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ALSO ISN’T REAL Judge sets HuguelyTHIS sentencing date Charlottesville Circuit Court Judge Edward Hogshire ruled yesterday he will sentence former University student George Huguely Aug. 30 at 1 p.m.

A jury in February found Huguely guilty of the second-degree murder of former University student Yeardley Love, as well as grand larceny.

The jury recommended the exVirginia lacrosse player serve a 26-year prison term — 25 years for the second-degree murder conviction and one year for grand larceny.

About 60 cases were scheduled during yesterday’s Docket Day. But the only motion filed by Huguely’s attorneys asked for more time to file an appeal, saying the defense’s

court reporter needs two months to complete transcripts from the February trial, Clerk of Charlottesville Circuit Court Llezelle Dugger said.

Hogshire gave Huguely’s attorneys until May 25 to file an appeal asking for a new trial. The Commonwealth’s attorney must respond to the appeal by June 8, and the defense must then file a rebuttal by June 22. Commonwealth’s and defense attorneys will argue the motions in Charlottesville Circuit Court June 29 at 2 p.m.

Huguely was not at the courtroom yesterday. He is currently being held in the CharlottesvilleAlbemarle Regional Jail.

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Judge Edward Hogshire will formally sentence former University student George Huguely Aug. 30 at 1 p.m. for his February convictions of second-degree murder and grand larceny.

Students play Bay Game Participants adopt roles in ecosystem, explore environment’s dynamic conditions

By Anna Milligan

Cavalier Daily Senior Writer OpenGrounds yesterday evening invited graduate students to play the Bay Game, a simulation created by University faculty and students based on the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The game allows players to take the roles of farmers and developers and see the impact of their decisions on the region’s economy and ecological health.

“We now are entering a period of climate change and variability that are going to make this type of management very

important,” Associate Vice President for Research Jeffrey Plank said.

This simulation could allow individuals to see the interaction of environmental conditions in the Chesapeake Bay, Plank said. He added it could “revolutionize the way we think about the Chesapeake Bay — to show how the system works dynamically.”

Beth Beal, graduate studies program administrator for the Office of the Vice President for Research, said the game lets users “see how different practices — say organic farming or real estate development —

impact the system as a whole.”

The simulation also serves as a research platform for fields including business, anthropology, urban planning and systems engineering, according to OpenGrounds’ website.

Architecture Prof. William Sherman, OpenGrounds founding director, said faculty from eight schools at the University helped create the game, which is now in its third year of development, according to OpenGrounds’ website.

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Matt Bloom | Cavalier Daily

Graduate students gathered yesterday at OpenGrounds, the recently launched studio space on the Corner, to play a Chesapeake Bay simulation.

SPORTS BASEBALL

Cavs hope to rebound After winless weekend, No. 25 team faces Spiders to end nine-game homestand

By Christie Boyden Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Grant Matthews | Cavalier Daily

Senior closer Justin Thompson continues to offer consistent late-inning relief from the bullpen, compiling a 1.69 ERA in 19 appearances this season.

For the love of the game

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ar away from the bright lights of Davenport Field, another group of Cavaliers goes to work on a diamond which is not quite straight and grass which is more crab than Bermuda. No crowds of 5,000 come out to cheer them on, and no professional scouts perch behind the backstop taking notes for the next level. They paint their own lines and fix their own cages, but hey, they’re playing baseball; how can they complain?

For the last four years of my life, I have been a proud member of this motley crew of ballplayers known as the club baseball team . Like most club sports at the University, Please see Diton, Page A4

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After No. 8 North Carolina snapped the No. 25 Virginia baseball team’s 15-game home winning streak Friday in the first home series sweep the Cavaliers have suffered since 2003, the team looks to restore the magic to Davenport Field tonight against in-state nemesis Richmond. The contest concludes a nine-game homestand for Virginia (23-13-1, 9-9 ACC).

“We’ve obviously had a lot

of success here at home this year, but that doesn’t guarantee you success just because you’re playing at home,” coach Brian O’Connor said. “You have to go out and do the fundamental things it takes in order to have success.”

The Cavaliers glaringly failed to perform those “fundamental things” this weekend, with uneven pitching from the starting rotation and several defensive lapses unraveling the team’s efforts. Junior ace Branden Kline tied a career high with 10 strike-

outs and allowed just one earned run in 6.0 innings of work in the series opener Friday, but senior Scott Silverstein and sophomore Artie Lewicki sputtered in the weekend’s final two games. A bumbling fielding display from Virginia hardly helped as the defense committed six total errors during the weekend — including a season-high four in Saturday’s defeat.

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Softball ACC sweeps continue

The Virginia softball team suffered its second consecutive ACC series sweep last weekend, falling to Maryland twice Saturday and again in Sunday’s finale in College Park. With the loss, the Cavaliers (20-21, 5-10 ACC) have now dipped below .500 for the first time this season.

When it entered the series, Maryland (23-17, 3-6 ACC) had yet to win a conference game. But the Terrapins pounced on Virginia early in Saturday’s opener with three unanswered runs , including two solo home runs in the fourth from junior second baseman Nikki Maier and freshman catcher Shannon Bustillos. The Cavaliers answered in the fifth when senior outfielder Giannina Cipolloni doubled home junior catcher Kristen Hawkins, but they did not score again and eventually fell 3-1.

Junior pitcher Melanie Mitchell was credited the loss despite allowing only two earned runs and striking out nine.

Her counterpart Kendra Knight was outstanding for the Terrapins, earning

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the victory after dealing 13 strikeouts and allowing just four hits . Sophomore second baseman Erica Cipolloni finished 0-for-2 in her first game back in the Virginia starting lineup since March 25, when she injured her leg.

In game two the Cavaliers heated up at the plate in the second inning, but an equally impressive fourth inning from the Terrapins allowed the hosts to eke out a 6-5 victory. Giannina Cipolloni sparked the Cavaliers offensive attack with her two-RBI triple in the second inning. Freshman pitcher Rachel Gillen took the Virginia loss after allowing six earned runs in 3.1 innings.

Game three proved the most brutal for the Cavaliers as the Terrapins cruised to an 8-0 victory. Bustillos accounted for two hits, four RBIs and a home run to pace Maryland offensively. Knight was credited with the win, her third of the series, while Mitchell yielded four earned to incur another loss.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | The Cavalier Daily

Three-Day Weather Forecast

Provided by the Cavalier Weather Service

TODAY High of 75˚

TONIGHT Low of 50˚

TOMORROW High of 64˚

TOMORROW NIGHT Low of 48˚

THURSDAY High of 73˚

Mostly sunny skies with a north wind between 5 to 10 mph.

