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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Hawkeyes end U.Va’s NIT run

Iowa exploits poor Cavalier defensive peformance, earns trip to tournament semiﬁnals in New York

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Senior guard Jontel Evans posted four assists and four fouls in his ﬁnal game as a Cavalier. Evans was named to the 2013 ACC All-Defensive team.

By Daniel Weltz

Cavalier Daily Sports Editor From the moment the Virginia basketball team learned its season would culminate not in its second straight NCAA Tournament berth but rather in the NIT, the team set its sights on making the trip to the historic Madison Square Garden that had eluded them earlier in the year. Wednesday’s season-ending 75-64 loss to Iowa at John Paul Jones Arena once again snuffed out those hopes, but the result was far more painful this time around. “Everybody was thinking about getting that opportunity [to play at MSG],” senior guard Jontel Evans said. “We just came up short again.” Iowa ended Virginia’s recordbreaking 2012-13 season with a gutsy performance in front of 11,141 hostile fans, answer-

ing each Cavalier rally swiftly. Led by a team-high 24 points by junior guard Roy Devyn Marble, the Hawkeyes became the first road team to win in Charlottesville in more than four months to advance to the NIT semifinals, where they will meet another ACC foe, Maryland. The Hawkeyes beat the Cavaliers at their own game, winning the hustle stats and playing tenacious defense to wear down Virginia. Iowa outrebounded Virginia 34-26 and scored 24 points in the paint, and benefited from its opponents’ fatigue by taking control down the stretch. Virginia led 41-39 with 13:34 remaining, but the Hawkeyes used a 22-8 run in the next 10 minutes to grab control. “Playing teams that are real tough is kind of a gut check,” coach Tony Bennett said. “You

realize this is what tournament basketball is, desperately trying to advance to something significant, what you need to bring and how it has to be done. There’s some wisdom in that to motivate us to work really hard in the offseason.” Freshman guard Justin Anderson was once again the spark plug for Virginia, registering five 3-pointers and five blocked shots while scoring a team-high 24 points, but even his allaround performance was not enough. The Cavaliers’ vaunted packline defense, which had become the most prominent aspect of an arena-record 19-game winning streak at JPJ, betrayed them when it mattered most. Iowa shot 49 percent from the field while reaching the highest point total of any non-conference foe Virginia has faced this season. The Hawkeyes

an energized crowd stunned. Seven different Iowa players scored during the decisive 10-minute stretch after Tobey’s go-ahead dunk. “They’re hard to play because I think they’re balanced,” Bennett said. “We gave them way too many easy looks.” Tobey’s layup and three made free throws cut the deficit to 49-46 with 8:05 remaining, but for the first time at home in months, the Cavaliers could not come up with the needed stops. The Hawkeyes reeled off another nine straight points in the next 2:45, as junior forward Zach McCabe drilled a backbreaking 3-pointer to stretch the lead to 12. Anderson continued his frantic play by scoring nine points in the last 5:04, but his efforts were not enough for Virginia. With the lead swelling as high as 14 with under a minute remaining, a Cavalier fan base that has grown accustomed to winning rose to its feet to give its team a warm send-off with a standing ovation while chanting “U-V-A.” The loss concluded the careers of Evans and senior walk-on Doug Browman, who have each seen a program on the rise since the hiring of Bennett. Evans struggled in his final collegiate action, failing to score and committing four fouls while being

outscored the Cavaliers 44-36 in the decisive second half, pulling away on a combination of sharpshooting and hustle plays. Iowa made all 15 free throw attempts on the night and shot 8-of-17 from long range, but they also tallied 17 second chance points and dominated on the glass. “I challenged them at halftime to come out and play, embrace the physicality of this game,” Bennett said. “They did for a bit, and then [Iowa] just kept playing and playing and we wore down.” Virginia, meanwhile, was out of sorts offensively in its final game of the season. Third-team All-ACC junior forward Akil Mitchell continued his lateseason struggles, scoring just nine points on two made field goals. Cavalier starters aside from Anderson scored just 23 points and junior guard Joe Harris missed 7-of-11 field goal attempts. “Joe carried a big load all year,” Bennett said. “I think he looked worn down at the end and didn’t play his best basketball the last few games.” F r e s h m a n f o r w a r d M i ke Tobey, who led all reserves with 15 points, gave the Cavaliers their final lead of the game with 13:34 remaining on a twohanded slam. Marble’s lone 3-pointer of the night sparked an 8-0 run that put the Hawkeyes ahead for good and left

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Grad students Va. debates abortion ban showcase work Gov. Bob McDonnell proposes amendment to prohibit abortion coverage

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell proposed an amendment Monday that would prohibit health insurance companies from offering abortion coverage through the federally run health insurance exchange.

Huskey Research Exhibition recognizes graduate projects, awards more than $8,000 to students By Alia Sharif

Cavalier Daily News Associate The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences held its 13th annual Robert J. Huskey Research Exhibi-

tion Wednesday in Newcomb Hall to publicize student research and reward exceptional projects. The Exhibition was part of Grad Days, Please see Exhibition, Page A3

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Graduate student presented their research projects to their peers, faculty and the public at the 13th annual Huskey Research Exhibition on

Gov. Bob McDonnell proposed an amendment Monday that would prohibit abortion coverage in health insurance plans purchased through the federal health care exchange that will soon be available in Virginia. The amendment, which also prevents individuals from purchasing abortion coverage in addition to a regular health insurance plan, must now be approved by the General

will bring Virginia up to code with the Affordable Care Act. The only exceptions would be for rape, incest or cases where the life of the mother is at risk. “This would affect approximately 50,000 Virginia women who are expected to use Virginia’s health exchange,” according to NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia. Steve Pazmino, the executive director of the Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus, said he

Assembly. “No qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered for sale through an exchange established or operating in the Commonwealth shall provide coverage for abortions, regardless of whether such coverage is provided through the plan or is offered as a separate optional rider thereto,” the amendment reads. The amendment was added to the health insurance reform recently passed by both houses of the Virginia legislature that

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Harringtons file civil negligence lawsuit Morgan Harrington’s parents sue Regional Marketing Concepts, Inc., seek $3.9 million compensation, hope to prevent future violence By Sara Rourke

Cavalier Daily Staff Writer Dan Harrington, father of the late Morgan Harrington, announced in an email Tuesday the Harrington family will file

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an amended civil lawsuit against defendant Regional Marketing Concepts, Inc. for negligence the night of their daughter’s disappearance at John Paul Jones Arena in 2009. Morgan, a 20-year-old Virginia

Tech student at the time, was reported missing after leaving a Metallica concert at JPJ in October, 2009. Her body was found in January, 2010 in the field of an Albemarle County farm. The suit provides previously

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Lee Livingston, the Harrington’s attorney, in a press release. “The Amended Complaint uses this new information to make more specific allegations.”

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OROSCOPES

ARIES (March 21-April 19). An increase in income usually means an increase in responsibilities, but not always. Sometimes it actually means that people are starting to understand the value that was there all along.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). And how about that person who is exactly the way you want them to be? Can you imagine anything more boring? When you get the wrench thrown into your social works, consider it a blessing.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re not one to phone it in. You give either your best or nothing at all. Of course, you want to work smart instead of hard, but most times the work you do is both. Today will represent most times.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Did you sleep through your alarm clock, or did you turn it off and claim to have slept through it? These things are to be expected on the day after a raucous full moon. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The boomerang effect is happening big-time today in regards to your social impulses. The things you want to tell another person are very likely the things you should really be telling truthfully yourself.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). We are all different. If that doesn’t seem to be the case — if the people you know are blending together in sameness — then try to make every person you know comfortable enough to bring their true self to the picture.

THE ADVENTURES OF THE AMAZING <THE> A-MAN BY EMILIO ESTEBAN

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Wanting things to be different could be the start of a beautiful new world. Or it could be a waste of time and energy. It all depends on your style of wanting. Want, and then act. Don’t want and dwell.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). People relate to you because of who you are. It’s not so much what you say or how you say it as it is where you willl meet a tall dark stranger. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). In the wake of the full moon in your sign, this is a ﬁne time to do a personal inventory. While you’re at it, make sure the things you give your attention to are really worth your time and effort.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The intricacies and complications of how things work threaten to bog down your progress. Honestly, who needs it? Accept that they work, and go from there.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You feel protective of the ones you love. You can’t help that. It’s a wonderful quality you possess, and they will be ﬂattered and impressed if they ever get to see it in action — and they might tonight!

NO PUN INTENDED BY CHARLOTTE RASKOVICH

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 28). New inﬂuences change your thinking this year. You may lose your grip on things that you thought you were absolutely positive about and love the experience of sliding into a different mindset. Special relationships make the process a blast. You’ll learn a new route to moneymaking in June. Travel in August. Leo and Gemini people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 19, 24, 33, 38 and 14.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Maybe it’s not an entirely enlightened thought, but loving and helping yourself can sometimes feel like a chore. In that case, give up the self-help efforts, and just do what feels natural.

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Thursday, March 28, 2013 | The Cavalier Daily

Three-Day Weather Forecast

Provided by the Cavalier Weather Service

TODAY High of 51˚

TONIGHT Low of 31˚

TOMORROW High of 55˚

TOMORROW NIGHT Low of 31˚

Partly cloudy with northwesterly winds at 6 to 12 mph

Mostly clear with northwesterly winds at 6 to 8 mph becoming light after midnight

Mostly sunny with northwesterly winds at 4 to 7 mph

Mostly clear with temperatures falling into the lower 30s

For the rest of this week, we will have abundant sunshine as high pressure builds across the region until Saturday night. A northwesterly wind will persist through today due to low pressure in the northeast, and high pressure to our west. A cold front will affect our area Sunday into Monday.

SUNDAY High of 58˚ Mostly sunny with temperatures warming to the upper 50s To receive Cavalier Weather Service forecasts via e-mail, contact weather@virginia.edu

M Basketball | Anderson provides lone bright spot Continued from page A1 unable to contain Marble. “Jontel is such a leader and it hurts losing him,” Anderson said. “We fought our hearts out

and afterward it wasn’t even about the game, but our appreciation for the seniors.” Evans’ poor final showing was reflective of the declining play of the team’s three key veter-

ans. Evans, Harris and Mitchell combined for just 20 points on 6-of-19 shooting while freshmen Anderson and Tobey made 11-of-24 shots and scored 39 points. That core group, outside

of Evans, will return in 2013 along with a potentially strong freshman class and the additions of transfer Anthony Gill and injured sophomore guard Malcolm Brogdon.

