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Council passes activity budget Representatives award initiatives $17,000, discuss committee to increase graduate members’ participation

By Emily Hutt

Cavalier Daily Senior Writer

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Student Council passed a budget yesterday which allocated about $17,000 to fund summer and fall initiatives. Council members also discussed a new committee which would change bylaws to allow greater graduate participation.

At its representative body meeting yesterday evening, Student Council passed a budget which allocated about $17,000 to fund summer and fall initiatives for the next few months. Council members also approved the introduction of an ad hoc committee which would review and overhaul Council bylaws.

Council’s revenue is generated from both student activities fees (SAFs) and non-SAFs from the 2011-2012 year, both of which are then distributed among the 13 presidential Council committees and programs such as the fall activities fair.

Vice President of Administration Ann Laurence Baumer said Council formed the budget using

the previous summer’s budget as a jumping-off point.

Council also approved the formation of an ad hoc committee which would redesign the bylaws’ attendance requirements to lessen time commitments for graduate students while also allowing them to adequately represent their respective graduate schools.

Discussion at a recent Graduate Student Affairs Committee meeting first brought the scheduling problems facing Graduate representatives to Council’s attention, causing Graduate Arts and Sciences Rep. Adam Lees to propose the initiative yesterday.

Law School Rep. Brian Park said the proposal did not mean graduate students “don’t want to come to meetings.” Instead, he Please see Council, Page A3

FEATURE Obama talks student loans Clinics face new laws President says college loans’ interest rate will increase ‘unless Congress does what it needs to do’

By Grace Hollis

Cavalier Daily Associate Editor President Barack Obama held a conference call yesterday afternoon with college students from around the nation to speak about the costs of higher education.

From aboard Air Force One, he explained the importance of maintaining current interest rates on student loans in a changing economy.

“We’re going to schools to talk to students directly about the critical importance of the possibility that 7.3 million students with loans would see rates double in July unless Congress does what it needs to do,” Obama said.

The current interest rates on subsidized Stafford loans — the most common fixed-rate loan for college students, according to the Stafford loans website — will expire July 1.

Obama said current interest rates could be extended beyond July if there was bipartisan Congressional cooperation.

During the call, Cecilia Munoz, White House director of Intergovernmental Affairs , said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., made “important progress” as one of the first Republicans to support maintaining the current interest rate.

The conference call took place while the president was flying from the University of North Carolina to the University of Colorado, universities where he is speaking to students about the affordability of higher education. He is set to speak today at the University of Iowa.

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for Politics spokesperson, said those universities were most likely chosen because they are located in what are considered “swing” states for Obama’s reelection effort against likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

“Last election, North Carolina went for the president by a few tenths of a point,” Skelley said.

“Iowa and Colorado voted for him more but still are considered ‘swing states.’”

Obama said his personal experiences with paying off student loans made providing affordable higher education important to him.

“When Michelle and I graduated from college and law school, it took us a lot of years to pay off debt, so this is why I feel so personally [about this issue],” Obama said. “For working families, the idea of this much money means education is simply out of reach to students.”

Munoz predicted efforts to make higher education more affordable would benefit the economy as a whole, as it would increase the United States’ level of global economic competitiveness.

“We know students who complete a college education make twice what those who don’t [complete a college degree] earn,” Munoz said. “As we continue to create jobs, we are bringing on more jobs that require important skills and a college education.”

Obama said higher education should be available to a large proportion of American society.

Legislation defines clinics as hospitals, requires stringent building requirements

By Thomas Forman II Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

When legislation took effect in January which requires women’s health clinics to meet stricter regulations, clinics across the state began searching for a way to comply while continuing to offer the same services to their patients.

Gov. Bob McDonnell enacted a law March 7 which classifies clinics as hospitals if they provide more than five first-trimester abortions per month and therefore requires them to adhere to more stringent building regulations. Critics of the legislation say the cost of renovating buildings to comply with the regulations would add substantial financial burdens to clinics throughout

Currently, however, 20 of the 23 facilities affected by the regulations have submitted applications for new licenses which, if approved, would allow them two years to renovate and meet the legislation’s standards, said Tarina Keene, executive director of NARAL pro-choice Virginia.

Of the three which have not filed applications, two plan to perform fewer than five firsttrimester abortions per month, and one has stopped providing abortions.

Planned Parenthood predominantly provides preventative treatment to men and women including breast cancer screenings, sexually transmitted disease tests, sexual education and

Virginia and Charlottesville.

Tanya Semones, the Virginia field coordinator for Planned Parenthood Health Systems, said she thought the regulation would have serious effects on Planned Parenthood’s patients. One in every five women seeks care at Planned Parenthood sometime during their life, according to the organization’s website.

“We see more than 33,000 women, men and young adults across America each year,” Semones said, she added that a large percentage of these patients are uninsured. She said the new requirements could cause many clinics to close if they did not have the resources to comply with the change, leaving patients without “affordable health care.”

Please see Abortion, Page A3 One in every five women seek care at Planned Parenthood, pictured. Planned Parenthood Health Systems see 33,000 women, men and young adults nationally each year.

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Alumni donations decline

Study finds young graduates less inclined to financially support alma mater

By Viet VoPham

Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Alumni donations to universities, specifically those from younger alumni, have dropped in the past few years, according to a report released last week

by Blackbaud, Inc., an organization which provides information and services to non-profit groups.

The report, titled the “2011 Index of Higher Education Fundraising Performance,” evaluates various higher education insti-

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“The opportunity to bolster participation rates has all but disappeared in an era where younger alumni are not inclined to support higher education at the same rates as their parents and grandparents,” according to the report. “This trend, for most programs, is likely not reversible and we’ll continue to see participation rates decline.”

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“The primary purpose of the annual index is to help our clients compare their individual indicators of program performance to a larger sample of other schools,” Mastrobattista said. “Benchmarking performance against other schools, and discussing the circumstances

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Council | Committee to accommodate graduate students Continued from page A1 said the stringency of the graduate school exam schedule would make an attendance policy revision necessary only in special circumstances.

“For example — during exam time, life outside of studying basically stops at the Law School,” Park said in an email. “[In] late November and late April, it is a little difficult for us ... to attend all of the meetings.”

Once formed, the ad hoc committee would propose bylaw changes which would aim to codify the accommodations for graduate school representatives. The committee would then submit the changes to the representative

body for approval.

Representative Body Chair Alex Reber said Council members acknowledged some aspects of the bylaws need to be updated, although he added it takes four weeks to change bylaws.

“Our bylaws are 50 pages long, which is kind of extreme,” he said.

“It may benefit from a reorganization.”

Council will finalize the new committee at the body’s last meeting of the semester next Tuesday.

Obama | President needs youth, minority vote, Skelley says Continued from page A1 “American higher education can’t be a luxury,” Obama said, “it’s an imperative.”

Skelley said Obama’s demon-

strated concern for youth issues will benefit him politically.

“The coalition Obama put together to win [the 2008 election] was reliant on minority groups and young people,” Skel-

ley said. “I think he’ll try to aim to get the same people to come out and vote for him again.”

