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U.Va. announces Range residents the graduate schools.

The McIntire School of Commerce and the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy each had five students selected. Four were selected from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, while the Darden School and the School of Graduate Engineering each had three, and the Law School and the School of Medicine each had two. The Graduate Nursing and Architecture schools each had one student selected.

“We believe that this is the second time in Range history that each of the 10 graduate schools will be represented [among the residents],” said current Range Council Chair Cliff Cutchins. Four or five international students

were also selected, he said.

The selections followed seven hours of committee deliberation Thursday evening, during which members evaluated 100 applications.

The committee bases selection of new residents on application essays, experience outside the University, academic honors and desire to live in and contribute to the Range community, Cutchins said.

“We had seen over the past six or seven years a steady increase in the number of applicants,” Cutchins said. “I would say this was one of the most competitive years we’ve had. Both in numbers and quality of people applying, we had to make some very difficult choices.”

—compiled by Emily Hutt

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The Range Council announced Thursday the selection of 52 graduate students, including 16 former residents and 36 new residents, to the Range rooms adjacent to the Lawn.

The Range Selections Committee announced Thursday evening the 52 graduate students who were selected as the 2013-2014 residents for the Range rooms in the University’s Academical Village.

The East and West Range rooms, adjacent to the Lawn, are

awarded each year to some of the University’s “most accomplished graduate students,” in an effort to honor Thomas Jefferson’s vision for the Academical Village, according to the Range website.

“This year we had 16 people elect to come back next year,” Cutchins said. “It’s somewhat

of an informal process where people submit a letter if they plan to return so that left 36 [available] rooms for next year.

Of those 36 new Range residents — 17 of whom are men and 19 of whom are women — 10 hail from the Education School — the highest representation of any of

Kappa Alpha’s FOA suspended The University suspended the Kappa Alpha Order’s Fraternal Organization Agreement, pending an investigation, InterFraternity Council President Jake Pittman said in an email Thursday. The organization has not lost its charter, but must stop all fraternal activities during the suspension.

“Their FOA has been suspended while the University conducts an investigation into allegations,” Pittman said.

“There is no time table in effect for how long this investigation/ suspension will be put in place.”

The suspension follows a series of hazing allegations and an investigation into fraternity pledging activities by the University, which were announced in a press release April 4. IFC fraternities were told to initiate all new members

by Saturday, April 6 at 6 p.m., or risk losing their FOA. The University later extended the deadline by one day to Sunday at 6 p.m.

University officials said other investigations were set to begin soon after the announcement was made, but claimed the mandate was not in response to alle-

The Kappa Alpha Order at the University was suspended pending investigation of allegations, said IFC president Jake Pittman in an email Thursday. The fraternity, situated at 600 Rugby Road, has been at the University since 1873, and celebrated its 140th year in existence at the University this year.

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gations of criminal misconduct.

Dean of Students Allen Groves said the request was made to “ensure student safety and [pro-

mote the] best practices governing the length of time for new member orientation,” according to the press release.

Pittman declined to disclose any further information at the time.

—compiled by Emily Hutt

University joins digital library

The University Library is set to ontribute more than 10,000 digital images to a public online library database, to provide public access to some of the University’s rarest collections.

U.Va. will contribute more than 10,000 rare electronic images to nationwide literary database project

By Shannon Reres

Cavalier Daily Senior Writer A collection of more than 10,000 digital images from the University’s library will soon be available at The Digi-

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tal Public Library of America, the first nationwide online public library, the University announced Wednesday.

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Leaders discuss education

University President Teresa Sullivan said educators should establish academic enthusiasm among students from early on to create a stronger long-term environment of excellence.

Sullivan, local educators address teacher retention, student engagement

By Meghan Cioci

Cavalier Daily Senior Writer University President Teresa Sullivan participated alongside some of the region’s eminent educators and community leaders Saturday in a forum entitled “The State of Education in America: The Cause & The Solution.”

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The symposium was hosted by the University’s chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha f raternity and consisted of 10 speakers, including Charlottesville Public Schools superintendent Rosa Atkins, University History Prof.

Claudrena Harold, Charlottesville High School Principal Thomas Taylor, Charlottesville City Councilwoman Dede Smith,

and David Jeck, the superintendent of Green Country Public Schools.

In a welcome address, Sullivan highlighted the need to connect students with educational resources and inspire passion early on, which she said could increase their prospects

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NEWS

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Partly sunny, with southerly winds at 4 to 11 mph. Chance of afternoon showers 30 percent.

Partly cloudy, with temperatures dropping into the mid 50s.

Conditions will become much more seasonably consistent this week, with temperatures in the upper 70s. A stationary front will stall out over our area tomorrow and Wednesday, with warmer temperatures and persisting partly cloudy skies.

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Honor discusses informed retraction specifics Committee debates cases involving multiple offenses in one ‘nexus of events’ Joseph Liss

Cavalier Daily Senior Associate Editor The Honor Committee will vote next week to create permanent bylaws governing the administration of informed retraction, which was made a part of the Honor Committee’s constitution in a referendum approved by the student body in February.

The Committee continued discussion of the bylaws at its meeting Sunday night.

The previous Honor Committee passed temporary bylaws, which are set to expire in May, to govern informed retraction.

Those bylaws came mostly from the text of the Restore the Ideal Act, the previous Honor Committee’s reform proposal that failed to pass in last February’s vote.

Informed retraction allows students to admit to lying, cheating or stealing and then take two semesters off from the University as punishment. Reported students will be given a transcript of a primary witness interview and all available relevant documents to their case before having to make a decision on

informed retraction, said Honor Committee Chair Evan Behrle, a third-year College student.

The Committee spent the majority of its time discussing a provision of the temporary bylaws that allow students reported for multiple lying, cheating or stealing offenses to file only one joint informed retraction, given the offenses are either part of the same “nexus of events” or “inextricably linked.”