“We have to keep fighting,” Anderson said. “Our program is on the right start and we’re going up. We learned a huge lesson this year about protecting our house.”

Exhibition | Undergrads help present “Two Hoos” works Continued from page A1 a two-week celebration of graduate and professional student life and academic achievement. The event kicked off early We d n e s d ay m o r n i n g w i t h research presentations from students from various academic disciplines. “People who are coming to your

poster and your oral [presentation] care and want to hear about what you are doing,” said Morgan Bolden, a graduate Arts & Sciences student and one of the event organizers. “[Graduate students] don’t generally get the ability to present our research aside from our dissertation.” More than $8,000 in prizes were awarded to selected presenters at

an evening awards ceremony. University faculty judged the projects based on delivery, research design and clarity of presented content. Among the award recipients were Graduate Arts & Sciences students Robyn Kondrad and Marissa Drell, who earned first-place in Social and Behavior Science for their poster “At Least She Said Something,” focusing on children’s

cognitive development and susceptibility to inaccurate information; Graduate Arts & Sciences student Rebecca Frazier and fourthyear College student Julian Wills, who won first-place in the “Two Hoos” category for their presentation “Justified Corruption - Do we empower leaders to act unethically on behalf of the group?”; and Bolden, who took second place for

her oral presentation “Nitrogenbased heterocycles in sphingosine kinase inhibitors” in the Science and Mathematics category. Several undergraduate students also participated through the “Two Hoos” oral competition, in which a graduate student and an undergraduate who had been conducting research together were able to jointly present their work.

Abortion | Bill allows rape, incest, mother’s health exceptions Continued from page A1 sees the Governor’s action as an intrusion upon the private marketplace.

“It’s not the governor’s business to decide how people should spend their money, and the governor has no place to dictate how women and insurance

companies decide healthcare for women,” Pazmino said. Sen. Charles W. Carrico, R-Grayson, however, embraced McDonnell’s amendment.

“This is something that Virginia has taken a position on over the past few years [and] this needs to be done to protect life of the unborn,” Carrico said.

The General Assembly will reconvene April 3 to consider the change and other amendments to bills that McDonnell submitted.

Lawsuit | Family critiques RMC failure to assist Harrington Continued from page A1 After leaving her seat to use the restroom during the concert, Morgan suffered an unexplained head injury and two- to three-inch cut on her chin with substantial bleeding, according to the lawsuit. Harrington, unable to help herself, was assisted by a bystander. The bystander noted Harrington

did not smell of alcohol, was conscious and appeared extremely disoriented. “Occasions will arise when young women need others to attend to them and offer reasonable care to them,” Livingston said. “This case may shed light on whether others who saw [Morgan] in distress acted in ways to keep her out of harm’s way.”

Morgan soon after left the concert, through doors guarded by contracted event services and security provider RMC, according to the suit. RMC denied Harrington re-entry to the venue, creating a barrier between her and the assistance of her friends or medical services, according to the suit. The Harringtons argue that not

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only did RMC breach common law duty to provide reasonable care to ill, injured or otherwise debilitated patrons, but also violated general protocol. In many other instances concert attendees have been allowed re-entrance after, for example, visiting the parking lot to retrieve a wallet, according to the suit. The Harrington family said

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they feel RMC’s negligence was a direct cause of the abduction and murder of their daughter, and are seeking $3.9 million in damages. “We hope this action will keep a spotlight on finding a killer, while also encouraging those who can help a vulnerable person to pause — and lend a hand when they are able to reach out,” Livingston said.

Opinion Thursday, March 28, 2013

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Kaz Komolafe Editor-in-Chief Charlie Tyson Executive Editor Meghan Luff Operations Manager

“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

Caroline Houck Managing Editor Kiki Bandlow Chief Financial Officer

Take a tuition hike The managing board unpacks the University’s recently released four-year ﬁnancial proposal University President Teresa Sullivan and her staff unveiled a four-year financial plan earlier this month. The proposal is still a draft, subject to review by the Board of Visitors in its May meeting. The plan calls for tuition increases to mitigate declining state funding. The University’s state appropriation per in-state student in fiscal year 2012 was $8,346. This figure lags far behind the amount of state support the University’s peer institutions receive. The University of North Carolina receives $22,105 per instate student, and the University of Maryland receives $17,494. Sullivan’s plan makes the assumption that funding from the Commonwealth will increase, but only marginally. The plan anticipates an additional $12.6 million in cumulative incremental funds from the state by fiscal year 2017. This figure does not suggest a widespread or sustained uptick in state support for public higher education. It is merely based on what the state would owe to help the University fund the instate undergraduate enrollment growth that the 2011 Higher Education Opportunity Act mandated. We have often argued in these pages for the state to make higher-education funding more

of a budget priority. Now — with less than two months before the Board finalizes the University’s four-year financial plan — is as good a time as any to remind readers of what happens when a university must serve the public but is forced to make do without sufficient public support. The results are tuition hikes and an increased reliance on philanthropy. Neither outcome is desirable. Steady tuition increases stretch middle-class families and leave students in debt. Rising costs threaten the integrity of the University’s mission of furthering knowledge and cultivating thinkers, leaders and citizens, because students and families overwhelmed by the financial obligations higher education imposes may lack or feel they lack the flexibility to pursue a major and career of their choice. Let’s look at the numbers. In the absence of sufficient state support, the University since the early 1990s has relied more heavily on tuition increases to remain afloat. Twenty years ago, tuition funded 24 percent of the University’s operating budget. Now it funds nearly a third. Sullivan’s latest financial plan continues the trend of tuition increases. The plan projects that base undergraduate tuition

will rise between 2.5 percent and 3.5 percent per year for the next four years. These increases are, as percentages, modest: by comparison, in-state tuition rose 10.4 percent between fiscal year 2004 and 2005 and 9.7 percent between fiscal year 2010 and 2011. When considering percentages, however, one must remember that a smaller percentage does not equal a smaller sum because tuition rises each year. The 10.4 percent tuition increase between fiscal year 2004 and 2005 was $641 per student (rates rose from $6,149 to $6,790). The in-state undergraduate tuition and fees rate for fiscal year 2013 is $12,216, according to the financial report. A 3.5 percent increase from 2013 levels would be $428. The draft also introduces an expanded differential-tuition plan. Beginning with the class entering this fall, the University will inform students that the Commerce School will charge $5,000 a year more than the base undergraduate tuition rate. The Engineering School will charge $2,000 a year more. All other undergraduate schools will charge $2,000 a year more for the students’ third and fourth years, beginning fall 2015. Differential tuition is justified insofar as some degrees — engi-

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neering, for instance — demand more resources. A better system would track the resources each student’s program of study demands and charge tuition accordingly. Such a system, however, would be dizzyingly complex, so the blanket tuition differentials are understandable. Whether these differentials will undermine solidarity between schools or position some courses of study as more valuable by virtue of their expense remains to be seen. Current tuition differentials — the Commerce School charges third- and fourth-year students $4,000 more in tuition than the base rate, and Nursing and Engineering students pay lab fees — do not seem to have had damaging social effects. Because of these tuition increases, financial aid will become more crucial for many students. It is disappointing that Sullivan’s financial plan does not include a more robust defense of AccessUVa. A strong financial-aid program is crucial for the University’s success. Such a program preserves the school’s public obligation to educate all worthy students, and it attracts bright thinkers from a range of communities who might not otherwise be able to afford attending college. AccessUVa’s cost has ballooned since the program began. It cur-

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rently demands more than $40 million in annual funds, up from $11.5 million when it launched in 2005. Though the federal government could be doing more to support need-based aid for college students, federal measures increasing financial-aid programs would have a hard time passing in this post-sequester political climate. The onus is therefore on the University to preserve AccessUVa’s viability. But the financial plan, which devotes ample space to detailing why AccessUVa has “proved increasingly hard to sustain,” proffers only two short paragraphs explaining how the school will continue to support financial aid. The University projects its contributions to AccessUVa will rise by $8.5 million in the next four years. The plan says the school will establish regular review process of the program but it says nothing about what metrics it will use to evaluate AccessUVa. The financial plan is a draft, and its financial-aid section is a prime candidate for editing. If tuitionpayers are going to shoulder the school’s increasing costs, lower- and mid-income students deserve a more thought-out approach to how the University will maintain its commitment to AccessUVa.

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Big brother, small device Google’s new ‘Google Glass’ product is a threat to privacy To add to the constant techno- like the fact that the device has Once this technology is comlogical developments of our world, the ability to record and find it pleted and improved, a quick Google has recently unveiled its disturbing that a person could be search on Google’s database might new Google Glass product: a device recording you just as easily as they bring forth every word you have that seems to bring us even closer could be looking at you. ever spoken within earshot of But being recorded a Google Glass device, and anyto the Orwellian without your knowl- thing you said that might be seen dystopia we were Meredith Berger edge or permission is as an affront to Google could be all warned of in OPINION COLUMNIST not the only problem discovered and used against you. “Nineteen Eightysociety faces with the Perhaps I am jumping to concluFour.” The company first announced creation of Google Glass. With sions, but with technology like Google Glass in the summer of Google Glass, individuals face Google Glass, a dystopian future, 2012, but discussion has picked the danger of losing their pri- in which Google plays the role of up more recently because of an vacy altogether, as Google will an Orwellian Big Brother, is conincrease in advertisements for the have the ability to know exactly ceivable. device. Google Glass is essentially a what Google users are seeing at “Stop the Cyborgs” wrote that, as Smartphone in the shape of a “fash- any given moment through the a result of Google Glass, “Gradually ionable” eye piece. Each pair of device’s lenses. people will stop acting as autonoSupporters of Google Glass have mous individuals, when making glasses is fitted with a camera and web browser that displays digital argued that cameras and other decisions and interacting with information on a tiny screen. The recording devices already exist, others, and instead become mere part of the headset that rests near m a k i n g G o o g l e sensor/ the temple is used as a touchpad, Glass’ ability to effector “Google Glass seems like and is activated by touch, with record irrelevant. nodes of a a more convenient Smartfunctions such as scrolling and But the users of global netphone at first glance, but tapping. Google Glass is also fitted existing camera work." It is with a tiny speaker, microphone devices have conits ability to record is what f r i g h t e n and motion sensors. The device can trol over where ing to think takes it to extreme levels, send text messages, receive emails, their captured data that we similar to what one would o u r s e l v e s show you the latest news and even goes. Google Glass, act as a GPS to identify your loca- on the other hand, see in a ‘Terminator’ movie.” are turning automatically sends tion and access Google Maps. into these Google Glass seems like a more r e c o r d i n g s a n d robots; convenient Smartphone at first images to Google because of the these beings so dependent on and glance, but its ability to record is device’s lack of storage space. controlled by technology that we what takes it to extreme levels, Google Glass may well be the are willingly giving up our autonsimilar to what one would see in end to whatever privacy social omy. Technology such as Google a “Terminator” movie. There is networking hasn’t already taken Glass puts our personal freedoms no way of knowing if someone is from us. The glasses themselves at risk. Therefore it is important simply glancing in your direction act almost as monitoring devices, that Google Glass be viewed as a and who’s to say Google won’t start breach of privacy, or else people or if they are videotaping you. This video option is a main cri- listening to our conversations and will be susceptible to an even tique opponents of Google Glass looking at our pictures and videos? greater loss in personal liberty and CNN reporter Andrew Keen privacy. offer. One website called "Stop The Cyborgs” argued against Google brought up this concern in a recent Glass, saying that the device will article, writing: “Google Glass Meredith Berger is an Opinion bring us closer to a society in could, I fear, become the focal columnist for The Cavalier which "privacy is impossible and point for all our data in a world Daily. Contact her at m.berger@ corporate control total." They dis- where privacy no longer exists.” cavalierdaily.com.