Skelley said the political atmosphere has changed since 2008, but the votes of young adults

will be just as crucial to securing Obama’s reelection as they were four years ago.

“I think we’d be surprised if Obama didn’t win the majority of young voters, but it might be

tough for him to get 66 percent of it again,” Skelley said. “I think he’ll clearly be aiwming to run up a margin because he won two-thirds of the 19-29 year old demographic [in 2008].”

Abortion | Safety concerns dominate health officials’ conversation Continued from page A1 treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, according to the organization’s website. Semones said 96 percent of Planned Parenthood procedures are preventive and are created to educate and help individuals in need.

“The work we do is really prevention and care for our patients,” Semones said.

Olivia Gans, the president of the Virginia Society for Human Life, said it is exactly these patient safety concerns which are at the

heart of the recent legislation.

“If the treatment is not being provided with safety standards, it could put the woman at risk,” Gans said.

But Semones took issue with Gans’ description of abortion providers.

“For many, we are their primary health provider,” Semones said.

“It is offensive to say women are in danger.”

Semones said shutting down abortion providers does not eliminate women’s needs for the procedure and only makes abor-

tion services limited and more dangerous for women.

Semones added if clinics are forced to close because they do not have the necessary funding to renovate their facilities, women may have to turn to dangerous “back alley and home abortions.”

“Women need a safe and private place such as Planned Parenthood,” she said.

Kathy Brown, executive director at the Pregnancy Centers of Central Virginia, said the legislation would instead protect the safety of women seeking abor-

tion by ensuring clinics comply with basic medical standards.

The political debate about abortion has taken center stage recently, but few have taken the time to evaluate the impact it will have on local communities such as Charlottesville, Semones said.

“You know, these regulations, targeting abortion providers is a trend across the nation,” Semones said. “It is a backdoor attempt to shut down abortion providers.”

Virginia ranks 23rd nationwide in terms of its rate of uninsured

residents, according to the Virginia Health Care Foundation’s website. Last year, 38 percent of all patients who visited clinics like Planned Parenthood were uninsured, according to the Foundation’s website.

Semones said Planned Parenthood did not yet have a cost estimate for the required renovations for the Charlottesville center; however, she said the organization would have to cut some of its other resources to generate the funds to comply with building regulations.

Donors | Fourth-year students appreciate college experience, give back Continued from page A1 that led to particular fundraising results, helps program managers innovate and adapt as technologies, attitudes, and economic conditions change.”

Matrobattista said fundraising success “is somewhat dependent on strategies at the schools, the general economic environment, and many variables particular to each school,” as he acknowl-

edged the difficulty of engaging students and recent graduates in fundraising.

Jennifer Wyss, the University’s director of development for the University Annual Giving Office, said University trends mirror the report’s overall findings.

“Young alumni give at lower rates and lower amounts than do older alumni,” she said.

University spokesperson Carol Wood said in an email alumni

donations made as part of the “Campaign for the University of Virginia: Knowledge is Power” fundraising drive have dropped between September 2008 and Nov. 30, 2010.

Fourth-year Commerce student Dan Morrison has pledged to the Giving Campaign for the Class of 2012, this year’s version of the annual fundraising effort executed by the Fourth Year Trustees to generate revenue

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for the University.

“We feel compelled to give back to the intangibles of the University, and so I know, for example, I gave back my gift to the McIntire School of Commerce, and that’s largely because I think I paid for the degree, but I haven’t necessarily paid entirely for the experience, for the friendships, for the instruction as far as tutelage,” Morrison said. “The people I’ve

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talked to that have given back often say this is what made [their] experience.”

Despite this, Shaun Keister , co-author of the report and vice chancellor of development and alumni relations at the University of California-Davis, said in an email he was not optimistic about the “giving behaviors” of young alumni. “This could be our new reality,” Keister said.

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

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A budgetary bind is no excuse for the University of Florida’s abrupt decision to slash its computer science program The University of Florida announced last week it would make significant cuts to its computer science program. Looking to save face rather than future, the university protested to Forbes, which first broke the story, this was reorganization and not a direct cut.

The Computer & Information Science and Engineering Department (CISE) will be removed and a portion of its resources distributed among other engineering departments within the College of Engineering.

Nearly half of the 30 CISE faculty will move to other engineering departments, and the remainder will be demoted to non-research positions. The teaching assistants from CISE will have to leave. The university will save $1.4 million.

The research formerly carried out by CISE will be lost in the shuffle. Moreover, the practical importance of computer science research — for both the advancement of the field and the reputation of the college — cannot be overstated. No one would deny computers are on the frontlines of relevance, but so is much else in engineering. At least the university’s decision to retain some of the CISE faculty will enable them to carry out associated research in related departments. Given the cuts the university itself faces in state appropriations — the Florida budget reduced funding for the university by $36.4 million — its position is precarious and unenviable.

But it didn’t have to be like this. The proposed cut saves, in budgetary terms, a negligible amount of money but deprives the university of much more, including stability. For faculty, who may be engaged in long-term research projects and deserve a fair warning of cuts, such a sudden move may throw their

lives and careers into chaos. For students, attending university is a multi-year commitment, and although the computer science and computer engineering degrees will remain, the same quality and opportunities may not.

Though the state legislature has withdrawn support, groups closer to home have recognized the university’s difficulties. Florida Athletics is one of the twenty-something athletic departments which post a profit on an annual basis, and $36 million of its $99 million budget for next year will come from Gator Boosters. The University Athletic Association, led by the Board of Directors which drafts the athletic department’s independent, self-sufficient budget, has been generous to the university and often gives donations to academic programs, including $6 million last year. Rather than indirectly contribute money to the university, donors to the athletics department such as the Gator Boosters could consider directly paying back their alma mater to assist their favorite teams in the classroom.

At the athletic, university and state level, budgetary concerns play out slowly in deliberations and meetings. But in an instant the CISE department is gone, without foresight or warning. Had the university expressed the dire condition in the College of Engineering, and announced the possibility of these cuts, alternative sources of funding such as the Gator Boosters could have been more open to providing the needed revenue. By making a more gradual, tempered decision the university could have saved, if not money or jobs, at least the prospects of its students and faculty.

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Featured online reader comment “Typical liberal malarkey. The article does a nice job explaining some of the possible benefits of an immensely costly system without once addressing the immense cost. The way Rex presents this, it is a one-sided issue.

We could also progressively increase the marginal tax rate to 90% for all incomes over say $100,000 and the drug addicts on ‘the corner’ with no boot straps would probably be better off too. Why don’t we do that? There are a multitude of reasons, but all one has to do is look at the empirical chaos occurring in Europe. And Rex, it’s quite the shame that progressives have spent so long and put so much effort into this reform. Unfortunately, they got so carried away this time around that they forgot to consult one very important resource, the Constitution of the United States.”