The nexus of events language could include scenarios like a student taking six-hours to complete a five-hour exam and then checking a box saying they had only taken five hours, or a student cheating on an exam and then later lying to professor by claiming that he or she did not cheat.

The first scenario was generally accepted as something to include in the language of the new bylaws, but there was debate about what to do with a student who cheats and then later lies about it. Behrle said there was a difference between a student who lies about cheat-

ing “in the heat of the moment” rather than a student who lies about cheating intentionally several days later.

“There’s a fundamental level of understanding for a student who sort of backs themselves into a corner by cheating and then lying,” Behrle said.

Vice Chair for Trials Conor O’Boyle said the proposed bylaws created flexibility by permitting the Vice-Chairs for Trials and Investigations to have discretion in what falls under a “nexus of events.”

“Honor can produce some really, really strange situations,” O’Boyle said. “If you put all of mine and Evan’s and [Vice-Chair for Investigations Andi Chernau’s] knowledge together… we have come nowhere close to seeing it all.”

The Committee also discussed a scenario dealing with “inextricably linked” events, which hypothetically involved a student whose act of cheating, say on a final, caused a professor to look into previous cheating, say on a midterm. Since the “the chain of discovery is linked” for

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The Honor Committee will vote next week to create permanent bylaws governing the administration of informed retraction.

the two events, Behrle said the events would be inextricably linked but may not fall under the same nexus of events.

O’Boyle said the new Committee was decidedly against allowing students to file one informed retraction for both inextricably linked offenses, though the language of the temporary bylaws would seem to allow this.

“We wanted to see the Committee’s vision for that midterm-

final scenario… and that was important because last Committee felt differently from this Committee,” O’Boyle said.

Several members of the Committee recommended taking the inextricably linked language out of the proposed bylaws.

Behrle said further changes to the bylaws may occur in consultation with other Committee members between now and the Committee’s vote next week.

Library | Resource improves global access to local content Continued from page A1 The DPLA, which is slated to officially launch April 18, seeks to provide a comprehensive database of interdisciplinary texts and media from universities and public libraries across the country, as well as federal institutions such as the Smithsonian, free of charge to the public. “[The DPLA] will function as an online library for students

of all ages, from grades K-12 to postdoctoral researchers and anyone seeking self-instruction,” according to the DLPA website.

The University will contribute images from The Holsinger Studio Collection, a compilation of photographs of Charlottesville and Albemarle County life from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Bradley Daigle, University director of Digital Curation Ser-

vices, said University officials were involved in the DPLA from its early stages. “[University English Prof.]

J erome McGann was on the original DPLA Steering Committee and I participated in both the legal and content teams,” Daigle said in an email. “U.Va. Library is always looking for new ways to partner to make our materials more widely known and contribute to the national historical

record.”

The University hopes to contribute more to the DPLA in the future, Daigle said.

“Adding materials allows users to experience our local content within a global context,” he said.

“This will increase awareness of our collections as well as provide our own community the means to understand the larger historical context of materials we physically own here.”

Scholars have floated the concept of a digital public library since the 1990s, but the DPLA claims it will be the first to fully execute the concept. “No project has yet succeeded in bringing these different viewpoints, experiences and collections together with leading technical experts and the best of private industry to find solutions to these complex challenges,” according to the DPLA website.

Education | Speakers criticize standardized testing culture Continued from page A1 of attending college down the road.

“If we want to build a bright future for America, our primary, middle and high schools all need to be excellent,” Sullivan said. “We can reach down where the younger students are and connect with them early in their lives.”

Student success often hinges

on having a stable, positive relationship with teachers who believe in them, panelists said.

One potential problem with this, however, is declining teacher retention — about 50 percent of teachers leave the field within their first five years, Jeck said.

The speakers said standardized testing is an additional barrier to excellence in schools.

Harold noted that these tests create a culture of memoriza-

tion and regurgitation, rather than one of intellectual stimulation and engagement.

“We need to cultivate intellectual curiosity, or we’ll get a group of students here at the University of Virginia who just survive,” Harold said.

Students need to be challenged rather than limited by bareminimum requirements of standardized tests, the panelists said. The speakers proposed

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raising expectations and providing the appropriate resources for increased student engagement.

Taylor noted some positive developments in education, however. The dropout rate of Charlottesville High School decreased from 18 percent in 2007 to 5 percent last year, he said. He attributed the success to a holistic and systemic approach aimed at building

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a culture of determination to help students throughout the entire school system — from front offices to teachers of every grade level.

“Every kid deserves an adult that is crazy about them — somebody that loves them from the day the show up to the day the graduate and beyond,” Taylor said. “We need to take an every student every day approach.”

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Other voices, other rooms

A proposed bill that would override UNC’s gender-neutral housing alternative ignores LGBT students’ needs, university autonomy The University of North Carolina in November 2012 adopted a gender-neutral on-campus housing policy that would allow students of different sexes to share suites and apartments, but not rooms. UNC set aside 32 gender-neutral living spaces in preexisting housing for a pilot program set to launch this fall.

Advocates of the gender-neutral housing alternative say the measure will improve the safety and comfort levels of the school’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students. Students must opt into the program by filling out an application explaining why they are interested.

But UNC’s mixed-gender housing option, which the school’s board of trustees approved unanimously, may not come to fruition. In early April a bipartisan trio of North Carolina state senators introduced a bill that would prohibit UNC students of different sexes from sharing apartments or suites unless they are married or siblings.

The proposed legislation marks a misstep in two respects. The bill threatens to detract from the living experiences of the school’s most vulnerable students.

It is also a meddlesome intrusion into university governance.

UNC’s mixed-gender option will, at first, affect 32 students, a tiny fraction of the school’s total enrollment. A bill that aims squarely to prevent these students from living in gender-neutral accommodations reads as an instance of the kind of bullying the school’s housing policy sought to prevent.