Mostly cloudy with a calm north wind around 5 mph.

Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.

Mostly cloudy skies with an east wind becoming south around 5 mph.

Mostly sunny skies with a light and variable wind.

After temperatures spiked into the 80s, a cold front moves across the area tonight and will stay for cooler temperatures in the next few days. An upper disturbance will bring a slight chance of rain early Wednesday, and high pressure quickly returns to the area for clearer skies through Friday.

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Local report suggests justice system’s racial bias Charlottesville City Council discusses disproportionate minority contact; Criminal Justice Coalition requests discrimination task force

By Joseph Liss

Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Charlottesville City Council heard a report yesterday evening from Psychology Prof. Dick Reppucci, Graduate Arts & Sciences student Todd Warner and Gretchen Ellis, director of the CharlottesvilleAlbemarle Commission on Children and Families, about the City’s treatment of minorities, particularly those in the juvenile justice system.

Reppucci, Warner and some of Reppucci’s students helped complete the report presented yesterday. The group’s findings showed black youths in Charlottesville are over-represented in areas such as arrests. Black youths are arrested two to three times more often than non-minority youths, Ellis said.

Warner told Council the report found black youths do not have

significantly higher risk factors which would lead to arrest, including no major differences in prior offenses.

The Charlottesville-Albemarle Criminal Justice Coalition, a group of local organizations interested in the problem of disproportionate minority contact with the criminal justice system, asked Council to appoint a task force to look into the issue, said Jeffrey Fogel, an attorney for the group. “[T]here’s been plenty of information to move on for years now,” Fogel said, adding that “not much has been done to effect change.”

The Coalition is comprised of the American Civil Liberties Union; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the Legal Aid Justice Center; an organization of ex-offenders named the Believers and Achievers; the Public Housing Association

of Residents; and Virginia Organizing.

Ellis said national data supported the recommendations of the report, which he said would allow the City to begin work without creating a separate committee. “We’re not operating in the blind; we’re not having to start from scratch,” Ellis said during the Council meeting.

Ellis said some of the report’s proposals, including mentoring programs, have already gone into effect.

Councilwoman Dede Smith said looking at the disproportionate impact of the juvenile justice system on minorities would be a good issue for a future City Human Rights Task Force to confront.

A Council-appointed task force is currently studying the role a human rights commission could play in addressing discrimination in Charlottesville.

“The question is how much can the — really quite extensive — recommendations [of this report] be implemented in our current structure,” Smith said. “I thought [the Human Rights Task Force] was much too limited [because] you’ve got very clearly illegal discrimination” in housing, as well as forms of legal discrimination in the City’s juvenile justice system.

Councilman Dave Norris said he thought the issue needed its own task force. “It’s a different type of a beast,” he said.

Brandon Collins, a representative from the Charlottesville Public Housing Association of Residents, said his organization, which recently joined the Coalition, has been confronting this issue for at least a year.

“This stuff has been brought to you over and over again,” Collins said. “This is where you do

something about this ... we cannot have a pathway for kids who are as young as 10 years old to go into detention, incarceration. That’s it for them.”

Director of Human Services Mike Murphy said the City had applied for a $25,000 grant to research solutions for the disproportionate number of minorities affected by the juvenile justice system.

Tiana Davis, the disproportionate minority contact policy director at the Center for Children’s Law and Policy, said her organization expects to release the names of grant recipients later this week.

Davis said the Center for Children’s Law and Policy wanted “to look at what youth are coming into the system, how they are coming into the system” and whether they are disproportionately represented in the juvenile justice system.

Survivor panel kicks off Take Back the Night Five University students, one alumna discuss experiences dating sexual assault victims, offer advice, recommend consulting support structures West Germany. The University first held its own Take Back the Night campaign in 1988 , Take Back the Night co-chair Michelle Herman said.

At yesterday evening’s panel, five current University students and one alumna shared their experiences. Katie, a third-year student who wished to keep her last name confidential, advised others to be patient with victims of sexual assault.

“You’ll have so many questions, but don’t ask,” Katie said.

“Let them talk to you as they will.”

University alumna CaitThomas Bynum | Cavalier Daily lin Mahoney said University resources can assist those A group of about 100 students gathered in Newcomb Hall yesterday, where affected by sexual violence. sexual assault victims shared their experiences and gave advice.

“The Women’s Center helped of Newcomb Hall with a panel me more than I could say,”

By Monika Fallon discussion about dating survi- Mahoney said. “I would recomCavalier Daily Senior Writer vors of gender-based violence. mend the system especially if Take Back the Night, a five-day Take Back the Night, an inter- the victim feels uncomfortable series of events which raises national effort against sexual with a public criminal trial.” awareness about sexual vio- violence, was organized in the The Office of Sexual and lence, kicked off yesterday eve- United States in 1978 after anti- Domestic Violence Services, ning in the Kaleidoscope Room rape marches in Belgium and Feminism is for Everyone and

the Sexual Assault Leadership Council helped put together the event. Claire Kaplan, director of sexual and domestic violence services, said the Women’s Center has been a part of Take Back the Night since the Center’s establishment. “[Take Back the Night] is an opportunity for survivors of any gender-based violence to talk about what happened,” Kaplan said. “[It is] a way of exposing the truth with people listening and not judging.”

Take Back the Night co-chair Emilee Kiesel said although the University typically organizes its Take Back the Night events in April, other colleges operate differently. “We always have the event in the spring, [but] it’s different across campuses,” she said. “Some [only] have a vigil; others do events throughout the year, but [don’t have] an official week.”

Herman said Take Back the Night had made efforts to involve the wider Charlottes-

ville community in the event.

“We get some funding from the University but mostly ... we’ve been asking local businesses for donations and raising our own money,” Herman said. “We don’t want the community to fear coming out to this event ... we want it to be open to everyone.”

Herman said the march, rally and vigil — which all take place Thursday — are the most anticipated events of the week.

Kiesel, who helped organize last year’s vigil, said at sundown University students and community members gather at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion and march from the Downtown Mall to the Amphitheater, where they receive candles.

“The vigil gives survivors a safe environment to tell [their] stories anonymously,” Kiesel said. “[It’s] a kind of closure for people.”

The next event in the series is a self-defense workshop from 7 to 9 tonight in Maury Hall.