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NASA’s mission provides real benefits and deserves full funding from Congress

N A TIME when the federal necessarily need to be higher for Far more important than the budget is never far from the the sake of representing a larger measurable monetary boon of the front page of the news, there portion of the budget, it is difficult agency are the less visible yet very is one federal agency which is to meet congressional demands, real benefits. Few governmentfar underappreciated, and often such as the recent mandate that sponsored organizations have NASA develop a the ability to broaden academic the object of entirely BLAKE BLAZE heavy-lift rocket, horizons and sow inspiration with undeserved spite: VIEWPOINT WRITER with such limited the efficacy of NASA. There is NASA. The National funding. The ini- something breathtaking about the Aeronautics and Space Administration is an essen- tial development has taken a lot nebulous boundary between the tial and outstanding resource longer than hoped, and this is known and the great unknown, to our country, and yet its allot- largely because Congress chose made more scintillating by our ment of the national budget has not to give NASA the money it ability to traverse it. seen a steady decline since the reported it would require.

If you have yet to encounter this Further support for NASA’s case boundary — or need a study break presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson.

Granted, there is no objective and for an aug— Google “Hubble measurable goal with the import m e n t e d “Few government-sponsored deep field.” Or, and tangibility of landing a man budget can if the oldest and organizations have the on the moon, nor a competitor be gleaned remotest regions as villainous as the Soviet Union f r o m t h e ability to broaden academic of the universe to beat, but NASA is still incred- e c o n o m i c do not tickle your horizons and sow ibly valuable to our country. At b e n e f i t s fancy, give “Orion’s inspiration with the the very least, it deserves a stable which the Nebula” a quick efficacy of NASA.” source of funds so that its projects p r o g r a m glance. These — more often than not long-term offers. To glances into the projects since space exploration is s a y t h e heart of the uninot exactly a short-term endeavor least, NASA is overall quite a posi- verse and the origin of our exis— can translate this financial sta- tive presence in our economy. tence are brought to you by NASA. While most formal analyses of Even more remarkable is the idea bility into success.

This year is a perfect example its economic impact are outdated, that there is more out there that is of the challenges which the scien- it is hard to argue against the fact just beyond our reach. Older galtists at NASA face. While they are that spending on pure research axies, newer stars and countless not alone in seeing their budget and development not only has planets are waiting to be discovsize reduced, they are alone in tangible benefits but also posi- ered. A sobering thought, though, their annual struggle to main- tive externalities which are often is the possibility that their briltain funding for projects which unrecognized, yet immensely liance might never be uncovered require years of research and valuable. A 1971 study suggested should NASA continue to see funddevelopment while also grappling that investment in NASA saw a ing diminish. I would argue at with Congress. NASA must offer 33 percent return; a 1989 study the next congressional budgetary definitions of what its top priori- found that NASA created 352,000 meeting, then, that while other ties ought to be while maintaining jobs and brought in $355 million government agencies can make academic integrity. Few other in federal corporate income taxes; a strong case for their funding, departments are called upon to a 2002 study concluded that NASA few administrations can call upon meet such exacting requests with helped the aerospace industry something as great as the stars as such a tight budget. In the 2011 account for $95 billion in eco- cause for their support. fiscal year, NASA’s budget repre- nomic activity as a whole, includBlake Blaze is a Viewpoint writer sented .53 percent of the total fed- ing $23.5 billion in employee for The Cavalier Daily. eral budget. While this does not earnings.

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The Education School’s program of instructing elementary teachers is a strong and necessary model that school systems should emulate

HE UNIVERSITY is a top- ence. The program hopes to tier institution of higher instruct 120 teachers in total.

It is great that Bell has devoted education, and its students no doubt benefit from resources toward academically the many excellent instructors benefitting the local public education system. here. At least one ALEX YAHANDA University stuinstructor, though, SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR dents, though they is not simply conoften give back to tent with instructing undergraduate or graduate the Charlottesville community students. He is also seeking through numerous community to help another group which service outlets, do not neceswould benefit tremendously sarily have the ability to widely from additional learning: teach- affect a larger institution such as Charlottesville public schools ers.

Randy Bell, associate professor on more than just an individual of science education, has devel- level. University departments oped a program which trains and their faculty, however, do already practicing teachers. The have that ability, and it is also program, which started last fall, very commendable that the Virhas the goal of improving scien- ginia Department of Education tific teaching in public elemen- has helped fund this opportutary schools in Charlottesville. nity for teachers to improve.

The finest part about Bell’s On alternating Fridays for a six-week period, Bell instructs courses is that they allow teach40 elementary school teachers ers to reflect upon their own on methods to help them better instructing abilities and methexplain the aims of science, ods. By again assuming the role define scientific terminology of the student, teachers are able and cultivate an overall sense of to become cognizant of their scientific inquiry. Bell’s classes own shortcomings. For instance, enable teachers to relearn and through Bell’s program teachremember aspects of the nature ers are given camcorders with of science so their students can which they can record their get the most beneficial and own classroom interactions. informative classroom experi- Teachers can reflect upon their

performances and bring the bility of educating students in tapes back to Bell’s classroom easier material does not mean for criticism. Steps like this help that they themselves no longer teachers to constantly improve need to be educated on the when it comes to methods of same subjects. As Bell’s courses may point teaching, and out, teachers they provide lessons which “By again assuming the role t h e m s e l v e s teachers will of the student, teachers are can slightly hopefully take able to become cognizant of m i s u n d e r stand certain with them their own shortcomings.” terminoloafter they gies or confinish Bell’s cepts. program.

Allowing instructors to Bell’s courses strongly emphas i z e a h a n d s - o n t e a c h i n g improve upon those mistakes approach which specifically is constructive. It is imperative engages students’ inquiry and that young students be properly inference skills. According to taught basic educational ideas UVaToday, Bell said his pre- which will serve as the foundascribed classroom activities “all tion for more complicated subchallenge assumptions and mis- jects taught later in life. Scienconceptions that teachers and tific techniques such as critical their students have.” By making thinking, observing and making t e a c h i n g a m o r e d y n a m i c inferences especially are useful process, Bell is encouraging for young children to learn, as instructors to remain active those skills will enable them learners themselves. Elemen- to solve problems and answer tary school teaching may suffer questions on their own.

Doctors, scientists and other from instructor stagnation or a repetition of pedagogy more professions must keep up on than other levels of education their fields’ current literature because of the basic nature of and practices to best perform the material taught , but just their jobs. The same should because elementary school be said of science teachers. teachers assume the responsi- Programs such as Bell’s are

excellent avenues for teachers to remain up-to-date on methods and knowledge. After all, it makes sense that those who are teaching science to children should be instructing them on the most current information and in the manner which most effectively gets the information across. By attending sessions to learn new information and reevaluate their own techniques, teachers can only become better, and that can benefit students.

Similar programs could be instituted for the same purpose at the middle- and high-school levels. Granted, this would require more money. So a solution would be to have schools institute peer review systems in which teachers may be evaluated and critiqued by their counterparts in ways similar to those found in Bell’s program.

This program in the Education School could serve as a template for teacher improvement programs at any school.

Alex Yahanda is a senior associate editor for The Cavalier Daily.