One of the bill’s sponsors, Republican Sen. David Curtis, said in a news release that UNC had not become an academic leader by wasting “time and tax dollars on frivolous social experiments.” In this case, however, the bill’s sponsors are wasting more time and tax dollars than North Carolina’s flagship. It is unlikely that the school is shouldering much of a financial burden by placing both men and women into pre-existing residential areas.

In addition, the measure is far from a “social experiment.” Mixed-gender housing arrangements occur frequently in off-campus locations. Nor is the genderneutral policy “frivolous.” For the policy’s advocates, and UNC’s students, LGBT or not, who might prefer mixed-gender accommodations, the measure is of great importance. Curtis’ “social experiment” comment betrays a telling traditionalism that suggests his bill arises more out of anti-gay bias — or, at the very least, a profound lack of sensitivity to the needs of LGBT students — than an investment in UNC’s housing operations.

No student should be hindered from achieving academic success because of his or her housing situation.

Students have to be 18 to opt into UNC’s pilot program.

So why not give these adults a margin of freedom in choosing the housing arrangements with which they feel most comfortable?

The move to ban co-ed apartments, however, invites criticism not just for its content but also for its form.

The bill is a clear instance of micromanagement on the part of the state.

UNC owes its existence to taxpayer dollars. Because of the school’s public obligations, the General Assembly can and should weigh in on some aspects of UNC’s governance, such as tuition increases. But offering mixedgender housing to a small number of students is not the kind of large-scale university governance decision that impinges directly on North Carolina citizens. UNC’s housing policy is not in the State Senate’s proper scope.

There are undoubtedly more important things happening in North Carolina than 32 UNC students opting to live in co-ed suites.

For state senators to attempt to override a unanimous decision by UNC’s board of trustees is an unduly aggressive move. The State Senate should kill the bill — to protect the needs of UNC’s LGBT students, yes, but also to protect the autonomy of North Carolina’s flagship, which should be able to decide such matters for itself.

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Students should support the University Bookstore’s decision to offer sweat-shop-free apparel for fall 2013 University of Virginia Bookstore of one man who is finally able to of Washington, Wisconsin, and director Jon Kates is taking a afford to construct his own home, Notre Dame have been particustand for garment workers’ rights, a milestone in the man’s life. “By larly successful in selling Alta and beginning next semester, just changing a consumer choice, Gracia products. students, alumni, and fans will we can make such a difference in While the bookstore will offer have the opportunity to join him. people’s lives,” Ortiz said. an initial amount of Alta Gracia Student repre- products next semester, student This coming fall, sentatives from support will be necessary to keep the bookstore will CAROLINE HARMAN Feminism is for sweatshop-free apparel available offer Alta Gracia AND JONAH DISTER Everyone (FIFE) at the University. Student organiApparel, a comGUEST VIEWPOINT and LSA began the zations can contact the bookstore pany that is changcampaign to bring to place individual orders from ing the collegiate garment industry by offering an Alta Gracia products to U.Va. Alta Gracia and upperclassmen earlier this year. Their growing can encourage incoming first alternative to sweatshop labor.

Since it was founded in 2010, Alta coalition of CIOs in support of years to choose socially responGracia has gained widespread rec- Alta Gracia includes the Black sible products when shopping at ognition for its ethical policies and S t u d e n t A l l i the bookstore. workplace conditions. Employees ance, Phi Sigma Although only “Located in the town part at its factory in the Dominican Pi Honor Fraterof the bookRepublic earn more than three nity, the Living of Villa Altagracia, the s t o r e ’ s m e r times the minimum wage in free- Wage Campaign, plant provides wages to chandise will be trade zones. Additionally, workers Women’s Health sourced by Alta are permitted to unionize for a Virginia at U.Va., its workers that allow G r a c i a , O r t i z voice on the job and the factory the Queer Stu- them to send their chil- points out that is frequently monitored for top dent Union and dren to school, improve “the real goal health and safety conditions by more. Several of is to have not a their homes, and eat single sweatshopthese groups have the Worker Rights Consortium.

Second-year College student Luis already placed far better than they did made product” Ortiz of the Latino Student Alli- orders through in coming years. previously.” ance (LSA) had the opportunity to the bookstore to Choosing Alta visit the Alta Gracia factory this p u r c h a s e A l t a Gracia products past December and witnessed Gracia apparel at the bookstore, firsthand the positive impact it is with their indiwhich is a nonhaving on the local community. vidual logos and designs, and they profit organization, not only supLocated in the town of Villa Alta- have found that Alta Gracia gar- ports workers in the Dominican gracia, the plant provides wages ments are both high quality and Republic. It also challenges stuto its workers that allow them price-competitive. dents and the greater University With the addition of Alta Gracia community to be mindful conto send their children to school, improve their homes, and eat far apparel to our bookstore, the sumers.

University will join more than 400 better than they did previously.

“They are not all of a sudden colleges and universities across Caroline Harman is a second-year rich,” Ortiz said of Alta Gracia the country who offer Alta Gracia College student. Jonah Dister is employees. “They are now able to as a sweatshop-free alternative a first-year College student. They for school apparel. Among them, meet basic necessities.” are members of Feminism is for Ortiz also discussed the pride Duke, Yale, NYU, the University Everyone (FIFE).

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In the eye of the electronic storm Last week’s dorm raid hoax reveals the difficulties of navigating online journalism’s breathless pace Imagine watching a movie in had online readers reeling with fast-forward. No pausing, no frustration. Several responders rewinding, no slowing allowed. accused the paper, after the fact, This is how you now must live. of propagating the rumor by You must absorb all information in half the time and respond to it reporting it as breaking news.

Let’s deconstruct likewise. Think fast, the timeline of that act now, or get left ASHLEY STEVENSON fateful Monday. behind.

PUBLIC EDITOR At 2:08 p.m., The Electronic media Cavalier Daily has thrown today’s w o r l d i n t o f a s t - f o r w a r d . tweets, “Breaking: Reports of No longer does a newspaper randomized dorm searches coming in.” have until the next morning to At 2:13 p.m., it sends out a call research a story. On Twitter, it for information: “Contact us may not even have until the next hour. The audi- ASAP if you have any details about the randomized ence expects information — and, in 2013, it expects it now. We #UVA dorm searches reportedly complain if, within a few minutes happening.”