OpenGrounds |Event fosters collaborative research Continued from page A1 because it is an example of a diverse group of faculty work-

ing together,” Sherman said. “It is especially intended to bring together graduate students who don’t have a lot of the same

structure that undergraduates have to get together.”

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Top-ranked rowers excel in home meet The No. 1 Virginia women’s rowing team cemented its national dominance last weekend, triumphing against quality competition during the two-day U.Va. Invitational on Lake Monticello.

The Cavaliers opened Saturday morning by crushing Michigan State during five races. Virginia’s first Varsity Eight squad outpaced the first Spartans’ team 6:22.0-

6:33.3 before the second Varsity Eight team edged Michigan State’s number two by a second. Both Varsity Four teams triumphed, and the Virginia Novice Four succumbed to two Clemson novice crews.

Later that afternoon both Cavalier Varsity Eight teams and the Varsity Four team pummeled Notre Dame and Northeastern.

The Cavaliers dusted the first Varsity Eight competition by more than 10 seconds for the second straight session with a time of 6:23.2, and its second Varsity Eight contributed a close win in its race.

Virginia’s Varsity Four bested Notre Dame’s top four-person crew 7:28.0-7:34.3.

Virginia held strong on day two when it faced No. 14 Cornell and

No. 19 Minnesota. The first Varsity Eight team cruised to an easy victory before the second squad held off a furious rally from the Cornell and Minnesota second Varsity Eight teams. After the top four-person Virginia crew posted a scorching 7:26.4 to edge the Big Red’s 7:29.7, the second squad creamed Cornell’s second Varsity Four to conclude a flawless week-

end for the first and second varsity teams in both the eight- and four-person categories. The third Varsity Four and Novice Eight capped the win with victories of their own.

The rowing team enters Saturday’s ACC Championships in Clemson, S.C. as the prohibitive favorite.

—compiled by Fritz Metzinger

Baseball | Bullpen remains Virginia’s primary strength Continued from page A1 age. Yet the lineup fizzled out just when it could have helped the Cavaliers turn the tide against the Tar Heels, leaving a onceconfident fan base doubtful as the ACC season moves into the homestretch.

Despite the disappointing weekend, bright spots lie ahead for the Cavaliers. The bullpen has been reliable, especially sophomore Kyle Crockett, senior Shane Halley, freshman Nick Howard and senior Justin Thompson.

Although sophomore reliever Austin Young took the loss in the

10th inning Friday, the Virginia pitching staff struck out a seasonhigh 16 batters in the opener, and the bullpen allowed just three earned runs all weekend.

“I wouldn’t have any other bullpen in the entire country,” Kline said. “I know Austin Young gave up that one hit in the 10th inning, but I still want him in the game in that exact same situation. I have a ton of confidence in the guys back there.”

Offensively, junior third baseman Stephen Bruno enjoyed a big weekend. Bruno had three hits Saturday and hit his third home run of the season in Sunday’s

finale to continue his stellar junior campaign. Meanwhile, offensive leaders senior first baseman Jared King, senior second baseman Keith Werman and freshman outfielder Derek Fisher combined to go just 3-of-27 during the series.

King leads the team with 35 RBIs and Fisher has slammed five home runs in his first collegiate season.

“We didn’t get a clutch hit here and there, and sometimes you don’t, but I think it’s important moving forward to forget about those missed opportunities,” Bruno said.

Coming off a series win against

George Washington, Richmond (18-15, 5-4 A-10) will try to defeat Virginia for the first time since 2003 backed by a powerful lineup.

Redshirt junior outfielder Matt Zink paces the Spiders with a .351 batting average, but it is senior catcher Chris Cowell and his 13 home runs — good for sixth in the nation — which pack the team’s offensive punch. Richmond’s total of 44 home runs this season ranks the squad fourth among Division I teams.

The Cavaliers have recently dominated in midweek competition, crushing George Washington last week to bring their midweek

winning streak to eight since a humiliating 8-0 loss to Liberty Feb. 28. But tensions are running high after this weekend’s string of losses. O’Connor’s players need to put the calamitous North Carolina series behind them if they want to have a deep NCAA Tournament run — and tonight’s game could serve as a good starting point.

“For now, it’s difficult to take in,” freshman centerfielder Brandon Downes said. “But like coach said, we’re men and we need to move on and get ready for [tonight] — so we can’t grudge on too long about it.”

The first pitch is at 6 p.m.

Diton | Team’s conference glory worth missing beach week Continued from page A1 we are not terribly high on the school’s priority list — our balls aren’t white, our helmets are cracked and each week we’re forced to play an embarrassing game of “musical jerseys” as we try to make sure everybody who’s running out onto the field is properly attired in a blue vest.

Yet in spite of it all, we’ve never complained about our situation, or even sought recognition.

Heck, the only article which has ever been written about us in the paper was about our umpire.

But I’ve still got two columns left before they drag me out of this seat kicking and screaming, so until then I’m going to do what I can to bring club baseball to The Cavalier Daily and its readers.

On our atUVa web page, our team’s description reads: “Club Baseball is a composition of well skilled players that compete on a weekly basis throughout the school year.” But in reality we’re much more than that. First off, we’re probably

the funniest group of guys in metal spikes you’ve ever met.

Sure, Coach O’Connor has guys who can throw in the 90 mileper-hour range, but does he have anyone who can, without a wasted motion in the cage, quiz the entire team about who was the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state? I’ll save you the Google trip — the correct answer is Benazir Bhutto. Or how about a catcher who likes to smoke a cigar during practice — even while he’s catching? If you thought normal pitching was hard, you should try it while having to squint through the smoke just to see how many fingers he’s holding down.

More importantly, that description doesn’t do justice to what we’ve built together. I’ve come to realize we’re not a “composition of well skilled players” but a team — and a damn good one at that. Last weekend the squad took two-of-three from Maryland to jump into a tie for first place in the Mid Atlantic Conference North. With a crucial confer-

ence series next week against Virginia Tech, the team has the chance to do what no Virginia club baseball team has done for a decade: win the division. The MAC is one of the strongest conferences in the entire nation, and it’s a testament to the hard work the guys have put in since August that they’re in a position to make some noise in the league.

To an outsider, baseball appears very individualistic. The beginning of every play is, after all, simply the pitcher versus the batter. The importance placed on individual statistics — home runs, RBIs, ERA — also emphasizes individual accomplishments. But as anyone who has ever played the game can tell you, baseball might be the most team-oriented game of all. It’s not like basketball where a single player, such as Virginia’s Mike Scott, can take over a game. In baseball, even if a player goes three-for-three with three home runs, if no one else on the team gets a hit and makes errors in the field, the team will never win a

game. To succeed, you need an entire roster working together and not caring who ultimately gets credit for the win.

