said. “Sampling the events Arts Madness has to offer allows students to get their feet wet, trying out a wide array of arts and getting to know the ins and outs of the arts scene at U.Va.” Events will be held every night of the week before ending with the Independent Student Arts Project Fund reception at Eunoia on Saturday, March 30. A full list of events can be found at www.virginia.edu/arts/artsmadness.

“Arts Madness is for everyone,” Petrie said. “Embrace your sense of adventure and try something new! That's what college is for, after all — right?”

This Week in Art’s History Birth of Arethra Franklin

[mon. 25] Shown this past November at the Virginia Film Festival and also at the Cannes Film Festival where it received a standing ovation, The Sapphires is a story of four Aboriginal singers who come together as an answer to the Supremes. Given the chance to perform for soldiers in Vietnam, it’s a story of togetherness and friendship alongside the potent social climate of the 1960s. With an awesome cast and soundtrack, this viewing is well worth the price of admission.

Aziz Ansari

March 25, 1942 marked the birth of Aretha Franklin, known not only for her top-notch vocals, but also for her contribution to the development and popularization of soul music in America.

Franklin, who is responsible for hits like like “Think” and “Respect,” became a pop culture phenomenon because of her distinct combination of charisma and killer pipes.

She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, performed at the inauguration of a United States president, and has, on many occasions, been deemed the greatest singer of our time. Happy Birthday, Aretha!

—compiled by Will Mullany

[sun. 31] With a career that includes hilarity-inducing smashes Get Him to the Greek and 30 Minutes or Less, Aziz Ansari is no stranger to cooking up some comedy. After sending audiences into fits of rip-roaring laughter on his Dangerously Delicious tour, he’s back with some fresh material, Buried Alive!, Sunday at the Paramount. If it’s anything like his movie appearances, you’re in for our raunchy, unforgettable night.

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DJANGEO BY STEPHEN ROWE

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). There’s an important interaction happening — at least it’s important to you. You have ideas about what may come of this. You’d be wise to narrow your focus ahead of time by choosing one goal for your conversation.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The principles other generations used to get through life remain relevant even today, and yet you will find today that you need a completely different set of tools in order to tackle modern problems.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll be inspired by those who carry large burdens and still choose to reach beyond themselves and focus on a bigger picture. What you might not see is that their strength comes from getting involved with people like you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Is the world ready for your brand-new solution? Or do they even notice the problems like you do? There is only one good way to predict what happens next: Make it happen.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ve seen this dynamic before. The powers that be are dead wrong, and the village idiot is actually the wisest person in town. Today, there’s something deeply satisfying about the turnaround.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You unfold daily in new and surprising ways. It’s a fact. The one who sees it this way is living in the truth and is your love. The one who doesn’t is, in short, not for you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Whatever your age, the other ages you have been are still inside of you. That’s what gives you compassion and patience for those who are irritatingly younger than you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). This is the right time for a navigational check. Can you find your current position on the map of your life?

Knowing where you are in relation to your goals will renew your sense of purpose.

(NO SUBJECT) BY JANE MATTIMOE

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The rule of the cool is: Never hurry. This sometimes goes against the primal fight-or-flight instinct, which you may notice today. Stay super-cool. Resist the immediate urge to run.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The gifts of the current day satisfy your curiosity and often bring crazy unexpected amusements. In the evening, you’ll be inspired to pay it forward, delighting others with all you’ve learned throughout your life.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You are up to something mischevious. There are many variables that will play into this, so it is wise to take small steps and pause to evaluate after each one along the way. You’ll slowly build on what you learn.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Certain things will seem harder or take longer to accomplish than you would like now. This is exactly the kind of thing you need in order to develop patience, confidence and a generally easygoing attitude.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 24). Challenging things look easy to you because you are filled with boldness. And while you accomplish big feats in the next six weeks, you must be careful not to take on so much at once that life becomes joyless. June’s support, friendship and fun will keep you motivated.

Financial backing comes in August. Pisces and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 22, 12, 4 and 23.

NO PUN INTENDED BY CHARLOTTE RASKOVICH

GREEK LIFE BY MATT HENSELL

A BUNCH OF BANANAS BY GARRETT MAJDIC & JACK WINTHROP

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

BEAR NECESSITIES BY MAXIMILIAN MEESE & ALEX STOTT

MOSTLY HARMLESS BY PETER SIMONSEN

Solution, tips and computer program at www.sudoku.com

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