The first concrete information of a breaking event, a Google search comes up empty. We are comes 17 minutes later, at 2:30 suspicious when our Twitter p.m.: “#UVa housing and res. life email to staff: ‘We have feed refuses to satisfy our appetites. We scrutinize Facebook for not been contacted by the police’ others who know more than we. … Trying to contact police now.”

By the time any printed articles At 2:32 p.m., The Cavalier Daily appear, many of us are already aware of the details.The sacrifice re-tweets Dean of Students Allen to speed, of course, is accuracy. Groves: “@cavalierdaily: BREAKING: I discussed this issue briefly on Reports of randomized dorm March 18, (“The catch-22 of rapid report- searches coming in.” My office knows nothing about this ing”), but events of this week compel me to return to it anew. report, nor does UPD. Hoax?”

2:49 p.m. brings initial confirThe April 8 ABC dorm scare provoked a bullet-fire series of mation of this hoax: #UVA police tweets by The Cavalier Daily that say as far as they know

no University police are taking part in #UVAdormsearch,” a tweet confirmed by Charlottesville Police Lt. Ronnie Roberts at 3:21 p.m.

From lift-off to landing, the entire process expires fully in one hour and 13 minutes — arguably only 39 minutes if you end on the first tweet denying any police search.

How many people were affected in those first 39 minutes? Enough to cause some panic.

Intermediate tweets show conversations exchanged with students alleging alcohol searches in their dorms, The Cavalier Daily asking for witnesses and reporting students dumping alcohol. @kimbrrlyclaire tweets at 3:22 p.m. “reliable journalism requires proof, not just repeating twitter allegations.”

Her tweet brings up a point: should that first 2:08 p.m. post have occurred? The accuracy of reporting clearly improved a little with each tweet.

In this case, with five minutes more patience, that first authoritative-sounding tweet becomes tempered into one calling for response, but implying a lack of information to confirm. Waiting just 24 minutes reduces the hype through information from

Dean Groves. Even adding the The ABC dorm search put The adjective “unconfirmed” before Cavalier Daily in a tough situ“reports” to that first tweet might ation. So many people already have saved The Cavalier Daily knew of the dorm search rumors some of the flack it received. by word of mouth (or Facebook) If The Cavathat The Cavlier Daily was alier Daily “Even adding the adjective in the process l i ke l y o n l y of contacting ‘unconfirmed’ before ‘reports’ participated p o l i c e a n d to that first tweet might have in alreadyfaculty for created hype saved The Cavalier Daily information, instead of w h y n o t some of the flack it received.” p r o d u c i n g tweet someanything new of its thing to that own. Yet, the effect first?

Why risk reporting something automatic trust bestowed in a as breaking? It is possible the newspaper to provide accurate lapse results from a semantic details places a greater onus of assumption: “reports of ” auto- responsibility on it to decide matically implies “unconfirmed”; which information to report, unfortunately, readers are less and how to report it. That first likely to infer this negative than tweet caused more panic than needed, given just a few minutes to believe its more produced increasingly reliallegation.

At the same time, the follow-up able information. In the days of tweets so quickly defused the online media, journalists tiptoe panic that it’s also worth pointing an electric fence. One wrong step out the paper’s success in imme- and they are bound to receive an diately securing the answers electric shock. to the reports it posed. Articles released over subsequent days Ashley Stevenson is The cover the story from multiple Cavalier Daily’s public editor. angles, helping to trace the exploContact her at publiceditor@ sion of panic; the paper comcavalierdaily.com with concerns mendably retold the exact origin and suggestions about how The of the rumor April 9 in “Personal Cavalier Daily could improve its prank panics student body.” coverage.

The clothespin vote Virginia’s gubernatorial race leaves us with no good options I am a proponent of the idea the Democratic nominee Terry that Americans have a civic duty McAuliffe, and I was frightened and a democratic obligation to by the extremism that the Repubinform themselves and vote in lican candidate Ken Cuccinelli both local and displayed on the national elecother side of the ASHLEY SPINKS political spections. But I have OPINION COLUMNIST to say, when it trum. The man comes to the who came closest Virginia gubernatorial election, to representing what I felt were I’m at a complete loss. wide-ranging and reasonable Not only do I have no idea who interests for the state of Virginia will be receiving my vote — was Bill Bolling, who unfortubecause I’m not thrilled about nately announced his decision either frontrunner — but I’m not to run as an Independent, also lacking my normal level of although many thought and inspiration when it comes to the hoped that he would. possibilities of politics. VirginSo where does that leave me? I ia’s gubernatorial election has want to vote, I feel strongly that I caused me to reflect not only on should vote, and yet I have faith the lack of effective bipartisan in neither of my choices. From ideas in politics but also on the conversations with my friends, un-electability of strong inde- both Democratic and Republipendent candidates. can, I have deduced that I am This semester, I am a student not the only one feeling lost. I in Politics Prof. Larry Sabato’s don’t want this election — or any Introduction to American Poli- election — to feel like a choice tics course. Being in the class has between the “lesser of two evils.” afforded me the opportunity to I want to have more optimism do more than simply research than that. I want to believe in Virginia’s potential governors some sort of democratic ideal, on the Internet. I have had the and yet my idealism is quickly chance to hear all of them speak diminishing. But before I get too and respond to student ques- introspective, let me lay out my tions. Through these opportu- issues clearly.

Before his visit to Mr. Sabato’s nities, I have acquired a good sense of each candidate. Neither class, I knew little of McAuliffe.

I just knew that in some sense, impressed me as politicians.

As a fairly liberal democrat in he was supposed to represent me Virginia, I found myself unable and my party.