More than anything else, that’s what our club baseball team has.

We’re a team of guys who care more about the names on the front of our jerseys than the ones on the back ­— partially because what few uniforms we do have don’t have any names on the back. Since we know it’s unlikely our names will ever be called on MLB Draft Day, we don’t care about stats or individual results.

All we care about is playing baseball and winning games, which we’ve done in abundance lately.

Our team has won five of its last seven games and catapulted up the standings. During this stretch, we’ve developed a strong team bond almost imperceptible to outsiders — players bringing each other’s gloves out to the field, teammates hopping off the bench to congratulate a successful sacrifice bunt and guys playing long doubleheaders in 90-degree heat while still having

the patience and sense of humor to laugh at someone’s fart joke.

OK, so we haven’t quite reached the mountaintop yet, but we’re close and getting closer with every new practice.

On a personal note, as the calendar turns towards Final Exercises, the reality of playing my last organized baseball game is becoming clearer and clearer.

I know I speak for ballplayers everywhere when I say giving up the game — a game I’ve played every spring, summer and fall since age 6 — is going to be one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done. But as we keep winning, my eyes have begun to turn more and more to that MAC Regional Tournament May 11 and 12 as a distinct possibility. My friends have already started asking me if I’d forgo the first days of beach week just to play baseball, and now, more than ever, my answer is clear. I’d give up the sand and surf to play ball most days. But to play for a spot in the World Series with these guys, I’d give up a lot more than that.

SPORTS AROUND THE ACC After winning two straight games to begin the weekend and clinch the series, No. 1 Florida State yielded a seasonhigh total of 19 hits in a 17-6 defeat Sunday — its second loss in ACC play all season — to lowly Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Ma. The Seminoles (29-7, 16-2 ACC) needed a tworun rally in the ninth to snatch a 6-5 victory Friday and rolled 6-3 Saturday before faltering

Sunday for the second time in a week. The Eagles (14-22, 5-13 ACC) have now dropped four-of-six series against inconference competition ...

Freshman Alex Perez drew a walk-off, bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth in a 5-4 triumph Saturday before fellow freshman Mark Zagunis followed suit with a basesloaded walk-off single in the series rubber match to grant

Virginia Tech a 3-2 homeseries victory against No. 6 Miami. The favored Hurricanes (25-11, 12-6 ACC) ousted the Hokies (25-13, 7-11 ACC) Friday, but saw both their offense and bullpen sputter in the final two games just a week after Miami had swept fellow ACC stalwart No. 8 North Carolina ... No. 17 N.C. State rebounded from a crushing 7-6 loss in extra innings

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Friday to claim the weekend’s final two contests against Clemson (20-17, 9-9 ACC). The series triumph against the Tigers (20-17, 9-9 ACC) was the first in 16 years for the Wolfpack (24-10, 11-7 ACC). Ryan Mathews and Trea Turner enjoyed big weekends at the plate to buoy N.C. State ... Six ACC football teams, including reigning conference champion Clemson and talent-laden

Florida State, hosted their annual intra-squad spring scrimmages Saturday. More than 40,000 fans filled Doak Campbell Stadium to watch the Seminoles’ spring game, and Clemson’s affair went to double overtime. Larry Fedora also made his head coaching debut in North Carolina’s intra-squad contest.

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Opinion Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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

—Thomas Jefferson

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Guiding principles week mistakes still happen among U-Guides.

In another article this week, U.S. News and World Report gave an overview of trends in admissions outreach across campuses. The piece depicts innovative strategies in admissions outreach with anecdotes from officials and students. There are significant differences in how admissions offices structure their informational campaigns, such as whether they pay guides and whether they script tours.

These factors are not as important as they appear.

Even if a tour guide is a paid student who gives tours by the book, a visitor may not be aware of this. Often a prospective student or family will already have too many questions to ask how a tour is conducted. Thus, though tours must run on schedule, it is up to each guide to take the time to give full disclosure about who he works for.

Even as an independent, unpaid organization, the U-Guides must have a close working relationship with administrators. “[W]e have common goals, we certainly overlap,” McKusick said of the Admissions Office. “But still, we maintain independence.” Unfortunately, this organizational distinction is most likely lost during tours, most of which begin immediately after an information session held by the Admissions Office. The potential for confusion is exacerbated by there being only one paper evaluation form for visitors to rate both the Admissions Office information session and student-led tour. In each walk, U-Guides should explain their organization, and by more prominently exemplifying self-governance they will alleviate visitors’ concerns of a planned message.

Editorial Cartoon by Stephen Rowe

“Don’t beat around the bush. A government system that is mandating equality rather than encouraging opportunity creates broken systems. Men’s and Women’s athletics is merely an example.”

“Joel Taubman,” responding to Blake Blaze’s Apr. 16 column, “Learning to play fair”

The University Guides serve as an example of how to structure effective and objective outreach to prospective students Days on the Lawn have come and with them students who are accepted but lost, unsure of where to go in Charlottesville or elsewhere. For directions, they can turn to the Admissions Office or the University Guides, two separate institutions which share a common love for Grounds.

The U-Guides are an admirable organization whose tryout process begins with a trial where it gauges applicants based on how well they can lead a tour.

The second phase includes an interview where the organization considers an applicant’s background traits, including ethnicity, school and major. Current guides can sign up to host interviews and help the probationary chair make final decisions. “In every conversation I’ve had [with the probationary chair], it’s always been about building a class of guides,” University Guides Chair Walker McKusick said. He added that “members of the guide service need to be diverse to be reflective of this school so prospective students can see what we have to offer,” and we agree with him.

The U-Guides offer admissions and historical tours, and new members attend a weekly class for one semester with readings and quizzes to bone up on history. On the whole, by hosting workshops and reading visitor evaluations, the U-Guides aim to selfcorrect. They are also honest, according to McKusick, who said that it is better for a guide to admit ignorance on a question rather than make something up.

But Sandy Gilliam, former secretary of the Board of Visitors and a former U-Guide who currently helps the group’s training, told The Washington Post this

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OPINION

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | The Cavalier Daily

Grass under fire

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Despite his controversial past, it should be recognized that Gunter Grass nevertheless has the right to free speech

WO WEEKS ago, Nobel matters, Israel’s Interior MinisPrize-winning German ter Eli Yishai has declared Grass w r i t e r G u n t e r G ra s s a persona non grata, banning published a controversial poem him from entering the country.