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A question of precedent Gay marriage should not be the Supreme Court’s decision

Justice from the justices The Supreme Court ought to legalize gay marriage The Supreme Court heard argu- making a decision in favor of equal ments Tuesday and Wednesday on rights. two laws concerning gay marriage. On a purely legal level, there is not The first was California’s Proposition a single compelling reason to uphold 8, which banned gay marriage in the either Prop 8 or DOMA. A common state, and the second was the Defense argument against same-sex marof Marriage Act, which limits federal riage is that it provides a different benefits of marriages to heterosexual set of rules for a select population. couples. The court’s decisions, which But any analysis of this claim shows will likely be released in June, have it to be not only misleading but antithe potential to either completely thetical to the truth. Gay marriage overturn all laws banning gay mar- would only be a “special” right if riage, to strike down only one or they would gain something desirable both of the laws at issue or to the entire poputo leave both laws intact lation that would Forrest Brown and the decision about gay not be available to OPINION COLUMNIST marriage up to the states. others. If that were A cursory glance at the the case, gay marstate of public opinion on the issue riage would not be legally sound. shows a fairly even divide. But a But same-sex couples are asking for deeper look at the issue reveals that the complete opposite — they don’t gay marriage will soon be the will of want “special” rights, they want the the people. Not only do young people same rights afforded to heterosexual of both parties overwhelmingly sup- couples. We can’t decide what race port gay marriage, but people are we are, what sex we are, or what becoming more open-minded as they sexual orientation we are. None of realize people they care about are these factors can be a valid limitation gay — as in the case of Sen. Rob Port- for access to marriage, a fundamental man (R-Ohio), who switched sides in right to which all adults are entitled. the gay-marriage debate after his son The only criteria necessary for a came out as gay. Same-sex marriage couple to be married should be that will not be an issue like abortion that they are consenting adults capable lingers as a controversy for decades of making informed decisions for after a Supreme Court decision. The themselves — a criteria that applies court could effectively eliminate universally and equally to people of years and decades of controversy by any gender or orientation. making a decision that reflects the Nicolle Wallace, a former advisor inevitable outcome of the debate, and to President George W. Bush, has in doing so will ensure immediate made an additional argument against justice for those to whom the state is gay marriage, recently telling Fox currently denying rights. News: "There's also a moral imperaIs affirming gay marriage a decision tive here. If you believe, if you value the court can’t afford to make politi- and treasure and revere the institucally? Will conservatives make too big tion of marriage, then you should of a fuss for the right-leaning judges want every family unit to be really to ignore? The answer to both ques- wrapped in marriage." I must admit, tions is no. Gay marriage is no longer I had to read this quote several times a fundamentally political issue. Less before I realized that Wallace disthan a year ago agreed with me some consid“Not only do young people of on same-sex marered it radical I personally both parties overwhelmingly riage. that President think the above support gay marriage, but Barack Obama quote is a powannounced his erful argument people are becoming more support of gay gay marriage. open-minded as they realize for marriage during Regardless of laws people they care about are his campaign. banning sameNow dozens of sex couples from gay — as in the case of Sen. Republicans, marrying, people Rob Portman (R-Ohio), who Portman and who love each switched sides in the gayformer Utah other are going Gov. Jon Hunts- marriage debate after his son to live together man among and form famicame out as gay.” them, have lies. The instituthrown their tion of marriage weight behind gay marriage and is a structure that strengthens and urged the court to rule against Prop empowers the family unit and there8 and DOMA. This trend does not fore benefits society. I do think it’s a reflect a shift by either party. Instead, “moral imperative” to “want every it is indicative of the fact that savvy family unit to be really wrapped in politicians are realizing that opposi- marriage." And that means granting tion to same-sex marriage is, quite equal rights to the same sex couples literally, dying. The people from both and families who just want their parties who will be voting in the elec- relationships to be recognized as tions of the coming decades support legitimate by the state. I hope the gay marriage. The population that is Supreme Court’s decision reflects this overwhelmingly against the idea are imperative. the elderly, and while they may currently even out the scales, every year Forrest Brown is an Opinion tips the balance further. The justices columnist for The Cavalier of the Supreme Court would not be Daily. Contact him at f.brown@ condemning either political party by cavalierdaily.com.

This week, the Supreme Court heard oral Critics will be quick to point out that for arguments for two cases pertaining to the many people, the question of extending illegality of same-sex marriage in the United rights to blacks was a moral issue, and yet States. On Tuesday and Wednesday, sup- we deemed it proper to address it in the porters and critics of gay marriage alike courts. Why should gay marriage be any gathered together in person and on social different? First, perhaps we should have media sites to voice their opinions on the indeed left the issue of civil rights to the legissue of gay marriage. Red equal signs prolif- islature — an argument that I will flesh out erated on Facebook as many U.Va. students later. But, more importantly, the Constituexpressed solidarity with the rights of same- tion spoke unequivocally on the issue: racial sex couples. However, the expressions of dis- discrimination was unconstitutional. We approval and support concannot find similar clarity cealed the fact that the very on the question of whether Russell Bogue organ of government that same-sex unions are to be OPINION COLUMNIST should hold and resolve constitutionally mandated. the debate over same-sex Supporters of gay marmarriage is not the Supreme Court. Whether riage also use the Fourteenth Amendment, you long for the day when gay couples can which guarantees equal rights for all citimarry or you shudder at the thought, the zens, as the backbone of their constitutional collective resolution of the American people arguments. However, equating the social should not come through the institution of and moral convention of marriage to fundathe courts. mental political rights like voting and free Discussions of gay marriage often couch expression, which the Fourteenth Amendthe issue in terms of “equal rights,” a syl- ment was designed to protect, is an interprelogism that makes it seem as though the tive leap that deserves fierce skepticism. The logic is obvious: if we want equal rights, we simple reality is that for many Americans, should press for it in the courts. Isn’t that the question of marriage is one of morality what happened during the Civil Rights Era? and social norms, while for others it is a How are gay rights any different? There question of equal rights. When there is disare a number of answers to this argument, agreement on whether something is a right, which together form a powerful case against we look to the Constitution for guidance. Yet using the courts as the pathway to marriage I dare you to find a mention of marriage in equality. the Constitution. And if you will argue that it The first is that the issue of marriage equal- is a right under the “penumbra” of rights that ity is far more nuanced than that of racial constitute the right to privacy, why can we equality and civil rights. When dealing not extend this logic to laws against bigamy, with racial equality, the Court had specific, bestiality, and obscenity and invalidate them intentional constitutional precedent that all as unwarranted intrusions on our rights? established racial discrimination as unlaw- If the Court’s job is simply to decide what the ful: the context and intent of the Fourteenth Constitution says on an issue, the argument Amendment and the specific language of the for marriage as an established, inalienable Fifteenth Amendment, for example. It was right is on very shaky ground. clear what the Constitution had to say on the The linchpin in this entire argument comes issue of racial inequality: it was impermis- down to judicial restraint on controversial sible. No matter what people believed about issues of social morality. Appealing to nine race, the Constitution had a specific stance unelected judges for resolution on our most for the Court to interpret. contentious disputes sidesteps the branch of Same-sex marriage is more complicated. government in which heated debated over Because it deals fundamurky issues mentally with issues “The simple reality is that for many, deserves to take of social morality, a place: the legismany Americans, the question of domain the courts have lature. Do nine marriage is one of morality and traditionally left to the citizens really legislature, the question social norms, while for others it is a possess the reqof same-sex marriage uisite wisdom to question of equal rights.” is not analogous to the lay down a definiquestion of civil rights tive verdict on a for all races. Opposition question that has for gay marriage rests on the same bedrock so aggressively divided the nation? Do their that upholds prohibitions against bigamy, opinions really count more than the milobscenity, bestiality, and all other laws that lions of Americans that will fundamentally seek to define for society what is immoral disagree with them, regardless of the decior unacceptable behavior. The promotion sion? Perhaps such is the reality of almost of a majoritarian moral interest has long any Supreme Court decision — but at least been held by the Court as a constitutionally in other cases, the court has a firm constilegitimate state interest (at least until recent tutional backing to its logic. When it comes years), not necessarily because it is rightfully to social morality, the justices are no more legitimate but because the Constitution is equipped for judgment than any theologian silent on such issues. Phrasing the question or humanist. in terms of “rights” wrongly obscures the In regard to these specific cases, the court fact that gay marriage is at its core a clash of can, and should, reach conclusions that do values over what is right and what is wrong. not solve the social question of marriage Those who believe same-sex marriage is equality for the country. Any substantial acceptable view it as a right; those who policy decision on this issue made by the believe it is unacceptable do not view it as a court will not be accepted as valid. Close right. The Constitution, meanwhile, is silent. to half the country will not accept the Some may argue that since the Judeo-Chris- resolution, regardless of which way it goes; tian ethic is in fact what is upholding the bitterness and mistrust of government morality against gay marriage, prohibitions will inevitably emerge. The democratic like Proposition 8 are an unconstitutional process will be seen as subverted by a selfbreach of the boundaries of Church and interested elite. The fall-out from the Roe State. However, this boundary was erected v. Wade decision is proof of this fact. Why to keep the state free from overt influence risk such estrangement? from any single creed or religious practice If you believe in gay marriage, fight to — not to put an end to all legislation that convince your fellow citizens of its merits attempts to establish a moral order based on and achieve equity by changing the hearts a widely followed ethical framework, such and minds of the nation through the good, as that laid down by the Abrahamic reli- old fashioned legislative process; don’t gions. As mentioned previously, we accept resort to re-interpreting the Constitumany obscenity and sexuality laws that are tion and forcing your opinion on others based on this moral code — are these also through the iron judgment of our highest violations of the “Establishment Clause”? Is court. We cannot substitute judicial fiat any legislation influenced by Judeo-Chris- for engaging each other in substantive tian morality an affront to the Constitution? conversation on what we believe is right The answer is no, absolutely not, and the or wrong. Otherwise, we risk blurring the Court has recognized this in case after case. lines of authority between the branches, Even so, a strong argument can be made for laying the groundwork for a nation at war the recognition of humanism and atheism as with itself. competing “religions” to the Judeo-Christian ethic in which case the gay-marriage debate Russell Bogue is an Opinionist columnist for The Cavalier Daily. Contact him at is not an instance of Church v. State but r.bogue@cavalierdaily.com. “Church” v. “Church.”