After hearing him speak and to relate to “my candidate,”

doing additional research on pretend that it is. his history and policies, I do not As for Ken Cuccinelli, he has feel represented, and I don’t endorsed such extreme ideas think many Virginia democrats as outlawing oral sex, removwill either should McAuliffe be ing the sexual orientation and elected. While McAuliffe may be gender expression categories able to market himself as a com- from Virginia non-discriminapromiser because of his focus tion policies, abstinence-only on economic issues, I found his sexual education classes, stricter argument that “because I am a abortion laws, and more. It goes good businessman, I will be a without saying that Cuccinelli good politician” to be tenuous at does not represent me. But does best. he effectively represent anyone?

I agree with McAuliffe that It doesn’t seem that the far-right we need to conservative i m p r o v e “I want to vote, I feel strongly and religious our eduthat I should vote, and yet I demographic to which he cational have faith in neither of my is catering system and is notably ensure fair choices.” large in Virtreatment of women, ginia — so a m o n g we shouldn’t o t h e r want him as things. But I find it problematic our governor. The decisions he that McAuliffe’s ultimate moti- makes as a public official will not vation for all of his policies is be decisions that the majority of to transform Virginia into an his constituents would approve economic powerhouse. In videos of.

Which brings us finally to Bolposted on his official website, he referred to gender equality and ling. Bolling identified with the fair pay legislation as “critical Republican party prior to coneconomic issue[s]” for Virginia. sidering a run as an Independent I, along with many others, would candidate. Although his party argue that they are moral issues identification was different from first. I am not comforted by the my own, I found that his speech fact that McAuliffe has for years made sense to me, and he seemed “been helping to create opportu- like a legitimate moderate — nity in the private sector.” The willing to listen and compromise government is not the same as to find the best solutions for his a business, and we should not constituents when it came to a

variety of issues. Yet because of the structure of elections in America — which necessitates huge campaign budgets and involves partisan voting tendencies — independent candidates are most often unelectable.

What was my point in all of this? Mostly, I just wanted to air my grievances. My overarching contention, however, is twofold.

First, make sure you know who you’re voting for in this election. The governorship is an important position. Although I am personally discouraged by each of my choices, I am glad that I find myself conflicted rather than determined to mindlessly vote along party lines.

Your candidate may not be what you expect, so consider carefully. Second, in future elections, open your mind to the idea of a third-party candidate. Such a straightforward and idealistic suggestion may not solve the problem, but I do think our attitude towards third-party candidates needs to change if we want strong, motivated and moderate representatives. Bolling’s failed gubernatorial campaign is a shame and can be attributed much more to partisan politics than his lack of qualifications or capabilities.

Ashley Spinks is an Opinion columnist for The Cavalier Daily.

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No more excuses The University can no longer delay action in implementing a living wage The concept of a living wage is students and work directly with not radical. Simply defined, it is the administration. We have held a wage that rises in tandem with teach-ins, rallies, signature-gathinflation and is tailored to cover ering campaigns, and have had basic needs in a given commu- meetings with administrators and Board of Visitors’ nity — essentially RATY SYKA AND members year in what the miniLAURA GOLDBLATT and year out. Unimum wage does in theory, but not versity officials GUEST VIEWPOINT in practice. After have made promyears of organizing, the Living ises of progress that have been left Wage Campaign has been driven partially or wholly unfulfilled. to actions that have been, at times, In 2006, after various actions confrontational in response to the failed to yield an honest diaadministration’s failure to work logue about employee wages, 17 toward fair pay for our univer- students undertook a sit-in of Madison Hall that resulted in their sity’s lowest-paid workers.

Since the formation of the cur- arrests. In 2010, the Campaign rent group (the Living Wage Cam- regained momentum and worked paign) in 1997, students, faculty optimistically to build a collaboraand community members have tive relationship with the incombrought attention to the reality ing University President Teresa that those at the bottom tier of Sullivan. However, the adminthe University’s employee pay istration has simply reiterated bracket earn far less than an its refusal to undertake reforms adequate yearly salary to live toward a living wage seriously, in securely within the Charlottes- spite of the fact that Sullivan herville-Albemarle area. In this time, self has explicitly advocated for its the Campaign has turned to a necessity in her work as a labor variety of tactics to engage with sociologist. In February 2012, the

When concerned students, facCampaign undertook a hunger strike that lasted 13 days. During ulty, and community members the strike, 26 students placed have attempted to engage with their health on the line in order to the administration, we have been highlight the urgency of their con- met with avoidance, stonewallcerns; the administration refused ing and a refusal to disclose basic to meet with them for 10 days. information about the University’s In 2000, 2006 and 2012, the employment practices. Living University implemented wage wage campaigns at other camincreases for low-paid workers, puses that modeled themselves but did not after the Uniraise the pay versity’s origi“Living wage campaigns to an adequate nal 1997 orgaat other campuses that living wage nization have and made no modeled themselves after the succeeded in commitment attaining their University’s original 1997 to index wages goals, yet our according to organization have succeeded a d m i n i s t ra inflation by in attaining their goals, yet tion chooses year. Every neglect this our administration chooses to significant issue. What to neglect this issue.” raise in the more will it last decade take for them and a half was to take our won by draconcerns serimatic action from the Living Wage ously?

Campaign, yet the University has The notion that all members of never publicly acknowledged the our community deserve fair pay influence of our actions on their for honest work may shift the policies. status quo, but it is by no means

economically unreasonable. In fact, it is a modest goal. According to an administrative email obtained the Campaign obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, the "total cost" of getting minimum pay to $13 an hour was just over $2 million — a small sum when compared to the University’s nearly $2.5 billion yearly operating budget. Clearly, this is an issue of allocation and priorities rather than ability.

There are no longer any excuses for an administration that publicly touts its engagement with students yet willingly turns a blind eye to inconvenient economic realities when we call attention to these issues. It’s time the administration told us: what more will it take?

Raty Syka is a 2011 graduate of the University. Laura Goldblatt is a graduate student in English. Both are members of the University's Living Wage Campaign. For a full list of authors, please visit cavalierdaily.com.