The problem is that it was neiin several newspapers across ther Grass’ Europe. The work, DENISE TAYLOR work nor titled “What must his opinbe said,” discussed OPINION COLUMNIST ions which contemporary politics and Israel’s nuclear policy, stirred the contention; rather which Grass criticized for being his heritage, age and nationality both destructive and menac- have done so. Israel’s reaction to ing to the state of peace in the Grass’ poem was swayed by the fact that Grass was a German of Middle East.

Though The New York Times the older generation. Were it not noted that such criticism of for this, the vendetta would have Israel was “common among probably ended with a light slap European intellectuals,” Grass’ on the wrist.

While Germans have relived poem sparked specific attention because of his German citizen- the pains of the Second World ship and past involvement with War for years, they have also the Nazi Party. Born in 1927, been among the most willing Grass spent a part of his youth to recognize the magnitude of serving in the Waffen SS — an the Nazis’ destruction. German armed wing of the Third Reich — high school students typically but later expressed strong oppo- visit at least one concentration sition towards Nazism in both camp before graduating. Hitler’s his literary works and personal “Mein Kampf” cannot be purchased off of Amazon through statements.

E v e n s o , I s r a e l i s h a v e Germany’s Internet service proapproached the poet with viders. And when it comes to extreme hostility. Instant com- Grass, who won the Nobel Prize parisons were drawn between for Literature in 1999, speculaGrass and Hitler, with one critic tors were said to have made bets even going so far as to label the about how long it would take recent poem “a compressed him to mention Auschwitz in his Mein Kampf.” To complicate acceptance speech.

Both fiscally and culturally, same liberties — at least not Germany has freed its identity the social luxury of defending from that of its past. But the him — without risking the comsame cannot be said for the parison to Nazis. This two-way topic of German free speech as limit is over-sensitive, obstructive and it exists within the ultimately context of World “It seems that by placcounterproWar II. Grass was ing limits on ‘appropri- d u c t i v e t o not refuting a fact.

He was not denyate’ and ‘inappropriate’ G e r m a n y ’s ing the Holocaust. thoughts, the critics of future.

Grass knew Though his words were harsh and Grass are employing that this, and to often fulminating, same level of intolerance some extent he was testthey were neverwhich once charactering the theless within his ized the Fascist regimes waters. The rights to express. poem, which Though it is just of World War II.” spans more as correct to critithan nine cize him, the societal double-standard gives the stanzas, contains phrases sugimpression Grass’ critics are on gesting Germans are “already burdened enough” and “could higher ground.

With Grass and many others, become an accessory to a forethe situation manifests itself as seeable crime.” Strong in opinconstraining. Given Germany’s ion, but somewhat lacking in past, it is almost impossible for literary merit, Grass’ work was its citizens to justify their criti- crass, if not a bit crude, but cisms of the Jewish state because he conveyed a clear message: they could be associated with an The West must stop appeasing anti-Semitic ideology. Grass’ Israel.

The West’s already over-theremarks caused a few of Germany’s public figures to wag their top fascination with Hitler fingers and others to verbally seems to be reason enough for speak out against him, just for people to become outraged by good measure. Grass’ support- Grass’ remarks. What is even ers, however, do not have the more offensive, however, is

that a simple publication of his poem can get Grass banned from entering a supposedly democratic, free and Westernized country. It seems that by placing limits on “appropriate” and “inappropriate” thoughts, the critics of Grass are employing that same level of intolerance which once characterized the Fascist regimes of World War II. Modern-day Germans and Grass have expressed staunch opposition to Nazism, yet both are more associated with the phenomenon than any others will ever be. The association is entirely unfair and unfounded, and should not be a factor in shaping a national policy. The right to free speech is everpresent and does not pick-andchoose that which can or cannot be said, even if these rights facilitate a societal faux-pas. In the case of Gunter Grass, it seems many still see Germany through the frames of its destructive past. This is an approach which, if continued, will only perpetuate harm.

Denise Taylor’s column appears Tuesdays in The Cavalier Daily.

She can be reached at d.taylor@cavalierdaily.com.

A final pick-me-up

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The Cavalier Daily should help publicize stress-reducing activities for students around the time of finals

In both undergraduate and GUESS THERE is something odd about April which law school, I’ve seen the havoc b r i n g s a n a m b i v a l e n t , which overwork and stress peakn e r v o u s s e n t i m e n t t o t h e ing in April can cause. When fore. Even the weather seems juggling half a dozen activities and assignuncertain: clear ments, it can be blue skies dotted SANJIV TATA difficult to be with fluffy cottonOPINION COLUMNIST anything other ball clouds unprethan short-temdictably swap places with frosty mornings, pered. Moreover, with all the grey skies and rain showers. things there are to be stressed Such incongruous juxtaposi- about my productivity levels tions are not simply anomalies off. I am sure I’m not the first of nature — they are the fea- person who has on occasion tures of University life, in April. taken more time to complain Indeed, a palpable sense of about a task than actually do tension pervades Grounds. it. Further, too much stress can Sullen students with glum looks be seriously deleterious to your on their faces scurry past each health. While law school has other — all seemingly head- left me woefully incapable of ing for their favorite library. making medical diagnoses, studFaculty members are increas- ies abound about the adverse ingly distracted by the growing consequences which too much pile of assignments waiting stress can have on the human to be graded as the end of the body.

Worse, I hardly suspect that term looms. Administrators, normally exuding blissful calm, April is a month where students are visibly nervous as they tend to take care of themselves; start preparing for the descent I know I all but bleed coffee of hordes of families for the during the final month of a upcoming graduation ceremo- semester. Of course, April does nies. In short, no one is immune have its bright spots — all is to the stress epidemic outbreak not gloom and doom. Foxfield which occurs like clockwork approaches as a memorable day on most of our calendars each April.

— even if the following day we way it publicized the recent need to be reminded of what we GradDays. Such an approach actually did. Thankfully for our would not only raise the procollective health, the University file of the University’s stress administration and the various relief efforts in general, but also would allow student organizations have also begun to “Yet somewhat ironi- the organizers of these put on an array of cally, while we all events to events with a single goal in mind — stress know that, in a week or r e a c h a relief. so, stress relief events b r o a d e r population Truly, we are fortunate to attend a Uni- will be occurring every- than their own publicwhere on Grounds, versity which places a premium upon sometimes the sheer i t y w o u l d otherwise students surviving April and exams with number of options can allow.