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Painful gratitude

ack in January 2007, before I could grow more than a creepy strip of blond peach fuzz above my lip and when all I knew about the University was that its main building looked sort of like a brown Jefferson Memorial, I attended the New Orleans Saints’ 39-14 drubbing at the hands of the Chicago Bears at the NFC Championship game. To witness in person my beloved, resurgent

team come so agonizingly close ending. Just a month after exciteto actualizing my wildest dreams ment cascaded to a fever pitch and lay a “Transformers 2”-like following the Feb. 28 Duke victory, egg hurt worse than a 3-13 disas- coach Tony Bennett and Virginia bumbled through trous season ever FRITZ METZINGER the kind of madcould. dening March The stakes were lower and the pain likely not as that tempts me to rage about stagacute for Virginia fans, but the nant possessions, egregious turnCavaliers’ 75-64 loss to Iowa in the overs and AWOL leading scorers. But I’ve learned a lesson I was NIT quarterfinals Tuesday night constituted a similarly deflating too immature to grasp six years

ago. For those of us who have paid close enough attention, this 201213 campaign, as that 2006 season did for Saints fans, has taken us on the kind of roller coaster ride that, for all the peaks and valleys, can make one a wiser person for enjoying it. And the only acceptable response to such a thing, as much as my cynical impulses scream in protest, is one of gratitude. I’ll start my round of thank you’s

by acknowledging a freshman class whose overachievement this season enabled Virginia to excel this year. Though Taylor Barnette, Teven Jones, Evan Nolte and Mike Tobey all deserve credit for their energetic play and persistence through growing pains, Justin Anderson earned the right to a Please see Metzinger, Page B2

U.Va nabs midweek win Cavaliers look Strong start from Oest, big third inning pace 7-1 bowout against Towson Sophomore center ﬁelder Brandon Downes went 2-for-3 with an RBI Wednesday night against Towson. Downes is third on the team with 23 RBIs so far this season.

O’Reilly, men’s lacrosse team aim to improve on disappointing March in home conference opener By Zack Bartee

Cavalier Daily Senior Associate Editor After starting the season undefeated through February, the No. 17 Virginia men’s lacrosse team has lost four of its five games in March and will close out the disastrous month by opening conference play Saturday against No. 2 Maryland at Klöckner Stadium. The formerly top-ranked Terrapins (6-1, 1-1 ACC) are coming off their first blemish of the season, a 10-8 home loss to No. 6 North Carolina. After falling behind 8-2 in the third quarter, Maryland mounted a furious comeback that fell just short. With a win in Charlottesville, the Terrapins would finish their ACC schedule at 2-1 and put even more pressure on No. 10 Duke and the Tar Heels,

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Cavalier Daily Senior Associate Editor The No. 8 Virginia baseball team played Towson Wednesday night, but you may not have known that from a quick look at the field. With their school’s name blacked out on their uniforms in protest of a recent decision to cut the program, the Tigers likely played at Davenport for the final time. Behind a solid start from freshman Trey Oest, the Cavaliers closed out the series in impressive fashion, taking a 7-1 win. On a night when a dominant performance from the Cavaliers (23-2, 7-2 ACC) on both sides of the ball made for a relatively uneventful game, it was the Tigers’ ( 13-10, 5-4 CAA) turmoil that seemed to take center stage. After a March 8 decision

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by the Towson administration to drop the baseball and men’s soccer teams, the players staged a protest, covering “Towson” on their uniforms in duct tape. Their decision has been met with sympathy from other teams around the country, including Virginia. “There’s no question that Towson’s baseball program is in a tough position right now,” head coach Brian O’Connor said. “I hate to see it. Baseball is our national pastime and you hate to see opportunities taken away from young people. They’ve had a baseball program there for a long time. They’ve got a great coach that’s been there a long time.” The team’s protest has brought them national attention and broad support, including from Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. The Tigers hope that they may be able to use the public anger to

overturn the decision. “I think the people who made this decision underestimated the outcry in the Towson community, in the state of Maryland, even government officials,” Towson coach Mike Gottlieb said. “I think there’s still some hope. … There’s been some talk at a high level of government about it, so we’re hoping, but we know there’s no guarantees.” Facing Towson for the 17th and possibly final time, the Cavaliers used two big innings to power their way to the win. After redshirt senior first baseman Jared King reached on an error and freshman outfielder Joe McCarthy walked in the bottom of the third inning, the Cavaliers used four hits to plate five runs and take the Please see Baseball, Page B2

both 1-1 in conference play, to win their games against Virginia (5-4, 0-0 ACC) in order to contend for the top seed in the ACC Tournament. Like Maryland, the Cavaliers also enter Saturday’s contest coming off a loss. Johns Hopkins defeated Virginia 15-8 in last week’s Face-Off Classic at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, its most lopsided win in the series since a 22-13 thrashing at Homewood Field in 1995. Still looking for their first ranked win of the season — No. 14 Drexel was unranked when Virginia defeated the Dragons — the Cavaliers know they must correct their errors in conference games or they may miss the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004. “For both teams coming off of Please see M Lacrosse, Page B2

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Junior attackman Nick O’Reilly leads the Cavaliers with 33 points on 15 goals and 18 assists.

Undefeated Virginia squad hosts rival Hokies

After duo of weekend wins against No. 8 Duke and UNC, top-ranked Cavaliers look to continue conference success at home By Kerry Mitchell

Cavalier Daily Associate Editor The No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team opened ACC play with a bang last weekend. The Cavaliers preserved their undefeated record with a tight defeat of No. 8 Duke followed by a thorough clobbering of No. 70 UNC, and they now look to continue their streak as they host No. 54 Virginia Tech Thursday. Scores of 6-1 and 7-0 have been commonplace for the team all season, but last Friday’s match against Duke proved to be a test for the Cavaliers (13-0, 2-0 ACC). The Blue Devils (14-4, 2-1 ACC) arrived in Charlottesville hungry for revenge after losing to the Cavaliers in the ITA National

Team Indoors and nearly earned it, but Virginia hung on for a 4-3 victory. Duke has spent significant time in the top 10 this season, and the challenge the Blue Devils presented came as no surprise. “We respect everyone, so we definitely didn’t take Duke for granted,” associate head coach Andres Pedroso said. “We’re fine with 4-3 as long as we get the victory. We’d obviously like the score to be a little more in our favor, but as long as we get the victory, the guys compete hard, and we finish the match healthy, that’s all that matters.” The Cavaliers began the match by winning the doubles point for the seventh consecutive match. Though the players and staff pride themselves on their ability

to win a match with or without that initial boost, stifling Duke’s potent doubles lineup was certainly not insignificant. In singles, the Blue Devils’ No. 5 senior Henrique Cunha and No. 25 junior Fred Saba pulled out big wins on the first and second courts against No. 2 senior Jarmere Jenkins and No. 1 junior Alex Domijan, but the duo found relief from their teammates on the other courts. “I thought the conditions were tough and some guys handled it better than others, but that’s why it’s a team sport at the end of the day,” Pedroso said, “When the top’s not there, the bottom’s there. [Freshman] Mac Styslinger and [senior] Julen Uriguen did a phenomenal job picking it up in singles there.”

With the teams tied at 3-3, the match came down to Uriguen on the sixth court, a familiar role for the senior — he and senior Justin Shane clinched the doubles point for the Cavaliers earlier in the day. Uriguen trailed in the first set but battled back to win the tiebreaker as well as his second set, securing the match for Virginia. “[In a match-clinching situation] you don’t try to think a lot about what’s going on, you just try to focus on one point at a time and play to your strengths,” Uriguen said, “I just tried to make my serve and then start hitting a lot of forehands, and I was able to stay composed and get the match for us.” Sunday’s contest against UNC (7-10, 0-4 ACC) was a different

story for Virginia. The Cavaliers once again took the doubles point and ran into little trouble during singles play. At No. 3, Domijan bounced back from Friday’s defeat with two 6-1 sets against junior Nelson Vick. At No. 1, Jenkins also overcame his loss, topping No. 38 sophomore Esben Hess-Olesen 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, and securing the 6-1 win for the Cavaliers. “I definitely played better, and Jarmere played better,” Domijan said, “We came back and focused on our own games more than the match specifically. I think it’s good looking forward — we got our games back.” The two weekend victories were Please see M Tennis, Page B2

No. 19 women’s lacrosse heads to Chestnut Hill Following 16-12 midweek win against Old Dominion, Virginia seeks crucial ACC win in road matchup against ACC rival BC By Matthew Morris

Cavalier Daily Associate Editor The No. 9 Virginia women’s lacrosse team is now 11 games into its 2013 season, and though the Cavaliers have registered wins against No. 17 Loyola (Md) and No. 19 James Madison, they have yet to prevail in the ACC. With losses to No. 1 Maryland, No. 3 North Carolina and No. 6 Duke, Virginia finds itself in last place in the conference. This Saturday’s game at ACC rival Boston