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Cavs’ historic streak hits 100 With 7-0 win against No. 25 Clemson Friday, topranked team’s ACC win streak reaches triple digits

By Kerry Mitchell

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After No. 22 freshman Mac Styslinger clinched the team’s 100th consecutive ACC victory Friday with a 7-6(4), 6-4 win at No. 5 singles, fans revealed signs celebrating the milestone. The Cavaliers have not lost an ACC match since 2006.

The top-ranked Virginia men’s tennis team reached its milestone 100th consecutive ACC victory Friday with a 7-0 shutout against No. 25 Clemson, and then continued its streak with a 6-1 victory against Georgia Tech Saturday in Charlottesville.

The Cavaliers’ (19-0, 8-0 ACC) streak is the longest in ACC men’s tennis history and is second only to the 1989-2000 Duke women’s tennis team’s 116 straight victories for longest streak in any sport in conference history. The significance of Friday’s win was not lost on coach Brian Boland.

“It does blow my mind,” Boland said. “When I first came to the University of Virginia, I believed that anything was possible, but I never thought about winning 100 [consecutive] matches in the

Atlantic Coast Conference.”

Boland credited the accomplishment to the talent and effort of his student-athletes, past and present.

“It's a tribute to a lot of players that have come through this program and that are still here,” Boland said. “Their willingness to come out and put the orange and blue on every day and compete and work hard, day in and day out, and practice, and not only make themselves better, but make others around them better.”

The Cavaliers began the rout by sweeping all three doubles matches from the Tigers (15-5, 4-3 ACC). No. 42 junior Justin Shane and senior Julen Uriguen easily won 8-3 at No. 3. Clemson then threatened to take the doubles point by staying close in Please see M Tennis, Page B3

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Georgia Tech wins 2-of-3 The No. 5 Virginia baseball team’s trip to Atlanta ended with an unfamiliar result Sunday as No. 17 Georgia Tech took the rubber match to hand the Cavaliers their first ACC series loss this season. After a 2-1 loss Friday, the Cavaliers took Saturday’s game 7-2 before falling in a rainshortened game Sunday, 3-2.

Yellow Jacket (26-10, 11-7 ACC) senior starter Buck Farmer dominated on the mound Friday, pitching a complete game masterpiece while yielding one run.

That performance negated a strong showing from Cavalier

(31-6, 13-5 ACC) freshman starter Brandon Waddell, who lasted 5.2 innings and allowed two runs.

Georgia Tech broke a 1-1 tie and forced Waddell from the game with the go-ahead run in the sixth inning — the final run of the game.

The Cavalier bats were much livelier Saturday, picking up five runs in the first four innings to take control. Just one week after his first career home run, senior second baseman Reed Gragnani doubled his total with a solo shot in the fourth inning to make the score 5-0. Redshirt senior starter Scott Silverstein struck out nine

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batters in seven solid innings while surrendering just one run.

The Virginia offense went cold again Sunday, picking up just two runs in six innings against Yellow Jacket sophomore Cole Pitts before the rain cut the series finale short. Georgia Tech used a two-run fourth inning to chase Virginia sophomore Nick Howard from the mound and take a 3-1 lead. The Cavaliers closed within one run, but after the rain delay, the game was called in the bottom of the sixth inning, giving Georgia Tech the victory.

The Cavaliers return to action Wednesday against Old Dominion at Davenport Field.

--compiled by Michael Eilbacher

Courtesy Virginia Athletics

Senior starter Scott Silverstein led the Cavaliers to victory Saturday, pitching seven innings and striking out nine while allowing just one run.

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U.Va. drops sixth straight

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Senior midfielder Matt White’s four goals Friday were not enough to stave off Duke’s late rally in the 19-16 loss.

Leading 13-9 midway through the third quarter in a must-win game, the Virginia men’s lacrosse team looked poised to halt its five-game skid against No. 7 Duke at Koskinen Stadium. The Blue Devils, however, would take control of the high-scoring contest late in the game, using a 10-1 run to come away with a 19-16 victory in both teams’ final regular season conference game Friday.

Junior attackman Mark Cockerton led all scorers with six goals, while senior midfielder Matt White added four goals and an assist after being held without a goal for the previous three games.

Junior attackman Nick O’Reilly posted two goals and a team-high four assists.

Both teams scored five goals in

the first quarter and four in the second to head into the break knotted at 9-9. Virginia (5-7, 0-3 ACC) would then score four consecutive goals in the first 5:04 of the third quarter to take the largest lead of the game up to that point.

Duke (10-4, 2-1 ACC) countered by scoring the next three before junior midfielder Rob Emery scored his second of the game to close out the quarter with a 14-12 Cavalier lead.

The Blue Devils had their way with the Cavaliers in the fourth quarter, scoring seven unanswered goals in the period’s first 11:10 to take a decisive 19-14 lead.

Though White and Cockerton would each find the net again before the end of the game, Virginia’s late rally was not enough to overcome the five-goal deficit.

Duke outshot Virginia 17-6 in the fourth quarter and 55-40 for the game, marking the first time an opponent has outshot the Cavaliers this season.

Virginia will conclude its regular season against Bellarmine at Klöckner Stadium Saturday before heading to Chapel Hill, N.C. April 26 for the ACC Tournament, where a rematch with No. 1 Maryland awaits them.

—compiled by Zack Bartee

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Virginia splits road tests The No. 17 Virginia women’s tennis team stretched its winning streak to six matches Saturday against No. 19 Georgia Tech in Atlanta before falling to No. 14 Clemson Sunday in South Carolina.

The Yellow Jackets (11-8, 5-4 ACC) kept things close against the Cavaliers (148, 7-2 ACC) but ultimately fell in a 4-3 nail-biter.

Virginia continued its strong doubles play, clinching the point when the No. 88 pair of freshman Julia Elbaba and senior Hana Tomljanovic won 8-5 at the No. 2 position.