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Political parties should not silence internal dissent in the name of winning an election

URING an election, it can servatives or any other politisometimes seem as if cally active group. The “tribal” n o t h i n g i s m o r e mindset, where protecting group i m p o r t a n t t h a n t h e members takes a priority over victory of one’s preferred anything else, is a side effect of the human conc a n d i d a t e . Fo r SAM CARRIGAN dition and can intensely passionmanifest in people ate supporters, OPINION COLUMNIST regardless of their criticism of one’s favorite must be refuted imme- ideology or education. This diately, and any advantages comes into conflict with the ideal for their opponent must be purpose of a presidential elecdebunked as exaggerated or tion, which is to do what is best outright false. When the stakes for the country, and not one’s are high and there are only party. When James Madison two parties, it becomes difficult wrote about the importance of for politically active individu- safeguarding the Union against als to avoid falling into an “us factions in Federalist 10, he versus them” mentality which wanted to prevent large groups demands full, unqualified sup- in society from taking away port for your lesser evil. In its the rights of others. While it is most unfortunate incarnation, not a clear infringement of the this structure can lead to the freedom of expression, demandsilencing of dissenters who are ing that minority members of a attempting to earnestly criticize “tribe” silence themselves until a weakness in their preferred after an election does harm candidate’s platform. Any nega- everyone involved. There is a tive comments, it could be said, strategic rationale for withholdwill be giving ammunition to ing dissent for your party during the enemy. Though the desire to election season, but asking for a unify camps is understandable, pause on free criticism is asking it is important that open and too much.

It is not bold to say that neither necessary debate does not get squelched for some perceived of the two parties in the United short-term political gain which States are correct about everyis, invariably, not worth the thing. Both suffer from serious problems and even disconnects cost.

This is not a problem which in opinion from the majority of exclusively affects liberals, con- their supporters. For instance,

President Obama’s continued has allowed the use of “signaacceptance of raids on med- ture strikes” against suspected ical marijuana dispensaries militants, where the identities stands in contrast to a 77 percent of missile victims are not known national approval rating for but people are targeted based on “suspicious” medicinal use of marijuana.

“While those who seek the behavior. His B e c a u s e end of criticism against their top military advisors are o f p e o p l e ’s reluctance to party justify this in terms of now considlisten to their electoral politics, they over- ering expandopponents’ look the potential benefits ing this power to the dronesupporters of pushing an important p l a g u e d during elections, there is issue before moderates and n a t i o n o f Yemen. As we no one more the politically uninvolved get closer to capable of during an election.” the election, helping point a liberal critic out their candidates’ flaws than a potential of the president could be told by supporter. This benefit goes fellow Democrats, “Oh, so you’d away, though, when criticism rather have Mitt Romney bombfrom political allies is viewed as ing civilians in Yemen?”

Substance is ignored, and an attack.

There is still the distinction every self-criticism is seen as to be made between substan- the potential “domino” which tive criticisms against candi- could fall over and destroy the dates from one’s party and those party from inside. Honest quesmade for the purpose of “scoring tions — such as whether or points” against an opponent. not indiscriminate bombings The latter variety often take the inspire more terrorists than form of fake outrage, something they kill — are dismissed out of which Republicans have already hand, or told to wait until after successfully employed this year. the election. After the election, That said, it is possible Democrats of course, there will be less are even guiltier of silencing dis- pressures on the president to senting voices within their ranks act one way or another. While — a bad sign for the self-styled those who seek the end of critiliberals. In Pakistan, Obama cism against their party justify

this in terms of electoral politics, they overlook the potential benefits of pushing an important issue before moderates and the politically uninvolved during an election. If something is worth saying, then surely it is best said when everyone is paying attention.

Criticism of a candidate’s weaknesses should not be silenced simply because it seems like it may help an enemy. Generally, politicians can only be made stronger if they face some serious challenges from their friends before dealing with the attacks from their opponents. The brave German political theorist Rosa Luxemburg was alleged to have said, “Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters.” The spirit of these words holds true, and we alone are the guarantors of our freedom. We must protest where we see it necessary, and patiently listen to substantive criticism which could ultimately better the nation. Lastly, consider one thing: If speaking the truth will cost your favorite politician greatly, then perhaps it is time to ask yourself what makes him so worthy of your support.

Sam Carrigan’s column appears Wednesdays in The Cavalier Daily. He can be reached at s.carrigan@cavalierdaily.com.

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Freshman catcher Nate Irving’s 11th-inning base hit powers Virginia to a 3-2 win against Radford

By Daniel Weltz

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Freshman catcher Nate Irving slapped a single down the first base line on a first-pitch curveball for his second walk-off hit of the season. Irving beat Virginia Tech March 11 with an infield single to capture a 6-5 victory.

Freshman catcher Nate Irving slapped a single down the first base line to score sophomore outfielder Mitchell Shifflet from second base in the bottom of the 11th against Radford as the Virginia baseball team earned its third walk-off win of the season, 3-2, in another midweek nail biter.

Irving waited on a first-pitch curveball from Radford (23-17 , 8-4 Big South ) redshirt senior reliever Abram Williams to notch his second walk-off base hit after his infield dribbler knocked off Virginia Tech in the ninth inning March 11, 6-5.

“I’m glad that this walk-off hit was a little better hit than the last one,” Irving said. “I’m always happy to get up there when it counts.”

Three days after a rare in-conference offensive outburst against Duke Saturday, in which Virginia scored 22 runs in the doubleheader to take the series , the Highlander pitching staff kept the Cavaliers (27-14-1, 11-10 ACC) in check. Virginia managed just three

runs on 10 hits for its lowest scoring total in a midweek game since being shut out by Liberty Feb. 28.

With the bats cold, it was the pitching staff which prevented a midweek disappointment in between two critical Coastal division showdowns . Sophomore reliever Kyle Crockett was phenomenal in his third career start, striking out eight in five efficient innings, while operating under a pitch count to ensure he will be available out of the bullpen for this weekend’s series at Coastal division-leading Miami.

“Before the game, coach Kuhn came up to me and said, ‘Don’t do anything different than what you would do coming in relief,’” Crockett said. “And I came in and acted just like that and tried to do the same thing.”

After Crockett froze Radford senior third baseman Brett Mollenhauer with a devastating delivery for the second out of the fourth inning, Irving rolled the ball back to the pitcher’s mound thinking the inning was done. Given the pace and ease with which Crockett Please see Baseball, Page B6

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Improving Cavs host Flames

Hot-hitting offense key to Virginia’s late-season hopes following tight Virginia Tech series loss

By Matt Comey

Cavalier Daily Associate Editor The Virginia softball team returns home tonight for the first time in two weeks to play a doubleheader against in-state foe Liberty.

The Cavaliers (21-23, 6-12 ACC) are coming off an excruciatingly close series loss to Virginia Tech (34-16, 11-6 ACC) and hope to rebound before facing N.C. State this weekend in their final ACC series.

“I think the midweek series will definitely help us get on track,” senior outfielder Giannina Cipolloni said. “It allows us to work on things and see live pitching during the week.

It definitely helps us for the coming weekend.”