College presents an opportunity for a Cavalier breakthrough. “BC is going to be a hungry team, too,” Virginia coach Julie Myers said. “They’re in the same spot that we’re in, in terms of needing to come up with a significant win in that ACC category.” The Eagles (4-6, 1-2 ACC) have been up and down this season, in no small part because of their challenging schedule. Boston College opened the year with wins against Holy Cross and Vanderbilt but then lost three

games in a row. Virginia (6-5, 0-3 ACC) can somewhat relate to the Eagles’ experience. The Cavaliers fell to North Carolina and No. 5 Syracuse by a single goal each. Boston College also owns defeats against those teams and undefeated Maryland, which downed both teams by an eightgoal margin. The Boston College offense centers on a duo of sophomores, attacker Covie Stanwick and midfielder Mikaela Rix, who were named to the All-ACC team

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in the ACC in ground balls, turnovers and assists. “I mean, if people were talking about BC, they’d say that their defense is still trying to find their way,” Myers said. “But we need to make sure that they don’t find it on Saturday. [We need] more aggressive play, taking some chances and really believing in each other and going hard through our sets, running through our plays hard.” Virginia matched up with the Please see W Lacrosse, Page B2

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Metzinger | U.Va’s “roller coaster” season comes to an end Continued from page B1 little special treatment after his flourish to end the season. Even at the beginning of the season, when his offensive game was more limited than the dietary menu at a Taco Bell, Anderson always played like a puppy on roller skates: exuberant and capable of occasionally amazing you. After his 24 points, 6 blocks and 5 Lebron-esque dunks, however, Anderson demonstrated a willingness and capacity to channel that enthusiasm into a polished, lethal game. Players who love the game as much, are blessed with as much talent and are willing to work as hard as he and the other freshmen have been are the ones that change programs. Freshmen, thank you for rendering the future so bright. The John Paul Jones Arena crowd that spurred Virginia on to a 20-2 home record has merited recog-

nition, as well. Too many empty seats lingered even among the 11,141 attending Tuesday, but all of us who were here from the beginning watched a University and a community rally around a team that really doesn’t play a fan-friendly style of ball. Thanks to bursts of infectious energy and an uncommon understanding of the game action, the Wahoo Nation helped turn JPJ into a venue that propelled Virginia to a high ACC finish. Fans, thanks for the effort. I also need to acknowledge, little as I want to after their abysmal finishes, the instrumental role that veteran stars juniors Joe Harris and Akil Mitchell played in Virginia’s commendable season. Yes, I know Harris averaged just 12.1 points in his final seven games and disappeared when Virginia needed him most against the Hawkeyes. But, he also singlehandedly shouldered the offensive burden for much of the season

and had a game against Duke that thrust this program into the national limelight. Agreed, Mitchell was more erratic than Charles Barkley’s golf game in the NIT, tallying 12 embarrassing turnovers. He also improved from an inconsistent banger into a steady, creative scorer and a defensive pillar in the undersized Virginia post. Even Tuesday, with Harris hitting one second half shot and Mitchell letting a gargantuan Iowa front line dominate the boards 34-26, neither stopped trying to carry the team. For that, even more than for your individual superlatives, I thank you. Then there’s Evans, who just concluded one of the more polarizing careers I can remember. After a typically anemic, 0-point scoring performance and an uncharacteristically nightmarish defensive showing against Iowa’s monstrous 6’6” combo guard Devyn Marble,

his critics are reveling in his permanent departure from the program. Yet by never letting the criticism that swarmed around him compromise his elite defense nor dissuade him from his leadership role, Evans made an admirable, inspiring sacrifice — he valued his team’s welfare over his own reputation. Thanks, Bub, for toning down the noise and supplying such feisty defense for so long. Finally, Bennett needs thanks for his best coaching job since arriving at Virginia. Both the coaches and media polls pegged Virginia as the seventh best team in the conference preseason, and by talent, those rankings hold — NC State, Maryland and Florida State should have finished ahead of the Cavaliers based on ability alone. Instead, Bennett inspired a ragtag group of flawed veterans and inexperienced freshmen to buy into a demanding, draining defensive mentality that flies in the face of

the swashbuckling style most teenagers would prefer. As a result, the Cavaliers played far above their heads; even Tuesday night, they challenged an Iowa team with a vast size advantage and a motion offense that ran as smoothly as Bennett’s packline defense. Tony, thank you for steering this ship to clearer waters than we ever could have envisioned before the season, and for doing it with class and composure. It took a while, but that 2006 Saints season taught me how to appreciate an imperfect but ultimately fantastic year. As Virginia prepares for a season I expect to feature elevated expectations and more consistency, I will always treasure 2013 similarly — as a season that, despite a bitter end, I wouldn’t trade for the world. So I’ll leave the ranting and raving for others and reflect on this season with gratitude. Feel free to join me if you dare.

Baseball | Cavaliers prepare for ACC matchup against Miami Continued from page B1 early lead. The Cavaliers have had a propensity for big innings all year, and they were able to chase Towson starter junior Nik Nowottnick in their second time through the order. “I thought we were seeing the ball well and we were getting some good swings in early, we just couldn’t get everything to go together at once,” sophomore outfielder Brandon Downes said. “Then in the third inning, it was just contagious. Everyone’s cutting the ball in half, seeing good

pitches, and everyone’s doing their job.” The lead was plenty for Oest, who continued his impressive freshman year with another strong start, giving up just one run in 4.2 innings of work. He was not in line for the win after O’Connor pulled him in the fifth inning following two Towson hits, but freshman Nate Kirby shut the Tigers down to hold them to no runs in the inning. “The plan was to get 5 innings out of Trey and chop up the rest of the game with some of those relievers and get them work,” O’Connor

said. “I just didn’t feel that in the fourth inning Trey was making the pitches that he needed to, and he needed to learn that he’s got to be a little bit better than that.” Kirby, redshirt junior Whit Mayberry and freshmen David Rosenberger and Cameron Tekker combined for 4.1 innings of scoreless relief, and the Cavaliers added two more runs in the sixth inning to seal the win. The Cavaliers improved to 23-2 overall and a perfect 16-0 in nonconference games. Virginia now prepares for a home weekend series with ACC

rival and four-time national champion Miami (19-9, 4-5 ACC). The Hurricanes took two out of three games last weekend from Virginia Tech, but fell 6-1 in their Wednesday non-conference matchup against Florida Atlantic. Freshman first baseman David Thompson has paced the Hurricane offense so far this season with a .289 batting average, 2 home runs and 21 RBI. Miami will most likely go with sophomore Chris Diaz on the mound Friday, followed by junior Javi Salas and sophomore

Andrew Suarez on Saturday and Sunday. So far this season, Diaz has gone 3-1 with a 1.58 ERA in 6 starts. Virginia will counter with its usual three-man rotation of freshman Brandon Waddell, redshirt senior Scott Silverstein and sophomore Nick Howard. “The University of Miami has one of those storied college baseball programs,” O’Connor said. “I think they’re really good on the mound this year. They always play really good defense, they execute situations well and put pressure on you, and certainly it’s going to be a good weekend of college baseball here.”

M Lacrosse | McWilliams looks to correct mental mistakes Continued from page B1 a loss, it makes the game even a little bit more edgy, frankly,” coach Dom Starsia said. “We’ve had opportunities to win these games and we haven’t made the play, and next time the opportunity presents itself we just have to get on the other side of it.” Sophomore goalkeeper Rhody Heller is coming off a career-high 13 saves against Johns Hopkins, but he also gave up a career-worst 15 goals. Heller has started three of the last four games in place of the early-season starter, freshman Dan Marino, and is posting a .478 save percentage while allow-

ing 12.38 goals per game. The move to Heller was an attempt to change the Cavaliers’ fortunes, but it appears to have done little to help so far. In between the pipes for the Terrapins, first-team All-ACC junior goaltender Niko Amato is fifth in the nation with 7.10 goals against average and seventh with a .587 save percentage. All-American senior longstick midfielder Jesse Bernhardt and sophomore defenseman Goran Murray join Amato on a stingy defensive unit that ranks third in the nation, allowing just 7.29 goals per game, meaning the Cavalier offense will have to make the most of its possessions.

“When you’re playing a great team you always want to win the possession battle,” junior attackman Nick O’Reilly said. “You want to not force things and try to control the ball ... making sure you get good possessions and take good shots. You don’t want to settle for anything less.” O’Reilly leads the Cavaliers with a team-high 33 points, followed closely by junior attackman Mark Cockerton’s 31. Cockerton’s 27 goals are good for fourth in the nation, and the starting attack unit is responsible for 48.6 percent of the team’s total points and 54.5 percent of the team’s assists. The Virginia defense will be

tested by the Terrapin offense, which can score from both the attack and midfield and averages the second most goals per game in the nation at 14.0. The starting attack of seniors Owen Blye and Kevin Cooper and sophomore Jay Carlson have combined for 38 goals and 18 assists, with Carlson scoring on an efficient 63.2 percent of his shots. Starting at the midfield, seniors Jake Bernhardt, John Haus and Mike Chanenchuk are also a force, contributing 32 goals and 16 assists. “All week we’ve been talking about how we have to be a little bit smarter and tougher on both sides of the ball,” junior defen-

seman Scott McWilliams said. “We’ve had too many mental mistakes, and all week we’ve just focusing on eliminating those mistakes. We see instances of greatness in each game, we just have to play like that for an entire game.” Saturday will mark the 65th consecutive season that the two teams have met in a series that dates back to 1926. Maryland leads the all-time series 45-43, but Virginia is 24-12 under Starsia, including a 9-7 win in the 2011 NCAA Championship. The Cavaliers enter the weekend seeking their third straight win against the Terrapins, and their 12th in the last 14 meetings.