Georgia Tech quickly rallied

to take a 2-1 lead after Cavalier senior Erin Vierra and freshman Stephanie Nauta dropped their singles matches at No. 5 and No. 2, respectively.

Virginia recovered to take a 3 -2 lead by winning the next two matches, yet did not clinch the victory until the last match was decided.

No. 11 Elbaba outlasted No. 80 senior Elizabeth Kilborn 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 to secure the narrow Cavalier victory.

Virginia continued its road swing Sunday against Clemson (12-6, 7-2 ACC), but was unable to extend its winning streak, losing 4-3. The Cavaliers again

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earned the doubles point by securing two of three matches in the competition, with the veteran duo of junior Li Xi and senior Maria Fuccillo locking up the doubles point with an 8-5 triumph at No. 3.

In singles, Clemson took the first three points before Tomljanovic stopped the bleeding with a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 4. The Tigers did not cede momentum though as No. 24 freshman Liz Jeukeng halted the Cavaliers’ win streak at six with a 7-5, 6-3 win against Nauta.

The Cavaliers will look to close the season strong in their final two matches when they host No. 30 Florida State Saturday and No. 10 Miami the following day.

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No. 11 freshman Julia Elbaba clinched Virginia’s sixth straight win with a three set victory against Georgia Tech senior Elizabeth Kilborn.

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M Tennis | Boland: Hopefully we’re just getting started Continued from page B1 highly contested matches on the first two courts, but No. 13 junior Alex Domijan and sophomore Mitchell Frank came through 9-8(4) on the second court to clinch the point. No. 2 freshman Mac Styslinger and senior Jarmere Jenkins finished the sweep with another 9-8(4) victory at the No. 1 spot.

In singles play, Uriguen added another point for Virginia with a dominant 6-0, 6-2 victory against Tiger freshman Austin Ansari at No. 6. No. 37 Frank overcame a 3-2 deficit in the first set to win 6-3, 6-0 and extend the Cavalier edge to 3-0. On the fifth court, No. 22 Styslinger won the tiebreaker in his first set, then cruised through the second to win 7-6(6), 6-4 and clinch the match — and

the milestone — for the Cavaliers.

“I think it means a lot to the program," Styslinger said. "It was pretty cool to be able to clinch the 100th straight ACC victory, and it’s something very special to me. I wasn't looking at the scoreboard, so it was cool to realize once I finished that I had clinched.”

As fans began revealing signs reading “100 ACC Wins,” Virginia took the final three singles matches for good measure. No. 49 freshman Ryan Shane beat junior Dominique Maden, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 at No. 4. The last two singles matches proved challenging for Virginia’s top players, but No. 2 Jenkins downed No. 24 senior Yannick Maden 6-3, 7-6(6) at No.1, and No. 1 Domijan topped sophomore Hunter Harrington 7-6(0), 5-7, 6-3 at No. 2.

“We didn’t play our best match, but give Clemson a lot of credit,” Boland said. “The guys made it a little tougher on themselves than it needed to be. It wasn’t always the prettiest tennis today, but we’re thrilled to get another ACC win, and to get the 100.”

Jenkins, who is serving as a cocaptain for the second consecutive season, viewed the milestone victory as impressive but far from shocking.

“When you look at the type of players that coach Boland is recruiting time and time again, and when you look at the results they’ve had before they come in, it’s not really surprising,” Jenkins said. “You’ve got guys like Mitchell Frank, who is out at 1 a.m. practicing, and guys like Mac, who has been superb so far. It’s a tribute to what Boland’s been

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The Cavaliers added victory number 101 Saturday against Georgia Tech (8-14, 1-8 ACC) with a 6-1 win. Virginia once again took an early lead by winning the doubles point as Jenkins and Styslinger downed No. 67 senior Juan Spir and sophomore Eduardo Segura 8-2 at No. 1, while Shane and Uriguen followed at No. 3 with an 8-1 victory to clinch the point.

Virginia added a second point quickly at No. 4 as Segura was forced to retire with an injury against Ryan Shane. Styslinger dominated his match at No. 5, defeating freshman Anish Sharma 6-1, 6-1, and extending the lead to 3-0.

The Yellow Jackets’ lone point of the day came on the first court as No. 68 Spir upset Domijan 6-4,

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Frank clinched the win for the Cavaliers at No. 3 by defeating freshman Nathan Rakitt 6-3, 6-2.

Seniors Jenkins and Uriguen, along with Dino Dell’Orto and Brian Fang, were honored Saturday during the team’s Senior Day. Jenkins and Uriguen went out with style, winning 6-4, 6-4, and 7-5, 6-2 respectively.

Despite Virginia’s dominance throughout the past decade, the Cavaliers have yet to win a national championship, losing in each of their two finals appearances. With their 100th consecutive ACC victory under their belt, the Cavaliers will turn their full attention toward their ultimate goal of capturing an NCAA title.

“It’s been a great journey,” Boland said. “And hopefully we’re just getting started.”

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You have a strong need of humor in your life, especially now that some people around you seem intent on being overly serious. It may be hard to see the lighter side on your own, so seek out entertaining influences.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You are like a royal returning to the throne after a long quest. It will not be long before the whole kingdom will find out that you’re not the same person you were, and you’ll rule differently because of it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Can you believe in fairies without believing in ogres? Once you open the door to a world, it’s very hard, if not impossible, to be selective about what you experience there.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Thinking you can do something is not the same as doing it, but it’s a start. Follow through on that gut feeling that you are the perfect person for a certain job.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The tinkling of bells is a signal to a deep part of your mind. You’ll hear such chiming today and experience an increased sense of awareness.

A memory will be released or a new dream inspired.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). In order for you to have the thing you desire, you must first convince others that they will profit, too. If you can make them believe this (and hopefully it is the truth), they will certainly want the same results.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You may set out to seek truth and beauty, but your journey will most likely be interrupted by more basic needs: sustenance, order, inclusion, touch.