The Cavaliers seem to be inching closer to a breakthrough in conference play. Virginia beat the Hokies Saturday morning, but Virginia Tech took both of the next two games to win the series . In Sunday’s clinching third game, the Cavaliers took a 3-0 lead in the fourth, but Virginia Tech hit a pair of home runs to erase the lead later that same inning . Virginia Tech outscored Virginia 8-6, handing Senior attacker Steele Stanwick is 27th in Division-I history with 253 points scored.

Stanwick registered seven tallies Friday to surpass Doug Knight as Virginia’s all-time leading scorer.

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the team its closest conference series loss this season. “[Sunday] was definitely one of the hardest losses of the year because we did come to play,” Cipolloni said. “We just had one bad inning where we couldn’t really do anything defensively.

I was proud of the way we battled.”

One positive the Cavaliers can take away from the losses is a newfound confidence at the plate. After failing to reach 20 hits in a series in three weeks, Virginia out-hit the Hokies 23-17 . Cipolloni contributed with two hits and the Cavaliers’ lone RBI in the series-opener, and junior outfielder Taylor Williams came through with a three-hit performance in game three Sunday. Senior designated player Alexa Martinez tallied four hits during the weekend and now leads the team with a .324 batting average.

“We had some really good shots,” coach Eileen Schmidt said. “We stuck to [the] game plan really well and did some good things. We just didn’t get enough I guess.”

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Stanwick wins second award Virginia senior attacker Steele Stanwick was named the 2012 ACC Offensive Player of the Year yesterday, becoming the fourth player in conference history to win back-to-back Player of the Year awards and the first Virginia lacrosse player to win the award multiple times.

The reigning Tewaaraton Trophy winner became the first player in the lacrosse league’s history to win three Player of the Week honors in one season earlier this month.

The senior leads the nation with 44 assists and is third in points per game at 4.9.

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For the first time, the ACC named both an offensive and defensive Player of the Year.

Senior CJ Costabile of Duke and junior Jesse Bernhardt of Maryland were selected CoDefensive Players of the Year.

Virginia matched North Carolina, which has also earned 10 ACC Player of the Year awards.

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If it ever comes out Bobby Petrino sent inappropriate pictures of his genitalia to Jessica Dorrell, his secret mistress, please refrain from sending me the link to said pictures. Actually, don’t even tell me they exist.

After the Favre fiasco, I told myself never again. Please guys, this is serious.

All right, Mickey Loomis, the bounty scandal is one thing, but allegedly wiretapping the opposing team’s communication device to listen to their play calls? That’s a whole different level of messed up. I’d bet Loomis is the type of Madden player who always waits to pick his play until after he watches you pick yours, or the guy constantly caught screen cheating in Halo. I hate that bush league stuff.

I can’t believe this Roger Clemens perjury case is still going on. Everyone knows you took steroids, Roger. Literally everyone. You had more needles in you than Ivan Drago and more testosterone in your body than the entire 1976 East German women’s swimming team. We all know. Just let it go, Rog, let it go.

If you completely disregard how egregious and appalling Ron Artest’s elbow to James Harden’s head was, I’d say it was actually a good career move for Artest. People were just beginning to think he had calmed down in his later years, gained some sanity perhaps, and Ron couldn’t have that. Being insane was one of his biggest strengths as a player. Back in the day, people knew you didn’t mess with Ron-Ron because he might actually bite your face off. I think it’s safe to say we are back at that level now.

And yes, in case you were wondering, due to these recent developments, I now refuse to refer to Ron as Metta World Peace. It just doesn’t seem right anymore. Not that it really ever did, anyway.

Hey, so remember when you guys all said Derek Jeter was done? Remember that? Ha. Ha. Okay, fine, if no one else will say it, I will. ESPN’s “Sport Science” segment is absolutely Please see Baskin, Page B6

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DRAG BINGO Queer Student Union hosts fundraiser, benefits University LGBTQ communities

By ZAINAB AL-SAYEGH | CAVALIER DAILY STAFF WRITER Drag Bingo, listed as one of the “112 Things to Do Before you Graduate,” had University students yelling out cheers of support for the LGBTQ communities. The Queer Student Union organized event, which took place Saturday evening in Newcomb Ballroom , featured performances by members of the University’s drag community, the University Salsa Club , randomly selected audience members and the night’s hostess, University student Reigna Beaux.

“Drag Bingo is a long-standing tradition,” said Cindy Gray, QSU Co-President and third-year Education student. “This is QSU’s only major fundraiser, and we depend on the money we raise here to fund our activities for the rest of the semester.”

QSU uses the funds generated by Drag Bingo to organize activities, services and social programs for the University’s LGBTQ communities.

“QSU tries to encompass the needs of the entire queer community, and because of this we try to make our events very accessible and open to everyone — from first-year students just coming out to the most out and proud,” said Katie Mayfield , QSU Co-President and third-year College student. “Drag queens and kings are very visible which is great, because any closets that may exist kind of disintegrate in their wake.”

Gray said the event has not only helped to strengthen the University LGBTQ communities, but has also integrated it into the rest of Charlottesville.

“Drag Bingo has gone on for around a decade, and every semester we work on improving it,” she said. “We get all of our prizes from local businesses on the Corner and the Downtown Mall, and have met a lot of great queer and allied business owners as a result.”

During the evening Beaux entertained the crowd with her character, who was vaguely reminiscent of Tyler Perry’s “Madea.” “They call it bingo, but, tonight, I call it Church,” she said, while hosting the event. “Whether you want to go or not you’re already here! Tonight, we’re going to sing some, we’re going to dance some, and we’re going to win some.”

Between rounds of bingo, drag queens Anita Núman, Helen Killer, Ava Lution, Florence Marie and JackE DuBore performed to songs such as Robyn’s “Call Your Girlfriend,” “Primadonna” by Marina and the Diamonds and “My Heart Will Go On” by Céline Dion.

“I’ve been doing drag for about five months,” said Wo Chan, Co-Vice President of the Queer Student Union and thirdyear College student, who performed as Florence Marie. “It’s an art; so what draws you to art? I love the transformation process, I love what it allows you to do. Drag can give you permission to do very outrageous things and essentially become larger than life.”

Fellow QSU Co-Vice President Matthew Kluge , performing as Helen Killer, said he also enjoys drag for its “transformational aspect.”

“It’s interesting to see the difference between male and female faces and to try to figure that out on your own face,” Kluge said. “Artists generally create something out of nothing, they sort of start with a blank canvas, but in drag that canvas is yourself.”

Performing in drag not only requires an artistic eye, but also necessitates a certain level of self-confidence, Chan said.

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The University Salsa Club, voted Most Fun CIO at the Student Council CIO Awards, was invited to perform “Beautiful Liar.”

“Very few CIOs get this chance,” said Jack Wilson, Salsa Club Events Coordinator and third-year Engineering student, who performed during the event. “It was an honor and a pleasure to perform tonight.”

Wilson said the event allowed students to express themselves in an open, accepting environment.

“It’s a very liberating feeling to let it all go and just be who you are,” he said. “No judgments, just a fun experience.”

Beaux said the a u d i e n c e ’s o p e n mindedness at Drag Bingo empowers drag queens, while als o reassuring members of the LGBTQ communities.