M Tennis | Undefeated squad careful not to overlook Virginia Tech Continued from page B1 the first conference wins for the Cavaliers this season, and they will look for one more this weekend. Virginia hosts in-state rival Virginia Tech (10-4, 2-1 ACC)

Thursday, though the rivalry has been historically one-sided — the Cavaliers lead the Hokies all-time by a stunning 51-8. Tech also faced Duke and North Carolina last weekend, but with markedly different results. The Hokies lost

7-0 to Duke Sunday, but managed to narrowly defeat North Carolina 4-3 Friday. Virginia Tech has just two ranked players — No. 55 freshman Amerigo Contini and fellow freshman No. 81 Andreas Bjerrehus. The two form the

Hokie’s one ranked doubles team at No. 20. Virginia Tech may be a step down in competition from this past weekend, but the Cavaliers are making sure not to overlook the Hokies. “Virginia Tech is always a team

that we get [excited] for because it is Virginia Tech,” Pedroso said, “We know that the fans and everyone at U.Va. are always ready to give them a hard time, but they had a good win against UNC last weekend.”

W Lacrosse | Four Cavaliers score hat tricks against Monarchs Continued from page B1 Eagles twice in 2012, winning 12-10 in Charlottesville during the regular season and 13-8 in Durham, N.C. in the ACC Tournament’s first round. That Eagles team, however, featured graduate student midfielder Kristin Igoe, a four-time All-ACC selection who ended

her career as the school’s alltime leading goal-scorer. “I feel like Boston College is always a good game, and it’s really important right now coming off another ACC loss [to Duke last Saturday],” junior goalkeeper Liz Colgan said. “I think that our losses have been close, and I think that we’re definitely still a top competi-

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ter with a knack for exploiting others and flaunting his massive bank account. Aaron Sorkin offers a slightly subtler t a k e i n T h e We s t Wing and The Newsroom by casting gay Republicans as fairly rational and relatable human beings, but in both cases, he allows his snarky protagonists to have the last word in their dealings with the conservative politi-

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cians in question. Because of the admittedly liberal bias of the TV world and the seemingly small population of openly gay Republicans in the American public, the relative lack of right-wing LGBTQ representation on the small screen is neither surprising nor unrealistic. Nevertheless, upping the number of conservative gay characters on television could lead to massive progress for LGBTQ rights groups, as well as for the gay community in general. For individuals from a con-

servative background, the coming out process often poses a great deal of difficulty, in part because, as it stands, gay Republican role models are few and far between in the pop cultural world, and the LGBTQ community makes little or no public effort to make its conservative members feel welcome. Whereas many young liberals see themselves in characters like Girls’ Elijah and Political Animals’ T.J., folks on the other side of the aisle often find it difficult or impossible to relate to the artsy styles and left-wing attitudes of these figures, who see gay conservatives as either self-loathing hypocrites or traitors. If gay rights leaders want, as Harvey Milk did, to see all LGBTQ men and women come out of the closet and embrace their sexual identity, then they should acknowledge the political diversity of the community they claim to represent. Creating role models for young Republicans would ease the coming-out process for scores of individuals who currently feel unwelcome in both the straight and LGBTQ communities. Moreover, this shift in television representations would make it increasingly difficult for conservatives to cast off the LGBT population; a professedly anti-gay Republican politician would be much more inclined to sit down with and befriend a gay individual if said individual shares some of his or her beliefs and principles. When we discriminate against others, we tend to do so on the basis of discomfort. We fear the unfamiliar and the different, in part because we’re not sure how to respond to it. In the case of homosexuality, many conservatives feel alienated from the LGBTQ community not only because of a difference in sexual preference, but also on account of a perceived difference in core principles, political views, religious faith, lifestyle and appearance. Gay Republicans, then, stand to serve as a bridge of sorts between two seemingly irreconcilable groups. And although portraying nuanced LGBTQ conservative characters on TV would not propel massive political change overnight, it would at least be a step in the right direction.

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In the past decade, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups have made massive strides with regard to the portrayal of so-called “queer” characters on television. Whereas the sitcoms and courtroom dramas of the ‘80s and ‘90s tended to feature gays and lesbians in small subplots and brief stints, if at all, virtually every program on TV today seems to include recurring LGBTQ characters. That said, notably absent from the scores of LGBTQ roles currently offered are politically conservative characters, despite the fact that these sorts of figures could stand to advance current political discourse and ease the coming out process for viewers with much more resonance than the motley crew now on display. For the most part, today’s television programs portray political conservatism as an antagonistic and oppressive force for LGBTQ characters, or else as fodder for comic punchlines. In Showtime’s The United States of Tara, for instance, we’re meant to applaud Brie Larson’s Kate when she dumps her Republican boyfriend out of respect for her gay younger brother, and in HBO’s True Blood, Christian preachers and conservative politicians are presented as caricature-like villains who foster ignorance and sexual repression. Though some shows, like Fox’s Glee, attempt to stage reconciliations between LGBTQ individuals and right-leaning religious groups, few programs, if any, dare to imagine an end to the allegedly absolute conflict between conservatism and open homosexuality. When shows do decide to include gay conservatives in their casts of characters, the results are consistently messy. The poorly received Smash, for instance, pairs its leading male player, Tom, with a predictably dull and stodgy Republican named John for a brief affair that serves more as an opportunity for Tom to unleash a steady flow of liberal rhetoric than as a believable or nuanced relationship. Similarly, Glee draws on a slew of negative stereotypes when it portrays Sebastian Smythe, an implied conservative, as a villainous preppy charac-

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While Justin Timberlake was busy pursuing a career in acting, I was busy wondering whether or not he’d ever come out with a new album. After a seven-year hiatus, however, he finally released The 20/20 Experience, an album almost worth the wait. I may be a little biased as a loyal Justin Timberlake fan myself, but The 20/20 Experience almost lives up to the hype and the impossibly high expectations created by 2006’s wildy succesful FurtureSex/ LoveSounds and J.T.’s subsequent long hiatus. But the key word here is “almost,” as Timberlake falls just short of creating an album to rival his last. Of course, that’s still quite an accomplishment, as FutureSex/LoveSounds is one of the best albums of the last decade. The 20/20 Experience sounds like one, 10-movement composition. Unlike FutureSex, which had so many standout songs with their own unique sound, there is a sad lack of variation within The 20/20 Experience. Even so, this album is a solid effort on Timberlake’s part, fantastic in its entirety rather than on a song-by-song basis. Alongside producers Timbaland and J-Roc, Timberlake manages to pull off a slew of seven-minute creations — quite remarkable considering the increasingly short attention spans that characterize modern Americans. Timbaland should take most, if not all, the credit for this. When the album starts to fall into uninspired monotony, Timbaland arrives to save the day — or song, as the case may

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be. The East Asian instrumentals of “Don’t Hold the Wall” and the synths of “Tunnel Vision” keep both songs from becoming seven minutes of repetitive tedium. It’s obvious that Timberlake’s marriage to actress Jessica Biel has had an effect on his work, evidenced by lyrics like “I'm in love with that girl, and she told me that she's in love with me,” from the track “That Girl.” The album is an ode to the joys of love, marriage and “Mirrors” music, creating a feeling “That Girl” of contentment that ties “Blue Ocean Floor” the album together. It’s a welcome change from the usual fare — songs about unrequited love and the sorrows of a broken heart. Although The 20/20 Experience may not have been Timberlake’s best work, his falsetto voice and characteristic croon is enough to make this album an enjoyable experience. With a sequel in the works, perhaps Timberlake will be able to surprise us all with something less cautious and more along the lines of the timeless “Cry Me a River.”

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ʻPreacherʼs Daughtersʼ should have stayed in their pews New Lifetime reality show muddles through with cliches, trite storytelling by Katie Zimmerman

Courtesy Lifetime Reality TV fans take note: the network that brought you such gems as Dance Moms and Army Wives is offering up yet another show focusing on the the obscure lives of a very particular subset of the population. Entitled Preachers’ Daughters, this new Lifetime program follows three teenage girls and the challenges they face growing up as pastors’ children. Olivia, whose father Mark is a preacher, is an 18-year-old single mother seeking to turn her life around after a period of partying and drug use. Kolby, whose divorced parents are both pastors, is a 16-year-old high school student who often receives advice from her three older sisters. Finally, 18-yearold Taylor, whose father Ken is the pastor of a Pentecostal church, struggles to follow her parents’ many strict rules. All three girls, at times, have difficulty

balancing their religious values and their parents’ expectations with their desire to participate in typical teenage activities. Though Preachers’ Daughters had the potential to be an interesting show, it unfortunately falls flat. The storylines are stale and have been done on countless other reality shows. Olivia’s main storyline, for example, centers around discovering her baby’s paternity and then developing a relationship with the father — a plotline familiar to every viewer of Teen Mom. Kolby’s struggle to have her insanely strict mother accept her new boyfriend — documented in scene after scene of her mother forcing the boyfriend to fill out a contract and forbidding the pair from spending time alone, — quickly becomes monotonous.

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Have you ever wondered how that goon of a man became the great and powerful “Wizard” of Oz behind the green curtain? If you answered affirmatively, or if you simply are looking to spend two hours of you life immersed in a silly fantasy world filled with sharp-toothed river fairies and talking porcelain dolls, then Disney’s most recent gem, Oz the Great and Powerful, is surely for you. Of course, there’s also the unbelievably attractive leading cast, which may or may not be why I saw it. James Franco plays the selfish, slightly arrogant, but incredibly charming magician from Kansas named Oscar Diggs, known by his spectators as Oz. After a performance at a circus where he denies a young girl’s wish to make her walk again and is then accused of being a fake, Oscar escapes via a hot air balloon, only to be — yep, you guessed it! — gobbled up by a wild tornado. You know the drill. Just like the beloved Dorothy, Oscar suddenly finds himself in the magical Land of Oz. He first meets Theodora, a witch who has not yet chosen whether to be good or bad. But it doesn’t really matter what her role is, given the fact that Theadora is played by Mila Kunis, whose attractiveness at least somewhat makes up for her poorly fleshed out character. She redeems herself in a scene where she dramatically rips off her own clothes out of angst. Then enter Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams as Evanora the Bad and Glenda the Good, respectively, who further bolster the hot lineup. Weisz, in her role as the Wicked Witch of the East, proves herself the only semi-bearable character in this movie in terms of acting. Getting back to the plot — the cast seems to have distracted me — everyone in Oz believes that Oscar is the great wizard their world has been waiting for to free the people from the Wicked Witch. Playing along, Oscar finds himself on a mission to kill the Witch — or at least break her magic wand. Along his journey, the wizard meets a motley crew of bizarre friends who travel the yellow brick road with him. Sound familiar? If you’re looking for a creative story or quality acting, Oz the Great and Powerful is not for you. But if all you’re really in the mood to do is look at cutie James Franco and his sexy leading ladies, then you’d best make your way to the nearest theatre, but perhaps grab some earplugs on the way.