You can always get back to the truth and beauty quest later.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Attention is like water, always moving and flowing and easily susceptible to influence. You’ll like the powerful feeling you get when you walk into a room and control the way attention moves inside it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ve contributed well to the life of another, though this person may not be fully aware of your contribution for many years to come. What matters most of all is that you know.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Be careful whom you envy. There is something for you in the ancient Roman story about the sword of Damocles. With power comes risk. Some risks are for you; others are not.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Being too rigid in your rules for living will only set the stage for failure. You can keep your high standards and still leave margins for error, impulse, desire and the unknown.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 15). Your financial picture is looking up, and you’ll have some new choices about what to do with your money. May brings the fulfillment of a promise. June offers a ticket that will change your perspective. You’ll be entertaining others through July and August and making connections that turn out to be lucrative in 2014. Capricorn and Cancer people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 40, 33, 2 and 14.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You wish you could see what another person sees during the day and feel how this person feels. Your curiosity and empathy allow you to get a glimpse and feel a tinge of what it must be like.

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CALENDAR Events this week MONDAY 3 Voices of the Civil Rights Movement // The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center // 7 p.m. // Free

CIO Spotlight: The Virginia Belles

On-Grounds a cappella group shares talent in Charlottesville and beyond

Brown Bird // The Southern // 8 p.m. // $10 adv. , $12 day of

WEDNESDAY Giant Panda Guerrilla Dub Squad // The Southern // 8:30 p.m. // $12

THURSDAY Corey Smith // The Jefferson // 9 p.m. // $15-20

You Can’t Take It With You // Ruth Caplin Theater // Thu-Sat 8 p.m. // $8-14

by ty vanover, senior writer Making a name for yourself as an a cappella group at the University is no small feat, especially given the ever-increasing number of these groups around Grounds, but the Virginia Belles, the University’s oldest female a cappella group, have nonetheless managed to steal the spotlight.

The Belles were founded as an offshoot of the Virginia Women’s Choir in 1977 and today consist of 18 undergraduate women — a relatively small group given the number of women who audition every year. Third-year College student Taylor Luckey, the group’s president, said more than 200 girls auditioned for just five spots last fall.

“We have extremely talented girls who are passionate about music,” Luckey said. “I also think we get some credit from alumni and current students who respect that we have maintained the highest level of performance for over 35 years.”

Though you may have heard the Belles locally at Rotunda

Sing or Lighting of the Lawn, the group also has a strong presence off-Grounds.

“We take our biggest trip during the fall semester for four or five days over fall break,” Luckey said. “We call this ‘Fall Roll.’ On this tour we stop at different colleges along the East Coast, where we perform and stay with other a cappella groups.”

In the 18-member group, music tastes vary considerably, leaving the Belles with an interesting dilemma when it comes to song selection.

“Throughout the year, members will send song suggestions to the Music Director and the Assistant Music Director explaining why they think we should add a particular song to our repertoire,” said Jenna Schilstra, third-year College student and Belle. “At the beginning of each semester the group votes on which songs we would like to sing from those suggestions and the Music Director makes the final decision based on that feedback.”

But the members’ opinions

aren’t the only ones the group considers when selecting songs to perform.

“We try to cover a variety of genres because we are very aware that when we perform, our audiences have diverse tastes in music,” Schilstra said. “While the majority of our songs are contemporary country, pop and R&B hits you'd hear on the radio, we also cover classics such as ‘At Last’ and ‘Dancing in the Moonlight.’”

But perhaps one of the most important factors the Belles consider when planning their shows is a song’s ability to elicit emotion in listeners.

“The most powerful moment we have experienced as a group, in my opinion, was singing ‘Oh Shenandoah’ for a conference attended by President [Teresa] Sullivan and numerous esteemed guests,” Schilstra said. “It was a special moment that brought President Sullivan as well as a few of our members to tears.

We love all aspects of a cappella but the traditions here at the University and our history here are invaluable to us.”

FRIDAY The Virginia Glee Club Presents Singfest! An Acappellapalooza // Newcomb Hall Ballroom // 7 p.m // $5

Robert Cray Band // The Paramount Theater// 8 p.m. // $29.50-44.50

SATURDAY Virginia Women’s Chorus // Old Cabell Hall // 3:30 p.m. // $5 students, $15 general Indian Classical Music Concert // Chemistry Auditorium // 8 p.m. // Free

SUNDAY Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra // Monticello HS // 3:30 p.m. // $10-38

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You Can’t Take It With You [thu. 18-sat. 20] The U.Va. Drama Department presents ‘You Can’t Take It With You.’ Directed by JP Schneidler, the play opens April 18, plays through the 20, and is also playing the 24th through 27th. The 1936 classic screwball comedy features a young woman introducing her man to her crazy family — the result is bound to be hilarious! The show is playing at 8 p.m. each night in the brand new Ruth Caplin Theater.

The Robert Cray Band [fri. 19]

Album Preview

featuring Daft Punk It’s been more than eight years since Daft Punk last put out a studio album, so it should come as no surprise that the world has been counting the days until the release of their forthcoming record ‘Random Access Memories.’

Though the dance duo has disclosed little information about the album, we do know it will represent a departure from their previous work, if for no other reason than the duo has decided to rely more on live instrumentation for this record.

Whereas ‘Discovery’ and ‘Homework’ were known for their reliance on samplers, sequencers and drum machines, the duo announced that ‘Memories’ will allow them to “play with the past” while retaining their “crazy, futuristic” sound.

The album will also feature a slew of guest performers, from N.E.R.D’s Pharrell Williams to Animal Collective’s Panda Bear and even Julian Casablancas from The Strokes.

The album will be released May 21, so keep your ears open and get your speakers ready.

—compiled by Will Mullany

Rock Blues icon Robert Cray is coming to The Paramount Theater this Friday night. Cray has won five Grammy awards, has been nominated for 15 and has performed with everyone from Eric Clapton to Bonnie Raitt. At 57 years old, he is one of the youngest people to be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.This performance is sure to be a memorable one.

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