“My first time doing drag I was scared to death, but everyone was really encouraging,” Beaux said. “It’s a way of expressing creativity while also sending the message, ‘I love me enough to be me.’ It’s so important that this message gets out, to the LGBTQ community, to hopeful queens, to anyone and everyone.”

The evening marked the hostess’ second performance at the event, having debuted her drag performance at last semester’s Drag Bingo.

“I’d wanted to do drag for a long time, but I never had the opportunity,” Beaux said.

“Performing tonight has been like coming full-circle. Last semester, I was a new, inexperienced queen. A director saw me performing at that Drag Bingo last semester and I now perform at shows when the opportunity presents itself.”

Later in the evening, the drag queens handed over the performance to attendees: five audience members, chosen by their table-mates, dressed in amateur drag for a competition for best drag performance.

“Drag queens are like walking poems. It’s just like choosing the right words to a poem; you have to get your accessories right, your movements right, fit outfits to the song,” Chan said. “Once you get it right though, it’s like magic; it fills the room with an energy that goes beyond the boundaries of a body, really.

It’s a story. But everyone approaches drag differently, that’s why you have a lot of different styles, looks and reasons for doing drag.”

Last weekend’s event sent a message to the University community and those in attendance through the event’s hostess.

“I say, take your dreams and make them your goals,” Beaux said. “Then, take your goals, and make them your reality. Your only limits are the ones you make for yourself.

This is not just for queens and queers, but for anyone and everyone because we all have dreams.”

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v e r y s e m e s t e r w h e n browse for and select courses, course registration rolls after which they actually regisaround, I, like most stu- ter for them on SIS. This makedents, quickly become frus- shift system seems to work well, trated using the University’s which raises the question of why $58.9 million integrated Student more SIS aides have not been as Information System (SIS) to reg- successful as Lou’s.

Planning and ister and browse for registering courses classes. Most students Trial and Error is a fraction of — read: all — who the potential for have encountered SIS University-wide realize it is clumsy and online sites: There awkward and often are textbooks to requires many more be bought, courses clicks than necessary to be taught and to accomplish a simple roommates to be task. I will not lambast found.

SIS any further, but But there is a rather propose some surprising conchanges I believe can trast between the be made to the Univercost and the sucsity’s online resources. cess of UniversiAs SIS fails, in usabilMARY SCOTT ty-planned initiaity and speed, thirdHARDAWAY tives including party solutions have UVaCollab, SIS and become increasingly common. Some students cur- atUVa. These services’ cost inefrently make use of Physics Prof. ficiencies are even more striking Lou Bloomfield’s “Lou’s List” to when compared with third-party

systems, such as online textbook provider Amazon, Lou’s List and homework help website Cramster. History proves we should leave the creation of a better online academic system to a third party.

During winter break I came across a website which allows students to buy textbooks from other students directly.

By eliminating the middleman of the bookstore buyback or Amazon used book retailers, students are able to save money on their textbooks. The site works by finding all the books students need for the classes they plan on taking and then identifies another University student who already took the same class(es) during another semester to facilitate the exchange . I’ve heard people argue if all of this functionality could be integrated into one comprehensive University service, it would Please see Hardaway, Page B6

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In the next 14 days, I will write about 80 pages of papers and take two final exams. There is much work to be done, but I’ll be honest — I just want to take a nap.

Remember naptime in elementary school? It’s hard to imagine I was ever rewarded with sleep merely for making it through spelling class and eating lunch.

It was a much simpler time then, when adults recognized work and rest were both crucial aspects of my academic success.

A rebel among my kindergarten peers, I rarely used my naptime for actual napping. I was convinced I would eventually become a successful artist and I needed time to prepare for my illustrious career. While the other children slept around me, I quietly took out my drawing pad and pencils and made endless sketches of Power Rangers. Hey, we all started somewhere.

My teachers never caught me not taking my nap, but I am scolding myself at this moment.

I’d like to go back and take every nap I never got, especially during finals time. But the time for naps has come and gone, and now I’m left trying to supplement my laughably short nightly slumbers with 20-minute afternoon power naps between classes.

Speaking of long-gone childhood activities — remember recess? That time when, after sitting through a couple of hours of puppets teaching us math, we were unleashed onto the playground to run, skip and play to our tiny hearts’ content.

I spent many of my recesses singing with my friends in a band we called Sky High. I still have a piece of tattered notebook paper with our first and only single, “Sky High,” written on it. The lyrics read, “My love for you, it goes sky high, but yet sometimes, it makes me cry.” Though up to that point, my experience with love had almost always involved the word “cooties,” I had seen enough adult television to prepare myself for some sort of heartbreak. It makes me oddly proud.

I remember the confusion and outrage I felt in second grade when our teachers shortened our recess from one hour to 30 minutes per day. Were they serious? How could they expect me to sit still and focus on my cursive when 30 minutes of playtime could never satiate the hyperactive tendencies of myself or my classmates? I took it upon myself to speak on their behalf of course.

Such a selfless child. But my adolescent arguments, however well crafted they may have been, fell on deaf ears and we lost a half hour of play.

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sually I would open the about my experience with this column with a little column, and the best I can hope is somebody anecdote to get the ball Arrested Development o u t t h e r e will be able rolling, hopeto ferret out fully building a some useful foundation for information the deep, lifefrom my changing point I adventures would attempt to with The Cavmake. Not today. alier Daily.

No, this is my Every other last column, and week this I think it’s time year I have to level with you had to come all.

ALEX DAVIS up with, and Here I would proceed to probably branch into some ridiculously narrow develop, an insight into the tranand personally applicable point. sition to adulthood. I remember Then I would attempt to deny its in my application to be a columnarrowness by making it more nist I included some self-imporbroadly applicable. I would like tant statement about bringing to be able to tell you I am not an original point of view to going to do that here, but I would something we all face. Easier said than done. be lying.

At first it wasn’t so hard. There This time, I am going to discuss something even more narrow than usual. I’m going to talk Please see Davis, Page B6

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(NO SUBJECT) BY JANE MATTIMOE

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). To say you’ve got dirt on someone is an understatement. But having dirt doesn’t mean you should pull a dirty on them. Question your motives before you dig into questionable territory.

going to like it. Applaud yourself for being big enough to hear the message.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’re getting help with your project. When it’s time to make an acceptance speech, in whatever form that takes, thank the little guys -- they get disgruntled when you forget their names.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You may not realize how badly you wanted to confide your feelings to someone until after they’ve tumbled from your burning lips. Whether love or soul confessions, you set the precedent for a more honest relationship.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’re talented. Dare to put your ideas on the line.

Raise your hand during the boardroom meeting. Give others a reason to fear your ambition and your smarts.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It’s open season at work. Everyone’s taking a shot for the prize trophy. Their strategies are an observation in calculated wackiness. Observe the shenanigans with curious detachment, then make your call.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). When you feel sensitive to feedback, consider the source. If you trust the place it’s coming from, you can see it’s a bridge directly to truth -- at least one version of it.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Some days it’s important to remember that what you do for a living isn’t about the credit or recognition it brings you, but the good it brings others. It’s not that day. There’s nothing wrong with being the best and knowing it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Purify your mind by sharing what’s on it this morning. By the afternoon you’ll be lighter, with no issue to weigh you down, no details to clutter your thinking.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your indomitable creative spark inspires a mad rush. What to do when people are banging on your door in a frenzy of desire? Answer it. You already know what you want your people to do for you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There’s no shame in wanting what you want. Your want certainly won’t take anything away from others. Voice at least one of your desires to someone who has the capacity to meet it.