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Halle Berry film: believable, not star-quality by jamie shalvey

It’s common practice in cinema to depict a frantic 911 call to build suspense and drive the action, but what we rarely see is the other end of the line. Director Brad Anderson’s The Call takes us into one of the largest 911 call centers in Los Angeles and shows just how traumatizing answering these calls can be. Halle Berry plays Jordan, a young woman who, while working at the call center, receives an urgent call from a teen girl, Casey (Abigail Breslin), who has been kidnapped and shoved in the trunk of a car. Jordan spends the majority of the movie on the phone with Casey, attempting to get inside the mind of the man who trapped her and desperately trying to figure out a way to find the car. Though the idea may sound captivating, it doesn’t translate well on screen. The film gets off to a rough start with some overly dramatic foreshadowing involving the central kidnapper and a different girl. Casey is given very little character development and is only introduced in the scene immediately before her kidnapping, in which she is shopping with a friend. Breslin has given impressive performances before — her role as the young girl in Little Miss Sunshine springs to mind — but as she has grown older her successes have become more and more fleeting. This one, in particular, is mediocre and slightly awkward in several parts. Berry makes up for what Breslin lacks, playing a believable and empowered heroine and doing a lot with the mediocre cards she was dealt. Michael Eklund’s performance as the kidnapper was also decent, his creepy clacking teeth and wild eyes soliciting a few good shudders out of me. But, The Call never really delivered anything besides a little suspense. There were too many loose ends, most glaringly the kidnapper’s reasons for abducting the girls in the first place. Throughout the entire second half of the film, I was reminded of Silence of the Lambs — the dark basement, kidnappings and creepy psycho tendencies were all too familiar. But unlike in Silence of the Lambs, it was difficult to decipher what the kidnapper’s motive was. Clues were scattered about the movie, but frequent scene switches and a desire for mystery in the plot made it tricky to know exactly what was going on. The film’s one major success was its normalcy and relatability. The heroine is no superhero, and you can tell she’s scared to death throughout the film. The kidnapper also seemed like a fairly average person — or at least his wife seemed to think so. Many horror films’ villains are either brilliant or completely psychotic, but this kidnapper’s ability to instill fear comes from his utter normalcy — he could be any man you pass on the street. Ultimately, The Call tried to do too much with an admittedly captivating idea, and suffered for it. Many movies of this genre simply seek to instill some fear, but The Call failed to even do that. The premise was frightening, but the film itself was rarely jump-out-ofyour-seat scary.

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Though I’m aware that the vast majority of reality shows are not actually “real,” this one seems especially scripted. It’s hard not to laugh when Taylor heads out to party with friends in a hotel room after telling her parents she is going to a friend’s house. As Taylor drinks and dances with boys — two activities definitely not approved of by dear old mom and dad — she worries about them finding out and punishing her, yet is completely willing to have a film crew follow her. Unsurprisingly, her parents discover her secret by the end of the episode and forbid her from hanging out with boys again. Preachers’ Daughters is mildly entertaining, but nothing worth spending much time watching. For fans of the reality TV genre, there are a multitude of better options.

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By: James Cassar It's apparent 45 seconds into lead-off track “Sail to the Sun” that Afraid of Heights, the latest record from surf-rockers Wavves, is sunkissed and spontaneous. After the album starts with a strange chime sequence, it barrels right into a late-’90s punk jam. I don't know if Nathan Williams (vocals/guitar) has a copy of Green Day's Dookie permanently jammed in his stereo, but after listening to Heights, I wouldn't put it past him. Wavves is from Santa Monica, but Heights is just as full of shameless self-loathing as it is California love. “Demon to Lean On” plays straight from a surf-rock blueprint but the lyrics suggest psychoanalysis. “None of you will ever understand me,” Williams laments on “Lunge Forward.” The entire album reeks of teen angst and skate-punk, but its lo-fi production sets it apart from soundalikes. “Dog” is a stab at R.E.M.-grade jangle pop, complete with a noodling string section. It's not as contrived as it could be, but when it's followed by the Weezeresque, diary-entry honest title track, it's as hokey as that school down in Blacksburg. Surf-rock is the name of the game on Heights, but many of the songs seem to blend together without distinction. “Paranoid” is a fast-paced anthem for fast times, with the same chords and cockiness as some of the record's earlier cuts. “Cop” revisits the earnest instrumentals of an earlier time — the bass wobbles and crunches, the tinkly keys give way to barbershop-quartet whistles and the harmonies are grade-A goo. “Beat Me Up” continues this theme, and could have fit on the jukebox of a 1980s film. The album changes pace with“Everything Is My Fault,” which borrows sensibilities from MGMT's earlier work — a midtempo confessional where the vocals linger quietly behind a wall of wailing noise. “That's On Me” gets back on track with the summer-conscious lines “Do what your brain says / Say what you like” and a catchy, self-aware chorus. “Gimme a Knife” at first listen is a really earnest stab at a Misfits tribute song, with its Hallowewen-time lyrics and spacey atmosphere, but it retains the indefatigable love for the beach. In short, Afraid of Heights has a musical one-track mind, but with summer vacation visibly on the horizon, who can blame Wavves for a relentlessly noble effort to start the party early?

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There’s something both charming and admirable about an artist who is not afraid to embrace a genre’s conventions and use them as a canvas for expression. Acts like Wilco, My Morning Jacket and singer-songwriter Matthew Houck’s side project Phosphorescent lean heavily on a certain aspect of their songs: familiarity. Anyone can croon over three chords of country blues, but there’s something intensely personal and sympathetic about absolute bare-facedness of an album like Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Houck’s latest album comes close to this ideal, but fails to achieve this same level of individuality. Phosphorescent’s Muchacho settles into a groove too, but unfortunately it’s one that feels all too comfortable by the end. Muchacho does little to offend but, by the same token, little to distinguish itself. Unsurprisingly, it’s Muchacho’s most adventurous songs that fare the best. “Sun, Arise!,” an album opener consisting of little more than a keyboard arpeggio and a chorus of voices, sets an interesting tone for the rest of the album that is hinted at but only rarely achieved. “Song for Zula” exists as the most contemporary-sounding and intricate of the bunch, and “Terror in the Canyons” swells with fluid slide guitar and beautiful orchestral accompaniments. “Sun, Arise!” and “Muchacho’s Tune” drip with gorgeous reverb too, concealing their otherwise uninteresting songwriting. But, Houck’s intricately arranged production only goes so far when what’s under it is still safe, predictable alt-country. Muchacho does a great deal to put you in its comfortable, sun-drenched country world, but, unfortunately, not a whole lot to make you want to stay there. I have to admit that at a certain point I gave up hoping for something more daring and learned to embrace what was already there. Behind the veneer of Houck’s songwriting lies a compelling voice that I’d love to see married with some more varied musicality. Belying his surprising vocal range and flexibility is his ability to sound defeated and downtrodden one moment and triumphant the next. Houck’s voice cracks with apprehensive optimism on tracks like “Muchacho’s Tune” where he brokenheartedly sings “I’ll fix myself up to come and be with you” and openly admits he’s been “f----- up and … a fool.” It’s hard not to imagine the intense range of emotions that went into these songs, but even easier to wish for some instrumentation powerful and unique enough to match it. It may be a lot to ask for an alt-country album in the year 2013 to shock or surprise me, but as I listened to Muchacho, I couldn’t help but feel like it was missing just an extra ounce of personality that it needed to make itself something special. When a lot of artists aren’t content to strive for producing anything less than the latest rollercoaster of an experience, Phosphorescent settles for the log flume: familiar, safe and comfortable.

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By: Will Mullany When The Strokes released their first album, everyone said that this was it — that these guys were the saviors of rock ‘n’ roll music. With the album’s melodic take on ‘70s garage rock, 2001’s Is This It generated the template for 21st-century guitar music and engendered a surge of interest in indie rock as a sound, rather than a designation of contra-mainstream status. Because of this hype, the general populace has held its tongue about the steadily decreasing quality of The Strokes’ records in the hopes that the next record will herald a return to their classic form. But with their most recent release, Comedown Machine, it seems clear that all hope for a comeback is lost. The chief problem with the record is its lack of cohesion. Unlike its predecessor, Angles, Comedown Machine was actually recorded with all the members in the same room. Unfortunately, this fact doesn’t do much to overcome the glaring disconnect between lead-singer and songwriter Julian Casablancas and the rest of the band. Throughout the record, Casablancas’ songwriting — inspired by ‘80s new wave and electro pop — vies for superiority with the consistently fresh rock guitar playing of Albert Hammond Jr. and Nick Valensi. But rather than reaching an agreement between the opposing sounds, The Strokes seem to have divided the record into opposing territories, exemplified by comparing the tracks “One Way Trigger” and the unimaginative “50/50.” A more pressing issue is the constant lack of originality. On lead single “All the Time,” The Strokes engage in some mediocre self-impersonation, while “Partners in Crime” seems to be taken straight from Is This It without the collected coolness that made the album, well, cool. Although Strokes fans want the band to get back to making some good old-fashioned early 2000’s rock ‘n’ roll, no one wants to see a clumsy, failed attempt. It’s more than obvious the band has little wish to play with each other, so why push the issue if they have so few novel ideas? There are only a few ways that bands can die. The best groups go out at the top of their game in a blaze of glory, while others fade slowly and silently into the darkness of obscurity. It is tragic that The Strokes must go out in a third, less graceful manner, of floundering in the spotlight, pathetically trying to grasp at the hype that formerly followed them. Comedown Machine is merely a reminder that The Strokes are still around and can still get together to make an album.