A n d , their sanity intact. Yet prove overwhelming.” indeed, somewhat ironically, there is no while we all know that, in a week or so, stress relief reason why these efforts to events will be occurring every- mitigate stress should be limwhere on Grounds, sometimes ited to students. If The Cavalier the sheer number of options can Daily and University would agree to such a publicity effort, prove overwhelming.

The Cavalier Daily can be of I would hope that they would help in this regard. I would sug- also dedicate space to host stress gest the newspaper run a spe- relief events where students, cial column during the month faculty and administrators can of April — both print and online all mingle. Indeed, the Law — on upcoming “stress-busting” School currently seeks to do just events planned by various stu- this, through a variety of wine dent organizations and admin- and cheese events, as well as istrative units. Likewise, the an annual Spring Picnic. All of University website can highlight these events, which are scatsuch April activities in the same tered through April, are widely

publicized as opportunities to take time off from studying to relax. Obviously, I’m aware that not everyone uses stress relief events to let off steam during exams. Still, my basic advice to students remains the same: Make sure you take time for yourself. Little activities like taking the time to watch a movie or take a walk can do wonders for a mind reeling from academic rigor. And while I’m sure this sounds utterly intuitive, I can’t count the number of students I have seen who have burnt themselves out well before they actually reached exams. If you ask me, it is far better to take an hour break now, rather than needing some personal time in the midst of actually testing.

As students we are usually resourceful and resilient. Somehow, though, we can’t seem to cope with stress by the time April comes around. Strange as it may sound, we need to learn how to relax.

Sanjiv Tata’s column normally appears Mondays in The Cavalier Daily.

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Life Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Hoo will be top dog Hoos for Memory hosts annual hot dog eating contest, raises money for Alzheimer’s research

By ABBI SIGLER & CAROLINE MASSIE | CAVALIER DAILY SENIOR EDITORS What does devouring a pile of hot dogs have to do with fighting for the cure of a disease which affects many Americans? Hoos for Memory is holding an eating contest this Friday to raise money for Alzheimer’s research, and club leaders say it will be an event to remember.

Three years ago, David Goldberg, who graduated last May, recognized a void in the extracurricular activities the University offered.

“I remember how I felt during my second year when my grandfather’s condition deteriorated to the point to where he could no longer live at home,” David said in an email.

“While there were organizations such as Hoos For a Cure or Pancakes for Parkinson’s, there was no organization for Alzheimer’s.”

After his grandfather passed away, David was inspired during his fourth year to create a group to raise funds for Alzheimer’s research and provide support for students who have a family member suffering from the disease. He said he recruited members through friends and by emailing a premed-related listserv. David also met with Medical School Dean Steven DeKosky, who he said was an international leader in Alzheimer’s research.

Fourth-year College student and current Hoos for Memory President Olivia Sullivan received an email from David after she had spent time volunteering at nursing homes and working with Alzheimer’s and dementia patients.

“It made me realize how bad Alzheimer’s is and how there’s not a cure or preventive measures you can stop it,” Sullivan said.

Even though he has graduated, David has remained involved in the club as an adviser. His younger sister, first-year Education student Lauren Goldberg, has now joined the club. She plans to take a larger leadership role in the coming year.

Since her grandfather’s death, Lauren said she has “tried to become more of an advocate and ... raise money and awareness for the disease.”

In addition to volunteering with dementia patients during the year, the club participates in the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s and hosts its own fundraiser. The club’s main event is a hot dog eating contest, which will take place Friday at 4:30 p.m. in the Amphitheater.

The idea for a hot dog eating contest came from one of David’s

Everything’s not going to be okay

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I think these kids would be ast week I was eating on Grounds next to a few more surprised if I told them no prospective students and matter how nice you are, some a helpful-looking girl wearing girls in your hall will simply like a “Days on the Lawn” shirt. each other better and leave you The high school kids leaned out. These prospective students forward, listening intently to may not know that no matter every piece of advice their tour how much they study, they’re guide had to offer. She spit out still going to fail those pre-comphrases including “time man- merce classes. They also probagement,” “joining clubs” and ably don’t know that phrases “making friends.” In my mind, such as “work hard, play hard” the girl no longer seemed so and “steeped in tradition” don’t helpful. Eagerly taking in these help much on a really bad day.

Perhaps for my fourth year I’ll platitudes, the high school kids appeared convinced: College is start my own underground Days on the Lawn. We’ll call it Nights the best thing ever.

I’m pretty cynical which is why in the Steam Tunnels. I don’t I don’t volunteer to show pro- think we should change the kind of advice spective students college kids give around Grounds.

Things I Don’t Know to prospective We ’ d p r o b a b l y students (and end up back at my For Sure even to their apartment, drinkpeers); I just ing beer and talking think we should about how best to add to it. Instead work naps into your of approaching academic schedule. problems and But I think if I tried situations with really hard, I could an “everything’s offer way better going to be advice than that okay” attitude, smiley girl in the I think students helpful T-shirt. could really I love this university and I do think CONNELLY HARDAWAY benefit from an “ e v e r y t h i n g ’s college is the best thing ever. But that doesn’t not going to be okay, and that’s mean it isn’t bad sometimes. okay” perspective. If that sentiSometimes it can even be bad ment makes you uncomfortmost of the time. Parents want able, makes you hide behind to hear that their bright, barely hurriedly written essays, last legal kid is going to be safe from minute going-out plans and sex, drugs and hipster music boring summer internships, festivals. High schoolers want then you’re normal. You’re like to hear that if they work hard me.

I’m not the self-righteous cynic they’ll do well, if they’re nice they’ll make friends and if they who thinks she’s got it all under go to bars their fake IDs will control. But I’m trying to figure it out, and I think maybe we always work.

No one is truly safe from sex, could all figure it out together. drugs, hipster music, failure, We don’t have to have intense disappointment or humiliation. tete-a-tetes at Arch’s or in AlderI do think telling someone to man Café. We never even have work hard, be nice and have to meet. But if I tell you being fun is helpful, and maybe even sad, mad and disappointed necessary. But I don’t think it’s new information.

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friends. He said he wanted to do something “completely different that no one would even think of,” adding that “there aren’t very many hot dog eating contests at U.Va.” The competitors are divided by gender. Last year, the male winner devoured 12 hot dogs in 10 minutes, and the female champion consumed six-and-a-half hot dogs in the same time period.