Maybe that person is you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Is it better to be loved or to be feared? Clearly you’re into the love side of the equation, but you’re not sure what to think when others are apprehensive about how to approach you. What do they say? Fierce loveliness.

RENAISSANCING BY TIM PRICE

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 25). Follow your north star by harnessing your willpower to manifest your heart’s desire. You’re a gentle spirit, but this doesn’t fool anyone -- you’re powerful. A partner helps actualize a dream this year, and so do groups of friends. Make allies during the next four weeks. October is a romantic month for you. Pisces and Virgo people are kindred souls. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 7, 43, 11 and 5.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Social graces can be graceless, can’t they? When someone says, “I don’t want you to take this the wrong way, but...” you always know you’re not

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012 | The Cavalier Daily

Baseball | Spot starter Crockett dazzles with eight K’s Continued from page B1 sliced through the Highlander batting order, Irving’s early gaffe was understandable. Just three pitches later, Crockett blew past redshirt junior shortstop Jeff Kemp with a 90 mph fastball for his sixth strikeout and his 12th straight set down to end the fourth.

“I’m not proud of it,” Irving, who went 4-for-5 at the plate, said of losing track of the number of outs. “I’ll be completely honest — Crockett threw a great sequence of pitches, it’s exactly how we planned it out, exactly how we wanted it to go and everything just kind of went so well that I thought there were [three] outs.”

Choosing a midweek starter has been like a game of “Would you rather?” for O’Connor this season. The ninth-year skipper has used six different pitchers to fill the void with little success in finding a reliable option. Virginia has allowed multiple first-inning runs in three straight midweek

games, and O’Connor has been forced to dip into his overpowering bullpen in the first inning in back-to-back midweek contests.

So against the Highlanders, O’Connor skipped the middle man and handed the ball directly to one of the Cavaliers’ most consistent relievers for his second start of the season. After striking out two in four innings April 4 against James Madison, Crockett was nearly untouchable last night, allowing his lone unearned run on a hit by pitch in the fifth inning, which snapped a Virginia streak of 25 consecutive scoreless innings against Radford. “[Crockett] didn’t pitch that great in that start against JMU, but he did towards the end of it, and ever since then he’s just been really, really good — close to dominant out of the bullpen,” O’Connor said. “Something clicked for him.”

The Cavaliers came up to bat in the bottom of the first with a zero on the board for the first time in five midweek games, but wasted

little time pulling ahead. Junior shortstop Chris Taylor singled, stole second and scored on a sacrifice groundout and fly-out by freshman designated hitter Branden Cogswell and junior third baseman Stephen Bruno, respectively.

Crockett ran into his only trouble of the night in the fifth on back-to-back base hits and one of two errors by Bruno — who saw his 13-game hit streak come to an end with an 0-for-3 night — which loaded the bases with nobody out. Crockett fell behind 3-0 to sophomore outfielder Blake Sipe before drilling him with a pitch to force in a run and tie the game at one. After the hit batsman, Crockett regained his pinpoint command. Crockett struck out back-to-back Highlanders and induced a soft liner to end the threat and close his night.

“I thought Crockett was tremendous,” O’Connor said.

The teams then traded runs in back-to-back frames. Cogswell and freshman outfielder Derek

Fisher singled in the bottom of the sixth to put runners on the corners with one out, and senior first baseman Jared King hit another sacrifice fly to center for his team-leading 40th RBI to put the Cavaliers up 2-1.

Radford evened the score in the top of the seventh off freshman reliever Nick Howard. Junior outfielder Cory Turner hit a leadoff double — one of three twobase hits on the night for Turner — and scored on a sacrifice bunt

by Sipe, who reached first base safely on Bruno’s second error of the night.

Cavalier closer senior Justin Thompson pitched 2.2 scoreless innings and induced an inning-ending double play in the top of the 11th to set up the winning inning. In the bottom of the frame, the speedy Shifflet came up for his first at bat of the night after replacing freshman outfielder Brandon Downes and lofted a base hit to right field.

Shifflet hustled around first and slid safely into scoring position

at second base with one out to set up Irving’s heroics.

“I think it was great for this team to win an extra-inning game in walk-off fashion, and it just proves that if we hang in there and guys step up, we can win a close ball game like that and hopefully that carries into tomorrow night and into the weekend,” O’Connor said.

Virginia will travel to Richmond today to face Virginia Commonwealth. The Cavaliers are expected to send another reliever to the mound in senior Shane Halley for his second start of the season.

With the Cavaliers trailing 2-1 early in game one of the doubleheader Saturday against Duke — in danger of losing their fifth straight conference game — Halley turned the series around with six scoreless innings. Halley has amassed a 1.60 ERA on the season.

The Cavaliers step onto the mound to play Richmond tonight at 7.

Softball | Schmidt warns, “Liberty always gives us fits” Continued from page B1 the Cavaliers have put together the type of résumé which would earn them an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, the team may have enough of a standout player in junior Melanie Mitchell to stage a run in the ACC Tournament. As one of the elite pitchers in the conference ­— ranking third in ERA and second in strikeouts — Mitchell gives Virginia an opportunity to win every game she starts. With their improved hitting adding

a dimension to their game, the Cavaliers still believe they will be able to make an impact in the postseason.

“Even though we didn’t come out with the series win [against Virginia Tech], we didn’t have a drastic feeling of ‘that’s it for us,’” Schmidt said. “We were actually pretty strong. We just need to continue that against Liberty and N.C. State and then try to get on a run.”

Liberty (17-27, 8-10 Big South) will be the second Big South opponent the Cavaliers face this

season after splitting a two-game midweek series with Radford.

But the Flames sit significantly lower in the conference than the Highlanders.

At the plate, Liberty is hitting a pedestrian .263. Freshman catcher Kelby Allen and senior outfielder Meredith Crisante lead the team offensively. Both are hitting above .300 and Crisante’s eight home runs are good for fourth in the Big South. Last season, Liberty blanked Virginia 8-0 after just five innings.

“Liberty always gives us fits,

just like Radford does,” Schmidt said. “They swing really big; they always have big bats like Radford. It’s just a question of what kind of pitching they can bring.”

In the circle, the Flames have not been very effective this year.

They rank last in their conference with a 4.48 ERA and their 157 strikeouts taken together this season are 57 fewer than Mitchell has accumulated herself.

Virginia will try to erase memories of its last midweek series in which the team easily defeated Radford in game one of the

doubleheader but fell in game two, 12-1. In that game, Virginia gave up at least one run in every inning and only recorded three hits on offense.

“We just need to do the little things right and capitalize on the other team’s mistakes,” Cipolloni said. “We need to focus on things like getting bunts down or putting the ball in play every time and getting a little progress each at bat or even on each pitch.”