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Scrolling through my iTunes library, cluttered with only the hottest, most mainstream artists of the day, such as everyone's favorite extreme gothic metal band, Graveworm, I typically fail to come across many groups that I have ignored as thoroughly as the Swedish sextet of Soilwork (accidental alliteration accomplished). Having previously purchased only two songs from their 2005 album Stabbing the Drama, I had almost no incentive to sit down and listen to the 84-minute monstrosity that is The Living Infinite. That is, until I happened across the pre-release singles on YouTube. After a cryptic circus tune of an intro, “Spectrum of Eternity” launches you into chaos when Björn Strid opens his almighty lungs and unleashes a scream reminiscent of Dani Filth’s (Cradle of Filth) — one that hits point-blank between singing and screaming, foreshadowing a monumental versatility that is only confirmed in “This Momentary Bliss.” Following a catchy, melodic riff courtesy of guitarists Sylvain Coudret and David Andersson in this second single, Strid strides swiftly into the verses with a barrage of growls and screams — that admittedly veer a little too close to yells, sometimes — before pummeling into an adventure of a chorus, with the lyrics and the song in its entirety proving that ignorance is, indeed, not bliss. The optimistic mood here resembles that of the hopeful and inspiring final single, “Rise Above the Sentiment,”, but not before, oh, 15 other tracks, or so. Ever skeptical that bands will release abysmal albums following a good single or two, I was shocked upon listening to the full two discs in my pajamas one Saturday afternoon. It was great. The very next track, “Tongue,” deserves as much attention as the singles. Strid’s choral lines, “The hated/see the light of day/and here comes the sane/They’re aching/once they were sacred/Search for forgiveness/forgetting their weakness/I do belong” perspire with positivity and redemption. Karlsson’s gothic keyboard segment in “The Living Infinite I,” however, marks a mood shift to one of strife and desperation while “Realm of the Wasted” communicates a strong sense of solidarity, especially when Strid yells and screams “Build your own world/let go of their shield.” This tone carries on into “The Windswept Mercy,” where it is combined with a relaxing, casual rock sound which is only accentuated with Strid’s use of light, passive singing and a double negative in the chorus. The tone is then heard again through “Whispers and Lights,” a song whose verses contain a rhythm reminiscent of the grocery shopping music that managers of supermarkets like Giant so kindly play for their customers. Bassist Ola Flink and drummer Dirk Verbeuren adjust well to these softer tunes, further demonstrating Soilwork’s variety. The feeling of solitude continues into Disc Two where it grows into one of loneliness. Soilwork shows their understanding of how structure can impact a song’s meaning with the repetition of the first verse in “Leech” at the end of the song, emphasizing the theme of the cyclicality of suffering. Although “Owls Predict, Oracles Stand Guard” seems to drag on and is a bit anticlimactic for a closer, the preceding tracks, “Rise Above the Sentiment” and “Parasite Blues,” bring back the optimism of earlier tracks while recognizing that there are always more obstacles to overcome. The band is far from buried in the soil; The Living Infinite confirms the meaning of their name as Soilwork is, slowly but surely, “working from the ground up” to redefine melodeath as we know it.

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Love Connection? No connection. Movie lover, political junkie fail to connect — or even make conversation By ALEXANDER STOCK | Cavalier Daily STAFF WRITER

e.g. not going to a movie theater. If you could date any celebrity, who would it be?: Alexander Skarsgard. Or Darren Criss. Or anyone from the Avengers. Deal breakers?: Smoking Describe a typical weekend: Watch movies, do homework, hang out with my friends, go shopping, go to work. Hobbies: Listening to any genre of music, singing, Twitter, Tumblr Have you ever streaked the lawn? : Yes, twice, but more times to come in the future! Anna What makes you a good catch Year: Second (it’s ok to brag)?: I’m awesome Major: Math or Classics & sometimes unintentionally UVa involvement: None hysterical. I bake/cook deliHometown: Midlothian, Virginia cious things. And I’m pretty. Ideal date (person): Definitely Describe yourself in one senfunny, at least slightly taller than tence: I’m just your average me. Broad shoulders is a huge 19-year-old girl except that I plus. have 20 absolute favorite movIdeal date (activity): Anything ies and swear like a sailor. that allows easy conversation, THE DATE Anna and Tom met on Monday at 7 p.m. on the Rotunda Steps and went to The Virginian for dinner, and Arch’s for dessert. TOM: I thought it would be fun, meet new people, and because of the Laura & Kurt story. [Laura] seemed very nice. ANNA: I filled out the survey just for a new experience. I thought it was funny. TOM: Nope, I actually have not been on a blind date. I enjoyed it though. I didn’t want to have any expectations. Aim for fun and the worst could be that you have another friend. When I said I didn’t have expectations I did have one. I wanted somebody older than me.

ANNA: This was my first blind date. I really didn’t know what to expect. He was dressed nicely and he looked really intelligent but not really my type. TOM: She looked at me and I had a feeling of “yeah, that’s her” and I went up to her and said “you’re here for the thing” and she said yes. She seemed really nice, and this could definitely be something to look forward to. TOM: I couldn’t think of a place so I asked her what she wanted to do and she came up with the Virginian, so I said “sure!” and that worked out pretty well. ANNA: He kind of left it up to me where to go for dinner. I hadn’t gone to the Virginian in a while so

Tom Major: Government Year: Third U.Va. involvement: UDems School: Arts & Sciences Hometown: Wheaton, Il Ideal date (person): I do hate to be picky and shallow, but if you insist… Brunette, medium height, thin, sarcastic, independent, honest, witty, driven,

we went there. He paid, but I paid for my own Arch’s. At the end of dinner I said I’d pay for his Arch’s if he wanted to go, but he just paid for his own. TOM: No, [she was not my type]. It was really weird, if we did have a connection it was on movies; I’ve never met someone who knew as many actors and actresses as I do. ANNA: The conversation was a little stiff at times... not the smoothest conversation that I’ve had. I think he asked more questions than I did, just because I was blanking on questions to ask. It was more awkward at the beginning than at the end. TOM: Whenever we did speak it actually went quite well. There

positive outlook, left-leaning (ideal, but that’s a personal desire not a must). Not in a sorority (again ideal but hey, can’t have everything). Ideal date (activity): Dinner, movie, and a mutual conversation would be grand. Above all, something relaxed and a good time with her. If you could date any celebrity, who would it be?: Kerry Washington Deal breakers?: Anyone apolitical. Weird I know, but that’s pure poppycock. About you: A tall, sarcastic, realistic, government-enthused liberal that enjoys too many things. Describe a typical weekend: Earning money that takes money from others, no not the federal government. You know, that good ol’ ma and pa store on the corner: Walmart. Hobbies: Tennis, Ping-Pong, News junkie Have you ever streaked the lawn?: No Describe yourself in one sentence. : Excuse me, I’m from the North we don’t talk about ourselves that way. That’s barbarism.

were a lot of periods where we just sat there and it seemed like we were trying to think of what to say, but we were equally culpable for that. ANNA: At first he was asking questions about school and classes, but those really aren’t things I like to talk about. I think our best conversation was talking about movies - just movies we both want to see... we agreed that we like Skyfall, we both wanted to see Olympus Has Fallen really badly. [Anna indicated not with Tom, though]. TOM: [We had] not a lot [in common]. There was a friend vibe at best. ANNA: [In terms of what we had in common,] we both have sib-

Ask Edgar: What does Foxfield have to do with horses? Poe talks tailgating, midterm grades, next semester’s course selection with classic wit, poise Dear Ed, I’m starting to hear a lot about Foxfield and it sounds like a lot of fun, but I don’t really drink. I guess I’d consider having a beer or two, but I’ve heard there’s a huge police presence and don’t want to do something stupid. Can you tell me a little more about the event? Do you have any tips for how to have a good time and stay safe? Thanks, Are There Even Horses? Dear Horses, Every year, more than 25,000 people gather for Charlottesville’s premier tailgating event—which just so happens to include steeplechase horse races. Foxfield is a great event, regardless of whether or not you choose to drink. A benefit of choosing the latter: you might even Edgar, I can’t believe we only have a little more than a month of classes left. I didn’t do as well on my midterms as I had hoped, and now I’m worried I’ve ruined all my semester grades. At this point in the semester, what do you recommend I do to turn around my performance in my classes? Is this even possible? Sincerely, School Stressed and a Lil’ Depressed Dear School Stressed, Luckily, there’s still plenty of time to recover, even if your midterm grades aren’t quite what you hoped for. In most of your classes, a substantial portion of your grade has Mr. Poe, I’m trying to pick my classes for next semester, but my academic advisor doesn’t seem to be much help. Is there anywhere else I can get good advice on the best courses to take? Yours, Scared of Selection Dear Scared, I know that at times academic advisors are less helpful than Alderman after midnight. There is often a negative utility associated with the advising system here at U.Va., and I know more often then not, the advice you will take away from your meeting is worth far less than the time and

remember some of the fun times you have. The idea you have to be Greek isn’t true either—different CIOs, club sports teams and even just groups of friends almost always pool to get plots together. If you don’t want to drink, go with a group you know will feel the same way. Regardless of what you decide to do, there are plenty of different ways to enjoy Foxfield, copious amounts of alcohol aside. It’s one of the last couple days to relax before you have to sell your soul to Club Clem when finals start, so put on your preppiest pastels and break out your bowtie and monogrammed floppy hat. Get ready to celebrate the end of the school year in one of the classiest ways possible: Foxfield Horse Races. Stay classy, Edgar yet to be determined. Use these next five weeks to buckle down and log some hours at the library. Talk to your TA, and have him walk through exactly what got you points off on your midterm so you’ll be better prepped for the final. It’s often a struggle to avoid distractions in the springtime, but with Virginia’s recent weather identity crisis temptation seems to be slim. Nothing says “I don’t ever want to go outside ever again” like heavy snow at the end of March. Remember—it’s not too late to turn this semester around. All it will take is some work and the reminder that summer is only 44 days away. Happy studying, Edgar effort it takes you to schedule and suffer through the process. The best advice you will get here is likely from current students. They know which classes to take, which professors to avoid and which courses distribute most of their grades in the “D” range. Talk to your friend’s brother, your RA, your fraternity brothers, your sorority sisters, older club members and people in your current classes. Everyone here is more than willing to share, and, chances are, students, who are better acquainted with the demands of University life, will give better advice than any faculty member ever could. Stop stressin’, Edgar

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lings... we both have older sisters, and we both have dogs, but he said he was a cat person. TOM: Better than it started. It was fine; she spoke about her family. I told her I had fun because it’s nice to get out to meet people; that’s always helpful to hear. ANNA: I wasn’t flirting and he wasn’t either. He walked me back to Lambeth and we started talking about cars and stuff. ANNA: We got to Lambeth and he didn’t even stop or anything, he was on his way to JPJ, and we both said nice to meet you, had a nice time, not even a handshake. TOM: I would rate the date a 7. ANNA: I’d rate the date probably a 6 or 7.