Contestants this year will compete to become the “Big Dawgz Golden Wiener,” according to the group’s Facebook event.

“Right now, we have mostly guys signed up, but we’re trying to get a few more girls this week,” Lauren said.

Meanwhile, students are developing the strategies which will give them the best chance of becoming a “Big Dawgz” winner.

“I have not done anything to train for it, but I do have a strategy,” fourth-year Commerce student Ian Kraskoff said. “I am going to eat the sausage first, then the bun and chug some water.”

Fourth-year Engineering student Byong Kang is participating in the contest for the first time this year, but is relying on his natural abilities to take him through Friday. “I

like to eat, and it’s a good cause, so why not?” he said. “I eat a lot, so I should be fine. I ran the 10-miler, so metabolism-wise, I’m good. I’ll try to expand my stomach this week.”

Competitors will not be the only ones enjoying the event.

“It’s going to be really funny to watch,” Sullivan said. “Eating that many hot dogs is way harder than you might think.”

Although the main event is the hot dog eating contest, the afternoon will also feature a cappella groups, a raffle which requires entrants to guess the outcomes of the eating contest and a DJ. Leaders of the club hope this year’s event will build on last year’s success. Organizers decided to have it later in the year so they would have warmer weather, and they plan to host an after party, Sullivan said.

“I hope that one day, Munching For Memory emulates the success of Pancakes For Parkinson’s,” David said in an email. “In a perfect world, I’d imagine all of U.Va. (students, faculty, staff ) coming together on a Friday afternoon for a fun event to raise money to benefit Alzheimer’s research right here at the University.”

Getting into the swing of things

t a spring formal I fact I am the world’s worst swing recently attended, I hit dancer ever, no matter how my date in the head strong of a lead I follow or how desperately I want about five times. to look graceful.

I cannot attriIt’s a Punderful Life With me as a partbute this violent ner, “Dancing with streak to offenthe Stars” would be sive comments more aptly titled from my date, “Dancing Gave Me random spasms Scars.” In the same on my part, or vein, “America’s overindulgence Best Dance Crew” in the best any should be referred formal has to to as “America’s offer (an open wine bar). My ELIZABETH STONEHILL Worst Dance and Now My Foot is date was actuBlue” or perhaps ally quite wellmannered and pleasant to be “I’d Rather Have the Flu.” At this around. He put up with a mas- nascent stage, the name swaps sive number of pictures, snap- are really as open to interpreping photos for everyone else tation and scrutiny as are my and general talk about how dance moves.

Going into the night, I knew many pictures we took. He did not deserve the punches he better than to pretend to be an expert, or even a proficient received.

What it comes down to is the dancer. I walked into battle with

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“Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose”

f you have never seen the television show “Friday Night Lights,” you should immediately stop reading this column and watch the pilot episode. Unlike most shows, where it takes you a few episodes to become emotionally invested, I promise within 42 minutes you will have left part of your heart in the small, desolate west Texas town of Dillon.

“Friday Night Lights” was marketed as a football show during its five-season run, which ultimately led to the series moving to the time slot where television shows go to die — Friday night, ironically — as it couldn’t attract enough of an audience. Yet it’s not just a show about football; it’s a show about life where they just so happen to play football. It is a show which has left an indelible mark on my life and has taught me so much more than

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no pretense and told my date: “I am a terrible dancer.” At some point, I think we both assumed I would pick up at least basic moves with him as a good lead.

About an hour after the buses left and one minute into dancing, however, I think we both realized he would be lucky to escape with only one black eye, and I could only hope to come away without too bruised of a reputation.

To give myself a little more credit than my self-deprecating humor normally allows, I did manage to master that complicated pretzel move. Admittedly, it was very slow-motioned, with a few awkward pauses, and with only one moment of: “Oh, definitely thought you were going to dip me. At least I didn’t face-plant!”

some point: the longing to leave his small, backward hometown.

The characters struggle with the fact that everyone knows everyone else in their small town. “ T e x a s Urban Legends Still, wherever life Forever” takes them after “ Te x a s Fo r high school, they ever” is runall manage to find ning back Tim their way back Riggins’ catch home. A part of phrase. It’s a pact their hearts will he made with his be in Dillon, Texas best friend, quarforever. terback Jason As a high school Street, the night senior, I wanted before a tragic to see what else accident parathe world could lyzed Jason from KATIE URBAN offer beyond the the waist down. walls of my high It is a pledge to always live in Texas together. school, but I was anxious about This signature phrase highlights leaving the safety and familiara central theme of the show, which almost every high schoolPlease see Urban, Page A8 aged protagonist deals with at just how to sound somewhat knowledgeable about football as I’m standing on the hill at Scott Stadium.

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Hardaway| Student offers college hopefuls realistic advice Continued from page A7 about your college experience is okay, then we’ll have helped each other out.

When I have two papers due the next day and I’m sitting in the library, turning in my column hours after it was due, the dozens of prospective stu-

dents trekking through Alderman make me want to scream out loud. I want to tell them procrastination is truly an addictive drug. When my classes end at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, it’s 80 degrees and I’ve got plans to see a hipster band later (like I said, it’s inescapable), the smiling faces of high school youth get on

my nerves. I want to tell them how jealous I am of them, how I wish I could live the last three years again.

But ultimately I accept that everything’s not going to be okay. I accept that my papers would be better if I’d started them last week. I accept that everything’s still going to be

okay. I will turn my papers in on time because after years of procrastinating, I’ve never turned a paper in late.

Maybe after telling new students they should organize their dorm rooms, buy cheaper books from Amazon and do 110 things before they graduate, we can tell them college is the best

thing because it’s also the worst thing, the most confusing thing, the saddest thing. Not everything will be okay, but you’ll figure out how to pull yourself back out.

Connelly’s column runs biweekly Tuesdays. She can be reached at c.hardaway@cavalierdaily.com.

Stonehill | Swing dance instruction would prove useful Continued from page A7 To ensure my column-writing career doesn’t completely ruin all hopes of finding love — or, and equally important, an invite to a beach formal — I should really tone down all this negativity. So for selfish reasons, here is where I expand to what every English teacher since forever says a paper needs: a “so what?”

In other words, why does my

lackluster dance performance at a formal matter to you?