Game one tonight is slated to begin at 5 followed by game two at 7.

Baskin | NBA Playoffs to offer fans another chance to jeer Lebron Continued from page B1 atrocious and needs to be pulled from TV immediately. I love sports as much as anyone possibly can, and I still really, really don’t care how many newtons of force athletes apply to the ground when they jump or how many sumo wrestlers they could drag when they run. It’s starting to get a little ridiculous.

By the way, if anyone wants to get me a present for any reason whatsoever, tickets to Mike Tyson’s outrageous oneman show in Vegas would more than suffice. Just a suggestion.

Getting serious for a second, this year’s NBA playoffs are shaping up to be one of the best ever. I can’t recall a season in

recent memory where there were this many teams — seven or eight by my count — in serious contention for the title at this point in the year. Not only does this make for great basketball, it also means there is that much higher of a chance LeBron and the Heat will fail to win it all again. I think we can all be thankful for that.

Yes, I’ve come to grips with the fact LeBron is going to win the MVP award. No, I am not happy about it. Why? Put simply, I don’t like him. For what reason? Well, he’s a selfish, immature and faint-hearted waste of talent.

Why are you so mean to LeBron, Ben? Stop asking me so many questions! Didn’t you read my ghost story last week? I don’t

need to defend myself to you.

Anyway, everyone set your calendars: Eli Manning is hosting “Saturday Night Live” May 5!

I’ve always maintained Eli is funnier and more marketable than Peyton, the world just hasn’t seen it yet. And even if it’s not actually comical — which would be the fault of the SNL writers — I can guarantee you it will reach a walking-in-on-your-girlfriendhooking-up-with-your-bestfriend-with-your-mom-watching level of awkwardness.

Tiger Wood’s unbecoming behavior at the Master’s a couple weeks back only further proves my point he needs to make the full transformation to a Happy Gilmore-esque level of not giving a crap. He’s the only one who

can get away with it. Tell me you wouldn’t be all sorts of pumped up to watch Tiger jump into a pond and wrestle an alligator into submission to find his lost ball. Thought so.

So, apparently last week Larry Brown was hired to coach the Southern Methodist University men’s basketball team. This would be a great career move for the up-and-coming Brown to help establish himself as a legitimate coaching candidate if, you know, it happened to be 1960 again.

So did you hear that after Isaiah Thomas was fired from Florida International University last week, his entire team staged a public walkout during a school banquet to protest his dismissal?

Think about that for a second — a demonstration in favor of Isaiah. The idea is foreign to me.

My body is rejecting it.

Lastly, the Olympic Games are this summer, and since we won’t get to talk about them then, here are some Olympic rules to live by: Never count Michael Phelps out; beach volleyball is a mustsee event; Usain Bolt is the only non-American you can cheer for; although it’s pretty difficult to do, the “U-S-A” chant can be overdone, so don’t be that guy; and, finally, when it comes to patriotic clothing, stick to one garment at a time. It’s when you match the American flag shirt with the American flag shorts you run into trouble.

Stay classy, Charlottesville.

LIFE

DeBoard | Fourth year ends, opportunities remain Continued from page B4 and entering middle school, I knew I would miss recess more than ever. A mandatory gym class didn’t hold the same opportunity for freedom which recess afforded, and I was aware my childhood was coming to a quick close.

Of course, I was happy to see my childhood fade away in that moment. I was ready to be an adult, I told myself. If I could have skipped middle and high school and entered college at 13, I was sure I would’ve survived.

Tahj Mowry had taught me that much. After all, I was a Smart Guy too.

But looking past middle and high school may not have been the best decision. I’ve realized I tend to look too far into the future without taking full advantage of present opportunities. I never appreciated naptime, and I would kill for such an opportunity now. I would also pay a million dollars to see Larry Sabato

lead his politics class outdoors for a rousing game of freeze tag.

I keep telling people I’m ready for “the real world” as soon as I walk down the Lawn at graduation in less than a month, but I hope I can still focus on the opportunities I have during my time here at the University, even if there are only a couple of

weeks left.

If you catch me curled up in Clark, snoring away, please don’t wake me. I’m making up for lost time.

Tyler’s column runs biweekly Wednesdays. He can be reached at t.deboard@cavalierdaily.com.

Hardaway | Third parties may strengthen Academical Village Continued from page B4 have already been done. But similar solutions which combine housing, internships and textbook services already do exist online. The problem, however, is none of these websites are tailored specifically for the University community’s needs and are actually less suited to our needs than the current myriad of U.Va.

suppliers.

So, if developed specifically for the University community, an online service provider dedicated to exchanging textbooks, finding tutors, reviewing courses and matching apartments with renters could be a successful augmentation to SIS. Is there an ethical concern in relying on a third party to maintain websites which help facili-

tate University life? In short, no.

Unlike SIS, which guards financial and personal data, none of the four pieces of extra online functionality we need require any more personal information than a simple email address. And since third-party systems are by definition, opt-in, the user does have a say in what information, if any, he or she wishes to disclose.

Moreover, concerns about reliability are subverted by the tendency of the fickle crowd. If the site were to experience an unacceptable number of failures, the users would join the next best competitor. The site’s upkeepers would be well aware of this potential for lost revenue and would realize the necessity of maintaining a reliable and secure website.

Currently, the demand for an efficient, reliable provider of non-classroom resources is unsatisfied, but using third-party programs could add the necessary online functionality to the Academical Village.

Mary Scott’s column runs biweekly Wednesdays.

She can be reached at m.hardaway@cavalierdaily.com.

Davis | “Life: the college years,” becomes “Life: the labor years” Continued from page B4 were a lot things I wanted to say, personal experiences I wanted to share and half-formed opinions I wanted to flesh out. But as time passed it became harder and harder to think of topics with even the shadow of originality.

It turns out writing about the transition into adulthood is far more difficult than I would have imagined, because the issue itself

is about as clear as pond scum.

There is no preordained moment when we all are — poof! — suddenly adults, just as there is no time when we have completely left childhood behind. At best, it’s a gradual spectrum; at worst we are forever mired in intermittent fluctuations between childishness and maturity.

Perhaps no moment is more relevant to this slide into adulthood than my impending gradu-

ation.

Graduation seems like the neatest of wrap-ups. After four tidy years, the ceremony jettisons us from the glorious irresponsibility of “Life: the college years” into the longer chapter titled “Life: the labor years.”

We’re closing the book on our childhood, marking the last page with the conclusion of the final neatly packaged unit of educational life.

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Graduation is truly the end of an era. Even those of us who are going on to further education are essentially living on borrowed academic time. After college things change. It’s inevitable.

And now we are at the end: the end of my column, the year and, for a lot of us, college. As anyone who reads my articles should know, this is usually where I pop in a deceptively neat wrap-up as

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my way of vacuum sealing the column’s contents.

But we are past that now, and no ending is really that simple.

Maybe we’re growing up, maybe we aren’t. But almost assuredly the process is different for everyone, and all I can say is good luck. Over and out.

Alex’s column runs biweekly Wednesdays. She can be reached at a.davis@cavalierdaily.com.