Well, it really doesn’t. But here is my claim: Physical education needs to teach swing dancing moves instead of square dancing jigs. Perhaps this experience was isolated to my elementary school, but we had an entire semester’s worth of square dancing built into our curriculum. If for any reason you ever need to “dosey doe your partner,” then I am

totally your girl.

You might think I’m kidding, but I actually think a swing dance curriculum could even help to prevent heinous high school prom grinding, teenage pregnancy and my date pressing charges on three counts of assault and battery. Considering basic high school immaturity, grinding will never stop entirely; however, there is a time and a place. That place is not amidst a picturesque

vineyard dancing to a live jazz band. But to that couple in the corner, don’t think I didn’t see you try and applaud your effort.

Imagine a world where everyone knew how to swing dance.

Instead of needing to set up “the talk” with your date about not being able to dance, everyone would be able to boogie to a certain degree of competency.

Maybe elementary school is not the best environment to get into

the swing dancing groove, since at this point girls still tower over boys and immaturity towers over all. Still, it is never too late to learn in high school. I would have ridiculed the lesson then, but my date would have appreciated it after punch number three the other night.

E.P.’s column runs biweekly Tuesdays. She can be reached at e.stonehill@cavalierdaily.com.

Urban | ‘Friday Night Lights’ provides life lessons, motto Continued from page A7 ity of home. When I came to college, even though I would never have admitted it at the time, I wanted nothing more than to go back to high school where I felt like I knew who I was and where I belonged.

As my college years fly by, I realize I won’t live in Charlottesville, or perhaps even Virginia, forever. But like the “Friday Night Lights” protagonists, I know I will never be able to forget where I came from. Once I leave the safety of the University bubble, I realize there are some days I will long to come back. So to that I say: Virginia forever.

Never, ever give up In the second episode of the

show, sophomore Matt Saracen is forced to become the starting quarterback despite never seeing action before Jason’s paralyzing accident. The team wins the state championship that season.

In the fourth season of the show, though Coach Eric Taylor forfeits the first game, he goes on to have a winning season. In the fifth season, Jess, another of the show’s protagonists, wants to be a football coach but is discriminated against because she is a girl. She eventually goes on to be a student coach in college.

These events share a theme: None of the characters gave up in the face of adversity, and they eventually achieved their dreams. So when you’re frustrated with your summer internship search, dying a slow death in

the depths of Clemons first floor or facing any adverse situation, never give up on yourself or your dreams.

You need a team Everyone needs to belong to something bigger than himself, and everyone needs a support system to help him pick himself back up when he’s down and push him beyond his comfort zone. This is evident in “Friday Night Lights,” as the team members who play for themselves and not for the good of the team, such as Voodoo Tatem or J.D. McCoy, end up failing, even though they are more talented than team players such as Saracen. Furthermore, football is the glue which keeps Dillon together since the unity behind the team allows the

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town to overcome race, class and political disagreement for the greater good of the team — at least on Friday nights.

Although most of us are not football players, the idea that you need a team translates directly to life at the University. Whether you join a club, a Greek organization or a student publication, working together to achieve a common goal is something we all need. It fulfills not only our basic desire to be wanted and loved but also opens our lives up to new ideas and people.

“Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose” This is how Coach Taylor starts and ends every football game, and this is the most famous line of the series. It is also my life

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motto. As long as you do everything with integrity — whether it is following the honor code or staying true to your own morals — you can’t lose. Even if the scoreboard reflects a loss, even if your friends, or your significant other, or your parents, or your boss or society make you feel as though you lost, if you go into every situation with clear eyes and a full heart, you can’t lose. As Coach Taylor once said: “Every man at some point in his life is going to lose a battle. He is going to fight, and he is going to lose.

But what makes a man is that in the midst of that battle he does not lose himself.”

Katie’s column runs biweekly Tuesdays. She can be reached at k.urban@cavalierdaily.com.

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OROSCOPES

ARIES (March 21-April 19.). You’re relatively free and clear of the past couple of months’ hang-ups. But the minute you start judging other people’s actions and responses instead of your own, they return. A maternal female figure tells it how it is.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You could write a book on becoming your personal best, but you don’t have time. You’re too busy living it.

Keep your eye on the ball, and worry about where it’ll take you later.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your own romantic flourishing depends entirely on your ability to see into the spots that have previously tripped you up. Let history teach you. Observe patterns. Look back for the future story.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ve made peace with the things you simply have no control over. It’s finally time to move on. No need to crawl from the wreckage. Stand up and walk with your head held high. You’ve done your part.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The mixture of hope and healing you’re experiencing is a pleasant side effect of your self-care. Your primary relationship honors this burgeoning tenderness.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Is a leader born or made? Both — you’re proving it. You won’t have to use intimidation tactics to win people over, though it’s a strategy. Your real coup: You can change yourself into any shape they desire.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’re punch drunk on your latest information-ingestion bender. Whether you joined a book club or downloaded a year’s worth of material onto your computer, it’s now time to rest and process.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Self-talk is a nurturing mama hug. Self-talk can also be a mean mama. Get more control over what floats between your ears. That voice gives you an edge — professionally and personally.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). When you’re thirsty for spiritual water, you go to your favorite source for inspiration. Basically everything you need in life can be found by pulling out your handy divining rod. Contact inspiration, and the rest happily flows.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The Talking Heads sang, “You may ask yourself, how did I get here.” You’ll experience similar moments of awe and wonder now. It’s so fine that you can still be mystified by your own life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). What you’re afraid of is an opportunity for learning. And there’s a gift in there somewhere, too. Sometimes lessons are really blessings, and you can call those “blessons.” Three small blessons come today.

RENAISSANCING BY TIM PRICE

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 17). It’s funny because it’s your birthday. In some instances, when you look back, your plans will seem too small compared to what you were able to accomplish! New business partners give your finances a boost. Consequently, most of this revenue will come from brilliant inventions such as a levitating gum ball filled with helium.

Someone invests his or her heart with you in June. Lucky numbers are: 40, 21, 5, 19 and 16.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You attract more happiness into the “us” equation by including in your prayer for love your deepest wishes for someone else’s happiness.

GREEK LIFE BY MATT HENSELL

DJANGEO BY STEPHEN ROWE

BEAR NECESSITIES BY MAXIMILIAN MEESE & ALEX STOTT

MOSTLY HARMLESS BY PETER SIMONSEN

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56 “Mr. ___ Risin’” (Jim Morrison biography) 58 Architect Saarinen 59 Snack

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University Programs Council brings world-famous DJ Steve Aoki to Charlottesville; musician entertains crowd with electro-house beats

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